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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
rUKSDAT. AUGUST 13.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELT, President.
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AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own
ing Its own gas and electric light
plants, so It now owns Its water
works, other cities do this and get
caa aa low as 40 cents, with a protit
to the city. Thla should be done at
once. Tilts GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can bo
operated succesafully by European
cities, ae they art. there Is no good
reason why they ran not be so oper
ated here. But wo do not believe this
can be done now, end It msy be eome
yeere befote we are ready for so big
an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
set Its face In that dlrectlou NOW.
Mr. Rockefeller Is praising Secre
tary Tsft. Good-bye, Secretary Taft.
For men may come and men may
BO. but the Texas nature faker goes
on forever.
It Is astonishing that Washington
should be such a hot place with the
politicians all out of the city.
There U a good deal of difference
between independent honesty and
sheer obstruction for obstruction's
sake. .
Tho Americas Recorder fakes com
fort In the thought that be can stUI
become Intoxicated over the beauty of
the Oeorgla girl. We’d like to see any
prohibition atop that.
Corner, Glenn and Hoke Smith are
three pretty lusty reform governors
for-this year of grace and grit. They
are all against a dull time at all
times.
In e period of universal strike
Hon rut would be a very formidable
candidate for president. He Is the
one man In the oountry who Is abso
lutely and everlastingly solid with
labor.
John D. Rockefeller Is said to have
been physically born again of golf
and excrclso Into lusty and vigorous
health, and his physician predicts for
him twenty-fire remaining years of
robust life, which would carry him
past the century post But, pshaw 1
This won't give him time to epend a
fraction of hit money.
The Atlanta Georgian will have
cordial support In Its endeavor to sev
cure more generous treatment of the
Tech. Thla school Is of Inestimable
benefit to Georgia and ehould be eld
ed generously by the itate In every
judicious improvement It undertakes.
—Augusta Chronicle.
Pass this paragraph around. An
appeal for the “Tech" should only be
heard to be answered.
A CORRECTION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am glad that Mr. Wright took the
trouble to make the case of the "club
amendment" so clear. In the copy of
the bill that I had before me when
I wrote my article on the subject yea-
terdoy, these words occur: “Or keep
or furnish ut any other place." Thnt
excludes It from every conceivable
keeping place In the state, t notice thnt
Mr. Wright quotes thnt clause ns any
PUBLIC place. My copy has “any
ether" place. I am very sure now
that my copy, clipped from a news
paper, Is at fault. "What arc public
places?" ts a judicial question.
Churches sre certainly. If clubs arc
not, then clubs might keep liquor to be
given away In limitless quantities. The
selling of liquor to club members ana
to guests would, of course, be n viola
tion of the law. But liquor given away
Is the worst sort of liquor. Our next
step In prohibition legislation will be
a bill to make liquor "contraband of
commerce.” It has no right now to
be classed as commercial and to claim
the protection of Interstate commerce.
Then we must have another law prohi
biting the giving away of It.
J. L. D. H1LLYER.
PROHIBITION IN FLORIDA.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
After a lay-off of three months, from
elckness, It was my privilege to make
three stweehes In the Mutton (FIa.9
light. They voted dry the following
Tuesday. Among the great happenings
of our tent meeting In Pensacola, was
the organization of a prohibition league
six hundred strong, and growing every
hoar. A strong campaign committee,
associated with which are the pastors
of the city, was appointed, and a pe
tition Is being circulated, calling for
an election. On the last night of the
greet revival. In ten minutes money
was rained and the rented tent In
which we held services was purchased
for campaign purposes. They will
Want to bear you then, Mr. Editor.
Forever live The Georgian.
JNO. B. CULPEPPER,
Valdosta, Ga.
AS TO THE $300 CLUB TAX.
Some of our friends appealed to us on Saturday to attack Immedi
ately the 1300 club tax amendment and denounce It. without mercy.
Our answer was that we believed It best to wait until we could hear
from Mr. Wright, Judge Covington and other leaders of prohibition, be
lieving that they had not taken any hasty steps that ^rould harm the
cause for which they fought so hard.
Mr. Wright explained the matter very fully In Monday's Georgian.
His action was taken with the full concurrence and co-operation of all
the house prohibition leaders and received the full strength of that side
on a vote. /
Senators Hardman and Knight disagreed with the- amendment,
principally on the $300 feature of It They and other Senate prohibition
leaders have, howevtr, got together with Messrs. Wright, Covington
and others, and are framing an amendment that meets the approval
of all.
The Georgian Is led to remark that men who have to lead In such
matters are unhappily the recipients of a great deal of unjust criticism
and hasty denunciation. We have received letters from some of the
most ardent prohibitionists, asking us If the leaders had been bought. If
the locker tax was framed by the liquor dealers, and If we had about
faced and were trying to nullify or repeal the prohibition act.
Emerson, the great dnalyst of human nature, summed It -up In the
statement that “to be great is to be misunderstood-" Tbs .leaders, of
prohibition have made themselves great—by thety deeds. They me
great men. They have done great thins* for Georgia- and they are pay
ing the penalty In being, for the moment, misunderstood by those for
whom they have fought hardest. In a spasm of alarm at a fancied dan
ger, not waiting to Understand, they denounce the sets of those who
have borne the heat and burden of. the day, and . forget entirely the
heart and the hand that are behind the destinies of prohibition In the
General Assembly.
Most of these men who have handled the prohibition fight In tbe
General Assembly are lawyers, several of them Judges—good ones.
Strong nnd honost, they have fought—some of them for a quarter of a
century. Some have endured political defeat for the cause; have spent
,tlme, money and strength to bring about tho laws that we shall see
operative In a few month*. And It should be farthest from the thoughts
of the people of Oeorgla that these men would rush InflFa. matter of
this kind with their eyes shut. That the average dtlxen does not
understand the amendment Is shown by the fact thnt many think a
TAX Is necessarily a LICENSE. The merest dhlld who has taken time
to read tho prohibition law through, could aee that the law
will prohibit the manufacture, the sale, and, In fact, do everything
else that a law can do without Interfering with Interstate commerce
laws, and It Is beyond our pbwer of reasoning to aeo wherein the
levying of $300 or $10,000 as a tax on places where lockers are kept
and that ^re tbe greatest sources of violation of the law, permits the
manufacture or sale of liquor.
Instcnd of encouraging "blind tigers" It will prevent them; Instead
of making these places secret, It makes them known, and locates every
one of them and regulates them.
The only way It could be Improved would be to Increase H above
$300 In the senate.
DISFRANCHISEMENT—GNATS AND CAMELS.
David Harum's homely saying that a certain amount of fleas Is
good for a dog. Is the only comfort any philosopher can draw from the
obstruction placed In the road of legislation by some of the members of
the General Assembly.
The Georgian believes that It pays best to “talk out In meetln’,” and
not mince words, and to this en3 we believe the people of Georgia
should know that so far as any one man ts to blame for the delay In
handling the disfranchisement bill In the house, Mr. Halt, of Bibb coun
ty, Is tbat man. Prom his distorted viewpoint, the gentleman thinks
this is an honor; he enjoys the distinction—the sort of distinction that
savors a little of the blind man's use of his Infirmity to excite sympa
thy—and it Is to be deplored that men are able to block the moves ot
the people of a great state with so little to excuse their action.
The pitiful lack of breadth In the arguments used by those gentle
men who are opposing the bill and offering amendments Is very notice
able.
Mr. Hall's most Intelligent rejoinder to the bill was, that he would
never vote for a bill that would disfranchise a negro and a white man.
Does the gentleman believe a law can ba enacted that discriminates
against race, color or previous condition? Does he think It best to fight
for a law that would bo unconstitutional, and worst of all Is not the gen
tleman straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel when with a dash of
sentiment he argues that n few gray-haired Confederate veterans would
be lowered to the standard of the negro who fought In Cuba? The cltl-
sens ot Georgia may be Just about ns loyal to the honored Confederate
veteran as Mr. Hall Is, and wo submit that when a man stands across
the path of a measure that would eliminate five unintelligent negroes
where It would "affect one white man, and chooses to hare the negro
who never even fought In any war make laws for . that hoary headed
fighter of '61 and his wife snd children rather than accede to the broad
sentiment—the greatest good to the greatest number, be swallows a
camel ao colossal that It should choke forever his claims of fidelity
to the sfhte that endures his interference.
THERE WILL BE NO RETARDING OF BUSINESS.
It Is a mistaken Idea, held by only a very few, tbat the enforcement
of tbs laws governing railroad rates and tbe passage ot acts prohibiting
the manufacture and sale ot whisky In the Southern states will cause
any material deterioration In the growth and progress of the South.
The railroads will continue business at tho same old stand and In
all probability there will hereafter be less complaint of diicrlmlnatlon
against many ot the Southern cities, which will be of great benefit to
the manufacturing establishment*, both the old and the many new ones
contemplated.' ,
i Establishments for the manufacture of whisky or the places at
which It Is told have never been considered leaders In the upbuilding
of a city, county or state, hence thoy will not be missed after they have
been closed six months, snd our phenomenal growth and prosperity will
continue as It nothing had happened.
It Is a certainty that tho farmers In tho cotton belt will continue to
plant the fleecy staple as heretofore. That they will receive good prices
for all they can raleo Is Just ss certain. We can expect, at the least
calculation, $600,000,000 to be poured Into the South from this source.
The seed will add more than a hundred millions, making over $700,000,-
000 from cotton alone.
The coni mines of the South will bring millions. Iron and other
minerals, lumber snd marble, all go to swell the figures of our wealth
over a billion ot dollars.
Aside rrom the violence of the methods In vogue for the abatement
of corporation abuses, agricultural and manufacturing conditions contin
ue of a character highly reassuring to holders of 'American investment
Issues. Railway earnings -for July show a gain of more than 9 per cent
Over the figures for the same month Inst year. In th« principal Indus
tries the plants atu worHr.g at full time; and, except In a few much-
discussed eases, the percentage ot new orders Is not under a figure that
spells normal activity.
So far as the falling oft In the Item of new orders affects the United
States Steel Corporation, the officials of the premier concern In the
leading manufacturing Industry have made It clear tbat the sole factor
of recession which need be taken seriously Is the suspension by the
railway companies of orders for rails—a step due not to any falling off
In the railway business or any abandonment ot plans for extensions and
betterments, but due to the controversy as to processes for making
rails.
Pending the settlement of the dispute. It Is of advantage to the
companies not to be compelled to borrow, because at current rates for
money It It cheaper for them to assume tbe expense of working with
the existing Inadequate rail equipment than to pay the big loan per
centnge. Aa a matter of fact, the steel corporation Is not displeased at
the situation In this particular. It Is enabled to keep abreast of Its en
gagements with less strain to Its plants. As' for the railway compa
nies, some will be Issuing new orders for rails In large quantity as soon
at the question of process Is settled, and others will follow when finan
cial conditions become lees onerous to the borrower. _
JACK AND ROSE.
VH UillllHJ, IIUIF IIUK,
Re stole eoine tilings bn wanted, right
Beneath her very none.
• *~ r — Philadelphia rresa
'Tit to lie hoped that It (nlr Bose
iy l ,
Down In the sunny South;
But It Junk Bred here In the North
He'd klse her on the month.
—The Commoner.
Whr 'rouse agsln the Mtter etrlfe.
And North find South wax hot?
Let'e all agree to compromise—
Post-Dispatch.
Why so much racket o'er s kiss.
Or e'en shout the spot? It
Would Interest us more If we
Had been tbe one who got It.
—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Vet lack perbapa had little glee,
Though on the mouth he kissed her;
We have ns yet no proof, you see,
Tbat Uoae waa not hit alster.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
Rose must have been s stunning girl,
For Jneli could not realat her.
So why should be he “wasting urna”
kissing Little Bister?
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From The Chicago News.)
Cold cash It a wonderful complexion beau-
titter.
bo will gat more out
better to aay what pfenset other people.
About tho surest way to keep your name
before the public la to get It Inscribed on
tombstone.
The energy a small boy expends In a hall
r ate would cultivate an acre ot potatoes
attached to the end of a hoe handle.
ONE VIEW OF HOW IT '
13 RECEIVED
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
Most people express satisfaction, and
really rejoice, because the prohibition
bill has ben enacted Into law. Some
who have a herldltary thirst for liquor
consider It a personal blessing. Some
are thinking of the Inevitable reaction
that follow# violent concussion. J
reverend gentleman and venerabla gen
tleman, both life-long temperance
workers, considering the provisions of
the bill, said that the great seal of the
state had been violated; said no pow
er belonging to a republican govern
ment could dictate In the domestic use
of grapes, cherries or blackberries.
Cltlxens as worthy. If not as wise, as
those In the house of representatives,
ministers not excepted, and ladles as
loyal to civic virtue as any In tho W.
C. T. U. would continue to use their
fruits In their long established ways.
When arrests of such violators of law
are read, (and this will require non
resident detectives and prosecutors),
reaction will assume weighty propor
tions. Scales may fall from the eyes
of those who, In the burly burly, let
enthusiasm or Intimidation get the bet
ter ot their sober conviction!! Time
will reveal that the seed of the hill fell
on etrong ground! It I* a rebound
from the riot that was precipitated last
'ear. Limits are reached by ebbs and
lows. In the light of human nature
and paet dealing, the death-warrant of
the present measure la ae plainly writ
ten as Its provlslona Only vassals are
ruled by coercion! There Is more pow
er In the persuasive element than In
the terrore of the law, but a happy
combination ot both elements would In
sure better results than have yet been
accomplished. It ts In order to fall
back on the great seal of the state
and take It as a guide.
Good and evil will ever be up against
each other, but now that the flood-tide
of evil hoe been hurled back, let all
pull for the beet that Is In prohibition.
The day for rejoicing Is here, and we
will all rejoice together In Ita morning
hours, but remember that the evening
tide cometh. Meantime we should be
working for better measures, deliber
ately formulated.
BREVIS.
HOME WAS BUILT AND OWNED
ORIGINALLY BY W. W, M’AFEE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
We wish to correct a mistake which
e noticed published In your columns
on the 10th Inst. The statement that
Hon. John B. Goodwin built the homo
at 124 South Pryor street that has re
cently been sold Is not true. The home
ras built and was owned for many
ears by Mr. W. W. McAfee, who died
In this city eome time since. However,
Mr. McAfee gave the home to his
daughter, who Is the wife of Hon. J. B.
Goodwin, and that Is the way he came
In possession of the property. It does
not matter, except I know you run a
reliable newspaper and wish to give
due credit to the old cltlxens of our
famous city, be they living or dead.
Some correspondent only made the
mistake, we presume, because he did
not know the special facts In the case,
"ours respectfully,
MRS. W. W. M'AFEE.
Atlanta, Ga.
JENTZEN LEAVES
TO SEE FLUSHERS
^lilef John Jentzen, of the aanltary
opjirtmcnt, will leave th^etty Wednes
day m. rnlng for St. Louts, whore he
ill Inspect the aytftem of street'flunh-
ing in vogue In that city, and where he
HI purchase one of the street Rushers
»r Atlanta, this one to be an experi
ment.
The chief will be accompanied by W.
.. Winn, a member of the board of
health, recently elected to council, and
eorge Eubank*.
From St. Louis they will go to Den-
er and to Colorado Springe, in which
latter city will be held the annual con
vention of the Dramatic Order of the
Knights of Khorassan. They will re
turn August 31.
County to Build Turnpike.
S|MH*lal to Tho Ueorgian.
Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 13.—The coun
ty commissioners 'have decided to build
a new turnpike two miles' long in the
Poplar Eldge precinct. N. A. Hchrlra-
shcr, of this city, has taken the con
tract for |1,99«,
nnd enabled them to win a glorious
victory: honor to brave nnd brainy Gov
ernor Iloke Smith, who though menaced
by hell and the whisky forces, had the
moral courage to confirm the act of his
people by signing the bill with alacrity.
Texas has eighteen electoral voles, snd If
Charley Culberson doesn't want to run,
Uoke Smith may have every one of them
for president In 1908.
Rut to the point: In the early part of tbe
70s no country could have been more cursed
by the liquor evil than was Georgia. Ev
ery city, town, and cross roads bsd its
doggery, snd the populsrity of tbe illicit
manufacture nnd sale of liquor was little,
if anv, leas than Infamous. When Georgia
was first established ns a colony the f ‘
dtictlon of ‘Turn" was prohibited,
there has er«r since been an element In tho
state that has at Intervals made lauaab
efforts to rid her of the liquor curse, bu.
wts ever unsuccessful. Why was thla?
They did not go almut It in the right way.
Tom pern nco is a moral question, nnd mor
als must bo developed by education; they
can t be —•— ■—*- -
and up
« P«**nc e movements, even when started
right, had beeu permitted by letting zeal
et the better or judgment, to degenerate
ito fu tint leu] crusades.
In 1872 there appeared In our loved home
city of Atlanta the man who should then
-nd there formulate the plan that would
Muuit?, mi r.uKiiffuman, ns was
Oglethorpe. He had cnat nls fortunes with
Georgia. Ho was a man of humble calling
ana few pretensious, but his unpreteutlous
exterior concealed the brain of a states
man, the heart of a philanthropist, snd
the nerve and tact of a soldlee. With elev-
en followers he inangnrared this great wdrk
In Georgia. Under his direction It pros
pered and people of nil classes flocked to
his standard, and by him and the thousands
°», other noble men nnd women associated
with him the seeds of redemption were
•own In good soil,;* and after 35 years
wt hare seen the cause of temperance pre-
‘ill 1 ' ,ove, l “empire state of th<
•outh. When some of the overzenlom,
among his co-workers wished to push the
question before the legislature, he answer
ed: Now, when the public mind and
conscience la properly educated the people
will demand^ and get prohibition. Until
then a law Would he inoperative and use-
womnn—nne of the most ,,
Georgia, or any other state, bits ever pro-
tliwetl. Miss halite Cnndler. She was nt
that time prominent in educations! work
In the state of Georgia. nnd this gave her
the best of opportunities to enlist ns sol-
dlsrt boys end girls who should devote their
lives nnd efforts to the redemption ot the
*t*te from the evils of drink. Let the nets
of the present leglalat
fulness snd efficiency.
I would uot Ignore the many other-rn .
Innt men snd women who hers served we 1
nnd bravely In this cause, out to these two
honorable mention ts due. The greatness
of Rome wns not confirmed when her Vic
torians army had Itorne her eagles In tri-
umph n round the world, hut when the eo-
herts of Hannibal thundered at her gates.
The ultimate success of this cause ts due
to the sober Judgment of those who laid
the plana thirty-five years ago, James G.
Thrower and Atlas Snlllt Candler. "Honor
to whom honor Is doe."
„ ... LOYAL OEOROIAN.
Brownsville, Texas.
ENTHUSIASTIC NOMINATION
OF JUDGE W. A. COVINGTON
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I wish' to extend to you my meed of
praise for the stand you have taken
for the right. I am glad Oeorgla has
F. L. Seely and John Temple Graves
among her citizens and thrice glad of
their Influence and prestige. Great Is
sues make and unmake men. The
great moral Issue, which has swept
all else aside and demanded a final
settlement, ts no exception, but has
proven the rule. Out of the victory
there loom a number of glanta who
will not soon bs lost sight of In Geor-
S a affairs—Wright, Knight, Hardman,
tvlngton and IIS others, but to south
Georgia there looms one who takes hla
place In our hearts, affections and as
pirations as the political Moses who
shall lead us out of the wilderness of
oblivion which has for eighty years
enveloped south Georgia.
When we have modestly come to the
voters of Georgia and asked them to
give our candidate their votes and sup
port, they have asked, “Who la he?"
What Is he? What has he done? What
can he do?" and a dozen other such
questions, all of which we have tried
to answer, but so far have not suc
ceeded In convincing Georgia that we
had. the man. South Georgia has a
candidate for governor, or at least one
south Georgian hus. Who Is he? Look
among the brightest stars In Geor
gia's history for the last four years
and you will aee his name modestly but.
firmly and Ineradlcably written. What
Is he? A brilliant lawyer, an able
Jurist, a friend of the masses. What
has he done? Served the people faith
fully In every commission they 1 have
given him. What can he do? As much
as any man In Georgia to bring peace
and happiness-to Georgians.
In summing up I will say that Just
to name him Is to answer every Just
question any Georgian can ask. I
hereby nominate to succeed the Hon.
Hqkc Smith as governor of Georgia, tho
able, brilliant stntesman from Colquitt,
Hon. W. A. Covington. Fraternally,
3. E. SUMMER,
Pastor M. E. Church, South, Saint Ma
rys, Ga.
INHUMAN CONVICT LAW8.
Ts the Editor of The Georgian:
For n year or so the writer bee been oc
casionally contributing to the journal* of
the atate articles on this line, end u
some change* through • little eonntrjr ,
net which be happens to own. In yotir
Issue of a recent date, he finds ■ strong
nrtlelo from another on the same line, aud
Is (lad to know that the public thinks on
the subject.
Now nre not the prison laws of tho coun
try tiihuninn? Has tho *tnto the right to
pauperise snd drive Innocent women and
hlldren to crime that It msy punish n mis-
JemraSor In th* father? Has the state the
moral right to make a profit from crime,
and thereby take the bread from the mouth*
of the Innocent? The laws of Ood are
higher than tbe laws of man, Tbe laws of
Gotl provide thnt the father shall support
bis family. The laws of man should only go
so far as to protect the community egnlast
tho depredations of a member of the com
munity. They should go no farther. Tho
state should lie paid all Its expenses of try
ing aud detaining the criminal that society
may lie safe. The surplus belongs to tho
minor children nnd tbe 0e facto widow.
It ts proposed under pending bills to
make the eonvlrtn bring *40 n month. Sup
pose It has cost the atate IP) to convict the
suppose It coot* $100 more to keep
,fe a rear: total cost 1140. Tho Income
from hla IslKtr Is $W. He has a family ot
minor children, who, are dependent upon
charity, who perhaps: degenerate Into more
criminals that they msy live.
Is the state morally right to make these
children criminals and pounert. when It can
still par all tbe expenaes or protecting luelf
id help k»-ep tbe family front want?
We propose this solution: Let there be
strict account kept of the expeuse of try
ing nnd maintaining a.convict; let the rec
ords of conviction show who Is a dependent
or Ukrty to lie: let the hire of the convict
first go t» pay tbe state every cent of ex
pense It has Incurred with legal Interest;
et the balance lie kept ns u fund, to be
known ns n prison relief fund, nnd niton
the request of the ordinary of the county
from which the convict Is sent, or In which
his fatally reable, after a strict examination,
much as Is necessary to relieve their
be nsld In the ntunner of pnaper re
lief. and the Its la nee. If uny. after the term
of the convict has expired, go Into the
•late funds.
We lure no right to Injure the Innocent to
punish the guilty, when, hr lining our pock
ets with blood niattey. perhaps a man with
n million would Its benef
labor, while the Ilttlt
brand.
A man wts cooxlcteq for not supporting
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
Capital and Surplus.... $ 800,000.00
Total Resources Over i. 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.
j OUTLAWING WHISKY IN THE SOUTH
(From the Literary Digest.)
T
I1E prohibition victory In Georgia,
which we were mlaled Into An
nouncing a little prematurely by er
roneous report* in the Northern pa
pers. trill lie followed by slmllnr action In
other Southern states If the hopes and fears
of whisky's foes nnd friends are correct.
One of Its most bitter foes, The Union Sig
nal, of Chicago, organ of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union, says: "It Is
generally conceded that Mississippi will
soon follow the ex minle of Georgia/’ note»
that a prohibition bill Is before the Ala
bama legislature, declares that "Texas Is
lent Taylor, of the National Wholessle
Liquor Dealers' Association of America,
made this confirmatory declaration in his
report to the annual coiweutlon at Atlantic
City last June:
"During the past twclvo months the Fro-
hlbltlonlsts have made grave Inroads on our
business. Especially Is this true In the
South, and unless we work with more ener-
S r nnd determination to stop this tidal
are every state in tbe Hotith will be closed
to ns." .
Striking evidence of tbe South's attitude
toward the liquor traffic nnpenrs In the
report of the laws passed by the Toxns
legislature at Its recent session, a cony
of which Is courteously sent ns by Mr. L.
T. Dnshtell, the secretary of state. A large
amount of legislation restricting the liquor
traffic In Texas appears In this volume, not
the least notable being a law to prevent
express companies bringing packages - '*
iuor Into no llcense districts. Thla
.ected by a law (as Its title reads) 'Im
posing occupation tax on persons, firms or
corporations handling liquors C.. O. D.” The
"occupation tax" Is fixed at $5,000 a year,
nnd the county or town concerned Is em
powered to add a tax of 12.500 more. An
other law makes It a misdemeanor to drink
ntoxlcstlng liquor on any passenger train
n Texas; and a third Imposes an "occupa-
tlon tax" of 12.000 a year on "all retail
dealers in non-lntoxlcntlng malt liquor" In
no-llcense districts, ami provides for an ad
ditional $1,000 tax by tbe local authorities.
The fact that the first of these laws pass
ed the boast by ft rote of 104 to $ and
the senate by a vote of 20 to 0 throws light
on the general attitude of the legislature/'
The New York World sketches the pres
ent prohibition situation In tho following
Informtug paragraphs:
"The passing of a pr
•la add* a Southern
bold of the 'dry*;' In the Far West. Kan
sas; In the extreme East. Maine; In the
extreme North. North Dakota, nnd In the
heart of the union, Tennessee.
M At tbs beginning of the year, the man
or of people living under statutory prohi
bition In Maine. North Dakota nnd Knn-
ns wns only 2,500,000. Ry the end of the
J enr Tennesseo nnd Georgia will nearly
are trebled the num1»er.
'Georgia Is the largest state thnt ever
* "“'tory law, If we except New
attempt mnnv years ago.
.. — »d
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bttlon. yet the number living under It will
soon be larger than ever before. Adding
those In the territories under congressional
prohibition, the total number will be about
8,000,000.
"One-third of the remnlntng citizens live
In 'dry' communities under the operation
of local option laws, or In the South In
counties where higher license fees ore urac-
11 cully prohibitive. *
"Figures show the United States to be
one of the most temperate nntlons. Nearly
half its people live In communities where
getting a drink means brenklug the law
or defying pnbllc sentiment."
The reason for the wave of prohibition
sentiment lnt he South, ss We have noticed
before. Is the desire to keep Intoxicant*
r ay from the negroes and the lower cIhr*
whites, who nro Incited to crime nnd rtce
by strong drink. The Springfield Republi
can treats the case thus:
"The relation between the saloon nnd no-
gro crime in tbe South Is so close that the
most superficial observer must noth** it.
There Is ft like relation between white
criminality nnd the saloon, but the South
ern prohibitionists nre not obliged to dwell
so much on that point. Their cause nt*.
quires strength among the white population
because the degrading Influence of the low
negro dive upon colored youth Is advertised
Incessantly In every Southern town and
city. Tbe negro slums in cities Jlke New
Orleans, with their Innumerable 'pool rooms’
nnd bars, are among tbe vilest spi-ts la
Amerlcn. They nre centers of drunkimncss.
gambling nnd vice, aud they contribute n
steady stream of criminals to the police
courts. On tbe lcveo In Vicksburg nro
negro saloons where scares of Idle negroes
spend their time, nnd It Is to such places
thnt employers of Inbor often have (to iri
to drum up inen for their service. The
saloon and gnmbllng joint turn out quanti
ties of new negro criminals every year
up and down the Mississippi valley and
throughout the Interior. These resorts dM
not flourish In the days of slavery, but since
tho whites abandoned the negro largely to
his own self-clrlllxlng efforts nnd left him
to revel In the full Indulgence of his baser
propensities, all the .while drawing away
from him socially, there has been n natu
ral development of the machinery of negro
vice and crime. No race, moreover, has
the social Instinct more acutely sensitized
than thC negro. Ho loves companionship
and social pleasures. It Is not too much
to say thnt. In the rigid conditions of the
race's social lsnlntlou, the saloon hag been
nil the more' sought because of Its com
pany nnd diversions.
"A well-enforced prohibitory law should
destroy many of these degrading dens of
Iniquity nnd thus tend to minimize the men
acing problem of criminality. It fs not
at all clear,' however, that prohibition ns
an agency to ameliorate the conditions
of the race question will ever prove suffi
cient. The Intention may be to have the
[>ollce especially severe In closing up negro
mrs; possibly the same severity. In the
cities nt least, will not be shown toward
tbe bars patronized by white men. Rut,
however that may xvork out. the struggle
against negro criminality must embrace
something beside n ‘thou shnlt not.' It
must be positive ns well ns negative. It
must not only close tbe doors of darkuess,
but open wldo the doors of light."
TRIBUTE TO DR. >. J. ALLEN
PAID By AGED CHINAMAN
Mo more remarkable tribute ha» been
paid the memory of that remarkable
man, Rev. Young J. Allen, who died In
Shanghai a few weeks ago, than ap
peared In a Shanghai native paper
from the pen of Sung Yueh Kxvan, a
Chines* icholar one hundred year* of
ago.
A copy of a paper containing this
wonderful tribute, translated Into
English by a son-in-law of Dr. Allen'*,
Rev. George R. Loehr, of Shanghai,
has been sent to G. S. Prior, of 84
Washington street, by his daughter,
Mrs. Arthur H. Allen, of Shanghai.
Arthur Allen la a son of Dr. Allen, and
la In the Chinese Imperial postal ser
vice.
In this article on Dr. Allen, written
Just after the death of the venerable
missionary. Sung Yueh Kwan recount,
the great work accomplished by his be
loved friend In his 47 years of work
In Shanghai. He says that Dr.' Alien
started the first Chinese paper In tho
kingdom, the Wen Kuok Kung Pao,
or Review of the Times. He did much
to promote tho material as well as the
spiritual welfare ot the Celestial Em
pire, and added greatly to its litera
ture.
Sung Yueh Kwan said that he knew
and worked with Dr. Alien forty years
and out of all the men who worked
as missionaries In China ho was the
greatest and most useful.
DUKES SUCCEEDS
- AGENT OWINGS
J. M. Owing*, for tha poat two year* a«
•Infant city ticket agent of the. Southern
railway, In Atlanta, hna tendered hla resig
nation, to take effect on Augnat 15. Mr.
Owing* will be aucceeded by C. D. Dukes,
who has been seeond assistant, and he will
he succeeded by W. L. McLecs. Mr. Me-
Lees cornea to the Southern from Green
wood, 8. C., where he has been connected
wttlTthe Charleston nnd Western Carolina
railroad at that point. He la nn expert
railroad man, nnd before going to Green
wood wns connected with the Southern.
Mr. Owlngs resigns to enter the manufac
turing business. Since his connection with
the Southern In Atlanta he has made many
friends who will regret to seo him leave
the railroad business.
Ills labor brought at least $150. The
wns destitute. The cost of convicting him
was $28.50. The officials divided out the $150
in fees and Insolvent costs. The baby was
•till destitute. Tbe community contributed
to keep It alive. No good waa done to
anybody, nnd oomebody made a profit from
the crime. Thousands of Instances could lie
cited. Each one enn revert to tils own ex
perience nnd see them. Would not the pris
on relief system lie a great Improvement on
he present system?
We might any more, but It need* no argil-
meat. We can bettor condition*, and do It
* U BEAZLEY.
Lresburg, Go.
8ILLS BECOME LAWS
T
Governor Smith has allowed three lo
cal bills to become a law without til*
approval, under the five-day limitation.
Failure to approve or disapprove a bill
within five days after reaching tha
governor makes It a law.
One of the bills was the Atlanta
measure providing for a $350,000 Issue
of water bonds and the closing
Mangum street to provide for the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic ter
minals.
Governor Smith withheld his signa
ture from this bill because he holds to
the poeltlotj that such measures should
contain a provision for the arbitration
for damages arising out of closing
streets. He consulted with Atlanta au
thorities who agreed to provide (or ar
bitration of any damages arising out
of closing the street.
The other two measures were local
to Savannah, Involving the closing
certain lanes, and the grant of a part
of a street to a bank. As these meas
ures involved • no property rights tne
governor allowed them to become law*
without hts signature.
A. K. HAWKES & CO.,
Opticians
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of strictly high-class optic.- t work. The vast number of our
natrons throughout the South, Including the most discriminat
ing users of glasses—those who require absolutely up-to-
date, perfect optical service—Is a guarantee of satisfaction to
those who contemplate the use of glasses or who have been
unable to obtain desirable results elsewhere.
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