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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEA1PLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Enter*] nn eecond-elaia matter April 25, 1904, at tbe Toatolflca at
Atlanta. G*., under act of congrtM of March S. 1179.
Friend, Not Enemy, to the Negro.
The nenro bishop, Wesley J. Gaines, speaking In
Washington, classes the editor of The Georgian along
with Senator Tillman, Governor Vardaman, Governor
J eft Davis and Thomas Dixon as the enemy of the negro
and "the most dangerous of the group because he Is the
most highly educated.”
The negro bishop, Henry M. Turner, of Atlanta, Is on
record In the statement that the editor of The Georgian
Is "among tbe best of the living friends of the negro
race."
Here Is a wide divergence of views among the ec
clesiastics of the African Church. Naturally our opinion
Inclines toward the view of Bishop Turner—In fact, we
nre quite sure thgt Bishop Turner Is right.
Measured by the objects and purposes of tbe condl
tions for w^ilch he has contended for so many years, tbe
editor of The Georgian is not the enemy but the prac
tical and earnest friend of the negro race. At least he
believes himself to be.
There is not now and there never will be In his mind
any personal animus toward tbe negro. The negroes
who have been his servants and who are no* his em
ployees are perhaps as loyal and devoted to him as to
any employer In the South. There are as many negroes
In the South who have for the editor of Tbe Georgian
a high personal and Individual regard as for any public
man In this section. The editor knows that he has never
failed with his scope, his opportunity nnd his capacity
to befriend and to help tbe individual negro, or the race.
But the editor of The Georgian has been for many
years the committed and earnest advocate of an ad
vanced and perhaps a radical solution of the negro
question. Far In advance of Mr. Hoke Smith, the Atlanta
Journal, Senator Tillman and the other men who are
linked with the Idea of disfranchisement and separation,
the editor of this paper, with pen upon the journalistic
columns and with tongus*upon the lecture and political
platforms of the country, has advocated a definite and
conclusive treatment of the negro question. We have
advocated separation. , We have ndvocated colonisation
and we have advocated disfranchisement.
We have done this, not In any spirit of antagonism
to the negro nor In any spirit of dislike to the Individuals
of this race. The purpose with which the editor of Tile
Georgian Is linked and which he has advocated all over
the country has been founded upon two or three definite
ami unanswerable propositions In hts own mind.
First, God Almighty never Intended two opposite and
antagonistic races to live together on equal terms.
Second, It Is not possible that these races, opposite
and antagonistic In race and In sentiment, 1,300 years
apart In civilisation and development, should live to
gether under the same laws and enjoy the same privi
leges. •
Third, that the Anglo-^axon Is the dominant and
conquering race and has never tolerated an equal In its
own territory of existence.
Fourth, that all other races which have come in
contact with the Anglo-Saxon race have either passed
Into slavery or Into decay, and the only reason why the
negro has not done so Is because his earlier connection
has been under 100 years of slavery, and his later con
nection has been under conditions so remarkable In
politics and In civilisation that be has been unnaturally
sustained.
Fifth, that the negro has no hope In history or In prece
dent of an equal chance with, the white man under this
government, and therefore It Is better for him to recog
nise this and begone—because his presence here under
these conditions brings many and complicated problems
to the white race, and unsokrable and hopeless problems
to himself, and because with the aspiration and tbe
assertion of the negro under Increasing education and In-
"rreaslng numbers, Is logically and Inevitably sure to pro
duce dangerous and deadly friction In the future phases
of our civilisation.
Therefore, The Georgian has believed and now be
lieves that the best thing for the negro as well as the
best thing for tbe white man Is that the relative su
periority of tbe white man and the relative inferiority
of the negro man should be recognised definitely and
clearly In every relation In life.
That no possible effort or opportunity should be
spared (for the sake of the negro and for the sake of
the white man) to fix and to establish this superiority
and Inferiority in politics and In the social life by law
and by enactment.
That the best and only way to provide a political
freedom tor the white man and a social protection for
the white race and a sanctity for the women of the
white race as well as the best way to provide liberty
for tbe negro race, and opportunity for the negro race,
and development fbr the negro nee. Is to remove the
eternal and Incurable friction of their ever conflicting
aspirations. That this can only be done by reducing the
negro for his own protection and for his own welfare, to
the acceptance of a place of inferiority until such time
as he can be separated from the white race and removed
to another territory, where, with the help nnd co-opera
tion of this people, he may work out his destiny and tell
by experience whether he Is capable of self-government
or worthy to be free.
Now, there Is no malice In this view. There Is no
spirit of antagonism and nothing but a high and sincere
regard for the Interest and welfare of both races on this
continent.
There can never be any compromise upon this race
question. There can never be any settlement of It out
side of a definite and radical settlement. It Is now, as
It has been for fifty years, a question of separation, ,ol
annihilation or of amalgamation. One of these three
resnlUMs must inevitably come. And It Is because we
(•-nr the possibilities of amalgamation and of annihilation
that we are passionately, earnestly, reasonably and !r
revocably committed to the doctrine of aeparatlon.
Tbe negro has nothing for which to hope under the
conditions which environ him at this time in this coun
try. If he had any pride, any patriotism, any,spirit of
progress, or sny ambition, he would see this and not
wait to be sent but ssk to go and to he helped to go to
^hune land where ha would have an SQual chance, free
I from tho hopeless competition of a dominant and all*
! conquering rare.
The whole civilization of the white race Is isilsoned
| by the presence of tho negro with his constant tempt
tlnn to Injustice, to violence, and to civic crime against
| the ballot, and to ceaseless anxiety for the sanctity of
the Southern home. The negro Ib thwarted, handicapped
j and hold lu hopeless bondage by a competition with
j wblcb he can never compete.
The argument In favor of separation is logical and
Irrcalstible and can only be met by the pitiful plea that
it Is not practical. And this plea In an age of such
wealth and of such power and of such civilization la
confession of weakness nnd n confession of cowardliness
unworthy of the white race and of the tlmca In wblcb
they live.
Until such time aa this last logical and Inevitable
solution must come, we are In favor of destroying the
friction and removing the possibility of conflict by hold'
ing tbe rein* of this government resolutely nnd fear
lessly In the hands of the white race that made it, and
rule It, by reducing the negro by disfranchisement and
by law to that position of recognized Inferiority which
will restrain and curb tbe nspfratlens which mean only
sorrow to his superiors and destruction to himself.
We submit to the judgment of an Impartial future
that the editor of The Georgian, holding these views, Is
not the enemy but the far-seeing and loyal friend not
only of the white but also of the negro race.
The Cotton Journal’s Wicked Wink.
Mr. Harvle Jordan, grown sensitive under the nar
rowness of his own escape In the recent Investigation,
turns loose his scurrilous and vindictive pen In the cur
rent Issue of his Cotton Journal and fiercely abuses The
Georgian.
Let us see abou this cotton journal.
Mr, Harvle Jordan It president of the Southern Cot
ton Association., And Mr. Richard Cheatham Is secre
tary of the Southern Cotton Association. These gentle
men are both paid splendid salaries to give their time
and their tatente, auch aa they are, to the association.
Mr. Jordan' recelvea the salary of a United State* sen-
ator. Mr. Cheatham receives a salary greater than that
of a college president.
in spite of this engagement and thla ample remuner
ation these gentlemen have gone Into the publication of a
cotton journnl for their own private profit and have de
voted a good part of the time which Is pledged to tbe
association to thla private enterprise of their own. Now,
If this journal which they are publishing was tbe mouth
piece of the Southern Cotton Aisoclatlon and they had
been Instructed by the association to print auch a journal
then Its publication would have been all right and might
have been helpful to the organization. But for tbese
two officials to take advantage of their position to launch
a private enterprise while they-are In the employment
of tho association la, to aay the least, unbecoming, and
should be discontinued. If the president and secretary
of the Southern Cotton Association are to head a journal
it ought to be the mouthpiece of the association and
not A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, RUN ON THE TIME
ALREADY SOLD TO THE ASSOCIATION.
What a ptty that the deluded farmers of the South
could not have seen Individually and collectively, the
significant wink with wblch Business Msnager Cheatham,
of the Cotton Journal, accompanied hli statement to Dr.
Crawford that this crusade against future contracts was
“the best card” the paper was playing, and was bringing
In subscriptions by tho hundreds.
That It was a piece of buncombe Is evident enough,
no* that we know that Cheatham himself was speculat
ing In at, least two brokerage houses, If he was not act
ually a stockholder In n third, but ft does seem rather
cruel that Harvle Jordan's Cotton Journal should RIDI
CULE THE GULLIBILITY OF THE FARMER8 of the
South, who so foolishly believed that It was sincere In
denouncing future speculation.
The real friends of tho farmer are not disposed to
"wink the left eye," and laugh abhls credulity. They
wonder bow much longer he Is to be msde the victim of
auch organs as The Cotton Journal, who are always ready
to turn every Institution started for the alleged interest
of the farmer Into some selfish device tor lining Its
own pockets.
Mr. Qheatham may "wink” and talk about the
“drawing card" value of his agitation, but the farmers
of the South have had their eyea opened by this Investi
gation. All tbe soft terms'and kalsomlne In tbe country
cannot obscure the Inevitable conclusion that there has
been something very, rotten In tbe state of Denmark, and
tbe farmer, with a finger of acorn more withering than
a wink, or forty winks, will aay to Cheatbam, as Nathan
said to David, “THOU ART THE MAN."
The current Issue of The Cotton Journal haa made
a feeble reply to a great many charges—baa “explained,"
for Instance, that tbe official scapegoat acquired an In
terest "last winter" In a bucket shop which was not or
ganised until the latter part of spring—but It has not
yet dared answer the direct question asked moro than
once hy the Georgian: WHO PAID FOR THOSE AD
VERTISEMENTS OF THE COTTON JOURNAL, test-
tersd broadcast throughout the South at a cost of thous
ands of dollars?
Newspapers from Georgia to Texas have been carry
ing advertisements, appealing to the farmers to aend In
Information as to their present and prospective crop, and
get the results by subscribing to The Cotton Journal.
The Cotton Journal Is tbe private enterprise of Jor
dan, Cheatham and Company, and the profits go Into
their pockets. DID THEY PAY FOR THOSE ADVER
TISEMENTS ont of their pockets, or did The Cotton
Journal "wink again" and allow the dear farmer to pay
for them through the Southern Cotton Association?
On this qneatlon The Cotton Jonrnal and all con
cerned are aa silent as the grave.
And the farmer feeds them all.
M’LENDON, OF THOMAS.—Hon. S. O. McLendon, of
Thomasvilte, Is in Atlanta at 172 Capitol avenue
under treatment for a severe attack of rheuma
tism from which he has suffered for several
years.
Mr. McLendon Is easily one of the ablest and
moat distinguished citizens of the state. He has
been for many years a contributor to political
and economic discussions, and baa always given
light and Inspiration to whatever subject he has
touched. No recent articles that have been writ
ten upon the vexed question of the railroads In
their relation to the people, have been equaled
by the able, fair and exhaustive communications
recently submitted by Mr. McLendon. They Illus
trate power of thought, falrneas of mind, elabo
rate research and statesmanlike grasp of the
economic questions which are Involved. In these
articles Mr. McLendon has rendered a distinct
service to the people of Georgia and to the un
derstanding of one of the greatest problems with
which they have to grapple.
Mr. McLendon's home la In Tbomatville and
his friends will be pleated to know that he la
rapidly recovering from the affliction which haa
borne bo heavily upon his physical condition.
Mrs. Mclx-ndon is with her husband In Atlanta.
The Georgian sincerely wishes for Ita distinguish
ed friend a rapid Improvement and many long
years of happiness and of usefulness to the peo
ple of Georgia.
Saturday Evening.
"Happy the man. In busy scenes unskilled.
Who. living simply, like his sires of old.
Tills the few acres which his fathers tilled.
Vexed by no thoughts of usury or gold."
This variant of tho Horatlan theme will always ap-
prlnclpalltles and neighborhoods of nations. There every
moment is freighted with a new and keen sensation and
the hasty-footed time speeds at Its airiest pace.
But It Is not all men who aay with Dr. Johnson,
"When you have seen one green field you have seen all
green fields: I like to study people; let's walk down
Cheapslde." There are those who Ilk* to dwell
"Where wild things lark and linger
In groves as gray and grand as time."
To them the smell of the fields and the tang of the fot-
ests are sweeter than patchouli and more exhilarating
than new wine. To them the song of the linnet and tbe
early lark are more inspiring than the sw'elllng strains
of "Elijah" or the weird diapasons of "Parsifal." They
are n brother to the fowls of the air and companion
peal warmly to tho overworn nnd weary. Man made the of the silvery streams. They find that pleasure in tbe
town, and a marvelous monument to his genlua and In
genuity It la Indeed, hut the proverb la still delightfully
true that God made the country, and thereby achieved a
master work Infinitely beyond tho skill or comprehension
of man.
In tbe busier haunts of men we find a more complex
order of life. There tho lightning haa been harnessed
as old Tamourlane harnessed his captive kings. There
we whisper to the sleeping carbon and It awakens with
a smile of light. Upon Ita busy marts converge all the
means of transportation which make communities of
pathless woods which the tangled mazes of the busy
thoroughfares cannot offer.
If It be true that "the undevout astronomer Is mad,”
then equally must It be that he who lives near to na
ture's heart must needs live nearer to nature's God.
Tfco cycle of the seasons offers Its richest treasures
for his delectation. Whether In the exuberant months of
spring, the keen, clear noondays of the winter, or the
"season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” there Is an
abiding charm in the varied face of nature.
It is even better than to "walk down Cheapslde.”
Growth and Progress of the New South
South which dNtnraa something more tbnn pass*
Cotton Immune From the Boll Weevil.
The boll weevil has become one of the terrors of the Southern plant
er and the beat means to provide against his ravage! Is always a subject
of the greatest Interest. >■
If a staple could be developed which would be Immune from the peat
the farmers would feel that they had taken a long step toward permanent
happiness and prosperity.
Some of the people out In Louisiana think they have done thla. A tel
egram from New Orleans to The New York Commercial says that the crop
pest commission of Louisiana has announced that through a long series
of experiments a cotton ha* been produced which Is -practically Immune
to the ravages of boll weevil, and In spite of the adverse vjeather the new
variety promises over half a bale to the acre. This new variety of cotton
Is what 1s known as the Triumph, and the experimental work, which Is
giving such satisfaction and gratification. Is being conducted by the crop
commission on both the Red slid Mississippi river bottom lands. It Is be
lieved that when this variety Is generally adopted the weevil will have to
go.
Wllmon Newell, entomologist, has returned froQi Rapides Parish, where
he made an Inspection of the experimental farm In the Red river bottom
lands. He says the cotton ha* now passed the stage/ where It can be
damaged by the boll weevil and has made over halt a bale to the acre,
with prospects of making more. Alt the bolls are extremely large, some
of them being five and one-half Inches In diameter. The experimental
farm In tbe Mississippi bottom lands north of Baton Rouge Is giving
equally as gratifying evidence of the adaptability of this variety to
Louisiana and the possibility of growing It before the weevil can get in
serious damage. * -
“The cotton planters of this state are being Instructed as to the best
methods of raising thla variety of cotton, and the agricultural departments
of many of the other cotton-producing states of the belt are already send
ing for full Information. Mr. Newell has long held. In common with most
experts of the federal agricultural department, that It would be Impos
sible to exterminate the boll weevil ami that an Immune cotton wae the
only solution of the problem."
* Southern Immigration.
The Chattanooga Times, In a recent Issuer says:
"The movement suggested by The Tradesman and undertaken by
Governor Glenn, of,'North Carolina, for a convention of- accredited rep
resentatives of all tbe Southern states to be held In Nashville some time In
the early fall to consider the question of Immigration, Is being' cordially
seconds* by a majority of the Southern newspapers. The question has be
come one of the supremest Importance because of the growing scarcity of
labor In the Southern states and because of the attention newcomers
from European countries are giving to the consideration of this section
as desirable for residence and business. The rich possibilities of the
Sov^th, Us wonderful development during the past few years, and It* salu
brious climate Are becoming strong attractions to foreign arrival* In
this country and It Is believed that the time has come for the Southern
people to take some concerted action toward directing properly the flow of
newcomer* everything Indicates will shortly begin moving hitherward.
The South needs additional 'population of the thrifty. Industrious, en
ergetic kind and the way to get It and to keep out the other sort la to or
ganise and go after It. Our Southern railroad enterprises have grown
strong enough now to bear a very strong hand In recruiting the force of
Southern laborers and In drawing desirable Immigrants.
"The call for the Convention above mentioned will bring together rep
resentative men from all over the South and In the multitude of their
counsels we may expect the organisation of a movement that being fully
representative of public sentiment will prove productive npt only In secur
ing valuable additions to our population but In preventing an Influx of the
other kind that has been so embarrassing nnd hurtful to other sections.
"It Is a crucial time In the development of the South and It Is well that
measures be devised at once, radical If need be, to at least direct the
quality It not the numbers of newcomers that may seek homes among us."
COMMENTS ON THE INVESTIGATION
Compromising Confessions.
From The Macon Telegraph,
It la very unfortunate that a promi
nent official or officials or the Southern
Cotton Association should stand con
victed by their own confeealon of hav
ing been. In the case of one, speculat
ing In cotton by buying futures In a
bucket shop, whether In hls own or In
another's name and Interest, and in
the case of the other of having been
Interested ns part owner In a bucket
shop.
These are the net results so far ac
cruing from the Investigation entered
pon at Atlanta under President Har-
It Jordan's direction.
Mr. Richard Cheatham, secretary of
the association, admits having conduct
ed two cotton futures accounts, while
occupying bis offfclal capacity, In the
name* and Interests, respectively, of
Michael O'Grady and P. A. Lee. Mi
chael O’Grady, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
appeared before the Investigating com
mittee and corroborated Mr. Cheat
ham's claim, that h* was speculating
for others In so far as hls fo’Grady's)
account was concerned. Mr. Cheatham
claims that the other account. In the
name of P. A. Lee, la bona fide for that
person, but he declines to disclose the
Identity of P. A. Lee. In addition to
this, at the tall of the hearing Wednes
day afternoon, Mr. Holland Curran,
bookkeeper for R. Sledenburg, a brok
erage house, threw a bomb Into the
proceedings by declaring that Mr.
Cheatham had opened an account with
hts house In the name of "Mike Jones"
and had bought cotton futures three
times under that name. Mr. Cheatham
la reported to have been excited when
Mr. Curran appeared on the stand, to
have shaken hls finger at the wltnesa
and to have refused to give hls con
sent to have the witness testify. Mr.
Curran proceeded notwithstanding and
told hls story. It Is to be presumed
that Mr. Cheatham will contradict thla
story, as In hi* statement to the com
mittee he said: "I have never specu
lated In cotton futures for my own
personal gain.”
Mr. A. A. Fairchild, who was em
ployed to publish the proceedings of
the Southern Cotton Association, ad
mits having owned stock In a broker
age house which he disposed of when
be found there was objection to IL He
claims that hls position as compiler
of statletlce and publisher la not such
as to affect hls freedom of action In
this respect, and that it ts not auch
aa to make hls course a reflection on
the association or Ita officers. In or
der to relieve the association of any
prejudice, however, he announces hls
resignation of hla position.
These disclosures are doubly unfor
tunate and mortifying because made at
a time and under clrcumstancee where
in the association wae making war to
the knlfo against the exchanges and
bucket shops. It will be recalled, too,
that It wae against somewhat similar
conditions, alleged to be In existence
In the bureau of the agricultural de
partment at Washington, that Mr.
Cheatham was active In ferreting out,
when Holme* and other government
employees were charged with being
mixed up In the "cotton leaks" scan
dals. It does seem that hls experience
should have taught the secretary to
•tear the association clear of any auch
hurtful complications.
He "Caught on” All RighL
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
It appears that Secretary Cheatham
operated on the exchange under the
name of Mr. Mike Jonee. And Colonel
John Temple Graves does not appear
to have -caught on to It yet. Mlkey
Jenee la a tolerably good sort of ,a
name to play on.
“The Appearance of Evil."
From The Columbia 8tate.
Evidently Secretary Cheatham had
never heard of the old Biblical advice
that It la well to avoid even the ap
pearance of evlL
No Publicity Bureau Ntedsd.
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
Hr. Arthur Fairchild, who was In
charge of the publicity bureau of the
Southern Cotton Association, and who
was Involved on the charge of being
part owner of a bucket shop, haa don*
the proper thing by handing In hi*
resignation. It might be In order for
the executive committee to Investigate
Into tbe need of this publicity bureau.
Time may have been when the asso
ciation wae weak and struggling for
recognition that It needed such a bu
reau, but we expect It i* strong enough
now to do without It. Colonel Harvle
Jordan's office stenographer and the
columns of tho Southern newspajiers
ought to do the work.
“Foolish or Improper."
From The Columbia State.
Secretary Cheatham’s connection
-Itli a cotton brokerage Arm
either Improper or It was extremely
foolish. If he traded for himself—
which he denies—It was Improper, and
If he traded for hls friends—which he
affirms—It was very foolish. As sec
retary of an association of cotton
growers that Is trying to secure stable
and satisfactory prices for cotton, Mr.
Cheatham ought to have had sense
enough to keep a safe distance be
tween him and the door of any con
cern whose business It was to gambie
In the future prices of cotton.
A New Secretary Ntsded.
From The Columbia State.
We have long feared that Secretary
Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton As
sociation, was too light for hls Impor
tant office. When accused of using
hls official Information to speculate In
cotton futures he denies having specu
lated on hls own account but admits
dealing In behalf of a friend. By Mr.
Cheatham's own admission, hls conduct
was reprehensible. The association will
have to get a new secretary. Let him
be a sound, sane business man who
knows the gift of alienee.
Jordan and "15-Cent Cotton."
From The Columbia State.
When The State last year criticised
President Harvle Jordan for urging
farmers to hold cotton for 15 cents,
several farmers' clubs In this state at
tempted to boycott the paper. They
condemned us for expressing an honest
opinion based on sound business reas
oning. No other prominent paper In
the South Joined us. The State's pre
dictions have been absolutely verified,
and It Is Inti resting to note that Mr.
Jordan, being now censured for that
action by an editor who heartily sup
ported him at the time, admits he has
made mistakes. Palatable advice Is
not always the best. The 8tate at
tempts to be first sincere, then pal
atable with counsel.
A CHARMING CARD FROM MR.
O’GRADY.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Editor of
The Georgian:
I have Just read your editorial en
titled "Mr. O'Grady," and wish to
thank you for the kindly sentiments
expressed therein.
The O'Faglns and O'Currans may
transform themselves Into Careys If
they will, but It must never be said
that an humble member of the great
family of the b'Gradya betrayed a
trust, or deserted a friend In the hour
of hls peril.
Under separate cover I am serallng
you my personal card, and I trust the
receipt of same will assist you In re-
calllng my Identity, and so firmly ce
ment our future friendship that you
will never again be led to believe that
this particular O’Grady Is other than a
living creature of real flesh and blood
and possessed of a proper sense of
manly honor.
Assuring you that I fully and freely
forgive everything and everybody, but
the artist who made that unearthly
looking picture of me, which appeared
In The Georgian, I beg to remain, Very
truly yours, M. O'GBADY.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. *, U0«.
PENCIL POINTS.
Tbe hypocrite Is * human gold brick.
There !> A ra«t difference between cun*
nlng and wisdom.
*^\Vorry Is the factory where wrinkles are
manufactured.
Rven the finest perfume can not sweet
en an unsavory reputation.
Rome modern alchemists are able tc
transform brass Into gold.
The defeated candidate Is convinced
that ths political bee has a stinger a foot
long. . •
Remember, young man, that opportunity
can’t be kspt In cold storage awaiting your
convenience.
There are those who are willing to blow
the other fellow’s born, provided It turns
out to be tbe horn of‘plenty.
A balky automobile will not necessarily
go because It Is numbered 23.
Are we not all rich? Hove we not a
pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
Tbe only jewels some of ns can claim are
■ r illurnoiul dew drops.
There are many little human barques
upon the sea of Ilf- Hint would hare long
since iieen wrecked had they not been safe*
ly anchored to mother’s apron string.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 4.—The Art Bis.
dents' League has declared war on An.
thony Comstock for hls raid on ths
studio, and will fight the case to a fin
Ish.
President Arthur Fuller nnd oth„
officers of the league also were out of
town when the raid was made, hurried
back to the city and held a meeting
After the meeting a statement was I.
sued through E. C. Crowley, C oun.»i
for the league. Mr. Crow ley says- 1
"Concerning the pamphlet, copies „#
them were transmitted through th.
malls, with the knowledge nnd consent
of the postal authorities. This attack
la not on the league alone, but on tit
Hrtlste, and it Is needless to say that
the league will push the fight vigor,
ously."
A newspaper man usually can be d,.
pended upon In an emergency. R-
when Lewis Tapllnger, a veteran jour
nallst, who was at Coney Island ye,,
terilay, saw Mrs. Alice Reid struggling
In the water some 100 yards from
shore, he promptly plunged in and
rescued her. He was barely In time
for thfl Vnuntr ivnman u-as . '
Millionaire’s row on upper Fifth av«.
nue is about to receive another notabls
recruit.
Claua Sprecklcn, the multi-million-
a Ire sugar man, has purchased th«
white marble house of Isaac Stem at
No. 858 Fifth avenue, and It wa* today
»ahl that he will make hls home her*
The house la near the Gould, Whitney.
Yerkes and James Henry Smith man
sion*.
The magnificent home of Mrs. P.
Spreckles In San Francisco was part
ly destroyed by the fire which accom
panied the San Francisco earthquake.
Mrs. Fred W. Penn, a grandniece of
tho late Ward McAllister, has served
notice on her former husband, Regl-
nald J. Foster, widely known broker
nnd society man, that he will be sum
moned to court and compelled to give
hl« reasons for not returning to her her
furniture. Jewelry and personal relics
which she owns and which he has per
sistently refused to give up.
Mrs. Penn wns divorced by her hus
band last November, and In June his
marriage to Miss May Louise Rogers,
daughter of the late Allan Rogers, was
celebrated. During the same month
hls divorced wife was married to Mr.
Penn, of Syracuse, a son of George
Penn, the millionaire steel manufac
turer.
Michael Delugl, of New Haven, does
not object to being wooed, but when
Miss Emma Goss proposed to him for
tin* four hundredth time, he concluded
she should be effectively discouraged,
so addressed personal chastisement.
City Judge Tyner, while sympathising
with Delugl, nevertheless Imposed a
fine of 810 on him.
Miss Ellen Duperon, of this city,
starts today on a Journey of 15,000
miles to be married In Belra, Portu
guese East Africa, to Vital de Mldy,
the official photographer to the govern
ment of the Portuguese colony. The
couple met seven years ago In Paris,
where de Mldy was studying art, and
plighted their troth. He comes from a
proud Brlttalny family nnd hls parents
forbade the marriage, ordering him to
return home. He obeyed, believing he
could win hlH relatives to favor his suit,
but after a stormy interview he parted
In anger with hls parents, and started
out to make hls way In the world. He
became a sailor and soldier and won
a medal for bravery under Lord Rob
erta. He finally located in East Africa,
where he expects to make millions from
a mine. He wrote to -Miss Duperon
and they are now to be married.
All society, as well as the town peo
ple of Newport, gathered yesterday at
Sandy Point Farm, the country place
of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt,
to attend the fair given for the benefit
of St. Marys orphanage, of Providence,
which was the moat successful affair
of the kind ever held in Newport,
nnd th© treasury of the orphanage will
be enriched by the sum of several thou
sand dollars. 4 . .
An interesting feature of the auction
was disposing of three hear cubs, one
of which was purchased by Mrs. George
Law, for 8130, and the other two went
to Paul Rainey and Robert Goelet.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased TTlre.
New York* Aug. 4.—Here arg some
of the visitors in New York today:
ATLANTA—C. Wallace, E. M. Halli-
man.
MACON—W. Glesefman, P. Glesef-
man.
SAVANNAH—Miss M. C. Engel, W.
H. Feely, J. Stoddard. Miss Strong, W.
A. Blsbee, J. B. Floyd. *
AUGU8T 4.
106-%-lHenry I of France died. ,
1245-Siinon DeMontfort, carl of Lelces*
1247—CaifnIs,°Vrnnee, taken by the EngU»l>
after a year’s siege.
1477—Tncqiiei I»’Annngnn«\ fine de Nemours,
liehcttdod by Louis XL .
1594—William Cecil. Lord nurlelgb. died-
1792—Percy IL Sheley, roef, born.
1814—Russo?1 Sago born.
1584—Fight between Confederate and l u,on
troops at New Creek. My* .
%jess’"!, U5
month. N. H. . .
18S5—Memorial services In honor of uen
ernI Grant in V estmlnater abbey.
1884—Samuel 3. TIMen. American •]***+
man. died. Horn February
1887—Collapse of the wheat ByndlcSte
s*»n Fn.n-1--;: I""--
Where HE Has the Cinch!
(Reply to IVex Jones)
By T. G. DOLAN.
A mnn tan - , stand pntn like a «"»*».
He basii't the nerve to be hied.
The howl, be emit, nre nenree human.
Than suffer "he’d rather lie ijeni'.
Hut, no nutter hew, Huy It* lumen.
Can pat bis shirt on o'er hls head!
He never ermhl plan nut tt d*""' 1 ;.. |ir ^i
Think. It * snobbish to he tt>
Has n weaknee. for P !' kl "K 'h*
Whleh menu, be will so broke Insh-aa.
nut. no matter bow •Uly. the .inner.
Con pnt hls shirt on o'er h!» bead!
He's appalled by s bnhe with th' roll*.
<’ouhl never innke up hi* own beu,
Bns the uruee of n cow St “Uollc.
Of tear, he's the veriest dread,
Bub whether bias' or tmcolic. ■
Can put hls shirt on o'er hls head!
ne's a weaklier, for po.lnc **ra*ri ,T -'
On baseball atone 1. well re*u.
A, ea.h rapmalsa he wave, e.kort.vw
Until all hi. hearers have fied.
Hot, with nerer an ^effort abortive.
Can pnt hls shirt on o'er hts hesdl
Skull is Frsetursd.
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta. Ga.. Auk. 4 —Joel R. re*
tera was probably fatally InjuredJ"?
runaway accident In this city y—*cr
afternoon by belnic thrown from
(entity headforemost on the stone ru
concussion *«<