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THE ATLANTA GEOKGIAN AND NEWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
- OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN. Gen’I Mgr.
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THE 0E0RG1AN AND NEWS prints
no unclean or objectionable advertli-
lug. Neither dors It prlot whisky or
say liquor ads. •
ght
plsntto as It now owns Its wster
works. Othsr cities do this and get
gig ts low at <0 cents, with a proltt
to the city. This should b* done at
ones. THE GEORGUN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can ba
reason why tbsy can not bs so oper-
__ oper
ated harp. Bot ws -Jo not believe this
can bs doss now, and It may be some
years before we aro ready for so big
direction NOW.
They do say that "Texas people don't
know mint from pennyroyal.
There can be no better day than au
tumn daye like theee. Do they come
anywhere elee than to Atlanta?
t
Let ua not be disturbed over the lit
tle differences between the reform
leaders. They are trivial and will pae*.
How perfectly happy Editor Pendle
ton, of the Macon Telegraph, must be
to have Mr. Bryan again "In our
midst."
Negotiations are now pending be
tween the editor of The Atlanta Geor
gian and George Bailey, of the Houston
Poet, whereby Graven la to swap Geor
gia goobers for Texas whisky. The
only hitch in the trade now le that
Graves wants Halley to throw In a
few bushgls of mint In the ileal.—
Galngsvllle, Tex., Bun.
We deny all connection with the
trade. The Imputation that there will
be no whlaky for Georgia thla aide of
Texaa will please the prohibition ma
jority In thla atate. Besides moet peo
ple suspect the quality both of Texas
whlaky and of Texas mint.
The editor of The Georgian thinks
that Colonel Pendleton Is naturally a
conservative Republican whom envi
ronments have made a Democrat; or
In other words that If he were In Hie
North he would have been a Repub
lican. Colonel Pendleton Is opposed to
government ownership of railroads be.
causa he thinks thla will create too
much centralised power at Washington
at tha expense of the state. He la op-
i posed to the Initiative and referendum
because he believes In representative
’ government. He does not believe In a
democracy because he Is not a socialist,
but believes In a republic because he
Is what we term a Jeffersonian Dem-
; ocrat.
As a matter of fact the term Repub
lican should have been applied to Jef-
fereonlan Democrats Juat as It was In
Jefferson’s day and the modern Re-
1 publican should be termed something
to Indicate the Hamiltonian theory of
erovernment If strict philological con
struction Is to be adhered to. The
terms Republican and Democrat have
always been used In confusion Just a»
the terms Democracy and Republic,
for In referring to the ancient Democ
racies. they are alwaye spoken of as
republics and yet the old Greeks and
Romans had no Idta of a republic, the
referendum prevailed Just as the so
cial democrats want It now In the
United Stales. ,
All of which la commended to Editor
Pendleton for the comfort of his atrlck.
an soul during tha visit of Mr, Bryan.
THE JUDGE FACTORY.
By James J. Montague.
HA Plaint from New Tork.)
Would you like to alt In ike court uf sp.
petti
An,l me
nuke It yuur iwcupetion
To knack out a law wbeneeer run taw
It offended a corporation?
Would yee like to lu- one of the illgnlded
men
Who tbe robes of office ere ng.rlu’?
If n Job like that ymt would like in land.
draff and Conueri and Murnttr
ANI)
Tha Illy tooled I'at MeOarren.
Th- people, of course, here nothing to do
with choosing a single Judge.
If you talk of selecting tbe seme by elect
ing.
The answer la merely "Fudge;"
Four kindly gents do that work for ua.
•the offices (airly sharin';
Wo merely meet rate at they may com.
• mand.
And pnt through the program already
planned
■y Woodruff and Conners and Murphy
To heap the heath Inviolate
These geoto wifi put up their rolls
On a guarantee that henceforth twill be
At pure as their own pare souls.
It Is only from motives Imps,-cable
TO*' the people's burden they're hearts',
Thl* reriten hearted. Impenrhahlr long
Wbk always for Justice and righi*«iinrs>
_ aland--
Woodruff end Conners and Morphy
AND
The Honorable I’at MeCarrea.
ATLANTA’S ILLUSTRIOUS QUEST.
Atlanta will never welcome, a greater or a nobler guest than the Il
lustrious citizen who cornea to ua on Saturday.
When the history of the era Is written by Impartial hands—beyond
all bitterness of faction, and above all Jealousy of contemporaneoua am
bition—Mr. Bryan will be remembered and recalled aa the Great Com
moner of his time. Within the decades of hla life and by force of the
scope and consistency of hla splendid service to the people, he haa won
and will securely wear thla title which la greater than president and
nobler than emperor. The "greatest private citizen In the world” has
no need of garish title* or of empty public stations to enlarge bla useful
ness or to gild bis fame. The presidency would not add one Jot or tittle
to tbe great name of William J. Bryan. Office never yet ennobled man
hood. It Is the man that makes the office noble.
It la well for the Georgia youth who view the adulation and hear
the tributes lavished upon Atlanta's llluatrloua guest to remember tbe
lines upon which his great position has been won. It Is well to know
that not In eloquence alone, nor In Intellect or force or wisdom, In which
he has many rivals, but In character Is Mr. Bryan great.
For twelve long years as stormy, strenuous and eventful as any citi
zen ever spent—speaking Incessantly, writing constantly, and always In
the full blaze of publicity, this man lives today before the world without
a stain upon Ills character or a shadow upon tho signal purity of hla public
and private living.
■Vo enemy In all the republic has been found to smirch the fair
escutcheon on which Is writ the record of an open and a noble life.
Flinging his convictions bravely In the face of all his generation, and
battered with a thousand controversies of conflicting thought, during all
these years, his loftiness of thought, hla sincerity of purpose and his
truth In speech have remained unlmpcached and unquestioned by friend
or foe.
Men may honestly doubt the eligibility of this great man for a third
leadership of the political party he has honored. Honest and loyal Dem
ocrats may dissent from bis opinions, criticise the fallibility of hla judg
ment, and seriously question (aa we have done) hla capacity to win and
to execute the great commission of Democracy In these tremendous
time*, leaders at the fore and patriots In the ranks may ask themselves
whether one who has been twice defeated la the man for Democracy's
crucial and eventful battle.
- But there can be hut one opinion aa to tbe man whom Atlanta greets
on Saturday—whose presence betters every political atmosphere, and
whose character la a Shining Inspiration to every American youth—that
William J. Bryan la Indeed the tallest moral figure that the politics of our
country has developed within these fifty years.
He Is Indeed an ever-welcome guest to Georgia and Atlanta..
JOHN W. AKIN DEAD!
The state of Georgia recognizes a genuine misfortune In the early
closing of the brilliant career of the Honorable John W. Akin In the city
of Carteravllle.
Judge Akin suffered a severe attack of the grip followed by paraly
sis and for two days past has been trembling between life and death
with all the chances against hla recovery. He died on Friday morning.
Beyond all empty compliment or perfunctory comment, the loss of
John W. Akin Is a distinct and definite calamity to the state of Georgia
at this time.
A* president of the state senate, he had Juat closed a brilliant
season of rare. And able service to the state, holding that high and
responsible station through a stormy and eventful session of a most
historic legislature, and bearing himself at all times and under all cir
cumstances with a stately courtesy and a noble fairness that was as
notable as bis clearness of head and Justness of decision.
There are many useful and distinguished years of service credited,
to John W. Akin In the state of Georgia and there are few who will be
grudge the statement that there whb undoubtedly beckoning to him In
the near future a call to higher and loftier responsibilities In tho affairs
of tho commonwealth. His career has been one of which any man might
be proud and which since he has passed away will be a rich heritage of
honor and comfort to his surviving family.
There Is not a stain upon the record of John Akin’s service at the
bar, upon the hustings, In the legislature or In the social relations of
life, all of which aa a gentleman add scholar he haa so richly adorned.
Eloquent In speech, courteous In manner, remarkable In the stored pos-
sessions of hla mind, and of high and crystal Integrity, John W. Akin has
bqen a figure worthy of the better sentiment and of the better life of
Georgia.
If he had lived, he would have lived to further service and to greater
usefulness, and In dylng^he leaves behind him that good name which Is
better than riches as a priceless legacy to his family and to the state.
BIRMINGHAM HOSTESS TO NEWSPAPER MEN.
Birmingham Is capturing some interesting conventions during the
present year, and of thoso perhaps the chief In Interest and Importance
Is the annual meeting of the International Press League, which holds a
session In that city from October 23d to October 26th. This Is a very
able and brilliant association of distinguished newspaper men from our
own and other countries, and Birmingham very naturally Is putting Its
best foot rorward In tho effort of providing delightful entertainment.
Birmingham has already established an enviable reputation in this
line. The press club which met In that city during the past winter re
ports a program and exercises which were scarcely ever surpassed In
brightness and charm of newspaper wit aud Southern hospitality. There
are some very bright and enterprising newspaper men on the Birming
ham newspapers, and these gentlemen are laying themselves out uow
with great enterprise and liberality to make the convention of the Inter
national Preis Club one of tbe moat brilliant and notable events in the
convention history of the South.
SECRETARY CAREY’S COMMENDABLE QUEST. Y
Colonel Dan Carey, secretary to His Honor, the Mayor, is carrySg
the habits and training of the newspaper man Into the duties of the «•
ecutive office and Is making himself useful not only to the mayor butjo
Atlanta and to Its adornment and its history.
Secretary Carey Is the ardent champion of the park system for ; t*
lanta and has been tbe originator of many now and beautiful -ideas I r
providing pUcea' of breathing and pleasure for the people of the tov t.
Beyond this Mr. Carey Is devoted to the history of Atlanta and ( s
given much attention to the collection or municipal records and men -
rials.
When he went Into the mayor's office, there were only five or 8 :
portraits of the ex-mayors of Atlanta hanging upon the walls of the t -
ecutive office. By diligent Inquiry and enterprise, he has added to th i
list until there are now 29 or 30 portraits of former mayors of Atlan .
adorning the mayor’s office, and of the entire list of municipal executivi
since the Incorporation of the city there only remain unprovided for tl
following names:
M. W. Formwalt, 1848; Willis Buell, 1850; Thomas F. Gibbs, 18
John F. Mims, 1863, and Thomas F. Lowe, 1861. '
Secretary Carey Is seeking Information touching the portraits
these missing mayors, and anyone who has a sympathy with the prese
vatlon of the llkfnesses of Atlanta's former executives will confer a f|
vor upon the secretary and incidentally upon the citizens' by commun
eating the Information to the mayor’s office.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
W HY not pay your bills by check? It not only
gives you a standing, but is the most conven
ient and safest way to settle your accounts. Let us
help you keep track of your receipts and expendi
tures. Small accounts as well as large ones solicited.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OP VESSELS
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
ending October 16 are shown’ by the following list which Is compiled from reports
made to The Tradesman. A study of the list reveals n most gratifying diversity
In the general development movement, and Another striking fen tore Is the heavy
capitalization of many of the new concerns. In the West Alrglnla list la a $350,000
electric company. A $200,000 cotton mill and one with $160,000 nre reported from
Month-UaroUna. - The Oklahoma list Includes a $350,000 ateam economizer company.
North Carolina reports several new cotton mills, each capitalized at $50,000 or more.
A street aweeper manufacturing company, cnnltnuzcd at $500,000. la reported from
Georgia. The Arkansas list mentions a $>00,000 Investment company.
ment company; Texarkana, $#,000 pottery; Little Rock, $200,000 gas machinery
works.
Georgia—Madison, $30,000 water works;JSVaycross, $10,000 cotton and warehouse
company; $100,000 oil and gas company: Atlanta, $150,000 mining company, $500,000
street sweeper manufacturing company; Monticello, woodworking plant; Havunnah,
packing plant; Oglethorpe, cotton gin; Covington, $60,000 woter works; Macon, $15,000
laundry.
mill, brass foundry, $100,000 twitch company: ReTdsvIlle. $100,000 building and loan
company, $50,000 development company; Kinston, $100,000 cotton mill; Denton, $60,00
cotton mill. •
Oklahoma—Guthrie. $60,000 Iron works. $350,000 steam economizer company; Erick,
$30,000 milling company; Chandler, $1Q,000 cotton company; Cleveland, $200,000 oil
and gas company; Altus, $16,009 telephone system; Perry, $100,000 oil and gas com*
psny.
Son
nnth Carolina—Rock Hill, $150,000 cotton mill: Slmpsonvllle, $200,000 cotton mill;
Colnmbla, $209,000 building company, $25,000 land company. $100,000 land company.
West Virginia—Wheeling, $60,000 development company; Parkersburg. $860,000
electric company; Hliiefletd. $10,000 mining company: Huntington. $10,000 water
proofing and paint lug company; Webster Springs, $25,000 heat and light company;
Glen Jean, $60,000 oil and gas company.
DINKELSPIEL GROWS POETICAL
>••••»•••••••••••••••••••<
By GEORGE
(Copyright, 1907, by Atuark-aii-Journtl-Ex-
M 1
n miner.)
BIN LIBBER LOOEY: Vc baf re-
celfed your letter from Inchunapolls
uud ye vns glnt to hear It dot your
healt* ia ofer-nbundant und dot pit*-
ness Is coot rare you vns now commercial
tra fell lag.
your Aunt Louisa a birthday party und
much eggscltement now rushes ould of der
kitchen.
I notice vot you say In der letter abould
der pleasant street cars In most of der Vest-
street car und And enough room to sit
down mldould getting der glance of scorn
from eighteen straphangers und a fat con
ductor.
Such Is an Idea rich ve seldom aee In
New York, Looey, because ve vas a busy
peoples here und ve believe dot a strap In
aer band Is vorth two on der curbstone.
It nln'd often dot I drop Into a poetical,
* y, but nftor I chumped off vun of deni
crowded cars der udder night I felt dot I
must get some rewenge for der vny I voa
ohlitcrntloneri.
Head dese worses ofer to yourself. Looey,
some day ven you vas smoothly street-
earring In vun of dom Vestern cities.
Here Is deni:
Per shades of night vnre falling fast
As up der city's street dare passed
* nr rich bore dla strange dewlce:
H.
Nine t'ousaud souls uiltln It rode:
Annuder t'ousnnd eholued der load:
Hen mlt* ten t'ousaud souls on board
Dor vide conductor vlldly roared;
•*Moof up In rtont!"
III.
"Try not to pass." an ola man cried;
"Get off my feeta," nnmtdcr sighed;
"Who has remoofed my bieathe from me?"
A lady asked, Inkvlrlngly.
Moof up lu front!
"Conductor," set a lady sreet,
"Vy do yon stop at efery street?"
"Ve always stop ven re vas full,”
tfoof up In front!
V.
"Vy Is It dot an empty car
Goes much und ninny miles py far
llefore It stops?" der lady cried;
Der fat conductor yust replied:
"Moof up In front!"
VI.
"My healt*. my vealt'. my appetite
Hnf gone," a tnan set mlt a fright.
Der fat conductor frowned a frown;
Moof up in front!**
VII.
'Oh, pass me. pleaie. a aolld atrnp;
'Dla vun Is loose," observed a chop
Der fat conductor, yust for fun,
Up mlt his flat und passed him vun—
Moof up In front!
VIII.
Und •till dey came py t'ousnnds till
Dey stood up on der vlndow sill.
Der fnt conductor smiled mlt glee;
"Dare'a monev here tonight tor me—
Moof up In front!"
IX.
Dey skveezed up tight,.dey akveezed up flat
Till no vun know vnre he voa at:
As milk condensed dey stood, each man.
Like herrings In n sardine can—
Moof up In front!
X.
Den ven der rain got vet und poured
Der fat conductor aveetly roared;
"IDs goes no furder tip," he snld.
"(Jet ould und took der ear ahead—
Moof up li> front!"
Yours mlt luff.
_ D. DINKELSPIEL.
Per George V. Hobart.
LET GROCERY STORE MEN TREMBLE!
And still the great war upon the germs and fakes goes merrily on.
Where there are no germs and no fakes It becomes neeessarjr some
times to manufacture them.
For after all tbe eager taste for seusatlon must be fed and the eager
spirit of this age of reformers must find a vent.
Following fast on Collier's fierce assault upon the patent medicines
cornea now the "Woman's Home Companion" to Inaugurate within Ha
own domestic clientele a crusade against what It la pleased to call the
"Muck Raker of tho Grocery Store."
The magazine declares that tbe novelist who will tell the hungry
\ubllc the horrors of the open box has not arrived, and so The Com
panion proceeds to tell the story Itself, from the Reports of Its trained
experts and writers Investigating grocery store conditions In different
sections, and promises a disclosure which wilt make the "Jungle's” loud
ly heralded abuses seem tame and trivial. Here goes the first shot:
"So far we haTe heard only of corporate plunder. What we
need Is a humbler genius who will show us that In the Ill-kept
grocery store are the breeding places of those germs of the air
that pre more deadly than the beasts In the jungle.
" ‘Our Own Page' can not do justice to an expose of the un
cleanly grocera—the 'germ trust' we might call them. There are
a few things, however, that every woman who reads these words
can do to make conditions radically better.
"Don’t buy out of the open box or the half-filled barrel.
"Refuse to accept without thorough Investigation any good!
of brands that are unknown to you.
"Always give preference to goods that are In the original
package—these. In almost every case, have been prepared and
packed under thorough Inspection.
"Where there are two grocers In your neighborhood or town,
!>atroulxe the man that keeps the cleanest store and gives you
the goods you know about and want.
"From time to time I shall have more to say about why
these courses of action are the wise ones, why they must inev
itably produce the same salutary effect on this vital everyday
business, aa we have seen the result from the more spectacular
cruaades of men like President Roosevelt and Governors Hughes
aud Folk. For the time being, 1 simply give you these maxims:
Think about them: talk them over with your friends; see If they
do not, after all, simply apply the standards of your own house
keeping common sense to the treatment of the things you eat be
fore they enter your own house.
"And remember one thing—an unimpeachable kitchen floor
and a aweet-amelllng Ice cheat do not prove you a good house
keeper, If your grocery store Isn't what It should be."
In thla day. when we are raising a hue and cry about pure ntllk. pure
finance and pure politics, we may well look to tbe contamination which
reaches so much of onr foodstuff between the time that It Is put on the
market and the time that It reaches the consumer.
ELIMINATING THE COTTON GAMBLER
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(From the Literary Digest.)
What The Atlanta Georgian hails ns
"the most .remarkable event In tho
South's Industrial history." nnd Tho
Manufneurers’ Record (Baltimore) de
clares "to be the most important busi
ness meeting the world has ever seen,"
took place In Atlanta last week. More
than one hundred representatives of
the cotton-spinning Industry of Eng
land, Germany. Austria, France, Bel
gium. Spain. Portugal und Italy there
met five hundred representative spin
ners, planters and cotton merchants of
this country. Their object, as The
Manufacturers' Record states briefly,
was to bring about "a better under
standing between those who produce
the staple and those who make It Into
merchantable goods.” This was to be
consummated, says The Savannah
News, by considering three things—
"the better baling of cotton, the ri
sibility of eliminating speculation In
the marketing of the crop, and the do
ing away with the middle man." The
first of these three deceived less at
tention than the other two, though the
neceslty for Improved methods of han
dling the crop was strongly empha
sized by the committee to which the
matter was referred. This committee
made several recommendations for Im
proving the seed, storing the cotton be-
fore baling, and for Improving the
method of baling, particularly for
transportation abroad. The Atlanta
Constitution, admitting the need for
attention to these suggestions, adds,
however, that "there is a far stronger,
a controlling desire, on the part of
botH interests, to eliminate the gam
bling element from the cotton ex
changes of all countries. In order to
prevent the frequently violent fluctu
ations in the price of the raw mate
rial." President C. W. Macara, of the
European Internationa! Cotton Spin
ners' Association. Is quoted to this ef
fect:
"The opportunities that have been
given to men who neither grow nor spin
cotton, nor arc legitimately Interest
ed In Ite distribution, to bring about
ruinous fluctuations in the price of raw
material, are nn evil more prejudicial
to the cotton business than any other
which now exists. The baling and
warehousing of your staple have not
been an satisfactory as you and we
fleslre, but the evil I have mentioned
is vastly more pernicious in its ef-
to»'ts.
"We wish the market to be respon
sive to the ordinary laws of supply
and demand. We want your cotton
and are prepared to pay for it a price
which will adequately reward four
fanners for their outlay of capital and
their employment of labor. The Inter
ests of the cotton growers and the
spinners of cotton are identical. The
burdens Imposed upon business and the
disastrous Influence of gambling oper
ations upon nil who are legitimately
concerned In the progress of the In
dustry, which Is second only In Im
portance to agriculture itself, can not
be exaggerated. It has led to the dis
location of business, to the stopping
of mills, and to the ruin of many. In
cluding not a fow of the speculators
themselves. To such lengths has the
evil extended that the need for a
world-wide organization to combat the
operations of the speculators was
brought home to all Europe four years
ago."
That the purpose of the Farmers’
Union, now an organization with 1,600,-
000 members. Is to bring about the
overthrow of cotton speculation Is as
serted. It was largely to this end that
the recent meeting of spinners and
growers was brought about.
The Chicago Tribune thinks some
good may have resulted from this con
ference. for the present cotton market
operations, ft finds, are extremely hurt
ful to both the growers and the spin
ners. It says:
"For several years the great. British
manufacturers have been on the ten
ter-hooks because of the frequent
ttvlty of speculation In the cotton mar
ket. It may have been sport for the
speculators, but It was death for the
spinners. Of ter they have been afraid
tr buy because they feared the high
prices prevailing were artificial and
could not be maintained long. If they
were to buy and cotton were to go
down, rivals who had waited for the
drop would be able to make cheaper
cloths and underset'. them. If they dtu
not buy they might have to close the!*
mills. Tlje occasional cornering of
cotton has done more than all else to
induce foreign manufacturers to en
courage its growth In other countries
than this, so that they might be no
longer dependent on the American sup
ply.'*
The practicability of doing away
with the c'otton exchanges entirely Ia
however, a much discussed question.
Washington. Oct. 17.—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Order*.
Captain Alexander M. Miller. Jr.,
Ninth cavalry, Is detailed for service
and to fill a vaca.yy In the quarter
master’s department. Captain Solomon
P. Vestal, cavalry. unnssigilhA I* as
signed to the Ninth cavalry. Following
second lieutenants transferred front In
fantry arm to field aril llery; lie n J a m In
M. Bailey, to battery A, Fifth field ar-
tlllery; William F. Sharp, to First field
artillery: Frank Thorp, Jr.,- to Third
field artillery.
Major John S. Sewell, corps of en
gineers. to Niagara Falls on duty con
nected with preservation of scenic ef
fects. Captain Charles T. Baker, quar
termaster. to Fort Hamilton and as
sume charge of construction work at
hat post.
Following officers from Fort Leaven
worth to St. Louis for purpose of mak-
g Investigations and observations at
ternatlonal balloon race, October 21,
Itlt a view to obtaining Information
i the subject of balloons and air ma-
Ines for use of Instruction In the slg-
I school at Fort Leavenworth: Mu-
Charles Macksaltzman, signal corps,
Istant commandant signal school;
■st Lieutenant George A. Wlecao-
. signal corps, Instructor signal
ool.
Naval Ordera.
[aptaln C. E. Cox, to command South
ota, when commissioned: Captain
. Collwell, retired, detached naval
^college, home; Commander M. L.
d, detached command of Dixie,
and wait orders; Commander J.
rerbacher. retired, additional duty
aa Inspector of ordnance at Shelby
Steel (Tube Company; Lieutenant E. T.
Fltzgirald, detached duty Ohio, to
homeland resignation accepted to take 1
effect (October SO: Lieutenants F. H.
Bumsnnd F. L. Snndos, detached Dixie,
when'put of commission, home and
wait rrders: Ensign A. B. Cook, de
tached jpixtc. when out of commission,
to Geo Vis: \isign H. G. Bowen, de
tached pixie, when out of commission,
to Ranks; Ensign K. C. Brittenden,
detache.) Milwaukee, to naval hospital,
■Mare Islind.
IMovements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—October 15, Lebanon, ai
navy yan), New York; Wasp, at Stam-
ford; Ultras, at Boston.
SAILEIt—October 13. Lebanon, from
Tompklnlrille for navy yard. New
York; Louisiana, from Cape Cod Bay
for navy J»rd. New York; Wasp, from
Mamnronecjc for Stamford; Ajax, from
Bradford for Norfolk.
THE AGE OF CONSENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In a receht- Issue of your paper ap-.
peared an Article touching upon the
law of conaent as It now stands, over
tha signature,of "Mother," Talbot coun
ty. I will Jutt say for the Information
ra# I Ul ■ n.AMAM n .wl rail lUe tMtOA
of this good woman nnd nil the pure
mothers of Georgia that I Introduced a
bill during the last session of the legis
lature raising the limit to IS years.
Tills Is the limit In Tennessee. The
bill was referred to the general Judlcln.
ry committee and was not reached for
consideration sat the last session, but
goes over as unfinished business.
Now, let the pure women of the state
get behind their representatives on this
proposition and we can remove this
dark blot on th4 commonwealth of
Georgia. The bill
William Wynne,
a lawyer of recognised ability.
]. A. WOOTTEN,
Wilkes County.
People and Things
Gossip From the Hotels and the
Street Corners.
John C. Rasbury, general manager
and secretary-treasurer of the Georgia
Oil Company, has resigned his position
with that company to accept a position
with the Gulf Refining Company. Mr.
Rasbury will have his headquarters in
Macon nnd will have complete charge
of the management of the company for
southwest Georgia. Mr. Rasbury Is an
Atlantan by birth and has lived here all
his life. As the head of the Georgia
Oil Company he made a reputation for
himself in the business world that has
attracted attention. His resignation
goes Into effect on October 24.
Judge Emory Sneer of the United States
court, with hemlqunrters In Macoa, left
Atlanta Thursday morning for his home In
tbnt city after spending the summer at
Highlands. N*. C„ nnd Mount Airy, Ga.
junta Wednesday
night snd remained nt the Piedmont Hotel.
Judge Speer was III during the summer, but
he has completely recovered his health.
CHRI8TIAN 8CIENTI8T
REPLIES TO MEDICU8.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
In your Issue of October 16, under ths
head, "Doctor on Christian Science.” t car-
lirnu, Ducmi mi viniaiiau ovicute, ■ uwr*
tain young doctor, signing himself "Medl
cus." grossly misrepresents facts.
Christian .Scientists. In the first place,
have no fight with the doctors. On the
other hand, they highly esteem those broad
minded men and women who are devoting
their lives toward alleviating the sufferings
of mnuklnd.
If I nm not mistaken, a few years ago,
or thereabouts, n man named Galileo made
n statement which almost cost him his
head: yet, strange to say, today this Galileo
seems to have n universal following. This
In substance Is true of the discovery of
Harvey, Mary Baker G. Eddy, etc. In fact.
do not have to go much beyond adjolnlr
states to And allopathy more hitter toward
homeopathy than "Medicos" Is t toward
Christian Science.
"Medicos" was asked over the 'phone to
diaguose the ease of a woman 37 years old,
whoso husband was not a Christian Helen,
fist, aud It was understood that tiotblug
more than n diagnosis was to he made. In
every respect this was violated by "Medl
eys," and never was a larger doze of fear
thrown Into nny one than ,T Medlcu§" threw
Into this "otherwise healthy young woman."
who eleven years before had been healed In
Christian Hclence—according to the state
ment of her husband—of that which In this
Instance "Medicos" said was a Serious ense.
worm, lunMict-iuauy, is imvniug oy iru
nnd bounds. Text books of ten years ago
are today discarded, even In the honorable
profession which "Medlcus" Is supposed to
adorn, for something new.
I studied medicine and was closely asso
ciated with some of tbe finest doctors nnd
surgeons In the world, nnd am sorry to
state that this young doctor, having advised
the patient to remain in bed for three
months, gives out n nonsensical statement,
which Is n misstatement of facta and dis
plays In every way his Ignorance of theoso
phy, mental science, psychology, otc., a
mixture of nil of which he attempts to
moke believe Is Christian Science, the prn
tlce of which be Is most densely ignorant.
Christina Scientist*' definition of matter
agrees with that of the most modern phys
ical scientists. To prove this. I hare but
to cite any one to the definition given by
Mrs. Eddy, and to those given In tne latest
standard dictionaries. Ridicule, misstate
ment nnd abuse never made anything right.
Today the world asks to be shown, and this
is whnt Is being done at the Christian
Science Wednesday evening tcstlmonlul
meetings.
Reference to the nltultnry liodles was
discovery of
Jill Vo* drawn by Hon. ■""dr reran lug the dlsroverr «f thnt etnl #
ati inv reanest who Is went aelentlsf. Dr. Hnjous. Ignorance of
flhfntv which was manifested hr "Madlena" nnd
nirnifeAri nhiiifi wnt B | m p| v made to Illustrate the necessity
of not bolding to old tiellcf* too strongly,
notwithstanding they may be hoary with
age. If Dr. Hnjous Is right, as I understand
him. then the whole theory of blood cor
puscles, of which tho heart Is the basis. Is
wrong. The matter was discussed from
the doctor's own material sense of thing*
and not from n spiritual point of view.
Christian Bolence teaches tho religion of
Jesus Christ, yet Christian HcTentlstH
neither claim to lie iierfect. nor do they
claim to he able to do nil that Jesus did.
Notwithstanding the mother ehnrch at
Boston, Mass., with a membership of in/.;
ly 50.003. shows a mortality experience of 5
t« the 1.000, against 15 to 23 to tbe 1.000
In the cities, the membership of the Bos
ton church Is made up mostly of people
who had previously been given up by doc
tors t<> die, but who found relief In Chris
tian Helence.
Concluding, let me soy to "Medlcus, and
all the many good doctors who really wish
to he made better doctors. e*st aside
prejudices aud glv# Christian Science n fair
study. You will then carry honesty of pur
pose, sincerity, cheer aud happiness into the
sick room, and not do as this foolish young
doctor did, the fesr he produced^ In the
pnt lent being enough to produce fatal re
sults.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It Is not the right if Dr. Wllmer to
express his heart and lay bare his soul
that you attack In ypur editorial of
Thursday, October 10,\but rather his
right to speak in and for the church
which he represents, it I understand
your criticism of the attitude the great
divine has now assumdd toward the
Bible and its revelations and their
beating nnd influence upon we poor
mortals here below’. In\ this respect
you are eminently correct, nnd voice
a protest of warning to all new-comers
w’ho would condescend tm reverse tho
f iresent-day methods of presenting the
n-splred Truth, and while giving It the
The Richmond News Leader speaks for
many of the Boufhern papers when It
asserts that "It Is entirely ^>ssib!e. In
this day of quick communication and
transportation, for the men who grow
cotton nnd the men who make cotton
Into yarn and fabric to trade with each
other directly, to confer, to fik prices
according to the realities of the crpi
I bile re.
and the market and the pul
qulrements."
The views of New’ York cotton mer
chants, quoted In Tho Journal of Com
merce, are, quite naturally, pethaps,
almost unanimous In insisting upon
the need for the middle man. One of
these men, Mr. Atwood Violett, is thus
quoted:
"The question of finance must be
considered as well as that of time. The
cotton grower has many quick, ex
penses, with none too much capltul.
and ready money at certain seasons
of the year to almost the value of his
entire crop must be forthcoming. The
warehousing ‘ ’
Its
\ med
ics to the same test. ^ ,
Tbe case of the lady referred to by
Medlcus," Christian Scientists djsclslm
proved under Christian Science treatment,
and under materia medlca lived ontj thirty
hours. .
The lady In question wts • grand char
acter. and having been herself * n
worker In the cause of Christian Science
tor twelve years, no uudue Influence what'
ever was used to hive her keep up Cbrli-
,rM,n R Bt n. LtJKEHBHJ-
same significance snd vital fores, msk*
It more tangible nnd feasible to tne
thinking mind snd honest heort.
But analyze what the distinguished
gentlemen said in the convention; go
to all the learned theological fountain
heads of this and all other ages snd
ombination could rirotfto the Bible Itself and than ask your
self the question. If what he ssud j»
not now true, ever has been' and al
ways will he true. The purpose of 11W
In this world'Is not to conform to what
Is accepted as the truth, but to dig out
of the hidden recesses that disclose the
light nnd give to humanity God snd
men ,ne ™,u„ „e sene to ,„e ^f^.^'bSt^
seaboard to be loaded on slow vessels. «S»“*»dsd
These vessels would wait for a cargo
furnish it. for the reason that no bank*
could he found to stand behind such u
scheme. Therefore, the purchaser or
the cotton would hare to be depended
upon. But how about the time re
quired to complete the transaction?
The agents would make the trade, and
then the cotton would be sent to the
from one week to four weeka, sailing
Just In time to get clearance papers
within the month. From eleven to
eighteen days would be required for
the trips to Liverpool or Manchester.
Then If the cotton was accepted and
paid for. the question of exchange
would come In. It would be from
three to six months before the grower
or the warehouse interests could hope
to have the cash in hand. In the mean
while, what would become of the poor; mgs, sunougn a iooi may noi en ***«•-’-
farmer, his creditors and dependents? I j n W ||j never be fully accepted and as-
If all cotton growers, or even a fair t nfmllatea except men be made to un-
per-’entage of them, were wealthy and ijemtahd them and learn that deatn
good business men with an Intlmutc! awaits nil who do not adopt and con-
knowledge of domestic and foreign j form to them. Woe unto the man that
trade relations, the scheme might worktstnnds In tl.e way of a comprehensive
out. As things are it Is not practicable, iond plain Interpretation of them!
and It doesn't tuke much of a business “ **‘
man to realise it." Atlanta, Ga.
It today, not tomorrow, not next
week nor months hence, but now.
Oh! what pain, what anguish, what
death, it must be to the true man to
day, as It was to Martin Luther In hi*
day. who Is awake and i alive to the
sham, the false and untrue In the
church, as in all other Institutions, but
unable to grasp and subdue many evils
because or the opposition of formidable
force:- led by ignorance, stupidity ana
cunning and enforced by a blind ana
doubtful faith In a Lord whose tea™"
Ingj*, although a fool may not err there.
E. il PARKER