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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- Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At S West AlftKaittft HI.. Atlanta, (in Subscription Rates: One Year Six Months 2-fig R ree Months o Month •_•••• •« By Osrrlor. Per Week .... resentstlvos for ell territory otifei Georgia. Cbldgn Office .. New York Office If you hire nny trouble getting TIfK GEORGIAN ANI> NEWS. telephone the clrcnlstlon department snd here It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell *71main: Atlanta 4401. tlon: otherwise. It wlil l*e rontimwM at the regfiler eohsrrtptfon retee until notice to stop Is re«-eltei|. In ordering s change of address, please fire the old ns well as the new address. It In desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication In “Hr# GEOUGIAN AND NF#W* lw limited to gOb words In length. It Is tmprratlr«' that ther l*e signed, as an evidence of good faith. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NKWH prints no unclean or object hum hie advertis ing. Neither doe* It print whtaky or any liquor ads. 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 __ Willi 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 OtWOOGoCHWOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOO O THE GEORGIAN PRAISED a o BY STATE W. C. T. U. O o o 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." 0999999999999999990999990° 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.