Newspaper Page Text
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FHIUAY, MAKt.lt *, 1MT.
TIE ATLANTA (EOKGUN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE CfrAVES, Editor.
P. 1. SEELY, President.
Published Every Afternoon
(Except Sunday)
By THE OEORSIAN COMPANY,
it 3 TTaat Alabkoa It. Atleita. Oa.
Wj
Subecriptlen Ret**
ir^rffsT.'Prr ifiiti'■U
Smith * Thompson. adrartleln* rep-
reeratatlres for all territory outside of
R ica go otflre Trll.ultr n-J*.
or York olflcr Poller Hid*.
If too here one traehle tattle* THE
S KORGIAN A Nil NEWS telephone •"•
Irculalton Ih-nartment and ha»r II
promptly remevllevl. Telephones: Hell
#?7 Mnlli. Allen's 4491.
It In detlraiile that all rommutilea.
ttneee lulendeit for hohllratloB In THE
OEOnUIAN ANH HEWS he limited la
m word! In leurlh. II la lOinerallve
they tw signed. aa an evtdeaee'nf
| faith, nejerted maiiuarrlpla wl.l
eat he returned unless etempe are aeul
tor Ihr purpoae. “
THE GEORGIAN AM) NEWS
irlnla no liarleeu
tort lata*. Hallher
or ony liquor odo.
OUR PI.ATrt1BM.-The
K d Newa ataiida for Atlanta'0 owning
aam caa and ohsirlr light plants,
fa II sow none lla fratsrworko. Other
clitee do Ihlo end fi t *ao ee low mi do
crate, with e prodt to the etty. Thle
should be dope et onre. The Georgian
fad Item hellevrs licit It el reel nlll-
ways ran be operated ouereoofiilly by
Burapeoh rllles, ao they are, there le
no good reason why they rth net to ee
operated hers. But wt do hot heltoro
thle con ha done Do if, and II uasy bo
oooio rears latforo ws are ready tor so
•big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
*Ha lls fees le tbit direction NOW.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
AND A0VERTISER8.
On February 2 The Georgian pur
chased the nemo, good will, franchises,
advertising eontraela and subscription
lift of The Atlanta Nows, and The News
is new published as a part of Tho Coer-
plan. All advertising under contract to
gppoar In Tho Nowo will bo printed in
The Georgian and News, without Inter
ruption, except such a* it debarred by
The Georgian's established policy to
■Mind* all objectionable advertising.
Subscribers te The News will raoeive
The Georgian and Nowo regularly. All
aubscrlptlons paid In advance to Tho
Qecrglan and to Tho Nowo will be ox-
to cover the time paid for te
tended
both m
Should you now bo receiving two
copies of The Georgian and News, your
nemo appears on both oubecription lists.
Aa soon as these lists can bo combined
you will receive only one copy regu
larly. ( <
It wa* awful careless of filigree*
to overlook that 130.000,000 surplus
that Tawney says will be left In tbn
treasury •
Kvcu the humblest cltlsen may re
ceive a nawsiwpcr nomination for
chief of’ police.
New York breweries have formed a
Slant merger. The thirst of the aver
age Ootbamlto and the breweries
BMrged long while ago.
With hie duties In the senate laid
aside for several months Tom Platt
can devote his entire time to thg Mia
Wood case.
Reports to Ihn contrary notwith
standing winter le not over. Anthra
cite coil producers have Riven notlco
of a boon In prices.
A lance number of congressmen
have arranged to spend their vacs.
Ilona at fnclc Sant's expense with
Junket*.
8lnce Dr. Oiler went abroad all the
centenarians In the country have
come from their lalra and now friak
playfully about In tho public print*.
A Trenton. N. J.. policeman resign
ad rather than pay his arocer’a bill.
That la Independence for you.
A Waahtnator man left hlc family
aurae $500 by his will. Down hate
they insist on collecting It once a
Secretary Curtelyou's favorite pie Is
mince and he Indulges In It freely. A
man with a digestion like that la good
for a circuit of the cabinet Jobe.
Wonder who will be the next one to
Join the Wall atreat association of ex-
cabinet and ex-canal members?
Not with tha Idea of taking the mat
ter In charge, but merely aa a augge*
tlon to the gentlemen of the preai who
are In charge, we would suggest that
It might facilitate things lo take the
Atlanta directory alphabetically In
nominations fbr chief of police.
Probably Senator Smoot doesn't Snd
that vindication same ao worse, if*
got lts.000 for his.
If Roosevelt should happen lo hear
that Nicaragua and Honduras are
scrapping he would probably turn both
across tha bended knee.
Headquarters of the Ananias Club
are being Jumped stout so fast that
some now applicants can't get In. Pel-
low ap la Delaware, who tent out. a
atory about aa eagle kidnaping a four
year-old child, seems to hivs bagged
the entlra organisation.
ABULUAHT ABOMDFAfiOlV.
Bernard Shaw's “lllan and Superman" hah cemo and ,gone.
We art sorry it came; we are (lad It has (tone, and we sincerely trust
It will never come again.
Rather ungraciously stated, perhaps, but dliectly at leaat, and with
out equivocation, as the after sentiment that It learas In any bonsai and
wholesome mind.
No aspersion Is laid upon (ho players. Almost without exception
they did their work admirably, effectively, with Sue spirit and kaen ap
preciation of tbn lines. No play wlihln the yoar has been better staged
or more capably presented.
Hut ihn play Itself; From first to last It la a brilliant abomination.
It la a fascinating Iniquity of aclntlllatlng dialogue. It la a Mardl Gras pa
rade of balf truths, grotesque, shameless, vivid In color, rioting In mlrt^,
yet daiillnf, demoralising and dealrnctlve lo the real thlnga of life and
living.
If a play Is to be Judged by Us moral and Its effect, there la nothing
left for this one save sweeping condemnation.
If there was a man or woman or a youth of cither sex who left tha
Grand opera bouse on Thursday without a lowered sense of life, and a
debased conception of love, marriage, women and all standard conven
tions of the race, It was because hu or she was too feoblo minded to
comprehend, or happily too flrm-iet In faith and conviction to be touched
by the brilliant cynicism, the social Infidelity that ruled the hour. There
was not n wholesome breath, save that of humor, which dung to the Bar-
monte of a single auditor who passed out-of that surcharged atmosphere
of the Iconoclast Into the'crisp’pure air of a Georgia afternoon.
There may iierhapa bo meat for strong mop In this clnlc'a wassail,
but there was certainly no milk for the nearly 500 babe* 4 u school girl
drosses who flocked In troops to the vague suggestion of the prurient In
that play. There were at leant 500 young girls and young nten at Ihe
' Grand on Thursday afternoon whose mothers, after duo remorso of con
science on their own parts, should havo taken these children home, given
them hot water lea. spanked them soundly and put them to bed, after
a family prayer which thanked the orthodox God of our fathers for
the old fashioned standards and conventions which have held the race
for a thousand years.
And In the future parents who permit thoir children to drink In
these uuceiisored revels of cynicism, need not go out with a lantern to
look for Ihe influences which are demorallxlns the home and debauching
society.
For there was scarcely a line or a moment in (he play that did not
scorch woman with satire, blister marriage with cynical distrust. Justify
free love lit humanity and aaaault Ihe convontlonn which have held so
ciety In check.
Hrilllant? Yea—unquestionably. The lines sparkle with the cruel
wit of the critic, and the Intellectual audacity of the eplgraota keeps the
mind In a strain of Intensity and fascination. Rut the baneful Influence
of tho play Is In tho very brilliancy and charm of tho hero whose wit and
magnetism and audacity make his dovlllah cynicism simply charmlug.
Even ao. The devil, when he assumes a human form, aa In Fauat, be
comes tha most fascinating and accomplished gentleman of his time—
and orgo the most dangerous of them all.
There may to conventions founded upon Inconslatsncy.' and cuatoma
based on prejudice, and atandards that touch hypocrisy—and these may
well be mocked In prose and verse nr drama. Bnt the remorseless Icon
oclast of the play. In the sheer abandon of his wit. In the wanton riot of
his cynicism, essays to shatter roverenco along with falae convention,
and, In a skepticism ns destructive as Ingot-soil's Infidelity, to tear down,
for Ihe sake of a few Imperfect tlmbcra, a great sheltering structure,
leaving nothing In Its place save tho liberty which Is license, and the
unrestrained nature which Is nnarehy.
The brilliancy and sparkle of thla play do not redeem Ito blight and
mildew. We doubt seriously If a fresh young woman who heard It would
ever be the same fresh young woman uny more. Wc doubt If an 1 Ini-
presalonable youth who heard It would evor be as fit lo marry aa he
might have been, without the Injection of this cynic poison Into his mental
frame. -
Women are not false, love Is not a mockery, aud marriage Is not
less now than In all tho ages a majestic sacrament. They who say ao are
embittered liars, and aro not to be forgiven.
For even while Bernard Shaw’s mocking horo was flooding the opera
house with skeptic epigrams, there were good men In that great audience
touching elbows with good women who bore tbolr names, and were the
mothers of their children, and tho loyal helpmeets of their strenuous
IJves. who were dearer and more beautiful and happier In each other
than they were In the flush and glow of Impulsive youth.
The man who mocks at lovo and marriage and the women who are
the wlvqg and mothers of Ihe race l« an enemy to society even when he
mocks In borikh.
And the man who brings these sacred thlnga to scorn upon the stage
should he avoided or suppressed.
TWO IMPORTANT 00NVERT8.
There are evidences that the Inexorable logic of muutclpal ownership
is about to convert out; esteemed contemporary of The Journal against
Its will.
The Constitution also has shown symptoms front time to time of a
disposition lo fall In with the people In the matter of asserting their
own rights and making their own dividends and reducing their own taxes
hy Ihe expression of their nwn sovereignty over the Indlsiiensable com
modities and conveniences of every day life.
Hut both Tho Constitution and Tho Journal have baited and held
liack In aurh difficult and dilatory fashion agalgat the sweep of logic and
trend of conviction that we cannot (all lo take It aa an additional evl-
Uenco of tho might of the argument, when they both show symptom* of
n reluctant but Inevitable surrender.
The Journal on yesterday almost half commits Itself to the proposl-
tlon of municipal ownership of an electric lighting plant under the
weight of the superb report made by Ihe HalMtlges Company of engln-
cere.
And once more we assure our contemporaries that "wo remember
not past days." but will welcome at any hour, even the eleventh, their
weighty and Invaluable cooperation for Ihn triumph of thla great move
ment which means so much to the economy and convenience of Ihe
people In their homes snd In their pocket*.
As long as the lamp—new electric—hold* out lo burn, the most
reluctant Rlnner may return. >
LET GEORGIA LEND HER RELICS TO VIRGINIA.
We Join heartily In Ihe plea which Ihe Ucorals Daughters of the
Revolution make for Ihe loan of hlatoric relics and curio* from our
Georgia Colonial period fnr exhibition In the Historical Department of the
Fair at Jamestown.
If In time pa*t wc have stressed the material appeal which Virginia
makes to Georgia In this great event, we cannot fall now to recognise
the greater emphasis with which gratitude and Interest and patriotism
reinforce tho appeal of Virginia to Georgia for use of her hlatoric and
Illustrious souvenirs to crown the reminiscent glory of that great Vir
ginia exposition.
Perhaps of all the state* Virginia and Georgia are richest In these
historical relics of colonial days. The English governors of Virginia
were not more famous than the royal and colonial governors of Georgia,
nor was any one In all the Hat so lantous and so notable as James bid-
ward Oglethorpe, the launder of our commonwealth.
We can readily understand that those who have these relics and
mementoes mint value them above price and mutt look with hpprehen
slon upon any transition from their own rare and kccptngatii a public ex-
lualtloit In a distant state.
Rut alter all, life in Ihe Individual and In the aggregate Is reciprocal,
and wo niusi lememtor that Virginia, too. has priceless relic* which are
dearly cherished, but which were freely and royally loaned lo Georgia In
our own great, Cotton States snd f ntenratlonil Hi position. Virginia
did not hesitate, and an Virginia's roifldeneo was vindicated In the aafe
keeping and safe return of her preehuui relict lo her (tins and daughters
from our fslr. no we must real lie In Georgia that Virginia, loo. with the
lender**! appreciation of these Invaluable souvenirs, will safe-guasd In
every way the protection and return of those wGIrh Georgia tends.
Every rare which skill and reverence can devise will be placed
around them, and Ihrlr keeping and return Is amply guaranteed
Georgia simply cannot affoid In thle grand drsa* parade of Southern
history and tradition lu the dear old commouweolth of Virginia, hi with
bold ber-own emblems of Immortal connection with thorn earlier days.
It Is a part of the glory of the Commonwealth to jmrade the relics which
our fathers gathered upon fields of statesmanship or dpon the Helds of
war. and Georgia can proudly range herself alongside'or Virginia In thla
marshalling of the relics of a historic past.
Those who have such articles to send should write to Dr. J. A. C.
Chandler, Exposition Offices, Norfolk, Va., or If out convenient, to any
one of the following committee, appointed by Mrs. Donald McLean,
president general of the Jamestown exposition aa appointed for Georgia:
Mn. J. A. Rounaaville, of Rome; Mra. W. L. Peel, of Atlanta; Mra. Anna
C. Banning, or Columbus; Mra. 8. U. C. Morgan, of Savannah, and Mra.
Robert Emory Park, of Atlanta.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VEMEL8.
WH*hln*ton. March i.—Tha followlnr
leaven of otwenca have been granted:
Army Orders.
f.'onlract Burgeon Roger Tout Amer.
extended xlx duyn; Flint Lieutenant
Frederick Koch, Philippine uroutff. fur
ther extended to Include May 8; Colo
nel Edgar B. Kobartxon, Ninth In
fantry. two months; Hecond Lieutenant
Auguatu* F. Dannemlllcr. Twcnty-nlnti
Infantry, two month*; Captain Joh t
M«<‘Unlock, Fifth cavalry, military at
tache, ten day*.
Tranuferfl: Flrrt Lieutenant Witllmi
Browning, frtWn the Twelfth hatter:,
field artillery*, to the una*fllffned lint;
FI ret Lieutenant Edward T. Donnelly,
from the Nineteenth battery, field at -
Hilary, to the Twalfth battery'. Held ar
tillery.
The following change* In the ntatioim
and dutlaa of Judge ndvoruten are or
dered: lieutenant Colonel George At.
Dunn, tm April 3. lo Manllu, Philip
pine*, and report to the commanding
general. Philippine dlvlalon. for dut .*
aa Judffe advocate to relieve Major
Henry M. Morrow; Major Morrow will
report to the commanding general, de
partment of the Luxon, for duty an
Jud*e advocate to relieve Major Walter
A..Bethel, to Han Frandxco. Cal., and
report to the commanding genera). De
partment of California, for duty na
Judge advocate.
Naval Orders.
Lieutenant J. B. Gay. cnmmlHsloned
a lieutenant In the navy from June 7,
1908.
lieutenant W. D. Leahy, to duty at
the United Stale* Naval Academy*. An-
napolta.
Paymaater W. L. Wilson, lo treat
ment In the Naval Medical Hchool Hos
pital, Washington, D. C.
Movements of Veteale.
A RRI V’KD—Wilmington, at Woo-
Numr: Hist, at Newport: Hannibal, nt
Philadelphia; Rhode Island, at Hamp
ton BoadH.
HAILED—L’ncas. from Key Went for
Guantanamo; Connecticut, from Toinp-
Klnftvllle for Guantanamo; Hist, from
Bonton for Newport; Georgia, from
Tompklnavllle for Hampton BoadH;
Rocket, from Washington for Norfolk;
8t. Louis, from Hampton Hoadn for
Southern Drill Ground*; Preble, from
Mare Island for Han Diego; Hcorplon
from Santiago de Cuba for Hanto Do
mingo city; Rhode Island, from Lynn
Haven Bay for Hampton Roads.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
17DC— Kins William III riled nrtri gueen
Anne came to the throne of Knffland,
17K-The stamp net patted lijr the Brit lab
hnuae of forria.
lttl—ltrltlali defeated the French at battle
of Alionklr. Kgypt.
1114—lord Wellington defeated the French
ami entered Bordeaux.
1K7—President Monroe recommended reeng
ulilon of Independence of Mexico aud
the Koutb American Mate*.
lW4-Berondotte. king of Hweden. died.
1856— Ftrat attain Are engine exhibited In
Baltimore.
18&y-Aaron V. Brown, of Tenneaaee. I»e
came poaimaater-general of the fulled
1'nltnl Htntea and Luglamr
1874-MTtlard Fillmore, thirteenth prealdent
of fhc 1'idled Htntea, died. Born Jau
nary 7. 1800.
816—Harry llnyward convicted In Mlnn+~
% anolta of the murder of Catherine (ling.
!98h-Tbeater Fra mat a In Parla destroyed
l»y tire.
TIMELY WARNING IN SANITATION
To the Kdltor of The tieorgiau:
The writer ban noticed on many orca*
alona jour tight In our city ugnlnat the
••Great White Plague** of our imMleru ol
IHaatton. and ba« read with much pIcaMirc
that ao competent a committee aa named In
your paper of February 37 Ibbuo la anon to
meet to dUcitaa plana, wnya nnd mean* to
meet thla very urgent need.
The object of thla article la to call cape,
dal attention to some very Important
facta, which to my mind Rhould receive
from the proper city off Ida la the rlnacat
scrutiny, mb the health and well l*elng of
our cltlxcaa should be the flrat and laat ol»-
Jpet In view.
It la a well-known fact that street duat
la heavily laden with what la termed hncll
II. or microbes. Millions upon million* of
these Invisible creatures float around con
atantly, aud during winds of any degree of
force thl* street duat L taken lu the air
aud apreada and penetrate* everywhere^
Now t wish to call attention to the. fri»
stands upon our at reel*. Nearly every cor
ner and I*etween corners have them. These
stands are uncovered, sa a rule, aud get
the liendlt of a!l Ihe duat. which certain
ly aettlea on everything not «-ovorvd.
Ihcae stands sell tigs, dates. gra|ie». can-
die* and oilier articles that eatch and hold
those millions of mleroltea. nnd every imr
chaser entlug nueh fruit, etc., certalnlj
must run a grent risk In doing so.
Apples are often eaten without peeling,
oranges are sucked, lemonade In made,
and often 1 have aeon the whole lemoa cut
up and thrown In >ow. U It not quite
reasonable to suppose that many case* of
throat am! lung trouble could be traced dl
rvctlj to aome ench first cause. If known.
Our children rre constantly confronted with
this dnnetr. ns they are frequent pur ,
chasers of the sweets told on these stands. .
Now. take a look at our meat markets .
Kfp the sides of fine beef that hang out J
side for an advertisement, exposed to this
duat. Notice the flab Minds, game of all I
kinds right out on the sidewalk, all eateli |
inc this mtcroliedadrn duat. Go In some j
Inadequate Recognition.
Th« Hoke Hmlth boom for the presi
dential nomtnutlpn reminds us that
recognition In proportion to its voting
Htrength baa never come to that family.
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Taunting Taft.
The war department hex coniruvlcd
tor a military balloon that will lift a
ton and which will probably be nent to
Cuba. Taft la evidently going up In
the air.—Columbia State.
All's Swell.
There Ih no danger of war with Ger
many over Emperor Wllliam’M resent
ment for Harry Lchr’a clothes. All's
swell that enda swell.—Kanass City
Htar.
The Consoitnc* Fund.
It la pleasant to note that a gwod
example It contagious. Afier reading
the ntory of the TenncHatr man who
repaid $19 which he had borrowed fifty
years ago. an Oregon man haa returned
a shovel which he borrowed from the
Houthem Pacific railroad eighteen years
ago.—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
So Cromwell Will Testify.
Now that Senator Morgan It getting
after I*eopold. the old monarch might
at well come down. Morgan never left
go.—Boston Herald.
Poultney'a 8elf-Restraint.
Poultney Bigelow has displayed won
derful self-control In not emitting a
few I-told-you-aoe In the post few
days.—Baltimore American.
No* Impulsive Profanity.
'•What Is Impulsive Insanity?" asks
an exchange. For full particulars ask
some married man who remembers the
time ho got up In the dark and stepped
on the baby's tin rattle with his bare
feet.—Washington Post.
Knocking Knox.
Washington dispatch: "The launch
ing of Henator Knox's presidential
boom at RHas Deetner'n dinner last
night attracted no end of attention to
day."
By the prlcktug of iny thumbs
Something wicked this way comes,
open locks.
It's P, C. Knox.
—Charleston Naira and Courier.
Or Plowed a New Ground.
A writer on a Chicago paper, who
halls from Missouri, says that he feels
sorry for the man who'has never driven
a yoke of oxen or been kicked tn the
fttwmsch by g* mule.—Nebraska TOatc
Journal.
Mental Hallucination.
A Matagorda subscriber write*:
What arc the commonest symptoms
of mental hallucination?" The plain
est symtom, so far as we have been
able to observe. Is persistent Insistence
that the tariff Is going to be revised by
Its friends.—Houston Post.
TO FRIENDS OF CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS
By J. L. D. HILLYER
(Chairman ex. Coro. Atlanta Anti-Saloon UsgtM.)
PEN SHOTS
By Graham Egerton.
. Iieat grocery Mores, and at till* ttnn
of year will-often *nd hotter, rheeae. *
raisins, prunes. Ilga. sucked coffee, sucat . j
'•rackera and many ether things uncovered,
snd eypnoed. Have veu ever noticed euri
hrrad delivery naeons? A peep into one »*•
eaMouallv weald l*c a oeneflt and « revels
tlon The •■nlored driver with dirty hands'
handle* rnur bread and rolls, flrai at the
latkerr loading hi* wagon, and then In the
delivery to yew. lie often rella tils elgn |
nfte l«et wren hnunrn av*«l never seems to
have any nie for a handkerchief. This I* |
a common picture amt can l*e raali.v vert ,
Best
Kvery dnIrvin.in aelltng milk slutnld l*c I
compelled tn deliver same In sir tight «*ni>
ped Indites, jet anme peddle their milk,
nnd draw It from cans In quart i-ups.
These cu|i« catch duo! aa Jhc wagon fro
method of hondllns Uillk
Mr. Kilter, this Is not an ..v,
1 drown picture These are hard fact*, m
seema l« «he writer llrvt smiYtlm
THE LAW VINDICATED.
John Bullard linn i»al«l the extreme,
penalty of the law! The offended ttiuj-
enty of that stern. Incxoruhlc defender
nt society has demanded and received
Its i>ltfill pound of human flesh!
Bullard, you say. wus a cilrulnal und
by due process of law condemned to
end his miserable existence upon the
deuth trap! True! Yet a Higher Pow
er than any terrestrial court had
marked the poor wretch and doomed
him to a speedy gnive! Ills course
had well-nigh s|vent Itself! Medical
•Kill Imd failed In Ita attempt to arrest
the ravages of a dread disease!'
The rapacious clutch of the fell
white plague had laid an Icy hand
upon his vitals nnd Bullard vv^s a tlou-
ble-diMjmed man!
Him society l»er» benefited hy the
hurry ing off of this miserable object of
the law’s unrelenting vegennee? Have
those best Interests ami that welfare
of the social fabric which the law I
designed to protect and conserve been
bettered hy the pitiless enforcement
the very letter, when the spirit of
trlbotlve Justice would have served a
less cruel hut an equally wholesome
purpose?
In death cell's gloom, uw ait Ing a doom
That the morrow's sun will send.
Fitfully sleeping, while the momenta
are creeping.
The felon Is nearing his end!
The tell-tale spot on each cheek und
* cough
That racks the feeble frame.
Lach labored breath proclaims that
Death
.Must soon enforce hi* claim*
But for fear the grip on his victim
might slip.
On that blow moist with deadlv
sweat. «
And that look* so wlpte In the lamp's
dim light
!>eath hi* t\\
'Tlx a ghastly
place
Tvvlxt llcavrp'.s and Man a decree!
While the death watch hears but the
clock as it nears.
With each stroke. Ktrrntty!
Must in grew some strife for a pitiful
These forces twain compete?
Will Humanltj's pia>ei- never reach
Ihe aar
of Georgia'* mercy-seal?
Will It help the cause of (.respect for
•*ur laws
To enforce thl* stern demand?
Surety Mercy .will meet nt the ju*lg-
Let um took bark over the ground
that our prohibition fight has covered
during the past*five month*:
Immediately following the riot of
laat September, there was a atrong de
mand coining up from the ranks of
the common people of Fulton county
for a local option election. Thle de
mand was ao strong nnd ao pronounced
that every pereon In the county, who
for any reason opposes a local option
election, became alfuiufd. The liquor
selling Interests were.of course aroused.
Besides these a great.many men who,
have money Inevatmenta Hint might
be dlaturbed or pollticvl constituents
that might be broken up. or bodies of
clients or patients or business patrons
that might be scattered, were aroused
and Joined the liquor men tn opposing
a local option election. The Influence
of those among Hie classes described,
who happened to be church mem
bers, was thrown about Hie pastors of
a few leading churches, und they were
Induced to oppose the calling of an
election. Then the poor dally papers
got together and adopted a compact by
which they agreed to throw their great
power against en election. In order
to make the objections of all these
classen effective. It wan agreed:
First. That Inasmuch as a state pro
hibition bill was distinctly favored by
the Georgia Baptist convention and
the tpo Methodist conferences, the
cause of state prohibition would be
pledged against a local option elec
tion In Fulton county.
Hecond. It was agreed that the city
cnunell should pass an ordinance lim
iting the territory In which liquor
might be sold, limiting the number of
licensed saloons and fixing the tax at
$3,000 a year for all (he liquor saloona
and a corresponding raise In the tax
on beer saloons, wholesale houses, so
cial clubs, etc. :' •
These terms ami promises -were n»-
peated and heralded and the prohi
bition forrea were falsely representfd
as agreeing to them. The city council
began to work at It. The ordinance
Anally went to Mayor Woodward some
what modified- He. after careful con
sideration. returned the ordinance with
out hla approval. He urged and urged
truthfully .that the mayor and council
since 1887 have all been elected on at
least an Implied promise that the
agreement of 1888 should stand. It la
true that a few years ago the liquor
power In the council transgressed the
terms of that agreement by extending
the liquor selling area In the city. It
Is true that that act absolved those
gentlemen of the council and board of
tddernien who conscientiously oppose
liquor selling from the bond to msln-
tain the status quo. Hut It remains
true that there wa# yet In the com
mon council a liquor favoring power
that came out finally with an enact
ment that cut all restrictions and
threw jhe town wide open, giving to
the liquor power the privilege of doub
ling Its grip on the public conscience
by accepting from each saloon double
the amount of bribe that has been paid
annually for the last sixteen years.
This Is the outcome of all the strug
gle. "The mountain has labored and
brought forth a ridiculous mouse."
And our city council with our city pa-
p*ro having prumlssd you so m«ih In
Ih* way of restriction, havn labored
and brought forth a ridtctDous f* rc V
Tho ordlnam-o that Woodward t.iom
had some rrstrlrtlve measures In It a,
soon as the ordinance was pssacd
hi. vsto those restrictions
promptly re pc sled, and In lieu of th, m
s flabby provision adopted that pr,.
tended to prevent tha rich liquor deal,
era from owning all the saloon,, hut
Ita provlrions are so completely Yntf.
fectlve that they offer no safeguard
whatever against tits monopoly „
greatly (eared. But what do we r»r«
for a mere commercial regulation-
How does any such device servr
adjust our conactencc* to the traffle
In strong drink?
But some of you may say that th.
13.000 license ruts off a great dr.l of
the bad. You mgy say that If vo.
want to. but the prdof of It Is emlrelr
lacking. The application for mlaon,
keep coming and the council ktop* on
granting them license. Beside* that,
the worse saloons are not the -lor
dives." Those who rrequent "the low
dives" are those whose condition it
generally past hope. The low dh.,
simply stand by, to finish a destruc.
tlon that was begun In th* fashions!)!,
banquet hall, the club room and tht
re* pec tablet?) saloon. If we are ob
liged to have saloons at all. I would
much prefer that they should all b.
"low dives", and no attempt or pre
tence nt respectability among then) tt
all. The respectable saloons ore by
far the most ruinous and damnable.
Considering the premises let me uik
my brethren In c;hrl*t snd my friend,
lu civic righteousness what have you
gained by opposing our local opting
election? You have absolutely noth
ing except a 13.000 license Instead of a
11.000 license, andvall the restriction,
Jof Hie agreement of Jill wiped out.
And w 13.000 license In Atlanta amount,
in an Increase of the bribe offered by
the Aiperlcan liquor power to the At-
lanta municipality, of UOO.OtO a year.
I heard a few week* ago that Ihsi
American liquor power had put up
1300.000 to fight the prohibition move
ment In this county. And what «u
done with It? One hundred Ihnusaod
dollars fn n lump, offered to the rlty
and accepted by the council as blsek
s bribe as ever Joe Folk uncovered In
Missouri, and to do what? To throw
the force of the city government and
so mnrh of public sentiment as could
be controlled by a measure so corrupt,
against the honest struggle of the op-
pressed poor, common people of Ful
ton county to throw off the bondage of
the llqur power. The hardships of pm.
erty and the degradation caused hy
drink Impel us to come to the rescue
of these perishing, helpless one*. Will
you continue to stand by with > >>ur
hands In your pockets doing nnthini
but Jook on. while the liquor power
wrings two millions of dollars from
your poor neighbors and hands you »u*.
a bribe In the shape of what seems l*
be a reduction In your taxes? Reemt
to be "only that snd nothing more.'
for on the other side court house ri
peness, jail fees snd chslngsng charge,
snd penitentiaries, poor houses, ho,,
pltaln and orphan asylums are Inrrear-
Ing their demands continually, become
men drink.
TEXAS FIGHT8 WHITE PLAGUE.
Tn the Editor of The Georgian:
I have been greatly Interested fn the
editorial* and other articles recently
appearing In The Georgian, directing
Attention to the great white plague;
and I hope that the public lntere*t
aroused will not abate until there has
been a systematic crusade against It In
Oeorala und throughout the entire
Douth.
As a physician who has studied the
disease, and as a victim of tuberculosis
who came West for the benefit of cli
mate. I wish to emphasise the small
Importance of that factor In Its suc
cessful treatment. , I
Numbers of consumptives are contin
ually coming to El Paso, New Mexico
and Arlxonn. thinking that If they can
only get here they may be sure of get
ting well. Most of them are people of
limited means, and many expect to earn
their expenses by labor, or by engaging
In some business pursuit. If they do
so. however, they very rarely Improve.
They find expenses to be two or three
limes what it Is In the East-or South.
The consequences are that they put up
at cheap, lll-ventllated lodging houses,
and eat In third-rate (iilnese restau-
rants, and the majority die sooner than
they would nt home.
Medical men have proved the cura
bility of consumption, not by climate,
but by purr air—without regard to
climate—complete rest and abundant,
nourishing food. Properly equipped
sanatoria In the East and North cure
ns large tier centum of patients aa
those of the West. In fact, a compari
son of statistics will show that the
Massachusetts State Sanitarium for
Tuberculosis has cured about twice as
large a percentage ae the United States
Oeneral Hospital for Tuberculosis, lo
cated nt Fort Bayard. N. M.
But consumption may be cured or
arrested In the home as enay aa In san
atoria. provided the same means are
the rainy, cold winter helped to eecure
thle reeult.
Thoee vlctlme of tuberculoele who are
ao fortunate aa to have wealth may In
dulge In th* luxury of “coming West'
(or the queetlonabla benefit of rltmetr,
but If the ravage* of tha disease are to
be stayed. It tnuat be successfully
treatefl among the masses. In hhe-near
future thoee who tnelet that cllmsis
In a necessary factor Jn th* proper
treatment of consumption will appear
as ridiculous aa those who now Insl’t
In treating It with whisky and nauseous
cod liver oil. Very respectfully.
M. D. ETHRIDGE.
Ill an w art St., El Paso, Texas.
NOT “ART." BUT "ETHICS,"
WAS JOHN BUSKIN'S.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Recently In praising Wandllng's lec
tures. etc., you casually referred t»
John Ruskin and expressed the popular
Idea of hla Jlfe and effort* In gl\ln|
art, as the note to which It was set.
. I discovered years ago. and havt
since Intended to point out. that not
art. but ethics, was th* key noth of hit
life: that he was not merely a great
critic, which In a sense mean*, tea, s
seer, but that greater than that—
above all and Includlug all else of hint
—he waa a great preacher!
The great preacher of his age. I be
lieve. If the results of hla labors cou!d
be brought together.
Salvation of men waa the end he lud
In view, (hough hr. while obeying M«
vl. 11, was staggering through a horror
great darkness (doubt ?i such t‘
bewildered faithful Abraham.
Hi* mother’s great desire and c.»o-
tlnuous prayer to God was lliat n*
should be a preacher. I trust she res!-
, , . ... . ... . . Ites now and rejoices that her prevert
rllmute. Dr. Flick, of Philadelphia, and j««« ">»«ered ; ns only God can answer
numerous others have proved that con- “ " “ '
luslvely. of course, the sanitarium
>-fold seal hath set.
rare In thst ghostly
should 1— Joe
I ..\posiirv of unities slid
I H*> SO OS III lo- O, free.
link soli-
wild-' fiemi
A.N UllSIitVIik
Is preferable. If the means will af
ford, because the patient Is there dis
ciplined strictly as lo diet. reAt, etc..
And the family are apured the Inbor of
the nursing.
If tuberculosis is being cured In Mas- ,
snehusetts and Philadelphia, why may !
It not be cured In Georgia and the
South? The (art le Almost every state
of the North and middle West have
eatabllAhed state sanatoria, and taken
eteps toward eradicating or, at lean,
controlling the spread of tuberculosis,
and H Is high time the Southern states
were acting.
Practically the only means of the
spread of the disease le by means of
Ihe sputum. This should be expecto
rated In the card cups nuide for thst
purpose and burned. To allow Ihe pa
tient tn do otherwise Is a crime against
the uninfected.
Now as to my personal experience
with climate: I came to New Mexico
almost two years ago. expecting to
recover within a few months. But the
disease progressed faster than It had
In Mississippi, rny nitlYC, home, until
I learned that I must depend on rest,
nourishing rood In large quantities and
pure sir. Instead of merely "climate."
I then began lo Improve, though my
brother phyalrlani advised me lo re
turn home lo die.
If I had known what I now know of
tuberculosis. I would not have come to
this section, for I could have obtained
the same result In Mississippi by Using
the spme means. I spent laat winter In
silver I'lty. N. M.. a grtot resort for
consumptives, containing three senate,
rla. and having an elevation of *.000
„ - . - *- -- feet; and I am sure that I never expe-
? . . rtenerd a winter In Mississippi with
With Justice, nnd stay her hand! more cold weather, snow, rain and gen-
' * »rnI unpleasantness. Vet I Improved.
But the plea Is vain A crimson Mainland did now In normal health, with an
in •"fijik* disgrace arrest of Hie disease complete. I also
Hijra lae. states fair name with a had n laryngeal lesion, very ' pro.
loonrtrmis shame Inounced. with loss of voire, which has
That lea lets cun never etTa.e! heal'd. A. i hn- * ,jid. I rt„ nji fceli vt
in fullness and running over of meat-
urc.
Tn my mind and . heart and life, h*
has been the greatest and clearesi of
preachers and expounders of the Scrip
tures and verily another John the Bap
tist.
The late Professor Henrv Drumu'in'l
In giving Ida religious experience, pert
tribute In kind. If not In degree, w
Buskin, and evldanrva of hla Influrnre
are at hand In books and lives ani
work.
Ilia groping, mining, provided Uf"'
and warmth for many, because It ***
reverential and not rebellious or arro
gant.
This la a little attempt to pay ln(*f-
eat on the great debt 1 owe him
LILT REYNOLDS
331 Washington street. Atlanta
CONDEMNS BULLARD HANGING
To the Editor of The Georgian ,
I feel I would be lees than a man dU 1
not express in Jr disapproval of Govern
Of Terrell’*" treatment of a djln<
criminal.
it w-puld be well for the govern*:,
w ho. I understand, la a deacon as w ell.
to study Ills Bible In regard lo the «■>
of retribution.
-I do not tee how any man could
have done worse than thla Chrlstlah
man. whose heart can not under-is";
men. I could say more, but whst 1
have said I am dead certain Is the »ea-
•Intent of every humanitarian of #v*T
name. R. o. SMITH
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM
»w York; March A—The felloe■*
moot He- .tailors here Mar: J
ATI.AXTA - tt, r. lev I, tom. V. I.. H«*t