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THE WWWflPPPW "JJKUPi I IRU.IM' ATLANTA dJCORGUN AND NEW«. "'rvivmaotr ^TTST IK ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. P. L SEELY, Pr«»ldent. Publish** Kvtry Aftcrnsen (Except Sunday) ly THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At a W««t Alstons at.. Atlanta, Oa. Subscription Ratss Yaar Mxnttis Ifootks nrtvr. far Waak .. Ml' :: « Telephone* roBnectiax all < Lose dlflaoca terasiaals. joaautatl fwitll, T S!«« SIS; Torn If ran kara any traoh'a #rttlCfiTSIB OBOnorAN ANft NEW* telspbus# tbs Orestetiaa DaeartiaaDt ana bsvs It bmmnltr moadlaO. Talrykonra; Ball •!7 Main, Atlaala 4401. It la daalraMa that all esmisai.las. ■a Infsadsd far naMIrattaw ta THC ORi:i AN AM> N1W* Ha Hailtad la vnrda In Inngib. It la Imnaratlrn- t tbnv ba ataard. aa an arldaaca of THE OKOItOIAN AND NEW*, grists an uarlaaa or aMactlaoatila ad- aartlalnx. Naithar Odaa ft pHat wklsky or any liquor a da. tta oara (aa and vlsctrix Hakt pUata. aa II now awea ita watarworka. Otkrr rills* do Ikla aad art (aa aa low aa H ram. aaltk a prom to tea ritr. Tkla akonld In dona at on fa. Tha Oaordao and Nava baUaraa tkat If atraat rail- R y. ran ba ana rated accratfutly by ropaan rlUaa. aa I bay are, thrra la mo (oad rouse Irby tbay ran nor ha ao aparaiad bat*. Bat wa do aat ballara this ran In daaa now, aad It may ba poma yaara bafora wa ara raady for aa hia an undartaktai. tlttll Attests akonld lm faca la that dlracttoa NOW. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND ADVERTISERS. On Fabruary 2 Tha Gsorglan pur chaaad tha nama, (aad wyi, franchlaaa, advartiaing eentraeta and aubacrlptlsn Mat of Tha Atlanta Noway and Tha News la now publiahad aa a pkrt of Tha Qaor glan. All advartiaing undar contract tc appear In Tha Navra will ba prlntad In Tha Oaorglan and Nawa, without Intar- ruptlen, axcapt aueh aa la dabarrad by Tha Oaarglan'a attabliahad pelioy ta axaluda all ebjaatlonabla advartiaing. Bubaarlbara ta Tha Nawa will raoaiva Tha Oasrglan and Nawa ragularly. All aubaariptions paid In advanoa ta Tha Qaarglan and to Tha Nawa will ba ax- tandad to oavar tha tima paid far ta both ntwopaperc. Should you nsto ba. racalvlng two capita of Tha Oaokglan and Nawa, your nama appaara an bath aubacrlptian data. Aa aaan aa thaaa Hats can ba comblnod C u will racaiva only ana copy ragn- V John Watley Gains*, attlrad In a Tuxedo and cream colored veat, uah- *rcd tha tfty-nlnth congress Into la- nocuoua deauetude. If aomebody would only whang- doodle that Ralaull chap the world would owe the whangdoodle a lasting debt of gratitude. According to a Pennsylvania jristlcs obraclng la luat "plain buggln', be- "Naw York faedara strike," la a nawapaper headline. It la hardly ner rata rr to aay that It la not the free- lunch boys, but tha preai faedara. It would be eaay to gurta the aooa- for who did not Introduce the raaolutlon to Inveatlgate the expreaa com panic*. The Pulled State* eupremo court haa decided that the us* of the Ameri can flag on beer bottle* Is Illegal. Thla will not delay the opening of the bock action, however. A Philadelphia congreaaman took a mean advantage of a large number of rapraaantatlvaa and nawapaper men. lie Invited them to a banquet and after the round-up read them bunchta of hla own poetry! If you have not been nominated for chief of police kindly submit your name to the board of submitters. Congreaaman Van Outer, of Nevada, caused a large. Juicy sensation In hla only appearance during the past ses sion of congress, and then only to j draw toms SUOO mileage. He found! a bunch of anxious creditors wailingI to relieve him of the bundle. The isle of newspaper* ft forbid-1 den ta Canada on the 8abbaih. It docs! not Interfere with the reading habltn I of the Canadian*, however, aa »»>\ri al N'ew York papers send up line Sun day aditloaa the Saturday evening be- New York broken have loci heavi ly by a big slump In the price of egg*. And Ice for cold storage will ba high Parta beggar* publish a directory of "easy marha." Some of these modern captains of Industry could beat them to a Jelly oa that kind of a directory. A man la New Jeraey has a gooae that he elalm* la 72 years old. Don't I knock. Jaet come on In. The Ananias Ctafe gives eilb'uaiaxtic welcome to a member of euch profound originality About half I be population of Wis consin shows clamorous wllllnguesr. to : ■aka a sacrifice by taklua Senator I Spooner's Job. tbs moor or tbs municipal owmbxibip PROPOSITION. The report of the expert employed by thn duly appointed lovaatlgatlag committee of I be city council, vindicates every position that The Geor gian has taken upon tha question of the Municipal Ownership of the city's lights. The sum tola) of the report whose premises are correct and whose conclueions are Irreatatlblo Is that the Municipal Ownership of the city's lights Is feasible, advisable and profitable. • The Hall-IHgaa Company, among tba most reliable and capable of civil euglnert. employed by the city eouudl to Investigate the matter, and with no blae or preference laid upon them, have gone into the matter carefully, coldly, methodically and In a business way, and have demonstrated conclu sively that the city by owning its own lighting plant cannot only supply th* people with light In the beat and moat acceptable way. but can earn large dividends wblrb will serve still further to reduce In time the taxes of the Individual cltlsens and to turn Into the treasury a surplus Just aa the water works has done, to be used for tbe perfecting of the other depart ment* of our municipal service. It was demonstrated In thee* columns torn* day* ago that ths city water work* which originally cast Atlanta 8500,000, haa now developed In to a property which by lit Interact bearing valua la paying net less than 4 par cant on $8,000,000! And th* ax part engineer In charge of thla propealtlen haa mad* clear from actual figure* that th* municipal lighting plant which would coct tha city about $278,000, would In an oqusl space of time ersat# for tho municipality a property which would bo worth as much si th# water works system of today. How can honest and sensible cltlsen* fall to see upon principles of mere common sense tba value of such Investment# for the city of which they ere a part? And how can Intelligent voters fall to cast their ballots for a policy which Is so rich In oconbmy and In profit at this tlms, and In tha 'future? And how can anyons fall to realise tho cause of tho dlllgont, tho far reaching, and th# d**P delving policy of opposition which thla proposition moots from those who are already rasping magnificent dividends from fur nishing to tha elty a commodity which tha city ought by ovary Instinct of wisdom, of Indtpsndsnea and of economy, to fumlch for Itself. The entire report of the expert engineers was printed In full In our col umns of Wednesday, and we refer Iboee who seek tjie detail Informa tion to etudy carefully and earnestly tbe facts and figures set forth by these responsible and practical aclentlsta baring the matter In charge. To furnish lights ont-thlrd chsaptr than they are furnlshod now—to furnish lights from our own plant and not as a more dependency upon a corporation—and to equip tho city with a dividend paying Inveetment which will reduce tho colt of living to almost ovary cltlxsn—surely this Is a proposition whose desirability It notde no newspaper to thunder and no speolous argument to prefer. THE FACTS ABOUT NEGRO LABOR VINDICATE THE GEORGIAN. On September 3. 1(03. the editor of The Georgian, ntamllug upon tbe commencement platform of the University of Chicago, made tbe state ment tbat negro labor was no longer dominant In the Industrial develop ment of tbe South, that Ibe majority of Ita crops and tbe vast majority of Its manufactured product* were created by white labor, and that the per centage of negro labor which concerned Southern agriculture and the Industrial development of thla aectlon waa every year decreasing. Thla statement waa received at tbe time with protest and almost uni versally discredited. Doctrinaire* In and out of the 8outb with unctuous misinformation derided tbe statement and declared It to be unfounded In fact. Politicians who usually think upon the surface and follow cur rents rather than depths, also denied It. and many newspaper* wbo have been accustomed with pretentious pomposity for years to stand aa rep resentatives of Southern life and progrees openly affirmed that the state ment waa a flgmcnt of the Imagination. But tbe editor of Tbe Georgian knew then aa he knows now what he was talking about, and wa* Just about four years In advance of contempo raneous Information In tbe recognition of a great and comprehensive fact which la now vindicated In tbe Judgment of all the Industrial factors of the South, and Is best emphasised by the extraordinary activity now being manifested to Induce Immigration In order, to supply tbe scarcity or labor In the factories and In thn fields of tbe South. On* of the largest cotton manufacturers In South Carolina stated the other day that 80.0M white farm hands and 10,000 white factory bands were Imperatively needed In that state and aa man/ more In each of the South Atlantic state* where Industrial development was halted by tbe lack of a sufficient labor supply w^lcb Is every year growing scarcer. Tbe editor of The Georgian stated In Chicago that In Texas, which raise* one-third of tbe cotton crop of America and about one-llfth of the cotton crop of the world, tbe yield was tbe product of from 12 to 30 per cent of negro labor, and that tbe remainder waa produced by white men. He stated from facts not at that flme confessed by the labor bureau of th* gnveretkeht that the rice and the cane and the sugar of 1-oulslana were raised by the Southern and Northern white mon and by the Italians and Chinamen rather than by the negro. He stated from facta of personal observation, that tbe majority of th* cotton crop In Mississippi, which once ranked aa the leading cotton state of the Unlou, was made largely In the upland* by the while men and got hy tbe negro. And he related tho fact that In tkla whole great section of Georgia, representing almost th* entire Savannah river front of tbe atate, there wa* scarcely a negro laborer to b* found lu that abund antly rich region of cotton production. And here, from tbe pan of one of thn acuteat and moat trusted observ er* of American life, comes a further vindication of thn statement made on the platform of the Chicago university. William E. Curtis, of The Chl- rago Record Herald. I* by common consent regarded aa tbe ablest, tbe moat thoughtful and most philosophic and perhaps the moat accurate ob server and correspondent of American Journalism, and In a letter to hla paper dated from Atlanta on February 38th, William E. Curtis baa the fol lowing statement which It both suggestive and Interesting to those con cerned In Ibe development of Ibis region: "Colored labor I* not counted any more. Colored labor Is not employed In the manufactories: only lu aome degree on the farms.' aa servants In the bouieboldi and (or rough work ou the railroads and Ibe atreeta. "Yet. In olden time*, all the plantation mechanlci were col ored. "There hae been a steady decadence In the quality of col ored labor throughout tho South since the race waa admitted ■o cltlienihlp. notwithstanding all that Hooker Washington haa ilono and la doing to train colored men and women. The greatest illfficultv Is that they will not stick to their work. Every lime they get a Itltla ahead they quit until Ihelr money la gone. They are not reliable: they lack a aenae of reaponalbimy. and In the factories colored operatives cannot be trusted with machinery— neither women nor meu. No colored help la employed In any of the cotton factories of the South for that reason. A few years ax» a party of well-to-do colored cltlsen* of North Carolina or ganised a company and built a factory In which none but colored hands were to be employed. The chief object wa* to demon strate that they are capable and trustworthy when they are prop erly treated, but that factory was a failure. It demonstrated the reverse of what wa* Intended. "You often hear it asserted that a white man caunot work uu- ricr a Southern aun. and yet I am assured that much more than half the cotton crop of the South t* now raised by whlto men without tbe nld or colored labor and that the proportion Is grow ing larger verv rapidly. It la asserted that all the Increase In the cotton crop or late year* represents white labor: that the amount of cotton raised by colored labor la decreasing every year, rhleflv because tbe colored hands are drifting from the farms In the cities and while men from the North and other section* are taking up land and tilling the nelds themselves. I went Into thla question very thoroughly In Alabama and Mississippi two years ago nud ahowed by the official figures that almllar assertion* concerning those Hates were true." It dors not alforri any particular satisfaction lo Tbe Georgian the vin dication which lime has brought lo n statement so generally protested at the time It waa made, and It la only presented to frame the observa tlon that in consecutive Ifavel and Intelligent atudy one gathers many (aria which do not come to the rasnal observer or I hr aurfaco thinker who merely follows the politicians or the public prints. The fans staled in 1*43 were gathered from contact vlit and obsvr- vatlor of thouKlitfu' men and (rum au accurate mid comprehensive atudy id tin race problem And the only mural which we have lo draw la that ihmi mau wbo has made P his duty t» study these things and commits hla fX|.erlenre to a comprehensive statement, tbat It I* a much wise- thluri lu people lo luvvstlt'ate and consider It rather than lo protest It wlndlly and arrogantly, only to be confounded by Us aubequect develop ments. .There la no doubt In the- world but tbat the collapse ol negro labor In the Industrial Ufa of th* South promises soma vary grave and aa- rloua development! In tbe future consideration .of the labor problem in this section. Nothing could be more unwise on the part of the negro and those who need him than to permit this great country to realise tbe conclusion that the negro Is no longer Indispensable to tbe Industrial development of the South. The plea that he was Indispensable haa been heretofore the chief material consideration that baa bound thla people to him, and the dissipation of that Idea ta likely to do him greater damage than any oth er which bit idleness and ahlftlsssnssi might posstbl^ provoke. • Tbe friends wbo are seeking with earnest faith and lofty purpos* to lead and uplift him. can do nothing better than to devise some potent way to lead him backward to tbe farms aild the fields which b* has so foolishly deserted. COTTON AT ELEVEN CENTS AND THE FUTURE OUTLOOK. The eelllng of cotton at 11 cents per pound In Georgia Is a matter of general congratulation and encouragement throughout the atate and the South. For this result no honest man can fail to give a large nhare of credit to tha firm and vigorous pronouncement of Barrett and Duckworth and ihelr brethren of the Fanners’ Union, which set the vaat weight of Ite magnificent numbers end* representative membership behind this jiropo- , sltlon. Representing a million farmers, more than one-half of whom are In tbe South, the Farmers' Union, when It speaks, speaks In a vole* of thunder and It Is heard to the furtbent confines of trade because It speaks the sentiment of tbe men wbo aotually make and sell the cot ton of the South. Hut It would be' equally untruthful not to say that this development Is due In some part also to the Increasing demand of the spinnere for cot ton at this time and to tbe evidences accumulating on 1 every elde tbat the demand will be ooptinued through another year. The thing for thoughtful men to consider everywhere In thla connec tion. relates to tbe nature and extent of the crop which la to be planted for another year. It Is utterly Impossible for any man, however line and philanthropic hla motives, and however hla Judgment may be established in many thing*, to present Infallible counsel to the farmers upon thla question of the acreage, because a year la a long lime, and within the course of a year many things may transpire to Change the current of trade and to upset the price of tbe staple. It may be aald truthfully and conservatively that at this time all the Indications point to a sustained demand for cotton In larger quantities during the present year and the year that la to come. Men who know Ihe cotton market will agree that a crop of cotton too small might be a calamity In the fact that It might be the causo of the shutting down of many mills that would not have the material to run. and In thla way ac tually depress the price. Ou the other hand no lesion has been more deeply Impressed upon the mind and Judgment of the farmer than the evil of an overcrop of cotton which would exceed the demand and would there fore be held at a depreciated price. Perhaps tn thla as In all matters the conservative mean Is the Une of wisdom and of policy In these great battles of agriculture. Tho most conservative thinkers and Judges that The Georgian has been able to con sult upon this question, believe that tho mills and the markets of the world will easily consume next year a crop of 13.000.000 bales of cotton, und this estimate we give upon the basis that It represent* the Intelli gent Judgment of men who are supposed to kuow tho cotton situation. We have not cousulted any expert along thla line who doemoot feel that It would be still a misfortune -for the Southern farmer to give all Ilia land and all of his energy to the production of cotton. To plant hla fence Cor ners and bla front yard In the imperial staple, to the neglect of other crops, would be as great a,mistake tbla year as It haa ever been before, and while tbe present prospect Is altogether pleasing, and the future loom* lu solid promise, we feel aura that the years of trial and of misfor tune tbat are paat have educated the Southern farmer to that discretion which Is always Ifee better part of enterprise, and which would lead him to adopt as hla safest policy the motto which was at once the proverb of Na poleon and Mahomet: "In the hour of adversity let us not despair, and In the hour of prosperity, let us not presume." Army-Navy Orders MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. Army Ordtrt. Washington, March 7.—Tha follow ing order* have been Issued: Private William T. Youart, Company G. Twenty-sixth Infantry. Fort Ham H. Hinton, transferred to general aerv- Ice Infantry, report to recruiting officer Dan Moines. Flint Lieutenant Kdwnrri A. Htunrt. artillery .corpa, before board at Pre- sldlo of Sun Francisco for examination for promotion. Private Robert Dunn. Company D, Twenty-eighth Infantry, Cuba, din- charged froai the army. HCcond-diSoi Private John P. Me- Sweeney, ordnance department, from Whtertown arsenal, general hospital Washington barrack*. Naval Orders. Midshipman O. Bartlett, detached Virginia to Vermont. Midshipman H. T. Dyer, detached Tcnnesaea to Vermont. Warrant Ma^lnlet Cullen, detached Franklin to Louisiana. Movement of Vessels. ARRIVED—March 4. Rockett at Wanhlngton; March 6. Galveston ut Cheefoo. Bcorpion and Yankton at Santiago de Cuba. Nero at Guantana mo. Florida at Hampton Road*. HAILED—March 6. Galveston from Cheefoo for Chingwongtnl. Scorpion and Yankton from Guantnnamo for Santiago de Cuba, Florida from Nor folk for Hampton Road*. Princeton from Han Diego for forint a. PROSECUTION AND PERSECUTION now proceeding In Sew York. It ererns thnt it might Ih> well to mil attention to the difference fts between the two word* nUivc named. nml to |K>lnt out. ft* llluttmtcd In «!•*• case referred to. tin- danger that e\ i«tn for even the Ih*»| of men when occu pying the nil Importnn: potltton of s pub lic prosecutor to degenerate Isto an lu dt rid uni persecutor. 11 In B.-nrcely needful to remark that tbl* abonld never he the •cs«e. but It in all Important to note the fact that all Thin state of things Is not nnlr *njn»i ami unrighteous, but l« undlgntdnd. and tend* to dltulnluh re*pe**t for the law uml the court*, and resultant duregnrd of »H»ib It would aeem a good thing nt tbl* time to Introduce some rctnedlitl action for thla atate of ttilug*. Pefbapa the Impoaltloti of a fine levied upon connftet of Hther aide for Inftultlng remark* to and offenatvv i|tm» Honing of wltuesars and etpert* might - salutary effect, a* nlao the In- ...4» of *’s baker’s doten In the Jury box”—as recently suggested In The ffeor- ?\hr nAtHtre some one of high l»tal standing and eoperteuce In oar dtr draw B n niateuicnt with ouch a heading a* nggestrd Itr form b In Our Law font la” THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 1791—Goold ’■will *>■'•*» u. meumni AtDerlClD grammarian, born. Died March SI, lSOl—ltrltSth naval and military expedition imived In Abotiklr hay, Egypt. 1*25—llunry Clay, of Kentucky, became sec ret ary of Mate. IRSV-The “llook of Mormon." written by Solomon 8jumbling. pnMJsbed lo New York. ISlS-SteamlMint Swallow wrecked In Hud* son river, with loss of many lives. 1849-TlioniSH Kwlug. of Ohio, took office ah itr»t secretary of the Interior. JS&4- !-?(»•••! bin riot* In Milwaukee between German and Irish. 1SC3—tVInccM Alexandra, of Denmark, ar* rlvt-d In Fiigland to became bride of prince of Wnlca. $89^—Queen Victoria Instituted tbs Albert medal reward for heroic actions nmoug marlpere. 1897—Queen Hnmivalona II! of Madagascar exiled by the French. tTilna leased Port A for ninety-nine rear*. 1*6—General strike of elevated railroad em ployees In New York city, "8AID ALEjTsTEPHENS." To the Editor of Tho Georgian: Referring to .Mr. J. I„ D. Hlllyer - " communication In your Ixsua of the llh ln»t.; The Incident referred to may b« found In Sir Walter 8cou’a Kenilworth and l« us follonx. “Why. thou little hop-the-autler, thou nrt ax sharp ax vlnesar thlx aft ernoon! Hut tell me. how didst thou come off with yonder Joltrr-headed (hint, whom I had left theo with? I wax afraid he would have stripped thy clothes and xo swallowed thee ax men peel und eat a roasted chestnut." "Had he done so," replied the boy, he would have had more brains In his (UIh than ever he had In hla noddle." The above conversation wns between Wayland Smith and "Dickie Huiudxe or Filbert Iglbet." Now, It must be remembered that while the relxn of Queen Elisabeth am related Charles the fteconri about n hundred years. Sir Waller Hcolt lived and wrote much liter and there- Is a bare poxelhllltv that Ihe Incident as attributed lo the dwarf, HIr Joeffrcy Hudson, and Huckluxhnm. hy Mr. Ste phen*. may he the true ortsln of the iHDiruase and that Sir Walter Hcoit. under the Itovellsl'x license, may lutve misapplied It. Certainly Mr. Stephens oueht tirhaveAnewn w hereof he spoke. "How old was Ann?" Very truly yours, X. H. HASS. Lavender. Ga„ March g, iso?. OUR NBIGHBORS. n.mieh,*iT tier you Is -triigctlng alone “•— life's desert sand; hole* slot rmir.lBe Inyet h him a helping band: Turn ou Ids ilsrknc.. s te am ef vnur ll*ht: Kindle, lo jrntilo him, a lien cm lire ItrighT: Cheer his dls.oumsvtueat, soothe his af fright ; f-orlagly lo Ip him to stand. i - Somelmity near you Is hungry and raid; ’ i Mend trim seno< nld listny: I SomeiHsly near yon Is feehte and old, I left o-UlMMd hums 11 ,-lul. Coder his harden, put tmnrie hind ami stmnr: , SiM-nl. t>- hint Icuderlr. slay loui a Unit: ; Kitsit*. to do somethin* to ti*-lt> him aloug > Oter Ills weuty war. i Heir one, I*- busy, for time til.-lb ftit. , n-MUl It Will Sll he (one; 1 Soon will our season of aerth-e |.e |st»seJ, Attests. ti«„ Lumber Dealers Meet. Wuahlnxton, March T -Wil’d 2in del. egates present the hftrenth annual meeting of ilie Nations: Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association was open ed \eaterdav in the led ball room of the'Nywi Wlilatd. with l^wls Dill, of Hall In We, Md, the president, m the chair. ' -Olio- one nerds tlel|l, such ford: last" lu assist I,■ Uo- name There am> hr a end to L Announcement Is mads by Che Amer- lous Tlmee-ltecorder that on March 1 (today) Mr. Thoms Gamble will as- sums tbe ownership. aad editorial management of that paper. Mr. Gam ble haa been connected with the Sa vannah newspapers for tbe paat twenty yean, and will bring to tbs Amerlcus prfper * rips experience and greet abil ity. Mre. Marla Louise Myrlrk, who haa been tbs sdltor and manager of The Tlmea-Recorder for many year*, luw built that paper up until It I* one of the most valuable newspaper prop erties In the state, and her retirement from active newspaper work ta a source of regret to the Georgia frater nity and a, distinct loss to Georgia journalism.—LaGrange Reporter. This announcement brings both re gret and pleasure. Regret that Geor gia Journalism Is to lose one of Ita jnoet brilliant women and pleasure at tha return to the ranks of Tom Gam ble. a Is certain tbat be will keep The Tlmea-Recorder up to tbe hlgb standard aet by Mrs. Myrlck. Overlooking a 1st. A cousin of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw be longs to tha Atlanta police force. Tbl* put* It up to some Mqcon man to prove that ho once vlsltsd Pittsburg. Pa-— Kawnan New*. Doss look like Tom Simmons. John Burke and Editor Pendleton bays •lipped up on this fine opportunity. Stop Monksying. The monkey which commuted suicide at the Grant park Sunday week oy Jumping from hie perch In the top of ths cag* and lighting on ills head In the bottom of the cage, should Itave adopted an easier method—that of elm- ply hanging himself—by hla tall.— Marietta Courier. Jt I* unkind of ihe Georgia editors lo persist In monkeying with that simian caudal appendage. Utopia le Found. Carroll county la unique In piany ways. One great thing about It, It le ruled by no one man or set of men. No politician. If there be one here, car ries Carroll In his vest pocket. Hhe Is the most Independent county In th- stete. That comes about by the fact that we have u reading and a thinking act of people. It Is not divided Into cliques or rings. -No section Is st rayed against the other section. Each rejol'-es In the pivot parity of every other portion. Our people are happy and prosperous whether they know It or not.—Carroll Free Presa. Here Is Utopia at lent. The condi tion* ax portrayed by The Free Prep are those dreamed of by men for cen turies, but now happily realised for the first time. The touch of humanness tx added by tbe statement that "the peo ple are happy and prosperous whether they know It or not." A Too Common Habit. If you xee it 111 The Gazette it lx not stolen.—Darien Gazette. And that Is something worth saying. It ta a fact that too many editors lend themaelrea to tho practice of printing other men's tdeaa and work without the honesty to glee due credit. It is usually because the editor lx not In dolent to write himself, and not be cause ho hasn't the ublllty. Editor Grubb's editorial page rhino* both for Ha brightness and for Its originality. Are YouOne of the 195? SftTUfii.7TH.rti ymi ars one of them? You ran rellevr tired, strained eyee by glasses; yes cat, relieve latensa. ttobboru ksadacfces: they will eak- Me yon to do etose. dlffl celt work when *su could sol possibly doTt without I kern. T In fact, properly fitted slasses will tiring weak, defective eyes baek to annuel, strong ones. If takes lo thnt. To fit glasses property, ‘ **4 aptlrb. people has gives as. < nnie lo sod let os fit you a pair of (lasses at A.K.HawkesCo OPTICIANS, Two) ItWMlfMU Straat. Storaa ) 12S Paaehtraa ttraat. ONESIDED TRADING. To tba Editor of Tba Oaonrfao. In patting off an aged, wlud-brokrti w*. full flt’fthad or bloatad and rabbod to $ fl D $ glo*i>. the owner may call apodal attrnti<x to an Intlgnlflrant blrmlab, but oT*mh«<iftw tba rail pbjalcal dtflclaadaa by Imnitioc qualities, ate. Both parties fed elated oa the trade, but after tbe horse bn* t*n teat ad! Tbl* Jlluatrataa opoculatire tradiny. and ion*. * Now, thousands of Goorgla hoys unu»M t« toll In ttlllnff the noil (clay) are deNlrtog home* In striking distance of their partnt* kindred. Bat there fa ■ fictitious value placed on the exhausted bind* A tbouftftiid acres In the choir* half of th* Ntnle do not nfford C"<*d Umber for $ti:iking a mmil, mi ax handle or hamper luukri. mneb leaa for building purposea. Over aw.. i*W tons or romiuerclftl fartfllsera are itouxbt to produce h single crop In this fttftte. and Ntlll our work*atock and general nujiplits are purchased and shipped In from mors jiroiliicttve fteetlons. When youiiu UoliiK family comfort* due o pint* jt«.' ordinary laboring man. or reniluf nround without n home, he chooses to jw West. Loyalty to country without r Imtut In It can not t»r expected, ftuhsfautlsl proa perlty la dependent on productive toil, not a ib«* sphere of the poor white folk*, hey feel that they are balm; crowd*! Tho boys t ail jp> West, but the firJf mutt lie left to the lust of stranger* If the amount of energy which Is !**in< expended to supply the place of our natu« hots who ore leaving agriculture were ri- erted In securing homes for them here, and branding and banishment ware the e«Ml- IlNlied fate of criminals, ahd n large part -f »rn land** wen* turned out for natural cuperatlou. It would ba reasonable* mi pilose that our leaders idrlreno ar* prompted by patriotic doairaa for permabt-ut prnaperlty. T Til*, r . 1 progress white people wifb real homes lu the IhihI <-f 1 nativity. Theae, now. poor people »r*» In the majority ns loyal, tolerant Inhabitants of the state. None anrh deatre the Intr.- dnotion of foreign labor In tbatr fields of production. The erase for “new blood" u on the pnrf of tboae wha'Wlll never plow a furrow—tbe gang that goya for killing th* goose. PLEBEIAN. SOME THINQ8 THE PEOPLE WANT. To the Editor of Tha Georgian. Aa ona of thla great city, t thank you kindly for the Intoreat you have taken on bohalf of tba people In their rlghta lu matters of public utilities. sincerely treat that you will continue fight on behalf of tbosa wbo arc iina- through lack of organisation to apeak for themselves. The people are very much Interested In the results of what you nre advocating. the city It was l .... proper facilities would be j Is nothing unraanounldc lu Ivrsoaally I would {athe Considerable apace has been utilised Ih the papers complaining aa to comlitloiiH exist ing on the Mteain railroads of the «t?ite A eonfemporary of yours has spent more Hutu onltnnrr exertions for better conditions, the railroad commission of the state Ium lieon unduly maligned because of the eondltlotis existing. Don't you think It Ndrlsahlr for ■unto of Ceorgla to pass such lows ns will 'nrlud* the atraat cars within their Jurisdiction? They have the power to fix rates for Ibt steam roflda-u hy not for the electric ilitf*? They siweif.v aa to what facilities shall t* accorded the people aa to depots, schedule, etc.; why uot for the street cars? I h$»« received such poor service In matter* ef transportation. I built a home two mile* fr«*m the center of the city. I was to purchase property on the car line for the Xpccted It would afford \ 111 tutirh regret to have t« do tbla. a« 1 h"'* n wtee home, fitted with errry convenient* and pabl for. However, I am uhnlde ’ stand the conditions that exist at the pret cut In fncillttra to get to and ftom nit residence. There are thousands In the *ame Some relief *hould be accorded l*le.t« ttnne the fight. The people of Atlsn 1 predate your efforts lu their behalf jfttUfipG PioWdei Makes die finest* fight- est,best flavored biscuit, hot-breads, cake and pastry. Renders the food more digestible and wholesome. ABSOLUTELY pure MVAk sax me sottoca co„ N(w roatt.