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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Published by THE GEORGIAN COMPANY
At 20 East Alabam» treet, Atlanta, Ga.
Entered as second-class matter at postofice at Atlania under set of March 3, 1872
Federal Censorshi
of Moving Pi l{)
oving Pictures
There is now in the hands of the House Committee on Edu
cation a bill creating a Federal censorship of motion pictures.
The committee seems disposed to report the bill favorably
to the House.
No newspaper is more earnestly interested”in having the
moving picture films free from any suspicion of objectionable
matter than is The Georgian.
And no newspaper is more unalterably opposed to a Fed.-
eral censorship of moving pictures than is The Georgian.
We base our objection upon the wHolly sufficient ground
that such a censorship is a direct viol#ion of the constitutional
guarantee of free speech and free publication and of the liberty
of the press.
What is a newspaper?
Ordinarily it is a written chronicle of current events, liberal |
ly illustrated with pictures. It contains, also,-stories, poems,
comic sections, special features, and the tragedies and comedies ‘
of daily life. '
Now, what is the moving picture film? |
Why, ordinarily it consists either of a pictorial chronicle of
current events, illustrated and explained by written text, or his
torical happenings, or of stories, comic features or some comedy
or tragedy of human life.
In every essential feature the moving picture film is a pub
lication within the meaning of the constitutional guarantee.
The moving pictures are in fact a pictorial press, performing
in a modern and entertaining and instructive manner all the
functions of the printed préss. >
Now, the same reasons which make a censorship of the
printed press unconstitutional and intolerable to Americans
make a censorship of the pictorial press unconstitutional and in
tolerable.
The theory of the constitutional guarantee, in brief, is this:
Every American citizen has a constitutional right to pub.
~ lish anything he pleases, either by speech, or in writing, or in ‘
~ print, or in pictures, subject to his personal liability AFTER
. PUBLICATION to the penalties of violating any law, such as
~ the law forbidding obscenity, libel and other matters legally un.
- it for publication.
. * But the distinction between this theory and a censorship is
~ that a censorship passes upon and forbids printing a picture BE.
- FORE PUBLICATION, and so directly contravenes the most
~ valuable of all our liberties under the Constitution, which our i
- fatbers made for our guidance and our protection. |
If the pictorial press can be subjected to censorship by .
- mere act of Congress, then 0 can the printed press. And, of |
course, there would be an end, at once, to the freedom of writing !
E The constitutional and rightful manner o keep the moving |
pictures within proper bounds is simply to make and to enforce
- laws which will severely punish those persons who exhibit im.
¢ As & matter of fact, there are now lawy on the statute books
- which are ample to punish all who deserve punishment. It i
- simply a question of enforcement. 8o that the creation of Feder.
~ &l censorship is absolutely unnecessary
Surely there must be enough men in Congress who have
~ sound views of the constitutional guarantees to defeat this bill if
18 is reported out of committee favorably.
~ Merit System for the Navy
- A dispatch from Washington states that at last merit and
- Mot seniority is to be the measure of promotion in the United
~ In the conduct of great private business it is merit that wins
The successful employer of men takes into secount
and faithful service when ordering advancement in work
- and salary, but long service is not the main measure of the ad
The chief factor is ability to direct or get the busi
Shouldn't the affairs of government be conducted on the
same basis as the affairs of business”
~ An officer in the navy may never have the merit 1o rise above
'8 Heutenancy. He may be utterly incompetent 1o command »
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Bim 10 & place where be will be in command of & ship, but even
8 squadron or a fleet His incompetency might provoke a great
~ On the merit system. however, this incompetent would never
Fise 10 & place of dangerons command. 1f he were competent as
at and incompetent for any higher ofice. & lieutenant
be would remaif. 1f he were incompetent even as & leutenant
8 would be forced to drop out of the service and give place to &
' officer
~ Of course, if be were merely competent as & lieutenant and
e in that place faithfully for many years he would be de
Eving of increased pay, just as & man who never can be any.
Bg but & sub.porter is given increases in pay from time to time
lead of promotions to places and duties be can not Al or per
~ The objection is made that the merit system might introduce
rough influence rather than real merit. That is & danger that
uid careful watching, but it is & danger that the peo.
plions are past cure by the general public
B 0 the meril system seems 1o have the backing of common
) while the sentorily system is merely backed by moss grown
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Some Neighborhood Comment
THE JEWS UNDER MANY
FLAGS.
(Bparta Ishmae'ite)
As has been observed in vari
ous current perioficals, one of
the most pathetic A=ures in the
present upheaval in Europe is the
Jew, Schooled to adversity
through sl the ages, he appears
in the modern world still possess
ing his characteristic courage of
martyrdom. It is & tribute 1o his
wonderful adaptability, and to his
loyalty to whatever land he may
have adopied, that in this war he
has won laurels as o soldier.
This sirange patriotism s pit
iabie withal. In Austrin and Ger
many there are about 2860000
Joews, in Nussia there are more
than 5850000, and in Prance
thete are 100608, In Kegland
there are 245,000, These are lined
up In large mumbers beneath theiy
respective flage. and no man has
bean able 1o see that they have
net done their duty as soldiers
lis true that Jews have shed the
blood of Jews in morial combat
nlong the lines in Prance and el
wium and amid the ruins of Jew .
ish Poland 11 te an implous cirs
cumetancs that the race whe held
rovenant of old with Jehovah
Bimeelf. and ahose wars of old
wete so prepare the way for the
peace of Jehoval's telgn upon
sarth, must be drawn nie this
Butehery
1 omay ba however, That the
characteristic gualities of enowl -
lonce found in the Jewish penpie
aie e be scvounted for largely
on ihe groend of their hstarten!
adversitios. Nince history's dawn
the fates hase emmitten them w iih.
eut merey. Net When oppression
Seighed wpon Them most mercd .
leasly. they defled arminidation.
for the story of thelr captivity -ia
ot sacted teday In all the
homes of Christendom® They
roapered betimes, and wol e
mare refreshing thas to heat the
Bintienl story of those plping
e of peare in Ihe Promised
Land, on the other side of Jor.
dan® Again they saffered. and
the force of alien Lings ground
hem under font The greoans of
heit agony wers (ranslerved o
®rijien fiteret ote the stery of
Thair wromgs booame i
allsed. and gained 8 epie sub-
Bmity by svery Mow ey euf.
fornd and by svary lond of con-
Yammair Semcmd spen Ahenn
Theough Sistors we (race them
helntively & fowiis pouple. in
Fespuei o walbers. bal sireng
enough, through thelr high order
Of inteliigence, to make them
selves of great account in all hu
man activities. This they did In
spite of universal persecution.
Kings and people reviled them,
imprisoned them, robbed them,
tlew many of them, exiled them,
and would exterminate them; but
they survived, and they are in
Europe by millions to-day to offer
their lives in the server of devo
fion to the several fpgs beneath
which they are scattersd. There
is something in the soul of such
A people a little too large for or
dinary standards. There is some
thing of the grandeur of the old
prophets’ days in the race evea
yet
The Jew has in this war entire-
Iy refuted the time-worn sneer at
his physical timidity. The sneer
Is one of lgnorance, anyhow. In
American history the Jew has
done enough to repudiate all al
legations as 1o his lack of sol
dierty qualities. Porty-four Jews
fgured in the War of 18012, Bln
the Mexican War, and in the
Civil War they were 1o be found
in great numbers on bolh sides
The Jow has excelied, however,
in the peaceful arte. Mo has giv
on the Christian world ite great
est gify, namely, its religion. Oyt
side of this, his benefactions have
been so great that, witheut his
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
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And thase wre the most fearswme words si fosth b turowe o pEw
Wt Tediy did Jowr pours age he woli mey do spuin
history and achievements, the
world would be unspeakably poor
er. Take the Jew out of litera
ture and the fine arts, and there
would be no Holy Bible, no Solo
mon, with wisdom directly given
from Jehovah. There would be
no Heine, nor Borne. nor Nor
dan, nor Zangwill, nor Mendels
sohn, nor Meyerbeer, nor Rubin
stein, por Bernhardt, nor hundreds
of others known to fame. Taks
the Jew from commerce and there
would be no Rothschilde. nor
many of the great-souled Amer
fcan Ananciers, who have ever
been deeply patriotic, and wha,
upon occasions, have submitted
their wealth to the cause of pa
triotism. Take from Eaglish
statesmanship the Jew, and im
mediately we deplore the loss of
Disraeil, and the name of Bir Ru
fus lsanc, Lord Chief Justice of
England, must he steicken from the
records. Jodah . Benjamin, of
the late Confederats Cabined, is
said 1o have been one of the most
ConsumMmate stateamen cvef pro.
duced In America. These names
are given at random, and are
known of all men.
In view of the wonderful his
tory of these people, we say again
that it is with pity that we re
c: them to-day, drawn inte a
for whose making they
Q“l: Bel aven Temotely Fesponsi-
By the Dixie Fress
BACK AT US!
(Buchanan Tribune )
In xlaring headlines Sunday's
dailien carried the sartling in
formation that President Wilson
had shielded Mrs. Wilson from a
shower of rain with his coat,
pulling it off and throwing it
Around her. Any other gentle.
man would have done the same
thing. and wé see no reason why
stich a hullaballoo should be
Taised just because Wi'son, who,
even If be is President, is noth.
ing but & man like you or any
body else. And yot the daily
Papers give the country weeklies
the merry Ha' Ha' when they
call atiention to the faect that
Bllas Jones has painted his barn
red, or John Smith bas & new
bugey* ;
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
(Thomasville Times )
We are reliably informed that
A note due at the bank on the
first of January will not be dus
uniil the third. Thive days of
graee in & holiday atiive,
NEVER, NEVER!
(Thomasville Times )
Did you ever see an suloist
"he would eandidly admit that
the ear was going as fast as 0t
really was after be had been ar
t: for speeding®
TICALLY SPEAKING, NO.
§ (Albany Heraid )
a 8 the Loy drem been broken
oF the horn tooted its last
-
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Moglttsie (Veesrser §
1 ie interesting 1o Mook 8t the
clothes that seme men's wives
wear and wonder how the money
as rhised.
THE AFTERAMATH,
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THE HOME PAPER
Creed Based on Love,
o @ e o e s
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Says,
e e o e des e
’ ¥
Is Man’s Greatest [reasure
e e et EX e EXT e
Person Who Tries to Break Down Humanity’s Be
lief in Immortality Adds to Misery in World and
Helps to Keep His Fellow Beings in Chains.
By ELLA WHELLER WILCOX.
WHOE\'ER was begotten by pure love,
And came desired apd welcomed into life,
Is of immaculate conception. He
Whose heart is full of tenderness and truth,
Who loves mankind more than he loves himself,
And can not find room in his heart for hate,
May be another Christ. We all may be
The Saviours of the world, if we belleve
In the Divinity which dwells in us
And worship it, and nail our grosser selves,
Our tempers, greeds and our unworthy aims
Upon the cross. Who giveth love to all,
Pays kindness for unkindness, smiles for frowns,
And lends new courage to each fainting heart,
And strengthens hope and secatters joy abroad, ;
He, too, is a Redeemer, Son of God.
HAVE met many people who
I did not talk of their beliefs.
I have met fanatics, and
cranks even, who were silent re
garding their ideas until asked
to talk.
i But I never met an atheist or an
infidel who was not voluble and
aggressive in argument, and in
sistent upon talking on the sub-
Ject of religion. .
Thousands of believers in varl. |
ous creeds are contented to per
mit their fellow men other faiths, ‘
or no faith at all, thinking it isa
personal matter between the indi- |
vidual and his Creator. |
The atheist, however, is vio
lently opposed to allowing any
man a faith in a Divine Power or
a hope of immorial life. He will
shout himself hoarse and black in
the face in the effort to take away
the comforting belief of a devout
soul
1 think any creed which teaches
that the Overruling Mind of this
universe is cruel and petty in its
treatment of the beings !t has
created should be destroyed, be
- cause such a creed makes human
beings cruel and petly toward one
- another,
PREACHING OF OLD MELL-FIRE
DOCTRINES MADE THE
FIRST UNBELIEVERS.
1t was the preaching of the hor
rible old hell-fire doctrines of an
ignorant age which made the first
infidels and unbelievers. Because
intelligent and Just minds refused
to accept the doctrine of infant
damnation and the fall through
Adam they were calied athelsts
They preferred that title to being
classed among the believers in
such a cruel God.
But we have in the land to-day
A more violent and aggressive
clase of athe'sts—men who be.
come abusive toward any one whe
expresses any faith in the contin
uance of iife beyond the grave, no
matier how broad may be the
creed of that one.
Any man whe in his own mind
harbors a creed which condemne
his fellow men to damnalion for
not believing as he doss needs to
be aducated out of it since he is
adding to the misery of the world
by his thoughis and helping to
keep humanity 'a chains of ig
notanee
Hat any man who has & cresd
based on love and kindness, ne
matier whether it be Pagan Jew.
ieh, Catholic or Protestant, and
who exemplifies his faith by his
I Inklings and Thinklings !
By WEX JONES
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lsnt the ball and chain sysiem good any wore®
Life's mysteries Baseball magnates /
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Woulda't he consent 1o make death at least options!?
Famous alible (Gary @ianer): “We disenssed prairie ehickon and
Reodeh grouss [
Choces Classed as Manitions of War. Headting
Aborst titme y
Ushistoric afinities: W. J. Bryus and & cocked hat
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actions, should be left to the en
joyment of it unmolested by the
agnostic or the athelst,
Personally I value my fixed
faith in a Divine Intelligence and
in a succession of lives more than
1 value all other things which
could be bestowed upon me by
the united powers of earth.
Could 1 have the wealth of all
the billionaires of the world, the
beauty of all beautiful women
un!ud in my person, the genius
of all the greatest.minds aml un
disputed power, yet be deprived
of all faith in any life beyond this
and of any Creator, I would not
resign my belles,
That belief is broad and unor
thodox, and is based on Love. It
tells me that Love is the Creative
Power of the universe and the re
forming and healing power of hu
“manity. That hate, anger and re
venge and selfishness are the only
hell.
It tells me that heaven must
begin here on earth, within our
own hearts, or we will never find
It anywhere, that each man is his
own savier, and that unless he
saves himself by thoughts and
aActs of love no one in heaven or
on earth can save him. 1t tells me
that we bulld our own future lives
hour by hour by our thoughts and
deeds, and that we will dwell in
“Beaven” with the same order of
disembodied intelligence as we
ourselves are. That prayer s
merely wireless telegraphy
through space. and is received by
unseen beings and answered by
methods not always understood
by us.
NO GOOD THOUGHT OR ACT 18
EVER LOST—IT LIVES
FOREVER.
No good thought or act is ever
lost, but lives forever, while evil
dies of s own unworth after
working out its law of effect upon
the doer, here or slsewhere. That
this creed might dispiease the re
ligious fanatic | can undersiand .
bul, strangely enough, 1 find less
antagoniem from that source than
from the atheists who insist wpon
A vain attempt 1o deprive me of
any belief in e beyond this
earthly span
Desist, good friends. | pray you
As well might the unlettered man
ek to deprive the one who had
lsarned to read of his sdycation
My sou! has mastered the alphs .
bet of immortality, and is lears
w’ more of God's wisdom daily
o i~t AN Aol unlearn el your bid-