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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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TIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN*TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
P. L. SEELY, PrttMim.
Fubtlehed Every Afternoon
(Except Sunday)
■y THE OEORQIAN COMPANY,
At S Wilt AUbftmi It. AtUnU. Os.
14 boon, throe times the. capacity of
the standard hydraulic prase.
In the past few weeks official! of
the American Linseed Company,
American Cotton Oil Company, Sooth-
era Cotton Oil Company, Corn Prod-
ucta Company, Baker Castor Oil Com
pany and the Cotton Oil and Fiber
Company hare been In Springfield and
watched the experiments. The results
are said to hare ben satisfactory- Pat
ents bare been secured in Europe,
and represents tires from companies
in England. France and Bwitaerland
hare been to see the machine. -
If the machine prores adequate to
all practical demands of the trade. It
is claimed. K will rerolutlonlse the
work of the hundreds of mills In which
the hydraulic press now holds away.
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, A Machine That Will Revolution-
ize Oil.
There has been tested In the city ot
Springfield. Mass., during the past
season a machine for which a great
deal te claimed by Its owners.
It Is an oil extracting press of a new
pattern, which, according to Its own-
era. will, by reason of Its economy
and efficiency, displace troni $*.000,000
to $10,000,000 worth of machinery In
the 8onth and make for greater pros
parity becauee It will dispense with
nearly all the manual labor required
by the present mills and will then
solve the labor problem lor this par
ticular Industry In the South.
This Is the claim of the owners of
the maehlne frankly and aweeplngly
expressed
It Is enough to quicken Interest of
various degrees and kinds III thl
lira section.
The working ot the niaehlne has
been observed with much Interest j!y
Important corporations In this cointlt)
and Ktini|H-. who have sent their itlB-
cars or agents here to see- It In oper
ation. It has Just been shipped to the
Jamestown exposition, where ll will be
exhibited next summer.
The rntrhln- wss built by the Con
fsetlonen' machinery and manufac
turing Company for the Continuous ex-
tracUng press corporation ot JS llrond-
way. New York, J. J MrXally, of Nor
folk, Va.. and J. C. Klddyinent, ot
• Chicago, are the patentees. During
most of Isst year extensive experi
ments have been made with the live-
ton machine and In the past tew
week* the results lit the extraction of
oil from rotton seed and other such
- vegetable oil products hive been very
aalletactory. The extrartlng press
corporation was organised two years
ago to own and control the indent*
and business It Is composed of busi
ness men from New York. Chlragn and
Providence. K. I The company ha*
several machines somewhat similar,
but built for the extraction ut nsh oil.
now In operation In some cities ot the
South, and all more In process of con
atntctlon. The machine built In
8prlngf!eld Is heavier than those now
' In use, and ran la- used for the ex-
traction ot these various products.
Heretofore oil extracting lias been
done with hydraulic presses. The
principle of the continuous extracting
press Is a steel eeraw Increasing grad
uelly In diameter toward the exit end
This la Inclosed by a solid cylinder
perforated with etralners through
which the oil and liquids exude and
which jot train the solid material* that
are finally forced In a hardened mast
through the exit end. The press dls-
ponses entirely with the expensive
earners hair press cloth now needed
tor the hydraulic press syftem. The
latter system la the only one now oh-
copying the field and baa been In exit-
> for the past 40 years. It It claim-
i- *d that the machine extracts from
Lthraa to five gallons more cotton sdgd
to the ton of cleaned material
an does the hydraulic press. Its ra-
l» tS.toxa of ent$najMt^eAi
IS TIMT TEMPERING THE ROCKEFELLER MILLIONS TO
PHILANTHROPY*
The rumor that John D. Rockefeller la to trill $$$0,000,000 of hla mon
ey to the cause of education. Is not without the possibility of vindication.
Mr. Rockefeller has not been for some year* actively engaged In n bus
iness life and most of this period has been given up by him to recreation
and reflection. It I* simply Impossible to conceive that a great mind like
Rockefeller's, resting In repose, and forced upon Itself In meditation upon
the meaning and significance of life In the great line* which he has follow
ed. should fall to react against th^ emptiness aad folly of a mere Individual
accumulation.
Several yeara ago the editor of The Georgian was at dinner with Mr.
Rockefeller, and among the party were Governor and Mr*. Herrick, of
Ohio, Just after the nomination of Mr. Herrick tor the chief executive office
of the state. Someone at the table congratulated Mr*. Herriek upon the
honor paid her husband and she responded In protest that she was
heart broken over the feet and felt that her husband who had worked hard
and accumulated a competency (some $10,000,040). ought now to rest and
enjoy what he had won. .,
Instantly Mr. Rockefeller, whose whole discourse had been given to
the delights of bicycle riding and golf playing, turned with a serious
face and a deep light In hie eyes and remarked:
"No, no. no. Any man who baa reached a certain stage of effort and
has any stuff In him of the right sort, can do nothing 1*0* than to go on,
to press forward.”
Wo hare thought many times since then that thla waa the genius of
Rockefeller's life. The spirit of accumulation of money and of achievement,
the tmpulio to go constantly further than he had gone or anybody else had
gone. It must have been the spirit of hie life, for the mere eordldness of
avarlco mutt htve been satiated In the sheer mass of thla man’a accumu
lation. If ho had given thought In counsel with bla friends for a solid
week he could not bavo devised way* and means of personal and Uriah ex
penditure upon hlmaelf and upon hla family that would have approximate
ly exhausted hie fortune In a thousand ysara.
And so It must have been the "preee forward,” the “go on" from one
thing to another, from one peak of achievement to another, from one ab-
aorptldn to another absorption, from one pile of million* to another pile of
millions.
nut at last thla old man, warned by hla age and the beckoning of the
shadows, stands still for a year or two to think, and aa he thinks with a
mind which all men must regard aa powerful and cltar, there comes to
him the emptiness of accumulation a nd the absence ot pockets In a
shroud.
An-I ao he ‘‘goes forward" lo the conclusion that the vast accumulation
which ho has made must now be given back. If not to tha original ele
ments. at least to those elements ot construction and development which
may make other men to conquer, to achieve and to rule tha world.
And there is largo compensation to the world In gifts like these.
Leaving nut the moral question and the element of righteousness, and
the current question of "Ulnt." It Is at last the making of tome compensa
tion tluit what has been Uken by arbitrary eaaetlona from one age I* to be
given track to another. What was wrung from the pocket* of the peopie of
the four decades of Rockefeller's militant life Is about to be given back
In part to the people who are to live In the remaining decades of the life
of hla only eon.
The question arise* whether this money If It had not been accumulated
by Rockefeller would have been ae wisely and beneficently spent ae he
proposes to spend It. Would these $$$0,090,000 which Standard Oil monop
olist! have gathered Into the Rockefeller chetets have been spent for
schools, colleges, churches and charitable Institutions? It la scarcely like
ly that they would. Part of the sum might have been ao diverted, but not
all of It—certainly not all.
And therefore the rompeniatlon would seem to hang Its weight and
balance somehow largely upon the icale of our later day, and humanity
at last In the long processes of the years would become the beneflclary of
at least the material gain* of the mightiest millionaire In the history of the
world, r
If this nran has been made the agent of providence and of the great
furrea of development to accumulate the colossal treasury fund which la
to supply- the needs of education In several mighty generations of men,
then at least we ran recognise the beneficence of the divine motive oven If
selfishness and ambition might hava been the moving eptrit of the human
endeavor.
lint at least we think If this man In the better light and the larger
vision* of the seer at sunset withes to make reparation for accumulations
Hun have not Im-i-ii altogether right, that the world can accept It as a mov
ing of providence ii|ion the spirit of wealth.
And In this view lei us thank God and "press on" and "go forward"
ourselves lo the work which our hands find to do In the upbuilding of our
children. In the uplifting of the state, and In the betterment of our fellow-
BROUGHTON DAY IN ATLANTA.
The Rev. Ia-ii. G. Hruughton, D. D„ has not always been under the
Scriptural condemnation "Woo unto you when all apeak well of you.”
ll has lieen "a cold day In August” when everybody In thle com
munity has spoken well ot Dr. Broughton. No penonallty lo forceful, no
convict Inn* so militant nnd aggreaelve ae hla ever fall to excite friction
umong elements the o|i|a>sltc In eentlment and In practice to hie own.
lint Dr. Broughton came nearer to the danger point of universal ac-
claim on Sunday than he ever did In hla life.
Ailnuia was simply captured by the masterful audacity and the con
structive genius of the great preacher who In the face of a civic compe
tition In auditoriums thst would have floundered and floored moat men,
was simply Inspired In himself and In the people of the Baptist Taber
nacle lo grenter endeavor and to a larger achievement.
It Is practically certain that no enterprise In the Industrial or spirit
ual life or Atlanta has been more brilliant In conception and more mas
terful In execution than that which culminated In the aerie* of meetings
or Sunday In the Grand opera house and In the Tabernacle
rhurrh. Never before In Atlanta has such a scene been wit
nessed as the great morning congregation In the Tabernacle
which walled and listened from it o'clock to : o'clock to the Tabernacle
leader and his friends, nnd which after giving $68,000, were atlll lingering
at the hour of 2 o'clock to give other thousands to the enterprise on
which the pastor had set his brain and hla altruistic purpose.
When one remember* that the vast bulk of this magnificent contri
bution came from a congregation that I* not made up of the rich and
fashionable tropic of the rlly, but la founded more largely among the
quieter people or Atlanta, we begin to catch a glimpse of the heroism, the
faith and Ihc devotion that Is behind the Tabernacle and Its work.
The supcih meeting at the Grand opera house In the evening was
designed s* a tribute lo n great and honored minister ot the gonpel who,
hating fought his good fight and won hi* great battle, It loosln^now hit
brave nnd loyal grasp upon worldly affair* and settling softly Into the hon
orable and glurloua shadows ot a serene and -blessed evening. And the
exercises were Indeed t noble and Inspiring tribute to Dr. James R. Haw
thorne. the "old nran eloquent" and the great man, always, of the llaptlst
church In the South.
Hut no occasion and no exercise could shadow the ’fame and the
mighty work of llroughton. and even there the evening exercises were
made another ovation to the man and hla people who are doing ao much
along llie high lines at Christian endeavor In this godly land.
Yesterday hi Alla|ita was Indeed "the day of llroughton and hla Tab
ernacle." and no man ever better deaervrd the tribute of a great people,
(or Dr. Mroughlon la a man who does things and he does right thlngi. He
does them strongly, he does them bravely, and who Is there 10 deny that
tbla community Is heller and stronger fur bis life and living?
We judge i tree hylts fruits, and we measure a nun largvly by hit
works lly this standard. then, let aay man look to the things that D:.
I'.ouightuo has not dreamed over but actually done Hr Atlanta and as..
^Mra^a deny Mm the laurel* of mft OBiy A MUUrfbl laadsrahlp, hot a.'
UirRWlU II1TI wilt
I the laurel* of out
lo 4av mwtfci
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LIT THE CITY OF AUDITORIUMS ORGANIZE TO BRING CON-
VENTIONS.
With the prospect of-two great auditoriums soon to be brought to
oomplotlon within Its limits, Atlanta should now be casting the fine eye
ot expectation toward some of the greater contention* which are held
annually In these United States.
With the equipment of her future certain there I* nothing too good
for Atlanta along these lines. No organised body of mao In the United
Statee could fall to receive with lea* than satisfaction an Invitation to
hold n meeting in Atlanta. The name of the city U good throughout tba
land. Its history is rich in martial and Industrial romance. Its record
•bounds In Interest nnd In hospitality. Its hotels are Increasing every
yasr In number, site and excellence of equipment, and as the capital
and almost tha metropolis of tha South, It ia the center toward which
turn the eyas of all man who are Interested In this new and marvelously
developing section of our common country.
We hare long ago suggested as the chief attraction for which ws
could look tba National Democratic Convention of 1(08, and with a united
preas and people, with a member and an ex-member of tha Democratic
National committee residing here, this achievement ought to be easily
within our ranch.
. Tba Grand Army of the Republic and the Grand Reunion of tba Con-
federtta Veterans hare both been mentioned aa poaelble achievements and
Atlanta la prepared to handle these great occasion* well.
One of the greatest of all great conventions to the Imperial Council
of the 8hriners which carried 12,000 meb to Its last meeting In Buffalo
and will probably carry 18.000 men to Los Angeles In tba coming May.
It to Impossible to estimate the number and Importance of the great
organised commercial, social, fraternal and political bodies which meet
•*sry year In these United State*, find we would suggest that the secre
tary of tha Board of Trade, who to always equal to hip'opportunities, should
prepare a list of the greatest of these conventions and at the next meet
ing of the board should advlae as to those which we most desire to cap
ture, and let ua organise committees to give practical shape and direction
to our aspirations.
Atlanta should celebrate the first year of Its two great auditoriums*
by having at least thirty of the greatest conventions which assemble In
the United State*.
Maddox-Rucker Banking Co.
Capital and Surplus .' $ 700,000.00
Total Xeaourcss Over $3,000,000.00
New accounts invited. We offer to depositors
every facility which their balances and business re
sponsibility warrant.
4 per cent paid on limited amounts in ourSavings
Department,
CONSUMPTIO N
THE FUTURe LIFE.
Does death end all?
Out of the silence ot the empyrean
heavens.
Hath no vole* spoken to Imperial
man?
Does mortal dust crumble Into ele-
mental atom*
And bis spirit return chaotic, whence
It began?
on ot all the cen-
the winepress
Is thtre no God?
Down the dim coi
turitv.
Hat humanity
alone?
And all In vain Its (ailing tears, and
humbl* prayer*.
Uplifted, to a deity no higher than
It* own?
base
Ie there no Christ?
Was the suffering Nasaren*
Imposter?
Who kindled heaven's Joyous hopes
In men.
And rent asunder tha tempted vail ot
dlvlnaat things
And promised erring man. redemp
tion from all his tin.
blessed
It there no heaven?
No city of God; no land
beatitudes, -
Where the ehlnlng ones of radiant
light
Walt the coming of earth's heavy-
laden weary pilgrim.
To a land where faith Is lost In rap-
tuous sight?
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Thtre la a lift beyond.
Ths tout with deathttae faith, plume*
untiring pinions.
And rising triumphant over doubt
and fear.
Lays hold on the Infinite One, and
knowing him.
Believes all things, and with the vis
ion of a eeer.
Pierces through the clouds of eternal
mystery,
And with love Inspired, mounts Its
shining way.
That rises serenely above all tarth-
' born rare and grltf,
And anchors Its hopes In the harbor
of endless day.
W. A. HARRIS.
Rorkmart, On.
8ARCASTIC TOWARO
THE 2-CENT RATE.
Army Order*,
Washington, March 11.—The follow
Ing orders have been Issued:
Major William B. Banister, surgeon,
from Jefferson barracks to San Fran
cisco, thence on April 6 to Philippines.
Chief Musician Alexander Perwln
from band Eleventh cavalry, Cuba, to
Eleventh band, coast artillery. Fort H.
B. Wright, as prlx-ate.
Following enlisted men military
academy detachment of cavalry. West
Point, transferred as privates to or
ganisations Indicated:
Private John J. Keegan to First
cavalry. Fort Sam Houston; Private
Victor N. Sevier to Fifth cavalry. Fort
Wingate; Private Nets C. Howe to
Twelfth cavalry’. Port Oglethorpe; Pri
vate Charles A. Lord to Troop O. First
cavalry, Fort Sam Houston; Private
Joe Cooler to the Third company,
coaat artillery. Fort Moultrie; Private
George Francis to Fifty-first company,
coast artillery. Fort Hamilton.
Port Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas
Connolly from Plattsburg barracks to
Jamestown Centennial Exposition. Nor-
folk, reporting to First Lieutenant Har
ry N. ('notes, Twelfth cavalry, for tem-
porary duty.
Naval Orders.
Lieutenant H. Martin detached navy-
yard. Washington to Kanoaa.
Paymaster R. H. Woods detached
Kearsarge to naval academy. Annapo
lis.
Paymaster X. Potters to Kearsarge.
Passed Asslatsnt Paymaster A. Ho-
vey King detached Southey to navy-
yard, Portsmouth.
Movements of Vassal*.
ARRIVED—March 16. Starling at
Hampton Roads. DuRuque at Puerto
Plata, Charleston. Roaton, Preble and
Paul Jones at Magdalena bay. 8tantsh
st Annapolis, Yankton at Sanltago ds
Cuba.
HAILED—March 14. Sterling from
Philadelphia for Hampton Roads;
March 16, Arkansas from Annapolis for
Norfolk, Yankton from Guantanamo for
Santiago ds Cuba: March IS. Pennsyl
vania and Colorado frdm Nankin for
Shanghai.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
The writer has noticed considerable
agitation of a tw-o-cent fare In your
'olumns by various politicians and
nthera.
The til'll st present risk their live*
dally by being able to pay a thrfe-cent
fare, one of the drawbacks and penal
ties that go with wealth. If they don't
want to take the chances
money lot them walk.
It would be a crime to disturb the
tranquil peace and happiness of the
poor by enticing them to ride at a tw-o-
cent rate, only to he killed and mangled
In wrecks; and Just contemplate how-
much more frequently wrecks would
occur, and the greater number of peo
ple killed. It must be remembered that
wreck* are one of the business- meth
ods In force by car and engine manu
facturing trusts, ns well aa nil the other
trusts, as a source of new- business;
Ihtrefore, If you stop wrecks It will
raise a howl Hint we are hurting busi
ness.
I suggest we compel the ronds to
spend all the money they can earn,
borrow and steal (their largest source
of Income). In betterments. New roll
ing stock, heavier rails, double tracks.
Improved signal systems, etc.
We will Ihen all ride free for n
while to prove they are safe. Ry that
time Improper legislation w ill have been
ranted In regulate passenger nnd
Talght (radio to our mutual dissatis
faction. Tours, R. L..C.
Augusta, (in. March 16.
AX ATLANTA SOX
OF DANIEL WEBSTER
"tVe
DEFENDING MISS SANDERSON.
To the Editor ot The Georgian:
Regarding Miss Sanderson's conduct
as pollcs matron, t have this to say: As
Christian worker, especially among
fallen women, outcast* from society
and In w hom very few people are Inter
ested when they desire lo leave lives
of prostitution. 1 have found Miss San
derson as matron always ready to help
them to homes where they sre put
under Christian Influences and given
opportunities to start life anew.
In her position she necessarily comes
Ith this class
used In have a son nf Daniel
XVchsIcr down here In Atlanta," said n
well-known business man of that city
"He was threa-fnurths Y'ankeo nnd
one-fourth African, but his facial re
pay the semblance to the familiar pictures of
Webster was striking. He had the
same broad forehead nnd widely sep
arated eyes, the same nose and chin,
ami there waa not the sllghiest doubt
of hla parentnge; Indeed. It whs recog-
ulsed by Captain Fletcher atVebster,
who come to Atlanta with Sherman's
army nnd found hla half-brother here,
Ho took a great deal of Interest In him
and gave him a picture of Ihelf father,
which hung In Yancey's barber shop
as long os Yancey- lived.
"He was a light mulatto; he was born
at Gadsby-'n Hotel, on Pennsylvania
avenue nnd Third street. In Washing
ton City, August 20, 1*50, nnd w,n
christened Robert Webster. His moth
er was a mulatto woman named Char-
loll* (lonbrlck. a waitress In the hotel,
and after Koheri's birth was taken tii
Mussnclmsetls by Mr. Webster. The
woman had been a slave of the Gadnbv
family, who owned the hotel. Mr
Webster purennsed her freedom anil
the died many years afterward in his
house at Marshfield while he wss still
In the senate. The boy, Robert Web
ster. wss brought up and educated >n
Marshfield, hut afierward went South
and was employed ns a hody servant by
Colonel Ben Yancey, of Atlanta, who
always took a great Interest In him
and set him up as a barber In this rtty.
lie married an Intelligent colored wom
an and reared a Isrxe family of hoc*
and girls, who are now, most of them,
living In Atlanta. He wss prominent
among the best element of llie colored
population, was active In the church
and accumulated considerable property.
His barber shop was always well pat
ronised nnd brought him a good in
tone. I tin not remember any colored
In contact with I his class of people,
and I know that her visits to these ! man who was more generally- respected,
houses referred in In the papera hnce I "You will remember ihnl Fletcher
been solely for the purpose of helping ; Webster was killed In one of the hst-
thos* desirous of leaving such a life. 1t ties nmund Atlanta. Hla half-brother,
have consulted and co-operated with ! Bob. recovered his remains and shipped
her In helping girls left In her care In them to Horton If I remember or.
getting homes and work, and know j cumtely. he irald all llie expenses con-
thst Xllss Handenmn has helped pay- 1 heeled with Ihelr removal. I do not
their expenses out of her own purse. I j think he ever went North after he came
felt this should be said In Justice to her) here with Colonel Yancey, and he wns
personal and official character ss mo- I always known as Rob Yancey Instead
iron. I MRS. H. BRIGGS. I of Boh Webster, w hich was his legal
To the Editor of The Georgian
Your forceful, timely editorial on
the above subject should elicit a great
deal of earnest thought aad honest ef
fort against this grewaome, appallingly
Increasing malady.
Tha drawback In combating human
troubles of every kind la, w* dtsepunt
th* removal of "cause" by making a
dlaoroport lunate effort on effect.
A progressive form nf "general d*
blllty" Is the Insidious daveloptr of
consumption.
Marrying too young, doubtless,
stands at the head In the direful work
of physical degeneracy.
We are not constitutionally grown
until 28 or 80 years of age—the ossi
fication of the bon* Is not complete
until we are 88.
It's folly to presume that Immature
constilutlons can do justice to forma
tive constitutions; In this struggling,
weakening division, both th* parentage
and offspring lose and consumption
gains.
Our minimum. Inviolate marriage
age should be "28" for women and
men.
"la the writer a married man?”
We answer “Yes."
"How old were you when you mar
ried ?"
“We larked 3 1-2 months of 27, but,
with our present knowledge of physical
laws, could w* travel life’s road over
again,' we would defer entering the
wedded realm three to tlv* years later.
Second cause: We believe eating
too much meat, especially the gross.
Scripture-condemned hog meat and
hog lard, which should be expunged
altogether, ie responsible to a consid
erable degree for the disease we know
os consumption.
Why can't we get the "hog out of
the spring," Instead of suffering th*
bad results of tainted water, and work
to remove the foulness 14 miles below?
We discarded hog meat and hog lard
In our household IS years ago, sub
stituting "cottolene,” and have been
proud of the change all the way.
Third cause: The wearing of com
pressed garments by our femltfine pop
ulation-well! It needs no argument to
convince any aane mind that any mode
of dress that restricts the free action
of lungs, liver, heart, stomach and
bowels Invites consumption;' and If
not the adult women directly, children,
wlm have the physical, mental and
spiritual right to be "well born" are
going to reap the tares that their
fashion-blinded mother* have sown
while consumption entraps easier and
easier and easier victims.
Listen! "Any- mode of apparel that
restricts respiration or circulation
tends to defeat longevity." Who can
deny the force of the above quotation,
which Is frqm the nen of the dearest
medical writer we have ever perused.
No woman's xvardrob* should Include
any garment that does not allow
much physical freedom as the average
man's vest.
Let every woman remember that
duty" to herself and the race
higher word than any designer
doubtful fashions has ever spoken or
written. Wellington said at Waterloo:
‘England expects every man to do hi*
duty." So with each conflict between
error and truth If we will, honestly
listen "the still, small voice" will ad
monish us that the Lord God Almighty
demand* of every man nnd every wo
man "fidelity to duty."
Again: Every woman ahoutd re
member that she Is physically and
morally rerponslble for the dlaease
germs gathered up hy dragging sklrta
and conveyed Into her own homes and
elsewhere to begin their mischief.
May God pity nnd arouse nnd then up
lift Into the pure atmosphere nf self-
•eapect our fashion-blind feminine
population. They are grent friends of
the terrible "white plague."
The dead Inertia of a large propor
tion of the lungs caused by Inactive.
Indoor life on the part of a large per
ent of our daughters, wives and nioth-
Ituluces, harbors and develop*
consumption. Walking, nnd 1 might
say. running clubs, should he Inaugu
rated In every community of women
**“ »>*"> "Ut
or doors * couple of hours each day
Men who lodulfi In strong drink be
yond medicinal necessity, or™ u'.
hiceo or dlulpat* In late hour* or per-
. — are encour-
aging and en anting the “white plague"
and It* appalling work.
So. Mr. Editor, don't place all the
"criminality" on the heads of the poor
victims of a false, criminal clvlltia-
tlon, aye! a false, hypocritical tmbi*
violating) Chrtatlanlty. These hope
less, dejected prisoners of disease car
ry, of courts, a moral responsibility at
to the disposition of the "sputum" ihelr
weakened, grappling dying - lungs
throw off, but my God! speaking rev
erently, how much greater the "crlml-
nelRy" the present exemptions.
* of discretion end u*e-
by their lack ___
lets, harmful Indulgences Insure the
tell progress of the horrible "whit*
plague." In thl* respect let's place the
‘ ■ Of "frlmlnallli-- .. _
dominance of "criminality' on the
positively guilty heed of "caueo" rath
er then on the negatively guilty head
nf .*•
of "effect:
We believe there to a deeper thought
connected with th* prevalent and <m-
ward and sweeping march of con
sumption In thle country. It Is openlv
evident that w* have departed too far
from the landmarks of the Bible.
In 18th chapter of Deuteronomy, we
And "consumption” prominently men
tioned among the Judgments for diso
bedience.
Cancer and pneumonia are giving
consumption a strong following in tho
wholesale destruction of A merles t
physical Ilfs. Do you ask In what
ways xvt as a nation are violating
God's statutes: Murder (homicides)
Increases l.oeo per cent, while the
population 44. say every fifteen year*,
a wholesale violation of the Hahhath in
running Sunday trains, Sunday news
papers, etc. Extortion sulk* unre-
buksd. Evolution, that fallaclou.*, Il
logical. monstrous attack on the ex
quisitely beautiful, Immutable law- of
distinction of species, that even the
ants and the birds hold Invlnlnio and
will defend with their live*: this along
with other forme of Infidelity, who m
their burden-dodging, cnnsclenre-siai-
Ing course In life, love license Ineiead
of law, and endeavor to de*in>y the
admirable and indispensable work of
order with the nauseating rot of con
fusion. Another sacred law I* being
trampled: "The law of distinction --f
sex." Men nurses should be provided
for men; women phyelclan* for women
gfid so on through dentistry nnd all the
professions.
"Prove all things and hold fast to that
which la good" la for u» all the true
doctrine of the hour. Individually and
collectively.
We hope the hint* that we have
given on the causes of consumption
will make, at least, some Impression
and result In some good.
Some rugged exercise out of doors
ehould be taken twice a day, morning
and afternoon, by every human l»W
who possibly ht* the strength tn take
tt, tf It's only a 1-4 mile double quh k—
the lungs dtmand It.
No matter how healthy you am.
don't go to bed till your feet are dry
and hot, and thl* la one of the host
remedies In the world for those who
have consumption, catarrh or anv
other affliction. Consumptives and ca
tarrhal patient* should have the ad
vantage of wood fires and even through
the summer have a little wood fire nlg.it
and morning and toaat their feet nnd
breathe the warm, dry alt-, such com
bustion afford*, and thus brings Into
their own home* the coveted Colorado
nnd New* Mexico ctinrate. saving ex
pense. tireless trips and being sh k uno
lonely and homesick among strangers.
. 1 have heard and rend statements
front worthy authority that Jews' «
not have consumption or cancer—tore
bar th# disease-producing hog In -
cry phase nnd shape. If the nboxe
find* II* way Into public print »e
offer other thoughts on this grave sub
ject. Truly,
J. DAN WOODALL, SR-
Barnosvllle, Gs.
MR. SARGENT EXPLAINS
IMMIGRATION FIQURE8.
o tl(f Editor or Tho Georgian.
In n recent Issue of your pnper
>u canny to give "Some Facts
>ur Immigration Hm-lety." sntl
doing so warn the society not
ho Instrnmontal In bringing undoslra-
hle Immigrants to our country. Your
figures as to number of Immigrants and
tholr nationality ami Illiteracy may he
fm-is. hut your deducilona therefrom
are wholly at variance with the truth.
Mr. Editor, If you had hoard Mr. Sar
gent. United Statee commissioner of
Immigration, rxplaln these figures at
the Macon convention. I am sure you
would not have ■ written the editorial
that you published In your paper last
eek.
Let me tell you and vour readers
some (acts that t'ommlsntoner Hat-gent
' hi us on that occasion:
First—Ho told us that the 1.104.000
ImmlgranlH that landed on our shores
Inst year, brnugh! with them 825.004.000
In money tlmt was seen and counted
hy immigration agents of the govern
ment. He further said that few Im
migrants tell you or will admit Juat
much money they have. Many have
twice as much ns they let ut Ameri-
nns know anything about.
Second—Mr. Sargent told ut. also,
that there whs much Ignorance abroad
In Die land nhout certain Classen of
Immigrants. He said that the very
metlme* condemned hy |»r-
little about them. Many
131 Walton tire*!. Atlanta.
mine."—'W. K Csrter. In Chlcaso Her.
old.
For Fifth Regiment I Dr. Briggs en Cuba.
Ralph Htgham. lecturer an.V enter- ; Rev. John K. lirlggs. pastor of ('apt-
tainrr. will lecture ut the Urhnd on ■ t„i Avenue Baptist church, will speak
March 28 for the benefit of a fund, take to the Atlanta Bible School el kit'oop.
Ihe members ot the Fifth regiment In #r street Monday at 7:48 o'clock. He
(be Jamestown Exposition The Fifth baa recently returned from Cubn nnd
reel men! members arm anxious tw be | in bis address be will speak of hto
present at Ux* expomjf jb ya •Xeoqgia Imprasabso of the religious ceadlltoas
best are
eons
people, he said, condemn Italians, when
the fact Is ihe north Italians make the
er> best , Itisens, and so with other
nationalities. He gave the Macon con-
emton ninny examples. Illustrating the
point tn question, nnd did so to the
complete satisfaction of all persons
heard him. I know I had. my
self. and heard others do so. condemn
nationality of Immigrants that Mr.
Sargent proved to tny satisfaction were
the, very best. My Ignorance and that
ihers was made so apparent that I
rimld scarcely refrain from smiling, XIr.
Editor, When I read your editorial on
the subject above quoted.
The truth I- Friend Graves. Mr. Stir-
gent opened in* eyes of many of us at
Macon, and I then wondered and still
wonder how Ignorant many of us are
on many national questions—especially
on the Immigration question. I wish
not only that you. but that every insn
tn Georgia, tould have beard Mr. Mar-
Speaker'and 1 knows wbUSff U^jff
■Blffiffi ■■■■*! I fttllTl
DOE8 CHINA SHAME US HERE.
Tn the Editor of Ths Georgian:
"$.100 reward offered for the r'f*
chasers of female children."
This announcement appeared In The
North China Dally News of January
28. In reference to the eal* of girl chil
dren by penurinu* parenls tn those who
were known to buy them for o tram,
that find* It* deatrea fed only In th"
foulest alums and the blackness of the
night.
And at this human sale rhino, even
Chino, the heathen, where womanhood
Is but little above the brute creation,
rises In protest. Hh* doe* this, wh ■“
America, with unclloue piety, rats
contribution* with which to send ml»-
slonarle* to her. accompanying the r
going with long drawn out
against her cruelty that binds the t
der feet of helplea* IRU* children, wil
fully ignoring, not the custom, but th
law that bind* shamelessly, our girls
In thetr Innocence and Ignorance— ign -
rant through a mother's false
—to Ihe licentiousness, world ~ -
and cunning gained by a kno
human nature.
vledge of
I of consent law, the)’
are noi •▼•$$
one* so mercilessly . ..-..is
ravages of degraded parent s and brure
men—no, not manhood. Th# word
exist with such a thought.
wisdom against., eleven am
Think of Tt! Eleven! That's llie «««
th* law oete. and th* child rnt yet *• ";
I kaa nhvalrfil f UtlC 11< I* • ' 1
sclous of her physical functions; _ _
she can eell her divine right to Imnm
able motherhood to whatsoexer lecher
oua leech will buy. ....nans—tt
And the law not only “"f' 10 ".*
legalises—thle Infamous traffic of 'is
little children. The dtspoller P ur * u _
little children.
hla way unknown or, ii -M.— .j. -
punished of men; If on'y lhs chlM h»i
consented, while hle VtctHn. thefoun,
Min of her young Ilf* d**'"?*?'
probably Join th* rank* of the
*0.000 prostituted women, «ho t P
the midnight street*. ,„ v ern-
And thi* go** °« wWto "VfJfTf ra*
menl—framed for protection oftn
Innocent—calmly works on th*
innrMtnt—caimiy ", lh# .
subsidy, th# building of *■“
condemning of lh>
and lb* rending of missionaries
Christianise China.
VARA A. NAJETTU