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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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ing. Neither doc* It print whisky or
any liquor ad*.
Stands for Atlanta's own.
log Its own gas and electric light
plants, ss It now owns Its water
works, other cities do this and get
gas as low ss M cents, with a prodt
to the city. This should be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street rsllwaye can be
operated successfully by European
cities, os they nro, there Is no good
reseop why they can not lie eo oper*
a ted here. But w* do not lieljere Ibis
can be done now. and It mar bo some
years before we ore rendy for so big
an nnderlnklng. EMU Admits should
set Its fse* lu tbot direction NOW.
The city of New York In hard
pressed to pay Its bills; oven aiwthosc
Who sojourn long In Its midst.
How our neighbors do love Atlanta!
Hero for lnslanco Is Charleston will
log to cede ns to Texas—or Japan
King Edward, of England, Is said
to keep a diary of the weather. It
must be as Interesting as some peo
ple's conversation.
A vast portion of Australia Is said
to bo empty. The same report comes
from India, with more poignant mean
Ing.
Henry Wattcrson flings himself
Into the breach agalnet tbo prohlbl
tlon wave—a sandbag thrown on tho
levee against a Mississippi flood.
Tho dally announcements of the
early settlement of tho tolegraphers'
Strike appear to be of tho wireless
variety.
The Idea of offering Honry Wat-
terson's opposition to prohibition as
a news Item Is llko offering a Julep
to Jack Chinn as a novelty.
The Manila Times declares that
the Filipinos do not care to vote.
Possibly they put more trust In the
bolo than In the ballot.
• Prom the recent earnestness with
which Mr. C. Howell Is boosting Mr.
Wm. Jennings llryan, It Is evident
that public opinion rates the Nebras
kan's Democratic chances as the best.
Tho first paragraph on Friday's edl
torlal pago of Tho Georgian was
based upon a'dlpplng from Watson's
Weekly Jeffersonian. Credit was
given to Tho Jeffersonian, but It es
caped the printer's eye.
Tho Washington Herald objects to
Tho Georgian’s bard who rhymed
"haunt her" with “Atlanta." And by
the way, says The Herald, what la It
that Is going to "haunt her?" Why
“departed spirits,” of course—after
January 1st.
Secretary Taft at Columbus
was such a good Imitation of a
Democrat that he was the sor
riest appearing specimen of a
Republican that has been on pa
rade.—Charleston News and Cou
rier.
A new evidence thnt n good Demo
crat and an honest Republican are
■0 near together that there Is little
material difference between them.
And now Grontland Rice has locked
horns with Mr. Roosevelt as a "na
ture faker.” He declares that the
Baltimore Oriole, his native bird,
does lie his nest to the tree with a
string of twisted twigs, and he In
sures that a Tennessee barefi
knows more nbout the Oriole in |
minute than the president* of
United States knows In a week,
ware, Graalland, you are lu danger
of being tied to the Ananias Club
with a string of twisted epithet.
The News and Courier Is coming
to at least a more large-minded ap
preciation of Wm. Randolph Hears!.
The N.-C. claims that Hcarst Is as
good a Democrat as Bryan, and the
comparison la mutually compliment
ary to both atatesmen. The N.-C.
also clatma that Hearst would make
a more successful presidential cam
paign than Bryan, and this concln-
alon demonstrates clearly that the
N.-C. has been reading The Georgian
with that respectful attention which
baa been the one thing needed In Its
Journalistic equipment. Can It be
possible that the large education of
the baseball benches has broadened
the keen but close Intellect of Gen
eral Hemphill to a more comprehen
sive understanding of “hits” and
"home runs?”
THE FARMERS’ MIGHTY MOVEMENT.
If thero bo any remaining ekcptlc of tho life and vitality of agricul
ture or of tho vigor and enthusiasm of the farmers' organisation la
Georgia and the South, he has only to attend a Farmers' Union rally of
today.
Anywhere, at any time, wherever the officials appoint—and the
organa announce—a public gathering of the Farmers’ Union—for eating
or for speaking—there you will And a surprising multitude.
It Is a mystery where these people come from. Upon short notice—
without blazon In tho newspapers—without flaming posters on the walls
or trees—follow the brief statement of a union rally, and you will see
the woods alive with people, thd roads lined with vehicles, and the
grovaa swarm with men, women and children.
And not the Jeans and butternut farmer of forty years ago, but men
In soft caAlmers, boys In derby bats nnd women and girls In linen and
mull and the summer raiment of the cities.
And when the speeches coma In time there Is no longer the broad
flattery or the demagogic appeal. Gone Is the politician’s taffy and the
empty tribute of the designing applicant for votes. Instead there are
strong men who talk to strong men and level-beaded women about the
practical affairs of life, or of the qobler aspirations of honest sentiment
And no audience In town or city listens more courteously, comprehends
more clearly, and responds more Intelligently than the farmer of today.
A Farmers' Union rally Is a revelation of the progress and develop
ment that rule among tho men who till the farms and tickle the soil
to the prosperous and responsive laughter of plenty.
These are the men and women who- are not only the backbone of
our material prosperity, but those also who In their level Intelligence,
In their careful reading, In their disinterested thinking, and In their fear-
lesB Individuality of voting, are today revolutionizing tho politics and
the civilization of the South. You can't fool these people any more.
The cheap newspaper and the rural mall delivery have made of them
the freest and most practical Democracy la the world. Thoy listen -to all
men. They read what comes before them. Bat they do their own think
ing. They give all men their earn but few their tongues. And with the
facta before them, .as thoy come In telegrams and observation and hon
est newspapers, they make up their own opinions and are henceforth
likely to vote aa they pray—straight and sincere—for the glory of God,
and the good o-' tbelr homes.
There has never been an organization like the Farmers’ Union. It
was born of a quiet conversation by live honest farmers on tho value
of cooperation. It has grown llko Jonah’s gourd—In a night—from In
significance to majosttc power. It has 51,000 members In Georgia. It
has 1,400,000 members In 22 states of the South and West. It Is officered
by farmers, untrained In politics or statecraft. But It baa not made a
mistake since Its foundation, and tho wisdom of Its leadership can only
be explained by tho Interposition of Divine Providence In behalf of a
movement that Is sot to tho betterment of men and the prosperity of the
Republic. It has nothing to do with politics, but It Is mighty In busi
ness, nnd it holds the balance of power In public affairs to be used for
the uplift of tho farmer, which means the welfare of the state.
. In Georgia It has stiffened tho backbone of the railroad commission,
and Its formal memorial la tho foundation of tho lower rate of passenger
fares. In Georgia It has halted tho movement for the bringing of alien
and mongrol racos In Immigrant ships to* the fields and farms of tho
commonwealth, and has preserved our soil to a homogeneous population.
In Georgia It has invigorated the selt-rospect of overy tiller of the soil
and made the dignity of labor tho standard of character among men.
And In tho Republic at large, speaking with tho only potential
voice, and Issuing the only edict backod by genulno power. It has lifted
our imperial staple from beggary to kingship and has well-nigh estab
lished eleven cents as tho minimum price for cotton In the world.
There was never an organization eo potent and ao promising as the
Farmers’ Union In the South.
Theso are tho Impressions which overy thoughtful, observant and
honest man will bring homo from a Farmers’ Union rally In any section
of tho state.
SATURDAY EVENING.
Tho pcoplo of Georgia can now settle down to a quiet and compla
cent enjoyment of tho triumphs they have won from a strenuous summer.
Temperance, whlto supremacy, railroad regulation—tbo travail and
the product of wholesome legislation.
And now the tlmo for ezecutlon, enjoyment, and harmony, with lib
erty and dignity combined.
It Is a long and strenuous period through which wo have passed—a
period of strife, of dlfferenco, of discussion and of decision. For nearly
two years public life has been eager and divided In tho commonwealth.
We are not likely to have a dull time oven now.
But there is at least a pause before wo enter upon the plercement
of the campaigns which are to make a president, a senator and aoveral
congressmen, t
As welcome as Is rest after toll, should bo tranquillity after long
division and excitement, and Georgia would welcome an autumn In
which good will, kind worda, and prosperous contentment should lead a
smiling way to the great peace holiday of tho world’s December. »
It Is too much to hope that the fierce desires will be rebuked or that
eager ambitions will be stilled.
But what a gladness It would be to Georgia, aud what a wholesome
rest. If this one bright autumn could be dedicated to prosperity and
peace and fraternity among all the people of this grand old common
wealth, whose opposite convictions have so long held them In martial
array against each other!
Is It Impossible to build up a public opinion tbat will Influence an
armistice of political and commercial war, while we renew the fellow
ships and fraternities of a peaceful past?
On this Saturday Evening what can we do better than to commend
a truce, charity, forgiveness, friendship and fellowship to a militant and
vigorous people whose honest opinions have bcon for so long a tlmo at
war?
Let us have a golden autumn of good will after a sultry itlmmer of
faction aud excitement
WHY NOT BEFORE?
With the railroad schedules comparatively even and regular all over
the country, with passenger rates reduced, with freight handled with
reasonable dispatch, with trains In the main on time—the pertinent
question arises. Why couldn't the railway managers have done It before?
Not In temper or complaint, but In simple curiosity tho question
arises.
There has been no particular change In commercial conditions. The
volume of freight and travel Is Just as great—there la Just as much
commerce and Just aa many shipments In the country. Jnst as many
people are traveling about. The roads have not been double tracked.
The new cars and locomotives have not In many cases been received
and Installed In use. The men are of the same class and material aa
before:
• And yet there la an Improvement general and commendable qll along
tho line of transportation service. The schedules are regular, the volume
of freight and travel Is carried) and a wreck, though not rare, Is of no
more frequent occurrence than It was ten yasrs ago.
Why? With the same conditions, why Is It that tbo great railway
corporations can give the public so much better service today than they
dld during the last summer and winter.
This Is a question tbat has doubtless occurred to travelers and ship
pers everywhere. It It difficult to answer upon any other theory than
that to men as Individuals and in the aggregate, there come fteriods of
demoralization In which apathy or confusion of mind destroy or debili
tate the effectiveness of their work. Men get rattled, and so do corpora
tions, and It must be true that we havo passed through a period of de
moralization, largely Inspired by greed and eagerness of accumulation,
which brought about the execrable conditions which disfigure the his
tory of transportation In tho year that has gone.
Nothing short of the wholesale agitation of these defects by earnest
and honest newspapers—nothing this side of the publicity given to hon
est protest—has availed to rouse the corporations to duty and to effect
iveness again.
The work of the agitator In the press la not always popular, but It
la nearly always Indispensable.
The newspapers have rarely done a greater service than In articulat
ing the public opinion which has reformed the railroads.
ROCK-RIBBED PROHIBITION
AHEAD FOR NORTH CAROLINA
(Raleigh, N. Ce, Special to N. Y. Praia.)
Recent development! Indicate that when
the next aesslou of the state legislature
shall complete Its work there will be a
new and rigid law on the statute books ab-
solutely prohibiting both the manufacture
snd sale of all Intoxicating spirits within
the stste, snd this Is the first time within
the present generation when there tins been
a prospeet of such a thing.
Thero have been several local option slec<
tlons held during the last two weeks In Im
portant towns of the state, and In every
instance the llqnor Interests aud the “wer*
crowd have lost. Warrenton was the last
place where such an election was held, and
the victory of tho teinperanco people was
complete, not even tho muutclpnl liquor dis
pensary being permitted to do business
there. A telegram to Governor Glenn, re
ceived the night of the victory from the
leaders of tho “dry" element, said:
“Your speech and Intluenco turned tho
scale and gave us victory."
The governor went to tVarrenton n few
days before the election and made ‘
strong prohibition speech.
Glenn as Prohibition Senator*
Good bulges of politics think It Is state
B rohlhltion tbat Is probably going to land
overuor Glenn lu the senate In Washing
ton ss the successor of geuator Overman
eighteen months hence. Governor Glenn
has within the Inst year or two become by
choice the chief of the state prohibition
apostles In North Carolina. Last fall ha
went further than the president of the
State Autl-Hulo4>n League would go, aud
In the Presbyterian cl Kirch In Raleigh came
out for state prohibition.
Ing the governor to let up on tho qi
tlon and not press It upon tho Inst leglsln
tare. The state chnlrumn of the North
Carolina Anti-Saloon I*enguo soon nfter took
the ground thnt the time for state probl-
tlon had not arrived. Thnt there are sec
tions of the state nnd towns In which pro
hibition Is not yet hacked by public senti
ment, where the majority Is opposed to It,
he held, on thut account thnt It would not
l»e • properly enforced If adopted by the
state at large, or If the legislature made
the law compulsory against the will of the
majority In those communities; also that
the Democratic party stands pledged to
local option.
Anti-Saloon President Opposed.
The president of the Slnto Anti-Saloon
League Is Joslnh William Bailey, who for
the Inst ten yenrs l;is been n lending
churchman of tho state nnd the editor of
ts Ilnptlst organ, tho Illbllcal Recorder, of
[tnlclgh. Pulley Is still opposed to legislat
ing prohibition for a conuunnlty when the
ninjority of tho people, be it state or county
or town, are opposed to prohibition. Gov
ernor Glenn has surpassed the nntl-ssloou
chief In his xenl to accomplish absolute
prohibition laws for tho whole state, nnd
would huve the legislature eunet n law ns
ins just Iweu done In Georgia, putting the
inn on liquor lu overy county and town In
North Carolina.
Tho sentiment against liquor has made a
marvelous growth In North Carolina of re-
ccut yenrs. ns It has In many of the other
Southern states. Astonishing progress has
Iteen made by tho nrohlbltlon element, nnd
that without the formation of a separate
political party to .accomplish Its purposes;
l»oth of tlio old parties, nnd especially the
Democratic party, being lifted to carry on
tbo policy of wiping out tho traffic In
llqnor and stopping Its manufacture.
• • ‘ ihw* *- *
J
ing and unquestioned devotfon to the cause
of true *
that meuion, xuuy ocneriiig, ■■ *ury enj,
that It will be only n few years at best
when public sentiment In every countr and
town will cause prohibition to bo adopted
through the local option process of elimi
nating the llqnor traffic.
There Is not s licensed saloon or bar In
Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham.
Newborn, Oxford, Henderson or In most of
the towns of the state today. Saloons ob
tain still In Asheville, iVtnaton, Wilming
ton and Salisbury alons of the Important
towns, and the prediction Is freely made
thnt they will l>e abolished In Asheville
within a year, and will tie driven out of
their Inst hold within three or four rears*
oven If local option alone accomplishes It
snd no state problblton law Is enacted
election ordered on state prohibition.
Governor Glenn's Strongest Card.
Friends of Governor Glenn express the
opinion that as he hna lately renewed his
demand for atato prohibition through leg
islative enactment, or at least means to
demand that the next legislature shall pro
vide for a state election on the question,
and recently expressed his regret at not
haying pursued his Individual course mark
ed out before the laat legislature, Instead
of letting the subject remain In abeyance
on the request and advice of party
and manngers, he Is the logical and
lender of this movement.
Thnt being so. If the plans of the state
prohibitionists are what a political leader
here tells mo they are. ana that plan of
selecting ns the candidates of the Demo
cratic party for representatives of their
counties in the general assembly next year
only men who are known to be In favor of
a state prohibitory liquor law succeeds. It
looks as If It will naturally follow tbat
when these same legislators come to se
lecting a man to represent the stste lirthe
senate, and knowing that their prohibition
leader Is ambitious for the place, that
many. If not moat of them, will turn to
Governor Glenn nnd cast their votes for
him to succeed Overman, who Is not Iden
tified with the prohibition movement.
Whether Glenn could muster a sufficient
numlier of adherents nmlvr such conditions
will materially depend npon the success of
the plan to x *put none but atato prohlbl-
tlonlata In tho next-legislature."
To Vot# Out Dispenaariea.
In Raleigh and several other towns which
have abolished the open saloon the munici
pal liquor dlspeusnrv 1s In existence. This
Is not true or Durham and Charlotte and
Greensboro and some of the other non
saloon towns. However Mg a business In
Interstate traffic the express company may
do, absolute prohibition prevails at those
places, so far as the sale of liquor Is con
cerned.
Now a movement Is on foot to abolish the
Raleigh dispensary, which, was created by
the teinperanco people as a makeshift four
years ago hscause sentiment was not ripe
for absolute prohibition, although opposed
John Mappelbeck, in today’s Saturday Evening Post,'says;
"While savings ore smstL nothing elves such alii In economy
and peace of mmd as a checking account In a sound bank or
trust company. This Is especially true where Income I* derived
from uncertain source,. «e In commissions, fee,, receipt, from a
■mull business, rents, etc. 1'crson, whose Income Is of thl, chsr.
ncter nre usually worried by every qtUgstloa os It come, due.
from the milk hill to the rent, snd often spend msrltetshlc tlmo
end euercy In eolleetlons, or attempts to nntlrlpat* payments due
them. Such Income, too, Inciting rcgulnrlty or stability, tuny be
frittered nwsy ns It trickles In. -
"A chccklnc account conserrei It, provided nil receipts nre
deposited nnrl nil outgo*, paid by check. Tho depositor cnrrles
■round little renily money, snd thus cuts off many trlfllns ex
penses. But the chief mine of such sn nrcouut Is, tbat It rcducei
a multitude of utilizations and worries to only one—that of
keeping n balance In bank."
This bank is pleased to extend its facilities to those who
wish to follow the advice of Mr. Mappelbeck in hia article,
“Saving by a Plan,” Particular attention is paid to cheeking
accounts, and in our Savings Department we allow interest at
the rate of four per cent.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
The Difference Between Idleness and Play
By CALEB A. RIDLEY.
Idleness Is sin,. but sometimes play
Is a tonic. The subject of this paper
Is play, not Idlenesj. For a man to
Idle Is to degenerate. There le nothing
quite so tiresome os the effort put
forth by some folks In trying to settle
themselves down to Idleness.
There are a few non-appreclatlve souls
who mean well, but who are woefully
and wilfully Ignorant, who divide ex
istence Into two elements—work and
Idleness. To them what you cannot
call work Is worthless, and therefore
Idleness and sin. But there Is a third
element—play, and It Is this element
that we look at here. In contrast with
work. An Idler may play and a player
may Idle, but on Idler would much
rather loaf. *-
There Ik far leu pleasure In play
than idling to a loafer. But to a real
aure enough man who has a real heart,
and a liver In him, and whose nose Is
midway between his eyes, and whose
hand and hood have both been trained
to work, there Is no pleasure nor rec
reation In Idleness. He prefers play.
All work and no play mokes men cold,
calculating, uninteresting stumps along
life's way.
An Old Fool l Once Knew.
I know a man who worked forty
years and never played. He scorned
play as childish. He mode and saved
$200,000 which was his only solace even
In death. He was unhappy In life and
miserable when death's dew dampened
his dwarfed features. He lived without
laughter and went out Into the dark
ness of death without a smile. No,
body loved him when he lived and no
body cared when he died. He died
frowning In the face of the world, and
tho world mirrored back his frown.
Thero was but one mourner at his
funeral, and her advertisement of grief
was a black veil.
to the open saloon. 1 Nobody cares when such a man dies.
Tho Ilnloltth dispensary sells more thnn He lived simply to ue how much he
1250.000 worth of liquor annually. A big
nnrt of thnt Is net profit, no license fees
being required, and conweqnontly the rnto
of municipal taxation has been cut down
materially. If the dispensary Is abolished
the tax rate will hove to be Increased, nnd
thnt Is a fact thnt will probably cause Its
CHARLESTON'S TREA80N TO AT
LANTA,
(News and Courier.)
"We see by the pa’apers" that a brace
of Japanese spies have, at last, been
dlsfrovered making plans of Fort Mc
Pherson, the key to Atlanta, which Is
to say, to the situation generally. At
lanta has been the objective point of
the Japanese all the time. We knew
U, but feared that a premature an
nouncement might cause a panic In
Wall Street. Atlanta Is the Port Ar
thur, Manila, Gibraltar, Kronstadt,
Kiel and Acropolis of this country, and
the Japanese will probably penetrate
straight to It, turning not to the right
nor to the left while on the march. If
they once get Atlanta, they will be
satisfied.
Therefore, we had best let the Jap
anese take Atlanta. It would-be a snd
loss and en Irreparable one, but would
It not be wiser to lose Atlanta, to
gether with Hoke, Temple and Clark,
and live, thnn for the whole brand re
public to bow beneath the Oriental
yoke? Indeed, we are confident that
Atlanta would willingly make the sac
rlflce. y
Nevertheless, It does seem that the
gentle Japanese sketching the fortifi
cations of Atlanta were a long way
from home.
AUTOGRAPHS.
In n corner of the gnrrct.
Where, It seems, one seldom looks.
Long forgotten nnd discarded,
'Neath « idle of dusty books^
I discovered an old nlbuni
Thnt recalled my tioyhood's day.
With Its corners bent nnd broken,
And Its cover worn by nge.
Time had touched with trembling fingers
At some spot on every pnge;
And my heart felt strangely heavy.
And my eyes. I fear, grew red:
For the elmple linen of childhood
Breathed a message from the dead.
It was here thnt Mary scribbled.
On this leaf that once was pink—
“la the golden chain of friendship.
Let me be the etrongest link."
In a dlMtnnt, foreign city,
Ao the paper Mid one day,
Mary s gentle, i|iieenly spirit
Left Its cast of molded day.
John In manner philosophic,
Theorised about my fate;
Molly's fragile fingers penciled
. Lines to guide In writing straight.
John Is lu the legislature.
Winning ptamlir* every day; *
Happy-hearted, thoughtful Molly,
Is a spinster lient and gray.
“Though grim clouds may dim your heaven,
Through nil darkness I'll lie true!"
Thus wrote Dot—she was my sweetheart—
On this page of faded bine.
How times change—how we change with
them.
When youth's fitful fancies fh*o!
Faithful wife of bnndsoiue Harry,
Dot no longer thinks of me.
Jim was such a manly fellow.
And a mother’s only son.
With a mind its free $>r trouble
As bis heart wss full of fuu.
Although everyliody liked him.
From hla home he strayed away*
Ami how often have I wondered
Whether Jim’s alive today.
And with reverence returned It
To the jealous care of age.
Dear t>ld days—yet something’s lacking,
For, In musing. 1 recall
That the Uttle girl 1 wedded
Never wrote In It at all.
—Ralph Methuen.
Savannah, Ga*
PERTINENT INQUIRY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In your Issue of this date, you have
a letter from a citizen on Peachtree
street, complaining at the distance he
lives from .a fire'company. There are
three componlea comparatively near
this gentleman, and we would like to
know If It has ever occurred to the
city council that there Is no Are com
pany on the western side of the city,
beyond the railroad? Has the west side
a representative in council?
A CITIZEN.
Atlanta, Ga., August 22.
ERECT A MONUMENT TO
TO LIEUT.-GEN. LONGSTREET.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It Is time that the asperities of the civil
w*or should bnve passed a way, and that wo
come to a sane and just estimate of all
who participated In It, especially so In the
case of our Southern then. I was a mem
ber of Isongstroet’s corps,, and be did his
duty to the best of bis ability as a general.
Homo who were not on tho battlefields,
and who, If on the hr*“‘
or nothing of the act—. __
ns affecting Lnngstreot'* actions and that
of his men, have nut hied a temple of preju
dice over hia fame, which Is founded on
wrong aesumptlons. We look at him ns a
Thousands of Georgians followed him and
ndmlred him, and these men. If no others,
desire thnt he tie honored jnst ns the Gedr-
E lans and others who followed Gordon have
enured him. 1 voice the sentiment nnd
the feelings of thousands of Confederate
soldiers In Insisting on a monument to Gen
eml Longstreet being erected on the capttol
grounds In the city of Atlanta.
This Is not a matter for controversy; thnt
Is over, or. at least, ought to tie.
General Lougstrect needs no defenso from
me, but he does need the love and loyal
devotion of his fellows In arms.
Colonel Drown, of Alnbnran, who wss
present nt a meeting of Atlanta Camp U. C.
V., No. 169, Inst evening, spoke of bis dls-
eneral Loni
as a coraj
and prol
Isongiitrevt on (he rapltol grounds
npanlon to that of General Gordon,
ffered to give a portion of the pro-
He ran
the offer 11 seems to me that all Confeder
ate soldiers who desire to help should get
together and formulate a systematic plan of
iirjicednre nnd. If they do not object. Cap-
tnln W. D. Ellis, Captain Tip Harrison, and
(tenoral Evans might he shle to solve the
problem, nml lend ns old Confederates to n
victory which shall crown our decllulug
yenrs with the laurel of pence, comrade-
-*iln nml devotion to General Longstreet.
If the (onfederate soldiers mentioned
TSltSSr* ,he -
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Allan!*, tia.
TO YOU. .
A, nns might loot stmt a pictured Mint,
Wrought by the skill of some great mas
ter s hand,
I look upon your face. so sweetly quaint.
And feel a thrill I ran not understnnd:
flr * young nnd beautiful and bright.
With eyes to kludle love fires lu the
- breast,
Wstto^a* plodding toward lit*', chilling
Where all desire Is lost In prefect rest.
But. ■■ the weary tailor looka nhore
To eateh. through rifted clouds, a light
to guide
lilt storm-teased barque la safety, home
end lore
Amid the dangers of the rogtn* tide,
I hath to yon. a* to a guiding star.
Vet allll must stand nml worship von afar.
—lucid* i't'Bitr iiiLut.
could get out of th* world, and now
the world smiles upon hla open grave
and says: "We will get It back again.”
Hia first thought at day-dawn, and his
laat when the whippoorwill warbled his
evening vesper was $$$$. You may
talk about "the man with the hoe,” or
the man without the hoe. I’d rather be
a mule than such a man aa that.
I should then have no dead weight of
coin hung about my neck in eternity. I
would rather walk through life than
ride the fiery billows with such a roan
In the life to come.
But back to the subject of play.
There Is little fellowship in the meat
and bread business of life. The work
era are too busy with their .work. But
when we can come together for play
our hearts rise up and kiss. There is
the fellowship of love. I am not for
getful of the other truth that men la
boring, and even suffering together, have
found a sort of fellowship and bond of
sympathy, the one for the other. In
their sufferings; but none court fellow
ship. The real fellowship of life comes
when mtn mutually put aside self-tn-
terest, and put aside pursuit of money
and bonds, and engage In play.
Now, it is not necessary that a man,
In order to play, should play a fool.
There are other and better plays. Nei
ther Is It necessary that he play the
play of children. Men should be chil
dren without being childish. Chauncey
Depew, the other day In New York,
quoting from Dr. Holmes, said: “I am
seventy-four years young." Lived be
yond man's allotted years, but a veri
table ray of sunshine still. His whole
life has been a brilliant blending of
work and play—work without worry,
play without pain. And now standing
near the end of Life's lane, the past a
dream, and the future alone real, he
drops from his Bps of love and laugh
ter a last benediction upon his host of
friends whose heartstrings will snap
like twine when those Bps are sealed In
eternal silence.
I wish that I might enter - the
’shadows” under the full glare of
such a sun. Sue!) visions are not In
side the syllogism. They come not to
the man whose life Is all work, neither
do they come, to him who forever
plays, but they come to the man and
woman who
"Work while they work
And play while they play."
The Play of Recreation.
It may be that your play Is found In
hunting, fishing, or riding, or sailing-
matters not. Only this, be sure you sell
It not. It Is as essential to your growth
and development as ts the sunshine to
the rose. Lord Salisbury played with
chemistry, but he played. Sanford
played with mathematics, but It was
recreation. Thos. E. Watson may write
history to rest his mind from the study
of law, and you may find play In writ
ing poetry—very well, only be eure that
you write It. It may not be worth
reading, but the burdens Inflicted upon
the public will not begin to compare
with those lifted from your own heart.
And so, whether our play Is found on
the field, or In the forum, let us pursue
It, when the time comes to play. It
will keep us young, give us fellowship,
correct our crooked vlew-of life, re-
veal the virtues of other people, nnd
make our lives pleasant and profitable
both to ourselves and others.
Learn From the Children.
We have all observed the Inclination
of children to play. So soon as a baby
gets charge of himself, he goes to play-
ng. and never stops, except for school
and sleep, until he Is fifteen years old.
Stone bruises and loosened to* nails
arc not token Into account when a
chance to play presents Itself to a boy.
Is this gin accident of nature, or has
God a purpose back of It? I accept
the latter. Play Is the boy’s field of
growth. Here he builds the first nec
essary structure of life—his body. It
was left for the twentieth ccnt.'^ to
discover and put In the curricul m. of
the schools the great fact, that men's
bodies are to receive attention along
with their minds and spirits.
You may bore some things Into hla
head as he passes along, but what if
h# had to depend absolutely on these?
Nay, as he plays, there goes on a deeper
process of culture within him than
ever teacher Illustrated or parent
planned. It Is in this music his soul
Ib led on. He masters the lesson, It
may be from pride or fear of punish
ment, but he plays because he loves to
play. The atmosphere of his soul is
play. And under Its rapturous touch
he learns to live.
Indeed, books, teachers, discipline—
theso nre necessary; but no more so
than play. Play Is his divine right,
and It Is mine also, no matter what
you think. The boy—a real boy—will
always get more out of his play than
Out of his books. His contact with
others will be of greater value to him
than the sums he eums up, or the
Greek roots he uproots. And what I
say of the school boy, I say of the
man.
From whence came our knowledge,
anyway? Where have men been
trained? What Is the great civilizer,
the great cause of progress? Contact
of man with man. With the school bov,
books open hkt mind, tasks discipline
his spirit, but the contact and contests
with his fellows teach him life, com
mon sense and human nature.
• * •
Enlarge the Campus.
In my native state there Is a college
that has gone to enlarging Its play
ground every time It enlarges Its cur
riculum. Not to save physicians’ bills
—this has long been conceded—but be-
cause It makes better students, better
scholars and better men. When the
boy gets grown he will settle down to
business and do better work because
of this time given to play. And If In
the mad rush of life he Is pushed be
yond these hours of play and pastime,
there will be a lost note In the har
mony of his soul. Unless some child
shall teach him again the mnglc secret
of play his heartstrings will rust, a
spirit of commercialism seari his heart,
and still forever the music of love upon
his Ups. May we all lsarh that the
way to be happy and gay Is to
"Work while you work
And play while you play."
PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.
Banks and business flourish when the
saloon ceases to get the wages of the
working man. Since the sale of liquor
has been stopped In Kansas City, Kan
sas, "the deposits of our banks have
Increased one and a half million dol-
lars,” la the message In a personal
letter. "People who formorly lived in
poverty because of spending their
money In saloons are now living In
comfort, and hundreds of them have
opened accounts .with savings banks;
the merchants have been compelled to
employ additional clerks.”
The best remedy for delirium tre
mens Is—remove the cause. "Our san
itarium reports a total suspension of
coses of delirium tremens since the en
forcing of our prohibitory liquor laws,”
says the Hon. C. W. Trlckett, prosecut-
ing attorney of Kansas City, Kansas.
Getting rid of the saloon helps solve
the child labor problem and the com
pulsory education problem. Here Is tho
record of Kansas City, Kansas, since
the laws forbidding the sale of liquor
were enforced: Formerly the children
of drinking fathers had to help earn ,
the living for the family. Now they are
attending school In such Increased
numbers that the school bonrd has had
to employ eighteen additional teach
ers.—From The Sunday School Time,.
NO DANGER IN THE "LOCKER."
Editor The Georgian:
I notice there Is a good deal of dis
cussion and comment on what is known
as the club locker bill, passed at tho
recent session of the legislature. This
Is all entirely useless, for the state pro.
hlbltlnn law saya In section 1: "Front
and after the first day of January,
next, after the passage of this act. It
shall be unlawful for any person within
the limits of this state to sell or barter
for valuable consideration, cither di
rectly, or give away to Induce trade at
any place of business, or keep or fur
nish at any other plaCe or manufac
ture or keep on hand at their place of
business any alcoholic, spirituous, mslt
or Intoxicating liquors, or Intoxicating
bitters or other drinks, which, If drunk
to excess will produce Intoxication.
Then come* the penalty and the doc
tors’ amendment. Now, If language
means anything, there Is nothing plain
er than the above, and It will bo un
lawful for any person after January
1st next to keep, furnish or give away
any Intoxicating liquor at their place
of buslnexs, home, club, or any other
places. If It should admit of another
construction, it would be a badly drawn-
up act. I freely confess that to me it
lx one of the most drastic laws that
was ever passed by any Georgia legis
lature, and to my mind there are sev
eral amendment* that would Improve
It as a temperance measure, and have
little doubt but that the legislature will
amend It wholesomely at their next
session.
Yours very truly, „
E. C. ELLINGTON.
Dawson, Ga., Aug. 22, 1907.
FOR THE BOYS’ CLAJB.
To the Editor of The Georgian; .
It Is with very great pleasure that |
notice In the public print a proposeu
establishment in our city of a club tot
homeless boys, of which perhaps I s‘«
more than nny Individual In Atlanta,
and while I have no money to con
tribute to the cause, I shall be n’ucn
pleased to give one hour each week ”
Bible or other reading, or other pur
poses, as may be deemed best by an
executive committee. ,,
Yours for the salvation of the At
lanta boys; .,,.
WM. II. H. PHELPS
Atlanta, August 24.