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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER $2, iM. ItHHtltUlHIIMI t**»***»*»**»»**S»***S*St***t***M»t»l ! 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 ••••••••••••••#••••••••••••••••••#< 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 ... It l ... . , 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 HMWWHtHMMMMMWMHIHIHtHIWWHMIHMHtMttHWetMMMHMMIMMWMWMMUMMM' ‘ 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 a n d, nfl»inc V n uw .tv / 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 ichiftc tali «t S50.0# any bettar. Our urm* art Uit moi: libtrai. W. par t «:«M b«th »a M if Kotik* b!u< ita-|*U»vprcf- ItreJ. Writs todar Df c*f Cata* Wo. 2i. It* rrtt. Jatin Foster Go. 265-271 Decatur SL Atlanta, it. “The Georgian was bom full grown.” : • •• Ex-Governor W. J. Northen.