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The Atlanta Georgian.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12,
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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An Appeal to Our Contemporaries.
We cordially Invite the co-operation of our esteemed
contemporaries of The Journal and The Constitution In
the fight which we are making 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 alight and occasional lapses from the high
lines of courtesy and fairness, we believe It to be a great
and useful newspaper. Wo are quite sure that The Jour-
ual could not devote its energies and Its Influence to a
better cause and to one In which the 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 la 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 for the Is-
' sue which has been raised. We should be particularly
pleased If The Journal would loin The Georgian In Ita
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 necessary 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 bo successful, we shall not at any time remind The
Journal that we were the 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 n paper
wltlv a great and honorable record. It jt the oldest paper
In the city and one of the oldest In the state. We have
never believed that It was loss than true to the city or
to the people, and if The Constitution will lend 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
ns all.
We are quite confident that If The Constitution and
The Journal 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 n most necessary
savjng to the people who so largely support u* with-
their subscriptions and with their advertising cards. We
nre not in this fight for any particular prestige which
It may bring to The Georgian. It Is our desire to serve
the people of Atlanta, and It 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
ing! as to who has been the most Influential or the most
effective when a tho light Is over.
And to, once more, we cordially and heartily Invoke
the co-operation of our able and esteemed contempora
ries In our effort to secure for the people of Atlanta
cheaper gaa 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 laaued by the Young Men’s
Christian Association shows that the organisation, dur
ing the past two years, baa 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 la now
406,789, which, as we have said. Is an Increase of 32,000
In two years. The report for 1904 showed an Increase
of 118,000 since 1900, while the figures for 1906 Indicated
a* great a growth In the five years then ending as had
marked the 47 years gone before.
It may be true, as la 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 la attributable to
the fact that the Y. M. C. A. has been constantly broaden
ing Its scope. Ita educational efforts. Its social features,
and perhaps 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. In the most delightful and yet ever-
uplifting environment.
It la a significant and pleasing tact that In the 464
gymnasiums, in the swimming pools, the athletic fields
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
student! In the educational classes.
It was s noble mind In which the Idea was first born
to establish this great work, where good training might
be bad nnder Christian Influences, without giving any
austere aspect to religion.
Atlanta la particularly proud of her own Y. M. C. A.
Its ofllcers 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 each 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 fellowmen to observe the eagerness with which
the most of these fellow sacclaim Bryan when he
is riding the crest of the wave, and how timorously
they shrink away from him when 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 corners.
The scrapbook which contains these interesting ef
fusions is not yet in demand.
When the “Great Commoner”—every whit as
great then as now—visited Atlanta during this pe
riod, it was sorrowful 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 the capital of Georgia.
And here 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
air 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 shells 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-eoat is not among them
if we know it. Time of all times when we wore
truest and most loyal to Tom Watson was when he
was at the ^icighth of his unpopularity with the
party 4o which we belong. We were his friend
when he needed friends, anj 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 tho fortunes of Bryan was in-that period pre
ceding and following the St. Louis convention,
when he was tho target for the malevolent and un
grateful paragraphs of those who had split tho air
with his praises in tho zenith of his popularity. It
was just then in thaf hour of shadow and eclipse
that wo wrote the prophecy which Augustus Thom
as recalled os 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 ho would stand to this country as Wil
liam E. Gladstone stood to England and to the
world—as the Great Commoner of his time.”
It has come sooner than wc thought, but we al
ways knew it would come.
Let me whisper to you osteomed contempora
ries of a timid mind toward greatnesa one sub
stantial fact: This great man of Nebraska is here
to stay. He may have 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 thero is n high, clear moral note which
has always ruled and will always rule, and should
always, rulo the world. Bad as men may be, they
turn to goodness as the meadows to the rain—the
flowers to the aun.
And Bryan ia a fixed star iu the political con
stellation of the times.
You may as well remain on the Bra.vn band
wifgon, our timorous friends. He may or may not
he president, but he will never be less than a vast
potential force among the parties and principles
of the American government while he lives.
The Jubilee edition ot The Baltimore American Is
one of the handsomest special numbers ever Issued In the
South. Its forty pages reflect the magnificent achieve
ment of the city, particularly since the disastrous Are.
It Is rich In Illustrations and on the whole la highly
creditable to The American and to Baltimore.
McLendon of Thomas.
The voters ot Georgia will rarely have had an op
portunity to vote for a Georgian of the highest, gentlest
and cleanest typo than In the candidacy of tho Hon.
Guyt McLendon for railroad commissioner In the Octo
ber election.
Tho editor of Tho 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
tho great Ben HfH pronounced one of his 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 systems 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, be bore himself unfailingly with
the gentleness, the cheerfulness and the unselfish courage
which stamps the truly great, and baa come out of them,
tempered as by Are to clear Ideals, to crystal comprehen
sion of affairs, and to the largest and most substantia^
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 the
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 ofllce that he seeks.
But knowing .McLendon, of Thomas, as we know
few men. and knowing the caliber of bis 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 tho people -of At
lanta should go without amusement and Instruction when
such an array of talent Is offered at a nominal cost 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 sale for all eight of the at
tractions at a cost of one dollar.
The Tabernacle Lyceum has been a great success In
the past and has had a generous patronage,, but the
program for the coming season will be still more attrac-
Uve 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 five 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 attracUona will be secured, making ten In all.
As an educational Institution, tho 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.
On* ahatl Judge, when the tiny la over;
What though some finite linv delay?
Tarry not now to enrp or wonder,—
There ahnll be One to balance and weigh!
lint any wrong been your poul'a undoing.
Or an Idol too awlftly returned to clay?
Soft; let It pAM. At the lnet reviewing,
There ahnll be One to balance and weigh!
Ia there aonie secret, dnrk trnnagresftlon
Confidence would bring to the light of
day?
Weak la the Impulae for confession!
There ahull l»e One to* Imlnnce and weigh!
Mourn you, too Inte, an fudlacretlon
That ehnnged the gold of aoine life to
gray?
Still the remoree; In that llfe'a completion.
There ahnll be One to balance nud weigh!
One ahnll Judge when the day la over,
“Vengeance In mine. Yea, I will repay!"
Wlint will the tent of the acalea dlacover,
When there ahnll be One to balance nnd
weigh?
SEVERED. ^
How m«iy love npnn. If the Croaa divide?
Fruitless the longing, ever;
Crushed, In the abode that It ennta. I hide.
For the light glluta nil on the other able;
O the alender Crons, that |a yet so wide
Thnt nnught mny bridge It over!
Fare forth, beloved, In the henveu-sent
Ught,
Nor pnnse at my parting uionn;
Where the ahndow foils thnt hna mudt* my
night,
’Neath a tlunl Cross thnt eon bless or blight,
Let uie shrink Juat now from your pitying
sight;
Fare forth, while I weep, alone!
PATIENCE.
Ye who would squeeze fine wine from out
the press.
Learn that long years of nurture must
precede
The vintage that shnll tempt the lips' on-
rest;
A wanton summer day matures the weed.
! Nooks and Corners
of, American History
The New York Tea Party.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
All the world -has heard, over and
over again, of the Boston Tea Party™
the famous function which came nit Z
the 16th day ot December, 17-3
Not so extensive, by any means 1,
the fame of the New York Tea Party
which was planned on the very day ot
tho Boston function, but which, owtn.
to no fault of the New Yorkers Ma !
for some little time delayed. ' •
John Flskje, In his “American R fvo .
lutlon,” says of the Boston Tea Party
that it was “an event so great that
general!,
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under thla head will appear from time to time Information Illustrating tha
remarkable development of the south which deserves something more than pass*
log attention.
Increased Consumption of Cotton.
N Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans cotton exchange, announces that
the South’s consumption ot cotton during the fiscal year, which ended with
Ailgust, was over 2,374,000 bales, which was an Increase of practically 200,-
000 bales over the year before.
This Is a substantial Illustration of the rapidity with which the cotton
Industry of the South Is expanding and gives us a clear Idea that within
the next few years the supremacy, whjch Is so rapidly tending In this di
rection will be complete.
But while the number of balee consumed In the South Is Increasing year
after year, It still remains true that our export of raw cotton Is Increasing—
In fact, that the total amount of raw cotton exported last year passed the
8400,000,000 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 8186,000,000, those of provisions but 8211,000,000, and those of Iron
nnd steel manufactures but 8161,000,000. Within the past half decade, the
value of cotton exported has grown from 8300,000.000 to 8400,000,000, an
Increase of 31 per cent. The advance In the price of the staple has had
much to do with this, for In 1906, 700,000,000 pounds less cotton was shipped
abroad than In 1906, and yet Its value was 821,000,000 more.
The American Cotton Manufacturer, of Charlotte, commenting on this,
says:
The greater pert of this cotton, of course, went' to Great Britain,
Germany and France. Berently, however, there has entered the market for
American cotton a new customer, who bids fair to play no Inconspicuous
part In the future. Japan's taking of the raw product Is growing rapidly,
her manufacturers 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, 868,000,000 worth of goods was shipped abroad, as against. 860,-
000,000 worth In 1806, and 880,600.000 worth In 1904. China Is the principal
customer of American manufactured products, taking In 1906, 829,641,000
worth of cotton cloths, which was 82,000,000 worth more than the year
previous.
There Is 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 at It has not done In the past. Special agents ore 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 past 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 some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—C. B. Brldwell, Mrs. H.
Guss, C. C. Nichols, It. E. Park. J. H.
Reynolds, J, A. Blley, J. W. Russell. K.
G. Statham, Mrs. W. H. Wlggs, W. E.
Christian, Miss W. E. Pnyne, .Mrs. J., C.
Paine, Miss E. RueaMI, s. v. Selver,
W. R. C. Smith. M. A. Blue, C. L.
Chostrwood, H. S. Courtney, Jr., ft. R.
Hurt. W. C. Lewis, E. F. MoOtihoe.
Mrs. J. D. Patterson, Miss L. Klrkcal-
die, E. F. MaeAuloy, E. Perklnson, F.
H. Shumate. Mrs. J. Patterson, M. D,
Yates, P. A. Allen, C. Parker.
AUGUSTA—J. A. Clark. Mrs. M. L.
Clark, Mrs. E. Jack, Miss A. Kreln, W.
L. Boyce, A, H. Merrick, Mrs. S. Moore,
L. Smith.
SAVANNAH—A. Q. Guerard, R. F.
Kennedy, L. Moyer, J. C. Postell,- J. P.
Williams.
MACON—L. W. Little, L. P. Soho-
field.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. 12.—The follow
ing Georgians are registered at Wash
ington hotels:
J. F. Oowan, of Augusta; Miss Sa
rah Holt, J. M. Sewell, Mrs. Senell, of
Columbus; W. A. Wtnburn, J. O. Cor-
bett, of Savannah, at the New Willard;
R. S. Anderson and wife, of Macon,
at the Riggs; Mr. and Mrs. Perkins,
of Atlanta; J. B. Legsters, of Macon,
at the St. James; W. M. Hoke, of At
lanta, at the National; Thomas R.
Wright and wife, Miss Ohrm, of Au-
gusto; W, A McGregor, of Atlanta, at
the Raleigh. t
The circus season reminds us:
tor Johnny Lowlow to die again?
Isn't It about time
Modern 8ehool vs. Old 8ehoel,
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 land. Just
now we are right In the midst of lam
entations of this sort. Those who In
cline to optimism have newspaper and
frenzied magaslnes thrust before their
eyes to be converted by reports of In
vestigation* Into various forma of
“graft." We are told that men occu-
K ylng positions of trust and honor
ave been found wanting In the vir
tuosi which are the very root of man
liness and righteousness. All these
things are true, alas! But are they
the products of the modern school?
Look at the men at whom an Indignant
public Is pointing the finger of scorn.
Their hair Is white, their eyes have
long lost the brlghtnes of youth, their
step Is tottering: they were trained In
the "thoNSgl." school* of the past,
whore the schoolmaster's word was
law, where "lickin' an' I'arnln’" went
hand In hand, where the three R*
were the Supreme anxiety. The In
vestigators of these men who have
brought disgrace upon this country—
they are the products of the modern
school. Philadelphia was redeemed
from polltcal slavery by the young men
of the city. Almost everywhere the
warfare upon “graft" has had Its be
ginning In the rangs of young men,
most of them graduated from college
? ithin the* last ten or twelve years.
hese 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 organized vigilance committees
to bring to task the betrayers of pub
lic trusts, whom a diffident generation
had lifted Into power.—Forum.
The Brighter 8ide.
It Is best not to think too much of
the horrors of the Ban Francisco earth
quake and fire. The great catastrophe
Itself Is beyond the comprehension of
all save Ita living victims. The work
of the human ghouls and the fate
meted out to them, the trenches filled
with unrecognizable bodies, the ghastly
remnants lying among twisted steel
and crumbling stone, should be forgot
ten. As for the rest, all will come out
right. A little story which comes over
the wires undoubtedly applies to hun
dreds of cases In Ban Francisco, and
pictures one aspect of the situation
there. Justice Bhaw, of the California
supreme court, hurried to San Fran
cisco upon receiving news of the
earthquake. The apartment! In which
pplng were bura-
tlon he could ob-
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 12.
1600—H**nrr i Hudson liegitri Iifn rnynxe up
L h ". r '™ wh,rh '* nr * hi* »»»«**•
1883—Turkish nrm.v routetl before Vienna hr
nllloB under I’muiiwml nf John 8oblt*skl
"•}« tin* duke of r^irntino.
1778—)\nMilnffton Mini Ills nriny entered
rhllnuelphln lifter the defeat at Bran
dywine.
1812—General Harrison compelled the In-
dlitUM to raise the siege at Fort
Wayne.
1829—SpnnUh army surremlrrod to the Me*.
Icuna under Sauta Ana at Tampl-
1850— FnirlUve Blare hill (Maned by hmixo of
representative*.
M62—II. IL Aaqultb, Ilrttlnh statesman,
horn.
1882—I’liiona nn»l t'oiifetlernte* cnjtfffwl In
fiaht at Middletown. Mil.
187»—{{eneral K. H. McCook UM«na*fiMtrd by
Mlnterninte at Ynnkton, I>nk.
*“ “ needle act tip on tb«
>n n k men t.
1933— United statea erutser Maryland launch
ed at Newport News, V*.
Kindergarten Opens.
H peels) to Tile Georgina.
Athens, Oa., Sept. 12.—Miss Carrlo
Walden opened her kindergarten and
primary school this morning at her
home, 93 Hull street. The opening was
Indeed flattering.
American historians have
failed to do It Justice.’’ \ "
The New York Tea Party was in
every sense of the word as great as the
Boston affair, and the same may b.
said of the tea party held on the nth
of October, 1774, by the womre of
Edenton, North Carolina, and yet "th«
are scarcely mentioned, save by
historians. 1
So soon as tho bill putting the t» T
on tea had passed the British perils,
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 tea from any „| a „
whatsover Into this qolony, while It li
subject, by a British act of parliament
to the payment of a .duty for the pur.
pose of raising a revenue m America,
shall be deemed an eUemy to the liber,
ties of America.”
On the 16th of December—the very
day of the Boston Tea Party—the New
York Sons of Liberty met In City hall
and swore by their homes and fire
sides, by their wives and children by
the country that they loved and ihe lib-
erty for which they were readv to die
that not an ounce of tea should b«
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 was not
until the following spring, April is
1774, that the Nancy, Captain Lock-
yer, arrived off Sandy Hook bringing
the tea destined for New York.
Captain Lockyer very naturally
wnnted 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 his ma-
slgnee. This was granted upon the
understanding thnt he was not to go
near the custom house.
The consignee when seen positively
refused to touch the lea, and advised
the captain to take It right back to
England.
In the meantime the committee of
vigilance took possession of the Nan
cy's boats to prevent the escape nf
her crew. A few days after his ar
rival Captain Lockyer, being a level
headed. sensible man, and taking In the
situation Just as ft was. wisely con
cluded to take his tea back to Eng
land. He was escorted to the foot of
Wall street, bv the Softs of Liberty,
who fired a salute a» he left them at
ihe water's edge on his way 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 his
ship, but finally confessed that he had
a certain number' of casks of his own,
with which the East India Company
had nothing to do.
But the Sons ef Liberty were opposed
to ten about that time on general prin
ciples, and they Immediately withdrew
for deliberation to a coffee house at
Pearl and Wall streets.
The result of the deliberation was to
the effect that the ten should be de
stroyed.
By a unanimous vote the tea was
confiscated, and by resolute hands was
taken out of the ship's hold, tho chests
broken open and the contents scattered
upon the wnters of the river.
There was no loud noise, no violence.
It whs the calm, deliberate, determined
atclon of men who had sworn that they
would not be taxed by an assembly In
which they had no representation.
Such was the New York Tea Party—
an event which, In the language ol
John Flske, "historians have generally
failed to do Justice."
Street Railway for Amtrleus.
Hpeclsl to The Georgian.
Amerlcus, Gn.,.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
Amerlcus. So far nothing definite hai
been done by the council on the peti
tion.
To Build An Auditorium.
Special to The Georgian.
Madison. Oa., Bept. 12.—Citizen
held n mass meeting here yesterday
and adopted resolutions asking
mayor and city council to make the
county commissioners an offer for tits
old court house and lot, with the view
of erecting a nice auditorium *>n It f"J
the use of the county in general, ana
all largo gatherings, which will nil »
long needed want here.
AFTON WATER.
tain was that she had been seen mov
ing with the crowd of refugees on the
streets.
For three days and nights he
searched among the frlghtende throngs
In the parka, now on foot and now In
what vehicles he could obtain. Once
he heard that she had been seen In
one of the parks. He went there, but
could not find her. Sick at heart, he
hurried to Los Angeles for money and
clothing. There the story ends, but
doubtless he has found his wife ere
now. To them will come as a com
pensation a closer and dearer tie, born
of their grief and anlxety. In the
same way, the suffering and terror
will make stronger the wedding bonds
formed within the glare of thebumlng
city, when scores of young women
put themselves under the protection
of the men to whom they were be
troth***-—Cleveland Leadir.
Floys gently^ sweet Afton, among * by
green (imps; . fh .
Flow gently, I'll sing, thee s song In w
My ilnry’s aileep by tby inarm nrlsl
Flow gently, tweet Afton. dlztnrh not art
dream.
Thou stock dove 'whoze echo retsss®
Ye wl!d"w?d»t!lng fdackblrds In yon t&off
Thou' grevu-ereatrd lapwing, thy aorramlnl
I chnr^^you disturb not my slumticrtol
Row lofty, sweet Afton, thy nrishborW
bills. .
Far marked with the courses of cue
winding rills! u*
There dully I wnnder as .noon rl^*
My Hooks and my Mary a sweot on
my eye.
How pleasant thy banks and green valW*
Where**wTid |„ tha woodlands the V r " a '
Thereat i'i°mild evening weep* over t>*
The sweet-scented Wrk shades my
and me.
Thy errata! stream. Afton, how iovtr *
And bill'll* by the cot where ray >l,rI
How’wnnton thy waters her snowy F**
As, gathering sweet fiowerets. ■!>" ,,,a
thy clear ware!
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among tby Z 1 ***
Flow'grntfy. sweet river, the them' **
My Mary's nsleep by thy normad*
Flow’Swnriy. sweet Afton, disturb not k*
dream.
