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lilU ATlfAJVXA (itUKUIAN AND NEWS.
uvniui, JUUt U,
A PROTEST AND A WARNING
“Wo* to him that bulldeth a town
with blood, and aatabllahcth a city by
Iniquity."— Habakkuk 2: 12. .
By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
This la a day of groat cttioa. There
never were ao many, nor were they
ever bo great, nor did they ever ahow
aucli marvelous signs of vitality and
growth.
Joslah Strong In his Introduction to
"Modern Cities" by Loomis, declares
that for size, tor number, and for tn-
fluenco tho cities of our time have
never been .approached. "Rome has
always stood,” says he, "as the su
premo ozample of the vast and mighty
clt|';” but, os ha proceeds to show,
Now- York Is as large a* was Rome,
Tart* Is larger, and London more than
twloo as large; while clustered near
each of these are groups of other cities
Within easy reach and of Imposing pro
portions, and this condition no city of
undent history knew.
In speaking of the growth of cities.
Illustrating by London which has been
In existence and has been growing for
twenty oenturlee, he shows that In ths
120 years preceding the year 1S00 Lon
don Increased In size only CO i>er cent:
whllo In ths IS years following 1800
Its Incresto was at the rata of 500 per
cent, to that now more people live In
London than In Holland, In Sweden, In
Portugal, In Ireland, or In Canada, and
a million more than live In Scotland.
But our day la not merely remark
able for the site and growth of cities,
but for their broadening Influence.
Cities have always bean powerful, but
their Influence le more subtle and far-
reaching now than aver; the means of
communication are, sasltr, and the fa
cilities of quick transit and the con
venience of living away from the cen
ter end yet keeping In close touch with
It through telephone, telegraph, and
prlntad page have greatly widened the
circlet of their Influence. What affect*
the city’s life afreet* the live* of innu
merable communities which surround
It far and near. As one has said,
"Cities are the great centers of Influ
ence, be that Influence good or had.”
They are "the mighty hearts of the
bodies politic which send their streams
of life pulsing to the finger-tips of the
whole land,” and when tho blood be
comes poisoned In those centers It
poisons every fiber of the whole body.
Now It Is a great thing to live In
touch with a city and to feel Its throb.
It Is a greater thing to l>e part cf It
and contribute to Its greatness. But
It Is an evil thing to Interpose oblta-
oles which might Interfere with Its ad
vancement. All party gain, Individual
preference and personal considerations
should yield to a spirit of patriotism
and to the broader claims of u larger
civic welfare. Indeed If a city Is to
hold Its own In this day of keen cor
porate competition little men and little
measures must give way; big men and
brood measures must havo the Held,
and politics must be adopted which
are large enough for all to follow, and
which—as a far-alghtsd sanity leads
the way—all should follow and co-op-
erata to execute.
But th* vision of the city splendid
may become dazsllng; enthusiasm for
civic greatness may become Intoxicat
ing; their zeal may carry men too far
nnd tompt them to pay too dearly for
attainment. 4 too great concern about
scouring their desired end at any cost
has sometimes thrown men off their
poise, confused their moral 'distinc
tions, and made them careless as to
tho means they employed. Eagerness
to secure an object has ltd them to
adopt measures which a calm, judicial
scrutiny ran not approve. It baa raused
them to temporize and even to com
promise principle, so that they have
given countenance to Iniquity—nay, so
that they have sought to utilize Ini
quity, and have therefore defended,
legalized and established It.
And this Is just the point of our text.
When a man reaches the pass whero
ho Is ready to admit that he Is doing
evil that good may coins, and justifies
himself In the same, then Ood breaks
His silence und has something to say.
However alluring the results of sucn
a compromise may appear. Ood calmly
stales that the latter end shall mani
fest Its folly, for ”tho people shall
weary themselves for very vanity."
Therefore, Ho registers His protest, ut-
ters His wurnlng and announces a sol
emn curse—"woe to him that bulldeth
a town with blood and establlsheth a
city by Iniquity."
Now If a man has eyes to see, this
text Is written out quite plainly, and
If he has a mind to understand, the
meaning Is very clear—so clear that
It does not need amplification. In the
language He employs God leaves no
chance for misunderstanding. A town
that dependa upon blood money for
Its support, or a city that seeks to es
tablish Itself by tolerating Iniquity,
God says, la doomed, doomed ss surely
as was the mighty Babylon against
which the woo first wns uttered, or as
surely ns the cities of the plain.
Again, our text Is old—so old that
It does not need Justification. It was
spoken some twenty-six centuries ago,
and has been tried out through all these
years by Innumerable communities
whose melancholy histories furnish
solemn Illustration of Its certainty.
But while because of obviousness
and age It may need nelthtr amplifica
tion nor justification, yet In ths light of
recent utterances tt comes to us with
such a startling tone of significance
as to assure us of Its pertinence and to
constrain us to pause und mnke a per
sonal application of Us Import. Some
of the declarations that have been
called forth by the Impending temper-
nnce legislation have brought to light
a state of mind on the part of many
which In the fucc of this divine an
nouncement Is of the profoundest grav
ity.
A body of some twenty nr more rep
resentative cltlaens of Atlanta, mnde up
of people engaged, as they claim, "In
overy class of business anil from every
avocation except the liquor traffic, rep
resenting In nggregale a very large
proportion of the material wealth and
property-holding interesla of Atlanta,”
nnd "haring no Interest, directly or
Indirectly. In tho liquor business,” re
cently met. and In a long set nf resolu
tions which they published broadcast
to the world, "with all ths earnestness
of their deep nnd abiding conviction,”
solemnly protested against any effort
to enact a atate law that would rob
REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN.
their city of the right to perpetuate a
traffic which they thomselvea admitted
waa dangerous and needed to be strict
ly controlled, tho chief reason urged by
them being flint the bill would prove a
hardship, resulting In "useless destruc
tion of property values, depriving the
state and city of large revenues, and
crippling the educational, as well as
all other public enterprises maintained
and carried on by the government."
Following this formal declaration on
the part of these cltlaens similar action
was taken by the boards of trade, city
governments nnd several other centers,
und delegations appeared before a com
mittee of the legislature to protest
against the proposed prohibition law.
Ill urging their protest well-nigh all
the speakers, who were men of promi
nence and commanding Influence, ad
mitted that the liquor traffic Is a sore
evil, one of them going so far as to say
that if he had the power he would
utterly destroy It. And yet following
their admission of Its Iniquity, they
made their plea for Its continuance be
cause of Its revenue.
Furthermore, In accord with this
same sentiment, some of the great Jour
nals of our state have urged the legis
lature to defeat the measure, one of
them alleging that "the enactment of
the measure will necessarily mean the
loss to the common school fund an
nually of 1250,000, at a time when It
has been made apparent that education
is more than ever In need of the foster
ing support of the state.” Upon these
grounds the editorial boldly claims that
the enactment of such a prohibition
law as would deprive the State of Us
revenue from licensing this greatest
crlme-begettlng agency would be "a
calamity which may well cause the
legislature to stop and think before
taking a step which," ae the writer
claims, "may prove at leaet for some
years to come an Irreparable error.”
Now let us understand tho Issue. We
_.e not here debating whether or no
the liquor traffic la an evil; this Is ad
mitted by all, even those who advocate
Its continuance. Nor are we discussing
the best method of controlling the evil,
nor am we taking eldes with the advo
cates for prohibition against those who
favor high license or local option. None
of these embraces our point. Our point
does not concern the matter of legisla
tion at all. but It concerns the argu
ments and attitude of those who have
lifted their voice In protest at this time.
In applying the truth of Habakkuk
2:12 to our own day, we meet with the
remarkable fact that In our own midst
there are those who have put them
selves nn record as being In favor of
the very thing agulnst which God has
uttered His woe, In favor of building
a town with blood and of seeking to
establish a city by Iniquity.
Good citizens, men of wide Influence,
some of them commanding the atten
tion of thousands of auditors, and many
of them members of the Church of God.
yet unblushingly, and without any ap
parent consciousness of the significance
of their poettIon. advocate a policy
which wae long ago condemned by God
and against which He has uttered Hie
solemn woe. .
We fully realize the Importance of
the present legislation; we are In favor
of the bill that now Is pending and are
profoundly concerned to ece It become
the law. But we are more concerned
with this moral condition which the
present dlacusalon hM revealed. Piincl-
pies are more Important than statutes;
motives are mightier than measure*,
and whatever be the laws under which
we are to live. If our leaders and those
who have ths ear of the people advocate
any policy upon the ground of Its
profit irrespective of Its morality, our
nation ts In danger. Whoever la willing
to gain a revenue for himself or hi*
city by a confederacy with eln, no mat
ter what be his station, profession, poli
tics. or party. Is on the other ilde from
G °If the gravity of such a situation does
not appeal to these, if It seem a very
small matter to differ with the Al
mighty, to despise' His warnings and to
fly In the face of history, If the woe of
our text does not deter. If the fear of
losing the revenue of corruption can so
deliver them from the fear of losing
the favor of God and of suffering the
consequences of a vitiated community,
then let us frankly announce that tliero
Is a large constituency they do not
represent,'and we beseech of all such If
they will not be persuuded by tlm coun
sels of Ood to desist from their effort to
persuade us by plausible arguments of
^ Our city can very well afford to lose
such gnln as this, and our citizens can
best afford to meet the loss by honor
able taxation rather than by further
toleration of a dishonorable Iniquity. It
Is "righteousness that exalteth a na
tion, but sin Is a reproach to any peo
ple.” (Prov. 14:24.) It Is "By the
blessing of the upright the city Is ex
alted, but It Is overthrown by the
mouth of the wicked." (Prov lim
We are constrained to remark that
there has recently been In certain nunr
ters a dangerous amount of talk
We ore In favor of a great city
a the language of Drummond ’ tV:
He
who make* the city mokes the world
But we are not In favor of raising our
city upon the foundation of overthrown
manhood, detolated homes, broken
hearts and a policy defiant to the word
of God.
We do not care to come under th«
case described In Mobakuk—where woe
Is pronounced against establishing a
town by iniquity.
Let mo close with an Incident 0.
ths night of the Fourth of July after
entering Into the spirit of the hour with
a group of children who were seeking
to celebrate the event, as we were re
turning to our homes we found Ivin* | n
the gutter on North avenue, between
the Peachtree streets, a man who at
first we thought wag dead, but who
when we Ut a match and examined him
more closely, ws found to bo utterly
stupefied with drink. With the elill-
dren about us and that poor, besottel
citizen before ua, the thought came—
forced to the front by what we had
been reading of lata—"This man, by
this act, according to the policy'to
stoutly championed by some, is the
benefactor of these children who now
look upon him with terror and dlsguit
But for such as he. according to our
present plan, the revenue of the state
would be crippled, and the schools be
reft of funds."
And I could not help but wonder as
he was taken In charge that he might
be removed from the dunger of being
crushed beneath the wheels of passing
vehicles as he lay In the shadow. Who
was committing the greater sin—th*
poor man who had fallen a victim to an
appetite which amounts to a disease
and which, without help, it Is Impossi
ble for him to master—or the people
who are willing to lose his value as a
sober citizen and Imperil his soul by
their policy, merely because there Is
profit In It?
THE OLD LAW IN THE NEW TIMES
Torse Comments on tho Uniform Proyor Mooting Topic of tho Young Peo
ple** Union, Epworth League, oto.—Por July 14, “Present Day Applica
tions of tho First Four Command monte," Ex. 20: 1-11.
By WILLIAM T. ELLI8.
Somebody has wittily remarked Unit Pros
Maut Rooierolt "baa discovered the Tex
Coimnnndraonto." Tho taring la searching.
(ions of men with men.
governs tlio rein-
And heu<! our conscience Mi .. . . „
The Tin Commandments will not budge.
And stealing still continues stealing,
use for these pro**t
l»ly. It must bo accepted or repudiated.
Uy Ills very nature. Ood must he first
«u4 alone, without n rlvnl, or else Ho Is WA
God at all. Th* plain eetitlbletics* of tho
first commandment,. •’Thou slialt have^M
*J rm wuiiimniiiiuirui. - — —
other gods before Me." Is perfectly appnr-
out. If it he taken for grunted that such
a being as Jehovah exists. Hod con not
ho king at all unless bo Is ktngr
may well n*k himself. Where Is profanity
most common? 1r it In the hnr rot mis or In
the halls of legislation? Among comer loaf-
uglnlntlou? Among comer ionr-
irts of law? Prom the lips of
the unlettered and unrefined, or from tho
tins of those who are commonly called gen
tlemen? lxw»s it appear on the pages of
tho cheapest, Coarsest forms of literature,
or In the great 'msgn/.lnes nnd books of tho
day? One doe* not have to lie hs wise as
Holomoti to cnucluile that the character of
a practice in»y be Indeed by the persons
who ordinarily Indulge In It.
It la those who labor who beat nppreclnte
i rest day. Knbbnth-hreaktng Is common-
•st among those who ure Idle all tho rest
of the week.
Take n Itroild view of America nnd Canndn
and tho characteristics which differentiate
them from many other nations, nnd It Im
mediately beeomen plain that one of tho
explanatory factors lu our llfo Is -Hod. A
sense of liberty under HI* sovereignty; a
consciousness of obligations to our fellow-
men because .of our obligation to Him: a
self-helpfulness nmounting to brother!)
which springs from Hod's fatherhood' a <
strnlDt to no the right because under
to no g*m1. The idolater Is ever seeking a
new god to worship, ami never trusting
any one. lie goes about In the hope thnt|
by propitiating all got!*, he may secure the
furor of some powerful god. Ono day I
watched n company of Hindu pilgrims »p-
watched a .. ...
proaeh tbo Buddhist Idols-.,
dug from the burled city of Hamath, which
■ w **ero
pound the law. Now llmblhlsm has neon
driven out of ludla end these pilgrims wero
devout Hindus. Nevertheless, , they wor-
« hipped before the* Images as devoutly as
1 the latter had boon their own gods. When
asked why, they replied, shrugging their
I boulders, "Ob, you never can lull; aud It
s best to take no chance*.*’
Moat present-day practical Idolatry ts
rorahtp of the god assn In a mirror.
Any god who would he content with less
than supreme place would not 1* a god
worthy of the worship of human beings.
Tha vulgarity of profanity la scarcely
more reprehensible tli*n Its stupidity. The
paucity of Ideas which the common use of
K rofsulfy represents does not speak well for
le Intelligence of our timos. * *
conventional terminology of swearing, with
out la the toast.meaning.what they^f.
simply because they arc devoid of ability
to express In dear cut aud adequate English
the sentiment of their minds attno mo-
have awakened to
I the dangerous drift of society, which fact
I Itself betokens spirituality. Because ws are
E m‘ t to label the evils that menace ua Is In
evidence of resistance to those evil*,
place of a supreme aud spiritual and
tort reign deity In the Ilf* of our laud I*
more clearly recognised today than It wo*
j dey^do agj>. The nation Is really turning
i young person who cares to gtyo a mo
at's thought to the question or profanity
trnlnt to no the right because
law—*fo not these chsrnctcristlrs of these
new uatlous between the Atlantic und the
Pacific?
fall ana winter In all parts of tho coantry.
Dally vacation Bible schools, which In
ing work, are held In a number of down
towu churches lu New York nnd Philadel
phia. College men nnd women give them-
houso denning to tho Congregational
ilny School nnd Publishing Society, nnd It
make* a number of drastic suggestions. In
cluding sharp criticism of the president nnd
director*. The reduction of the number of
the latter by almost one-half Is recommend
ed. as Is also the abolition of the office of
general secretary.
SOCIOLOGICAl
L
STATE SOCIETY
PresMont-Pupout Guorry, Macon, Ga.
First V.-P.-Dr. A. R. llolderby, Atlanta.
Second V.-P.—Dr. E. C. Pooto, Macon.
Sec.-Trons.—Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlanta.
Annual Meeting lu May* 1907, at Macon.
ATLANTA SOCIETY
Prenldent B. Martin Underwood
Vice Pres Pr. Theo. Toepel
Sect clary Miss Hattie E. Martin
Tr*a*tirer C. E. Folsom
Regular meeting second Thursday night
of each month at the Carnegie Library.
Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
D. Cleaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Kime.
A significant report from Chinn tells of
a monster entertainment recently given In
the open air, near the main gate of the city
of Pekin. In behalf of the famine sufferers.
Nine girls' schools wore represented In enl
ist henlc exercises by girls of bluest blood,
II with unbound feet. After the drill came
a lecture by Mr*. I.l, a pioneer woman edu
cator. Tbo spectacle of a Chinese womnn
speaking In public to an audience of thou
sands take* one's breath away; but It Illus
trates tho tremendous strides China Is tak
ing. A princess of the blood waa ou the
platform.
Scvch Sentence Sst-mens
Truth has n qulot breast.—Shakespeare.
best.—CJeorgo Kllot.
An Explanation of Atlanta’s Politics
By J. C. LOQAN.
An Atlanta pnper of July 10th has this to
say In reference to conditions In tho water
department: "There Is a decided feeling
that the department Is controlled by poli
tics to such an extent as to Impair Its effi
ciency and that because of this petty fac
tionalism the city ts not receiving tho ser
vices to which It Is entitled.” This samo
statement has boeu applicable from tlmo
to time to about uM the departments of
tbo city, not excepting the schools. Tbo
stands or what it Intend* to do. The park
| board several years ago could not spend
order _
four commandment*. If ho bo mature In
thought nnd life he Is likely to consider
h ohedlesco a part of Ids own self-re-
I searched for God. but God eluded me.
I sought my Brother out aud found all
—Ernest Crosby.
ctlug maiihoiRl. A traveler notices that
he may he, divine service will bo held on I
Sunduv morning; the greatest of all seal
powers reverently expresses her allegiance
to tho King <>f kings. The practice Implies
principles, and a deep-rooted religious sense.
It Is significant that the established social
order of Great Britain, nnd tho levs of tho
llrlton everywhere for law, Is buttressed lu
tho acknowledgment that liod Is over all.
Good Christians oarer make bad clttsene.
Irrsvercncs Is a sin of the small-spirited.
Ths great man proves bis greatness by a
recognition of greater.
Nsws ahd Notes
The wife of the famous ernngellst, Bev.
Dr. J. Wilbur chapman. Is dead, following
speakers at the recent International Sun
day school convention In Home.
st reiunrkahle revival, quite
—__ .. . - _ ,ulte
akin to that In Wales, reported from Ko
rea, where thousands are seeking admission
to the churvbei
One of the young women missionaries of
the Southern Presbyterian church In North
Central Chinn 1ms been smitten with famine
fever.
The Methodist churches In Great Britain
last fear experienced a net decrease of
2,000 full meuibery and 4,000 probationers.
names lost from tho
This life la not tho book: It Is the first
haptcr of the book.—Bsv. G. II. Morrison.
we give up to regrets, unless we learn from
them loisons for the future.—Levis.
Humility, the fairest, lorsllest flower
That grew in Farad Iso, aud the first that
died.
Has randy flourished sines on mortal soil:
It ts so frail, so dotlcnte a thing.
Aud they who venture to believe It theirs
Prove by that stugie thought they havo It
not.
—Anonymous.
R** 1 *_*?*?!*_ JRSPl-JS? r> root of tho trouble with tho government
h.TB beap beraea In olnourlty and ellotmi.— of At |„ ntll u,.„ |„ „ «mfn,lon of tho two
II because It wns in u political stew all tho
time. The library board during the present
administration whs under political discus-
shm.
And ht the Inst election by council of city
officials, we saw a building inspector who
had developed nnd organized an apparent
the heads of departments In the doing of a
thing which council ns a matter of policy
has determined should be done.
peo
ple can get too Independent away from
other departments with which It should
work In harmony If efficiency Is gained.
There must be some principle In tho organi
zation of city government' which will co
ordinate the various departments, nnd give
a sympathetic administration. We ljave re
cently seen results of n luck of this lu con
nection with the street and engineering de
partments, oneh’vltally dependent on the ac
tivities of tho other. Besides, too much
CONTINUOUS MILEAGE
' DECISION IS UPHELD
The contlnuoua mileage rule as ap
piled to the ninety-one miles of the
Wadley Southern railway as prescribed
by the railroad commission in circular
325, was sustained by the supreme
court In a decision handed down Frl
day morning.
In doing so the Injunction granted by
Judge George Gober restraining the
railroad commission from enforcing tho
continuous mileage rules to the Wadlay
Southern was reversed.
It was shown that the Wadley South
ern Is owned by the Central and It was
ruled that the same rates ahould apply
for freight and passengers on both
lines. The contention of the road was
that the Wadley Southern was a sepa
rate legal entity, with different officers
and directors and operated absolutely
Independent of the Central. It Is held
In the decision of tho higher court that
the lawfulness of rales depends upon
the question of whether they are rea
sonable and Just or unreasonable and
confiscatory. It Is held:
Circular 325 Is a clear and complete
they can uot he expected to leleet fetch wiixjuiix. id „ vlm „„„ ww ,„,
fixing of a continuous mileage rate be
lions the duties of which uro not clearly ,*.., n rnnrl* without tho necessity
member of bis force In behalf of u favorite
of this particular city father. At this ole
lion wo saw a fearless and competent ns
well as sympathetic recorder (1 nave hod
enough dealing* with him In connection
with unfortunates to say sympathetic
knowingly) almost defeated for uo otbir
reason than neieoual preference ou tho
~ — — men. or other reasons per
at least so far ns the pub-
tonal
lie knows.
It Is customary to credit all ottr troubles
to "politics" nnd the only remedy we nt
tempt to apply Is to change politician*. Wi
* not gone deep enough to exnmlnT
poll-
whether we havo not left matters t ....
tics with which In the nature of things it
Is not fitted to dial. The truth Is that the
GOV. 8MITH INVITED
TO ADDRESS FARMERS.
Special to The Georgian.
Washington. Go., July IS.—The farm
ers of Wilkes county, under the au
spices of tho East Wilkes Club are
preparing for a rally of the farmers of
tho Twenty-ninth state senatorial dis
trict, which comprises the counties of
McDuffie, Columbia, Lincoln, Wilkes
to be held In this city on Wednesday
nnd Thursday, July SI and August 1.
Invitations have been extended to Gov
ernor Hoko Smith and Hon. Lon Liv
ingston, of Newton county. Hon. Har-
vle Jordan, director of tho Farmers’
Institutes of Georgia, will bo present
and will deliver an address on the cot
ton situation.
American Presbyterians have officially
undertaken to co-operate in the celebration.
In Genovs, Switzerland. In 19DP, of the
Qusdrlccntennlat of John Calvin, fouudsr of
Presbyterianism.
Laymen’s missionary conventions are to be
held by the Southern Presbyterians this
summer st Montreal, N. C.; Kerrvllle. Tex.,
and Sllonra Springs, Ark. An unprecedented
number of men's missionary meetings
Sheet Mstsl Workers.
The Sheet Metal Workers' Union held
their regular monthly meeting July 2
nnd Installed their officers for the last
quarter, as follows: C. H. Barnes, pres,
(dent; O. M. Hill, vice president; L. M.
Henrlck, recording secretary; O. H.
Windsor, financial secretary; J. B.
Smith, traveling representative; W. T.
Hraswcll, corresponding secretary.
functions of government, legislation and
administration.
Tho difference between legislation and
administration Is one which Is very getter-
ally overlooked. Administration refers to
business of tho city, nnd should I hi
conducted by permanent officers. In many
Instances of wide technical knowledge. Otto
pnper Is now advocating the employment
of the I test hydraulic engineer available,
The legislation of n city refers to the poll
else to be pursued by It. Hhnll tho city
have playgrounds; shall It require the reg-
iHtrntlon nf eitntnglous diseases; shall it
regulate the liquor traffic? What shall It
to licensing business, etc.? The
trouble with us 1* that wo have totally
confused tho two functions; and the result
has been, ns many other cities have fouud
out. Inefficient administration.
The council Is the representative body of
the city government nnd should decide Its
policies. The mayor nnd heads of depart |
Intent* nro the administrative agencies, and
should carry out the policies determined
Council should not elect
any officer of the city unless, perhaps, the
comptroller: and I maintain with equal pos-
Itlveness, that only n very few of tho offi
cials of the Hty. excepting the eouncllmen
and mayor, should bo elected by the people.
to Interfere with the administration of the
4'lty. nnd prevents the separation of admin*
Istmthm and policy, it places them In a no-
sltlou to fnrc4> Incompetent favorites Into a
department, and takes away tho freedom of
known to them. The people ought to elect
counclltnen and mayor, nnd the mayor
should have power to nppolnt all heads of
departments, aud their subordinates—the*©
latter, however, uuder strict civil service
provisions.
Such a system would fix responsibility.
With caucuses and the vote of twenty-four
men lu council nnd following that, the de
nigration of ten 4»r twelve ou u board, wo
cun never tell accurately who Is to blame
for anything that goes wrong. That ts an
other defect of the organization of Atlanta'a
government.
To show that under our present charter
tliero Is uo recognition of tne principle of
separating administration nnd legislation, I
enumerate S4>me of the varieties of our meth
od* of choosing official*.
Tho mayor, eouncllmen, street commis
sioner, city attorney, tax vollector, engineer,
treasurer are elected by the people.
The tax assessors, city clerk, recorder,
building Inspector, health officer, nnd city
physlclau* are elected by council. In some
Inatnures council also elects their suliordl-
nntes, lu others they choose their own.
No reason In most cases for the different
method. Council In some Instances elects
ntire board, as for lustauce the
tween two roads, without the necessity
of resorting to rule No. 1 of tho com
mission to ascertain Its meaning.
"Whatever may have been the Inten
tion of the railroad commissioners, they
provided In rule No. 1 for a case where
a majority of the stock In each of the
two roads should be owned by one of
them."
COUNTY IS STIRRED OVER
ATTEMPTED ATTACK.
mayo
The
appolnta snmo of the members.
education, tho |k»1Ico board, and the park
hoard nil select the beads of their depart
ment.
The mayor appoints the city warden nnd
the license Inspector nnd also his owu sec
retary.
Tho tux assessor’s clerks arc elected by
the tax committee of council—tho only In
stance of such n method of selection lu the
city government.
The most plausible explanation of this
muddled rendition of affairs Is tlint the or
ganization of our city government has been
shaped by petty politics ns distinguished
from political considerations. Politics In
the police board led to u change lu the
method of constituting this board by pro
viding that commissioners should not be
eligible to sncceeil themselves. When coun
cil mixed up lu tlu> administration of the
Grady Hospital, Instead of making mem
bers Ineligible to succeed themselves, ns
with the police board. It provided for ward
representation.
The extent to which council, which ns !
have snhl, ought to l»e a legislative body,
participates In the actual administration of
the city's business Is Illustrated by the fact
that the chairmen of the different commit
tees countersign nil checks for payments
out of nppmprlntlons to their departments.
Probably one-half the time spent by conn-
cllinen In behalf of the city Is spent In the
dls|H>*al of offices among a horde of per-
Charlotte, N. C., July 12.—This city
was greatly excited oarer report* from
Haw Creek, this county, of an attempt
ed attack upon Mrs. John McCall, wife
of a prominent farmer of that place.
Rich Johnson, a negro, who has been
employed by Mr. McCall for four years,
entered the bed room of Mrs. McCall.
TO BEGIN THURSDAY
Commlulon* l«*u*d.
Oovernor Smith Friday Issued com
mission* to the itate houso officer*
elected lost fall. Comptroller General
Wright, Attorney General Hart and
Secretary of State Cook received com'
missions bearing tbo great seal of etate.
The commissions received by State
School Commlesloner Merritt, Cnmmts.
sloner of Agriculture Hudson and Brit
on Commissioner Evans did not bear
the seal. All of tho commlestone are
for two years, except Glut of General
Evans, which waa for six year*.
slstent, unrensnnnlde and clntnnrout office-
seekers mill lu the division of muntetna)
fnvors. There nro uevtr enough offices
nud Improvements to go nrnund, aud noth,
lug Is so destructive of the usefulness of
city government ns the rivalry lietweeu
eminellmen III the distribution of offices
eontrnets nnd Improvements: This rendi
tion drive* awny from the rlty hall men
of shinty nml ehnrneter who would lie de
lighted to servo the public If thev could be
free from such turmoil nnd bondage.
Atlanta needs n new chnrter-not another
patchwork. A small ronirnltte-- of mir
ablest men ought to bo employed to make
a thorough study of sm-h n chnrter. )Ve
might to recognize tho importance of thin
matter, nml proceed to secure a modern
charter, adapted to modern times.
Special to Tho Georgian,
Gainesville, Ga., July 18.—The follow.
Ing le the official program of the Bre-
nau Chautauqua camp meeting which Is
to begin next Thursday morning on ths
banks of Lake Warner, Chattahoochee
Park, near this place, tho "coolest epot
In Georgia:"
Thursday, July 18,
11 a. m„ opening exercises: ad
dresses by prominent citizens; United
States Senator A. S. Clay, Dr. Chan.
Lane; 4 p. m„ concert, male quartet;
T p. m„ vespers; song sendee; 8:30 p.
m„ lecture. Dr. Alexander Tarr, of New
York.-
Frlday.
11 a. m., lecture. Professor R. E.
Parke, of University of Georgia; 4 p. ra.,
lecture. Dr. Alexander Tarr; 7 p. m.,
vespers, song sendee; 8:30 p. m., re
cital, Misses Florence Overton and
Georgia Arnell.
Saturday.
11 a. tn„ lecture, Dr. Alexander Tarr;
2:30 p. ra„ Hall county oratorical con
test; 7 p. in., vespers, song ecrvta* th*
quartet.
Sunday.
11:80 a. m„ sermon, Dr. L. G. Brough
ton, at the First Baptist church;
3:30 p. m., grand Sunday school rally;
7 p. m., vespers, song service, vocal
solo, Mrs. W. D. Webster; 8:30 p. m.,
sermon. Dr. Len G. Broughton.
Monday.
11 a.'m., Bible lectflre. Dr. L. O.
Broughton; 4 p. m., lecture, Dr. Alex
ander Tarr; 7 p. m„ vespers; 8:30 p.
m., piano forte recital, Otto Pfclfer-
korn. •
Tuesday.
11 0. m„ Bible lecture. Dr. L. 0.
Broughton; 7 p. m„ veepere; 8:30 p. m,
lecture. Dr. Alexander Tarr.
Wednesday.
_. ., Bible lecture, Dr. L. (J.
Broughton; 4:30 p. m., lecture, Dr.
Tarr; 7 p. m., vespers; 8:30 p. m., lec
ture, Professor J. W. Crook, of Am
herst College, Massachusetts, vocul boIo
by Mrs. Webster.
Thursday.
11 a. m„'plantation stories, Miss Ra
chel Tomlinson; 4 p. m., lecture. Pro
fessor J. W. Crook; 7 p. m., vespers,
8:30 p. m., lecture, Rev. William Spur
geon, of England.
Friday,
11 a. m„ lecture. Professor J. W-
Crook; 7 p. m., vespers; 8:80 p. m.,
recital. Mr*. Catherine Newsom Jew
ell.
Saturday. a
11 a. m., state oratorical contest; 4
p. in, lecture. Professor J. W. Crook:
7 p. m„ vespers; 8:30 p. m., address.
Bishop Atkins.
Sunday.
11:30 a. m, sermon. Bishop Atkins, at
First Methodist church; 3 p. m, Sunday
school rally, address by Rev. Charles
Lane; 8:30 p. in., aermon by Rev. W.
N. Ainsworth of Savannah.
Monday,
11 a. m., lecture, Professor Croon,
4 p. m, address, Bishop Atkins: 7 p. m,
vespers; 8:30 p. in., concert, students
Brenau Conservatory.
Tuesday. .
11 a. m, lecture, Professor Crook, i
p. m„ vespers; 8:30 p. m, play, re
sented by Brenau School of Oratory.
Wednesday, .
11 a. m., political discussion, Hon. I*
F. Livingston, Hon. T. M. Bell and
others; 7 p. m, vespers.
The Georgian Announces the Organization of the Atlanta Branch of The Nature Club of
America for Boys and Girls as Well as the Grown-Ups of Atlanta.
DO YOU KNOW why the tails of mice and rats are "Bald?”
DO YOU KNOW tho relation between Butterflies and the “Show,
ers of Blood" that have occurred at intervals through ages?
DO YOU KNOW what small Bird has the ability to stand and ran
and dance on water? *
DO YOU KNOW what bird it is that incarcerates the female while
she is setting her eggs, and bow it is done?
DO YOU KNOW that Jack Frost has a “trumpeter?”
DO YOU KNOW what kind of deer signal to each other by flash
ing a white flag?
DO YOU KNOW that the flesh of the skunk is savory and good to
eat?
DO YOU KNOW what the “Kissing Bug” really is?
DO YOU KNOW why an Ant’s head may often be seen walking by
itself without a body?
DO YOU KNOWnhat Bread Mold is Mushroom growth?
DO YOU KNOW that the flies we see “frozen” on the windows in
cold weather have really been suffocated by Mushrooms?
A MEMBERSHIP in the Atlanta branch of the Nature Club of
America will add to the resources of your life—will make
every walk in the field or woods an excursion into a land of
unexhausted Treasure—will make the returning seasons fill
you with expectations and delight—will make every rod of
ground like the'page of a book in which new and strange things
may be read—will develop all that is pure and good—in the
boys and girls—leading them to higher morals by bringing them
in closer touch with the beauties and wonders of Nature.
For full particulars as to The Atlanta Branch of the Nature
Club of America, tear out coupon below and mail to the Georgian,
Department A.
Send full particulars of The At
lanta Branch of the Nature Club
of America to
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