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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
Thanks to the Witham Bankers.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
Summer friendship.
Whose flattering leaves that shadowed us In
Our prosperity, with the leaet gust drop off
In th’ Autumn of advereity.
—Philip Maaalngar
The National Corruption Fund.
Senator Bailey. In the courae of hla speech on
Wednesday, declared that unless the Republican party
took steps to prevent the corporations from contribut
ing to the national campaign fund, "Bryan’s vote will be
more unanlmona In 1908 than McKinley’s election was
In 1898.”
This calls renewed attention to one of the moat se
rious delinquencies ot the Fifty-ninth congress. It can
not be denied that the oiienlng session of this congress
did a great deal toward restraining and regulating the
trusts and protecting the Interest* of the people. In glv-
Ing us beet Inspection and pure food laws. In enlarging
the powers ot the Interstate Commerce Commission, In
the enactment ot various laws during tho session that
hat Just come to a close, this congress has done a
great deal for the people.
nut all that has been accomplished cannot blind
tho people to what has not been done. Such legislation
as has been put through is calculated to perpetuato the
Republican party In power, while it la a fact recognized
In Republican councils that the untrammeled will ot
the people would placo In power the Democracy whoso
policies aud principles In these Individual Instance* have
been stolen by the Republicans.
This free expression ot the popular will can never be
secured so long aa It Is possible for Mr. Bliss or Mr.
Cortclyou to stretch out bis band and rnko In thousands
upon thousands ot dollars from the large corporations
as a corruption fund for uso In the national elections.
Mr. Roosevelt has taken the Initiative In much ot tho
remedial legislation that has been passed, but It cannot
be aald that It was essentially a Republican policy, while
on the other hand the demand for these reforms has
been running like a silver ribbon through the platform*
of tho Democratic party over since the days of Jeffenon.
If tho Democrats aro onco more placed In power It will
be no mere spasmodic effort to secure these reforms,
but tt will becomo a gonoral course of conduct to which
the party Is definitely dedicated.
It would have required but n short time to enact
a law prohibiting corporations from contributing to pres
Idealist campaign funds. It would havo applied to tho
Democratic party as well ns to tho Republican party. It
would have put an end to what hns bcon ono of tho most
ahnmeful practices of our representative government.
But the Republican party knows that left uninflu
enced by campaign contributions, this country Is normal
ly Democratic. In tho very nature of things It should
bo so. Mr. Lincoln mild that the Almighty must have
loved tho common people, because be made so many of
them. And It Is tho great mass of the common people
who suffer most by onerous and unjust taws It Is they
whose welfare la to be considered In matters of legisla
tion, and It Is one of tho highest duties that congress
can discharge to put an end to the corruption fund by
which tho mass ot voters la Influenced.
Benator Bailey I* right. Tho second session of tho
present congress must take up this matter, or there will
be a Democratic landslide at tho polls In 1908.
The Vineless Potato.
An enterprising concern out In Chicago has under
taken to outdo Luther Burbank, and has been flooding
the country with a proposition by which "farmers” could
grow “vineleas potatoes” at a cost of something less than
nine cents a bushel.
At the very outset It should be stated that the de
partment of agriculture has made an examination ot
this proposition and aa a result a fraud order hat bfen
Issued which putt an untimely end to the plan for rais
ing a quick crop of potatoes without the Intervention of
sun or soil. The Arm which eo anxiously desired to con
fer this Arcadian dream -on mankind was doing a land-
office business when the government Intervened and
there la great grief In Chicago.
Advertisement* appeared announcing that a combi
nation of aawduat and "potatlne”—the tatter eelllng for
the sum of $4.50 per bottle—conflned In a bln ot stated
proportions, was guaranteed to produce as many pota
toes, without the aid ot soil ot any kind, as could be
produced on an acre ot ground.
There would not even be any foliage. The potatoes,
like little Topsy, would “Juat grow.”
This looked like a pretty good thing to the unin
itiated. Mr. Burbank had done so many things with veg-
etattoo that tho impression prevailed that there wee no
limit to the marvels that might be achieved In thli line,
so the public mind was In a receptive mood when thin
new plan was given out
Tho fanners out In Missouri were willing to be
show ii. and Kansas regarded It aa a more profitable crop
than sun flower*. •
So they decided to take a try at It.
But the new process made eo much nolte In the
world before tho first crop was produced—which waa to
be a mere matter ot sixty days—that some on* sent In
formation ot It to the agricultural department. An anal-
vita ot the “potatlne” was made and It wat found to
constat ot nothing but a low grade ot sulphide of potaah,
worth 25 cents a bottle. It was also shown that pots
toes grown under circumstance* where th* leaves could
nut develop would contain no atarcb, which Is rather an
Important element in potatoes.
So the prospects of raising potatoes, now worth a
dollar a bushel, at the small cost of 9 cents, went up In
the air. The company's malls bars been bekl up and
the farmers ot Kansas and Missouri have been compelled
to fall back on the sun and the toll and the old-fashioned
quantity of elbow grease In order to grow potatoes.
The scientists bare been getting too (mart, any-
how,- and we are glad to see nature vindicated and even
revenged now and then.
It is not within the nature or the composition of Th
Georgian to paim without grateful acknowledgment the
splendid resolution of Indorsement given by the Witham
Hankers at Warm Springs to the work and to the pur-
loses of this newspaper.
The gentlemen, young and old, who make up this as
sociation aro among the most remarkable In Georgia.
They are. without exception, young men who have grown
up from the strong and useful ranks of business, and by
clenn methods and diligent ways are putting themselves
just now In tho forefront of that grand army of progress
that Is going to mako the South the greatest and richest
section of tho world.
To one who listened for a day to the deliberations
and discussions of the convention, there must linger the
Impression that the brains and character of the With&m
Bankers’ Association aro fully equal to the splendid op
portunities and to tho oven nobler duties of the future.
The most significant thing In the assembly of these
business men Is the fact that business and money getting
father* and Inspire the Ideals of manhood for the up
lifting of today.
The mission which brings General Ijon to Atlanta
will command the Instant respect and attention of the
state. If the state can see Its way to coincide with his
wishes In the matter of the national pork at Vicksburg,
we are very sure that it will be a double pleasure to do
so for the sake of the beloved and knightly gentleman
who asks it.
STARLET AND HER MOTHER:
A STORY FOR CHILDREN
By Ella Anglin Verne.
Said a wee, woe star to It* great, big ma—
May I play by tho light of the moon?
Said the Heavenly ma to her baby star,
Sweet child, In the month of June,
Ail stars must play by the light of day,
And work by the light of the moon!
Once upon a time there was a little star, white and
, „ _ beautiful, called Starlet, who nightly took her position
Is not allowed to aubordlnate tho nobler virtues or the J*/ tlfir ni0, her in the sky. But Just a* the beautiful of
Earth are not always good, so this little star of the
Heavens, though beautiful, was not very good- And so,
higher aims of life. It Is something out of the lisna'
run to find a bankers' association Introduced by a regu
Inrly appointed chaplain, with the reading of tho Script
ures and a fervent prayer to tbo Omnipotent, and pulsing
tho routine of tbo hours with reverence and charity,
and love, mixed In equal proportions with wholesome fun
and with radiant good cheer.
It Is at lost the moral element In the Witham
Bankers' Association, the comprehension of the home
motive and the stoto motive which supplements and
wraps Itself about their strenuous money getting, which
elevates this organization of Georgia gentlemen above
the sordid Into the patriotic and the spiritual.
And It la this spirit and tbja pulse In the Wltbam
Bankers’ Association which gives tremendous force and
significance to that royal resolution of confidence and
regard which they read on Tuesday for Tho Georgian.
Tho character of tbo men. the purpose of tho or
ganization, and the pulse of fellowship and of nobility
which lives In Its ranks makes this an Indorsement of
which wo are genuinely proud, and for which wo return
here and now our sincere and grateful thanks.
escb night she stood by her mother’* side, not from a de-
TWO SUGGESTIONS
BREATHING SPACES
Knights of the Racket.
Once more, as wo have done In other years, we ex
press our welcomo to tjje Southern Lawn Tennis Tour
nament, now progressing In Atlanta.
We have never before welcomed a body of such scope
In the tennis world. Our provlouB visitors havo mado
up the tournaments of the south Atlantic states.
By enactment of the National Lawn Tennis Asso
ciation, this Is now the tournament of the entire South
ern states, and Its victor and champion will carry a
larger laurel than any which boa over becir won on the
field In tho South before.
Wo have said so many times that It scarcely needs
to be snld that there Is no legitimate sport In our
country whose devotees represent a higher type of mor
als, of ethics and of manners than the followers ot tennis.
Tho tournaments which for so many years havo beon
held In Atlanta have left behind them not a memory of
questionable or unworthy act. There has been no man
less than a gentleman In public and in private ways npon
the tennis courts of Atlanta.
They have served to lift the entire standard of our
Amorican sport, and in tho Integrity, the courtesy, tho
fairness and the perfect temper of their gallant contests
they have done such service to legitimate sport In Geor-
gln that they are welcome, not more for tho pleasure
that their skill and mannors bring us than for the profit
which tholr virtues and gracos leavo us.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Heartily commending the "breathing
spaces” agitation you ore now con
ducting, 1 wish to offer a suggestion as
to the Ruitaldllty of two regions that
I have for years longed to see trans
formed into places ot beauty. They
arc so close In, so obtrusively offens
ive at present, and, surely, paying less
Income to the owners than any other
parts of the city.
I refer to tho regions west of the
Southern Railway from Block's cracker
factory to llcllwood, and to the space
between Edgew-ood avenue and the
Georgia Railroad for five or six block*.
Both of these regions are covered
with cheap temporary buildings, and,
I repeat, very close In, ana so promi
nent to travelers passing on the trains
giving an impression of dlnglness, dirt,
cheai-ness ugliness beyond any oth*
regions of the city. *
Htircly In these places "beauty for
ashes” Is most desirable.
I have long felt If I were a million
aire I'd buy up these regions, and trans
form them Into places of beauty.
, Atlanta might follow London's lead
and bound theso parks by model tene
ments.
I wish to add that'I greatly admire
and appreciate the character and alms
of The Georgian, and subscribe myself
a friend. LILY REYNOLDS.
Llthla Springs, Go., July 3, 1908.
sire to help light the Earth, but because she was afraid
to be away from her mother, who was really a duiirui
star.
Time passed and Starlet grew braver. Then, one
glorious moonlit evening, while the stars were prepar
ing to take their positions In the Celestial Sphere. Star
let approached her mother and said: "Bright mother,
may I play by the light of the moon?"
"No, no, my twinkling darling," the mother star
replied—“not tonight! You must take your stand in the
firmament like a dutiful star, aud tomorrow you may
frolic the livelong day!"
Now, this surely seemed the rignt and proper thing
for Starlet to do—don't you think so? Especially as her
fond mother was so very earnest In her desire that her
child should help (o Illuminate the Earth. Nevertheless,
Starlet decided fully that she would disobey, and this
is what happened to poor Starlet. While everyone was
busy getting their places. 8tarlet darted off to frolic un
der the moonlight. She was enjoying herself immensely,
when lo! something dreadful happened; no one knows
Just how It was—nor even the why nor the wherefore,
but It may have been because she disregarded the wish
es of her mother—who knows? At any rate, beautiful
white Starlet shot down, down, down into regions
strange—far, far away from those that loved her—and
her mother! On, on, she fell, until finally she vanished
without even nearing Earth, as stars sometimes do.
Think of It! Think of falling far away from your own
dear mama! Then listen kindly to her teachings and
obey alwaya!
history
up th
vote Leased Wire.
• York, July 6.—Well, the glo.
I-ourth of 1903 has passed into
beginning to count
v York celebrate
she starts in r.t it.
COST OF RAISING COTTON
AND ITS SELLING PRICE
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The Letter Carriers in Atlanta.
The rural letter carriers had the honors of the
day In Atlanta on .yesterday. They were In evldenco
everywhere, and they were fully entitled to all tho at
tention that they received and to all tho happiness they
enjoyed.
The rural lotter carrier la n distinct mile post In
the advancing civilization of these times. Tho country
has been waiting for him for n hundred years. Since
the firit crude post delivery system of the republic we
hove bcon gradually stretching toward thlB period In
which tho country districts are brought Into full equality
with the town Id the system of tho gathering and dis
tributing mall. The government hns done few things
valuable to the people aa the creation of the rural
letter carrier.
Tbo rural lottor carrier la tho link which binds the
city to tho country. He Is the commercial traveler of
tho postal department of tbo government, and be helps
make up tho grand army ot tho American citizens
who, because they are a part ot the government, have
had an emphasized loyalty to the government and to
the flag under which we Ilvo.
It Is a matter of gratification to the people who live
the cities and whose mails are dependent upon the
character of the carriers, to observo that tbo spirit
and tho 'personnel ot these Georgians was of a high
order both In appearance, Intelligence and responsl
blllty. We sincerely trust that they may hare other
occasion* as happy as that of yesterday. We treat that
their annual vacations may be onlargod In scope and en
Joyed In measure. We trait that In tho due course of
events their ealariee may be Increased as their labors
are enlarged.
And tor President Paul Undsay, of the National As
sociation, President F. L. White, ot fjte state associa
tion. and tor the retiring president, J. A. Giles, The
Georgian cordially wishes a happy summer, a pros
perous winter end a speedy recurrence of the Fourth of
July.
General Stephen D. Lee.
The grand old figure of Stephen D. Lee. the com
mander-in-chief of Confederate Veterans, successor to
John B. Cordon, lion of battles, and knightly gentleman
of the olden time, makes sn appeal to any organisation,
clrlc or commercial, in the South, which can scarcely be
denied.
No man can look at General Lee and ever for one
moment Imagine that he could ask or deelre anything
out of the hands of the state or the people that waa not
high and clean and worthy. He la almost the last heroic
general figure of the Confederate cause. Surviving Gor
don, Fltihush Leo and Longstreet, he Is Indeed one of
the lone and lingering relics of the Immortal epic of
our sectional life.
And surely no nobler figure could be left to us to
enshrine our recollections and to .command our love and
confidence. With his magnificent stature, with hts splen
did face, .and his "grand gray head uncovered," General
Lee Is Indeed worthy In his appearance and in his stain
less and knightly character to be among the last and
loftiest of the paladins of a great cause.
It Is good for us to see him—for our young men and
our old men—to revive the ancient memories of our
SUGGESTIONS TO THE
POPULIST STALWARTS
To the Editor of The Georgian:■
To Chairman J. J. Holloway, of the
People's Party—I would say that after
brooding over politic*, politic*, politics,
and over gubernatorial muddle and
partylsm, hair-splittings, and realising
that we are now treading on the slip
pery cross of a very sacred ground and
opportunity, and realising that Hoke
Smith has a very considerable popular
following which wants to do right, I
rise to make a suggestion to you and
tho favorable body of comrades that
meet with you In Atlanta on tho glori
ous 130th anniversary of our declared
independence, that you make a free
and open proposition to the Independ
ent (?) Hoko Smith, something like
this: "Now you have your Independent
Democratic following; If you will kick
entirely loose from the organized ring
and make a truly independent race, we
will maintain our party organization
and at the name lime Indorse your In-
dependent candidacy and not put out a
nomination against you." This may
seem absurd to some, but to me It does
not, for it will surely take a brays
fight sooner or later to break the ring
rule.
If you do not care to consider that
proposition, I beg to offer another, that
we still put out no candidate for gov
ernor, but pass a resolution that we
will vote or die In the deciding election
without making any future pledges to
politicians, and that we will see that
our ballots nre counted, or kill. This
will bring us face to face with facts.
This will leave only the "Democratic"
party In the field and will make the
"primary" the real and only deciding
election, and who has the constitution
al jlght to disfranchise us? We will
then cut off nl! names and pledges that
we don’t wish to vote for, and vote for
only such persons and planks as ‘we
tike, anil will go to the polls like men
and stand by like real men and see
that every ballot Is counted. I tell
you. It will-take something drastic to
break ring rula and the people will
bo with us In this fight. Every gentle
man In the state will fall In line, for,
truly speaking, there Is not a real gen
tleman In the whole state that Is will
ing to make the pledge and stick to tt
that was proposed by the "organised*
Democratic ring ruled committee. In
deed, they could not be gentlemen and
make that pledge, for In eo doing they
would pledge away their future right
!■» vote f .r -u.'li ie:il I •••t.-m t ..* - -i>
1 Innrst, Watson, Graves and others of
their type. For we see that the "or-
To the Jvdltor of The Georgian:
There is at present a great deal being
said about the cost of raising cotton.
This Is a question of merit and should
be clearly understood by every man
that raises this product. If a man en
gages in raising stock he counts the
cost; If in merchandising, he keeps a
correct expense account: then why not
the cotton raiser?
There are a few people telling us that
■:» ,n hr r.i i.st-il Ht fl '*m r»c to >r,
but these farmers raise their cotton, on
; • • ’I’li** tiling that «e want to
know Is, What does It cost to raise
cotton from the soil? We would like
to have every farmer that reads this
to write us just what It costs him to
raise cotton.
We ask every local and county union
to take this question up nnd discuss It
(i'I j . .. IMI n;i11if .4 prl.'f Ht which they
think this crop should sell, and mall
same to me before August 1. I will
compile these votes and furnish same
to committee, and from them they can
take the average. This will put the
minimum price where It should be with
the members.
This action on the part of the local
and county unions Is of the greatest
Importance and should not be neglected
a single day, as tho time fbr setting
our minimum prtco will soon be here.
We do not want to make a mistake.
For two years the Farmers’ Union has
set Its minimum price at such fig
ure* that all were forced to recognize
it, and every attempt to change proved
a failure.
This has given the Farmers' Union
a front seat on the cotton question, and
we must keep our place. We can do
this by moving with care, being reason
able In our prices, and being uncom
promising In our effort to get the prices
set.
If your union does not meet before
August 1 have h call meeting for the
special purpose of discussing the mini
mum price for 190*’,-7. He careful to
keep the price you set from the outside
until all have been heard from.
There in an effort being made by the
cotton speculators to force the price of
our next crop below 10c. Can we af
ford to let this be done? I think not,
but you are the people to say. The
speculator has learned that you can
price your cotton If you stand together.
They would like to see us set our min
imum price so high wo couldn't reach
It, and bo forced to lose as the South
ern Cotton Association did last year.
We should be careful, yet we should
Ask what our cotton Is worth, remem
bering that the more cotton there Is
made the harder It will be to get w’hat
we should have for tho present crop.
Respectfully,
R. F. DUCKWORTH.
President National Union.
Thomaston, Oa.
the Judges are either appointed or
elected for life, etc.
What Is good for our Federal gov
ernment In that respect must be good
for our state government.
Government la a progressive science.
Therefore, In order that the peoplo
alike may receive the benefit of our
laws, In order that tho supreme court
may be relieved of half Its work with
out creating other courts, and In order
that the expenses may bo reduced in
stead of Increased, let the Judges of
our superior courts bo emancipated by
being elected by the people for life,
etc., after suitable, amendments are
made to existing law’s.
I hope that you will consider the
subject seriously and give your readers
one of your sound and brilliant edi
torials thereon.
I have net the pleasure of your per
sonal acquaintance. I presumo you
are not personally acquaint.*<i with
many of us engaged In gooponlcs, but
you are doing, nnd can do, us much
good. Yours truly,
A. MacDIARMID.
Falrburn, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1, June 38,
1908.
P. S.—I suffer a little, I believe, on
account of the form of court organi
zation. The change could not be cen
tralizing government, but the reverse.
Heard on the Corner
gnnlxed" Democrats kicked out the
real Democrat, Watson, and he had to
raise a new, clean banner. They have
done the inme thing for Hesrst and
deny that he Is a Democrat. They
have practically done the same for
Grave., and would have. If he had con
tinued hi. race against the "organ-
teed” candidate.
Tell all honest people not to let the
trust fool them with their bought;
bundled, wined and dined W. J. Bryan.
Oh, united reform movements, nomt-
Inate and elect Hearst and Watson in
190*. Respectfully.
J. CONDON SIMPSON.
Valdosta, Ga.
Relief for the Supreme Court.
To the Editor of Th. Georgian:
Upon reading th. governor's mraxgc
to the legislature now tn session I de
elre to ask your own attention to that
portion thereof bearing upon the glut
of business In the supreme court end
the remedy proposed.
I beg to submit to you e few Ideas,
which, amplified and elaborated by
K ur abler pencil, will most assuredly
ve greater Influence. In brief:
This Is a "government by the
people," who are represented by our
awa. The laws are aborff us all nnd
wa being free to make them and place
them above ourselves constitutes what
vra call liberty. The humblest cltlsen
to the highest dignitary hava equal
rights under our taws.
Singular, Indead, but thoae of our
cltlsens entrusted under the law to ad
minister the taw. via: the Judges of
circuits, have the least freedom from
outside Influence.
tt Is undignified and humiliating for
a Judge of the superior court to have
to resort to the practices of the ordi
nary politicians every four years. If
not during the full four year*. When
the Judges are thus humiliated from
time to time, or all the time, the door
to their purity can hardly fail to be
easier assailed by strong tactions of
voters, some of whom may be Involved
In litigation with one who may not be
able to control more than bis own vote.
In all civilised governments I know.
Including our own Federal government
Bryan In the West.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Vindication must be a great gratifi
cation, and If there be any virtue In
this truth, when William J. Bryan Ve
turns to the great middle West he will
surely realise It.
My tour has carried me nearly all
through Indiana In the last tew days
I have met representative men from
Ohio and Illinois, and Republicans, too,
wfio freely concede thnt public opinion
has been revolutionised as to the man
from Nebraska In this sec^fqn.
1 was In Louisville, Ky.—that state
waa battle ground for Bryan hereto
fore—I heard Republicans say he would
carry It by 60,000 majority.
There Is but one man that can en
gage battle with him In Indiana, and
that Is Theodore Roosevelt. He will
sweep this slata over Fairbanks like a
cyclone.
Republicans from Illinois and Ohio
tell me unless the Republicans nomi
nate Roosevelt that Bryan "IB carry
these states, heretofore overwhelmingly
Republican, and these are lmsim-n
men, too. They say tho country at this
period needs and must have a man
like Roosevelt or nryan—honest end
fearless—to enforce the law against the
trust, corporate nnd railroad thieves
that are plundering the people.
It seems that the Intelligence, mo
rality and Independent business Inter
ests ot the country have at last been
aroused against the Morgans. Rocke
feller! and their class, and demand the
execution of the law against the real
criminals of the land! And public opin
ion through this great middle Western
country seems to look to Roosevelt
now, and then Urynn ns his successor
to execute the law ngnlnst th graft
era and public plunderers.
The other night, when 1 finished my
lecture, an old Union soldier came up
to me and said: ,
"Young man. you spoke like William
J. liryan. and I have always been a
Republican, but If the Democrats nomi
nate him this time I am going to vote
one Democratic tjeket"
I do r. presume that the old man
meant that 1 spoke In point ot oratory
like Bryan; but I was speaking on
"Some ot the Wrongs of Our Civiliza
tion." and suppose that It was the
moral of what I had to say that re
minded him of Bryan.
Anyway, this is an expression of pub
lic opinion tn this section.
It does seem that the peerless knight
of Nebraska la coming unto his own
At last.
I And that the Hon. Thomas E. Wat
son has students out here, and his
magazine la making an Impression In
this section. And os I go from place
to place I meet people who have read
my novel, “The Straggle,'* and say they
feel Ilk* they know me before they
meet me. Surely this Is a day when
people are thtnktrg and patriotism Is
SIDNEY C. TAPP.
Evansville, Ind.
taking on new life.
Sincerely
As to Red Hair,
"The Influence of Typewriting Upon
Hirsute Adornment, With an Appendix
on the Relationship of Red Hair to Ir
ritability," may be the title of a mon
ograph rend before the next meeting
of tho Medical Society, If any doctor
heard a little discussion between two
stenographers on a Ponce DeLeon car
several nights ago. It was Interesting
to the men on the seat behind.
"I do declare," said one of the girls.
"I washed iny hair today,-and now I
can't do a thing with it. Funny thing,
too; It's turning red. Charity used to
way It was the loveliest brown.”
"Red!" said the other;. "Why, I
didn’t think anybody else would ills
enver that. 1 know mine Is getting
redder every day, and It used to be
black. And it Just started since I la
gan hammering a typewriter."
“la that so?" remarked the bluo-eyed
ono. Bljo was interested now. "1 was
afraid mine was all imagination. But
there eertnlnlv me streaks of red In
mine. I wonder what causes It?"
"Well, they say led hair makes tent
per, and maybe temper makes red
hair," said the girt with browt nm
"I know since I've been In that Insur
ance office I've had enough trouble to
worry mo Into a fit, nnd I have to stand
It all day and than kick tha cat whan I
E et home. Maybe It’s going to my
air.”
The car passed under an arc light
Just then, and the man behind leaned
over ana took a long look. Both heads,
on* brown ami one black, showed a
decidedly reddish tinge, which was cer
tainly not unattractive. Whether or not
the typewriter had anything to do with
It or whether the July sun had been
getting In Its work, did not appetr on
the surface. But when the scientists
ithout stint
end what goes on here Is fairly IndlcoH
live of what went on throughout the
country yesterday, except, of cottrs#, in
.‘couth, where the succulent barite-
cue and luscious watermelon takes th*
place of the strenuous rocket nnd Ro
man cundfe it the North, celebrating
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the nation’s birthday
New York city's celebration o£ the
Fourth this year cost only one life, that
of Morris Bhaptr >, of No. 90 Sheriff
street, who was killed by a stray bul
let.
About 300 persons were injured.
Nearly 3200,000 was spent here lot
fireworks.
It was the nolsest Fourth within rec
ollection.
The crowds at nearby resorts and
watering places broke all records.
Lord Northcllffe, better known as Sit
Alfred Harmsworth, the noted English
newspaper man who Is in this city now,
has a high opinion of the American
women, nnd with him are all right as
money-makers, but they .do not shine in
the cupaclty of head of the family, ac
cording to Lord Northcllffe.
"The best thing about America is her
women," he declares, "at least that Is
w hat Englishmen think, 'and we ought
to know, for we have In London th*
very flower of American womanhood-
women of your country who have mar
ried our men and who never come over
to this side unless it may be to mak*
•mamma’ n brief visit or to see how the
States have grown.
"The American girl likes our men
better than she does the American: it's
because he knows hotter how to treat
her. What the .American woman—
what any woman likes—is to be
adored; to be made much of—to be
worshiped. In truth—and that Is where
the Englishman has the advantage ot
the American. He adores, worships,
lavishes his affection on his wife.
"The American calls us a stupid lot;
he loves to tell the American girl those
stories, referring to the slow going wits
of the average Englishman: the Eng
lishman may ho stupid—I don’t think
so—but If he Is, his stupidity Is of a
sort that appeals to the American girl
so much that she marries him."
It Is gratifying to learn that Com
mander Evangeline Booth, of the Sal
vation Army, Is rapidly recovering
from the severe attack of pleurisy
which has been racking her, and that
ehe is able to visit her father. General
Booth. It is announced that she will
be able to go to England by the end
of the month.
Young Alphonse Zelaya, son of the
Nicaraguan president, who married
tho daughter of Dr. W. W. Baker, of
Washington, has buckled down to the
responsibilities of married life and
has gone to work to support his wife.
The best Job ho could get was that of
piano player in a Washington concert
hnll. nnd he hopes to hold It until his
hard-hearted father relents.
new subject to Investigate.
Mortuary Among the Blacks.
“Negroes have a moat Inopportuni
or opportune—way of dying Just when
taxes nre due.” said Tax Collector Andy
Stewart. "There’s hardly a day but
some old uncle or auntie drops in to
ask that 1 ’hold up’ a little otf their
taxes. And, ot course, 1 have to do it.
"One of them will promise faithfully
to pay his taxes on a certain day. He
will appear promptly, smile Ingratiat
ingly and ask a postponement.
"•White folks, I sho' did 'speck to
come In wld dat money die mawnln'.’
he will say, ‘but my ole 'oman she up
burled. She done dtsp out er do sas
slety an' lose her fune'al 'spenses an'
I got to pay. Kin you hoi' up on me
Jes' a few daysr
"We usually try to be accommodat
ing and most of them pay sooner or
later. Here comes a negro now. Let's
see what he wants.”
An old negro shuffled up to the door
and stood with hat In hand.
"Howdy, Mr. Andy," he said. “You
sutt'nly is lookin' well today. 1 ties'
come 'roun' about them taxes. I 'low to
bring do money today, but hit dla way.
My sister, Mendy, her little boy done
—* J IIIIIU we UL
die yestlddy and hit cos' me er lot
wants to know kin you Jos' hoi' up on
dem—■"
"That’s all right, William," said Mr.
Stewart. "But you come round mighty
soon now or you'll get In trouble."
"Ill bet you'll fled more death re
ports tn my office than in the mortuary
statistics,’’ continued Mr. Stewart.
•Tve 'killed' enough negroes to till a
private cemetery."
CARTER'S CONSISTENCY.
To the Eilllor of The Georgian:
lu yesterday's Georgian I notice Boo.
Yauery Carter, of Hart rounty, takes
inu'tj wt iihii ruuiit;, r.ai'S IH-
rfision to rrltlrlfp Hon. Tltomaa E. Wntsnn
for what b« ha* Mkl Normlni the action
of the l*0|Millat committee. Now. nohodV
know* bettor than I that Mr. Watson f
fully rnpabto of taking rare of btm«rl
mm M*Mf ha* printer retpect nnd atimlrn*
t!ou for Mr. farter than niraW
Mr. Carter un.lrrtnke* to brine
*rt»»r tUiiit uivisoif. but whoa
ilertnke* to brine Mr. Wifan
tank for fidelity to anunod
It la likely to make nomebody sit up an
wak.
np and
readers will Just stop and think
. _ they will remember that «...
Carter has Just I teen defeated for therlff
of Hart count/ In a Democratic Uoiulnntlne
primary. If Mr. farter voted In that urf
-nary we think he I* In honor ImhjuiI to
ii|»|N>rt the BOCBtoee*. Itc»|*vffuUr.
J A. SMITH.
Bowman, Ga.* June l><-
"I Rues* I’m a 'poach' all right, and
guess Dr. Osier had better take a
back seat," snld Andrew Peach, 71
years old, in tnlking of a boat race In
which he was victorious over Andrew
Kayser, 60 year* of age. The course
was from the battery’ to Robin's reef
light nnd back again, Just eight miles.
Peach was an easy victor. Both men,
who live in Brooklyn, are well known
brokers.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 5.—Here are soma
of the visitors in New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. M. D. Awley, Mr*.
A. Blount. R. Lyon and wife, G. C.
Elf and wife, Miss C. V. Hendrick, E.
Jacobs, J. P. Pace, Miss Rose, W. H.
<’. Rose, S. E. Jthirkue’*!. J. J. X .
O. L. Fatlllo, J. L. Riley, H. Wellhouse.
MACON—O. C. Smith.
SAVANNAH—W. T. Hopkins, J. M.
Long, J. Mcnzles, P. J. Smith, M. M.
Smith,
IN PARIS.
Special to Thi Georgian.
Parts, July 8.—William Osborne, of
Savannah, registered at th* office of
the European edition of the New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 5.
1770—Turkish fleet defeated by Rus
sians off Chios.
177$—Virginia adopted state constitu
tion.
1777—Americans abandoned Fort Tl-
conderoga.
1792—Francis H elected emperor.
1828—.Daniel O'Connell, elected mem
ber of parliament, refused to take
the oath.
1830—Algiers surrendered to the
French. .
1833—Dom Miguel's squadron captured
by Admiral Napier.
1855—First publication of the Kanss*
Freeman at Topeka.
1886—Austria ceded Venetla to France.
1891—Park Theater, St. Paul, burned.
1899—Bishop John P. Newman, Presi
dent Grant’s pastor, dtsd. BorU
September 1, 1921.
1904—Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia,
nominated for president by the
People's Party.
VERSES.
(From a Father To Ills Uttt* Daughter,
Georgia, In Kentucky.)
If you were a flower and I were a toe;
A humming through the air,
'd teas* Maas flowers and com* to thro
And linger .ret there.
If you were s cloud and 1 were a breeze,
|'d lento this old brown sphere— .
■d forget this earth with tte dowers snd
trees
And come to you, my fleer.
If the world were a garden fllled with
dswerm, .
The fairest thte yerth e r* knew,
wouldn't »taj 111 It twesty-four hours
I 'nir.j this world held yen, _
If you were yourself snd I were a star.
Way up ta th* ether blue—
■I send my reys to where you nre
And send thrill to only ;
Atlanta, July 1. 191X,
A FOURTH OF JULY TICKET,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
On till* Glorious F irth ot July. V* T ‘
mlt me to n ruinate Bryan and B*u e /,
the two big H.’*. , .-
Brynn nnd Halley—li not that apl cn
did alliteration?
Could a better team be named.
LOUIS N. FOSTER
Winder. Go, July 4, 1904
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