Newspaper Page Text
The Labor
Commission BiB
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT
physically. If it were not for a suf-
geiept percentage of these to make
people believe in the existence of
true religion under the sun—why
(Edited by Mix Evie Herdee Jeckwa.)
"As wie therefore have opportu-
Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumber
Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumber Co.
W. L. WOOD, Clerk.
Mrs. J. D. Broome, and family,
have returned home after a most DILKING'S new discovery
delightful trlptoTallulah Falls. WIN Wifely flop Till CMpk
Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumber Oo.
All the liquor traffic organs 'are
full of the cry, "reform the saloon
and see to it that no disreputable,
law-breaking place is allowed to run,
Conciliate the public while there
time, or our business is doomed.
At their big conventions, eloquent
speakers denounce lawlessness and
declare that the true policy of the
beverage business in this crisis lies
in removing the causes of irritation
among the people. They are will
ing to promise absolute separation
1 from the kindred vices with which
they have thus far worked in close
comradeship; they will, by their
“model license” plan, secure
personal liberty to every man and
and yet guarantee complete
spectability.” They will strictly
bar from their places women and
minora, for apparently the personal
liberty idea does not touch this class
of human beings. Literature on this
line has probably been distributed
and is being distributed to every
member of the Georgia legislature
for a list of addresses was secured
by this organization as soon as the
election were over. |
What lias iieen the experience of
near lieer saloons in Georgia? Are
they truly "reformed," or are they
running under a thin disguise prac
tically on the same lines as the old
s;ylearticle? Wedonot fora moment
mean to say that they are just
had as the saloons we used to have,
for that is not in the least degree
true, although some temperanc
people have thought so and said
'Pile liquor dealers have never said
so or thought so either. They di
not do the people one quarter of the
harm the old saloons did, mil
they make for the dealers
quarter of the money they formerly
made. Ali the locker chilis and
near lieer saloona put together
but cold comfort for the losses en
tailed by the operations of the pro
hibiliou law; imperfeel as it is
The near beer saloons are not ne
so bad; nevertheless they are thor
ougbly laid, as far as they go. They
are gathering places for the idle
the depraved, the lawless. They
are little less than a training school
for vagrancy and the effort to "live
by ones wits” as the expression
goes.
Their worst feature is that they
are always under suspicion; and
naturally so, for they are always on
the edge of violation and frequently
overstep the line. They hurt the
temperance cause and discredit the
effciency of the enforcement of the
prohibition law among the ignorant
and thoughtless. When we say
ignorant and thoughtless in this
connection wc mean those prone to
judge more from one instance com
ing under their own observation
than from facts and statistics gath
ered from the whole state. This
kind of snap the whole judgement
is very misleading hut it carries far
with many people.
But the way the near beer saloona
hurt the conscience of the temper
ance people more than any other
way ie that the state takes money
from them, and thereby practically
licenses the business whether they
call ii merely a tax or not. As long
as the state of Georgia receives
money from the locker clubs and
near beer saloons, so long will the
politics of our state be contaminated
and smirched with a partial partner
ship in the liquor traffic.
It is a curiously dark and depress
ing aide of the history of nations
that the most enlightened and - pro
gressive of the world have from time
to time Buffered some octopus of
vice to fasten itself in its anatomy
of statecraft and there prey upon its
very vitals. The Blave trade, the
opium monopoly of the English gov
ernment, and the liquor traffic which
has Bent its missionaries to the ends
of the earth with more rapidity and
zeal than the majority of Christians
are willing to show in the propaga
tion of the Gospel of Christ.
And yet our comfort !b that so
wonderfully vital is the power of
this Gospel of Christ that a little
even of the true leaven will inevita
bly leaven the whole world In time.
It ia just in proportion to the reality
of true religion in the hearts of men
that anything good or great or per
manent is accomplished. All the
whole world depends upon the good
people in it; those that are honest,
true, industrious, merciful, temper
ate, courageous both morally and
things would go to pieoes. But they nity, let us do good unto all men.”
have always existed and now exist "Weak men wait for opportuni
st greater numbers than aver. The^ies. Strong men make them.”—
slave trade iB dead; the opium traf- Maiden.
fic and the whiskey traffic are. being
abolished. - . f
• • •
Naturally no man likes to hue his
vote in a. presidential election. This
iB why a good many temperance
people—so they say—do not vote
the Prohibition ticket. They really
believe that their votes will be of no
account. The Abolitionists of the
last century never came into power
as a political party; they never
elected a candidate; but no one will
claim that they ever threw away a
vote. As has been aptly said, 1 ‘Their
votes wore holes in the public con
science as drops of water wgars holes
in the solid earih.” They voted for
principle for fifty years, or until
anti-slavery became the 'paramount
issue before the country. With the
help of voting prohibitionist senti
ment the anti-liquor issue is ripen
ing fast, and soon the people are
going to solve the drink problems as
they solved the slavery question—by
aliolishing it.
• • •
Of course ail religious Ixxlifs are
working to ml lire the evils of in
temperance by teaching self-control
and efforts to reform the individual
drunkard, hut they are not, as
ganizstiims, concentrated ttgnilisl
the traffic itself which is the root of
the evil. When they are, thednom
of the traffic will be sealed in earn
est and that day will inevitably
come, for the amount of education
winch tiie public is nmv getting
through the attitude of the dealers
themselves is Itouud to have its ef
fect. The facts are lieing brought
out so plainly through the daily
happenings recorded by tiie press
dispatches that "lie who runs may
read.”
"It is my faith that trutli to-day
Holds strong and firm as yesterday
Yea, that forever it will stay
The test supreme—’tis God’s great
way
Texaco Rixifing. Dozier Lumber Co,
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
During the absence of Dr. Jenk
ins, who is taking a vacation in the
North, the following divines will
fill the pulpit at the First Baptist
church. Dr. Jenkins will preach
in Baltimore, New York and other
places up North before he returns
to Ashville, where he will spend the
greater part of his vacation with
his mother.
Hev. Edwin Poteat, D. D., Pres.
Furman University will preach at
the First Baptist Church next Sun
day in the absence of the pastor.
Dr. Poteat is one of' the great men
of the Southern Baptist Convention
and is well known in Athens where
he has preached several times. He
will preacji here again August 8.
Rev. Alien Fort, pastor of First
Baptist church, Dublin, Ga., will
preach August 15.
Rev. Wm, H. Rich, pastor of
Vineville Street Baptist Church,
Macon, Ga., will preach August
22.
Rev. C. Lawrence Fowler, B. D.,
pastor of First Baptist Church,
Clinton, S. G\, will preach August
29.
Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumber Co.
Fly Fans, Fly Traps, Water Fil
ters, Water Coolers, full line of sum
mer goods. Huggins China House.
The bill to tax foreign corpora
tions was bom in the Hoke Smith
camp, to carry out the great fight
that was waged by blm, so that
the design was carried out, he [
can come in, take bock water, and
save the state. But the great head !
will save it without his interven-1
titjn, and don’t you worry.
Education, obedience to law, rev.
erance for truth, temperance, secur
ity of life and property, prosperity,
patriotism and integrity, ssye Rev.
J. Y. Goucher, are nurtured by
Christianity, and while we are yet
far from the goal,, the power of the
gospel to redeem men, to uplift so-
city, and to make a nation strong
by righteousness, has been demon
strated, and the spirit of Christianity
is more manifest in its varied activ
ities, has a larger following among
men of culture and influence, and
is more widely diffused and con
structive in our social problems than
ever before, and that spirit of con
secrations which generously gives of
its substance and braves all dangers
to secure tiie extension of Christ’s
kingdom is becoming more and more
prevalent, and yet, in the words of
another, if the church of God is to
grow with this marvelously growing
country, she must project her mis
sion.enterprises on broader lines.
Many of us, however,” have little
silver nr gold; some of us not much
time; all of us have a little of hoth,
which we can lovingly and prayer
fully give to the laird’s work, and
wc can put careful, painstaking
hours into various services.
We of tiie Home Mission Societies
tire earnestly striving through all
the various departments of our work
to Help in this grand and noble
work of raising the fallen, relieving
the suffering, feeding the hungry ill
soul, mind and txxly, rendering aid
to ministers and all engaged in tills
grand work. And so we have our
committees on all these lines of
work. Those looking after the poor,
those in our press work, educational
work, parsonage work and our dea
conesses all with busy hands. All
pay regular dues, and Mrs. J. W.
Perry reports 10,193 of our workers
who are pledged to tithing to meet
these various demands. During
this year, this number grew 3,171
stronger and we thank God and take
courage that so many are awaken
ing to this great obligation to stew
ardship, rather than ownership. We
should remember that the “tenth
is the Lord's. When we do not
tithe we usually give what we have
to spare, and that means “self
first.” We should give according
to His will. When all Christians
shall he afraid not to tithe, the win
dows of heaven will open to pour
our His richest blessings, and our
giving instead of being a cross will
become a joy. Some one has said,
“Give as if an angel stood at the
door.” With this thought surely
all would give a tenth if not more.
Bring the best, for He is kingly,
Bring thy offering full and free,
Thou canst never match his bounty,
For He gave His life for thee.
Oh, to share His royal favor,
Oh, to work betimes with God,
Following tho, the way be thorny,
Where the feet of Chirst hath trod
Give, oh, give with glad thanksgiv
ing,
Freely, freely we receive,
Counting this our crowning blessing,
That He gave us power to give.’
Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumber Co-
*|t«|ta|eege*l«i|eg|eegee|ee|ea|ei|e»|ee|e
* Ivadies*
Drop a card and let ub ?
demonstrate our i
+
*
+
♦
SELF-HEATING IRON,
A SMOOTHING IRON
A PRESSING IRON
A FLUTING IRON
A POLISHING IKON 4*
* HEATED AT A COST OF 25c HEAR*
R. L. DANIEL, I
164 College Ave. ^
Dog Liw Ir Effect On July 15th.
On and after July 15th the onli
nance of the city requiring all dogs
to be tagged will be in effect. The
| tags are here and cap be obtained
Another one of the very few/hllls
of real etate wide importance which
is still pending before the general
assembly of Georgia ie the bill to
create a department of labor; and
during the eleven daya which still
remain of the preaent session, it is
vital fo the beet intereete of the
people of Georgia that this measure
should receive the attention of law
makers.
The issue ie one upon which the
people have distinctly and unequivo
eally spoken. •
It took the form of a resolution
which wob unanimously, adopted by
the State Federation of Labor.
Later It was incorporated in the
platform upon which Joseph M.
Brown nominated and elected Gov
ernor of Geprgia.
During tjhe campaign Governor
Brown laid 'great emphasis upon the
proposed legislation. ~
And, in his first official message
to the genera] assembly, he redeem
ed his promise to the people by
urging at some length and with
great force of argument the necessity
of creating this new bureau.
It only remains for the legislature
to heed the popular mandate.
But let us glance at the hil^
itself.
Briefly, it provides for the collect-
on of important statistics concerti
ng labor in this state,Ithe compensa
tion paid to wage-earners—the real
status ofjthe laborers considered from
every point of view, educational,
moral material, social—the facts of
interest both to the humanitarian
ind to the capitalist in regard to
mills and factories—the ci rrect
tabulated information concerning
our timber lands, our water powers
our railroads, our prixfucts of mine
and forest—in a word, Hie data
which is needed to exploit the
marvelous resources of our state and
nnparralleled inducements which
Georgia offers for investment.
The bill lias been carefully drawn,
ft is based upon the solid and sub
stantial ground work furnished by
the experience of other -stales. It
is not an experiment which
are asked to adopt. It is riot an
air castlo which we are urged to
build.
Incidentally it will be necessary
for some good and competent man
to fill the office of commissioner of
labor, but the measure lias not been
designed to create a snug berth for
any individual. It is legislation
wbiclUhe interests of Grergia re
quire. It is legislation which the
people of Georgia demand. The
small sum of money which it will
cost to the state will not lie a baga
telle or a button in comparison with
the returns which it will bring to
the state.
Georgia is intering upon an era
of phenomenal development. The
contemplated department of labor
will stimulate and strengthen the
agencies of progress which are today
at work- It is to be regretted that
Hub much-needed bureau was not
created sooner, but of course, it is
useless to grieve over spilt milk.
The thing for us to now is to put
forth every yard of canvass which
the old ship of state carries in order
to catch the full force of the favor
ing gaies.
This is the whole argument in a”
nutshell
Gentlemen, of the legislature, the
question is up to you.
Georgia has spoken. In no
dubious or uncertain ocoentashe
has registered her instructions.
This one of the measures which
are really urgent. It erystallizee a
need. Like the bill which provides
for compulsory education or the
bill which seeks to amend the con
stitution in the interest of second
ary schools, it contains the essence
of vital and imperative legislation.!
The voice which speaks to you in
this bill, is Georgia’s.—Atlanta
Georgian.
Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumlier Co.
Summer Excursion Rates
The Central of Georgia Railway
is now selling summer excursion
tickets to New York,* Boston, Balti
more and Philadelphia;-and resorts
in'the East, at very, low rates for
the round trip, Athens to Now
York (40.60 Boston (46.00 Balti
more (32.00 Philadelphia (86.00,
FROM
Athens, Madison, Machen,
Monticello, Macon
And Intermediate Points to **
WHERE OCEAN
BREEZES BLOW
Wednesday
VIA
Central of Georgia Railway
NOTE SCHEDULE AND RATES
STATION
ScHKM’I.K
Rath
STATION
! Si'HKDiq.n
Rate
I.v Athens -'- - - -
3.115 p. it).
*5.00
Lv Hillsboro
-- li.35 p.
in.
*4.00
Lv Whitehall
3.48 p. m.
5.01)
Lv Round Oak-
— 4».47 p.
in.
4.00
Lv Watkinsville
4.03 p. in.
5.00
Lv Wayside
--iii.57 p.
in.
4.00
Lv Bishop
4.12 p. in.
5.00
Lv Bradley
-- 7.03 p.
m.
4.00
Lv Farmington -
4.22 p. m.
6.00
Lv Grays- - —
-,7.12 p.
m.
4.00
Lv Apalachee
4.42 p. in.
5.00
Ar Macon -
-17.65 p.
m.
Lv Madison-
5.10 p. m.
5.00
Lv Macon Aug. 5th--
— 1.85 a.
m.
4.00
Lv Godfrey---,
5.34 p. m.
4.50
Ar Savannah--
- 7.35 a.
m.
....
Lv Shadydale
5.48 p. m.
4.50
Lv Savannah —
--.9.00 a.
m.
....
Lv Maehen
Lv Monticello
5.51 p. m.
6.10 n. in.
4.50
4.00
Ar Tybcc
--'9.45 a.
1
m.
TICKETS GOOD RETURNING on any regular train up to and including trnin-ieav.
ing Savannah 8 p. m. August 9th. Special sleeping cars will lie operated through from • AtbeAs, thus
affording first-olass service. Requests for sleeping car berths should be made at once.
“T“\X p p p The Queen of ell South Atlantic Sea Shore Resorts is but 18 miles from Savannah,
I I D W EL on the broad Atlantic, and is reached hy frequent train servile from Savannah.
Splendid Bathing, Boating, Fishing, Dancing, Hotels and Restaurants. Large Dancing Pavilion swept
by ocean breezes.
An Ideal Spot for Mirth, Music, Merriment
JOHN W. BLOUNT, Dist. Pass. Agt. H. R. McLEAN, Com. Agt. D. A. NOLAN, Ag£
Macon, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga.
J. C. HALE, General Passenger Agent, F. J. ROBINSON, Asst. General Pass..
SAVANNAH, GA.
ships. Corresponding rates from
other places.
Tickets good to return until Oc
tober 81, 1909.
For schedules of trains through
sleeping cervice, soiling dates of
inxinding m eals and berth aboard ’ ships bom Savannah,' berths on
ships, etc., apply to nearest-ticket
agent, or address ' v
JNO. W. BLOUNT, D. P. A.
Macon, Ga.