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THE ATLANTA tfEOKUlAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, MAT 18, 1MT.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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OUR PLATFORM I The Georgian
and Nawa stands for Atlanta’s owning
Its owa gas and electric light plants,
aa It now owns Us water works. Other
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cents, with a profit to the city. This
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AVhat new value and quality will the
cotton plant develop next?
The Elberta peach ia learning how
to take the late frost as a Joke.
Mr. Bryan and Mr. Ryan blend very
cicely In sound, but they Jangle harsh
ly enough In convictions.
In spite of Spring’s chilly reception,
the Princess Elberta Is blushing crim
son at the thonght of June.
The Georgia fruit crop having dis
credited the calamity howlers, has
round no difficulty In surviving the
frost.
There are neither strawberry color
ed shad nor rabbit fattened baas In
the hereafter ot the paragrspbera.
Now then.
A Columbus weather prophet Is
cruel enough to predict a continuously
cold summer. The Columbus people
ought to make It hot for him.
Bishop Warren Candler, writing
from Japan, aays of the people: “They
are a thieving* robbing, selfish, mer
cenary and consclenceleaa set, and the
truth Is not In them." Thla la the first
stern American comment yc^ made
upon the Japs—and It comes from a
mighty reliable source.
Nothing could better Illustrate the
desperation of Paragrapher Nevln, of
The Washington Herald, than the ef
fort to escape the hereafter through
an orthographic loop-hole. Pronounc
ing himself a ’’pa rag rapher" will not
save P. P. Nevln In thla case. The
Houston Post Is taking time to devise
a more deliberate plan. Meanwhile
the hereafter yawns before both ot
them.
The Schools of Wayne.
The people of Wayne county are
much concerned over the school con
ditions ascribed to them In the pam
phlet recently Issued by the state de
partment of education.
The observation upon which thla
report was based was made by Hon.
W. R. Smith, commissioner of schools
of Tift county, and the people of
Wayne do not attribute any Intention
to misrepresent to Mr. Smith, but ex
press regret that the time of his
visit was unfortunate for receiving a
proper Impreeelon as to their schools.
The authority has facta In the case
for the statement that Wayne county
baa 56 white schools, and that consid
ering the fact that the autumn la the
time of year given <o schools In that
region of the country, the attendance
upon the schools and the number of
schools In session Is proportionately
creditable to the county. They also
assure the public that the school at
tendance this year shows a large per
centage of Increase over all former
years, that the expenditure for school
purposes Is greater than ever before,
and that the Increase In new school-
houses la remarkably encouraging for
the future.
Moreover, The Georgian feels as
sured that the comparative criticism
of Commissioner Smith hae quickened
the appreciation of the people of
W’ayne to the neceeslty of schools and
that the educational progress of the
county will be marked from this time
forward.
A NEW GLORY OF THE COTTON PLANT.
As the years go by the Infinite variety of uaes to which the cotton
plant may be put In the Interest of humanity Is more and more surpris
ing to the human race.
There was a time when we flung away the cotton seed or fed It to the
cows, and we did not even use It to fertilize our crops.
At the present time the seed of the cotton .Is almost as valuable as
the fiber Itself, for the cotton seed oil shipped from this country to Eu
rope comes back to us ss the olive oil of commerce, and there are few who
koow the difference between cotton seed oil with the olive oil label and
the Juices which come from the fruit which grows upon the mountains
about Jerusalem.
And now comes the seed of the cotton plant Into a new and unexpect
ed glory. Having already established a successful rivalry as a salad oil
and aa a hair oil, scientists having recently developed the fact that cot
ton seed oil la even better than cod liver oil as an emulsion.
Scientists, who do not Jump to conclusions, and whoae deliberations
are acientlfle, have declared that In fat giving properties the oil of cotton
seed Is superior to the oil of the fish: that the taste Is not nearly so bad
and that the keeping qualities of the Juice of the cotton plant far sur
pass the cod liver emulsions which have so long reigned supreme In
the treatment of tuberculosis and In building up anaemic constitutions.
Dr. George Brown, president of the Anti-Tuberculosis League, and a
recognized authority on consumption and Its treatment, has Just made
public the merits of this great remedy which Is bound to revolutionize the
treatment of this great dlseaae.
Dr. Joseph Jacobs, the well-known druggist and chemist, .la alto an
enthusiastic advocate and evangel of the superior merits of cotton seed oil.
Dr. Brown has been experimenting with these oils for years, and has
made a particular study of the value of cotton teed oil for the past year.
It la upon the basis of the splendid results which have followed the
substitution of cotton seed oil for cod liver oil that he has made public
the statement which ia likely not only to further Increase the value of
our Imperial plant, but to revolutionize the treatment of the Great White
Pligue.
The two oils have been chemically analyzed, and it haa been found
that the fat giving properties preponderate in the cotton seed oil.
The cotton product has a measureless advantage, too. In the fact that
the nauseating taste and smell are eliminated. In the treatment of tuber
culosis, where the‘emulsion waa used, Dr. Brown has found that where 25
out of 100 persona could take the cod liver oil emulsion, 75 out of every
100 could take the cotton seed oil emulsion without difficulty.
The cotton product haa, howover, the advantage of being more easily
dlgeeted, of baring equal heat-giving properties and of being absolutely
devoid of any disagreeable odor or taste.
These advantages particularly appeal to the South, where it has long
been a serious question to preserve the freshness of cod liver oil In the
warmth of this Southern climate.
It la quite likely that within a short time a company wilt be organized
In Atlanta to manufacture this great new discovery for popular use, and
to further magnify the imperial plant which haa meant so much In tho past
to the glory of the South, and whoso merits are every year unfolding In
some new and unexpected way.
to the “down-trodden African” of the South tha same opportunities which
are afforded him in this section which they constantly criticise and so
Imperfectly understand.
And pending their advance to this practical plane of charity, it might
be well for our esteemed friends and brethren across the line to refrain
from any further criticisms of the South and the negro until they them
selves present better and more rcasonblo fruits of their philanthropy.
SPINELESS MOTHER AND
THE HARM SHE DOES
THE NORTH’S BOYCOTT AGAINST THE NEGRO.
The Charleston News and Courlor, whose opinions wo always respect,
takes pains to assure The Georgian that It was Indulging In no satire
when It declared that the chief obstacle to the advancement of the negro
In the United States is the industrial boycott used against the race with
such rigor and aeverlty In the North.
The assurance Is unnecessary. We had no doubt ot the sincerity of
The Newa and Courier, because we ourselves are fully informed aa to tho
truth of the assertion which it makes.
That the South la tho best friend of the negro nobody knows so well
as those negroes who have teated tho practical good will ot other sec
tions of the country, and who have como back to realize that their best
development Is In the South.
It would be an easy way for us to solve the negro question If we could
unload our black population upon tho people of tho North who lndulgo
In so much theoretical philanthropy toward them, and who are so wofully
lacking In that practical belpfulnoas which they take such Inflnlto .pains
to advocate aa tho duty of the South.
We take It for granted that The News and Courier, whose opinions
are always sound and woli matured, feela as we do, that the Northern peo
ple who continue to take such extraordinary Interest In the negro and in
the relations of the Southern people toward him, ought In common fair
ness to share with ua the burden and responsibility of caring for him,
and carrying him ns a factor In civilization.
It la too old a matter to be discussed hero, and It needs no discus
sion among thoso who are acquainted with legitimate history, that the
Northern people are fully as responsible for American slavery as the
Southern people—that Boston and New England Imported tho first slaves
and held them as long aa they were profitable and then sold them to
more profitable use and occupation In the South. It waa also New Eng
land’s agitation which disturbed the thoroughly normal relations which
existed between tho South and Ita slaves and prevailed finally to over
throw the Institution of slavery In which the negro was happier and
more prosperous than he has been before or since, and to eatabllah the
present conditions In which two totally different and forever oppoaito
races sfe set side by side to work out their destinies In government and
In law.
We agree absolutely with The News and Courier that the Northern
people ought to share, In part at least, the burden and the responsibility
which they havo brought to us.
That they rebel with furious energy against the suggestion ot any
wholesale exodus of our negro population Is a fact which no well Informed
person will deny.
Any suggestion made In the South to encourage or to export any con
siderable number of negroes to any Northern or Eastern city Is received
with fiery Indignation and with furious protest.
That the philanthropy whloh rules the North Is peculiarly of the ab
stract type and prefers to stand as the advisor of the over-burdened
South Instead ot assuming Its own proportion ot the responsibility and
the vast labor and pains which the solution of the negro problem entails,
Is plainly evident.
The North does not do Ita duty by the negro In anything but words.
Words are plentiful, but deeds are few, and the relative Indifference of
tho Northern people to the real necessities ot the negro Is becoming a
matter ot International recognition.
The Newa and Courier truly says that the Northern boycott of the ne
gro la unbending and Inexorable. It quotes The Public Ledger, of Philadel
phia, In a statement of an exhaustive Investigation of the conditions of
75,000 negroes in the City ot Brotherly Love. Philadelphia ranks fourth
among American communities In negro population, and here la the aum
of the Public Ledger’s conclusions:
It it fruitless to preach abstract morality and brotherly love
or to Inveigh against "race prejudice.” Race prejudice Is a fact.
Il Is not necessarily an assumption of superiority; It Is a sense of
difference, and we shall get along better If we recognise It simply
aa one of (he difficult conditions of the problem we have to meet.
Here is more than one-twentieth of our imputation segregated
from the rest and driven back upon Itself, to work out Ita own
salvation In an unsympathetic If not hostile environment. The
few selected Individuals come out from the mass and are welcom
ed. The highest regions of endeavor are always open to all who
can reach them. But the average Philadelphia negro has little en
couragement. The labor unions are against him: the politicians
corrupt and misuse him; the landlords do not want him; only a
few broad-minded men and women who are willing to devote
their lives to often unrequited labor offer him a helping hand.
It is the very essence ot unselfishness in the South through Its public
voices and newspapers to disclose the difference In treatment accorded to
the negro In that section and In thla. It la very much to our Interest that
the surplu* of our negro population should go North. It Is very greatly
to be desired both for Industrial and political reasons that we should
■bare our negro population with that vast region of philanthropy which
stretches from the White Mountains to the Rockies
But this unselfishness of oura la not likely to elicit either the recog
nition or approval which it richly deserves from the people whom our own
apathy Is sparing the tides of every day Immigration which we might
turn loose upon the North.
Meanwhile we thoroughly concur with our Carolina contemporary In
the view that If the North ia anxious to Illustrate a real rather than a
theoretical philanthropy, It will remove the boycott which It has held so
loog against negro labor and negro Industries In the North, and will girt
By DOROTHY DIX.
i HE greatest need of this country Is
for strong-minded, strong-banded
women with sufficient grit to eusble
them to manage tbelr own children;
and if one could offer up one prayer more
jdoua and patriotic than another. It would
"Lord, aend us mothers with enough back-
>one to dost aa they should with the Amer
ican girl and boy.’ r
If that prayer haa ever been ottered, It
haa been answered only In aparie end wide
ly Mattered cnees and the very nemo of
the American child la a by-word and a bias
ing abroad and a terror at home. Nowhere
else la civilisation are children so rude, so
noisy, so utterly lacking lu all roepect for
ago. position or the rights of others aa In
thla land of the free nnd home of the un-
chaatoned child.
Abstractly w# all sdore childhood. We
•pend thousands of dollars on pictures of
beautiful cherubs; we go to aee drlielllni
plan that affect to picture childhood, am.
w-e weep our eye» out over stories of Tiny
Tims end little Pauls and little Lord Fmun-
tleroys.
Different In Real Life,
lu real life. It Is far otherwise. The
tual child, as one knows It, Is such an ill-
reared little brute, such en Incarnate de
mon end vandal that dealrable hotels and
apartment houaea refuse It admission, and
we would soouer face an attack of Ihe
nisUpox than a visitation from s friend
rho brings her olive branches with her.
Whose fault Is this? The mother’s. The
weak, back-boneless mother who has not
the strength to Hand up and light It out,
round by round, with tho strong-willed
high-tempered, determined little creature
who la defying her and the world. Nobody
la foollab enough to suppoae that a gentle,
retlnMl lady approve* of her boy* howling
like Comanehea through an apartment btlir
disturbing every one In earshot.
»ody dreams that s woman who I
fastidiously considerate of other people'
rights Instigated her eon to write bis nnm.
on your best mahogany table with n pin, or
smear a licorice stick over your choice
portfolio of etchings.
Gives Us the Fight Easily.
Ob, dear, no. Such a woman would tie
Incapable of committing aueli atrocltlce,
end she grieves at her children being
guilty of them, but ebe walls out that she
can not help It. John Is so hard-heeded:
Mary Is so high-spirited. Tom has such a
temper! And she throws up her hands tfnd
It Is the supine woman, too, who la re
sponsible for all the hoodlum hoys nnd
girls who are growing up. If wo had
mothers who would weep and pray over
their children loss and spank more, we
should not need so many Juvenile courts to
try to do the reforming that the pnrents
->—*• i— •- •*-- '—.place. If you
_ you will find
that almost without .exception It Is the
Unbby, weak mothers who raise up the men
who arn criminals nnd failures In life, while
the men who do something worth while In
the world ere the sons of women of back
bone and muscle, who rule their families
with a strong hand. Every great man
haa had n great mother. ’
Washington’s mother was a woman of un
usual force of character. Lce’a was even
aroused of being strong-minded by her ene
mies and detractors. Lincoln's youth was
dominated hy a woman of masculine Intel
lect end determination. Grant's mother tvns
a strong, silent woman, who shouldered the
burden of the family support. Carnegie's
mother was an Indomitable old Scotch peas
ant woman, who scraped together the
money to pay her family's passage to
America to seek fortune In a foreign lnnd,
nnd I know one millionaire who loves to tell
how his mother, e proud old grand dame,
who wns left n widow with s houseful of
children nnd « barren farm, used to lock the
doer to keep people from finding out how
poor they were, nnd that they had nothing
but mush and milk to eat, sometimes for
weeks at ■ time. But she held her chlldrcu
with a grip of Iron lu their old eoclal sphere.
Bhe never permitted them to even complain
of their deprivations, and never for an In
stant did she cease rearing before them the
Ideals of succesa that she expected them to
attain.
Bound to Win Out.
The children of women like these are
bound to win out In life. They hare bad a
superior officar who has drilled courage, en
ergy, purpose and fidelity to duty end self-
control Into them In their childhood, and
they ere reedy to Step out of the ranks
and become commanders of tbe uudlscl-
ed rnbbto that weak women are sending
... to the battle of life that some way-
well or III, fortunately or disastrously—
every one of us must fight.
I sm aware that the Idea of a mother
with e backbone won't be popular, and it
lan'f n/snfln Vnf a nnak hm meenaw It V,,t
Isn’t poetic. Not a poet has mng It. Not
‘ “ A *ry writer mentions It In any tear*
filling romance about mother, homo
ind heaven. If artificial vertebrno were for
aale In tbe department storea I doubt If auy
merchant could moke them n lender for a
bargain sale. They call for too much effort
on a woman’s part Tlioy force her to as-
aume responsibility Instead of shoring the
blame on Providence when things go wrong
In a family. They demand that ah
out justice Instead of pouring out i
her children.
Easy to Be Sympathetic.
And It’s §o dead easy to be sympathetic
and a poultice probably haa fewer qualma
of conscience than any other created thing.
It's a heap less fatiguing to say, "Poor,
dear little Johnny haa such a temper,"
when Johnny la raising the neighborhood
with his howls, than It Is to tako the husb
ness side of a hairbrush and chastise
Johnny Into a decent regard for other peo
ple's lights and a strength of mind that
will enable him to control his temper. But
**ie matter doesn't eud there.
Home day Johnny, man grown, gets Into
rnjre, nnd because hlq mother didn’t have
le backbone to force him to control his
inner when he was young, he kills
ind fury, nnd the world calls It murder.
It Isn'tw a pretty thought, but It Is n
hard, cruel true one that the spineless moth-
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By JULIA O'KEEFE NELSON.
Some year* ago there appeared several edu
cational articles In The Forum. I reviewed
these articles In an Atlanta paper. One of
them In particular la so vitally Important,
sXTecta such large numbers of people and In
such far-reaching ways, that It will bear
retouching upon here.
This article was by Dr. Andrew Draper,
who has been a member of the board of
education of Albany, N. Y., atate auperln-
tendeut of public Instruction of New York
city, superintendent of Instruction In Cleve
land, Ohio, and Judge and author of various
educational works.
WHAT I THINK OF DEMENTIA AMERICANA
n telling term—dementia Amerlcnna.
It la alwnya so. I hnve do doubt that
every word of our or nny other language
haa exploded Into existence lu tho same
way ns the goddess of all worda~Mlnerva—
arm and by one gigantic stroke ..
hammer be spilt open tbe bend of Jupi
ter; out of tbe gap so made Jumped forth
a eanao that stirs up _
of their t»elng there Is always one tnnn who
strikes the precious word that expresses
have done so after the nmnner of their
By Prof, Emil Reioh, PH. D. f the Famoua Lecturer on Plato.
T HE inevitable haa happened-the Thaw American man can eventually drive him.
,be When Thaw’s lawyer appealed to that feel-
the united Htatca. haa given Idrth to Ing, nnd with the fine rhetoric called It de-
** — *“ mentis Amerlcnna. he wns conscious of
playing on the biggest organ of all organs
-on the rapturons enthusiasm of a great
nnd generous notion for their noblest aris
tocrats. IIo roused thereby a vendee, a
chouan sentiment of fierce loyalty, a real
W J£ of . tbe p®** 1/on* may say 7 so.
The Americans. Individually, almost In
every case men of yesterday, have for that
very reason a fanatic desire for aristo
craticatmosphere, in their women, mostly
beautiful, bright, well-instructed, good
tklkers and free and easy companions, they
cannot hut see their better!, their noble
folk, and by a alight extension of terms,
the betters of the whole world.
An American critic replying to aomo of
my remarks on the American woman, said,
not without a sense of truth: "Right you
are, Doc, ahe la no woman-sho la an
nngel." ‘‘Angel” Is perhaps faintly exag
gerated, yet Tt la true that she Is to the
American what the grand© dame nsed to be
to the heavy burgess.
This explains why the American man
will readily endure the domineering tone
of his women: why bo gladly, nay, proudly,
submit, to ail tbelr whlmi. and Iren to
tbelr extravagances.
■to did tbe rosl retainer for his overlord,
•o did a , ampbell for tn Arirjrle. And as
these elans went Into furious combats on
account of the allghteat affront to their
8SS%!Bd^^SS& , “ wl,h re *" r * 1
thWth? Middle* Ages'and '.“pKSlraf
It Is a standing category of human society,
and the American, historically unable to
produce European kinds of nobility, haa
apeedlly Invented a new one-the aristoc
racy of women.
Ry that dementia Americana he llkea to
toll day nnd night for nls quick-spending
wife, nnd by tho same force lie throws up
volcanoes to destroy him who touches the
Amaxon of America.
mad. Madness ...
greet. Where an Englishman remains calm
nnd callous, an Irishman Is next door to
lusnnlty. The Americans, high strung to
- J egree, show a mentality totally differ-
... from that of the average European.
There Is, to talk music, no legato In their
life. Everything le staccato prestissimo.
Hence, when tney get excited they ran
come only to a rapid finale with a fearful
crash. Their ungovernable rage la nei
ther n big fire nor a vast flood, but a vol
canic eruption.
Of the things that bring that American
voleano Into function there Is especially one
that will seldbtn fnll of effect. I mean at
tacks on their women.
Every American has In all truth and sin
cerity a deep-seated respect for and a
g desire to worship nls women folk.
r chivalrous and Invariably polite to
them. He trenta every woman aa If ahe
were a lady torn.
As has been remarked a hundred times,
je American geutleman la quite satisfied
to pile up uiouey hy continuous and
worrying lal»or lu tho office or factory,
vlded his "missus” la thereby enable
give receptions, to "do" Europe, tc
come a scholar, and to ahlne generally In so
ciety. It la quite true that mlllfous of
American women nrn worrying Just ns bard
aa do the American men.
. pot*
tea. Any one of the hard-working American
women would, aa toon aa her husband
made money enough to make her personal
labor superfluous, ut once rise .to the occa
sion ami shine in tbe parlor, in the thea
ter. at the watering places, while her
husband would continue to drudge for her
with a conteuted smile.
Men ore tn America not supposed to In
termpt the literary conversation of the "la
dles.’’ On leavlug Hungary, I first went
to America, and when I saw tbe flrV Amer
ican reception I foun-l all tha men standing
speechlessly with their arms folded on
their breasts tn the back parlor, while the
* •* •— Emerson. A
(PI ■ _ one of the
Americana remark to another: "Haa that
, ohnnr been hired for that?" Just because
. being under the Magyar delusion that a
n In society must be amiable to woman,
_1 stepped over to the ladles and alto
talked Emerson. _ .
The fact ef the matter Is that the women
In America form the aristocracy of the na
tion.
No people can l»e without an aristocracy
of some kind. With one, the poets: with
the other, the soldiers: with tbe third, tbe
priests; with the fourth, the lawyers, etc.,
constitute what la really the dominating
or socially supreme caste or class. In the
hi a tea. for reasons quite pateut. such n
class could not grow up from amoug men.
Rut since It Is Indispensable, aa all bis-
torv proves. It arose, perhaps for the first
tltue. among women In America. Already
the Creeks, who thought, did. mid or fore-
felt everything, spoke of the realm of the
Amasous In Asia Minor. Were they not
right?
If a sculptor, a great artist of our time,
waa to represent lu mnrble the type of
womanhood so characteristically omlMidled
by the American woman, what letter thing
could be do than hew out of the finest
’entellc marble an Ideal Amaxon?
8o great Is the domination of woman In
the State* that I have no hesitation lu
saying that her position, rights, activities.
In short, that the woman question Is the
most grave of all questions In America.
In fact, this Is the cardinal difference, l»e-
tween Europe and America.
This being so. one may rendlly Imagine
a future article. He draws a dark picture
"•I public schools In large cities.
"Parents have absolutely no redress," he
ays. "even though school conditions he
ulnlng the health or morals of tbelr chll-
Iren."
The preparation of the greater number of
Ity teachers has been inadequate, nnd they
ack power nnd adaptability. Many of
them would be glad to advance If there
were opportunity and anything to Inspire
them. But there Isn ot. Practically all con
nected with tba system—teachers, superin
tendent nnd board of educatlou—mean well.
The tronbla Is with the system. The
plrit Is more commercial nnd political than
pedagogical. Influence. Instead of merit,
secures appointments nnd promotions. There
are dark lantern processes. There Is of
course a show of decency—forma are com
piled with. Bnt the whole system,
as It relates to tho a —
vnneemeut of teachers,
1. That boards be vested with the power
of legislation and that Individuals be
charged with the duty of execution.
2. That the management of vast business
he entrusted to business men, nnd tho man
agement of Instruction to oducatlonallsta.
3. That adequate authority and freedom
of actlou be given to executive officers, so
they may accomplish the work they are
charged with; that responsibility be located,
•o there can be no shuffling, so that griev
ances can t»e redressed, or that the officer
who ought, but refuses to redress them,
may be removed by legal process If neces
sary.
4. That favoritism lie eliminated from the
ppolntinent of teachers; that the test of
lilclency be the power to draw out minds
ad arouse Intellectual enthusiasm; that
teachers lie assigned the work they can do
best; that the efficient be secure In their
positions, and nil others removed. And
that these matters be determined by pro
fessional educationalists, rather than by
men seeking political preferment or who
kl L , ?^. noth,n 5 of th * Methods of Instruction
whloh must form the bs.ls of any effec ive
system of educetlon. '
In several American cities the hoard „s
education I, tbe custodlsn of more nroneri?-
spends more money, nppolnts more
to positions and determines more Imponaut
questions Independent!, then the entlri
state governments, wlfh their legl.tatr,-
»»4 Judie s! department I n bS
hslf of our states. In Isw snd theory ti...
sre port of a state system, nnd respSnlihiJ
to state authority; In fact, they are ffi
Kon Cn «u.h n omy rr ' , P 0n,lblt ’ Wlth ■«
did handle millions ormoney priuientlr
ever did protect the rlrhts of every
"hors .there wa, no direct aecoiintahuirv*
where there were not checks and balances
In government, some practlcl way of Vo'
dressing Individual grievances, some reaso".
able hope of attaining the end for wMch
the whole structure exists. “
If Influence counts, the crowd will trv to
exert IL If nothing but merit crontiPthS
whole system will become a bee-hire In
setlrtty; the remornl of the drones win
upheld, the preferment of true leaders Vo
he accented with genuine pleasure, and the
spirit of the whole mass will rise wlih°s
Donna.
I am sorry to be obliged to uy It, hut
experience has abundantly shown that snr
advance to such s system of school man.
sgement will have to come from outride ot
tfie school. The school herds are Jealmii
of prerogstlrei. the teachers sre appreben’
sire. The leaders of the Intellectual^ life of
the city will have to evolve a plan snd
the masse, will hare to be educated to It.
*w has been no greater surprise to ms
,n Intellectual activities of th.
country than the common Indifference to
the.system of appotatpenta and promotion,
In tbe common schools.
'‘'■not ■* rll nx" that the crowd should
think little of the matter.
Rut that men snd women of the moit
aggressive Intelligence should have u epa.m
because n policeman Is appointed st the In-
stance of nn alfierrann, or cry themselves
m I 1 '™""-. « Ito.v Is appointed te Jo
up bundles or foot up figures In considers-
tfon of hi! having hustled sround and set
the voters at a primary, or secured fh-
delegates [o n convention, yet see nothing
|o arouse their Ire nt the appointment sn-1
treatment of teachers In tho public school.
Is moat aatonlalilng.
It simply pulverizes my credulongnpM
and halt, the‘faith I have oeen nourishing
for years In the whole matter of civil
service reform. ‘
IND0R8E3 HOKE SMITH’S
IMMIGRATION VIEWS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
wish to commend Hon. Hoke Smith’s
Ideas about the classes of Immigrants that
the state needs, as they are the same that
I expressed a few daya before the Hon.
with some of the largest laiul-owners
our county of Burke, who also wish Imml-
f rants to settla on farms, I suggested that
he Germans and Poles, on tho lines of
Austria, Germany and southern Husain,
would make toe best farmers and citizens
for Qar state.
I lived In southern Russia, visited Aus
tria and Germany, and when I was there I
always employed Germane, In preference to
the other claasea -1 could get. The Polish,
as are tbe Germans In eouthern Russia sud
Austria, ore quiet, sober, good laborers, and
are excellent farmers squ truck gardener*.
I never aaw an orchard prettier thau are
those In southern Russia, worked by Poles
and Germans. At the agencies for home
servants lu New York city, the Polish nnd
Austrian women are preferred to all others.
The German or Austrian women are reliable
aa housekee|>era and nurses; and there In
no doubt hut that our state needs au iiu
proved class of all these. I do not ngi
with Hon. Hoke Smith as to how this rli
tit
sod L_
these people—a majority of them—nr. Ig
norant, snd there are some places that
printed mutter enn not reach the people
on account of censorship. In order to get
the most desirable classes, transportation
cost may have to be advanced, nnd tbe
state could not afford to roly on tbeso
transportation companies, who would natu
rally bo Interested In creating n demand for
--Meuger traffic on tbelr respective lines.
would, therefore, suggest snd urge tbit
the state send n special agent or sgeiiis
to the vicinity of the boundary lines of Aus
tria, Germany nnd eouthern Russia, to
that these people may be seen nnd made
to understand tbe opportunities, etc., of
fered by onr grand state of Georgia.
Agents should be stationed at the sailing
ports to see that these people so Inter
ested by our special agents sbould sail di
rect for onr Georgia ports, nud not other
ports of tbe country.
. . 8. WEINTRAUD.
Waynesboro, Gn„ May 14, 1907.
‘PATRON” YS CHILDREN
SHOULD EXPRESS CHOICE
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have rend with great Interest your
suggestion that the children of all the
public echools Join In the election of
a superintendent of the Atlanta public
schools to succeed Major Slaton. I
most heartily Indorse the same and
would be glad to know that every child
rendered his or her vote In this con
test. And I most respectfully urge
that every parent and guardian see that
the children under nls care vote for
the superintendent.
Now. I am a patron of the schoola
and have been for many years. Some
of my children have graduated at one
or the other high schools and some are
In school yet. So. without any pre
sumption, I can safely assume tho
privilege ot stating for whom I would
want my children to vote, or would
vote for myself If I had the privilege.
And I say here, without any hesitancy
or qualification, I would most assured
ly cast my vote for Professor L. M.
Landrum, the present assistant super
intendent. I give a few reasons:
First, by virtue of precedence, If
qualified to discharge the duties nt the
position he la entitled to the place.
Secondly, I e Is certainly qualified for
the position, for without any disparage,
men tgnard anybody. It is a well
known fact, that thep resent perfect
system. so manifestly displayed
throughout all the schools, Is but the
■esult of the work of Professor Lan
drum. Owing to the physical Infirmi
ties of Major Slaton, almost the entire
work ot managing the large corps of
teachers and Ihe various details con
nected with the twenty or more schools
have been almost entirely on Mr. Lan
drum's shoulders. And Atlanta can
today, with great pride, point to her
schools and say, “these are my Jewels."
Thirdly, Profecsor Landrum la by na
ture fully qualified for the discharge
of all the duties connected with the
fully fitted himself to meet any and
every emergency connected with the
schoola that It la a veritable fact among
all the teachers and pupils that he la
most affectionately beloved and re
spected. By careful tact and manage
ment. without ever bringing about any
friction, he has been able to manage
the most difficult points that have
arisen during hla lntercourae with both,
teacher and pupil, always Inspiring In
their minds a great admiration for hla
wise nnd masterful policy.
I am satisfied that Profeasor Lan
drum would highly appreciate the
honor that I hope will be justly be
stowed upon him, ard I am perfectly
sure that, In the languuge of the great
Patrick Henry, who. on an Important
occasion, announced that "my feet arc
guided by the lamp of experience,"
Professor Landrum would greatly
honor the position.
Having taken the Initiative In this
matter. I suggest that other patrons
come forward and speak out, by all
means not forgetting to see that their
child: <n vote tn the contest now going
Army-Navy Orders
—and—
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
on. Very respectfully.
PATRON.
whither that powerful sentiment of every place and haa, by long experience, so
VOICES OF VACATION.
Jorfnl June In culling
tv I th her fnlry dnys.
I will Ivsve the vines room
For the woodland ways.
Music and moonlight,
A hnuiuiock sud book.
My lady-love with me ' •
Giving lore’s look.
Green wood and wnter,
A Iwtete all my own,
Cupid my partner, \
1 m not alone.
„ . -ARNOLD D. HALL.
Pendergnse, Go.
Army Orders.
Washington, May 18.—Major Elmer
F. Tnggert, Twenty-fourtb Infantry. Is
detailed as transport quartermaster
and commissary of the transport Crook
during the voyage of that transport to
Alaska.
The leave of absence granted Second
Lieutenant Robert P. Updyke, Seven
teenth Infantry, Is extended.
By direction of the president, regu
lations United State* Military Academy
are amended to read as follows: Each
candidate before admission to the
academy must show by examination
as prescribed In Paragraph 19, that he
Is well versed In algebra, to Include
quadratic equations and progression!,
plane geometry, English gramnmr,
composition, literature, descriptive and
physical geography and general and
United States history, ts explained In
the circulars and notification. No re
jected candidate shall be re-examined,
except upon recommendation of the
academic board.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral W. H. Brownson, ap
pointed chief of the bureau of naviga
tion; Commander C, J. Badger, to duty
aa assistant to the bureau of naviga
tion; Lieutenant I. E. Bass, detached
duty with navy recruiting party, and
assigned to charge of the navy recruit.
Ing station, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Surgeon W. T. Richard, detached
duty naval hospital, Norfolk, Vs.;
Passed Assistant 8urgeon J. R. Gykei,
detached duty naval station New Or
leans, La., to Mayflower; Assistant
Surgeon M. A. Stuart, to the naval hos-
dial, Norfolk, Va.; Acting Assistant
Surgeon A. McK. Jones, detached duty
with navy recruiting party to duty at
the navy recruiting station, Chattanoo
ga, Tenn.; Acting Adjutant Surgeon
S. Bacon, detached duty naval hos
pital, Norfolk, to New Orleans, La.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived, May 18—Tankton, at navy
yard. New York; Wolverine, at Tort
Huron; New Jersey and Missouri, at
Boston; Connecticut, Ohio, Iowa and
Indiana, at North River, N. Y.; Rhode
Island, at Tompklnavllle; Cincinnati st
Hong Kong.
Sailed, May 18—Wolverine, from Al
pena for Port Huron: Whipple, Trus-
tun, Hopkins and Hull, from Hampt-’h
Roads for New York; Yorktown, from
Corlnto for Punta Arenas, Costa Rica
May 17—Dubuque, from Puerto
Plata, for Guantanamo; Triton, from
Washington for Norfolk; MacDonough.
placed In reserve May 18. navy yard.
Norfolk, and assigned to reserve torpe
do flotilla; Stewart placed In full com-
mission. May 18, navy yard. Norm*,
and assigned to the aecond torpedo
flotilla.
COREY AND FLAGLER.
To the Editor of Tha Georgian:
Whenever aa Infamous esse like Corel'
Is mentioned, tbe esee of Flagler ought t»
be placed alongside of It, end with It h«
up to public scorn. Have you wstehe-l F«*
lerl Call hlm-tho legislature sod the «"»
eruor of a state bought by his wealth i
i a Isw allowing him to put aside ”
no wife In order that he lulsht
Iilmself snotber women—cal!
«r
that m record’ os “sbgmeleM •» ;
darkens the domestic record* of the
P Alwiiys when shameless PJoee*dlMJ,}JJ
mentioned, please do notralltou'nu
Flagler; but you need not nr- V" *„i
Is Instated on, that n m ,n,s, r n , ., l " T) pot
standing In aa orthodox tkyomlnstl
the divine seal on tho Infamous
tlon. This latter festars ennses «
c ,rs” ‘-aBMPgas
old In bringing to book the offenmij &
Atlanta, Ga.