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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NJ5WS. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 28 West Alabama 8t.. Atlanta. Os. Subscription Rates: One Tear fflx Months Three Months One Month By Carrier, Per Week Telephones eonneetln* nil depart ments. Long distance terminal*. Smith A Thompson, ndrertlsln* rep resentatives for all territory outside of Geoqrtn. Chicago Office Tribone Bnlldlng New York Office Potter Building If you hare any trouble getting TUB OKOUOIAN AND NEWS, telephone the circulation «lejmr uncut anti hare B j remedied, telephones: main; Atlanta 4401. It la desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication in TIIH GEORGIAN AND SEWS bo limited to It la ImperatlT# too word* In length. It la Imperntlre that they be algned. as an erldence of good lalth. nejecte<l inanuacrlpte will TilE OROIIOIAN AND NEWS prlnta no unclean or objectionable ailvertla* Ijg. Neither does It print wblaky or any liquor ads. OCR PLATFORM: T1IF. GEORGIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta'a own ing Ita own gns mid electric light ptanta, na ft now owns its water work*. Other cities do this nnd get K a as low ns 60 cents, with n profit the city. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NBWff Ulleres that If atreet railways enn l»e operated succenafully by Etirofwan cities, as ther are, there Is no good reason why they esn not be so oper ated here. But we do not believe this etn 1st done now, and It mar be some years liefore we are ready for so big an undertaking. fltlll Atlanta •boma set Its face In that direction NOW. Persons leaving the city can have The Georgian and Notvi rpalled to them regularly by send ing their order to The Georgian office. Changes of address will be made as often as desired. All's well that ends well. Let us finish the light and ahake hands, victor and vanquished, and go forward. Senator Tillman says that the Car olines will speedily follow Georgia Into prohibition. And now Alabama, it la your turn. Editor Hemphill thinks that the ef fect of prohibition In Georgia will de ter- South Carolina from' the experi ment. Hut, then, Editor Hemphill has been wrong before. Vice President Fairbanks' effort to save one young woman from the wa ter la supposed to be an offset to the net of Secretary Taft, who gave his seat to three young women In a street car, It would take a partisan speaker to break a filibuster. Unfortunately for this particular filibuster this particu lar speaker la not a partisan, but gov erns strictly by the written rule. Tom Reed or Joe Cannon would break the stoutest filibuster In a moment. It la announced from Washington that Hoke Smith and Governor Campbell, of Texaa, will attend the dinner at Lincoln, Xebr., In Septem ber which will formally launch Mr. Bryan as the Democratic candidate. We will await some confirmation from Governor Smith before giving cre dence to a rumor which has no better foundation than the word of Willis. Abbott. WHO DESERVE PRAISE. All credit, nil praise, and nil honor to the good women of Georgia who have beeit »o untiring In thetr efforts to further the enuee of prohibition In Georgia. Men do not deserve the prnlse from the mere fact thnt If women had Dot been behind the muse and pushing It forward the present wave of tem perance would never have enveloped the state as It has. The men, the votere of the state, would never have agitated the matter had not n force more powerful than their own weak J rinds and snergy forced them to do so. t I* a shame ui>on Christian civilisa tion that the stale ol Georgia has been controlled by such an Intluence as whisky as long as It tins. There Is Absolutely po argument In favor of Whisky, and when such a damning In fluence gets the control of affairs In a state human backbone Is weak Indeed. It Is to be hoped that the time will come when whisky will not only be driven from Georgia, but the United States as well will cast aside the grim mest monster that ever assailed a peo ple. When prohibition shall have be come universal then, and not until then, will there be a decided decrease In the percentage of crime. Thousands upon thousands nt the crimes being committed are caused by liquor. Drive liquor from within our borders and the number of crimes now committed, we dare say, will be cut In half.—Ogle thorpe Journal. BELIEVES WE'LL 8WIM. Fred L Seely bee come out on the right tide with The (leorgUn In the fight lor pro hibition. Doubtless It will cost blin many dollars, ae It did the editor of The Wot Point Mews, when more than a year ago we •hut off all whisky sod nbjeclionabl* mis at. a losa <>; something like MOO per snnuin. It will cost him thousands where It cost us hundreds, yet that we will both remain a? ,M " ,r ■* °° r prere egpfaslre. yet the smile of spprnra liy his aged mother will more ttian repay for the monetary loss sustained by tk bright Atlanta paprr which apnrklea like i diamond In her effort to brnefft mankind. Kink or swim, we are with yon, llmther KeeTy, and we belter a you will swim.— htp Point News. THE MENACE OF THE FILIBUSTER. The filibuster may become a misfit and a menace In government It was never moant to obstruct the will of the people. It was made by the majority to conserve the rights of the minority, bnt It was never the spirit or Intent of the framers of the parliamentary rule that the minority should by Its mere quibbling technicalities prevail to paralyse the majority that made It. If popular government has not developed or cannot develop some better way than this In which to conserve the rights of the minority, then popular government It far from perfect and Is In Immediate need of amendment and revision. f The present filibuster over the prohibition bill In the house an ex treme use of the rules made to protect the minority. The parliamentary rule under which the house Is working was made by a majority to preserve and protect the rights of the minority. It was an act of magnanimity on the part of those In power to give an opportuni ty to those who might at some tlmo be the minority element of the as sembly. So long as this beneficent rule is used In the right way there can be no objection to it, but when a minority persistently abuses the right which a majority hat voted to give them, then the minority destroys In the spirit of the majority a disposition hereafter to be so considerate of the few. The abuse of the rules by a minority la a temptation to the majority to make other rulea which cannot thwart tbo will of the people. The Georgian submits without temper and without prejudice that a continued and obstinate filibuster to prevent the majority from having Its will and enacting Its legislation, Is not a use but an abuse of the con sideration shown In the creation of the rule. Now let us see how Iniquitous and unjust and Impolitic Is this filibus ter. Under the rule as at present Illustrated In the house one-fifth of the members of either body can prosecute a filibuster to an Indefinite extent. What does this mean? If at any time the Republican party could elect one-fifth of the mem bers of either house? Or If at any tlmo of stress by economic oppression, the corporations and the railroads could persuade or elect one-fifth of the members of the assembly to their way of thinking? Then the Republican party, with this representation, or the selfish corporation, wfth this representation, could paralyse a.ll remedial legisla tion In the interests of the people. Armed with a filibuster and a one- fifth vote, the Republican party or the corporate faction could defy the representatives of the people to enact any legislation that would cur tail the power of the corporations or relievo the people from Injustice and oppression! Under the rule of the filibuster, the Republican fifth of the Georgia legislature could prevent In any time of stress or emergency the enact ment of any Democratic legislation by the house whose Democratic ma jority was five to one. In other words, the filibuster throttles and over throws the great will of the majority rule, than which there Is none more definite and more essential In our democratic government And the filibuster absolutely enthrones tho minority In Us mere ca pacity of obstruction as a full equal of tho majority, however great, In crippling the will of the poople and In leaving Incomplete the reforms, -moral or political, for which the people hare declared If there Is anything Just or right or democratic In the parliamentary rule which permits suoh trifling With tho government, and such defiance of the people, we fall to see It. We have already cited the fact that the abuse of the filibuster by an obstinate minority has cnuied the house of congress, our na tional popular assembly, to clothe the speaker with almost arbitrary pow er, proving that one man and that one man a partisan, should have the right to override or to Ignore a purely obstructive filibuster against pro gressive legislation and the rights of the people. It Is to he hoped thnt this necessity will not be forced upon Georgia. We do not hesitate to say that tho minority, by Its action, Is doing much to hinder and to inconvenience the minorities of the future, themselves among them', and thnt every Instinct of wisdom and patriotism and democ racy and of good government should challenge them not to abuse the par liamentary rules which wero given them for protection and not for obsti nate obstruction. Before the present legislature adjourns, It should nltogethcr unite In an effort to reform Its modes of procedure and to repudiate and destroy the unlimited filibuster as an engine of the deliberative councils of men. THE -SCENES OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The scenes with which the house of representatives closed Us long nnd stormy session can be better understood than they can bo Justified. Fortunately there was no crimo any where In the final catastrophe. The string of high tension snapped by unexpected circumstances, tho stream of warm blood, of Impulsive charge nnd of fiery response, an attempted blow, a wild burst of applause from an audience which for eleven hours had preserved a herolceelf-control, and the steam In the caul dron had found at least a temporary vent. To be perfectly fair, there are no reputations that can be materially and permanently hurt by the drastic finale of Wednesday’s session. Speaking first for the audience In the galleries, The Georgian calls at tention to tho unparalleled self-control with which from 9 o’clock In the morning until 11 o’clock nt night theso men nnd women, passionately Interested In a good cause, had controlled their voices and their hands, nnd had refrained from nny expression of approval or condemnation con trary to the will of tho house. This evidence of self-control was twice commented upon by the Bpcnkor In admiring terms and fully commended by that official. At the last moment human nature—mental and physical — strung to Its highest and final tension—slipped Us leash In a moment of Impulse and the human heart rested itself In tho vocal demonstration of Us Intense and glowing sontlments. For tho gentlemen upon the floor who led the filibuster, we have no right to question tholr motives or their Integrity, although It does most se riously Impugn their wisdom and their recognition of the supreme right of the majority to rule In representative government. The Georgian does not hesitate to question the Justice or the good taste of the Imputations that wero cast from time to time upon tho good women and tho pious men whose presence and enduring watchfulness was the expression of their deep-seated am\ passionate concern. We do not think that any exigency of debate Justified or domanded their names to be brought Into the discussion or that they should be held up to criticism or to ridicule. We do not bellove that nny gentleman upon tho liquor side would have Intentionally levied any reflection upon these good peo ple, but we submit that the levity of the comment directed toward them was well calculated to stir the protest and defense of that representative upon the floor who stood most particularly and centrally for the great cause that these people came to encourage. We understand that the prohibitionists have charged that Mr. Hall, of Bibb, whllo ostensibly voting with the prohibitionists, had been tacitly acting as counselor and prompter , of the filibuster forces during the day,- nnd was trying to play upon both sides of tho question. We have no facts tn our possession upon which to base an opinion as to tho truth or the falsity of this rumor. We dot not hesitate to say. however, that If it Is true It Is not In accord with the past character of the gentleman- from Bibb, and that If In this case It Is true, It might explain it not Justify a degree of feeling toward him which would not have been otherwise en tertained by the other side. We understand that the antt-prohlbltlonlsts have expressed the be lief that fhe Hon. Scab Wright was distinctly playing to the galleries and was seeking to excite a popular uproar against the minority upon the floor. Upon this point as well we are not prepared to speak, through lack of Information, but those friends nearest to Mr. Wright declare that so far from appealing to the galleries for applause, he was simply spiraling to them to to refrain from the levtty and the flippancy expressed by the other aide. Meanwhile, between Mr. Wright and Mr. Hall we think that the blame of words may be partially balanced. The term "liar" Is an offensive and'unendurable epithet, but we submit to a Southern public that it Is not less objectionable than to charge a rep. resentatlve with "being unworthy of the seat to which his constituents have sent him to represent them.’' According to the ethics of the cods which prevails among gentlemen, the provocation waa In the primal In- suit. rnUltSDAt. JVliT 23, 130* = These are matters which, of course, ought to be smoothest over In the more tranquil reflections of another day. With the beat and pat- and the integrity of the other and that the friendship which has prevail ed for so many years will not be broken by the unfortunate division of a tempestuous session. And as with Individuals so with the general rank of the majority and the minority. The general assembly of Georgia's representative sons should not at this Important era of Its deliberations break Into per sonal feuds and factions that ifelll cloud and handicap the remainder of the session which Is to be spent In the high and Important Interests of the state. . We respectfully Invoke from the ruffled spirits of both Individuals and factions In the legislature that calmer view and that loftier plane of reflection In* which these Impulsive antagonisms may melt and In which alt may unite for the Interests of the state. Behind It all looms once more the evil shadow of the filibuster, which Is an engine of discord and a misshapen monster when It Is used by the minority to paralyze the majority whose consideration made It Into a working law. The liquor men have had their day In the assembly. They have Il lustrated what they can do, they have vindicated their loyalty, they have demonstrated their positions upon this question for the record, and bare had not one, but a half dozen opportunities to express their opin ions upon the great Issue that Is at stake. Now as a second day dawns let us trust that a higher conception of parliamentary law and that a loftier appreciation of the real mission of government will persuade these gentlemen that the mission of the filibus ter Is spent, and that now good citizenship and civic character lead di rectly to the democratic recognition and acceptance of the right of the majority to rule. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. Corner Alabama and Broad Streets. Capital $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 600,000.00 Stockholders* Liability 200,000.00 Total Responsibility $1,000,000.00 Commercial and Savings Accounts Invited. T. . ====—. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE COMMENDS THE GEORGIAN ««••••••••••••••! leeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeei iiHeietitMHHi Note—The Georgian Is simply unable to print all tho letters our friends arc sending us. We are receiving them literally by hun dred*. We appreciate them more than we can tell—they encourage us to fight the harder. We will continue to print them as fully as we can, however, ana trust no one who has been good enough to write us will think we are untppreclatlve If we fall to get their tetters in promptly.—Ed. ENCOURAGEMENT OF INVESTORS To the Editor of The Georgian: Being an adopted Georgian, deeply Inter* eited In developing the abundant natural rcsourrea of Georgia, especially of water and electric power now going to waste, I take the liberty of asking that you will publish a few suggestions I bad), with the hope that they may Influence our present legislature to adopt a liberal, conservative policy that will help In thla great develop ment. It requires large sums of money to make these developments, nnd as nil pnrtlea who have ever attempted to put a projoet through, have experienced. It U very dif ficult to Interest parties with money In water and electric power Improvements lo cated In this state. There Is no untiim! reason for thla, na Georgia today offers the greatest field for •tieh development of any state I know of. We have, therefore, to look' to an artifi cial cause for this hesitation on tho part of money to assist In this development. enterprises hy the development of the ter powers and the transmission of elec- ter powers and the transmission or elec tricity. Just think that while Georgia has all these wonderful natural resource* un developed nnd raised In 1906 ns much cotton ns both South and North Carolina put to gether, that Georgia only had that year a little over a mlllli n and a half spindles, while North Cnrallnn had practically 2.800,* 000 and South Carolina practically 3,500.000, and of the crop of cotton of 1906 Georgia spun less than 30 per cent of what she raided; South Carolina spun about 60 per cent of what she raised and North Carolina spun more cotton thau the eutlre crop raised In thnt state. At this present time the mill nnd manu facturing development In the Cnrollnns Is far outstripping Georgia, nnd this Is due In a very great measure to the tremendous water power developments that have taken place and are still going on In the Caro; linns. The current Is belli those states. •fug transmitted all HI8 SUPPORT JUSTIFIED. I have been a subscriber of The Geor gian from the beginning and am proud that I was one of the first to aubscrlpe and recommend your paper In our town. I feel ^grateful to God for the bold and righteous stand I believe His Spirit has helped you take. I Indorse that noble stand with all the fervor of my heart. It was Just before I went Into my pul pit on Sunday evening, the 7th Inst., that I received The Georgian of Sat urday, in which you moved the hearts of thousands to tears of gratitude. I then and there, before ft large au dience, spoke of your great and good paper and* your noble fight. Then I of fered in our mass meeting a resolution of thanks to The Georgian. May God bless you and give us more like you and your matchless editor, John Temple Graves. Respectfully, ALBERT G. HASH. Fort Gaines, Ga» The ronton la perfectly plain: Tho laws of Georgia concerning water power and electric plants and properties have not been framed on that liberal plnu nnd basis thnt they arc In neighboring states, and, ns . b are multiplying tremendous rate; practically nil the ‘ ' ii by electricity. new ones being driven by elect ri Georgia has the Chattooga, Tallulah, Tu- gnloo and the Savannah rivers on the east. the lng the benefit of these w* Tb property to be used lor these public utili ties, In lighting, furnishing heat and pow er, are very defective, and it Is an un broken experience that when a party at tempts a development he finds himself held p because of these defects In the law. It Is not a question of paying adequate compensation, but It Is n question of gtd ting your plans through nt all under exist- • . * " A ~ ——**• * »t up the state and down her western border; the Flint, tho Etowah and nil the wonderful system of tnonntnln rivers with n t reuwn - dona undeveloped energy now going to waste; nnd yet wo are sending 70 per vent of tho cotton the state raises abroad to bo manufactured, nnd a world of timber and other raw material should bo worked up nnd put into n high state of mnnufac water powers and If the legislature will, Instead of oppress ing these water and electric power develop •nts, encourage and foster the Invest- Improvontcnt, or who will really lltigntc un der the present laws, can provent most nny development, however large. This certainly ought to be remedied by ho adoption of ample laws, allowing con demnation, nnd which, of course, would pro- - A -~- *— * *“ ild * bring about the same result here thnt we now witness In tho Cnrollnns. The laws of condemnation for these de velopments should be enlarged and per fected: the county authorities should be given power to contract with such enter prises for the use of roads and public ways and Just nnd liberal systems and methods of tuxntlon should be devised, instead of oppressive and burdensome methods, which some desire. Certainly no measure thnt looks like fiscal ion or putting the power In the hands of nny city, county or public authority to In so far ss life and health are concern- destroy stich Investments should bo eu> acted. mistake to drive off capital out of the state and hamper and defer the de velopment of these wonderful idle natural renourcea of Georgia by theso burdensome and extraordinary charges for taxes, nnd these unusual nnd Injurious regulations. On tho other band, a broad, liberal pol icy should be pursued that would keep Georgia abreast with her sister states lti velopmcuts tnkn place the communities of the state get large benefits In the way of taxation nnd In the way of development and Increased valuation of property. By every sound rub* of economics, the wf course Is to foster nnd encourage and pi mote the development of Georgia's water powers and electric plants, nnd not to hamper, oppress or prevent their Iwlng d veloped. Respectfully, LOUIS BORRIS MAGID. Tallulah Falls, On. NINE-TENTHS OF CITIZEN8 OF THE COUNTY OF JACK80N INDOR8E GEORGIAN'S STAND. To the Editor of The Georgian; There la no doubt but that nine- tenths of the cltlxcns of this (Jack- son) appreciate the manly stand The Georgian has taken for state prohi bition. They are also proud that one of her best citizens, Hon. L. G. Hard man. Is the author of the bill, and also that the two representatives from this county, Hon. John N. Holder and Hon. M. Flanigan, are prohibitionists to the core nnd will support the bill with all the power that in them lies. This county was one of the first to take Advantage of tho local prohibi tion law In the voting out of liquor by tin overwhelming majority; but with this done, 1 can not say that we have enjoyed total prohibition, for the dis pensary of Athens and the Jug traffic from Atlanta has furnished this coun ty With almost as much liquor as if the county had not gone dry. You can very readily see that the revenue from the mile of the liquor consumed in this county lias gone to Athens and Atlanta. Our people have grinned and endured this state of affairs for quite a number of years. Occasionally you could hear threats of establishing a dis pensary at Jefferson, to savo the reve nue going to other places. The decla ration. made by the Piedmont gather ing. that prohibition does not prohibit. Is true in a sense, but they fail to say that partial local prohibition central ises the revenues In those counties that are allowed to continue in the sale. State prohibition Is the best solution of the matter, but even that nlone will not prevent whisky drinking in Geor gia, unless the Importation Into tha atate la (topped. In other words, the revenue derived from the sale of liq uor* In Georgia arc reaped by the powers that rule In the wblaky selling counties. Now should Georgia pass the elate prohibition bill and not pass a law to prohibit the Importation of liquor, then the state exporting liquor Into Georgia would reap all the profita from the eale, Just a* the wet rountle* are now getting the profit* from the eale of liquor, gold nnd ahlpped Into the dry rountle*. State prohibition will not prohibit unlesa the Jug trade I* cut off. no more than does prohibition In the rountle* where whisky ha* been Voted out nnd the Jug trade I* allowed. I believe, however, that less whisky will be used In the state If the prohibition bill passes than I* now u»»il. Just a* less whisky Is used tn the counties that solely on account of revnue; It's not that It brings trade to any other than the rum seller; if the rum drinker was all who did business In Atlunta most other businesses had as welt hang up their fiddle and their bow. Let u* look this manufacture and sale of epirltuous, malt, vinous Intox icants square In the face. Well, we eee Its countenance Is had. Its breath Is foul, Its health Is gone, Its honor Is weak, Its reputation Is exceedingly bad, for all give It a bad name; then we look for the good. It doe* not »how a particle In Its face. Then we look nt the man who drinks It; he Is a wreck, his life's blood Is pale, his step, are tottering, his countenance Is haggard, hls confidence Is shaken In himself as well ae In other people; hope of tho future blighted, hie only pleasure Is the rum bottle, but he beg* for It to be placed where he can not reach It. Will you do It? Then you look at the manufacturer, hls face shows that he Is In the business to make money, It mat ters not about the after-consequences or results—money 1 money! money! at the sacrifice of human character and human aouls. Then you look In trhe face of the seller, the bar tender, Ihe person who Is saved a lit tle by reason of the revenue, nnd the powers that he, and you see In their countenance "all the rest of the human family to hell. If we only can make the almighty dollar.” I* thla not about the else of it? Whisky sales and the con sumption of It debauch the consumer, the county, the state anil the nation, and should not be allowed to be sold In the United States of America. Fra ternally yours, CHARLES F. HOLLIDAY. Jefferson, Oa. PRESENT8 HUMAN 8IDE OF THf LIQUOR QUE8TION. To Ihe Editor of The Georgian; I want to assure you that the good pepple of this town, and of the entire county of Fannin, heartily approve and Indorse the patriotic and righteous stand which you have taken on tho great question of prohibition. This le the paramount question of the hour; it Ik one in which every state, every county, every community and every home In this broad land of ours Is deeply and vitally Interested. Of all the evils with which our land and our people are cursed today, this la the greatest. We bid vou Godspeed In the great fight which you are waging against thla great enemy of our race. Talk not to me about the revenues of the AFTER FORTY YEARS. Owing to your stand for prohibition and morality and your efforts to give the people a clean paper, I have dis continued my subscription to The Con stitution, to which I have been a reg ular subscriber over forty years. I am highly pleased with your paper. You have my most hearty co-operation in your fight for the .state prohibition law and for the success of your valuable paper. Yours very truly, D. B. CHUPP. Llthonla, Ga. HAVE HI8 HEARTY 8UPPORT. I am glad to see that your paper has come out strongly for prohibition. I appreciate the stand you have taken. You have my hearty support. My views on the prohibition question ars too well known to need recapitulation here. I wish you success and will da all In my power to help you. Very truly your*, „ J. A. DREVVRY. Griffin, Go. FROM CHRI6TIAN WORKERS. We, the Christian Endeavdr Society of Poulan. Georgia, take tills means of extending to you our assurance of sup. port and our commendation of y,,ur noble stand In the battle that is non- being waged for God, for our homes and for our present and future citizen- ship. W. C. UNDERWOOD, Vice Pre« Poulan, Ga. TO BE CONGRATULATED. The people of Georgia are to be con. gratulated because they have such a fearless, able chanuilon as The Geor. glan 1*. Keep up the fight. The peo- pie are with you. Most sincerely yours J. H. MASHBURN. Elberton, Ga. BEST DAILY IN GEORGIA. I appreciate very much the greatest and best dally paper published In Geor- gla. I congratulate ypu for taking the stand you have taken In the state pro- bJbltlofi fight. I shall always speak The Georgian's praises. Respectfully, H. B, BUTTON'. Oclllo, Ga. RECONSIDER8 HIS ACTION. I ordered The Atlanta Georgian and Nows discontinued a few days ago, be- cause I thought I was taking too many papers, but since reading your i*>e|. tlon on the prohibition Issue. I consid er myself fortunate In having the op portunity to place such a paper as Tho Georgian and News In my home. And I want, to encourage you in the com mendable stand you have taken. En closed find check for 94.50 for a year's subscription, and when It expires just send the paper right on and send me a blit for another year. Your friend, T, J. DENMARK. Statesboro, Go. appropriations to both forever cease. What comfort would It be to that poor old Confederate to pay him sixty dol lar* of this accursed money when the licensing of this hellish traffic makes drunkards, end wrecks the home* of hls children? What comfort would It be to me to have my children edu cated If the temptations which this hellish traffic offers lead them Into drunkard's disgrace and ruin, and ul tlmatety to the gallows or Into the pen. Kentfary, and bring my gray hairs down In sorrow to the grave? But the calamities predicted, In the event that prohibition becomes a law, will not be realized. On the contrary, crime will be diminished, poverty and want will be driven from our homes, tho aching and bleeding hearts of fathers and mothers all over this land will bo healed and peace, happiness and prosperity will abound In every home. God speed the day when every home, every community, every county, every uvci j uiniuimiiiij, rtn j luuiuj, ttcij slate and every nation on earth shall bo freed from this accursed traffic. J. V. SMITH. Mineral Bluff, Ga. BATTLING FOR RIGHT. The Georgian nnd News deserves a place In the hearts of all Georgia peo- f ile. A newspaper should be fearless n advocating right and we believe The Georgian ha* demonstrated that the columns of that paper will be found battling for right.—Oglethorpe Journal. haye gone dry. I want to seo Georgiai bin >m«^ l a*iaw ml, Wh*? put herself on record as .^Prohibition, ,h. pui nerseir on recoru an a promuiuon, state and to pass a law prohibiting the 4* ■T&*" Importation of the vile stuff that de- “*^5 J"®"* bauches the person who drink* It and ™. n , ' 'n? I 0 ?'.'™' ,* *'°/ m), . nl * h t. be»eve‘hat both of theae gentlemen ££ thwclVle*' and'otherplice* are boy* and to break the hearts of the Asad state of affairs Indeed when 'of JiffirtM bumas* will find themselves free from any disposition to reflect upon the honor the cause ..f whisky being sold. If* purents all over thla land, then let the men of ability and Information can be ty—The‘oeo'rgla^Issue, person brings woe and misery to the human family. Hon. Seaborn Wright says whisky would not be allowed to remain in the state ten day* If the whisky seller and the whisky drinker were all that stood In the way. That Is true, for I verily believe that the rum drinker, almost Invariably, votes for prohibition. I know It was the case at the election In this county. I believe Hon. Seaborn Wright stated the truth when he said that the revenue that la being turned What is revenue, when put tn the bal ance against the Immortal soule of our sons that arc bring carried headlong into eternal night through the influ ence of this hellish traffic? It Is said that tha atate pension fund and the atate school fund will be di minished If prohibition becomes a law. If the public schools of Georgia, nnd the payment of Confederate veterans are dependent on the revenue which Is derived from licencing nter. to debauch and ruin and wreck the lives of our STRONG ARRAIGNMENT OP THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. To the Editor of The Georgian: If you will permit me, through youv columns to say a few things on the present liquor commotion In Georgia, I promise to -cut It short.” To begin with, 1 want to say that from the day It became necessary for legislative bodies to look after the manufacture and snle of liquor, ‘It has been the clearest of all propositions, and yet all luws, state and federal, have amounted to nothing short of a compromise be tween bobtail and the devil. The ver dict of public sentiment and nil laws In effect to date brand the traffic as orlmlnnl. The one fact that euch enor mous licenses are required Is nn ac knowledgment of the fact that It Is a public nuisance, a menace to society. In other words, a bartering of the pros perity and happiness of the people for poverty and misery and the price of the license to boot with which to make amends. Local option, like John's preaching In ll.e wilderness, was only preparutdry for better condition*. It has, therefore, served Its purpose and should be con signed to eternnl res; upon the placid bosom of our record* as the first step toward the eradication of our strong est foe. From a business standpoint, every citizen of Georgia should be proud of Atlanta a* a great commercial center, end we maintain that every business man within her territory should (all else equal) give that city hls business, but when she seek* to retain the mo nopoly like the one tn question over the protest of surrounding country, we think It time to call her hand. Local option for Georgia, and we have ae the result centralization of a traffic univer sal In Ita effect. The results are not and can not be confined to the locality; hence the grievances of the Injured party Justly appeal to the considera tion of our legislature. It's a clear proposition. Should Individuals, com munities. counties or even states, be permitted to operate a business detri mental to the Interests of another? Would not the Ducktown sulphur fume ettse be a fair precedent? I think this would be a mt'd parallel brimming with concessions on the part of prohibition. In this case we have the citizens of the atate engaged In the development and manufacture of a valuable article w ithout a single element of debauchery and Shame, and yet upon the claim of lr»« neighbor stale that a comparatively airitt!f nuiailnoo smi*. ... m . . a _ Induced to stand up before our legisla ture and plead for a "prosperity" bap tized with tho blood of the assassin nnd bedewed with the tears of the In nocent. The man who defends whisky should remember that while he does so, hls client stands with bloody hands nnd hungry eyes defiantly hissing tho plea of guilty! guilty! tn the fnce of all that's high and holy, yea guilty of more than the human mind can enu merate—a creature with less good te It* credit and more crime to Its ac count than any agency for evil known ft men. JOHN W. BR3WER. Cedartown, Ga. PROHIBITION DOE8NT PAY? To the Editor of The Georgian; Does It pay to license that which decreases a demand far things helpful In this life; that which makes men un reliable, unsteady, unskillful and less capable of providing food anil cloth ing and Implements and tools with which to work? Does It pay to license that which makes paupers and criminals nnd turns them loose upon a community of de cent, honest, Industrious people to support? Doe* It pay to keep on hand a goodly number of saloon keepers and their families and pay their taxes. Insurance and rents, nnd buy luxuries for them, In order that we may get a few dollar! back In revenue and license? Does It pay to license thnt which Increases taxation by creating a de- mnnd for Jails and penitentiaries, re formatories, police nnd criminal courts? Does tt pay to maintain n quaran tine against criminal and dependent clnsses from other lands and then li cense thousands of saloon keepers to turn out such products at home? Doe* It pay to employ teachers to teach our children the evil effects of alcohol, and then license men In sell that which inflames the stomach, soft en* the brain, weakens the blood ves sels, and otherwise wrecks the lives of men? Does It pay to levy tribute to eupport widows and orphans end then license that tvhlch murders the husband and the father? Does it pay to maintain 275 life - saving stations on our coasts, costing a million and a half dollars, nnd at the same time maintain 260,000 soul- destroying stations at a cost of two bil lions or more? Does It pay to build churches nnd employ ministers to preach the gospel of love, purity and soberness, and at the same time license nn Institution whose sole object Is to turn love lnh> hatred, purity Into lust, nnd soberness Into drunkenness nnd debauchery? Does It pay to listen to the siren voles of falsehood nnd selfishness of appe tite nnd greed, of Ignorance nnd preju dice, rather than to the voice of con science, reason and Christianity? Doe* It pay? J. B. RICHARDS. Atlnntn, On. A BRAVE ACT, The fight being made by the friends of temperance haa developed a great moral hero In the person of F- Seely of The Atlanta Georgian end News, who in a ringing editorial has come out squarely for prohibition. In spite of the fact that a delegate » of prominent citizen* actually threat ened to withdraw their patronage ana advancement* from bl* paper, in spne of the fHct that the other dally of Atlanta have both declared againss prohibition. The Georgian and cornea out equally aa atrong lq ra ' t.f iho hii.tinn hiii nnw nenoinR d?* ►mall nulaam-c grew out of their busl- ne*a. our hlgheat courta sustained the complaint. Of the prohlbtion bill now pending t* fore the leglalature. It took grit to It. but the grit wag there. It n>“>. sacrifice and loss for a little while, o the all-wise God who control*. things will nover permit F. L. 8eei) suffer. He was brought Into the dom at *uch a time as this for this v ' work. He ha* met a crUI* and rig well has he mastered the situation, di honor to hls noble spirit and gt r hBR