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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY. SETT EMBER 12. 1900.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor,
f. L. SEELY, President.
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An Appeal to Our Contemporaries.
We cordially Invite the cooperation of our esteemed
contemporaries of The Journal and The Constitution In
the light which we are malting In behalf of the people for
cheaper gaa and better service on the street railroads
and In our electric lights.
The Journal has declared Itself to be a friend of the
people and every public Interest In which the people are
Involved. We have great regard for The Journal, and
' barring some slight and occasional -lapses from the high
lines of courtesy and fairness, we believe It to be a great
and useful newspaper. We are quite sure that The Jour
nal could not devote Its energies and Its Influence to a
better cause and to one In which tho people are more
vitally Interested than In this light for the essential com
modities of lighting and of transportation.
What railroad transportation rates and passenger
tariffs are to the people of the state, street railroad trans
portation Is to the people of Atlanta, and The Journal,
which ought to be as true a friend of Atlanta as It Is to
the state, can scarcely refuse with consistency to stand
by the people of Atlanta as It has so often professed Its
loyalty to the people of the state.
Now, then, here Is a case where the citizens of At
lanta, rich and poor, and more particularly the people
who use gas and electricity, are profoundly concerned
both In their pockets and In their prosperity tor the Is
sue which has been raised. We should be particularly
pleased If The Journal would Join The Georgian In its
effort to secure for the people of Atlanta cheaper gas and
a more honest and equitable estimate of the amount of
gas which they actually consume. If The Journal will
Join us In this eminently necqssary and public spirited
effort In behalf of the people, we promise The Journal
in advance that there shall be no wrangling over the
credit due for the success of the work. If the effort
shall be successful, we shall not at any time remind The
Journal that we were tho first to start It and shall not
. seek to absorb any greater degree of credit than la our
due.
And the same assurances we cheerfully offer The
Constitution In this matter. The Constitution Is a paper
with a great and honorable record. It Is the oldest paper
In the fftty nnd'one of the oldest In the state. Wer have
never believed that It was less than true to the city or
to the people, and If The Constitution will lond the
weight of Its name and of Its Influence In this struggle,
we shall be only too happy to Indulge In mutual felicita
tion If the three of us shall be able to accomplish this
good work for the people of the city which Is dear to
us all.
We are quite confident that If The Constitution and
The Jouran! will Join with The Georgian In this fight
which they know to be right and which they know to be
necessary, that we shall In our combined strength be able
to effect a very desirable reform and a most necessary
saving to the people who so largely support us with
their subscriptions and with their advertising cards. We
are not In this light for any particular prestige which
It may bring to The Georgian. It la our desire to serve
the people of Atlanta, and If we can best serve the peo
ple of Atlanta by marching shoulder to shoulder with our
Influential and always esteemed contemporaries, there
shall be no heart burnings or bickerings or small envy-
Inga as to who has been the most Influential or the most
effective when the fight Is over.
And so, once more, we cordially and heartily Invoke
the cooperation of our able and esteemed contempora
ries In our effort to secure for the people of Atlanta
cheaper gas and a more considerate handling of the
great question of urban and suburban transportation.
The Y. M. C. A.’s Great Work.
The current Year Book Issued by ths Young Men's
Christian Association shows that the organisation, dur
ing the past two years, has Increased In numbers equal
to the total membership of the association thirty years
ago.
It Is always gratifying to the friends of moral and
uplifting Influences to know that the association Is flour
ishing and the figures Just Issued bear out the hope In
every particular. The total world membership Is now
406,789, which, ns we have said, Is an Increase of 32,000
In two years. The report for 1901 showed an Increase
of 118.000 since 1900, while the figures for 1906 Indicated
as great a growth In the five years then ending aa had
marked the 47 years gone before.
It may be true, as Is sometimes contended, that
church attendance Is falling off. but the country cannot
wholly go to the bad so long as this noble work Is kept
up. A large measure of Its success Is attributable to
the fact that the Y. M. (. A. has been constantly broaden
Ing Its scope. Its educational efforts. Its social features,
and perhaiw more than anything else the opportunity it
affords for physical development have all contributed
toward bringing Into membership thousands of young
men every year who are thus trained, mentally, physical
ly and spiritually, tq the most delightful and yet ever
uplifting environment
It Is a significant and pleasing fact that In the 466
gymnasiums, In the swimming pools, the athletic Selds
and the bowling alleys conducted by the association more
than 163,000 men and boys are now taking regular and
. systematic exercise. There are nearly 40,000 enrolled
students In the educational classes.
It was a noble mind In which the Idea was first bom
to establish this great work, where good training might
be bad under Christian Influences, without giving any
austere aspect to religion.
Atlanta Is particularly proud of her own Y. M. C. A.
Its officers and directors are doing a great work and
the membership* represents the best In the young man
hood of the city. We trust that It will grow and prosper
with eaqh succeeding year.
Bryan and His Sunshine Friends.
It is interesting to note the gyrations of poli*
ticians, journalistic and otherwise, around the for*
tunes of William J. Bryan.
And it is not inspiring to one’s admiration for
his fellowraen to observe the eagerness with whieh
the most of theso fellow saeclaim Bryan when he
is riding the crest of the wave, and how timorously
they shrink away from him whon any consecutive
criticism is leveled at his utterances.
There have been many such ebbs and flows in
the tide of the great Nebraskan’s fortunes. Just
before the national convention of 1904, and im
mediately following upon the triumph in the pri
maries of that great mistake, Alton B. Parker, the
popularity of William J. Bryan was in a very dis
tinct eclipse. The papers even of the South were
saying some very unkind and disrespectful things
about him, and among the dailies of derogation
were some into whose windows we could throw a
stone from our own roof without regard to comers.
The scrapbook which contains these interesting ef>
fusions is not yet in demand.
When the “Great Commoner”—every whit as
great then os now—visited Atlanta during this po-
riod, it was Borrowful to see how the leading politi
cians got away from town, and but for gallant and
loyal young Democrats of the Young Men’s League,
the greatest of Americans would have had a cold
reception in tho capital of Georgia.
And hero a few weeks ago, when the Princess
Irene was steaming across the seas bearing its illus
trious freight to a world-beating welcome, the very
sir was thick with the adulations and the protesta
tions of “Democrats in our midst” who had been
in the ice box in 1904. It was a race to lead the
procession Bryanward.
And now upon the breath of a few criticisms
from the ultra conservatives of the party upon ut
terance in the Bryan speech, these timid time-serv
ers are once more shrinking into their stalls and
seeking cover in case of a possible rain of corporate
protest
Among the thousand faults to which we plead
guilty the sin of the turn-coat ia not among them
if wc know it. Time of all times when we were
truest and most loyal to Tom Watson was when he
was at the heighth of hia unpopularity with the
party To whioh wo belong.' ^ We were -his friend
when he needed friends, and his defender at a time
when some of his “friends of the hour” were prick
ing him with pens and insulting him with cartoons.
The time of all times when we were most loyal
to the fortunes of Bryan was in that period pre
ceding and following the St. Louis convention,
when he was the target for the malevolent and un
grateful paragraphs of those who had split the air
with his praises in the senith of his popularity. It
was just then in that hour of shadow and eclipse
that we wrote tho prophecy which Augustus Thom
as recalled as fact in' his speech of introduction in
Madison Square, that “if Bryan lived for twenty
years and maintained the levels of his present integ
rity, that he would stand to this country as Wil
liam E. Gladstone stood to England aud to the
world—as tho Great Commoner of his time.”
It has come sooner than we thought, but we al
ways knew it would come.
Let me whisper to you esteemed contempora
ries of a timid mind toward greatness one sub
stantial fact: This great man of Nebraska is here
to stay. He may bavo his ups and downs in the
agreement and dissent of the public with his views.
But he will not fade upon the canvas whereon his
generation has limned hi mas a great man. Chief
among his achievements is the fact that he has
convinced his countrymen and the world of his
sincerity. They believe in his truth, and they trust
his integrity. Then, too, in every advocacy that
he fathers there is a high, clear moral note which
has ahvaff's ruled and will always rule, and should
always rule the world. Bad as men may be, they
turn to goodness ns the meadows to the rain—the
flowers to the sun.
And Bryan is a fixed star in the political con
stellation of tho times.
You may as well remain on tho Hrayn band
wagon, our timorous friends. He may or may not
be president, but he will never be less than a vast
potential force among the parties Bnd principles
of the American government while he lives.
The Jubilee edition of Tho Baltimore American It
one of the handaomeat special numbers ever laaued In the
South. Its forty |>ages reflect the magnificent achieve
ment of the city, particularly since the disastrous Are.
It la rich In Illustrations and on the whole la highly
creditable to The American and to Baltimore.
The circus season reminds us: Isn't U about time
for Johnny Lowlow to die again?
McLendon of Thomas.
The volets of Georgia will rarely have bad an op
portunity to vote for a Georgian of the highest, gentlest
and cleanest type than in the candidacy of the Hon.
Guyt McLendon for railroad commissioner In the Octo
ber election.
The editor of The Georgian has known Mr. Mc
Lendon for more than thirty years of personal Intimacy.
We knew him In the flush of his vigorous youth when
the great Ben Hill pronounced one of hts speeches In the
legislature of 1880 to be the ablest legislative utterance
of the year. We knew him during the long years of his
connection with the great railway aystema of the South
west, out of which he came without criticism and with
out stain. We knew him, too, in the period In which
health was stolen from him by overwork, and we re
call how In those shadowed years that must have com
passed such wealth of suffering and disappointment and
Imprisoned ambition, he bore himself unfailingly with
the gentleness, the cheerfulness and the unselfish courage
which stamps the truly great, and has come out of them,
tempered as by fire to clear Ideala, to crystal comprehen
sion of affairs, and to the largest and moat substantial
equipment for service to the state.
No man who offers for an office this year In Georgia
Is better equipped and qualified to All It with character
and attainment than the convention's candidate for tho
railway commission.
We have no criticism to make of Mr. Thomas Cren
shaw. He has a right to run as a Democrat or as an In
dependent for any office that he seeks.
But knowing McLendon, of Thomas, as we know
few men, and knowing the caliber of his attainments
and the purity of his character, we simply congratulate
the voters of Georgia upon the opportunity to stamp the
seal of their approval upon a public and private character
so clean, so capable and so loyal as his.
The Tabernacle Lyceum Course.
There can be no good reason why the people of At
lanta should go without amusement and instruction when
such an array of talent Is offered at a nominal coat as
that which will make up the Tabernacle Lyceum course
for the coming season.
The announcement of this list has been made, and
season tickets are now on aale for all eight of the at
tractions at a cost of one dollar.
The Tabernacle Lyceum has been a gfeat success In'
the past and has had a generous patronage, but the
program for the coming season will be. still more attrac
tive and the Indications are that the attendance will be
the largest In the history of this excellent organization.
This course, which comprises Music, oratory, wit. hu
mor and the whole gamut of entertainment, would easily
be worth live dollars, but by purchasing tickets within
the next three days they may be had for the nominal
sum stated.
When fifteen hundreds tickets have been sold, two
additional attractions will be secured, making ten in nil.
As an educational Institution, the Tabernacle Lyceum
is In the very forefront and It Is growing In favor every
year. It richly deserves the patronage of the people and
we have no doubt that It will be accorded It In liberal
measure.
All dates for the entire season have already been
fixed and will be printed on the ticket.
A ROUND OF GEMS
BY GRACE KIRKLAND
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• THE RECKONING.
One shall judge, when the dsy ts over;
What though some finite law delay!
Tarry not now to carp or wonder,—
There shall tie One to balance and weigh!
lias any wrong been yony soul's undoing.
Or an Idol too swiftly returned to clay!
Soft; 1st It puss. At the Inst reviewing.
There shall lie One to balance and'weigh!
Ia there some secret, dark traaagreaalon
Conscience would bring to tbe light of
dayl
Weak la the Impnlae for confeaelon!
There ahall be One to balance and weigh!
Mourn yon, too late, an Indlacretlon
That changed tba gold of aome life to
gray?
Still the remnrae: In that llfe'a completion,
There ahall be One to balance and weigh!
One ahall Judge when the day 1 !a over,
"Vengeance la mine. Yea, I will repay!"
What will the teat of the acalea dtacorer,
When there ahall be One to balance and
weight
8EVERED.
How may love apan. If the Croae divide?
Fruitless tbe tongtiig. ever:
Cruahed, In the shade that It caata, 1 hide,
For the light gllnta all on the other able; .
O tba Blender Cross, tbnt la yet an wide
That naught may bridge It over!
Fare forth, beloved. In the heaven-sent
light.
Nor pause at my parting moan;
Where tbe ibndow fnlla tbnt baa made my
night,
'Neath a dual Croaa'that ran Ideaa or blight.
Let me ahrlnk Jnat now from your pitying
aliht; *
Fare forth, while I weep, alone!
PATIENCE.
Ye who wotdd squeexe line wine from out
the pnss,
Learn that long years of nurture mast
precede
The vintage that shall tempt the Ups' ca
ress;
A wanton simmer day matures the weed.
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Growth and Progress of the New South
Cedar this head will appear from time to time Information IllnatraUng the
remarkable development of the South which deserves something more than pass
ing attention.
Increased Consumption of Cotton.
Secretary Heater, of the New O rleans cotton exchange, announces that
the South’s consumption of cotton during the flecal year, which ended with
August, wae over 2,874,000 bales, which waa an Increase of practically 200,-
000 bales over the year before.
This ia a substantial Illustration of the rapidity with which the cotton
Industry of the South ts expanding and fires ua a clear Idea that wtthln
the next few years the supremacy which la so rapidly tending In thli di
rection will be complete.
But while the number of bales consumed In the South le Increasing year
after year. It etlll remains true that our export of raw cotton la Increasing—
In fact, that the total amount of raw cotton exported last year passed the
•400,000,000 mark, and by far exceeded the value of any other merchandise
sent out of the country- The exports of breadstuffs of all kinds aggre
gated 3186,000,000, those of provisions but 82X1.000,000, and those of Iron
and steel manufacturee but 8101.600,000. Within the past half decade, the
value of cotton exported has grown from 1300,000,000. to 3400,000,000, an
Increase of 33 per cent. The advance In the price of the staple has had
much to do with thja, for In 1(06, 700,000,000 pounds leas cotton was .shipped
■broad than In 1906, and yet Its value was 321,000,000 more.
The American Cotton Manufacturer, of Charlotte, commenting on this,
says:
The greater part of this cotton, of course, went to Great Britain,
Germany and France, Recently, however, there has entered the msrket for
American cotton a new customer, who bids fair to play no Inconspicuous
part In the future. Japan’s taking of the raw product la growing rapidly,
her manufacturer* having expressed a decided preference for the Ameri
can staple.
The record of growth In exportation of raw material has been main
tained In the department of manufactured products.
In 1906, $63,000,000 worth of goods was shipped abroad, as against 150,-
000,000 worth In 1006, and 130,600.000 worth In 1004. China ta the principal
customer of American manufactured product*, taking In 1900, 129,041,000
worth of cotton cloths, which waa 12,000,000 worth more than the year
previous.
There la every reason to believe that the trade In American manufac
tured cotton products abroad, will Increase at a rapid rate In the next few
years. The department of commerce and labor In Washington Is exerting
Itself ae It has not done In the past. Special agents are being sent Into South
America, Into Turkey, India, China and elsewhere, seeking Information that
will aid American manufacturers In developing new trade territory. In ad
dition to those already In the field, two experts of recognised worth were
recently dispatched abroad for special work. A spirit Is beginning to man
ifest Itself which Is making for larger and better things. While the record
for the paat year In manufactured cotton products was good. It Is but a
pointer to what Is to follow In the development of American textile trade
abroad.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 12.—Here are eome
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—C. B. Brldwcll, Mrs. H,
Ouse, C. C. Nichols, R. E. Park, J.'H.
Reynold*, J. A. Riley, J. W. Russell, K.
O. Stathsm, Mr*. W. H. Wlggs, W. E.
Christian, Miss W. E. Payne, Sira. J. C.
Paine, Mias E. Russell, S. V. Selver,
W. R. C. Smith, M. A. Blue, C. L
Chosewood, H. S. Courtney, Jr., G. R.
Hurt, W. C. Lewis, E. F. McGahee.
Mrs. J. D. Patterson, Miss L. Klrkcsl-
die, E. F. MacAuley, E. Perklnson, F.
H. Shumate, Mr*. J. Patterson, M. B,
Yates, P. A. Allen, C. Parker.
AUGUSTA—J. A. Clark, Mr#. M. L.
Clark, Mr*. E. Jack, Miss A. Kreln, W.
L. Boyce, A. H. Merrick, Mrs. S. Moore.
L. Smith.
SAVANNAH—A. O. Guerard, R. F.
Kennedy, L. Meyer, J.'C. Posted, J. P.
Williams.
MACON—L. W. Little, L. P. Scho
field.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. 12.—The follow
ing Georgians are registered at Wash
ington hotels:
J. F. Oovyun, of Augusta: Miss Sa
rah Holt, J. M, Sewell, Mrs. Senell, of
Columbus; W. A. Wlnburn, J. G. Cor
bett, of Savannah, at tho New Willard;
R. S. Anderson and wife, of Macon,
at the Riggs; Mr. unit Mrs. Perkins,
of Atlanta; J. B. Legators, of Macon,
at the St. James; W. M. Hoke, of At
lanta, at the National; Thomas R.
Wright and wife, Mlsi Ohrm, of Au
gusta; W. A. McGregor, of Atlanta, at
the Raleigh.
Modern School vs. Old School.
Of course, whatever may be estab
lished with reference to the Intellec
tual product of the old schools of for
mer days, a door will still be open for
those who mourn the decline of morals
and the disappearance of “old-fash-
loned honesty" from the Innd. Just
now we are right In the midst of lam
entation* of this sort. Those who In
cline to optimism have newspaper and
frensted magnilnes thrust before their
eyes to be converted by reports of In
vestigations Into various forms of
"graft." We are told that men occu
pying positions of trust and honor
have been found wanting In the vir
tues which are the very root of man
liness and righteousness. All these
things are true, ulae! But arc they
the products nf the modern School.
Look at the men at whom an Indignant
public Is pointing the Unger of scorn.
Their hair Is white, their eyes- have
long lost the brighines of youth, their
step Is tottering: they were trained in
the "thorcug!" schools of the past,
where the achi».loia»tar’s word waa
law, where "lickin' nn' I'arnln'” went
hand In hand, where the three Rs
were the supreme anxiety. The In
vestigators of these men who have
brought disgrace upon this country—
they are the products of the modern
achool. Philadelphia was redeemed
from polltcat slavery by the young men
of the city. Almost everywhere the
warfare upon "graft" has had Its be
ginning In the rang* nf young men,
most of them graduated from college
within the last ten or twelve years.
These'young men had Ideals and could
not stand Idly by while monstrous
evils were threatening to corrode the
very foundations of democratic Insti
tutions. These young men founded
good government clubs, not minding
the scoffs of their cynical seniors.
They organised vigilance committee*
to bring to task the betrayers of pub
lic trusts, whom a diffident generation
had lifted Into power.—Forum.
Tho Brighter Sid*.
It le best not to think too much of
the horrors of the San Francisco earth
quake and Are. The great catastrophe
Itself Is beyond the comprehension of
all save Its living victims. The work
of the human annuls nnd the fate
meted out to them, the trenohes filled
with unrecognizable bodies, tne ghastly
remnants lying among twisted steel
and crumbling atone, should be forgot
ten. As for the rest, all wilt come out
right. A little story which comes over
the wires undoubtedly applies to hun
dreds nf coses In Son Francisco,' and
pictures one aspect of the situation
there. Justice Shaw, of the California,
supreme court, hurried to San Fran
cisco upon receiving news of the
earthquake. The apartments In which
hts Wire had been stopping were burn
ed. AU the Information be could ob-
THI8 DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 12.
1803— Henry Huit*oii Iwgnii hi* vny:ij;p up
the rlror which l»cnrn lit* nmne.
16S5—TurkUh iiruiy route*! Iicforc Vlcimn hr
uHim miller columnti<! of Johu Hohlmkl
II 11(1 the duke of laorniliic.
1776—\VnmIiIncton nml bin army entered
Philadelphia nfter the defeat nt Itrnii-
dr wine.
1812—General Hnrrlnon compelled the In-
diniii* to raise the *l»*gu nt Fort
Wnjrne.
1829—Hpn tilth nr my nnr rendered to the Mex
icans under Mnntn Atm nt Tnmpl-
1850— Fugitive nlnvc Idll pnn*i>d by hounc of
ivpnwntntlvf*.
1852—11. II. Awiulth, Itritlnh ntntmmnn,
horn.
1862—t’liloii* nnd fonfeileritten enjrnffcd In
light nt Middletown. Md.
1872—ticnernl B. 8. McCook n*Kr*ft<dtinted hr
I*. 1*. Wluterninte nt Yankton. Dnk.
1878— t'lcopntrn*n needle m»t up on the
Thitiuen einhnnkment.
1953— I’nlted Staton crulner Maryland launch
ed nt Newport News* Vo.
Kindergarten Optnt.
Special to The (icorjtlan.
Athens. Oa., Sept. 12.—Mins Carrie
Walden opened her kindergarten and
primary nchool this morning at her
home. 93 Hull Rtreet. The opening was
Indeed flattering.
tain waa that *he had been Keen mov
ing with the crowd of refugees on the
street!.
For three day« and nlghta he
searched among the frtghtende throng*
In the park** now on foot nnd now in
what vehicle* he could obtain. Once
he heifrd that ahe had been neen In
one of the parka. He went there, but
could not And her. Rick nt heart, he
hurried to Los Angelea for money and
clothing. There the atorv end*, but
doubtle** he ha* found hla wife ere
now. To them will come aa a com-
pen*atl<»n a closer and dearer tie. born
of their grief and anlxety. In the
•ame way, the aufferlng and terror
will make atronger the wedding Imnds
formed within the glare of the burning
city, when *corea of young women
put themaelvc* under the protection
of the men t? whom they wera be
trothed.—Cleveland Leader.
Nooks and Corners
of American History
The New York Tea Party.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
All the world haa heard, over and
over again, of the Boston Tea Party-!
the famous function which came off ™
tho 10th day of December, .1773.
Not eo extensive, by any means u
the fame of the New York Tea Part,
which waa planned on the very day 0 !
the Boston function, but which, owing
to no fault of the New Yorkers, ,n
for eome little time delayed.
John Flake, In his "American Revo,
lutlon,” aays of the Boston Tea Party
that It was "an event so great that
American historians have general!,
failed to do It Justice."
The New York Tea Party was | n
every sense of the word as great aa ths
Boston affair, and the same may ba
said of the-tea party held on the 24th
of October, 1774, by the women <,»
Edenton, North Carolina, and yet ther
are ecareely mentioned, save 'by loci
historians.
. So soon os the bill putting the ta
on tea had passed the British parlls-
ment, the people of New York passed
the following ringing resolution:
"Resolved, That whoever shall aid or
abet,'or In any manner assist In the
Introduction of ten from any place
whatsover Into this colony, while It le
subject, by a British act of parliament,
to the payment of a duty for the pur
pose of raising a revenue In America,
shall be deemed an enemy to the liber
ties of America.”
On the 10th of December—the very
day of the Boston Tea Party—the New
York Bona of XJberty met In City hall
and ewore by their homes and fire,
sides, by their wive* and children, by
the country that they loved and the lib.
erty for which they were ready to die
that not nn ounce of tea should be
landed In New York.
This patriotic oath was taken upon
hearing that the ship with the hated
tea was nearing the port and might be
expected at any hour.
It was a false alarm, and it wan not
until the fallowing spring, April 11,
1774, that the Nancy, Captain Lock-
yer, arrived oft Bandy Hook bringing
the tea destined for New York.
Captain Lockyer very naturally
wanted his ship piloted up the harbor,
but no pilot could be found who would
render the desired service. The cap.
tain then asked that he be permitted
to go up to the city to see hla con
signee. This was granted upon the
understanding that he was not to go
near the custom house.
The consignee when seen positively
refused to touch the tea, and advised
the captain to take It right bock to
England.
In the meantime the committee of
vigilance took possession of the Nan
cy's beats to prevent the escape of
her crew. A few day* after hla ar
rival Captain Lockyer, being a level,
headed, aenalbl* man, and taking In the
situation Just aa It was, wisely con
cluded to take his tea back to Eng
land. He was escorted to the foot of
Wall street, by the Sons of Liberty,
who fired a salute aa he left them at
the water’s edge on his wqy to the
Nancy. A guard from the vigilance
committee remained with the ship until
she had got several miles beyond San
dy Hook. •
Captain Chambers, of the London,
denied that he had tea on board hie
ship, but finally confessed that he had
a certain numoer of casks of hla own,
with which the East India Company
had nothing to do.
But the Son* of Liberty were oppoeed
to tea about that time on general prin
ciples, and they Immediately withdrew
for deliberation to a coffee home at
Pearl and Wall streets.
The result of the deliberation waa to
the effect that the tea should be de
stroyed.
By a unanimous rote the tea was
confiscated, and by resolute hands was
taken out of the ship's hold, the cheats
broken open and the contents scattered
upon the waters of the river.
There was no loud noise, no violence.
It was the cslm, deliberate, determined
atclon of men who had sworn that they
would not be.taxtd by an assembly 1a
which they had no representation.
Such waa the New York Tea Party-
an event which. In the language of
John Flake, "hlstorlana'have generally
failed to do Juetlce."
Street Railway for Amerieus.
Sport nt to The Georgian.
Amerieus, On., Sept. 12.—A petition
has been placed before the city coun
cil by Northern parties for the privi
lege of lights and street railway for
Amerieus. So far nothing definite has
been done by the council on the peti
tion.
To Build An Auditorium.
Special to The Georgian.
Madleon. Ga.. Sept. 1J—citizens
held a mass meeting here yesterday
and adopted resolution* asking the
mayor and city council to make tha
county commissioners an offer f"r the
old court houae nnd lot, with the view
of erecting a nice auditorium on It wj
the use of the county In general, and
all large gatherings, which will OH 1
long needed want here.
AFTON WATER.
gently, sweet Afton, among r -- T
green, braes; .hr
Flow
green arses; ,,,-
Flow gently, I'll ting thee a song la tW
My llaryhi aaleep by tby mormartai
Flow’gently, sweet Afton, dlatnrb not her
dreslu.
Thou stock dove whose echo resounds
Ye wihTwfaatilng Idackblrds In yon th«™»
Thou 'green-crested lapwing, thy seres mini
t charge you dlatnrb not my atombertaf
How lofty, sweet Afton. tby getgbborla*
Far marked with tbe cdorses of clear
winding rills! . h i-tj,
Tliere dolly I wonder as ooon rises n'e»
My flocks and my Mnry's sweet
my eye.
How pleasant tby I sinks anil green ullri*
WbenTjwTtl In. tbe woodlands the I" 101 '
Tbere"ofl ns mild evening weeps over th»
Tho sweet-scented Idfk shades m> M ar f
amL me.
Tby crystal stream, Afton, bow lovely
And wlnos by tbe cot where toy
Itow ’wanton tby waters her snowy ft**
As, gathering sweet flowerets, she stem*
tby clear navel
Flow gently, sweet Afton. nninng tliy - rv ’ 3
Flow'gently. aweet river, tbe theme of my
My Mary's asleep liy tby mnrmortnl
Ptow’gently, aweet Afton, dlatnrb n"l
dicam.