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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY, JI NK «. 1*U.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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that they will do §o without delay.
,y UK*kM
Entered as second-class matter April S. 190G. at tbs Postofflcs at
Atlanta. Ga., under act of roofmi of March S. 1879.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
Bummer friendship,
Whose fUttsrino leaves that shadowed ua in
Our prosperity, with the least gust drop off
In th' Autumn of acj.rrsity,
—Philip Measlnger
More Cars for the Busy Hours.
The Atlanta atreet car company li doubtless com-
passed with many large and Interesting problems. It has
grown with great and marvelous rapidity within these
last few years, and within the very nature and necessi
ties of Ha own expansion. It has doubUess found It diffi
cult to do all and singular the things that It ought to do,
and has necessarily made some mistakes which are In
cident to the rush and rapidity of Its own development.
We are under obllgaUona to the Atlanta street car
company for the ramification of our streets with these
lines of transportation which make transit essy between
tho different sections of the city. The system is com'
prchenslve, It Is well equipped and In the main It Is ad'
mlrably run.
With this much said, wa offer now In behalf ot the
people of Atlanta an appeal for the Immediate consider
ation ot the Georgia Railway and Electrto Company,
which conducts the street car system of Atlanta. Wo
trust that we have said enough to Indicate that we do
not speak In temper, and certainly not In prejudice
against tho corporation or tho Individual* who com
pose It
But the chief necessity which exists at thta time for
tho comfort and convenience of the people of Atlanta
la an Increase of transportation facilities on the street
cars during the buay hours of the day, and more par
ticularly between the hours ot half-past live and seven
In the afternoon.
We do not feel that It Is asking too much of the
street car system to bestir their utmost energies to re
lieve the gross discomforts and actual dangers which
tho people of Atlanta suffer under the present conditions,
Tho cars which go out during these busy hours are pack
ed to suffocation, they are unwholesome in the close
and luffocatlng contact of people In these crowded quar
ters, and even with the windows open It Is Impossible to
keep the air pure in such a mass of squirming, heatod
humanity.
Moreover, tt is dangerous, tor In case ot any sort ot
nccldent the casualties would be greatly Increased by
tho crowded state of the care. Beyond this, a people
who patronise the street Ear system of Atlanta as royally
ns these people patronise the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company are entitled to at least a greater de-
greo of comfort, a* well at of safety, daring these crowd'
cd hours of the day.
There Is no class of the street railway's pstrons
which Is 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 atreet
cars, they come and go morning and evening while the
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 groater or lesser degree, who do tho
work of our stores, offices and shops and make up the
very life and pulse of the business Interests of the great
city of which the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany is fully as much tho beneficiary as tt Is the bene
factor.
Now then, we submit to tha management of the street
car ayatem the proposition that there Is one of several
things which they might do to relieve this congeeted
travel In the early morning and In the late afternoon.
Take, for Instance, a tingle line, and that with which
tha editor Is most familiar, the line leading to College
Park. Why should not the street car system have on
this tins between tho houra ot five and seven In the
afternoon two cars attached, making a trail car, at tbsy
do In Chicago and In the other cities of the country?
If this be undesirable, why should not the company,
run separate cars, one to Oakland City and one to Me-
t’hcrson’a barracks every five minutes, and hava the ten
minute cars run c: express cars to College Park, with
East Point as the first stop?
Or, why should not the company give us five minute
cars running close together during these crowded
hours?
Now, we are not experts In thfs office, and we realiio
that there may be objections to each one ot these prop
ositions, but we are free In the conviction that the com
pany, If‘it sets tte will mightily toward the relief of the
people In this vital matter, can easily devise out of its
own experience end Its own equipment some way to re
lieve the uncomfortable and dangerous congestion of
transportation during these crowded houra
IT it needs more care to do this, the company Is sure
ly making money enough and fast enough to buy new
t ars, and If It tt not making money fast enough, which
nil the evidences would seem to disprove, then we are
quite sure that the multlpUcaUon of faculties will easily
multiply patronage and create the revenue which will
speedily repay the company for Its wholeeome and de
sirable expenditure in thte direction.
Now this le a matter which le very near to the peo
ple of Atlanta. This la a cate where the street car com-
l>any can demonstrate la reel am: practical form Its con
sideration for the people who support IL We are very
much Inclined to think that If the company continues to
l<e Indifferent to the serious discomfort and Inconven
ience of the people, that Its unpopularity will grow apace
and that It will find the difficulties to multiply In the
way of any future favors or concession* which tt may
ask either from the public organisations or from the
jury boxes of Fulton county.
It Is perfectly easy for a great corporation to make
Itself popular with a people It It will. Other great coin
poratlons have done this and have prospered mightily
by the operation. We are quite euro that It would be
ihe best and sanest ot policies for the Georgia Railway
and Electric Company to (train a point with Its atreet
< ar system and oblige and help the people In this mat
ter tt this time.
And this appeal lu behalf of the people is Madly
Codify the Laws.
In nnothcr column we puMlnh today a communication
from Hon. John C. Hart, attorney general, to Hon. Boy
kin Wright, chairman of tho general judiciary
committee of the legislature, and another to The Georgian
signed -Lawyer," urging that tbs laws of tho state
adopted during the past eleven years bo codified and pub
lished as a supplement to the Code of 1895-
We take great pleasure la giving space to these
communications and In calling attention to the need for
this work. The past eleven years bavo been among tho
most Important and prolific In the legislative history of
the state. Many of the most vital laws on our statute
hooks have been adopted during tho time which has
elapsed since 1896.
The attorney general points out that It It now nec
essary for lawyers to go through the vest mast of laws,
scattered through twenty-two volumes of annual re
ports, representing the work ot the legislatures during
the put eleven years. In order to arrive at what the law
really Is. That this Is onerous and tedious goes with
out saying. It Is a hardship which the lawyers and
the courts should not be called upon to endure, partic
ularly when It con be remedied ot n comparatively small
cost
Aa “Lawyer” points out lu hla communication, It Is
not necessary to make a complete recodlflcation of all
existing laws. This would render useless $<,000 worth
of codes now In tho library for sale and would entail tho
necessity of appointing a commission ot at least three
members, when the supplement could be prepared by
one commissioner and an uslstant with the aid of a
stenographer, all at a coat. Including printing, of about
<21,000. Six thousand dollars. It la estimated, could
easily be realized from the isle of the supplements, and
u much more from the remaining copies ot the Code of
ISSfi, which would otherwise become useless and even
now are not very useful.
By this means the 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 laws
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 this work of revision should
bs done so frequently In the earlier history of the state,
when our laws were not nearly so numerous, there is all
the more reason why no more time should be lost
In making tho proposed supplement now, In view of the
fact that the laws adopted during the past eleven years
are among the most vital and Important In the history
ot the state.
Wp believe that the preient general assembly will
serve a good purpose In authorising this work and that
the people In general will approve of the appropriation.
Our Dumb Animals.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I beapeak for tho many who feel as I do an out
flow of your eloquence In behalf of the poor dumb
animals of thla great metropolitan city. Within
the eurvey of every eye there la dajly an exhibition
of the most brutal treatment of animals by their
drivers who often are negroes, and not IntrequenUy
white men, whose livelihood Is largely dependent
upon tha transportation ability ot their dumb
slaves. >
It Is a sad commentary upon the condlUon of
public sentiment when such actions are tolerated
and not Interfered with. Who are the officers of
your local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals and why la It they nre not more active In
suppressing this base relic of barbarous customs?
Urging the distribution of some of your talents
with a view to focusing the attention of the public
upon this worthy cause, I closo with an expression
of my highest esteem. Very truly yours,
PAUL E. FLOTRON.
Ths merciful man is merciful to his beast, and tt he
Is not such a man, ths law should teach him the quality
ot a mercy that Is strained and fortified with punish
ment:
We are glad to give prominence to the communica
tion of Mr. Flotron, for thla Is emphatically a season of
ths year when 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.
It I* evident that the guardians of law and order do
not entirely Ignore flagrant tnatancea of cruelty, for only
yesterday two negro offenders, who had been beating
their horses, were brought before the recorder and lined
<10 and <15 respectively. It ta proper, therefore, to make
public acknowledgment and commendation ot thle
course and to recommend that It be strictly and dili
gently pursued.
It human beings suffer during these warm days, with
all the artificial appliance* for keeping cool, how much
more must the dumb animals suffer at the tame time.
And yet it la evident by yesterday’s prosecution*
that there are flagrant Instances where these animals
are unmercifully abused.
There le nothing that appeals more strongly to tha
heart ot every normal man and woman than tha humane
treatment of dpmb animals and the man who violates the
law should be Instantly and severely punished.
or a coillflcallon In tin- form of a [of great public value, since many public laws of lmpor-
Code of 1-P5. with a new and com-ltance have been passed by the general assembly since
|plate index. l:t Indispensable A reeodlflcaUbn of thejtho Code of 1895, and many of the code sections
entlro Code of 1895 Is not necessary and would jirove I amended, and other valuable laws will be passed at
very expensive to the stale. The cost would be <60,000 i present session and at the neat session of the legisla-
and would render 1.500 codes now In tbe state library 1 lure, which are to he Incorporated In the propost'd code
worthless as blank paper, and their value Is <6.000. (Bee supplement. Tha work can be done by one commission-
report of state librarian 1003-4. pp. 3 and G.) If a sup- er, with the assistance provided for In the act, ns well
plenicnt wore made these ro-b-s wo■; 1,1 be salable. as. or even better than by three, and while the work Is
As against ovi r <60.000 'and I'h'ion loss in codes In laborious, can be done by him In time for the session
Flats library) to make a new code, a code supplement ]nf the legislature of 1907, as provided for by the pro-
with complete new- Index, would cost estimated <12 000 : posed law. (The supreme court contemplated the pas
tor printing, <6.000 for salary of slnglo commissioner, - sage of this bill In 1905). If the work Is properly done It
<2,400 fur his assistant and <1.200 for a stenographer, will result In great saving of time to the bar. and of
making In all the sum of <21,600. At lowest calculation, I economy In expense to all of tbe counties of the state,
2.000 copies of the supplement will be sold, at <3.00 per and the state Itself, and secure a speedier and more ac-
copy, to tho lawyers of the state, making <6,000. This curate administration of the laws In all tho courts, es
□tbe
fix
rho
<6.000 and <6.000 value In codes In Hbrary, deducted from
the <21400 would make the supplement cost <9400, as
against over <60,000 for a recodlflcation of the Code of
1895, with three commissioners. One commissioner, with
an assistant nnd stenographer, can do the work better
»nd Infinitely cheapor than three commissioners. No
three men can writo a book. One can—one who would
devote all his time to It, Impress tils Individuality on
It, nnd assume all responsibility.
Tho supremo court. In its letter to the judiciary
committee In reference to the bill of Mr. Blackburn now
before the legislature providing for one commissioner
with an assistant and stenographer In lieu of threo
commissioners, says: •
I Vo regard this bill as a very Important one, and
peclally tho justices’ courts, which must search out this
legislation lu eleven annual session laws—a work of
Borne difficulty, as the laws referred to are very briefly
Indexed.
"All of tho public laws passed slnco 1895 Incorpora-
t- 'I. thoroughly .-iniiot; ted and tho entire code properly
Indexed, will spare the necessity of the great expense to
the state of a recodlflcation of Its entire code law for
some years to come. We commend the act to your fa
vorable consideration.”
The last code of 1895 cost over $60,000. It must bo
borne in mind that the cost of printing, paper nnd work
Is much higher now and the great numbers of acts for
tbe past eleven years would swell the slzo greatly and
Increase tho coip at least one-third. LAWYER.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
L
By REV, GEORGE A. BEATTIE.
The Good Samaritan—Luke 10:25-37.
Golden Text: “Blessed are the merci
ful, for they ahall obtain mercy.”—
Matt 5. .
This parabla was given by Christ In
answer to a question propounded by a
lawyer. The lawyers were those who
etudled and expounded the law of
Moms. Sometimes they are called
scribee, as It was often their business
to copy the laws. Against this clast
Jesus uttered some of his severest de
nunciations. They complained because
He ate with publicans and sinners;
they watched to see If He would heal
the man with a withered hand on the
Sabbath, that hay might accuse Him;
they put spies on His track; aa a clast
they-arrayed themselves In open hos
tlllty to Christ and His teachings.
This lawyer who came to Him might
have been an exception. He might
have asked his question, not to entrap
Him, but merely to test Him, to ascer
tain If Hla views accorded with the
CODIFICATION OF THE LAWS.
Hon. Boykin Wright. Chairman General Judiciary Com
mittee, House of Representatives.
Dear Sir: 1 have very carefully read the letter ot
July 31, 1505, signed by the members of the supreme
court of Georgia, addressing you aa chairman ot the
general judiciary committee, wherein they commend the
iroposed legislation In a bill Introduced by Hon. Mr.
llackbum. representative ot Fulton county, for the cod
ification of the laws ot this state poised since the Code
of 1516 was adopted-
I cordially agree with the supreme court In com
mending the Importance of this proposed legislation,
both to the people ot the state, the lawyers and the
presiding officers, and the method by which this codi
fication la to be effected. It hae been nearly eleven
year* since our latt code and even the lawyer who Is In
active practice often Unde difficulty in determining what
the law really la, owing to the tact that these laws are
scattered through twenty-two volume* of annual acta of
the general alterably. I cordially commend the bill to
the favorable consideration of the legislature. With as
surances of greet esteem I beg to remain, very truly
yours, JOHN C. HART, Attorney General.
“Lawyer” Urges the Work.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The pending bill before the legislature to codify the
tawa since 1515 Is so Important that I hardly need ex
cuse myself for a brief space In your paper.
Georgia has bad five codes, to-wlt: 1813, 1568, 1873,
1582. and 1556; showing that Georgia baa bad a cod*
on an avarage of eight years. It la now over eleven
years since our laws were codified. The moat active
and Important year* In legislation are covered by this
period of eleven year*. Among them. Important fran
chise and tax laws, as well as a great number of general
laws, have been passed. These laws ar* made Inacces-
stol* and Inconvenient to the courts, lawyers and lay-'
men by being In eleven separate volumes of annual
statutes with no annotations and Inadequate Indexes.
The period has arrived when a recodlflcation Is *b-
veraed, If He had any rig]
expounder of the law. And Jesus as
sured him bv referring to the law.
The lawyer quoted from Deut. 6:5 and
Lev. It; It. The Jews were required
to repeat the former every morning and
evening. Perhaps this lawyer, like the
rich young ruler, was not entirely sat
isfied with himself and hie conduct, at
least h« would ascertain If his Inter-
prsmtton and application ot the law
accorded with Christ’s, an so he asked
another question, “Who Is my neigh
bor?” and In answer to thla question
Jssus related the parable of 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 waa In the
Jordan valley, which Is a volcanic de
pression, and much lower. Then Je
rusalem waa the capital, and they
spoke of going up to Jerusalem as they
speak of going up to London, and as
In this country we speak of going up
to Washington, and In this state of go
ing up to Atlanta. The road between
these two cities ran through rock* and
ravines, which affordsd a hiding place
for robbers. Joecphua tells ua In hla
day It waa Infested with thieves. It
was the scene otso many crimes that It
waa called "the bloody road." So dan
gerous did It become, that, according to
Jerome, the Romans had to erect a fort
to protect travelers. It Is dangerous
still, and the traveler today Is accom
panied by an armed guard. In the time
ot Christ the Incident narrated must
have been one of frequent occurrence.
A solitary traveler la attacked by
these bandits, who leap upon him from
behind some rock. He tries to defend
himself, but In the unequal contest soon
falls, badly wounded. They strip him
of everything, even his clothing, and
leave him weltering In his blood. While
lying there, by chance, there came down
a certain priest that way, and when he
saw him he "passed on the other side.”
“By chance” Is an unfortunate transla
tion. The literal meaning Is, by coin
cidence.
Nothing happens, nothing comes by
chance or accident. By a previous plan,
by specific arrangement, by exact coin
cidence, this meeting took place be
tween this wounded traveler and the
priest In the “bloody road.” Tha meet
ing of these two was like the meeting
of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch In
the desert, near Gass. That did not
happen by chance, (or we ar* told “the
angel of the Lord spake unto Philip,
saying, arise, go unto the South.” So
this meeting In the valley was prear
ranged. It la thus that all meetings
take place between man and mas.
Those who need are placed In the way
of those who have plenty; the strong
are led to the place wbero the helpless
He. We admire the wisdom and fore
sight that spread layers of Iron or* and
coal near each other In the earth, that
the one might give the melting heat
the other needed, but the divine gov
ernment Is a much more minute and
pervading thing. God brings the neg
ative pole of one man's need Into the
1tlve of another man's power ot
i—one man’s emptiness Into relation
...,l another man’s fulness. The op
portunity and the ability Is synchron
ous God lays the plan, wqtches the
progress and 1s displeased when men
neglect the opportunity. Ho will bold
us accountable for the things we did
not do, as well as for those w* did do.
The priest neglected his opportunity.
As he looked at the waylaid traveler,
he might have said, “Poor fellow, I am
sorry for you.” But this waa 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 his time, hts
patience or bis purse, and not entire
ly destitute of fooling. It would be
easier to pan 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 pasa by
him. He stopa and examines him. But
hs presents a more aggravated and
heartless case than the other, for after
he has looked upon him, saw his suf
ferlngs and needs, he, top, passes by ot
tha other aide. The fallen man might
with reason have expected assistance
from these 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 these men were servants of the
Most High; thy ministered In the tem
ple. They were the Interpreters and
expounders of the- law which was so
careful In pressing the claims eC bu-
manlty, smelt made provision for the
widow and the orphan, the poor and the
Stranger, which even commanded that
help should be given to a brother’s ox
or ass that fell by the way. But here
wa* not a brother's ox or ass, but a
brother himself who had fallen, was ly
ing In hi* blood, and they left him to
die. They might have attempted to
justify their conduct by saying that
they could not be of any assistance, the
man was mortally wounded, and would
die In any event; any attempt to help
would only Imperil their own lives; or
that their buslnsss was Imperative; or
that the claims of God upon their time
for the temple service was greater
than this wounded man. There are
nothing
Dismasted and water-logged on the
wide ocean, a thousand miles from the
nearest land, a tank had drifted about
tilt all hope .if relief was dead in her
Hturving crew. The t.ry. *‘A ship! *
Ship:" roused their llagglnq ir.erglee.
A shawl on the end of ft boat hook was
waved as a signal of distress. The
nger changed her course, and bore
. —~ They
Miserable
G ent many people today who are pass
I ‘ ‘
fc.-
ear they will appeal to their aym
1 " | (sacs, ‘ “
today w
e, who '
or dss
NEW ZEALAND IS UTOPIA,
DE CL A RES NEW PREMIER
Dy Private Leased. Wire.
New York, July 9.—"What would you
do If there was an Ice trust In New
Zealand which put up the prices ex
orbitantly?”
-We would fill every Ice house for
miles around with this commodity, and
se* how quickly we could get under
construction plants for Its manufac
ture,” replied Blr Joseph Georg* Ward,
the new premier of Now Zealand, who
waa ths gusst ot G. W. McNurran, at
the Lawyers’ Club In this .city. Sir
Joseph drew an amusing picture of
New Zealand under municipal owner
ship at utopia where there are no
trusts nor grafts, where there I* * pen
sion for old age, rich and poor alike,
where the railroad fare Is less than 1
cent a mile, where every man Is pro
vided with work, where there l* no
rebating and no discrimination against
shippers; In fact, where everybody Is
happy.
8tet* Holds Property.
New Zeeland," said he. “la only
Sixty-live years old and has today s
population of less than a million. Tet
In our bsnhe the people have earning*
aggregating IHO.OOe.OOO and the atate
holds property worth <1.600.000.000.
"\V* have enacted through our par
liament a large number of so-called
socialistic acts and the ministers who
•noted there measure* have now
n In power long enough to see tne
results It Is fifteen years since the
first of these were put through, and
oven thoee who then opposed the meas
ures most bitterly dare not now advo
cate repeal.
"We began by taking large estates
held by private owner*. The govern
ment paid full price and then parcelled
the land Into small area* which were
turned over on leasee on the 999 years
tenure which, of course, la as good aa
a freehold. The only condition an
nexed was that the leasee cultivate the
land. The result has been that all over
the land today, even In the far outly
ing districts, we have a large and high
ly productive farming population
where there might have been vast un
cut tracts
Labor Furnished Farmers
“In every town of tbe colony we
have, that la to say, the government has
established a labor bureau. A regis
ter Is kept of those who either are out
of work or who expect soon to be out
of work. To these bureaus th* farm
era apply for the hands they want and
housekeepers seek their servants. Our
unemployed la an Inconsiderable frac
tion of our population, and no man
need starve if he has the will to work.
"The stats owns practically th* *n
tiro’ railroad mileage of th* country.
There are In Nsw Zealand 1.J00 mile*
of railroad built and 1,200 more In con
struction. All the earnings over I par
•cent are turned Into the general gov
ernment fund. That 3 per cent ta
used for maintenance purposes. The
mile rate Is a penny a mils for th*
drat SO miles, and after that a steadily
decreasing scale within the distance.
Chsap Wires Tells.
'Our telegraph and telephone tolls
are In keeping. A telephone with th*
privlege of unllmted calls costs for a
private residence <11 n year and we
dispatch a message of twelve words
by telegraph for ( penes or 12 cents.
The service embrace* practically ev
ery town and village of th* colony and
statistics have Justified the policy of
state ownership. By municipal owner
ship the cities also control all their
public utilities.
“Th* government manages a depart
ment of insurance. Other independent
companies which have either come In
or were established In the colony be
fore the state began to write policies,
have all been forced to lower tbelr
premiums. The government does not
solicit business, and therefore escapes
the heavy charges which most com
panies must add to their policies to
meet the expense of writing Insurance.
earned has not been turned Into the
public treasury, but bs* been lent out
to farmer* on first mortgages, enab
ling them to develop their land.
Pensions For Old Agt.
“A striking feature of our govern'
raent Is our pensions tor old age- We
found parents wtU along In years re
sented being dependent upon tbvtr
children for support, nnd now any per
son who has an Income Insufficient to
live on Is provided for. Wc have no
trusts In the sense the term Is here
employed. If any group of capitalists
attempted to corner any commodity
the political party which countenanced
their act would be forced Immediately
out of power."
ng on th* other aide,
places of suffering
rear they will apt
pathy and benevolence, and who would
rather not aee them than see them, and
then refuse their help. And this U done
by many from whom wc might expect
better things; by those who are the
professed followers of Christ, who claim
to be actuated by the same spirit of
symiyithy and love. It may be we
have don* th* same thing. We certain
ly have, It we have turned away and
passed on th* other side.
The curtain falls, with the priest and
the Levlte-rldlng on, leaving the traV'
eler on the roadside, with his Ilfs
ebbing away; but It rises on another
that Is more creditable to humanity,
and that gives ns more pleasure to
look upon. Th* echoing footfalls of their
horses' feet have scarcely died away,
when another traveler Is seen a
preaching. He I* not a Jew, but
Samaritan, From him we need not
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 some forms ot 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
tlces of their heathen ancestry. Wb<
the Jews returned and rebuilt the tern
g le, they asked permission to assist
ut were denied. They built a rival
temple on Gerlxlm. They only admitted
the divine authority of the first five
books of Moses. All the rest they ro
lected. On account of their heathen
blood, their heresy and rivalry the Jews
hated them. They cursed the Sanaa
rltan In tbe synagogue, prayed that hs
might have no part In the resurrection:
proclaimed that his testimony might
not be received; that he who entertain
ed a Samaritan In his house was laying
up judgments tor hts children; would
not ride a horse on which he had rid
den, nor eat or drink from a dish h*
had used; would suffer rathe? than lie
cept his help. And all this animosity
was reciprocated by the Samaritan.
When Christ was going up to the
K ssover they would not accept Him
cause He was on Hla way to Jenina
lent When the Jews went up to their
annual feasts they not only refused
them hospitalities, but, according to Jo
sephus, would waylay and murder
them. It may be of Interest here to say
that there Is a Utile remnant of the
Samaritan* about 200 In number, and
that during the International Sunday-
School convention, held two years ai
in Jerusalem, their high priest, Jacob,
son ot Aaron, addressed the convention
and welcomed the delegates to "the
land of promise.”
The feeling existing between the two
races at tha time of Christ was as
I have described. They had no deal
ings with each other. The disciples
were surprised that Jesus would talk
with the Samaritan woman, and sh*
was surprised that He should ask her
for a drink. The fallen Jew had been
passed and left to die by two of hts
own. and now the Samaritan, a recog
nised enemy, approaches. He may have
' d III treatment from ths
often received
Jew. Her* Is an opportunity to avenge
himself and his race. Alone with his
victim, with no eye to see him but th*
vultures that, perched on the rock, wait
for death to come, he approaches and
bends over ths d '
finish what the robbers had nearly
done. At the risk of hts own life he
treats the fallen enemy as though he
had been a wounded brother. His heart
Is touched. He hs* compassion on him.
So perhaps had the priest and the Le
vlte. but no mention la made of It, any
more than we keep account of th*
blossoms of spring that never ripen
Into fruit. In the judgment day there
will be no reward for those who said,
“Be ye warmed and be y* filled."
As th* Inns of those days did not
furnish provision, th* travelers were
accustomed to carry their own, and
what was the Samaritan's food became
the wounded men's medicine. Nor was
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 need to mol
lify and deaden th* pain.
Galen, one of th* greatest Boman
physicians, pronounces them good for
this. At any rate, they were th* best
and perhaps all he had. He did what
he could. Ths man revived, he places
him on his beast, and walking by bis
side, conveys him to the nearest Inn.
which seemed to be an exception In
that It could provide both food and
shelter.
The sum of two-pence may seem
.nail, but It wa* equivalent to as many
dollars of our money In our day. If
this amount was not sufficient, he
makes himself responsible for the ad
ditional expense. Th* story told. Christ
turns to the lawyer to ask which of
the three acted the part of neighbor.
In his answer he manifested th* nar
row-mindedness, the Sectarianism, the
prejudice of the Jsw. He will not say,
the Samaritan, but avoiding the name,
replies. "The on* that showed him mer
cy.” How often we are disappointed la
people-from whom we had reason to
expect something, and surprised by
the
pul forth their utmost strength to send
forth a long, loud shout over the deen,
a» on nearing her they discovered their
country's Hug, nnd congratulated each
other that they were saved at last. Who
can fancy the feeling of these men who
for days had been hanging over a hor
rible death, at this audden change? Rat
still less can ue fancy the sudden re
vulsion "f fueling, the terrible sinking
of heart, the awful howl that went uj
to heaven, when the other vessel, sail
ing near enough to see the ghastly
w retches who Implored their pity, put
about, and going off left, them In de
spair. Nor was that all. Recalling
that scene In the infernal torrents of
the heathen poet, where Tantalus fills
the cup and no sooner raises It to his
thirsty Ups than the water vanishes—
the same hopes had before been raised
by another ship, manned also by their
own countrymen, to suffer the rame
cruel disappointment. When death had
seized some and despair all, a Nor
wegian bark came sailing acrora their
path. Pity filled the hearts and eyes
of the foreign sailors, and not until
they had carried the last survivor
aboard their ship did they desert th*
wreck. It was a noble act. But stIU
nubler hi* who apoears on the scene
of this bloody tragedy, to redeem th*
character of humanity, become an ex
emplar In Christ's hand to all future
ages and gaining Immortal renown,
win for himself the title of good Sa
maritan. “Go thou and do likewise*
waa ths moral of the story.
It was told to rebuke the narrow
minded, prejudiced Jew. May It rebuke
our prejudices of race, of party, of sect
nnd creed and church. Help us to see
the brother In all nations whom He has
made of one blood, and redeemed by
one blood. Our love Is confined In nar
row channels, because It Is a narrow
stream. Let It swell Into a larger
volume and these could not hold It.
May God. pouring out His Spirit In
showers from heaven, so flood our
hearts with love that It may burst th*
boundaries within which educational,
ecclesiastical, social or national preju
dices confine It, and burying them, flow
forth to all mankind.
Our neighbor Is the man who need)
our help. If any man needs our sym
pathy or help, let us no more ask him if
he belongs to dur country, or family,
or party, or church, than If we saw
him stretching out his hands from a
burning house, or lifting them above a
roaring flood.
Thus shall we Imitate the example
of the Great and Good Samaritan, who
for our sake* became poor, that by His
poverty we might become rich; who
not only Imperilled Hla life, but died
that we might live.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 6.—Here are some
of the visitors In Nsw York today:
ATLANTA—B. E. King, S. O. Van
dyke, L. Haas, J. K. Richardson and
wife, J. H. Adams, A. M. Gore, Miss
Roach, O. D. Street.
AUGUSTA—J. H. Jackson, W. E.
Jackson, Jr.
MACON—F. S. Bradford, C. H.
Humphrey, J. G. Morris, E. H. Plppen,
N. B. Corbin.
SAVANNAH—M. I. Davene, W. C.
Lyon, Jr., Miss A. M. McCall.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 6.
141S-Jobn IIum burnt.
1581—France declared wAr against Ragland*
10*—Hattie of tfe
1718-4•lenient XII
17W—Iran VI of
1786—Mtandard of American dQllar eatcb*
UOa-Ratti of Wagram. .
1821—Kdmund W. retina, United States
aeaator from Alabama, Iiorti.
1827—Kingdom of Greece erected by treaty
of London.
ic Derby infnli
.mice protedte..
.'rlnce Leopold for king of Hpaln. ■
lfltt—Marriage of Duke of York, heir to
Krlflih throne, aud Princess Mary of
Trek.
1M— Kxctianjre of Hpanlah prisoners of wsr
for Hobson and hla comrades. ,
1SW—Uobert Jbinner, famous New York
publisher, died. Boro 1SJ4. .
I—Vlllhn Root nmNdiitcd secretary of
atate In succession to John Hay.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
tbe Editor of The Georgian:
Jeorgta Is my no tire stnte. I bare been
a voter In Arc states: hare attended elec
tion* lu Howtli America nnd Mexico, but I
do not frineinber to hare seen or read of
any election sronos that ao humiliated me
a a tbe reporta of the recent election in
Hnvanuali.
The Georgiau tells tne that William Ls*
.11 has died ss one of the resnlts of the
stillness of that election. Why? Henman
•he members of the Georgia legislature have
failed to prorlde an election law that doe*
— ‘ring about such scenes ns were seen
lay. and night, anti such nrorcsslona
or parades as that which cannon the death
of s renerable old tnan, 71 years old. Aus
tralia Is the latest government to organise,
Yas given the best election ln»r
>ted by man. Would that Georgia
had adopted that law before the hcenes In
Maraanan had accomplished tho death of
tbe venerable Mr. KsttlL
That law Is madurirs to a calm. «v'iet
election. There la no ptaea to attend money.
There la no place for briltery. no place r<»r
the ••iHtss** to work. He Is left without »
Job. There Is no place for parades aurh as
killed poor Mr. Kstlll. There J* no place
for aay kind of cheating. Every voter
goes, one at a time, to the election man*
ngers, nnd Is given a ballot. One of the
a furs puts bis name or his iultLH
the stub, and nlao the number of
the Ullot-1. 2. *3, l and so on, to the
last liallot given out. There are four «*r
Are booths convenient. Tbe voter enters
oae of them alone. He places •
mark befere the name of each «ndM#*J
he wants to vote for, fold* It up and «t ,M •
to tho managers and lets tttm tesr <»u
tbe stub snd place It on a paper Ale. wlilie
he putt hla ballot lu the box ami ht M
AH the surrounding elements —
goes. AH the surrounding wemesw » -
quiet, and orderly proceedings oftener than
otherwise. The mmn goes about his da«f
avocation; nolssly knows bow he voted,
*177. ft hg
of ta, .tut,, anil Irt the primary
eleetlon this feme be k*M ■■ftS.iW. '■
Yonra truly. A. II. 8TEAUAI.L
beUuq. ru- Jsly I., 1999.
THE EA6T POINT CHARTER.
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charter, sad sow tb.
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