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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
P. L. SEELY, President.
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EaterM eerond-clau matter April ». INS. it the Postoflte at
Atlanta, Ca , under art of conerraa of March A 1171.
Our Cotton Exports.
In a newer and more substantia) sense than we have
ever realised before, Cotton I* king, and the people of
this country are paying willing tribute to the royal ata.
pie.
The balance of trade In our favor hat been dwelt
upon tlpie and time again. It amounts to something like
half a billion dollars, which Is so much money that the
average mind cannot even comprehend It. But It may
come as something of a surprise to most people to real
ise that the amount which our export* of cotton contrib
ute to this balance of trade Is, for the Drat time In our
history, more than $400,000,000.
When we reflect that the value of our breadstuffs of
all kinds exported for the decal year lust ended was only
$188,000,000, those of provision* only $211,000,000 and
those of Iron and steel manufactures only $101,000,000, we
get something of an Idea of the pre-eminence of King
Cotton In the magnificent export trade of the country.
According to the report of the department of com
merce and labor, the value of cotton exported has In
creased very rapidly during the past few years. It was
not until 1901 that It crossed the $300,000,000 line, and
In a short five years period It has grown to more then
$400,000,000, or an Increase of about 33 per cent
This growth la due In part to an Increase In the quan
tity exported, but In part also to .the advance In price,
since the quantity exported In 1006 was about 700,000,000
pounds less than In 1905, while the value was $21,000,000
more than In 1906.
Th* exportation of manufactured cotton was alio
larger In 1906 than In any earlier year, aggregating prac
tically $53,000,000, against $60,000,000 In 1905 and $22.-
600,000 In 1904. The growth In manufactured cotton haa
been quite as striking ss that of raw material.
Europe Is, of course, our principal cuilomer for raw
fc.'aVi. The United Kingdom took last year $117,000,000
IMth, Germany $101,000,000, France $46,000,000 and Italy
about $27,000,000, while the other countries of Europe
took about $32,000,000 worth. Japan Is also a customer
for our raw cotton, but very Irregular In the quantity
bought, (luce she only buys largely of American cotton
when prices are low, relying upon India and China in
years when American price* are high. The value of cot
ton exported to Japan In the fiscal year 1906 was, In
round terms, $8,000,000; In 1805, $17,000,000, and In 1104,
less thau $3,000,000.
In manufactured cotton China la by far our largest
customer. The total value of all cotton manufactures ex
ported In the fiscal year 1906 was, aa above indlcsted,
$63,000,000 in round terms, of which about $30,000,000
went to China. Practically all of the cotton goods seat
to China was In the form of cloth, the total value of cot
ton cloths exported to China In the year being $29,641,-
186, and of other cotton goods 8172,887. The exports of
cotton clothe to China In the fiscal year 1906 exceeded
both In quantity and value those of any other earlier year,
the value In 1006 being about two million dollars greater
than In 1906. China’s rank as a purchaser of American
cottons Is Indicated by the fact that of the 711.000,000
yards of qotton cloths exported In 1906. 498,000,000 went
to China, while about 133,000,000 yards went to the
American countries south of the United States, and
twenty-five millions to Asia other than China and
Oceania.
How the Great Journal Works It.
Atlanta Men Invite Bryan to Georgia Fair.
(8peclal Dispatch to The Journal.)
New York, Aug. St.—William J. Bryan was
formally Invited to attend the Georgia state fair In
October by a committee of Atlantans headed by
President Alex W. Smith Thursday afternoon. The
other members ot the committee present nt the In
terview with Mr. Bryan were John Temple Graves,
Mayor Woodward, John B. Cohen, Xyni McCullough,
Joseph E. Maddox and others.
Mr. Bryan said he would be glad to come to At
lanta In September, but was afraid be could not
come In October. He promised, however, to take the
matter under consideration, and President Smith Is
quite hopeful Bryan will finally accept.
It was with great difficulty that an audience wa* ar
ranged. but Mr. Smith [moled Issues with Oorernpr
Jelks. of Alabama, and Governor Glenn, of North
- Carolina, and the joint Invitation waa extended to
visit the three state* during October.
The pressure on Mr. Bryan to accept Is strong
and the matter will again be pressed to his notice.
This la a special dispatch from New York to The At
lanta Journal. The Journal's special representative In
New York on that occasion was Its managing editor. He
and he alone was personally acquainted with the Inct
dents of the Invitation to Bryan from Atlanta. The In
ference I* conclusive that he sent It.
The matter Is trivial, but the spirit manifested In the
dispatch Is so curious and suggestive that we cannot for
bear explaining It. ,
The editor ot The Georgian without hi* foreknowl
edge or request was made chairman of the Georgia dele
gation to receive Bryan and to present to him the invita
tion to the fair. The editor of The Georgian Immediately
suggested that be should Introduce to Mr. Bryan Presi
dent Alex W. Smith, of the fair association, and that Mr.
Smith thould present the Invitation. Mr. Smith promptly
declined and urged that the chairman of the delegation
should present It, which was alio urged by the commit
tee and agreed upon.
In the sudden whirl ot Mr. Bryan's arrival and the
enormous crowd pressing upon him Ihe Georgia dele
gation became separated and only the editor of The
Georgian, Mr. Smith and the managing editor of The
Journal were able to get together. The managing editor
of The Journal I* perfectly aware of the fact that during
that long hard puilt against the crowding alelea and cor
ridor#, the editor ot The Georgian fulfilled hla commission
at great personal discomfort—that the editor of The Geor
gian alone arranged the combination with Governor
Glenn, of North Carolina, and Governor Jelka, of Ala
bama, by which the three managed to almost force an
audience with Mr. Bryan, and that the editor ot The
Georgian himself, with Mr. Smith and the managing ed
itor of The Journal Just behind him, did present the
Invitation and hold the conference In behalf of the At
lanta fair.
And yet in the face ot personal knowledge of these
facts "The Journal's Special Correspondent,” writing to
the paper that “always gives the facta,” distinctly ml*
states the actual occurrence, and for no other ostensible
reason than that the chairman of the delegation hap
pened to be the editor of a friendly competitor at home.
And almost In the very hour in which, this brilliant
piece of journalistic rivalry wa* put on the wires, the
etaff of The Georgian were publishing Interview* with
the editor of The Journal and exploiting hla political
views and opinions with perfect freedom and unbiased
generosity.
There Isn't a thing In the Incident. The editor of
The Georgian deserve# and desires no credit for so sim
ple a thing as presenting an Invitation to Mr. Bryan. But
we cannot forbear to contrast the methods of a real news
paper with the method* of “Special Managing Corre
spondent."
The Day We Celebrate.
This Is the annual festival devoted to the cause or
labor. There are many occasions which bring out
greater amount of pin wheels and red fire, but there
are few which more distinctly reflect the sturdy grand-
eur of the American republic than this peculiar day
which la devoted to the cause of bone and sinew.
■It has become altogether too much the fashion to
deprecate that little Incident In the Garden of Eden
which made It necessary that man should eat bread in
the sweat of hla brow. The sybarite* and the Idler*
have dwelt upon the fall of Father Adam as entailing
a curse upon mankind. But In point ot'fact It would be
difficult to realise bow w* ever could have got on with
out that exercise of thew and sinew which that same
fdll entailed.
It Is almost Impossible to restrain one's self within
reasonable bound* when undertaking to assign the place
devoted to labor in the progress of the world. It la
natural and gratifying to allude to the fact which sclen
(lata have brought out that the lifting of the little finger
literally shakes the world, and that hence no labor,
In whatever channel It may be directed, la entirely lost.
The man who carvea cherry atones with that high type
of labor which la known as patience—the man who haa
the Infinite capacity for taking pains In small matters
as well as
"The hand which rounded Peter’s dome
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,”
all work to the same great end and illustrate to
the world that labor, like beauty, la its own excuse for
being It* own excellent reward.
To the less recondite It la Interesting to reallxe that
the great cause wh!eh,thls holiday celebrate* Is progress
ing all over the world. The most conservative of men
are rapidly sloughing off the ophidian opinion that organ-
ized labor means antagonism to the established Institu
tions which capital contributes so much to support We
honestly and frankly heller* that the time Is pasting
when the man who Identifies himself with the cause ot
labor, the man who believe* In and contend* for the
principle ot employers' liability, for shorter hours and
a more wholesome environment wherever he may work,
must at the same time be Identified with the followers
of Karl Marx and hla school ot socialism.
And those who look forward hopefully to the achieve
ment* of organised labor are glad to realise that the
ctvlllxed world recognises more and more, aa the years
go by, that the labor sentiment has come to stay. What
It has achieved In our own country Is patent and apparent
to all men, and Its Iron hand In the velvet glove was
felt In the last session of the fifty-ninth congress. It will
make Itself even more manifest In the second session ot
that congress and In future assemblages.
It Is no more than the simple truth to say that no
tingle movement In the world politics of racent times
has attracted more attention, and has more juetly at
tracted the attention It ha* received, than the recogni
tion accorded to the cause of labor In England. We are
a greater and In many respects a more progressive peo
ple than our English cousins across the sea, but the fact
remains that whatever tendency may be manifested in
their own Institutions la reflected In the growth and prog
ress of our own.
And what has been the history of the labor move
ment In England within tha past few years?
We find Mr. John Burns with a position In the cabi
net of the liberal govornment. He has been in parlia
ment for a long time, but even twenty years ago It would
not have been believed, If any one had laid that a man
who had to decidedly sprang from the common people as
did John Burns would ever attain to the eminence and
Importance he now enjoys.
It Is trivial, and yet It la Illuminating, that a few
weeks ago, at a levee held by the King of England, a
feminine member of the aristocracy meeting Mrs. Burnt
decided that It waa the proper thing, In view of the pres
ent political tendencies, to show some special considera
tion for the wife of the great labor leader In parliament,
whereupon the Indited a dainty little billet doux to Mrs.
Burns saying;
"It Is to far from Belgravia to Bayswater that I have
never had the opportunity of calling upon you, but If you
will accept an Invitation to be present at my 5 o'clock
tea on Tuesday afternoon, I shall be happy to aee you.”
To thla polite missive Mrs. Burns s'ent the succinct
and highly significant reply:
“I have boon looking at the map of London and I find
that It It exactly the same distance from Belgravia to
Bayswater that It li from Bayswater to Belgravia.”
This eptrited reply on the part of Mrs. Burns ha*
placed her In a new light before the court ladles and the
snobbish aristocracy of England. It la entirely on a par
with the ncw ( dignity and Importance which the labor
element haa acquired In politics and In economics.
It was almost a revolution when the liberals came
Into power after a long period of exile and was paralleled
only by our own Democracy. But undoubtedly the moat
notable Incident of the landslide was the fact that for the
first time In English parliamentary history the cause of
labor acquired the balance of power. Thla Is really true,
for there, among the representatives of the third estate,
stt fifty members who are chosen without regard to their
conservatfre or their liberal predilections, but solely be
cause of their devotion to the Interests of labor.
He who overlooks the aame tendency In our own
political situation gravely and seriously misreads the
signs of the times. A* we have said before, the time has
passed when the cause of labor le Identified, even In the
mind* of Ihe most superficial, with socialism and that rad
icalism which finds support from so many iralltlcal here
tics. So long as the cause of labor remains pure In Its
purpose and lofty In Its alliances, having no ulterior mo
tives except that of the laboring people, holding Itself
aloof from Republicans and Populists and Socialists and
even from Democrats, it need be, ever ready to throw Its
strength with the party which promise* most effectively
to bring about the reforms which the time demands—so
long will the cause of labor remain a powerful factor In
our political and economic life.
The exemplars of Its Interests and of it* purposes
here In Atlanta are men of the highest type of ability
and Integrity.
No man coaid Impugn the high purposes which ani
mat* them in whatever they may undertake, and It la
with something more than perfunctory pleasure that we ^ gain of nineteen places, and showing she la outrunning
greet them today with a cordial “All hall" and bid them mo8t ° { th « olher cI,les North and Sou ' 1 '- Me0,phU " nd
be of good cheer as to the reforms which lie before them
and the noble purposes which are to become concrete
facta In the days that are close at hand.
Announcement la made that Benjamin H. Hill Is a
candidate for a seat on the bench ot the court of appeals.
The elevation of this able and distinguished citizen to that
position would reflect the highest credit on that branch
of the Judiciary and by almost common consent he would
be selected as a man to whom such honors properly be
long. He comes of a family which rank* high In the
Judicial annals of the state. His father wa* one of the
moat eloquent and gifted men the South has ever pro
duced. It would be In the nature of the entire fitness of
things for such a man as Mr. Hill to be elevated to the
position for which ho has been proposed, and It would
lend dignity and strength to the recently established
court of appeals.
GOOD ROADS PARAMOUNT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In 1870 Atlanta numbered the fifty-ninth city of
the United States. In the census bulletin of the Wash
ington government for 1904 she la numbered forty, a
Nashville have merely maintained their relative poai-
tioni. Birmingham and Macon, like Atlanta, have gone
forward, but the other cities of the South have fallen
back. Baltimore lost one place, which was taken by
Boston. Jacksonville lost-two places. Montgomery three.
New Orleans and Louisville each six; Norfolk eight.
Other southern cities have dropped back 42. 54 and 64
places, but It would be unkind to namfe them.
The cities of the United States which have made the
most progress are those which have enlarged their areas,
Issued large amounts of improvement bonds, constructed
parks and boulevards, extended their public works and
made themselves attractive to the outsiders. If a city
depends only upon Its birth rate to make It great. It will
not succeed. Public spirit from within and additions
from without push a city to the front. Atlanta has an
excellent reputation over the country for Its energy,
which Is a great asset. If a city Is physically attractive
It will draw both rich and poor. In New York—the
largest city In Ihe United States—interest rates are low
and wages are high. In small and unprogrosslve cities
the Interest charges are high—so are taxes—and wages
are low. The many, many advantages of living In a
big city are being so well understood by laboridg peo
ple that country help Is a scarcity. Unless a country Is
opened np by first class roads having easy transports;
tlon to and from the city Its primitive condition will be
a millstone about its neck. Good roods! Good roads!
Good roads! Very sincerely, CHARLES 8. BONNEY.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 30.
A TAR’S PHANTASM
(Dedicated to Rear Admiral for valorous deeds as 'ihate of th* Lancet In
her victorious maneuvers In Bibulous Bay, March 16, 1906.)
I dreamed that I dwelt on an Isl* of cracked tee
In the midst of a lake of chhmpagne.
Where bloomed the mint Juleps In meadows of green.
Amid showers of Ilthia rain.
I reclined on a divan of lager beer foem.
With a pillow of broth for my head.
While the spray front a fountain of sparkling gin flat
Descended like dew on my head.
From faraway mountains of crystalline Ice,
A zephyr, refreshing and cool,
Came wafting the Incense of sweet muscatel
That sparkled In many a pool.
My senses were soothed by the soft, purling song.
Of a brooklet of pousse cafe
That rippled along over pebbles of snow,
To rf river of absinthe frappe.
Then, lulled by the music of tinkling glass
From the schooners that danced on the deep,
I dreamily tipped a high ball or two
And languidly floated to sleep.
And then I awoke on a bed full of rocks
With a bolster os hard as a brick,
A wrench In my neck, a rack In my head.
And a stomach detestably sick.
With sand In my eyes and grit In my throat.
Where the taste of last svenlng still dung.
I felt a bath towel stuffed Into my mouth,
Which X afterward found was my tongue.
And I groped for the thread of. the svenlng before
In a mystified mate of my brain.
Until a great light burst upon me at last;
I’m off of the wagon again!
JUDGE PENDLETON
CHARGES JURY TO
ENFORCjJG, LAW
New Grand Jurors Will Se
lect Successor to Judge
Walter Ormond.
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN TUESDA Y
Supt. Slaton Expects
Attendance of
15,000.
Tuesday, September 4, marks the
opening of the public school year In At
lanta, and Indications point to the
largest attendance In the history of the
public school system of the city. Last
year there was an attendance of 18,100,
and thle year Superintendent Slaton
expects to see at least 15,000 names
registered.
There will not be so many to enter
until the first of October. -
Monday should be th* regular en
trance day, but on account of the fact
that th* first Monday tn September I*
Labor Day, the opening Is always post
poned until the following Tuesday.
Th* first day will be devoted to or
ganisation and ths Issuance of Data
of books an* supplies needed, and rou
tine work will commence In earnest
Wednesday morning.
Drop Vsrtleal System.
The most Important change In the
system of teaching will be the dropping
of the vertical system of writing, and
the return to the slant system, which
was the only one known to our fathers.
On account of Its apparent greater
legibility end simplicity the vertical
system was some years ago adopted,
and the return to the old style comes
ss a result of complnlnts from the busi
ness men of the city that the vertical
system was much the slower and no
more legible. Professor J. H. Smith,
who has charge of the buslnees depart
ment of the Boys' High School, will
have charge of the change In the sys
tem, and will give necessary Instruc
tions to the teachers.
The department of drawing will be
In charge of Mias Elisabeth Getz, who
comes from Charleston, S. c„ where
ehe bos had a large measure of success.
She will devote her entire time to the
Instruction of the pupils of the gram
mar grades.
Principal Slaton will have charge of
the classical department of the Boys'
High School, while Professor C. S. Cul
ver has been promoted to the head of
the technical department. Graduates
of the high schools are now given full
credit at the University, Tech and oth-
er higher Institutions of learning In the
state. The graduates of the technical
department are fitted to enter the
sophomore class at the Tech.
3,500 New Pupils Rsglstsr.
Up to Monday morning there had
been more than 8,(00 pupils who had
not been In the public schools last year,
and while Superintendent Slaton would
give nut no predictions as to ths en
rollment for thla year, he stated that
everything pointed to a record-breaker.
The county schools will not open un
til September 24,' but this year all the
schools In the county will run for the
full term of nine months. This It a
distinct advance, as In the past very
few have continued the term longer
than the five months, for which the
state provides.
There are thirty-nine schools In the
county, of which twenty-four are white
and fifteen colored. Superintendent
Brittnln, of the county schools Is very
enthusiastic over the prospect for a
larger attendance than the county
schools have ever known before, and
Judge Pendleton called the attention
o$ the Jurors to the laws forbidding
the selling of liquor to drunkards and
to minors or In the vicinity of
churches, compelling railroads to keep
fresh water on trains, requiring a 11-
..... ue.orr «o<. *° I |rac,l ‘' n medicine and forbid-
also Increased Interest in education, as j dl "F. ' h .* 'ft")"* "tb-wu* diploma, by
rm which is es- H ? » 0,d »“!*» ‘»e r
'A man musf labor enough to keep a
good full stomach. A vagrant is a person
who does not, when he could, make
enough to support himself through his
own efforts. If a man can make a dot
lar and a half a day and works only
one day In the week he Is not earning
bona fide support. A man who Is
hungry Is of course more likely
commit a crime than one who Is well
fed. If a man works only one day In
seven he should be made to stay at
home the other six. There Is nothin*
so conducive to crime as Idleness, and
It Is your duty to break It up* so far as
In your power lies."
This 1* the way Judge Pendleton
charged the grand Jury In the superior
court this morning. He reminded them
further that this matter was very Im
portant at this time. He told the ju
rors that they should magnify their
office, which, he said, was equal In Im
portance to that of the governor of
the state.
In speaking of the recent appoint
ment of a committee to urge upon the
grand jury the necessity for the en
forcement of the vagrancy laws, Judge
Pendleton said:
“So far as I know, there haa never
ben any failure on the part of a Fulton
county grand Jury to enforce the law,
and come squarely up to their duties.”
"No Excuse for Gaming.”
In charging the Jury on gaming, for
which crime he said there was no
earthly excuse, the Judge said that, so
far aa he knew, and so far as he had
been able to learn from the officers of
the law, there was not at present any
open gambling establishment In Fulton
county. He said some houses had run
for a time on the quiet before being
located, but that as soon as they were
found the law had been enforced and
they had been broken up. For this
state ot affairs, he said, the county
was to be congratulated.
“A man who carries a concealed pis
tol,” said the court In dealing with
this portion of his charge, "will find
that, even It he Is not arrested, he
wilt In the course of a year's experi
ence have more trouble than If he left
his weapon at home. Ills knowledge 1169-Insui
that he Is armed emboldens him to per
haps pick a fight where he would not
do so otherwise."
MANY DELEGATES
ARRIVE IN MAGON
FOR MENTION
Session To Be Brief, Prob-
ably Lasting Only a
Few Horn’s.
kpwtfll to The Georgian
Macon, Go., Sept. 3.—The delegate
are beginning to pour Into the city on
every train for the state Democratic
convention, which will convene in the
city auditorium hero tomorrow at
noon. None of the leaders have as yet
arrived on the grounds, but they art
expected this afternoon, and will d*.
vote the afternoon, night and tomorrow
to getting the lines In good shape tot
the work of the convention.
Session Will be Brief.
It Is not thought that the convention
will last more than two or three hour*
as everything will be run off accord-
lug to a schedule. The delegates hav«
all been selected by Mr. Smith, and are
presumably In full sympathy am] ac
cord with lilt ideas of how the con
vention thould go.
Decorating Hall.
The auditorium It being handsomely <
decorated today. The central piece of
the decorations will be a great picture
of Hoke Smith directly over the cen-
ter of the front ot the stage, ami th*
national colors will be draped from It
to different'parts of the great hall. The '
decorations will be so arranged as not
to Interfere with the ventilation. Klee-
trie fans will add to the comforts ol
the delegates and all manner of re- -
freshments will be on hand for the
gentlemen.
Entortainment of Delegatee.
The hotels and restaurants nt the
city havo made ample preparations to
attend to the entertainment of the del- ■
egates, but no stress ts expected under
this head, as many of the members ot
tlie convention will come Into the city ;
In the morning and leave on the late
afternoon trains for their homes. Thera I
will not even be a quarrel over the ]
personnel of the officers of the con
vention, as all this has been settled to
advance.
Judge Miller Will be Chairman.
The chairman of th* convention sal
the state executive committee will be
Judge A. L. Miller, with Congressman
W. Hardwick os vice chairmen.
Messrs. H. H. Cabanlss and E. L. Mar
tin will be the secretaries. ,
The news of the day Is the selection
of James R. Gray an chairman of the
committee on resolutions and platform.
As Mr. Gray Is very pronounced in
his views on certain matters, some
very plain statements can be expected,
It Is generally thought that the planka
on disfranchisement, railroad control
and popular government will be very
strong.
May Adopt 8. C. Plan.
It Is Intimated that the South Car.
ollna plan of nominating all offlceri
by a direct vote of the people will be
adopted and that the Macon conven
tion will be the last one of any Impnr
tance held In this state. One date for
all state and county primaries will be
selected by the convention.
The Democratic convention of the
Sixth congressional district meet here
today and nominated Hon. Charles L.
Bartlett for his seventh term as repre
sentative from this district. Btron*
resolutions were passed Indorsing the
course of Mr. Bartlett since he ha>
been In congress.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 3.
shown bythe longer term
tabllshed, he hopes, permanently. This
la the first time that all of the county
schools have run the full nine months
CUBAN GOVERNMENT
DETERMINEDTO FIGHT
urns Down Offer of
Veterans for Ami
cable Settlement.
Ily Private I .eased Wire.
Havana. Sept. 6.—General Cebreco,
representing the Cuban veterans, haa
had a long talk with President Palma
with a view of arbitrating the differ
ences between the government snd the
rebels. I’resident Palma told the gen
eral that the veterans were welcome
confer with the rebels and persuade
them to lay down their arms. In which
case they would be free to leave the
country or return unmolested to their
homes by virtue of the recent offer of
amnesty. But. he added. If the vet
erans took this course, they would act
only as private cltltent.
When General Cebreco left tbe palace
he met General Mlco, the chief dis
bursing officer of the army of libera
tion, who, on teeing Cebreco'* downcast
(ace, said:
“Didn’t I tell you that the old man
would not listen even for the country's
sake?”
General Cebreco answered sadly:
-You were right.”
This kills the last hope of an amica
ble settlement of the recent troubles
and probably will cost the government
the .sympathy of vets.
Oeneral Mlco, who was one of the
moat prominent generals In the war of
liberation, succeeding Maceo when the
duty to look Into the various depart
ments of the county government and
see that they are being tun properly.
To Select Ormond's Successor.
The Jury was told lo select a succes
sor of the late Walter T. Ormond, no
tary public and justice of the peace,
and two members of lire county school
board. In the selection of the
ter he advised the Jurors to see. so far
as possible, that all parts of the county
were represented on the board.
The grand Jury selected Colonel A.
J. West as foreman. The other mem
bers are J. R. Nutting. John M. Green,
F. J. Paxon, Alonzo Richardson, James
M. Couper, Ernest Woodruff. Albert
Steiner, W. H. Kiser, Demps Perker-
•IrMI VS I* Itlllf fl II til ..... v. i
uratlon of Richard I St Wert-
latter was killed, said: “The govern- son, S. C. Hurt, B. M. Blount, Benja-
ment's act In not recognising the vet- S?i n Boyd, Edwin Klngsbcry, Joseph
ersns Is apparent Cuban, such as i M^e?Trank'lta» l,m‘r Zi wllham J
SZtZly %■ ZMZ |» ,55SSr. oU " r "*** *
pasties of 40 or 60 men. Spain s ex- j Roby Robinson, John Temple Graves
perlence should have taught the gov-[Henry A. Inman, George E.KIng and
ernment officers better, but they are j Clark* Howell were among those ex-
not the men who fought In the war for! cused front service or out of the cltv
Independence. I could take a few ne- One petit Jury and a part of a »<ic.
groea and defy all the forces the gov- —' - - ■ - — - —
ernment can raise."
General Cebreco said, after leaving
the palace, that he dreaded the task of
telling the veterans the answer he re
ceived from President Palma.
It was learned today from a source
ordinarily so reliable as to be believed
by all that the government had achiev
ed a tentative understanding that If It
was unable to curb the revolution by
September 15, it would ask for the at-
tlatance of the United States.
ond were selected. The court adjourn
ed at 10 o'clock until Tuesday morn
ing.
WILL WORK CONVICTS
ON COUNTY ROADS
Bpecint to The Georgian
Balnbrldge, Go.. Sept. 3.—The coun-
, £ut' ,y comtnlsslonera have deemed It ad-
when this was broached to members of i '’liable to work the county convicts on
the government It wot met with such i the public roads. Instead of'hiring them
an emphatic denial as to leave no room j out to m-tvate nortiea a» k» h-.- .*
for doubting that whatever the govern
ment may have discussed. It has de
cided to see the thing through by all
the force of arms It can command and
will abide by the results.
IN PARI3.
gpeclnl to Th* Georgian.
Par!*, Pept. 3.-^Mm. O. L. Front, of
Macon, Oa., registered at the office of
the European edition of The New York
Herald today.
inn
minster.
1*42— British defeated tbe Irish at the bat*
tie of Llscarroi.
l&Ht—Oliver Cromwell died. Born April A
1583.
1777—Drillnh innrl!u<d upon Philadelphia and
American* retreated ncross Hrnnuf-
wine. " , ,
1783—Treaty of pence, acknowledging Inde
peudeiice of Culted States, signed wits
(treat Itrltaln.
1816—Kin King, emperor of Chinn, u*
throned. ,
1S35— Ihirhe). the grrnt French actress, minis
her American debut In New York.
1877—Louis A. Thiers, French historian,
died. Horn April It, 17W. . .
1912—Kdwnrri Kggleston, author of ,, H«>°sl«f
Hehoolmnster," died.
WHEN WE HAVE 8AID GOOD-BYE,
oul to P ,ivate partlea, aa haa been done
for some time. The county convicts
at present are worked by Hodges &
Powell, turpentine operators, at Cyrene.
They will continue to work the women
and children, but beginning Monday
the men will be worked on the public
road*. The scarcity of labor In the
county was the occasion for this action
on Ihe part of the commissioners. It
Is thought that the read work will be
carried on much faster than It has
been with the convict labor*
The sunset plumes shall deck the purpling
In pciup of splendid cloud on royal sky:
The mtul* and woods we knew and lt»v«s
the l»c*t ,
Khali he by faint and tender breeze caress*!
When we have, ssld good-bye.
The fragrance of the jessamine will swnnj
Through the still night; It* rich perfuial
will vie
With houeysuckte and magnolia bloom.
'Til uinnitng cotmvna once for us, too s-ws,
When we have said good-bye.
Arms* the vault of heaven In Inct-llke f«i®
The stnr-sblnc of the Milky Way shall H«*i
One changeless thing of comfort, wueti i
roam
Far from a wormwood mockery of home,
Ami we -have said good-bye.
A* green shall he the wheat Held* ond the
While*" ike long lanes shall wait for u»
liedtght
With fern* and flowers and *oft summer
fight.
When we have said good-bye.
Ye*, for us, nil these thing* shall henceforth
Been .through a mitt of tears. With «bak
ing sigh; .,
Full well f know yottr own heart, acli!»g J /»
Hhsll feel the stab of myriad memory.
When we hare mild good-bye.
Vain, now, my wanting and reproachful
tears; __
Go! I Tide sufffeeth; and your bitter cry.
When you Pave shed the superstition* f‘‘*™
That wreckeil our pure Arradls of the ycaf*
Ami Jimte you wry good-bye.
The woven fabric of our lives In twain
Is rent. To what avail? For we so
nm*»t lie -
Where nevermore the nunshlne or the ran
May ape u*. laughing, hand In band seals.
When we have said good-bye.
Ah. love, tbe year*’ oncreeptng will be
Without you. Dumb with grief 1 long w
-Grace KlrtliiuX