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From the Christian
Minister Who Offi
ciated at Mary Pha
gan’s Funeral.
EAR SIR: lam a minister of
the Gospel, and over two years
ago it was my sad duty to con
duct the funeral services over
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the remains of poor little Mary
Phagan. There must have been two
or three thousand people at the
funeral, for it took about an hour
for the crowd to view the remains.
Os perhaps a thousand funerals
conducted by me, that was the sad
dest and longest to be remembered.
I prayed then, and still pray, that
the imp of the devil who committed
that most audacious crime be
brought to justice, and I believe he
will. If not by the law, then it must
come some other way.
The most unheard of thing that
ever happened to besmirch the good
name of Georgia has happened, and
I am made to wonder how long the
people of Georgia will stand for such
things.
I can’t add to what you have al
ready said: wish I could. But this
one thing I will say, that the most
despicable traitor and hypocrite God
ever let live has recently occupied the
Governor's chair in Georgia.
How humiliating to think of!
The betrayal of Jesus by Judas
Iscariot sinks into insignificance in
the light (or darkness, I should say)
of that of John M. Slaton.
Judas betrayed but one person.
Slaton has betrayed a State. Judas
was brazen with it. Slaton was cow
ardly. Judas did not try to protect
himself. Slaton hid behind the po
licemen, militia and martial law, all
of which showed his guilty con
science.
Judas repented and brought back
the money, and then, in his remorse,
hanged himself. If Slaton has re
pented, it has only been between him
self and bis wife, for he has neither
brought the money back nor hanged
himself.
On ti c ether l and, he has contin
ued to sear his conscience, if a con
science he has, by saying that he
would do the same thing ever, and
intimating that he would even h ve
granted a pardon.
I wonder how long the people cf
Georgia will bear up under his in
sults, and these of Straus and others,
that it was only the “scum" of the
State who was against him, and that
all “sane people knew Frank was in
nocent,*’ etc.
There must be lots of crazy peo
ple in Georgia, for I am confident
that 90 per cent of the people of
Georgia believe he is guilty; but I
suppose all the brains are in the
heads of the other 10 per cent, such
as Slaton, Patterson, McCoy, and the
Jews.
Just a few more words about
Mary Phagan and family and T will
stop boring you.
The insinuations against little
Mary, in and out of court, together
with Slaton’s actions, have made my
red blood boil until I am almost red
headed. I never in my life have
had my righteous indignation so
stirred as of late, and but for the
thoughts of my children and the en
treaties of my good wife, it is hard
to say just what I might be just now.
If there ever was a pure, innocent,
virtuous little girl, it was Mary Pha
gan. I am quite sure that she died
fighting to defend her virtue. Had
she yielded to the imp of Satan, she
would be living today: but she
could not yield. The training of her
Christian mother would not let her
yield. She had rather die as she did,
than yield.
I was personally acquainted with
little Alary, as well as her Godly
mother, older sister and the rest of
the family.
True, they were poor, but always
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held their heads up. They were not
poor because of dissipation of any
member of the family, but because
the mother was left a wtdow with a
family of children; and, be it said to
her credit, she kept them together
and worked for them until they could
help themselves.
I have seen little Mary, with other
members of her family, at Sunday
school in the early spring, when she
looked as bright and fresh and clean
as a flower of the springtime; and
then for devils to intimate the things
they have about her, makes me al
most have evil wishes in my heart.
One could not .look as I did into
that sweet but bruised and blood
shotten face and think foi' one sec
ond of her yielding.
Oh! that moment when the white
flower-laden casket lid was lifted
and I saw for the first time after her
death the face of ray former Sunday
school pupil! That moment will
never be forgotten. Nor will the
cries and tears of the dear mother
and older sister, as they got the first
glimpse since her death, and the last
one on earth, ever be forgotten. Oh.
the sad picture to all! A robust girl,
just, blossoming into womanhood,
with both eyes black from licks and
bruises upon her forehead, cold and
silent in death: never to speak to her
loved ones on earth again. It makes
me shudder as I think of it.
Say, as to the monument to Mary.
I am glad to see the interest and glad
that one has been erected, and that
larger plans are on foot. But listen,
would it not be a grander and more
lasting monument if we Georgians (I
am a Georgian by choice and a Vir
ginian by birth) would raise a few
thousand dollars and give Mrs. Cole
man, Mary’s mothdr, a nice, com
fortable home in some desirable place
in or around Atlanta?
What do you say? I would like
to be one of a thousand to give s■"
towards such a fund. Some would
gladly give more, and thousands
would give less. Is the plan a reas
onable one? If so, please agitate it .
through the columns of your valuable
paper.
Thank vou for your patience.
T. T. G. LINKOUS,
Minister of Christian Church.
EXTRACT FROM A RECENT SER
MON.
Quitman, Ga., June 13 (Special.)
—“Wherever the Catholic Church
holds sway stagnation and death
reign supreme,’’ sa’d Rev. C. A.
Campbell, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Quitman, in a
stirring sermon delivered today on
the foundation principles fought for
by Martin Luther through the Re
formation. He. paid his respects to
the Catholic Church in scathing de
nunciation of its plans and methods
and said it stood for the same things
today which had always marked its
history.
Martin Luther, through the Re
formation, he said, fought for justi
fication and salvation by faith, and
not through the church; fought for
the authority of the Bible rather
than the authority of the church and
the priest or holy father, and for the
liberty of man, and the success of
his fight, said Mr. Campbell, was
responsible for the liberty of Amer
ica and all other Christian nations
and peoples on the face of the globe.
He was warmly congratulated at
the close of his address.
T HAD BETTER STICK TO THE
JEFFERSONIAN.
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DBOPS AN ATLANTA lIAILY.
Temple, Ga., June 23, 1915.
Atlanta Georgian and News,
Atlanta, Ga.
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issue. This paper has visited my
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I have just read your editorial,
“The Governor’s Fidelity to the
Prompting of a Clean Conscience.”
I, with at least 90 per cent of the peo
ple es this country, believe it was a
complete sell out. from the Governor
down to the daily paper ; of Atlanta.
If you doubt this statement, ask the
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office, in Georgia.
My subscription has been paid up
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once.
Yours truly.
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have done in your recent articles on
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May the Lord bless you, and spare
you for many years to come, to fight
the battles of the helpless working
girls of Georgia.
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