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I i'HE ATLANTA GEOhGlAN AND NEWS Thursday. Arursr j. mb.. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Prwkknt. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At * West Alabama Attests. Gs. Subscription Rotes: » Tear U\J re# Moo tbs »-* «»u# Month « By Carrier, per Week Telephones connecting sit depart* Moots. Long distance tenolosU. *te!tb A Thempeoe. advertising rep resentative* for all territory ootalde of Geo^ta. Chicago Ogle* ...... Tribune BolMlo* Kew Tort Office Potter Building If yoo hare aor trouble getting TUP GEORGIAN ANJi NEW*, telephone the rlrroteUca department and hare It prom&tl/ remedied. Telephones: Ben SfTT boss; Atlanta 4401. It Is desirable that all com monies- rioot int' nde4 tor pubdestfoo in THE GEORGIAN AND NEW* tie limited to MO words In length. It la Imperative that they be signed, ns an evidence of food faith. Rejected maaoeerlpta will oot he returned on teas etampe ere oent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEW* print* ho noclean or objectionable advertls- lag. Neither doe# it print whisky or say liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEW* stands for Atlanta's own* log Its own gas and electric light plants, as It now ewos its water works. Other cities do this and get gae as low as to cents, with a profit to the efty. This sbosid l-e done st •nee. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS twlleeee that If street railways can be epersted ewrressftilly by European Hues, they are. there Is do good rnmm why they can not be so oper* •ted here. Bet we do not believe •Ms caa he done sow, sod It mar bo some years be fere w# ere reedy for so big as sodertsklng SHU Atlanta shook! set Its face In that direction NOW. Recognition of Young Atlantan Unsolicited, « high honor hu come to n prominent young Atlanta attor ney in the appointment of Llgon John eon aa a special assistant United States attorney. His special duties wlil be in connection with the gov. eminent forestry reserve. * ; Mr. Johnson attracted the attention of officials high up in the govern ' meat's legal services by bis work In connection with the famous Ducktown copper litigation In the United States supreme court. He was associated with Attorney General John C. Hart In all • of that litigation, coveting a period of 1 some two years, and gave the ques. < tkm close study. The winning of that great legal 1 fight Is one of the biggest victories In the history of the state, and Is of far-reaching effect. A large part of the data used In connection with tble : litigation was prepared by Mr. John i son, and In this way be became Inti ■’ mate with all the questions Involved In forestry. The unsolicited honor thus com log to him Is one moet worthily be stowed. Mr. Johnson Is a young man, full of energy and pluck, and la the ; character of aggressive flgbtor that the government Is drawing Into Us ! service. Atlanta friends of this brilliant young attorney congratulate him upon fell services. Hit duties will not Uke him permanently from Atlanta. Now Alabama wants to follow Oeor-. gla's good example. Joe Hatton Is dead In London. Joe Mulhattoa. however. Is still doing business at the same old stand.. The panic among the Coosa river .cattish has about subsided. Para- grapher Nevln Is back In Washington. If every man will constitute himself an officer of the law the liquor traffic will ceaae In Georgia after January next Atlanta I* proud of Forrext Adair. With men of that kind at the fore front of her affairs, she has nothing to fear in the future. Sam Blythe says Seattle's motto Is “Get 'am going and coming," which Is perhaps better than not getting 'em at aJL Atlanta la ready to demonstrate to the world that her solidity and pros- parity are not predicated or depend ent upon the liquor traffic. It Is rather ungrateful In a man to subsist on mullaney herring for sev eral years, then go hack to Texas and knock It paragraphlcally every day. Senator Albert .Beveridge Is about to place himself In a situation where he will permanently lose the right of baring the last word. His wedding occurs next week. It may be observed In passing that Mr. Billy Smith's yonng men are closing In on the exponents of the national game from Memphis with a daring most commendable. At any rate Mississippi will have an able representative In the United States senate when her choice Is de termined today between Vardaman and Williams. Say. this Is carrying things a bit too ter. Egyptologists now declare that Bameses If waa a four-flusher. If a halt la not called somebody will np and assert that no such person as Ananias ever existed, which would be taken as a vindication of certain "•-ties listed by President Roosevelt. THE GOVERNOR AND HIS MEASURES. "The Georgian feeb constrained to remark that the question of prohibition haa eopsumed a good share of the time allotted for consideration of other important matters for the welfare of our state by this legislature. The delay, though unexpected by many, waa probably unavoidable. The opponents of prohibition were more largely to blame for it than ita advocate*, in that they hindered, when they could not hope to prevent, the measure that waa nearest the hearta and consciences of a great majority of our law-maker*. It became evident very early in the session that nothing could be done until this question waa settled. Governor Smith made his great race upon reform measures, which, unlike- many reform governors, he intended faithfully to carry out. <His reform measures are aa wise aa he is sincere, if we know what we are talking about. The Georgian believes Governor Smith does thing* because they are for the good of the people of Georgia, and believing this. The Georgian calls upon all of its friends in the legislature to give him their full and prompt support, to the end that every hope he entertain* of better law* may be realized. The Georgian hopes that the splendid band of men with which our state haa graced this immortal legislature may give the same telling ma jorities to thoae measures near to the governor’s heart that they gave to the great cauae which they have just carried to victory. Let'* all stand by the governor. MUCH INTER ESI SHOWN IN FARMERS' INST/7U7E HELD IN WILKES COUNI > BRYAN AND HEABST—AND WATSON! The rumor of a political understanding between Mr. HearsUand Mr. Bryan lx exciting more than ordinary comment throughout the South and the country. There can be no doubt that the rumor If true will hare a large bearing upon the next Democratic convention and upon the next nation al election. Whether thla understanding revolves sround the candidacy of Mr. Bryan for the presidency or of Mr. Hearst for the presidency, or wheth er the two are to atand behind a Southern candidate, the element of essential Interest In It Is the union of two great forces that for twelve years hare been either cool or antagonistic to each other. That Bryan and Hearst are the two great personalities In the Demo cratic party, no sane man will question and no honest man will gainsay. The great evangel of Nebraska has gone like a Peter the Hermit up and down the country arousing the people to a new crusade for liberty and purity. The great Democratic editor from the months of eight great dally newspapers haa thundered day after day and week after week to an au dience a thousand times aa large, the principles of a real Democracy and an Inspiration to a real government of the people beyond the tyran ny of predatory wealth. Whatever the causes that swept Hearst and Bryan apart, they were causes that contributed most potentially to the Democratic defeats for the last twelve years, and whatever the causes that bring them togeth er they will contribute most mightily to the success of the Democratic party In the future. Mr. Hearst has a personal following as large as that of Bryan, although It will not be generally conceded. Mr. Bryan has his personal following devoted. Influential and sincere. And these two mul titudes catching something from the spirit of the leaders have either been loyal and cooperative or apathetic and Indifferent to each other. There lacks yet one other element to make thla combination po tential and almost conclusive to Democratic succeis.- The missing link to this combination lives In Georgia and we do not need to name Tom Watson as the man. Mr. Watson is still the Idol of the old Populist party whether that party remains Intact or whether It haa been gath ered Into the ample bosom of Its reformed mother of Democracy. Mr. Watson Is also the friend and Idol of the farmer. South and West and center. HIs magazine stands aimoat as one of the organs of that great body of thirteen hundred thousand farmers known as the Farmers' Union. His name Is Indissolubly linked with reform measures and popular liberty and the rights of the people. We have no abler man In the South than Tom Watson, and by the light of the records no cleaner, braver and more honeat publicist In all the country. He has been consistent against bis interests, loyal without regard to preferment and true to his principles when he might have triumphed by the most casual deviation from their lines. Such a man can not fall to command Influence and to deserve friends We make bold to say that If Tom Watson would Join his to roes to those of Hearst and Bryan It would add to the strength of that com bination a large majority of the thirteen hundred thousand members of the Farmers' Union. It would lend to the cause an Incomparable advo cate and an Incorruptible statesman. We sincerely hope that Mr. Watson will fall Into line. Watson, Hearst and Bryan are natural allies. With slight and In consequential differences they have the same political convictions. They have fought In the main for the same reforms. They are each one. pulsed through and through with a supreme consideration for the rights and the liberties of the plain people of America. Burely, no light and trivial circumstance, no small differences of opinion should separate men who see so much for which to fight In common and for which to hope lit patriotic and unselfish ambition. The Georgian, awaiting with such patience as It can the confirma tion of the rumored understanding between Hearst and Bryan, sends out the fervent wish that It may be so, that It may be followed by the full cooperation of Thomas E. Watson. And with these three powerful and Incorruptible forces we bave every reason to believe that the new and definite Democracy of this better day will march to usefulness and vic tory. CONDITIONS DO NOT JUSTIFY BEAR ESTIMATES. * July St. July 31, 190T. 1906. October 11.92 10.21 December 12.00 10.32 January 12.0$ 10.37 March 12.18 10.49 The above figures compare the prices for the new crop months this year and last year. The crop Is Just now being picked In Texas, and aa usual at thla aeaaon of the year crop experts exert themaalves to contuse the trade by Issuing estimates of the yield of cotton for the approaching season. In about nine times out of ten the estimates are placed at very high figures for the purpose of depressing the market In order to open the season at prices much below the worth of the staple. . There Is a dearth of estimates on the crop of 1907-06 up to the pres ent time. Crop experts are at sea. In order to Issue an estimate of a bearish noture—one that after supplying the requirements of the world's spinners would leave a burdensome surplus—they must give figures they know will not and can not be produced on the acreage planted. It has now apparently resolved Itself Into a question as to the possi bility of the production of cotton In the South keeping pace with the steadily Increasing growth In the world's splndlage. There have been produced In the South the past three seasons some thing over 38,000,000 bales of cotton. And today cotton Is a scarce arti cle, with the new crop being quoted at extremely high prices as compared with previous- years, for new crop cotton. Preparations for manufacturing the next crop (pto goods, both at home and abroad, have been on an enormous scale. New mills are being built; old mills are being enlarged; costly and up-hvdate machinery 1s being installed, while the old mills arc kept busy In efforts to meet the Insatiate demand for goods at the best prices In years. The set-back after the brilliant early atari made by the growing crop makes It extremely doubtfti! If consumptive requirement! frill be met by the outturn the coming season. Speculators are beginning to realise this. It Is not the fault of the price opponents Included In this class that present prices are ruling. They are using all means at their command to convince some one that the crop Is all right; that decided Improve ment haa been made since In many sections the plant was killed by frost, while In others torrential rains had washed away the fertiliser and even the seed; yet over-estimates of the yield have not made their ap pearance at yet. They are due. According to the cotton growers In The Karmen’ Union In Texas they must offset consumptive requirements of 14,000,000-hale* to be bearish. The members of the Farmers' Union in Texas are row h'-ldii” tbt-lr cotton for 16c, refusing offers of itn. By SELENE ARMSTRONG. Washington. Oa_ Aug. 1.—There Is such commotion on the farm these early mornings ar you've never known except when the family got off to the Atlanta fair or the Jamestown ex position. We are all astir betimes, and t o'clock finds os dressed np very much sad very uncomfortably, and Jogging along to Washington In the dilapidated carriage, or the new spring wagon. Farmers' Institute. This is the first tMtttute held In Wilkes county since appropriations were made by the legts-! lature for thla purpose, and the al-[ tendance and Interest manifested prove that It fills a long felt need I among farmers. The Institute was presided over by Mr. H. L. Gerdlne. who is prominently Identified with the movement through or the buggy that was built for twul out the state. Among the well-known a u m. a • r^a bare who A re lea athlnptntl fftf and now holds six. We are fanners and we ere going to the Farmers' In- ■tltutr. being held this week In Wash ington; to learn all that is worth know- lag shoot potato burs, and boll wee- vile, and about the sad. sad life of the farmer's wife. We go by all the county roads that lead to town, and we arrive not a moment later than 9 o'clock—Just barely In time. For the speaktfig begins at quarter past ten, and farmers are never late. We do some shopping: take the children to ‘.he drug store for a glass of soda water and then, while the town bell rings In summon*, we stroll across the square to the coiRt house, and file very sol emnly Into the auditorium to hear practical and scientific farming dts- On Wednesday and Thursday each about seven hundred of the fanners of Wilkes and adjoining counties gath ered in Washington to attend the speakers who are la Washington for the occasion are Professor J. M. Kim brough. of Experiment Station. Go. who spoke Wednesday on "Rotation IB Crops;" Mrs. J. H. L. Gerdlne. of De catur, who talked on "The Country Home as it Is and as It Should Be; Mr. R. J. Smith, state entomtfiogUt; Profeeaor J. M. Johnson, of the Agri cultural department of the University of Georgia; Dr. H. H. Stockbridge. of Atlanta; Mrs. William Felton, of Car- tcrsrtUe, and others. The sessions have oeen largely at tended by the farmers' wives All problems relating to the farm and the home are freely discussed In meeting, and the Institute seems to fulfill Its mission of arousing Interest In the most advanced methods of fanning and of emphasizing the unity of fanners' In terests. After the close of the session on Wednesday a barbecue was held on the grounds of the public achooL ANOIHER WOMAN VICTIM IN NEW \ ORK CRIME WA VE New York, Aug. 1.—Two men were held today by the poUce aa suspects In the "Jack-the-Rlpper" murders. One of them, believed to be Joseph Girard, who escaped after the heinous murder of Oussle Pfeiffer in the Bronx two years ago, was captured at Ver- planck, near PeekskUl. In the very closest details this man answered the description of the fiend who killed the Pfeiffer woman, as well as Miss Edith Davis, whose mutilated body was found In the WallkUI river at Walden. N. Y.. and of the man wanted In connection with a similar murder of ths unidenti fied young woman whose lacerated corpse was found In the areawsy of a Ninetieth street building Ian Tuesday. Another man. John Kutmlcho. who admitted he had been with the Nine tieth street victim tn a deserted house on Sunday, waa arrested by the police at about the time the Verplanck arrest was made. The finding of parts of the horribly mutilated body of a young woman which had been weighted down and sunk off Fort Wadsworth. Staten Is land. further complicated the "ripper" mysteries today, and the police feared they would have another charge against the fiendish slayer of women. 20,000 MUSSULMANS MEN A CE MOROCCO AND FOREIGNERS Tangier, Morocco. Aug. 1.—An out- Italian were killed. break of a "holy war" with the massa cre of all Europeans In Morocco Is threatened. Twenty thousand mussul- mans are encamped about Casablanca and an attack on the town Is likely at any moment. The trouble began yesterday with an Invasion of the city by tribesmen. The Harbor Railway Works were attacked and two guardians of the port, six Frenchmen, three Spaniards and one Numerous shops and dwelling houses were pillaged. The mounted men drove through the streets commanding all mussulmans to leave town, as the tribes were about to exterminate Jews and Christians. The French cruiser Onlllec has arrived st Casablanca snd the commander has ordered the pasha to protect the Europeans under penalty of hlr own head. Two massacre Prudence and P r o g re s sio ene** go band in band in tbe management of this back's affairs; Prudent—in adhering strictly to conservative bankin grilles, thhus assuring protection to ita depositors; Progressive—in considering the requirements of sueh firms, corporations and individuals aa bave demonstrated their abil ity to conduct a successful bnsiness, thus insuring a steady growth. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. To the Editor of The Georgian: An extract from the Sunday sermon of the Rev. Dr. Lee. printed tn an Atlanta paper, supports the custom of “tipping* As the practice is contrary to the teachings of nearly all advanced thinkers (except Dr. Lee. In case he te accurately quoted). It might be Inter esting to your readers for the doctor to give some other reason than that It Insures better treatment, prompter service, etc., as a means for doing so. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders. Usshlngtoo. Aug. 1.-Colonel Wllllsa H Coenegys, assistant paymaster general, tnm New York city, take elation at Got croon Really, doe. not "tipping. " boldei>i ^ Kcaiiy. a oca not tipping. Dcaiaea i"IT * ... Increasing the burdenaomt expense ofj roaoddog officers detailed for doty at had ita orirfn in tipping. so closely re- Iment infantry, national ctmrd of'MUaoun Uted ar# the two. #L Joseph: -Vim Lieutenant Charles Not Ion* ago I was exiled upon to “'***■ — * ** contribute to * fund being raised to purchase a loving cup for the president of a company with which I had had employment. It Rare me great pleasure to do so. not because of any mercenary benefit expected from It. but because of the esteem and regard I felt and entertained for the man. In such a spirit, and only so. can the practice of giving be Justified, much less fill any noble and useful purpose. The bell man, porters, waiters, etc., of our ho tels may need the showered Rifts of a generous but orer-burdened public, but more than all, they need to be taught the meaning and beauty of a gift, as well as to know the pleasure and unalloyed Joy there Is In duty well per formed. E. L. PARKER. Atlanta, Ga. DRUGQI3T8 SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONFIDENCE. To the Editor of The Georgian: At almost every session of the gener. al assembly one or more bills are In troduced that make & dig at the drug business. One was before the last legislature, the real purpose of which was to keep a blind tiger quuck medi cine out of the county that the author of the bill represented, but the bill was drawn te have general effect through out the state, and if enacted Into law. It would have made me a law breaker every time 1 sold a customer a bottle of essence of lemon or pepper, mint. Druggists, represented by a com mittee, went to Atlanta and explained this to the senate committee and this condition was corrected. The present legislature has before It a bill to re td rtet the sale of certain drugs. Drug gists generally do not care If this bill becomes law. The sale of hablt-form- Ing drugs should be regulated care fully and stringently, but why not. In making laws for such purpose, take druggists Into the confidence and into consultation with the legislature when these laws are constructed? I have on experience of thirty years ns drug gist and have studied and examined into the matter of how the morphine habit begins and have questioned hun dreds of unfortunate victims on this matter, and almost without a single ex ception, with both whites and blacks, the beginning was In a case of pro tected sickness when morphine or plum in some form was administered to relieve pain. Unfortunately this cannot be helped because physicians are obliged to relieve suffering with this drug when they deem It neces sary. Now, do druggists desire to sell morphine and cocaine to habitues? They do not.' Do you ever see this stuff exploited and advertised by druggists? With exception of a very few black theep of the flock, and these always in the few large cities, aa a class, druggists do not go alter this business and offer no Inducements to buyers. The business of druggist makes It neces sary for him to supply it. When un fortunate people become habitues I be lieve* they are gone forever. 1 have never known of a bona flde cure. The great question for philanthropists to work on Is how to prevent drug habits from being tanned. When a poor vic tim becomes enf-laved It Is a crime, almost, to suddenly.deprive him of his dope. This may a bund harsh, but it is true. Ask any druggist whe has had years of experience by contact with these victims. The profession of medicine in Georgia stands at the top as com pared with the other states. There are thousands of the ablest doctors in thla country—high-toned, good Christian men—practicing in our grand old state. The same is true of druggists. Wo l.avs labored for years to elevate tho character and standing of our profes sion and will always be found on the right side of every important question, especially genuine reform. Do you ever bear, except with rare exception, of druggists wishing to handle liquors? I have a Anal word to say to legis lators: When you have In mind the making of laws that will affect the drug business, take us Into your con fidence and consult us and we will help you and not oppose any fair legisla tion. GEORGE D. CA8E. Mllledgeville, Ga. A SUGGESTION. To tbe Editor of The Georgian: It strikes tne that now 1* tbe right time to start a general movement to collf-ct frotn the prohibitionists of Georgia sufficient fund* to erect nn appropriate prohibition inouduient in memory of Her. Sam I 1 . Jones, tbe Woman's Christian Temperance Union and tbe Antl-Baloon League, to con* ■1st of a triangular shaft, the names ns given aliove occupying one side each, with iroper base below. our humble snliscrllier Is satisfied that. If such a movement was inaugurated, old Itnrttnv'a prohibitionists would respond no hly to the call, as would, we hare no doubt, the entire state. Yours very truly. A. B. CUN YUS. Cartersrllle, Ga. A DAY OF REJOICING. To the Editor of The Gcitrgtan: I Indorse The Georgian's position on th prohibition question, and I am snre the paper's influence has !>ecn weighty. And now, as tbe flrst bnttle Is over, I wish to make n humble suggestion that The Geor* fftan set apart a day for rejoicing and thanksgiving to be observed over Georgia as the day of doom to tbe liquor curse. Yours for enforcement, J. W. WILCOX. WHAT WILL WE DO WITH ITT To the ProhlMtlnnlstr Scattered Abroad o* our reprravuuuivea in n"u*t> nun nnnnir, we have at last upon the statute books of our lielored state a law forbidding all traf fic In the accureed thing which has for generations wrought so much damage in our midst. What shall we do with that law? Shall we. because of Indifference, carelessness, cowardice, allow It fa lie there In Innocuous desuetude? Or shall we enforce it? A prohibitory law is a good thing. Our spellbinders, during the campaign, bar.* lauded It as the core for nil the evils of liquor selling or liquor drinking. Rut It may not be. It may he a curse, and a greater curse than that which It Is supposed to su pers*de. Thom* upon the able of the llquor» seller Already stlnnatlxe *»• as "the blind tiger crowd,” They charge that we are pr«*clpl- tntlng nn era of strife, anarchy, hynoerfsy. and several other bad things; that the doc* tors will soon have to alwindon their regular practice and l>egln a coarse as specialists, giving nil their time to writing prescrip tions for "nerve tonic." etc. * And their charges ami epithets against us will have In then* too much truth to !m» at nil pleasant, unless the law Is enforced; therefore. It Is respectfully smrgestetl that the prohibitionists In every militia district In each county, and every ward In each cltr. combine, organize st once n law and order b*ngiie. whose inotto shall be, "The law must be enforced." I^»t them see to it that so far os It may Im» possible, every violator of our state prohibitory Inw !►# visited with swift snd certain punlshmen*. S«» shall we clear our skirts; so shall we realize, for our lndored state, the results so glowingly pictured ns snre to follow the passage of nn anti-barroom law. Yours for prohibition and prosperity. REV. S. II. OLMSTEAD. Pastor First Methodist Church. SinlthvHle. Gn. Roomer. Sixth held artillery, to Kansas Cltr -U tto ^ n ^. UFbtBattery B. nation G guard of Missouri, to fit. Joseph. Captain Josiah C. Mlnlscb. Sixteenth In fantry. from Fort Cook to Clemson Agrl- cultural College, South Carallna. September L as professor of military science. Navy Orders. Lieutenant Commander C. M. Keopper. ad. dltlona! duty, nary yard, Washington, in connection supervision of work of Almlranto Bay service expedition; Lieutenant Com- mauder C. B. Brittain, dstaebed Connecti cut. August 15; home to await orders. Lieutenant Commander M. L. Bristol, de tached duty on staff commander in chief Atlantic fleet, to Connecticut; Lieutenant Commander G, W. Cllns. detached nary recruiting station New York, Auguat 10, to Georgia. Lieutenant M. J. McCormick, detached Hancock, to charge nary recruiting station. New York. Auguat 10. Lieutenant L Brooks, Jr., detached navy department to charge nary recruiting station, Cincinnati, August 7. Lieutenant A. A. Petterson to Hancock. Lieutenant A. M. Cook, detached Text*, luffus: 5. to California. lieutenant M. Joyce, detached navy recruiting station, Cin cinnati, Auguat «. to Lancaster. Movements of Vessels. Arrived—July 30, Prairie At New Hatch. Sailed—July 30, Caesar, from Newport News for Boston: Lebanon from Norfolk to 4lestroy wreck; Wolverine from Duluth to Put-ln-Bay. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN GEORGIA. Is the bill introduced by lion, of Laurens, to change the suffrage laws of Georgia. from tbe politics of the state. Still the Williams bill only goes half way In amending the conatltulon of Georgia. While It maxes provision for casting out of the ballot box that element whose Influ ence would prove corrupting, ths opportu nity Is neglected to brine to the polls a class of voters whose Influence would bs for the highest moral and Intellectual growth of tbe state. 1 refer to tbe women of Georgia. When this measure comes up for consideration before our law-makers let ns hope that the committee on constitutional amendments will recommend tbe striking out of the word "male" In that section of the stats constitution setting forth ths elective franchise; for Georgia Is oas of the few states that has not granted tbs women some fonn of suffrage. In twenty-six states of onr Union woxnea go to the polls snd rots with their has- bands, fathers and brothers Nineteen of these states have given their women school suffrage. In three states ths tax-paying women vote on all questions sab- Is large- of tbs a Bouthem state— Louisiana—and ly due to the Interest and efforts wonieu voters of New Orleans that the- aew. system of that city Is being brought modern standards of health and sani tation. Kansas has given her women municipal suffrage, and In Colorado, Utah. Idaho and Wyoming woman have full suffrage. Aeroaa the wntef we find the women of England, Ireland, ficotlsnd, Norway, and France ex tended pome form of suffrage, and In thoss wonderful countries of tne Houth Seat, Australia and New Zealand, we And ths women Invested with full political rights. In conilderiug this question today of woman suffrage In Georgia, we are prons to make the mistake of viewing It In the light of Industrial and economical condi tions of fifty years ago. Our mothers and trandmothers. In the seclusion and protec* .Ion of their home life, bad not that need of the Imllot that the woman of today haa who Is cbllgei! to go out In tfie world and take her place In tbe rauks of bread-win* era. Today there la scarcely a vocation or pro fession which woman has not entered, and herself to l*e a worker The klnghthood of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Louis Nathan establishes n re markable record, for this Is the third brother of one Jewish household who has earned knighthood in the oervlee of Eng land. SIGNAL PUBLIC PRAISE FROM A VERY STRONG MAN SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH ATLANTA, GA. Offic. of John E. Whitt, Paotor. / July 27, 1907. Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Mr. Seely: I think I ought publicly to say what I have said to you privately, that The Atlanta Georgian, in boldly espousing the cause of prohibition, has done a great public service. In my judgment, it will prove in the long run not only a righteous course, but the course of real power and leadership in this community aud in the South. Without reference to the claims which other papers have upon their con stituents, it seems to me a perfectly reasonable thing, and a matter of common loyalty, that people who take the moral side on all public matters, the influence of ministers and churches interested directly in the triumph of moral contentions, and associations and conventions of religious bidies which exist for the purpose of advancing the cause of religion and morality among ths people, should support The Georgian, and by every proper means extend its ability to serve the causes in the future for which they stand. The Georgian has just begun to help us. I praise you with al’ earnest ness. Sincerely, JOHN E. WHITE, Pastor Second Baptist Church. I ronclualrely proved herself . *»f eouM Ability with her brother, but In the South, the working woman la under cruel disadvantages which It Is within tbs power of the Houtberu men to remove. When we come to compare the wages with thoae given her brother worker or with the wage* given her sister In thoss states where equal suffrage Is In force, ws And that In the Industrial world the bsuot Is a powerful weapon of self-defenae. There happened here In Atlanta a little Incident that will serve to Illustrate what part ths ballot plays In the welfare of the working man and working woman. A few tnootna ago nn agitation was started td raise lbs salaries of the school teachers and poUce* inen In this city. The policemen got their raise promptly and without tbe lssot trou ble, but the school teachers' plea for better wages was Ignored. A member of tbs board of education upon being aaked wbjr the teachers were discriminate*! Against a*ld succinctly: "The teachers ars ill women, policemen vote.” But suppose we leave tbe working woman and turn to the wives and mothers ot Georgia. Here again wc find conditions jo the home far different from conditions in our grandmothers' time. Today politics has Invaded the home, tbe school and in fnct every phase of onr erery-dar Ufa- too food we eat. the water we drink, and ths sir we breathe are all charged with pulljl/** The condition of each and all largely on an ever alert and watchful vot- -duration of h-r children, th* health oi her family and the happloMi "f hor home .object to the Inlnanra of poli tico, It aurelr nenla little arjument to eon finer na of the olmpl* Juatlea of the hallo} brine placed In the hnnda of the wire, and mother, of tSeoreai. And then there are the tai-paylne women of onr atnt*. •» would lie Intereatln* to learn Jn*t how many women tax-payere there are IB «1n. and how many of theae women am ntao widows nnd wn*e-enrnen who hare not even that semblance of representation wairn many try to eenvlnee oar women they nave thronxh their bualmnda. It ta tyracnlrfll an*,unjuat to withhold front the tax-pay "• women n voice In mnklnx law* BO'* . , !' c offlidala die mnat tupport with her tea '“Thke'u all In nil. politic! can not fall to te twtter far woman's direct lndnencj, the other hand, the ballot will tend to »»»• woman broader and more pypctwai. h| And lastly, the future wlll iasvlu^J bring ns woman suffrage. So IffIPU onr women today that which In J«***Ji 11 theirs—the ballot. L ANAb* Atlanta, Oa. BANKER KILLED WHILE DIVING Philadelphia. Aw. l.-PreaMeM U. Walwm of the Xortherti .National lla"> of thla city waa luatnntly killed In a awl mini pool nt the Cotumhla GlM»J J- o* .t prominent nodal ItrR .../. It In I .el treed he met denth byatrir In* hta bend nxnlnet the concrete - the tank while dlvlnx.