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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. ;;ixr>AT. (V-TOnF-Tt S. l!»n. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) ’ JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sun*.«y) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama Bt. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates: One Twir * Bit Months f-K Three Months One Month... .** By Carrier. Per Week .... . 1.25 Telephones ronnectlnc depart ments. Long distance terminals. Pmlth k Thompson, adrertlslnf rep- Tsentntires for all territory outside or Chlraro rrlbone BnlMInc If you hare any trouble {ettlne TUB i.'KOntUAK AND NKWl. telephone the clrcnlatlea department and hare It promptly remedied. Telephones: Hell 4927 main; Atlanta 4401. Ruhsrriltera desiring their Georgian dlerontlnnwl must notify thla office oil the date of expiration: otherwise. It will be continued at the regular sub scription rnim until notice to etop I* received. * tn ordering a, change of "'Mrcss. please girt the old as welt as the new address. ’ It Is desirable that all enotmanlca- •Iona ln*""der| for jmbllentlon lu fUB ( a KWB j* || n ,|t^) te GEOnOIAN AND NKWH l»e llwltl . fOO words In length. It la ImtHratlre that they he slgmvl. •» «n erMence of goo.1 faith. llefectiNl manuscript* will not l*e veturned unless stumps are sent for the purpose. THE GEOIIGIAN AND NKWH prlota n*# unclean or objectionable ndrertln- lag, Neither doe# It print whisky of auy liquor ads. OUR f LATNOUM: TIIB OKOHGIAN and NEWH stutids for Atlanta's own- lug Its own gas and electric light plants, as It now owns Its waler works. Other elites do thla and get gas as low as *> cents, with n profit m the city. Thin abnvSd be dojie at •Mice. TUB Ofcoium.4 AND NEWS believe* that If street railways can be oi»erglrt1 successfully by European cities, aa they are. there la no good as they are. there la no gooti reason why they rnn not I* *o oper ated here. But we In not betlere this an lie done now. end ft may be same year* liefnte we are read? for so big an nndiwtnklnf. Rtlll AlleaM fhojiM set its fare In that «|lreellon NOW. AMUSEMENTS. THE GRAND—Suturday, matin*, and night. "Dream City. - ' THE BIJOU—Saturday, matinee and night. "The t'endy Kid." THE ORPHEUM-Saturday. mati nee mid night, vaudeville. PASTIME THEATER—Vuudevllle. SOUTH SIDE THEATER—Vaude. vllle. friendly Shots From Long Range. Editor Oraven la getting a little nervoue and calls upon Mr. Dryan to do something or get out of the wgy.— Moultrie Observer. The Atlanta Georgian aayi that It will make no more nomination! for the presidency. That I* a wlie re solve. for the Hit la already too long. —Augusta Herald. The Atlanta Georgian Is now casing up to the Bryan band wagon.—Winder News. Governor folk, of Missouri, says that he Is {or Bryan, first, last and all the time. We call the attention of Hon. John Temple Graves to this statement. In the hope that It will clear the presidential horizon of one of the "possibilities" and thus add to Mr. Graves' peace of mind to this ex tent at 'leant.—Waycrnas Journal. The Atlanta Georgian says that It will mike no further nominations for the presidency. The Georgian, hav tng already done the trick for praetl cally every favorite son tn the Union, naturally feels that It Is about time for somebody else to lend a hand with the megaphone.—Richmond Dispatch. John Temple Graves says he Is nat "likely" to get In the political run nlog. Why, oh, why, will he dash the cup from his saccharine lips just when the foam of "Refawm" success bub bles to the brim! Does he think “Re- fawm" Is a tickle Jade, and "likely" to prove a base deceiver at any mo ment?—Macon Telegraph. John Temple Graves has lately shown a modesty wholly surprising. He eays that It will take three men to save the country, and they are Bryan. Hearst and Tom Watson, without making the number four and mention' lng himself—Dallas News. It is said that Roosevelt thinks he could carry a couple of Southern states if nominated. Has John Tom pie Graves beea talking again?— Thomasvllle Enterprise. Senator Nathan B. Scott ta for ooevelt, Fairbanks, Cannon, Shaw d Taft for president. Mr. John mple Graves should look Into hta irels.—Exchange. kt Let us hope that ample room wilt be found In Dixie for both the “sun shine" and the "dew.’—Albany News. This Is a joint wish for The Geor gian and an esteemed contemporary. It Is gracefully said, and Is an even better wlah than that the “sunshine -night drive away the dew." We ;hlnk there Js room.—Atlanta Geor- [fan. "The Albany News" has not been published for to, these many years, but The Georgian sometimes reaches as far Into the past as Its optimism leads it constantly to peer Into the future.—Albany Herald. A FEW FACTS ABOUT CANALS. Before there were any railroads nearly everything was handled by water. the larger cities of the world were settled by the seaside for obvl- ous reasons,-and In nearly all the old cities aro small canals, up which freight Is carried. Even the cities of the Far East, like Manila, which, by the way. is about 300 years old, and Batavia, In the Island of Java, over 300 years old, hare their canals almost like streets, through which com merce Is carried. Japan has them, and even China completed Its Grand Canal# over 1,000 miles long, nearly 700 years ago. Boats floating on the water furnished the original* methpd of trans- portatlon. Substantial, Independent of tracks or rights of way, free from monopoly and complications, the floating hull affords the one method of transportation where a man with small capital can usually make a living. It looks very ranch os though the tendency Is to revert to the water method or to build up this method where possible. Canal systems. It Is true, were largely put out of business by the railroads as In the caso of the* Erie canal, which was built In J817, at a cost of seven and one-half millions of dollars, and was 353 miles long. In 1883 this canal practically went oat of use, because, of course, the New York Central railroad, whose tracks paralleled It, carried freight low enough to make water transportation profitless, and. by the same token, tf wo could have a canal at the side of every railroad, we would always get fair railroad rates. But what do we see now? Just as the present 205-ton freight loco motive. that can pull a mile of cars,' gives the railroad cars enormous economies oyer the little 80-ton engines of 1850 and 1860. so Is the canal of former years out of date, and out of use, simply because it has not been kept abreast of the requirements. The Erie canal was only four feet deep originally, and ultimately wks only deepened to seven feet. -Now the plan Is to enlarge It suffi ciently to carry 1.000 to 1,200-ton vessels at a cost of $82,000,000, and there Is little doubt of this being done. Few people know how many canals there are In existence. There were canals In Egypt over 7,000 years ago—there were, in fact, too many small canals In the early centuries to enumerate them. France finished a canal In 1612, connecting the Seine and the Loire rlvera. The Orleans canal was completed In 1676, and In 1681 the great j-anguedoc canal, 1-48 miles long and six and one-half feet deep, wag com pleted, having levels as high as 600 feet and floating barges of 100 tons. Englsnd hss the Leeds and Liverpool, 128 miles long: Trent end Mersey, 03 miles long; Grsnd Junction, 128 miles long; the Kennel and Avon, 57 miles long; the Great Irish canal from Dublin to Balllnastoe, 164 miles long, and the Royal canal, nearly paralleling the latter. In Scotland are the Forth and Clyde and the Caledonian. The canal from Bt. Petersburg to the Caspian Is 1,434 miles long. The Danish cans), from the North to the Baltic Sea, was finished In 1785, and Is 100 miles long. The Gotha canal, In Sweden, was finished In 1832 and Is 280 miles long. The canal connecting the Main and the Danube rivers Is 108 miles. There are In the United States numerous .canals In the North and East. Many small canals were built In New England, the first being at South Hadley Falls, Mass.. In 1733. Of the larger canals there are the Chesapeake and Ohio, 184 miles long, opened'In 1850; the Erie canal, 302 miles ton*. opened In 1825; the Illinois and Michigan canal, connecting the Mississippi system with the Great Lakes and, by the Wellard canal, with the 8t. Lawrence, 96 miles long and carrying boats of 160 tons burden. Added to these, there are the Ohio Falls and a fsw Canadian canals. In Germany, Greece, Canada and numerous other places, we have ship canals some of them as much as 28 feet deep. The canal connect ing the English Channel with Hamburg Is 60 miles long. Then there Is the Suez canal. 89 miles long, that saves the great long voyage around Africa, and only those who have stood on the sandy Egyp tian desert and watched tho enormous ships of tens of thousands of tons seemingly sailing through the sand can form an Idea of what a work DeLesaeps did. We are Just a little behind—that's all. We Americans have been In such a hurry that wo have'not taken time to do permanent things like our forefathers have done them, and up to quite recently there has been sufficient competition In all lines to give us living rates for transporta tion and the like. But we have been the losers, for while wo have seen a quarter of a million miles of railroads grow up In the United States. Eng land and Germany and France have continually Improved their canal fa cilities and allowed the big "freighters" to get Into the heart of the cities, and where wo are supporting 250,000 miles of railroads, these countries hsve 28.000 tp 35,000 miles each. Canals have hoen built by states and nations In nearly every In stance and hsve been the means of keeping the country open to tho world. Then why should not our states and our nation do the same? Cincinnati met auch a situation when It spent $18,000,000 on the Cincinnati Bouthom railroad, and Georgia would do the same If wo ex tended our state road to the sea, and thon oporated It Just aa we operate a state school or anything else. Things are changing—and that. too. In the right direction. Wo are now thinking of more substantial methods, nnd while we have been In our swaddling clothes all these years, oUr country Is beginning to see tho needs that our forefathers saw when wo had not yet been discovered. Yes, they still ride In "busses" In London, and one visit will show what a fine thing It la to have a city not cut up with trolley tracks, but where you can get a subway at nearly every corner for long Jumps. We are pretty smart people, but we have some things yot to learn by experience. , A SATURDAY EVENING. We are hearing and reading much at the present time relative to the unfortunates who live tn tho slums of our larger cities and In the waste places of our great big country. We are told of children who never have seen the green grass, who know not of the song of the birds, whoso days are passed In tho midst of great tenement blocks, where the pure sir of heaven rarely comes. We read, too, of people in tho country who live their dreary, weary, monotonous lives, rarely. If ever, seeing a neighbor or a passing traveler. Our heart* go out In compassion to those who life their lives In this way. We know that not every child of the city Is so unfortunate as some of the children mentioned; tbst not all people who live In the coun try districts aro grinding their lives away between the millstones of the commonplaco and the monotonous. We know that many children are sent by kindly disposed people to the country every summer, and that excursion rates to the circus as It cornea to the county seat may give and bring a little of good cheer to thoae who live far away from the haunts of men. But while we are thinking of these neglected lives It Is well for us to remember that even In the higher stratas of society, even among the fairly well-to-do tn our American life, there la a great number of their own family who fall to appreciate the work they are doing, conscious of the fact that they are leading neglected lives. Neglected not In the sense that they do not have enough to eat and drink. Neglected not as regards to their clothing. But neglected as re gards the consideration tn which they aro h$ld by the members of their own family, who fall to appreciate the work they are doing. Too often the mother tn the family leads a neglected life. The average American family has. It Is said, four children In It. In addition to these there is quite frequently besides the husband an aged father or mother of the husband or wife, a maiden aunt of uncertain years, or a brother or stater who needs, for a few years, the restraining hand, or the helping hand of the brother or sister older than himself. So It comes to pass that very frequently, the mother tn the home has the care of the household of six or seven on her bands. Hsve you ever thought Just what that means? Do you know anything of the absolute drudgery that Is entailed upon the mother In the home under such conditions? Rarely Is there a maid In the house to help with the work. There are beds to be made, rooms to sweep, meals to get, dlshts to wash, clothss to patch and darn, stockings to mend and a thousand and one little things found about the bouse to do that only the mother can see and knows must be done. When the husband conies home he can read the paper out on the porch while mother washes the dishes. 8Ister, home from the store, can go out calling while mother washes the dishes. Children can play In the yard or under the electric light, while mother washes the dishes. Baby can go bye-bye while mother washes the dishes. And when the dishes are all done and a moment's rest Is at hand well-nigh Invariably com pany comes, children get hurt or baby haa a fall, and tho drain on the nervous energy continues. All have a chance to rest In the home but the mother. And the strange part of It all is very few realize Just how much a mother Is doing and how tbfiy are neglecting her life and her happiness until one day she breaks down or she raises her hand for the last time, and thq well-earned rest Is hers forever. Don't neglect the mother. Ease her burden, make her work light, and let her know by your loving thoughtfulness that she is not unappre ciated. that she Is not neglected. WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY AN ATLANTA CHURCH. Sunday, October 6th, will be a day of far more than ordinary Inter est at the Capitol Avenue Baptist church, one of the largest and most successful religious organizations In this city of great and growing churches. An appropriate program has been arrangod for the occasion, which Is the third anniversary of the Inauguration of the present pastor ate. Three years ago Rev. John E. Briggs was Installed pastor of tlio Capitol Avenue naptlst church, and In that brief period of tlmo tho growth of thla especial congregation has been phenomenal. During these three years 600 have been added to the membership, 224 during the past twelve months. The Sunday school has grown In average attendance from 130 to about 400. Last Sunday was rally day with about MO 14 attendance. The Junior B, Y. P. U. has grown to be the targwt tn the world. Last year It received not only the state banner, but oIbo one of the International honors. The ladies’ organization with near 100 mem bers la.one of the strongest In the state. There Is also a flourishing men's league of seventy-five members. •The South Side church Is a flourishing mission of nearly 200 mem bers, and soon It may become an Independent church. A large number recently assisted In the organization of the new Grant Park Baptist church, and still there are left more than 800 members. The church began as a mission of the Second Baptist church. It was organized as an Independent body and the present structure built In 1900, just seven years ago. It has been enlarged twice since then. The pres ent equipment Is altogether inadequate, so it will be necessary to en large at an early date. , Last year the church gave about $1,500 to missions and benevolent objects. It now supports a missionary In foreign lands and eVnployi a pastor's assistant. The pastor, Dr. Briggs, Is still a young man, this being only his socond pastorate. He Is a North Carolinian by birth, a Georgian by adoption. He was educated at Mercer University and later studied at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville. What has been accomplished by him and by bts faithful congregation in three short years Is so remarkable that It evokes the genuine admiration of all classes of citizens, regardless of denominational or sectarian affiliations. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgina bora records each day BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY The Tradesman's weekly summary of new Induetries established In the South reveals a most gratifying record for the week ending October 2. Among the more important new Inveetments will be found 19 establish ments devoted to lumber and Us products; 5 manufacturing textile prod ucts: 16 plants for mining or manufacturing Iron; 5 light and power com panies, and 7 warehouses. The establishment of warehouses throughout the South Is a comparatively new movement, the object being to old the farmers tn holding their grain and cotton Instead of being forced to mar ket It aa soon as harvested, and additional warehousea are reported ev ery week throughout thla aactlon. Among the heavily capitalized new In- duatrlea of the week are two mining companies in Oklahoma, with one million dollara' capital each; a $600,000glnseng products company In Ok lahoma: a two-mllllon-dollar lumber company In . Louisiana: a 1200,000 goa and oil company In Oklahomn. and a 1100,000 Iron manufacturing company In Wait Virginia. The Induatrlal record of the week aa reported by The Tradeaman Is aa follows: GEORGIA. Atlanta—125.000 land company; >10,000 construction company. Columbus—175,000 box factory. LOUI8IANA. Shrevaport—$2,000,000 lumber jvimpany. Mangum—9200,000 gas and oil company. Elk City—925.000 mill and elevator company. Mountain Park—$500,000 mining and milling company. Fairfax—520,000 grain company. Rldgeton—Telephone company. Oklahoma City—$500,000 ginseng products company; 110,000 land com pany: $160,000 mining company. Clinton—$200,000 cotton compress. Hunter—Amusement company. Waurlka—>100.000 land company. Olustee—>26.000 loan company. Guthrla—Two >1,000,000 mlnjlM^cmnynnles. Wheeling—>100.000 Iron manufacturing company; >10,000 manufac turing company. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Washington. Oct. 5.—The following orders have been Issued: Army Orders. Captain M. Schaefer, Twenty-fifth Infantry, from Kansas State Agricul tural College to hit regiment; Captain Herbert J. Breeso, quartermaster, from quartermaster'* department: Major General William 8. McKaskey. placed on retired list; Second Lieutenant John N. Hodges, corps of engineers, from San Francisco to engineer school, Washington barracks; First Lieutenant John II. Page. Jr.. Sixth Infantry, from general hospital, Presidio, of San Fran, cisco, to his proper station. Naval Orders. Lieutenant M. 8t. C. Ellis, from Phil adelphia to Washington; Lieutenant W. L. Littlefield, detached navy yard, Washington, to Washington. Movement! of Vessels. ARRIVED—October 1, Stringham, at Newport; Rocket, at Washington. Oc tober 2, Washington, at Hampton Roads; Glacier and Marietta, at Cape Cod Bay. SAILED—October 1, 8ylph. from Del aware Breakwater for Washington. Oc tober 2, Glaclfr and Marietta, from Boston for Cape Cod Bay. October 1, Ajax, from Philadelphia for Bradford. BALLADE OF AUTUMN FOODS. (Chicago News.) Away with all the flimsy stuff With which we stayed the appetite. ‘ a bluff. something At nourishment we made We simply toyed light. In summer, salads sere all right With coffee—Iced In glasses tall. But chilly weather doth Invite The buckwheat cak* and codfish ball. People and Things Gossip From the Hotels and the Street Corners. C. C. Killer, formerly soliciting agent of the Qiir?n anil ('nwent Route iu Atlanta, lia* I'Cfii appointed traveling freight agent of this road to smcced K. M. !*ane, trans* fsrrrd. He will lie given headquarters st 213 Equitable building. Two machines that wild nnd receive tele graph nirsaage* without ibe service* of a skilled operator are being tried In the Western Union office In Atlanta. The machine la known aa the flnrclay typewriting-telegraph apparatus and la the Invention of John Itnrclny, assistant general manager of the Western Union. They are not quite perfected as yot. but the company h4>pea to Install them In all Its offices with in n short while. All 4>ne has to know to operate the ma chine la bow to write on s typewriter. A man writes hla message on the typewriter In Atlanta, for luatnuce. Instead of It be- jon. which Is then put tutu a transmit ter. The Inatsnt this logins working a typewriter In New York starts writing the message on paper. Homo one must watch the maebluea, hut the operator does not uerrKMtrlly have to tw a telegrapher or even kii4»w the Morse code. It Is said that the machine will do the work of ten men. One machine may send and receive messages at the same time. rriiTiui *iiw urunniirr hi tui* iicuiudiii. ‘was a wise guy In hla line, hut If he had mmmmk mu l»eeu a shoe drummer as long ns I have be would hnve found some Intereatlng faeja hleh he could have applied with success so that fCey have the shape of hla foot, anil . •*-- ufamt him. Take a or example. I would not hire a man like that If I was au em ployer of labor. He la always out for him self aud cares nothing for the Interests of his employer. A tuuu without au Instep Our teeth now ache for nomethlng tough And hearty on the which to bit*— Good, hot roast beef and currant duff. Something to make the waistband tight; And pqrk and beaus we will not slight, For green stuff our desire Is small. Now time has .brought us In Its flight The buckwheat cake and codfish ball. No Ice! Of that I've had enough. And more, all through the season's height. It’s well when you perspire an<1 puff. But there’s hot coffee now In sight, And If It’s handy, too, I might For a good, hot dinner call. For breakfast, though (It may be trite). The buckwheat cake and codfish ball. Augusta, Ga. Is n msn without s keen sense nf honor. !le won't do. Hive me s kas worn until they have limit-, no iau juh. ii you at «>> itnua. There Is another kind of foot, too, that would queer n man with me. A man with n iii>luti»d foot iusy In? honest ami straight, but he Isn’t going to do much work. Rtreuuous work Isn t In bis line, nnd he Is never on the Job with a rush. Them* oh- acrvntlon* have been tuude through ninny yean* of dealing with feet sud shoes. I noticed after I was In the hiislnos a few years that the feet were sn Index to eha;» inter. Then 1 made a direful study of the qni>Ktlnu and my Investigations have thoroughly confirmed my flrut observations. ''Criminologists tuay look at a tunn* ears or hla eyes, but give m* the feet cv?.\ time.” Over a thousand opportunities In to day’s "warn ad” column* Read them and you may find yours. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial accounts invited. 4 °fo Interest, compounded twice a year, is paid in our SAYINGS DEPARTMENT THE RAILROAD SITUATION (Editor F. J. Merrlam, In the Southern Ruralist.) The Southern IturnliHt lias ultra?! stood mid trill always utoinTfor tho (armor first, Inst nnd sll tho time. Ills Intorosts are our Interests, his suooess means our success. Moreover, ever? business enterprise In this great couatr? of ours Is dependent on the farmer. We all know this. i On the other hand, the farmer Is in a measure dependent upon the pnw|ierit? of ever? manufacturing and business enter prise In bis section. These manufacturing enterprises eniplo? men and take them out uf competition with the farmer. These eni- pio?ees bare mono? to spend for whst the fnrmrr has to sell; ths? not mil? create a market for hit products, lint help to tn- ereaie the value of these products. In ever? such town the farmer finds n market for his chickens, eggs, batter and vegetables. Like wise in tile sawmill towna of the flintier licit the fanner finds a market for bis pro duce. Hut when the mills shut down, what happens? We nre nnj alarmists, lint we can not help lint feel lbat the present railroad sit- .wonderful __ complicated In lla man? Interests that one part Is dependent upon another. If we break one strand tho whole fabric becomes tangled. It will take ?cnrs to straighten It mil anil weave It again luto the complete fabric. In the maintenance of thla Industrial fabric ver? few of ns realise the Inqiortnut port pln.ved h? the rnllronds. The? are grent arteries In the human s?atem the Iasi?. RVver one of these the nmn bleeds to death qulckl? unless bleeding is stopped. Inqmlr the elarulatlon and the hod? wastes awn? for want nf nourishment. Ho ever? business enterprise upon the railroads. cut u|mn the railroads to transport his products. In tiring' In his fertiliser, his tools, his seed. There la no use to grew produce for shipment If one esn not trnns- |sirt H: no use to build factories nnd have them stand Idle for lack of material to keep can no* lie Our renders ma? think we hnve over drawn the pletnre. jet the fact remains - — J"f Hint Industrial enterprises nf all kinds nre now restricted and held In cheek for the Inek of proper transportation facilities. We kick at the freight rates. ?et we |m? them anil make a profit nn the tranonrflnn. What hurts in, worm, than Ibe rates Is the ap parent Inability nf ttie railroads lo transien t our produce promptly; our Inability to get a thing when w*e liny It; the manufacturer's Inability to deliver what he has sold. The crying need of the country, to our uilnd, ItMlny Is liotter aervlee, not lower rotes. Now. don't misunderstand us. We do not mean to soy Hint we are not tfl fovor nf low freight nnd pnsaeugcr tales, for we are: Imt we ore not In favor of such low* rates ns will cripple nnd Interfere with the aerv lee which the railroads should render na. We ore Inclined to lielleve that some nf our politicians, tn their effort for notoriety, ore overdoing this mailer. Already the rood! A3 TO THE AGE OF CONSENT. To the Editor of The Georgian: During the recent session nf our leg islature Mr. Wooten, of Wilkes county. Introduced Into the house a bill to raise the age of consent In Georgia from 10 to 16 years. Each day’s proceedings of the, houee were faithfully followed by many who were Interested In this meas ure and were waiting for the bill to come up for consideration, but they watted In vain, for no more was heard of the meaaure. In paat years similar bills for the protection of the young girls of Georgia have been Introduced at different ses sions nf the legislature, and If thesa measure* were taken up for. considera tion In either house and put to a vote the public was not Informed of the fact. This Is n subject which calls for the attention and Interest of every mother and father In the state. Men and women who are Interested In the progress and prosperity of Geor. gla should Inaugurate at once a move ment for the protection of the moral welfare of our young people and make all preparations tn bring such force to bear on our law-makers at the next session nf the legislature that tho pres ent age of consent law will give way to one more consistent with the spirit of an Intelligent and Christian people. Our Georgia age of conaent law Is the same that appeared on the statute books of England almost 400 years ago. It was brought over to us along with other old English laws, many of which we have long elnce discarded and re member them chiefly ns relic* of a benighted past. It Is hard to realise Georgia tolerates a law which on the face of It la so plainly cruel and unjust. In the old days this law did not work the same hardships that It does today, because of the wide difference In the Industrial and economic conditions of those day* and today. The work of girls and women was confined almost exclusively to domestic duties within the home, and these homes, no matter how poor nnd humble, were, to a grent measure, a protection for the youth of the country. But when we consider the thousands of girl* In Georgia today between the age* of 12 and 18 years at work In office, store and factory and that grim necessity ha* forced them out Into the world to earn * living, often among condition* harmful to the un formed character and the undeveloped body of the young worker, who la often poorly paid for long hour# of hard work, we realise the great need of proper law* for the protection of these future mother* of our atate. Georgia la one of the few states with an nge of consent law ao low as 10 years. Many states have placed the age at 16, and in some states, notably those four Western states where women vote and have a volee In the making of taws, the age of consent Is 1> years. A sound and healthy morality Is the backbone of a state or nation. This fact was recognlxed 1,400 year* ago, when Theodorlch the Great, for the protection of the Get man women, pub lished a severe law expressly made by him "for the preservation of remale honor." K. C. COMMISSIONER POUND WELL KNOWN AT WAYCROSS. Special to The Georgian. Waycross, Ga., Oct. 5.—Profeasor Jere M. Pound, of Mllledgevllle. who has beer, appointed Hate school com missioner to succeed W. B. Merritt, re signed, Is a brother of Professor E. A. Pound, superintendent of the Waycross public schools. He Is well known as ar. educator throughout the state, and his appointment by Governor Smith Is sure to meet with approval. arc discounting Improvements nnd ratting down expenses, when they should lie In creasing them preparatory to handling the fall nnd winter traffic. This Is hound to result In poorer-service tn the near future This ma? lie nil nluff on the part of the roads, you any. lint how do you know? The fuet remiilnn that lu the present atnte nf tiolltlenl ngltniton ngnlnst the railroads It Is Impossible for. them to borrow mouer to any great extent ’ for Improvements. • nnd they nr* dependent almost entirely upon receipts. Cut down these receipts and you diminish to that extent Hut roads’ ability to make these Improvements. Now where i we nt? M’hnt the present situation calls for, to our mind. Is full nnd open publicity on tho port of the rnllrcnds themselves. Then If present lexlslntlon Is shown to lie nppres. *lve nnd hurtful we will see that It Is rem edied. The people surely nre not auch fools that thev want to kill the goose that lays the. golden egg. Me know It goes against the grain for a corporation or an Individual to open his httsluets In the public, Imt this It the onlv way nut that we can sec. The roads nre eenimou enrrlera; the? are subject to regu- atlnn. Kerry Individual along their lines has an Inter,»t In, and right to know, what they aro doing. We believe that If tho roads would,make a full statement the pee. pie would give them a square deal. On tlio other hand, w* do not think Hint the railroad officials would lie such fools ns to wilfully allow the rnndlieil and tolling stock to run down and depreciate simple t.i spite Hie people lieenuse of adverse legisla tion. let this Is the Impression whlrh ths recent action nf the Hmithera railway and the Central nf Georgia, In Stopping all Im provements. has created. Mr. Hnllrnnd Man. yrnt mint the people to give yon n square deal. They will *)<>■ It In you gladly If you will lie aerfeetly frank and ‘open with'them." Our Tntsrc.i i Interests are In t great mraatin. nnd your the same. We need you and you need us "h,v not pull together Instead of apart? feel that one trouble I* Hut you hnvs 1 a good deni of w-nlernl stock on wkleh Tun wlah to i«y dividends. This yon don't want to talk elmui. Hut you will have tn talk shout It. It ms? he Hist some stock holders will have to accept smaller dlvl dends until you ran build ti|i the value «r f°"r rand to n point where It Is worth whst It Is capitalised at. To get tngether we mutt all he open and slmve Itosnl. •rite people have come to believe that Hie railroads were receiving more than their Just Share of the profits. Legislation he, -.n" PVFl.i* c "!: "own these profile. The- will not lielleve otherwise unless you show thmu. Mr honestly lielleve It would lie the port of wisdom for the rands lo make n full Statement of their rendition, for we nuts- nil sink or nwlm together, Me suggest to the railroad commission and our polltlflan* that they Inrratignt* the subject of Improved railroad faculties as woll ns reduction nfrstrt. The former Is Inpss nui n $1?- ERRORS IN STATEMENT CONCERNINQ RIVER LINE. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your correspondent, Mr. C. A. How- ell, Is mistaken In hie reference'to con. dltlone and charges on the Marietta car line In comparison to the charge on the river car line. In the flrat place Mr. J. Carroll Payne Is not a director and never tins been of the Georgia Railway and Elec- iH C H *c was at one Mm* " small stockholder, but while 1 have not the records before me. I am of the Im pression that he hae disposed of his holdings. , In the second place, neither the coun- t# of Fulton nor the county of Cobb granted the builder* of the Atlanta Northen a single concession. Every foot Of the track beyond the llmlte of Atlanta la built on prlvnte right of way. bought and paid for at a handsome fig. ure by the railroad. In the third place, the Atlanta Northern railway has, ever alnce In construction, been directly under tho aupervlalon and direction of the Geor gia railroad commission, and the ques tion of rates and passenger fares was fixed by that body. The people along that line are now nbl* to reach Atlanta at much lower rates than they were previous to the construction of the line. A* to the river car line far*. Presi dent Arkwright has stated that 6 cents would be lee* than coat. Thla takes Into consideration the original cost price of the line, th* Investment for rebuilding and properly equipping and the further fact that there are ho towns nor village! to draw from ns along the College Park and East Point line. No decision has been reached, however, a* Mr. Arkwright has not been able to consider the matter. I write thl* (Imply to supply correct In formation ax to condition's. Vsry re spectfully, EDWIN F. JOHNSON. Mgr. Ppb. Ga. Ry. & Elec. Co, Atlanta, October 5. HEART’S CONTENT. (By Barton Grey.) Far over troublous seas there 1s an 1*1* Above whose valleys blues't skies are bent. Where balmy breezes blow, and aoft •una smile— Men call It Heart’s Content. And every prow that rides the sea of life To that dear distant isle Is turned for aye; Through baffling calms and stormy waves of strife Holding Its doubtful way. Comes back the same as barque meets barque, And as they pass from each the chal lenge sent Oft In the midmost ocean rose the waters dark— "We steer for Heart’* Content.” For many an Isle there Is, ao like, >o like The mystic goal of all that travail sore. That oft the wave-worn keels on strange sands strike And find an alien shore. But ever, as the anchor drape, and sal]* From off tho storm-strained yarp* are all unbent; From the tail masthead atilt the watch er halts— “Lo, yonder! Heart's Content” And ao. once more the prow Is seaward set; Heart* still hope on. though waves roll dark around; e , And on the stern men writ* the name, "Regret," And fare forth, outward bound.