Newspaper Page Text
6
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
Subscription Rates:
Published Every Afternoon
One Tear........
$4.50
Except Sunday by
Six Months
2.50
THE GEORGIAN CO.
Three Months
1.25
at 25 W. Alabama Street,
By Carrier, per week
'10c
Atlinlsj Gt.
Eot#r*! ■■ Mcond-cltts matter April 26, IMS, it the Postofflra *t
A fin n ta. Ga.. under act of congress of Martb t. lflft
A man may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
The Problem That Presses. .
There are few gatherings more Important to the
South In the most serious phase of Its present day life,
than the joint meeting to be held In Nashville on No
vember 13th, by the representatives of the Southern Im
migration and Quarantine Convention and of the South
ern Industrial Parliament
These bodies will doubtless merge at that time, as
their problems are practically almllar and can best be
worked out In unity rather than In separato organiza
tions.
One of the most tremendous questions which will
come before this body will be this problem of labor
which Is everywhere becoming a pressing and vital con
sideration In these Southern states. The negro has
failed. As the editor of The Georgian pointed out three
years ago at the University'of Chicago, the negro Js no
longer the vital element nor the Indispensable element
In tbe Industrial life of the South. The cotton In the
cotton states, the sugar and cane In the sugar states,
and the Industrial work In all of these Southern states.
Is now done mostly by white men and the nogro Is a
constantly decreasing factor In our Industrisl work.
Of course the negro has been for a hundred years
or more our laboring class. He has furnished the stand
ards of labor, and because of his color and because of
Ills unasslmllable qualities, be has kept away other la
borers of the white class who were not willing to put
themselveB upon an equality with an Inferior race. And
now. after having shut ont for so many yean tbe tide
of Immigration from these Southern states, the negro,
growing every year more shiftless and Indifferent, flock
ing to the cities where Idleness seems to be not Incon
sistent with a living, and educated by tbe Hooker Wash
ington theories out of willingness for manual labor, has
practically deserted the cotton fields and the farms of
the South, and we stand face to face with a deficit of
labor every year. This Is the cry that floods our want
columns In onr newspapers and makes prosperity a
problem In the fields and mines of the South.
Of courso there can be but one ultimate answer to
this demand. •
Immigration must furnish to this great Southern
country tho Inborcrs of the future for the development
and growth of the country. And yet, when we come
to consider tbe question of Immigration It Involves so
many problems and so many dangers tbat may menace
our civilization, tbat only those men should be sont to
the discussion of Immigration and to the devising of
ways and means to secure It, who know the subject In
all of Its bearings, nnd who appreciate the difficulties
and dsngors which are certain to accompany It In Its un
restricted state.
We do not want tho hordos of Southorn Europe In
these Southern stateB. Ood knows that we have a rnco
problem now that Is difficult enough to hsndlo, and wo
do not wish to complicate It by a steady Influx of thosa
vagrants of Southern Europe wbo make every year tho
percentages of crimo and the basis of revolution. When
the time comes, tbe representative South with all Its
might and nil Its Intelligence should move clearly, defl
nJtely and persistently for the German, English, Irish,
Scotch nnd Scandanavlan races of Europe for this coun
try.
They are the only Immigrants wbo have made good
In America. They hnvo enriched our citizenship, In
creased our thrift and mngnlfled tho states In which
they live. They ought to bo just as oasy to get as the
Southern Europeans. Our opportunities and attractions
are as large to them ns they aro to the other races, and
we had hotter suffer the Ills we have. Inconvenient nnd
serious as they are, than to rush to problems and ad
mixtures that Involve difficulties more serious and mpro
dangerous and more menacing than those which oppress
us now.
‘This quostlon of labor presses nowhere more acute
ly than It does In tbe matter of domestic service. The
women of tbe South are subjected io unceasing worry
and lnconvenlonco by the Irregularity and unthrltt and
the Insolent Independence of the domestic negro. Com
munities might find It wise to band themselves together
and by sending representatives to some of the cities of
tbe North, they might bring groups and companies of
white domestics to tbe South wbo, haring their own com
rades about them, would find life pleasant here .-nnd
would be willing to stay and to establish the Indepen
dence which the people need.
Wo trust that Oovernor Terrell will take this mat
ter seriously under consideration and that he will ap
point as delegates to Nashville to both of these con
gresses. men who are Intereited In this great problem
and who aro capable of discussing It with Intelligence
and with force.
tbe tide of revolution Is gathering strength every day
and that sooner or later there will be a torrlble climax
to all the mutterlngs of discontent which have been go
ing on In the empire ever since the douma was dissolved
by the ukase of the Czar. Nicholas himself Is practically
a prisoner In the palace at Peterhof, guarded by Trepolf
and his band of henchmen.
Sooner or later be must realize that be has made a
tremendous mistake In dissolving tbe popular chamber,
which ho himself had called Into existence, and that
tbe people, having once bad a taste of representative
government, will not sit Idly by nnd see It swept away.
Students of history and of the present tlmo feel that
the new reign of terror has begun at last and that before
affairs ate settled In Russia again there will be much
bloodshed, and out of U all, and beyond It all, the vin
dication and adoption of a real constitutional govern
ment in which tbe people may have a voice.
The Spirit of the Investigation.
There Is easily room for criticism If one should go
to seek It. In the Investigation being held In Mr. Jor
dan's private office during these Isst'two days.
At least two of tbe members of that Impartial (?)
committee of Investigation have lmpresse/1 tho by-atand-
ers and tho witnesses alike with tbe fact that they had
forgotten the role of calm and dispassionate jurymen Bnd
had bocome tbe eloquent and enthusiastic attorneys for
tbe defense.
President Johnson has preserved throughout an at
titude of Judicial calm and the evident Intention to be
fair and thorough. There never was a time In Colonel
Peek's life when he was less than an honest and brave
man, and ho evidently wanted tbe truth. But two or
throe* of the outside committee, and moBt notably Mr.
Seymour, of Alabama, made manifest from the first
that they were the partisans of the administration, and
their questions to the witnesses and their wlTole attitude
toward the Investigation left little hope of that unbiased
mind which we expected to find In a dispassionate tri
bunal. •
Another most notable Incident of tbe Investigation
was In the fact that when 'several witnesses volunteered
to tell things that were of vital Interest to tbe truth
which these gentlemen came to hear, If Mr. Richard
Cheatham would permit them to apeak, that not only
did Mr. < Cheatham, who professed to desire tbe whole
truth exploited, refuse to permit these men to speak but
the committee who came here professedly for the exclu
sive purpose of getting all the truth and all of the light,
would not ask these men to tell all that they knew.
Whether It bo Ignorance or whether It bo something
wofse, It Is perfectly evident that there- was a spirit
present In several members of that committee which was
not the spirit out of which truth Is derived, and from
which the cotton growers of Georgia aro going to get a
fair and fearless decision of the facts In this memora
ble and Important case.
carrying out of the Cummins program have come to
nnught. The progressive faction has won out on every
count, and the "stand pat" forces have been put to
flight, In spite of the administration Influence exerted
through Hofl. Leslie M. Shaw.
All of which Is bound to have a great effect on the
congressional elections and on the presidential election
two years later.
The Russian Revolt.
Reports from Finland Indicate that the revolution
In that country has at last assumed formidable propor
tions. The garrison at Sveaborg baa revolted and It la
reported that there la a mutiny among the sailors of
tbe Baltic fleet.
It Is given out In certain quarters that this la but
part ot a general plan to revolt, which was ‘to place
the commanding fortresses of the Black Sea and the
Baltic, together with tbe fleets stationed there. In the
hands of the revolutionists, hut tbat the general plan
has been .temporarily Interfered' with by the premature
revolt In Finland.
Communication between Cronstadt and St. Peters
burg has been cut off and the Russian government la
In great alarm.
These stirring events lend color to tbe opinion tbat
the popular uprising la about to be sustained by the gen
eral revolt of the army and navy. This may or may
not be tree. It Is possible that the present disorder* In
Finland may be suppressed. But they sufficiently in
dicate the temper of tbe sailors and seamen and the
pc-, (la la general. They clearly point to the fact tbat
As to the “Personal” Element.
President Harvle Jordan, In his testimony on Wed
nesday night before his committee, complains that It Is
hardly fair that the editor ot The Georgian should bold
any personal feelings toward him since ho/ disclaimed
any connection with or any responsibility for the cartoon
which sought to Impeach the sincerity of this paper.
President Jordan will remember that we reminded
him when he disclaimed the cartoon, that !( he bad halt
ed at that point where the rules and codes of honor and
of controversy demand, there would promptly have been
eliminated at that time and place, every element of the
personal In the feelings of the editor of The Georgian
toward him. /
But when President Jordan did not stop, but after
our temperate criticism, went on and on to apeak bitterly
and Insultingly In his subsequent comments and to say
all and more than he disclaimed In the cartoon, It was
impossible for any self-respecting man not to feel the out
rage perpetrated by hla words.
Meanwhile we aay now to Mr. Jordan that not one
lino personal to himself has gono Into this paper during
this Investigation, that In the discussion of this question
we feel absolutely free from any personal animosity to
ward him, and that we are tolly as anxious as he Is to
vindicate the association and Ita administration If It be
possible to vindicate It from the shadow which reals upon
Ita present life.
* A Georgian in Texas.
Georgians have a very keen interest In the contest In
the Sixth congressional district ot Texas because of the
neck and neck race which hat been run between Messrs
Hardy, Henderson and Maya.
Rufus Hardy, who leads by sixty votes at the last
return, was a member of the famous University ot
Georgia data ot 1876, and won the Junior medal In the
Phi Kappa 8ocloty.
He haa been a Judge ot the superior court for many
years in the circuit of which Corsicana la the chief
city. He la a man of the highest character and of the
broadeat ability. There are hundred* ot hla friends and
classmates scattered throughout the state who are watch
ing with keen Interest tbe Texas contest and wishing him
abundant success At the last summary ot the returns
Judge Hardy had received 3,894, Mr. Henderson, 1,838,
and Mr. Maya 3,739. With lest than a hundred vote* sep
arating the hlgbeet and loweat candidate, one can real-
lie the tension tbat la felt In the Sixth congressional
district by the friends of the Interested parties.
The Cummins Program Wins.
The expected did not happen out In Iowa, In one
reepecL
The Indications were that there would be an ex
citing convention and there were even anticipations
that something like personal violence might break out
on the floor of the convention.
But nothing of the kind occurred, and from the lim
ited- Information at hand thus far It would seem that
Oovernor Cummins had the convention entirely hit way,
A large majority of the delegates were tor him, even
after tbe contests were settled. Garst, hla candidate
for lieutenant governor, was chosen and the policy of
progressive tariff reform was adopted. -
This will give a strong Impulse to tariff revision
throughout the country, but the fact of the matter la
that Cummins' anti-corporation policy la causing as much
alarm as anything else In the ranks of hla enemies.
Garst, It seems. In even more radical In hla opposition
to Illegal combinations of capital tuan Cummins him-
seir. It la feared by the corporations that Senator
Alllton, who la very much advanced In years, may die
or retire, and that Cummins would succeed him. In
which event Garst. more relentless In hla opposition to
trusts and combines than Cummins himself, would be
come governor of the state. It was Garst whom they
feared.
But all their plans and calcnlatlona to prevent the
, Col. Mulberry Sellers’ Latest Scheme.
In tho fear that the farmers of the South, and tbe
people In general, might be Induced to take stock In a
visionary enterprise established to make paper from
cotton stalks. The Tradesman, of Chattanooga, haa
sounded a note of alarm, which was recently reproduced
In these columns.
That article, and the general discussion precipitated
by The Tradesman, has made tbe Southern people sit up
and take notice. Tbe periodical In question Is recog
nized os one of tho ablest In the South and Is always de
voted to the legitimate upbuilding of tbe Southern
states. But It sees great danger In the present project
and It has determined to go to the bottom ot It. In Its
current Issue The Tradesman says of this 816,000,000 en
terprise:
It was reported In a reliable New York paper,
and extensively copied by tho Southern press, as
coming from tho president of the now company, that
“Several plants would be erected and In successful
operation by January 1, 1907," and the marvelous re
sults that were to follow from the operation of these
plants were such that we felt Impelled to dub them
as being worthy of having emanated from the fer
tile brain of a Colonel Mulberry Sellers.
We know that no plant for making paper from
cotton stalks had ever been operated to test the com
mercial value of the enterprise, and the only object
of our publication was to have those who had made
these claims demonstrate their correctness, before
entailing Buch losses In experiments as had occurred
elsewhere, and under the same patents that thta lat
ter company were reported as Intending to use.
For the Information of all Interested parties we
give below a report made by a competent chemist to
the Little Rock Board of Trade on the practicability
of such an enterprise:
“ To the Members of the Board of Trade. Little
Rock, Ark.—I notice considerable comment In the
press regarding the Cotton Stalk Products Company,
of which Harvle Jordan Is president, and would
state to you that paper stock cannot be made from
the cotton plant, cither stalk or hulls; that Is. the
high-grade paper stock cannot be manufactured from
stalk or hulls, but a cheap grade can be made, but
not at a profit. J. A. 8PURLIN,
"Chemist Little Rock Board of Trade.
Little Rock. Ark., July 18, 1906."
Every true friend of the South would, of course,
be delighted to see any practicable enterprise‘succeed,
but tho Indications are that this project Is dangerously
visionary, and the facts should be made known before
anybody Is Induced to put money In It.
Cholly ^
Knickerbocker's
GOSSIP
Senator Bacon wants The Congressional Record read
by tho people.—Houston Post.
What sort of an inhuman monster Is Senator Bacon,
anyway?—LIfq
Well, maybe he was suggesting an antidote for dog
days.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this bead will appear from tlmo to tlmo Information Illustrating the
remarkable development of tbe Booth which deserves something more than pass*
lag attention.
Wages Advance and Prosperity Prevails.
At present there Is considerable activity In the cotton goods market
throughout ths country and on yestterday, an advance In wages, made
voluntarily by various mills, went Into effect. The beneficial result ot this
will be felt throughout the entire South.
One of the leading commercial agencies reports that ths scarcity of pig
Iron Is beginning to be felt seriously, on account of the steady Inflow of
orders for structural steel, steel rails, etc. There Is more activity In steel
manufacture than ever before In midsummer. Among the orders booked lost
week was one from the Southern Railroad for >0,000 tons of rails. Some
of the big mills rsport that they have orders for next year's delivery that
will tax their capacity. Pipe mills are also busy, one order from Kansas
calling for 300 miles of pipe. Building operations all over the country are
pushing the mills for structural steel and hardware.
Railroad extension Is more active tn the South than In any other part
of tha country, says this commercial agency. The prosperity of the South
Is shown, moreover. In the reports of the postoftlce department. The rev,
enues of the postoffice Increased 43 per cent during ths year ended June SO,
while the Increase last year was 34 per cent. The states showing the larg
est percentages of Increase were all In ths South, with South Carolina In
the van.
The Baltimore American says that never In the history ot the clothing
and straw hat trads haa the aeaeon of manufacture opened so early and
been pushed with such a rush as has been the case this year. These lines
are the trade barometers of Baltimore; by their Indications may bs fore
cast ths trads outlook generally. The Southern traders, so largely the
customers of that city, buy these staples, and a heavy demand in these
lines Indicates a strong demand all around. The outlook Is the sort that has
been worked up to and planned for by tha various trade bodies and organi
sations that have the city's trade at heart. The American continues: It
Is most gratifying, therefore,, to find ths city upon a trade swell that
promises to reach still higher proportions for a number of years to come.
Those who have studied ths trade history of this city know that It has
had several clearly defined periods of'sharp advance that have done more
for Its promotion than ths Intervening periods of stability. While Balti
more la In no senaa a boom town, It Is, nevertheless, one of the most rapid
ly developing and flourishing trade oenters. In the country. It not only Is
the natural market for the Eastern ahore of Maryland and Virginia, but of
tha entire Southern section as far as Florida. Rallroada and coaat line
steamers center In this city the Interlinked towns of the Southern region.
The efforts of other Eastern cities to divert Baltimore's Bouthern trade
have been largely overcome by securing the same transportation conces
sions enjoyed by those cities, so that there Is no longer any Inducement of
this nature for the Southern merchant to pass by Baltimore. Arrange
ments for a hearty reception and hospitable treatment of the buyers when
they coma here, as they will soon be doing, count much In the general
scheme of enhancing the city as a trade center.
THE SUPERIOR SEX.
By WEX JONES.
A woman ran’t rote ns a man can;
8he thinks it«>rnnnl Sbnw Is “intense.”
An«l she tlnnr»*« what looks like s can-can
wtifii m$ aim It >r**t orer a fence.
She can’t see n mirror hat In It
Her hair needs a pat and n smack;
She can’t keep a secret a minute.
A woman can't hit with a hammer.
net *
In ntl
Her
When out of a street car
Hhe profmhlr sprawls on the track.
When asked for a sgeech she Just mumbles*
She can button her wslst up the back.
A woman can’t sharpen a* pencil;
A woman can’t aim with n stone;
A rasor she deems a utensil
For earring the gristle nnd bone.
When a man feels uncommonly cheerful
He laughs till his ligaments crack.
While a woman when Joyful la tearful*
BUT
She can bntton her waist up the back.
A woman can’t stay, without dreaming
I AM.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX,
I aoi greater thsn'.tar or inn.
For I em a por —
Part sod parcel
.nun ur iun.
'or I am a portion of One. THE ONE.
rcot of that Orest Cause
hen Maker and Bolder of ajatetas rare
Fashioned tho llnlrarae, 1 was there.
II that haa been or la to ho
toea Uod-huntlDf and look!
._ .aided ever away from aln.
IVho knows ho It one with the Primal
Power
Will And direction from honr to hour.
And ont of evil shell .food bo wrought
‘ am .mate, then star nr min,
1 ONE,"
Jorome in Georgia.
From The New York Globa.
It I. something of a novelty to And
our plcturoeque district attorney down
In Georgia discoursing to an audltnoe
of lasryers An such a threadbare and
platform-worn subject as public opin
ion, “ths basis of Democracy,” as some
prehistoric economist characterized If.
Mr. Jerome Is wont- to eelect as his
themes texts ot unusual and striking
character, so much so that the mere
eight of them raises the reader at once
“to attention"—tha Imbecility of judges,
their venality; how much more I know
than other people, the murrected skirt
dancer of politics, etc. Hie forte Is not
the emission of platitudes, and he did
manage to Interline those Inevitable In
a twentieth century sddrJaa on public
opinion with a few Ideas having the
typlcaf Jerome flavor.
Hie criticism of Mr. Roosevelt's crltl
clem of a Federal judge, while un
doubtedly expressing public opinion—
at least legal public opinion—comes
with fantastic unfitness from a states
man who himself ha* so recently taken
a fall out ot the judiciary. In hla fa
miliar vein was bl* remark that while
It was true "the Individual must wither
and the world be more and more.” the
kind of public opinion which drives
good men out of office and brings In a
"group of time servers who, under
cover of bowing to public opinion, seek
only their own Interest," not only with
ered the Individual, but the world aa
well.
In the main, however, the Warm
Spring, audience waa treated to a
thoughtful dlscusalon of the old sub
ject. Mr. Jerome's basic Idea was that
embodied In the phrase noblesse
oblige; the duty of the men and news
papers which largely mould public
opinion to use their power carefully
and honestly. His remark, on the
newspaper, were all true enough, and
would have been In the Bible If they
had had newspapers In those days.
What he had to offer about the law
yer* Is equally true. "For weal or for
woe," he said, “In proportion to our
numbers, w* are, or can be, the most
Influential body of men In the country.
This power brings responsibilities
which cannot honorably be avoided."
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
TOLD IN FEW WORDS
United States Pay* Ita Share.
By Private Leased Wire.
Berlin, Aug. 3.—The United States hue
just pnld It. sharo of the award for the
•ulTerers by tho Samoan outbreak of UN,
and that Incident le deOnltely settled.
Italian Heeds the Lilt.
ByPrtvat* Leaned Wire.
Washington, An*. I—Secretary Doyle of
the civil service commission has received
order* from tho -preeident to make apeeial
the case of Tony Verrosso, an Itall
birth a eltlaen of the district, who
la the American army during the la
with Spain, ami who will now be placed at
the head of the elvll service eligible list of
laborers.
Indian Protest* Fee,
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. i—Jn.tlce Gould, alt.
ting In the equity court,, has taken nsdee
advisement the petition of Frank J. Boudb
not, an eastern Cherokee Indian, for an In-
Junction against Secretary Hitchcock and
Charles II. Treat, United Slate* treasurer,
who seeks to prevent the payment of an
S Horner's fee of 1140,000 to Flnkelbnrx.
lagte t Kirby, of St. Louis, Mo., and Ed
ward Smith, ot Vinita, I, T.
Captain Nick Dawson Dead,
By Ptlvst. Leaied Wire.
Washington, Aug. 3.0-Capt.ln Kiel
Dawson, who has been critically III for
.rat month* at Cameron, hi. ronntry I
In Nichols.
‘ r a.v
homi
ing oi
In Fairfax county. Vs., dlad yesterday at
1:40 o’clock a. ra. At the beginning of th.
civil war he minted In th* fan
.nth Virginia caralr;
ml Turner Aabbv.
Poisoned by Insect.
Bx Privets Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. I—Flying inteeta beat-
lug against the bark.of hi. neck a. he sat
In th* front Mat of a suburban street car
resulted In s mild cat* of blood poisoning
to Max Pracht, of 333 Tenth street, North-
BIQ MONEY IN CAT FARM.
From the Chicago News
There Is e man In Chicago wbo I. try!
to work np e scheme for making mosey i
ot rats.
There era MOW .tray cat, la Chicago,"
Mya, 'Nhst. ere of no beneOt to anyone.
h» tag
awl’ bl
rid Chicago of e nuisance end
out at them."
II* has 31.000. lie Is looking for a man
with more capita! end * good heed for
managing a cat Mead. Ilia neb-mr Is this:
llpln the norther* part at Lake Mich
igan Is a little Island four mile* loog and
•*e mil* wide. II. propose* to erect there
extensive sheds. There Is plenty mf vegeta
tion and there are no entmal Inhabitant!.
Whn th* betldlngs ere up he wUl her* eat
tsiWei?a wo $u
rants etch.
II* will put them o* the Island and buy
up deed korm and old meet from tho
•fork yard, aad have It damped there free,
law te time. The cats will be left there
INf cere, e
This
._— . .at abet.— — ...
IMS* raU S.TO’iulmf^ySr! 1 .hHr-ahln,
worth from lft to 26 rants ra<*h. amine tbe
proprietors of tkU unique laduatrj 110,0*1
• yenr.
\ wuiuau mu i aw/, wmiuui. «
Of burglars, alone In n house,
a woman enn nrrnr iook merr,
When spending 10 cents at a
A woman can’t cllmh^for a chi
She can bntton her waist up the back.
rfOW HARVIE IMPRESSES MEM
PHIS.
From tho Memphis Commercial-Appeal
In the local market business Is sus
pended and the traders And diversion
and amusement In scanning the cob
umns of on amateur planters' jour
nal whose owners seek notoriety by
ossdults upon government officials and
departments, leading newspapers and
people with whom they seem delighted
to differ. They seem to expect to fat
ten upon prejudice engendered by vi
cious agitation, and thro^v fits under
the Impression that they are pleasing
their country constituency.
They bark and snarl at everything
and sverybody who disagrees with
then), and court attention by striv
ing'to Involve metropolitan newspapers
In controversy with them. The ex
perlment has now reached Its ninth
edition and they have In practically
one bound reached the pre-eminent
distinction of a national scold. The
first edition was largely devoted to
Pictures of ths promoters, and prom
ises not likely to be fulfilled. The
leading picture was an Imitation of a
farmer on horseback—where such
farmer would likely be, not behind tho
plow or swinging the hoe.
Promoter number two was present
ed In a studied pos. representing a
master mind at work, or rather watch
ing the stenographer at it, presuma
bly hurling anathemas at Becretary
Wilson or Instructing him how to run
th* agricultural department. A later
edition waa given oyer to Instructions
to farmers' wives os how to raise a
pet. lamb, the correct way to hold a
piece of linen tyhll* embroidering de
signs on It, how t* make and keep
persimmon beer, and for the farmer
himself a wild and woolly attack on
th* agricultural department for daring
to differ with them on th* acreage and
crop condition.
Then came another devoted largely
again to pictures, at their penmen
were evidently resting after brain ex
haustion brought on by the strenuous
efforts at roasting the secretary In
the previous number. The happy In
spiration struck thsm that they could
make some capital with the farmers
by attacking with a cartoon one of the
leading exchanges of the country,
among whose membership the moet
representative men of the cotton-trade
are found. They roared and railed
against speculation In a way that
caused broad smiles, and misrepre
sented the local exchange's methods
with a venom utterly reckless, and
wilfully malicious. Their right to crit
icise others for speculating Is hardly
just 111 wl In face or the Idiotic specula
tive advice they gave the farmers lost
spring, to hold for 16c, *nd which has
cost the cotton growers of the South
more millions of dollars than have
been lost In speculation In ten years.
Their last edition was the only cred
ttable one they have ever gotten out,
and the reason for this lies largely In
the fact that they quoted so exten
sively from the cotton article of The
Commercial-Appeal and thereby fur
nished their readers with the first
and only reliable aad Intelligent dla
mission of current events and crop
news they have ever set before them;
while their consistency waa shown In
their hearty Indorsement of the bureau
that they so roundly denounced the
previous month, and almost monthly
during tbs past season.
It Is hoped .that Inasmuch a. the cot
ton articles of The Commercial-Appeal
are not copyrighted they will use them
freely In the future, and without the
formality of credit, for their reader*
wlU recognise that these follow too
cloeely the lines of Intelligent pre
sentation of facta to have originated
with them.
The (natter of replying to their usual
malicious slander Is reserved for the
future; meanwhile their record will
be kept and recalled whA necessary,
and In-event that they have not Joined
a former planters' journal In the jour
nalistic boneyard a year from now. It
will be interacting It not Instructive to
point with pride to the accuracy of
their crop and market forecasts, which
would probably be about aa near cor
rect as the famous crop estimate of
3,444,314 bales which they guaranteed
correct
By Private Leaned Wire.
New York. Aug. 3.—President
Roosevelt Is not the only strenuous
man In Oyster Bay. The citizenship of
that famous village are a sturdy lot of
Americans, who "know tiielr rights,
and knowing, dare maintain." For In
stance:
A wall with which Millionaire Louts
Tiffany fenced In the beach In front of
hla home. "Laurelton," at Cold Spring
harbor, has been torn down by Indtg.
nant Oyster Bay people, who have
been In tho habit of picnicking and
bathing there.
Citizens were enraged when they
were confronted by the wall made of
spars nnd cemented stone. This was
on Monday. The town board of Oyater
Bay searched the records and found
that under patent from George III tha
beach where they had always bathed
waa the people's.
Highway Commissioner William A.
Finger captained the body of stern
faced men who went at the wall with
a will, and tore It down, Btono from
stone. They made a Are of the spars
to light them at their work.
Among the noted visitors at ths
Catholic cathedral rectory is Father
Kenlln Vaughn, who has Just returned
from a mission to South America for
the purpose of raising funds for a
La tin-American chapel Tor the Metro
politan cathedral In London. He hu
met with marked success. Father
Vaughn Is a member of the family
which gave Cardinal Vaughn and oth-
er notables to the Roman Catholto
church In England. Of nine brothers,
five have risen to high dignity in
church.
Roger Vaughn' waa archbishop of
Bldney; Herbert was archbishop In
London. It was Bernard Vaughn, an
other brother, who recently issued a
bitter blast directed toward the evils,
which, he declared, were prevalent In
English society. Theresa Vaughn, u
sister, said to be one of the most beau
tiful women in Great Britain, threw
aside a life of luxury for the veil of
a Sister of Charity. She was the first
slater of that order to die tn England.
Generals and colonels are as thick In
Saratoga as In Kentucky, and you
never can tell who's who until you
meet them.
With the receiving of a cablegram
from Paris, signed John A. Black, It
Immediately was decided that General
and Mrs. John Black, of Chicago, New
York, Paris, and tho world globe trot
ters that they are, had engaged for the
season one of the cottages attached to
the States.
John Black, Jr., the son of Colonel
and Mrs. Black, married the daughter
of O. W. Potter, of Chicago, who aston
ished the social world of that city
with a novel written while still In ear
liest girlhood, and which waa sup
posed to be an exposure of all of Chi
cago society’s sins. Since then she has
written some historical romances.
Richard Canfield has taken the title
to his home In the "400" colony re
cently purchased from William C.
Kemp, at No. 9 East Fifty-fifth street,
opposite the St. Regis. Canfield now
has such neighbors as E. H. Hardman,
Mrs. A. B. Twombly, Harry S. Red
mond and Dr. W.-F. Chappelle.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 3.—Tlje following
are among the visitors In New York
today:
ATLANTA—M. C. Leetson, William
McLain, W. F. Williams, J. H. Arm
strong, J. W. Boone, G. Constangy,
W. C. Holliman, L. B. Johnson, L. B.
Llllcnthal, J. A. Maglll, Miss-ft. Pat
ten, J. E. C. Peddle. H. L. Striberg,
W. M. Sike. V. J. A'dams, W. O. Banks,
B. B. Beckham, Rev. L. G. Broughton,
L. Buchanan, Mrs. M. Buchanan, J. K.
Christian, R. L. Hartwell, W. H. Keans,
J. B. Foolo, J. A. Russo. C. O. Sheri
dan, C. H. McLaughlin.
MACON—I., Kessler. G. J. Waxel-
baum.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, August 3.—Mr. W. A. Watt, of
Thomasvllle, Ga., registered at the of-
flee of the European edition of Tho
s’ew York Herald today.
THIS DATE In HISTORY.
1*53—Henry III of Franc. died; succeeded
to Henry of Navarre as Henry IV
1314—Treaty of peace concluded at Albany
Iwtween tbe Colonists and tbs Five
Nation*.
1701—Duke of Marlborough victorious over
French forces at battle of Blenheim.
1730-Battle of Mobawk Valley, N. T.
1717—First ascent of Mont Blanc.
17*4—'Thomas (lalnsbormigh, portrait paint-
lied: b«“
■parte i
ty of
rlsoner, _ ^
Empress of
■Congress passed an tot for raising
JW-ffirKM Cortis’nT Ora-, do-
stroyed by fire. „
IMS—Pilgrim Monument at Plymouth, Mass,
dedicated. . ,
1 SOI—Trial of Snnto Ceaarlo for murder of
President Carnot begun at Lyons
er, died; born 1T2T. ... ...
1 H>3—Bonaparte elected first consul for life,
1415—Treaty of Paris; Napoleon declared
1439—Abdication of Charles X of France.
1454—Queen Victoria sanctioned T
ian-coi '
PRESIDENT OF SEVENTY-
FIVE BANKS
From The American Banker.
A record that has a tinge of romance,
a touch of pathos and a huge lesson for
us all. Is that qf W. B. Wltham, of
Georgia. Twenty-live years ago he left
the town of LaGrange. Ga, with the
munificent sum of 31 In his pocket, snd
landed In New York, with nothing to
hts credit but his clothes and hla char
acter. The quality of the former does
not'matter, and the quality of the l*>-
ter has shown Itself. He Is today
president of seventy-five banks, *11 but
four of which are situated In hla na
tive state. In return for Georgia,
■mail advance of 100 cents, he ha*
pretty well cornered her banking In
terest* snd Is keeping s goodly »< n ““ n l '
of her funds. Th* four banks of which
he Is president outside of the state ot
Georgia are *11 nourishing, *11
the absolute and well-earned confi
dence of the communities, and are run
for tbe Interest* of the people *» well
i capitalists, „ —
Mr. Wltham celebrated the Fourth
of July by having a little Private bank
ing convention of hi* own at warm
Spring* Ga, where he met seventy-
five cashiers from his seventy-"'?
banks, possibly the most unique and
original gathering In the country.
■■■■
k
HMUtfUfl
