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Men and Religion and
Politics
The nomination of James G. Woodward for mayor of At
lanta has ended one of the hardest eampaijrns ever made in this
city.
Woodward led Aldine Chambers, his nearest competitor. b\
a scant 500 votes at the first primary.
Thirteen hundred votes were cast for Brown ami Johnston,
the other candidates. There was nothing to show that the
Broun and tin* Johnston men would favor cither Woodward or
Chambers, although Brown’s subsequent indorsement of Cham
bers should have given him enough votes to make the race prac
tically even.
That is how the matter stood until a little more than a
week ago. Then the Men and Religion movement appeared to
become a great factor in the fight.
The movement was started with the idea of bettering the
morals of Atlanta. Politics was far from the minds of J. J.
Eagan and Marion M. Jackson when they took up the work.
They are both upright, high-minded men. and they conducted
their campaign with energy and straight forward mess that ended in
the wiping out o*f the restricted district.
Their first victory, however, came .it an unfortunate lime—
just before the first primary. That muddled politicos considera
bly. Furthermore, it started the real trouble.
Little politicians affiliated with each candidate all over the
city were whispering. “We’ll get Beavers,” the chief of police
who actually wiped out the restricted district.
Echoes of these threats came Io Eagan and Jackson. They
were grateful to Beavers, and wanted to protect him. Tiny de
manded that each candidate pledge himself not to interfere
with the chief.
Chambers at first defied them. Then he agreed Io stand In
the chief. Woodward, a wily politician, maintained a discreef
silence.
The Men ami Religion movement was plunged into politics.
How money was spent for Chambers, how the ministers were
rallied to his support and preached sermons in his behalf, ami
how hundreds of women met in the churches and prayed for
him have been retold many times in the last three or four da\s.
The result was this:
Only -154 more votes were east at the second primary. Add
mg these 454 to the 1.300 odd votes cast for Brown and John
ston, you will see that there were something over 1.750 addi
tional votes to he divided between the two candidates. Os these
Chamners got 789. less than half.
The figures have been a lesson
DON’T TRY TO MIX RELIGION AND POLITICS
THEY DON’T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER
Dawn of a New “Era of
Good Feeling”
The West has taken Woodrow Wilson to its heart.
The scenes that have accompanied his recent progress in Den
ver. in Kansas City, in St. Louis, in Chicago—have hardly a parallel
in American history. He has seemed not to be the candidate of a
party, but of a people.
In these great cities Mr. Wilson has been received in a spirit of
holiday rejoicing-—as if the electoral debate had been closed. The
throngs--unprecedented in multitude—have not cared for speech
making. because they have not needed to be convinced.
Such signs nf gathering social concord suggest that the country
is standing on the threshold of a ‘‘new era of good feeling. "
There has been more than enough of rancor and bitterness in
the convulsion that has shattered the Republican jmrty. But the
temper of the nation has recoiled from all that. The Democratic
standard-bearer has gone abroad through the land, without a word
of malice on his tongue preaching a gospel of political repcntence
and recovery, of conciliation and construction, of contagious good
humor and good cheer. "
Woodrow Wilson is bringing the nation within sight of a fair
land of peace and prosperity. With the passing of election day we
may expect to enter upon a new and spacious time- a time in which
we shall be freer than this generation has even been from the wastes
and losses of party strife and class-struggle, and shall have room
and breadth to build the cities and subdue the earth.
The felicitous period that is known in history as the "era of
good feeling was ushered in by the election of James Monroe to
the presidency in 18](> It was preceded by the the
Federalist parly -even as the Republican party has now broken up.
Monroe had 183 voles in lhe electoral college, while his Fed
rralisl opponent, Rufus King, had only 34 Four years later Monroe
was chosen again by national avclamalion in an electoral college
that lacked only one vole of unanimity The eight years of his ad
ministration were all years ot healing and mending party lines
were utterly effaced. The people united in vast works of internal
improvement, in lhe state-making migrations to the new West, and
in the laying of the foundations of that stupendous structure of in
dustry and commerce which was the world-wonder of the nine
teenth century.
We have come to the beginning of such another time. Xot
since the days of James Monroe has any man approached a presi
fieiitial election with such omens of universal approval as those that
■ now attend the steps of W oodrow Wilson.
The Atlanta Georgian
Mountaineering in Italy—Exploring the Pennine Alps
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'T"' HE attractions which cause
| men, often at the risk of their
J . lives, to negotiate mountains
; which to the inexperienced and !<■><
? courageous wotfld seem almost in-
< accessible are very composite,
j The mere healthiness of the pur-
> suit no doubt attracts many. Again,
; there is always pleasure in over
? coining natural difficulties by ai
' quired skill, and tlie feeling that by
■■ doing a tiling in the right way real
< risks can be greatly minimized is
< in itself alluring. But there are
> real dangers which can not be whol
-1 ly eliminated even by the most
• skillful climber. Unexpected <UL
; Acuities are apt to occur—a storm
S or gale of wind may get up, ava-
< lanches are prone to fall, especially
< in spring and winter: falling rocks
J and stones are another source of
' danger, while the cause of many
‘ accidents has been due to the in
/ sufficiency of practiced guides
i But. broadly speaking, the experi-
S eneed mountaineer who is effi-
I eiently equipped as tn boots, alpen
f stock and guides for his expedition
■ and who exercises proper judgment
; and precaution, is net in much
( greater danger than we who dodge
•' tin I raffh in lhe streets
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Ojlal llßlw'
; A CRITICAL MOMENT—CLIMBERS NEGOTIATING THE PRECIPITOUS CLIFFS OF THE PENNINE ALPS.
Beware the Tempting Oyster go
HE OFTEN CARRIES TYPHOID AND DEATH IN HIS PEARLY SHELL AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
NOW that the months with an
"R" in them have come back
everybody should pay heed
to w hat Dr. Wiley says in the Sep
tember number of Good House
keeping Magazine about the peril
in eating raw oysters at this time
of year.
An oyster in Its uncooked state
probably approaches neater in ap
pearance to pure protoplasm than
any other popular food—proto
plasm, you will remember, is that
peculiar substance which Huxley
called “the physical basis of life. - ’
Whatevei its nutritive elements
may be. the oyster is certainly as
nutritious as it is toothsome, but,
unfortunately, it is peculiarly sub
ject to become the bearer of some
fery dangerous diseases, and es
pecially of the dreaded typhoid
Only a thorough cooking can ren
der an oyster in the autumn
months safe to eat.
Cooking Often Kills Germs.
You may euj a thousand with
out contracting disease, and the
ttiousand-and-oneth may stretch
you on a sick bed or take away your
life. Luckily, oysters are extremely
good when cooked, and if they have
been sufficiently cooked the germs
that they often carry are killed.
in the season, as Dr. Wiley
points out. the dange is elimi
nated or almost eliminated, and
during tlie winter oysters, if they
are fleshly taken from their beds,
may be safely consumed raw. The
reason why the danger is so much
greater in the early autumn months
is, we are told, because during the
summer the waters in which oys
ters breed are peculiarly liable to
become contaminated with refuse
from neighboring cities, charged
with tlie germs of the most fatal
disease. As time goes on and the
waters become 'clearer and the
get ms perish the oysters no longer
■**
feed upon material rnp.iMe of ren
d<iing them perilous Io 1 ,e health
of tin consumer. The danger of
WEDNESDAY. (X TOBER 16. 1912.
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•• contamination can be avoided by a
careful selection and supervision of
the beds, but' whoever knows or
takes the trouble to inquire whence
his oysters have come?
And if he did inquire, what
chance would he have of learning
the exact truth? Oysters are dredg
ed to sell!
Oysters Differ Widely.
How imminent this peril to
health and life is may be judged
by the fact, which Dr. Wiley re
cords. that in October, a year ago.
a severe epidemic of typhoid fever
followed a supper at a little town
in New York state, where raw oys
ters formed the principal dish, and
a careful investigation traced the
trouble to those oj sters. Remem
ber. then, if you are tempted to eat
raw oysters in the month of Octo
ber. that you are far more likely to
swallow the germs of typhoid than
to find a valuable pearl.
Our American oysters differ
' :: Two Mortals :: \
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
IT) ILL BARTON was a great big child,
IT Who went through life and made it play. . j
Never to labor reconciled. s
lie laughed the fleeting hours away. *
lie mocked the king and helped the slave.
This man for some strange purpose born.
And when they took him io his grave
A few true friends were there to mourn.
What of it .'
W ill Goodman was another sort.
With lips so thin that they eouid bite.
lie never cared for smiles or sport ; j
He worked from morn till late at night.
lie never knew the one real thrill
That comes to him who helps a friend.
A thousand watched his grim grave fill.
But not one soul deplored his end
What of "it '! (
-I- widely, in appearance and taste,
from those which are popular in
western Europe. Some of the Eu
topeaii oysters are very large and
flat. In Paris' there are ‘Staurants
whene, at this season, enormous
quantities of large oysters, called
tnarennes, are consumed raw. Peo
ple flock to them in crowds and
have to wait their turn at the ta
bles.
It is a spectacle to make the
visitor open his eyes to see a young
lady with her escort, seated at a
small table, each having a huge
platter, heaped high with enormous
flat oyster shells, apparently enough
to feed a family of ten. But not an
oyster remains on either platter
when the feast is finished. An
other curious thing to American
eyes is to see the convives taking
the big shells in their hands, like
saucers, and, drinking the abundant
juice of the oyster before consum
<- ing the meat. It is very good, too.
THE HOME PAPER
Elbert Hubbard
Writes on
The Zeitgeist
The Word Zeitgeist Means the
Soul of Things-—lt Means That
Great Mass of Opinion, Ideals,
Hopes and Tendencies That
Men in the Mass Accept.
By ELBERT HUBBARD
Copyright, 1912, by International News Service
WHEN we have an idea we
either invent a word to ex
press it or else we borrow
one. The best use of ideas is for
gift purposes. We keep ideas by
giving them away. And only
through formulating- thoughts for
another do we make them our own.
Language, like electricity, is for
purposes of transmission.
In the last issue of The Century
Dictionary will be found the word
"Zeitgeist." It is a German word,
now naturalized and accepted as an
American citizen.
The word Zeitgeist means the
soul of things. It means that great
mass of opinion, ideals, hopes and
tendencies that men in the mass ac
cept.
We are all partakers of the Zeit
geist. Any man who thinks thoughts
that are original and belong only
to himself will die of heart hunger,
marooned on a desert island called
Nostalgia. We are happy only
when we are expressing the best in
the Zeitgeist. We only succeed as
we live in the Zeitgeist.
We Have to Explain.
No one understa'nds us. save as
we explain to them the things they
already know, but which perhaps
they do not know they know until
we tell them.
The arts of speech, sculpture,
painting, literature, are all endeav
ors to interpret the Zeitgeist. When
a man’s head is in a certain stratum
of spiritual atmosphere he knows
all the thoughts of other people
whose heads are in the same strat
um. If you are on my wire when
1 ring, you respond.
In the Zeitgeist there are de
grees of subtlety, just, as in sound
there are vibrations which to some
ears are never felt. There are tints
and shades that are observable to
some people and not to others.
We are influenced by the Zeit
geist. Also, we are helping to form
the Zeitgeist.
A man may die and drop out of
the game, but the Zeitgeist lives
on and on. And the influence that
this man has exerted on the many
still endures because they are prod
ucts of the Zeitgeist.
The present Zeitgeist is of a kind
unequaled in history. We have
thousands upon thousands of men
and women who are thinking great
and noble thoughts and expressing
these thoughts in their work. Many
of our big business men regard
themselves as public servants.
Ottr people are sensitive, rest
less. alert, impressionable, progres
sive. and making for righteousness.
Tlie man who can imagine a better
religion than now exists is allowed
to throw his vision on the screen,
"Government Helping the Banks”
Editor Tlie Georgian:
Your journal of October 7, un
der heading “The Government I»
Helping the Banks," puts banks and
bankers before the reading public
in a false position. The bank- of
which 1 am an active officer does
hold on deposit moneys belonging
to the United States government.
We are obliged to pay 2 1-4 per
cent interest on this money, sub
ject to call at any moment—a very
different proposition from a time
deposit. The government, however,
first effected a good bargain for
themselves, i. e.. we bought and left
with the United States treasury to
secure deposits United States gov
ernment bonds, paying 3 per cent
interest on their face value, but as
tiie bond.®~eost a premium, we really
obtain only 2.85 per cent on their
actual cost.
A bond for SI,OOO pays 3 per
cent $30.00
Money of the government
deposited against a SI,OOO
bond shows actually
$429.50 at 2 1-4 per cent.
This costs the bank, per
annum 9.66
Net return $20.34
Hence m actual outlay,
bond with premium e05t.51,020.00
Money on deposit 429.50
Shows net tied up $ 590.50
Which pays only $20.34. or say 3.44
per cent per annum.
Any country bank in my neigh
borhood can loan all its money at
S per cent, hence when we loan the
government at 3.44 per cent we are
paying 4.56 per cent for the pres
tige and privilege of being a United
States depository of public funds.
Surely when we have more money
invested in government bonds de
posited with the United States
treasurer than the amount of mon
ey in the bank to tlie credit of the
101 eminent, the difference becomes
-i iicl loan to the government.
Every student of political econo-
SB??
■ and he who can formulate a better
government than we now have is
not hanged for his pains, but is al
lowed to express his dreams.
Public Opinion Rules.
Public opinion rules. No law
that is contrary to the Zeitgeist
can be forced.
Judges construe, translate and
interpret the laws to suit the Trend
of the Times.
Every man who speaks out bold
and clear Is tinting the Zeitgeist.
Every' man who expresses what he
honestly thinks is true is changing
the Zeitgeist.
Thinkers help other people think,
for they formulate what others are
thinking. No person writes or
thinks alone—thought is in the air.
but its expression is necessary' to
create a tangible Trend of the
Times.
The value of the thinker who
writes, or a writer who thinks, or a
business man who acts, is that he
supplies arguments for the people,
and confirms all who are on his
wire in their opinions, often be
fore unuttered.
The Brotherhood of Man is an
idea now fully- appreciated in busi
ness. Commerce today stands for
Mutuality, Reciprocity, Co-opera
tion.
The American department store
has taken up lost motion and given
the people better goods at a lower
price. It has been the inevitable,
because it does the greatest good to
the greatest number. It has work
ed for economy and length of days.
It means monism—or the one.
Every Purchaser Pleased.
Every purchaser must be pleased,
A child who buys a spool of thread
Is given the same courteous atten
tion as the shrewdest buyer. The
customer is made to fed that he is
at home; that he is with strong and
influential friends; that his inter
ests are safeguarded. This mat
ter of faith between buyer and
seller is a new thing In the world.
Employees who plot and plan foe
private gain are swabbing the
greased chute that leads to limbus.
Owners who run a business but to>
make money neither make money
nor do they last.
Merchants can not make money
on one transaction. Every sale
must pave the way for . further
sales. We make our money out of
our friends, for our enemies will
not deal with us. A transaction
where both sides are not benefited
is Immoral.
The Trend of the Times is all in
the direction of Enlightened Self-
Interest. Righteousness is a form
of self-preservation. We prosper
personally as we minister to the
well-being of others. The Uni
verse is planned for good.
my knows that there are three
primal factors in the production of
wealth —labor, land and capital.
The ideal situation can only exist
where the wealth produced is di
vided equitably between labor and
capital, after the plant or the land
is conserved. This brings us to the
point T want to emphasize, and that
is that all earnings should not bs
paid out, either to capital or to
labor. Every bank and manufac
turing plant should lay up a sur
plus. The accumulation of large
surplus accounts on the part of the
banks means lower interest rates
to borrowers. Lower interest rates
already means that American banks
are competing with European bank
ers for the banking business of the
world.
Lower interest rates means
cheaper production on the part of
all manufacturing plants of good
credit. Manufacturers, to become
successful, must lay up a surplus
beyond repairs and depreciation.
American manufacturers who have
complied with the laws of political
economy, blessed with cheap bank
borrowings, can and will compete
•successfully with the manufactur
ers of England and the continent of
Europe. What commercial America
needs, where she is woefully behind
the progressive nations of Europe,
is in the spirit of co-operation. In
bunking, manufacturing and fann
ing, co-operation and profit-shar
ing among manufacturers, custo
mers and laborers are the means,
and offer the only possible solution
1 can see to war between capital
and labor.
Co-operative societies and ■ o-op
orative banks have in Europe
brought down the rate of interest
to the borrowing farmer. Abuse of
the national or state financial in
stitutions react to the detriment of
him w ho'abandons argument for vi
tuperation
RENJ. W. HI'NT.
Eatonton, Ga.