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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
rj Kunstt 10, uw,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, Preiident.
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OUH I'LATKOItM: THE OKOItGiAN
AND NKWH ,tulids for Atluota’i Own-
Ini II, on *n» and electric light
plnntn. sn M
___ .. own* Its water
wotbn. other elilcs do thin and get
run ns low M SO rcuts.^ with n profit
io the dtr.
onee. Tllfc OKOIKIIAK AND NEWS
Indleve, that If street rnltwnys enn lie
oiiemted nncccMfuliy by European
el lien, is they are. there Is uo good
K ron why (hoy enn not lie so oper-
d here. But we do not believe this
enn Ik* done now. nnd It mar lie some
yearn tiefoie we sre ready for no Idg
ns undertaking. Still Atlanta should
let Its face In tbnt direction NOW.
It Is Impossible to feel other
wise then thst the Lord Is much
nearer to Houston this beautiful
Sunday morning than to any other
town In the country.—Houston
Post. - ■
A knowledge of thin fact would
come mighty near to producing a real
panic along the Ihiffaio. Bayou.
! John Temple Graves has
; dropped Roosevelt slid Is now en-
! gaged In booming Governor Co
mer for president. .Alabama Is
willing.—Rlrmlnghnm Atfe-Herald.
This Is o very hasty and Ill-founded
concluelon. Oovernor Comer wan
•Imply mentioned by The Ooorglnn as
one of many Southern men that might
become eligible for the nomination.
The Atlanta Georgian, the dls-
covercr of the theory that para-
graphers never go to heaven.
’ .ought at least to let us know
what has become of tho nature
faker of The Richmond Times-
Dispatch.—Houston Post.
Now tliat'^ the reel question. Where
does the nature faker go when he Is
done? We arc quite sure that It is
•ither to Texas—or tho other place.
Any Georgian who should hnvo
the temerity to cuter a Wall
street office and try to get aid to
flnanco a railroad In the Empire
Stqte of the 8outh, would got the
marble heart If ho did not get the
game end of a No. 7 shoe.—Oglc-
■ thorpe Echo.
| Don't be alarmed, contemporary.
This Is not a real panic. It Is a "pan
ic for revenue only.” When It Is
jfound thnt It won't work, activity will
he renewed at the old stands.
Under the Georgia prohibition
law, It will he possible for the 123
counties now supposed to ho dry
to Indulge la the fuOO-locker club,
but It will be a violation of the
act to handle wine for snera-
tnental purposes. Such nn en
actment Is not fanatic merely; It
la foolish.—Nashville American.
The trouble about thla paragraph Is-
that It la not.true. The 123 counties
will speedily discover that they can
not Indulga In locker clubs, nnd the
small amount of wins needed for the
Infrequent communion service can ho
secured without difficulty.
And now Graves Insist] that
Hearet is a far better man than
Arthur Brisbane ever wan at his
best. What does Heerst pay Bris
bane thHt 250.000 a year for,
then?—Americas Tlmci-Recordor.
There arc two nnswers to thla
Statement. The first Is that It Isn't
true. Hearst doesn't pny Brisbane
$50,000 a year. What he docs pay
hint above his normal salary U sim
ply o percentage, promised upon the
Increased receipts of Tho Evening
Journal, the only Hearst paper with
which Brisbane has anything to do.
TO GEORGIANS WANTING
_ DOMESTIC HELP.
To the Keillor of The Georgian:
Knowing of my contemplated trip to
Scotland, a number of Atlanta families
have requested me to eccure f..r them
Scotch girls for domestic service. An I
expect to nail In a few days. I would
like to set In touch with as many good
families an posnlbl* in our city who
uL to avn H themselves of my services
to bring them some tvell-uelected Scotch
domestics and who are willing 11 cn-
cournge the enterprise.
tv III you kindly ask your readers, Mr.
■oitor, who are concerned, to coin*
Wink-ate with me at once?
Respectfully ;,ouin.
JAM EH A. BTRAI’HAX.
•2o Whirr'ir*' 1 * " ■ «nml»»loin.r.
Whitehall street.
THE ATLANTIC FLEET QUIETS JAPAN.
No recent act of President Roosevelt has demonstrated a clearer
comprehension and a more resolute execution of sound policy than tho
sending of the Atlantic fleet for n cruise through the Pacific Ocean.
Aa a general rulo tho outside public know* little of the Inner work*
Inga of our diplomatic service, and still less of the secrets of the state
department.
Perhaps It Is Just aa well that this should Uj ao. because much of
sensationalism and oven of 'Jingoism hac been spared tho public by a
reasonable reserve upon tho great question of our International rela
tions.
But since the conditions created by the president have quieted a sit
uation which was so aggravating In the East, it Is just as well that the
public Hhould know It nnd that credit should ho given whero credit Is due.
There has been a great deal of protest, sensible and otherwlae.
against the sending of the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific. When all the
facts are known.lt will be found to have been one of the distinctive acts
of statesmanship of tho entire Roosevelt administration. It Is no longer
a secret among well-informed Americans ^hat the state department at
Washington has beon bullied ior many months by tho diplomats of
Japan. Every pretext for a quarrel has been diligently prosecuted by
the Insolent foreign office In Toltlo, and a mere restaurant row In San
Francisco has been ninth) a basis upon which Japan has demanded, and
what is worse still, has received an apology from the government at
Washington.
None but the dense and willfully ignorant fall to realise that (he
United States stands obstructive In the pathway of Japan's favorite
plana nnd that the '(f|ien door" policy In the Orient In which America,
stands In splendid Isolation Is contrary to tho designs of Japan for the
control of the trade and tho prestige of tho Pacific, and for a practical
monopoly of the trade with China.
Realising tho absolute unpreparedness of our navy u|iou tho Pacific
coast to comiieto with the ever-ready and more numerous navy of Japan
in that great ocean, has Inspired the Japanese to believe that this was a
strategic time In all hlstorj’ for that kingdom to assert Itself against the
United Slates and to win In some mere primary advantages new and
larger military laurels even than It won In the conflict with Russia.
And our government, realizing lhat we could not afford In time of
war to take the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific coast, and that wo had no
fleet .in the Pacific to coniiiete with Japan If Japan should seek to take
possession of Hawaii uiid the Philippines, has been compelled perforce
to cat dirt before these Impudent and Insolent little foreigners, and to
concedo every point of diplomacy, however captious, demanded by the
Mikado nnd his cabinet.
But the render will ohservo how promptly this spirit In Japan has
subsided with the going nut of tho Atlantic fleet on Its crulao In the PA-
clflc .ocean. Just so long as this Atlantic squadron, which Is great enough
to destroy the Japanese nnvy, sails the Pacific seas, or Is convenient to
any possible disturbance with the Orient, Japan will present an entirely
different attitude In her aggresalons, and her aggressive impudence will
be lost In platitudes of good will and professions of friendship for the
United States. * ' ,
And so the president has done wisely In sending the navy through
the Pacific seas.
And the American Congress will do wisely If It utilises the time of
this crulso of our battloshlps to strengthen tho American navy by such
nddltlonnl battleships and cruisers as will make us strong and powerful
on either coast.
We havo the greatest roastllne of any nation on earth nnd the peace
of the republic and tho ponce of the world can not be preserved In any
way so certainly and so well ns by the establishment, of an American
navy lhat will not bo second to thnt of England or of any other two na
tions upon the earth.
Thla Is tho open way to peace. It Is "the highest economy, because
any policy that prevents war saves more of money nnd of life than any
other thnt can proceed- from the liraln nnd the Judgment of men.
President Roosevelt's object losson of tho American navy in the Pa-
cHlc sobb frees us for n year from the nagging Insolence of Japan, and
while the conditions nro favorable, the liberality and broad-mindedness
of the Amerlcnn congress should build us a navy that will make these
iwaconhlc relations iiomtnnent and secure.
THE CONSERVATISM OF REFORM.
In Monday's Issue of Tho Atlanta Oeorglsn there was quite
a strong editorial on “The Conservatism of Reform.'
.Inst at the present time more or less radicalism Is being
manifested In various quarters find capital has become fright
ened.
Tlioro are among us certain peoplo who aro so conservative
that they are willing to let corporations have a free hand, others
want to hold the greedy ones In check, while others nro so radi
cal that they are willing to go lo nil kinds of extremes If a cor
poration can lie punished.
The middle courso Is, of course, tho wise otic to take nnd
happy Is he who flnds this middle course—who holds the peoplo
back with one hnnd and corporations back with the other.
Some coriKiratlons will not Indorse what The Georgian has
had to say and some Individuals will not, but the wise man will
give to the words hearty Indorsement.
Tho Bible tells us that there Is a time to weep and a time to
sing, a time to pray and a time to laugh, a time to be sad and a
'.Into to rejolcv. if thcro la a time to be radical there Is also a
lime to bo conservative.
The Georgian's words have tho right ring to them and will
do good In restraining sdlho of those who are now too extreme
In their views.—Dublin Dispatch.
It gives The Georgian tinuaunl pleasure to noto the general approv-
al with which Gils editorial has boon met
It Is good for us to know that tho body or this people Is neither ultra
radical nor ynjust.
They demand reforms nnd know definitely Just what they want.
They arc resolutely determined upon securing the concession of their
Just demands.
But they do not want Injustice or persecution, or tho ultra radical
ism that Is certain to react against Its movers.
The Dispatch says truly that there Is a time for all things—a time
to be radical and n time to bo conservative, and we nre quite sure that
the best nnd truest frlond of tho people Is he who would restrain the
excesses that are too often the accompaniments of power and oppor
tunity.
It Is only the wise thing and tho Just thing In legislation that will
endure.
And so while we aro right so far In Georgia's reform legislation, let
us make Bure to continue right.
(••••••••••••MCI
By WILLIAM HURD HILLYER.
For the first time In n dozen years,
people all over the country nre begin
ning to draw sober faces and to ask
each other how far the Inevitable re-
•eselon In business will go before the
ilde of prosperity shall return. Even
before the shrinkage has made Itself
known In current statistics. It Is dis
counted by public opinion, and predic
tions are of the gloomiest In the midst
’ a scarcely slackened volume,of trade.
These forebodings nre current even
In Georgia. They nre here accentuated
by legislation, the outrome of which Is
matter of conjecture. It wns'thcrc-
re with some ) urptlse during a re
cent visit to the metropolis that I found
loading financial men In New York al
most without exception optimistic In
the extreme over the general outlook in
our state.
"Georgia is today the brightest spot
on the Southern map." said the presi
dent of a luge trust company. "Nothing
in prevent that state from assuming
very etinng position In the business
orlrt. Her irsnurees nre practically
boundless. She has the energy, too,
which will enable her to develop her
powers to the utmost."
•Whst do you think will be the edict
of the corporation pr|ley on her holi
ness future?" 1 asked
"I regard these struggles us transi
tory. U Is inevitable that some sort of
friction should result after all this
widespread agitation The railroads
must submit to proper control. They
nre recognising this everywhere. But I
believe that there will be a reaction of
sontitnent. The people will get to be
more conservative."
Another trust company president,
who has extensive yutzlde Interests,
laid especial stress upon the practical
monopoly which the South enjoys In Hi
cotton crop. He looked for unusual
prosperity In Georgia next winter, ow
ing to'the prospective high prlre with a
good yield.
At a time of peculiar stress and
stringency In the great financial cen
ters. with Wall street wrapped in pro-
found gloom, such optimism la slgnlfl-
, ennt. In fact, the consensus of aenti-
| inent among New York bankers nnd
■business men Is thnt the South, nnd
| Georgia In particular;'trill have less to
fear from a business recession than
i any other i-art of the country.
"We are having hard times up here."
snld a loading merchant In the whole
sale dry goods district. "But I don't
suppose you feel them much down your
way
t reminded him that money was
rather scarce Just at present, even In
our direction.’
"That's heciuse you ore In the crop-
moving season," he answered. "Walt
until the crop money comes In. You
have tile ndvnntnge of tis. We have
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record* firh day
■ouk! economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of the Mouth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
' (From Tho Now York Financial Chronicle.)
Important addition** to spindle* In nil leading wotwi of the South arc feature*
of the non non of 1000-1907. A number of new factorlei hare began operation!, many
other* nearing completion, on *tU! other! work !« well under way, and tlicrr are. In
addition, au imposing array of projected mllta. some of which have pawed_ the
Initial stages. An usual, the informa furnished liy Mci mill cover* spindle*
mwl kahns. active or* Idle during the hcuimmi. Including additions made to old plants
mid new mills started; also the actual consumption for the year, the average count
of yarn stum, anil complete detail* as to the new mills, wherever projected orutl*
,] Hill Sl'lllli flllll I ItUltlll IT t” 1 , “ ■ ■ # . , 1 M . a rp,
ready under construction, l*esldcs contemplated expansion In existing factories. Tn*
aggregate of our detailed return!, arranged by states. I* an follow*. All establish-
i a ml are not expected to resnuic opera-
Moothern
State*.
Virginia
V 1 Ik; I Hill .I.I.MMIIl iff
North Cn roll nn .... 200
South Carolina .... 140
Georgia 126
Florida ...
Alaliama 62
Mississippi
fsoulftlana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
MlHfotirl
Kentucky
Total* 1966.1907... (HI
i'»m.u»i6... 667
1904-1906,, *559
1903-1904... 628
1902-1901... *94
1911-190?... RJ0
lov'.fm... sn
1K90-1901... 441
199*1999... 414
1S97-1S9S... 391
Dale*, weight.
70.902 479.65
727.820 472.47
615.682 470.75
533.597 475.10
2.487.088 477.52 1.187.628.357
2.338.404 478.63 U43.W0.680
19 2.203.406 480.24 1.068.159.131
19% 2.007.639 475.11
19H 2.049.902 479.86
1.942.881 I70.fta
19 1,667,012 471*0
188i 1.399.947 488.99
953.774.158
983.849.981
915.078.4W
788.336 6 81
750.365.217
664.435.025
577.186.180
been putting out money here In New
York and It doesn't always come hack.
And, then, you are beginning to ship uh
your cotton In the form of finished goods
Instead of tho raw staple. This Is go
ing to be a tremendous source of wealth
to your section." x
Tho contrast between the feeling of
dejection that pervaded Wall street nnd
the hopefulness with which New York
ers spehk of Georgia and the South, Is
Indeed remarkable.
Even the new rate laws, which nre
viewed with such alarm by local rail
road men. do not seem so terrible to the
Wall street bankers, who have been
shocked Into Insensibility by develop
ments nearer home and are able to view
matters at long range with comparative
calmness.
This attitude Is not confined to finan
cial and commercial circles, but Is
shared by professional men nnd'well-
informed people generally.
"The South has the biggest future of
all." said the editor of a leading maga
zine which has devoted much space re
cently to Southern happenings. “You
have the resource*, and you nre ac
quiring the capital. As for the nntl-
rnllroad agitation. I believe It will nil
work out for the good. The whole
matter hinges upon the rereonnltty of
the men who control the movement. It
must need* be that reforms come; they
enn do harm In the coming only when
the wrong men get In charge and wrest
them from their proper course. From
all that I can learn, the corporations In
your state have got deteriAlned men to
f ACC —somewhat radical perhapB--but
they are true men and honest.”
This came, nearer- to an outspoken
approval of the present administration
In Georgia than any expression which 1
heard. The financial men believed that
Georgia would prosper, but In spite of
recent legislation, not because of It.
Taken ns a whole, the feeling In New
York at this time, so far as I can Judge,
seems to be one almost of envy for a
section which Is being lifted by a rising
staple rather than depressed by falling
securities.
CRIME AGAINST CRIMINALS
(From The Journal of Labor.)
Perhaps It Is a misnomer to call of
fenders against municipal ordinances
"criminals." Poltee Judges or recorders
have no Jurisdiction over even petty
misdemeanors under state statutes—
power to punish nil such oflender*
must be tried by a higher court.
It Is only the "drunks," and the mul
titude of petty delinquencies called
"disorderly conduct." which come prop
erly within tlv’L* Jurisdiction.
It Is gratifying to observe nn awak
ening of the civic conscience In behalf
of these victims of police courts.
.Maudlin nentlmentnjlty aside It may
be truthfully stated thnt the average
recorder gradually grows callous nnd
Indifferent to human suffering nnd mis
fortune. nnd too many *>f them actuully
become heartless tyrants.
Not a mother's son of the whole tribe
would plead guilty to this soft Im
peachment. Oh. no! Perhaps he Is a
smug elder In the church, or n shining
light In the ranks of the Christian En-
dea rovers.
Perhaps. In the ordinary n(fairs of
life, he measures up to a standard of
good cltlxonshlp.
Hut, after a while, from long contact
with the flotsam and Jetsam of n groat
city—the dally "catch" of the police
dragnets—their finer feelings become
blunted.
Ortaln occupations make men brutal
after a while, and the police Judge fair
ly comes within such catogory.
Police Judges, with rare exceptions,
therefore, should be changed frequent
ly—their term* of office should be
short.
There are rare exceptions where the
Innate goodness and beauty of a re
corder's heart Is Imperishable—where
the good man grows In brotherly kind
ness and sympathy the more he wit
nesses the pitiable weaknesses, yea
vices, of those brought before him for
trial.
The*e petty Judges are. In turn, often
the creatures of a vicious system cre
ated by stupid municipal laws.
It Is utterly Indefensible, altorether
damnable. to sentence "harmless
drunks” to work In chains upon the
streets.
It Is In the last degree cruel to sen
tence a white woman, who has not
been lost to all sense of decency (or
a colored one) to the city stockade for
any mere petty Infraction of the city
ordinances.
And yet this often occurs.
Sometimes a sensitive woman, goad
ed perhaps by Insult, Is charged with
"disorderly conduct.” Hhe Is tried In
a rush (think of It! Sometimes 75 or
100$ cases nre tried In one morning'#
session of court); perhaps her wit
nesses are absent, or the other party
to the row I* a smooth liar; she Is
convicted, sentenced to pay a fine of
$25 and costs (which the Judge must
know she Is unable to pay) or to go to
the stockade for thirty days! She Is
led away trt the "Black Marla." and.
filled with nn overwhelming sense of
outrage, nnd shame, and degradation,
she tries to commit suicide there Inside
•he prison walls, sometimes In the sight ,
of the heartless autocrat who has com- i
tnftted this horribly oppressive wrong
upon her.
Oh. God. how many tragedies nnd
wrongs are committed In the ipime of
the law by Its unworthy ministers!
Do not these police Judges know that
the poor and helpless can suffer horu*
bly from the Imposition of even what,
to others, might be considered n small
fine? And that to send a man. woman
or child to the city chalngang. for a
mere p***ondl|lo rr d'-fln *»•—
ARMY’NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington. Sept. 16.—Major Frederick F-
Ueyimhls, surgeon, to Fort Knelling. Cap
tain PM word I*. Nones.- quartermaster, to
temporary duty' In office of quartermaster
general, Washington.
Following changes corps engineers order
ed: Captain Janies V. Cavanaugh, trans
fer duties In his ehnrgc to ('nutolii llnrley
II. Ferguson, and then prneeea to offloe of
chief of cugiliccrs nt Washington.
First Lieutenant Wllllaui 0. (apies, to
Mobile. First Lieutenant Warren T. Iln
iitiiu. from (iuautnmiino liny, to eifglneet
school. Washington barrack*. First Lieu
lit Theodore II. IMIlon. from englnee
school. Washington barracks, to Havana.
Cajitaln Harold Hauiuiond. Twenty-third
Infantry, detailed to pay department. No-
vcniltcr 21. vice Captain John M. Higworth,
paymaster, who Is assigned to the Twenty-
third infantry.
Major George W. Burr, ordnance depart
ment. to Manila, as chief ordnance offi
cer. Philippines division, aud commanding
officer Manila ordnance depot, relieving Ma
jor Charles It. Wheeler, ordnance depart*
nient. who will proceed to command Water-
town arsenal.
N*vv Orders.
Commander .1. M. Helm, to light house
I Minrd as naval secretory, on detachment of
Hear Admiral I'. Kebrce. Lieutenant Com
mander It. Wells, detached ns Inspector of
rd mince Fore Itlver Shipbuilding
pany: continue other duties. Lieutenant K.
A. Abernathy to Franklin: Lieutenant W.
W. Smith, detached Minnesota. Lieutenant
(’. L. Arnold, detached Washington, home;
thence to Fore Itlver Shipbuilding Company
ns Inspector of ordnance.
Meutemiut J. II. Blackburn, commission
ed.
Knsigii J. C. Townsend, to Washington,
examination for promotion; then report to
luireaii of navigation.
Movomonts of Vessolc. - - - -
Arrived—Kepteiulier 13. Connecticut, Kan
sas. Georgia, Ithadc Island, New Jersey,
Virginia. Minnesota. Ohio. Maine. Missouri,
Alut’iunn, KcarSitrge. Kentucky. Illinois.
Hopplns. Hull. Stewart, Whipple. Law
rence, Worden, Ktrlngbam. Hhuhrfek, Thorn
ton. Ib-Long nnd Ktnekfon. at • target
ground*. Cam* Cisl hay; Mareellus. nt Prov-
lucctown. Mass.: Prelde at Port Angeles.
Sal]ed-Neptcuil*er 13. Prelde from Port
Angeles for Mnre Island.
Mail for ships given above ns at target
grounds. Cape Cn$| tiny, should 1*? addressed
to Provlncctowu. Mass.
Glacier nnd Culgoo ready to sail Decem
ber 10. Huntress turned over to represel)
tat Ives Missouri nival tuQltla nt Pensacola
Saturday.
THEY ARE ALWAY8
ABSENT OR DEAF.
(AmcrU'un Recorder.)
"The audience with one ncdAlro arose
nnd paid (i great and well-deserved
compliment to Colonel Grave*." Thin
Is nn extract from the Greensboro dis
patch to The Georgian. The corre
spondents of the other papers seem to
have been absent when the audience
arose;
BUT THERE ARE
"OTHER" UTTERANCES.
(Galveston Dally News.)
Mr. Bryan Is not charging that Mr.
Roosevelt Is stcullng from him the Idea
of a Federal charter for all T^poru-
tlonn doing nn Interstate business, hut
roundly denounces me Ideas. After the
Bryan utterance* It would even strain
the Impudenco of John Temple Graves
to suggest Roosevelt for the Democrat
ic nomination for president.
THE RIGHT VIEW.
(Jeffersonville Citizen.)
Recently The Atlanta Georgian,
somewhat to our surprise, but much to
our plensurc, expressed the editorial
opinion thnt the weekly newspapers of
Georgia nre not Inconsistent In their
ncceptnnco of transportation In ex
change for advertising space used by
the railroads.
We are find to see so Important a
newspaper as The Georgian take this
broad and sensible view of n situation
that Is Just now at such an acute stage.
Nor have we forgotten that another
of the big Georgia dallies, Tho Macon
Telegraph, ha* all along contended thnt
It would be absolutely unfair to deny
the country publisher the privilege of
making advertising contracts with the
railroads nnd accepting transportation
ns pay for same.
against a city ordinance, may wreck
that parson's whole life, nnd even make
for hi* or her eternal damnation? g
And to witness a usual recorder's
yourt scene—scores of huninn creatures
ushered In to be tried with brutal rush
—to hear tho recorder monotonously
enll out to his clerk the various sen
tences.. Is enough to make men and an
gels weep.
Do not these Judges realise, though
vaguely, that they who Impose "exces
sive fines or cruel or unusual punish
ment" upon police court offender*,
themselves are law breakers, violator*
of the Federal and state constitutions—
arr greater criminals before God. !f not
before men. than the poor wretches
whom they thus unjustly condemn?
The Journal of Labor heartily In
dorse* the suggestion that the cities of
Georgia, particularly Atlanta, appoint
probation officers to watch rcelalmable
drunkards and kindred petty offenders,
to try and help them make good cltl-
sens, husbands and futhers. to give
them a chance, before consigning them
to chains nnd labor upon the public
streets, and the awful disgrace auu
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits . $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited
.4%
Compound Interest Is Paid In Our
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
LIQUOR,MEN SCARED
A T MIGHT Y ADVANCE
OF PROHIBITION CAUSE
Half the Country Is "Dry,” and National
Organ of Liquor League Says It’s Too
Late to Stem the Tide.
A d!*:mt«-h to the Phllndolrhln North
American from Chicago says that prohibi
tion's sweep over the country lus thrown
liquor producers mid dealers Info panic In
ninny pin
by statute and
i ward prohibition; $2 per rout of imnuhitlos
•m dry territory.
New Jersey—laccnl opt bin low.
New York—Tmvu and township option; JW
With four states "dry" by statute and
local option prevailing in many others. It
Is said tint more than half the nation Is
ir.ub*rprohibition laws. To show the alarm
:<n>vnlllng^ainoiig Honor Interests, the bn -
itfldtloii Associated rreas enll* attention to
a slgniHcnnt editorial in Beverages, the
national organ of the Uquor League.
This paper nays:
"The result III Gecrg!.. ,.,.sentH no ideas-
ant outlook for any section of the business.
That state. In Its Judgment. Ins trented
•ill nllke, and no falsi* notion tluit beer Is a
temperance leverage nnd should be allowed
to hold on hns lieon entrenched or brought
forward. We dislike to acknowledge It.
but we really believe the entire business
all over has overstayed its opportunity to
protect Itself against the onward march of
prohibition, which In some sections of tlx*
country I* advancing like a prairie lire,
with not a hand rnl*cil qo step Its progress.”
Big Defenso Fund.
With GcfUtRin ndded to the ranks of pro
hibition stfltes. Mississippi nlMitrt to fnll In
Iln • ntii) nearly all of Kentucky "dry"
thraugh locnl option, the fiquor dealers have
organize^ n fight against the* temperance
movement In the South. If Is planned to
raise a $5)0.<>K) fund for “s*»lf-defense."
Malnc.'North Dakota. Kansas and Georgia
nre the states where statutory prohibition
rules. Mere than half the territory In sev
enteen other states, sfiy the temperance
leaders here, Is "dry," nnd In large sections
of sixteen of the reiiinlnlug twenty-three
states little Intoxicating liquor Is sold.
The four prohibition stnto* now have n
IanitiIptIon lu excess of 5.500.000, nnd It Is
•Miniated thnt 26.0ap.0W others live In the
local prohibition territory of thirty-three
Thor states.
The state prohibition nlovsnient Is now
spreading rapidly In nt least eleven states,
tally where local option has already
n out the open dram shop In large
sect bats. These states Include: Ut Oklii-
Iminn. where the prohlbltoii constitutional
amendment Is voted on Scptcinl*'. ... ...
I Mo wan*, the three pollftciri divisions of
"" ^pstutw
rid eh
Florida and r .
bit Ion campaigns are under way, led or
warmly Indorsed by th.- governors them-
selves. i4) popular movement* for statu
tory er constitutional state prohibition Ip
Alabama. Tennessee. Mouth Carolina, Texas,
Iowa nnd Nebraska. In addition to this. It
I* sold that. Arkansas. Kentucky, Nebraska,
Mouth Dakota. New Hampshire nnd Ver
mont may adopt stats prohibition policy
-Ithln the near future.
Conditions 8hown.
Tho following statement ef the present
fnefs regarding Hie states where license
and local prohlliJflop exist In varying de
gree. compiled by temperance advocates,
of public Interest:
Alabama—Majority of the counties dry;
pnrt of others also. A county option law
has lust been passed, moving for state
prohibition In the next two or throe fears.
Arkansas—Hlxtf odt of seventy-five comi
cs dry. Much dry territory In other conn-
Ciillforuln—Four dry counties. Much dry
territory In other counties.
Colorado—Local option law. 19.17.
Connecticut— 1 Town local option; ninety-six
llo-IIcciiHi* to seventy-two licence towns.
Delaware—Half doxen dry towns. Hfnte
uo-liceiise campaign; vote on Novemlmr
of forty-
6. 1907.
Florida—Thirty dry counties
re. Few saloons In the statu .IHPUi
ate prohibition, led by'Governor Broward.
Idaho -License. Monday law only, passed
In 1905.
Illinois—Probably 2T) dry towns. Local
option law, recently passed. Two dry couu-
dnr town..
North fit roll nn-^Few saloons. Campaign
for state prohibition, with
loading the fight.
Ohio—Out of 1.176 townships 1,14) arc drr,
60 |H*r cent of municipalities dry. ami
people living fit dry residence districts la
wet cities. Comity prohibition nssurH-
probably at next session.
Oregon—Twelve dry counties ami 170 flry
municipalities In other counties.
Oklahoma—Only 636 saloons In state. Part
formerly in Indian Territory has had prohi
bition 21 years, ami constitutional conven
tion adopted similar provision to nppiv io
entire state If so dccktrud by popular Vote
on Kepteinl*cr 17. 1937.
Pennsylvania—Llceusv, with privilege of
rciucust ranee.
Rhode Island—Sixteen dry muuieipaUties
out of thirty-eight.
Mouth Carolina—Recently passed countv
local option and rcttenled dlMpciisarv law.
Move for stnte prohibition# following* Geer-
.. I prohibition* following *
gin's victory.
Mouth Dakota—Large rcetlnn of state dry.
Tennessee—Haloed* excluded from nil but
three municipalities In the state. Htate
prohibition predicted In three years.
Texas—Two-third* of state dry by local
option. State prohibition campaign under
War.
I tah—License.
Vermont—Dry. save 24 muulclpalithv
•xpccted shortly.
Vlrglniif—Mucii dry territory.
West Virginia—Thirty dry counties out of
55. Governor niihllcly oppose* liquor truffle.
Wisconsin—Locnl option, with 60 dry com
iminltlc*.
Arlsoun—License.
District of Columbia—Ratio of snhioti* to
population reduced wore than half during
I lit* last 15 rear*..
New Mexico—License.
ANNA HELD GIRL
SKATES AT RINK
At' creat expentr Manager Duk
Siewnrt of the St. Nicholas Auditorium
ha* encaged Ml„ Bertha Doud Mack,
tfle nkntlng girl of Anna Held', “Par-
leian Model" Company, to appear nlitlit-
ly nnd for the u.ual mittlneex tVed-
nemlay and Friday-at the' big skating
rink at Ponce DeLeon.
Mis, Mack Ik starred by Klaw & Er-
tnnger ni a distinct feature In the
Anna Held show, and the critics of
New York have been lavish In their
praise of her beauty and her stunning
costumes. Bhe Is quite a young woman
and hns been nppcarlng In public but
n »hort time—long enough, however, to
win the title of Indy champion skater
of the world. This title I, no hollow,
meaningless phrase. She has medal,
galore to attest to the fact.
Her preicnee In Atlanta thl, week l.t
due to the fact that ahe will not open
In New York until September 22. Hhe
la expected to nttract a good deal of
Interest among local akaters.
BEE’S STINGS TO END
LIFE OF SMALL BOY
dry terrltor,
a— Sixty-live cut of iilncty-uluc couii
Iry; eleven other counties have only
* snloon town. Move for stnte prohibition
tgnln muler way.
Kentucky—Ninety-seven out of 110 foun
dry: only four counties wholly wet.
Saloons close on Mini-lays,
elicited
elved
Maryland— 1 Ten out of twenty-three eouti-
c* dry. two nearly dry nmi two others
where liquor Is sold In only one place.
Miissflchusctts— Local option by cities and
town*. 250 being dry nnd l’JO wet. Laws
strict nnd well enforced.
Michigan—County option, with n few dry
miitle*. If county vote* wet, It reverses
rr vote lu *imdl unit.
Miuuesotn—tJeenst*. with village local op
tion: 1.123 dry municipalities, numbly clos
ing in entire stnte.
Mississippi—hlxty-elgbk out of seventy-five
dr,v. Mtnte prohlbltolu campaign
ctlvely umli .
Missouri—Forty cut of 116 counties dry.
tmbiy closing rigidly enforced by Governor
Folk
Montana—License.
NVbmskn—Village nnd city option; 400 dry
nnd ffO Wet town*. .
min—License with little restriction.
i|:lc*tlol) of license.
o elm lie
New Hiumedilrc
modified by locnl sentiment.'
Bcdlefontalno, Ohio, Sept. 16 — Be
cause he sat on a bumble bee’* nest,
little Oscar Tropp, the 7-ysar-old s«»n
of Mr. and Mr*. Charles \V. Tropp, is
n*ar death.
The bees stung the child’s body so
thoroughly that he swelled to thrice
his oormal slge, and physicians say
there Is little hope of savlnff his life, a*
tho poison has Infected hi* entire sys
tem.
BUILDING COTTON MILL IN ^
HEART OF BLUE RIDGE.
.Special to The Georgian.
Greenville. 8. C„ Befit.. 16.—A cotton
mill In the heart of the Blue Ridge
mountains and remote from any town
will be an experiment In textile manu
facturing. Such a plant Is being built
nt Zirgonla, N. C„ and the mill and its
village will be of Interest to students
of social economy as well as to man
ufacturers.
W. T. Stanfield Buried.
Hpeclal to The Georgian. .
Americus, Ga.. Sept. 16.—The funeral
services of W. T. Stanfield took place
Sunday from • the former residence of
the deceased. Mr. Stanfield was well
known here and highly respected. He
was an Elk and a Woodman of the
World and were iuld lo rest with those
ceremonies.
i, K. Hawkes
Company
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trained In the best methods t>f refractive examination. He must also
have experience which alone can give proficiency.
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