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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor,
f. L. SEELY, President.
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OUR TLATPORM: The Georgian
and Nesra etanda for Atlanta't owning
Its own son nod electric llfbt plants,
aa tt now owna Ita water worke. Other
cities do this and act (aa aa low os 6)
cents. wltS a profit to the city. Thla
■ aa new* opiipttc inni 11 ■ireri
ways can bs operated aucceaafully by
European ettlea, as they are, there la
no good reason why they can not be no
operated here. But — * *
this can be ‘
wa do not bellero
— dona now, and It may be
some years before wa lira ready for ao
ihonld aat Ita face In that direction
should
NOW.
Presbyterian Unity in Balanco.
The general assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian church, which meets
In Birmingham on May 16th, will have
questions of grave Importance to con
slder and decide.
Very prominent among these will be
the question of fraternal relations and
cooperation with other Presbyterian
churches entertaining aome slight dif
ferences of creed. This question, of
ten discussed, has now become lmml
nent In the deliberation! of thla great
religious body.
In the year 1905 alx Presbyterian
churches in the United States appoint
ed committed to meet together and
adopt a plan by which they could have
greator harmony In Christian work.
These were the American Presbyte
rian church with 1,300,000 membora;
the German Reformed with 265,000
members; the Southern Presbyterian
with 253,000; the United Presbyterian
with 140,000; the Dutch Reformed
with 107,000, and tha Associate Re
formed with 13,000—over 2,000,000 In
all.
These committees early In 1906 pre
sented a plan which was referred by
the general assembly of that year to
tho sovcral churches for tholr appro
val. The American Presbyterian and
tho German Reformed churches heart
ily approved It, but in the Southern
Presbyterian chnrch the plan has been
warmly resisted.
The Southern church has eighty-
three presbyteries. Two of these are
composed entirely of negroes, and one
of Indians, and they have not voted
an the question. One white presbytery
also has refused to vote. Thoa only
seventy-nine presbyteries have voted
an the question.
Of these seventy-nine there are sev-
inty-tbree whose action haa been re
ported, and alx not yet heard from.
Forty-five presbyteries, containing 990
sinister, and 135,000 members, havo
approved tho plan of co-operation;
Nrenty-elght, containing 600 ministers
tnd 19,000 members, havo disap
proved of it.
These presbyteries are included In
ihlrteeen synods, which are limited by
die boundaries of the various states.
Srcry presbytery In the fourth synod
Jf Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and
Missouri voted for cooperation.
Three of the four presbyteries In Al-
tbama and six of the eight In North
SAroltna voted to approve.
The synod of Georgia has alx pres*
tyterics. Three of these voted for
note friendly relations with tbelr
*resbyterten brethren. Augusta pres-
lytery voted unanimously to do so;
iavannah bad only one vote In the
legattve; while In Atlanta presbytery
torty-one were for and nineteen
•gainst brotherly relations.
The Macon, Cherokee and Athens
iresbyteries voted against the plan.
fllE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
These figures will give a general
■salt of calculation as g> the result of
he battle that is to be waged In the
;eneral assembly.
The prospects seem to favor broth-
ciy relations, but It Is not assured.
Let us hope that the city’s represen-
stives will not be caught napping by
mother ordinance suavely presented
ty the corporations. The people ought
9 know by this time that the corpora-
Ions bare to l e watched.
t
Tha Jamestown fair has just three
leeks now to get itself together for
lures, or failure, it has a mighty
pportunity.
The "hope of the hopeless" la In the
cart of philanthropy.
PUT EVERY CORPORATION ORDINANCE UNDER THE
MICROSCOPE.
The Itaue drawn between tho city of Atlanta and the Georgia Railway
and Electric Company Is an Interesting one.
Both parties are agreed that under the original arrangement the city
had reserved the right to one duct in each of the conduits of The Georgia
Railway and Electric Company.
President Arkwright’s claim la that at the time of the consolidation
of the Hurt and Atkinson lines the wording of the ordinance passed by
the city council at that time forfeited or surrendered the right of the city
to this duct.
A1I the members of the present city council who were membe.
the council at the time of this ordinance claim that nothing waa said at
the time of the surrender of the city’s rights, that the matter waa not dis
cussed, no motion was made to that effect, and that if such words were
in the ordinance passed, they were passed without any realization of
their meaning, and that the coritoratlon's claim now is a mere jugglery of
words and without the understanding or real consent of the members of
tho city council.
It looks very much to a man up a tree as If the ordinance apparently
so Innocent In its passage was so carefully and deliberately worded as to
carry this provision of surrender, and that tho city councilman of that day
were either asleep or were carefully and shrewdly overreached by the dis
creet friends of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company.
Tho Georgian Is not a lawyer, but It retains a sufficient recollection
of a casual reading of Blackstone to remember that a law Is to be con
strued first, by the words; second, by the context' or the subject matter,
and third, by the spirit of Its framers.
This Is a definition which we believe Is still standard.
The Georgia Railway and Electric Company therefore has one point
and only ono point In the interpretation of thia ordinance.
The words may by the shrewd handling of corporation friends convey
the suggestion of a surrender of tho city's essential right
The context and the subject matter will certainly carry no such con
struction.
The third point which Is the spirit and purpose of the framers must
by the testimony of the framers be clearly against the corporation in this
ordinance In which they evidently think they have caught the city nap
ping.
It Is an Issue anyway which the city cannot afford to fall In lighting
to the last limit of its capacity, because In this matter the city's- triumph
Involves tho city's commercial liberty and Independence of the monopoly.
The city should fltfit with ail tho resources In Its power to retain
this duct which It Is quite evident was never Intended to be given to tho
corporation, and we bellgve that in the higher courts at least the city
must eventually win upon the honest merits of the case.
Meanwhile the Incident teaches a great leason to the lawgivers, both In
the local and state legislatures of Georgia. The lesson Is this;
The corporations are vigilant and sleepless and always watchful of op
portunity and full of designs. Every ordinance Introduced by a corporation
or by the friends of corporations from this time forth should be scanned
most vigilantly and critically by the representatives of tho people, both for
the ostensible action which it carries and for tho shrewd and skilful use of
words by which popular rights may be construed sway oa some other occa
sion.
Every ordinance presented In local or state legislature by the corpora
tions at this timo should be carefully scrutinized under the strongeit mi
croscope of vigilant publto spirit whloh can be brought to bear upon It.
This lesson emphasized In so many lost rights, and bartered franchises,
ought surely to be Impressed upon the people and their representatives by
this time.
THE PAIR AND THE PIEDMONT IMPROVEMENTS.
in the State Pair of 1906 "all was lost save honor.” ,
In order to pay off the obligations, which were a debt of honor on the
city of Atlanta, the local association projected another fair for this year,
no other practicable pUn for raising tho, money with which to settle the
balance due on premiums being apparent.
It would bo discreditable to Atlanta If these debts were left unpaid
and, in the judgment of the buslnees men who are In charge of the local
fair association, there waa no way to pay out except by giving another
fair.
Last year's failure was due solely to the riots and to the unusual
wcatheri conditions.
Upward of 300 business houses and Individuals hsvs subscribed to
this year's fund. Manufacturers, banks, wholesale and retail merchants,
real estate owners and dealers and many other interests have contributed.
Tho State Agricultural Society has promised its hearty co-operation and
support and ths outlook for a successful fair is very favorable.
Under these circumstances, tho fair officials are appealing to the Park
board not to remove any of the present buildings at Piedmont Park until
after next fail's fair.
The park board's plans for making over Piedmont Park into a pic
turesque pleasure ground, Involve tearing down at an early date one of tho
largest exhibition buildings.
This would seriously handicap tbs fair In taking care of exhibits,
particularly of live stock, and there is roascu to believe It would make a
fair Imposlsbls. *
In view of these facta, The Georgian joins the fair officials in their sp-
pesl to the pjrk board to postpone the removal of any of the large build
ings until after this year's fair.
THE HOME FOR THE HOPELESS.
Let us deal with this question of the Home for Incurables as a hu
mane and enlightened people should do.
Here Is an Institution founded first In beautiful and praottcal philan
thropy by a circle of the King's Daughters.
Progressing slowly and painfully throbgh ssrlisr years of discouragement
the Institution was finally rescued from inadequate conditions through
the liberality of Mr. A. G. Rhodes, of Atlsuta.
Impressed by the unusual appeal of the Institution and touched by
an affilctlon within his own family, Mr. Rhodes made to tho Home for
Incurables the princely donation of a block of land in tho heart of At
lanta. The value of this donation Is In tho neighborhood of 940,000, aud
perhaps no larger and handsomer donation to charity has been made in
the history of tho city.
it is a beautiful jot, admirably iocatod, surrounded by a stately
grove of oaka and accessible to tho trolley lines of the city. Upon this
lot a band of noble women Inspired by Mr. hodes' philanthropy have
erected a building at a coat of some 115,000 which they raised by diligent
work in tho solicitation of private subscriptions.
The building Is ample for the Immediate needs of tho institu
tion. It is perfectly arranged and presided over by as noble and contt-
cratcd women as ever gave their lives to charity.
The city gives 91,500 a year to tha Institution. The oounty gives $4.00
a month or $45 a year to every patient taken In ths name of charity. Some
two or throe months ago The Georgian In a series of appeals Induced twelve
men to contribute $5.00 a month or $60 a year to the support of the institu
tion.
Here then is s total Income of shout $2,400 s year for the support of
tho ipoat appealing charity which Atlanta holds. To say that this is in
adequate Is simply to state a self-evident fact to practical men who can un
derstand the necessities of the sick.
There should be not less than $10,000 every year established as the
Income of the Home for Incurables In order to make Its work complete.
There are nineteen patients in that home today, six of whom are con
sumptives. and there Is an appeal from nearly a dozen others begging to
come In but held out by the inexorable conditions which make It Impossi
ble to support another patient under the Income which the institution com
mands. , ,
No appeal that can be put In black and white letters In ths pages
of s newspaper could approximate the far-reaching effect of a visit to
tbit Institution. If you who have leisure and means and wheels at your
disposal would take an hour or a half-hour on one of these bright and
beautiful afternoons to visit that brick building In which nineteen people
are waiting death, you would need no spar of quickening to reach your
hands down Into the pockets which tbs Almighty hat blessed In fullneac
In greater or smaller degree and to thank heaven for the opportunity ta
soothe the hopeless watting of these Incurables.
Did you ever think or can you think of the horror of waiting day sfljr
with the close companionship of an Incurable malady? You look out
upon tho sunlight and you catcL the great throb of life about you. You
seo men and women going about tbelr dally taski. There Is light in their
eyes and vigor In their limbs. There is a glow of health and hope In their
hearts and in their lives, and a song az sweet az that which the birds sing
In the blossoming trees of spring.
And yet when you withdraw your eyes from the windows you feel
In a whlthered limb or In an eating cancer or In the slow grip of the
White Plague at your vitals, that you nre aono with this, and tlfat you
only await the time when the monster of disease shall make Its last clutch
upon your throat and your voice shall die into tho Inarticulate murmur
which Is the herald of death.
Compare for a moment the vigor, the hope and the opportunity of your
active and virile lives with a shadowed life. Let us Imagine just what it
means to these people to have their waiting wrapped In some comfort of
surroundings and In some consolation of human touch.
To die neglected and alone In a hovel or In a palace, to be untouched
by human sympathy and unswept by human charity, adds an additional ter
ror to the face of death. Find, If you can, a charity that is more real and
genuine than to lift one of these human frames upon which sickness and
disease have fastened their relentless grip out of loneliness and desolation
and discomfort Into surroundings In which tender hands and loving hearts
and kindly eyes would soften the remorseless advance of that grim spec
tre of the tomb.
There ought to be fifty other men and women In Atlanta who would
be willing to give $5.00 a month to the Home for Incurables. There are
hundreds of good men and women in this city whose hearts aro tender and
whose hands are swift. They grope sometimes In Ignorance of the best
and noblest avenue In which to extend their charities. Let us direct them
here to a picture which their minds can draw of tbeso incurables in this
home of charity. If they have tlmo, and they surely might give one-half
hour from their dally rounds of swift and brilliant pleasure, let them knock
for admittance and ask of the matron there for an opportunity to see the
patient faces of these pitlfnl men and wtomen waiting tranquil upon the
last summons. And If there be fifty who read theqe lines, or twenty-five,
or ten, or even one, why not gladden the hearts of the good women and the
good men who are working In this Home of the Hopeless by sending the as
surance that out of your prosperity you will give just $5.00 every thirty
days to help one of these hopeless ones during their waiting for the in
evitable end? ,
There should be a sweeping answer to this very plain and very prac
tical appeal. ,
FOLLOW THEODORE PRICE CAUTIOUSLY.
"Theodore H. Price, the moat talked of man -in the cotton
world, and probably the largest speculator in the world, on Fri
day obtained a temporary restraining order In an injunction suit
brought against the New York Cotton Exchange and the Classifica
tion Committee.”—New York Commercial.
, This Is the first case on record of the leader of a bull or bear clique
resorting to the Federal court for the purposes of influencing prices. The
outcome of this move on the part of Mr. Price will be awaited with inter
est by the speculative element in the cotton trade.
Of late Mr. Price has many followers in the South, and a majority
are of the opinion that ho will gain his point against the exchange, and
that the spot cotton speculator, tho futures speculator and the spinner
will be greatly benefited as a consequence, but it is entirely too late in
tho season for the farmer to participate to a great extent jn a sharp ad
vance should one follow the gaining of the suit by Mr. Pries. The bulk
of the cotton grown this season is out of the farmers' hands, and as Mr.
Price is a lightning change artist, no one can tell where he will stand
when the farmers begin marketing the next crop.
In times past Price has been very active on the bear side. A short
time back he resorted to the novel method of sending photographers into
the belt and having a few Isolated fields photographed, which showed
them still white with cotton, when the farmers were claiming that all bad
been picked and marketed. These photographs were published, occupying
two full pages, in some of the most prominent Southern journals as an
unanswerable bear argument.
In an Interview published In The New York Commercial of last Fri
day, Mr. Price says:
"The demand for cotton Is almost without precedent, and were
It not for the faet that, through the factitious means, whether In- <
ternatlonnl or-otherwise, that have been practiced on tho New
York Cotton Exchange, to depress the value of the contract, and
to degrade the standard of classification—the South would have re
ceived at least a cent a pound more for this year's crop, which ad
vance spinners could easily have afforded to pay. A cent a pound
on this year's crop would have been equal to some $66,000,000,
and which spinners and consumers would gladly have paid.”
The first eight words of the above Interview are true beyond doubt
There is considerable doubt as to the balance, except where ho states
the spinners could easily have afforded to pay more for the cotton here
tofore purchase.d.
The spinner has a habit of buying cotton when prices are low, and
withdrawing from the market when the reverse Is the case, which would
Indicate that he always purchases his supply of raw material at the lowest
possible price, exchange or no exchange. The enormous dividends paid
by the mills make proof of this fact.
The following Item, headed "Cotton Gambling," is from The Arkansas
Gazette:
"This deep-seated and seemingly ineradicable hostility to deal
ing In cotton futures comes from the - belief of many cotton grow-
\ era that tho brokers of tho New York exchange not only fix the
price of cotton, but fix it lower than what cotton should sell for
on Its merits, and thus rob the cotton growers of millions of dol
lars. Such a belief as that is a hard one to wrestle against. But
si we have said before, we believe that the man who Is hurt by
cotton gambling Is the man who gambles In cotton. The winnings
of the cotton gamblers who win do not come out sf the pockets
of the cotton growers of the South; they come out of the pockets
of the cotton gamblers who lose.”
MACON CENTRAL LABOR UNION
STATE8 1T8 CASE REGARDING
REDUCTION OF R. R. FARES.
To the Editor of Ths Georgian;
I am Instructed by the Central Labor
Union to thank you for tha editorial
published In your Issue of April 24 In
reply to an attack made by The Con
stitution on tho committee sent from
this union to appear before ths railroad
commission In opposition to the re
duction of passenger rates In this state.
I am aleo Instructed, to ask that you
publish the Inclosed letter written to
The Constitution on April 2T, which has
not yet appeared In that paper. The
Constitution haa In Its Sunday edition
a labor column, and It seems somewhat
strange to us that It would publish
what was palpably untrue and then
by Its silence to publish a plain
refuse _. _ _ ...
statement of the facts of the case Ip
correction. Respectfully.
JEHU O. POSTELL.
For Central Labor Union. Macon, Ga.
Letter to The Constitution.
Editor Atlanta Constitution:
In your Issue of April 24 you made
the statement editorially that the com
mittee sent by the Central Labor Union
of Macon to appear before the railroad
commission to oppose tbs reduction of
the passenger rates In this slate were
sent there by or under railroad Influ
ence. This was not the-case, and had
you been In possession of the facts of
ths esse, you possibly would have been
far from making a statement so en
tirely erroneous.
The Central Labor Union la com
posed of eighteen labor unions of Ms-
con; only about ope-fourth of this
number are In any way connected with
the rallroade, The Central Union con
sists of four delegates from each of tne
unions that form ths Central body. No
railroad official can belong to any rail
road union, and as I had a full knowl
edge of this movement from Its In-
clplsncy, I can assert positively that no
one outside of the labor unions hod
any Idea of the action of the Central
Labor Union until It was given to the
C -es. As you have done the Centra'
bar Union, and thereby eighteen un
Ions that compose the central body,
the correction as prominent as was the
charge.
If you see lit to make this correction,
please mall ms a copy of paper In
which It appears. Respectfully,
JEHU O. POSTELL,
Chairman.
Macon. Go.. April IT. 1907.
YOUR POLITICAL REFLECTIONS.
To the Editor of The Oeorgtsn:
Lon truthfully say tho preeen
present president
has stolen our u. under, raptured our creeds,
displaying ,b * Pari
adopted our reforms am
of s Democrat “
You sujr '
crut magnificently,
tho people ure tbe
of tne lew.
the best thing tha
for them? Answer.
The people went Booserelt, tnd they wID
here him, tnd the single get that will
5*0*0 him to accept another tort? Is the
esc* _
Chattanooga speech, mode by s Mg. bold,
brave men, ana the grandest civic utterance
that ever posted the llpe or man, and urns
received by on Intellectual giant, t grand
and glorious character, who replied by any-
(. In anbettnee: "I turn liati-ned Intentlj
lug. In substance:
to'what you have had to say. nod it'dot A
Mint a --
neb. and whilst ss at present
u°t prepared to do so yon
e, still should I come to your
concern me much, and wl
advised I am not
would wish me. atl
way Of thinking tnd Bad that nnch n course
la for the greatest good to the grrateit
number, commoner thongh I nm, I wtU do
It, by tho eternal, even though It do split
We have made such * wooderfn! stride In
the attain of the world end advanced no
much In wraith that It would bn aulrtdsl to
change sstU
. 1 deep root.
, - strongly entrenched In
-wer and m —
tbe common people to make a chang
tbe reforms enacted have taken deep
Rooaerelt Is eo strongly entrencL--
power and so atoutly supported by the
common people that be can thwart the
throats of combinations and reader onto tbe
reader onto tbe
people what belongs to the people, and not
give n fuvored few what belongs to the
HiI haa sent many good Democrats
to till high offices aud their actions have
the general coffers Blind. Why should wa
halt or eves falter In our march of prog,
roast He has allowed onr Mouthers states
to Import her own emlsrante. On April IS I
And that mors than to.coo emigrants passed
through the gates st Ellis Island, andwhen
nor Southern emigrant stations are estab
lished we writs aee these emigrants flocking
to oar generous climate and tilling onr fer
tile noli till the whole Month will be a verit
able garden and wg will be tbe greatest
credit nation of the world.
If you polltlclnna would only let ns com
mon people vote for tbe president of onr
choice and the senator of onr liking and a
Aa you have done the Central *9 do ac directed we would
Jnlon. and thereby eighteen un- '''TrSlt «'"«« .nd yon will Bad that we
make no mlsttkt* ouc* r# nr*» informed
great Injustice, and an Injury, we ask through the medium of The (ieorsthi
“ BUS
THE SLAVE IN THE SOUTH
AND THE WEST INDIES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In reference to that,’ decided
ly peculiar and moat comical Il
logical article on the Southern slave
question by the New York Sun, In con
tradiction to a Mr. Baker, I, a Scotch
nun, with your permission, should like
you to print a few words on the sub
ject.
Before the British Emancipation act
the negro was sold to the English cap
italist by African tribes, who con
trolled the slave market for a mere
song and shipped In droves to the West
Indies. Those that survived the or
deal of transportation, which at that
time was frightful, were forced to work
on their plantations there. Being
bought and sold at a low estimate, they
were valued at a low estimate, made
to work from sunrise to sun down, In
torrid weather and an overseer's as
sistant, an Ignorant black like them
selves, over them to lash their backs
should exhaustion compel them to rest
a moment.
The English owner sent his superin
tendent there to manage his estates and
he himself, with a few exceptions,- knew
nothing of the existing conditions, nev
er visiting the country. Their slaves
were treated wtb less respect than n
dog. and If they ehould escape, were
hunted and destroyed by them. The
cruelty to those poor wretches was In
describable, Inhuman to an awful de
gree. and It must have been on those
conditions and no other that “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin” was based.
In the South the negro was a valua
ble asset to a plantation owner and
therefore treated and cared for as such,
ths planter naturally understanding
that If he wanted good returns for
money Invested, the slave must be
treated decently and kindly, otherwise
was bound to expect poor results.
Perhaps under exceptional treatment
a slave might have tried to escape from
his msster, but such coses were ex
tremely rare. If they were tracked by
blood hounds the blood hounds were
always kept under leash, as logic and
common reason will explain. One does
not want valuabls property devoured
by dogs. The West Indian negro was
at a discount and, though free, remains
in that condition today. Grossly Igno
rant, lazy and indifferent to their sur
roundings.
Ths negro of the South was a costly
Investment to a Southern planter and
he endeavored to elevate the darky’s
mind with the Idea of him using Judg
ment In what he was sst to do.
The civilised world loves to Judge
conditions by exceptions and exceptions
prove the rule. The Sun knows better.
Truly yours,
C. I KINSEY.
Atlanta, Oa.
APPEAL FOR THE
BOY8' HIGH SCHOOL.
Tq the Editor of The Georgian:
While your light for Improved school
buildings goes on, no one has even
raised a voice in behalf of the Boys'
High School, being unaware that one
of the greatest schools In the South
was In great need of another build
ing.
The people of Atlanta, with true “At-
lantu Spirit,” responded to the call for
Seeking gold at the end
of a rainbow is no less
sensible than trying to
“get rich quick’’ by in
vesting your money in
worthless mining stocks
or other fictitious val
ues.
Unless you can invest
in a lucrative business
and devote your entire
time and attention to it,
by far the more conser
vative plan would be to
consider the advantages
of our Certificate of De
posit paying four per
interest.
MADD0X-RUCKER
BANKING CO.,
Broad and Alabama Streets.
CHURCH AT WEST END
With a large congregation present,
the West End Presbyterian church cel
ebrated Its twentieth anniversary Sun
day morning. The memorial address
was delivered by Rev. M. P. Mathis, ot
Carteravllle, who was the first pastor ot
the church when It was founded twenty
years ago.
A letter of congratulation upon the
growth of the church was sent the con
gregation by Its second pastor, Rev. E.
R. Bull, now of Scranton, Pa.
At the close of the service Sunday
morning a subscription to the amount
of $10,760 was taken and will be used
In remodeling the church building.
The third and present pastor of the
church is Rev. L. R. Walker.
PROHIBITS EIGHT
RENEWED IN VALDOSTA
an auditorium. When count:!! desired
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta, Ga., May 6.—Another great
prohibition rally was held at the court
house here yesterday afternoon, W. D.
Upshaw. "Earnest Willie,” of Atlanta,
being the principal speaker of the occa
sion. It Is announced that the neces-
to float the water bonds they ap
proved. At the present time there Is t
movement on for a Greater Atlanta,
and no one doubts that It will be car
ried out. So these twentieth century
projects go on and the city Is growing
arger and more progressive and we
may truly boast that we are the most
progressive city south of the Mason
and DIXon line.
But still the fact remains that the
very Institution that Is shaping the ed
ucuton of ths embryo great men of our
great city Is In great need of an an
nex.
To those unacquainted with the
school let me etste sovcral details. The
High School haa eleven eeparate class,
es. For these there are but stv school
rooms, besides two laboratories, one
machine room, one woodwork room and
one typewriting room. Now the ques
tlon Is, how can six serve for eleven?
The readers of The Georgian will ad
mlt that this Is an utter Impossibility.
You can't follow the plan. "Plant two
blades where one grew before." Boys
can't be canned like sardines. The
mind refuses to work In an unhealth-
ful school room, besides this, the health
of the boy Is Injured.
The manner In which the authorities
make up for this lack of apace Is very
sad, but true. The top floor of the
building was originally built for the
regular weekly meetings ot the Alcl-
phronlan Literary and Debating So
ciety, where the entire student body Is
addressed by tbe principal of the
school. William M. Slaton, to whose
untiring energy Is due the high place
which the Boys' High School takes In
the education of the youth of Atlanta;
and here the boys are aleo taught the
fundamental principles of oratory and
debate.
On account of the lack of room, five
school rooms have been built, thus
making the hell very much smaller,
while the rooms themselves are unlit
for school rooms.
So Inconvenient are these rooms that
they have become a byword of the
boys and are termed by them, "Chick
en Coops.”
These are not myths but facts stated
In exceedingly mild terms. Will the
people of Atlanta allow these conditions
i:o exist? Or will they In their usual
philanthropic spirit supply this great
need?
I call your attention to these facts,
Mr. Editor, In order that you may In
your eloquent style rouse the people
to action and carry out your fight for
Improved school buildings. Sincerely,
R. B. BELLE.
Hail 8torm Damaged Peach Crop.
Special to The Georgian.
Byron, Oa„ May 6.—A terrific hall
storm accompanied by much wind and
a heavy rain passed over this section
Friday afternoon, lasting about thirty
minutes and doing much damage to
growing crops nnd the peaches which
were left on the trees by tbe recent cold
snaps. Hall stones ss large aa part
ridge eggs fell thick and fast for fifteen
twenty minutes.
Hampton Roads Boat Racts.
Norfolk, Va„ May 4.—Races for ths
Battenberg cup Is the principal event
or about the expoeltton grounds to
day. The crew from the battleship Il
linois will defend It against the crew
from the British cruiser Argyle. Fifty
thousand dollars h«a been wagered on
the result of this race. Thousands have
been going to the roads In all sorts of
craft to witness tbe race.
that you correct it, and that you males
COLUMBUS R
Woodmen to Hold Banquet.
Special to The Georgian.
Hartwell, Ga., May (.—Ths local
Woodmen of the World will hold their
annual banquet at their camp hall on
next Friday evening. II. H. Wilcox,
who Is chairman of the committee on
arrangements. Is making all necessary
preparations. Several prominent mem
bers of the order are on tbs program
for short
sary number of names to the petition
calling for an election under the local
option law have about been secured.
The ladlee of the city have entered
Into the tight and formed a Woman's
Anti-Saloon League. The fight Is going
to be a very bitter one, as both sides
are lining up strongly. Tho ladles are
giving out prohibition badges and they
have arranged to have the church bells
of the city ring each day at 11 o'clock
as a signal for united prayers for ths
success of the prohibition cause.
EXPRESS RATE CUT
ALMOST IN HALF
Washington, May 8.—The Interstate
commerce commission rendered Its first
opinion In a case involving the reason,
ableness of an express rate In a case
brought by the Society of American
Florida against the United States Ex
press Company. In July, 1906. the rate
was Increased from 60 cents to $1 per
hundred pounds.
The commission rules that ths rata
should be reduced to 60 cent* per hun
dred pounds and holds that the express
company can not justify Its Increase In
rate by tho mere production of Its con
tracts with Its own agents and ths
railroad companies.
WINTER WHEAT CROP
MAY SHOW SHORTAGE
Chicago. May 6.—There la a growing
conviction on the part of many traders
and commission men that the crop of
winter wheat has been seriously dam
aged, and one excellent authority has
mode the prediction that the crop will
be about 100,000,000 bushels below that
of last year.
LONGWORTHS VISIT
LEXINGTON RACES
Loxlngton. Ky„ May 6.—Represents-
five Nicholas Longworth and Mr*.
Longworth, formerly Mias Alice L«e
Roosevelt, daughter of the presldagt.
arrived here from Cincinnati this
morning In their large touring car to
attend tho closing day of the races as*
guests of the Kentucky Racing Asso
ciation. . In honor of the distinguished
visitors one race hae been named the
Longworth Handicap."
HANDSOME HOMES
TO BE ERECTED
Plan* for the erection of three new
country residence* near Atlanta aro
being drawn by Architect E. E. Dough
erty for three well-known AUjntans
and work on the reeldences will he be
gun In a ehort while.
w'alte'r Andrews will erect a home on
Peachtree road. Rough stone and tim
ber will be used In th* conetructlon cf
the house and It will cost approximately
* 5 Hugh. T. Inman will build on West
Peachtree street, adjoining Hugh Rich
ardson's place. The house will be of
etone with tile roof and hardwood fur
nishings. Edward Inman will build a
home on the Knoll In Aneley Park and
rough stone and timber will be used In
the conetructlon. The two homes will
cost in the neighborhood of $*#,000.
2,COO GALLONS OF BEER
FOUND AT ILLICIT STILL.
Special to The Georgian.
Hartwell. Oa., May 6.—Deputy Col
lector Springer and Deputy Marshal
Grizzle made a raid on an Illicit dis
tillery a few miles east of this place,
Saturday, and captured a distillery.-to
gether with about 2,000 gallons of beer
and other materials for making liquor.
Ths owners and operators of th* etui
-have not been captured.