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THE ' M HI 1,11Jl I ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Atlanta Georgia:;. Joseph Sunday r#*ton Ur JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor. F. SEELY, President. Princ hoooi High ^-1 Subscription Hates: Published Every Afternoon One Year $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months .... 1.25 at 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlsntt, Ga. ^ 1 Eotered n» second-class natter April 3. IMS. at tka Postoglco at Atlanta. Us.. under art at nminn ot March X 1Z7». Unless thou find oecaaion, hold thy tonguo; Thyaelf or othara careless talk may wrong. —Sir John Denham. o attend the verslty. Hie brother, Mr. Rola-rt II. Jonea, Jr.. gradual#* at ton on the llUt Inatant with high and well-desorved i, Robert H. Jones held the flrat place in the iloya' tchool at Atlanta, from which he graduated a few yeara ago. He baa held many reaponalble position* In Princeton during bla college coune. The merit of his achleroment reata In the fact that Robert H. Jines, Jr . has worked hla way through Princeton with money which he made through his own Individual efforts In Atlanta after he left the high school. Few young men have borne themselves more highly and creditably both In the matter of application and character at homo, and of attainment at Princeton, than this young graduate of the Atlanta high school, and wo congratulate his parents and hla friends upon the brilliant promise which there high and honorable achievements afTord of a noble and useful career In the fnture. President Cassatt baa returned home In time to And that there la something to pay. and the water Is hot The Vast Question of Immigration. Immigration looms large now upon the borlxon of the south’s future as one of the great problems which we must grapple and utilise to the develpomont and prosperity of this country. The Washington Post, nlways one of the ablest and moat thoughtful of American newspapers, has mani fested a very large and wholesome Interest and enthusiasm In this question, nnd has laid the South under eb- ligations for the special evidence of the Interest which It has manifested In this section. There are some very serious and Important problems Involved in this queaUon of Immigration. In tho flrat place, the Booth Is torffronted with great and menacing scarcity of labor. In tbo factories. In |£p fields, on the farms and In domestic employment the cry goes np for more and better labor than we hnve today. i . Jfii V * d w ith our population of negroes, which In every state Is nearly equal to the wbito population, and which la many suites Is largely In saceaa of the vfhite population, we yet have a scarcity of labor In all the details of our socUonal Industries, while thousands of negroes are Idle In the smaller town*, and more particularly In the larger cities. This phase of the problem la being touched upon very gingerly In some sections, very timidly In others, and very Ignorantly In yet other hands. The truth of the business I* that the scarcity of labor Is not alto gether duo to the scarcity of laborers, but to the unwillingness of natural laborers to do the work which they have been accustomed to do. The factories have not stolen from the fsrtns th^ cotton pickers who hare descried those fields of the staple; because In the majority of cases the factory workers belong to tho white race it Is perfectly certain that domestic life and ’-the kitchens have not robbed the cotton fields of the ne groes who have been accustomed to labor there. l?l whatever degree these considerations may Itave diminished the labor supply of the country, It Is nothing less than true and honest to say that the present lack of labor Is due In large part— First, to the Idleness nnd profligacy of the negro laborer; second, to the schools and educational Institu tions supplied by Nortben philanthropy which are educating the negro out of the cotton fields Into either Idle loafing, or more pretentious avenues of endeavor, and third,, the theories of social equality primarily and In herently taught by Booker Washington, and promulgated widely In the prints nnd publications of the negro race, which am destroying more and more In the negro the willingness to do manual labor In the fields. In the factories and In the kitchens, and are carrying him more and more either toward more pretentious lines of work, or toward Idleness and loafing in the towns and cities of the country. Whatever the cause, the fact stands that the negro Is becoming lese and lose a part of the Industrial life of the South, and every year less Indispensable to our Induatrial and agricultural development. And this by his own fault and the fault of the system that seeks to lift him above his status and above Ills capacities. Now, to supply this need of labor caused by the defection and the demoralization of the negro, the cry la going up from every section of the South for Immigration, and that Immigration Is’ being sought from the countries across the seas. This la natural enough, and In time past the developments of immigration have been productive and ben- eflclnl to the country. Tho danger, however, In this line Ilea In the fact that the changed quality and nature of the immigrants who hard of late years been coming to the South, entails upon our civilisation dangers nnd difficulties which are really of greater menace than the deficiency of labor which they are meant to supply. Time was when moat of our Immigrants came to this country from England, Scotland and Ireland. From ivjn to 1905 seven million, two hundred and eighty-ala thousand came from these countries, and gave ua a i bias of Immigrants who were homogeneous, helpful and productive tn our national life. The time was when the Irish rare was almost being transplanted from Ireland to the United Stntea. Four million of Irish Irnml- j giant* lame to this country from 1810 to 1903, awf t we have never had anything but good results from the Irish ; are From 1830 to 1006 Germany sent to our country five million, one hundred and elghty-sevdn thousand Immigrants, and our German dtlsens are among the soundest and thriftiest of our population. Scandinavia, consisting ot Denmark, Norway nnd Bweden. furnished one hundred thousand Immigrants to the United States In ism', and tho Northwest baa been enriched and fructified by these thrifty and admlrablo foreigners. But times hare changed, and the sources of our Immigration have completely altered. The Immigration from Eng land. Scotland and Ireland has fallen off more than, 40 per cent. The Influx from Ireland has decreased 60 per cent, the German Immigration has decreased 35 per erfdtand Scandinavia sent us only 19,000 Immigrants In 1902 against 106,000 In 1882. Now the sorrow of the situation la that while the Influx from these wholesome, helpful and homogeneous countries la falling off It Is leaping marvaloualy forward from the undealrable countries of Europe. Here la a statement from recent statistics which la simply startling along this line. - In I860 the Immigrants from Austria, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Russia were about one one-hundredth of the number from England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Gennany and Scandanavla; In *1880 they were about one- tenth; In 1594 they were nearly equal, and In 1901 the Immigration from Austria. Hungary, Italy, Poland and RusrIh was three times aa great to the United States at from the other countries Just named, and during the i last >exr nenriy three-fourths of the one million twenty-six thousand Immigrants which came to the United Stati H rnme from these countries ot southern Europe and from Asia. Tho menace In this situation lies In the fact that the dess of foreigners who come to our country from those stormy, revolutionary countries ot southern Europe ere bo full of the anarchy, riot and lawlessness of tho countries from which they came, that their presence becomes a menace and entails anothsr mighty problem upon tho civilisation which must amalgamate and absorb Into cltlsenahlp these alien and almost unaaalmlls- ble races who have no conception ot our government end no nympnthy with our Institution*, end whose creeds and records are reeking with the lawlessness which has made Chicago and Pittsburg and other cities centers of revolution and of anarchy. The amalgamation of these foreigners who represent almost the scum-of southsru Europe, Is one of the tremendous problems ot our civilisation. Fortunately for us, few ot them have come to the South. Ot the 1.026.000 Immigrants who cimt to our country last year, the Commissioner general of immigration sera that 915,511 wont to New York.; 310,708 went to Pennsylvania,73,150 went to Massachusetts, 72,770 went to Illinois, 57,- 35k went to New Jersey, and 49,351 went to Ohio, from which It appears that 707,000 or 76 per cent ot the en tire number went to six states, while the Rocky mountain region end the West received 43,551, and tho states south ut the Mason and Dixon line received only 46,000 or 4 1-3 per cent. Of this number Maryland, West Virginia and Florida reeeirpd nearly 9,000, Louisiana 6,000, Texas 4,000, Kentucky 618, Tennessee 782, North Carolimi 183, South Carolina 328 end Georgia 518. The avoidance of the South by these Immigrants, even ot the Inferior caliber, plainly Indicates that the fshadow of the negro keeps Immigration from our shores, and that the people of foreign races do not like to come iwhcrc tb, m gro la the standard ot labor and makes from the beginning an equality with themselves, which [even the most remote ot foreign races reject and repel. E We cannot shut our eyes to tho feet that the Influx each year ot hundreds of thousands ot Immigrants, pnfarailiar with our language, Ignorant of our mannera and customs, and without any conception of our govern- [pieni. creates e stupendous problem which got only concerns the amalgamation of these divers races into ^^H^ttUonshlp, but also the economic question ns to bow they can be cared for end controlled, f j§H thing, at least, is clear to tbe South in this matter, and that Is that it Is better for ue to have no Immigrants at-all In Dixie than to have .this undealrable breed of anarchist*, assassins nnd vtoe-breedlng mess which h; tbe record contribute 60 to 70 and sometimes 80 per cent of tho crime end vice from the locality lu which duty live. it Is also clear that because the South needs Immigration and needs It badly, that Southern business men sin, ild vigorously impress upon their representatives In congress tha necessity of such restriction of for sign immigration as will exclude from our shores the scum of Europe and the undesirable and lawless repre sent mites of these southern countries, and by rigid Inspection shell permit the lending upon our shore* only of those reputable and desirable peoples who we can amalgamate Into our civilization and adapt to the Indus- trio I •loM'lopmcnt and glory of our country. ' R Is the poorest of statesmanship and the weakest of economy to bring to tbU country thoae whom we can moor make part ot It, sod It Is better for us to go halting and slowly Into the development of the future than to add to oar population elemonts that multiply and double the tremendous racial problem which we already h*\, on hand. Rut there Is a middle ground, and we know that It Southern senators and congressmen will clamor for the rigid inspection by our consuls and Immigration agents abroad of every Immigrant who seeks passage to these shores, we ought to be able by care and diligence to bring to the South such a class of people es will make ns lndci„ ndrnt la our labor conditions and prosperous beyond Imagination. We need such people of the better class. The negro has already drifted almost out of oar Industrial life. must Supply hla place with that class of Immigrants who wlU be assimilable to ourselves—Germans. English men. Irishmen, Denes, Norwegian*, • Swedes and Frenchmen. W* need them In our factories, we need them on our fields and farms, nnd we need them sad wilt need them nior,' and more to take the place In our home* of thoae shiftless and shifting servants who are making domestic nr., nlmost so Impossibility to the women of tbe South. White servants In the homes are becoming slninM --real e necessity as bettor labor in the fields and factories. Th< s abject Is too large to be treated briefly, end we can only recur to It from time to rime, la order to Impress b.,ih the necessities end the dangers which are Involved In this great question now'stirring the mind the In r t of the South. The Beef Poisoners Worse Than Morales. The civilized world which throws up its hands In horror over ihe fiendish crime of Manuel Morales, the bomb thrower of Spain, may well turn with a greater loathing and aversion toward those magnates of the beef trust In America, who are willing to scatter their dls- caned and horrible food through the homes of their fel low countrymen. The death list of Manuel Morale* was comparatively small, and It had at leant the explanation of a fanatical creed. In which one thought that he was punishing the enemies of hla faith and order. But there in no possible explanation or mitigation of the unspeakable crime of the great rich corporations, already grown bloated with fullness and prosperity, and In the mere Instinct of human greed and stinginess will ing to scatter through the nation the germ and microbe of putrid diseases and of death. There Is no crime In history which in Its compre- nslve scope of malignity can compare with the crime the beef packers In their reckless and horrible distri bution through the ranks of millions of Innocent fellow citizens. The lumlshment meted to the bomb thrower and an- arehlsts should be doubled and quadrupled when applied to those who are responsible for this unparalleled out rage upon law and humanity. Unfortunately the punishment, if punishment he meted at all, will aearcely touch the thick hides of the selfish scoundrels who have done this cruel and re morseless thing. But there certainly should be framed a statute, which In the future, will reach, not only the pockets, but, If necessary, the necks of the monsters who are willing to poison a nation In order to puff their own dividends nnd to line .their own pockets with filthy and tainted coin. Public sentiment should whip to a full and remorse less retribution the movement that Is now pending lq our public life to bring these unspeakable .villains to a sterner Justice than that which our present law provides. John D. Rockefeller, having regained his health, de clared tbo other day that he now "feels like a rich man," and Immediately comes tbo announcement from Sarah Bernhardt, after shooting the chutes at Coney, that It made her "feel like a young girl.” The Ducktown Case. The announcement In yesterday's Georgian that the supreme court of the United States had overruled the demurrer of the Tennessee Copper and Iron Company, should have contained the statement that associated with Attorney General Hart In the conduct of this important case is Special Counsel Llgoo Johnson, who has been In immediate charge of tbo matter. Mr. Johnson Is one of the ablest and rnoBt thoroughly equipped members of the bar of tbe stato and he has taken an absorbing In terest In tbe pending litigation. Judge Hart Is to be congratulated not only on bis own high ability, but upon tbe wisdom with which he chooses his assistants. The Ducktown case Is one of tbe most Importaht that has come before tho supreme court of the United States In a number of years. The position taken by Ihe court that It has jurisdiction to entertain applications for Injunction in cases Involving disputes between two states will have n far-reaching effect, and already Special Counsel Johnson has received a number of letters from New York and elsewhere requesting his brief In tbe present case. The state of Georgia js certainly entitled In relief from the disastrous fumes which are destroying the vege tation In a number of the upper counties of the state, and It Is hoped that this relief will bo speedy and complete. all these. measures, while the broad court construction appears not to have been touched. Perhaps tho most notable change is the omission of the "Jim Crow" car provision. The negro, members of the Republican party went Into something like panic when they discovered that the section providing "equally good service and accommodations to all iiersor.s paring the same compensation," opened the way for the estab lishment of separate accommodations, and In effect rec ognized the principle of the “Jim Crow" ear. A delega tion called on the senators, and now we find that the conferees have yielded to the representations of the dele gation, and the objectionable paragraph has been itriesen from the bill. The negroes haVe won their point, but not before discovering that at heart the Republicans are as much opiHTsed to riding with tile negroes as are the peoph from any other section of the country. It Is hoped that the two houses will lose no time In adopting the bill hb reported by the confereci. There la a great deal of legislation which Is badly.needed. Tho beef scandal has come to the front in such shape that there should he no delay In providing for the most rigid Inspection laws, and there sve still other measures which should be placed on the statute books. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JUNE 5. IV, king o 1465—He 1568—Count d’Kgmont and beheaded at Brussels 1595—Hattie uf Fnnlnine. F 1667—John Henry Hnttingei 1723—Dr. Adam Smith born 1783—First ball.I.,n ascen rith he -it air at on made Amionay, The efforts of tho Chicago papers to show that the report on packing house conditions would be "tame" are not altogether successful- It Isn’t tame enough to eat out of the hand of the beef trust, at any rate. A young artisan out In St. Louis engraved the ontire alphabet on tbe head of a pin. By engraving people's names on the pins perhaps so many of them would iiot be lost every year. The Conference Rate Bill. The conferees of the house nnd sonnto have lost no time In agreeing on an amended rate bill, and It may be expected that the measure, as It now stands, will soon become tbe law ot the land. That Is to say It will he entered on tie statute books, for one of the amendments agreed upon Is to the effoct that the measure when It passes both bouses, shall not become effective until tho lapse of sixty days after Its passage. It must be conceded that.the senate bill has not been greatly changed by the confc-eea and that Juch changes as are made are manifest Improvements. The prohibition of passes is made clear nnd unequivocal; railroads are dlitlnctly prohibited from carrying commodities In which they have a proprietary Interest, except such goods as are for their own use; tbe penal sections, repealed by tbe bill introduced by dear old Steve Elkins to protect bis friends, and restored by tho senate, are retained by the conference committee; the Interstate commerce com mission Is Increased to seven members, wtih terms of seven years each at a salary of $10,000. There will be but little question as to tbe wisdom of A Rockefeller Mystery. Announcement Is made that a man who recently died In Freeport, III., was the father of John D. Rockefeller, and had been living for a number of years past under an assumed name. Some of the papers which base been discussing the matter make the definite charge that tho aged mau had been kept In obscurity by his son. because he was ashamed of him, and furthermore that the old man him self was anxious to conceal his Identity because an In dictment for horse stealing had been hanging over him for a number of years. When Miss Ida Tarbell wroto her scathing sketch of Rockefeller last year she told a great many unpleasant things about the father of the oil king. She told how “Dr.’’ William A. Rockefeller had been shrewd beyond the bounds of honesty, how he had been a wild and reckless fellow all his life and combined the occupation of a "cancer doctor” with that of horse trading. (' A picture ot tbe old man was published at the time, which ’citizens of Freeport Immediately recognize! ns that of "Dr.” William Livingston, who not only resembled the picture, but had all the characteristics of tho elder Rockefeller. He made long trips from home, after pur chasing quantities of herbs at the local drug Btora, aud would give no account of where he had been. A further fact which lent color to the theory that he was the elder Rockefeller, was that ho cashed checks for what he said were dividends from Standard Oil stock which he owned- The Improbability of such a man own ing stock In that exclusive corporation wns an Impressive luct, and was commented on at the time. ' To cap the climax. John D. Rockefeller refuses to throw any Ilght.on the question. Ho will not sav whether his father Is still living, or, If dead, when he died, or where. He simply preserves a significant alienee on tho subject The public has become Inured to the cold-blooded ness of Mr. Rockefeller, but If he b*3 Indeed kept his father In an Ignominious obscurity, aud left him under a cloud of suspicion during all these years, violating the primary laws of natural affection, he will descend. If pos sible, a degree further In the opinion of tho world and onco moro Justify tho scorn In which he aud his methods are held. England Is at last waking up to the beauties, of baseball, and there are predictions that the national pushpin match known as cricket-will soon be on tho wano. The Negro in the Army. In the matter of tho negro's wearing qualities In the United 8tates army the following table of the colored troops now In the service may be Interesting: Colored Troops. In U. S. Army—Twenty-fourth regiment Infantry, Ninth regiment cavalry; Twenty-fifth regiment Infantry, Tenth regiment cavalry. In National Guard of States—Total 27. Connecti cut, one company; District of Columbia, one battalion (four companies); Illinois, one regiment (Eighth) of twelve companies; Maryland, one company; Ohio, one regiment (Ninth), four companies and band: Rhode Islnnd, one company: Tennessee, ono company; Texas one battalion of tbreo companies. Colored Officers In United States Army. Each colored regiment has a colored chaplain: one colored captain In Ninth cavalry (graduate of West Point); one colored lieutenant In Tenth cavalry; ono colored lieutenant In Twenty-fifth Infantry. After all that has been said and boasted In recent years of the negro a proficiency as a soldier, this table “nd iMtroctlve 8 8tC “ dy deCreMe> Wl " ^ b ° u “°‘e">»ting A TAINTED UNIVERSE. (A UNITARIAN PROTEST.) To the Editor of The aeorgtan: Dr. R. A. Toney's sermon of Thurs day, May 17, as atenogrnphlcally re ported under the direction of George T. B. Davis, historian of the Torrey-Alex- ander meetings, contains these words: There la no love In hell. I believe that one of the darkest experiences of that outcast world will be ths way In which people who loved one another on earth hate one another down there.- It seems to me that Dr. Torrey ehould give us some explanation of the trans formation of that love Into hatred. The damned, according to him. In certain case* at least, "loved ono another on earth." Though "lost," they die, then, with some good In them. Now, Incredi ble as It may be to the orthodox, we Unitarians are Irrational enough to think that that good should be "saved" and not "last" even In a theological hell; and ws are wicked enough to argue that no smallest quantity of good TP. A. VOTES THANKS TO THE GEORGIAN To the Editor of The Georgian: 1 beg to notify you that at a meeting of the board of directors of the Georgia division. Travelers’ Prottctlve Association of America, on the evening of June t. a rising vote of thanks was tendered you for the strong editorial In a recent Issue of your paper In behalf of the traveling men of Georgia In their effort# to obtain Interchangeable mileage at * cents. • This editorial la greatly appreciated by everr traveling mm *'»«•- *nd this vote of the boird voices the ssoUmentofSv25“«J2»l5t of this association, as well os other traveling men ln deSrgU^ m,mb * r Tours very truly. J. H. ANDREWS, Secretary Georgia Division. 1798— United Irishmen repulsed at New Ross, with great loss. 1799— Flench evacuated Zurich. 1806—Napoleon proclaimed his brother Louis king of Holland. 1811—Venezuela proclaimed her Inde pendence. 1813—Hattie of Stoney Creek, Canada. 1826—Curl MeiieVon Weber died. 1829—Branch of United States mint es tablished at St. Louis. 1833—Black Hawk nnd companions re leased, 1855—American (Know Nothing) coun cil met nt Philadelphia. 1857—Mutiny at Gawnpore, India. 1862—L'nlted States congress recog nized independence of Haiti and Liberia. 1864— General John C. Fremont accept ed presidential nomination and resigned from army. 1865— Galveston taken by tho Federals, Inst port to surrender. 1870—Great fire of Constantinople. 1873—Hattazzo, Italian slat.-.--m.in. 1886—Maxwell cnmlcted of the murder of Prcllcr at St. Louis. 1888—Great fire at Hull, Ontario; 3,000 rendered homeless. 1894—United Htates senate pussed sug ar trust hill. 1899—Frank Thompson, president of Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died. He Likes The Georgian. To the Editor of The Georgian. Although congratulations have al ready fallen In copious showers upon the heads of those In control of every department of your most excellent pa per, yet a word moro of commenda tion from one of the unnumbered, host of your admiring friends may not be amiss. I subscribed to your Journal six or eight weeks before It made Its appearance, nnd to say now, after read ing It regularly from Its Initial copy, that J am delighted with It expresses my sentiment but mildly. It's a paper of the highest order, second to none In the entire South. The wide circula tion so quickly gained attests Its popu larity. The success of your enterprise Is without a parallel In Southern jour nalism. The publisher Is a man of high Ideal, of noble purpose, of sympathetic na ture. He gets close to the people. \Ve think he Is eminently fitted for the work In which he Is engaged.- The brilliant editor Is without a su perior. The Influence of his gifted pen, which Is never blunt, Is felt far and near. And now, .with best wishes, let me say, long live The Georgian, and may Its great storehouse of knowledge sup ply In generous measure the need of the hungry mind, and may Its rays o' sunshine "clear tho darkened windows’ of many sad hearts and homes. Yours very truly, E. PERCIVAL CLARK. Bethesda, via Savannah, Go., June 1. A Chance for a Park 8ite. To the Editor of The Georgian. The* matter of providing at this time for public parks and breathing places In the center of the city before the land necessary for the same reaches a pro hibitory figure, suggested by*the card of Mr. Rossmsn and your editorial of the 2d Inst., should nol be allowed to drop, and In this connection I wish to call your attention to a tract ot land ll) tho thickly populated part of tbs city, which, I am Informed, can bo pur chased now at a very reasonable figure and for location and "lay of the land" would milk.' .in Meal park win ' "inj-.iral tvrly small expt-ndllur- tract Is bounded by Piedmont avenue, East Pine, Bedford place and Currier street, being approximately 650 on the west side, 1,200 feet on the south «ld* 660 on the east side and 1,200 feet on the north side. There Is an approach from Piedmont avenue about 110 feet wide, a street" running from Forrest avenue Into this tract, and also s street from East Pine street. The large hill on this tract would add to Instead of detract from the value of the land for park purposes. Tho city now owns the southwest corner of this property. 160 by 200 feet, on w'hlch Is located ths Calhoun street school. The east line of the Sixth and Fourth wards divides this property. Here Is an op portunity to acquire a piece of pari; property close In and at a low figure that will not occur again soon. If ever. RESIDENT SINCE ’ll. of a second. To Illustrate: You die at midnight. Even though you have rejected Christ and are •lost," still at ilgw I—I —V ■«iwu— u q—amy es giHjB inolhM^nn MMh - anywhere In God's universe Is to God JUiSmttn SL S * C ? nJ I pa 5 t negligible quantity. »-•- •- • We ask, therefore, who Is responsible for the destruction of that love and the creation of that hatred? "The sin ner. by his own life nnd the rejection ot Christ and salvation." the orthodox might answer. But the very orthodox Dr. Torrey Is our authority for the as sertion that the sinner. In spite of "hi* rejection of Christ nnd salvation," did possess some love, and therefore some goodness. That love, that good ness, Dr. Torrey tells ue. Is destroyed after the sinner's death, when hie life— his period of probation and free-will, has ended. Who destroys It, or what destroys It? Does death destroy It? Not If the soul Is Immortal. For the death of the body I* a mere incident In the life of the soul, and does not Interrupt that Ilf* for tbs most InfinitesHmat pert midnight yeur mortal body Is dead, hut your Immortal soul is only two seconds older than It was when It had tltat goodness In It—that love for an other. Has It lost that goodness? If It has—Ifi w-lthln one second after leaving what theologians are fond of cslllpg “the poor sinful body," a man's soul changes so rapidly for the worse that love becomes hatred, we should revise our notion of the relation of the body to the soul, and give credit to our bodies for much of our virtue. Instead of blaming them for most of our vices. But the soul does not change for the worse. It Is the body that rots and not the soul. Can hell destroy that goodness? Hell I* either a place or a condition. If hell Is s place, then the mere transfer of S soul from one region of God’s unl- verse to another regi >n cannot destroy cJUtS— r 6 oodn '“ m *y bo In that soul. Qoodoen is not dependent unon ■m. •ronl latitude and longitude. When Sa tan, pure and untempted. In some wav the orthfid'ox"™ ‘oby *o «l» In heavei evil waa evil In heaven, and roodnesa ,n ,he of^n- ,*f h :i'JL not b * ,t • condition, SSSSSmi 1 }&3SJtiff5S£ ditioo, and, on the hypothesis that hell Is a condition, to dMirtw <r <■ the nature of hell. If there were such a thins as hell no.',*" £!"»•« could alter Its con- •«**«**»■ His duty In the orthodox hell ahd'lratedLm ,,okM '- G °d has never *2** ot Hl * ml* ' ««* ■ n< * over that part made tha devil an absolute monarch/ if their? wSnj Ject to God s justice and go-idnees and be controlled by them. Iftaere VS2 such a thing as hell, a just and good Odd Fellowship in Georgia, To Ihe Editor of Tbe Georgian: ■ The recent convention of tbe Odd Fellows of Georgia at Augusta was no table In many respects. It was an emi nently successful convention, attended by representative men from every sec tion of the state. A striking feature of the convention was the large num ber of young men present. Within the-five years Just past Odd Fellowship has made great strides In the state, and conditions have Improved In s marvelous manner. Five years ago there were 121 lodges, with a membership of 6,753. Finances were at a low ebb. Today there are lit lodges with a membership of 1!.- 006. The finances of the order are In healthy condition: no bills outstanding. There has been a net gain In the number of lodges of 215, In membership 18,217. Ths foregoing facts were obtained of Dr. T. A. Cheatham, of Macon, grand treasurer. Dr. Cheatham Is an enthu siastic Odd Fellow, exemplifying the tenets of the order by his dully life and walk. Odd Fellows constitute the largest fraternal order In, the world, having a membership of over 1,500,000, and an nually disbursing for the relief of sick and distressed members 14,600,000. Qod could never command that every evil In It should have a “thirst for the Infinite" of evil, while every germ or vestige of goodness there should be ruthlessly destroyed. A hell, either as place or condition, wherever It might eternally exist or In whomsoever It might eternally endure, would be an eternal filth and Infamy- hell would pollute Ood's universe throughout all the poisoned course of eternity, and the universe of an all- good and all-powerful Ood would hs forever a tainted universe. JAMES J, DCTOUNa 13 West Georgia Avenue, Atlanta. O*- P. S.—Matt. 10:26, "And fear not them w hich kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which Is able to destroy hot# soul and body In hell." Is there anybody so orthodox that n« Interprets those words so as to r**d: Fear Him (G.hI) which Is able to cor rupt and make viler and viler both soul and body ,n hell?—J. J. D.