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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 *7 J