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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Atlanta. Oa.. under act of congress of March 1 MIS.
THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
Summer friendship,
Whose flattering leavaa that shadowed us In
Our prosperity, with the least gust drop off
In th' Autumn of adversity.
—Philip Misalngar
More Cars for the Busy Hours.
The Atlanta street car company is doubUess com'
passed with many large and interesting problems. It has
grown with great and marvelous rapidity within these 1
last few years, and within the very nature and necessi
ties of Its own expansion, It has doubtless found It diffi
cult to do all and singular the things that It ought to do,
and haa necessarily made some mistakes which are In
cident to the rush and rapidity of Its own development.
Ws are under obligations to the Atlanta street car
company for the ramification of our streets with these
lines of transportation which make transit easy between
the different sections of the city. The system Is com
prehensive, it Is well equipped and in the main ft Is ad
mirably run.
With this much said, we offer now In behalf ot the
people of Atlanta an appeal for the immediate consider
ation ot the Ooorgla Railway and Electric Company,
which conducts the street car system of Atlanta. Wo
truat that we have said enough to Indicate that we do
not speak in temper, and certainty not In prejudice
against the corporation or the Individuals who com
pose It
But the chief necessity which exists at this time for
tho comfort and convenience of the people of Atlanta
Is an Increase of transportation facilities on the street
cars during the busy hours ot the day, and.more par
ticularly between the hours of half-past five 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
the 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 suffocating contact of people In these crowded quar
ters, and oven with the windows open It Is Impossible to
keep the air pure In such a mass ot squirming, heated
humanity.
Moreover, It Is dangerous, for In case ot any sort of
accident the casualties would be greatly Increased by
the crowdod state of the cars. Beyond this, a people
who patronise the street car system ot Atlanta as royally
as theso people patronise the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company are entitled to at least a greater de
gree of eomfort, as well as ot safety, during these crowd
ed hours ot the day.
There Is no class of the street railway's patrons
which Is entitled to more consideration than those who
make up the passenger list ot these crowded hours. In
the first place they are the regular patrons ot the street
cars, they come and go morning and evening while the
seasons roll. In addition to that, they are tho busy por
tion of this community, they are the men and women,
young and old, of greater or lesser degree, who do the
work ot our stores, offices ard shops and make up tho
very life and pulse of tho husinosa Interests of the great
city of which the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany Is fully as much tho beneficiary as It Is the bene
factor.
Now then, wo submit to the management of the street
car system the proposition that there Is one of several
things whleh they might do to relieve this congested
travel In the early morning and In the late afternoon.
Take, for Instance, a single line, and that with which
the editor Is most fnmlllar, tho line leading to College
Park. Why should not the street car system have on
this line between tho hours of five and seven In the
afternoon two cars attached, making a trail car. as they
do In Chicago and In the other cities of the country?
If this bo undesirable, why should not the company
' run separate cars, one to Onkland City and one to Mc-
Pheaoon’s barracks every five minutes, and have the ten
mlnnte cars run as 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, wo ore not experts In this office, and we realise
1 that there may be objections to each one of these prop
ositions, but we are free In the conviction that the com
pany. if It seta its will mightily toward tho relief of the
people in this vital matter, can easily devise out of Its
own experience and Its own equipment some wsy to re
lieve the uncomfortable and dangerous congestion ot
transportation during these crowded hours.
If It needs more cars to do this, the company Is sure
ly making money enough and fast enough to buy new
cars, and If It Is not making money fast enough, which
all the evidences would seem to disprove, then we are
quite sure that the multiplication ot facilities wilt easily
multiply patronage and create the revenue which will
speedily repay the company for its wholosomo and de
sirable expenditure In this direction.
Now this Is a matter which Is very hear to the peo
ple of Atlanta. This is a case where the street car com
pany can demonstrate In real and practical form Ita con-
elderatlon for the people wbp support it We are very
much Inclined to think that If the company continues to
be Indifferent to the serious discomfort and Inconven
ience ot the people, that Its unpopularity will grow apace
and that It will find the difficulties to multiply In the
way ot any future favors or concessions which It may
ask wither 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 If It will, other great cor
porations have done this and have prospered mightily
by the operation. We are quite sure that It would be
the best and sanest ot policies for the Georgia Railway
and Electric Company to strain a point with Its street
car system and oblige and help the people In this mat
ter at this time.
And this appeal in behalf of the people Is kindly
and courteously submitted to the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company, with tha full confidence In their 'ca
pacity to oblige the people, and with the reaaonahle hope
that they will do ao without delay.-
Codify the Laws.
In another column we publlah today a communication
from Hon. John C. Hart, attorney general, to Hon. Boy
kin Wright, chairman of tha general Judiciary
committee of the legislature, and another to The Georgian,
signed “Lawyer,” urging that the laws of the state
adopted during the past eleven years be codified and pub
lished as a supplement to the Code of 18(8.
We take great pleasure In giving space to these
communications and In calling attention to the need for
this work. Tho past elevsn years have been among the
most Important and prolific In the legislative history ot
the state. Many of the most vital laws on our statute
hooks have been adopted during the time which has
elapsed since lifts.
The attorney general points out that It is now nec
essary for lawyers to go through tha vast mass of laws,
scattered through twenty-two volumes of annual re
ports, representing tha work of the legislatures during
the past eleven years, in order to arrive at what the law
really la. That this Is onarous and tedious got
out saying. It Is a hardship whleh the Iswy
At "Lawyer" points out In bis communication, It
sot necessary to make s complete recodlflcetton of a
121.000. Six thousand dollars. It Is estimated,
cosily be realised from the sale of the supplement
as much more from the remaining copies of the Code ot
18t6, whleh 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 110,000 and would be s 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.
It It was necessary that this work of revision should
be done so frequently In the earlier history ot the state,
when our laws .were not nearly ao numerous, there Is all
the more reason why no more time should be lost
In making the proposed supplement now, In view ot the
fact that the laws adopted during the past eleven yean
are among the most vital and Important In the history
of the state.
Wo believe that the present general assembly will
servo a good purpose In authorising this work and that
the people In general will approve ot the appropriation.
•
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
'
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
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Our Dumb Animals.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I bespeak for the many who feet as 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 Is daily an sxhlbltlon
of the most brutal treatment of animals by their
drivers who often are negroes, and not Infrequently
white men. whose livelihood Is largoly dependent
upon the transportation, ability ot their dumb
slaves.
It la a sad commentary upon the condition of
public sentiment when such action* 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 are not more active In
suppressing this base relic of barbarous customs?
Urging the distribution ot some of your talents
with a view to focusing the attention of the public
upon this worthy cause, I close with an expression
ot my highest esteem. Very truly youra,
PAUL B. FLOTRON.
The merciful man It merciful to hla beast, and It he
Is not such e nun, the law should teach him the quality
ot a mercy that la strained and fortified with punish
mint.
We are glad to give prominence to tho communica
tion of Mr. Flotron, for this la emphatically a season of
tho year when not only passive mercy to dumb animals
should appeal to all mankind, but imsUtve provisions
for their comfort, as far as possible, should bo made.
It Is evident that the guardlnns ot law and order do
not entirely Ignore flagrant Instances of cruelty, for only
yesterday two negro offenders, who had been beating
their horses, wore brought before the recorder and fined
110 and )15 respectively. It la proper, therefore, to make
public acknowledgment and commendation of this
course and to recommend that It be strictly and dili
gently pursued.
It human beings suffer during these warm days, with
all the artificial appliances for keeping cool, how much
more must the dumb animals suffer at the same time.
And yet It Is evident by yesterday's prosecutions
that there are flagrant Instance* where these animals
are unmercifully abused.
There Is nothing that appeal* more strongly to the
heart of every normal man and woman than the humane
treatment ot dumb animals and the man who violates the
law should be Instantly and severely punished.
CODIFICATION OF TIIE LAWS.
Hon. Boykin Wright. Chairman General Judiciary Com
mittee, Houso of Repreaentallvee.
Dear Sir: I have very carefully read the letter of
July 31, 1(05, signed by the members of the supreme
court ot Georgia, addressing you as chairman ot the
general Judiciary committee, wherein they commend the
proposed legislation In a bill Introduced by Hon. Mr.
Blackburn, repreaentatlve ot Fulton county, for the cod
ification of the laws ot this state passed since the Code
ot 18(5 was adopted
1 cordially agree with tho supreme court In com
mending the Importance ot this proposed legislation,
both to the people of the state, the lawyers and the
presiding officers, and the method by which this codi
fication la to be effected, it haa been nearly eleven
years since our last codo and even the lawyer who Is In
active practice often finds difficulty In determining what
the law really is, owing to the fact that these laws are
scattered through twenty-two volumes of annual acta of
the general assembly. I cordially commend the bill to
the favorable consideration of the legislature. With as
surances of great esteem I beg to remain, very truly
youra, JOHN C. HART. Attorney Ocncral.
"Lawyer" Urges the Work.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The pending bill before the legislature to codify the
laws since 18(5 Is so Important that 1 hardly need ex
cuse myself for a brief apace In your paiier.
Georgia haa had five codes, to-wlt: 1863, 1868. 1873,
1882, and 1895; allowing that Georgia has had a code
on tn average of eight yean. It is now over eleven
years since our laws were codified. The most active
and Important years In legislation are covered by this
period of eleven years. Among them. Important fran
chise and tax laws, as well as a groat number of general
laws, have been pnssod. These laws are made Inacces-
stole 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 modification la ab
solutely necessary, or a codification In the form of a
supplement to the Code of 18(8. with a new and com
plete Index, Is Indispensable. A reoodlflcatlon of th#
entire Code of 18(5 Is not necessary and would prove
very expensive to the state. The cost would be (40,000
and would reader 1,500 codes ros In the state library
worthies# as blank paper, and their value ts (0,0OA. (fee
report of state librarian 1(03-4. pp. 5 and 6.) If a sup
plement were inede these codes would be salable.
As against over 860,000 (and (6,000 loss In codes In
state library) to maka a new eode, a code supplement
with complete new Index, would cost estimated (12,000
tor printing, (6,000 for salary of single commissioner,
(2,400 for his assistant and (1.200 for a stenographer,
making In all the sum of (21,600. At lowest calculation,
2,000 copies of the supplement will be sold, at (3.00 per
copy, to the lawyers of the state, making (0,000. This
(6.000 and (6,000 value In codes In library, deducted from
the (21,600 would make the supplement cost (9,600, as
against over (00,000 for a reoodlflcatlon of the Code of
1895, with three commissioners. One commissioner, with
hn assistant and stenographer, can do the work better
ind Infinitely cheaper than three commissioners. No
three men can write a book. One can—one who would
devote ell hla time to It, Impress bis Individuality on
It, end assume ell responsibility.
The supreme court, In Its letter to the Judiciary
committee in reference to the bill of Mr. Blackburn now
before the legislature providing (or one commissioner
with as assistant tad tUnographar in Ilea of three
commissioners, says:
of great public value, since many public laws ot Impor
tance have been passed by the general assembly since
the Code of 1895, and many ot the code tactions
amended, and. other valuable laws will be pasted at
present session and at the next session ot the legisla
ture. which are tc be Incorporated In the proposed code
supplement The work can be done by one commission
er. with the assistance provided tor la the act. *» well
at, or even better than by three, and while the work is
laborious, can be done by him In time for the session
of th* legislature of 1907, as provided for by the pro
posed law. (The supreme court contemplated the pas
sage of this bill In 1(05). if the work ts properly done It
will result In great saving of time to the bar, and of
economy In expense to ell ot th* counties of the state,
and the state Itself, and secure a speedier and more ac
curate administration of the laws In all the courts, es
pecially the Justices' courts, which must scorch out this
legislation In eleven annual session laws—a work of
tome difficulty, at the laws referred to are very briefly
Indexed.
‘All of the public laws passed since 1895 Incorpora
ted, thoroughly annotated and the entire code properly
indexed, will spar* the necessity of th* great expense to
the state of a reoodlflcatlon of its entire code Uw for
tom* years to come. We commend the act to your fa
vorable consideration.”
The last code of 1895 cost over (60,000. It must be
borne In mind that the cost of printing, paper and work
it much higher now and the treat numbera ot acts for
the past eleven years would swell the also greatly and
"We regard this bill as a very Important one, and Increase the cost at least one-third.
LAWYER.
By RCV. GEORGE A. BEATTIE.
Th* Good Ssmarltsn—Luk* 10:25-37.
Golden Text: "Blessed are the merci
ful, for they shall obtain mercy."—
Matt 5.
This parable was given by Christ In
answer to a question propounded by a
lawyer. The lawyers were those who
studied and expounded the law
Moses. Sometimes they are called
scribes, as It was often their business
to copy the lawe. Against this class
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 hey might accuse Him
they put spies on His track; as a class
they arrayed themselves In open hos
tility to Christ and HI* teachings.
This lawyer who came to Him might
have been an exception. He might
have asked hts question, not to entrap
Him, but merely to test Him, to ascer
tain If His views accorded with the
law, In which hs was supposed to be
versed. If He had any right to be an
expounder of the law. And Jesus as
sured him by referring to tho law.
The lawyer quoted from Deut. 6:6 and
Lev. It: IS. The Jews were required
to repeat the former every morning and
evening. Perhaps thin lawyer, like the
rich young ruler, was not entirely sat
isfied with himself and hts conduct, at
least hs would ascertain If hts Inter
pretation and application ot the law
accorded with Christ's, an so he asked
another question, "Who la my neigh
bor?” and In answer to this question
Jesus related the parable of the good
Samaritan.
"A certain man went down from Je
rusalem td Jericho." In two sense* he
went down. Jerusalem was situated on
an eminence, while Jericho was In th*
Jordan valley, which Is a volcanic de
pression, and much lower. Then Je
rusalem was the capital, and they
spoke of going up to Jerusalem as they
speak of going up to I.ondon, and as
in this country we speak of going up
to Washington, and tn this state o( go
ing up to Atlanta. The rood between
these two cities ran through rocks and
ravines, which afforded a hiding place
for robbers. Josephus tells us In his
day It was Infested with thieves. It
was the scene or so many crimes that It
was called "the bloody road." So dan
gerous did It become, that, according to
Jerome, the Romans had tn erect a fort
to protect traveler*. It I* 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 ts attacked by
these bandits, who leap upon him from
behind some reck. He tries to defend
hlmseir, but In the unequal contest soon
falls, badly wounded. Tisy atrip him
ot everything, even his clothing, end
leave him weltering tn 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 tranala-
tlon. 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 rood.” The meet
ing of these two was like the meeting
of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch In
the desert, near Gaea. That did not
happen by chance, for we are told "tha
angel of the Lord spake /unto Philip,
saying, arise, go unto-the South." So
this meeting In the valley was prear
ranged. It ts thus that all meetings
take place between man and man.
Those who need are placed In the way
of those who have plenty; the strong
are led to the place whore the helpless
lie. We admire the wisdom and fore
sight that spread layers of 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 is a much more minute and
pervading thing. God brings the neg
ative polo of one man's need into the
iltlve of another man's power of
p—one man's emptiness Into relation
with another man's fulness. The op
portunity and the ability Is synchron
ous. God lays the plan, watches tha
progress and Is displeased when men
neglect the opportunity. He will hold
us accountable for the things we did
not do, as well as for those we dtd.do.
The priest neglected his opportunity.
As ha looked at the waylaid traveler,
he might have said, "Poor fellow, I am
sorry for you.” But this was 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, his
patlrnce or his purse, and not entire
ly destitute of feeling. It would be
easier to pass over on the other side
than to refuse assistance.
The Levltc now comes along, and at
flrst It seems he had more compassion
and humanity. He will not pas* by
him. He stops and examines him. But
he presents a more aggravated and
heartless cake than the other, for after
he haa looked upon him, saw hts suf
ferings and needs, he, too, passes by on
the othor side. The fallen man might
with re anon have expected assistance
from these two men. They were all
of one blood and one faith. The Jews
have always been noted for the cars
they take of each other.
Then these men were servants of the
NEW ZEALAND IS UTOPIA,
DECLARES NE W.PREMIER
By Print# IstiirmI Wirt.
New York, July •.—“What would you
do If there was an Ice truat In New
Zealand which put up the price* ex
orbitantly?"
••We would ftll every Ice house for
mile* around with thl* commodity, and
see how quickly wo could get under
construction plants for Its manufac
ture," replied 81r Joseph George Ward,
the new premier of New Zealand, who
was the guest of G. W. McNurran, nt
the Lawyers’ Club In this city. Sir
Joseph drew nn amusing picture of
New Zealand under municipal owner
ship as Utopia where there are nc
trusts nor grafts, where there Is a 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 ts no
rebating and no discrimination against
shippers; in fact, where everybody Is
happy.
State Holds Property.
"New Zealand," said he, "I* only
sixty-live year* old and has today a
population of less thnn a million. Yet
in our banks the people have earnings
aggregating $350,000,000 and the state
holds property worth $1,500,000,000.
-We have enacted through our par
liament n large number of so-called-
socialistic acts and the ministers who
K omoted these measures have now
en in power long enough to see the
results. It Is fifteen years since the
flrst of these were put through, and
even those who then opposed the mens
ures 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 areas, which were
turned over on leases on the 999 years’
tenure, which, of course. Is ns good as
a freehold. The only condition an
nexed was that the lessee cultivate the
land. The rekult has been that all over
the land today, even In the fur outly
ing districts, we have a large and high
ly productive farming population
of work or who expect soon to be out
of work. To these bureaus the farm
era apply for the hnnds they want and
housekeepers seek their servants. Our
unemployed is an Inconsiderable frac
tlon of our population, and no man
need stArve If he has the will to work.
"The state owns practically the en
tire railroad mileage of the country.
There are In New Zealand 2,Sort miles
of railroad built and 1,200 more In con
struction. All the earnings over 3 per
cent Are turned Into the general gov
ernment fund. That 3 per cent Is
used for maintenance purposes. The
mile rate ts a penny a mile for the
flrst 50 miles, and after that a steadily
decreasing scale within the distance.
Cheap Wires Tolls.
"Our telegraph and telephone tolls
are In keeping. A telephone with the
prlvlege of unllmted calls costs for a
private residence $25 a year and we
dispatch a message of twelve words
by telegraph for t pence or 12 cent*.
The service embrace* practically ev
ery town and village of the colony uiu
statistics have Justified the policy ot
state ow nership. By municipal owner*
ship the cities also control all their
public utilities.
"The government manages a depart
ment of Insurance. Other Independent
comi>anteh 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 their
premiums. The government does not
solicit business, and therefore escapes
*he heavy charges which most com
panies must add to their policies to
meet the expense 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 flrst mortgages, enab
ling them to develop their land.
Pensions For Old Age.
"A striking feature of our govern
ment Is our pensions for old age. We
found parents well along In years re
sented being dependent upon their
__ upon
w _ children for support, and now any per-
where theremightbeTsT^tTVast on- | ■»» who. ha*_a^Income Insufficient to
cut tract*.
Labsr Furnished Farmers.
pr<
trusts tn th* sense the term Is here
... , , employe*!. If any croup of capitalists
“in every town of the colony we. attempted to comer any commodity
have, that Is to say, the (overament has , the political party which countenanced
established a labor bureau. A regia-, their act would be forced Immediately
ter la kept of those who either arc out 1 out of power.”
Most High: thy ministered In the tem
pie. They were the Interpreters and
expounders ot the law which was ao
careful in preaelng the claims of .hu
manity, which 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
was not a brother's ox or ass, but a
brother himself who had fallen, was ly
ing In hla 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 business was Imperative; or
that the claims of God upon their time
for the tempi# service was greater
than this wounded man. There are a
great many people today who are pass
ing on the other side, who will not visit
places of suffering or destitution, for
fear they will appeal to their sym
pathy and benevolence, and who would
rather not see them than see them, and
then refuse their help. And this la done
by many from whom we might expect
belter things; by those who are the
professed followers of Christ, who claim
to be actuated by the same spirit of
sympathy and love. It may be we
have done the same thing. We certain
ly have. If we have turned away and
passed on the other side.
The curtain falls, with the priest and
the Levltc riding on, leaving the trav
eler on the roadside, with hts 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 nnother traveler Is seen ap
proaching, He Is not a Jew, but a
Bamarlton, From him we need not
expect sympathy or help. The wound
ed man haa 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
tney brought their gods with them. La
ter they adopted some forms of the
Jewish religion, and stood In some ft we
of their god. Although they clung for
a long time to their old faith, yet in
tlm* they abandoned It and the prac
tices of their heathen ancestry. Wien
the Jews returned and rebuilt the tem
ple, they asked permission to assist,
but were denied. They built a rival
temple on Gerlslm. They only admitted
the divine authority of the flrst flve
books of Moses. All the rest they re
jected. On account of their heathen
blood, their heresy and rivalry the Jews
hated them. They cursed the Sama
ritan In the synagogue, prayed that h*
might have no part In the resurrection;
proclaimed that hla testimony might
not be received; that he who entertain
ed a Samaritan In his house was laying
up Judgments for hts children; would
not ride a horse on which he had rid
den. nor eat or drink from a dish he
hnd used: would suffer rather than ac
cept his help. And all this animosity
was reciprocated by the Samaritan.'
When Christ was going up to tha
passover they would not accept Him.
because He was on His way to Jerusa
lem. 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 bo of Interest here to say
that there Is a little remnant of the
Samaritans, about 200 in number, and
that during the International Sunday-
School convention, held two years ago
In Jerusalem, their high priest, Jacob,
son of Aaron, nddressed the convention
and welcomed the delegates to "the
land of promise."
The feeling existing between the two
races at the tlmi of Christ was as
I have described. They had no deal
ing! with each other. The disciples
were surprised that Jesus would talk
with the Samaritan woman, and she
was surprised that Ho should ask her
for a drink. The fallen Jew had been
passed and left to die by two ot his
own. and now the Bamarltan. a recog
nised enemy, approaches. He may have
often received III treatment from the
Jew. Here Is nn opportunity to avenge
himself and hla race. Alone with his
victim, with no eye to see him but the
vultures that, perched on the rock, wait
for death to come, he approaches and
bends over the dying man, but not to
finish what the robbers had nearly
dons. At the risk of hts own life he
treats the fallen enemy as though he
had been a wounded brother. His heart
Is touched. Ha hns compassion on him.
Bo perhaps had the priest and the Le-
vlte. but no mention Is made of It. any
more than we keep account of the
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 ye filled."
As the Inns of those dny-s did not
furnish provision, the travelers »vere
accustomed to carry their own. and
what was the Samaritan’s food became
the wound*,1 man's medicine. Nor was
the oil and wine so unsuitable a* one
might fancy. In olden times wine was
used to cleanse the wounds and staunch
the bleeding, and oil was used to mol
Itfy and deaden the pain.
OaleA. one of the greatest Roman
physicians, pronounces them good for
this. At any rate, they were the best
and perhaps all he had. lie did what
he could. The man revived, he places
him on his beast, and walking by his
side, conveys him to the nearest Inn.
w hich seemed to bet an exception In
that It could provide both food and
shelter.
The sum of two-pence may teem
small, but It was equivalent to as many
dollars of our money In our day. If
this amount wan not sufficient, he
makes himself responsible for th* ad
ditional espense. The story told. Christ
turns to the lawyer to ask which of
the three acted the part of neighbor.
In hit answer he manifested the nar
row-mindedness, the sectarianism, the
prejudice ot the Jew. He will not say,
the Samaritan, but avoiding the name,
replies. “The one that showed him mer
cy.” How often we are disappointed In
people from whom we hud reason to
expect something, and surprised by
other people from whom we expected
nothing.
Dismasted and water-logged on the
wide ocean, a thousand mlTea from th*
nearest land, a bark had drifted about
till all hope of relief was dead In her
starving crew. The cry. “A ship! •
•hip!" roused their flagglnt/ energies
A shew! on ths end of a beat hook waa
waved aw a *lgual at distress. To*
stranger changed her course, and bore
down an the miserable wrack. They
put forth thslr utmost strength to send
forth e long, loud shout over the deep,
as on nearing her they discovered their
country's flag, and congratulated each
other that they were saved at lost. Who
ran Dancy ths feeling of these men who
for days bad been banging over a hor
rible death, at this sudden change? Rut
still Issa ran w# fancy the sudden re-
vulslon of feeling, the terrible sinking
of heart, ths awful howl that went uu
to heaven, when ths other vessel, sail
ing near enough to see the ghastly
wretches who Implored their pltv, put
about, and going off left them In de
spair. Nor was tha- all. Recalling
that scene In the Infernal torments of
the heathen poet, where Tantalus nils
the cup and no sooner raises It to his
thirsty lips than the water vanishes—
the same hopes had before been raised
by another ship, manned also by their
own countrymen, to suffer the same
cruel disappointment. When death hud
seised some and despair all, u Nor
wegian bark came sailing across their
path. Pity Ailed the hearts and eyes
of the foreign sailors, and not until
they had carried the last survivor
aboard their ship did they desert ths
wreck. It was a nobis act. But still
nobler hts who apnears on the seen*
of this bloody tragedy, to redeem ths
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 Ba
marltan. “Go thou and do likewise"
was the 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
and creed and church. Help ua to see
the brother In all tuitions 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 8plrlt In
showers from heaven, so flood our
hearts with love that It may burst tha
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 needs
our help. If any man needs our sym-
E sthy or help; let us no more ask him If
e belongs to our country, dr 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 nukes 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 New York today:
ATLANTA—B. E. King, 8. O. Van
dyke. L. Haas, J. F. Richardson and
wife, J. H. Adams, A. M. Gore, Miss
Roach. O. D. Street.
AUGUSTA—J. H. Jackson. W. E.
Jackson, Jr.
MACON—F. 8. Bradford, C. H.
Humphrey, J. O. Morris, E. H. Plppen,
N. B. Corbin.
SAVANNAH—M. L Davene, W. C.
Lyon. Jr., Miss A. M. McCall.
THIS DATE .IN HISTORY.
JULY 6.
1415—John Hum burnt.
1563— France declared war nffulniit England*
16i5—Battle of Hedgcraoor.
ITU—I'foment XIIJ became rope.
1764—Ivnn VI of UiirrIo naanMlnnted.
17H5—Stnn«lnr«l of American dollar citnlc
llalied.
110$—Until* of Wagram.
1*21—Edmund W. IVttun. rolled State*
neiiatar from Alabama. born.
j Humph ministry formed.
ISilC—The Derby inlliUlrr entered office.
1870—France protected against choice of
Prince Leopold for king of Hpnln.
K “ iher. died. Born 182L
Hoot h|(polnted *••<
■Into In Kticceffuroii to John Hay.
nimo
‘ensfoL
tinted ■eeretnry of
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
To the Kdltor of The Georgian:
Georgia I* my native Rtntc. I have been
« voter In live Mate*; liitve Attended elec*
tlon* In Month Aiuerlcu nnd Mexico, but I
do not remember to hove aecn or rend of
any election scene* that no liiinilllntod in*
nn the report* of the recent election In
Nnvannah.
The Georgian. tell* me Hint William
till hn* died it* one of the reunite of th*
rIHIiicnn of that election. Why? Ilccnu**
tho memliera of the Georgia legDIntnre hnvo
flitted to provide nn election law Hint doe*
not bring about such scene* n* were *ce*
that Unv mid night. nnd such i>mcei»*loii*
•nde* h* tint whleh en lined the dentn
euerahlc old uintt, 73 yenr* old. Ann-
trail* I* the Intent government to orgmilxe,
I It hn* given the bent election law
. ,.*r adopted by innn, W’ould thnt Georgia
bail r.dv*litcd thnt law before the areue* In
Hnvaniiau bad nccompllahed the deatu o*
the veuernlde Mr. Kstlll.
That inw la conducive to a calm, quiet
election. There I* no place to *peml money.
There I* no place for bribery, no place for
boa*" to work, lie Is left without *
There I* no place for parade* *uch ««
poor Mr. KatllL There I* no plaro
for any kind of cheating. Every voter
gocn, one «t a time, to the election man*
Mger*, and I* given n bnllot. One of t.ia
nut linger* put* bl* name or hi* Initial*
on the •■tub, and nlso nf
the lollot-1. 2. 3. 4. and
last ballot given out.
tiumltcr of
on, to the
There are four
mark lief ore the name of each candldnt*
he want* to vote for. fotda It up and
to the manager* and let* them. tear «>«
the «tuh and place It on a paper tile, while
he nut* hi* ballot In the bos.am! out ha
goo*. All the anrromidlng
quiet* * - *--•“ *• *“
other wine.
PIMP | I tout hi* dally
avocation; notwdy know* how he voted*
ante** he choose* to tell them.
It I* to la* hoped that the present legw-
Inture will uot adjourn until It ha* put the
Australian ballot Uw on III" stools
of th.- slots, .■'.ml 1st ths primary nnd toe
election this ysar bs held underthat low.
Vonrs truly. A. II. FTBAUAI.L
DeLsml, Fla., July 1. lWt.
THE EAST POINT CHARTER.
To th" Fit I tor of Th* tleorgtan: ..
I ||"S sp«"" lu your velneM* P«P»r *1
rorrn-t no error In yeeterday s edltorUI
column, ,
lu spooking of th" honors now Is.lng l’*
utowej upon John K. HIM", en old <S*on
gin hoy. yon salt! li" was author of thl
flrst charter grunted our thriving HttW
neighbor. Host I’.iltit. Knowing this to- M
nn i-rror. I wish to any that th" let" t »P
tain John I- Conley wne author of tbit
vturter. and now fit" flrst nx/gh penriht
I>J Of mini* I* within tur nub.
.'uptnln IXmlry we* a well-known nieny
her of th* Ailoutn bar, outhn- of wrrnj
■ gal looks, nail Inter won r anted
•fore the supreme ronrt of rteorgln is
lilvh his srgmneui consumed two ilny* ■»
..ie mart'a tlet*. TisUy thl.argimo-ntli
SaSu’fi" *• * —"■‘"•MSUs*