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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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and Nswn hnUneen that If ntrant rail
ways can he operated suereeaftilly by
European clttei. an thny am. thorn In
no sood reason why they ran not be no
operated hare. Rat wa do not baUSen
thin can ho done now. nod It rosy he
some years be for* ws are ready for *o
Mg so undertaking. Still Atlanta
ehonld net tta fnen In that direction
Oklahoma's constitution, completed
last week, contains over 100,000
words. The constitution of Tennes
see contains shout 12,000 words.
Time must be required to vindicate
the relative value of verbosity and
brevity.
Georgia "Doing Pretty Well."
8tate Treasurer R. E. Park has fur
nished to the agricultural department
some very Interesting Information to
be printed upon the back of the new
map showing both the senatorial and
congressional districts of Georgia.
The figures and facta presented by
our caiwble state, treasurer are calcic
lated to produce a feeling of aubatan
tlal cheerfulness among the dtliens
of this empire state and to effectually
put A stop to any disposition evident
now or In the future to raise a note
either of discontent or of hard times.
Not one of the United States haa
In her conatltutlon a limit so low as
Georgia's In levying taxes, five mills
being the highest amount that can be
Imposed, and 4.80 mills being the very
low rate for 1007.
The total taxable valuei of Georgia
In 1886 were In round numbera about
$160,000,000, while In 1860 they reach
ed $672,000,000. In 1007 the approxl
mate value will reach $650,000,000, or
very near the amount In 1660. Expert
statisticians claim this Is only about
$5 per cent of the real amount of
Georgia's taxable value*. This shows
the wonderful locrease In values In
the last forty yean.
In 1866 there were no banka In
Georgia, In 1100 there were 140, In
1907 thore are 408 Btate banks and 83
National banks, besides a number of
private banka. Six years ago the
great banka of Eastern cities had an
nual demands made upon thorn to
transport Georgia's wonderful staple
crop of cotton, but In 1107 the local
banka of the state are fully able to
aupply all of the money needed for
all of Georgia's remarkable crop*.
The Increase In the cotton mills and
In the consumption of Georgia-raised
cotton haa grown almost beyond com
putation, and annually, almost weekly,
numerous cotton mills are added to
those already In active and successful
operation.
The vast extension of railroads is
keeping equal steps with the rapid
progress of the state In. agriculture
and manufacture!.
Georgia'! growth in her public
school system and In her high school!
and colleges haa attracted the atten
tion of the entire country. Indepen
dent of the amount* devoted to local
aystems of schools, Georgia Is now ap
propriating $1,750,000 per annum to
ward her public schools, and there Is
scarcely a square mile In the state
but Its children ace' accessible to a
good school.
The above facts have recently been
widely published and have given a
great Impetus to Immigration, both
foreign and domestic. Into Georgia,
and all good cl tire ns are warmly wel
comed.
Georgia owes s small bonded debt
of about 87,000.000, which* Is being re
duced at the rate or 8100,000 per an
num. and the constitution prohibits
the issuance of any more bunds.
WOMAN’S LOGIC IN THE THAW CASE
Women are queer creatures after all. / .
That Is, some of them are, and we make haste to save our necks by
a limitation of the reflection.
Here cornea Dorothy Dlx. who from the beginning haa been the stal
wart champion of Evelyn and Harry Thaw. Within the few days past
Dorothy Dlx. who la Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gilmer sems to have been much
moved by the Hummell affidavit, and comments as follows upon the
charges which it contains:
“If they are true they show him a bully and a brute who de
serves as little mercy as be showed, while If they are false they
show Evelyn the tpost conscienceless, heartless, faithless wanton
that ever played two men off against each other for her own
profit and enrichment."
All of which Is very womanly and very Illogical. The Important “if
which Dorothy Dlx leaves out might be stated as follows:
“If anything which Abe Hummell has stated Is to be believed at all
In this connection."
Dorothy Dlx seems to think that if Hummell'* charges are true that
Thaw was Indeed right to have beaten her, but If they are rtot true as
charged by Evelyn In the Hummell affidavit, then Evelyn I* a faithless
wanton.
Dorothy Dlx’a logical mind seems to Ignore the possibility thst Thaw
neither beat Evelyn nor Evelyn falsely charged him with doing so. but
that Abe Hummell may have concocted both charge* out of his fertile
and very Ingenious brain.
It Is quite likely that Mr. Del mas will make all these things clear
today.
VIDALIA ADVANCE COMMENDS
WORK OF EX-GOV. NORTHEN
A SCENE AT A GRAVE.
The Savannah Presa tell* a pretty and purposelul story of sn affect
ing scene at Bonaventure, the other day, when the body of E. A. 8llver,
a Confederate veteran, was being lowered to the dust.
In Mr. Stovall's own graceful way he describes how, when the cere
monies had been concluded and the last number on the program was ihe
blowing of tape the Confederate flag was spread upon the grave.
This was a familiar proceeding In the South, and yet the solemnity
of It la always Impressive and affecting. Across the walk from the sec
tion which bore the new-made grave was a group of Northern visitor*
watching from a distance the interment of a Confederate soldier. When
the burial wa* over and the “bugle sang truce" there was not a dry eye
among the tourists. It made no difference npon which side the man had
fought. At this late day the color of the uniform was a small matter.
Here was a soldier who had served on the Southern aide, who had died
In the Soldleri' Home and who was brought to his native place to rest
among hit comrades and his kinsmen.
The ranks about the grave were thin, but each ntan who atood there
might have felt that one day In the near future his own bier would be
surrounded by his old associates and be might be greeted with tbe re
veille. Possibly the strangers who watched the ceremony might have
realised that an old foe was being laid away wlio had fought In the army
banded against their own people; but It was a touch of nature which
made tbe whole world akin. It was a mingling of tears by friends and
former enemies;'It was a scene not without Its suggestion - and Its sad
ness.
FOR FUNERAL REFORM.
The Washington Herald Is much enamored of the plan of the Atlanta
ministers for a reform In the ethics and customs of funeral obsequies,
and gives Its hearty indorsement to the plan.
The proposition was: (t) The elimination of eulogies; (2) the aban
donment to a large extent of the Sunday funeral; (3) the use of less
mourning; (4) discrimination in tho sending of floral offerings.
And commcutlng upon It The Herald thinks it Is not to be denied that
the movement was conceived In common tense and might be adopted by
the public in general with good results. Gradually the world Ir getting
around to a new point of view In these matters—a rnubh happier and a
much nobler point of view.
Death, from which there la no escape In any event, ought to be
robbed of Its terrors to the ultimate extent or which man Is capable of
divesting It. 8orrow for loved oues passed away ought to be tinged
with the Joy of believing that they have passed Into greater Joys than
earth ever knew, or ever can know.
Grief should not be Intruded upon with long and fulsome oulogles, nor
Is It necessary to attest Ita sincerity with smothering and unhealthy
mourning garb, donned not solely for sorrow's sake, but because It la
thought necessary to advertise one's unhappiness and pain to the world
at large!
The grief that retires alone to aelpaet and there asks to be shown the
aweetnesi of the sacrifice involved In the giving up of some loved one, Is
the noblest and slncerest of grief for the dead. In Ita last analysis, If the
things of whlcS"wc havo been told are true, moat of our sorrows are
selfish In tbe extreme. It la a much nobler thing to minimize sorrow than
to magnify it.
Simplicity In life, simplicity in death, simplicity In all things Is the
great factor In human happiness.
The movement of the Atlanta Ministerial Association deserves to
succeed.
WE LOBE A COMRADE OF THE FOURTH ESTATE.
The Fourth Estate In Atlanta loses todsy another ornament to the
realms of trade.
Alan Rogers, philosopher, Journalist and bohemian, after four years
of brilliant service on The Conatltutlon and In other fields, severs his
connection with our contemporary across the street, and henceforth will
he a vital (actor on the staff of the Maaiengale Advertising Agency.
In tho rare measures In which Alan Rogers has made hla mark in
our bright and shining field of local Journalism, ho will bo felt and heard
In that collateral branch of advertising which Mr. Maaiengale haa
made successful and mature In ini* twentieth century city.
With our regrets for the passage of our comrade from the field in
which we worked In common, and in which he always worked so well,
we speed him with our beat withes and our hopeful prophecy of happi
ness and success to the Important field to which he goes.
tFrooi The Yldallt A*Iv*hcp >
Our r#*d*r* nre «i*ar<» (bat for some
ireeka we bare been fradnalljr iteromlnf
more and more in i/ropatb? with Georgia's
•oble ex-governor, \V. J. Xortben, In bis
great wort.
Tbe more .
rommends Itself to any citizen of highest
•T.a nerer a policy of oars to giro pub
... ir
volred. ...
be It to riHidrmu: i«» sny yes or no.
Ho soon ns we rend n fall statement of
Gorernor Norlheri'a plnu to organize elrle
leagues, to maintain and preserve law and
order, or, rntber, in many Instnnoes. nre
vent crime from even being committed, ttin
noou we eaiue to hla muiUtniicc. It really
appeared to ns that no broad-minded cltl-
sen who loves twine, purity and rigbt llv
. ■* Xortben. "
Ing inn oppose Mr.
Vet to
l*s—gentlemen wlio* 1
. prises iiiui'b—these
men actually bate become so much mixed
In tbe last gubernatorial i a nmpnlgn that
they are slaves to extreme heats of pas
sion which seized men In their support of
the dlsfrancasisement of the negro vote.
The pe4>ple of onr section know full well
how loyally this editor supported Hoke
Mm!tla and nls great platform. Now tnes*
friends of ours are uneasy about us. and
think wefare deserting onr great Houth-
ern statesman before he Is Inaugurated.
On thla point let us say frankly, but In
all couruajr:
I. The writer supported Hoke Hmltb
cheerfully, honestly and openly, and <lld so
wholly Independent. We asked nor do w**
expect any return* for any support any
more than a citizen will reap from an
honest administration by Mr. Hmltb. No
man known or ippieilates tbls fact tno.v*
than Mr. Smith.
wre honor him as a true man: because In
our very soul we twlieve In reform Iwougbt
uhont within the Democratic party. Such
reform as Just railroad regulation and tbe
dlsfra»chlS4>njent of the worthless negro.
For-ali this we contend today.
3. For the same reason—love of reform
we now support Governor Korthen—In his
altogether different line of activity,
bring about sentlmrnt nnd ro^perat
flfeient line of activity, yet to
. ... sentlmrnt and co-operation of
Georgina people to create such.needed re
form la every community, lie wants to put
an end to drunkenness and such crimes as
bar rooms promote. He wants to let the
law break the uecka of criminals, aui! not
mobs and lynchers. No hlgh-toiieil I'ltlzen
in dispute tbe ex-governor on this point.
4. Then Mr. Northei
4. Then Mr. Xortben proponed to unearth
the rot and crime of white men whli*h is
bidden by white men and punlgh a white
man Just as severely as the uegro for
the same offense. If every white ntan was
lynched who commits adultery with negro
women, we fear there would lie lota of new
graves. Aud they ought to l»e just us se-
verelf — *—-—-
ongf
negro.
5. Then we hare not tbe slightest Idea
ist our great governor-elect is half
neasy about Gorernor Xorthen'a effort i
s effect upon his plans as are some of
Mr. Hmith’a enthusiastic supporters. Nay!
And If Hoke Hmltb does oppose the noble
as warmly aa he
ever favored him. We are not mortgaged
to Hoke Smith nor any other living man.
l.et Governor Xortben go forward, giving
dignity to law and order. Let Governor
Hmlth and his helpers kill the negro vote.
of every saloon In the state, and thus cut
out 73 per cent of crime auioug us.
Yea! we are agaluat nil crime. We nre
for lloke Hmlth. W. J. Xortben aud any
man who has a plan to make our Georgia
more and more the garden spot of earth.
A PREACHER’S HOLIDAY.
Congratulations aro duo and hereby tendered to Rer. J. W. Lee,
D. D.. upon the good (ortune which haa berallen him In the Invitation to
a well merited holiday to be spent In Europe.
Dr. Le« in hla meanderings has come In contact with many men of
many minds and has left his kindly Impress upon them all. Fortunately
among these are some blessed with a large share of thla world's goods.
Rnd of this number one has tendered him a holiday of six months across
the sea with all expenses paid.
It Is good for a preacher as It is good for an editor now and then to
get away from hla desk. Preacher* and editors both have a tendency
to carve out ruta and to run In them all too much. Moreover, both of
these classes are inclined at times to get cobwebs In their brains that
grow out of the musty tones and accumulated masses of paper and pens
and Ink about them.
A little, quick, breexy sail out into the great big world gives the old
ruts time to grow up and fashions the tools of the mind tor carving new
ways and lines of thought, while tbe cobwebs In tbe dome of thought
are swept clearly away by the breexes of the Atlautic and the breath of
other lands.
We are quite sure that both Dr. I.eo and his congregation are to be
congratulated. The one will come back refreshed. Inspired and enthused
to do a better work, and the people Id tbe pewa will feel tbe aalt of the
seas and the breath of other countries In the discourses which fall from
the prcaeher'a lips. ,
May other preachers snd other editors he as fortunate a* Dr. Lee.
that other pulpits and other sanctums may be renewed and that other
congregations and other reading Hat* may note the absence of the cob
webs and tbe Incoming of the spring flowers and the trailing vines.
AS TO “JEROME ANO HYDE.'
To the Editor of The Georglsn:
Yesterday afternoon your paper hon
mined a communication under the head
quoted above, signed “8. D.,” I
he says the conduct of Mr. Je
shedding "tears” «nd saying that the
“poor insane boy (Thaw) ought never
to be tried." when two days before he
had "lined up" Ills experts and had
them pronounce the “poor boy” sane.
"Is nn offense to common decency and
an Insult to one's manhood."
Perhaps It might hsva been If It had
been true. As to whether he shed tears
and used the language Imputed to him,
I do not know whether this Is true nr
not. But let us concede that. The fact
remains If the accounts of the trial that
have read In the three Atlanta papers
were correct, that Jerome's expert!
have never pronounced Mr. Thaw sane.
They have never had an opportunity of
testifying on thst subject. All that
they have ever had any opportunity of
testifying about Is to answer the hypo,
thstlcal questions propounded to them
based upon the testimony thus far
brought out in the trial. Their unani
mous opinion Is that so far the evi
dence thus far brought out shows, Mr.
Thaw was ssne at the time of the com
mission of the deed for which he is be.
ing tried.
As to what their opinion would be If
they were .allowed to testify as to
Thaw's ssnsneas at the present time, or
If all the evidence tn reference to tho
killing of Htanford White had been
brought out, we do not know. Their
testimony thus far Introduced has nec
essarily been entirely In answer to the
hypothetical questions propounded,
based on the evidence that line been In
troduced In the trial of this cose.
It sometimes seems to me that there
are people In this world who believe
that there Is no law, that a rich limn Is
hound to nbisrve. If Thaw Is guilty of
murder, even though he Is worth mil
lions, he ought to be hung. If he Is
guilty of manslaughter, even though he
la n millionaire, he ought to be Im
prisoned. If he Is craxy, even though
it may he worthy fifty qr seventy-five
millions, he ought to be shut up for the
protection of tho public; he Is too dan-
iterous a man to be allowed to run r.t
arge. A rich, man, before the law,
ought to have no more rights than a
poor one. otherwise the administration
of the law Is a farce. The real an
archist are not only those poor devils
who blow up people with bombs and
are themselves In turn hurled Into
eternity, but also these Immensely
wealthy people who override tho law
and laugh at It, and those who,
through fear of truckling servitude,
cringe before them and glorify them In
all their acts and doings and loudly
and valiantly defend them on all occa
sions.
As tn whether Thaw Is guilty of
murder nr manslaughter or not 1 do not
know. That la for the Jury to say If
Ihe trial proceeds. But this much we
do know, for It Is absolutely uncontra
dicted: that he deliberately shot down
an unarmed man, totally without warn
ing, and without even so much as giv
ing hint a chance to dodge, let atone
defend himself. A* y> whether the
story told by Evelyn Neshlt Is truo qr
not. I do not know. But this much wo
do know, for It Is uncontradicted: thst
she and Thaw staid together as man
and wife for months before sny actual
marrlaga look place. To my mind, at
thla diitanc* from the trial, her atory
seems to be a fabrication against a
dead man. who Is unable to defend him.
self, to save a millionaire from tlic
gallows. Stanford White was undoubt
edly one of the greatest const! uctive
gentouses that this country has ever
produced, snd. even though he was
poor In comparison with the New York
and Pittsburg millionaires. If he woe
murdered, his murderer should suffer
for It.
- On every hand I hear people knock
ing Mr. Jerome. It seems to me that
his handling of this esse Is the most
brilliant handling of a rase tn court on
record in the world. It may be that
Mr. Kftagerald's rulings are collect law
and that he Is administering the law
honestly and fearlessly, as he under
stands It. but It seems to me. at this
distance from the trial, that his rulings
have almost Invariably been In favor of
Mr. Thaw and against Mr. Jerome. Un
der ills rulings It has been Impossible
for Mr. Jerom- to bring out the whole
truth relative to this killing. Mr. Je
rome Is the sworn officer of the slate.
It Is his duty t* prosecute. If he should
tie nominated for president by tho
Democrats I for one will gladly vote
for him. M,
Army-Navy Orders
—and—
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Washington. April The following
orders have been Issued:
Major George J. Newgarden, sur
geon to retiring board at Washington
barracks for examination; First Lieu
tenants William McK. Lambdln, Philip
Yost and Edward N. Macon, artillery
corps, promoted to captains; Contract
Surgeon Ira A. Allen from Fort Mc
Pherson to his home. New York city,
for annulment of contract; Contract
Surgeon Herbert C. Woolley from New
York city to Vancouver barracks; First
IJeutenant Clarence C. Culver. Third
cavalry, Is detailed for service and to
fill a vacancy In the signal corps.
Naval Orders.
Captain P. H. Garst detailed member
temporarily of board In connection with
cost of changes In (he building for the
bureau of steam engineering being
erected at the naval academy: Lleuten
ant A. W. Pressy detached Brooklyn to
Lancaster navy yard, league Island,
Pa.; Lieutenant F. McCommon de
tached Lancaster navy yard, League
Island, to Brooklyn; Midshipman N. M.
Smith (o the bureau of yard* and
docks, navy department, Washington;
Civil Engineer A. C. Cunningham de
tached duty bureau of yards and docks,
navy department, Washington, to navy
yard. Norfolk. Vs.. April 8. 1907; Civil
Engineer L. E. Gregory detached duty
navy yard, Norfolk, Va.. April 9. 1907,
to the navy yard. New York, April 10,
; Chief Boatswain C. F. Pierce
retired to the navy yard. New York,
N. Y., duty office of the paymaster of
the yard.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—April 6, Choctaw at Nor-
folk. Dolphin at Washington, Boston
at Cacapulco, Whipple, Hull, Truxton
and McDonough at Key West, West
Virginia at Olongapo, Caesar at
Charleston; April 7. Prairie at Guan
tanamo. Abarenda at Hampton Roads,
Mayflower at Havana.
SAILED—April 4, St. Louis from
Guantanamo for Hampton Roads; April
6, Choctaw from Pagoda anchorage for
Shanghai, Hercules from Pensacola for
Key West, Paducah from Port I.linon
to Tnixlllo: April 7. Petrel from San
tiago de Cuba for Guantanamo.
PROTECTING YOUNG GIRLS.
DRINK.
(A posni for boys to read. Was com
posed by a man In the penitentiary,
put In for forging a check while In
toxicated.)
A bar to heaven: a door to hell:
Whoever named It. named It wall;
A bar to manliness and wealth,
A door to want and broken health;
A bar to honor, pride and fame,
A door to sin and grief and shame;
A bar to hope, a bar to prayer.
A door to darkness and despair:
A bar to honored, userul life.
A door to brawling, senseless strife;
A bar to all true and brave,
A door to every drunkard's grave;
A bar to Joy that home Imparts.
A door to tears and breaking hearts;
A bar to heaven, n door to hell.
Whoever named it, named It well.
Sam Jones said the saloon Is the
Devil's recruiting station.
The man's name who composed the
above |siem Is Curtis Johnson, Jeffer-
aonville, Ind.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Seeing considerable comment ‘and
disagreement aa to what Is known as
‘consent ago" of n female—you un
derstand—as an old lawyer, I may be
permitted to say that the age Is arbi
trarily fixed by law at ■ "ten years.”
This Is. of course, done so us to have
ascertain age. fixed by law, and below
which Inability to consent Is estab
lished, and nothing to the contrary cun
be heard In defense. Upon the whole, I
think thll) Is right, although the age Is
very young. Hut this applies only in
cases of criminal assault.
I would suggest a remedy for the de
bauchery of children, which. If en
acted Into law by our general asaem-
bly, would prove very beneficial, and
u rigorous enforcement by the court
would prove the salvation of many un
fortunate feniules. who urc loo young
to be left to these merciless libertines.
Here Is the remedy: "Whoever has car
nal Intercourse with any unmarried fe
male who Is at the Uine of auch Inter-
cnqrse under the age of 16 years shall
be punished by imprisonment in the
state penitentiary, not more than five
years nor less than two years, unless
the Jury shall recommend to the mercy
of the couti, In which case Ihe offender
ahull be punished by serving twelve
months on the ehalngang.” You see,
that this punishment does away with
the legal mockery of tine, which op
erates terribly against the |x>oi- man
and lightly agnlnst the wealthy, and
consequently the punishment Is equnlly
severe on all offenders. This is not a
new law; on the contrary, the sub-
stance Is now- the law of many states;
the object Is the protection of young.
Inexperienced females from the beastly
wiles of the seducer and roue, and
whoever was the originator of it de
serves the thanks of nil purity loving
people. Then let our legislature enact
the proposed law', and every good man
and pure woman In Georgia will tine
up and call them blessed.
FRANCIS H. HARRIS.
Brunswick. Ga.
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MADDOX - RUCKER BANKING (A
AN UNRECONSTRUCTED
GREENBACKER
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The recent Wall street flurry brings
to the front and makes the money
question again the paramount Issue
and whether recognized as such or not.
It willl so remain till settled, and an
Issue la never settled upon any other
than a basis of right and Justice.
The financial panic of 1857 blasted
the youthful hopes of my life, and
demolished my apartly realized air-
castles. I attributed it all to natural
and providential cause nnd renewed
iny hopes, iRid plans for other castles
and got another pretty good start only
to get another big back-set tn 1878;
and then I began to doubt auch cruelty
■a being the works of an all-wise Frov
Idence.
1 commenced Investigating and found
the fault neither providential nor my
own, but In a vicious financial system;
concelved.and adopted for the express
purpose of robbing the many to enrich
the few and being one of the robbed
many, I got mad and became a green-
backer, not knowing at the time that
there was another greenbacker In the
United States. •
To accomplish the selfish purposes of
the money power, Grover Cleveland
precipitated another flnahda! panic,
1899, "his object lesson.”
Business men. mechanic* and labor
ing mail of the present generation have
not forgotten the disastrous effects
thereof, nnd so far aa they are con
cerned. Mr. Cleveland went Into ‘in
nocuous desuetude" and hla party went
with him. for a time at least.
Financially powerful organisations
and individuals are now engaged In a
desperate effort to head off anti-trust
and salutary legislation and with de
signing politicians of both old parties
are doing all In their power to precipi
tate another panic before the next elec
tion.
If they aucceed. the wheels of Indus
try. trade and commerce will be choked
again and again'the industrial manses
will be charged with the crime of
"overproduction" and thousands of am
bitious young men will loose their part
ly paid for homea and In their Ignorance
of cause and effect will charge their
misfortune to the administration and
Mr. Roosevelt and possibly his
parly will also go Into temporary "In
nocuous desuetude." for aa the two old
parties are now and for the last forty
years have been, controlled, ft la Just
simply jumping back and forth from
frying pan to fire, on the part of the
common people.
Mr. Roosevelt knows the effect a pan
ic would now have upon hlinself and
party and Is engaged In the most stren
uous effort of Ids life tn prevent the
consummation of Ihe money changers'
vicious scheme. And I hope, for pity s
sake, hd will succeed.
The actual basis of all or any money
Is the wealth producing capacity of
the taxable people. Through financial
Jugglcrv, we are now* on what they
call a gold basis. Upon what Is the
gold based? Bonds! What Is a bund
A bond Is an Interest-bearing green
back of denomination too great- to cir
culate as money made more valuable
than the gold they purchase, because
they are the Joint notes of the com
bined people and are aecured by a
mortgage upon all the property of all
the people, through the operation of
our Indirect lytltm of taxation, and ao
aa a greenbacker .
"Time—and clrcumatancea”—the im
pression deeper makes
As streams their channel* deeper
C. T. PARKER.
GLASSES
FITTED
**Th« representative retail
optical bouse of the south."
A ••flrcfn!, exhaustive and
complete examination of
the eyes and the latest
atylea glasses fitted.
Ask to see the new
Tories and tbe semMnri*]*
ble Bifocals.
Thirty-five year* as opti
cian* to tbe Southern peo
ple—of much coniequenc*
to you when you need
glasiea.
A.K.HawkesCo
OPTICIANS. •
Two ) 14 Whitehall Street.
Stores ) 125 Psachtrs* Street
reducing the rates on first-class matter
to one rent tier half ounce. This party
ls‘also collecting all the money he ran
from the signers of hla petition, the al
leged object of the collection being to
create a lobby In Washington to see
that the measure Is passed.”
A prominent business man In Chicago
who gives us this Information states
that he absolutely refused to entertain
It for one moment, and The Manufac
turers - Record would think that any
other business man of ordinary judg
ment would know that a lobbvlng
scheme of this kind should be beneath
the support of honest and honorable
business men.—Manufacturers' Record
April 4, 1907. ^
TRACING GENEALOGIES.
AN INSULT TO CONGRESS.
To Ihe Editor of The Georgian:
Knowing your ability and the very deep
Interest you take Irt all subjects hrouzht
before the public for th* public good, and
haring had much trouble In tracing of ti
lls* of property and locating former own.
ers and dndlng cases of death, who wer.
their heirs and whether they were all of
age and whether nny dead left heirs Hint
would be Interested aud have legsl clnlni*.
I have become very much Interested In the
grest Importance nnd value of sn up-to-date ,
genealogical society located here In Atlan
ta. If not for one reason, ss shove *tme,I,
there nre good reasons thst sll parents
should supply their Immedlste family rec
ord of ancestry, ot; so much of saute ns
possible, as n starling point for prevent
nnd future. If neglected, It leaves chil
dren with little If sny knowledgs of par
ents and grandparents. For Ulnstrstlon.
my parents snd grandparents on both
sides have l»een dead many years. I have
only one uncle on either side who could
furnish me with any Information, and they
are both old and feeble, and should death
remove them, I would not know how to
trace tip the past. I hare five children, nnd
their mother and grandparents are all dead,
nml In rase of my ileatb there would let
o one to locate their ancestry.
Ilnvlng given the aulijrrt much thought. I
llnd ouly a very few who an- taking nny
Interest In this subject. I don't believe
there Is one out of n hundred nr, perb.ip*.
flve hundred, of our Montherii people who
have any record. I regard It essential to
.hare n starting point, and believe If tie*
subject was taken tip nnd n record of the
present grnlidparents. pnrents snd chil
dren of each home was gotten up in n re
liable manner. It wonld 1>e of InralenlahU
value nnd It* Indnenre amt Interest would
stimulate snd benefit future generation*. It
no grent amount oft he past cdnld b* oh.
tallied, I would endesvnr to nuke It a*
A great many people have wondered
hat Influence wan bringing pressure
to bear upon congress to change postal
rates, a* was proposed at the last ses
sion. Possibly many congressmen
themselves did not know that back of
this there Is an organised scheme at
work purely as a money-making ven
ture. This scheme Is being worked on
the basis of the payment from business
houses In the way of subscriptions to ,,, ni|llrtr perfect a. pc'IMe. It seem*
a fund for the purpose of lobbying In the American is-ople give -this subject very
behalf of nn Increase In postage rates"’*"
on fourth-das* matter, on the ground
that If this should be brougbt about It
would be possible to secure a one-cent
letter postage. Some yeara it go the
writer hud copies of circulars which
were being Issued for tho purpose of
securing agents who would quietly nnd
vigorously canvass their communities
for contributions of this kind, practi
cally promising to the business men
who Joined the scheme tint by doing
so they would be enabled to have their
letter postage reduced to one cent. tVe
supposed that sqme such scheme was
hack of the movement In congress last
session, but could not get at the facts.
We are advised of a campaign which la
being made by a man “who la soliciting
nnd. we have heard. Is securing hun
dreds of signatures tn a petition to he
placed heroic congress at the next ses
sion advocating the Increase of postage
rates on second-class mall matter to
four renta nr eight rents per pound nnd
lent value snd that the public wnubt h*
iuteri-sted nnd willing lo aid me by Iss-om-
Ing n memts-r at * small fee and willing
nnd that of tliolr nelshlmrs, I would not
object to you making Ibis public, nnd let
ns see bow many would let me hear from
them on the subject. I have been s resi
dent of Atlnntit for thirty years, nnd my
business dealing* In various way* nnd ei-
perlencs would enable me to get a good
work started which 1 believe would re.
doiind to the Rood of present nnd future
generation* of onr Southern people, who
nre scattering nut all over the world, nnd
whose tinst history of relatives I* Istlng lo*t
sight In the eager nnd sltsorblng qa**"
(ton of making moner,
I*.
Cavalry at Jamestown.
Brigadier General Edgerly has issued
ordese for the second squadron of the
Twelfth cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe to
proceed tn the JatAestown Exposition I
snd go Into camp. The order calls
for the report of Ihe officers and men,
not later than April 24. The squadron I
will fin fully equipped with service anti
full dress uniforms ami will lie pro
vided with tent* and cots for a pertna- I
uent camp.
RoVal
Baking Powder
Made of Pure Grape Cream of Tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum*
ssvu law root* co.. •» Ttsa*