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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. rniDAT, m.Y », mot. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. ^EELY, President. Published Every Afternoon* (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At a West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates: ,.$4.M Six Months Three Months 1.* One Month By Carrier. Per Week 10 Smith A Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for all territory outside of Geocgla. Chicago Office Tribune Building Kew fork Office Potter Building OiOMIMI the circulation department and have It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4WT main; Atlanta 4401. It la drjlrsble that all communica tions Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to 300 words In length. It Is Imperative filth." Rejected manuecrlpte will not be returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable sdvertls- lug. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. _ , Atlanta's own ing Its own gaa and electric light plants, as It now owns Its water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to tha city. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street railways can lie operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there la uo good reason why they can not be so oper ated here. Rut we do not believe this can be done now, and It may be some an undertaking. Still Atlanta sbnu! set Its face In that direction NOW. Persons,'leaving the city can havo Tho -Georgian and News mailed to them regularly by send ing their order to Tho Georgian office. Changes of address will be made as often as desired. Blessed Is Peacemaker Candler. Grim vlsaged war has smoothed Us wrinkled front, and all Is now calm and serene at the capltol. Now If Atlanta would only wallop Shreveport and the next club our cup of municipal happiness would be full. We shall yet have some tine speeches on the prohibition Issue. Tuesday In the house will be a day of eloquent words. The nature faker of The Houston Post has been so long unmolested that he Is not even "afraid of old Roosevelt." It Is now related that applicants for work on The News and Courier al ways apply just after Editor Hemphill Is returned from n baseball matinee In which the 8ea Gulls have won. "Ransy Sniffles" of The Constitu tion can not stir strife between The Georgian and the young men who led the filibuster. They had fine treat- ment at The Georgian's hands and they know It, and say It. The Philadelphia North American •cored a great hit at the Elks' con vention by securing a live Elk at great expense and elevating him In an open cage to the top of Its 22-story building above the legend "Most Ex sited Elk.” Good advertising that for John Wanamaker. Our friend of Tho Hawkinsvllle News need have no apprehension concerning Editor Pendleton and The Osorglan. The venerable colonel and The Georgian understand each othor perfectly. We fence, but we do not fight. Now and then through a joint In the colonel's harness, we Inaert our aharp sword and pink the sensi tive skin, but never with malice or deadly Intent. We know the many Pendleton virtues as we know the few falling!, and we always strike the bal ance In favor of the real man. But newspaper life would scarcely be worth living la Oeorgla without the fun and frolic of an occasional dig la the colonel’s political ribs. “Following the Color Line.” Under this heading In (he August “American Magazine.” Ray Stannard Baker gives many Interesting phases of negro life on the plantation. He says. "There are even landlords and etnployeri who will trade upon the negro’s worst Instinct—love for li quor, for example—In order to keep him at work. "An Instance of this sort came to my attention at Hawkinsvllle, while I was there. The white people of the town were making a strong fight for prohi bition; the women held meetings, and on the day of the election marched tn the streets singing and speaking. But the largest employer of negro labor in the county had registered several hun dred pt bis negroes and declared his Intention of voting them against pro hibition. He said bluntly, "If my nig gers can't get whisky, they won't stay with me; you’ve got to keep a nigger poor, or he won’t work." "This employer actually voted *0 of his negroes against prohibition, but the excitement wea so great that he dated vote no more—and prohibition cerifd. THE MINORITY YIELDS GRACEFULLY. Since It Is all over, and we look at the matter In a tranquil way. It Is nothing leas than fair to say that If the opponents of the Hardman- Covington bill had been disposed to do so they might have protracted In definitely the filibuster which they carried on successfully on Wednesday last If It were the simple object of these gentlemen to emphasize by the filibuster -their own position of opposition to this bill and to register upon the records the attitude that they assume toward It, It may be conceded that the expenditure of an entire day was not perhaps too ex treme a method to demonstrate their convictions as to the Issue. Since of their own accord'they have consented to recede from fur ther use of the parliamentary weapon which they had employed, and since they have agreed without further protest or obstruction to per mit the passage of the prohibition bill to Its final reading and adoption. The Georgian, which urged them to do this very thing, can not In fair ness and courtesy fall to commend them for the voluntary retreat from the method of parliamentary obstruction and for their voluntary sur render to the rule of the majority. Taken altogether, we believe that the prohibitionists. In a more tran quil retrospect, will take this view of the conduct of the minority and will withdraw from them any feeling of bitterness or condemnation which may have grown out of the heat and fever of Wednesday's dis appointment. Since these gentlemen might have prevented further ac tion, there Is no reason why we should not give them the benefit of the doubt and ascribe the motives of public spirit and of democratic princi ple In their acceptance of the will and.the wish of the majority of their colleagues and of the people. \> And to, let us have peace! MR. CANDLER OF DEKALB. As the smoke clears away from the battlefield of Wednesday It Is In order to brevet for gallantry or wisdom the men whose conduct was most notable during the eventful period. Among thoso who come with largest repute and highest honor out of the melee Is one who had perhaps as little to say as any one en gaged In the entire debate. Only two or thrde times during the running discussion of parlia mentary procedure did the house receive a word from Candler of De- Kalb, but every word that came from Candler of DoKalb was clear, suc cinct and straight to the point. The part which he played lo the final adjustment of the excited feelings between the two factions was the noble part of a peacemaker, and this perhaps could have been played by no one better than the gen tleman from DeKalb. There Is something In the dignity, the sincerity and the balanced conservatism of Mr. Candler which commands the respect of hts fellows on either side of the chamber and there are few who will deny that he comes out of the recent discussion enjoying In even greater measure the esteem and admiration of his colleagues than before. Evory succeeding session of the legislature adds something to the repute and public stature of Candler of DeKalb. Mr. Candler's public life Is based upon that essential Integrity which Impresses Itself upon all thoso who come In contact with him. His political career has been founded upon Ideals which deserve and ultimately receive the respect of the people of his time. To a very high sense of political honor Mr. Candler adds a signal courage, and a resolute firmness In public affairs which Is mnklng a deeper Impress upon his contemporaries. There Is no office In the state which he Is not worthy to fill. And that ho will bo called to other and higher honors In the futuro none who appreciate the larger and noblor qualities of public life permit them selves for a moment to doubt. > Candler of DeKalb Is distinctly one of the growing men of the com monwealth of Georgia. L THE BRYAN STAR AGAIN ASCENDS. In the arena of national politics the status of affairs remains prac tically unchanged. Tho condition of the Democratic party do«e not seem to promise anything new or vital within the Immediate future, and the entire party Is apparently In the attitude of Mr. Mlcawber, "waiting for something to turn up." Mr. Bryan still remains the central and master figure of the situa tion. As tha matter stands, he can have the nomination If he wishes It. ■yhls much la certain. It Is almost equally certain that no man can have tho Democratic nomination who does not enjoy Mr. Bryan's confidence and receive his Indorsement. No candidate apparently seems willing to move except under Mr. Bryan's Initiative, and while many criticise him there has not yet been found any man who Is willing to antagonize hint or to enter the field openly against him. ' Of course In the contingency of Mr. Bryan's nomination The Geor gian will have nothing to regret and nothing to retract. In the expres sion which the editor of The Georgian made at Chnttanoogn It was dis tinctly stated that Mr. Bryan was the Idol of Democracy, the tallest moral fl-ure of our politics, and that upon a mere baala of personal con fidence and personal preference we would bear him upon our shoul ders to the White House. Questioning the policy of nominating Mr. Bryan or any Democrat at that time and under those strenuous ami economic conditions, we have never wavered In our loyal regard and de votion to the statesman from Nebraska who Is yet as ho has been for ten years the flower and crown of our modem and definite Democracy. In connection with Mr. Bryan's prospects thero comes from New York u most Interesting rumor to tho effect that he and Mr. William Randolph Hearst have reached a definite understanding, that Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst have met upon common ground, that the Nebraskan desires nliovo all things that bis party should win and that Mr. Hearst outside the triumph df his principles has no larger personal wish than the discomfiture of Mr. Roosevelt or the defeat of Hughes. Mr. Bryan, it Is Bald, dees not desire to run for president against Roosevelt or Hughes, but would dearly love to run against Taft or Fairbanks. Ho knows that a defeat next year would retire him permanently from politi cal leadership, while the defeat of another candidate would not Injure his own standing or put him out of the race In 1912. Mr. Hearst. on the other hand, has no fear of either Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Hughes. Ho would be willing to attack either and would suffer no loss of prestige by defeat In case he received the nomination of his party. In point of fact, no man In America could more successfully hope to compete with either Roosevelt or Hughes than the great Democratic editor, whose magnifi cent campaign of publicity and of aggressive warfare against monopoly, thundered for twelve years out of the mouths of eight great daily news papers, has done more than any other living force to create the present eplrlt of reform that Is sweeplug the country and lo uncover and to re buke the graft and greed that has disgraced the republic. He le the one man whoso executive capacity manifested In the suc cess of his eight vast enterprises under one management, and In h|s un paralleled municipal campaign In New York have established for him a vigorous character only equalled by his consistent loyalty to the people. So that the rumor runs it Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Hughes should be nominated by the Republicans, Mr. Bryan will heartily co-operate with the friends of Mr. Hearst and endeavor to make the New York edi tor the nominee of «ho party. If, however, Mr. Taft or Mr. Fairbanks should be the nominee, then It Is understood that Mr. Hearst with the understanding that Mr. llrynn la not to advocate government ownership, would throw the full strength of his vast agencies and of his full Influ ence behind him. If there Is any truth In this rumor it would seem to make certain the fact that either Mr. Bryan or Mr. Hearst would be the nominee, and that If either la the nominee It will mean a stronger Democratic party than wo have known la many years with the magnifi cent following of each of these great men united In behalf of the nominee. N No more Interesting rumor la extant upon the political air today. If it la not true. It Is devoutly to be hoped that It may be true, for In such an alliance as this there Is the consolidation of greater forces for the promise of success than the Democratic party has known In many years. And beyond this It Is also true that'If Bryan should be president with Hearst In his cabinet that there would he an executive force and aggressive courage In the administration that would commend It to the confidence and co-operation of the people. And lf .lt should b* true that Mr. Hearst should lead the forces of Democracy with Mr. Bryan In -co operation there would be the guarantee of all the reforms In behalf of the th't iqnl'l t; r-qnrrtt hr nnv other vever rod rn- ether n. ' i parity except that which fa already established In Incomparable experi ence and Incomparable prestige In the White House. This single combination If It should be accomplished would proba bly tfefer for a time the nomination of a Southern candidate. This Is what we would like to see above all other things In the Democratic con vention. We believe that no combination could be so strong as the ap peal to good feeling and a reunited country In the person of a Southern candidate. But If the wisdom of the Democratic representatives should not adopt this view It can not be denied that the rumored combination of Hearst and Bryan offers another and remarkably promising opportunity tot Democratic success. Of these condition^ we shall have more to say at another time. SPEAKER SLATON WINS LAURELS. The aftermath of the prohibition storm leaves Speaker Slaton with an unclouded record. Perhaps no man among those engaged In the eventful scenes of Wed nesday was placed In a more difficult and embarrassing position thau the Speaker of the House. Both factions of the battle were watching him with eager and jealous eyes. From the beginning the Speaker an nounced his Idtentlon to preside with absolute Impartiality and to con stitute himself a machine for the turning out of decisions stridtly ac cording to rule. That he did so no man can deny. There was not In any ruling or decision of the Chair from first to last a biased view upon either side of the controversy. Every ruling was made strictly under the rules of the House which were definitely cited whenever a question was made. And from the beginning the Speaker announced that It was not a mat ter of sensitiveness with him at any time to have any decision of his reversed or sustained. If Speaker Slaton had been a partisan upon the prohibition side he could have easily Ignored some of those who arose to claim bis atten tion even as does a speaker of the National House of Representatives. If he had been a partisan upon the liquor side he could have shown equal favor to the filibusters. But now that It is all over It is nothing more nor less than simple Justice to say' that the Speaker In this emergency demonstrated his remarkable familiarity, with the rules of the House and parliamentary procedure and his scrupulous fidelity In following them to the letter. We congratulate him upon the laurels which he has won from the occasion. THE ORPHANS’ APPEAL FOR A PROHIBITION LAW. To tho Editor of The Georgian: Mnoh mure tbsn (0 per cent of the or- phnna at Decatur nml other orphans* homes are there directly or Indirectly from liquor. very t inothei from the drluk ruin. A mother of four of these children wrote me that she had been sentenced for fifty- one days for n drunken spree. Her father- in-law and her husband cursed her Into drink and hut for the orphans' home she would curse her children, who hare to bear this awful heredity. Into ruin. Hhu Is woman of fine fstuliy. Tho hundreds of pitiful tales which l>e told would make tho hardest could cart Gin ire i will us prohibition and In a QUOTES AN INDICTMENT AGAINST THE SALOON. To the Editor of The Georgian. All honor to the grand old Empire 8tnte of the South for the effort she has been making to shut out liquor. And especially should your noble paper be congratulated for the stand It has taken upon this Im portant question. I'lease *ilow mo to quote an Indictment against tbs saloon from the pen of so unknown writer: The saloon Is the enemy of God. Its forces are against the forces tluvt make for righteousness. It makes n brute of the A SOUTH CAROLINA PERSONAL CLAIM. To the Publisher of The Georgian: The people of South Carolina are not ad dicted to the habit of giving themselves undue praise. Abbeville county, at least along too Huguenot settlements, may claim to lie not only one of the garden spots of the world, but a land where modesty and worth, qualities that elsewhere are Our self-restraint, our lack ... l» due not only to tho security of our po sition and the brilliancy of our past, but to (fur nssarnuco tbst when the time calls we will produce deeds nml men ns daring and ns aids ss those which hnve already carried the fame of our state so high and so far. However, we are not Altogether absorbed In self-eoutcmplntlon; we not ouly glory In the achievements of our sister states, hut we lend them our best blood siates, out we lend them our best with which to do their work. We lend tho surplus of our strength, our abil ity, our sterling mauhood to the service of the nation and of the several states, but we think It not unfair to ask at least an acknowledgment of tho obligation. Georgia la a great state, great enough either to Imrrow or to do without borrow ing. hut when It Ikutows men nml ahllltlts It should not forget when they entue. These reflect Ions, sir, are suggested by the habit Into which some of the people of Georgia hnve fallen In thinking and speak blasphemy. It t* destructive of all faith, all virtue, nil love toward God and likeness to God. It Is the organised expression of the kingdom of Sntan amongst men. It Is the enemy of men. It blasts his sago, corrupts his heart, weakens bis will and sears his conscience. It Is the enemy of the home. It puts .. .. ix . out the Are, empties the larder, turns the irotector of tho family Into a tblug of nh- inrroiicc, elothea the wife In rags and brings the children to suffering and shame. It Is the enemy of the state. It Is the breedlng-plnco of all conspiracies and plots ***** * ***- * - * * that fn«eaten the downfall of society, it the (.4 traitor of bail polities. It Is the gathering place of thugs and repeaters, the market »f tho purchasable vote, the foun tain bead of municipal wrong-doing. Tho devil Is for It. God Is ngulnst It. Vice Is for It; virtue Is against It. The brothel Is for It; the home Is agslnst It. Falsehood Is for It; truth is against It. Ing of your nhle editor. Graves, ns n Georgian, should lie proud of Mr. Temple should lie proud of Mr. Graves, nml It Is also true that Abbeville county Is glad to recognise the fact, but Mr. Graves Is a South Carotlnnn of the South Cnrollnans— more, he wag born nenr the old Wl|- MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. Corner Alabama and Broad Streets. Capital $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 600,000.00 Stockholders’ Liability 200,000.00 Total Responsibility $1,000,000.00 Commercial and Savings Accounts Invited. To the Editor of The-Georgian: The attention of the public Is being called to the whisky situation in Geor gia, a subject which certainly should have the prayerful consideration of every moral cltisen. The putting of whisky out of Georgia is a step to ward the good, but If We really have a dry legislature. In the name of God, do not waste your valuable time on such measure as this. We may not In years have another body of legislators who love truth, honor and sobriety as this one does, so, for Heaven's sake, give us a law which will prohibit the drinking fit whisky In Georgia. Make It a penitentiary offense to be caught drunk or even with the smell of wtlls- ky on the breath. This will not only prevent the sale of whisky In Geor gia, but the ordering thereof from oth er states. The fining of men Is only robbing women and children of what Is duly theirs. How many women, In Atlanta alone, do you suppose are dally tolling for a pittance which is taken from them and spent for the cursed stuff, or contributed to the recorder's court? Let's reason this way; If there Is no drinking, there will be no sale, which, I think, Is logical. But when there Is whisky sold all around, how does this sound for logic? It there Is no sale, there will be no drinking. To sup press an evil, strike the root. This Is not only true of whisky, drunkenness, etc., but of all crime. If the penalty of every crime, except murder and rape, be a term in the pen, one sitting of the legislature every two years would soon be sufficient, and In a short time we would have two or three days' court Instead of two or three weeks now. The making of every crime a peni tentiary offense Is the only way of granting equal rights to all. The man who commits the crime should pay the j JL 1- for navy’ yard?°Ne w* P York^ penalty. If our honorable body of leg- | f rom JWfolk for NcwjKjrt New*. ' n Mr Islators are there for the good they! ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— movements of vessels Washington. July^ . Robert It. Hewitt ^Lieutenant Mseken^e toVStSfiSESr cSSSfrh Fo " L. Stewart, to Twentv-«*/viihf*J!5, n , "*°rjt* Fourteenth cavalry. hnvlnr ha.H • Ayres, retiring hoard Sesplelulleafound b, Jerrlre on account of dlsahlll/r'i Vi 1 ’* thereto, and such Uniting h.vin. i!? cl<1 «st proved by the preatdent lw " n »P- notiiiced. I'ic.iuent, retirement Captain William J. Glasgow tw,. cavalry, to Kort Sheridan 21’ yk'rtwnth Ing arrival of his troon P«nit. It- ComlM, United “aSS'e, C *^ ln Albert Captain rercy I,, jfoei from Camp Cnptnlii Jofan gmltb "V** 1 ®. town exposition, to temiwarv dmi ssMTir&ff oSi " 01 purchasing .. Navy Orders W T HmhhV* rl „ Cou "<'". Commander. on J. A. Murphy, commit J" 11 .?”'- sa *? Spa LA 2®? de " ,rt " s Writes d&gSSfc Vttr t0 MUvrart; new Fort Lyon.* MlXhmm.TV h £W?'. mpn f. detached naval acadcnir hnma . await orders: Aurcrcnn \i *rto tsched navoi hospital, "'xoriolk to°"» Station. Charleston*: Surgeon s'’ o f?”” 1 tsssss saicsr* aaA ' - % Movements of Vessels. may do the country, let them show their hand. If there for a political purpoae alone, show your hand you surely will. Fewer larva arjd more strict la the crying need of the country. A SISTER OF TEMPERANCE. Lumber City, Ga. PLAN OF THE OPPOSITION. R l_ > county Itself! To those of as whose hark l«rk further than the (lay count: memories t liofore yesterday, the name of John Temple Graves revives memories of the Cslhonns, the DeOrnffcnrelds. the Waddells, the Mor- Ighnes and the McDuffies. To all of these families Mr. Graves owes much, and where he goes there they are. We leud him to Georgia freely, out of the wealth and abun dance of our treasury of ability, but the Misery . Disease . against It. Death Is for Now, with such nn array of arguments against the rniloon, or rather, Its |wtii.c|oiis produce, one wonders why some one who recently signed himself "Enquirer" In sn ,0f The Align*ta f**^ — * ‘ * ‘) which he the preachers? the hook of Deuter- luunlcatlon In which he asks who Is to he believed, the lllble or the preachers? nml proceeds to quote from the book of Deuter onomy In support of the Halit to purchase wine nml strong drink, did not become Dated upon three Important historical IM1 facts: 1. That there was no traffic mid enticing mtloon organ with ranlsed liquor _ .. . -III IIIIII •, will'll its posing. In Bible times. S. That ( two Hebrew words stand for wine g drink, which meant mented and unfermented Juice because— t. Distillation—the producing of "the devil In solution," or evil "spirits, was not dis covered until the eighth century after Christ. lutoxlcatlon, and th« other flg urcs as assumed tn refer to n certain state of affairs coveHng a prescribed period of time: "And tho third nngel sounded, Slid there fell a great star from heaven, burning •» It were n lamp, and It fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountain* of waters; and the name of the star Is called Wormwood, and the third part of tb% waters became wormwood, and many many iui-u uit-H o« iur waters bec*u~ **" made bitter." Hev. vlll, 10-IL To be convinced that this prophecy has Iweti amply fulfilled one has only to study the researches of I,omhrooo, the groat crim inologist of Europe. Some agency of de struction, as presented by Nordau lo ble work on “Degeneration," has not only left Its Impress upon the mind, morals, men- t iers of civilisation, but has actually shown tself In the conformation of the average human skull. It Is not Jieyond the couflucs of reason to nssmne after twelve centuries of net mere wdne-drlnklng hut the kind of aleoholi-on thm lnflnmes nnd maddens, that this Is the very ngenr/ apprehended by feted nnd always will exist Is without the province of past truth and present reason. If we believe the Rlhle, some plagues hnve a time limit even alter twelve centuries. KATU.VIUXE MATCUETTB-VAUGHN. r.inn.rly of the Ohio W. C. T. t’. Augusta, Ga. WIDELY COMMENDED. Th« Atlanta Georgian la being al most universally commended for Its position y on the temperance question. With such men as F. L. Seely and John Temple Graves at Its helm, little less could have been looked for from THINK8 WE’LL WIN OUT. ..Uow me to say. with many others, "Heaven bless the brave, noble duo at the head of The Georgian—V. L. Seely and our own 'John Temple!'" The nice little boy who brings us our paper tells me that he Is getting some new subscribers to The Georgian nth Carolina. One word more, sir: In some countries the chief stspla Is commodity, and In some nnother; In some countries the main product seems tn he strong men; hat where else than In South Carolina are ail the staples produced In such luxuriance sad strong men In such great eminence? And, nxn: where In South Carolina la Ihs Eden whe.. mini and colton achieve their highest de -flopineut? Undoubtedly In the Bordeaux ad Wllllnstna neighborhoods In Ahbevllle county. In Ins stnte of South Cnrollnn. Very ipeetfiilly, air, your humble servant, DAtflllOME DOIHCOURT D'AVAI.6x. IU8 NOTHING TO ME. "It Is nothing to me,” the beauty said, With a careless toss of her pretty head, "A man is weak If he can’t refrain From the cup you say Is fraught with pain.” It was something to her In after years, When her eyes were drenched with burning tears, , And ahe united in lonely grief and dread And started to hear a staggering tread. "It li nothing to me," the mother said, "I have no fear that my boy will tread The downward path of sin and shame And break my heart and darken his name." It was something to her when that only son From the path of right was early won, And mndly cast In the flowing bowl A ruined body and a sin-wrecked soul. “It Is nothing to me,” the merchant said. As over his ledger hs bent his head; "I'm busy today with tare and tret; I have no time to fume and fret.” ' It was something to him when over the wire A message came from a funeral pyre; * drunken conductor had wrecked a train And his wife and child were among the slain. "It Is nothing to me." the young man cried, In Ills eye was a flash of scorn and pride; I heed not the dreadful things you tell, l can rule myself, I know full well.” It was something to him when In pris on he lay The victim of drink, life ebbing away. As he thought of his wretched child and wife And the mournful wreck of his wasted life. It Is nothing t& me,” the voter said; "The parly's loss Is my greatest dread"— Then gav e his vote for the liquor trade. While hearts ware crushed and drunk ards made. It was something to him In after life When his daughter became a drunk ard's wife. And her hungry children cried for bread And trembled to hear their father's tread. Is It nothing for us to Idly sleep While the cohorta of death their vlgila keep, To gather the young and thoughtlese In And grind In our mldet the grlet of sin? nearly every day, and I think Mr. Seely I And learn to labor, live and fight will win out largely in the end. Re-j On the side of God and the changeless large!: VISE CROSS LEY* To the Editor of The Georgian: The liquor clement realixec that our itate temperance MU will become n law, nnd are now aettlng about to render the Inw In operative until they can hnve time to rally their forcca nnd make another tight In the election of a new legislature next auinmer. They seek not to dofent the bill, but to 1909. Their scheme le ao potent It can not prevail. The primary for the next gen eral assembly will be held next summer— Juet six month* before the time they pro pose for the closing of the snloonn. Into this primary, with liquor and money, the saloon element will enter, to mnke their death atrftggle. Aided by the National Li quor Dealers' Association, with Its untold wealth, and by the corrupt negro vote, they will seek to elect n new legislature more friendly to their buslues*. It can be aceti then that the propo sition to put the law Iii operation In 190e is simply to escape dissolution In 1908, nml to get Into a poeltlon to light temperance with all the means known to corrupt polltlcn. Another thing: Tha leulslnturo meets ngnln n*xt summer, and the saloons nre anxious to play this legislature ngnln, after what they rail the temperance ex citement Is over. Therefore, they do not wish to go dead before the assembly meets ngnln. Viewing these conditions thnt confront 11s. we enn rendlly see thnt any represen tative who votes to extend the time of put* ting Into operation our temperance measure Is nt heart au opponent of temperance. He does not wish liquor abolished from this state. He Is endeavoring to shift the ruin seller to a position from which ho may fight his battle over again. If the sale of liquor Is wrong—If It Is n sin against God nnd humanity—If It Is hnrtfu “ — - am A THRILLING STORY. To tho E,||,„r „f Tho Goorglnn- An Old coiitlomnn relnted to tno the fnl. lowing I Holdout nmong those of his veiled experlenee: An enthusiastic temperance worker np. pronched a warm personal friend, who was a popu nr anil prosperous business men. and asked If he would not become a mem- l»r of a certain prohibition movement thnt piled- * 0r * anl,c ' 1 ' Tho Mmtae* man re- •■So; I «o not think that Is neeessnrr. Ion sre aware I never use Intoxicating drinks of any kind, of hare them In air family, oven In alcknna, ns I know they have no medical virtue whatever, t simply let the whole thing atone, and have taught my boy to <lo the same. 80, you see we are In no danger, and there Is no need t» put my name to your membership." "But. my friend." said the other, "what nlwut your Influence upon those that you let l ' MS. HI tin Hint you JHl wn! le y t you a&e‘r nc ' *" 5 ' 0 " c "'" ln 11 f 0 .". 01 ,lll » business man had n J") orl, .J r - *“<1 he nas so mnnly, so noble and lovable, be was almost b # fWfllljr. A few mouths after tba nlnne conversation, the young imin maL°»hn r ®i lre i* W * former school- il* i Ibtoileated enough to "i* 1 to uki"i5inw U I!f li Interference nnd the most trivial th to the people—destroying the young perverting prare and happiness In stnte, why should It meet with consld , —jJP tlon at tin .... ... > tatlvea? It enn only do s consldern hands of Christian reprosen ““ ' by n disregard Christian sentiment or the stats aoil age. As to oVstsd Rights of Liquor Gsllor The supreme court of Georgia has con strued whnt vested rights tbs saloon-keen- ers hnve In this state In T| Ga.. page 668: .. _ .'gbP:*' liquors by virtue of license already tl out, nnd paid for: not a right to obtain a "«w license. otS." This decision was made on tbs local op- Invoking for their protection. It menns that they have been put on notice since the 71 Oa. (twenty years ago) that.they hi vested rights, except to sell to the their licenses. Now, under this local option decision, all the towns nnd eltlss In this state have nhnndoned the Uquor business when the county voted dry. Why should exceptions t»e made ns to tha liquor dealers of Atlanta, Macon and Bsvnnnnh. etc.? The local »p. or me siuoon-Keepers, and the new local ontlonlsts should not seek to esraito the pro visions of this law they Invoke. With this .notice of the supreme court, no Therefore, Justice does not demand flint help these houses In order nml staffs In bond," randy to march at the people's command. Tims to Ssil Out Liquors. Every one knows that the liquor deal- ers of Athmtn will hnve time to sell rppIvnUb their .lack, nml fell uut again nnd nrnln. The Adjustment of Finance,, ft l> elnlmed that th- .Mil— nml the state ,houM have time to ailjnnt their flnnne— What nn mi worthy eseune tn delay the exeeutlon of n just law. It Is n proposition to sell out rnr money. The other local option lowna had nn time to ndjust their linn neon because of the expul sion of the liquor traffic; hut they found nn experience thnt they needed no ad- Jnatment. flriffln, after Riving up itn II. rente feee nnd nssumlnR n floating debt, made under tbe saloon regime, found, nt nT/Si. 0 ? ,h * *?.’ Tn T- * b » denting WH ".nd the lb,no- license fee bad lo>on replaced In the treasury l.y *”'> righteous us- tnee. nnd t.rlffln hnd money In Itn Irens- ary. The snle of license* by the city of ■'¥’ ■''’'.'I”* 1 ". 1 " net parting with nir’lliu. 11 ,b r ■ ol, ‘ merely Of an (mag. ,n *K kiss lo state and city Is S^F'iS.r.-'wTu * j’flKWgyS ,Uwn upo,, "* w. E. II. SEARCY. was tuning nn angry altercation with an- Via* r ,'T m i n K n,n *b n,,, ‘ the newcomer, seeing that they would soon come to blows, en- L'Ci v 2'^ kin. friend to come wmi t pistol out of his pocket, mill, moment', warning, Arcl, and Hi# . , ; k -- Peseentakor foil to the ground, shot through tho heart. ‘“"LdUht th# tomporaneo worker, hi. would dm li.ssiu.. •••*- wnrser, III* I,? f i nr5 ’ drith grief and sympathy, went hi.^li" *erely bereaved friend. He found “ •lone ln the softly lighted parlor of re the Pier iijHtq his benutlf b ?w'*I down which lay his nobis I ... ... i2 U, HU nnn !i ,K y , 's ,,ke em*! effl- Xrt'*.** X*™ s ,n Ineffabl# peace upon "*>!*« ,,row . »"d | faint tmlla forward with outstrstched bands and streaming «.y*s: P; m ) r , friend! my friend! You wer# gnt, and I was wrong. Whisky hss not t me alone; and there (pointing to tbe flower-wreathed casket) lies my donrett bo n° J” Hf®» "Inin by this black broth of neii, though my precious l>ov never put • drop of the vile stuff to hla Ups In all bli young life, nnd he never hnrmed ong_by word or deed. . . . Denr friend thnuk you. buf nothing ran bring back " Title V ?n ~ my — r •° n ' Th ® crlM - sisters and his heartbroken niotl- er Is mors than I ran bear. I fold you • short Urns ago that I had simply let the accursed thing alone, but now/' hi* tesr* stained face becoming hard nnd stern. "If God will forgive my apathy ami cruel eelf; Ishness. and will spare me long enough. I will fight with all my powers the murder- one, hydra-headed devil to Its Inst dying fis»P- .. If I had done this—my dufy-ali *«•!>. If I hnd done this—my duty (long, he added with quivering line. *'pe tap* God would have let me kept ni jrnve, bright hoy—my only son.” MRS. L0UI8E CROSKI.RT. FIGHTS MUST NOT END HERE TO the Editor of The Georgian: The heroes nre not nil dead. The brats stolid that you have token In the cause state prohibition of the liquor trnff J* '• i*ry commendable nnd heroic ilfsv * “ jlssm m -k. n ptitj iruf x inis; ,,, and law-nbldlng eltlsen wJJ stand by you until victory Is In sight. But the fight must not end here. The etruggt should go on constantly nnd perslstrnwy until our national government, bowed ‘lows In sackcloth and ashes, shall eternully ban ish this arch-demon of Iniquity from fnlr borders of tho whole United States *>t America. . . Whnt we want Is more morels nnd ie» crimes; better cftlsens nnd less ••rtmin* 1 *; more school and empty Jails: more chores" nnd less asylums; omre Intelligent P^r pic and less idiots; more happiness *” less misery; more of heaven hell. Tonch i pinfF- "j nd less of The Dlvfns Injunction, "Tonch not. t**Jf not. handle not 1 * (buy not, drink not, not), enough to be a sufficient warning M» m all. We have run our school smlj■JJJk Ipal overnmenta and our politics,wi Wood money long enough, to pur,great*" row and shame. No compromise Is cer Me by the people. Absolute prohibition «» ,l mri!e r st the monstrous erf! of nnd strike hsnl. and we will stand by J. A. GEORGE. VP- Hawkinsvllle, Ga. The value of the farm lands along Union Pacific Increased by iS* Thn KL'iTbl" veterans*whose nrarion*rsrtiiKBl'fV oW ra,n * Ior aeven • :’lr Harder. 1$ "J RK ^ he •»*** while in - s j’ *" ' ; * • TtiG Is eu ndvr ono.*» la th* flv* ><*•« of I*» t* I'nltnl ktim r-n.q. flgnr** It mix only E'**-™, - nf n-vrir * !”• ' ’