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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, FRIDAY, XOYKMIitR 9. 199«. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN 1CHH JEUPLB GRAVES, Editor F. L SEELY. President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Bonds?) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At S West Alabama 8t., Atlsnta. Gs. Subscription Rates. One Tear WjJ Fix Months Three Months By Carrier, Per Week, ....• ♦*•»*» =9 reeentatlTes for all territory om Georgia. CWcaro Office Trlbane Bide. New York Office Potter Bldg. floss Intended for publication In TUB GBORGIAN be limited to 400 words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith, though the names will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps ars sent for the purpose. * THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither doss It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM.—The Georgian stands for Atlanta's owning Its Awn gas and electric light plants, os It now owns Its waterworks. Other cities do this and get gas as low as so cents, with a profit to the city. This should tie done at once. The Georgian be lieves that If street railways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there Is no good reason why they cannot be so oticrated here. But we do not believe this can be done now. and It may be nomv years Presbyterian* Pray for Preacher, , Tho Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church at Its last meet lag set apart next Sunday as a day for prayer for more ministers, and a ■ all to . this effect has been sent out by the committee of Ministerial Edu cation and Relief. Startling statis tics Justify the call. As was stated In a recent Issue of The Georgian, there are about 3.18G churches and only 841 ministers This leaves over 2,000 churches with out pastors. Last year, only 43 young men were licensed to preach, while 39 ministers died. Wo believe in prayer and think the Assembly did a wise thing In setting apart a special day for prayer that the depleted ranks of her ministers may be Oiled. But It occurs to a layman that some' thing more than praying should he done. , If a business man should And such a condition In his affairs, he would not only make It a subject of prayer If he was a Christian man, but he would mako an Investigation—and this might precode the prayer—to ascertain the cause, and then apply tho remedy. There Is nothing better than prayer at the proper time, but there Is a time to Investigate and work aa well.- There must be a cause for this condition of affairs. And It seems to us that tho church should seek to ascertain what It Is. We do not think It can be in the form of government, nor Its doctrines. The Impartial historian has said that the Presbyterian church has been a greater factor than any other In moulding the character of this nation and conserving tho gospel. On InvoS' ligation, we And this sad condition of affairs exists especially In the South era Presbyterian church. In tho Northern Presbyterian church It Is 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 nnd contributions. This brings the matter home to every Southern Presbyterian, and should cause him to ascertain, If pos sible, why the eemc church In one section of the country should be so different In another. Tho cause can not be climatic, nor are we willing to admit the soil 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 a more het erogenous mass to win their recruits from, for all nations are represented Id their population, while the 8outh Is more American. Both churches have the aame form of government, the aame confession of faith, the same high educational and religions stand' ard tor members and ministers. The writer has traveled extensive ly In the North and East and West, and feels 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 Is the extreme conservatiem of its ministers. A few Illustrations will explain what we mean. We are Informed that In the past year, a minister from an other preabytery In the Southern chnrch. presented bis letter of dis missal from his preabytery to another presbytery In this , state. For many years be has been prominent in tbe chnrch as a minister and writer; evangelical to tho core; of Ane Intel lectual endowment and deeply spirit ual. And yet before he was received, he was questioned as though he 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 tbe presby tery from which he came. We can Imagine how such a procedure would be proper when an applicant came from another body, but not when he came from one In his own body, as all Presbyterians have tbe same stand ard, and are, or at least should be, equally orthodox and conservative. We fear there are some whose ec clesiastics. olfactories dilate at tbe 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 waa a tie, and had to be decided by (he moderator in his favor. There waa not a breath of suspicion In regard to his character or orthodoxy, those opposing offering such objections as he was not a member of tbe presby tery;" "he was in favor of organic union;” “that he was a preacher of much more than average ability, and when the vacant churches heard him, they would not be satisfied with gny one else." And this is n presbytery with score of vacant churches, some of whom had not a preaching service In a year. And this of a man. who, when he left the seminary was rec ommended by tbe 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 whose pastorate some of the fineBt 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 Is a minister today In the Baptist church, an excellent preacher, and successful evangelist, who was raised In (he Presbyterian church and Intended to enter her nflnlstry, but was prevented from doing so be cause of this intense conservatism. Another young man who wields a vigorous pen, and Is Intellectually and spiritually qualified, told a minister In this city the same thing had kept him out of the Presbyterian ministry Some .time ago, the govornor-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 tho place would not go to hear him because he was not an ordained min ister. Another Presbyterian elder who was educated for a missionary, n man of deep spirituality, and an Interest ing speaker, was appointed to speak In a vacant church and when about to take the pulpit platform, waa asked If he had been ordained, nnd his reply waa, "No, but I have been foreordain ed.” Ho had to talk from tho floor. Ordination was more essential than foreordlnatlon. Tho imposition of the hands of presbytery was better qualifi cation than the Imposition of the hands of the Almighty. May not another reason be, that the ministry are not as eager as they possibly might bo In looking after the hoys and young men, and direct ing tholr attention to the ministry. ^Ve ithow of a minister'who was always looking for tho beat and brightest boys to' follow- his calling, and found some In every pastorate, until' now they number mbre than a score, some of whom are filling the hlghost positions In the churcn. Are the Hannahs praying for Sam uels, nnd then giving them to the Lord and His service? In this age of commercialism, boys are taken from the school at an early age and put In the ofllce, In the store, or factory, aud the dollar, without the Almighty, is set up as tho ideal of at tainment. Call the roll of the minis ters today, and you will find that the majority were influenced by some faithful pastor, or prayerful parent. Another reason we mention Is the {Inadequate salary paid, and the fail ure of the churches to liay what Is promised. No man nowadays who Is In the ministry of the Southern Presbyterian church can be .accused of preaching for the money there Is in It. A roan must Bpend many years In school, and great deal of money In acquiring an education, nnd then for his services receive less than any ordinary me chanic or artlsau can earn. Many churches seem to think that If a minister gets barely enough for present support, that Is sufllclent. It not necessary for hint to make any provlslon for the education of his children, or tho Infirmities of old age. They N seem to think that poverty and piety are synonymous, aud should be concomitant, and who greet the pastor with tbe salutation of the penu rious elder, who said to the Incomlug pastor, "The Lord keep you humble and we'll keep you poor." Many a preacher Is starved out. Many spend more than they receive for their services—exhaust their own resources tor 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 this, -too, when the church Is amply able to pay. Again, many churches arc not prompt in paying what they have pledged. They seem to think a min ister Is sort of an ethereal bolug, and can live on air—cold air at that. And yet they demand porterhouse sermons from a soup diet. They do not re flect that a minister cannot meet his obligations unless he Is (raid: that he no man anything!” when he had to look In, the 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 k.high er altitude that their horison 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, and the tiny rills of grace—tiny because confined . In narrow channels—will broaden into a stream that will bear 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 the 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 the fundamental, proposition In com merce that "the farmer feeds us all,” and that all prosperity In the South is founded at least upon the agricultural basis and tbe 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 bis own pocket- book and in his own life. Interested in the development, the happiness and the prosperity of the Southern fanner. 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 In number, nor great In Ita numerical member ship, has been highly representative In Its character and has saved to the farmer of the Soulb an amount of money which cannot be estimated. Its usefulness and value to Southern agriculture cannot be questioned. The Farmers' Union Is the largest farmers’ organisation 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 tbe 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 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 Georgian haa reached an opinion which It would be 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. ' , 1 In this connection the editor of The Georgian has had a conference with in the last forty-eight hours with one of the leading members of the South ern Cotton Association, with one whose devotion to the best Interests of that great body la only equaled by tbe 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 III will. He agrees with The Georgian that tbe present officials of the Southern Cotton Association have rendered service of great value to tho association, but ho 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 themaelvea under outalde and Inside criticism which distinctly weakens them and so far Impairs their Influence as to make ft 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. 1fo believes that tho work of the Southern Cotton Association has saved the South million, of .dollars, and that any method, however heroic, which may be able to prevent the dissolution of the organization, ought to be adopted fearlessly and resolutely by thoso who love It, and by those who believe In Us past services and splendid future usefulness. To The Georgian tbla gentleman oxpressea himself In tbe following earnest and sensible words, which con tain tbe very essenee of common sense, and which are spoken, be It re membered, by the. personal and devoted friend of the gentlemen who now conduct tbe affairs of the association: "It Is recognized by all broad-minded, patriotic citizens that the work of the Southern Cotton Association has saved the South milllone of dollare, and it behoovea us to prevent the dissolution of the organ ization. “The principal thing to consider now le what are the beet steps to pursue In order to preserve Its life in the beet way. It eeemi to me that alnce It la unquestionably true that the farmers cannot aueceed by themielvee and that they must have the cordial support and sympathy of the bankers, merchants, editors, etc., of the country, that steps should be taken to put the Southern Cotton Association on such a business footing as to command tho cordial co-operation of the business people of the 8outh generally. To do this, I think a ‘new deal’ In the matter of officers le necessary, and I think there should be selected for the.office of president some capable, well- known, successful business men, who will take hold of the affairs of the association and glva a business administration—one who will profit by the mistakes of Meiers. Jordan and Cheatham, and keep the association abeolutely and entirely free from the suepieion of having Wall street or bucket shop interests. I do not know where eueh a man can be found, and I recognize the feet that even after he is found It will be hard to get him at thla stage of the proceedings to undertake the responsibility and assume the burden, but It seems to me l.iat there can be secured a large hearted, patriotic South erner, who will recognize the emergency that la upon ua and who will be willing to make sacrifices, If necessary. In order to save to the South an organization that haa done more good and been of more value than anything that we have had In forty years.” If the name of the gentleman could be signed to tbe words which we have quoted they would carry a significance beyond our own to tbe earnest and sensible counsel which they convey. The Georgian has no possible personal interest or feeling in any way or in any direction In this matter. Whatever controversies we may have had with nny members of the cotton association are long since burled in the past nnd 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 ri&c above selfish consideration nnd the personal element which stand in the way of wise solutions. It la oue 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 In the accomplishment of these great results, and that whenever Individuals stand In the way or handicap tbe success of great movements, both patriot ism and honor and public spirit should move those Individuals to a prompt ithdrawa! of their iiersonalltles from a conflict with public interests. If after due and free counsel they fall to do so, then tbe formal request should be preferred to them to relieve a great movement of the handicap which any persona) presence maintains. We would much prefer that other voices than ours should speak tbe sug gestion that comes [rum Tbe Georgian, because in time past we have had. a discussion with the officer, of i ,j 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 al 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 reorganisation, to resign the offices in which they have In time past been useful, and to give way to some new, strona men near to the hearts and confidence of the Sonth, who can rally the broken forces of the asso ciation and revive Its commercial spirit, unify Rs 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 or one Hne' 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 in g 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 tbe 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 interest of the Southern farmers and of the great staple of tbe Southern fields. .... I gossip! GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Nor. 9.—Here are some of B. Andrews. A. Wellhoute. — PHSNSSHHBSlBHHPHeWellhoQsej MACON-It. L. Chi- SAVAN-NAH-M. U. Htrech, Mrs. M. C. Wood, J. r. Evers. Outwitted the Officers. Learning that the Sunday game law was being violated, two deputy state game wardens hurried to Qlrard Ala nor, near Mahanoy 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 the other two hunters, who led them a merry chase through the woods. Returning to the place where their companion was bound cap tive, they felled the apple tree with an axe. released him and had the man acles removed at a county smith's be fore the outwitted Wardens got back. Heard Csremony by 'Phone. At a distance of fourteen miles, Mrs. William Harry, of Coatesvllle, Pn„ lis tened to the ceremony which united her son, Charles, to Miss Sarah M. Black. She wns unable to be 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 tho services at leisure. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 9. 1801—Bolter t Ualu Owen born. 1818—Smith Thompson, of New York, be- enme secretary of tho tmvy. 1841—King tetwnnl. of Great Britain. Itorn. 1856—-John Temple Graves, Georgia editor anil orator/ boru. IMS-General Frederick Funs ton horn. 1875—Steamer City of Waco burned off Gal veaton bar. 1890—Revolt against President Gograu Id grail] x 1898— F. II. Weeks, of New York, embezzler of $1,000,000, sent to Hlng King prison. 1899— Admiral George Dewey married to Mrs. Mildred If. Haxeu at Washington, D. C. 1905—British squadron, commanded by Prince I.ouls, of Batteuberg, visited New Y’ork. Caddies on a Strike. Thirty caddlea employed by the members of the Beaver Valley Country Club, located at Beaver Falla, Pa., went on strike just aa the members of the club were about to start the matches scheduled. Rosser Prosser, acting as a committee of one, announced that the caddies had organized a local of the golf caddies' union, and demanded an Increase In wuges. The demand was refused, and the caddies ordered off the grounds. They took up a position on a high fence opposite hole No. 6 and pelted mud at the players until tho latter finally agreed to grant the In crease, If thi boys would cease. New York, Nov. 9.—It i, . think that while .the bones of ?'• Howard Payne He molderlng In an .cure grave In far-mr Algeria - . Sweet Home,” the little thatched cut*’ tage which he In his early I knew, and which In later yea'rs ^ he waa a wanderer on the face of a? globe. Inspired his Immortal ballad * teelf fo go the way of , n things. The site on which it has so many years at East Hampton I f has been purchased and the home,, little structure will be destroyed make way for a new edlflce for g. Lukes church. Payne was little m „... ‘ h “ n «'“d'-'hen he loft Eaat Hamm™ but both he and the cottage about £ pass away, are Immortal. 10 Mrs. Lillian Barnes-Atllen-Llvln* : ston who ax Lillian Allien, Inherited the famous Rancocos farm of the iat« Pierre Lorlllard. today deposited to her bank account *30,000, which she took away front the bookmakers at Aque- duct yesterday on a well-played couu The horse was Mlniota. a colt against which the bookmakers laid odds of « und 7 to I. Matt Feakes. trainer for Mr. Llvlns. E t „T,J nfo 7 ned - h f r that h * certainly had the winner of the race In Mlnlois and playa were laid accordingly. A big antlered buck, pursued hr hunters and dogs, swam across Lons Island sound In his efforts to escape ?P < U?. ndw L 9 n the Connecticut short at Wilber Point. It had to swim from 8 to 15 miles. This Is the first tlm™ In many years that dne of these ru- mors has been verified. The deer was seen approaching the Connecticut shore by tho crew of the oyster steam- er Rowland. The boat passed close t 0 the deer. When a visitor enters the drawing room of Senator Foraker's house. i n Washington, big baskets of scut let suge. placed In funny recesses, give „ cheery welcome. These adornments are not temporary affairs. They grow on concealed tin trays, nnd with proper care they will bloom all the winter Tile dining room of Admiral Dewey’s house Is made brilliant’ with saga end geraniums In vivid free baskets. An Interesting war has developed be tween the promoters of rival automo bile shows. Tile Automobile Club of America will this year hold its annual exhibition In the Grand Central palace. Lexington avenue and Forty-third street, beginning December 1, while the Association of Licensed Automo bile Manufacturers will conduct Its ex- hlbltlon In Madison Square garden, be. ginning January 12. Both shows wlir run for one week. Tho Automobile Club, which, up to lust year, had always been Ints'resteri In the garden exhibitions, has begun to advertise Its show, formerly held In the garden. The A. L. A. M. Is retal iating with tho announcement that theirs Is the "natlonul show of the old makers In the garden, as always.” The Store for Style and Quality. Front and Back View of Emmons Sack Suit. the was not only discourteous to the could not preach from the text, "Owe our owu minds to be entli ijr healed and practically forgotten. Hut the The first tiling that attracts attention and makes a man look well dressed is the cut of the clothes he wears. 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 tho smartest fashion, from the lowest priced to the most expensive. There is not a suit in the store that has not some touch of novelty, some indi viduality that takes it out of the ordinary. Hand-tailored is another feature of Emmons clothing. It meaus everything, too, in good clothes making— * means good fit and good shape to the end. Men ’s Single and Double - Breasted Sack Suits, $15.00 to $30.00. 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 bark without vents. Trousers, “peg-top” style. In 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. 39 and 41 Whitehall Street. Clothiers, Hatters, Furnishers.