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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. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) Gy THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. A; A tVes: Alnlntnn St.. Atlanta. (!». Subscription Rates) • •w Tmr SI, Manrti. n, nmtrnit Three Motiih, * • >Mm Mnilth Rjr C*rrl«*r. Per W»*ek 10 MmBh A Tl»m«i»*on. advertising r»*p* iwniHtlvMi fur all territory outside of rwSri' Office Trllinm. ItnlWIns Now York Office Brunswick Bldg. iln* clrrnliitlrn deportment sod l«v# .. _ sportn It promptly remedied. Trlrpboort: Fell 4327 mi.In; Atlanta 4401. It Is drslreble that nil couiinunlc*. •Mil* III*- <|e,| for milftlc.'ltloil III TUB GEORGIAN AND NKWH l*e limited to roo wor.lt In length. It It Imperative thm tl.-.v b«* signed. as nil of good filth. Rejected uinantriipti will oot be »»t anted nnlets stamps ors sent for the (MiriHito. TUB GKOIUOAN AND NEWM print! um-lenti or objectionable sdvertls Ijj. NeltinT Iloes It print Klilsky or aoy liquor uds. 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. 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