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THE ATLANTA OKOltttlAN.
rfATFIlDAY, AFOl S r 11, 1>
A WEEKLY FORUM FOR CONTRIBUTORS OF THE GEORGIAN
SIDNEY C. TAPP WRITES
OF TRA VELS IN THE WEST
RANDOM VERSE FROM GEORGIA POETS
HOPE ETERNAL.
jo the Editor of The Georgian:
O-rver--thla fair city of the Rocky
—oun'.alne—I* In a mighty struggle. In
the etate of Colorado U In a
nleMi struggle. But eapeclally I* this
l* to the city of Denver.
ThP forces of good government and
force* of corruption have Joined
in a mighty conteit here In thl*
beautiful city.
The public utility corporation* want,
nr"’ franchl*e» and longer frau-
Ifilse.. here In Denver. The people did
iot want to give them to the corpora,
turn* The corporation* forced an elec,
lion. The good cltlxen* entered the
contest to keep the** public utility cor-
Dotations from stealing their property.
All the paper* of the city, with one
exception, fought with the people. The
public men of both partiea came to
the people's rescue. Senator Patterson
■tumped the city ugalnst the steal of
these corporations.
But all to no avail. The public util.
Itv corporatlona apent money to cor*
nipt the election. Women vote here,
rhev bought the scarlet women from
the tenderloin district*; paid them
while drunk In the open to vote, and
vote with them.
They corrupted the officers of the
law and bought returns and had the
election declared In favor of granting
the franchise*.
The cltlren* formed the Honest
Election League and carried It to the
courts. The boa*** for then corpora
tions threatened the Judges, and those
that they could not Intimidate they of
fered to buy. They offered a retainer
„f 130,000 to one Judge to go to Call-
fornla for three months. He was en
forcing the law against them. He
failed to go, but published them. The
corruption here by the great corpora
tion. Is open and violent. It goes
Into the election box, tile Jury box and
on the hench. ■
Xn man can conceive of such cor
ruption In a city of the slxe of this,
unless he comes here and sees for him-
f6lf. /
The corporation* are determined to
Uteal the public franchise* and levy
tribute on the people for generation* to
enme. And they are doing thl* in the
fare of the fact that three leading
dally newspapers are dally showing up
their corruption, and nearly all the
leading men of moral standing in both
parties have Joined to tight them.
The people, regardless of political
creeds .and parties, have joined to
gether In an organisation to elect
judges that will enforce the law agalost
them. It Is a fight here unto death
between the force* of public plunder
and the force* of good government.
8IDNET C. TAPP.
lime to the human mind. It* mighty fore **
'HSU^ 001, flu he mind mu uot comprehend.
The cool, Irou, diver and gold at©r*d
at t “ e of Mother Kwrtli to
meet the needa ?f man challenge* all de-
th * *«**°wy ©f me creation to
meet the want* of manklud. In every <
Ject of creation can In* *eeu the wlmk „
°L tb . e £ rex i U . Vr »*>wrr. Nature ba« not
pinced all of. her good things in one place,
■o that people should enjoy all of ere.i*
tire window, to the excluitlou of all oth.*r
the tew of autl-monoprfiy in the creation.
lihe gave to one section and to one iwo-
plc the grent beauties and mighty fore**
of the ocean; to auother section anu* peo
ple the rich plain* where the great herd*
could roam and the corn anti wheat would
come forth from Mother Berth «nd greet
the vision as far ns the eye c*u ruu; to
auother section add people the great and
mighty forest, where the pioneer may
make his battle sx ring on the trunks
of these monarch* of the virgin forest and
send the iron monster nud the ships of th*
sea to the uttermost parts of the globe,
loaded with the lumber produced from their
trunks, out of which home* can be erected
to house mankind: to another people hnd
section, the coala, the Iron, the silver uud
the gold to supply the needs of maukltid.
\\Iuit a lesson in this truth. AnM-moimm
oiy in state craft should prevail, a* Well
as in usture.
Colorado is rich In coni, Iron, silver and
gold. Tli* I towels of the young common-
wealth ore filled with coal, Iron, silver nud
gold. These natural resources are here to
supply the demand* of future generations.
I stood t» * plant in Puetolo, Colo., tbc
for Joy, not for sorrow—
Urasp today, lorxet tomorrow,
Ami perhaps it Is Tietter so
. That we our fates should never know,
For Hope eterual to Us cling*.
And !u our hearts forever singe—
If she Is wounded toy Despair
She'll revive again bright and fair.
We hope for wisdom, hope for health,
. Hope for glory, ami hojw for wealth.
With hones uhrenllxed sink to rest.
Hut at III we are hoping and are bleat
Then all the Jor* of earth hare paled,
All elixirs alike have failed,
Hope, undaunted, spreading her wings
Hears us awajr to 1 letter thin***.
a war to better thin***.
—Resale Denton Whittlesey.
here the little children plsy.
Like oases In • desert.
Would stttgU parks In cities be.
Where, with merry games and laughter
They could frolfc and be free,
llow many of there bloaaoma
Fade away before they bloom?
Harks to little, sickly children,
Would be bright Spots In the gloom.
Many of our I argent cities,
The grent nee»f of them can see,
And thus generous hearts respond
To the children'* earnest plea.
Then let Atlanta set aside
A bright, pif.ie.mt, breathing spot,
Which on not. 'sultry days will brtng
Joy to every little tot!
— ICcssic Den to* Whittlesey.
EVOLUTION OF IDEAS.
When l*m a man. said Jack,
I'll buy a Idtly goat.
A great Mg red wagon.
And a little aall boat.
He promts**! tits playmate
lin’d give her a brass ring
And all the red stick candy
His billy goat could bring.
Today he ■ twenty-one,
Ills Ideas we’ll comnare
lic gave to hi* sweetheart
A Imudsonio solitaire.
Tie has n fine young pony,
And owns a private yacht.
He could buy red *tlck candy—
Hut uow he'd rather not.
"Nunbally's" Is his favorite,
And the flower, Mareebal Kiel,
The "great l»lg red wagon"
Is s handsome automobile.
—Bessie I teuton Whittlesey.
UNCLE BEN'8 FIDDLE,
In « corner In the garret
Is a fiddle, quaint anil old.
With Ita face of varnished gum wood
Covered o>f with duel and mold:
And the string* lie loose ami twisted
•Round the bow aud rusty key*
W here the cricket* meet and murmur
In regretful melodlea.
Backward memory sadly wander*
To the by goue scenes once more,
Bee* again the dusky dancers
Standing on the cabin Boor,
While short the fiddle's music
Boar* the voice of Uncle Hen.
As he called out, loud and atrennoua,
“Choose dent partners, geuimeiuen."
Then the forma In n cotillion
Were na myatle things to me.
Heated in the chimney corner
‘Fung and warm on mammy's knee,
r Ith tier head tied In a 'kerchief
And a smile upon her face—
Falling to the fiddle's uiuslc
In a unison of grace.
Nor no darky now can play It
Wills Ihs slsalnl*... ......
ror .mhtinny amt meie lien—
Blah to heat- hint Call out strenuous.
L ' tnom "' ra THfcu
Atlanta, Ga.
SIDNEY TAPP IN MANITOU, COL.
To the Editor of The Georgian:,
Nature la always to !>e admired, and Is
always an object to be studied.^ , The
iiiuiivw. i
an object to be studied.
mighty w* with It, mail wares fightlng
ml .lii.hluft each other 1, su object sub-
• u Jimui A. UCIIIU, ..Hill,, IBB
other day. In which there wat $40,000.000
Invested, and in which 6,000 human soul*
were working, working, and constructing
the Iron brought from the bowels of this
state luto Implement* nnd machinery to
be *hlplied to all part* of the world.
But the people of thla young common-
wealth have the same problem to solve that
confronts the people of Georgia and the
other section* of this union, corporation
domination. They have this fair young
commonwealth by the throat, aud are chok
ing it to deuth. The system of robbery
conducted In freight charges la destroying
the business life of the state. The busi
ness tueu seem to lie absolutely umtlde to
do anything with thla system of robbery
that Is destroying the commercial life of
the state.
Corruption in the political affair* of the
■tate Is open and violent. The raHroad*
own and control the state. They corrupt
and control both political parties,
formers lyi both (mutton! i
leading n revolt ngnlust t
lie-
leading n revolt ngnlust the open corrup
tion or the railroad* and corporations.
Rut vvhnt shall I say of the benutle*
of nature out here?
Out /onder Is the Gnrdon of the Gods—
with the marks of million* of years written
everywhere upon the rocks, bearing the
indisputable evidence of the millions of
f enrs duration of thla earth. There Is
'Ike's Peak, extending Into the very sky.
Over it the fleecy clouds float nud ngnlnst
It sparkle the revs of the suit shine.
As I behold these beautlea of nature, I
cry out lu my innermost soul. "Oh, tl
must be an OtnnI(Hitent Hand and an ...
Unite Mind that created und carved these
Incomprehensible objects of nature! A mind
that conceived and produced there things!
Help my nnlielleft oh, Infinite Mind! help
me to believe and trust Thee!" Sir
cerely. SIDNEY C. TAl’F.
Mnnltou, Colo., August 1, 1906.
Mr. Jordan suggested a better one, or
a remedy?
j What position would the* farmer be
In as to marketing his crop should the
present method of future quotation.ser
vice be abolished? Has he any guar<
Antee that factors, spinner* 1 agents,
etc., would quote him honest prices?
or would the Southern Cotton Associa
tion keep him posted as to this?
Mr. Jordan's theory sounds very well
on paper, but It will not work In prac
tice. The South la juat beginning to
take on the more progressive Ideas of
the large business world, nnd thereby
enjoy her share of the world's prosper
ity. It Is too late now to go back to
ancient,methods.
It does not seem to me that the
method Is so much at fault, but the
trouble lies with those that are using
It. Members of the cottqn association
have been taught to buy futures
through the excitement created In dis
tributing literature broadcast In their
midst, claiming unreasonable prices for
cotton.
Mr. Jordan should use his energy In
a strenuous effort to purge the asso
ciation of these errors, and In tho
meantime it seems to me the old fable
as recited by Aesop, with which we are
all familiar, very aptly fits the case:
"The oxen once on a time sought to
destroy the butchers, who practiced a
trade destructive to their race. They
assembled on a certain day to carry
out their purpose, and sharpened their
horns for tho contest. One of them,
an exceedingly old one (for many a
field had he plowed), thua spoke:
In the Declaration of Independence, a
paper eschewed by the Republican par
ty long before Hell Roaring Jake Smith
properly designated It for the party as
"A damned Incendiary document, not
fit to be,read."
You will remember, possibly, that
Senator Spooner's opinion, expressed on
stump after stump, In defense of hit
party's conduct, was the same, stated
lest profanely. If anything could be
more or less profane than another that
dared to touch those sacred truths of
man's eternal rights with thought or
word or hand un*»net!fled by love. This
It Is and more of the same kind that
made Jordan a hard road for Mr. Cum
mins to travel for a while. But that is
over now. The battle was fought some
years ago, the victory won by the peo
ple for the people, and today he Is
for his state what LaFollett© Is for
his and with that compliment, the high
est I could pass upon him, I leave
him to continue his fight for the peo
pie—and he will. JUNIUS.
BEER AS A TEMPERANCE DRINK.
THE BIBLE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Man came into the possession of
property (the earth) and into p'**-
resston of his physical and mental
powers to appropriate and use this
property to maintain his physical and
mental powers before he had any re-
llgfon, morals or beliefs In regard to
his mission for the future.
The race cannot be any different In
Its growth, physical and mental from
that of the child.
The Bible (gives a history of a na
tion who are the leading or eho*en
people of the book. It gives in Its
general outline the growth of this na
tion from one Individual (Its infancy)
to the millions which figure from first
to Inst In Us pages. Side by tide It
shows up the physical and moral
growth of these people, and demon
strates that these people never sur
rendered up their property rights to
their God's moral decrees, but made It
appear that God surrendered hi* moral
decrees and adopted their moral de
crees based upon their Idea* of prop
erty.
The book states that when these peo
ple were slaves, they prayed for and
God gave them their freedom, he prom-
bed them a country rich In every
thing. That they were to conquer It
and he masters of slaves, not only of
the conquered, but of the weaker mem-
hns ot their own race a* well.
The Book also states that when they
*• t to the borders of the promised
land. God gave them ten law* which
they must not violate.
These ten ldwa^forbld every act
■ l whirh they committed In taking poa-
■ *re«-(..n of Palestine.
When they got possession of Pales
tine, they get up a code of law* dl-
m tly the opposite to the ten, and
signed God’* name to them. Under
thex, law* they traveled the broadj and
ki: h d road of conquest to the days of
Titus and the Roman legions. Then
their laws and their gilded throne of
conquest, or violation of th* ten com
mandment*, went to seed, and the
K' m.’n legion* reaped the crop. Se*
lah.
The prime object In the Book I*
thus to show that the ten laws of
m ’fcs are get In th* firmament and
written upon the foundation stone* of
the earth, as a warning 'against the
, at Titus and are for all men and
all rare* for aU time.
They net up a condition of freedom,
,* h of person and property, and pro
claim a coming day or condition, In
whu-h none of these law* can or will
** violated.
Israel defied the thunders and the
Hfhtnlag on Sinai, and the ten; but
H,, 2P* avenged and vindicated the ten.
The book states that at the sight
M'<«es and God hid their face* behind
Ik e L ou< * on Sinai, and Jesua sat upon
hill overlooking Jerusalem, and
DIAMONDS.
Matching stones is a spe
cialty with us. We have
a superior collection
hint we are able to fuftiish
almost anything you may
desire.
rhe values are fine, un-
usually so just now.
Maier & Berkele.
wept over the closing; time and chap
ter.
David,, the greatest king, In his last
days, repudiated conquest and blessed
Solomon as a man of peace. Instead
of the property and life rights of all,
as In the ten, they choose the Indi
vidual property rights of the strong
and the cunning, and Titus.
What Is recorded In this book may
never have happened; It may be a
novel, but the facts stand out that It
will lit any nation In history, simply
by changing the names and place*.
All of tho great Christian nations,
so called, have taken up the philosophy
of the Israelite* and their property
right Ideas, and have made a religion
of them, and each one of them are In
search of a promised land and a "Ti
tus." When the last Titus shall have
arrived on the acene, what then? Ar
mageddon? The signs Indicate the
appearance of the last Titus, and
ermgeddon.
The Bible, then, Is undoubtedly a
historical question, and a historical
question can be made a religious ques
tion, Just as our fancy dictates, but
the religious cannot obliterate the his
torical. In the ten, there Is no threat
of any punishment, consequently they
are simple notices.
This Is so, because to threaten pun
ishment l« to incite fear, and fear be
gets Insanity. Insane people cannot be
expected to do right, and herein Is the
divine wisdom In the ten. The lass
followed by Israel, ended with threats
or punishment. This made them In
sane, and Titus was the logical se-
Qucncfi, •
Dr. J. W. Lee, of Trinity Church, In
Atlanta, proved that fear was because
of Ignorance. The arrall&y to this le
that to produce fear Is an act of Ignor
ance. Any religion then which teaches
or causes fear to enter the human heart
or mind Is the religion of Ignorance.
A religion to be good must leave thla
° U The religion of property Is based
upon fear. There Is no other way to
make Individual property rights sa
cred. The religion of fear Is based upon
Individual property rights, which In
cludes conquest and wars of auch
kinds. .
The ten wipe all slavery and prop
erty rights off the map, and proclaim
the time of universal freedom, but set
up no religion.
This Is to establish the fact that
when man gets to the point that he
will be free, he will have the knowl
edge to know what It means, and how
to enjoy It. Thus, ns he Increases In
knowledge, he has Iss of fear, and when
his knowledge has eliminated all fear,
he will cease to be religious. He will
have wisdom Instead.
' As long ae man Is possessed of Ig
norance and fear he will have s re
ligion with a hell In It and with this
banner flying, a la Don Quixote, will
travel straight to meet tils Titus.
Thus we take our choice ae to the
Bible teaching the doctrine of a hell or
not, for all people and for all time.
Perfect love (knowledge) casteth
out all fear (religion.) Thla from the
book Itself. M * A. THOMAS.
July l«. l»o«.
A FABLE AND ITS MORAL.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Vou have been severely critclsed by
Mr. Harvle Jordan regarding the posi
tion taken (n your editorial concerning
the legitimate cotton trade. The po
sition taken by you is the one indorsed
by the best business men ot the North
in our great business centers. Mr. Jor -
dan has been at the head of the cotton
association for about one and one-haK
roars, and probably has learned some
thing In regard to future contract deal
ing In that time, but the business In
terests I mention above hare made a
close study of these questions for gen
erations, both In this country and
abroad-
Does Mr. Jordan suppose for one mo
ment that hie efforts or the Influence
of the cotton association can eyer have
the effect of putting an end to thla
great business?
Granting that there are evils In at
tendance upon the present system, baa
'Those butchers. It Is true, slaughter us,
but they do so with skilful hands, and
with no unnecessary pain. If we get
rid of them we shall fall Into tho
hands of unskilled operators, and thua
suiter a double death, for you may Do
assured that, though nil the butch
ers sn mid perish, yet will men never
want heel. Do not be In a hurry to
change on> evil for another.’”
Tours respectfully,
A 15c BULL.
Atlanta, Ga., August 2, 1905.
A LETTER FROM JUNIU8.
To the Editor of Tlje Georgian:
It seems that you were slightly awry
In your editorial concerning Governor
Cummins, August 2. There has never
been a man, perhaps, In either of tho
old parties who has emit more clearly
the trend of corporate power to i he
destruction of Democracy as conceived
by our fathers and enunciated In the
Declaration of Independence than the
Hon. Albert li. Cummins. He brought
the rallroade to a full atop In his state
with the suddenness of a bumping post.
He was a candidate for the senate In
1899. The railroads, having charge cf
Iowa politically then defeated him.
Knowing (hey could not use him, that
he was an unswerving patriot, a man
unalterably fixed (n his devotion to
right, In his love for the well-being
of the people, they sought to destroy
him politically. That was the opening
of a fight between special privilege on
the one side and the people, headed
by Mr. Cummins, oh the other. In 1901
the people, because of his decided stand
against the great transportation cor
porations that had so long been rob
bing the state fore and aft, made him
their candidate for governor by nomi
nating him on the first ballot. He
was elected and the hold that tho
railroad* had for years held on the
throat of the Mato was shaken off. In
less than thirty Hays after he was
sleeted the stuff of which he was made
was p#t to test. Both houses had
passed what was termed the Malsberry
jfll, a bill removing the debt limit of
corporations. The bill was gotten up
In the Interest of the desired merging
of the Great Northern and the Chica
go, Burlington nnd Quincy railroads,
at the Instigation of James J. Hill,
headed by J. W. Blythe, chief attorney
and general political manager In the
state for the railroads.
It Is hardly necessary to atate what
giving (he corporations tlia privilege of
assuming unlimited obligations would
have meant nnd led to. It only lacked
the governor’s signature of being
law. Every possible
means was used
to Induce him to sign It. every preesure
brought to bear, but bo didn't. In
stead, he gave them thla; "This bill
proposes to take off, for the first time,
every limitation, and confer upon a
class of railway companies a privilege
which within the limit of my Investi
gation Is without a parallel in modern
legislation. I cannot bring myself to
believe that this species of legislation
Is consistent with public good or neces
sary for the legitimate development of
railway property; on the contrary, It
le my firm belief that corporate power
to Issue stock* and Incur Indebtedness
needs regulation rather than expan
sion.” That was In 1901.
True, Indeed, as yon say, ho does not
hold the present tariff schedule In such
sacred esteem os the ruling element
of his party does, but It Is his stand
against corporate greed, hla stand for
the rights of man against the privilege
of money, that has endeared him to the
people and turned the corporations and
their ally, the Republican machine, so
bitterly against. As a member of the
executive council h* caused the ratl-
roade to pay taxes on property valued
forty-five mltliona of dollars higher
than It had been up to that time, giving
to the state at large forty thousand
more dollars It was entitled to from
these corporations, and to the counties
six hundred thousand dollara more. It
Is the things of ffhlch these are typi
cal that have embittered those en
trenched behind wealth all but filched
from the pockets „f the people that
make those who don’t know the spirit
of an aroused people doubt the Issue
of this campaign. Mr. Cummins Is a
Republican only In' name. He believes
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In one of the Atlanta dallies, under
dale of the 17th Inst., there appeared a
flve-roJumn half-page advertisement of
a browing establishment. On the right
side of the mi a drummer stands with
his grip and bending over clasps the
hand of an old man. Over the young
man’s back appears the following
words; "Congratulations arc In order.”
Between the two men appear tho fol
lowing words: "Always welcome," This
should call forth a storm of Indigna
tion from the mountains to the sea
shore among temperance people, both
ngnlnst the brewers and a paper that
would print and send out such rot to
the rising generation. To advertise It
all Is bad enough, but when a combi
nation Is formed to Justify and dignity
It by saying It Is a temperance drink
Is rubbing It In too deep. It Is tho
neat'”* akin to "Demetrius, tho silver
smith" (Acts 19:24 to 39 verses), of
anything that I have seen In the twen
tieth century. For « number of years
our church, tho Methodist, has talked
about getting up a dally, a paper free
from advertising whisky and other like
rot, and not to be run on the. ftahbath
day. This we have In Tho Oeorglan.
anil I commend It to the people of
Georgia. Inclosed please find 15.00 for
a year's subscription.
Tours truly,
MATT COOK.
Lumber City, Go. August 4, 1»0«.
WHO ARE INDIGENT!
To the Editor of The (leorelnn:
i beg to offer a protest ogaTn.t "Ihp till! by
Mr. Whitley, of Ilouglsi, to defins the word
'Itullm-iit' In Ibo constitution, with refer-
eneeto Confederate eoldlcre to dSecrlbo one
TO years old. not elite to work and ownlnx
less than |l,30o. was passed, thooghiaeud;
meats were adopted insklns the age limit
05 rears. 11,00) the property qusITflratliin
and making the bill ‘ref JVn1so H to widows
of Confederate roterans. The rote was 109
'“"Sr. Hall, of Btbb, said bs should move
to reconsider for the purpooe of offering an
nmondmenL" . , _ •
The wonls goofed appeared In The deor-
^["am^korprlsefi that a Jmdr of men sacb
failure In Georgia. Two more able
and upright governors than the late
ex-Governor Joseph R. Brown and the
Hon. II. I). McDaniel would not be met
with every election. In selecting a
dark horse there Is more seaklng - for
fitness and less politics than In sup
porting avowed candidates.
VETERAN.
August I, 1901.
for the"court or APPEALS.
To the Editor of The Oeorglan:
Now that the much-needed court of
appeals la a certainty, It Is In order for
the people to cast about for suitable
occupants for the new bench. I wish
to euggeat the name of a gentleman
who Is pre-eminently qualified for the
position—-Frank II. Miller, Esq, of the
county of Richmond. He has been n
lawyer since he attained hla majority.
His practice on the civil aide of courts
has been, nnd still la, large and Impor
tant. He Is without fear and without
reproach. Learned In the law, he Is a
gentleman of broad culture and high
scholarship. He has made hla own
bright, clean record, but It will not lie
amiss to state that lie Is a son ot the
Honorable Andrew J. Miller, who
passed Into the other life In 1859.
Andrew J. Miller represented Rich
mond county twenty consecutive years
In the senate tin<! was two sessions
president of that body. He was him
self an eminent lawyer. Ills son,
Frnnk H„ suppressed, If he ever cher
ished any political ambition. He has
lived up to the Idea that the law Is a
Jealous mistress.
Mr. Miller's life has been active In
the public Interest along educational
and similar lines, lie Is a methodical
worker, so that today, while past 60
years of age, he Is very much younger
than his birth record would seem to
Indicate.
He would grace the bench of th»
court of appeals—bringing to the
Judgeship every gift nnd every quallfi
cation demanded by so lofty and Im
portant a position.
LAYMAN.
Atlanta, Ga., August 7, 1908.
EXTRA WORK IN VACATION TIME.
In order that every man In the office
may get a short vacation. It la neces
sary, as a rule, that (he work may be
doubled up and divided among the
force that remains at home.
Thla means that every man In the
office, from the "kid" up to the boes,
will have to take upon himself new and
unfamiliar work,
ETERNAL DAMNATION;
ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Please allow me space In The Oeor
glan to reply very briefly to an article
by Bro. J. K. Lovelace, which appeared
In The Oeorglan on the 14th on "Eter
nal Damnation.”
■t Is not my purpose to critlalae the
principle thought or Idea that he sought
to establish, to-wtt: The eternal tor
ment or damnation, as he expressed It,
of the wicked Is untrue, for In that he
Is correct. He does not seem to recog
nise the Tact that the doctrine of the
eternal torment of the wicked la tin*
scriptural, but he seems to have ar
rived at the conclusion from the stand
point of reason, while, In fact, It la un
reasonable, God dishonoring, blaaphr
mous and an unacrlptural aa anything
could possibly be.
The principle object that I have In
view In writing this article le to cor
rect the erroneous Idea prevalent In
the minds of nearly all professed Chris
tians that eternal damnation nnd
eternal punishment are synonymous
with eternal torment. Eternal damna
tion and eternal punishment need not
necessarily be eternal torment, but
eternal torment would be eternal
damnation or eternal punishment. Ho
Bro. Lovelace uses an Improper term
to express eternal torment, when he
speaks of It as etsrnal damnation, for
while the Hcrlpturee nowhere apeak of
nor teach the eternal torment of the
wicked, they do most assuredly teach
the eternal damnation or eternal pun-
lehment of the wicked. To explain:
Adam for Ills sin of disobedience was
condemned (damned—that le what the
word condemned means) to death, and
all of his posterity fell under the same
sentence of condemnation (damnation).
But (his condemnation, or damnation,
that fell on Adam and all hla race la not
an everlasting condemnation, or dam
nation, neither Is It an everlasting
or eternal punishment, because God
has made a way of escape for Adam
and his race from, tills condemnation,
or damnation, of death through Christ
nnd In due time Adam and nil his rare
will bo released from the Adamic con
demnation, or damnation, which was
the result of tits sin »f disobedience.
Hence the Adamic condemnation, or
damnation, will end in the resiirree-
Hon, and consequently Is not an ever
lasting damnation nor an everlasting
punishment.
There are no conditions whatever to
a release from the Adamic damnation.
"Jesus Christ by ths gruca of God tast
ed death for every man," which Insures
the resurrection of ei cry one of Adam’s
raco out of the i-ondemm d, damned,
condition Into which they have fallen.
But If Ood had nmdo no provision
for a release of Adam nml his race
from the Adamic damnation It would
have been nn eternal dnmnnllon, an
eternal death punishment, because It
would never end.
Our Ijord also suffered the samh
damnation Hint was Inflicted on Adam,
not by reason of transgression, but
"He
nte
an offering for sin," lie ,
out Hie soul, even unto death, that
Justice might be eatlafled and Adam
and hla race go free of the Adamla
damnation. And since the glorl-ms
morning when Ha aroee triumphant
over death and out of the Adamic
damnation He holds In Hie hands th«
key of death, nnd In due time will open
the prleon houses of death and releo.a
the captlvea.
Rut a release from the prison ho mc
of death, the Adamic condemnuil-n,
damnation, does not Insure eternal life
to any one; It only given them an
opportunity of escaping a second dam
nation. a second death, a death fn-m
which there la no resurrection anil no
recovery, and thla second death pun
ishment, this second condemnation, or
damnation, will be an eternal damna
tion whim la the eternal punlshmmt
of the wicked. "Chrlel dneth no more.”
There remalnetlt no more a sacrifice
for sin.
Those who Incur the penally of the
'second death,” the eecond condemna
tion, or damnation, will be those who
reject the terms of the "new covenant”
sealed by the precloua blood of Christ,
who choose death rather than life,
represented by the goat claw in the
parable of the sheep and tha gimte.
“These, the goat elasg, shall go away
Into an everlasting punishment,” not
torment, the second death punishment,
thn second Condemnation, or damna
tion, “hut the righteous Into life eter
nal."
One Into a cutting oft from life, (he
other enters Into eternal life, restored
to all that lyas lost In Adam, repre
sented by the sheep class. The sheep
class spoken of In this parable Is n -t
Hie church class, the saints of the w —
pel age as most Christians seem to
think, berauae the saints are already
enthroned and reigning with Chrlat
during H4n mlllenlnl reign and assist
ing In the separation of the eheep from
the goat class. And this mlllenlal reign
of the Christ (head and body united)
le the judgment qr probation day of
the world, a thousand-year-das-, when
all will have an opportunity of return
ing by the "highway of hollnees" bai k
to the linage of Ihe Creator and to all
thut was lust In Adam. It Is to be a
day of blessing instead of a day of
cursing.
Rut I must cut this article short, last
It go Into the waste basket. 1 may
make further reply lo other statements
In Bro. Ixivelure's article at an enrly
day.
In conclusion let me say that net
only the wilfully wicked will be pun
ished with the second damnation, but
everything that Is out of harmony with
God will be utterly destroyed, Including
the Devil and all his angels, nnd drath
Itself as well aa aheol (hell) HMi. 3:14,
Ilosrit 13:14 nnd others. Then what
will become of the wicked?
J. O. Q. CARLTON.
College Park, Ga
George" was
called on, and again his nimble fingers
transformril a window Into a pictured
story Hint was like the memory of
happy days Thin meant promotion.
Thn well of the elevator knew him no
more. Today he Is a trimmer In Phil
adelphia, on a large salary, and la con
tinually making good.
Vacation lime waa hie opportunity.
Vacation time, while Hie other fal
lows are away, le your opportunity,
young man, for making good. Will you
do It? ,
AS OUR CONTEMPORARIES
LOOK AHEAD.
(Springfield (Maw.) nopuhllcan.)
The Atlanta Constitution affords
most melancholy and convincing evl
known of nt least one Instnnre of such edu
ratles, nail It was la llllle Neirunn. Os
It emanated from Mr. J. (*. Woodward
tlli’li .iiiirrllUrtiili-nt of (lie tmldlr todionl
ot that plnre. II la naiiollr ibe super!n
lend.-nt ,.f a wInert who pau It In the tw(
te keen. Ir lii the rear.
Mr. Woodward does not know that I nu
wrltlns tills article. He la now preddi-n
nt thn Military Collesi* at ftdlejp' I'ork
S defection fur Which I Imve BOW forxhci;
him. Let me give n -mull lUiiatrati
hi* work, lie lectured liefore my .•
of the Atlanta woman a t i,r ,
with him a pantehaum, I beliere It mi*,
which were attached apci-iincna of nutu
lliiily work dune lor llttla children.
There was a pod nt rottoa. Hum the r<
Inn fullr open, a little linl- of wttw,
► I- - -I or tbreail, pcrlmpn a dolin' uurnie
i|oi dr* of calico, mil mi -evil, oil mndr fro
ITT paper made from Ihe ruga, etc. The
was s grain of rnrn, a Idi of Hi
corn, n little poll# of earn I mol
tiny rial of corn whlaky. which a "lx
man made." wrote a Httle i
' llo
a bill 111
pen
shall lie' paid ' to a mnn ■ nailer
years rid IfTt wants to, bat |t cas’t say
hooil oa Its records. 1 know Ihatlaao.tKi;
cause I nm only 69, anil I ant absolutely
Indigent. I gave my bpybood to the service
of the Confederacy. Have spent my man
hood sad sacrificed iny health sad strength
“ family In the service of iny fsllow*
for the leird-s take. Affllelad with
diseases and deaf ness that I brought out at
the army with me. I have asyerTieen able
fourteen yearn have been an . V --.W
never* lltneaa nt that time took m« out
of Hie active mtnlatry.
I hare M or TO worth of library far
nltnre end liooka and nothing alas oa mirth
eacept a few- common carpenters’ tools
that I rnooet use, 1 can get no employ-
ment that pays wagea. nor can f get any
sort of Job that nnylmdy else wants. I
have tieen making out an application form
pension on neconnt of poverty anil Indi
gency, tint I suppose I may as well j.lgcon-
hole iny papers If the oepnto abould servo
me na thn house hag done.
If the constitution snyu that the l*gl»-
laitire may grant pensions to Indigent 4-oU-
fed.-rute vc l era ns. what r-gbt hut the leg-
Itlntnr* to toy that a man esnnot liecotuc
u benefleinry of ihnt grunt of the cowtltu-
tlon nnlil be rec-hos Ibe age ofBetJMT It
was pi relieve those who nro In fort Indi
gent Hint Ihe constltnttori provides •■>-.
The framers of ihe r.-nefltuUcn hid no
ago limit Mare them. They saw the com
ing time of want to Cimfcl-rnie veterans.
In 1877, twentr-nlnn rears ago, there were
very few veterans who were over (B, hat
there were verr many who were barely able
to lire, nnd Ihe convention had them In
■ulnd. No, that "g» limit law t« wrong;
nnd I liellere vast it usurps the function
of the roiirtn when It mnk-e a res min age
an element In determining th-- iiomIIob of
Indigency, end I believe that It Isaacon
stllnilonit. Iiecnnsc It fives a condition to
the state of Indigency which la not eontem;
nlated In stir anthoritntlv* definition of
that word. Very truly. f p
The Mystery »f Gray Horten.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have noticed of late a Urge num
ber of gray horse*. It Is said that
when you nee a gray horse there la a
red-headed woman In the neighbor
hood. In commendation of red heads,
persona of that colored hair generally
hold old age better. Then It may be
that the dark horeea are hid out until
the election for governor la over. Thla
would bring the white horeea more In
evidence.
By the way, th# aelectlon of dark
hones for governor baa not been a
Now, there’a going to be a whole lot
of young fellows of the kind who watch
the clock, sleep on the ehelf, are usu
ally half an hour late, who will put
Up a big kick because they are com
pelled to do all thla extra work with
out any extra pay. They forget (hat
the employer le under no obligation to
give them, a holiday or a vacation on
pay, and that while they are away nqtne
one must do their work. And to they
kick, growl and whine about the mat
ter and make the atmosphere of their
office dlxxy with the bluea and heavy
with wrath.
But the wlee young fellow In the
office, no matter his position, doea not
growl or complain at the unfamiliar
tank or Ihe additional work. If he
finds be cannot get through With hi
work at the appointed time he doesn’t
raise a pandemonium because he Is
compelled to work a couple of hours to
catch up. On the countrary, he Is glad
to get out of the
work; glad to learn
something about tha other man’s work;
glad to do the work, to the beat of his
ability, of the nun who Is a little high
er up than himself. ,
And you will And this wise young
man doing the very beat that he enn
to discover the secret of the higher
man’s success. IIo wants to know hoe;
the higher man makea hla short cuta.
And a careful study of hla books may
reveal It to him. Bo he Is content to
work.
Mure than this. The wise young man
knows that in every office there are
frequent, or at least occasional,
changes. He does not know just what
moment the wind of fortune Is going
to bring promotion to the man whose
work bo la now doing, and he. the
wise .young man, be asked to fill the
vacant place.
Vacation time Is, therefore, the op-
portunlty-of the wlso young man who
remains at home and doea other work
than hla own whlla the others are
away.
How true thla la illustrated In this
fact: A young man hunted for work
with all the atrenuousnesa that Is born
of the consciousness of a wife and two
little children at home who needed
what hla wages could bring lo them.
The only work he could find was a
position on a freight elevator In one of
our large stores. Lon- were the
hours, toilsome the work, but the
remembrance of wife and baby at home
kept him to his task All summer he
worked, and then all through the win
ter and spring. Through another sum
mer and winter, until spring and an
other summer came round. Never los
ing a day, never taking hla vacation.
Worked for the sake of hla dear ones
Then came hla opportunity. The win
dow trimmer waa away on hla vaca
tion. George, the elevator man (only
that wasn't hla name), waa aaktd to
work tate helping the assistant window
trimmer, A certain effect waa desired
In silks and flower*, and lha assistant
could not carry It out. Presto! the
window scheme was a delight, a dream
and a Joy. Compliments were shower
ed upon the assistant, who accepted
them as belonging to himself, but who,
when asked to produce (mother window
similar, yet different, was compelled
’ ’ " ’ trer* ouiiM-roii. oilier s|ieriaaMU -r >»mr>
dence that nn editor who seeks pubtteIotMV. All this waa not only Hm act,ml
oflico handicaps bis paper nnd Impose* work bof Ike Ibocxkl of II,,■ utile I ' M.
Insufferably upon hi* render*. And ' I In > i„ ,1 .m* 1 - b 1 f 1 "''}
likewise -riM> Atlanta Jmtrnal ll sul.).* I cor*. entllMI. . I. . Ir I („l,l
likewise The Atlanta Journal.
■ Th* Constitution childishly fills Its
column* full of tin aolM* if Clark
How*
other I
la equally petty and Ihe partisan of a
faction of Its party In Its exploitations
of Hoks Hmlth nnd Tom Watson.
Buch newspaper work might have
done half a century ago—today It Is In
atrocious taste, and an Insult to th*
reader* of both papers.
The Imprudence of the assumption
by Ihe editor or owner of a newspaper
that hie personality la the biggest thing
In sight, and what his readers moat
deslra to read shout le humorously
colossal. Yet Clark and Hoke view
themselves with Itnmsnse seriousness,
and long ago lost all sens# of humor
and passed the possibility of ssslng
themselves as others see them.
Let them at least sen-8 as a warning
lo other editors who may ba tempted
to forget the dignity of a great offlre,
and prostitute their papers througt
personal weakness. The editor wht
edits with honor and dignity, a* hold-
lag a trust to be exercised In behalf
of the poop!*, shines Ilk* a Just judge
beside these Georgia fellows who are
contending In Ih* temper and'vocab
ulary of fishwives In th* political arena,
hot and dusty, and making botllo
washers of tbalr newspapers.
There Are Other Streets.
To ths Editor of Ths Georgian:
While It Is to be sincerely hoped that
Peachtrea street will be properly and
promptly paved. It la equally desirable
that other streets. If they ere not
paved, should not bs made dumping
grounds.
If any one Interested in tbs proper
nnd seemly keeping if our streets will
only go out and take a look at College
street, between Butler and Pratt
streets, they will see what 1 mean.
CITIZEN.
Atlanta, Ga., August I, 1999.
HELPFUL EDUCATION.
rite
romposltlulis of Iho Util#
topic* wi*r«* verr #nti>rtn!n|
Now, In nil tbln work tin
b##n l«*r*lUK
_ ... bHdrvn hnd
i*Yni i I on" ii#w7 n M jin bH n k ! n'mrl# SnnkiliS,
*f"ogrn|ih]r, nml. lo*nt ©f nil. had town l#nri»-
lux to e.Wrvr IliM Ilf# nruim.l them nml
think nlMHit It. Urn! I>mmu wHiu; them dm.-a
of fhtnxn. KMHni fhfn*a h* n wh"fo, nml
hurt Ihvu rdtini; irtiyntml aiarrlw nml
fr»*nb nlr wfill# no dolnr.
'fliff rtlrt not know thin wan w.»-k. Tfi**r
warftljr thought tb#jr wtr» favlng a K -*d
tint#.
At the eotioUinirm of Mr. lYoothrnrrt'a ml-
rtfMM* n m#tnb#r of th# Iwnrrt e.f Udv iw-
Horn #niu# lo n»« *trl rwhlMi • Whj,
Mr* .\mIjnw, that nature study »r<>rk It In-
Ohltnl/ Itclicr than thnt rtmi# in tbr Arinina
*rbooM! I'nn't you get Mr. Woodward to
ndtl.-MR* lb# Atlnntn normal r| flM y-
Thin wm n r*tl»#r bitter pin for in** to
iwnlkm-thni lltflo Xrwaaa could do Iwt-
l#r nrbuol work than Atlanta Tb#r* arm
•om# tc.icl.cr* Who. If appi’ irhM on thn
•nhjrrt. will nay, "Oh* yw, I ledlcr# In th#
• •Miprrntkin of prtrr ms and (* n. h. ra. but
th#y don't d« on# thing to Inaurc aurh <<>•
munition.
Mr. Woodward did. II# organlf^l tho
’Fnrtubi nnd Educational Longa#." Fort*
•f It w#r# nt follow a.
Hortlou L Homo «nU orhool.
1, To Induce closer aymt> ifhy botwi . n
bom# nnd wdiool. tem ber ami parent.
2. To cr#*to higher Ideal* for home and
school.
I. To itudy th# enrlronmont of ©nr rhtt-
dr#n In the home, *choot nml community,
looking to Jktpru»#t*#*t.
* locale our #dnc*tIoonl weaknc*«co.
enronr**# *rbool rial tat loti ami In-
opectJo*.
rtcetton t Kind ergs rt#n In education.
To atndy th** plan* of kmdcrxurtcii lo
mental d#rMloptm-ht nnd public acij.ml
•rk.
Median 1 Mnaic and art In edoratliiii
' To study th# meaning of iuumIm nnd
In oar civilization. Intellect mil and
1. To •
education.
•action 4. Tha school, th# lit*
SOU lu'-rsl router nt tbc ,-uuimnn
L To ereete sentlm-nt for n t.ki
art rerojrtloo ball.
fynmariuBi sort I
eats sort roans a
Is sorlal ssd lib
By Julie O'Kssfs Ntlson.
"Edrestore are sew wisely siring iniieb
time to I fettering Ik* roortltlims of rural
•rknris,” said Miss Parrish la her recent
Inspiring addresa In Atlanta. "Bat erode
■nu Imperfect as rerel met bud. often are,
' l.cllcvc they arc not lulf a. lejurion. as
<■ tbc innchlne (Method* i * r
schools. In New York city _ ■
children's minds drlnx. sad oou
dead. Wrong method* htd literally
the life oat of them,”
This statement waa made by s highly ed
ucated teacher of long experience sad not
glreo to exaggeration. If this eoold hap.
In roemi-polHsa New York, what eoold
Soule .Tea
life sauna our yonm; m<-o one
4L To relate «.,ir -or* .--..-I .!.
rehool after they hate left It
I hear there la sreh --pair
rebiert* that If S I ear-Wr re,,..i,,
SSffiUffliTiSSK!
her duly as s roeacirttrel t.-„.
lively raaiewaded her dolus
‘ wawdhHste "too# Is* Sg» ~
This ronJ-l not happen unrtor
ward's administration
He t*4d tee that (■■•(■.r.- iu„i.i
K? .. .. ..
every teacher who has a co**Heoc# to see
If he or ah# la killing th# aiioda of her pm
Woman
ordinate f.ntc
It. •'! think pur:
pile* | the f ••richer
parts." Mr. Wo h|
Ihe criticism.
'flilt allien tor ga
It moat certainly Iwhoovea every parent apeud two yenr* n
.g.. cago, studying nm
t>r» hoiUM HMh
f. •■: ■ i ii- ..f hi
• f Kiri Mu
I - k DOW |
. I In rper. I m
Brat grad# In school through the college,
should lie related to life. !«• tout
kuowtal&w which llio I hav#
»lde
aach au educator.