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gmfj ■ * yygrowpi THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 33, 13 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN * (AND NETS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sundayb- By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At X West Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rates: One Year 84.W Sir Mentha r52 "f hree Months * I-S one Month « Ry Carrier. Per Week • •i" T»!.|,linnes connecting nil depute men:,, Ling distance terminals. Kmtth A Thompson, advertising r«p- ■■entstlven for nil territory outside of eorgfa. If too hare any trouble getting T!!h GEORGIAN ANH NEWS, telephone ths elreulatlon departnirnt and have It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell (?ri main; Atlanta 4401. Subscribers detlrlng THE GEOU- GIAN AM) NEWS dTaeodtllmod most notify llifa office on the date of expira tion; otherwise, it will be enntlmied at the regular stibserlptlon rates until notice to stop Is received. in ordering n change of address, please give the old as well ns the nee; address. It Is desirable that nil communlcs- tlons Intehded for publication In Till. GEORGIAN AND SEWS be limited, to SCO words In length. It In Imperative that they be signed, ns nn evidence or good faith. Rejected manuscripts trill THK GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whlaky or any liquor ads. OCR ri.ATEOR.M: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own ing Iti own gas and electric light plants, a« It uew owns Its water works. OJhaf rifles do this and get gta as low- at W cents, with n proBt 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.