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THE ATLANTA UEOBOIAN AND NEWS.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor.
P. L. SEELY, PrctMtnt.
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far ihrparpoar
AND Nlkk
or any Hftuoruda.
OCR PLATPOBM.-Tka Oewrgtaa
■ad Nawa stand* for Atlanta a owning
tta own (aa ‘“l •'ILV'L.'IS!
aa It now owns lla waterworks. Giber
cttlaa do thla and art (aa as low as*
rants, v-lth a proflt to the city. Thla
should ba dona at oars. Tha Georgian
aa? Nawa hallorra tkat If street rail-
am ran bo operated sucraiifully by
European rltlaa. aa tboy arr. there la
aa food roaaoa why Ibay raa not l*a ao
•aerated boro. Bat wa do aat bellava
tljda caa la doam oow, sad It may'ha
tamo yaara bofora wa aro raady far oa
Mr an undertaking- Still Atlanta aboaM
Mta Its faca la that direction NOW.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
AND ADVERTISERS.
On February 2 Tha Gaarglan pur-
chaaad tha name, good will, Iranohlaaa,
advertising aantracU and aubacrlptlon
! Hat at Tha Atlanta Nawa, and Tha Nawa
1 la now publiahad aa a part of Tha Goar-
gian. All advkrtlaing undar cantraat to
appasr in Tha Naw* will ba pflntad In
Tha Gaarglan and Nawa, withaut Intar.
, ruptien, axcapt aueh aa la dabarrad by
Tha Gaargian'a aatabliahad paliay ta
a.xcluda all abjactianabla advertising.
Commiuioner Sargent and tbe
Official Figure*.
Oor catcemcd frlond. Mr. A. A. Mur
phy, of Rarneavlll*. la disposed to
criticise a recant editorial of oura
headed "Some F«eta (or Our Immi
gration Society." In which we present
ed tome atallatlca of Immigration be
lieving they would be of Intereat and
carry a very whoteaome warning to our
aRfiiln In their own work.
Mr. Murphy'a criticism 1* baaed up
on the fact that Vnlted Slates Com-
mlaaloner Sargent put an entire new
phaae upon theae flgiircsln hla ntblrcsa
before the Macon Immigration conven
tion held In February.
We are not dlapoaed to wrangle with
Mr. Murphy or Mr. Sargent upon tltla
queatlon because our purpose thou aa
‘ bow waa not to Impede the effnrte of
our Immigration agents, hul rather
to help them, and to steer them clear
of aoma mistaken which they might
make In the class of Immigrants most
. easily persuaded to come to this coun
try.
.' lu this connection we have only to
say that our facta and atallatlca came
directly from the census department
of the government at Washington, and
while we have no dls|s>altlon to Im
peach the testimony of Mr. Sargent,
we are at leaat Justified In falling hack
upon the proposition that the official
figures of the Eovernment an- lo he re-
-lied upon, even when they come In
‘ conflict with tbe personal atatement
of an official of.lhe government apeak-
ing In hla private capacity to an au
dience enthusiastic mi the affirmative
• aide of Immigration.
We alnccrely tmst (hat Mr Sargent
la right In hla explanation of the fig-
4 Brea published In the government re
• porta. Rut we still deem II our duly
J to direct the attention of our able and
*.. patriotic advocates of Immigration to
? the facf that It Is the undesirable
classes who are the most willing and
, evan eager to leave their home* and to
y cross 3.000 miles of is-ean (o a distant
• land, and that the people whom we
» need and the only people that we want
- In IJeorgia and In the South are those
who. It It requires greater time and
> greater earnestness to persuade them.
■ will be much more abundantly worthy
.' of the trouble which It takes to bring
V them here.
f Surely, neither Mr. Murphy nor Mr.
• Sargent can take Issue with this the
| only proposition which we have ever
v voiced or ever care to voice as a con-
■ tcleotlous view of the entire Imtulgra
• tion proposition;
2 The New Way cron Journal.
• Once more The Waycroea Dally
• Journal comet to ua with the eachange
f mirk on Its foremost page.
t The Journal was at one time one
1 of the strong and militant papers id
' the state Edited with large ability,
t with signal courage and with crystal
! patriotism by that aplendtd clllten
J John W. Greer, now devoting himself
• to Industrial and hlatorical lines of
' work, the new Journal cornea' to ua
! with L V. Williams aa lessee, J. I),
i Jones city editor and Mlsa Sara Let-
lord telegraph editor. U la au eight-
page. six-column dally, and lla Initial
appearance la full of tha evidences of
life, vitality and trim, and large pub
lic approval aa Illustrated In lla Impos
ing array nf advertisements Its edi
torial page la progressive and at rung.
and Tha Georgian for tbe sake of the
good name which It brings back to our
recollections and for tha sake of lla
own aelf-avldant merita and good pur
poses. cordially welcomes The Way-
cross Dally Journal to lu Uble.
ZXJMRJMIX MOBZDVLEa ZVM*nr f TLO*B>A.
A trawler just returned from the Land of FloWers bring* back tha
Information that schedules aw as execrable and unreliable In Florida
aa they are In Georgia.
For many reasons this statement seems to us remarkable. It would
appear that In Florida at leaat, of all portions of the country, the sched
ules should lie unobstructed and the trains on time. Our Informant de
clares that on the Flagler lines between Jacksonville and Miami that the
record of unreliability appears to equal that of Atlanta and many other
sections of the country. *
Why Is thla? We have at leaat In Georgia the faint eieuae of a supe
rior imputation, of a. vaster volume of freight traffic, of a rough and
mountainous country, of a road bed at the mercy of ralna and floods, and
nf crossing and conflicting llnea.,
Hut on tbe level stretch of sand from Jacksonville In MUml, scarcely
requiring a curve and rarely a grade, with never • flood and with not a
competfng nr ftifcrsectlng tjlie of railway to Interfere—with a comparative-
ly small population, and a traffic which cannot In the nature of things be
approximate to those of other section*—tt would seem that hero at least
we should And the Ideal conditions for (he schedule* of our past decade
and for the eouiforls and conveniences of regular and reliable travel.
The fart that It ta not ao, must simply indicate that the railroad de
moralization la universal—that It amount* to a panic or paralysis that
has crippled our railroad transportation and unfitted Its magnates of
greater or leaser degree for grappling with conditions of any kind.
11 would Indicate that the whole system somewhere Is rotten and
wrong and that a radical revolution la necessary to aet systems In order
and to put schedules An their feet again.
Surely If Flagler with hla colossal wealth on the level plains of the
scantily populated aerol-troplca can't make schedules, then the whole rail-
way system must have drifted Into Incompetcnry and decay.
It la high time that a stronger force should he placed at the helm.
WHEREIN WE ERR AGAINST THE RAILROADS.
Amidst the universal criticism and complaint against the railroads, It
la only fair In record from time to time those Incidents In which we. the
IK-ople, are both Inconsiderate and unjust.
And that we are at times both Inconsiderate and unjust no fair man
will protest And no honest man will deny.
Take the Incident of these damage suit* against the Central and the
West Point railroads for the accidents of the picnic pnrty during the
spring of lest year.
More than BOO damage suite were brought against these two rail-
roads by parties traveling on thla excursion. The aggregate amount claim
ed by the plaintiffs In these suits amounted to nearly $1,500,000. Three-
fourths of these suits have be«n already compromised by conference* be
tween the lgwyera pro and con for an amount aggregating about $25,000.
On one’ day of last week there waa under consideration a huge batch
of theae damage suits whoa* total claims amounted to nearly $100,000. By
a conference between the lawyers theae eulla were compromised for $1,-
040!
In other word*, ault* entered against these railroads for an accident
to a picnic excursion and aggregating over $1,500,000 will be settled for
leas than $40,000, and In ono batch of the suits aggregating $100,000 they
were compromised for Juat about $1,000!
Any thoughtful man who will figure the vaat disparity between the
claims and their realisation, cannot - fall to see that many of theao aults
ought never to have been brought at all. and that many of those that were
brought asked for damages which the plaintiff* had no Idea of securing and
fur amounts which they must have known to lie far In advance of anything
Hint they hnd the right to expect or to receive.
We have not the slightest desire in this matter to reflect upon the In
dividual plaintiff or the Individual attorney upon either aide, for both of
these act altuply In accord with the spirit and the custom whjch has so
lung been usual In these matters. But the apparent facf remains and Is
evident that because of the greatness and rlehncas of corporations,
claims made against them for real or fnnrled Injuries, aoar to the very
height of extravagance and of comparalfve extortion, and If realized would
work the moat colossal Injustice to Hie railroads themselves.
If It should he urged In extenuation that an Injured party doe* not
know within the first two or three days the extent or the result Of hlx In-
Juries and can only pres* hla ault upon the possibilities of the case, then
It may tie fairly and truthfully answered that an Injured party la under
no necessity to begin a ault at once (for under the law a ault for damages
ran be entered at any time within two year* after Injury Is received), and
that both Justice nnd fairness and the farts would all suggest that these
suits should not tie entered until the Injured party la better able to under-
stand the oxtcnl to which he has been Injured and tho reasonable nature
of any honest claim he may have against the corisiratlon.
We have many thtnga to complain of against the railroads, and
Justly, too. and heaven knows wo do not spare either breath or Ink In
pressing them upon the railroad* or upon public attention.
Hut It la Juat aa well to remind ourselves now and then of our own
Ineonilatenrle*. of our own Injustice, and of the unfair and greedy spirit
which we as Individuals llulstrnte from time to time against the corpora
tions.
HOW TO OARE FOR THE PROPERTY RECORDS.
We have had much stir of late, and properly, over the queatlon of our
land and properly record* In the county court house and the way to pre
serve them from vandalism or decay.
Many plan* have been suggested for their preservation and protec-
lion.
We think It has been clearly shown that there has liecn no vandalism
In recent years, but tt la alao clearly shown that the early books partic
ularly. are being worn out and severely damaged by constant use. In
fact, some twelve or Itfteen aro In such condition now that It Is Imperative
to have them recopted at once or else a great deal of invaluable Informs-
tlnn will be loat lo the community. There aeetn* to he a consensus of
opinion among those who aro familiar with tho records that sufficient
Iniexlnil' wooW relieve the enormous and unnecessary handling of tho
{looks and preserve them.
The early records Dover large tracts of Inin! and are consulted
many time* In every search. The Indexes lo these book* only show the
grantor, grantee and the volume and page, nnd if a vendor has made one
hundred deed* dlrlng Ihl* period. II may be necessary to consult one hun
dred volume* In order to find the conveyance that I* wanted. But If the
Indexes showed brief* of the property a* I* customary In almost every
large city. It would Ih- necessary to consult only one volume to find the
Information wanted. It t* the unnecessary handling of the records that
Is causing them to lie worn out. It may be safely estimated that at least
95 per rent. If not more, of this enormous strain on these early records
would Is- relieved If the Indexes In the publlr record office kept pace
with other rommunlllet ol similar population.
There Is abundant precedent to tie followed h> our official* In making
(Ip to date Indexes of the record*. In many of Ihe larger cities like Balti
more, Cincinnati.ami tnauy others, the public authorities have made elab
orate Willtv Indexes and maintained them-tor current work, and we can
cite you to hundreds of cities of lees Importance than Atlanta where an
arrutsie name Index briefing the description of the property, have long
ago Ik-vii made and are being kept up (or current conveyances Even Ma
con and Augusta and several nthet of the Georgia cities have moved In
this metier many years ago.
Vnder the law. the Filing Docket has come to he a very valuable
hook and It l« far too ttu|iortant to be used as a genera) Index. One of
these dockets covering a |«r!od about 189$. has already given away under
the kIirIii of use and had to be copied at a Mg expense. These docket*
should tie used only ns a temporary Index In current work and a general
Index should he made to hear the strain of so many examinations. It
would In- plain bi any one from an Inspection of these hook* that they
will not stand the strain of the general Indexes. The weight of them
alone, and ao much handling will cause them to wear out
We have teen treating the Subject merely In rrferenee to the effect
It would hate In preserving tbe preurda. but thure are other reasons
which, lo our uiluda, ought to hv suBcIvut to cause laintedlat* action on tha
» l
part of our officials. The proper Indexing of the records MaM greatly ta-
cllltate transactions In real estate, make land more valuable and easier
to sell or borrow on and would save lo tha community In title fee* about
$30,0*0 per .annum.
The proposition of some of our contemporaries to make a duplicate
copy of all tha records and keep them In a separate vault la totally Imprac
ticable and unnecessary. Beyond the ever-increasing (pace which theae
volume* would require. It has been correctly estimated that to make • du
plicate copy of all the deeds, mortgagei, wills and land suits affactlng title
and Co properly verify (be work would cost In the neighborhood of $400.-
000, and It frould take something like $30,000 to $40,000 • year to keep dti-
plicate copies of the current Inntrumenls. And *11 of this expense must
come out of tbe pockets of the tax payers.
The wills and the land suit* are quite as Important an tha deed* and
there would be no proper protection unlenn they were Included In the
•chemt of copying. Bo far aa wa have been abl* to leahi and after a thor
ough Investigation In many Mates, this'has never been don* In any com-
munlty. Than, too, a copy la never ns satlsfsetory n* an original be-
caute such a chance Is given fur the accumulation of errors.
It la not the duly of tbe clerk of the superior court under tbe law
a* It now stands to make these special Indexes. The administration of
tbe office of clerk of the superior court by the preaent Incumbent is gtrlng
general satisfaction and he Is doing all he can to preserve the records.
The books, tinder the Jaw, arc open to the Inspection of tho public.
The present board of county commlsaioaert la compoaed of gentlemen
who have the beat Interest of tbe community at heart and are worthy of
the highest confidence of everybody. But In making changes of such im
portance aa that under consideration, they would necessarily Ilka to leal
that the public gcnerMly supported them In Ihe movement, qnd It If de
sirable that everybody interested In the preservation of the records will
inform the commissioners of their wishes In regard to the matter.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
A USEFUL ATLANTA BOOK—
One of the little volumes which Is
making Its way as an Indispensa
ble companion to our rest)*** pub-
lie nf Atlanta and of Georgia. Is
The Watts Official Railway Oulde.
It Is Issued every month and con
tains the latest revised schedules
of all the railways In (he South.
The little volume Is small enough
to be slipped Into the coat pocket
of the traveler, and Is a fall, ac-
curate and official guide to every
railroad route In the entire South,
keeping up with the monthly and
quarterly change* of schedule and
furnishing In one compact form
to do away with a dozen circulars,
every time table which one might
take to any part of these Southern
atatea.
The present March Issne be
gin* the twenty-second year of the
publication of the Watts Railway
Guide and makes It the oldest pub
lication of Ita kind In the city. It
baa grown amaxlngly from Ita
flrat Issue, which only contained a
few of the railway llnea entering
Atlanta In that period, and now
contains In Ita 218 pages all the
through ayitema with the indepen
dent and connecting line* and the
better classes of hotels south of
the Potomac and east of the Mis-
slsslppl river.
A volume like thla la a business
necessity provided It ta pains-tak-
Ingly accurate and does not mis-
lead the traveler by antiquated
and Inaccurate achedules. Here
tofore. travelers have been accus
tomed to think that we have only
one thoroughly reliable railroad
guide In America, and that The
Official Railway Guide la almost
big enough to overload a valise
and would certainly take up the
greater part of a hand satchel. But
thla little volume In Its present
shape and with It* conscientious
compilation. Is Indeed worthy of the
patronage and appreciation which
»e are glad lo hear It Is receiving
at the hands of the public.
If Is an enterprise worthy of all
commendation and every traveler
should have It In his hands.
BUDDHA UNDER THE BO-TREE
AND JUDGE BLECKLEY.
- Tlie Kdltor of The Georgian:
• 'hrtsllsnlty Is the universal religion.
Though ll rndir difficult for aome pan.
to rtnllte. It la not for a «eot or
denomination, but for the race. From
tho time mun first heard within him
Ihe awful voice of conscience to the
Incarnated of that voice In the God*
man. Itn essential principle wan. a* It is
today, loyalty to the everlasting law of
righteousness. Christ came not to add
a single precept so much as to reveal
behind that law the pretence of an In
finite peraonalty. "I am the Truth
WHY IS THE COST OP
LIVING INCREASING WHILE
WA0I1 REMAIN LOWT
To the Kdltor of The Uoorgtau:
All orer ths broad land there lo sou ml
ed a note of discontent, it Ih a shisaii
of prosperity; some ire
prosperity; stupe are prosperous, while
apriority feel (hi pressure of an ad-
In price for life • necessities while
ninllty to purchase Is lessened- Ho w«
•trike out blindly and ink the ration why?
There ire elementary fundaments! truths
which ran not be Ignored. Deny them and
the e&perlcnre of life iff Irma them, and
we reluctantly admit our error, aid If
wise set nlHHit to conform to natural law
In matters economic*
When we pny 4') cents for n pound of
batter which onee waa fttralsbed at *>.
fielding a fair profit to the maker at tbe
lower price, are we btttar off by the lu-
creased outlay? lias the farmer benefited
by thd higher price?
The
per c v . _ __
nao. who Is the gainer?
To ask the queatlon Is to answer It.
landlord, the owner of the land. I
owner of all living things. To him wo
pay unlimited, unwilling tribute, yet we
contlnne to par. Bat yoa ask what la
the remedy? Here we have no hesitation
In replying, The land belongs to the i
hot fo the few. hut to all. Here
fundamental truth underlying all others. If
tbe people are permitted to occupy tbe
land; If the state collects the full rental
value from the oeeupaifl. we can at once
discard the robber tariff, the many methods
of deriving revenue will he simplified, and
all will share In a prosperity which at
present la only for tho favored few. and
these not even prod Beers, only collectors
of the earnings of Others Personally, we
do not bliinte them. Most of ua would
gladly exchange places and lucernes; tint
our contention la that the present system
la evil and results In wrong to the great
army of workers, we have lu the 1’ulted
StutcR a i-oudltlon nf prosperity greater
than In other lands for tho reason that pri
vate greed has not yet appropriated tha
Ing. and under present rate of progress, ai
other century will find ua no better -
SPIRITED DEFENSE OP
SENATOR B. R. TILLMAN.
Tn the Editor of The Georgian:
I am often grieved to note hoar some
of nur prominent men endenvor to
place Impedimenta In the path* of
some of our greateat leaders and states
men, very often perverting the true
facta for the accomplishment of such
despicable motive*. AVhy not be broad,
minded and obeerve the golden rule.
“Do unto others as you would have oth
ers do unto you?" I sm astonished to
sea some of our most prominent South
cm people casting slurs and Inuendoaa
st cne of our greatest statesmen nf the
prorent time. In Whom the whole South
should
Hon. R
ator from South Carolina. I wonder
why they are so persistent In their
endeavors to discredit him *• much as
possible with the masses of the people.
Rut he need* no defense at my hands.
He Is abundantly able to take care of
hlmaclf. provided hla enemies will com*
out In the open and fight him like brave
men.
I note In your Issue of March II an
article on the race question from your
ex-Oovernor Northern which la calcu
lated to do him great Injustice. Among
other things he says: "About the 1st of
February I addressed another commu
nication to all ihe dallies In Georgia
asking If they would not ronsent.V"
help us hy editorial Indorsement;
would they not discontinue all refer
ls not altogether the hlatorical person- jence to Tillman's blasphemous utter-
■ ffn Skit ft ha eras a csalI as.u.dat. It... _.« . ....... t. _ _ . X. _ ka..l.
age, but the great central principle of
our souls with which Ho Identified
Himself that commands our allegiance.
When Oautema after his long vigil
resolved upon the way: that neither
life nor death, nor poverty nor wealth,
nor family nor friends, were tn he a
grain In the balance against Instan'.
resolute end alsmlule devotion to right
snd ciiine forth from this suhllme self
surrender Ids fsce shining like an an
gel's, to rommunlrnto the secret of Ids
pesce to his seventy disciples snd send
them forth as missionaries to a be
nighted world who shall say he hnd not
In the truest sense found Christ?
Ray not In thine heart who shall
ascend Into heaven, that Is in bring
Christ down from sbnve; nr wrho shall
descend Into the deep, that Is to bring
up Christ again from ,he dead Rut
what tsyeth It? The word Is nlgo
thee, even In thy mouth snd tn thy
heart."
The religion of Hudrityi degenerated
from the puce conception of Its founder
wild vagaries anil gross supersti
tion. The worship of the historical
'hrtst merely has also led to fanaticism
and In some of Its forms has been a
stumbling block to rational tnlnds, hut
absolute devotion to Him. ns he has
been from eternity no less than when
He walked Ihe hills nf Judea, the nu-
(u«t hut Infinitely loving Helng origi
nating. Inspiring nnd Illuminating ill
righteousness with its springs nf pence
nnd Joy everlasting must be recognised
hv all as one just and reasonable serv-
r. •
Who can doubt that Judge Bteekley
rendered tills service'und that tt was
accepted? If he did not definitely
accept Ihe historical Christ, does nil
his life show htin loyal to Christ, no
•n|er ivalklnx In Judea, hut (a He
speaks In every heart? .
Great and goal old man. what a hen-
edtctlon tt vvas to know you! Hoc
much, richer la Georgia bScvu.. you
walked among us! Though with stem
Impartial!!V you held the scales of the
nw. no Infraction or delinquency ever
hevked lire flow of that serene henev.
>leme which, tike the benelhtm • ot
G.sl extended alike to the Just anti tlit
unjust, who can doubt that you huv.-
lesltsed the hope of H-n-nites and nmol
Klyslan Helds you enjoy all if
raptures of the blessed?
H It PERKY.
Gainesville, Us. March 15.
anree that were weakening the back
bone of all the officers of the law In
the South as the papers continued to
quote Tillman as saying. ‘When 1 was
governor of South Carolina I said with
the oath of office warm In my mouth
lo enfotve the law, I would lead a mob
to lynch a negro.' Thla accounts for
thp Indifference as to effort on part of
sheriffs."
Now. why should Tillman's utter
ances be garbled up In this manner?
Why not be fair enough to quote him
correctly? Here Is vvhat he said tn tha
Cnlted States senate Monday. January
1907, replying lu a similar unjust
Hitnek on him by Senator Bpooner:
“Have I ever advocated lynch law at
any time or at any place? 1 answer on
my honor. ’Never.' I have Justified It
for one crime, and one only, and I have
consistently and persistently maintained
that altitude for the last fourteen year*.
As governor of Houth Carolina I pro
claimed that although I hnd taken th*
oath of office to support the law and
enforce It. I would lead a mob to lynch
an- man. black nr white, who had rav-
lahed a woman, black nr white. This I*
my attitude, calmly and deliberately ta.
ken. and Justified hy iny conscience In
the sight of God?'
Again. Governor Nnrthen quote* him:
"Ills further utterance publicly made in
absolute disregard and defiance of Isw,
•To hell w ith law.*"
If I remember correctly. It waa dur
ing the last session nf congress he sMd
In a running debate on Ihe race ques
tion. referring to the crime of rape:
'To hell with auch a law." The remark
was made solely on this phase of the
question, and for.nothing else, which
llie learned ex-governor undoubtedly
knew when he thus quoted him. I am
not aurprtsed at him meeting with auvh
dismal failure In hla attempt at bot
tling up the daily press of Georgia
against Tillman. Ruch tactics will
never succeed while there Is auvh great
demand for Tillman to talk to the peo
ple direct all over this t'nlnn. Hit
time Is now engaged To lecture up to
the time congress convenes ogutn.
There Is no hypocrisy about Till
man's .make-up. a thing he very much
despises. He Is • plain, blunt, honest
snd fearless statesman, who will go
down In history slung side of t'qiqnun
flay and others, despite the efforts uf
hts detractors
WITH CAHOLINAN.
Kttsliaw, H. C *
Armv Order*.
Washington. March 1».—Th* follow-
Ing orders have Men Issued:
First Sergeant William Beaatay. Fif
ty-sixth- company, coast artillery,
placed upon retired Hat; Second Ueu
tenant Andrew W, Jackson, artillery
corps, to Fort Bayard, general hoaw
pttal; Privates Thomas H. Pattlson.
Forty.fourth company, coast artillery,
and Jamas Hammett. One Hundred and
Fourth company, coast artlllary. from
Fort Washington to general hospital,
Washington barracks; Private fflrat-
clossj Walter E. Jackson, hospital
corps, from general hospital. Fort
Bayard to Fort Bam Houston; Ser
geant W. J. Tryba. field artillery, re
cruit depot; Fort Blocom. having en
listed under falsa pretenses, discharged
without honor from th* army.
Naval Order*.
lieutenant E. B. Jackson detached.
Buffalo to Annapolle; Midshipman 1.
B. Rhodea detached. Alabama, horn*;
Warrant Machinist W. A. Morgan in
Annapolis: Boatswain H. T. Jofmi
detached Independent at Annapolis.
Msvamant of Vessels. ‘
ARRIVED—March It.' Arkansas at
Norfolk. Dolphin at Havana. Bt. Louts
at Lynn Haven bay. Colorado and
Pennsylvania'at Wooaung; March 17,
Hannibal at Hampton Roads, West
Virginia and Maryland at Wooaung.
Paducah at Port Llmoo.
SAILED—March It, Hannibal from
Philadelphia for Hampton Roads, West
Virginia. Maryland. Wilmington and
Villalobos from Nankin for Woosung;
March 17. New Jersey from Hampton
Roads for Guantanamo. Raleigh from
Hongkong for Cavite, Louisiana from
navy yard. Naw York, for Hampton
Roads. Annapolis ordered placed In
commission at navy yard. Mare Island:
she will replace Adama aa station ship
at naval station, Tutullla.
A CRACKED NUT.
To th* Editor of The Georgian:
Having lived for almost a score of
year*, 1 have solved many riddles ex
cept one—that la. how a paper Ilka The
Georgian can be sold for only ten cent*
a week; but having cracked a very
hard nut. I present It to the readers of
The Georgian "cracked":
What rules thla land of tha brave and
tbe free?
What makae the law* that rule you and
me?
What alecta tha Senator, th* Governor,
th* Mayor?
What puts tha President In th* White
House chair?
What force Is It that th* poor man
doth lack?
What power is thar* behind th* mil
lionaire's back?
What protects the claw* of Standard
Oil?
What reward Is It for which tha poor
man doth toll?
What guides that power, th* people'!
voice?
What la tt that chooeae "the people's
choice"?
Aye, that powerful magnet which all
do follow
"Tie Mid In a word, 'tie the "Almighty
Dollar.” R. B. BELLE:
Atlanta, aa.
A TRIBUTE TO ROMRT
JJALL WALTON.
* By Carl Hutahaaen.
Robert Hall Walton, a apiendld cin.
xan, a Christian gentleman, a devout
church worker, a lover of mankind
ha* suddenly been taken tnmni
mldat by the Ajmlghty. <,,,,
He had a hoet of fritndd la thla (rest
throbbing city who are grtevad to
of his death. Wherever he motm***!
matter In what he engaged" whtih.?
pleasure or business. h7Sew AM
remain In constant touch with his rs!
lift mis principles. No-transection erei
took place through hi* manlpuiati'n
asari's.iBsraSSj?
S3.M.VJ.S" **■?*
Hthla place of business may be du.
covered notices such aa these' "o-t
Right With God." "No Profans L*„!
guage Allowed Hi Hare." Hla will waa
respected and aa all knew him, no of.
fenae was over taken.
H* waa navar btttar against th* aln.
fui. trot waa against am itaeir. \th"*
a person was In trouble "Bob" Walton
waa among tha first to lend hla aid. Hit
counsel waa wtae and good and all who
knew loved him.
Thla simple eltlien, with a percen.
tton of Hasp etirtetlati prlnapiei. *ix
hla obedience to civil tawa, wie doubt"
Ism more influential for tha masssy
good, than tha Uvea and work* of many
great statesman. r
Andrew Jackson had a great follow,
lag la civic and notional life. Wash
ington corralad enough patriotism to
magnetite a whole country to hla call.
Napoleon's Indomitable will sad Ingen.
lou* Command forced all Europe to
tremble. Webeter, Clay and Calhoun
(orosd the trio of America's greatest
Intellects, In forensic array, but who
knows but that this humble citizen ->(
God did not veritably do more for man
kind fn hla few span of yaara than ill
of these?
Thla docile man has attained rest,
and. as Carlyle said, "Rett Is for th*
dMd."
“FAITH."
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian:
llellerln* It to h* tbe dutjr of (vary Me
to rontrlbotr to the happiness and prog
ress of msn So far aa hla knowledge will
allow. I wlab to contribute something which
msy abl to a proper uuderstaadlDg of the
word "Filth."
In detlalng Ita use to religion, tt la nee-
fury that we deloe It ■■ It was used
nd defined st the ttase It wee put Into
he translation of the Greek teat of tho
tew Tears asset lata oar tsagosge, aad
sore tha a that. It It stands for the Greek,
t mutt carry with It the meaning and
latent of the Greek se understood nineteen
hundred yaara ago.
This la rntHlaaieatal. .
cation of words grow, lad tbs
‘ rds enlarge, and
uinraoce, the opp „
That Is. this Is the csss with all
spoken Inti guage. as th* BagUak, especially.
Toe Greek text being out of ole aa a
spoken tongue, almost entirely, we and that
what waa understood a* faith elarretn bun
that tt represents what waa meant In the
time of Christ. If we do. It la not Chris-
tlan. but modern, or not Christian.
Now the surlent Greeks were not mye-
tlrs. as w* ere commonly taught. Their
philosophy, secular or relit ~
farther than the facts and i
aerrattou would Justify.
Homan life waa pictured by Gram after
1 hr fans, and from these they got a res-
■unable understanding ot man ana bis pow-
■*.
As a matter of fart, they had no sell,
glon or faith worship, except that or know!-
'That tbey knew nf man they arm-
hollaed. In what we wrongfully hay# lieea
taught aa n system of myths, or mytholo-
They had ao Mm of many god*. They
had hat oor god. or flrat cause, which .Is
pointedly called by Plato "To Agathen."
They had hot Me man, sad they took
man they likens
t personified world of tbtlra,
I her personified ell things In the world. ■•
these thtnga eilsted for mas’s hearflt, aa
Crres. the goddess of tbe harvest, ate.
There sms nothing of faith or rayatl.
cltm In any of thla. os we commonly look
■ I faith Feus, the head of tkls prana-
tiled boat, stood for aisn aa tha ruler of hi*
own pass loo a. needs and ideaaaree. and *•
the creator and user of ikem. H# re pro-
rented man gud. and not th* reel tlod of
the unlrerse. Thla tatter wee celled "To
“CRUELTY TO LAND."
To the Editor of The GtorgUa:
How doc* the above caption strike you?
Of course It dees net apply to land la
Georgia, but to IlUnolh. where tks idea on*,
toiled, and where u society ot prerentlon of
cruelty to lend ta pMpoaad. There are
plenty of evidence* of crualty to foils,
hone* aad molra la Georgia, bat there is
no land tn Georgia which has hern reduced
to akin and tome* aad poverty.
Th* tend ta Georgia baa Man an carefully
nursed, and tbe red (ash of hMlth brought
to the eurfar* With such Uriah energy and
persistent tffort. that w* QaorgiM* Would
K SSwfiw
rtuF rrucHr to Bnto&lirinrt to Und. ntm.
Banish tho thought!
It would be mil cidbI to make land
fat that It would ba hurdaoad with tan ink
ig «urb •
land, nr It
aa that aw?..
the tari. m... ,o»ahe|^ ! den.l«h',.prr
OTeHSS hiosn
S£
ropa and nagtactad homo folk*.
Tha farmers In HIIuoIb may b* rru»l
mouth to rompat tMF Hindi to tWFRt rwI
toll In producing HatiuabaU of corn
- ‘tra ttoarata faftoara do —
mere, hat i
- Intend
at aucla croal ddmand a« that,
to ba crufl td oumrttM.
wa prarar to — — —... .
children and Mr Stack by lotllag and sweat,
lag arer forty acre* fry *re lutes of mtton
to spending a lot 3 Idle rime whir
npult
moral aad physical, aad th*
ih of the golden day.
ink art re to come suit
rhl# ita dlmplthg cheek* with the plow
ad th* ho*, and rejoice la Ur* proceeds of
i* effort; Iv* hair* to rerty acres
rrueltj to Mad! Why, see do all the work
taut with the rosy
i&riHft
and
*nd"th# 7 li*d*J»at gate'redder and redder.
38S8 5lft'R«Mr.. , & -ere omw
covered dear with a Mark eoterlnc their
likes and yielded plenty, which opr forefath
ers enjoyed. Three (etna have grown laid-
hrtdeq tn patriotic dr tot Ion to our aim.
JKetM - w
all have lizbt
Georgia, which bear on theTr hanercl lies-
ema the scare of. th* Ing conflict with the
negro ‘ — " ■—
flame ?
> aad tha pnl*. aad which, at th*
time, predated the king of comeir-cr.
HI uucrnmb to th* ridicule** and ,n*h.>n.
orabte task of ess acre performing ihe dmy
which ta honor belong* to forty.
Be aide*. It would be * dishonorable thing
to alight th* thlriy-ata* brtriooara In h«.
slowing upon one all tha honor and glory
of the thirty-nine.
We are not rommarclat plratri. and re.
fata to ba Jaaglliaad, for auch base insln-
uatlona belong to Illinois, the bftinr of rru-
rlty.
Hr. Editor. Juat writ* that Illinois mia
tn roma tn Georgia and sattlt. aad he will
get th* floothare spirit aad the rare for
auch a crur. Idea a. "pretty toUnd^.
Atlanta, Ga.
result of what h* Would be If he *••
governed by his divided and warring mrm
here, or of each one acting to ault I'erlf.
Th* ayatem atood far the government or
th* part* hr th* who)*. *eua. ihr man. ">
save himself aad his world, often chaln-d
and chaagod the objectionable personiS™.
Ilona to aav* thla Zeus man and hla o*a
this body) from dastructlos. Rare 1 will
Isave th* reader to atady soom for H™'
•elf or herself.
t And than that th* Greeks dealt anh
facta and knowledge: had filth awndlng
for th* Urea* of Oteataan hundred rears
ago. aad for Itself at.tha ham*,time, or
taler at th* ttaie of King James irsmi*-
tloo, meant knnwladge. arrtctly knnwlrd!-.
with ao raystlcltm or doubt almut It.
What It may maan now or he understood
to mean aow, la oat of the question
tr.
Tha trua Greek la '• ^."'^ItNKON.
Atlanta, Oa.. March U. 1M7.
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