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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. rUKSDAT. AUGUST 13. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELT, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Oa. Subscription Rntea: One Year $JJJ Sis Month Three Months *’*5 fine Month Dr Carrier, Per Week 10 Telephones connecting all deport ments. Loaf dlatanee termleala. Smith A Thompson, ndrertletni rep- reaentattvcs tor all territory outside of Oeoanla. Cblcsco Olflee Tribune Building New York Office ...... I’otter Building If you hare any trouble getting TUI. GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the elrenlatlon deportment and hove It promptly remedied Telephones: Bell 4921 main; Atlanta 4491. It le drat ruble that nil communica tions Intended for publication In TI1K S EOIKIIAN AND SEWS be limited to 9 words In length. It le Imperative that th*y ha signed, as an evidence of good faith. Rejected menoecrlpte will not be retorned unless stamps ore aeut for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither doss it print whisky or nay liquor ado. OCR PLATFORM: THE OEOROIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own ing Its own gas and electric light plants, so It now owns Its water works, other cities do this and get caa aa low as 40 cents, with a protit to the city. Thla should be done at once. Tilts GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street railways can bo operated succesafully by European cities, ae they art. there Is no good reason why they ran not be so oper ated here. But wo do not believe this can be done now, end It msy be eome yeere befote we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its face In that dlrectlou NOW. Mr. Rockefeller Is praising Secre tary Tsft. Good-bye, Secretary Taft. For men may come and men may BO. but the Texas nature faker goes on forever. It Is astonishing that Washington should be such a hot place with the politicians all out of the city. There U a good deal of difference between independent honesty and sheer obstruction for obstruction's sake. . Tho Americas Recorder fakes com fort In the thought that be can stUI become Intoxicated over the beauty of the Oeorgla girl. We’d like to see any prohibition atop that. Corner, Glenn and Hoke Smith are three pretty lusty reform governors for-this year of grace and grit. They are all against a dull time at all times. In e period of universal strike Hon rut would be a very formidable candidate for president. He Is the one man In the oountry who Is abso lutely and everlastingly solid with labor. John D. Rockefeller Is said to have been physically born again of golf and excrclso Into lusty and vigorous health, and his physician predicts for him twenty-fire remaining years of robust life, which would carry him past the century post But, pshaw 1 This won't give him time to epend a fraction of hit money. The Atlanta Georgian will have cordial support In Its endeavor to sev cure more generous treatment of the Tech. Thla school Is of Inestimable benefit to Georgia and ehould be eld ed generously by the itate In every judicious improvement It undertakes. —Augusta Chronicle. Pass this paragraph around. An appeal for the “Tech" should only be heard to be answered. A CORRECTION. To the Editor of The Georgian: I am glad that Mr. Wright took the trouble to make the case of the "club amendment" so clear. In the copy of the bill that I had before me when I wrote my article on the subject yea- terdoy, these words occur: “Or keep or furnish ut any other place." Thnt excludes It from every conceivable keeping place In the state, t notice thnt Mr. Wright quotes thnt clause ns any PUBLIC place. My copy has “any ether" place. I am very sure now that my copy, clipped from a news paper, Is at fault. "What arc public places?" ts a judicial question. Churches sre certainly. If clubs arc not, then clubs might keep liquor to be given away In limitless quantities. The selling of liquor to club members ana to guests would, of course, be n viola tion of the law. But liquor given away Is the worst sort of liquor. Our next step In prohibition legislation will be a bill to make liquor "contraband of commerce.” It has no right now to be classed as commercial and to claim the protection of Interstate commerce. Then we must have another law prohi biting the giving away of It. J. L. D. H1LLYER. PROHIBITION IN FLORIDA. To the Editor of The Georgian. After a lay-off of three months, from elckness, It was my privilege to make three stweehes In the Mutton (FIa.9 light. They voted dry the following Tuesday. Among the great happenings of our tent meeting In Pensacola, was the organization of a prohibition league six hundred strong, and growing every hoar. A strong campaign committee, associated with which are the pastors of the city, was appointed, and a pe tition Is being circulated, calling for an election. On the last night of the greet revival. In ten minutes money was rained and the rented tent In which we held services was purchased for campaign purposes. They will Want to bear you then, Mr. Editor. Forever live The Georgian. JNO. B. CULPEPPER, Valdosta, Ga. AS TO THE $300 CLUB TAX. Some of our friends appealed to us on Saturday to attack Immedi ately the 1300 club tax amendment and denounce It. without mercy. Our answer was that we believed It best to wait until we could hear from Mr. Wright, Judge Covington and other leaders of prohibition, be lieving that they had not taken any hasty steps that ^rould harm the cause for which they fought so hard. Mr. Wright explained the matter very fully In Monday's Georgian. His action was taken with the full concurrence and co-operation of all the house prohibition leaders and received the full strength of that side on a vote. / Senators Hardman and Knight disagreed with the- amendment, principally on the $300 feature of It They and other Senate prohibition leaders have, howevtr, got together with Messrs. Wright, Covington and others, and are framing an amendment that meets the approval of all. The Georgian Is led to remark that men who have to lead In such matters are unhappily the recipients of a great deal of unjust criticism and hasty denunciation. We have received letters from some of the most ardent prohibitionists, asking us If the leaders had been bought. If the locker tax was framed by the liquor dealers, and If we had about faced and were trying to nullify or repeal the prohibition act. Emerson, the great dnalyst of human nature, summed It -up In the statement that “to be great is to be misunderstood-" Tbs .leaders, of prohibition have made themselves great—by thety deeds. They me great men. They have done great thins* for Georgia- and they are pay ing the penalty In being, for the moment, misunderstood by those for whom they have fought hardest. In a spasm of alarm at a fancied dan ger, not waiting to Understand, they denounce the sets of those who have borne the heat and burden of. the day, and . forget entirely the heart and the hand that are behind the destinies of prohibition In the General Assembly. Most of these men who have handled the prohibition fight In tbe General Assembly are lawyers, several of them Judges—good ones. Strong nnd honost, they have fought—some of them for a quarter of a century. Some have endured political defeat for the cause; have spent ,tlme, money and strength to bring about tho laws that we shall see operative In a few month*. And It should be farthest from the thoughts of the people of Oeorgla that these men would rush InflFa. matter of this kind with their eyes shut. That the average dtlxen does not understand the amendment Is shown by the fact thnt many think a TAX Is necessarily a LICENSE. The merest dhlld who has taken time to read tho prohibition law through, could aee that the law will prohibit the manufacture, the sale, and, In fact, do everything else that a law can do without Interfering with Interstate commerce laws, and It Is beyond our pbwer of reasoning to aeo wherein the levying of $300 or $10,000 as a tax on places where lockers are kept and that ^re tbe greatest sources of violation of the law, permits the manufacture or sale of liquor. Instcnd of encouraging "blind tigers" It will prevent them; Instead of making these places secret, It makes them known, and locates every one of them and regulates them. The only way It could be Improved would be to Increase H above $300 In the senate. DISFRANCHISEMENT—GNATS AND CAMELS. David Harum's homely saying that a certain amount of fleas Is good for a dog. Is the only comfort any philosopher can draw from the obstruction placed In the road of legislation by some of the members of the General Assembly. The Georgian believes that It pays best to “talk out In meetln’,” and not mince words, and to this en3 we believe the people of Georgia should know that so far as any one man ts to blame for the delay In handling the disfranchisement bill In the house, Mr. Halt, of Bibb coun ty, Is tbat man. Prom his distorted viewpoint, the gentleman thinks this is an honor; he enjoys the distinction—the sort of distinction that savors a little of the blind man's use of his Infirmity to excite sympa thy—and it Is to be deplored that men are able to block the moves ot the people of a great state with so little to excuse their action. The pitiful lack of breadth In the arguments used by those gentle men who are opposing the bill and offering amendments Is very notice able. Mr. Hall's most Intelligent rejoinder to the bill was, that he would never vote for a bill that would disfranchise a negro and a white man. Does the gentleman believe a law can ba enacted that discriminates against race, color or previous condition? Does he think It best to fight for a law that would bo unconstitutional, and worst of all Is not the gen tleman straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel when with a dash of sentiment he argues that n few gray-haired Confederate veterans would be lowered to the standard of the negro who fought In Cuba? The cltl- sens ot Georgia may be Just about ns loyal to the honored Confederate veteran as Mr. Hall Is, and wo submit that when a man stands across the path of a measure that would eliminate five unintelligent negroes where It would "affect one white man, and chooses to hare the negro who never even fought In any war make laws for . that hoary headed fighter of '61 and his wife snd children rather than accede to the broad sentiment—the greatest good to the greatest number, be swallows a camel ao colossal that It should choke forever his claims of fidelity to the sfhte that endures his interference. THERE WILL BE NO RETARDING OF BUSINESS. It Is a mistaken Idea, held by only a very few, tbat the enforcement of tbs laws governing railroad rates and tbe passage ot acts prohibiting the manufacture and sale ot whisky In the Southern states will cause any material deterioration In the growth and progress of the South. The railroads will continue business at tho same old stand and In all probability there will hereafter be less complaint of diicrlmlnatlon against many ot the Southern cities, which will be of great benefit to the manufacturing establishment*, both the old and the many new ones contemplated.' , i Establishments for the manufacture of whisky or the places at which It Is told have never been considered leaders In the upbuilding of a city, county or state, hence thoy will not be missed after they have been closed six months, snd our phenomenal growth and prosperity will continue as It nothing had happened. It Is a certainty that tho farmers In tho cotton belt will continue to plant the fleecy staple as heretofore. That they will receive good prices for all they can raleo Is Just ss certain. We can expect, at the least calculation, $600,000,000 to be poured Into the South from this source. The seed will add more than a hundred millions, making over $700,000,- 000 from cotton alone. The coni mines of the South will bring millions. Iron and other minerals, lumber snd marble, all go to swell the figures of our wealth over a billion ot dollars. Aside rrom the violence of the methods In vogue for the abatement of corporation abuses, agricultural and manufacturing conditions contin ue of a character highly reassuring to holders of 'American investment Issues. Railway earnings -for July show a gain of more than 9 per cent Over the figures for the same month Inst year. In th« principal Indus tries the plants atu worHr.g at full time; and, except In a few much- discussed eases, the percentage ot new orders Is not under a figure that spells normal activity. So far as the falling oft In the Item of new orders affects the United States Steel Corporation, the officials of the premier concern In the leading manufacturing Industry have made It clear tbat the sole factor of recession which need be taken seriously Is the suspension by the railway companies of orders for rails—a step due not to any falling off In the railway business or any abandonment ot plans for extensions and betterments, but due to the controversy as to processes for making rails. Pending the settlement of the dispute. It Is of advantage to the companies not to be compelled to borrow, because at current rates for money It It cheaper for them to assume tbe expense of working with the existing Inadequate rail equipment than to pay the big loan per centnge. Aa a matter of fact, the steel corporation Is not displeased at the situation In this particular. It Is enabled to keep abreast of Its en gagements with less strain to Its plants. As' for the railway compa nies, some will be Issuing new orders for rails In large quantity as soon at the question of process Is settled, and others will follow when finan cial conditions become lees onerous to the borrower. _ JACK AND ROSE. VH UillllHJ, IIUIF IIUK, Re stole eoine tilings bn wanted, right Beneath her very none. • *~ r — Philadelphia rresa 'Tit to lie hoped that It (nlr Bose iy l , Down In the sunny South; But It Junk Bred here In the North He'd klse her on the month. —The Commoner. Whr 'rouse agsln the Mtter etrlfe. And North find South wax hot? Let'e all agree to compromise— Post-Dispatch. Why so much racket o'er s kiss. Or e'en shout the spot? It Would Interest us more If we Had been tbe one who got It. —Birmingham Age-Herald. Vet lack perbapa had little glee, Though on the mouth he kissed her; We have ns yet no proof, you see, Tbat Uoae waa not hit alster. —Chicago Record-Herald. Rose must have been s stunning girl, For Jneli could not realat her. So why should be he “wasting urna” kissing Little Bister? POINTED PARAGRAPHS. (From The Chicago News.) Cold cash It a wonderful complexion beau- titter. bo will gat more out better to aay what pfenset other people. About tho surest way to keep your name before the public la to get It Inscribed on tombstone. The energy a small boy expends In a hall r ate would cultivate an acre ot potatoes attached to the end of a hoe handle. ONE VIEW OF HOW IT ' 13 RECEIVED To tho Editor of The Georgian: Most people express satisfaction, and really rejoice, because the prohibition bill has ben enacted Into law. Some who have a herldltary thirst for liquor consider It a personal blessing. Some are thinking of the Inevitable reaction that follow# violent concussion. J reverend gentleman and venerabla gen tleman, both life-long temperance workers, considering the provisions of the bill, said that the great seal of the state had been violated; said no pow er belonging to a republican govern ment could dictate In the domestic use of grapes, cherries or blackberries. Cltlxens as worthy. If not as wise, as those In the house of representatives, ministers not excepted, and ladles as loyal to civic virtue as any In tho W. C. T. U. would continue to use their fruits In their long established ways. When arrests of such violators of law are read, (and this will require non resident detectives and prosecutors), reaction will assume weighty propor tions. Scales may fall from the eyes of those who, In the burly burly, let enthusiasm or Intimidation get the bet ter ot their sober conviction!! Time will reveal that the seed of the hill fell on etrong ground! It I* a rebound from the riot that was precipitated last 'ear. Limits are reached by ebbs and lows. In the light of human nature and paet dealing, the death-warrant of the present measure la ae plainly writ ten as Its provlslona Only vassals are ruled by coercion! There Is more pow er In the persuasive element than In the terrore of the law, but a happy combination ot both elements would In sure better results than have yet been accomplished. It ts In order to fall back on the great seal of the state and take It as a guide. Good and evil will ever be up against each other, but now that the flood-tide of evil hoe been hurled back, let all pull for the beet that Is In prohibition. The day for rejoicing Is here, and we will all rejoice together In Ita morning hours, but remember that the evening tide cometh. Meantime we should be working for better measures, deliber ately formulated. BREVIS. HOME WAS BUILT AND OWNED ORIGINALLY BY W. W, M’AFEE. To the Editor of The Georgian: We wish to correct a mistake which e noticed published In your columns on the 10th Inst. The statement that Hon. John B. Goodwin built the homo at 124 South Pryor street that has re cently been sold Is not true. The home ras built and was owned for many ears by Mr. W. W. McAfee, who died In this city eome time since. However, Mr. McAfee gave the home to his daughter, who Is the wife of Hon. J. B. Goodwin, and that Is the way he came In possession of the property. It does not matter, except I know you run a reliable newspaper and wish to give due credit to the old cltlxens of our famous city, be they living or dead. Some correspondent only made the mistake, we presume, because he did not know the special facts In the case, "ours respectfully, MRS. W. W. M'AFEE. Atlanta, Ga. JENTZEN LEAVES TO SEE FLUSHERS ^lilef John Jentzen, of the aanltary opjirtmcnt, will leave th^etty Wednes day m. rnlng for St. Louts, whore he ill Inspect the aytftem of street'flunh- ing in vogue In that city, and where he HI purchase one of the street Rushers »r Atlanta, this one to be an experi ment. The chief will be accompanied by W. .. Winn, a member of the board of health, recently elected to council, and eorge Eubank*. From St. Louis they will go to Den- er and to Colorado Springe, in which latter city will be held the annual con vention of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan. They will re turn August 31. County to Build Turnpike. S|MH*lal to Tho Ueorgian. Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 13.—The coun ty commissioners 'have decided to build a new turnpike two miles' long in the Poplar Eldge precinct. N. A. Hchrlra- shcr, of this city, has taken the con tract for |1,99«, nnd enabled them to win a glorious victory: honor to brave nnd brainy Gov ernor Iloke Smith, who though menaced by hell and the whisky forces, had the moral courage to confirm the act of his people by signing the bill with alacrity. Texas has eighteen electoral voles, snd If Charley Culberson doesn't want to run, Uoke Smith may have every one of them for president In 1908. Rut to the point: In the early part of tbe 70s no country could have been more cursed by the liquor evil than was Georgia. Ev ery city, town, and cross roads bsd its doggery, snd the populsrity of tbe illicit manufacture nnd sale of liquor was little, if anv, leas than Infamous. When Georgia was first established ns a colony the f ‘ dtictlon of ‘Turn" was prohibited, there has er«r since been an element In tho state that has at Intervals made lauaab efforts to rid her of the liquor curse, bu. wts ever unsuccessful. Why was thla? They did not go almut It in the right way. Tom pern nco is a moral question, nnd mor als must bo developed by education; they can t be —•— ■—*- - and up « P«**nc e movements, even when started right, had beeu permitted by letting zeal et the better or judgment, to degenerate ito fu tint leu] crusades. In 1872 there appeared In our loved home city of Atlanta the man who should then -nd there formulate the plan that would Muuit?, mi r.uKiiffuman, ns was Oglethorpe. He had cnat nls fortunes with Georgia. Ho was a man of humble calling ana few pretensious, but his unpreteutlous exterior concealed the brain of a states man, the heart of a philanthropist, snd the nerve and tact of a soldlee. With elev- en followers he inangnrared this great wdrk In Georgia. Under his direction It pros pered and people of nil classes flocked to his standard, and by him and the thousands °», other noble men nnd women associated with him the seeds of redemption were •own In good soil,;* and after 35 years wt hare seen the cause of temperance pre- ‘ill 1 ' ,ove, l “empire state of th< •outh. When some of the overzenlom, among his co-workers wished to push the question before the legislature, he answer ed: Now, when the public mind and conscience la properly educated the people will demand^ and get prohibition. Until then a law Would he inoperative and use- womnn—nne of the most ,, Georgia, or any other state, bits ever pro- tliwetl. Miss halite Cnndler. She was nt that time prominent in educations! work In the state of Georgia. nnd this gave her the best of opportunities to enlist ns sol- dlsrt boys end girls who should devote their lives nnd efforts to the redemption ot the *t*te from the evils of drink. Let the nets of the present leglalat fulness snd efficiency. I would uot Ignore the many other-rn . Innt men snd women who hers served we 1 nnd bravely In this cause, out to these two honorable mention ts due. The greatness of Rome wns not confirmed when her Vic torians army had Itorne her eagles In tri- umph n round the world, hut when the eo- herts of Hannibal thundered at her gates. The ultimate success of this cause ts due to the sober Judgment of those who laid the plana thirty-five years ago, James G. Thrower and Atlas Snlllt Candler. "Honor to whom honor Is doe." „ ... LOYAL OEOROIAN. Brownsville, Texas. ENTHUSIASTIC NOMINATION OF JUDGE W. A. COVINGTON To the Editor of The Georgian: I wish' to extend to you my meed of praise for the stand you have taken for the right. I am glad Oeorgla has F. L. Seely and John Temple Graves among her citizens and thrice glad of their Influence and prestige. Great Is sues make and unmake men. The great moral Issue, which has swept all else aside and demanded a final settlement, ts no exception, but has proven the rule. Out of the victory there loom a number of glanta who will not soon bs lost sight of In Geor- S a affairs—Wright, Knight, Hardman, tvlngton and IIS others, but to south Georgia there looms one who takes hla place In our hearts, affections and as pirations as the political Moses who shall lead us out of the wilderness of oblivion which has for eighty years enveloped south Georgia. When we have modestly come to the voters of Georgia and asked them to give our candidate their votes and sup port, they have asked, “Who la he?" What Is he? What has he done? What can he do?" and a dozen other such questions, all of which we have tried to answer, but so far have not suc ceeded In convincing Georgia that we had. the man. South Georgia has a candidate for governor, or at least one south Georgian hus. Who Is he? Look among the brightest stars In Geor gia's history for the last four years and you will aee his name modestly but. firmly and Ineradlcably written. What Is he? A brilliant lawyer, an able Jurist, a friend of the masses. What has he done? Served the people faith fully In every commission they 1 have given him. What can he do? As much as any man In Georgia to bring peace and happiness-to Georgians. In summing up I will say that Just to name him Is to answer every Just question any Georgian can ask. I hereby nominate to succeed the Hon. Hqkc Smith as governor of Georgia, tho able, brilliant stntesman from Colquitt, Hon. W. A. Covington. Fraternally, 3. E. SUMMER, Pastor M. E. Church, South, Saint Ma rys, Ga. INHUMAN CONVICT LAW8. Ts the Editor of The Georgian: For n year or so the writer bee been oc casionally contributing to the journal* of the atate articles on this line, end u some change* through • little eonntrjr , net which be happens to own. In yotir Issue of a recent date, he finds ■ strong nrtlelo from another on the same line, aud Is (lad to know that the public thinks on the subject. Now nre not the prison laws of tho coun try tiihuninn? Has tho *tnto the right to pauperise snd drive Innocent women and hlldren to crime that It msy punish n mis- JemraSor In th* father? Has the state the moral right to make a profit from crime, and thereby take the bread from the mouth* of the Innocent? The laws of Ood are higher than tbe laws of man, Tbe laws of Gotl provide thnt the father shall support bis family. The laws of man should only go so far as to protect the community egnlast tho depredations of a member of the com munity. They should go no farther. Tho state should lie paid all Its expenses of try ing aud detaining the criminal that society may lie safe. The surplus belongs to tho minor children nnd tbe 0e facto widow. It ts proposed under pending bills to make the eonvlrtn bring *40 n month. Sup pose It has cost the atate IP) to convict the suppose It coot* $100 more to keep ,fe a rear: total cost 1140. Tho Income from hla IslKtr Is $W. He has a family ot minor children, who, are dependent upon charity, who perhaps: degenerate Into more criminals that they msy live. Is the state morally right to make these children criminals and pounert. when It can still par all tbe expenaes or protecting luelf id help k»-ep tbe family front want? We propose this solution: Let there be strict account kept of the expeuse of try ing nnd maintaining a.convict; let the rec ords of conviction show who Is a dependent or Ukrty to lie: let the hire of the convict first go t» pay tbe state every cent of ex pense It has Incurred with legal Interest; et the balance lie kept ns u fund, to be known ns n prison relief fund, nnd niton the request of the ordinary of the county from which the convict Is sent, or In which his fatally reable, after a strict examination, much as Is necessary to relieve their be nsld In the ntunner of pnaper re lief. and the Its la nee. If uny. after the term of the convict has expired, go Into the •late funds. We lure no right to Injure the Innocent to punish the guilty, when, hr lining our pock ets with blood niattey. perhaps a man with n million would Its benef labor, while the Ilttlt brand. A man wts cooxlcteq for not supporting MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. Capital and Surplus.... $ 800,000.00 Total Resources Over i. 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. j OUTLAWING WHISKY IN THE SOUTH (From the Literary Digest.) T I1E prohibition victory In Georgia, which we were mlaled Into An nouncing a little prematurely by er roneous report* in the Northern pa pers. trill lie followed by slmllnr action In other Southern states If the hopes and fears of whisky's foes nnd friends are correct. One of Its most bitter foes, The Union Sig nal, of Chicago, organ of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union, says: "It Is generally conceded that Mississippi will soon follow the ex minle of Georgia/’ note» that a prohibition bill Is before the Ala bama legislature, declares that "Texas Is lent Taylor, of the National Wholessle Liquor Dealers' Association of America, made this confirmatory declaration in his report to the annual coiweutlon at Atlantic City last June: "During the past twclvo months the Fro- hlbltlonlsts have made grave Inroads on our business. Especially Is this true In the South, and unless we work with more ener- S r nnd determination to stop this tidal are every state in tbe Hotith will be closed to ns." . Striking evidence of tbe South's attitude toward the liquor traffic nnpenrs In the report of the laws passed by the Toxns legislature at Its recent session, a cony of which Is courteously sent ns by Mr. L. T. Dnshtell, the secretary of state. A large amount of legislation restricting the liquor traffic In Texas appears In this volume, not the least notable being a law to prevent express companies bringing packages - '* iuor Into no llcense districts. Thla .ected by a law (as Its title reads) 'Im posing occupation tax on persons, firms or corporations handling liquors C.. O. D.” The "occupation tax" Is fixed at $5,000 a year, nnd the county or town concerned Is em powered to add a tax of 12.500 more. An other law makes It a misdemeanor to drink ntoxlcstlng liquor on any passenger train n Texas; and a third Imposes an "occupa- tlon tax" of 12.000 a year on "all retail dealers in non-lntoxlcntlng malt liquor" In no-llcense districts, ami provides for an ad ditional $1,000 tax by tbe local authorities. The fact that the first of these laws pass ed the boast by ft rote of 104 to $ and the senate by a vote of 20 to 0 throws light on the general attitude of the legislature/' The New York World sketches the pres ent prohibition situation In tho following Informtug paragraphs: "The passing of a pr •la add* a Southern bold of the 'dry*;' In the Far West. Kan sas; In the extreme East. Maine; In the extreme North. North Dakota, nnd In the heart of the union, Tennessee. M At tbs beginning of the year, the man or of people living under statutory prohi bition In Maine. North Dakota nnd Knn- ns wns only 2,500,000. Ry the end of the J enr Tennesseo nnd Georgia will nearly are trebled the num1»er. 'Georgia Is the largest state thnt ever * "“'tory law, If we except New attempt mnnv years ago. .. — »d ,.... ... - pL bttlon. yet the number living under It will soon be larger than ever before. Adding those In the territories under congressional prohibition, the total number will be about 8,000,000. "One-third of the remnlntng citizens live In 'dry' communities under the operation of local option laws, or In the South In counties where higher license fees ore urac- 11 cully prohibitive. * "Figures show the United States to be one of the most temperate nntlons. Nearly half its people live In communities where getting a drink means brenklug the law or defying pnbllc sentiment." The reason for the wave of prohibition sentiment lnt he South, ss We have noticed before. Is the desire to keep Intoxicant* r ay from the negroes and the lower cIhr* whites, who nro Incited to crime nnd rtce by strong drink. The Springfield Republi can treats the case thus: "The relation between the saloon nnd no- gro crime in tbe South Is so close that the most superficial observer must noth** it. There Is ft like relation between white criminality nnd the saloon, but the South ern prohibitionists nre not obliged to dwell so much on that point. Their cause nt*. quires strength among the white population because the degrading Influence of the low negro dive upon colored youth Is advertised Incessantly In every Southern town and city. Tbe negro slums in cities Jlke New Orleans, with their Innumerable 'pool rooms’ nnd bars, are among tbe vilest spi-ts la Amerlcn. They nre centers of drunkimncss. gambling nnd vice, aud they contribute n steady stream of criminals to the police courts. On tbe lcveo In Vicksburg nro negro saloons where scares of Idle negroes spend their time, nnd It Is to such places thnt employers of Inbor often have (to iri to drum up inen for their service. The saloon and gnmbllng joint turn out quanti ties of new negro criminals every year up and down the Mississippi valley and throughout the Interior. These resorts dM not flourish In the days of slavery, but since tho whites abandoned the negro largely to his own self-clrlllxlng efforts nnd left him to revel In the full Indulgence of his baser propensities, all the .while drawing away from him socially, there has been n natu ral development of the machinery of negro vice and crime. No race, moreover, has the social Instinct more acutely sensitized than thC negro. Ho loves companionship and social pleasures. It Is not too much to say thnt. In the rigid conditions of the race's social lsnlntlou, the saloon hag been nil the more' sought because of Its com pany nnd diversions. "A well-enforced prohibitory law should destroy many of these degrading dens of Iniquity nnd thus tend to minimize the men acing problem of criminality. It fs not at all clear,' however, that prohibition ns an agency to ameliorate the conditions of the race question will ever prove suffi cient. The Intention may be to have the [>ollce especially severe In closing up negro mrs; possibly the same severity. In the cities nt least, will not be shown toward tbe bars patronized by white men. Rut, however that may xvork out. the struggle against negro criminality must embrace something beside n ‘thou shnlt not.' It must be positive ns well ns negative. It must not only close tbe doors of darkuess, but open wldo the doors of light." TRIBUTE TO DR. >. J. ALLEN PAID By AGED CHINAMAN Mo more remarkable tribute ha» been paid the memory of that remarkable man, Rev. Young J. Allen, who died In Shanghai a few weeks ago, than ap peared In a Shanghai native paper from the pen of Sung Yueh Kxvan, a Chines* icholar one hundred year* of ago. A copy of a paper containing this wonderful tribute, translated Into English by a son-in-law of Dr. Allen'*, Rev. George R. Loehr, of Shanghai, has been sent to G. S. Prior, of 84 Washington street, by his daughter, Mrs. Arthur H. Allen, of Shanghai. Arthur Allen la a son of Dr. Allen, and la In the Chinese Imperial postal ser vice. In this article on Dr. Allen, written Just after the death of the venerable missionary. Sung Yueh Kwan recount, the great work accomplished by his be loved friend In his 47 years of work In Shanghai. He says that Dr.' Alien started the first Chinese paper In tho kingdom, the Wen Kuok Kung Pao, or Review of the Times. He did much to promote tho material as well as the spiritual welfare ot the Celestial Em pire, and added greatly to its litera ture. Sung Yueh Kwan said that he knew and worked with Dr. Alien forty years and out of all the men who worked as missionaries In China ho was the greatest and most useful. DUKES SUCCEEDS - AGENT OWINGS J. M. Owing*, for tha poat two year* a« •Infant city ticket agent of the. Southern railway, In Atlanta, hna tendered hla resig nation, to take effect on Augnat 15. Mr. Owing* will be aucceeded by C. D. Dukes, who has been seeond assistant, and he will he succeeded by W. L. McLecs. Mr. Me- Lees cornea to the Southern from Green wood, 8. C., where he has been connected wttlTthe Charleston nnd Western Carolina railroad at that point. He la nn expert railroad man, nnd before going to Green wood wns connected with the Southern. Mr. Owlngs resigns to enter the manufac turing business. Since his connection with the Southern In Atlanta he has made many friends who will regret to seo him leave the railroad business. Ills labor brought at least $150. The wns destitute. The cost of convicting him was $28.50. The officials divided out the $150 in fees and Insolvent costs. The baby was •till destitute. Tbe community contributed to keep It alive. No good waa done to anybody, nnd oomebody made a profit from the crime. Thousands of Instances could lie cited. Each one enn revert to tils own ex perience nnd see them. Would not the pris on relief system lie a great Improvement on he present system? We might any more, but It need* no argil- meat. We can bettor condition*, and do It * U BEAZLEY. Lresburg, Go. 8ILLS BECOME LAWS T Governor Smith has allowed three lo cal bills to become a law without til* approval, under the five-day limitation. Failure to approve or disapprove a bill within five days after reaching tha governor makes It a law. One of the bills was the Atlanta measure providing for a $350,000 Issue of water bonds and the closing Mangum street to provide for the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic ter minals. Governor Smith withheld his signa ture from this bill because he holds to the poeltlotj that such measures should contain a provision for the arbitration for damages arising out of closing streets. He consulted with Atlanta au thorities who agreed to provide (or ar bitration of any damages arising out of closing the street. The other two measures were local to Savannah, Involving the closing certain lanes, and the grant of a part of a street to a bank. 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