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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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Griffiu, Ga., Nov. 1, 1906.
Manngpr Georgian:. .
Dear Sir:—As these arc the most important func
tions of the week, I scud them in advance of weekly let
ter. Our minister,'-Mr. John S. Jenkins, pastor of the
First Methodist church, paid a beautiful tribute to The
Georgian Sunday to a packed house. He was preaching
a sermon ou law and order to the policemen of the city,
and he said:
“I would advise every man, beside his Bible, to
take at least one good daily paper, say, The Georgian,”
etc.
Knowing you’d appreciate this, I thought I’d men
tion it here, as you might not otherwise hear of it.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. ,T. 0. EDWARD.
No Whiskey
or Unclean
Medicine Ad
vertisements.
Son
(Sam P. Jones, Jr.)
Cartcrsville, Ga., Nov. 8,1906.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Seeing in your paper of the 7tli instant your editorial and advertisement con
cerning your circulation, I write these few words congratulating The Georgian on
its wonderful success. * .
It is my hope that your paper will grow, in circulation and influence with,each
day, and that it will ultimately fulfill onq of the most earnest wishes that I ever
heard my noble father give utterance to. ‘»
In his last sermon to a Cartcrsville audience lie said:
“I want to see the time come when The Atlanta Georgian will have one hun
dred thousand subscribers, and the other Atlanta papers three apiece.”
His earnest desire for your prosperity was'voiced simply because he knew and
felt that you wore on the right lines, and that your paper, conducted as it was, and
is, .oild hr.’ a vast influence for good. Just as surely as he wished for the prev
alence of the right, did he wish for the downfall of all that was evil, heuce his state
ment that he hoped the other Atlauta papers would have only three subscribers
apiece. He had no feeling of ill will against the other Atlanta papers, nor anything
personal against any one connected with cither of them, but it was his desire that
the church- people and those who were against the sale of whisky in the state
would say to the owners of the papers:
“You cannot advertise this terrible enemy to the peace and prosperity of our
home, and expect us to give you our support, either by rending your papers or by
giving you ottr advertising. i ’
It was not the desire nor the wish of my father to see the great properties of the
Atlanta dailies destroyed, but he felt that it was in the power of the Christian people
of (he state of Georgia to whip them into line, nnd cause them to stop the advertise
ments of the liquor traffic, by withholding from them their support aud countenance.
To those who knew me, up to a short time before ray father’s death, this state
ment from me would perhaps provoke a smile, but I feel that God has loft me a work
to do, and that as long as my life lasts it is im’ duty to do what I see before inc.> There
can be no doubt that the greatest burden of my father’s whole life was his enmity
to the whisky traffic, and in my humble way I expect to take up that part of his
work with all the power that God has endowed me with.
I did not know, until he was gone from this life, what a man my father really
was, and how terrible were his battles against the sins of tho world, unsupported as
ho was by the open declarations and the consistent life of his older son, and name
sake. However, since he has left us, I have realised in a way his greatness, and my
umvorthiness to enter the battles that he so nobly fought. It is my purpose to make
amends to his name and the memory of his great good life and work, and to the peo
ple of my state by taking upon me as such of his mantle as my shoulders will bear,
and to give all the powers that I can muster to the work that God in His goodness
would not allow my father to pursue further under such terrible discouragements
and against such odds.
It is my earnest wish that The Georgian will be able, by its prosperity aud its
extended influence, to show the people of the state, and the other papers, that it is not
absolutely necessary to the life nnd existence of the daily paper to print the invita
tions of the whisky dealers to the public to partake of their home-wrecking, peace-
destroying stuff.
May the success of The Georgian continue, and may it be the greatest paper that
the Southern states have over seen. God speed you, is my prayer.
SAM P. JONES, JR.
$4.50 Year
Daughter
Sharon, Ga., Nov. 9, 1906.
To the Atlauta Georgian,
Atlauta, Ga.
Dear Six’s: Inclosed I hand you my check to cover
•subscription to The Georgian to December 31, 1907.
The Georgian is equal to the best newspaper in
Georgia, and outranks them all on its editorial page.
Above nil, it can, without any hesitation, be placed
by the father in the lfands of his daughter.
Father
Cartersville, Ga., Nov, 16,1906.
The Atlanta Georgian.
Atlanta, Ga.
If yoii have no objections, I would like to sav a feW
words in praise of The Georgian. It is clean, newsy and
can always be relied upon to tell the truth. The edito
rials from the pen of John Temple Graves arc simply
grand. 1 have just been taking The Georgian about one
month, and wouldn’t do without it for any price. If. in
any way, I can favor you or the paper, I will not hesi
tate to do so.
With all success to The Georgian, and may it keep
up tbe-TTiaxim of telling the truth. I remain,
• * Yours very truly,
G. T. WORD.
No Whiskey
or Uncleaji
Medicine Ad-
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vertisements.
m
$4.50 Year
Grea'
you. Respectfully,
A. C. DAVIDSON, M. D.
25,000 Circulation