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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 33, 13
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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works. OJhaf rifles do this and get
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to the c]lv. This should be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If strset isllways can be
operated successfully by European
cities. is they are. there la no good
ration why they can not Re so oper
ated hare. But, are do not believe till*
can be done now and It may ba some
years before we or« ready for so big
an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
set Its face In that direction NOW.
Cabled news Is to (he effect that
i’hlll Is shaken by a panic. Shakes,
Chill.
The Japs arc nn enlightened peo
ple. but if wc sell thorn (bo Phllip-
jiinos they will be more so.
The Uto Indians are on (he war
path. And they aren't under Buffalo
Lilli's management, cither.
: Emma Goldman Is lecturing in Eng
land, and the police my no attention
to her. Neither do the people.
King Alfonso was near death iu a
railroad wreck a few daya ago, There
are some things more dangerous than
anarchists.
: The Ideal candidate for the Democ
racy has not been unveiled. Nobody
liiiows his whereabouts or whether ho
Is—anywhere.
Tho question of Mr. Bryan's cnadi-
lacy Is now definitely settled. Ho is
Tunning"' with both feet and both
tandB, and a very facile tongue.
Miss Giuln Morusini has purchased
icr full wardrobe. And nil the spe-
Mai womcn-v,Titers on tho New York
lajiors arc hasp just now giving out
.lie details.
But Georgia never had a better
State Fair—nor n moro successful
>ne. Connor and Cjibanias and Wel-
3on and Calvin have covered thorn-
lelves with honor.
Wo have it on tho authority of Johu
Strange Winter that a girl can be
wetty and sensible at the same time.
But that'* only a woman's opinion, In
•pite of the name. .
General Booth, the leader of the
Salvation A ray, , |* still, very 111.
>Vhen he dies, another brave soldier
’Will cross orer the river and rest
inder the shaffe of the trees."
Alton U. Parker ia giving out sar
castic interviews about William J.
3ryan. But It has already been
proven that Parser does not belong
3n the roster of the country's great
nen.
It la rumored that Johu D. Rockc-
’eller ha* succeeded In tracing hla
inease to a French baron of the year
GO A. D. Unlike most people of
Kirh noble descent, John D. la not
lvlng on the money the baron stole.
Now wo ore going to see what we
ihail see. Will the cotton growers
>e able and willing to hold their cot
on until the cotton spinners are sui
ng to pay for It at 15c a pound? We
rust so.
There is no spectacle more dis-
astefoi than a trimmer—a fellow
plitj to the shoulders in the endeavor
o straddle both sides of every ques-
n<n. and to belong to both parties at
he game time.
to<
Meanwhile the Mr. LaPoIlette whom
an at Chattanooga preferred to
merolt is not making much head-
r toward tho national convention
either party. But he deserves to,
the same.
Nor yet has it been established that
he paragrapher can get to heaven.
.11 Ibe wit and wisdom, the logic and
nttpon of the Houston Post, the
T.arletUm News and Courier and
Washington Herald have not been
!.'!»: to establish the claim.
CONSIDERATION TOR RAILROAD TRAVELERS.
In the early spring of the present year the following paragraph ap-
pcared in the editorial columns of The Georgian:
"There never was a railway situation whose unpleasantness
could not have been mollified by the ovidence of consideration on
the part of the railroad representatives. In the case of a wreck •
the writer of this article has many a time seen the dlscontfmt
and irritation of passengers who did not know the cause of the
delay mollified and Softened into good humor and amiable ac-
ceptance by n polite conductor who did not hesltato to oxplam
iho cause of the delay, the probabilities of another start, and to
express his regret for tho discomfort of the passengers. On
scores of occasions .wo have seen a revolution In feeling
Wrought l>jr this simple policy of explanations and consideration.
Iu a formal speech before the officials and employees of the operating
department of tho Southern Railway Company President Finley in tho
course of a foreefn! and conservative speech quoted this paragraph and
accompanied it with the following comments:
“I submit the foregoing In order that It may be seen how
these matters are regarded from various viewpoints entirely In
dependent of my own. These expressions emphasise the Inu -
portance of cordial co-operation between onr various depart
ments and between, individuals In the work of tho Company and
In resiiect to tho right of the public to Information In regnrd to
matters affecting their interests, comforts and convenience."
This incident will only servo to show that a conservative statement ia a
period of economic crisis, thoughtfully and kindly received, by an offi
cial high In power and authority, may ho utilized toward tho betterment
of relations between the public and the great carriers of transportation.
We do not know how far the original utterance and the official com
ment have effected the general result, but we do know that never perhaps
in the history of railroading has greater and kindlier consideration beon
shown by the minor officials to Ihe comfort and mental serenity of the
average jiassenger than at tho present time. Many If not most of tho
officials upon tho Southern Railway lines have been by nature and
heredity courteous to peoplo and considerate of the anxiety of passen
gers traveling from point to point in this great country. But the natural
spirit iu these men has been in time past so far retarded and held In
check by tiio rigid restrictions of the railroad rule* and by the de
sire to preserve the socrets of the corporation intact that many of
iho passengers have beon left dangling In uncertainty aud harrowed by
anxiety when a word of Explanation would have soothed the situation
and comforted the patron of the road.
Ono of the notable things for which the traveling public has to thank
President Finley is tho largo Improvement in this attitude of subordi
nate officials toward travelers on all the lines oi this great thoroughfare
aud upon other kindred thoroughfares throughout the country.
Of conrse there are matters within the discretion of tho 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 tho main no one thing can better establish kindlier feelings toward
travelers and transportation companies than the kindly and considerate
explanations which rolleve the mind of those far from home or beginning
a long journey by letting them know Just exactly what to expect, In
giving ouch encouragement as conditions afford, and above all things in
expressing sorno degreo of sympathy with the disappointment which ac
cidents afford. -
There may be individual exceptions to the observance of tills rule,
but The Georgian cheerfully concedes that there has been a vast im
provement jn this kindlier line of policy along tho whole route of
the Southern and upon many of the other railroads in the South, and
upon this goncral fact we congratulate the officials and express our part
in the general sense of obligation which we all owe for this happy change.
We feel sure that It is along lines like those In little things aa In
large ones that the corporation through Ils minor officials can evidence
such regard nml such sympathy for the comfort and tho interest of the
traveler as to modify much of the harshness of past relations and to es
tablish not only the comfort and safety of the traveler but the personal
pleasure of tho relations between tiio people and tho p-.iblio utility
companies.
We trust that President Finley’s broad, wise, wide words may bo
utilized by other public utilities corporations large and small throughout
the country. The wovld after all Is an appreciative world. Men aro
reciprocal iu their feelings and a little courtesy which costs nothing Is
the oil which makes the machinery of living go smooth.
I Ait the corporation use sweet oil rather than vinegar and the future
will ho fuller of harmony and freer from strife.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEQRO.
The editors of tho two negro papers In Atlanta, which are in poiut
of circulation and Influence tho leading negro ncwcjiapera of the South
(the Independent claims (ho largest circulation of any negro paper in
tho country), have made comments upon tho departure of tho editor of
The Georgian for another field of work which touch ua very deeply.
Wo will publish those comments in another issue of this paper aud
v.o make kindly and grateful acknowledgments to Editor Davis and to
Editor Adams for tho spirit of kindness and liberality with which they
write. It Is In a spirit and expression like (his from the leaders of the
negro race that we find the best hope for possible and sustained friendly
relations between tho rnees In America.
But both of these editors misunderstand the attitude of the editor
of Tho Georgiau toward the negro race. We do not hato the negro nor
have wc ever hated him. Wc have held ourselves from first to last to
lie one of the slnccrest and most discriminating friends of the negro
race. The doctrine of aepaftUon which wo mice urged was based as
clearly and logically upon our conception of the real beat interests of tho
negro race as upon tho conception of the real best interests of, our
own race. Wc wero never unmindful In a single line of tho discussion
of the rights, welfare, happiness and substantial development • of tho
negro race. It was a conviction born of many years of study and un
changed by many years of observant deliberation.
And many 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 thd future.
Nor have we at any one time voiced any protest or any advocacy
that was founded upon iiersonal ill will or unklndne3a toward the negro
race. Wc have strongly and sometimes sternly advocated the enforce
ment of the law because we knew that only In strong and stern en
forcement of .the law and In tho rigorous assertion of a higher civilisa
tion rested: the best hopo not only of the white man hut also of tho negro.
We have come In the progress of time and In the development of
events to believe that tho negro race Is steadily improving; we have
come to see a leadership brought to its counsels snd a spirit of forbear
ance and meekness among Us representatives which argues the possi
bility of things higher and better than any for which wo have hoped
In tluio past.
But whatever else we have learned wc have come at least to know
that so tong as tho negro stays here 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 morals aud in bis possessions while he is a citizen of this
republic. *
Wo have come especially to believe that In the great question of the
moral and intellectual education of tills race the white man of the
.South should take a larger and more practical Interest year by year. We
cannot any longer afford In the South to trust the education of the negro
entirely to those who know so little of him and who. looking through
the eyes of mistaken philanthropy at the distance of 1,000 miles, aro
likely to misjudge his capacities and to misinterpret onr relations In the
South toward him.
Wo believe and we earnestly hope to make 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 uuioriuuate race should be more and
more a close observer and a careful participant iu the educational de
velopment of the African.
We cannot afford to submit to mistaken philanthrope and too often
to obstlnatn fanaticism the development of a race who are with us now
and who may possibly he 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
interest* of the South, and to the common relations between the races.
Resting for n moment on other theories of the r.ntrrn «-e (jo ^
hesitate to urge as the primal present duty of the hour "that the strong,
clear headed publicists of the South should from this tinio forth give
additional aud earnest thought and study to tho nature and spirit of
the education of the black men of the South.
THE ELECTIONS OP NEXT WEEK.
Twelve states will be Joined in a battle of the ballots on November
the oth, ono week from tomorrow.
Orily in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland. Mississippi and New
Jersey are governors to bo chosen. New York cboozes two associate
Justices of the Court of Appeals, Pennsylvania a state treasurer, and
Nebraska a railroad commissioner. The other states select municipal
and legislative officers.
Tho most interesting phase of this November election will bo the
possible demonstration of the decay of party sentiment and of the
power and the force of tbo new liberty and independence which has
como among tho people.
A» usual fX'ew York Is the storm center of this experiment and tho
result there will be watched with unusual interest. The Independence
League formed by William II. Heart to protest against the corruption
of both parties and the lack of any faith In definite principles Illus
trated by both of them will ho tested for the first time before the people.
In -. New York tho Independence League has fused with tho Repub
lican organization In a combined effort against n typical series of Tam
many nominations. In Uoohostcr and Syracuse they have fused with the
Democrats against nominees fer public oiflco whom it esteems to bo
unworthy and corrupt.
Tammany is reinforced in Now York" by its own enemy, McClellan,
who of course finds It Impossible to resist tho spirit of fighting Itcarst
without regard to principles or the men Involved. The newspapers
have grown so accustomed to opposing Hearst In New York that most
of tnem are even championing Tammany Hall and Its representative
candidates In the effort to defeat the fusion between tho Independence
Leagno nnd the -Republican party.
Tho result of course is yet tp ho made known. But whatever that
result may he it Is sate to say that tho Independence League has made
its debut and begun its career In American politics at a time when its
advent ought to bo most wholesome and most potential. Win cr lose,
the League will do its work and perform Its function in the battles of tho
future, and without prejudleo either tor or against the men v.dio made
it, It is safe to say that in tills period of unrest nnd uncertainty, of gen
eral graft and its uncovering, tint the Independence League has a
wholesome mission to perform In the American republic In Its time.
Perhaps when the sunzet falls on (he evening; of the 5th aud the .
result of the ballots Is made known, we shall have a new light upon
the coherent power of mere party shlbboloths and party caucuses upon
tho sentiment of free. Intelligent, and patriotic people.
Whatever the result may be, may tho ends of good government he
maintained and may tho spirit and character of the people ho bettered
and strengthened ail along the line.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records ouch,day
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index sz/s Ilf IU Isfthd 6f tliln ireat: With
twentT'one new corporations having n total minimum capital atork of in
Georgia'mid Alabama during thv week ending today, the»e figure*, representing
only n portion of definitely planned Investments niinnonuccd within that period, it
It evident that them* two mate*, proaporuns In the mid ft of the sunny gleam of
gold, hare felt no touch of a blast! n# l.renth of fruxeu ftfianee. The prosperity
ot the tiro Ntiito* ia founded upon •ubvtnntlft! rabies that are eonatnntlr iucrwtaluj;.
Their vtat nnd varied reaonrcea turtt** developing capital lieconie of tho certainty
of satlafaetory protif. Their uiilla and factories aro running »n full time, ami In
very many inatnitcef are I wing operated over-tliue thnt orders inav In* tilled. Tho
eatnldlahment of liew nmnnfacturlug ulauta, tho ttuccnalng growth of eltlua nnd
towna aud the developing of farm, suburlmn, mineral nnd timlier lamia continue
it tendfly. Among tht» manufacturing plants to tn? established, aft reported by The
Index, aro the tollowing:
Canneries at flnwktusvll!*, Ga„ Huntsville, Ain., nnd Oxford, Ala., cement
plaut to be enlarged at Demopollf, Ala., cotton mill Rt AaUhuni. Un., furniture fac
tory nt nirminghnni, Ala., electric light pud power plant nt Fltxcernld. On., planing
mill nnd excelsior plant to in* enlarged ot Fnilthurst, Ala.. $50,000 lumber company
nt Marlow, Ala., machine shops to be enlarged nt Uniterm*. <»«.. eon! milling de
velopment near Helms, Ala., gold rallies In Oglethorpe county. Oeorgla. to be de
veloped upon large scale by Ohio capitalist. 1100,PM company will develop coal land*
near Htevensou, Ala., imvnl ptortz plant nt Dninbridge. tin., railway to bo extended
from Darien, Ua., to Brunswick, tin., an Isauo of £.'.570,00) of Ixhuhi having bceu
authorized for the purpose: wagon nnd buggy factory nt Koine. Ga.
In construction the following are reported, In addition to numerous residences
and business buildings: Apartment house nt I'ruitdnle, Ain., auditorium, at Flor
ence. Ain., churches nt LaUrntig*, Ua., and Decatur. Alp., sidewalk paving at Fits-
gernld. On., nud of portions of seventeen sidewalks at Anniston, Ain., school build-
lugs «t Cortiidlii. Oh., ami Ureenaboro. On., sewers at Monroe. On., aud Oreeimboro,
rii„ sewers at Monroe. On., nml sewers ami waterworks system at llnxlehurst. On.
Among contract awards noted art: $150,000 hotel nt Atbons, tin., nnd u.Wo.Ooo feet
of tmnber and It,(Km Imrrela of content for construction of sen wall nt Mobile. Ala.,
A tract of 5,000 acres of innd In Ruoitcr county, Georgia, lias been purchased
for $60,m, nnd will be divided into farms of from 10 to 100 acres, which will Ihs
offered for sale, with the prospect of securing many new nnd snbatnntl.il citizens.
Iu four cities elections have been ordered upon Issuniicc of municipal Im
provement bonds. 1'nrtiou of ear iiinunfaeturlng plnut nt Wnycross, On., burned,
with lost of about $350,000, will be rebuilt.
PRESS CONGRATULATES
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
The Migration of Grave,.
After more than thirty year* of In
dustrious ami brilliant work as a jour,
linit.t In Georgia, John Temple Grave*
ha* been offered and hn» accepted the
editorial leadership of one of the great,
eat national newspaper* In the world.
Tho New York American. It le an
award to hi* transcendent abilities as
a xvritev and a fine tribute to hi* ex
alted genius. X-Jc enter* upon thi*
greater arena of Influence, where the
untried would not dare, a* a full orbed
gladiator able to deal nnd to receive
luaty blow*. That he will *u*taln hi*
xplendld^raputation and achieve a still
wider fame Roe* without Raying. And
amid It nil, whether In the aggressive
thrust or the Intellectual parry, he will
remain the name gentle gentleman,
whole-souled, true-hearted and brave.
Ill* farewell to hi* contcmporariea of
the Georgia press nnd to all Georgian*
I* a thing of beanty,—Hartwell Sun.
America’s Greatest Editor.
The announcement that John Temple
Graves, the brilliant aud beloved ed
itor of The Atlanta Georgian, will go
to New York to become editor-in-chief
of William It. Hearst’* greatest patter,
The Xew York American, has startled
and thrilled all Atlanta, all Georgia, all
tho South—and, In truth, all the na
tion.
Tho first Impulse on the pare of Ids
Southern friends I* ono of keen re
gret. for we love him. and we don’t
want him to go away from us. He be.
longs to Oeorgla first, nnd the South
next, and it will seem to us when lie
lias gone to make Ills home among
strangers that—
"A splendor from the earth has lied—
A glory from the skies.”
This Is the greatest compliment that
linn he-n paid a Southern man In this
generation.
New York Is at once the great cen
tripetal and centrifugal center of our
national life. It In the purpose of Air.
Hearst to nationalize hid jiet paper,
Tlie American, and we unhesitatingly
believe that John Temple Graves Is tho
best man In America to do that thing.
The frank statement of Mr. Graves
Is the natural feeling of nn honest man
and 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
ness grows on the people of America
a* they learn to know him better and
honor lilm more.
Heaven bles, the union to the signal
service of the South and loftier Ideals
for America.—Editor Wm. D. Upshaw
In Tlie Golden Age.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
^C’Iq Interest, compounded twice a year, is
BEDFORD FORREST
(Fropi the Nashville American.)
Commenting on tho recent Forrest
reunion at .Memphis, the New York
Bun says:
• The South as a whole did not take
much Interest In tho Forrest reunion.
Except In tho local papers reports of
It were meager. But In Tennessee the
fame of Forrest endures with no less
luster, and particularly 1* It cherished
In Memphis, where he lived before and
after the war. Considering that forty-
two year* had passed since he sur
rendered his ragged forces at Gaines
ville, tho celebration was n notable
success, although hut little money was
spent upon It. There was a parade of
Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama. Ar
kansas, Missouri, Kentucky nnd Texas
troops, mere ghosts of squadrons and
battalions, for the veterans’ purses are
light ami * their numbers few; there
were orations at the Forrest monument
In the park named after tho general,
tho public schools were closed for the
day, nnd Southern hospitality display
ed itself,In a grand barbecue ahd gift
of edibles of every description by tlie
housewives of Memphis."
Tlie Sun, which Is one metropolitan
newspaper which manifests an Intelli
gent Interest In matters tn all sections
of the common country, makes this
comment: ■ -
"It Is a curious thing that such anni
versaries In the land of the Lost Causo
have a quality of goodfellowshlp and
gayety that seems Infrequent nt simi
lar celebrations In tho North. Here wo
take such pleasures sadly or In a mat
ter of fact way. Tho Southerners logo
no opportunity to make festivals of tho
hji tlidays of tlielr leaders and to cele
brate the valor and skill of their sol
diers. Perhaps tho temperanient of the
South accounts In a measure for the
exuberance manifested on such occa
sions. and in part It Is duo to prido In
the worldwide fame of commanders
who fought against great odd*, often
with raw levies and makeshift equip
ment.”
There is perhaps less of this senti
ment than The Sun Imagines. tl|pugli
tho people have not ceased to mani
fest a proud and sympathetic Interest
in tlie veterans of a war fought before
a majority of the South's present pop
ulation wns born. There arc many vet
erans, however, who are not disposed
to rake an active part in these re
unions and displays or to wear the
uniform of a cause that wa3 lost. Con.
corning Goncral Forrest The Sun says:
"Certainly Xathan Bedford Forrest
was not a moral force or a lovable
character. Ills gohius as a tactician
can not, however, be- denied. To his
amazing resourcefulness nnd mastery
of the art of war. which was Instinctive
with him, for ho was woefully illiter
ate and had scant knowledge of the
drill book, such military authorities as
-Wolseley and Henderson have paid
tribute. Tho Forrest literature is,al
ready abundant, and there Is at least
one biography which is indispensable
to tho Soldier who studies his profes
sion, Forrest's.bullotlns may amuse the
schoolboy; we may sco humor in their
grotesque expression, and Fort Pillow
may be an ineradicable stain upon ths
man's humanity, but he will go dpwn
in history as a soldier of extraordinary
powers which must bo stamped with
ths name of genius. On either side in
the great conflict his like as ah inde
pendent commander was rare.
“The South surely does not love For
rest the man or revere ills memory, but
Its admiration of him as a loader 13
natural, and as long ns tho war is re-
melnbered his dSeds will be celebrated
at each recurring reunion.”
Forrest is not above erltfcism. Ho-
had faults oven as a soldier, but as a
rulo his critics do not do him Justice.
He was, not an educated but he was
not nn ignorant man, and while ho.
may not liavo been "a moral force or a
lovable character," ho was not an lm^
moral force, but a clean honest man
of serious temperament. Not many
great captains or notable lighters are
what may be termed "lovable men.”
Neither Grant nor Stonowall Jackson
were of this class, yet their soldiers
were tlielr ardent admirers. Andrew
Jackson was hardly what would be
called a lovable character, but ho was
a -.Treat character, Imperious and self-
willed, Forrest was a stern man with
something of a savago 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 relentless In bat
tle, but ho did not slay prisoners. For
rest's tactics ore studied In the United
States army by officers and students,
and tlie military students of Europe,
aro familiar with his methods. Meas
ured by what lie did, Bedford Forrest
was a great soldier.
THE AIRSHIP-AT DAYBREAK
The Morning *tar sinks swooning down, the pale Moon .quits the chase.
We race the rushing Sun across the clamorous fields of space:
For, though our prow be wreathed about with purple sprays of Night,
Our pinions flick the Dawn tlmt strives to gain upon our flight.
And now. with forslocks fluttering and manes blown out bohlnd,
Come thundering down the sunward slopes the Coursers of tho Wind—
For God's sake,. UP!—give place to them, wild thoroughbreds of aly:
The rush of those tempestuous hooves no man-wrought wings may dare!
Ahead, no mirrored gleam flares up from stream or mere bstow;
Behind, our cloud-wake catches fire and sets the cast aglow.
Poised on the very tip of Time, a. spinning satellite.
Wc float 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 rearwnrd, ribbed with flame,
Fling downward, backward from our course, In aureate gleams of mirth.
The fiery sign, that Its "today” broods over drowsy earth.
Awake, look up, O cynic world!—as In the days of old
Htlli godlike progress stabs ths sky with shafts of shaken gold,
For now bold Science grasps the myths the dreaming poets tell,
And rings our heedless star about with merry miracle.
—Don Marquis, in Putnam's.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
SNELSON'S STRONG APPEAL.
To ths Editor of Tiio Georgian:
With soivoiv and gratitude I read
that Georgia will be deprived of your
citizenship. Sorry that Georgia should
lose so valuable a citizen and glad that
the field of your usefulness would be so
greatly enlarged. I have followed you
in all the papers you have edited and
I think I 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, the age ot consent should be
made It instead of 10 years.
Second, the present prohibition law
should be so amended that church
members should not be forced to the
dir*, 'necessity of electing which they
will obey, the iegtelature or the Lord.
Neither the minister nor deacons can
make, buy or use sacramental wine a*
Christ directed Without violating the
laws of ths state "after January 1, lOcS.
It would be a blistering shame for such
* law .to be of force In Georgia, and
there Is no way to prevent it but for
the governor to call an Immediate extra
session, to so amend the law before the
1st of January that Christian* wilt not
be ordered by the law to worship God
aa the law says, end no! as thelr obn-
science dictates. Will you not Join
Harris City church in petitioning the
governor to call the genera! ns-twnMy
OCHJOOGPOGDOOOOI3<KKKI<HKI<H50D
4> THE GEORGIAN PRAISED O
O BY STATE W. C. T. U. O
O Columbus. Ga., Oct. 1#.—At the O
O recent meeting of the Georgia W. O
Ci\ T. V. In this city tho following O
O resolution was adopted: O
C "Whereas, The daily newspaper O
O Is a potent factor m character- O
O building, w* believe that only pa- O
O per* should come Into the home O
O which stand for purity and right- O
O eoueness. We rejoice In the noble O
O work wrought through The Allan- O
O ta Georgian by It* heroic editor, O
C F. L. Seel)'. In the recent prohtbl- t>
O tlon campaign, and hereby pledge 43
O our ardent support through pat- O
O ronage end Influence. We com- O
O mend also with thanksgiving th4 O
O loyal service rendered tho cause of O
O prohibition by .the weekly and trl- O
O weekly press of the state.” o
O o
Ooooopopooooooocoooeoooooo
In time to amend the law before It goes
Into effect?
If the law ha* the right to regulate
the Lord's supper It ha* equal right to
regulate baptism, calling ot preachers,
days of worship or anything else. The
very citadel of religious liberty Is de
stroyed. A- J. SNELSON.
Bullochvlllc, Ga,
The ecipres* of Clilii.i, King ll-nellk of
.Miysflui*. Ihe sinecr of Afxliaulitan. the
r.ijun of Mororro trail the sultan of K»u-
sllisr snd the Itfeedlre of Egypt sll mala-
r.iln offMsI sstrolo—rs.
T. II. Harrison, of Atlanta, an old
railroad nun and an evangelist, I* back
homo from a, trip to Bristol, Tenn.,
where he has been conducting a suc
cessful revival. Than Mr. Harrison few
railroad men In Georgia are better
known nnd the work he ha* done as an
evangelist has made him known out
side of the state. Especially among
railroad men ha* ho been successful
and many conversions have been made
by him.
Important business will be transacted
at a meeting to be held Wednesday
night by tlie Atlanta Alumni Associa
tion of the Sigma Aipba Epsilon fra
ternity. Tho meeting will be held In
room 411 of the Peter* building at 8
o’clock. The call was issued by Presi
dent Robert P. Jones, of the association,
and ho urges every member to bo pres
ent.
P. L. McManus, assistant to tlie gen
eral manager of the Southern railway
and who has been ill at the Piedmont
Hotel for tlie past two weeks, left on
Tuesday for Birmingham. Sit-. Mc
Manus, who is one of the best-known
railroad men in the South, came to At
lanta to recuperate. His condition was
greatly improved when.he left to re
sume hts duties.
Houston R. Harper, of the Pied
mont Hotel, who ha* 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 Y’ork.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
To the Editor of Tlie Georgian:
Has a bank the right to refuse pay
ment when a check is presented by an
innocent bona fide purchaser, properly
indorsed by the person to whom it Is
made payable, because the maker of
the check Instructed against Its pay-
Int? Doesn't the maker divest his
interest to the amount of the check In
the funds on deposit when he Issues the
cheek, ami especially In the hands of
a third party bona fide owner? If the
banks have that right. Isn’t It rather
risky to cash or take checks In pay
ment If the maker can atop payment by
notice to the bank?
Army Orders.
Washington, Oct. Paptsln Wlillsm If,
Sill*, First csralrjr, from general hospital,
Washington barracks, to proper station.
Navy Ordsrs.
•-•oraiasiiiler II. II. (Jnnlt, retired, detach
ed uary yard, Norfolk to home; Captain C.
II. Arnold, delaehed nary yard, New York,
to iiaral war college; Captain G. Dloeklln-
gcr. detached Illinois to navy yard, New
York: Captain A. Hoy Holds, lo command
Franklin; Captain W. t\ Cowles, detached
Franklin to command Kentucky: Captain
E. It. Harry, detached Kentucky, to charge
uary recruiting atatlon. New Y'ork.
Commander J. G. (Julnliy, to navy yard,
Norfolk; Lieutenant P. N. Olmstead, detach
ed lies Moines; Lieutenant L. 8. Cox. Jr.,
detached nary rgenritbig station, New York,
to Ilaneoek. Lieutenant IJ. V. Butler, de
tached West Virginia, to r..iry department.
Movtmsnts of Vassals.
Arrived—Oetober 13. Hercules nt Norfolk.
Mailed—Oetobcr 2G, L'neas from Key West
for Guantniianio; Adonis from Palermo for
Gibraltar; October ST, l-elmnnn from nary
yard, New York, for I.csgne Island; Mary
land from Man Francisco lo 8ants Barbara,
Cal.
THE LILY AND THE POPPY.
delected fer The Georgian.)
In barren Northland grew n Bower
Of purest while, snd heart of gold;
A wanderer In an Idle hour
t nlmwed. It from Its natlre mould.
Beneath the tropic's waking tun
lie planted It with teuderssLcnre;
In trembling fear It grew alone;
Moug poppies with their regal sir.
II bloomed Iu beauty uew and strange.
To greet the perfume-scented moth:
It breathed new life, nor knew that changf
Had crept Into Its nonl new born.
When earth was gloomed by wings of night
“"xl? b -
r sloo
(Hippy i»ut Its
I ktMeil tin* lily's !*ml
In l.iufcor*>iis *|ppp tin* lily drsatuti!
Ktrtnvtt dtetius, but In its ilrwiui It zl***
•hJ—
It woke with morning'* rosy beuuis.
Ami fur the North winds vainly cried.
Nor morn lug dowr. nor whitening rain.
iVQrmKn.