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April, 1915
THE ATLANTIAN
The Atlantian
Box 118, Atlanta, Georgia
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Published Monthly bv The Atlantian Publishing Co.
Vol. 7. APRIL No. 72.
Our Motto: “Pull for Atlanta, or Pull Out. ’ ’
Editorial Etchings
Easter
Easter day commemorates the resurrection of the
Master, the most momentous fact in world history. The
question: “If a man die shall he live again?” has agitated
man for unknown ages. To that question the resurrec
tion of the Saviour of men is the answer. But the vital
force of this question lies not in the mere affirmative
reply that man shall live again. It lies deeper than that.
Granted that he will live again, in what way will he live?
The great Apostle to the Gentiles was at his best when
he touched this question. The man who can read after
him and not feel himself stirred with the impulse to bet
ter living here is callous indeed. The life hereafter will
be glorious, or otherwise just in proportion as we sow
the seeds of good living here. As the harvest is more
abundant than the seed, how unspeakably glorious and
abundant will be the harvest hereafter of those who have
sowed good seed here. What have those to look forward
to whose seed time has been wasted in the sowing of
the seeds of evil?
Man shall live again, and future life will be governed
by the life here. God has given to every man the power
to shape his own destiny not only here, but hereafter.
What an awful power! To know that we, with all our
limitations, can so order our lives that through the end
less eternity we shall be among the glorified, or the dis
graced, amopg the happy, or the unhappy, is a responsi
bility so great as to be appalling, but on the other hand
it lifts men to the level of sons of God. And as the lov
ing father in the parable allowed the prodigal Son to go
his way until he came to himself, so God allows his sons
to go their way until they come to themselves, and stands
ready always to welcome them when they do come to
themselves, and are ready to do God’s work in God’s way.
Easter is a good time to take stock of ourselves, and
if the inventory is not satisfactory, it behooves us to so
order our lives that if another Easter Day should find us
among men, the next inventory will show that our talerit
has not been buried, but put to use. Only in this way can
we face the. future with serenity, knowing that in the
fullness of time we shall enter into an inheritance unde
filed, incorruptible, which fadeth not away, eternal in the
heavens.
W. G. Lee, President B. R. T.
Our first cover page carries this week a portrait of
W. G. Lee, of Cleveland, Ohio, President of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen.
Mr. Lee’s career has been one of notable activity and
usefulness. In his young manhood a baggage master,
his fidelity, in due time, caused his promotion to con
ductor. Twenty-five years ago he became interested in
the organized work of railroad trainmen. To this work
he gave the same zeal and intelligence that he had giveil
to other duties, and he steadily rose in the esteem and
confidence of his brethren, rising to be First Assistant to
P. H. Morrissey, whom he succeeded as President For
ten years now he has been the controlling force in this
organization, which, with its 170,000 members, is the
largest organization of railroad men in America. This
fraternity insures its own members, maintains friendly
relations with the railroad managers, and, as an illustra
tion of its success in its chosen field, has paid out twice
as much money to the families of its deceased members
as any other railroad organization in this country.
Naturally, the management of such a society calls for a
high order of executive capacity, and this Mr. Lee pos
sesses in marked degree. Even better than this, his
fidelity to the interests of his brethren and his integrity
of character have made him personally acceptable to
both the members of the Order, and the managers who
employ them and with whom he is necessarily thrown
much in contact.
George D. Case
The new Federal law dealing with narcotic drugs and
which calls for the most minute care on the part of the
druggists of the country has necessitated a corps of in
spectors, whose business it is to see that the law is prop
erly obeyed.
The appointment of George D. Case as inspector for
Georgia has met with cordial approval by those who are
well informed.
The appointment was in no sense political, but was
based solely upon the high character and professional
attainments of Mr. Case, who was a successful druggist
in Milledgeville. It was one of those rare cases where
the appointee was not a candidate for the position to be
filled and the office fell to him solely as a recognition,
of his qualifications to meet all the requirements of a
difficult position^ both in a personal and technical sense. •
All persons who keep abreast with conditions have
known for some years of the alarming growth of the
narcotic drug habit among our people. To many people
the law came like a bombshell, but it. did not come too
soon. It would do no good to outlaw, alcohol, and to per
mit the general use of opium, cocaine and their deriva
tives. If we are to have a sober and healthy people, we
must not permit greedy men to prey upon the weaker
members of society. The country at large is to be con
gratulated upon the law, one of the best ever put upon
the statute books, and the state of Georgia is to be. con
gratulated upon the fact that the enforcement of the law
has been entrusted to thoroughly competent hands.