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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
U’EJ>.VE*I>AY. At lirrr I*.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Dr. McCandtcss and Pure Food.
Whether the pure food bill passes or dies of neglect
upon this final day of legislative session, Tbe Georgian
Is moved to an expression of admiration for the earn
estness, vonsecratlon and conslatent energy with which
It has been advocated by Dr. 1. M. McCandless, of this
city.
As a private citlsen. with no Interest at stake, with
no object In view, and with no purpose but to serve
his day and generation, according to hla Ughta, Dr. Me-
Candltaa haa fought for this bill In season and out of aea-
aon. He baa garnered Information, he haa maraballed
(acta, he haa presented briefs and with hla brain and
hia hand and hla tnerglea he baa given hla time and hla
talenta to a strong and leglUmate effort to convince the
reaeon and the Intereat of the legislature and of tbe
people of the necessity for this wholesome bill.
If It ahould triumph, why, of course. Its passage will
reflect directly upon the eloquence of tbe advocate*
upon tbe floor. There will be no leas of reflection In
Ita triumph upon the patient and persistent devotion of
the brilliant chemist and ciUten who was Ita Inspiration.
And if It (alts and goes down to wait Ita time before an
other body of law-makers In tbe atate, Dr. McCandless
can feel (hat be at least has done hla duty with a sin
gle mind and haa spared no atom of hla manifold equlp-
medt to carry hla convictions to a successful end.
ond fare from the travelera'to Coney Island. But. puffad
up with their own Impudence and greed, and their long
Immunity from punishment and regulation, they defy
(be courts and trample upon the righta of tbe people—
and the; people tbemaelvea
An application baa been made to forfeit the charter
of .the company, and the whole country would sympa
thise with such a movement. Nothing short of some
such radical action, It seems, will bring the Metropol
itan Moloch to Ita senses. It would furnish a whole
some lesson to corporation* all over tbe country who
abuse their franchises and ov*r-ride_ the righta of tbe
people.
Every large city has an Instance in point and we
ourselves would not have to.go to,very tar from home
to And one. '
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The Transcendent Question of Saxon
Rule.
Joined
the
rhlcb mi
supreme
insider tl
A Visit to Mars.
We know all about It^pow.
The president of the Society for Psychical' Re
search, an organization InsUtuted for the purpose of see
ing ghosts and explaining the whyness of the thus, haa
just taken a little trip to Mars. This blood-red patron
planet of war I* something like 141,000.000 miles away,but
a little thing like that did not disturb the adventurous
spirit of President Backvllle Leyaon, who disrobed him
self of bl* flesh and started out on hla aerial journey'
without so much as a celestial Baedeker to guide him.
He simply projected his astral body Into space ynd
within forty minutes be was there 'and back, after an
exhaustive study of the ethnic and commercial condi
tions on the planet, and was giving out hi* experience*
to the paper*. ,
He tell* us that there' are two race* of men up
there, ono so tall that he did not reach to their knees,
while the other race Is so small that the tiny, specimen
did not reach to the visitor's knees.
Just how far It Is between the kneecap and tbe kibe
ot Layton's astral shanks I* not stated.
Tbe Martian*, we are told, do not wear any clothes,
but are abundantly covered with hair. The larger
specimen* have no note, but have two eyes, one In each
temple. The smaller specimens have a single eye,
which, like the curl of the celebrated little girl, was right
In tbe middle of the forehead. The little fellows have
web feet and glide along on the mots at It they were
akatlng. They live In boles In the ground, while the
big fellows make habitation* of tbe rocks and seem to
be very happy.
. It la a matter of regret that.be did not bring us
aomn definite data about the canala which are, by com-
mon consent, the moet remarkable features of Mars. We
would like to know If they are owned and controlled by
the state, or by private capital, whether Chinese labor
was successfully employed In their construction, ■ bow
sanitation Is preserved and a few other facts which
might have been of value to our own canal commission.
But perhaps we should be satisfied. Tbe president
of tb* Society for Psychical' Research has given us a
great deal of information.
Among other things, this thing of eating Ice cream
and shrimp after II o'clock at night Is bound to get In
Its work.
The B. R. T. Aggressions.
It has been a long time since the American people
were treated to a more flagrant instance ol the high
handed Insolence of corporate power than that dt*
• played by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company on
Sunday and Monday, when fnlly n thousand people were
bodily ejected from cars running to Couey Island, simply
because. In pursuance of a decision of the court lianded
down by Justice Gaynor, they refused to pay a double
far* for * single trip between tbe metropolis and tbe
celebrated seaside readrt.
. Not only were a thousand people thrown from tbe
cars, at the Imminent rlsk*M life and limb, but one
young girl was actually killed as a direct result ot this
treatment Having been ejected from a car, although
sho bad paid the double fare, she was Immediately run
down and killed by a passing trolley on a bridge.
No effort whatever was made by the company to
Identify and band over to juatlce tbe trainmen who
were responsible for tbe death of tbe girl. This conduct
was of a piece with the Impudence which the corpora
tion has shown throughout the entire light, and some
thing of the strength with which It has entrenched Itself
tuny be gathered from the fact that on the second day
of the disorders the poke no longer pretended to make
a non-partisan effort to preserve the |>eac* but openly
aided and abetted the fallroad employees In thfowlng off
passenger* who declined to pay a second fare.
The higher offletata of the road make no show of re-
j.i ntance whatever. They blocked the rosds with delsy-
ed trains and kept hundreds of iieople from returning
homo until the late hours of the night. -They caused
.rouble and Inconvenience of every kind, and when the
facta were presented to them they went further than
Boas Tweed't. cynical query. “What are you going to do
about It?" and even Intimated that they would make the
service less satisfactory than It la at present.
All this, be It understood, because the patrons of
the road were acting upon a decision of the court and
were refusing to pay a second fare.
It has been shown that the anbway, whose peeeen-
gsra as a rule travel for a long distance, makes a profit
on 6 cents fares, since tbfe cost Is not more than 2 cents
each. It haa been shown that the uniform fare of 5
cent* for surface'car travel makes a good net average
profit, and that there Is no excuae for demanding a son. ib'gh and sincere regard and sympathy tor the Inferior
There appears upon this pepe today a letter of
uiual inters*! addressed to Mr.-William Riley Boyd by
a distinguished and thoughtful physician of Norwich
Conn., upon the etihorbfng and vital question of the ne
gro and . his relation* to the white race In tbe South
and In the country at large.
Mr. Boyd recently wrote a letter to The Indlanapolt*
New* which bai been widely commented upon through
out the country, and out of that contribution ba* grown
thl* correspondence with Dr. Mann, of Connecticut.
The letter of Dr. Mann Is broadly and deeply signifi
cant and we commend It tp tbe careful consideration of
our readera today because of tbe light which It sheds
upon the sentiment and the sympathy 1 of the Northern
people toward this vexed question of the negro In tho
South.
The comment of Dr. Mann la upon an editorial which
recently appeared In The Georgian claiming that the
real friend of the negro aud not bis enemy, was that
man who recognising his limitations and the hopeless
ness of his position under the present environment, hu
manely sought to find for him another home and another
country In order that he might reach bis full develop
ment both as a citlsen and aa a man.
To this theory Dr. Mann gives bl* full Indorsement
and declares that be goes even farther than the editor
of Tbe Oeorglau ,’n hla Indorsement of the principle In
volved. Dr.- Mann states In underscored Italics that he
agrees absolutely with tho editor of The Georgian that
the beat thing for the negro aa well as for the white
man I* that the relative Inferiority of tbe negro man
should be recognized definitely and clearly In every
relation of life.
Upon this proposition The Georgian haa baaed Its
whole attitude toward tbe negro at the present time. Tho
Georgian Is not a partisan In the present Georgia cam
paign and doe* not propose to be. Tbe matter of per
sonalities baa little to do with ourjtttltude or our align-
ment. We taka no stock In the abuse of the prominent
Georgians who are candidates before tbe people because
we are fully prepared to believe tbat each and everyone
of them In character, In record, and In capacity, la equal
to the responsibility of aervlng Georgia and of making
a good and acceptable governor of the state.
The things that concern thoughtful and Impartial
men, as we are, are tho great vital Issues around which
this campaign Is wrapped, and among these Issues The
Georgian has always recognised as the one transcendent
and overwhelming question the prudent and statesman-
like consideration of the negro and hla relations to the
people of the South. It may be sald ; frankly that we rec
ognise as valid some of the objections to-the method* of
disfranchisement proposed by statesmen upon the eido
of complete disfranchisement In this campaign. We
have been Impressed by the objections that have been
urged and are fully prepared to believe that there must
be a better way to handle this question and to legally
disfranchise and subordinate the negro In our general
civilisation and In our political life.
We fully believe that with the wide and free dis
cussion of this question, the minds of thoughtful men
must have been and doubtless are Impressed by tbe dlf-
flculty and tbe complexity of tbls proposition, but we are
also fully prepared to believe that If the weight of thl*
responsibility ahould rest upon any one of these can.
dldates for the high office of governor, tbe educative
value of tbls discussion would move the successful can-
dldate or tbe successful legislator to a due and aerlous
consideration of these apprehensions and to the wisest,
moat unprejudiced and moat broad-minded search for bet
ter methods to perfect and to complete the disfran
chisement and subordination of the negro race to the
Anglo Saxon people who have made and ruled thl* con
tinent
Now with this much said we desire to say that we
deem It a matter of supreme and overshadowing Impor
tance that this election should not pass without some
definite and clear-cut announcement made In thunder
tones at the ballot box that this Is a white man's
government, a white man's country and that the white
race must rate It and will rule II to the ond of time, and
that this election carries this announcement In definite
and legal form that the negro la an Inferior and tbat
the whlta man Is the superior, and that the superior must
and will rale and dominate the Inferior In society and
In politics In this republic.
In the heat and passion of this furious eanvass men
have had little time to give to this question and to its
perfect solution that fine and deliberate consideration
which Us Importance and Its dangers demand. We must
confess that we ourselves have failed to reach any defi
ntte and final conclusion as to the beat and moat effec
tive method of disfranchising the negro. But we have
absolute confidence In tbe patriotism, In the Integrity,
and In the Intelligence ot the Anglo 8axon element that
la straggling tor supremacy In this campaign, and we ex
press the further and moat profound and far-reaching
confidence tbat when this election Is settled. If It be
settled upon the lines ot this policy, that the men who
win and the friends who stand hohlnd them, lawyers,
legislators, statesmen, publicist* and patriots, will unite
with one accord to put thl* decision of the ballot box
Into effect In tbe wisest, safest and moat conservative
way which will stand the teats of the courts and the
trials of the coming years.
Meanwhile, let us remember that a defeat of this
general proposition here and now carries encouragement
of untold weight and force to the negro race in the
prosecution of their laudable but dangerous ambition;
that It will inevitably produce strife and friction In the
Increased aggression of tho tower race and that the
only aafe thing to do, sod the only wtae thing to do
now, since the tssuo la Joined and the question at a
white heat of solution, ta to express In thunder tones at
the ballot box the ultimatum of the Caucasian race, and
to rely confidently upon the combined wisdom and pru
dence ot the men who make the laws for this state nnd
for this section, to put this verdict Into execution with
skill and discretion and a comprehensive regard for lib
erty and for law.
We state thli proposition upon our honor with a
*ct ot self-preservHtlon ! has be
and tbe fortunes ' Before
of the superior race. There la no malice and no un
ness In ns toward the negro. Tbe sooner his status la
settled and he la removed aa the booe of contention
from the tactions of thl* Anglo Saxon republic, the
sooner wilt be drift to to peace, prosperity and develop
ment, and the sooner will the Anglo Saxon race react
Into an attitude of justice, a lore of liberty aod consti
tutional law.
There is wisdom enough, there te conscience .enough,
and there la Justice enough Is these Southern state* to
deal justly aad honorably with'this Inferior race when
once we have written to Indiknotabla statutes tbe doc
trine of white supremacy and eg negro Inferiority.
Let ns announce to the worM and to our own people
by our coming ballots what we tutend to do, and then
let us rely upon an unfailing wisdom and tbe unbroken
history of these Southern Saxons to do the right and the
wisest thing for both races and for tbe greet future of
this greet‘and storm-tried people.
There It no politics In this position. There la uo
partisanship and no deceit. The editor of The Georgian
>h<* advocate ot this policy for twenty years,
e contentions of tbls )iersonal controversy were
brought forth, or time had formed a Hoke Smith, a Clark
Howell, a Journal or a Constitution as Its evangels, the
editor of this paper, with a single mutlve and a clear
conception, waa sowing In the West and In the East and
in tbe militant North the seeds of that great doctrine
of Saxon rale whqse fruits are evident In tbe liberal and
progressive letter of Dr. Mann, of Connecticut.
We register no change, we record no new Idea. We
write no change of front, but we simply stand now upon
the position which we assumed In 1893 at th$ great Chau-
tanqna at Lexington. Ky„ when we plead then In the
exact language that we use today for tbe absolute, the
evident and the Imperatlvd necessity of establishing defi
nitely and by statute the relative positions of these op
posite and antagonistic races In tbe South.
We pray God tbat the people of Georgia, unbllnded
by faction and unvexed by prejudice, keeping their eyes
firmly fixed upon tbe great future of our people and our
children, will settle this question In the spirit of patriot
ism, the spirit of statesmanship and In the spirit of fear
less truth.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this head will appvsr from tlrat to tluo Information Illustrating lb*
remarkable development of tbe South which deserves something more tbnu puss
ies attention.
The South Sells Engines to the 'East,
Nothing which we have yet encountered illustrates more completely
the material growth ahd progress-of the South than a recent article pub
lished In "Advance," of Birmingham, showing how a home concern of that
city 1* manufacturing stationery engines and selling them to the East and
Went. It Is pointed out that thin would not be very remarkable If the
engines were of tome special type covered by patents, but they are, on the
contrary, Corliss engines, which have been a standard type ever since the
centennial of 1179.
Mr. John Sparrow, of "Advance," hsd *n lutefeatlng Interview with
W. D. Tynee, of the Hardle-Tynes Company, which manufactures these eh-
glnes, and was told that the chief superiority of his engines consisted In
strength, weight and efficiency. Continuing he said:
"No, we do not find that our comparatively long distance from the
the Northern and Eastern markets Is a drawback, nor are we conscious ot
any prejudlct against us on account of our Southern location. Eastern
and Western people are keenly practical, and they have their share of the
American spirit of fair play. They know what they want, and they will
pay for It, no matter where It cornea from. - .
“Tea, our territory Is steadily widening. Some of ,our engines have
gone Into South American countries, and we have established a connect
tlon In Japan, which promise* well." *
"The road ha* not always been smooth?" I said.
“Oh, no," replied Mr. Tynea, “we have had our period* of discourage
ment, but there never was a time when we lost faith In ultimate results.
“The fire was a good thing for us. I might say It was the turning
point. Several years ago we were burned out, you know—total loss, plant,
patterns, everything. It waa • "hard blow. We bad been making a good
engine, a* we thought, and were booked away abead. There was nothing
to do but to start over. So we determined to get the beat talant In the
engineering profession to be had.”
(Ah, 1 thought, this la the key to tbe business—the genius wblch
snatches vlctory v trom defeat and turns disaster Into success.)
< "We employed expert* of high repute." continued Mr. Tynes, smiling—
my eye must have flashed appreciation—“and with some suggestions from
u* they gave ua designs and patterns which embody the latest and most
approved Ideas of engine construction as applied to those modifications of
the Corliss to-which I referred when we began talking. Consequently we
have a distinct advantage over our competitors who have not kept pace
with the Improvements of more modern engineering construction.
"And our machine shops and foundry, aa rebuilt, are the most perfectly
adapted to their requirements of any In this country. There are plants
which may contalf more brick and mortar, but none makes a better show
ing architecturally, or la better equipped for the hurtling of raw materials
and the flrlabed.product la bur line of business, quite frequently our plant
Is inspected by machinists and founders In other portions of the country
who wish to duplicate It In whole or In part. We let. them copy the plans
It they ask for that -privilege. It's alt for the good of the trade.”
"Are you a Southern man?” I asked.
“Both Mr. Hardle and myself are Southern men, but neither of us re
gards that aa a handicap,” he eald humorously. “I see no reason wby
Southern men should not succeed as manufacturer*"
‘The civil war proved ,th*t the men of the South were as Ingenious
and fertll* In resources as the so-called Yankees," I suggested.
"Probably you are Correct," said Mr. Tynes, thoughtfully. "Now let us
look over the plant.”
THE NORTH WITH THE
80UTH ON THE NEGRO
Mr. William Riley Boyd, Atlanta. Qa.
My Dear Sir: Yours of Tuesday
last came duly. I am much pleased
with your letter and should thoroughly
enjoy meeting you and discussing this
subject at our leisure. We might not
agree In all points, but would be wise
enough to respect each other's opin
ions. 1 feel about Anderaonvllle very
much os I do about the Black Hole of
Calcutta—that both have been dis
cussed enough. Let us drop the sub
ject and forget It. That does not mean
that I shall forget It and the people
of the South keep pushing It to the
front again. Let us both forget It and
have pence on that subject
There are some large questions for
the world to solve still staring us In
the face and neither you nor I are too
old to lend our Influence and advice to
the oncoming generation toward solv
ing them. The question of the per
petuation of the union and Ita cost
nave gone Into history-. It will require
a wait until about the year 1990 be
fore an uni
of
lice to both sides, ran
aeneral l.ee could have written his own
memoirs, as did aeneral Grant, the
two would hnve been a wonderful aid
to some future historian. Grant'i '
as It goes
as was also
e an unprejudiced, accurate history
that civil war, which shall do Jua-
e to both sides, ran be written. If
ould General Lee'i
General Gordon's.
You sent me a pamphlet of selec
tion* for schools for anniversary of
General I.ee‘s birth, which I have read
Ith great Interest, and say amen to
every sentiment therein expreseed.
But of all your correspondence snd In
closures the most Interesting Is the
editorial from The Atlanta Georgian.
"Friend, Not Enemy to the Negro."
There In a question worth the pnt-
foundest study, sympathy and states
manship of the future. In the main I
agree w ith that editorial, and for years
have advocated leaving the negro to
Inhabitants of the several states In
which he Is found for treatment aa
each several atatea shall decide. The
worst blunder ever committed by the
United States within my remembrance
wns wbat Is known a* the "carpet bag
government" Immediately following the
war. If Lincoln bad lived that never
ould have happened because wiser
counsels would have prevailed. ' If the
negro could be comparatively equally
distributed among the whole forty-live
or torty-stx states the question of Ms
real status would be much quicker de
nied. The majority of the native
hltes of the North cannot yet be
made to acknowledge that "the best
thing for the negro as wall as the white
man is that the relative inferiority of
the negro man should be recognised
definitely and deaHy in avary relation
in lifs,” or they are not ready to ac
knowledge It. They are backward, like
■he Presbyterian church In revising Its
creed to correspond with present civ
ilization.
The movers and former* of public
opinion here North are getting ready to
Indorse that underlined sentence from
the editorial In question.
That editorial, ns a whole, so welt
conforms to my own freely expressed
opinions, that there Is little room for
discussion between you and I. It '
very well written; very well put.
1 go a little further In believing that
within a thousand or two years the
negro will be a thing of the past, or
the customs of the earth will take on
some entirely new phase hardly yet
dreamed of. Life Is a very funny prop
osition or n very serious one, ns one
happena or chooses to look out upon It.
I believe the Great Spirit that gov
erns the universe Is doing the best
possible with the material He has In
hand, and that Anally perfection will
result. It Is up to us to help Him In
every possible manner to the extent of
our ability and knowledge, and got be
finding fault with our neighbor tor not
doing his work just as we feel like dic
tating sometimes. With best wishes,
l Yours,
T. H. MANN.
Norwich, Conn., Aug, 9, 1909.
“A NOBLE TYPE OF
GOOD, HEROIC WOMANHOOD"
From The t’hlcnso Journal.
When Mncaeniis. lu the Hhakespenre piny,
noised that Antony must leave ('teoisurs
utterly. Enolmrluts. who was Just returned
front Egypt. replied:
"Never; he trill not;
Afe ean not wither her nor custom stalo
tier InSnlte variety."
t’shipplly, nowadays* we hear too often
that nten have left women liy whom for
merly they were faselimtetl, but It Is still
true ot every woman, ns It wns of Cleo-
pntnt. that her vnrlety Is luflnlte.
An,I Hie Imst, part of It Is that It Is al
ways so tutslly unexpected. No nuttier how
hm* nnd Intimately you may have known
s woman, yon ran never predict whnt she
will do In sny elves set of rlreimtstnneos.
There was Mrs. Hnliert Ltnsley. of At
lnntn. for example, ttoliert had lived with
her for several years, sail yet he did not
have the remotest idea of w hat.was In store
for him when, upon Ills eel urn to his board-
In* house the other eveutu*. he neslivird
lit Itesfow the esstouuiry marital snliite
u|M>n her. If he hsd. then, of coarse, he
Huts-rt failed to prove _
n kiss, Mrs. Isiigley attempt,-I to f,nr,t
hint to kiss her. (.nnxtey pash,-I her aw-sy
from hint In s playful wnr. whereupon
wlfey lieeame mixer,-I. cryins:
"Yon won't kiss me. won’t yont" and
then proceeded to knock him down nml
stamp on him until her strength was rx-
Unlisted.
fancy that will teach Ibdiert to lore
hie wile. He will renietulter. loo. tbe re-
h to see her ns to get auutethlug
to eat.
As the poet Indy says:
AVhnt will not woman, gentle woman.
MR. JORDAN HA8 FULL
POWER TO ACT.
(The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh,
N. C.)
If we may Judge tbe temper of the
farmers of the South by tbat of those
In North and South Carolina, Mr. Rich
ard Cheatham, secretary of the South
ern Cotton Association, Is going
prov* a millstone about the neck of
the organisation until his resignation
la received and accepted—Insunter.
"We are not going to be led by con
fessed gamblers," was the undertone
at the South Carolina Farmers’ Insti
tute last week, and from Georgia a
similar cry was heard. Mr. Harvle
Jordan, who acted so promptly In the
cane of Vies President Petera last
year, Is not expected to trifle with this
far more serious offence of a higher
and more trusted official of the associa
tion. And the hypocrisy of Mr. Cheat
ham makes his primary offence even
more Insupportable. Tbe chief owner
of The Cotton Journal, that paper has
been carrying on a campaign against
cotton gambling and bucket shops,
whereupon a cotton gambler Is quoted
as saying to Cheatham: "Why do you
let your paper do this? Don't you
know It Is hurting us?” to which this
“friend of the cotton growers" wlnk-
Ingly replied: "Oh. well, that's Just to
fool the farmers, you know. And they
are biting, too, to beat the band: why,
Just tbls morning our stack of sub
scriptions received Is eight Inches
high!” It was Mr. Cheatham’* own
ellckneas which enabled him to catch
up with the other cotton gamblers In
the department of agriculture last
year. There's nothing plainer than that
the Cotton Association must be freed
from hla Influence if It Is to continue
to command that confidence of South
ern cotton growers to which Its pre
vious good work wapld entitle It. Mr.
Jordan should act.
Since The Progressive Farmer seeks
for Information It la our duty to say to
him that under the constitution of the
Cotton Growers' Association Mr. Har
vle Jordan hoe abundant power to take
Anal action at any time In the case of
Mr. Cheatham, hie secretary. If be
doee not act. It Is because he does not
choose to exercise his constitutional
authority.—Ed. Georgian.
Biennial Elections, But Perennial
Politics.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
We have biennial elections In Geor
gia. That Is tit say, the governor holds
office for two years. Reformers favor
biennial elections—less politics, you
know.
But listen, ye ardent reformers who
would reform man from the outside,
and who think that laws can change
men as readily as men can change taws
—listen:
We have biennial elections, but we
have perennial politics. In those lucky
states that have annual elections a
campaign can not well last'more than
one year. But, since our present cam
paign for governor began, this unfor
tunate state has made nearly one and
a half revolutions around the sun. It
actually began before Governor Ter
rell was Inducted Into office.
It seems to me that the chief prob
lem in this state Is not how to take
the black man out of politics, but how
to take the politics out of the white
men.
JAME8 J. POOLING.
Atlanta, Ga,
The Road to “Success.”
By WEX JONES.
1M everything go
In the hUNtlc for dough,
And never let up
For a billion or »o.
To tlmlm with youth
And frlemlRhtp nnd truth:
Get your inlttn on the coin
Without ncruple or ruth.
Expand your Unit million
Till It nwelli to n billion;
Then nml! day nnd utght
To innke It a trillion. N
And then when your store
Is s trillion or o'er—
Why keep on n-hnntllnf "
And rustling for more.
Keep on. never Atop;
Keep on till yuu drop.
Bvery dollnr you ml aa
gome other will cop.
CHOLLY
KX'ICk'EKHOCKER S|
!
GOSSIP
m ABOUT 1
•EOPLEl
Make your iJollnr-birtln I
WHEN THE TA8K Iff DONE.
port
ml dt
gym* wage*. be they ruiiitted Ikki or gnml.
Aa Time, the old taifc-uiniter, wot moved
to nay; .
And having warred ami •offend,’And pasa*
«*d on
Thore gift* the Arbiter* preferred nnd gave,
Km re grateful nml content,
I town the ithn wiy
Whereby race* fiitottueruMe have gone
Into tho alieut uufvernt* of the Grave.
—HENLBV.
Negroes Bound Ovtr.
Hpeelal to The Gvorgfiui. %
Rome, On., Aug. IS.—Will Anderson
•nd Tom t’rankftejd. both colored, were
bound over to the city («,urt yesterday
by the recorder on $250 bonds each,
charged with larceny.
First New Bale ef Cotton.
gpeclst to The Georgian.
Augusta, Qa.. Aug. 1&—F. D. Moore
continue* to hold the record for getting
the first bale of Richmond county cot
ton on-the Augusta market, he bring
ing the Arst bale to Augusta yeater-
day, and placed It in the warehouse of
fiP^rni * Pilcher. The hale waa raised
within five miles of Augusta and was
ginned yesterday morning.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 15,-Th. last t| ra «
I saw Joaquin Miller, the "poet of ih,
Sierras," waa in his neat among the
hill*—“The Heights”—about ten mile*
out of San Francisco. He wore high-
top boots, buckskin breeches with *
fringe down the sides, a brown velvet
Jacket and a red silk cap.
This morning Joaquin Miller sat on
the veranda of a Saratoga cottage in
the same red silk cap, with the same
flowing white beard and hair, but In a
spotless, natty and modern gray suit.
HI" eyes had the same kindly, shrewd
twinkle a* he looked me over and
tried to recall meeting me. He said:
"I came here for the quiet and to
begin life all over again. I lost nil
tbe plates of my books, all my auto
graphs of my beloved friends—Walter
Whitman and Tennyson among the rest
—that I bad taken to the Bohemian
Club for nafe-keeplng—everything of
mine and tbe book* given to me—but
I will start In again and grow with the
new and iqore magnificent Sin Fran-
clteo. You know, we were a ptuc.
where the Insane and nick used to
come—where people came when they
wanted to commit suicide, and where
the rapid pace of living never slowed
down.
"All that is gone now. There Is no
more high tension, ho more Insane, no
more Invalids and never a suicide. Mar-
tlal law enforced the drinking of water
and people had to sleep In the open
air and everybody Is well and young
nnd ambitious."
•Was martial law disagreeable, or
did you feet It was a protection?"
"It was grand. Little Funatun was
a wonder in bin management, and was
re'leved from commund only when he
was worn out. It was rather hard
sometime* that people were not al
lowed to go Into their own bouses, but
the soldiers had no way of discrimi
nating between owners nnd looters,
and had to carry out orders."
I asked him about Saratoga nnd
what he thought of the ever return
ing convuleions about gambling. The
mildly shrewd look came Into his eyes
again and he evaded a direct answer
by saying:
"Nothing can Impair beautiful, rest
ful Saratoga. I have been coming here
for forty years. It always Is the same,
only that the trees hnve grown larger
and the town more like a glorious
park.
"Races—the race—oh, yes, of course,
the races. Well, why not? They dis
turb the quiet some and make the
streets rattle with carriages and mnke
the hotels congested and the songs of
the birds arc lost In 'the noise, and
fashion gets In before all else, but the
races belong to the horses. Yes, I
think I will go to the races."
Then Joaquin Miller look off his red
silk cap and nut on n broad-brimmed
soft black hat and walked with me
down to the corner. He will stay In
Saratoga for a long rest, working as
he feels Inclined.
Professor Willis, of Newport, tvho
modestly styles himself "the world's
greatest palmist and clairvoyant," told
Mrs.' Fish something that happened to
come true, and on that statement and
from her press agent's work he has
acquired a reputation and amassed a
considerable fortune. The other morn
ing Mrs. Fish met him on the avenue.
Off came her glove and soon they both
were lost In tracing the tiny lines.
Suddenly Mr*. • Fish caught sight of
Harry Lehr hurrying toward the flor
ist's for his morning gardenia.
"Harry, come here, I wnnt you. I am
not going away. Harry. The professor
says I must not."
The professor hastened to assure her
that he could not Impress too firmly
upon her mind the necessity for not
leaving Newport at present Just what
the seer predicted for Mrs. Fish that
came true the mjsstreas of Crossn-ovs
Is telling no one. Mrs. Reggie Van
derbilt Joins Mrs. Fish In a reullxed
prediction.
Robert Fulton Ludlow, of Clavcrnck.
N. Y„ tho grandson of Robert Fulton
nnd Charles L. Haswcll. of thl* city,
the only living man who saw Full,ms
steamboat, the "Clermont," steaming
up the Hudson, met • -sterday at the
New Yorker’s home. "lie men were
brought together bv Mr. Helnstnnd,
chairman of the Fnlton Memorial As
sociation, which Is raising 990#,0«0 to
put up a monument on Riverside drive.
Mr. Ludlow said the family would al
low Fulton's body to be moved to tn"
monument. Haswell. though 9,. «' j
lake part In the dedication If ho Is still
alive.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private la-naod Wire.
New York. Aug. IS.—Hero nre a,
the visitor* In New 'York today:
ATLANTA—It. P. Arnold. Mrs.
Al'ril'NTA-tV. A. Khrianl.
MACON—II. II. Mi l.mil. ... „
HA VANN All—F. N. Nne'HTxer. « “■
Way, II. Weber. J. W. Fltsgerald. I>. *>
Hnsnu, U. W. Tledetnnn. Miss I. tledemsfc
Mrs. A. Barnet. H, Honuefiian. I. Bonn*
man, (1. It. Foltz, H. M. Tnxiso.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
1039-81. _ Htephen, first king of Hungary,
III o(
lGZZ-Frcdertek William I of Prussia l-™
I7«— Xnpofeou Horn parte Inirn. If led
21, 18B.
1771—Wr Walter Ki-ott. norellft, liorn.
HrpteiulM'r 21.
pled
1109—First stone laid for the Are de Trh
•MHph<\ rtdebratiug the rnm-etm »>* ,u
Grand Army of Austertlts.
1907—FrnneoU Jules tlrevy. prcsldi'iit '|*
Fra bee. bora. Hied September ». TO-
ISIS—Itelrolt surrendered to lh» British.
1>CW— Mra. John A. l*o*nn Imru.
1W#—Firm |Miner piMUhvtl In California i*
sMUo<| at Monterey. ,
M4-J. Krlr flanlle. KnjrlUb labor
niul member of parliament, born.
1SS3—Knctwlilnut. Japan, ileatroyetl by to*
KrttUb fleet.
im-EfUel Barrymore, netrens. Item.
lMft-AfleUiMe Nellaon. altiger. tiled.
IMS—i 'onvent of the Harm! Heart,
York, destroyed by flte.
l&O-Keeelreni appointed for Ih* Sortbert
Pa rifle railroad.
1XH—Explorer Wei Ini an nud iwrtr
nt TTomaoe. hnvlmr nbandoued nttwn#
to reach the north point