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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.