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fHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. r, 4\jut iT,*lwr. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Bandar) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At » West Alabama 8t. Atlanta, Os. Subscription Rates: Ons Tear H fJ Htx Months On* Month •** toy Carrier, Per Week * w Telephones conneetlnff all depnrfc raent*, bong dlataneo terminal*. Smith A Thompaon, adrertiilnf rtp- reaentatlTea for all territory ouUIdo of Sassffi >' Office ...... Tribune gnIMJn* New Tort Office Potter Building It yon hire nnr tronhle getting TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone Beil vat male; Atlanta 440L It la daalrahle that nil commonlcs- IN went! In langtb. It la ImneratlTt that they be nljrned, ia an erldenea of food faith. Rejected manoacripta will not be returned unless stamps are aent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS pri««z no nnelean or obJecUonnble advertls* ibg. Neither dona It print wilik/ or any liquor nda. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS atanda for Atlanta'* own- Ini It* own g.a and electrle Hint Manta, a* It now owns Its wster works. Other cities do this end get get ns low ss 60 cents, with » profit to tbs city. This should bs done st OnesT THE GEORGIAN AND NEWH believe. thst If street rsllwsM csnbo aa"!, .."area ean be done now, and It mar be aoma yeara before we are ready for ao bur an undertaking. Still Ahlnritm wbottla •et Its face In that direction NOW. Persons leaving the city can havo The Georgian and News nailed to them regularly by send- ing their order to The Georgian 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. f 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.