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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. ;> -f- ■ Griffiu, Ga., Nov. 1, 1906. Manngpr Georgian:. . Dear Sir:—As these arc the most important func tions of the week, I scud them in advance of weekly let ter. Our minister,'-Mr. John S. Jenkins, pastor of the First Methodist church, paid a beautiful tribute to The Georgian Sunday to a packed house. He was preaching a sermon ou law and order to the policemen of the city, and he said: “I would advise every man, beside his Bible, to take at least one good daily paper, say, The Georgian,” etc. Knowing you’d appreciate this, I thought I’d men tion it here, as you might not otherwise hear of it. Yours respectfully, MRS. ,T. 0. EDWARD. No Whiskey or Unclean Medicine Ad vertisements. Son (Sam P. Jones, Jr.) Cartcrsville, Ga., Nov. 8,1906. To the Editor of The Georgian: Seeing in your paper of the 7tli instant your editorial and advertisement con cerning your circulation, I write these few words congratulating The Georgian on its wonderful success. * . It is my hope that your paper will grow, in circulation and influence with,each day, and that it will ultimately fulfill onq of the most earnest wishes that I ever heard my noble father give utterance to. ‘» In his last sermon to a Cartcrsville audience lie said: “I want to see the time come when The Atlanta Georgian will have one hun dred thousand subscribers, and the other Atlanta papers three apiece.” His earnest desire for your prosperity was'voiced simply because he knew and felt that you wore on the right lines, and that your paper, conducted as it was, and is, .oild hr.’ a vast influence for good. Just as surely as he wished for the prev alence of the right, did he wish for the downfall of all that was evil, heuce his state ment that he hoped the other Atlauta papers would have only three subscribers apiece. He had no feeling of ill will against the other Atlanta papers, nor anything personal against any one connected with cither of them, but it was his desire that the church- people and those who were against the sale of whisky in the state would say to the owners of the papers: “You cannot advertise this terrible enemy to the peace and prosperity of our home, and expect us to give you our support, either by rending your papers or by giving you ottr advertising. i ’ It was not the desire nor the wish of my father to see the great properties of the Atlanta dailies destroyed, but he felt that it was in the power of the Christian people of (he state of Georgia to whip them into line, nnd cause them to stop the advertise ments of the liquor traffic, by withholding from them their support aud countenance. To those who knew me, up to a short time before ray father’s death, this state ment from me would perhaps provoke a smile, but I feel that God has loft me a work to do, and that as long as my life lasts it is im’ duty to do what I see before inc.> There can be no doubt that the greatest burden of my father’s whole life was his enmity to the whisky traffic, and in my humble way I expect to take up that part of his work with all the power that God has endowed me with. I did not know, until he was gone from this life, what a man my father really was, and how terrible were his battles against the sins of tho world, unsupported as ho was by the open declarations and the consistent life of his older son, and name sake. However, since he has left us, I have realised in a way his greatness, and my umvorthiness to enter the battles that he so nobly fought. It is my purpose to make amends to his name and the memory of his great good life and work, and to the peo ple of my state by taking upon me as such of his mantle as my shoulders will bear, and to give all the powers that I can muster to the work that God in His goodness would not allow my father to pursue further under such terrible discouragements and against such odds. It is my earnest wish that The Georgian will be able, by its prosperity aud its extended influence, to show the people of the state, and the other papers, that it is not absolutely necessary to the life nnd existence of the daily paper to print the invita tions of the whisky dealers to the public to partake of their home-wrecking, peace- destroying stuff. May the success of The Georgian continue, and may it be the greatest paper that the Southern states have over seen. God speed you, is my prayer. SAM P. JONES, JR. $4.50 Year Daughter Sharon, Ga., Nov. 9, 1906. To the Atlauta Georgian, Atlauta, Ga. Dear Six’s: Inclosed I hand you my check to cover •subscription to The Georgian to December 31, 1907. The Georgian is equal to the best newspaper in Georgia, and outranks them all on its editorial page. Above nil, it can, without any hesitation, be placed by the father in the lfands of his daughter. Father Cartersville, Ga., Nov, 16,1906. The Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta, Ga. If yoii have no objections, I would like to sav a feW words in praise of The Georgian. It is clean, newsy and can always be relied upon to tell the truth. The edito rials from the pen of John Temple Graves arc simply grand. 1 have just been taking The Georgian about one month, and wouldn’t do without it for any price. If. in any way, I can favor you or the paper, I will not hesi tate to do so. With all success to The Georgian, and may it keep up tbe-TTiaxim of telling the truth. I remain, • * Yours very truly, G. T. WORD. No Whiskey or Uncleaji Medicine Ad- * . * » • / vertisements. m $4.50 Year Grea' you. Respectfully, A. C. DAVIDSON, M. D. 25,000 Circulation