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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