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■ "■ TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN JOHN TEMPI E CRAVES. EtJifo- f. L SEELY, Preside*!. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Stfndaj) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At B West Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rates. One Yesr •••1*55 Six Months IM Three Month* LB By Carrier, Per Week M Smith k Thompson, advertising i rrsontatlres for nil territory outside Georgia. Chicago Office Tribune Bldg. • York Now • Office Potter Hid*. RGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department and nave it promptly rem edied. Telephones: Bell 492? Main, It Is desirable that ail communion- length. It Is Imper __ signed, as an evidence df good faith, though the names will be withheld If OUR PLATFORM.-The Oee stands for Atlanta's owning Its ow and electric light plants, as It owns Its waterworks. Other cities do Georgian own gas ' now be dope at once. The Georgian be lief ea that If street railways can*be ' successfully by European they are, there It no good nun. ni iur/ are, iuu>- »» uu a, in reason why they cattnot Ik* 00 operati here., But we do not believe this ci be done now, and It may bo some yes; we are ready for so big au un dertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its face In that direction NOW. be, of of Presbyterian, Pray for Preacher,. The Assembly of the Southern Presbytertau church at Ita last meet ing act apart naxt Sunday aa a day for prayer, for more ministers, and a call to 'this effect haa been sent out by the committee of Ministerial Edu- 'cation and Relief. Startling statls- ilcs Justify the call. . A* was stated In a recent Issue of -The Georgian, there are about 3.13G 'churches and only 841 ministers. This leaves over 2,000 churches with- .out pastors. Last year, only 43 young jnen were licensed to preach, whllo .39 ministers died. We believe In prayer and tblpk the Assembly did a write thing In aettlng i Bpart a special day for prayer that the depleted ranks of her ministers may be filled, But It occurs to a layman that some thing more than praying should be done. .. If a business man should Dud such a condition In his affairs, he would not Sjnly make It a subject of prayer it he .was a Christian man, bnt ha would make an Investigation—and thla might precede the prayer—to ascertain the cause, and then apply the remedy There Is nothing better than prayer at the proper time, but there Is a time • >, investigate and work as well. There must bo a cause tor this condition of affairs. And It .seems to u* that the church should seek to ascertain what It la. We do not think It can be In the form of government, nor Its doctrines. Tbo Impartial historian has said that the Presbyterian church haa been a greater factor than any other In moulding the character of thla nation and conserving the gospel. On Inves tigation, we find thla sad condition of affairs exists especially In the South era Presbyterian church. In the Northern Presbyterian church It la different. In It there are churches and ministers, with more than a mill' Ion members, while last year was a record breaker In Its additions and contributions. This brings the matter home to •very Southern Presbyterian, and should cause him to ascertain. If pos sible, why tbe same church In one section of the country should be so different In another. The cause can not be climatic, nor are we willing tt> admit fhe soli nas anything to do with It, nor that the people of the North and West excel us In education or culture or piety. They have • more het erogenous mass to win their recruits from, for alt nations are represented in their population, while the South la more American. Both churches have the aame form of government, tbe aame confession of faith, the Bame high educational and religious stand ard for members and ministers. The writer has traveled extensive ly la the North and East and West, and feeli that he has had a fair op portunity for observation, and his con viction is that the one reason for the present condition In our Southern church la the extreme conservatism of its ministers. A few illustrations will explain what we mean. We are Informed that In the past year, a minister from an other presbytery in the Southern church, presented bla letter of dis missal from his presbytery to another presbytery In this state. For many years he has been prominent in the church as a minister and writer; evangelical to the core; of fine Intel lectual endowment and deeply spirit ual. And yet before he was received, be was questioned as though be was being examined like some young man seeking licensure, until one member of the presbytery arose and Indig nantly protested, and taking bis hat left, the room. It seems to us that It man. but a reflection on the presby tery from which he came, we can Imaglno how such a procedure would be proper when an applicant came from another body, but not when came from one In bis own body, as Presbyterians have the same stand ard, and are, or at least should equally orthodox and conservative. We fear there are some whose e*- elesiastfea. olfactories dilate at the possibility of scenting something that, according to their notion, savors heresy or heterodoxy. Another case of recent occurrence. A minister from the Northern church courteously asked permission of a presbytery the privilege of labor ing within Its bounds and the vote was a tie, and had to be decided by the moderator In his favor. There was not a breath of suspicion In regard to bis character or orthodoxy, those opposing offering such objections as he was not a member of the presby tery;” “he was in favor of organic union;” “that he was a preacher much more than average ability, and when the vacant churches heard him, they would not he satisfied with any one else." And this is a presbytery with score of vacant churches, somd whom had not a preaching service In a year. And this of a man, who, when he left the seminary was rec ommended by the faculty to one of the largest churches In New York, and who for years has had long and successful pastorates in some of the largest churches In the North and during whoae pastorate some of the finest church buildings have been erected, and who in evangelistic work has been greatly blessed. And yet the church Is going to pray for more ministers There la a minister today In the Baptist church, an excellent preacher, and successful evangelist, who was raised In the Presbyterian church and Intended to enter her ministry, but was prevented from doing so be cause of this Intense conservatism. Another young man who wields vigorous pen, and Is Intellectually and spiritually qualified, told a minister In thtq city the same thing had kept him out of the Presbyterian ministry? Some time ago, the governor-elect of this state, who Is an elder In the Presbyterian church, was appointed to speak one Sunday In a vacant church, and a Presbyterian minister living In the place would not go to hear him, because he was not an ordained min- ls‘«r. Another Presbyterian elder who was educated for a missionary, a man of deep spirituality, and an Interest ing speaker, ,waa appointed to speak In a vacant church and when about to take the pulpit platform, was asked If he had been ordained, and hlB reply was, "No, but I have been foreordain ed.” Ho had to talk from the floor. Ordination was more essential than foreordination. The Imposition of the hands of presbytery was better qualifi cation than the Imposition of tho hands of the Almighty. -May not another reason be. that the ministry are not as eager as they possibly tnlgh) , be In looking after the boys and young men, and direct ing their attention to tho ministry. We.''know of ' a minister 'who wns always lookldg for the best and brightest boys to follow his calling, and found some In every pastorate, until now they number more thaii score, some of whom are filling the highest positions In tho churen. Are the Hannahs praying for Sam uels, and then .giving them.- to tbe Lord and His service? In this age of commercialism, boys are taken from the school at an'early age and put In the office, In the store, or factory, and the dollar, without tho Almighty, la set up ns the Ideal of at tainment. Call the roll of the minis ter* today, and you will find that tho majority were Influenced by somo faithful pastor, or prayerful parent. Another reason we mention Is tho (Inadequate salary paid, and the fail ure of the churches to pay what la promised. No roan nowadays who Is in tho ministry of the Southern Presbyterian church can be accused of preaching for the money there la lu it. A man must spend many years In school, and a great deal of money In acquiring an education, and then for his services receive less than any ordinary me chanic or artisan can earn. Many churches seem to think that If a minister gets barely enough for present support, that Is sufficient. It Is not necessary for him to make any provlslon for the education of his children, or the Infirmities of old age. They seem to think that poverty and piety are synonymous, aud should be concomitant, and who greet tbe pastor with the salutation of the peun rlous elder, who said to the incoming pastor. "The Lord keep you humble and tve'll keep you poor.” Many n preacher Is starved out. Many spend more than they receive for their services—exhaust their own resources for the privilege of preach ing. Sometimes a man will travel a long distance at considerable expense, and receive a mere pittance for his service and sometimes nothing, and thla. too, when the church la amply able to pay. Again, many churches are not prompt tn paying what they have' pledged. They seem to think a min ister Is sort of an ethereal being, and can live on air—cold air at that. And yet they demaud porterhouse sermons from a soup diet. They do not re flect that a minister cannot'meet his obligations unless he is paid; that he no man anything!” when he had to look tn tbe face of the butcher and baker and grocer, all of whom he owed. Is It any wonder that so few young men are seeking the ministry? If the church wishes to recruit her de pleted ministerial ranks, let her first remove the barriers; let those who are .now in the service climb to a high er altitude that their horizon may be extended; let them pray for a shower from above—not mere mercy drops— but a shower, and then there will be a spiritual freshet, nnd the tiny rills of grace—tiny because confined narrow channels—will broaden Into stream that will hear many precious souls upon Its bosom. Let pastors and parents be on the alert to Influence the boys to follow tbe highest calling among men; and let the church treat her servants as justly as they do their domestics, or manual laborers. These are some of the things that a secular editor would suggest. A CRISIS AND A SUGGESTION FOR THE COTTON GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. The differences which seem to be widening between tbe Farmers’ Co operative Union and the Southern Cotton Association have become a matter of very serious interest and consideration to the entire commercial South. The times have not changed tbe fundamental proposition In com merce that “the farmer feeds ua all,” and that all prosperity in the South Is founded at least upon the agricultural basis and tha Intelligent co-operation of the owners and tillers of the Southern soil. There Is no man In any line of business who Is not, in his own pocket- book and In his own life. Interested In the development, tbe happinesg aiid the prosperity of the Southern farmer. These two great organizations have grown up out of the ranks of the Southern farming interests within the last few years. The Southern Cotton Association, while not large lu number, nor great In ita numerical member ship, has been highly representative In Ita character and has saved to the farmer of the South an amount of money which cannot be estimated, its usefulness and value to Southern agriculture cannot be questioned. Tbe Farmers' Union Is the largest farmers’ organization In the world It stretches over most of the United States, and has nearly a million farmers upon Its rolls. Its services have already been great, and Its promise of service Is simply magnificent to the farmers of the country. It Is pros perous and militant In every,way. Now, If possible, these two great organizations should be kept together harmonious, cooperative and friendly, or they ought in simple common sense to merge Into each other, in which case 1 we suppose that the lesser would be merged Into the greater body. The Georgian has given a very serious and a very earnest considera tion to the present conditions, and The Georglau has reached an opinion which It would bo unfaithful not to state that the situation of the Southern Cotton Association demands heroic treatment, and that the life of the as sociation requires some changes of an Immediate, and, perhaps, of a radical nature. ’ In this connection the editor of The Georgian has had a conference with in the last forty-eight hours with one of tho leading members of the South ern Cotton Association, with one whose devotion to the best Interests of that great body is only equaled by the nature and extent of his Invaluable service to It. He Is the personal friend and cordial well wisher of the pres ent officers of the cotton association, and would be the last man In the world to embarrass any of these Officials from any personal motive or from any personal 111 will. He agrees wlth The Georgian that the present officials of the Southern Cotton Association have rendered service of great value to the association, but he Is profoundly Impressed and grieved with the conviction which has been forced upon his mind that whether justly or unjustly, Whether through accident or through a more serious mistake, they have brought themselves under outside and inside, criticism which distinctly weakens them and so far Impairs their Influence as to make It utterly Impos sible for these gentlemen any longer to arouse enthusiasm or elicit further support from the rank and file of the Southern Cotton Association. This conviction entails serious regret and positive grief upon the friendly mind of the prominent member to whom we allude. He believes that tbe wprk of the Southern Cotton Association has saved the South millions of dollars, and that any method, however heroic, which may be able to prevent the dissolution of the organisation, ought to be adopted fearlessly and resolutely by those who love It, and by those who believe In its past services and splendid future usefulness. To The Georgian this gentloman expresses himself in the following earnest and sensible words, which con tain the very essence of common sense, and which are spoken, be It re membered, by tbe personal and devoted friend of the gentlemen who now conduct the affairs of the association: "It Is recognized by all broad-minded, patriotic cltlxens that the work of the Southern Cotton Association has saved the 8outh millions of dollars, and It behooves us to prevent the dleeolutlon of the organ ization. “The principal thing to consider now le what are the beet etepa to pursue In order to preserve its life in the beet way. It seems to mo that since it la unquestionably true that the farmers cannot succeed by themselves and that they mutt have the cardial support and sympathy of the bankers, merchants, editors, etc., of the country, that steps ahould be taken to put the Southern Cotton Association on such a business footing at to command the oordlal co-operation of the business people of the South generally. To do this, I think a ‘new deal’ in the matter of officers It necessary, and I think there should be selected for the office of president tome capable, well- known, euccestful bueineet man, who will take hold of the affairs of tho association and give a business administration—one who will profit by the mistakes of Meiara. Jordan and Cheatham, and keep the association absolutely and entirely free from the suspicion of having Wall street or bucket shop interests. I do not know where such a man can be found, and I recognize the fact that even after he le found it will be hard to get him at this stage of the proceedings to undertake the responsibility and aeaume the burden, but It seems to me t.Tat there ean be secured a large hearted, patriotic South erner, who will recognize the emergency that is upon us and who will be willing to make sacrifices, if necessary, in order to save to the South an organization that hat done more good and been of more value than anything that we have had in forty years.” If the name of the gentleman could he signed to tbe words which we have quoted they would carry a significance beyond our own to the earnest and sensible counsel which they convey. The Georgian' has no possible personal interest or feeliug In any way In any direction In this matter. Whatever controversies we may have had with any members of the cotton association are long since burled in the past and have been followed by courteous Interchanges which have ob literated the faintest suggestion of soreness or III will. It Is utterly Impos sible to consider great questions or great emergencies unless we are to rise above Belfish consideration and the personal element which Btand In the way- wise solutions. It Is one thing to be loyal to a friend, when that loyalty implies no injury to great Interests which concern many friends. But the highest duty of all men who are met together to subserve great causes and effect great results, is to remember that Individuals are merely incidents the accomplishment, of these great results, and that whenever Individuals stand In the way or haudicap the success of great movements, both patriot ism and honor and public spirit should move those Individuals to a prompt Ithdrawal of their iiersonalitles from a conflict with public Interests. If after due and free counsel they fail to do so, then the formal request should be preferred to them to relieve a great movement of the handicap which any personal presence maintains. We would much prefer that other voices than ours ahould speak the sug gestion that comes from The Georgian, because In time |iast we have had a discussion with the officer; of t i cotton association which we declare In conviction comes clearer and more general every day that the cotton asso ciation cannot grow and prosper under Its present official life. Rightly or wrongly, justly or unjustly, the officials of that association have come under the suspicion and comparative distrust of a majority of Its members, and their usefulness to the cotton growers of the South is for a time at least destroyed. „ This plain fact, for whose substantiation we refer to the judgment and fearless conscience of individual members everywhere, makes an Irresistible appeal to these officials to do the great and generous thing which their past professions entitle us to expect, and In the Interest of harmony and hope and reorganization, to resign the offices In which they have In time past been useful, and to give way to some new, strong men near to the hearts and confidence of the South, who can rally (he broken forces of the asso ciation and revive Its commercial spirit, unify Its purposes and lead It to a new regime of great and glorious usefulness. We submit this proposition seriously, respectfully, courteously and earnestly, without one word of criticism o/ one line of. reflection upon any man now serving- the Southern Cotton Association in an official capacity. It is plain upon the facts now evident that the association is Jn a posi tion of serious danger, that Its official life is-a subject at least of divided opinion among its members and that there can be neither usefulness nor prosperity without a new deal. The time Is come for the true men, and earnest men, and brave men of the Southern Cotton Association to get together, and without passion and without bitterness and without personalities, to reorganize this great body In the Intereat of the Southern farmers and of the great staple of the Southern fields. - .. I gossip; New York. Nov. 9,—It |„ , think that while Ihe bones of jJ° Howard Payne lie rtolderlng In an oh" scare grave In far-off Algeria. "Jt„ " Sweet Home,” the little thatched tuge which he In his earlv child!,,iJ, knew, and which In later year.- lvh< !? he was a wanderer on the face'of , h . globe. Inspired his Immortal balla.l i. <° *" ‘he way of all ‘la things. The site on which It has stood so many years at East Hampton I | has been purchased and tbo home£ little structure will be destroyed to make way for a new edifice fm- s -. Lukes church. Payne was little ‘ h * n a lad when he left East Hatnmiu but both he and the cottage about to pass away, are Immortal. 1 GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Not. Here are some of the visitors In New Y'ork today: ATLANTA-Mr*. E. P. Black, Mrt. II. M. Cobanler. J. 8. fitrek. H. U'ellbouse, A II. Andrews. A. Wellbouse, L. Wellhouse. MACON-It. I,. Chick. SAVANNAH—M. O. Hlrscli, lire; M. C. Wood, J. I’. Evers. Outwitted the Officers. Learning that the Sunday game tan as being violated, two deputy state game wardens hurried to Girard Ma nor, near Malmnoy City, Pa., where they saw three hunters shooting robins. One of the trio was arrested and hand cuffed to an apple tree on the Torbett farm. Then the two wardens started In pursuit of tile other two hunters, who led them a merry chase through the woods. Returning to tbe place where their companion was bound cap tive, they felled the apple tree with an axe, released him and had the men- acles removed at a county smith’s be fore the outwitted wardens got back. Heard Ceremony by ‘Phone. At a distance of fourteen miles, Mrs. William Harry, of Coatesvllle, Pa., lis tened to the ceremony which united her son, Charles, to Miss Sarah M. Black. She was unable to bo present on account of Illness, and a special telephone was arranged from the Black home, nt West Chester, Pa.,' to the Coatesvllle house, where Mrs. Harry- enjoyed the services at leisure. THIS DATE IN piSTORY. NOVEMBER 9. 1801—Robert i>al»- Owen born. 181S—Smith Thompnon, of New York, Im» came in*cretnry of the unvy. 1S41—King Edward, of Great Britniti. t»orii. 1S66—John Temple Graves, Georgia eiiltor and orator, born. 1888—General Frederick Ftinatnn born. 187T*— SteamersL'lty of Woeo burned off Gal reiton Imr. 1890— Revolt against President Gograu In Honduras suppressed. 1891— The prince of Wales celebrated bis fiftieth birthday. 1883—F. H. Week*, of New York, embesxler orge l if. 1 190S-;;BrltI»h squadron. commanded by -Brine* Louis, of Bnttcubcrg, visited New York. Caddies on a Strike. Thirty cuddles employed by tho members of the Beaver Valley Country Club, located at Beaver Falla, Pa., went on strike Just as the members of the club were about to start the matches scheduled. Rosser Prosser, acting as a committee of one, announced that tho caddies hud organized a local of the golf caddies* union, and demanded an Increase In wages. The demand was refused, and the caddies ofdered off the grounds. They took up a position on a high fence opposite hole No. ti and pelted mud at the players until tho latter finally agreed to grant the In crease, if the boys would cease. Mrs. Lillian Bames-Alllen-Llvm* ston, who as Lillian Allien, Inherit'd tbe famous Rancocos farm of the i.n, Pierre Lorlltard, today deposited to ii,. r bank account *30,000, which she away from the bookmakers at Aque- duct yesterday on a well-played coup The horse was Mlniota. a volt against which the bookmakers laid odds of (J and 7 to J, Matt Feakes, trainer for Mr. Llvlnr. ston. Informed her that he certain]/ had the winner of the. race In Mini" * and plays were laid accordingly A big antlered buck, pursued hv hunters and dogs, swam across L„nr Island sound in his efforts to escaw and landed on the Connecticut shore at Wilber Point. It had to swim from 8 to 15 miles. This Is the first time In many years that one of these ru mors has been verified. The deer was seen approaching tho Connecticut shore by the crew of the cysts, .steam- er Howland. The boat passed close to the deer. When u visitor enters tile draw in. ?om of Senator Foraker's bouse, in room or Senator Foraker's house, i,j vYnshlngton. big baskets of scarlet sage, placed In funny recesses, give a cheery welcome. These adornments are not temporary affairs. They gi.m on concealed tin trays, and with proper care they will bloom ah the winter The dining room of Admiral Dswey's house Is made brilliant with sage end geraniums in vlvhl free baskets. An interesting war has developed be. t'veen the promoters of rival automo bile shows. The Automobile Club r.f America will this year bold its annual exhibition In the Grand Central palace Lexington avenue and Forty.third street, beginning December !, while the Association of Licensed Automo bile Manufacturers will conduct Its ex- hlbltlon In Madison Bquare garden, bo. ginning January 12. Both shows will run for one week. The Automobile Club, which, up to last year, had always been Interested In the garden exhibitions, has begun to advertise Its show, formerly held In the garden. The A. L. A. M. Is retal iating with the announcement that theirs Is the "national show of the olu makers in the garden, as always.” The Store for Style and Quality. Front and Back View of Emmons Sack Suit. the The first thing that attracts attention and makes a man look well dressed is the cut of the clothes he Yvears. It is the mark of distinc tion. This distinguishing mark is conspicuous in every Em mons model for Fall and Winter. Every garment bears the imprint of the smartest fashion, from the lowest priced to the most expensive. There is not a suit in the store that lias not some touch of novelty, some indi viduality that takes it out of the ordinary. Hand-tailored is another feature of Emmons clothing. It means everything, too, in good clothes making— means good fit and good shape to the end. - Men’s Single and Double - Breasted Sack $15.00 to $30.00. Suits, was not only discourteous U> the could not preach from tbe text, "Owe our owu minds to be enth .y healed and practically forgotten. But the Youths’ Single and Double Breasted Sack Suits, $10.00 to $20.00. Single and double-breasted sack suits—coats with high, close-fitting collar, broad shoulders and medium close-fitting back, some with one and others with two deep- buttoned vents, others plain back without vents. Trousers, “peg-top” style. Ill all the new fancy mixtures—plaids and stripes, of rough cheviot and smooth worsted materials, blue and black undressed Worsted and Thibet. Clothiers, Hatters, Furnishers. Swmumd Clothiers, Hatters, Furnishers. 39 and 41 Whitehall Street.