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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER $2, iM.
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! SOME LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS -ON VARIOUS TOPICS 1
A Sign Board to Charity.
To thr Editor of Th® Georgianv
The Thornwell Orphanage boy*
an d girl* are looking forward
very anxiously to the Christ
as occasion. And the question
with the superintendent and officers Is,
-What Is Christmas goln«r to do for
these little people?" It is well known
that this institution Js solely dependent
on donations for Its support and for
family now numbering very nearly
r, to be supported and maintained
this way Is an Item worth.consider-
, r The doors of the first cottage
were thrown open to the orphans on
the first day of October, 1875, so that
the home is well started Into Its
thirty-second year. During that lime
has educated more or less fully 700
mini is. Many of these have become
teachers and there are now under the
jhiidlnK Influence of preachers and
teachers who have been sent out from
this home, many thousands of pupils,
old and young. The orphanage has an
Industrial and technical school as a
part ot Its plant and In these schools
the gil ls are well taught In various do
mestic accomplishments and the boys
become good irtechanlcs, machinists,
printers, carpenters, shoemakers and
farmers. All advanced pupils take i
course in bookkeeping and shorthand,
and in typewriting if they desire it.
There is nn Infirmary connected with
the institution under the direction of a
plfVslcian and trained nurse. Pupils In
that department are well taught also,
and while not technically trained
jrS es on graduation are certainly well
•epared to become so.
The citttnge system Is well carried
out. not more thnh twenty-four chil
dren being allowed in one cottage, as a
These are under the care of ma
trons and teachers who look after their
moral and religious well-being as well
a< their physicol necessities. Very re
cently the institution has received a
donation of $5,000 from Dr. John O.
Silliman and Ills mother, Mrs. Julia
SUIlman, of Palestine, Texas, for the
purpose of erecting a cottage to com
memorate Dr. James Monroe oilllman,
SOUTHERN MAN
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
he Georgina** strong stand for the nom
ination in IMS of a Houtliern mnn for the
ItH position of president of the United
tin Iuim won, as might linve been ex-
twl. the hearty npprovnl snd the en-
«fa*tl< a npplnuse of nil right minded and
-ht thinking Southern people.
« certainly high tluie that the South
having n son In the ehfllr of the
chief executive nt Washington. It Is eer-
tfliulv hitch time that this, the greatest
in nil the republic, wns being re-
, . . ;ind given her decent rights, not
iiIv in this mutter, tint In many other mat*
at are of vital concern to her peo-
1 to the republic.
!«• Ik? hoped that the next Pei
uithmul convention will be In At-
And It Is to be hotted that the
•an of the country will show their
.ition “f the loyalty manifested by
•itifi'i Democrats during all these
die- the civil war by selecting n
ii - South to lead old Democracy*!
that these hopes and
•> are too fxtrnvrgant, let him give
son for his statement. Rut they nre
•r iiiircnMinnIde nor crtmvngant! But
nre right and they nre Just!
the South not « legitimate part of
I’nited States'• .\re not the South-
<•oj.de on tlw Georgia mid South Cnr-
•onsts Just ns much n part of the eltl
aters of lotke Michigan?
as not the South proved to the world
the North mil fnrul-di no greater
men than those that *he bits given
edging now to the forum of the nn*
i Washington!
sltlvely fto snpo nttsw
deceased, a native of York county, this
state. The building will be erected at
once and before October It will be filled
with little people.
The support of a child, Inoludlng
every expense, is about $100 a year.
Tills Is all provided for by the gener
ous Christian public, and a# there are
now 240 pupils (with thirty-two ma
trons, teachers and officers) In the
home, It will be seen that from some
source It is necessary that a monthly
Income of $2,000 ought to be obtained.
This amount includes salaries, repairs
and general current expenses. The
cost of boarding each pupil is $5.00 a
month, and the payment of this sum
constitutes the - donor the patron of
the child. No pay pupils are received,
though mothers are allowed and ex
pected to aid all they can'In the sup
port of their own children. Where the
mother is able to pay for her own child
it Is not received. Neither are chil
dren received who have living fathers.
The great majority of our children
have neither parent living and have no
property of their own.
The home Is a Presbyterian institu
tion. It is under the direct control of
the synods of South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida. These three synods num
ber 46,000 membership, and they are
often asked the question by the man
agement, how many Presbyterians does
It take to support one orphan child?
Still kindly gifts are received from
many sources not specially In*duty
bound to help. And in return no "re
ligious test" is applied to orphans need
ing aid. The orphan of Jew or Gen
tile, Catholic or Protestant are eligible
for admission. It Is only necessary
that they be orphans, that they are
worth educating, and that they need
the help of the institution. - Nearly
one-half of the present Inmates of the
home are of non-Presbyterian parent
age.
All of these 240 boys and girls are
ell, active and happy. All know
about Santa Claus. All are looking for
him, but really whether he comes this
way or not depends upon the people
who read these lines.
Clinton, S. C., December 20.
FRANKLIN LEBBY STANTON.
of
• Is nlisohitoly no ground for* older*
■ii tin* part of flu* Northern people to
tiifin .iinilliliiti*. unless their objec
t's in I lie old worn mg of sectional
prejuttiff! And tin thr |M*oph* of the North
p'Tpetimle the sectional Ill-feeling
• heir Southern kinsmen have bur-
long ago? I.et ns hope not.
lie* South slioeld hnxi* ii cnndidftte for
•••it. She xvnms one. and she should
‘'I "in*. I a'ii g and pnilcntly have we
I Dermic after ih*c.ule have onr pro*
loyally to the ballot boxes and
Augusta Wall.
Far and near are his praises sung,
Ringing clear as silver bells and
v sweet.
And though many poets have lyres
strung,
Ne’er can they In song with him
compete—
Knowing that true melody doth start,
Like dewey flowers on qulck’nlng
mere,
In pure cadence from his poet heart,
Nature’s own harp, tuned to heaven's
ear!
Llng'rlng In the halls of dear memory.
Echoed for age his singing name.
Bringing back lost strains of melody,
Brightening lone lives, grown dull
and tame.
Yonder star marks his unfading fame!
Some songs of his are full of gladness
That cheer and sparkle a dreary day,
And then, alas! he sings of sadness,
Nor tires he of droll mimicry:
To bfereft and sad ho sings of love—
On such fall softly as from above,
Notes tender and loxv as cooing dove.
December, 1906.
head of the next Democratic ticket would
menu NoiufShlug. Why not?
And Georgia iloea not stand alone In the
ownership of available material. Mouth
CarolImi has her brilliant Beu Tillman, who
GIVE US GOOD NEWS,
NOT BAD NEWS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
For that be&iltiful and right editorial
about the brave and devoted little
wife I must say. "Well done!” and
"Thank you!"—and thea I wish
"say on" a little more.
That story stirred all that Is best
In every man who read*It. Give us
more of such stories (true In more than
the mere letter of their telling) of
fortitude, of loVe to the uttermost that
Is right, of charity, of self-control, of
magnanimity, of benefits (yes, good-
fits instead of bad ones), and all the
virtues. In fact. And especially as an
antidote to the disease of acquisition,
all acounts of persons and corporations
that love righteousness more than prof
it, the well-being of others before their
own enrlchmelnt, and value character,
and lore God, and sympathize with hu
manity too much to jeopardize these
for gain. Give Instances like the fact
of The Georgian refusing liquor and
patent medicine ads.
In many lines The Georgian has
given the civilized of our time and sec
tion hope—so long the newspapers
have served only the avaricious, the
infamous, morbid, brutal, weak—in
short, the uncivilized—like the saloons,
for the dollar’s sake. They have prop
agated the suicidal Intent, justified and
multiplied the murderous temper, stlm.
ulated brutal passion# sown doubt, dis
trust, contempt# cruelty, dishonesty:
blighted lives, perverted character. But
I need not rehearse these facts; you
know them.
t just wish to beg you to Instruct
your reporters to send you accounts of
all the fine, blessed and blessing—yes,
glorious—things that they can ferret
out, instead of the uncivilised doings.
You know, the papers and magazines
have been calling for all the "good
things"—I. e., Jokes—(but a page of
jokes becomes a serious (!) matter, me-
thinks). Do try this method of find
ing out what the great civilized and
Christian class Is doing.
& set the ball going by Inclosing a
twice true story, that Is, a story the
essential fact of which has.been known
to me of a lady, now dtod, In Bir
mingham. Ala., and of another yet liv
ing In Macon.
The agent said: "Franks wants your
corner store for a saloon."
The lady said: "He can’t have It!
The Agent—He will give you $5 a
month more than you are getting.
The Lady—I don't love money well
enough to help make drunkards to get
The Agent—You are foolish, mad
am; he already runs a saloon.
The Lady—What does he want my
corner for, at an Increased rental?
It’s that he thinks It a better stand—a
place where more people pass—and
he’ll have more opportunities for his
devilish trade!—no.
A few months later the stove was
vacated, then the agent said:
"Franks will rent the vacant cor
ner." -
The lady said: "No, he won’t. I
can't stop him from selling liquor; I
have no vote to cast against the license
system, but I shall never aid nor coun
tenance such a business."
The Agent—Miss R, liquor Is a good
thing In its place, and there are so
many good people who use It.
N The lady interrupted: "Yes, but no
one is In the business for the benefit
of the good or the redemption of the
bad: but they sell liquor to make
m oney—Cupid 1 ty! Cupidity! —vilea t
and loxvest of motives! At least that
shall not move me. The right things
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Ship Subsidy.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In your editorial on itilp aubaldy you
have Interjected some thoughts to
which I beg to reply.
"Subsidy has a sinister sound.”
The best definition I have seen In
print, aa to the meaning of the word Is
that "Subsidy Is a gift or donation
from the public to a person, firm or
corporation which shall contribute In
large measure to the public good or
welfare.” As a donation from town,
city or oounty to a new railroad, which
will faallltate transportation and en
hance the values of ail adjacent land»
and property; a payment to a railroad
for special speed contracts to facili
tate the prompt and speedy delivery of
mall, on the theory that towns, cities
and country are benefited In excess of
the amount paid the railroad company;
the building of public roads by con
tract: the rural free delivery system,
which costs the government It cents
per letter for every letter delivered Into
the hands of the farmers for which the
government gets 2 esnts Is a subsidy
of 14 cents a letter and amounts to
$28,000,000 per year. Will anyone have
the temerity to oppose It because It Is a
subsidy to the rural population?
The subsidised press you refer to Is
generally a misnomer and does not
mean a contribution from town or city
for Its general welfure, but a contribu
tion from an Individual or political
party to obscure the truth, to mis
represent facts, and to deny a free ex
pression of public sentiment In Its col
umns, for the purpose of elevating the
party or Individual contributing to a
public office.
There are many such In Georgia, to
all of which The Georgian and Its ed
itor are an exception.
A subsidy' Is a contribution by ths
public for the public good.
Your udvocacy of "Free Ships" seems
to concede that we have need of Amer
ican ships for the extension of our
commercial markets, but Is this the
proper remedy?
Shall we buy abroad that which we
can produce at home?
I have often listened spellbound to
the eloquent worda and phrases from
the editor's lips as he has advised
the farmers of Georgia to raise every
thing they use at home, that they can't
expect prosperity so long as their gran
aries and smokehouses are In the West
and yet It costs 50 cents per bushel to
raise corn In Georgia, 12 1-2 cents per
bushel In the West. It coats 10 cents
per pound live weight to raise hogs in
Georgia, 4 cents per pound In the West.
If your advice Is good that we should
raise our corn and meat at home,
though they cost more than raised
away from home, why should we not
bull'd our ships at home, though they
may cost more than In a foreign coun
try?
I think the answer to both proposi
tions would be: When we produce at
home we will have the product and
the money too; when we buy abroad
we will have the product, but not the
money, the same In ships as in corn
and meat, with thto added difference:
If we buy within the confines of the
United Btntee we strengthen this na
tion of which we form a part; while If
wo buy of a foreign country we weak
en ourselves as a nation and strengthen
the foreigner, which Is Inimical to us
as a nation.
Still, there Is anothsr reason why we
should build ships at home even though
they coet more. A ten or twelve thou
sand ton ship employs 80# msn two
years In Its construction at an average
rate of wages of $8 per day, amount
ing to 81,500,000. This amount would
be spent in this country by ths wsge
workers for rent, food, raiment, etc.'
and the merchants through whose
hands thess goods would be distrib
uted, would make $6 per cent profit aa
middlemen or distributors, amounting
to $376,000. Couldn't a community
where thla large amount went Into cir
culation well afford to contribute $5
per ton, or $50,000 as a subsidy to en
courage the building of these ships?
How much better can ths nation,
which supplies within Itself all the ma
terial and labor for the construction of
these ships, afford to pay to the Indi
vidual or corporation so small a sum
to encourage so great an enterprise?
It seems to me If Atlanta and the
Atlanta spirit were on tidewater the
editors of that city's newspapers would
be compelled to advocate rather than
oppose this measure.
If what I have already said Is not
conclusive as to the fallacy or “Free
Ships" I would say that under our
present navigation laws a* to man
ning and feeding on shipboard to
gether with our high-priced labor, If
the foreign ship could be bought and
brought to this country to be sailed
under the "Stars and Stripes” they
could'not compete with foreign ships
under a foreign flag with a foreign
subsidy.
According to ths testimony taken by
the merchant marine commission as
stated by the chairman, page 1752, that
after Inquiring of all ship builders and
ship owners not a single Individual or
corporation could be found willing to
purchase foreign ships If he could buy
them without any restrictions and op
erate them under our existing laws.
No one wants free ships except the
man who wants to oppose all Amer
ican shipping.
We of the South having the greatest
product of the soil entering Into for
eign export, are obliged to ship It In
foreign ships to foreign factories to
support a foreign population fed oft
the products of their soil, not ours, and
out of the manipulation of our products
they make tenfold the profit that we
do who produce the raw material.
While It Is a well known rule of
business that the greatest profit lies In
the most direct shipments between
producer and consumer, we of the
South are denied this advantage for
lack of American ships to form the
connecting link.
As the wealthiest nation In the
world, we ran better afford to subsi
dize our ships than any other nation
that Is doing It, and we In the poorest
section of this great country need It
most to provide a market fqr our great
export—cotton.
We can have American ships to con
nect our products with the world's
markets of consumption If our con
gressmen will represent our Interests
and vote for It.
CHARLES L. WHITE.
Xmas Special!
Win. A. Rogers Silverware, like cut, in satin-
lined case, 26 pieces, warranted 12d\vt.; 6 tea
spoons, 6 tablespoons, 6 forks, 6 knives, but
ter knife and sugar spoon; ff A
special, price *P * *»^"
ANDERSON HARDWARE CO.
33-35 Peachtree St, 2-16 Edgewood Ave.
That are «
USEFUL,
LASTING,
DURABLE
and are sure to please.
DOLL TRUNKS $1.00 and Up.
Gents' Trunks $6.00 up
Ladles' Trunks $7.00 up
Ladles' Hat Trunks.$7.00 $10, $12.50
(For six hats)
Steamers $5.00 up
Dress Suit Casss $1.00 up
Dress suit Cass Fittings..$$.60up
Tolltt Sets $$.00 up
Writing Cases ,$1.50up
Ladles' Hsnd Rags 60c up
Card Casss, Pass Cases, Collar
Cases, Cuff Boxes SOoup
Also a large stock of Leather novelties for CHRISTMAS PRESENT8.
Pinnacle Trunk Mfg. Co.,
R. L. Turman, Manager - - 62 Peachtree Street
record fclmxvft lliiit tin* greatest men
:»vi* sjit Jii flu* presidential chair.
In* exception of Abraham Lincoln,
been Southern men. Washington,
'ii. MonriN* ninl the grant Jackson,
"ftme* nra forever secure In tin*
"f the world, and were among flu*
>"s president,, that tin* Month Inis
1>" nation. The Mouth today I* Just
' In stuteRinen us Mho ever wns.
iy state in the Mcetlon available
the presidency nn* plentiful. Why
' *trong men disrcgitriled?
In our own grout stste of Georgia
net poor In nvnlhihle MtnteNtneii
I" floke Smith, that grant trlhtnu
l" "Pie. who hut recently won tin
' 'i' tor.v for impulnr rights ever «e
■ I In Georgia. IIIn experience It
‘ s «»r praetieol statesmanship bits
i grant. L»ng Mince In* lias made
into national fame, and the Indl*
ft re Mint he In destined for n higher
thin the gubernatorial ehalr.
s "drh would make an Ideal enn-
the Democrats of‘the country
• before the pcojdo. lie Is strong.
"cst. and he In more than that:
bterridued.
is John Temple Graves, that grant
' whose name Is known and
imil gentleman, with strength
of heart, could Is* found In
'ttitry. If that Is the kind of man
Democrats want In 1908. He Ih a great
■>r. a great statesman, and a great gen-
?. n - As the Democratic nominee for
L’olontl Ofl “ “ *
1 • and rr«s||t upot
Like hU great . JHL. n
i'"ii:. < "lonel Graves has none of the
\" f tb>* low politlrlnn about him. He
1 ixditlrinn. Like fnlhoun. he Is
' He sneaks mid writes whnt
•„ f 0 | K . rigtit, without the diets*
"i.r man or orgnnlsatlpn. John
°Pb*
*T* h , Is allowed a candidate, why not be?
He
men will do because they are worth
dolnff-—teaching, preaching, building,
growing, curing, clothing, feeding,
painting pictures, making music; but
no man deliberately takes the work of
destroying, blighting, for love of it.
'Tls only for the profit on the glass of
liquor that a man will take the chances
of wrecked trains, ruined lives, sul-
haa no superior end very fexv counis In the | clde, murder—yes, every glass con-
congress of the natloin Ben^ Tillman lias | tains this possibility. Don’t ever again
‘ “* ‘ ““ ““ *“ •* tell me that a liquor dealer will rent
my store! Never, If It rots down!"
VIOLET8 AND WINTER.
I.
Sweetheart, In Florida the violets
are blooming,,
Today with little ones I went a flower
hunting
As chaperon; although a child 'mong
children
I felt myself—their IJttle arms it seem
ed were shelterin'
Me,
For wee ones’ love Is always true.
II.
Up there the cold winds blow and beat
the snow upon you,
Or else from cosy cottage walls you
now view
The starving children as you did when
yearn ago in winter
You owned your cold deceit; yet, to
day—please do remember
This—
I plucked one Violet for you.
—Algernon Herman Davenport, Hele
na, Ga. (Written at Inverness, Fla.)
strength of his burning words and tho
uttlng of his righteous wrath. Ho Is very
jiueh of « lighter. Perhaps too sectional,
hut Benjamin U. Tillman In a great ms
with It all, utul a statesman to be reek
otied with. “President Tillman" should
sound good to us all.
Over In Mississippi there Is John Mhar
Williams. Murk the name. John HIM It
Williams. Why. the very words seem
spell power ami strangti
. — W JD. And they
make up the name of a very strong and
iHiwerfnl statesman. Congressman Wil
liams is one or the most nvnlhihle men that
H eonhl put forward for tho nresl-
Ills fame Is natlounl. and his
power wide, and his Intelleetunt resources
almost unlimited. He has his enemies—we
should love hint for some of them ho has
made- but lie also has Ills friends, and
friends that would be loyal If his nnme
were brought before the JssW convention.
Ami old Jim* Bailey, of Texas. Hu Is not
84» old In years either, but old In states
manship and political life. He seems older
than In* Is. Jim* Bailey is not a had man,
although they are trying to make him ap
pear as such at the present time. But
lie'll come out nil right when the trouble
Is over with, wearing no unworthy sear
nor stained n particle with dishonor. Bailey
Is a great man. He would make a great
president.
There are available statesmen too numer
ous to mention In n short article. There Is
Beckhnm. and Wntterson, and Vardanian,
ami Comer, ami Morgun. and Bacon, nml
Culberson, nml Daniel, and a hundred oth
ers. These men that have.been tinrued and
those mi mimed are nil Strong, progressive,
honest statesmen. Their superiors con he
found nowhere In this country. Any one
of them would All the clmlr of preshlent
with dignity and with grace. And though
we In Georgia would of course desire to
set* one of our own citizens nominated, we
would Im* content If any good man In any
Mont hern state wo* nominated. But we
should demand that a Southern man lie
nominated. If the Democratic party has so
poor an opinion of our people and of our
statesmen ns to continue to Ignore us In
the eoui|iosltlon of the party ticket, when
• *4» long been the principal strength
party, then It xvould Im* perfectly
fair for the Hon them people to organ Ixv
new party based on true Jeffersonian prill*
iples, and nominate a Southern man for
president. , . .
For years we have been loyal to the
Northern Democrats. Sow It Is their time
to show their friendship for us. We have
supported Northern Democrats at every
presidential election since the war. and
done It loyally and bravely. If tl,.* North*
Democrats have really the right feeling
the Democrats In the Mouth ami really
wish to Ik* fair and honest, they will not
Ignore this great and universal cry for a
Kent hern nominee. . *
The demand Is getting bigger. Tin* Hi*uth-
•ii pc4)pl<* are iMMtimlng a routed. Ami mi
ss all signs are wrong n mlgh'y demand
Is going to Im* made In th<
SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT CYCLONES.
stood In the uutloifs ’his-1
j' * n " of Thomas Watson at tty? I
the
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, 11«> chi 1*4*1! from a Southern stale.
LAWTON BILLY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I beg to answer a few of the ques
tions recently propounded by your cor
respondent.
Whirlwinds follow the law of cy
clones, which rotate from left to right
in the northern hemisphere. This is
due to a force arising from the diurnal
rotation of the earth which deflects all
free-moving hodlea to the right of their
course In the northern hemisphere, and
to the left of their course In the aouth-
em hemisphere.
This law also accounts for the pres
ent e of more aand bara on the left than
on the right aide of a stream. The
water flowing slightly slower on the
left hand aide more sediment is Ue-
p-jidted.
The rotary motion of water in flow
ing Is caused by friction.
The dissipation of clouds without
precipitation Is caused by Increase of
tjmneralures. When moist air fallB
xv the dew point condensation oc
curs. The moisture either falls as
precipitation or by Increase of temper
ature la re-evaporated, forming the In
visible vapor of the air.
W. B. M WHlRTfeR.
Royeton, Ga.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The love of liberty Is universal; tho
blessings of liberty are beyond com
parison. The encroachments upon lib
erty cannot be too carefully watched
either by the private citizen or the leg
islator. Nat Hammond, In the con
stitutional convention, defending tho
railroads, said:
"It Is dangerous to disturb the plller
of property.”
Bob Toombs, replying, said: "It Is
better to destroy the pillar of property
than to touch tho pillar of liberty."
The Federal government has been
doing Itself honor of late In the way It
haa been getting after parties guilty of
peonage. It should have been active
twenty years ago. The state of Geor
gia should wake up; there Is plenty
of work on the same line for her legis
lators. We see every day In the papers
where some one Is arrested and Im
prisoned. for debt, upon the ground
that they got ten or twenty dollars ad
vanced upon a misrepresentation of
their financial standing—a mere cloak
the creditor takes to force friends or
relatives of the debtor to pay the debt
to keep the party out of Jail.*
That statute is a disgrace to the stat
ute books and should be taken off.
Only last summer I had to keep a
Floyd county Jury "hung" all day try
ing to keep one negro from putting
another negro In Jail for $4.00 debt,
upon the ground that the one had mis-
MnHaanlul Vila "Unnnoifll ■Inndlnff" trt
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‘ ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
represented hi. "financial atandinc” to
the other, when neither had any finan
cial etandlnir.
Why not the Mate of Georgia make
a t'elony to Imprison anyone for
debt, upon a trumped up charge? It
would be In line with the Federal gov
ernment, In line with Bob Toombs, In
line with the principles of Justice.
J. F. ALEXANDER.
Rome, Ga.
THE 8AL00N—IT8 EFFECT
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/ THINK we could discus* no sub
ject more important Just at this
time than th, effect and Influ
ence of the saloon In any community.
Certainly no one will question the
fact that the saloon has a very decided
Influence In any community where It
exists, and this much granted, the only
question Is upon the rh.ract.r and ex-
tent of such Influence. No one need go
very far. or teach very deep Into the
CLERK JARVIS DEAD;
CANTON CITIZEN
PASSES TO BEYOND
Hpcclsl to The Georgian.
Canton, Go., Dec. 22.—John W. Jarvis
died yesterday after nn Illness of n few
days from a complication of disease*.
He wns one of ths lending business men
of Cnntou and the founder and large owner
of the stock In the, local telephone ays
tern, snd xxns also « lending jeweler, hav
ing conduett**! n Jewelry store here for the
post fifteen years.
Mr. Janrls was a member of the town
council, t>elng clerk, and two week* ago
was ra-electwl for the year 1907.
He w«s a member of the Methodist
churah, prominent lu Masonic and other s«*
Yri 3 in. uj ■cklii F —*—
work, of the world’s greatest writers,
nor consult th, minds of earth’s pro-
foundest thinkers, to find that the
opinion of unnumbered thousand* to
that the influence of the saloon I* evil,
only evil, and evil continually.
Not only la the present of our gen
eratlon thus Influenced, but the past
centuries and future aeons teem with
sorrows and misery occasioned by It*
existence.
How doe. the saloon .land aa s fac
tor In our social world?
To begin B lth—a gentleman of char-
acter (?) thinks he see. an opportu
nity to make money, and at the same
Mine open up an agency that will .build
up business for the community, and
presents as an argument that the town
will be a great deal better off by reason
of the licensed saloon, on account of
the Increased trade resulting frbm It.-
He applies for a Jlcens* and usually
secures It, sometimes by fulr means,
sometimes by foul. He cares little or
nothing for that. He Is recommended
by a couple of "good, reputable cltl-
sens.’’ his bond to made by moneyed
men, his license Is handed him and the
grind begins. Not only one, but hun
dreds of them. If In a large city. These
licensed saloons nre always open to
men—and oftentimes to women, too,
alas—whose souls are easily stirred by
the excellent music, the glare and glit
ter of the surrounding*, or th* odor of
the beverage.
Every man must take his first glass,
the second, and the third, and so on,
until it to too late to recover himself
from one debauch to another. Those
who operate the saloons make them as
beautiful and attractive aa time and
money will warrant them. Then they
seek to make the acquaintance of the
young men qbnut town, show them
selves "good fellows” by treating the
boys to "anything they like.” then show
them the wine rooms, the game rooms,
the brothel, anything to make It "pleas,
ant for the boys.” so much so that It
seems mean and rude If they do not
"come again.” Just here the real mis
ery begins—all too often these same
young men return, bringing others with
them, their women friends, too, fre.
cent enough In Itself but when added
to by other glasses from time to time
makes a fool and later a wreck of tho
once respectable young man, or the
beautiful, Innocent girl, whose life
promised much before the "respectable
saloon” was opened.
One Individual Influences another, and
he another, and so on, until the saloon
haa a numeroua patronage of all claascs
of society, from the under strata on up
even Into the swellest circles. What
rare, the owner of the saloon what
hours he keeps or what man or woman
he ruins, so long as his money drawer
Is well filled with coin?
For the young man the saloon Is but
a step from the counting house to. the,
cell, snd oftentimes to the gallows.
For the young women It to but a
step from the honored homo of a lov
ing mother and a doting father to the
"erring woman's home.” from which
few. If any, women can hope to ever be
reclaimed.
No sacred human body can long
hope to withstand the ravages of strong
noble and high
when It takes a ,
drink and disease which follow In the
wake of the open saloon.
Who can estimate the misery and
crime,'the divorces and tragedies trace
able to the existence of* these open
cesspools of vice and degradation? Who
can count the myriads of precious souls
that have gone down to' ruin and the
grave through the Inlluenoe of the sa
loon? Who can estimate the countless
millions of money worse than wasted
i a result of nn open saloon?
Ah! but you say "the saloon doesn't
affect me; If 1 let It alone It will let me
alone." In nearly all rases this to a lie
pure and simple. If the saloon Is a l-
owed to exist In our midst It will not
let us alone. I keep away from the
saloon, many others keep away from It,
but does It let us alone? Did It let
that loving wife and mother alone,
whose Imbruted and besotted husband
sent the sharp blade of on ax crash
ing Into her neck, and then his own
soul Into eternity? Did It let those
Innocent little children alone, subject
ing them to the cold charities of the
world Without a loving mother's care
pnd protection? Did It let that faith
ful officer alone, when he went In the
dlsdiarge of his sworn duty and was
cut down by the murderous blade of a
whisky-soaked assassin, and then al
lowed to walk out on the street unas
sisted In the presence of the cowardly
rumseller? Does It let you alone when
It debauches snd disgrarrs your darling
boy and sends him reeling down to
ruin and to hell? Would It let me
alone could it entrap and enslave my|
own precious boys?
Does the saloon let even the church
of Jesus t'hrlst alone, when It toys
Its Icy grip upon the throat of n min
ister and drags him down In shame I
church nnd sends him reeling along the i
street, disgracing the cauee he has es- <
poused?
Does It let ths suffering wives, moth,
ers, daughters, sisters of thousands
of drunkards alons. because they thorn-
selves touch not the accursed stuff? i
Noy, verily, the saloon blights, blasts,)
withers, degrades and ruins everything 1
It touches.
But you say .don't doss up the it- 1
loons; It will hurt business; It will kill
the town If the saloons are closed and
blind tigers prevail, o. 'the sophistry
of such a declaration!
"If drinking liquor Interferes with
your business, give up your business,”
"If drinking liquor Inttrfere* with
your health, give up your health.''
"If drinking liquor makes you a thlefi
be n thief."
"If drinking Jlquor Interferes with
your family, give up your family,”
"If drinking liquor makes you A lu
natic, be a lunatic.”
"If drinking makes you a murderer,
be a murderer."
"If drinking liquor sends you to helL
then to hell."
Because eur city cannot live with
out the licensed saloon, don’t you know.
T. B. RICHARDS,
Associate Superintendent.
FTRST BAPTIST
TO AID ORPHANS
Instead of having a Christmas enter-
tnlnment for themselves, the members
of tho First Baptist Sunday school,
numbering about six hundred, will, on
Sunday morning, carry to the church a
rift for the Orphans' Home at Baptist '
Orphanage at Hapevllle.
The gifts will consist of toys of va*
rious kinds and all sorts of Christmas
goodies—candles, fruits, cakes, nut*,
etc.
Other friends of the orphanage who
wish’to remember these fatherless lit
tle ones at this glad Christmas-tide
may deliver their gifts at the First
Baptist church, corner of Peachtree
and Cain streets, by 9 o'clock Monday
morning and the big farm wugon from
ihe home will be there to receive them
and take them out to Hapevllle. Do
nors will please have their packages
properly marked so that they may os
duly credited with same.
quently. In places where they dure to,
lie Is survived by hi*- wife srnl eight I who Join with them In a glass of wine, I from a hl|(li and eielt—' «i*ii,.ii in the
ehfidren. I champagne, or beer, which looks Inno- Master's vineyard, and makes him
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Jatin Foster Go. 265-271 Decatur SL Atlanta, it.
“The Georgian was bom full grown.”
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Ex-Governor W. J. Northen.
