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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWB.
THunsnAT, may twr.
TOT ATLANTA GEORGIAN
<AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
1 : . L. SEELY, President.
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OCR*” PLATFORmT The _ 75e«rjehM»
ind New* timid* for Atlantft'f pwiiln*
ft* own pn* and elect rl<* light plants.
» | It now own* Ita water works. Other
Mrs do thl* and set gaa in low aa Cl
cent*. with n profit to the city. Thla
aboiild lie done nt nitre. The Georgian
•ad News Indlevea flint If atreet rail*
B y a ran !>e Mpernted auceeMfally by
ropenn elite*. na they ere, thera Is
#• food renaon w hy they can not Its aa
•pern reel here. Itut we do not lielteee
this «/in fie done now. and It may be
tome yeara before we Are ready for so
•If an undertaking. Still Atlanta
should net Ita face la that direction
NOW.
Evangelist Martin’s Word.
Evangelist Martin has had hla
lengthy say In our columna and he Is
welcome to It. Wc trust he feels bet
ter.
We decline to discuss this matter
further with Evangelist Martin, to
long as he la conducting a revival in
Atlanta. When hla mission of love aud
salvation In at an end, we are willing
to resume the discussion where It can
do no harm to anybody.
Meanwhllf The Georgian has In ad
vance disclaimed all sympathy with or
responsibility for the expressions of
Dr. Ellenwood, the doctor himself has
expressed his manly regrets for a has
tily considered utterance, and If Evan
gelist Martin wishes to "controvert"
aay more be will have to controvert all
by himself—until after hla revival Is
over.
Tho Literature of Living.
The Hat of Georgia authors la always
growing, and It la a matter of con
gratulation that the merit of their
work la equally aa progressive as the
increase In their numbers.
On yesterday we published a state
ment of the success of Mrs. Avary't
flna book.
Today our attention la called to n
Am and brilliant volume by the Rev.
Caleb A. Illdley. now located at I-akc
City, Fla., but born and reared In
In Georgia, and holding himself always
a citlien of thla slate. ,
.'If. Ridley's book Is milled "The Lit-
orature of Living." and conalata of alx
chapters, each of which contain the
most brilllsnt passages from bis se
ries of admirable and eloquent lec
tures on the American platform. A
few mootha ago one of these chapters
was published lu an edition of Will
Upshaw's Golden Age and made such
an Impression upon the stockholders
of that pniier that the author was vol
untarily voted a check for $100. It Is
a dean, wholesome, notable book, full
of high and uplifting Ideals nobly and
eloquently expressed and pulsing with
tho life and blood and earnestneaa of
a breve, bright and sunshiny nature.
Mr. Ridley Is one of the strongest
of the young ministers of his great
Baptist church In the South and la
growing every day. His recent service
held lu thla city for Dr. Ilroughton at
the Tabernacle stumpisl hint as a man
of unusual |>ower and promise aa a
preacher, an orator and a philosopher.
"The literature of Living" la a book
to be I of because It Is a book
certain to do good, aure to uplift and
Inevitably bound to plesse.
The world Is better for such books,
and no out who knows blm will fall to
reaiiie promptly that the world le
better and brighter for men ol the
type of Caleb Ridley.
Suits Against Town Argued.
Special to The Ueorglsn.
Athens, Oa., May X.—Teeterday
morning Judge Brand heard argument
on n demurrer In the case of the Ether-
ton Grocer? Company against the town
of Rnyston, and also In the rn«e of I.
E. Rond, against the town of Rnyston.
Thebe coses arose nut of the passage of
an ordinance by the town of Roystnn.
levying a license on alt dealers In fer-
MA fOR PUNCHES NEGRO
WHO ASSAULTS GIRL.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 2.—Dorothy
Fprie, aged 1*. a pretty student
at the Friends school la this city, waa
a- suited by a negro. George Gibb, at
XYenenah, K. t . last night. Roys res
cued the girl and caught the negro,
besting him badly. Mayor Lawrence
also punched him In the fare. He was
arraigned at Woodbury this morning.
THE BEST WAY FOR THE NORTH TO SAVE THE NEORO.
There are few editorial pages in the 8outh that are sounder and
stronger than that of The Charleston News and Courier.
Thla old newspaper, like old wlno. grows better and richer with Its
advancing yearn, and Its sincerity, loyalty and clearness make Its editorial
page both a pleasure and a profit to the general reading public.
A recent copy of The News and Courier voices the propoeltlon that
there are many things which the South could and should teach to the
people of the North. Our Charleston contemporary resents the sugges
tion of Northern philanthropists that the South Is a missionary ground
for education In morala and In manners, and retorts with aptness and
vigor that the North especially needs the Americans of the South to teach
it Amarlctnlam. The South Carolina journal declares that the North Is
suffering for want of luatructora In the art of assimilating Its heteroge
neous and discordant population. It Is universally admitted that the
American negroas owe whatever civilisation they have to contact with
the Southern whites, their former owners, but their great numbers and
the separation forced by thfe abolition of slavery have stopped their
progress In at least so far as It was accelerated by this means.
And here Tlie News and Courier pointedly suggests that as the prob
lem before those philanthropists so sincerely concerned In the negro's
uplifting Is to bring them within the sphere of the white man's Influence,
that tha best plan by which to do this Is to mass them In the Northern
states where the leaders of thought speaking through the press and from
tha pulpit are comparatively free from race prejudice.
A condition precedent to the distribution of some millions of negroes
In tho North Is the breaking down of barriers raised-by the prejudice
of Northern white working men. In other words, tha Northern state*
must be opened to negro Immigration from the South. "Let sis Imagine, for
example," says The New* and Courier, "that all the people of Rochester,
N. Y., be educated to the point that they will welcome the negro artisans
as cirttons, pay them wages equal to the wages paid white men, provide
them with homes on easy terms and allow them to work In the Rochester
mills*side by side with white operatives. When tho negroes of the South
ire ouco convinced that they may go to Rochester and enjoy life under
sach conditions, will they not go In flocks? Let us then suppose that
scores of oilier Northern cities follow Rochester's enlightened example,
will they not also fill up with negro emigrants?”
Continuing along this line of delicate satire, The News and Courier
says;
In Illinois and Indiana a "hired man" on a farm receives a
wage of at least $30 a month, lodging and hoard. The negro hired
man In the South must be content with about $10 a month and
with food and lodging not exactly sumptuous. Surely If the Illi
nois and Indiana farmer* knew that It was their duty not to dis
criminate against these poor blacks many of the Utter would go
to thoae states.
It seems to us thst the South cannot avoid tho duty of teach
ing the North that Its Industrial boycott of the Soutbera negro Is
cruel almost to the point of barbarity. If the North would but re
lax Its stern attitude toward the poor negroes, some hundreds of
them could be uplifted far more rapidly In every Northern town
ship than they ever can be In the South.
If five hundred Southern educators and philanthropists would
meet every year In a Northern city and point out to the Northern
|M*ople the weak apots in their civilisation. Impress upon them
their bounden obligation to establish negro Industrial schools In
the North and then employ the willing and Industrious negroes In
their workshops, stores, hanks and on their farms, the North
might awaken to the heartlessneas of Its treatment of the black*.
and extend to them the right hand of comradeship In all lilies of
labor.
At present the greatest handlotp under which the negroes toll ls
that th ■ rich North, with Its learning, with 1U ennobling moral at
mosphere, Ita elevating social environment and Its exalted ethical
standards, la foiever In an Iron monotone crying, “Back to > tho
South! Rack to the cotton patch, Cully, back to the cotton patch
for yon!”
There ought to be room fur at least 1,000 negro saleswomen in
Jqhn Winemaker's stores alone.
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL IN WHICH WE LIVE.
The Atlanta of 1007 Is a much more desirable place to live In than the
Atlanta of 1900. And by all tbe commercial portents and by all the aesthet
ic preflgurations, tho Atlanta of 1910 will bo an Infinitely lovelier and more
charming city to live In than the Atlanta of today.
The architectural, aesthetic nnd physical development of thla city
wlthln these live years has been simply marvelous.
Tho grand preeminence of our splendid office buildings makes a sky
lino unparalleled among Southern cities.
The stately sweep of our magnificent viaducts spanning the streets
once traversed by the dust and mud of the railways, and linking togeth
er section* of the city that were once hundreds of yards apart, have en
larged and beautified the whole central section of Atlanta.
nut It Is at last In the multiplication of Its residences. In tbe develop
ment of Its suburbs and In the beauty of Its parks that the Atlanta of a
near tomorrow Is to bo beautiful and pre-emlneot among all Southern
cities.
That long splendid line of the South's princely avenue stretching from
the Aragon hotel to Buckliead and known aa Peachtree street has received
within these five years touches of home adornment and additions of sjVn-
did mansions and etately lawns and terraces that leave It raoro and more
unrivaled among the residence thoroughfares of the South.
The development of College Park and of Decatur haa followed line*
so aesthetic in beauty that they flank the city with environments or grace
and ehnrm.
The East l-ake addition to the Atlanta Athletic Club haa made one of
th* finest country club* and play ground* In the republic, and from Ita
tennis courts through Ita boat houses and Its sylvan lake straight out to
Its wonderful golf links the East Lake country club adds mightily to At
lanta's cosmopolitan claim of pre-eminence. But perhaps no single develop
ment of these last five year* ha* been so notabls and so noble as the every
day addition of adornment end aesthetic glory which Is coming to the
union of Piedmont Park with Ansley Park. These two twin ornaments
of Atlanta fit Into each other In the moat beautiful and alluring way. The
genius and Indefatigable energy 1 of Edwin P. Ansley haa transformed a
barren lot of ragged aud frowning hill* Into a sories of stately terraces,
sweeping circles ami bill crested mansions, with six mile* of winding car
rlage way that are likely to make It equal to any residence portion of
any city of the republic. For neither North nor South twill there be
found any dotnealTc section of a city more picturesque and beautiful than
the Improvements that have been planned and are now progressing at
Ansley Park.
And even beyond the glory of Analey Park rise* the greater glory
of Ptedmout Park which tielongs to the city Itself and which under tbe
city's appropriation I* now growing nnd will continue to grow Into greater
charm and beauty under the skill and taate of Engineer L Z. Ruff.
It I* safe to say that If the city rise* In other yeara to the Initial lib
erality whlch lt has shown In this first appropriation, then the next three
years will make of Piedmont Park a public breathing place not surpassed
by any In Pittsburg, Chicago. Cleveland or New York.
Those old acres first redeemed from seamed and rugged hills by the
genius of the Atlanta Cotton nnd International Exposition, are now being
recousecrated to the health, recreation and pleasure of tbe people.
And It Is simply marvelous to note what has already been done to
make this one ol the finest play ground* In America.
The old speedway of the geat exposition and of subsequent fairs will
be retained and beautified, and within Ita central and surrounding space
there will be built a half doxen baseball grounds and a score of tennis
courts. Sunken gardens will replace the territory once occupied by Clara
Mere and the sheen of the grass and the bright color* of tbe flower* will
make It n dream of beauty for the future. Most of the old building* will
be torn away, but the government building will remain as the finest indoor
gymnasium and play ground in the whole 8outh.
The county club aa usual will crown the western summit snd over
look the entire park. Rut It will be a new county club beautified and en
larged under the aesthetic graces of maturer yeara.
Tho present baseball ground will be enlarged and amplified to greater
proportions and beautiful surroundings, and beyond It over on the crest of
tbe southernmost bill will be erected the finest military parade ground in
all tbe South, where a regiment or two regiments may execute their ma
neuvers with ample space and with magnificent prominence.
While on the northern stretch where the forests and the trees drop
Into a glade tbe deft hand of the landscape artist Is designing and fash
ioning walks and drives and shady nooks and moisy della that will fur
nish rest and recreation and the Inducement to the softer themes of gent.'-
mem.
With Piedmont Park joining 1U maturer glory to the ample beauty of
Grant Park tho two ends of tho city will have no reason to complain of
the municipal liberality and beneficence which provide* health and fresh
air and recreation and choice surroundings for the people of Atlanta.
Five ytars ago the editor of Tbe Georgian approached one of the new
made capitalists of Atlanta to subscribe for stock in The Atlanta News.
The capitalist expressed his willingness to do so but for the fact that be
did not know whether be would continue to live in Atlanta. “I have made
my money through bard work and patient methods," said he, “but now
that I have won leisure and opportunity for pleasure, I find that I have
nowhere to go or to enjoy myself In Atlanta."
Whether that speech was an Inspiration or a prophecy we do not know.
But we do know that If that man today with his wealth, his horses and his
wheels, cannot find In the magnificent parks, play grounds, suburbs,
speedways and boulevards of Atlanta an opportunity to enjoy himself
royally and permanently, be must Indeed be blase In tbe capacity for
pleasure and hard to please under any environment of life.
The Atlanta of 1910 will be more and more a glory to Its citlxens and
the most eligible place of residence In all the sunny South.
COMMISSIONER MITCHELL AND GEORGIA DAY.
We sincerely trust that later Information may modify or explain, the
unpleasant rumor that Georgia's commissioner, Mr. W. N. Mitchell, was
tested with discourtesy on the opeping day of the Jamestown exposi
tion. *
To be robbed by pickpocket* on the day before the opening was bad
enough, but to be Ignored and snubbed by the officials on the real day was
an Indignity of which Georgia cannot fail to take notice-
We are convinced from our personal knowledge of'the exposition of
ficials that ft must have been a ease of mistaken Identity. No gentleman
to unmistakable, nnd np public servant ao useful as Mr. Mitchell could
hare been willingly or Intentionally slighted In the commonwealth of cour
tesy which we call Virginia.
We are confidently expecting a full and satisfactory explanation of
tbe Incident
It may be said without envious comparison that Jamestown Is more
Indebted to M. Mitchell than to any other man lor the fact that Georgia
has an exhibit at her great Tercentennial. He worked with the legislature
diligently, arduously and successfully.
It Is doubtful If, without his tireless work, tbe state would have made
an appropriation. It la certain that with the appropriation made, the ex
hibit Is his debtor for tbe feature that will make it memorable.
Mr. Mitchell's work has been so vital, so tactful and so tireless* that
he has actually plucked from the hundred days of the exposition, the
second greatest day for the commonwealth he serves.
It Is nothing less than tbe fact to aay that the conception of making
the Georgia building represent the home of the president's mother and
the persistent tact with which the president was persuaded to be present
and to speak at its dedication, coming back to James town on a second visit
for that express purpose—was a masterly expression of tact and talent.
Georgia day Is already written as the second greatest day of the ex
position. It will be grandly celebrated by presidents, governors, soldiers
and civilians and dlgqttarics, and It Is only just that the architect of Geor
gia day should not be forgotten In the pleasures and gratulatlons of that
happy occasion.
POLITICAL REFLECTIONS BORN
„ _ OF CHATTANOOGA SPEECH.
To the Kdltor of The Georgian:
The writer waa much plen«e<l with the
publication of your apeeoh at Oiling
( haltanooga New*, 8«n<My morning. / .
nilinlrer of both the (rent commoner and
the grant executive, I neg leave to write a
few word*. rienm* exru*c nil errora, nnd
uae thla In whntever way aeenm adrlaoble,
hut please first read It through.
First, why not organise a new party, aay
the National Conservative, the r *coiieerre-
tlve to be dropped sooner or Uter per-
hope?
The signification Implied la that socialism
Is too radical for the present state of public
opinion, yet the tendency la strong toward
the support of honest endeavor to Increase
nntlounl power or control.
Hut with thla la the conservative, rather
than destructive method In dealing with
Industrial enterprises—the life-blood of the
nation.
The fact remains they can not bo left to
private greed In futire.
The National party would effect escape
of giNMl. honest men from the Influence of
professions I pollttrlnn* of both ptftioo who
r loyalty to the old parties.
. —. . - rent any combined defense
against the methods of those who try to
umnlpulnte congress.
To s certain extant national safety lies
In different parties, but too much politics
lu America has blinded the beat Interests,
and the wisdom of Increased national con
trol la ovldeured by Improvements In other
connfrles, of Industries tinder government
Istlons.
corruption exists In public .officials It
Is aooiier discovered than when locked up
In the ledger of aoine corporation safe or
vault.
Hern use certnln tnen are thlerea doea not
condemn the majority, and men elected to
public trust are more likely to be holiest
Hum the self-appointed agitator, manipula
tor or booster of storks and polities.
The cry of states* rights will uot protect
the states from those harpies who regard
no state lines ns barriers to their ••enter-
prises." Hilt hersnse Industrial license has
allowed some unscrupulous stock Jobbers to
question the right to live—who would mo-
\\e are still the greatest and best nation
pu Uoq’e green earth, aud because our pros
perity has tnrned some men's heads and
created a desire to wear crowns and titles.
U no tcaaou why the majority of public of
ficials and business men are not still sane
American*.
Item us* a few senators nnd railroad pres
idents question the constitutional right of
congress to regnlnte rates for the best In
terest of the country. Including tbe railroad
people, Is no reason why they uvsy retain
this same power themselves, only allowed
by freedom.
This freedom or peraoasl liberty Is a
strange Thoenlx. and only the great Ameri
can people ever pretended to solve the rid
dle of It. As they hove solved It In the past
so they will continue to do so, and the pres-
ent stage .is that freedom of the linllvldual
Is effect of the unwritten customs of a free
peaple allowed under the coast itut Ion, aud
that also pnldlc opinion alone can change
any part of their code, hut when the con |
seiiNtis of opinion leglstaiea for the com
monwealth ami the national welfare those
who Imagine they are *he people must
either migrate to other lands or realltel
they are A merlon u dttxens, each one a king
or qneen^vh^IMj^oya^ouncl^^nlt*^
Hecond. In every great man there Is some
vulnerable point, and some anomalv of na
ture causes the revelation of this by the
man himself. Thus In a publication last
car of n speech by the gr$*st senator from
Hilo he declared that It would be lm|»os*l-
ble f*$e any talent the government could
ilace on the Interstate commission to regu-
•te rate* In compliance with the constitu
tion. |. $»., avoid discrimination in favor of
one lulled Slates seaport as against an
other. "without doing away with the ays-
this perhaps appeared lu a i
1 of rldlcu-
eongress. but bad
nptnee mind. Ir was a brilliant thought.
It flashed across my mental vision, but It
did not entirely bllutl me. Here waa tie*
greatest advocate of railroad Interests de
claring this as a fact—flashing like a me
teor at ihe bark of his brighter sky. the
Same luctcor which had obscured my vision
nightly, but which I did not dare Intimate
to the world was more than a cbe$ip sky
rocket.
Was this an luexpllcaldc metaphor, or
was It really a meteor? I have waited In
vain for a further reference to Its exist
ence by any other great man, hut atn
thoroughly convinced It le a point of light, a
rnv to flud the key—the ouly key—to the
solution of freight rates.
"Doing sway with the system of differen
tials entirely' 1 could ouly nteau one thing,
that Is to place rates oa tbe same basts as
the iHistal regulations, to charge a fixed rate
|M»r pound, barrel, box. tou or other quantity
of each class, for shipment from any one
point In the Fnlted Mates to any other one
point In the I’nited States, as letle.*a are
sent by the malls.
Tbe saving In clerk hire, snd facilitation
of quick traffic are one of a thousand
•dvnntages-beshlea It hsa the ear mark of
falrneqs. II t» trally s square deal, and
only Facie Ham I* able to make tbe deni.
Tntrd. The national interest manifested
In the divorce etll. From a religious
standpoint, no man should argue the sub
ject. Some men l*elleve In soul affinity,
physically, mentally and etertMlIv. All jnwneii,
that 1 deny Is the physical affinity—else factory condition.
BT
cause their reason teaches lessons that nnl-
fer hotels or summer resorts to tin*
row home life, except In the period of
their brief honeymoon, but this does not
mean the home is broken up: It rather In
dicates a broader life, a tendency to create
one great homogenous family of all honor
able. right-minded Americans, who are ul
ready happily mated.
The home Is where the h«Hirt Is. nnd
tteyond this—anywhere Old diary waves
and abbreviated ftuglleh Is spoken. That's
home, sweet home, to me.
We tuaj not be ready for government
a nernhlp. but wt» are growing, and If we
cpect a fair deal. It will he best to have
I'ncle Ham deal some.
In regard to the North ami South, there
. thank God! no great sacrifice wit limit
a recompense, atn! thnt spirit of union
which solved the greatest problem of tuml
ern times Is tjew enshrine*! In such s Holy
Place lu every heart that the demon of
gredd ninat bow before It.
There may lie a future reaction about the
.Ace problem, but that, reaction of a thor
oughly united nation against kings of in
dustry or any other kind of kings, except
American citlxens. baa already set In.
We look with united, powerful scorn umo
the monopoliser of every necessity of life.
tlons to buy
— in —„ Iieen divided
In 1M5 we would ‘now tremble with rage
and titles by th«»se who forget they an*
In America.
Happllv snch a resource will never l*e
ec«ssarv. nnd we may well point with
ride to the battle oo-irs of la)tb Hlue nnd
.Iray, which nerved the doable purpfW* of
uniting a grand republic, nnd the human
hearts of the |>eopte against the t—
whose only genius la graft.
As long ns the eagle screams we hare
ao fear of the vnltnres.
AX AMERICAN HOI.DIBR.
Dodge P. O., Oa.. April 2. 1W7.
John MHehall III.
Spring Valley, lilt.. May J.—John
Mitchell, though weak, la In a eatls-
Tbiere Is Not a Young Man
on an 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 d<J so.
After ten vears, provided he made no withdrawals, he would
have $1;474.85 to his credit and would have acquired a habit
of economy worth considerably more.
We pav 4 per cent interest on savings accounts. ,
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
then- 1w no rtlvorr,. Th, two latter ,c«m
ftrr tbe tint 1, niatired.
the preaent ayatein la a
«aea, mar It tint lie that
we are ton far nilvanretl linliiatrlallj, a
higher Ideal, nr tbe high Ideal we aeeh,
will acarcely he made more attainable.
There are tnrrenalng ntimliera who dread
life-long iinlo^. without the hope of earape,
rxnept through the queatlonahle nveuue of
dlvorre
... .. „
amiable mating of healthy human lielnga,
aome of whom rnuld learn teaaona from
tha Inatlnet of higher anlinala, anti nerd
thla aafe guide on which to build higher
might lie found: nnd the rational
areraa to make elrll law marriage for rate
or two rest* legal, with luctenaed penalties
■lilt.
JUSTICE TO THE NEGRO.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
At the recent term of superior court
held In Hancock county, there wan nn
Instance given of the fairness of the
white people toward the negro which
I think deserves to have the attention
of the world directed to; and I know
of no better medium through which
this can be done than the splendid
Georgian.
Last year the newe reached us at
Sparta that one of our white cltisene.
Mr. B.. had been killed by a notorious
and worthless negro named Jeff Lundy.
At once searching parties were organ
ised to go after the negro, but he es
caped. A reward was offered for him
and finally two deputies from the ad
joining county of Putnam located the
negro In a North Georgia county. When
they went to arrest him the negro fired
upon them; they returned the fire and
he was ddngerously wounded. On their
return to Sparta with the prisoner they
found him to oe In such bad condi
tion that he was taken to the Lamar
hospital In Augusta for treatment. Not
many days after his arrival In Au
gusta he escaped again, but was again
arrested and finally brought to Han
cock, where he was tried on the chargo
of murder.
Everyone knew that the negro was
a bad character, and no one would
have regretted his being hanged or
rent up for life. If this could have
been done legally and according to law;
but notwithstanding the low esteem In
which the negro was held, he was given
counsel to represent him by his honor,
Judge Holden. The only evidence be
fore the court was the negro’s state
ment that he did not shoot the white
man until He had been shot at with
n pistol six times and badly wounded,
and the testimony of a white farmer
that he had heard six pistol shots
before he heard it gun shot, though
there were other farmers who stated
that they hud heard the shota but cuuld
not distinguish a pistol from a gun
shot. (The negro used a gun In doing
the shooting.)
The case for the state was ably
handled by Solicitor General David W.
Meadows and Hon. T. L. Reese, and
the defense of the negro was In the
hands of Colonel Thomas M. Hunt and
Colonel R. H. Lewis. The Jury was an
ordinary Jury of good citizens, such
as try every case In Hancock county,
and after deliberating a few hours they
returned the verdict of acquittal of
the charge of murder, and the negro
was set free.
It seems to me that this Instance Is
one of the best on record showing be
yond the shadow of a doubt that the
negro does get Justice at the hands of
the law in the South, nnd the facts in
thla case are no eloquent that I have
decided to give them to you In order
that you may uae them aa an anawer
In part to the stander of the South by
certnln lll-dlaposed and prejudiced
writers who make the charge that a
negro gets only Injustice at our hands.
Yours very truly,
JOHN D. WALKER.
Sparta, Ga., April 32.
GEORGIAN AGAINST THE FIELD,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
May 1 send these few tinea com
mending the publisher’s defense of hla
property (the only clean and decent
family newspaper In Atlanta), against
the unholy combination of Gray &
Company?
These worthies dug a hole for Mr.
Seely to walk Intq nnd then fell Into
their own pit. Many of my business
friends praise The Georgian's attitude
In the mutter, and agree with me that
thla agitation was doubtless Inspired
and precipitated by the editor of a cer
tain local paper because Mr. Seely de
clined to buy the "gold brick" and
'white elephant" (newspaper plant) of
fered him not ao long ago.
The fine Italian hand of the West
Alabama street "Ransy Sniffles" Is
easily discovered, and his smug con
ceit Is derided by all decent people.
I hope that Tile Georgian readers,
and all who favor barring from a fnm.
Ily newspaper's columns objectionable
advertisement of patent medicines,
whisky, private diseases, panderers,
procurers, etc., etc., will write letters
to The Georgian upon the subject, and
I trust that you will print alt such
letters ns contain honest expressions.
All fair mlndede people In Georgia
and elsewhere realise that It Is The
Georgian publisher and editor against
the field. Respectfully
J. W. MCINTYRE.
Atlanta, Ga.
British King in Paris.
Paris,-France, May 2.—King Edward
arrived here yesterday and gave au
dience to Foreign Minister Ptnchon. He
Is stopping nt the Hotel Bristol In
cognito.
age, It simply proves (hat those not so
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favored need s reosou.-il>le relief from the
necessity of living forever mlsmated, tint
soy snch law. however modified, or limiting
_ retire.
The ngltntlon of snch a law would raise
the quastion of children. My histories!
kuowfedgs ls limited, hut If my memory
serves me well, the Persians trained thslr
•■peer.
Tlie consequence of this was they were
known for their trv"" '
' a ruled t
,__t time.
I'ndcr present conditions, the majority of
children ore deprived of proper self-re-
lienee hy overlndnlgent parents, who slim
foster a rlese distinction: or, on the other
hand, lees fnvoretl of the poorer elsssee
are deprived of pnre sir and suusblne, and
dwarfed In mental powers.
Ilnwerer capable parents are to rear rhll
dren, they are limited In a msnner hy
the standards which are set up In the
beet households, and while ws know this
Is tbs best In tha worhl-tt Is still limited.
Tbe mental snd ntnrtl standard of tbe
children Oetermlnee the future power of
the nation, and the hope fur advanrement
of the human race.
Every child should he brought np to
the American standard of life, heraiiNi
every one not ao la s menace to every
other one who hen Iieen.
It would In* cheaper nnd safer for the
state nnd nation to he gnnrdtau for every
child left parent less from choice or necea-
slty than to build prisons anil insane asy
lums Inter for want of their proper care.
The heat ooclety loven Ita rhlidreti, yet
the tendency la atrosg to have nurseries,
governesses, tutors, etc., and allow the
mother a chance tn maintain her proper
lace Jn society and tbe srent affairs of
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injury to health.
^Following the advice of medical
scientists, England and France have
/ passed laws prohibiting its use
in bread making.
^American housewives
should protect their house
holds against Alum’s wrongs
by always buying pure Grape
Cream of Tartar Baking
Powder.
q Pure Grape Cream of
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for the asking—
Buy by name—
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