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THE ATLANTA GEORGIA
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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plants, as It now owns Its water
works. Othrr cities do this and get
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To the ritt. This should be done at
Once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
belleret that If alreet mltwnra can be
operated successfully by European
titles, ea they are. there Is no good
res son why they can not be an oper
ated here. But we dn not believe this
ean be dene now, and It mar be some
years before we are randy for eo big
on nuderrnklng. Still Atlanta should
eat Its face In that direction NOW.
After the Ipnobie fate of White
Home "Pete, 1 It Is strange that
Gotham bids for notoriety with
monkey named "Pete."
Pretty toon the Georgia legislature
will erjd Its session, thtto giving The
Charleston News and Courlor time to
consider South Carolina matters a bit.
Pompeiian bakers made their loaves
round and flat. Some modern linkers
make their loaves flat, stale, and any
thing but profitless.
Styles lu millinery have not changed
in Japan In 2,500 years, which Is an
other argument to show the smooth
ness of the Japanese male citizen.
The Pittsburg bank Janitor who was
arrested for swiping funds might put
forward the excuse that he was hired
to clean out the Institution.
President McCracken of New York
University must be taking a crack at
President Day, of Syracuse. He saya
grove danger lurks In trust-built uni*
varsities.
Prince Victor Marayah, son of the
Maharaja of Cooch Rehar, Is a candl
date tor tbe Cornell football team. A
man with a name like that ought to
ha able to hit the line pretty hard.
Nebraska has Its Bowdre Phlntzy.
H. A. Turpin has submitted to the Ne
braska railroad commission twenty-
five photos showing tbe condition of
the Missouri Pacific tracks.
Captain Young came down to Islo
Royale, waved the Union Jack over It
and announced that It belonged to
Canada. It seomed to have been more
a caso of applejack than Union Jack.
Harney Oldfield, having worked the
public for some years, now cries out
that the racing game Is no more and
he must go to work! Hard luck, Har
ney, but quite a lot of other folks
have to w-rk for a living.
A correspondent of Tbe New York
8un b trying to churn up public ap
preciation of the poetic productloua
of Ebenezer Buttermilk. He ought to
appeal especially to Vice President
Fairbanks on account of his name.
Congressman Theodore Burton an
nounces that he will retire as chair
man of the rivers and harbors com
mittee. He must have something
mighty good to yield up the guardian
ship of the pork barrel.
Some newspapers have the mean
disposition. Now comes The Moultrie
Obsefver with the Insinuation that the
Georgia senate speeds up Its work In
order to get through In time to go to
the bail games. And the team off on
the road!
A New York street car magnate ac
knowledges that revenue and not pub
lic business governs the company.
Straphangers are considered as (Im
ply an added asset Yet corporations
that cry bloody murder If any law
passed Interfering with them in any
y.
After alt the powder trust Investiga
tion looks like a flash In the pan.
The blow at the furniture trust
comes too late to help the fellow who
paid $185 for a $49.99 bed-room suit.
Canada Is to have nickel coins. Yet
their face value Is to be only two
cents.
Rome Is advertising for population
by a new method. The recorder there
has fixed the price of a hug at $1.
The Tennessee "hillbillies" ought to
have a slight amendment to their
names. An “e” where the first "I"
appears would fit them better.
WILL THE HOUSE SEE THE ANTI-LOBBYING BILL
- BUTCHERED?
No fair-minded business man, willing to work in the open, will say.
that the antl-lobbylng bill, now itendlng In the Georgia General Assembly, '
asks anything that should not be expected or that Is not absolutely neces
sary to the honest progress of law-making.
The House of Representatives worked on tbe measure and passed It
up to the Senate for Its approval. To the great surprise of nearly every
body. the Senate has butchered It—has seen flt to make ridiculous a meas
ure that we are led to believe the people of Georgia firmly Intend having
enacted Into a law.
The Georgian wants to digress Just a moment to say a word to the
good people who sent these Senators to Atlanta, In the hope of Impressing
upon those—If such there be—who do not already appreciate It, the Im
portance of this measure.
This matter Is one that Is not easy to appraise at Its proper value,
because It does not directly touch anything In your own town or county-
does not directly treat of a freight rate on your peach crop, does not di
rectly affect the mortgage on--your crop to secure payment for fertiliser,
or the many thlng$ that make or mar your dally comfort and progress.
For these reasons—and because Its Immediate workings are 'almost
entirely confined to the Capital City during the sessions of tbe General
Assembly—you may not appreciate Ita Importance, and your representa
tives, who so lightly attempted to crush the llfo out of It In the Senate on
Wednesday, may think they have fooled you, or that they will escape your
displeasure because you don't know any better.
While this measure does not directly touch your peach crop, your
cotton erbp, or your supply of fertilizer, it Indirectly touches every one
of them and everything that concerns your everyday llfo.
Here Is an example:
' A gentleman, whose business It Is to do such things, spent a few
days In the Capital City of one of our Northern states about four weeks
ago. Not by accident—there waa a bill in the Assembly that had passed
the House—one of those reform bills that would have hurt tbe trust with
which ho was connected. This Is what happened: The hill had passed
the House and waa headed for the Senate. The 8enate was about ready
to adjourn for the session—only had to act on the remaining bills to come
over from the House. The president of the Senate, at a set time, left the
chair a few minutes—also left a picked man there In his stead. A picked
man, at that minute, brought tbe picked bill over, and another picked
man moved that It be tabled. The motion prevailed. Then the president,
who was unwilling to bo connected with the scheme, happened back, and
everything had been nicely done according to program. The bill was
tabled and may remain so forever. That night the young gentleman, who
bad so successfully protected the- Interests of bis employers, took tho
train for Atlanta—to seo If he could find out If "prohibition would pro
hibit"—maybe.
The lobbyist has, by his sly work, kept you In the past from having
cars for your peaches, has killed laws that would have regulated the fer
tilizer trust, has made child labor lawful, has blocked legislation that
would have prevented crime, and has kept the bread from the mouths of
your little children and robbed them of home and mother and happlnerfs;
has stood at the school door and driven them back with a laugh at their
tattered garments and bare feet. He has kept the doctor from the dying
mother with the new-born babe starving at her sunken breast on a bed of
shucks, and ho has Bpread hell In houses that honest law-makers would
have made HOMES. The paid lobbyist is the most damnable thief that 1
Infests the earth. Ho does not want to fight for his rights In committees,
as the law would compel him to—he prefers'the subtle and surer method
of the thief who comes In the night.
If, citizens of Georgia, any of the men you have - sent here to make
laws that will make our state prosper and our homes happy, are under
the spell of these men and have so far forgotten the duties they were
sent here to perform, we pray you watch the roll call on such measures,
and demand your rights. If you find any man of them faithless—even In
different—relegate him so swiftly and surely to the shades of oblivion
that tho halls of legislation may never more be Infested with him, nor
with the lobbyist whom he would protect.
Gentlemen of the House, will you seo your measure so mutilated?
We believe not.
Send It back to the Senate, and In doing so, give that body to under
stand that you read more wisely the will and appreciate more keenly the
temper of the people of Georgia. I
Gentlemen of tho Senate, we speak with authority when we say that
the people of Georgia will not tamely accept the farce you would force
upon them.
THE MOMENTOUS BATTLE IN OHIO.
(Killtorlal Correspondence Tho Georgian.)
Coshocton, Ohio, August 8, 1907.
The fortunes of the presidential battle hinge so largely on Ohio that
Its state -politics become more and more a matter of acute and national
Interest- *"
If Secretary Taft sweeps the field and leaves Forakcr and Fairbanks
behind him in Kentucky and Ohio, then It would seem to be a clear Held
for the big Ohio legatee of Roosevelt, and tho president himself will be
a steadfast supporter of his cabinet officer, and will turn a deaf ear to
any mere party nomination for himself.
If, on tho other hand, Forakcr and Fairbanks, the remnants of Mark
Hanna and tha shrewd hand of Dick can prevail In the long run, then Fair
banks will loom aa the reactionary candidate of the Republican money
power, and the strenuous Roosevelt must either accept him to the ruin
and reversal of the reforms he baa wrought, or Roosevelt himself mutt
fling hla own all-powerful name Into the lists and give battle for the creeds
that are in him.
To this it may be remarked by the auporflclal that the battlo Is al
ready won.
Did not the Ohio state Republican executive committee vote 18 to 5
to Indorse Taft as Ohio's choice and did not the same committee vote only
11 to 10 against tbe movement to retire Forakcr from Ohio politics;
So It did, and the firat blood la counted for Roosevelt and Taft.
But it Is a long road to tho nomination by the people and the state
convention—the nomination that counts—and there are two bold, powerful
and tireless politicians—the boldest and shrewdest In Ohio—fighting bril
liantly and untiringly to change tho verdict of tho state committee by the
vote of the state convention.
The battle Is not over by any meant.
A few weeks ago nearly every public man you met In Ohio would
tell you that Foraker was whistling In a graveyard to keep his courage
up—that the man was dead—that all the active forces of his party were
against him, the people distrustful of him, and that hit star had set. But
Foraker does not seem to know when he Is whipped. At least he Is fight
ing today as brilliantly, as audaciously and much more effectively than ho
has ever fought In his life before.
And whether ho Is going to win or lose no man who see* can fall to
confess that he Is gaining now. Forakcr It heard every day. He speaks
to large and Increasing crowds. Ho la heard with greater enthusiasm
•very day. On Sunday at Cedar Point the summer reunion of the Ohio
legislature gave him an ovation of unparalleled cordiality. Men who
have written bis epitaph are now talking about a new chapter In hla
biography, and the militant, dauntless, tireless campaign of the fire-
alarm senator Is undoubtedly having Its effect.
And this all the more because of the attitude of apathy and compara
tive indifference shown by Senator Taft. There Is scarcely a symptom In
Taft’s manner or speech to Indicate any particular anxiety over the presi
dency, and the Impression is gaining ground every day that hs is merely
running to oblige Mr. Roosevelt and his friends, and that his own prefer
ence would be for quieter hours. v
This Impression Foraker Is emphasizing with greet effect, and tbe
contrast between tho tremendous energy of the senator and the appa
rent Indifference of the secretary can toot fail to have Ita effect upon tho
voters. - '
There Is no sort of doubt of the superior popularity of Taft Every
body In Ohio seems to really love the big. genial, able and lovable secre
tary. In every relation of life he has commended himself to the confi
dence and regard of his fellows. There isn't a man of cither party In
Ohio who does not concede his fitness for any offleo In the republic, and
a campaign against him would of necessity be robbed of personality and
bitterness, for there Isn't an angle about him on wblcb a personal antag
onism could be hung. He Is as nearly a flawless man as our public Ilfs
has known In this generation. If be wakes up and goes to work he will
unquestionably put a quietus on hla forceful and dauntless antagonist.
But no campaign of apathy can do safe against the superb and daunt
less battle that Foraker Is giving now.
Well, then, with tbe matter in doubt, what of our chances?
Bryan at the Miami Valley Chautauqua on Thursday, the 1st,
definitely told Demdbratlc Chairman McGarvey that l^o Waa In fact a
candidate, and that he wanted the vote of Ohio.
So this question seems settled once for all. The chances are that
Bryan can get Ohio's vote,, although I have talked with scores of strong
Democrats who stoutly affirm that Ohio Democrats will give their votes
to Judson Harmon If he makes an effort to get them. Judson Harmon
Is a really big man, and the Ohio Democrats are learning that fact bet
ter every year, and he Is undoubtedly, since Governor Pattlson died,
Ohio’s favorite Democratic son.
There Is too In Ohio a really great sentiment for a Southern candi
date. The moBt popular sentiment breathed at Ohio's twenty-live Chau
tauqua assemblies this summer has been the sentiment of a re-united
country and the Chautauqua platforms have had two Southerners to every
Northern man represented. Hoke Smith, Culberson and Governor Glenn,
of North Carolina, carry the presidential preference In the order named.
Fairly as I can Judge Ohio sentiment among the thoughtful It runs
• as follows:
Bryan or Hannon or a Southern candidate would stand a good
chance with Taft, popular as he Is.
A good Democrat could lick Fairbanks or any reactionary beyond a
doubt.
T have never yet found a man in either party who would father the
opinion that Bryan or any other Democrat would stand a ghost of a
show against Roosevelt
The president Is the universally conceded winner In any field on
which he enters.
But things are getting Into shape now. Bryan Is openly in the field.
The favorite sons are feeling their way with definite purpose, and by
January we shall have at hand the fair equations on Which to found the
theorem of the next November.
From a Democratic standpoint It Is Impossible not to wish Foraker
well. If Jie wins and gives us a Republican reactionary os a candidate,
Bryan or a Southern man standi a great chance of being president. If
he loses to Taft and the big secretary gets busy, then the combination
of Taft and Roosevelt in strenuous endeavor will make the battle doubt
ful all along the line.
For Taft and Roosevelt are one In the next campaign, and the mantle
of Theodore stretched to the broad shoulders of his legatee may move the
multitudes mightily to voting.
Ohio Is one of the greatest constituencies of Independent thinking and
voting In America. It gave Roosevelt 260,000 majority for president,
and almost before he had taken his seat;for the new term, turned and
elected the Democratic Pattlson by 40,000 majority as governor of Ohio—
on a pure basis of purity of character.
There passed a great figure when Governor Pattlson fell on sleep.
He held the confidence of Ohio without regard to parties, and he deserved
It all. He typed the great hunger of the American people life for pure
men and strong men. He painted a great example to American youth of
the omnipotence of character. May our teachers not fall to see and to
teach, the lesson:
Through court and through mart and through college
The grand truth is working at length;
There's a Purity wiser than knowledge,
There's a righteousness stronger than strength. •
J. T. 0.
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH
PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT
Mr. F. L. Seely, City.
.1 s ,* ely i - We J"L reby commend The Atlanta Georgian for
Lil.i? d 0od an<1 humanity in espousing the cause of prohi
bition. Having the utmost confidence In your regard for civic righteous
ness and moral advancement, and that through the columns of your
paper oothlng Immoral will be Instilled Into the hearts of the comhS
g?an r andVews eh00VCS t0 *' V ® ° Ur loyal ® upport ,0 Th# Atlanta Geor?
Wishing you an abundance of success, we ari sincerely yours.
THE TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH.
A. C. WARD, Moderator,
Atlanta, Go.
C. H. TERRY, Church Clerk.
CARD FROM MR. EDWARD8
ON HOUSE BILL NO. 409.
To The Editor of The Georgian:
My attention Is called to an article
which appeared In your paper of the
Sth Instant, signed by one A. M.
Walker, refeeelng to me and a bill I
have Introduced In the Georgia legis
lature.
The article showa on It* face that
the author of tho article knows noth
ing about the facts of the subject,upon
which he expresses himself.
In the first place, he says he has
noticed with much Interest the rapid
Ity and avidity with which house bill
No. 409, Introduced by Mr. Edwards,
of Habersham, was shoved through the
house and transmitted to the senate. I
desire to Inform the gentleman and
the public that the bill referred to has
been reported favorably by a large
majority of the special judiciary com
mittee, but that the bill has never been
reached In order of business of the
house and therefore could not have
been transmitted to* the senate and It
has not been done.
In the second place, he says: "In
order to captivate and capture the
Oeorgla legislature we will put big
money behind the bill." I don't know
exactly what Is meant but this Is too
ridiculous to reply to, for not one
doubts that the Georgia legislature will
do Its duty to the rich end the poor,
regardless of the amount of money be
hind nny bill or measure.
In the third place, he says: "Not
only this gentleman hut we have nn
other syndicate (I loath the word) with
a $6,000,000 capital, to build a dam 100
feet high at the old Gipson fishery, be
tween Crawford and Taylor counties,
which will back the water to the foot
of the mountain and flood every foot
bottom land on the river and Its
tributaries and we will say to the little
devils who are entirely dependent on
these bottom lands tor corn with which
to run thetr farms and furnish bread
for their wives and children, etc.” The
gentleman again shows he does not
understand the Inw and the object of
this bill. Introduced by myself. The
law now Is, on page <8. of Acts of
1117, and Is In the code, that water
power, owners In certain cases can
flood land nbove the dam by condem-
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.
MRS. JENNTE HART SIBLEY
EXPRESSES HER GRATITUDE
Mr. F. L. S'cely, Atlanta, On. I. Again e
& Deor Mr. Seely: I tuny he tardy In Invitation
my congratulations to tho state of the nenr
[H Itecnnse Of the poseenslon of you
possession of yon
aa a greet, u truly great, newspaper innn,
*• true greatness, defined by holy writ ns
the fear of God," Is the beginning of wis
dom. lour manly stand for righteousness
•a .that ernetal time, when there was no
sitting on the fenee, hut when you must
take one side or other—"who stnndeth you
for. Ood or Bellini?"—and your paper de
clared for God, showed the metal you were
made out of waa pure gold, had the right
ring to It. And alnee my visit to you, and
"•on said that your mother was ami had
wen n W. C. T. IT, even from the days of
tho crusade spirit that dominated such
women as Prances E. Willard, our Inspira
tion and lender, “far God and home nu<l na
tive land, and thnt yon ns n hoy had been
reared and inarched under the white hnn-
"•f on which Is Inscribed, "Tremble. King
Alcohol, we shall grow up," whnt further
evidence was needed to declare that the
Lord had need the Woman’s rhrlntlnn Tem
perance Inlon In this mighty fight for
righteousness and parity, If In no other wny
thnn that of such sons ns were called In to
••"Ire »t such a time at this. Again, I
thank God for you. Mr. Seely. I nm send
ing you by this mall a most gratifying pn-
t er from my colored friends, with whom I
are worked In years gone by In the tern-
porn nee cause, and they have appreciated
my efforts and are trying to live nrlgbt. As
an Inspiration to others of thnt rare, I beg
that yon will giro this pnpor a comment
nud place In yonr columns.
In extending to you a most cordial
to visit Hawthorne Heights In
future, always your friend
„ , . JENNIE IlAItT SIBLEY.
Lnlon Point, On.
Resolutions Adopted.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the Baptist Young People's Lnlon of
Union Point relative to the port played by
Mrs. Mbley In the prohibition fight In
Georgia:
Whereas, The present legislature of Geor
gia lias seen fit to ntiollsh forever the I,nr-
ter and sale of spirits and mnlti In bar
rooms; and ,
Whereas. As this bill was passed largelr
through the Woman's Christian Temper-
a nee Union, of which Mrs. Jennie i Lr,
Sibley Is n life tnemlwr nnd one of the
greatest temperance workers In tho South"
Resolved, Thnt a rising vote of thank*
Iw given to Mrs. Jennie" Hart Slbler f5?
the strenuous efforts put forth In the hs-
h"lf of tiles passage 'of the bill and the blot-
ting out forever the sale of liquor and malts
that hat canted to many lives to be
wrecked: also for the saving of many mil
lions of hoys nnd girls In Georgia fn the
future.
Be It further resolved thnt we, aa s
Christian Baptist Young People's Union,
—istnln the pnssnge of sold bill.
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S UNION
J. P. Howard, President,
i T. J. Ware, Secretary.
ATHENS CONFERENCE MAKES
A VERY STRONG APPEAL IN
BEHALF OF THE GEORGIAN
The following resolution offered by Rev. H. J. Ellis, pastor of the
Methodist church- at Washington, Qa., was unanimously adopted by the
Athens District Conference at its recent session:
Whereas, The Atlanta Georgian has come squarely out for prohibi
tion and during the pendeney of the Hordman-Covlngton blit earnestly
and ably urged Its passage; and whereas, a great dally, with an Immense
circulation, would be of Inestimable advantage In the snforcement and
progresa of the reform movement tn our own and other Southern states:
and whereaa. In the matter of preaa dispatches and atate and general
news. The Georgian Is equal to the best, therefore
Resolved, Thnt we appeal to patriotic people, everywhere, for a
large, generous, united support for The Atlanta Georgian.
try and tha people will be benefited
Mw “*« property that haa
been Idle and building factories, elec
tric railroads, lighting’ towns, private
houaea, Increase the value of real as-
tate and In many other waya the peo
ple will be benefited. This bill in
troduced by me when full under
stood. It will be seen con not Injure
anyone, but will when enacted Into
d U P QIlf l Improve our
Southland.
J. C. EDWARDS.
man will take the pains to read the
act above referred to he will And hla
mistake nnd I feel sure he will tee the
necessity and Justine of the bill In
troduced by myself.
In the fourth place, he saya: "I
have carefully read this bill. It pro
vides for the condemnation or rather
for the confiscation of land! for elec
trical purpose!," The gentleman nils
takes the facts again. The bill Intrq-
dueed by myself, the act of HI7. and
the constitution of the stale alt provide
that-property cannot be taken without
Just compensation being first paid. If
the owner and the wonld-be purchaser
cannot agree on a Juet nnd fair price
for the property, then the price to be
paid Is to be fixed by arbitration
chosen from the neighbors of the own
er of the property sought to be con
demned and If they do wrong, the
courti are open to hipi to have hie
right* adjusted. There Could not be
any confiscation of any one'n rights
or property.
In the fifth place, he sac:: "What
benefit « 111 these people derive from
this sacrificeT As I have shown above
there can be no sacrifice of nny one's
rights, and property can only be con
demned by public utility persons or
DOWN IN GEORGIA.
From the Nashville American.
"Hell's broke loose In Oeorgla.” So
the whisky folks think, and a great
wall goes up about the Immense loss of
property because of prohibition.
Why should there be such n great
lt»s and total loss’ la not the property
adapted to other usee? To be sure the
great warthoueee the government re
quire! for the purpoae of collecting the
tax on whlaky can hardly be used for
Hour mllle, but they certainly can he
turned Into something. g
suppose the Internal revenue laws
had been amended >o aa to omit tha
tax on whisky: there would then have
been no use for bonded warehouses.
Yet. we take It, the whisky folks would
have been glad enough of the repeal of
the tax to be willing to tear down the
warehousea.
After all, are there many legal dle-
tlileri In Georgia? We confess never
to have heard of one. If one should
call for something over a bar In Geor
gia the chances are they would hand
out Jack Daniels or Cascade. As for
the saloons, they seldom belong to the
keepers. Some saintly sinner who
prays In public usually owns these
houses. Let him turn them Into shoo
shops.
The whisky men should not squirm
L«J them take their medicine. It's the
same dose they have induced many a
poor, weak brother to swallow and
many more miserable sisters to suffer
because of It. Let them console them
selves and read "Ten Nights In a Bar
Room," or go to see the play, and they
will leam the other side of it. and
how countless millions have mourned
In the 100 years that Georgia has not
had prohibition.
The evil of It all will be the moon
shiner and the "blind tiger"—well
named—the one a night worker, a call
ing that prefers darkness to day, be
cause the deed Is evil; the other a de-
vourer of human kind, springing upon
his prey from the hiding jungle.
TAXPAYERS WILL PROFIT.
(From the Washington Herald.)
"Yes. Georgia will be better off with
out liquor than with tt.” said Morris
Yow, of Toccoa, Oa„ who Is staying at
the New Willard, having arrived from
Atlantic City and la now preparing to
go to Asheville, N. C, to spend the
balance of the summer. Mr. Yow Is a
young man, q-elt known In business and
social circles in the Cracker State
Speaking of the phenomena of n tem
perance wave sweeping the Southern
states, Mr. Yow said that the doing
nwny with saloons would cause some
financial loss to the i-tate and the larger
cities In the beginning, but that the
taxpayers would be benefited by It in
the long run.
"The movement." said Mr. Yow. "had
Its beginning In our state about n year
ago, whan the whites and the blacks
were at dagger points In Atlanta. The
city of Atlanta and the state of Geor
gia suffered not only financially from
Army Orders.
Washington, An*. I.—Captain Charles
DeK. ('hauler, signal corps, to Cnmp Cap
tain John Smith, Jamestown exposition, for
military aeronautics; Major Willoughby
Wnlke, roast artillery corps, detailed for
general recruiting service to Jefferson bar
racks.
Major George O. Sqnlre, signal corps,
from offleo of ehlof signal officer, to Now
York city, as assistant to chief slgnnl
officer of the department of tho East; Cop-
tsln CnrI F. Hartmann, signal corps, from
Vslclcs, to Ilostou, for fire control duty;
Captain Arthur L. Fnller, const artillery
corps, from Boston to 8nn Francisco, for
fire control duty.
Captain Frank A. Grant, quartermaster,
from Pittsburg dopot to Newport News and
relieve First TJeutennnt Thnmns M. Knox,
First cavalry, aa depot quartermaster and
general superintendent transport service
and quartermaster of tranaporta Meade anil
Ingalls. Lieutenant Knox will proceed to
Pittsburg depot.
Movements of Vessels.
... Ived
vllle. Aba. —
wanker st Punts Arenas.
Sailed—August 7. Prairie from New llnven
to Ilostou; Brians from navy yard, Near
York, for Philadelphia; Prairie from Mare
Island for Puget Sound,
QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
AS TO HI8TORIC ENGINES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In regard to tbe old engine "Texas" I
would like to ask why this talk of buying
Itl „ ..
estern and At
_ do not know
what the agreement Is In the lease of this
road to the Nashville, Chattanooga and 8t.
allway In regard to old, worn-out
ait. 1 wondrr what bos become of
other rngtnea thnt were In nao on
the rood wny back In war times?
How long ana the "General" ncenplcd thr
position of honor It now has In Chattn
nooga, nud was It worn nm and unfit for
service when It was put In this position? If
It waa worn out and malt for service, very
well, but If not It strikes me as being a
little alngulnr thnt It should In* put In the
place of honor It now la, since I lie "Texas"
surely la the nmat noted of the two. haring
chased the “Gciienil" and overtaken It.
The two. It seems to me, should stand able
by able, the property of the state, relics of
Is noted of course for havlug been In tho
enruiy't hands nn a wild-ran. nud the
"Texas" Is noted also f
and caught the ''General.
They of courso belong to. or rather are
In the halide of the Nashville. Chattanooga
and SI. I-nuts, levee, now under the lease,
and the atate has not tbe moral right to
take them without their consent. I sup
pose when the "General" wus plncrd la
tho position of honor It now holds it was
done.I>y the Nashville, Chattanooga anil fit.
Louis railway In a spirit of sentiment,
when they hml no other use for It. and I
suppose when they guve Instruction* to
throw the "Texns" In tku scrap pile they
overlook,-,1, had forgotten or never knew,
nnd never gave a thought ns to whether
she Imd a history or not. The order tie
throw It Inti* the scrap pile was no donht
given, aa many others, without a thought
as to Us past. I would like to ask, has the
lessee tbe right to sell the old engine? I
would say. 1st the Nashville, Chattanooga
nnd St. Louts rnllwny put the "Texas"
nlongihlo of the "General" In Chnttanoogn
-or better still. In Atlanta, the capital of
tbe atate, wbleh owns the road. It would
certainly he nn ndvnrtlieiHent for them,
alnee they operate the ronil. I would sug
gest, ami I wonld like to see both the
"General" anil the "Texns" tnrned over to
the state by some arrangement, which no
doubt could lie made, and both engines pul
la the atate capital grounds, side by side,
or anywhere else In the city It may he do
tided. Yours very truly.
Atlanta, Ga.. Angus, 8. " P ' DA, "‘ T '
WATER 8UPPLY SUGGESTED
BY HYDRAULIC EXPERT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
How long will -Jour people put np with
your present water supply from the Chat-
tabooeheo river, the worst and most un-
liealthfnl water supply of any city In tbe
HS! t SiL Bt * ta % , T ? e re| T ot It* flow
ing dirty, polluted water aud the thought
that ono has to quench hla thirst with mrh
stuff na one secs running down the Chat
tahoochee river, are enough to make one
sick. Your water bonrd says that tho
water la filtered Iwfore It Is pumped to the
city. Yes, you do try to filter It, hut can
S foa-. °r do you, with your present sp.
nmtus? Or with any apparatus, can you
Iter the,water so that, (t la flt for any
one to ilrluk when we Dike Into consider,
atlon thnt tno Clintftihoochee river In the
natural drainage of a large territory, con-
tain lag ninny village* and towns above ui,
whose only source of drainage In tho Chat
tahoochee river, nnd that tbe beautiful nnd
enlightened city of Atlanta In dependent on
such a filthy source na thnt river muft be?
In It not too bad, when our kind Creator
sends down upon this Southern land from
6 to 6 feet of pure rain water upon every
foot of land eneh year?
That there should be aome way of occur-
Ing ii ImauUfiil supply of thl* rain water for
our lovely city. and there la a wny that Ood
linn provided for an among the pine Ridge
hllla, from 6 to 20 mllea from Atlanta.
There nre ninny hllla and ridges which
nny good engineer could locate for un, nnd
at an expense which tho city of Atlanta
could well nffprd to pay. It would be but
a small sum of money compared to the
-rent benefit It would be to the city of
.tlnntn. to bnlld n dntn at the outlet of
some ravine whore they would find a water-
shed large enough to supply nud keep full
nt nil times a reservoir of the purest wa
ter. If n place conld not be found to get
our water supply by gravity, then find .1
— “*■— “Wl have to
place where you uifj
pump
does to nump from the Chattahoochee i
now. \ou nre now pumping ngalnat
*t head, while from a reaervolr Id
the inonntnlna nenr here It would not be
over 20 feet ut tho most, nnd might be much
leas.
Mi -
decide what you will
1e to drink the muddy,
- . —e Clint tnhoochee river,
or will you try to secure the pore water
that falls from the skies, the purest water
which needs no filtering through yonr fil
ters nnd nand tanks, doctored by n liberal
supply of slum to destroy the muddy
tastet The expense should not Im» tnken
Into account against the health of the poo-
HYDRAULIC EXTEIIT.
STILL MORE OF IT.
took our people some time to awaken
to the fact that It would be more ad
visable to cut out the liquor, have an
orderly house, and retain the good
name of the stats.
"If the presidential election could be
held In Georgia today. President Roose
velt would not only poll the full Re
publican vote, but most every Demo
crat would vote for hltn; he Is without
n doubt the moat popular man in our
atate. lie Is popular becauac he Is
honest and sincere and doss not hood
wink the people ot this country. John
Temple Graves knew what he waa talk
ing about when he said that Bryan
rhould nominate Roosevelt as tha can
didate on the Democratic ticket; he
can't b« beaten. If Roosevelt la not
companies' furnishing lights' or power, the outbreak, but thetr name atid rep- j tougti' i j<>b’tntog'to^ksan uo'wDh*hi«
ate. to towns and cities, and the coun- utatlon also got the worst of it. It'record." “ p p i n
Right anxiously I'm waiting for
The days to come, with heart athrob,
When I In glee can sit nnd munch
Corn on the cob.
—Milwaukee Sentinel.
I. too, dear Bill, am anxiously
Awaiting that delicious job;
But I shall sit and munch, with glee,
Com OFF the cob.
—Cleveland Leader.
But at the prlce'they’rs charging now
To get a satisfying gob,
I sit me down to munch, Iq glee,
Corn AND the cob.
—The Tennessean.
Oh lucky dogs! By Fortune blest.
Ye. who with plutocrats hob-nob,
why stir the envy In my "breast.
Who neither munch the corn NOR
cob?
—Pleb.
FREE—Half-pound box
of Wiley’s best candy, which
retails at 80c per pound, with
eacli 30c 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-