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XXIHi xixUA.1* xxv vxxiVxvvrxxuN AiNU JNliiWb. THE ATLANTA GEORGIA (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except 8unday) By*THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At ft tVeet Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Ratest One Tear KM Me Month J.M OneTfonth •« By Carrier, Per Week Smith A Thompson, advertising rop^ rrseatntlrei tor all territory outside of Geoi«ta. Chlraeo Offlre ...... Tribune Building New fork Office Potter Building eur ti AND NEWS, telephone the elrculntlon department and bare It pros.ptlr remedied. Telephones: Bell mf main; Atlanta «W1. It Is desirable that all commnnlca- tloria Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to too words In leuctb. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of rood felth. Rejected manuscripts will not he returned unleee stanipe ere sent for tbe purpose. Tlllt GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints n< unclean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print wbleky or nny liquor nds. plants, as It now owns Its water works. Othrr cities do this and get can aa low ae do cents, with a profit To the ritt. This should be done at Once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS belleret that If alreet mltwnra can be operated successfully by European titles, ea they are. there Is no good res son why they can not be an oper ated here. But we dn not believe this ean be dene now, and It mar be some years before we are randy for eo big on nuderrnklng. Still Atlanta should eat Its face In that direction NOW. After the Ipnobie fate of White Home "Pete, 1 It Is strange that Gotham bids for notoriety with monkey named "Pete." Pretty toon the Georgia legislature will erjd Its session, thtto giving The Charleston News and Courlor time to consider South Carolina matters a bit. Pompeiian bakers made their loaves round and flat. Some modern linkers make their loaves flat, stale, and any thing but profitless. Styles lu millinery have not changed in Japan In 2,500 years, which Is an other argument to show the smooth ness of the Japanese male citizen. The Pittsburg bank Janitor who was arrested for swiping funds might put forward the excuse that he was hired to clean out the Institution. President McCracken of New York University must be taking a crack at President Day, of Syracuse. He saya grove danger lurks In trust-built uni* varsities. Prince Victor Marayah, son of the Maharaja of Cooch Rehar, Is a candl date tor tbe Cornell football team. A man with a name like that ought to ha able to hit the line pretty hard. Nebraska has Its Bowdre Phlntzy. H. A. Turpin has submitted to the Ne braska railroad commission twenty- five photos showing tbe condition of the Missouri Pacific tracks. Captain Young came down to Islo Royale, waved the Union Jack over It and announced that It belonged to Canada. It seomed to have been more a caso of applejack than Union Jack. Harney Oldfield, having worked the public for some years, now cries out that the racing game Is no more and he must go to work! Hard luck, Har ney, but quite a lot of other folks have to w-rk for a living. A correspondent of Tbe New York 8un b trying to churn up public ap preciation of the poetic productloua of Ebenezer Buttermilk. He ought to appeal especially to Vice President Fairbanks on account of his name. Congressman Theodore Burton an nounces that he will retire as chair man of the rivers and harbors com mittee. He must have something mighty good to yield up the guardian ship of the pork barrel. Some newspapers have the mean disposition. Now comes The Moultrie Obsefver with the Insinuation that the Georgia senate speeds up Its work In order to get through In time to go to the bail games. And the team off on the road! A New York street car magnate ac knowledges that revenue and not pub lic business governs the company. Straphangers are considered as (Im ply an added asset Yet corporations that cry bloody murder If any law passed Interfering with them in any y. After alt the powder trust Investiga tion looks like a flash In the pan. The blow at the furniture trust comes too late to help the fellow who paid $185 for a $49.99 bed-room suit. Canada Is to have nickel coins. Yet their face value Is to be only two cents. Rome Is advertising for population by a new method. The recorder there has fixed the price of a hug at $1. The Tennessee "hillbillies" ought to have a slight amendment to their names. An “e” where the first "I" appears would fit them better. WILL THE HOUSE SEE THE ANTI-LOBBYING BILL - BUTCHERED? No fair-minded business man, willing to work in the open, will say. that the antl-lobbylng bill, now itendlng In the Georgia General Assembly, ' asks anything that should not be expected or that Is not absolutely neces sary to the honest progress of law-making. The House of Representatives worked on tbe measure and passed It up to the Senate for Its approval. To the great surprise of nearly every body. the Senate has butchered It—has seen flt to make ridiculous a meas ure that we are led to believe the people of Georgia firmly Intend having enacted Into a law. The Georgian wants to digress Just a moment to say a word to the good people who sent these Senators to Atlanta, In the hope of Impressing upon those—If such there be—who do not already appreciate It, the Im portance of this measure. This matter Is one that Is not easy to appraise at Its proper value, because It does not directly touch anything In your own town or county- does not directly treat of a freight rate on your peach crop, does not di rectly affect the mortgage on--your crop to secure payment for fertiliser, or the many thlng$ that make or mar your dally comfort and progress. For these reasons—and because Its Immediate workings are 'almost entirely confined to the Capital City during the sessions of tbe General Assembly—you may not appreciate Ita Importance, and your representa tives, who so lightly attempted to crush the llfo out of It In the Senate on Wednesday, may think they have fooled you, or that they will escape your displeasure because you don't know any better. While this measure does not directly touch your peach crop, your cotton erbp, or your supply of fertilizer, it Indirectly touches every one of them and everything that concerns your everyday llfo. Here Is an example: ' A gentleman, whose business It Is to do such things, spent a few days In the Capital City of one of our Northern states about four weeks ago. Not by accident—there waa a bill in the Assembly that had passed the House—one of those reform bills that would have hurt tbe trust with which ho was connected. This Is what happened: The hill had passed the House and waa headed for the Senate. The 8enate was about ready to adjourn for the session—only had to act on the remaining bills to come over from the House. The president of the Senate, at a set time, left the chair a few minutes—also left a picked man there In his stead. A picked man, at that minute, brought tbe picked bill over, and another picked man moved that It be tabled. The motion prevailed. Then the president, who was unwilling to bo connected with the scheme, happened back, and everything had been nicely done according to program. The bill was tabled and may remain so forever. That night the young gentleman, who bad so successfully protected the- Interests of bis employers, took tho train for Atlanta—to seo If he could find out If "prohibition would pro hibit"—maybe. The lobbyist has, by his sly work, kept you In the past from having cars for your peaches, has killed laws that would have regulated the fer tilizer trust, has made child labor lawful, has blocked legislation that would have prevented crime, and has kept the bread from the mouths of your little children and robbed them of home and mother and happlnerfs; has stood at the school door and driven them back with a laugh at their tattered garments and bare feet. He has kept the doctor from the dying mother with the new-born babe starving at her sunken breast on a bed of shucks, and ho has Bpread hell In houses that honest law-makers would have made HOMES. The paid lobbyist is the most damnable thief that 1 Infests the earth. Ho does not want to fight for his rights In committees, as the law would compel him to—he prefers'the subtle and surer method of the thief who comes In the night. If, citizens of Georgia, any of the men you have - sent here to make laws that will make our state prosper and our homes happy, are under the spell of these men and have so far forgotten the duties they were sent here to perform, we pray you watch the roll call on such measures, and demand your rights. If you find any man of them faithless—even In different—relegate him so swiftly and surely to the shades of oblivion that tho halls of legislation may never more be Infested with him, nor with the lobbyist whom he would protect. Gentlemen of the House, will you seo your measure so mutilated? We believe not. Send It back to the Senate, and In doing so, give that body to under stand that you read more wisely the will and appreciate more keenly the temper of the people of Georgia. I Gentlemen of tho Senate, we speak with authority when we say that the people of Georgia will not tamely accept the farce you would force upon them. THE MOMENTOUS BATTLE IN OHIO. (Killtorlal Correspondence Tho Georgian.) Coshocton, Ohio, August 8, 1907. The fortunes of the presidential battle hinge so largely on Ohio that Its state -politics become more and more a matter of acute and national Interest- *" If Secretary Taft sweeps the field and leaves Forakcr and Fairbanks behind him in Kentucky and Ohio, then It would seem to be a clear Held for the big Ohio legatee of Roosevelt, and tho president himself will be a steadfast supporter of his cabinet officer, and will turn a deaf ear to any mere party nomination for himself. If, on tho other hand, Forakcr and Fairbanks, the remnants of Mark Hanna and tha shrewd hand of Dick can prevail In the long run, then Fair banks will loom aa the reactionary candidate of the Republican money power, and the strenuous Roosevelt must either accept him to the ruin and reversal of the reforms he baa wrought, or Roosevelt himself mutt fling hla own all-powerful name Into the lists and give battle for the creeds that are in him. To this it may be remarked by the auporflclal that the battlo Is al ready won. Did not the Ohio state Republican executive committee vote 18 to 5 to Indorse Taft as Ohio's choice and did not the same committee vote only 11 to 10 against tbe movement to retire Forakcr from Ohio politics; So It did, and the firat blood la counted for Roosevelt and Taft. But it Is a long road to tho nomination by the people and the state convention—the nomination that counts—and there are two bold, powerful and tireless politicians—the boldest and shrewdest In Ohio—fighting bril liantly and untiringly to change tho verdict of tho state committee by the vote of the state convention. The battle Is not over by any meant. A few weeks ago nearly every public man you met In Ohio would tell you that Foraker was whistling In a graveyard to keep his courage up—that the man was dead—that all the active forces of his party were against him, the people distrustful of him, and that hit star had set. But Foraker does not seem to know when he Is whipped. At least he Is fight ing today as brilliantly, as audaciously and much more effectively than ho has ever fought In his life before. And whether ho Is going to win or lose no man who see* can fall to confess that he Is gaining now. Forakcr It heard every day. He speaks to large and Increasing crowds. Ho la heard with greater enthusiasm •very day. On Sunday at Cedar Point the summer reunion of the Ohio legislature gave him an ovation of unparalleled cordiality. Men who have written bis epitaph are now talking about a new chapter In hla biography, and the militant, dauntless, tireless campaign of the fire- alarm senator Is undoubtedly having Its effect. And this all the more because of the attitude of apathy and compara tive indifference shown by Senator Taft. There Is scarcely a symptom In Taft’s manner or speech to Indicate any particular anxiety over the presi dency, and the Impression is gaining ground every day that hs is merely running to oblige Mr. Roosevelt and his friends, and that his own prefer ence would be for quieter hours. v This Impression Foraker Is emphasizing with greet effect, and tbe contrast between tho tremendous energy of the senator and the appa rent Indifference of the secretary can toot fail to have Ita effect upon tho voters. - ' There Is no sort of doubt of the superior popularity of Taft Every body In Ohio seems to really love the big. genial, able and lovable secre tary. In every relation of life he has commended himself to the confi dence and regard of his fellows. There isn't a man of cither party In Ohio who does not concede his fitness for any offleo In the republic, and a campaign against him would of necessity be robbed of personality and bitterness, for there Isn't an angle about him on wblcb a personal antag onism could be hung. He Is as nearly a flawless man as our public Ilfs has known In this generation. If be wakes up and goes to work he will unquestionably put a quietus on hla forceful and dauntless antagonist. But no campaign of apathy can do safe against the superb and daunt less battle that Foraker Is giving now. Well, then, with tbe matter in doubt, what of our chances? Bryan at the Miami Valley Chautauqua on Thursday, the 1st, definitely told Demdbratlc Chairman McGarvey that l^o Waa In fact a candidate, and that he wanted the vote of Ohio. So this question seems settled once for all. The chances are that Bryan can get Ohio's vote,, although I have talked with scores of strong Democrats who stoutly affirm that Ohio Democrats will give their votes to Judson Harmon If he makes an effort to get them. Judson Harmon Is a really big man, and the Ohio Democrats are learning that fact bet ter every year, and he Is undoubtedly, since Governor Pattlson died, Ohio’s favorite Democratic son. There Is too In Ohio a really great sentiment for a Southern candi date. The moBt popular sentiment breathed at Ohio's twenty-live Chau tauqua assemblies this summer has been the sentiment of a re-united country and the Chautauqua platforms have had two Southerners to every Northern man represented. Hoke Smith, Culberson and Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, carry the presidential preference In the order named. Fairly as I can Judge Ohio sentiment among the thoughtful It runs • as follows: Bryan or Hannon or a Southern candidate would stand a good chance with Taft, popular as he Is. A good Democrat could lick Fairbanks or any reactionary beyond a doubt. T have never yet found a man in either party who would father the opinion that Bryan or any other Democrat would stand a ghost of a show against Roosevelt The president Is the universally conceded winner In any field on which he enters. But things are getting Into shape now. Bryan Is openly in the field. The favorite sons are feeling their way with definite purpose, and by January we shall have at hand the fair equations on Which to found the theorem of the next November. From a Democratic standpoint It Is Impossible not to wish Foraker well. If Jie wins and gives us a Republican reactionary os a candidate, Bryan or a Southern man standi a great chance of being president. If he loses to Taft and the big secretary gets busy, then the combination of Taft and Roosevelt in strenuous endeavor will make the battle doubt ful all along the line. For Taft and Roosevelt are one In the next campaign, and the mantle of Theodore stretched to the broad shoulders of his legatee may move the multitudes mightily to voting. Ohio Is one of the greatest constituencies of Independent thinking and voting In America. It gave Roosevelt 260,000 majority for president, and almost before he had taken his seat;for the new term, turned and elected the Democratic Pattlson by 40,000 majority as governor of Ohio— on a pure basis of purity of character. There passed a great figure when Governor Pattlson fell on sleep. He held the confidence of Ohio without regard to parties, and he deserved It all. He typed the great hunger of the American people life for pure men and strong men. He painted a great example to American youth of the omnipotence of character. May our teachers not fall to see and to teach, the lesson: Through court and through mart and through college The grand truth is working at length; There's a Purity wiser than knowledge, There's a righteousness stronger than strength. • J. T. 0. TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT Mr. F. L. Seely, City. .1 s ,* ely i - We J"L reby commend The Atlanta Georgian for Lil.i? d 0od an<1 humanity in espousing the cause of prohi bition. Having the utmost confidence In your regard for civic righteous ness and moral advancement, and that through the columns of your paper oothlng Immoral will be Instilled Into the hearts of the comhS g?an r andVews eh00VCS t0 *' V ® ° Ur loyal ® upport ,0 Th# Atlanta Geor? Wishing you an abundance of success, we ari sincerely yours. THE TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH. A. C. WARD, Moderator, Atlanta, Go. C. H. TERRY, Church Clerk. CARD FROM MR. EDWARD8 ON HOUSE BILL NO. 409. To The Editor of The Georgian: My attention Is called to an article which appeared In your paper of the Sth Instant, signed by one A. M. Walker, refeeelng to me and a bill I have Introduced In the Georgia legis lature. The article showa on It* face that the author of tho article knows noth ing about the facts of the subject,upon which he expresses himself. In the first place, he says he has noticed with much Interest the rapid Ity and avidity with which house bill No. 409, Introduced by Mr. Edwards, of Habersham, was shoved through the house and transmitted to the senate. I desire to Inform the gentleman and the public that the bill referred to has been reported favorably by a large majority of the special judiciary com mittee, but that the bill has never been reached In order of business of the house and therefore could not have been transmitted to* the senate and It has not been done. In the second place, he says: "In order to captivate and capture the Oeorgla legislature we will put big money behind the bill." I don't know exactly what Is meant but this Is too ridiculous to reply to, for not one doubts that the Georgia legislature will do Its duty to the rich end the poor, regardless of the amount of money be hind nny bill or measure. In the third place, he says: "Not only this gentleman hut we have nn other syndicate (I loath the word) with a $6,000,000 capital, to build a dam 100 feet high at the old Gipson fishery, be tween Crawford and Taylor counties, which will back the water to the foot of the mountain and flood every foot bottom land on the river and Its tributaries and we will say to the little devils who are entirely dependent on these bottom lands tor corn with which to run thetr farms and furnish bread for their wives and children, etc.” The gentleman again shows he does not understand the Inw and the object of this bill. Introduced by myself. The law now Is, on page <8. of Acts of 1117, and Is In the code, that water power, owners In certain cases can flood land nbove the dam by condem- MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. Capital and Surplus $ 800,000.00 Total Resources Over 3,000,000.00 The accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corporations, Firms and Individuals received upon the most favorable terms con sistent with safe and conservative banking. 4 per cent Interest, compounded semi-annually, is paid in our Savings Department. MRS. JENNTE HART SIBLEY EXPRESSES HER GRATITUDE Mr. F. L. S'cely, Atlanta, On. I. Again e & Deor Mr. Seely: I tuny he tardy In Invitation my congratulations to tho state of the nenr [H Itecnnse Of the poseenslon of you possession of yon aa a greet, u truly great, newspaper innn, *• true greatness, defined by holy writ ns the fear of God," Is the beginning of wis dom. lour manly stand for righteousness •a .that ernetal time, when there was no sitting on the fenee, hut when you must take one side or other—"who stnndeth you for. Ood or Bellini?"—and your paper de clared for God, showed the metal you were made out of waa pure gold, had the right ring to It. And alnee my visit to you, and "•on said that your mother was ami had wen n W. C. T. IT, even from the days of tho crusade spirit that dominated such women as Prances E. Willard, our Inspira tion and lender, “far God and home nu<l na tive land, and thnt yon ns n hoy had been reared and inarched under the white hnn- "•f on which Is Inscribed, "Tremble. King Alcohol, we shall grow up," whnt further evidence was needed to declare that the Lord had need the Woman’s rhrlntlnn Tem perance Inlon In this mighty fight for righteousness and parity, If In no other wny thnn that of such sons ns were called In to ••"Ire »t such a time at this. Again, I thank God for you. Mr. Seely. I nm send ing you by this mall a most gratifying pn- t er from my colored friends, with whom I are worked In years gone by In the tern- porn nee cause, and they have appreciated my efforts and are trying to live nrlgbt. As an Inspiration to others of thnt rare, I beg that yon will giro this pnpor a comment nud place In yonr columns. In extending to you a most cordial to visit Hawthorne Heights In future, always your friend „ , . JENNIE IlAItT SIBLEY. Lnlon Point, On. Resolutions Adopted. The following resolutions were adopted by the Baptist Young People's Lnlon of Union Point relative to the port played by Mrs. Mbley In the prohibition fight In Georgia: Whereas, The present legislature of Geor gia lias seen fit to ntiollsh forever the I,nr- ter and sale of spirits and mnlti In bar rooms; and , Whereas. As this bill was passed largelr through the Woman's Christian Temper- a nee Union, of which Mrs. Jennie i Lr, Sibley Is n life tnemlwr nnd one of the greatest temperance workers In tho South" Resolved, Thnt a rising vote of thank* Iw given to Mrs. Jennie" Hart Slbler f5? the strenuous efforts put forth In the hs- h"lf of tiles passage 'of the bill and the blot- ting out forever the sale of liquor and malts that hat canted to many lives to be wrecked: also for the saving of many mil lions of hoys nnd girls In Georgia fn the future. Be It further resolved thnt we, aa s Christian Baptist Young People's Union, —istnln the pnssnge of sold bill. BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S UNION J. P. Howard, President, i T. J. Ware, Secretary. ATHENS CONFERENCE MAKES A VERY STRONG APPEAL IN BEHALF OF THE GEORGIAN The following resolution offered by Rev. H. J. Ellis, pastor of the Methodist church- at Washington, Qa., was unanimously adopted by the Athens District Conference at its recent session: Whereas, The Atlanta Georgian has come squarely out for prohibi tion and during the pendeney of the Hordman-Covlngton blit earnestly and ably urged Its passage; and whereas, a great dally, with an Immense circulation, would be of Inestimable advantage In the snforcement and progresa of the reform movement tn our own and other Southern states: and whereaa. In the matter of preaa dispatches and atate and general news. The Georgian Is equal to the best, therefore Resolved, Thnt we appeal to patriotic people, everywhere, for a large, generous, united support for The Atlanta Georgian. try and tha people will be benefited Mw “*« property that haa been Idle and building factories, elec tric railroads, lighting’ towns, private houaea, Increase the value of real as- tate and In many other waya the peo ple will be benefited. This bill in troduced by me when full under stood. It will be seen con not Injure anyone, but will when enacted Into d U P QIlf l Improve our Southland. J. C. EDWARDS. man will take the pains to read the act above referred to he will And hla mistake nnd I feel sure he will tee the necessity and Justine of the bill In troduced by myself. In the fourth place, he saya: "I have carefully read this bill. It pro vides for the condemnation or rather for the confiscation of land! for elec trical purpose!," The gentleman nils takes the facts again. The bill Intrq- dueed by myself, the act of HI7. and the constitution of the stale alt provide that-property cannot be taken without Just compensation being first paid. If the owner and the wonld-be purchaser cannot agree on a Juet nnd fair price for the property, then the price to be paid Is to be fixed by arbitration chosen from the neighbors of the own er of the property sought to be con demned and If they do wrong, the courti are open to hipi to have hie right* adjusted. There Could not be any confiscation of any one'n rights or property. In the fifth place, he sac:: "What benefit « 111 these people derive from this sacrificeT As I have shown above there can be no sacrifice of nny one's rights, and property can only be con demned by public utility persons or DOWN IN GEORGIA. From the Nashville American. "Hell's broke loose In Oeorgla.” So the whisky folks think, and a great wall goes up about the Immense loss of property because of prohibition. Why should there be such n great lt»s and total loss’ la not the property adapted to other usee? To be sure the great warthoueee the government re quire! for the purpoae of collecting the tax on whlaky can hardly be used for Hour mllle, but they certainly can he turned Into something. g suppose the Internal revenue laws had been amended >o aa to omit tha tax on whisky: there would then have been no use for bonded warehouses. Yet. we take It, the whisky folks would have been glad enough of the repeal of the tax to be willing to tear down the warehousea. After all, are there many legal dle- tlileri In Georgia? We confess never to have heard of one. If one should call for something over a bar In Geor gia the chances are they would hand out Jack Daniels or Cascade. As for the saloons, they seldom belong to the keepers. Some saintly sinner who prays In public usually owns these houses. Let him turn them Into shoo shops. The whisky men should not squirm L«J them take their medicine. It's the same dose they have induced many a poor, weak brother to swallow and many more miserable sisters to suffer because of It. Let them console them selves and read "Ten Nights In a Bar Room," or go to see the play, and they will leam the other side of it. and how countless millions have mourned In the 100 years that Georgia has not had prohibition. The evil of It all will be the moon shiner and the "blind tiger"—well named—the one a night worker, a call ing that prefers darkness to day, be cause the deed Is evil; the other a de- vourer of human kind, springing upon his prey from the hiding jungle. TAXPAYERS WILL PROFIT. (From the Washington Herald.) "Yes. Georgia will be better off with out liquor than with tt.” said Morris Yow, of Toccoa, Oa„ who Is staying at the New Willard, having arrived from Atlantic City and la now preparing to go to Asheville, N. C, to spend the balance of the summer. Mr. Yow Is a young man, q-elt known In business and social circles in the Cracker State Speaking of the phenomena of n tem perance wave sweeping the Southern states, Mr. Yow said that the doing nwny with saloons would cause some financial loss to the i-tate and the larger cities In the beginning, but that the taxpayers would be benefited by It in the long run. "The movement." said Mr. Yow. "had Its beginning In our state about n year ago, whan the whites and the blacks were at dagger points In Atlanta. The city of Atlanta and the state of Geor gia suffered not only financially from Army Orders. Washington, An*. I.—Captain Charles DeK. ('hauler, signal corps, to Cnmp Cap tain John Smith, Jamestown exposition, for military aeronautics; Major Willoughby Wnlke, roast artillery corps, detailed for general recruiting service to Jefferson bar racks. Major George O. Sqnlre, signal corps, from offleo of ehlof signal officer, to Now York city, as assistant to chief slgnnl officer of the department of tho East; Cop- tsln CnrI F. Hartmann, signal corps, from Vslclcs, to Ilostou, for fire control duty; Captain Arthur L. Fnller, const artillery corps, from Boston to 8nn Francisco, for fire control duty. Captain Frank A. Grant, quartermaster, from Pittsburg dopot to Newport News and relieve First TJeutennnt Thnmns M. Knox, First cavalry, aa depot quartermaster and general superintendent transport service and quartermaster of tranaporta Meade anil Ingalls. Lieutenant Knox will proceed to Pittsburg depot. Movements of Vessels. ... Ived vllle. Aba. — wanker st Punts Arenas. Sailed—August 7. Prairie from New llnven to Ilostou; Brians from navy yard, Near York, for Philadelphia; Prairie from Mare Island for Puget Sound, QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO HI8TORIC ENGINES. To the Editor of The Georgian: In regard to tbe old engine "Texas" I would like to ask why this talk of buying Itl „ .. estern and At _ do not know what the agreement Is In the lease of this road to the Nashville, Chattanooga and 8t. allway In regard to old, worn-out ait. 1 wondrr what bos become of other rngtnea thnt were In nao on the rood wny back In war times? How long ana the "General" ncenplcd thr position of honor It now has In Chattn nooga, nud was It worn nm and unfit for service when It was put In this position? If It waa worn out and malt for service, very well, but If not It strikes me as being a little alngulnr thnt It should In* put In the place of honor It now la, since I lie "Texas" surely la the nmat noted of the two. haring chased the “Gciienil" and overtaken It. The two. It seems to me, should stand able by able, the property of the state, relics of Is noted of course for havlug been In tho enruiy't hands nn a wild-ran. nud the "Texas" Is noted also f and caught the ''General. They of courso belong to. or rather are In the halide of the Nashville. Chattanooga and SI. I-nuts, levee, now under the lease, and the atate has not tbe moral right to take them without their consent. I sup pose when the "General" wus plncrd la tho position of honor It now holds it was done.I>y the Nashville, Chattanooga anil fit. Louis railway In a spirit of sentiment, when they hml no other use for It. and I suppose when they guve Instruction* to throw the "Texns" In tku scrap pile they overlook,-,1, had forgotten or never knew, nnd never gave a thought ns to whether she Imd a history or not. The order tie throw It Inti* the scrap pile was no donht given, aa many others, without a thought as to Us past. I would like to ask, has the lessee tbe right to sell the old engine? I would say. 1st the Nashville, Chattanooga nnd St. Louts rnllwny put the "Texas" nlongihlo of the "General" In Chnttanoogn -or better still. In Atlanta, the capital of tbe atate, wbleh owns the road. It would certainly he nn ndvnrtlieiHent for them, alnee they operate the ronil. I would sug gest, ami I wonld like to see both the "General" anil the "Texns" tnrned over to the state by some arrangement, which no doubt could lie made, and both engines pul la the atate capital grounds, side by side, or anywhere else In the city It may he do tided. Yours very truly. Atlanta, Ga.. Angus, 8. " P ' DA, "‘ T ' WATER 8UPPLY SUGGESTED BY HYDRAULIC EXPERT. To the Editor of The Georgian: How long will -Jour people put np with your present water supply from the Chat- tabooeheo river, the worst and most un- liealthfnl water supply of any city In tbe HS! t SiL Bt * ta % , T ? e re| T ot It* flow ing dirty, polluted water aud the thought that ono has to quench hla thirst with mrh stuff na one secs running down the Chat tahoochee river, are enough to make one sick. Your water bonrd says that tho water la filtered Iwfore It Is pumped to the city. Yes, you do try to filter It, hut can S foa-. °r do you, with your present sp. nmtus? Or with any apparatus, can you Iter the,water so that, (t la flt for any one to ilrluk when we Dike Into consider, atlon thnt tno Clintftihoochee river In the natural drainage of a large territory, con- tain lag ninny village* and towns above ui, whose only source of drainage In tho Chat tahoochee river, nnd that tbe beautiful nnd enlightened city of Atlanta In dependent on such a filthy source na thnt river muft be? In It not too bad, when our kind Creator sends down upon this Southern land from 6 to 6 feet of pure rain water upon every foot of land eneh year? That there should be aome way of occur- Ing ii ImauUfiil supply of thl* rain water for our lovely city. and there la a wny that Ood linn provided for an among the pine Ridge hllla, from 6 to 20 mllea from Atlanta. There nre ninny hllla and ridges which nny good engineer could locate for un, nnd at an expense which tho city of Atlanta could well nffprd to pay. It would be but a small sum of money compared to the -rent benefit It would be to the city of .tlnntn. to bnlld n dntn at the outlet of some ravine whore they would find a water- shed large enough to supply nud keep full nt nil times a reservoir of the purest wa ter. If n place conld not be found to get our water supply by gravity, then find .1 — “*■— “Wl have to place where you uifj pump does to nump from the Chattahoochee i now. \ou nre now pumping ngalnat *t head, while from a reaervolr Id the inonntnlna nenr here It would not be over 20 feet ut tho most, nnd might be much leas. Mi - decide what you will 1e to drink the muddy, - . —e Clint tnhoochee river, or will you try to secure the pore water that falls from the skies, the purest water which needs no filtering through yonr fil ters nnd nand tanks, doctored by n liberal supply of slum to destroy the muddy tastet The expense should not Im» tnken Into account against the health of the poo- HYDRAULIC EXTEIIT. STILL MORE OF IT. took our people some time to awaken to the fact that It would be more ad visable to cut out the liquor, have an orderly house, and retain the good name of the stats. "If the presidential election could be held In Georgia today. President Roose velt would not only poll the full Re publican vote, but most every Demo crat would vote for hltn; he Is without n doubt the moat popular man in our atate. lie Is popular becauac he Is honest and sincere and doss not hood wink the people ot this country. John Temple Graves knew what he waa talk ing about when he said that Bryan rhould nominate Roosevelt as tha can didate on the Democratic ticket; he can't b« beaten. If Roosevelt la not companies' furnishing lights' or power, the outbreak, but thetr name atid rep- j tougti' i j<>b’tntog'to^ksan uo'wDh*hi« ate. to towns and cities, and the coun- utatlon also got the worst of it. It'record." “ p p i n Right anxiously I'm waiting for The days to come, with heart athrob, When I In glee can sit nnd munch Corn on the cob. —Milwaukee Sentinel. I. too, dear Bill, am anxiously Awaiting that delicious job; But I shall sit and munch, with glee, Com OFF the cob. —Cleveland Leader. But at the prlce'they’rs charging now To get a satisfying gob, I sit me down to munch, Iq glee, Corn AND the cob. —The Tennessean. Oh lucky dogs! By Fortune blest. Ye. who with plutocrats hob-nob, why stir the envy In my "breast. Who neither munch the corn NOR cob? —Pleb. FREE—Half-pound box of Wiley’s best candy, which retails at 80c per pound, with eacli 30c cash Want Ad brought or phoned to The Georgian office Friday or Saturday, August 9 or 10, to be inserted in the Saturday Georgian Want page-