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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS THURSDAY. ACGl'ST *, \VTt. THE ATLANTA (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At H West Alabama St.. Atlaeta. Os. Subscription Rates: fine Tear M R sit Months J-H nonius • Month* Month fcrrler, r#r Week AC Telephone* connecting nil depart* moot*. Long distance terminal*. Three One mHH Bjr Cartier, Smith ft Thompson, advertising refe reeeiitatlves for all territory outside of Qfoifta. Chlcsro OlTfce Trlhtme DttMIng .N>W York Office Potter Building If you hare aor trouble getting TIIB GEORGIAN AND .NEWS, telephone the circulation deportment and hate It promptly remedied. Telephuuei; Bell 49T1 main; Atlanta 4401. It la desirable that all comraualctj- tlons Intended for publication In rill* (iKolt'JM.N ASU SKWH be limited to too words III length. It is Imperative \ that they be tffliied. e* an evidence ef J good faith, ltejected mann*crlpta will not be returned unless stamp* nr* for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints ii»» unclean ot objectionable Advert!#- lug. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR I’LATFOBM: TIIB GEORGIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta’s own* Ing Its own gas and electric light plants, ns It now owns Its water works. Other eltlea do this and get gas «s low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be don# at once. TUB GEORGIAN AND NOWS believes Hint If street railways caa be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, tbero Is no good reason why they can not be so oper ated here, lint we do not believe this run be done now, sod It may be some years before we are ready for a# big an nndertaxltig. Still Atlanta should set Its fare In that direction NOW. Some who* indite poetry should be Indicted. WhUller, Alabama, ha. been Incor porated and ..Is now prepared to blow about its many advantages. Whenovcr things get dull, somebody drags Thomas Jefferson’s shade out into the open. Here’s a reul plutocrat. A Pennsyl vania farmer traded his threshing ma chine for an automobile. Somebody say. kissing Is a waste ot time. W.li'ed tlmo I. necessary In kissing. Whistling, It Is said, will prevent a rattlesnake from attacking one. Wet ting the wlilotlo as a provonttvo Is much more popular. The Chattanooga Star wants to know t( lightning baa any gender. A question like that is likely to engen der a striking discussion. Just aa a sort ot sldetlno to plaster ing the Btandard Oil w ith the biggest Dno ever recorded. Judge Landis has dissolved the desk trust New York seems to be the race riot renter just now. Mr. Ray Stannar.l Halter might And something Interest ing to write about there. Massachusetts' now barber law re quires that mugs be sterilised. Even sterilizing wouldn't Improvo some mugs. The way some fellows duck when called on to face the music Is awful. An Oregon man, about to be married, committed suicide. Heinrich Conried has something more than music as a claim to fame. H« "got his man” with an automo bile. There is the ever-present danger that somebody will accidentally stum- bio on tho north pole, and permanent ly put a lot of explorers out of steady work. The tact that some people are so calloused In their views maybe ac counted for by the statement ot e scientist that we think through our feet Certain patent food preparations are said to contain corn-cobs. This explodes the theory that they are composed altogether of macerated ■havings. The suggeatlon ot The Baltimore American that the Democrats use the X-ray to find Its presidential candt date, la vetoed. The American Isn't a proper publication to give the Dem ocrata advice. Resides, what's the use of etralnlag the X-ray in any such way. To avoid the expense and trouble ot an extra session, the general as sembly should pass the measures ad vocated by the administration before the expiration of the regularly const! tuted session of fifty days. No effort to dodge responsibility In some form on these reform measures will be tol erated by the people. The bitter scorn, the withering comment, the atlngtng rebukes of the rest of the country, administered to the food and nature faker ot that boastful Buffalo Bayou party, hasn’t the slightest effect on him. That, however, la (abject to amendment, ease It makes him more Impoasl- thau ever la his claim* for Texas d Houston. THE LESSON OP THE PRIMARY. Whsn prohibition was being "rammed down our throats” a few weeks ago by our country friends with the painless method, the princi pal plea of those who were opposed to this procedure wqs that Atlanta should not be forced to a thing like prohibition by a lot of country coun ties, but should have the privilege of deciding for herself by the local op tion route. We firmly believe the thinking and wiser bead* have always de plored the thought of a local option election and the strife It would surely bring, but have had little doubt as to what the ultimate result would be after the voters had spoken and the strife and bitterness had been endured. • It can but be gratifying, therefore, to all to see by what happened at yesterday's primary that, If Atlanta had had the question to decldo by ballot, we would be today Just where our country friends have put us, except that we aro all good friend* today. Every prohibition candidate for alderman or councilman was elect ed—and every antl-prohlbltionlat was defeated. It Is quite likely that our friends will attack the foregoing argument with the claim that if so Important a matter aa a local option election had been before the people they would have turned out In greater force and defeated It. Is It not a pretty fair argument to presume that those who are not In favor of prohibition were not sleeping on their right: Wednesday when they had Influential friends as candidates In the race? We can hardly believe that by tbelr lack of interest or desire to be represented In Council, they stayed away from tho poll* and thus aided the prohibition- Ists In making It unanimous. No, we are not quite willing to concede all this—for there were some of our best citizen* and good personal friends who wore not mak ing any claims on the'prohibition voters, but who would have done ■their part to administer the law justly had they been elected, bat Wed nesday's election If ft meant anything meant that a ' majority of the voters of our city had the question of giving tho prohibition law a fair trial at heart, and they gave it their overwhelming approval at the bal lot box and Indorsed those men who they believe will honestly strive for Its strict enforcement. ~THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE. Alderman Curtis' proposal to have certain of our city officials elect ed by popular vote met with a surprisingly popular approval from the people on Wednesday. On Monday The Georgian disapproved editorially the plan of elect ing so many, or rather all those included In the list, by popular vote; particularly did we deplore plaelng school matters any further Into poli tics than they are at present. After the editorial appeared, Dr. Curtis called on ns and explained that It would not be possible to change the resolution and that It was necessary to go to the people la It* present form for their approval or disapproval. j We can but commend Dr. Curtis' energy and determination In get ting Ilia measure before the people. Ho spent his own money to have expensive advertisements printed in tho daily papers explaining his res olution, and has pushed tho matter to a successful end. If the changes sought In the election of certain officers can only be secured at this time under the sweeping urrangement Indorsed by the voters of Atlanta Wednesday, It seems we shall have to take it that way and risk tho consequences In some departments for the good It might do in others. It Is pretty generally known or believed that the thing being aimed at Is the Water Department and The Georgian Is constrained to ask why : so many offices are to be affected Just to reach the Water Department? The Water Department has been a disgrace to the city most ot the summer. Most people believe we drank muddy water for weeks by tho whim or caprlco of one or several men. Most of us know that If Atlan ta took a ten-day vacation she would come back and find her water works sold to a corporation. Every newspaper In Atlanta has fearlessly printed the facts and la against tho present regime. Then why in tho name ot all that's good do wo beat around the bush? If there Is any Czar that you wish to de throne, why don't we come out and call his name and give the facts and the good people of Atlanta will do the rest. , A PHILOSOPHIC LOOK AT THE ANTI-PASS BILL. Tho efforts mado on tho floor of the House to belittle the Macon platform will, upon investigation ot the facta, bo seen to have fallen flat. Thoso who have been keeping up with event* will still conclude that tho campaign ot the reformers last year has accomplished something. The author of tho anti-peas bill that passed the House Wednesday has had much to lay recently of his past pathetic failures to get his bill Into the code. Two years ago tho opponents of his bill fought and fill- blistered him to a standstill, find finally defeated his bill. On Wednesday his bill, made much more efficient than It was two years ago, but still not alj that It should be, unanimously passed Ibe House. The only light that was mado upon It came from men like Boykin Wright, Seaborn Wright, Murphy Candler and Judge Covington, who sought to give the people a more satisfactory measure. The opposition In general to legis lation of this character, once militant and Insolent, has vanished Into thin air. Now let tho Senate and House get together and In any case cut off a lew pastes. It does not matter whose "baby” ft Is—the people want Just any old "baby" that will put some "pass toters” out of business. Wo trust that the Senate, should It decide to accept tho House bill, will do so with the proviso that the bill go Into effect Immediately. VINDICATION FOR THE PEANUT. Vindication lor tho peanut baa como at laat—vindication complete,' ■weeping and unmlstakablo. In a twinkle It has Icapod from an humble and comparatively Insig nificant place In human economy to undisputed position as the most val uable food asset given to mankind. No longer a thing to be hawked upon street corner, under circus tent or at baseball games simply as a pasting luxury along with pop corn, chewing gum and bottled pop. No longer to be simply an Incident In horticultural pursuits—a mere "patch" ot a few rows for tho children. The peanut takes Its place at the head of food supply for the human family. Comes Professor E. M. Jaffa, ot California, with the definite, unqualified and unmistakable statement that In 10 cents worth ot pea nuts there Is twice the protein and els tlmea tho energy contained In a large porterhouae steak! Not only li It a victory for the humble peanut, but Is a mighty big feather In the cap of the vegetarian. Profeasor Jaffa's experiments were moat exhaustive, and hie "peanut squad" promises to become even more famous than Dr. Wiley's “poison squad." Ills experiments and observa tion are to bo embodied In a bulletin to be Issued by the United 8tates department of agriculture. Think of the advantage ot aaylng "go to” to the beef trust, the flour trust and all the other food trusts, and steaming up for a strenuous day on lb cents worth of goobers! Why. the old red hills and gray valleys of Oeorgls ought to raise peanuts enough to supply the country, and give to humanity at once the cheapest, most wholesome and austolnlng food known to the world. Finally, "peanut politician” will no longer be a term ot opprobrium, but rather the badge of high stateamanshlp and virtue*. The peanut has come Into Its own at last! INDETERMINATE 8ENTENCE. To the Editor of The Georgian: Since The Georgian hat to auccesa- fully advocated other reforma, there la one other that 1 should like to see you take up—that le. the Indetermi nate sentence. A young man commits a burglary. It It his first. HI* Instincts, perhaps, are good, but the temptation waa great. If placed In tha proper environment ana told that he would be released whenever he showed alms of repent ance and reformation, might he not he On the other hand, the hardened criminal, no matter what might be the crime, would not be turned loose on society after five, ten or twenty ”»ars. but he, too, would be held unfit formed, or. If necessary, for life. This Is not a wild Idea of my own, but has been successfully tried In other states. Why not In Georgia? Georgia waa founded to help the unfortunate In a material way; let ua turn this spirit of philanthropy toward their moral and aplrllual welfare. , A CONSTANT READER. Japan as'aa advertiser has takes some tdllbosnl Ideal from America. Worship, rrs et Buddhist temples Invariably wash tbelr bands In s fountain at the entrance liefer* making tbelr supplications. Former- ly Ibe priests bnng towels there. ,\ow the merchants of Toktn and other rlttrs furnish the temples with free towels, r* serving the privilege of printing their ad- rerflrcmrnfs oa .them. PR0TE8T TO LEGISLATURE AGAIN8T DI8FRANCHISEMENT. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: Wo were enclaved without choice, and ns staves our muscles felled your forests, tilled '"■ir ! in.:- t.-nit mur highways sad your houses, and for nearly two centuries and n linlf served you filthlully In every way you directed. During the close of these years there was terrible civil strife. In which thousands sacrificed their lives, other thousands lost their limbs nnd henlth and billions of dob lars were wasted. You were a party to this strife, tad the courage nnd efevernces you displayed In it Is a matter of history which commends you to all nations. Hut bnva yon thought that you could not have won such admira tion and that your efforts on tbs field would havs failed early In that grant strug gle If faithful, honest, tolling men nnd women la black skins bad not been left at homo! Your straggle wss for tho continued en slavement of these people. Hut did they prove traitor or treacherous? Did they out rage your women or mistreat your children or neglect your fields or your cities? 8lnro tbs ending of that terrible strife have we not under the ehsnged relationship striven to bo your friends, and lie manly? Have we not tolled aa lieforo, and have we not suffered that which caused the earlier strifes, the articles of confederation and the declaration of Independence? Art we not taxed without conaeot or repreaentatlon or without the privilege of aiding In the aelectlon of those who Impose taxes? Are not tho taxes paid by ns distributed with out regard to our wishes and without re spect for our opinion? Do not "govern ments derive their Just iwwers from tb« consent of the gorerned?" Are these truths and will yon turn your fees from them and persist la making might right? The South Is our native land nnd we lore her kills nml her fertile valleys nnd the poaelbllltles and opportunities nature's gen erous band has prorlded fer her. We would lore to llvo here sad contribute our talent ami one brawn to Its further and complete development. We ehonld like to continue kero ns cltlsens—not mere subject* \\ ben you tax as as you do for the main tenance of your Institutions, and of tbit ws bars not complained; whsn you delib erately plan to deprive us of our enfran chisement, tho bailor, the most effective weapon of a free American cltlsen; when you purpose that ws shall not lie permitted to assemble In our lodge rooms, a privilege vouchsafed lu the Declaration of Independ ence and In the fourteenth amendment to the ronttltntlon, which declares that all E rsona born or naturalised In the bolted ttes and subject to tbs Jurisdiction there of are cHlsena of the united States end Of tho state wherein they reside, nnd that no state shall make or enforce any law bleb shall uhllles of e realise tl cltlsens of the failed States, -Use that there Is but one thing left to remind us tbat we are still wautod In this state. If we srs not wanted, this one thing should speedily be removed, so that the emigrant agent can get busy In every county In the siatc. The question of disfranchisement la one of murals, and In this, right and wrong are Involved. It often requires a deal more apt to find this true la far too mnny of our the colored man ss they would have the colored man do ante them? Respectfully, II. A. RUCKER. REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON REPLIES TO THE GEORGIAN. To the Editor of The Georgian: erst assembly," and that the "Illustration wss used In scorn.” 1 do not feel "worst'' or even hndly about tbo ctnlms of tbs " “ general assembly; lens of that plat form with any degree of scorn. On the contrary, I agree with many of the demands of the platform; with others, I regret that 'ran not agree. The dlacuaslon out of- which the atiove gentleman- on the hlldtlonlst, declariui i waa a Hall blU not meet the requlremcnta of the Macon form did not exclude or Inhibit state pro hibition. and It was at this point tbat I en tered tho discussion. Applying the well-known and universally recognised rule of construction applicable to written luetnunents. to wit: that the ex pression of oue thing excludes the other, 1 asserted that the Bacon platform, when It pronounced In favor of tho antl-Jug bill words, of ibe two solution# proposed, to• wit: the antl-Jug hUl, for which the mi nority pleaded In the prohibition tlfhl, nntl mate prohibition, the platform pronounced in fnror of the antl-Jug bill, and, by ueo- eaaary Implication, excluded nnd Inhibited *tat# prohibition aa a solution. Without noldk further Into the detail* of tbo argument, suffice it to say tbat It re mained unanmverod mi the floor of the house. I claimed then that the majority who voted for state prohibition were, there- fore, estopped from asserting the sanctity of tho Macon platform. I stated that I voted for atste prohibition; hut It waa In oltedlence to- my oath of office, which re* qulred me to rote for those measures which. In my Judgment, would be most conducive to the licit Interest# of the state, and that I knew when I cant that vote that I vio lated not only the spirit of the Macon platform, bnf, by every fair rule of Inter pretation, Its letter also. I then nnnmnrd high ground or lo* ground, whichever way you view It. and asserted tbat uiH>n every measure before the house. In obedience to my oath, I would vote ray hone#t conviction*, regard- lea* of what the platform said or what the administration wanted. And as some mention had t>een made upon the floor of the house aa to the wishee of the admin istration, I stated that 1 did not surrender ray conscience and convictions upon the prohibition question Into the keeping of the time when the In the first flush of f. As I stated upon __ be average member of the Macon convention bad no more to do with writing that platform than he had with writing the l>eclaratlon of Indepnd wo* written at n time w faction In Georgia wsa'lr an unprecedented victory, the floor of the house, fh .jnd Just been nominated tor governor, and the convention accepted It without quee lion. Under the circumstance*. It was In evitable tbat the platform should swing to the extreme ami embrace many radicalisms, which the conservative Judgment of the people of Georgia would not approve. ’ il assembly has re by Its action receded already pointed out that tne general assem bly violated the nlaUerni In the passage of the state prohibition bill, t non yesterday the house by a targe majority refused to , aubstltnte. and It received *fy SO vote#. And while the house was refusing to recognise the binding force of the platform upon the question of free passes, the senate refused to recognise Its binding force upon the question of lobbying, and practically emasculated the anti-lobby- Ing bill passed by the bouse and demanded by the platform. The people of Georgia are to be congrnt utoted that their so!** second aeuao la |w» Ing asserted through the action of their chosen representatives. They nre to be fur ther congratulated tbat they hare here in the cspitot a general assembly brave enough, honest enough and Independent enough to rote theft honest conviction* upon every measure In spite of any diets- turn either from within or without the capi tal. Very trnly yours. (fllKENE V. JOHNSON, Representative from Jasper County. The Buche Indians. MO In number, who live In a remote part of the Creek Nntlon. cling to their own language ami rnarrv netnctpally among their own tribe, after dag conquered and atmorhed by the Creek - ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders. Washington. Aug. S.-FIrst Lieutenant Hlrhar.? M. Thomas, Fifteenth earslrjr, to military academy; Captain Samuel T. An- •ell, Eighth Infantry, to Fort Williams; Majors Isaac K. Lewis snil ltlehmonij I'. Davis, coast artillery corps, to Fort Tot ten, for construction of submntlne defense end artillery eehools. Major Sofia. W, Stevens, coast artillery conn, from Fort Washington to the pre sidio; First Lieutenants IJoyd B. Magruder and Haldane U. Tompkins, coast artillery corps, to Fort Totted for assignment on torpedo planters. Major Samnel Ringgold •ml General Henry J. Hunt, respectively; Captnln Jesse M. llsker. quartermaster, to fit. Louis, Mo., rellerlng Major Dartil 8. Stanley, depot quartetiuaiter, who will re pair to Washington for duty In office ot quarteriunater guwernl. Lieutenant Colonel Frederick ton fichrn- dor, deputy quartermneter general, from office of quartermaster general to fit. .pools nnd assume charge general depot, relieving Captnln linker. Navy Order*. Commander T. W. Klnkeld, Lieutenant Commanders C. C. Fewey, 1». A. Ilaldn and E. L. Itennett, Ensign T. G. Ellyocn nnd. Passed Asslstnnt Paymaster W. W. Isimnr, commissioned. Lieutenant Commander G. II. Slocum, nd- dltlonnl duty ns nnvlgator of Yorktown: Lieutenant /. F. Green to nnvnl academy; Lieutenant J. 8 ~ * ‘ ‘ ~ town to homo; to Connertleut. „ .. _ , Passed Assistant Paymaster E. H. Tri con, additional duty In charge ot accounts, second torpedo fiotlllfi, Norfolk. Movement of Vesslt. Arrived—August 6, Connectlent nt Rock land; Prairie nt New Haven; 8t. Louis et Callao, Pern. Hailed—August d. Wolverine from Pot-ln- Bay for Mneklonc Island; Ajax from Ports mouth for Bradford; Stewnrt from Norfolk for Newport. HOW WILL ATLANTA FARE ' UNDER PROHIBITION. (From The Arkansas Gaiette. When a prohibition lew Is proposed that 1, to Inclndc cities of also In Its provisions the effect ot prohibition on the business In terests of those eltlea la always one of the prlnelpnl things discussed. Just now much is being said altout the effect that the clos ing of tho saloons may have on tbq busl- ess Interests of Atlanta. The following Is from the Washington Herald: ‘George W. rarrott, of Atlanta, Oa., man ager of the handsome and sumptuously ap- pointed Piedmont Hotel of thnt city, and part owner thereof, was In Washington yes terday. -The enactment of state prohibition,' sold Mr. Parrott, "will lie a tremendous blow to the business Interest, of Atlanta. It will virtually make It a dead town, and transform the liveliest, mast prosperous and progressive city of the South Into a deserted village. People who have business there will not tarry an hour longer Uian It takes to transact It. Tourists will give It a wldo licrth, for there can l>e nothing attrac tive In n place where a gentleman can not get even a Itottle of claret with hla dinner. This Is not a prejndlred opinion, hut la the view taken by conservative and temperate Any city of the alse of Atlanta, has ample polK-e protection and stringent laws against the abases of the rnm traffic, will lose out In the rocs for business supremacy under a prohibition "Mr.- rarrott Is feeling particularly de- pressed over the prospect of a 'dry town, for the reason thnt It denis a heavy blow to hla hotel. Ills house baa been a great sneresa financially, but If Its bar business he abolished the day of money-making for the Piedmont will bare disappeared for- * 1 Thc manager and port, owner of * hotel who fenra that the abolition of Its bar busl ness means that tbo day of money-making for hla hotel la gone forever la hardly In a Judicial position with reapeet to prohibi tion. But aa Atlanta will be the largest etty In the United Mates without saloons there will be great Iffterest all over the country to know what the netnnl effect may he on the business Interests of Atlanta. The Georgia metropolis will go under pro hibition on January 1 next. On the suc ceeding year-that Is, on New .Year's day, 1909. prohibition will have had one years trial. At that time answer* to theae quos- tlona will tie received with great Interest: llow many vacant atore houses and resi dences are there In Atlanta.** compared with the number the year before? How does the tax assessment compare with that of the year before? How does the numlwr of ear* of freight reeelved and shipped compare with the number the year before? How do the hank clearing, compare with the clearings of the year before? How do tho sales of stamps at the post- office compare with the sale* of tho year before? llow do land valnea and rent* compare with values nnd rants of the yosj before? To some of these questions absolutely cor rect answers rosy be returned and to tbs other* ,n,wcre that are approximately cor rect. The farts thus ascertained nnd not th* npeelal can* of a hotel with * bor wlll determine what the effect of prohibition may be on the business Interests of At lanta. GIVES CREDIT TO ALL. To the Editor of The Georgian: Will von allow me, with hundreds of oth- ere, to express to yon the real gratitude of iny heart for the magnificent work you have done toward securing prohibition In nue grand old state? It It an Inspiring thing to aes a great dally whose columns are so eagerly sought by the advocates of the Iniquitous liquor traffic turn aside from the great financial gain of such use of Its col umns nnd g|vs Itself In no uncertain way to the eauao of righteousness. In answer to prayer Go<l has rid as of thl, great evil, but lie ha, nood for HI, work Godly-true men In the legtalatlve halls, ami such news- papers as The Georgian. We would not fall, however, to give credit also to the religious press of the state and numbers nf K nlar newspapers over the state who -e valiantly fought for prohibition, and the moral uplift of our rommonwealh. May we not also at this lime take occa sion to commend a recent editorial In The Georgian, urging the passage of the bill to raise the "»ge of consent" In Georgia to It years. As this law stands In onr state today It la a refieetlon njwn ererjr true man lu It. Surely the reason for onr delay lu throwing protection around help- leas girlhood hna lo-en onr failure to prop erly agitate the matter. At a meeting tbla year of the Woman'* Board of Home Mis sions of the Southern Methodist churrh nt Houston, Tex., the hoard being composed of representative women from all over the booth, a request came from the chair for ths representative* of the different State* to Inform the tody a, to the law In their respective atate* on the "age of consent." The writer was humlllate.-l beyond measure when forced to state the situation la Geor gia. We appeal to the womanhood of the atate. to the love of father* and ranthrra. for tbelr wires, daughters and alsrers. to the women ef the atate. and the press, that together we might bend our energies to ward securing the passage nf a tall that shall mean real protection to girlhood, now Imperiled. MBS. J. A. THOMAS. Marou, Oa. FREE—Half-pound box of Wiley’s best candy, which retails at 80c per pound, with each SOc cash Want Ad brought or phoned to The Georgian office Friday or Saturday, August 9 or 10, to be inserted in the Saturday Georgian Want page. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. Capital and Surplus $ 800,600.00 Total Resources Over.. A... 3,000,000.00 The account* of Banks, Bankers, Corporation*, 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. To the Editor of The Georgian: Mr. A. M. .Walker, th# writer of a card In The Georgian of Tneedny. headed 'That Couflacatton Illll," le tul#tnkon ns to the pusange by tb« house of the hill referred to therein. It lips not y**t boon allowed to pnaa the houte, and ewe nre confident thnt a proper inveatlgntlon of Its term* and consequence* will prevent ft from obtaining the support of the metn!>er# of the general a Monthly. It was referred to the commit tee In the house, and after an cx parte hejir- lug. recommended. Lt la n bill ot most radical nnd fnr-renchihg conaemieneee, and may Itemnc the engine for the rota unit Injury of dtlxeni of onr state. It la clnlai? af that It It rot ptirnoftes of public util ity. and yet It Is designed entirely for pri vate emolument. The cltlten* have to sur render their property to private corpora tion*. and theae private corporation* nre to tally uncontrolled aa to their charge* and price#. The cltlten la obliged to give up hi# individual property to another party and thla other party take* It nnd does aa he plea we# with It. There 1# a claim that cettnln parties may hold up these great pnldlc enterprteest?); there Is no ground for such a complaint. Tho only en#ea In the state where any trou ble ha# nrleeo are where eertaln great cor- r iitlon* have endearored by *nft* at law ohtnln the properties of cljlxens of onr ntnte and lire necking to get the legislature to aid them Iry this legislation. The#e corporations mo claiming title to the properties of vour citizen# by suits at law. aud being dubious of their ehauce* In the court#, are seeking the nhl of the legDIatnre In this already nnequnl light against the property-holder. There Is no surer «r«y to coimmuuat* a moat pernicious nnd dangerous monopoly of the water power rights nnd properties of this state. Such a drastic and radical change of our law# should not be* made In haste. It# effect may be remediless; the people of the whole state should l»e apprised of It. There are only n few who do know anything at all of lt§ pendency. As a cltlr.cn of the state who ho* given •owe thought to this matter. I respectfully submit these views to the members of the legislature. - > JAME8 A. BESSON*. THE W. C. T* U. 18 GRATEFUL. To the Editor of The Georgian: ,, , pleasure, for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Pulton county to the unpurebasa- ble member# of the legislature who stood firmly for the right, and mad# lt Impossi ble for anylKxly, from the governor down to the lowest and meanest liquor man in the state, to sell Intoxicating liquors to men and t>oys after 1907. On Janaary 1. 1908, the Fulton County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will fnat and pray as they did the first day of this year, nnd will meet In some church, aa they did In Trinity, not to weep, bat to rejoice that salnous wilt no longer blot nnd disgrace the atreeta of our eltlea and to the men who control lu Atlanta that n law was enacted adon after saloons came bark In 18*7, which bat kept women and R rls out of the saloons, we Lstc found such a saving blessing to ns tbat we have longed to see the same method of preventing drunkenness nnd crime applied to the f.tronger(7) sex. We Iwllcvf.uien aud hoys should be pro tected from evil fully as well as women and girls are protected, for are they not halves of a common humnnlty? And now we see what great things God has brought to tmaa, nnd without any great ntnount of trouble, either, lt seema to us a direct answer to our pmrera, which have been nsecndlug dally alnco the tfonmu’s cru sade began In 1873. God has plenty of work for ns all to do. and we must see that the right sort of officials are elected who will aee to It thnt prohibition does prohibit. We offer to help In this fight also," Ws thank Hon. James L. Mar«nn for demon strating the fact to na that we bad a place In thla Imttle for the right, and for bringing to us our state president, who Is a power within herself. The women who do not "belong" aided us very materially, and many of them hate learned to love ua and will dou the white ribbon and fight under onr banner for national ami world-wble prohibition. Rev. J. C. Solomon, Messrs. Richards, Wllhelmer. Ingraham and others, members of the Anti-Saloon I-cague, aided ua In many ways, utid we return thnhks. Messrs. Me- Itaufal. Hartsook, Beater and Broyles fur nished the coffee, tea mid sugar, and the kitchen of the Hccond Baptist church, with the crockery, glasses, spoons, ftc.. were ten dered ua by tne ladle* of that church. Who nre always Interested In work to help the children. Wc thank them. To the news- papers (especially The Georgian) we return sincere thanks for publishing the announce-* ments of meetings, etc. indeed, we are “embarrassed by our riches." We hnd so many helpful friends that limited space In The Georgian will not permit of more be ing said Just now. Islke Tiny Tim. let ns aajr; "Ood Mesa ot ererjr one" thnt we do lire In the Bui- ( dre Btate of the Routb. and are bleated icyond onr nelghlMira In that we are to have State-wide prohibition. But, eternal vigilance Is the price of lib erty. nnd we must watch aa well as pray, or this blessing will depart from ns. Me ask nil women to Join na, and all men to become honorary members of one of the three unions In Atlautn. We have more than forty denartmenta of work, so there Will Ik) no difficulty in finding something you would like to do. We most prove to the people, especially the young people, that alcohol is a virulent poleon In any form It presents itself, and. therefore, to he avoided by well Informed and sane persona. We must agitate, edu cate and organize as never before, or the next legislature may vote It out aa It la only statutory, not constitutional, prohibi tion. But for this grant mercy we praise God from whom all blessing flow. MART I*. M TEN DON. Cw»»F * tlan Temperance Ti FORMER PARTNERS ENTER LAWSUIT A temporary Injunction axntnst Alex Reeves, restraining him from n»ntInning In tbu Interior mnriiTs business, was (ranted li, Ju.l*e Ellis Thursday morn In, upon the PUNISHMENT OF INNOCENT8. To the Editor of The Georgian: In The Georgian of 2d Instant there appeared an article on the punishment of the Innocent by law. I have waited for some one of Influence, and of more capability than myself, to tako the matter up for public conulderatlon. 80 far nothing haa been done, and I as sume the taak. The article referred to was la-regard to a woman and her child being deprived of the means of support, because the law had deprived them ot the labor of the husband and father, he hnvlng violated a law of the United State*. Tlitu atate of af fair* la very common, but this doe, not lessen the gravity of the com. The sentiment behind prohibition of the liquor traffic Is largely because the liquor traffia largely absorbs the earn ings of head, of families, thus leaving the family In a destitute condition. In the case cited herein, we find that society (government) has put the heafi of the family to hard labor and es cheat* the whole of his labor away from the family, leaving the family destitute. In thl* matter, wherein does society or government differ from the liquor traffic? The man i* housed, clothed and fed. but the tvlfe and child are left desti tute. Who has the law or society really punished? v Why should not the punishment be In the confinement and the labor go to the fnmlly? All of us object to confiscation of property. Labor Is all the property a poor man has, and Is the only prop erty that the dependent family has te keep It from starvation. Under what system of logic, religion or humanity, nr economic Justice, can aodety take from an Innqcent wife and child all of their property to satisfy a debt due society by the head of the family? Society has mad* the head of the fam ily the custodian of the labor or prop erty of the family, In which, by law, all are to share and sh:.re alike; hence out of this labor power Invested In the man the man Is to receive his pnrt. In the case cited In this article the man’s share In his labor power Is one. third of such property or labor power only: the other two-thirds belong to the wife and child. The Federal government Is, In this case, confiscating the property of tho woman and the child for no cause. Let prohllbtlonlets, especially preach ers, digest this mattof and prepare for action. With your consent, I propose to con tribute an article once a week on thla subject. .Who will help me? W. A. JOHNSON. Atlanta, Go., Aug. (, 1907. PIONEER PR0HIBITI0NIST8 AND SOME OTHER FACTORS. To the Editor of The Oeor-lan: The long fight between the people of Georgia and the whisky forces ha, at lost resulted In. a complete victory for the right. But while according all due honor to various persons, union, and leagues who did valiant service In the glorious cause, we ought to remember that half a century ago Dab ney P. Jones, who was Indeed .the "plumed knight" of the cause of tem perance, cowed the seed whose abun dant harvest we Just now reap. HI* was "the voice crying In the wilder ness: Prepare ye the way.” John B. Gough, B. H. Overby and D. P. Jones constitute a trio of knightly warriors whose doughty deed* made possible tho glorious victory Just achieved, All over the Union thoughtful minds are earnestly pondering the causes of this great moral revolution In aeorgln. Several factors may be mentioned as contributing to the happy result: 1. Thoughtful men at last became convinced that whisky, either directly or Indirectly, ts the author of 60 per cent nf all crimes committed, snd, therefore, an expensive "luxury.’ Again, many think that state "prohi bition will prove an Important factor In solving the negro problem by ren dering It more difficult for him to pro cure the Inflammable poison. Another factor In this moral revolu tion Is worthy of note. It Is well known to those who live In rural communities that the vile chemicals sold under tho name of whisky by dirty dealers with unpronounceable names produced a deep antipathy nnd profound disgust against the whole whisky business, even by men who themselves some times Indulged. When tho present legislature was elected state prohibition was not an Issue. But nfter they met the clarion call of The Georgian and the loud voice of their constituents urged then: on to the flnal assault, which gave the demon a mortal wound. Finally, the principal factor In this great moral revolution Is found In the earnest hope and deep conviction of thousands of good father, and praying mothers all over Georgia, that state prohibition, rigidly enforced, will save many bright boys, dry many sad tears, heal many bruised hearts and bring peace and plenty to many desolate homes. _ W. O. ROBERTS, M. D. Stonewall, Ga. petition of Charles F. Koob. former part ner of lteerea. . , . , The petition nllecea tbat Knob pujchjsco Beeves' Intereat lu ths business of Keel, A Beeves with the stipulation that the latter shnuM not ens«ce In the IpSfVbjv marble business In Atlanta. The plaintiff claim* that the defemlant violated th.« agreement by doing work on the new At- Inata, Birmingham ami Atlantic depot. Me. Ho,la represented by Attorney Bam D. Hewlett. A. K. 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