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1 • THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBRIt 29, ISM. THE LUCKY NUMBERS Pahn^Garden S course dinner f° r four people. No. 183 draws the immense cake now on exhibition in the Parties drawing these numbers Christmas Day will kindly communicate promptly with WILL V. ZIMMER, Resident Proprietor. ! LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS REPEAL THE BANKRUPT LAW. T" I lie Editor Qf The Georgian: t nless wo have *ouie *j»t*e«lr k-rislailon along commercial II n thine Is eoing to drop" nnd 1 iml riel*I jMiim>lH*l.v i' eome i« *qnenl. Perhaps, more property, I hIioiiIiI have faiii that we ure neurine a tlnaiirlal eri*f* the like "f, whleli the world has never Wore witnessed, and. In the satin* eonnee 'i"ii. I want to say It plainly, that the vltli i*r In the world’s history there hnn imetetl legal protection for thieves, orgla linukrupt law Is the height would not pay In the territory covered, ns niueli or even more In proportion ns Brad- street s nnd the others do In the territory they eover. It I can Interest The Georgian In this Imnortnui matter to the extent that you will preach it In the editorial columns until you see It enacted Into law. I pan Imag ine no practical good yon will ever be able to do your state that will be so momentous. Yours truly, ALGERNON If. DAVENPORT. Helena, On., December 26, 1906. “AGIN THE RAILROADS." To the Editor of The Georgian: I have read your editorial—as I read nil your editorials—of December 22, “Ilelng Fair With the Railroad**" nud I must snA that in It .Is exhibited your great- hen th * in«* n. «*»t rliurneterlatle—a desire to be fair with lmsliiess business man to smooth Ills tliimi- f ,,v «’*’yl*osIy ko fair that you dften are tin- rial embarrassments, Just to that extent | fnlr to yourself. the law encourages that class of men to No, Mr. Editor. It Is no tidal wave of wxage In business. prosperity that brought about the present U,plan,.,I, .Hunt Let me ask. nr.,. btislnets; buy u small opening "by two-thirds of the passengers on the street railroads In Brooklyn and New York often eaiinot get seats? Because straps cost less ilrnn scuta, to say nothing of the cost of extra ears to put the setts In. The same sort of “penny wise nnd pound fool ish" management has kept the transporta tion companies from getting the necessary facilities for the handling of the commerce of the country: besides, fhtre Is a great game of grab going on nil over the country, and the railroad magnates ore Issuing the hundreds, yen, thousands of millions of new stocks nnd bonds to gamblo In Wall street nnd to “coup" what they want. Be sides, they spent all of last winter In ma nipulating congress—on the rate bill—when they should have been having engines and THE GEORGIAN'S MISSION. To the Editor of The Georgian: »ou have entered upon a great work, a work long needed. I mean, In publish ing for the sober, Intelligent people, the best people, n newspaper, n paper of high moral tone, furnishing every Item of news thnt ought to And a place In the borne to l*e read by the family. The press, the newspaper. Is n great ower for good or evil—lu politics. reUg- nna education—hence, great responsl laws any . .. ___ _ •-mi go Into business; buy u small opening rtork for cash; use said stock as a basis tor cr»*dtt to the amount of many times b!< capital; sell said gotsls; go Into bank ruptcy. \oiuntnrlly , or Involuntarily; pay th** costs, and coserve H.firtO homestead. Although at the beginning everything he had may have been only a fractional part of said $1,600 homestead. But because the wholesalers credited him for goods. In the end the court forces them to credit him with a homestead. In short, the bank nipt court simply .ancels his obligation* legally!Vi once for all nnd gives him, after h" pays the costs, whatever of goods uioiie.v he may have on hand. If you are not familiar with the alarm ing amount that Is being wasted In this way. consult the wholesalers lu your own city; consult some of your attorneys who make a specialty of collections; In fact. In- 'wtlgntv at all the great centers where 'ifrtrlhutlptt is registered. Then attend the bankrupt court nnd Investigate the bank Ma t ‘ keep books,” nud the corollary that, when a man does keep store and his books th° ,V ,|ljjt he^lms^ used tiny ^ more himself »« a erininal, ' The profit* are ids. but balance, by every idea of what Is or •i l l i-t, law and Justice, belongs to the f*Gy <>r parties who furnished him said •.* ago I was cm mployed In Collecting g« la vestment office. t.i frequently I w btcinher of the legislature lu per- lo assist me on a certain matter so. he Incidentally culled their to the need of n state bureau of where capitalists, prospective tipn, etc., could readily find they might need. Who l|*w much the state? ve the present situation, my sag- •aid Ik> to nt first repeal the hank- any la value that office ha* cry prospective merchant should to apply for permission to go "id ess, and to which every merchant less man should l*e forced to re nted Intervals, and also whenever Aside from l»clng henettcln!, •onso11 why the Institution built to meet nil emergencies, nnd even here within the last few months they have been squabbling with their employees about a few cent* In the day's work; but 1 must sny I am glad to see them act ns they are acting. It only hasten* the day when the people will squelch them, mid do as all the rest of the world Is doing, take possession of the railroads and operate them Even MaiIm Is ten yeses spend of us on this proposition, nud when that day comes, nnd come It will, and aooner than one In n thousand of us look for It, won’t travel cheaply! Think of traveling v miles ou a railroad for 10 cents. That hat they have been paying for years In New Zealand, while here In “the hind of the free nnd home of the brave" It takes all the power of a railroad commission nnd the courts of Inst resort to get one carried ten miles for .TO cents. Again, In this greut country we enu get Iced, uot transported, mind you. for * — lies for $25. While In lillitles rest on the shoulders of the men who publish newspapers. It inny he said in commendation of the public press thnt there has been n marked improvement In some respects within the last few years. The newspaper* of today are not Inter larded with profane words, curse words, unrefined sayings. Many a young render has been damaged la taste nnd lmblt lu this way. The people want the news: must have it; ought to hare It; but let them have It lit the best way. A paper with- «... -••-•— - -ertlsements. a great dally r», let all the , , - -— — ...ipport. Every time we pay for a paper with these ndver* tisements, we help tho liquor cause. Then, we don’t want nil the disgusting detail* of every scandalous thing that hap pens—things, details that no decent per son would speak-of In any eompanv. All good parents tench their children good manners. Good taste and .good re finement Is taught in our schools the newspapers lie In accord wlt_ ... things. Not only are these had ndver tlaciueiitn left out, but the noble, eloquent writer and speaker, the brave man, stauds out for prohibition. l‘nn a lover of his rare, a patriot, a Chriatlon, stand for any thing else? What whisky does for the Individual. It will do for the family, nnd for the atate —that is, ruin It. What prohibition will do for a week In keeping the peace, preventing crime nnd lawlessness, It would do year lu and year out. The country papers exert great diiflue and some of them the very best liifliie We have * * * ‘* unless he repent*, vhe will at last be re Jected by God lUmself. Let every man nnd woman who loves God go Into this fight with Jubilant step nnd heart beating a charge. This election will then mean not dlsaa ter. but overwhelming nnd permanent vie tory for God and Itle truth. MARY HAURI8 ARMOR, President Georgia Woman's Christian Tern peranee Union. Eastman, Ga„ December 17, 1900. SCRIBBLING AT RANDOM*. the distance of 120 i N. - - - - It 300 miles for 06.GO. Think of It. No wonder while we are fighting for our rights In this great country the other na tions have been taking (toMesulou of the railroads so rapidly that there are now but bout 92.000 miles In nil tbe countries out- Ide of the United Mates thnt are not up rated by the governments, and when we mut the 10,000 miles Mexico has taken over ,» reduce* the number of miles still In the hands of private parties to 82,000 miles. - * - ** 1 enme home talkliir ivnershlp. A. M. STEAGALL. get The LaGrange .... ... very liest papers lu the state, sounder than some church papers on prohibition, though that grand old county of Troup nnd her capital, l*nG range, famed for no many good things. Is blighted with the foul Idol of a dispensary. The Reporter speaks out l*oldly every week for pndilhltlon. Let all the good county papers apeak out for pro hibition yra, statewide prohibition, nuil the nexparted would ** The people want .J»e »- Get ... will do right Let 1907 double nnd double ngnlu the sober writers to The Georglau, and good county papers. TION IN BALDWIN COUNTY 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. . lien I saw flint n local option election had Im***u culled In.Baldwin county, my first thought was one of undue**: but iny next wss of gladness. A prohibition tight Is al ways a good Ihlng. whether It he In At lanta ur elsewhere, hern use It turns on the light, nud thnt Is what tbe liquor business can not stand. You mtWmlter Joseph's word to his breth ren; “Ye thought evil against ine, hut God meant It uuto good." Tbe liquor men have “thought evil" In seeking to again fasten upon Baldwin county the curse of legalised liquor traf fic. but God means It for good. In the light of nrojern leloiico. ns It nluays has lu the light of experience and revelation, alcohol stands condemned, and there Is no recoininendstIon to mercy. The liquor men themselves acknowledge that there Is no: a ‘ingle argument on their side. A barkeeper sshl to a friend of mine last summer: for If I ffon'f I’ll in* forced out wlienev it prohibition election I* called. The blbltlonlsts art bound to win, nnd ought to, for there Is nothing good can say about tbe business and nothing too mean to say about It." A whisky drummer lu Dawson the other day said to me; •Y>! I acknowledge the argument la all on your side." The Atlanta Evening News, a whisky pa per, In an editorial of December 7, warning the city council of tbe danger of a prohibi tion election In case tbe council refused to accept certain suggestions with refer cure to tbe regulation of the traffic, says. "The prohibitionists can fight on bread and water, hut It will eoat the I over |100.'j00 cash to defeat tb< election Is ordered." There stands the statement unchallenged that the only plea of the liquor crowd la money. And we are yet to tie convinced thnt the manhood of Baldwin county * for sale. Now is the time to teach the people the latest scientific truth* with regard to sh-nhol. Much bos been discovered by science since your last election: You have (Our eyes are but the window* to our souln 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 In 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. Just 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,, ’ils iQve*s hope commending My feoul to fts labor unending For joy's gjid sorrow's sweet blending In the bliss of your Anal surrendering. —CALVIN F. CARLTON. 10 SERVE TERM IN CONVICT CARO 5 It Is Not Likely That Burn ham Will Make ( Appeal. AFTER CHRI8TMA8. By Jam*, Walker Haatharlay. Many were the glad heart, on Chrlstaisi morn! Many were the ud heart* On t'hrlatmaa morn! Many were the merry benrta On rbrlatmu* morn! Many were the weary heart* On 'Chrlttmoa morn! Weary heart* and aad heart* Bear thy pain. Tour* will be (lad heart* When t'hrlat return, again. New York, Dec. 29.—The applica tion of George Burnham, Jr, vice prea- Ident and general manager of the Mu tual Reaerve Life Insurance Company, for certificate of reaaonable doubt 'and a atay of aentence pending hla appeal from his conviction on the charge of larency 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-half year* In Sing Sing, and will have to go fo jail now unless Justice O'Gorman, In hla discretion, miuuiu grant a atay while Burnham takes an appeal 'from thin deelnlon. Such course, however, la unlikely. "OGEECHIErTOlflKE FIRST TRIP JAN, 5 • s ii AT JEWISH TEMPLE The fortieth anniversary of the He> brew Benevolent congregation Is being observed at the temple, corner of South Pryor and Richardson streets. Friday night the anniversary exer- claea began with the rendition of Haydn's “Creation" by a number of the beet singers In Atlanta, under the direction of Profetaor J. K. Richard son. The oratorio was rendered In a manner that highly pleased all. Saturday morning at 10 o'clock Rabbi Marx will hold anniversary exercise* at the temple. Sunday morning at II o'clock Rabbi C. Solomon, of Savannah, one of the most distinguished rabbis In the South, will assist Dr. Marx In conduct ing the last of the anniversary exer cises. WANTED. You to call and see drop-head Singer j 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 the big red 8. , 79 Whitehall street, telephone Bell 189-1; 494 Decatur street, telephone Bell 5173; 762 Marietta atreet, tele phone Bell 980. OFFICIALS - ARE CHARGED WITH OWNING INTEREST. not lieeo able to get people out to f.m- i «lnev thnt time, but they It la a chance such at you will come Mg BB bare not had to aarc tbe l*oy, of your cooaty. fllve the people facts. They am atohlwrn thins*. Show them how the createat scientist*, amoog them many med ical men of note, have pronounced liquor, alcohol 111 every shape and form, evil and MUIW <II, 011 I" iimnip „< **n—ii,in it I- n 'Iodide deadly emnnlatlve brain Shoo them that the drinkliiK innn I, rtndlos the door, of society mol of ero- nlovnient eloied III hi* f.-<• ns never U-- fore. Tell rhets that the Iterkeeper !■ re h-eted by ihe ebon'll, by the Mnoon*. by rh • ibid Felloe,'*, mol all *e|f-re*|Ho*tiax secret order*, by all decent avvlcty, and the cast. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Qa„ Dec. 29.—The grand Jury remained In eeaalon until 8 o'clock last night, In an effort to conclude the Investigation In the recent fireworks tragedy. Among the witnesses summoned were two city officials, who have been charged with hating an Interest In the factory. Political orators blamed the administration and numerous other persons. The Investigation haa been very searching. _ BURGLARS BREAK~METER AND SECURE MONEY. Special to Tho Georgian. Macon, Oa„ Dec. 29.—Bold thieves made an entrance to the cellar under the Royal barber shop last night and aftar breaking through, a door and a partition they came upon a gas meter wl.h a slot machine attachment. The meter was hammered to piece! ami 12 wa* secured. The robbery was not dis covered until this morning. The police were notified and ate now working on An announced neveral daya ago In The Georgian, the "Ogeeehee," the second of the fleer of four ships Of the Brunswick Steamship Company to ply between New York, Brunswick and Havana, will sail from the Fourteenth atreet pier. New York, January 5. Thla ship will receive freight January 3, 4 and 5. The new paesenger ateamer ''Bruns wick" will aall on Ita maiden trip In thle trade with a good passenger Hat for Brunswick and Cuban polnta. A party of fifteen Atlanta people hat been made up and will leave this city on the evening of next Friday to make a trip to Havana. The Cuban travel Is heavy at this aeaaon. According to General Passenger Agent McFadden, c' the .Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantl this Service le expected to be very popular with the traveling public. DOPED AND ROBBED^ YOUNG MAN CLAIM8, Special to The Georgian. Augusta, On.. 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 Uvea near Savannah, on the Cen tral of Georgia railroad, was taken laat 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 was all the money he had, and the young man who gave him the drink waa miss ing. COCK FIGHT ON RIVER BETWEEN TWO 8TATE8. Special to The Georgian. , Spartanburg. S. C„ Dec. 29.—A big cocking main haa Just been pulled off on the Saluda river between North Carolina and South Carolina. There were 17 fights aiM the South Carolina birds won nine out of the seventeen. The prlxes won by the owners of the South Carolina birds aggregate 81,400. A special prixe of 8500 was won by one j talr of cocks owned by South Carolina ! breeders. Fully one hundred people were present. OXFORD SUNDAY 8CHOOL' ENJOYS CHRI8TMA8 TREE. Specie! to The Georgian. Oxford. Ga„ Dec. 29.—The following Is a program of the exercise* of the Sunday school Christmas tree enter tainment which wa* held here Wed nesday evening: Song—By infant cla«* of Sunday school. Recitation—Miss Mary Belle Baum. Solo—Mrs. H. H. Stone. Music—Oxford quartet. Distribution of Present*—Professor H. H. Stone, J. W. Roberts and Bon- ncil stone. NEWS FORECAST OF COMING WEEK Washington, Dec. 29.—After a recess of two weeks for the Christmas holidays, congress will reassomble 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 at a number of states will assemble for their annual or biennial sessions, to be followed by many others a week later. During the same period nearly all the gov ernors elected last November will assume the duties of their office. Charles E. Hughes, the new governor of New York, will be Inducted Into office Tuesday and his 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 its provisions. The Atlantic fleet will rendezvous 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 of 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, the foremost American expert, will be gin a contest In New York for the chess championship of tho world. The Investigation Into the management and control of the Union and Southern Pacific railroads of the Harrlman system will begin In Netv York city next Friday. A convention of lumbermen from all section! of tbe country Is to be held In Chicago Thursday to discuss the car shortage problem and means to have the trouble remedied 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 the 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 the world s light weight championship. The bout la to take place before the Casino Ath letic Club of Tonopah, Nev, BRIEF NEWS NOTES R»i«>!!!. the Moroccan bandit, hasrt fused to resign as governor, and Is now In the mountains preparing to preach a holy war. Major Taggart, whose divorce was an affair of national Interest, has returned to San Francisco from the Philippines, on the transport Sherman on sick leave. He Is a patient at the Presidio hospital. \ The Baroness Burdett-Couttes, the richest woman In England, Is seriously III. She Is In her seventy-third year. She waa married In 1881. She was a great frlehd of Queen Victoria. The Yaqul Indians, It Is learned, killed no Americans during the uprising In Sonora. General Toms, at the head or his corps. Is now In pursuit of the band. All England and Scotland are snowed under by a genuine American bllsxard. It Is the worst snow storm In thirty years, and la reported to. be general throughout Europe. Nine persons havo been found froxen to death. Trains are everywhere buried In drifts and , cities like Edinburgh, Dundee and Perth are practically Isolated, A Bulgarian band. It !s reported from j Sere*, European Turkey, Invaded Cleo- poousna and murdered two Greeks, their wives and children, and blew their homes up with dynamite. It Is reported that Augustine Blrrell, ' head of the board of - education of Lon don, will succeed James Bryce as chief J secretary for Ireland, The Irish mem bers of parliament objected to .Winston Churchill, Henry Norman, the author and trav-J eler. has been knighted by King E<1-1 an Englishman, he ' i to preserve Niagara < alls. Jacob H. SchlfTs plan for n Hebrew settlement near Galveston, Texas, haa been praised by Lord Rothschild, He declares It I* practicable. Several other leading Hebrews are reported os favorable to the plan which provides a refuge 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 266. Atlanta Phone 873,