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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1008,
Georgian Readers Write on Timely Topics
TO tha Editor of The Georgian:
r n. Stinson, of Morrli Brown Col
addressing the North Georgia
conference of the A. M. E. church here,
onlchi. said, among other things:
■ It peoms to me the four Ideas be-
». re us as a people are how we can
L,t Impress our white neighbors about
U, that we stand for bettor and higher
morals, that we are capable laborers,
hat we are deeply Interested In the
South, and that practical education
yields the most helpful results for all
concerned.
“I am not unmindful of the fact that we
have made and are now making progress
morally: that the schools, churches and
various organisations and many homes
among us are on the side of purity In
IKo and character: yet I have my
douhts whether the Influence of parties
W h0 are supposed to teach and Instill
this one great element In human life
understand as fully as opportunity,
chance and the demand require as they
night. Say what you will, a race can-
got rise higher than Its sense of pure,
>ound morals. One affected apple In a
garrol In time will affect the whole.
The substantial salvation of our people
and the good of those among whom
cre live depend very largely upon our
ability to forover put to flight the loaf.
0 r, wlll-not-work class, the breeders
of evil and the drunken sots.
"These dens of vice and evil must be
routed, and It Is for the responsible,
decent thinking, property owning,
tome making class of our own race to
do It. The Jargon that the white pco-
■o Jealous and prejudiced to the
negro race will not hold good when
he question of morals and decency Is
aken Into consideration.
Capable Laborers.
"That we are capable laborers—this
one question can and may be settled
or the race’s own good. I need not
,tress the fact that we have scores
of men and women who are lovers -of
whatever kind of work to which they
put their hand. I state equally as a
plain truth when I say there Is en
tirely too large a class who do not
work, who do not want to work and
who do not mean to work. This crowd
cranes from one of two classes, either
an Intelligent class, who think It de
grading to do a certain kind of work.
;" d ‘ t '» that they are generally best
ntted tor, and that a lady or gentle
man that haa had some chances must
not do what they regard as menial
werk; or a class who feel that they
must live upon others, either by meth
ods or taking it unfairly or by their
wits.
"That we are deeply Interested In
the South-—the best way Is to prove
that everybody Is so busy and so dili
gent, doing something to better the
community, until they have no time to
be idle, and, therefore, think no evil,
believe nothing wrong and the very
atmosphere about every one Is so
punctured with good will there can be
nothing but Joy and happiness for all
concerned.
"That practical education yields the
most helpful results to all concerned—
I believe this last Idea with all the
power of my soul. Two considerations
are essential In these schools. First,
the chieftain at the head of the insti
tution and the dally Instruction lm
parted to the youth. It is folly that
practical education Is averse to higher
training, especially is it true in an in
fant race. The leaders of a people
should be thoroughly trained, but that
class Is far less than ten out of a
hundred. The great army of a people
are breadwinners, rent payers, clothes
wearers, they are common laborers.
Whatever the Jolliers or nice talkers
may say, the Scriptures, the best In
terpreters of the truth, stress the one,
two and five talents In a way that all
may learn a lesson. One of our great
est needs today Is a little home of our
own, In which to lay down the ele
mentary principles of morals, money
to pay necessary bills, money to prac
tically educate our chtldren, all of
which means that every man, woman,
boy and girl shall find out at the ear
liest possible moment their place and
what work they can best do, and do it
with a will. I believe as sincerely as I
stand here tonight that when these
things have been taught In the home,
In the school room, In the chifrch and
our various organizations, a better day
shall have been ushered in upon us
and each will have an equanimity of
mind."
H. D. STINSON.
Ccdartown, Ga., Dec. 7, 1906.
CORRECT 8PEECH.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Apropos of the spelling reform, to a
food many it would seem that an even
better object than trying to reform
spelling over night, so to speak, would
be to make an effort to preserve the
meaning of words. Slang has almost
destroyed the real meaning of hun
dreds of words and too frequent use
upcrlatlves has also played some
havoc.
concerted endeavor to correct these
abuses ought to have great and far
reaching results of benefit to our lan
guage. Words are sure to adapt them
selves In due season, but nothing can
restore tho meaning of words once
thnt meaning is shunted.
Nothing bespeaks a true lady or gen
tleman or well-bred child more thnn
the use of correct language—pure,
clean speech. Cultivate good English
In everyday conversation. Unclean
speech Is in keeping with a smutty
tace, begrimed hands and soiled clothes.
It Is strange how easily and almost
unconsciously, one slides into a care
less. rltpshod way of talking, even
when the rules of grammar aro quite
familiar. It is not uncommon to And
people learned In all the rules of syn
tax, who apply them to the art of
writing, yet habitually talk Incor
rectly. Early culture and association
with refined persons are quite essen
tial to give purity of speech, but If one
haa been unfortunately deprived of
these, one should continually watch
tne'a words until the habit of using
decent English Is fixed.
Nothing so unmistakably marks one
with vulgarity—no matter how elegant
Is the outside covering—as shabby,
low-born speech.
J. COLTON LYNE3.
Atlanta, Ga.
OH. FOR FAITH.
By James Walker Heatherley.
Suffer little children to come unto mo
•nd forbid them not, for of such Is the
Kingdom of Heaven.—St. Luke 18:16.
f>h. for the faith of a little child,
innocent, loving nnd sweet;
Oh. for the faith of a little child,
And peace at Jesus' feet.
Oh, for the faith of a little child!
nh, for a little child's love!
Juxi the faith of a little child
Will record my naipe above.
Oh, for the faith of a little child,
'di. for a new tongue to speak;
Oh for the faith of a little child,
Humble, lowly and meek.
Oh- for the faith of a little child!
There's Joy In the hope that's given,
But oh, for the faith of a little child,
r u of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven.
A GREAT MI8TAKE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
While riding in an overladen electric
car last night, standing with both
hands filled with bundles, a philosophic
thought flashed upon me which I hast
en to Impart to you. To wit: The
great mistake of our prehistoric nboreal
ancestors was the criminal negligence
which resulted In the loss of their
tails.
Yet It was a loss not so much for
them ns for their posterity, and es
pecially for that portion of It which
uses trolley cars at 6 p. m. Now, if I
had lmd with me last night that ap
pendage which I Insist should have
been transmitted to me as a birth
right, I could have done one af two
things with It. I could either have
held my bundles with R, and used my
hands for the strap, or, preferably, I
could have colled It gracefully around
the strap with advantage to my equllt
brlum and dignity. But as It was,
was helpless, for my primogenitors, li
their pride or indolence, allowed the
tall to atrophy through disuse and
finally to disappear.
We do not realize our loss ,and the
many modern uses to which the tail
could- be put. For Instance, how ser
viceable It would bo to the mariner
furling sail on the storm-swayed yard.
The ship lurches. He slips. Man over
board! Not so, he Is saved, for ho had
the prudence to take two twists of his
faithful tall around the jackstay.
The tail, however, is to be desider
ated. not merely as a mechanical ap
pendage, but more especially as an in
strument of expression In tho fine arts.
And here It In that the philosopher
most bitterly bewails its loss. Take
acting: Booth was ns masterly
Iago, but, assuredly, he was hampered
by his tailless condition. Denuded of
the most potent Implement for the ex
pression of feline craftiness lie neces
sarily failed to reach the subtlest por-
tnival of perfidious character.
Consider oratory. Great as ore Bev
eridge and Tillman, they would be still
greater with tails. At those moments
of dramatic Intensity when the mighty-
voiced Tillman lashes himself Into fury,
the audience, while hanging on his
words, would carefully note his caudal
gestures. "Now we are going to get
something exceptionally flne," it would
say to itself, "watch his tall.”
In literature, the tail and Its emo
tional movements would be a perennial
delight to the realistic school. In war
nothing could bo finer than a whole
brigade lashing Its tails before a
charge. Music, too, could And uses for
the tall. The organist might pull the
"vox humana" stop without lifting his
hands from the keyboard. Conductors
could bent tlmo with It for the audi
ence. Rhythmically swayed, the tall
would he effective in the dance. 8o-
lety could promulgate rules ^of good
form regarding It.
To the Editor of The Georgtan:
iliug _
preguated with the death dealing activities
of tuberculosis that annually carries hun
dreds to untimely graves In this Jntr city,
ft hss been proven, also, beyond question,
that smoke annually does the same work,
by laying the foundations deep down In the
Innermost recesses of the lungs for the
culture of genus. By smoke I mean from
railroads and factories. By what right do
they continue to pour forth lhe|r death
dealing imitation luto the grand, pure ozone
God Almighty has Imquenthed ns a heritage
to the most favored of his people In this
magnificent climate.
Also call the attention of the proper
In authority aud have replaced in s
cars the anti-splttf '— ~~ —
have ** *
force
policemen „
persons who spew forth ujmn the eidewslks
and elsewhere their vile filth, to be carried
Into our bomea aud places of bnslneao, then
Into our lungs and thence to the grave.
These are problems of vital interest and
importance to every one who lives in or
comes to the fair dty of Atlanta and walks
her streets.
Clean out
be'Atlanta'. € . ...
any one of Atlanta 1 * sky scrapers, night or
day, 1 see the deadly death pall of dnst
and smoke settling down upon our people
to the depth, or rather height, of some hun
dreds of feet, ruining the flne buildings,
merchandise In stores and the clothes upon
onr backs, penetrating our homes and places
of business, laying the nests for all klrida
of disease nnd sickness. 1 am Informed upon
good authority that mauy people in Atlanta
die from pulmonary troubles annually, su
perinduced no doubt by the dust and smoke
nuisance. Catarrh and all its attendant
evils abound here aud 75 per cent of tills
flithv malady is caused by polluted air, this
deadly fine dust and smoke, so linpalpably
flne that It penetrates the Innermost re
cesses of the bronchia! tubes and tangs, dl«-
teria of consumption aud other diseases to
thrive in
Away with these death dealing nuisances.
How, you ask?
First, by compelling the railroads to burn
only anthracite In locomotives inside the
city limits ot least, If not further out.
Other cities compel, why not Atlanta?
Compel all factories and owners and users
of stationary engines to burn anthracite or
use smoke consumers, or do both. Other
cities compel, why not Atlanta?
Then what little smoke comes from resi
dences will hardly be noticed, because tic
forced draft to speak of is used to eject
great volumes of unbnrued gas and re
into the atmosphere.
Require city authorities to wash
several principal streets, at least along tbs
business and residence sections, and do this
every night. By washing, I mean use the
first
street Into thu gutters aud something like
cleanliness follows.
Other cities do this. Why not Atlanta,
Not one-fourth what It costs to nurse and
care for, feed and doctor sick ones In our
homes, pay the undertaker and dig graves
for ourselves and friends.
Therefore—
Compel railroads to burn hard coni within
ie city limits.
Compel factories and users of stationary
igiues to use amoks consumers.
Compel city to nightly wash sidewalks,
streets and gutters.
Compel the street railway company to
BONO PUBLICO.
port smart set at Its "monkey dinners 1
might attain to the physical If not to
the Intellectual completeness of the
guest of honor. J. J. D.
SLEEP.
Sleep, oh violets, sleep under the snow,
Where still shadows creep In evening's
glow;
The moon In curtained clouds, peeping
o'erhead.
Through vapory shrouds, Its halo doth
shed.
Sleep, oh little buds, sleep cradled up
there,
Where the winter \vlnds sweeb through
branches bare;
And where mistletoe gleams blown to
and fro,
Till as white It seems as balls of snow.
Sleep, oh fair lilies, sleep yonder on the
mere,
Till with life you peep when spring fa
here, %
And onxsweet Easter day, from risen
tomb.
In peerless living array ye lilies bloom.
Sleep, oh weary ones, sleep In your
calm repose.
Where the gentle dews steep the In
cense of rose;
But on the happy shore, with the dear
blest,
Whsre sorrow is no more, wake there,
and rest.
—AUGUSTA WALL.
"LUKE-WARM PROHIBITIONISTS/
With tails the New-
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Three ponderous dally papers—all
f iubllshed In Atlanta^-have been klnd-
y handed to me. In one I read: "These
half-hearted prohibitionists are among
the intelligent, best moral citizenship."
(There often comes a "calm after a
storm.”) Some of these moral citizens
have observed effects of' temperance
enterprises for full three-score and ten
years, and been enthusiastic prohibi
tionists for a third of a century: and
now, looking at some of the legitimate
fruits of prohibition, see the most
prominent group Is blind tiger, dispen
sary, Jug-trade, flaming ads of whls- i
ky (guaranteed pure!), circulars of
same Import multiplying like tho frogs
of Egypt, and neither Inst nro least, a
common spirit of disregard for law!
Thus seeing that prohibition promotes
the evil It combats, it seems in order
to take our bearings. The most earn
est advocates pronounced prohibition in
Georgia a failure a year ago. These
considerations may well cause \is to
cust about for ways of reform.
Tasting a ballot for or against pro
hlbitlon would cause a crucial test with
calm, tolerant people,' who cherish an
enlightened conscience! A compre
hensive view of the situation Is ap
palling! Sometimes it becomes ex
pedient to compromise In part rather
than lose all.
This tower of prohibition has caused
a confusion of tongues—Its foundation
Is not stable. By digging down, It
may eventually be found that n moral
nnd Christian sentiment In co-opera-
tlon with government ownership and
control, according to existing state of
popular education on the subject, with
all revenue eliminated, would give the
best results. With respect to all,
EX-PROHI.
Southern Man For President.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Keep up the good work of advocat
ing a Southern candidate of the Demo
cratic party for the presidency. The
freedom of the South from large capi
talistic Influences would give its can
didate great prestige with those who
desire a change. Yours very truly
. ERNEST C. KONTZ.
LOST A CORNER LOT?
CITY PINOS ONE BUT
CAN’T FIND OWNER
A nice little lot on the southwest cor
ner of Lee and Columbus streets, In
West End, is without an owner.
It Is a splendid lot, in a flne section
of the city. Yet, five years' search
has failed to And tho .person who
owns It, or even one who makes any
pretense to own It. The city tax col
lector's books and the state's do not
throw any light on the mysterious own
er of this valuable piece of property.
The conditions were brought to light
by Contractor F. G. Lake, before ths
streets committee of council Friday aft.
ernoon.
Mr. Lake sa/d that he was engaged
to law curbing and sidewalks on Lee
of a woman, but she proved
not hers.
Aided by city officials. Contractor
LAke has been looking for the owner
of this lot ever since. The amount due
him Is 826.93, principal and Interest.
He asks the city to pay him this
amount. The city attorney recom
mends that the bill be paid, nnd that
the city take the property und sell it.
CONSIDER
That the South Sends Each Year
$60,000,000
To the East in Life Insurance Premiums.
WHY NOT KEEP THIS AT
Strength,
HOME?
Integrity.
“Equal and Exact
Justice to All,
Special Privileges
to None.”
We issue all approved forms of policies, participating and non-partldpat-
idg, straight life insurance, without board contracts, stock schemes, ’ or other
•questionable methods of securing business.
GOOD OPEN TERRITORY FOR REPDTABIE AGENTS
The Volunteer State
Insurance Co.
Life
Z. C. PATTEN,
President.
Home Office,
CHATTANOOGA.
State Agents—COLLIER & AKERS—Atlanta, Macon.
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UNFIT POULTRY.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
Half-atarvod and dlaaaaed poultry la
being aold by merchanta and served In
restauranta for food.
I noticed an article In The Sunday
Constitution that waa written by a citi
zen on the way poultry la treated by
express company and merchanta
>re It la Bold to the people for food.
I will gladly bear wltneaa to all that
waa aald in The Constitution, and still
more. I have noticed several times,
where a lot of poultry waa shut up and
fur aale, that many of them were sick
with sore head and other diseases, and
at the same time they were allowed to
stay In the coopa with the others, and
even sold Mr food In this condition. I
have In my life many tlmea examined
dressed poultry and found that they
were sick when they were killed. You
can ro around and examine the poul
try that la at the stores and for sale
and you won't And any food or water
In the coops one time In ten. I know
that the city council ahould pass a
law and appoint a first-class man for
an Inspector of poultry and have him
to aee and know that all poultry that
Is offered for sale Is healthy and well
cared for before offered for Rale. Let
every one do hie duty and aee that this
evil Is stopped.
J. J. SMITH.
Atlanta. Ga, Dec. 11, 1»0S.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. 15.—Lumber
manufacturers In the southern part
of the state are advising the railroad
commission that they have been com
pelled to shut down their plants owing
to their Inability to get freight cars.
Some of the letters bitterly complain
of the treatment they nrc receiving. ■
JE38E RAWLIN8 BUSY
FIRING STEAM 8H0VEL.
ARE ELKS BLIND TIGERS?
SEAB WRIGHT WADES INTO
DISCUSSION OF ZOOLOGY
Seaborn Wright, that donghty and and many other zoclal organizations in
volatile champion of prohibition, and etate do?"
Special to The Geufglnn.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 15.—Jesse Haw
Ih busy firing tne big at earn shovel at
the plant of the Cherokee Brick Con:
pany and In a few days he will be given
a few lessons In handling tho machine.
At present he is unabfo to do it big
amount of work because of his long
confinement In the Jail at Valdosta,
and tho physicians have advised the
authorities to let him take It easy for a
while.
60 MARIETTA ST.
Xmas Suggestions
Read Pierce*. Pleasing Priees:
Ladies’ Fancy Collare, Se to |2.00.
Ladiee' Xmas Handkerehiefe, 5c
to 50e.
Gloves, 2So to $3.00.
Nice Hosiery. 10c to 50c.
Vella, 25o to $2.00.
Napkina, 5o up.
Fancy Faaoinatora, 25c to $4.00.
Balta, 20c to $1.00.
A job lot of Ladies' swell Um-
brellaa, $1.50 to $2AO.
Man's Silk Ties; 50c value, 35c.
Suspenders in Xmas boxes, 25c to
75c.
Shirts, 25c to $1.50.
Gloves, 25c to $1.25.
8ocks, 10c to 50c.
Underwear, 2Se to $3.00.
Fancy Scarfs, Pillow Tops,
Shame, etc., 25c to $5.00.
Ladioa' guaranteed stylish Shoes,
$1.50 to $3 AO.
Man's beat made Shoes, $3.50 to
$4.00: also $1.50 to $5.00.
Childron's Shoes, 25c to $2.00.
PIERCE’S
BUSY STORE. ^
the arch enemy of the demon rum—
day, night, Sunday, Monday and all
the time—haa opened up hlz batteries
on the Elk* Club in Rome.
If there's anything In the world Sea
born Wright dlallkea It la atagnatlon
In any form. Mattera got dull up In
tho Hill City and the eloquent Roman
haa fired a broadside Into the Elk*.
The Honorable Seaborn aaya the ex
elusive club of the Roman elect is op
erating a "blind tiger!" Think of it!
One of the moat recherche social or
ganizations In the metropolis of Floyd!
The club that has,entertained Govern
or Terrell and many others of state
and national Importance, simply
"blind pig!"
The Roman Elks calmly acknowledge
that they operate a bufTet for the dis
pensation of spirituous and malt liq
uors to its members, "What of that?"
they ask. "Is It more than the Capital
City Club, the Piedmont Driving Club
PIONEER HOSTLER
■ DIES UNDER WHEELS
Of GEORGIA TRAIN
Special to The Georgtan.
Madison, Ga., Dec. 15.—While cross
ing the tracks of the Georgia Railroad
yesterday evening shortly after 6
o'clock, C. B. Atkinson, one of Madi
son's pioneer citizens, was struck by a
work train and instantly killed.
He was 65
ness prevent*
approach of the engine.
Mr. Atkinson was well known and
greatly beloved. For the past few
years 'he has been retired, although he
formerly ran a pleasure resort known
as Silver Lake. He was unmarried.
All Brother Elks.
A peculiar situation has arisen over
the fight on the Elks Club of Rome.
Seaborn Wright has petitioned for an
Injunction to restrain the Elks from
operating their buffet. The petition
was brought before Judge Moses
Wright. Judge Wright Is a brother of
Seaborn Wright, and Is an Elk among
Elks.
Will the legal advisers of the Elks or
Seaborn Wright himself urge these
facts as matters for disqualification?
And then it Is said Judge A. W Fite,
of the Cherokee circuit, will be asked to
hear the petition. But another stum
bling block arises. Judge Fite Is an
ardent and avowed champion of prohi
bition. So the Elks will urge objections
to him on tho grounds of blus and
prejudiced viewpoint.
It Is n pretty row, and has torn the
population of Rome asunder. Prac
tically all the best citizens of the male
persuasion In Rome belong to the Elks.
Arrayed against Mr. Wright will be
this big nnd influential membership.
But that will not deter him In his
leal once he is camped firmly In the
trail of the Elk bufTet. The row prom
ises tp disrupt the county, nnd affect
the political fortunes of more than
one office holder. And Floyd Is famed
for Its caloric political rumpuses.
The outcome of tho matter will be
watched with keen interest all over the
state, as the social clubs of Atlanta and
other cities will be affected by the de
cision.
FEDERAL PRISONERS
TOIBSERVEILIOAY
Roast turkey with cranberry sauna
and savory dressing and other delica
cies will be provided by Warden Moyer
for the Christman dinner of the 530
prlsonera now conlfneu In the United
Statea penitentiary In South Atlanta.
Instead of navy bcsjis, they will hare
sweet potatoes, layer cake will take
the place of dolly llghtbread, and cur
rant Jelly, apples and bananas will top
of the menu, which does not come often
In the life of a Federal prisoner.
An elaborate and entertaining pro
gram la being arranged by Chaplain
Tupper, who Is being assisted by sev
eral well-known Atlanta people. An
Instrumental solo will be given by tha
Misses Langford, of Atlanta, Dr. Fos
ter will recite. David Silverman wlU
render a violin solo.
Among the other contributors will be
Mrs. Vance and Mlsa Hattie Hunter,
Marlon Hood, Mrs. H. Edgar Fry and
Mrs. Jitmes E. Lee. A prison orchestra
Is practicing dally under the direction
of the chaplain and will furnish muslo
for the occasion. The full program will
be announced by the chaplain as soon
as gompleted.
Holidsy Cslsbratlon.
(Special to The Ucorflan.
Romo, Ga., Dec. 15.—Tha labor unions
are making preparations for a big holi
day celebration on the night of Janu
ary 1. The matter was decided upon
at a meeting of the Central Labor
Union Thursday night, and committees,
were appointed from the different lo
cals to get up a suitable program for
the occasion.
FIREMEN AT MACON
WANT BETTER PAY.
H|>cclg| to The Georgian.
Macon. Ga., Dec. 15.—The pay for
the Macon Are department will proba
bly be raised at the annual meeting of
the council, which la to be held here
next Tuesday night. Alderman Em
mett names wants to raise the firemen
to the some pay ee the policemen. Ho
clntms that the firemen are on duty 24
hours a day, while the policemen only
serve eight hours. The pay will no
doubt be raised to the same proportion.
I7* DJr.„ Blue Ribbon and
rirst rnze, Diploma,
WAS AWARDED TO
Vulcanite Roofing
at the Georgia State Fair. This wae done on merit by
the expert Judges on this line. VULCANITE Is the origi
nal double flint coated, asphalt moling. It has imltanrs.
but no equal. Recommended by the National Board of
Underwriters and Southeastern Tariff Association.
“You Can Put It On.”
SB& ATLANTA SUPPLY COMPANY
8ole State Agente for Georgia.
29-31 South Forsyth 8L, Atlanta, Ga.
J. C. GREENFIELD, President C. A. PEEK, Secretary.
Peachtree and West End Friends: If you had to stand behind a counter all day
just once you would buy some of youi Christmas things now and not make it so
hard on the girls at Christmas time.