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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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It Is the psrt of wisdom to spend little of ydur
time upon the things thet vex end anger you, and
much of your time upon the things that bring you
quietness and confidence and good cheer.
—Henry Van Dyke.
Will Our Natural Increase Render Im
migration Unnecessary ?
A few days ago In a carefully prepared and stalls
tlcal editorial The Georgian undertook to point out some
of the dangers to be avoided In pressing the matter of
lii.migration upon the people of these Southern and
fconthwastern states.
From the figures and staUstlcs of tbs .department
«t Washington ws msdn tt dear tnat there had been a
greet change In the nature, origin and quality of tbs lm
migrants from the homogeneous and assimilable people
shores. It was demonstrated that conditions bad
changed materially within the paat half-century, and
that whereas we were once accustomed to draw our lm-
migrants from the homogenous and assimilable people
or Kngland, Scotland, Ireland. France and Germany, that
of late years there has been a steady drift 'of Immigra
tion away from theso countries and that onr source of
supply has lately come almost exclusively from the coun
tries of southern Kurope. Austria, Hungary, Roumanla,
Poland and aouthern Russia.
It waa moreover made manifest from the cpnsni that
the statistics of crime made by those Immigrants from
southern Europe allow an immense difference In favor of
the western Europeans, and that tho criminal annals of
the country were being enormously recruited by the Isms
and revolutionary spirit of the eouthern European coun
tries.
In stating these things we frankly axpreesed our
eon acton an esa of the great necessity of this country for
immigrants to supply our depleted fields of labor and to
i “ rform the ever-multiplying tasks of onr advancing civ
ilisation In which the scarcity of help was becoming
mar* manifest and more and more menacing through
the constant Increase of unthrtft and the unreliability of
the negro In his exodus from the fields and, the farms to
the Idleness and crime of the cities.
Ws have been much impressed and much gratified by
the cordial and Intelligent reception which this edito
rial discussion has received from the thoughtful and
Interested people of the South. Wo have messages and
telegrams of endorsement and congratulation, and earnest
requests that we should continue to agitate this vast and
vital question along these wholesome lines.
Ws publish today on Ibis page, and It Is the purpose
or this editorial to direct attention to It, n thoughtful and
eiimprebcnslvo article from Mr. Ilernnrd Hutller, of this
ei*y, who has for many years given great thought and
much Intelligent Investigation to the theme. While all
"f Mr. Sqttler'a contributions nro Interesting In a high
'legree, there Is s special significance In the figure* which
lie gives touching the material Increaao iu our own pop
ulation.
The argument of Mr. Suttler aeems to center around
tlio proposition. Drat: That we do not need Immigrants,
and ,
Second: That our own population Is growing so rap
idly that In a .short time we will have all and more of
the numbers which we need to populate our Industrial
districts sml to Inhabit the watting acre* of this land,
ir Mr. Suttler’* figures are correct, and we have every
confidence In hie aeon racy and conscientious diligence
snd ability, then they are profoundly-worthy of the con-
snieratloa of thoughtful men. and It becomes a serious
question whether our necessities are great enough at
thl* tlma to tempt us to supply a present and not abso
lutely essential used by importing Into our civilisation
the aliens who are hot saalinUahle and who can scarcely
be deemed desirable and helpful to the civilisation of
the South.
Mr. Suttler’a figure* will richly repay the careful
rem)lug of any thoughtful man, whether he be Interested
nr not In the subject of Immigration, because they
indicate that the steady and constant Increase of
mir population Is supplying all the needs of thl* great
people, and with the numerical basis of Increaao con
stantly enlarging the multiplication of people within the
nest four decades will be simply enormous In numbers
and in seope.
Upon the statistics of Increase given by the census,
n. orgla wllj have lu 1930 five and oue-hnlt mllllona of poo-
pin; In 1979 nearly eight mllllona of people and In 2000
m arly fourteen millions of people. These figures Indicate
how little room there will be left tor foreigners lu tills
greaj country when ws provide tor the Increase of our
own domestic population during the coating century.
This Is no light question which Mr. Suttler touches
h. re. It la deeper than even the probe which he pushes
Into It W* have the finest and purest population In the
"-old In these Southern states, if we are going to bring
any foreign people here to share It we should make It *
* i cornu* prerequisite that they shall lie of the beet and
lim-lieit class of foreigners that can b« brought to our
American shores, if ws call not get this class of peo
ple we eaq richly afford to do without any. We are
getting rich fait enough and our fields and mines and
factories are growing apace. Our growth Is steady
apough to satisfy the mast exacting avarice of any rea
sonable Imagination, and for our own part, looking Into
the future In which our children are to live and flourish,
and, to settle the problem of civilisation which stretches
beyond these present days, we are seriously opposed
' to any amalgamation of these great Caucasian races in
the South with any people who will bring with them the
infernal Jargon of the foreign tongues which makes such
discord and disturbance tn. the cities of Chicago. New
York and other localities where these aliens of revolu-
tl-amry and lawless spirit live.
We sincerely trust that no new-found seal on the
part of tho land agents or the railroads which foster
’ Immigration and who have personal Interests at stake,
will blind either themselves or this people to the consider-
s'ion of this great question of immigration with anything
The Defeat of “Gas” Addicks.
The election of Col. Henry A. Dupont as a.senator
Irom Delaware ends the Jong-drawn contest with "Gas
Addicks which has been going on for more than eleven
years.
Never In the history of American politics, perhaps,
has there been such a determined effort on the part
of any man to override the wiabc* of bis people and
thrust himself Into the upper bouse as tho president of
the Bay State Gas Company has made. His optimism
and perseverance alone command admiration in a char
acter In which there la practically nothing else to admire.
Tho chicanery practiced by Addicks has made bla name
a by word, and yet he had set hi* heart so strongly
on tho aenatorsjilp that nothing could cool hla ardor.
In May, 1895, the vote In the Delaware legislature
stood fifteen for Addlcka and fifteen for Dupont, but
among the number who voted for Addlcka wbb a former
speaker of the house who had become governor of the
state. The right of the ex-»peeker to voto In the elec
tion was contested. ‘The conubittee reported against It,
and in favor of the election of CoL Dupont, who, without
the contested vote, would have a majority of one. By
a strict party majority of one. the senato refused to
seat him.
In the following yesr the Addicks and Dupont fac
tion! each sent s delegation to the national Republican
convention. The Dupont delegation waa seated and was
thenceforward known ts the "regular" Republican party,
while the Addicks faction took ths na'too of the Colon
Republican party.
In 1819. when a new senator was to b* chosen to
succeed Hon. Oeorge Gray, s deadlock ensued snd the
eenatorshlp retrained vacant.
Again In 1900 each of th* two faction* sent dele,
gates to the national Republican convention, and thin
time the Addicks delegates were seated, but this stood
the gas man In little stead, for In the following year
ho was again defeated In hi* ambition to represent his
state In the senate. On this occasion there were two
senators to be chosen, so the adjournment of the legis
lature without making a choice left the state without
any representation whatever in the senate. Addicks
made another unsneessful attempt to secure election In
1901.
Col. Dupont, who has finally been chosen. Is s man of
distinguished ancestry and of high military achieve
ments. He was graduated from West Point In tho year
which aaw the beginning of the elvtl war. He waa
twice brevetted for gallantry on the field and was award
ed a medal of honor by congress. He resigned from the
army In 1874. and five years later became president or
the Wilmington and Northen railroad, a position which
he still holds.
It will be a general relief to the country that this
long contest Is over. Addicks has made himself about
as unpopular as possible, and has incidentally learned
that It sometimes requires something besides mousy to
get Into the United States senate. He may now be al
lowed to “sink to silence like a tavern brawl,” and let
poof little Delaware have h«r Juat representation In the
senate. 1
ii-k.i than a rit-ar conception of its mt-aniiig and a high | The Shame in Savannah.
appreciation of Its dangers and a keen sens* of the duly „ (he d(>patcbo . ln the mornlni{ papcra carry a truth
which so great a people as ours owe not leas to Its fu| acrfmm 5 . e8tenU _., |„ savamiah, then
past and IU present than to IU great and homogeneous ! e |h , ok lh# t|mo ha , whPn th0 df . cpnt forceg of
our Georgia civilization should rise lu protest against the
political conditions which make possible such scenes and
future.
“The Jungle” for Our Readers.
The Georgian takes peculiar pleasure In announc
ing that arrangements have been made for the aerial
publication In theso columns of Upton Sinclair’s epoch-
making novel, ’’Ths Jungle,’’ which was primarily re
sponsible for the exposure of the packing house abuses
In Chicago.
Not within th* past quarter of a century has there
boen such deep and widespread Indignation on the part
of the American people as has been aroused oVer tho
revelations made by this groat and vigorous novel, sub
sequently confirmed by the Investigations of Presi
dent Roosevelt's special commlaaloners. It has stirred
the clrtllxod world and promlsoa to be the direct meant
of brluglag about one of tho moat important reforms this
country has ever known.
In a vague sort of way It was known all along that
the methods of tho beef barona were not as clean and
wholeeomo na they should have been, but when they
were revealed ln all their appalling mlnuteneae by Mr,
Sinclair, who has devoted year* lo the study of the sub-
Ject, the public was stunned and startled.
The facta on which bis novel was baaed have been
given.to the public In official form, and now there la
general and Insistent demand for the book ttaelf.
Arrangement* have been perfected for giving this
novel ln eurial form to our readers, and tho publication
of it will begin at once. The Installmente will run dally
until the publication le completed.
Never In the history of the country has the book of
the hour, a copyrighted novel designed tor sale only in
book form and not tor syndicate publication, been given
through a newspaper In serial form at the very
height of Its popularity, but this Tho Georgian has been
able to arrange for and we feel confident that our rend
ers will be gratified to find themselves the beneficiaries
of-this enterprise.
"The Jungle" la not merely a problem novel, how
ever. While it expoaea the corruption of the beef trust
methods and the disregard for human' life entailed by this
system, a charming love story runs through It and makes
It one of the most readable novels of the season outside
of Its value ea an exposure of the Packingtown horrors.
The presses are running night and day lo supply the
demand for the work tn book form, but In the meantime
th* readers of The Georg.jn will not have to watt. It will
be brought to their doors tn dally Installments, beginning
Immediately.
The Bookish Thcoric.
We are told that, reading maketh a full man, so let's all
read;
Years ago dear old Tommy Moor*, we believe it waa.
Insisted that.
My only books, were woman's looks.
And folly's all they taught me;”
Emily Dickinson, dear, dead recluse, declares.
"There Is no frigate like a book.
To bear us leagues away.
Nor any cottrser like a iwge
Of (trancing poetry;"
Well there are poets, and there la poetry. Some we
bear, some bore na. and some lay bare great truths;
book should be a friend, a counsellor, a companion;
good book la the heat of the man who wrote It:
Hla thought and soul held-In fond vellum, and we may
turn the page and see.
We love a beauteous isible book, and hold him In our
heart;
The Bible Is the best of hooka;
Shakespeare one of the greatest books;
Tennyson one uf the sweetest hooka;
With these three a fellow can gel along fairly well;
Go get the* to a bookcry.
aucb methods In an election In the state.
The city of Savannah la one of tho moat charming and
beautiful In the South, the oldest and most aristocratic
city of this commonweaftb. It has been for more than a
hundred years the type of refinement, of culture, of dig-
utty. and of social and commercial honor lu tho 8outh-
And yet, upon the sheer drift of factional politics. It
has fallen Into methods which are not only disgraceful,
but are criminal in their violation both of law and of mor
als In the state.
Such an election as that of yesterday. In which money
was used not only freely bnt with the brazen Impudence
of the streets, parading Its political bribes under the very
nose of the Insulted law, buying and selling sacred bal
lots In the open mart as If they were bananas or red her
rings, la enough to make the cheek of every Georgian
mantle with the shame of the spectacle.
One who stood upon the streets of Savannah during
the scenes described In the dispatches of the dally papers,
would have found no point of difference between the po
litical orgies of this beautiful metropolis of the seaboard
and the worst political picture made by any gong of ward
heelers lu tho purlieus and prcclocti of New York or Chi
cago.
No matter how high the spirit of faction may have
run lo the city of Savannah, no matter bow keen the
ambitions of candidates and their friends—even if the Is
sues hod been absolutely vital and not merely personal
and factional, there could be no possible excuse for the
shameful and disgraceful prostitution of the ballot In tho
hands of the voters of the etty. There Is no combination
of circumstances that could over justify such violation
of ths law and such prostitution of ths suffrages which
are supi>osed to conserve the liberty and the prosperity
of free men.
Of course, the tien who drifted Into these orgies of
politics did so thoughtlessly and without due considera
tion of tho magnitude of their offense against the law and
the ballot We have no doubt that many men who par
ticipated In these shameful scenes of yesterday were men
who enjoy and deserve the highest repute for probity
and honor In their personal and business affairs. We
have no doubt that these men would scorn to do In busi
ness or ln social life anything that was'beneath the high
plane of the gentleman and the law-abiding citizen.
And yet they have drifted easily and naturally, un
der a strange and perverted view of political exigencies
and political necessities. Into a series of crimes against
both the ballot and the law. which are calculated to un
dermine every principle of morality, and justice, and po
litical honor, and ultimately the foundations of the state
and of the republic.
We do not hesitate to say that If Savannah does not
Itself promptly react In protest and In reform against the
scenes of yesterday, then the state of Georgia, through
Its Judicial officers, should take such cognizance as njaj;
be necessary, and such methods os may be possible to
prevent a recurrence of these shameful demoralizations.
When a beautiful, cultured city flings Into the very
teeth of a lofty and boqorablo civilization a ballot box
drama that shocks and degrades the political morals of
the stato, it !b high time that somebody on the outside
should grasp the Iniquity by the throat. If the true and
the good men within Its walla are paralyzed by fear or be
smirched by apathy and Indifference.
It Is Burely a timely and a necessary appeal to the
next legislature to pass with heartiness and enthusiasm
the bill of the Hon. Boykin Wright, of Richmond, or some
measure akin to It, that will stamp the condemnation of
Georgia's representative assembly upon methods and
practices that are growing to be more end more a stench
ln the nostrils of decency and the itate.
Heard on the Coruerj
(By a Non-Combatant)
Said Clark unto Hoke,
“You'ro a fake snd a Joke,
I know what you nre,
With your charity Bar,
You're a'sneak and a frog.
And a base demagogue.
It's a Populist trick, .
And you need a swift kick."
Said Hoke unto Clark,
"Your friend Hamp is a lark.
You're a railroad gossoon.
And yon cling-to the coon.
You're a swine In disguise,
And I’ll black both your eyes.
Just step out tn the park,”
8aid Hoke unto Clark.
Said both unto each, , -
“You're a bird and a peach.
A liar, a thief.
And a cannibal chief,”
And the public stands by,
With a wink o' the eye,
And wonders forsooth
If they both tell the truth.
IMIMHIMHIHMHMMIHHUtl
DOES THE SOUTH NEED
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION ?
By BERNARD SUTTLER.
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In answer to the question twM •• n
heading to tills article. I must any that
think tho Smith does NOT need the for-
rlgn Immigration nhe can get.
Anauniinc tho negative, It tafia upon me
to proY« my caae,
1 make no apology for oslng figures to
some extent, as they aro neefsaary to the
development of the argument.
f*et ua take Georgia an the subject of
luveMlgntloa, It being an absolutely fair
example.
In 1790 my maternal grandfather was
born. Iu thnt year Georgia eontatned 81.
648 people. In 1900 I, lu tbe third genera
tlon, aaw In Georgia a population of 8,218.
SSI, or an Increaao of, say 8,800 per cent In
110 years, or three generations! Let ua
analyse the figures a little cloner.
The Inrrcaae from 1790 to 1000 waa 80,188,
errant* waa a.768. about ie per cent, still re*
reiving Immigrant*; 1M0 to 18J0
Increaao waa 88,653, or about
per cent. still getting some
lg rat Ion; 1830 to 1830 Inert Mm* waa li».
. or alMint 62 per cent; Immigration evl
den!Ir Inert*etna; 1818 to 1M0 lurrvase* was
74.6a>. or about lit
tumlgrants; 1840 to 1_
”13. or about le per cent, Immigration de.
creasing. Front I860 to lW the Increase
waa about 120 per wit, or 24 i**r cent tn
the decade, a normal growth wltbont Im
migration.
Now. I find that the ahaobitr gain from
s.fu to M60 waa 818,837. Let ua assaro* that
oue-balf of this waa Immigration tand It
la n IHtcrnl estimate! and wc have 400.1U
people; I nit I find that, according to the
census of lOMi there were living In other
— % were Imrn In
apparent that
leorgta has contributed aa many people to
other sections as ahe baa received from
without her borders. I*et us uow take an
other step.
The growth of fifty years, practically
Without Immigration, waa about 123 per
cent, or a little more than 24 her cent tn
the decade, !.et ua assume that 3D por
cent to the decAde. or 3 per cent a year
was the natural growth, or excess of hlrtba
over death**, and let us acc where this nat
ural growth of 3 per cent will lead na.
aeration*, barring some great eulaiulty.
square mile was L4. or say 450 sere* |M»r
capita: lu 1990 the density per square tulle
as 37.8. or any 17 acres per capita; In 20M,
... — *- --- . H , r CM pita
lie, or say
waste Lands, dllea,
highways, etc., anil with this nllowumv
made. Georgia, with a imputation of 14.0OI,-
umu, would Is* much more densely impulaled
than France now Is, as densely populated
Its.
All
Germany fa the borne of socialism. Why*
Too many people. Germany has sent ua
several mllllona «*f emigrants. Wbjr? Too
many neopl*. On** of our consuls In a re
cent report gives figures on the wages |»aM
In hla district, which are abaolntrly horri
fying. The nornlcr fa that people can aua-
tain life at all ua such pittauces.
Yet In three generationo. In 96 years.
.corgis will be In the |*o*ltlon that Ger
many Is In today. Thera will ba plenty of
labor then.
Tho*grrarprogrgas of the modern world la
due to the Teutonic race. This Teutonic
race, an Industrious, pushing, masterful
pcofde. may he said to Imp fairly re preseated
by Germany. Ksglnnd. *wcden. Norway,
lien mark. I
ml France
iy *e asm to imp rainy representen
inv. Kngland. dwrdeu. Norway.
ftdgium. IMbtitd. XwJtsrrlftiid
■e tft*r France In Its origin wag
iml not IjGIui. AII the Istmlgra-
tloa from these countries has been readily
assimilated by the Called Utates. bemuse
wr an* of the same stork and they come
to ns already Imbued with our Ideas. Tho
newer Immigration Is comlac from Muaala.
11 angary. Croatia. Italy. Grmee. lSd.iml.
These are sites races. Far removed from
us and our ways, knowing 111 tie of our Ideas
snd caring less, confusin' * —-
lb-tiuo*. Intent only *« the _ .
*>f life, contributing nothing to the uplift of
the mitbuMi life, bnt putting upon ns the
hmvy tHiiden of trying 1*9 raise our stand
ards with this additional dead weight added
do not lisaUate to any that the welfare
the people of tbe Failed Ktatr* would
be greatly advanced If another Immigrant
did not croon oar Harders In twenty years.
In waking such a statement 1 do not
moan to reflect upon thft many good people
who In the paat have caat their lot with ua,
but merely to state what I believe to be
true un*t«r present conditions.
Who la raising tho clamor?
Lot ua consider from whence come* all
this clamor for Immigrants.
It la unquestionably true that the IMR
stc.tinship lines have promoted the move
ment from Haropo by every mean* In their
power for .the aske of the money paid for
transportation, nor do tho/ earn anything
about quality. A "fare la a faro." These
concerns will l»ey»n<l question maintain
thnlr foreign ageoetea and da all tit/ CSS
to keep up the steady Inflow of people, llut
who am tlu* men In the Kouth who art
clamoring for us to pitch our tents on the
dumping ground of the steamship lines,
with n view to directing the human cur*
high |H>»itb*u. they may have made money,
they may be authorities In certain llm
but every man Jack of them will on anal
forth In stentorian tones the great proa*
|N*rlty of tbe Honth. If tbls bo true, why
try to force matters? Why not let the
without aoul*. and f%c managers take no
cognisance of anything but the material
aide of things; they would not care If ths
Honth been an* aa a choice section of
Gehenna. pquvMed It dontded the trafTto,
They are not safe guides, and they Itebmg
to both ths carelesa and ' greedy classes.
Then there are the manufacturers, who aro
prospering greatly, anil liecanse, of that
great pros|*crlty ore clamoring foe won*
and cheaper lunor In order to hnto n still
greater pr,»*pcrtty. I know of one cotton
milt* with 3.000 spindles which hss pros-
the aroused avarice of
stockholders. The greedy class Is ver
much In evidence In this cry for Immi
grants. The unthinking elans la repro-
number of men who,
... r ... their own pursuit*, .]
no careful thinking nlneut anything ••utslil.
their *nvn special calling*, and theip* men
are ctilight by nuy scheme promulgated in
the uaiut of progress.
Idvldciid*. I'rogrc**.
bolcth* with which w
to on
upon
we are
conjure*
r ucsuiv injury, rroviqence * —
thf liiliabltiirits of tho l ull
natural bnuk of wonderful resource*, mid
wo sra doing our beat to see how quick
we cun exhaust it and bring about the con
ditions of congested and tmuperMcd Kti<
rope, all III order t,» (acres*** the orofita
of the few. K*»r that I* what It rnella. Jf
somewhat close observation ex ten-llug ovet
a good many years ha*-satisfied tin* tbs.
all s{N*clal efforts to qulckHi Industrial life
result uot so much In the dtlTislon of uii
In
ural resources Is being drawn «»mn quits
fnst enough. Tlic naval stores iuiluatry Is
already decaying nnd wlil soon Ir gene.
l.uuiiH-r expert* admit the exhaustion ,q
ths yellsw pine forests of the Honth (u
twelve your*, and say that In twenty-five
years nil the mendiantthlc hardwood of
the Honth will Ih» gone. Theso gigantic In
trrvsts an* lu sight of their end, sad will
turn Itsise an army of laborers who must
Iml places.
Uallruad building will alno hare n c*
l"n to a crest exlcut In no long t|
iu«t more lal*or will Is* hunting plac,
What other Interest is raatly anffei
1 * * to lie done?
their ahertam
—r r-r v. r» •* — cultivation
le tter fertilisation of fewer acres.
Wo had cotton acreage sufficient taat
year to have made JVW.Ow) bales, with
proper methods, sod we made bV.Vjn.OH.
Verbal* you will question my statement,
lari ** give you an example: G. tV. Uak**r
owns f*wir acre# of land adjacent to (Jaff.
ney. H O., ami In 1906 rented two scree
more. From thla aix aere farm he sold fits
worth of cotton, leant and sweet potatoes,
raised 68 basbels own. kill'd fintTpemmS
p*»rk. sml worked nut enough tn pay for a
one-horse wagno and mnh\ This sort of
farming would not solve the labor problem
on oar farms, hat would make our farmers
lnde|irndrnt of the negro, and wire them a
: sra JrtSTroeSF* nwr
Coneluiion.
Tin- Knnih k» n-rf-ly - i.lntr-l to. .Inns,
of ■.ItrreltjT. — P-1 I— poir la wrtnn* ,U*t*r
Of -a** Iq wrertt I* Ik. i-loMBt warm
of. pnwrltx. I for on. ripm mint ■
vo4--o of promt: It -loo. not puttor piork
wkpt p* frw reoulplpf iUj« m., b* w.
more rvil
on-fttro. If I
dutapitur I
IMHiplr wliuM roprentlonp of *omt porn-p-
iiiont nnd propor llvlnx are pltrhnl to a
key many d-Ttreo. ,,wry than oure. 1 ant
rrrtalnly not union rltbrr a, a y*od fntUrr
or goal citlun.
or c Mi rent to. the
. wintry of *
dlona of rood
ltrh
oure.
Tru, Independence*
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I cannot help writing ami congratu
lating you on tho definition you gave
of the true baala of Independence polit
ically. We common folka appreciate
your. Intercut In our welfare, and rec
ognize that The Georgian It the only
paper publlahed In Atlanta that hare
the courage to chnmptnn the cauae of
the poop!., and dare to differ from the
polltlclana who are trying to run
thing. In thrir own inierezt and ln tbe
Intereit of trusts nnd comine*. You
have the courage to give a man the
right to exercise his own Judgment
without calling him a Jackass or darn
ing him because he has the courage to
stand by hla principles. Long may
you live and prosper, and I hope your
Investment will not be long before you
and all conneoted with the enterprise
will be independent financially.
Your well wisher,
G. A. JACKSON.
Mnxey, Go., June (, 1944.
CHRIST AND HELL.
Editor of The Georgian:
Much discussion has been provoked
by the recent preaching of Evangelist
Torruy in your mJdzt on th# subject of
hell. Th* Universalis!, th, Unitarian
and the general coterie of doubters of
Odd's word hBYe been aroused and
much mire and dirt have been stirred
up In the gospel pond In Georgia. Well,
the preaching of the truth will stir peo
ple and the devil, too, and but little
harm will accrue to the gospel cause
where the truth Is boldly set forth.
This whole doctrine of hell revolves
UJMH1 the axle of faith In the words of
the Son of God. Do the people believe
what Jesus said? He had much to say
pn this autdect and Hla plain words
nre unmistakable. Here or* some of
Hla sayings:
-If thy Ttnnd offend thee, cut It off:
it la batter for tbaa to enter Into life
maimed, Utah having two bands to go
Into, hell, into the lire that never shall
be quenched. If thy foot offend thee,
cut It off: It Is better for thee to enter
into life halt, than having two feet to
be cast Into hell, into the fire that never
shall be quenched. If thine eye offend
thee, pluck It out: It hi better for thee
to enter Into the kingdom of God with
one eye, than having two eyes to be
coat In hell fire. (Mark lx: 49, 45. 47.)
The Son of Man shall send forth His
angels, and they ahnll gather out of His
kingdom all thlnga that offend nnd
them which do Iniquity; and shall cast
thorn Into a furnnee of fire: there shall
be walling nnd gnashing of teeth.
(Matthew xlllitl. «.) Ye serpent*,
ye generation of vipers, how can ve
escape the damnation of hell? (Met.
xxlll:9S.) These shall go nwny into
rxrrlastlng punishment, but the right-
eous Into life eternal. (Mat. xxv:44.j
In hell he lifted up hi* eyes, bring In
torments, and said. Father Abraham,
send I^xartts that he may dip the tip
of hts finger In water and cool my
longue, for I am tormented In this
flame. (Luke xvl:2l, tt.)”
Th* gun* of the antis In this battle
have been turned on Dr. Torrey. Why,
the doctor la na Innocent as a baba
Hack of the evangelist Is Jesus Christ
nnd the Bible, and ha has said nothing
that should have drawn th* (Ire of the
unbelievers to himself. Dr. Torrey him
been a plain teacher of the words of
Jesus. It Is not what the earnest
-readier has said, but It la what Jesus
has said, for tbe preacher has simply
relterqle-1 the word* of the Ron of
Ore!. Let the whole coterie of unbe
lievers take thrir eye# off of Dr. Tor
rey and focus them upon Christ. Lot
the mighty (7) guns they are shooting
be turned upon the Son of Ond, He is
th* one who said It. These unbelievers
In their rage are tearing down the
won! of Cod: they nre digging out the
foundations of the Scripture*. Jesus
Christ and the Bible are responsible
for the doctrine of hrll and not Dr.
Torrey. Those who right should not be
as one who heats the air.
It la a question of belief or disbelief
of the Bible. The Book soya there la •
heaven, Everybody twlleres there la
except the blind Atheist. Th* Book
says there Is a hell. Jesus Christ
says there I*. Thousands say they do
not believe there Is a hell. Thousand*
have written volume* against the doc
trine, but there It stands Imbedded In
the very organic structure of Chris
tianity. Men may sgy there Is no hell
of torment, but the assertion dare not
affect the fact. If there Is any fact In
the Word of Ood hell Is one of them
It la not * pleasant fact, but It it t
I act.
Buekmsn't Abolithed Schools
Hon. Haro- H. Bookman, of J, C k
oonvllle, who addressed th* Imnk.re
convention ban.put on Monday nlxhL
on "The Lawyer You Can Baitk o£
Is one of the foremost of Florida’s
lawyers. Just about a year '
cupfed the enter of the polftiral airi
educational field In the Flower a.!!,
his bill revolutionizing the school ,y£
tern of the state having passed ih.
legislature. Until that time, theVat!
was supporting seven Institutions nee!
of them receiving the patrons,; that
they should and none of theni itihf.
the work that they should. oJVroin?
of the Inadequacy of the education^
funds when distributed among them
His bill abolished the oeven Vhmlhi
nnd provided for the establlxtim^M n!
a. college (,,r female, and a u „Tv,reltT
for males. leaving their location in thl
hands of a state board of control Th!
university was located by the board m
Gainesville, and the college at Tails
hassee, after one of the bitterest doIIi.
leal fights the .tats has ever kmwn
One year's working under the new roll
Floridans say, has demonstrated, hoire
ever, that Senator Buckman'. concep.
tlon was a good one. ^
Mr. BUckman Is a brother-tn-law of
,l,e local manager of
the Associated Press.
Steve Clay’s Joke.
Senator Steve Clay tells of a negro
who was elected a Justice of the peace
In Georgia during reconstruction tlmee.
says tho New York World. His flrit
case w-aa one where the defendant
asked for a trial by jury. The ne ( ro
■histlco presided with great dignity
while the witnesses were examined and
to lawyer; summed up.
Then everybody waited for him in
charge th* Jury. He did not know whp
to do. Finally a friendly lawyer lean-d
over the bench and said: “Charge tax
Jury! This la the time to charge in.
ju %; Justice arose and looked at the
Jury. "Gentlemen ob de Jury'." he said
"dl* yer’s a mighty small com an' I'li
only charge you-all a dollar an' a half
apiece."
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 11.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—H. J5. DeNIse, W. B.
Gathright, C. Goodman, J. Levin. C. T.
Mason, R. Rose and wife, R. A. Rvan,
E. R. Dorsey, R. Q. Fuller, W. R. Ilian,
*■ 'lleckloy, G. P. Howard, J. C. John
son, Miss K. Moyes, C. A. Smith.
MACON—L. A. McAlister, S. I- Sic-
Williams.
SAVANNAH—J. Hull, T. R. Smylle,
Jr., J. T. Rogers, Dr. O. R. White.
Tins DATE IN HISTORY.
Now. Mr. Ed (lor. If there Is no hell,
there Is no heaven. You cannot blot
out one without with the same fell
swoop blot out the other. A man who
doe* not believe there Is * heH does
not believe the Word of Ood. The
destruction of the doctrine of hell de-
etroye heaven, destroys the Bible, does
sway with Orel and lands us in utter
anarchistic Atheism.
— . , 'V. O. BUTLER.
Chickamauga, Go.
JUNE 13.
1530—Diet of Augsburg convened.
1633—Maryland charter granted.
1786—General Winfield 8cott born; died
May 29, 1866.
1794— Battle of Ghent.
1795— Dr. Thomas Arnold born.
1813—Battle of Hampton, Va.
1817—Dissolution of the Mahrattu con
federacy.
1858—Steamboat Pennsylvania burned
on the Mississippi; 100 lives lost.
1867—Fugitive slave law repealed In
the hounr.
1887—Grldley Bryant, builder of first
railroad in America, died.
1874—Compromise currency bill defeat
ed In the United State* senate.
1878—Meeting of tho Berlin congress.
1880—James A. Bayard. ox-L’nited
States senator from Delaware,
died.
1894— Prendergast, assassin of Mayor
Carter Harrison, hanged In Chi
cago.
1895— British government announced »
protectorate for Uganda. Central
Africa.
1897— Bomb exploded near carriage of
President Faure, of France.
1898— President McKinley signed war
revenue blU.
1904— Nan Patterson Indicted for the
murder of Caeear Young In New
York.
1905— Premier Delynnnls, of Greece, us-
sneelnated.
THAT DAY.
By EUa Wheeler Wileex-
Ob. heart of mine, through oil thoer |s-r-
feet doys.
Whether* ^<»f while IMeemtiers or »re«
There runs o dnrlt thowght like a . n-eplag
Or Uko s’ block thread, which, l-r wail
uitfttaki*. . ... a
Life baa otrqsg through Ibo penrlr -*
A thougHt* wbfeh* borders all niy J-r« with
teare.
Somo doy. some doy. or you. or I.
Must look n|M»n tli« S4*enrs vso Ih«»
known; ..
Mn»t trcw4 tM Mif-oiiM i»*hs wi*
hnn* troils . . , lh
And cr/ In v#ln t«» ono who I* with .
Tt» Iran down from the Hllrnt 1,11
I lore"yon," In tho old, fomlllar wsy.
Home -lay-owl eeeh doy. l-oaatcoe* IK"**
nrings rioeer that dreed boor tor f«*
Fleet looted Joy. who hurries 'I" 1 "
/.« y-t ■ ereeet to* who d«e* »•
Of randi 1 ” pathway, where hot one nw) c-
Ay. one will xo. To *o la sweet. I "JJ
Ytft God must woods Ijjriqit G
To niake* Ills Porn-Use ecem vcry -MH
To one who roes nwl Ireveo the -iher ire
lo sever soul* m> bound by •«* “Jwr
For any une hut God w-sild l« « < r '“ l
Yet Death will eulurlnln Us owo. 1 U[l*Jj
To one who staya IJfe gices the K»>' "
To one who stay*, or lie -tworenuTo*.
There waits the Garden of
«*>. ihrrk, luerlislde and awful *>7
When one Of IIS must g» and ni»
EVEN THERE.
It oa the lonely desert, h* 1 ?
KT'wTISl
shnnr. ,
I sst me down t« ponder nit nut
"Here I sim Hid llrit." 1 «*-'•
What no -tber ever saw: fur »>' .
This haa been reserved: •wfore l'"'*;
Mortal men hss nevet possed this
Here the world le «* God **►
Kla ha* not loirwde-l: aer_l»aeJwf-
long I aar In meditation there.
Wnad'erfri'raMtooa filled my bree»'
When I nroae. at leef. •«.*“'tf jl. u nd.
can?* on which was written r ‘
Uo ?" —Chleap* Bereol llr.aH-