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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. JULY IB, 15W. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, president. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 8 West Alabama fit., Atlanta. Os. Subscription Rstssi One Year M.W fill Mentha JJ® One Month By Carrier. Per M Telephones connecting all depart ments. Long distance terminals. resentatlrea for all territory outfit Motr.es . TrlbtiM Building K#w York Office Potter Building If you hare nnr trouble retting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the circulation department and uare It promptly remedied. Telephone*: Bell an main; Atlanta 440L ^ It Is deslrahls that all eosomtfalea- tloaa Intended for publication In TIIB GEORGIAN AND 5BWB be limited to 300 worda In length. It la tmperatlra that they bo signed, ns an evidence of good faith, dejected mannaertpta will not be returned nnleaa atampa are aent for the purpoae. THE OEOROIAN AND NEWS prints no nnclenn or objectionable adrertla* Ing. Neither doea It print whtaky or any liquor ada. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN ANIi NEWS ittanda for Atlanta * own- log Its own gna and electric light plants, n» It now own* It* wnter works. Other cltlea do this and grt B s aa low an fiO centa, with a profit the city. This "bould be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS bell ere* that If rtroet railway* onn be operated saeceaafnlly by European citlea, as they are. there la no good reason why they can not be to “per* ated here. But we do not believe tbla can tie done now, nnd It inav be aoma years before we sre ready for so big an undertaking. Ktlll Atlanta should •et lt« face In that direction NOW. Persons leaving the city can have The Georgian and News mailed to them regularly by send ing their order to The Georgian office. Changes of address will be raado as often as desired. It Is all over now but the shouting, tnd even that Is good nntured. Lot the legislators In chnrgo watch the prohibition bills closely for lan guage that may boar double construc tions, nnd glvo a ltandlo to legal con tests. Care should be token not that the reader nmy understand, but that the reader muBt understand. What sort of a mayor Is It that pro nounces “a pure fake" a discovered leakagpjn the water pliws which the water gnatiSger concedes? And what sort of partisanship Is It that defends a, board whose head official acknowl edges the thing alleged? Tho people are Liking some questions theso dnys •—and answering them, too. Seventy Centuries of History in Two Volumes. The name of Lamed placed upon tho title pago of an historical work Is an eloquent guarantee of excellence. Uut the historian Lamed has sur passed all previous achievements of brain and Industry In his marvelous condensation Into two volumes of sev en thousand years of human ovents. It Is a masterly work which probably has no real parallel In history. “Seventy Centuries of the Life of Mankind, In a Survey of History Prom the Earliest Known Records Through all Btagos of Civilisation, In all Impor tant Countries, Down to tho Present Time; With an Introductory Account of Pre-hlstoric Peoples, and With Character Sketches of tho Chief Per sonages of Each Historic Epoch.” la finding this widely Inclusive tltlo page Introducing, not a monumental work In fifty great volumes, but two books of ordinary site, each contain ing less than COO pages, one realizes that J. N. Lamed, the historian, has attempted a work of unprecedented literary condensation, and turns tho leaves half doubtlngty. In spile of tho authority carried by tho author's But as one reads doubt Is replaced by Interest and wonder, for the work has been well done, and stands a mon ument not only to Its writer’s ability, but to the spirit of the ago which de sires even Its culture served quickly that It may find time for Its cudlcss businesses. “Seventy Centuries." moreover, Is not alone a history for a busy man. All students and thinkers may be aided through Its agency In crystallizing and clarifying their historical knowledge; In adjusting proportions and values; In securing the sweeping view of the grand trend of the life of mankind that cannot be obtained by the ordinary student from detached reading of many different authors. The vast bulk of matt«r which Mr. Larned bandies has been arranged with Illuminating discrimination, and by the Ingenious plan which, so far as the writer knows. Is new, an unusual appreciation of the Influence of Indi viduals upon history Is forced upon the reader. The volumes art beautifully lllustrw ted, the pictures giving an outline history of art almost as comprehensive In Its way as tbe text. Tbe work Is thoroughly and lucidly Indexed. Tbe are the C. A. Nichols Com- r“ LIQUOR LOSES ON THE MATERIAL ARGUMENT. It Is notable and lamentable that the entire argument of thp anti-pro- hlbltlonlsts is a material one. Money, revenues. Incomes, make the sole basis of their plea, and from first to last It Is the commercial Instinct which Is set sharply and dis tinctly In opposition to tho moral, tho spiritual and the patriotic. Well, wo have accepted tho argument of tho antl-prohlbltlonlsts as wor thy of respect, and we BUbmlt to a candid world that we have met and vanquished them upon their own chosen ground. Atlanta, by the testimony of sbeh historic bullderi of prosperity as Henry Orady, Sam Inman, R. F. Maddox and many others, refutes the ap prehension. We printed on Saturday the story of that great industrial city of Char lotte, N. C., and put upon tbe witness stand tho foremost of Its citizens of all shades of belief to prove that Charlotte had prospered mightily In the three years of prohibition. So much for the cities to tho east of us. Let us take an Illustration now from those virile and growing cities to the west of us. Take Mississippi and take Its capital, Jackson oft the Pearl. Jack- son In the last six years has grown from a city of 7,600 to a city of 32,- 000, and Is recognized as one of tbe most notable, prosperous and rapidly growing cities In tbe South. It grew under a distinct era of prohibition which has prevailed for six years and which now actually prohibits In tho capital of Mississippi. Mark you, too. that In no one thing has Jackson grown more rapidly and steadily and substantially than In Its real estate. Splendid new build ings, transfers of property, demands for lots, city and suburban, has been the record of theso splendid prohibition years In Jackson. Take Hattiesburg, which Is tho wonder of Mississippi, and by many, considered to bo tho coming metropolis of the state. Hattiesburg, long a prohibition town, has simply outstripped all tho towns of that region of country without the aid of liquor or tho revenues from rum. Take Meridian, and Meridian has grown like Jonah's gourd within tho Inst ten years of prohibition. Meanwhile Vlcksbhrg, Natchez and Greenville, that have had with them tho xaloon from time Immemorial, have remained almost stagnant as compared with Jackson, Hattiesburg and Meridian. The'editor of Tho Evening Nows of Jackson, who for twelve years has fought prohibition, has recently come out In a ringing editorial an nouncing his conviction to It, not upon the moral phase, but by cause of his recognition of the fact that It had been tho foundation of Jackson's prosperity and tho prosperity of other cities of tbe state. W. S. McAllister, tho acknwolodged loader of the whisky forces of Mississippi for ten years, and the head of tho lobby that has heretofore defeated statutory prohibition, has Just Issued a stirring address to tho people of his own county and tho state annoudclng his conversion to tho cause of prohibition. , Bishop Galloway, who at one time was opposed to statutory prohibi tion and In favor of local option, has Just eloquently declared In favor of statutory prohibition and Is In full lino with tho general movement as It stands today In Oeorgla. It Is no wonder that tho arguments of our friends of tho saloon ring weak and unreal. They are not founded upon facts. Their very foundation Is crumbling beneath them for facts and tho records, which nro better than theories, arc growing every day and demonstrating every day that even from tho material and commercial standpoint prohibition Is the policy for cities as woll as for men. A CAUTION TO PROHIBITION LEADERS. The warning given by Hon. Seaborn Wright to the legislature on Sat urday ngnlnst the opponents of tho prohibition bills was timely enough. But thcro Is another danger which tho friends of this prohibition bill confront. Tltoro Is no shrewder or more common device known to shrewd antagonists than to look after tho wording of objectionable legis lation, and If by any watchfulness they can catch tho friends of righteous legislation napping, they will not fall to word certain paragraphs and clauses In such n way as to lay thorn open to subsequent defeat and an nulment by tho courts. Tho Georgian earnestly urges upon tho friends of tho prohibition bills that thoy carefully nnd critically exnmlno tho languago of tho meas ures which they present to the voters of the legislature and that, with the aid of the best lawyers In the house, thoy see to It that no doubtful or awk wardly expressed clnuso will lay open this triumphant legislation to an di verse Interpretation and a setting aside by tho courts of the fnture. Tho Georgian urgeB anothor matter—that In tho drawing of these bills any radicalism that Is ultra and unreasonable should be avoided. Tho enemies of prohibition would greatly delight to see this measure made so radical and drnstlo that It would antagonize largo Interests not neces sarily Involved In tho liquor traffic. Tho radicals aro already complain ing that tho prohibition measure has debarred tho sacrament wine from tho communion tablo and (ins obstructed tho druggists In tbo composition of their medicines. This Is not true In point of fact, but It serves to point the warning that tho language of the prohibition bills should bo so clear that they can not have a double construction, and that while firm and comprehensive, thoy should avoid the radicalism that may form a basis for futuro protest and opposition. ' THE GEORGIAN’S WATER DISCLOSURE VINDICATED. Tho position of Tho Georgian In tho water works matter has boon abundantly vindicated. While ono of our oontemporarios was offering $500 for an expert en gineer to examine the conditions, Tho Georgian went to work and discover ed tbe core of the difficulty In the leakage from tho valves of tbe man holes. This discovery was clearly unmistakable and staytllng; moreover. It wns absolutely true. General Manager Park Woodward admitted that this leakage amounted to as much as the deficit In the reservoir. Chief Jentzon, of the snntlary department, tostlfled that these leaks existed; In fact put the number of them higher than The Georgian did. And yet, for tho mere foolish Jealousy, which Is a stigma upon Jour nallsra, newspapers which were not enterprising onough to find tho news have been narrow and unpatriotic enough to attempt to discredit the facts when they were clearly developed. What the city of Atlanta wants Is the facts and the remedy for ex isting conditions that aro well-nigh Intolerable. What Atlanta wants as well Is newspapers that will not be deterred by professional Jeolouslca from standing by tho people and the city In matters that so nearly concern their vital welfare and protection. THE OAUOOCRAT WHO THINKS HE IS A DEMOCRAT. 1 There are evidences that our thin-skinned contemporary of Tho Ma con Telegraph Is sensitive over the recent purchase of the stock of Tho Tolegraph company, and Is inclined to resent the simplest and most cour teous comment upon It by harsh languago and little Insinuation. For In stance, The Georgian mado the brief announcement that the same Issue of The Macon Telegraph which announced Editor Pendleton's purehaso of its stock also announced that tho Southern had sold tho Central railway. Vpon no greater provocation than this, this caucocrat, who thinks ho la a Democrat, grows real savage toward the editor of The Georgian and even goes so far as to Intimate that the editor was once pushed out of a dally |>aper that he edited in Atlanta. No matter how mad this aged and venerable Bryanphoblst of The Telegraph gels, he has heretofore confined himself to the truth, and this time he either unwittingly or willingly violates It If the editor of The Telegraph can read and does read contemporary history, he will realize that the editor of The Georgian waz never pushed out of anything—that he voluntarily, of his own accord and against the wishes of the majority owners of tbe paper, left the editorial chair of the late Atlanta News, sim ply because be saw the larger and nobler opportunity which wns opened for him by The Oeorglan. We commend the aged and venerable caucocrat, who thinks be Is a Democrat, to attend the next baseball game at the Macon ball ground, aud we sincerely trust for tbe sake of his liver and lights, that tbe Ma con team may slug at least one home run to liberate the better temper of The Telegraph and also to suggest the speedy way In which the aged and venerable caucocrat. who thinks he Is a Democrat, may come back to the party which he has so long denied. Perhaps after aft. the Pendleton cocoanut may bo a little swelled with the milk of rejoicing over the temporary obscuration of William Jen nings Bryan whom It once denounced as the sum total of every human In iquity—and then stood ready to vote for him. 0 THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE COMMENDS THE GEORGIAN FOR THE "HELPLESS COUNTY, To the Editor of The Georgian; I am glad to see the stand taken by you to aid the helpless county of this state, as my old friend Colonel J. W. Waters stated before the committee, and may your stand Increase your number of subscribers far In excess of he other papers. Respectfully, A. P. HERRING Atlanta, Go. 18 PROUlToF US. To the Editor of The Georgian: was so proud of the stand The Georgian has taken for the right on the prohibition question. Respectfully, MRS. J. C. EDWARDS. Griffin, Ga.. July 10, 1907. WILL PROSpIr~IN THE END. Hon. F. L. Seely, Publisher The Geor gian, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir—I Just want to say to you that when I read your editorial In Saturday's Georgian In regard to the stand taken by The Georgian In re gard to state prohibition, I felt like throwing my hat In the atr and yell ing, “Hurrah for The Georgian." I thank God that one great dally papes In Georgia has the backbone and'moral courage to stand up for the common people In this fight against the bar room curse In Georgia. I believe that Instead of losing financially. In the end you will be prospered more than If you had not taken your present stand for prohibition. Again I say, “Thank God for The Georgian!" Yours truly, JAMES E. FREE. Demorest, Ga., July 9, 1807. 8TOPS ALL OTHER DAILIES. Mr. F. L. Seely, Publisher Georgian. Atlanta, Go.: Dear Sir—You can add my name to your list of subscribers, through your Macon office, >04 Orange street, my address. I am subscribing to your paper on account of the stand > ou have taken for prohibition. I have stopped all other dallies in the state until they clean up a bit. So long as you carry the “white ribbon” I am with you. Sincerely, T. W. CALLAWAY. Macon, Ga., July 12. CALLS IT RARE PRIVILEGE. F. L. Seely. Publisher The Georgian: Dear Sir—Thanks for exchange copy of The Atlanta Georgian and News. You are enjoying a rare privilege, and have smrted out In a way that promises real Joy, both In the doing and the out come. Success to you and slnccrest thanks. JAMES L. EWIN, Editor The Protest. Washington, D. C., July 10, 1807. LADIES’ APPRECIATION. Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Ga.: My Dear Sir—We. the ladles of the Tabernacle Baptist church, want to express to you, In this little way, our heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation for the noble stand you have taken In tho prohibition fight. Praying God’s richest blessing on you and your work, we are, most sincerely, LADIES’ AID SOCIETY. MRS. CLARENCE HATCH, Cor. Sec. AWAIT8 THE~OF>PORTUNITY. The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen—I see you have declared yourself for prohibition. I am with you and I am ready and waiting for any opportunity to do what I can tn that good and great work. Yours truly, V. P. JACKSON. Ivsy, Ga., July 11. 1907. ENCOURAGING WORDS. Atlanta Georgian and News: I can hardly put Into words the Joy that filled my heart when your great paper raised the flag of prohibition at Its masthsad nnd opened fire on the rum curse In Georgia. While you may lose some subscribers nnd advertisers by your brave and noble stand for the right, you will win the approval of God and of multltudee of your fellow- countrymen. You deserve the cordial respect, es teem and gratitude of all patriotic cltl sene for Joining the grand crusade now on to drive this vile enemy of God and humanity, the licensed liquor traffic, from our beloved Georgia. May Heaven's richest benedictions rest upon your paper, and may you gain a thousand dollars for every one you lose by espousing such a righteous cause. V. C. NORCROSS. Atlanta, Ga., July 11, 1907. FROM SENATOR DEEN. Atlanta Georgian and News, Atlanta. Ga. Dear Sire: 1 wish to add my In dorsement and approval of your de cided stand for prohibition for the grand and Empire 8tate of the South. Your paper should be In every home In Georgia, because It has no whisky ad vertisements and Is otherwise clean. Your stand will gain you many thou sands of subscribers. With best wishes and congratula. tlons, I am your friend and co-worker for prohibition. Yours, truly, O. W. DEEN. Atlanta, Ga. AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. Mr. F. L. Seely, Proprietor and Pub lisher Atlanta Georgian and News. My Dear Sir: Permit me to thank and congratulate you upon the brave and noble stand taken by your splendid paper on the question of prohibition. The people of Georgia will “rise up and call you blessed,” because your paper has been aq Important factor In work ing out the redemption of the state. Rest assured .that the entire ministry of Georgia and all right-thinking peo ple will stand by you and your noble paper. Long live The Atlanta Georgian and News. Very cordially yours, Very cordially yours, A. R. HOLDERBY, Pastor Moore Memorial Church. Atlanta, Ga., July 18. VICTORY AT~HAND. By REV. J. C. SOLOMON. Strange things are happening these days —things almost too good to he true. And yet they ore true. The clouds sre lifting, the light Is bresklng down, nnd It looks si If we were about to reap after a long and weary sowing. And oh! what a hurveat there will lie! What hearts will swell with gratitude and gladness, soil what shouts will rend the ulr when state pro hibition Is declared for Georgia! And vic tory Is coming, thank God! ■ It Is even now* nt onr doors. Success seemed never so snre as today. Tho glory of our cadse Is on all lips. The very air Is tremulous with .hope and Joy. Few there be In these tlraei of sweeping reform movements who doubt for a moment tho utter defeat of the enemy. For a year nnd more the writer has gone up nnd down the old state, preaching pro hibition nnd organising tbe tempernuce forces. Hearts nave beat faster ns the skies grew brighter with every succeeding morning. If there ever wns a doubt of the success of state prohibition being enacted into Inw, that doubt died yesterday and wilt be burled today. From the very beginning of the debate be- tween the antis nnd tbe prohls before the Joint committee. It wns very evident that "local option" was doomed. In other words, the Honor men bad already met with defeat. Surely a more hesitating, embarrassed pitiable set never made defense of tbe liquor curse. There was tho look of pity In their faces, the suspicion of apology tn their voices, while they limped all the way through their poor little pieces. Their de fense of rum was simply ludicrous. The cause which they come to defend wns noth ing short of tragedy. Their very helpless ness, ns they made “funny little noises In their throats" excited one’s pity. All the wny through the limping pnrts they played you could hoar tho music of the dollars nnd mothers' snapping heart strings and screams of ruined white women and tho sobs of fallen girls nnd the cries nnd corse* of nnd their father*. Thoy called It "local option," but It tvns tho lust of nold, red-handed, heartless avarice. But, thnnk God! the jrreat rook nnd flic of (leoralsn* hnve spoken, nnd this la whnt they hnve snld: The saloon most fo!" lanjr people nre money-mad. All fades airny. Mothers, children, home, man hood. virtue, the honor of the <}cnr old stnte this denr old stnte Is concerned, we nre ( to torn ns God! Merchants, manufacturers and other business men who require a complete bank service, are in vited to investigate our facilities and to consider the desirability of our location. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO- STATE PRESS COMMENT ON GEORGIAN’S STAND FILLER8 IN FERTILIZERS. PROUD OF HIS 8TATE, Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir—I hnve just read the Issue of The Georgian of July 8. I feel prouder than ever of my native state. To know that we have one great dally that has come out squarely for the right on a great moral question ought to be a great source of rejoicing to all loyal Georgians. I congratulate you and the paper on the stand you have taken. Press the battle to the finish. Yours for Georgia and The Georgian and News. (REV.) T. W. ELLIS. Wayside, Ga.. July II, 1907. his cordial - support. Mr. F. L. Seely, Publisher Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir—I want to thank you, also congratulate the prohibition cause and the peoplo of Georgia, on the bold and manly stand tbut you have taken In your advocacy of the prohibition cause that has been, and Is now, so promi nently before the people of this Empire State of the South. You will certainly have the hearty support, thanks and prayers of the best element of the citi zenry of this grand old state. We are now in the midst of a cam paign In this (Stewart) county in an effort to try and get rid of two dls- jensarlea that are cursing our people. think on the 28th of this month an other county will go Into the prohibi tion column. I spoke to three crowds last Sunday, carried Saturday's Georgian with me and held It up to the people and asked them to subscribe for and support It Its manly stand for prohibition. I expect to do all I can for its Increased circulation. Yours truly, W. D. M'GREGOR Lumpkin, Ga,, July 11, 1907. WOMEN APPRECIATE. To the Atlanta Georgian and News. Gentlemen: I rejoice to know there a great dally, The Georgian, that has strength of character to openly, fear lessly and heartily Indorse state pro hibition. I assure $*ou the women of Georgia appreciate and approve the stand you have taken and recommend I To the Editor of The Georglnn: to glvo you n few lines on the subject, believing that the smal 1 “ " lsrly will bo Interested. It seems to be generally conceded that the lasslng of the bill, as It reads, would not giving exactly whnt Is desired, ft Is ft „ claimed Gy some that It would simpiy moan hardship to the poorer class of farmers, In asmuch at conditions force most of them to uso 8-2-2 goods, am! It ts almost Impossible to make 8-2-3 fertiliser (tho formula mostly used) without a filler of some kind. tlon—that II. .. _ Ing distributed Id tho field—without using some filler. In s discussion on tha floor of the senate July 28, 1904, Senator Atkinson, who Is well Informed on fertilisers, snld: "It Is neces sary to have a filler for fertilisers, and It makes verv little difference so long as the plsnt food Is there." We have learned that In the state of Ala bama the fertiliser manufacturers nre not allowed to use any material •• a filler that does not coutnln considerable organic mat ter with some plant food. And Innsrunch us absolutely prohibiting the use of fillers would work against all concerned. It does appear to us that a law such ns Alabama has would be most desirable, and 1IT suit all parties. To prevent the use of era entirely would work * ‘ tbe farmers In general, bi would he th* worst snffr ting that It Is necessary stances or conditions to paring commercial fertilisers, ret we very slow to bellsve that tbe using of sc material as Is now employed should lie I Now, admit- some cl rcura il se a filler In pre- "et we are of some _ 1 be lon ger allowed. A letter In the Constitution of April 6, 1906, under tho beading, "Too Mnch I-eat her Found In Fertiliser,'* says: "A* a result of an analysis made by State Chemist McCan- dless a car of fertiliser snowing from a sample the discovery of leather In the fer tiliser has been shipped back to the company from which It miue by order of T. O. Hud son, commissioner of agriculture of Geor- e a." In the same article there appears a ttcr from the commissioner, which snya, In part: "I therefore seised tlio car and or dered It shipped out of the atate." A letter from Montgomery, Ala., publish' ed In the Constitution Juue 18, liw. says: "It 1* showu tbut fillers used In 8-2-2 goods are made of coal dust, graphite, dirt, and pyrites, and these are valueless as plant io*m1 and do not help the soil." Wc are convinced that all of the above mentioned materials are without organic matter, and do not carry any plant food, and “ it when we purchase any of them with, in, onr fertilisers we are paying the man ufacturer over 600 per cent on the actual cost to him. aud, worso than all, really get absolutely nothing for our money. While we positively know that the fertilizer folks can get n material for use as a filler which carries over 50 per cent of orga matter. Analysis of this material shows some ammonia with a little potash, and s trace of phosphoric ncltl, and containing these three elements It ts really a low grade fertilizer within Itself, and well suit ed for use ns n filler. Sow, understand that the material ns mentioned above has been used and proven to !»e In all particulars exactly the article desired, aud that It can he had In any quantity at n price which would make the fertiliser people over 400 per cent, but alas, they can not afford to use the stuff. It la too expensive to them. So we hnve had Imply to continue paving 6<X) per cent on vmI dust, graphite twhich Is slate), pyrites which I* ground rock after the sulphur has been taken out), sand, ctuders. etc., which the factory Is forced to use not because a far better material can not he had. but simply from tbe fact that they are not satisfied with even a profit of 4» per cent more. i> do hope that Mr. ttaton will get a copy of the Alnluma law and give ua some thing on that order. Otherwise the cry rour r P*P*T a. . cJjjz „«! tan* $£ VIRGINIA WOODSON HENDERSON.' w , “ r “' r Wl " h * aad ' “ Oxford. Ga_ July 12. ltat. * ' l * vcnTii.izKn. HONOR TO SEELY. All honor and praise to F. L. Seely, proprietor of The Atlanta Georgian, for his brave aj)d fearless stand for prohibition, right In the heart of At lanta, where the oppoeltlon to It is strongest. The Georgian may lose whisky ad vertisements and money by this noble position, but It haa won the hearts of the prohibition people over the whole state.—Gainesville Eagle. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND PROHI BITION. The Atlanta Georgian has Jumped squarely Into the fight for state prohi bition, despite the disgraceful and cowardly course of Its Atlanta contem. porartes, which have Inglorlously suc cumbed to the seductive Influences of the alleged “business Interests” of that city; and already The Georgian I, threatened with a boycott by the same high-minded, patriotic “business men" who control said “business Interests." A boycott, as everybody understands, ts the last resort of a body of cowards who have failed, or realize that they will fail, to gain their ends by argu ment or honorable, honest methods. However, the boycotters of The Geor gian got a lick squarely between the eyes In an announcement -made by Publisher F. L. Seely, In last Satur day's Georgian. Publisher Seely has announced that The Georgian will etand or fall fighting for state prohibition, and he sustains bis position with strong, logical reas oning, and has solid ground for the faith that la In him. The Georgian will advocate prohibition In the face of the foot, as Publisher Seely says, that “some of the advertisers have already put us on notice,” and "others have brought pressure to bear to got us to fight the prohibition measure.” That’s an old game of some of the boosted “business Interests" of this great and glorious free country of ours. Intimidating and subsidising the press Is one of their favorlto plays In the great game of commercialism. Tho Atlanta Georgian, however, re fuses to be Intimidated or subsidized, and will make a fight for state-wide prohibition; and every man In the state who believes In fair play, and who be lieves tho safety, happiness and gen eral prosperity of our people Is of In finitely more worth than tbe dollars of the liquor dealers will take off his hat to The Georgian, and then get squarely behind that Journal In Its fight for prohibition. The Atlanta Georgian Is all right on the prohibition question. Go ahead, Seely, and pump hot shot and lots of It Into the liquor-soaked gang of At lanta.—Ncwnan News. HONOrTo 8EELY. All honor and praise to F. L, Seely, proprietor of The Atlanta Georgian, for his brave and fearless stand for prohl bltlon, right In tho heart of Atlanta, where tho opposition to It Is strongest. The Georgian may lose whisky adver tisements and money by this noble po sition, but It has won the hearts of the prohibition people over the whole stato, —The Gainesville Engle. THE FOREMOST QUESTION. We noto with pleasure that Wilkes' gifted son, Editor John Templo Graves, Is now wielding his fluent pen for the cause. Saturday Tho Georgian pledged Its energy, support nnd power to the end that tho prohibition legislation now pending shall become a law. The Geor gian thereby wins the distinction of being the only large dally paper enlist ed In this good cause. The brains of Graves and the money nt Seely wlU tell tn the result.—Washington (Ga.) Reporter. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian came out flat- footed for state prohibition on Satur day. The declaration was signed by F. L. Seely, the publisher, and wns prob ably with the knowledge and consent of Editor-ln-Chlcf John Temple Graves. The Georgian put the public on no tice several months ago that It might espouse the cause of local prohibition In Atlanta If things continued to go on from bad to worse, and Its action at this time Is no great surprise. The management of the paper Is no doubt cognisant of the fart that Its changes of policy will drive away a cer tain line of business from It, but as for whisky advertisements The Georgian has never accepted them, and therefore has less to lose by the change than any other great dally paper would have. In cities where saloons exist there are strong business connections that pa pers estrange themselves from when they take up reforms,' and especially the cause of prohibition. A lot of the best paying advertising and political graft that adds fat to the purse of the big dally comes from under saloon or "wide open” Influence. On the other hand. The Georgian he. comes the only metropolitan dally in the state, and maybe In tho South, that advocates prohibition. It should at tract a very large circulation and great prestige that would bring advertising nf a profitable and yet clean character. The Georgian has already proven that it pays to be clean and to have a con science in the advertising columns, it now remains to see by Its example if it pays to desert the shade of the politi cal Gibraltar and Join the people in a fight that Isunalnly religious and moral. We have no hesitancy In saying that the prohibitionists of Moultrie and all over the state owe It to the causa to come to the support of a paper that has sacrificed so much, and Is making a brave fight for a cause, the greatest need of which has been an organ of general circulation.—Moultrie (Ga.) Dally Observer. STATE PROHIBITION. The Atlanta Georgian came out strongly for state prohibition In Its Is sue of last Saturday and devoted about half of Its Issue giving reasons why state prohibition should prevail. The from page contained a three-column article from the publisher, Mr. F. L. Seely, giving his reasons for advocat ing prohibition, and It can be clearly seen that he had no mercenary motives, as many of the business people of At lanta had warned him that they would withdraw their patronage If he took a stand for prohibition. But Mr. Seely Is not dependent on a few business men for the existence of his paper and can therefore advocate what he believes to be right, even If It does mean less div idends on his Investment. The Geor gian and Its publisher are to be com mended for the stand taken In this great fight that Is being waged by the people and It should have the support of the good peoplo all over the stato. The Atlanta Constitution and Journal have come out strong against state prohibition, while The Oeorglan has come out even stronger for stato pro-, htbttlon. We say hurrah for The Geor gian, and may It live long and prosper. —Quitman Advertiser, WE 8ALUTE THE GEORGIAN. Though pressed upon by his big At lanta advertisers to oppose the state prohibition bill, though he knew that his decision would likely cost his great paper thousands of dollars, though The Constitution and The Journal are lined up with the liquor Interest, yet Mr. F. L. Seely, the publisher of The Atlanta Georgian, threw a bomb Into the camps and did great honor to Journalism by bringing The Georgian out last Sat urday with two big editorials and many news Items, declaring that The Geor gian will fight for the state prohibi tion bill. He statea that his great ed itor, Mr. Graves, was out of the city, but Mr. Seely did not need nn editor— he was editor enough to write the best statement we have ever seen on the subject. His decision means a world to the homes of Georgia. Tho paper wlU not lose by the step. It Is already tho greatest dally In the South. The reason Is easily seen. It has the great est editor and publisher In Dixie. Now lot every man and woman In all Georrla who takes a dajly paper sub scribe at once for The Atlanta Geor gian. All good men owe It to tho state. Long live The Georgian and Its manly publisher.—Vldalla Advance. FOR THE PEOPLE’S ESTEEM. While The Constitution and Tho Journal are "covering Georgia like a frost" against this new - Issue, Tho Georgian, the most deserving paper that comes out of Atlanta, Is cham pioning It with all Its might and main and In the face of possible boycott and forfeiture of patronage. Its advertisers, the main support of any paper, are to u large extent In favor of local option, and It Is a serious matter for them to take up this fight without any hope of reward save the esteem of tbe people.— Lavonia TImee. THREE CHEER8~FOR THE GEORGIAN. In Its Saturday Issue The Oeorglan and News not only announces Itself In favor of state prohibition, but devotes entire pages to sledge-hammer blows against the traffic. So we say three cheers for this great paper—great be cause It has the moral courage to es pouse the right, when lta Immediate patrons are on the other side, great because this espousal will lose It hun dreds of dollars. Of course the city of Atlanta Is In favor of local option, and they will aid In putting It out of every county In the Mate, until the tidal wave of reform gets to Atlanta, and then, for fear of losing a little revenue, they halt, and with all the wiles and Inducements of politicians, they exert themselves to put It off, substitute other measures "Just as good," but we opine that there are not enough sena tors that can be "fixed" to stop the measure from passage.—Worth County Local. TO ALL ADVERTISERS— During the present important agitation The Georgian is easily the best advertising medium in Georgia. It is going to the best class of newspaper readers in Atlanta and over Georgia. We are offering advertisers an increased daily circulation upon a cost basis of 30,000. Can you afford to miss this ODDortunitv ?