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A Biography of Thos. E. Watson. (Continued from Page One.) Mrs. Watson welcomed the political terest which helped bridge him over tragedy oi the death ot the little daughter. She has frequently told mo of the absolute desolateness , . , of „ , his . .... h e, when , the little girl , died after only a few brief hours of illness— though excrj thing that could he done, had been done. Perhaps this _ little detail will . show the depth and the again breadth of feeling ol the loan feeling winch showed m his writings h\j a inch so low leally ever saw at first <utile Louise T . had . , been , playing . . ... the m yard , v .in the other children that last day; she had come in at sunset, made her way to her fa l| ier 18 ! ia<1 beon lier habit; taken oil tho little hat t she wore and in 'which she placed some grasses and small flowers which she had gathered. To this she added a blue hair-ribbon, and she bade ner father let these stay here till tomorrow.” The table on which she placed them was a combination ta ble mdder, for reaching the higher shelves of books. The next day the little one was too id to leave her bed. And “tomorrow” never came for her. . . At Hickory Hill, when I nos. E. Watson left to take his place in the United States off Senate., liis there library, stood that in a closet table, which covered opened by the cloth which had been on it that day, long ago, when the little girl had placed the flow ers and the ribbon, in the little hat. showing And. its underneath—tne color, the hat, blue the flowers ribbon turn- still _ was one^°ever 1 touclmd S it—the * bahv^ hands' bavin” S been the last " Deen tne last. wntten J n after E ros ?, the Miscellanies, memory . ot little is this Louise gem— had thf nrilrof oni-S f 3 y has ^efS^a/C'oT.'Drca. hoen T Children” commented on by many awl aB n proso • poem it deseives rank with the highest: DREAM CHILDREN. “Long ago, Charles Lamb wrote an es Bay on “Dream Children.” He had known what it was to be tenderly attached to a good woman whom he could not wed. Always poor, burdened with the duty of earing for a sister who was more or less insane, the gentle re eluse went his way, in mournful resignation, leaving liis lady-love tcUbeeome the wife of another, and more fortunate man. But Lamb never escaped “the quiet sense of something lost,” Affectionate in disposition, upright and pure m character, the domestic circle would have been to Charles Lamb an Eden q^dless lie bliss. brooded So it was what that, “night, in liis yea^s. over been”; called around Ins knee the children Alions liis fancy; and upon these, the ethereal ere of his brain, bestowed the caresses Which actual children never came to enjoy. children In the imagination of Lamb, the dream are those that are longed for; or those that should have come and did not. But these are not the only ones that might be called ' “Dream Children.” Charles Dickens was referring to the other class, in “Little Dorritt,” when Mr. Meggies, who had lost one of liis daughters in her child hood, speaks of the dead child, as growing up by the side of her surviving sister. Yes, the children which should have come and did not, are Dream Babies, but so, also are those which should have stayed with after they came—and did not. These seemed to die. and to the world they are dead- forever lost. A narrow ridge in the clnirch-yard, a tablet, with a name and a date; —that is all. But- to the grief-racked pa rents, 1 the child is not altogether dead. In dreamland which is as much a part of us asj tlie visible world itselt, the child Jives; it comes back to us now and then; reminds us of every little word and caress; and wrings our hearts, once more, with infinite pain. ’ In “Little Dorritt.” Charles Dickons fun-1 019s that the dead child grows apace with its sister, becoming taller as she grows taller, old er as she grows older. It is not so at all. The great novelist, whose soul sympathized with every living eren ture, made one of liis few mistakes, in dealing; with the Dream Children. ‘ They do not change. Time halted at their j jrrave: no 0,0,-o eonkl ,o toko or f iv„ W,„t they were, the dav they died, tliev remain Children they were, when Death hushed their! aio inOrelmlanT' thoy woro „,1 abon, U,o yard, ™ .N, V l,;.n,dfnl who,, sioknoss rtSd sol;,....... .........; 1 wbiletl’ieniorAid wind and rli, a!,,! d , llj '„nl ' in«f of other feet soon bid tlms,. i;„,. j- 'V , So prints tin* leave trick- find hon\Z she would ijf nm, I the : would still fit the little shoes Ha' an- laid ' away. You sometimes day is done, hear her voice, sortie time! when the and the Spirit of si¬ lence hits locked a slumbering world; and tin voice is that which you heard when she climb-! THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL. THOMSON, GEORGIA. c d upon your knee, and laid one hand to one I the saying, "This side, Mama’s,” lending other to vour kiss No> they do not grow up, along with the surviving children,-™ indeed! Carved upon memory figures by the stern hand of Grief, their little children are following as immortally young, as the marble the motionless procession upon a Grecian frieze, A on do not place her, in your fanev. he side the young people in the ball-room or on i the , tennis ground, or even in the school. No: | sl,< - is too young to be there- She would not he in her proper place. Nor is she apt to join the other children, even of her own age, in the morning, or at mid-day. No: she comes in the quiet, melancholy afternoon, when the shadows are the' gTowinu* loner G r, when the hurly-burly of dav is done Then, if there should be any little children playing about in the ‘ yard, or lingering on the dawn, she will come. You will see her with playmates of her own age; you may fancy her voice mingling with once more, comes the holiest and sweet of all melodies, her laughter of the years gone by. Your other children grow up, pass out of the home, arc swallowed up in the great big world. But the Dream Children never leave you. There is a, plaintive Scotch song whose burden is, the sweetheart’s answer to hei pleading lover, * 1 must not leave the old folks yet, we’d better bide a wee.” But the Dream Children are yet more inseparable from the home and parental love; they abide with vou evermore ‘ To fhp ]5vh) „ sometimes feel like snv • t<0b t , t : 00 uld keep M von iimt as K v. ,, free from care and sin and suffering.” ‘ Koot - ]ies eV( , n . ,Ii s .', p| ,„i„ fnl( .„, ,” r os ’ wound, hushes everv sob dries every tear " Eternally round, eternal!v pure ’dav she is yours closed vet,—a child as she was the * her ’ eyes Upon every Christmas Eve, she comes in to the stillness of the Library• and she lianas her she little stocking up. in the'fireplace just as used to do. The other children learned the secret of Santa Claus long ago •• and they nuit hanging up their stockings on Christmas Eve But she never learned the secret: she will uev er learn it, now; and. in Dreamland, she loves Santa Claus. So it is—she comes into the Library, everv Christmas Eve and stocking, jus/as she did a you did nqt know how c- uivered in the voice that heatd in llamali. In you and in me, the conflict goes on, for ever, between tin eivl spirit and the good. To day, the Evil Genius takes possession of USl and we sin. Then, the good Angel gains the upper hand, and we repent bitterly what we did yesterday—and we do good tomorrow When the Angel of our better self is with us, the sunshine is brighter, the song of the bird is -sweeter, the faces of our friends reflect our happiness, the home circle glows with joyous animation, and our souls expand to embrace all mankind. When the Evil Genius comes, it is another world that we are in; and w > are different be The malign Pontiff of the invisible pa paev blighting lias put Interdict. all nature and all nations under "a ‘ Joy flees, laughter dies away, the wind . blows; the clouds are lea en and low have no friends; home vields o happiness- W C S is ' ’ no. worth living. Y, ho has not experienced this? Happy man who has not. But tiiriee happy the man who, being the victim of such a curse, will trv, and try, and try again, to break the spell of this tremendous Excommunication And the lYcaii, Children? They, also dare not cross (lie dead-line 0 f the Interdict. On the dreadful dav of imimcation, they, also, avoid us. In the struggles of fierce and ruthless passions, they have no place. They can onlv come, when Evil One has been (In-own out. But- when spell has passed, when the heavens smile Ten the Lost One comes; then she sits upon .No k„,,- , s „ : lu-ml nostlo., the breast again; and once more be-,,-,' old-time music of her voice, as she pots a lit W lmu,l to 0,10 "Hior ,-Nooks, ,m,l says, as yo^Ui, th.AnLnf n roabn snorod ......' THE KIMBALL HOUSE Atlanta, Georgia. d,nku R o PER *teo The Clearing House for Georgia b People p • Where you can see and he seen. Splendid Accommodations, Reasonable Prices. Have your friends meet you at the Kimball House when you go to Atlanta and you will ba sure to see them. I tie Secret Is Out—Lloyd George Tells (Continued from Paste One.) this mighty people, if our people throughout the British empire resolutely, firmly, courageously, without flinching carry out the message then I have no fear but that humanity will climb to higher altitudes of nobility, of security, of hap piness, than any it lias ever jet known. We have all had our responsibility—all had our responsibility. During the war I stood.for the ruthless prosecution of the war to a triumphant end. The moment the war was over. I equally stood for a ruthless prose cution of peace to an even more glorious end. Those who make war, whether they are indi viduals or nations, cannot escape responsibility for the peace. It is easier to make war than to make peace In tlie civil war in America there were millions of lives men who were successful prepared to sacrifice there their to wage war, but was only one man who was prepared to risk his career to make a .successful peace, and lie was shot down. You say, ‘Yes. bv ail unbalanced Sw™ StXLST Your chairman has referred to the great step taken recently by your government to to restore order out of chaos in Europe. .1 acclaim that step with full enthusiasm. Europe is in a deplorable condition. is responsible ? What is responsible ? Some .say it is the Treaty of Versailles. Well I am not hero to defend the Treaty of Versailles; J am quite willing on an appropriate occasion to do so, and to say that it was the best treaty that could be negotiated under the conditions of the times. But it is not the Treaty of Vor sail lea; Every treaty depends not merely upon its intrinsic merits but upon tlio methods and manner of its execution. <ua> events in be lives of men and in - the lives of nations wlueh are hke the fall ol> nulumi1 Ioavos - T,10 v I' a11 by t]ic myriads to - lhe ground. They are swept by the breezes m M.......ns'dcri'il corners where .hov ore ,„r ottou ’ they sink into the soil and torni part nlo^O t,l0 ' n !s ......«*• thoy are imli«lminmlml>l<, fro,,, oillors - Bul 011(10 111 a eentury there are events aro llk< ‘ tIle fal1 of tll ° sf avs, the frag raents sfnke ,!l( ' cart,i ancl 801 ul lt roekiug reeling out of its course. Book at Europe before the war, study the ™ ap °( Em 'ope toda y> its geography, its ! ‘ ers ’ curren0 3 r > its conditions, its people, * ls S oven \ ments -— ( study its pension lists. There were empires that were like the planets in the lieavens tbat bave been vo1,e ' 1 down into utter f. s darkness There were countries Were Ilke , l »® bx ® d stars m the firmament, they 1 ,' ave crash , in, ° atoms - 1 le earth quivers in ? P , 11 cm t ar t' t has been , j out * ot » lts 0011 *1 sc 1)011 , t be b 8?$ 011 - ( ' uro e ’ ( y mit nations cannot say, Am I niv broth er , s / would Europe has played a g?|at part. There have been no known America had there 1)0011 110 Euro l ,e to. find it. You have got a e at, virile population. If came from Yoxi have got, great names that inspire your B 60 !’ 10 . an(1 wi11 continue to do so, world with onl entk Lreorge , Washington, Franklin, Jef J orson - Hamiltoil j L incobl - They all sprang trom European stock, , lour free 1,1 this country—and well you maybe proud of them—the great struggle for civil anil religious e, l ualit .v came from tlio Jong agony of Europe, May 1 say with reverence when the Cross was tunie(i out <>• Asia and hunted out of Af rlca > Europe stood by it through the Via Do lorosa of tlio Dark Ages, and if it is planted brml y uH American soil Europe carried it here Don’t be hard on Europe! ,) Vkat .}* roal llvoblom 111 Jbim.po to da y ? 1 wl11 te " y° u - In spite oi the war, he cause Europe has been left so much to herself, she still believes ini force? Why? l ' ranoe sa > r ,®- ‘Alsace Loraine was torn froru 0 ,r sl(le . , 50 > rears a ^°- It Was unnnst; it was W1 '° n ^: i( (vas c r «el; it as oppressive, Justl0p n0VPr 8' avp 11 1,a, ‘ k to - s. Wo had to lose one million four hundred thousand of our young men. You in the British Empire had to lose 900,000 of yo»r young men. Force gave 1 back to 1IS -’ l>olailfl! l>olail<] sa v ' s: ‘ (),1 ° ; mmlrri and - hH , nationhood destroyed, v vf,ars °-° 011V was - • were locked in (he prisons of great; an We waited for justice- We thought <*onld hear her passing footsteps, hit they woro « im P 1 y tho footsteps of our jailors out unlocked JW lhe door.’ «•> f I* - The Russian peasant says today: ‘We nev <•■• «r tlio HkIiI of NNorty until II, o '■ovololira, wUlB ^ """ ” W '■ n Wllal doos (.on....... savC ' Conn.nns sa r -Wo trusted to jnstioo. Wo irnstod ,ut disninied. ‘wf-Z? \u iinve no'll!: no torce. \V' \\ e y! ennnot "i' D-ust the word ol great nations. Force is the ooI >' llliaa llial rules in the worhl.’ j P1 ' i ' 1u liy hollOVOS 'J 1 lom ‘ to day. , But unless , you. stamp out that convie lion civilization is doomed on this earth. Uu loss you can succeed in convincing Europe that rigllt 111 tho on< ! is (lomillailt over force 1 don’t know what is going . to happen- And who is going to do it I What nations can give Eu-1 3 rope this conviction ' There are two, only two—the people of the United States of Ameri* ea and the people of the British Empire.” And there von are’ 1 a country pie Igx ■t t nexation of o!h» .self to the Britain- \vh ; h ■ pose. Have you re; T duced, very e?m frit • 9 notice < much was Is unsaid : i . Do yon notice that there was no reference to the fact flint die people of the United States went on record, at the polls, in expressing their opinion against all that the wiley little Welshman was pleading for ? Are we ready to .slip our heads in the noose so \urcfully prepared, and make safe forever—not the peoples of Europe; not the 'ssalion of wars of otlmr nations, but make tome'- ! y sale those tremendous investments of the International Bankers, whose best bets are arums, navies, guns and gun powder? Emm'gnfion Of The Southern * fijp/im ’ J * The Sentinel iias not had anything to say about the exodus—so called-of the Southern to the Northern and Western States, for the reason it thought the negro was as free to choose new homes for himself and his farni ly. as wore the white people who moved, Just now. there seems to be a decided change of heart on the part of many who left the Smith for the dazzling wages offered most ly for work which few negroes were capable of doing skillfully. Many tries are coming down from tin States where the Southern negroes went in sue], numbers, but the most amazing of all comes rom Pennsylvania-that wondrous State m wlueh the C’lty of Brotherly Love is situated; that State which did so much to ou courage the rmmwav negroes before the War; .....J class *!»., wl.i-l, Nile,! and ovor t l„win R wi.ll a ol u.umgrant from Europe that few In (Icorsin. Ilic planters and small far mors suffered hardships in more than one wav, when the farm hands and their families joined tram of negro “movers.” Many of those who owned laud woke one morning to find a plantation which had been supposedly safe for planting season, on which many dollars had been spent for food and clothing for the hands, without a single tenant, and the resultant loss to be borne with no ehnee whatever of a come in payment. But the employment agents from the North to come South, fill the ignorant ne with tales of great wealth, social equality i' Pmi*ps, vitil thft ^ bite d-thti working bait-was folks in the Land of i 5 swallowed. The re petion ha •5Q sol in! just when the average far mer bad djnsted hims A f to the changed con (htions. and < hen fare 5 were being tenanted J, more whit o hands than had been the case (for years----along comes the S. O. S. from many of the travellers* and urgent plea is made for return tickets to home—and comparative comfort: at least, out from the frozen North, which takes such heavy toll, every winter, of its jioor. |> llt <(> Ret hack to Pennsylvania: the May or of Johnstown 4 had ordered all negroes who have hwu 8i( j 0 „^ 1]lpi . (> , oss than seven veark, to* leave—and spend little time in tlio p-aving. One of the professors of a negro col ]ogp jn Washington, took a trip to Johnstown |Vmisvlvania. and tl.is is whet he reports the conditions affeetiu"' a negro population of ^OOD. “ T)]P population consisted largely of raw re.-nuts from the South without the wholesome j„n,„. lu . ( . ,f | K)U1(1 ’ elinrch or social agency ti,,,™ qq y , andStse . j • sfocknrlen theli-^oSant dampness, dirt were companions. I visited a stockade with 100 in ma t es . There were no modern sanitary pro visions. The sheets and pillow eases judging f rom appearance, had not been changed for «; v rmm ths Smoke -iml ,lin -,n,l anYneh „r n « an \„j m-cumulated upon the floor half thick yiv soul sank within me as I saw splendid specimens of physical voum- manhood fresh f r om (lie open air of (he South, immersed in this dreadful environment, destructive alike ( 0 body and soul. , „ . ., ° f r 1 ., lC r S, 1 ? X)te . ‘ ‘ ‘ o,Ji,,°hi,!p ’ "vTtiic"nt° \ S ‘wlTc , v A,." r, oko j ; ‘"'5 ehimm V v s drt driven Z . , . To’atkm V" l'” NlTrT l °i i,„, livor' ll,«' desm-d m’do ,la m] S s l,r,wl«l ,,iaoo and tlH ' f,.,, ™ mi "'“"T o, -Todor , snob oiroomstaneoa , , ml “Vo'Ide, gambling. Tv'""" tU Niese men were all employed " ,M in > the mills at remunerative wages. The surplus hiuse left from the exactions of the hoarding L ''l>ers and stockade tax was spent in carous mg and gambling. When a set of men gamble among themselves, one man’s loss is supposed 10 be another man’s gain. But in Johnstown all the men are broke and no one seems any , hotter off alter the game is over.” (Continued on Rage Four.)