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. ***** THE ATLANTA CU5Ui«=UAN AND NEWS, *,M-*rrp • i *> 1 tnunDUAI, 4XJUX 10, IVtrr. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Bunder) Qy THC GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 75 West Ataberae fit.. Atlanta. Ge, Subeoription Rates: Or.* Tear t*M S'l Month* tM Three MoniL* *•* One Month ... liy Carrier, Per Week JO Telephones connecting sll depsrt- mcnts. Loog distance terminals. resentatlves Oeofifls. Cblcsro Office Trtbnne Building New York Office Potter Balldlar the circulation department and bare It promptly remedied. Telephones: DM 4927 mate; Atlanta 4401. rirabla that all eomtnnnlca- tions Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to JOO worda In length. \ la I. *eratlvo that they be signed, as an endance of food faith. Rejected manuscript* will TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no anclcnn or rhjectionable adrertla* lag. Neither does It print whisky or sny liquor n<?». OUR PI. AND .V log Mm plants. GEORGIAN AND NEWS operated successfully by cities, as they are, there I __ reaeon why they can not »>• so oper ated here. But we do not believe this can tie done now, and It mar be soma year* before we are reedy for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should “t Its face In that direction NOW. Person., leaving the city can have The Georgian and News mailed to them regularly by send ing their order to The Georgian Office. Changes of address will be made as often as desired. The trouble about Henry Wetter- son's dark horse Is that It Is such L long ways to trot—from Minnesota to Washington. It would have boon a rare treat to have beard Seab Wright and Coving ton and Hooper Alexander and Mur pby Candler and John Akin and Jobs Knight unllmber their groat gime of eloquence in the senate and the house for prohibition. A Well Deserved Compliment. That was a handsome and well de served compliment which Governor Smith paid on Tuesday to Colonel Reuben Arnold, of the Atlanta bar. Tho American Bar Aasoelatlon, at Its last convention, asked fer the ap polntment by the governor of each •tato, of somo one lawyer of note and prominence who, with the lawyers ot Other states, would meet for the es sential reform In certain laws of gen eral Interest and application. The object of this committee was to establish a uniformity of laws, espe cially In such matters a* the divorce law, which Is ot wide and aggravat ing difference throughout the oountry. The laws also for the exchange of Commercial papers and documsnts vi tally require uniformity and moder ation. The request of the bar has been generally acted upon throughout the country and one of the flrst appoint ments ot the uew governor la to choose Colonel Reuben Arnold for this high and responsible duty. The governor himself Is a lawyer of largo abIMty and repute, so that hit | judgment falling upon this able and young attorney eairlos with It a com pliment and a tribute which Is much higher than any mere approval which a newspaper Indorsement can give, but we do not tesltute tn this con | nectlon to congratulate the governor i upon the wisdom of his appointment.j and to congratulate the able sad sc - compllshed young attorney npou the' commission which entails upon him both honor and grant responsibility. I Exchange of School Books. That Is quite a sensible suggestion which Mr. E. E. Griggs makes In to day's Georgian regarding change of schorl books In public achooia To tbe mnsy families whose children attend tbe public schools of Atlanta and of Georgia, the Horn of school books Is one of considerable moment and It would be no small relief to the scanty pockets of these worthy patrons If the system suggested by, Mr. Ortega could give time to the parents ot these school children to effect an exchange la school books which otherwise have to be bought and paid for. We commend Mr. Griggs' sugges tion to those who have this matter In charge, and trust that out of It may be developed some system for the sat isfaction of those who are flnaneiaUy Interested la this matter. TACTICS OP THE OPPOSITION. Tito opposition to the Ilardman-Covington bill has by no means abandoned the fiitht. - Tho understanding now is that it will attempt to filibuster the bill to death. After the passage of the bill by the senate last Saturday, it was announced that the liquor men had virtually abandoned the field, but with the opening of this week’s session, it was seen that the advocates of the liquor regime wero still on hand/ One by one certain old-time lobbyists, who have been under cover for some time now, have been seen lying around tho lead ing hotels. It is not thought those dear old friends are in Atlanta for their health. It is now pretty generally understood that a fierce fight will be made by means of obstructive tactics. For instance, the Dunbar resolution, introduced Monday, which seeks to inquire into tho condition of the treasury at this time, has that look to it. The consideration of the bill will bo postponed as long as possible, and when it does come up, a dosperato effort will bo made to postpone the date at which it is to take affect till Janu ary, 1909. At the proper time the opposition will resort to fili bustering tactics to postpone action, and thus force a compromise. It is reported that tho liquor men are openly boasting of having-bought four senators during the fight on the Willingham bill five years ago, and thus secured its defeat. It is not thought, however, that anything of this hind can bo effected with tho present house, and the friends of the bill are confident of final victory. In the meantime, The Georgian will furnish the people all the news concerning what promises to bo the greatest fight In the history of the state. Let the people throughout Georgia con tinue to assemble in mass meetings -for tho purpose of express ing their wishes. The Georgian will furnish them with informa tion as to how each member votes on all dilatory tactics, as well as on the main bill. This is the people’s fight against the money of the liquor power. f ' Write to your representative, and ask him to resist the ef. forts of a small minority to block tho will of the vast majority of the people of Georgia. THE ‘‘OID OAMPEADORS” OF PROHIBITION, i Has any one thought of It that tho beginning of this sweeping wave of prohibition, the beginning and ond of tho liquor Waterloo, datos back to Cartersvllle and an effort to take advantage of a dead man's departure from the -Itadel of temperanco that he had bulltT Bartow county and the city of Cartersvllle registered the flrst act ot the liquor men to test their new atrongth and to try their chances with Sam Jones out ot the way. Well, they tried It. But It was discovered that Sam Jones dead was as strong as Sam Jones living. The vote In Cartersvllle was 1,787 to sus tain the dead prohibitionist against 75 to discredit the work which ho had done. It was so In Atlanta—that thoso who ought to have been tho defend ers of Henry Grady's best work, and tho preservers ot that which ho himself declared that he desired to be remembered when every other ut terance hnd been forgotten, sought to link him with compromise and sub terfuge ou this liquor question. But It was discovered that Henry Grady’s word* were as strong on paper as thoy had been on the Ups of tho ora tor and that they had gono forth each an evangel carrying righteous ness and conviction. You remember the story of the Cld Campeador and the Moors ot Spain? Spain had been trampled by the Moors and tho Moorish armies hed run rough-shod over Aragon and Castile, until thore developed from tho 8panlah ranks a soldier of Incomparable courage and repute. Ho was the Cld Campeador and with the Cld at the head ot their armies, step by step the enemy was driven back across the border until his namo and his presence became invincible and tho enemy fled at the sight of his martial form loading the nrmtei of Sputa. B it the Cld died from a wound caused by a shot fired by the rerout ing Moor*, and at the rumor of hi* donth the discourage-* armies of the Moors rallied and with now faith and courage returned to the field. The Spaniards wero demoralised and panic stricken at tho return ot tbe Moora, with tbelr redoubtable leader lost. Suddenly a brilliant In spiration came to their wise officers. The freshly burled body of the Cld was taken from the grave, Ita familiar armor was put' upon It, the body was strapped aero** the saddle of the charger that had carried him upon a hundred battle fields, and with his sword in hit hand tho dead Cld at the head of hi* army marched out once more to battle. When the Moors saw the figure thst was linked with victory and had never known defeat, they fled without a battle and the Cld riding at tho head ot the Spanish army achieved hts greatest victory after bin death. ft Is so with the Cid Campeodnrs ot ths cause of temperance. They had fought In many a gallant conflict and won in many a gallant victory, and when they died the enemies of temperance took courage to renew the strife with the hope of victory ovor Its redoubtable champlone. But the spirit ot Jones and the spirit of Grady panoplied In the ar mor of their shining words, and with tbe flaming sword ot logic and of truth In their eloquent sentences, have mado them onco more tho heads of the prohibition army, as effective and Invincible In death as they ever were In the proudest moments of their lives. | WHY THEY OPPOSE PROHIBITION To the Editor of Tho Georgian: . _ , ... vu*en The city councils and liquor m ea ,n FtZftfjJHSinSV aK ain controlling tho Georgia legislature fo r yea***- They are attempting it and seem almost frantic now that th 6 * 1,ke| y t0 fal1 t0 defeat P r ° mDl 0n i have'been at the pain, to find out what tbe nefarious traffic pays these several cities. I And that It pa>' 8 them a. follows: Atlanta t f®’®££ Macon *i'“®® Albany * ”'‘®S Columbus 20,000 To thl. Is to be added about 250.®®® the diabolic traffic Is paying tne other eleven saloon towns In the state- „ , Here we hare the reason why th« city councils In these Hquor-curseu cities are exerting themselves so against the Hardman-Covlngton hill. And now for tho reason why tho Hfluor men are so strenuously oppos^ g During the fiscal year ending Ju n » J®. 18 ®J- the Internal revenue re- celpte from liquors In Georgia was |8M.*®7- During the aame Tear h traffic paid the state more than J2O0.0C0 and sixteen Goorgla towns lioo.eoo. So the nefarious traffic pays the general government, the state or Georgia and sixteen Georgia towns more than 11,000,000 Just for the pnv lege of selling liquor In twenty-eight Georaja towns. -, And It Is evident from their frantic efforts to defeat the Hardman-cov. ington bill that they are anxious to oontlnue to pay It. And it Is equally evident that t« afford this voot expenditure for Just one Item of their expense, the buslne»» is taking from the people millions oi dollars every year. And for these millions they are giving the people noth ing of value—only a deadly poison, according to the best medical authority In the world—almost worthless as a remedy, having bur one medical prop erty, that of a heart stimulant. . The consumers of these liquors and their families would be far better off to 1-rn tho money than to pay It for liquors. From these facts we can see that the business can well afford to pay vast sums to defeat pro hibition. . ... . When tho Willingham bill was defeated In the senate. It was admitted that much money was used—one statement placing It at 190.000. When tne vote was taken senators were hid out, could not be found by telegram or otherwise. Senators trained with the prohibitionists till the last moment, when they voted against ths bill. The diabolic business can well afford to pay a million dollars to defeat the Hardman-Covlngton bill and perpetuate the traffic two years In Geor gia. Quite a number of the members of the house can get rich now by voting ngatnst the bill or by pairing or by dodging. „ White Plains, Qa. A. J. HUGHEa ARBY-NAYY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS ENCOURAGES GEORGIAN IN ITS STAND FOR RIGHT To the Editor of The Georgian: No step you could hare taken on any question would have embalmed you In the hearts of the people as has your manly declaration for state prohibition. Aa an evidence of this appreciation, I expect to see The Georgian grow by leaps and bounds. It will soon have ths largest circulation ot any paper In the state. A few business men may withdraw thelr advertisements from your columns because of your position, but this will bo temporary and of short duration. Business men want the best advertising medium they can get, and whether they agreo with you or not, as they witness the rapid Increase In your circulation, they will not commit the suicidal act of boycotting The Georgian when they see how the use of Its columns will bring dollars Into their tills. For, acting under a noble nnd Chris tian Inspiration, In unselfishly espous ing the cause of God and home and native land, without the hope of re ward or the fear of punishment. In ad dition to the spiritual blesslngs.pourlng Into your soul, God will give you great prosperity In material blessings. Sincerely, W. C. DAVIS. A IT’S C0MING-Y0U CANT KEEP IT BACK Army Orders. Washington. July 18.—Majors John h. Cree and Detamcro Slicrrett nnd Captains Itlchard B. Campbell. Thomas B. Lnmor- enux, Henry H. Whitney. Lewis P.. Bur gess. Edwlu Lnudon, Thomas Q. Ashhurn, Clifton C. Carter and nonry II. Sheen, all of the coast artillery corps, to Schenectady for Instruction. Captain Stephen L. Slocum, from Thir teenth to First cavalry; Captain John Mc- Cllntock, Thirteenth cavalry to proper sta tion; Captain If. W, Wtgmoro. corps of en gineer!, to second battalion cnglnears, Washington Barracks; Cnptaln Micbnel J. McDonough, corps of cnghtcors, Military Academy, to Third battalion of engineer!. Fort Leavenworth. ... _ _ _ First Usutenant DoWlhta C-Jenos, F. B. Wllby and Clarence S. Kldlty, turps of en gineers, from Third battalion of engineers to engineer school. Wsshlngton Barracks, October 1. • CapUIn Henry C. Bnlther. Fifteenth car- ftlry, end Second Lieutenant Charles 1\ Thompaon. Thirteenth infantry, to Weet Point, Military Academy, September L Navy Orders. Captain J. B. Murdock, detached (renernl board to command Rock Island arsenal; Captain A. W. Dodd, retired, to duty as In* Bpector of ordnance In chargo naval roaga- ivy yard, Mare Island; Commander Donne, detached Prairie, home to avralt orders: Lleutennnt-Conjnmnder A. A. Ackerman, detached naval station, Gunn* tnnamo, to command Prairie; Lieutenant* Compandor F. IL Clark, Jr., additional duty as Inspector of ordnance. Watervllot arsenal; Midshipman S. F. Ileln. to Ne braska. Movements of Veasels, . ARRIVED—July 15: Olympia, Arkansas, w London, Brutus Nanshen at Che- 4% Certificates of Deposit A safe, convenient and prof itable form of investment for persons who desire to be free from the anxiety and care connected with mortgages and other securities. Amply secured by our fi. naneial responsibility of over ono million dollars. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. J too. July 18: Helena and Qulroi at Shana. hai, Alexander at Cavite. SAILED—July 35: Lebanon from Lambert for Breford. July 18: Cincinnati from Shanghai for Cavlta. St. Louis from Monte video for bandy l'ulnt. Buffalo from tMr, Iilaud for Fuget Found, Ohio from Ilimn. ton Ilond. for navy yard. New York- Charleston, from Astorln for Baqulmault. July 17: Denver nnd Cleveland from Co- lombo for Singapore. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE COMMENDS TH E GEORGIAN By J. C. SOLOMON, Stnta Superintendent. All eorta of rumors are afloat—ru mor, which ordinarily would prejudice our cause—but let non. of these thing, move you. Let our prohibition friend, stick to gether—work right on faithfully and heroically and wisely—all the time trusting In God, and w« will win out. The Lord God Almighty la governor of the universe, and He will not always 1st the enemy tramplo on His people. He Is now with them. Hb will hear their cries and will deliver th.m from the liquor bondage. Our senate has Immortalised Itself and Georgia owes thirty-four senators a debt of everlasting gratitude. Thank God. the Georgia senate was unterrlfled and unpurchasable—Just wasn't for sale! And so let us pray and believe that the h'ous. shall stand as Arm as Gibraltar, defying and re pulsing evsry wave that may beat upon It coming from tho liquor barons or from ths devil blmsolf. The people of Georgia are demanding prohibition and the bill must pass. Tbe hour of God has struck. De liverance Is at the door. Stand on the hilltop, men, and see tbe dawnlnr of a brighter day. OPEN LETTER TO LEGISLATURE WRITTEN BY REV. H. J. ELLIS To the Membors of tbe General Assembly:! Gentlemen: Plena do not count me lire- sumptuous In udklng this appenl for prohi bition. The burden of earnest, anient ilu- slr. Is on tho heart, of multiplied tb.m-i sand, sll over tho land. If tbe vote of lest Hntuntay Is a forecast of tbo Sail result, then Haturday, July 13, ond that day on ■OM .. - . ., tlk , ,| ml |, r notion. ys In tho history of -or vary brightest alt history, morally and tlnanclully. I have not a doubt personally that, la lesa than two years, and thus ou, for tlmu Immemorial, your children and grandchild dren will bo exceedlugly glad that you 1 ware members of the legislature of 3907. I For twenty years I have watched and atud- !fod closely tbe history and progress of pro- : hlbltlon In our own ami other states. The flippancy with which men who know acarce- ly anything about the matter pronounce pro- A LITTLE SERMON ON THE HAPPINESS OF BEING POOR. There was ones s woman who had an alabaster box of ointment, and «h. poured this valuable gift over the head of ths Master, ss ho stt at meat In an bumble homo In the vlllnge of Bethany. tSo sooner wss this set witness,d than It gave vent to an objection: To whet purpose is this waste?" The men who saw It regarded this set si simply throwing away material that had a commercial value. We are sll apt to think of gifts In dollars and cents. We see, or want to see mons.- In evorythlng that we do. We are money-mad sud. being so, we are apt to color our vision with It. It Is no new luflnnlty. but It gets too much attention nowadays and drives sway the swsetness and beauty of life. Life can be made happy without much money or without emphasising this element Take tne little that yon are getting and take enjoyment In Its uso. It may be hsrd discipline to do this aud may demand courage and patience In the trial. But It Is worth trying. The mao who has t little can moro recdlly got ths secret of enjoying life than the man who hat much and wants mors. It Is this everlasting dertre to get more and make a better showing that Is oppressing so many minds In these days and driving them to self- destruction. Wealth does not bring continued happiness. It Is no rest pleasure to think of ways and means to spond s large Income. It Is the mao ot small means who can be really happy. If be will safe guard bis condition with simple tastes and desires. He can look beyond money. He can make bis pleasures apart from bit material possessions. He esn think sway from ths chains of riches and enter a Held of pleasure, which he can sow with his own seeds of ex perience drawn from his personal battles and struggles. How to be happy, though poor. Is no dream ot tbe Imagination. this class who are really happy In life today, when they take their and make •». go so far and then think they have done their best with Its use. This woman gave up ointment worth flfty dollars, tbe annnal wage ot one man In those days. She made herself happy In her act, even though aho made herself poor by the sacrifice. This Is the true secret of living—making yourself happr—and It can be done upon the baals of haring little more than upon the necessity of having much. To learn this will let sunshine and peace enter the humblest home and keep It radiant with the Joya that the mere possession of money does not give and cannot give. r" rum l^H I Mind tigers about the city:' thereforo, pro- ! hlbltlon In Utlno is a failure. I luring a ! campaign aomc yearn ago, I wrote to Iho j governor of tbo state far full, iloDulte aud MM pointed to with pride by tbo faithful advo cates of teui>erftnce, not ouly at home, but tn foreign countries. Its claim for public support rests upon Its good effects In our state, and whatever «U» It has been adopt ed.** Her. H. C. Munson. Indorsed by Governor Bold* lu a private letter as "reliable.* In a letter to the National Law and Order League, »ays: "The last many thousai taken every m nation, believing that nothing should — disguised, hut th ’.t the true situation should be discovered. I have been surprised to find exceptions nre the other way now, and no man ran enjoy the highest respect and con fidence of society If It Is known that he Is la the habit of tippling." The statistical facts fnrnlshed by or Robie touching moral and financial mat ters are simply overwhelming. 8rao* for- blda^demils, but take Joat one condensed ten years. rrujieum, imu me mat mere were more arrests for drunkenness tbe first two days after tho saloons *wtye reopened than dur- Ing the two years of prohibition. I dare leading statement, ought to be exploded, and I am glad to explqda It. Atlanta tried prohibition nnd voted the saloons back. At- Junta did not do any such thing. I can to any fair-minded man that the laat statement "The Increase of crime r In the whole country, was three times greater than the Increase of population, and In Maine three times less." lion. Jnmeg G. Blaine, before he left these earthlr shores, made this nubtie state- menf: "Intemperance has steadily declined In this stats'since the first enactment of the prohibitory law. anttl now It can, with ! truth, be said that there Is no equal number of people in the Anglo-Saxon world among \ whom ao small an amount of Intoxicating 1 Iqtnor Is consumed as among the 00,000 In- .num ax. iiiniur, ass. as. . Mcn?<*n ami 70.753 of Maine’s best dtl- >ns. or John Thomas Smith, the saloon or- R or, who hat always said that prohibition a failure? I doming nearer home, let me say that the statement that prohibition wffl Injure beat- • ness Interests any. except the whisky best. (notably on tbe reopening ef saloons. I Aa to the moral effect of the • sentence or tw* Tbs station Pfovt to any fair-minded man tbal the laat election on prohibition was the most stu pendous fraud aver perpetrated In Georgia, except the famous Augusta election. In ono ward alone, of tho seven or eight, there were 440 Illegally registered voters, "not guessed at," said the chairman of tbe ward prohibition committee, "but two men together sent to Investigate street, name and number." There were many miners among them, but, chiefly, they were flctl- rious names nnd the numbers of vacant In one ward, a man wna seen voting the sixteenth time under fictitious names. "Why didn’t you have him arrested?** "I tried," said the witness, "pointed him ut to a policeman, but the policeman said he "mayor had Instructed not to arrest without a warrant," and the juices were all holding election, and no WL#|int could Ik* gotten. Don’t you see? Don’t grou see? Why didn’t you challenge voters? Did try to do eo. Had a man with the black list stnndlhg near tho polls, but n man (?) kept — up and down the long line of voters, ig atralght In front, exclaiming, tn tural voice, "Give your nani|» to no- . but the managers! Give your names to nobody but the managers!" To this day I have a mingled sense of pity and disgust for that man. It waa a dis grace to onr civilisation. Tbe opportunity of a life time Irat hand. Let the Empire State of the South take tho lead; others will soon follow, and a new *ra of pros perity ond progress will bless our sun< ~y Southland, very respectfully. Ml. J. ELLIS, Pnator MotkodUt Church. Washington, On. SOME TIMELY SUGGESTIONS REGARDING SCHOOL BOOK8 Note—Tho Georgian U simply unable to print alt ths letters our friend, nre sondlr.g ub. We are receiving them literally by hun dreds. We appreciate them more than we can tall—they encourage us to fight the harder. We wilt continue to print them aa fully na we can, however, and truat no one who has been good enough to write ua will think wo are unappreciative If we fall to get their letter* In promptly.—K»". CONGRATULATES THE STATE. The Atlanta Georgian and News, At lanta, Go.: ' Gentlemen—It seem* to be a new order of things, to be approved of God and welcomed by men, that a great dally newspaper ommltB Itself to the way of righteousness at you havo 10 recently and ao exclusively dune, I congratulate the state on the ponaei- slon of such a champion, and the church on such an ally. God and good men can not but ap prove your attitude toward the great evil of Intemperance, and your antag onism toward those things that drag men down, and they will stand by you In every way. I am yours very truly, G. F. VENABLE. Rockmart, Ga., July 12, 1907. EDITOR OFFERS HELP. Editor Atlanta Georgian: Dear Sir—I am glad to see one paper In our capital brave enough to come out flat-footed for state prohibition, and If you have any advertising mat ter for your paper, I will be glad to print IL and do all I can for The Georgian in this section. Fraternally yours. J. LAWRENCE. Ashbum, Ga., Jnly 12, 1907. FORMER GEORGIA PA8TOR. F. L. Seely, Publisher of The Atlanta Georgian: Dear Sir—As a Georgian, and once pastor of Georgia churches, I am Inter ested In the moral welfare of my na tive state. The moral forces of the state are greatly Indebted to The Geor gian for Its brave stand on the ques tion of state prohibition. They owe you a debt of gratitude and should al- wajrs remember your attitude in this crisis. I write to express my admira tion and thanks for your splendid fight for tho right. Respectfully, H. P. JACKSON, Pastor Fuller Memorial Baptist Church. Baltimore, Md„ July 11, 1907. AN OUTSPOKEN POSTMASTER. Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir—Tour stand for prohibition may not cauee your ‘‘wins presses to burst out with new wine," nor the horn of plenty cast sheckels at your feet. harvesL which you richly deserve. Sin cerely yours. C. F. FAIRES. Atlanta. Ga. PLEA8ED WITH OUR STAND. I am pleased with the etand Tho Georgian haa taken for state prohibi tion. A. B. SMITH. Valdosta, Go. INTEN8ELY~G RATIFIED. I feel Intensely gratified at the stand The Georgian has taken for state pro hibition. MISS M. THERESA GRIFFIN. ColuMbus, Ga. BEST PAPErTn"THE STATE. I have liked you and your paper very much all the while, but like you much better elnce reading your position In the fight for state prohibition. Rev. A. D. Kendrick announced tn the pulpit on last Sunday that he re garded The Georgian the best paper In the state and heartily Indorsed your position on the most Important meas ure before the people today, which, of course, Is prohibition. I especially congratulate Mr. Seely> who Is a man of wealth, and takes the position which he does, for this Is qo unusual. Yours for state prohibition, JOHN H. WILLIAMS. Douglas, Ga, FROM OCILLaVpOSTMASTER. Ws appreciate the position you have taken in the prohibition flghb which ie now on. Respectfully. II. B. SUTTON, P. M. Ocilla, Ga. FROM A CON3TANT READER. I am a conetant reader of your pa per. Am well pleased with IL »nd most heartily Indorse its course rela tive to prohibition. I am so glad that we have one editor and publisher that give us a daily against the evils el whisky. Yours, etc., S. W. BROWN. eolation consciousness of duty To the Editor of The Georglsn: I woobl like to cell your attention some sneitestlons which are practically ec_. leas nnd which will prove a greet boon to that closa of our rltlsesi who desire properly educate them, and one of the din- books used the previous year for those are need this yrer. As the system now, the children usually go to achool Monday, are classified end given a list tho hoots which they are to use, are nlssed until Wednesday, allowing them —ly one day In which to get the books. Suppose the rule should be passed making a week Intervene, end use the following ss s hypothetic*! ease: Mrs. A hts two children In school, one la the third and one In the fifth grades; Mrs. B.. her neighbor, pas two children In school, one In the one in the ‘ ere could make It a source of very little expense to etch by exchanging books; sad continuing the children tn lu school st aa Inlinltcslmnl cost; whereas, (he case Is now that tbe harden of expense ts no great tut tU parents are very mnch distressed «t tbe opening of school time to continue their children's education. The mothers or one single neighborhood could continue to ednrate all their ehlldren at perUps one- i. Just tenth the cost of the present If tU length keep- of time, was stretched to an# week and f one drop to the crystal flowing chalice. You may lose a little money at flrst, but you arc In mtghly good company. That "mighty" is the proper adjective there, too. The Georgian and God on one side are more than all that can be against you. I had rather be door keeper In the house of the Prince of Peace than king In tbe temples ot wickedness, drunkenness and debauch ery. I had rather be a yellow'cur In the back yard of a sober, kind master than a St. Bernard on the front steps of a tyrant I havo been reading The Georgian ever since the day of Its birth, and am a better man for It. And though I am an ex-editor of some ten years' expe rience, I must confess that The Geor gian Is about the only paper in which the editorials are more lnterestin* than the news, yot I consider none ol them more thrilling than your an nouncement for prohibition. Suppose the law Is not passed now. and you lose some business, I had rather be right and a pauper than wrong and a billionaire. I hod rather tit up with your conscience than lie down with the nightmares of all the other daily editors in Georgia. Pardon mo for saying so much.. I did not start out with that Intention, but tho subject Is a big one, and real Jus lice can not be done to it I only want, ed you to know that you, and your paper, and your cause, have tome staunch friend* in Screven county. Yours heartily, “HOMAS A. M Halcyondale, Ga., July destineoTor GOOD. Mr. F. L. Seely, Publisher Georgian: My Dear Mr. Seely—Your logical and forcible argument at tho Tabernacle laat night will ever remain with that audience as a guiding stnr, for those that aspire to something better ih life. Your willing sacrifice for tbe tight Is a great lesson to guard men. With a leader like you at the head of The Georgian, It Is destined to do great good, and you will reap a bountiful THOMAS A. M'GREGOR, Postmaster. r 12. 1907. thus afford them time end opportunity to make tbe profit that the "old reborn book'' man new nukes. ■«'°< ffijtreas In t financial make sogges- S.£ which might'overcome this Thanking yon for any Interest yon might take In the nutter, I am. roars very truly An.nr. n. Atlanta, Ua. Lyons, Ga. a suggested”compliment. To tho Editor of The Georgian: If there Is a new county made, nomo it Seely, and tho town Prohibition. Let tho namo of tho man and of th* cause bo honored and remembered. Let friends over the state subscribe for the paper; It Is worthy to be la our home*. TV. J. COTTER. Newnan, Go. FROM A RElTgToUS EDITOR. To the Editor of The Georgian: I am Just In receipt of a copy of your valuable paper, and allow me to con- g ratulnte you upon the stand that you avo . taken ngnlnst the "red curse." I havo been waging war against this evil oven from my boyhood and I am overjoyed when I see the great dallies of our country taking J decided stand against the saloon. God ■peed the work. Your* truly. W. TV. GRAVES, Editor Tho Christian Worker. Rose Hill, Mina. FINDS THE GEORGIAN RIGHT. To the Editor of The Georgian: I thank God that I took Tho Geor gian for my summer reading. * IIK ? the etand you take for prohibition. » And Tho Georgian on tbo right aide ot almost every subject B " P M& A. LEWIS. Clarkeaville, Ga. DID NOT WRItTtHE LETTER. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: Last Saturday there waa a jottsj JJ your paper which had my signatwj attached to It.* I did not receive » of the patter that day. and failed to see IL but several of my frionds th*' read It c«mc to me with <»>ulri*J about same. I wish to *ay that rem* person maliciously took the lfl>«<J without any permission of mine. *" no one was moro surprised to learn It being there than I myself. hU r hope a few lines through this medium will entirely correct the tnts take nnd make known to my frlena and acquaintances that no one t* m In favor of prohibition and It* being enforced than I am. Yours very respectfuilL, toN . Fort Valley, Ga. OOOOOOOOCHJOOGOOOOOOOOCKKK 1 ^ 0 MATERIAL PRESSURE. , J O HANDICAPS NEW8PAPERS- “ 0 — s O To the Editor ot Tho a 0 . There is nothing the world ho" 0 O ors so much as courage of Mj 1 "! a O to stand In tho face of relf-'" 0 O terest nnd prejudice. Th* " 1 * 1 *,, g 0 rial pressure brought to bear ^ O the press educates to co'v*m g 0 Ice. We are proud of TS* Boot „ O alan, that Its convictions sreivu g O for sale for praise or fata-. ** g 0 Is the opportunity to give It •“ J 4 o .upport that It* example a 0 prove an inspiration to the re O paper, of our country to *<« n ^” e O their principles, when they na O any, whatever the 0 - EMMA MORSE BACKUS. „ State Superintendent otr*™**y q Literature and Art, Georgia w. « C. T. U. O Grovetown. Ga. . 000OO000P0U00CI00DOC