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fHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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TltE GBOROIAN AND NEWS prints
ui unclean of objectionable edTertls-
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any liquor ads.
Inn Ita own **»<* electric light
Plants, at It now own* Ita water
6S3S .Other rltJea do tbit and jet
caa aa low as 60 cents, with a profit
to the city. This should he done at
once. THE GBOROIAN AND NEWS
lielleret that If atreet railways can lie
afe. «« V
Swf'Awi 3 gi«.s
can be done oow, end tt tnsv be some
year* before we ere reedy for so big
an undertaking. Btlll Atlnntn tboiild
let Its tae« In that dlreetlou NOW.
Uncle Sara’s drag-net has landed
the "fish truit."
A London cable says too much
bridge la Injuring tnualc. Probably
rfifdra to violin music.
Well, get ready to begin "digging 1
to help pay that twenty-nine mlllloh
dollar Standard Oil fine.
The man who Invented Saratoga
-chips la dead, but his Invention re
mains behind to keep his memory
ScHsp.
The Pacific coast has another Jap
anese problem. Los Angeles Is In
fested with k Rang ot Nipponese
crooks.
OfilcliU refutation Is made of the
'statement that the British head Is
•'shrinking. Measurements wore prob
ably 'made "the morning afterwards."
A Philadelphia paper tails about a
"Knot club In tho field." Knocks
clubs are getting rather numerous In
this presidential game, anyway.
; Turkish troops aro hunting for Rnl-
sull. They will feel mighty bad It by
some mischance they should find
him.
Rockefeller dentes that he la to
have ft turgienl operation performed.
Judge Landlfi, however, holde to tho
contrary.
< Montpelier. New Jersey, women
have organised agalnat "the greed
and rapacity of the servant class."
The South Isn't the only section with
a servant problem.
A railroad that hasn’t a taw score
of Indictments on hand these daya
has no standing at all In the Amalga
mated Association ot Indicted Rail
road Officials.
. The contractor made only 2.100 per
eent profit out of painting the Penn
sylvania state capltot. Aa a grafter,
there was nothing of the piker about
him. * •
The Korean* say they are ready to
die for their country. If we do not
mistake the temper of the Japs, they
: wfll give the Koreans the opportunity
ito "make good" on that assertion.
That Clinton. Illlnol*, grand jury Is
unwilling to take chances. It de
clared that a woman ot that place
died from any one ot six poisons, nhd
that they were not sure if any of the
six were administered to ^er.
Retribution Is sometimes mighty
(low In getting around, but it comes
Anally. A St. Louis baggage-smasher
dropped a trunk loadad with dyna-'
mite. Local papars gave him very
nice obituary notices.
- A dispatch says that the strenuous
life Is making an Adainless Eden out
of Chicago. An Impression has pre
vailed that it was the bold-up man
doing the Adamless Eden business to
Chicago more than anything else.
The Montgomery team violated
every principle of common courtesy,
when, as guests of Mr. William
Smith, It greedily gulped two games
and refused the host the pleasure of
more than an equal share In the other
two.
It aeem* rather a useless expendi
ture of energy and tkopey for Mrs.
Selenka to Invade tha wilds of Java
hunting for the "missing link," when
Newport and other fashionable re
sorts are so much more accessible—
and more likely to yield result*.
THE NEED OF AN EXTRA SESSION.
The present governor and th* present legislature are the first In
Georgia In many yean that have had the power and the Inclination to
do for tho state what need* to be done along many lines, and particu
larly with the railroads. '
As fairly as The Georgian ha* tried always to treat the railroads, we
are hound to recognise the fact that for years they have been allowed
too free a hand In this good state, and, with a little assistance from a
few other corporations, have come pretty near running things to suit
themselves.
Giving the people all the credit they deserve for rising up and speak
ing their displeasure at the existing order of tblnga. It must be candidly
admitted that Hoke Smith la the man who dared to be a leader and to
offer himself as a target for the railroads. He dared to arraign them In
the cold facts and figures of their record and to expose them to the pub
lic, and It was Hoke Smith who crystallized the sentiment of our peo
ple on this evil into a vital force that haa brought the oppressors to
their knees.
Governor Smith stands today with the outworklngs of bis‘odrrective
plana at the threshold of our legislative halls. -He stands today ready to
make good every promise he mode In his unparalleled race. Shall wo
let anything prevent bla plans being wrought Into laws that will hold
hard and fast and regulate those forces that have been working an evil
upon Georgia and her people? *
No!—a thousand times no!
True, we will hnve another regular session of this legislature under
the present governor, but there can never come again this supreme oc
casion for the legislative fulfillment of pledges solemnly made to a peo
ple, and that, too, with til the force and honesty of the governor’s con
victions aftd advocacy still fresh and strong npon them.
As we have remarked before, prohibition legislation has used up
the major portion of this session, and though a great victory has been
won, we should not stop here nor neglect the measures that all along
have seemed so vital to us and that should go hand In hand with the
liquor reform.
In the order of their Importance, there are the Candler railroad rate
bill, the disfranchisement act, tha antt-pasi law and the campaign fund
publicity measure, none of which can be left out, It would see'm, with
out seriously disappointing and crippling the administration.
Tho general tax act bldB fair to take up a great deal, more time and
leave practically no time for the paseage of these other acts. Tho
Georgian, therefore. In full cognisance of the expense to the state of an
extra session, amounting, we are told, to about $2,000 a day, hopes the
governor will call an extra session rather than see matters that mean so
much to our stato in Its present and pressing needs, laid aside for twelve
months.'
If It Is possible to accomplish what must bo done without an extra
session, The Georgian will be more than gratified, but the hope Is not
well founded. It Is hard for the people to realize—If they have not seen
for themselves—how difficult It Is to rush matters where nearly two
hundred men are striving each In his own way to represent the best
wishes of hla constituents. Often representatives have to be satisfied
either with what Is passed or simply with the consciousness that they
havo done what they could to prevent Its passage.
It is best that we bo careful. We have a general assembly of men
that any state would be proud of. They are almost to a man doing the
best they can to get through with the work ahead of them. It Is a
large body that seems to move slowly, but, thank God, there Is little evi
dence that they are being moved by ulterior forces.
We are with you, Governor, and we are with you, gentlemen—do the
best you can, but it you can't get through, then let the extra session be
held for the completion ot the righteous work before you.
CHIEF JENTZEN’S STREET FLUSHER.
The Georgian Is advised that Chief Jentzen has either given up or
postponed his trip to St. Louis to look Into the merits of the "street
fiusher,” as used In that city, and for which Council voted expense
money on Friday.
We have seen these flushers In dally use for years In St. Louis
and'ean say without a moment’s hesitation that they are the nearest
approach to tho Ideal In atreet cleaning that hag ever been attained.
The plan upon which they work is as follows:
/ Tho machine, In appearance exactly like any of our street sprink
lers, Is divided Into two tanks, one large and one small, In lieu of one
large tank, aa Is the case with tho common sprinkler. In the common
sprinkler the hose la ilmijly screwed to the hydrant and the tank I* filled
with water from the city pressure. With the "fiusher," the hose Is hot
only screwed on to the hydrnqt, but Is screwed on to the big tank of the
fiusher. When tho city pressure Is turned on, the big tank begins to
fill with water, and the air having no place to escape, Is forced over and
stored in the little tank In front. When the fiusher Is full, there Is al
most as much pressure behind the water os there Is In the hydrant, and
when tho fiusher travels down a street llko Whitehall or Marietta, fol
lowing the middle of tho street, the flushing spouts shoot the water to
the gutter with such force that ovary form ot filth—even objects as
heavy as brickbats—Is washed to the gutters. Cobblestone streets are
cleansed to the deepest crevice*.
Usualty a trip In each direction Is sufficient to clean an entire street,
and it can all be done at night There la no machinery or complicated
working parts to get out of order.
A few years ago the city of Ashevlllo, N. C„ found It absolutely
necessary to provide a means ot thoroughly washing ltff streets, where
so many c insumptlve* expectorate on the pavements. A committee of
city officials was appointed to visit tho larger cities and find the best
means of doing this. The result was that threo of the largest size flush-
era were ordered from St. Louis Immediately and havo been used ever
since with very refreshing effect.
We do not know who makes the fiusher, and we suppose It Is pat
ented. but we do know just what results It gives, and we do not know
of any place In the world where It could do more good than on our
down-town business streets, whoro men spit Indiscriminately, and where
the germs dry and fill the air, as day after day a new layer Is deposited,
with no agency to cleanse but the rains from time to time, and with the
street sweeper stirring them up with his broom os though they might
not circulate sufficiently without his help.
Chief Jentzen. you are on tho right track—there Is nothing that ap
proaches the fiusher, unless It Is the hose method that Is used each night
in cities like Detroit, but up there they haVo five lakes to draw from,
while wo have none.
You don’t need to Investigate—just get them to send one here on
trial, and one demonstration wilt settle the question.
MISSISSIPPI THE WINNER IN A CLOSE FINISH.
Mississippi has made Its choice of a successor to Senator Money,
and It Is the conservative judgment of the people everywhere that the
state has acted wisely In selecting Congressman John Sharp Williams
over Governor James K. Vardanian.
Governor Vardamin belongs to that extreme and hot-headed type
that does not harmonise well In a dignified deliberative body like the
United States senate. No man question* hla honesty, hla Integrity and
his physical and moral courage, but hla heart oftener than his head rules
in his speech and actions. He la sentimental and Impulsive, and Ih
politics has often been fanatical.
Hla remarkable campaign for governor of Mississippi was made
and won almost solely on the negro Issue. He advocated the dlsfran-
chlsemeut of the negro, and said openly that a negro guilty of assault
ought to he lynched. Yet, when elected to tho governorship, he used the
full machinery of office to prevent lynchlngs, showing that ho felt the re
sponsibilities of his oath as the state’s chief executive.
His campaign for the United States senatorshlp was made on the
platform of repealing the fifteenth and amending the fourteenth amend
ments. That he made a remarkable race there Is no disputing, but the
sober judgment of Mlsslsslpplana prevailed' and they elected John
Sharp Williams. _ ,
Williams 1s one of the really big men of the country. He Is In the
prime of life, has near sixteen years of practical experience In congress
and for tha two past sessions has been tho minority leader. He la a
man ot the broadest culture, ot the ripest scholarship and a Democrat
of unimpeachable Integrity.
More or lest sporadic revolt against hla leadership bat appeared In
the past He Is a man of strong convictions, and It Is difficult, nay,
almost Impossible, to swing him awgy from them. He ha* not always
done things to please all of the minority, but It Is believed that his
election In Mississippi Insures his retention as minority leader In the
Sixty-first congress.
A man of his ability, courage and ^earning will strengthen the
South In the highest legislative body of the union. Mississippi, is to he
congratulated In her selection of Senator Money's successor.
TRIBUTE TO THE GEORGIAN
PAID Bl REV. C. A. RIDLEY
AT BAPTIST TABERNACLE
In the prelude to his sermon at the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday night
Rev. C. A. Ridley, the brilliant young Florida preacher, who Is supplying
the pulpit of Dr. Broughton during August, paid a marked tribute to The
Georgian ms a newspaper and to its editor and publisher. He told:
“In speaking of the self-life and self-gratification, It does not seem
out of place for me to say that right here in your city during the last few
weeks you have had a good illustration of the other elds of this subject—
the unselfish side. These days that have just passed have been days In
which men's souls have been tried as by fire. I hare not cessed thanking
God for the victory He gave us at that time.
"Every newspaper man of Influence and power In your city' concerning
whom there was any shadow of doubt as to where he would threw his In
fluence was being tried. Business men were threatening, saloon men were
swearing, lawyers were pleading, and the devil was at work as never be
fore to get a muzzle on the dally press of this city. But Is It not now
magnificent, and Is It not now glorious, to remember that there was one
young man In the newspaper business who could neither be Intimidated nor
bought? Of course. I refer to that stalwart cltlsen, that high-toned Chris
tian, that manly man—F. L. Seely and his Georgian,'
"For six years and more 1 have known and loved John Temple Graves.
It he were to edit half a dozen papers I would take all of them, for he has
no equal In American Journalism as a writer of editorials; but not until
recently did I know that he was associated with such <a man as Seely. In
fact, I did not know that there were a nv such men running dally newspapers.
My observation of the dally press has been that It was for prohibition un
til the voting time came, and then, like our friend, "the gentleman from
Bibb,” It has managed to throw Its Influence and vote to the other elde.
Thank God, The Georgian did not do that, but came out boldly and helped
drive liquor from the state.”
SOME REMINISCENCES
OF SENATOR PET TVS
(A. R. IldM In PHUnnrf Dispatch.)
Henator I'ottu** life wat mmle lulmrulile
In
UPIlli c HU UcmTl B'l II. LUlllj. Ill* IHfllGt nU|
dlil not become a man who had been on tho
bench, or n neimtor. But be could not pre*
vent the publication of ntories about him—
tunny of them without the slightest foun
dation in truth. The old tfentiemnu. who
came to the annate na the successor of
Pugh. Iiecause the latter refused to recoin
mend him for nn appointment on the
ground that he was too old, could no!
void acquiring a reputation ns n humorist.
Jo com# to the Heirnte Jn*t to show a man
thnt you are not too old Is hutnor—for
Washington—no matter wbftt it may hare
been for Senator I’ugh, who won a little
older than Pettus. 'Washington, accustom
ed to deluges oi trite rhetoric and worse
* tic, mock heroic* nnd *■*'* ‘ *
uisn who thinks for
his own thoughts In n homely and forceful
way. And that Is what Pettus was. Vouug
Mr. Ueveyidge, of Indiana, who always
knows everything ou every subject, got on
the nerves of the »ednte old senator from
Alnhama one day. Laying aside the spec
tacles which made him look llko pictures
of Confucius, the Alabonia senator took tho
Indiana senator across hi* patriarchal knee
and spoused him: lie took only about Are
minutes of the time of tht senate, hut the
memory of the cn»tlgat!on still linger*. Ail
the old gentleman did was to say that hi*
young friend from Indiana reminded him
of an old eoloratl preacher who could preach
a sermon on ahv text at any time. Mr.
Petto* gave flu Illustration. lie quoted a
toxt In which the combination of won!*, if
Mild hurriedly, sounds ns If tho son* of
somebody were sent out to milk u bear to
save sonielmdy’t life. The colored prencker
fell Into tho trap and preached a sermon
about the young men milking u bear.
The application of the story wa* »o close
to what the Indlauu senator hnd been do
ing-talking about something lie had mis-
understood—that the seuators did a heap
of uusccmly lntighiug at his expense. The
Alabama senator Was much ostoulsbed. He
had not looked for any such demonstration,
lie then realised that Beveridge hnd got
ou the nerves of other senators as well a*
his own. Of .couree Uerorlrigo was not
abashed or dismayed, lu fact, he liked the
attention It drew upon hltuself.
Senator Pettus was a chivalrous old soul.
The senators bays an elevator sat aside
for their owu use. Others entitled to priv
ileges of the door are pormttted to use It.
but when n senator touches the uln^i
button three times, no matter how many
there inny be In tho car, It goes scooting
to wait upon the senator. When there
are persous other than senators to enter
the car ‘the others must stand hack nud
wait until the seuutors enter. Then fre
quently the door Is slammed In their faces,
so there may be no delay In wtHn*
senator where he wishes to go.
One «lny Senator Pettus was In the ear
when eSnntor Turner rang the bell. Ahead
of Henator Turner nnd oblivious of his
grew ace were a senate clerk and his wife.
Tho little lady, exercising the privilege of
her sex and being the nearest to the eleva
tor door, undertook to atop Into the car.
••fUh.inre first,” snhl the elevator conduc-
jg the little woman back t<
low Henator Turner to pass lit ahead of
back In the corner of tho car, however, did
or two.
'•Blank
Alnhama senator,
a woman stand hack for any man.”
Henator TuroerTienrd the growl which set
the steel car vibrating, ana wheu he real
ized what had been done he bowed to tho
woman and apologised. Hlnee thou tho rule
i * *-• mforced, exc *
Everybody
The senator was very fond of a young
Woman e<— * * * ** * — -
newHpanei
her, Indeed, than he was of a card game,
to play which. It has been said, the senator
more than once made day ami night all the
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
Capital and Surplus $ 800,000.00
/ Total Resources Over 3,000,000.00
The accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corporations, Firms
and Individuals received upon the most favorable-terms con
sistent with safe and conservative banking.
4 per cent Interest, compounded semi-annually, is paid in
our Savings Department. -
down to a certain sawmill, why did he not
Introduce a local bill? I will tell yon i ‘
he did not. Ho well knew time a local
of this character could not bo passed.
M In order to captivate nnd capture the
Georgia legislature, we will put mg money
I behind the bill." Just think of It, one syn
dicate with a capital of 916.000,00(1 to Im
turned loose In
gla to arouse her
awake frtrrn their long sleep the mighty
powers resting quietly Tn the ho*om of her
creeks nnd rivers! Not only this, gentle
men. lint we have another syndicate (I
loathe the word) wttb a 9#,000.(W capital, to
build a dam 100 feet high at the old <llt>«nn
fishery, between Crawford and Tnylor round
ties, which will hack the water to the fool
of the mountains nnd flood every foot ofl
bottom lands on the river nnd Its trtbuto*
rles, and "we will say-to the little devils,
who aro entirely dependent on these bot
tom lsnds for corn with which to run their
farms and furnish bread for lliclr wive*
nnd children, if you do not like the sltund
linn inAvo’ nn* * *• Tluizn tuiimla t.-lll lif
tfifl immense
ter will render the contlguou* upland*, the
hillsides, vnluelosa; tor It is a known fact
that stagnant water generate* and creates
deadly disease xorins.
Anil now. whnt benefit will these people
may iniu this hill, anil nils forulgu capital
mar try to coerceand torn the people Into
nlaalon, hot lot ma aay to you. gentle
men of th, lestaloture, yon nri- tri'Silhiff
on rerr dangerous ground. Yuti are netting
n precedent that innr remit In n monied
srlstncrney. that will enuae the people to
rlae lu their sovereign might eml take the
reins nf government In their own bauds,
na we have recently aeen in tbla "prohibi
tion wnve,” and swoop theae ayndkatea,
our oppreaanra, from the bordera ot otfr
state. Yours, etc.,
Atlanta, On.
A. M. WALKER.
"where nre you
'Senators firsC
tor, thrusting the Uttle woman back to nl
low Senator Turner to pnaa In ahead of her.
Turner was so '
thnt he did not
stepped Into the cor. Senator Rattan, away
DOGS ARE A NUISANCE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
'Mill you allow me apace In your
Valuable columns to aay a few words
about the nuisance and the danger of
allowing many thousands of worthless
doge to run at large with liberty, un
eared for by the owners! A single
do- that will bark, yelp and howl all
night In the yard nf hla master or
owner Is a great nuisance to the next-
door neighbor and to the whole neigh
borhood of good people who want to
He down and sleep and rest after
the day's labor and worry In business.
This all-night barking and howling ot
a dog In any neighborhood of civilized
people Is a nuisance and a curse to the
nervous, sick and afflicted, and espe
cially It la a curse and an abomination
to tne little Innocent, sick and nerv
ous children of any neighborhood. If
the owner of a gentle horse or inule or
cow Is reiiulred to keep Ills nnlmal or
animals off of tho public streets nnd
oft of the premises of other peopla,
which la right and proper to require
him to do so, why not as Important
and necessary to require and. if nec
essary, compel all ownere of dogs to
keep all their dogs oft of the public
streets and off of the premises of other
people by compelling the owners of
dogs to confine their aogs on their own
premises, even If it Is a nuisance to
the neighborhood?
Why not the owner of a dog be held
responsible for damage and for crime
or misdemeanor in case that his dog
Is showed the liberty to roam or run
at large on the public streets or on
the public roade In the country and
become rabid and snap and bite any
person whom he may meet on the high
way? Why not any man be responsi
ble for crime or mledemeanor who
owns a dog and that dog leaves his
matter or owner's premises and goes
on the' premises of another, where there
Is a crowd of little Innocent, happy
children playing and enjoying them
selves, chlld-llke, and, without a mo
ment’s warning, that dog leaps Into the
midst of that crowd of happy children
and snaps and bites one of them so
badly thnt It has to be hastened to the
hospital to try to save its Innocent life,
and frightens that whole crowd of chil
dren nearly to death? In the city dogs
are worthless end a great nuisance and
dangerous. And In the country those
who would make themselves useful by
raising sheep can not do so on account
of the sheep-MUIng dogs of their near-
__ _ lied to him.
Without the least li-sltstlnn the senator
came down nnd escorted her nronnd the
corner, nil the time felling her that It was
flot n Rood iielahlmrhood for her to. be In.
Miss Hetty watched her aged'cousin after
he hid her gondliy, ond stnlled ns the old
gcnllcinsn toddled up tho steps ho wei
vending when eho called him.
Senator Morgan nnd Senator Pettne t
friends from boyhood nnd furnished ...
only case of s state hnvlng senators both
residents of the smne city. The fact thst
he wns from belnm wns urged sgnlnst Mr.
I’ettns when he become n eniiilldnte, but
tlie fnet did not weigh against him.
During the Inst four or tire .venri
nsed sennturs spent much of their spsre
time In wsrnlng each other to be enrefn
of their henlth. Morgan nlwnvs Insisted
thst his colleague should consult the doc
tors, for whom he hnd little respect. Some
thing over n ywir ngo. Senator l’ettns,
working hard ou s law ease, was sttseked
by rsrttgo. Ills sons told him they wero
going to enll n doctor. He Assented, hut
stlpulatsd that there must uot bo more than
Yoii’re sure there Is only one of youf
sold tho senator, after he had got Into tho
onrrlngo with the doctor. Tho doctor, evi
dently thinking tho seuator desired to say
something confidential, solemnly atsnred
him they were alone, ■
“Well, I’m mighty clad of thnt,” said
the aeuator with a sigh of relief. "I’m
enre I’ll get well If there Is only (me oi
you. 1 never could survive s consultation."
Senator Pettus’ Inst speech In the senate,
„i which he had tn tell thnt his colleague
wns seriously III end might not bn able to
again attend to his duties, contained nn
etilngy for his lifelong friend and colleague.
Sennturs admired the tern Alihnma sena
tors for their whole-hearted regard for sech
other. Nearly all senators, ou account of
potttlral bickerings .and Jealousies, are on
only the most formal terms with each other.
Not so with the Alsliemsna. They were
senator, they were In accord. Believing
the Federal government was Invndlng th >
rights of the states, they both Vote)i
against the passage of tho rate blit
ty. Many men who are engaged In
different kinds of useful businesses
which require delivery teams and wag
ons are held responsible for damage
done by unavoidable accldftnta by
frightened teams or by the carelessness
of the negro drivers whom we are
bound to employ. The state legisla
ture nnd the city council ought to try
to protect the etate and the city against
the nuisance nnd the danger of too
many worthless loose dims.
It Is as Important and ns just and
reasonable to make the owner of dogs
responsible for the damage done to
people by their loose dogs as to hold
the Innocent owner of a team respon
sible for what happens by the driver
and hie team when In care of the
driver. and out of the owner’s tight
It does not give the people any more
protection agalnat rabid, mad and fe
rocious dogs to require and compel the
owners to buy ft collar or strep from
the city and cause the doff to wear It
fastened around his neck. It does not
■tve the jieople protection against the
all-night barking and howling nui
sance.
The slate legislature Is In session
now, and the city council or city leg
Islature meets two or three times every
month. It seems that It would be bet
ter and safer for the public that the
police be authorised and required to
capture or kill every dog or capture
and kill every looee dog found on the
streets In the city unaccompanied by
his owner or some other person to
care for him ftnd his c&nducL It ought
not to stop with the police; but It
ought not to be made a misdemean
or or crime "for any person who finds
a looee. unaccompanied dog by his
master or some other person, to kill
the looee dog, If found In the country
or In the city on the public highways.
R. H. SHAW.
THAT CONFISCATION BIlL
To the Editor of Thu Georgian;
I have notb-uil with much Interest tho
rapidity nnd aridity with which "house hill
No. «0.’" Introduced by Mr. Edwards, of
Habersham, was shoved through the house
nud transmitted lo the senate. I have nl-
wars rnleed my voice nnd wielded by (ten
In behalf of the poor, against tho oppros-
aloe of the rich, nud I here and now enter
uy most solemn protest ngnlns (this must
nefarious, confiscating measure, sml earn
estly ask the senate tu kill It.
I have carefully read this bill. It pro-
HAMLET NOWI
To fence, or not to fence, that Is the
question; \
Whether It Is nobler In the yard to suf
fer
The hoofs and horns of outrageous
beasts,
Or to take mesne against a herd ot
troubles
And by fencing end them?—To plant—
to dig—
And then to lose; or, by a fence, to say
we end
The nuisance, and the thousand natural
knocks
That lawns are heir to—’tls a consum
mation
Infernally tjenled—for to fence—to wall
About a garden Is but offense—aye,
there’s the rub;
Yet who would bear the whips and
scorns of tho herder’s boy,
The lowering horns, the poundman’s
contumely—
When to him you ’phone—the law** de
lay,
And furnish forage for the cows
That, grazing, trample on the Velvet
eod,
When he himself might his content-
meht make
With an Inclosure? Who would pul
lets rear
To grace another's groaning table-
But that the dread of neighbor gossip.
That uncertain quantity from whose
burn
No citizen escapees dendens ths will;
And makes us curse—low voiced—the
pullet's scratching
Rather than wring Ita neck and end
the Ills we know too welt.
Tho’ fences do make rubbers of you all,
And cause the smiling acorn of passer
by,
They eave the green we’ve worked so
hard to gain.
When In course of time the cattle shall
be turned outside.
We’ll lose the need of fencing.—Pray
you now.
Oh, City Fathers, In your ordinances
May the days of roaming klne be num
bored!
—ZELLA ARMSTRONG.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
“WE KNOW THE RIGHT,
AND APPROVE IT, TOO."
To the Editor of The.Georgian:
There Is a better state of feeling In
Georgia than has been In some time
past. The Inspiring Inaugural address
of our governor draws us Into a more
hopeful communfon. It behooves all to
aim at the high Ideals, although we
aro warned by the past that wo mqy
not attain to them.
And now we have select represents-
liven from all parts of the state, backed
by an earnest constituency, yearning
for betterment In the affairs of com
mon life. But at the name time there
are many who have their axee (up
their sleeves) to grind. Hilarious at
we may feel, we may not reach Utopia.
The time seems ripe for relief to the
common people, who arc taxed to a
strain In the Interest of the drones who
toll not In productive Industries. The
one and two-horse farmers constitute
the foundation of real prosperity, but
millions of their hard-earned dollars
are drawn from them through decep
tion. These million! should be diverted
to tbe purchase of homes for our na
tives; by the simple tutd just require
ment of plain formula on every parcel
of medicine offered for sale. This
would not Impair the virtue of the com.
pounds or single articles. If our law
makers would riss from the ban of the
money tyrant they would give this re
lief.
Homes for natives where their sires
lived and nre burled are essential for a
loyal populace; where there nre loved
homes there Is loyal love for the coun-*
try. When a rambling renter Is draft
ed Into the army he has little to care
for except self, and naturally shlrke.
The choice sections of our state have
lost fertility and timber to such nn ex
tent that our young men are driven to
the great Weet or Into unproductive
occupatlona. and, sad to say, many ot
them Into ruin! And now self-inter
ested classes who loll not, In the pro
ductive fields, propose to replace Ihctn
from the lands of leprosy, Idolatry, an
archy and bubonic plague. If Ameri
can Georgians were blessed with homes
Army Orders.
unahliigton. Aug. S.—Captain Matthew
5; Tjeenty-eeventh Infantry, from
,0 l lri UJ’r station.
First Ueuteimit Brunt Palmer, Tenth
cavalry, to militia Instruction, Fort U'll-
Lleitensnt-Colopel William T. Wood. In-
Jpector-gencnil, from Manila lo Washing-
Navy Orders.
Commander U. It. t.inrk, detached com
mand retss to naval snidemy, Auuapolls,
Licutcnsilt-Cotnmnndcr c. Wells, detach-
*4 dnty, nnrnl proving grontul to boreuu
or oranitnco.
Lieutenant C. R. Train, drtualied narv
yard, Washington, to duty ns aid s til If
columniider-ln-cldrf, Atlantic fleet, on Imard
LdMuerticnt.
t^rttn 0 .^™ r" eM nn >'"
mSWSWk &** r - *•»?«*« «■*
Lieutenant It. C. Blnghnm. detached Ten-
ness tx> comma ml Vlpsr.
Enrimi I*. H. Hndlcr, detsched nary y»rd,
Norfojt to command I)o Lon#.
Eiurijtn It. M. Griswold, detached naval
station. Guantanamo, to Home.
Midshipman P. ft. Roberts, detached Mis-
Bouri, to Hnpklng.
Movements of Vessols,
Arrived—August 2: rtinftfliiooffn nt Tonir-
kp. August 4: Yankton nt Newport, Olvin-
idn, Arkansas. Florida and Nevada at Bath,
Missouri at Hampton Ronds. Wolverine at
rut-ln-Bny, Whipple nt Newport August
4: .Maine nt North river. New York; Po
tomac at Hampton Roads.
Hailed—August 3: Vermont, from Itonton
Tor Hampton Hoads; Missouri, from Nor-
folk for Hampton Roads; Maine, from
Hampton Ronds for Now York. August 4:
Potomac, from Norfolk for Hampton RoiuIh;
l onacctlcut from Hampton Rond* for
Rooklandj Milwaukee, from Ln I'nlnn for
Acnjutln; Amphltrite. placed out of com-
mission August 3, nary yard, League Is
land.
Texas to Enforce
Anti-Pass Law
Austin, Texas, Aug. 6.—The state
railroad commission has Issued a gen
eral order to the Texas railroads that
despite adverse rulings of certain state
courts, the penal provision of th* anti-
pass law will be rigorously enforced.
ACTOR MANSFIELD
IS IMPROVING
New York, Aug. 8.—Ex-Judge A. J.
Dlttenhoefer has received a telegram
from Mrs. Richard Mansfield, who Is
with her husband at Ampersand. N. Y..
relative to the reports of his Illness,
as follows;
"Please contradlft reports. Improv
ing. Had attack sciatica, brought on
by damp weather crossing ocean.”
India's pentint crop fof MM-ISOT Is 89.-
an lo * <K "' 4“shty. The crop
"" rc *' »" Increase for tho
"f **fllp«r sen,- ki-
“f*'.*? 17 L" 1 "* “MWthsI were SM.93J
hundredweight, about the average.
Colonel Hugh L. Heott, unperiiitentleut nf
"lat, has been most »oeres.ful In
capturing savage chiefs, l.iih In this conn-
tnr (tad In the l’hlUiipliies. He owes part
. si* remarkable uuilrr-
rattSi** n, * ,, i,r
at home, papulation would Increase at
rapidly n* the exhausted country would
recuperate In nature's way, and com
mon sense management
It’s not “new blood for Georgia” that
Is wanted, but simply blood for ths
suckers. There’s a still small voice In
opposition to tht* unrirlrteoua scheme,
for unxnnctlflcd greed. The politician
who I* committed to this, and hereafter
aoltdta suffrage of the tolling yeomnn-
ry of the country, may hear this voice
in thunder tones and reel quakes thst
wlU cause the scale* to fall from hi*
•ye*. .
Let those who want ’’desirable” Im
migrants go and select them at their
own expense and risk. The chief stay
of the country In In those who till the
land by the sweat of their own brow.
They are already being crushed by
other oppressions.
Like the fabulous Augean stable that
sheltered 3,000 oxen 80 years without
a cleansing, this country needs n Her
culean tlny’e work to clear It of crimi
nal*. The throng of ex-crimlnala Is be
ing rapidly Increased by our burden of
courts. IF* a propitious period for a
general cleaning up by branding and
banishing all criminals to Islands where
they would become self-supporting by
productive toll, rather than by clogging
the wheels of progressive prosperity In
this (so called) land of liberty.
Plain laws, easily observed and read
ily enforced, for the protection of peo
ple In the enjoyment of natural rights,
would give great relief to the whole
country, by knocking or cutting out our
most complex hroblerfis. But the prob
lem of government would remain. Sys
tems of government have been on trial
since the patriarchal era, and grows
more complex with the cycles of time
nnd Increase of population. Law can
not change human nature. The bad Is
ever at the heels of the good, or vice
versa. . Ho If we can not hit the spot we
should shoot toward It. The "fight” Is
between the good nnd the bad. There
la now some promise for the good to
i top for * time, at least. Lets
get on . __
all boost the good.
OID.
rides fur the eundnunatbin, er rat her, for
of the sheep-MUIng dogs of their near- [becuufiv-ntlun >>f lands for eleelrlesl pur-
by neighbor*. A .hungry dog will kilt ii r . EdMolTwHtTro c22J5Te ESS ia
ft sheep when he is roaming at liber- Habersham county, In order to float lose
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