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SECOND SECTION.
The Atlanta Georgian and News
VOL- V. NO. 320.
ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, .JULY 13,1007.
PRICE:
head of a large company
APPROVES PROHIBITION;
TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE
Mr f. h. Seely. Atlanta Georgian, At
lanta, Ga.:
pjar sir—I read with great lntereat
your eloquent and manly letter In favor
of prohibition and am writing Just a
Hne t n say that nothing would give me
more pleasure than to aealst In the good
work.
I have studied closely the question
for twenty-five years and have never
boon able to figure out any excuse,
much less good reason, for a man's op
posing prohibition only that he llkeB
his drink or has an over-indulgent Idea
of "personal liberty." The patriot
Gladstone said: "It Is the duty of the
state to make It easy for Its citizens to
do right and hard for them to do
wrong” Many good men will accept
this proposition on everything except
the liquor question, which does more
harm than all the others combined. The
only sound position on a public evil is
relentless opposition, at any rate any
other is at least questionable.
One of the principal Inducements for
US to leave Atlanta was that we might
have our little colony removed from the
ill efforts of the saloon and as a prac-
men with us who had been discharged
time a nd time again In Atlanta for
drinking and all three of them had been
dlBcharged for the last time with the
Idea of our never trying them again.
Tnelr appeals, however, for a last
chance at Bridgeport were granted and
the three months spent In Bridgeport
give us every reason to believe .that
they are safely on the road to complete
recovery' and neither has taken a drop
in three months, and they are really
recovered and much encouraged.
The people of Georgia and of the
South are to be congratulated that they
have such a gifted and courageous man
as Mr. Graves for a leader, and this,
coupled with the fact that he has the
active support and full co-operation of
your worthy self, gives hope and as
surance to the temperance people of the
South not entertained heretofore.
I believe that four-fifths of the best
people of Georgia are In favor of state
prohibition. Nobody expects prohibi
tion to prohibit any more than the law
against concealed weapons* prohibits,
and yet who would say that such a law
Is not a good one?
With best wishes for success, I am,
Yours very truly,
DELOACH,
tical demonstration of the benefits to be President and General Manager De-
derlved would say that, we have three Loach Mill Manufacturing Company.
A LETTER FROM AN ADVERTISER
AND THE REPLY THERETO
Here are two letters—the one to The Georgian from one of
its advertisers; the other The Georgian’s reply. They will explain
themselves to any one sufficiently interested to read them: i
Bell 'Phone 5168. Office 221
Century Building,
Atlanta, Ga,
Atlanta, Ga.. July 12, 1907.
The Atlanta Georgian,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen—I want to cancel
the contract that I have with
your paper for the real estate
mi that I have been running
since April 17.
Your stand on the prohibition
question Is positively and ab
solutely antagonistic, and Inju
rious, to my line of business,
and. as much as I regret to do
so, I feel that I have the right
to nsk you to cancel my con
tract. I would never have
made such a contract had I
known that your paper wag to
be a prohibition organ.
I have the kindest feeling,
personally, for every one that
I know connected with your
paper, and especially for your
able ctttUrtv Avhom I consider
a warm pergonal friend of
mine, but your paper looks
upon the prohibition question
so entirely at variance with
my own ideas of what the re
sult will be to business If the
prohibition law Is passed, and
especially to my line of busi
ness, that I do not consider It
worth anything to me to con
tinue my ad any longer than
the 17th of this month; on
which date the third month will
expire.
My bill is paid up to the first
of this month, and I am ready
at any time to pay It up to the
17th. and you will oblige me by
considering my ad defunct aft
er that date.
Yours very truly,
CLIFF W. ANSLEYf
HELDJN SUNDAY
Mrs. Armor to Speak at
Wesley Memorial in
Morning.
The Atlanta Georgian and News.
July 13. 1907.
Mr. C. TV. Ansley, Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Mr. Analey—We are
Just In receipt of your letter
of the 12th Inat., asking -us to
cancel your contract on the
17th because The Georgian has
Indorsed the cause of prohibi
tion. We regret exceedingly
that you have seen fit to look
at the matter In the light you
do, and are glad to notice that
you are doing this, not because
The Georgian has not given
you your money's worth, but
because we have sympathised
with the movement that you
claim will hurt your business.
It Is only necessary for us to
refer to your own action to
show that It has hurt The
Georgian's buslnest, too, but
unlike your policy. The Geor-
galn la willing to be hurt a lit
tle for the good we think-It
may do.
We do not wish you to con
tinue your ad. against your
wishes, regardless of the fact
that you have signed a con
tract with us.
We sincerely trust that tf
prohibition does not absolutely
ruin you, that you will find It
profitable to do business once
more with The Georgian, for
we are quite sure that the
friends of prohibition believe
In The Georgian and patronise
our advertisers, and will buy
aa many or more houaea than
thoae who do not.
Thanking you for past pat
ronage, and with all good
wishes, we remain.
Ever sincerely youra,
PUBLISHER.
MRS. SAM P. JONES WRITES
CARD TO WOMEN OF GEORGIA
TO THE WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION OP GEORGIA:
Has not the time come, in this great fight we are making against
the liquor traffic, for us to include among our enemies, and drive our forces
against, the newspapers in this state that have declared by editorial utter
ances against the peace and happiness of our homes, and the sobriety of our
boys.
If whisky is our enemy, then how can we allow publications to come
into our homes that are its advocates, or that carry advertisements solicit
ing orders for the vile stuff for our sons?
There are few good women in this state who would not be incensed
should an agent for a liquor house, uninvited, come to their homes and solic
it an order for a shipment of liquor, and yet numbers of good women will
subscribe for and pay-the traveling expenses of newspapers that come into
our homes with column after column of advertisements seeking to entice
our boys to order the stuff that will ruin their lives and damn them forever.
If the newspaper that carries such advertisements was not a good
and productive agent the liquor people would not pay for the space. It is
time for our women to act upon this question, and if the church people of this
state could be made to think, they would soon reach the consciences of the
newspapers, which they would not find in the editorial rooms, but in bus
iness offices.
. MRS. SAM. P. JONES.
Catoosa Springs, Ga., July 12,1907.
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GREAT RALLY BRINGS
TRIBUTE TO GEORGIAN;
SEN. KNIGHT SPEAKS
W f - trlct. Both of these young men look
D UDShaW DC" Ilk® beardless boys, but while
livers a Ringing
Address.
TWO GEORGIA MEN
IS HIS THEME
Crowd Fills Tabernacle and
Cheers When Publisher
of Georgian Enters.
A great rally of the prohibition forces
was held Friday night at Dr. Brough-
ton'a Baptist Tabernacle, at which the
principal speakers were Senator John
P. Knight, chairman of the senate com
mittee on temperance, and William D.
Upshaw, editor of The Golden Age. F.
L. Seely, publisher of The Georgian,
was present and made a ahort talk.
A high compliment to Mr. Beely and
The Georgian was paid by Mr. Upshaw
In his Introduction of Senator Knight.
"The eyes of Georgia, of the South,
Indeed, of America," he declared, "are
on two young men who are In Atlanta
Juat now—one a resident of our city
and the other sojourning here for a
time because of the sovereign will of
his people in the Sixth senatorial dls-
Hnti. John Temple Graves and Hon.
Ami.rson Rodenberry, of Thomaavllle,
*111 be the chief speakers at the great
U'lhihition rally at the Baptist Taber-
Mcle Sunday night.
The two eloquent speakers will be
erected by one 0 f ^e largest audiences
•kst has ever assembled during the pro.
hlbhi.
n campaign. Interest Is at fever
and the numbers at each meeting
* r e Increasing,
‘Mr. Undenberry Is one of the most
remarkably brilliant speakers who has
* hand In the fight. In speaking
him, \v, D. Upshaw, editor of The
Oal^Age, said:
H rtalnly congratulate the people
, Atlanta on the privilege of hearing
Ju <l8e Anderson Roddenberry.
P» the deck in a speech against the
t u ”r,'raffle. Dr. Nunnally Is a mas-
-'Jr. Covington la a mover, Seab
right I. a marvel and Roddenberry la
miracle,"
„ i ' r> v,ar >’ Harris Armor, the gifted
"man speaker, head of the state W. C.
w ’•'*111 be the orator at Wesley
I. In,,r| al church Sunday morning. It
"weted that a great crowd will
, to hear aa the fame of her
Making Is Widespread In the South.
«•’" Sunday night Hon. Seaborn
Mr. 1, l ha *rinan of the house tem-
- r “ " • committee, will deliver an ad-
at Wesley Memorial church.
Will Preach On Prohibition.
B r*ci a i to The Georgian.
t.' hen *. On. July 1*.—Rev. J. R. Me
lt ’ I,a * tor the Oconee Street
tnodist church, will preach tomor-
„ ,' morning and evening, on the
ot "Prohibition.” He Is one of
■ ablest scholars and ministers In
*“d no doubt the church will
crowded to bear him.
7HE WEEK IN COTTON
By J08EPH B. LIVELY.
The governing In/lnenre In the cotton market for futures tbs past week bst been
weather uomlltlonn, nml up tbepu bnve been of n fnvorable character cotton nns
been force*! «locl«l#»<lly lower.
On Rnturdny, while the tendenej was toward a lower lerel .the undertone was
steady and the dose waa only t to 6 points lower, the decline l>*lqg nttrlbattble
mainly to disappointing cables from Liverpool. . . . .
Monday’s matket was considerably better at the opening. Initial prices snowing
Advances of from 7 to 10 points, the Improvement being due to n report leaned by s
prominent Southern newspaper, stating that ’’the acreage of cotton showed s de-
crense of shout 10 per cent, as compared with Isst year,” and that the crop ns a
whole hns undergone.s distinct Improvement during June, but the plant I* still very
small almost everywhere. Many districts complain that lsl»or Is scarce, hut the fine
* • • * - lhe f nrm ers to get the Helds dear. Boll
» of Texas and In several sections of Louts!*
But the bulls resumed their manipulatory tactics later In the session and ham*
mered prices down to the forenoon low level tn nn apparent effort to shake out trail*
era. The close was 10 to 19 points net lower. A -
In the early afternoon Tuesday the list displayed a very steady underton# chiefly
aa result of light offerings, for business wse not broad. Excessively high tempera*
tures over eustern and central sections, ranging up to 106, s spotted weekly weather
report, private reports that rain was badly needed ofvr pert
Mississippi and it good class of buying, much of It believed
sdvsncejr--*- ,#K 1 —— '
, mosfessee,’ copious rains daring the past
dl^The'msrlTet*turned*very°Ann shortly before 2 o’clock on a ecare of short#, stnuig
bull support end a letter outside demand. Prices advanced to a net rise or izou
points. January selling nt 12.23 nml IJecember at 12.W. 1 rice brokers led tha buring
movement, forcing In room shorts. In mid afternoon the undertone continued Arm.
prices holding close to the best figures of the season thus far. The spot markets of
* 1L Themlranf^ was 1 maintained In the late trading, untilI Juat before the close, when
Kouthern selling caused it reaction. The market wit flpally steady at s net gain of
^OrTwsd’nssdty the first decided weakness of the season developed. The ommlng
was barely steady 1 to 6 points lower. Later on scattered thunder shower# In Texas
with predictions for more pretty much over the entire belt resulted lu a very nervous
and unsettled market, and under bear pressure, liquidation and stop-orders declines
of 20 to 22 points were shown In the morning aestlon, after which every reaction of
3 to 4 points started fresh lluldatlon. closing the market steady 33 to 39 points lower.
Prices at the opening Thursday were 2 to 6 points lower, and ndvsneed sharply
•‘*rlv* but ns on Wednesday, most of the advance waa lost on liquidation, the doss
. . ■ ... in i u ,ln(e luwnr
islppl and a good class of buying, much of It believed to ne ror euque account,
eed* price to a net gain of cm polnte, with J.nnurj In chief demand end sell-
12.17. Tho detailed report allowed that Teiaa baa repaired general and. In
reaea, eoploue rain* dorIn* the paa114 hour*, hat tbe«e mat'd to here been
Friday's’rasSet waa lower thmuxhoot the. list In the eorlr A*.....«..
marking the lowest point of the week. There was a rally In the afternoon whtrh
reaulteJ In a reeorerr of the loaa In January and Mareh and reduced the declines
considerably In other positions.
dealings, the da
From'th'e high Ted nr nf'ias't week to the low point Friday. July 12, July ahowg a
decline of lii pAfn/e, September 1M polnte, October 77 polnte, Deeetnlier 71 points,
and January iTpol.t.^Sewcrork. n<je |N future8
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SPOT COTTON QUOTATIONS.
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Friday. July 5.
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Houston ’ “
the fire of youth is tn their hearts the
stamina of manhood la In every fiber
of their being.
"One of theae young men la Fred L.
Seely (here the audience broke Into a
Btorm of applause), the first proprietor
of a great dally paper In a great city In
all the history of Georgia who has
dared to run up the white flag of state
prohibition over a metropolitan dally.
Answer to Committee.
"Last Friday morning a committee
of ten prominent business men In At
lanta representing many millions of
dollars, called on thla young publisher
and urged him to throw the Influence
of The Georgian against the state pro
hibition bill, but with a steady eye and
an unflinching nerve he drove the last
mother's son of them to the corner with
his manly, searchfdg questions, and
then, stepping over the fine of glorious
decision, he came out next day In that
Immortal declaration which has electri
fied the state of Georgia and proved a
moral tonic to the young men ot the
nation.”
Another storm ot applause greeted
this declaration and just then Dr.
Broughton on the platform colled out:
"Yondei cornea Seely now!"
The publisher of The Georgian had
Just entered the house and was com
ing down the aisle. The great epowd
of young men sprang to their feet,
waving their handkerchiefs and cheer
ing In enthusiasm. A company of
young men hurried Mr. Seely to the
platform, while the audience continued
to stand, waving and ehoutlng until
Mr. Seely was forced to come to the
tront ot the platform and bow In rec
ognition of the ovation, wnd then Mr.
Upshaw turned and said:
I waa talking about you, Mr. 8eely,
behind your back. I had urged you to
be present, but did not dream that you
were anywhere around."
The Glory of Decision.
Concluding Mr. Upshaw said:
Every young man faces sometime
great moral crisis. Tom Marshall, of
Kentucky, faced It and alas! decided
for the wrong. Moeea faced It and
decided for the right, declaring that
he would rather suffer affliction with
his people than to reign In the courts
of Egyptian splendor.
"It Is related that William L. Yan
cey, the great Pericles of Alabama,
faced at one time a marvelous hour
of decision. He had been announced
to speak In New York Just before Al
abama had gone with her sister states
Into the Confederacy, but when the
great Southern leader advanced to the
front of the stage to begin hla speech,
the vast audience became at once a
howling mob, 'Put him out! Put him
out!” rang out on every side. A man
of less courage than Yancey would
have shrunk away in defeat and hu
miliation, but standing there with fold
ed arms and blazing eyes like p king
without a crown, he watched his op
portunity, and when from sheer ex
haustion the tumult began to subside,
he threw hla voice like a silver bell out
over the excited throng. The tumult
ceased, and as was said when Regulus
stood before the Carthagenlans, ‘The
curse half muttered .died upon the Up.'
And then with a logic that was over
whelming anil a pathos that melted
and moved all hearts, William L. Yan
cey pleaded for his misunderstood peo
ple. When he sat down, the great
throng was wrapped in a flame of sub
dued and subduing fervor. Men won
dered what the denouement would be.
Somebody must break the spell and
meet the-spirit of the patriotic and In
trepid son of the South. All at once
a great hearted man of the North arose
out In the audience and said: ‘Mr.
Yancey, you can not be a stranger to
the fact that an hour ago you stood
before a hostile audience. But now
you must see that although we may
agree with many things you have said,
you are facing nn audience of friends.
This would we know of you, Mr. Yan
cey—If Alabama does secede, what will
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great throng of his own people gath
ered around hla train as It pulled out
from Montgomery, cheering as he said
goodby. He felt their strong hands
clasp his own as they cried: 'Yancey,
we can trust Alabama with you!"
Chose Hie Destiny.
“Yancey hnd decided! Suddenly he
stopped in the middle of the stage and
stretched out his hand over the breath
less, expectant throng. They leaned
forward eager to catch hla momentous
answer, and this Is what they heard:
‘Alabama's past has been my past. Ala
bama's glory has been my glory. Ala
bama's sorrows have been my sorrow*
Alabama’s present la my present—and
by the help of Almighty God Alaba
ma's destiny shall be my destiny.'
"And In that Alpine moment of de
cision he broke with the Union and
cast hla Jot with that little republic
that rose and fell without a crime.
Ah, young men of Atlanta, you face
an hour of great decision. Seely faced
it and won, and thousands heard the
tocsin of his voice and feel tonight the
tonic of his example.
"J. P. Knight, this brave young man
from south Georgia, my old Mercer
College friend, faced It, and although
he might have doubtless retired from
this legislature, carrying with him
$50,000 as the price of his conscience
and his manhood, he stood like a mar
ble column amid the storm, while the
thunders rolled, the lightnings (fashed
and the waves heat hard about him,
and I present to you tonight a man
who said, like Seely said, anil like all
of you are saying, 'I break forever with
the liquor traffic In Its every form.
Whatever the saloons may claim nnd
the minions of blood-stained money
may offer, I cast my lot, my vote, for
evermore for God and homo and every
land.'
"I present to you young men of the
Prohibition League Senator J. p.
Knight, chairman of the senate tem
perance committee, who will steer the
sage of the first state prohibition
ever adopted by any state In the
South—and thus Georgia will lead her
sister states as Grady prophesied of
our nation leading the world—‘amid
the breaking of the millennial dawn
Into the paths of righteousness and of
peace.’"
Senator Knight's Addrsss.
Dr. Broughton made a strong speech,
urging the young men to take an act
ive hand In the campaign and pointing
out the various ways In which they
could aid. Senator Knight spoke of
the evils of the liquor traffic, of the
fight that had been made for Its sup
pression.
Monday night the members of the
executive committee of the club will
meet In the Century building, room
1114, tn devise ways and means for the
campaign.
TALK OF HURTING THE TOWN
IS ALL NONSENSE, SAYS THE
HERALD REGARDING ALBANY
The mayor and city council of Albany
adopted resolutions memorallalng the
legislature In opposition to the state
prohibition bill and at the same time
called oft a bond election to be held
shortly for the purpose of carrying out
Important municipal Improvements, and
held up plans for paving and other
city work pending the action of the
legislature.
The Albany Herald, of which the
level-headed and fearless Henry Mc
Intosh Is the editor, protests against
this precipitate and uncalled for ac
tion In very definite tones, declaring
what he believes to be the sentiment
of the better element of Albany on the
situation.
He says, under the heading "In the
Name of Albany, We Protest:"
With Ml due respect to tho opinion
of the honorable mayor and council
of Albany, and while fully recognising
their right to the opinions to which
tiiey gave expression last night. The
Herald believes Jhey made a mistake.
Their action puts the general assem
bly and the rest of the state on
notice that Albany's prosperity Is de
pendent upon the continuation of the
liquor traffic within her confines. It
proclaim! to the world that If state
prohibition legislation be enacted, Al-
jf.ny will Immediately become a “dead
town"—a place In whose streets the
crass will grow- and across the doors of
whose mercantile establishments the
cobwebs will be quickly strung.
The Herald takes stock In no such
)>esnlmlstlc forebodings. We do not
believe that stoppage of the liquor traf
fic will Injure Albany.
Do not misunderstand us. This Is not
a prohibition argument. Ae a matter
of fact (and purely by way of parenthe.
als for the merits of the prohibition
question do not enter Into this matter
at all). The Herald believes that local
option Is the most just, most effective
nnd altogether the sanest manner of
regulation which can possibly be ap
plied to tho liquor question.
But we protest against the action of
the city council In placing Albany In
the attitude of being dependent for her
future prosperity upon tho liquor traf
fic. However good that body's Inten
tion. we do not believe that the city
council’s action waa a true expression
of the sentiment of the people of Al
bany.
Albany's prosperity Is not founded
upon the saloon.
Look about you!
Look at Albany's surroundings! She
It set like a gem In one of the most
magnificent agricultural sections of all
the world. The productiveness of her
tributary fields la the best possible
guaranty of her future prosperity, and
neither prohibition nor the open sa
loon 1s going to lessen that product
iveness.
Albany's railroads, her growing In-
dustrlcs, her availability as a manu
facturing center, her water power, al
ready hnrnessed and to be developed,
the substantial basis of her businees In.
stltuttons, and the faith which her peo
ple have In her, have made her what
ehe Is and will make her what she Is
to be.
We know one man In Albany who,
recognizing tho probability that the
state prohibition law will be enactsd,
has perfected arrangements for enter
ing Into a eptendld manufacturing
business In Albany, after closing out
Ills whisky business. That man does
not believe that Albany wll go tn the
dcmnltlon bow-wows If state prohibi
tion becomes a reality.
We know another man who la mak
ing Investments cf thousands of dol
lars In Albany and who believes that
his property here will enhance many
thousands more In value In the event
of the establishment of a prohibition
regime. ••••••••
'"Just watch Albany grow"—regard
less ot what the Georgia legislature
does with the pending prohibition leg
islation.
PROSPEROUS STEWART COUNTY
TO ABOLISH SALE OF WHISKY
be .
ancey paced the platform, hla face
between his hands. The silence waa
tense and awful. And while they wait,
ed In painful expectancy for him to
answer, he caught a vision like that
that Henry Grady saw In his "swan
song speech' at Boston—the vision of
an old-time Southern home, with Its
tall colonial columns, and the white
pigeons fluttering down through the
golden air. And then there arose be
fore him another vision. He saw flam
ing headlines In the papers all over the
North next morning—'Yancey Ooes
With the Union! A «'*hlr.\\ Place With
Llncolb.' The VUIOB Jax.\vl But In
that plvotsl m.event, yet another
vision spoke to Me soul. lie saw a
DR,SOLOMON HAPPY
OVER BILL'S PASSAGE
BY THE STATE SENATE
Dr. J. C. Solomon, etale superintend
ent of the Anti-Saloon League, waa
one of the happiest, If not the happiest,
men In Georgia after the passnge of the
prohibition bill In the senate Satur
day.
In a statement written for The Geor.
glnn. Dr. Solomon gave vent to hljt
feelings as follows:
"I will not ask pardon for the Joy
that Is In my soul today. I ran not
Special to The Georgian.
Lumpkin, Ga.. July IS.—I doubt If
any town In Georgia has taken on more
new life In the way of material Im
provement than has Lumpkin, the
county eeat of Stewart, within the past
twelve months.
Five new residences have been built.
Aa many more have been remodeled
adding much to the appearance, ai
well as comfort of the residential por
tions of the town,
J. L. Singer ha* replaced his wooden
store house with a modem brick store.
A. H. Simpson has Just pulled down
another old wood structure on the north
side of public square, and by August
ho expects to have In lta place an up-
to-date brick building for the postofflee,
which business not only demands bet
ter facilities for the town, but the mail
for the four B. F. D. routes that go
out from here needs more room and
better conveniences.
Messrs. Carter & Patterson, In con
junction with the Home Mixture Guano
Company, built a factory here last win
ter nnd manufactured and sold over
two thousand tons of fertilisers. The
board of trustees for Lumpkin High
School are erecting and will have com
pleted a $10,000 brick school building
by September 1. The Stewart County
Bank, which has prospered and done
well for many years uhder the skilled
management of M. I* Msrdre, cashier,
has ndded a new vault to care for Its
records, also put In a modem burglar
alarm at considerable coet. Nearly
half of the sldewnlks on both the north
and south side of the business square
restrain myself. It Is a red-letter day
In Atlanta. It marks the beginning ot
the most glorious epoch In Georgia.
"The senate did It. I lift my hat
to the honorable senators. They have
done their duty. The long-anxious,
much-praying people of thla grand old
commonwealth will forever sing their
praises. Children yet to be bom will
rise up and call these gentlemen
blessed.
Our dream Is going to be realised.
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have been built anew of concrete. Now
the one blot on Lumpkin Is a modem
dispensary that has been run for four
years to the hurt not only of the busi
ness of the town, but to the Impover
ishment of the wealth of the county
to the extent of the dispensary busi
ness. While It has claimed to have
gathered In at the rate of $12,000 per
year of profits to tho tax payers of
the town and county, It has sent from
$27,000 to $$0,000 out of the aggregate
wealth, to say nothing of the crime
and tdlenese it has caused. Wtutt. eld
Stewart county would- have done In
these four prosperous years without li
quor sold In her borders, no one could
compute. To ahow that she Is not de-
E endent on her liquor for growth In
uslness Is proven by the fact that not
one of the Improvements that I have
mentioned Is at all dependent upon the
whisky business, except, that the pub
lic school building la t<f have some of
its bonds retired by the liquor profit.
And what a blot on the town and
county It will be, If the Innocent chil
dren are to look to the liquor business
for a house to be educated In.
Industrial Development.
But more than anything that I have
mentioned, here are a train of other
evidences of Industrial thrift. Over five
hundred acres of cantaloupes will be
gathered and shipped from hefe within
the next few days. Already 27 car
loads have gone. They are bringing
good profitable prices. J. J. Thompson
on a farm half a mile from town of 60
acres, last year realised a profit of over
$65 per acre. It Is presumed that Car
ter & Johnson. Troy Holder and J. T.
Patterson all did equally as well. It
la aafs to estimate that anywhere from
$30,000 to $60,000 will be put Into cir
culation In the county by this new In
dustry. Mr. Thompson says he does
not need nor want the liquor business
to help him grow cantaloupes. Some
ot the other growers have expressed
themselves In like emphatic term* J.
M. Stevens, another progressive farmer,
has 300 acres In corn this year, which
will make from twenty to thirty bush
els per acre. He Is a prohibitionist and
wants the liquor traffic abolished.
Tons upon tons of hay and cow peas
are gathered from the same land and
sold at 120 per ton. J. D. Richardson,
M. L. Mardre and A. H. Simpson have
thriving young peach orchards near
town from which they reaped good
sales last year, and sold some peaches
this year at good prlcee, although the
crop was short.
Traqimel Brothers, E. L. Carter.
Pearson & Hon, J. D. Richardson, Hertn
Beal, noblnson, F. 8. Singer, G. W.
Pugh. Hobbs A Son. Hobbs A Crombly,
Cliff Beal anil J. L. Singer are all mer.
chants, doing well tn business, but the
large majority of these merchants have
good farming Interests. Several men
like Hon. M. L. Everett. Judge J. G.
Singer. J. M. Stevens and others run
farms altogether and are successful.
Carter & Patterson. Captain Tondes
anil Burts Brothers have done the cot
ton warehouse business, handling each
season some 15,000 to 20,000 boles. In
noting lhe future promise of this old
county, we have a beautiful example
In Hon. M. L. Everett's grandson, Rob.
ert Berner Solomon, who has this year
entered the schoolboy corn contest, un.
der the direction of State School Com
missioner Merritt. This little 9-year-
old boy has prepared the land, fertilised
It, planted It and plowed It all by him
self. It is now laid by. It promises
to make at the rate of seventy-five
bushels per acre. His grandfather
gave him the land and furnished a
email negro boy to lead the mule, as '
he was too email to guide him while 1
plowing.
Prohibition Fight In Stewart.
Stewart county has two dispensaries
—one at Lumpkin, the other at Rich
land. The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union started the movement a few
months ago to get rid of the dispen
saries. They easily procured the nec
essary third of the voters under the
Buchanan law to present to the ordi
nary. The election has been ordered.
It Is estimated by conservative men
that the county will go dry by from
300 to $00 majority. The dispensary
was put In ae a compromise measure
several years ago, but has proven a
failure. Judge Roddenbury, of Thom- -
Seville, Ga, one of the famous south
Georgia temperance orators, will speak
In the county at several points on
Friday night and Saturday, speaking at
Richland Friday night and LurngJUn
Saturday afternoon.