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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN".
A WEEKLY FORUM FOR CONTRIBUTORS OF THE GEORGIAN
FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF BILL •
By MRS. E. C. CRONK
The soul of poor little Bill OI.cn was
heavy within him.
■pew and full of trouble” had been
(h, years of his life. But never be
fore had such trouble as this come.
A s he sat with hla mother at the break-
fest table the various periods which
he regarded as crises In his life came
before him. There las the time when
0ey had come to the now country In
the big immigrant ship. There was
oie lime they had moved from New
fori' to Atlanta. There was the time
»hen his mother was so sick she could
sol go to work, and he had bought his
llrst supply of papers and tried to get
»orK every moment he was not selling
papers.
Hath one of these tlithgs, he remem
bered, had brought some Joy with it,
but this last—there could be not the
slightest element of Joy in that. To
be set out on the pavement—that rfas
shat the man who owned the old shell
of a house hud told them would happen
tomorrow If they did not pay some
thing on the rent. Once or twice Bill
bail really seen such a thing done. In
imagination now he aaw the few urtl-
cles of furniture they still owned piled
up on the pavement. Krom the top of
tae pitifully small heap he saw the
enlarged photograph of his father
linking at him with eyes full of re
proach, which said: -Oh, little Bill,
little Bill, Is this the way you are
liking care of mother ;”
Big tents filled his eyes. His throat
sas full of dry sobs. A bitter resent
ment came over him.
"Mother. J don't believe In Qpd."
'Oh, you must not say that little
BUI''
-Well, you say He loves us, and
I've believed It. Anti you say Ho could
open the windows of heaven untl show
er money down, or send ravens with
bread, before He would let the people
that love Him and believe Him suffer.
And 1 have loved Him nml I have be
lieved Him. But I don't any more,
because He Is' letting us be put out on
the street. I have worked as hard as
1 could, and you can't help It; but He
could If He wanted do, and 1 don’t be
lieve Him.”
At the shattering of his faith little
Bill broke Into sobs.
it will alt come right, Billy, dear.
It's poor faith we have, If we oan't
trust Him' as much with the beautiful
roof of the sky over our things as with
this poor crumbling one of shingles,
u i to work. Who knows w at may
. tw[pen before tomorrow morning.'
Stbuil wonder "*at the soul of Bill
tilsm \va, heavy -• hln him ns he went
out.'
Tie clay wore on. The pennies came
In .-lowly. The heap of furniture sit
ting out on the street was ever before
his eyes.
Aid then it happened.
ID was standing on Peachtree street
f»v tie viaduct. The sun poured down
wlthi all the force of an August after-
no oft
"Here’s your Atlanta Georgian, The
Journal and The News,” bravely shout
ed title Bill.
Hi heard a shrill whistle from one
of tlie offices high up the Fourth
Xnttmal Bank building. He held up a
paper Inquiringly, as did the other tooya
i»rouad. A package was thrust out of
the window and fell rapidly to the
mould. Just before it struck the
Kround the wrapping broke and scores
of strife!I coin went rolling down the
street.
In in Instant the pavement •was alive
with , boys. They laughed and
shridted with delight as they rolled
over each other In their eagerness to
gnthtr up the coins. Color distinc
tions were forgotten, and black and
whit* scrambled together. Heads ^re
thru* out of windows in every tory
of the buildings around. Another
zhowfr of coins came down. The boys
threw themselves before street cars,
and fii front of carriages, reckless of
MR. VfAT80N’8 FRIEND
To the .Editor of The Georgian:
1 no Ice In The Georgian of July
one So h W. Evans attempts th answer
the article I wrote in reply to Mr. Wat
ion.
Mr. Evans does not deny that Mc-
Duflle <nd several other counties where
Watson’s Influence controlled, went for
McKInhy In 1896. But because I said*
that Mr. Watson helped to defeat Mr.
Bryan, ic says: “Even the most kinky-
headed negro In Georgia knows that
there ir no foundation In fact in his
charges against Watson."
If Mr Watson’s Influence controlled
those (••unties he evidently controlled
them Dr McKinley and ngalnst Mr.
Brvon. Surely Mr. Evans is not so
•lull as to fall to see that to control
several counties and deliver a majority
Uf their votes over to McKinley In 1896
was to that extent helping to defeat
Mr. Hr van.
Mr. Evans asks: "Did not Watson,
together with other Populist leaders,
pledge the support of the Populist par
ty to Bryan?" , / „ 4
The only support that the Populists
gave Mr. Bryan that counted for any
thing in 1896 was through fusion. The
two piuties fused In 28 states and In
this way thousands of patriotic Popu
lists voted for Bryan and Bewail, but
this was done over Mr. Watson's pro
test. Watson fought fusion to the bit
ter ond, and It Is too Inte now for him
or his friends to claim credit for the
8*v>d that was done by the fuslonlsts.
Mr Evans asks: "Did McDuffie and
several other counties go for McKinley
"hen Bryan ran last?"
Yes. McDuffie and eleven other coun
ties in Georgia went for McKinley
rh'ynn ran last.
Wat noire breaking himself down
•peaking for Bryan and Watson was
realty against Mr. Bryan, and Watson
knew it. He knew that, every voter
that ho could persuade to vote for
Bryan and Watson was Just that much
tost to the regular Democratic ticket.
Be knew that the president Is elected
by electors chosen by the states, and
not by popular vote.
As :t result of Mr. Watson’s "wreck-
tog his constitution” we find that l r »O f -
ono votes were cast for Bryan and
Watson.
* N '"W. when we remember that 45,000
properly distributed among the
ck«o states In 1896 would have elected
Mr. Pryaii It strikes me that Mr. Wnt-
*° n - by diverting those 150,000 votes
‘ r °ni the regular Democratic ticket,
certainly had a great deal to do with
Mr, Hr van's defeat. .
Mr. Evans asks If the chairman' of
danger In the prospect of acquiring
sudden wealth. Smiling policemen,
wno had once been boys themselves,
used their clubs with gentle force to
prevent accidents. Street cars, car
nages, automobiles and pedestrians
stopped to see the fun. A thousand
people soon witnessed the merry strug
gle.
Men forgot their own more sober
struggle for the same thing, and laugh
ed as heartily as did the boys. Women
forgot the heat of the day, and the
round of struggles In their own lives,
as they eagerly watched the sport.
The coin throwing mania spread like
on epidemic. Frqm windows all around
the shower came down. Many pieces of
silver and a few of gold joined the cop
per and the nickel In their haste to
reach the ground. *
"Look at that little fellow yqnder,"
said one man to another. "You might
suppose from the look of grim deter
mination on his face that he was go
ing to make a plunge into Wall street."
But Bill was unconscious of the
throng of spectators ami their lighter.
He saw only the shining coins and the
reproachful eyes looking at him from
his father’s enlarged portrait. His
hand closed over one of the gold pieces
that fell. He was sure th^t he must
have at least 92.50 by this Jlme. V
the precious shower kept up only a lit
tie while longer, he would have $3.50,
and $3.50 would pay the rent for anoth
er two weeks. A fifty-cant piece fell
In front of him. He threw himself on
It. A policeman pulled him off of the
car track as the car moved forward,
but he had his fifty cents. Surely he
could not expect It to continue much
longer. The intenseneta of the climax
filled him. Never a charioteer on the
last stretch of the chariot race strain
ed his every nerve with more eager
ness. His eyes were bright, his throat
was parched and dry- Life had been
real, intensely real, to little Bill Ol
sen.
To the other boys the struggle was
full of merriment, but it was not simple
victory that he worked for. It was for
hls home, it was for Ms mother, It was
to get rid of the reproach , in hls fa
ther’s eyes, it was for the restoration
of hls faith.
Ext^a policemen were called on duty.
Extra'bicycle men came out, but the
crowd refused to move as long aa the
unusual shower continued. It was not
until the patrol wagon began to be
loaded with offenders that order was
again restored.
Then Bill Olsen counted hls gain.
He had $4—the rent and fifty cents
more.
The Atlanta papers had Interesting
stories about the incident of the falling
coins which they likened to showers of
manna. In many circles it furnished
the topic of conversation for many
days.
Many youngsters realized the ambi
tion that had been theirs. One emp
tied every chewing gum machine In hla
block. Another saw every' show at
Ponce DeLeon, and rode on everything
that offered a ride to the boy that had
money.
Bill Olsen laid hls money in hls
mother’s lap that evening.
"He didn’t open the windows of
heaven, mother, but somebody certain
ly opened the windows of that old sky
scraper.”
After he had finished hla story, hi
went around touching each article of
furniture lovingly. .’’I guess you will
stay Just where you are for a little
while anyway," he said.
Then he looked at the picture over
the mantel. The eyes held no reproach,
but looked clown on him with loving
pride, which said, "So, this Is the way
you care for mother, little Bill."
That night as he lay In his bed, he
looked the blue sky, and the stars,
feeling lyit above them all was God,
he whispered confidingly, "And I do
believe You."
J on the morning of the day In which Mr.
Bryan was nominated. My Impression
Is that you will find these telegrams In
The St. Louis Republic of July 25, 1896.
This would seem to me a reasonably
clear statement of the facts In connec
tion with the case.
Yours very truly,
JAMES K. JONES.
THE CHILDREN ON THE STREET.
the national Democratic party did hls
duty In 1896. Then he says: "Did he
live up to hls agreement?"
In regard to this matter, I will let
Senator James K. Jones speak for
himself. The published letter from him
shows that, as chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee In 1896, Mr.
Jones made no promise about putting
Watson on the Democratic ticket and
there was no agreement made about
Watson with the Democrats at that
time. I hope The Georgian will pub
lish this letter to set at rest all that
talk about Mr. Watson not being treat
ed right by the Democrats In 1896.
Respectfully. *
F. W. CARSWELL.
Hephzlbnh, Ga.
The letter from Senator Jones re
ferred to by Mr. Carswell, follows:
Chairman Jones’ Reply.
July 14, 1906.
F. W. Carswell, Esq., Hephxlbah, Ga.
My Dear Sir: Yours of the 10th Inst.
Is Just received. You say that the
statement is made "In The Atlanta
Georgian of July 9. In substance that
the chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee failed to do hls duty
by falling to have Tom Watson put on
the Democratic ticket In 1896 with
Bryan.” You further say, "Did you,
as a representative of the Democratic
parti' or otherwise, make any promise
to Tom Watson of this kind? Please
write me the facts about that agree
ment between the Populists and Dem
ocrats In 1896." In reply I have to say
that men differ ns to what my duty was
as chairman of the Democratic national
committee In 1896. I did not think It
my duty to have Mr. Watson put on
the ticket with Mr. Bryan and had no
such power or authority. Besides. I
did not favor such a course personally,
and never mV/ocated It. I made no
promise to Mr. Watson at any time, or
to any one for him In this connection,
and I know of no agreement made be
tween the Populists and Democrats in
1896 with regard to Mr, Watson.
While the Populist national conven
tlon was In session In St Louis In 1896
1 was In that city. When the Populist
convention adopted a resolution to
nominate the candidate for vice presi
dent before they nominated the candi
date for president, I wired Mr. Bryan
as follows:
"Pops nominate vice president first.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read tho articles published
about the Memorial Orphans’ Home,
and your editorial on the same subject,
and I believe injustice is done to two
of God’s chosen people, us well as to
the orphans under their care.
I am in no way connected with the
home, ain not related to Mr. and Mrs.
Harwell, am pastor of a church lrt a
different denomination from theirs, and
hence I believe I am In no sense prej
udiced in their favor.
I have visited the home on a .number
of occasions, have held services there,
have had the children in my church
services, have watched the religious
training, and examined Into the discip
line employed, and unhesitatingly say
It Is one of tho best governed institu
tions that I know of. Jf my cbJJiJren
were left orphans, I would as soon have
them In this orphanage as any I know'
of.
The home is run on the faith line, It
is true; but the greatest orphanage I
ever read about was conducted on tho
same principle. I refer to Mr. Muller,
who resolved In the outset to never
ask help of a human, but made hls re
quests known to God. He first rented
a home for orphans that accommodated
only thirty. At last he built a home,
then another and another, until he
completed five nt a total cost of $576,-
000, accommodating 2,050 orphans, with
a yearly expenditure of over $100,000.
What If the children are taught to
pray and testify? I was taught the
same thing by a godly mother who id
now' In heaven, and I will never cease
thanking God for such teachings. I
teach the samg to my children, and
have a little tot Just 3 years old who
carries to God in prayer all her little
troubles, and even prays Him to heal
her body when she is sick, and He
does It. In this particular she has
far outstripped myself, for I cannot
always have so much faith.
Bible history and secular history Is
full of direct answers to the prayers
of children barely old enough to lisp
the name of God. God has not gone
out of business and the Christ put him
self on record In no unmistakable lan
guage as believing in the religious faith
of the children when He said: “But
whoso shall offend one of these little
ones which believe In Me, It were bet
ter for him that a millstone were hang
ed about hls neck and that he w'ere
drowned in the depth of the sea.”
There have been some real bad boys,
orphans, gathered from the streets of
the cltv, who have been converted In
the home, and are truly little ministers
in telling how Jesus has saved them.
It may not be Just the proper thing
to carry the children on the streets at
night, but I cannot see why there is
not as much fresh air In a street meet
ing as in a play on the streets where
there is danger of being run over by
cars and ntitos.
If Mayor Woodward is so anxious to
have children in bed at night why does
he hunt up a score who are in compa
ny with proper guardians and singing
and praying, and leave alone the hun
dreds who are without escort and go
ing to the devil by falling into At
lanta’s many pitfalls? ...
If you and the mayor wish to do At
lanta real good, devote your attention
to the saloons which are drawing on
the boys nt the rate of 100.900 every
Klu* appeals to intelligence.
Touches the string* of the heart,
Pays ou the chords most vibrant,
Music *» sweet to Impart.
Her pen bus much influence,
Many are her admirers
Where’er her (khmiis art* rend.
With food that’s always wholesome,
Her renders are richly fed.
’Twos straight from the hand of God
That the poet gift was given.
For her soul Is pure and lofty
As the stnr-plcrccd walls of heaven.
—Bessie I>ent<ui Whittlesey.
Beyond the meadows where tnll pines
Shadow's east o’er woodlands gray,
Deep lu the dank and \lnrk morass
Serpents hiss nml creep at will,
And lurking In the shady grass,
Ambushed III the twllglit still.
A brook beyond, with silvery hands.
Swoop* Its lied ’tween banks of fern,
Where flickering over pebbly sands
lMm lamps of the firefly burn.
But far from where the serpents creep
And hiss with venomed tongue
Lurk shadow's far more dark and deep
Thau from dank morass e'er sprung.
.Shadow* of hate that fill with fear
As a fiash that flumes the sky,
Hugh mining lives, all scorched and sear,
Dark uuu deep as they draw uLtlt.
AL’Ut’HTA WALL.
Atlanta, Uu.
THOSE EYES.
hod a fountains In Atlanta, selling
drinks mixed with whisky: to the res
taurants, where women drink intoxi
cating JJqqors; to the property owners
in this city, who are renting houses
for traffic in girls. You and the mayor
know that these things arc being run
in Atlanta In open defiance of law, yet
they are allowed to continue, and you
They may talk alwnit the
if
__ .... far lamed In song;
Itut give me the .girl with black, snappy
eyes,. \
And i will rub along.
! lore the girl with eyes that talk.
When eyes like that have pierced my brain,
I just would not do wrong—
I would live ou the firs that they fanned so
TRUTH UNCHANGEABLE!
Truth forever more Is the sntne
Truth evaded is still the Truth,
I'uchniiglng ns the mind of Ood—
*... suffering there Is a cause.
And you must bear It all alone.
Truth Is sometimes by clouds
•filed.
dark ns the starless
iiignr.
But st Inst she will be revealed,
riisullled, majestic, pure and bright.
—Bessie Denton Whittlesey.
REJOICE, MY HEART.
By A. L. A.
BeJolw, toy heart. I»e glad nml happy, too,
The time Is coming fast
when all of us are being welt to do
And |HTfect yet nt Inst.
We have the right, and hold If in our hand,
me wj" ...- — - *We do It with a pen.
year to manufacture drunkards: to the 45VII make n law-let It forever stand-
y ■ntifncr Ami then, and then, and then,
If not Bewail, what shall wh do? I
favor your declination In that case.
Answer quick. James K. Jones, Chair
man National Democratic Committee."
1 Immediately received from Mr. Bry
an the following: •
•i entirely agree with you. With
draw my name if Sewall Is not nomi
nated. W’rn. J. Bryan.”
When this telegram was received
E l . . j from Mr. Brvnn I requested Senator
nglisn Lnina j william j. Stone, of Missouri to take
Th. r , e „t vogttc for English Chin* j ^^onvim.on SSTSf him‘«S
• amm.v mot In our charming collee- £ to tl)C eonvpm i nn . The chair-
1 Dinner and Tea services. acta of; m0[) dPC n nP( i t„ ,jo so. I liatl no other
odd piece,—all In patterns of j mP an, of getting the telegram before
■no-' artistic typo. the members of the eonventlnn except
_ . , to have It printed In the paper,, which
IViftlOY* Ay AD did. and ns I remember, every paper
I’icLiei CL Demeie ^ a , Loul. Printed the** telegrams 1
In your editorial lament the fact that
there la no law at present to reach
children conducting divine service, on
the street. Respectfully,
OH’BN A. BARBEES,
Pastor United Brethren, Tabernacle.
R E LIE F "aTh AND.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Only a few dnyp for the mud-»ltng-
Ing candidate, for governor remain,
and the good people of this state will
bring a long sigh of relief. I do not
wish to convey the Idea by this that
all the candidates are guilty: no, far
from It. I am glad that three out
of the five have conducted themselves
In such n manner In this campaign as
not to bring reproach upon themselves
or the high office which they aspire to.
I heard a speaker say: "If all the
things said by Hoke Hmlth anil t'lark
Howell about each other were true,
neither of them would be tit to be gov
ernor of Georgia.” I am of the same
opinion. I think the better class of
people all over the state have grown
Indignant In the way they have con
ducted themselves, and will show them
at the polls tin the 22d of this month,
I thought foi a long while the race
was between Howell and Smith; they
had good following In this section; but
they have Iohi ground rapidly In the
Inst few weeks, nnd 1 hope this la the
case In every section of the state. I
attribute it all to the way they have
conducted themselves toward each
other and the other candidates in this
race. Let the people show these men
that they will not vote for any candi
date that will lower himself below
the dignity of the high office to which
he aspires. 1 am confident that Judge
Dick Russell will carry this (Jefferson)
county.
J. A. S.,
FAIR PLAY FOR MR. JORDAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I did .«ot see the Credit Men’s car
toon nor did I see the editorial In The
Georgian that it evoked, but both
must have been spicy by the results.
1 think Mr. Jordan’s reply was hasty
and unworthy of him, and It is a pity
any of them were ever published,
think Mr. Jordan has made several
graves mistakes, but fulr dealing re
quires thut he. have due credit for good
work, as' well ns blame for errors, and
if this Is done he will still rank as the
greatest living benefactor of the South.
He has been the chief promoter of the
Cotton Association. Hls advice and
work has done much to hold up the
price of cotton. Hls effort to bull cot
ton to 15 cents seemed unwise and
proved u failure, but without hls ef
forts, would It have even reached the
H-cent price for which he Is now-
blamed? . . , .
Much allowance should be made for
the conditions under which Mr. Jordan
had to operate. He had to ratty a badly
demoralized army and charge through
thick woods and It 18 no wonder that
his camp at this state of the campaign
Is not as prim as a cemetery lot nor
his forces like a dress parade at West
Point. . t _
Do not cashier the general because
after the charge some of the army fall
to pass Inspection.
V ARCHIBALD SMITH.
LaGrange, Go.
.. . all others, .
This cotton hujliiR-sHIInu luis to atop,
These traders make Hindoo.
In consequence, the railroads have to go,
.We’ll stop them, to Ih* sure;
No wrecks for us, no law suits any more,
No Injuries occur.
Ami suicide and murder wail prevent.
As easy as a pie;
To mtiklug gnus we simply don’t consent,
And |M»t*«us, by and hr.
Moil prohibit all curds and piny lug
schemes—
All gauililltig Is cut out.
And Certainry there’ll be no topic-themes
In any way allowed.
If I’ncfe Ham, or those of Interstate,
Should try to prohibit It—
Weil build a wall, uiid so close up the
To Interfere
A law nil) stop your talk.
YOUR FOUR - LEA V ED~CLO V E R.
t»o search tor your fonr-J
If the way Is dark with Its ninny fears.
Anil strange forebodings hover,
Dispel the mood, restrain the tears,
Uoiueuilierlug that you have n four-leaved
clover.
Lef us iook the meadow over and over—
Ve could happy be If we only knew.
For wre all have a four-leaved clover.
—L. L.
beautiful valley from the mountains to
the sea. The agricultural Interests are
nourishing and all crops are excellent.
Besides these natural advantages, the
people w'ho possess and live in this
grahd section are the descendants of
Scotch, Irish and Huguenot antece
dents, who settled here In colonial days,
and noted In history as lovers of liber
ty, truth and virtue.
The Calhouns, McDuffies, Nobles and
a long catalogue of honored names that
will never die; are still represented in
this God-favored valley on the Caro
lina side, while many are scattered
throughout the world.
By the way, this Is the boyhood
home of the editor of The Georgian—
of Calhoun blood and characteristics,
and of whom we are justly proud.
I must tell the readers of The
Georgian an amusing story of Its edi
tor when he was a boy. It Is not a
story either, but It Is told by the good
old Presbyterian truth-lovers around
Wllllngton as a fact.
One of the good old Christian moth
ers there related It to me In languago
like this:
"Yes, I knew Johnnie when he was a
little boy. He was brought up here
by hls grandmother—a good woman.
who watt exceedingly anxious to raise
and train Johnnie right. He was al
ways In some mischief and could not
be still. One day he was out In the
back yard with some little negroes, and
one of them gave him some Insolence
nnd Johnnie took the battling stick
that the old -negro washerwoman used
In beating the clothes, nnd struck the
little negro senseless. He fell over as
if dead. The old washerwoman raised
a yell and said: ’Now, Jus* look at dat
bad boy. You done kilt little Jim. Ise
gwfne in an tell ole misses, an' she
gwlne to skin yo’ for dls.’
“Johnnie became alarmed and hast
ened into the house find to a seat in
hls grandmother’s room, and said
nothing. The grandmother was busy
reading, but after a little time, she no
ticed that Johnnie waH unusually quiet,
nnd ah® looked over her glasses nnd
said: ’Johnnie, Nvhat makes you so
quiet, my son? Are you sick, dear?’
•No, grandma, I was Just meditating on
the great love and goodness of God.’
“She was-so delighted nt hls pious
thoughts that she threw aside her book,
took Johnnie in her arms and caressed
him and kissed him, and praised him
for hls good thoughts—but Just then
the old mammy washerwoman, In great
excitement, appeared nt the dogr, nnd
In alarm, said: ’Ole misses, dat bad boy
dun kilt little Jim wld u stick; he
dun died.’
•“The grandmother turned Johnnie
loose, nnd, gathering the camphor bot
tle, hurried to the back yard to rub
the little negro back to life. When
that was done, she came back in and
gave Johnnie two whippings In one—
first, for striking the little negro, and
second, for deceiving her with hls as
sumed piety.”
If this Is not a true story, the old
people over here would like to hear the
editor of The Georgian deny it.
H. G\ FENNEL.
Lowndesvllle, 8. C.
Bennett's Blast From the Mountains
To the Editor of The Georgian:
From this serenely cool summer rest
ing place, permit me. If yon please, a
parting ward u/ton the Georgia guber
natorial race to your highly Intellectual
constituency.
From the depths of my soul I be
lieve that the election of Hoke Smith—
after the bitterness attending It shall
have passed away—will mark a per
manently new and better era in politi
cal conditions In Georgia.
has become of untold benefit to the
great West and the country at large.
He saves the tax-payers many, many
millions by hls correction of abuses
In the pension bureau—and the South,
which pays its full share oL the ex
penses, but draws no pensions, was by
far the greatest gainer thereby.
He showed himself the true friend of
the weak by giving a square and gen
erous deal to the Indians and defending
them from the encroachments of cor
porations nnd private land grabbers.
He reorganized the census bureau,
changed It from political to businei
i .K n changed it from political to business
J fear that in the midst of fmineas- management, waved $100,000 In the cost
LOVE’S SUFFICIENCY.
Dive, whether In high nr lowly burn,
In ■omctlitiiK not to Ih> iIpkiiInimI;
Whether given l»y man or by benst.
Whether by the urea test or the least—
Love should \te highly prized.
The heart of every pinn require* love,
But some live only oil the entmliN,
Contented with out a miser’s fcnn|.
Counting themselves rieb in earthly good.
Which souietlufes love fieiintuli*.
Lure for the whale of humanity—
for the great nnd the small,
Kiirieiies the giver, soften* hearts.
The greatest Joy of life imparts,
For ’Move Is all I
PROSPEROUS SOUTH CAROLINA.
To th« Editor of The Georgian:
It In time that your readers were
hearing from thin Hide of the river.
And It seems that Atlanta and most
of Georgia might hear the blasting that
Is being done on Savannah river, at
Gregg shoals, by the Anderson Power
Company In building the great dam fdr
the electric plant to be established
there. It in Intended to furnish power
to run cotton mills at Anderson, Jva,
lowndesvllle, Calhoun Falls, Abbeville
and Klberton, besides giving light
these cities.
Thin Is a grand enterprise, and la to
bring large results to Georgia and
Mouth Carolina.
This whole Savannah valley will, In
n few years, be dotted with cotton
mills and oil mills nnd other progres
sive industries on both sides of the
river, from Augusta to the mountains.
It ought to be so, and should have been
so long ngo, because the gregt Creator
has never made a river with so many
magnificent and mighty water faJIs us
the Savannah.
We are just now beginning to see ft,
after so many years of idleness and
waste.
Nor has lie ever made a section of
country with suc'x Inviting enticements
in pure water, productive soil and |
healthy climate as Is found in this
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 18.—Under
the headlines, "A Typical Incident," the
Cotton Journal of Atlanta last week
published the following Item, which
lms caused considerable comment In
this city:
"The Atlanta Georgian and the Ma
con Telegraph publish with glee a let
ter from J. A. Mpurlfn. chemist of the
Little Rock board of trade, to the ef
fect that paper cannot bo made from
cotton stalks. This was done as n
thrust At the Cotton Stalks Product
Company.
"On July 11 Mr. Hpurlln wrote the
Cotton Stalks Products Company In
dicating hls desire to become connected
vith that concern.
"Can it he thHt this letter was the
ebullition of n disappointed seeker nf-
ter place? It does look suspiciously
that way.
The Little Rock board of trade also
has some members very hostile to Mr.
Jordan, nnd this also smells of ’the
nigger Jn the woodpile,’ ’’
This Item was shown to Mr. 8pur-
lin today, at which time he said:
"Yes, I (lid write to the Cotton Stalks
Products Company. But I asked for
Information. I have looked into the
matter of making paper from cotton
stalks, and together with other chem
ists have decided that It could not be
done. It is understood that a process
has been discovered that would make
the work practicable. But the follow
ing Is a copy of the letter, and If Mr.
Jordan can get any satisfaction out of
It, f am willing:
"LITTLE ROCK, July 11, 1906.
"Hon. Harvle Jordan, President Cot
ton Stalks Products Company,
lanta. On.:
"Dear Hlr—I have noted with interest
thnt there has Just been formed a com
pnny with you at the head, to manu
facture products from cotton stalks. I
would he very much obliged to be en
lightened as to the purpose and extent
of this company, ns you see that I .am
n chemist. Also I have had an exten
sive experience In th® cotton seed oil
Industry, notably with the American
Cotton Oil, the parent of the Georgia.
If there Is a prospect that this new
concern Is to be a sueress then I
would entortnln a proposition for em
ployment. At present I would not re
llnqulsh my place here, but do not con
elder that I nm wanted as yet. My
interest Is one of lively curiosity, so
find stamp for reply. Yours, very re
spectfully,
”J. A. SPUR LIN.
I did not know that an effort would
be made to make paper. It was my un
derstanding thnt denatured nlcohol
was to be the product. I did not ask
for employment, the Cotton Journal
to the contrary notwithstanding.
•We would like to have Mr. Jordan
explain to the people Just what hls con
nectlons with Mr. Marsden were, and
hat he expects to do with the Cotton
Stalks Products Company. He knows
ns well as I, or anyone else, that the
plan to make [taper from cotton stalks
In commercial quantities and nt com
mercial prices, Is an Impossibility.
There Is about 2 per cent of alcohol
ureable torrents of baseleHH vltupera
tlon some good people will lose sight of
the tremendous personal moral force
of the concededly leading candidate and
the real Issues of the campaign.
Is it not most significant that not a
single attack has been made upon the
honesty, the couruge, the merit, Yhe
virtue of Mr. Smith’s ofilclal career?
And that the puerile nonsense about
hls appointments as secretary of the
interior was never heard of until the
desperate stage of the pending cam
paign? From absolute knowledge of
the facts, I declare that In not one of
hls appointments, from General Wade
Hampton, eonfmjssjoner of railroads,
to Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton to a po
sition In the census, an long as it was
possible to keep her, was there any
thing whatever subject to the slightest
Just criticism.
Sever was an administration assailed
more fiercely by Republican and Demo
cratic papers than the last administra
tion of Grover Cleveland—nor more
undeservedly—but there was not a line
printed anywhere that touched the In
tegrity or the conspicuous ability of the
administration of tho Interior depart
ment. The worst thing that even The
New York Sun, ablest of Mr. Smith’s
enemies, said about him consisted In
delicious humor upon hls name, which
it coupled with Dink Bolts, Pod Dls-
mukes, Potsdam Hams and other com
binations of fact and fancy.
The Atlanta Constitution, which
loved him then no less than now, and
which put forth Its best efforts to em
barrass him, found nothing to assail
In his conduct of the department nnd
uttered not one word of criticism about
hls appointment of a few negroes to
positions suited to them.
As secretary of the Interior he estab
lished the forest reserve system, which
of running It, and closed Its 'work two
years before it would have been closed
had it continued to run along at the
l>ace at which he found It.
He changed the geological survey
from u theoretical to a strictly practi
cal basis, and turned Its activities from
New England and the picturesque West
which had had more than their shnre
of the attention, to the South, which
had had no attention at all.
He made equally conspicuous ana
beneficial improvements in the conduct
of the land office, the patent office and
the bureau of education, whose able
chief, Hon. William T. Harris, told
Robert J. Guinn, the assistant state
school commissioner of Georgia, that
Hoke Hmlth was the most useful and
efficient secretary that the interior de
partment had had within i^s knowl
edge.
He effected a complete reorganization
of the secretary’s office force and meth
ods whereby he came into porsonal
association with all his bureau nnd di
vision chiefs, and aided them In their
work nnd established bonds of co-oper
ative sympathy between himself nnd
them. There Is not an Interior depart
ment official w ho served under him who
does not now speak of him with respect
and admiration, and whose heurt Is not
with him in hls present fight. Hon.
Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina,
who was hls appointment clerk and
afterwards hls chief clerk, and very
close to him, used to say: "Mr. Smith
is the honestest man I ever saw."
I «m writing hurriedly—a canoeing
purty Is waiting for me. I have omit
ted much, but this will do.
"By their fruits ye shall know them.**
And Georgia will not put- aside the
opportunity to secure the service of
such a man as governor.
CLAUDE N. BENNETT.
Riverside Inn, Kennebunkport, Me.
fellow, the secretary, but as secretary
for a farmers’ association—ye gods!
The investigation nt Atlanta last week
showed that Cheatham was trading In
cotton futures In the nfmes of other
people while the association and hls
palter, Tho Cotton Journal, was fight
ing the future proposition. The state
ment of the Farmers’ Union of Arkan
sas, by Secretary Ben L. Griffin, puts
a quietus on the Jordan-Cheatliam
crowd in this state. Recently The
Cotton Journal published a statement
to the effect that the board of trade
broker, Major Claude Sayle, had been
indicted for gambling, nnd running a
bucket shop—a statement not borne
out by the facts. The board of trade
broker Is a broker and In no sense op
erating nor connected with a bucket
■shop. Farmers’ associations are all
right when they devote their attention
to the objects for which they arc creat
ed—but the Southern Cotton Associa
tion—needs a change."
The publication of the Item In The
Cotton Journal Is considered here to be
an untvarranted and ungentlemnnly at
tack both ufam the board of trade and
Chemist J. A. Hpurlln. It is known
that President Jordan has censed to
nestle the board of trade to hls bosom
since the business men of the city
showed Theodore H. Price the courtesy
of entertaining him while In this city,
the early part of the present year, and
while there Is considerable regret ex
pressed thnt he should thus attempt to
vent hls spleen through the columns of
The Journal, said to be the official or
gan of the association, It has caused,
little If any surpfrue.
J. L. CARRAWAY..
City Editor Arkansas Democrat.
Little Rock, Ark.
In cotton stalks, and It can be extract
ed, but-not at a pric® which will Justi
fy Its distillation.
"We would like to know what went
with the Corn Mtalks Products Com
pany and to have Mr. Jordan set hls
record before the public In nil hls deals
In the Southern Cotton Association. M>
record Is clear, nnd hls Intimation that
f am a 'sore-head’ from the fact that
he refused my request for employment
!s all rot. He did not answer the let
ter, and I presume still has the 2-cent
stamp which I Inclosed for a jeply to
mv Inquiries."
The reference to the hoard of trade
was shown Hon. George R. Brown, the
sccretnry. He dictated the following
statement:
"Ton can say for me that I nm de
cidedly hostile to the Routhern Cotton
Association's being manipulated by
Harvle Jordan nm! Dick Cheatham.
The history of the Cotton Btnlks Prod-
utc Company Is about ns rlear ns muff
even though It has $!capital
and Harvle Jordan la Its president, nnd
we all know Dick Cheatham, a clever
THE B. R. T. EJECTMENT8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In regard to the ejectment ncenen
on the Coney Island electric car lino
as stated In The Georgian-
Let us consider this matter In a ra
tional manner.
The suggestion of horror, which the
Incident stirs up, Is of such a nature
as to obscure any other consideration.
We have been trained to deal with
effects, and herein lies our weakness In
coping with the affairs of life.
We need to be educated to deni with
causes to successfully protect pur-
selves. The cause of the trouble on
this cur line was the smnll sum of 5
cenfs. This 5 cepta represented pro
fits nnd dividends.
The profits or dividends Involved In
the matter was then the cause of the
trouble.
The Inciting pretext to the exhibition
of the scenes, and thnt which brought
the profits or dividends so prominently
five or profit system, and they are, at
the same tlme.^lts most tealous de
fenders.
This occurrence Is the logical result
of a divided authority or Interest and
shows that state or government con
trol can only be In the nature of an In-
termeddler, or a factor In confusion
and disorder.
These car line owners consider that
they have the right to rxact whatever
profit or dividends from their property.
Just as a merchant does, nnd that the
stnte has no more right to interfere
with them than with the other. Logi
cally they think they are right, and
their acts in this case are through this
logic.
These owners do not concede that
they have . done any wrong, and tho
logic of their stand must and will
find Its Justification In the competitive
state or profit system.
This forces the people to seek relief
from tho condition of private owner
ship of nubile utilities by taking over
these utilities ns the property of the
state, In which there will be no divided
interest or responsibility.
For the state or city to take over
theae public utilities, and run them for
gain or tux money, will not relieve the
people from paying whatever the pro
fit doctors desire and which profit en
tered into Judgo Gaynof's decision.
It is necessary to get rid of every
element which entered Into this un
fortunate occurrence, and every ele
ment which entored Into (t was the
profit or dividends.
That the owners will never consent
to any interference which reduces their
capital or dividends Is a self Interest
proposition.
What we need then is the cultivation
of self Interest, or selfishness In every
person to the end that each and all
will refuse, Just as theae car people
did, to give up their capital or labor
power to the dictation of capitalistic
domination.
This con only be done through such
public ownership as makes those who
ride the owners and controllers.
The action of these car line owners
is simply notice to those who ride thnt
they must not presume to pay atten
tion to opinions nr orders from Judges,
officers «;f the law or any other out
side Intermeddlers, but must submit to
the will of the owners or be ejected.
This Incident Is nothing more start
ling than hair happened before, and it
Is sure that It will not be the last un
til the people themselves own and oper
ate these things as the sole owners.
Selfishness Is n virtue, uhen it Is
practiced by all alike, but Is distorted
into an evil when Its practice Ih de
nied to or educated out of another.
In the absolute monarch we find sel
fishness enthroned in all of its hld-
eousnesa, und In the serf and slave
forward was the decision of Judge witness the lowest depths of degrade*
Gaynor, of the supreme court of the tlon because these have been made
state of New York, that this car line eunuchs* to selfishness through its
could not lawfully collect this 5 cents, emasculation In them. Yes. seifish-
Thls decision gave the passengers the ness fully developed in all will bring
lawful right to.refuse its payment. (all to the dead level of manhood, and
This decision was the exercise of; manhood will not permit such *js this
state or government control, nnd was j street car affair,
ineffectual, and not only so, but It was' W. A. JOHNSON.
Injurious to the passengers. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 15, 1906.
This matter was a conflict or battle (In The Georgian of August 11 .
between the stnte and the profit sys
tem, and Is effectually Illustrated by
the fable of the blacksmith and the
adder. The contest was not between
the passengers, officials and others ns
men, women nnd children, but was
simply n sort of a volcanic eruption
of the profit system, which never fails
to* burst forth on provocation. -
The people have organized them
selves Into a state and placed If In
charge of a lot of officials who fc»c
empow'ered with a cure aif authority,
but these official D. D.’s, M. D.’s or
LL. D.'s, whichever you choose to call
them, like the people, have only grad
uated In the school of effect, and are
•totally ignorant of the system of cause,
and will tie until the people establish
the school of cause and place only the
graduutes of It In office.
We will then abolish effects by cur
ing causes.
Normally then# men would not have,
thus treated any one, hut ns one’s mor
als arc based upon the way they earn
their clothing, food, shelter, etc., the
fathers of these ejected people would
have acted Just as these ejectors did
If they had been employees of tho car
company, or had been the owners cf
the car line.
Occupation, then, Is the standard of
morality, und whatever happens
through occupation Is moral to the oc
cupation. The owners of this car line
do not allow their families to ride In
these cars, but have their private con
veyances for them, and It thus happenM
thnt the great body of the common
people are the victims of the compel!- advertise."
Correspondents’ page, the article "The
Bible," was credited to W. A. Thomas.
It should have been credited to \v. A.
Johnson, the writer of this article.—
Editor.)
A FABLE FOR THE FOOLI8H.
once upon a time there was a Jack
asm. This same Jackass went walfeln
through the woods and fell Into a hok
After making a few weak attempts t<
free himself, he sat down thinking tha
someone would come and help him ou|
A short time later a fox passed by am
the jack asked him to take him out o
the hole.
"I am too small and m*t *tmm
onough," replied the fox, "but an He
phant resides a short distance awn;
and when you will call him I am oulti
sure that he will pull you out."
The Jackass veaiootd, though, that I
was the duty of the strong to help th<
weak and that It was not hls term t«
call the elephant, nnd sat down i
waiting.
The fox on hls way home again
passed the spot and looked into thi
hole and noticed thnt the jackass hac
died. •
If It Is true that the soul of nn anb
tnai passes Into A human being.** the
fox reasoned with the phlloeoper. "ll
Is certain that the soul of this Jackan
at those merchant/
waiting and do noi
