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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, J-rtoidrnt. Subtcription Rite*: lOieteir....... .$4.50 I Six Months ....... 2.50 j Three Months 1.26 | Bjr Carrier, per week 10c t; Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbsma Street, Adtnu, Os. Enter*] u •eenad-rlase matter April S, 1*9*. at the Poeteflce St 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 -n 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*