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The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rates: One Year r $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. Catered as aeceod-elasa matter April %, 1IM. at the Poetofflea at Atlanta. Ga.. under act of cooareaa of March I. ISTt. f Subscribers failing to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who* can not purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without deity, and the eom- plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones: Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. An Appeal to Our Contemporaries. We cordially Invitq the cooperation of our esteemed contemporaries of The Journal and The Constitution in the fight which we are making In behalf of the people for cheaper gas 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 nnd 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 the people are more vitally interested than In this fight 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, nnd The Journal, which ought to be as true a friend of Atlanta as it is to tho 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 uae 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 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 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 be 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 Is our due. And the same assurances we cheerfully offer The Constitution In this matter. The Constitution Is a paper with a groat and honorable record. It is the oldest paper in the city and one of the oldest In the state. We have never believed that it was less than true to the city or to the people, and If The Constitution will lend tho weight of Its name and of Its Influenco in this struggle, we shall be only too happy to Indulge In mutual felicita tion It 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 Journal will join with The Georgian In this fight which they know to he 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 saving to the people who so largely support us with their subscriptions and with their advertising cards. We are 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 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 light 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 chesper 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 the 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 Infiucnces 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 405,789. 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 1905 Indicated as great a growth In the five years then ending as 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. C. A. has been constantly broaden ing Its scope. Its educational efforts. Its social features, and perhaps more thsn 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- ttpUfting environment. It Is a significant and pleasing fact that in the 456 gymnasiums, In the swimming pools, the athletic fields and the bowling alleys conducted by the association more than 153,000 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 born to establish this great work, where good training might be had 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 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 din tinet 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 whs 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-coat is not among them if we know it. Time of all times when we were truest and most loyal to Tom Watson was when he was at the heighth of his unpopularity with the party to which* we belong. We were his friend when pe needed friends, and his defender at a time when some of his “friends of tho hour” were prick ing him with pens nnd 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 the target for the malevolent and un grateful paragraphs of those who hod split the air with his praises in the zenith of his popularity. It was just then in that hour of shadow nnd eclipse that wo wrote the prophecy which Augustus Thom as rocalled as fact in his speech of introduction in Madison Square, that “if Bryan livod for twenty years and maintained tho 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 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 groat 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 nnd the world of his sincerity. They believe in his truth, nnd they trust his integrity. Then, too, in every advocacy that he fathers there is a high, clear moral note which has always ruled and will always rule, nnd should always rule the world. Bad an men may be, they turn to goodness as the meadows to the rain—the flowers to the sun. \ml Bryan is a fixed star in the political con stellation of the times. You may as well remain on the Brayn 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 and principles of the American government while he lives. The Jubilee edition of 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 fire. It Is rich in illustrations and on the whole is highly creditable to The American and to Baltimore. McLendon of Thomas. The voters of Georgia will rarely have had an op portunity to vote for a Georgian of the highest, geptlest and cleanest type than In the candidacy of tho Hon. Guyt McLendon for railroad commissioner In the Octo ber election. — Th# 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 the great Ben Hill 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 has come out of them, tempered as by fire to clear Ideals, to crystal comprehen sion of affairs, and to the largest and most substantial equipment for service to the state. No man who offers for an office this year In Georgia is better equipped and qualified to fill it with character and attainment than the convention's candidate for the railway commission. We have no criticism to make of Sir. 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. nnd 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 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 Ljceum has been a-great success in the past and has had a generous patronage, hut tho program for the coming season will be stlii 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 five dollars, but by purchasing tickets within the next three days they may be had for the nominal sum stated. When fifteen hundreds Uckets have been sold, two additional attractions will be secured, making ten in ail. 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 KIRKEAND THE RECKONING. On* shall Judge, when the day Is over; What though some finite law delay? Tarry not now to carp or wonder,— There shall he One to balance and weigh! Han any wrong been your soul's undoing. Or an Idol too swiftly returned to clay? Soft; let It pnaa. At the lnat reviewing. There shall be One to lutlance and weigh! Is there some secret, dark transgression Conscience would bring to the light of dsy? Weak Is the Impulse for confession! There shall be One to balance and weigh! Mourn you, too late, nn Indiscretion That changed the gold of aornc life to gray? Still the remorse; in that life's completion. There shall Ih> One to balance and weigh! One shall Judge when the day Is orer, ••Vengeance Is mine. Yes, I will repay!” What will the test of tlfr scales discover, When there shall be One to balance nnd weigh? SEVERED. How may love span, If the Cross divide? Fruitless the longing, ever; Crushed, in tho shade that It casts. I bide. For the light gtlntg nil on the other side; O the slender Cross, that la yet so wide That naught may bridge It over! Fare forth, beloved, lu tho heaven-sent light, Nor pause at my parting monn; Where the shadow falls that has made niy night, 'Neath a dual Croas thnt enn bless or blight, Let me shrink Just now from your pitying sight; Fjire forth, while I weep, alone! PATIENCE. Ye who would squeeze fine wine from out the press, team that loug yearn of nurture must precede The vlntnge thnt shall tempt the lips’ ca ress; A wanton summer day matures the weed. Growth and Progress of the New South Increased Consumption of Cotton. Secretary Hester, of the New O rleana cotton exchange, announces that the South'* consumption of cotton during the fiscal year, which ended with August, was over/ 3,874,000 bale*, which woe an increase of practically 200,- 000 bales over the year before. This I* 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 which Is so rapidly tending in this 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 is increasing— in fact, that the total amount of raw cotton exported last year passed the 8400,000,000 mark, and by fnr 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 and steel manufactures but 8161,000,000. 'Witllln the past half decade, the value of cotton exported has grown from 8300,000,000 to 8400,000,000, an Increase of 88 per cent. The advance In the price of the staple has had much to do with this, for In 1606, 700,000,000 pounds less cotton was shipped' abroad than in 1605, and yet its value was 821,000,000 more. The American Cotton Manufacturer, of Charlotte, commenting on this, says: The greater part of this cotton, of course, went to Great Britain, Germany aftd Prance. Recently, 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 le growing rapidly, her manufacturers having expressed a decided preference for the Ameri can staple. Th# record of growth In exportation of raw material has been main tained In the department of manufactured product!. In 1906, 858,000,000 worth of goods was shipped abroad, as against 850,- 000,000 worth In 1905, and 830,500,000 worth in 1904. China is the principal cuetomer of American manufactured products, taking In 1906, 329,641,000 worth of cotton cloths, which was 82,000,000 worth more than the year previous. There le 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. Tho department of commerce and labor In Washington la exerting Itself as It has not done In the past. Special agente are being sent into South America, Inte Turkey, India, China and eleewhere, seeking Information that will aid American manufacturers In developing new trade territory. In ad dition to those already |n the field, two experts of recognized worth were recently dispatched abroad for special work. A spirit Is beginning to man ifest Itself which le making for larger and better things. While tho record for the past year In manufactured cotton products was good. It Is but a pointer to what Is to follow In ths development of American textile trade abroad. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 12.—Here arp some of tho visitors in New York today: ATLANTA—C. B. Brldwell. Mrs. H. Guss, C. C. Nichols, R. E. Pnrk, J. H. Reynolds. J. A. Riley, J. W. Russell. K. G. Statham, Mrs. W. H. Wlggs, W. E. Christian, Miss W. a Payne. Sirs. J. C. Paine, Miss E. Russell, s. V. Reiver. W. R. C. Hmlth, M. A. Blue, C. U Chosewood, H. 8. Courtney, Jr., G. R. Hurt, W. C. Lewis, E. F. McOahee. Mrs. J. D. Patterson, Miss L. Kirkcal- dle. E. R MacAuley, E. perklnson, R H. Shumate, Mrs. J. Patterson, M. B. Yates. P. A. Allen. C. Pnrker. AUGUSTA—J. A. Clark. Mrs. M. L. Clark, Mrs. E. Jack, Miss A. Krein. W. L. Boyce. A. H. Merrick, Sirs. 8. Moore, L. Smith. ..SAVANNAH—A. G. Guerard, R. R Kennedy, L. Meyer, J. C. Postell. J. p. Williams. MACON—L. W. Little, L. P. Echo field. IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Sept. 12.—The follow ing Georgians are registered at Wash ington hotels: J. R Gowan, of Augusta: Miss Sa rah Holt, J. M. Sewell, Mrs. Senell, of Columbus; W. A. VVInburn. J. G. Cor bett. of Savannah, at the New Willard: R. S. Anderson and wife, of Macon, at the Riggs; Mr. nnd Mrs. Perkins, of Atlanta; J. B. Legsters, of Macon, at the St. James; W. M. Ilokc, of At lanta, at the National; Thomas R. Wright and wife, Miss Ohrm, of Au- gusta; W. A McGregor, of Atlanta, at the Raleigh. The circus season reminds us; lor Johnny Lowlow to die again? Isn't It about time Modern School vs. Old 8ehool. Of course, whatever may be estab lished with reference to the Intellec tual product of the old schools of for mer dsys, a door will still be open for those who mourn the decline of morals and the disappearance of “old-fash ioned honesty” from the land. Just now we are right In the midst of lam entations of this fort. Those who In cline to optimism have newspaper and frensled magazines thrust before their eyes to be converted by report! of In vestigations Into various forms of "graft." We are told that min occu pying positions of trust and- honor tave been found wanting In the vir tues which are the very root of man liness and righteousness. Alt these things are true, nlas! But are they the products of the modern school? Look at the men at whom an indignant I >abllc Is pointing the finger of scorn. Their hair Is white, their eyes have long lost ths brlghtnss of youth, their step Is tottering; they were trained In the "thorcvgL" schools of the past, where the sch/s.lmuster's word was law, where "lickin' an' Tamin'" went hand In hand, where the three Ra were the supreme anxiety. The In vestigators of thes* men who have brought disgrace upon this country— they are the products of the modem sehooL Philadelphia was redeemed from polite*! slavery by the young men of the city. Almost everywhere the warfare upon “graft" has had Its be ginning In the range of young men, most of them graduated from college within tho 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 organized vigilance committees to bring to task the betrayers of pub lic trusts, whom a diffident generation had lifted Into power.—Forum. The Brighter Side. It Is best not to think too much of the horrors of the San Francisco earth quake and lire. The great catastrophe Itself Is beyoml the comprehension of all save Its living victims. The work of the human ghouls und 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 San 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 his wife had been stopping were burn- , ed. Ali the Information he could ob- Till? DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1609—Hi-nrr IIikIhoii tiejcnn bis tornce **J*fr** tent* fifg name. 1683—Turkish army rout pi I l>pforp VlPtiim hr nine* tinder command of John HoldoNki nnd the duke of I*ormlnc. 1778—W««hInptoii nnd hla army entered * hllndfIphla nfter the defeat nt Umu- 1812— (ienerni Harrison eoiiipelled the In- ilfnim to raise the siege at Fort Wayne. 1829—Kpnnlflh army eurretiflored to the Mrs- I***iii>t under Kant a Ann nt Tanipl I860—Fugttlre slave Idll iMissed by house of . . rer»re*entntlre*. 1852—II. II. Asquith, British statesman, Iwirn. 1862— 1'ulons and Con fulcra ten engngifl In fight at Middletown. Mil. ™ MU—Ijeneral K. S. McCook Jtssasf (ft* ted hr !!; nt Yankton. Itnk. 187*—t Iwqihtra s needle set tin on th« Thames embankment. 1903—l.iilted Hint*# eruleer Maryland launch ed at Newport News, Vs. Kindergarten Opens. Special to The Georgian. Athens. Oa., Sept, li.—Miss Carrie Walden opened her kindergarten and primary school this morning at her home, 93 Hull street. The opening was Indeed flattering. 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 parks, 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 And 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* pensatlon 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 the burning city, when scores of young women put themselves under the protection of the men to whom they were be- troth#<L—Cleveland Leader. Nooks and Corners of American History The Now York Tea Party. By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY All the world has heard, over a'.s over again, of the Boston Tea p an , the famous function which came „fr'~ the 10th day of December, 1773 n Not so extensive, by any means I, the fame of the New York Tea Pal.' which Was planned on the very ,iav li the Boston function, but which 0 * /to no fault of the New Yorkers for some little time delayed. ' John Flake, in his “American R, V nl Jutlon," says of the Boston Tea Parti that It was "an event so great that American historians have general], failed to do It Justloe,” " T The New York Tea Party was every sense of the word as great as the Boston affair, and the same may be said of the tea party held on lhe ’tth of October, 1774, by the Edonton, North Carolina, and vet thel historians' y m ' n " nn< ' <1 ' ,ave »V kS2 S ? ~? n > ,he bm Putting the I,, i tea had passed the British narlla! ment, the people of New y 0 rk ,, a JL the following ringing resolution-' ' 64 “Resolved, That whoever shall aid or jet, or in any manner assist in the Introduction of tea from any ,,]»?! whatsover Into this colony, while itta subject, by a British act of parliament to the payment of a duty for the our- pose of raising n revenue In Amerl... shall be deemed an enemy to the jiber! ties of America." h 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 Am. sides, by their wives and children bv the country thnt they loved and the’llb. orty for which they were ready to die that not an ounce of tea should be landed In New York. ' This patriotic oath was taken unnn hearing that the ship with the hated tea was nearing the port and might be expected at any hour. It was a. fulse alarm, and It was not until the following spring. April it 1774, that th# Nancy, Captain Lock-' yer, arrlvod off Sandy Hook brlnglnx the tea destined for New York. Captain 'Lockyer very naturally wanted his ship piloted up the harbor but no pilot could bo found who would render the desired service. The cap. tain then asked that he be per/nlited to go up to the city to see his 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 back to Englnpd. In the meantime the committee of vigilance took possession of the Nan cy's boats to prevent the escape of her crew. A few days after his ar rival Captain Lockyer, being a level, headed, sensible man. and taking in the situation Just as It was. wisely con cluded to take his tea hack to Eng land. He was escorted to the font of Wall street, by the Sons of Liberty, who fired n salute as he left them at the water's edge on his way to ths 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 hoard bis ship, but finally confoised that he had a certain nuinoer of casks of his op-n, with which the Easf India Company had nothing to do. But the Sons of Liberty were oppdred to ten about that time on general prin ciples, and they immediately withdrew for deliberation to a coffee house it Pearl and Wall streets. The result of the deliberation was to the effect that the tea should be de stroyed. By a unanimous vote the tea wii confiscated, and by resolute hands was taken out of the ship's hold, the chests broken open and the contents scattered upon the wnters of the river. There was no loud noise, no violence. It wns the calm, deliberate, determined ntrlon 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 of John Flake, "historians have generally failed to do justice.” Street Railway for Americus. Hpeclnt to The Georgian. Amerlcue, Oa., Sept. 12.—A petition has been placed before the city coun cil by Northern parties for the privi lege of tights and street railway f°t Americus. So far nothing definite hu been done by the council on the ped - tlon.^^H ■ To Build An Auditorium, Special to The Georgian. Madison. Oa., Sept. 1*.—Cl'.lnns held a mass meeting here yesterday and adopted resolutions asking mayor and city council to make ths county commissioners an offer tor ths old court house and lot. with the view of erecting a nice auditorium on It tot the use or the county In general, sno all large gatherings, which will * long needed want here. I Flow AFTON WATER. iy. in gently, sweet Alton, 'green nmew; Flow gently. I'll sing thee a My » *>7 among tbf song It* thy miirmoftof nry’s asleep ream. ♦.'early, area ui. Thou stock d«m» whoso echo Ye wlhfwhf.t'lng filnekblrd* In yen '“nr* Thou' graetwrestsd lapwing, thy ecreindri fSrtir^— | Rfl How lofty, sweet Alton, thy neUhbort*« hills. ,, For marked with the conn** of winding rlllal us There dally I wander as noon rtws nqj My Hooka and tuy Slav's *"<*' my eye. How pleasant thy banka and green t,u ^* M’here 'wUtl In the woodland* H» P'*’ r\mn blow! _ tl« Thorc oft as mild e*enl»K we«P» tV The owed-scented Mrk shades my ***** sud tue. Thy crystal stream, Alton, how lov'if Ami ^wlinla l>y the eot where mr How icnntim thy wntorn her *no»y ^ Aw, gathering sweet floweret*. *h" ' thy dear wave: Flow gently, aweet Afton, among ’hf fP< * Plow* gent iy, aweet river, the theme of — My Mam's asleep by thy v*™** Ftow*grnMy, aweet Afton. dftturb not * dream.