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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1
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LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS
RESTRICTIVE LIQUOR LAWS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It afford* me great pleasure to find
myself in accord with The Georgian,
and this pleasure I have nearly every
evening. When I am compelled, there,
fore, to disagree with you It Is all the
more painful, alhelt such disagreement
Is very Infrequent.
The proposed restrictions which I
understand the council is about to en
act are a delusion and a snare. The
effect on the minds of many people
will be to lull them Into n sense of
security and make them refuse to do
anything to dislodge the liquor traffic.
They argue that .the tralllc is under,
such wholesome cohtrol that It need
not be disturbed.',That argument-ha
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TRADE EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH
Bv M. P. HIGGINS, Worcester, Mass.
The object of this article Is to set
forth n most Important consideration
In connection with the educational ad-
vancement that Is going forward In
Georgia and throughout tho South.
After; considerable personal investiga
tion the writer Is Impressed with the
ub.oluie need of special Industrial edu
cation for a grade of young men who
ure not'able, or who do not care to go
to college or u technical school.
I have been much Impressed with tho
earnest character and mechanical abll
been prevalent th Atlanta for fifteen Ity of the young people of Georgia, and
years, and has .staved olf* every effort' sm conftnned in att.opinion formed, sey-
to abolish the traffic by local-option.
and has arrayed Atlanta and Fulfon
county against--every • effort that has
been made to.secure state prohibition.
And,' I tell you ilow. If the Atlanta
prohibitionists, allow that argument to
turn them aside from their demand for
county prohibition this time, and
thbsc restrictive measures are made,
ordinances of the city, the liquor men
will hold the City for twenty, years to
come, unless state prohibition.should
drive it out before the twenty years
have passed. . .
But the proposed legislation Is a de
lusion for the reason that ho promise
made by the present council to re
strict tlie-number at barrooms will bind
nny future, dbuncll. .The present hotly
dies with this' year; the hew council
ran rspeal that ordinance within for
ty days. If they-go-to the legislature
and hare the charter amended and put’
It In the charter, It will bind nobody.
The next legislature can strike It out
of the charter. The proposed- regu
lation has nothing In II, except- that
It Is hoped by It to stand off the pend
ing local option eleotlou.
The proposed restrictions are bad
anyway. If the city thinks that It Is
bound to provide a well-policed system,
by which Its people may buy Intoxicat
ing drinks. It ought to so gauge thnt
system ns to make its burdens fall
as lightly ns possible on the wives and
children of -poor fnen. The liquor Is
, too high for thorn now. Pure liquor
costs so much that cheaper stuff has to
lie supplied and, we are told, of all
sorts of mixtures and decoctions thnt
- are handed out as strong drink. If the
*3,000 license Is required, the price of
drinks will go up add the quullty of
liquor will go doWn. And yet the
temptation to drink will be hnnglng out
across the sidewalk In from of every
saloon in, town. And men who now
siwnd one-third of thdlr earnings In
drink will find tncjnselves obliged to
spend twO-thlrds to sirtlsfy, their crav
ings. Such exorbitant taxation Is op
pressive.
Besides that, the evil of the traffic
will still he on us unabnted. Young
men with the drink appetite nnd small
salaries vflll And In the higher price
for drinks a nsw temptation to dis
honesty. Add withal tho quantity of
liquor sold w ill not ho greatly lessened.
The necessity for strong police force
and the constant menace of riot and
bloodshed will heTiere Just us they are
now.
Besides that, the teinptntlon to run
blind tlgevs Is always greatest In places
of high license, unless tho license Is so
high us to bo prohibitive. If.there were
. no license to he paid for at nil there
tOoiflrf be no blind tigers, of course.
As the cost of license Inrrcasos the
number of blind tigers Increases. A
saloon man who pays *3,000 for the
privilege of selling liquor In a given
plare can enally maintain half a dozen
or more other places where his agmiis
can dispense drinks on the sly. He can
thus greatly Increase Ills sates with
out Increasing Ilia contribution to the
city treasury. If men are found drunk
who obtained their liquor from theso
blind tigers It Is always easy to sup
pose that they got It In a licensed
saloon. And that supposition protects
the blind llgsr from suspicion. In
. places where prohibition prevails the
blind tigers have no such protection.
; When people are found getting drunk
• everybody Is put on the trail of tho
. tiger at once.
But, my dear Air. Editor, why should
the city feel Itself compelled to provide
strong drink for Its people? Is It good
for the people? Is II right to put thy
bottle to thy neighbor's lips nnd make
j him drink also? Is It right, by high
eral years ago. when, ns one of the
faculty of the Georgia School of Tech
nology, the opportunity was open to me
to Jtlflgo of the Southern boy In regnrd
to hi* natural ability and inclination
lor ntechunjcal skill and productive In
dustry.
There can be nothing more promising
,for. these young people and for the
South than •» school softablo for boys
to Irprp mechanical trades. There la
no ionger n question n* to whether or
not such boys should have an educa
tion, but It la n vltsl question ns to
what kind of education It shall be.
There are two phases of Industrial
education which should he empha
sized. First, the practical utility of in
education of skill In- mechanical work
In preparing for the llrat duty In life,
viz., self-support', and, second, a newer
phase, vis., mechanical work as the
best mean* of Individual culture nnd
discipline.
When 1 speak'nf, manual Work as a
line of education I mean much more
than la carried In the term manual
training, Hloyd, nature study, etc., etc.,
all of which are good; but none of
them strike deep enough Into the life
of the boy to convey the best Iden of
manual work aa A channel of self-sup
port, education nnd culture.
In the first place, 1 believe mechani
cal work may profitably occupy, not
merely a fragment of tho school tlms,
hut fully one-half of the school hours
of the pupil every week: Hnd Hint the
work element may be mode so scientif
ic, exalted and Interesting that all ob
jections that momentarily arise from
the thought of drudgery, fatigue, etc.,
will vanish entirely.
In consideration, first, of the question
of utility aa an Immediate means of
trlnl school, located, gay at Atlanta, or
anywhere else In the South.
The first requirement for such
school Is earnest hoys with desire and
natural capacity for mechanical indus
trial training. After years of observa
tion nnd experience with the young
men of Georgia, 1 believe, ns a class,
they are, particularly adapted to Indus
trial lives, requiring skill, devotion and
comprehension of mechanical princi
ples. This Is especially true of the
Oeorgln country boys. It wns always a
surprise to find so much Inventive In
terest nnd mechanical skill among n
people who have had but little to de
velop mechanical ability.
The next requirement for such
school is the material and home-field
for the mechanical Industries to he
taught In the school. Lot us see what
Georgia offers In this respect. When
the following statements are made In
regard to the possibilities, the conclu
sions are based largely upon an expe
rience of twenty-eight years of teach
ing young men and boys to do mechan
ical work, and directing such work nt
tho Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
where the product of the school shops
was profitably sold In the open market
for the self-support of the school, and
where hoys hnd the best possible ad
vantages for learning, not only the me
chanical trades, but the scientific prin
ciples underlying all trades. Ths stu
dents worked with employed mechanics
of the highest skill and Intelligence,
who acted as teachers, both by exam
ple and precept. In these shops a large
variety of high-grade machinery was
produced nnd sold In the market upon
Its merit. I think that the location for
the succesaful operation of such school
shops In Georgia Is bqtter In many re
spects than In Massachusetts, and the
opportunities to develop local Indus
tries sre very superior.
To Illustrate briefly what Is meant by
opportunities to develop local Industries
where boys could be taught profitable
mechnnlcal skill: I.f't us not look
above common things. For Instance,
lake Georgia clay as a material. It Is
abundant unil excellent. Well-mudc, su
perior bricks are always In demand, an
staple In the mnrkot us almost any
product, almost ns good property as
metal or money. This product requires
knowledge, skill, labor, fuel and clay.
self-support .while In school, nnd of | In the South we should have knowledge
llnanctnl success nfter leaving school, 1 and skill In an great nbundinca bb In
let us think of a real, practical Indus- I bor and raw materials. From the same
material why not make roof tiling?
There Is no better roof, there Is no
other roof so pleasing and artistic. It
has stood the test of centuries. There
Is no limit to the demand If the tiles are
of superior quality and produced at low
cost
Stone nnd brick walls, well laid, are
most valuable and desirable In any
community. They are essential In good
building, but It requires knowledge and
skill such as can be taught In a special
trade school to produce them.
The value of the trade school In
many communities consists largely of
the Items of labor and skill. Unskilled
labor. Georgia already has In abun
dance. The necessary skill will come
from schooling of the right kind, be
cause her sons nnd daughters are nat
urally skilful and would take the train
ing readily.
In Georgia there nre thousands of
acres of timber, lands to be had for a
few dollars per acre. These lands are
covered with the best kinds of timber
and woods, suitable for useful articles,
suitable for nil the furniture ahd farm
Implements that can be made of wood
that Is strong and beautiful. These hard
woods would he obtained so near the
school shops that large freight bills
would not be Incufred. This timber Is
most suitable for chairs, tables, chests,
farm Implements; such as wheel-bar
rows, plow handles, shovel handles,
wagons and carta, wheels many of
which are needed In the neighborhood,
nnd others nre readly marketed. Every
homo In the vicinity could he furnished
with useful things made In the school
•hops. Hcliooi furniture, Including
modern desks and seats, should be a
most Important product of the South.
At present Iron very near at hand la
shipped to some distant city In the
North or West, whore lumber Is scarce
and high-priced and Where labor costs
double what one would have to pay
for the same In Georgia. And the
South seems content to buy back these
school desks at a high cost plus a largo
profit. Southern boys In school shops
and foundries could, while nttendlng
ecnool, lenrn n trade and make all the
school furniture for the entire South.
A school foundry Is not an untried
exiieriment. It Is simple- to organize
nnd to operaty, nitd no field l« more
promising, not only to'(he pupils who
learn the trade, but Cbo H la promising
nhd safe for the school shop's financial
success If properly undertaken. Fur
thermore, the foundry business Is a
most promising Industry for nny
Southern community that will develop
It wisely.
These are but a few of the things
that should be taught to hoys who
have natural mechanical ability. Such
boys nre Justly entitled to such train
ing, and the stats needs young men
with Just such mechanical skill.
The question of Industrial education
and mechanical skill for girls Is Just
as Important as It Is for boys. Domes
tic skill and Science Open a Held wide
and attractive. Industrial schools and
trade schools for girls cannot be dls-
cused here, because I wish to touch
upon an element of great vital impor
tance In the consideration of the suc
cessful Introduction of industrial edu
cation. I mean the clement of so-called
culture. This consideration In the fam
lly North or South will never be left
out when the schooling of a child Is to
be determined. Industrial training nnd
sclcntlflc manual work as a means of
Imparting culture to a pupil has not yet
had full or fair consideration by educa
tors. It Is rather a new claim in tho
sense I now wish to present It. I ain
sure that much already has been Just
ly claimed for manual training, so-
called, and It is not dlfflcut to see that
the moral and mental character of cer
tain pupils Is greatly Improved by this
training.
But the newer and broader view is
this:
Tho study of the sciences and me
chanical Industry Is aa likely to de
velop character and culture In the pu
pil aa. Is the study of language and
literature, and a life devoted to pro
ductive Industry Is in Itself better suit,
ed to produce a character balanced with
culture, efficiency and refinement than
any other life, provided other things
and other conditions of life are equal
ly favorable.
In order to come Into a correct view
of Just why this claim Is made, one
must remember that although universi
ty men ore generally, and have always
been, the cultured men of a community.
It la not by any means because they
are university men or In consequence of
the kind of work they do. They usu
ally come from homes of refinement,
and nil they gain In this respect In
college -Is not so much what they learn
from the university studies ns from
their contact with superior teachers
and their association with classmates
of equal or superior culture. "Because
we find two things together. It does
not follow that one Is the cause of the
other."
It Is of great slgnflcance to recognize
that no power In man Is or can bo
greater or more exalting than the cre
ative faculty, and that from the nature
of things there Is no employment In life
so calculated to > develop the oreatlve
power ns designing and making Useful
things.
This work of creating Is the daily
occupation of the Inventor and designer
of machinery. He constantly evolves
new combinations of motion and force,
new application of methods and means
so that with the mechanic and en
gineer the workman himself Is wrought
Into his work, and his heart goes with
the love of his work. There Is no peo
ple or land whero the possibilities of
adding culture to skill, and enjoyment
to affluent self-support, nre greater
than among tho young men of the new
South.
Before Industrial education in any
community can have a full opportunity
for success, ths parents must come to
realise that culture and character are
Just as sure . through these lines ns
THE SHIP SUBSIDY FACTS.
through any other course of training.
The time Is coming when It will bo
recognized that (he apprentice to a me
chanical trade, with all the advantages
of the education that In the future must
bo a part of his training, will stand in
the first Tanks of cultured men. Ho
cannot fail to gain great advantages
over alt the scholars tyho are compelled
to depend solely on the college curricu
lum for mental training. It may bo a
long time before the mechanic an! the
arthtamwilltn all respects stand at the
front as representatives of reflned cul
ture, but, other things being equal, his
chance* are superior simply from the
exalted nature of his work.
There are no people on earth who
have a more genuine appreciation of
true culture than the native Houth-
oriler*, and the parent who sends his
son or daughter to college feels that
the course that will Impart the truest
culture Is the one to take. So IF Is
not so very strango that we find Greek,
Latin and all that makes a crowded
literary course most popular. But this
Is also most pathetic when It Is so true
that all they naturally yearn for In the
unknown and vagtie realms of refine
ment may ns surely be attained In tho
studies and discipline of an Industrial
school properly organised and taught.
ATLANTA MORALS AND
PROPOSED CAMPAIGN
license, to extort money from the peo
• pie at the rout of the bread and cloth-
• In* and shelter and life Itaelf of the
persecuted and oppressed wives and
• suffering children, that the city may
have money to build Itself up?fBJf i
. unto him that bulldeth a town
blood and estnblisheth a city by In
iquity. They labor in vain that build
Sr u
The drink traffic Is wrong per *<
. or It Is right per *e. Which Is It
i If It Is right, then it should bo free.
• The only ground upon which restrict-
'• Ire legislation can bo rightfully applied
• fb the drink traffic Is tlmt It Is an evil
business. If It be nn evil business, tho
restrictive legislation does not make It
• good business. No amount of li
cense tax, much or little, can purify
ft. "It Is evil ami only evil and that
continually." And when good men are
persuaded to let It alone, because of
the money It pays and the restraints
that It endures, those good men are
making a compromise with sin and nre
betraying the Lord that bought them.
The agitation of the liquor question
•in Atlanta ha* aroused the state. The
prosecution of the fight in Atlanta to
a good finish will go far toward mak
ing a state law uvallable. iiut If the
Atlanta prohibitionists waver and give
way. In tile next legislature Fult«»n
county will be arrayed with quadru
pled power against a state law, and
Fulton county will largely shape the
legislation and the prospect for state
prohibition will be extremely remot**.
X*et Atlanta prohibitionists stand firm.
Call the election, make the light, carry
the county If they can. and If they get
defeated carry the fight into the legis
lature and help to drive the trartio
from the whole state. Don’t ask the
prohibitionists to relax their efforts.
Don’t talk about the enmities and hard
feelings that a prohibition fight might
engender. If you attend the police
court for one single week you will
witness more hard feelings, enmity anil
deadly, destructive strife, produced In
.even days by the sale of liquor, than
will be engendered In the wholj city
in the next four months by the pno-
, .teed liquor election. There Is no more
. f zurh Strife ID a liquor light thau
there U In any other election. Nobody
t„i„k- of calling off on election that
hvt for Its purpose simply the changing
.,f municipal officers, because In such
, jerries friend* are estranged and feel
ing- are hurt. It looks to me Ilk; Jty
nr to contend that we should tol
existing evil* to avoid the strife
„f an election to mitigate or remove
t "“" 3. L. D. HILLYER.
I* k—If Atlanta prohibitionist* low
In the pending contest, it will be be-
, lit-, the negro vote will go for liquor.
If that happens. It will make great
stride* toward finishing the coffin that
i- now well under way In which negro
auftiege will be butl'-d.—J. L. 1>. IL
T*» tho Kditor of Tilt* Oeorgion:
Have Atlanta morula kept pace with
the Atlanta nplrlt? An humble Atlanta
exile, nnd one who In optlmlHtlc,
would rejoice to think ho.
Only <i abort distance removed from
the dimt and din of her dally life, it
Ih barely pnaslble thi^i one might nee
With clearer vlnlon » and hear with
keener ability to dlnttnguinh noumlH
than when Immcrned In the midst of
her t^emidg i^‘th*ltien.
From the point t>f view of forty mile*
dlntance your humble writer ha* been
observing our proud capital city with
the eyen and earn of a Jen bum iuvi
a non regarding hin mother city.
Neither In it alone through hin
eyen and earn thnt ho cntchen the
drift of the metropolis, but every wind
wait* echoes of it; every outgoing
train, every villager returning brings
tidings of her,.
Perhnps Romo never stamped her
Impression mom indelibly upon the
empire than Atlanta has done upon
her surrounding towns, villages and
humlots. As goes Atlanta,**o goes Geor
gia.
Has an ouUldcr untight to do with
Atlanta? tfho Is our capital city, our
pattern metropolis.
What do these myriad voices nuy of
her?
First, In the realm of human kind
ness, there seems to be a gradual clos
ing of the lacteal ducts. This harden
ing Is noticeable more than ever in
th.> Inhumane treatment of domestic
animals.
Where could there he a more terri
ble purgatory for dumb brutes than be
tween Ihe shrift* of delivery, milk and
lie wagons, backs and drays in At
lanta?
In the suburb*, where the roads nre
heavy, distances great nnd time press
ing, delivery homes suffer all the tor
ments of the damned.
In It mere sentimentalism? By
means. It becomes a great welling up
conviction to nil eye witness that some
thing ought to be done,
"A righteous man regardeth the life
of hi* beast."
The ilugellutlons administered
half-sound nnd over-worked stock is
heart sickening.
Where I* the humane society?
ought to have representative* In the
suburbs.
Such cruelty Is innate and would
manifest itself toward any object where
the fear of the "hangman's whip*’ did
not "hold the wretch in order."
It shows It* cloven hoof in greater
ferocity than marks the cannibal, and
Is ii menuce to life nnd honor of the
people.
Second, in the real of Ideals there Is
a sud falling down.
obscenity was never more open in
Atluntu limn it was last week.
Waiting for a car on iVachtree street
the writer whs beguiled Into an ex
hibition of slot machine*. It seemed al
most Impossible to realize that this was
Atlanta and within a block of the late
nmd-cap riot. Nero’s dancing hall was
no more indecent.
This place wn* full of school chil-
dtjen of both sexes.
It Is needles* to say that such places,
made attractive with music and sanc
tioned by renj*ectable patronage art
more dangerou* foe* to purity than
haunt* of shame. If parent* would
follow their children with their tun
nies they would shudder with a great
horror.
This accustoms the eye of the young
to vice; It Is Insidious; it is debasing.
Where are the police authorities?
Third, In the godless domain of the
liquor power what do we see?
The whisky business, octopus like. Is
reaching out as never before for the
"Jug trade.’’ It wa* never more ag
gressive. Its flaming bills are seen in
every town and It* circular* are sent
in every mall into our defenseless dry
counties, fattening the liquor dealer
and swelling the revenue* of Atlanta
with the btood of our boy*.
"Woe to him that bulldeth a city
with blood!”
It is an old Htory, but never more
itlckenlng than now.
'alk of remedies! If we could see
Innta wo would have a nearly dry
state. Atlanta is the distributing center
for scoroM of alreudy dry counties.
Have we no interest, then, in the At
lanta campaign?
Where 1* our chivalry, our valor, our
Christian manhood?
TheHc evil* grow dnlty, and unavoid
ably nfroct every part of the city’s
varied life. One can almost imagine
there Is a lowering of tone in the best
circles; more beys on tho streets;
more "knowing" children; more open
exhibitions of Indecency patronized by
the respectable.
Tho nowspapers are being swayed by
material interest; finer sentiment* s«e-
rlllced at the shrlno of mammon; the
churches presenting a pathetic specta
cle, llko Lot in Bodom, vexing their
righteous soul* from day to day, but
helpless and unable to meet the needs
of tho hour, awed if not intlmldutcd
by four of hopeless failure!
In a state of siege—afraid to go out
or eome In before the enemy!
During the period of decadenco in
the Kngllsh church prior to the Ameri
can revolution, a favorite maxim of the
clergy wa* • "non quleta moverr." I>o
not disturb the things which are quiet.
Capitulate before the enemy before tt\e
battle. What a motto and how dls«»-
lrous! I’ndcr It the church was al
ready dying.
Much less is it n suitable motto for
a church In an aggressive age, when
the enemy never sleeps. The enemy
may be trembling now for fear tho
lion will arouse himself.
Is It not high time to awake our
sleep, und, putting up one fervent,
united prayer to-God, open the battle
somewhere along the line, trust In Him
and keep our powder dry?
You can km all kinds of help to
fight ihe campaign. We certainly are a
large host who believe in the righteous
ness of the cause against ho great and
common nn enemy.
RKV. RUGKNR It. PENDLETON,
t’ovlngton, Oa.
DRAWBACKS TO IMMIGRATION.
A SILENT TOKEN.
To Ihe Kflltor of The Georgian.
I notice n profound pull is Indug made
those days to Induce Immigrants to locate
here. Now, to tny mind, there are two
serious tlrnivlmck* to the success of the
plan. The tlrst Is the cterunl prosecution*
mid imitations over the peonage matter.
This is fostered and made more liable to
mtlmie to he a trophic in Georgia hy
one of ths most drastic labor
thnt ever blotted the stntnte Iniok*
nny stnte. In fact. It is purely
Ulmpiv slavery In lb* effect*, whatever the
technicalities that will Iwnt around the con
stitution of the t'nlted State* nnd declare
the law valid. It Is a law that, followed
^^Its legitimate conclusion, will sooner
r late
vhlte
. the
frljrHte
olorcd;
ctlo
It will
nud should frighten,
Min considers long tiefore placing
Ills liberty In Its reach. Much could I**
said about it. but ll 1* known too well
to need an argument. Its (mmmI bill tie* are
denouncers; studv them well. Next. In the
rural communities where there are often
five negroes to one white pernoii. then*
may be an Inducement for the family raised
to it having their all nt stake In the farm.
I having no mean* tf “ “ g|
Embossed with figures arabesque
Wns that quaint old vase upon n»y desk.
Out of which, with modest grace,
A rose once looked Into tny fuce
As If ’twofp eager to Impart
Some secret hid within Its heart;
And—
Wondering If those tender lips
That touched fhi* rose's petal-tip*
Would e’ennore grant me tho bliss
Of another lingering kiss—
1 frit my soul within u»e burning
Amt my Mug thrill with yearning
While tuy heart grew sick with pain
Lost my thoughts nud hopes were vain,
Thus—
While tin human’s oyo was seeing.
And the moments swift were fleeing—
I tendered mnd with doubt *ft<t fear.
And Jabbering voices at my. ear—
Tim jeers of demons hovering nenV—
I besought this tiiodest rose
Her hidden secret to disclose;
Hut her silence was unbroken
Hy my words with passion spokeu.
Though my face hml all the sccmim;
of a lover sweetly dreaming
o’er tin various ways of scheming
To gain love’s hidden token.
And still—
nhredJng nil my dreaming nnd my sebetu-
And the fervor of my passion, far exceed
ing
Tlmt of all prayers prayed liefore—
So: otto word would Mis# Hose utter
Ho 1 could not help hut mutter:
"Oh, thou queen, I so adore.
Do snv something. I Implore,
Though that something
fail lie nothing more
Thun thnt awful word
A youth once heard
While hindering o’er
Home forgotten lore
On thnt unforgettable.
Yet e’er regrettable.
Dismal nnd tempestuous night of yore—
That word so oft repeated by a rnveu.
Vet never once entreated by a craven—
Thnt uweiiisplrlug, tantalizing, agonizing
Word—‘Nevermore? ”
•uie stnr kissed fairyland.
Must have touched that quaint old vase
For the rose fell gently «ti my face;
And Its tender pctnl Uns,
Pressed In mildness ’gainst my Ups,
Thrilled tny soul with eestney
they fell crushed upon the flr*r:
PA TR1CKHENR Y’S FIRST CA SE;
WON OVER THE EVIDENCE
I mac have .worn to honor evermore.
—CALVIN V. CARLTON.
THANKS FROM THE .
COTTON GROWERS’ ASS’N
To tlm Editor of Tho Goorglsn. .
I bare Imbmi ntutont from homo tu nttrim*
nnoo on onr nnntml I’onforento nt Mfllodffo-
vlllo, ami find. In loohlna throush my flies,
that I tavo ovorlpokod thanklnir you for
your splendid nrtlrle rolntlvo 10 the cotton
Grower.* AMHctatlon. 1 Join with yon In
tin' hope Hist nt tho mooting In January
.Ill'll pnllolo. will In- made ns will put
III', life Into tho organization.
With hlndO.t rognnls and boat wifbrs, I
am Blur,rely your friend.
Sparta, Gs.
JOHN D. WALKER.
„ „ . >nxngo In other
fiti.fnos., fn remain, tint with the negro
uonarf. with Hie four of the ninny, pr—
-nt ditiigor. with tho rorapstltlon
•hoap
If iuferlori nogro hilmror work-
t.rl.-k ton—in. .aw mill hand, oto.,
I, not tit" Induoomoiit for tho Inniit-
grant that othor nootlon. afford. No M.'loty
of tit. oln«» I. offorod. many times no
nohi.it. near inountli for |H.ir children to
roach, often no nolaht.ir. near enough for
tho protection of hi. women when he
goo. to town on lin.iue.a, who would lint
licltnto liofuro halving a white cnmuinutty
to nettle In n black Mr. This I. made two
fold more .tnrtlltlg to one who doe. not
know i-omtithiii. Iiy rea—m of the fact of
riots. Mg headline. In the p*|ier» and .am-
tinneif agitation, since white rolfc. he»f-
tute to enter a black belt, what 1. to lie | room for the
done to remedy cotidttfotia nud make a
clung.- for the lielter. Frankly, the mat
ter I. n puzzle. Hut H doe. tom that the
thinning of Ihe Muck Mt will help to wive
Ihe lamilltlon. nnd l.-tter tiling. Very grimi
ly. lint Ii
A Real Fog.
Front The Detroit News.
They were seated on the cracker bar
rels and soap boxes In the village gto-
ery In Oakland county town strapping
yarns.
•T saw a fog nn the Pacific coast,”
said one, "which was so thick that you
couldn't see a lantern six Inches away!"
"Pshaw!" suhl a native. "HI Jinks,
the carpenter, tells of goln* out to shin
gle a house one foggy mornln' right In
this town, an' shinglin’ four feet out
on the bosom of the fog before he no
ticed his mistake. Mario HI terrible
angry to waste ajj hour rlppln’ olf nil
them shingles! "
To the Kdltor of The Georgian
In the "Nooks and Corners of Amerl-
can History," In The Georgian of last
Wednesday, It Is stated that. In 1763,
Patrick Henry "had Just passed his ex
amination and been admitted to the
bar." and “had not yet had a case"
when he was retained as counsel for
the defendants In the celebrated "Par
sons' Tobacco C'qge."
This is ah error. At that time Pat
rick Henry hnd been In the -active
practice of the law for nearly four
years; and his fee book (still preserv
ed) shows that he had appeared In
1,1 SR cases, besides having prepared
many legal papers out of court.
It is truo that, single handed and
alone, he won for she defense In the
"Pnrsons' Case," but It Is known to
every Intelligent lawyer thnt he won
It against the evidence and over tho
plain provisions of the law, His tri
umph Is usually attributed to his mar
velous powers of eloquence, anti un
doubtedly that had much to do with
(t, but there was something behind It
all which le not generally considered.
It was the hostile character of the
Jury toward the claims of the plaintiff.
In other words, Mr. Henry had popu
lar sentiment behind him. Let me
briefly explain:
Front the earliest period of tho Vir
ginia colony, the ahurclt of England
was established by law; and, like ev
ery other Institution of government, It
was supported by revenues derived
from taxation. The local subdivisions
were called parishes, and the local of
ficers who managed tho business wero
called vestrymen.
Among the functions conferred upqp
these vestrymen hy law was ths hir
ing of the rector nnd fixing and paying
his salary. Ever since the early days
of the colony, the amount of salury had
been stated, not In money, but In to-
bacctz which was the staple of the
colony.
in 1?«R the colonial legislature passed
an act directing that every parish
clergyman should receive an annual
salary of MOO pounds of tobacco, to
he levied, assessed nnd paid by the ves
try. This act was duly approved by
the crown, and thus became n law
which could not be repealed, suspended
or altered without the npproval of tho
king. Thus was established a valid
contract for the annual payment of
1,600 pounds of tobacco, which, at the
average market price gave the parish
rector a salary or £400 sterling—then
about 12,000 In our present currency.
In 1T55, when the tobacco crop was
short, nnd the price high in conse
quence, the colonial legislature passed
an act virtually suspending the law of
1748 for ten months, nnd requiring the
clergy, at the option of the vestries, to
receive their salaries for thnt year,
not In tobacco, but In the depreciated
paper currency of the colony nt the
rate of 2 pence per pound of the to
bacco due them. This act had never
received the royal approval, and for
that reason it wus unconstitutional
nnd void. But, being shrewdly limited
to ten months. It accomplished Its ob
ject, slnco the time was too short for
the royal Intervention against It to be
of any direct avail. Tho clergy boro
their losses, not without murmurlngs,
but without any formal protest;
Three years later. In 1758, the legis
lature, with even less excuse, passed an
act similar to that of lift, Its force
being limited to twelve months. - Like
the other. It never received approval of
tho crown, and like the other, wns,
of course, Invalid; but, like the other,
It served its purpose. By this act ths
clergy were forced to accopt the 2
pence per pound In depredated paper
money of the colony, then worthless
abroad, nnd with little purchasing
power even at home, while the tobacco
which wns due them was an Instant
and advantageous medium of exchange
everywhere, and especially In England.
Tho clergy having been denied a
hearing before tho legislature, appealed
to tho government, but without avail.
They next appealed to tho crown. After
a full hearing, the privy council de
cided thut the clergy hnd "their certain
remedy at law," slnco “no court of
Judicature could look upon the Into
act (of 1758J except as ono of manifest
Injustice." So their cases were cur
ried before the law courts of the col
ony. The first case to come up was
that nt Rev. Alexander White, but the
court. Instead of either sustaining or
rejecting the disallowed act, shirked
responsibility by refusing “to meddle
in the matter," and Insisted upon
leaving "the whole affair to the Jury!"
And the Jury, thus freed from all Ju
dicial control, rendered n verdict of
"neat nnd comprehensive lawlessness"
In favor of the defendants. (See Ber
ry History of the Colonies, 1, 4D7.)
This was the stage of affairs when
tho celebrated case of Parson Maury
came up In Hanover county. The court
having before It the evldenco of the
royal disallowance of the act of 175S
"adjudged the act to be no law." (Ib.
Id). The case was, therefore, a clear
one. It only remained to summon a
special Jury on writ of Inquiry to de
termine the amount of damage sus
tained by the parson, and aa this was
a simple question of arithmetic, the
counsel foF the defense expressed a de
lire to withdraw from caee.
Being thus assured by their counsel
that any further struggle would he use
less, the defendants turned In desper
ation to Patrick Henry for help. He
accepted their retainer, and by his
shrewd management In the selection of
a Jury, and by hie marvelous power of
eloquence secured a verdict In favor of
his clients, for In the very face of the
most conclusive evidence, and contrary
to the law In the case, the plaintiffs
were awarded one penny damages."
WILLIAM L. SCRUGGS,
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30, IS06.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In reading the article In an Atlanta
evening paper of December 1. entitled,
"Ship Subsidy an Enormous Steal," I
am somewhat surprised at the lack of
knowledge there displayed.
That seventy-five steamships of 16,-
000 tons measurement would cost 140.-
000,000 Is certainly much less than they
could bo bought for In England, and at
thnt price England would be no com
petitor of ours tn the building of ships
nnd free trade In ships no benefit.
Sixteen thousand ton steahicrs would
cost more than two million (12,000,000)
of dollars each and seventy-five would
represent an Investment of over 1150,-
000,00#, If we can Induce capitalists
to Invest tlmt amount of .money In ma
terial and labor to build ships In this
country, and 90 percent of the cost of a
ship Is paid to labor, we can ' well af
ford as a nation to contribute 36,000,000
(though the bill before congress only
calls for three and a half millions), us
stated, which would only represent 4
per cent on the Investmen; or a less
inducement than some of the towns and
cities of this atate are now giving to
cotton faetoriCK to be located In their
midst, nnd the cities that thus obtain |
the cotton factories find It a profitable
Investment In their Increased trade and
the enhancement of property values In
their location.
It Is no greater steitl for the govern
ment to stimulate the building of ships
by government aid than It is for a city
to give a bonus In real estate or moqdv,
free water and free lights and exemp
tion from taxation for a term of years
to a cotton factor)- or other Industrial
enterprise.
Instead of an appropriation of six or
nine millions, as stated in the article
I allude to, the present bill calls for an
ipproprintlon of only three million dol
ors, which, If assessed as a-per capita
tax In this country, would amount to
only 3 2-3 cents per head. And -the
connections - these proposed steamers
would give between the Southern ports
and South America, Africa and the
Orient would Increase the consumption
of cotton fabrics so we could supply to
them the forty-two million' bales or
cotton which It is estimated the-world
would consume If the goods could he
delivered.
two-mlllien-bale surplus In our
cotton production has been known to
depress the value of the staple 6 rente
per pound or 330 jier bale on fourteen
million hales, amounting to a lose to
title section of our country of 3420,*
000,000, or 35 per capita for the people
of the United States.,
Would It not be well to Invest In nn
assessment'of 3 2-3 cents per capita
rather than stand a loss of 35 per cap
ita? But ns this loss falls entirety
upon the people of the South. It would
amount to eight times this per capita
to the cotton producer. He who op
poses the development of our merchant
marine and the extension of our mar
kets Is opposed to the development,
wealth and prosperity of the South.
With cotton »t good prices we pros
per. We know what 4 or 5-cent cotton
does for us.
The Cotton Growers’ Association nnd
the Formers' Union are both trying to
reduce the acreage of cotton to prevent
over-production because with our pres
ent lines of transportation our markets
are limited and a small surplus Is ruin
ous, and yet, with all their united ef
forts, tho only limit to production Is
the scarcity of labor.
The papers ore advocating foreign
Immigration, which will necessarily In
crease the labor on the farms and make
nugatory the efforts of both these as
sociations, for if they go Into the fuc-
torlee or public works they will dis
place labor there already employed nnd
drive them to farming, thus Increasing
production, making low prlcee for tin-
farmers' products, and hard times will
follow.
Would It not be the better part of
wisdom to first enlarge our markets by
both steamship communication with the
markets of consumption, thus providing
against over-production, before open
ing the door to foreign Immigration to
Increase a product—cotton—which year
by year la dangerously near the line of
over-production, and a largo surplus
means a loss to the Southern farmer?
Another million bates added to the
present crop would have dropped the
price below tho cost of production.
Let us have steamships direct to all
the markets of the world and tho farm
er will never again dread over-produc
tion and loss In raising this great staple,
of the South.
1 am not a "hired writer,” but simply
n farmer.
CHARLES L. WHITE.
A CHRI8TMA9"SUGGESTION.
To the Editor of The Oeorzlen:
Will rou give me space for a Christians
Let our Ini.y stores put up cards In every
department, the same to beer e Fiend to
this effect:
nEMBMBEK THE ORPHANS
While rod bur for rmir own little onet
WELL DELIVER THE IIOOM*.
If the stores will do thin, then let one
IIEUI.AH It. 8TEVBNH.
ste tu) hr
’-X
mrnnro thnt frlfbrtns the wblt* settler
nwny. Let them utvustom the other sec
tions tn the pri'sent'e of the negro until
Induce emigrant* U> leu re the suite w ithout
henijr lltvnses. Itenonil the law.
I set the |*4>fEli»g williams fellows cmiie
nlotu. I set them enter the Mark l«*lts
hT will tint ilrcA'l hlui so much here. Let
them make n problem wherever they rau
until the problem of the black belt will
reuse to alarm the tntiorer who would rente.
Let them u»*«'d out the ouo rlnnt (the lie-
that there may lie r»xnu for the
other (the whiten). If this would woirk a
hardship during the crop growing Reason,
make u ii open son sou; say, from Novemlier
t to Jnnunry 1. tint, by all mean*, lower
the bar* noino say that the one tuny go out
trifffe tttr other rome* In. There fit not
. . Iilte and the colored laliorer
ble by side, rfbtno solatiou In the way
f removing the overplus of the one Has*
ill have to M> adopted before the other
THE DISPENSARY VS.
STATE PROHIBITION
Why not put the fence up all the way
. 'round?
Then' 1. too many gap., too many ways
found
To DU up the cut), to fill up the can.
Tempting the will of the wayfaring man.
Through one of tbeae gape another Just fell.
The ambulance below atari!ng atralgbt to
ward hell:
Many another aiauda on the.name brink,
NEW YORKERS.
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
“New Yorkers are corkers,"
Bald young Mr. Brown,
As we sat In a well-known cafei
Their hustle and bustle have matte
this old town
The greatest of cities today.
"Bee that fellow dressed In black
over near the checking rock?
Well, that's Editor Maloney—
Let It. tighten tho ropes around the precl- fame from Phoenix. Arlsony.
the Iniquitous traffic swept out of At- free. Let them gradually th*'i oat it-
tiara th.t therv may he room for
the tide of Immigration, for It can not
lie Induced to come under the present ninff-
i,ihe.) danger, of negro labor rompetltloa.
We will either bare to continue with the
Ideeh lielH. or make them White belt, py
giving whit,- l-tt.'r r*.im t« live.
C. H. HKAZLEV
Stretching around cliff*, valley* and nil.
Let u. tighten the ropes nrooiut that which
dethroned.
Let us rail lo the *M of good brother Jone*
To marshal the force emit hla genius rare
Which sparkles like gems; there le uono to
compare.
As he turns on the light yon must dis
cern
Your welfare nt heart 1* hie concern.-.
ot at s glance.
need of the awhu-
-A. D. RIDDEN.
Not wilfully blind, you nee at s {glance.
With the rope* light, — "
to nee.
Cause Followed Effect
"Did yon notice that the ilesd man's phy-
And his friend le Flayright Grim;
K. A E. are after him.
Quite the emoothezt chap I know—
Came from Butte a year ago.
Then there's Kane, the architect.
Belt-made chap from base to dome—
Han Francisco was bis home.
That theatrical promoter
Used to live let North Dokoter.
"New Yorkers are corkers."
Bald young Mr. Brown,
As we sat in a well-known cafe;
Their hustle end bustle have mode
this old town
The greatest of cities today."
Hsr On* Retail Line.
"What hast ness is Mias (laddie tn?"
•'Oh. she's In everybody's Imalnese.
"Ah! Wholesale, eh?"
To the Editor of Tho Georgian.
of the 36th Instant thst the Iwll trrerll'
rondo 70 mile* advance towsrd the east
this last avseon. And til eiperts ssy It
Is Just ss sure to cover the whole cotton
licit In e short while, nnd IU outran! march
will b> renter and raster, the santa as tbe
t ‘olorndo potato beetle rame Month, atari lug
25 tulles per year. Incrcn.lng It* apewl to
125 miles In the aeaaon, hut n remedy tvn.
found. Although not stamping out the neai,
we still go on growing crop, of poisloea.
Juat so with Ihe cottou weevil. It I* lit
the cotton Acids to stay, nnd none or Hie
government egenrts has fonnd so avail
able remedy. It In nn en.y matter when an
Insect fee*!* eu lha leaf, bet when It de
rives Its life by suction or boring Into a
plant. It la another qne.tlon.
t have solved that problem, however, end
these Inst three seasons, during mr stay
with the late Mem P. Jonea. my ezperlnt»nta
are been aolely to get tho right propoi-.
Ions to apply lo the plant, and am Walt-
STa party to Job. .n P .ho -SW&jfc
CirteravRIe. Oa., December 3, 1306.
MY RECOMPENSE. .
If love were riches, deer, a pauper 1
n-aold be. . . ...
For ell my wealth of love I've given unto
But yet!* deer love, tbe lose 1 would ile-
For I’n'nd a recompense In the light wltbla
yoer eyes. £ , mwn ^
HJonea—Why jbe grouch?"
Panilth—My wife called me • root,
lljoneo—t'heer up. It Ssy not be trite
I'amlth-llut It le. *he proved IL »eut
and deg up a bnneb of my old lore letters
and read 'em to me.