The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, December 08, 1906, Image 12
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
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LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS
RESTRICTIVE LIQUOR LAWS.
To th« Editor of The Georgian:
It affords mo 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, albeit such disagreement
Is very Infrequent.
The proposed restrictions which I
I' understand the council Is about to en*
I act are a delusion and a,snare. The
| ? effect on the minds of many people
will be to lull them Into a sense of
P security and make them refuse to’do
I anything to dislodge thq Ifffuor trattle,
• They argue, that the traffic Is under
i* such wholesome control that It .need
I not be disturbed.' That argument has
». been prevalent 4n Atlanta for fifteen
>. years, and Iras staved off every effort
to abollsb the traffic by local option,
and has arrayed Atlanta and Fulton
county Against, every effort that has
been made to secure state prohibition.
And, I tell you how, If the', Atlanta
prohibitionists ajlow that argument to
turn them aside from their demand for
county prohibition this time, and
thhse reafrtctlye '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.
pitt the proposed legislation Is a de
lusion for the reason that no promise
mads by the ’present council to re-
strial the number of barrooms will bind
any future council. The present body
dies with this .year; the new council
can repeal that ordinance within for
ty days. If they go to the legislature
and have the charier 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 It, except that
It Is hoped by It to stand off the .pend
ing local option election.
The proposed restrictions are bad
anyway. If the city thinks that It Is
bound to provide a well-policed system,
by which Its'peoplemay buy Intoxicat
ing drinks. It ought to so gauge that
system as to make its burdens fall
as lightly as possible on the wives and
children of poor' meh.' The liquor Is
. too high for them new. Pure liquor
costs so much that cheuper stuff hss to
1 be supplied and, we are told, of all
sorts of mixtures and decoctions that
are banded out as strong drink. If tho
. *2,01)0 license Is required., tho price of
drink* will go up and the quality of
liquor will go doWn. And yet the
lemptatlop to drift* will bo hanging out
.across the sidewalk In front of every
saloon: In town. And men who now
, spend erfMJitrd of their earnings In
TRADE EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH
By M. P. HIGGINS, Worcester, Mass.
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The object of this article is to set
forth a most Important consideration
In connection with the educational ad
vancement that Is going forward In
Georgia and. throughout the South,
After considerable personal Investiga
tion the writer Is Impressed with the
absolute need of special Industrial edit-
cation for a grade of young men who
ore not able, or who do not cage to go
to ooU-ue or a t-ebnjca! school.
I have been much Impressed with tlto
earnest-charaefer and.mechanical abil
ity of the foung people.M Oeorgla, and
am confirmed In art-opinion formed sev
eral years ago. when, as one of the
faculty, of the Georgia School at Tech
nology, the opportunity wa* open to me
to Judge of the Southern boy-lii regard
to. nls natural ability and Inclination
for mechanical skill and productive In
dustry.
There can be nothing more promising
for these young people and for the
South than a school suitable for boys
|o learn mechanical trades. There le
no iofiger a question as to whether or
hot such boys should have an educa
tion, but It Is a vital question os to
what kind of educatlon.lt shall be.
There are two phases of Industrial
education which, should be empha
sized. First,' the pructlcul utility of in
education of skill In mschanlcal work
In preparing for tlm first duty In life,
vis., self-support; and, second, a newer
phase, via, mechanical work os the
drink Will: find thqmsclvcs obliged to
ttgdstplrds to satisfy their erav
spend
Inga. Much exorbitant taxation Is op.
preaslve.i '■ .
Besides that, the evil of the traffic
will still ;be on be unabnted. Young
men wlth'the drink appetite and small
salaries will And In the higher price
for drinks a new temptation to. dis
honesty. Anil withal tho quantity of
liquor sold will not be greatly lessened.
The necessity for strong pollco force
and the constant menace of riot and
bloodshed will be here Just ns they are
now.
. Resides that, the temptation to run
blind tigers Is always greatest In places
of high license, unless the license Is so
high ns fo be prohibitive. If there were
np license to be paid tor nt all there
uvtqld bo no blind tigers, nt course.
test mean* of Individual culture and
discipline. ,
Wffcn I speak of manual'work ns a
line of education I mean much mors
than Is carried in the term manual
training, Sloyd. nature study, etc., etc.,
all of which are gdod: but none of
them strike deep enough Into the life
of the boy to convoy the best Idea of
manual work ag a Channel of self-sup
port. educntlpn and culture.
Ip the first place, I believe mechani
cal work may profitably occupy, not
merely n fragment of the school lime,
hut fully one-half of the school hours
of the pupil every week; and that the
work element muy be made 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 ths question
of utility ns an Immediate means of
self-support while In school, and at
financial success after leaving school,
let us think of a real, practical Indus
trial school, located, say at Atlanta, or
anywhere else In the South.
The first requirement for such
school Is earnest boys with desire and
natural capacity for mechanical Indus-
trial training. After yearn of observa
tion and experience with tha young
men of Georgia, I believe, as a class,
they are particularly adapted to Indus
trial Uvea, requiring skill, devotion and
Comprehension of mechanical princi
ples. This Is especially true of the
Oeorgla country boys. It was always a
surprise to And so much Inventive In
terest and mechanical skill among a
people whOfhave had but little to de
velop mechanical ability.
The next requirement for auch n
school Is ths material and home-field
for the mechanical Industries to he
taught In the school. Let us see what
Georgia offer* In this respect. When
the following statements are made In
regard to the possibilities, tha conclu
sions are based largely upon an expe
rience of twenty-eight years, of teach
ing young man and boys to do mechan
ical work, and directing auch work at
the 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 boys had the best possible ad
vantages for learning, not only the me
chanical trades, but the scientific prin
ciples underlying all trades. The 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 and sold In the market upon
ts merit. I think that the location for
tha successful operation of such school
shops In Oeorgla Is belter In many re
spects than in Massachusetts, and the
opportunities to develop local Indus
tries are very superior.
To Illustrate briefly what Is meant by
opportunities to develop local industries
where boys could be taught profitable
mechanical skill: Let us not look
above common things. For Instance,
Inks Georgia clny ns a material. It Is
abundant and excellent. Well-made, su-
pcrlnr bricks are always In demand, ns
staple In tho innrket aa almost any
product, almost ns good property as
metal or money. This preduct requires
knowledge, skill, labor, fuel and clnv.
In the South we should have knowledge
and skill In os great abundance as ta
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
haa stood the test of centuries. Thsre
Is no limit to the demand If the tllea are
of superior quality And produced at low
cost
Stone and 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 tham.
The value of ttye trade school
many communities consists largely of
tho Items of labor and skill. Unskilled
labor, Georgia already haa In abun
dance. The necessary skill will come
from schooling of the right kind, be.
cause her sons and daughters are nat
urally skilful and would take the train
ing readily.
In Georgia there are 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 all the furniture and farm
Implements that can be made of wood
that Is strong and beautiful. These hard
woods would bo obtained so near the
school shops that large freight hills
would not be incurred. This timber It
most suitable for chairs, tables, chests,
rurm Implements, suctu** wheel-bar-
rows, plow handles, shovel handles,
wngons and carts, wheels many of
which are needed In the neighborhood,
and others are readly marketed. Every
home In the vicinity could be furnished
with useful things made In the school
shops. School furniture, Including
modern desks and seats, should be a
most Important product of the South.
At present Iron very near at hand le
shipped to some distant city In the
North or West, where lumber Is scarce
and high-priced and where tabor coat*
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 large
pram. Southern boys In school shops
and foundries could, while attending
school, learn a trade and make all the
school furniture for the entire South.
A school foundry Is not an untried
experiment. It Is simple to organise
and to operate, and no field Is more
promising, not only to the pupils who
learn the trade, but also It I* promising
and safe for the school shop's financial
success If properly undertaken. Fur
thermore, the foundry business
most promising Industry for any
Southern community that will develop
It wisely.
These are but a few of the things
that should be taught to boys who
have natural mechanical ability. Such
boys are justly entitled to such train
ing, and the state needs young men
with Just Nuch mechanical skill.
The question of Industrial education
and mechanical skill for girls Is just
as Important ns It ts for boys. Domes
tic skill and science open a field wide
and attractive. Industrial *ch-„.i« n.i
trade schools for girls cannot hn dls-
cused here, beenuse I wish to touch
upon an clement of great vital impor
tance In tho consideration of the suc
cessful Introduction of Industrial edu
cation. I mean the clement of so-called
culture. This consideration In the fam
ily North or South will never be left
out when tho schooling of a child Is to
be determined. Industrial training nnd
scientific 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 the
sense I now wish to present It I am
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 th* newer and broader view la
this;
The study of the sciences and me
chanical Industry Is as llksly to de
velop character and culture In the pu-
f >ll aa Is tho study of languago and
Itsrature, and n life devoted to pro
ductive Industry Is In Juelf 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 are generally, and have always
been, the cultured men of a community.
It Is not by any means because they
are university men or In consequence of
tho kind of work they do. They usu
ally come from homes.of refinement,
and all they gain In this respect In
college is not so much what they learn
from the unlveralty studies aa 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 recognise
that no power In man is pr can be
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 creative
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 th* mechanic and en
gineer the workman himself Is wrought
Into hts work, and his heart goes with
the love of his work. There Is no peo
ple or land where the possibilities of
adding culture to skill, and enjoyment
to affluent self-support, are greater
than among the young men of the new
South. /
Before Industrial education In any
community can have a full opportunity
for success, the parents must come to
realise that culture and character, are
Just as sure. through these lines as
through any other course of training.
Tho time Is coming when It will be
recognized that the apprentice to a me
chanical trade, With ail the advantages
of the education that In the future must
be a part of his training, will "stand in
the first Tanks of cultured men. He
cannot fail to gain great advantages
over all the scholars who are compelled
to depend solely on the college carricu-
lum*for mental training. It may bo a
long time before the mechanic and the
artisan will In all respects stand at the
front a* representatives of refined cul
ture, but, other, things being equal, his
chances are superior simply from the
exalted nature of his work.
Thera are ho people on earth .who
have a more genuine appreciation of
true cuUure than the native South-
ernere, 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 tako. So ir is
not so very strange that we find Greek,
Latin and all that makes a crowded
literary course most popular. But this
Is also most pathetic when It Is sotrue
that all they naturally yearn for In the
unknown and vague realms of refine
ment may ns surely be attained In the
studies and discipline of an Industrial
school property organised and taught.
ATLANTA MORALS AND
PROPOSED CAMPAIGN
As the cost of license Increases the
number of blind tigers Increases. A
saloon man who pays *2.000 for the
privilege of selling liquor In n given
place can easily inulntaln half a dozen
or more other pieces where his agents
can dispense drinks on the sly. He can
thus greatly Increase his sates with
out Increasing his contribution to the
city treasury. If men arc found drunk
who obtained their liquor from these
blind tigers It Is alwuys easy to sup
pose that they got It In a licensed
saloon. And that supposition protects
the blind tiger from suspicion. Ill
B ares where prohibition prevails the
tnd 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 Mr. Editor, why should
the city feel Itself compelled to provide
strong drink for Its people? Is It good
for the people? Is It right to put thy
I rattle to thy neighbor's lips ami tnako
; him drink also? Is It right, by high
license, to extort money from iho peo
ple lit the cost of the bread and cloth-
'. Ing and shelter and life Itself of the
I persecuted and oppressed wives nnd
suffering children, that the city may
have money to build Itself up? "Woe
unto him that bulldeth a town will
blood and establlshelh a city by ill
Iqulty. They labor In vain that build
It."
The drink traffic Is wrong per so,
or It Is right per se. Which Is It?
If It Is right, then It should be free.
The only ground upon which restrict
ive legislation ran lie rightfully applied
to tho drink traffic is that It ts an evil
business.' If it be on evil business, the
restrictive legislation does not make It
* good business. No amount of li
cense tax, much or little, can purify
It. "It Is evil and only evil and that
rontlnually." And when good men ore
persuaded to let It alone, because of
the money It pays and the restraints
that It endures, those good men
making a compromise with sin and are
betraying the l-ord that bought them.
The agitation of the liquor question
in Atlanta has aroused the state. The
prosecution of the light In Atlanta to
a good finish will go far toward mak
ing a state law available. But if tho
Atlanta prohibitionists waver nnd glvo
way, In the next legislature Fill ton
county will be arrayed with quadra-
led power against a state law. and
pled
Full
_ jlton county will largely shape the
legislation and the prospect for state
£ rohlbltlon will lie extremely remote.
et Atlanta prohibitionists stand llrm.
Cali the election, make the light, carry
the county If they can. and If they get
defeated carry the light Into the legis
lature and help to drive the traffic
from the whole state. Don't ask the
iirohlbitlonlsts to relax their efforts.
Don't talk about the enmities and hard
feelings that a prohibition fight might
engsnder. If you attend the police
court for one single week you will
witness more hard feelings, enmity and
deadly, destructive strife, produced In
seven days by the sale of liquor, than
will be engendered In tbe whole city
In the next four months by the pro
posed liquor election. There Is no more
of such strife In a liquor fight than
there Is In any other election. Nobody
thinks of calling off an election that
has for lu purpose simply the changing
of municipal officers, because In such
election friends are estranged and feel.
Ings are hurt. It looks to me like hy
pocrisy to contend that we should tol
erate existing evils to avoid the strife
of an election to mitigate or remove
them.
J. L. D. 1IILLYEB.
P. S.—If Atlenta prohibitionists lose
In the pending contest. It will be be
cause the negro vote will go for liquor.
If that happens, il will make great
strides toward finishing the coffin that
is now well under way In which negro
suffrage will be burled.—J. L. I). IL
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Have Atlanta morals kept pace with
the Atlanta spirit? An humble Atlanta
exile, nnd ono who is optimistic,
Would rejoice to thjpk so.
Only a short distance removed from
the dust and din of her dally life, It
Is barely possible that one might see
with dearer vision anil hear with
keener ability to distinguish sounds
than when Immersed In Hie midst of
btr rtoiAltk h/tlVltles.
Profit tnor point nf view of forty miles
distance your humble writer has been
observing our proud capital city with
the eyes and ears of a jealous lover, os
a son regarding Ms mother city.
Neither Is It nlono through his own
eyes nnd ears that ho catches tha
drift of the metropolis, but every wind
wafts echoes of It; every outgoing
train, every villager returning brings
tidings of iter.
Perhaps Rome never stamped her
Impression more Indelibly upon the
empire than Atlanta bus done upon
Iter surrounding towns, vlllnges and
hamlets. As goes Atlanta, »» g>ies Geor
gin.
Has an outrider naught to do with
Atlanta? She Is our capital city,
pattern metropolis.
What do these myriad voices «ay of
her?
First. In the realm of human kind
ness. there seems to be n gradual clos
ing of the lacteal ducts. This harden
ing is noticeable more thnn ever In
Iho Inhumane treatment of .domestic
animals.
Where could there be n more terri
ble purgatory for dumb brutes than be
tween tho shafts of delivery, milk nnd
Ice wngons, hacks nnd drays tn At
lanta?
In the suburbs, where the roads are
heavy, distances great and time press
ing, delivery horses suffer nil tho tor
ments of the damned.
Is It mere sentimentalism? By no
means. It becomes a great welling up
conviction to an eye witness that some
thing ought to be done.
"A righteous man regardoth the life
of his beast."
The llagellntlons administered -to
half-sound and over-worked stock Is
heart sickening.
Where Is the humane society? It
ought to hove representatives In the
suburbs.
Sueh cruelty Is Innate and would
manlft si Itself toward any object where
the fear of the "hangman's whip" did
not "hold tho wretch In order.”
It shows Its cloven hoof In greater
ferocity than marks the cannibal, and
Is a menace to life and honor of the
people.
Second. In the real of Ideals there Is
a sad falling down.
Obscenity was never more open in
Atlanta than It was last week.
Waiting for a car on Peachtree street
the writer was beguiled Into nn ex
hibition of slot machines. Il seemed nl-
most Impossible tc realize that this was
Atlanta and within a block of the latr
mud-cap riot. Nero's dancing hull was
no more Indecent.
This place wai full of school chil
dren of both sexes.
It Is needless to say that auch places,
made attractive with music and sanc
tioned by respectable patronage arc
more dangerous foes to purity than
haunts of shame. If parents would
follow their children with their |ien-
nles 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, buslnsss, octopus like. Is
reaching out as never before for the
"Jug trade." It was never more ag
gressive. Its naming bills are seen In
every town and Its circulars are sent
In every mall into our defonselese dry
countios, rattening I he liquor dealer
and swelling tbe revenues of Atlanta
with the blood of our boye.
-Woe to him that bulldeth a city
with blood!"
It Is an old story, but never pi°re
ickrnlng than now.
Talk of remedies! If we could see
he Iniquitous traffic anept out of At* free.'
And the moments swift were
■tendered msil with doubt snd fear.
And jabbering volcea at my ear—
The Jeers of demon! borering near—
I liesanaht tbla modest rose
Her hitmen seeret to dlaeloae;
nut her silence woa unbroken
my fare bad all tbe teaming
Innta we would have a nearly dry
state. Atlanta Is the distributing center
for scores of already dry counties.
Have we no Interest, then, In the At
lanta campaign V
Where Is our chivalry, our valor, our
Christian manhood?
These evils grow dally, and unavoid
ably affect 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 patronised by
■he respectable.
Tho newspaper.: are being swayed by
material Interest; liner sentiments sac
rificed at the shrlno of mammon; the
churches presenting a pathetic specta
cle, like Lot In Sodom, vexing their
righteous souls from day to day, but
helpless and unable to meet the needs
of the hour, awed If not Intimidated
by fear of hopeless fullure!
In a state of siege—afraid to go out
or come In before the enemy!
During the period of decadenco In —- —,
the English church prior to the Amerl- Though nxuora *
can revolution, a favorite maxim of the Vbloi that nwinl™ onl
clergy was "non quleln movero. Do | A youth once besrd
not disturb the things which arc quiet.
t’apltuluto before the enemy before the
battle. What a motto and how dlsas-
Irous! Under It tho church was ul
ready dying.
Much less Is It n sultnhl* motto for
a church In nn aggressive age, when
the enemy never sleeps. The enemy
may bo trembling now for fear tho
lion will nrtiuze himself.
Is It not high. time to awake our
sleep, and, putting up one fervent,
united prayer to God, open the battle
somewhere along the line, trust In Him
ami keep our powder dry?
You can get all kinds of help to
light rhe campaign. We certainly are a
largo host w ho believe In tho righteous
ness of the crus? against so great and
common nn enemy.
REV. EUGENE U. PENDLETON.
Coving ton, Ua.
A 8ILENT TOKEN.
Eniliofsed with Benrcs arahssqne
Was tbsl qnslnt old rate upon my desk.
Out of which, with modest grsce,
A rose onre looked Into my face
As If 'twere eager to Impart
koine secret hid wlthlu Its bssrt;
And—
Wondering If those tender llpe
Tlist toifcbed this rose’s petal-tips
Would e'ermore grant me tbe btfse
of another lingering kiss—
I felt iny eoul within me burning
Aud my being thrill with yearning
While my heart grew olck with palu
nrlous ivnyg of scl
To gain loro's bidden token.
And atilt— .....
Unheeding nil my dreaming and my nrbem-
And tb* fervor of my patalon far exceed-
That of all prnyera proved before—
Not one word would Miss Hose utter
Ho I could not help lint mutter:
'•Ob, thou queen, I so sdore.
DRAWBACKS TO IMMIGRATION.
To I be Editor of The Ueorglau.
I notice n profound pull Is living made
these days to Induce Immigrants tn locate
here. Now, to tny mind, there ore two
serious drawliacks to the success of the
plan. The first Is the eternal pruseentlons
and ngltatlo
... _.er the iMMinage matter.
Tbla la fostered aud mode more Halite to
coutlune to lie 11 trouble In Georgia by
reason of one of the most drastic labor
lawa that ever lilottcil the statute Ixmlis
of any state. In. fact. It Is purely and
.. . —.Jcalltlee that will lieat around the
stltutlon of the United States and declare
the law valid. It Is a law that, followed
to Its legitimate i-onclnstuu. will oooner
or later amount to serfdom of *11 lalnir.
While or colored, who happen to tlm mis
fortune of not tM'Ing able to Iny by a little
to guard against It. This law and Its abuses
I* th*' curat* of some sections. It will
frighten, snri abonhl frighten. * laboring
man who Mill considers long before placing
bU liberty In Ita reach. Much could Ik*
«ttli| nhout It, but It U known too well
to need nn argument. Ita iioaiilbllltles are
denouncers; study them well. Nest. In the
rural eomiuunltle* where there arc often
live negroes to one white person, there
mnr *«e nn Inducement for the family raised
to It having their nil at stake In the farm,
mid having no means to engage In other
business. Fo remains bat with the negro
menace, with the fear of the alwaya-pres-
ent danger, with the competition of the
heap (even If Inferior! negro kitmrer work
mau. brl«'k mason, saw mill band. etc,,
tlwre Is not the Inducement for the Immi
grant that other sections nfford. No society
of his clasa is offered, many times no
schools near enough for poor chtldreu to
reatb. often no ticlghhors near enough for
the protection of Ida women when he
iota to town — • —»•*» M »*
business, who would
This Is made two-
w . one who does not
kuow conditions by reason of the fact of
riots. Idg headlines In the
apers and '
pppWP——P——JwijP——
tinned agitation, fclnco white folks heal
tate to euter a black twit. what Is to In
done to remedy conditions ami make t
hatifo for the letter. Frankly, the mat
Ajro
While j Hindering o'er
Koine forgotten lore
On that uuforgcttnlde.
Yet e’er regrettable.
PA TRICK HENRY’S FIRST CASE;
WON OVER THE EVIDENCE
That word ao oft repented by a raven.
Yet never oner eitfrented by u craveu—
That awelnsplrlug. tantalising, agonizing
Word—‘Noveriuore. ”
Then—
With all my nrdor apent,
And alck with discontent—
Methlnks some frail, white baud.
From out some star kissed fairyland.
Must have touched that quaint old vase,
For the rose fell gently ou my face;
Aud Ita tender petal-tips.
Pressed In tnsdness ’gainst my lips.
Thrilled mr *oul with ecstney
Ere they /ell crushed upon the flcftr:
And she whq sent this rose to me
On that balmy night of yore
. now hare
THANKS FROM THE
COTTON GROWERS’ ASS’N.
unco ou our numial conference at Mllledge-
vllle, ami anal. In looking through my Mss.
tint | him- overlooked thanking you for
iur splpnilbl artlcln relative to the Cotton
Growers' Association. I Join with.you In
tha- hope that at the uieettug In January
auch policies will be made na will pnt
i*w lire Into the organization.
With kindest regards nnd beat wlshee,
am Kluccrely yoltr friend,
Sparta, On.
JOHN D. WALKER.
A Real Pog.
From The Detroit Newa.
They were seated on the cracker bar
rels and snap boxes In the vlllace gro
cery In Oakland county town swapping
yarns.
•i saw a fog on the Pacific eoaat,"
said one. "which woa so thick that you
couldn't sec a lantern ilx Inches away!”
"Pshaw!” said a native. "HI Jinks,
tho 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. Made Hi terrible
angry to waate an hour rlppln’ off all
them ahlnglea!”
To the Editor of The Georgian
In thr"Nooka and Corners of Ameri
can History," In The Georgian of last
Wednesday, It Is stated that. In ITU,
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 Case.”
This Is an error. At that time Pat
rick Henry had been In the nctlve
practice of the -law for nearly four
years; and his fee book (still preserv
ed) shows that he had appeared In
1,1*5 cases, besides having prepared
mnny legal papers out of court.
It Is truo that, single handed and
alone, he won for the defense In tho
"Parsons' Case,” but It Is known to
every Intelligent lawyer that he won
It against the evidence and over the
plain provisions of the law. His tri
umph Is usually attributed to his mar
velous powers of eloquence, and un
doubtedly that had much to do with
It, but there was something behind It
all which Is 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:
From the earliest period of the Vir
ginia colony, the church of England
was established by law; and, like ev
ery other Institution of government, It
was supported by revenues derived
from taxation. Tha local subdivisions
were called perishes, and the local of
ficers who managed tho business were
called vestrymen.
Among the functions conferred upon
these vestrymen by law was the hir
ing of the rector and fixing and paying
his salary. Ever since the early days
of the colony, the amount of salary had
been stated, not In money, but In to
bacco, which was the staple of tha
colony.
In 1745 the colonial legislature passed
an act directing that every parish
clergyman should receive an annual
salary of 1,500 pounds of tobacco, to
be levied, assessed and paid by the Yea-
try, This act waa duly approved by
tne crown, and thua became a law
which could not be repealed, suspended
or altered without the approval of the
king. Thus was established a valid
contract for tho annual payment of
1,500 pounds of tobacco, which, at the
average market price gave the parish
rector a salary of £400 sterling—then
about *2.000 In our present currency.
In 1755, when the tobacco crop was
short, and the price high In conse
quence, the colonial legislature passed
an act virtually suspending the law of
1745 for ten months, and requiring the
clergy, at the option of the vestries, to
receive their salaries for that year,
not In tobacco, but In the depreciated
paper currency of the colony at 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 was unconstitutional
nnd void. But, being shrewdly limited
to ten months, It accomplished Its ob
ject, since the time was too short for
the royal Intervention against It to be
of any direct avail. The clergy bore
their losses, not without murmutlngs,
but without any formal protest.
Three years later, In 1755, the legla-
, passed at
lature, with even less excuse,
act similar to that of 1755, Ita force
being limited to twelve months. Like
the other. It never received approval of
the crown, and like the other, was,
of course, Invalid; but, like the other.
It served Its purpose. By this act ths
clergy were forced to accept the I
pence per pound In depreciated paper
money of the colony, then worthless
abroad, and with little purchasing
power even at home, while the tobacco
which was due them was an Instant
and advantageous medium of exchange
everywhere, and aspeclally In England.
The clergy having been denied a
hearing before the legislature, appealed
to the government, but without avail.
They next appealed to the crown. After
a full hearing, the privy council do-
dded that the clergy had "their certain
remedy at law," since “no court of
Judicature could look upon the late
net (of 1768) except aa one of mnnlfeit
Injustice." So their enses were car
ried before the law courts of the col
ony. The first case to come up was
that of Rev. Alexander IVhlte, but the
court. Instead of either sustaining or
rejecting tne disallowed act, shirked
responsibility by refusing "to meddle
In the matter," and Insisted upon
THE SHIP 8UB8IDY FACT8.
To the Editor of The Georgian-
In reading the article In an Allan.,
evening paper of December 1, entitle!
“SIllD SuIihIiIv nn Knnrmmt. o.. .. ;
• ** *5*xi iiiaiwii gaiiu iiibisicu uj*J.
leaving "the whole affair to the Jury!
And the Jurfc thus freed from all ju
dlclal control, rendered a verdict of
"neat and comprehensive lawlessness"
In favor of the defendants. (See Per
ry History qf the Colonies, 1, 4*7.)
This was the stage of affairs when
the celebrated case of Parson Maury
come up In Hanover county. The court
having before it the evidence of the
royal disallowance of the act of 1751
"adjudged the act to be no taw." (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 as this was
a simple question or arithmetic, the
counsel for tbe defense expressed a de
sire to withdraw from case.
Being thus assured by their counsel
that any further struggle would be 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 hts marvelous power of
eloquence secured a verdict In favor of
hla clients, for In the very face of the
moat conclualve evidence, and contrary
to the law In the case, the plaintiffs
were awarded one penny damages.”
WILLIAM L. SCRUGGS.
Atlanta, aa.. Nor. SO, IM5,
Ship Subsidy on Enormous Steal '•
am somewhat surprised at the lark ,
knowledge there displayed. ol
That seventy-five steamships of u.
000 tons measurement would cost *Jo
000,000 Is certainly much less than th.'-"
could be bought for in England, and
that price England would be no tom
petltor of ours In the building of *hi, I
and free trade' In ships no benefit
Sixteen thousand ton ateamers would
cost more than two million (Is.oooorm!
of dollars each and seventy-five would
represent an investment of over lu...
000,000. If we can Induce Capitalists
to Invest that amount of money In n ...
terial and labor to build ships In tin,
country, and 80 per cent of the coat of a
ship Is paid to labor, we can well if
ford as a nation to contribute *5.000 ono
(though tho bill before congress onlv
calls for three and a half millions) V.
Stated, which Would only represent 4
per cent on the Investment or a leu
Inducement than some of the towns aii<i
cities of this state are now giving i.,
cotton factories to be located In their
midst, and tho cities that thus obtain
the cotton factories find It a profitable
Investment In their Increased trade and
tho enhancement of property values in
their location.
- It Is no greater stein for the’ govern-
ment to stimulate the building of shies
by government aid than It Is for a riiy
to give a bonus In real estate'or money
free water and free lights and exemp
tion from taxation for a term of years
to a cotton factory or other imiustri ii
enterprise.
Instead of an appropriation of six ,, r
nine millions; as stated In the article
I allude to. the present blit calls for .in
appropriation of only three million ih.i-
lara, which. If assessed as n per capita
tax In this country, would amount to
only S 1-3 cents per head, t And the
connections these proposed steamer*
would give, between the'Southern port,
ant) 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
delivered.
A two-mllllon-balo surplus In .our
cotton production has been Known to
depress the value of the staple t> cent*
per pound or *30 per bale on fourteen
million bales, amounting to a Ion*
this section of our country of J420.-
000,000, or *5 per capita for the people
of the United States.
Would It not be well to invest In an
assessment of 3 2-3 cents per capita
rather than stand a loss of 35 per cap
ita? But aa this loss falls entirely
upon the people of. the South, I*, would
amount to eight times this per caplia
to the cotton producer. He who op
poses the development of our merchant
marine and the extension of our mar
kets Is opposed to tho development,
wealth and prosperity of the South.
With cotton at good prices we pros
per. We know what 4 or G-cent cotton
doe* for us.
The Cotton Growers’ Association and
the Farmers' Union are both trying tn
reduce the acreage of cotton to prevent
over-production because with our pres
ent lines of trankportatlon our market*
are limited and a small surplus Is ruin
ous, and yot, with all their united ef
forts, the only limit to production is
the scarcity of labor.
The paper* are advocating foreign
Immigration, which will necessarily In
crease the labor on the farms nnd make
nugatory tHb efforts of both these as
sociations, for it they go Into the fac
tories or public works they will dis
place tabor there already'employed and
drive them to farming, thus Increasing
production, making low prices for lit.
farmers' products, and hard times will
follow.
Would It not be the better part »r
wisdom to first enlarge our markets by
both steamship communication with the
markets of consumption, thus provldlng
against over-production, before open
ing the door to foreign Immigration to
Increase a product—cotton—which year
by year Is dangerously near the line of
over-production, and a targe surplus
means a losa to the Southern farmer?
Another million balea added to the
preaent crop would have dropped tho
price below tho coat of production.
Let ua have steamships direct to all
the markets of the world and the 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
a farmer.
CHARLES L. WHITE.
A CHRI8TMA8 SUGGESTION.
Te tbe Editor of The Georgian:
Will you giro me space ror s
enzgeetlm *
t our busy stores put up cards In every
lir,.>ir,.>llll,lv t fil'd UIH linnn
Wbll* TOtt Uut for jroor own llttl* onn
we'll, DELIVER THF* UjpODK.
If tho stores will do this, then lot
fffMMl paper* fumUh free tbe requisite m
her of ranis.
Yours for Christmas charity, . .
UBUI.AU It. STEVENS
THE ANTIDOTE TO
THE BOLL WEEVIl
menace that frightens the white settler
away. Let them occnstom the other See*
tlons to the presence of the neirn> until
hy will not drend him *o much here. I*et
them make * problem wherever tbejr rau
until tbe problem of tbe black belt frill
reuse to ularw tbe laborer who wonWI eome.
them weed out the one class (the nc<
other (the whites!. If this would work a
hsrdshlp during the crop arnwtnj
make *n opcu season; sajr, fi
* to January L
Injr
Nor ember
But. by nil means, lower
ter ts a puzzle. But It iloes seem that the
thinning of the Mark lielt will help to solve
the conditions and better things very great*
ly. Hut how?
In tbe Aral place, there Is nn our stat-
nte iMjok* a law that lets no one try to
Induce emigrants to leave the state without
heavy license*. Repent the law.
L*t the IVgleg William* fellows come
along. |.ct them enter tbe black lw*|ta
while tbe other comes In. There
room for the white nnd the colored laborer
slilc by side. Koine solution In tbe way
of remorlirg the overplus of the one rlsss
will have to be adopted tieforv the other
will come.
Remove tbe emigrant agent barrier. Let
dowu the liars that there may be room for
tbe tide of Immigration, for It ran not
tie Induced to come under the present mag
I>t them grmlnally Iblu out the
We will either have to continue with the
black liett*. or make them white belts by
B, " n ‘ ""cftftstfU!
THE DISPENSARY VS.
8TATE PROHIBITION
Why not pnt Ike fence up all the way
•round?
There Is too many gaps, too many ways
found
To Ml up the cun, to Ml up tha can.
Templing the will of the wayfaring m*ti.
Through one of throe gaps another Just fell.
The ninlmlSBce below starting straight to
ward hell:
Many another stands on the same brink,
NEW Y0RKER8.
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
“New Yorkers are corkers,”
Sold young Mr. Brown,
As we sat In * well-known cafe;
Tbelr hustle and bustle have made
this old town
The greatest of cities today.
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian.
I nete la the column* of The GeoraLt
of ths Nth instant that tbe boll weevil hm
made 70 tnllro, advance toward the ras
this last season. And sit experts say 1
“ whole
"See thht fellow dressed In block
Over near tbe checking rack;
WelL that’s Editor Maloney—
1'aestux through the gap. down they wlU
Let us tighten the ropes around the prod- Came from Phoenix, Arlsony.
And hla friend la Playright Grim;
K. A B. are after him.
pice tall,
Stretching around cliffs, valleys snd
Where the ambulance piles, ringing
Let as tighten ffi- ropes srotud that which
dethroned.
Let us call In the nld of good brother Jones
Tn marshal the force with hts grains rone
Which sparkles like genu; there Is none to
compare.
As ho turns an the light yon must dls-
-A. D. RIGDEN.
Cause Followed Effect.
Did yon notice thnt the dead man's phy
sician was riding In the Brat carriage after
Vro: It's the Brat time I ever saw the
ennae follow the effect.—I* Bine.
Quite the emootheat chap I know—
Came from Butte * year ago.
Then there's Kane, the architect.
Self-made chap from hose to dome—
Ban Francisco was hls home.
That theatrical promoter
Used to live In North Dakoter.
"New Yorkers are corkers,"
Said young Mr. Brown.
As we sat In a well-known cafe;
Their hustle and bustle have made
this old town'
The greatest of cities today."
.Hor One Retail Line.
"What tmslnesa It IItea Gaddle lay
-■SS-: 3ly r
la Juat aa aare to cover tbe whole eolt-i
belt In a abort white, and Ita oaward nun; I
will b» faater and faster, tbe saute as l»
Colorado potato beetle came 8ontb, alarum
25 ntllea per year. Increasing Its speeil '
125 miles In the seasou, bat n rcmisly vm
found. Although not stamping oat the i» -i
we wtlll go on growing crops of mile 1
Jnst so with the cotton weevil. It J* *
the cotton gelds to stay, nnd none of tl,
government eieprts has f-msd an aval
able remedy. It la an oaay matter when a
Insect feeds on tbe leaf, but when It d‘
riven Ita life by auction or boring Into
plaut. It I* another question.
I hare solved that protdem. however, an
these last three seasoss. daring my stn
with the tate Sam P. Joses., aoy expert tn i ‘'
have been solely to get tbe right prop'
tlons to apply to the pUnt, aud am sal
Ing « party fo Join In the ^
Cirtersvllle. Oa., December T. IP*.
MY RECOMPENSE.
If love
rirbro. dear, a peupei
>ve were
would he. .
For all my wealth of tors fre given on
But yet. dear love, the lose I would d
For I*ii»d a recompense In the light wllli
-EARLE E. GRIGGS.
Charged and Proved.
UJones—Why "he grouchV
I'smllb—3Jy wife called me a fool.
RJooes—Uheer up. It may Bot be trite.
Pemltb—lint It ta Mat proved IL
and dag np a buck of my old love Inl
and read ’em to me.
to eceiol
She rotalle tbnt."-HhlUdelpkin Ledger.
"Tee. ell except when It <