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‘ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- TT'ERPAY. JTT.Y 31. IfWC The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPL? GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c 3. Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Ga. Entered ns second-class matter April X, ISOS, at tbs rostofflcs at Atlanta. Ga- under act of conxress of March S. ItTf. A man may well bring a horse to the water. But he cannot make him drink without he will. • —Haywood. Turn on All the Light. The confession of Rlchsrd Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton AssocUUon, that be baa been Bpecu la tins In cotton futures will not be palliated, in the mind of the general public, by the alleged fact that he wae act ing for the beneficial Interest of a friend. Following close upon the heels of the confession of anothor salaried officer of the Southern Cotton Associa tion that he himself was until recently a stockholder In a bucket shop, the circumstances are such as to de mand a searching Investigation of all the facts by the en tire executive committee of the Southern Cotton Asso ciation. This Is entirely aside from the representations mpde to another stockholder that Cheatham was one of the pro prietors of the Piedmont Brokerage Company, and that this was told him as an Inducement to get him to take stock—entirely aside from the confidential conversations betwsen Cheatham and this second stockholder on the as sumption of the latter that they were Joint proprietors ot the Piedmont Bucket Shop. The known and acknowledged facts are sufficient to demand a thorough Investigation by the executive com mittee as a whole. On September E—less than six weeks from now—the annual meeting of the members of the Southern Cotton Association will be held at Hot Springs, Ark. When that meeting Is held the executive committee should be In a position to place all the facta before the general body, that they may be able to act Intelligently In choosing their officers for another year. A man of mooe delicate sensibilities than Cheatham, proven to have utilised his Inside Information to specu late In futures—for the benefit of at least one friend— would tender his resignation at once, while a man of greater teal than Harvle Jordan, with the facte at pres ent before him, would exert every energy to turn on all the light possible. The people of the whole South are aroused over the revelations already made, and they are not going to be satisfied with anything less than a remorseless and un compromising exposure of the whole muddle. The Georgian has already reproduced aome of the opinions of the press, and they have but begun to dis cuss the matter. There te no way to smother or whitewash thle thing, and the beet way out of It la to call that meeting of the entire' executive committee. The beat Intereete of the farmers of the South de mand thle. The Southern Cotton Association la too good a body of men and has too many possibilities for good, to be discredited by the misconduct of one or two men, though thsy be the highest officers In the organization. Who Paid for Those Advertisements? The members ot the Southern Cotton Association have a right to know It their money Is being used to ad vertise The Cotton Journal, of Atlanta, which Is the per sonal property ot Harvle Jordan, Richard Cheatham and their associates. - Ths officers of the Southern Cotton Association are paid handaome salaries by the farmers of the South to look after the Inteiesta of the saaoclatlon. It the or ganization la to have an official "organ" the proflta of It should go Into the common treasury, and not Into the pockets of Jordan. Cheatham, et al. mi-—i. At any rate the people want to know whoso money »'•* Is paying for Jte advertisements scattered throughout ’ tbo South, announcing that the Information collected by the Southern Cotton Association will be given out through Jordan and Cheatham's Cotton Journal. The demand will not be etlfled, and It will not be side-tracked In the midst of other charges, thongh each and every one ot them deserves a searching Investigation. WHO PAID FOR THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE COTTON JOURNAL? Cotton Association, we are Inclined to think that the go- throughout the South, who want to know how it Is that nlus of Harvle Jordan for "not knowing things," whether ; one of their salaried officers has been denouncing spec- It be the price of cotton or the gyrations of his subordl- I elation while he played the marketa himself on Inside In- nates, la about as wonderful as anything else In his mete- jformation oric career. And the farmer feeds them all. Truth Above Temper. When your adversary loses his temper he Is also likely sometimes to lose his brains—and that Is distinctly the case with Harvle Jordan. The bitter and scurrilous diatribe which he flung the other day against the editor of The Georgian, reeking with trivial, abaurd and' Inconsequential personalities, might much better have been devoted to u study of his own case and to an Investigation into the attitude ot the people toward him. , The letter which we have quoted today from Mr. Mnrpbey Is from a man whose honesty and Integrity new er has been and can never be questioned In Georgia. And the facts stated by Mr. Murphy are ot such a nature as will Instantly Impress themselves upon the public because they are tacts. They are almost axioms because they are self-evident fact*. The truth Is. Mr. Jordan, you ought not to permit yourself to. become so violently sensitive over a legitimate inquiry Into the fidelity and capacity of your administra tion. This la an age of publicity and an age of investi gation. The probe l« being inserted everwbere by thoughtful people who are interested In the public's wet- fare, and the searchlight of investigation la being turned upon public organisations and public officials, and you who are public official!, and by whatever methods you have obtained the places that you occupy for the time be ing, are under a very great responsibility. It Is no primary evidence of hostility that a public newspaper which has been and I* now one of the' beat living friends of the Southern Cotton Asosclatlon, at tempts to apply to the business and deportment ot the cotton 'association those same probes and searchlights which are visiting every other responsible station, and which no honest end capable official has a right to pro test or to fear. YOU may rely upon It, Mr. Jordan, that The Georgian Is above the smallness of personalities In this matter, and though you have been most vilely and vulgarly offensive to this paper, we are perfectly capable ot considering you abstractly and without reforence to your offensive and arrogant personalities, but with the single reference to what you have done and are now doing In the Interests of the great body of people In whom we are Interested and for whose Interests we propose to fight Just so long as wo know how to fight and have the pen and tongue to fight with. Your administration Is up for trial and Investigation before the people whom you represent, and this people Is not only the people who live In Georgia, and their Inter ests are not only Georgia's Interests, but those of the entire South, and the Interests of the cotton associations of all of these states. All that we ask, and this we not only ask but de mand, Is that this Investigation be, as Representative An derson, of Chatham, suggests, not “a whitewashing pro cess," but that It shall be from first to last a sincere, straightforward and complete trial before a Jury of- your Bill association and held In such a place that all things distinctly tearing upon these matters may be easily ac cessible to those who are seeking light and Information. As we have said before, we say again, that, disdaining your vulgar and foolish personalities, we will accept the verdict of this Investigation, when It becomes n fair In vestigation, and will give you full and unstinted credit you are vindicated of the suspicions which now cloud your administration. And, we promise you upon the other hand, that if you are not fully vindicated we shall use our full en deavors to protect and befriend In a reasonable and hon orable way the great organisation which has given you o measure of. confidence In full proportion to every service and every merit you have ever shown. The Court of Appeals. '.Myself and Rosey are willing to be governed by your Judgment and will trust to It to make us both rich." —Mike O'Orady to Secretary Cbeatbam. A sorry spectacle, Indeed, wben such communications are being sent to, and acted upon by, an officer of tbe Southern Cotton Association, whose Inside Information, collected at the expense of the people and for their bene fit, Is used for the benefit of a friend who "can afford to gamble.” "These conditions he"—who?—“believes will have a tendency to force an advance In the price of May and July, and ho thinks we”—what we?—"should take advan tage of them."—Mike O'Grady to Secretary Cheatham. There Is nothing In the letter which Indicates who the mysterious "he” Is, but when one man writes to an other nnd suggests that WE should do a certain thing, what la the Inference? THEY ARE NOT WITH YOU, MR. JORDAN, Barnesvllle, Ga., July 30, 1906. Editor of The Georgian: I notice that Harvle Jordan charges you with being "absolutely Ignorant" as to what hla advice to farmers has cost them in the price of cotton. Fact i.—Let me give you a few facte. In the fall of 1904 Harvle Jordan advised the fanners to hold their cotton when the price ranged from 9 to 10 cents. Many of the farmers In my section took his advice and were compelled to sell their cotton In the spring of 1905 from 7 to 8 cents—a clear loss of 2 cents a pound, not Including storage. Insurance and shrinkage. Fact 2—In the fall of 1905, Harvle Jordan ad vised farmers to hold cotton for 13 to 15 cents. Many hald and some nre still holding and are compelled to take from 10 to 11 cents, when they could have sold for 12 cents How Harvle Jordan can figure out that his advice has saved the farmers $200,000,000, I am unable to Cholly Knickerbocker’s see. Now while 1 am a lawyer, I am also a farmer. I hare adjoining my city homo about twenty acres and also have a farm that I rent outside of the city and raise cotton on both places. T differ with Mr. Jordan In his claim that the farmers are satisfied with his advice. I have heard many express themselves oth- - r-A Is,-. I In-Id my cotton. nut Ijw.-iiihc I l» Ii.-v.--l that Harvle Jordan's advice was good, but I wished to aid my farmer neighbors in their laudable endeavor to get better prices for their cotton. Now, Mr. Editor, let mo congratulate you upon the bold stand you nre taking* In demanding a full Investigation of tbe charges made by Representative Anderson, of Chatham. A. A. MURPHEY. We recently assured Mr. Jordan that so far from feeling that be had saved them $200,000,000, the farmers ot the South held him responsible for tremendous losses, as the above card from one ot the leading citizens of the state conclusively proves. We are confident, Mr. Jordan, that a cloud of witnesses are ready to rise up and con front you in this matter, and to Impeach the advice you have given them. THE PRESS DEMANDS A THOROUGH INVESTIGA TION Cotton Association a Bucket 8hop. From the New Orleans Item. It haa been charged before the Geor gia legislature that the officers of the Southern Cotton Association are connected with a bucket shop at At lanta and are giving out tips derived from their knowledge of the cotton crop. The association denies the charge and. has appointed a commit tee to Investigate the matter. It would seem that the committee. should be appointed from ths outside and not by those who are accused. Represen tative Anderson, of Chatham, brings the charges and asks for a legislative Investigation. The Item falls to see what the Georgia legislature has to do with the matter. . It la more properly an affair for the courts. Dr. J. M. Crawford, who holds stock In the Piedmont Brokerage Company, which Is nothing but a bucket shop, states In a card that the concern w-as promoted- by Secretary Cheatham of the association, who frequently gave him tips on the market. Messrs. Jor dan and Cheatham deny that the as sociation has any connection with the bucket shop, but they have not thus uuvnoy nil t/jy, UUI llicjr llUVt! JIUL IIIUI far denied that officers of the associa tion have an interest In ths bucket shops. This Incident, If not clearly shown to be unsupported by foots, will go far to damage the association with cotton planters, who as It la ars beginning to have grave doubts wheth er the nostrums of Jordan & Co. have any effect upon the quantity and value ot the cotton crop. It will ba remem bered how Jordan clamored last year for 15-rent -cotton, and how planters held back their cotton to await the coming of the waters. They failed to }ush the price up to 15 cents and keep t there as they promised, and lost much money by withholding their crop. Grasping at the shadow they lost the substance, and now thsy are ready to believe Jordan end Cheatham to te charlatans who are seeking to manipu late price* for their own Interest. Ths result of the Investigation Into the bucket shop business at Atlanta may be of signal benefit to the farmers. They will now- know what confidence to repose In Jordan's novel teaching of political economy. The Defense of Cheatham. If we were a lawyer, ss we are not, and If we were the prosecuting attorney, as we are not, in the case of the cottpn association scandal, what a delicious and entranc ing work ot-srt It would be to analyse and to rip to rib bons tbe wonderful defense of Mr. Richard Cheatham. But we are not a lawyer, neither are we the prose cuting attorney and our only attitude In this case le one ot tbe most profound concern tor the cotton association, and of unselfish desire to see its Interests protected and tbo integrity of Its official life maintained. But Mr. Cheatham's pies Is something so humorous "that we almost covet a lawyer's chance to review this defense, so tearfully and so wonderfully made. From the attitude of Mr. Fairchild. Innocent Iamb and underling that he Is, on down through the marvelous nnd miraculous "re-appearance" of the Mike O'Grady whose "name was new and never known before,” to the elaborate and fine spun effort to explain tbe original inter view In Tbe Atlanta Constitution, there has never been so delightful a subject for the lawyer with a sense o( humor as the defense of Richard Cheatham. If we were to call upon the people In Georgia who have read It to express thetr belief by bolding up tbelr right hands, there would not te a right-hand digit lifted In the Impartial rank of the entire state. We are not going to prosecute Cheatham, for It la not our business, but we cannot fall to thank Mr. Cheatham for a defense in which the eagerness of excuse Is so tre mendously permeated with the humor of Inconsistency and an extravagant Improbability, that It adds an element of opera bouffe to tbe entire cotton scandal. The marvel ot It alt is how these things could go on and on and on through the Innocent Fairchild and the • exceedingly sudden Mike O'Grady'' to the detectable end Irrepressible Cbeatbam himself—all In a little room 10x12—all intimate friends—without the far-seeing eye of that Incomparable leader, Harvle Jordan, having some knowledge of the entire facts. Really, gentlemen of the jury, and of the Southern The house nnd senate hnvo practically agreed on the measure providing for an election to amend the con stitution so that s court of appeals may be established for the purpose of affording relief to the supreme court. The Georgian was first to champion this necessary measure ot relief and has been the steady and consistent advocate ot It ever since. It Is peculiarly gratifying, therefore, to find It so near to actual achievement. We anticipate no trouble whatever In the approaching elec tion. It Is proposed that the new court shall consist'of three members to serve, at first, for two. four and six years, respectively, the various terms to be chosen by lot by tbe successful candidates. The work ot the supreme court has increased to such an extent that It Is a physical Impossibility for the mem bers of that body to discharge the onerous duties Impos ed upon them. Georgia stands out conspicuously in contrast with other states, where the process of appeal to tbo court of last resort is burdensomely expensive. It Is the policy ot this state to mote out equal Justice to every man with out regard to his financial means. But It Is impossible to go on as we are doing, and the happiest solution seems to te. not to make the pro- cees ot appeal restrlctlvely expensive, but to establish this new court, which will relieve the supreme court of much of the work now Imposed upon It by the Increased number of courts nnd the greater volume ot business. Tbe people will vote solidly In favor of the amend ment tor the constitution, and the new regime will soon be an accomplished fact. On# of Them Smoksd Out. From the Cordele Rambler. It looks like J. Randolph Anderson knew what he was talking about when he said there was gambling among the Southern Cotton Association. It does took llko graft gets Into almost every thing. When Mr. Anderson made the statement aome people thought that he was talking too much with his mouth, but Mr. A. A. Fairchild, pub lishing manager, comes up and ac knowledges the corn. "My Dear Dick: Your telegram came duly to hand nnd It lends the writer to suspect that there will be ■smethlng doing In the epeculatlve market.”—Mike O'Grady to ( Secretary Cheatham. Nothing like standing In with the powers thst te when there Is likely to be "something doing in the spec ulative market. “My Desr Dick: What about cotton? To a man up s tree," etc.—Mike O'Grady to Secretary Cheatham. Just at present Cheatham's reply might read some thing like this: “My Desr Mike: I appear to te the man up tho tree." "Hoping thst everything Is working smoothly and favorably with you," etc.—Mike O'Grady to Secretary Cheatham. Thank you, Mike, but things are not working “as smoothly and favorably” jus$ at present as a great de fender of the people against tho evils of speculation really deserves. Thomas Qulnney Is still hopeful that he will get bet ter prices for the cotton held under the advice ot Hsnrle Jordan, but he has some very decided views on speculat ing In futures, and has grave doubts whether a speculator can ever get to heaven. Has he heard the news from Cheatham? "Your Uncle Michael would like very much to hear from you."—Mike O'Grady to Secretary Cheatham. And so would several thousand farmers scattered How It Is Viswsd By a Lssding Trade Ptpsr. From the NeW Orleans Trade Index. On the 17th day of last month The Cotton Journal, of Atlanta, made Its bow to the public, and furnlehed a fair Idea as to the lines It has elected to follow in advocacy of measures calcu lated to benefit ths Southern Cotton planter. And, on the whole, we must say that ths initial effort to put forth a Journal devoted to the Interests of the farming element has proven meas urably creditable to the publishers In so far ss the typographical, general farm ing and business departments of the Journal are concerned; -but to that ex tent only, since It Is clearly apparent that the controlling spirit dictating the editorial policy of the publication Is lamentably Ignorant a* to the value ot tribdern methods employed In handling the cotton crop, and strikes blindly at a system the abrogation of which would mean an Immeasurable calamity tu the peoplo of the entire cotton bett. It was perhaps, pnfortunate for the cotton planters of the South that thetr organised effort to control the produc tion nnd marketing of thetr chief sta ple crop should have been allowed to pass so completely Into the bends of the gentleman whose name figures as "Editor-In-Chief of The Cotton Jour nal. and whose personal opinions, as oxpressed In future In the columns of that publication, must now be accepted ns n mere reflex of those entertained by the class he Is supposed to repre sent In a Journalistic capacity. We write tilts with the best feeling In the world for Colonel Hsnrle Jordan, of whose nblltles ss an orator end tender of men we have the highest opinion. But we know, as does every man at all familiar with the cotton trade ot the world who has listened to his ad dresses delivered before the conven tions of the Southern Cotton Associa tion, that hla grasp of conditions af fecting the movement of cotton from the field to the loom la by no means perfect, nnd that, were bis advice to be followed, and all terriers between plnnter and spinner swept away, the trade of the world In the South's great staple would be thrown Into a state of chaos from which tt could not pos sibly recover ere the present prosper ity of the South should have become legend. The unfortunate circumstance* con nected with the position of Ths Cotton Journnt rests In the faJt thst Its ed itor la unable to differentiate between the modern, and absolutely necessary, method of buying and selling cotton for forward delivery and the pernicious system of gambling In "Futures" thst Has developed during recent years, given rise to. the horde of bucksrshop* Innui with which the country t» SKIw cursed, duced to This lack of understanding on hts part teen touched. has already served to place the Jour nal In a position of violent antagonism to ths legitimate future contract branch of the cotton trade, and, as well, to ths banking Interests of the Southern Interior, upon which, when all Is said, the continued prosperity of the cotton planter depends. The pub lication of the cartoon in the Initial Issue of the Journal depicting "An other Eruption," wherein the burning lava of "Just Prices" Is shown over whelming the legitimate contract trade' and bucket shops alike, can be viewed only In the light of a grntltultous Insult to the entire memberships of the New York and New Orleans Cotton Ex changes, Institutions whose benefit rule* control the movement of the American crop and make It poalible for the planter to receive a commen surate return for the fruits of his la bor. Just what Ths Journal expects to accomplish by thus viciously attack ing the cotton trade In one of Its most vitally Important branches Is beyond our comprehension, but upon this point It may feel assured: Its appeal to Ig norant prejudice Is being directed to a class of men who ere well Informed, as a yule, concerning trade methods, and Is not apt to meet with approval on the part of those Upon whom It depends for material assistance In the work of building up the publication. Apart from Its antagonistic attitude toward the cotton exchanges of New York and New. Orleans, and more par ticularly toward that element In thetr memberships representing the future contract trade. The Cotton Journal ap pears to be nn excellent publication, the only feature to detract from Its generally favorable appearance being the too frequent Inclusion In Its pages of half-tone portraits of Its Ed- ltor-ln-Chtef, not less than three of which were contained In the Initial number. Our newly launched contemporary has the best wishes of The Trade In dex for Its future prosperity, though we earnestly hope It will yet see the error of Its way and become a friend, Instead of an enemy, to the best In terests of the cotton planters of the South. “Wants Friendly Investigation.” From the Moultrie Observer. Harvle Jordan Is by the Southern Cotton Association as the Republicans nre by the tariff. He thinks It should be Investigated by Its friend*. Growth and Progress of the New South Under this head will appear from time to time Information Illustrating ths remtrknlils development of ths Booth which deserves something more thnn pass ing attention. Observations of Northern Friends With a Local Friend’s Comment. GOSSIP About [ People By Private 7-easel Wire. New York. July St.—Twice has Brigadier McLcer. of Brooklyn, visited the battlefield of Bull Run. There wilt be no third time, ho declares. The time of his first visit he had a little argument with Stonewall Jackson. It was back In '61, and as a result of that, General McLeer had an arm and a leg shattered by the arguments used by the men. He afterwards became fa mous as "Jackson's foot cavalry." Last week with Mrs. McLeer and members of the Fifth, Tenth and Four teenth regiments of Brooklyn the gen eral visited the battle ground to help select sites for monuments to the ex- Union dead. His horse shied at a new plank In a bridge and the phaeton went down a 15-foot embankment Captain Rounds and James G. Rakln. of Brooklyn, who escaped by jumping, picked up General and Mrs. McLeer. The general was badly shaken up, the old wound was reopened and his face was lacerated. Mrs. McLeer was Injured on the side and arms. He now declares he has had all ot Bull Run he wants. Disquieting reports come from Southampton, L.' I„ where the vener able Cardinal Gibbons, head of the Catholic church In America, Is spend ing the summer. Hts eminence Is suf fering from overwork and his condi tion Is giving hla friends serious con cern. He has recently celebrated his 72d birthday and while he appears to be suffering from no organic trouble, he Is very feeble. Undaunted by malaria, fever or mos quitoes, Cupid Is doing business on the Isthmus of Panama. Announce ment tg made here of the marriage at Panama, July t, of Dr. Samuel Fau- cett, of Stamford, Conn., and Miss Catherine Conners, a trained nurse, of New York. Dr. Faucett was a govern ment surgeon, and fit the hospital at Ancon he met Miss Conners, whose handling of yellow fever cases had made her famous. The marriage took place at Cristobal, where the couple are spending their honeymoon, fight ing an epidemic of smallpox. The surgeons and nurses at Bellevue Hospital are on the point of mutiny to day because of an order allowing but one face towel snd one bath towel a week to each. The supply of soap also has been cut down to one cake a week. Superintendent Armstrong has been petitioned to nnnul lhe new order. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. When persons from other" parts of the country become enthusiastic over the progress of the New South, Is It not time for us to sit up and take no tice? Seine Gothamite, signing him self “Yankee,” writes as follows to The New York Sun: "I note that In a quarter of a cen tury the assessed value of the South has Increased from about $5,000,000,000 to $6,600,000,000, or $3,500,000,000 In >5 year*—$158,000,000 a year. This Is getting rich about the rate of $2,500.- 000 a week or nearly $800,000 a day, or $16,000 an hour every hour of eveiy day of every week for twenty-five years, no Intermission for holidays or Sundays. This Is not so bad. Is It, for a section of our glorious land which forty years ago was worse than bank rupt financially, and was facing a so cial problem upsetting all the tradi tions of a people? Which shows what the trtfiy American spirit can do when It loosens up and goes In to win. Hooray for Dixie and her dollars.'' Handsomely said. Equally nice are the extracts below from a letter by Cincinnatian to his local paper. The Commercial-Enquirer: 'Having lately returned from the land of cotton, that monarch that holds sway all over the world, without whose dictum the wheels of the earth's pro gress would stop, I am moved to say that with each visit I make to the White Country' I am more deeply Im pressed with the stupendous growth of that section. Its power and glorious fu ture. " 'Keep your eye on the South,’ Jsy Gould said fi quarter of a century ago. 'It Is a new country, an Et Dorado of riches.' He was not more prophetic than time has proven. It Is computed that more than $300,000,000 of' money has been added to the wealth of the South In the last two years. If any part of the United States has raune for pride In the census returns of the past twelve months It Is that section. Providence has been kind throughout Its entire domain. "Glancing backward, during the jertod between the years 1880 and 1*00 the capital Invested In the cotton belt was Increased from 8181,417,000 8370,407,(15, or 106 per cent. Southern Cotton Growers’ Association Is an organisation with more poser than Wall street. It literally holds the money poser In the hollos- of Its hand. "The result of Its conference on Jan uary 11 had a significance of national Import. And yet a few words might tell the tale of the result. ‘Hold for 15 cents, encourage the cultivation ot less acreage and larger crops.' Cotnn need fear no rival, knowing that tt pro duces. In value, more than Iron and stsel combined. Let the cotton crop material Is being sent to other sections, fashioned there and shipped back to Atlanta and other Southern cities for consumption or use In our own manu factures. Is not this condition an un pardonable Indifference to nature's gifts? The South has not done much— though with a proper expression of the New 8outh (Atlanta) spirit. It eventu ally will—with the finer grades o. goods, or with the qdds and ends of every-day demand by the people. In regard to Southern progress, es peclally Atlanta for tho future, the out siders are all "Missourians"—we shall “have to show them.” Just such an exposition as planned to be held In At lanta In 1(10 Is needed,- and will be broadly Illuminating as to what tho New South has done and what It Is capable of doing with her matchless resources. If you believe In tne New South (At lama) Spirit be consistent, show your colors and wear the official Atlanta 1810 button or pin. If the cxpoilttun Is wanted act os If you wanted It. Ac tions speak louder than words. These copyright buttons and pins are on sale and for every one bought the United Sales Agency will contribute 1 cent to the 1(10 Exposition fund. There are 150,000 people In Atlanta and If every true Atlantan will wear a pin or button the Exposition fund will be enriched to the extent ot $1,000, and it will cost you but 10 cents to make this assured. found a new meaning. It wou! quire a brain omniscient to compre hend the vastness of the product of the past year. "So, today, forty years after the sur render of the gallant remnant of the Confederate army at Appomattox, we see old Dixie rise from the ashes ot desolation, s conqueror of conquerors, showing such mighty recuperation ss history does not record of any other section of the earth under like condi tions. It would be Impossible to con ceive of anything of'which the South could be deprived and suffer to any large extent. All the products of all generous lands are hers, whether cere als, fruits, vegetables nr minerals, not to mention her world power, cotton.” Thcsi observations made by our friends ot the North are full of sug gestion for ths future. It Is trqe thst the South has performed wonders In a manufacturing way during the post fif teen or twenty years, yet but s begin- has been made in that direction, line* that might be pru- Two Proposed Laws. To the Editor of The Georgian from The Georgian of July 26 that two bills have been Introduced by Senator Crumm, one to require license and bond given to authorise one to carry a pistol; the other to make the payment ot poll tax optional. I do not know Mr. Crumm. and cer tainly have no III feeling against him, and what I say her* Is purely as a cltlsen, and as, I believe, for the good of the state. First. I do not think that the senator has carefully considered the pistol bill. He may have framed It upon a similar act of force In Florida, and which, when passed, 1 then residing In Flori da, thought and now think an outrage. To carry such s weapon Is clearly a constluttonal right, ana tt seems ridic ulous to require one to pay an ordi nary $6 bill to procure a license to eserclse a constitutional right. Again, The I to require bond In such caae results *' - In class legislation, because one man may be able to give.the bond, aye put up the rash. If necessary, and hts neighbor, although muchly needing a pistol to protect him from threatened or anticipated bodily harm, lark of money and ability to give the bond Is dented his right. The right to have, keep and bear arms Is secured by the constitution ot the United States, os well as state, and with the present law of concealed weapons might be welt let alone. Another reasoff why even the existing law should be re- K aled Is that experience teaches us enforcement, and obedience there to by law abiding people simply puts them at the mercy of the lawless, who do not trouble themselves about what the law la. Again, we hardly ever pick uft a newspaper without finding where some villain haa assaulted a white woman.. If our women would learn to use the pistol and never go about alone without it, these assaults would cease, to a great extent. If not entirely. Ladles would not like to go about with a pistol carried, so every body would see It, but they would not hesitate to conceal the same about Eytl They would not like to appear upon the county records as a licensee Were 1 In either house I would moat certainly not only vote against ths Crumm bill, but Introduce a bill to repeal the present law. Second. His poll tax bill Is unwise and equally as unlust. If the payment of the poll tax Is simply a condition precendent to voting, the effect la that many n good nnd true cltlsen of Geor gia, who would never cut a vot* By Private Leased Wire. , New Yorit, July 31.—-Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—E. P. Ansley, A. H. Baucker, H. Block, H. B. Cantey, Miss A. Knock, M. L. Richter, Jr.,' J. M. Slmonton, J. L. Amsden, O. P. Crocker, G. B. Reed, W. 8. Stevens, Mrs. C. K. Benton, W. F. Benton, B. E. Dryden, W. R. Kimball, R. R. Otl*. AUGUSTA—H. W. Wallace, M. Wal* ter. MACON—R. E. Sharp. SAVANNAH—W. Hunter, W. F. Tottenall, W. D. Brtmer, W. W. Mack- all, W. A. Overton. IN PARI8. Special to The Georgian. Paris, July 31.—Willis E Ragan, of Atlanta, Ga., registered at the office of the European edition ot the New York Herald today. A 80NG WITHOUT NOTES. (About Atlanta.) When yon come across s town Where the streets run all around, Why of course It's certainly bound To be Atlanta. When you hear s person say, "Give me a rnon-role right nway, •Tm In a hurry, anyway,”' You know you're fn Atlanta. Whsre the bulkllnga are so high That they penetrate the sky; You needn't bother asking why— Because, you see, you're In Atlanta. When upon the corner yon stay. , „ , lee that way, And you stand there 'moai all day, Then you know you're In Atlanta. for'another In every nook ig f _ And corner lu Atlanta. If she finds one, the won't stay. About the people and 9L. I am certainly always going Co stay In Atlanta. -Frederick Bchrelber. McGarvIn, what aort of house ar* you building down there on the boule vard?” "Oh, the usual sort. It rests on a foundation of debt and Is topped with a mortgage.”—Chicago Tribune. against her Interest, If permitted to vote, and yet Is too proud to 1st an other pay hts tax for him. In by reason of hts poverty prevented from voting, snd Georgia loses a voter true and tried, perhaps one of her old soldiers, whom she pensions, who Is ever dear to her, and she Idolised by him. Don t you see, It Is after all putting a prop erty qualification on the voter? De nying the right to vote to a good man because of poverty, giving It to as, consumste a villain as the earth ever spewed up. It Is bad for this. Again, our tax payers are complain ing now long and loud and Justly of the burden laid upon them by (he ed ucational tax—the pall tax—every ef fort should be used to compel the pay ment of this tax, at least by every man subject thereto, regardless of who he la, just so long as he resides In Georgia, regardless of whether he hod ever cost or Intends to cast a vote. Would It not te better to require every man within the ages of poll tax to register during the first fiscal month. If he failed to do so. prosecute him and Impose a fine of not less than $20, for the benefit of the school fund. After registering, payment of the pall tax within the next thirty days, and If not, the same procedure. This would dou ble your school fund, and there need be no growling about scarcity of funds and the negro getting the benefit of education without contributing. For these reasons It apepars to me that the two bills had better te voted down or withdrawn. FRANCIS II. HARRIS.