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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
bstu-rday. jttnb a. isor.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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The Foes of the White Plague.
The general committee on Preven
tion of Tuberculosis meets on this Sat
urday evening, Jana 23, at 7:45 p. tn.
at the Carnegie library.
To this meeting all who are Inter
ested In the general subject of fight
ing the Great White Plague are cor
dially Invited to come.
At tho National Kdltorlal conven
tion recently held at Jamestown tho
fight against tuberculosis waa set
down an one of the three groat prob
lems which concern the American
people at the present time. However
apathetic and Indllforcnt we may be in
pur own personal and present exemp
tion from this dread dlnegns In our
own famlllea and among our own
friends, thoughtful men and women
throughout the country are coming to
view Its ravages with Increasing alarm
and to realise more and more the
absolute necessity for genoral and or
ganized Interest In Its prevention and
cure. The recent sessions of two
great conventions, tho one held at
Washington and the other at Atlantic
City for the prevention of tubercu
losis, have enlisted the widest com
ment from the metropolitan newspa-
pera and the various press ser
vices throughout the country.
We shall bo sorry some day in Geor
gia If we fall to give a little of our
time and attention to the consldera
tlon of this great queatlon.
There are some very earnest and In
■)ieaUal gentlemen who have thl9
matter In band and who will be pres
ent at the meeting tonight to explain
and to Instruct those who are Interest
ed In the line'of usefulness In this
great causa.
We trust that the appeal will not be
In vain and that the attendance will
fully vindicate the appreciation which
our thoughtful people feel for a really
serious If general emergeucy.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Cs»«M eSwno eq.i moij)
Stir-confessed Ignorance often Indi
cates wisdom. i
Most peoplt who are stuck up are
nothing but sticks.
Beware of the men who apologises
When he docs you a favor.
Ikeme nice stria wouldn’t be half as
Bice If they were sensible.
If It wn.nU for the unexpected life
would be awfully monotonous.
Matrimonially speaking, where there
ia a will there’s usually a won't.
Limn sharks are snslmia to meet poo.
pie who want to borrow trouble.
Soma people refuse to put their hest
foot forward more than nn Inch.
U doesn't matter how cheap a thing
|i If you have no earthly use for It.
The early bird catches the worm—If
the early fisherman doean't heat him
to It.
The man who marries nn orphan
can't blame Ills troubles on Ms wife's
mother.
It's easier for a girl to forgive a
young man for kissing her thon for not
doing It.
k Many a good woman thinks she has
■Hsch;,rK,-d h,*r duty to her husband In-
fpraying for him.
A man likes to he told that he is In
l*s prime, but u woman always thinks
THE “ERA OF GOOD FEELING.”
Mr. William J. Bryan has been making some very significant remarka
In a recent interview given to The St Louis Post-Dispatch. .
They evidence anew the largeness of his mind, and the falmeai of
his temper.
In speaking of the survival of the American republic, Mr. Bryan said:
"Onr national Ideala are greater than our differences and dis
agreements . . . The strength of a nation, like the strength
of a man, Is to be measured by Its Ideals, Jts qonvlctloni, 1U
principles, upon which a people can unite."
Of much more Immediate significance If the language uied by the
Nebraskan In describing hie own growing disinclination to the making
of partisan epeecbei.
“Now and then I have made a speech which I considered
Democratic doctrine to the core; and then our president has como
along right afterwards and made one exactly like It, knocking all
the partieanehlp out of mine. I am not lorry for this. It I* a
great and Inaplring alght when two great political parties like
ours get together In friendship and harmony.’’
Murk you. this Is from the Idol and evangel of our latter day Democ
racy—tho leader twice preferred who la still so omnipotent and omnipres
ent that no other figure presumes to loom within the horizon of his per
gonal prestige and popularity.
It would be difficult to compose a more appropriate exordium than this
for an argument In favor of the "Era of Good Feeling,” or even for the
nomination which was suggested to Mr. Bryan at Chattanooga.
It la very natural that The Post-Dispatch In editorial comment should
ask:
“Has the new era of good feeling eloquently advocated by John
Temple Graves In Tho Poat-Dlspatch really come? Following his
suggestion that Mr. Bryan nominate Theodoro Roosevelt as tho
Democratic candidate for the presidency, Mr. Graves fervently
urged that the progressive elements of both the Democratic and
Republican parties unite In nominating Mr. Roosevelt on the par
amount Issue—the restraint of predatory wealth. On this quea
tlon Mr. Grave* regarded Mr. Roosevelt as a representative
Democrat, who. through his fight against corporation abuses In
the courts and the congress, had made tho Issuo paramount and
had Identified it with his leadership. He suggested another era
of good feeling for the settlement of all questions growing out
of the abuse of corporate power, wealth and Influence.
“Mr. Bryan’s remarks on the subject are In harmony with the
contral thought of Mr. Graves’ plea. He evidently does not con
sider the mosses of the parties far apart. He looks upon Theo
doro Roosevelt ns a good Democrat In the main—almost as good
ss.himself.
"But doubtless Mr. Bryan differs with Mr. Graves on the
question of the leader of the good feeling campaign. He prob
ably thinks that the man to lead the fight of Democracy against
plutocracy Is the Democratic leader and not the Republican
trailer. There's tho rub.
‘The masses of both parties are practically united on the
main Issuo of tho people against the plunder bund. The Idea of
making a political division of the country on the line between
the plunderer! and the plundered, between the plain, honest
people and the plutocratlo pirates, Is captivating. But can the
party leaders be brought together? Can the party generals,
captains and Ilcutonunts be persuaded to sink the love of power
and the uppotlte for spoils lu the fervor of patriotism?"
Tho Era of Good Feeling conceded, the question of a leader Is merely
one of plain common sense. Every Democrat would, of course, prefer
tho Great Commoner who has marched at the real head of our three
campaigns. But simple common sense would suggest that the party de
feated, divided and disheartened, could not expect to furnish the leader
rather than a party triumphant and already In power. Nor could common
sense euggost that a loader untried, untrained and Inoxperlenced should
be chosen above the militant and victorious general who was already
fighting and winning In thq great cause which Is moving the people to
unity and co-operation.
The Georgian believes that In bis heart Mr. Bryan approves the sug
gestion of an Era of Good Feeling, and that only the shadow of an Im
aginary third term peril holds him from saying so.
THE CRISIS IN ATLANTA’S WATER SUPPLY.
It may not be generally realized, but Atlanta Is at this time face to
face with a very serious crisis In the vital matter of Its water supply.
' For several days past we have boon drinking water that Is no
longer clear.
Every day It Is growing a little moro muddy. Within a fortnight It
Is likely to be very much of a part tn color and quality with the water
of the rlirgr from whfch It cornea.
Mftrcoror, thoro are In the water basins some forty acres of practi
cally stagnant water Into which Is poured no other stream fresh from
the source of supply.
The cause of this situation Is the Insufficiency of the slnglo pipe
which runs from the pumping station to the reservoir and which going
night and day finds It Impossible to keep the reservoir at Its normal
level.
Consequently the water comes to tho city skipping one of the basin
flltcrcrs and therefore before It has time to lose much of 1U color and
Impurity.
Now these conditions make a menace so serious to tha health
of the city that It scarcely noeda to he presented to a sensible people.
Wo are approaching tho sultry and unsalutary portion of the sum
mer. In two of our nclghlioriog cities there Is already an eplderoio of
typhoid raging as a result of an Impure nod Imperfect water supply.
The Uoorglnn has no desire to he sensational, but It la simply a mat
ter ot serious tact to say that unloss our present conditions are speedily
and vigorously remedied, we, too, may outer upon an unhealthy summer-
Certainly upon no ono thing does the health of this community ao Inti,
nmtely and vitally depend as upon the purity and the sufficiency of
11a public water supply.
The Georgian urges Immediate and vigorous action by the city coun
cil and the water works department In this matter. Experts assure us
that tho Immediate remedy Is to run no immediate additional pipe from
the pumping station to the reservoir, and rather than wait the long
tlmo that it will take to run this additional pipe the entire distance wo
should find an almost immediate relief In running an additional pipe at
least to the 150 foot rise at tha top of tho hill by means of which the
larger supply can be forced Into the pipe already used and tha reservoir
filled with more water than It at present contains.
II the financial question he presented upon this suggestion. Tbs
Gonrglan hss this to say: That bonds have already beon voted for the
additions to the waterworks, the money from the bonds will be available
In the fall, but the emergency Is so greet at this time, and the danger
so threatening that we feci confident the city council will t>e Justified In
using Immediately the necessary tax money which Is on hand from some
other less critical department and restore this from the money coming In
from tho bonds at nn early day.
In behalf of tho people whose health and comfort and whose Uvea are
Involved tn this suggestion, we urge upon tho city council an Immediate
and emergency action In this Important matter.
A REAL SOUTHERN MAGAZINE.
The sccopd issue of Uncle Remus’s makes good tho promise of Its spon
sors that It would Immediately reach the standard of the long establish
ed big monthlies of the East. It Is a magazine of which the South may
he proud, and one which la likely to appeal wtth peculiar force to the
thoughtful and cultured everywhere because it Is typical of the South,
and therefore typical of the best and truest Americanism.
Elcsewbere In The Georgian and News today the magoxlno Is re
viewed, and It Is uot our purpose to enter Into a consideration In detail
of the Issue. But a glance down the table of contents reveals the fact
that the editor, Mr. Joel Chandler Harris, is living up to the high Ideals
of Ills announcement. He said In this foreword:
’’.The magazine will deal with the high Ideala toward which the best
and ripest Southern thought Is directed; It will endeavor to encourage
the cultivation of the rich field of poetry and romanco which, tn the
Southern states, offers a constant In vltatlon to those who aspire to deal
In Active literature. Itself Handing for the highest and best In life and
literature, the magazine will endeavor to nourish the hopes and beliefs
that ripen under the Influence of time, and that are constantly bearing
fruit amongst the children ot men. , Tho magazine Is not Intended
primarily, to inspire the South to take a larger and more serious inter
est In literature, or to stir Its literary Impulses by offering a near-by mar
ket where writers may receive the encouragement • of compensation.
That Is to say. the magazine will not merely fill the Southern field, but It
will have behind It u sufficient amount of capital to secure the best wri
ters »*f lb- e,--,-,,--- Jnr-r>. By rpPtrlng the contributions of the best, so
far aa they can be secured, the magazine will provide an Ideal standard
of literary production In the South.”
None can doubt that Mr. Harris has, in selecting his material for the
magazine, chosen with merit as the only consideration. Therefore It Is
particularly pleating to -us who are looking for oven greater achieve
ments In literature from the South than were furnished In by-gone days,
to observe such names as Don Marquis, Charles J. Bayne, Robert Love-
man, Marie Bankhead Owen, C. Alphonso Smith, Clinton Dangerfleld.
Lulu Judson Moody, Frank L. Stanston and Relna Melcher, not to men
tlon “Uncle Romus” himself, as the leading contrlbi’tors to the July Issue
of this magazine. The Sage of Snap-Bean Farm, Don Marquis, Charles J,
Bayne, Frank L. Stanton and Relna Melcher are all Atlantans; Robert
Loveman and Clinton Dangerfleld are Georgians, born and bred, and have
won fame by their work done-in tho Shadow of tho Blue Ridge. Mrs.
Owen and Mrs. Moody are Alabamans, and Dr. Smith, of the University
of- North Carolina, is one ot the South’s most eminent scholars. The East
Is, of course, represented in the magazine, by such writers as Charles
G. D. Roberts, Carolyn Wells, Harold Bolce and Paul Tletjens, but It Is
essentially a Southern magazine. So It was last month, and so ft will
doubtless be In the future.
It It can be the lot of Uncle Remus’s Magazine to add impetus to
the literary movement in the South, to encourage the young to achieve
ments which will repeat the fame won by Poe and Pinckney and Timrod
and Lanier and Father Ryan, and in latter days by Cable and Page and
Hopkinson Smith and Jpel Chandler Harris, It will be justified as worth
far more than the vaat work and worry and trouble of establishing It
It Is gratifying to note that a great Improvement baa been made la
the typographical appearance of the magazine. Faulty press-work was
the only criticism the most finicky could have found with the Initial num
ber. The second number admits of none.
THIS MATTER IS URGENT.
The action of the water board and a special committee from council
on Friday In accepting a bid for the new water main from the river to
the reservoir, does not fill the Immediate and pressing need ot the
hour. What the city council should do Is to use the tax money now on
hand and go to work oh this extra pipe at once to save the city from
a summer of epidemic and disease.
Tbe action taken by the water board and the Committee has no more
effect upon the Immediate situation than If It had been passed by a de
bating club. The issue In this water matter Is urgent, pressing, mensc-
Ing and dangerous. The city has authority to use the tax moneys for this
pressing and Immediate service and has Its ample guarantee In the money
for the bonds which will soon be on hand.
The public Insists that there shsll be no quibbling In this matter, and
that tbe pipe shall be bought at once and put lu without delay, and If
the bond money Is not Immediately Available that the council shall pay
the blit and let the bond money be reimbursed when It comes.
WOMAN THE PRINCIPAL SUFFERER
UNDER THE PRESENT CONDITION
>••••••••••••• •!
By MAX NORDAU.
Womnn la the direct, Iromcdlnte victim of
our modern view of matrimony. Man, aa
naual, escapes very ettally—If lio does not
have the nullity or courage to nssumo the
responsibility of founding a family in tbe
midst of a society which Is hostile end pi
ratical, Instead of being kind and encour
aging, as would be more natural, be remains
unmnrrled. but without renouncing the full
grAtlflrntlonof all his Instincts.
lie has the tnclt permission of society to
procure the plensures of woman's compan
ionship when and where he can; It calls
his selfish enjoyments successes mid sur-
rounds them with a kind of rohmntic halo,
so that the nralahle vice of a Don Junn
nronses ft sentiment coinpofted of envy, sym*
tain substnntlnl ndruntages he is allowed
by custom to seek right and left the pleas
ures which he doe* not find in tho society
of his wife, or If this is not exactly al
lowed It Is yet not considered n crime
which should exclude him from Intercourse
with reapactabla people.
Quit# the reverse Is the caso where wom
nn is concerned. By the present organism
tlon of society «h« la compelled to look
upon marriage a* the only possible refuge
from disgrace, poverty nod even starvation.
What la the lot ot the unmarried woman7
Her familiar appellation, old jnnld. con
tains a scornful sting. Ilia aolldnrlty of
the family does not extend usually Into the
matures years of the children. >Ybeu tha
parents die, tbe brothers and alatera sep
arate, each one wishes to tread alone the
V«fh of life, mid Ihe constant companion-
•blit of the rest become* a burden.
The girl who la too aeualtlve to wish to
be 80 encumbrance to either brother or
sister, especially If they are married* finds
that she la nleuo In the world, far more
solltnry than the Bedouin In his desert.
Shall ahe found a house ot Uer owu? It
for no masculine friend could alt dc„„ „
the fireplace without arousing the gossip
of the neighborhood. Feminine friendships
nre rnre and beyond a certain point un
natural, and least of all tvould she Intro
duce u sister In misfortune Into her home
to ndd to Its melancholy and bitterness.
Home wise being Is all ready with the ad
vice: She need not concern herself about
tho gossip of other women, hut let her as-
eemble tue congenial friends around hor,
whom she may. But with what right does
this strong and Independent charncter ad
vise a gentle, timid girl to renounce for Ufe
thf saflsfactl on she obtains from the re-
apect and appreciation of her equals, n
Infection which appeals with effect to <
tho strongest of us. A reputation la a
substantial possession and the oplnloi. __
one's aoclnl equal* plays tho most Impor
tant part In the inner and outer life of tho
Individual. And shall the lonely maiden
throw sway her title to thin possession?
Slie would then pass her Ufe among stran
gers, mors dependent than if marrltd, more
exposed to calumny than tha married wom
an, tha preservation of her reputation her
Incessant and tormenting cart. for society
require* It untarnished, although It does not
offer her the natural prise for It—tha hus
band.
To emerge unbanned from such a atru
requires great heroism, a heroism for wl
there la no reward.
Tbe old mold who baa lived tho life of a
saint amid munifold temptations finds no
recompense, no assurance in her heart
which asks: “Why did I struggle? Has
my victory benefited Any one? la society
with Its hurt], selfish maxims worthy of the
sacrifice I offered upon it* altar—my llfe'a
happiness?
And the anawer Is apt to be an emphatic
NEW HUSBAND NEEDED
FOR THE NEW WOMAN
By DOROTHY DIX,
bread end butter, but ere making Jam an
Inch thick on |t.
It would 11* tbe greatest possible misfor
tune to *;*elety f«r those women not to
marry and roar tumbles. It would |»a a
great misfortune to the women themselves
to l*» iWJmirod from the sweetening end
broadening Influences of family life, but It
la manifestly Impoaslble that they * hould
marry on the Name platform that their
grandmothers did.
Their grandmothers were poor girls who
had never been taught how to earn a dot-
lnr, and when they married poor men they
went Into the kitchen, naturally anil rightly,
because It was the l*-*t thing they could
jlo to help their husbands, but It is ridteu-
loug to think of putting tho woman who can
earn <£> or $38 or 660 a week to wrestling
with pots and pans nud the washboard,
ou . Wtw Man Next.
She Is a skilled laborer, and the would
waste her ability at such work Just as
much as a flue doctor or lawyer would If
he guvs up bio profession In order to split
the stove wood or do chores about the
house. Aside from this, there Is the waste
of time nud money that a woman spends
on fitting herself for nn occupation if she
bua to give It up the minute she Is married
because her husband wants her to cook for
him.
Of course It will be said that if a woman
noean't want to give up her profession when
fho marries she has the choice of remain
ing single, bat It may he equally truly seld
that If a man wants merely a cook when he
marries be might pick out a wlf# who la
already in the kitchen instead of selecting
one who‘is In an office.
To a degree money give* the happy pos.
aesanr of the purse tlie privilege o'f Me
taling terms. If a loan la rich enough to of.
fer u womnu a ftnecure he might jM>Bslbly
mnke the Imus with her about giving up
her work; but If he len t and the best lie
can do la to give her menial physical latior
n exchange for well paid brain work, he
Is certrInly a monument of egotism andVl-
fish»•-** that she does well to eecepe.
(toying Achieved financial Independence
for herself, a girl do*** not have to marry
for a home, bhe nisrrle* *ole|v f,»r coni-
panlonshlp, and it really looks n* if men
who want to marry —* *
have f~ ~-
Htnee
There Is • new woman.
tbie Is not the monstrosity pictured by the
j humorist—a creature who wenre bhmmere,
and short hair, and men's shirts and collars,
and who gm*a off of a night to club meet
ing*. while her poor, down trodden busluud
; washes 14* dlshce and walks the bn by.
The real new woman la nn exceedingly
l good-looking, well-dressed young peraou,
i who Is following some painful occupation
'with profit to herself and the world, who
la bright, breety* capable and Independent,
jaml knows very well what she wants of
( She ha* a heart, but «he aJao has n brain.
1 filie can love, but ahe can also see at might,
i She would like to marry. If the right man
i cam* along, but alto Is incapable of becom-
! Ing a slave. 8be wants to bo another's, Ini
i likewise she wants to be her own. HI)
wouldn't marry a man whose opinion eh
didn't respect, but ahe has no Idea of be
coming the echo of nny one. Bhe wants to
I merge her life In another's, hut she desires
to retain some part of her own Individual-
** Alt this has brought ol*out a • curious
state of affair*, an*! crested a demand for
S new man as u suitable mute for the new
woman.
Novel Argument,
A recent newspaper article was devoted to
di*cu*Hlng a concrete cose of this kind.
A young woman who was an expert and
highly paid stenographer wae engaged to be
married to a young man getting only a
small salary, and he demanded that his
fiancee should give up her situation upon
their marriage. In order that ahe might
keep house for him, that Is. do tin* cooling,
and washing, and scrubbing, and cleaning of
the sum 11 fiat that was all hla menu* en
abled him to provide—for, of course, hiring
a servant was out of the queatlon.
Tl>u girl refusud on the ground that ahe
knew nothing whatever about housework,
ahe had on undeniable talent for atenogra-
^ ffo* further pointed out that the combined
cm ruing* of the two would enable them to
have every comfort of life, whereas tho
wages of the man alone would force them
to an existence of griuding economy, nud
she wound up by saying that she could uot
►ce why, because she married, she should
be forced to give up delug the thing that
she liked to do, nud found It profitable to
do, |u order lo do the thing that she brttoil
U) do, and that any Ku-woek hired girl
could do better than *be_ could.
enlly .
sic of the situation went,
the girl undoubtedly had the best of the
cam*, but men nr« not amenable to logic
when It Interferes with their own wishes,
and the man replied that he wanted home-
•‘•Miking and pies such u* Ills mother used
to make, end she could either giro up her
pin * ‘
ace or give up him.
The girl didn't deair# to do either—hence
these tear*—and the suggestion that n new
an will have to be raised up to marry
* m w woman.
Nor 1* thl* Idle speculation.
A* far ae w.'ineu are concerned. In the
Immortal words of mV, Cleveland, “it la a
11 tlon and not a theory that we
Z*i'2L m "r would
to climb up to that point of view.
1 the necessity for a now mnu.
An Easy Question.
(From Tbe Boston Globe.)
A recent novel says a man really needs
two wives—a Martha wife to air the beda
and order the dinner, end a Mary wife tt
look at and talk to. Guos* whether the
novel was written by a woman or a man.
We are sure we are here, but we are
not nure of the hereafter—therefore It's
advisable fer ua to be as good us we
can.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Order*.
Washington, Jun* It.—Captain The'
ophllua B. Steele, coast artillery corps,
from Eightieth company, coaet artillery
oorpa, to unaxilgned llet. Captain Ed
ward Klmmel. ooaat artillery corps,
from state college of Washington, July
II, to Eightieth company, coast artli
lery corps.
Captains Jay J. Morrow and James
B, Cavanaugh and Flret Lieutenants
Edward N. Johnston and Clarence O.
Sherrill, corpe of engineer*, before
board at army building. New York
city, for examination for promotion.
Captain Fltzhugh Lee, Seventh cav
airy, to Fort Riley, thence with First
squadron. Thirteenth eavalry, during
march to Fort Sheridan. Captain Sam
uel A. Purvlance, Second cavalry, mill
tary attache, to general hospital, W
Ington barrack*. Brigadier Ge
John M. K. D&vts to Boston and await
further orders for convenience of the
government.
Navy Order*.
Captain O. B. Harber, detached Indo
pendence, to command Maine, July 10.
Captain N. E. Niles, detached Maine,
July 10, home, wait orderz. Captain G.
P. Colvereesea, detached naval acad
emy, home, watt orders. Lieutenant W.
Aaeeraon, detached Tacoma, home, wait
orders.
Midshipman V. K. Coman. detached
Indiana to Tacoma. Midshipman R. P.
Bcudder, detached Iowa to Truxton
Medical Inspector C. T. Hlbbett. de
tached navy department to command
naval hospital, New Fort Lyon. Sur
geon T. A. Berryhlll, detached naval
hospital. New Fort Lyon, to Nebraska.
Movement* of Vessels.
ARRIVED—June 1(, Porpoise, Plun
ger. Shark and. Nina at Newport; June
10, Lebanon at Lamberts Point, Denver
and Cleveland at Sues, Olympia at An
napolls, Prairie at Savannah, Nero at
Norfolk.
BAILED—June >0, Hannibal from
Philadelphia for Portsmouth, N. H.;
Wolverine, from Muskegon for Harbor
Bprings, Mich.; Nero from Newport
News to Norfolk.
“WHAT IS 8INf"
To the Editor of The Georgian!
One of your reodera, H. E. Gunning,
of Wsthalle, S. C, who likes the re
llglous department ot your great Jour
not (and thera are others who also like
such discussions) has raised the ques
tion, “What Is sin?" Though tho die
cuselon of such a theme Is almost end
lees like that of “Doing Away With
Hell,” yet the columns of a modern, up
to-date newspaper are a proper forum
for such discussion. To add a mite to
the Interest of your readers, wo ask
your Indulgence for a brief space on
i he origin and nature of sin.
It la proper to say that whtlat sin
originated In heaven, God had nothing
to do with Its conception nor inception.
The flret eln was the voluntary act of
a free moral being, an angel In heaven.
Lucifer, ‘‘Bon of tne Morning,” an arch
angel, was the first being who ever
sinned, and by that act he lost his In-
noconcy, hla high place and was cast
out of heaven, and he lx now chief of
the fallen angels, the enemy of God
and man and Is called satan, the devil,
tho evil One. He was a pure and holy
being, but hi* own free act of rebellion
made him a devil. Bln must be a great
evil when tt changes the nature of a
holy being Into that of an unholy and
malignant one,
Aa to the origin of *ln on this planet.
It woe the voluntary set of a pure and
free moral being, under tha temptation
of the devil. God still had no port In
th* bringing forth of sin. The atti
tude of God toward eln I* and has al
ways been one of opposition, of hatred
for It and a determination to extermi
nate It. If God Is almighty, as we are
taught He to, why does He not at one
fell swoop exterminate sin? For the
simple reason that He exercise* om
nipotence in the physical realm of the
universe but not In the moral world.
God deal* with man a* a sovereign In
the moral world. He respects man's
free agency and does not use force In
the control of moral beings. As a free,
intelligent moral being God deals with
man according te th* attribute* with
which he Is endowed by creation.
Man's flrst act ot sin changed hts
nature. He beeame unholy, sinful,
wicked. A eurse for disobedience fell
upon man, upon woman, upon other
creatures and upon tho ground. Man
transmitted te his children not hie
holy nature whleh God gave him, but
the sinful nature which he received
from the devil. Thl* sinful nature,
which was Injected by the devil Into
man. when he sinned, Is th* source
(mm whence comes all th* sin that
troubles our wqrM today. Bo much for
the origin of sin In heaven and —
earth.
In discussing “What Is sin,” we will
have to go Into definitions. The
Westminster eateehlsni says: “Sin Is
any deviation from or lack of'conform
ity to the law of God." Mr. Wesley,
who Is regarded as one of the most
lucid of all theologians, defines eln as
the voluntary transgression of a
known law.” It wilt be hard to And a
better definition than that of Mr. Wes
ley. We might go on and say that sin
Is the voluntary act of a free moral be
ing under temptation. The reason why
there ts no much sin Is because man In
an unconverted state Is possessed of a
nature that Inclines him to sin Instead
of purity. Here again we see tho awful
nature of sin—It Inclines God’s crea
tures to go against His will and law
and Inclines them to do the devil’s will
and law. 8alvatlon through Jesus
Christ delivers man from this sinful
bias and Inclines him to love God, to
do Hts will and to obey Hts law. God
would savt all Ills creatures from the
power of tbe devil and from tht bias
of nature to stn, hut these creatures
being free moral agants ehposa rather
to lie servants of the devil than to be
the saved sons of God, and they are
allowed to choose for themselves. So
every man’s character la the result of
his choices. By hla own cholc* he ts
a servant of the devil or a trans
formed eon of God.
W. O. BUTLER.
Loganvllle, Go.
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By MR8. JOHN A. LOGAN.
'opyricht. 1817. Amertcnn-Journul-Kxftmlner.
one l* constantly treated to exhibition* of
temperament which come under the head of
ldlo*yncra*lee that are often ntnuaing and
•ometlmes very trying. Some people affect
peculiarity In dre** pnd are excueed because
It la an |dl«>»yttrr**y with them; other* do
til *ortii of queer things and presume to
enter place* where angels would not dare
• You meet persona afflicted with
“ ‘ry where. They n»k moot
—, offensive queatlon* and are
usually victim* of atupeudous conceit, using
to tread. .
thl* disease
impertinent nud
usually victim?* of stupei
the pronoun *T' freely.
Among tho most aggravating of this
ui young i
uo*t aggravating of this ape-
who Insist upon colling alto.
|uentl3% forbidding ushers or
entlemeu.’* he exclaimed, attendants from announcing their names.
Some people seldom if ever
enter tho doors of a bank.
They entertain a eupposition
that they are not welcome
unless they have an extreme
ly large amount of money to
deposit.
It is our desire to relieve
such people of these errone
ous ideas. Wo mvite them
to call and get acquainted
and let us offer a few rev
sons why a bank account,
no matter how small, is a
distinct advantage.
MADD0X-RUCKER
BANKINGC0.
Alabama and Broad Streets.
The Stepmother Question.;
iMiHMMittimimt
By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE.
T *f * tfifteSfi*** ,oe,tlon (> reel pint
, .h&.refJpKStK AM
Stfluaar to 1 **"• citMM ° nJ ’*•
Juzt now tt hos been given a f»e.h In-
eplratloo by the atatement of Vice Chancth
lor Pitney, ef New Jerwy. Thl* gentle
man, who, with * number of ether*, 1* irek-
Ing f*m* by abort route and cheap path,
I* reported to hare *ald:
"I never knew or beard of a stepmother
who wa« a good mother.”
The opportualtlei for obuevatton given
»omo men ore exceedingly limited. Limited
virion frequently inetn. calomel Ignorance.
Were It not for tbe attention th»t I* being
paid to the Tie. ebancrilor'* atat.ment, on.
might think b. had naver made It, or, at
beat, that ha wa. “only joking."
Assuming, however, that ba did make
tho .tatament, tha vice chancellor la a
round man In a square hole, ringulnrly in
appropriate for hie exalted position, or ba
ha* forgotten. I'osribly, however, be It *
man In ncarcb of n stepmother for his
children, and has bean an unsuccessful
•niter for lotne lady’* fair band. “Hell
hath no fury like • woman aeorned’’ la tho
old saying to which might be added, “The
bitterest tengw I* that which ono* whis
pered honeyed word* to a woman who re
fused to lliten."
But there nr# Stepmothers sad stepmoth
ers I
Stepmother* gqod, bad and Indifferent.
Likewise there are father* and mothers who
may b« placed In th* mm* mt*gery.
Many a father ban mid: Children should
be cast off at t certain age as n cat esata
off her kitten*. Many • mother ha* ra-
timed to acknowledge h»r own offnprlng,
and y*t th* two torra*, mother and father.
J r* thf doarast word* In oar language. We
greet majority Of bon-
orabl. fathers and awset mother* by th*
few who are fathers and mothers In phy.l-
cal fact only. Bo with tho stepmother*.
There bar* been bed •tapmothera. flat tho
{ rest majority of tham—God bfaas tb.ml-
r* an honor to civilisation and a real sa-
Tlor to unfortunate boys and gtrla who need
a genuine mothering.
stepmothers have more te contend with
than moot people vaalim. They »r* *1.
ways compared with th* drat wife, an si-
war* accused of spending all that tha flrst
wlf* saved! Usually th* children she cum**
to mother have been poisoned In thalt
thoughts ralatlva to her by sea* dlagrua-
tied old maid slater, crank sent, tool on.
el* or unwise fritndf With nil thin to con
tend with *b. most begin her work. If sb*
la at all nervous (and what woman Is not
at times?) ahe la criticised, mallet)' '
gossiped IbSut unmercifully. If ana
he rod to train th* child, “*h* >
the poor little "dear* of th* A... --- - .
nn awful time. That la, they do If you be
lieve all you hair about stepmother*. ,
Ilut thl* riur on atapmpmr* •* a alar
upon Americas womanhood, it aecnsra our
women of being sriflah, opinionated, unjust,
unmerciful, unklod. And you know thou
sands ot woman who nr* the reverse of
The fact Is our American woman, whether
mothers, stepmothers, aunts, cousin., sis-
-*M, or *v*a bachelor girl*, era the nwaal-
it U^bed ef Uulr sex an tbe face ot
<?ur women nr* what th* man have mtda
them.
er privilege than any '
mothers. .
Before you Jedgs nod condemn them put
yourself fn their place,
you might not do
All honor today te
mother! who hnv#
girls In hand and r
men end women. . —- --
never wa* * greet character for good In the
world but beck of that character there
we* * good woman—a good mother or a
good ntepmotbef.
smile, saying: "I am going to pnt
s&TBfcfwaSwwsns'M
r*ra, M a
alia* their names to aspect to be .ry
memberad ur recognised ^^*0*. srih
...... - —y flte by.wlth'u't
one wltucMlng Instance* of egregious ton
Ity.
Another clam equally offenalve are tn*
who. the moment they *M Ri»**ntea
lien they meet laiilee, begin tnelr coll
versation with fulsome compliment* s' 1 '!'*
travsgsnt eapiwWm* of admiration of their
gown*, personal epp**r*ne*. graejow own*
ner* or rapabllltte*, forgetting |b«t '»•?
si f-affiRSiS
Mhhorn Fr flatter?. Sort i»r*ona
tray their ntrn poverty of tnoUKht of* 1 ?
ci*Hfy b*i*l naunljF provoka th* *•?*•$!* J5
ti»*» IncnxlttloM ffatrnrr. who, u •,*JJp*JgJ
tfinntoa unmontefi oomplltnenla at thwr t* u
ralnc. _
Women hava Iritoayncraflea aa wall ■■
m*n. and HomBtlinaa maka tbamaalraa
iv dlaagraeable In the exhibition oftnenq
ThB«e p«»r»ouR are atwaya aapBr»rniHtr*""j
ln*l*t upon liolna rndiirad, thinking tn
tftnrlca rtpald T*b oxmaad
u'f ilo, beeauae thry are ^naturally
Aa A matter of fact, aolflabneaa *• at
bottom of nffreted p«cullarlllta» Pi-
aona affaotlnc thorn aro ladlffarw^t to
comfort of other* and are promt to
them solve* in the *n»ttfleAtloo
whim*. u.» thought heln* given how
ylcftMtut tt may no for other*. _
It fecins^very aa»y to^r»
*ent them*4*1 V n* with nn ln«ivm*tlnt comes In contact.
ihroneh Mj
without offending of really
multitude If one would remember to a*
proper consideration for til sritb whom °
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