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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUR PLATFORM: Tbs Georgian
and New* stands for Atlanta s owning
Its own gas and electric light plants,
as It now owns Its water works. Other
cities do this and get gan as lew as Cl
cents, with a profit to the dtr. This
should be done at once. The Georgian
and News believes that If street rail
ways can be operated eucceeafnlly by
European clllea, as they are, there la
no good reason why they can not be so
operated here. But ws do not believe
tola can l>e done now, and It may be
•omo years before we are ready for so
big an undertaking. Still Atlanta
should net its face In that direction
NOW. •
“The Model Evangelist.”
At the First Baptist church tonight
the Rev. H. M. Wharton, D.D.. closes
a revival which has been In all re
spects one of the most admirable and
effective In the history of Atlanta.
For weeks in succession Dr. Whar
ton has preached twice a day to pack
ed audiences In the two largest Bap
tist churches of the city. And this Is
a record Itself which has not been
equaled In the history of Atlanta re
vivals.
From the beginning of his scries of
meetings until the happy and eventful
close on this Wednesday evening there
has not been ono ripple of unpleasant
ness or one garish flicker of the sen
sational. Tho results In the quicken
ing of Interest In the churches have
been glorious to those who direct
those great spiritual agencies of our
community and the Influence upon the
minds of those outside of the organiz
ed ranks of the sanctuary haa been
also notable and Inspiring.
Or. Wharton leaves Atlanta with a
distinctly wholesome taste In Its
mouth. He has bettered and brighten
ed tho entire spiritual atmosphere and
In the long list of useful men who
have labored In the cause of religion
among our people he has richly de
served the title of "The Model Evan
gelist.”
It Is a notable and significant fact
that the methodi which Dr. Wharton
employs are of the simplest, gentlest
and most orthodox character. He haa
preached at every service the otd-fssh-
loncd gospel of our fathers. He haa
preached In gentleness and kindness
and In love. In bla evangelistic ca
reer of thirty-three years, Dr. Whar
ton has never "Jumped on" anybody,
has never Insulted anybody, has nev
er assailed a man or a creed, and nev
er sought one single flicker of garish
sensation to prop his beautiful spirit
ual mission In the world. He has
seemed to believe what good man are
becoming overywhpre to know, that the
genius of religion Is the genius of gen
tleness and love. That the expound
ing of the gospel, the exhortation of
sinners to repentance, and the saving
blood of the Redeemer are the Bum
total of the equipment for salvation,
and the essential weapons which a
soldier of the Cross should wield.
The work which Dr. .Wharton has
done In this community Is a wonderful
work In Its results and a not lass
wonderful work In the Illustration It
has given of the value and effective
ness of these sweeter* and nobler
methods of proeecuting_the Master's
work and for the saving of souls.
Dr. Wharton Is a Virginia gentle
man, or, to put It more comprehen
sively, a Christian gentleman from
Virginia, and the courtesy and refine
ment of hla nature and traditions have
been carried Into his religious work.
There are no rankling words of btt-
tarness In tbs pathway of his revi
vals. There are no Injured reputa
tions; there are no bitter feuds lin
gering as the aftermath of his meet
ings.
And the point which The Georgian
desires io stress Is that the methodi
which Dr. Wharton employs and
which Dr. Wilbur Chapman employs
are the methods which have always
been found the most effective In the
city of Atlanta In every mission that
has been sat In this community to the
glory of God end to the welfare of the
souls of men.
We thank Dr. Wharton for the beau
tiful lesson that he has taught ua In
Atlanta and for the beautiful demon
stration that he has made of the fact
that the God of love and the God of
peace can best be served by ministers
who use the weapons of love and of
peace to fight Hla battles and to win
His victories In the work.
May the years of the model evangel
1st be multiplied, and may hla aunset
be shadowless and sweet.
“THE PATHOS OF PENDLETON'S POLITICS.
There Is a mixture of pAthos Joined with the humorous squlrmtngs of
Tho Macon Telegraph, upon tho political pin on which The Georgian has
fixed It.
Colonel Pendleton Is not a bad man. In fact, he Is naturally an hon
est man and a good inan. No stress of political controversy has ever car
ried Tho Georgian beyond the recognition of that pleasing fact.
But the trouble with Colonel Pendleton Is that he Is a good man
trying to ride two horses, with one of which he Is neither familiar nor In
any sort of sympathy.
Tho editor of The Telegraph Is a constitutional Republican. If he
lived north of the Mason and Dixon line he would be a stalwart of the
most ultra type. Even In the South, where he has lived for a number
of years, his affiliations have always been with that class which Is nearest
■kin to the Republican party. He has always been ultra-conservative and
out-of sympathy with the people In the strenuous struggle In which they
have been waging war for their natural rights. He was reputed to have
voted for William McKinley for president. He denies It. and we accept
his denial at the face value of a word from an honest man. But the mere
fact of the general rumor Is the best evidence of the suspicion in which
the Pendleton Democracy has always been held.
There never has been a period of our national life In which real
Democracy has had more definite expression than In these vital struggles of
these last ten years In which predatory wealth and corporate aggression
have been set against the rights and liberties of the people.
In this struggle we do not suppose that Colonel Pendleton himself
would for a moment deny that bis affiliations have been steadfast and un
varying In their sympathy with the corporations.
If there has been an occasion In Georgia within the last ten years In
which Colonel Pendleton has not taken the side of the railroads, we have
failed to observe It. We accept again at the face value of hla own good
character the assertion that tho railroads do not own his paper. We have
said and we say again that they do not need to own It; for they get out
of It all of the unflagging and unfailing support of a full and perfect own
ership.
Colonel Pendleton Is a Georgian and a Southerner and tho majority
sentiment of his state and of tho South Is Democratic. Out of his sec
tional and sentimental loyalty he affiliates with the Democratic'party, bat
all his real sentiments and real convictions, as evidenced by his corpo
rate affiliations of these recent years, would lead him Into full fellowship
with tho Republican organization of which he would doubtless be a mem
ber In full and enthusiastic standing but for his sectional alignment.
This Is tho genuine pathos of Colonel Pendleton's situation. He really
Is a Republican and he really would like to be a Democrat His convictions
carry him to the party of vested rights and privilege. Hla environment
and his sentimental loyalty seize him by tho coat-tails and hold him fast
In nominal allegiance to tho Democratic party.
This Is tho condition which excites our profound and frietMly sym
pathy for the editor of The Macon Telegraph.
The effort which wo have boen making to give men of his type some
freedom from the terror of the party lash and some liberty under the shad
ow of organisations, ought to entitlo this paper rathor to his kind and
grateful appreciation, than to his rather Irreverent allusions.
We fear thero are some serious embarrassments which the future has
in store for the editor of The Telegraph.
For Instance let us suppose that which seems now to bo moBt likely,
that the Democratic party, of which Colonel Pendleton Is a pseudo mem
ber, will nominate William J. Bryan for tho presidency!
Now Colonel Pendleton has denounced Mr. Bryan In language which
puta that statesman out of any possibility either of his respect or confi
dence. It Colonel Pendleton believes the things which Colonel Pendleton
wrote of Mr. Bryan, not even the most “yellow dog type" of Democra
cy in all America could Justify so honest a man as Colonel Pendleton in
voting for Mr. Bryan. Ab an honest man, therefore, Colonel Pendleton
would be simply compelled to vindicate his own Integrity by voting
against Mr. Bryan for the presidency.
If. however, Colonel Pendleton proposes to remain a "member In
good standing” of tho Democratic party, and desires to "keep his record
on as straight as his hat,” our Democratic (?) friend, Colonel Pendleton,
will be compelled to cat his worda and swallow his conscience and vote
for Bryan for the highest office In the world.
Now under these circumstances what is Colonel Pendleton going
to do?.
Is tho honest and manly Pendloton, who Is really a Republican, going
to vindicate tho integrity of his own stern denunciation by drawing n blue
mark through tho name of William J. Hryun upon tho ticket of his party?
Or, Is Colonel Pendloton, the embarrassed Democrat, going to vindicate
his "truly loyal” Democracy by voting Into the most responsible and hon
orable of all public positions a man whom he has declared" to be unwor
thy of any public or private cctyfldence for any polltlon?
Is there anyone who can wonder at us for entertaining a genuine nnd
tender pity for the serious embarrassment which surrounds our esteemed
friend of The Mscon Telegraph?
Meanwhile, as a compromise with existing difficulties let us suggest
to our ever esteemed contemporary that the least he can do In these try
ing circumstances Is to be modest and considerate and not to flare up
Into captious criticisms of real Democrats simply because they have tho
Independence to follow their own convictions as to the best way and the
best men through whom to achieve the triumphs of real Democratic prin
ciples. *
Colonel Pendleton's future modesty may go far toward atoning for
his sorrowful Inconsistency.
MRS. AVARY'S NOTABLE BOOK.
No Georgia authoress of recent years has won such positive and flat
tering commendation from the press North and South As Mrs. Myrta
Lockett A vary In her recent volume of "Dixie After the War."
The work Is a distinct and practical success. It Is actually doing the
South a service beyond Its value to the author In the hold that It haa
taken upon the Northern mind tor Its clear, kindly and brilliant presenta
tion of conditions in the post-bellum South.
One writer of note describes It as "the human Import of the tragic re
construction period." A famous educator who has taught history In South
Carolina longer than any other teacher, has given It a foremost place In
his college library and In his class-room.
Mrs. Avary has done a groat work with vital skill, accuracy and pow
er, and the South Is Indebted to her for one of the volumes upon which
Its later and more deliberate history will be written for the respect and
admiration or the future.
We congratulate our brilliant townswoman upon a success which Is
also aud pre-eminently a public service.
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"MORE NONSENSE ABOUT THE SOUTH."
It Is not often that Southern men or Southern Institutions are In
debted to the New York Sun for anything outside of the everlasting even
It pleasing raillery with which that paper treats our public men and our
peculiar problems.
We are constrained, however, to acknowledge a debt to The Sun for
Ita keen and trenchant criticism of Ray Stannard Baker’s complacent
platitudes which In each succeeding Issue of The American Magaxlne evi
dence an ever Increasing lack of comprehension of the Southern charac
ter and the conditions which make the problem of the South.
Perhaps tho best and most practical way In which we can express
an appreciation of The Sun's treatment of the man Baker Is to reproduce
The Sun’s article so that our readers, without persuasion, can In the
same degree as w-e do, value the service which that paper has rendered
us.
The Sun's editorial Is aptly headed "More Nonsense About the
South," and reads as follows;
The latest "study of the race question” appears to have been
conducted by a gentleman of the name of Baker, whose Ingenious
and profound conclusions are served to us fresh—very fresh—In
the pages of a magazine. In the flood of these complacent utter
ances the bewildered reader finds it difficult to discover one more
preposterous than another, but Mr. Baker has at least distinguish,
ed himself by proposing the sentiment that the Southern whites
know much less about the negro than the Northern space writers
who give a few months to the Investigation and quite uaturally
"know It all.” This Is a proposition which will rivet tho atten
tion of all who may happen to encounter It, even at second hand;
and we are serenely confident that It will endear Mr. Baker to
everybody the other side of the Potomac who enjoys an Interlude
of harmless merriment
What we may perhaps venture to Identify as the Baker postu
late Is that the Southern whites, while they know all about the -
Idle, vicious and criminal negroes In their neighborhood, have
never Imbibed so much as a suspicion of the Industrious, well be
haved, self-respecting and well to do colored people,
who not only pay taxes, own property and lead exora-.
plary lives but contribute to the common welfare and
speed the cause of organized and progressive civilization. Mr.
Baker therefore offers us the Interesting and novel hypothesis of
a prosperous and reasonably Intelligent people absolutely Igno
rant of the nature of Its Immediate environment and obliged to
wait for -Illumination upon the discoveries of a vagrant excursion
ist from the North. He has been visiting states In which some
millions of law abiding and decent negroes dwell, where they have
acquired tenB of millions worth of property, and where they are
rearing families In the ways of decency and honorable conduct.
Those states swarm with colleges and churches controlled en
tirely by colored people, assisted out of the public funds and en-
- couraged by public sentiment; yet Mr. Baker asks us to believe
that “the Southern whites" never heard of such things aud are
aware only of the black loafer and malefactor!
It Is amusing enough, and of course those Southerners who
see or hear of the Thingumbob Magazine are duly titillated. There
Is a serious side to the question, however, and It Is an aspect
worthy of sincere lament. Hundreds of thousands of people still
survive who believe In Ingres with his whip, In the ferocious
bloodhounds that devoured negro fugitives, In the scowling, cruel
slaveowner who loved to lash and scarify ' his miserable serfs.
Thousands of honest, conscientious men and women In these
and further latitudes still toss on sleepless beds, snatched from
midnight rest by lurid visions of Southern wickedness and bar
barism. And so, while the Bakers of this generation continue to
play upon these sorrowful yet genuine misgivings, painful appre
hension born of Ignorance and kept alive by dark suggestion will
reign In the hearts of the Innocent and credulous.
Just how Northern magazines, periodicals and newspapers
manage to combine these utterances with a sense of self-respect
Is a conundrum we turn over to superior wisdom. But we
are not concerned for them so much as for their hapless and be
fogged constituents.
Mr. Baker, from what we have seen of him, Is evidently a well-mean
ing young man, but his work suggests a woeful lack of travel and broad
experience, and as wo have had occasion to remark before, he finds It ut
terly Impossible to get away from his point of view.
Nevertheless we think that the South will survive Mr. Baker.
Initiative and Referendum in the
East.
New Jersey Is the second of the
Eastern states to terminate machine
rule In municipal affairs. April 16th
Governor Stokes signed a bill estab'
Halting the Initiative and referendum
In t^e cities, boroughs, villages and
towns of New Jersey.
The law Is thoroughly up to date,
having been drawn by Hon. Herman
B. Walker, of the New Jersey People’s
Lobby. Henceforth the final power In
municipal affairs In New Jersey wlnbe
In the voters. Machine rule Is a thing
of the past.
The bill was first passed by a Demo
cratic house, then by a Republican
senate and the bill was signed by n
Republican governor.
About six weeks ago the Delaware
legislature Installed the Initiative and
referendum In the city of Wilming
ton.
Over In Pennsylvania the lower
house has unanimously passed a- bill
for the Initiative and referendum In
cities and boroughs and tho senate has
favorably reported tho amended bill,
which Is almost sure to become law at
once.
Up In Maine the legislature has sub
mitted a constitutional amendment for
the Initiative and referendum; while
In Massachusetts a majority In both
branches of the legislature is pledged
to establish the advisory Initiative In
state affairs.
It Is quite evident that the people In
the Eastern states are taking hold of
the Initiative and referendum.
These be great days for the Journal
istic "Ransy Snlfllcs." Up and down
the llttlo fellow bobs, carrying tales,
stirring antagonism and all by his lit
tle self, suggesting duels and blood.
‘Ransy,” you see, Is so glad of any In
cident that will obliterate the memory
of a recent season In which he meekly
received every epithet that an abun
dant vocabulary can provide.
LET A GREAT QUESTION
BE FAIRLY DEBATED.
To the Editor ot Tho Georgian:
I write to second the snMeatlnn of Mr.
Inilth Clayton that ltev. Mr. Martin and
ter. Mr. Ellenwood publicly debate their
different religious views.
The whole human family la vitally Inter
ested In the settlement of the matter, aud
a private parlor dlacu
■elves will areompllal
not satisfy the people.
They want the truth nnd the whole troth
about Ibta nil Important i|ueatlon.
They want to know whether God ta all
wise, all powerful nud nil good, or the con
trary.
If He la the former, then Ilia object In
creating mnn one brnelb-ent and he ahoubl
not fear the end, but should rest aecurely
aml conationtly In His nil powerful, Futli-
■|y nrms.
If He la the latter, then tjiere la no hope,
not even for those whom wetcall good.
Let the*- learned gentlemen approach
thla great question with booeaty nnd can
dor, each desiring to know tho truth, nnd
bringing to hear on the subject all the evi
dence at bla commund In support of hla
contention.
The Issue Is quarely made between these
men and their followers.
the largest auditorium lu the city lie
secured to accommodato tno mass of people
who will gladly hear this debate nud Judge
for themselves the troth.
No judges are necessary, except to define
and carry out the rules of the delwte.
The people themselves will Jnilge of the
truth.
lu conclusion, Mr. Editor, allow me to
thnuk you for your fairness ami liberality
lu offering your columns to troth aide* in
tha discussion of this world-wide subject.
ALEXANDER BECK.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Washington, May 1.—Ths following
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Corporal Lewis A. Powless, company
M, Twenty-sixth infantry, Fort Sam
Houston, transferred to Ninth Infantry,
as private.
John A. Plxley, Key West barracks,
district of Key West. Arthur J. La-
fonta, Fort Barrancas; district of Pen
sacola. Private (flrst class) Herman
Manhelm, hospital corps, from general
hospital, Fort Bayard, to Fort Moultrie.
Following master gunners, coast ar
tillery, to headquarters of artillery, dis
tricts designated for duty in artillery
district and station at district head
quarters: John R. Leister, to Fort
Moultrie, district of Charleston; Claude
L. Klshlen, to Fort Screven, district of
Savannah; Edmond H. Hall, to Fort
DeSoto, district of Tampa. .
Naval Orders.
Paymaster W. T. Camp, resignation
accepted.
Civil Engineer L. M. Cox, to navy
yard, Norfolk.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—April 28, Caesar, at Lam
bert Point; Sterling, at Hampton
Roads; Annapolis, at Midway. April
29, Florida, at Annapolis. April 30,
Chattanooga, at Kluklang.
SAILED—April 28, Caesar, from Nor
folk for Lambert Point; Sterling, from
Lambert Point for Hampton Roads.
April 29, Raleigh, from Cavite for Nog-
asaka. April 30. Strlngham, Wilkes,
Stockton, DeLong and Blakeley, from
Norfolk for Washington.
IMPUTING A WANT OF
CHASTITY TO WOMAN.
To tho Editor of Tho Georgian:
In the Interest of the women ot Georgia,
There Is Not a Man
on on average salary in the city of Atlanta, who could not de
posit $10.00 every month in our ‘ Savings Department,' if he
would but make up his mind to do so.
After ten years, provided he made no withdrawals, he would
have $1,474.85 to his credit and would have acquired a habit
of economy worth considerable more.
We pav 4 per cent interest on savings accounts.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
assailed with Impuuity almost,
tlrely.
Wnllo the majority of our sister states
have long alnce legislated upon this sub
ject, yet Georgia has failed In.this respect
to properly card for our women.
Nearly all the state* have made this
penal by statute, in *ul)*tauce: “Whoso
ever shall falsely nnd maliciously Impute to
any female human being a want of chrts
tlty shall be guilty of misdemeanor." The
penalty varies greatly.
The writer would suggest that our gen
•ral assembly pnaa Just such a statute,
and make the primlty either jail or chain*
re all things, avoid tha moo'
the Imposition of
gang, and, above
ery ofJnuulstunentO) b/
The reputation or
avoid th© mock*
. . . _ Imposition of a
fine. The reputation of the women of Geor-
la la too dear and holy a thing to be left
f ;la la too dear and holy a thing to be left
linger to the marc/ of evil disposed peo-
S le. and It Is a shame that they are fin
nit condition today for want of leglalatlbn.
Many years ago—more than twenty—I was
appealed to to take up a case where a young
girl, ns pure as a dew drop, had been thus
slandered, Criminal prosecution was want
ed, and notblug else. For want of Just
such a law those Inhuman things escaped.
I at once prepared Just such a bill, aa I
now remember It. aud sent It before our
legislature. It was killed, and upon
think of It! of a prominent Georg
mm women would talk, and snch a mw
would haul them up before the courts.
The evil Is polntrd out. The remedy Is
suggested. Now the question Is, will our
rat assembly longer leave the reputa*
of our women to be assailed by hu
man vultures. I do not believe they will.
If. however, action It had, for God's snke.
avoid the mockery of puulsbineutO) by
fine. FRANCIS II. UAURIS.
Brunswick, Ga., April 30, 1907.
'•THE GRAVES LOGIC."
A NORTHERNER PROTESTS
THE NEGRO LOAFERS.
To the Ktlltor of Tne Georgian:
With the Inspiring Impressions that come
> a Northern visitor upou u first visit to
your mode! Gate City of Atlanta, as this
writer hss experienced. there comes un
bidden quite a rovers# feeling.
After a little time upon your streets,
whlt'l* although quite a minor feature, un
necessary «n»I easy of quick control, which
strikes the enthused visitor why this ruth
less Innovation Is tolerated, nr even permit
ted when no possible desirable end, as
seems to me. Is thereby subserved.
The obnoxious feature 1 refer to Is the
herd of colored footpads so conspicuously
present on every corner and crowd nnd
iuIiIIc mart, as newsltoys. with a ruthless-
ness and ragged, dirty, forbidding appear
ance that Is at once suggestive ofhoodlum,
nnd wharf rat only l;« the North, a stand
ing repugn n me to a self-respiting visitor
or citlieu. If not n disgrace to their owu
race, to suy nothing of the reflex aentimeut
t hut—unjustly, possibly—created against
rour good |»eop|e. and the press especially.
In permitting such tiulsnnoc.
I do not by this discriminate against the
warranted right nor privilege of lioth the
press nnd the colored newsboy to prosecute
such work, but for the vindication of
the press nnd the better element of the
negro race, thus so foully represented. I
an nominate Roosevelt la na fnll
aa la nti egg of meat or a bomb of dyna
mite? No, by the beard of Mahomet!
We tell The Columbia Record. No!
Colonel Bryan saw the logic of Colonel
Graves, and It took him amidships. Did he
repudiate or resent the Graves proposition?
Did he Inugb at the Geiwglau? Was he sar
castic? On the contrary, he received It
with the same solemnity that he received
the water and the coffee served at the ban
quet. launching heavily Into n discussion as
to who is the best Democratic Republican
licfore the footlights. Not Roosevelt, said
Bryan, but lAFollette. nnd he said It with
all the resignation am\ self-abnegation. Im
molation and obliteration of a Tom riatt.
They may sneer, they may aeoff
At the Graves ns they will,
But the scent of his logic.
It lingers there still!
would protest.
rufortuuntely, too many of the white
newalNiys. by common consent, are allowed
to Indulge the same ragamuffin appearance,
which I would uo more condone than In the
colored feature presented.
Why not make a higher standard, atart-
Ing first with the press and Its agents, to
employ only n clean, tidy, decorous lot of
iiewslioy employees? Let them be either
white or colored, or both, but be required
the unprotected public from such a lot of
vandals.
From your Newsboys’ Association, and ns
employers, give them conditions of service,
nnd n cap. with badge and nnmber. and
then If they are guilty of any obscenity
or misdemeanor, they are easily reported
~ud discharged.
In my opinion, any paper that will pro
claim publicly and molutalu such a system.
—’Ill get the surprising support of a tired
nd disgusted public.
I also venture, the more desirable data
of color**,! people will say amen, and en
courage the venture.
Much things would not Ik* tolerated In
the greater part of Northern ••Yenkeedotn."
W. P. l>.
Atlanta, GA, April 23. 1*77.
EVANGELI8T MARTIN REPLIES
TO THE GEORGIAN’S EDITORIAL
To the Editor of the Georgian:
Allow' or reply to the more than two-col'
umn editorial of an unusually caustic nature
In The Georgian of April 29. a
The studious, persistent effort of the
editor to make It sppenr that the visiting
evangelist was trying to force the editor to
“be boycotted" Into orthodoxy by visiting
evangelists of other states Is worthy of a
politician, but unworthy of a great religious
editor of a great dally; but the deliberate
avoiding of tne Issue, and the strained, per
sistent effort to place the visiting evangel
ist In n false light liefore the people of At
lanta, nud to misrepresent the facts of the
case are unworthy of even a politician. To
attempt to place me liefore the people of
Atlanta an making “flaming nud violent nt-
tacks upon other men or oilier denomina
tions, and particularly upon honest uewspa-
^ rs who are desirous of doing their duty.
unworthy of the Christian editor of The
Georgian. I have made uo attack. The at
tack was made by Mr. Ellenwood, as I shall
show, an attack that was most bitter. In
sidious nnd slauderous, not simply nu at
tack upon the fundamental beliefs of “the
orthodox church of which Mr. Martin Is n dis
ciple and mlulster," as the editor tries to
make It appear, but an attack upou the fun
damental beliefs of every Baptist, Catholic,
Congregnttounllst. Episcopalian. Disciple.
Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and
United Brethren church In the city. I was
simply trying to defend the most sacred
(teller* of these Christian* against this most
severe aud wholly uncalled for attack^
Let me now show what this attack was
nnd what It means:
In The Georgian of April 27 Mr * Ellen-
wood, a regular, stated contributor to the
paper, says: “A system of religion which
advances as a fundamental tenet the prom
ise that -tho sinner may escape the Inevita
ble penalty for his own misdeeds by means
of some miraculous, vicarious, hocus-pocus
scheme of Intervention .can not, In tho very
nature of the cane, operate, for the making
of truly righteous lives among meu ana
women. Will the reader please uotlce
the expression, “some miraculous, vicarious,
hoctis-ppeug scheme?” Not oulv Is there
scurrlllous sneer nnd slap lu tue face to
nil these Christian churches I have men
tioned who lielleve that "Christ died for
sins according to the scriptures,” for If It Is
only a “miraculous, vicarious, hocus-pocus
scheme," then Ills miraculous birth nnd Ills
deity are delusions, and that we ore wor
shipping as deity the illegitimate son of a
fallen woman, but be It known that this
comes from a regular, stated contributor
of The Georgtnu. nud, without one word
of protest from the editor. Is sent Into the
homes of those who are thus attacked.
But ngaln, Mr. Ellenwood goes further
In his attack nnd adds outrageous slander
to his scurrilous attack (and. remember,
without one wonl of protest from the ed
itor, who engaged him to write). Hear
him: “Given an Imperfect moral being, ouo
still quite n little 'lower than the angels,*
ns the Held of operation. Is It really rea
sonable to nuppose that the wholesale prom
ise of Immunity from penalty through sub-
itv nud actual righteousness In the heart
of that Individual? It may be argued that
gratitude here plnyn her part In the
restoration • of the sinner to holiness nnd
decency; that lu return for this tremendous
sacrifice, a persistent effort toward re
formation In certain to be mnde. But that
nature which can complacently accept the
sacrifice and suffering of an Innoceut vic
tim In the place of merited personal pun
ishment must be so entirety occupied by
cowardice nnd selfishness ns to leave no
loom for gratitude, which belongs among
the higher virtue*.;*
Tact the render go back and rend the Inst
sentence. Then every Baptist, rresbyte-
rlnn, Methodist, Lutheran, Congregational-
1st, Episcopalian, Catholic, Disciple, United
Brethren, etc., woman In Atlanta, who has
accepted Christ ns tho Savior who died for
her sin “must he so entirely occupied by
cowardice nud selfishness ns to leave no
room for gratitude, which belongs among
the higher virtues.** Then the same Is
true of every man and working man of
these denominations In this city. Then
the same Is true of President Roosevelt,
William Jennings Iiryan, G. Campbell Mor-
gnu, It. A. Torrey; was true of McKinley,
Gladstone, Moody, Spurgeon. Wesley, Cal
vin, Francis Xavier, Patrick, of Ireland,
nud n host of others. Then the same was
true of all of our loved dead of these de
nominations. Yet because I make a strong,
earnest protest against this horrible slsn
der nnd Insidious stab, I must be held up
by the editor of The Georgian ns attack
ing men and denominations. And the ed
ut ngaln. Mr. Ellenwood proceeds In his
attack: “Were substitutionary pigilshuieut
for sin n fact of experience. Instead of a
fiction of theology, the net result must tie
humility, utter loss of courage and self-re
spect." Then all of the noble men and
women; living and dead, of these denomi
nations, who have accepted ns a fact of
experience that "Christ died for our sins"
have suffered the "utter loss of courage and
self-respect." And let the reader notice
that this Is not a matter of my "Interpreta
tion," ns the editor of The Georgian tries
to make it appear, nor of being "con
strued," or a ‘‘twist of the pen," na Mr.
Ellenwood puts It. There Is the plain lan
guage for Itself. And yet this Is the kind
of reading The Georgian nuts Into the
determination to continue hla policy. And
because I raise an earnest protest against
such attacks nnd slanders going Into these
homes, the editor poses as a martyr, and
cries that I am tiring to hulldoxe or boy
cott or frighten nlra Into orthodoxy. If
the editor claim* the right to publish such
attacks and slanders without one word of
regret or protest, have the people no right
INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE
ON THE CHARACTER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Marriage has a softening and refin
ing influence on character. Woman
hood Is fully ripened and developed by
the responsibility of wifehood.
The flippant girl, looking upon life
as something to be lightly dealt with,
and from which pleasure only Is to be
extracted, la suddenly brought face to
face with Its solemnity.
The dual existence in which one soul
must look to the other for strength has
a tendency to eliminate the harsher
characteristics, leaving only the softer
ones of love and forbearance.
With the sound of the wedding bells
Is forever borne away girlhood and Its
freedom. Yet the bondage of matri
mony, where "two hearts become as
one," Is according to the will of God,
and golden Is the chain that binds
them!
From another standpoint, the young
man. thinking only of himself and
selfish pleasures, has all his manly
qualities developed by marriage. He
feels the power of his manhood, the
power to "cherish and protect." Into
his face comes more firmness. His
character has become stronger and his
habits'and customs undergo a change.
Responsibility settles upon him. Life
has .suddenly opened on a broader vis
ta, and he has more for which to live.
A gradual assimilating of character
takes place, until. If you will notice
couples who have lived together for
many years, having the same plans
and Interests In life, a similarity has
developed in their characters which
sometimes even extends to their fea
tures. The stronger characteristics of
one will become those of the other.
Sometimes there Is a union of two
souls, one of which may be so gross,
so unrefined, so selfish that no amount
of love and forbearance* on the part of
the other will cause the two souls to
assimilate. As the laws of God have
never bound them, they look only to
the laws of man to free them from the
galling yoke of uncongeniality.
Say not, however, that "marriage is
a failure!" Glance into the shop of
the blacksmith, who, with hammer and
anvil, earns his living by honest toll.
His labors are lightened by the knowl
edge that he works not for himself
alone, and his hours are shortened as
he thinks of her who performs her dally
tasks, and has a welcome ever ready
for him. 'TIs the same way Jn the
higher walks of life, when a halo of
love softens all things.
"Bear and forbear" has become so
Ingratiated Into the daily companion
ship that all petty worries and misun
derstandings of early married life are
forgotten, and under the Influence of
marriage character develops from the
flrst tender buds Into the ripened and
mellow' fruit!
BESSIE DENTON WHITTLESEY.
to protect their families from such attacks
nud slanders? Have the preachers no right
to try to protect the i>eople from such at
tacks nnd slanders? Is the editor the only
ono who has any rights?
There Is more of Mr. Ellenwood'* attack,
such ns sneering ot our accepting Christ as
our Bavlor who died for us ns "the ac
ceptance of n fetish." and his sneer nt
Christ’s teaching ns to Hell as "this old
heathen doctrine of endless torture." But
I have quoted'enough to show who mnde
the attack and that I nm simply defending
against this vicious, elanderous attack.
But I am not through. In referring to
the Jewish rabbi nnd the Catholic priest,
the editor of The Georgian Is guilty of
artful dodging unworthy of any fair-mind
ed man. to say nothing of a Christian man,
nnd a great 1 Christian editor, who boasts so
of hla severe orthodoxy. The editor knows
and the reader knows that these two no
ble meu have never used their privileges
In the paper to make Insidious, underhand
ed attacks on the fundamental beliefs of
others, nor slanders of those who hold these
beliefs. And the editor knows the vast dif
ference between "explaining and advocat
ing" one’s views and making these unwar
ranted and wholly uncalled for attacks.
I would be the last to oven try to suppress
the religious freedom of even a UnlveVnl-
1st, but I do protest against the editor lend
ing hla paper to getting these attacks and
ton. whom I have !
thank the editor. Rut I notice that he has
no words of praise for G. Campbell Mor
gan nor R. A. Torrey, both of whom, I nm
told, inode similar protests when In Atlanta,
yet the demands for a protest were uot
near so great as In this case.
Let me repent In conclusion what I have
said to the audiences to whom I am
Drenching, that for the stand of The Geor-
r an nnd Its editor on many moral Issues
have the highest regard, nnd for the ed
itor and Mr. Ellenwood personally I have
no Ill-feeling. But as to Mr. Ellen wood’s
utterances. I do not regret one word of
my earnest protest, nnd as to the editor's
attitude concerning these utterances, I he.
T. T. MARTIN.