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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIDAY, JI NK «. 1*U. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rstes: One Yesr$4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. and courteously submitted to the Georgia Railway and . aolutcjy necc Klectrlc Company, with the full confidence In their ca* I supplement t paclty to oblige the people, and with the reasonable hope that they will do §o without delay. ,y UK*kM Entered as second-class matter April S. 190G. at tbs Postofflcs at Atlanta. Ga., under act of roofmi of March S. 1879. 0 THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE Bummer friendship, Whose fUttsrino leaves that shadowed ua in Our prosperity, with the least gust drop off In th' Autumn of acj.rrsity, —Philip Measlnger More Cars for the Busy Hours. The Atlanta atreet car company li doubtless com- passed with many large and Interesting problems. It has grown with great and marvelous rapidity within these last few years, and within the very nature and necessi ties of Ha own expansion. It has doubUess found It diffi cult to do all and singular the things that It ought to do, and has necessarily made some mistakes which are In cident to the rush and rapidity of Its own development. We are under obllgaUona to the Atlanta street car company for the ramification of our streets with these lines of transportation which make transit essy between tho different sections of the city. The system is com' prchenslve, It Is well equipped and In the main It Is ad' mlrably run. With this much said, wa offer now In behalf ot the people of Atlanta an appeal for the Immediate consider ation ot the Georgia Railway and Electrto Company, which conducts the street car system of Atlanta. Wo trust that we have said enough to Indicate that we do not speak In temper, and certainly not In prejudice against tho corporation or tho Individual* who com pose It But the chief necessity which exists at thta time for tho comfort and convenience of the people of Atlanta la an Increase of transportation facilities on the street cars during the buay hours of the day, and more par ticularly between the hours ot half-past live and seven In the afternoon. We do not feel that It Is asking too much of the street car system to bestir their utmost energies to re lieve the gross discomforts and actual dangers which tho people of Atlanta suffer under the present conditions, Tho cars which go out during these busy hours are pack ed to suffocation, they are unwholesome in the close and luffocatlng contact of people In these crowded quar ters, and even with the windows open It Is Impossible to keep the air pure in such a mass of squirming, heatod humanity. Moreover, tt is dangerous, tor In case ot any sort ot nccldent the casualties would be greatly Increased by tho crowded state of the care. Beyond this, a people who patronise the street Ear system of Atlanta as royally ns these people patronise the Georgia Railway and Electric Company are entitled to at least a greater de- greo of comfort, a* well at of safety, daring these crowd' cd hours of the day. There Is no class of the street railway's pstrons which Is entitled to more consideration than those who make up the passenger Hat of these crowded hours. In tho first place they are the regular patrons of tho atreet cars, they come and go morning and evening while the seasons roll. In addition to that, they are the busy por tlon of this community, they are the men and women young and old, of groater or lesser degree, who do tho work of our stores, offices and shops and make up the very life and pulse of the business Interests of the great city of which the Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany is fully as much tho beneficiary as tt Is the bene factor. Now then, we submit to tha management of the street car ayatem the proposition that there Is one of several things which they might do to relieve this congeeted travel In the early morning and In the late afternoon. Take, for Instance, a tingle line, and that with which tha editor Is most familiar, the line leading to College Park. Why should not the street car system have on this tins between tho houra ot five and seven In the afternoon two cars attached, making a trail car, at tbsy do In Chicago and In the other cities of the country? If this be undesirable, why should not the company, run separate cars, one to Oakland City and one to Me- t’hcrson’a barracks every five minutes, and hava the ten minute cars run c: express cars to College Park, with East Point as the first stop? Or, why should not the company give us five minute cars running close together during these crowded hours? Now, we are not experts In thfs office, and we realiio that there may be objections to each one ot these prop ositions, but we are free In the conviction that the com pany, If‘it sets tte will mightily toward the relief of the people In this vital matter, can easily devise out of its own experience end Its own equipment some way to re lieve the uncomfortable and dangerous congestion of transportation during these crowded houra IT it needs more care to do this, the company Is sure ly making money enough and fast enough to buy new t ars, and If It tt not making money fast enough, which nil the evidences would seem to disprove, then we are quite sure that the multlpUcaUon of faculties will easily multiply patronage and create the revenue which will speedily repay the company for Its wholeeome and de sirable expenditure in thte direction. Now this le a matter which le very near to the peo ple of Atlanta. This la a cate where the street car com- l>any can demonstrate la reel am: practical form Its con sideration for the people who support IL We are very much Inclined to think that If the company continues to l<e Indifferent to the serious discomfort and Inconven ience of the people, that Its unpopularity will grow apace and that It will find the difficulties to multiply In the way of any future favors or concession* which tt may ask either from the public organisations or from the jury boxes of Fulton county. It Is perfectly easy for a great corporation to make Itself popular with a people It It will. Other great coin poratlons have done this and have prospered mightily by the operation. We are quite euro that It would be ihe best and sanest ot policies for the Georgia Railway and Electric Company to (train a point with Its atreet < ar system and oblige and help the people In this mat ter tt this time. And this appeal lu behalf of the people is Madly Codify the Laws. In nnothcr column we puMlnh today a communication from Hon. John C. Hart, attorney general, to Hon. Boy kin Wright, chairman of tho general judiciary committee of the legislature, and another to The Georgian signed -Lawyer," urging that tbs laws of tho state adopted during the past eleven years bo codified and pub lished as a supplement to the Code of 1895- We take great pleasure la giving space to these communications and In calling attention to the need for this work. The past eleven years bavo been among tho most Important and prolific In the legislative history of the state. Many of the most vital laws on our statute hooks have been adopted during tho time which has elapsed since 1896. The attorney general points out that It It now nec essary for lawyers to go through the vest mast of laws, scattered through twenty-two volumes of annual re ports, representing the work ot the legislatures during the put eleven years. In order to arrive at what the law really Is. That this Is onerous and tedious goes with out saying. It Is a hardship which the lawyers and the courts should not be called upon to endure, partic ularly when It con be remedied ot n comparatively small cost Aa “Lawyer” points out lu hla communication, It Is not necessary to make a complete recodlflcation of all existing laws. This would render useless $<,000 worth of codes now In tho library for sale and would entail tho necessity of appointing a commission ot at least three members, when the supplement could be prepared by one commissioner and an uslstant with the aid of a stenographer, all at a coat. Including printing, of about <21,000. Six thousand dollars. It la estimated, could easily be realized from the isle of the supplements, and u much more from the remaining copies ot the Code of ISSfi, which would otherwise become useless and even now are not very useful. By this means the cost of bringing the code up to date would not amount to <10,000 and would be a great benefit to the lawyers and to the people In general. | With the exception of the last two codes, the laws of Georgia have been codified every five years, whereas It has now been eleven years since this work was done. If It was necessary that this work of revision should bs done so frequently In the earlier history of the state, when our laws were not nearly so numerous, there is all the more reason why no more time should be lost In making tho proposed supplement now, In view of the fact that the laws adopted during the past eleven years are among the most vital and Important In the history ot the state. Wp believe that the preient general assembly will serve a good purpose In authorising this work and that the people In general will approve of the appropriation. Our Dumb Animals. To the Editor of The Georgian: I beapeak for tho many who feel as I do an out flow of your eloquence In behalf of the poor dumb animals of thla great metropolitan city. Within the eurvey of every eye there la dajly an exhibition of the most brutal treatment of animals by their drivers who often are negroes, and not IntrequenUy white men, whose livelihood Is largely dependent upon tha transportation ability ot their dumb slaves. > It Is a sad commentary upon the condlUon of public sentiment when such actions are tolerated and not Interfered with. Who are the officers of your local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and why la It they nre not more active In suppressing this base relic of barbarous customs? Urging the distribution of some of your talents with a view to focusing the attention of the public upon this worthy cause, I closo with an expression of my highest esteem. Very truly yours, PAUL E. FLOTRON. Ths merciful man is merciful to his beast, and tt he Is not such a man, ths law should teach him the quality ot a mercy that Is strained and fortified with punish ment: We are glad to give prominence to the communica tion of Mr. Flotron, for thla Is emphatically a season of ths year when not only passive mercy to dumb animals should appeal to all mankind, but positive provisions for their comfort, as far aa possible, should be made. It I* evident that the guardians of law and order do not entirely Ignore flagrant tnatancea of cruelty, for only yesterday two negro offenders, who had been beating their horses, were brought before the recorder and lined <10 and <15 respectively. It ta proper, therefore, to make public acknowledgment and commendation ot thle course and to recommend that It be strictly and dili gently pursued. It human beings suffer during these warm days, with all the artificial appliance* for keeping cool, how much more must the dumb animals suffer at the tame time. And yet it la evident by yesterday’s prosecution* that there are flagrant Instances where these animals are unmercifully abused. There le nothing that appeals more strongly to tha heart ot every normal man and woman than tha humane treatment of dpmb animals and the man who violates the law should be Instantly and severely punished. or a coillflcallon In tin- form of a [of great public value, since many public laws of lmpor- Code of 1-P5. with a new and com-ltance have been passed by the general assembly since |plate index. l:t Indispensable A reeodlflcaUbn of thejtho Code of 1895, and many of the code sections entlro Code of 1895 Is not necessary and would jirove I amended, and other valuable laws will be passed at very expensive to the stale. The cost would be <60,000 i present session and at the neat session of the legisla- and would render 1.500 codes now In tbe state library 1 lure, which are to he Incorporated In the propost'd code worthless as blank paper, and their value Is <6.000. (Bee supplement. Tha work can be done by one commission- report of state librarian 1003-4. pp. 3 and G.) If a sup- er, with the assistance provided for In the act, ns well plenicnt wore made these ro-b-s wo■; 1,1 be salable. as. or even better than by three, and while the work Is As against ovi r <60.000 'and I'h'ion loss in codes In laborious, can be done by him In time for the session Flats library) to make a new code, a code supplement ]nf the legislature of 1907, as provided for by the pro- with complete new- Index, would cost estimated <12 000 : posed law. (The supreme court contemplated the pas tor printing, <6.000 for salary of slnglo commissioner, - sage of this bill In 1905). If the work Is properly done It <2,400 fur his assistant and <1.200 for a stenographer, will result In great saving of time to the bar. and of making In all the sum of <21,600. At lowest calculation, I economy In expense to all of tbe counties of the state, 2.000 copies of the supplement will be sold, at <3.00 per and the state Itself, and secure a speedier and more ac- copy, to tho lawyers of the state, making <6,000. This curate administration of the laws In all tho courts, es □tbe fix rho <6.000 and <6.000 value In codes In Hbrary, deducted from the <21400 would make the supplement cost <9400, as against over <60,000 for a recodlflcation of the Code of 1895, with three commissioners. One commissioner, with an assistant nnd stenographer, can do the work better »nd Infinitely cheapor than three commissioners. No three men can writo a book. One can—one who would devote all his time to It, Impress tils Individuality on It, nnd assume all responsibility. Tho supremo court. In its letter to the judiciary committee In reference to the bill of Mr. Blackburn now before the legislature providing for one commissioner with an assistant and stenographer In lieu of threo commissioners, says: • I Vo regard this bill as a very Important one, and peclally tho justices’ courts, which must search out this legislation lu eleven annual session laws—a work of Borne difficulty, as the laws referred to are very briefly Indexed. "All of tho public laws passed slnco 1895 Incorpora- t- 'I. thoroughly .-iniiot; ted and tho entire code properly Indexed, will spare the necessity of the great expense to the state of a recodlflcation of Its entire code law for some years to come. We commend the act to your fa vorable consideration.” The last code of 1895 cost over $60,000. It must bo borne in mind that the cost of printing, paper nnd work Is much higher now and the great numbers of acts for tbe past eleven years would swell the slzo greatly and Increase tho coip at least one-third. LAWYER. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON THE GOOD SAMARITAN L By REV, GEORGE A. BEATTIE. The Good Samaritan—Luke 10:25-37. Golden Text: “Blessed are the merci ful, for they ahall obtain mercy.”— Matt 5. . This parabla was given by Christ In answer to a question propounded by a lawyer. The lawyers were those who etudled and expounded the law of Moms. Sometimes they are called scribee, as It was often their business to copy the laws. Against this clast Jesus uttered some of his severest de nunciations. They complained because He ate with publicans and sinners; they watched to see If He would heal the man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, that hay might accuse Him; they put spies on His track; aa a clast they-arrayed themselves In open hos tlllty to Christ and His teachings. This lawyer who came to Him might have been an exception. He might have asked his question, not to entrap Him, but merely to test Him, to ascer tain If Hla views accorded with the CODIFICATION OF THE LAWS. Hon. Boykin Wright. Chairman General Judiciary Com mittee, House of Representatives. Dear Sir: 1 have very carefully read the letter ot July 31, 1505, signed by the members of the supreme court of Georgia, addressing you aa chairman ot the general judiciary committee, wherein they commend the iroposed legislation In a bill Introduced by Hon. Mr. llackbum. representative ot Fulton county, for the cod ification of the laws ot this state poised since the Code of 1516 was adopted- I cordially agree with the supreme court In com mending the Importance of this proposed legislation, both to the people ot the state, the lawyers and the presiding officers, and the method by which this codi fication la to be effected. It hae been nearly eleven year* since our latt code and even the lawyer who Is In active practice often Unde difficulty in determining what the law really la, owing to the tact that these laws are scattered through twenty-two volume* of annual acta of the general alterably. I cordially commend the bill to the favorable consideration of the legislature. With as surances of greet esteem I beg to remain, very truly yours, JOHN C. HART, Attorney General. “Lawyer” Urges the Work. To the Editor of The Georgian: The pending bill before the legislature to codify the tawa since 1515 Is so Important that I hardly need ex cuse myself for a brief space In your paper. Georgia has bad five codes, to-wlt: 1813, 1568, 1873, 1582. and 1556; showing that Georgia baa bad a cod* on an avarage of eight years. It la now over eleven years since our laws were codified. The moat active and Important year* In legislation are covered by this period of eleven year*. Among them. Important fran chise and tax laws, as well as a great number of general laws, have been passed. These laws ar* made Inacces- stol* and Inconvenient to the courts, lawyers and lay-' men by being In eleven separate volumes of annual statutes with no annotations and Inadequate Indexes. The period has arrived when a recodlflcation Is *b- veraed, If He had any rig] expounder of the law. And Jesus as sured him bv referring to the law. The lawyer quoted from Deut. 6:5 and Lev. It; It. The Jews were required to repeat the former every morning and evening. Perhaps this lawyer, like the rich young ruler, was not entirely sat isfied with himself and hie conduct, at least h« would ascertain If his Inter- prsmtton and application ot the law accorded with Christ’s, an so he asked another question, “Who Is my neigh bor?” and In answer to thla question Jssus related the parable of the good Samaritan. “A certain man went down from Je rusalem to Jericho.” In two senses he went down. Jerusalem was situated on an eminence, while Jericho waa In the Jordan valley, which Is a volcanic de pression, and much lower. Then Je rusalem waa the capital, and they spoke of going up to Jerusalem as they speak of going up to London, and as In this country we speak of going up to Washington, and In this state of go ing up to Atlanta. The road between these two cities ran through rock* and ravines, which affordsd a hiding place for robbers. Joecphua tells ua In hla day It waa Infested with thieves. It was the scene otso many crimes that It waa called "the bloody road." So dan gerous did It become, that, according to Jerome, the Romans had to erect a fort to protect travelers. It Is dangerous still, and the traveler today Is accom panied by an armed guard. In the time ot Christ the Incident narrated must have been one of frequent occurrence. A solitary traveler la attacked by these bandits, who leap upon him from behind some rock. He tries to defend himself, but In the unequal contest soon falls, badly wounded. They strip him of everything, even his clothing, and leave him weltering In his blood. While lying there, by chance, there came down a certain priest that way, and when he saw him he "passed on the other side.” “By chance” Is an unfortunate transla tion. The literal meaning Is, by coin cidence. Nothing happens, nothing comes by chance or accident. By a previous plan, by specific arrangement, by exact coin cidence, this meeting took place be tween this wounded traveler and the priest In the “bloody road.” Tha meet ing of these two was like the meeting of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch In the desert, near Gass. That did not happen by chance, (or we ar* told “the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, arise, go unto the South.” So this meeting In the valley was prear ranged. It la thus that all meetings take place between man and mas. Those who need are placed In the way of those who have plenty; the strong are led to the place wbero the helpless He. We admire the wisdom and fore sight that spread layers of Iron or* and coal near each other In the earth, that the one might give the melting heat the other needed, but the divine gov ernment Is a much more minute and pervading thing. God brings the neg ative pole of one man's need Into the 1tlve of another man's power ot i—one man’s emptiness Into relation ...,l another man’s fulness. The op portunity and the ability Is synchron ous God lays the plan, wqtches the progress and 1s displeased when men neglect the opportunity. Ho will bold us accountable for the things we did not do, as well as for those w* did do. The priest neglected his opportunity. As he looked at the waylaid traveler, he might have said, “Poor fellow, I am sorry for you.” But this waa a time not for expressions of pity, but for deeds of kindness. He seemed to fear that he might be living and there might be a demand upon his time, hts patience or bis purse, and not entire ly destitute of fooling. It would be easier to pan over on the other side than to refuse assistance. The’ Levlte now comes along, and at first It seems he had more compassion and humanity. He will not pasa by him. He stopa and examines him. But hs presents a more aggravated and heartless case than the other, for after he has looked upon him, saw his suf ferlngs and needs, he, top, passes by ot tha other aide. The fallen man might with reason have expected assistance from these two men. They were all of one blood and one faith. The Jews have always been noted for the care they take of each other. Then these men were servants of the Most High; thy ministered In the tem ple. They were the Interpreters and expounders of the- law which was so careful In pressing the claims eC bu- manlty, smelt made provision for the widow and the orphan, the poor and the Stranger, which even commanded that help should be given to a brother’s ox or ass that fell by the way. But here wa* not a brother's ox or ass, but a brother himself who had fallen, was ly ing In hi* blood, and they left him to die. They might have attempted to justify their conduct by saying that they could not be of any assistance, the man was mortally wounded, and would die In any event; any attempt to help would only Imperil their own lives; or that their buslnsss was Imperative; or that the claims of God upon their time for the temple service was greater than this wounded man. There are nothing Dismasted and water-logged on the wide ocean, a thousand miles from the nearest land, a tank had drifted about tilt all hope .if relief was dead in her Hturving crew. The t.ry. *‘A ship! * Ship:" roused their llagglnq ir.erglee. A shawl on the end of ft boat hook was waved as a signal of distress. The nger changed her course, and bore . —~ They Miserable G ent many people today who are pass I ‘ ‘ fc.- ear they will appeal to their aym 1 " | (sacs, ‘ “ today w e, who ' or dss NEW ZEALAND IS UTOPIA, DE CL A RES NEW PREMIER Dy Private Leased. Wire. New York, July 9.—"What would you do If there was an Ice trust In New Zealand which put up the prices ex orbitantly?” -We would fill every Ice house for miles around with this commodity, and se* how quickly we could get under construction plants for Its manufac ture,” replied Blr Joseph Georg* Ward, the new premier of Now Zealand, who waa ths gusst ot G. W. McNurran, at the Lawyers’ Club In this .city. Sir Joseph drew an amusing picture of New Zealand under municipal owner ship at utopia where there are no trusts nor grafts, where there I* * pen sion for old age, rich and poor alike, where the railroad fare Is less than 1 cent a mile, where every man Is pro vided with work, where there l* no rebating and no discrimination against shippers; In fact, where everybody Is happy. 8tet* Holds Property. New Zeeland," said he. “la only Sixty-live years old and has today s population of less than a million. Tet In our bsnhe the people have earning* aggregating IHO.OOe.OOO and the atate holds property worth <1.600.000.000. "\V* have enacted through our par liament a large number of so-called socialistic acts and the ministers who •noted there measure* have now n In power long enough to see tne results It Is fifteen years since the first of these were put through, and oven thoee who then opposed the meas ures most bitterly dare not now advo cate repeal. "We began by taking large estates held by private owner*. The govern ment paid full price and then parcelled the land Into small area* which were turned over on leasee on the 999 years tenure which, of course, la as good aa a freehold. The only condition an nexed was that the leasee cultivate the land. The result has been that all over the land today, even In the far outly ing districts, we have a large and high ly productive farming population where there might have been vast un cut tracts Labor Furnished Farmers “In every town of tbe colony we have, that la to say, the government has established a labor bureau. A regis ter Is kept of those who either are out of work or who expect soon to be out of work. To these bureaus th* farm era apply for the hands they want and housekeepers seek their servants. Our unemployed la an Inconsiderable frac tion of our population, and no man need starve if he has the will to work. "The stats owns practically th* *n tiro’ railroad mileage of th* country. There are In Nsw Zealand 1.J00 mile* of railroad built and 1,200 more In con struction. All the earnings over I par •cent are turned Into the general gov ernment fund. That 3 per cent ta used for maintenance purposes. The mile rate Is a penny a mils for th* drat SO miles, and after that a steadily decreasing scale within the distance. Chsap Wires Tells. 'Our telegraph and telephone tolls are In keeping. A telephone with th* privlege of unllmted calls costs for a private residence <11 n year and we dispatch a message of twelve words by telegraph for ( penes or 12 cents. The service embrace* practically ev ery town and village of th* colony and statistics have Justified the policy of state ownership. By municipal owner ship the cities also control all their public utilities. “Th* government manages a depart ment of insurance. Other independent companies which have either come In or were established In the colony be fore the state began to write policies, have all been forced to lower tbelr premiums. The government does not solicit business, and therefore escapes the heavy charges which most com panies must add to their policies to meet the expense of writing Insurance. earned has not been turned Into the public treasury, but bs* been lent out to farmer* on first mortgages, enab ling them to develop their land. Pensions For Old Agt. “A striking feature of our govern' raent Is our pensions tor old age- We found parents wtU along In years re sented being dependent upon tbvtr children for support, nnd now any per son who has an Income Insufficient to live on Is provided for. Wc have no trusts In the sense the term Is here employed. If any group of capitalists attempted to corner any commodity the political party which countenanced their act would be forced Immediately out of power." ng on th* other aide, places of suffering rear they will apt pathy and benevolence, and who would rather not aee them than see them, and then refuse their help. And this U done by many from whom wc might expect better things; by those who are the professed followers of Christ, who claim to be actuated by the same spirit of symiyithy and love. It may be we have don* th* same thing. We certain ly have, It we have turned away and passed on th* other side. The curtain falls, with the priest and the Levlte-rldlng on, leaving the traV' eler on the roadside, with his Ilfs ebbing away; but It rises on another that Is more creditable to humanity, and that gives ns more pleasure to look upon. Th* echoing footfalls of their horses' feet have scarcely died away, when another traveler Is seen a preaching. He I* not a Jew, but Samaritan, From him we need not expect sympathy or help. The wound' ed man has no claim on him, either of blood or faith. The Samaritans were not a race of degenerate Jews. When the ten tribes were carried away Into captivity, their place was supplied by the king of Assyria by men from Baby lon and other heathen provinces, and they brought their gods with‘them. La ter they adopted some forms ot the Jewish religion, and stood In some awe of their god. Although they clung for a long time to their old faith, yet in time they abandoned It and the prac tlces of their heathen ancestry. Wb< the Jews returned and rebuilt the tern g le, they asked permission to assist ut were denied. They built a rival temple on Gerlxlm. They only admitted the divine authority of the first five books of Moses. All the rest they ro lected. On account of their heathen blood, their heresy and rivalry the Jews hated them. They cursed the Sanaa rltan In tbe synagogue, prayed that hs might have no part In the resurrection: proclaimed that his testimony might not be received; that he who entertain ed a Samaritan In his house was laying up judgments tor hts children; would not ride a horse on which he had rid den, nor eat or drink from a dish h* had used; would suffer rathe? than lie cept his help. And all this animosity was reciprocated by the Samaritan. When Christ was going up to the K ssover they would not accept Him cause He was on Hla way to Jenina lent When the Jews went up to their annual feasts they not only refused them hospitalities, but, according to Jo sephus, would waylay and murder them. It may be of Interest here to say that there Is a Utile remnant of the Samaritan* about 200 In number, and that during the International Sunday- School convention, held two years ai in Jerusalem, their high priest, Jacob, son ot Aaron, addressed the convention and welcomed the delegates to "the land of promise.” The feeling existing between the two races at tha time of Christ was as I have described. They had no deal ings with each other. The disciples were surprised that Jesus would talk with the Samaritan woman, and sh* was surprised that He should ask her for a drink. The fallen Jew had been passed and left to die by two of hts own. and now the Samaritan, a recog nised enemy, approaches. He may have ' d III treatment from ths often received Jew. Her* Is an opportunity to avenge himself and his race. Alone with his victim, with no eye to see him but th* vultures that, perched on the rock, wait for death to come, he approaches and bends over ths d ' finish what the robbers had nearly done. At the risk of hts own life he treats the fallen enemy as though he had been a wounded brother. His heart Is touched. He hs* compassion on him. So perhaps had the priest and the Le vlte. but no mention la made of It, any more than we keep account of th* blossoms of spring that never ripen Into fruit. In the judgment day there will be no reward for those who said, “Be ye warmed and be y* filled." As th* Inns of those days did not furnish provision, th* travelers were accustomed to carry their own, and what was the Samaritan's food became the wounded men's medicine. Nor was the oil and wine so unsuitable as one might fancy. In olden times wine was used to cleanse the wounds and staunch the bleeding, and oil was need to mol lify and deaden th* pain. Galen, one of th* greatest Boman physicians, pronounces them good for this. At any rate, they were th* best and perhaps all he had. He did what he could. Ths man revived, he places him on his beast, and walking by bis side, conveys him to the nearest Inn. which seemed to be an exception In that It could provide both food and shelter. The sum of two-pence may seem .nail, but It wa* equivalent to as many dollars of our money In our day. If this amount was not sufficient, he makes himself responsible for the ad ditional expense. Th* story told. Christ turns to the lawyer to ask which of the three acted the part of neighbor. In his answer he manifested th* nar row-mindedness, the Sectarianism, the prejudice of the Jsw. He will not say, the Samaritan, but avoiding the name, replies. "The on* that showed him mer cy.” How often we are disappointed la people-from whom we had reason to expect something, and surprised by the pul forth their utmost strength to send forth a long, loud shout over the deen, a» on nearing her they discovered their country's Hug, nnd congratulated each other that they were saved at last. Who can fancy the feeling of these men who for days had been hanging over a hor rible death, at this audden change? Rat still less can ue fancy the sudden re vulsion "f fueling, the terrible sinking of heart, the awful howl that went uj to heaven, when the other vessel, sail ing near enough to see the ghastly w retches who Implored their pity, put about, and going off left, them In de spair. Nor was that all. Recalling that scene In the infernal torrents of the heathen poet, where Tantalus fills the cup and no sooner raises It to his thirsty Ups than the water vanishes— the same hopes had before been raised by another ship, manned also by their own countrymen, to suffer the rame cruel disappointment. When death had seized some and despair all, a Nor wegian bark came sailing acrora their path. Pity filled the hearts and eyes of the foreign sailors, and not until they had carried the last survivor aboard their ship did they desert th* wreck. It was a noble act. But stIU nubler hi* who apoears on the scene of this bloody tragedy, to redeem th* character of humanity, become an ex emplar In Christ's hand to all future ages and gaining Immortal renown, win for himself the title of good Sa maritan. “Go thou and do likewise* waa ths moral of the story. It was told to rebuke the narrow minded, prejudiced Jew. May It rebuke our prejudices of race, of party, of sect nnd creed and church. Help us to see the brother In all nations whom He has made of one blood, and redeemed by one blood. Our love Is confined In nar row channels, because It Is a narrow stream. Let It swell Into a larger volume and these could not hold It. May God. pouring out His Spirit In showers from heaven, so flood our hearts with love that It may burst th* boundaries within which educational, ecclesiastical, social or national preju dices confine It, and burying them, flow forth to all mankind. Our neighbor Is the man who need) our help. If any man needs our sym pathy or help, let us no more ask him if he belongs to dur country, or family, or party, or church, than If we saw him stretching out his hands from a burning house, or lifting them above a roaring flood. Thus shall we Imitate the example of the Great and Good Samaritan, who for our sake* became poor, that by His poverty we might become rich; who not only Imperilled Hla life, but died that we might live. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 6.—Here are some of the visitors In Nsw York today: ATLANTA—B. E. King, S. O. Van dyke, L. Haas, J. K. Richardson and wife, J. H. Adams, A. M. Gore, Miss Roach, O. D. Street. AUGUSTA—J. H. Jackson, W. E. Jackson, Jr. MACON—F. S. Bradford, C. H. Humphrey, J. G. Morris, E. H. Plppen, N. B. Corbin. SAVANNAH—M. I. Davene, W. C. Lyon, Jr., Miss A. M. McCall. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JULY 6. 141S-Jobn IIum burnt. 1581—France declared wAr against Ragland* 10*—Hattie of tfe 1718-4•lenient XII 17W—Iran VI of 1786—Mtandard of American dQllar eatcb* UOa-Ratti of Wagram. . 1821—Kdmund W. retina, United States aeaator from Alabama, Iiorti. 1827—Kingdom of Greece erected by treaty of London. ic Derby infnli .mice protedte.. .'rlnce Leopold for king of Hpaln. ■ lfltt—Marriage of Duke of York, heir to Krlflih throne, aud Princess Mary of Trek. 1M— Kxctianjre of Hpanlah prisoners of wsr for Hobson and hla comrades. , 1SW—Uobert Jbinner, famous New York publisher, died. Boro 1SJ4. . I—Vlllhn Root nmNdiitcd secretary of atate In succession to John Hay. THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT. tbe Editor of The Georgian: Jeorgta Is my no tire stnte. I bare been a voter In Arc states: hare attended elec tion* lu Howtli America nnd Mexico, but I do not frineinber to hare seen or read of any election sronos that ao humiliated me a a tbe reporta of the recent election in Hnvanuali. The Georgiau tells tne that William Ls* .11 has died ss one of the resnlts of the stillness of that election. Why? Henman •he members of the Georgia legislature have failed to prorlde an election law that doe* — ‘ring about such scenes ns were seen lay. and night, anti such nrorcsslona or parades as that which cannon the death of s renerable old tnan, 71 years old. Aus tralia Is the latest government to organise, Yas given the best election ln»r >ted by man. Would that Georgia had adopted that law before the hcenes In Maraanan had accomplished tho death of tbe venerable Mr. KsttlL That law Is madurirs to a calm. «v'iet election. There la no ptaea to attend money. There la no place for briltery. no place r<»r the ••iHtss** to work. He Is left without » Job. There Is no place for parades aurh as killed poor Mr. Kstlll. There J* no place for aay kind of cheating. Every voter goes, one at a time, to the election man* ngers, nnd Is given a ballot. One of the a furs puts bis name or his iultLH the stub, and nlao the number of the Ullot-1. 2. *3, l and so on, to the last liallot given out. There are four «*r Are booths convenient. Tbe voter enters oae of them alone. He places • mark befere the name of each «ndM#*J he wants to vote for, fold* It up and «t ,M • to tho managers and lets tttm tesr <»u tbe stub snd place It on a paper Ale. wlilie he putt hla ballot lu the box ami ht M AH the surrounding elements — goes. AH the surrounding wemesw » - quiet, and orderly proceedings oftener than otherwise. The mmn goes about his da«f avocation; nolssly knows bow he voted, *177. ft hg of ta, .tut,, anil Irt the primary eleetlon this feme be k*M ■■ftS.iW. '■ Yonra truly. A. II. 8TEAUAI.L beUuq. ru- Jsly I., 1999. THE EA6T POINT CHARTER. To th, Bllto, of TO* Owrfon: Sts boy. you MM be was author charter, sad sow tb. RiXeZ’wt'tHw'SfZX. Ur -“‘the’ ‘AtbiuTIL *