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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY, JULY 31, lXg.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
A man may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
Mr. Jerome on “Public Opinion.”
The address of District Attorney Jerome at Warm
Springs on the subject of "Public Opinion” will be read
with keen interest and unqualified approval throughout
the country. It was the mature expression of a mao who
has had abundant opportunity to familiarise himself with
tho subject on which he spoke and It waa evident that he
had considered the matter to some purpose.
Mr. Jerome, In substance, recognised the power df
public opinion, but deplored the fact that It was too fre
quently formulated on Insufficient data, for which hasty
reading on the part of the people themselves and the wll
ful perversion of facta on the part of newspapers and
other vehicles of Information were largely responsible.
Mr. Jerome dwelt with special emphasis on the fact
that It was to the news features of a newspaper that the
reader of the present day looked for light and guidance,
nnd he expressed the opinion that the power of the edl
torlal, the "advocate," so to apeak, waa less than It had
been In former years. This may or may not be true. We
are disposed to think that the Influence of editorial opin'
ion Is now, as It has ever been. In direct accordance with
the character which the Individual newspaper establishes
for Itself. True. It has no human attributes—It has no
tone of voice or peculiarity of gesture—and yet In course
of time It acquires a character as distinct as any Indi
vidual. Its habits of thought, Its reputation for honesty
and fairness and Intelligence become aa well established
In the public mind as do the same characteristics of any
public Individual. And the Influence it exerts, the cre
dence which Is placed In Its opinions, the attention paid
to Its advice Is In proportion to the respect It enjoys for
employing these characteristics wisely and well.
But this Is merely In passing.
Mr. Jerome deplores the hasty judgments, founded
on insufficient Information, entertained by that vast body
of people whose convictions make up what Is known as
public opinion, regardless of the facts In the case, re
gardless of wisdom and common sense, when In point of
fact the men who are qualified by superior Intelligence
nnd by diligent study, combined with true patriotism,
should take the part of leaders. They should Join forces
with the other agents of enlightenment and guide pub
lic opinion In the paths of prudence nnd sound Judg-
incut, and In the case of statutory enactments, for In-
stance, Irnvo It to the beneficial operation of those laws
to vindicate their Independence and honesty of purpose.
No two of these factors In the enlightenment of pub
lic opinion could be more powerful and Important than
the newspapers and the men to whom Mr. Jerome's re
marks were directly addressed—the lawyers—and he en-
lists the support of all right thinking people when he
pleads that these agents should be moro honest and more
Independent In their campaigns of education.
It Is not always easy to set one's face against public
opinion and undertake the more or leas thankless task
of saving people who "don’t want to be saved." but It Is
tho part of high citizenship and true patriotism, and
the reward of such men and such newspapers will be
great.
Mr. Jerome Is himself a conspicuous example of tho
men who In a temporal and economic sense "point to bet
ter worlds and lead thevway.” He stands out as a man
of undoubted honesty and undisputed courage. On more
than one occasion he has put Into execution the homely
advice of Davy Crockett, and being sure he was right,
has gone ahead, content to watt' for public opinion to
catch up.
In large measure Mr. Jerome Is the embodiment of
the advice he gives, and his success Is a Justification of
the course he has pursued.
The Piatt-Odcll Treaty of Peace.
Just when the public had begun to forget all about
"Boss" Platt—when the adjournment of congress had
drawn public attention from the fact that the veteran
senior senator was never In his seat In the upper
bouse—he comes again Into the limelight by negotiating
a treaty of peace with State Chairman Benjamin B.
Odell and sets the politicians of the Empire 8tate to
speculating on the developments of the Immediate fu
ture.
There has been bitter enmity between Senator Platt
and State Chairman Odell for several years. The easy
boss of other days made a determined effort to oust
Odell from the chairmanship and place one of hla own
friends In the office.
It was pointed out as singularly out of taste—to put
It mildly—for the governor of a state, as Mr. Odell was
then, to be at the same time the chairman of the state
executive committee. But Odell practically told all his
critics to go to the bow-wows, and he continued to dis
charge the functions of both offices. Senator Platt was
unable to control the machine which he had come to
look upon aa bis very own, and there was a great deal
of talk about “more men adoring the sun rising than the
sun setting.”
But the control of the machine never passed entirely
to Odell. The predictions that President Roosevelt was
going to espouse bis cause as against Platt were not
fulfilled and the opinion gradually gathered strength
that both Platt and Odell were practically dead cocks
In the pit.
They have attracted very little attention of late and
no one seemed to take them seriously. The growing age
of the senior senator lent color to the Impression that
the days of bis bad eminence were numbered.
This latter Impression has not been eradicated by
any means, but In the meantime the warring leaders have
perfected a defensive and offensive alliance which Is
somewhat Interesting. For awhile It was given out that
the basts of the agreement waa that Mr. Odell would re
tire from the chairmanship of the Republican party of
the state, but this Is now emphatically denied. It Is
stated, furthermore, that Mr. Platt made the overtures
to Mr. Odell. They first mot In an Informal conference
about two weeks ago. In which the things discussed were
purely personal. It was but the waving of the baton
before the overture.
A week later'they met In a more formal conference,
which Lemuel Ell Qulgg attended, and It Is he who now
gives out the true story of what happened there. He
says that Mr. Odell called on Mr. Platt at the special
requost of the latter, as he bad done In the first Instance,
and that there was absolutely no agreement as to the
retirement of Mr. Odell. As a further Indication of the
harmony which prevailed In this new alllanco It Is said
that George W. Dunn, whom Odell had prevented from
becoming chairman of the executive committee, and J.
Bloat Fassett, who wanted the place, were both Induced
to bury the hatchet and Join In the love feast
So far from OdgH's retiring from the chairmanship
It Is given out that he will In fact succeed himself If he
This “provided" Is a very Important feature, howev
er, It 1s far from certain that the antl-HIggtns clement
will control the next convention. In fact It Is very evi
dent that the Higgins faction is very much In control of
the situation. Governor Higgins himself Is scheduled to
call on the prosldent within the next few days or hours
and the administration Indorsement wilt probably be
made more emphatic than ever.
Odell Is still comparatively young and active and
the whirligig of time may yet restore him to power, but
there Is something pathetic In the recrudescence of Platt
He hae sunk lower in public esteem during the past two
years than any one ever thought he would during bis life
time. His neglect of his duties In the senate, his selfish
ness and peanut politics have all disgusted the people
who at one time stood in awe of him because of his
power. But the jackal has been robbed of his teeth. The
easy boss of other days now makes himself a motley
to the view. Time was when be would have made no
overture to Odell or anyone else, but now we find him
supplicating for peace at any price, and hts enemies
yielding a reluctant acquiescence.
The whole affair Is but a ripple on tho surface and
no one seems to take It seriously.
Judge Ormond’s Tragic Fate.
The death of Judge Walter Ormond Is slncerel)
mourned by his host of friends In Atlanta. He was |
man of ability and of charming personality. He occupied
poslUon which called for tact, diligence and Integrity,
and these he displayed In a signal degree. From the
reproaches which have been from time to time heaped
upon courts of the class over which he presided he him
self was uniformly exempt, and the excellence with which
be discharged the duties of hts ofllce elicited the warmest
commendation/ ,
He was genial, attractlye and magneUc In his social
life. His never failing good humor, radiating from the
very Joy of living, and bis love for his fellow man, made
him a welcome guest at all times and places. His loy
alty to his friends was proverbial and his consideration
of those who came before him in his official capacity
Illustrated the wisdom with which Justice can be temper
ed with mercy.
The circumstances of his death are particularly
touching. So recently he was with us in the full enjoy
ment of life and health; so recently he was In his accua
tomed place, discharging the duties from which he waa
at the time of his death taking the first vacaUon he had
claimed since his Incumbency; so sudden and so pecu
liarly tragic was his end, that the blow falls heavily
upon his family and friends.
It may be that the Jealous waters of tho deep where
in he lies will never yield'his body to the tender cus
tody of his loving friends; It may be bis melancholy
fate-to rest forever where the drifting sea-weed Is the
meager garland of his grave. But he cannot rest so deep
that thj plummet of a thousand faithful hearts will not
reach him and restore him In sacred memory to those
who knew him best and loved him most
A Nickname for Oklahoma. .
This thing of coming Into statehood has Its trials.
That Infant commonwealth formed by the Indian
Territory and Oklahoma has uct even secured Its place
definitely and finally In the American sisterhood, and
yet It is already worrying about a nickname.
As a usual thing these terms of endearment are
the product of a gradual evolution or some spontaneous
circumstance which affords the fitting word. But Okla
homa la Impatient to have all the auxiliaries of a full-
fledged state, so she wants a nickname even before she
gets a new governor or erects an adequate capitol build
Ing.
She has gone about It deliberately. Lest some for
tuitous event should fix upon her a name not to her
liking she Is holding a voting contest At least some
enterprising cttlsen has started the contest In the news
papers and It Is taking like wild fire. The more se
rious work of organisation has almost been lost sight
of In' the fever and fervor of the fight Thousands of bal
lots are being ca t through the newspapers every day,
and the matter seems to be no nearer a settlement than
at the beginning.
This thing of giving nicknames to tho states Is al
most as old as the republic. We have the Empire State,
both North and South, the Nutmeg State, the Hoosier
State, the Hawkeye State, the Wolverine, the Gopher
and the Tadpole State. We bavo the Tar Heel, the
Buckeye, and the Badger State. A high authority on
the subject Is even Irreverent enough to declare that our
own nickname properly Is the Bussard state.
So It was a foregone conclusion that Oklahoma
should have a nickname and some of the suggestions
are enough to spread a smile over the face of the uni
verse. One man wants to csll It the "Forty-Six Shooter,"
olring a wild and wooly memory with the fact that
It Is the forty-sixth state In the union. The majority
of voters thus far seem to favor the "Boomer State,”
while the "Banner State” follows as a close second.
.The Prohibitionists want to call It the "Coldwater State,"
but cold water Itself Is being thrown on the suggestion.
The "Big Gun State" has found a certain amount of fa
vor In compliment to Speaker Cannon, while the "Raxor-
back State" Is declared by a large number of people to
be the winner.
These are but a few of the thirty-seven nances which
have thus far figured In the contest. We all remember
how the country tor many years was rent and torn over
the discussion as to the national flower. The Daugh
ters of the Revolution and other patriotic societies kept
the Issue before the people for a long time. State con
ventions were held In which this was the leading topic
of discussion. We have a vague Impression that the
golden-rod finally found some sort of official recognition,
but It Is certain that the people themselves have never
accepted It very fully and we cannot be said to have
a national flower, any more than we have a national an
them, which Is universally accepted as such.
At the same time no one will seriously object to the
little by-play going on out In the newest state in the
sisterhood as to what she will call herself In the privacy
of confidential conversation.
The whole country nnltes In calling her great
SOUTH’S GROWTH AND PROGRESS
BULLETINS ON MANUFACTURES.
From tho Washington Po*t
11906, according to the
A vivid Idea of the rapid progrcwi being cigar* and ..
made In manufacturing In tb* Hoiitta in | creaaed with greater relative rapidity thau
convaved by census bulletin* Just leaned. \ that of amoklng nod chewing tobacco. The
covering the Mat-,, of Virginia. \\>at Vlr- JfHue of grist mill product* Increased over
Ini*. .North Carolina. South Carolina and M per cent, nnd tho value of lumber prod-
• *** per cent. The value of teztllo
omparfaon of the amount
if capita! InrcgtHft la umn a factoring la
he** atnte* In 1900 and 1M abow* at a
f lanco tho enormous development now go-
og on:
Pet. of
U00. Increase.
$92,389.60 0-3
49.lfll.lM 76.8
68.20.006 106.6
0.3
76.2
N. Carolina.. 147,000.639
H. Carolina., n3.42.224
Alabama .... 100.3*2,*69
and lumber
products Increased 64 per cent.
West Virginia's fortunate situation In
respect of mnnufnctiireti Is shown In her
rapid growth. The state ranked third In
1904 In the production of coal, fourth lu
petroleum, and second In natural gna. Wa
ter power, river transportation, nnd good
railroad development add to the facllltleft
of manufacture. The value of lumber
products Increased 56.1 per cent between
1909 and 1906, nnd planing mill product!
100.3 per i— * ‘ - '
la the
rank*
of prod
mills In the ntn
with 1T7 In 1900.
eiiod the amount
rd 73.9 p*
1906, as
Ing this
pltnl in-
Inc
seil
The value of .-..tt..n product*
of all
iiinufactureit
of the wage ,
•n iiiunufHc-
hlrd In the,
•>klng tobac-1
ripped Ken-.
to Missouri.
The Increase of capital Invested In the to-1
bacco Industry during the fli e-year period
waa 366 pi “
KS
llj-loj —1 111
1M6 It had •
Cholly
Knickerbocker's
GOSSIP
In
cent. In th
of cigars nnd cfgarfttes tb
in 1906 twenty-four time* as much capital.
About I
People
were By Private Leased Wire.
•age earner*, sir rime* _ *'* e ' v July 20.-—At last Sarah
cn times the value MM th- -
products as In 1900.
nnfacturtnf Is
the wage*.
rage
’•( JESDS TEACHING HOW TO PRAY
By DR. G. A. BEATTIE
LUKE xl; ML
( i T ESI
I insl
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Golden Text: Lord teach ux to pray—Luka xl, 1.
ESL’S was a man of prayer. Some one baa computed 21 recorded
Instances. Of course there were many more. When mention Is made
His praying, It Is not recorded ss an exceptional thing, but as His
habit. Sometimes He took His dleclples with Him, and again He went
alone. Wo may suppoee Hla prayers were very similar to those of every
Christian, wlfh ths exception that He never preyed for pardon, as "He wxs
without eln."
We are to Infer from the request of the disciples on this occasion that
John had taught hla disciples to pray, and they wished Him to do the same
for them, and to He gave them what la commonly called the Lord’s prayer.
No prayer haa ever been formulated that la more comprehensive, or
that haa been oftener repeated by human lips. It has been Incorporated In
the creed, confession or liturgy of every church. It Is one of the first prayers
tbat the children are taught to Map at their mother’s knee, and one that the
aged find pleasure in repeating. *
Dr. Ellphalet Nott, president of Union College for fifty years, when he
was a very old man, after he had retired from the presidency, was called
upon to make a prayer at commencement. He came trembling to the front
of the platform, and then repeated this prgyer, and followed It with "Now I
lay me down to sleep.” When he concluded, there was hardly a dry eye In
the vast congregation. It Is a prayer that Is appropriate for any occasion.
There are some who never use any othek prayer, and believe that none
other should be used. We are not warreAted In this supposition. It was
given as a sample or model. To use It consistently the highest type of Chris
tian character la requisite.
When we say "Our Father,” we recognise the brotherhood of man; when
we pray "Thy kingdom come," we pledge ourselves to do ell we can for that
end; when we say "Thy will be done,” we reach the point of submission and
consecration expressed by Christ In Gethsemans; when we can slnoersly pray
"Forgive ue our debts os we forgive our debtors," we have attained the spirit
manifested by Christ, on the cross.
Some years ago Francis Ridley Havergal wrote, a poem on the Loid’a
prayer, which was published by an English magazine, and as It has never
been printed among her published poems,' and many persona who rend this
lesson will want It for their scrap books, It Is given as follows;
“OUR FATHER."
O UR FATHER, our Father, who dwellest In light,
We lean on Thy love, and we rest on Thy might;
In weakness and weariness Joy shall abound,
For strength everlasting In Thee shall be found.
Our Refuge, our Helper, In conflict and woe.
Our Mighty defender, how blessed to know, .
"HALLOWED BE THY NAME."
O UR FATHER, Thy promise we earnestly claim.
The sanctified heart that shall hallow Thy name.
In ourselves. In our dear ones, throughout the wide world.
Be Thine as a banner of glory unfurled;
Let It triumph o’er evil and darkness and guilt.
We know Thou can’st do It. we know that Tnou wilt
"THY KINGDOM COME.”
O UR FATHER, we long for the glorious day
When all shall adore Thee and all shall obey. -
O, hasten Thy kingdom, oh. show forth Thy might.
And wave o’er the nations Thy scepter of right.
Oh, make up Thy Jewels, the crown of Thy love,
And reign In our hearts as Thou yelgnest above.
"THY WILL BE DONE."
O UR FATHER, we pray that Thy will be done.
For full acquiescence Is Heaven begun.
Both In us, and by us Thy purpose be wrought
In word nnd In action. In spirit Bnd thought
And Thou enn’st enable us thus to fulfill
With holy rejoicing Thy glorious will.
"OUR DAILY BREAD."
O UR FATHER, Thou carest: Thou'knowest Indeed
Our Inmost datlrsa, our manifold need;
The fount of Thy mercies shall never be dry,
For Thy riches In glory shall meet the eupply;
Our bread ehall be given, Our water be sure,
And nothing shall fall, for Thy word shall endure.
"FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS.”
O UR FATHER, forgive us, for we have transgressed,
Have wounded Thy love, and forsaken Thy breast;
In the peace of Thy pardon, henceforth let us live.
That through Thy forgiveness, we, too, may forgive.
The Son of Thy love, who has taught us to pray,
For Thy treasures of mercy has opened the way,
“LEAD US NOT IN TEMPTATION."
T HOU knoscest our dangers. Thou knoweet our frame.
But a tower of strength la Thy glorious name;
Oh. lead us not In temptation, wo pray,
But keep ue. and let us not stumble or stray:
Thy children shall under Thy-ehadow abide;
In Thee aa our Guide and our Shield w« confide.
“DELIVER U8 FROM EVIL."
O UR FATHER, deliver Thy children from sin.
From evil without, and evil within.
From this world with Its manifold evil and wrong,
From the wilds of the evil on*, subtle and strong.
Till fli Chrlet overcame, we, too, conquer and sing
* All glory to Thee, our victorious King.
o
“FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM."
UR FATHER. Thy children rejoice In Thy reign.
Rejoice In Thy highness, and praise Thee again;
— yea. Thine Is the kingdom, and Thine ts the might,
And Thine Is the glory tran.cendently bright.
Forever and ever that glory shall shine.
Forever and ever that kingdom be Thine.
That the dleclples might be encouraged to pray Christ gives them the
parable of the friend at mld-nlght. Dr. French says: "There Is the same
argument as In the parable of the unjust Judge, one from the less to the
greater, or more accurately from the worse to the better—but with this
difference, that here the narrow-heartedness and selfishness of man Is set
against tho liberality of God, while there It Is hie unrighteousness which ts
tacitly contrasted with the righteousness of Ood. The conclusion Is that If a
selfish man can yet be won by prayer and Importunity to give, an unjust
man to do right, how much more certainly ehall the bountiful Lord beteow
and the righteous Lord do Justice."
We are not to suppose that God ts reluctant to give, that our persistence
can overcome Hts unwillingness, or that It Is any trouble for Him to give.
Only the one thought Is to be emphasised.
Christ follows the parable with an Illustration from the home life, the
father’s willingness to grant the requests of his children, and then adds
that God Is still more willing to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.
He Is more willing to give than we are "to receive.
To receive, three things are requisite. We must ask, seek and knock.
Our receiving will be commensurate with our faith. We must ask In Hla
name. God will honor every drat* at the Bank of Heaven tbat ts counter
signed by Jesus Christ. None has ever yet been protested.
Cott
[•finding Industry In
19J6 this lodusirr represented 72 p«*r <
"f tin* rnpltnl. j.*-r ‘••lit ••{ tin* «
earners, nnd 62 per cent of the value of
products of all
The nmouit of
mnniifnctiirlnff Increased 109 p
twi i_ * **: Bpp ■
cent, nnd the value of products 36 per cent
Measured l»y the value of [irntluct* nnd
the number of producing spindles. * South
Carolina ranked aa the aecond state *~
the uul‘»n In 1 >6.
Alabama's Increasing Importance In Iron
is shown by the con
and steel prodftlai _
sus figures of 1900 and 19uf». Tbe atnte now
ranks second In the production of basic
and forge pig Iron, nnd first In the pro
duction of foundry pig Iron. The capital
Invested In steel nnd rolling mills Increased
124 per cent between 1900 and 1905, tho
value of products j»-r cent, the num
ber of wage earners 65 per cent, nnd the
Wafts paid 40 per cent. Hteel rail* weye
not produced In 1900. while In 1906 a large
output was reported. The state bflefloe
second in coke production In and
was In progress the expenslon of tL _
ton manufacturing Industry was also re
markable. The capital Invested in cotton
manufacturing increased 112 per cant, and
the value of products 136 per cent. I.nm
ber nnd timber production also showed a
great Increase, the amount of capital in
vested being GO per cent greater than III
1900 nnd tho value of product* 27 per cent.
These figures are full of Interest to Wash
Ington. which Is now aspiring to become
ths chief supply nnd distributing post DO*
tween the North nnd South. The growth
of the Booth is an assurance of n grenter
Washington. With improved fnrllltlc
obtaining coni from Weat Virginia, manu
factoring enterprises will spring up nd
*acent to this city, sending their product*
hrough the sections which are shown by
the census to be reveling in prosperity.
The demands of the fust-growldg 8outh
will be enormoua, and the expansion of
by a narrow :
may wage earner*, six times — * •" *''•*** ****** * w *“'*‘ fcarah
1 rteven times the value of j Bernhardt may vvear tho ribbon of tha
Legion of Jionor. After many years
of discussion the decoration haa been
bestowed upon the great actress, it
has been a struggle. A woman with a
too well known past, a Jewess and a
_ „ deserter from the Comedle Francatie.
manufacture* In the stnt«*. | her friends have had all sorts of trou-
cnpltnl Invested In cotton ble In landing the coveted honor foe
Increased 109 per cent be- her, and now genius haa triumphed nn«i
• a “ d *"*■ ’MS the Divine Surah I. a l.gtoSSyT 85?
vast army of American friends and ad
mirers send congratulations.
After prolonged Investigation, the
nearest that New York can come to
Chicago's record of conversion, that
cost |1,W0 apiece Is a paltry |2l each.
Investigation by the Salvation Army
here with a view to comparing the city
to Chicago and Atlanta, which have
reached their conversion costs, revealed
the fact today that the Bowery tramp's
Is the costliest of all the souls saved la
Now York by the manifold agency „f
personal solicitation or written appeal
While the derelicts themselves can have
no market rating and can find no one
who will trust them with til, the Sal
vation' Army Is willing to a pen-1 that
amount, on the average, on each per
son acceptable to it, and actually doe.
spend It on each convert In the Bow.
ery.
Twenty-one dollars doesn’t represent
all that a Bowery conversion costs the
army. The great labor of love that in
volves the monetary expenditure can
nover be reckoned at all. Nor does the
financial outgo stop with 121. The
convert, man or woman, must be
watched by men who are ready to give
a helping hand whenever It Is wished.
Papa Van Alen has taki/i himself to
England to find out for himself what
causes his daughter May’s delay.
Tho magnificent estate at Wakehurst
has been renovated from garret to cel
lar and James J. Van Alen, who had
been fishing up In Canada, threw- away
his fishing tackle, came to Newport and
cabled to "Marne” to come on over and
play hostess.
Perhaps the erratic James J. over
looked the fact that “M*rae" may have
made a few plans of her own over
there.
Last year the master of Wakehurst
became so disgusted, politically, that
he not only exiled himself, but gave up
hla citizenship. Nevertheless, he says
that unless Wakehurst Is sold by spring
he will again occupy It next summer,
for, aa he laconically puts It, "London Is
not Newport fn summer."
Lady Herbert, widow of Sir Michael
A. Herbert, Is expected In Newport
from Europe nexP Sunday' to spend tho
summer with her parents, Mr. and Mr*.
Richard T. Wilson, and with her sis
ters, Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt
Sailing 12,000 mites to wed the
sweetheart of her childhood days, Ml..
Annie Robinson, left New York on tha
Kalserln Augusta Victoria, for Cape
town, Sduth Africa, where she will
meet her husband-to-be.
Fifteen years ago, when Miss Robin
son was only 12, she met Harry Siegel,
who came to America from his English
home to make hla fortune. For fire
years the ohlldren were "little sweet
hearts,” and when young Siegel decid
ed to try his luck In South Africa he
exacted a vow from the girl to wait
for him.
Fortune smiled on Siegel and ths
small herd of cattle he got together
grow Into an enormous herd. He
claimed the fulfillment of the promise
and Miss Robinson has sailed.
Pete, the 8-foot diamond-back rat
tlesnake at the Bronx zoological park,
Is dead from the case of appendicitis
with which a reptile has been known to
be afflicted. When hla body was cut
open by Cudato Nitmlr, the tooth of a
rabbit was found lodged In Pete’s ap
pendix. The big snake freqently con
sumed as many ns eighteen rabbits at
a meal and never chewed ble food.
Mrs. Minnie Nugent, of Mlneola Cen
ter, L. L Is Indignantly waiting the
coming of a constable, who Is to at
tempt to replevin her here today on s
writ obtained by her husband.
"I’ll never go with him," ehe declares.
•Such a way to get back a wife!
It Is a novel method John Nugent,
of Freeport, has adopted to recover hi.
runaway wife. 8he left him after a
year of married life.
Mrs. Mary F. sTrong, a wealthy we
an of Springfield. Mass., who I. .urn-
merlng at Bell Island, Conn., was sued
yesterday by Dr. Hubert H. Aimes, pro
-lessor or history In the College of the
City of New York, and his sister, Mre
Virginia R. McAlpIne, of Gilroy, Cal,
for 85,000, the plaintiff claiming that
Mrs. Strong took at least seventy-Uvs
different souvenirs from the Aimes fan
lly home, one of which was a skeleton.
OLD GREENBACKER'8 VIEW8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
As you have very kindly allowed some
of our Populists brothers on all sides
of the gubernatorial contest to ex
press their views through the medium
of your most excellent paper, a. well
ns the opinions of "our friends, the en
emy,” will you please extend the same
courtesy to your friend, the subscriber,
to state some facts and ask soiqe ques
tlons?
Thirty years ago, after having suf
fered from the disastrous effects of
three financial panics, I, with seventeen
others, organized the Greenback party
of Georgia. It was the People's Party
of that day.
The party grew, giving promise of
Immediate reform, till in 1878 we had
thirteen straight Greenbackers In con
gress, breaking Into the Republican
party ranks In Maine, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, eta, and into Democrat party
ranks In Texas, Alabama, North Caro
lina and Missouri, and the Democrats
becoming frightened, In their . state
platforms out-greenbacked the Green
lackers—Just a Herod was out-Herod
ed—and over sixty calling themselves
Greenback Democrats, were elected to
congress. Georgia furnished one or
two of them and one or two were
counted out. The Greenback Demo?
crets, with the assistance of the
straight Greenbackers, could have or
ganized the houBC and legislated finan
cial relief for the people. The Green-
backers offered to support any Green
back Democrat the party might offer
for speaker of the house, but, regard
less of their promises, the Greenback
Democrats went Into the Belmont
caucus and helped to elect Sam Ran
dall, a high-tariff-hard-money Repub
lican Democrat, thus opening the way
for Grover Cleveland to give us an
other term In the school of adversity,
teaching us the blessings thereof
through bis financial object lesson.
Thus were the Greenbackers betrayed
by a kiss and their organization ceased
to exist, and power was confirmed and
bestowed upon one, two or three bil
lionaires of Europe and America, to pre
cipitate a financial panlo Whenevr they
see their own Interest In doing so. And
whenevr this thing occurs a hundred
thousand ambitious young men
throughout our land, who have In
vestal their sweat browed earnings In
a partly paid for home, will see that
home swept Into ths greedy maws of
the beneficiaries of our bond-baaed,
Brltah-fundlng system.
The methods employed by the lead
ers of the Democrat—not Democratic—
party to catch Greenback suckers Is
now being eperatsd for Populist suck
ers; untoSunately many are taking
the hook.
Now, I wont to ask some questions,
and, as for ths past twslvs years wt
have regarded him as our peerless lead
er, I want to ask these questions of
M r. Thomas EL Watson. In view of
the foregoing facte and other near-
home history, I shall present:
Can any Intelligent, honest, self-re-
gpeering Populist step out from “ths
middle of the road,” In which you have
■o often begged us to keep, and align
himself with a party whose most
prominent representative In state poll-
Ice, a candidate for governor, says Is
controlled by as corrupt an organiza
tion aa the devil could desire, the na
tional organisation being headed by
Tom Taggart, the proprietor of one of
the most disreputable gambling dives
In the world—a den where women and
children are encouraged to cultivate
vicious habits! Is a party so organized
—depending upon and hopeless of na
tional succeas without ths aid of Tam
many Hall—worthy the support of a
true Populist? Is a party whoso head
told us Southern Populists to go back
to the nigger where we belonged worthy
of our respect? Is a candidate for
governor of the state of Georgia who
Insulted evsry Populist of Georgia by
charging that we slept on the floor of
the capitol with nigger delegatee wor
thy of our eupport?
Is a candidate who to unfairly and
outrageously misrepresented the pro
ceedings of our convention, one of the
largest and most representative that
ever asyembled In the. state, that a
resolution of condemnation was unan
imously passed, now worthy of our
support?
W e remember how feelingly and pa
thetically the chairman of our conven
tion told ue of the negro woman who,
on her death bed, sent 50 cents to aid
the Populists In their tight against
Democratic corruption. We hope that
old negro woman’s ghost may never re
turn to earth to learn that her 50 cents
has been misapplied.
Now, honestly, Mr. Watson, do you
advise, remembering your position be
fore the convention of 1814, and your
opera house speech, the Populists of
Georgia to desert their party on the
strength of one man of the Democratic
party saying he Is In favor of negro
disfranchisement, knowing at the same
rime that he, even a. governor, would
be no more able to do It than you or I?
Very respectfuly,
C. T. PARKER,
Committeeman People’s Party, Fifth
Congressional District
Atlanta, Ga., July I, 1101
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Lcn»*-1 Wire.
New York, July 20.—Here arc some
of the visitors In New York today.
ATLANTA—L. T. Bryant, T. Mu .
AT LAMIA—U. A. ** ' „ n d
ler, W. R. Sullivan, H. E. Barry w
wife, G. Carpenter, B. E.Kins.l- »•
Oppenhelm and wife, J- W. Ottft
■*! Green, D. Hudson and wife. T. *•
artln and wife.
MACON—W. J. Masse*. .
SAVANNAH—W. B. Clark and wife.
r. j; Plerpont, J. H. Reese. L -
IN PARI8.
Special to Th* Georgian.
Paris, July »0.—Arthur R-^’g
Jr. of Rome, Ga„ register,^ at
office of the European edition of in
New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN BISTORT-
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1144—Peter Lombard. Msbop of Perl*.
1558—Lady Jane Grey's nine dnye v
1531—John *Oldbam killed by Indleo* •*
'& nathor of "H"”*’"
In Belly, fheetHml msn»4»‘.
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M48-Chln KeenfFw> raptured by
under Blrll. Pettlnxer. .iiM.
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180-Confederate capital changed
mend, Va. _ . . Kr ,:ern*ral
1IC4—Geatre! Ksrly defeated by
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