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- ■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MATL'UDAY. DBCKMBKU 15, 1506. 1H Officers State Society. s **0011(1 Vice-Pres.: Dr. E. C. Pcete, Macon. Sooretn ry-Treasure r: Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlanta. . Annual Meeting In May, 1907. at Macon. By E. M. GREEN, M. D. t Milledgeville, Ga. T HE condition of the feeble-minded in this state la n subject to which few of our citizens give much thought. These unfortunates arc tn i n every day by all of us, but are passed hr with indifference, or with scant syiupa tin. How to arouse any pttbHc Interest In Uii-ir condition Is rather a puzzling ques tion. Certainly the newspapers are not the niMtia through which this subject should lie SOCIOLOGICAL . EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J. D. Cleaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Ivime. THE FEEBLE-MINDED Officers Atlanta Society. Regular Meeting on Second Thursday "Ight of_ Each I journals HssvushIous In the medical societies of the light liefore the ^eo^ile; articles In the „Ktica ould not be participated In by many, himI would accomplish little. I feel that the only suitable assembly be fore which a paper on this subject should he rend la'the State Sociological Society, mid 1 hope that some lutereat may be moused In this defectlre class, and that this Interest may grow aa we give the mat ter more thought, until It results In some steps being taken to better their condition. Hr. Burgees, presldeut of the American Medico-Psychological Association, In an ad- drei * the necessary Institutions and •d their care and training. Surely It Is just us essential to educate the Imbecile as It Is to educate the deaf-mute or the blind. To allow him to grow np without education or habit training Is simply to allow him degenerate Into n repulsive helpless crea nimble to speak, to walk, to feed himself or to perform any conscious action. We designate the former class as Imbeciles, the la Per as Idiots Imbeciles are snobeu of ns high grade and low grade. High grade lint writes compose that class capable of re ceiving a considerable degree of education. The low grade imbecile can be taught some thing. I an — E. Fernald for the follows. Interesting Data. In America the first attempt to educate feeble minded children was made In the 1818 when several children were ad few such children were admit several of the schools for the deaf-mute and the blind. In May, 1848, the Massachusetts legisla ture appropriated $2,500 for an experimental sehool providing that ten pauper Idiots should be selected from different parts of the state for Instruction. At the end of three years, so successful had been this school that the legislature doubled the ap- —• • orated the experl- ennanent one. ... __ter the Massa chusetts school had been established. New York appropriated funds for an expert- not. The Jalle, the poor houses and th» insane asylums accommodate many of these people, occupying quarters not suited to them, and crowding out those for whom these places were orlglually Intended. mately the amount of money the atat pends yearly In maintaining certain daaaea feeble-minded, In conducting coatly “lea Infrac- proprlntlon and Incorporated mental school, making It a pen In 1851, three years after _ was erected. , . , lu 1853, the Pennsylvania Training School fur Miotic and Feeble-Minded Children was fbcoriKirnted. Ohio In 1857, Connecticut In In'kS. ami Kentucky In 1M0, were the next states to tike np this work, though sev eral private schools had been established be fore this time. It should be noted that the first schools were begun aa experi ments, but that In no Instance hat one been abandoned, and In a few years each one of them wna reorganised, becoming a permanent school. Wherever these schools are situated they are prosperous and doing a work wbllh la appreciated by all familiar with them. While In the beginning all these schools were purely educational, they have developed gradually aa knowledge of their pupils' capabilities and limitations has been gained until at present no state school for the feeble-minded would be sat isfied with this feature alone. The modern Institutions accomplish for more for their pupils than the most sanguine believers In the earlier schools even hoped for. Thousands in Gtorgia. Ten years ago It was stated that there were In Georgia 5,000 Imbecile Individuals. If this was correct at that time the num ber must be much larger at present, «« the Imbecile Is abnormally prolific, uor con - ..IODL — must fall below the actual, os many parents •III I C> me; ICUII.C uw ' —-v mckward and slow to learn, or vicious and without natural moral feelings., t In the United States, we find that there Is one feeble-minded Individual to every 600 of imputation, though the ratio varies In different localities. A large percentage of the criminal class of our population, the tramp, the thief, the prostitute, the drunk ard. Is feeble-minded, and this Is coming to be recognised more generally as these Individuals are studied carefully. In considering what should be dono for the feeble-minded, we find that we owe a duty to the normal Individual aa well. The latter should be protected from the Irrespor *"• * *•*“ should ----- tlon with them, and should be relieved from the burden of their maintenance ao for aa may be practicable. Also our duty to so- «lety renders It Imperative that every measure be taken advantage of which may lessen the numlmr of these unfortunate per- As a matter of public economy, some of the trials of those who have commute.. tlons of the law, and In supporting the fnm lllee of others whom the burden of attempt Ing to care for the afflicted member baa pauperized. Products of Heredity. Congenitally feeble-minded offspring re sult from the marriage of the feeble-mind ed, the habitual drunkard, the epileptic, the Insane, and the victims of other forma of disease, and suitable laws might be en acted which would limit In some degree such unions. Much can be done to reduce the birth rate of the mentally defective. In provid ing proparly for those now with us. placing them permanently In an Institution where they can assume no marriage relations we prevent at least that part of them from transmitting their own uufortunate defects. As mentioned above, the feeble-minded are very prolific, small famlllee are unusual, and aa a rule the children of such parents are of a lower grade of Intelligence. The feeble-minded should be separated from normal Individuals, forming a society of their own, where they can be protected from the unscrupulous and thoughtless, and from the consequences *— sponsible actions, where oped physically, mentally and morally, and where they can lead well-regulated and use ful Urea. If all these defectives could In their esrly childhood be placed In proper sur roundings where they could be controlled, some would be able to leave the place of detention able to make a living tor them selves. while all of the others would he much better off than they are under present conditions. Too much stress should not be laid on the probability of these patients be ing able to leave the Institution, for In the great majority of instances this Is not de- with I but n ... nervlslon and direction. Again, when left to themselves without the restraints of In stitution life, they are apt after a time to give np all effort to gain their support by honest means, and to drift Into the crimi nal class, Feeble-Minded Women. The feeble-minded women especially need our protection, as In nil feeble-minded their moral and ethical feelings are rudi mentary. and their lower Instincts are In the ascendency. These women are apt to become prostitutes or to be taken advan tage of by the unscrupulous and ignorant, or if they are legally married to become mothers of large families of mentally de fective children. For the good of the fee ble-minded themselves, for that of their families to whom one such member Is an expense and care which they are unable to bear, and as a matter of public economy, It Is Imperative that something should be done.to better the condition of these Indi viduals. The problem of what to do for them has been solved satisfactorily by many states, and this solution should be taken advantage of by every state In the Union, os only by such general adoption can the sreatest amount of good be attained. The careful study of for more than half a centui the best rcaulta are seel Ing, laundry work and housework. They could assist In the kltriieus, the dining rooms, and the dairy; could look after the poultry yards, attend to the flower gardens, and could care for those more feeble-minded than themselves. The custodial department should be main tained to care for the Idiots who could be taught no occupation, and for those de formed, helpless, crippled and paralysed, who aeed constant attention and Intelli gent nursing. With putlence, the majority of even this class could l»e taught some thing. though It were only to care for their persons, dress and feed themselves. Right Sort of Looation. The location, of an Institution for the fee ble-minded should be near a city, so that the markets bould be taken udvautnge of, railroad should be close to the grounds for convenience In receiving and shipping arti cles bought and sold, while ad abundant supply of good water Is Indispensable. The land belonging to the Institution should comprise several hundred acres, the lffger the better; ns many Industries should be conducted. There should be many comparatively •mail buildings, rather than one or two large ones, these buildings being In groups corresponding to the departments, in tho smaller buildings fewer pupils would be thrown together, and they should be pre sided over by a man and his wife. The home feature should be developed, and n kind and Intelligent Interest taken In each pupil. There would necessarily develop •otne feeling of rivalry betweeu these su pervisors, and between tho pupils with them, each household seeking to he known as tne best governed and the best be haved. A modest beginning could be made—n few buildings ereeteLL and others added as they wore required, but the farm and garden should he large enough to give em ployment to several hundred men and boys. Along with the school and home buildings, others ahotild be erected to be used as •ps where the different trades would bo taught. There should also l>e n small hos pital conveniently located to which every cane of sickness should be sent. A large number of inmates is no draw- back to these Institutions. On the contrary. It Is nn advantage aa many feeble-minded Individuals will be required from which to select the number necessary to do the work profitably. Only last year the Kentucky Sclfool for about 300 were received. That the expense of nuch a school will decrease Is shown by the report of the Pennsylvania school, which once rejulred $300 per capita to main tain It, uow about $100 Is sufficient. How McLean Fell. The report of the superintendent of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the year 1906 shows that there are la the Institution nine ty-flve Idiots. This statement Is cslcu- laed to leave a wrong Impression on those not familiar with the facta, for, whfb this number Includes many caaea of th« lowest grade of feeblc-utiudedneas, it by ul means includes all the Imbecile Inmates. Tbe number of feeble-minded of all must ruu well up Into the hundreds. are sixty feeble-minded children under the age of sixteen In the various wards of the tlon; In constaut association with the de praved and the degraded, they must dally { [row inorn like them. Many of them ore •right and Interesting, while others are stupid and unattractive, but most of them are capable of receiving some education and i...I„•* some employment. Under :ons they are fed and clothed — ‘—*■*— nothing la _ .jey are all Idle, many of them are vicious, and unless some change Is soon mnde, they will be a burden on the state as long ns they live. It Is already too late to l*enef!t the ms Jorlty of those now in the sanitarium, though their environment could be more cheerful and healthful, and their * conld be* made happier In many v every year lucreasea the number of caaea sent to the institution, aa wel. _ the number maintained jn poor houses and confined In jails. The dsy must com* when these defectlre individuals will be provided for suitably, but each day of delay decreases the nope of improvement •r those now with us. More than twenty of the states have institutions for the feeble-minded, nnd these are not only schools but homes where the Inmates lire happily, engaged In useful oc cupations, self-respecting nnd enjoying the meet of others. .low different the condition In Georgia The same class of Individuals, Idle, * * * Islve, possibly c more often one of got The careful studj of the feeble-minded 'entury proves that ?nfed by the eatab BEWARE OF HIGH LICEN8E. «»na. as a matter or poinu: evuuww/. provision should be made for the feeble minded. They form no Inconsiderable por tion of our population, and rpust be cared for, whether we are wflllng to do so or HANDSOME UMBRELLAS FOR XMAS Nothing could be more appropriate at this season aa a sea sonable Xmas gift than one of the ele gant line of Umbrel las I am building to order. Come by and look over my stock- of handles. I put them on mechanical ly perfect frames, guaranteeing work manship and cover for one year. Come early and choose the most select. Paul Burkert, No. 1 Viaduct Place. morally nu<f physically; be subject to strict discipline, where they can enjoy the so ciety of thoso* similarly defective, do a reasonable amount of such work as they are fitted for, nnd have even pleasure which can be allowed them. Under these circumstances they live peaceful, contonted lives, and enjoy a greater amount of happi ness than they could attain lu any other mauner. Such an Institution properly located and equipped would be quite an expense to the state In the l>eglnnlng. and this matter of expense Is after all the only thing whirb stands In the way of estatdlshlng such In stitutions In every state. They have passed beyond the stage of experiment. Tho ex pense of maintaining them would be less ened every year as the Inmates became more proficient In their work, nnd they be had In view: It must be educational, dustrlal and custodial. Matter of Education. Educational In so far ns |hose who conk developed aa highly as possible. The school should be especially adapted to the pupils, for from ordinary schools they receive lit tle benefit. The teachera also should l»e especially trained in the work of educating the feeble-minded, ami conld lie secured from Institutions which have lieen success fully conducted for years. I.lttle could be gained by entrusting the educational de partment to those unfamiliar with this * i of pupils nnd Ignorant of their limits- i. We cannot hope to accomplish much he way of Imparting general Informa tion, the teaching must lie elementary, and the klndergnrten feature should In* promi nent. Physical training should be carried out systematically, and tbe pupils could If anybody tries to make you believe “high license” is a “temperance” measure, a good thing for the people, rend him the following by the 'Wine and Spirit News of Ohio: “While wo do not now nnd never did ap S tove of such a thing as a $1,000 saloon »x. believing It to be outrageous. If not highway robliery; nevertheless It Is a law nnd probably will remain so. At the same time there never wan a law enacted that did not have some good features attached to It, so it. Is possible that It limy have some. For Instance, It cannot be denied thut nn Immense revenue will nccnio tq the state, MAKING THE LIQUOR BUHir lNDISl’KNSAIll.K TO THK HTATB. "Legislatures of the future will not be ao ■ hnaty lu listening to every crank and every crunk organisation that comes along with a complaint about the liquor traffic. THE STATE WILL HAVE LEARNED TO LEAN ON THIS REVENUE nnd will not be In position to despoil Itself merely to please the whimsical notions of theorists nnd wild-eyed cranks. In this respect ut least the $1,000 tax will be a benefit.” Citizens of Atlanta, what about $2,000 license tax for our city? Think It a good temperance measure? Isn't It what the liquor people really want In order to more effectually fasten their Infernal talons in our body politic? Isn't It an Intrigue of the devil, through many good men, to thwart n prohibition movement nml thus hold hell's greatest ally lu our fair city? It Is reported thnt some of the liquor men of this city favor a $5,000 license. The Anti-Saloon League stands unaltera bly opposed to the license system as vicious In principle. * —* **- * *“■" principle licensed taught, for many of these children do not know how to play, nnd If left to them selves wander ntmlr to be chief. under aimlessly about, nml are not pome discontented or to get Into mis They should Im taught self-control, and ’ every-dny conduct toward their associates. Religious training also should not In* neg lected. The earlier sehoola were wholly edncatlonnl. In many only the high grade Imbeciles and those not afflicted with epl lepsy were received as pupils. The object being to teach them to read aud write, to know something of arithmetic, nnd. If poa- alhle, to fit them to go back to their homes and take their places In the world as wage srners. The most successful schools of today tbe school and shops works for tbe common 1. Except for tbe teachers, all the work lone by tbe Inmates, and so rumunern industrial wvpai wiiwm. The Industrial department would probably t tbe most Important, aa on this depends me existence or the Institution, and to this we look for tbe greatest benefit to tbe In mates. Each pupil would be under die- ment where this aptitude conld be culti vated. It would In* the object of the In structors to have each inmate do some use ful work, nnd all could do something except those of the lowest grade. A great part of the expense of maintaining tbe Institution wnulil be borne hr this department. All vegetable*. milk, iheew. butter. ran meat, men I nntl food for the ntock would I* »up- Mod by tho farm, garden, dairy and poul ard, nml nny surplus. aa well aa the .... made In tbe .hope, uot needed for the Inatliutlon, conld lie aold, and In this ■bonId work nt It. They annum lie imigni carpentering, tailoring, hrnom-makln*. farm. In* nnd gardening. They could alio belt. In the Idnckeniltb .hop. In the brink yard, drive Icania, attend to the ntock, make roaila. aud do a large amount of other valuable work under competent patient In structor* A few would lie found to lie- MM i,ulte eniert lu their reaperllve trade,. While the work of many other* would more than equal the cost of their maintenance. The girls ami women could be taught sew nil wholly inconsistent with of enlightened government. Tho licensed saloon Is the onw unmitigated crime of nil crimes—the curse of the nation. It defies law, coerces auffrnge, conspires with the gambler against JastW'e and In tegrity, fosters the brothel lu slu against virtue and honor, rohs tho weak, degrades tho simple, pauperises tbe helpless, aud vulgarises I" “ * tor for pr» and base conduct. The saloon Is the enemy of the home, and strong drink will sooner or later curse every homo It enters. It destroys filial and parental affection. It makes murderers out of many good husbnuds, beasts out of dutiful sons, bawds out of pure. Innocent girls, and maniacs out of uoble, aweet mothers. Bishop Luther R. Wilson says: “The sa- Iiniu lu the uullgbted alley Is had; the sa loon with' brasen nffroutery moving out Into public gaxe Is worse; but the legalised saloon—what of thnt? It Is a blot upon our civilisation, for In that Is tbe pur- chased warrant of Its being. To support the constructive Institutions of the state ami then deliberately thus sell to men the privilege of preventing or nndolnc all thnt these institutions are designed to accom- r llsh, Is monumental folly, ns though ullt battleships for the protection of coast, uml then for a price tell the al... enemy the privilege of battering down our cities.” As a cold-blooded business pwi>osltlon the licensed liquor traffic Is on the wrong able of the balance sheet. For every dol lar It gives the dty lu license tax It robs the people of twenty. The 103 licensed saloons thnt have ex Isted In the dty for some time yield the city $103,000 lu a license tax. It Is cstl are being crowded out by “hell manufacto ries?” There are more snloona In this town than there are churches, aud the saloons are training two young men luto service of the devil nnd the imps of perdition for every one the church nnd the Kunday schools are tralulug up Into angels of light and liberty Somebody Is responsible for this condi tion of affairs lu Atlanta. There are dea cons and stewards In this town who serve the sacrament of the Lord's supper on Sun day and deliberately walk Into a saloon nnd take n drink on Monday. There are some ministers here who pray on Sunday, "Thy will he doue on earth ns it Is In heaven,” nnd ou election day walk down to the polls nnd vote for men who support tbe saloon, nud vote for n man for gover nor who Is a local optlonJst against one who Is an out-and-out prohibitionist, and for representatives who are committed to the liquor business. J. B. RICHARDS. AGED MAN ARRESTED ON "MOON SHINING" CHARGE. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden. Ala.. Dec. 15.—Webb Cof fee, a white man a*ed about 80 year*, who live* at Dali Play, ha* been ar retted on a Warrant and Indictment la- wed by the late grand Jury charging him with idling whlaky without li cense. He succeeded In making bond and was released. The old man bears a good reputation In his neighborhood and protests his Innocence most em phatically. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUN TRY HOUSES ON PEACHTREE ROAD. of the wholewi ssloons. This does not take Into nrcount the money represented by hours and days lost to the drluker, uor of blighted lives and lost souls. As practical business men. we ore all In- ituc and one-half million dollnrs—or one half of It, as It would be If tbe saloons were closed—was Invested In Atlanta homes nnd spent for needed- food, clothing, fuel, live stork, etc., the material condition or this dty and county would be so vastly Improved every year that the taxable values of the community would bo enbauced to that point where the Increased revenue from this source alone would far exceed the revenue now derived from licensing the sale of llqnor. And, oh. how much better It would In* to secure the revenue in this way than through "blood money" from tbe poor victim of tbe accursed trade! Tbe business, moral and social Interests of this community demand a clear brain and a steady hand. Dr. Landrum aald a few days ago: "it Isn't more men we need lu this country now, but more 'man.' What we need most ‘ i s gouulne mnn manufactory.” This iNtfrtalnly true, but, under heaven, tor .nn ft be, when "man manufactories” how - Ten miles out, yet having every city convenience, such as water with a pressure exceeding Atlanta’s fire pres sure. Electric lights of a brilliancy unequaled. Wood-sawing equipment that discounts the old way. There Is no unsightly tower with Its overhead tank to mar the beauty of the environment. Electric wires are concealed. The machinery Is located In a small building at the rear of the residence. Dunn’s Underground Pneumatic Tank is employed, Insuring cool, pure water, under high pressure, at all times. The water Is thoroughly aerated and oxygenized, and could remain In the tank Indefinitely, without becoming stagnant. A "Foes" Special Electric Gasoline Engine furnishes the power for pump ing, generating the Electric Lights and Hawing the Wood. Dunn Machinery Company, 54 Mari etta Street, Atlanta, have Installed a large number of these plants during the past five years, and canTefer to our best people as to the efficiency and durability of the system. They sell Towers and Overhead Tanks, also Electric-Driven Pumps, Wind Mills and Hteam Pumps, and have a corps of carefully trained experts for Installing. RDON BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA. Spring Term Begins January 2,1907. THE GREAT PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF THE SODTH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS steam heated. Spacious halls, commodious study aud recitation rooms. DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE-IDEAL ENVIRONMENT. The character and management of Gordon appeal to parents who desire to send their sous and daughters to u school where every faculty—mental, moral nud physical —will lie developed In the right war and to the highest degree. It Is non-sectnrinn. but Christian In Its Influences. The discipline Is firm, hut not rigid, the cordial relations between teachers nnd students being particularly noticeable. Military de partment under direction of U. S', army officer. The faculty 1s ns strong as thnt of any college nnd the eurr**“*“*“ * ' * degree of nttalnmeut'ls de course. Including l^itln nu<_, keeping, shorthand and typewriting. Catalogue gives dstsilod information of the advantages which have for a half century enabled Gordon's graduates to excel in college, professional and business lira. Write for it Rnrnestllle, a city of nearly 6,000 Inhabitants, 1,000 feet aboTe sea level. All advantages without tbe dangurs of a large city. B. F. Pickett, President. TWO FOR ONE--- The Georgian- -20,000 words a day from all over the world; 300 corre spondents in Georgia and neighboring states simply fat with news. Then * think of its Editorial, Sporting, Society and Market Pages— JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor; PERCY WHITING, Sporting Editor; MRS. GEO. G. BALL. Society Editcr; JOS. 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On account of the low subscription rate, subscriptions must be paid In advance. The Georgian can be delivered by carrier in Atlanta or mailed to any address out side of Atlanta under this arrangement. Address all orders with remittances to CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, ATLANTA, GA WE A L7HY HIND OO WORKS ASA COMMON LABORER Middletown, N. Y., Dec. 15.—It ha* just been discovered that Oashavant O. Pandit, a very wealthy hifh caste Hin doo, and a protege of the gaekwar of Daroda, Is working as a common la borer in the acid factory of Corbett A Stewart, at Roecoe. Pandit, who la {said to he worth millions, work* and livea a* the other laborers do. Industrial conditions In India are In a* deplorable state, he declarea and It la hi* Intention to take part In the tnak of revolutionizing them In his na tive land. He came to this country to gain an Insight Into the acid manufac turing business, which he expects to establish In a targe way In India. Griffin Merchant Bankrupt. A petition was hied In the bank ruptcy division of tbe Federal court Thursday by Burton, Rice & Co., New York, against A. Rogowskle, of Griffin. Ga.. forcing him Into Involuntary bank ruptcy. Rogownkl# acknowledge his In ability to pay his debts and agreed to the proceedings upon this ground, r. J. White was appointed receiver. Nn schedule of assets or liabilities were flled with the petition. Help the girls at the stores by being patient and kind in the holiday rush—they have trials enough. Buy early and give them a chance—they have hearts—sweet hearts, mothers and loved ones, too.