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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlanta. Gs.. under act or cousress of Marcb 3. UTS.
and noblest achievements of the magnificent century In
which we live, and the movement which places so many
periodicals In the hands of the people Is In one respect
n choice sign of the times. But all these will be but
agencies of decay If they are to sound the knell of the
old and ever delightful volumes which make for culture
and Intellectual Immortality^
admires courago and earnestness can fail to give unstint, lowing. As has been said of him by one of the strong
ed admiration to the magnificent .race which Richard and mnst eloquent ot his champions, "ho has met In the
The Trade Press Is Welcome.
The annual meeting of the Southern Trade Press
Association, which is being held In Atlanta today, has
brought together ns fine a body of men as this city has
seen in a long time.
There are many matters of Interest to themselves
and to the South In general which are coming up for
discussion during the present session, nnd this, together
with the pleasure Incident to the annual gathering,
makes the ocrsslon one to be remembered.
Too much esnnot be said In commendation of the
noble work done by the trade papers of the South.
While the upbuilding of this section Is an Important
function of the dally press, the latter is. In the very
nature of things, a newspaper, first of all, while the sole
province of the trade paper is to stimulate Interest In
the Industrial and commercial progress of tills section
of our common country.
The Georgian Is devoting considerable attention to
this feature, and its investigations lead to the convic
tion. made clear in our columns, that the South is en
joying a period of prosperity such ns It has-never'seen
before, and which is not attained by any other section
of the country.
There is n field for a Inrgc number of trade papers
in the South. Our diversified Industries have reached
that degree of Importance that each ot them needs s
special organ, and the field Is now very extensively
covered. v
President Harman, of the association, who It nt ths
head of "Cotton," the largest nnd most representative
journal of the cotton trade published In this section of
the country, has presided with high ability over .the
deliberations ot the body and has put through n great
deal of valuable work.
To the vlsitora within our gates wo extend a hearty
welcome. We assure them that Tlio Georgian and the
people at largo appreciate their efforts fo build up the
South along the progressive lines ‘ they advocate, and
the efficiency of their work will be shown in the future,
•a in the past, by tbe greater prosperity enjoyed by tho
South.
Saturday Evening.
It was Coleridge who said thaj - "a book worth read
ing la worth reading twice," and bb an Illustration of
the value and pow*r of thoroughness, someone has said,
"Beware of the man of one book."
There are only too many evidences that the Ameri
can people of today are disimscd toward the superficial
and have but little dlsiiosltlon to read anything which
cannot be devoured within a comparatively short time,
like a magaxtne article, for Instance.
in this • connection some remarkable figures have
recently been given out which show that new periodi
cals have been admitted to tbe malls at the rate of ten
a day for the past ten years. Including Sundays and
holidays. In other words, during the past decade more
than 40,000 weekly nnd monthly magazines have been
established In Ibis country.
What Is the contrasting fact In this connection?
Twenty-five years ago there were 3,000 book stores In
this country, while the number, we are told, has now
been reduced to less than 1,000. This Is In spite of the
fact that during the past quarter of a century the coun
try has greatly Increased In wealth nnd has grown In
population at least fifty per cent.
In addition to these facts, “collected by The New
York Times, It should he stated that Germany annually
publishes 354 books for every million of Inhabitants,
and Franyc 344; tlinl Great Britain, Holland, Belgium,
Swttxerlnnd, Austria, Italy, Sweden, und Norway rank
In the order given, fifcen Russia, with Its vast agrarian
population, publishes 86 books annually for every mil
lion of Inhabitants, while the United States, which by
rights should be one of the moBt cultured nnd scholarly
ot nil the countries of the globe; nimunlly publishes
only 81 books per million of inhabitants.
This Is Indeed a low proitortlon In the number of
volumes published annually In this country, and nt tho
same time we are told that the United States publishes
60 por cent of all the periodicals In the world.
These cold facts only need to bo reinforced by a mo
ment's reflection on the part of tho average reader, who
will readily recall how many now mngnilnes he lina
seen on the book stalls during tho past few years, a
great majority of which apparently ntako a success,
while some of them attain to really remarkable propor
tion.
There can he no doubt, that there Is a larger reading
public today than* there ever was In tho history of tho
country. The low price at which the average periodical
can be purchased plaocB It easily within the reach of peo
ple who n quarter of a century ago paid but tittle atten
tlon to periodical Htorature and perhaps very little to
reading of any kind.
But It Is an Inevitable deduction that with tho small
amount of books published In this country, whon com
pared to the imputation, there Is very little exhaustive
reading—and therein lies the pity of It all.
That man Is to bo titled Indeed who has never form-
ad the habit of making fast friendship with books—not
merely with the author but with some Individual volumo,
which he thumbs and marks and caresses until It ac
quires the quality of an old friend Indeed. They thus
acquire a character no less distinctive than nil Indi
vidual. We'know the very ]>age to which we can turn
In Don Quixote for the Inimitable scene of Sancho'a
Induction to the governorship of the Island of Baratarla;
we remember Just where to find, In "Paradise Lost,"
those haunting lines of Infinite melody. "Heaven opened
wide her ever during gates;'' we know Just where we
have marked tbe death scene of Haldee In that surrepti
tious -Don Juan" of tbe long ago; In the essays of Mac
aulay we turn readily to the New Zealander who "takes
his stand on a broken arch of lxmdon bridge to sketch
the ruins of St. Paul;’’ we can find "Halmalo" at a
glance In "Ninety-Three.” or “the Island valley of Avll-
Ion" In the "Idyls of the King."
They are nil old friends and welcome us whenever
we have a mind, with the old familiar faces which lend
We Salute Them on the Home Stretch.
When the shadows fall slant upon another Saturday
afternoon, there will have passed Into history the mem
ory of the longest and bitterest campaign ever known
to Georgia politics.
Not even the stern and malignant feeling that dis
tressed the days of Troup and Clarke, not that brief but
(bitter campaign hetween Colquitt and Norwood In 1880,
nor yet tho fierce rallies between John B. Gordon and
Augustus Bacon, have compared In the remotest degree
to this campaign In the length of Its prosecution and In
the bitterness of the personalities which have distin
guished Its leading candidates.
With the pause which falls upon tho closing week,
and with the softness and calm of the Sabbath which
Intervenes before the strife is renewed, the Impulses of
the hour lead us once more to a general defense ot ail
ot the parties mixed In this awful "scramble and Into a
few general words ot personal comment upon each ot
those engaged.
Fifteen months ago not one of the five citizens who
are leading their friends and followers In this campaign,
had ever been smirched by public abuse or by bitter per
sonal criticism. And, six months from today tbe animus
will have died from the breath of the battle, and these
five gentlemen will stand up oneq. more before their fel
low men la undlmmed repute and In unimpeached char-
actor to enjoy the respect of s public which will have
easily forgotten the cbnrkes born of confllctlpg ambitions
and Inspired by factional bate. * *
We are quite sure .oat each of these men, whatever
the Issue of Wednesday’s battle, will be glad when it is
over and will rejoice In the peace and tranquillity which
wraps four of them In the quietude of Individual citizen
ship,. and which will be compensated by triumph even If
It beats fiercely upon one, of them In the white light of
public station.
Gentlemen ot Georgia, wo salute you all. You are
none of you as good or as bad as you have been painted
by your friends nnd by your enemies. You are none of
you all saints anil we teel sure none ot you are all sin
ners. You are five |trenuous, ambitious, well reputed
Georgia citizens exercising your Indisputable right to as-
plrp to public office and to fight according to your natural
Instincts nnd to your natural or creative environment for
the one prize which Is the goal of your several ambitions.
You can't all win success, but you can each deserve It
Tho Georgian, whose preferences In the campaign- have
never been personal hut aro now ns they have always
been attached rnthor to the Issue than to the personality
nt stake, with a full and generous good will salutes you
all.
Col. JAMES M. SMITH, of Oglethorpe, has done his
state much service and wo know It, Measured by the
definiteness of his achievements In agriculture and In de
velopment, no man In all the scramble has writ more
definitely on the roll of Georgia's meritorious sons
than the farmer candidate ot Smlthonla. His broad
acres have been won by his broad Intelligence, and the
teeming crops which have filled his colters with revenue
have also glorified nnd Inspired tho agriculture of the
state. Colonel Smith has confined his campaign to a
stnglo section of the state and It Is to be presumed
that he covets most of all the Indorsement of his Imme
diate nolghbors, and that within this limited sphere he
hopes to build up a following which will give him n
commanding Influence in case of a locked convention
The farmer candidate has freely given and received his
blows In this campaign. 'He has been criticized and
abused and his personal character Impugned. But he
has ntwnys responded gnmely and powerfully to every
assault nnd he will doubtless come out of the contest
more respected and more Influential than he ever was
before.
Col. JOHN H. ESTILL, of Chatham, Is the only eaudt-
date who has passed through this blistering campaign
without u slab or a stroke upon hts personal character.
With the single exception of the bitter feud which has
been voiced In tho encountor between the redoubtable
Colonel D. O. Purse and himself, tho candidate of South
Georgia has received upon his mailed breast no blows ot
venom and no shafts of slander or abuse. He has pur*
Bued a tranquil and unruffled wny, moving with skill and
dignity over the field of battle, meeting his friends, mak
ing Ills speeches nnd relying upon a record of remark
able buslnesa capacity nnd success. With a large for
tune amassed by the patient nnd Intelligent methods
applied to the great profession of Journnllsm, he has been
for more than n scoro of years tho exponent and voice
of that great section of South Georgia whose metropolis
nnd capital Is the beautiful city of Savannah. There can
bo no doubt thnt it the ballots of Georgia should call
him to the capital, Colonel Kstllt would make a Bound
nnd safe executive, ami thnt neither the stnte’s credit
nor reputation would suffer for a moment In his effec
tive hands.
RICHARD RUSSELL has run perhaps the game;t
ami cleverest race of them all. He started with such
small hopes and with such apparently pitiful inedibilities
of success that Ills appearance In this last lap of the
race near the front of the procession, running almost
neck miff neck with the foremost candidate, is a colossal
and Inspiring tribute to the brains and the energy of this
remarkable man. Without money, without a ring be
hind him. without friends except the faithful few (ns true
as steel to his cause), he has by the sheer force of his
eloquence, his carneatqfsa mid his persistent courage lit
erally forced himself to the front rank of tbe candidates,
and there are those who say that If the campaign lasted
tor three weeks longer his Very siieed and qualities
w-onld put him neck am! neck with the foremost man In
Russell, of Winder, has run. The hearts of the people
are with him. They have been won by his self-evident
kinship to themselves and the public will be astonished
by the size of the vote in the Wednesday primaries.
CLARK HOWELL, of The Constitution, has lived a
life of .sunshine and good fellowship in Georgia. He has
sprinkled a thousand kindnqgses over the fertile soil of
good men's hearts, and the fruits of his sowing have
come back to him In this crisis of his life. Probably
the following of no man In this race Is so largely and so
warmly personal as that of the editor of Tbe Constitu
tion. His genial nature, bis kindly speech, his long ser
vices In the legislature, In the sanctum and upon state
and national committees of his party and In many forums
of public discussion—all have given him such a hold
upon the people that it Is difficult to estimate it, although
It is not difficult to understand. Tbe Georgian feels that
It rendered Mr. Howell a special service In diverting him
from the mistake of his earlier canvass to a more tran
quil and amiable form of discussion. By holding tbe
watch upon him In his first debate with Hoke Smith In
Atlanta we called his attention as It had never been
called before to the preponderance of the personal de
ment In his argument for the suffrage of the state. And
with the good judgment which has always distinguished
him, Mr. Howell saw the point, changed his tactics to
his own natural and amiable style and has presented
from that time forth his canvass upod n different
and better plane, and has unquestionably bettered his
prospects and multiplied his friends every day' since his
change ot front. It should be said to his credit.that with
the predictions ot the politicians sgalnst him he has
fought out hts campaign with a courage and an energy
rarely surpassed. He has not seemed tor a moment to
recognize the danger or the possibility of defeat, but
against evil and good report—upon the hustings and in
the forum and In tbe columns of his newspaper, he has
fought with unflagging faith and with consummate skill
In the political arena. With powerful friends behind him
and with superb agencies sustaining him in his great
newspaper, Mr. Howell has missed no point and skipped
no advantage, and In. this closing hour he is fighting as
cheerily and as audaciously as If the fight had Jusf begun.
Whether he wins or loses In Wednesday's battle he- can
have no conscience qualms of efforts slighted or oppor
tunities neglected In this campaign.
And whether he be governor of Georgia or continues
to occupy the even more influential station of editor el
The Constitution, he will continue to be the toast of his
friends and one ot the strongest and most popular men
of Georgia and of the South.
HOKE 6MITH'8 SPLENDID ISOLATION! has been
the notable and effective thing In his great campaign.
As little as his opponents may realize It, It has been of
the strongest forces that have made bis remarkable tor-,
arena every shape of man and of politician and has never
yet lowered his arm. From the beginning until the clos
ing hour It has been Hoke Smith against tbe field.
He" has literally fought them all. Every personal force
In Oeorgia, and nearly every forceful politician has seem
ed to be ranged In solid rank against him. , It has been
charged that every opposing candidate has held It to be
bis first duty to himself and to his section to elect him
self, and his second duty to defeat Hoke Smith. Whether
this be true or not It is at least evident to the casual
and the Impartial observer of Tho Georgian that the
campaign has been held by two fictions, one for Hoke
Smith and tho other composed •' " ose opposing him.
That he has fought boldly and un;,....h!ng!y no lover of
fact or of truth can deny. He has met everything that
has asked him and had a right to ask him to meet them.
He has faced and fought every opposition tlmt was flung
against him and, without a whine or a whimper and with
out a’complaint against the overwhelming odds, he has
carried the sword of his logic and fiercest flash of his ,
eye Into the thickest o. the fray. And wherever the d«? t tht‘kee^r fe f e Vth?m'm"a| h< 'h^ r
field was the reddest and the fight the fiercest, tbe.great land potatoes, in the presence of •),,
bulk of this Isolated candidate has loomed up unterrified hllr * rnmA
and terrible to hts adversaries. In summing up the merits
of the campaign it occurs to the Impartial observer In
the watch tower of The Georgian that this has been the
worst mistake the opposition has made from the June of
1905 to the August of 1906. Tbe practical unanimity of
the opposition has awakened for Mr. Smith the sympathy
of the people ot Georgia who from time Immemorial havo
always been disposed to tqke sides with the fellow who
was fighting the field. The splendid Isolation Into, which
this notable opposition has forced Mr. Smith in his cam
paign has been a better card thnn almost any one he
could have played himself. This one man, standing as he
has claimed to stand frorji the beginning, as the cham
pion of the rights and the Interests of the common peo
ple and of the Caucasian race and fighting as one man
against four men, has been a spectacle that has appealed
to the people ot Georgia in the most dangerous and effete
tlve way. Not many mistakes have been made by the
opposition In this campaign, but the one great mistake Is
to have permitted such an alignment as to have framed
Hoke Smith In a splendid Isolation as the people's cham
pion fighting against all tbe forces of opposition in the
state.
Well, the battle will be over within three days. Tbe
field of the primaries rushes white on ou.- sight and the
clans are all gathered In battle array. .The eyes of the
people who form the army of the reserve which Is to turn
the scale ot battle In this mighty struggle, must be kept
clear and undlmmed In the comprehension ot the Issues
which dominate the personalities of the campaign.
Not men but measures, not personalities but policies.
Not the politicians but the people, not the office but the
state.
With this shibboleth let the ballot proceed. Let the
great people pass upon the man who shall represent in
best and truest form the measures, the polldta and the
principles In which they believe.
The battle la on and may the best man with the best
platform win on Wednesday for Georgia and for the
South.
GOSSIP I
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER
New York, Aug. 18.—It may nut havs
been because of an awful squeezing
their former master gave their breth
ren in Wall street yesterday, but f 0 ,
some reason or other the two Krpflt
Alaskan bears given to the bronx
by E. H. Harrlman were In a vile state
of temper after the phenomenal j umD
In Union Pacific and Southern Pat me
and came very near making a meal of
their keeper In the presence of a great
crowd of slght-seere. h “
The two big bears were presented to
the soo by Harrlman and arrived vn.
terday, after a long voyage front th.
Cad'sn Islands, off the Alaskan ,o»m
When they had been transferred to
srront nnwn 7K font .... «_ ... . 1
I big crowd,
t T il e aD, , maIa Into a fight over a
particularly large piece of meat Th.
keeper, seizing a pronged stick, rushed
Into the cage to separate them Th*
beasts stopped fighting among them"
selves and ran the keeper Into the far
corner of the cage. The keeper shout-
| ®d for help and the crowd also veiled
Other keepers came and saved lihn it
| was a hard day for bear.
One by one the Standard Oil crowd
falls into line as the friends of ths
public. Walter Jennings, son-in-law
I of William Rockefeller, Is the latest
example. He has thrown open to the
public the casino and the surrnundlnt
lawns of his magnificent estate Burr-
wood. at Cold Bprlngs Harbor, L, I
From 8 o’clock In the morning until |
[o'clock In the evening any one tnnv use
the casino dancing pavilion and' the
grounds, and the millionaire has fitted
up -thirteen rooms In the handsome
I building as free baths.
Mrs. Robert Lees Amot. daughter of
Al Adams and divorced wife of a Mexl-
can ranch owner, Is finding It a hard
matter to get re-marrled. She secured
a license to wed a Mr. Napoleon a
Frenchman well known at New port.
After vainly trying to find* one to tie
the knot In Rhode Island, they went to
Fall River. Whether or not thev have
yet been .married Is not known up to
| this time.
Miss Virginia Harned Is to succeed
Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne ns a Belasco
star. This announcement is mnde on
the heels of the news that Mrs. Carter.
Payne had signed a contract with
Charles B. Dillingham, and II Is suld
Miss Harned will be under the man
agement of David Belasco for the com-
I Ing season, It not tor severs! seasons
The play In which Miss Horned will
star has practically been decided on.
Growth and Progress of the New South
CAROLINA’S POET CANDIDATE.
In tile drawings for the national
lawn tennis tournament, beginning at
the Newport casino next Thursdav,
Harold Vanderbilt, Sidney J. Smith and
Francis J. Otis are among the mem
bers of the cottage settlement entered.
More than passing Interest Is cen
tered In Harold Vanderbilt, who has
become a clever player, and the young
er sot are making wagers he w ill make
a good showing. So It will be Harold
Vanderbilt who will be the feature of
A Week’s Developments
Ths Oeorgia and Alabama Industrial Index, published at Columbus, Oa„
has now reached Its tenth number. Its special field Is the Industrial growth
of the South, and particularly of these two states. It will give each week.
In succinct form, the latest and most accurate Information of Industrial en
terprises and new buildings of various kinds.
* The current issue Is replete with Information of this kind:
"Continuous and Increasing Industrial development In Oeorgia and Ala
bama la revealed by the reports of new enterprises and the enlargement of
established Industries In this week's Issue of The Index. A feature ot the
week's news Is the decision of various progressive cities In the two states
to pave streets. Install sewerage systems and make other Improvements of
a public character. The erection of new school houses and the enlargement
of present educational faellltlea Is also a marked feature.
"Among the new enterprises of the week are S banks, bottling plant,
business college, 22 corporations, artesian well, 2 cotton exchanges, I jtas
plant. 2 lee factories, 5 Insurance companies, 2 churches, city hall, court
house, 2 depots, library, Masonic temple, paving plans of four cities, 1
postofflre building, many new residences, sewerage Ihystems projected by
2 cities, 9 school houses, telephone exchange. Young Men’s Christian Associ
ation building. 2 warehouses, waterworks systems projected, 4 lumber com
panies, 3 mining companies, neckwear factory, plow factory, poultry farm, 1
power plants, charters for two railroads applied tor and considerable rail
road extension projected, showcase factory, soda water plant, steamboat
line, 10 new buslnesa houses, fertilizer factory,”
N
a mellow charm to the luxury of book*.
The art preservative of arta U ou<* of tho greateat 1 tho race. Certainly no Georgian who loves fair play and
U\ | Harold, you can not have
a frankfurter—you can’t toll
what they are made of. I
ddn't care If they do taate good— r you
can’t tell what the taste is made of,
cither. The trusts are terrible things,
and the beef trust Is worse, although
don’t see why they call It the beef
trust when it has nothing to do with
beef.
"Hun on and bathe now. And you
and Ethel take care of Baby, and if
you *ee he’» going to catch cold bring
him out. What’s that you say? How
are you going to tell when he’s going
to catch cold? Will you do as you’re
told—run on, now, into the water, but
don't get too wet.
’’Ethel! Don’t go too far out. You
can touch bottom? Never mind;
don’t want youfo go out so far. Why,
I remember a cousin'of my sister-in-
law’s child who went out too for, and
she was drowned and her hair was all
sand.
"Where’s baby?
"Where's Baby?
"WHERE’S BABY?
"Kind my child. U* you men had
a .“park of manhood you’d swim out
and get him. You dont’ know* where
he Is or where he went? That's no
reason—I don't know*, either.
"Ethel! Ethe-e-e-1! Har-o-o-o-ld!
Where’s baby? Where’s Harold?
"Oh, there you are, Harold. Have
you seen Baby? He’s in the sand—in
the sand? What do you mean? You
were playing pirate and he was your
captive, and you burled him. You
buried him—Where? Wl^rt? Where,
you young monster?
You’ll dig him up?
I should think you would. Fly!
Hurry!
"Oh, Baby urn*. Mommer’* ownest
darling. I* urns Ickle eyes full of sand?
What did you say, Ethel—the sand
man’s come? You heartless girl.
Come, Baby urns; you and Mommer
it! have a lemonade. No, you ueed
not come, Eth#l; nor you, Harold. Just
stay there; pirates don’t drink lemon
ade.
"Now, Baby, we’re back again* See
brother ^splashing in the water. Hun
away and play now* In the sand, and
be a good boy.
"Harold, what are you splashing so
much for? Have you caught some
thing? Yes—What Is It?
"It’s Ethel?
’’Where Is she?
"She’s under the water—you’re hold
ing her under to see If she can stay
without breathing while you count
sixty-Ave—you—you—
"Let your sister up this Instant—pull
her up at once—bring her here In
stantly. She can’t walk—well, carry
her. I can’t get my new pumps wet.
"She’s fainted. You’ve killed your
sister" (Zing! Zing!)
"Here, you man, what arc you do-
Ing—kidnaping my child? What—•
you're going to give her lemonade! Oh,
Arst aid. Hurry up, then; I want to
catch,the next boat home.
"Hnrold—oh, that boy’s Aghtlng!
It’s disgraceful. Stop Instantly, Har
old! Do you hear me? Come here,
sir. .
"Why were you hitting that pretty
little boy? Why—because he said
things about your mommer?
"That’s a good boy. to stick up for
hi* mother. What did he say?
"What? He said his mother was
fatter than yours? *
"Harold! If ever I catch you Aght
lng again"—
CHEAPER STREET CAR FARES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am this day sending a communica
tion to the mayor and city council of
Atlanta urging them to pass some
measure to secure for the public a re
duction In the price of street car tick
ets by the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Company, when purchased In
quantities.
Knowing of your Interest In matters
pertaining to the public welfare, I feel
sure you will be willing to make such
editorial comment gs you may deem
advisable.
With best wishes to The Georgian, I
am. Very truly yours,
JAMES N. HORNE.
Atlanta, Go., Aug. 1, (861.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Os Wells, of Newberry, who two I ***• tournament. ^
JX f ,,n<d 'f h'ntwlf quite * „ „ the tlme for the .. frM . lunth
reputation as a poet while making the fiend" to feel bad now. Dlspatrhes
race for county commissioner, has from Chicago are to the effect that in ■,
again made his appearance In the raid men were found -preparing de-
county campaign for re-election, and an . d Into a semblance
circulars • containing “a few of lt8 original forfn for the saloon
•M. lh"' disagree- lrade , More thnn 25,000 pounds of the
able rhymes, In his own words, have stuff were found,
been scattered broadcast over the
county. The poet laureate of Newber- The town of Hackensack Is looking
ry, during the last race for this office. { ° r “ a0 ' v dog-catjher, because Thorns*
delighted to term OroonhauB pulled the curl out of the
Mrs. Qelsenhaben’s pug dog and
Eyed Mocking Bird, but he has now resigned when charged with cruelty,
dropped such noms do plume and his
poems appear over his signature.
In his first poem Mr. Wells pays his
respects to a "bad Jumping cow," hav
ing the following to say regarding’the
campaign;
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
pays homsge to the "Old Oonfed." The |
closing verse of this latter U as fol
lows;
"It Is disagreeable to remove the beam I AUGU8T 18.
so you can see the mote, ... , , .... s ,
Or to be hampered with nn obnoxious ““Mir mJIiS/SPwL.S! li'lT"
law that you can't solicit a vote, iTu[ . V du! " '
Or to see a muster ground bully try-1152 ... * 1 , ,
Ing to raise a row; [ 1557—Ifrgtnia flare, first white child lo
But there Is nothing so disagreeable , J' , , ...
as a bad Jumping cow." lW2-(I.ild» Heal. f«tm.u* |«h.ter, died
1780—Engagement at Fishing I'nfk, H.
At the conclusion of six verses along MW-KnHieror Francis Joseph of Justrb-
this strain the poet then becomes quite , ll0 * , r ,'!' v v ,, kltUu
reminiscent, taking himself buck to his ! , n ,L£X? *' * V V " f ' kl ‘
childhood day. before, .the war, an« I tw-S TSJLm concords, w,,h
Iloiur, giving po|M» grunt power
Austria, •
1862— Firm Issue of postal current*!.
»n.full tr.it. „ |1MI—IWmw of th* Weldon rsllrosd.
our.h.U.rt d .too£tj^%huL*5S8b, Tim. vlu " n "*'”" rD
W. once^Mood^erect, considered kind
1S89--M. intinnln. hiislmnd of Unroll Hero-
But nou we ate leaning, bending over luirdt, died.
the grave. 1890—I in vis inuton swfltu across th* Ungllsh
... , , , channel nn hi* linek.
At the conclusion of these two lS91-Knrtlimiskn In Mnrtlnli|iic; 3t» I"
rhymes, and apparently as a last ap- killed,
peal to the voter for Ills ballot and lSW-AssnssInittlnn of Admiral IlsstlsoS,
support, tho muse bursts forth In Joy- cotnnmndlng llusslan unvnl fore
ful accents, exclaiming:
"Boys, don't pay any attention to what! RETURNING TO ATLANTA
you hear about my hoary locks, | FROM LONG JOURNEY.
But drop my name In tho ballot box,"
' Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 18.—John r.
after which It Is left to the voter
the meantime Mr. Wells Is receiving K n„
assurances from hla many friends Too,e - * he Atlanta Automobl
throughout the county that he will be l >an >'* I* In Savannah with the larg
re-elected by a handsome majority. | touring machine In which he Jus;
t He will
th# people of Newberry wiJj have an-1 remain In Savannah until f,un l a h > '’
other opportunity to read a selection when he will leave for Atlanta. Tne
Should these predictions prove true, plcted a trip of 5,000 mile*.
wiJj have an- remain In Savannah "
. w “ OVICIUUII I uni aw. ..
or two from the pen of the poc, tau- car Is the properly ot Mr. George m
reate, his Invariable custom being to
thank the voters In rhyme for their
support at the ballot box.
The primary will be held the latter
part ot August.
HARRY W. DOMINICK.
Newberry, S. C.
TO THE LORD GENERAL (CROM-
WELL) BRYAN.
i, president of the Atlanta Automo
bile Company.
WHEN OLD JOHN D. COMES
HOME.
By JAME8 J."MONTAGUE.
the price of jraaoHnc!’’
* 'rloil linger*, with a scowl;
"Hike the tax on kerosene,
And let cotummerM howl.
[‘Mi the into uuisMicre In (Piedmont) 1900. ForoldJ ilh'n *?» 11 hi* rmnlmt U<
Milton mutilated.) For tbe boston Itel-ortJ For w',b «*" yVJ%$«? “*
. „ To got a few more IdUlott buck*
our chief of men, who through *
cloud
.Vot of war only, hut detraction* rude,
'folded by fnlth nnd nmtchlcM fortitude.
" * fare «nd truth thy glorious tvuy haul
ploughed.
Ami on the neck of crowned Fortuue proud
punmed. !
Connecticut U now by thee untwined,
Ohio’* Held* resound thy pratnc* loud.
Jersey — J * *-•
remittu*
To conquer *tlll.
'Mj:. "s *•> ssye free eolodge from the paw
Of WnU Street wolves, w* * 4 •
lunw.
IV* j
In tho tills: „
For whitt's the L\ 8. public for cxu.pt
P<t3* hi* l»lll*
Ere he nets forth upon the Iwunui*
occult?"
•Heml Amalgitnuttcd up.'"
Quoth Archlwild. with n *lu»ut:
"Hqtteese flu* whorl* nnd get the court*
To rule the kickers suit;
r everv sucker * c
hlut If lio ylp»: . , I!tM -
; Today’s th»* dity when i^l John !»• "I
the liner ship*,
nil hi* JoYln
l*n.v hi* tip*
When he 1* ou tho raring, ten Hug *
Nebrr.wkn. thou wit ml* nt It!* bidding sjieetl, •Vhnrge three per thou, for git* *'*
' Ms Id Bedford, with a frown.
And Imre the burner* soldered up-
- . _ — Ho folk* can’t turn 'em down. ,i
whose ImttcK wi- fhcriffs wait for obi Johu !>-. t«» * uau
Me scattered on the I Corky Mountains redd: him off the mil.
•‘“of,, 1,1 ***** tmth *o pure of j And elnp the IkiII nml chnln on hint s
When nil onr lather* wor*hlpt storks nnd And heil'n.^ddu In quantities t"
lw>u,U * - I »«it of jail, , ,, ulBt
When lie got* off the lashlug.
ocean.’’
Atlanta. Go.
—James J. Binding.
