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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Its own gas and electric light plants.
sr It now owns Its water works. Other
cities do this and Ret gas as low rs 00
cents, with a profit to the city. This
should be done at once. The Georgian
and News believes that If street rail
ways can ho operated successfully by
European cities, na they are, there Is
no good reason why they can not he so
operated here. Rut we do not believe
this can be done now. nnd It may be
some years before we are rendy for so
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Harmony In Our Fnbllo Schools.
Now that Professor Slaton', election
to the auperintendsney Is assured. It
Is the poltcjr of prudence and public
spirit to hush all wrangle and protect
arising from the friends and advocate!
of other parties, and unite the town
In active and hearty cooperation with
the. new superintendent In hie beet on
deavors In uplifting of the public
ichooli and In harmonising all ele
ments In our educational life.
Those who ht|re different vlewa of
our school situation and who cham
pion candidates whom (hoy thought
worthier than tho ono elected, can do
no'good at this time by dlsouselng the
matter further.
The Issue, ee we understand It, Is
settled. And every Interest of the
schools and of the children who at
tend them would euggest that all fac
tions now ebould settle down In loy
alty and In sympathy with the new
superintendent and Inspire him to
high, unselfish and effective service.
Discussing Our Schools.
The Georgian Is publishing today an
article from Mrs. Julia O'Keefe Nelson
upon the subject of the public schools,
and this article Is to bo followed by
others along tho same line by Mrs.
Melton from time to time.
She publication of these articles
Roes not necessarily mean that we
agree with all the positions which
Mrs. Nelson takes.
It has been from the beginning an
Invariable policy of The Georgian to
offer Its columns to the free discus
sion of any public question when that
discussion Is conducted In a decorous
n:am.-r him to ; Ibutora who nre
frank enough to sign tbelr name*.
Mrs. Nelson Is a woman of brains,
courage and character, and her views
are entitled to the respect due to
these qualities. When these articles
are completed, or perhaps during their
continuance, The Georgian will have
something to say In comment upon the
vital questions which they open with
reference to the public echoole of At
lanta.
Even though Paragrapher Novln Is
by force of circumstance compelled
to extol the delights of the Potomac
shad. It comes from reliable sources
that the- lure of Armuchee trout Is
proving too strong for him, and that
In a few weeks be will be back on his
native heath for a brief try at real
piscatorial delights.
Texas Is a great state. It has great
people. The Houston Post Is a great
newspaper—one of the greatest end
beqt In the South, but we'll be ever
lastingly condemned If we can or will
believe that story about a Texas black
bass swallowing a jack-rabbit and tj»o
yellow hounds alt at one gulp.
When we praise liberty, let us see
that In actual practice we achieve It.
Wbo knows the author of tbU senti
ment?
A BOOM FOR CHARLESTON.
Who Is there- w ho docs not wish the dear old city of Charleston well?
And who Is there who will not be glad to hear that The Columbia
State Is to Issue on June 1 a special export edition which will deal with
the progress of the South In general and with the advantages of the port
of Charleston In particular?
The State's special edition will be the largest Issue ever printed by
any South Carolina paper, Insuring a circulation of over 30.000. and a
guaranteed distribution among selected people In this country, tn Cuba, In
Porto Rico and In other West India centers. It will deal extensively with
the question of Immigration, In which South Carolina’s part will bo treat
ed at length. Experts of the highest character will give the reasons why
Charleston Is naturally the shipping point for the whole Southwest and
West, and tho trend of the edition will be to help the export trade of
Charleston with every section of the country.
The Stste will quote with emphasis the recent address of Admiral
Dickens, commander of the coast defense squadron of the North At
lantic fleet of the Unitedt States, In which he says:
“Strategically, the Charleston navy yard Is nearer our bases In the
West Indies than any other yard on the mainland. It Is a little near.er to
the Panama canal than Galveston and about a hundred miles nearer than
New Orleans."
The State will show that the trade between Charleston and the West
Indies has become an Important factor and Is growing overy day nnd that
the conditions Indicate a great future for those Charleston Jobbers and
manufacturers who will etart In now and get on the ground floor.
The heart ofthe South will beat responsive to the effort of The 8tate
to quicken and Inspire the commercial life of this brave old City by the
Sea, whose career has been so rich In romance, so historic In patriotism
and so unfortunate In disasters within the last 25 years.
Surely, the very past sorrows of Charleston should have won It an ex
emption from other disasters for a century to come, nnd with the superb
advantages of a harbor which has 30 feet at low tide, and whose broad
base affords n magnificent anchorage for ships—with the historic courtesy
of Its gallant people, with tho brains of Its public men and the new life
which opens before It, the whole South should be glad to applaud The
State's enterprise In behalf of Charleston and to wish with, all its heart
prosperity and success to Carolina's old historic City by the Sea.
DELIBERATION IN ENLARGING ATLANTA.
The movement for the enlargement of Atlanta's limits and Its popula
tion seems to be progressing smoothly and decorously.
After the suggestion made by The Georgian some days ago the
committees have been wooing tho suburbs most discreetly and consider
ately, and so far the responses have been favorable In the main, even If
In some Instances they are a little coy.
We feel confident that In the aggregate of advantages which must be
evident to every thoughtful suburban resident, (he suburbs will come Into
Atlanta and that our population will receive Its notable and desired In
crease.
The Georgian has been from the beginning Committed to this
proposition and earnest In Its advocacy. At tbo same time we art. hot
disposed to bo carried away by enthusiasm Into an overlooking of the
Interests both of the city and the suburbs In this matter, and It Is our su
preme desire to be fair and Just to both the municipality and to the
smaller towns which we are Inviting to join our happy family.
In the Interest of fairness It Is only just to say that there are cer
tain sections of Atlanta and particularly those near to Grant Park, which
complain with great vigor of the fact that they have been for years a
part of this Incorporated city, and have not yet received the advan
tage) to which they are entitled and which are enjoyed by other sections
of the city.
Tho knowledge of this fact Induced West End when It came Into
Atlanta to make a distinct trade and bargain with the authorities by which
that suburb, now the neweit part of the city, secured the facilities and
advantages far In advance of other and older sections of Atlanta.
The recollection of this Incident Is very naturally stirring the Invited-
suburbs to the prudent suggestion of driving a definite bargain with At
lanta before giving any consent to be annexed. Decatur. East Point and
the other town* aro definite In their demands along this line, and the 1m-
portarit question which It raises I* whether or not Atlanta la In a posi
tion to guarantee and to fulfill the demands which these outlying munici
palities prefer.
There are two sides to the question. If, on tho one hand, It Is not to
the Interest of these outlying suburbs to come Into Atlanta with Its higher
tax rate without a definite guarantee of city water and lights:
' On the other hand It Is oqually a question whether Atlanta can find
In the rovenuos to be derived from these smaller corporations the money
to pay for the public facilities which It proposes to furnish them.
It the suburbs do not care to surrender a present low tax rate with
out a guarantee of city advantages along with city association, so the
city does not care to burden Itself with expenses which would Increase the
tax rate of the cltlxens to provide for them.
There Is no need for extra hasto In this matter. The committee seems
to bo acting definitely and promptly and we have no criticism to offer as
to the rapidity of Its movement, but wo would not be loyal to all parties
at Interest whom In part wo represent If wo did not counsel deliberation
In the preliminaries and a careful weighing of all the Issues which are In
volved.
The fourteenth annual shad bake
of the Washington board of trade was
held a few days ago, and we pause to
hear a new panegyric on Its gastro
nomic superiority from tho trenchant
pen of Paragrapher Novln.' The
Houston Post should brace Itielf for
the worst yet.
“ALL ABOARD IN AUTOMOBILES
FOR EAST LAKE, DECATUR
AND PIEDMONT PARK."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In your lisue of May 13 I see men*
Honed a chert automobile driveway
which you propose to establish as
grand boulevard In case Atlanta's city
limits art extended.
Where did you say these elegant
drives would go? And who did you
■ay they would benefit? And I forgot
who you said would pay for them. WelL
I don't bellave you stated who would
do the paying, but we wtll not say any*
thing about that, for If we have limit
extension. It will be free to everybody.
I believe you said that the automo
bile drive would be bounded on one
■Ide of Atlanta by Fair street to East
Lake, thence to Decatur, returning on
the north aide by Mr. Hurt’s property—
(No, I mean Ponce DeLeon avenue)—
to the Piedmont Driving Club's head
quarters.
Well, sir, that will be fine, but say?
Who Is going to- furnish tha automo
bile. and what did you say was the
name of the old farmer who owns East
Lake, where we will get sandwiches
and fishing free?
Homebody told me that East Lake
had been fixed up fine and that nobody
was slowed Inside the gates, but those
extension fellows know what they are
talkfnv about and will make this old
farmer throw the gates wide open to
everybody: then when our automobile
lights In Decatur. It will only be long
enough to put gas Into uur machine,
then to epurt along the shady lawns
and palatial homes (yet to be) on the
grounds of extension promoters until
we reach the Piedmont Driving Club's
headquarters.
At this place, you know, every tax
liayer In both counties Is allowed a
free repast If he comes In an automo
bile.
Now this reminds me of Abram Jas
per's dreein: The old darkey says:
“Boss, I dreamed last night we both
died nnd went to heaven. I get to the
pearly gates fust, and ote Halt Peter
says: 'Who's dar?' 'Abram Jasper.'
says I. 'Are you mounted?' says Pe
ter. 'No.' *ny* I, 'Well, you knln't git
hero cepts you come* mounted.' so
turns and starts back down tie hltl
snd meets you coming nnd tells you
'bout nit d!n trouble and you says:
•Abram, you's n likely lad: now you
Jest git down.on your slfores and I'll
ride you to tie gai«“, and In that way
we can both get ,nf I sit '$■ 'Pons, do
you r?ck-n you km r-erk It?' 1 know
1 km.’ sava he. so I sits do*n and
vou gits strechlle eh nv and I pismes
up to Ue gate :irut Pe-ee sv--: • "ho's
dt.r'" ntu| joy si s. 'EetrasL-n F-r*.“
Lh n Peter AJ ic • ijal lijU.
Boss, hitch your hois outside and come
right In.'"
Ob, well; this Is all right. Boss; our
shoulders are broad and our backs
strong; just get astride of us little fel.
lows In the rural districts and whip us
up to the gate with the tax lash; we
may be a little balky, but apply It to ue
freely and feed us well on newspaper
taffy, and you will have no trouble In
getting there, for we are like the fel
low whom the old woman was trying to
keap her'dog from biting; when the
dog kept on, she consoled him by say
ing: “Stand still. Mister, nnd tet him
bite you and then he II bo satisfied."
Now. Boss, Just tsll .us what you
want, under flaming headlines through
the newspapers, for you know you are
Infallible and our hands are on our
pocketbooks to meet your demands.
“Not our will, but yours, must be
done.”
Hut If extension mesne automobile
drives, chert roads, etc., etc., please ex
tend the limits first beyond Butler
street on Edgewood avenue to the
bridge; then don't Incorporate Inman
Park until you get to DeKalb avenue,
at Hurt street; then please extend the
city limits to Moreland avenue and then
we will talk extension on other streets
in Atlanta's suburbs.
Atlanta's population at this time Is
about one hundred and thirty thousand
snd about ono thousand of this number
own tho city, so you whistle until 1110
and we will dance to your music, and
at that time out of your one hundred
and sixty thousand population, proba
bly nlns hundred would own the city.
But we don't think you have got us
yet. and you will come Just about as
near getting us as John did getting
married. Home one says. “John. I hear
you came near getting marlred." “Yes,"
says John, "I asked the gal to have me.
and she begged tn be excused, and I,
like a fool, excused her."
So. Boss, we will excuse you. that
our union may not take place this time,
but will both wait until we become of
age. A CITIZEN OP EDGEWOOD,
BELLS OF BRENAU.
THE NEW IDEA OF
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
“Thu people need a new Idea altogether of municipal gov*
ernment and of the kind of government wanted. You are not in*
terested in the least in the question of whether your municipal
servants are Democrats or Republicans—not In the least. That
is no interest of yours. What you really want It to have a good,
ample water supply, trustworthy all the year round, wholesome,
clean, free from infection. You want your streets kept clean all
the year round and every day, not once a week only, or twice a
week only. Another thing you want of the city government, and
you want it very much and all the time—bright lamps In the
street. Your Interest in municipal government Is that it be effi
cient, honest and omnipresent all the time, doing well Its vital
work In all directions—water, sewers, lamps, police, echoole,
baths, playgrounds and schoolhousss."
PRESIDENT ELIOT.
A TALK WITH WORKING FOLK
OVER SOME SCHOOL DOINGS.
(By Julia O'Keefe Nelesn.)
To the Policemen, Firemen, Train-
men. Prlntere, Carpenters, Mechanics.
Salesmen and People of Small Means
Everywhere: You are quite willing
to put your hands In your pockets and
pay 31,200 a year for life to a retiring
school superintendent, are you not?
The South pay* far le«* to It* teach
ers than the North, and educates a
smaller per cent of Its people. The
only way of remedying this Is to In
crease taxation. A meeting will be
held next Friday to consider means to
raise funds to do this. Increased tax
atlon for you Is In sight.
There Is not a benevolent Institution
In Atlanta but Is crippled for want of
means, yet we have money enough to
pay 31.200 a year to a retired school
superintendent. This superintendent's
salary has been 32,400 a year. Some
people could live comfortably on this
and save something for old age. In
this Instance the people of Atlanta, In
cluding the working people, must pay
this life annuity. Hard working min
isters of the Gospel, when retired, do
hot receive this pension. It Is not at
all certain, , policemen, firemen and
trainmen. If you lost your life In pro
tecting the people that your widows
and orphans would be given this life
annuity by tho city. Soldier's widows
usually do not get It. Mrs. Jackson,
widow of the Illustrious Stonewall
Jackson, Is receiving 3240 a year from
the rich United States government In
return for the hard, dangerous services
rendered by her husband In the Max-
loan war. The taxpayers, many of
them small taxpayers, of Atlanta must
pay Malor Slaton 31.200 a year for
life for having had a safe and com
fortable life on 32.400 per annum. He
was last year paid 32,400, though he
did not do one stroke of work, and Is
-to have 31.200 for life.
If the board of education sets the
precedent of doing this In this Instance,
they can. of course, do so repeatedly
In the future, and can Increase the
amount given.
It became know that means were be.
lng taken to awoken the people gen
erally to the conditions In the Atlanta
public schools. Instantly a secret meet
ing of the board was held and a su
perintendent elected. The board In
effect said to the taxpayers of Atlan
ta: “What can you do about It?” '
. For many years It has been town and
state talk that tn certain educational
matters the public schools of Atlanta
were far behind those of Savannah,
Augusta. Columbus, and even- little
Kewnan. It has been said again and
again that certain official* In the At
lanta school* retained their positions
not because, after careful comparison
with other educators, they were be
lieved to be the one* best fitted to
give to all pupils the most helpful edu
cation, but because of favoritism, per
sonal friendship and even politics on
the part of the board of education,
though I can not believe the last charge
against some who have In the past been
members of that board.
If you could see Into other schools
of the state, you would be amazed may not admit It, but It bea m boss aoT"his
to know how much happier and more name Is Bryan, snd no othrr name but *hlg
helpful education Is In them than In will In beard when It conies to s setec
dependently than the entire state gov
ernments. with their legislative, execu
tive and Judicial departments In behalf
of our states. In law and theory they
are part of a state system and respon
sible to state authority; In fact, they
are Independent and Irresponsible, with
no check upon authority- No govern
ment ever did administer the affairs
of millions of people wisely, ever did
handle millions of money prudently,
ever dlfi protect the rights of every
one. when there were not checks and
balances in government, some practi
cal way of redressing Individual griev
ances. Experience lias abundantly
shown that any advance to such a sys
tem of school management will have
to come from outside of the schools.
The leaders of tho Intellectual life of
the city will have to evolve a plan
and the masses will have to be edu
cated to Its support"'
These words should be acted upon.
It Is certainly just as necessary that
parents have something to say as to
who shall officer the public schools as
that the people say who shall be legis
lators and senators. We should allow
In ths public schools only the most
progressive nnd helpful educators
which ths country affords.
If ths board of education, through
Inattention or politics) motives, tall to
give us such officers, the people should
take the matter In tbelr own handB.
Thei can do rills. It was the peo
ple who made the rules of the board
of education, and the people can un
make them. If necessary, they can
annul the result of the board’s meet
ing Friday at 3:30 p. m. The people
can do this without the aid of any
politician. They can circulate peti
tions. express themselves In the news
papers. call mass meetings, di-ru-s
conditions in ths schools. Leaders for
such movements can easily be found.
The agitation once begun, many would
join It. The people should assert them
selves In behalf of the public schools.
There Is no clique, nor ring, nor
power of any kind which can with
stand a determined popular protest.
AS A GREAT OPPONENT 8EES US.
“The great trouble with tbo Democratic
party," ssld lion. Sereno E. royne, the
well-known Now York congressman! at the
Raleigh,‘"Is that It ll largely a party of
negation and opposition. It bns no definite
tet principles, bnt appeals to tbs country
Solely on tbe ground at antagonism to the
Republicans. I do not mean to say that
tbe Democraew baa nqt In Its membership
plenty of good and patriotic and able men,
bnt I do not believe that It Is this clsaa
wblcb It controlling tbe dcttlnlet of tbe
party. * 1
“On tbe contrary,- la It not a well-known
ict tbit colonel Bryan rulea hit party
with oaritapatad supremacy. In face of the
dissent of thousaiuli of the belt Democrats
In the InndJ Bryan la for goreminent own-
ersblp of railroads nad for tho Initiative
and referendum, two theories which Demo
crats of tho old filth repudiate with
scorn. Yet do we not know thst tbe nomi
nation of Bryan to ths presidency Is Inev
itable nnd that these nlssentort will he
Whipped In line ami wltl be hurrahing for
him a little more than a year from nowt
I do not think I am Idnsed In declnrlni
that no avowed believer In goverumen.
lwnershlp or In that popnllallc dogma, tbe
nltlatlr* and referendum,, could possibly
lie chosen for president by a National Be-
publican convention. Tha Itemocratlc party
Experienced Management
Not only is this bank under the direct supervision
of the State Bank Examiner and audited periodically
by expert public accountants, but, what is more, it re
ceives the personal service and attention of Directors
whose banking experience is an assurance that the in
terests of its depositors will be protected in the future
as well as they have been in the past.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
LET THERE BE NO SURRENDER
OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE
(From the Journal of Labor.)
higher and greater power of the oeools
themselves. v v
The people have been gnuluaJJy tskin-
into their own liRnds the election of th-l-
officials, in every line, and the probabllltl**
are they will push that policy further and
further; but it Is wholly antiquated and out
of date for the mayor of Atlanta, one of
the fairest municipalities In the entire conn-
try, to come now nnd propose to tnk» a
long step backward In the old direction of
allowing the municipality to govern the
ETuf/cI ailty ad ° f the people t0 8° vern ’he
Let us ask. whom do the city engineer
and commissioner of public works serve-
the mayor ami general council or the m-.-
pie? We contend that they nre the servant*
of the people, responsible to the neonlo
nnd ought to be as close to the people nn
possible. Certainly they ought to owe their
election to the people, and tho laws ought
to make them feel free to servo the people
unhampered by a few council men. As we
understand it, this matter will come up for
action nt the next meeting of council and
no doubt council would be glad to take Into
their own hands the additional patronage
Involved in the election of the heads «»f
tboso two city department?, but it will re-
quire nn amendment to tho city charter
before it can bo done, nnd If the people nre
given ft voice In the matter they will sure!;*
Sl» fetam. If, the general cSunrfl
should undertake to railroad such a measure
through tho legislature without a referer,-
dum to the people. It would be a brench of
faith nnd honesty but little short of trc a .
ion.
If they should succeed In such a dlabollc.il
City Engineer R. M. Clayton and Commis
sioner of Public Works H. L. Collier re
cently engaged in a heated controversy
tonchiog the Jurisdiction of fhelr respective
department*. It is not the purpose of this
paper to discuss tho Issue Involved in that
controversy, or the relative merit* of the
two ineu. fib far ns we know, they nre
both efficient and faithful officers. But we
are very much Interested, ns an organ de
voted to the public good. In the recommen*
dntlon of Mayor Joyner to solve the trouble
by faking the election of those two heads
of important city departments away from
the people and transferring it to the mayor
and general council. In Ids message, pub
lished in The Constitution on May 7, the
mayor attributes the fault in the matter to
the present (date of the city laws which
govern the paving, repaving end repairing
of street*. Grant that that Is true, and
that the respective Jurisdictions of those
two city departments are not so defined ns
to prevent confusion among themselves,
then it would be our Judgment and strong
conviction that tbe simple, logical and
E roper thing to do would he to shnpo Into
armony the now conflicting laws and thus
put those two departments to working
peacefully and smoothly, each In Its own
sciihrati* Jurisdiction.
But Mayor Joyner was not content to
make that recommendation, and stop there.
Hr w.'nf fm ther nti'l rrcoinmemlrd that
the election of the city engineer nnd com
missioner of public works lie taken out of
tb<' bund* of the people nnd given to the
mnvor and general council, nnd this, not
withstanding the fact that none of tbe
fault complained of has been attributed by
anybody to the mode of election of those
t«o officials.
In other words, In his diagnosis Dr. Joy
ner has found one trouble, but he has pre
scribed n remedy for a wholly different dls-
ris- No. Mr. Mayor, the mode of election
of those two city officials Is not Involved
‘ ‘his confusion, but, as you stated, the
t is with the Incongruity of the laws
'M'oii the n i: 11' • ■ . -'i ■ '1. "" I .'member. y..u
further stated they nre so confused that it
would take the proverbial 1’blladelpbla
lawyer to untangle them.
The Journal of Labor, upon general prin
ciples, Is unalterably and uncompromisingly
opposed to any such program of Mayor Joy*
ner. In so far as he recommended the with-
pose to go to the legislature and ask
the charter he changed without asking the
content of the people? Ip not the charter
the property of the people? They only
have the right to amend, abridge or add to.
Mow the mayor and council coo compla
cently view such a situation without feeling
they are subject to the righteous condemns-
tlou of an outraged public we are at a lost
to understand.
more end more . _ .
of small bodies, or organizations of men,
and to minimize as far as possible their op-
tlfs. and the more they have the more they
tfant, and nothing they acquire do they
ever give up, unless forced to do so by the
soiunx* iiicii unii, nun mum Will! tug limil'I
of infamy all those found to be implicated
In tbe crime.
This Is eminently a day of political re-
form, nnd Mayor Joyner could not have
really thought seriously upon his recomtuen-
dntlon before penning his message to coun
cil.
Nearly all the representatives of ths peo
ple used to be chosen by conventions of
delegates, but It has been found necessarr
to bring those representatives nearer to
the people, whom they represent, and so
primaries have become the order or the day.
TIi" t*l"'’tli.n of . 11 v nn<I f,unify executive
committees by packed and doctored mass
meetings, not of the people, but of polltlcnl
henchmen of rlngsters trying to control the
meetiugs, Is one of the most putrid sores
not yet removed from our body politic by
the sharp and unerring scalpel of popular
wrath.
But It always takes a last ktrsw to break
a camel's back, nnd If Fulton county Is not
now ready after the disgrace and deep humil
iation of her last experience In tbe election
of her executive committee, to abandon the
cooked up mass meeting plan, and adopt
.S°u.
Mots.
But this reform will certain)r come, along
with others, nml n, the people look more
closely utter their own.nffslrs there will he
less and less for the flngster and political
jobber to do.
No, tho people will nerer permit council
to toko from them tho right to choose the
city engineer and the commissioner of pub
lic works.
Again Ths Journal of Labor says NO!
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VES8ELS.
Jutland. glieI4.il festal May;
Hnlutatnry lelta tn all ,
llm the hours ahead will fell
In tb. sheaf of peaainx Time.
Ue rents of w Olid time,
... .1 eomber shadows which
nine alike »•) poor and rich:
Will , tb - years of ysnthtttap wheel
m |e Winging h.» ... an | weal,
he in) stir orb, tells
... ,j# tt—'s-ne.. yeM.ii hells:
ihiwH't gifts of ilesr Brews')!
I.iosw ilty aims mst--'e brow.
—ARNOLD IS. HALL
the Atlanta schools, though I ftrant
that the Atlanta schools have many
able anil conscientious teachers, who
do the beat they can In their hamper
In* environment*. In some other
schools In Georgia means are continu
ally Increasing for Insuring ths pupils'
physical health and for fitting them for
trades. In Atlanta It Is proposed to
lessen such opportunities ns already
exist. They do this to “cut expense*"
and—give Major Slaton In retirement
31.200 a year out of your hard-earned
money.
They also propose to name a new
school for this superintendent. Nn
schools have been named for thoa*
who started the schools In Atlanta,
who used time and brains, without
money, In doing the hard pioneer work.
No school beam the name of that no
ble woman, Laura Haygood. or that
of Bernard Malian, pure and polished
gentleman, and Atlanta's Ideal first
superintendent; nor of Samuel Inman,
who has put his hand In his pocket
to aid almost every good, public and
private, ever done in Atlanta, and has
i>een called "Atlanta'e noblest cut
set!.'' nor of any other of Atlanta’s
great character. .
It Is fitting that the name of this
school, which la, I think, the first honor
ever so accorded In Atlanta, ahoutd
be given to Atlanta's noblest and most
distinguished cltlxen.
1 warmly approve the auggested
name, "The W. F. Slaton School." In
a notable address Miss Celeste Par
ish. of Athens, says: "I approve of
better education In the rural districts;
but I firmly believe that In the politics
which often rule large city schoole.
and In the|r machine ruts, there Is
more physical, mentnl and moral In
jury to pupils, by far, than In any
country schools. 1 have seen the mlnda
of children In the New York city pub.
lie schoole dying and even dead. Tha
life had been literally crushed out of
them by unwise methods."
How many people In Atlanta have
token time to patiently and Impartial
ly examine and comare the conditions
and methods of the Atlanta public
schools with those of other cities of
Georgia?
There are, 1 understand, about 13.S00
pupils tn the Atlanta/schools, the num
ber Increasing yearly. These pupils
remain In school about six hours a
day. five days In s week, nine months
In the year. Where els* will you find
such Immense opportunities for devel
oping brain will and character? The
pupils are of every grade—good, bad
and Indifferent. Bright minds and
dull ones, weak wills ana strong and
vicious wills, neutraj dispositions, re
sponsive either to a good or an evil
touch—minds possessing splendid
possibilities and those possessing for
midable and threatening possibilities—
where else le the need as great, for not
tolerable or second rate education, but
the very best known to present sci
ence?
A distinguished educator. Dr. Draper,
says; “In several American cities the
board of education Is tb* custodian of
ntnr* property, spends more money, ap-
points more people to positions and de
termines more Important questions lo
tion of a leader In 1901.”— Washington Her-
lid.
"LEFT.*
Poor little print**!
Poor little kid
J Yu srw*w*
Poor little chip,
I can't hut reel
Thst Istrlnx you
In old Cn.tlle
Would justify
A lusty kirk;
'Twos nn iinstnrk—
Unfriendly trick!
Your father. Jnat
A puny thing,
A puppet erowned
Anil railed n king,
And nlek to death!
Yonr mother ohe
Who never had
A rhanee to run
Down country lanes,
Blue skies shove,
Poor little chip!
Poor little kid
Left hr the stork
In old Mndrlil,
You'll sraroely see
Yonr mn at til.
Yonr dad will never
Come and full
Dowu on tbe floor *
To your delight
To romp with yon:
You're left, all right!
, —Houston Pont.
NO STAR CHAMBER POLITICS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am sure that many Atlantans will
thank you for your tln\sly editorial.
“Let Un Have Fewer Secret Sessions of
Public Bodies," though all may not ex
press this gratitude In writing.
Like yourself. I know of nothing
wrong being done by either council,
police board or board of education, but
know that the "open door” Is better for
all parties.
We can not read the papers without
knowing '.hat graft dearly loves closed
doors. As for boards of education. In
many places all theta meetings are
public, as the publicist and the tax
payer have a right to expect.
ATLANTA TAXPAYER.
Washington, May 2L—The follow
ing orders have been Ixsued;
Army Orders.
Captain Alston Hamilton, coast ar
tillery, to Fort Monroe; Lieutenant
Colonel John C. Muhlenburg, deputy
paymaster general, from Washington
to San Francisco as paymaster, Da
partment of California; Private (first
class) Curtis Johnson, hospital corps,
Port Monroe, discharged from the
army.
Following enlisted men hospital
corps, from posts designated to Fort
Monroe, thence to Havana on June 1:
Privates James L. Frodge .and Frank
lin Porter, general hospital. Washing
ton barracks; Private (first class)
William H. McKinney, hospital corps,
general hospital, Washington barracks,
discharged from the army; First Ser
geant Walter J. Lynch, troop A, Fifth
cavalry, placed upon retired list.
Following enlisted, hospital corps,
from depot of recruits and casuals.
Fort McDowell, to station* designated;
Sergeant (first class) Frank O. Nlco-
demus, to Fort McHenry; Sergeants
William Lederer and Charles P.
Phipps, to Fort Jay; Corporal Richard
\V. Ballard, signal corpt, headquar
ters, Department of California, San
Francisco, to Milwaukee, reporting to
Lieutenant General Arthur -McArthur.
Major John S. Grisard, retired, from
Cuba to his home, Louisville; First
Lieutenant George 31. Holley, Fourth
Infantry, from detail aa captain. Twen
ty-eighth company, Philippine scouts,
to his regiment; Private Samuel I.
Gosper, company K. Seventh infantry.
Fort McPherson, transferred to com-
pany K. Seventeenth Infantry, station
ed at that post.
Corporal Robert J>. Metcalf, band.
Tenth Infantry, discharged without
honor from the army by commanding
officer, Fort William H. Sstvard, Alas
ka, on account of Imprisonment under
sentence of a civil court; Lieutenant
Colonel Francis H. Hardle, Fifteenth
cavalry, to that portion Fifteenth cav
alry stationed In Cuba.
Naval Orders.
Civil Engineer P. L. Reed, detached
naval station, Olongapo, to navy yard,
3fare Island, tor special tempoarry
duty, thence home, wait orders; Civil
Engineer C. A. Carlson, detached navy
department, to naval station, Olonga-
po. June I; Warrant Machinist W.
Herseberg, warranted; Paymaster’s
Clerk L. S. Abbott, appointed for duty
on Florida.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—May IS, Triton, at Nor
folk; Tennessee, at Provincetown;
Sandoval, at navy yard, New York;
Concord, at Pagoda anchorage; Chi
cago, at Sandlego; Dubuque, at Guan
tanamo. May 19, Stewart and Yank
ton, at North River; Eagle, at Guan
tanamo; Marcellus, at Baltimore:
Chattanooga,. at Shanghai; Wasp, at
Mobile. May 20, Helena, at Amoy.
HAILED—May 18, Yorktown, from
Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, for Pana
ma; Denver and Cleveland, from
Tompklnsvllle for Gibraltar; Rocket,
from Norfolk for Indian Head and
Washington; Wilmington, from Shang
hai for Nanking; Saturn, from Mare
Island for Sandlego; Stewart, from
Norfolk for North River. May 19, Du
buque, from Guantanamo for San
Juan; Yanktown, from navy yard, N.
Y„ for North River; Boston, from San
dlego for Mare Island; Preble, from
Sandlego for Magdalena Bay; Helena,
from Swatow for Amoy. May 20,
Alexander, from Cavite for Chefoo.
THE CALL OF THE KINO.
SILVICOLA.
From the realm of writers,
From the chemists' deni,
From meadows nnd mountains,
From valleys and fena.
Where fairies of color
I'onveno to rejoice
And whlaper in waters
With nature's voice.
From fields of roses
In sunlit France
Where Flora's guests
Hold dreamy dance.
From the cloud drlit deep.
From tho wandering wind.
From tho precipice steep;
From garlands ami temples,
From bnttlemonts high,
From changeful ocean.
From tho eounil of a sigh:
From song or from laughter,
From hlrth-bed or grave.
From glory or gloom.
From grotto or wave;
From illenop or sound.
From faultlops or fatso.
From pain or from pleasure,
From dirge or from waltz;
From tolling or resting.
From deals I or dnuht.
From grief of the loser.
From tho victor's shout;
From the rain drops nnd roses,
Frotq starlight of dawn,
From ensende and canon
Or green-swarded lawn,
From mesa nnd moonbeam.
From whirl-of tho snow.
From rooks nnd from rivers
That steadily flow.
Is the ninny-toned voice
tlf evolutions choice,
•Tls the cull of th^K^ B HALL
IVuderfras*, On.
A lor#r of thu irtlal iroodl*nd
Graced by divinity'* hand.
Rail rooms of rlebent ro*#*.
Outranklujr green bon*e post**.
An arrfa of orthld* all vtiperb
In the foreat** dnram-autrarb.
Tbo droom-dune* of Uryad-queent.
Tho color scheme* gold* and green*.
Bank* of bennty liockon me
To tbe urlldtrood sweetly free.
Where tbe pipe of Pan Is hoard.
All else seem* to 14 absurd:
For In some sequestered glade
Wo may sue Plato*'* shade.
And fairy form* with tarntmarineu
May treat ns to sweet nectarines.
In tbe fane of natnra where
Honeysuckle Alls the air
And tbe streets of Jessamine
Klost to greet tb** voice of vine.
- . ' -ARNOLD B., HALL.
•udergTasfs Ga.
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