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THE ATLANTA tfEOKUlAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAT 18, 1MT. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN <AND NEWS) .’OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Exnpt Snndiy) By THE CEORQIAN COMPANY. At S West Alabama St. Attests. Oa. Subscription Rites: One Tear H W i'll Month* 8-JJ Three Months 1-|8 By Carrier, Per Wash Enters at the Atlanta roitofflce as second-class mall matter. Telephones connecting all depart- nenta. Lone distance terminals. Smith di Thompson, advertising rep- reaantatlres for all territory outside of 8® If yon hare any trouble settlor TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the circulation department and hare It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bair Otl main, Atlanta MOL It la desirable that all eommnnlea- Ilona Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to HO words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, aa an evidence of pood, faith. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned nnlesa stamps are seot for the purpose. rertlstng. Neither does ft print whisky or any liquor ads. 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 cities do this and get gas aa Inw u » cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Oeorglan and Newa believes that If street rail- sraya can be operated successfully by Europesn dtles, aa thay are, there la oo good reason why tbay can not be so operated here But we do not bellarn this can be done now, and It may ba R ate years before we are ready for so g an undertaking. still Atlanta should set Its far# la that direction NOW. Persons lenving the city c*n have The Georginn nnd News mailed to them regularly by send' ing their order to The Georgian office. Changes of address will be made as often as desired. 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- Banking by Mail IVe receive deposits by mail and issue pass-books for same. Many of our customers who constantly travel or who live in rural districts, have found the advantage of Banking by Mail, which enables them to redelve 4 per cent compound Interest on their savings, and at the same time have their funds In the care of a well managed institution ot established reputation. With a Capital and earned Surplus ot $750,000.00 and total resources of over $3,000,000.00, we meet every requirement of a safe and sound depository. For full particulars, write for our Booklet "G." A postal will do MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., Atlanta, Ga. 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.