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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
THE
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' WILL V. ZIMMER, Resident Proprietor.
! LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS
REPEAL THE BANKRUPT LAW.
To th«* Editor of The Georgian:
Cnlem wo have some speedy nuil rigid
IrgMatlon along commercial linen “name’
thluu Is going to drop” and “somebody
Is going to squeal." I
Ivrhaps, more properly. I should have
raid that we are nearing a financial crisis
!b.> like of which the world has never
U'forc witnessed, and. In the same connec
tion. 1 want to say It plainly, that the
laws governing the commercial world arc,
••r will he. the prlmury cause of the whole
disaster.
I will only cite ope example—one with
which everybody In our own state Is more
less familiar; vl«.: The Georglu bank
rupt law.
If ever In the world's history there has
boon enacted legal protection for thieves,
the Georgia bankrupt law* In the height
of such brnten eunctment. And I do not
mean to Infer that all bankrupts are
thieves. Yet when the law assists an ....
business business mao to smooth hi* flnnn-
• Ini embarrassments. Just to tbnt extent
the law etieoursges that class of men to
engage In business.
The facts ire that under the present
l.tus anybody with a few* hundred dollars
ran go Into business; buy a small o|»vnliig
stock for ensh; use said stock as a basis
for credit to the amount of many times
bis capital; sell said goods; go Into bauk-
jtjpby, voluntarily or. involuntarily; pay
th.- costs, and .reserve $1,800 homestead,
although at the beginning everything he
had may have Iwmmi only a fractional part
»f said $1,800 homestead, nut because the
wholesalers credited him for goods, In the
•*nd the court forces them to credit him
with n homestead. In short, the bank
rupt court simply cancels his obligations
legally! 'o once for nil and gives hlut. after
In* pays the costs, whatever of goods or
a.o.'cv he may have on hand.
Ir you are not fnmlllnr with the alarm
lug amount that Is being wasted In this
way. consult the wholesalers In your
•‘It?: consult some of your attorneys who
make a specialty of collections; in fact, Iti-
vestlgnte at nil the great centers where
•ilstrftiutfon is registered. Then attend the
bankrupt court and Investigate the bank
rums there and at their homes thoroughly.
I venturi' the assertion, and I fear no
r>‘nsellable contradiction, that no man
■hould be allowed to "keep store" who
•nii't "keep hooks," and the corollary that.
»hcn a ninn docs keep store and his books
Mum- that he hag used any more himself
tbaa the profits, he should be dealt with
the balance, by every \den of what Is or
•hould be. Inw and Justice, Itelougs to the
they cover.
If I can interest The Georgian In this
Important matter to the extent that you
I preach It in the editorial columns until
to do your state that will be so momentous.
Yours truly.
ALGERNON II. DAVENPORT.
Helena, tin., December 28, 1908.
party
goods.
parties who furnished him said
| ■ | . forced to cull
b member of the legislature In per-
At one time I remember to have
-i i:od the speaker’s help In urging the
t4<tnl»TR m assist me on a certain uiHtter
!» d<dng so, he Incidentally called their
j’tti-utlon to the need of a state bureau of
Information, where capitalists, prospcetlv
timat»- how much value that office has
Ptnvcd to the state?
T<» relieve the present situation, my sug-
Mtlon would Is? to at first repeal the bank
rupt law. Then create n stnte mercantile
ap-ncy. clothed with the powers of a court,
j • which every prospective merchant should
~ f rr t ] to apply for perniluHlon to go
lnf, » business, nnd to which every merchant
• * 1 business man sboiitd In* forced to re*
i"*t a? stated Intervals, aud also whenever
r^'i'MiMl. Aside from being beneficial,
thero u no reason why the Institution
“AGIN THE RAILROAD8."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have rend your editorial—as I read
all your ^lltorlala—of December 22,
"Being Fair With the Raltroada,” and I
must say that In It Is exhibited your great
est characteristic—a desire to be fair with
everybody—*o Mr that you often ore
fnlr to yourself.
No, Mr. Editor. It Is no tidal wave
prosperity that brought about the present
deplorable situation. Let me ask, first,
why two-thirds of the passengers on the
street railroads lu Brooklyn and New York
often cannot get seats? Because straps
cost less than scats, to say nothing of the
cost of extra cars'to put the seals In. The
same sort of “peony wise and ponud fool
Ish" lunnogement has kept the transporta
tlon companies from getting the necessary
facilities for the handling of the commerce
of the country; beside*, there Is a great
game of grab going ou all over the country,
nnd the railroad tnngnatea are Issuing the
hundreds, yea, thousands of millions
new stocks nnd tHinds to gamble In Wall
street nnd to “coup'’ what they want. Be
sides, they spent all of last winter In ma
nlpulatlng congress—on the rate hill—when
they should have been having engines and
ears built to meet nil emergencies, nnd
even here within the Inst few months they
have been squabbling with their employees
about a few cents In the day’s work; but *
must sny I mu glad to see them act t
they arc acting. It only hastens the day
when the people will squelch them, nnd do
as all the rest of tbn world Is doiug, take
possession of the railroads nnd operate
them. Even Mexico-In ten years uhead of
comes, and*come It wll'i, and sooner than
one In a thousand of us look for It, won’t
we travel cheaply! Think of traveling
thirty miles on a railroad for 10 cents. That
Is what they him* been paying for years
lu New Zealand, while here In ,r the land of
the free nnd home of the brave” It takes
nil the power of n railroad commlsalon ami
the courts of hist resort to get oae carried
ten inlles for 30 cents.
Again, In this great country we can jrei
car Iced, not transported, mind you. foi
the distance of 120 miles for $25. While In
New Zealand they will Ire It and transport
It 300 tulles for $*5.60. Think of It.
No wonder while we are fighting for our
rights In this great country the other
THE GEORGIANS MISSION.
tions have been taking possession of the
railroads so rapidly that there are now but
about 92.0i)0 miles In nil the countries out
sldo of the I’nlted Ktntes that are not op
crated by the governments, and when we
mat the 10,000 miles Mexico has taken over
reduces the number of miles still In
the hands of private parties to 82,00b miles.
No wonder Brysn came home tnlklug
“’Tm'.'steaoall.
After January 1st, 1907, interest at rate of
4 per cent per annum, compounded semi
annually, will be paid on savings deposits.
Deposits made on or before the 5th of Jan
uary will draw -interest from the 1st of the
month.
TRUST
COMPANY
OF GEORGIA
EQUITABLE BUILDING.
Capital, Surplus and Profits .. $650,000.00
Open till 4:30 p. m. Saturdays, 6 p. m.
To the Editor of The Georgian
You hare entered upon a great work,
a work long needed. I iqenn. In publish
ing for the sober, Intelligent people, the
best people, a newspaper, a paper of high
moral tone, furnishing every Hem of news
that ought to find n place In the home to
be read by the family.
The press, the newspaper, is n great
power for good, or evil-ln polities, rellg*
•oh and education—hence, great responsi
bilities rest on the shoulders of the men
who publish newspapers. Jt may lw said
In commendation of the public press that
there has been a marked Improvement In
■ome respects within the last few years.
The newspapers of today are not Inter
larded with profane worda. curse words,
unrefined sayings. Many n young render
has l>een damaged In toste nod habit In this
way. rhe people want the news; must
have it; ought to have It; hut let them
have It In the best way. A paper with
out whfsfcy advertisements, n great daily
paper. Yes. let the people, let all the
good people rally to Its support. Every
time we pay for n paper with these adver
tisements. we help the liquor muse.
Then, we don't want all the disgusting
details of every scandalous thing that hap-
pens—things, details that no decent per
son would speak of In nny company.
All good parents teach, their children
good manners. Good taste ami good.re
finement Is taught In mtr-school*; so let
the newspapers he lu accord with these
things. Not only are these bad adver
tisements left out, but the noble, eloquent
writer and speaker, the brave tnan, stands
out for prohibition, fan a lover of hla
race, n patriot, a Christian, atnnd for any
thing else?
What whisky doe* for the individual, It
will do for the family, and for the state
—that Is, ruin It. What prohibition will do
for a week In keeping the peace, prerenting
crime and lawlessness, It would do year lu
und rear out.
Thf country papers exert great Influence,
and some of them the very l«**t influence
we have two good •- -
get The LaGrange
very best papers In the .state, sounder
than some church papers on prohibition,
though that grand old county of ,7roup and
her capltul, LaGrange, famed for so many
good things. Is blighted with the foal blot
of a dispensary. The Reporter speaks out
boldly every week for prohibition. Li»t all
the good county papers apeak out for pro
hibition—yes, statewide prohibition, und the
unrApfrinl Mould humn-u.
The people want to do right. Teach them
te rig* * *"* ----- -
Get th
III do
Let 1 ...... ...
sober writers to The Georgian, nnd all
good county papers.
W. J. COTTER.
Senna a, (la., December 29, 1909.
TION IN BALDWIN COUNTY
This election will thru mean not dioaa*
ter. hut overwhelming und permanent
tory for God and llta truth.
MARY HARHI8 ARMOR,
[’resident Georgia Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union.
Kastman. On., December 17, 1908.
SCRIBBLING AT RANDOM.
(Our eyes are but the windows to
our souls immortal; And our faces but
the scrolls of our lives, bearing the
imprint of our deeds, both good and
evil.)
Last night the stars glowed brightly
)n the blue of the sky above,
But the light on your face was tenderer
Than that from the realms above.
And your eyes revealed the splendor of
heaven.
Came that light from your soul, my
love.
Whatever Immortal gods there be
I repeatedly, yet uselessly, entreat,
Junt the gift of one fond moment
In the which our souls may meet.
Must my pleading be ever In vain—
And my heart throbbing ever In pain—
Never feel the sweet balsam of gain?
Perhaps, ,’tls love’s hope commending
My soul to Its labor unending
For Joy’s and sorrow’s sweet blending
In the bliss of your Anal surrendering.
—CALVIN F. CARLTON.
AFTER CHRI8TMA8.
TO SERVE TERM
IN CONVICT GARB
It Is Not Likely That Burn
ham Will Make
Appeal.
Mr Dear Comrades Through The Georgian:
When I taw that a local optlou election
had been called In Baldwin county, my first
thought waa or.** of sadness: but my next
waa of gladness. A prohibition fight Is al
ways a good thing, whether It he In At-
auta or elsewhere, because It tnrna on the
light, aud that Is whut the liquor business
can not stand.
You remember Joseph's word to his breth
ren: "Ye thought evil against me, but
God meant It unto good."
The liquor turn have “thought evil” In
seeking to agntn fasten upon Baldwin
county the curse of legalised liquor tr*f.
*r. but God menus It for good,
in the light of modern lelenoe. as It
revelation, alcohol stands condemned, and
there Is no re&umuendatlon to merrjft
The liquor men themselves acknowledge
that (here is not a ifngle argument on their
aide.
A barkeeper said to a friend of mine
last summer:
"I am golug to get out of this business,
for If I don’t I’ll oe forced out whenever
n prohibition election la called. The pro
hibitionists are bound to win, and they
ought to, for there la nothing good vou
can >ay about the business and nothing
too mean to say about It.”
A whisky drummer In Dawaon the other
on your siae.
The Atlanta Evening Newt, a whisky pa
per, In an editorial of December 7, warning
the city council of the danger of a prohibi
tion election In case the council refused
to accept certain suggest Iona with refer
over can a •«»
election Is ordered.”
1 th# Bt|
plea of ...
we are yet to be convinced
that the manhood of Baldwin county *~
for sale.
Now la the time to teach the people
scientific trutha with regard to
... Much has been discovered by
science since your last election. You have
** o get people .out to tern-
since that time, but they
will come now. It It a chance such as you
have not had to save, the hoys of your
county. Give the people facts. They are
stubborn things. Hbow them bow the
greatest scientists, among them many med
ical men of note, have pronounced liquor,
alcohol In every shape and form, evil and
*— *nd that the proc-
renders the mak
ing of any but denatured alcohol (which
enn not be drunk) unnecessary.
Mhow fhcmt be nature of at~obo!-tbat
i« a double deadly cumulative brain
petfood,
By Jamas Walker Heatherloy.
Many were the glad hearts
On Christmas morn!
Many were the sad hearts
On Christmas morn!
Many were the merry hearts
On Christmas morn!
Many were the weary hearts
On fhristmns morn!
Weary hearts and sad hearts
Bear thy pain.
Yours win l*e glad hearts
When Christ returns again.
HAYDN'S “CREATION"
IT JEWISH TEMPLE
New York, Dec. 29—The applica
tion of George Burnham, Jr., vice pres
ident and general manager ot the Mu
tual Reserve Life Insurance Company,
for certificate of reasonable doubt and
a stay of sentence pending his appeal
from his conviction on the charge of
latency of the funds of the corpora
tion, was denied without comment' or
opinion by Justice O'Gorman In the su
preme court.
Burnham was sentenced to two and
one-halt years In Sing Sing, and will
have to go to Jail now unless. Justice
O'Gorman, in hla discretion, should
grant a stay while Burnham takes an
appeal from this decision. Such a
course, however, Is unlikely.
"OEEECHEE'.'TO MIKE
FIRST TRIP JAN. 5
The fortieth anniversary of the He
brew Benevolent congregation la being
observed at the temple, corner of South
Pryor and Richardson streets.
Friday night the anniversary exer
clses began with the rendition of
Haydn's ’'Creation'' by a number of
the best singers In Atlanta, under the
direction of Profesaor J. F. Richard
son. The oratorio waa rendered In a
manner that highly pleased all.
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock Rabbi
Marx will hold anniversary exercises
at the temple. ’
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Rabbi
J. C. Solomon, of Savannah, one of the
moat distinguished rabbis In the
South, will assist Dr. Marx In conduct
Ing the lost of the anniversary exer
cises.
WANTED.
You to call and see drop-head Singer
Sewing Machine left at our store by
party leaving town. You can buy this
machine at a bargain for cash. Call at
Singer store.
Look for tho big red B.
79 Whitehall street, telephone Bell
119-1; 49* Decatur street, telephone
Bell 6173; 762 Marietta street, tele
phone Bell 610.
OFFICIAL8 - ARE CHARGED
WIYH OWNING INTERE8T,
tul nil sidf.rcprctinx
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga„ Dec. 29.—The grand
jury remained In session until S o’clock
last night. In an effort to conclude the
Investigation In the recent flreworks
tragedy.
Among the witnesses summoned were
two city officials, who have been
charged with haring an Interest In the
factory. Political orators blamed the
administration and numerous other
persons.
The Investigation has been very
searching.
BURGLARS BREAK METER
AND SECURE MONEY.
fc.-vr, t o,«lei», Pjr all defeat society, aud the case,
Special to The Georgtsa
Macon. Oa., Dec. 29—Bold thieves
made an entrance to the cellar under
the Royal barber shop last night and
after breaking through a door and f.
partition they came upon a gas meter
with a slot machine attachment. The
meter was hammered to pieces and 92
was secured. The robbery was not dis
covered until this morning. The police
were notified and are now working on
As announced several days ago In
The Oeorglun, the ''Ogeochee,'' the
second of the fleet of four ships of the
Brunswick Steamship t-'ompany to ply
between New York, Brunswick and
Havana, will sail from the Fourteenth
street pier, Now York, January B. This
ship will receive freight Junuary 3, 4
and 6.
The new passenger steamer ''Bruns
wick" will sail on Ita maiden trip In
this trade with a good passenger list
for Brunswick and Cuban points. A
party of fifteen Atlanta people haa
been made up and will leave tills city
on the evening of next Friday to make
a trip to Havana. The Cuban travel
Is heavy at this season. According to
General Passenger Agent McFadden, of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic,
this service Is expected to be very
popular with the traveling public.
DOPED AND ROBBED,
• YOUNG MAN CLAIMS.
NEWS FORECAST OF COMING WEEK
Washington, Dec. 29.—After a recess of two week* for th* Christmas
holidays, congress will reassemble Thursday to take up some of the Im
portant problems that are scheduled for consideration and action during;
the ensuing two months.
With the beginning of the new year the legislatures of a number cf
states will assemble for their annual or biennial sessions, to be followed
by many others a week later. During the some period nearly all tho gov
ernors elected last November will ossutpe the duties of their olllce.
Charles E. Hughes, the new governor of New York, will be Inducted into
office Tuesday and hla Inaugural address Is awaited with considerable In
terest.
On Tuesday the customary New Year reception will be held at the
white house, accompanied by the usual outpouring of the people of Wash
ington, to shake hands with the president and to see the diplomats, army
officers and other officials In their trappings of state.
The eighth annual exhibition of the New York Poultry, Pigeon and
Pet Stock Association, the largest annual fixture of Its kind In America,
will open In Madison Square Garden Tuesday morning and continue dur
ing the week.
The new pure food law In Its entirety will become operative Tuesday
and the government officials are preparing for the strict enforcement of
all Ita provisions.
Tho Atlantic fleet will rendetvous at Hampton Roads next Wednes
day, sailing on that day for Guantanamo, Cuba. For the remainder of Jan
uary and until February 16 the fleet will remain In the vicinity ot
Guantanamo, engaging In fleet tactics and evolutions. The practice this
year Is to be on a far more elaborate scale than ever before.
The latter part of the week Dr. Emanuel Lasker, chess champion of
the world, and Frank J. Marshall, tho foremost American expert, will be
gin a contest In New York for the chess championship ot tho world.
The Investigation Into the management and qnntrol of the Union
and Southern Pacific railroads of the Harrlman system will begin In New
York city next Friday.
A convention of lumbermen from all sections of the country Is to be
held In Chicago Thuraday to discuss the car shortage problem and means
to have the trouble rehiedlell by Federal legislation.
A great fleet of Japanese warships will leave Yokohama next Satur
day, and after stopping nt Honolulu will pay friendly visits to the chief
Pacific ports of tho United States and Canada.
In the world of sport the event of the week will be the fight next
Tuesday between Joe Gans and "Kid" Herman for tho world's light
weight championship. The bout Is to take place before the Casino Ath
letic Club of Tonopah, Nev.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, «aa., Dec. 29—Two white
men were doped and robbed In Au
gusta within the past week, and the
robbery occurred at the same place In
both Instances, but the city and county
police have been unable to apprehend
the guilty persons. A. Z. Alexander,
who lives near Savannah, on the Cen
tral of Georgia railroad, waa taken last
night Into a vacant store on Broad
street, and, after taking a drink, he
said that he lapsed Into unconscious
ness, and when he awoke *10 was
missing from his pockets, which wus
all the money he had, and the young
man who gave him the drink was miss
ing.
COCK FIGHT ON RIVER
BETWEEN TWO 8TATES.
fipeeisl to The Georglsn.
Spartanburg, S. C„ Dec. 29—A big
cocking thaln has just been pulled off
on the Saluda river between North
Carolina and South Carolina. There
were 17 fights and the South Carolina
birds won nine out of the seventeen.
The prites won by the owners of the
South Carolina birds aggregate 11,400.
A special prise of 3600 was won by one
pair of cocks owned by South Carolina
breeders. Fully one hundred people
were present.
OXFORD SUNDAY 8CHOOL
ENJOYS CHRI8TMA8 TREE.
Special to The Georgian.
Oxford, Ga„ Dec. 29.—The following
Is a program of the exercises of the
Sunday school Christmas tree enter
tainment which was held here Wed
nesday evening;
Song—By Infant class of Sunday
school.
Recitation—Miss Mary Belle Baum.
Solo—Mrs. H..H. Stone.
Music—Oxford quartet.
Distribution of Presents—Professor
H. H. Stone, J. W. Roberts and Bon
ne!) Stone.
Ralsull, the Moroccan bandit, haa re-
i used io resign us governor, and Is now
In the mountains preparing to preach a
holy war.
Major Taggart, whose divorce waa an
affair of national Interest, has returned
to Ban Francisco from the Philippines,
on the transport Sherman on sick
leave. He la a patient at the Presidio
hospital.
The Baroness Burdett-Couttes, the
richest woman In England, la aerloualy
Ilf, She is In her seventy-third year.
She was married In 1SS1. She waa a
great friend of Queen Victoria.
The Yaqul Indians, It Is learned,
killed no Americana during the uprising
In Sonora. General Toms, at ths head
of hla corps. Is now In pursuit of the
band.
All England and Scotland are.snowed
under by a genuine American bllsxard.
It la the worst snow storm In thirty
years, and la reported to be general
throughout Europe. Nine persona havu
been found froaen to death. Trains
are everywhere burled In drifts ami
cities like Edinburgh, Dundee and
Perth are practically Isolated.
A Bulgarian band, It Is reported from.
Berea, European Turkey, invaded Cleo-
poousna and murdered two Greeks,,
their wives and children, and blew their;
homes up with dynamite.
It la reported that Augustine BlrrelL
head of the board ot education of Lon-)
don. will succeed James Bryce as chief I
secretary for Ireland. Tbs Irish mcm-j
Henry Norman, the author and trav
eler, haa been knighted by King Ed
ward. Although an Englishman, hi
atartad the crusade to preserve Niagara
Falls.
Jacob IL BchlfTs plan for a Hebrew-
settlement near Galveston, Texas, haa
been pralaed by Lord Rothschild. II.>
declares It Is practicable, SeveraL
other leading Hebrews are reported os
favorable to the plan which provldee a
retugo for the persecuted Jews.
Merry Christmas
To our friends among the business
world, and we wish them.a
Happy New Year
Start the New Year right by using this
label on your printing:
Atlanta Typographical Union,
520 Candler Bldg. P. 0- Box 268.
Atlanta Phone 873.