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fHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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office. Changes of address will be
made as often as desired.
A little more water and ■ little legs
"gas," gentlemen of the city counclL
The apprehonslon Is growing that
the city council would do well to talk
less and do more on the water ques
tion.
Thero Isn't a waver In the raagnlfl-
cent prohibition line that stretches
over Georgia from Tybee to Toccoa.
Victory is euro.
It Is almost a matter of regret that
the temperance fight le so nearly de
cided In advance. Thero are some
splendid speeches that the legislature
loses by the absence of any necessity
to speak.
The fact that Johnson, of Minneso
ta. carried hie state against some rath
er unpopular Republicans, offers no
Just reason to conclude that he could
carry Minnesota against the most pop
ular president the republic has known.
Trot out another horse, Mr. Watter-
son.
Very well, then. If Mayor Joyner did
not pronounce The Georgian's truth
ful story ct the water leakage “a
pure fake,” It Is our pleasure to re
mark that his honor, the mayor, Is a
"scholar and a gentleman.” We are
always ready to be Juzt aa nice to tho
mayor as the mayor le to ui, and to
the people.
Letters From The People.
It Is not the object of The Georgian
In publishing the letters from the peo
ple which flood theae column* day by
day to glorify Itself or to assume cred
it tor a victory which Is due In much
larger part to the herola workers who
have been fighting for It for so many
years and throngh so many dark days
of discouragement and defeat.
The chief object Is to lndtcst* the
sentiment of the people In lie over
whelming force and to show how uni
versal Is the feeling In every section
of the state In favor of the passage of
the prohibition bills. -
We shall not be able to publish all
the letters that come to ui, but those
which we are.glvlng now from day to
day are samples of a multitude which
the dimensions of the paper cannot
contain. There has never been a ques
tion In Georgia upon which the great
body of the people were more awake
and aroused than this, and from Tybee
to the mountains they are being heard
In the expression of their hearts' de
sire.
A BEFUDDLED CORRESPON
DENT.—What Willis J. Abbott,
the correspondent, needs Is a
grammar school education In cud
rent history. He Is good enough
to locate the editor of The Geor
gian as one of the three men who
ran against Hoke Smith for gov
ernor, and was the last man on
tho list at the end of the cam
paign. If this is a sample of the
accuracy of Willis J. Abbott’s cor
respondence, we can consistently
urge upon our contemporaries to
look for their facts to some one
who knows them. The editor of
The Georgian was not In the gu
bernatorial race at all, and If he
had been he would not have been
the last man on the list.
Willis Abbott In the theory of
tho old play, "bunting the switch,”
Is "getting warm." but he Is dis
tinctly on the wrong side of the
street.
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THE BACKBONE OF THE LIQUOR ARGUMENT LOST.
The backbone of tho argument against prohibition is the material ar
gument and It has boon completely broken. We have cited Henry Grady,
and Sam Inman, and R. F. Maddox, and George Adair, and M. C. Kiser
and others of that great company of buildors and business men In refuta
tion. ,
On Tuesday Chairman Mayson boforo n houso committee put upon
tho stand a representative of every business interest In the city In a
brief word of advocacy of prohibition, while the liquor men were repre
sented by two lawyers, brilliant find plausible, but still two lawyers.
Only two days ago one of the largest. If not the largest, liquor deal
er In Georgia, told the editor of Tho Georgian that the limit of time given
to the liquor mon on the first of January, 1908, would give him reason
able opportunity to dispose of bis goods, and that he had no protest
against the'fairness of the act One of the leading, If not the leading, real
estate men of Atlanta of today, told The Georgian that he Joined with
those men of hie own line of business In the city in believing that At
lanta would go on and prosper as It had done In the past, and that while
he himself would vote against the prohibition measure If he had a,
chance, that he did not share the pessimistic view of those who opposed
It on material ground. One of the largest. If not the largest, wholesale
merchants In Atlanta was approached several days ago with an inquiry as
to bis opinion of the effect of prohibition upon the sale of goods In Atlanta
and vicinity and the state after the passage of the prohibition bill, and
his answer was significant *
“I have been giving the matter some serious consideration, and I
havo received Information that between four and five millions of dollars
goes now every year down the red guzzles of those who drink at tho
Atlanta bars and from the Atlanta dealer*. It occurs to mo reasonable
to believe that If this avenue of waste was closed that soine of theso four
or five millions of dollars would bo used for the buying of dry goods for
the women snd shoes for the children and blankets fo» tho family
throughout the city snd the state.”
The last citadel of the liquor men Is overthrown In the destruction
of tho material argument, and no-man who Is fair will fall to concede
that the facts and the evidence estabtlah the destruction of the material
argument on which they lie.
Let us have prohibition speedily, and then let us have peace.
THE COUNSEL FOR DEMOCRACY.
Mr. John 8harp Williams, leader of the Democratic minority In tho
house, snd Just now candidate for the Unltod States senate from Missis
sippi, has joined the ranks of the sage advisors of Dame Democracy and
this Is the substance of his counsel:
“We call upon the Democracy to emphasize the things wo are agreed
upon and to forgot the things we do not agree upon?"
All of which Is sound enough as'far as It goes, provided, of course,
that tho things we are ngrcod upon are right But the Democracy
theso days la getting Its real facts and the whole truth not from parti-
soft newspapers, but from great Independent Journals, like The New
York World, and Tho Washington Post and The Georgian. These are
sitting upon the watch tower and describing things as they are.
The partisan newspapers are so muph afraid that they might get
tangled in the-rocords upon which they hope In fufuro to rldo to ofilco
that they can't be rolled upon to say anything that isn’t pleasaflt and
that Isn't optimistic.
But tho great body of tho people are getting to bo more and more
careless of names, shibboleths and leaders, and aro more and more con
cerned about principles and meoaures, and anxious to find out just what
is going on and to understand the status of parties In the country.
The Washington Post has alwa>s been a fair and Independent paper
and from Its point of vantage at the national capital it makes this com-
inept upon John Sharp Williams' speech, which Is worthy of tho reading
and reflection of those who havo been accustomed to call thomsolves
Democrats throughout the country:
Is thore anything upon which the Democratic party Is
agreed? States’ rights? The lewder of the Democratic party In
dorses the Beveridgo child labor bill; that is an' acceptance of
everything Mr. Secretary Root advanced In his famous speech for
government by constitutional construction. So Democrats mutt
"forget" States' rights or get a hew leader.
Are the Democrats agreed as to the octopus chase? Tho
leader of tho Democratic party announces that government own
ership It the only way to catch tho beast, whereat and wboreup-
on the ontlro Democracy of tho South, aave Governor Vardaman
only, put In protest So Democrats mutt "forgot” tho octopus or
ght a new leader.
Is It tho tariff? Porhnps. But where would Virginia Demo
crats stand on a bill reducing duties on coal and Iron oro?
Where would Texas Democrats stand as to wool and rioe? What
would Florida do about citrus fruits and Sumatra tobacco wrap
pers? What would Louisiana say as to the sugar schedule? Then
thero Is plno lumbor.
And yet the tariff is the one and only thtng upon which the
Democratic party could make a bluff at unity. The leader of the
party, howover, has Issued a ukase tending the tariff to the rear
and denying It the dignity of paramountcy In the approaching
campaign. So the Democratic party will have to "forget” the tar
iff or got a new leader.
everything political In both parties la In a tempest. Conserv
ative and radical are having It out In each camp. Parties aro
only names. We are likely to aao In American politics tho things
Dante observed when that man was fighting the snako In Malo-
bulge. There are snakes In both parties, and men, too.
From this statement, which Is practically true, It will be seen that the
Democratic party la not In a very hopeful condition for a national fight
over the nominee of a convention that It may call.
Not that the real and deflntto Democracy la not vital with real
principles and genuine with loyalty to the great body of the people, but
Ita hopeless condition seems to consist In the impossibility of eliminat
ing the selfish and capitalists element which has heretofore domi
nated It.
It Is qo new thing for Tho Georgian and Its editor to advocato tha
real kind of Democracy. Two years ago. before the Duckworth Club In
Cincinnati, wo argued that thoro was no hope for Democrats triumph un
til Its ranks were purged of the un-DemocretS and Republican clement
that had drifted into It and were seeking to control It. Wo said then,
and we say now, that with the definite Democracy In the saddle, and with
a definite and progressive Democracy expressed In the platforms of a
great convention, that there was then and there Is now a possibility of
success.
We answer John Sharp Williams' statement by saying that a better
thing, than to emphasize the few things that wo agree upon, la for those
of us who do bold to the spirit of a real Democracy to get together upon
a platform of real principles and behind leaders of real courage and dovo-
tlon, and If we arc- going to make a fight for the government to 1908, to
announce to the Republicans and the ultra-conaevatlvea In onr ranks that
their place la with the other aide.
It la at the best a hopeless experiment for two factions that are nat
urally antagonistic to try and find a few little principles of Democratic
faith over which they can hover and shiver. And It la Infinitely a better
and braver thing for real Democrats to get together and Ignore those who
have no right to the name or to tho leadership of the party.
« If there It anything to bo dono that promisee success. It Is to bare
a thorough house cleaning before we open the door* to the voter.
Let us find out who we are and what we are, so as to separate our
selves from who and whAt we are not.
Then we can fight tree—and perhaps we ean win.
THE RESOURCES OF OUR COUNTRY AND OF JAPAN.
It anything further were needed to destroy the jingoism that la pre
dicting war between America aud Japan, It would be a plain and sensible
consideration of the resources and conditions of the two countries.
The population of Japan la leas than 48,000,000. The population of
the United States Is nearly 85.000.000. .
The debt qf Japan, taking the Statesman's Year Book throughout to
Insure uniformity of comparison. Is about 8925,000,000.
Tho net debt of the United States Is $964,425,000. Japan Is paying
from 4 to 6 per cent Interest on Its foreign loans, and from 5 to 1 per cent
on Its Internal loans. Ono-fourth of the debt of the United States Is at 4
per cent aqd the rest at 1 and 3 per cent
Japan’s'revenue Is lea* than $250,000,000, while the revenue of the
United States la, $762,000,000.
Japan's total imports and exports of 1945-6 were only $420,000,000
while those of the United 8tates were nearly $3,000,000,000.
Against twenty first-class modern American battleships, Japan has
only ten. Against our eight first-class and fire second-class armored
cruisers, Japan has only nine. Against our nineteen protective cruisers
Japan has only seventeen.
In effective fighting force the American superiority Is vastly pre
ponderant. 'This fact," says The New York World, “is as well known to
every Intelligent Japanese citizen as It Is clearly understood by every Jap
anese statesman.” ’HmSBj ^
The plain and obviouB truth is that Japan Is exhausted financially,
that her population Is struggling with burdens imposed by Russia and that
her resources are so far Inferior to those of the United States that no re
sponsible Japanese statesman would think of war unless pushed to the
mere extremity of self-defense. . »
) the press of the country will only preserve Its equanimity and If
the jingoes can bo'suppressed by the common sense of Intelligent people,
this rumor which ought not to terrify even If It were true, will speedily
disappear Into tho realm of exploded sensations.
NO PEOPLE CAN SUFFER
FROM DOING THE RIGHT,
* SA ys MRS. SUE MIMS
My Dear Mr. Seely—Allow me to
send my word of thanks and approval
of your splendid article and bold,
bravo Christian position on the prohi
bition question, now an Issno of the
hour.
Nothing so appeals to me aa the
strong knight-errancy that redresses
wrongs and strives for the moral and
spiritual might and right of goodness,
purity and temperance. How can a
Christian argue that prosperity comes
as a result of wrong. Instead of right
doing? Life and prosperity are the
concomitants of goodness and obedi
ence to the spiritual and not to tho de
mands of the lower and material.
Jesus summed up tho whole question
of success and prosperity when He
enld. "Seek ye first the kingdom of
God and HU righteousness, and all
theae things (that the Gentile* seek)
shall be added unto you."
Do right and It Is safe to leave the
results with God, and no nation can
suffer from such a procedure.
I congratulate you on the line of
Light which your fine paper is working,
and success Is Inevitable and speedy.
1 thank you for your brave stand—It
la a question on which our entire teach
ing and church are united with you.
The dawn of a great day Is rising ofi
the horizon. Yours, most sincerely,
SUB MIMS.
41 Peachtree Circle.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
COMMENDS THE GEORGIAN
FROM A HOGANSVILLE PA8TOR
Mr, F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Every citizen of-Georgia
that Is Interested In good government
and takes a dally paper should read
The Georgian.
All honor to you for your fsoriess
advocacy of prohibition!
Very truly,
M. S. WILLIAMS.
Hogansvllle, Ga., July 12, 1907.
HIS PRAYER - FOR 20 YEAR8.
The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Go.!
Gentlemen—t wish to say that 1 am
unqualifiedly In favor of state prohi
bition and everything else that means a
deadly stroke at that giant evil, the
liquor traffic, what Is about to come
to pass and what I believe will come to
pass In the near future, has been my
constant prayer for twenty yeara
Death to the liquor devil In Georgia!
And I praise God for one dally paper
that has a conscience on this question
and has backbone sufficient to stand
out for the right.
1 think every lover of home, decency
and order ought to rush to the help of
a paper like The Georgian. 1 for one
read no other dally paper, and have no
desire to. 1 am for the right and will
support the fellow that is willing to
stand by me and help me In the fight
against wrong. Long live The Georgian.
Your* In the fight,
(REV.) B. P. READ.
Silver Creek, Oa, July 19, 1907.
GOOD PEOPLi REJOICE.
To The Georgian:
All good people rejoice at the stand
you havo taken on the prohibition
question. If aomo of tho local option
paopla could tee tome of the evil ef
fects ot tho Jug trade hire from local
option they might change their minds.
Hurrah for The Georgian!
Yours for the fight,
J. M. BURTZ.
Woodstock, Ga.
FROM A VALD08TA PASTOR.
To The Georgian:
Permit mo to express the profound
gratitude 1 feel in my heart for tho
bold and righteous stand you have
token on prohibition, the greatest moral
and economic question before our peo
ple today. Georgia Is to be congratu
lated on having a dean, courageous,
progressive and powerful dally paper.
You have not come too soon. Wo have
been keenly conscious- of our great
need for a long time, and you have
come to supply that need. Heaven's
blessings be upon you In your hoi;
mission. Prosperity emlle upon you
All our people ore to be blessed as a
result of the potentiality ot your Influ
ence.
In my speech before the Joint com
mittees ot the house and senate I tried
to represent the women of Oorgin. My
heart Is with them, and my labors are
freely given them. In you they have
a strong friend. For this. Southern
men will bless you.
Push your fight for state prohibition,
and men, women and children will be
blessed in such noble service and will
ever honor you. Sincerely,
M. A. MORGAN.
Valdosta, Ga., July IS, 1907.
FROM A CONYER8 PA8TOR.
To The Atlanta Georgian:
I Indorse with all my heart and
mind tho high moral standard which
has lifted The Georgian to the front
rank of Southern newspapers, and .1
pledge my honest and earnest efforts to
hold up Its hands and Increase Its pros
pertly and to multiply Us years for
usefulness and service to Georgia.
R. B. O. ENGLAND,
Pastor M. E. Church.
Conyers, Ga, July It, 1907.
A GOOD WOMAN’S WI8H.
The Atlanta Georgian and News:
1 want to thank you for the stand
you have taken for prohibition. I send
eheck for three month's subscription
to your paper. May you receive a
thousand mote. Respectfully,
MRS. W. W. TRIMBLE.
Adalrnyllle, July 11. 1907.
FROM AN EDUCATOR.
To The Atlanta Georgian:
It U with Inexpressible gratitude
that I note the bold stand you are
maintaining tor state prohibition. You
deserve substantial support from evsry
Georgia citizen. I for one pledge you
my support as long aa you continue to
espouse the cause of right. You need
not fear any material loss; by fol
lowing the mandates of wlsdptn, you
will have added unto you both riches
and honor. God and his people are
with you In this great fight. The ene
mies of our homes will toon be put to
flight and the ehout of victory shall be
heard throughout eur fair state.
1 firmly believe that at least 94 per
cent of my fellow-teachers heartily In
dorse etate prohibition. In the Inter
est of the school children of Georgia. I
earnestly pray that the Covtngton-
Hardman bill will become a law.
B. DIXON HALL.
Macon, Ga, July II, 19*7.
LOVE8 IT Mo"rI"THAN EVER,
"’ha Georgian and Maws, Atlanta, Go.:
Dear Sir—I was very glad indeed to
note In your editorial that' you were
flat-footed in the fight for state pro
hibition. It made me love your paper
more than ever before. Will be glad
to do anything I can to help to have
the bill passed.
1 am certain you will not lose any
thing by taking tho etepe you have, ae
I know the good people of Georgia wilt
etand by you. Yours truly,
R. V. PAULK.
Ocllla, Ga, July II. 1907.
FROM A VIRluNIA PASTOR,
Mr. F. L. Seely, Publleher of Georgian,
Atlanta, Ga.:
My Dear Sir and Brother—I have
Just read in Tha Georgian your noble
and brave stand for toe right, and 1
feel sure that every man In Georgia
that loves God and the right will etand
by you and your great paper.
When I read In The Golden Age your
beautiful tribute to your mother, the
toore filled my- eyes, as there aroae
from my heart a prayer for God's rich
est blessing upon you. I praise God
for the gift of such a man. our South
land Is the richer because you have
lived. Happy tha mother that hns eUch
a noble eon. With best wishes for your
success, I am, very sincerely yours,
B. LACY HOGS:
Onancock, Vo, July It, 1907.
ON THE RIGHT 8IDE.
The Atlanta Georgian and News, At
lanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—I have been a subscriber
of The Georgian and News over
year, and I am pleoaed with the paper.
According to my opinion, you are on
the right elds. You have many sub
scribers here.
„ J. F. SCAIFE.
Camille, Ga, July 13, 1907.
FROM A COLORED PA8T0R.
Editor and Publisher of The Georgian:
Dear Sirs—Please accept the many
thanks ot the best colored people of
Conyers, Ga. for your bold and fearless
stand on the prohibition question. May
a righteous God smile on your great
work. In behalf of my people here,
- (REV.) H. H. LONG,
Pastor C. A. M. E. Church.
Conyers, Go, July-16, 1907.
FROM A U. 8.80LDIER.
Atlanta Georgian:
Having subscribed to The Atlanta
Georgian since the first Issue left the
press, and noticing the condition that
child labor le carried on In Georgia, at
I saw In the march last summer from
Chfckamauga, where children are kept
from school by capitalistic greed, your
paper never published one word in
protest Now, when prohibition Is agi
tated, which Interferes with a man's
personal rights, in that it refuses him
a cool glass of beer on a hot day to
quench hit thirst, and tbs Inconsisten
cy of advertising patent medicine and
the deadly cigarette, I have come to
the conclusion that The Georgian, the
once champion of perional liberty. In a
full-fledged "four-fluaher," and I de
cline to rend any more ntwt from
•Oda water and ginger ale dopes. 1
am respectfully,
PATRICK J. DOBBINS.
Company M. Seventeenth Infantnr.
Fort McPherson, Ga, July 14, 19tf7.
won hisTupport.
Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Oa.:
Have never taken your paper till this
week. Am now taking It because of Its
stand on prohibition. God bless The
Georgian. Yours, etc.
8. B. LEDBETTER, P. E,
Rome District, M. E. Church, South.
Roma Ga, July It.
ADMIRES "oUR STAND.
Messrs. Seely and Graves:
Kind Sire—I admire your courage
and the stand you have taken for pro
hibition and better morals, generally,
through your paper. The Atlanta Oeor-
glan la the only dally paper fit tor
women and children to read. Thank
God, while you are rich, you value
the safety and future welfare of our
women and children above your dol
lars. Would to God we had more Bee-
lye and John Temple Oravee.
Respectfully,
REV. J. R. KELLY.
Cordele, Oa, July It. 1907.
WANTS ThFgEORGIAN.
Please send me The Georgian. It le
a great paper. I appreciate Its stand
for prohibition. Am writing to The
Constitution to drop my name from Its
roll. I can't stomach Its stand for
God and Georgia.
Very truly.
J. B. THRASHER.
Wrightrrllle, Ga, July It, 1907.
SINGING RIGHT TUNE.
Gentlemen—Hurrah for The Geor
gian! You are singing the right tune.
I get It regularly. Please send your
paper to my father. Mr. R. a Bowden,
Turin, Ga. I will pay for It.
$ioo,ooo,ooa.oo
Tho Wall Street Journal says: - ‘5
“Think of it! A single savings bank on the
Bowery, with patrons made up almost entirely
of the plain people of the lower East Side of
‘ New York city, has $100,000,000 deposits. At
Four Per Cent this means an income of $4,000,-
000 a year. If the so-called “poor” prosper thus,
why should the well-to-do and the rich com
plaint We are a nation of savers as well ns
spenders. Wisdom consists in knowing when to
do which.” ( •
The MADDOX - RUCKER BANKING COMPANY
with a responsibility of over one million dollars pays
Four Per Cent Interest in its Savings Department,
and its Commercial Department is unexcelled.
CORRECTS AN INJUSTICE
TO ATLANTA BUTCHERS.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
The Georgian a fow days ago pub
lished an article which was very/mis
leading and which reflected harshly on
every butcher of~Atlanto. It contains
scarcely any foundation In fact and
places the responsibility for high prices
ot fresh meat on the butcher, who Is
utterly helpless and at the mercy of
the packers. This Is a misrepresenta
tion which we desire to correct.
We would not criticise too severely
any person or corporation nor would
wo place ourselves In any false light,
but only wish to mention facts.
The packing house business has- long
since became a necessity, and although
there may have been many accusation!
against them unjustly, we do not con
sider them better than any other cor
poration or trait handling almost the
entire supply of a product that the peo
ple must have. Their business Is won
derful In all its organisations and sys
tems and is the most economical way
the people can obtain these products.
For such a vast system and enormous
business thefe Is expected much in
come. But the many immense fortunes
that have accumulated in the few years
of the packing house business would
ehow that they do not sell at a toss as
this article indicates. A man high up
In packing house circles, acquainted
with the hardships ot a retail butcher,
would not have made the statement in
this article against a class of men on
whom he Is dependent almost solely to
sell his products. No real Intelligent
person who knows the natural and re
cent local conditions in the great live
stock centers would at once think of
Placing the responsibility of high prices
on the retail butchers of Atlanta. And,
too, the consumer has come to regard
the situation as Inevitable, ae the price
of fresh meat Is not out of proportion
with the advance in everything else.
As to tho whole cattlo, Atlanta usee
her share, and does not demand so
many special cuts. In fact, one of the
leaders In the packing house business
hero says there aro very fow hind
quarters sent hero as extras, whereas
there are many more fronts and cheap
er cuts. So there Is demand for thi
Inferior cuts so that the year round
they bring fair prices and not the low
prices quoted in the article, If fresh and
reasonably good quality.
And what if we are forced at times to
buy extra cuts? Our trade demands it.
Just here we wilt say, one of the largest
packers claims to cut up 90 per cent of
the carcasses they slaughter. It seems
these managers who were Interviewed
would like for the butchers of Atlanta
to uso the cheap cuts, which accumu
late in abundance, where so many
choice cuts are taken for hotels, re*
taurants, etc.
Besides utterly misrepresenting the
butchers, this article would infer n
seething Ignorance on the part of the
house wives of our city, for It Is they
who buy from the butcher, and we cer-
talnly will credit the fair women of At.
lanta for being up to date In every re
spect, and especially as important a
thing ns the meat their households eat.
Mr. Manager, who was Interviewed,
•ays fix a nice, attractive roast or steak
out of a cheap, Inferior cat and zend It
on at a better profit. We say give the
customer what they want. If ho were
In tho retail buzlnesa he would find the
best trade Is not Ignorant os he I mag
ines, but knows quality and cuts
The article infers that there la not a
butcher in Atlanta who know* how to
fix attractive, choice cute. There are
about two dozen markets In Atlanta
that handle practically all tho high-
class meat that comes here and at these
places, not at only one place, you can
get any cut, fixed any way you want It,
by no expert butcher, who knows his
business. It we could not do this we
could not pay you S and 9 cents per
pound for cattle and stay In business
very long. Anybody Informed knows
the retail prices In Atlanta are not un-
proportlonatety high, considering the
wholesale price.
If this manager who was Interviewed
wanted to know what a ratal! butcher
could or. could not do In Atlanta, from
hls unjust statements and erroneous
suggestions, we think he would have to
begin In the Infant claas.
We admit we need more competent
butchers, as is the case In every walk
and profession, but aa It takes a man
years of toll to become an expert In tho
art of cutting meat, we think the night
school or college course for the butcher
about as Ignorant a suswestlon as could
come from a man who knows anything.
JOHN MILLER,
Of J. H. Bullock & Co.
Atlanta, Ga.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, July 17.—Captain James g.
Normoj-le, quartermaster, will proceed
onoe to Denver, CnI. Captain William A.
Covington, coast artillery corps, will proceed
from tills city to Governor's Islnnil, N y
reporting not Inter than July 26. Captain
George 1'. Howell, corns of engineers. Is re-
lleved from duty nt Charleston, S. C„ anil
will proceed to .Manila.
Captain Willis C. Metcalf, quartermaster
Is relieved from such post duties ss be Is
now performing nt Fort Adams, It. L, tad
wlU take station nt Newport.
Nnvsl Orders,
Commander J. Hood, additional duty on
attendance on tho course of Instruction at
the United States nsvnl war college, New.
pert, K. I. Lieutenant-Commander J. K.
ltoblsou, detached duty. Indiana, to Ken
tucky. as navigator. Urntenat-Commandrr
W. W. Phelps, to Kentucky ns executive of.
floor. Lieutenant A. W. Johnson, detached
special hoard duty, nsry department, Wain-
ington, to duty In attendaneo on courso of
Instruction st United States naval war cou
H I
1st*; Lieutenant E. O. Fltsgernli
duty navy yard, New York, to B
tenant It. T. Manner, detached dnty Dei
Moines to home end Win orders; Mldahln.
man 11. A. Strait, orders to Kearserte re
voked. when discharged treatment Catted
States naral hospital, Annapolis, Md„ to
homo and wait ordora.
Movamanta of Vessels.
ARRIVED—July 13, Triton, et, Wsehlag.
ton: Jul/ 14. Prairie, at J-eaguo lalnml; IS.
dlnn. nt Philadelphia: Sioux, at Uonton:
Powhatan, at nary yard, New York: July 18,
Wasp, st Norfolk: Pndaenh, nt fiew Op
leans: Georgia, nt Boston and Cape Cod
Taile D—July 14, Indians, from Lengus
sland for Philadelphia: July 15. Olympia,
tom Sew llaven to erBTee; Arkansas, trora
Inven to cruise:
ton;
; Gcorgli
In, from 1
making friends down here. Hurrah
for prohibition and The Georglanl
Yours to serve,
H. 8. BOWDEN.
Newnan, Ga., July 12.
WILL HELP THE GEORGIAN.
Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—This Is an expression of
appreciation of the stand The Georgian
has taken In favor of state prohibition.
I am glad that at last one paper has
the courage to stand for righteousness.
I shall everywhere indorse your pa
per at my quarterly conferences and
advle* all our people to subscribe.
Truly yours,
A. M. WILLIAMS.
July 10, 1997.
THRILLED HER HEART,
To The Atlanta Georgian:
My hear thrilled with Joy when I read
through your columns of the attitude
you had taken In regard to state pro
hibition. All honor to men who can,
regardless of men and measures, come
out on the side ot right, and on that
side stand and fight to the end. May
God give us state prohibition and bless
The Georgian. Respectfully.
MRS. JOHN N. M'KELVEY,
Vice President W. C. T. U.
Kingston, Oa, July II, 1907.
AN APPRlciATION.
Mr. F. L. Seely. Atlanta, Ga.:
. Dear Sir—Allow me to express my
OBJECT8 TO FIFTH CLAU8E.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
Tho prohibition measuro now pend
ing In the Georgia legislature, If passed,
unaltered as 4t now stands, will prove
a disappointment to thousands who are
now advocating Its passage. If we are
to have state prohibition, why Include
this fift'i provision "permitting licensed
druggists to sell pure alcohol on pro-'
scriptlons of reputable physicians?"
Why license every physician' who l(
also n druggist to become a legal bar
tender, using this "permission" aa a
subterfuge? This permission has been
granted In Georgia before. It did not
work. It will not work now. If Geor
gia I* to decrease her devil'* dens, then
wipe out this "fifth clauso.”
J. O. MARTIN.
Oxford, GO, July 16, 1007,
IN A QUANDARY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
la It admissible in this prohibition
contest, considering tho horrible qual
ity ot water being dished up, to In
quire what the chief editor and the
rest of you good fellows really d«
drink? Of course, this Is a publlo dues,
tlon and not a private one, as 1 am
nonplussed what to drink myself. 1
am "dry”—no doubt about It I Shall I
drink boose and die of the "Jlm-Joms."
or drink water andTdle of typhoid fe
ver? Which Is tho worst? Do you
know? What do you drink, anyhow?
I'll take tho same. Yours sincerely,
CHARLES D. LINCOLN.
Atlanta, Ga, July 11, 1907.
OLD SOLDIERS THANK
THE KING’S DAUGHTERS,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I wont to say a word of thanks for
the Inmates of the Soldiers’ Homs. The
King's Daughters gave us a picnic Fri
day, July H.
It was served to u« at the new hos
pital. The ladles prepared and dis
tributed It with their own hands. Ev
erything that heart could wish was
ours to command—an kinds of cake,
custards, lemonade, cantaloupes, can
dles, etc., and in abundance. It wet
served to us by the ladles themselves,
and I think the crowd was engaged
fully an hour, eating, Joking and hap
py "talk"—mostly eating. It looked
to me ilk* It woe a contest between
the donors and the old Confeds to de
termine which side could enjoy It the
moat, and I think the victory *»» fair
ly won by the ladles. They were so
attentive, kind, jubilant and happy st
seeing the old men enjoy It so much,
that they looked to me transcendently
happy and beautiful. Of course, we
appreciated It, to much so that I cant
find words that will properly express
our thankfulness. Our thanks are else
due to the young men who assisted
the ladles. I never did see Just such
on occasion of complete^ hagplneeH^
Soldiers’ Home.
Let the good work go on. You are moot sincere aooraclatlon of tha n 0S [.
tlon you have taken on the prohibition
question In Georgia. I admire your
courage. It makes more evident the
cringing cowardice of the other leading
dailies of the state. Sincerely,
A. M. PIERCE.
Edgewood, Ga, July It, 1107.
WILL NEVER REGRET IT.
Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Go.:
Dear Sir—Allow me to congratulate
you on the position you have taken.
My heart was made glad ns I read your
letter declaring for prohibition. I than*
Ood for such men as you and Mr.
Graves—men with backbone enough, to
come out in such strong terms and
their all on the altar—time, talent end
means—for the good of our elate sna
homes.
I feel sure that your assistance will
be a great help in getting this
through. I know that you will not »•*
any of the boodle of the whisky men.
but their money is but chaff to the re
ward which you will reap. May Ooo
bless you both. You will never IWJJ
the stand you have taken. You art
the right side, with your right sMe up.
With best wishes for prohibition.
JOHN F. TANNEK t
Sttllmore. Go.