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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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JOHN TEMPLB GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEF.LY, President.
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Uctcred ss second cfsst rosttsr April SB, 1906. st the Po#toFSca at
Atlanta. Us., under set of congress of March 8. 1871.
place among the modern atataa of the world.
Thla atep cannot fall to have an Important effect on
the future. Roaalan designs on Persia have been one
of the features of the Par Eastern question for a long
time, and England views them with a jealous eye. Wbat
the course of the people will be under the new order of
things remains to be seen, but at present It is all novel
and strange.
It Takes Two to Make a Quarrel.
The currant Issue of Harvle Jordan's Cotton Journal
Is filled with several additional columns of personal abuse
of the editor of The Georgian. Wo have neither the In
clination nor the purpose to reply.
We are going to leave Mr. Jordan and his underlings
the whole floor In this matter with full freedom to ex
ploit themselves to the length of tbslr. rope and to the
limit of their talents.
We have no personal quarrel with Mr. Jordan, and
If we had we have never believed that a newspaper was
the avenue In which to exploit It. We have been en
gaged In a great and serious work with good moUves to
purify the Southern Cotton Association by the exposure
and rebuke of those who were engaged In Improper prac
tices within Its ofllcla! life. We have accomplished this
righteous purpose without malice and without stooping
to bitterness or abuae. The work hat been done, the
end In view accomplished and the effort abundantly vin
dicated In the results. The committee of Investigation
has found all that we charged to be true, and their con
demnation resting with our exposure satisfies the ouly
purpose which we eet out to effect. If It be neces
sary to revive these matters for the refreshment of the
executive committee In September, or for the Information
of the annual meeting In May, wo may perhaps feel It oar
doty to do so.
For the rest, Mr. Jordan and his underlings may
criticise, abuae and storm to their hearts' content. Noth-
lug they can say can Injure this paper or Its editor. We
have no with to Injure them. Mr. Jordan and the editor
of this paper both occupy responsible positions In tjie
upbuilding of the South—the one as a leader of public
sentiment, as an advocate of good causes and as the
friend of every righteous movement looking to the glory
of the South—the other as the chosen head and repre
sentative of a groat Industrial and agricultural Interest
which needs and requires all the help and cooperation
that an Interested people can give It.
Under these circumstances we decline to quarrel per-
tonally with Mr. Jordan any further In this matter. Oar
work Is done; our object It accomplished, and for the
rest we have no personal feellnga at stake.
It takes two to make a quarrel, and If Mr. Jordan
la anxious to perpetuate thla one, he will have to go be
yond The Georgian office lo find the second party to his
feud.
MK It Is our purpose now, ns far as we may be able, to
aland by the Southern Cotton Association, to perfect Its
life, lo encourage Its membership, to exploit Its decisions
and to plead for Its righteous and discreet policies of
trad*. So long as Mr. llairVIe Jot-dan remains Its presi
dent we shall urge the members of tlio association to
give him their hearty support.
The Interest of the state and the welfare of this great
material Interest transcends any Impulse upon our part
to eligage even under great provocation In a wordy In
terchange of bitterness and personalities. We have noth-
Ing to fear; our conscience Is clean and clear and we
aro beyond the reach of any bltterneas or of any malice
which any enemy can direct toward ua.
Moreover, we believe that tha people of Georgia will
Indorse this spirit For the truth of this assertion, we
submit these paragraphs from the columns of The Kn-
quIrcr-Run of July 29th, whose spirit and comprehension
touches very deeply our conscience and reaches our
highest appreciation: <
"Under severe provocation Editor Graves, whoso pen
can lie ae caustic as It la uauully kind, restrained (he Im
pulse to reply In bitter words to nn onslaught upon him
self. True, he wns aided In this by the consciousness of
good motives and of the high esteem In which he Is held,
hut even these Influences seldom contribute lo such an
evidence of self control.
"Apart entirely from the subject under discussion,
It may be said that Editor GruveB' utterances furnish an
example worthy of emulation. If In public and private
life the Impulse to Indulge In bitter speech, to say things
that are cruel and hard and which sting, should be re
pressed until another day, so muny of them would be left
msald and fewer wounds there would be to leave scars"
Another Constitutional Government.’
A more striking evidence of the growing popularity
ot representative government could not bo found thun
the fact that tha shah of Persia has just Issued a decree
granting to his people a national assembly and a consti
tutional form of government. In atriklng contrast with
tha Insincerity of the exar, who has been liberal of his
promises to his people, but niggardly In hla performances,
the concessions made by the rulor of Persia have been
straightforward and without delay.
The proposed general assembly will consist of repre
sentatives from all classes of the country except the very
peasants, who, apparently, will have to wait for aome time
longer, but their Interests ought to be safe In the hands
of the sympathisers who are given seats In the delibera
tive body.
Tha new assembly will meet In Teheran, and all
civil and constitutional laws will originate In that general
assembly.'
There has been practically no bloodshed and hardly
anything which could be construed as a revolution.
Thla breaking up of the old order of things and
growth of the repreeentatlve idea of government la a
striking Illustration of the rapidity with which the world
moves and tha spread of the rule of the people aa op-
tioaed to the theory of king-craft and autocracy.
It la a shattering of old romance to think of Persia
aa a constitutional government. Wo nrc naturally In
clined to associate It with Darius nnd Cynn. and Xerxes,
and the magnificent despotisms which flourished under
them until they were swept nway by Alexander the
Great. In the popular mind it Is the enchaqted land of
the Arabian Night* and the benevolent rule of good
Haraun al Rascbld. We think of It In connection with
Laltah Rookb, the tulip-cheeked, nnd the Journey she
made with the captivating Prince Feramor*.
Indeed, until recent times It has probably preserved
more of the manners and customs of the ancient days
than any country In the world, and It comes ns n distinct
shock to the sentimentalist to think of It as a land with
a legislature and a constitution and an electoral system.
Out the leaven of republicanism has been at work
there as elsewhere. The people have been struggling
A Transcendent Issue of the Campaign.
It la difficult In this whirl of amblUons and storm
of personalities for an honest and conscientious citizen
of Georgia to keep hla judgment and hla ballot In bal
ance with bla civic duty and bis personal obligations to
the state.
And yet. It la the boneet and sincere desire of The
Georgian to do thla very thing.
Abstracting ourselves then, from the malignant at
mosphere of thla unfortunate campaign, one thing ap
pears to ua as clearly a duty on tho part of the peo
ple of Georgia, to themaalvea and to the future welfare
of the state.
Whatever else la true or false, It Is unquestionably a
fact established in the Judgment of all these times that
It Id necessary In every state and In the republic at large
to demonstrate hare-'and now to the railroads and to
the great corporations of the country, the shining and es
sential fact that the people rule thla country and that the
people must continue to rule It
Now there la neither anarchy nor demagogy In tbta
assertion. The Georgian has been tranquil and conserva
tive amid tho Issues of tbla time. - We have aonght to Ar
ray no prejudice; we have done no Injustice to any cause,
or interest; we have been neither violent nor abusive, al
though we have had abundant provocation to be so.
And, we have striven to be fair, to be juat and to be
broad In our attitude toward all Interests and all public
queatlona of thla time.
The necessity to curb and to restrain the aggressions
of the railroads and cor|>orations la as well recognised
at tbla period of our history as any public'policy In gov
ernment has ever been recognised at any period of ottl*
notional history. It Is not a matter of local prejudice; II
la not a matter of state conditions; nor la It yet a spirit
that grows out of any eapeclal discrimination, or least of
all, out of any prejudice on the part'of people of moder
ate means toward the corporations of colossal wealth. The
necessity to curb and restrain the railroads without In
auy possible way doing them any Injustice or any In
jury, Is recognised In every section of our country. It
has been the battle cry and shibboleth of victory In
Mlohlgan, In Wisconsin, In Missouri, as It Is In Georgia,
and It has been an Isbiio of such general recognition that
It has made tho great light which has enlisted tha cour
age and the energy of the brave president of the United
States, and tins been fought and wou in part In the Illus
trious forum of the American senate.
So, that there can be no question of demagogy, of
bitterness nor of untlniellneaa In the demand which Is
being urged that the railroads should be taught the pre
eminence of the people In the affairs of this country,
nnd that they should be rebuked In their effort both to
dominate legislation and to discriminate at times In their
rates of freight nnd transportation against the commer
cial life and the personal comfort of the American people.
Tho very universality of this spirit and tta recogni
tion Is the best and most Incontrovertible argument to
the voters Of Georgia that when-this question la brought
face to face with our ballots and with our brains. It be
comes our high and tinmlstakahlo civic duty to register
at the polls such a verdict aa will best establish the su
premacy of the poople and tho subordination of the cor-
pormUons.
It does not matter to The Georgian under what can
didate this (liny be done or In what shape the lesson may
be taught. But It does matter to The Georgian as a citi
zen and a public voice that this great lesson should be
taught now while It Is possible to teach It well—while
the people hnve yet In their hands the power, the co
herency, and the co-operative courage to administer the
lesson.
Neither The Georgian nor the people nos those who
represent the people, deslro along any lines nor In any
letter of legislation, to he unjust toward the railroads
oixl the corporations, to restrain their liberty, or to crip
ple their prosperity. Recognising In full the splendid In
fluence of these Institutions In the development of the
country, we glvo them our high regard and pledge them
our fnlr and generous consideration In every act of legla-
Intlon upon which we may be allowed to speak. But
we do know and we do declare that tha spirit-of aelflsh ag
gression, the spirit of Indifference, and the spirit of monop
oly which havo expressed the policy of tha railroad* and
the corporations for the last ten or twenty years absolute
ly demands that when the Issue between the people and
selfish plutocracy Is Joined, that the people mint win or
that the people will sink Into deeper slavery and become
completely subservient to the corporate will.
Georgia simply cannot afford to do less In this elec
tion than to win with its ballots the flght of the people
for the rights of tho people against the selfishness of
these vast combinations of power. To win now Is to ew
tnbllsh Justice nnd |>opular liberty. To lose now Is to
endanger both for ourselves and for our children.
If the iwople should win ana a real representative of
the iieoplo should be sealed In the chair of state, Tho
Georgian pledges Itself with all Its might and main to
protest and to dispute every effort on the part of that
or any other public servant to be unjust or unfair toward
these great Institutions which are entitled to tho care
and tho protection of the state.
Hut The Georgian knows now and here, and every
honest man In Georgia who thinks and soon, will In
dorse the statement, (hut with the Issue Joined ns It has
been Joined and Is Joined today, the people should win
and simply must win this flght for the sntoty and the
protection of the people and of the railroads as well. In
the years to come.
And so, we appeal frankly nnd sincerely, with abso
lute Indifference to any single personality In thla cam
paign or to any single candidate In thla race—we appeal
earnestly and fervently to the common tense and the pa
triotism of Georgia to rise In the might of that ballot
which la the expression of a free man's conscience, and
to write In the result of the primaries the sovereignty
of the people and the subordination of special Interests
to the general good.
Wo appeal to every cltlsen to put behind him the
special .pleas of candidates and the dashing fallacies of
nntbltlons and to set hit civic eyes clearly and reso
lutely upon the central proposition that the people are
lighting In Georgia aa they have fought In other states
and as they aro lighting now In Washington to establish
beyond all doubt or question that the principle of the
greatest good of tho greatest number must be recognised,
both by the government and the Institutions which flour-
tsh under It, that the railroads must be just In their
rates, fair In their trafllc, and must not seek through
personal lobbies and political agencies to dominate the
consciences and the legislation of these separate sover- ny. and hla business Is to ids
plgn states. New York dty which had hlthertc
Thla Is one great transcendont issue df/thls cam by them. An Instance In point was a large apartment
negroes Ir. sections
emained unlnva
paign—and there are three candidates who profess al
legiance to thla Idea. Every honest man and every
loyal cltlsen of common sense can decide for himself
what Is the platform and which la the candidate that
will beat executs tbla duty which he owes to himself, to
hie children and to the state.
The Hon. Frank Langley, Jr„ of Troup, I* the Arm
friend and advocate of hla friend and fellow cltlsen, the
Hon. Frank Harwell, of Troup, for one of the seats In
the new court of appeala established by the legislature.
Colonel Longley believes that Colonel Harwell Is capable,
popular, well equipped and crystally honest, and he la giv
ing hla cordial'support to Troup’s candidate for thla re
sponsible place.
Let Us Have the Truth About the
Soldiers’ Home.
There has been too much smoke coming from- the
consideration of tho Soldiers' Home to permit the legisla
ture or Interested people to bait In the investigation until
the presence or absence of Are Is discovered.
For a long time rumors have been coming tfi The
Georgian from this great charity of the statedrumors
which we have been loath to believe and equally loath
to handle.
But at the present time these charges have been
put In such definite form and shape, and so bravely
assumed by members of the state legislature that there
can be no honorable exit from this discussion short of a
full, fearliMs and complete Investigation.
Mr. Williams, of Laurens, made a brave speech upon
this question on Monday In the house. The deflnlteness,
boldness and evident sincerity of the representative from
Laurens deeply impressed the house, and as reported
impressed the state, and stamp Mr. Williams aa a direct
and courageous statesman, not afrall to assume a re
sponsibility and yet ready at all times to sustain his con
tentions with the evidence from reliable sources. We
are very glad that such a man a* Representative Wil
liams has taken a personal lead In this matter and we
Shall watch the results with keen Intereat and record
them without hesitation.
If Georgia baa glorified It* own gratitude and Ita own
loyalty to Immortal memories by this splendid benefi
cence to the old heroes of our lost cause, It would be
Indeed a poor and grudging charity to deny to these our
noble beneficiaries the real bounty of the state, and It
would be a deeper shame If negligence or Indifference
on the pgrt of the state permitted Georgia's bounty to
be prostituted by mismanagement or to be Insulted by
cruelty and unkindness In Its administration.
Once more we assert that the mntter has gone too
far now not to be carried to Its full and definite conclu
sion, and we trust that without any other consideration
than the vindication of the spirit and the motive which
moved this splendid charity, the legislative committee will
hew to the line and let the chips fall where they will.
No Social Equality for Them.
The evidences are accumulating every day that the
pretended sympathy for the negro In the North Is the
holloweat of empty shams, and that he Is not accepted
on anything like equality by the people of that section
any more than he la In the South.
At least one man realises thle and apparently he Is
profiting by It He is going at the matter In the most
coldblooded and systematic manner, and It Is said that
he has cleared up something like $10,000 on a recent deal.
He Is the head of the Afro-American Realty Compa-
house on Ninety-eighth street, which this shrewd real es
tate man and "friend" of the negro race purchased. As
soon ss It became noised abroad that this house was to
be occupied by negroes, the people In the neighborhood
became greatly alarmed. No love and fraternity with the
negro race for them. They had lived thus far without
being disturbed by negroes in the neighborhood, and
they were not going to stand for a change If It could be
prevented.
There wns no wey toyenjoln the new tenants, for the
property had been bought and. paid for. There woe noth
ing to do but to buy the property, *o after a hurried con
sultation on the part of the property owners and old-
Ume tenants, the deal was made and-the head of the Afro-
American Realty Company was richer by something like
$10,000. ,
It was a novel Idea. It worked well. .He knew very
well thariie could bank on the distaste of the average
New Yorker for negroes as neighbors and he played the
game on that theory. He knew that the only way for
them to prevent this unsavory proximity was for them to
buy him out, and they'dtd so.
It was rather an effective object lesson In the real
sentiment* of the people of New York when they are
willing to cougn up $10,000 to keep'the color line clearly
and dlstlncUy drawn and It alienees a great deal of the
hypocritical flub-dub Indulged In by negro sympathisers
at the North.
The Tendency Toward Tariff Revision.
The efforts of the administration to hold the Repub
lican party to _ “aland pat” policy on the question of the
tariff are becoming more and more hopeless every day.
While It Is true that the platform adopted by the Re
publicans of Iowa was not very radically In favor of tariff
revision, It la pointed'out that Governor Cummins’ per
sonality and bis Individual opinions, .coupled with hla
triumphant renomlnatlon, are more significant than any
platform, and that he is an earnest tariff reformer la un
disputed.
The Springfield Republican recalls * hla vigorous as
sertion last fall that "all the graft of all the insurance
companies from the beginning cannot equal one-fifth the
amount of which tha people are robbed every year by
excessive tariffs.”
So staunch a Republican paper as The New York
Tribune Indorses the demand of the Republican! of the
middle west for tariff revision, aDd finally The Outlook,
for the present week, summarising the opinions of the
press and people, expresses the conviction that “It I* In
creasingly evident that thoae who believe in a protective
system will lefore long have to choose between a system
gradually modified In the direction of a freer trade by the
Republican party, and a system of tariff for ifvenue only
brought In by the political victory of the Democratic
party."
This Is an Impartial authority, and makes It certain
that the country Is drifting gradually but Inevitably to
ward tariff revision nnd toward the time-honored princi
ples of the Democratic party.
By I’rlvnti* I^eoml Wire.
New York. Aug. 14—English society
people are whispering that If Lad.
Leonora Sophie Tankervllle had not
been American born she would never
have permitted her French maid to an
noy her to the extent of bringing a suit
for damages. That she would not set
tle or compromise or retract from her
position Is taken aa an indication that
her American spirit still exists, thourh
she has been married more than tee
years to the Earl of Tankervllle and
lived In an English castle. Her trou-
ble seems to be the possession of a
French maid who did not know he?
place. They were going on a railroad
Journey and Lady Tankervllle wanted
seclusion. She told the maid to tales
a seat In the van which carried tha
luggage of the party.
As often ae the mistress Insisted tht
maid refused and Anally left In a huff
She secured an attorney, brought suit
for damages, and nearly won It. Lady
Tankervllle is the daughter of J. c
Van Harter, of New York, and has
been In the public eye many times
since ber hasty marriage. Her hus
band was Lord Bennett and engaged
In evangelistic work In the state of
Washington when she met and fell in
love with him. For some time after
their marriage they continued their re
vival work. >
Among the candidates for a place on the new rail
road commission to be elected by the people, Is Colonel
J. E. Mercer, of The Fitzgerald Enterprise, and while
The Georgian Is not In the habit of committing Itself In
advance to any one candidate for this responsible and
Important post, we do not hesitate to say that our esteem
ed contemporary Is one of the llvest, bravest and most
honest public men In Georgia and wonld grace any posi
tion of trust or responsibility to which he might be
called.
Growth and Progress of the New South
South wblrh deserves something more thin pan*
Greater Demand For Cotton Seed Oil
The retent session of the cotton seed crushers In Atlanta, which waa
one of the moat notable conventions held In this city during the present
nummer, lend* timely Interest to the following article from The New York
Commercial. The newspaper In question says that If n suggestion put
forth by a Southerner Is acted upon by the cotton oil Interests of the
country, there I* likely to be soon a greatly Increased demand for cotton
oil, which would be certain to have a far-reach In*? Influence on cotton oil
prices for home and export shipment. The suggestion Just put forward la
that the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' Association should Inaugurate a
movement for the sale of cottonseed . to the general public In line With
the methodH In use by the Standard Oil Company, In the sale of Its Il
luminating and lubricating oils. It la proposed, In other words, that cot
ton oil tanks on wheels should be sent throughout the country with a view
to selling cotton oil from door to door, not s|mply as a institute for lard.
but on Ita osu merits as a culinary* grease.
'it has been demonstrated," says the advocate of thla Idea, "that re
fined cotton oil not only meet* all requirement* In this respect, but Is
actually superior to lard In this connection. The people should be made
acquainted with cottop oil. A cotton oil tank wagon, with liquid measur
ing facilities, could dlspoee of the oil at thd rate of IS cents per quart.
Take the negro portion of the population of the South. They use great
quantities of lard all the time. The Idea Is to visit every habitation,
without regard to color nr nationality. In this way, Just as soon as the
people realise the value of reflned cotton oil, a home market could be ob
tained for most, If not all, of the cotton oil manufactured In the South and
Southwest, and at paying prices, regardless of expert needs.
"It might be well to assume some sort of preliminary step In the
way of advertising prior- to actually taking the field In the manner sug
gested. Printed circulars, newspaper advertising, and possibly a series of
lectures at food exhibitions, ns well as In great cities, carried on syste
matically might expedite matters. If we are to place cotton oil where It
rightly belongs, something on the lines suggested must be done. Individ
ual effort Is vain.
"The hope of auccese In such a movement Is strong when undertaken
by a powerful organisation such aa the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' As
sociation. An Individual crusher or refiner would hardly make a break In
this direction on hie own responsibility. Concerted action In the matter
of educating the people of the United States to the value of cotton oil as
an edible product la Imperative. It gives fair promise of success. The
needs of the trade demand It, and I trust that ways and means will be un
earthed t«' put the suggestion Into effect."
I THINK I THUNK A LIE.
That there wss
was f
grief
cry tear
client
And — — ..
And love could never die;
Rut thinking now of whitt I thunk
I think I thunk a lie.
I lined to think About nirkelf
And think that 1 would lie
governor $ir a president.
While years rolled slmvlv by,
‘ ■ — * i„ K „f what I thunk,
thnnk n lie.
I used to ihlnk the Indies were
All sweetness coiutdued.
That they were nil <toil's Inst nnd best
Of perfect no** reft mil.
That the;
Dint they were not hnlf nad* and paint.
Hut angels from on tilgli.
Hut thinking now of what I thunk.
like other men.
Ami were not tempted of the genii.
And could not therefore sin.
Rut since I've traveled round n hit.
I've watched them on the sly.
And thinking now of whnt I thunk,
I think I thnnk s He.
LANDING THE FISII.
Jack Spotto was a nice fellow, and
he had barrels of monoy; at least Ills
father had. Tom King was a nice fel
low, too, and he had barrels of money,
or his father had.
Ethel thought a Jot of each of them,
and she was as nice as she could be to
both, but somehow or other neither
Jack nor Tom would come to the point
here one discusses the residential
merits of Jersey or Long Island.
The summer was slipping by without
proposal, and Ethel began
the sign of a . ^
to grow unhappy. So one evening she
wrote two letters—ahort letters, but
full of tnennlng. One ran:
'Dear Tom—I promised to give you
my reply tonight. I am sorry to hurt
you—but, Tom, 1 love another. I may
as well tell you It's that adorable, ath
letic boy you've seen me with several
times, Jack Hpotte. I shall always en
deavor to be a trua Hater to you.
# "ETHEL"
Then Ethel wrote another letter,
worded Juat the same, except that It
began "Dear Jack," and referred * to
Tom King aa the adorable athlete.
Then she took the letters out to the
postofllce. carelessly getting Tom's let
ter Into the envelope addressed to Jack
and Jack'a letter, of course. Into Tom
King's envelope.
Next morning Jack Spotte opened
his mall.
"That chick King proposed to Eth
el!" he cried. "And she loves me!
There may be time."
Tom King opened hla letter:
"That scrub of a two-ffpotte!" he
cried. "Proposed to Ethel. Indeed!
And nhe loves me! There may be
time."
Ethel had Just accepted the panting
iiic honest tiller of the soil.
When, marketing hla crop.
Takes pnlnn to nut the ripe and liest
Always ti|i»n the top.
1 used to think thorn* honest men
Wonld never cheat or try.
Hut thinking now of whnt 1 thunk.
I think I thunk a He.
!.onMwliM» that wny I need to think.
Ami now it lunkcit me ory
To think nlN>nt the wnj' I thunk.
Ami Ixrw | thnnk
Whnt nolde men the dwtors are,
I lined to think they cniue
From heaven or some heavenly land
And worked for love ninl fame.
That they could cure all human Ills
And never let us die.
Rut thinking unw of what I thunk,
1 think I thunk n lie.
The lawyers, too. I used to thlnk-
Ofc! God forgive the though*—
That their cotivletfoun of the right
Could not by klinven lie iMUisht;
That they woo id not n client rub
Or ''sell"* him on the sly;
Rut thinking now of what T thunk,
9 I think I thunk "
I used to tiiluk they told the truth.
Ami nil their profits lost.
1 thought a yard wns full throe feet—
Don't ask my reason why—
Rut thinking now of whnt I thunk.
I think I thunk s He.
The niggers, too, I used to think.
If once they were get free
Would innkc good honest cltlsen*
l.lke white folks used to lie.
Rut they have wsndcrod fnr from grace.
think I thunk n He.
■Columbia Record.
New York lo suffering from a plague
of fleas. They are high-toned .lent
at that, nnd none but the bluest blood
satisfies them. The Insects have cen
tered their campaign In the territory
contiguous to .Riverside drive, em
bracing hundreds of fashionable apart
ment houses. In many of the houses
which are overrun pith fleas, com
plaints have been made to landlords
and the tenants have threatened to
move unless successful war of exter
mination Is .waged.
A policeman for 37 years who never
knew of a case of graft is New York's
latest offering to the country. The .man
Is William T. Coffee, of Bensonhurat,
who waa given a farewell banquet by
hit* comrades upon his retirement. In
responding to the presentation of a
loving cup, he said that In all his ca
reer he had never known of a single
case of graft.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
nr PrlTSte Leased tt'lte.
New York, Aug. 14.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—A. 8. Emerson, H. John
son, Jr„ H. K. Neer, J. 8. Hntcher, M.
A. 81ms, H. Stone, J. B. Zachery. Jr.
AUGUSTA—Mrs. J. B. Graham, \V.'
J. Higgins, J. M. Landrum.
SAVANNAH—J. Cohen, J. Levey, J.
Lyons, H. W. Wllyoover, Mrs. M. S,
Cabling, Misses Calding.
Hporlal |o Tho (ii"or*liin.
Paris, Aug. 14.—C. B. Howard, Mrs.
M. C. and Mlsa Edith Russell and Ed
ward R. Y an Winkle, of Atlanta, On,
registered at The Herald office today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Fnust snd Rcknffer.
1321—Mexico surretidi-rcd to Cortes.
1717— Pope Plus VI lH»rn.
1766—'Fort Ontario sod Fort Oswego de
stroyed by Montmlm.
1813—Ilrltlnh sloop l'ellmn captured United
States sloop Argus In English clinu*
net.
1842—President proclaimed Florida War at
sn end.
1848—Oregon Territory formed by set of
congress.
1887— Dexter made the fastest time on rec
ord—2:1714—«0 Buffalo. „ ,
187ft—Admiral David U. Fnrrngut died.
Rom July ft, 1801.
188ft—Cathedral nt Cologne completed; 631
rears building.
ollce ordered to expel *H
Moscow iHtllre ordered ft
Jews within, two mouths. „ ^ .
1886—W. W. Toy lor. extres surer of 84.11th
from the state tren
J908—Jeffries defen ted Corliett In fight for
the pugilistic championship.
1904—Naval battle off Vladivostok.
A PROTEST.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Copyright, 1888, by Amerlenn-Journni H*
ninlner.
To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of
race
Has dlmltcd on protest.
The hum no
Had no voice heea
tB Imiolsltlon yet would serve the law.
And guillotines decide our least disputes.
The few_ who dare must speak snd speak
Speech,
No Tested power In this day ami land
Can gng or throttle. Press nnd voice may
f^md (SjLipprovnl of existing Ills;
Hay criticise oppression nnd condemn
The lawlessness of wealth—protecting law*
That let the children snd chlldlM-arera toll
Tp purrhase ease for Idle millionaires.
Therefore 1 protest against the boast
Of ImleiMMidenro In this mighty land.
Cnll no chain strong which holds one rusted
Call no iand free that holds one fettered
slave, „ , ,
. ntll the innnncled slim wrists of bshee
Are loosed to toss In childish simrt nnd glee.
Until the mother 1u*ars no burden, save
The precious one lienestti the heart. u»o|
tiod'a soil Is rescued from the Hatch
FACTS.
GLAD IT WAS WRITTEN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I must thank you for that edito
rial of Tuesday August 7, about
the present campaign. Yes. 1
am glad you wrote It up and compared
b^thS b,,m I “ S&S rmSuSSSTSZ
^ ul 5 ;," M". murmuT«l swretly. wha ' h, ‘ “ ,d * nJ dld -
"And to think, dear." said Jack, af* I HENRY 8. FARROW
Porter Springs, Ga.
ter Tom had gone "to the devil/
he had bitterly announced his desti
nation. "to jhlnk that I might never
have won you If that letter hadn't got
Into the wrong envelope."
"Just think of It. dear," answered
Ethel. "Wasn't it Just luck?"
And over his shoulder she winked at
herself In the glass.
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
Up Iwyoitd the strait <»f Bering wn!s*' n »
human!* are careering. .
Peevish polar tu*ar* are prancing throe**
the sifting. shifting snow;
By the frozen Colville river frsppcd nre*
tie foxes shiver
And th»* seals are swarming, fcelwrga to
escape the Eskimo-
Which don't make ns say coolrr, but
we're glad to know lt'» #0.
Where the pole looms dark nnd dreary.
Ths thermometer* endeavor to remain af*
fixed forever . . . , .
Immovable ami solid, at ninety-eight I**
of, but
t> on Greenland's gloHal ranges, where
the weather never changes.
Before yi»u breathe you bare to use a
stove to melt the sir;
There Is little persnlrrtttofe op that way.
ami he«t prostration
Is S4» etrtktngly Infrequent It's considered
•rather rare—
Al of which |s very pleasant, though,
somehow, we do not care.