Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

■ " THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THE LUCKY NUMBERS Pdm^Garden S course dinner f° r four people. No. 183 draws the immense cake now on exhibition in the NEW Parties drawing these numbers Christmas Day will kindly communicate promptly with ' 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.