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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 19. 135.- THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alebeme 8t„ Atlentn. Oe. Subecrlptlon Roles: One Tesr M » 8U Months J*S2 Three Months One Month jt By Carrier, Per Week 10 Telephone! roonectln* ell d meuta. Long dletenee turxqlnali. depart* Bmlth A Thompson, adrertlilng rep resentatives for sll territory outside of Ooflsin* Cbleojco omet ...... Tribune Dullglof New York Office ...... Potter Building If yon here any trouble setting TIIE OEOKOIAN A5*1) NBWfl, telephone the dreuletlon department and have It promptly remedle<l. Telephones Bell 49Xf main; Atlanta MOL It la deal cable that sll communica tions Intended for publicstlon In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to $0$ wor«I» In length. It le Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith. Rejected manuscript! will not t>e returned unlsss stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclcnn or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky er any liquor nds. OUR PLATFORM: THE OEOROIAN AND NEWS stands foe Atlanta’s own- lug Its own gas and electric light plants, ss It now owns Its water works. Other cities do this and get efts ns low us 60 cents, with n profit to the city. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN ANI) NEWS believes that If street railways ran l>e operated successfully by European cities, ss they are, there Is no good reason why they ran not be so oper ated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and It may be some year* before we are ready for so Wjr sa undertaking. Htlll Atlanta should set Its face In that direction NOW. Persons leaving tho city can Jjave The Georgian and News moiled to them rcgulnrly by send ing their order to Tho Georgian office. Changes of address will be made as often as desired. San Francisco Js getting all that Is coming to her. Ha* two mayors now. It will take Bill Penn's town some time to mako up for lost Bleep when the Elks leave for homo. Nobody Is going to llo awako worry ing over Or. Wlloy'f statement that men In this country sleop too much. Probably those 20,000 Elks did not mccecd In waking up Philadelphia. Well wager, however, (hat they did :he best they could. E. H. Ilarrlman's declaration that tho report of tho Interstate commerce commission in his case Is "political," brands him as ah artful dodger. Even If "Bob" Evans did say that all of this war talk la a Joke, still ho is laying In an extra supply of ammu nition for that voyage to Paclflc wa ters. The three men' recently oondemned to death at Sofia for tho assassina tion of Premier Petkoff overlooked the one best bet. They failed to pleud In sanity. A verdict of acquittal for Haywood at Boise will moan that the jury be- llevqd that Harry Orchard was talk ing through his hat when he told of sundry crime, on the witness stand. Wo wonder If Mr. Fairbanks had any campaign photographs made showing him dining with the amlablo section boas. (P. 8.—Ho can take this as a suggestion.) Although everybody. Including the Big Stick, la trying to prove Harrlman an “undeslrnbla cltlxen.” tbs banka have no hesitancy In cashing his checks for goodly sums. The tact that the dtlsens of an Ala bama town which needs a nqw name arc thinking seriously of having It called Teddyvllle Illustrates again what Inroads Mr. Roosevelt Is making on the solid Sooth.—Boston Globe. Sehmits In hla refusal to "vacate" the 8an Francisco mayoralty, say.I The St. Louis Times, reminds ns of the prisoner behind the bars whose lawyer assured him that he "couldn't be put In jail” for hla offense. "I am in Joj), ain’t It” asked the client. Mark Twain, says The Washington Poet, has declared that he enjoyed himself so much In England i'.iat he haa postponed hla funeral. Id view of that it Is fortunate tint the undertaker, are not In pressing need of tho money during these prosperous WHY PROHIBITION IS SUCH A UNIVERSAL SENTIMENT. While the_great battle for prohibition halts for several days and tho forces »on either side are anxiously awaiting the action of tho house of representatives, an opportunity Is given for a calm and unbiased consid eration of an Interesting phase of tho situation. Persons conversant wjth the consensus of public opinion, whether for or against prohibition, nave been Impressed with the very general sen timent In favor of prohibition, among all classes of society. No matter what, the personal habits of railway officials may be. It la a well-recogqlzed fact that no organization of butlncsi men li more strict In tho enforcement of temperance on the part of employees than they. Years ago, engineers, firemen, conductors and other trainmen were frequently among the hardest and most rcckleaii drinkers, and many fear ful railway accidents were chargeable to Indulgence In ardent spirits on the part of this class of employees. Now this condition of affaire has been radically altered. Sobriety Is an essential requisite with all men who In anywise are responsible for the lives and property of their fel low men. The odor of whisky on the breath of a conductor or engineer would be cause sufficient for Instant and peremptory dismissal by those la authority. No bank president would Ignore the smell of strong drink on tho breath of a subordinate; no bank examiner could afford to overlook the slightest suggestion of the use of whisky on the part of cashiers, tellers, etc., who are so largely responsible for the honest management of banks. The day Is past when mill owners and superintendents dally with any form of Inebriety. Too much Is at stake, to risk ths great fortunes Invested In tho hands of Irresponsible employees and operatives. And coming Into the sacred precincts of the home life of the state, the horror'of drunkenness has cast Its baneful shadow across nearly every threshold. Scarcely a family In Georgia In some of Its connec tions and ramifications Is without Its fearful lesson of the evil of strong drink. Young men In tho flower of a magnificent manhood have fallen victims to a temptation too powerful for them to resist. Men of mature years have made all the brighter and better things of life subordinate to their Indulgence In a vIco which has brought upon them and upon their loved ones poverty and humiliation. Old men have put asldo hope, comfort, ambition and the claims of kindred to go tottering with uncertain steps and wrecked bodies, brains and fortunes down to tbolr eternal sleep. These are not such Isolated and unusual pictures, the result of a partisan advocacy of prohibition. They are familiar to nearly every one to- whom the years have brought experience and observation. Family pride has covered many such an affliction, as with a pall, beneath which tho bloated horror Is kept from tho gaxo of men. But It Is there, notwithstanding, and In the silent watches of the night, this “living death" holds high carnival with the souls of kindred who make no moan that men etui hear. It cap bo safely said that there Is scarcely a family throughout the confines of Georgia which has not had cast across Its home life the blasting blight of Intem perance. It may not be, or have been, a father, husband, son or—fearful to contemplate—a daughter, but It Is or has been a near and dear kinsman whose career Is wrecked and whose life Is going out In darkness and despair, while those near and dear are helpless to rescue aud relieve. The great prohibition fight Is a tremendous struggle for human good and human salvation. Tho universal Interest aroused Is duo to the uni versal sorrow that follows In the wake of the unrestricted liquor traf fic. Whatever makes for the good of the homo and business life of the stato, shall ultimately triumph. The trend of human endeavor Is for tho uplift and the salvation of the human race. THE STATE’S DUTY TO ITS DEAD HEROES. The laudable effort being made by tho Ladles’ Memorial Association pt Marietta to secure an appropriation from the stato legislature for the proper care and keeping of the Confederate cemotery at Marietta, should receive the enthusiastic support and Indorsement of every member of that august body. . The state of Georgia, by Its acceptance of the Confederate cemetery, as a sacred trust from the Ladles' Memorial Association of Marietta, become responsible for the protection and the care taking of tho more than threo thousand grave* of Confederate heroea whose deeds of match less valor are the thorns of song and story wherever courage and man hood count with the sons of mon. For years the noble women forming the memorial association, with that devotion to principle and loyalty to a sacred cause which have glorl- fled Southern womanhood, have stood guard with unfaltering faithfulness over threo thousand wcll-ulgh forgotten graves, and as far as possible have prevented tho Inevitable enoroaahments of time and decay. But, ai can be readily understood, this 1* too serious a burden to be Indefinitely borne by a small body of woman, no matter how patriotic and self-sacri ficing they may be. The care of tbla and of all other Confederate ceme teries should he *o arraned and regulated that the changes and muta tions of succeeding year* would make little or no difference. What It now accomplished by the faithful and tender ministrations of • devoted Southern women, should be fulfilled through the authoritative action of Sduthern lawmakers, whoao privilege and glory It should bo to pro tect and to keep In beautiful remembrance every reminder of a splendid past, a past Illuminated with a dauntless heroism uuequaled In all the annals of time. Georgia with Its great Industrial progress, with lu wonderful material resources, can certainly afford to set aside the com paratively small amount necesaary to keep In order the Confederate cemetery at Marietta. The commonwealth owes a debt of gratitude to these Confederate he roes which money cannot pay. For more than forty year* the loving hands of Georgia women have kept Oowore blooming on tho graves of these men, who "wearing the gray” fell In defenao of home* and of prln, ciple. But the passing years are bringing to many of these brave and noble women the feebleness of ago. Wbllo the shadows are lengthening they feel that their duty Is not yet doqp, because they have not provid ed for that heritage of glory which belongs to all the ages yet to come. Standing, as do many of these splendid Georgia women, who com pose the Ladles' Memorial Association, with the glow and beauty of tho sonaet of life around and about them, they ask th* men of Georgia the small favor of relieving them of a duty which now has become too oner ous for tbclr feeble hands to perform. As Is well known, the Confederate soldiers buried In the cemetery at Marietta wore removed from various battlefields by state enactment This fact renders obligatory state appropriation for tho proper care and maintenance of this cemetery. It should not bo expected of a limited or ganization of women, no matter how loyal and how heroic, to boar the weight of such an undertaking as the eare and safe keeping of more than three thousand graves gathered together In a small city by a stato ordinance. The Importance of the request for financial assistance In the form of a permanent appropriation, made by the Ladles' Memorial Asso ciation of Marietta, la accentuated by the proximity of the Confederate cemotery to that of the National Federal cemetery, where 10,269 Union soldiers are buried. The graves of these Union soldiers are kept In beau tiful condition, under tho direction of the national government, while screes the picturesque little city is that other God's Acre needing the strong arm of the state to keep In becoming order the graves of three thousand valiant knlghtg »iho fought their aplendld way to an eternal fame and to a deathless glory. Shall they receive a hopeless atone at the . hands of Georgia lawmakers In return for years of tlrett sa devotion and self-sacrifice? Shall tb* unselfish and patriotic service of more than for ty year* count's* naught with the son* and grandson* of those match less heroes who wore the gray? Relieved of a sacred responsibility, shall not these nyblc Georgia women he permitted to peacefully await the gentle fading of the sunset of life, knowing their patriotic mission has been accomplished? As the mothers, wives and daughters of Southern heroea. they have a right to lay their cause and the cause of these hero** before the law makers of Georgia. And surely tho men of Georgia's legislature assem bled will not turn a deaf ear to Uteir righteous pleading. f l * THE GEORGIAN OF ATLANTA A little over a year ago a dally paper was started In Atlanta by F. L. Seely, publisher, and John Temple Graves, editor. Announcement was made at the outset that this paper would curry no liquor advertisements. It has stood by this declaration nnd there are evidences that It has grown In publla favor with the best people whose support Is always most to be deBlred. But recently The Georgian has taken a step which ts destined to carry it to the front In double quick haste. While other dallies In Atlanta were doing all they could to defeat prohibition measures pending In the legislature, which Is now In session. The Georgian came out boldly for pro hibition and It Is advocating It with all the power that It can command. This Is bringing to Its support good people from all over the country: people whose support Is worth tar more than the whisky element to which many of the largo dallies pander. The people who control the finances of the country are not whisky dealers and yet strange to say they have long submitted to this truckling to the liquor people and given their support to such papers. But we bleleve that this day Is about to end, and that the time has arrived when that support will be withdrawn. The Georgian has placed Itself on the side of right. It stands upon principles which are eternal—principles which never go down, hence It Is bound to succeed.—Greenwood (8. C.) Journal. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders, Wssblngton, July U.-Captaln James F. HaU. assistant surgeon from Fort Flagler to Fort Gibson, relieving First Usstssisnt Itobert II. Pierson, sstlstsnt surgeon. Cap tain William K. P. French, retired, from New York military academy, Coruwnll-on- the-Hnd*on, September I. to borne. First Ueutensut. Crag tnnt Burgeon, to Fort , ... w HI rlsob, for temporary duty. MsJorWIUlam ta^5J%*jIKiffll^fcSm.ectk , n with corpt of engineer*, detailed to tuperrae construction of mnuldpn! building for Wj- trtet of Columbia. Major AM JMHg nau, aurxeoa, from tort Mjer to rmup- pinet October 5. Naval Orders. Captain R. F. Nicholson, to bureau of navigation, navy department; Lieutenant Commander E. E. Capebnrt, detached naval war college, to command naval training station, Sun Francisco and Pensacola. Lieu WH1 7HE LIQUOR TRAFFIC SHOULD BE ABOLISHED By W. C. DAVIS. L Because God la opposed to It 2. Because It la the greatest enemy to God and the greatest curse to humanity. 3. Because It la wrong, and no law can make It right. 4. Beenaso it produce* crime, pauperism, widowhood, orphanage, sickness, suffering and death. 6. Because the traffic Is a crime, aud the greatest of all crimes. 6. Because It is a crime equal In enort to sum totsl of all the crime* It produce,. 7. Because, as n crime, it is entitled to no quarter, and should not be protected by law, but should he dealt with ss arson, murder, tliaft, nnd other crimes, and has no more right to the benefit of s local op- _ _ _ juas it corrupts the negro, dlsor- B nixes labor aud aggravates the race prob- n. 11. Becatmo It Inflames the passions of the vldoas blacks, and nerves them to the most 13. Because It lays a heavy financial bur den upon the people, the cost of crime al ways exceeding tho revenue. It la esti mated that It costa Georgia $10,000,000 an nually. Save this expenditure nnd we have much more for our public schools thau la now assessed. 14. Becanss It annually takes from the pockets of the American people over 1,800 millions of dollars for drink, and returns In revenue only $280,000,000. 16. Becnnse It produces $1 per cent of the crime, 80 per cent of the pauperism, 66 per cent of the enset of Insanity, nnd 41 per cent of the cases of Idiocy nnd feeMe-mlnd- ednoss In t be Up Red States, nnd forces the people to par out $16.60 to provide for these Impoverished ones to every dollar of revenue derived from the manufacture nnd sale. 16. Because It hurts every legitimate busi ness and causes the farmer, the turpentine —*“ the sawmills, the factories, the and every Itunglnnhle Industry nnd manufactory to suffer loss on nccouut of In competent labor. Both employees and em ployers would make more money, bat for fncture, and consequently Individual and na tional wealth. 18. Because It draws from the legitimate avenues of trade nearly $2,000,000,000 for the drink bill nnd a much lurger amount to pro vide for the victims of drink, that would otherwise lie shared By the various branches of commerce. 19. Because its v^unie of business cornel principally from '/Te wage earners and sal aried men who would spend this money for dry goods, groceries, crockery, furnfti— homes, and for other necessaries and c forts of life. 20. Because It puts laboring men In hovels, Instead of good hoinen, and leaves their wives and children half-clad and half-fed, who would otherwise havo all tbelr needs supplied. 21. Because' It plunges the Intmrer. the wage earner, the salaried innn headlong In debt, wheu thousands and hundreds of thou sands of them might otherwise have good homes nnd bank accounts. 22. Because It causes the defective tele graph nnd railroad service, thereby causing wrecks nnd rnln, and heavy loss lu life and property. 23. Hecnuse It rob* Its victim not only of wealth but health, happiness and heaven; it not only steals his purse, but takes bis honor, hla character, his manhood. The highwayman and midnight assassin may draw tue last drop of blood and destroy iMxly In hell. 24. The liquor traffic shnnld bo abolished because It violates the law of love, and every Instinct of humanity. “Love worketb no III to his neighbor; therefore lore is the (ulOlllns of the law.' 1 36. It should be abolished because it Is the work of the devil, and closes the gates of heaven to Its unfortunate victims. r, The son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil.” The ebareb In of God. nnd the powers that lie are ordained of God. Through the church and civil government God will de stroy the works of the devil. ’’Political or civil law is a rule of action prescribed by the supreme power of a state, commanding what la right, nnd forbidding what Is wroug.” Divine law, for moral government, is n rule of action prescribed by the supreme power of the universe, even the Almighty Illiuaelf commanding what la right nud for bidding what Is wrong. Every met of the legislature or of congress in conflict with this rule It ognlnat Uod» the name of law. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE COMMENDS THE GEORGIAN Sound, to Philadelphia. Movements of Vessels. Arrived—July 18, (ieorgts nud Kentucky, st Boston; Ohio nt navy ynrd. New York: Charleston at Victoria: Nevada nnd Florida st Newport; Lebanon at Bradford, n. I. Sailed—July 17. Tocumsch from Washing ton to Norfolk: Georgia and Kentucky from Cape Cod Bay to Boston; Severn, from An- napolls for a cruise. Olympia nnd Arknn- eas.'froin New London for a cruise: Nevada and Florida from New London for Newport. July 18. Wolverine from Houghton, Mich., for Ashland, WIs. 000O000000000O0HMMW0000000 O HIS HEART IN THE FIGHT, 0 O THOUGH CAN NOT COME, 0 Note—Tho Georgian It simply unable to print all the letters our friends are sending us. We are receiving them literally hy hun dreds.' Wo appreciate them more than we can toll—they encourage us to fight tho harder. Wo will continue to print them as fully as we can, however, and treat no one who haa been good enough to write us will think we are unappreciative If we fall to get their letters In promptly.—Ed. RIGHT SORT~OF 8UPPORT. Wish we were near enough to shake hands on the prohibition movement. This brings to my mind the statement of * one-gallowsed couritry boy while engaged In a debate In a log school home, "Them Is sho' my sentiments.” In wrltlhg to a literary friend of an other state a few days ago, 1 men tioned that, to my judgment, The At lanta Georgian Is far tne cleanest pa per and the one most appreciated by the better class of cltliene within ths state. It will bo my pleasure to throw any patronage I can toward those merchants or manufacturer* who also aid In this great movement for right. Yours very truly, J. DAY STEWART, Jr. Tlfton, Go. REV. F. wTivT'CLESKEY. From the depths of my heart I do oongretutate you on your editorial of July I. I do rejoice that your fearless, dean paper Is now the “declared cham. plon" of state prohibition for our be loved Georgia. For year*, in the pul pit and out of the pulpit, I have been fighting this accursed, entrenched whisky traffic of Georgia, and my heart thrills at the prospect, so bright, of the two prohibition bills passing suc cessfully our legislature this week. May God bless you and may our Lord Jesue Christ, by Hla all-sufficient grace, enable you and your paper to stand unflinchingly for the right flu your dying breath. Sincerely yours, (REV.) F. W. M'CLESKEY. Flovllla, Ga. A FERVENT BLESSING. God bless The Georgian and Ndws. Respectfully, * J. P. LIDE. 'Fairfax, Ga. , A WELCOME EVERY DAY. God bless ypu for the stand you take! Surely all gentlemen, not to say Christians, will stand by you and sup port you. I'll welcome you to my home every day. (REV.) J. HOWARD CARPENTER. Augusta, Ga. GREAT HOST8~ARE WITH US. You have my highest admiration for the conviction and courage displayed In declaring unqualifiedly for state pro hibiting. It takes the true heroic spirit to thus stand. And while you thus stand alono among tho dallies of Geor. gla, you have the consolation of know ing that great hosts of her best people are praying and working with you for her deltvetence from the chains of the liquor curie that enthrall. Georgia wnnts prohibition, nnd If the legislature will pass the llardmnn-CovIngtnn bill, all lovers of r ' thorn forever, and praise, Cuthbcrt, Ga. FOR WIVE8 AND MOTHERS. Mr. Seely: Ood blest you for the stand taken for the mothers, wives and children of the men who are powerless S The following letter will explain 0 itself: O P Dear Dr. Solomon—I write from 0 P the bedside of my precious wife to 0 0 tell you It le Impossible for me to 0 0 be with you. My heart and soul 0 O are In tho fight, but my duty O P keeps me here. I am praying for O 0 success and fsei victory Is prac- O 0 tlcally won. If possible for me to 0 0 leave my wife any day this week, 0 0 I will run up. If we succeed, 0 0 Georgia will owe you a debt she 0 0 will never pay. Sincerely yours, O 0 BARTOW 8. WILLINGHAM. 0 0 Forsyth, Ga, July 16. 0 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 0 INTEREST IN THE FIGHT 0 0 NOT CONFINED TO GEORGIA 0 0 The following telegram, received 0 O by Mrs. Jennie Hart Sibley, In- 0 0 dicates the Interest being taken In 0 O the prohibition fight oy.stda of 0 O Georgia: 0 0 Birmingham, Ala. July 14.—Mrs. 0 0 Jennie Hart Sibley: 0 0 The Associated Press says Geor- 0 0 gla dry January next. It Is due 0 O more to your efforts than any- 0 O thing else. Heartiest congratula- O O tlons. Your Loyal Temperoneo Lo- 0 0 glon used to be little, but It Is big 0 0 now, and Its members are pushing 0 - the work all over the country to- O day. L. B. CHEATHAM. 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 In their efforts to withstand the temp tation of strong drink. I rejoice with your mother In the great blessing of huch a son. Yours gratefully, MRS, M. E. DENSON. ADVERSE LITERATURE. Last November this (Marlon) county had an election on whisky. During the fight, the county was sown down with literature, a sample of which I mall to you under separate cover, as handed to me by parties to whom said literature was addressed. I filed same for this occasion. Why was Now York solicitous about our local whisky busi ness? Use as you see best. Respectfully yours, W. T. FOSTER. Buena Vista, Ga active support, this. Words can not express my delight at the manly stand you have taken In fa vor of the bill now pending which will give Georgia state prohibition. I have always liked The Georgian and your recent declarations have grappled me to you with hoop* of steel. To prove my sincerity. I send you the aecom-, panylng check which Is from a gentle man who stopped hts Journal because of Its utterances against the Hardman- Covlngton bill and has subscribed for The Georgian. It will bo a great pleas, urc to me to take and forward other subscriptions. Count on me for loyal friendship. L. E. BART Quitman, Ga DR. C. BOYdTOF IONIA. As one of the first subscribers to Ths Georgian, I betr to extend to you the congratulations of the writer and many others of Wilcox county. Since secur ing prohibition in this county we have less crime, more prosperity, and If total prohibition follows, words can not ex press the bleeslnge It wlll.bestow on the people. With kind regards and best wishes to you and Colonel Graves, I *m truly, eta. DR. C. BOYD. Ionia, Ga. Trust fund Investments The prompt payment beyond question of interest and principal at maturity must be the para mount consideration when Invest ing Trust Funds. And yet In mosj cases there Is special need of securing the hfgheat possible return on money Invested. Our Certificates of Deposit bearing Four Per Cent Interest meet all requirements, and are preferred by many Trustees. They are payable on demand, negotiable and amply secured by our financial responsibility of over one million dollars. 1 MADD0X-RUCKER BANKINGC0. WHAT MORE COULD BE SAID? SOUTHERN STATES WRITING MACHINE CO. iOLC SOUTHERN AGENTS The Williams Typewriter 424-425 Candler Building. Atlanta, Ga., July 16, 1907. Atlanta Georgian and News, City. Gentlemen: On June 24th, we wrote you asking that, with that date, you discon tinue our advertisement and render us bill accordingly, our contract having ex pired some few days previous. Allow us to say we are today sending you another advertisement to be inserted in your paper, which is largely 9n account of the noble and fearless stand you have taken on the prohibition question. We have always received very satisfactory returns from the-advertisements carried in your paper; in fact, better than from other sources with perhaps a larger circulation. The writer is a subscriber, and has always been an ardent admirer of the policies of your paper, and while we had thought of discontinuing the advertisement for the time being, as stated above, in appreciation of this fearless, and we may say unprecedented, stand you have taken on a question that means so much for the betterment of conditions in our great state, and in a measure to counterbalance any contracts previous advertisers may wish cancelled on account of your atti tude toward the prohibition question, we renew our advertisement, and with it go our sincerest good wishes. Yours very truly, -SOUTHERN STATES WRITING MACHINE CO. W. M. Kitchen, Secretary. COMMISSIONER 8TOCKS CITE8HIS RESOLUTION. To Tho Editor of Tho Georgian: In your Issue of the 17th, in reference t<> waterworks matters, you Infer that the water board Is somewhat responsi ble for tho present condition of the system from tho fact that they did not sustain the general manager in his various recommendations as to neces sary Improvements and additions. You no doubt misunderstand the situation, and In justice to the board, request that you publish the following resolu tion Introduced by me and unanimous ly adopted by .the board on February 21st, 1906. This resolution was sent to the general council on that date: Respectfully yours, THOMAS F. STOCKS. Commissioner From First Ward. The resolution referred to follows: Atlanta, Ga, February 21, 1900. By Commissioner Stocks: , Whereas, the Hon. Park Woodward, general manager of the Atlanta water works, has this day submitted a com munication. calling attention to the great needs of the department of water works, especially with reference to an additional main, additional Alters, pumping machinery and a general ex tension of the system commensurate with the rapid and Increasing growth of the city'; and whereas this commu- tleatlon emphasises the fact that much of die pipe Is too small, and forces an unnecessary pressure on the engines, nnd causes great complaints from many sections of the city, and that there Is no remedy for this condition of affairs except to remove this small pipe and Install pipe of sufficient site to carry water Into these sections of tho city, therefore, be It resolved by the board of water commissioners as follows: (1.) That a copy of this communi cation bo placed In the hands of tho committee on water works from gen eral council, with the request that same be filed with the general council of the city. (2.) That a copy of this resolution accompany the communication of the general manager,, and the general council Is hereby -requested to give (his communication and these resolu tions Immediate and careful considera tion. (3.) Wo submit to the general coun cil that these matters have been brought to their attention by the re ports from this department at various times, and that these communications seem to be treated as a matter of form, rather than voicing an absolute need. We suggest that general council either employ the expert reocmirended In the communication of the general man ager. or Itself make the necessary In quiries If these reports are tree. If they are tree, the extension can not longer be delayed, nnd the burden Is now before the general council to- pro vide tho means therefor. (4.) That the member* of Hits board bring the matter to the attention ot the council personally, offering to ex plain these resolutions, or to furnish any other facts when required. Fur ther, the public Is Invited to Investi gate the truthfulness of these facts; and If they find them correct, to Join with this board In securing the Im provements and extensions absolutely l eceseary. C0000000000000O0000000000g 0 AN APPEAL TO TEACHER8. O Q t To the Editor ot The Georgian: O 0 As a teacher, I desire that you 0 0 ask alt the teachers of Georgia O 0 who favor the Hardman-Covlng- 0 O ton bill to write their represents- 0 0 tire and senator to that effect. It 0 O is my wish that our law-makers 0 9 know Just how my fellow-teach- 0 0ers stand on thisgreatrebject. | DO0000000060a00 1 0000000O0< 1 ° o ° O EAST POINT BAPTI8TS ° 0 EXTEND THEIR THANK8 O 0 AND PLEDGE SUPPORT. 0 o o O Hon. F. L. Seely. Atlanta, Go.: 0 0 My Dear Sir—We, the members o 0 of the East Point Baptist Tab- 0 O ernaclo church, desire to express o O to you, In this letter, our heart- o O felt thanks and deep appreciation 0 O for tho noble stnnd you have taken 2 O In the prohibition fight. And do 0 O here nnd now pledge you our 0 O hearty support for your great w 0 paper. Yours for service, “ O . B. O. BMITH. Pastor. 0 0 East Point, Ga.. JulylG, 0000000OO00O O0O000OO000° i5 g 0 REPRESENT THE BEST ° 0 ELEMENTS OF GEORGIA. O O .. x 0 The Atlanta Georgian and News, o O Atlanta, Ga.; I O Gentlemen—Allow me to con- 0 O grntulate you on the noble stand “ O which you have taken regarding j* O the prohibition question which It Jj O now uppermost In the minds ot v 0 the people of Georgia, and JJ* ; O which hundreds In other states w O are more or l«-.«s Interested. One O thing is certain, you represent tne O best element of our cltlsenshlp. “ O and are on the right side of a 0 great question, even If It does m- O volve the hies of patronngt from “ O some quurtcrs. 1 believe, how- 0 ever, that In the end you will *nd O : ..It v,m will n.it l"Se ali> thin-', O osmucli as the loss of some bau O material «III be replaced by a" “ 0 equal amount of good. I have just O given my subscription to yaur O agent here. May God rwtp J™“ 1 •“ S O stand firmly for the right In ibis O great matter, is my prayer. _ 0 Yours very respectfully., _ O W. R. LAMBERT, ° 0 Superintendent Florid* Anti--* 0 0 loon League. 0 |0 Jacksonville. Fla. 00000000000000000000 V