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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
’ JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUR f LATNOUM: TIIB OKOHGIAN
and NEWH stutids for Atlanta's own-
lug Its own gas and electric light
plants, as It now owns Its waler
works. Other elites do thla and get
gas as low as *> cents, with n profit
m the city. Thin abnvSd be dojie at
•Mice. TUB Ofcoium.4 AND NEWS
believe* that If street railways can be
oi»erglrt1 successfully by European
cities, aa they are. there la no good
as they are. there la no gooti
reason why they rnn not I* *o oper
ated here. But we In not betlere this
an lie done now. end ft may be same
year* liefnte we are read? for so big
an nndiwtnklnf. Rtlll AlleaM fhojiM
set its fare In that «|lreellon NOW.
AMUSEMENTS.
THE GRAND—Suturday, matin*,
and night. "Dream City. - '
THE BIJOU—Saturday, matinee and
night. "The t'endy Kid."
THE ORPHEUM-Saturday. mati
nee mid night, vaudeville.
PASTIME THEATER—Vuudevllle.
SOUTH SIDE THEATER—Vaude.
vllle.
friendly Shots From Long Range.
Editor Oraven la getting a little
nervoue and calls upon Mr. Dryan to
do something or get out of the wgy.—
Moultrie Observer.
The Atlanta Georgian aayi that It
will make no more nomination! for
the presidency. That I* a wlie re
solve. for the Hit la already too long.
—Augusta Herald.
The Atlanta Georgian Is now casing
up to the Bryan band wagon.—Winder
News.
Governor folk, of Missouri, says
that he Is {or Bryan, first, last and all
the time. We call the attention of
Hon. John Temple Graves to this
statement. In the hope that It will
clear the presidential horizon of one
of the "possibilities" and thus add to
Mr. Graves' peace of mind to this ex
tent at 'leant.—Waycrnas Journal.
The Atlanta Georgian says that It
will mike no further nominations for
the presidency. The Georgian, hav
tng already done the trick for praetl
cally every favorite son tn the Union,
naturally feels that It Is about time
for somebody else to lend a hand with
the megaphone.—Richmond Dispatch.
John Temple Graves says he Is nat
"likely" to get In the political run
nlog. Why, oh, why, will he dash the
cup from his saccharine lips just when
the foam of "Refawm" success bub
bles to the brim! Does he think “Re-
fawm" Is a tickle Jade, and "likely" to
prove a base deceiver at any mo
ment?—Macon Telegraph.
John Temple Graves has lately
shown a modesty wholly surprising.
He eays that It will take three men to
save the country, and they are Bryan.
Hearst and Tom Watson, without
making the number four and mention'
lng himself—Dallas News.
It is said that Roosevelt thinks he
could carry a couple of Southern
states if nominated. Has John Tom
pie Graves beea talking again?—
Thomasvllle Enterprise.
Senator Nathan B. Scott ta for
ooevelt, Fairbanks, Cannon, Shaw
d Taft for president. Mr. John
mple Graves should look Into hta
irels.—Exchange.
kt Let us hope that ample room wilt
be found In Dixie for both the “sun
shine" and the "dew.’—Albany News.
This Is a joint wish for The Geor
gian and an esteemed contemporary.
It Is gracefully said, and Is an even
better wlah than that the “sunshine
-night drive away the dew." We
;hlnk there Js room.—Atlanta Geor-
[fan.
"The Albany News" has not been
published for to, these many years,
but The Georgian sometimes reaches
as far Into the past as Its optimism
leads it constantly to peer Into the
future.—Albany Herald.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT CANALS.
Before there were any railroads nearly everything was handled by
water.
the larger cities of the world were settled by the seaside for obvl-
ous reasons,-and In nearly all the old cities aro small canals, up which
freight Is carried. Even the cities of the Far East, like Manila, which, by
the way. is about 300 years old, and Batavia, In the Island of Java, over
300 years old, hare their canals almost like streets, through which com
merce Is carried. Japan has them, and even China completed Its Grand
Canal# over 1,000 miles long, nearly 700 years ago.
Boats floating on the water furnished the original* methpd of trans-
portatlon. Substantial, Independent of tracks or rights of way, free from
monopoly and complications, the floating hull affords the one method of
transportation where a man with small capital can usually make a
living.
It looks very ranch os though the tendency Is to revert to the water
method or to build up this method where possible. Canal systems. It Is
true, were largely put out of business by the railroads as In the caso of
the* Erie canal, which was built In J817, at a cost of seven and one-half
millions of dollars, and was 353 miles long. In 1883 this canal practically
went oat of use, because, of course, the New York Central railroad,
whose tracks paralleled It, carried freight low enough to make water
transportation profitless, and. by the same token, tf wo could have a
canal at the side of every railroad, we would always get fair railroad
rates.
But what do we see now? Just as the present 205-ton freight loco
motive. that can pull a mile of cars,' gives the railroad cars enormous
economies oyer the little 80-ton engines of 1850 and 1860. so Is the canal
of former years out of date, and out of use, simply because it has not
been kept abreast of the requirements.
The Erie canal was only four feet deep originally, and ultimately
wks only deepened to seven feet. -Now the plan Is to enlarge It suffi
ciently to carry 1.000 to 1,200-ton vessels at a cost of $82,000,000, and
there Is little doubt of this being done.
Few people know how many canals there are In existence. There
were canals In Egypt over 7,000 years ago—there were, in fact, too many
small canals In the early centuries to enumerate them.
France finished a canal In 1612, connecting the Seine and the Loire
rlvera. The Orleans canal was completed In 1676, and In 1681 the great
j-anguedoc canal, 1-48 miles long and six and one-half feet deep, wag com
pleted, having levels as high as 600 feet and floating barges of 100 tons.
Englsnd hss the Leeds and Liverpool, 128 miles long: Trent end
Mersey, 03 miles long; Grsnd Junction, 128 miles long; the Kennel and
Avon, 57 miles long; the Great Irish canal from Dublin to Balllnastoe,
164 miles long, and the Royal canal, nearly paralleling the latter.
In Scotland are the Forth and Clyde and the Caledonian.
The canal from Bt. Petersburg to the Caspian Is 1,434 miles long.
The Danish cans), from the North to the Baltic Sea, was finished
In 1785, and Is 100 miles long.
The Gotha canal, In Sweden, was finished In 1832 and Is 280 miles
long.
The canal connecting the Main and the Danube rivers Is 108 miles.
There are In the United States numerous .canals In the North and
East. Many small canals were built In New England, the first being at
South Hadley Falls, Mass.. In 1733.
Of the larger canals there are the Chesapeake and Ohio, 184 miles
long, opened'In 1850; the Erie canal, 302 miles ton*. opened In 1825; the
Illinois and Michigan canal, connecting the Mississippi system with the
Great Lakes and, by the Wellard canal, with the 8t. Lawrence, 96 miles
long and carrying boats of 160 tons burden. Added to these, there are
the Ohio Falls and a fsw Canadian canals.
In Germany, Greece, Canada and numerous other places, we have
ship canals some of them as much as 28 feet deep. The canal connect
ing the English Channel with Hamburg Is 60 miles long.
Then there Is the Suez canal. 89 miles long, that saves the great long
voyage around Africa, and only those who have stood on the sandy Egyp
tian desert and watched tho enormous ships of tens of thousands of tons
seemingly sailing through the sand can form an Idea of what a work
DeLesaeps did.
We are Just a little behind—that's all. We Americans have been In
such a hurry that wo have'not taken time to do permanent things like
our forefathers have done them, and up to quite recently there has been
sufficient competition In all lines to give us living rates for transporta
tion and the like. But we have been the losers, for while wo have seen a
quarter of a million miles of railroads grow up In the United States. Eng
land and Germany and France have continually Improved their canal fa
cilities and allowed the big "freighters" to get Into the heart of the cities,
and where wo are supporting 250,000 miles of railroads, these countries
hsve 28.000 tp 35,000 miles each.
Canals have hoen built by states and nations In nearly every In
stance and hsve been the means of keeping the country open to tho
world. Then why should not our states and our nation do the same?
Cincinnati met auch a situation when It spent $18,000,000 on the
Cincinnati Bouthom railroad, and Georgia would do the same If wo ex
tended our state road to the sea, and thon oporated It Just aa we operate
a state school or anything else.
Things are changing—and that. too. In the right direction. Wo are
now thinking of more substantial methods, nnd while we have been In our
swaddling clothes all these years, oUr country Is beginning to see tho
needs that our forefathers saw when wo had not yet been discovered.
Yes, they still ride In "busses" In London, and one visit will show
what a fine thing It la to have a city not cut up with trolley tracks, but
where you can get a subway at nearly every corner for long Jumps.
We are pretty smart people, but we have some things yot to learn by
experience. ,
A SATURDAY EVENING.
We are hearing and reading much at the present time relative to the
unfortunates who live tn tho slums of our larger cities and In the waste
places of our great big country. We are told of children who never
have seen the green grass, who know not of the song of the birds, whoso
days are passed In tho midst of great tenement blocks, where the pure
sir of heaven rarely comes. We read, too, of people in tho country who
live their dreary, weary, monotonous lives, rarely. If ever, seeing a
neighbor or a passing traveler.
Our heart* go out In compassion to those who life their lives In this
way. We know that not every child of the city Is so unfortunate as
some of the children mentioned; tbst not all people who live In the coun
try districts aro grinding their lives away between the millstones of the
commonplaco and the monotonous. We know that many children are
sent by kindly disposed people to the country every summer, and that
excursion rates to the circus as It cornea to the county seat may give
and bring a little of good cheer to thoae who live far away from the
haunts of men.
But while we are thinking of these neglected lives It Is well for us
to remember that even In the higher stratas of society, even among the
fairly well-to-do tn our American life, there la a great number of their
own family who fall to appreciate the work they are doing, conscious of
the fact that they are leading neglected lives.
Neglected not In the sense that they do not have enough to eat and
drink. Neglected not as regards to their clothing. But neglected as re
gards the consideration tn which they aro h$ld by the members of their
own family, who fall to appreciate the work they are doing.
Too often the mother tn the family leads a neglected life.
The average American family has. It Is said, four children In It. In
addition to these there is quite frequently besides the husband an aged
father or mother of the husband or wife, a maiden aunt of uncertain
years, or a brother or stater who needs, for a few years, the restraining
hand, or the helping hand of the brother or sister older than himself.
So It comes to pass that very frequently, the mother tn the home has the
care of the household of six or seven on her bands.
Hsve you ever thought Just what that means?
Do you know anything of the absolute drudgery that Is entailed
upon the mother In the home under such conditions? Rarely Is there a
maid In the house to help with the work. There are beds to be made,
rooms to sweep, meals to get, dlshts to wash, clothss to patch and darn,
stockings to mend and a thousand and one little things found about the
bouse to do that only the mother can see and knows must be done.
When the husband conies home he can read the paper out on the
porch while mother washes the dishes. 8Ister, home from the store, can
go out calling while mother washes the dishes. Children can play In the
yard or under the electric light, while mother washes the dishes. Baby
can go bye-bye while mother washes the dishes. And when the dishes
are all done and a moment's rest Is at hand well-nigh Invariably com
pany comes, children get hurt or baby haa a fall, and tho drain on the
nervous energy continues.
All have a chance to rest In the home but the mother.
And the strange part of It all is very few realize Just how much a
mother Is doing and how tbfiy are neglecting her life and her happiness
until one day she breaks down or she raises her hand for the last time,
and thq well-earned rest Is hers forever.
Don't neglect the mother. Ease her burden, make her work light,
and let her know by your loving thoughtfulness that she is not unappre
ciated. that she Is not neglected.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY AN ATLANTA
CHURCH.
Sunday, October 6th, will be a day of far more than ordinary Inter
est at the Capitol Avenue Baptist church, one of the largest and most
successful religious organizations In this city of great and growing
churches. An appropriate program has been arrangod for the occasion,
which Is the third anniversary of the Inauguration of the present pastor
ate. Three years ago Rev. John E. Briggs was Installed pastor of tlio
Capitol Avenue naptlst church, and In that brief period of tlmo tho
growth of thla especial congregation has been phenomenal.
During these three years 600 have been added to the membership, 224
during the past twelve months. The Sunday school has grown In average
attendance from 130 to about 400. Last Sunday was rally day with about
MO 14 attendance. The Junior B, Y. P. U. has grown to be the targwt tn
the world. Last year It received not only the state banner, but oIbo one
of the International honors. The ladies’ organization with near 100 mem
bers la.one of the strongest In the state. There Is also a flourishing
men's league of seventy-five members.
•The South Side church Is a flourishing mission of nearly 200 mem
bers, and soon It may become an Independent church. A large number
recently assisted In the organization of the new Grant Park Baptist
church, and still there are left more than 800 members.
The church began as a mission of the Second Baptist church. It was
organized as an Independent body and the present structure built In 1900,
just seven years ago. It has been enlarged twice since then. The pres
ent equipment Is altogether inadequate, so it will be necessary to en
large at an early date. ,
Last year the church gave about $1,500 to missions and benevolent
objects. It now supports a missionary In foreign lands and eVnployi a
pastor's assistant. The pastor, Dr. Briggs, Is still a young man, this being
only his socond pastorate. He Is a North Carolinian by birth, a Georgian
by adoption. He was educated at Mercer University and later studied
at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville. What has
been accomplished by him and by bts faithful congregation in three short
years Is so remarkable that It evokes the genuine admiration of all
classes of citizens, regardless of denominational or sectarian affiliations.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgina bora records each day
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The Tradesman's weekly summary of new Induetries established In the
South reveals a most gratifying record for the week ending October 2.
Among the more important new Inveetments will be found 19 establish
ments devoted to lumber and Us products; 5 manufacturing textile prod
ucts: 16 plants for mining or manufacturing Iron; 5 light and power com
panies, and 7 warehouses. The establishment of warehouses throughout
the South Is a comparatively new movement, the object being to old the
farmers tn holding their grain and cotton Instead of being forced to mar
ket It aa soon as harvested, and additional warehousea are reported ev
ery week throughout thla aactlon. Among the heavily capitalized new In-
duatrlea of the week are two mining companies in Oklahoma, with one
million dollara' capital each; a $600,000glnseng products company In Ok
lahoma: a two-mllllon-dollar lumber company In . Louisiana: a 1200,000
goa and oil company In Oklahomn. and a 1100,000 Iron manufacturing
company In Wait Virginia. The Induatrlal record of the week aa reported
by The Tradeaman Is aa follows:
GEORGIA.
Atlanta—125.000 land company; >10,000 construction company.
Columbus—175,000 box factory.
LOUI8IANA.
Shrevaport—$2,000,000 lumber jvimpany.
Mangum—9200,000 gas and oil company.
Elk City—925.000 mill and elevator company.
Mountain Park—$500,000 mining and milling company.
Fairfax—520,000 grain company.
Rldgeton—Telephone company.
Oklahoma City—$500,000 ginseng products company; 110,000 land com
pany: $160,000 mining company.
Clinton—$200,000 cotton compress.
Hunter—Amusement company.
Waurlka—>100.000 land company.
Olustee—>26.000 loan company.
Guthrla—Two >1,000,000 mlnjlM^cmnynnles.
Wheeling—>100.000 Iron manufacturing company; >10,000 manufac
turing company.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Washington. Oct. 5.—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Captain M. Schaefer, Twenty-fifth
Infantry, from Kansas State Agricul
tural College to hit regiment; Captain
Herbert J. Breeso, quartermaster, from
quartermaster'* department: Major
General William 8. McKaskey. placed
on retired list; Second Lieutenant John
N. Hodges, corps of engineers, from
San Francisco to engineer school,
Washington barracks; First Lieutenant
John II. Page. Jr.. Sixth Infantry, from
general hospital, Presidio, of San Fran,
cisco, to his proper station.
Naval Orders.
Lieutenant M. 8t. C. Ellis, from Phil
adelphia to Washington; Lieutenant W.
L. Littlefield, detached navy yard,
Washington, to Washington.
Movement! of Vessels.
ARRIVED—October 1, Stringham, at
Newport; Rocket, at Washington. Oc
tober 2, Washington, at Hampton
Roads; Glacier and Marietta, at Cape
Cod Bay.
SAILED—October 1, 8ylph. from Del
aware Breakwater for Washington. Oc
tober 2, Glaclfr and Marietta, from
Boston for Cape Cod Bay. October 1,
Ajax, from Philadelphia for Bradford.
BALLADE OF AUTUMN FOODS.
(Chicago News.)
Away with all the flimsy stuff
With which we stayed the appetite.
‘ a bluff.
something
At nourishment we made
We simply toyed
light.
In summer, salads sere all right
With coffee—Iced In glasses tall.
But chilly weather doth Invite
The buckwheat cak* and codfish ball.
People and Things
Gossip From the Hotels and the
Street Corners.
C. C. Killer, formerly soliciting agent of
the Qiir?n anil ('nwent Route iu Atlanta,
lia* I'Cfii appointed traveling freight agent
of this road to smcced K. M. !*ane, trans*
fsrrrd. He will lie given headquarters st
213 Equitable building.
Two machines that wild nnd receive tele
graph nirsaage* without ibe service* of a
skilled operator are being tried In the
Western Union office In Atlanta.
The machine la known aa the flnrclay
typewriting-telegraph apparatus and la the
Invention of John Itnrclny, assistant general
manager of the Western Union. They are
not quite perfected as yot. but the company
h4>pea to Install them In all Its offices with
in n short while.
All 4>ne has to know to operate the ma
chine la bow to write on s typewriter. A
man writes hla message on the typewriter
In Atlanta, for luatnuce. Instead of It be-
jon. which Is then put tutu a transmit
ter. The Inatsnt this logins working a
typewriter In New York starts writing the
message on paper. Homo one must watch
the maebluea, hut the operator does not
uerrKMtrlly have to tw a telegrapher or even
kii4»w the Morse code. It Is said that the
machine will do the work of ten men. One
machine may send and receive messages at
the same time.
rriiTiui *iiw urunniirr hi tui* iicuiudiii.
‘was a wise guy In hla line, hut If he had
mmmmk mu
l»eeu a shoe drummer as long ns I have be
would hnve found some Intereatlng faeja
hleh he could have applied with success
so that fCey have the shape of hla foot, anil
. •*-- ufamt him. Take a
or example. I would
not hire a man like that If I was au em
ployer of labor. He la always out for him
self aud cares nothing for the Interests of
his employer. A tuuu without au Instep
Our teeth now ache for nomethlng
tough
And hearty on the which to bit*—
Good, hot roast beef and currant duff.
Something to make the waistband
tight;
And pqrk and beaus we will not slight,
For green stuff our desire Is small.
Now time has .brought us In Its flight
The buckwheat cake and codfish ball.
No Ice! Of that I've had enough.
And more, all through the season's
height.
It’s well when you perspire an<1 puff.
But there’s hot coffee now In sight,
And If It’s handy, too, I might
For a good, hot dinner call.
For breakfast, though (It may be trite).
The buckwheat cake and codfish ball.
Augusta, Ga.
Is n msn without s keen sense nf honor.
!le won't do. Hive me s
kas worn until they have
limit-, no iau juh. ii you at «>> itnua.
There Is another kind of foot, too, that
would queer n man with me. A man with n
iii>luti»d foot iusy In? honest ami straight,
but he Isn’t going to do much work.
Rtreuuous work Isn t In bis line, nnd he Is
never on the Job with a rush. Them* oh-
acrvntlon* have been tuude through ninny
yean* of dealing with feet sud shoes. I
noticed after I was In the hiislnos a few
years that the feet were sn Index to eha;»
inter. Then 1 made a direful study of
the qni>Ktlnu and my Investigations have
thoroughly confirmed my flrut observations.
''Criminologists tuay look at a tunn* ears
or hla eyes, but give m* the feet cv?.\
time.”
Over a thousand opportunities In to
day’s "warn ad” column* Read them
and you may find yours.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial accounts invited.
4 °fo
Interest, compounded twice a year, is
paid in our SAYINGS DEPARTMENT
THE RAILROAD SITUATION
(Editor F. J. Merrlam, In the Southern Ruralist.)
The Southern IturnliHt lias ultra?! stood
mid trill always utoinTfor tho (armor first,
Inst nnd sll tho time. Ills Intorosts are our
Interests, his suooess means our success.
Moreover, ever? business enterprise In this
great couatr? of ours Is dependent on the
farmer. We all know this. i
On the other hand, the farmer Is in a
measure dependent upon the pnw|ierit? of
ever? manufacturing and business enter
prise In bis section. These manufacturing
enterprises eniplo? men and take them out
uf competition with the farmer. These eni-
pio?ees bare mono? to spend for whst the
fnrmrr has to sell; ths? not mil? create a
market for hit products, lint help to tn-
ereaie the value of these products. In ever?
such town the farmer finds n market for his
chickens, eggs, batter and vegetables. Like
wise in tile sawmill towna of the flintier
licit the fanner finds a market for bis pro
duce. Hut when the mills shut down, what
happens?
We nre nnj alarmists, lint we can not
help lint feel lbat the present railroad sit-
.wonderful __
complicated In lla man? Interests that one
part Is dependent upon another. If we
break one strand tho whole fabric becomes
tangled. It will take ?cnrs to straighten
It mil anil weave It again luto the complete
fabric.
In the maintenance of thla Industrial
fabric ver? few of ns realise the Inqiortnut
port pln.ved h? the rnllronds. The? are
grent arteries In the human s?atem
the Iasi?. RVver one of these
the nmn bleeds to death qulckl? unless
bleeding is stopped. Inqmlr the elarulatlon
and the hod? wastes awn? for want nf
nourishment. Ho ever? business enterprise
upon the railroads.
cut u|mn the railroads to transport his
products. In tiring' In his fertiliser, his
tools, his seed. There la no use to grew
produce for shipment If one esn not trnns-
|sirt H: no use to build factories nnd have
them stand Idle for lack of material to keep
can no* lie
Our renders ma? think we hnve over
drawn the pletnre. jet the fact remains
- — J"f
Hint Industrial enterprises nf all kinds nre
now restricted and held In cheek for the
Inek of proper transportation facilities. We
kick at the freight rates. ?et we |m? them
anil make a profit nn the tranonrflnn. What
hurts in, worm, than Ibe rates Is the ap
parent Inability nf ttie railroads lo transien t
our produce promptly; our Inability to get
a thing when w*e liny It; the manufacturer's
Inability to deliver what he has sold. The
crying need of the country, to our uilnd,
ItMlny Is liotter aervlee, not lower rotes.
Now. don't misunderstand us. We do not
mean to soy Hint we are not tfl fovor nf low
freight nnd pnsaeugcr tales, for we are:
Imt we ore not In favor of such low* rates
ns will cripple nnd Interfere with the aerv
lee which the railroads should render na.
We ore Inclined to lielleve that some nf our
politicians, tn their effort for notoriety, ore
overdoing this mailer. Already the rood!
A3 TO THE AGE OF CONSENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
During the recent session nf our leg
islature Mr. Wooten, of Wilkes county.
Introduced Into the house a bill to raise
the age of consent In Georgia from 10
to 16 years. Each day’s proceedings of
the, houee were faithfully followed by
many who were Interested In this meas
ure and were waiting for the bill to
come up for consideration, but they
watted In vain, for no more was heard
of the meaaure.
In paat years similar bills for the
protection of the young girls of Georgia
have been Introduced at different ses
sions nf the legislature, and If thesa
measure* were taken up for. considera
tion In either house and put to a vote
the public was not Informed of the fact.
This Is n subject which calls for the
attention and Interest of every mother
and father In the state.
Men and women who are Interested
In the progress and prosperity of Geor.
gla should Inaugurate at once a move
ment for the protection of the moral
welfare of our young people and make
all preparations tn bring such force to
bear on our law-makers at the next
session nf the legislature that tho pres
ent age of consent law will give way to
one more consistent with the spirit of
an Intelligent and Christian people.
Our Georgia age of conaent law Is the
same that appeared on the statute
books of England almost 400 years ago.
It was brought over to us along with
other old English laws, many of which
we have long elnce discarded and re
member them chiefly ns relic* of a
benighted past. It Is hard to realise
Georgia tolerates a law which on the
face of It la so plainly cruel and unjust.
In the old days this law did not work
the same hardships that It does today,
because of the wide difference In the
Industrial and economic conditions of
those day* and today. The work of
girls and women was confined almost
exclusively to domestic duties within
the home, and these homes, no matter
how poor nnd humble, were, to a grent
measure, a protection for the youth of
the country. But when we consider the
thousands of girl* In Georgia today
between the age* of 12 and 18 years at
work In office, store and factory and
that grim necessity ha* forced them out
Into the world to earn * living, often
among condition* harmful to the un
formed character and the undeveloped
body of the young worker, who la often
poorly paid for long hour# of hard
work, we realise the great need of
proper law* for the protection of these
future mother* of our atate.
Georgia la one of the few states with
an nge of consent law ao low as 10
years. Many states have placed the
age at 16, and in some states, notably
those four Western states where women
vote and have a volee In the making of
taws, the age of consent Is 1> years.
A sound and healthy morality Is the
backbone of a state or nation. This
fact was recognlxed 1,400 year* ago,
when Theodorlch the Great, for the
protection of the Get man women, pub
lished a severe law expressly made by
him "for the preservation of remale
honor." K. C.
COMMISSIONER POUND
WELL KNOWN AT WAYCROSS.
Special to The Georgian.
Waycross, Ga., Oct. 5.—Profeasor
Jere M. Pound, of Mllledgevllle. who
has beer, appointed Hate school com
missioner to succeed W. B. Merritt, re
signed, Is a brother of Professor E. A.
Pound, superintendent of the Waycross
public schools. He Is well known as
ar. educator throughout the state, and
his appointment by Governor Smith Is
sure to meet with approval.
arc discounting Improvements nnd ratting
down expenses, when they should lie In
creasing them preparatory to handling the
fall nnd winter traffic. This Is hound to
result In poorer-service tn the near future
This ma? lie nil nluff on the part of the
roads, you any. lint how do you know? The
fuet remiilnn that lu the present atnte nf
tiolltlenl ngltniton ngnlnst the railroads It Is
Impossible for. them to borrow mouer to
any great extent ’ for Improvements. • nnd
they nr* dependent almost entirely upon
receipts. Cut down these receipts and you
diminish to that extent Hut roads’ ability to
make these Improvements. Now where i
we nt?
M’hnt the present situation calls for, to
our mind. Is full nnd open publicity on tho
port of the rnllrcnds themselves. Then If
present lexlslntlon Is shown to lie nppres.
*lve nnd hurtful we will see that It Is rem
edied. The people surely nre not auch fools
that thev want to kill the goose that lays
the. golden egg.
Me know It goes against the grain for a
corporation or an Individual to open his
httsluets In the public, Imt this It the onlv
way nut that we can sec. The roads nre
eenimou enrrlera; the? are subject to regu-
atlnn. Kerry Individual along their lines
has an Inter,»t In, and right to know, what
they aro doing. We believe that If tho
roads would,make a full statement the pee.
pie would give them a square deal.
On tlio other hand, w* do not think Hint
the railroad officials would lie such fools ns
to wilfully allow the rnndlieil and tolling
stock to run down and depreciate simple t.i
spite Hie people lieenuse of adverse legisla
tion. let this Is the Impression whlrh ths
recent action nf the Hmithera railway and
the Central nf Georgia, In Stopping all Im
provements. has created.
Mr. Hnllrnnd Man. yrnt mint the people
to give yon n square deal. They will *)<>■
It In you gladly If you will lie aerfeetly
frank and ‘open with'them." Our Tntsrc.i i
Interests are In t great mraatin.
nnd your
the same. We need you and you need us
"h,v not pull together Instead of apart?
feel that one trouble I* Hut you hnvs 1
a good deni of w-nlernl stock on wkleh Tun
wlah to i«y dividends. This yon don't
want to talk elmui. Hut you will have tn
talk shout It. It ms? he Hist some stock
holders will have to accept smaller dlvl
dends until you ran build ti|i the value «r
f°"r rand to n point where It Is worth
whst It Is capitalised at. To get tngether
we mutt all he open and slmve Itosnl.
•rite people have come to believe that Hie
railroads were receiving more than their
Just Share of the profits. Legislation he,
-.n" PVFl.i* c "!: "own these profile. The-
will not lielleve otherwise unless you show
thmu. Mr honestly lielleve It would lie the
port of wisdom for the rands lo make n full
Statement of their rendition, for we nuts-
nil sink or nwlm together,
Me suggest to the railroad commission
and our polltlflan* that they Inrratignt* the
subject of Improved railroad faculties as
woll ns reduction nfrstrt. The former Is
Inpss nui n $1?-
ERRORS IN STATEMENT
CONCERNINQ RIVER LINE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your correspondent, Mr. C. A. How-
ell, Is mistaken In hie reference'to con.
dltlone and charges on the Marietta
car line In comparison to the charge
on the river car line.
In the flrat place Mr. J. Carroll
Payne Is not a director and never tins
been of the Georgia Railway and Elec-
iH C H *c was at one Mm* "
small stockholder, but while 1 have not
the records before me. I am of the Im
pression that he hae disposed of his
holdings.
, In the second place, neither the coun-
t# of Fulton nor the county of Cobb
granted the builder* of the Atlanta
Northen a single concession. Every
foot Of the track beyond the llmlte of
Atlanta la built on prlvnte right of way.
bought and paid for at a handsome fig.
ure by the railroad.
In the third place, the Atlanta
Northern railway has, ever alnce In
construction, been directly under tho
aupervlalon and direction of the Geor
gia railroad commission, and the ques
tion of rates and passenger fares was
fixed by that body. The people along
that line are now nbl* to reach Atlanta
at much lower rates than they were
previous to the construction of the line.
A* to the river car line far*. Presi
dent Arkwright has stated that 6 cents
would be lee* than coat. Thla takes
Into consideration the original cost
price of the line, th* Investment for
rebuilding and properly equipping and
the further fact that there are ho
towns nor village! to draw from ns
along the College Park and East Point
line. No decision has been reached,
however, a* Mr. Arkwright has not
been able to consider the matter. I
write thl* (Imply to supply correct In
formation ax to condition's. Vsry re
spectfully,
EDWIN F. JOHNSON.
Mgr. Ppb. Ga. Ry. & Elec. Co,
Atlanta, October 5.
HEART’S CONTENT.
(By Barton Grey.)
Far over troublous seas there 1s an 1*1*
Above whose valleys blues't skies are
bent.
Where balmy breezes blow, and aoft
•una smile—
Men call It Heart’s Content.
And every prow that rides the sea of
life
To that dear distant isle Is turned for
aye;
Through baffling calms and stormy
waves of strife
Holding Its doubtful way.
Comes back the same as barque meets
barque,
And as they pass from each the chal
lenge sent
Oft In the midmost ocean rose the
waters dark—
"We steer for Heart’* Content.”
For many an Isle there Is, ao like, >o
like
The mystic goal of all that travail
sore.
That oft the wave-worn keels on
strange sands strike
And find an alien shore.
But ever, as the anchor drape, and sal]*
From off tho storm-strained yarp*
are all unbent;
From the tail masthead atilt the watch
er halts—
“Lo, yonder! Heart's Content”
And ao. once more the prow Is seaward
set;
Heart* still hope on. though waves
roll dark around; e ,
And on the stern men writ* the name,
"Regret,"
And fare forth, outward bound.