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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
8ATURDAT, NOVEMBER 24, 1906.
LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS
tHE other side of
THE MAYOR’S VETO
.. ,b.- Editor of The Georgian.
*Ri*llerliw you to he one who believes In
(noba 1 to all nnd for the Interest of the
Sad t» run In or through the third waul.
Slh to *.iy n few words In our defense ss
strrn against said line;
P Flr»t. We hare satisfactory car facilities
in our •**et!on.
Second. We could not use this line, as
p0 trnnifeni would be given to other,lines
^Thlrtl-' iiu» will be nn electric railroad
wot n street car system, running large
papsonsjrr cars and large express or freight
1 Fourth. We nre mostly small homo own*
tx% with small lota and on narrow streets,
which would have fo bo widened, which
•could necessitate moving sonic houses nud
moot fences, destroying shade tree*, which
ms taken some of us years to raise. Now,
wp arc not rich people, tint we are at
tached to our homes, which have taken
1 many of us years to pay. tor. Now, shall
»c be made to have them marred and
Saniiieed for a corporation's desire-to make
iticy. when we get no benefits whatever,
.„(! have the , value of our property de
creased. which It would surely do? We
-re n* patriotic as any of Atlanta's clt-
l*enn. mid have our city's interest nt
heart, and some of usr have speut most of
onr IIrex l» R», upbuilding ns humble work
ing' people. Now. shnll we be made to
«uff**r for those whose Interests are iftit
j D accord with ours? It Is true this Hue
will build up property outside of the city
and bring trade fo Atlanta, nnd make rich
the i-erporation running It, but shall we
fon humble citizens, who Imre worked hard
for rears. Im» made to make the sacrifices
„f inn- homes for other*’ greed of gain?
There are numbers who would he forced
to move on account of It, aud I have heard
renters who *a.v they will move If It comes
,n these streets, There are more direct
rentes, but It would cost more, hence our
Tnr. Now If our coancllmen won't stand
or u*. we will remember them in the fu-1
.nre. We are glad onr mayor will hear
the vole* of tin* people when our council-
men ignore us. Sincerely yours.
W. If. DORSEY.
(One of the Committeemen.)
IN THE LAND WHERE
WE WERE DREAMING.
DOCTOR” CHALLENGES
ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE
PR OHIB1TION ELECT ION
mrrespoudent nt Lexlugton. ..
written by a young gentleman of the
South, whose modesty alone has prevented
him from attaining a national reputation
ns :i poet, nnd who has never* save In a
duple Instance, appeared In prffct before:
••Fair were our visions! Oh, they were as
grand
A* ovor floated out of Fancy land;
• hildren we were in single faith.
I hit Godlike children whom nor death.
Nor threat, nor danger drove from Honor's
path.
In the laud when* we were dreaming.
"Proud were onr men, ns pride of birth
could render;
\* violets our women, pure and tender:
And .when they spoke, tbelr voice did
the whippoorwill,
^’kingbird, were mute uud
In tin) land where we were dreaming.
\ml we had graves that covered more of
glory
li.ui over taxed tradition’s ancient story;
And In our dream we wove the thread
of principles for which had bled
riiotigh in our land we had both bond and
free,
ah ^ wore conteut, and to God let them
"ill envy coveted our land
Ami those fair fields our valor wou,
it little recked we, for we still slept on
In the land where we were dreaming.
B«I meteors flashed across our Heaven's
field;
• rlmsou the moon; between the Twins
“ltown from her sunlit heights smiled Lib
erty
And waved her cap In sign of victory—
The world approved, znd everywben
Except where growled the Russtuu Ik...,
»*• good, the brave, the Just gave us tbelr
prayer
In the land where wo were dreaming.
V- fancied that a government was ours—
•' rlmilenged place among the world’s
great powers:
v*’c talked of Itauk, Commission,
null so lifelike grew our vision,
i n he who* dared to doubt, but met de
rision ^
In the land where we were dreaming.
V'* looked on high; a*banner there was
!">.«• held was blanched nud /*potless In
it* Mirren—
t'hivalry’s cross its Union bears,
'"'••if they would hear
dred wars.
In the land where we
through a hum
were dreaming.
'i boned farewell nnd walked beyond
the stars—
la the land where we were drenmlug.
To |he Editor of The Georgian:
I might have accepted an equally
good Impulse to commend your edlto-
rial, “Sam P. Jones and Thomas E.
watson, and quite all your public ex
pressions, as I now accept the oppor
tunity to speak against the editorial in
The Georgian and that later In The
Constitution on the whisky question.
It takes the courage which strong
conviction gives to challenge opinions
from the two such moral sources as the
editorial pages of The Georgian and
The Constitution. The article from the
first is misplaced. The Constitution
article is before me. I wish Dr. \V. B.
Parks' article In Sunday's News had a
wider reading. It mildly puts a vast
and surprising truth in informing us
that the barrooms are perpetuated by
opr church members and our prohibi
tionists, who consume vastly more
whisky In their daily respectable “two
or three drinks" than is consumed by
the revelling and debauched fallen
among us.
This was a great surprise to me—
that more whisky Is sold for said med
ical purposes to respectable people than
Is consumed by the barroom habitue—
.when I learned that It was absolutely
true. Then I fear I understand why
there is so much lukewarmness among
our representative business and
church men. I know one doctor who
still prescribes whisky frequently. He
doesn't rend his results and the times,
and it seems good to him. I knew one
who told a young boy that cigarette
smoking would not hurt him—himself
a constant smoker. May his many good
works oqly survive him.
And so, many prohibitionists are,
therefore, lukewarm. Perhaps they
would prohibit bad whisky to excessive
drinkers. Then they are hardly safe
converts. All whisky Is bad. all Is
poison. One must reform himself be
fore he can reform the world. These
half-hearted prohibitionists are among
the Intelligent, best and moral citizen
ship. “The truth will make you whole"
Is a saying worthy nt all acceptation.
Truth Is the supremest religion. May
we ever seek It, and. In this Instance,
untrnmmeled by fashion of belief and
tradition.
The truth Is that whisky Is a uni
versal poison, and has so been passed
upon by every man who has given any
attention to the subject. It doesn’t
stimulate the heart, as Is easily proven
by the sphygmograph, an instrument
made to detect accurately the heart
beat tracings. It causes heart fatty de
generation. It Irritates the heart and
weakens It. It does not warm the body,
as Is shown by thermometer. The
cause of the deception to the person's
feeling Is that whisky causes a par
alysis of the little nerves controlling
the skin circulation, allowing the extra
flow of blood to the Hush of red nose
and cheek and surfaces and giving
warmth to the skin where we do our
feeling. The blood chilled returns in
ward to the more vital organs nnd
the real body temperature Is lowered
while we feel warmed. Every' experi
mentation on all forms of animal life
shows that In proportion as alcohol
Is taken into the system does life suc
cumb to all other forms of poison or
disease, snake-bite Included, which
sometimes gets well In spite of* treat
ment. We have long known that our
patients were In greater danger from
pneumonia, typhoid fever and other
diseases In proportion as our patients
may have been imbibing alcoholics.
For ten years and more no article
has been written and no prepared pub
lic address has been made upon the
subject of alcohol but to condemn It.
Years ago the doctors of Colorado and
Arizona, where our consumptives find
their best climates, learned that
whisky was the consumptive’s great
enemy Instead of friend. It Is as uni
versally bad as fresh air and sunshine
are universally good. Some men seem
to suffer little by Its use, as some get
on without the life-giving fresh air
and sunshine. Athletes and armies have
learned that they do not prevail when
they use It, , , . ,
Make your test sensitive enough, and
the man who runs may read. It be
longs to the fallacies of the past, along
with blood letting, sheep saffron tea,
and when they allowed water to fevered
patients In teaspoonfuls at Infrequent
intervals.
And we all agree that nine-tenths
of nlJ crimes, including the unmention
able one, and therefore nine-tenths the
nd leave to providence to adjust the loss
kith the owner whom he could not nnd. It
mail has money that he ha* acquired by
wrong methods <*r dishonest methods and
elves It so us to purchase the protection
of churches, schools, legislatures and
. . courts, there is a serious taint hi him.
looked again; nnother figure still ( aR( t |f thorn* men or -Institution# accept
hope, nnd nerved each Individual i m ,ch money knowingly, the taint Is con-
.,1 lo thorn, lint thnt l», »“> ». # ft
lmrity. but a mere ‘’bribe, and should
iu regarded
r.ll of grandeur, clothed with power,
■eir poised, erect, he ruled the hour
i stern, majestic sway—of strength
hi the ln;id where we were‘dreaming.
• while great Jove. In bronze, a warder
A« wakes the- soldier when tho alarm
. * TlllS—
v.akos the mother when her Infant
•TlllS—
A* start* the traveler when around
JII* deeping couch the Ore bells sound—
*" "ok** our nation In a single bound
*u the land where we were dreaming.
a requesFto correct a
MISTAKE—TAINTED WEALTH.
'■"Ilenr la.t Hatimlny of the profit-
meeting on Friday afternoon, your re*
lu rh ’ r . ° r printer puts a word In my mouth
; I,nl l did not use. It Is only one word,
**iiici> j bam read Dr. White's stnte-
1,1 In The Georgian of Tuesday, I am
"Wealth is always
i did not say that. I said that *'It Is not
"‘nielent to seek the opinion of men of
, ra,, li nnd Influence to determine whether
« may attempt a reform like this, for, ns
’* "etf known, ‘capital la alwaya tlinld.'
'ni men of Influence am* always caally
I™‘ tied. Reform movements must And
initiative and seek their leaders
the common people.” This was
*n my little speech as an objection
u i £ ‘ omniuulcatlon from Dr. White that
h**Mn presented to that meeting. We
JJi overwbidminff evidence that Christian
people of Atlanta are elautorlag
.’"''Ilverance from the liquor business.
jV" 1 ‘hat evidence outweighed the show*
[J* ,n - 1 de by Dr. White. It is not my pur-
L-t
re argue the matter here.
'"‘credit the importance of so-called “talnf-
2 •»»ney.” i don't think that the taint
XT? ter }’ tar Into the substance of the
’’' 3 r. If o man find* out that be has
that does not Itelong to him. It is
Vjdy to restore It to the rightful own
*f he cnn. If he keeps It, the taint
“'!* »o III in; nud not to the money. If
1 l that the owner, then let him giro,
to ‘he |.orft'* work In somf honest way.
J, L. D. IIILLYER.
Atlanta. Go., November 21, 1906.
OUR WORLD.
By Calvin F. Carlton.
We stood alone In ft world our own—
And swiftly the moments flew—
Ilut measured time is ever a rhyme
On a theme that Is never new.
We stood alone In « world our own—
Ami pearls were drop* of dew-
But pearls nre tears. If. If* after years,
Our dollars nre Just ft few.
But gold Is dross, when, after a loss.
We sigh for tile days of old.
We stood alone In ft world our own—
Aud n kiss opened heaven s gate—
But heaven Is hell If after the spell
Our hank account Is up to date.
AS TO DEMOCRACY.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Today'* editorial Is seasonable goods. , You
ask “Where Does Itemoerncy Stand?
We answer. Genuine Jeffersonian Deiuo*
racy stands pm, but the party bolding the
one* honored name tins about exhausted it-
self trying like tin* wicked to stand on slip*
P *For^G)V*isst thirty-live or forty years,
it has been :i party of false pretense. Just
before elections professing ami promising to
serve the Interest of the populistic masses,
and after elections, It Is tbe devoted slave
of the plutocratic classes.
Now. I am glad that, l- .
Indicates, the people are becomingJntrilt-
sent. »» m.uWMtedJV •£ >»!?
cost of running our police and court
departments, are caused by alcohol.
Now nothing of the llttle'I have said
can be denied and the conclusion of It
all seems to me to be that we are not
yet properly and truly acquainted with
alcohol or that we have learned to en
dure. pity nnd embrace this greatest
source of wreck and ruin, of blight apd
blast, that infects our else far happier
land and homes.
There may be those who are moral
cowards and need a Joan of Arc to lead
them forth. The pifbllc mind has been
enlightened much In tho last ten years.
Moral manhood has developed much,
too. The state Is far ahead of'Atlanta,
which community Is paying Its penalty,
and shows most need on this question.
We try to think we are proud of At
lanta, .
To the than who begs the question by
saying that prohibition does not pro
hibit; that he knew or heard of some
one who got It on the sly, I would say:
I had a school mate. He and I, as
college cadets, drilled and paraded In
uniform In Atlanta, when General John
B. Gordon was inaugurated as governor
of Georgia. He was a bright senior,
and, with several others In our com
pany. that day tool: his first drink In
the Kimball house bar. He died from
drink a few months ago In our state
Insane asylum, leaving the proverbial
(Is it Just a Joke?) widowed mother
nnd sister now living In Atlanta. We
young college boys found easy, attrac
tive entrance to the bar. Only the in
itiated And the blind tigers. Those
needing protection most get it.
Shall we go slow? Sentiment has
grown apace these recent years. It's
comings, why delay It? Would any un
pleasantness caused by a prohibition
election compare to the debauch of our
city every day and night of tho weeks
and months of all the years? If the re
cital Is an old tale, if the police dockets
cease to impress us, It will at least be
interesting and a bit of Information It
you will be around town after the bar
rooms' turn them out every night nt 10
—from then until 12 and on. The cam
paign will be one of enlightenment, I
suppose, and that Is good if prohibition
happened not to prevail. It must be
regretted that some of the leaders we
usually see leading on In all noble en
deavor have struck an attitude and
cried nn alarm on this great question.
As Jerome, of New York, said, "The
Christian people and churches of thl,
country could easily effect any reform
they want if they would unite and
agree on what they want and direct
their efforts In A business way."
Ah, there’s the rub! Elders, deacons,
stewards qpd even a few of our preach
ers, are known to tako their toddy, yes,
regularly; that means habit. And
there's not one of them whose con
science doesn’t condemn him for every
drink ho takes, whether It be Peruna
or medical whisky, which hi takes for
his stomach's sake. Whisky as treach
erously deceives the gentleman drinker
as It does his wretched brother, who,
with a few drinks, feels himself rich
without u cent In hlB pocket.
The absolute conclusion of It Anally is
drawn right here, that the Aehans In
the Camps will defeat their reformation
or cause to prevail tho enuse of sobrie
ty, of manhood, of protected woman
hood, mothers and happy homes and
the kingdom of righteousness among
men. The home la the unit of tho com
inunlty and state.
I’ve Just heard ’"twould ruin the
town”—by what reaeon la naver ex
plained. I'm willing to loae a large
portion of my practice—and it causes
very much of every doctor's—for the
sake of happy homes. It would put tho
practice of law to ruin, but they could
go to preaching. Tho rum-sellers could
get themselves better Jobs.
SOFTNESS TOWARD THE LAW.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Permit me as a private citizen, who
has watched with the greatest concern
the Increase of crime In our state and
country, to suggest to you the danger
to the public lurking in such as your
editorial of the let Inst, on “Bolcy Dan
iel's Pleau." You are not alone guilty,
indeed it Is but the spirit of the times
that has captured the humble and the
mighty alike and that voices Itself
through your eloquent pen.
This case, as you yourself say, has
beon passed upon by a Jury, has been
approved by tne Judge, and now you
want him pardoned because, forsooth,
he does not confess, and because his
old -inotlier loves her'boy and does not
believe him guilty..
I doubt If one in a hundred of the
felony convietH in the state penltentin
ry will admit his guilt; and of course
the good old mother of each of them
knows her son to be Innocent.
I have no personal knowledge of this
particular case, and for that matter
have ho particular case In mind. Their
name Is legion. My personal interests
n^a lawyer are opposed to the views I
hero express, nqd I speak because some
one must speak, as tt is high time that
something be done to arouse the pub
lic to stay the floodttde of crime that
is sweeping over our land.
It Ib only by the certain enforce
ment of the punishment by law pro
vided that we can hope for abatement
of the terrible record which we arc
netting before tho country. It is not
the severity of the punishment pre
scribed, or the severity of that Imposed,
but the certainty of punishment, that
best serves the purposes of penal
statutes; and in the present state of
the public mind the fact Is overlooked
that Justice Is tho twin sister of mer
cy, and that both alike are attributes
of Deity. As the boat, not by one, but
by both oars Is sent gilding on Its way,
so the best interests of society are ad
vanced only when both justice and
mercy are dispensed with equal hand;
and when the authorities of a great
state in showing mercy to the convict
weaken not the strong arm that pro
tects the Innocent.
I do not, of course, desire in any
manner to prejudice this particular
'case, and 1 have from time to time
postponed sneaking lest 1 be charged
HE FA VORS SEPARA 7ION
THE ONLY SOLUTION
OF THE RACE PROBLEM
EATER: Since Dr. John E. White's
investigations show that the hlghav
churchmen lack In conviction or in
courage to win this fight, it may best
be given up. We have udmlred no more
valiant and effective fighter for good
than Dr, White. We feel Bure that all
right-hearted men will help the fight or
crusade If the rank and common citi
zens, who suffer more Immediately and
closely, declare that today Is the ac
cepted Ume and every day (111 truth
nnd virtue prevail.
DR. E. C. CARTLEDGE.
under the inline of .TelTernoiiliin, nnd under
the banner of l.lnrolu. "of, by and for the
people," wlint n breaking up of county aud
ntnte rings would result, and then how
glut! we would 1m*.
November. 13, 1906.
C. T. t’ARKF.It.
Now. Tam glad that, aojaa*«}MM
wlleutei, the people are B v«IL'
cent, as msulfelted by Hie !«te New \oik
Section, sensible, even to the extent of
manifesting a spirit of that sort of Inde
pendence for whldi our forefathers fought,
bled nnd died.
XVbnt next?
There nr*»
few honest, talented and
»hle**statei»men In every state of the union
tfrho. except iu party affiliation, nre In per*
feet accord. Why can't they lay aside
their partisanship In the Interest of pa
triotism nnd together stand ns n Htoue wall
against the onslaught of Wall street on
the one band aud the voice from Ireland on
,h f* It**not rather humiliating to Itelong to
h party that can not hope for success nn*
tlonnlly except through tlic bought support
of ft horde of the offscourings of cnnttfou
— ■ — uumr?
veiling together of real lk*u»
INDORSES THE MAGAZINE VIEW.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have Just received In "The World
Today” your article, "The Tragedy of
Atlanta," with a great deal of satis
faction and pleasure.
I mark this personal for the reason I
have no nmbition to bask In the "lime
light,” for the reason (I am sorry to
.y) the truth Is not always found
there.
It seems to me that you have taken a
stand upon the high plane of reason,
and I congratulate you. When a peo
ple try to solve social problems politi
cally they should. If they desire to sue.
ceed, conform to "natural laws." This
you have made plain.
It you have the time and disposition,
I would tike to have your opinion upon
the Increase of this hideous crime by
the blacks of your section.
Do you find that those of riclouB
habits arc the younger ones, who have
mixed blood, In their velhs? It Is well
known that you cannot mix the blood
of different species In the human race
without dire results.
The increase of this crime Is In
greater ratio than the Increase of popu
lation. Ho other causes must be looked
for. If true that mixed Mood Is one y(
or the cause of this Increase, then
there enu be but one solution—separate
the Macks from the white. How this
Is to be done? Ask some one that's
wise.
Pardon me for intruding on your
time, but this problem Is of Interest to
me and I desire to be Informed,
If you will send me your weekly or
semi-weekly, that carries your edito
rials, I will remit fee*.
with a desire to Influence action In
some special instance, but there is no
intermission, and I know no better time
than the present. Though a lawyer,
and as such sometimes called upon to
ask for commutations (and there are,
of course, proper cases for the exer
cise of executive clemency), as a' citi
zen I deplore the record which tho
prison commission Is making in releas
ing and mitigating the sentence of
men convicted of crime by jury cir
cuit nnd supreme court.
It Is largely the principle upon which
the Queen of England acted In refusing
oardon In n notable Instance, though
the application was urged by several
successive presidents and all the pow
ers of our nation, that has made Eng
land’s record in the matter of homicides
so different from and so superior to
our own. For ours wo Americans should
hang otrr heads in'shame- Of counts,
as a private citizen, I sympathized with
the English prisoner, as also I sympa
thize with Bolsy Daniel, and 1 merely
refer to these cases as Illustrative.
What I here say implies no reflec
tion on the distinguished gentlemen
that compose the prison commission.
They ore but voicing the presen( sentl-
ment of the public mind.
The morbid sentimentality of our
good people Is at the present time. In
my Judgment, more prolific in breeding
crime than the evil surroundings of the
vicious. This Is a strong statement,,
and yet I believe It true. Through sym
pathy for some guilty prisoner nnd his
relations, It Is common to throw down
the restraints of the law and thus en-
courage many another, still guiltless,
to despise the law and disregard the
property rights and even the lives of
many future innocent victims.
Thus the law Is ravished by sympa
thy, morbid sentimentality and some
times even by the attractions of a pret
ty face alone; while Justice hangs her
head In shame np she Is dragged about
the bar of her tpmples, as player upon
a stage, to amuse the populace; and lol
when the curtain falls the criminal,
whom Justice had condemned, emerges
almost with the audience of his trial;
he has put off his convict’# garb and
mingles with the crowd to hear the
comments upon his performance.
This Involves nh reflection on the
state’s able judges, solicitor# and of
ficers of court. They, as a rule, do
their duty. It Is the nullification of
their effort# that makes a farce and a
travesty of their best work.
We inveigh against the law’s delays,
and then, when not the accused, but
justice, has successfully run tho gaunt
let, the costly amusement of the public
ended, Justice Is pollorled, tho convict
goes free and crime stalks abroad to
provide more entertainment for the
inorbtd.
My dear Mr. Graves, I do not mean
to read, you a lecture. I admire the
generous sympathy from which flows
the Impulse to grant pardons. I write
because I realize your very great pow
ers, and my object will have been at
tained If you will but once take hold of
this momentous isxue.
If I have been very tiresome, you
have only yourself to blame, for you
gave me reason, in advance, to presum j
that you would pardbn me too.
With klndesr regards, I am,
ERNEST C. KONTZ.
Atlanta, Ga.
I sun noun every man, white and black,
who thinks nt all, has thought of nnd Is
still thinking of the rnco problem In the
United States, for It I* national, and the
nation will have to solve It. Much 1ms
been written and spoken on this vitul
question, and many plans have been sug
gested for Its solution, for -every one recog
nise# the fact that It ulust be solved, ami
that quickly. Every one who has eyes
to see and ears, to hear, and who Is not
biased by a selfish motive, kuows that race
antagonism nnd hatred Is greater now
than ever, nnd that this condition is grow
ing by day and by night. How long pres
ent conditions can last without bringing
disaster to the blcck man, God only knows.
In view of theife facts, ought not the
greatest minds of both races give them
Immediate and earnest attention, nnd try
to solve this question for the best Inter
est# of the white mail nnd the black man.
Many mistakes have Iteen made In the past
by Imth race*, but these mistakes have
clarified the ntmosphore somewhat, and we
ought to he better able to judge nud mark
out u permanent course for the future.
Many hare thought that the cdiirtitfun of
the negro would solve the problem, and so
lift up uml fit him for eltlsenshlp, that
all race friction would dlsappeur. nnd
millions of dollnrs have been spent, but
the* same antagonism exists.
Home say that Christianity must bring
peace nnd happiness to these divided nnd
totally different races. The land I# fnll of
churches, and preachers nt both races, nnd
they have fulled to bring peace and har
mony. One doe# not have to go very far
to find the reuson for the failure of both
education and Christianity In solving the
question. The cause I# natural and God-
made. aud can't 1h» changed In this world.
Iu the discussion of this question It Is
not necessary to mention the horrible
crimes of the negro, only to say that they
augment the ever-increasing antagonism aud
hatred of tile race#.
Another solution of this all-important
question Is offered and ably presented by
Hon, John Temple Grave# and others,
among them the negro bishop, II. M.
ner—that Is, separation. Send the iirs***
back to Africa, where he can have a
chance to grow, develop and govern him
self. This would be fair and Just to the
negro, and It would relieve the white man
of an unbearable burden. This cun be
done by the national government with ease
whenever the white race desires It. I be
Hove that many of both races nre com
lug to see that separation is the only per-
innnent, peaceful and Cbriatlao solution of
the race question. In furtherance of this
idea, I would suggest that England.
France. Germany and Italy, who own Afri
can territory, might aid the United Mates
in deporting the negro to Africa, as he
would be a great help to them In civilizing
the wild tribe*.
When our people nre ripe for this move
ment, congress might pass the necessary
laws, and have our embassadors to th»*
nlKivo governments Instructed to present
the matter for their consideration ami
help. There Is only one other solution of
this question. It is too terrible to think
of, yet we must face It. and avoid It,
If we are a Christina people. It Is the
extermination of the negro race In the
United States.
With one million emigrants annually pour
ing Into this country, besides the natural
Increase by birth, It will not 1k« many
year*# before It I# full to orortlowing with
white men. and competition for existence
will be fierce, and there will be no room
for the negro. He wilt not have standing
room. Then It will be a survival of the
fittest./ Before these nw'ful times come
upou us, let us bo up nnd dolsg, both
white nnd black. Let us agitate, plan
and work for separation ns the only menus
of solution from a terrible calamity in the
ueur future. ALEXANDER BECK.
HOW PROHIBITION CAN BE OBTAINED
SURELY AND PERMANENTLY
To the Editor of Tbe Georglau:
I am not a prophet nor n son of a prophet,
but I know a plan .that, If It Is carried out
to the letter, will effectually bring about
prohibition Iu Atlanta, nnd not only that,
but It will be permanent just so long ns the
plan js strictly adhered to, and besides the
purposed plan will obviate all contention
nnd disturbances In business that Is so
inueh apprehended by those who nre con
servative.
I suggest this plan without feq
of the whisky dealers, either wl
retail, as 1 also do without fear or favor
from the extreme or conservative prohibi
tionists.
I will come down to plain fnct# that
neither actuated by strife tud hatred nor
tinged with the soft touch of sentiment, but
the facts are to be substantiated by cold
mathematical figures.
The main proposition Is this: If every
prohibitionist and tbelr families nnd every
church member nnd tbelr families will not
use whisky of any kind for medical pur
poses or otherwise, for oue year, prohibition
will be so near attained that nn election
with nil of the objections as to the disturb
ances In bnsiuess, etc., would be absolutely
unnecessary.
This may teem to be an easy proposition,
Inasmuch ns It Is believed that many, even
Inebriates, would be vote If tho test wn«
made prohibition in an election, but bjr*a
j t CJ||| jitiown
periodIcnl drinker*
— customers as much
substantial aid to the whisky traffic ns ouo
might think, for nn average it will take one
gallon and a half for those who gut on a
periodical drunk to got on and off of tbe
druuk. and the time consumed trill avert—
one month, and the average time that
will repeat It Is three months, than wo have
by that clus* oue gallon and a half every
three months of whisky consumed.
Now, for every one or those we will have
or five gallons and five pints, as against one
and a half gallons of the periodical drinker.
Now, for eucb drinker who Is not a
church member nor s prohllbtlonlst and
does not go on periodical drunks, from good
evidence there can be found a prohibitionist
or n church member who drinks also as tt
bevetnge or ns a medicine (which Is about
the same nowadays), who Is a constant con
sumer and will lie very desirable customers
of the whisky traffic.
Then It will lie seen that those who sup
port the whisky trade. Jet it lie either Jn n
barroom or a drug store, nre the coustnnt
consumers, eml the main point Is that so
mauy constant consumers think they are
taking It ns -l medicine, when the sail fact
is that they are drinking It as a baverage
and are fooling themselves Into believing
that they nre taking It a# n medicine, let
them be prohibitionist, church member ~~
minister.
I will admit that to make this argument
public will not meet the approvnt of the
whisky dealer, nnd ft peculiar feature of the
argument la. It will not meet the approval
of prohibitionist# nor rburch members nor
ministers. I mean those who use It ss n
medicine or as a beverage.
Now. It Is supposed thnt church members
aud mlnlstera are conscientious In their acts
aud deed*, and I fatly believe that they
are, but when It comes to the question un
der consideration, I am not questioning
their acts nor deeds, hut rather to set
u, tracer after tbelr conscience. For, In
the face of honest scientific Investigation.
It cau be shown that whisky can be dls
penned with os a medicine, and more tbnu
that. It con In* proven that all alcoholics
are poisonous when taken into the human
system, either In small or large doses.
Now, In the face of this assertion, thnt
can lie proven If demanded. Is It uot time
to send a tracer after the conscience of
any church member or miuister who use*
any kind of whiskies, even u's a medicine?
And, again, If nny one, lut them tie saint
or sinner, permit themselves to use any
form of whisky regularly or constantly,
they will be compelled to not ouly In
crease the dose, but they will have to
take It at shorter intervals In order to
taken regularly or constantly* and .. ...
required to Increase th* quantity of the
dose, as well as to shorten the Interval
of taking It, that tbe drug or medicine so
taken is forming a hnblt.
HOW TO ELIMINATE CRIME;
BASED ON PHRENOLOGY.
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian.
With reference to the article in The At
lanta Georgian of Saturday, November Id,
under the head of “The Sociological Ed
itorial," by Dr. R. It. KIm. it fs one
of the wisest and most timely that bas
yet been offered concerning Atlanta’s op
portunity, her responsibility and her duty.
In conjunction with which, may I further
suggest In the name of phrenology, that it
Is deplorable for Atlanta to have to sell
her birthright In^sucb a manner, ns im
plied, in stamping her seal of approval
upon dives and dens, by legalizing their
operation, for the paltry snm of revenue
derived, knowing nt the time when tbe li
censes nre Issued that the city is placing
before the people, so constituted, tempta
tions which they cun not withstand.
And when crime nnd licentiousness run
riot, have her grand Jury to sidestep, that
the blame for nil be saddled upon her
helpless policemen, aud furthermore, ac
cuse them of distrustfulness nnd cowardice
and lucotnpeteuey, after having nut upon
tbe shoulders of one hundred nuu forty men
a sufficient volume of crime to require
one thousand men to handle; and. Iu addi
tion to this, openly assail the dally papers
for doing their duty by warning ns of our
approaching danger. However, the papers
did not say so, nevertheless, it Is trno, that
> whole thing w*as brought about by the
evil consequences of our present mode of
legislation.
We can no longer shut our eye# to the
crude realities which experience bas es
tablished, nor can we nfford to remain
inactive with inch truths staring us In the
face. . The established mode now In o|»cr-
atlon of treating criminals by Inflicting
punishment has uot been successful, but
an eiulueut failure, and we all know It.*
Crime goes on Increasing in amount in pro
portion as punishment has been abundantly
administered. Let the causes of crime be
what they may, punishment has uot yet
been successful in removing them, there
fore, can not, on any ground of reason,
be maintained that It within Itself Is suf
ficient for the purpose.
re sineei"
Now, If WH hri* hi new re in vur uwairce, nuu
hope to evun abate, much less eliminate,
crime nud licentiousness, let us either
change our mode of treatment, or change
the condition of affairs which Is so con
ducive to crime aud licentiousness, l’ro*
dlgions good awaits either change.
It Is as plain os tbe nose on thu face
to tho criminal, who knows to the satis
faction of his own mind, that the law
winks Its other eye at Crime. Ho sees
the dollar Is so close to the eye of the
lawmaker thnt his view Is obstructed to
the threatening dangers of our government,'
which reads hlui to believe that tho side
object yof the government Is money, since
It la placed above every other considera
tion. consequently, bis sole object, re
gardless of priuclple, Is to acquire mouey,
to purchase any right he desires of tne
government. Under such conditions. It is
astonishing that the worst has not already
befallen us.
Now, should this mad rush for money
continue the sole object of man, • and In
view of the fact that there Is not enough
for alt to have plenty, the ultimate conse
quence will ho the tottl destruction of
our government.
Acquisitiveness and self-approbation afford
too rotten a foundation for nn Individual
to stund upon, much leas a city, n state,
or u nation. Man was created for higher
aud nobler objects than this. The pre
requisite to his fullest contentment nnd
happiness Is not money alone, but due
exercise of bis moral, religious nnd Intel
lectual faculties. This direction must I*
given his mind before Its desires arc fully
gratified nud purified. ,
No more effectual means of purifying tha
hearts of the people can be devised than
thnt of purifying nfl public Institutions and
exhibiting Justice and kindly affection ns
the chief animating motlvs of public ineu
uud government measures.
Less representation and more legislation
Is the thing we need bad.
Let tbe strong bear the Infirmities of tbe
weak, Instead of multiplying luflrmitles by
the weakness In umn. The fallen must
be uplifted before tho fullest gratification
of hiitimu happiness cal) be enjoyed.
Benevolence nnd morn life has Ineuiultered
upon us a duty to wisely nnd Justly, to
ourselves aud to them, administer the
affairs of the criminal nnd licentious,
not with a feeling of vengeanc#, but of
dneore In our desires, nud
And, agaiu. If any one who has had any
irm of whisky prescribed for hliu to be increa
form .. , r
taken as « medicine, uml that Individual
feels the necessity of keeping up the antd
prescription, and does keep it up, jrou may
put It down thnt ludivldanl Is or nas con
tracted tho whisky habit, ami - tho sad
fact Is many of them nrfe Idnocetit nnd do
not realise It. It would? 1m> a great boon
to mankind If every physician who should
prescribe whisky or any nablt-formlng drug,
would write on the prescription "uot to Im
refilled.’’ Bat that would not prevout the
whisky habit In many eases, for the patient
will soon learn to order nnother new bot
tle, even If the physician who first ore
scribed It hHs been dead slid burled
twenty year*.
The time has come not to talk prohfld'
tlou, but to act prohibition, aud the moot
question will l»o settled.
If nny on» should doubt ’any of
statement* or assertions that I have made,
they eon In* furnished with the proof, with
additional facts that call be bad ou de
mand. W. B. l’AUKH, M.D.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20, 1!MC.
pity; and until tills Is done, crime will uot
eliminated, bnt continue to
ATLANTA W. C. T. U. FAVORS
AN IMMEDIATE ELECTION
To the Editor of The’Georgian:
Our union, the Atlanta Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
held n very Interesting meeting this
afternoon.
After considering, with great pleas
ure, the splendid,report# of the two
great convention#, namely, the World’s
W. c\ T. U., held in Tremont temple,
Boston, Muss., October 17-23, and the
National W, t\ T. U., held in Parson’s
theater, Hartford, t'onn., October 26-31,
we came to the conclusion that “we
ure the people,’’ and wondered why-
other folks, especially newspaper folks,
do not seem to think ho. We decided
that It Is perfect nonsense for a local
union In the great city of Atlanta, Ga..
which 1# auxiliary to both the World
and National (through it# state union),
to remain quiet, while all thl# newspa
per povv-vvow concerning a prohibition
election I# going on, and the dear peo
ple, Who read the said paper#, are be
ing so desperately agitated that there
Ih no telling Just what will happen. We
must have a hand In It, for our motto
Ih. “Agitate, Educate, Organize,” and
we must live up to It. Beside, we are
full oi "the Atlanta Spirit," and. there
fore. compelled “to blow our own
horn."
have felt really hurt because,
nobody asked us for our opinion as to
hether it would )>e best to wait until
the legislature met nnd pan
vital question. I am authorised by the
Atlanta Willard Union to tell your
readers, if you will kindly' give thl#
article #naee, for, as I said before, the
W. C. T. U. are great folks, and a
large number will be pleased to hear
about us.
Now, please don’t throw this com
munication In the waste paper basket,
u# you did when I tried my best to tell
you how rejoiced we were when the sa
loons were closed nfter that dreadful
riot ton September 2f, Just two months
ago, when Mayor Woodward and the
council declared, by that well consid
ered action, that the open saloon Is a
menace to the pursuit of life, liberty
and happiness of the people of the city
of Atlanta. It It was then, why' not
now ?
But It Is funny how “agitated" #bnie
folk# do get when women folk# want
to air their vlewa, or the negro in sus
pected of wanting to vote. Both must
be suppressed at all hazard. And this
I# a republic? l‘ve been fncouraged
by reading Dr. Len G. Broughton’s
admirable article In thl# afternoon’s
issue of your most admirable paper,
to try once again to tell you and your
readers hoar this organized body of
women think on this subject which af
fect# every woman and child In Fulton
county; which la to decide whether
the homes and all their loved Inmates
are to be protected from the consu
ming outrage of the drunkard# with
in thoir hallowed precincts; which Is to
decide whether we shall have more
riotn or not. Dr. Broughton say# this
much prayed for and long delayed
prohlblton election Is on, and that "the
people are to be heard." If that Is true,
surely we, the W. C!. T. U., "the peo
ple." will eland a chance with you,
who will not for love or money Insert
a liquor advertisement, In your clean
paper. We are more than 300,000
strong In the United State# and thirty-
one different nations, each reporting
activity In work for God and home and
humanity, were represented In Boston
In October. Every one of those wom
en are like our local union for which
I stand today—always, every day in the
week (Sunday not excepted) for a
tight against the liquor traffic.
Certainly we all want state prohibi
tion, first, last and all the time, and we
trust "our most prtnclpallst" preachers
and business men are not mistaken In
their belief that the next legislature
will give It to us. We believe the men
who voted so unanimously for Mr. Hoke
#i", * *»•** •«»•»»* »w. me icgisiaiur^ mei aim pu»*<d a state I Smith, who Is still part owner In the
I hope that you will receive strength! prohibition bill, but <Utrfoutc<K!t t<> the!finest barroom In the stale, with a "gal
and courage, that you may show the j fact that we are classed with erf ml-[in the fountain" attachment, will not
way out. With kindest regards, Jnols, Idiot# and lunatic#. But new “the [lie very likely to instruct their repre-
Most respectfully', Atlanta Bpirlt” move# us. and we ure I seBtatlve# to vote for u state prohl-
JOHX U. WHITESIDE. M. D. {anxious uml willing to iet everybody I billon MIL If perchance the measure
Chloride, Arlz., Nov. 1,1*06. know ev»ctJy how we wtand on this should pas* the bouse and senate, we
believe Governor Hoke Smith will
never sign It.
Why should he, by the scratch of a
pen, deprive himself of a charity fac
tory? Believing all this to bo true, as
women see It, for we have had much
experience and understand “men and
their manners,” we, the member# of
the Atlanta Willard W. C\ T. U. un
equivocally Indorse Dr. Broughton, Dr.
Holderby and ail the rest of the brave
men who want to call a prohibition
election In the spring, and we are will
ing to let state prohibition take care
of Itself. We remember the fate of
the Willingham bill. We believe It Is
easier for the legbdators to be bought
by liquor nx^ney than for the voter# of
Fulton county to be bought by the
same.
We ure sorry the men who have this
at heart did not try to have this elec
tion to keep the saloons closed, and
we think a great mistake was made.
I was requested to «ay that a mistake
was made when It whh stated at the
meeting last Friday that th<* W. C. T.
IJ. was divided on the subject of call
ing for an election. We are first, last
and all the time ready for a fight. Don't
forget that we want the trail of the
serpent wiped from the face of the
earth. Respectfully.
MRS. M. U M’LENDON,
President Atlanta Willard W. T. C. U.
SIX MINISTERS DIE
DURING THE YEAR.
8|MH*inl to The Georgian.
Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 24.—There
have been more death# among the
Methodist minister# of the South Caro
lina conference during the past year
thaw ever known in the history of
South Carolina Methodism. The large
death rate in the conference has caused
wide commept and when memorial #er-
vice# are. held by the conference next
week special mention will be made of
the great death rate.
During the past year death has
claimed no less than six ministers of
the conference, all of them In active
service and prominent members, of
the preacher* who have passed away
during the year may be mentioned;
Rev. J. A. Clifton, D. D., Rev. A. J.
Stokes, D. D., Rev. W. A. Rogers, Rev.
J. W. Humbert and Rev. N. L. Wig
gins.
Increase by perpetuating Itself ns Just
punishment for the Iniquity of our trans
gression of fixed moral laws.
I venture that every criminal, upon hi*
restoration to liberty, under tho preaent
plan, la a more confirmed criminal in his
very nature than lie was upon entering
servitude, aud he Is net so by desire, but
so by the force of tow and justice under
our nduilnlrtratlon, which means oar dc-
alre to force upou him environments l»y
which association will make known to film
every criminal nrt on record and some not
recorded; thereby petrifying a criminal of
might have another for onr
our places of confinement to see If this i*
f iot true; also send them to auch cities ns
Mriiilnghniii, etc., where convict lnl**r I#
turned loose among them, bomtle**, friend-
BRYAN’S CHANCE 8LIM,
THINKS SENATOR BAILEY.
fipeciul to' The Georgian.
Jackson, Mis#., Nov. 24.—Senator
Bailey, of Texas, who was called to this
state by the illness and death of his
miihiiiv nn, nor out in Dump
op ngrttant this froscu world of affected
self-esteem aud self-approbatlon. which has
nothing to offer but acorn nnd suspicion
and slander, with all its free advertise-
incut, nnd Is ever pointed out by man,
woman aud child an an ex-couvlct. Xo em
ployment. no nnythlng, bnt Idleness, nnd
Is torcwl back to the same stamping
ground for something to eat, a place to
lanllk
PHI..,- .j do l_
much good, nud wondering how to elim
inate crime with our fe«t while we manu
facture it with our head and bands. Some
suggest to ask the I#*rd to help, while we
show contempt for His mural institutions.
Don’t think we can fool Him tliat way.
But we should do our part, to undo that
which we have done wrong, aud he sure
to start right next Ume.
It Is n scientific fact that no man. how
ever inferior or depraved bis tempera
ment or mentnllty may be, lint what his
constitutional organism can be Improved by
the proper cultivation; however hopeless •
his condition might be. be can be rendered
moral, accountable being, for which he
is created. I stoutly affirm this, aud
furthermore affirm that If a man so consti
tuted cun not l»e thus ennobled, moral and
Intellectual training. In connection with
discipline, has no worth. Phrenology ex
pounds the plan by which this can be done,
and no man nor men, upon any ground of
reason, can disprove It.
Let us establish government schools and
churches In connection with fsrtulug nr
manufacturing industry, or both, on one
of our ndiucent islands, with the most
rfgfd discipline, and by seclusion and appli
cation, awaken conwlonauess in the crim
inal, explain to hlui his mental degeneracy,
and the object of hls being there; also,
that hi* term of sentence 'depends upon
hi* acquirements; then laboriously work
him so many hours each «lay, ami assid
uously teach til in so many hours, and then
for so many hour# compel him to exercise
the moral ami Intellectual instruction re-
reived. Upon having received sufficient cul
tivation. to test bis consistency and
strengthen bis faith, have bint assist in
teaching those not so far uhnneed, and
before hls liberty be restored, procure for
him employment that he might contlnnally
’mow the Inducements a community offers
for Inw-ftlildlng citizenship.
How* much ls*tter It wonhl be to quailfv
him to start life nnew than tfa- plan ..f
intimidation. Thl# i* praett* <1 nnd can be
made self-sustaining, nnd will erenttmliy
eliminate crime. Test It* merits. *
• JOEL F. A I:\1I8TEAD.
Atlanta, Ga., November If, 1906.
mother, confesses to hls friends In pri
vate conversation that he I# dubious
about the success of Mr. Bryan. Ho
believes that Mr. Bryan will be the
next nominee of the Democratic party,
but fs of the opinion that the govern
ment ownership Idea of Mr. Bryan will
be a millstone about his neck. Mr.
Bailey did not express any doubt about
Mr. Bryan being the nominee of the
Democratic party for president, but <ti
the contrary seemed quite confident
that this would be the case.