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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. itOVriAr, RKPTEMBEH *. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. If Connections. Subscription Rstes: One, Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months ..... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c I Published Every Afternoon 1 Except Sunday by the Georgian co. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. ^ I 1 I 1 -4a, Entered as second class matter April 9, 19M. at tbs Postofflcs at Atlanta. Ga.. under set of congress of March S. 2179. he paper that “alv gives the farts," distinctly mis Our Cotton Exports. In a newer and more eubatantlal aenae than we have ever realized before. Cotton la kina, and the people of this country are paying willing tribute to the royal ata- pie. The balance of trade In our favor has been dwelt upon time and time again. It amounta to aomething like half a bllllozi dollara, which la bo much money that the average mind cannot even comprehend It. But It may come aa aomething of a aurprlae to moat people to real' lzo that the amount which our exporta of cotton contrib ute to thia balance of trade la, for the flrat time In our history, more than MOO,000,000. When we reflect that the value of our breadatulfa of all klnda exported for the flacal year Juat ended was only $188,000,000, those of provisions only $211,000,00d and those of Iron and atcel manufactures only $101,000,000, we get aomething 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 baa In creased very rapidly during the past few years. It was not until 1901 that it croaaed the $300,000,000 line, and In a short five years period it has grown to more than $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 quanUty exported In 1906 was about 700,000,000 pounds leas than In 1905, white the value was $21,000,000 more than In 1905. The exportation of manufactured cotton was also larger In 1906 than In any earlier year, aggregating prac tically $53,000,000, against $50,000,000 In 1905 and $22,- 500,000 in 1904. The growth In manufactured cotton has been quite as striking as that of raw material. Europe Is, of course, our principal customer for raw t .-Jan. The United Kingdom took last year $117,000,000 qfcjKh, Germany $101,000,000, France $45,000,000 and Italy about $27,000,000, whllo the other countries of Europe took about $32,000,000 worth. Japan la also a customer for our raw cotton, but very Irregular In the quantity bought, since she only buys largely of American cotton when prices are low, relying upon India and China In ypars when American prices are high. The value of cot ton exported to Japan In the fiscal year 1906 was, In round terms, $8,000,000; In 1906, $17,000,000, and In 1904, less than $3,000,000. In manufactured cotton China Is by far our largest customer. The total value of all cotton manufactures ex ported In the fiscal year 1906 was, aa above Indicated, $53,000,000 In round terms, of which about $30,000,000 went to China. Practically all of the cotton goods sent to China was In the form of cloth, the total value of cot ton cloths exported to Chinn In the year being $29,641,- 188, and of other cotton goods $172,887. The 'exports of cotton cloths to China lu the fiscal yeaV 1906 exceeded both in quantity and value those of any other earlier year, the value In 1906 being about two million dollara greater than In 1905. China's rank as a purchaser of American cottons la Indicated by the fact that of the 711,000,000 yards of cotton 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 Pair. (8pecla! Dispatch to The Journal.) New York, Aug. 31.—William J. Bryan was formally Invited to attend the Georgia slate fair In October by n committee of AUantans headed by President Alex W. Smith Thursday afternoon. The other members of the committee present at the In terview with Mr. Bryan were John Temple Gravos, Mayor Woodward. John S. Cohen, Nytn McCullough, Joseph E. Maddox and others. Mr, Bryan said he would be glad to come to At lanta In September, but was nfrald he could not come In October. Ho promised, however, to take the matter under consideration, and President Smith Is quite hopeful Bryan will Anally accept. It was with great difficulty that an audience was ar ranged. but Mr. Smith pooled Issues with Governor Jelka, of Alabama, and Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, and the Joint Invitation was extonded to visit the three states during October. Tho pressure on Mr. Bryan to accept la strong and the matter will again be preisod to his notice. This Is a special dlapatch from New York to The At lanta Journal. The Journal'! special representative In New York on that occasion was Its managing editor. He and be alone was personally acquainted with the Inci dent! of the invitation to Bryan from Atlanta. The In ference la conclusive that he sent It. The matter le trivial, but the spirit manlfoated la the dispatch Is so curious and suggestive that we cannot for bear explaining it. The editor of The Georgian without his 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 he should Introduce to Mr. Bryan Presi dent Alex W. Smith, of the fair association, and that .Mr. Smith should present the Invitation. Mr. Smith promptly declined and urged that the chairman of the delegation should present It, which was also urged by the commit tee and agreed upon. In the andden whirl of Mr. Bryan's arrival and the •oormous crowd pressing upon him the 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 Is perfectly aware of the fact that during that long hard push against the crowding aisles and cor ridors, the editor of The Georgian fulfilled his commission at great parsons! discomfort—that the editor of The Geor gian alone arranged the combination with Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, and Governor Jclks, of Ala bama, by which the three managed to almost force an audience with Mr. Bryan, and that the editor of 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 of personal knowledge of these 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 Journaltitle rivalry was put on the wires, the staff of The Georgian were publishing Interviews with the editor of The Journal and exploiting his political views and opinions with perfect freedom and unbiased generosity. There isn't a thing In the Incident The editor of The Georgian deserves and desires no credit for so sim ple a thing aa presenting an Invitation to Mr. Bryan. But we cannot forbear to contrast the methods of a real news paper with the methods of ''Special Managing Corre spondent." The Day We Celebrate. This Is the annual festival devoted to the cause of labor/ There are many occasions which bring out a greater amount of pin wheels and red Art, 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 alnow. It has become altogether too mnch 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 his brow. Tbe sybarites and the Idlers have dwelt upon tbe fall of Father Adam aa entailing a curse upon-mankind. But In point of fact It would be difficult to reallxo how we ever could have got on with out that exerclso of thew and sinew which that same fall 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 scien tists 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. Is entirely lost. Tho man who carves cherry stones with that high type of labor which is known as patience—the man who has tbe Infinite capacity for taking pains In small matters as well aa “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, Is Us own excuse for being Us own excellent reward. To tbe less recondite It Is Interesting to realise that the great cause which this holiday celebrates Is progress ing all over the world. The moBt conservative' of men are rapidly aloughlng off the ophidian opinion that organ ised labor means antagonism to the established institu tions which capital contributes so much to support. We honestly and frankly-believe that the time Is passing when the man who Identifies himself with the cause of labor, the man who believes in and contends for the prlnotple of employers' liability, for shorter hours and a more wholesome environment wherever he msy work, must at the same time be Identified with the followers of Ktrl Marx and his school of socialism And those who look forward hopefully to the achieve ments of organlxed labor are glad to realise that the civilised world recognizes more and more, as 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 He 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 -tbe second session of that congress and in future assemblages. It Is no more than tbe simple truth to say that no single movement In the world politics of recent times haa attracted more attention, and has mora justly at tracted the attention It haa 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 tbe sea,, but the fact remains that whatever tendency may be manifested In their own institutions Is reflected In the growth and prog ress of our own! And what haa been the history of the labor move ment in England within the past few years? We find Mr. John Burns with a position In the cabi net of the liberal government. He haa been In parlia ment for a long time, but even twenty years ago It would not have been believed, if any one had aald that a man who had so decidedly sprang from tho common people aa did John Burns would ever attain to the. eminence and Importance he now enjoys. It la trivial, and yet It la Illuminating, that a few weeks ngd, at a levee held by the King of England, a feminine member of tho aristocraoy meeting Mrs. Burns decided that It was the proper thing, In view of the pres ent political tendencies, to show some special considera tion tor the wife of the great labor leader In parliament, whereupon she Indited a dainty little billet doux to Mrs. Burns saying: ''It Is so far from Belgravia to Bayswater that t have never had tbe opportunity of calling upon you, but If you will accept an Invitation to be present at my fi o'clock tea on Tuesday afternoon, I shall be happy to see you.” To this polite missive Mrs. Burns sent tho succinct and highly significant reply; ‘T have been looking at the map of London and I find that It is exactly the same distance from Belgravia to Bayswater that it Is from Bayswater to Belgravia." This spirited reply on tho part of Mrs. Burns has placed her In a now light before the court ladles and the snobbish aristocracy of England. It Is entirely on a par with the now dignity and Importance which the labor element has ncqulrod In politics and In economics. It was almost a revolution when tbe liberals came Into power after a long period of exile and was paralleled only by our own Democracy. But undoubtedly the most notable Incident of the landslide was the fact that for the first time In English parliamentary history the catiao of labor acquired the balance of power. This la really true, for there, among tbe representatives of the third estate, sit fifty members who are chosen without regard to their conservative or their liberal predilections, but solely be cause of their devotion to the Interests of labor. He who overlooks the same tendency In our own political situation gravely and seriously misreads the signs of the times. As we have said before, the time has passed when the cause of labor Is Identified, even In the minds of the most superficial, with socialism and that rad icalism which finds support from so many political 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, bolding Itself aloof from Republicans and Populists and Socialists and even from Democrats, if need be, ever ready to throw its strength with the party which promises 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 Its ifurposes here In Atlanta are men of the highest type of ability and Integrity. No man could Impugn the high purposes which ant with something more than perfunctory pleasure that we greet them today with a cordial “All hall" and bid them be of good cheer as to the reforms which lie before them and the noble purposes which are to become concrete facts In tbe days that are close at band. Announcement Is mjde thst Benjamin H. Hill Is a candidate for a seat on the bench of the court of appeals. The elevation of this able and distinguished citlxen 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 ranks high In tho Judicial annals of the state. His father was one of the most eloquent and gifted men the Sonth has ever pro duced. It would be In the nature of the entire fitness of things for such a man as 61 r. Hill to be elevated to the position for which he has been proposed, and It would lend dignity and strength to the recently established court of appeals. GOOD ROADS PARAMOUNT. To the Editor of Tbe 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 Is numbered forty, a gain of nineteen place?, and showing she Is outrunning most of the other cities North and Sonth. Memphis and Nashville have merely maintained their relative posi tlons. Birmingham and Macon, like Atlanta, have gone forward, but the other cities of tbe 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 hack 42, 54 and 64 places, but It would be unkind to name them. Tbe 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—tbe largest city in the United States—Interest rates are low and wages are high. In small and unprogressivo cities the Interest charges are high—so arc taxes—and wage3 are low. The many, many advantages of living In a big city, are being so well understood by laboring peo ple that country help Is a scarcity. Unless a country Is opened up by first class roads hnvlng easy transporta tion to and from the city Its primitive condition will be a millstone about Us neck. Good roads'. Good roads'. Good roads! Very sincerely, CHARLES S. BONNEY. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 30. . i MANY DELEGATES E A TAR'S PHANTASM (Dedicated to Rear Admiral for valorous deeds as mate of the Lancet In her victorious maneuvers In Bibulous Bay, Starch 15, 1906.) 1 dreamed that I dwelt on an Isle of cracked Ice In the midst of a lake of champagne, Where bloomed the mint Juleps In meadows of graen, Amid showers of llthla rain. I reclined on a divan of lager beer foam. With a pillow of broth for my head, While the spray from a fountain of sparkling gin fizz 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 pouase cafe That rippled along over pebbles of snow, To a river of absinthe frappe. Then, lulled by the music of tinkling glass From the schooners that danced on the deep, I dreamily sipped a high ball or two ‘ ^ And languidly floated to sleep. ' And then I awoke on a bed full of rockg With a bolster as 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 evening stilt clung, I felt a bath towel stuffed Into my mouth. Which I afterward found was my tongue. And I groped for the thread of the evening before In a mystified maze of my brain. Until a great light burst upon me at last; I’m off of the wagon again! ENFORCE VAG. TO Li New Grand Jucdrs Will Se lect Successor to Judge Walter Ormond. CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL OPEN TUESDA Y Supt. Slaton Expects Attendance of 1J,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. Lust year there was an attendance of 18,200, and this year Superintendent Staton expects to ass at least 16,000 names registered. There will not be so many to enter until the first of October. Monday should be the regular on trance day, but on account of the fact that the first Monday In September le Labor Day, the opening la always post poned until the following Tuesday. The first day will be devoted to or ganisation and the Issuance of lists of books and supplies needed, and rou tine work will commence In earnest Wednesday morning. Drop Vsrtloal System. Tho moet Important change In the system of teaching will be the dropping of the vertical system of writing, nnd the return to the slant system, which was the only one known to our fathere. On account of Its apparent greater legibility nnd simplicity the vertical system was some years ago adopted, and the return to the old style comes as a result of complaints from the busi ness men of the city that the vertical eystem was much the slower and no more legible. Professor J. H. Smith, who has charge of the business 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 Miss Elisabeth Getz, who comes from Charleston, S. C„ where ehe has had a large measure of success. She will devote her entire time to the Instruction of the pupils of tbs 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 eophomore class at the Tech. 3,500 New Pupils Register. Up to Monday morning there had been more than 2,600 pupils who had not been In the public schools last year, and while Superintendent Slaton would give out no predictions as to the en rollment for this 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 le a distinct advance, os In the past very few have continued the term longer than the five months, for which the state provides. There are thlrty-nlna schools In the county, of which twenty-four are white and fifteen colored. Superintendent Brittain, of the county schools Is very enthusiastic over the prospect for a larger attendance than the county „• , , -- - -- schools have ever known before, and ! ‘ , } , l' I c ne £ n j* I° rb ld- also Increased, Interest In education, as | ^ Pf. "A man must labor enough to keep 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 dol lar and a half a day and works only one day In the week he Is not earning a bona fide support. A man who Is hungry Is of course more likely to' 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 slx> 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 Is the way Judge Pendleton changed the grand Jury In the superior court this morning. He reminded them further that this matter was very 1m 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 forcemen.t of the vagrancy laws. Judge Pendleton said: "So far as I know, thsre has 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 Exouse for Gaming.” In charging tho Jury on gaming, for which crime he said there was earthly excuse, the Judge said that, so far as he knew, and so far as he had been able to learn from the officers of the law, there was not at present sany 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 of affairs, he said, tho 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 If he Is not arrested, he will In the course of a year's experi ence have more trouble than If he left his weapon at home. His knowledge that he Is armed emboldens him to per haps pick a fight where he would not do so otherwise.' Judge Pendleton called the attention of 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 II- shown by tho longer term which Is es tablished, he hopes, permanently, This Is the first time that all of the county schools have run the full nine months CUBAN GOVERNMENT - DETERMINED TO FIGHT Turns Down Offer of Veterans for Ami cable Settlement. By Private I-oesed Wire. Havana, Sept. 1.—General t'ebreco, representing the Cuban veterane, has had a long talk with President Palma with a view of arbitrating the differ ences between the government and the rebels. President Palma told the gen eral that the veterans were welcome to confer with the rebels atid 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 cltliena. When General Cebreco left the palace he met General Mlco, the chief dis bursing officer of the army of libera tion, who, on seeing Cebreco'a downcast face, said; “Didn’t I tell you that the old man would not listen even for the country's sake?" General t'ebreco answered sadly: “You were right." This kills the lust hope of an arnica the sympathy of vets. General Mlco, who was one of the most prominent generals In the war of liberation, succeeding Mnceo when the latter was killed, said: "The govern ment’s act In not recognizing the vet erans Is apparent. Cubans such as are now In the field can hold out In definitely by breaking up In numberless parties of 40 or 60 men. Spain's ex perience should have taught the gov ernment officers better, but they are not the men who fought In the war for Independence. X could take a few ne groes 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 as sistance of the United States,- but when this was broached to members of the government tl was met with such on emphatic denial as to leave no room 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 III abide by the results. facts "The Journal's Special Correspondent," writing to i mate them iu whatever they may undertaka, and it la I and probably will cost the government Herald today. IN PARI8. Specie! to Tbe Georgian. Paris, Sept. J.—Mrs. G. L. Frost, of Macon, Ga., registered at the office of hie settlement of the recent troubles | the European edition of The New York medical colleges. He told them of their duty to look Into the various depart ments of the county government and see that they arc being run properly. To 8elect Ormond's Successor, The Jury was told to select a succes sor of the late Walter'T. Ormond, no- tary public and Justice of the peace, and two members of 4he county school board. In the selection of the ter he advised the Jurors to see, so far as possible, thnt all parts of the county were represented on the board. The grand Jury selected Colonel A. J. West ns foreman. The other mem bers are J. R. Nutting. John M. Green, F. J. Paxon, Alonzo Richardson, dames M. 1'mlper, Ernest Woodruff, Albert Steiner, W. H. Kiser, Deinps Perker- son, S. C. Huff, B. M. Blount, Benja min F. Boyd, Edwin Klngsbcry, Joseph Thompson, H. L, Haralson, Wllmer I. Moore, Frank Ilawklmi. and William J. Davis. Several other members will be added tomorrow. Roby Robinson, John Temple Graves, Henry A. Inman, George E. King and i'lark Howell were among those ex cused from servlco or out of the city One petit Jury and a part of a sec ond were selected. The court adjourn ed at 1U o'clock until Tuesday morn ing. WILL WORK CONVICTS ON COUNTY ROADS Special to Ttie Gporgtau Balnbrldge, Ga., Sept. J.—The coun ty commissioners have deemed it ad visable to work the county convicts on the public roads. Instead of hiring them out to private parties, as has been done for some time. The county convicts at present are worked by Hodges & Powell, turpentine operators, at Gyrene. They will continue to work the women and children, but beginning Monday the men will be worked on the public roads. The scarcity of labor In the county was the occasion for this action on the part of the commissioners. It Is thought that the rood work will be carried on much faster than It has been with the convict labor. Session To Be Brief, Prob- ably Lasting Only a Few Hours. 8|hcIh| to The Georgian Macon, Ga„ Sept. 3.—The delegatti are beginning to pour Into the city o, every train for the state Democratic convention, which will convene In the city auditorium here tomorrow n noon. None of the lenders have as y e ( arrived on tho grounds, but they art expected this afternoon, and will j,. vote the afternoon, night and tomorrow to getting the lines In good shape (or 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. Ing to a schedule. The delegates have all been selected by Mr. Smith, and arc presumably In full sympathy and ac. cord with his Ideas of how the con- ventlon should go. Decorating Hall. The auditorium Is being.handsomely decorated today. The central piece ot the decorations, will be a great picture of Hoke Smith directly over the cen. ter of the front of the stage, and the 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. Elec tric fans will add to the comforts ot the delegates and all manner of re freshments will be on band for the gentlemen. Entertainment of Delegates. The hotels and restabrants of the city have made ample preparations to attend to the entertainment of the del egates, but no stress Is expected under this head, as many of the members of the convention will come Into the city In the morning ant] leave on the late afternoon trains for their homes. There will not even be a quarrel over the personnel of the officers of the con vention, as all this has been settled Is advance. Judge Miller Will be Chairman. The chairman of the convention and the state executive committee will be Judge A. L. Miller, with Congressman T. W. Hardwick as vies chairman. 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 aa chairman of the committee on resolutions and platform. As , Mr. Gray Is very pronounced In hls views on certain matters, some very plain statements can be expected. It Is generally thought that the planki 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 officers . by a direct vote of the people will bo adopted and that the Macon conven- tlon will be the last one of any Impor- ; tance held In this state. One date (or i all state and county primaries will be ' selected by tho convention. The .Democratic convention of the Sixth congressional district meet hen today and nominated Hon. Charles L Bartlett for his seventh term as repre sentative from this district. Strony resolutions were passed Indorsing the course of Mr. Bartlett since he has been In congress. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 8EPTEMBER 3. llKl-Innugoratlon of Illebard I at West- minster. 1642—British defeated the Irish at the bat* tie of Llsoarrol. HKiS—Oliver Cromwell died. Born April S, 1560. British marched upon Philadelphia njw Americans retreated across Urn nay* nine. 1783—Treaty of peace, acknowledging Inile- peiidciice of l?nlted States, sinned wltn -Kln" t K!IIgI‘ 1 ciup*ror uf Chinn, do throned. . 1850— Itnehel, the great French actress, minis her American delmt In New \«rk. 1877*-!.onI* A. Thiers. French historian, died. Horn April It, 1797. . 19K—Kd ward Kggleston, author of ,, Htwsl# Schoolmaster," died. WHEN WE HAVE 8AID GOtJD-BYE. me iieni . Shall he by faint and tender breete caress* When we have aald good*bye. Tin* fragrance of the jessamine will swnsa Through the still ulght; Its rich perfuial will vie With honeysuckle and magnolia bloom. ‘Til morning route, ns ours for os, t«w « ,, os» When w«* ha vs said good-bye. Across the vault of hearen In lace-like f The star-shine of the Mltky Way shall li«j chittigeles* thing of comfort, wucu » mam nr from a wormwood mockery of home, Ami we have wild good-byy. tin's *U!ia on the sonth shall he *• ..right, .. , As green shall Ik* the wheat Helds nnd ts« Idle’ tiie loug lanes shall wait for of Ijedtgtit „ With ferns ami flowers and soft suniiusr light. When we have said good-bye. Yes, for ns. nil these things shall beucef«»rtl Hern through a mitt of tears, with Fait wt5l I know your own heart, tcidagiy. Shall feel the stab of myriad memory. When we have said good-bys. Vain, now, my wnrnlng and reproachful tears: __ Go! l»rlde sufflceth: ami your hitter cry. When you have shed the ssporstltlou* That wrecked our pure Arcadia of the And hade you soy good-bye. The woven fabric of our lives lo twain Is rent. To what avail? For we so **a IUh*t lie n Where nevermore the snnsbtne or the r*i* lay nee us. laughing, hand lo band af* ia> When we have sub! good-bye. Ah. love, tbe years* oncreeplng will b* Without you. liuntb wltn grief 1 long ** die. .but. dead. I tuny forget I let you go. And never wake. In weary palu. to kn«*w That we have said gvod-by*. . ‘—Grace KlrXlaiii