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6 JSiiav b. 'ixLbi Ax THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At a West Alabama St, Atlanta, Oa. Subscription Rates: Throa Months On* Month •* By Carrier. Par Weak 10 Telephones eonnretln* all depart. meats. Long distance terminals. If yen hare any trouble getting TIJB GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone th* circulation department and hare It promptly remedied. Telephone*! Bell 4927main; Atlanta 44U It I* desirable that all eomma. nice- ran .ejected mannscripte will not be returned uulcas stamps *rs sent for Ih* purpose TIIE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints oo unclean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither doc* It print whisky or any liquor ad*. Stands for Atlanta's own. log Its own gas and electric light plants, ss It now owns Its water works, other cities do this and get gas as low ss M cents, with a prodt to the city. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street rsllwaye can be operated successfully by European cities, os they nro, there Is no good reseop why they can not lie eo oper* a ted here. But w* do not lieljere Ibis can be done now. and It mar bo some years before we ore rendy for so big an nnderlnklng. EMU Admits should set Its fse* lu tbot direction NOW. The city of New York In hard pressed to pay Its bills; oven aiwthosc Who sojourn long In Its midst. How our neighbors do love Atlanta! Hero for lnslanco Is Charleston will log to cede ns to Texas—or Japan King Edward, of England, Is said to keep a diary of the weather. It must be as Interesting as some peo ple's conversation. A vast portion of Australia Is said to bo empty. The same report comes from India, with more poignant mean Ing. Henry Wattcrson flings himself Into the breach agalnet tbo prohlbl tlon wave—a sandbag thrown on tho levee against a Mississippi flood. Tho dally announcements of the early settlement of tho tolegraphers' Strike appear to be of tho wireless variety. The Idea of offering Honry Wat- terson's opposition to prohibition as a news Item Is llko offering a Julep to Jack Chinn as a novelty. The Manila Times declares that the Filipinos do not care to vote. Possibly they put more trust In the bolo than In the ballot. • Prom the recent earnestness with which Mr. C. Howell Is boosting Mr. Wm. Jennings llryan, It Is evident that public opinion rates the Nebras kan's Democratic chances as the best. Tho first paragraph on Friday's edl torlal pago of Tho Georgian was based upon a'dlpplng from Watson's Weekly Jeffersonian. Credit was given to Tho Jeffersonian, but It es caped the printer's eye. Tho Washington Herald objects to Tho Georgian’s bard who rhymed "haunt her" with “Atlanta." And by the way, says The Herald, what la It that Is going to "haunt her?" Why “departed spirits,” of course—after January 1st. Secretary Taft at Columbus was such a good Imitation of a Democrat that he was the sor riest appearing specimen of a Republican that has been on pa rade.—Charleston News and Cou rier. A new evidence thnt n good Demo crat and an honest Republican are ■0 near together that there Is little material difference between them. And now Grontland Rice has locked horns with Mr. Roosevelt as a "na ture faker.” He declares that the Baltimore Oriole, his native bird, does lie his nest to the tree with a string of twisted twigs, and he In sures that a Tennessee barefi knows more nbout the Oriole in | minute than the president* of United States knows In a week, ware, Graalland, you are lu danger of being tied to the Ananias Club with a string of twisted epithet. The News and Courier Is coming to at least a more large-minded ap preciation of Wm. Randolph Hears!. The N.-C. claims that Hcarst Is as good a Democrat as Bryan, and the comparison la mutually compliment ary to both atatesmen. The N.-C. also clatma that Hearst would make a more successful presidential cam paign than Bryan, and this concln- alon demonstrates clearly that the N.-C. has been reading The Georgian with that respectful attention which baa been the one thing needed In Its Journalistic equipment. Can It be possible that the large education of the baseball benches has broadened the keen but close Intellect of Gen eral Hemphill to a more comprehen sive understanding of “hits” and "home runs?” THE FARMERS’ MIGHTY MOVEMENT. If thero bo any remaining ekcptlc of tho life and vitality of agricul ture or of tho vigor and enthusiasm of the farmers' organisation la Georgia and the South, he has only to attend a Farmers' Union rally of today. Anywhere, at any time, wherever the officials appoint—and the organa announce—a public gathering of the Farmers’ Union—for eating or for speaking—there you will And a surprising multitude. It Is a mystery where these people come from. Upon short notice— without blazon In tho newspapers—without flaming posters on the walls or trees—follow the brief statement of a union rally, and you will see the woods alive with people, thd roads lined with vehicles, and the grovaa swarm with men, women and children. And not the Jeans and butternut farmer of forty years ago, but men In soft caAlmers, boys In derby bats nnd women and girls In linen and mull and the summer raiment of the cities. And when the speeches coma In time there Is no longer the broad flattery or the demagogic appeal. Gone Is the politician’s taffy and the empty tribute of the designing applicant for votes. Instead there are strong men who talk to strong men and level-beaded women about the practical affairs of life, or of the qobler aspirations of honest sentiment And no audience In town or city listens more courteously, comprehends more clearly, and responds more Intelligently than the farmer of today. A Farmers' Union rally Is a revelation of the progress and develop ment that rule among tho men who till the farms and tickle the soil to the prosperous and responsive laughter of plenty. These are the men and women who- are not only the backbone of our material prosperity, but those also who In their level Intelligence, In their careful reading, In their disinterested thinking, and In their fear- lesB Individuality of voting, are today revolutionizing tho politics and the civilization of the South. You can't fool these people any more. The cheap newspaper and the rural mall delivery have made of them the freest and most practical Democracy la the world. Thoy listen -to all men. They read what comes before them. Bat they do their own think ing. They give all men their earn but few their tongues. And with the facta before them, .as thoy come In telegrams and observation and hon est newspapers, they make up their own opinions and are henceforth likely to vote aa they pray—straight and sincere—for the glory of God, and the good o-' tbelr homes. There has never been an organization like the Farmers’ Union. It was born of a quiet conversation by live honest farmers on tho value of cooperation. It has grown llko Jonah’s gourd—In a night—from In significance to majosttc power. It has 51,000 members In Georgia. It has 1,400,000 members In 22 states of the South and West. It Is officered by farmers, untrained In politics or statecraft. But It baa not made a mistake since Its foundation, and tho wisdom of Its leadership can only be explained by tho Interposition of Divine Providence In behalf of a movement that Is sot to tho betterment of men and the prosperity of the Republic. It has nothing to do with politics, but It Is mighty In busi ness, nnd it holds the balance of power In public affairs to be used for the uplift of tho farmer, which means the welfare of the state. . In Georgia It has stiffened tho backbone of the railroad commission, and Its formal memorial la tho foundation of tho lower rate of passenger fares. In Georgia It has halted tho movement for the bringing of alien and mongrol racos In Immigrant ships to* the fields and farms of tho commonwealth, and has preserved our soil to a homogeneous population. In Georgia It has invigorated the selt-rospect of overy tiller of the soil and made the dignity of labor tho standard of character among men. And In tho Republic at large, speaking with tho only potential voice, and Issuing the only edict backod by genulno power. It has lifted our imperial staple from beggary to kingship and has well-nigh estab lished eleven cents as tho minimum price for cotton In the world. There was never an organization eo potent and ao promising as the Farmers’ Union In the South. Theso are tho Impressions which overy thoughtful, observant and honest man will bring homo from a Farmers’ Union rally In any section of tho state. SATURDAY EVENING. Tho pcoplo of Georgia can now settle down to a quiet and compla cent enjoyment of tho triumphs they have won from a strenuous summer. Temperance, whlto supremacy, railroad regulation—tbo travail and the product of wholesome legislation. And now the tlmo for ezecutlon, enjoyment, and harmony, with lib erty and dignity combined. It Is a long and strenuous period through which wo have passed—a period of strife, of dlfferenco, of discussion and of decision. For nearly two years public life has been eager and divided In tho commonwealth. We are not likely to have a dull time oven now. But there is at least a pause before wo enter upon the plercement of the campaigns which are to make a president, a senator and aoveral congressmen, t As welcome as Is rest after toll, should bo tranquillity after long division and excitement, and Georgia would welcome an autumn In which good will, kind worda, and prosperous contentment should lead a smiling way to the great peace holiday of tho world’s December. » It Is too much to hope that the fierce desires will be rebuked or that eager ambitions will be stilled. But what a gladness It would be to Georgia, aud what a wholesome rest. If this one bright autumn could be dedicated to prosperity and peace and fraternity among all the people of this grand old common wealth, whose opposite convictions have so long held them In martial array against each other! Is It Impossible to build up a public opinion tbat will Influence an armistice of political and commercial war, while we renew the fellow ships and fraternities of a peaceful past? On this Saturday Evening what can we do better than to commend a truce, charity, forgiveness, friendship and fellowship to a militant and vigorous people whose honest opinions have bcon for so long a tlmo at war? Let us have a golden autumn of good will after a sultry itlmmer of faction aud excitement WHY NOT BEFORE? With the railroad schedules comparatively even and regular all over the country, with passenger rates reduced, with freight handled with reasonable dispatch, with trains In the main on time—the pertinent question arises. Why couldn't the railway managers have done It before? Not In temper or complaint, but In simple curiosity tho question arises. There has been no particular change In commercial conditions. The volume of freight and travel Is Just as great—there la Just as much commerce and Just aa many shipments In the country. Jnst as many people are traveling about. The roads have not been double tracked. The new cars and locomotives have not In many cases been received and Installed In use. The men are of the same class and material aa before: • And yet there la an Improvement general and commendable qll along tho line of transportation service. The schedules are regular, the volume of freight and travel Is carried) and a wreck, though not rare, Is of no more frequent occurrence than It was ten yasrs ago. Why? With the same conditions, why Is It that tbo great railway corporations can give the public so much better service today than they dld during the last summer and winter. This Is a question tbat has doubtless occurred to travelers and ship pers everywhere. It It difficult to answer upon any other theory than that to men as Individuals and in the aggregate, there come fteriods of demoralization In which apathy or confusion of mind destroy or debili tate the effectiveness of their work. Men get rattled, and so do corpora tions, and It must be true that we havo passed through a period of de moralization, largely Inspired by greed and eagerness of accumulation, which brought about the execrable conditions which disfigure the his tory of transportation In tho year that has gone. Nothing short of the wholesale agitation of these defects by earnest and honest newspapers—nothing this side of the publicity given to hon est protest—has availed to rouse the corporations to duty and to effect iveness again. The work of the agitator In the press la not always popular, but It la nearly always Indispensable. The newspapers have rarely done a greater service than In articulat ing the public opinion which has reformed the railroads. ROCK-RIBBED PROHIBITION AHEAD FOR NORTH CAROLINA (Raleigh, N. Ce, Special to N. Y. Praia.) Recent development! Indicate that when the next aesslou of the state legislature shall complete Its work there will be a new and rigid law on the statute books ab- solutely prohibiting both the manufacture snd sale of all Intoxicating spirits within the stste, snd this Is the first time within the present generation when there tins been a prospeet of such a thing. Thero have been several local option slec< tlons held during the last two weeks In Im portant towns of the state, and In every instance the llqnor Interests aud the “wer* crowd have lost. Warrenton was the last place where such an election was held, and the victory of tho teinperanco people was complete, not even tho muutclpnl liquor dis pensary being permitted to do business there. A telegram to Governor Glenn, re ceived the night of the victory from the leaders of tho “dry" element, said: “Your speech and Intluenco turned tho scale and gave us victory." The governor went to tVarrenton n few days before the election and made ‘ strong prohibition speech. Glenn as Prohibition Senator* Good bulges of politics think It Is state B rohlhltion tbat Is probably going to land overuor Glenn lu the senate In Washing ton ss the successor of geuator Overman eighteen months hence. Governor Glenn has within the Inst year or two become by choice the chief of the state prohibition apostles In North Carolina. Last fall ha went further than the president of the State Autl-Hulo4>n League would go, aud In the Presbyterian cl Kirch In Raleigh came out for state prohibition. Ing the governor to let up on tho qi tlon and not press It upon tho Inst leglsln tare. The state chnlrumn of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon I*enguo soon nfter took the ground thnt the time for state probl- tlon had not arrived. Thnt there are sec tions of the state nnd towns In which pro hibition Is not yet hacked by public senti ment, where the majority Is opposed to It, he held, on thut account thnt It would not l»e • properly enforced If adopted by the state at large, or If the legislature made the law compulsory against the will of the majority In those communities; also that the Democratic party stands pledged to local option. Anti-Saloon President Opposed. The president of the Slnto Anti-Saloon League Is Joslnh William Bailey, who for the Inst ten yenrs l;is been n lending churchman of tho state nnd the editor of ts Ilnptlst organ, tho Illbllcal Recorder, of [tnlclgh. Pulley Is still opposed to legislat ing prohibition for a conuunnlty when the ninjority of tho people, be it state or county or town, are opposed to prohibition. Gov ernor Glenn has surpassed the nntl-ssloou chief In his xenl to accomplish absolute prohibition laws for tho whole state, nnd would huve the legislature eunet n law ns ins just Iweu done In Georgia, putting the inn on liquor lu overy county and town In North Carolina. Tho sentiment against liquor has made a marvelous growth In North Carolina of re- ccut yenrs. ns It has In many of the other Southern states. Astonishing progress has Iteen made by tho nrohlbltlon element, nnd that without the formation of a separate political party to .accomplish Its purposes; l»oth of tlio old parties, nnd especially the Democratic party, being lifted to carry on tbo policy of wiping out tho traffic In llqnor and stopping Its manufacture. • • ‘ ihw* *- * J ing and unquestioned devotfon to the cause of true * that meuion, xuuy ocneriiig, ■■ *ury enj, that It will be only n few years at best when public sentiment In every countr and town will cause prohibition to bo adopted through the local option process of elimi nating the llqnor traffic. There Is not s licensed saloon or bar In Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham. Newborn, Oxford, Henderson or In most of the towns of the state today. Saloons ob tain still In Asheville, iVtnaton, Wilming ton and Salisbury alons of the Important towns, and the prediction Is freely made thnt they will l>e abolished In Asheville within a year, and will tie driven out of their Inst hold within three or four rears* oven If local option alone accomplishes It snd no state problblton law Is enacted election ordered on state prohibition. Governor Glenn's Strongest Card. Friends of Governor Glenn express the opinion that as he hna lately renewed his demand for atato prohibition through leg islative enactment, or at least means to demand that the next legislature shall pro vide for a state election on the question, and recently expressed his regret at not haying pursued his Individual course mark ed out before the laat legislature, Instead of letting the subject remain In abeyance on the request and advice of party and manngers, he Is the logical and lender of this movement. Thnt being so. If the plans of the state prohibitionists are what a political leader here tells mo they are. ana that plan of selecting ns the candidates of the Demo cratic party for representatives of their counties in the general assembly next year only men who are known to be In favor of a state prohibitory liquor law succeeds. It looks as If It will naturally follow tbat when these same legislators come to se lecting a man to represent the stste lirthe senate, and knowing that their prohibition leader Is ambitious for the place, that many. If not moat of them, will turn to Governor Glenn nnd cast their votes for him to succeed Overman, who Is not Iden tified with the prohibition movement. Whether Glenn could muster a sufficient numlier of adherents nmlvr such conditions will materially depend npon the success of the plan to x *put none but atato prohlbl- tlonlata In tho next-legislature." To Vot# Out Dispenaariea. In Raleigh and several other towns which have abolished the open saloon the munici pal liquor dlspeusnrv 1s In existence. This Is not true or Durham and Charlotte and Greensboro and some of the other non saloon towns. However Mg a business In Interstate traffic the express company may do, absolute prohibition prevails at those places, so far as the sale of liquor Is con cerned. Now a movement Is on foot to abolish the Raleigh dispensary, which, was created by the teinperanco people as a makeshift four years ago hscause sentiment was not ripe for absolute prohibition, although opposed John Mappelbeck, in today’s Saturday Evening Post,'says; "While savings ore smstL nothing elves such alii In economy and peace of mmd as a checking account In a sound bank or trust company. This Is especially true where Income I* derived from uncertain source,. «e In commissions, fee,, receipt, from a ■mull business, rents, etc. 1'crson, whose Income Is of thl, chsr. ncter nre usually worried by every qtUgstloa os It come, due. from the milk hill to the rent, snd often spend msrltetshlc tlmo end euercy In eolleetlons, or attempts to nntlrlpat* payments due them. Such Income, too, Inciting rcgulnrlty or stability, tuny be frittered nwsy ns It trickles In. - "A chccklnc account conserrei It, provided nil receipts nre deposited nnrl nil outgo*, paid by check. Tho depositor cnrrles ■round little renily money, snd thus cuts off many trlfllns ex penses. But the chief mine of such sn nrcouut Is, tbat It rcducei a multitude of utilizations and worries to only one—that of keeping n balance In bank." This bank is pleased to extend its facilities to those who wish to follow the advice of Mr. Mappelbeck in hia article, “Saving by a Plan,” Particular attention is paid to cheeking accounts, and in our Savings Department we allow interest at the rate of four per cent. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. The Difference Between Idleness and Play By CALEB A. RIDLEY. Idleness Is sin,. but sometimes play Is a tonic. The subject of this paper Is play, not Idlenesj. For a man to Idle Is to degenerate. There le nothing quite so tiresome os the effort put forth by some folks In trying to settle themselves down to Idleness. There are a few non-appreclatlve souls who mean well, but who are woefully and wilfully Ignorant, who divide ex istence Into two elements—work and Idleness. To them what you cannot call work Is worthless, and therefore Idleness and sin. But there Is a third element—play, and It Is this element that we look at here. In contrast with work. An Idler may play and a player may Idle, but on Idler would much rather loaf. *- There Ik far leu pleasure In play than idling to a loafer. But to a real aure enough man who has a real heart, and a liver In him, and whose nose Is midway between his eyes, and whose hand and hood have both been trained to work, there Is no pleasure nor rec reation In Idleness. He prefers play. All work and no play mokes men cold, calculating, uninteresting stumps along life's way. An Old Fool l Once Knew. I know a man who worked forty years and never played. He scorned play as childish. He mode and saved $200,000 which was his only solace even In death. He was unhappy In life and miserable when death's dew dampened his dwarfed features. He lived without laughter and went out Into the dark ness of death without a smile. No, body loved him when he lived and no body cared when he died. He died frowning In the face of the world, and tho world mirrored back his frown. Thero was but one mourner at his funeral, and her advertisement of grief was a black veil. to the open saloon. 1 Nobody cares when such a man dies. Tho Ilnloltth dispensary sells more thnn He lived simply to ue how much he 1250.000 worth of liquor annually. A big nnrt of thnt Is net profit, no license fees being required, and conweqnontly the rnto of municipal taxation has been cut down materially. If the dispensary Is abolished the tax rate will hove to be Increased, nnd thnt Is a fact thnt will probably cause Its CHARLESTON'S TREA80N TO AT LANTA, (News and Courier.) "We see by the pa’apers" that a brace of Japanese spies have, at last, been dlsfrovered making plans of Fort Mc Pherson, the key to Atlanta, which Is to say, to the situation generally. At lanta has been the objective point of the Japanese all the time. We knew U, but feared that a premature an nouncement might cause a panic In Wall Street. Atlanta Is the Port Ar thur, Manila, Gibraltar, Kronstadt, Kiel and Acropolis of this country, and the Japanese will probably penetrate straight to It, turning not to the right nor to the left while on the march. If they once get Atlanta, they will be satisfied. Therefore, we had best let the Jap anese take Atlanta. It would-be a snd loss and en Irreparable one, but would It not be wiser to lose Atlanta, to gether with Hoke, Temple and Clark, and live, thnn for the whole brand re public to bow beneath the Oriental yoke? Indeed, we are confident that Atlanta would willingly make the sac rlflce. y Nevertheless, It does seem that the gentle Japanese sketching the fortifi cations of Atlanta were a long way from home. AUTOGRAPHS. In n corner of the gnrrct. Where, It seems, one seldom looks. Long forgotten nnd discarded, 'Neath « idle of dusty books^ I discovered an old nlbuni Thnt recalled my tioyhood's day. With Its corners bent nnd broken, And Its cover worn by nge. Time had touched with trembling fingers At some spot on every pnge; And my heart felt strangely heavy. And my eyes. I fear, grew red: For the elmple linen of childhood Breathed a message from the dead. It was here thnt Mary scribbled. On this leaf that once was pink— “la the golden chain of friendship. Let me be the etrongest link." In a dlMtnnt, foreign city, Ao the paper Mid one day, Mary s gentle, i|iieenly spirit Left Its cast of molded day. John In manner philosophic, Theorised about my fate; Molly's fragile fingers penciled . Lines to guide In writing straight. John Is lu the legislature. Winning ptamlir* every day; * Happy-hearted, thoughtful Molly, Is a spinster lient and gray. “Though grim clouds may dim your heaven, Through nil darkness I'll lie true!" Thus wrote Dot—she was my sweetheart— On this page of faded bine. How times change—how we change with them. When youth's fitful fancies fh*o! Faithful wife of bnndsoiue Harry, Dot no longer thinks of me. Jim was such a manly fellow. And a mother’s only son. With a mind its free $>r trouble As bis heart wss full of fuu. Although everyliody liked him. From hla home he strayed away* Ami how often have I wondered Whether Jim’s alive today. And with reverence returned It To the jealous care of age. Dear t>ld days—yet something’s lacking, For, In musing. 1 recall That the Uttle girl 1 wedded Never wrote In It at all. —Ralph Methuen. Savannah, Ga* PERTINENT INQUIRY. To the Editor of The Georgian: In your Issue of this date, you have a letter from a citizen on Peachtree street, complaining at the distance he lives from .a fire'company. There are three componlea comparatively near this gentleman, and we would like to know If It has ever occurred to the city council that there Is no Are com pany on the western side of the city, beyond the railroad? Has the west side a representative in council? A CITIZEN. Atlanta, Ga., August 22. ERECT A MONUMENT TO TO LIEUT.-GEN. LONGSTREET. To the Editor of The Georgian: It Is time that the asperities of the civil w*or should bnve passed a way, and that wo come to a sane and just estimate of all who participated In It, especially so In the case of our Southern then. I was a mem ber of Isongstroet’s corps,, and be did his duty to the best of bis ability as a general. Homo who were not on tho battlefields, and who, If on the hr*“‘ or nothing of the act—. __ ns affecting Lnngstreot'* actions and that of his men, have nut hied a temple of preju dice over hia fame, which Is founded on wrong aesumptlons. We look at him ns a Thousands of Georgians followed him and ndmlred him, and these men. If no others, desire thnt he tie honored jnst ns the Gedr- E lans and others who followed Gordon have enured him. 1 voice the sentiment nnd the feelings of thousands of Confederate soldiers In Insisting on a monument to Gen eml Longstreet being erected on the capttol grounds In the city of Atlanta. This Is not a matter for controversy; thnt Is over, or. at least, ought to tie. General Lougstrect needs no defenso from me, but he does need the love and loyal devotion of his fellows In arms. Colonel Drown, of Alnbnran, who wss present nt a meeting of Atlanta Camp U. C. V., No. 169, Inst evening, spoke of bis dls- eneral Loni as a coraj and prol Isongiitrevt on (he rapltol grounds npanlon to that of General Gordon, ffered to give a portion of the pro- He ran the offer 11 seems to me that all Confeder ate soldiers who desire to help should get together and formulate a systematic plan of iirjicednre nnd. If they do not object. Cap- tnln W. D. Ellis, Captain Tip Harrison, and (tenoral Evans might he shle to solve the problem, nml lend ns old Confederates to n victory which shall crown our decllulug yenrs with the laurel of pence, comrade- -*iln nml devotion to General Longstreet. If the (onfederate soldiers mentioned TSltSSr* ,he - Secoad I.lent. Co^D.^a ifcIV Allan!*, tia. TO YOU. . A, nns might loot stmt a pictured Mint, Wrought by the skill of some great mas ter s hand, I look upon your face. so sweetly quaint. And feel a thrill I ran not understnnd: flr * young nnd beautiful and bright. With eyes to kludle love fires lu the - breast, Wstto^a* plodding toward lit*', chilling Where all desire Is lost In prefect rest. But. ■■ the weary tailor looka nhore To eateh. through rifted clouds, a light to guide lilt storm-teased barque la safety, home end lore Amid the dangers of the rogtn* tide, I hath to yon. a* to a guiding star. Vet allll must stand nml worship von afar. —lucid* i't'Bitr iiiLut. could get out of th* world, and now the world smiles upon hla open grave and says: "We will get It back again.” Hia first thought at day-dawn, and his laat when the whippoorwill warbled his evening vesper was $$$$. You may talk about "the man with the hoe,” or the man without the hoe. I’d rather be a mule than such a man aa that. I should then have no dead weight of coin hung about my neck in eternity. I would rather walk through life than ride the fiery billows with such a roan In the life to come. But back to the subject of play. There Is little fellowship in the meat and bread business of life. The work era are too busy with their .work. But when we can come together for play our hearts rise up and kiss. There is the fellowship of love. I am not for getful of the other truth that men la boring, and even suffering together, have found a sort of fellowship and bond of sympathy, the one for the other. In their sufferings; but none court fellow ship. The real fellowship of life comes when mtn mutually put aside self-tn- terest, and put aside pursuit of money and bonds, and engage In play. Now, it is not necessary that a man, In order to play, should play a fool. There are other and better plays. Nei ther Is It necessary that he play the play of children. Men should be chil dren without being childish. Chauncey Depew, the other day In New York, quoting from Dr. Holmes, said: “I am seventy-four years young." Lived be yond man's allotted years, but a veri table ray of sunshine still. His whole life has been a brilliant blending of work and play—work without worry, play without pain. And now standing near the end of Life's lane, the past a dream, and the future alone real, he drops from his Bps of love and laugh ter a last benediction upon his host of friends whose heartstrings will snap like twine when those Bps are sealed In eternal silence. I wish that I might enter - the ’shadows” under the full glare of such a sun. Sue!) visions are not In side the syllogism. They come not to the man whose life Is all work, neither do they come, to him who forever plays, but they come to the man and woman who "Work while they work And play while they play." The Play of Recreation. It may be that your play Is found In hunting, fishing, or riding, or sailing- matters not. Only this, be sure you sell It not. It Is as essential to your growth and development as ts the sunshine to the rose. Lord Salisbury played with chemistry, but he played. Sanford played with mathematics, but It was recreation. Thos. E. Watson may write history to rest his mind from the study of law, and you may find play In writ ing poetry—very well, only be eure that you write It. It may not be worth reading, but the burdens Inflicted upon the public will not begin to compare with those lifted from your own heart. And so, whether our play Is found on the field, or In the forum, let us pursue It, when the time comes to play. It will keep us young, give us fellowship, correct our crooked vlew-of life, re- veal the virtues of other people, nnd make our lives pleasant and profitable both to ourselves and others. Learn From the Children. We have all observed the Inclination of children to play. So soon as a baby gets charge of himself, he goes to play- ng. and never stops, except for school and sleep, until he Is fifteen years old. Stone bruises and loosened to* nails arc not token Into account when a chance to play presents Itself to a boy. Is this gin accident of nature, or has God a purpose back of It? I accept the latter. Play Is the boy’s field of growth. Here he builds the first nec essary structure of life—his body. It was left for the twentieth ccnt.'^ to discover and put In the curricul m. of the schools the great fact, that men's bodies are to receive attention along with their minds and spirits. You may bore some things Into hla head as he passes along, but what if h# had to depend absolutely on these? Nay, as he plays, there goes on a deeper process of culture within him than ever teacher Illustrated or parent planned. It Is in this music his soul Ib led on. He masters the lesson, It may be from pride or fear of punish ment, but he plays because he loves to play. The atmosphere of his soul is play. And under Its rapturous touch he learns to live. Indeed, books, teachers, discipline— theso nre necessary; but no more so than play. Play Is his divine right, and It Is mine also, no matter what you think. The boy—a real boy—will always get more out of his play than Out of his books. His contact with others will be of greater value to him than the sums he eums up, or the Greek roots he uproots. And what I say of the school boy, I say of the man. From whence came our knowledge, anyway? Where have men been trained? What Is the great civilizer, the great cause of progress? Contact of man with man. With the school bov, books open hkt mind, tasks discipline his spirit, but the contact and contests with his fellows teach him life, com mon sense and human nature. • * • Enlarge the Campus. In my native state there Is a college that has gone to enlarging Its play ground every time It enlarges Its cur riculum. Not to save physicians’ bills —this has long been conceded—but be- cause It makes better students, better scholars and better men. When the boy gets grown he will settle down to business and do better work because of this time given to play. And If In the mad rush of life he Is pushed be yond these hours of play and pastime, there will be a lost note In the har mony of his soul. Unless some child shall teach him again the mnglc secret of play his heartstrings will rust, a spirit of commercialism seari his heart, and still forever the music of love upon his Ups. May we all lsarh that the way to be happy and gay Is to "Work while you work And play while you play." PROHIBITION IN KANSAS. Banks and business flourish when the saloon ceases to get the wages of the working man. Since the sale of liquor has been stopped In Kansas City, Kan sas, "the deposits of our banks have Increased one and a half million dol- lars,” la the message In a personal letter. "People who formorly lived in poverty because of spending their money In saloons are now living In comfort, and hundreds of them have opened accounts .with savings banks; the merchants have been compelled to employ additional clerks.” The best remedy for delirium tre mens Is—remove the cause. "Our san itarium reports a total suspension of coses of delirium tremens since the en forcing of our prohibitory liquor laws,” says the Hon. C. W. Trlckett, prosecut- ing attorney of Kansas City, Kansas. Getting rid of the saloon helps solve the child labor problem and the com pulsory education problem. Here Is tho record of Kansas City, Kansas, since the laws forbidding the sale of liquor were enforced: Formerly the children of drinking fathers had to help earn , the living for the family. Now they are attending school In such Increased numbers that the school bonrd has had to employ eighteen additional teach ers.—From The Sunday School Time,. NO DANGER IN THE "LOCKER." Editor The Georgian: I notice there Is a good deal of dis cussion and comment on what is known as the club locker bill, passed at tho recent session of the legislature. This Is all entirely useless, for the state pro. hlbltlnn law saya In section 1: "Front and after the first day of January, next, after the passage of this act. It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of this state to sell or barter for valuable consideration, cither di rectly, or give away to Induce trade at any place of business, or keep or fur nish at any other plaCe or manufac ture or keep on hand at their place of business any alcoholic, spirituous, mslt or Intoxicating liquors, or Intoxicating bitters or other drinks, which, If drunk to excess will produce Intoxication. Then come* the penalty and the doc tors’ amendment. Now, If language means anything, there Is nothing plain er than the above, and It will bo un lawful for any person after January 1st next to keep, furnish or give away any Intoxicating liquor at their place of buslnexs, home, club, or any other places. If It should admit of another construction, it would be a badly drawn- up act. I freely confess that to me it lx one of the most drastic laws that was ever passed by any Georgia legis lature, and to my mind there are sev eral amendment* that would Improve It as a temperance measure, and have little doubt but that the legislature will amend It wholesomely at their next session. Yours very truly, „ E. C. ELLINGTON. Dawson, Ga., Aug. 22, 1907. FOR THE BOYS’ CLAJB. To the Editor of The Georgian; . It Is with very great pleasure that | notice In the public print a proposeu establishment in our city of a club tot homeless boys, of which perhaps I s‘« more than nny Individual In Atlanta, and while I have no money to con tribute to the cause, I shall be n’ucn pleased to give one hour each week ” Bible or other reading, or other pur poses, as may be deemed best by an executive committee. ,, Yours for the salvation of the At lanta boys; .,,. WM. II. H. PHELPS Atlanta, August 24.