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THE ATLANTA OEOKOIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
V
Envy, fo which th’ Ignoble mind'* a (lava
la emulation In the learned or brave.
—POPE.
* Saturday Evening.
We have no intention of clouding the lerenitjr of
these week-end meditation* by the Injection of political
consideration*, but the pmage by the home of repre
sentative* of an excellent meaiure looking to th« purity
of the ballot and the restraint of corrupUon at least
afford* a text for profitable consideration.
It Is Indeed deplorable that It should be necessary
In this land of fre* and representative Institutions to
adopt drastic measures for the preservation of our
untrammsled franchise, but we have to take the world
as we find It, and where men will not conduct themselves
along high and honorable lines, they must. In the Interest
of tho belief element, he coerced Into such a course.
When we look abroad at the people who are strug
gling under condiUons of government so much lets hap
py than ours we wonder that any man can find It In
bis heart to pervert the functions for which the fathers
of the republic have fought and died. Tyranny has not
yet perished from the earth. It does not yet abide mere
ly In the musty volumes of theorists and doctrinaires.
It Is a living and aggressive fact. There are gov
ernments all over the old world In which the divine
right of kjnga and autocrats Is vigorously and even bru
tally maintained. A conspicuous example ever ready
to mind is the Russian empire, but It Is by no means the
only one. Injustice and oppression under the forms of
law, or at least of government, still fill the world with
blood and tears.
The contemplation of these conditions should Inspire
us with a higher appreciation of th* blessings we enjoy
In having at our disposal at least the machinery by which
every man may exercise his right as a sovereign In his
own name and person. It laws are unjust or those who
administer them are dishonest, the means by which
they may be set aside or modified are In our own hands.
And yet how few of us there are who give any
thought to the great questions Involved In the duties
of citizenship. Wo fritter away our energies In the dis
cussion of the passions and prejudices which revolve
around rival candidates and are led away from the con
templation of great underlying principles. We are con
tent that others should do our thinking for us, accept
ing thetr Ipbo dixit with a sublime and chlld-llke faith.
Illackstono said that "A competent knowledge of
the Inw was tho proper ornament of a gentleman." There
was a time In tho history of England whon this was
practically recognized, and every man who undertook
to plead his own case need not hare been regarded as
having a fool for a client. But this is changed over there,
while In America there have been few Instances whore
men have taken a course In law merely a* an accom
plishment.
Nor do they pay the due consideration to the vital
questions which more Immediately affect their own wel
fare. They neglect the exercise of the franchise while
people less fortunate are spending tbelr lives In fruitless
efforts to secure this priceless privilege. Only a small
percentage of our citizens apparently realize th* Impor
tance of keeping Informed on the great questions which
arise and then casting their ballots In accordance with
their convictions. They shrink from the toll and the tur
moil of elections and leave these questions to the pro
fessional politicians.
The warning Is often given, but It cannot be too often
repeated that the highest citizenship calls for the par
ticlpation of high and low, of the men of all conditions In
life, In political contests and- discussions and the conse
quent exercise of the franchise by those who are best
qualified to express an opinion on any given matter.
If this were true, and the blessings of the ballot
were more deeply recognised, there would be small need
for coercive measure to preserve the purity of the ballot.
►
Hummers Disbarment.
The well known New York lawyer, Abraham H.
Hummel, has been suspended from further practice at
the bar by a decision of th* appellate division of the su
preme court, pending the final determination of an ap
peal taken In bis case to the court of appeals.
Hummel's case dates back to January 17, 1105, when
he was first indicted In connection with the Dodge-Morse
divorce case for conspiracy and subornation of perjury.
The charges against Hummel were based on an af
fidavit made by Dodge In October, 1901, In which be
swore he had never been served with a summon* in his
wife's divorce proceedings against him, afterward admit
ting that he had. Messrs Hummel and Stelnhardt were
alleged to have Induced Dodge to make the affidavit. Mr.
Hummel pleaded not guilty to the perjury charge through
his counsel, Delancey Nlcoll, and a long wrangle subse
quently took place hi the courts, In whldh the trial was
delayed. During the legal proceedings District Attorney
Jerome, on May 19, 1905, caused accusations to be filed
against Mr. Hummel in the bar association. New con
spiracy chargee and Indictments were found against Mr.
Hummel by th* grand Jury on June 26, 1905, and a mo
tion for a change of venue made by the accused lawyer
was denied.
Mr. Hummel’s trial began on December 16, and last
ed five days, when he was found guilty of conspiracy
and sentenced to th* penalty of one year In prison and a
1500 fine. He was locked up In the Tombs for five hours
afterward, but finally secured release on 110,000 ball. His
release on ball was granted because of an application
for a certificate of reaaonable doubt which be made be
fore the appellate division of the supreme court On
December Z7, 1906, Hummel was arrested again In a test
case In reference to the conspiracy charge*. This I*
now also pending.
Wo have no desire to anticipate the final judgment
of this court, but If the charges made against Hummel
are sustained be should not only be disbarred, but fur
ther and more vigorous punishment should be meted
out to him.
There Is no nobler and worthier profession In all
our complex life than that of the law. It Is the science
by which life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness are
protected and Inaured It has engaged the talent and
skill of some of the ablest and loftiest characters In all
time, from Joseph of Aramathca to our own good day. The
standard of ethics which prevails for the most part In
the profeaslon reflects the highest honor and credit on
the members of the bar, and It will be found that no
one Is more anxloue to protect this standard everywhere
and at all times than these worthy members.
When a man Is conspicuous for his ability he Is all
tha moro called upon to maintain the very highest de
gree of professional ethics.
The laxity of divorce proceeding! baa become pro
verbial. It has been the subject of the gravest deliber
ation! by students of our social conditions for many
years. It la a difficult matter, however, to find any rem
edy unlest the members of the bar will tbemselvaa lend
their Influence to the effort.
In this instance there seems to be a well determined
effort to ascertain the truth and If the great divorce law
yer of New York has been guilty of unprofessional con
duct, to punish him to the limit of th* law. A year pnd
a half has elapsed (luce the first proceedings were tak
en, and there seems to have been no very good reason
for the delay, but the colls are gradually tightening and
tha final latue will toon be decided.
We feel safe In aisumlng that John D. Rockefeller
will come out even on hi* book, though he should have
to publish It at his own expense.
Is a “Holy War” Threatened ?
The English secretary of atate for foreign affairs,
Sir Edward Orey, made the civilized world sit up and
take notice a few days ago when he warned the house of
commons that Egypt was on the verge of a Mohammedan
uprising and that there were signs of a Jehad, or reli
gious war, on the part of the Mohammedans of the
world. ,
He was vsry solemn In bis warning to the opposi
tion In parliament that unless the ministry was sus
tained In all the steps It had taken to maintain peace In
the land over which Lord Cromer prealdea there -would
be complications and developments which would bring
untold grief In their train, liie Inception of all this
waa the fact that five Mohammedans were recently shot
In Egypt In punishment for the' murder of five English
men. Since that time there haa been restlessnesa on the
part of the native population In Egypt, and various ru
mors are rife to the effect that In other Mohammedan
countries there Is a possibility of an uprising.
John Dillon waa not deterred from denouncing tha
government's policy in Egypt In unmeasured terms, the
more conservative members standing aghast at tho man
ner in which he waa flying In the face of fate.
It Is Impossible to say just how serious the situation
Is, or how strong is the possibility that there will be an
uprising, but It Is certain that If any such event were to
occur It would be one of the bloodiest and most disas
trous In the history of modern times.
The danger lies in the fact that these uprisings are
fomented with all the silence and secrecy which now
prevail. The fast {hat nothing definite Is known does
not argue that there Is nothing In tho air. Such was
the situation lu 1|2J when the pretty little Island of Sclo
was practically depopulated and laid waste by the fanat
ical aubjecta of tho sultan- This tight little Island was
the personal property of tho sultana. Its revenues were
hers alone.. Its Inhabitants wero among the moat happy,
peaceful and contented in the Orient They had literally
taken no part In the war between Turkey and Greece.
They wanted peace and nothing more.
tiut on a sudden a Turkish fleet lauded at the Island,
the Moslem Inhabitants arose and literally scourged the
Island as If another Attlla had come to life. Twenty
thousand women and children were put to the (word
and ten thousand of the most beautiful of the women—
the most perfect remnsnts of the old Greek type—were
sold as slaves In the market places of the east. The
handsome college buildings and other Imposing struc
tures were destroyed by fire and the Island of Sclo was
mads a wilderness and sown with salt
This was but one of the many Instances In which
Turkish, or Mohammedan, treachery haa nursed its wrath
and concealed Us Intentions until th* fateful hour ar
rived, only to swoop down upon an unsuspecting people
and wipe then) from the earth.
The Jehad la a religious war. It 1* the call to arm*
Issued by the Father of the Faithful, and It la a point of
religious doctrine that every believer shall join It Buch
an uprising of the hoits of lelam would be a calamity
Indeed. But Islam itself I* divided in its loyalty these
days and there 1* a strong possibility that there will
be no Jehad.
It Is by no means Improbable, however, that there
may be some minor uprising, In Egypt, for Instance, and
that the warning Issued by Sir Edward Grey Is entirely
timely and wise.
THE CHILD LABOR BILL.
The following paper was read by Mrs. J. H. L. Gor
din o, on the subject of the child labor bill, before the
tenth annual convention of King's Daughter* and Sous at
Waycross in 6tay last:
God haa given to woman the custody of childhood,
and for that mission has endowed her with patience,
tenderness. Intuition of lurking perils, and a courage
to dtfend with her Ilf* tf need be the security of that
defenseless legacy. She not only seeks the good of
her own, but all. children, therefore no one so fitting
ly chtmplone the rights of childhood a* woman. The
King's Daughters, organised to battle for the right
against the wrong, ran In no better way honor Him
and bring glory to His name than to oppose the em
ployment of children of tender age tn the mills of our
state-
The child labor question, like the cause of tem
perance, has passed the sentimental stage, accom
plished Its work of agitation, and now appeals to the
reason, Judgment and common sense of the people.
When that is fully accomplished, It will crystallize
Into law, for It Is the only way to make effective all
sentiment, reason and Judgment. We must not stop
short of a compulsory educational bill, for all wrong
calls for a remedy, and even parents sometimes will
not be willing to surrender the small earnlngi of
their children, when they have-learned to depend on
them. Perhaps all of you do not know that Georgia
la the only state In the Union that haa not passed a
child labor bill, and ahe now stands conspicuously,
the only power In the civilised world that grind* the
life of Ita children Into dollars. Who Is to blame for
this? Evidently the people who failed to elect the
proper men to the senate, to carry the measure. The
bill failed by alx votes. Let's find out the names of the
twenty-three who voted against the bill and brand
them as traitors to a sacred trust, a* men who have
a price, ready to be bought by heartless corporations.
It Is true that Northern capitalists are rushing to
Georgia to build factories, so they can get rich divi
dends from the cheap labor of Georgia's helpless little
children. Their own section Is loo civilized to use
up the minds and bodies of Ha future citizens. Look
on this picture, then on that. In 1900 there were
200,000 negro children enrolled In schools In the state
of Georgia, and not one to.be found tn the factories.
They are growing up strong lo body and mind, sing
ing aAd plsytng on their way to school, while thou
sands of little white children droop and pine tn-worse
than prison cells, amid foul air and ceaseless toll,
twelve hours a day; and in some instance* they work
at night. The .Vorth Is appropriating more money
for the higher education of the negro than the en
dowments of all tbc Southern collegi a put together,
while the Southern people are taxed for the free ed
ucation of the negro children aa well an the white,
and we allow many of the white children to be denied
such privileges. What a shame! God will punish
pitch blindness. There never can be even an ap
proach to social equality between the races, yet edu
cation counts In tin- race "t life. In the battles for re
sponsible employment
The other picture with the true light turned on
Is this: There are l.<50,000 white children In the
United States employed In mills and mines who ought
to bo In school. I don’t know exactly what per cent
are In the South, and particularly In Georgia, but sta
tistics show that four times as many children (ac
cording to population) are employed In the South
than In the North. They are Ignorant, dwarfed In
mind and body, furnishing recruits for the great army
of tramps, beggars and criminals- Oh the mute ap
peals of those little tollers for atrong friends to lib
erate them and restore to them the right to play In
‘fresh air, and grow In mqntal vigor! They are sad
eyed, pale and stooped: they know not why. Their
work Is constant repetition, and never stimulates a'
thought, so by the time they are grown, hnblt Is so
fixed they are Incapable of being trained In skilled
AS TO IMPARTIALITY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
"Probably two-Oftba of the vote repre
sented belonged to Mr. Howell. It wsa
tinted lu Albany that Colonel Ks'tlll hod
a strong following lo thnt section of the
etate, end thnt nt the Innt thin would bo
tamed toward Clerk Howell. • » •
-rile difference between the two cnndl
frame flUei!
aeffieeea. tsMBHOTBBMBMPEHHMHB
In the crowd, end every eheer'froni either
faction waa triced to He source by his
abor,
"have the emptiness of ages In their
England with shame'and regret acknowledges
her wrongs to children, years ago. and Is now wrest
ling with thp problem of the unemployed who want
work, but are Incompetent, and the tramp who will
not work. She has tried to turn them Into her
afmy and navy, but recent Investigations show that
out of 1,000 men who were examined not 100 passed
the physical examinations. They are the finished
product of outraged childhood without sufficient In
telligence to keep from the drink and cigarette habit.
God did not make children capable of defending them
selves from oppression, because He trusted parents
and CbrlBtlau friends to do that. Have -we been
•rue to thnt trust? The cry comes ringing down the
ages from an offended God. where is thy brother? and
the vaulted skies reverberate with the selfish evasive
query. Am I my brother's keeper? God's controversy
with Cain did not end there, neither can It In this In
stance. Today the voice of God Is heard In every en-
Ilghted conscience—Thy brother’s blood cricth unto
me from the ground and If not heeded, punishment
greater than can bo borne will be tho result.
At the close of Mr*. Gerdlne's remarks a motion was
passed directing tbc atate secretary to appoint a com
mittee to draft resolutions in favor of a bill and to see
to It that the resolutions are read at the next meeting
of the legislature.
Heard on the Corner
Chirk Howell, though lighter and small
or from* than hla upi 'i
conspicuous, and wou
from the party inuMHHHI
|He waa entirely at hla eaaa. Smith]
— — — intlrely ,
carelaaaly and almoat roughly dressed, look
*1 tho experienced campaigner. Howell,
attired In well-cut garments, looked the
*— if a down-to-date bualaeat men. A
, of either Iniplrcd confluence. Nellb
or tiore e trace of the domagogne."—Kl-
eerpts from Tha Georglan-e account of
‘ between Uoge Smith
I em t eubeeriber to The Georgian end
_ etrunr ... — - —
t Is w _
e« criticism that I present the above
little Incident to yonr notice. Uccaston-
elly you Indirectly compare the Impartial
handling of the preient campaign newe by
The Georgian with that of tha other At
lanta papers.
Rend tha above clipping from yonr pa-
E ar on the Albany debate, and espials
onr your reporter can say. In a black
leadline, "Smith Supporter* In the .Major-
tty," and that two-tlfthe of the audience
wee for Howell, end that Eotllt bad a
•trong following In that aactlon. There
fore, yonr readers would moat reteooably
-hat Eatlll, J. Smith and Rue-
about oneflfth of the audience,
which would leave Hoke Kmlth only two-
flfthe-Just tlie same number yonr report
ergave r
Thus It
Impartial. ,
for those little features In the two debaters
that will compare moat nearly .alike. He
will not say wherein one debater gained n
point over the other, unless he Can atatr
another point that made the result -
the debate equal. Tbua your reader* '
tba most substantial and-Interesting fea
tures of the debate.
While trying to be ,
porter left the Impression _
boring under a heavy etralu. llut candor
rompela me to admit that he did well
under the circumstances. Still, we must
continue to reed the partisan nrcounta by
Th* Journal and The Constitution nml
ons on. the result.
. , _ believe you under.
Itand th* meaning of the word “Impartial"
witter then your reporter. For lustnnro,
compare your report of the Atlanta de
bate with tula Albany report,
w* all know that both
tic-ally the seme.
Impartiality does not mean n strong
stand on one Bide ngalnat the other;
neither does It mean for any on* to strain
at gnat* In order to make both aides ap-
^gubmutad with beat wishes and In good-
humored crmci.m. 8 p STRICKLAND,
Alpharetta, G*., July IS, 190*.
TAINTED MONEY AND
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
To the Editor of The Georgian
Judge !.Inds.tr, president of th* National
.aveitlif
refused — — . —
Rockefeller for the ua* of the association,
on the ground of Its being "tainted mon
ey." Th* Rev. Dr. Gladden, of the Pren*
hyterlsu church north, obtained some no
toriety of late by n similar refusal. The
actions of these distinguished gentlemen
have no Juitlllratlon. either In the .real
of common sense, morals or good re Halt:
1 know of no system of casuistry, politic
economy or moral philosophy which Sep
rate* money, per se. Into tainted and pur*
mouey. When doe* money cease to be mor
ally tainted and become morally pure?
Home dsy, tha riche* of Ur. Rockefel
ler will pass 1*1" othae hands. Upon the
supposition that It la now "tainted," will
It then cease to be tainted? To reject
money offered tor worthy end* on the
ground that It has been obtained by u
methods would be to follow every
lar through Its history of circulation, to
determine If It haa ever been owned by
dishonest hands. God owns all men. good
and bad. though He does not possess the
latter, ae well aa th* gold and silver end
the rattle on a thousand hills, and all
are mad* to subserve b.« glory., Do the
million* la th* bend* of Mr.Ttlekefoler for
* brief time, belong to God or Mr. Rocke
feller, and I* nothing of this mighty lever
of power to be used by Its reel owner
for the good of mankind, or le It to be al
lowed to subserve only the > growth and
wretchedness of th* Devil'* kingdom? To
ask le to answer a question of such wlck-
"Vbe'reputed answer of Bern Joni
whisky dealer la pertinent. Jooeu
• incisive way the Ran
nan remarked that __
.... _.. Joare would receive money,
cotton by the sal* of liquor, end that he
would prove It. Ou meeting Mr. Jones, he
offered him IS, saying he got It from the
•ale of whisky. Uamtook promptly, ey
ing: "I thank roe, my friend; th* devil
hee used this money long enough, t and I
will now pot It to a better mre."
• Huppoee this saloon man. In the kind
est Impulse of hi* heart, enter* a. home of
It I*
poevrty and Buffering.
midwinter end
poor widow, with a half dozen children,
* Buffering from cold end hunger. He. In
-nuln* sympathy, give* her Uw to relieve
this money he re-
Klther Ih# benevolent — .
an emanation from the devil or from
Oral. If from God. then there la good In
man. thongh fallen and o*t of th* church.
II may he, which we should honor, and
which God does honor, and the good act
makes the Unsocial medium of Ha render
ing goal. God taken even the wrath of
man and causes It to iwalae him, and
why not Hla own money. In the hand* of
men. and cause It to praise him? We
must learn to appreciate the true and good
wherever found and however revealed,
within and without the church, for la
either case It la an emanation alike from
God. and to condemn the mean and low,
within and without the church, for both
alike are emaaatloo* from rhe ilavll. Let
ua credit to Ur. Rockefeller a kind heart la
the sift and offer of bis millions, or. rath
er. Ural's, for the graid of the world, and
allow this only way of making restitu
tion for his Ill-gotten geln. If euch bo trae.
If be had served the devil In gathering
bit tnUllone for humanity's sake, let him
•err* God In apemllng these millions. Let
us. with George Kllot, "believe I* the Anal
good of all thing*. White good morals
and good religion nerer jnatlfv wrongdoing
In man. It Is raise of gratification that
a great and good God can overrule It for
highest good. Much la the fallacy of the
lew held by Judge I.ludaay end the Rev.
Hr. Gladden that I am constrained, rr-
netnntly, to conclude that It Is from th*
absence ef broad culture, * pharaaairal
Judge Fred Foster, of Madison, waa
In his element the other night. In ons
corner of tho Kimball rotunda he had
a crowd about him which listened with
glee oa judge Fred proceeded to devil
the life out of a stranger who had In
advertantly admitted that he was from
Arkansas.
The judge called attention to the ell
mate of Arkansas, the water, the slow
trains, and the general cussedness of
the state aa a whole. While admitting
that there were little dabB of good land
lit Arkansas, ho upheld the supremacy
of Georgia ngalnst the world, the flesh
and the devil. Then somebody called
on Judge Foster to tell his story about
Buck Young's baptizin'. The judge
demurred at first, coy as a girl pianist
at a musical#. But he was persuaded.
It would have done you good to hear
Judge Foster tell that story. He de-
sorlbed localities as though they were
at hla door. Ho pictured the Georgia
creeka and the cool shady dells. Its
dropped Into the soft drawl of the
Cracker, Imitated tho voices of the
"brethren and slstren" at the baptizing.
When he had finished the crowd filled
half the rotunda.
"Bill McGill told me about It," said
the Judge. -Tve been Ashing with Bill
a thousand times. He and Buck and
Jim Young used to do nothing but flBh
and smoke. Ons day I missed Buck
and Inquired about him.
‘ 'I have beared as how Buck done
got religion over at Plney Ford,' said
Bill McGill. 'Leastways he got took In
the church In the mawnln' and put out
In the evenin'. Hlt 'penrs Buck's brand
of religion wa'nt made to stan' tvash-
to\
" 'Some of them women come over
from the big camp meettn' at Plney
and they persuade Buck to Jlno the
church. Hit was Sunday mawnln' when
they took him down to Tom Wlllltt's
hoes branch to baptize him.
" 'Jen' as the preacher was about to
put him under, some feller oif the bank
hollered out:
* "Brothers, I objset to takln’ Buck
Young Into the church lessen he swears
ho won't fleh no mo' on Sunday."
" ‘Buck heard him and pondered a
minute or two. The water In WlUItt's
brim.-h \vn-< cle.-ir a gloss an' 111"
maple leaves was floatin' down os pur-
ty as you ever see. Hit mus' have
strained Murk n little, hut he 'lowed us
how he'd gone this fur an’ might ns
well play out the game. So he prom
ised, and the preacher took him under
the water.
•“ 'When the preacher com* up, ho
oome alone. Somebody begins to hol-
ler that Buck was drowned. Jim Young
was settin' on th* bank whittlin'
stick.
‘"Buck ain't drowned," he yells,
"he kin swlnt like or otter. Jes' look
at them blubbers."
‘The bubbles was a-rtsln* down
the creek towards the mill dam. Every
body waa a-watchln‘. Fust thing you
know, out popped Buck, mud In his
hair an' a ten-pound mud-cat warin'
In hla hand.
',‘'Tve got him, damn him, I'vo got
him,” sings Buck, an' that was the
last chance of Buck Young's gtttln' in
the church.’”
BREATH FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
Oa tbe crest of the Blue Ridge Moun
tains the scenery I* *o picturesque end
tbe work,of the Creator *o 'manifest, that
w* era lost IB admiration and feel our
Inability to describe tbe peace Sad tran
quillity of the ecene.
One ranse rise* on another until oyly
a faint blue outline le discernible In tbe
distance. Wo look down Into valleys cov
ered by a denes growth of trees, over which
thin vapor binge snspended, covering
i wbol* with a halo of glory!
Be still and know that I am God!” We
feel th* God of the llnlrerse In tbs vest
etlUneaa around ns. Here end there a
great tree stands ont alone, overlooking
some precipice. It has stood there through
age* awaiting lu Unal decay, when It
will form again a part of Mother Karth.
It will return "unto the dust” end new
tree* will stretch forth their arms toward
the snn, bnt th* monnula* will endure
end generations will "look nnto th* hills
from whence cometk their help!"
Underfoot le a carpet of osk lesree
browned and twlatad. The denizens of the
oreet Bee at onr approach. A ball of soft
brown far appear* for * moment end la
cone. A bob white whistles to Ita mate.
Nature's conservatory Is rich with moun
tain laurel end fern!
•ut now we are winding down the moan
tela end hare reached the valley. Here
* the mill where th* fresh smelling meal
I* ground, and th* Helds hold golden etalks
of wheat! There Is a spring bubbling
somewhere near and Ita water* are cold
end clear aa rryaUII
A whole mountain aide la fertile .with
corn, aud In th* distance cow* are grating
In cool retreats, completing the scene for
an artist's canvas!
More Ideated Is ho who gaeth forth with
the breath of th* mountain* In hla nostrils
than he who swelters In a city:
IIK8BIB DENTON YVHITTLE8EY.
117 East Georgia Avenue, Atlanta.
FULLY INSURED.
ETERXAL DAMNATION.
Quite recently there seems to be a
revival of discussion of the doctrine of
eternal damnation; It la attracting
moro than usual attention, and much Is
being written both for and'against It.
This question may never be settled to
tho entire satisfaction of any one this
side ot the grave, and It seems to me
that whether there Is or Is not an ever
lasting hpll Is of little consequent
■ ■ 1 .y "no who Is honestly end t-nni-cl'.
seeking to mAke the best possible of
this life, uninfluenced by tho fear or
dread of hell, exercising freely and
fully all the powers and faculties with
which on" Is endowed.
I am not unmindful of tho fact thnt
mere opinion does not carry any weight
of argument, but I am fully persuaded
In my own mind, reasoning from tho
self-evident proposition that Ood can
not be less Just than man, that God
cannot damn an honest man. On all
matters of which absolute knowledge
ts essential that knowledge has been
given beyond quest Ion, and on
other questions men may and will dif
fer, perhaps as long as men continue
to think. In matters of which we know
not positively, It seems to me that the
surest and safest way of arriving at
the truth Is through the application
of the principle! that hold good In ma
terial matters, to the eplrltual or oc
cult. For Instance, the penalty pre
scribed by man for the violation of any
civil law depends not merely on the
fact that the law has been broken, but
In proportion to the Injury that viola
tion may w ork to the Individual affect
ed. and to th* community at large.
I can conceive of no method of rea
soning by which man can arrive at the
conclusion that ho who has kept all the
laws save one Is to be dumped Into hell
along with-the great mass of those who
have committed every crime In the
whole decalogue; and yet, thla Is ex
actly what we are asked and expected
to accept and believe. Destroy this
Idea and you destroy hell. Can any
sane man offer a single sensible, logi
cal reason why such a condition should
exist? Why God created man without
tho man's consont and then placed
around him such conditions and en
vironments as would absolutely Insure
his eternal ruin? In all that I have
read on thla subject I have failed to
find a single lota of argument based
upon reason, justice and common sense
la advocacy of eternal damnation for *
single creature, tbe creation of the
mind and power of a God of loflnlte
love. Justice and mercy.
If man is not Immortal, then the Idea
-If "Teriutl suffering Ih an utter Impos
sibility. Ho must be Immortal If he Is
to suffer eternally, and It he Is Im
mortal, then tell me, Is not that Im
mortality a very part of the great God
that created him, endowed with every
attribute of God himself, and this be
ing true, does not thla doctrine of
eternal hell necessarily Imply self-
destructlon, self-punishment? But we
are told that,the Bible teaches eternal
damnation. Not many days ago we
were treated to a long list of quota
tions from the Bible (through the col
umns of The Atlanta Georgian, I be
lieve It was), teaching In language thnt
could not be misunderstood this horri
ble doctrine. My answer to that Is
thla (and no reasonable man who has
read the Bible will deny It): By taking
disconnected passages from the Bible
you may prove that God commanded,
or countenanced, every crime knon-n to
man.
This doctrine haa done more to de
moralise and degrade the human race
than any other one thing that can be
mentioned. It had Its origin In the
brain of the savage; It Is the offspring
of f*ar and superstition. It haa not a
single elevating and ennobling prlncl
pie In It, and aa men are advancing,
rising superior to Ignorance and su-
K ratltlon, farther away from the bar-
rian, this abominable doctrine Is Just
as rapidly losing Its hold upon their
minds, their live* actuated by higher
and holler and nobler motives than
fear. This I* not simply assertion, or
the matter of opinion, but the state
ment of facts that art amply borne out
by history.
J. E. LOVELESS.
From The Argonaut.
A l'lki
out a ’life peltry for ll.too. Then, with
hie wife, be elarted for I’orter* lake with
a, the wife to rook
min to clean flab,
and no on. Unfortunately, the youns guide
we* bitten by n rattlesnake one morning,
and n few data afterward* he died. The
endow notified her family and friend* of
hie death In n not* that raid:
"Rill pa rat away ylatldy. I-oea fully cor-
ered by Insnraare.
Rockefeller. Are tbe urn of pore money
coming up and willing lo do the good lining
done by aome of the “tainted money" or
Mr. Rockefeller?
It the moral Mint or purity of money la
conditioned by the moral taint or purity
of Ita poaaraaor, 1 anapect BOOM vary dirty
"fllthr Inert" more* romnlarently down
the alalee of aoae of onr churehr* on Sun
day, and may go to aar* th* poor heathen
or help feed the preacher and family oa
Monday. How many of onr ehnrrhet or
preacher* refute tbe gllta of our rich and
prominent brother*, Kmlth and Jane*, he
cenee It might be "tainted money j"
C N. DONALDSON.
THE CYNIC’S WORD BOOK.
By AMBROSE BIERCE.
P ROVIDENTIAL adj. Unespeetedly
end eoneplenonsly beneficial to the
peraon to describing It.
TRUDK, n. A lady In hiding behind the
beck of her demeanor.
PUBLISH, v. In HtrraFy affair*. to tie-
come the fundamental element la n cone
of critics.
PUSH, n. On* of th* (wo thlnga mainly
¥M.*r 'll pp,, “~
PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philoso
phy. named for It* laaentor. It roualat
e<l of an nbaolqte disbelief In everythin*
hut l’yrThpnlsm. Ita modem professor*
hhva added that.
QUEEN, n. A woman by whom tbe realm
Is ruled when there Is n king, and through
whom It Is rated by a nun when there It
not.
.QUILL a. As Implement of torture
yielded by a route and commonly wielded
ojr an its. Thla in of th# qnlll ta bow
obsolete, but the winder of'it. modera
equivalent, th* atael pen. Is still an tee.
QIIVER, n. A portable eheetb I* which
the ancleut statesmen and th* aboriginal
lawyer carried tbelr lighter argument*.
He extracted from' hla . qalrer,
_ Did thla controversial Roman,
An argument well Sited
_ To the qneellou a* submitted.
Then addressed It to the liver ■
Of th* unreeeonahte forms n.
—OGLl'M P. BOOMP.
QUIXOTIC, edj. Absurdly rhlrnlrie. Ilk#
Don Quixote. An Insight Into the beauty
and azeellenee of thla Incomparable .-(-
jectlv* I* unhappily denied tahto, who ha.
the ml.fortnae to know that the gent”
man * mum I* pronounced Ke-ho ty.
Monotony, 'tie folly to know Spanish.
ily Private l-ensed Wire.
New York. July 14.—President Boos*,
veil has been banded a lemon. Archl*
did It, and It wan alt because the Roos*.
volt family had a family picnic on
Friday, the llth.
After lunch the athletic sport began,
and the prceldent waa the star per
former. A great game of “one old
cat” bad bern planned, but the sad dis
covery waa made that Archie had for
gotten the ball and bat. The president
eared the day, emulating the first great
act of George Washington and with a
rusty hatchet fashioned a sapling Into
a hat. The lemonade paraphernalia
#•>< pilfered to provide a ball. The
president won the toe* and, gripping
Ills home-made bat, stepped confidently
to the plate.
Archie was In the box, but hie con
trol was poor. The first pitched ball
went wild, striking the batter behind
the left ear, In the words of KermlL
thereby "handing papa a lemon."
John D. Rockefeller’* mllllon-dollar
house In the Pocantlco Hills I* being
bullded with the comfort of Mr*. John
Ii. RotkeMlar, Jr., particularly in view
and that lady ta deeply Interested In
the progress of the builder*. Like her
mother-in-law, young Mr*. Rockefeller
ta fond of society, and It I* altogether
probable that when the new palace I*
ready for occupancy It will be the scene
of many splendid social functions.
'Great wealth I* a breeder of Insan
ity,” aay* Dr. Hill, who ha* charge of
Insane asylum* In Baltimore. "The dis
sipations which wealth afford are a
more fruitful aource of Insanity than
worry, care, overwork and the vartou*
other channels through which the brain
receives the hurt that results In mad
ness.”
Dr. Graeme Hammond, of this city,
the great alienist, says that this is
not so.
Tf any one will simply glance over
the names of the men who have made
vast fortunes—the Vanderhllts. the As
ton, the men who control the Standard
Oil and other big trusts—he wilt see
that wealth Ip not by any means a
breeder of Insanity," he says.
“Tbe principal cause for all forms of
Insanity, generally speaking, ta defec
tive hereditary. Luxury, which Is In
cidental to wealth, and the dissipation
which often goes with It, may Indeed
undermine the health and cause neru-
resthenlo, but never Insanity."
Rose Marsten, artist's model and ac
tress, friend - of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw,
comes to the defense of New York's
artists. She says:
It's a shame to declare that all of
the artists' studios In this city are In-
Iqultlous, for auch Is not the case.
They have been condemned simply be
cause one man, who was not an artist,
and never had any real studio, but sim
ply a lounging place, happened to use
this place to hold hta midnight revels.
"I have been an attendant at all of
the principal studios/In this city since
I waa a mere child of 11 years, nml I
have yet to aay that I have been Insult
ed. The artists In this city are gentle-
men, the equal of which are not to be
found anywhere. There to never the
suggestion of a scandal about them
and a model dally attending their
studios as I have will never hear a
word out of tho way.
"To pose In one of the studios Is
hard work. And while they might
make your life pleasant by talking, It le
all a matter of business with them.
They have so many hours set opart for
their work and they never break In on
It except for a few momenta’ rest or ta
change the canvass.
"All of tho prominent artists who
engage models are most respectful In
their attitude and attentions to them,
and for a model who Is given to frivol
ity a study ta no place. She will not
find It there."
Theodore Rooeevelt McNeely. Nlcho.
las Longworth McNeely and Austin
McNeely ore doing very nicely today,
thank you, and so ta Mrs. Austin Me-
Neely, of No. 40 Downing street, the
mother of these Interesting triplets.
Papa McNeely ta receiving the con
gratulations of hla friends and n con
stant stream of visitors ta admiring tn*
sturdy qualities of the Infants. Young
Longworth may readily be distinguish
ed from the president's name-sake by
reason of the fact that he wears s red
ribbon on hta arm, whereas little Theo-
dore R. wear* a white one.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM
D
LEAD GOTHAM.
By Private I-cased Wire.
New York, July 14.—Here arc eom*
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. B, Flakier. O. -V
Lewis, 8. L Morris, T. H. Rice, J- L
Riley, YV. T. Downing, C. Moore, a.
Wellhouse. ‘ , , .
SAVANNAH—Mins L. Harris. J J-
Harrington. J. J. McDonough. R. Pa™:
er, Jr., L. G. Young, C. M. Oabbett and
IN PARI8.
Paris, July 14—Robert Leary. Mr.
and Mr*. John F. Kiser and Mix*
Simmons, of Atlanta, registered at n*
office of the European edition of ta*
New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
]
JULY 14. „ .
1223—Philip Augustus of France died.
1003— Cardinal Maearfu born. Died 51
1771—Mlaatoa of Ban Antonio. Cat.. foandeA
Ins-lMame of Paris taken and dyijjgjjj
M12—Little Tortle, famous chief of
Indians, died. h _ r tt«,
1817—Mine. De Htael, famous French truer,
died. Bora April S3, 174A j b*
1863—Crystal Palace. New York, opened J
President Pierce. . t be
18*2—General Pope took command or
Army of Vfrglnln. , -,..-1-
-Confederates defeated at Tm*" 1
1870—Congress granted pension of to" w i* r
annum to Mr*. Abraham I 'neo l( .
1873- Don Curios entered B *“5i*nM
earned commend of bl*P* eh*
1874- 11. J. Jewett elected president ef *•
18SS—Joha^Brisht resigned hit po*l»n“ 11
the English eaWner. , u *e
1883- Henry M. Btanley ffiewrered
Mnntnnbn In Central Africa-
1884— I*rluee Adalbert, third eon of
peror William of .t White
-Whltelaw Bald'* residence at
18ll-<ieocgeT , rancl* ,, Trtln rempleb" 1 clf '
cult of the world I* C days. g(It ,
1896—Hr. Norton H. Towntend, of Ohio
unlmvltj, tlifd. , . _ ( ' I( .cfrt!
Surrender of Bantlago by
WK—Cefrbmted Cnmpnnllc, or bell W"*
tam-O-it^Tct 'revoked In Irelsn'l , „
