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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. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sun^'T) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. West Ala bams fit.. Atlanta. Os. At Subscription Rates! ’ne Tear Hx Month. _ _ 1.* One Month.".. £ Ilf Carrier. Pei Week ** Telephones eonneettns sit depart, neota l.one distance terrolnsls. Smith A: Thompaoo, sdeerttsln* rep- reaeotatlTet fer all territory outafde o( reaeotatlTea fer 'teorsla. Cbtcaro Offlc. ...... Tribune BalMlae New York Office Brnsswlek Bids. It you barn any trouble settles TUB • 1E0R0MN AND NEWS, telephone the circulation department and hare It promptly remedied. Telephoneat Bell 4937 mat main; Atlanta <491. Snbserlhera dealrlns their Grergtin discontinued mnat notify thla office on tlir date of aspiration; othenelae. It will be cnntlnned at the regular sub. srrtptlon rates until notice to stop Is rsoslrsd. In ordsrlns a change o( address, please give the old as well as the new address. It Is desirable that all communlcs- tlona Infolded for publication In TUB c.EOIifitAN AND NEWS be limited to MO words Id length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of that they be signed, as an evidence or good filth. Its]toted manuscripts Will not be returned unless stamps are test for the purpose. 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 rHHMMHHHIHtinfHHHIMHIHI laaaeaaaeeaeatataaataaeaaeaataaataaaataeseteetaaeettaeaaeaeaeta' (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