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ATLANTA. GEORGIA. "" DAT SEPTEMBER l< WL
BEGINNING ON WELLINGTON.
George T. Wellington must be beginning to realise the public condemnation
and oontempt which he has brought upon himself by his display of brutality in
regard to the murderous attack upon the president.
The press ta all parts of the United States, speaking the general sentiment,
kas endorsed Tbe Journal’s proposition that he is unfit to hold a seat In the Unit
ad States senate. Publie men and private citizens of all parties and in all sections
have prised la this almost universal reprobation of Wellington.
A man who had a contract for carrying the mail has had It summarily can
celled hsrsn-T be uttered words similar to those that Wellington gave out in his
Botortous interview. Thia action was taken on the ground that such a person is
not worthy to be entrusted with the mails.
That is a good and sufficient reason for throwing this man out of the govern-
BMHfa employ.
Three inmates of the National Soldiers’ Home, at Marlon, Ind., have been put
■ndar arrest for expressing sympathy with the would-be assassin.
TM. to right, too. for such men have no right to receive the care and sup
port of the government.
Shall the United States senator who has proved his brutality and indicated
his «yi"path? with the deadly assault upon the president and. through him, upon
the government itself, be permitted to reematn in the highest legislative branch
of the government?
Less can be said in defense of Wellington than of any other person who has
provoked the Indignation of the country by remarks concerning the crime of
Cao Igoes
The sen infs has a plain duty to perform in this matter.
It owes it to the country and to itself to expel Wellington.
He has convicted himself of being unworthy of taking part in national legisla
tion.
Let him be expelled It is a penalty which he richly merits. '
A LEMON FOR THE SOUTH.
The great shortage of the western corn
erop thii year and the present high price
of bogs contain a lesson for the south
that should be impressive and effective.
The south should raise more corn and
more meat—very much more Fortunately
for us. the corn crop of this section has
not suffered so severely as that of the
west, the great com producing region, but
it has been cut off seriously. The south
will have to buy moae corn this year than
it bought last and pay much higher
prices for ft- usual the south will
pay many million dollars to the west for
meat and here again will feel the burden
of higher prices
There has been a great advance In the
price of pork.
A few days ago "top" hogs in Chicago
touched * cents a pound.
There is big profit to the breeders in
thia figure or anything like It, but it
means aa increased tax upon the people of
th* south.
This section should not depend to any
thing like th* degree it does upon the
west for meat and bread. Doing so has
cost us a vast sum of money that we
might have saved.
To the many former lessons of the
folly of not raising more provisions In
the south another, and a very impressive
one. has been added.
We hope it will have its logical effect.
A RECORD BREAKER.
The Pan American exposition Is proving
a magnificent success In every sense.
The Paris exposition of last year sur
passed all expectations. The Columbian ex
position surprised the civilised world by
Its extent and splendor. But all of these
great enterprises will be surpassed by the
Purchase exposition, to be held
In Bt. Louis in 1903. It will cover more
ground, cost more money and have a
greater variety of attractions than any
exposition that has yet been seen.
The show in Philadelphia in Wf, in
honor of our national centennial, was
considered at the time an immense affair.
It covered sixty-six acres. The St Louis
exposition will be just eleven times as
large, as it win cover six hundred and
*txty-«tx acres.
The construction cost of the last Parts
exposition was 99,800.000; that of the Co
lumbian exposition was J1R.300,000 and that
of the Pan American exposition 910,000.000.
The exposition at Bt Louis in 1903 will
coat at least 00.000,000. including the fed
eral. state and city appropriations and
private Investments. Unprecedented won
ders in the way of an exposition can be
accomplished with a sum of money 92.000,-
OW greater than the total expenses of
construction for the Chicago and Buffalo
expositions.
Preparations for the grand celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary of the
Loublan* purchase are well under way
and from now on to the opening day will
bo pressed forward by an army of labor
ers. directed by a large corps of archi
tects and artists. The whole civilised world
will be represented at Bt. Louis in 1903.
No state of our union can afford not to
put itself In evidence there.
A VALUABLE SUGGESTION.
The construction and ears of roads In
Richmond county are largely under the
control of Judge W. F. Eve.
His study and experience for years in
road work have taught this official some
lessons which he has made very useful to
his county, and his testimony as to road
work is, therefore, valuable.
In a recent letter to a South Carolina
newspaper that asked bls ideas about
road making Judge Eve report* that for
10 years ho has been claying the sand
roads of Richmond county with the re
sult of obtaining "very pleasant hard
roads that last five years without rebuild
ing."
The plan which Judge Eve has followed
is to put down six inches of clay with two
inches of sand on top of it. The beat re
sults are obtained when the clay is laid
wet.
Judge Eve says that if these proportions
are used and the work is done carefully "a
crust is formed which sheds the water
and the road stays In a good condition."
It is necessary, of course, that the road
bed should be graded properly and raised
in the middle so as to throw off the water
to the drains. A road thus constructed
is said to stand wet weather remarkably
well and to be an ideal road in dry weath
er.
In many counties of Georgia sandy roads
in dry weather become very heavy and re
tard travel very much. According to Judge
Eve, yho has had to deal with roads of
both kinds, equally good results can be
had by sanding clay roads.
Georgia has large areas in which either
sand or clay causes great trouble for the
roads. A plan that will use one of these
materials to neutralise the bad effects of
the other should be of great benefit to the
public.
Road work has been done well in Rich
mond county, and the logical result of im
proved farm values has followed.
Judge Eve says: "Before 1880 many
acres of land for several miles along our
roads were uncultivated. Now they are In
a high state of cultivation, and land val
ues have handsomely Increased.”
The plan of road making tn both sandy
and clay regions that has been so suc
cessfully applied in Richmond county hau
been used with fine results in several
Booth Carolina counties, and there are
many localities in Georgia where it could
be very profitably adopted.
THE COUNTRY’S CONFIDENCE.
No less remarkable than the proofs of
the Intense and enthusiastic patriotism
that pervades our country was the demon
stration of the high degree of business
confidence that was called forth by the
assault upon the life of the president. The
manner in which the business centers
withstood the shock is perhaps the high
est Illustration of the country's commer
cial strength and solidity ever yet given.
There was a decline of stocks, it is true,
but it was far slighter than the most
conservative business men expected and
at no time was there any symptom of a
panic.
The banks and the great captains of
trade preserved a steady tone and gave
assurances of support to the markets,
which were of incalculable value to all
interests.
There was a remarkably quick recovery
from the first shock and business affairs
are now moving along as smoothly as
they did on the day before the president
was shot
It is impossible to estimate the disaster
and ruin that would have ensued had
the business element not kept its head
cool and its nerves steady.
That it did so to such an admirable ex
tent is due to the fact that the prosperity
of the country and the solid foundation
upon which it rests are so fully realised by
our people.
It demonstrates also an abiding faith tn
our institutions, tn the patriotism of the
masses of the people and their determina
tion to uphold the government under all
conditions. We do not believe that there
is another nation that would have with
stood a shock like that we received last
Friday as did the people of the United
States.
WOMEN AT WORK.
Almost every day we see evidences of the
widening sphere of woman’s industrial and
professional activity.
Women by the thousand are engaged
now in many occupations from which they
were excluded only a few years ago.
Their success and usefulness tn almost
every line they have attempted is fast
beating down the remnants of feudal
prejudice against the employment of
women, is enlarging the general estimate
of woman’s capabilities and helping on the
cause of equal compensation for women
who do as much work and as good work
as men and yet receive less for it.
The Royal Trust Company, of Chicago,
recently enlarged its business so that it
required the services of thirteen more
tellers and accountants In Its savings de
partment. It has selected women to fill
every one of these positions and had the
sense of justice to pay them wages equal
to those received by the men in its employ
for like service. In banks which have large
numbers of women depositors the num
ber of women employes is Increasing
steadily.
Recently a New Tork newspaper pub-
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ">AY. SEPTEMBER 1901.
Hshed a very interesting letter from Hol
land which treated of the advance of
women in that very conservative country.
The way has been opened in Holland for
the employment of women in manufac
turing and mercantile occupations and
even in the professions. Dutch women
seem to be succeeding especially well in
dentistry, a profession tn which many of
them are engaged.
A woman dentist would have been a
curiosity in the United States a generation
ago, but she excites no surprise now.
We have become used to her and have jus
tified her intrance into one of the most
useful of ail professions. It is useless to
oppose the progress of women in the pro
fessions as well as In Industrial occupa
tions.
It is proceeding steadily and irresistibly
and prejudice must stand aside before it
or be run over by it.
RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION.
It seems to be certain that the attempt
to assassinate the president will provoke
both national and state legislation against
certain tendencies and habits that have
been permitted to grow to a dangerous
extent in this country.
The establishment of additional bar
riers against Immigration may be ex
pected.
During the last ten years the propor
tion of arrivals from countries which send
us the least worthy and most turbulent
of all our Immigration has increased
steadily, while the immigration from En
gland, Ireland and Germany has de
creased. The stream of population that
flow* into our ports from all parts of the
world must be more carefully analysed
and every effort to purge it of its poison
ous elements should be made.
The proposition to exclude all anarch
ists who come to our shores and to deport
those who have taken up their residence
here Is sound and salutary, but there are
difficulties in the way that will be hard
to overcome.
How shall we be able to segregate the
anarchists?
Many of them are respectable in ap
pearance and able to meet the require
ments of anti-pauper regulations. Among
them are highly educated persons and
their organisations are formed and con
ducted in profound secrecy.
But much can be done •to reduce the
danger and contamination of anarchist
influences.
Persons who have become notorious
for their anarchistic principles and sym
pathies can be excluded or excelled. An
archist pow-wows can be broken up and
those who participate in them prosecuted
and punished. Anarchist organisations
against w>uch conclusive evidence has
been obtained can be scattered.
The blatant anarchist who openly pro
claims his infamous doctrines can be
silenced. Tnere should be no squeamish
ness about the right of free speech.
There are limits to liberty of speech,
as there are to the liberty of action. The
man who endeavors to incite others to
murder, arson or other crimes is prompt
ly dealt with either by the law or out
raged public sentiment. The anarchist
who proclaims war upon government and
society should be dealt with no less se
verely.
The difference between liberty and li
cense should be kept constantly in view
and wherever the former degenerates
into the latter it should be crushed. The
anarchist has been permitted to feel too
much at home in this land. It is time
not only to tell him in the most emphatic
terms that he is not wanted and will not
be tolerated here, but to make him feel
mat this is true.
If we can get the right sort of legisla
tion there will be presented many oppor
tunities for giving impressive object les
sons that will have their effect even upon
anarchists.
A war upon anarchists can be carried
on in away that will make them much
scarcer here where they have had too
free a swing and have become so bold
and deflant.
We believe that the ear.y future will
see some wholesome and effective work
toward the better control of these beasts.
A WELL MEANING CONGRESS.
Chile having Anally consented to take
part In the Pan-American Congress, the
representation in that body of every re
public in this hemisphere is assured.
The congress will And some matters of
great importance to consider when It shall
meet a few weeks hence in the City of
Mexico. The general design of the inter
national conference is to form some plan
of adjusting differences that may occur
between any of the governments con
cerned in this movement, and to encour
age more cordial political and commer
cial relations between them. There are
some matters of immediate importance
awaiting the consideration of the con
gress. The most urgent of these have
been brought about by Chile, the most
ambitious and aggressive of the South
American nations.
The schemes of Chile have offended and
alarmed nearly all the neighboring gov
ernments. Her boundary disputes with
Peru and Bolivia have been standing for
many months, and she has recently got
ten into a quarrel with the Argentine Re
public over territory contiguous to the
Straits of Magellan.
All of these contentions will be brought
before the Pan-American Congress, but
there is great doubt as to how far the
contestants will agree to be bound by the
decision of the arbitrators. In the opin
ion of those who have studied the points
in dispute and the temper of the claim
ants. the prospect of a peaceful settle
ment is not hopeful.
It Is certain that the other govern
ments will not consent to give Chile all
she demands, and she may fight before
she will accept less.
An effort will be made by the congress
to put an end to the war between Colom
bia on the one hand and Venesuela and
Ecuador on the other. Nicaragua is about
to gel mixed up in this trouble also. It
will be a hard task to bring these con
flicting Interests into harmony, but one of
the first efforts of the congress will be In
that direction.
vur government w..i take a prominent
part in the congress and the hopes of sub-
stantial results are based mainly upon its
superior power and its impartiality.
The congress may do much toward gov
ernments more stable and peace more per
manent In South America, but there is
small reason for confidence In these rest
less republics who have kept up an al
most continuous agitation so long.
A WONDROUS STORY.
The fact that cotton manufacturing in
creased in the north only 3 per cent dur
ing the year ended September Ist, while
it increased 30 per cent in the south, is
one of the many proofs of the fact that
the south is making more rapid industrial
progress than any other section of the
country. During the period referred to the
number of cotton spindles In the north
increased 400,000; the number in the south
increased 1,279,320. The growth of the
cotton spinning industry in the south
since the first cotton exposition in Atlanta
gave a powerful impulse to this Industry
has been almost incredible.
In 1880, the year before that exposi
tion was held, there were in the whole
south only IM cotton mills with a total
of 661,360 spindles, and 12,329 looms. The
south now has no less than 531 mills in
operation and many more building. The
total number of spindles m the south has
Increased to 5,819,835, and the number of
looms to 122,902.
The consumption of cotton by southern
mills has increased from 188,748 bales in
1880, to 1,607,012 bales in 1901.
The number of spindles set up in the
south during the last 12 months has been
more than twice as great as the total
number in the entire south in 1880.
In the last ten years the number has
Increased 230 per cent, and it has near
ly doubled in five years. During the, next
12 months the south will make an im
mense advance in the great industry for
which Its manifold advantages are now
admitted even in New England and this
time next year we will be reading an
other chapter in this story of wonderful
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progress.
A PLEA FOR THE TEACHERS.
In his recent annual report State School
Commissioner Glenn makes a strong plea
for the bestowal of long-delayed justice
upon the public school teachers of the
rural districts who are entirely dependent
upon the state for their compensation.
In the cities the teachers are paid
promptly, but the great majority of the
men and women who are engaged in edu
cating the youth of the state have had
to wait every year so long for their pay
that they have been put to great Incon
venience and serious loss.
The Journal has pleaded the cause of
these faithful public servants persistently
and with Increasing Interest.
Their pay is small, in most cases bare
ly sufficient to suply their actual needs.
And yet many of these teachers are com
pelled every year to sell their school war
rants at a heavy discount. It needs no
argument to prove that the policy which
Imposes thia hardship upon so many
teachers is wrong.
The Savah’nah WeW puts the matter In
its true light when it says:
"Is it not in the power of the legis
lature to remedy this outrageous con
dition at affairs? It certainly is, or the
state school commissioner would not be
continually urging that body to do some
thing for the relief of the teachers. It
is worthy of notice that the legislature
Is careful to provide the means for pay
ing its own members promptly, and, also,
for paying the salaries of the state house
officers. If money can be obtained for
paying these officials it certainly can be
found for paying the school teachers. If
any of those who are dependent upon the
state for their Incomes have to wait for
their money it should be those who get
large salaries. It certainly should not
be those who get, on an average, only
1130 a year.”
The injustice that the teachers have to
endure under our present system has been
impressed upon the public mind by the
recent course of events. We trust that it
has been so clearly set forth as to arouse
the public conscience to the determination
that it shall not continue.
The legislature at its next session should
provide the remedy.
The people of the north, even the north
ern press and pulpit, seem willing to ad
mit at last that “there are some crlmess
which would seem to justify lynching on
the spot.” Such a crime they consider
tne ruthless shooting of so noble a man
as the nation’s chief executive. As re
volting as it really is, can it be consid
ered more so than the assault and murder
of a pure woman by a black fiend? If
the cowardly shooting of a president can
so arouse people as to call forth senti
ments in justification of lynching, what
in the name of heaven must be the frenzy
of the neighbors when they find some in
nocent wife and tpother cold in death,
with, perhaps, her helpless Infant lying
beside her in a pool of its mother’s blood?
As awful as is the punishment that so
swiftly follows such crimes, how light
does it seem in comparison with the crime
itself I
The Boston Transcript Is very properly
of the opinion that the Pennsylvania Re
publican platform of bluff, sneer and
falsehood would insult the public intel
ligence of any state except Pennsylvania.
The Shanghai newspaper liar seems to
have made a side trip to Japan recently.
His latest is the story of a mountain that
disappeared while the Inhabitants of a
'nearby town looked on in amazement.
We do not desire to add fuel to the
flame, but still we cannot help wondering
what Colonel Guerry will say when he
learns that there are 40.000 breweries In
this country and only 90,000 grist mills.
Emma Goldman, who Is opposed to all
laws, is quick to take refuge behind the
laws of Illinois ip her effort to secure her
freedom. There ought to be an unwritten
law for people who live without law.
Mr. Harry Lehr, the ringmaster of New
York society, says he Is at his wit’s end
to find something new for the 400 to do.
Why not let them try acting sensible for
awhile, just as a novelty.
The faet that the Hon. Pope Brown
has engaged a private secretary for the
gubernatorial campaign would indicate
that he hi going to do more writing than
talking.
If the Sultan of Morocco has any sense
of humor at all ha must have smiled—
and been a villain still—when he heard
that Spain might send her navy to threat
en him.
Twentieth Century Warfare.
BY PASSIE FENTON OTTLEY.
The materializing of the Twentieth
century may be ranked among the
world’s disappointments to be com
pared only to those of the individual
child who discovers that Alexander
was not really '.’so high he’d reach the
sky,” or who finds that he feels no
bigger in his "teens” than out of
them.
It is hard to say just what the world
child expected to be ushered in by 1900,
but it seemed somehow certain that
the wonders of social development
which budded so rapidly In the latter
part of the nineteenth cehtury would
improve this most appropriate season
for bursting into flower and that we
should all sit around gazing in rapture
at the acme of peace and plenty in a
society dominated by mainsprings of
co-operattbn and altruism somewhat
as we witness the rare and joyous
blossoming of the century plant.
That nothing of the kind has hap
pened has been a painful surprise, as
has been evidenced by the comments
of press and people.
It Is so hard to realize that- social
evolution proceeds by a process simi
lar to that by which teeth are re
newed. The old in manners, customs
and standards, whether ethical, econ
omic or social, being pushed out by
the new growing up under it Hence
both old and new are co-existent and
(in the latter case) often operate at
cross purposes, causing the chaos of a
time of rapid social development like
the present. Hence the jarring disap
pointment .to many who, looking for
advancement, find what they deem
retrogression.
To such there seems an absolute
ferfeiture of good faith on the part of
the century in what is termed the
"world’s return to barbarism.” It
does seem a bit hard that the period
which was to float in under the aegis
of white-bannered peace should in
stead show us a return to war and
carnage on the part of the two nations
who have so long stood head in the
world’s class In civilization. And yet,
I think, an Incommensurate import
ance has been attached to this return
to war on the part of England and the
United States incidents which are, in
reality, more aramatic than signifi
cant. In wondering at their unexpect
ed appearance we are likely to miss
the real signs of the times which less
blatantly demand our attention.
I venture to say that except as we
have been hypnotized by the illustrated
papers (which for months have given
us nothing but "scenes before Bloem
fontein, Cavite or Pekin,” which to
the average observer are only distin
guishable by reason of the pointed hats
of the Chinamen) the wars of 1900 and
1901 have been and are the least inter
esting and vital incident in the World’s
progress at this time.
Never again will wars of annihila
tion or subjugation hold first place in
the world’s story. Theta will be bat
tles fiercer and more relentless than of
old, but they will be constructive
rather than destructive, and they will
have for aim the saving of life and
the promotion of conditions that bet
ter and brighten it, not the taking of
life or the forcible grabbing of terri
tory.
Never again will the standing up of
rows of men to be shot at be a vital
point In history and the existence of
such a thing today is to the social
organism just as the old tooth Is to the
physical structure—an unimportant
survival.
Can anybody believe that the re
turn of “Bobs” to England to receive
a medal and half a million dollars for
ending a conflict which i® still in full
swing or the maneuvers at -vur troops
In the small but expensive war which
we bought from Spain are really mat
ters of first Interest or of vital signi
ficance in the day’s work of tbe world?
Does one say that the loss of hu
man life must give to war high rank
in social Interest?
Not at all. Far more lives are be
ing lost dally all over the world in
ways almost as avoidable if not so
foolish.
Furthermore there are worse things
than losing one’s life. One of them is
to have to live it under such conditions
as robs it of joy or value.
The real battles of the .twentieth
century are being waged against the
greater and more numerous social
menaces which threaten the life and
the well-being of the human race.
Their battle ranges over a vast terri
tory and in them lies our real Interest.
Witness, for instance, the struggle
of the two giants of organization.
Labor and Capital. In its various
ramifications it far surpasses tn in
terest the battle of the "mouse and the
elephant” In South Africa, or the
frantic effort of Uncle Sam to secure
a seat in the Philippines.
A better life for all the people is the
stake for which the real cohorts of
the world are battling and the "ene
my” is hydra-headed—ignorance, pov
erty, sickness, sin.
Those who lead the warfare against
these great foes are the twentieth
century generals, beside whom Funs
ton and Roberts. Kitchener and Dew
ey are back numbers.
This warfare is being carried on by
means of the most marvelous volun
tary combination and organization of
individuals. We have spoken of the
combinations of labor and capital
which are social wonders in their
scope and effect. Equally as wonder-
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DR. ROBERT KOCH.
A Twentieth Century General.
ful are the voluntary combinations in
the educational, humanitarian and re
ligious battles which are set against
ignorance, poverty’ and sin.
Let us look for a moment at the ex
tent of the organized forces which are
fighting the fight of the world against
disease.
The recent Tuberculosis congress In
London an idea of the life-long
work of thousands of specialists In the
effort to diagnose this and other dis
eases with a view to control. Such
gatherings offer immense Impetus to
investigations of all nations, which
have, in time, taken up the work ini
tiated by disinterested and truth-lov
ing individual investigators.
All governments devote some atten
tion to research work in medicine,
though only four or five maintain in
stitutions for this purpose.
St. Petersburg has one and the Pas-
- J—)
teur institute, in Paris, the British
institute of Preventive Medicine and
the Institute for Infectious Diseases,
in Berlin, are the only European ones,
while the United States is about to
have one in the recently founded
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search, in New York.
Whatever may be the ultimate facts
of the germ theory of disease there
can be nd doubt that the study of
bacteriology has worked wonders in
reducing the death rate in surgery by
a rigid antiseptic as well as by ren
dering prevention possible In conta
gious diseases which heretofore rav
aged at wiU. Imperfect as is the knowl
edge of tuberculosis, Jts cause and
cure, the death rate from it, in New
York city, has decreased 35 per cent
since Koch’s discovery of It as an In
fectious and preventable disease.
Since ten thousand persons still die
of it,, in New York, each year and one
third of all deaths in France are dua
to it, one may realise that the tuber
culosis congress represents one of the
most important divisions of the life
saving army.
There is no reckoning the value of
that other great antl-dlsease move
ment. the study of the mosquito as a
poison vender and the struggle for his
destruction.
Nearly every civilized nation is join
ing in this fight and experiments are
being laboriously pushed in the West
Indies. Italy, and Africa which have
almost completely demonstrated the
theory that malarial diseasea, yellow
fever and other ills are due solely and
entirely to the mosquito’s bill. In
proving this wonderful theory, some
have even laid down their lives, which
will have been well lost if the deduc
tion holds. Practical measures are be
ing inaugurated, the world over, for
the abolition of this potent plague
and by drainage, the use of petroleum
for .the destruction of the larvae and
other means, not yet discovered. It is
evident that the mosquito, like the
Chinese, “must go.”
Cleanliness is coming more and more
in vogue.
Largely as the result of it no deaths
have been reported from yellow fever
= WELLINGTON KICKED OUT
OF UNION LEAGUE CL UB
' 1
2 ’ (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ~ <
4 > WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12 —Senator Wellington of Maryland ha* <
+ received his first hard slap from an organization. He was expelled last i
4 night at Baltimore from the Union League, the most powerful political or- <
4 ganization In Maryland, by a unanimous vote. The resolution expelling <
4 him follows: '
4 “Whereas, the people Os Maryland have learned with shame and <
4 loathing that George L. Wellington, a representative of this state in the <
4 senate of the United States, has countenanced the act of a traitor to <
4 his country and enemy of mankind by • repeated and public expressions of >
4 indifference to the act or its results; and, '
4 “Whereas, the said George L. Wellington is a member of this organ
-4 izatlon: now. t.ierefore. be it „ . , , „
4 "Resolved by this board of governors of the Union League of Mary
-4 land that we consider the conduct of George L. Wellington demonstrates
4 his unfitness to associate with loyal citizens or right hearted men;
"Resolved, That George L. Wellington be, and he is hereby expelled
4 from membership tn the Union League of Maryland, and that his name
4 be stricken from its roster.”
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Marietta Joins the Chorus
:: In Praising The Journal
’’ MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 10, 1901.
4 To The Atlanta Journal: . ,
4 The people of this place are loud and outspoken in their praises of
♦ the manner in which The Journal furnished the news of the attempted as
-4 sasstnation of the president, and this already deservedly popular paper
4 has added fresh laurels. Through The Journal extras and the telegrams
4 sent out by The Journal the people here kent in close touch with the
4 latest Information from the bedsl de of the president.
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♦ • journal Comes to His House
:: And He Is Glad of It
' J DEVEREUX, Hancock County, Ga. Sept. 12, 1901.
♦ To The^ S pirtt in condemning Wellington. Os course <
X any true, patriotic American citizen can but let his deepest sympathy go '
X out in behalf Os our dear beloved president and family. The Journal comes
4to my home and lam glad of It. You will please believe to
♦ S. P. NORMAN.
SIGHTS AT TALLULAH
The beauty and grandeur of Georgia's
beautiful scenery was appreciated many
years ago by a writer for Gleason's Pic
torial Magazine, who visited Tallulah
Falls. In an issue of the magazine pub
lished some time before the civil war is
the following description of this beautiful
Place:
“The scenery of Georgia is among the
finest in the world. The sketch given be
low is that of the splendid Falls of Tal
lulah, twelve miles from Clarkesville.
They are formed by the Terrors, a small
stream that rushes through an awful
chasm in the Blue Ridge, rending it for
several miles.
“This ravine is a thousand feet in depth
and of similar width. Its walls are gigan
tic cliffs of dark, granite. The heavy
masses, piled on each other in the ut
most confusion, sometimes shoot out,
overhanging the yawning gulf and threat
ening to break from their seemingly frail
tenure and throw themselves headlong in
to the dark depths.
"Along the rocay. uneven bed of this
dark abyss, the infuriated Terrora—or in
the beautiful and expressive language of
the Indians, ‘The Terrible’—frets and
foams with ever varying course. ,
The most familiar point of observation
is from the pulpit, an immense cliff that
in Havana this summer.
A new serum cure for it is being in
vestigated by many governmentz, our
own among them.
When we reflect that scarcely a gen
eration ago, great cities were ravaged
and laid waste by yellow fever, chol
era. smaE pox, typhoid, scarlet fever
and diphtheria we realize what stride*
have been made in disease control.
For instance, in 1892, 12 cases of Asi
atic cholera, brought from shlpa, broke
out in the tenement districts o( New
York city.
So perfect were the preventive meth
ods employed that not a secondary case
occurred after these 12 fell into the
hands of the board of health.
The anti-toxin treatment for diph
theria has greatly reduced the mortal
ity of that disease and oxygenation Is
doing wonders for acute diseases like
pneumonia and bronchitis.
Science has its eye firmly fixed upon
the bubonic plague which has so far
defied research, perhaps because it has
the advantage of raging among the
filthy people of the globe. Smallpox
is offering a fruitful field of scientific
research and discussion, some special
ists maintaining that vaccination is
worse than useless while others cling
to it in persistent assurance.
The most novel of all the congresses
against disease of which we have had
notice is one which styles itself the
“Ligue centre le mal-de-mer” and
which recently convened at Ostend un
der the “patronage of the municipal
administration and under the high pro
tection of the king of the Belgian
Every means of preventing or de
creasing that curse of water-travel,
sea-sickness, was discussed under six
different sec;__
tions dealt with naval architecture
with a view to diminishing the move
ment of ships.
Another section dealt with the ven
tilation and oxygenation of vessels.
Still another discussed remedies pos
sible to the individual and another de
voted itself to the collection in all
languages of the literature of sea
sickness.
When we add to all this study of
human disease the perfection of vet
erinary surgery and the exhaustive
study of the diseases of plants, fruits
and trees, we begin to feel that the
pathological battle is indeed a great
one.
The United States has a magnificent
department of research in this matter
of vegetable pathology and in France,
this autumn, two international con
gresses will be held dealing with vine
culture and kindred subjects. In
their discussions bacteriology will be
largely dealt with.
And so the forces fighting for life
are swelling. On the other hand if
it be true that disease is a matter of
the mind and to be battled with there
by, never before has there been such
an impetus to research along this line.
The mental laws are more eagerly
sought after than ever before and the
fact that mind controls oody is being
recognized and improved by practition
ers of all schools as well as by count
less individuals. Self-control is com
ing more and more to be regarded as
the key to all these good things for
which we are fighting and more and
more we are catching glimpses of tha
significance of that mighty saying that
"he that ruleth his spirit is greater
than he that taketh a city.”
projects far into the chasm. From this
position the extent and depth of the fear
ful ravine, and three of the most beautiful
of its cataracts, is obtained. Deep and
unutterable are the emotions of the be
holder as he first gazes on the scene we
are attempting to portray. He is filled
with admiration as he ventures, clinging
to some object for support, to approach
the edge of the projecting crag, to fath
om with half averted eye. the terrific
chasm. A point some mstance up the
stream commands another familiar view,
and thence a somewhat dangerous path
leands to the bottom of the chasm, and
many ladies are induced by curios
ity and love of novelty to make the de
scent. The position gained affords the
grandest conception of the extent and
depth of the gulf."
The Journal is Right.
Philadelphia Press.
•The Atlanta Journal calls for the expul
sion of Senator Wellington, of Maryland,
from tlie United States senate because of
his statement, the correctness of which ,
he refuses to deny, that he was "indiffer
ent” to the crime committed tn the at
tempted assassination of the president.
The Journal asserts that the course of
the senator is that of giving encourage
ment to anarchists and to murderers.
That is the logic of the situation, and it
is a fair question whether such a man to
competent to sit as a lawmaker.