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THE 'ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
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MONDAY, ttMttVAItT %. V*.
TIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
P. U SEELT, PrttldenJ.
FfltllskeS Every Afternoon
•y THI GEORGIAN COMPANY,
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for nnhllrsMun In TUB
or.OIMIIAN AND NSW* ho llBlIOtt tn
MO wnnlo In length. It Is Imporollrr
Hut the. ho signed. oo on ovMooro of
-•ood faith. Itejeeted monuorrlpto Bill
not ho roturno*! unlf-oo olompo or* tool
for tho pnrpooo.
THB UEOIUIIAS AND NSW*
prtnto no n nr loon or obJecttonulil. nil-
rortloloo. Noll hot doooTl print whlobr
no tnp liquor odo.
OUll PLATFORM.—Tho Georgian
and Nowo oundt for Atlonlo'o owning
not and olorlMr ll(ht plan la,
oo It now awno tto wotonrnrto. otbor
(Oflln. with 0 L ... ____
tbonld bo dono ot onro. Tho Ueorgl.o
ood Kont IwIIotoo thot If street roll-
Butppoon cllloo.oa I hop art, thoro
no flond rot too why I hr 7 ran not b* I
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oobo ponro bofnro wo or* ready
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
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On Pobruory 2 Thn Georgian pur-
dialed thn nomo, good will, franchisee,
advortioing contraote and aubnerlption
lit! of Thn Atlanta Nowo, and Thn Nowo
it now publithtd at a part of Thn Geor
gian. All advortioing under oontraet to
appear In The Nowo will be printed in
Tho Georgian and Newt, without inter
ruptlon, except ouch at it debarred by
The Ooorglan’o establiahed policy to
oxeludt all objectionable advortioing.
•ubaeribero to Tho Nowo will receive
Tho Georgian and Now* regularly. All
euboerlptione paid In advance to Tho
Georgian and to The Nowo will bo ex-
tended to cover,thg time paid for to
Should
now bo receiving two
larly.
you
of Tho Georgian and Now*, ynur
an both tubiarlptlon liote.
10 tho to Hate can ba combined
raeeiva only one copy regu-
Caruso means tn ffet 1h«t fin* bock
and then come. Ho oako for double
poy to alng.
A New Haven divorce trial la knock-
ins for publle notice with twenty
seven co-respondents.
As witnesses Benator Rslley and Rv-
•lyn Nesblt Thaw occupy the center
of the stage just now.
Insurance Commissioner Kelsey.-of
New York, shows some obstinacy In
having the job pulled out from under
Papers tra paying cable tolls on the
perfectly obvloue etory that Kuropot-
kin's war review made some fellows
The real tainted money has been
found at Isst, If the statement Is cor
rect that gold pieces have a distinctive
odor.
Paymaster Sypher, of the navy de
partment. has closed hie public aervlcc
with naught tn his credit. He was
Brad out.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes
an English Journalist who "writes with
his teeth." and The Washington Her
ald opines that he caya biting things.
Stjll that may be a false Impresslou.
"Wire working" pays. Western Un
ion and Postal operators can corrob
orate the statement.
Our pork bill for this year la I»2,-
000,000. The barrel was opened In
Washington Isst week and the dlstrl
button made.
Sympathetic appendicitis so a late
medical theory, ought to lie cut out.
Naturally the question arisen as to
whether Henry Pratt Judson will have
equal art with the late Wm. It. Har
per In separating John U. fmtti large
and juicy endowment funds
Milliners will soon be In ■ trim."—
Newark Star. And hubbies properly
"trimmed."
The British Medical Journal wants
to know why people can alt through
a theatrical performance without
coughing and can't do the same with
a sermon. Easy. In the case of the
play you '.'cough-up" before entering
the theater; the "coughing" comro af
ter you enter a church.
Railway owners make no complaint
ns to lack of facilities for getting
water, to their etoek.
I
That proposed law to restrict the
uount of advertising carried by
newspapers would liar many congress-
V i ton ipc I!-.— :* lit.
MAOOK AND ATLANTA AND THE STATE FAIB.
Our genuinely esteemed contemporary. The Macon News, seems to
taka unkindly a recent new* story which came to The Georgian and was
printed upon tho authority of a Macon man from whom our reporter re
ceived bla Information.
These were the paragraphs In the reporter’s story at which our Ma
con neighbor lakes offense:
"It Is rumored that Macon will hold Its own fair ne*t fall
and will call U tbs Oeorglg State Fair.' regardless of the suppos
ed rights of tho Agricultural Society. That city paid off 10 per
cent of the last fair’s Indebtedness and proposes to give a ear-
nival this spring to pay oft tho remaining »0 per coni.
"The attitude of the Macon ettiaens toward the Agricultural
Society Is perhaps sat forth In an aditorlal which appeared In a
Macon paper some time ago and which follows:
" ‘The people here have been and are still unwilling to pay a
lot of salaries for the oOclala of the Agricultural Society and oth
er fancy expenses not included actually In presenting a splendid
cshlb!!.' “
We trust It Is unnecessary for ns to say that The Georgian would
not willingly mlsrepreeent In any way the slater city of whose enter
prise and prosperity Atlanta la so genuinely proud, and whose previous
Industrial expositions all the Atlanta papers have bean so prompt
to approve and extol.
We cannot, however, better llluxtrate our xplrlt toward Macon and
tta exposition* than to allow Tha Newt Jfi_Jte own way to correct the
atory which was printed In our local columns. Says The News:
"The debts of the Macon Fair Association are In a good way
to bo paid In the near future and already four-flfths of the
amount neceaaary baa been subecribed and the other fifth Is In
sight. This money has been given by the business people of this
city, who took the position that these debts were debts of honor
and could not be slighted or com promised In any way. There
were offers of compromises from some creditor* of the (air asso
ciation.-but the directors refused to pay lass than dollar for dol
lar'and in the next week or ten daye the money, payment In full,
will be mailed each and every man who holds a claim against
the association.
' There will be no street carnival or any other similar meth
od of raising the money. It le coming right out of the pockets
ot the business men of the city where It should come from.
"The Macon fair of last fall was a most dismal failure on ac
count of the street car strike and the consequent disorders.• The
reports sent out concerning these occurrences were of a most ex
aggerated character and frightened off the people, who always at
tend Macon fairs. The News has heard that Atlanta'a was not as
successful as In former years because of the riota there during
- the early fall. Atlanta was more fortunate than Macon In that
her disorders bad time to tubelde before the date of the fair,
while Macon waa almost In the mldtt of here whan the opening
day for the fair came.
“In reference to what Macon la thinking of doing In the fair
line next fall xomebody muat have supplied The Georgian with
misinformation. Macon has not even considered a fair for next
fall. The only thing in connection with a fair that baa interest
ed this city at all Is the payment of the debts of the last one.
This will be accomplished shortly and than by reading Tha News
The Georgian will And out what Macon is going to do nett fall."
It ta always a pleasure to applaud a municipal spirit so manly and
Independent as Macon has shown In winding up tha affairs of the last ex
position held there, and we congratulate Its people upon tha fine record
- wtiti li ilii-v Have slwsrs maintain*!! toward their pabtlo debts of every
kind. " ~
There are few cities In the South more solid and substantial In
every business line than Macon, and whenever Macon captorea a state
fair It la a guarantee to the state that It will be a good one, and worthy
of the heartiest patronage by the people.
We are glad to know that Atlanta will not be placed tn competition
with Its vigorous little slater In (he next xtate fair.
• JUSTICE—EVEN TO "0B0E8U8.”
On the day following the announcement of Mr. Rockefeller's gift of
932.000,000 to the general educational board, an aditorlal paragraph In
The Georgian represented the Standard Oil magnate as giving hla mil
lions with one hand, whllo with the other ho raised the price of oil one
cent s gallon In order to reimburse trtmsetf tn a single week from tho
pockets of the people. «
In tho same Issue of The Georgian there waa printed a latter to the
editor from Mr. Richard H.'Edmtmde, of The Manufacturers' Record, tak
ing strong ground against tbe acceptance of Mr. Rockefeller's "tainted
money" on the ground that It Imperiled the freedom and dlgntly of the
schools of the South.
Rut Mr. Edmunds vindicates hid own sense of fairness by pointing
out to the public that the increase In oil touched by our paragraph was
-tu esinUi all—and, waa In lb> Jntcreftaof the producer and not of the
Standard Oil Company which does not profit but rattier suffers by the ad
vance.
The Georgian wishes to be Just a* fair as Tbs Manufacturers' Record
and we would no more stoop to misrepresenting Mr. Rockefeller with hit
millions than we would do injustice to a mechanic or a farmer In a South
ern field or factory.
- The advance In crude oil, says The Record, la of necessity a disad
vantage to the Standard Oil Company. That concern le a large buyer of
crude nil. and every cent advance means s heavier outlay by the com-
l»ny In tho purchase of raw material necessary (Or use In Its refineries.
The advance la doubtless due to the fact that tbe supply ot crude oil la
leas than the consumptive requirements, and that, therefore, tbs Stand
ard la bidding higher In order to secure the crude oil, of which tt Is only
to a limited extent a producer. A very large proportion of the bitter crit
icisms against Mr. Rockefeller and against the Standard Oil Company Is
based on this fundamentally wrong view that an advance In crude oil,
which Is front time to time reimrted In the dally papers, Is to the benefit
of the Standard or of any oiber of the refining aompanles. That advance
goes to the producer, and (here are a good many thousands of people
Interacted In the producing of oil and tbe ownership of oil wells who are
rejoicing that they are able to force the Standard company to bid n higher
price by virtue ot Die increasing demand for oil.
It Is always a pleasure to correct sn error or to redeem an Injustice
by a fair statement, and we are glad ourselves to know that ono of the
most frequent points upon which Mr. Rockefeller Is assailed* Is not a
tenable one, and that his misfortunes In some cases are magnified Into
faults.
Even Nabobs and Billionaires are entitled to Justice.
Blalock made an addracs which swept that body to almost unprecedented
enthusiasm and bore beautiful fruit tn the Improved conditions of a hun
dred Georgia homes.
Burely no service to Georgia and to lta people, to Its hearts and to 1U
hearthstones, is richer and more profitable than this, and when lov
ing friends at Bameaville shall lay on Wednesday tha mortal remains ot
Miss Anna Blalock beneath the soil which ahe has touched to beauty and
to Inspiration, the good people of her own community should rant assured
that the good people of Georgia reeoghUe the noble service which ahe has
dons to her state and to her times,and may these poor words help to bear
to those who lore bar tho tender maaaaga that this good woman baa not
lived In vain.
SYMPATHY GROWS FOR EVELYN
AS THE TRIAL PROGRESSES
BY D0ROTHY OIX.
(Copyright. ISST, b7 AB#ricaa-Joareal-Es
a Blear.)
As tho Thaw trial sms os latenst doss
not west, bnt nther I arm SOS in thn per-
nonallty of tho llttlo butterfly woman who
was the now of tho tregedy, sod to whoa
•very thrrsd ot tho UlfpM evMosce
bach.
Novor before did ouch A gu<b of popular
sympathy go out to shy one ss Erelya
Nsshtt Thaw rorrivrd 00 tho day that the
told tho story of her youth ton her bla-
fort tsa. Thoro wit sanely a heart Is tU
tbe lanftb and breadth of tho land that
was not atlrrtd to pity by tho acronbt of
(ho rich old nho, who hSod bin woslth and
hla aortal position to daulo tho girl, end
then, whan ho bed woo bor confidence un
der tha suite of e benefactor, took adrata-
tage of bar (root to rob bor at her Inno
cence.
Tbone who new tho little, shivering, troa
bliss, white-faced women 00 thn wltoem
ttnod will never forgot tho curious and
spsctsrie. of whet owned a mere
child hobbling In a chlldlih voice of tho
horrors of vice and degradation ahe bad
•“<*«■. It aeeaed lacrujfiUr. Impoatlble. aa
If ■ bnbr uttered word* wbnee Import It
did.sot uudtrntafld. aid yet It was nil too
lire -
•saiy trw. The lira that wen eo abort Is
retro had been long la the dark kauwledge
Of 0lU,
And the worst Is yet to bo told. Kvelys
Thaw e story, true Is the mala, wte the
etory s woman tolls the mill she lores,
whom she waste to hold. whom, with
ftefltte ton gloss. She desires to respect her
'"-•R!!* orevetythtoj. It pot In lhe beat
possible light that wElrh could not Tit hid-
wu-^lt oxreeod ae well tt might bo that
which she had dose.
To Undergo Great Cross-Examination.
Moos wo are to hear that atory told over
seals, under the pitiless cross-examination
Of tbe prosocutlag attorney. The cold,
hard light ot actoal farta will bo turaad
upon It. Every excite will be rlddlad.
Evcn^partlclo of the roay gause of retl-
be htripped Data It,
It It told that Ur. Jerome espee
break down the weight of Evelyn V
Thaw'a testimony by (bowing. Aral,
area If originally aha waa a victim of
especia to
' Neabtt
that
■ which mv isw msmss itssiii mu is
Hty it uiattpr* a treat deal la what *ttl-
'teal Insanity." the defendant, of
_ fhow are battling for tho “aawfit- _______
misl
?'W. 0 pTSEJM ftuV't, ~ - —
the woman herself had trailed her
•ttorsey claline. It should make no differ
tare la the dual judgment of her. Rather.
It gives an added pathos to bor fete, for
from the hour when she went forth from
nfor.l while's studio dishonored, ahe
need the cruel edict of society that bars Its
fates agalusi eurh sn aha had lucerne.
What waa ahe to dot How was she to
live? Wlint of the mother and llttlo brother
that were dependant upon her? She waa
that were dependant upon her? Kite wai
S ly It. ssd bar only talent was hoc beauty
e bail no adoration, so strength of
olthar Indy or mind, tho had so ability,
oven sn an actress, except tho ability tn
caper around In a chorus. sod look bcantl
ful. and 11 la an open tec ret that theatrical
Bsaagemi-nra do not look sty too favorably
upon pmdes.
Easy to Prssch but Prasties Hard.
Was It imi then practically Inevitable that
M should accept Stanford White's easy
philosophy of life, sod start upon the
Bower strews road that has ended In eurh n
thorny I'svalry for her? It Is easy enough
to preach virtue. It ts assy enough to soy
that ebe should have atoned for her flret
Involuntary wrongdoing by living s life that
Would thereafter be btyosd reproach, that
she should have led from Stanford White
sad his kind, sad from tho studio, ns from
j^hnrnel house, but whither wea ahe to
Above ell. whore was ahe tn get the
Georgiq Sages
See tha Ordinary-
A Morgqn county bachelor has bean
trying tor the pest twenty years to
photograph hla girl on bla heart, but
all he hflfl tvar gotten of her It ■ nega
tive—Madison Advertiser.
Look, like any ordinary would de
velop that negative for about I1.W.
The Newspaper Men.
The average newepaper man doeen't
aspect to make money. Hie Idea ta tc
serve his country patriotically during
hla lift and go to heevhn when ha dies.
• 'oidele Rambler.
He carries out the Idea of patriotic
terrlre all right.
GOSSIP!
New 'York, rob. J*._The fifth world'.
Bonder school convention, to he held
tn Rome. May to to II. will take abroad
nearly 1,000 Sunday school worked
from all aectlons of this country .
ternr number then it wax
Itected would attend. Two
iteTTrem ?S. V * f 1 * chartered, one
rell from this dtp and the other fr,,' n
VZX 2«HL"K jn* "o-riTl-o
ISMEfES" •? '» Rome, at?
I . r * c fr« PO* only Arge number* ,. f
Larry, tha “Unbiased."
Larry Gantt copied a long artlde
setting forth tho danger of promiscuous
kissing. Don't fret. Larry, you are
aerure.-^-Alpharetta Free Praaa.
la that a stab at Larry's handsome
appearance or a reflection on tha good
Not a Baatlenal. Matter.
Proa parity or hoproiperlty, Cupid
gets In his work Just the same. The
newepaper columns of Bouth Georgia
are monopolised these days with tha
announcements of unions In wedlock,
ours Is a great couatry for warm
hearts, cold feet and Increasad popula
tion.—Thmnaavilla Prase.
Why make a sectional matter out ot
It? Middle and North Qeorgla seem
to be making a fairly good allowing
along this line.
In the Mte^er of Haalth.
An eat earned contemporary has the
word of a scientist for It that no man
from England and the'. Hi!!
tlynt. some 25.OUO.OOq scholar, bcini
represented.
PO } Mo WfP '• Vknrth 1150,000(115
and la increasing. The progrea* t
f"l„ P ™ iuc,,on In modern times 1,
fh? oJ TT*£- mor * rl * arly ,hMn 'o
15* “** . wtl 'ch European and Amen-
can peoples have made of the p,,tat„
Tho-threo great clsseea of f.*«i f „ r
c,r ** 1 *' root rm,i
•fid-meats. Tho Potato belongs 1.. tha
second of. these. Only In recent <en.
turtee has It become Incorporated into
tha farming aystems of Europe.
The people who develop this
rop
most fully are the Germans. Accord'
lag-to recent figures It la if
ehnwn 1h.1t
srger jpercentsgi- „f
any
Germany has
laud under potato ruitTvation ttian
other nation In Europe. There arc ..
acres to ovtry ten thousand Inhabj*
(ante, against 4».X In Austria and 3s«
In France. Tliare has been a grc.it
tendency to Increase this crop, n* it,
uses have enlarged. The chief use f.. r
manufacturing Is distilling. Then- me
Pe.006 potato distilleries In 0|--rc!|.>n
, . . i_ , In, the German empire. 4.000 of n|,i,-h
to In perfect health jrho ever wants * represent the chief activity n f 11
strength to gy with? Nature had net gh
It tv her. Heredity had sot Implanted 1
g bad l
lie or duty.
If octal ,
Stanford Waite, that afterward ahe ac
cepted -
cheng ten
In a week maintain aiitamohlleo, Urn at
the neat eipesslre hotels, and wear Parte
frocks
Then he will Inquire concerning other
■— - pmo her attention.
men than While wh
abroad In tbe company of Mr
they were married.
Technically It la not supposed to matter
whether the story Mrs. Thaw told her bua
hand was true nr fnlec. It Is simply the
FROM THE GALAHAD
OF PROHIBITION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am keenly Interested In the whisky
rituetltfn In Georgia- It grows more
scute every day and will doubtless be
come paramount before tbe year ends.
The attitude of your paper in refus
ing whisky advertisements has served
more than any other one thing to call
attention in live vtctauanaaa ox the ll-_
quor buslneaa, and to give emphasis tn
the opposition to the traffle. I am
To here seen that her beamy
•lower that waa bound to he her undoing; to
— -acvghlnii that nnvertr end r««titv
jeweie ana sin. ana to have deliberately
turned away from all the gayety. the oof!
fill to na aid
anil gn back In hard times, and seml-starra
(Inn. and ugliness would bars takes a cour
age that would bare been absolutely heroic,
and a strength that would tarn been phe
nomenal. In any girl bora ssd bred ss
Evelyn Nesblt was.
whin
Bit
actress of her. loading her with gifts
■altering, subtle, md smothering her crerj
ton Ignorant, too youug, too Inexperienced
there will rally to your support and
follow In your lead the very flower of
Georgia n manhood and womanhood
The time la ripe to strike!
WILLIAM J. NEEL.
Cartoravllle. Ua
drink. And this agrees perfectly with
the statement of another paper, that
not one man In 10,WO enjoys perfect
health.—Bulloch Tima*.
Editor Turner seams to be In perfect
health
" Benator A. O. Bacon.
Ao e talker against time. Benator Ba.
con might easily qualify for the cham
plonahlp. eo tho Republicans began to
think last week, when the Georgian
began his argument on the Immigra
tion bill—Wrtgbuvllle Chronicle.
Still, ws are not prepared to accept
at Its face value the statement of a
writer In The Saturday Evening Post,
who said: "Benator Bacon wadea out
Into a morass of language and slowly
sinks from sight."
Went Always Work.
Now. the telephone girls In Atlanta
have gone on a strike. Well, they beat
that here, when they want to quit work
they generally gel married.—Rome Tri
bune.
Rome girl* must be luck}'. Borne of
the Atlanta "hello" girls have tried
matrimony aa an antidote for work,
but It failed to work. Some of them.
It la said, have both themselves and
husbands to support,
WE MAY LEARN FROM VERMONT
HERE. >
To the Editor of The Georgian:
!°!5r. I 2! An<1 >ou m “py °f • news-
WerxUwrtng regarding .passage of a
me opposition to ins tramc. 1 am t tie. ImBrovemem'".?/ 1 f ? r
earnestly hdptng you ran go tme mep tmir-WTiirft-m-iinmiMa.Vi 0 -*!*?£-*'. A *
further and boldly and clearly declare 1 "
Warking far Gtoed Roads.
What the people of Whitfield county
want la good roads. Say Ilka Floyd
and Muscogee counties.—Dalton Cltl-
xen,
if effective campaigning will avail
them Whitfield Is destined tn win. Edi
tor Bhope In writing some mighty tn-
tegeailng matter along this lint. By
thb way, anant soma little reference not
long-elnce to a paragraph In Tha Cltl-
sen, The Oeorglan wishes to make the
amende honorable. The comment wax
made In a spirit of the utmost good
will.
A NOBLE WOMAN AND THE 8TATE.
Georgia hen Inst one nf the ninst valued of her public servants In
the dentil or Miss Anno Hlatnck, of Hamesvllle.
Il Is not In her stremimie men alone—those wliu grapple wllh the
affairs of politics end tho problems of elate—that our commonwealth Is
rich—but In every noble end beneficent force thm seeks to better and
uplift the state, tn find n place end a mission for lla youth—tq Inculcate
sound and whuleaome doctrines Into the ranks of those who are organ-
Ixed for a-ork almiit her. and In the shedding of Hie light and sunshine
of happiness ami cheerfulness and high purpose Into the hearts and
hands nf (he young men and young women of tbe time, Georgia le Just ea
rich as In any man who has illustrated her I11 the halls of state.
And amoug these noble and uaeful women muat be written the
name of that Hccompllshod anil beneficent personality that has gone un
timely to death In a distant state/ Mlaa. Anne lllalock waa the daughter
of an honored Georgia home. A child of loving and accomplished
parents, her earlier ambition sent her tn literary work In a great city of
the Kast. nnd In Boston she became I11 rapid promotion tho right hand
of the great President Knierson. of the Emerson School of Oratory, fam
ed throughout the reihibllr. After twelve years of active and useful ser
vice In tills great achool. Miss Blalock, of her own accord, turned her beck
upon the honors end emoluments of a distinguished career, and followed
her heart back to service In her native state.
She came straight to the old (arm In Pike county. In which ahe waa
bom—back to the home nnd heart nf her parents and gave herself there
to the upbuilding ol agriculture along practical and uplifting and Inspir
ing lines. She bis surrounded herself with young men and young women
who looked 10 her aa leader and teacher In • new line of country living,
and (rotn this radius ol a model farm ahe has gone out aa an evangel
preaching to publle bodies nnd tn private homes the lies illy and possibili
ties of a country life—the necessity for the uplifting end beautifying of
rural homes, end the Inspiring of the farmers ol the atate to tbe develop
ment around their owt firesides of those comforts and conveniences
vlilch make good women happy, ami implant In the minds nf childhood the
love atu! lender memory of n home which will last them through sll the
leniptntinua of ihc future year*.
" *h? I’ r-xje-ulnn IN-ircIs Aurirnlfirnl Society Ml«r
your steadfast opposition to the legal
laed liquor traffle In Oeorgla.
The atate has been afflicted long
enough—yes. too long—with bsrrooms
and other devices for the sale of whis
ky. The time has come to quit. II
our papar will taka strong, clesr posi
tion against the legalised liquor busi
ness and step out on the firing line
vigorous "defy" to the en-
renched hosts who ester to depraved
appetite and debauched morals, there
mil rally to your support and follow
your laadershlp a host made up of the
brightest and best men and women In
Georgia.
I waa once a local optlonlat. but local
option has been largely nullified by
Hie Jug traffic. Prohibition communi
ties seem practically powerleaa to pro
tect themselves against barrooms In
counties where local option haa not
been strong enough to drive them out.
We want aomethlng better.
If local option could ba made to
"work both ways." tt would be more
satisfactory. If the “local option" th.it
permits the sale of whisky would oe
content to remain in Its own terri
tory nnd let alone the "local option"
tInti Is exercised against whisky there
would be good reason for continuing it.
Hut when the Atlanta type nf local
option Invades the I’arlersvllle kind
and seeks In do a liquor business In
dr\ territory, the law of reciprocity as
well us the law of self-preservation
compels us to fight. And that Is Just
whni we propose lo do. Local option
has been made n farce. Every liquor
denier, liquor drinker and liquor organ
has mown to be a noisy and pestlfarous
local opilonlst.
The Georgian lias shown gilt and
grace In cutting from Its columns the
advertisements of these greedy and
aggressive liquor dealers: theae al
leged Atlanta "local optlnnlsta." who
are Industriously nullifying Ihc local
option of dry communities.
It inquired courage In Ihc business
office of your paper to refuse such
rlclili rewarded advertising ss the li
quor men have tn place. In doing this
you have said In terms stronger than
words Hint It Is n bnt| business and
should nol he encouraged. The next
step Is to take position and fight the
llqum business If you can not sail |
ymn columns p> advertise n vicious
thing 11 would seem that 31 ,iu could
scarcely afford tn remain quiet and by
your silence tolerate and encourage this
same vicious and hateful thing
My controlling thought Is for the
good of Georgia. We need deliverance
from 1 he legalised liquor business. It
la a blight and a curse. Rut It has
fastened Itself strongly on the stale. It
la entrenched In high places. It has
wise amt far-seeing leadership. It Is
backed by brains and cash. It has
apparently subsidised many lnfiuentl.il
newspapers. Sometimes It almost seems
to reach Into the pulpit and pluck the
wings of prleata and preachers.
rhlx ii auch an liniuieis..i A * eered kind—making night hideous—is
thIs atat. a, ,t!T not a nutaanca uKttre flret-water, pray-
*bl* Mata at thla time and especially
for this aactlon, I would be glad for
you to give It apace In the columns of
your paper:
"The Vermont Ifglelature has pasted
" Providing for the Improvement
"f public roads throughout tlis state
und the appointment uf a state high-
ommlselon. The new law pro
vldea that ths governor shall appoint
11 nta'e highway commissioner, whose
term of office shall be two years from
the date of hla appointment, and who
shall have control of and direct the ex-
[lendlture of all moneys appropriated
by the atate or apportioned to cltlea
towns or villages for highway Improve,
ment. He ehnll appoint each vear a
supervisor In each county In Hie state,
who shall naslsi him In supetvising
•be expenditure of the state inonev to
|H- used for the permanent Improve
ment of the main thoroughfares and
most Important roads. In each town
'he «»lecllon of roads being made with
Hie mufti purpnre or securing, so far
as possible, trunk lines of improved
highways from tuwn to town ami 10
important local railway stations. For
lids purpose the sum of Isn.oon an-
minll} was appropriated, ami under
certain conditions a town may have
free charge of the services of a com
petent road engineer."
JOEL HURT.
Atlnnta, Oa, February is. HOT.
Where the Georgia Delegation
Live in Washington.
Night's Multitudinous Sounds.
If the how l of tbe hound of the ftop-
tell us what la?—-Columbia Sentinel
Well, the hound la some along that
line, but for real nerve-racking, aleep-
deatroylng. temper-disrupting noises in
the stilly hours of the night a yowling
feline haa evtrythlng else beaten to <1
pulp.
farms on wrhlch thay are located and
2.000 distilleries play a secondary role.
The steel car !s very much In evl-
denoe nowadays and the Penney would
like to have 100 uf tbam in replace n,
present outfit of wooden coaches. To
this end tlie company has been In coni,
munlcatlon with the various car build
ing concern, for several week,, but n,
the steel car Is something entirely now
nnd tho car bulldera are rushed ulm
orders, they are not anxiously grubbing
to got a contract to build steel cart,
besides which they want good price,
for their work The Penney Is willing
to pay what It considers an honest tig.
ure. but befdre It will stand for ester-
tlon the undertaking of building th,
Meet cars at Ua own shops may be un
dertaken.
Wisconsin may go Intc the gas busi
ness. The University of \\iseon«ln
board of regents haa drawn plans for
a complete gas plant at the Institution
here, and the asalatance of the legisla
ture will be sought to carry out ths
scheme.
The university regents have beta
conducting an Investigation of ths
Madison Gox and Electric Company,
nnd.flnda that nearly 25 per rent of th*
Ideal product In air. To avoid poor
lights and heavy expenditures, the
board plana to manufacture Its own
gas.
The commissioner of Ugnnda, South
Africa. Is making vigorous effort,
-against the sleeping sickness. It hav
ing conclusively been proven that (lie -
tse-tne fly la the main meana by whleh
the disease can he transmitted, atl pet-
sons suffering from It are being re
moved from the fly-infested dlstrlrts
along tha lake shore, and placed lit
specially organised camps or settle,
ments Inland. Although the dteMse—
appears to be otwrtte dberease. the mor
tality Is still appalling, nnd the num
ber uf persona to be daalt with Is very
large. It Is proposed to create ten
sleeping sickness settlements In lha
kingdom of-Uganda. ».nd ‘.t Is expect-
ad that provision will have to he nilds. -
In each one. for at least 2.000 suffer
er*. with their famlllss.
Representative-elect Wheeler, who.
after March 4. will fill the seat now
occupied by Joseph Crocker Hlhlei.
(■ a liinitwn'min. who n*'«U '
‘MAINS THE MOTHER
OF PROHIBITION.
To the Kdltnr of The Ueoralnii:
lieorBl.111:
, - for Ann. n year l*o«k
edited Iijp Joilnli 8tron«. |»n>«iilent of tlie
American Institute nf Hoclal Hertlee, I Bud
on l*«e 1»-
"MnTne icrnnted dlrnrees In 1HS?. nnd
the*e hnv
desertion, u: . ...
ruelty nr cruel nnd nhuidve trestment. nud
31 for failure to mim
. Mpnrt."
Aa Maine Is n iirolilliltory state nnd the
»ii.r
tiler of tirohlhlthiii. It insy well lie
fhnt the “IIS for Intnslentlnn" were pro
hlliltlonlBt* lutotlcn t4*<| i»>- the ntmeoss of
the prohibition law.
.. , JAMK# J. Imol.IMj.
1j w est t aporgln Avenue.
Traitor.
•u.r that lie full 1
erlNinnl n« tin
might any that lie left the ship In
the luri’ii.—Yale ItiM-onl
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon avs.
nue.
A. 8. Clay, the Normandie
CONGRESSMEN.
\V. C. Adamson, tha Bancroft.
<\ I,. Bartlett, tha Bhorehara.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. G. Brantley, the Biggs.
T. \V. Hardwick, the Hhoreham.
\Y. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gt.rdon Lee, tne Hhoreham.
Iv R. Lew’ls. the Metropolitan.
,1. \V. Overstreet, the Metropolitan.
L. V Livingston, lilt B It more street. }
J M. Griggs, the Bancroft.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
FEBRUARY 25.
i(-*>:
Horn July
lumbermen, who live, near
the heart of nature. Hla home l» at :i
little place called Endeavor, up In the
woods of Forest county. , _
Mrs. Wheeler Is n prominent worker
In tlia Christian Endeavor organlm' 1 ""
nf the county. That explain* the
of the town. The munlclpallt-
rnlxh'.
justly have been called Wheeler,
because Wh
—heelerestablished It.
The nesr-congressmen li«* H"' I*'*'
est bouee In the place, and It l» « m»*-
nlfirent example uf whflt can be done
with lumber. In the language of tha
real eatate agent It hns all modern ' •
provementu, hot and cold water, ele, in-
lights, etc., nil produced by I he power
of engines that also operate the e.u
mills. „ ,
Although the forests of the <"Um '
nee supposed to be disappearing ■
that children now In their swaddling
clothes are supposed to ho In danger ■(
dying without ever seeing any genuine
forest trees, Mr. Wheeler says that
there Is enough timber In Forest inun
ty to Inst until he la dead and urn»
Ills ,on. who Will succeed him In tm
Itiialnpm* mIjki *athcr<*(1 l*» *•
bunlne**. 1
th****' . ....
The new lawmaker In a pfuctba r
e«ter and nee* to II that the l»nd \uu
hi* mill* denude I* given a chittu?
reforest ItMlf. In that wav he l
riding f*>r work In hi* *»
piArttrally nil time.
null*
pr—
; I7tt• Jo4H*p.i Kill
pPEfiuntter ge
i vtinteR.
j lA'I—M.itnuH Meflnry. Ulilo hi'tiiecrnili* leail-
liefore tlie t'lvll war. Imrn. Hied
Xu”
tUrtT—Kren
■h ilefn
MAJOR WILDER BOOMED
FOR CAPTAIN OF COMPANY.
Spc-lst in The tleorglnn.
Albany, Ga.. Feb. 25.—At n meeting
of the Albany Guard, tonight that com.
P«ny will undergo n reorganisation. For
the past few- months the guards have
been tn a bad condition, and at n cltl-
lens' meeting held taut Monday night n
committee was appointed tn perfect
some arrangement whereby the coni-
petty could be put In proper sha|,c. That
ommlttte has secured a new set of
Pnllldana "walk softly" In the pres- l„ n ,| , hfy ,„ n( ,| lt
n<'» of thla lltiuor t>nw'»r and a row u tfii.i. ....
ence of thla liquor power end grow William M. Wilder, nt present major
strangely "conserva Ive when asked to | „f nest battalion „f the Fourth
legislate ngnlnst It Financiers and regiment. G. R T„ will he given the
business men Ihsc their courage and, captaincy „f the company It Is
show n dl*poflitl<»u to "go glow when thought
the llqum qutntlnn I* In iftcue. ' ' —
I'm just yearning for an editor like | Chance for The Hague.
Grave* nml it hu*lne** manager like ( in ni
8**ly. whose head* and heart* can and imv* ■
III unit'* in a atrong. Hear and abiding »•
purpoae. 141 meet thl* laaue In the n|M»n
und fight It in a final and uncnmpru- 1 fj,' 1
mlalng ,i„. rr 1
If y»»«j «1I1 ih* thl*. i v e . mI friends,
id i.i tin
for The Hague.
•• tnwrrl iK.. wlil. U u
\rrkm
%»t tJl.lt tho lil t'll* idis l
tluUh' 1 ' _ - .
• <•11111111111 t IIkfi'tel
In* in"! nine tlr»*a i-.i
n «!li:lit Idii'h In tin-
pm
•I tin
tin nf ivtvmnnlilr.
HIS-King Wlllhmi II. |»rpBi*nt
\\ iirtpinliur/. tH.i n
Imc* Nniloiml hniikluj; ryhIimii
Htnte* organItiil.
IW- IMbtri'M iHM-ninr priMuler of Hnglatul m
thr rpelgnetliMi <ef ilu* *urt of liorLv.
““ I iilliril Stnti-« eruati' i|irrR|ilm
lltieilnn* nt hat
ruler of
r I hlletl
Uni Hi*
hill
1*1 -General llal
of flnttil.
»1—I lilted Ktatet
riding that ...
liRfmiielilatril without
I of ho;h hmiBi-F
<*n tdei ii-iI |Tt-»l,|,'iit
riH'Witlon luror
«*I ■p«*aker of
ALBANY BASEBALL FANS
WANT STATE LEAGUE FORMED.
Ipe.-lni,tii t'lie Ge,irglun.
Albnny. Go.. Feb. 25.—The movement
Inaugurated In Amerlcus a few- days,
ago looking to tbe formation of a base-
Senator Frank B. Bmndegee. ". ">
nectlcut. Is the most assiduous col," o'
if scnrftdns In either house "
-r ss. He hss a collection
for tv of them that would dHiglu tr
heart of Tiffany, who I* al*«» •« ’ .*
let tor of tluit kind. They do im. • «>
for the common, or garden *
What they want I* aomethlna *
would tnak^ the eye* of roynli> M *-
kle. and that I* the kind they na\
•N* a mark of .pedal favor. Bran.h
»ee unmetlmeM glvea awa> « i
from hi* collection. George
one of the doorkeeper* «f the lion •
n pin that waa given to him l»> *•*
gee In recognition of *oine
dered him by Jennlaon.
It 1* made trf gold, allver nnd l • ■*^
num. Rtudded with diamond*. • •
nnd emerald*. It I* « liken***" " *
XVI of France wearing h c.»*'k*« ; ,
It* intrln.lc value I* ae\e»«l , ‘ ul '
dollar*, because there are «»nu w
or four of them, one of them h >
Tiffany collection ami Brandege*
another.
GEORGIA IB GIVEN ^^ aiTlftN
OBSCURE POSITION.
Tn lit,- K.llmr nf Tbn liroygis
lii mi olHM-ur** •‘oriier of tb** *• •' ,n ’
(-\I'ubItI'm gmrnd*. nt leant
the main eiitranee. le to » , „
lug weather-lenten *l«« rh i
■ ..■sate l.ul Ilia* all,mil- ll'imnl,
, „ , . , IIIK ETBIBFr-WIHHI ' , , , „ I : 1
ball league 1* being well received In | *••!**led the eiuiplc legend. <*n f )
this .It V. Tbn "fan." here hnvo taken Sgft.'VrWw"'Vi
right nn tn the tiles uf fminlng n Isiigue the ereellou nt the wnrl.l's greste*'
be compute,! uf Mur nr six team. In JiSJ SJ.'irei'ST I. f"■ ..V":
It Is
Flu
elites In this limneillaie se- llnn,
helfeied here that with last yen
|h-iIflii e with :lir Genigta Bin’te Is-ag
t,i guide tber.i in tbn fulute, I tin 4 _,
iislliigs lengue ns prupnsrd would be 4 auccee* j
utild like to »*•*• her dr*t •"
lint whnt hr* Ge«»rglnjh»«e t*» «•
»e!egnle»l Ilk* **»Uie olremlllU*
rite f**i tli- *fi
nn<!
l*r-»|»F*i*
^nt.
! tin- reanonet etitvndty ;»[ ’.V.'--f,iu
t ^ G^CHUGAN. At j
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