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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. rniDAV. ji nk i. The Atlanta Georgian. uhmltif'fi JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. * Oeorria Railway and I Kleotrlo Company, with the fujl'confldonre In their ca pacity to oblige tho people, and with the reasonable hypo that they will do so without delay. Holutely nec»-B.Hary, or a codification in th supplement to the Code of 1*95, with a ni j plefe Index. Ih Indispensable. A r^ccxlific, * ntlre Code of ISlto Ik not accessary and form of a I of pr«:it public value, since many publi v and coot-Jtanee have been passed by the general Ion of the tho Code of 18*J5, and mr •ould prove j amended, and other valuable 1: laws of lni|>or- assembly since code sections 1 oth fi ill Ih at nothing Dismasted and wide ocean, a the ted Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: One Year........ $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Montha 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Eh r <>y I very expensive to tho state. The cost would be $60,000 j present session and at the next session of the legisln* and would render 1.500 codes now In the state library j tire, which art to be Incorporated in tho proposed code .. f Li i / woithless as paper, and their \ali;p Is $i».ooo. i See r ipplenxMit. The work can he done by one commission- L^Odliy tnC L2W8* report of state librarian 1003-4. pp. 5 and C.) If a sup- or, with the assistance provided for In the act. In another column *c publish today a communication | I'loment wore made iheao code, would be salable.. .a«. or even better than by thiee. and Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. .ould be salable.. . I as against ovtr (60,000 (and 16.000 lorn In cod from Hon. John C. Hart, attorney general, to Hon. BO) , 0 maK „ a De , cod,., cort „ kin Wright, chairman of tho general Judiciary J Entered tin second-class matter April 26, 1996, st tbe rostoflTIce at Atlanta. Ga., under act of congmaa of 1(1141,1'^ " !%J THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE | %j 8ummer friendship, Whose flattering leaves that shadowed us In Our prosperity, with the least gust drop off In th v Autumn of adversity. —Philip Massinger More Cars for the Busy Hours. The Atlanta atroet car company la doubtleas com' paaaed with many large and Interesting problems. It baa grown with great and marvelous rapidity within these last few year*, and within the very nature, and necesal ties of It* own expansion, It hae doubUeie found It dlS)- cult to do all and lingular the thlnga that It ought to do, and hat necessarily mado some mlatakea which are In' cldent to the rush and rapidity of Ha own development. We are under obllgationi to the Atlanta street car company for the ramification of our atreota with theae lines of transportation which make transit easy betwean the different sections of the city. The system la com prehensive, It la well equipped and in the main It la ad mirably run. With this much said, we offer now In behalf of the people of Atlanta an appeal for the Immediate consider ation of the Georgia Railway and Kleotrlo Company, which oonducta the street ear system of Atlanta. We trust that we have said enough to Indicate that we do not speak In temper, and' certainly not In prejudice against the corporation or the Individuals who com pose It, But the chief necessity which exists at this tlma for the comfort and convenience of the people of AUanta la an Increase of transportation faolllUes on the street cars during the busy, hours of tho day, and more par tlcularly between the hours of half-past live and aaven In the afternoon. We do not feel that it la asking too much of the street car system to beaUr their utmost energies to re lieve the gross discomforts and actual dangers which tho people of Atlanta suffer under the present condition*. Tho cars which go out during these busy hours are peek ed to suffocation, they are unwholesome In the close and suffocating contact of people In tbeae crowded quar ters. and oven with tho windows opan It la Impossible to keep tho air pure In such a mast of squirming, heated humanity. Moreover, It Is dangerous, for In case of any sort of accident the casualties would be greatly Increased by the crowded state of the' cars. Beyond this, a people who patronise the street car system of Atlanta as royally ns these people patronise tho Georgia Railway and Electric Company are entitled to at leaet a greater de gree of comfort, at well ai of eafety, during theae crowd ed houra of the day. There la no claee of tho etreet railway's patrons which la entitled to more consideration than those who make up the passenger Hat of these crowded hours. In tho first place they are the regular patrons of tho street cars, they come and go morning and evening whUe tho seasons roll. In addition to that, they are the busy por tlon of this community, they are the men and women, young and old, of greater or leaser degree, who do tho work' of our stores, offices and shops and make up tho Tery Hie and pulse of the business Interests of the great city of which the Georgia Railway and Klcctrlc Com pany la fully aa much the beneficiary as It la the bene factor. Now then, wo submit to th# management of the atreet car system the proposition that there I* ono of several things which they might do to relieve this congested travel in the early morning and in the late afternoon. Take, tor Instance, a single line, and that with which the editor la most familiar, tho line leading to Collegu Park. Why should not the atreet car system have on this line betwoen tho hours of five and seven In the afternoon two cars attached, making a trail car, as they do In Chicago and In tho other cities of tho country? If this be undesirable, why should not the company run separate cars, one to Oakland City and one to Mc Pherson’s barracks evefy five minutes, and have the ten minute cart run ns express cars to College Park, with East Point aa tho first atop? Or, why should not the company give na five minute cars running dose together during theae crowded houra? Now, we are not experts In this ofllce, and we realise that there may be objections to each one of thee* prop ositions, but we are free in the conviction thnt the com pany, If It seta It* will mightily toward tho relief of the people In this vital matter, can easily devise out of Its own experience and Its own equipment tome way to re lieve the uncomfortable and dangerous congestion of transportation during these crowded houra If It need* more can to do this, the company Is sure ly making money enough and fast enough to buy new can, and It it la not making money fast enough, which all the evidences would seem to disprove, then we are quite sure that the multiplication of facilities will easily multiply patronage and create the nvenue which will speedily repay the company for Its wholesome and de- slrable expenditure In this direction. Now this la a matter which Is very near to the peo ple of Atlanta. This I a. a case where the street car com itany can demonstrate In real an<: practical form Ita eon' aldentlon for the people who support tt. Wo an very much Inclined to think that If the company continue* to be Indifferent to the serious discomfort and Inconven ience of the people, that Ita unpopularity will grow apace and that It will find the difficulties to multiply In the way of any future favon or concession! which It may ask either from the public organisations or from the jury boxes of Fulton county. It to perfectly easy for a great corporation to make itself pop alar with a people if It will. Other great cor porations have done this and have tpaapfred tnightjly by the operation. Wo are quite ante that ft would bo tl.o 1.-st and sanest of policies for the Georgia Railway and Klee trie Company to strain a point with Ita atreet car system and obllgo and help the people In thla mai ler at this time. And this appeal In behalf of the people to Madly committee of tho legislature, and another to The Georgian | signed "Lawyer," urging thnt the laws of tho state | adopted during the past eleven years bo codified and pub | Halted aa a supplement to the Code of 1805- We take great pleasure In giving spaco to these rnmniunlcatlon* and In calling attontlon to the need for this work. The past eleven years have been among the most Important and prolific In the legislative'history of tho state. Many of the most vital laws on our statute books have boen adopted daring tho time which has elapsed slnoo 1895. The attorney general points out that |t Is now nee essary for lawyer* to go through the vast mass of laws, scattered through tweaty-two volumes of annual re ports, representing the work of the legislature* during the post eleven yesrs. In order to arrive at what the law really to. That this to onerou* and tedious goes with out saying. It I* a hardship which the lawyers, and the courts should not be called upon to endure, partlc ulnrly when It can bn remadlea at a comparatively small coat. As "Lawyar” points out In bto communication. It Is not necessary to make a complete recodlflcatlon ot all existing laws. This would render uselens $0,000 worth of codes now In the library for sale and would entail the necessity of appointing a commission of at least three members, when the supplement could bo prepared by one commlsaluner and an assistant with the aid of a stenographer, all at a cost, Including printing, of about (21.000. Six thouiand dollars, It to estimated, cquld cually be realised from the sale of the supplements, and as much more from the remaining copies of the Code of UBS, which would otherwise become useless and even now are not very useful. |By this means tho cost of bringing the code up to date would not amount to $10,000 and would be a great benefit to the lawyers and to the people in general. With the exception of the last two codes, the law* of Georgia have been codified every five years, whereas it has now been eleven years since this work was done. If'it was necessary that thto-work of revision should be done so frequently In the earlier history of the state, when our laws were not nearly so numerous, there Is ell the more reason why no more time should be lost In making the proposed supplement now, In view of the faet that the laws adopted during the past eleven years are among the most vital end Important In the history of the state. , We believe that the present general aisembly will serve a good purpoee In authorising thla work and that the peoplo in general will approve ot the appropriation. hllo the work Is In t lnboriotis. can be tlon-.- by him In -Ime for the session nt of the legislature of 1007. aa provided for by the pro- with complete new Index, would cost estimated $12,000 < posed law. (Tho supreme court contemplated the pas tor printing. $0,000 for salary of single commissioner, nave of this bill In 10331. If the work is properly done it f-'.'"n ton Ills and for ;■ nti-no.-ranher. will result in great saving of lime to tho unr, niui of making In all the sum of $21,600. At lowest calculation, j economy In expense to nil of the complex of tho state. 2.000 copies of the supplement will he sold, at Jit.00 per and tho state Itself, and tu-eure a speedier and more ac- copy. <o the lawyers of tho state, making JG.000. This curate administration of the lews In ail the courts, ei- $6,000 and $6,000 value In codes In library, deducted from ' peclally the Justices' courts, which must search out this the $21,000 would make tho supplement cost $9,000, OS I legislation lo eleven annual session laws-a against over $60,000 for a rccodificatlon of the Codo of some difficulty, ns the laws referred to nro ver 1893, with lhr$*<* f firnrnH. rs ()■.• < oi.jui.-Kiop.i'.', u ilh • i*iM*■r.*' — —•-»—* —.. * nographor. can do the *' 1 *“ *“ Our Dumb Animals. To tho Editor of The Georgian: I bespeak for the many who feel a* I do an out flow of your eloquence In behalf of the poor dumb animals of this great metropolitan city. Within the survey of every eye there to dally Bn exhibition of the most brutal treatment of animal* by their driven who often are negroes, and not Infrequently white men, whose livelihood to largely dependent upon the transportation ability of tbelr dumb slaves. \' It to a sad commentary upon tho condition of public sentiment when such actions are tolerated and not Interfered with. Who are tho odlcers ot your local Socloty for the Prevention of Cruolty to Animals and why to It they are not more active In suppressing this base relic ot barbarous custom*? Urging the distribution of some of your talents ' with a vlow to focusing the attention ot the public upon this worthy cause, I close with an expression ot my highest esteem. Vary truly yours, PAUL E. FLOTRON. The merciful man to merciful to hts beast, sad If he I* not such n man. the tow should teach him the quality of a mercy that to strained and fortified with punish ment We ure glad to glvo prominence to the cooimunlcp tlon of Mr. Flotron, for this to emphatically a season of tt^e year prhen not only passive mercy to dumb animals should appeal to all mankind, but positive provisions for their comfort, as far aa possible, should be made. U to evident that the guardians of law and order do not entirely Ignore flagrant Instances of cruelty, for only yesterday two negro offenders, who had been beating their horses, were brought before the recorder and fined $10 nnd $15 respectively, tt I* proper, therefore, to make public acknowledgment and commendation of this course and to recommend that It be strictly nnd dill' gently pursued. If human beings suffer during Iheao warm days, with all the artificial appliances for koeplng cool, how much more must the dumb animals suffer at the same time. And yet It to evident by yeaterdny'a prosecutions that there are flagrant Instance* where these animals are unmercifully abused. There to nothing that appeals more strongly to the heart of every normal man nnd woman than the humane treatment of dumb animate and the man who violates the law should He Instantly and severely punished. briefly ■■I their put forth their ut forth u long, lout] :i* on nearing her thnt t rlble .truth, t ellng. an assistant ami stenographer, can do the work better itid Infinitely cheaper than three commissioners. So three men can write a book. One can—ono who would devote all his time to It, impress hto Individuality on It, and assume all responsibility. , ■ Tho supreme court, in It* letter to the Judiciary ' nit".' hi I-1' rence to the bill of Mr. Blackburn now before the legislature providing for ono commissioner with on assistant and stenographer In lieu of three commissioners, says: “We regard this bill as a very Important one, aud All of the public laws ],asset! since 1895 Incorimra- ted. thoroughly annotated and the entire rode properly Indexed, will sjiare the necessity of the great expense to tho stato of a recodlflcatlon of It* entire code law for gome years to come. We commend the act to your fa vorable consideration.” The last codo of 1895 cost over $60,000. It muyt be torno In mind that the cost of printing, patter and work Is much higher now aud the great numbers of acts .for tho past cloven years would swell the size greatly nnd Increoxe tho co*t at least one-third. LAWYER. Ing nc u ho CODIFICATION OF TIIE LAWS. Hon. Boykin Wright. Chairman Oeneral Judiciary Com mittee, House of Representatives. Doer Sir: I have very carefully read tho letter of July 31, 1005, signed by the members of the supreme court of Georgia, addressing you as chairman ot the general judiciary committee, wherein they commend the proposed legislation In a bill Introduced by Hon. Mr. Blackburn, representative of Fulton county, for tbe cod ification of the laws of this state passed since the Cods of 18*5 was adopted. I cordially agree with the supreme court In com' mondlng the Importance of this proposed legislation, both to tbe people ot tho state, the lawyer* nnd the 8 residing officers, nnd the method by which tbl* codt cation I* to be effected. It ha* been nearly eleven years atneo our last code and even the lawyer who to In active practice often finds difficulty In determining what tbe law really to, owing to the fact that thaee laws are ttered through twenty-two volumes ot annual nets of the general assembly. I cordially commend the bill to the favorable consideration of the legislature. With as surances of greet esteem 1 beg to remain, very truly youra. JOHN.C. HART, Attorney General. "Lawyar" Urges ths Work. To the Editor of The Georgian: Th* pending bill before the legislature to codify tbs laws since 1805 1$ so Important that 1 1 hardly need ex- ouso myself, for a brief space in your paper. Georgia has had five codes, to-wit: 1063, 1858, 18T3, 1882, and 1805; showing that Georgia has bad a code oa an avarage nf eight years. It Is now over eleven years since our tows were codified. The moat active and Important yesre In .extotottoe are covered by this period of eleven year*. Among them. Important fran chise and tax laws, as well a* a great number of general laws, have beep passed. These laws are made Inacces- anile and Inconvenient to the courts, lawyers and lay men by being In eleven separate volumes of annual statutes with no annotations ana Inadequate Indexes. The period has arrived when a recodlflcatlon la ab- By REV. GEORGE A. BEATTIE. Ths Good Samaritan—Lukt 10:25.37, Golden Text: "Blessed are the merci ful, for they shall obtain mercy.''— Matt 8. This parable was given by Chrlet In answer to a question propounded by a lawyer. The lawyers were those who studied and expounded the law of Moses. Sometimes they an called scribes, ae It was often their business to copy the laws. Against this class Jaaua uttered some of hts severest de nunciation. They complained because He ate with publicans and sinners: they watched to see If He would heal the man with a withered hand on th* Sabbath, that hey might accuse Him; they put sple* on Hts track; as a class they arrayed themselves In open hos tility to Christ and His teachings. Thla lawyer who came to Him might hare been an exception. He might have asked hie question, not to entrap Him, but merely to teat Him. to ascer tain If His views accorded with the law, In which he tvas supposed to ba versed. If He had any right to be an expounder ot the law. And Jesus as sured him by referring to tho tow. Th* lawyer quoted from Dout. 6:6 and Lev. 11:18. The Jews were required to repeat tho former every morning and evening. Perhaps this lawyer, like the rich young ruler, was not entirely sat isfied with himself and his conduct, at least he would ascertain If his Inter pretation and application of the law accorded with Christ's, an- ao ho asked another question, ,“*.Vho I* my neigh bor?" anil In answer to this question Jesus related the parable ot the good Samaritan. 'A certain man went down from Je rusalem to Jericho,” In two senses he went down. Jerusalem was situated on an eminence while Jericho eras In the Jordan valley, which I* n volcanic de pression, and much lower. Then Je rusalem was the capital, and they spoke qf going up to Jerusalem os they speak of going up to London, and as In this country we apeak of going up to Washington, and In thla state of go ing up to Atlanta. TJie road between theae two cities ran through rocks and ravines, which afforded a hiding place for robbers. Josephus tells us In bis day It was Infested with thieves. It was the scene of so many crime* that It was called "the' bloody road." So dan- J erou* did It become, that, according to erome, the Roman* had to erect * fort to protect travelers. It to dangerous still, and th# traveled today Is accom panied by an armed guard. In the time of Christ the Incident narrated must have bean one of frequent occurrence. A solitary •traveler I* attacked by theae bandits, who leap upon hbn from behind some rock. He tries to defend himself, but In the ufloqual contest soon falls, badly wounded. They strip him of everything, even his clothing, and leave him weltering In hie blood. While .lying there, by chance, there come down u certain prleet that way, and when he taw him he "passed on the other side.” ‘ By chance" la an unfortunate transla tion. The literal meaning to, by coin cidence. Nothing happens, nothing cornea by chance or accident. By a previous plan, by specific arrangement by exact coin cidence, this meeting took place be tween UiM wounded traveler and I he priest In th* "bloody road.” The meet ing of these two was Ilk* th* meeting of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch In the desert near Gaza. That did not happen by chance, for we arc told "th* antej of th* Lord spake unto Philip, saying, arise, go unto the South." So this meeting In the valley wae prear ranged. It la thus that all meetings taka place betwasn man and man. Those who need are placed In the way of those who have plenty; tbe strong are led to the place whora the helpless He. Wo admire the wisdom and fore sight that spread layers ot Iron ore and coal near each other in the earth, that the one might give the melting heat the other needed, but the divine gov ernment la a much more minute and pervading thing. God brings tbe neg ative pole of one man's need Into .the positive of another man's power of Most High: thy ministered In the tem ple. They were the Interpret cm I expounders ot the lew which nns so careful In pressing the claims of hu manity, which inn ■ !*■ peortot >n f*r the widow and the orphan, the pior and the rtnmgar. which even commanded that help should lie given to a brother'* ox or as* that fell by the way. But here was not a brother’s ox or aas, but a brother himself who had fallen, wo* ly ing In Mh blood, and they left him to rile. They might have attempted to justify thetr conduct by saying that they could not be of any assistance, the man was mortally wounded, und would die In any event; any attempt to http would only Imperil tnelr own llv Hi that their business was Imperative: or that tho claims of Cfod upon their tlma for the temple service was greater than this wounded man. There are a great many people today who are pass- man's fulness. The op portunity and the ability to synchron ous. God lays the plan, watches the progress and'la displeased when men neglect the opportunity. He will hold us accountable for the thlnga we did not do, as well os for those we did do. The prleet neglected hto opportunity. As he looked at the waylaid traveler, he might have said, "Poor fellow, I am sorry for you." But thla wae a time not for expressions of pity, but for deeds of kindness. He seemed to fear that he might be living and there might be a demand upon hi* time, his patience or hi* puree, and not entire ly destitute of feeling. It would b* easier to pass over on the other side than to refuse assistance. The Levlte now comes along, and at first It seems he had more compassion and humanity. He will not pass by him. He atop* and examines him. But he presents n more aggravated and heartless case than the other, for after he has looked upon him. saw his suf ferings and needs, be, loo, passes by on the other side. The fallen man might with reason have expected assistance from theso two men. They were all of one blood and one faith. The Jews have always been noted for the care they take of each other. Then theae men were servant* of the NEW ZEALAND IS UTOPIA, DECLA RES NE W PREMIER Uy Private Issued Wire. New York, July S.—"What would you, lo If there waa an Ice truet In New Zealand which put up the prices ex orbitantly?" ••W* would fill overy tee house for miles around with this commodity, and see how quickly we could get under construction plants for Its manufac ture," replied Bit Joseph George Ward, the new premier of New, Zealand, who was the sheet of G. W. McNurran. at the Lawyer*' Club In thla city. Blr Joseph drew an amusing picture of New Zealand under municipal owner- •hip as Utopia where there are no truats nor grafts, where there to a pen sion for old age, rich and poor alike, where the railroad fare Is leea than l cant a mile, where every man Is pro vided with work, where there Is no rebating and no discrimination against shippers; In fact, where everybody to happy. 8tat* Helds Property. New Zealand," said he, 'la only sixty-five years old and has today a population of lea* than a million. Yet In our bank* th* peopl* have earplug* aggregating $150,006,000 and the state hold* property worth $1,600,000,000. "W* have enacted through our par liament a large number of so-called socialistic acts and the ministers who promoted thee* measures have now been In power long enough to see the results. It to fifteen year# sine* the first ol these were put through, and even those who then opposed the roes*, urea most bitterly dare not now advo cate repeal. "We began by taking large estates held by private owners. The govern- ment paid full price and then parcelled the land Into small arena which were turned over on lenten on the yearr tenure, which, of course, to a* good a* a freehold. The only condition an nexed waa that th# lessee cultivate the land. Th# result ha* been that all over ths rand today, even In tha fltr outly ing districts, we hove a targe and high ly piliducttv* farming population where there might have Keen vast un cut tracts. Labor Furnished Parmer*. "In every town of the colony w# have, that Is to say, the government has established a labor bureau. A regis ter Is kept of those who either are out of work or who expert soon to be out of work. To these bureaus tho farm- era apply for tha hands thoy want and housekeepers seek their servants. Our unemployed Is an Inconsiderable frac tion of our population, and no man need starve If he has the will to work. "Tho state owns practically the en tire railroad mileage of tbe country. There are In New Zealand 2,16ft miles of rallruud built and t,200 more in con struction. All the earnings over 3. per cent are turned Into th* general gov ernment fund. That 3 per cent to used for maintenance purposes. The mile' rate Is a penny a mile for the first 50 mites, and after that a steadily decreasing scale within th# distance. * Cheap Wires Tolls. "Our telegraph and telephone toll* are In keeping. A telephone with tho prlvlege of unllmted calls costs for a S rivnte residence !25 a year and we {•patch a message of twelve word* service embraces practically ev ery town and village of tho colony and statistics have justified the policy of state ownership. By municipal owner ship the elites also control all their public utilities. "The government manages a depart ment of Insurance. Other Independent companies which have cither coma In or were established In the colony 'be fore the state began to write policies, have all been forced to lower their premiums. The government does not solicit business, and therefore escapee tha heavy charges which most com panies must add to their policies to meet the expanse of writing Insurance. The surplus which this department has earned has not been turned Into the public treasury, but has been lent out to farmers on first mortgages, enab' Itng them to develop their land. Pensions For Old Agt. "A striking feature of our govern ment to our pension* for old age. W# found parent* well along In year* re sented being dependent upon their children for support, and now any per son who ha* an Income Insufficient to lire on Is provided for. We have no truet* In the sense the term Is here employed. If any group of capitalist* attempted to comer any commodity the political party whlrh countenanced their art would be forced Immediately out of power." mg on the other side, who will not visit places nf suffering or destitution, for fear they will appeal to their sym pathy nnd benevolence, and wno would rather not as* them than ae* them, and then refits* their help. And this la don* by many from whom we might expect better things; by those who are tho profeseed follower* of Christ, who claim to be actuated by the same aplrlt of sympathy and love. It may bo wr have done tha same thing. We certain ly have. If we have turned away and passed on the other side. The curtain falls, with the,prlest and the Levlte riding on, leaving the trav eler on the roadside, with hto life ebbing away; but It rises on another that Is more creditable to humanity, and that gives us more pleasure to look upon. The echoing footfalls of their horses' feet have scarcely died away, when another traveler Is seen ap proaching. He Is not a Jew, but Bamarltan. From him we need net expect sympathy or help. The wound ed man . has no claim on him, either of blood or faith. The Samaritans were not a race of degenerate Jews. When the ten tribes were carried away Into captivity, their place was supplied by the king of Assyria by men from Baby lon and other heathen provinces, and they brought-their gods with them. La ter they adopted soma forma of the Jewish religion, and stood In some awe of their god. 'Although they clung for a long time to their old faith, yet In time they abandoned It and the prac tices of their heathen ancestry. When the Jews returned and rebuilt tho tem § le, they asked permission to assist. ut were denied. They built a rival temple on Gerislm. They only admitted the qivlne authority of the first five books of Moses. All the rest they re jected. On account of their heathen blood, their heresy and rivalry the Jews' I'l'JUU, LUCK IIC1 IBj U((U (19(111/ LUC dOW* hated them. They cursed the Bama rltan In the synagogue, prayed thnt he might have no part In the resurrection: proclaimed that his testimony might not be received; that lie who entertain ed a Samaritan In hi* house was laying up judgments for hto children; would not ride a hors# on which he hod rid den, nor eat nr drink from a dish he had used: would suffer rather than ac cept his help. And all thla animosity was reciprocated by the Samaritan. When Christ was going up to tint passover they would not accept Him. because He was on Ills way. to Jerusa lem. When the Jews went up to thetr annual feasts they not only refused them hospitalities, but, according to Jo sephus, would waylay and raurdsr them. It may be ot Interest here to say that there Is a little remnant of the Samaritans, about 20ft in number, and that during the International Bunday School convention, held two years ago In Jerusalem, their high priest, Jacob, son of Aaron, addressed the convention and welcomed the delegate* to “the land ot promise.” The feeling existing betwoen the two races at the time of Christ was as 1 have described. They hod no deal ings with each other. The disciples were surprised that Jesus would talk with the Samaritan woman, und she was surprised that He should ask her for a drink. The fallen Jew had been passed and left to die by two ot his own. and now the Hnpiarltn.n, a recog nised enemy, approaches. He may hove often received III treatment from the Jew. Here Is an opportunity to avenge himself and his race. Atone with his victim, with no eye to see him but the vultures that, perched on the rock, waft for death to com*, he approaches and bends over the dying man, but not to finish what tho robbers had neurly done. At the risk of his own life he treats the fallen enemy aa though he had been a wounded brother. His heart Is touched. Ho has companion on him. So perhaps had the priest and the Le. vlte. but no mention Is made of It, any more than we keep account of tbe blossoms of spring that never ripen Into fruit. In the judgment day there will bo no reward for those who said. "Be ye warmed and be ye filled." As the Inns of those days did net furnish provision, the travelers were accustomed to carry thetr own, and what was the Samaritan's food became the wounded men's medicine. Nor wn* the oil and wine so unsuitable as one might fancy. In olden times wine was used to cleanse the wounds and staunch the bleeding, and oil was used to mol lify and deaden the pain. Oaten, on* of tbe greatest Roman physicians, pronounces them good for this. At any rate, they were the beat and perhaps aft he had. He did whai he could. The man revived, ha places him. on his beast, and walking by hts side, conveys him to th* nearest tnr.. which, seemed to be an exception In that It could provide both food and shelter. The sum of two-pence may seem •mall, but tt was equivalent to oa many dollars of our money In our day. If this amount was not sufficient, he mekes himself responsible for th* ad ditional expense. The story told. Christ turns to tne lawyer to ask which nf the three acted the part or neighbor. In bto answer he manifested the nar row-mindedness, tho sectarianism, the prejudice of th* Jew. II* will not uy, the Samaritan, but avoiding the name, replies. "The on* that showed him mer cy." How often we are disappointed In people from whom w* had reason to expect something, and surprised by tcr-loggod .in the n i miles from th , h,id drifted about was dead tn her try, A ship! 4 Mugfilnj energies, i ofiil-oa. ho,k was it of distress. Too ler course, and bore •ruble wieek. Tory I vet strength to send snout over the deei. :hey discovered th'w congratulated each c saved ot Inn. \v; 10 rig of the*# m,. n who hanging over a li r- eutlden chanse? Hut V the sudden re- - terrible sinking iwl that went up tho other vessel, eall- I to see the ghastly plored their pity, put ai">ut. unit (olng . ff left them In de- el.io. No.- was that all. Recalling tn.it scene In Lie Infernal torments of the .heathen poet, war re Tantalus Hite the cup and no ei aer raises ft to hit thirsty lips thin tic water vanishes— the same hopes had before been raised by another ship, manned ulso by their own countrymen, to suffer the sums cruel disappointment. When death had Mixed t me and despair all, a Nor wegian bark . ir.ie salting across their path Pity filled the hearts and eye* of th" foreign sailors, and not until the> had lurried the last survivor nti ard th*ir ship did they desert th* wreck. It was a noble act. Hut still nobler his who appear* on the scene of this bloody trayedy, to redeem th* character of humanity, become an ex emplar in Christ's hand to nil future aaes and gaining Immortal renown, win for hlm-elf too title of good Sa maritan. “Go thou and do likewise" inn the moral of the story. It was told to rebuku the narrow, minded, prejudiced Jew. May It rebuke our prejudices of race, of party, of sect and creed and church. Help us to see t’.le' brbtber fn rdf nations whom He has mads of one blood, nnd redeemed by one blood. Our love Is confined tn nar row channels, because It Is n narrow stream,' Let It swell'Into a larger nrt thn«A (>mtM nnt hntrl le volume and theae could not hold it. May God, pouring out Hts Spirit In showers from heaven, so (load our hearts with love that It may burst the boundaries within which educational, ecclesiastical, social or national preju dices confine It, nnd burying them, flow forth to all mankind. Our neighbor Is the man who needs our help. If any man needs our syni- E athy or help, let us po more ask him If s belongs to our country, nr family, or party, nr church, than If w* saw him stretching out his hands from a burning bouse, or lifting them above a roaring flood. Thu* shall we Imitate the example of the areut nnd Good Samaritan, who far our aakes became poor, that by His poverty we might become rich: who not only Imperilled His life, but died that we might llv*. GEORGIANS IN GOTIIAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July Here *re some of the visitors tn Now York today: ATLANTA—B. E. King, S. G. Van dyke, L. Haas, J. F. Richardson and wife, J. H. Adams, A. M. Gore, Mias Roach. O. D. Street. AUGUSTA—J. H. Jackson. W. a Jackson, Jr. MACON—F. S. Bradford, C. II. Humphrey. J. G. Morris, E. H. Plppen, N. B. Corbin. . „ SAVANNAH—M. L Davene. W. C. Lyon, Jr.. Miss A. M. McCall. THIS DATE IX HISTORY. JULY 6. 1415—John Hum liurut. .... MQ H IPVI a ms Minn toil. 17&-Ktnii'lanl of American dollnr wtab* ■Untied. 1W0—Itottle of Wiffram. ... , 1821—Kdiitnml W. iVtfnn, 1-kIImI State* iu*n«tor frrni Atnlmtun. Imrn. 1ST—Kington) of Umfe erected by trentj of l.otnlon. 1844—FI rat llouacll ministry formal. IN*— 1 The Deftiy mlnlatry entrred I'ff 'T. 1870—France proteatwl ajmlnat etorfee of Prince Leopold for kluff of rt|ril». 1833—MnrrbiKc of Duke of York, itrlHulr ttorone, • ond .Itrlnceaa Mary < Took. -Kxfhanico of Spnnlab prlaonera of ai fur 11 ns i*ii and hi* comrade*. lBfr-Koliert llonner. fitni»u* New v»ri iMibllnbcr. died. Itorn 1824. . IMt-KUhn Him' aimolnted jmrrvtnry or atnte In »tirreiMbai to Jobu I lay. THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT. To tho Kdltor of Tho flcorclnu: Cro.'cln Is my native Mato. I have 4 voter In flve atntc»; hnvo attend* I Hoc- tlona In fhmtb Atii-rlco nnd Mexico, lint i do not re member to have aeen or read *4 any Meet led aceuoa thnt ao humiliated inf nn the report* of tho recent election to The Ueonrktii toll* mo that William M* ..II hits dIM as 6Sr rtf ttlr result" "f sllllnrsu of ttmr eU-ttnn. hr? til- nirsilurs nf ths llrwrxla Irslstajiiri' irw# fulled to provide an eleetlou ^“'t d«n* not hrluff ntwut a teh a»*ei*e« *a were ipa ** it dnv and night, and aura pitriubVitM that which enrxed the deajj of a reneralde oM man, $8 yearn «>.•- tralla In the latent government to itud II Hus jflirn the j&t eWtli." !■* ever adopted l».v lain. Uonld that l' "V* hml adopt'd I hat luw before the sj-eu ■» w Knvaanun luul sreaMuiltanra the druih «• the st nemlde Mr. KatilL , That law Is roiiitoHye • to a ealiii. 'I™" election. There Is no ptare In spend nnuej. There Is no plsee for Iwl herr. " the "Imw" to work. Me Is teft without| jot.. There Is no iilue ■ for inrarte. killed poor Mr. Estlll. There J* no silled 'poor Mr. Estlll. There I* iw for sny (tut of eheillas. Ever. r one nt n time, to the swell' ngiuw. nnd In riven n Iwl!' ' tunlisj " ngera put* hts name >«' hl» '““"j th- stnh. ssrt nlno th" Mind"!r ballot—t. S. *. nnd ■» IntUot riven on'- There are J«" ■ ImmiiIis convenient. The volt r i' oue of them nlonc. Me plaee» " murk liefur* the iisaie of he wniuu to vote for, folds It «P “'..A,,* I. the aunuer* and the Mini, nudpiureft ‘{''.oS'w ^jndn W.,^u«t U mejoiend ,, >r . All the snrrimndbn: ''lene'" * quiet, un,l orderly proceedings often"' otherwise. The man goes e'.oit '''"'...i •Vocation: uol.ilr knovni how be •Blew ho ehuuees to tell Ihetu. slew hu elKkoes to ti ll nem- , lV It Is to be hoped that W .p!* "nstlh# biuire will ink adjourn nntll I? I !, 41 Australian b«llot_ law on IkJjWM'J , , M of the store, and let the u«. election this ye.m lie held.coder >un« » oura iruiy. . . . DeLcnd. Fla., Joly •$* THE EA3T POINT CHARTER. Ta the Klltne of The Ceorri'n: „ f Iw* spore hi your vnlunble P‘ :' r ,2 correct an error to yyrienluys editm* attSR •» min Jolin I*. Conley wi « r £V r rbartrr, and now »be Cr*« rI "W-JST'JSfT um-T're store the npreise eouri 'U ,/ . .... j