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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1911.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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dn«. If n-faf whlaVr or liquor on"
SUMMER.
Around thla l-vaiw w-tlav rtaa
Thr ptirnia hltla of Paradlaa.
Oh. softly oo »oo banka of bar.
Her rear face to* aummer laya;
Recalmad alono tha aiura sky
The arooalaa of cloodland lla.
Whoa# ahoraa with many a fhlnlna rift
Far off thalr pearl-white paaka uplift.
Thru all tha Iona mldaummar day
Tha meadow aldoa ara aweet with hay.
I leak tha coolaat ahaltered aaat,
Just whara tHa Said and foroat meat
Whtra prow tha olna traaa, tall and bland.
The ancient oaka, auatare and urand.
And frlnnv root" and pabblaa fret
Tha rlpplaa of tha rivulet.
tion, and the report of the coni'
mission attributed the catastro
phe to the explosion of a subma
rine mine in the harbor. The
evidence, however, which was
based chiefly on the report of
divers, was too unsubstantial to
warrant the commission in fixing
the responsibility, nnd in their re
port they declined to do so.
The frailty of the evidence can
be realized when it is considered
how incomplete was the opportu
nity the divers had for accurate
observation aipid a network of
beams and metals twisted in
every direction and enveloped in
silt and muddy water. Much
doubt has always been felt as to
the correctness of the commis
sion's finding that the explosion
was due to external causes.
From so much of the ship as
lias now been disclosed, it seems
very uncertain, indeed, whether
it can be refloated. The metal
has undergone a surprising de
gree of decomposition, and will
not be likely to withstand any
strain put upon it. ,
Nevertheless, the .revelations of
the wreck, as they are to be made
from time to time, will be watch
ed with interest the world over.
UNCLE WALT * 'philosopher
. watch tha mower, aa they m
Thru th* tall oraee, a whlte-eltewed row;
With even atroka thalr aeythea they
awlnq,
In tuna thalr marry whatatonaa ring,
Behind, tha nimble younpatara run,
And toa< tha thick awatha In tha aun.
Tha cattle graa.i while warm and .till
Slope, thY broad paatura, baaka tha hill,
And bright, whan aummer braaaaa break,
Tha green wheat crinkle. Ilka a lake.
The butterfly and bumblabaa
Coma to th# plaaaant wood, with mi:
Quickly before me rune tha quail,
Her chlckana akulk behind tha rall|
High up tha Iona wood pigeon alta.
And tha woodpecker paeka and fllta.
Sweat woodland mualc alnka and ewelle,
Tha brooklet ring. Ita tinkling belle.
Tha .warming Inaacta drone and hum,
Tha partridge baata hla throbbing drum,
Tha equlrrel leap, among tha bough.,
And chattara In hla leafy houeei
Tha oriole flaahea byi and look—
Into tha mirror of tha brook,
Where tha vain bluebird trlme hla coat.
Two tiny faathora fall and float.
As silently, aa tandarly,
Tha down of peace descends on ma.
Oh, thla Is peacel I have no need
Of friend to talk, or book to read;
dear companion hare abldaa.
Cleaa to my thrilling heart ha hldaai
The holy alienee la hla volcei
I lla, and listen, and rejoice.
—John Townsend Trowbridge.
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Revealing a War
Relic.
Submerged for thirteen years
in the water and mud of Ilpvana
harbor, the wreck of the United
States battleship Maine is being
gradually disclosed to view as the
water reeedca from it.
A giant cofferdam has been
placed entirely nround the ill-
fated ship, and the water is now
being pumped out. Soon the
tangle of twia’ted, rusting metal
will tell what it can of the origin
of the exploaion which was in
deed heard round the world.
The' work of raising the wreck
ed battleship is being done by
the United States government,
with the end in view of repair
ing and floating it and then pre
serving it as a relic of the Span.
ish-American war.
Nothing else is so centrally
connected with that conflict as
the battleship Maine, for had it
not been wrecked in Havana
harbor the war might never have
been.
There will, however, be two
other results to eome from rais
ing the wreck—the question of
whether the explosion was of in
side or outside origin will be de
termined beyond all doubt, nnd
the harbor will be cleared of an
obstruction that is a menace to
shipping.
If the explosion is shown to
have been from the inside, it will
absolve the Spanish government
forever of the suspicion of hav
ing been a party to the cowardly
destruction of 26fi lives. If. on
the contrary, it is shown thnt the
explosion was from a mine on the
outeide of the ship, the American
people will feel easier in their
consciences for having waged the
War.
Immediately after the explo
aion, on February 15, 1898, the
United States government sent a
commission to investigate the
wreck and the cause of the ex
plosion. More than two months
was consumed in the investiga-
A Chanticleer
Chorus.
A farf, particularly if it in
duces exercise in the open air,
is necessary for the well being of
most city dwellers. Some take
to golf and some to motoring
or the other many athletic sports.
Few fads, however, combine so
successfully mental interest and
stimulus, outdoor occupation and
money-making nnd money-saving
ns does poultry raising. • I
It is a fad, if an activity com-
priaing so many good features
devotees widens every year. Its
operations have already attained
the proportions "“of a vast in
dustry.
So completely lias it possessed
the city of Buffalo, N. Y„ that
those who have not yet “/alien
for ‘it” are loudly protesting ns
a nuisance the mighty chorus of
crows that at break of day each
morning rises, swells and swings,
echoing and reverberating over
the sleeping city.
•The non-poultry raisers insist
that when the chorus begins sleep
becomes impossible and that their
health and happiness and the
pence and dignify fit the city are
thereby serlotisly nienneod. They
demand, thereforo, that's-all
A statesman, wise and hoary, gets up some wondrous
scheme to help our land to glory, and make life seem a dream.
The people then discuss it about the clanging mart, dissect.it
seam and gusset, and take it ail apart; some say
THE TWO it’8 wild and woolly, a silly lot of junk; one side
declares it bullv, the other says it’s punk. The
EXTREMES man of moderation cashed in long, long ago; he
gave things meditation, and he was always slow
in forming his decision important things upon; with clear, un
troubled vision he measured pro and con. But now we break
our tether when something greets our eyes; we damn it all to
gether, or laud it to the skies. A treaty with the German, a
work by Dr. Cook, a policy or sermon, a ball team or a book,
we either praise it fully, or say that it is junk; one side de
clares it bully, the other says it’s punk. I’d like to meet a
fellow who’d take the middle view, and wave his umbgrellow,
and talk an hour or two, and give a demonstration of sense
of long ago—the old-time rabderation that sized up con and
pro. ' WALT MASON.
Copyright. 1*11. by Goorgo Matthew Adams.
JESTS IN PICTURE
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
By ROE FULKERSON
"No, I don’t agree with you at all," aald the Buslneee Doctor.
"I think the big atore la the laat.place In the world .to atart a young
man to learn a bualncea. -At first blush It would eeem that the beat place
to teach a boy a business would be In
one of these big establishments where
business Is done' In Its most perfect
manner, but the fact Is that In all large
Storys, offices and factories there Is a
constant effort to merge the Individual
Itito the system. The place Is too large
to allow any one person to be of con
sequence In It.
"In big stores, big offices and big
factories a young man becomes one
cog on the big business wheel, and
knows no more about the general prin
ciple of the machinery which runs the
plant than the cog knowg of the reat of
an engine.
"It Is the work of that particular cog
to catch Its’corresponding cog on the
other wheel once at each revolution,
and that Is all It knows—all that Is ex
pected or desired of It.
"It Is also true of the young man In
the big place. He has a pertain rou
tine to do each day,"a Certain corre
spondence to file, a certain,account to
figure up, a certain bit of detail work to dot which gives him absolutely no
I 11 1 t 'If liRUIQ upi u Lvl null i/ll u» UOIUII »um iw uu, nimii Bt'vs Hint ouffuiutciy liu
may DC go called, whose circle Of chance to find, out what the whole thing Is about.'- He Is a nonentity, rep-
J i • 1 - ..... T. ... IL. -At, Mil k.. O n ..«k.s If U foil. aUtbos'nino I. » nn I-
chicken vards IU the citv ' bo • » nrt ,he employee of the small place has the
- • * - - - -ground floor.’ Every new man who pomps In t
abolished and chanticleer nnd his
crows be forever silenced.
But the poultry culturists—
some 10,000 strong—are not so
easjly to he made to part with
their cherished occupation. Rep-
reaented 'by tho Buffalo Poultry
club, they propose to the city
council to remove during the non-
breeding season, from Juno to
January, all the rooaters whose
rousing matin aonga are the cnusc
of the controveray to a farm
outside the city, where they are
to be ‘‘hoarded’’ by a fund' con
tributed by their owners. More
over, the fanciers propose that a
system of inspection of the, poul
try yards he established, that the
health of the city may not be
harmed, nnd thnt wholesome eggs
and fowls may be assured to con
sumers.
Here’s wishing them success in
their fight with the sluggards
who find no niusio in a rooster's
crow. The poultry raiser every
where is a booster nnd builder.
resented on tho pay.roll by a number. l( he falls, another man la put on In
hla place and assume! hla number.
"Thla la absolutely necessary to the life of the big maenloq. The usual
result Is that ambition la killed, Initiative discouraged and personality en
tirely destroyed. . ,,
“In the smalt store the young man waits on customers; he helps to get
out the bills at the end of the month: he chases up delinquent creditors: ho
runs errands to the bank; he polishes and decorates windows and show
cases, and, In fact, participates actively In every department of the bual-
nets; and when he shows an especial talent In any one department, he Is
given an opportunity to develop that talent by working It for all tt is
worth. 1
“There Is no place on earth where a boy has a better chance -to develop
a apeclal talent than In n email buelnees houee.
A KICK COMING.
"Darling. I have come for your an
swer,”
“Well, ask papa, and aa eoon as you're
out of the hospital I’ll marry you."
\ SHE KNEW.
"George proposed last night" x
"Oh! did he? Bay, Isn’t It too killing
the way he fonsle. and blushes ovtr It*
"Another great advantage Is the people with whom he Is thrown In
contact. He meets salesmen, bankers, customers of the store and hundreds
of all sorts of people, and makes an extensive acquaintance which Is of great
financial value to him In hie future career, no matter what that may be, for
a man’s acquaintances are a part of his assets, and where a lad has to win
hie own way In the world there Is nothing so helpful.
"Again, he la under the personal eye of hla employer. In the big office
he tq under the eye of the department manager, who, In turn, reports him on
a eheet to the general manager, and he, In turn, to the proprietor; and by
the time he reaches the head he has become a nonentity, or, rather, an Item
of expense, rather than a human being. In the small place his every tal
ent and nblllty Is seen nnd encouraged, I his habits, both In and out of the
store, noted and corrected if bad, and It\n every virtue and ability commend
ed and encouraged. .
"Every small store, shop or office hns In It .tqf infilling of a hlg place,
. UNKIND.
Mrs. De Fatt—My husband loves tin
dearly; he says that when I am away
th# house seems empty.
Mrs. De Slim—That la not love: that
Is a tribute to your also.
film toward the top; and when the little placo has grown lnfh.tliK big place,
— “ -Kjui, ifitBil. his • .become, the
the lad who entered the establishment when It wa* sqtali, hah become th<
manager or part owner when the place hns nttnlncd..lts full growth.
"In the natural order of things, men are promoted lq two ways—by
resignations and deaths ahead of them nnd by new*><y>j>Je. renting In behind
them and pushing them up. The man In the snjall place w'orkjchotti .ends 0 f
here. Bre.tnhre rwcn cbm
f; JflW. ttf^jj|E»i)mln*l«d
this system to tho greatest possible advantage, for. th*r*.
In* In behind him than In the lnrge place and fetter
ahead of him before he reaches the top. , ' r .
“In every Instance where It Is possible, rcKnrdJes^ of present nay. get
the boy Into a small and growing place If you want io majee %; winner of
him. The opportunities there are a hundred to where he havje one In
the big place.” .
Dr. Lee and His Boys
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From The St. Louis Christian Advocate.
Rev. James W. Lee has returned
from New York. He performed the
marriage ceremony of hla son, J. Wide-
mnn Lee. Jr., nnd Mrs. Florence O'Day
Hallahan, In New York, and left Imme
diately for St. Louis.
Wldeman Lee Is the second son of Dr.
and Mrs. J. \V. Lee, and Is the head of
the publicity department of tho Penn
sylvania riUlrnad.
Mrs. Hnllnhan Is the widowed daugh
ter of Daniel O’Day, vice president of
the Standard Oil Company. Her hus
band. John W. Hnllnhan. was a Plilla-
delptilo lawyer, nnd was killed by acci
dent In Atlantic City.
The bride nnd hrblegroom loft for a
short trip to Duluth. Minn., where they
The unprogressives must cot out th * b™« •»£ Vteurn by way
I,;. r i i * . of the Great I.nkes back to Phllndel-
of his way, for he keeps step
with the march of progress.
Governor Wilson declares thnt the
greatest monopoly In this country Is
the money mnnoplv. Manifestly when
money is monopolised, the monopoly of
everything else Is easy.
A new way of growing cotton—that
Is. from the roots of the old plants—hns
been discovered by a Georgia man. This
should be kept secret, at least from the
boll weevil.
phla, arriving there Thursday, June 10.
They will spend their vacation at
Oceanside hotel. Magnolia, Maas.
Wldeman Lee was the assistant of
his hrother. Ivy Lee. In the publlcity
department of the Pennsylvania rail
road. When Ivy resigned to become a
member of the firm of Harris, Wlnthrop
A Co.. Wldeman was appointed his suc
cessor at the head of the department.
He 1* years old and his bride Is 27.
They will live at Hnverford, twenty
miles out from Philadelphia.
1 Growth and Progress
T Of. the New South
f By JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
+ Developments In the enroll- +
+ nna from The Southern Lumber- +
+ man; +
+ Charter has been granted the +
+ Salem Lumber Company, of Sn- +
— “ ~ 1, by +
+ lent, S. C., with 16,000 capital,
+ D. 8. Childress and others.
+ M. D. Smith, of Wlnston-Sa- +
+ lent, N. C„ Is planning to estab- +
lish a lumber plant at Waugh- +
+ town. N. G.. near there.
Tnft Is to celebrate his silver wed-
llng. From the present delny In the
senate It seems that he will celebrate
his golden wedding before the reciproc
ity measure gets thru the upper branch
of congress.
Corporations are now yelling for Fed
eral control—the suggestion of which
n few years ago would have raised the
cry of socialism and anarchy. Really
the corporations must have been very
wicked Indeed since they themselves
ore now asking to he punished.
Army-Navy Orders
And Movements of Vessels
That Day portrait has as yet shed
no light on tho mystery of where that
*1,«00 balance went that was drawn
to pay for IL but not so used.
Washington, June 19.—-The followin';
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
First Lieutenant John Bern’. Ninth
Infantry, transferred to Seventeenth In
fantry.
Major A. M. Shattuck, quartermaster.
Is assigned to duty ns assistant to the
chief quartermaster. Eastern division.
+ C, W. Brackley nnd others have +
d* Incorporated the Columbia Lum- -r
+ her Company, of Columbia. 8. C„ +
d* with a capital stock of *60,000. +
d - Evans & Carter, of Mnxton. N. +
d" C„ will erect at onco a sawmill at
d* Carters rule, H. c„ with a dally
d- capacity of 96.000 feet. Mill shed d-
d* Is to be built without delay to +
d" replace one recently burnrd. d-
d- L. L Moore, C. W. Pettltt and d-
d- William Dunn, Jr., have Incor- d-
d 1 porated the Northeast Lumber +
d- Company, of Newborn. N. C.,
d- having a capital stock of *50,000.
•> James F. Jordan and associates, .
d- of Greensboro. N. C., and else- +
d- where, have Incorporated the Jnr- +
d- dan-Kent Company with a capital d*
d- stock of *160,000 to manufacture
I d- furniture.
j d- The Carolina Stave Company, of
| d- Lewiston. N. C„ will rebuild their .
| d- stave plant recently burned at a +
! d* loss of about 15,000. d-
+ T. H. BroyhIIL of T.cnnlr, N. C„ d*
; d- lias purchased from W. L. Greer. +
d- receiver, the plant of rhe Lenoir d-
d- Woodworking Company, and the +
d- plant wilt again bo put In opera- d*
d* tlon at an early date.
Jap bell-hop was a philosophy stu
dent.” Usually bell-hops encourage the
philosophy of patience and forbearance
In those whom they serve.
Testimony before the congressional
investigation of the steel trust shows
that the trust charged exorbitant rates
for hauling ore on Its railroads In order
that It might KJII out competitors. The
charges In case of Its own ores amounted
merely to the transferring of inonev
from one pccket to the other. Such a
trick as this seems to be the reason
why trusts always have an abundance
of pocket money.
Lieutenant Paxton Wallace from Den
ver to San Francisco.
Major Thomas C. Ooiulmsn from St.
Paul to Chicago.
Major Henry Page, medical corps to
Fort Eric, for duty.
Captain F. O. Strltslnger, Jr.- quar
terniaster at Galveston, Texas, to Fort
Leavenworth. Kana, relieving Captain
John S. Winn, Ninth cavalry, who will
Join his regiment.
Navy Orders.
Commander L. R. Destegluer from
charge Fifth lighthouse district, Balti
more, to command the Panther.
Commander J. 8 McKean from com
mand Panther to summer conference.
Commander W. J. Terhune from navy
yard. New York, to chief of staff. Pa-
rifle fleet, on board California.
Lieutenant W. B. Woodson, office of
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Judge advocate general, navy depart
ment. i
Movements of Naval Vessels.
Arrived—Birmingham at Port-au.
Prlnre; Delaware at Torquay. England;
Bonita, Grayling, Narwhal. Salmon,
Snapper. Stingray, Tarpon at Provl-
dencetown: Trlppe, Smith, Flushrr,
Lamson. Preston and Reid at Ronton;
Paul. McCall, Terry. Drayton and Fer
ret t at Newport: the Petrel at Guan
tanamo: Wheeling-at New Orleans.
Sailed—Caatlne nnd Severn frhtn
Newport for Gloucester; Dixie from
Hampton Roads for Philadelphia.
Get in Lins.
From Punch.
We like a man who knows how to
seize an opportunity and have nothing
but admiration fnr the demist who Is
advertising:
"Coronation Year.—Why not have
your teeth crowned withhold?”
BEHIND THE SCENES.
"If 1 had plenty of money I’d rig my
self out In downs of near-dlamonda
and look Ilk# s chevalier.”
“Chandelier, you mean.”
EFFECT OF CONTRAST.
Heggy-Do you think you could bs
comfortable on *10.000 a year?
Peggy—Yea, I believe I could. If the
people nest door hadn’t more than *9000
a year.
ALWAYS BAD.
My husband has a very even disposi
tion.”
"Mine, -oo—he's always cranky."
CAN SUCH THINGS BE IN THE HOME OF
THE BRAVE AND THE LAND OF THE FREE?
BY I. S. JONAS.
AMERICAN imagination instinctively singles out RUSSIA as
the GOVERNMENT that represents the direct type of TYRAN
NY and INJUSTICE.
- The bloody glamour of ostentatious massacre and the pusil
lanimous usage of exiling innocent “suspects’’ to inhuman 81
BERIAN PRISONS, upon equivocal evidence, combine to stamp
the brows of successive CZARS with the word "MONSTER.’
As a people, we have the leisure, the inclination and the ca
pacity to revile the red horrors of a savage foreign power, while
our own loudly-vaunted NATIONAL and LOCAL STANDARDS
OF RIGHT are'being officially assaulted without popular pro
test or rebuke.
Forging a check for SEVEN DOLLARS was considered a
crime black enough to condemn ROSCOE STANSBURY, a del
icate youth scarcely out of his teens, to FOUR YEARS’ atrocious
CONVICT LIFE, in the companionship of the most depraved of
fenders.
And when beaten and blinded by a burning June sun, and
physically exhausted by the cruel hardness of unaccustomed la
bor, with 8n IRON SHACKLE weighting his leg, he dizzily dash
es across an open field, in the direction of a fast-moving train, his
foolish and. useless spurt for freedom is said by the LAW to merit
the load of buckshot from the guard's gun that ripped through
his worn, boyish body and hurried his tortured soul to its GOD,
The awful sentence imposed upon ROSbOE STANSBURY,
no less than his shocking death, terrifies nature and makes us
loa'the barbarous “JUSTICE."
But don’t grow excited—remain calm and undisturbed. Re
serve your paroxysms of rage for the REAL story we wish to tell,
It concerns tho SYSTEM that perpetuates JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE COURTS IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA.
During recent days there has been some talk about the evils
of the ALDERMANIO FORM OF GOVERNMENT, and the
LOAN SHARK has come in for hi$ share of public scorn and con
tempt.
However, they are mild pustules compared with the hideous
JUSTICE COURT cancer..
We can write well on the subject BECAUSE OUR PURPOSE
IS TO AROUSE INTEREST IN A HUMAN DUTY.
While no man is secure against tho snatching and strategic
cunning of tho JUSTICE COURT, it is peculiarly THE POOR
MAN’S PLAGUE.
By means of frank deceit and clear foul play LEGAL DE
VICES are easily set in motion that cheat and trick the average
citizen out of his time, his money, his fight and his liberty.'
The SYSTEM gives broad, loose scope to craft, duplicity and
knavery.
It is not a deep game. The manoeuvres and dodges' are
candidly vulpine. <
In the first place, genuine cases carried to JUSTICE
COURTS frequently involve fine, intricate questions of law,
calling for a trained legal mind to-construe.
This being true, isn’t it absurd and ridiculous that the
most illiterate and ignorant man—ONE WHO KNOWS ABSO
LUTELY NOTHING ABOUT LAW—is eligible to hold the po-
•if -p TTTonrr/ir* nv nrAnro
sition of JUSTICE OF THE PEACE?
His and his bailiffs’ income is dependent upon “COSTS”
collected. The more trials, the more revenues. Hence there is
an aggressive race for “business.” Competition grows intense.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE don’t mince matters. Some of
them bluntly and openly bid for patronage. “JUDGMENTS”
are the inducements they offer their regular clients.
For example: tyr. Smith operates an installment furniture
store. He hns many petty debtors. A large proportion of them
become delinquents. The JUSTICE OF THE PEAOE is no
muff when his own interests are coneerned. He fully realizes
that if Smith doesn’t receive the JUDGMENTS he asks for, his
large volume V>f business will be transferred elsewhere. There
fore, often without bothering to listen to the testimony, Smith’s
claims are granted. The JUSTICE is a tactician and clinches
all the trade he can.
The debtor is usually without means or influence, and the
brand of “JUSTICE” accorded him would make a beardless
Indian blush.
Did you ever witness one of those artful sidewalk auc
tion sales held beneath the shadow of the COURT HOUSE?
Thev are wretched, sad-colored, damnifying scenes. Villainous
MAMMON in its vilest and meanest aspect assumes complete
control. The whole proceeding is base, detestable and abomi
nable.
Narrow, sordid eyes gleam with sinister cupidity as they
survey the puddles of household things that have been wrested
from the hovels of the poor and friendless. The brutal crowd
is urged with sodden monotony to buy a baby’s picture, a
father’s rude crayon, a slatternly bed. the family album, chairs,
tables', meager, assortments of glass and crockery, time-worn
clocks, rickety cribs and defective perambulators, bedraggled
curtains, faded rugs and unsafe tubs. Nothing is too small,
nothing too sacred to escape the avarice of the pitiless leeches.
When such tools for oppression are placed into the hands
of dishonest men FREE GOVERNMENT is degraded and pol
luted. It may be turned nnd twisted in a hundred different
crooked ways to rob the helpless and enrich the powerful.
Every reputable lawyer in ATLANTA demands that JUS
TICE OF THE PEAOE COURTS he abolished. Our GRAND
JURIES have strongly sanctioned their annihilation. Being in
struments of ravage and rapine, causing havoc and misery, they
should be legislated to their grave.
Public sentiment must awaken with outraged wrath and
never rest until these nibbling mire of the law have been ex
terminated. The effort has been mode before. This time it shall
be sustained until the SYSTEM that permits the strong to
torment the weak is crushed.
Every civic, every sociologic, every philanthropic, every re
ligious, every professional, every commercial, .every, whist, and
every jabor organization in ATLANTA should combine with
every individual to break the chains against which so many
men, women and children have beaten with despair during all
the years of their diminishing destiny.
Some have died of grief Bnd shame and want. Now, let's
rescue the living victims of the infernal enterprise.
Fan you read this appeal without giving the personal help
we invoke! Lift up your voice against a SYSTEM that is a
scourge and a crime. Don’t call this a CHRISTIAN COMMU
NITY until the blot has been wiped out.
We are hopeful. There is so much more tenderness, si
touch more conscientiousness than there used to be. Man was
never before so devoted to the great cause of human regenera
tion. The RACE, the good of the RACE, the progress of the
RACE, the amelioration of society, the elevation of the world—
these are the grand, the beautiful ends proclaimed from every
qnarter inspired by the uohlest of motives.
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