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Georgiah Readers Write on Timely Topics AN ABLE NEGRO’S VIEWS. To (he Editor of The Georgia^: r 0 Stinson, of Morris Brown Col- addressing the North Georgia | innferenee of the A. M. B. church here, •nnlelit, said, among other things: 1 ‘it seems to me the four ideas be- us as a people are how we can L. Impress our white neighbors about I as that we stand for better and higher morals, ‘hat we are capable laborers. | o. at n e are deeply Interested In the Jouth and that practical education yields' the most helpful results for all C “Iam n „ot unmindful of the fact that we have made and are now making progress morally: that the schools, churches and various organizations and many homes I imong US are on the side of purity In ! lire and character; yet I have. my doubts whether the Influence of parties who are supposed to teach and Instill this one great element in human life understand as fully as opportunity, charn e and the demand require as they mlirht. Say what you will, a race can. not rise higher than Ita sense of pure, sound morals. One affected apple In a barrel In time will affect the whole. The substantial salvation of our people and the good of those among whom we live depend very largely upon our ■buity to forever put to flight the loaf, mg wlll-not-work class, the breeders 0 f evil and the drunken sots. “These dens of vice and evil must be routed, and it Is for the responsible, decent thinking, property owning, home making class of our own race to i do It. The jargon that the white peo ple are jealous and prejudiced to the negro race will not hold good when the question of morals and decency Is taken into consideration. Capable Laborera. "That we are capable laborers—this ,„ie question can and may be settles! for the race's own good. I need not itress the fact that we have scores of men and women who are lovers of whatever kind of work to which they put their hand. I state equally as a plain truth when I say there Is en tirely too large a class who do not | work, who do not want to work and who do not mean to work. This crowd comes from one of two classes, either an Intelligent clais. who think It de grading to do a certain kind of work, CORRECT 8PEECH. I To the Editor of The Georgian: ' Apropos of the spelling reform, to a good many It would seem that an even better object than trying to reform spelling over night, so to speak, would be to make an effort to preserve the meaning of words. Slang has almost destroyed the real meaning of hun- | dreds of words and too frequent use of superlatives has also played some | havoc. ■onccrtcd endeavor to correct these abuses ought to have great and far* reaching results of benefit to our lan guage. Words are sure to adapt thorn, selves In due season, but nothing can restore the meaning of words once that meaning Is shunted. Nothing bespeaks a true lady or gen. tlcnnn or well-bred child more than the use of correct language—pure, clean speech. Cultivate good English In everyday conversation. Unclean speech Is In keeping with a smutty face, hegrlmed hands and soiled clothes. It is strange how easily and almost unconsciously, one slides Into a care less, rllpshod way, of talking, even when the rules of grammar aro quite familiar. It Is not uncommon to find, people learned In all the rales of syn tax, who apply them to the art of writing, yet habitually talk Incor rectly. Early culture and aasoclatlon r.-lth refined persons are quite essen tial to give purity of speech, but If one has been unfortunately deprived of these, one should ' continually watch words until the habit of using | decent English Is fixed. Nothing so unmistakably marks one vith vulgarity—no matter how elegant s the outside covering—as shabby, | low-born speech. J. COLTON LYNE3. Atlanta, Ga. and It Is that the: fitted *for, and tha. man that has had some chances must not do what they regard as menial work: or a class who feel that they must live upon others, either by meth ods of taking It unfairly or by their wits. '■That we are deeply Interested In tnfc South—the best way is to prove that everybody Is so busy and so dili gent, doing something to better the community, until they have no time to be idle, and, therefore, think no evil, believe nothing wrong and the very atmosphere about every one is so punctured with good will there can be nothing but joy and happiness for ail concerned. “That practical education yields the most helpful results to all concerned— I believe this last idea with all the power of my soul. Two considerations are essential In these schools. • First,! the chieftain at the head of the insti tution and the dally Instruction Im parted to the youth. It is folly that practical education Is averse to higher training, especially Is It true in an in fant race. The leaders of a people should be thoroughly trained, but that class is far less than ten out of a hundred. The great army of a people are breadwinners, rent payers, clothes wearers, they are common laborers. Whatever the Jolliers or nice talkers may say, the Scriptures, the best In terpreters of the truth, stress the one, two and five talents In a way that all may learn a lesson. One of our great est needs today is a little home of our own, In which to lay down the ele mentary principles of morals, money to pay necessary bills, money to prac tically educate our children, all of which means that every man, woman, boy and girl shall find out at the ear liest possible moment their place and what work they can best do, and do it with a will. I believe as sincerely as I stand here tonight that when these ‘ ' igs have been taught In the home, the school room, In the chifrch and our various organizations, a better day shall have been ushered In upon us and each will have an equanimity of mind.” R. E>. STINSON. Cedartown, Ga., Dec. 7, 1906. To the fed! tor of The Georgian: Why got arouse public sentiment and the proper authorities of Atlanta and abate In this beautiful city the crime of the smoke demon; also the Intolerable, filthy* and death dealing dust of Atlanta's streets— pregqated with the death dealing activities of tuberculosis that annually carries hun dreds to untimely graves In this fair city. It has been proven, also, "beyoud question, that smoke annually does the same work, by laying the foundations deep down In the Innermost recesses of the lungs for the culture of genus. By smoke I mean from railroads and factories. By wlint right do they continue to pour forth their death dealing pollution Into the grand, pure oxone God Almighty hus bequeathed ns a heritage to the most favored of bis people In this magnificent climate. Also call the attention of the proper ones In authority and have replaced In street cars the antl-splttlng signs. They seem to ha vs disappeared entirely. Why? Alao en force the antl-splttlng laws by compelling policemen and those Tn authority to arrest persons who spew forth upon tho sidewalks nnd elsewhere their vile filth, to be carried Into our homes and places of business, then Into our lungs aud thence to the grave. These nre problems of vital Interest and Importance to every one who lives In or comes to the fair city of Atlanta und walks her streets. Clean out; clean up; keep clean. Let that be Atlanta's hobby. As I look out from any one of Atlanta's sky scrapers, night or day, l see the deadly death pall or dust and smoke settling down upon oar people to the depth, or rather height, of some hun dreds of feet, mining the fine buildings, merchandise In stores and the clothes upon our backs, penetrating onr homes and places of business. Iqyiug the uests for all kinds of disease nnd sickness. 1 am Informed upon "ood authority that many people In Atlanta Jlo from pulmonary troubles annually, su perinduced no doubt by the dnst and smoko nuisance. Catarrh am! all Its attendant evils abound here nnd 75 per cent of this filthy malady Is caused by polluted air, this deadly fine dust and amoke, so fmpslpsbly fine that It nenetrntes the Innermost re cesses of the bronchial tubes and lungs, dls- putura and setting breeding ... human anatomy for the bnc- erla of consumption and other diseases to thrive In Away with these death dealing nuisances. How. you ask? First, by compelling the railroads to burn only nnthrgclto in locomotives inside the “ limits at least, If not further out. cities compel, why not Atlanta? city Otfiei Other Then what'little smoke comes from resi dences will hardly be noticed, because no forced draft to speuk of Is used • to el great volumes of unhurued gns and refi Into the atmosphere. Kequlre city authorities to wash 1 several principal-streets, at least along the business and residence sections, nnd do this every night; By washing, I menu use th€ hose thoroughly, not only upon the gutter, but begin upon the sidewalk*, clean them first Into the gutters, then the center of the street Into the gutters aufi something like clesnlln - Other I .... who receives In her midst a hundred thou- annd or more visitors from everywhere, who Not one-fourth what It costs to nurse and care for, feed and doctor sick ones In our homes, pay t{ie undertaker and dig graves for ourselves and friends. Therefore— Compel railroads to burn hard coal within he city limits. Compel factories nnd users of stationary nglues to usd smoke consumers. Compel city to nightly wash sidewalks, streets and gntters. Compel the street railway company to spitting upon the side- BONO PUBLICO. port smart set at its "monkey dinners 1 might attain to the physical if not to the Intellectual completeness of the guest of honor. J. J. D. OH. FOR FAITH. By James Walker Heatherley. Suffer little children to come unto me I and forbid them not, for of such Is the | Kingdom of Heaven.—Nf. Luke 18:16. I Oh. for the faith qf a little child, I Innocent,Moving and sweet; | Oh. for the faith of a little child, •ln<! peace at Jesus' feet, I Oh, for the faith of a little child! I oh. for a little child's love! [Jum the faith of a little child IVin record my naive above. | Oh. for the faith of a little child, Oh, for a new* tongue to speak; | Oh for the faith of a little child, Bumble, lowly and tncek. >h, for the faith of a little child! r. s Joy In the hope that's given, 'b, for the faith of a little child, ' "f such is the Kingdom of Heaven. I Hut A GREAT MI8TAKE. To the Editor of The Georgian: While riding in an overladen electric car last night, standing with both hands filled with bundles, a philosophic thought flashed upon me which I hast en to impart'to you. To wit: The great mistake of our prehistoric aboreal ancestors was the criminal negligence which resulted In the loss of their tails. Yet It was a loss not so much for them as for their posterity, and es peclally for that portion of It which uses trolley cars at 6 p. m. Now, If I had had with me last night that ap pendage which I insist should have been transmitted to me as a birth right, I could have done one of two things with it. I could either have held my bundles with it, and used my hands for the str^ip, or, preferably, I could have .coiled 1t gracefully around the strap with advantage to my equili brium and dignity. But as It was, I was helpless, for my primogenitors, In their pride or Indolence, allowed the tall to atrophy through disuse and finally to disappear. We do not realize our loss ,and the many modern uses to which the tall could be put. For Instance, how ser viceable It would be to the mariner furling pall on the storm-swayed yard. The ship lurches. He slips. Man over board! Not so, he is saved, for he had the prudence to take two twists of his faithful tall around the jackstay. The tail, however, Is to be desider ated, not merely as a mechanical ap pendage, but more especially as an In strument of expression In the fine arts. And hero it Is that the philosopher most bitterly bewails its loss. Take acting: Booth was as masterly as Ingo, but, assuredly, he was hampered by his tailless condition. Denuded of the most potent implement for the ex pression of feline craftiness he neces sarily failed to reach the subtlest por trayal of perfidious character. Consider oratory. Great as are Bev eridge and Tillman, they would be still greater with tails. At those moments of dramatic intensity when the mighty- voiced Tillman lashes himself Into fury, the audience, while hanging on his words, would carefully note his caudal gestures. "Now we are going to get something exceptionally fine," It would say to Itself, “watch his tall.'* In literature, the tall nnd its emo tional movements would he a perennial delight to the realistic school. InMvar nothing could be finer than a whole brigade lashing Its tails before a charge. Music, too, could find uses for the tall. The organist might pull the ••vox humana" stop without lifting his hands from the keyboard. Conductors could beat time with It for the audi ence. Rhythmically swayed, the toll would be effective in the dance. So ciety could promulgate rules of good form regarding It. With tails the New- 8LEEP. Sleep, oh violets, sleep under the snow, Where still shadows creep in evening's glow; The moon Jn curtained clouds, peeping o'erhead. Through vapory shrouds, its halo doth shed. Sleep, oh little buds, sleep crsdled Up there. Where the winter winds sweep through branches bare; And where mistletoe gleams blown to and fro, v Till as white it seems as balls of snow. Sleep, oh fair lilies, sleep yonder on the mere, TUI with life you peep when spring is here, And on sweet Easter day, from risen tomb, In peerless living array ye lilies bloom. Sleep, oh weary ones, sleep in your calm repose. Where the gentle dews steep the in cense of rose; But on the happy shore, with the dear blest, Whtre sorrow Is no more, wake there, and rest, —AUGUSTA WALL. If You Desire Good Printing •'lid wish to show that it is the product of Atlanta I "'inters, ask for this label: it can be had for the asking at the following job ~ offices: SYL. LESTER A CO 2 1-2 N. Broad PARHAM PTG. CO 2 12 8 - Br0 * d N. C. TOMPKINS 16 w - Alabama TELEGRAM PUB. CO 88 Cantral Ava. FRANKLIN-TURNER CO K - 71 * V F DOWNS <t STADEL ,4 1 ' 2 N ■ Forsyth LAHATTE PTG. CO 20 8 ' Br8,d WARD PTG. CO 55 8 - Pf y° r JOHN THOMASON CO 8 1 ' 2 *■ Br0 * d BLOS8ER PTO. CO 38 ’ w Walton CONVERSE 4 WING 104 Edgevrood HUDOLESTON & CHRISTIAN 2« «• Forsyth Atlanta Typographical Union 520 Candler Bldg. P- 0. Box 266. Mania Phone 875. “LUKE-WARM PR0HIBITI0NI8T8.” To the Editor of The Georgian: Three ponderous dally paper*—all publlahecl In Atlanta—have been kind ly handed to me. In one I read: “Theae half-hearted prohlbltlonlata are among the Intelligent, beet moral citizenship.” (There often come* a “calm after a atorm.”) Some of these moral cltixen* have observed effect* of temperance enterprise* for full three-score and ten years, and been enthusiastic prohibi tionist* for a third of a century; nnd now, looking at some of the legitimate fruits of prohibition, see the most prominent group Is blind tiger, dispen sary, Jug-trade, (laming ads of whis ky, (guaranteed pure!), clreulara of same Import multiplying like tho frogs of Egypt, and neither last nro least, a common spirit of disregard for law! Thus seeing that prohibition promotes the evil It combats. It seems In order to take our hearings. The most earn est Rdvoeates pronounced prohibition In Georgia a failure a year ago. These considerations may well cause ua to cast about for ways of reform. Casting a ballot for or against pro hibition would cause a crucial test with calm, tolerant people, who cherish an enlightened conscience! A compre hensive view of the situation Is ap palling! Sometime* It become* ex pedient to compromise In part rather than lose all. This tower of prohibition has caused a confusion of tongues—Its foundation Is not stable. By digging down, It may eventually be found that a moral nnd Christian sentiment In co-opera tion with government ownership and control, according to existing state of popular education on the subject, with all revenue eliminated, would give the beet reeults. With reepect to all. EX-PROHI. UNFIT POULTRY. To the Editor of The Georgian: Half-starved and diseased poultry Is being sold by merchants and served In restaurants for food. I noticed an article In The Sunday Constitution that was written by a eltl- xen on the way poultry Is treated by the express company and merchants before It is sold to the people for foot, rladly hear witness to all that id In The Constitution, and still I have noticed several times, t lot of poultry was shut up and j, that many of them were sick w ith sore head and other diseases, and at the same time they were allowed to stay In the coops with the others, and even sold for food In this condition. I have In my life many times examined dressed poultry and found that they were sick when they were killed. You cun go around and examine the poul try that Is at the stores and for sale and you won't llnd nny food or water In the coops one time In ten. I know that the city council should pass a law and appoint a first-class man for an Inspector of poultry and have him to see and know that MI poultry that la offered for sale Is healthy and well cared for before offered for pale. Let every one do hla duty and see that this evil Is stopped. J. J. SMITH. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 13, 1*04. Southern Man For President. To the Editor of The Georgian: Keep up the good work of advocat ing a Southern candidate of the Demo cratic .party for the presidency. The freedom of the South from large capi talistic Influences would glvo Its can didate, great prestige with those who desire a change. Yours very truly - ERNEST C. KONTZ. LOST 1 CORNER LOT? CITY FINOS ONE BUT CAN'T FIND OWNER A nice little lot on the southwest cor ner of Lee and Columbus streets, In West End, Is without an owner. It Is a splendid lot, In a fine section of the city. Yet, five years' search has failed to find the person who owns It, or even one who makes any pretense to own it. The city tax col lector's books and the state's do not throw any light on the mysterious own er of this valuable piece of property. The conditions were brought to light by Contractor F. G. Lake, before the streets committee of council Friday aft. ernoon. Mr. Lake said that he was engaged to law curbing and sidewtilks on Lee street, the property*fronting the sido- alks being assessed. This was In 1901. All paid but the owner of this lot. The lot was 1 assessed* as the property of a woman, but she proved that It is not hers. Aided by city officials. Contractor Lake has been looking for the owner of this lot ever since. The amount duo him is 826.93, principal and Interest. He asks the city to pay him this amount. The city attorney recom mends that the bill* bp paid, and that the city take the psetferty and sell It. That the South Sends Each Year $60,000,000 To the East in Life Insurance Premiums. WHY NOT Strength, Integrity. KEEP THIS AT HOME? “Equal and Exact Justice to All, Special Privileges to None.” We issue all approved forms of policies, participating and non-participat ing, straight life Insurance, without board contracts, stock schemes, or other questionable methods of securing business. GOOD OPEN TERRITORY FOR REPUTABLE AGENTS The Volunteer State Life Z. C. PATTEN, President. Insurance Co. c ”“c A . State AgentS“=COLLlER & AKERS===Atlanta, Macon. LUMBER PLANT8 CL08E BECAUSE OF CAR FAMINE. Special to The Georgian. Jackson, Ml**., Dec. IS.—Lumber manufacturers in the southern part of the state are advising the railroad commission that they have been com pelled to *hut down their plant* owing to their inability to get freight car*. Homo of the letter* bitterly complain of the treatment they are receiving; JE88E R AW LI N 8~BU8Y FIRING 8TEAM 8H0VEL. Sppclnl to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Dec. 15.—Jesse Rawlins I* busy firing the big steam shovel at the plant of the Cherokee Brick Com pany and In a few days he will be given a few lessons in handling the machine. At present he Is unable to do a big amount of work because of his long confinement In the jail at Valdosta, and the physicians have advised the authorities to let him take it easy for a while. ARE ELKS BLIND TIGER SI SEAB WRIGHT WADES INTO DISCUSSION OF ZOOLOGY Seaborn Wright, that doughty and and many other social organisations In volatile champion of prohibition, and fltate do?" the arch enemy of‘the demon rum— day, night, Sunday, Monday and all the time—has opened up his batteries on the Elks Club In Rome. If there's anything In the world Sea born Wright dislikes It Is stagnation in any form. Matters got dull up In the Hill City and the eloquent Roman has fired a broadside Into the Elks. The Honorable Seaborn says the ex clusive club of the Roman elect is op erating a "blind tiger!" Think of It! One of the most recherche social or ganizations In the metropolis of Floyd! The club that has entertained Govern or Terrell and many others of state and national importance, simply a pig! Roman Elks calmly acknowledge that they operate a buffet for the dis pensation of spirituous and malt IU|- uor* to Its members. "What of that?" they ask. "Is it more than tho Capita! City Club, the piedmont Driving Club 60 MARIETTA ST. Xmas Suggestions Raid PI.rc.'. Pl.a.lng Pric..: Ladl..' Fancy Cellar., 8e to $2.00. Ladies' Xmn Handkerchief*; 5c to 60e. Gloves, 2So to 83.00. Nic Hosiery, 10c to 50c. Voile, 28c to $2.00. Napkins, 6c up. Fancy Faaeinatorc, 25c to $4.00. Balts, 20c to $1.00. A job lot of Ladies’ .well Um brella,, $1.50 to $2.50. Man’. Silk Ties: 50c value, 33c. Suspender, in Xmaa boxaa, 25c to Shirta, 25c tc $1.50. Gtovaa, 25c to $1.23. Seeks, 10c to 50c. Underwear, 25c to $3.00. Fancy 8carfs, Pillow Tope, Shams, etc., 28c to $5.00. Ladies’ guaranteed atyliah Shoe., $1.50 to $350. Men’s bast made Shoes, $3.50 to $4.00: also $1.50 to $5.00. Childran’s Shoot, 25c to $2.00, PIERCE’S BUSY STORE. ^ PIONEER HOSTLER DIES UNDER WHEELS OE GEORGIA TRAIN Special to The Georgian. Madison, Ga., Dec. 16.—While cross ing the tracks of the Georgia Railroad yesterday evening shortly after 6 •o’clock, C. B. Atkinson, one of Madi son’s pioneer citizens, was struck by a work train and Instantly killed. He was 65 years of age, and deaf ness prevented him from hearing the approach of the engine. Mr. Atkinson was well known and greatly beloved. For the past few years he has been retired, although he formerly ran a pleasure resort known as Silver Lake. He was unmarried. All Brother Elks. A peculiar situation has arisen over the fight on the Elks Club of Rome. Heaborn Wright has petitioned for an injunction to restrain the Elks from operating their buffet. The petition was brought before Judge Moses Wright. Judge Wright is a brother of Seaborn Wright, and Is an Elk among Elks. Will the legal advisers ofr the Elks or Seaborn Wright himself urge these facts as matters for disqualification? And then It Is said Judge A. W. Fite, of the Cherokee circuit, will be asked to hear the petition. But another stum bling block arises. Judge Fite is an ardent nnd avowed champion of prohi bition. So the Elks will urge objections to him on the grounds of bias and prejudiced viewpoint. It Is a pretty row, and has torn the population of Rome asunder. Prac tically all the best citizens of the male persuasion In Rome belong to the Elks. Arrayed against Mr. Wright will be this big and Influential membership. But that will nht deter him in his zeal once he Is camped firmly In the trail of the Elk buffet. The row prom ises to disrupt the county, and affect the political fortunes of more than one office holder. And Floyd Is famed for Its caloric political rumpuses. The outcome of the matter will be watched with keen Interest nil over the state, as the social clubs of Atlanta and other cities will be affected by the de cision. PERM. PRISONERS T0~0 BSERVE’H OD DAT Roast turkey with cranberry saua* and sdvory dressing and other dellca- cle« will be provided by Warden Moyor for the Clirlitmaa dinner of the 630 prisoner* now confined In the United Statee penitentiary In South Atlanta. Instead of navy beana, they will have sweet potatoes, layer cake will take the place of dally Ilghtbread, and cur rant Jelly, apple, and bonanaa will top of the menu, which doee not come often ,ln thu life of a Federal prlaoner. An elaborate and entertaining pro gram la being arranged by Chaplain Tupper, who Is being aaelated by sev- eral well-known Atlanta people. An instrumental eolo will be given by the Mieses Langford, of Atlanta. Dr. Fos ter will recite. David Silverman will render a violin eolo. Among the other contributor* will be Mra. Vance and Mlai Hattie Hunter. Marlon Hood, Mr*. H. Edgar Fry and Mr*. James E. Lee. A prison orchestra I* practicing dolly under the direction of the chaplain and will fumleh mualo for the occasion. The full program will be announced by the chaplain a* soon os completed. Holiday Cslsbrstion. Special to Tbe Georgian. Rome, Ga., Dec. 15.—The labor unions are making preparations for a big hn||. day celebration on the night of Janu ary 1. The matter was decided ur-m at a meeting of the Central Labor Union Thursday night, and committee* were appointed from the different lo cals to get up a suitable program for the occnslon. FIREMEN AT MACON WANT BETTER PAY. Bpcrlal to The Ceorgtim. Macon. Ga., Dec. 15.—The pay for the Macon fire department will proba bly be raised at the annual meeting of the council, which Is to be held here next Tuesday night. Alderman Em mett Barnes wants to raise the firemen to the same pay ae the policemen. He claime that tbe firemen are on duty 24 hours a day, while the policemen only , serve eight houre. The pay will no doubt be raised to-the same propertion. First Prize, Blue Ribbon and Diploma, WAS AWAROED TO Vulcanite Roofing at the Georgia State Fair. This wm done on merit by the expert Judge* on this line. VULCANITE I* the origi nal double fl'nt coated, asphalt roofing. It ha* imitat :>$**. but no equal. Recommended by the National Board of Underwriters and Southeastern Tariff Association. "You Can Put It On." jATLANTA SUPPLY COMPANY ^UjlSUjj^V Sele 8tate Agente for Georgia. 29-31 South Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga. J. C. GREENFIELD, PresidtnL C. A. PEEK, Secretary. Peachtree and West End Friends: If you had to stand behind a counter alLday just once you would buy some of youi Christmas things now and not make it so hard on the girls at Christmas time. .