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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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ing Ha own gas and electric light
plants, as It now owns Its water
works. Other cities do this and get
R s as low as fid cents, with a profit
the city. This should lie done at
oure. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
hellevas that- If street railways can lie
operated successfully liy European
cities, as they are. tjierc la no-good
reason why they can not lm so nper-
Sled here. But we do not believe this
can be done now, and It may lie aoroe
years before we are ready fur so Ida
as undertaking. Still Atlanta shnuld
rot Its face In that direction NOW.
The Atlanta Georgian baa
apruug another presidential tick
et. It la Hoke Smith and W. L.
Douglaa.—Moultrie Observer.
: Well, doesn't that shoe lit the situa
tion In Georgia?
The Atlanta Georgian has dis
covered that Mrs. Emma D. E. N.
Southvrorth was once a school
teacher Vnd that her star pupil
was Admiral Bob Evans. What's
the use of bringing this up agalrat
“Fighting Bab" at this late day?—
Jackson (Mas.) News.
We are Inclined to doubt Our own
discovery since the recent epistolary
tvar In Hampton Roads. "Fighting
Hob" would have used gentler English
If he had come from such a teacher.
Some Interesting details have leaked
out as to the French policy of naval
construction during 1908, says The
London Globe. Altogether there will
be 98 units under construction In the
yards, public and private, but only 30
will really be completed, while 53 will
be carried further toward comple
tion, Including two Droadnaughta.
The only new vessels laid down will
be ten destroyers and five submarines
or submerslbles. The 30 to be fin
ished Include two armored cruisers,
twelve destroyers and sixteen sub
marines or submerslbles.
Knoxville, after November I,
will be without saloons, but the
' saloon men are nearly all going
b - to stay and will make money and
• contribute more to their own
prosperity and welfare and that
of the city In other lines. Many
of them are generoui and flue
qualified men. They are loyal to
Knoxville, despite the prohibition
wave, which. Drab sweeping over
Knoxville, Is now sweeping over
the entire South.—Knoxville Sen
tinel.
This Is true of Atlanta saloon men
In their attitude toward the new
order of things effective January 1.
And why not? Saloon men have Just
as much good sense as men In other
lines of trade and just as much love
for and pride In their city.
Nobody In Georgia who reada
the Atlanta dally papers can have
failed to notice haw the artists of
those papers csrlcatnre the farm
ers. An Atlanta artist's represen
tation of a farmer looks about as
much like any farmer that Is ever
seen In Georgia or any other part
of the South as a mule or Jackass
looks like a thoroughbred horse.
The trouble with these Atlanta
artists seems to be that they have
absorbed the Yankee Idea In cari
caturing the farmer, and stick to
It. Millie the State Fair Is being
held In Atlanta It might be a good
time for the Atlanta artists to go
out and form the acquaintance of
a few real Georgia farmers and get
an Idea about wbat sort of look-
- Ing animals they really are.—Al-
' bany Herald.
Now this Is serious, and it Is partial
ly true. The fault is fashionable but
not malicious. The cartoonist, we will
grant, never seeks to flatter. And he
lakes rather the standard type than
the real likeness. It Is only fair to
say that the standard of the farmer
'as advanced so far in clothes and In
quality that no type of the past can
Ally represent the modern firmer of
to<!ty. The Herald points ua to re
form.
MR. ROOSEVELT LOSES A POINT.
Perhaps tbe best proof that the president Is sincere In saying that he
Is not a candidate for re-nomlnatlon. Is his apparent Indifference to the
strategic points In current politics.
Here In Atlanta he missed a point. The directors of the State Fair
urged upon him a visit to Georgia at this time. They have subsequent
ly sent him another argent letter asking him to visit Atlanta and close
the fair on next Saturday.
Suppose he had accepted. Mr. Bryan has been here. He came, be
saw, he conquered. He made three magnificent speeches in Atlanta.
But the total of all the crowds that heard him did not number more
than 6,000 people. Perhaps 6,000 at the outalde made hla audience at the
fair grounds on Saturday. He spoke to forty people at the luncheon,
and he spok i to 400 people at the dollar dinner on Saturday night.
If Mr. Roosevelt had followed Mr. Bryan on the following Saturday,
which la the coming Saturday, there Is no man who doubts that the
crowd and the reception accorded tbe president would have' laid in the
shade the reception given to the great Nebraskan. There would have
been twenty thousand people within the exposition gates on that day.
The streets of Atlanta would have been alive with people and pulsing
with welcome. The multitude would have gone wild over the president
Grant that no small part of this would have been due to the great
office represented. Even so, but find me the thinking observer who will
not agree that the largest part of It would have been a tribute to the ex
traordinary popularity of the man. We have seen presidents. Including
this one, many times before. We don’t see a man like Roosevelt once In
a half century.
And If therefore Roosevelt, In Atlanta, the capital of the South,
could have utterly ecilpsed the Nebraskan's reception, just at this time
when national Issues and men are crystallizing In the poplar gaze,- It
tAtuld have gone far and wide as a visible and definite object lesson of
the greater hold which the strenuous president has upon the people.
-That the president Is a strong and masterful man. In all the great
meaning of the word, ho one has need to argue. That he makes great
speeches, whose sentences stick and live, Is equally true. That the peo
ple wildly acclaim him all over the country is a fact to which St. Louis
and Memphis and Vicksburg will bear recent witness. That they would
have done so In Atlanta with even greater enthusiasm than they did two
years ago, is well assured.
And If they bad It would have gone to tbe presidents score In the
final Issue which may yat be between these two great men.
The Issues of politics are still chaotic. Once more Mr. Bryan'a star
seems all radiant on the Democratic horizon. But the conventions are
yet nearly ten months away, and tremendous things happen these days In
a wonderfully sudden and unexpected way.
There are possibilities unnumbered that the whole face of the politi
cal map may be changed before spring. There are movements forming
where strength can not be estimated In advance. There are changes and
revolutions now working whose development may astonish the electorate.
And In the midst of all these big and suggestive possibilities the pres
ident has failed to utilize a strategic point at Atlanta, that would surely
have had a potential bearing upon the issues of the year.
Once more we record the Impression that Mr. Roosevelt does not real
ly care to be president any more Just how.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS SPOILING JAPAN.
It Is beginning to bo evident that the adulation of the world for a
real or imaginary military prowess has spoiled the Japs, and that the
newspapers of America have done all and more than their share In devel
oping the arrogance of the Mikado's people.
It Is about time to stop it.
Tbe general editorial comment In the dally press on the brawl over
a broken window In a Jap laundry In San Frandsbo was more significant
than even a bloody race riot. Nothing was said of tho promptness of the
police In clubbing out the Incipient blaze of conflict. The points that
seemed to Impress the editorialists were that tbe villain who broke the
window was drunk and that the Japs fought fiercely. And we read again
about the courage of the sons of Nippon superbly untainted by alcohol.
And all the commentators on the laundry episode pointed with joy to their
prowess In resisting the big white brawlers. - One universal chorus:
“The Japs are fighters!”
When our Italian friends scrap like wildcats, the usual comment, if
any, la to doplore their quickness to fight. But the Jap, why, he’s quite
different—editorially I
Truth compels the revelation that the worthy people who were recon
ciled to the bloody war with Russia because the victorious Japanese
wero ‘.ee-totalers, based their rojololng on a myth. Nippon has become
tho brewery center of Pacific Asia! It Is now learned, moroover, that
the supposed Invincible vegetarian and un-alcoholic health of the Japan
ese armies In Manchuria originated more In secreting statistics than In
facts. The supposed marvels are fading, and the truly extraordinary
phases now challenge attention.
It la an unparalleled circumstance that tho press, In Europe, as well
as America, can't rcslat the habit of halting the Japs as little deml-gods
of war. And It la only human nature—white, or yellow, or black—to be
dominated by reputation.
"Of course,” says Paul Thleman, "the Jap la cocky. The power of the
American pen has helped the power of his own sword! It Is only natural
that the Individual Jap should fool obliged to vindicate his reputation as
a fighter.” And tbe same psychological Impulse throbs In the Japanese
national heart. The white world is now confronted with the mailed real
ity of Ita Insistence—a Japan that believes Itself to be Invincible!
But the least we can do In America, whose peace and tranquillity la
moat in menace by the arrogance of Nippon, Is to let up on the laudation
which Is swelling tho heads of the Japs, and depressing the forces that
will inevitably be compelled to oppose them.
Let the newspapers of America discard the wholesale tributes to
UBdsf et|i jo Joins poteitujudun eqi„ ese."
WILL OARMAOK GO BACK TO THE SENATE?
The coming of Senator Carmack to Atlanta on the 29th recalls the
very general love and admiration In which the brilliant Tennesseean is
held In his own state and In the country at large.
A very general Interest centers about the man throughout the
country.
It la perfectly well understood In Tenneaaee that the Hon. E. W.
Carmack proposes to hlmaelf another career In the United 8tates senate.
Such was the opinion of Democratic leaders In that state as far back aa
last June, although the gossip met with emphatic denial at the hands of
Mr. Carmack's friends. Apparently, however, the ex-senator has since ex
plored the field with critical Industry and satisfied at least himself that
the enterprise Is promiKng. for the announcement of his aspirations has
very recently been made under circumstances which guarantee Its au
thenticity.
Mr. Carmack, says The Sun. expects to approach the toga by way of
the governorship. The chief executive In Tennessee has ''the organiza
tion" at hla command. Without that accessory Mr. Carmack might not
control the legislature. Therefore Mr. Carmack first presents himself to a
friendly public aa candidate for governor. It he can defeat tbe present In
cumbent for re-election and have two years In which to convert to hla own
personal uses a machinery which has almost always hitherto met every
expectation, the chances all are that n well-trained band of statesmen will
make him aenator by acclamation. There are difficulties In the way, of
course. There are the primaries to begin with. But a shrewd and ag
gressive politician, employing with vigor and discretion the forces that a
governor may manipulate, can easily divert tbe primaries to his pgrposes.
In a word, the governor hat every Imaginable advantage for the United
States senate, provided he wishes to utilize his opportunities, and Is
equipped with the Intelligence necessary to tbe utmost exploitation. Thus
Mr. Carmack advances along the line of least resistance.
Georgia of course has no call to meddle In the political affairs of
Tennessee'.
But It is at least no Impertinence to say that Georgia from the stand
point of an observant Democracy would be glad to see the dashing ex-sen
ator go back to Washington, where he was Juat In the rising sweep of hla
fame when the only Bob Taylor fiddled him out of hla teat In the upper
bouss.
Growth an4 Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record* each day
some economic fact In reference to
tbe onward progress of the Sooth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
State Mine Inspector Rhlflett, of Tenneaaee, haa Just Issued his annual report.
In which Is ufintnlueii a statement of the amount of coal mined in Tennesaee dur
ing the year 190tf., Extracts from his report nro ns follows: j
The total value of all coal mined was $7,565,296, sn Increase over the preceding
year of $1,066,421. The total number of tons mined was 6,272.457, an increased pro
duction over INS of. 719,881 tons. The average value per ton waa $1.26.
The total amount nafd’ for labor In the mines waa $4,844,266, and the average
- , w thirty-three fat^l accident!, of which twenty
wage per day was $2.07. There were
resulted from falling substances.*
There w»
them waa 76j,
1,767 outside, u
There were
rom falling substances.* . .
were 140 mining machines In u»o, and the numt>er of ton* produced by
767,456. The total number of coal miners employed waa 8,9® Inside and
!e, a grand total of 10,736.
were 1.602 coke ovous In blast out of n total of 2.717 In the state, giving
H to 544 men, who were paid during the year $195,725. The value of coke
nuu me v*iue in
tons of coke produced was 849,672.
... Campbell county was the banui. .
830 tous, followed by Claiborne, with 1,<
Campbell county was the banner coal-producing county In the state, with 1,298,-
“ ‘ * "" “ 1,032,316 tons. Anderson came third with 765,-
In addition to several Urge coal and timber transactions recently reported, an
other Important deal has been announced at Winchester, Va., to the effect that
3/essrs. Guff/, ticott sod other Pittsburg capitalists hare bought orer 30,000 acres
of land In Frederick county, Virginia, and Hampshire and Morgan counties, w ' Mf
Virginia, through their agent, II. L. Wise, of Berkley Springs. W. Va.
I DINKY’S EPPY GRAMS |
By GEORGE V. HOBART
(Copyright, 1907. by American-Journf I -
Examiner.)
D ER vorid likes to aide mlt der
chent dot haa der retty caah.
Dare ne(er vaa a man ao lazy dot he
vould not vork a friend.
Ven a man la anxtoua to keep your
aecret keep him anxious.
Truth la atranger dan Fiction, but
Fiction haa der happleat finish.
A tlggllsh situation nefer gets a big
laugh from der parties concerned, yet.
Der girl dot hesitates la lost In
thought should der veddlng dress.
Some peoples fleh for compliments
hard enough to catch a sea serpents.
Necessity Is der mother dot puts der
trousers of Clrcus-
Der automobubble goes fast, but
sooner or later der ambulance catches
It up.
A vise man Is vise until he begins to
talk about how vise he Is, den he
uddervlse.
I half a great curiousness to jsee der
man dot believes he alvaya gets his
money's verth.
Money can not buy happiness, but
eferybody living Is vllllng to make der
eggsperlment.
A great man can make any business
greater, but a small oyster can not do
much mlt a big stew.
Luff Is not blind, und if you doan'd
believe me look at der neckties some
vlmmen buy delr husbands, yet.
D. DINKELSPIEL,
Per George V. Hobart.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
F OR over a quarter of a century this bank has
paid particular attention to commercial ac
counts and is still prepared and desires to extend
tc firms, corporations and individuals every facility
consistent with sound banking.
LONDON, WORLD’S METROPOLIS,
IS A PERPETUAL PUZZLE
A Rainy Day in the Canebrakes
By WEX JONES.
When tbe rain breaks In tbe canebrakes all tbe guides and all the hunter*
Ijtv aside their guns and bowtea: leave alone the bears and grunters;
Quit the game or playing hob with the pussies kuown aa bob,
And, biding from the damp by tbe fireside of the camp,
Spin each other stories Impressed with truth’s own stamp.
Old Bill Scruggs, who's made rugs of n million billion bears.
Starts with "I remember (others settle In their chairs)
Near this plneo I ran a race with a l>ear of dreadful mien.
Which had pawa ao fringed with claws that I flew across tho scene,
I wouldn’t cast no strictures on tho so-called moving plctnres,
But on moving they wero aknn by that memorable run—
Twenty-mile In twenty minutes was tho dlstnnce that I done;
Till In jumping o’er a house I took n sudden souse-
lilt too low—hit my toe—and the bear waa snuffling ‘Rous!’
•All Is over, little rover!' for the end had come, I felt.
As I wondered bow these lunch hooks would lacerate my pelt.”
••What did save you, comrade?" cried all tbe crowd that snt beside.
"By my troth, Juet a moth!"—and eyes were opened wide—
"A moth came along, with • flicker and a flur.
And the bear beat It home to save bit costly fur."
All the hunters clapped their hands and cheered him without bias,
Save a toothful one In khaki, who muttered "Ananias!"
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSBIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
When things go wrong with the plpee
and plumbing a Pine street man In
the future will seek the aid of the
plumber, regnrdlezs of any question of
cost.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
/ AND
MOVEMENTS OF VE8SELS.
Army Orders.
Washington, Oct. 22.-Cnptaln Phillips E.
M. Walker, Twelfth Infantry, to general
hospital, Washington bnrrncks.
, Major Jacob Q. Galbraith, Inspector-gen-
Up to ad day or so ago he didn’t feel* oral from office of Inspector-general of
that way—In fact, felt that the whole Washington, to Omnba ns lnspector-gensral
tribe of plumbers was a pirate organ
isation, and he wouldn’t be stood up by
any of ’em. r*ou!d do his own plumbing
as good as the best of ’em, and save
sundry dollars.
Opportunity came along to make
good. And he fell down miserably on
the Job. Drain pipe to the kitchen sink
choked, and wouldn't yield to the or
dinary treatment of such ailments.
"Dan’l,” said the good wife, "wish
you would send a plumber to tlx the
kitchen drain."
"What?" he vociferated. "Never. I
won’t pay two or three of them fellows
four dollars an hour to come out here
and rob me. Let me at that sink, and
I’ll have it open in a Jiffy.” *
His wife looked skeptical, but went
along to lend first aid to the Injured.
Attaching the garden hose to the water
pipe, he jammed the other end of It far
down In the choked pipe. •
"Turn on the water. Hay, It la work
ing fine. Huh, don't talk about plumb
ers to me, when I can do these things
this way. Why—”
About that time a geyser spouted up
Into hla face, 'drenching him to the
bone and flooding the goom. The ^ater
had decided to return, and did It with
a suddenness and rudeness quite dls
tresslng.
That did not feaxe him, howeYer, and
he went at It more cautiously next
time. There was no gush of water back
Into the room, and he began to exult
again. Then a next door neighbor burst
Into the house and shouted excitedly:
"I don’t know what’a the matter, but
water is just pouring off your roof.
It’e as clear as a whistle, and I don't
know what causes It.”
That obstruction in the kitchen drain
had forced the water out of the stand
pipe on the roof, and a merry little
cataract was pouring off the roof.
"Say, send for plumbers—as many as
you want." said the disgusted house
holder. "If X monkey- with this thing
any longer I’m likely to blow the root
off or flood the north side."
And he paid the heavy plumbing
charges without a murmur.
H. C. Randolph Is at hla home, 88
Pulliam street, slowly improving from
the Injuries he received ten days ago
near Jacksonville while inspecting a
boiler. He reached Atlanta Friday
night. He Is suffering from burns
about the face, hands and feet and it
will be some weeks before he Is able to
be out.
Judge F. J. Marshall, of College
Park, and a poultry fancier who fe one
of the best experts in Georgia, left
Tuesday for the Jamestown Exposition,
where he will officiate aa judge In the
K ultry department. O. E. Muse, of
catur, and C. W. Fowler, of Smyrna,
will have fine displays of poultry In
the show, which will be held ut the big
exposition.
Maine to California and from tbe
Great lakes to the gulf Al U. Held Is
known by every man. Woman aud child.
department of the Missouri.
Captain Alexander M. Miller, Jr., quarter
master, to Philippines.
Colonel Charles L. llelxmnn, assistant sur
geon-general, will proceed to his home nnd
await retirement.
Second Lieutenant George II, Adams,
Third Infantry, Michigan National Guard, Is
authorised to attend and pursue a course
of Instruction nt the garrison school. Fort
Brady.
Cantsln Lytle Brown, corns ot engineers,
will in? relieved from staff duty November 1
nml Join Jilt proper station.
Navy Orders.
Lieutenant Commander C. .8. Williams,
detached low’s to duty In connection with
general l>onrd, Washington.
Lieutenant Commander A. L. Norton, de
tached navy yard, Washington, to Iowa aa
executive officer.
Lieutenant C. Rbackford, detached May
flower to navy yard, Washington.
Lieutenant V. 8. Warren, detached com
mand Worden to Truxton.
Movements of Vessels,
Arrived—October 18: Caesar at Bradford,
Qulroa at Shanghai, Maryland nt 8nn Fran
cisco, Adams at I*nlermo, Sicily.
Hulled—October 17: Ahercuda, from Lam
bert Point for navy yard, N. Y. October 18:
Htrlngham. from Newport to navy yard;
Hhuhrick, Stockton and Delong, from New-
port for nnvjr yard, New York; Milwaukee,
from 8nn trnnclsco for Magdalena Bay,
New York; West Virginia, from Nan Fran
cisco for Manta Barbara channel; Pennsyl
vania, Colorado end Maryland, from ban
Francisco for 8tntn Barbara Channel.
Maryland returned to San Francisco to re
cover lost anchor.
Hist placed In commission at Newport as
tender to second submarine flotilla, compos
ed of Viper anil Cuttlefish, to be jollied by
Octopus Inter. The Viper and Cuttlefish
ordered In commission torpedo station. New-
|H»rt.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
London, the world's metropolis, Is n per
petual ptissle. Tbe National Art Gellery I*
perhaps the finest representative collection
of tine paintings to be found anywhere. Tbe
British Museum, with Its great nnd varied
collections of Incalculable value, ranks with
the very best of ancient cities. Numerous
other galleries aud museums form n charm
ed chain of matchless worth to studeut.
scholar and sage. Westminster Abbey aud
St. Pauls Cathedral, each In Its own pecu
liar interest, vies with the other for tbe
public favor of the ever Increasing multi
tudes who pass through Loudon euch sea
son. The magtilflcent palaces aud stately
mansions proclaim epoch-making events In
the realms of royalty. The splendid bouses
of parliament, nestling alongside the waters
of tbe classic Thames, speak of the revolu
tions nnd evolutions In that Imperial power
which today virtually governs one-fifth of
the world. Those narrow old streets lined
with monotonous row’s of dingy buildings
tell us of the dolnga of Chaucer, Garrick,
Johnson. Shakespeare, Blnckstoue, Milton
and Dickons.
Africa Is not the only land of paradoxes.
London Is a city of paradoxes profound; for,
notwithstanding the civilising evidences just
meutloned. .one may stnud ou the summit
of Mt. Pauls nnd get the putrancing view In
which appear ninny stately spires nnd pic
turesque domes. But nt the same time, If
the ear Is attuned to suffering, one may
catch the <lying groans of the octogenarians
who are being pushed Into eternity from
sheer starvation. An official White Book
lust published gives pathetic accounts, dur
ing the past year, of forty-eight cases. If
one’s heart is In syinpntb tk -
family, who has walked 1
tbe streets to see hundreds.
Mr. Jerome K. Jerome addressed a large
congregation of men last Sunday at White-
fish!* Tabernacle. lie referred to the eight
millions In this country who do not know
what dinner means, who are living the lives
of wild beasts without tbt wild beasts' priv
ilege of maklug n bee-line for his food when
he sees It. In speaking of the great mini
ber of this class who frequent the Tharnet
embankment, Mr. Jerome said:
"Why not throw* them over Into the river?
Cold-blooded murder, you say. It is cold
blooded murder to leave them there."
It may be Mid that hundreds of these
people would not work if they could get
work. That la true, but thousauda of them
try, nnd can not get work.
It la impossible for you who have not
to comprehend the meaning of this startling
sltuntlon. Those conditions are attributable
to several evident causes.
Tbe great, fertile and beautiful landed
estates lie practically Idle, tied up In old
family rights. Tho flocking of country peo-
'*■“ the past
the coun-
About
- r — ((?• to
the country. The frightful drain Incident t<
tho Boer war, which, according to Sir Wil
liam Butler, cost England 300,000,000 pounds
sterling, or $1,500,000,000, to sny nothing of
the loss of life, the subsequent suffering In
England and tragic financial crash In tbe
Transvaal.
One of the greatest curses contributing to
this condition of affairs Is tbe whisky traf
fic . "*•* -“--* * *-*-
ramiiy ngnis. i no nocKing or counti
pie Into congested centers during th
generation has almost depopulated th«
try districts of England nnd Wales.
who know that he has attained some dis
tinction In a totally different role, that of
an orator.
At a Confederate memorial service held
at i'amp*Phase, near t'olumbua, Ohio, last
June Mr. Field delivered a memorial ad
dress which was one of the m.mt eloquent
ever beard on a similar occasion. This ad
dress was read by Judge Uohert h Rodgers
at a meeting of the Atlanta t’nmp of Con
federate veterans Monday night, und It re
ceived enthusiastic applause.
Before the meeting adjourned the veter
ans gave Mr. Field a uuaiilmous vote of
thanks and instructed Judge Itodgers, ns
historian of the camp, to notify hiui of
their appreciation of bis eloquent eulogy
of the t'oufeUerate dead.
each year Is enormous. If JudlclonsFy used
It would feed, clothe nnd house the great
army of unemployed with a splendid surplus
for general charities. The government's
revenue from this Vmree annually Is quite
$200,000,000. And the most appalling aspect
I* that of the-mothers aud babies who flock
to the too numerous saloons to drink, thus
creating the "Babes’ Inferno.”
Mr. George II. Sims, that sane Journalist,
S ote n series of articles to the London
lly Tribune. In which he rdnted his per
sonal experiences while making a round of
the saloons of London by night. These
articles are free from that dramatic sen-
sntlonnl element found In Mr. Hull Paine’s
recital of his experiences. The articles oc
casioned a flood of correspondence from
every section of tho United Kingdom nnd
resulted In the Tribune railing u grunt mass
meeting, which was held In the Tribune
Bnndexvous on March 4, 1907. Three hun
dred representative men of the highest re
ligious, medical, philanthropic, scientific, ed
ucational and official positions entue to
gether to discuss plans for reform, these
**'“**“ *“ **e submitted to parliament. These
facts ore to la* discussed in the
pulpits of every denomination on October 27.
I tuny say that 1 have had
observe sotaf> of tho nppnre
e
Inferno To* nil It* - horror as It exists In our
midst. I want to plead with those who
have the framing of onr laws to make It
henceforth Impossible for, children to bo
slowly murdered In dram-shops in their
mothers' anus. It Is my earnest wish to
keep my advocacy of that cause clear of
everything tbit may confuse the inutii Issue
—for It Is nn Issue of life or death. There
Is a widely spread opinion that while drink
ing among men has decreased drinklug
among women hns largely Increased. Not
only are they In thq majority, but they
stay longer than the men, and drink mors
frequently.
death rate por million from nlcohollxm In
males showed an Increase of 6L5 per cent,
while that for females showed an Increase
of 184 per cent.
I will show you tragedies of child-life so
terrible that you will ask In amazement how
such abominations can be permitted In a
Christian land.
You shall see the white poison that mad
dens the mother’s bruin trickling from the
lips of the baby, who has cried In vain for
her breast.
You shall see a fair, bine-eyed baby girl
of 3 staggering drunk with the beer and
brandy that a wouinn's hand has lifted to
her Innocent lips.
You shall pass with me to scene after
scene that Is a foul blot upon our common
humanity.
Men, my brothers, nnd women, my sisters,
you who love tittle children, do not turn
a denf ear to their cry. They can not
save themselves; but you can save them.
My desire III these articles Is to put Into
runvlnelng words the piteous cry to the
great Heart of England that goes up night
after night from the drink shambles, where
the souls and bodies of teuder babies are
slain. I saw, night after night, nud In
b nr after bar. aeenea ot cruelty to help I css
children so terrible thnt I felt to r. mufii
silent about them would he on act of pas
sive Inhumanity. Let me frankly acknowl
edge thnt these scenes were a revelation to
me. 1 did not know it was n common thing
for a woman to force Peer aud spirits Into
her baby’s mouth.
It Is 11 o’clock on a bitterly cold Saturday
night when wo pick our way through ii
crowd of women to get near tho bar. Many
of the women are ohl nml gray. They are
bareheaded nud ns a rule have nn old shawl
over their shoulders.\ Their daughters are
also bareheaded nnd shabby—shawled—nml
most of them carry a poor, thlo-faced baby.
At 11:30, the saloons are so crowded that
Into some of them It Is almost lm|HMslblo
to edge one's way. In most of them the
dominant note Is Ule child. The crowd Is
so dense thnt the mothers hold the halites
qjose to them, protecting their little heads
with un outstretched elbow. I»own a side
street there ore three or four dingy saloons
which are so habitually filled at night with
nursing mothers thnt they are locally known
ss "The Cow-sheds."
In a house lu this neighborhood 1 bare
seen n woman, wrhose baby begun to cry In
the crowded bar, take n dirty pipe from a
man’s mouth, dip tbe stem into the liquor
she was drinking, nnd thrust 12 Into tbs
baby's mouth to "quiet It."
A woman found lying drunk on tbe road
way had a baby only 14 days old hr h*V
side. Another w’otnan. who had Been drink
ing nil the evening, was found carrying ber
baby home, head downward, by one teg. I
know n charming, blue-eyed, golden-hatred
little girl of 8 years. Her grandmother was
and Is a confirmed drunkard. The child's
mother, a beautiful young woman, drank
|j , amt one day when
,e oountry*cnlled In
■S- • t?p a fourth home.
She spent every farthing In drink—and
was found with her child In tbe workhouse.
Tho family are not badly off. .Wipe, and
spirits were much In evidence at th*»fu-
nernl. At the funoral of the mother, who
died of drink, the grandmother had made a
bnbjr of 3 years drunk with wine and
One hundred and twenty thousand lufknts
continue to die annually lu the first year of
liver
SOUTHi PLACE FOR THE NEGRO.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
To the loyal white and colored people
of the South there haa hedfe much said
about the negro and hla ftfture in the
South; some have paid the white man
and the negro could not live together.
Other* have gone ao far ns to say the
negro's* worst enemy Is the white man
of the Soutft. which has proven untrue
and false against the negro's best In
terest.
After traveling In every section of
this country and portions of Canada,
vjewlng the conditions that nurround
the negro and hla future, I am com
pelled to concede that they have no bet
ter and truer friends than the white
people of the South, and I am glad to
note that the race is rapidly learning
this, nnd the sooner we can get the ma
jority of them to understand that their
Interest should be the white man’s In
terest and the white man’s Interest
should be theirs, the better It will be
for the race and country. Of course,
there are extremists In both races—
men 'who for popularity or personal
notoriety will sny things that they
could let alone. But with all the an
tagonisms never In the history of the
world have any two distinct races lived
side by side with more peace, happiness
and prosperity than the negro and the
white.man of Jhe South. They under
stand each other better than any other
two races known In history. Now the
thing the negro most needs at this age
of their struggle Is better
__ to die i
their lives.
In "Little Italy," the Infant mortality for
the Itnliaus lu this quarter during 1901-03
was 140 .P 1 */ L003, «• compared with 167
English living In tbe same quarter.
l or 1901 there wero 259 per 1,000 for tbs
English, as compared with 106 of the Ital
ians. . Among the Itusalau and Polish Jews
of Last End the rate of Infant mortality
for 1905 was 119.3 per L000. and 163.1 among
th«? English. This difference Is accounted
ir largely on tho ground of the English
others drinking.
In theJIst of hnhltunl drunkards during
the year 1909 there nr** 273 wotneu "block-
listed." ns fompitred with only 78 men.
There are horrors deeper nnd fouler than
these that meet you now and then hi the
Babes’ Inferno.
Tbeso are Incomplete sidelights Into this
world of great tragedies. For any mnu «»f
heart and Intellect to nee aud know those
awful horrors, wrought by drink, and not
he nn opeu enemy to the accursed traffic
Is more than I sin aide to understand.
There are great agencies at work toward
n reformation, hut It must necessarily l*e
slow, since the government's hands nre *>
black from rerenu
clergymen nnd min
tin' great breweries ...
From the midst of this awful condition I
shout a million congratulations to Georgia
.Hid America for the work that has been
and Is being dune slpiur this line.
EH VEST C. MOIILEY.
Pastor Church of Christ,
Southnippton, England
dustrial and religious training. When
they, shall have fully developed along
these lines of preparation they will be
found useful and acceptable citizens.
But let It not he forgotten that while
quite " number of them have made
progress and others ire coming for*
ward, we are not Indipendent of our
white neighbors, am} every negro
should strive to cultivate by hopest
and upright dealings the friendly co
operation of the whjt^ people among
whom they live, and teath our boys and
girls not only to be pollti and manly to
their own race, but to ivsry one. By
so doing we will soon bi able to com
mand the respect of thelbetter classes
of all people and we shill rejoice and
be made glad over thl friends and
progress made by the rtee right here
in the South, which Is t£ Paradise ot
the country. Respectful!?.
B. J. IPIDGES.
President of Georgia Colq-ed Industrial
and Orphans' Home. ]
RESOLUTIONS ARE ACOPTED
BY FRATERNITY BROTHERS.
Whereas, The Almlghtj Father ha*.
In H!« wisdom, called horn our beloved
and esteemed brother, J in Wesley
Akin; therefore, be It
Resolved, That we, the members of
Epsilon chapter, Kappa A iha frater
nity, recognise In Judge Al n a worthy
exponent of the high ideal of our or
der: a man who, whether i a student
In the halls of Emory, c lawyer in
the practice of his profesa n, a Judge
upon the bench, a legisU or at the
rapltol, or a rltlr.cn In the »scharge of
hls duties, ever llluntratcd, by an ex
emplary life, the greatns i ot true
worth.
That we extend to hla d ?oted wife
and family our heart-felt sympathy
and love In this the time o( ur mutual
grief, for their loss Is Indeq ours, and
their sorrow* is Indeed our a rrow.
BONNKLL H. Sg.VE, #
LIVINGSTON MW,
J. W. ROBERTS.
Committee.
"If I had my way I would Im» In ir »how
thnt spent the entire winter playing In At-
Uinta nnd the South," snlii Jack \V. Clinton,
a member of the Yorke & Adams' "Playing
Gm Ponies company, now nt the lifj.m
l'.:uh year I look forward to th,. time
when I come to Atlnutn. and It makes my
Idood run cold to think of what will so>u
be coining to me. After a 9*hurt stay In
Georgia we are going to Norfolk, and then
It will not be long before we hit Toronto
and other cities In that part of the coun
try. Iai*t winter we found It 27 degrees
below aero up there, and we will get gome-
| JhJug like that this year. There |* no place
like Atlanta and Georgia.
Mr. Cliutnn hiu *
several years, nnd
either ZSSSB orTr reimt.lL. .r«5 ffil'Trlp ec^SS! HI*™’. onmml..|on7« ar. _ po.Vtbli tor
of the Kre.teat Inoith r.mluoeri In the tan.l, be tni In n itlM.troug wrrok. un.J heliiej' nulrlri will bo treated a, ahZnlntelv ennn/tl!,Vi?i a.!.? „,1
Bn, there .re prolJ.lr not qn.t, » m„nr pi.ll the Injnnol front the deVU “*4 JU,Inn* ne-rtn*'
AN WOU t%i CEivl ENt!
'iHHui^eomlBg South for I wonted fnr Georgia to represent the strongest Southsr
during that time he hns Non “P* rlic, ^ a Ung rates only. No board, sto
‘her «f friends. During ]>the. schemes. Business conducted on regular life Insurance lines