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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama St, Atlanta, Oe. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. VKDNESDAT, MAY 1, 1VJT. Subscription Rates: One Year $4.W w« Month* i.» Thifo Month* .... 1.25 By Currier, Ter Week 10 resentatlves for nil territory outs! Georgia. * Chicago office Tribune Building New York office Potter Building telephone the circulation department and hare It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4927 main, Atlanta 440L It la desirable that all communica tion* Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to worda In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence©! good faith. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. prints no nncleen or objectionable ad vertising. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM: Tbs Georgian and New* stands for Atlanta s owning Its own gas and electric light plants, as It now owns Its water works. Other cities do this and get gan as lew as Cl cents, with a profit to the dtr. This should be done at once. The Georgian and News believes that If street rail ways can be operated eucceeafnlly by European clllea, as they are, there la no good reason why they can not be so operated here. But ws do not believe tola can l>e done now, and It may be •omo years before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should net its face In that direction NOW. • “The Model Evangelist.” At the First Baptist church tonight the Rev. H. M. Wharton, D.D.. closes a revival which has been In all re spects one of the most admirable and effective In the history of Atlanta. For weeks in succession Dr. Whar ton has preached twice a day to pack ed audiences In the two largest Bap tist churches of the city. And this Is a record Itself which has not been equaled In the history of Atlanta re vivals. From the beginning of his scries of meetings until the happy and eventful close on this Wednesday evening there has not been ono ripple of unpleasant ness or one garish flicker of the sen sational. Tho results In the quicken ing of Interest In the churches have been glorious to those who direct those great spiritual agencies of our community and the Influence upon the minds of those outside of the organiz ed ranks of the sanctuary haa been also notable and Inspiring. Or. Wharton leaves Atlanta with a distinctly wholesome taste In Its mouth. He has bettered and brighten ed tho entire spiritual atmosphere and In the long list of useful men who have labored In the cause of religion among our people he has richly de served the title of "The Model Evan gelist.” It Is a notable and significant fact that the methodi which Dr. Wharton employs are of the simplest, gentlest and most orthodox character. He haa preached at every service the otd-fssh- loncd gospel of our fathers. He haa preached In gentleness and kindness and In love. In bla evangelistic ca reer of thirty-three years, Dr. Whar ton has never "Jumped on" anybody, has never Insulted anybody, has nev er assailed a man or a creed, and nev er sought one single flicker of garish sensation to prop his beautiful spirit ual mission In the world. He has seemed to believe what good man are becoming overywhpre to know, that the genius of religion Is the genius of gen tleness and love. That the expound ing of the gospel, the exhortation of sinners to repentance, and the saving blood of the Redeemer are the Bum total of the equipment for salvation, and the essential weapons which a soldier of the Cross should wield. The work which Dr. .Wharton has done In this community Is a wonderful work In Its results and a not lass wonderful work In the Illustration It has given of the value and effective ness of these sweeter* and nobler methods of proeecuting_the Master's work and for the saving of souls. Dr. Wharton Is a Virginia gentle man, or, to put It more comprehen sively, a Christian gentleman from Virginia, and the courtesy and refine ment of hla nature and traditions have been carried Into his religious work. There are no rankling words of btt- tarness In tbs pathway of his revi vals. There are no Injured reputa tions; there are no bitter feuds lin gering as the aftermath of his meet ings. And the point which The Georgian desires io stress Is that the methodi which Dr. Wharton employs and which Dr. Wilbur Chapman employs are the methods which have always been found the most effective In the city of Atlanta In every mission that has been sat In this community to the glory of God end to the welfare of the souls of men. We thank Dr. Wharton for the beau tiful lesson that he has taught ua In Atlanta and for the beautiful demon stration that he has made of the fact that the God of love and the God of peace can best be served by ministers who use the weapons of love and of peace to fight Hla battles and to win His victories In the work. May the years of the model evangel 1st be multiplied, and may hla aunset be shadowless and sweet. “THE PATHOS OF PENDLETON'S POLITICS. There Is a mixture of pAthos Joined with the humorous squlrmtngs of Tho Macon Telegraph, upon tho political pin on which The Georgian has fixed It. Colonel Pendleton Is not a bad man. In fact, he Is naturally an hon est man and a good inan. No stress of political controversy has ever car ried Tho Georgian beyond the recognition of that pleasing fact. But the trouble with Colonel Pendleton Is that he Is a good man trying to ride two horses, with one of which he Is neither familiar nor In any sort of sympathy. Tho editor of The Telegraph Is a constitutional Republican. If he lived north of the Mason and Dixon line he would be a stalwart of the most ultra type. Even In the South, where he has lived for a number of years, his affiliations have always been with that class which Is nearest ■kin to the Republican party. He has always been ultra-conservative and out-of sympathy with the people In the strenuous struggle In which they have been waging war for their natural rights. He was reputed to have voted for William McKinley for president. He denies It. and we accept his denial at the face value of a word from an honest man. But the mere fact of the general rumor Is the best evidence of the suspicion in which the Pendleton Democracy has always been held. There never has been a period of our national life In which real Democracy has had more definite expression than In these vital struggles of these last ten years In which predatory wealth and corporate aggression have been set against the rights and liberties of the people. In this struggle we do not suppose that Colonel Pendleton himself would for a moment deny that bis affiliations have been steadfast and un varying In their sympathy with the corporations. If there has been an occasion In Georgia within the last ten years In which Colonel Pendleton has not taken the side of the railroads, we have failed to observe It. We accept again at the face value of hla own good character the assertion that tho railroads do not own his paper. We have said and we say again that they do not need to own It; for they get out of It all of the unflagging and unfailing support of a full and perfect own ership. Colonel Pendleton Is a Georgian and a Southerner and tho majority sentiment of his state and of tho South Is Democratic. Out of his sec tional and sentimental loyalty he affiliates with the Democratic'party, bat all his real sentiments and real convictions, as evidenced by his corpo rate affiliations of these recent years, would lead him Into full fellowship with tho Republican organization of which he would doubtless be a mem ber In full and enthusiastic standing but for his sectional alignment. This Is tho genuine pathos of Colonel Pendleton's situation. He really Is a Republican and he really would like to be a Democrat His convictions carry him to the party of vested rights and privilege. Hla environment and his sentimental loyalty seize him by tho coat-tails and hold him fast In nominal allegiance to tho Democratic party. This Is tho condition which excites our profound and frietMly sym pathy for the editor of The Macon Telegraph. The effort which wo have boen making to give men of his type some freedom from the terror of the party lash and some liberty under the shad ow of organisations, ought to entitlo this paper rathor to his kind and grateful appreciation, than to his rather Irreverent allusions. We fear thero are some serious embarrassments which the future has in store for the editor of The Telegraph. For Instance let us suppose that which seems now to bo moBt likely, that the Democratic party, of which Colonel Pendleton Is a pseudo mem ber, will nominate William J. Bryan for tho presidency! Now Colonel Pendleton has denounced Mr. Bryan In language which puta that statesman out of any possibility either of his respect or confi dence. It Colonel Pendleton believes the things which Colonel Pendleton wrote of Mr. Bryan, not even the most “yellow dog type" of Democra cy in all America could Justify so honest a man as Colonel Pendleton in voting for Mr. Bryan. Ab an honest man, therefore, Colonel Pendleton would be simply compelled to vindicate his own Integrity by voting against Mr. Bryan for the presidency. If. however, Colonel Pendleton proposes to remain a "member In good standing” of tho Democratic party, and desires to "keep his record on as straight as his hat,” our Democratic (?) friend, Colonel Pendleton, will be compelled to cat his worda and swallow his conscience and vote for Bryan for the highest office In the world. Now under these circumstances what is Colonel Pendleton going to do?. Is tho honest and manly Pendloton, who Is really a Republican, going to vindicate tho integrity of his own stern denunciation by drawing n blue mark through tho name of William J. Hryun upon tho ticket of his party? Or, Is Colonel Pendloton, the embarrassed Democrat, going to vindicate his "truly loyal” Democracy by voting Into the most responsible and hon orable of all public positions a man whom he has declared" to be unwor thy of any public or private cctyfldence for any polltlon? Is there anyone who can wonder at us for entertaining a genuine nnd tender pity for the serious embarrassment which surrounds our esteemed friend of The Mscon Telegraph? Meanwhile, as a compromise with existing difficulties let us suggest to our ever esteemed contemporary that the least he can do In these try ing circumstances Is to be modest and considerate and not to flare up Into captious criticisms of real Democrats simply because they have tho Independence to follow their own convictions as to the best way and the best men through whom to achieve the triumphs of real Democratic prin ciples. * Colonel Pendleton's future modesty may go far toward atoning for his sorrowful Inconsistency. MRS. AVARY'S NOTABLE BOOK. No Georgia authoress of recent years has won such positive and flat tering commendation from the press North and South As Mrs. Myrta Lockett A vary In her recent volume of "Dixie After the War." The work Is a distinct and practical success. It Is actually doing the South a service beyond Its value to the author In the hold that It haa taken upon the Northern mind tor Its clear, kindly and brilliant presenta tion of conditions in the post-bellum South. One writer of note describes It as "the human Import of the tragic re construction period." A famous educator who has taught history In South Carolina longer than any other teacher, has given It a foremost place In his college library and In his class-room. Mrs. Avary has done a groat work with vital skill, accuracy and pow er, and the South Is Indebted to her for one of the volumes upon which Its later and more deliberate history will be written for the respect and admiration or the future. We congratulate our brilliant townswoman upon a success which Is also aud pre-eminently a public service. tlri ► "MORE NONSENSE ABOUT THE SOUTH." It Is not often that Southern men or Southern Institutions are In debted to the New York Sun for anything outside of the everlasting even It pleasing raillery with which that paper treats our public men and our peculiar problems. We are constrained, however, to acknowledge a debt to The Sun for Ita keen and trenchant criticism of Ray Stannard Baker’s complacent platitudes which In each succeeding Issue of The American Magaxlne evi dence an ever Increasing lack of comprehension of the Southern charac ter and the conditions which make the problem of the South. Perhaps tho best and most practical way In which we can express an appreciation of The Sun's treatment of the man Baker Is to reproduce The Sun’s article so that our readers, without persuasion, can In the same degree as w-e do, value the service which that paper has rendered us. The Sun's editorial Is aptly headed "More Nonsense About the South," and reads as follows; The latest "study of the race question” appears to have been conducted by a gentleman of the name of Baker, whose Ingenious and profound conclusions are served to us fresh—very fresh—In the pages of a magazine. In the flood of these complacent utter ances the bewildered reader finds it difficult to discover one more preposterous than another, but Mr. Baker has at least distinguish, ed himself by proposing the sentiment that the Southern whites know much less about the negro than the Northern space writers who give a few months to the Investigation and quite uaturally "know It all.” This Is a proposition which will rivet tho atten tion of all who may happen to encounter It, even at second hand; and we are serenely confident that It will endear Mr. Baker to everybody the other side of the Potomac who enjoys an Interlude of harmless merriment What we may perhaps venture to Identify as the Baker postu late Is that the Southern whites, while they know all about the - Idle, vicious and criminal negroes In their neighborhood, have never Imbibed so much as a suspicion of the Industrious, well be haved, self-respecting and well to do colored people, who not only pay taxes, own property and lead exora-. plary lives but contribute to the common welfare and speed the cause of organized and progressive civilization. Mr. Baker therefore offers us the Interesting and novel hypothesis of a prosperous and reasonably Intelligent people absolutely Igno rant of the nature of Its Immediate environment and obliged to wait for -Illumination upon the discoveries of a vagrant excursion ist from the North. He has been visiting states In which some millions of law abiding and decent negroes dwell, where they have acquired tenB of millions worth of property, and where they are rearing families In the ways of decency and honorable conduct. Those states swarm with colleges and churches controlled en tirely by colored people, assisted out of the public funds and en- - couraged by public sentiment; yet Mr. Baker asks us to believe that “the Southern whites" never heard of such things aud are aware only of the black loafer and malefactor! It Is amusing enough, and of course those Southerners who see or hear of the Thingumbob Magazine are duly titillated. There Is a serious side to the question, however, and It Is an aspect worthy of sincere lament. Hundreds of thousands of people still survive who believe In Ingres with his whip, In the ferocious bloodhounds that devoured negro fugitives, In the scowling, cruel slaveowner who loved to lash and scarify ' his miserable serfs. Thousands of honest, conscientious men and women In these and further latitudes still toss on sleepless beds, snatched from midnight rest by lurid visions of Southern wickedness and bar barism. And so, while the Bakers of this generation continue to play upon these sorrowful yet genuine misgivings, painful appre hension born of Ignorance and kept alive by dark suggestion will reign In the hearts of the Innocent and credulous. Just how Northern magazines, periodicals and newspapers manage to combine these utterances with a sense of self-respect Is a conundrum we turn over to superior wisdom. But we are not concerned for them so much as for their hapless and be fogged constituents. Mr. Baker, from what we have seen of him, Is evidently a well-mean ing young man, but his work suggests a woeful lack of travel and broad experience, and as wo have had occasion to remark before, he finds It ut terly Impossible to get away from his point of view. Nevertheless we think that the South will survive Mr. Baker. Initiative and Referendum in the East. New Jersey Is the second of the Eastern states to terminate machine rule In municipal affairs. April 16th Governor Stokes signed a bill estab' Halting the Initiative and referendum In t^e cities, boroughs, villages and towns of New Jersey. The law Is thoroughly up to date, having been drawn by Hon. Herman B. Walker, of the New Jersey People’s Lobby. Henceforth the final power In municipal affairs In New Jersey wlnbe In the voters. Machine rule Is a thing of the past. The bill was first passed by a Demo cratic house, then by a Republican senate and the bill was signed by n Republican governor. About six weeks ago the Delaware legislature Installed the Initiative and referendum In the city of Wilming ton. Over In Pennsylvania the lower house has unanimously passed a- bill for the Initiative and referendum In cities and boroughs and tho senate has favorably reported tho amended bill, which Is almost sure to become law at once. Up In Maine the legislature has sub mitted a constitutional amendment for the Initiative and referendum; while In Massachusetts a majority In both branches of the legislature is pledged to establish the advisory Initiative In state affairs. It Is quite evident that the people In the Eastern states are taking hold of the Initiative and referendum. These be great days for the Journal istic "Ransy Snlfllcs." Up and down the llttlo fellow bobs, carrying tales, stirring antagonism and all by his lit tle self, suggesting duels and blood. ‘Ransy,” you see, Is so glad of any In cident that will obliterate the memory of a recent season In which he meekly received every epithet that an abun dant vocabulary can provide. LET A GREAT QUESTION BE FAIRLY DEBATED. To the Editor ot Tho Georgian: I write to second the snMeatlnn of Mr. Inilth Clayton that ltev. Mr. Martin and ter. Mr. Ellenwood publicly debate their different religious views. The whole human family la vitally Inter ested In the settlement of the matter, aud a private parlor dlacu ■elves will areompllal not satisfy the people. They want the truth nnd the whole troth about Ibta nil Important i|ueatlon. They want to know whether God ta all wise, all powerful nud nil good, or the con trary. If He la the former, then Ilia object In creating mnn one brnelb-ent and he ahoubl not fear the end, but should rest aecurely aml conationtly In His nil powerful, Futli- ■|y nrms. If He la the latter, then tjiere la no hope, not even for those whom wetcall good. Let the*- learned gentlemen approach thla great question with booeaty nnd can dor, each desiring to know tho truth, nnd bringing to hear on the subject all the evi dence at bla commund In support of hla contention. The Issue Is quarely made between these men and their followers. the largest auditorium lu the city lie secured to accommodato tno mass of people who will gladly hear this debate nud Judge for themselves the troth. No judges are necessary, except to define and carry out the rules of the delwte. The people themselves will Jnilge of the truth. lu conclusion, Mr. Editor, allow me to thnuk you for your fairness ami liberality lu offering your columns to troth aide* in tha discussion of this world-wide subject. ALEXANDER BECK. Army-Navy Orders MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. Washington, May 1.—Ths following orders have been Issued: Army Orders. Corporal Lewis A. Powless, company M, Twenty-sixth infantry, Fort Sam Houston, transferred to Ninth Infantry, as private. John A. Plxley, Key West barracks, district of Key West. Arthur J. La- fonta, Fort Barrancas; district of Pen sacola. Private (flrst class) Herman Manhelm, hospital corps, from general hospital, Fort Bayard, to Fort Moultrie. Following master gunners, coast ar tillery, to headquarters of artillery, dis tricts designated for duty in artillery district and station at district head quarters: John R. Leister, to Fort Moultrie, district of Charleston; Claude L. Klshlen, to Fort Screven, district of Savannah; Edmond H. Hall, to Fort DeSoto, district of Tampa. . Naval Orders. Paymaster W. T. Camp, resignation accepted. Civil Engineer L. M. Cox, to navy yard, Norfolk. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—April 28, Caesar, at Lam bert Point; Sterling, at Hampton Roads; Annapolis, at Midway. April 29, Florida, at Annapolis. April 30, Chattanooga, at Kluklang. SAILED—April 28, Caesar, from Nor folk for Lambert Point; Sterling, from Lambert Point for Hampton Roads. April 29, Raleigh, from Cavite for Nog- asaka. April 30. Strlngham, Wilkes, Stockton, DeLong and Blakeley, from Norfolk for Washington. IMPUTING A WANT OF CHASTITY TO WOMAN. To tho Editor of Tho Georgian: In the Interest of the women ot Georgia, There Is Not a Man on on average salary in the city of Atlanta, who could not de posit $10.00 every month in our ‘ Savings Department,' if he would but make up his mind to do so. After ten years, provided he made no withdrawals, he would have $1,474.85 to his credit and would have acquired a habit of economy worth considerable more. We pav 4 per cent interest on savings accounts. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. assailed with Impuuity almost, tlrely. Wnllo the majority of our sister states have long alnce legislated upon this sub ject, yet Georgia has failed In.this respect to properly card for our women. Nearly all the state* have made this penal by statute, in *ul)*tauce: “Whoso ever shall falsely nnd maliciously Impute to any female human being a want of chrts tlty shall be guilty of misdemeanor." The penalty varies greatly. The writer would suggest that our gen •ral assembly pnaa Just such a statute, and make the primlty either jail or chain* re all things, avoid tha moo' the Imposition of gang, and, above ery ofJnuulstunentO) b/ The reputation or avoid th© mock* . . . _ Imposition of a fine. The reputation of the women of Geor- la la too dear and holy a thing to be left f ;la la too dear and holy a thing to be left linger to the marc/ of evil disposed peo- S le. and It Is a shame that they are fin nit condition today for want of leglalatlbn. Many years ago—more than twenty—I was appealed to to take up a case where a young girl, ns pure as a dew drop, had been thus slandered, Criminal prosecution was want ed, and notblug else. For want of Just such a law those Inhuman things escaped. I at once prepared Just such a bill, aa I now remember It. aud sent It before our legislature. It was killed, and upon think of It! of a prominent Georg mm women would talk, and snch a mw would haul them up before the courts. The evil Is polntrd out. The remedy Is suggested. Now the question Is, will our rat assembly longer leave the reputa* of our women to be assailed by hu man vultures. I do not believe they will. If. however, action It had, for God's snke. avoid the mockery of puulsbineutO) by fine. FRANCIS II. UAURIS. Brunswick, Ga., April 30, 1907. '•THE GRAVES LOGIC." A NORTHERNER PROTESTS THE NEGRO LOAFERS. To the Ktlltor of Tne Georgian: With the Inspiring Impressions that come > a Northern visitor upou u first visit to your mode! Gate City of Atlanta, as this writer hss experienced. there comes un bidden quite a rovers# feeling. After a little time upon your streets, whlt'l* although quite a minor feature, un necessary «n»I easy of quick control, which strikes the enthused visitor why this ruth less Innovation Is tolerated, nr even permit ted when no possible desirable end, as seems to me. Is thereby subserved. The obnoxious feature 1 refer to Is the herd of colored footpads so conspicuously present on every corner and crowd nnd iuIiIIc mart, as newsltoys. with a ruthless- ness and ragged, dirty, forbidding appear ance that Is at once suggestive ofhoodlum, nnd wharf rat only l;« the North, a stand ing repugn n me to a self-respiting visitor or citlieu. If not n disgrace to their owu race, to suy nothing of the reflex aentimeut t hut—unjustly, possibly—created against rour good |»eop|e. and the press especially. In permitting such tiulsnnoc. I do not by this discriminate against the warranted right nor privilege of lioth the press nnd the colored newsboy to prosecute such work, but for the vindication of the press nnd the better element of the negro race, thus so foully represented. I an nominate Roosevelt la na fnll aa la nti egg of meat or a bomb of dyna mite? No, by the beard of Mahomet! We tell The Columbia Record. No! Colonel Bryan saw the logic of Colonel Graves, and It took him amidships. Did he repudiate or resent the Graves proposition? Did he Inugb at the Geiwglau? Was he sar castic? On the contrary, he received It with the same solemnity that he received the water and the coffee served at the ban quet. launching heavily Into n discussion as to who is the best Democratic Republican licfore the footlights. Not Roosevelt, said Bryan, but lAFollette. nnd he said It with all the resignation am\ self-abnegation. Im molation and obliteration of a Tom riatt. They may sneer, they may aeoff At the Graves ns they will, But the scent of his logic. It lingers there still! would protest. rufortuuntely, too many of the white newalNiys. by common consent, are allowed to Indulge the same ragamuffin appearance, which I would uo more condone than In the colored feature presented. Why not make a higher standard, atart- Ing first with the press and Its agents, to employ only n clean, tidy, decorous lot of iiewslioy employees? Let them be either white or colored, or both, but be required the unprotected public from such a lot of vandals. From your Newsboys’ Association, and ns employers, give them conditions of service, nnd n cap. with badge and nnmber. and then If they are guilty of any obscenity or misdemeanor, they are easily reported ~ud discharged. In my opinion, any paper that will pro claim publicly and molutalu such a system. —’Ill get the surprising support of a tired nd disgusted public. I also venture, the more desirable data of color**,! people will say amen, and en courage the venture. Much things would not Ik* tolerated In the greater part of Northern ••Yenkeedotn." W. P. l>. Atlanta, GA, April 23. 1*77. EVANGELI8T MARTIN REPLIES TO THE GEORGIAN’S EDITORIAL To the Editor of the Georgian: Allow' or reply to the more than two-col' umn editorial of an unusually caustic nature In The Georgian of April 29. a The studious, persistent effort of the editor to make It sppenr that the visiting evangelist was trying to force the editor to “be boycotted" Into orthodoxy by visiting evangelists of other states Is worthy of a politician, but unworthy of a great religious editor of a great dally; but the deliberate avoiding of tne Issue, and the strained, per sistent effort to place the visiting evangel ist In n false light liefore the people of At lanta, nud to misrepresent the facts of the case are unworthy of even a politician. To attempt to place me liefore the people of Atlanta an making “flaming nud violent nt- tacks upon other men or oilier denomina tions, and particularly upon honest uewspa- ^ rs who are desirous of doing their duty. unworthy of the Christian editor of The Georgian. I have made uo attack. The at tack was made by Mr. Ellenwood, as I shall show, an attack that was most bitter. In sidious nnd slauderous, not simply nu at tack upon the fundamental beliefs of “the orthodox church of which Mr. Martin Is n dis ciple and mlulster," as the editor tries to make It appear, but an attack upou the fun damental beliefs of every Baptist, Catholic, Congregnttounllst. Episcopalian. Disciple. Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and United Brethren church In the city. I was simply trying to defend the most sacred (teller* of these Christian* against this most severe aud wholly uncalled for attack^ Let me now show what this attack was nnd what It means: In The Georgian of April 27 Mr * Ellen- wood, a regular, stated contributor to the paper, says: “A system of religion which advances as a fundamental tenet the prom ise that -tho sinner may escape the Inevita ble penalty for his own misdeeds by means of some miraculous, vicarious, hocus-pocus scheme of Intervention .can not, In tho very nature of the cane, operate, for the making of truly righteous lives among meu ana women. Will the reader please uotlce the expression, “some miraculous, vicarious, hoctis-ppeug scheme?” Not oulv Is there scurrlllous sneer nnd slap lu tue face to nil these Christian churches I have men tioned who lielleve that "Christ died for sins according to the scriptures,” for If It Is only a “miraculous, vicarious, hocus-pocus scheme," then Ills miraculous birth nnd Ills deity are delusions, and that we ore wor shipping as deity the illegitimate son of a fallen woman, but be It known that this comes from a regular, stated contributor of The Georgtnu. nud, without one word of protest from the editor. Is sent Into the homes of those who are thus attacked. But ngaln, Mr. Ellenwood goes further In his attack nnd adds outrageous slander to his scurrilous attack (and. remember, without one wonl of protest from the ed itor, who engaged him to write). Hear him: “Given an Imperfect moral being, ouo still quite n little 'lower than the angels,* ns the Held of operation. Is It really rea sonable to nuppose that the wholesale prom ise of Immunity from penalty through sub- itv nud actual righteousness In the heart of that Individual? It may be argued that gratitude here plnyn her part In the restoration • of the sinner to holiness nnd decency; that lu return for this tremendous sacrifice, a persistent effort toward re formation In certain to be mnde. But that nature which can complacently accept the sacrifice and suffering of an Innoceut vic tim In the place of merited personal pun ishment must be so entirety occupied by cowardice nnd selfishness ns to leave no loom for gratitude, which belongs among the higher virtue*.;* Tact the render go back and rend the Inst sentence. Then every Baptist, rresbyte- rlnn, Methodist, Lutheran, Congregational- 1st, Episcopalian, Catholic, Disciple, United Brethren, etc., woman In Atlanta, who has accepted Christ ns tho Savior who died for her sin “must he so entirely occupied by cowardice nud selfishness ns to leave no room for gratitude, which belongs among the higher virtues.** Then the same Is true of every man and working man of these denominations In this city. Then the same Is true of President Roosevelt, William Jennings Iiryan, G. Campbell Mor- gnu, It. A. Torrey; was true of McKinley, Gladstone, Moody, Spurgeon. Wesley, Cal vin, Francis Xavier, Patrick, of Ireland, nud n host of others. Then the same was true of all of our loved dead of these de nominations. Yet because I make a strong, earnest protest against this horrible slsn der nnd Insidious stab, I must be held up by the editor of The Georgian ns attack ing men and denominations. And the ed ut ngaln. Mr. Ellenwood proceeds In his attack: “Were substitutionary pigilshuieut for sin n fact of experience. Instead of a fiction of theology, the net result must tie humility, utter loss of courage and self-re spect." Then all of the noble men and women; living and dead, of these denomi nations, who have accepted ns a fact of experience that "Christ died for our sins" have suffered the "utter loss of courage and self-respect." And let the reader notice that this Is not a matter of my "Interpreta tion," ns the editor of The Georgian tries to make it appear, nor of being "con strued," or a ‘‘twist of the pen," na Mr. Ellenwood puts It. There Is the plain lan guage for Itself. And yet this Is the kind of reading The Georgian nuts Into the determination to continue hla policy. And because I raise an earnest protest against such attacks nnd slanders going Into these homes, the editor poses as a martyr, and cries that I am tiring to hulldoxe or boy cott or frighten nlra Into orthodoxy. If the editor claim* the right to publish such attacks and slanders without one word of regret or protest, have the people no right INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE ON THE CHARACTER. To the Editor of The Georgian: Marriage has a softening and refin ing influence on character. Woman hood Is fully ripened and developed by the responsibility of wifehood. The flippant girl, looking upon life as something to be lightly dealt with, and from which pleasure only Is to be extracted, la suddenly brought face to face with Its solemnity. The dual existence in which one soul must look to the other for strength has a tendency to eliminate the harsher characteristics, leaving only the softer ones of love and forbearance. With the sound of the wedding bells Is forever borne away girlhood and Its freedom. Yet the bondage of matri mony, where "two hearts become as one," Is according to the will of God, and golden Is the chain that binds them! From another standpoint, the young man. thinking only of himself and selfish pleasures, has all his manly qualities developed by marriage. He feels the power of his manhood, the power to "cherish and protect." Into his face comes more firmness. His character has become stronger and his habits'and customs undergo a change. Responsibility settles upon him. Life has .suddenly opened on a broader vis ta, and he has more for which to live. A gradual assimilating of character takes place, until. If you will notice couples who have lived together for many years, having the same plans and Interests In life, a similarity has developed in their characters which sometimes even extends to their fea tures. The stronger characteristics of one will become those of the other. Sometimes there Is a union of two souls, one of which may be so gross, so unrefined, so selfish that no amount of love and forbearance* on the part of the other will cause the two souls to assimilate. As the laws of God have never bound them, they look only to the laws of man to free them from the galling yoke of uncongeniality. Say not, however, that "marriage is a failure!" Glance into the shop of the blacksmith, who, with hammer and anvil, earns his living by honest toll. His labors are lightened by the knowl edge that he works not for himself alone, and his hours are shortened as he thinks of her who performs her dally tasks, and has a welcome ever ready for him. 'TIs the same way Jn the higher walks of life, when a halo of love softens all things. "Bear and forbear" has become so Ingratiated Into the daily companion ship that all petty worries and misun derstandings of early married life are forgotten, and under the Influence of marriage character develops from the flrst tender buds Into the ripened and mellow' fruit! BESSIE DENTON WHITTLESEY. to protect their families from such attacks nud slanders? Have the preachers no right to try to protect the i>eople from such at tacks nnd slanders? Is the editor the only ono who has any rights? There Is more of Mr. Ellenwood'* attack, such ns sneering ot our accepting Christ as our Bavlor who died for us ns "the ac ceptance of n fetish." and his sneer nt Christ’s teaching ns to Hell as "this old heathen doctrine of endless torture." But I have quoted'enough to show who mnde the attack and that I nm simply defending against this vicious, elanderous attack. But I am not through. In referring to the Jewish rabbi nnd the Catholic priest, the editor of The Georgian Is guilty of artful dodging unworthy of any fair-mind ed man. to say nothing of a Christian man, nnd a great 1 Christian editor, who boasts so of hla severe orthodoxy. The editor knows and the reader knows that these two no ble meu have never used their privileges In the paper to make Insidious, underhand ed attacks on the fundamental beliefs of others, nor slanders of those who hold these beliefs. And the editor knows the vast dif ference between "explaining and advocat ing" one’s views and making these unwar ranted and wholly uncalled for attacks. I would be the last to oven try to suppress the religious freedom of even a UnlveVnl- 1st, but I do protest against the editor lend ing hla paper to getting these attacks and ton. whom I have ! thank the editor. Rut I notice that he has no words of praise for G. Campbell Mor gan nor R. A. Torrey, both of whom, I nm told, inode similar protests when In Atlanta, yet the demands for a protest were uot near so great as In this case. Let me repent In conclusion what I have said to the audiences to whom I am Drenching, that for the stand of The Geor- r an nnd Its editor on many moral Issues have the highest regard, nnd for the ed itor and Mr. Ellenwood personally I have no Ill-feeling. But as to Mr. Ellen wood’s utterances. I do not regret one word of my earnest protest, nnd as to the editor's attitude concerning these utterances, I he. T. T. MARTIN.