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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, JULY U, VHl.
(HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
/iAND NEWS)
. 1
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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My. how "Qrenter Atlanta" has
"swank!” Too much wind In the be
ginning.
Of course Atlanta must mako her
rater plentiful and pure If her people
re to tnmper with no other liquid.
How was It possible to overlook the
leakage of thousands of gallons of
city water In the manholes?
Too much eagerness to be the Fa
ther of “Greater Atlanta” probably ac
counts for the attenuated Atlanta
which Is now In sight.
Thousands of lovers of rich and re-
lendent English will he pained to
ar of Oulda's painful poverty. She
a taught more rhetoricians than
Watering places hnvo been popular
with the fair sex. The Wnycross Jour
nal holds, ever since the emissary nf
Jacob met Rachel at the well and pro
posed to her for hlo master.
If the casual observer could discover
the leaks In the manholes which wast
ed thousands of gallons of priceless
water, why could not the official super
visors of tho water department have
noted It?
John Templo Graves Is a Roose
velt Democrat, whatever that Is.—
Nashville American.
It Is simply n Democrat who wishes
Democratic things done, and doesn't
care who does them, Just so they aro
done.
John Temple Graves Is already oc
cupying n front sent on three hand
wagons.—Wasniugton Post.
If so, he will use all his Influence
with the dtiver to steer straight to
ward a real democracy. The iieoplc
arc driving this year.
“No great orator has ever boon
elected president of tho I’nlted
States." declares The Macon Nows.
Let's sec. Is this a thrust at Dryaa
or at Graves?—Amerleus Recorder.
At neither. It Is simply a slam at
the facta.
The rumor that Orchard, of Idaho
fame, was born In North Carolina Is
ao aerlous the: before commenting up
on It we shall wait to hear from the
esteemed Charlotte Observer. Alao
will The News and Courier and The
Houston Poat observe silence?
The Atlanta Georgian and News, the
cleanest and best American newspa
per published, has declared Itself for
prohibition. If you love home and
happiness, take the paper that works
with that end In view. Stand by the
man wro stands for what U best Tor
the grand old state of Georgia.—
Rockmart Courier.
It la worth more to stand with the
right living, home-loving people of
Gecrgla than to riot in the wealth
gained by the advocacy of evU.
SENATE PASSES'PROHIBITION BILL—NOW
FOR THE HOUSE!
The first hard battle of the liquor cause has been
fought and won in such gallant fashion that victory is
no longer a question of anything but time.
The senate of Georgia, long reckoned the bulwark
of conservatism, by a sweeping and triumphant vote of
33 to 7, has written its indorsement upon the prohibi
tion bill which the people of Georgia have asked them,
through their representatives, to consider.
The senate did this deliberately. It heard delega
tions and committees from all over the state. It listen
ed attentively. The opposition side was fought by
those who are among the ablest advocates of the liquor
cause, and the conservative senate, by more than four-
fifths majority, have voted to sweep the liquor traffic
out of the state from border to border.
And now the house. Who can doubt the house?
The house, with the conservative senate as spokes
man, with such unspeakable and definite vigor—who
can doubt that the house coming direct from the peo
ple, fresh from the masses, and breathing the will of
those who sent them, will follow fast and triumphant in
sending this righteous measure to the waiting signa
ture of Governor Smith?
A PERSONAL PROHIBITION STATEMENT.
To the Public:
I cannot permit even by implication any suggestion that the editor
ami publisher of this paper aro In anything less than full and hearty
accord upon the great question of prohibition.
On Thursday, July 3, preceding the Saturday on which Mr. Seely pub
lished his able and eloquent statement, I telegraphed him from Ala
bama my full and hearty concurrence In the declaration of The Geor
gian for prohibition and my firm belief that It was the right and only
thing to do.
Whntover my judgment may have been In other days as to the most
effective method of lifting the liquor curse, I have never voted any other
than a prohibition ticket In my life. In 1889 na editor of The Romo
Tribune, I spoke and wrote my loyal adherence to tho great cause of
prohibition.
And here and now, briefly and without elaboration, let me say that
with my whole heart and my whole soul, with lip and pen and purse, I
am enlisted in the cause which carries the hopo and the happiness of
Georgia.
Slnco I returned to my desk on last Saturday, only one day has
elapsed In which I have not voiced my advocacy of this cause, and until
tho end of the chapter I shall be found foot to foot and arm to arm with
the foremost or those who light this great battle of temperance In the
state.
In this connection I would like to say that the lines which have so
often fallen to mo In pleasant places, have never been ao pleasant and
triumphant ns In the partnership which brings me at last into full and ac
tive co-operation with a great-hearted and brave co-worker who has al
ways been ns willing as he Is today to sacrlflce hla private profit for
righteousness and the public weal.
It la my Joy to feel In association with Mr. Seely the largest liberty
that my beat Instincts nnd ambitions have ever known, and I thank God
for the elbow touch of n great and good man in whom Georgia la rich now
and Is lo be richer In the years to come. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
A PROHIBITION LESSON IN CHARLOTTE.
A slnglo fact Is worth a thousand theories, and a practical, near-at-
hand Illustration of the results of prohibition Is more to the point than
tho speculative theories of either Bide.
Take, for Instance, our neighboring city of Charlotte.
Charlotte Is one of the distinctly standard industrial towns of the
South. Its prosperity Is recognised and respected throughout the coun
try. Its progress and development has been one of the distinct Incidents
of the New South. Its business men are wise nnd widely reputed, and
In all matters that relate to Industry and progress and culture. Charlotte
has a repute far beyond Its site In the respect 'and admiration 'of the
country.
On July 6, 1901. the saloon wan voted out of Charlotte by a majority
of 185. The same arguments bo plausibly presented by tho liquor men
In other cities were pressed with nil their force In Charlotte nnd the anti-
prohibitionists filled tho election evening with croaklngs of disaster that
could bo heard throughout the night which followed the fall of the ballots,
and through many significant days and nights that came thereafter.
For three years Charlotte hiji been a dry town nnd the testimony of
Its strong business men Is definite nnd clear to.the effect that prohibi
tion has been a blessing and a benediction to the community both In mor
als an din material matters.
A little volume Just Issued by the leading business men, bankers,
farmers, laborers nnd others, Including many who voted against prohibi
tion, Is significant and Inspiring to Atlanta and to Georgia In our own
great moral emergency.
Captain J. M. Davis, one of the largest land owners and farmers in
tho country, declares that he and his tenants have prospered und saved
as they never prospered and saved before.
W. E. Culpepper, of the Mechlenburg Iron Works, declares that
prohibition has been a material aid to Charlotte nnd that Its laboring
men are 90 per cent better off In savings and possessions Ilian they ever
were before. N. J. Sherrpll. a leading merchandise broker, says that pro
hibition has been the best thing that has happened to Charlotte. J. D.
Foard, a rich contractor and builder, says that business so far from being
hurt has prospered and Increased, and that more buildings have been put
up In Charlotte than ever before.
Most notable of all are the statements of real estate men, led by Mr.
W. L. 8. Alexander, general manager of the Southern Real Estate and
Trust Company; Messrs. Arthur Henderson & Company, Dr. Thomas D.
Allison and others, all of whom unite In saving that more real estate
transfers have been made In Charlotte since prohibition has gone Into
effect than In any year that preceded Its adoption. They testify that rents
have been easier to collect, while values have not decreased, and that de
mands for homes and real estate Investments have been greater this year
than In any prior time in the history of that proeperlous city.
And so through 25 pages of solid statement and affidavit, from the
highest and best men In Charlotte, comee the unbroken assurance frqm ev
ery lino of business and activity—lawyers, merchants, bankers, cashiers,
dairymen, grocerymen, furniture dealers, farmers, real estate men. tail
ors, hardware men and the great army of cotton men who frequent that
central town—unite In refuting the apprehension of material disaster
which Is being held up as a bugbear to Atlanta at this time.
No testimony along material lines was ever'more sweeping and con
clusive than the pamphlet which Charlotte’s business men have Issued to
prove the material as well as the moral value of prohibition.
Take the question of order and good conduct which represents the
moral life and the nighcr civilisation of a town. Mr. F. M. Shanuoahouse,
recorder of the city, declare* that s lace the prohibition period crime has
decreased over two-thirds and made It ten times as easy for the officials
of the city to maintain law and order within It*, limit*.
From the record* of the city court of Charlotte with a population of
35,000 during the year of 1904, the last year of the saloons, 2,418 cases
were docketed again!t defendants, while the year of 1905, the first year
of prohibition, with an Increased population there was only 1.500 cases—
nearly a thousand less than In the last year of the salhon regime.
The record for the Christmas holidays of 1904-5 Is also striking. In
the last year of the saloon there were 313 arrests, of which 127 were for
drunkenness. In the Christmas season of 1905, the first year of prohi
bition. there were only 219 arrests, of which 35 were for drunkenness.
And so line upon line, precept upon precept, example upon example
and fact upon fact. It goes to show thdt the fear of disaster from doing
right Is merely a bugbear of the Imagination that has no foundation in
fact.
The prohibition Charlotte of 1907 Is far and away a greater and bet
ter town than the liquor Charlotte of 1904.
And so the prohibition Atlanta of 1908 and the prohibition Georgia of
1908, will be for and away a greater and better and more prosperous
city and state than are Georgia and Its capital In this liquid year of 1907.
THE NEW SOCIAL REGIME IN GEORGIA.
No one thing has been more notable and more delightful In the ad
ministration of Governor Smith than the charming atmosphere of social
life and wholesome hospitality which fills the executive mansion on Peach
tree street.
Since the Inauguration of the governor, the parlors and grounds of
the governor's mansion have shone with lights and welcome to the peo
ple whom be represent^ and the Ideal time has come to the capital and
to <he coinm'nwealth when the home of the governor Is Indeed the ren
dezvous of the people.
The whole social atmosphere of the state has been changed by the
gracious welcome which breathes from the official home of the first gentle
man and the first lady of Georgia. Eaoy, democratic, unaffected hospi
tality of the old-fashioned type rules the executive residence every day In
the year.
With ample means, with a large hand, and a larger heart, the gov*
ernor has opened the house which the State commits to him, for the en
tertainment of the people.
And In thla social revolution the governor la fortunate indeed to have
at his side one of the gentlest women of the old regime In Georgia, an
aristocrat in birth and a democrat In every instinct of her generous and
womanly nature. The daughter of a soldier and a statesman beloved In
Georgia history, a niece of a soldier and a statesman who was speaker
of the national house of representatives before the war, tho gentle lady
of the governor's mansion Is first of all a noble woman, a good wife, a
gracious and charming hostess and a model of all the graces which
should crown and adorn the first lady of the state.
The Georgian In an cxpresslc|i of chivalry which Is based upon es
sential truth, puts now the governor of Georgia upon due and proper
warning that the chief and most formidable rival to his popularity In the
commonwealth, Is In the person of the gracious and charming woman
who presides over his home and dispenses the most delightful hospitality
that the governor's home has known In many years.
The new governor of Georgia and tho lady of his mansion have done
a notable thing in that they have established society In the capital upon
new lines, In which wealth and display and garish pretense have no con
trolling force, but In which heart and brain and breeding and worth are
the standards by which men and women are measured without regard to
pompous manners or to sweeping trains.
The social revolution Is not less charming and delightful In this new
regime than the moral and economic reform which Is sweeping trium
phant through the balls of state.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
Capitaf $200,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 623,059.22
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Four Per Cent Interest Paid On Savings.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
COMMENDS THE GEORGIAN
Note—The Georgian Is pimply
unable to print all the letters our
friends are sending ua. We are
receiving them literally by hun-
dreda. We appreciate them more
than we can tell—they encourage
us to flght the harder.
We will continue to print them
ns fully as w© can, however, and
trust no one who has been good
enough to write us will think we
are unippreclatlve If we fall to get
their letters In promptly.—Ed.
FROM A GREAT CARTOONIST.
Mr. F. I*. Seely, Publisher The Atlanta
Georgian:
Dear Mr. Seely—I greatly admire the
position you have taken. In every
man's life there comes a time when he
arrives at the parting of the ways,
when he muat decide between hla high
er or spiritual self and hla lower or
material aide. I am glad you allowed
your manhood, coming out bravely for
what you believe. Thla flght will be a
battle to save the young men of the
state. We want a greater Atlanta and
In order to realize a better city we
muat make better men, and In order to
have better men we muat rid ourselves
of that cancer which eats and gnawa
at the very vltala of our national ex
istence (the saloons). I wlah you suc
cess. GORDON NYE.
Atlanta, Ga.
PLEDGES ACTIVE SUPPORT.
Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta. Ga.:
My Dear Sir—I want to commend
you for the magnificent stand you have
taken In your paper for prohibition. I
admire your manhood. So far aa my
Influence goes, and I And It possible, I
shall turn all the trade I can to those
firms whose advertisements appear in
your paper. May God bless you aa you
continue your flght for the people and
righteousness.
Yours truly,
G. MAC. EAKES.
Monroe, Ga., July 8, 19«7.
GREAT PAPER’S INFLUENCE.
The Atlanta Georgian, City:
Dear. Sira—Allow me to congratulate
you upon the bold stand you took for
righteous legislation In your Issue of
the 6th Inst. It was % broadside that
the enemy muat have felt. I hope you
will follow It up with many another of
the same kind. The Influence of a
great paper, such aa yours. In a flght of
the kind that Is now on In Georgia. I*
immeasurable, and all who favor civic
righteousness must thank God and take
courage because of your whole-hearted
stand. The weakness of the “Great
Reform.” hitherto, has been Its Inability
to enlist the disinterested and genuine
support of great dally papers. There
will be no such weakness on the aide of
right in this flght. I rejoice to say.
I want to take this occasion to com
mend your attitude on other moral
questions, aa you have from time to
time touched upon them, and especially
I desire to commend you for your
Sabbath-keeping policy and practice
which is in such marked contrast with
the policy and practice of your com
petitors. Yours sincerely,
GEORGE GORDON.
Atlanta, Ga.
ON THE RIGHT PLATFORM.
Mr. F. I*. Seely, Publisher Georgian
and News.
Dear Sir: I feel that it Is not only
a pleasure but a duty to thank you and
express my sincere appreciation of the
noble stand you have taken In behalf
tf our women and children and for God
and the right. Thanks for the stand
have taken on the prohibition
(luestton. The Georgian la standing on
the right platform when it stands on
the prohibition question. Success to
you and your paper. The Georgian.
Respectfully,
WILL H. WELCH.
Dunwoody, Ga,, July 11, 1907.
FROM THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
Mr. F. L. Seely.
Dear Sir: In our Issue of next week,
July 18th, we call attention to your
splendid stand for state prohibition,
and call on our readers to stand by
The Georgian. We put It a week later
than we might, so as to keep up the
good Impression longer. Permit us to
congratulate you and your co-workers
most heartily. Yours truly,
BELL & GRAHAM.
Atlanta, Ga., July 11, 1907.
FROM A COLORED CITIZEN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I wish as a colored citizen and tax
payer to express my deep Interest In,
and ardent desire for the passage of
prohibition In Georgia. I am natural
ly principally concerned In the great
good that will come to the negro by Its
successful Installation. It is said, and
truly, that alcoholism has been the
curse of the negro. Whisky has made
him shiftless, unreliable and, by arous
ing his baser passions, crlmlnnl. The
negro Is still, as a mass, weak and ir
responsible and not self-controllable.
Prohibition will, In large measure, cor
rect these evil tendencies; and by
proper guidance, he can be made In
dustrious, reliable and non-crfmlnal.
Any man who loves the human sou!,
and desires all men to be sober, indus
trious members of society, will under
stand, after visiting Decatur or Peters
streets, the deep compassion that
stirred the Inmost soul of Christ when
he looked on Jerusalem In all Its wick
edness.
Young negro manhood Is being dally
debauched by the vile Ibiuor dens of
Atlanta and other whisky-soaked cities
of Georgia.
Do the white people of this state
want more reliable labor, and a class
of toilers mort unremitting than Inter
mittent? Then give us prohibition.
H. T. TOMPKINS.
THE GEORGIAN APPLAUDED.
Hon. F. L. Seely, Publisher Atlanta
Georgian and News, Atlanta, Ga.:
My Dear Sir—l beg Vo assure you
that while your strong editorial of re
cent date was not unexpected to me,
as a reader of The Georgian since Its
organization. I appreciated the high
stand you took, and am sure that your
attitude commends Itself to the right-
thinking people of the state. 1 believe
that you will And an ever-increasing
support on the part of the best class of
our citizens. Whenever reference was
made to The Georgian's stand last
night In our mass meeting. It brought
forth round after round of applause.
With best wishes, I remain, sincerely
yours. C. L. SHEPARD.
Fort Valley, Ga., July 11, 1907.
MANY FRIENDTTN COMMERCE.
Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—The stand The Georgian
Is taking for prohibition Is making
many friends for the paper here. Yours
truly. J. F. SHANNON.
Commerce, Ga., July 11, 1907.
FROM A PHYSICIAN.
The Georgian and News, Atlanta, Ga.:
I want to congratulate you on the
stand you have taken for prohibition
In your state. We also have an elec
tion on July 23 to decide If this county
will be dry or wet. It Is wet at pres
ent. If we earn- the election, there
will be no wet county in the state but
Pensacola and Jacksonville.
With beat wishes for your success
against liquor, I remain, very truly
yours, W. A. MILLS, M. D.
Milton. Fla., July 11, 1907.
A GOOD WOMAN’S JOY.
To The Georgian and News:
The kindly remembrance of some
unknown friend In sending me a copy
of your grand paper on yesterday made
me feel especially honored, as It showed
that I was still remembered as one in
favor of and working for the noble
cause of temperance and prohibition In
Georgia.
We are aroused here In Augusta. We
are deeply In earnest, striving and
praying for success, and we are very
hopeful, feeling that It is God’s cause,
and that we need not fear them who
might be against us. We hope that
not even monty, poured out like water,
shall overcome us, but that, by His
great power and will, this hydra-head
ed monster of evil shall be laid low,
and homes and hearts be comforted. A
letter from my native state, old Vir
ginia, came yesterday, saying that she,
too. was making a mighty struggle
against liquor; that meetings were be
ing held nnd women (the greatest of
sufferers) were gathering for prayer,
and everywhere was the deepest In
terest. The majority of all her coun
ties are already “dry.” All honor to
the grand old mother of states! Suc
cess to her and deliverance to her
suffering people and ours! Yours truly,
praying for victory,
MRS. A. SMITH IRVINE.
Augusta, Ga.^
HURRAH FOR - PROHIBITION.
(A Telegram.)
Thomasvllle, Ga., July 9.—Hurrah for
The Georgian and prohibition!
A. M. WILLIAMS.
A GREAT DAILY PAPER.
The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.:
I hav e repeatedly said that Just so
long as you excluded from your col
umns vicious advertisements and did
not publish a Sunday paper, you should
have my support and subscription. And
now, In the brave and noble stand you
take on the prohibition question, you
still further realize my Ideal of what
a great dally paper should be. Yours
sincerely, W. E. DOZIER.
Carrollton, Ga., July 9, 1907.
FROM A STR07JG YOUNG MAN.
Mr. F. L. Seely, Publisher Atlanta
Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.:
My Dear Mr. Seely—Allow me to
thank you and congratulate you for the
strong stand you have taken for pro
hibition. I believe that your step Is
both noble and wise. With best wishes,
I am, sincerely yours,
M. M. PARKS.
Milledgevllle, Ga., July 8, 1907,
AN EARLY”VICTORY.
Editor Atlanta Georgian:
wish to congratulate you on the
brave, noble flght which you are so
ably waging for prohibition, and
against the deadliest foe that ever
cursed and blighted the*homes of this
great commonwealth of ours.
Soon the victory will bo won, and
time alone can reveal' what a great
blessing your gallant stand will prove
to Atlnnta and our state. May your
great paper ever stand for freedom,
truth, home and native land. Sincerely,
W. H. LANQ8TON.
Commerce, Ga., July 8, 1907.
a distinctTservice.
Mr. F. L. Seely, Publisher The Atlanta
Georgian and News, City:
My Dear Mr. Seely—A» a private cit
izen and a voter of Fulton county and
as a man out and out for “God, Home
and Native Land.” I beg to add my fee
ble word of homage and congratulation
to the Individual who, working through
the greatest newspaper of the age, has
rendered a distinct service to his state
and fellow-men.
By the step that you have taken In
placing The Georgian In the lead of this
groat flght for truth nnd right, for weak
men, helpless women and starving chil
dren, you have shouldered a flag that
shall wave on heights of glorious vic
tory. Prohibition will prohibit, and,
thank God, prohibition SHALL pro
hibit.
May The Georgian live long and
prosper, and may It continue In Its on
ward nnd upward march until It has
reached the pinnacle of newspaper su
premacy, Is the wish and prayer of a
warm friend and anient supporter.
HUGH S. WALLACE.
Atlanta Representative New South Mu
tual Life.
Atlanta, Ga., July 8, 1907.
THE TIME”HAS COME.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The good people of Luthersvllle and
all Meriwether county are with you
In the bold, fearless stand you have
taken for state prohibition and suffer
ing humanity. The eyes of every man,
woman and child In old Meriwether are
upon our immediate representatives
and senator In this fight fnr truth an ,
righteousness. I have great faith ^
the Christian manhood of the Dre«.i?
general assembly. In the provident#
Ood, the time has come when we ,hm?i
have a law enacted which will
state from the curse of all curse.- j!
liquor traffic. In the name of r,
this be the battle cry: "State-wide m
hlbltlon, and then the whole wort/e™
Christ." rm for
S. B. COUSINS
Baptist Minister
Luthersvllle, Ga.. July ll. 1907
NINE-TENTHS "OF THE PEOPLE.
To The Editor of The Georgian-
Nine-tenths of the people of the stats
are back of you and herald your flght
for state prohibition. Stress upon our
representatives to heed the demand and
not be misled either by their personal
opinions or by the few actively inter,
ested. THOMAS F. COOK
Milledgevllle, Ga.
OTHERS WILL JOIN US.
John Temple Graves and F. L Seelv
Atlanta, Ga.: y ’
Gentlemen—Thanks, many thanks
for your great paper. The Georgian’
It thrilled me. The kingdom comet!
God and all good people are with you
You may feel a little lonely, hut It will
not be long till you shall have the com.
pany of many great dallies. Kentucky
so long dominated by a whisky nre«V
sighs for relief, nnd is ready to support
a great dally with moral conviction*
Yours. M. P. Hr NT.
Louisville* Ky., July 11, 1907.
GREAT CHAMPION’S WIDOW
HAS HER HEART IN THE FIGHT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Although I sent you a telegram. I
can scarcely refrain from writing you
more fully In regard to the reeling of
Joy that came to me when I saw that
your valued paper had come squarely
out for the women and children of this
great commonwealth Upon the question
of prohibition.
From the extreme northern part of
the state I can hear the rumblings of
the artillery of the prohibition force*,
and I long to take the wings of an eagle
and fly to the scene of battle. My con
stant prayer Is to God for victory up<»n
this momentous question, and If we lone
It, it will be because we do not do nur
part. /
I am sure God is ready and willing to
give us the victory. I can not realize,
now that we are almost In sight of the
Canaan Land of Prohibition, that the
man whom God raised up to flght with
such vigor and to come almost to vic
tory, should not be here. Like Moses,
he was called home a little sooner than
some of us thought best, but I know our
all-wise Father can make no mistaken,
and I am sure that what Is, Is best.
StJU, I know he would have rejoiced
to witness a battle like this.
MRS. SAM P. JONKS.
Catoosa Springs, Ga.
THE BRAVE BRIGADES.
•velilt
Away, nway In the morning, to the
of life.
Over the valleys of sweetness Into the dtle*
of strife;
The brave brigades of the Idling onto the
mills they stream.
t the
Wnere love* shall stand till eventide with
roses of love to wait;
Over the hills of morning, down to tn«
streets that ronr. -
The brave brigades of the dally life from
valleys of resting ponr!
Away, away In the morn'^g, nnd buck In
the star-sweot gloom. „
With lips to the lip* of love that wait
under the gate* of bloom;
The brave brigades of the tolling, th#
steady and tried nnd true.
Good night to you nnd the little eye* that
glimmer with love for yon’.
—Baltimore Sun.
THE LITTLE JEALOUSY
IN NEWSPAPERS.
To the Editor of The Georglnn:
I rend a piece In your pnpor. diite of Mnr
, on newspaper inconsistency, nnd th<*
small. Jealous spirit of Atlanta editors, nnd
It speaks my sentiments so plain I mult
answer nnd congratulate you.
I am not a subscriber to nu.v paper. J
»ver expect to lie a subscriber to one tMt
advertises Intoxicating drinks. I hive
thought often of men paying so ,nU0 *
money to editors that would advertise any
thing that destroys 1mh1>\ mind and
got the bloodstained money. I
sometime* there lire but few men
at the good of the future nnd what Ik com
ing for the future generation. ....
Some men nre *4> anxious for office rm
they will lie Just whatever will bring 1
them tlu» most votes, and get In office nm*
make laws to suit the majority of tue I
pie, so they ean go again nnd rain n F"
eminent to get n big salary a few yours
I want men to do like your pap' r. •‘I"*”
the .truth for the good of the peep'*
large. I do not like a pn|s*r that wiu
abuse another or belittle s eontcmpor*rjr
•Hi trivial nets, but I like for them »"»rlti
else for nrertlstng ruinous drink* f"r
sake of the luouey. . „
If a person Is not ngulnst n thing J 1
for It. I want men to come ant «' Tn *
vlin and spenk for the right.
MRS. MARY E. WILLIAMS.
Lllbarn, Go.
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