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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1907.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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ing Its own gas and electric light
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to the city. This should be dons nt
ones. THE GEORGIAN AND NBW8
believes that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, as they are, theru Is no good
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made as often as desired.
Condemning School Basements.
The contention of Tho Georgian
sometime ago that school basements
so far as possible should be abolished
In our city educational system, flnds
abundant confirmation and Indorse
ment In the report of the committee
consisting of Drs. Dunhgr Iloy, J. C.
Olmstead, Wcsloy Taylor and Tbeo
Toepel.
'These gentlemen unhesitatingly con
demn the use of such rooms for class
room purposes. This committee re
ports that tho rooms so used nro damp
and necessarily adjoin lavatories,
which Increases their unfitness for tho
habitation of the children. Tho light
Is poor and Injures the pupils' eyes
and the ventilation Is necessarily In
ferior.
For reasons of tho highest sanitary
Import this able and Influential com
mittee will go before the school board
at Its meeting on Thursday and rec
ommend that the use of basement
rooms for .choel purposes bo discon
tinued.
We trust that the report of tho com
mittee will be given duo and strong
consideration.
Wh»t Is a “Republican r*
Once more Tom Watson's question.
“■Where are we at?"
Col. William Riley Boyd, of Atlanta,
Is now engaged with Archbishop Ire
land In a controversy over "Peace."
The opening hour of the Georgia leg
islature waa as well attended as a pop
ular matinee performance.
Col. Charles R. Pendleton announces
that he has bought tho stock of The
Macon Telegraph. We thought he al
ways owned It.
The Washington Herald speaks of
oar coming Georgia Inauguration as
“Coronation Day." And what do you
think of that?
There are rumors that John D. Rock
efeller Is getting "fast" In his old age.
He even exceeded the speed limit In
hit auto last week and was lined.
Representative Candler's usefulness
in the present legislature will depend
Spon the permanent suppression of a
photograph made of him by The At
lanta News In 1905.
The governor that Is and the gov
ernor about to be, both fulfill Mr.
Grover Cleveland's physical standard
of a statesman.
Col. C. R. Pendldfon, of The Macon
Telegraph, has also become a devotee
and fanatic over baseball. Good!
There Is no better way to restore the
equilibrium of the colonel’s politics
than this. We look for a home run.
The answers to The Georgian's ques
tion “What Is a Republican?" are Just
as tangled and unsatisfactory as the
replies to The World's query, “What Is
a Democrat?" Things are mightily
mixed Just now.
Henry Watterson has made a se
rious, deadly effort to destroy the
Democratic party. He has called It
“an empty bottlo without a label."
hat ends hope for It In Kentucky.
WE SHALL HAVE NO WAR WITH JAPAN.
We have beard much recently of war and rumors of war with the new
Empire Kingdom of Japan.
Comments of the press indicate that the Jingo Is neither dead In our
country nor has he failed of a birth and a rapid growth in Japan.
There are those who have even suffered some Inconvenience of mlnjJ
and of spirit in the apprehension of a possible conflict with the Mikado's
people. This concern has been premature and has no foundation either
In the probabilities of war or In the outComo of the war if It should occur.
But from first to last these rumors have been apparently without
foundation. The other day Count Okuma was quoted at Toklo as thun
dering against the United States because of the last Japanese Incident In
San Francisco. He personally assuured The New York World’s represen
tative that his Intentions were entirely pacific. The Japanese ambassa
dor tt Washington quietly remarked that Count Okuma Is a private citizen
and the Japanese foreign minister Informed his home government that
tho San Francisco Incident did not deserve diplomatic attention.
Again Count Itaglkl w'nB quoted In Toklo as declaring that hundreds
of warships should he assembled In Toklo Bay and that Japan should con
front America In the attitude of being ready to meet the Americans In
battle forthwith If they rejected Japan's demands.
Count Itaglkl, like Count Okuma, Is also a private citizen and with
out official responsibility behind him. But when The World's correspond
ent asked If he was correctly quoted, he replied that there was no room
to doubt that America would be true to the spirit of Justice and humanity
shown by Perry In opening Japan, thus assuring the continuance of peace
and friendship.
And so these rumors traced to their source sink Into mere Idle gos
sip and have no foundation either In the unjust attitude of the United
States or In the belligerent spirit of the people of Japan.
GOVERNOR TERRELL'S LAST MESSAGE.
The message of Governor Terrell, read to both branches of the gen
eral assembly on Wednesday, Is perhaps the last official document of pub
lic nature which will bear his name. This utterance closes for a time
at least one of the longest official careers that Georgia has known. Be
ginning as a country lawyer In tho county of Meriwether, and progress
ing through tho house of representatives and the sonate, through the at
torney generalship to two terms as governor of Georgia, Joseph M. Ter
rell has occupied for a long term of years a position of prominence and
Influence In the councils of the state.
The Georgian has, upon another and recent occasion, commented
u|Kin tho merits nnd services of the retiring executive, and we desire now
merely to commend the spirit and tenor of his last message to the general
nssombly.
Governor Terrell has manifested from the beginning a very active
public Interest iu all matters relating to education and has given much
of his time and attention to this vital department of our state affairs. His
final suggestions nre both timely and forceful. The prompt and ade
quate payment of teachers, more liberal appropriations of money for
stato Institutions of learning, and the'encouragement and direction of the
new agricultural colleges make up a themo upon which an official of long
experience might close with dignity and with usefulness his term of office.
Wo feel sure that tho governor-elect of Georgia will be found as well
In tho forefront of this great cause of education, and that all of his mag
nificent vigor and his great Influence will give further Impetus to tho
cause of the children and the children’s minds, Wo cordially wish Gov
ernor Terrell, In his retirement from office, the abundant success which
his genial nature, his abundant experience and bis vigorous talents and'
diplomacy so logically promise for the remainder of his career.
SPEAKER SLATON.
It Is a notable and well deserved compliment which the lower house
of the general assembly has paid to the Hon. John M. Slaton, of Fulton,
In re-electing him to the speakership of that body, which Is in point of
official dignity the third office In the state.
Speaker Slaton won the admiration and respect of his fellowB in the
dignity, skill and ability with which he conducted the affairs of the house
in Its last session. In, his knowledge of parliamentary law, in his urbanity
of manner and in his prompt and faithful attention both to the duties
and to the amenities of his office, he has made one of the best speakers
that the lower house of the general assembly has ^tnown In many years.
The testimonial given to the speaker at the conclusion of the last
session was a gratifying tribute from able contemporaries to a distin
guished presiding officer and we feel sure that the present session will
add rather than detract from the laurels which this able young repre
sentative of Fulton has achieved.
With youth, health, ability and ambition, the speaker of the Georgia
house Is a figure to be admired and to be watched with Interest In the
years to come.
The Texas people are really getting
serious about the Culberson bpom.
The Washington Post scores a good
one In defining a Democrat as “a male
person who seldom acquires a sore
throat as a result of cheering the elec
tion returns.”
FOR THE NEW COUNTY OF COOK.
No new county that has como unformed but aspiring before the
Georgia legislature, Is founded upona better reason and a sounder claim
than the county of which Barnesvlllo seeks to bo the capital, and whose
name Is taken from gallant old Phil Cook of a former day In Georgia.
The proposed county, Including western Monroe and eastern Pike,
embraces a territory twolvo by fifteen miles with Barnesvllle M Its center.
The accessibility of Barnesvllle nnd tho inaccessibility of Zebulon to
this territory Is a strong reason for a new county and a pew county seat
Friction between the two ends of the county makes another reason for
separation. The new county will contain 174 square miles, over eleven
thousand population, and Its taxable wealth will place It above the aver
age of the counties of tho state.
For the rest, Barnesvllle Itself, In Its history. In Its achievements and
In Its promise, Is atmoBt a conclusive argument for anything which
Barnesvlllo tliay ask of the commonwealth.
In education, In liberality, In Industrial development and In central lo
cation tt Is beyond all flattery one of the strongest, soundest and most pro
gressive municipalities In the state.
vor a quarter of a century the people of this goodly city have been
asking for the change that will minister so largely to their convenience,
prosperity and Importance.
There Is no reason which can be assigned In the Georgia legislature
against this proposition which weighs against the multitude of good reasons
why this general assembly should create the county of Phil Cook with
Barnesvllle as its capital.
We trust this may be right speedily done.
It Is easier In the world to live after
the world's opinion; it Is easy In soli
tude to live after our own; but the
treat man Is he, who In the midst of
he crowd, keeps with perfect sweet
ness the Independence of solitude.
Self-reliance.—Emerson.
A POSSIBLE THING.
From The Nashville American.
Hon. Leonidas Livingston, of Geor
gia, hits been a member of congress for
sixteen years. He Is a Confederate vet
eran, Is a practical farmer and had been
president of the Georgia State Alliance
three years when he was elected to con
gress. His character as a Democrat Is
undisputed. Viewing the situation, he
says: "T t he Democratic party Is Just
now more In need of common sense and
a little practical politics than anything
else." As to the forces of radicalism,
Mr. Livingston expresses this opinion:
"Hearst would be especially strong
against Bryan, for he would draw’ from
tho same element to which Bryan ap
peals. In the cities Hearst would take
nearly all of Bryan's strength. No one
realizes this better than Bryan himself,
and It Is a question whether Bryan
would accept the nomination with
Hearst in the field. With Hearst bent
on running at the head of the Inde
pendence League ticket, and tho proba
bility that Bryan will not accept a
nomination, who can the Democratic
party put in the field? If we are to
win next year It must be with a man
who will draw from tho dissatisfied Re
publican element enough votes to elect.”
Mr. Livingston Is a shrewd and ex
perienced observer, and Is familiar with
the depths and shoals and cross-cur
rents of politics. Hearst does not ex
pect to be nominated for president by
a Democratic convention. Ho will have
himself nominated by the "Independ
ence League," of which he Is the leader.
His nomination would make doubly
sure the defeat of Bryan. The spirit of
revenge has burned in the breast of
Hearst ever since the St. Louis con
vention, when Bryan failed to repay
some of tho Hearst favors by aiding
the latter In his foolish attempt to be
nominated. He snubbed Bryan on the
latter's return from abroad, and though
j Bryan has sought to restore the old re-
| latlonship and has had soft words for
• Hearst, tho latter has refused to rcclp-
| rocatc. The Hearst Influence will bo
| against Bryan.
j The Democrats, of course, will not
I nominate Hearst, but Hearst can get a
nomination of ills own If ho wants It.
! And he would get a large vote from a
i class that would otherwise bo for Mr.
| Bryan—the more radical the candidate
; tho hotter they would like him. It will
bo Interesting to watch the moves of
political candidates and schemes In both
parties during the next ten months.
What a field It would be If the candi
dates were to be Roosevelt, Bryan nnd
Hearst. Tho radicals, socialists and
visionaries would be In their glory.
They couldn’t lose. But It would bo a
situation to mako the judicious grieve.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From Tho Chicago News.)
Where there's a will there always Is an
heir.
rights for all and special privileges for
none?. Women have no voice In selecting
the hoots their children must study for fire
years at a stretch.
The board of lady visitors appointed by
the mayor reports to the board of educa
tion what they see around aud about the
school houses, hut they ran uot vote to
change 111 condltloua if they think such
changes would 1)0 beneficial.
Really. It appears to he a mere compli
ment; perhaps it might he regarded
sort of "sop to Cerberus,"
cvcr-nd
should be plneed ou the board of educa
tion in Georgia, an In the rune lu many
of the states In the United Staten.
We honor James Key that he stands
against odds In his determined fight for
the rights of the people to elect their own
public servants, their salaries paid with the
money contributed by the people .for that
purpose. We hope he will not weary In
well doing, hut will shortly take up the
cudgels aud fight the buttles of the unrep*
resented half of the people, the women o]
Atlanta. Women admire brave men, and
Mr. Key Is uot nfrald to sny what he
thinks, nnd he generally thinks right. At
some women see it, there rnn be nothing
disastrous lu the people electing the super
Intendent of the Atlanta public schools. It
Is much easier to purchase the votes of a
few men on the board of education than
It will be to buy the votes of the large
body of men who nre counted ns “the peo
ple" by the law, ns It now stnuds. From
nil this newspaper tnlk here lately concern
ing electing a superintendent for our pub
lic schools, I Infer that in that way poli
tics is corrupted. To my way of thinking,
the masses of the people nre os Incorrupt
ible ns the few officeholders who think
they know It all.
Perhaps If "the people" have a chance
to vote for nil officers, there may be n
change In business nil around. A chnuge
Is often very beneficial, and It might be
well to Inject new nnd better methods In
the school body ‘‘politics," which can only
he done by electing new officers.
Tim superintendent of Atlanta's* schools
should bo n fine man lu every sense of the
word, or he is not fit for the place. If he
can fall so low that he can even he sub
peeted of trying to bribe people to vote
for him, he Is not the man for the posi
tion. Try him, nnd If he yields to temp
tation, then that Is proof positive that he
Is not the man to lend Atlanta’s children
In the paths of righteousness nnd pence
nnd knowledge.
And what Is there so horrible Tibont
they nre the quietest of nil days, because
the saloons nro dosed; nnd we have the
Australian method of cnstlng the bnllot.
By the way. that reminds me that I must
remind you that Australia has granted full
pnrllnmentnry suffrage to her $00,000 worn-
nnd women may be elected to pnrlln-
t nnd hold any elective national office,
.liny, I want you to explain to me how
politics, which Webster says Is the "science
of government," can possibly hurt tho
schools of Atlanta?
That has been the hue and cry about
prohibition, but It Is generally conceded
now that wo can uevor do anything until
we got Into politics, and when the people
Investigate the thing thoroughly for them
selves ''saloons must go.” Just so slavery
was wiped out, nnd so It Is that women
nre becoming enfranchised In the United
States, ns well ns In other part* of the
eurth.
Agnln, I would ask yon, what la the
matter with Atlanta’s politics that they
can not clean out the dirty, dark places
and find the very best men to fill all
our offices as well or better than the old
ones have done?
MARY L. M'LKNDON.
President Georgia Woman’s Suffrage As
sociation.
Atlauta, June 25.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
Notice To Our Savings Department Patrons:
On July 1st the.regular dividend of
INTEREST AT FOUR PER CENT
per annum will be paid on all deposits entitled thereto.
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If Christ Came to Atlanta
He Would Find the Noble Little
Rescue Mission at No. 11 Central
Avenue, Just Off Decatur Street,
Doing His Work.
JOHN W. AKIN, OF BARTOW.
Out ot a strong field of gallant competitors, John W. Akin, of Bartow,
takes his seat as the president of the senate and cx-offlclo lieutenant gov*
ernor of tho state.
Tho houor has been bravely won and will be worthily worn by one of
the capable and accomplished publicists ot the state.
Coming from a race of men who have always been useful and active
in the history of Georgia, John W. Akin has added to his Inheritance the
equipment of diligent study, of high character and of long experience. He
la a scholar, n thinker nnd a debater ot high order. He Is a gentleman of
incorruptible Integrity nnd a patriot ot unquestioned fidelity to the best
interests of the people nnd of the state.
That he will hold worthily the position of trust and responsibility with
which he has been clothed, no man who knows him will for a moment
doubt. That tho senate of Georgia will be presided over with dignity,,
ability mid impartial grace, no man need fear, and that John W. Akin, of
Bartow, who is president now and lieutenant governor, may be more
hereafter, la a moat reasonable and desirable probability.
A forgiving disposition Is the firs
sclf-presorvntlon.
Never try to borrow money fron
yon hnrs had tn argument with.
No matter bow much a mnn loves n
women, she thinks he ought to love her
mors,
About the drat thing s woman requires
when she takes up the study of nrt is n
mirror.
After reading
testimonials, wo wouder
die.
It Is the "smile" of the saloonkeeper thnt
ennblss him to separate other men from
their coin.
the undertaker n Jolt.
enough to give
Some how n mnn derives n lot more
S lcnsnre from shm-tlng a woman than he
oes from belug ahockeil by one.
A PERSONAL STATEMENT.
Telegraphic statements have feen sent out by wholesale from this
city that President Roosevelt stated to a Georgian at the Jamestown ex
position that he would recede from his determination not to be a candi
date for tho presidency, and would enter the field again If he thought he
could carry a single Southern etate and thua break the solid South. That
statement In the dispatches sent out from Atlanta ha* been credited to rao
and so published by the newspapers throughout the East and West
I desire to say publicly that I gave out no such statement and that I
am not resiionslble for any llnklngbf.the president's name with such a
rumor. 1 have made no statement to anyone concerning my personal con
versation with the president at Oyster Bay, although I am aure that if that
conversation could be made public it would serve to deepen the respect
and confidence In which this great country holds the public services and
the private character of the patriot and statesman who la the chief exec
utive ot this republic. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
To tho Editor of Tho Georgian:
Aii n resident of Atlnnta for the pant for
ty-aoven years; ns a woman clmvoui politi
cally with lunatic*. Idiot* ami felon*, nnd
a* a small tax payer, 1 venture to a*k you
to Inform me why our city’s politic* nro
Dlthy and corrupt that women can not
vote, nnd tiro superintendent of tho pub
lic schools must not be elected by the peo
ple. Iti either case. It 1* supposed that
thing* In general would "go to the bow
wows," wherever thnt may be.
Women ore uot supposed to know any
thing about such matter*, but I rend In
Tuesday morning’s paper thnt several of the
members of the board of lady visitor* think
they do know nil about what a dreadful
state of nffnlr* would be brought about If
the superintendent of the public schools
should be elected by the people. There l»
nothing like holding a public office to open
one's eye* to tho mischief that "the com
mon people" can perpetrate If given «u
ARMY=NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
By SMITH CLAYTON.
Charlen Dickons once said that cloae
observers walk slowly. That is true.
The great-hearted story-tellet was per
haps the closest observer who ever lived
In London, and. If he could be revivified
In the body and take a turn some night
on Centrat avenue, near Decatur, he
would walk very elowly when he got
to the Rescue Mission at No. 11. His
pen alone could adequately tell of the
wonderful work which title soul-saving
station Is doing in Atlanta; his pen
alone could paint the plain little room,
the plain seats crowded back to the
plain doorway, the plain walls bearing
such plain words as "Where will you
spend eternity?" and other plain ques
tions; the plain little piano In the cor
ner, the singing of the plain old hymns
by tlte Intensely earnest plain men and
women whose humble, deeply penitent,
earnest faces fixed on the reclaimed
ones, drink in with Joy the words of
their experience as they tell of what
the Spirit of the Master has done for
them tn this plain little old mission.
Old-fashioned Christianity! That Is
what the observer who walks that way
any night between 9 o'clock and mid
night will see.
The Rescue Mission Is helping the
helpless to help themselves.
When the unfortunate give sincere
evidence of a desire to lead better lives
they are placed In positions where they
can earn an honest living. And every
redeemed one becomes a worker in tho
vineyard.
The other night two poor, penniless
wanderers were converted. They were
given places at once by a kind-hearted
business man and are now earning 91.50
day. Within a few days these two
brought In four other helpless ones,
whose lives were changed and who are
working at the same pay.
Now and then a crank appears at
the mission, but is gently and firmly
silenced. The wild talkers and false
srophets are carefully weeded out.
Such harmful people are liable to ap
pear In any system for uplifting the
sane and slncore.
Reaching a class that the churches
can never adequately reach, this Rescue
Mission will have to be enlarged. It
will be enlarged. The responsible bus!
ness men who support it are asking
nothing, but simply going right on with
tho good work.
It strikes the writer that charitable
people who have money to eparo could
put It tn no better use than in lending
a helping hand to tho noble men who
are going to enlarge the work of this
mission at No. 11 Central avenue.- The
best form of religious work Is helping
the helpless to help themselves.
CuMPLIMEHT PUD
TO EM HIS
How He Has Been Quick to
See Both Sides of a
Question.
High and well-deserved praise Is accord,
ert a splendid young Atlantan In an ar
ticle on the recent meeting of the South,
ern Newspaper Publishers' Association, at
Norfolk, by St. Elmo Massengale, appearing
In 'the current Issue of Practical Adrertl*.
lng.
Few people In’Atlanta do not know and
personally esteem Evelyn Harris, for years
city editor of The Atlanta Constitution
and now head of the publicity department
of the Southern Bell Telephone Comnanv
This is what Mr. Massengale In Practical
Advertising says of him;
"And now I want to speak of my nsso.
elate from Atlanta, Evelyn Harris, head of
Constitution, with which newspaper he was
for many years connected ns city editor
with the reputation of being one of the clevi
erest newspaper men in the entire South,
Mr. Harris, slneo hi* connection with the
telephone company, 1ms. according to the
testimony which I have heard on every side,
done more to make that corporation popular
among the newspaper fraternity than any
other one factor lu Its history. An expe
rienced newspaper man, ho realises tha
side of f —*—‘
newspaper
every contention
rls 1ms had both business and personal
relations with all of the members of tho
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Assocls-
tlon, and there was no mistaking his evU
der — ‘
pH
int
with the newspapers In tho territory la
•vhlch It Is located."
LAW ABOUT WEAPONS AND NE-
QROE8.
The public schools nre maintained by the
money paid Into the city's treasury by the
taxpayers, innny of whom nre women, who
■re ws I said before) rla**ed politically
with Idiots, iunntb’s and felons, and are
not permitted to have n say about polHJe
affair*, not even to Indicate their prefer
ence for the superintendent of the public
schools, who ha* It In his power to. In
large measure, make or mar the future
of the mother** boy* and girl*. There
Is not a woman on the !>oard of educa
tion lit Atlauta, although there are many
more women teacher* than men In the
schools; -therefore, if the superintendent
Is to l»e elected by the inemWra of the
board. there Is no woman there to speak
In the luterest of the women teachers end
girl dudUs. Is this Justice? is this equal later.
Washington, June 27.—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Captain George C. Doyle, Third field
artillery, detailed to attend encamp
ment of batteries of Massachusetts
militia. August 8; Captain Stephen L.
Slocum, general staff, report to chief
of staff at Washington.
Second Lieutenant Vaughn W. Coop
er, Twelfth cavalry, to Fort Oglethorpe,
thence to West Point Military Acade
my, August 22; Chaplain Henry A.
Brown, Third field artillery, to West
Point Military Academy; resignation
of Captain William 8. Biddle, Four
teenth Infantry, accepted, to take ef
fect August 19.
Navy Orders.
Commander C. McR. Winslow, to bu
reau of navigation, navy department,
July 1; Lieutenant Commander W. B.
Fletcher, detached Kentucky, July 15,
home, wait orders.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—June 25. Triton at Wash
ington, Yankton nt North River, Aba*
renda at Hampton Ronds, Milwaukee at
San Francisco; June 26, Denver and
Cleveland at Aden.
SAILED—Jpne 21, Denver and Cleve
land from Suez for Aden; June 24,
Brutus from Cape Cod Hay for Tomp-
k I ns v I lie; June 25, Ajax from Boston
for Tompkinsvllle, Caesar from San
Juan for Norfolk, Penacock from Key
West for Norfolk, Amphltrlte from Key
West for League Island. Yankton from
navy yard, New York, for North River,
N. Y.. Abarenda from Newport News
for Hampton Roads, Milwaukee from
Mare Island for San Francisco, Glazier
from Hampton Roads for Cape Cod
Bay, Florida from North River, N. Y.,
for Poughkeepsie.
Indiana detached Atlantic fieet, July
1, to navy yard. League Island, to be
placed In reserve; Iowa detached At
lantic fleet, July 1, to navy yard, Nor
folk, to be placed In reserve. Caesar
Is towing light house tender Pansy.
VALUE OF~PROPERTY
GREATLY INCREA8UD.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
Your editorial In Tuesday evening’s edi
tion. entitled. "Disarm All Negro Excur
sionists." In brought about by the shooting
of ii well-known and prominent young olt-
Isen. While we deeply deplore such sad
occurrences, yet It generally requires a trag
ical episode to awaken our people to the
laxity of our law*. Then they jump nt mo \ TXT CJfiTH?TYTTT IP T>Tr T
once to definite action, but, like a thunder litAliN DLlUai/ULL iilijJj
*torm, the effect I* soon past, and forgotten
until another occurrence appals us.
Anticipating thl* danger, I wrote an arti
cle lost November to pne of the Atlanta
dallle*, ond which wo* kindly printed, In
CAPITOL NEEDS
MANY REPAIRS
The final report of Keeper of tho
Public Buildings and Grounds James
A. Hall has been made to Governor
Terrell. Saturday Mr*,Hall retires, and
George Tumlln, of Carrollton, assumes
the duties of the office.
During this spring, new Insurance for
a period of five years on the state’s
property was taken out. The total
amount carried on the various proper
ties of the state is $1,145,400, on which
the premium foots up $32,567.72.
Mr. Hall calls attention to the heavy
expenditures of the past year through
having to fit up quarters for the court
of appeals. He says that Important
and pressing repairs are needed on both
the capitol and the executive mansion.
The dome and roof of the capitol need
paint sadly, and the plastering In both
the senate and house needs repair. Ho
calls attention to the condition of tho
basement of the capitol also.
Mr. Hall says that It is only a ques
tion of time when the state must pro
vide more room either by building an
annex or otherwise. The executive
mansion Is old and needs constant re
pairing.
Expenditures for 1906 were $21,799,
and for 1907 up to June 30, $15,033.
turaii, uitti ■iininn mj iim'
pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers, ami
calling attention at the same time to the
Inrge number of shops on Decatur street
where these articles could be purchased.
Citizens will recall thnt during the anx
ious time* last September, the houses of
the colored citizens were entered by tho
police nnd mllltln nnd searched for fire
arm*, nnd that tho colored people’s cloth
ing was subjected to the same treatment,
and the flrenrma taken from them. The citi
zen* will also remember thnt It wo* im
possible for n lnw-nbldlng person to pur
chase n gun. revolver, and oven ammuni
tion, without a written permit from the
TO BE INTRODUCED
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., June 27.—The totals of
the assessment made this year by the
city tax assessors as read at council
show an Increase of $185,125 In taxable
property over last year, while the in
crease In property exempt from taxa
tion will advance the total Increase to
$191,285.
PROF. ROBINSON HEADS
ELLIJAY INSTITUTE.
Special to The Georgian.
EHlJay, G-.v June 2*.—Tho board
of trustees of Elitjay Institute has
elected Professor J. N. Robinson, of
Blandvtlle, Ky., principal for the next
term, and Mis* Florence Simmons, of
Cartecay, Ga., first assistant. The other
two assistant teachers will be elected
so n gii
j, withe . _
commanding officer In charge of the actl
mllltln on duty. But how long dbl thl*
strict martini law prevail?
In a week, with the necessary cash, any
no mntter who or wlint color, nnd
^qulr
, . ............ pn non—ond
to assume thnt four-firths of tin .
of tlie city nnd county nre fully equipped
with guns nt the present moment.
Your editorial suggests the proprletv of
searching every negro who start* out for
n holiday or picnic, nnd dispossessing hltn
of his pistol nnd bottlo of liquor. Who
has thnt right? Did not one of the court*
of law a few week* ago rule thnt the law
dbl not nermlt nn officer to senreh tho
person or any one suspected or known
to carry a concealed weapon, or upon In
formation to that effect, unless he had
displayed it for the purpose of doing bodily
harm; In which ease, n charge for "car
rying concealed weapon*" could be made
against the defendant?
Let our lnw-mnkers study the action of
the grand jury of C’Uirke county. Georgia,
Then In session Inst fall, wherebv requlr-
for thnt pnroose. and pay a license (regis
tering fee) for the privilege of possessing
firearms; the gun or pistol to be number
ed. nnd when stolon, sold or otherwise dis
posed of. the fnct to he nt once registered
In due form. The firearm thus becomes «
witness nnd n clew to a tragedy or mvstery
nnd acts the part of a detective.
Can not some active member of onr lo
cal legislature bring forward some measure
that will In time find favor with the
house, regulating the law respecting the
currying of concealed weapons, this law
to be gradually enlarged nnd become not
local, but general throughout the rountrv
GEORGE WILSON STEWART.
Atlanta, Os.
Special to The Georgian.
Gainesville. Gn„ June 27.—Hons. IT.
Perry nnd 11. II. Stephens, Hall’s n
sentatlve* In the Georgia legislature,
now nt the Capital City. Colonel I’e
the senior member lu point of service
to be introduced by ......
be hi* anti-pass bill. The provisions of this
bill nre far-reaching.
A bill to be Introduced by Colonel Perry
will require the railroads to publish their
schedules.
Along with tho nbove bills will go an
other calling for a flat rate of 2 cents a
mile on nil trunk lines In Georgia. Colonel
Perry was tho father of such a measure la
the last house, but his bill met with de
feat. lie thinks that nothing less than i
flat 2-ceiit rate will satisfy the people.
Representative Stephens will Introduce ft
bill denying the privilege of any person suf
fering from tul>ereuIosia teaching in any or
the school* of this state. The measure
will be intended to safeguard the children
of Georgia who attend the schools iu this
stnte.
GOLDBERG GIVEN
YEAR SENTENCE
LIQUOR MEN CARRY
CASE TO HIGHER COURT.
Fpecinl to The Georgian.
Chattanooga. Tenn., June 27.—The
attempt of the wholesale liquor dealers
of Chattanooga to force the .Southern
Express Company to accept shipments
of liquor to prohibition towns has
received a decided setback In chancery
court. Caneellor McConnell has hand
ed down an opinion in which he holds
thnt the liquor dealers have taken the
wrong course for relief and dismisses
* Application for a mandamus.
The liquor men have appealed to the
court of appeals and will go on to the
supreme court.
Judge Roan Wednesday afternoon
gave J. Goldberg a straight sentence of
twelve months for running a disorderly
house while in charge of the Jackson
Hotel In the early part of tho year.
Goldberg was represented by Attor
neys J. D. Kilpatrick, John W. Moore
and John McClellan, Solicitor Hill pros
ecuting. •
The place was raided some time ago
by Captain Jett and a number of men
and women were found there. Goldberg
and his attorneys claimed that some "f
these were "stool pigeons," sent there
by the proprietor of a rival hotel.
It took the Jury only a few minutes
to bring in a verdiqt of guilty ana
Judge Roan Imposed a twelve months
chain gang sentence, without the al
ternative of a fine, but stated that ho
would think the matter over further
and might allow the defendant to pay a
fine.
Goldberg's attorneys Immediately
filed a motion for new trial, the hearing
being set for July 29, Goldberg Mnj
allowed his freedom In the meanwhile
upon his putting up a $200 cash bona.
ALABAMAN WINS HONOR*
AT YALE COLLEGE.
special to Tho Georgian.
Anniston/Ala., June 27.—A telegram
has been received in the city Matin*
that at the commencement .of the l-
Law School Nell P. Stem, of this ciij*
hail been awarded the Marshall ,
prize. This is a prize of $50 awaraej
to the member of the second year < • -
who attains the highest stand in f- •
arship. This is the second time -J*
Stern has led his class, numberwj
about 200 men, having been u-‘
the first honor prize in the fresnn
class last year.