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—Sir John Denham.
o attend the
verslty. Hie
brother, Mr. Rola-rt II. Jonea, Jr.. gradual#* at
ton on the llUt Inatant with high and well-desorved
i, Robert H. Jones held the flrat place in the iloya'
tchool at Atlanta, from which he graduated a few
yeara ago. He baa held many reaponalble position* In
Princeton during bla college coune. The merit of his
achleroment reata In the fact that Robert H. Jines, Jr .
has worked hla way through Princeton with money which
he made through his own Individual efforts In Atlanta
after he left the high school. Few young men have
borne themselves more highly and creditably both In
the matter of application and character at homo, and
of attainment at Princeton, than this young graduate of
the Atlanta high school, and wo congratulate his parents
and hla friends upon the brilliant promise which there
high and honorable achievements afTord of a noble and
useful career In the fnture.
President Cassatt baa returned home In time to And
that there la something to pay. and the water Is hot
The Vast Question of Immigration.
Immigration looms large now upon the borlxon of the south’s future as one of the great problems which
we must grapple and utilise to the develpomont and prosperity of this country.
The Washington Post, nlways one of the ablest and moat thoughtful of American newspapers, has mani
fested a very large and wholesome Interest and enthusiasm In this question, nnd has laid the South under eb-
ligations for the special evidence of the Interest which It has manifested In this section.
There are some very serious and Important problems Involved in this queaUon of Immigration.
In tho flrat place, the Booth Is torffronted with great and menacing scarcity of labor. In tbo factories. In
|£p fields, on the farms and In domestic employment the cry goes np for more and better labor than we hnve
today. i . Jfii V *
d w ith our population of negroes, which In every state Is nearly equal to the wbito population, and which
la many suites Is largely In saceaa of the vfhite population, we yet have a scarcity of labor In all the details
of our socUonal Industries, while thousands of negroes are Idle In the smaller town*, and more particularly In
the larger cities.
This phase of the problem la being touched upon very gingerly In some sections, very timidly In others,
and very Ignorantly In yet other hands. The truth of the business I* that the scarcity of labor Is not alto
gether duo to the scarcity of laborers, but to the unwillingness of natural laborers to do the work which
they have been accustomed to do. The factories have not stolen from the fsrtns th^ cotton pickers who hare
descried those fields of the staple; because In the majority of cases the factory workers belong to tho white
race it Is perfectly certain that domestic life and ’-the kitchens have not robbed the cotton fields of the ne
groes who have been accustomed to labor there. l?l whatever degree these considerations may Itave diminished
the labor supply of the country, It Is nothing less than true and honest to say that the present lack of labor
Is due In large part—
First, to the Idleness nnd profligacy of the negro laborer; second, to the schools and educational Institu
tions supplied by Nortben philanthropy which are educating the negro out of the cotton fields Into either Idle
loafing, or more pretentious avenues of endeavor, and third,, the theories of social equality primarily and In
herently taught by Booker Washington, and promulgated widely In the prints nnd publications of the negro
race, which am destroying more and more In the negro the willingness to do manual labor In the fields. In the
factories and In the kitchens, and are carrying him more and more either toward more pretentious lines of
work, or toward Idleness and loafing in the towns and cities of the country.
Whatever the cause, the fact stands that the negro Is becoming lese and lose a part of the Industrial life
of the South, and every year less Indispensable to our Induatrial and agricultural development.
And this by his own fault and the fault of the system that seeks to lift him above his status and
above Ills capacities.
Now, to supply this need of labor caused by the defection and the demoralization of the negro, the cry
la going up from every section of the South for Immigration, and that Immigration Is’ being sought from the
countries across the seas.
This la natural enough, and In time past the developments of immigration have been productive and ben-
eflclnl to the country. Tho danger, however, In this line Ilea In the fact that the changed quality and nature of
the immigrants who hard of late years been coming to the South, entails upon our civilisation dangers nnd
difficulties which are really of greater menace than the deficiency of labor which they are meant to supply.
Time was when moat of our Immigrants came to this country from England, Scotland and Ireland. From
ivjn to 1905 seven million, two hundred and eighty-ala thousand came from these countries, and gave ua a
i bias of Immigrants who were homogeneous, helpful and productive tn our national life. The time was when
the Irish rare was almost being transplanted from Ireland to the United Stntea. Four million of Irish Irnml-
j giant* lame to this country from 1810 to 1903, awf t we have never had anything but good results from the Irish
; are From 1830 to 1006 Germany sent to our country five million, one hundred and elghty-sevdn thousand
Immigrants, and our German dtlsens are among the soundest and thriftiest of our population. Scandinavia,
consisting ot Denmark, Norway nnd Bweden. furnished one hundred thousand Immigrants to the United States
In ism', and tho Northwest baa been enriched and fructified by these thrifty and admlrablo foreigners. But
times hare changed, and the sources of our Immigration have completely altered. The Immigration from Eng
land. Scotland and Ireland has fallen off more than, 40 per cent. The Influx from Ireland has decreased 60 per
cent, the German Immigration has decreased 35 per erfdtand Scandinavia sent us only 19,000 Immigrants In 1902
against 106,000 In 1882.
Now the sorrow of the situation la that while the Influx from these wholesome, helpful and homogeneous
countries la falling off It Is leaping marvaloualy forward from the undealrable countries of Europe. Here la
a statement from recent statistics which la simply startling along this line.
- In I860 the Immigrants from Austria, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Russia were about one one-hundredth of
the number from England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Gennany and Scandanavla; In *1880 they were about one-
tenth; In 1594 they were nearly equal, and In 1901 the Immigration from Austria. Hungary, Italy, Poland and
RusrIh was three times aa great to the United States at from the other countries Just named, and during the
i last >exr nenriy three-fourths of the one million twenty-six thousand Immigrants which came to the United
Stati H rnme from these countries ot southern Europe and from Asia.
Tho menace In this situation lies In the fact that the dess of foreigners who come to our country from
those stormy, revolutionary countries ot southern Europe ere bo full of the anarchy, riot and lawlessness of
tho countries from which they came, that their presence becomes a menace and entails anothsr mighty problem
upon tho civilisation which must amalgamate and absorb Into cltlsenahlp these alien and almost unaaalmlls-
ble races who have no conception ot our government end no nympnthy with our Institution*, end whose creeds
and records are reeking with the lawlessness which has made Chicago and Pittsburg and other cities centers
of revolution and of anarchy.
The amalgamation of these foreigners who represent almost the scum-of southsru Europe, Is one of the
tremendous problems ot our civilisation. Fortunately for us, few ot them have come to the South. Ot the
1.026.000 Immigrants who cimt to our country last year, the Commissioner general of immigration sera that
915,511 wont to New York.; 310,708 went to Pennsylvania,73,150 went to Massachusetts, 72,770 went to Illinois, 57,-
35k went to New Jersey, and 49,351 went to Ohio, from which It appears that 707,000 or 76 per cent ot the en
tire number went to six states, while the Rocky mountain region end the West received 43,551, and tho states
south ut the Mason and Dixon line received only 46,000 or 4 1-3 per cent. Of this number Maryland, West
Virginia and Florida reeeirpd nearly 9,000, Louisiana 6,000, Texas 4,000, Kentucky 618, Tennessee 782, North
Carolimi 183, South Carolina 328 end Georgia 518.
The avoidance of the South by these Immigrants, even ot the Inferior caliber, plainly Indicates that the
fshadow of the negro keeps Immigration from our shores, and that the people of foreign races do not like to come
iwhcrc tb, m gro la the standard ot labor and makes from the beginning an equality with themselves, which
[even the most remote ot foreign races reject and repel.
E We cannot shut our eyes to tho feet that the Influx each year ot hundreds of thousands ot Immigrants,
pnfarailiar with our language, Ignorant of our mannera and customs, and without any conception of our govern-
[pieni. creates e stupendous problem which got only concerns the amalgamation of these divers races into
^^H^ttUonshlp, but also the economic question ns to bow they can be cared for end controlled,
f j§H thing, at least, is clear to tbe South in this matter, and that Is that it Is better for ue to have no
Immigrants at-all In Dixie than to have .this undealrable breed of anarchist*, assassins nnd vtoe-breedlng mess
which h; tbe record contribute 60 to 70 and sometimes 80 per cent of tho crime end vice from the locality lu
which duty live.
it Is also clear that because the South needs Immigration and needs It badly, that Southern business
men sin, ild vigorously impress upon their representatives In congress tha necessity of such restriction of for
sign immigration as will exclude from our shores the scum of Europe and the undesirable and lawless repre
sent mites of these southern countries, and by rigid Inspection shell permit the lending upon our shore* only
of those reputable and desirable peoples who we can amalgamate Into our civilization and adapt to the Indus-
trio I •loM'lopmcnt and glory of our country. '
R Is the poorest of statesmanship and the weakest of economy to bring to tbU country thoae whom we
can moor make part ot It, sod It Is better for us to go halting and slowly Into the development of the future than
to add to oar population elemonts that multiply and double the tremendous racial problem which we already
h*\, on hand.
Rut there Is a middle ground, and we know that It Southern senators and congressmen will clamor for the
rigid inspection by our consuls and Immigration agents abroad of every Immigrant who seeks passage to these
shores, we ought to be able by care and diligence to bring to the South such a class of people es will make ns
lndci„ ndrnt la our labor conditions and prosperous beyond Imagination.
We need such people of the better class. The negro has already drifted almost out of oar Industrial life.
must Supply hla place with that class of Immigrants who wlU be assimilable to ourselves—Germans. English
men. Irishmen, Denes, Norwegian*, • Swedes and Frenchmen.
W* need them In our factories, we need them on our fields and farms, nnd we need them sad wilt need
them nior,' and more to take the place In our home* of thoae shiftless and shifting servants who are making
domestic nr., nlmost so Impossibility to the women of tbe South. White servants In the homes are becoming
slninM --real e necessity as bettor labor in the fields and factories.
Th< s abject Is too large to be treated briefly, end we can only recur to It from time to rime, la order to
Impress b.,ih the necessities end the dangers which are Involved In this great question now'stirring the mind
the In r t of the South.
The Beef Poisoners Worse Than Morales.
The civilized world which throws up its hands In
horror over ihe fiendish crime of Manuel Morales, the
bomb thrower of Spain, may well turn with a greater
loathing and aversion toward those magnates of the beef
trust In America, who are willing to scatter their dls-
caned and horrible food through the homes of their fel
low countrymen.
The death list of Manuel Morale* was comparatively
small, and It had at leant the explanation of a fanatical
creed. In which one thought that he was punishing the
enemies of hla faith and order.
But there in no possible explanation or mitigation
of the unspeakable crime of the great rich corporations,
already grown bloated with fullness and prosperity, and
In the mere Instinct of human greed and stinginess will
ing to scatter through the nation the germ and microbe
of putrid diseases and of death.
There Is no crime In history which in Its compre-
nslve scope of malignity can compare with the crime
the beef packers In their reckless and horrible distri
bution through the ranks of millions of Innocent fellow
citizens.
The lumlshment meted to the bomb thrower and an-
arehlsts should be doubled and quadrupled when applied
to those who are responsible for this unparalleled out
rage upon law and humanity.
Unfortunately the punishment, if punishment he
meted at all, will aearcely touch the thick hides of the
selfish scoundrels who have done this cruel and re
morseless thing. But there certainly should be framed a
statute, which In the future, will reach, not only the
pockets, but, If necessary, the necks of the monsters who
are willing to poison a nation In order to puff their own
dividends nnd to line .their own pockets with filthy and
tainted coin.
Public sentiment should whip to a full and remorse
less retribution the movement that Is now pending lq
our public life to bring these unspeakable .villains to a
sterner Justice than that which our present law provides.
John D. Rockefeller, having regained his health, de
clared tbo other day that he now "feels like a rich
man," and Immediately comes tbo announcement from
Sarah Bernhardt, after shooting the chutes at Coney,
that It made her "feel like a young girl.”
The Ducktown Case.
The announcement In yesterday's Georgian that the
supreme court of the United States had overruled the
demurrer of the Tennessee Copper and Iron Company,
should have contained the statement that associated with
Attorney General Hart In the conduct of this important
case is Special Counsel Llgoo Johnson, who has been In
immediate charge of tbo matter. Mr. Johnson Is one
of the ablest and rnoBt thoroughly equipped members of
the bar of tbe stato and he has taken an absorbing In
terest In tbe pending litigation. Judge Hart Is to be
congratulated not only on bis own high ability, but upon
tbe wisdom with which he chooses his assistants.
The Ducktown case Is one of tbe most Importaht
that has come before tho supreme court of the United
States In a number of years. The position taken by Ihe
court that It has jurisdiction to entertain applications for
Injunction in cases Involving disputes between two states
will have n far-reaching effect, and already Special
Counsel Johnson has received a number of letters from
New York and elsewhere requesting his brief In tbe
present case.
The state of Georgia js certainly entitled In relief
from the disastrous fumes which are destroying the vege
tation In a number of the upper counties of the state, and
It Is hoped that this relief will bo speedy and complete.
all these. measures, while the broad court construction
appears not to have been touched.
Perhaps tho most notable change is the omission of
the "Jim Crow" car provision. The negro, members of
the Republican party went Into something like panic
when they discovered that the section providing "equally
good service and accommodations to all iiersor.s paring
the same compensation," opened the way for the estab
lishment of separate accommodations, and In effect rec
ognized the principle of the “Jim Crow" ear. A delega
tion called on the senators, and now we find that the
conferees have yielded to the representations of the dele
gation, and the objectionable paragraph has been itriesen
from the bill.
The negroes haVe won their point, but not before
discovering that at heart the Republicans are as much
opiHTsed to riding with tile negroes as are the peoph
from any other section of the country.
It Is hoped that the two houses will lose no time In
adopting the bill hb reported by the confereci. There la
a great deal of legislation which Is badly.needed. Tho
beef scandal has come to the front in such shape that
there should he no delay In providing for the most rigid
Inspection laws, and there sve still other measures which
should be placed on the statute books.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 5.
IV, king o
1465—He
1568—Count d’Kgmont and
beheaded at Brussels
1595—Hattie uf Fnnlnine. F
1667—John Henry Hnttingei
1723—Dr. Adam Smith born
1783—First ball.I.,n ascen
rith he
-it air at
on made
Amionay,
The efforts of tho Chicago papers to show that the
report on packing house conditions would be "tame" are
not altogether successful- It Isn’t tame enough to eat
out of the hand of the beef trust, at any rate.
A young artisan out In St. Louis engraved the ontire
alphabet on tbe head of a pin. By engraving people's
names on the pins perhaps so many of them would iiot
be lost every year.
The Conference Rate Bill.
The conferees of the house nnd sonnto have lost no
time In agreeing on an amended rate bill, and It may be
expected that the measure, as It now stands, will soon
become tbe law ot the land.
That Is to say It will he entered on tie statute books,
for one of the amendments agreed upon Is to the effoct
that the measure when It passes both bouses, shall not
become effective until tho lapse of sixty days after Its
passage.
It must be conceded that.the senate bill has not been
greatly changed by the confc-eea and that Juch changes
as are made are manifest Improvements. The prohibition
of passes is made clear nnd unequivocal; railroads are
dlitlnctly prohibited from carrying commodities In which
they have a proprietary Interest, except such goods as
are for their own use; tbe penal sections, repealed by tbe
bill introduced by dear old Steve Elkins to protect bis
friends, and restored by tho senate, are retained by the
conference committee; the Interstate commerce com
mission Is Increased to seven members, wtih terms of
seven years each at a salary of $10,000.
There will be but little question as to tbe wisdom of
A Rockefeller Mystery.
Announcement Is made that a man who recently died
In Freeport, III., was the father of John D. Rockefeller,
and had been living for a number of years past under an
assumed name.
Some of the papers which base been discussing the
matter make the definite charge that tho aged mau
had been kept In obscurity by his son. because he was
ashamed of him, and furthermore that the old man him
self was anxious to conceal his Identity because an In
dictment for horse stealing had been hanging over him
for a number of years.
When Miss Ida Tarbell wroto her scathing sketch of
Rockefeller last year she told a great many unpleasant
things about the father of the oil king. She told how
“Dr.’’ William A. Rockefeller had been shrewd beyond the
bounds of honesty, how he had been a wild and reckless
fellow all his life and combined the occupation of a
"cancer doctor” with that of horse trading. ('
A picture ot tbe old man was published at the time,
which ’citizens of Freeport Immediately recognize! ns
that of "Dr.” William Livingston, who not only resembled
the picture, but had all the characteristics of tho elder
Rockefeller. He made long trips from home, after pur
chasing quantities of herbs at the local drug Btora, aud
would give no account of where he had been.
A further fact which lent color to the theory that
he was the elder Rockefeller, was that ho cashed checks
for what he said were dividends from Standard Oil stock
which he owned- The Improbability of such a man own
ing stock In that exclusive corporation wns an Impressive
luct, and was commented on at the time. '
To cap the climax. John D. Rockefeller refuses to
throw any Ilght.on the question. Ho will not sav whether
his father Is still living, or, If dead, when he died, or
where.
He simply preserves a significant alienee on tho
subject
The public has become Inured to the cold-blooded
ness of Mr. Rockefeller, but If he b*3 Indeed kept his
father In an Ignominious obscurity, aud left him under a
cloud of suspicion during all these years, violating the
primary laws of natural affection, he will descend. If pos
sible, a degree further In the opinion of tho world and
onco moro Justify tho scorn In which he aud his methods
are held.
England Is at last waking up to the beauties, of
baseball, and there are predictions that the national
pushpin match known as cricket-will soon be on tho
wano.
The Negro in the Army.
In the matter of tho negro's wearing qualities In the
United 8tates army the following table of the colored
troops now In the service may be Interesting:
Colored Troops.
In U. S. Army—Twenty-fourth regiment Infantry,
Ninth regiment cavalry; Twenty-fifth regiment Infantry,
Tenth regiment cavalry.
In National Guard of States—Total 27. Connecti
cut, one company; District of Columbia, one battalion
(four companies); Illinois, one regiment (Eighth) of
twelve companies; Maryland, one company; Ohio, one
regiment (Ninth), four companies and band: Rhode
Islnnd, one company: Tennessee, ono company; Texas
one battalion of tbreo companies.
Colored Officers In United States Army.
Each colored regiment has a colored chaplain: one
colored captain In Ninth cavalry (graduate of West
Point); one colored lieutenant In Tenth cavalry; ono
colored lieutenant In Twenty-fifth Infantry.
After all that has been said and boasted In recent
years of the negro a proficiency as a soldier, this table
“nd iMtroctlve 8 8tC “ dy deCreMe> Wl " ^ b ° u “°‘e">»ting
A TAINTED UNIVERSE.
(A UNITARIAN PROTEST.)
To the Editor of The aeorgtan:
Dr. R. A. Toney's sermon of Thurs
day, May 17, as atenogrnphlcally re
ported under the direction of George T.
B. Davis, historian of the Torrey-Alex-
ander meetings, contains these words:
There la no love In hell. I believe that
one of the darkest experiences of that
outcast world will be ths way In which
people who loved one another on earth
hate one another down there.-
It seems to me that Dr. Torrey ehould
give us some explanation of the trans
formation of that love Into hatred. The
damned, according to him. In certain
case* at least, "loved ono another on
earth." Though "lost," they die, then,
with some good In them. Now, Incredi
ble as It may be to the orthodox, we
Unitarians are Irrational enough to
think that that good should be "saved"
and not "last" even In a theological
hell; and ws are wicked enough to
argue that no smallest quantity of good
TP. A. VOTES THANKS
TO THE GEORGIAN
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 beg to notify you that at a meeting of the board of directors of the
Georgia division. Travelers’ Prottctlve Association of America, on the
evening of June t. a rising vote of thanks was tendered you for the
strong editorial In a recent Issue of your paper In behalf of the traveling
men of Georgia In their effort# to obtain Interchangeable mileage at *
cents. •
This editorial la greatly appreciated by everr traveling mm
*'»«•- *nd this vote of the boird voices the ssoUmentofSv25“«J2»l5t
of this association, as well os other traveling men ln deSrgU^ m,mb * r
Tours very truly.
J. H. ANDREWS, Secretary Georgia Division.
1798— United Irishmen repulsed at New
Ross, with great loss.
1799— Flench evacuated Zurich.
1806—Napoleon proclaimed his brother
Louis king of Holland.
1811—Venezuela proclaimed her Inde
pendence.
1813—Hattie of Stoney Creek, Canada.
1826—Curl MeiieVon Weber died.
1829—Branch of United States mint es
tablished at St. Louis.
1833—Black Hawk nnd companions re
leased,
1855—American (Know Nothing) coun
cil met nt Philadelphia.
1857—Mutiny at Gawnpore, India.
1862—L'nlted States congress recog
nized independence of Haiti and
Liberia.
1864— General John C. Fremont accept
ed presidential nomination and
resigned from army.
1865— Galveston taken by tho Federals,
Inst port to surrender.
1870—Great fire of Constantinople.
1873—Hattazzo, Italian slat.-.--m.in.
1886—Maxwell cnmlcted of the murder
of Prcllcr at St. Louis.
1888—Great fire at Hull, Ontario; 3,000
rendered homeless.
1894—United Htates senate pussed sug
ar trust hill.
1899—Frank Thompson, president of
Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
died.
He Likes The Georgian.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Although congratulations have al
ready fallen In copious showers upon
the heads of those In control of every
department of your most excellent pa
per, yet a word moro of commenda
tion from one of the unnumbered, host
of your admiring friends may not be
amiss. I subscribed to your Journal
six or eight weeks before It made Its
appearance, nnd to say now, after read
ing It regularly from Its Initial copy,
that J am delighted with It expresses
my sentiment but mildly. It's a paper
of the highest order, second to none
In the entire South. The wide circula
tion so quickly gained attests Its popu
larity. The success of your enterprise
Is without a parallel In Southern jour
nalism.
The publisher Is a man of high Ideal,
of noble purpose, of sympathetic na
ture. He gets close to the people. \Ve
think he Is eminently fitted for the
work In which he Is engaged.-
The brilliant editor Is without a su
perior. The Influence of his gifted pen,
which Is never blunt, Is felt far and
near.
And now, .with best wishes, let me
say, long live The Georgian, and may
Its great storehouse of knowledge sup
ply In generous measure the need of
the hungry mind, and may Its rays o'
sunshine "clear tho darkened windows’
of many sad hearts and homes.
Yours very truly,
E. PERCIVAL CLARK.
Bethesda, via Savannah, Go., June 1.
A Chance for a Park 8ite.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
The* matter of providing at this time
for public parks and breathing places
In the center of the city before the land
necessary for the same reaches a pro
hibitory figure, suggested by*the card
of Mr. Rossmsn and your editorial of
the 2d Inst., should nol be allowed to
drop, and In this connection I wish to
call your attention to a tract ot land
ll) tho thickly populated part of tbs
city, which, I am Informed, can bo pur
chased now at a very reasonable figure
and for location and "lay of the land"
would milk.' .in Meal park win
' "inj-.iral tvrly small expt-ndllur-
tract Is bounded by Piedmont avenue,
East Pine, Bedford place and Currier
street, being approximately 650 on the
west side, 1,200 feet on the south «ld*
660 on the east side and 1,200 feet on
the north side. There Is an approach
from Piedmont avenue about 110 feet
wide, a street" running from Forrest
avenue Into this tract, and also s street
from East Pine street. The large hill
on this tract would add to Instead of
detract from the value of the land for
park purposes. Tho city now owns the
southwest corner of this property.
160 by 200 feet, on w'hlch Is located
ths Calhoun street school. The east
line of the Sixth and Fourth wards
divides this property. Here Is an op
portunity to acquire a piece of pari;
property close In and at a low figure
that will not occur again soon. If ever.
RESIDENT SINCE ’ll.
of a second. To Illustrate: You die
at midnight. Even though you have
rejected Christ and are •lost," still at
ilgw I—I —V ■«iwu— u q—amy es giHjB inolhM^nn MMh -
anywhere In God's universe Is to God JUiSmttn SL S * C ? nJ I pa 5 t
negligible quantity. »-•- •- •
We ask, therefore, who Is responsible
for the destruction of that love and
the creation of that hatred? "The sin
ner. by his own life nnd the rejection ot
Christ and salvation." the orthodox
might answer. But the very orthodox
Dr. Torrey Is our authority for the as
sertion that the sinner. In spite of
"hi* rejection of Christ nnd salvation,"
did possess some love, and therefore
some goodness. That love, that good
ness, Dr. Torrey tells ue. Is destroyed
after the sinner's death, when hie life—
his period of probation and free-will,
has ended. Who destroys It, or what
destroys It?
Does death destroy It? Not If the
soul Is Immortal. For the death of the
body I* a mere incident In the life of
the soul, and does not Interrupt that
Ilf* for tbs most InfinitesHmat pert
midnight yeur mortal body Is dead,
hut your Immortal soul is only two
seconds older than It was when It had
tltat goodness In It—that love for an
other. Has It lost that goodness? If
It has—Ifi w-lthln one second after
leaving what theologians are fond of
cslllpg “the poor sinful body," a man's
soul changes so rapidly for the worse
that love becomes hatred, we should
revise our notion of the relation of the
body to the soul, and give credit to our
bodies for much of our virtue. Instead
of blaming them for most of our vices.
But the soul does not change for the
worse. It Is the body that rots and
not the soul.
Can hell destroy that goodness? Hell
I* either a place or a condition. If hell
Is s place, then the mere transfer of
S soul from one region of God’s unl-
verse to another regi >n cannot destroy
cJUtS— r 6 oodn '“ m *y bo In that soul.
Qoodoen is not dependent unon ■m.
•ronl latitude and longitude. When Sa
tan, pure and untempted. In some wav
the orthfid'ox"™ ‘oby
*o «l» In heavei
evil waa evil In heaven, and roodnesa
,n ,he of^n-
,*f h :i'JL not b * ,t • condition,
SSSSSmi 1 }&3SJtiff5S£
ditioo, and, on the hypothesis that hell
Is a condition, to dMirtw <r <■
the nature of hell.
If there were such a thins as hell
no.',*" £!"»•« could alter Its con-
•«**«**»■ His duty In the orthodox hell
ahd'lratedLm ,,okM '- G °d has never
*2** ot Hl * ml*
' ««* ■ n< * over that part made tha devil
an absolute monarch/ if their? wSnj
Ject to God s justice and go-idnees and
be controlled by them. Iftaere VS2
such a thing as hell, a just and good
Odd Fellowship in Georgia,
To Ihe Editor of Tbe Georgian:
■ The recent convention of tbe Odd
Fellows of Georgia at Augusta was no
table In many respects. It was an emi
nently successful convention, attended
by representative men from every sec
tion of the state. A striking feature
of the convention was the large num
ber of young men present.
Within the-five years Just past Odd
Fellowship has made great strides In
the state, and conditions have Improved
In s marvelous manner.
Five years ago there were 121 lodges,
with a membership of 6,753. Finances
were at a low ebb. Today there are
lit lodges with a membership of 1!.-
006. The finances of the order are In
healthy condition: no bills outstanding.
There has been a net gain In the
number of lodges of 215, In membership
18,217.
Ths foregoing facts were obtained
of Dr. T. A. Cheatham, of Macon, grand
treasurer. Dr. Cheatham Is an enthu
siastic Odd Fellow, exemplifying the
tenets of the order by his dully life and
walk.
Odd Fellows constitute the largest
fraternal order In, the world, having a
membership of over 1,500,000, and an
nually disbursing for the relief of sick
and distressed members 14,600,000.
Qod could never command that every
evil In It should have a “thirst for the
Infinite" of evil, while every germ or
vestige of goodness there should be
ruthlessly destroyed.
A hell, either as place or condition,
wherever It might eternally exist or In
whomsoever It might eternally endure,
would be an eternal filth and Infamy-
hell would pollute Ood's universe
throughout all the poisoned course of
eternity, and the universe of an all-
good and all-powerful Ood would hs
forever a tainted universe.
JAMES J, DCTOUNa
13 West Georgia Avenue, Atlanta. O*-
P. S.—Matt. 10:26, "And fear not
them w hich kill the body, but are not
able to kill the soul: but rather fear
Him which Is able to destroy hot#
soul and body In hell."
Is there anybody so orthodox that n«
Interprets those words so as to r**d:
Fear Him (G.hI) which Is able to cor
rupt and make viler and viler both
soul and body ,n hell?—J. J. D.