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AND NEWS aunds for Atlanta a own-
lot Its own fas and etertrte llfht
plants, ns It now owns Its water
works. Other rules do th s and «et
fas as low so 40 cents, with a profit
to tbs city. This should be done at
one*. T1IK OEOIltHAN AND NbW8
bslitra* that If strait railways can be
33a**2i t'heT”rs“ fhero 7 Is no fSJd
Bourke Cochran says—but who
cares o rap what he aays.
By the way, doe* the prohibition
law bar Editor Rowell's “moonahlno'
theory?
If thli weather keepe tip Jack Mc
Cartney can pitch right In on hla
onion patch.
Why ahouid a theatrical company
be "Cornin’ Thru the Rye" In Geor
gia Juat now?
Prohibition haa apparently curtailed
the actlrity of Recorder Broylee to a
marked degree.
* Initiation Into ■ glrl'e college life
la getting ebout ee dangerous an the
hating In the male collegea. \
"Clear the Ireck for the politician!."
aaya the Rome Herald. It would be
better to put soap on tbe track.
Exclusive New York reetaurants al
low women gueats to amoke. The men
"smoke." too, when they pay the billa.
A frog In New York hid hie flrat
meal In 1,000 yearn recently. Which
goea to prove that nature faking la
conBned to no aeotlon.
Biggest water wagon In tbe country
Is run by the Northwestern railroad.
Twenty-live tboueand employees
algned the pledge January 1.
Reports that the Fairbanks boom la
about to escape from the state of In
diana la not likely to causa any vary
great consternation In other states.
Tbe Rome. Italy, stock exchange
was recently wrecked by a bomb.
The Wall-st outfit wrecks people, but
nobody hae tried to blow It up yet.
It coat Marvellous Manhattan a cool
million to yank New Year thru the
door. How many aching heads It
coat, there la now no way of telling.
General Grosvenor wants to suc
ceed Foraker In the senate. The of-
flee would then have a big buneb of
white whiskers, whereas it now haa
bratna.
The man who sella hla baby's shoes
to bny rum now has a rival lif
Nebraska woman who sold her baby
carriage to get money to buy theeter
tickets.
Pittsburg made a line showing In
the development of natural gee In
1907. Its ecandel record, however,
was greater than all other Industries
combined.
Owing to tbe warm weather the Ice
crop will be abort In the East end
West. We won't need It eo bad down
here next anmnier. unless politics get!
unusually feverlab.
A Vermont man recently celebrated
his flat birthday tawing wood. If he's
anything like the oldest Inhabitant he
won't follow the rest of tbe advice
and "say nothing."
President Roosevelt shook 6,(45
paws on New Year's day. A good
many more then that belonging to
speculators" would like to "ebake"
bis bold on the country loose.
A Massachusetts man wants a
wife from St. Louis. That he should
want a wife la easily understood, but
why be should want one from 8L
Louis la a mystery. Do Massachu-
leits men have to bo shown, too?
r
On good authority It Is stated that
he president will veto any Japanese
'xolutlon measure passed rt Ibis ses-
ii. Evidently tbe lete white house
liiau expert has taught him can-
YES, MOTHER, MR. CANDLER IS AN HONEST MAN.
Atlanta. Ga.. Dee. 29, 1147.
Mr. F. L. Seely. Editor The Georgian. Atlanta. Ga.:
My Dear Mr. Seely—It le more comforting perhapo than you
can realise to the unfortunates of this life to feel that In the higher
walks there are some great hearta who tan feel their woer. and
who have thO rouraga to ao expreaa themselves In public ns well
as private. I have notlrod from the tenor of artlcloa that have ap-
B fared in .your paper since the recant dleaatroua failure of the Neal
ank. an Institution In which auch faith and confidence was re
posed (aa waa evidenced by the number and claaa of Ita depositors),
that your sympathy goa* out to the vlctlme of that concern. Your
touching reference In laat evening's Georgian to the poor little
Bad-faced woman, who bad ao appealed to that big-hearted "Dick,
who waa Inquiring If there waa any way to get to Hr. Candler,
or "the Neal Bank people,” was Indeed pathetic, and haa touched
many hearta. Alaa! there are many who would like to know the
way to get to "the Neal Bank people"—many who are suffering
from disappointment and heart-sick despair whloh can not be de-
scribed, and which only those who have experienced such suffering
can know anything about. I nm one of the unfortunates, and my ,
heart goea out to all the others. When you think of the hard
work, day and night, slek and well, thru rain. (heat, cold and alt
aorta of conditions, ao many of those poor saving people have had
to do—the deprivations which they have endured—can you wonder
that they feel ao desperately blue and sick of heart? How are we
to Know when or where wa are safe? How can wa take on new
courage and start again to drudging and stinting and depriving
ourselves and dependent ones. In order to save something, only to
have Borne reckless and unscrupulous Institution (dignified by th#
name of "bank") sweep It away for ua? My own loss, tho’ small
to many, to me la very great, and hard to bear. I am a widow,
with dependent onea. Home years ago 1 waa compelled to mort
gage the home left us by a hard-working, self-aacrlflclng, devoted
husband and father, whose burden waa never too graat. aa long
aa he could make hla loved ones comfortable and happy. After
saving and denying and depriving (I may add, many steeples nights
and weary. Anxious days), I at laat had gotten together the amount
sufficient to lift the mortgage from our home, and wa were thank
ing God and rejoicing with grateful hearta that We would aoon be ,
free to rail our own our own. and no more a slave to debt, when to
us comes the awful news that the hank we had ao trusted had
closed Ita doors. Never can I forget my feelings! I thought my
heart had ceased to beat; and now 1 ask with, many others, are we
being braced up with falsa hopes, Juat to keep ua from sinking be
neath our load? Does Mr. Candler renlly believe that we will get
what belonga to ua? Everyone knows the policy of a bank when
It falls la to raise the hopes and thus quiet Ita depositors. I’ve
got to hear of one that didn’t. .
But, Mr. Seely, If you know Mr. Candler. In the name of all
that la good and holy, and for the sake of us suffering onea, beg
that he doesn’t encourage us In any vain hope, only fo hare an
other shock. And you. Mr. Seely, will you not keep ua posted to
the beat of your knowledge thru the columns of The Georgian?
How eagerly will we search for any Information that your pa
per will give nut to ua who wish to know, and who ahouid know,
and wa will lay thg comfortable unction to our troubled aoula that,
be that Information encouraging or discouraging. It la at least re- .
liable.
Trusting that you will pardon me for consuming so much of
your valuable time, and again begging your kind Interest In our
behalf, In a way that does lie In your power, I am faithfully yours,
A HITBHCRIBER.
(Since Th# Georgian flrat saw the light.)
It la seldom we are called upon with ao tender an appeal aa this.
Such a letter makes ua alt qulatly for a few momenta, presently to And
that we have been going away hack thru the years and have seen again
tbe little old home with the family around the table that held the plain
est of food, with the cooking stova Juat a little way from It. and little
mother doing everything herself and oven working late Into the night
making the clothes that people who can afTord ,!t buy—and all this to
keep the sheriff away, tho be came at laat. But who would change It—
It waa best, and the battles of life are fought beat by those who have
been trained for them.
Then we thank God that a home so troubled as this one Its, mother
writes about In this letter believes In us enough to ask ua for the facts,
be they comforting or not.
Yea, mother, we'll tell you the truth, and The Georgian shall tell the
facta aa nearly as It ran And them, and be proud alwaya to defend tho
troubled and the weak, whether It la alwaya popular or not.
We have known Mr. Candler ten years—he hadn't ao much when we
first knew him. but his heart aeema to be In the same place It was then.
We have watched hla career, and he seeme always to be tbe same plain,
hard-working man—hla success has not turned him from the even path
way of btislneas integrity. And when he says he thinks he will get what
belongs to you, he really believes ho will, and no one's heart Is more
touched by eases like youra than la Mr. Candler's.
We took your letter* to Mr. Candler and told him there were hun
dreds looking to him who, lu their anxiety, had tried to grft to him, snd
who wished they routd really believe he jrould get their money back. He
said he had not changed his mind—that, as he goes further Into It, ho
■till believed he would get your money back, and he Is doing overythlng
In the world a man can do—and would do even more, wo believe, If tho
courts would let him—for. you know, he can only go as fast as the
courts will allow.
Some have wondered why Mr. Candler could not advance aome of
the bank's cash to the depositors, with their books aa security, but he
hasn't the right to do this.
Don't be disappointed If you can not get lo ace Mr. Candler—he has
a thousand things to' do, and If he tried to talk to tbe nine thousand peo
ple who had their savings In the Neal Bank, he would have no time to
a|iend getting your money for you. It Is not that he does nqt want to be
bothered—he la not that kind of a man.
Now, you must take comfort and assurance from the fact that no
man could have hoped to do better than la being done—we know of no
man who would have tbe Interests of the unfortunates more at heart.
In addition to wnat assurance we give you, uion are offering prop
erty for sale nearly every day and are offering to take checks on Neal
Bank deposits tn pay—dollar for dollar, f
Don't think you are going to get all your money soon—for It will
take aome time to get It, but you will get It, and some of It aoon.
So keep on hoping—and working—don't lose faith tn men nor friends.
Life la short enough, and your trials will be great enough In any event
The great Maker of ua all atilt cares for ua.
"8o long aa we love, we serve. So long aa we are loved by others—
I would almost say we are indispensable; and no man Is useless while he
has a friend."
FAILURE OF ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE.
The announcement that the Countess of Yarmouth—who waa pretty
Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg, previous lo her marriage to the Earl of Yar
mouth—baa applied to tbe divorce court for an annulment of her marriage
does not come aa a complate surprise to tbe American public. The wed
ding of this pretty and attractive.girl who had Inherited millions from a
successful father with a fortune-hunting. Impecunious young Englishman
waa considered from the flrat merely a bargain and sale affair. On# gave
money with lavish generosity to exchange for an old and honored family
name and the expectation of certain social advantages not enjoyed by the
plain but rich family of the young bride.
It will be recalled that the entire country waa shocked and disgust
ed at the unblushing effrontery of the English nobleman tn demanding
the settlement of a large sum of money upon him after reaching tbe
church and before t^e nuptial ceremony could proceed.
The Thaw family. In their anxiety for social preferment and for the
possession of a European title, acquiesced In these demands, retired to
the vestry room and signed such financial documents aa the young earl
demanded.
Naturally auch a marriage waa Inevitably doomed to failure. No
man wortny or unworthy could be expected to feel either respect or af
fection for a woman—no matter bow pure and circumspect—who had
been purchased by him after the driving of such a contemptible bargain
as that made In tbe vestry room of the Ptttabnrg church.
And certainly no woman with an Infinitesimal amount of gray mat
ter could feel any permanent regard for a man who had made It so mani
fest that her millions were the paramount consideration with him. A
marriage which becomes merely a financial transaction la alwaya a dis
mal, aickentng failure. The domestic unhappiness of the youthful
Countess of Yarmouth baa been suspected for some time, certainly since
the memorable Thaw trial, during the past summer.
The fact that the Counteaa of Yarmouth waa present during that
fearful legal ordeal and waa the almost constant companion of her sore
ly stricken mother, yet waa unaccompanied and unsustalned by her Eng
lish husband, created a large amount of comment and gossip. It how
transpires that tbe unfortunate notoriety brought upon the Thaw family
and Its connections by the degenerate brother or the countess and hla
artlat model wife precipitated galling domestic conditions which reached
a climax In the action of the countess relative to the annulment of her
marriage Just made public, ft ta easily conceivable that the Thaw trag
edy proved unspeakably humiliating to tbe Yarmouth family. It Is also
readily understood bow a well-conducted, self-respecting race should re
sent any and all connection with so disgraceful it tragedy. /But no man
or wotnah of character and Intelligence can excuse the neglect of a hus
band at a crisis In his wife's life which should have' called forth the
noblest Instincts of manhood. . .-
The pathetic ending of this international marriage Is not surprising
or Instructive. All similar marriages have similar endings, and yet they
continue to be repented by foolish, frivolous American girls with ambi
tious wealthy parents and profligate foreign spendthrifts from Impover
ished noble families. Experience has proved a worthless teacher as far
ns International marriages are concerned.
The Yarmouth domestic failure will neither point n moral or adorn
a tale for the average American girl who yearns for a foreign title and
whose rich parents are willing and anxious to pay for It.
A SOLEMN PROTEST AGAINST A NATIONAL SHAM.
There passed away In the sunnyland of Florida the other day a man
whose dying words, expressed in gentleness, were a protest against a
miserable sham that has grown upon our national life—congressional
funeral Junkets. ' <
Senator Stephen D. Mallory wax 's quiet man. who hated the shams,
the pretentions and the petty smallnesses of life. Aa an orator or a
profound publlclat he perhaps left no Indelllble Impression upon .the
greatest deliberative body In the world. Reserved and unpretentious, he
made no great show In tbe senate.
But he was a square gnd honorable gentleman. Hla service to his
people wss real and of permanent good. When he came to life's hori
zon, pausing In the valley of the shadow, he asked that his funeral ser
vice be simple and unpretentious—In keeping with the life he had lived
here. ,,
Stephen Mallory knew, had seen the hollow mockery of the state
congressional funeral. He realized that the special trains made up for
these events were sordid Junketings for people who cared no more for
the dead,man than they would for a tramp. That the luxuries and prodi
gal expenditures, winked at on such occasions, and paid by the govern
ment, proved but another one of tbe grafts that has so Insidiously crept
Into every phase, apparently, of public life.
With that knowledge In hla heart. Senator Mallory preferred to go
to his last resting place with only his loved ones attending. Ho knew full
well the coarseness and the shallow pretentions of the congressional fu
nerals. It Is to be hoped that this dying protest vflll have Its weight tn
bringing about a reform. These services no longer have any signifi
cance, for they are given every man who passes away while In .cpngress.
Stephen Mallory left something worth while In hls dying protest
against a modern sham—a sham cloaked beneath apparent reverence for
the majesty of death.
Growth and Progress of the New South
BY' *
J08EPH B. LIVELY
The following list Indicates the more Important new Industries estab
lished In the Southern states during the week ending January 1, as re
ported to The Tradesman. Several notably large Investments appear In
the list, among these being a (160,000 desk factor)- In Georgia, a 1100,-
000 manufacturing company In. North Carolina, a (1,500,000 development
company tn Oklahoma, a (100.000 car coupler factory In Tennessee, a
(5.000,000 machine works and (100,000 oboe factory In Virginia, and a
(000,000 mining company In West Virginia. The Tradesman's list of new
Industries for the week Is as follows:
Arkansas—Paragould, (25,000 land company; Little Rock, (25,000 gas
arnchlnc company.
Georgia—Ball Ground, cotton mill; Columbus, (150,000 desk factory.
Louisiana—Now Orteano. (16.000 cotton felt manufacturing company.
Missouri—St. Louts, (10,000 manufacturing company, (75,000 vehicle
factory, (16,000 supply company. (6,000 brush factory, (110,000 auto
spring company.
North Carolina—Greensboro, (10,000 motor company; Marion, (100,-
000 manufacturing company.
. Oklahoma—Guthrie, (60,000 machine works, two (25,000 manufactur
ing companies. (50,000 hot company. (60,000 car works. (100,000 cigar
factory, (50,000 construction company, (1,600.000 development company,
(26,000 electric construction company, (10,000 Invaatmant company, (50,-
000 manufacturing company, (20,000 manufacturing company, (200,000
mining company: Oklahoma City, (76.000 coffee company, ((0,000 paper
box company, (60,000 trust cbmpany; Llncolnvllle, ((,000,000 mining com
pany.
Tennessee—Chattanooga. (100.001) car coupler factory: Memphis, (15,-
000 laundry, ((6,000 spring bed factory; Knoxville, -((6,000 amusement
company.
Texas—Beaumont, (4,(00 oil company: San Antonio, development
company; Tyler, (to,000 sewer company: Jacksboro, (10,000 lumber com
pany.
Virginia—Richmond, (10,000 peanut company: Big Stone Gap, (10,-
000 laundry: Mlddteburg, (5.000,000 machine works; Lynchburg, (100,-
000 shoe factory.
West Virginia—Romney, (40,000 land and timber company; Bethany,
(26,000 nil and gas company: Keyaer, (5,000 oil and gaa company; Pick
ens, (60,000 lumber company; Becktey, (500,000 mining company.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
• Capital .$200,000
Surplus and Undivided Profit's $600,000
Commercial Accounts Invited.
4 rrf Interest, compounded twice a year, is
/O paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
SOME MEDITATION ON PROHIBITION AND
THE YEAR 1908.
By J. C. SOLOMON.
I congratulate Georgians on the the saddle. Politics will be purified
NATION'S CAPITAL LOSES
BY HAVING NO PRISON
By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN
T HE cltlsens of Washington are
1 Indebted to Robert N. Harper for
calling attention to the unwise,
Inhumane and extravagant way In
which criminals accused and convicted
are handled In the Capital City. .
In the first place, It Is absurd that
the District of Columbia should not
have had a penitentiary aa well as a
Jail long ago, or that prisoners who
have committed crimes punishable by
Incarceration In a penitentiary ahouid
have to be farmed out at great expense
In aome Institution In a neighboring
state. At present the government haa a
contract with West Virginia at
Moundavllle, whither all convicted
criminals are taken at an expense
that could easily ho avoldad it greater
wisdom was exercised.
The penitentiary having the contract
for the keep of theee prteonera haa also
the privilege of contracting for lhair
labor which has been profitable In the
past. Men and women capable of Intel
ligent. effiylrnt and splendid work are
often long-term convicts for soma crime
they have committed. Why ahouid not
the District of Columbia profit by the
labor of this claaa? The veriest dull
ard It obliged to work In the peniten
tiary. and there la no reason why the
District of Columbia ahouid not have
a penitentiary equipped with all the
modern appliances for extracting the
heat possible that there la tn every
prisoner. And In return do the beat
that could be done for the reformation
of the unfortunate creatures who are
danlsena of auch Institutions.
Few people In this country know of
the actual conditions existing In the
District of Columbia, and that, notwith
standing tbs liberal appropriations that
have been made from time to time
for buildings and the running eXpenaea
of the Jail, the present structure Is
wholly Inadequate and absolutely with
out modem plumbing and necessary
sanitary accommodation. There ta no
means of separating the accused and
the convicted, or the old and young
offenders.
Warden Harris, a man of long ex
perience. claims the Jail waa Intended
for alout (00. whereas, with the multi
plied population and rapid increase of
criminals, they are now housing about
double that number. After each "Judg
ment Day" and tbs arrival of the
"Black Marla" at the Jail, the Jailer
haa no alternative but to distribute the
prisoners the best he ran. lb being at
alt times necessary to put two and
three In a cell. It la quite Impossible
under auch conditions ta sort the wheat
from the tares.
Hence accused and first offenders are
often put with convicted Iticorrlgtblea
who are Invariably, delighted to prey
uoon novices wh • are nunfully Im
pressed by association with the harden-
telt of their exploits and wonderful
smartness In evading arrests and dodg
ing authorities, Invariably claiming
that once a person has been In prison
there la no use to try to get rid of
the stigma, quoting oftan flmea the
old adage, “Give a dog a bad name
and you might aa well hang him;"
that there waa no getting away from
the flrat commitment and many other
like discouraging arguments to keep
young prisoners from trying to reform.
It has been-said liy men of long ex
perience "that twenty-four hours' con
tact with the habitual criminal la aufil
dent to ruin the young and flrat of'
fender.”
Of what use la the eatabllahment of
houses of detention, which has been
done thru the police of this city in or
der that the Juvenile and first offender
may be kept from the contaminating
Influences which follow confinement
with the hardened classes, If the mo
ment they are sent to the Jail they are
cell-mated with .one- or more or the
very class from which they have been
shielded In the house of detention?
It ta the duty of the district commit
tees In congress to look Into this matter
and secure the passage of such laws
and appropriations as will give to the
District of t'olumbla up-to-date facili
ties for handling the criminal claaa
properly. There Is no reason why meth
ods that are obaolata ahouid be con
tinued at the capital of a great nation
Ilka ours. Or that we ahouid be so
active and generous In our care and
provision for other races end so blind
to the needs of the unfortunate In our
midst.
What la needed Is that, without de
lay. a tract of land ahouid be secured
extensive enough to provide acreage
sufficient tn have a farm In connection
with the' penitentiary and Jail. Build
a penitentiary and n Jail on the land.
Build them on plana for the future and
not barely sufficient for the present,
and have them ao divided that mala
and feme It prisoners can be classified,
ao that there may be some chance of
reformation of the less hardened by
keeping them separated from the hope
lessly confirmed criminals. Furnish ag.
rlcultur.11 and all kinds of Induatrial
opportunities for the steady employ
ment of all able-bodied prisoners, and
at the same time provide hours and
means for recreation and education for
them, and thereby nil up their time ao
completely that they can have no
Chance to demoralise each other, con
tort conspiracies and schemes for mis.
chief or vengeance. *
There haa been iso much attention
given to prison reform In the laat deC-
ade that there ta much lass cruelty tn
the treatment of convicts than former
ly. Humanitarians have accomplished
wonders along that line without Inter
fering with the discipline of penal in
stitutions. Thousands have been saved
for batter Uvea simply thru wise and
Juat treatment during thalr Incarcera-
splendid victory which they have won.
It was a signal triumph over the ene
my. It was grand. It was glorious.
No state In the union has como Into
Just such an Inheritance. The victory-
was unique, and certainly Is memora'
ble, and will ever stand out prominent
In American history
We firmly believe that Georgia’s suc
cess Is going to provoke other states
to enter the contest for freedom. With
out a doubt, Alabama wns moved to
greater K'tivltv anti went forward tli-
earlier to victory on account of Geor
gia's gallant lead, and Florida has been
much quickened, and the Carolines and
Louisiana, and- Indeed, the whole
South. Her Influence has not stopped
In the South, but has gone Into the
North and permeated the whole coun
try. And more than ever Georgia Is In
the limelight of the nation. She Is the
cynosure of all eyes since the law has
gone Into effect. Georgia la on trial
for her life, civic and moral. Her In
tegrity Is at stake. The question all
over the country Is. will Georgia en
force the Jaw? Will It be a successful
experiment? If vie succeed at law
enforcement, the problem Is largely
solved, nt least for the present, and
there will be given a national Impetus
to temperance In tho country, such aa
the world has never looked on before.
Will Georgians be true? Will they
be faithful to the trust repoaed In
them? Will they measure up to their
responsibilities and meet the expec
tations of other people? Wa believe
Georgians will rise to the occasion and
be equal to every demand made upon
them.
What an opportunity for making a
name for the dear old state, such as
she has never hitherto borne. W hat
an opportunity for doing good and
showing the world the genuine mettle of
the Empire State. Yes. IMS an oppor
tunity, and a rare opportunity for
breaking the chains that bind other
Americans tn the slavery of rum. We
are glad of the chance, and It came
with the dawn of the new year 1900.
Thank God! we have lived to set this
glad hour, the beginning of the prohi
bition reign In Georgia, whan all tha
liquor machinery In th# state is at a
dead standstill—when every saloon Is
closed!
Thank God, the churches are in the
lead at last! The good people are In
and civic rlghteousnesa will take
bound forward. There will be less
bribery among the public officials and
less corruption, and greater moral
courage and morb regard for one's
oath. Public office will prove, aa It
has net done before, a public trust.
Idleness and shiftlessness will give
place to Industry, and woeful waste,
the outcome of the liquor traffic, will
give place to economy and prosperity.
The tramp and vagrant will be less
conspicuous. The vagabond, the vul
gar-mouthed, the corrupter of morals
will all move on. Our Jails will almost
be empty. Our chalngangs and peni
tentiaries will be much reduced, our
poor houses will hardly have an occu
pant, and our Insane asylums, so
crowded now, will soon have room to
spare. The shameless house must al
most perish from the earth with the
abolition of the bar. Let us not coin
another dollar out of the shame of our
white, women. Too long we have put
a premium on our scarlet sister. One
of tho greatest crimes against civilisa
tion Is the selling of virtue 7— gold.
Strike down the dram shops, and you
will give the poor soiled dove a chance.
But chlefest among the blessings ac
cruing from prohibition Is tha blessing
that comes to tho home. Life will be
transformed here. The long-time
drunken father will now coma home
sober; the poor mother, so long broken
and disconsolate, will smile again, and,
thank God, the frightened children
that used to dread the father's home
coming, will now welcome him with
laughter and with kisses. Roses will
come back to pals cheeks and birds of
gladness will sing ones more In the
heart. The fires will burn brightly on
the hearthstone. Tha wardrobe will
be filled with clothing, the lardar with
wholesome food, and every soul will be
ao happy—hope. Instead of dtspatr,
praise Instead of ouraes, laughter In
stead of crying. It Is worth a life-time
to go Into a redeemed home like that,
for you get a glimpse of heaven.
So let the accursed bar-room go,
And save the home today,
For the world'll always be filled with
woe.
If we let the bar room stay.
Old Georgia has dons a nobis part—
She struck tha demon down.
Poured sunshine Into tha human heart.
And wears today a crown.
fields where their labor can be turaed
to moat profitable account for tho state
which lias been put to ao much
on account of their crime** that ft
stems Juat and good financial manage
ment to derive as much revenue as poa.
alble out of thalr services.
According to the reports of the au
thorities as to tha present extrava
gant nfethoda. It would be a matter of
economy for the government to liulst
upon there, being a modern peniten
tiary and Jail located aome distance
cast or southeast from the present lo
cation of the Jail, where more land
could be secured cheaply, and sell the
present property for Industrial or resi
dential purposes. The poor people who
bought their homes In the ee«lon where
the Jail waa subsequently located have
been obliged to keep them, ae no one
would live near a Jell If they could do
otherwise, and these people ere obliged
to endure all the unpleasantness of
proximity to a thing ao objectlonablt as
a Jell and ita accessories. Tha proba
bilities are that If Judiciously managed
the present property could be sold for
a sum that would go far toward liqui
dating the expense Incurred In buying
the land afid building a twentieth cen
tury penitentiary and JaM that would be
of some credit to the District of Co
lumbia, the seat of thegovernment.
Much haa been done to maka AVaatt
ington one of the most beautiful cities
In the world, and It la a aad commtnta-
ry that tha all-important work of pdn-
lahlng and caring for her morally dis
eased cltlsena haa been wholly neg
lected, and tha conditions surrounding
them are exactly what they were a
quarter or more of a century ago. Ren-
der unto Caesar that which la Caesar's
Is a Biblical edict, and ta aa obliga
tory now as when It waa promulgated
^Major Sylvester, one of tbe, ablest
chiefs of police In the United States,
says truly. 'Crime was, la and alwaya
will be. and It will follow Increase n
population and advance with prosperity
In these progressive, If not ** 1 t ™™gant,
times, aa did excesses and dissipations
In the period of ancient Rome, un
less tha preventive, detective and pe
nalising measures are modernised to
meet conditions."
Washington has recently received'a
severe excoriation from ex-Mayor Mac-
Vlckar. of Des Moines, Iowa, on account
nf the condition of the streets and
sidewalks. It Is difficult to Imagine
what he might have said had he visit'
ed the district Jail. He would have a*,
suredly added tha Jail to hls list of
things to be condemned In this city of
"the greatest possibilities and wont
result* of any city hs had ever via
Ited.**
It *11 enterprising and law-abiding
cltlsens will exert themselves In bring
ing these all-important matter* before
congress. It goes without saying that
congress would be willing to appropri
ate the money to enable the District of
Columbia to keep abreast with modem
humane methods In the handling of un
desirable cltlsens who violate the law
and must be controlled and supported
at public expanse. What Is done must
be done quickly, or the results of pres
ent methods will produce such a crop
of criminals that it will be Impossible
to restrain or better them.
MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
Production of CtmsnL
Tbs production of cement lu U0« amount/
_d to the enormous tout of 6l.000.tiS turrets.
u abm re
K b production of 1906. which bad been tbs
nner yesr. ('Unified according to char-
ueter. tie production was aa follows: Part-
land. cement. (4,40,1:2 turrets, valued nt
(M.40,114: natural cement, 4,Cfi6.?V7 turrets,
rained at tt.4ri.lT0; pnsioUu cement. 411.224,
rained at (412,tt. Allbo tbe price* at which
cement wss sold In 1*J4 were higher than
those Whleh prevailed In 1906, they were not
Indited, bat resulted from n normal growth
la demand. That the quantity of reowqt
reported hy the Tailed flutes to for*(—
countries Is not so Urge a* It should
A RMY-NA VY ORDERS
• AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
ed, who are unuallv voluble and like to tlon aa prisoners. There are BO many
Army Orders.
Washington, Jan. 4c—Brigadier Gen
eral Culver C. Sntffen, paymaster gen
eral, retired. Colonel A. H. Blrney,
ordnance department. In addition to
8 resent duties, assigned to commtnd
andy Hook proving ground, Sandy
Hook.
Navy Orders.
Cable from Rear Admiral J. N.
Hemphill, commander third squadron.
Pacific fleet, Manila. January I; Lieu
tenant D. Lyons, detached Barry, to
home.
Movement of Vassals.
Arrived—January 2, Sioux, at Rock
land.
Saljed—January 2, Nebraska from
San Francisco for San Diego; Apache
from navy yard. New York, to destroy
wreck: Texas placed out of commis
sion, Norfolk yard, 10th Instant; Ssv-
ern commissioned naval academy as
station ship; Montgomery commission
ed. navy yard. League Island. .
PROVIDING CURRENCY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Tho recent use of clearing houaa
cert Ideates Illustrates the fact that
money need not have a value within
Itself, but may as well bo a represen
tative of value. • Money waa Invented
to obviate tha necessity of bartering,
and custom has made It the function
of the governments to provide money
for their people, In exchange for the
proper value or security. This value
or security must have tho same relative
value In all countries and governments
doing business with each other. There
fore, any person having auch values
should be able ta have hls or her gov
ernment Issue currency against those
value* by depositing them with the
government u security. Tho govern
ment, of court*, should not Issue more
currency than Is secured absolutely.
Our government seems to have over
looked the fact that cotton and grain
are values, tradablo to other countries,
and on this account these two money
crops do not provide currency for
themselves as they should, but Instead,
are a burden every year on aJI section*
of our country.
Why shouldn't our government pro
vide warehouses for these staple prod
ucts and Issue currency against them
as security while In government ware
houses T
tn addition to this, while real estate
does not furnish a collateral that th*
government can Issue currency against
"'■-I' f..r IM "«n !!“«•. .ill re:t 1 . '
being- owned first by the government
and second by the so-called owners,
and depending for Its value on th*
commodities we have that are tradable
with other countries, could not our gov
ernment Issue currency aguinst gllt-
edged railroad bonds as security, pro
vided such railroads subject themselves
to government regulation and supervi
sion, since railroads enhance tha value
of our real estate and other property
kubject to our government's credit?
Would this not be a protection to our
cotton and grain Interests, and would It
encourage railroad building and make
Investment! In railroad stocks and
bonds nfore secure, and put our coun
try on a more stable basis financially!
I think It would. W. F. DAVIS.
Atlanta, Ga