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ADOITI.N'U REPUBLICAN MKTII
ODH.
A few years ago, about the time Mr.
Ilarrlaon went into office, the white lie*
puhllcuim of Alnlinmn tried to exeluilu
the nihfrue* from active piirtle.pnthin
hi tho party's nlfalra, the Idea bolng
that If tints could lie ilium the pnrty
could attract to Its supp&rt tho eonsld-
cruble numlmr of whlto men In that
niato who had adopted pruteetlvnlHl
Uir:ff views. At tho tlmo tho mluoral
resource* of tho slat* were attracting
much attentfon and many pwimus as
sumed that IIiimo resource* could not
bo developed unices (ho Kovernmnnt
continued to protect producer* of Iron.
A* they wished to prrsluco Iron, or Itnd
an Indirect interest In Its being pro
duced, they wore unturully npposeil to
the Democratic, tariff policy and just
as naturally attracted to tho Itepuhll-
can party. Nevertheless tho movement
fulled, for the reason mainly that tho
national HopuMlrmi party rai* born of
the negro, lived on lilm for many years,
and cannot now openly desert lilm
without losing much of Its strength at
tho North. A Southern Kepiihllenn
ty, ostentatiously excluding tho negro,
umld not reusounbly liopo for recogni
tion by tho national party, but must
remain a mere helpless faction.
NevcrUieless the snmo movctneiit was
started In Texas, where It failed, und
tho telegrams hare liven telling during
tho last few days of tho attempt of a
ltepitblleun delegation from Davidson
county. Twin., elected exclusively by
white Republican votes, to gain nents
In tho Hcpuhllrau stale convention.
Tho result wns the same. Tho ronven-
Uon expelled the whlto delegates and
seated tho negroes, who tvero elected
by negro votes. Tills, no doubt, puts
Bin end to tho "Liljr Whlto" movement
In Tennessee.
Tho Republican pnrty lu tho South
cannot shake off tho negro, though re
alizing that flu Is a cnishlug weight.
Just iih thto fact Is being Dually estab
lished another pnrty is trying to take
the negro up, apparently cunDdeut that
It will be aide to use him mure success
fully than tho Republicans have done—
that It will be nlilo lo make of lilui n
powerful ally, instead of a cnish'ng
bunion. It must bo ndmllted that In
this undertaking the Populists have
certain advantages over tho Republi
cans. They umy not bo nblo to Inspire
tho blind, umiuesttonlng devotion, i,s
tho latter were able to do at the time
that the negroes wero released from
slavery, but they hnro tho advantage
of a greater whlto strength, with nil
that tliat Implies of superior leadership,
grenter courage nud keener Intelligence.
Nevnrthclcss, them Is some nvMouco
that tho Populists can think of nettling
hotter than to adopt tho outworn Re
publican methods of using tho negroes.
In our exchanges wo havo scon from
vnrious parts of the state reports that
the Populists are organizing tho negroes
into a secret society, on the model of
tho "Loyal Longue." The Valdosta
Times soys that this Is be^ig done In
Lowndes county. "It to to lie exiiect-
cd." tho Times says, "that oo Intelli-
gent man, white or black, will allow
whomera to mm such a net around
tlietr liberties and take control of their
bodies and tlielr consciences la surli u
bold and ucfurtais fashion, but they
are working It on tho more tgnoraut
blacks and some of the whites as well.
In ham Sica county. Tills to a fart well
established.”
Wo are suro this plan of controlling
tho uegrocs must fail. Its adaption by
any party suggests Irresistibly to all
patriotic and Intelligent people a con
spiracy by that party again*; tho p*n-
cral public. They feel that In n free
oountry n political party to bound to
appeal openly for the support of voters
on tho Iwst allow ing It enu moke of Its
Intcutiaas if entrusted with power, and
that whoa reeort to had to secret oaths,
as a means of blndlug together the
more ignorant and vicious of the com
munity. the hitonllons of the party
must t>e bad or tbat It despairs of ruin
ing the supiwrt of the. intelligent and
virtuous.
tlon. In the face of declarations like
llieso, nullifying each other, die real
opinions and intention* of Mr. Delis ns
to tho practical side of the labor ques
tion seems somewhat Vague. Rut when
ho conics to-deal with tho theoretical
side of die question be Is clear enough.
"1 believe iu the government ownership
of tho railroads," he told the oommls-
sloa; *1 ImiUovo in aliolisUlug the wage
system; I believe hi a oo-opemtlvu com-
iiKitzwealdi.’’
nris means dint Mr. Debs to n So
cialist. As the head of a great-order
of workingmen, the avowed purpose of
which was to increase the wages of Its
members, bo wns expected to further
■bat purpose to the lAit of hto ability,
but ijow he deliberately declares that
he to opposed to the whole wage.paying
system. No mutter how high the wages
involved by the members of the order
of Which he to tho head, he would not
lie satis tied. The wrong, us lie sees it
would remain uncurad If the wages re
ceived were the highest possible. It
Is din system Itself to which he to op
posed.
It follows that nothing short of a
n volulien dint would overthrow our
system of government uud our system
of product ton could lut-tofy Mr. Dobs.
He to not a labor lender, lu any proper
sense of dint term, but n revolutionist
working through tho labor organiza
tion* for dm occorapllsbinent of a po
litical purpose—for tho establishment of
n Socialistic state In the place of our
freo republic.
If tho workingmen of tho United
States lmve become Socialists, then Mr.
Delis Is a proper lender for diem. 11
they nro still believers In our system
of government and In tho civilization
which has raised men from savagery,
they should rcpudlnto Mr. Debs nud nil
llko him.
A SYMPTOM.
Tho Houston Home .Tourrinl says;
"lout Monday about ten people came to
Perry In answer to the call touted by
Secretary W. L. Carr. Their purpose was
to organ!** the Populist party of Hous
ton county. Thers was no meeting other
than a caucus In the sheriffs office, not
more than aevrn being present, and no
other action was taken. Directly after,
noon Secretary Carr accosted this reporter
with thto remarit; "Well, John, I have
met a signal defeat, and have no apolo
gies to offer for th* failure.' He further
declared that absolutely nothing had been
dono; and nothing further would be at
tempted, by himself unless he received
much more encouragement than had been
given up io date. He said many had de
clared privately that he was on the right
line, 'but It seen, they are asnamed to
publicly acknowledge their affiliation
with th* movoment,' Mr. Carr had the
order at buslnees mapped out for the,
meeting, with a declaration of principles
as a basis for the county campaign. The
specific purpose desired to accomplish was
to (ecur* a : minty organisation In order
that representation on the boards of elec-
tlon managers could be demanded. The
numbers given above are not leas than
those named by Mr. Carr."
Tho Populists havo heretofore
claimed very considerable strength In
Houston. If they havo nny strength
Whatever, why did not sonio of It ap
pear at this Important meeting? I-'nrm
work Is not pressing lit this time.
We licllavo thto "signal defeat" la
Houston is tint a symptom of what to
going am in all parts of tlio state, ex
cept, possibly, la tbo tenth district,
where partisan feeling was aroused to
fierceness during tho last campaign and
hag not yet died out—n symptom of tho
rapid decay of tho third party. Tho
|woplo oro beginning to see plainly that
Hint party ptomlses little which could
lieuollt them, that It cannot reasonably
bo expected to accomplish that little,
and that It to drifting Into a thick nud
tldu alliance with tho negroes that
must in the end put It largely under
the Influence of the Iguorant vote of the
state.
A SOCIALIST.
Mr. Deb* said betoro the Labor com
mission now sitting In rhkwgo that lie
had always Uvu opposed to strike* ami
wo* oppose! to th>, recent Pullman
atr.ke. but that If he Und had power
to do so he would have ordered It; that
ho doea not U-t'vv* a cutulv.tutlon of
*U labor unions could be whwwful
against Uie court*. which he (Vctond
to I* arrayed against mbir, but ho to
trying to bring atrattt such a o u . ;j <,; lux .
SENATORIAL DRIFT.
The Graphic supports Rncon bcoauso
wo bcllcvo him best qualified for tho
position to which lie aspires. Our sup
port Is abovo personalism.- • ton Image
(implrte.
MnJ. Uncon to a power on the stump.
The followers of Populism go like clmlt
In the tvlud before bis powerful ren son-
lug of Demecratlo prjtelphw.—States
boro Slur. *
Every voter In Clay ought to have
heard Ma], ltai oil's speech lost Wednes
day.—Chty County Democrat
Speaking of MaJ. Rncon's Arlington
speech, the Calhuuu Couaty Courier
i: "All isi all it was a most mag-
Sweat mat eloquent speech—the most
nvet aud effective presentation of
Democratic principles that It has ever
UMt the good fortuue of our pcoplo to
ln\ir. Only one l*opullst h:ul tho hardi
hood to ply him with quratlisis, and ho
waa so badly u»d up by tho major’s
ready replies that tlio audience went
wild with enthusiasm.
“If there wns any doulit nbout tho
sculimcnU of our people belug in favor
of MaJ Uncoil for tlio 1,'nlted Stall's
sonnturship before, there Is none now,
for they were so completely captlvateil
by hto grand presentation of Lleni-
oer.icy's cup that iliey say be Is pre
eminently tho rogn of the hour, though
he never uuco nientloiud his candidacy
in his speech, though ho could well
hare lava panl.Hicit (or doing so.
"MaJ. llacon s|»-at the afternoon In
Arihigt-ui and made many acqnulut-
n mi's among our |«>tple, who found
him a social. eompaaiuaaMa fMflNMi,
aud left late lu the eveauig for 1'ort
Games, when' he spoke to the people of
Clay rounty on Wednesday.
GLASS MANUFACTURERS.
Anderson, lad., Aug. Si—Th* win
dow gtas* manufacturer* of blunt met
hero thl* afternoon to coaalder the
wage scale of the next year. There
were report* from thirty glass manu
facturing towns, where 4,000 m,'n are
emidcird. The Indiana ntinufactutvr*
win demand a W per cent, reduction.
The local gUssw-orkers *>y Out it will
never be agreed to. They are demand-
mg * te per cent, advance in some
branches. The light promtoes to be a
long one, and it ts not known when the
factories will start.
Or. Price's Cream Raking Powder
Most Perfect Made.
THE STROLLER.
Mr. J. II. Hodges, the able editor of
the Perry Home Journal, paid his
friends in Macon a visit yesterday. He
■ays that die effort nt the third parly
rally Inst Tuesday fell through with a
dull thud and showed Hint there were
not more than a dozen nr s > third par-
tyltes in Houston county. The unler-
rlfled Democracy uf Houston, he says,
have nothing to fear from their friends,
the political enemy. In speaking of
the effect uf the continued mins upon
the cotton crop, Mr. Hodges wild that
it ho* been decidedly damaging. "You
gee," said be, "tho coat nued rains on
cotton, followed by periodical spells of
hot sunshine, have produced rust,
which puts a stop to the fruitfulness of
the plant. Another thing, too, tbst Is
working ruin to the min on tho young
cotton blooms. When the bloom is In
11s llrst stag-, that to the whits bloom,
to-rallied upon It drops from the plant.
'Hie bloom bus three dlstlnet colors awl
condition*. It first opens white early
hi the morning; by evening it becomes
pink nnd nt upon next day red, when
It drops off nt evening, leaving the
young fruit on tho stalk. When rain
enters the bloom In Its first condition
It cnnnot'bcnr trad falls off. Th.s Is
why you so often see n- Inek of trait
on the top of cotton stalks. The blooms
underneath the lonves tiro largely pro
tected, uwl In n season like tho present
one has been the planter wutebes with
keen Interest bow much bis crop will
bo cut sliort In this way. Thto Is not
the only evil effect of too much rain
during tho fruiting season. Italn nt
that period causes too rapid growth
nud tho substance of the plant goes
goes Into the stalk, perishing out the
fruit. Yc*,-the frequent showers have
wrought iraiterinl dnnutge to cotton in
thto section, I understand from my
neighbors who cultivate tho fleecy sta-
t-le."
JUDCIE GILES REPLIES TO HON.
CHESTER PEARCE.
your Issue of the tilth I notice the reply
of Hon. Chester Pearce to Chairman
Houser's defense of tlhe action of the
Democratic executive committee of
Houston county in dismissing Mr.
Pearoe’a contest. To obviate Che neces
sity of a separate communication, Mr.
Houser requests me to state for him
that Mr. Pearce's Information that he
ever contentphvted cohering the raoe as
an 'Independent candidate for mayor of
Fort Valley agalntfi Mr. SkeUe, the
nominee, ts false, and, beyond thto,
Mr. Hauser does not think H necessary
to reply further io Mr. Pearco'e feeble
attempt to overcome the unUagallable
notion of Che committee. Mr, Pearce
has, however, drugged me Into his con-
.troveray with Chairman Houser, und,
It seems to me, 1n a spirit wot becoming
an organized Democrat, 51 years old,
who desires the success of tfls party
and Ms nominees, endeavor* to ques
tion my standing as a Democrat and
to Imperil my auocea* as the nominee
of 'the party und to impair my useful
ness as a representative of Houston
county, by an unjustifiable and lrre>.
vant mtuick upon my poUUoal In-teg
n'ty, bused upon my oonduct twenty-
two years ago. I stood in the ranks of
the Democratic party in their fight
nguinst reconstruction and the adop
tion of «be fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments of the constitution of the
United States, wnd In the campaign
of IMS voted for Gordon for governor
und for Seymour tor president. In 1873
n' convention of disgruntled Republi
cans met in Cincinnati and nominated
ilively for presldviM, upon n platform
Indorsing reconstruction, the aforesaid
amendments, und In substance differing
In no rc*peat upon the negro question
from the paltform of the regular Re-
K ubltoun party upon which Gen. Grant
ad been nominated at Chicago.
A shiWt time afterward ttie national
Democratic convention met at Balti
more and swallowed Greely nnd his
platform.. Thus by th* machination*
of disappointed office seekers, under
Gram'# ftrot administration, nnd Now
York Democrats also hungry lot office,
thto unholy affiance was formed, nnd
the white people of the South were
oldly asked to vote for tho old and
long-time enemy nnd to Indorse a plat
form which ruthlessly sot at naught
their convictions and fears upon the
question of negro suffrage.
Horace Groe;y bad been undoutedly
the mo»t miKgnant and powerful en
emy of the South and her people. As
Hie editor of the New York Tribune
he led the abolition crusade and con
spired agafiut the peace, lives nnd
property of our people. He nrmed
Kansas Jayhswkers to kilt out South
ern settlers In Kareus territory and
aided and abetted John Brown In his
Oi.tempt to Incite Insurrection und the
murder of their white muter* amongst
the slave* of Virginia, lie Justified the
theft of our negro properly, rap i
loose the dogs of war upon us and
liMephi-mously Invoked the curse* of
heaven upon our homes and firesides,
lie urged a cruel und rrientle** prose
cution of the civil iwtir within our bor
der*. He traduced th* good name nnd
tome of our noble manhood, und even
th* gentle women of the South were
not spired the filthy Abuse of hto slan
derous pen. 8o Incendiary did his New
York Tribune become that at the be
ginning of the war its circulation tn
Georgia had almost ceased under the
Ud ministration of a section of our penal
iode, punrishtng with death the drcula.
tlon of Insurrectionary papers.
lie had always been the enemy of the
Democratic party, had never voted Its
tick*! nod twd , urged unceakTntt and
unsenipuloue war upon Its leaders and
k* principles 1fi terms of bitterer.; de-
nuncl.idort. Harassed Mr. Davto'bond
It to true, but without doubt ft was for
the purpose of commending himself to
the suffrage of Southern Democrats In
tto'.praal»nr4l -aspirations.
It to not strange that I. and thou
sands of tuber goad Democrats In the
Son'll. refused to vote for Horace
Greelv, the Democratic-Republican
candidate. In 1873. Gen. Grant, the
nominee pf the regular Republican
party, had married ;t Southern Jtdy,
and w.i* by fAstit*:t or aasociatton n
gentleman. It to now an open secret
chat -.1 comm -tree of prominent Repub
licans waited upon him In the early
part of ISM to requeot him to be the
Republican candidate for preeMent tn
the ensuing campaign. They did nos
aak Min to renounce Ms Democratic
principle*, but to enforce the laws If
(looted. He agreed to run upon these
conditions. It to also known that « com
mittee of leafing Democrats subse
quently were about to visit Grant to
requ •>: him to accept th* Democratic
n. >,n:n.Ytlan for pnoMent, but were
turned twek by the Information tbit
the Republican committee had already
captured him. Gen. Grant, after the
death of Uncohu a-te (he beat North
ern friend the South nud. He had al
ways been a Democrat, and not until
oiler ha had retired from (he office of
president dbl he ever vote any other
than the Dentocmrie ticket. .
He wes the msxnanimoue conqueror
of Gen. Lee and the armies of the Con
federate aisles and gave to them hon
orable and Itheral term* of surrender.
lie tucoee*Rfi|y defied Andrew John
son and B. M Staunton when they
threatened to orreot and prosecute for
treason Oen. Lee and the higher offi
cers of the Confederate States army,
saying to them: "The parole I have
given protects Gen. Lee and hto soldier*
from prosecution, and I Intend to see
tbat my pledge to them to not vlolited."
lie did not ruthlessly destroy our prop
erty and urged no war upon defense
less women and children.
In theAamou* scene at the surrender
he treatMl Gen. Lee and hto staff with
the moot careful conoid.-ration and re
spect end forbade the tiring of a feu de
Jot by a battery stationed near Ills
icqt uosrsj s|q ss hu|ap) 'waeiacnbpuoq
"a victory over our fellow citizens was
not u matter for exultation."
In hto “Memoir*" he nowhere call*
uor people and soldier* rebels, but Con
federates and treats us In terms of re
spect due to honorable belligerents.
IIto tost days wars glsddsned by sym-
pithetlc visit* from prominent ex-Con-
t(derate* and hto pall waa borne up
by heroes of the lost cause. Hto last
labor when disease bad destroyed his
voles was to write messages of peace
sad reconciliation between tho North
and the South.
These and many other fact* which
made uo hto life have endeared him to
the people bf the whole country, und
In no section more than In the South
Is bis memory honored with sentiments
of the highest esteem.
It to no matter of regret that I, to
gether with thousands of good Demo
crat*. preferred Grant to Greely in the
campaign of 1873.
I accepted the nomination for ordi
nary on the Grant Republican ticket In
the fall of 1873 with the understanding
that no negro was to be placed on the
ticket tbr county offleeret. The ticket
was made up os follows: A. S. Giles,
ordinary; John Smith, sheriff; D. H.
Culler, clerk of superior court; Samuel
Hunt, tax receiver: J. O. A. Houser, tax
collector: Nicholas Marshburn, treasur
er; T. H. Reddick, surveyor; J. C. Mc
Coy. coroner.
It wns understood that Sam Hunt. If
elected, would appoint WllUsm J. An
derson, Jr., of Fort Valley hto deputy
and turn the office over to him—which
he did.
Samuel Hunt and J. C. McCoy were
the only Republicans In the above list
The bthers wero among the best white
Democrats in the county.
There were three other candidates for
ordinary and a number of candidates
for the various county offices In the
field.
One ticket olalmed to be the regular
nominees of the Greely Democratic-Re
publican party.
Another ticket was a coalition be
tween Greely Democratic-Republicans
and Grant Republicans.
The fourth ticket waa another combi
nation to secure the negro vote, which
at that time Outnumbered the white
voters three to one In the county.
In the election following I received
a majority of 6 votes over the other
three candidates for ordinary combined
and according to reliable Information
nearly as many Democratic white votes
as any one of the candidate for ordi
nary. and thto support came from the
best and must prominent Democrats
of Houston county.
Since tbat campaign I have fought In
every batth) with the Democratic party
and havo done my full share In achiev
ing its victories.
I have never, by word or deed, advo
cated anything else than the suprema
cy of the white race and the success of
Democratic principles.
The additional faot that the aevsral
bonds of the county officer® elected on
my ticket In 1873 were signed as sure
ties by the best and moat prominent
Democrats of the county indicates that
the movement which I successfully car
ried out of resoulng our people from
negro and caipet bag rule was at the
time understood and appreciated by the
Democrats bf 'Houston county.
That they <Md not consider my con
duct very defective and unpardonable
to conclusively shown as follows: In tho
next campaign In the fall of 1878. and
again in 1880 I waa nominated by the
Democratic p*Trty of Houston county for
ordinary by handsome majorities, and
both times over the gentleman who ran
against me In 1873 as the regular nomi
nee of the Greely Democratic-Republi
can party, a gentleman' In- every way
worthy ond popular as a Democrat. In
the elections which followed I received
the solid support of tho Democratic
party.
In 1880 I waa elected chairman of the
Democratic ocunty committee and also
ohalnman of the Democratic executive
emmittee of the Fifth congreaslomtl dis
trict.
I was also a member of the Dmocratlo
county committee* of 1882-83.and 1886-7,
and a member of the state Democratic
committee of 1888-9.
It to needless to add that the Demo
cratic party suffered oo defeat In any
of these campaigns.
At the October term (1884) of Houston
superior court, near tho close of my ad
ministration as ordinary, tho grand
Jury composed of twenty-two of the
leading nnd best white Democrats, paid
this voluntary tribute io me us an offi-
cer In their general presentments,
which nre a part of the public records
of the County:
"In thto connection we beg leave to
express our lfigh appreciation of Judge
A. 8. Giles upon hto retirement from
the office of ordinary.
"Fur twelve years he has administered
the office with signal ability and to the
beat Interests of the people of this coun
ty. nnd especially to tho best interests
of the widows and orphans who»e es
tates have been committed by law Into
his hands.
'•In behalf,of the people of Houston
county we thank ond commend him for
his faithful discharge of hto duties as a
high judicial officer of our county."
I rejoice that-Mr. Pearce can "stand"
me and will "aupport me with all hto
force when the day comes." The Dem
ocratic party has been able anil willing
to aland me three separate tlmea In tho
raoea which t have made for nomina
tion at their hands.
In the several races which I have
made since 1873 In Democratic primarie*
I have received at bne time or other the
aupport of nearly every prominent Dem
ocrat In the county. Including Mr.
Pearce himself, who voted for me for
repreeentatlve In the Democratic prl-
nury of 1SS3.
He was not a Competitor for that of
fice then, and there lias been no change
In my relations to the Democratic party
or to him since 1888 except that in the
late primary he and I by the fortunes
of politics were competitors far the sec
ond place on the Democratic ticket for
represent* firm.
My aucc*« In obtaining the nomina
tion by x dint vbte over him wlH. I
trust, not permanently Impair the per
sonal and poUtlea! friendship which hn«
heretofore existed between us,
Fort Valley. Aug, 23, irai.*'
"CHURCH" SCHOOLS.
To the Editor of the Telegraph: For
two or three months there have ap
peared article* from various sources,
but of one Import In regard to the ore
ganiaatflm of Methodist school* and
the bringing of Methodist children Into
them. In all of these articles la mani
fest a spirit or hostility to "state''
schools. The "godless" state school ts
everywhere heUI up a* a hobgoblin to
terrify good Methodist* from the very
thought of patronising such Institu
tions. On the other hand the ptyty.
high standard of morale, etc., of the
church school Is Maced in «trang con
trast and high relief. "Just ueet how
good we are." One of there church
men—Bishop Hsygocd—asserts tn the
Wesleyan of last week <hat "the beet
teaching tn the world to done in church
schools in America. England and bn the
continent." Will Bishop Haygood kind
ly name the church schools In Kngland
or on the continent wherein thto pre
eminent teaching to done? Let him re
member that we mean church schools
In the American sense, L tichnoto
supported by fees, regular contributions
or endowment*—the voluntary offer
ings ot church members; the Institu
tion* being controlled 4n organisation
and operation by the churches. Such
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
For eal* at wholesale by S. R. JAQU ES & TINSLEY and A. B. SMALL
we hold to be church schools. We can-
nut Include under thto head the great
countries in which a state religion pre
vail nn-i In which tho clergy are 'ap
pointed and maintained by the civil
government, and the university aupport
cornea from the same quarter, uucli
ore not church, but state schools in
every proper sense. Will Bishop Hay-
good tell In which of the great universi
ties of the United Kingdom, of France,
or'of the twenty odd renowned German
universities can be classified as "church
schools?" When the state controls di
rectly or tilledtaflvely the whole sys
tem of eehool organization and apj/dnt-
ment. can the institutions be called
••ohureh schooler’ , ,
Again, what church to In control «
Johns Hopkins or of the Universities of
Mkthdgun, CallCornla. Virginia, etc.?
Falling to answer, will Bishop Haygood
promptly take hto place among the “ex
treme Ignoramuses" whom he no pom
pously berates? Perhaps n little more
study of educational history nnd ailttle
more talrnres In presenting the results
would save n hang Buffering public from
many of the diatribes ol Bishop Hay-
good and lite confreres In thto cruaade.
How.many of the most scholarly men
In Embry’s faculty for the last dozen
yearn received nt least tho finishing
touches of their "schooling” cither in
state or foreign universities, "godless
though these schools may be?
One might suppose after reading
HaygObd's appeals and warnings that
the Goths were come Just now tef the
very gates of our Christendom. Listen:
"This to a time to stand by our church
schools os never before. The tendency
among those who assume leadership In
educational movements Is to absolutely
secularize education.” Do tell! Why
what has happened recently to so stir
tbo epiecop.il bile?
He goes on: "I fell in with an bid
friend recently. He yielded to the
whlnw of a society family and sent two
children to a godlere schnbl. They
nre both done for In faith und morals.
Men will learn by and by." May this
scribe present a companion picture? He
once knew a noted Methodist preacher
in Georgia who sent hto son through a
Georgia Mothodlat college. This son
has long been notorious as the "boss'
drunkard, debsueber and all-round ras
cal of the communities In which he has
lived. Particulars Cbuld be given if
need bo. Possibly that preacher will
learn by and by? Unlikely. He pro
ceeds: “A 'Methodist who prefers a
state school to Ills own cares more for
something else than he does his relig
ion. Let him name that something to
hlmsolf.” How terrible! Ho Is already
|n the limbo of that hell of anathemas
Which to ho he the portion of such re
creants. The frightened Methodist
starts back In horror, the oword of St.
Peter to waving over him. How can
he ever reach Paradise 4f he should pat
ronize a “state school?" Yet when he
looks around -him he sees the state pub
lic schodle doing most of the elementary
educational work in Georgia. He sees
very many of these "godless" schools
taught by students from Emory, Wes
leyan and other Methodist Institutions
nnd supported by “public money." He
has seen the "godless" Orr and Brad-
well successively superintending thto
"godleas" system. (He sees the "god
less" Hopkine, Lane und their coadju
tors in charge of the “godless” Stale
School of Technology. He sees the
•Igodlesa" Chappell and hto nthetatio as
sociates ruining the Girls’ Industrial
state school at Mllledgeiille, etc., etc.
But It would fatigue to enumerate all
the "godless" crew who are nibbling at
the provender in the state schbol man
ger.
Why has not Haygood hindered
Emory’s sons from scrambling for these
"godless" tld-btts of the state?
“Secularize education? To be sure.
Why, does not everybody know that
geometry, astronomy and chemistry are
aft theological lo essence? Aren't there
Methodist righlt angles and tangents,
Presbyterian planet* and parallels,
Baptist oxygen and optics, Campbelllte
political economy and’ history. Episco
pal Greek end congregational Latin?
Of course. What must bcoome of the
boy who should fall to get she ortho
dox doctrine of the equation of the hy
perbola? Or of undistributed middle In
logic? Or who should drink In heresy
with the Greek verb? One trembles nt
the thought. Unless arithmetic nnd al
gebra are taught ecclcstastlcafty how
can Protesuin'M tell the 'educational
difference between & dance und a
prayer meeting?"'
Will hto grace allow an humble Meth
odist to suggest the* some other influ
ences Nave been vastly more potent
than stake schools in producing "lax
ity and scepticism.'' State schools have
for their fools the plain admitted
truths of Bclence, art Und SHorature.
They Instil belfcf, not scepticism. Did
Bishop Haygood ever meet a college
graduate who denied that the hypathf-
nuse ot th* right angle triangle equals
the sum of the squares of the other
two sides? Did he ever find Methodist*
nnd Baptists calling on* another numen
over the doctrine thait oxygen nnd hy
drogen are the constituents of water?
No, no, Mr. Eplseopus, it la not from
the work of zhe schools that Uie trouble
has come, as you very well know.
Where one bus been "done for In truth
and mentis" by science a hundred have
been "done for” through The curven
und crookedness of theology. Is science
or creed responsible for the crimes and
bloodshed of Europe for the last six
teen centuries? Ia H of such vast Im
portance then that Methodists learn
science through Methodist standards?
Suppose tha't the citizen be actually
lost tn the sectarian, and Hnygood's
advice be literally taken. We see all
Methodists withdrawing' from state
schools of every grade. Baptists, Pres
byterians and all other churchmen
ditto. Then a Baptist system of edu
cation adopted for Baptist children
from the nursery to the university: the
same course taken by Methodists, Epis
copalians and others, and the stake
system left—If anything should be left-
in khe hands of outsiders. Does nny
Intelligent patriot relish the spectacle?
Would not every dlstlncUve sectarian
difference be a hundred fold wnpha-
fQood
Blood
You cannot
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If you are troubled whh5
.BOILS, ULCERS o«
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CLEARED AWAY
by it* uie. It U the be»t blond remedy on earth.#
rboutaedfi who Ime used it say so.
v LI -.1 »»v Lfidlji (KMMAC 1 Uit jru, which ft* m
Wkwfeni'r »» xts-etur. nor-,*, (meat r*WotHr
Treatise on Wood and ‘Win disease* mailed frt,
SV. 1K1 SPECIFIC CiAtlanta.Ga.
Uized and embittered. The lines in th*
professions would be drawn as in dlf
ferenco of race. The Methodtet doctrir.n
rnuet treat the Methodist patient Che
Presbyterian nu-rcMm must sell to hto
own brethren, the Baptist dentist must
"pull" the Baptist tootih—society si!
odds, outs and sects, as in the old wir'd
long ago. Politics .iakt-3 on s reii
glous l?j catering. Isn't It even whls-
pered'how that Methodists and Emorv
men should vote for a Metthodlst ao.l
an Emory than for office? Who* would
it be In that day of fiery fine* and
l ining chasms between? What hone v
of conviction would ever control men
when ecclesiastical parties and parti
sans should be belted for tho political
arena? Fnlnkly. haa not the Georiga
political .triumwlnake long consisted of
a Methodist, a Presbyterian and « Ban.
tint? How Infinitely wane would R be in
that suite of "armed truce" among r--
Xglotis (7). politicians and parties. May
God forfend ua from that day of rt».
outpouring ot the seven vbMa of hla
wraith! Along step into mediaeval nlg.v
would be taken when thto parochlui
school system should get our eduranlon
Into Us keeping, and when olerlc.ii
bigotry should once more Inlterpret tho
highest trutiw of science by the Mlddl"
Age canons of the church. Whnt means
this modem clerical Inroad into educ i.
fkma'l work?
The Wesleyan Advocate gives a Hat
of thirteen Georg** Methodist'schools,
hwelve of which are presided over hv
preachers. La Grange alone to raved
for the Wily, because .President Smith
owns the college property aod so pro
tects himself. Why do not kh'e clergy
apply for the common schools also?
Is this field of "faith nnd morals” not
•north the working? Are they “oalleM"
to colleges und institutes only? Are
they our obi ret educators? What pro
portion of our standard texts have they
written? Do these "specialists" make
the ministry n "specialty" or a sec
ondary? Shall the clergy hush th»
voice of knowledge or only allow It to
warble In an ecclesiastical key.
The "stare echool"—'Haygood to the
contrary notwithstanding—huts been
the chief handmaid of Democracy, the
osslmitstor of feelings and of Ideas, tho
leveller of clan and class dtotlnetiuns,
the healer of bigotry's schisms and the
unifier of the masses. If “godless" It to
nevertheless officered and directed by
churchmen. Its enemies are usually
its rivals for public favor and patron
age. Ia stands today the strongest so
cial bulwark of the weak against tho
Btrong, of freedom versus bigotry and
intolerance and of truth against false
hood. Iks defects we may cure, but let
place we oan never supply through
creeds however pretentious, nor by ec-
oletslastlcal superintendence however
ready, anxious aed—interested.
A Georgia Methodist.
LETTER FROM ROLAND ELLIS.
Mr. J. A. Thomas. Jr., City—Dea*
Sir: White appreciating the oompllmeist
paid mo by my friends, who of their
own accord and without solicitation of
fered my name for the presidency ot
the Young Men's Democratic Club. 11
Its meeklng on last night, and subae-
quen tly unanimously elected me to th I
position of vice president of that or-
ganlration, I am compelled' to dectlnt
the honor conferred. I sen duly scr.
Si We of the compliment Intended, tho
more so that tho action of not one of
those friends was Induced by personal
soBcWatlon' and electioneering, and
were it-not for the filet that I have al
ready for two years done official duty
ns a member of the executive commit
tee I would cheerfully undertake the
task.
Convey ko the club my resignation as
such ofilcer with, the assurance that 1
shall always be found with the rank
and file of that effl1cemt organisation in
the furtherance of the party's weal. 1
am very truly yours, Roland Ellis.
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