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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1906. ETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS HE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAYOR'S VETO . , b , Kill tor of The Oeorfljn. Ln. T lt( you to lie one who bellere. In to ell nnJ for the Intereet of the " n!P »t large, I, a« one of . the property ETjrt on the propoied line of electric rail. •■I 10 «h to Slty -ji-r, — ’.“•■tors against Bald line: iFir**- hftVe wtUfactorjr car facilities Mill" We could not uso this lino, as /transfers would be given to other lines IrhfrV This will be an electric railroad a street car system, running large [or <*nrs and large express or freight rrourth. Wc nre mostly small bourn own- 1 with small lot* and on narrow streets, I, would hare to be widened, which il noi-ogsitnte moving some houses and Ei.'t fences. destroying shade trees, which h* taken some of ns years to raise. Now, C, arc not rich people, but we are nt- L.h*] t«» our homes, which hare taken M if us yearn to pay for. Now. shall made to have them mnrred and Lived for u corporation** desire -to make Alien we get no benefits wbnjcver, B1 . 0 the vnluo of our property de nned. which It would surely do? **' « patriotic as any of Atlanta's mid have onr city’* interest ... mid some of 11* hare spent most of ■oh In Its upbuilding ns humble worn- 1-epic. Now. shall we lie made to Ciffer for those whose Ifilcrest* are not Tn accord with ours? It Is true this line till build up property outside of the city inti bring trade to Atlanta, and make rich >be corporation running It. hut shall we U humble cltlxens. who have worked hard H ns. he made to mnkc the sacrifices homes for others* greed of gain? arc numbers who would be forced ...... e "ii account of It, and 1 have heard lenfcrs who say they will move If It coiucs , n these streets. There are more direct otifee. lull it would cost more, hence our “ »w If our cmtnciluien won't stand ic will remember them In llie fu- c are glad otir mayor will lienr of the |»cop!c when our council- fc.11 ignore us. Sincerely yours. w W. II. DORSEY. 1 One of the Commlttccmeu.) |n the land where V/E WERE DREAMING. I The following, which Is considered one of fh»* most Iwnnttful of all the poetns elicited Kv the late unhappy war. Is forwarded to i.y a correspondent at Lexington. It — rrltton by a young gentleman of tbo Whose modesty alone has prevented him from attaining a national reputation a pod. and who has never, save In a single instance, appeared 111 print before: DOCTOR” CHALLENGES ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE PROHIBITION ELECTION visions: ail, they were ms liodllko children whom nor death, •r threat, nor danger drove from Honor's path. In the land where we were dreaming. ’road were our meu, ns pride of ldrth •■mihl rentier; violets our women, pure and tender; And when they *|K»ke. their voice did In the land where we were dreaming, uni we had graves that covered more of |Thnu ever taxed tradition's ancient story; And In out* dream wo wove the thread «»f principles for which had hied •TIhuibIi in our land we hail both bond and fro-. both'tvero content, and so Clod let them Til envy coveted our land _ And those fair fields our valor won, llbn little rucked we, for we still slept on la the land where we were dreaming. hr sleep j^rew troubled and our dream |l: i meteors Hashed across our Heaven’s field; < rlmsott Mic moon; between the Twins Itnrbcd arrows dr, and then begins x-h strife ns when disorder's chaos reigns, In the laud where wo were dreaming. ‘Mown from her suullt heights smiled Lib erty Am1 waved her cap In sign of victory— The world approved, and everywhere Except where grow led the Russian I tear, Tn*- g»od ( the brave, the jast gave us their In the laud where we we re dreamlug. * 'Vi- fancied that a government wn* ours— «linlleuged place among the world’s ■neat |Hiwer«; "’•< talked of Rank, Commission, I'atlINo lifelike grew onr vision. Tit:*i he who dared to doubt, but met de- riaion la the land where we were dreaming. I'Hikcd on high; a banner there was "’ic-c field wub blanched and spotless In It* sheen— ' • hlvalry's cross Its Union (tears. And vct'rnus. swearing by their scars. »""“d they would Iteor It through a hun dred wars. In the land where we were dreaming. gntlicrlug up a thousand s;tears wept across the Held of Mars; i*vl farewell and walked beyond To the Editor of The Georgian: * *®Ight have accepted an equally good Impulse to commend your edtto- 5?: " Sl . l . m p * Jone » and Thomas E. Watson, and quite all your public ex pressions, as I now accept the oppor tunity to speak against the editorial tn The Georgian and that later In The Constitution on the whisky question. It takes the courage which strong conviction gives to challenge opinions from the two such moral sources as the editorial pages of The Georgian and The Constitution. The article from the nrst Is misplaced. .The Constitution article Is before ine. I wish Dr. W. B. Parks’ article In Sunday’s News had a wider reading. It mildly puts a vast and surprising truth In Informing us that the barrooms are perpetuated by our church members and our prohibi tionists, who consume vastly more whisky in their dally respectable “two or three drinks” than Is consumed by the revelling and debauched fallen among us. This was a great surprise to me— that more whisky Is sold for said med ical purposes to respectable people thun Is consumed by the barroom habitue— when I learned that It was absolutely true. Then I fear I understand why there is so much lukewarmness among our representative business and church men. I know one doctor who still prescribes whisky frequently. He doesn’t read his results and the times, and It seems good to hipi. I knew one who told a young boy that cigarette smoking would not hurt him—himself a constant smoker. May his many good works only survive him. And so, many prohibitionists are, therefore, lukewarm. Perhaps they would prohibit bad whisky to excessive drinkers. Then they are hardly safe converts. All whisky Is bad. all Is poison. One must reform himself be fore* he can reform the world. These half-hearted prohibitionists are among the intelligent, best and moral citizen ship. "The truth will make you whole” is a .saying worthy of all acceptation. Truth Is the supremest religion. May we ever seek It, and. In this Instance, untrammeled by fashion of belief and tradition. The truth is that whisky Is a uni versal poison, and has so been passed upon by every man who has given any attention to the subject. It doesn’t stimulate the heart, as Is easily proven by the sphygmograph. an Instrument made to detect accurately the heart beat tracings. It causes heart fatty de generation. It Irritates the heart and weakens It. It does not warm the body, as Is shown by thermometer. The cause of the deception to the person's feeling Is that whisky causes a par alysis of the little nerves controlling the skin circulation, allowing the extra flow of blood to the flush of red nose and cheek and surfaces and giving warmth to the skin where we do our feeling. The blood chilled returns in ward to the more vital organs and the real body temperature is lowered while we feel warmed. Every experi mentation on all forms of animal life shows that in proportion as alcohol Is taken into the system does life ; suc-> cumb to ail other forms of poison or disease, snake-bite Included, which sometimes gets well In spite of treat ment. Wo have long known that our patients were In greater danger from pneumonia, typhoid fever and other diseases In proportion as our patients may have been imbibing alcoholics. For ten years and more no article has been written and no prepared pub lic address has been made upon the subject of alcohol but to condemn it. Years ago the doctors of Colorado and Arizona, where our consumptives And their best climates, learned that whisky was the consumptive’s great enemy Instead of friend. It Is as uni versally bad ns fresh air and sunshine are universally good. Some men seem to suffer little by Its use, as some get on without the life-giving fresh air and sunshine. Athletes and armies have learned that they do not prevail when they use It. . . Make your test sensitive enough, and the man who runs may rend. It be longs to the fallacies of the past, (dong with blood letting, sheep saffron tea. and when they allowed xvater to fevered patients In teaspoonfuls ut Infrequent Intervals. . . .. And we all agree that nine-tenth* of all crimes, including the unmention able one, and therefore nine-tenths the nud leave to providence to adjust the bis* with the owner whom he could not find. If n mail has money that he has acquired by wrong methods or dishonest method* mid gives It so ns to purchase the protection or churches, schools, legislature^ and • courts, there Is a serious talut Irf lilui. . Jgure still | a ,„| |f those men or Institutions accept rved each Individual 1 m „ney knowingly, the taint Is con- veyed to them. But that la not 11 gift of charity, hut a mere “bribe, and should 1h» so regarded i Hi «.f grandeur, clothed with power, "dl-poised, erect, ho ruled the hour 'a stern, majestic swny—of strength hi the land where we were dreaming. " Idle great Jove, In bronze, a warde ' az “d eastward from the forum where he st.Mld, t<ii,1,. f,.|t herself secure nud free. s, ». "Richmond's safe,” we said, w wakes the soldier when the alarm calls— ‘ v •■ike* the mother when her Infant cull*—» starts the traveler when around •H* 1 steeples couch the Are bells sound— ,""W" our nation In a single bound the land where we were dreaming. A request to correct a MI3TAKE—TAINTED WEALTH. , — printer pats a word lu my month H' I did not use. It Is only one word, r n ’dnee I have read Dr. White’s state- ■nHit in The Georgian of Tuesday. 1 am that the mistake 1* too Important to pass uneorrectod. ■ *»; report of Friday’s meetlug says that 'al'l: "Wealth la always tainted. ’ J <111 not say that. I said that "It Is not to seek the opinion of men of !,.”*"h and Influence to determine whether '“"y attempt a reform like this, for, a* * knoffn ’ 'capital Is always timid. »>»*•» of Influence at#- always easily *riKbt* ned. Reform movements must And '“•i! iiiltir.tlve and seek their leaders ' , the common people.” This was t in W HMI* speech as an objection » »hc - onimunlcatlon from Dr. White that na. i.#* n to that meeting. We «aq overwhelming evidence that Christian people of Atlanta are clamoring a. . iHlvemnce from the Honor business. jV-’ 1 'hat evidence outweighed the show- taade hy Dr. White. It Is not my pur- 1 to re argue the matter here. .ii ‘ ,I U, ‘ * a y : * onl rather Inclined to *• r '*dlt tb e importance of so-called “taint- 1 money." 1 don’t think that the taint .'**ry far Into the substance of the ,r If a man finds out that he has 'hat does not belong to him. It Is ••uty t,» restore It to the rightful own- •• o he mn. If lie keeps It. the taint - “ him. nnd not to the money. '* .T. L. D. HI1.LYE It. Atlanta, fiu.. November - 21, 1906. OUR WORLD. By Calvin F. Carlton. We stood alone In n world our «wn- Aud swiftly the moments flew— But measured time Is ever a rhyme On a theme that Is never new. W> stood alone In s world our own- And pearls were drops of dew— But pciirls nre tears. If. In after years. Our dollar* sre just n few. We stood atone in n world our own— And love wns purest gold- But gold Is dross, when, of ter a loss. We sigh for the days of old. We stood alone In n world our own- And a kiss opened heaven * gate— But heaven Is bell If after the spell Our bonk account Is up to date. AS TO DEMOCRACY. To the Editor of The Georgian. Today's editorial Is seasonable- finals, ion ask "Where Does Democracy Stand.* WV answer, Genuine Jeffersonian Deinoc- racy stands pot. but the party holding the once honore«I name has about exhausted It self trying like the wicked to atom! 011 slip- ,M K"or l ‘ l t1i'o in»t thlrty-Br.. ..r forty yoar. It ho. Iho-ii n party of folio' protonjo. Ju»t before olwtlou, profoMliitoiMI proniUlii* to wrvo the Intere.t of tha*io| , olf,tle maowa. r rlartiolih It I, the ilevotcl olave of the plutoerntlr el«««e«. Sow. I mu (tod that, ae yonr adltorjnl Indleatea. the people are beromlng Intelll- e..,.t na moulfe.t«Iby_ the lme N-wJork pend. - . idl'd nnd tiled. Tht-ie "ate'a few Uonent. talented mid ahle atateamen In erery mate of the union who. nopt In parly n(filiation, are lu ner- feet neeoril. Why enn’t hey lay flalde th. lr partlamiablp In the Imereai of pn- trlotlam nnd tonelher slnnd na n ntoue wnll aaaluat the onalanglit of Wnll mreei an 1 .1?.. .-..I.,, fmm lee n m coat of running our police and court departments, nre cauaed by alcohol. Now nothing of the little I have raid can be denied and.the conclusion of It all, npeins to >ne to be that we are not yet properly and truly acquainted with alcohol or that we have learned to en dure. pity and embrace this greatest source of wreck and ruin, of blight and blast, that Infects our else far happier land nnd homes. There may be those who are moral cowards itnd need a Joan of Arc to lead them forth. The public mind has been enlightened much in the last ten years. Moral manhood has developed much, too. The Btate Is far ahead of Atlanta, which community is paying Its penalty, and shows most need on this question. We try to think we are proud of At lanta. To the man who begs the question by saying that prohibition does not pro hibit; that he knew or heard of some one who got It nil the sly, I would say: I had a school mate. He and I, as college cadets, drilled and paraded in uniform In Atlanta, when General John B. Gordon was Inaugurated as governor of Georgia. He was a bright senior, and, with several others In our com pany, that day took his first drink In the Kimball house bur. Ho died from drink a few months ago In our state insane asylum, leaving the proverbial (Is it just a joke?) widowed mother and sister now living In Atlanta. We young college boys found easy, attrac tive entrance to the bar. Only the In itiated find the blind tigers. Those needing protection most get It. Shall we go slow? Sentiment has grown apace these recent years. It': comings, why delay It? Would any un pleasantness caused by a prohibition election compure to the debauch of our city every day and night of the weeks and months of nil the years? If the re cital is an old tale, If the police dockets cease to impress its, lf-will at least be Interesting and a bit of Information If you will be around town after the bar rooms turn them out every night at 10 —front then until 12 and on. The cam paign will be one of enlightenment, I suppose, and that Is good If prohibition hnppened hot to'prevail. It must be regretted that some of the lenders we usually see leading on In all noble en deavor have struck an attitude and led an alarm on this great question. As Jerome, of New York, said, ‘‘The Christian people and churches of this country could easily effect any reform they want If they wohld unite and agree on what they want and direct their efforts In a business way.” Ah. there’s the rub! Elders, deacons, stewards and even a few of our preach ers, are known to take their toddy, yes, regularly: that means habit. And there's not one of them whose con science doesn't condemn him for every drink he takes, whether It be Peruna or medical w'lilsky. Which he takes for his stomach’s sake. Whisky as treach erously deceives the gentleman drinker as It does his wretched brother, who, with a few drinks, feels himself rich without a cent In his pocket. The absolute conclusion of It finally is drawn right here, that the Achans In the Camps will defeat their reformation or cause to prevail the cause of sobrle- -ty, of manhood, of protected woman hood, mothers and happy homes and the kingdom of righteousness among men. The home Is the unit of the com inunlty nnd state. I’ve Just heard ’"twould ruin the town”—by what reason. Is never ex plained. I'm willing to lose a large portion of my practice—and It causes very much of every doctor's—for the sake of happy homes. It would put the practice of law to ruin, but they could go to preaching. The rum-sellers could get themselves belter Jobs. LATER: Since Dr. John E. White's Investigations show that the higher churchmen lack In conviction or In courage to win this fight, It may best be given up. We have admired no more valiant and effective fighter for good than Dr. White. We feel sure that all right-hearted men will help the fight or crusade if the rank and common-citi zens, who suffer more Immediately and closely, declare that today Is the ac cepted time nnd every day till truth and virtue prevail. DR. E. C. CARTLEDGE. its Is, regardless of post party n If Illations, under the nnuie of Jeffersonian, nnd under the linnner of Mneoln, "of. by nnd for the people,” what a breaking up of eonniy nnd stale rings would result, and then bow glnd we would be. November 12. 190*. PARKER. trtotlsm bind s'l'idThe"Voice from Ireland on **h*i’wt raih *r hmulllntlng to lietong to s pony that —“ * ” ** tlonnlly e r in offscourings of reunion "'I Uiel the owner, ijien let him give Tnmumny? . - . •h- lg>nl'i work to some honest way. If such s retting together or rt.ni iiuuv INDORSE6 THE MAGAZINE VIEW. To the Editor of The Georginn: I hnve Just received in "The World Today" your article, "The Tragedy of Atlanta,” with a great deal of satis faction and pleasure, I mark this personal for the reason 1 have no ambition to ltnsk In the "lime iight,” for the reason (I am sorry to say) the truth Is not always found there. It seems to me that you have taken a stand upon the high plane of reason, and I congratulate you. When a peo ple try to eolve social problems pollll cally they should, If they desire to suc ceed, conform to "natural laws." This you have made plain. If you hnve the time and disposition, 1 would like lo have your opinion upon the Increase of'this hideous crime by the blacks of your section. Do you Itnd that those of vlrlous habits arc the younger ones, who have mixed blood In-their veins? It Is well know n that you cannot mix' the blood of different s|>ecles In the human race without dire results. The Increase of this crime Is In greater ratio than the Increase of popu lation. So other causes must be looked for. If true that mixed blood Is one iff or the cause Of tills increase, then there can be but one solution—separate the blacks from the white. How this Is to bo done? Ask some one that’s wise. Pardon me for intruding on your time, but this problem le of interest to me and I desire to be Informed. If you will send me your weekly or semi-weekly, that carries your edito rials, I will remit SOFTNESS TOWARD THE LAW. To the Editor of The Georgian: Permit me uh a private citizen, who has watched with the greatest concern the Increase of crime in our state and country, to suggest to you the danger to the public lurking in such as your editorial of the 1st Inst, on "Boley Dan iel’s Pleau." You are notSUone guilty, indeed it is but the spirit of the times fnat/has captured the humble and the mighty alike and that* voices Itself through your eloquent pen. This case, as you yourself say, has beon passed! upon by a Jury, has been approved by tne judge, and now you want him pardoneef because, forsooth, he does not confess, und because* hls old mother loves her boy and does not believe him guilty. I doubt if one In a hundred of the felony convicts In the state penitentia ry will admit hl« guilt; and of course the good old mother of each of them knows her son to be Innocent. I have no personal knowledge of this particular case, and for that, matter have^o particular case In mind. Their name Is legion. My personal Interests ns a lawyer are opposed to the views I here express, nnd I speak because some one must speak, as it Is high time that something be done to arouse the pub lic to stay the flood tide of crime that Is sweeping over our land. It is only by the certajn enforce ment of the punishment by law pro vided that we can hope for abatement of the terrible record which we ore setting before the country. It Is not the severity of the punishment pre scribed, or the severity of that Imposed, but the certainty of punishment, that best serves the purposes of penal statutes; and In the present state of the public mind the fact Is overlooked that Justice Is the twin sister of mer- cv, and that both alike are attributes of Deity. As the boat, not by one, but by both onrs Is sent gliding on Its \tay, so the best Interests of society are ad vanced only when both justice and mercy ure dispensed with equal h®nd; and when the authorities of a great state in showing mercy to the convict weaken not the strong arm that pro tects the innocent. I do not, of course, desire in any manner to, prejudice this particular case, and I have ffom time to time postponed sneaking lest I be charged with a desire to influence action in some special instance, but there is no Intermission, and I know no better time than the present. Though a lawyer, and as such sometimes called upon to ask for commutations (and there are, of course, proper cases for the exer cise of executive clemency), as a citi zen I deplore the record which the prison commission Is making In releas ing and mitigating the sentence of men convicted of crime by Jury cir cuit nnd supreme court. ‘ It 1h largely the principle upon which the Queen of England acted In refusing oardon In a notable Instance, though the application was urged by several successive presidents and all the pow ers of our nation, that has made EnK- lund's record In the matter of homicides so different from and so superior to our own. For ours we Americans should hang our heads In shame. nt course, as a private cltlxcn, I sympathized with the English prisoner, as also I sympa thize with Holey Daniel, and 1 merely refer to these eases as Illustrative. What 1 here say implies no reflec tion on the distinguished gentlemen that compose the prison commission. They are but voicing the preeent senti ment of the public mind. The morbid sontlmentnllty of our good people Is at the present time, in my Judgment, moro prolific In breeding crime than the evil surroundings of the vicious. This Is a strong statement, and yet I believe It true. Through sym pathy for some guilty prisoner nnd hls relations. It Is common to throw down the restraints of the law nnd thus en courage many another, still guiltless, to despise the law and disregard the property lights and even the lives of many future Innocent victims. Thus the law Is ravished by sympa thy, morbid sentimentality and same- times even by the attractions of a pret ty face alone: while (Justice hangs her heed In shame as she Is dragged about the bar of her temples, ns pluyer upon a stage, to amuse the populace; and lo! when the curtain falls the criminal, whom Justice had condemned, emerges almost with the audience of hls trial; he has put off hls convict’s garb and mingles with the crowd to hoar the comments upon hls performance. This Involves no reflection on the state's able Judges./solicitor* and of- tlcera of court. They, at a rule, do their duty. It Is the nulllflratlon of their efforts that makes a farce and a travesty of their best work. We Inveigh against the law's delays, and then, when not the nccuned. but Justice, has successfully run the gaunt let, the costly uinusement of the public ended, Justice Is polloried, the crfnvlct goes free and crime stalks abroad to provide more entertainment for the morbid. My dear Mr. Graves, I do not mean to read you a lecture. 1 admire the generous sympathy from which Mows the Impulse to grant- pardons. I write because I realize your very greut pow ers, and my object will have been at tained If you will but onco take hold of this momentous/issue. If I have been very tiresome, you hnve only yourself to blame, for you gave me reason, In advance, to presume that you would pardon me too. With kindest regards, 1 am. ERNEST C. KONTZ. Atlanta, Os. HE FA VORS SEPARA 7ION AS THE ONLY SOLUTION OF THE RACE PROBLEM T(f tli** Editor of Tho Goorzlsn. I suppose every mat), xvnlte ami blsckt who think* at all. bus thought of nnd is still thinking of the race problem In the United Stale*, for It !■ national, nnd the nation will have to solve It. Much ha* bceu written and spoken on tht* vital question, nud innnv plau* hare l*e»*u sug gested for Its solution, for every one recog* and ears to hear, and who I* not biased by n Melfluh motive, know* that race antagonism and hatred Is greater now than ever, nnd that this condition I* grow ing by day nud by ulght. How long pres-, out conditions can lust without bringiug disaater to the block innn, God only knoxvs. In view of these fact*, ought not the greatest mind* of lioth races give them immediate and earnest attention, and try to solve this question for the* best Inter ests of the white man nnd the block man. Many nilstukea lmve Ihmmi mode in the past bv both races, but these mistakes hnve Tni-ified the atmosphere somewhat, oud ~ Many nave thought that the education of the negro would solve the problem, nud so lift up nnd fit him for «-lti*enship, that all race friction would disappear, nnd millions of dollars hnve been spent, Imt the same antagonism exists. Home say that Christianity must bring peace nnd happiness to these divided and totally different rares. The land Is full of eburenes, nnd prreehers of both races, and they have fulled to bring peace nnd hnr- inmiv. One does not have to go very far to find the reason for the failure of both education and Christianity In solving the qtiestlou. The cause is natural and (.<*1- mnde. nud can’t be changed lu this world. In the dlscnaslou of this question It is not necessary to mention the horrible Crimea of the negro, only to any. that they augment the ever-increasing antagonism and hatred of the races. Another solution of this All-Important (jusitlou Is offered and ably presented by lion.* John Temple Graves and others, ninong them the negro bishop, Ij. M. Tur ner—that Is. separation. Send the negro hack to Africa, where he can ha' - chance to grow, develop and goveru «nu- self. This would be fnlr and Just to the negro, and It would relieve the white nmn of an unbearable burden. This can lie done by the national government with case whenever the white race desires It. I be lleve that many of both races nre com lug to see that separation la the only per mu nent, peaceful and Christian sotutiou of the raco question. In furtherance of this idea. I would suggest that England, France. Oermnny ami Italy, who own Afrl can territory, mfght aid the United State* iu deporting the uegro to Africa, n* ho would bo a great help to them in civilising the xvlld tribes. When our people are ripe for this move ment, cotigress might pas* the necessary laws, and have our embassadora to the almve governments Instructed to present the matter for their consideration and help. There Is only one other solution of thl* question. It Is too terrible to think of, yet we must face It, nnd avoid It, If wc nre a Christian people. It is the extermlnntlon of the negro race In the United Htates. With one million emigrants annually pour Ing Into this country, besides the natural Increase by birth, It will uot bo many years before it Is full to overflowing with white men. and competition for existence will be tierce, and there will be uo room for the negro. He wilt not hare standing i. Then It will be a survival of the it. Before these awful times come upon us, lot ns be up nnd doing, both white nnd black. Let us sgltate, plan siul work for separation as the only means near future. ALEXANDEI BCK. HOW PROHIBITION CAN BE OBTAINED SURELY AND,PERMANENTLY To the Editor of The Georgian: I am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet, but I know a plau thnt, if It Is carried out to tho letter, will effectually bring about prohibition In Atlanta, nnd not only that, but It will be permanent Ju»t to long n* th« plan Is strictly adhered to, nnd besides th« purposed plan will obviate all contention nnd disturbances In business thnt Is so much appreheuded by those who nre con servative. I suggest this plan wltnout fear or favor of the whisky dealers,.either wholesale or retail, ns I also do without fear or favor from the extreme or conservative prohlbl tlonlsts. ' will come down to plain facts thnt are poses or otherwise, for oue year, prohibition will be so near attained that an election with all of the objection* ns to the disturb* slices in busluess, etc., would be absolutely unnecessary. This may seem to be an easy proposition, Inasmuch ns It Is believed that many, even Inehrlates. would lie vote If the test was made prohibition In an clectlou, but by a little reasoning process It can be shown thnt Inebriates who are periodical drinkers do not contribute as customers a* much substantial aid to the whisky traffic a* oue might think, for nu nvernge it will take one gallon and a half for those who get on a INM-Iodlcnl drunk to get on and off of the drank, and the time consumed will average one month, nud the average time that he will repent It Is three moatns. then we have by that class oue gallon and a half every three months of whisky consumed. Now. for every one of tboso we will have a good prohibitionist or church member who will take even as n tonic medicine three good drinks of whisky per day, which will HOW TO ELIMINATE CRIME; BASED ON PHRENOLOGY. To the Editor of The Georgian. With reference to the nrtlcle In The At* lanta Georgian of Saturday, November 10, under the head of “Tho Sociological Ed itorial," by Dr. R. R. Kim, It Is one of the wisest nnd most timely that has yet been offered concerning Atlanta's op portunity, her responsibility and her duty. In coDjnnctlou with which, msy I further suggest In the name of phrenology, that it Is deplorable for Atlnuta to have to sell her birthright in such a manner, as Im plied, In stamping her seal of approval upon dives and dens, by legalising tbelr operation, for the paltry sum of revenue derived, knowlug at the time when the li censes nre Issued that the city Is plactug before the i»eople, so constituted, tempta tions which they can not withstand. And when crime and licentiousness ruu riot, have her grand Jury to sidestep, that the blame for all ts» saddled upon her helpless policemen, and furthermore, ac cuse them of dlstrusffulness and cowardice and Incoinpetency, after having put upon the shoulders of one hundred and forty men sufficient volume of crime to require evil consequences of our preseut mode of legislation. We can no longer shat our eyea to the crude realities which experience has es tablished, nor can we afford to remain luactlve with such truths staring ua lu the fare. The established inode now In oper ation of treating criminals by Inflicting punishment has not been successful, but an eminent failure, and w*n all know It. Crime goes on Increasing In amount In pro portion ns piintsbmeut has tieen abundantly flclcnt for the purpose. and ara fooling themselves Into believing that they are taking It ns a medicine, let them be prohibitionist, church member or minister. I will sdmlt that to make this argument public will not meet the approval of the wblaky dealer, nnd a peculiar feature of the •Moment i* t |t will not meet the i ' roiilhltlonlsts nor church meml — stars. I mean those medicine or as a beverage. NOW. It !■ supposed that vnurvu meuiiirr* and ministers are conscientious In their nets nud deeds, and 1 fully believe thut they are, but when It comes to the qnestlon un der consideration, I am not questioning tbdr nets nor deeds, bnt rather to set n tracer after their conscience. For, Jn the face of honest scientific Investigation, it can be shown that whisky can be dls pensed with as a medicine, and more than tbit. It can be proven that nil alcoholics sre poisonous when taken Into the human system, either lu small or largo doses. Now, Jn the face of this assertion, that mu be proven If demanded. Is It uot time to send n tracer after the conscience of any church member or mlulater who uses any kind of whiskies, eveu ns a medicine? And, again, If any one, let them bo saint or sinner, permit themselves to use any form of whisky regularly or constantly, they will be compelled to not only In crease the dose, but they will have to take It at shorter Intervals In order to get the expected effect, snd It Is known rnct that when any medlclno or drug Is taken regularly or constantly, and It Is required-to Increase the quantity of the dose, ns well as to shorten the Interval of takluf It, that ths drug or medicine so taken Is forming a habit. MI1U u „ w , wtt And, again, If any oo« wlw has had any N h a te, nor bo eliminated, (»ut continue to form of whNky .prescribed for him to lie increase hy perpetuating ‘Itself as Just the coudltlou of affairs which Is so con dudve to crlmo ami licentiousness. Pro digious good awaits cither change. It Is as plain ns the nose on the fare to the criminal, who knows to the satis faction of hls own mind, that the law winks Its other eye at crime. He tees the dollar Is so close to the eye of the lawmaker that hla view Is obstructed to the threatening dangers of oar government, which leads him to believe that the sola object of the government Is money, since it la placed al>ove every other considera tion. coas«>qaently. hla sole object, re gardless of principle. Is to acquire money, to purchase any right be desires of the government. Under such conditions. It Is astonishing thnt the worst has not already befallen us. Now, should this mnd rash for money continue the sole object of man, nnd lu view of tbo fact that there Is not enough for nil to have plenty, the ultimate conse quence will be the total destruction of our government. Acquisitiveness and self-approbation afford .jo rotten a foundation for an Individual to stand npon, much less a city, a state, or u nation. Man wn 1 * created for higher and nobler objects than this. Tho pre requisite to his fullest contentment snd happiness Is not money aloue, bat due exercise of hls moral, religious and Intel lectual faculties. This direction must he given hls mind before Its desires are fully gratified and purified. No more effectual means of purifying the hearts of the people can be devised than that of purifying all public Institutions and exhibiting Justice nnd kindly affection as the chief animating motive of public men and government nieasares. Let the strong l>enr the Infirmities of the weak. Instead of multiplying Infirmities by the weakness In man. Tin* fallen must Ih* uplifted before the fullest gratification of human happiness ran lie enjoyed. Benevolence nnd morality bss Incumbered npon us -a duty to wlrely and Justly, to ourselves ami to them, administer tho affairs of the criminal and licentious, not with n feeling of vengeanc*. bnt of pity; and until this Is done, crime will not and n half gallons of the periodical drinker. Now, for each drinker who Is not a church member nor a prohllbtlonlst and does not go on periodical drunks, from good evidence there can he found a prohibitionist or a church member who drinks also us a beverage or as a medicine (which Is abont the same nowadays), who Is a constant con sumer snd will Ih* very desirable customers of the whisky traffic. Then It will be seen that those who sup port the whisky trade, let It lie either In a barroom or u drug store, nre the constant consumers, mid tue main point is that so many constant consumers think they sre taklug It ns n medicine, wbeu the *n<l fact taken ns a medicine, and that Individual feels the necessity of keeping up the said prescription, and does keep It up. you may imt It dowu that Individual Is or has con tracted the whisky habit, and the sad fact le many of them are Innocent nod do uot reellse It. It would- lm a great boon will learn to order another new hot- -Inn who first pre- dead and buried scribed It has twenty years. The tlnio has come not to talk prohlbl lion, but to act prohibition, and the moot question will be settled. If any one should doubt any of thi statements or assertions that I have made, they can be furnished with the proof, with additional foots that cau be had on de mand. W. U. l'AUKH, M.D. Atlanta. Gs., Nor. 20, 1906. ATLANTA W. C. T. U. FAVORS AN IMMEDIATE ELECTION. To the Editor of The Georgian: Our union, the Atlanta Willard Woman’s- Christian Temperance Union, held a very interesting meeting thl* afternoon. After considering, with great picas ure. the splendid reports of the two great conventions, namely, the World’s W. c\ T. IT., held In Tremont tenfple, Boston. Muss., October 17-23, und the National W. T. IJ., held in Parson’s theater, Hartford, t’onn., October 26-31, we came lo the t?oncluslon that "we are the people,” und wondered why other folks, especially newspaper folks, not seem to think so. We decided that It Is perfect nonsense for a lo^ul- union In the great city of Atlanta, Ga.. which I* auxiliary to both the World and National (throughIts state union), to remain quiet, while all this newspa per pow-wow concerning a prohibition election Is going on. and the dear peo. pie, who read the said papers, are be ing so desperately agitated that there Ih no telling Just what* will happen. We must have a hand in it, for our motto Is. "Agitate, Educute, Organize,” and e must live up to It? Beside, we are full of "the Atlanta Spirit,” and. there fore, compelled "to blow our own horn.” have fell really hurt because nobody naked ua for our opinion os to whether It would be best to wait until —, ... o .the legislature met nnd passed a state I hope that you will receive strength prohibition bill, but attributed It to the and courage. ;bat you may show the fact that we are classed with crhiu- way out. With kindest regards, J nais. Idiots and lunatics. Put now "the Most respectfully, Atlanta Spirit” moves us. and we are JOHN R. WHITESIDE, M. D. {anxious und willing to let everybody Jhlorldc, Arlx., Nov. 1, 1906. know oily rtand on this vital question. I am authorized by the Atlanta Willard Union to tell four readers, If you will kindly give this article space, for, as I said before, the W. C. T. U. are great folks, and a large number will be pleased to hear about us. Now, please don’t throw this com munication In the waste paper basket, us you did when I tried my best to tell you how rejoiced wfe were when the sa loons were closed after that dreadful riot on September 22, Just two months ago, when Mayor Woodward and the council declared, by thnt well consid ered action, that the open saloon is a menace to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness of the people of the city of Atlanta. If It was then, why not now? But It Is funny how "ugltated” some folk* do get when women folks want to air their views, or the negro Is sus pected of wunting to vote. Both must ! be suppressed at all hazard. And this Is a republic? I've been encouraged by reading Dr. Len O. Broughton’* admirable article in this afternoon's Issue of your most admirable to try once again to tell you and your readers how this organized body of women think on this subject which af fect m every woman and child in Fulton county; which J* to decide whether the homes anti all their loved Inmates arc to be protected from the consu ming outrage of the drunkards with in their hallowed precincts; which is to decide whether we shall have more rlotn or not. Dr. Broughton says this much played for and long delayed prohtblton election Is on, and that "the people are to be heard." If that is true, surely we, the W. (*. T. U., "the peo ple.” will stand a chance with you, who will not for love or money Insert a liquor advertisement In your clean paper. We are more than 200,000 strong In the United States and thirty, one different nations, each reporting activity In work for God and home and humanity, were represented in Boston In October. Every one of those wom en are like our local union for which I stand today—always, every day In the week (Sunday not excepted) for a light aguinst the liquor traffic. Certainly we all want state prohibi tion, first, last and all the time, and we trust "our most prlnclpallst” breather* and business men are not mistaken In their belief that the next legislature will give It to us. We believe the men who voted so unanimously for Mr. Hoke Smith, who is still part owner in the finest barroom In the state, with a "gal In the fountain” attachment, will not tie very likely to Instruct their repre sentatives to vote for a state prohi bition bill. If percliauce the measure should ikiss the house and senate* we believe Governor Hoke Smith will never sign It. Why should he, by the scratch of a pen, deprive himself of a charity fac tory? Believing all this to be true, a; women see It, for we have had much experience and understand "men and their manner*," we, the member* of the Atlanta Willard W. (’. T. U. un equivocally Indorse Dr. Broughton, Dr. Holderby and all the rest of the brave men who want to cull a prohibition election In the spring, and we are will, ing to let state prohibition take care of Itself. We remember the fate of the Willingham bill. We believe It Is easier for the legislators to be bought by liquor money than for the voters of Fulton county to be bought by the same. We nre sorry the men who have this at heart did not try to huve this elec tion to keep the saloons closed, and we think a great mistake was made. I was requested to say that a mistake was rnudo when It was stated at the meeting last Friday that the W. C. T. U. was divided on the subject of call ing for an election. We are first, last and all the time ready for a tight. Don’t forget that we want the Trail of the serpent wiped from the face of the earth. Respectfully, MRS. M. L. M’LEXDON, President Atlanta Wfllard W. T. C. U. 8IX MINISTERS DIE DURING THE YEAR. Increase by pernetnattn* 4 punishment for the Iniquity of oor trans gression of flx<Ml moral laws. I venture thnt erery criminal, npon hls restoration to liberty, under the present plan, is a more confirmed criminal lo bis very nature than he was upon entering servitude, ami hr Is not so by desire, bat so by the force of law and Justice under our sdmlnlstratloa, which means onr de- * sire to force npon him environment* by which association will mnkc known to him every crlmlnul nrt on reronl nud some not recorded: thereby petrifying a criminal of him. thnt we mlxht have another for onr policemen to apot itnd hound down; to be drlren back for an offense more serious tluin the first after having taught the pro fession to nnothcr. Hend oar sociological representatives to our places of ronfinenient to ore If this Is not true; also send them to such cities us lllmilnghnni, etc., where eonvlct labor Is turned loose among them, homeless, friend- little morals l»een stifled, no words of lo bump affected self-esteem, and self approbation, which haa nothing to offer but scorn am) suspicion and slander, with nil Its free advertise ment. nud Is ever |M»luted out by uiau. Is forced bark to the same stamping ground for something to eat, * place to much good, and wondering Ionic crime with oar feet while we manu facture It with our head and hands. Some suggest to ask the Lord to help, while wa show contempt for Ills moral Institutions. Don’t think we can fool Him that way. But we abould do our part, to tiudo that which we have done wrong, and l»e sure to start right next time. It Is a scientific fact that no ni-n. how ever inferior or depraved hi* tempera ment or mentality may be. bnt what hla constitutional organlsiii can lie Improved by the proper cultivation; however hopeless hls condition might lie, he can be rendered a moral, accountable heiug. for which he was created. I stoutly nfflrm this, and furthermore affirm that If a man so consti tuted van not lie thus euiiohled, moral and Intellectual training. In connection with discipline, has pounds the plan Special to The Georgian. Spartanburg, 8. C„ Nov. 24.—*^here have been more deaths among the Methodist ministers of the South (Taro- linn conference during the past year than ever known in the history of South Carolina Methodism. The large death rate In the conference has caused wide comment and when memorial ser vices are held by the conference next week special mention will lie made of the great death rate. During the past year death lias claimed no less than sis ministers of the conference, all of them in active service and prominent members, of the preachers who have (Kissed away during the year may be mentioned: Rev. «J. A. Clifton, D. D., Rev. A. J. Stokes, D. D„ Rev. \V. A. Rogers, Rev. J. W. Humbert and Rev. N. L. Wig gins. BRYAN’S CHANCE SLIM, THINK8 SENATOR BAILF.Y. Hporlal to The Georgian. Jackson, MfW*., Nov. 24.—Senator Halley, of Texas, who was called to this state by tho Illness and death of hls »o worth. Phrenology ex- by which this can be doue. man nor men, upou any ground of reason, run disprove It. Let ns establish government schools and churches In connection with farming or manufacturing industry, or both, ou one of our adlncent IsJnuds. with the most rigid discipline, and by seclusion and appli cation. awaken cousclonsnesa In the crim- t Inal, explain to him hls ni#ntsl degeneracy, and the object of hls being there; also, that hls term of sentence depends upon Ills acquirements; then laliorkwoly work him so rnauy hours each day, and assid uously teach him so many hours, and then for oo many hours compel him to exercise the moral aud Intelleotnal Instruction re ceived. l>tj *iwfug received sufficient cul tivation, to test hls consistency* snd strengthen hls faith, have him assist in teaching those not so far alvanced. nnd liefore hls Ulierty be restored, procure for him employment that he might continually know* the inducements a community offers for lit tv-abiding citisensblp. How inurh heller It wonld be to qualify him to start* life anew than the plan of Intlmldntlon. This is practical and cun Im» tnnd* self-sustaining, and will eventually eliminate crime. Test Its merits. JOEL F. ARMI8TEAD. Atlanta, Ga.. November 19, 1906. mother, confess** to his friends In pri vate conversation that he I* dubious about the success of Mr, Bryan. He believes that Mr. Bryan will be the next nominee of the Democratic party, but Is of the opinion that the govern ment ownership Idea of Mr. Bryan will be a millstone about hi* neck. Mr. Bailey did not expremt any doubt abont Mr. Bryan being the nominee of the Democratic party for president, but on the contrary’ seemed quite confident that this would be the casa. .