The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, June 14, 1906, Image 6
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Ediior.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
It la the part of wisdom to spend little of your
time upon the things that vax and 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 statin
tlcal editorial The Georgian undertook to point out some
of the danger* to be avoided In pressing the matter of
Immigration upon the people of these Southern and
Southwestern states.
From the figures and statistics of the department
at Washington we made It clear that there had been a
grt at change In the nature, origin and quality of the Im
u. grants from the homogeneous and assimilable people
thorefi. It waa demonstrated that conditions had
changed materially within the pait half-century, and
tl.it whereas we were once accustomed to draw our lm
I- igraiit* from the homogenous and aaaimllable people
of England. Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany, that
ot l.i to years thero has been a steady drift ot Immigra
tion away from these countries and that our source of
supply ha* lately come almost exclusively from the coun
tries ‘of southern Europe, Austria, Hungary, Roumanla,
Poland and southern Russia.
It was moreover made manifest from the census that
the statistics of crime made by these Immigrants from
southern Europe show an immense difference In favor of
the western Europeans, and that the criminal annals of
the country were being enormously recruited by the Isms
and revolutionary aplrlt of tho southern European coun
tries.
In stating these things we frankly expressed our
consciousness of the gfcat necessity of this country for
Immigrants to supply our depleted Acids of labor and to
l orform the ever-multiplying tasks of our advancing civ
ilization In which the acarclty of help waa becoming
more manifest and more and more menacing through
tin- constant Increase of unthrift and tho unreliability of
the negro In his exodus from the Delda and the farm* to
Die Idleness and crime of the cities.
We have been much Impressed and much gratlAed by
the cordial and Intelligent reception which this edito
rial discussion has received from the thoughtful and
Interested people ot the South. We have messages and
telegrams ot endorsement and congratulation, and earnest
requests that wo should continue to agitato this vast and
vital queitloii along these wholesome lines.
We publish today ou this page, and It la the purpose
of this editorial to direct attention to It, n thoughtful and
comprehensive article from Mr. Bernard Suttler, of this
city, who has for many years given groat thought and
much Intelligent Investigation to tho theme. While all
of Mr. Suttler'* contributions are Interesting In a high
degree, there Is a special significance In tbo figures which
l a gives-touching the material increase In our own pop
ulation.
Tho argument of Mr. 8uttler seema to center around
the proposition, Arst: That we do not need Immigrants,
and
Second: That our own population Is growing so rap-
Idly that In a short time wo will have all and more ot
the numbers which we need to populate our Industrial
iliftricts and to Inhabit the waiting acres of this laud.
If Mr. SutUer's Agures are correct, and we have every
eonddence In his accuracy and conscientious diligence
and ability, then they are profoundly worthy ot the con-
1- - ration of thoughtful men, and It becomes a serious
question whether our necessities are great onough at
this time to tempt ut to supply n present and not abso-
1 itely essential need by Importing Into our civilisation
Dm aliens who are not assimilable and who can scarcely
be deemed desirable and helpful to the civilisation ot
the 8outh.
Mr. Suttler'a Agures will richly repay the careful
reading ot any thoughtful man, whether he be Interested
nr not In the subject of immigration, because they
i idleate that the steady and constant increase ot
i ir population Is supplying all the needs of this great
i eople, and with the numerical bails of Increase con
stantly enlarging the multiplication of people within the
next four decadet will bo simply enormous In numbers
and In scope.
Upon the statistics of increase given by the census,
C, irgla will have In 1950 Ave and one-half millions of peo-
l le; In 1970 nearly eight millions of people and In 2000
nearly fourteen mllllona of people. These Agures Indicate
houf little room there will be left .or foreigners in this
great country when we provide for the Increase of our
own domestic population durigg the coming century.
This is no light question which Mr. Suttler touches
l ere. It la deeper than dven the probe which he pushes
into IL We have the Aneat and purest population In the
world In these Southern itatea. If we are going to bring
any foreign people here to share It we should make it a
rigorous prerequisite that they shall be of the beet and
liUhest class of foreigners that can be brought to our
American shores. If we can not get this class of peo
ple we can richly afford to do without any. We are
getting rich fast enough and our Aelds and minor and
factories are growing apace. Our growth la steady
enough to satisfy the most exacting avarice of any rea
sonable Imagination, and for our own part, looking Into
. the future In which our children are to live and Aourish,
and to settle the problem of civilisation which stretches
.-beyond these present days, we are seriously opposed
to any amalgamation of these great Caucasian race* In
Die 8outh with any people who will bring with them the
Infernal Jargon of the foreign tongues which makes such
discord and disturbance In the cities of Chicago, New
Tork and other localities where these aliens of revolu
tionary and lawless aplrlt live.
We sincerely trust that no new-found zeal on the
part of the land agents or the railroads which foster
Immigration and who have personal Interests at aUke,
will blind either themselves or this people to the consider-
a m of this great question ot Immigration with anything
1,-aH than a clear conception of its meaning and a high
| appreciation of Its dangers and a keen sense of tho duty
whlch so great a people aa ours owe not less to Its
past and Its present thin to Its great and homogeneous
future.
The Defeat of “Gas” Addicks.
The election of Col. Henry A. Dupont as a senator
from Delaware ends the long-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 wishes of hli people and
thrust himself Into the upper house as the 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.
The chicanery practiced l»y Addicks has made hli name
a by word, and yet he had set his heart so strongly
on the senatorshlp that nothing could cool hla ardor.
In May, 1895, the note in the Delaware legislature
stood fffteen for Addicks and fifteen for Dupont, but
among tho number who voted for Addleks was a former
speaker of the house who had become governor of the
state. The right ot the ex-speaker to vote In the elec
tion was contested. The committee reported against It,
and In favor of tba election of CoL Dupont, who, without
the contested vote, would have a majority of one. By
a strict party majority of one, the senate refused to
seat him.
In the following year the Addleks and Dupont fac
tions each sent a delegation to the national Republican
convention. The Dupont delegation-waa seated and waa
thenceforward known as the "regular" Republican party,
while the Addicks faction took the name of the Union
Republican party.
In 1899, when a new aenator wae to be chosen to
succeed Hon. George Gray, a deadlock ensued aud the
senatorshlp remained vacant.
Again in 1900 each ot the two factions sent dele
gates to the national Republican convention, and this
time the Addicks delegatee were seated, but this stood
the ^aa man In little atead, for In the following year
he was again defeated In hla 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 uniuccssfu! attempt to secure election in
1903.
CoL Dupont, who has Anally been chosen, I* a man of
distinguished an.ceatry and of high military achieve
ment*. He was graduated from West Point In the year
which saw the beginning of the civil war. Ho waa
twice brevetted for gallantry on the Aeld and was award
ed a medal of honor by congress. He resigned from the
army In 1874, and Ave years later became president of
the Wilmington and Northen railroad, a position which
he still holds.
It will be a general reRet to the country that this
long conteit la over. Addlcka haa made hlmielf about
aa unpopular as possible, and has Incidentally learned
that it sometimes requires something besldea money to
get Into the United States senate. He may now be al
lowed. to “sink to alienee like a tavern brawl." and let
poor little Delaware have her Just representation In the
senate.
“The Jungle” for Our Readers.
The Georgian takes peculiar pleasure In announc
ing that arrangements have boon made for tho serial
publication In these columns of Upton Sinclair's epoch-
making novel, "The Jungle," which waa primarily re
sponsible for the exposure of the packing house abuses
In Chicago.
Not within the past quarter of a century has thero
been auch deep and widespread IndlgnaUon on the part
ot the American people aa haa been aroused over the
revelations made by this great and vigorous novel, sub
sequently conArmed by the Investigations of Presi
dent Roosovelt'a special commissioners. It baa stirred
tho civilized world and promises to be the direct means
ot bringing about one of the moat Important reforms this
country baa ever known.
In a vague sort of way It was known all along that
the methods of the beef barons were not aa clean and
wholesome aa they should have been, but when they
were revealed In all their appalling minuteness by Mr.
Sinclair, who has devoted years to the study of tho sub-
Jeet, the public waa stunned and starUed.
The facts on which hla novel waa based have been
given to tho public In oAlclal form, and now there la
general and Insistent demand for the book Itaelf.
Arrangements have been perfected for giving this
novel In serin form to our readers, and the publication
ot tt will begin at once. The Installment* will run dally
until the publication Is completed.
Never In the history ot the country haa the book of
the hour, a copyrighted novel designed for sale only In
book form and not for syndicate publication, been given
through a newspaper In aerial form at the very
height of Ita popularity, but this The Georgian ha* been
able to arrange for and we feel confident that our read
ers will be gratlAed to And themselves the benedclaries
of this enterprise.
"The Jungle” la not merely a problem novel, how
ever. While It expose* the corruption of the beef trust
method* and the disregard for human life entailed by this
system, a charming love story, runs through It and makes
It one of the moat readable novel* of the season outside
ot Ita value as an exposure of the Packlngtovrn horrors.
The presses are running night and day to supply the
demand for the work In book form, but In the meantime
the readers of The Georgian will not have to wait. It will
he brought to their doors In dally Installments, beginning
Immediately.
The Bookish Theoric.
We are told that, reading maketh a full man. so let's all
read;
Years ago dear old Tommy Moore, we believe It was.
Instated that,
My only books, were woman's looks.
And tolly's all they taught me;"
Emily Dickinson, dear, dead recluse, declares,
'There is no frigate like a book,
To bear ua leagues away, . . .
Nor any courser Uke a page
Of prancing poetry;"
Well there are poets, and there 1* poetry. 8ome we
bear, aome bore us, and aome lay bare great truths;
book should be a friend, a counsellor, a companion;
good book Is the best ot the man who wrtXe It;
His thought and soul held In fond vellum, and we may
turn the page and tee.
We love a beauteous noble book, and hold him In our
heart;
The Bible la the beat of hooka;
Shakespeare one of the greatest books;
Tennyson one of the sweetest books;
With these three a fellow can get along fairly well;
Go get thee to a bookery.
The Shame in Savannah.
If the dispatches In the morning papers carry a truth
ful account of yesterday's election In Savnnnnh. then
wo think the tlmo has come when the decent forces of
our Georgia civilization should rise In protest against tho
political conditions which make possible such scenes and
such methods In an election In the state.
The city of Savannah la one of tho most charming and
beautiful In the South, the oldest and most aristocratic
city of this commonwealth. It has been for more than a
hundred years the type of reAnement, of culture, of dig
nity, and of social and commercial honor In the South.
And yet, upon the sheer drift of factional politics, It
has fallen lato 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 but with the braaen Impudence
of the atreets, 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 gang of ward
heeler* In the purlieus and precincts of New York or Chi
cago.
No matter how high the spirit of faction may have
run in the city of Savannah, no matter how keen the
ambitions of candidates and their friends—even If the Is
sues had 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 the
bands of the voters of the city. There lu no combination
of circumstance* that could ever Justify auch violation
of the law ind such prostitution ot the suffrages which
are supposed fo conserve th.- liberty and the prosperity
of free men.
Of course, the men who drifted Into these orgies of
politics did so thoughtlessly and without due considera
tion of the 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 In social life anything that was beneath the high
plane of the gentleman and the law-abiding citizen.
And yet, they hare 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 aay 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 auch cognizance os may
be necessary,- and such methods as may be possible to
prevent a recurrence of these shameful demoralizations.
When a beautiful, cultured city dings Into the very
teeth of a lofty and honorable civilization a ballot box
drama that shocks and degrades the political morals of
the state. It is high time that somebody on the outside
should grasp the Iniquity by the throat, if the true and
the good men within Ita walla are paralyzed by fear or be
smirched by apathy and Indifference.
It la surely a timely and a necessary appeal to the
next legislature to pass with heartiness nnd enthusiasm
the bill ot the Hon. Boykin Wright, of Richmond, or aome
measure akin to It, that will atantp the condemnation of
Georgia's representative assembly upon methods and
practices that are growing to be more and more a stench
In the nostrils of decency and the state.
(By a Non-Combatant.)
Said Clark unto Hoke,
"You're a fake and a Joke,
I know what you are,
With your charity Bar,
You’re a sneak and a frog.
And a base demagogue.
It’s a PopuHst trick,
And you need a swift kick.”
Said Hoke unto Clark,
"Your friend Hamp la a lark.
You're a railroad gossoon,
And you cling to the coon,
You're a swine in disguise,
And I'll black both your eyes.
Just step out In the park,"
8ald 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
It they both tell the truth.
DOES THE SOUTH NEED
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION ?
ten to hire to battle with
more evil condition! than 1 hire land to
endure. If 1 Aid In, or ronieiit to, the
dumping Into our fair country of n host of
people whose conceptions of *«od govern
ment ind proper Ifrlnjc ore pitched to a
key miny degrees lower thin oars. I sm
certainly not Acting cither as a good father
or good dtlsen.
Heard oti the Comer
Buckmin s Abolished Schools.
Hon. Harry H. Ilu.-kman, of j ack
sonvllle, who addressed the bankers'
convention banquet on -Monday „l»h,
on "The Lawyer You can Bank on-
is one of the foremost of Florida-,
lawyers. Just about a year aco h«
cupled the comer of the political
educational Held In the Flower
his bill revolutionizing the school JI*.*'
tem of the state having passed thl
legislature. Until that time, the.ta!
was supporting seven Institutions, non*
of them receiving the patronage that
they should and none of them do n.
t 0*.J' or . 1 L t 5 ftt they ,hould - °n accoin?
of the inadequacy of the educational
fund* when distributed among them
His bur abolished the seven Vh*g.
and provided for the establl.hmem o,
a college for females and a unlversltv
for males, leaving their location In th.
hands of a state board of control Th.
university was located by the board at
Gainesville, and the college at Tall*
hassee, after one of the bitterest doiiu
leal lights the state haa ever known
One year’s working under the new rule
Floridans aay, has demonstrated, how
ever, that Senator Buckman’s conceo.
tlon waa a good one. y
Mr. Buckman la a brother-in-law of
George E. Chapin, the local manager of
the Associated Press.
Steve Clay’s Joks.
Senator Steve Clay tells of a negro
who was elected a justice of the peace
In Georgia during reconstruction Ume.
says the New York World. His 11-at
case was one where the defendant
asked for a trial by Jury. The negro
Wiatlce presided with great dlgnltr
while the witnesses were examined and
te lawyers summed up.
Then everybody waited for him to
charge the Jury. He did not know w hat
to do. Finally a friendly lawyer leaned
over the bench and said: "Charge tha
Jury! This Is the time to charge the
^ The justice arose and looked at tha
Jury. "Gentlemen ob de Jury," he said
-dia yer's a mighty small case an’ ni
only charge you-alt a dollar an' a halt
apiece.”
By BERNARD SUTTLER.
In answer to the question need ns s
heading to this article, I must say that I
think tha South does NOT need tha for
eign Immigration she cap got.
Assuming the negative, It falls upon me
to prove my case.
make no apology-for using figures to
soma extent, aa they are necessary to tha
development of the argument.
Let us taka Ueorgla aa the subject of
Investigation, It being an absolutely fair
oxample.
In 1190 my mslarnsl grandfather waa
born. In that year Georgia contained 83,•
MS People. In MOO I, In the third genera
tion, saw In Georgia a population of :,Z18.-
331. or no Increase of, aay 3,400 par cent In
110 years, or three generational Let na
analyse the figures a little closer.
The Increase from 1780 to 1800 waa 80,138,
nearly 100 per rent, evidently a heavy Im
migration waa coming In; 1800 to IS Id In
crease gal 88,730. almit 65 per cent, atilt re-
eelring Immigrants; 1810 to 183>
the Increase was 88,338, or about
per cant, atilt getting some
—.--- — ‘ncreiiee wits 1(3.*
Immigration erl-
van to t—
wt S4 im»p n
Immigrants; MM —,_ r -
793, or about 30 per rent. Immigration de
creasing. From 1880 to MOO the Increase
was about 120 per cent, or 24 pti
the deende, a normal growth wll
migration. _
Now, 1 find that the absolute gain from
1790 to 1880 was 818,837. Let ns assume that
one-half of this was Immigration (and It
Is a liberal estimate) and we have 400,318
people; but 1 And that, according to the
cenans of 1900, there were living in other
states 410,000 people who were born In
Ueorgla, hence It la easily apparent that
Ueorgla haa contributed aa many people tc
other sections na she haa received from
without her borders. Let ns now Uke an
other step.
The growth of fifty years, practically
without Immigration, was about IS per
rent, or a little more than 24 per cent to
the decade. Let us assume that 30 per
Ueorgla will have 4.500,(W0 people,
* tT . In 2000 nearly
I come In three
. 1790 the density of population per
square mile was 1.4. or say 450 acres per
capita: in 1900 the density per square mile
was 37.8. or say 17 acres pee capita; In 2000,
with 14.000,000 people, the density per capita
‘ ■ bout 2B per squats mile, or aay
who In the past have cast
but merely to state what I believe to be
true under present conditions.
who Is raising the clamor?
Isct us consider from whence comes all
thla clamor for Immigrants.
It Is unquestionably true that the grcn
steamship Hues hare promoted tho uiovi
ment from Kurope by every means In fbel
power for the sake of the money paid for
transportation, nor do they care anything
about quality. A "fare la a fare." These
concerns wilt beyond question maintain
their foreign agencies nnd do all they can
to keep up the steady inflow of people. But
who aro tbo men In the South who are
rlamorlug for us to pitch our tents on the
dumping ground of the steamship lines,
with s view to directing the human cur
untalBklM, w r .
high position, they may have made money,
they may be authorities In certain lines,
but every man jack of tkem will on analy
sis fall under one of the classifications of
the careless, the unthinking, the greedy.
Every Moutheru newspaper Is thanderlng
forth in stentorian tones the great pros
perity of the tkmth. If this bo true, why
try to force matters? Why not let the
normal progress move along for s time,
without getting erssy to double up at once?
The railroads are uaturally eager for any
They may occupy
would he nb
2% acres per capita.
In figuring density of population, no al
lowance Is made , for waste lands, cities,
highways, etc., and with this allowance
mode, Georgia, with a population of 14,000,-
(W0. would l»e much more densely populated
than France now la, aa densely populated
as Germany now la, and would have about
1H acres of actually tillable land per cap-
ts.
Alt this In three generations without any
Immigration.
Germany la the home of socialism. Why?
Too many people. Germany haa sent ns
several mllllona of emigrants. Why? Too
many people. One of our consuls In a re-
fjrln*. The wonder la that people ran ana-
tain life at all on each pittance*.
Yet In three generations. In 85 years,
Georgia will be Tn the position that Ger
many M In today. Thera will be plenty of
lal-or then.
Another phnae:
The great progress of th* inodera world la
doe tu the Trntontr rare. Thla Teutonic
nr*, an Industrious, pushing, masterful
people, may be sab! to lie fairly represented
by Germany. Kuglaml. Hweden, Norway.
Denmark. Belgium. Holland. Mwlurrlnnd
nud France (for France In Ita origin wua
Teutonic and not Latin). All the Immigra
tion from these countries haa been readily
aaatmtlated ><y the United States, because
wa are of toe tame stock and they come
to na already Imbued with our Ideas. The
newer Immigration la renting from Ituasla,
Hungary, t'roath. Italy. Greece. Itil.ind.
These are alien races Far moored from
na and our ways, knowing little- of our Ideas
and raring leas, confusing liberty with
license. Intent only on th* material things
of life, contributing nothing to the uplift of
the national fife, but putting npna on th*
heavy burden of trying to rain* ear otand-
nrdo with this additional dead weight added
> our lend.
t do not benltnte to any that th* welfare
- the peeple of the United States would
greatly advanced If another Immigrant
not cross our I .orders In twenty year*.
• making nock a statement I do net
material
- rl , . . If tha
Mouth became na a choice section of
Gehenna, provided It doubled the traffic.
They are not safe gulden, aud they lieluug
to both the careless and greedy
Then there are the manufacturers,
prospering greatly, and liecnnac of that
great prosperity are clamoring for more
and cheaper labor In order to hare n still
. . it nr* now eagerly
building a second one or over *6,060 spin
dle. Not that the country la suffering
, la vet,
much lu evidence In thla cry for Imiul
grant*. Tha unthinking daas la repre
sented by n large numlier of men who,
while competent In thslr own pursuits, do
no rareful thinking atrnut anything outside
thalr own pursuits,
about anything outi
tbrlr own special calling*. nud these men
ire caught by any arhcuie promulgated lu
he name ot progress.
Dividends. Progress,
wletbt with which w
the name ot
Iilrldemla. Progress. These are the shib
boleths with which we are to lie conjnret:
to our deadly Injury. Providence lieetowrd
upon the inhnldfnnt* of tb* United Htatea
a natural bank of wonderful reeources, amt
we ar* doing our lieat to are bow quick
we ran exhaust It and bring about the eon-
ditlona of congested and pauperised Du-
rop*. all In order to Increase the nroflta
the enrichment of a few. Onr I
oral resources ta being drawn
fast enough. The narnl stores
already denying nnd will soon be gone.
Lumber experts admit the exbnnatlon of
tbn yellow pine forests of the Mouth In
twelve year*, aud aay that lu twenty-fire
years all the merchantable ban I wood of
the Mouth wilt t»e gone. Three gigantic In*
terrata are In sight of tbelr end, and will
turn loose au army of laborers who must
building will also hare a cm
tlon to n great extent In no long tin
and more labor will lie hunting plnee.
What other Interest la reallv suffering
ir anything that ought tn be done?
Gur fanner* ran remedy their shortage at
any time by simply better eultlvatl *
In-Iter fertilisation of fewer acres.
We had cotton acreage anfflctent last
year to bare mads =0.000,000 hale*, with
proper methods, and we mnd* 10.500.000.
Perhap* yon will qneatlon my ntntemeut.
Ut me gfr* yon an example:. G. w. ltaker
owua four acres ot land adjacent to Gaff-
ney, 8. C.. ami tn 1803 rented two acres
mare. From thin six-acre farm he sold Mil
north ef cotton, beans nnd sweet potatoes,
ralssd 50 bushels rorn. killed SOfTpoauds
lurk, and worked out ennugk to pay for a
one-hone wagon nnd mate. Thin tort of
farming would not naive th* Ubsr problea
on our farms, but would make our farmers
Independent of th* negro, ami glr* them a
isxz sfuerf^s 1 ,.' 0
Conclusion.
Th* Booth haa nobly endured th* storm*
of adversity, nnd In now In rertem danger
r>lB * wrr, ; k «hc plwunat waters
of prosperity. I for. one must rain* a
voice of protest; tt does not matter muck
what my few remaining days may be, but
Trun Independence.
To tha Editor of The Georgian:
I cannot help writing gnd congratu
lating you on tha definition you gave
of the true basis of Independence polit
ically. We common folks appreciate
your Interest in our welfare, and rec
ognise that The Georgian la the only
paper published In Atlanta that han
the courage to champion the cause of
the people, and dare to differ from the
politicians who are trying to run
things In their own Interest and in the
Interest of trusts and comlnea. You
have the courage to give a man the
right to exercise hla own Judgment
without calling him a Jackass or darn
ing him because he has the courage to
stand by hi* principles. Long may
you live and prosper, and I hope your
Investment will not be long before you
and all connected with the enterprise
will be Independent financially.
Your well wisher,
G. A. JACKSON.
Maxey, Ga., June 8, 1903.
CHRI8T AND HELL.
Editor of The Georgian:
Much discussion haa bean provoked
by the recent preaching of Evangelist
Torrey In your midst on the subject of
hell. The Unlvsrsallst, the Unitarian
and the general coterie of doubters of
God's word have been aroused and
much mire and dirt have been stirred
up In the gosfiel 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 It boldly set forth.
Thla whole doctrine of hell revolve*
upon the axle of faith In the word* of
the Son of God. Do the people believe
what Jeaua aald? He had much to nay
on this subject and His plain words
are unmistakable. Here are aome of
Hla saying*:
"If thy hand offend thee, cut It off:
It la better for thee to enter Into life
maimed, than having two hands to go
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 13.—Here ore some
of the visitors in New York todav:
ATLANTA—B. E. DeNIse, W. E.
Gathrlght, C. Goodman, J. Levin, c. T.
Mason, R. Rose and wife, B. A. Flvan,
E. R. Dorsey, R. Q. Fuller, W. R. Bean,
H. Bleckley, G. P. Howard, J. C. John
son, Mias K. Moycs, C. A. Smith.
MACON—L. A. McAlister, S. L. Mc
Williams.
SAVANNAH—J. Hull. T. S. Smylie,
Jr., J. T. Rogers, Dr. G. R. White.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 13.
1530—Diet of Augsburg convened.
1633—Maryland charter granted.
1785—General Winfield Scott born; died
May 29, 1866.
1794— Battle of Ghent.
1795— Dr. Thomas Arnold born.
1813—Battle of Hampton, Va.
1817—Dissolution of the Mahratta con
federacy.
1858—Steamboat Pennsylvania burned
on the Mississippi; 100 lives lost.
1867—Fugitive slave law repealed in
the house.
1867—Grtdley Bryant, builder of flrat
. railroad In America, dlrd.
1874—Compromise currency bill defeat
ed In the United State* senate.
1878—Meeting of the Berlin congress.
1880—James A. Bayard, ex-Untted
States senator from Delaware,
died.
1894—Prendergast, assassin of Mayor
Carter Harrison, hanged In Chi
cago.
1895^-Britlsh government announced a
protectorate for Uganda, Central
Africa.
1897—Bomb exploded near carriage ot
President Faure, of France.
Into hell, into th. fiF. that never .hill 18 SS—P™-'^t « cK|n| ey signed war
St 11904—Nan°Patterson Indicted for th.
murder of Caesar Young In New
York.
cut It off; It t* batter for thee to enter
Into life halt, than having two feet to
be cast Into hell, Into the Are that never
shall be quenched. It thine eye offend
thee, pluck It out: It la better for thee
to enter Into the kingdom of God with
one eye, than having two eyes to be
cast In hell Are. (Mark lx:43, 45, 47.)
The Son ot Man shall send forth IBs
angels, and they shall gather out of His
kingdom all things that offend and
them which do Iniquity; and shall cast
them Into a furnace of Are: there shall
be walling nnd gnashing of teeth.
(Matthew xlll:4l, 42.) Yo serpents,
ye generation of vipers, how can ve
escape the damnation of hell? (Mat.
xxlll:22.) These shall go away Into
exerlastlng punishment, but the right
eous Into life eternal. (Mat. xxv:46.)
In hell he lifted up his eyes, being In
torments, and said. Father Abraham,
send Lazarus that he may dip the tip
of hie Anger In water and cool my
tongue, for I am tormented In this
Asms. (Luke xvt:2t, 24.)"
The guns of the antis In this battle
have been turned on Dr. Torrey. Why,
the doctor la as Innocent as a babe.
Back of tho evangelist Is Jesus Christ
and the Bible, and he hns said nothing
that should have drawn the Are of the
unbelievers to himself. Dr. Torrey has
been a plain teacher of the words of
Jesus. It Is not what the earnest
preacher has said, but It Is what Jesus
has said, for the preacher has simply
reiterated the words of the Son of
God. Let the whole coterie of unbe
lievers take their eyes off of Dr. Tor
rey and focus them upon Christ. Let
the mighty (?) guns they are shooting
be turned upon dhe Son of Ood. He Is
the one who said It. These unbelievers
In their rage are tearing down the
word of Ood; they are digging out the
foundations of the Bcrlptures. Jesus
Christ and the Bible ore responsible
for the doctrine of hell and not Dr.
Torrey. Those who fight should not be
as one who beats the air.
It Is a question of belief nr disbelief
of the Bible. The Book says there Is a
heaven. Everybody believes there Is
except the blind Atheist. The Book
says there Is a hell. Jeaus Christ
aaya there la. Thousands say they do
not believe there le a hell. Thousands
have written volumes against the doc
trine, but there It stands Imbedded 'In
the very organic etructure of Chris
tianity. Mrn may say there Is no hell
of torment, but the assertion doea not
affect the fact. If there Is any fact In
the Word of God hell Is one of them
It Is not * pleasant fact, but It Is a
fact.
Now. Mr. Editor, If there Is no hell,
there Is qo heaven. You cannot blot
out one without with the same fell
swoop blot out the other. A man who
does not bellevs there le a hell does
not believe the Word of God. The
destruction of the doctrine of hell de
stroys heaven, destroys the Bible, doe*
•way with God and land* ua In utter
anarchistic Atheism.
.. „ W. O. BUTLER.
Cblckaraauga, Ga
1905—Premier Delyannls, of Greece, as
sassinated.
THAT DAY.
By Ella Wheelsr Wilcox.
Oh, heart of mine, through all those per
fret dnya. _ .
Whether of whit* December* or green
There runs a dark thought Ilka a creeping
Or like **' black thread, which, by »on>#
Life hen strung through the pearls ot
A tt|oi*cht^ which* borders all my joys with
tears.
Some day. some day, or you, or I.
Must look upon the eceuce we two hsie
Mnq* k trend' tho aelf-enme paths we two
And ery^luTaln to one who Is with God
To I roll down from the Mllout Itenlrus aud
| lore^you," In the old, fnmlllsr way.
(tome day—and each day, beauteous though
Brings rioser that dread hour for you or
Fleet-footed Joy. who hurries time ah-a*.
Is yet a secret foe who does us nTon,
Speeding ua gayly, though ho well -lota
Of yonder pathway, where but one may e>-
Hi G«l'■ist^needs fSf&’SSt s’p^
... jerer eouls an hound hr lore sntl inn
For any one but God would tie u crime.
Yet Death will entertain bl* ow“. ' "jjcU
To one who itnyi Life fliei toe r
drink; . ,. . fl - tm*
To one who itnyi. or !>e It h ^»i«ine
There watti the «{nnlen of
Oh. dark, luevltable nnd awful ay
When out* of ua must go undone uiu«t »< 1
EVEN THERE.
Out on the lonely’^iesert. lisire and ri-.l. ^^
Fur oat the deeert. Vl-Liflrn-p:/
There, where the «iu. unhindered. 0^7
I •*t*nla l, «iown to ponder nil ilone.
Here I am the flnt," I mM: "J **
Chat no other vrt* »aw; fnr me
iT»l« hoi l»een referred; l *«**J™*lj.
Mortal man hoi nerer pawed thla
Her* th* world Is as God b " r *
Min baa not Intrmled: nor hns tear.
Nor *“ '“Skf ^ >**•
pound."
Long I sat In medltstkm th*re.
Wouderful'rmotlon* filled n>7 bre»«-
When I arose, st W-M'.Klinl'
^,r?o,r AtTre^iTf- lr^ -
c/rd'on which was written 'borers'
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