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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’I Mr-
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OUR PLATFORM:
AT
as It 'now — .
work*, other .cities fi<» this and get
gas at low as cents, with a profit
to the city. This should l»e done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railway* can he
operated successfully l*y European
“ey are. th —
cities. a* they a
there la no good
ated here. But we «lo not believe
cap be don* now, and II may ho some
years before we arc rendy for
an under taking.
Cabled news la to the effect that
Chili Is shaken by a panic. Shakes,
Chili.
The .laps arc an enlightened into-
pie, but it we sell thent the Philip-
pines they will be more so.
» The l'to Indians are on tlio war
path. And they aren’t under Huftalo
Bill’s management, either.
Emma Goldman is locturlng In Eng-
land, and the police pay no nttontlon
to her. Neither do the people.
King Alfonso was near death in r
railroad wreck a few days ago. There
ate some things more dangerous than
anarchists. .
The Ideal candidate for the nomoc
racy has not bepn mi relied, Nobody
knows his whereabouts or whether be
la—anywhere.
The question of .Mr. Bryan's candi
dacy Is now definitely Bellied. He Is
'‘running" with both feet and both
hands, and a very facile tongue.
Miss Gluta Mnroslul has purchased
her full wardrobe. And all the so
cial woman-writers nu tbo New York
papers are busy just nor.- giving nut
the details.
But Georgia never had a better
State Fair—not- n more successful
one. Connor and Cabcnlss and Wel
don and Calvin have covered them-
pelves with honor.
Vfe havo It on the authority of John
Strange Winter that a girl can be
pretty and sensible at the same time.
Bnt that's only a woman's opinion. In
spite of the name.
General Booth, the leader of the
Salvation Army. Is still very III.
When he dies, another brave soldier
“Will cross over Hie river and rest
under the shade of the frees."
Alton B. Parker is giving out sar
castic Interviews alioitt William .1.
Bryan. But It hat already been
proven that Parker docs not belong
on the roster of the country's great
a wen.
It is rumored that John D. Rocke
feller baa succeeded iu tracing his
lineage to a French baron of the year
hhO A. D. I'nllke most people of
such noble descent. John D. Is not
living on the money the boron stole.
Now we are going to see what we
shall tee. Will the cotton growers
be able and willing to bold tbelr cot
ton nntll the cotton spinners are will-
hag to pay for it at 13c a imiind? We
trust so.
There is no spectacle more dis
tasteful than a trimmer—a fellow
split to the shoulders In the endeavor
to straddle both sides of every ques
tion, and to belong to both parties at
the same time.
Meanwhile the Mr. LaFoUelte whom
Bryan at Chattanooga preferred to
Roosevelt ft not making much head
way toward the national convention
of either party. But he deserves to,
all tho same.
Nor yet has It been established that
the paragrapher can get to heaven.
All the wit and wisdom, the logic and
lollpop of the Ffouston Post, the
Charleston News and Courier and
the wai-hii - on Herald have not bacn
able to establish the claim.
CONSIDERATION FOR RAILROAD TRAVELERS.
In the early spring of the present year the following paragraph ap
peared in the editorial columns of The Georgian:
‘‘There never was a railway situation whose unpleassntness
could not have been mollified by tho evidence of consideration on
tho itart of the railroad representatives. In the case of a wreck
the writer of this article has many a time seen the discontent
and Irritation of iiassengers who did not know the cause of tho
delay mpllifled and softened Into good humor and amiable ac
ceptance by n polite conductor who did not hesitate to explain
the cause of the delay, the probabilities of another start, and to
express his regret for the discomfort of the passenger,. On
wore, of occasions we have seen a revolution In feeling
wrought by thla simple policy of explanations and consideration.
In a formal speech beforo the officials and employees of the operating
department of the Southern Railway Company President Finley In the
conrae of a forceful and conservative speech quoted this paragraph and
accompanied It with the following comments:
"I submit tho foregoing In order that It may lie seen how
these matters are regarded from various viewpoints entirely In
dependent of my own. These expressions emphasise the Im-
portauee of cordial cooperation lx-tween our varlou, depart
ments and between Individuals In the work of the Company and
In respect to the right of the public to Information In regard to
matters affecting their interests, comforts and convenience."
This Incident will only serve to show that a conservative statement In a
l»erlod of economic crisis, thoughtfully and kindly received, by an offi
cial high in power and authority, may be ntllized toward the betterment
or relations between the public and the great carriers of transportation.
We do not know how far tho original uttoranco and the official com
ment have effected the general result, hut wo do know that never perhaps
In tho history of railroading has greater and kindlier consideration been
shown by the minor official:; to the comfort ami mental serenity of the
average passenger than at the present time. Many If not most of tho
officials upon the Southern Railway lines have been by nature and
heredity courteous to people and considerate of the anxiety of passen-'
gers traveling from |«>lnt to point In this great country. But the natural
spirit in these men has been In time past so far retarded and held In
check by the rigid restrictions of the railroad rules and by the de
sire to preserve the serrets of the corporation Intact that many of
the passengers havo been left dangling In uncertainty and harrowed by
anxiety when n word of explanation would have soothed the situation
mid comforted the patron < ’-e road.
One of the notable thin r which the traveling public has to thank
President Finley Is the la; -i provemer.t In I his attitude of subordi
nate officials toward travel! .n all the tinea ol this great thoroughfare
and upon other kindred thoroughfare, throughout tho country.
Of course there are matter, within the discretion of the officials
when only panic and disappointment could be entailed by narrating too
hastily the full extent of a railroad disaster or a possible delay. But
in tbo main no one thing can better establish kindlier feelings toward
travelers and transportation companies than the kindly and considerate
explanations which relieve the mind of those fir from home or beginning
n long journey by letting them know just exactly what to expect, in
giving such encouragement as conditions afford, and above all things in
expressing some degree- of sympathy with the disappointment which ac
cidents afford.
There may be Individual exceptions to the observance of this rule,
hut The Georgian cheerfully concedes that there has been a vast Im
provement In this kindlier lino of policy along the whole route of
the Southern and upon many of tho other railroads In the South, and
upon this general fact we congratulate the official and express our p4rt
In the general sense of obligation which v.-e all awe for this happy change.
We feel sure that It is along lines like these in little things ns In
large ones thnt tho corporation through Its minor officials can evidence
such regard and such sympathy for the comfort and the Interest of the
traveler ns to modify much of the harshness of "past relations nud to es
tablish not only the comfort and safely of the traveler but the personal
pleasure of the relations between tho people and the public utility
com panics.
We trust that President Finley's broad, wise, wide words may be
utilized by other public utilities corporations large and small throughout
the country. The world after all Is nu appreciative world. Men are
reciprocal In their feelings and n little courtesy which costs nothing Is
the oil which makes the machinery of living go smooth.
I-et the corporation use sweet oil rather than vinegar and tho future
will be fuller of harmony and freei; from strife.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEGRO.
The editors of tho two negro papers In Atlanta, which arc In point
of circulation and Influence the leading negro newspapers of the South
(the Independent claims the largest circulation of nny negro paper In
(he country), have made comments upon the departure of the editor of
The Georgian for anothor field of work which touch us very deeply.
We will publish those comments in another Issue of this paper and
we make kindly and grateful acknowledgments to Editor Davis and to
KdltOi' Adams for the spirit of kindness and liberality with which they
write. It Is In a spirit and expression like this from tho leaders of the
negro race that we find the best hope tor possible and sustained friendly
relations between the races In America.
llut both of these editors misunderstand the attitude of tho editor
of The Georgian toward tho negro race. We do not hate tbo negro nor
have we ever hated him. We havo held ourselves from first to last to
be one of the slncercst and most discriminating friends of the negro
raco. The doctrine of separation which we once urged was based as
clearly and logically upon our conception of the real best Interests of the
negro race ns upon the conception of the real best Interests of our
own race. We were never unmindful In a single line of the discussion
of the rights, welfare, happiness and substantial development of tho
negro race. It was a conviction born of many years of study aad un
changed by many years of observant deliberation.
And mauy of tho strongest and wisest leaders of the negro race
have Indorsed that position and given it their godspeed and their delib
erate concurrence as a policy for the future.
Nor have we at any one tlmo voiced' any protest or any advocacy
tbat was founded upon personal III will or unklndnoss toward the negro
race. We have strougly and sometimes sternly advocated the enforce
ment of tho law because we knew that only In strong and stern en
forcement of the law nnd In tho rlgoroua assertion of a higher civiliza
tion rested the best hope not only of the white man but also of tbe negro.
We have come In the progress of time and In the development, of
events to believe that the negro race Is steadily improving; we have
come to see a leadership brought to Its counsels and a spirit of forbear
ance and meekness among Its representatives which argues the possi
bility of things higher and better than any for which we have ho|>cd
In time past.
Itnt whatever else wo have learned we have come at least to know
that so long as the negro stays hero among us, It is both our duty and
our high responsibility to build him up and to better him In his man
ners, In his morels and In his possessions while he Is a citizen of this
republic.
We have come especially to believe that In the great question of the
moral and Intellectual education of this race the white man of the
South should take a larger aud more practical Interest year by year. We
cannot nny longer afford In the South to truat the education of the negro
entirely to those who know so little of him and who, linking through
the eyes of mistaken philanthropy at the distance of 1,000 miles, are
likely'to misjudge hla capacities and to misinterpret our relations In the
South toward him.
Wo liollcvo and we earnestly ho|>e to mako others believe that this
matter of the Southern education of the negro Is a part of the states
manship of the future and that the Southern white man nearest In
sympathy and tradition to this unfortunate race should be more and
more a close observer and a careful I anticipant in the educational de
velopment of the African.
We cannot afford to submit to mistaken philanthropy and too often
to obstinate fanaticism the development of a race who are with ns now
and who may possibly lie with us for many years to Come. While we
stand Indifferent, the outside people, not always through malice but
many times through Ignorance and oftener through prejudice, are edu
cating these fellow citizens of ours along lines that are prejudicial to
harmony, obstructive to material development and injurious to the best
interests of the South, and to the common relations between tbe races.
Resting for a moment on other theories of tbe negro we do not
hesitate to urge as the primal present duty of tbe hour that the strong,
clear headed publicists of the Sooth should from this time forth give
additions! and earnest thought and study to the nature and spirit of
the education of the black men of the South.
THE ELECTIONS OF NEXT WEEK.
Twelve states will bo joined In a battle of the ballots on November
the 5th, one week from tomorrow. »
Only In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Mississippi and New
Jersey are governors to be chosen. New York chooses two associate
justlcea of the Court of Appeals, Pennsylvania a state treasurer, nnd
Nebraska a railroad commissioner. The other states select municipal
and legislative officers.
The most Interesting phase of this November election will' be the
Itosslble demonstration of the decay, of party sentiment and of tho
power and the force of the new liberty and independence which has
come among the people.
As usual New York la the storm ccater of this experiment and the
result there will be watched with unusual Interest. The Independence
league formed by William R. Ilesrt to protest against the corruption
" of both parties and the lack of any faith In deflnlte principles illus
trated by lioth of them will be testod for the first time before tho people.
In New York tho Independence League has fused with tho Repub
lican organization In a combined effort against a typical series of Tam
many nominations. In Rochester and Syracuse they have fused with tbe
Democrdts against nominees for public office whom ft esteems to bo
unworthy and corrupt.
Tammany Is reinforced la New York by Its own enemy, McClellan,
who of courso finds It Impossible to reslat the spirit of lighting Hearst
without regard to principles or tho men Involved. Tho newspapers
havo grown so accustomed to opposing Hearst In New York thnt moat
of tnem are even championing Tammany Hnll and Its representative
candidates In the effort to defeat tho fusion between tho Independence
league and tho Republican party.
Tho result of course Is yet to be made known. Bnt whatever that
result may be It is safe to say that the Independence League has made
Us debut and begun Its career in American politics at a tlmo when its
advent ought to be most wholesome and most potential. Win or lose,
tbe League will do Its work anil perform Its function In tbo battles of the
future, nnd without prejudice either for or against the men who made
It, It Is safe to say thnt In this period of unro3t nnd uncertainty, of gen
eral graft and Its uncovering, that the Independence League has a
wholesome mission ;o perform in the American republic In Ha time.
Perhaps when tho sunset fall-' on tho evening of tho 3th nnd tho
result of the ballots Is made known, wo shall have a now light uikiu
the coherent power of nitre party shibboleths and party- caucuses upon
tho sentiment of free, intelligent, and patriotic people.
Whatever the result may be. may the ends of good government lie
maintained and may the spirit and character of the ppoplo lie bettered
and strengthened all along the line.
firowth and Progress of the New South
TIig G*wfltin h*»r<* record* eftcb d.i.r
tome eeononiiv f*«f In reforenc* to
tbe outrr.nl profre** of tho South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
ttvenfy-onn now
G«*orj
only
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rorpor.itIon* linvliur u t«»t:i1 minimum cnpttul ntook of |l,*tS,0^> In
. ~ . 1|M || n g today. the*** figure*, repmtentlng
■'tiiiout* nnunonneed within thnt period. it
HB .. ...... .... fate*. pro*t»*wi* In tbe nild*t of tin* sunny glen in of
gold, have felt no tnuoh of n !»!**•.: «* l.ronth of frozen flnaiie**. The prcuMrrU.v
'of the two ntnteii Is founded ii|hmi sr.ti-ii'itlal value* that are constantly Inureasin^.
Tb*»lr vast sml varied renunne* iirrtii* develop Ins capital liemwe of the eertaluty
of satisfactory profit. Their mill* end •ictorle* are riiiinlnu on full lime, and In
very many ln*taiice* an* Im*Iuk *|>erated ovoMlme that order* may lie filled. The
establishment of new manufacturing plant*, the ntu*ea*lng growth of rltle* ami
towns and the deveiofilng of (unit. suburban, mlnorul and fluilov laud* continue
steadily. Among th* uinii urn it tiring plants to Ik* established, as reported by The
Index, urc the to1lowlti£:
Canneries at Ila*kicnvillc. Oa.. Huntsville. Ala., and Oxford. Ain., cement
plant, to I** enlarged nt Doino|»otl*. Ala.. <*otton mill at Aidihitm. On., furniture far-
lory nt P. Inn Ingham. Ain., electric light and poeer plant at I* itxccmld. Go., plnn!ii"
mill and ext-ehMor plant to In* enlarged nt Pmlthursl, Ala.. f50.!Vy> lumta-r company
ill Marlow. AIu.. machine tdinpa to lie enlarged at Waycro**, Ca.. coal iitlnlng de
velopment near Selina. Ala., gold niluen III Oglethorpe county, Georgia, to In* de
veloped ti|N>u large scale by otilo capital!*!, fptf.nu company will develop cent binds
near Stevenson. Ala., naval stores mnul nt Itnlnhridge. Gn., railway to lie extended
from Darien. G*., to l!rcinf\rlek, (hi., an Imco of £?,»?<),(*»» of bond* having been
authorized for the ptirpo*c: wagon and buggy fnetory at Rome, G:i.
In eonstructlou the f.illuwlug an* reported. In addition to numerous residence*
and business btdMing*: Apartment house nt PrnltUnle. Ala., auditorium at Flor
ence. Ala., churches nt I^Grange, Gn., nud Decr.tur. Ain., tddcvrnlk paving at Fitz
gerald. Ga.. and of portion* of seventeen sidewalk* at Anniston. Ala., school build-
rug* at t'ornMIa. Go., am! Greensboro. Gn*. sowers at Monroe, Us., anil Greensboro,
Gn.. sower* at Mourn*. Gn.. nnd sewer* aud watorwork* system nt llasleburMt, Gn.
Among contract award* noted ire: tlSO.fU) hotel at Athens. Gu.. nnd ^.500.00*1 feet
of Innther and lfl.'OJ Imrnds of cement for ccustriictjon of sea wall st Mobile. Ala..
A tract of ft.Oiki acre* of bind Iu Sumter comity. Georgia, lias been purchased
for fG'i.OUX and will 1m> divided Into farms of from b) to 100 acres, which will be
offered for sale, with tho prospect of securing many new nnd substantial citizen*.
In four cl lies election* have been ordered upon Issunnco of municipal im
provement imnds. Portion of car manufacturing plant at Wnycross, Gn., burned,
with loss of about VM.M, will bo rsbnllt.
PRESS CONGRATULATES
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
Ths Migration of Grave,.
After move than thirty years of In
dustrious and brilliant work as a jour,
nollet In Georgia. John Temple Graves
lias been offered and has accepted the
editorial leadership of nno of the great,
est national newspapers In the world,
Tbe New- York American. It Is sn
sward to hla transcendent abilities as
a writer and a fine tribute to hla ex
alted genius. He enters upon this
greater arena of influence, where the
untried would not dare, as a full orbed
gladiator able to deal and to receive
lusty blows. That he will sustain his
splendid reputation and eejileve a mill
wider fame goes without saying. And
amid It all. whether In the aggresalve
thrust or the Intellectual parry, he will
remain the same gentle gentleman,
whole-souled, true-hearted »nd brave,
ills farewell to his contemporaries of
the Georgia press and to all Georgians
Is a thing of beaut}-.—Hartwell Sun.
America's Gresl.tt Editor.
The announcement that John Temple
Graves, the brilliant and beloved ed
itor of The Atlanta Georgian, will go
to New York to become editor-in-chief
of William R. Hearst's greatest paper,
Tho New York American, has startled
and thrilled all Atlanta, all Georgia, all
the South—and, In truth, all the nn-
tlon.
The first impulse on the port of his
Southern friends Is one of keen re
gret. for wo love him, nnd we don't
want hltn to go away from us. He be
longs to Georgia first, nnd the South
next, and It will seem to us when he
has gone to make his home among
strangers that—
"A splendor from the earth has (led—
A glory from the skies."
This Is the greatest compliment that
has been paid a Southern man In this
generation.
New York Is at once tbe great cen
tripetal and centrifugal center of our
national life. It Is the purpose of Mr.
Ilesrst to nationalise his pet paper.
The American, and we unhesitatingly
believe that John Temple Graven Is the
best man In Amerlcn to do that thing.
The frank statement of Mr. Graves
Is the nnturnl feeling of tn honest man
nnd a great patriot. This Southern
man of transcendent ability goes to
Join his fortunes and unite his master
ly efforts with that stalwart son of the
West. William R. Hearst, whose great-
noss grows on the people of America
ns they learn to know him bettor and
honor him more.
Heaven bless the union to the signal
service of the Bouth snd loftier Ideals
for America.—Editor Wm. D. Upshaw
In The Golden Age.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
4 Of Interest, compounded twice a year, is
/o paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
BEDFORD FORREST
(From the Nashville American.) I uniform of a cause that was lost. Con.
Commenting on the recent Forrest I coming General Forrest The Sun says:
reunion at Memphis, the New York I , YJBrtalllly Nathan Bedford Forreat
Mon was not 11 moraf force or a lovablo
character. His genius as a tactician
Bun snys:
"The South as a whole did not take
much Interest In the Forrest reunion.
Except In the local papers reports of
It v.-ere meager. But In Tennessee the
fame of Forrest endures with no less
luster, and particularly la It cherished
In Memphis, where he lived before and
offer the war. Considering that forty-
two yean bad passed since he sur
rendered Ills ragged forces at Gaines
ville, tho celebration was a notable
success, although but little money was
spent upon It. There wns a parade of
Tennessee. .Mississippi, Alabama, Ar
kansas, Missouri, Kentucky nnd Texas
troops, mere ghosts of squadi-nns and
battalions, for the veterans' purses ore
light nnd their numbers few; there
were orations nt the Forrest monument
In the park named after the general,
the public schools were closed for the
day. and Houthern hospitality display
ed Itself lu a grand barbecue and gift
of edibles of overy description by tho
housewives of Memphis."
Tbe Sun, whieli ts one metropolitan
newspaper which manifests on Intelli
gent Interest In matters In all sections
of tho coinmou country, mokes this
comment:
"It Is a curious thing that such anni
versaries In the land of the Lost Cause
have n quality of goodfellowshlp and
gayety that seems Infrequent at simi
lar celebrations In the North. Hero we
take such pleasures sadly or In a mat
ter of fact way. The Kouthemers lose
no opportunity to make festivals of the
birthdays of their leaders and to cele
brate the valor and skill of their sol
diers. Perhaps the temperament of the
Booth accounts In a measure for tho
exuberance manifested on such neon-
fdons. and In part It is due to pride In
tho worldwide fame of commanders
who fought ugainst great odds, often
with ran- levies and makeshift equip
ment.”
There Is perhaps less pf this senti
ment than The Bun Imagines, though
the people liavo not couscd to mani
fest it proud and sympathetic Interest
In the veterans of n war fought before
a majority of tbe Bnuth's present pop
ulation was bom. There are many vet
erans. however, who nre not disposed
to lake an netlvc part In these re
unions and displays or to wear the
can not, liowevbr. be denied. To his
amazing resourcefulness nnd mastery
of the art of war. which was Instinctive
with him. for he was woefully illiter
ate and had scant knowledge of the
drill book, such military authorities ns
Wolseley and Henderson have paid
tribute. Th* Forrest literature Is al
ready abundant, nnd there Is at least
one biography which Is Indispensable
to the soldier who studies his -profes
sion, Forrest's bulletins may amuse the
schoolboy; we may see humor In their
grotesque expression, and Fort Pillow
may be an Ineradicable stain upon the
man's humanity, hut he will go down
In history as a soldier of extraordinary
powers which must be stamped with
the name of genius. On either side in
the great conflict his like as an Inde
pendent commander was rare.
"The South surely does not love For
rest the man or revere his memory, but
Its admiration of him as a leader Is
natural, and as long as the war ts re
membered Ills deeds will bo celebrated
at each recurring reunion.”
Forrest Is not above crltMsm. Ha
bad faults even as a soldier, but as a
rule his critics do not do him Justice.
He was not an educated but he was
not an - Ignorant man, and while ha
may not hare been "a moral force or a
lovable character,” he was not an Im
moral force, but u clean honest man
of nerioua temperament. Not many
great captains or notable fighters are
what muy be termed “lovable men.”
Neither Grant nor Stonewall Jackson
were of this class, yet their soldiers
were tbelr ardent admirers. Andrew
Jackson wss hardly what would ba
railed a lovable character, but ha was
a ..-treat character, imperious and self>
willed. Forrest was a stem man with
something of a savage temperament.
Those In position to know the facts
emphatically Insist that Fort Pillow Is
not a stain upon him. The commander
of the fort, who was In liquor, was
largely to blame for what occurred
there. Forrest was relenttese In bat
tle, but be did not slay prisoners. For
rest's tactics nre studln) In the United
States army by officers and students,
and the military students of Eurrtps
are familiar with hla methods. Meas
ured by what be did, Bedford Forrest
was a great soldier.
THE AIRSHIP-AT DAYBREAK
The Morning Star sinks swooning down, the pale Moon quits the chase.
\Yc race the rushing Bun across the clamorous fltlds of space:
For. though our prow be wreathed about with purple sprays of Night,
uur pinions flick tho Dawn that strives to gain upon our (light.
And now, with forelocks fluttering and manes blown out behind.
Come thundering down the sunward slopes the Coursers of the Wind—
For God's sake, UP!—give place to them, wild thoroughbreds of air:
The rush pf those tempestuous hooves no man-wrought wings may dare!
Ahead, no mirrored gleam flares up from stream or mere below;'
Behind, our cloud-wuke catches fire and sets the cast aglow.
Poised on the very tip of Time, a spinning satellite.
We flout between the flood of day and ebb of yesternight.
•Today," "tomorrow," "yesterday"—each Is an alien name! —
We bear our own time In our wings, that rearward, ribbed with flame.
Fling downward, backward from our course. In aureate gleams of mirth.
The flery sign that Its “today" broods over drowsy earth.
Awake, look up, O cynic world!—as In the days of old
Still godlike progress stabs the sky with shafts of shaken gold,
For now bold Bclence grasps the myths the dreaming poeta tell.
And rings uur heedless star about with marry miracle.
—Don Marquis, In Putnam's.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
SNELSON'8 STRONG APPEAL.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
With sorrow and gratitude t read
that Georgia will l>e deprived of your
rltlsenshlp. Sorry that Georgia should
lose so valuable a cltlxen and glad that
the field of your usefulness would lie so
greatly enlarged. 1 have followed you
In all the papers you have edited and
I think t will still have to follow you
and subscribe for the paper you edit.
Before you leave us. I desire to call
your attention to two laws on Georgia's
statutes that need immediate amend
ment.
First, ths age of consent should be
made II Instead of 10 years.
Second, the present prohibition law
should he to amended that church
members should not be forced to the
dire uneasily of electing which they
will obey, the legislature or the Lord.
Neither the minister nor deacons can
make, buy or use sacramental wine as
Christ dfrecttd without violating the
laws of th* state after January I, IMS.
It would be a blistering shame for such
a law to be of force In Georgia, and
there Is no way to prersnt It but far
the governor to call an Immediate extra
session, to so amend the law before the
1st of January that Christians will not
be ordered by the law to worship God
as tho law says, and not as their con
science dictates. WUI you not join
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O THE GEORGIAN PRAISED a
o BY STATE W. C. T. U. O
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o Columbus. Os., OcL 3d.—At the O
S rec 2.nt meeting of the Georgia w. ft
O C. T. L. In this city Iho following a
O resolution wss adopted: O
0 “Whereas, The dally newspaper t>
O Is a potent factor In character- O
0 building, we believe that only pa- O
O per* should come Into the home O
O which stand for purity and right- O
O eousness. We rejoice In tbe noble 9
O work wrought through The Allan- 9
9 ta Georgian by Its heroic editor. 9
O F. I* Bsely, In the recent prohlbl- O
O tlon campaign, and hereby pledge 9
O our ardent support through pat- 9
O ronage and Influence. We com- 9
O mend also with thanksgiving the 9
O loyal service rendered the cause of 9
O prohibition by the weekly and trl- 9
Q weakly press of the state."
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In time tn amend the law before It goes
Into effset?
If the law has the right to regulate
tbe Lord's supper It has equal right to
regulate baptism, calling of preacher*
days of worship or anything else. The
very citadel of religious liberty Is de
stroyed. A. J. SNELSON.
BullochvlUe, Gn.
The empress of Chlss. King Meoellk of
Abysaiala. lb* SUMer of Afghanis!**, the
H.reit rare ■ . T-J. -- "rt<*a *f Morocco sad th* salts* of ran
Ham* nty church In petitioning tho slhsr asd the khrdlr* of Farnt all main
—ivemor »o call th# general assembly fslu official astrologers. "*™
T. H. Harrison, of Atlanta, sn old
railroad man and an evangelist. Is back
home from n trip to Bristol. Tenn.,
where he has been conducting a sue-
ccssful revival. Than Mr. Harrison few
railroad men In Georgia are better
known and the work he ho* done as on
evangelist has made him known out
side of the state. Especially among
railroad men has he been successful
and many conversion* have been made
by him.
Important buslnesa will be transacted
at a meeting to be held Wednesday
night by the Atlanta Alumni Associa
tion of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra
ternity. The meeting will be held In
room 411 of the Peters building nt *
o'clock. Th* call was Issued by Preal-
dent Robert P. Jones, of th* association,
and he urge* every member to be pres
ent, ,
P. L. McManus, assistant to the gen
eral manuger of the Southern rallwny
and who has been III at the Piedmont
Hotel for the past two week*, left on
Tuesday for Birmingham. Mr. Mc
Manus, who 1* one of tho best-known
railroad men In the South, came to At.
lanta to recuperate. HI* condition wss
greatly Improved when ho left to re
sume bis duties.
Houston R. Harper, of the Pied
mont Hotel, who has been on an ex
tended trip North. Is expected to return
Saturday. He attended a wedding In
Washington and from there went on to
New York.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Has a bank tne rigid to refuse pay
ment when a check Is presented by an
Innocent bona flde purchaser, properly
Indorsed by the person to whom It Is
made payable, because the maker of
the check Instructed against Its pay-
msnt? Doesn't the maker divest his
Interest to the amount of the check In
the funds on deposit when he issues th*
check, and especially in the hand* of
a third iiarty bona ltda owner? If the
banks have that right. Isn't It rather
risky to cosh or take check* In pay
ment If ths maker can stop payment by
notice to the bank?
INQUIRER.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
IVsshlugton, Oct. 33.—t'aptaln Willlsm If.
Hills, First cavalry, front general hoapltal,
Washington barracks, to proper (Milov.
Navy Orders.
Commsnder II. II. Gsult, retired, daMeh-
*d nary yard. Norfolk to lunar; Captain C.
II. Arnold, detached nary yard. Sew York,
to uaral war college; captain U. Blocklln-
ger. detached Illinois to nsrjr ysrd. New
York; Captain A. Reynolds, In command
Franklin; Cnpuln W. V. Cowles, detached
Franklin to command Kentucky: Captnln
K. II. Harry, detached Kentucky, to charge
navy reernltlng station. New York.
Commander J. G. Qulaby. to navy yard,
Norfolk: I.lenlenant P. N. oltustrad. delack-
ad I>ea Moines; IJcnteuant I- 8. Cos. Jr.,
detached nary recruiting atatlon, New York,
to Hancock. Lieutenant II. Y. Butler, de
tached West Virginia, to sary department.
Movements of Vessels.
Am red—October 35. Hercules St Norfolk.
Helled—October X. I’neas from Key West
for Guantanamo; Adams from Palermo for
Gibraltar: October 37, Lebanon from nary
yard. New York, for League Inland: Mary,
land from flan Francisco lo Basis Barbara,
Cal.
the Lily and the poppy.
(Selected for The Georgian.)
In barren Northland grew a flower
Of purest white, and heart of gold;
A wanderer In an Idle hear
l.'nloosed II from Ita native mould.
biouiucd la beauty pew and •trance.
_'o greet the iwrfume-srented morn:
It breathed new life, nor knew that change
Had crept Into Its son) new-born.
When earth wn» gloomed by wings of night
A poppy Iwut Ita haughty head
And Ikined the Illy * cold of white,
An steeped It In Its burning red.
In laugnorous sleep lbs Illy dreamed
.Strange dreams, bnt In Ha dreams It sigh-
It woke wllli morning’s rosy beams.
And fur the North winds vainly cried.
Nor morning daws, nor wkUealag rain,
lly .-hastening west winds gentle blown
Could wash swsy the scarlet stain—
k* Illy soul lu desth bad flown.