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l I 6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Fill DAT, APRIL 26, 1907. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMHI.E GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, ftestdrac. Published Every Afternoon, (Exctpl Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 TVoct Atnbarns St., Atlanta, Ga. Subacrlptlon Rates: On# Y»#r $4.50 Month* 1.50 Thr*,* Month* l.tf Pr 0#rrf#r. Per WMfc II Smith A Thompson, ndrortlslnc rep- •esentatlves tor all territory outsldo of ioorirla. York office Potter llnlldlug §mfnfnfSL — the circulation department nnd bar* It promptly remedied. Telephone*: Hell 4977 main, Atlanta 4401. It Is desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NKWl b« limited to S00 words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as on svldence of good faith. Rejected uiouuscrlpta will uot be returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither doea ft print wblakjr or any liquor ads. OUR*PLATFORM: The Georgian and News stands for Atlanta's owning Its own gaa nnd electric light plants, as it now owns Its water works. Other cities do this and get gaa as low as 5) rents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian and News bcltaves that If street rail ways can he operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there le bo good reason why they can not he to operated here. Rut wo do not believe this can be done now, nnd It may be soma years before we are ready for so • big an undertaking. Htlll Atlanta should set Its face In that direction The Immigration Iisue Again. Convention, and conference, to fos ter Immigration and to bring desirable aliens Southward aro all ve/y well In their way. A. moulders of public opln Ion they carry weight, but they do little of a practical kind to afford the immediate relief we so sadly stand in need of, declares The American Cotton Manufacturer. Bounded as we are by the Federal legal restrictions, our energies must run la certain chan nels which are well defined; and* be ing hampered by this multitude of lim itations we must use such tools os we have at command In the most effec tive way, and In the task neither cost nor sacrlDce may bo taken into ac count. A niggardly hand doling out odd dollars may Just as well be kept In the pocket. We are face to face wltb an annual Influx of over a million for eigners. Taking the country as a whole, only five ppr cent or so of them reach the South and most of this meagre percentage finally settle In the Southwest, remote from tho growing Southern Industrial area. The other 95 per cent go to Northern, Western and Middle states, whose advantages have been exploited all over Europe tor generations. Yet the advantages of which tho settler may avail himself are nowhere equal to those which the South dumbly holds out, beyond sight of those to whom she would appeal. Wo have Industrial construction manufacturing and town occupatlous drawing help from the farms. New cotton mills going up by the score, hydroelectric developments under way, which will soon be offering pow er enough to run every splndlo from Virginia to Texas, If the spindles could be reached profitably, but as many of the existing cotton mills and other power users are outside the commercial electrical area, the erec tion of new mills will be fostered and encouraged within the electrical zone and the help paucity be thus aggra vated to such an acute atago that dis aster will faco the weaker corpora tions. This is all os distressing os It Is amazing that the business men of the affected region have not long to come together, check book In hand, to make known In Europe what they have to offer to the laborer, mill worker, farm band, capitalist and manufacturer. Intelligently, systematically, persist ently and generously at the large Im migration stations In New York, Bos ton and Philadelphia, to direct such desirable aliens as have not decided, before dlsembarcatlon, upon a loca tion, toward the South which needs them most and will treat them best. This will not be an altogether easy tank for every section of this great country from Canada to Mexico; At lantic to Pacific; village, town, city and country, are all crying for human Intelligence, muscle and brawn, and they are catching the many stragglers at the entry-ports. The South Is softly calling against the brass bands of the rest of the co mi try, but she must play her time Just as loudly and attractively to lure her fair share of tho flood of people ever flowing from Eastern to Western hemisphere. Otherwise, confusion will be most confounded and present worry will be turned Into Industrial dementia. We have the remedy In our own hands, but individual oflort, while commendable, must be supplemented by a gigantic and well supported movement to turn the selected tide In this direction and once turned It will Nothing less than sustained South ern activity will prevail against the everlasting pegging away of other sufferers from labor hunger. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAYS MAY INSPIRE NATIONAL PATRIOTISM. I (This Is In part the Memorial speech delivered today at Greensboro and Washington by tho editor of Tho Georgian.) For fifty years England has borne the heroic horsemen of Balaklava In- her heart For throe decades France has remembered tho brave but unfortunate soldiers of Sedan. And when an hundred years have rolled away these April flowers shall find us here among them seeking their fra grant hearts and crimson colors to voice a deathless devotion to the Con federate dead. / In riper witness I have como to know that we love these brave men better because they failed. If they had won, If they had been victorious. If they had died upon successful battlefields; If they had como home crowned with lAurels and comforted with tho pensions of a triumphant Government, we might have left them more to the measure of their fanle nnd to tha splendor of their victories. But the furled flag that falls across these silent mounds has draped deafh In the dignity of tragedy. It has lifted the halo of martyrdom above tho convictions that pledged their honesty In blood; and in the unspenkable sympathy which works fellowship In sorrow, suffering and dofeat, we have locked these martys In our hearts forever. I do not think that men, If left to themselves, would have bo long sustained the glory of this Memorial Day, The love and the loyalty that weeps over the Lost Cause finds Its noblest shrine In woman. In wo men's hearts sentiment never dies and heroic memories make no sur render. The daughter of Dixie Is the' preserver of the faith. She has bullded a well In the wilderness of commerce. She has made an oasis In the desert of trade and here In this saered ceremony she has preserved one last and lingering altar of sentiment In thp cold but splendid temple dedi cated to mammon and material gala. Men may die and systems change, but the woman of the 8outh holds an unshaken faith through passing years. She gave her heart and her hope In 1861 to tho cause that "rose without shame and fell without dis honor." And for forty-two years she has fed the fires of this altar, pure as a vestal virgin and loyal as the priestess who In the failure of a sac rifice, offered herself upon the altsr of her love. Serving without seek ing. lovlug without leaving, remembering without lining, baptized In tra dition, consccrkted through suffering,,perfect In faith and glorious In good works, she Is today as she wss in the beginning, unchanged and unchang ing, loving and loyal, unfeigned and unfearlng, unawed and unrepentant —and please God—"uKreconstmeted" forever! With a reverence that can find no volco In words, wo saluto the con stancy wltb which Southern woman keep watch above the graves of these Confederate dead. And with pit our hearts, with all our traditions, with all our tender memories, with all our overflowing love, we Join them In this bivouac which their deathless devotion makes on this conse crated ground. The faith Is worthy of the royal and tho priestess Is not less noble than her shrine. Tho South today from Richmond to the Rio Grpnde Is studded with theso graves of soldiers. They fell on fields of battle fighting for the principles and convictions of the soil from which they came. We love them. We honor them. We call them heroes, because they are dead— because they died for us. And we love, honor and praise them Justly. They did gallant deeds. They reflected the luster of Southern heroism through all ages and Into every land. They Illustrated the courage and chivalry of the South In blood drops that have empurpled every field from Austin to Appomattox. They fought llko lions; they endured like martyrs, and they boro the tattered flag of the sovereign states through gloom and Joy, through sunshine and through storm with an heroic faith, a match less patience and a splendid patriotism that will live as-long as the fame bt Jackson and tho name of Led. 1 have not one heart throb that does not do them honor. There Is no act of homage that I would not esteem It a privilege to offer to the soldiers and the leaders of this Illustrious company. If I held tho keys of the now world's Westminster I would build a stately mausoleum where, freo from criticism and secure from blame, might repose the ashes of that stainless Gentleman who lived and died, the first and last President of the Confederate States. ft I could rob Nature of the richest floral crown she wears 1 would lay the fragrant emblem, upon the glorious dead who fell on old Manassas’ plain. If I could weave a diadem of atars, I would crown the martyred war riors of Gettysburg. If, reaching to theso shadowy clouds, I could catch a whispering wind and sootho lfs murmur to music sweet, I would mingle with the ssd echoes of Chancellorsvllle a miserere that would wing its way to Jackson’s soul In heaven. If I could sweep the harp strings of my Jarring spirit with master hand, and tune Its discord to dlvlneat melody. I would chant seraphic requiem above tho Innumerable undlstlngulshable host of Southern dead; and— Ah. If In song or speech, In major or minor key, I could to tho onds of ages reach, I would whisper the name of Lee. Ladles aud gentlemen, there must be no word of politics spoken In the city of the dead. But the plea of patriotism may rise appropriate above these gallant graves. In all the world there la no nobler place than this to pledge anew our loyalty and devotion to our country and Its laws. It this Is not our country, we have no country; and If It Is our country It Is treason not to love It and to love It all. I bear witness that traveling 30,000 miles a year for IS yearn through Northern and Western states, I found my first and heartiest welcome In the fact that I was the son of a Confederate soldier. I bear you witness hero today, not from theory, but experience, that tho whole mass of the Northern people are pulsing with fraternity for tho people of tho South. Shall the sons and daughters of Confederate heroes be unresponsive to the sentiment? Tho men who sleep bare are In our Judgment ths beet and the brav est Americans that ever lived. They did not fight in bitterness. They did not die in hate. War is tho conflict of Ideas and not of Individuals. The things that frown at each other across the embattled lines are Issues, not men, and the death grapple of the battle Held, la never In these mod ern times an expression of personal malice but the fierce assertion of op posite and antagonistic conviction. Foolish, therefore, uncivilized and Inhuman, to perpetuate for a day In peace the bitterness that sped the bullets In battle. It Is tho mark of a small soul and bt a narrow mind to carry Into tho calm ot Industry the fierceness of faction that was once expressed In strife. And the gallant Americans who fought for tho flag of the Union or followed the fortunes of Lee shot out all their bitterness under smoke of thMr lifted guns. Tbe bases of peace pulsed In their hearts after every battlofleld that they baptized with their patriot blood; and the platform ot reunion was written in these patriot bosoms long before the boom of the cannon had died upon tho last expression of strike. The cause for which these gray immortals fought was not lost and Is not dead. Mark you. It was not slavery. Slavery was but the Irritant that net these antagonistic forces at each others' throats. The cause for the war—born with the constitution and flourishing amid factions which Interpreted It—the rsnkling Idea that fretted for a century was the nature of the government framed by the fathers—con solidation against the federal Idea; centralized government against the Idea of local independence; the central and Indissoluble union against tbe sovereign and Indestructible states. With tbe argument on this Issue exhausted by Webster and Calhoun, tbe appeal was to arms. The Issue insoluble In reason had to be tested In blood. One million ot Americans died upon the altar of division, and 113,600,000,000 of money was sacrificed to tbe experiment ot the sword. Numbers and numbers only could decide a battle royal of American valor. In the providence of God and by the weight ot numbera the decision fell In favor ot the federal Idea. But the foreman of tbe martial Jury that rendered the verdict was an heroic soldier, and the verdict that Ulysses Grant returned at the point ot hie eword actually preserved the rights of the sutee. Strange and beautiful paradox of revolution—that a verdict rendered hero who, in the express terms of surrender, wrote with his sword a final verdict for an Indissoluble union of indestructible states. We have today a reunited country not because of the forgiven sins of either section, but because both sections have long since recognized the right and the Justice of the others' contention, and that both conten tions were necessary for the preservation of our Institutions; that the states must ho protected In their rights, and the federal government re spected In Its constitutional sphere. So that this great conflict—the tragedy of nations—with Its blood. Its travail and Its tears, has, In the providence of God worked out the final evolution of a political and constitutional problem. It has consummated / a certain and definite sphere for the state and the federal government The question of destroying the states or of dissolving the government can never rlBe again! Bull Run and Gettysburg, Manassas and Appomattox have bullded In blood a monument to this perpetual compact. Tho doctrine of the indestructibility of the states Is as sacred now In the firesides of Massachusetts as to tho sons of South Carolina. And Georgia will henceforth honor and adore as loyally as New England the starry flag that stands for a fixed and Indissoluble union. As’we.were divided by ono war we were united by another. It has been worth tho war with Spain for you and I, veterans and sons and daughters of veterans, to have witnessed the complete and practical uni fication of our country. Not In sixty years, not in seventy years—scarcely since the constitution-was born In that primal wrangle—bare we been as united and as harmonious as we are today. Beautiful are the scenes of unity which the Spanlsh-American war painted upon the canvas of our country’s history: Sons of Confederate veterans, and sons of Union soldiers marching with locked step against a common enemy whllff the brass bands of Union regiments blow their breath In Joyous currents through the martial strains of “Dixie,” Battle fields In foreign countries baptized with the blood of the blue nnd the blood of the gray shed In crimson sacrifice to the sentiment of our national honor. Old Joe Wheeler, that brave - old Confederate horseman, fairly blazing In bine as ho led the Uulon cavalry down the crimson slope of San Juan; a grandson of Lincoln and a grandson of Grant serving gal lantly and gladly upon the staff of tho Virginia gentleman who In 1865 wore the uniform of a Confederate general and the historic name of Fltz- hugh Lee. Hobson and Bagley and Winshlp and Blue, of the best blood of the' old South glorifying by their courage and daring, and two of them by their patriot deaths the hero traditions of the new republic While everywhere the flower and chivalry'of the new South wrapping In the folds of tho spangled Banner tho Faded Jacket of Gray which was their heritage of heroism, and bearing In their records the last expression of a loyal faith, have come with confident lips and beating hearts to say: "Here! If our fathers sought with glorious honesty to dissolve the union, wo have fought with not less signal courage to maintain the honor of our country’s flag." Surely, my countrymen, In the midst of scenes like these wo do not need to bo told that this Is Indeed one country—our country—looking through eyes of common faith and hope to the splendors of a surpass ing future. Ladles and gentlemen, as I sink into silence with the setting sun, let me salute tho colors that surround me: First that dear old flag of tender memories, battle-scarred and grimed with glory, consecrated in heroic convictions and furled forever upon a bitterness never to be reborn.-*. And tben In the spirit of this noble day, let us salute that other flag which carries all the glory of the present and all the hope and promise of tbe future—the flag of our country, the flag of our fathers, and now, please God, our flag forever. It Is the symbol of liberty, the emblem of progress, and wherever It streams men must and shall see daybreak bursting on the world. Not another flag In history has such a mission as ours or goes forth to carry such tidings upon land and sea. It Is tho banner of dawn, the flag of morning, the emblem of peace, the symbol of liberty—the unbought, iin- shamed, unconquered—glorious—over all victorious—may God save It in honor—our Star Spangled Flag of the Free! And aB we behold It streaming here—we who are veterans and the sons ot veterans—we who are American citizens, too—with our blood puls ing In veins unclotted by a single bitter memory—can take It to our hearts and lift It high above our heads and thank God that it waves at last above a reunited country, with its white stripe breathing peace, Its red stripe pulsing kindred, and the azure radiant with stars which speak the Providence that makes us now andeforever, one people In this great est republics of the world. Commercial Accounts Firms, corporations, or individuals whose business neces sitates an active bank account will find it to their advantage to place it with us. We are centrally located, and our bank ing-room is arranged for the convenience of our customers. Our extensive resources have enabled us always to take care of the wants of our regular customers. Let us know your re quirements, and we will try to meet them. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. J The Orator of Today. John T. Bolfeulllet, of Macon, has won by worthy years a welcome to the capital and to any city of the state. He Is a Georgian of tho most repre sentative type. A man of strenuous Industry and of unswerving loyalty to friends and to the state, bo Is also a publicist of unlmpeached Integrity, an official without blame and one of tho established orators of the state. There is scarcely a richer fund of reminiscence In Georgia than that which unfolds day by day in The Ma con Telegraph from the (ten of John T. Bolfeulllet. He has enriched all the fields of endeavor in which'ho has striven among his fellows, and he has established a character which will be tho crown of glory of his declining years. For whether he stands In tbe capitol as legislator or secretary, as officer in tho realm of order, as politician In the fierce contentions of the ballot, as writer In tho greater scope of Journal ism, or as ho comes today, the orator upon the noblest and tenderest of all the occasions which assemble the heroic South, John Bolfeulllet Is a brave, generous, loyal and eloquent gentleman—enjoying and deserving the love of hjs friends, and the un qualified respect of the few enemies that ho has made. We welcome this gallant Georgian to the noblest platform which Atlanta can offer to a citizen of Georgia. THE PEOPLE APPROVE. To the Editor of The Georgian: Allow me to congratulate you for the manhood displayed when you offered to Bryan the suggestion that he nomi nate Roosevelt for the next president. When ,we consider that even your financial business, your paper, was at stake: when we consider that your ■octal and political life was at slake, our admiration enlarges till It becomes akin to love. ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Higgston, Ga. WOULD RAISE HIM ABOVE THE PRESIDENT, To the Editor of The Georgian: Permit me to Indorse your Chattanoo ga suggestion for William J. Bryan to nominate Theodore Roosevelt for presl. dent in 1*08. Mr. Bryan is now a statesman of national renown and to nominate Roosevelt for president under the cir cumstances as now exist would make a patriot ot world-wide renown. This would forever make him an Idol of America. 1 had rather be such a patriot l>y tbe victor ahould conserve the contention of the vanquished; and that L h *? “ ** president of the United — i..... .... i ■ i... • ... , ... ..... ... lotatee. an Issue unsolved by reason' and unsettled by arms was healed by a ON OLD REBEL SOLDIER. AS YOU MAY SEE IT. Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga. Your Iroquois speech was a "thriller," but was it anything more? The parallel between Roosevelt and Bryun, Is It not artificial, unnatural, vain? The one Is a successful leader; the other is fortunate In having friends who say, though he Is wrong, he Is sincere! The one deals In facts; the other In platitudes to persuade the unthinking or the Idle thinking. The one Is a man of deeds; theothdr of words—words only. The one said that he who speaks softly and carries a big stick will go far; the other said, on his first visit to Connecticut: In 1906, that the people of that state have a reputation for mak ing and vending wooden nutmegs. (They have not. The Joke originated In Pennaylvania when Simon Snyder, the Pennsylvania Dutchman, who, by ■ome chance, had become governor, suggested at a conference of his pnrty leaders, excluding Connecticut peddlers from the state because, he said, they were selling nutmegs made of bass wood, when everybody knows they ought to be made of sassafras!) But. added your antithetical "statesman," I want to say to you that the man wbo sells wooden nutmegs as the genuine article Is an honest man compared with the man who owes a debt and pays it In gold dollars! And when a voice In quired why, this "boy” orator said be cause a gold dollar grgwa fatter and fatter all the time, and that Is not an honest dollar! * If I can prove that this “boy,” who had reached the mature age of ;;ti, made that foolish speech (and I can), will you still Insist that he ought fairly to take rank with the other, who, when only six years older, was president of the United States, and, three years later, was elected to succeed hlmsalf by a plurality of the popular vote about equal to the aum of all the pluralities of his twenty-four predecessors ' distinguished office? For publication or for politics, one might make such a claim, but you would not do so at the sincere moment when, at the family altar, you take your cause to Him who searcheth u'l hearts, and who tmputeth not vain words for righteousness. Yours truly, M. v. ZIMMERMAN. 349 Grant street. New York, April 21. OFFICIALS OF THE Y. W. C. A. GRATEFUL TO THE GEORGIAN. To the Editor of Tbe Georgian: For the splendid work done bv y per In tx-hnlf of the Young Women r tlsn Association, I desire to express the deepest gratitude and thanks on liebtlf of tbe state committee, as well ns on liehalf of tbe Atlanta rtty association, lioth arti cles on tbe editorial page, as well ns on tbe woman's page, were In every way most splendidly written, and put tbe matter be- fore tbe public In last tbe way desfrad. Again thanking you, I am gratefully yours, MRS, A. M'D. WILSON. To tbe Editor of Tbe neorglnn: In behalf of tbe Is I d of the Toting Women's Christian Association, heartfelt thanks ore tendered mu for tbe Interest taken In »nr work nt this time, and for tbe splendid way In which It was brought be fore tbe pridic. Very reonectfutlr. MIIM. W. 11/ PATTKUMO.V. storrees-omllna M, -tetm-r » To the Editor of Tho Georgian: Would It not be' Judicious, on the part of Atlanta, to add to her at tractiveness by the betterment of cer tain unfavorable conditions. In he; present fair domain, before enlarging her borders, into a Greater Atlanta? What think you, Atlanta, for In stance, of the uncleanllness of your streets and the wild disorder of the majority of your “back yards?" Let those, among your mighty ones, In whom are vested the power nnd wealth that accomplish things; those, whoa wisdom “uttereth her voice In the streets,” step down for a moment from their spotless and luxurious equipages, their swiftly rolling coupes, their madly rushing autos, that the sirocco of wind and dust. In their wake (nay somewhat subside, that the atmos phere ipay be cleared to the extent of their halt, and that their eyes may behold with less obscured vision whence come these swirling clouds of germ-laden dust, that Inflames the eyes, offends the nostrils and Irritates the throats rfnd lungs of your citizens, who, either may not, or prefer not, to ride In such swift transports and so run ahead of the dust, raised by these autocrats of the streets. Let these look up and down tho thoroughfares of their city and there see the dirt apd trash and papers— papers, trash and dirt—that blaze the .lines of their city's, streets. Let them look over tho fences onto the rear grounds of many otherwise attractive places and see for themselves the rubbish, the piles of ashes and the scraps of paper, all In one grand melee of confusion. ' _ ' Let them see the discarded con- Constltutlons, Journals and Georgians —some with a sense of duty done, and well done, nre resting from their labors, und are gossiping amicably In the fence corners, while others, their ruling spirit still strong within them, are racing precipitately across the cam- mi* Im felAmlli* nmnlollnn tr% "trAt.fhfirn" ill.:* New Tork store, a London sho D ' or a "magnasln” de Paris! Chicago, In proportion to her greater Size and more numerous manufacturing plants, with tneir monster chimnles raining down upon tho city perpetual showers of Inky soot and grimy smoke Is worse off than Atlanta, for ahe Is never without the smoky clouds that darken nnd pollute her atmosphere, ex cept after the midnight hour of Satur- d..v lias put i's wet blank't Innumerable smoking chlmnies, and thus gives the poor Chlcagotms a Sun day glimpse of a sky, as "deeply darkly, beautily blue" as ever glowed In the fairest of Italian skies. But, for all this downfall of soot and cinders, tho streets of Chicago are swept and sprinkled at a proper time and In u methodical (banner until It Is a perfect pleasure to walk or drive along her cleanly boulevards. Jn Paris the beautiful, the "blue blouses" are astir betimes, and with the aid of their brooms and shovels and carts the city la soon resplendent In her customary Immaculate cleanli ness and. beauty, all ready for the dainty boot of la belle Francalae or la belle Amerlcalne, as she hjaunttly sets forth to “do the stores,” or "make the promenade." And all this process of “cleaning up" does not offend ths eyes and nostrils of the elite, for It Is all accomplished before they have opened their aristocratic eyes upon the outer world, or have Inhaled anything less gratifying than their morning coffee. In New York city during the regime of Colonel Waring It was made u finable offense to throw bits of paper, or any other disfiguring rubbish, upon the streets, and the children of the city were formed Into a detective and preventive organization, whose duty It was to see that this law was com piled with. The children were put upon their honor to keep this law themselves and were empowered to take the name and address of any one whom they found breaking this law and of reporting the ■ same to a punitive board, who should Impose a fine. In accordance w ith the degree of the misdemeanor. Now, why could not some such law be enacted In Atlanta, and her children , become the active, ready arms to reach out after and to bring to speedy Jus tice her offending citizens. It Is In the minds of the rising gen eration that sentiments of orderliness and cleanliness must be Instilled, or the same undesirable conditions will con tinue to offend the nice sense of those to whom "order Is heaven's first law," and to whom "cleanliness Is next to Godliness." The month of October, so Ideal In other places, and In other cities, Is marred In Atlanta by the even more than usual clouds of choking dust that follow the passing of every street car und carriage and auto whenever the high winds prevail, which they do al most unceasingly durlrtg this most beautiful month, when one would en joy so keenly a brisk walk In the cool air, especially after the enforced In activity of the long summer. But this may not be for all the pleas ure Is taken out of such a walk by this most disagreeable feature. Now, here la where the water cart might be used to advantage by sprink ling our streets and laying the dust, thus giving us aa Ideal a month ns could bo found anywhere. Indeed, our streets) when not watered from the clouds, should be sprinkled all through the year. Please notice, however, that we menn sprinkling, and not deluging the streets so that one Is obliged to wade through mud after the water cart has gone by. Let the mechanism regulating the flow of water bo adjusted so that the dust may be sprinkled lightly and not soaked. This manner of watering tho streets would, of course, necessitate a more frequent application of the water. But the Increased expense Incurred to do this would bo a trivial Item for At lanta to meet and would not be con sidered by her If only thereby she might render herself more agreeable and attractive Ho her own good people, as well as to the strangers within her gates. KATHERINE E. SCOFIELD. Atlanta, April 23. pus In friendly emulation to "get-there' that Indefinite gotu of ambitious activ ity. ^Let them see the respectable ef forts to sweep or rako together the ob. ojctlonablo trash Into heaps that It may be carried away by the sanitary wagon. Let them also notice the fact that tho coming of the sanitary wagon is not an every day event, and that frequent ly before It does arrive a disorderly and unfriendly wind has played havoc with the heaps, and has scattered the rubbish to the fourcorners, thus wast ing both time nnd money, taken to ac complish tho raking together. Let them also mark this little Item, that housekeepers are obliged at times to offer Inducements In the way of gifts of east-off clothing, etc., to the drivers of these wagons In order to get them to come at all. Let them seo the perpetual effort to "clean up,” which seems as futile as though nothing had been attempted In that direction. Let them see the Inevitable broom In almost constant evidence, and let them realize that no matter what time of day they might saunter out for a promenade, they would encounter the sweeping that Is always going for ward. Out from the grounds of residences, across the slde-wnlks: out, from every conceivable alley and passage, come the never-falling sweepings, with pres ently more to follow. Now, citizens of Atlanta, you have made your tour of Inspection. Your eyes, If closed before, are now opened to the erratic, irregular and unsystema tic ways and means that prevail In your city. Can you designate the cause ot this endless sweeping, and tho likewise end less need of the same? If you cannot we can, although we hesitate to name the word that explains It all In a nut shell. One must needs be bravo to write it down In black and white, and In this presence, but here It is—shlftlcssness. That one word covers all the ground a lack of expediency to have a place for everything und to have everything In that place. Let "those who have raked together the trash updo their premises have a covered receptacle to put It into. Let every' householder be obliged, by law', to own Huch a receptacle. Then will the tidy housekeeper be helped, nnd the untidy one, be forced Into the adoption of orderly ways. Let the various accumulations on the streets be provided for In the same manner. When the sweepers have done their part of the work. let the wagons take up the heaps immediately, so that the wind may not scatter them again. it is not only upon our streets that this same Inexpediency obtains. On day, In particular, but which was by no means an anomalous Instance, while examining a beautiful display of hand- embroidered nnd lace-trlmmed linens that were spread out before us on a counter in ono of our leading stores, we were compelled to step aside In order that a dusky broom-propeller might proceed with his dust-raising per formance. Thereafter, we did not wonder nt she frequent, bargain sales finest accession to the stores of our exquisite workmanship. But. really how, would you not prefer to pur chase those pieces, In their primal freshness and purity, at their first value? Only the other day. In the latest and finlest accession to the atores of our city, both ourselves and the young woman who was waiting upon us were forced to move far out Into the pas sage-way so as to prevent the dust and trash that a porter was pushing along In front of a big broom from being swept over our skirts and shoes. The question Is, where came all that litter, that required to be swept up dur ing the hours, when ladles were In those Btores attending to their shop ping. Certainly the ladles could not shave brought It with them. So the fact Is evident that the debris must have been the inevitable accumulation resulting from the discarding, by the clerks, of various wrappings, etc., about tho, goods which they had been handling. Ergo, the remedy Is obvious—scrap- baskets. at Intervals, \ behind the counters. Into which may be thrown these odds and ends, and which may readily be picked up and emptied whenever necessary without creating either dust or confusion. Picture. If you can, this pestilential besom, that walketh at noon-day, or . any other old time In Atlanta, doing ’tPZr£, .”tT»«ur L artlr<* —d;?Hr5 cVipp'njc hour* „ „f r | Army-Navy Orders —and— MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. Washington, April 26.—The following orders have been Issued: Army Order*. First Lieutenant Samuel W. Noyes, Thirtieth Infantry, before retiring board at Fort Sam Houston for exam ination. „ ■Captain Earl Brown, corps of engi neers, Second battalion of engineers,_to Wilmington. N. C„ relieving Major Jo seph E. Kuphn. corps of engineers. Naval Orders. Surgeon F. O. Field, detached marine recruiting party, Dallas, to marine re cruiting party, Houston. May 12. Gunner W. Carroll, retired, from Nor folk to home. * Warrant Machinist C. M. Wingate* detached duly, St. Louis to Indiana. Movsment of Vessels. ARRIVED—April 23. Yorktown. at Amapala. April 24, Morris, at naW yard, Now York; Marcellus, at New port News; Galveston, at Amoy. April 25, Strlngham, Wilkes, DeLong. Blake ly and Stockton, at Hampton Roads. . SAILED—April 23, Chicago, from Amapala for Acujutla and Acapulco. Boston, from Amapala for Corlnto and Acapulco. April 34, Prairie, from Ha vana for Clenfuegoa; Marcellus, from Hampton Roads for Newport News, Iroquois, from Mare Island for Honolu lu. April 35, Strlngham, Wilkes. De- Lang, Blakely and Stockton, from Nor folk for Hampton Roads. The countess of Warwtek. who has,done so hinrh lownrd gaining better condition* ||j me? iiiiiiwiiiai *t*w ••• - - »*1. hne Jtwt *#nt to New York centre from tho Women Worker* I• ... threat Britain and Ireland, to study labor conditions In this country as far as tier concert! women. Helen Gottld pays the salary sndM* pensrs of an Indian natnrallst and !»■ tnrer on birda, lie trarela all orer the country rtoflrertag free lectures In Tillages *•>;' '3 country school honsea on the JesriU « birds to croon. He ha?second the po**’"