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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

striped uniform. over Cnom are men
with ready shotgun. What sight
for a so-called civilized Christian
city!
From Ellis to Fifth street, on or
a few feet from Peachtree,-just
a few blocks,-are ten handsome
churches, to say nothing Of the hum
dreds scattered over the city and
suburbs
Do the priests in these fine edi-
fees, dedicated to the flowing Jesus
who said, Love thy neighbor as
myself" teach nothing of humani-
ty? nothing of soul-growth to their
congregations? 1t seems not from
the stockade disclosures. No Egypt
ian taskmaster-so- heathen-
dealt more brutally with his captive
slaves than do these sons Of Chris.
tian mothers and fathers deal with
these poor unfortunates. And the
men of the city and county are re-
sponsible.
There is no necessity to recount
here in detail the brutal, cruel fog
ging, the women strung up to iron
rings, the "bucking machines, the
sick who were beaten, the vermin,
bad ventilation, filthy beds, spoilt
food, no bathing, filthy clothing and
SO forth; nor the application to their
own use of the farm products, and
the work of mechanics sent to- re-
pair the stockade, by the officials
All this has been told in the news
papers and sent broadcast over the
State and over the world.
Greater Atlanta" indeed, in
cruelty and fraud. Could the hea-
then for whose Outstanding mill
lions have been raised this year, do
worse? These millions raised in
Georgia for foreign missions should
be applied right here among our
own unregenerates.
The blame can not be placed on
generations gone before. The men
now living are responsible for these
conditions.
The officials and others say that
the prisoners are of the lowest type
and can only be managed by the
means used. There has never been
tried any other way to make them
control themselves. Certainly no
one would treat an animal of value
with such cruelty, and according to
theologians each soul is valuable to
God, it's Creator.
"They are there too short a time"
say the officials, "to train"
That is no excuse. If the prison
er has trade, make him work at
it and give the money to his family.
If he has no family use it to help
pay a teacher of some kind to teach
them. Only put those on road duty
who have no trade. Teach them
through their hands if they are not
capable of being taught through the
brain, as is done in some reforma-
tories.
They should have some one, not
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13
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preferred by frivolous minds against
the movement under consideration,
but we shall be content to enunciate
certain among the more potent rea-
sons actuating us in our attitude on
this question.
We believe In personal, political
and religious freedom. We believe
in "a government of the people, for
the people and by the people, AS
we believe in just taxation, SO do
we believe in an impartial and equit-
able representation. Our forefathers
fought for this, and they obtained it;
when our women ask this of US we
will grant this to them. We believe
that an American woman should be
accorded every privilege enjoyed by
her butler, or by the vender of vege-
tables who calls at her gate. We
believe that the American woman
should enjoy the blessing of every
liberty guaranteed under the flag of
a free republic. And we believe that
what women gain in liberty men
should lose in license, which would
mean a double, substantial and very
salutary reform. We do not believe
that the active exercise of the privi-
lege of franchise should be made
compulsory. But we believe that
the right to vote belongs to woman,
and we believe that the power of the
ballot should not and will not be
permanently denied her. We can
recognize no valid objection against
the enfranchising of our American
womanhood. We can not see that
the parliamentary franchise can be
justly longer withheld from the wo-
manhood of England.
If there remains one reason why
women of today should be denied the
full rights and privileges of citizen
ship, it must be alleged on grounds
of temperamental or sentimental dis
qualification. We can not see that
either plea is justified by fact or ca
pable Of being sustained.
In our opinion the sex of a citizen
should have no bearing upon the po-
litical privileges of that citizen. If
woman, recognized as citizen, be re-
quired to pay taxes, If she be entitled
to receive charter and to enter the
world Of business, If the practice of
many of the learned professions in
many of the States be open for her,
then we hold that such a citizen is
entitled to vote. She may not ex-
ercise such privilege, but it should be
hers.
In consideration of the question
of civil government and political
economy of today we take no
thought for the traditions of the
past. We conceive that we have at
tanned new era of light and Of
liberty, in each of which America
leads the world. We therefore take
it that the possible opinions of the
wives and mothers of members of
the First House of Burgesses for Vir-
ginia would avail us little if we were
capable of applying them to solution
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

much as We did it not unto the least
Of these my sisters, We did it not
unto me. WILL DENHAM.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13
WOman's Right to Suffrage

HILE 1t may be the policy of
some to receive with de-
rision and the desire of
others to damn with dis
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13
cam | My Brothers Keeper"

IN NEW ATLANTA, working
to make the streets beauti-
i full, are seen a number of
J human beings in ugly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
Birmingham Leads

Business conditions in the south are good" said Joseph NJ Stacy of Phiiaoel- phia. "I took a trip through the south four years ago and found prosperity m evidence then, but prosperity Is much more marked today. With very few ex- captions the southern cities I have vis- tied within the past two or three weeks show signs of substantial and, l might say, rapid growth.
 'In the south Birmingham easily leads. This city has made wonderful strides and as for large development and new con- struction it doubtless outclasses all the cities in this country below the half mil lion population mark. It far outclasses all southern cities. A well informed man tells me that fully s3o.oOo,oOo is being ex- pended in and around Birmingham in construction, and that does not include the million-dollar hotel which hear is assured.
 With such vast total being paid out on development work and with the regular payrois large, Birmingham IS making a new high record that will at tract the attention of the outside world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16

at all, the magnitude of the task pressing
 for consideration and determination upon
 the interstate commission becomes evil
 dent at once. Not even the United States supreme court will have weighter prob
 lems to handle this fall than the inter state commission. No other tribunal will be called upon to decide cases that af- feet so.O00.0oO of people touching all pock- cts, even those of helpless children.
 What general rule or principle it will adopt in handling an untold number Of cases will. perhaps, never be told to the public, but it is safe to assume that some approach to uniformity will be att tempted. It nas been decided to suspend all increases, rather than to let all schedules go into effect, and then to as- sail by piecemeal those that seem unjust and unreasonable. The principle adopt ed seems to be that no rates can be il- creased hereafter without first securing the approval of the interstate commis sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
Filth and the Ho0kWorm

Dr. ". c. Stiles. chairman of the Rockefeller commission for the study and prevention of the hookworm disease, re- gently declared that as a nation the United States is the filthiest large coun- try in the world This is undoubtedly the truth. No country has more flies, more hookworms, more disease than the United States, and nearly all these dis eases are traceable to wantaof cleanly If is not pleasant to be set down as the filthiest country in the world, but Dr. Stiles speaks from a close study of the facts in all countries and he undoubted- ly knows whereof he speaks.
 The work of the Rockefeller commits sioA is soon to be extended to Alabama. An effort will be made by the Rocke- feller commission acting largely through the state board of health to eliminate the hookworm altogether in this state. The nest will be hunted down in every county. and it is to be hoped that the men who are to be entrusted with the work will teach as they go the value of cleanliness in everyday living-cleaner homes cleaner beds. cleaner Kitchens, better bathing facilities, not to mention cleaner streets and unoccupied lots. We should cease to be filthy state even If the United States persists in being the flthiest lafge country in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
Says mn American Will He Have Any
 Faith in Signs

From the Washington Post.
 J. c. Kline of Trenton, N. J. has nc faith in English Spoken Here" signs especially in Havana. He was telling oi an incident of his recent trip to Cuba at the Arlington.
 T have good friend who is in busi- ness in Havana. He has done me sew eral favors, and when I was in the city tried to show him I appreciated them So I invited him to dine with me al one of the principal cafes. He accepted and was to meet me at the cafe at 8 o'clock. I thought I would do the thing handsomely and have everything ready by the time he arrived.
 Tn the cafe was big sign, English Spoken Here l was a stranger and trustful. So, when a waiter appeared asked him for a bill of fare. He began to spout Spanish at me at the rate of 2o00 revolutions a minute. I protested, and called another waiter. The same result pointed to the misleading sign, and beckoned still to another waiter. No progress. That waiter simply hand ed me the enllIe opdliSii uiNtiohoi J within 30 seconds.
 T replied with a few choice expres- sions of my opinion of the place. Sud- denly, the three walters bowed and darted away sat wondering. l couldn't understand what had caused the change. In few minutes they had two tables set together and were arz ranging service for four people. More minutes passed and then a procession frhp the kitchen entered the room. never saw so much food in one place outside of a Thanksgiving dinner Still waited, relying on my friend. who knew Spanish, to order the dinner While I was waiting one of the wait CTS came over to me and pointed to the loaded table. I shook my head. He in- sisted with much waving of hands.
 When it dawned on me that all this spread was meant for me. I grew furious When I thought of the probable price l got madder yet. In desperation I tore out to the American bar, a waiter tag ging me I demanded aid of the bar tender. But he also answered in rapid fire Spanish The waiter then appar- ently explained something to the bar tender. who began to get busy Soon about every available place on that table was filled with imitation Amer lean drinks. l was in despair.
 Just then my friend arrived. ex- plained. He expostulated to the wait CTS They insisted that I had ordered the whole bill. I said I hadn't. I am still wondering what part of my vig- orous conversation to the walters Is Spanish for Bring it all.' But had to pay we'll for the joke. That dtnner cured me of my faith in signs--espc- cia1ly in Havana"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
Rate Increases on Southern Railroads

It is reported that the railroads Of the southeastern and southwestern associa- tions will soon file new freight tariffs pro- viding for increases of 10 or Il per cent in rates. A dollar rate on 100 pounds would thus become a 10 rate. This is ohout the rate of increase in the terri- tory north of the Ohio river, the reasonr ableness of which is to be considered by the interstate commerce commission.
 If is rather difficult to say how the proposed increase of rates in the south will be received. The better way would seem to be to await the decision upon the northern increases before any change in rates is applied to the south. Some de- gree of uniformity will no doubt be en-. forced throughout the country, and if the southern railroads would await the set tlement of northern rates they would have test and an example to conform to.
 Conformity in such a matter is far bet ter than undue aggressiveness, and a halt until the new rates of the northern roads are determined would seem to be the better policy. The interstate com merce commission is certainly inclined to deal justly with the railroads in rate matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
AERoNAUTICs TOLL OF LIFE

From the Washington Post
 Aeronautics. like all other sciences in their infancy, is demanding its toll of human sacrifices. Few of the accidents to aeroplanes have been more dramatic or tragic than the one which ended the life of Charles s. Rolls, third son of Lord Llangattock. in the first flying tourna- ment of the year in England.
 In the presence of a great company of spectators, many of whom were his per sonal friends, the young aviator lost con- trol of his motor, the Wright bi-plane turning a complete somersault and dash irg, with terrific speed. from a height of 100 feet to the ground Beneath one cor ner of the shattered mass of steel the body of the young aeronaut was crushed to death
 Scarcely a week goes by without the re- port of some similar accident To persons reading the daily news 1t would seem that the toll demanded by this new science has been very large. And yet in comparison with the accidents that have attended the Introduction of other great inventions, there have been few deaths as a result of mans effort to conquer the air.
 Steam locomotion was perfected only after scores of deaths, and even in this day the railroadSare not wholly free from danger. The trolley cars and automobiles still demand their human victims. While the deaths resulting from the introduction of aerial navigation may be more sensa- tional, they are fewer than in any other great revolutionary innovation in trans portation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
Eight to One Favor Income Tax

Georgia's ratification of the income tax proposition attracts no little public atten- ton and comment. All begin to see that ratification is becoming inevitable. The Legislature of Texas is to meet this month and the legislature of Vermont meets in October Both may ratify the amend ment. The republicans of Vermont are will surely support it.
 When Arizona and New Mexico become states 13 states must reject the proposi- tfon in order to defeat it. This number cannot be found. In Virginia the senate voted to ratify and the house of delegates to refuse ratification. In New York the senate approved the amendment while the lower house failed to act on the matter In Louisiana the lower branch strongly favored ratification. while the senate voted to submit the matter to the people
 
 In 1912. The legislatures of ohio,- New , 3crsey and Connecticut voted to postpone action on the amendment Only one state, Massachusetts, has rejected the proposi- 
 ton by votes in both branches of the leg islature. Even this is not final, for Con- rress has held that subsequent ratification r valid.
 As things stand, one state has rejected fhe amendment and eight have ratified it., and this proportion will probably hold rood to the end of the count. In 4S states < 6 notifications are needed to insert the 6mendment in the Federal constitution, bermitting the government to>levy tax on incomes. The gumshoeing multi-mil- lionaires cannot defeat the proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
A man of good repute, carriage bear Ing and estimation. -Love's Labor's Lost.
New Leadership In the Senate

After March next new leaders will be needed in both parties in Congress. sena- tor Moneys term will then expire, and his place will be filled by either MT. Bacon Or MT. Bailey, probably by the former. MT Bailey is floor man and a fine law yer, and he will not care, perhaps, to handle the details of party leadership.
 On the republican side Senators Hale and Aldrich will both step down and out, each having served almost a generation in the Senate. After the death of William B. Allison Messrs Hale and Aldrich prac- tically determined the course of large bills in the Senate, squelching even some lesser bills that they did not desire to be laws. The Senate republicans possibly may n- stall Senators Lodge and Penrose in the two places to be vacated on March 3. iii the Sixty-second Congress may be no easy task, for the terms of 24 republicans expire on March B. and 12 of this number belong in the Central West, which is the hotbed of insurgency. A dozen insurgent Senators all told would hold the balance of power especially after New Mexico and Arizon send to Washington four demo- cratic Senators This would increase the democratic strength to 3s while the re- publicans have now 5S. New York. Mis- souri and Indiana may elect democratic Senators, and there are possibilities in Ohio, Nebraska and New Jersey.
 i. The leadership of Lodge and Penrose ln body controlled by insurgent sena- tors does not give promise of harmony or high efficiency.
 Fhe leadership of the House after March will be determined at the polls in November
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
THE LURE OF LUXURY

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 T have a passion for automobiles. but have no money" Such was the plea of the 1S-year-old boy who was arrested for running away with three motor cars, one after the other. The police harshly called it stealing
 Young McAvoy's predicament was much the same as that of young Rastignac, the hero of Balzac's "Pere Goriot' Each lived in big and wealthy city and was influenced by the close view of luxuries he could not share. Whether Chicago or Paris. it is much the same. Curiously enough. Rastignacs first martyrdoms were also vehicular. Calling on foot upon an influential duchess, he finds a competi- tor airily cutting ahead of him in a cab. Trying 1t himself in a cab, at a ruinous expense, he finds his rival driving ,up scornfully in an elegant private tilbury. If the Paris of 1920 had known motor cars, Eugene de Rastignac would surely have appropriated one to run down the tilbury and It's purse-proud owner
 To be young and poor in center of lux ury and display. to have a high capacity for enjoyment with a complete lack of the means for indulging ft-all this is to Be cousin to Tantalus. once removed, and suggests possible grounds for taking g lenient view. Temptations to 'joy rid ing" however, involve the property rights of others. What might be overlooked once can hardly be overlooked three tirhes running. We fear that the official view of McAvoy's offense must be generally accepted. It Is still possible to regard him as a victim no less than culpritN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
Task of the Interstate Commission

The interstate commerce commission has f.day the weightiest task ever laid on a fody of public officers in this or any other country. In round numbers, 1000 tariffs Providing for increases in rates have been ifled by 800 railroads and the in 1erstate commission is getting ready to letermine the reasonableness of these pro posed tariffs. These tariffs were % go Into effect August l. but they have been fuspended by the commission, possibly IF n months, in order to afford time 1Sr an inquiry as to the justice and &nasona bleness of all proposed changes
 %vhsn 1t is remembered that the sus-
 nGed tariffs refer to freight rates only. &nd that they do not extend to the souru
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
GOING NORTH AND WEST

From the New York World
 The schoolmaster is abroad In Can ada. but not numerously enough to sup ply the demand. single issue of the Toronto Mail and Empire contains three
 wanted. The wages offered range from sS50 to $500 per year.
 Where the buffalo once stamped on the wide Albertan plains is now a vast green wheat field marked with golden
 mountains of last years straw. Every little station has its towering elevator. With the grain at s4 cents a bushel at the elevator money is coming in faster than banks can be established to hold It. No wonder the American farmers cross the border from the northwestern states at the rate of 100000 a year. It is a farmers. Klondike so long as the soil holds out.
 Winnipeg, the capital of the grain country, Is still a one-story town, de- spite its 135,000 population. The one ex-
 ception to this architecture of the
 buffalo-robe days and the Red river cart commerce is the hotel owned by
 the Canadian Pacific railroad. It is bigger than any hotel in New York except the Waldorf-Astoria and the new Astor and more magnificent than either. Here an orchestra plays to tke flattered wheat growers, and the style and elegance astonish the tourist fresh finn thousand miles of widest Canada, where the log cabin and dug out are the highest forms of residence and the lakes are the bathtubs. There is but one flower garden be- tween the Ottawa river and the Lake
 O the Woods on the line of the railroad In this a tangle of sweet williams blooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Complains of Dumping Ground

That citizens of Birmingham will all low such a condition of affairs brought about by the city garbage dump at Ave- nue c and Thirty-second street is a mar vel to me- said Yard Master B. r. Tur- her of the Seaboard Air Line last night. Several of the men who have to work here at the Seaboard yards are now sick with malarial fever and those who are not can hardly stand the smell from that garbage dump. Il would like three or fo6r ot the aldermen to have to stay as close to that place for F hours as we do. Then l venture to say that something would be done to eliminate the evil.
 When the wind is from the east, as it is tonight, the odor is sckening. The place is thronged with mosquitoes and things have got to a pass where we can endure it no longer. About 30 men have to work here every night and every one of them are either sick with a headache or nauseated so that they cannot eat food after a nights work in that foul smell
 Two of our regular force Engine Foreman c. A. Cochran and Night Black smith George W. Parker are now sick in bed from malaria and every one agrees that they got the disease from this gar bage dump. Our force Is constantly weakened by sick men who are laying off because they have to take a rest from the offensive and disease carrying odor of decaying garbage.
 When the wind comes fromsthe east. the smell is worse than usual When it comes from other directions the people on the other side get the benefit of the odor.
 "The people of Birmingham should de- mand that this be attended to. We need a creamtory for the city garbage and we need 1t now. If 1t costs every man s10 to build a city crematory, the money could not be better invested. It will not cost that much, however, or anywhere near it. All we need is the energy among our aldermen and city officials to take the matter up and do something before the city is in the grip of a malarial epidemic, which is bound to come If the present conditions are allowed to continue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-16
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 That statement made me think" said veteran newspaper man, "of the celebrated row between President Clevelands colored man and Secretary Hoke Smiths colored man. The two were exercising their masters horses out on country road, and got into 6 dispute as to what is the best thing in the world. Finally they made a bet of dollar on it. We'll what is de bes' thing in the world? asked .Cleve- lands man. Roas' 'possum and sweet 'taters,' said Hoke Smiths moke. Whoa says Cleveland's man. drag -- ging at the bridle He Jumped to ths ground, seized Hoks Smiths man by. the lek and dragged him to the dust. Take that says he, lamming him on the neck. You misible black rascal, Yo' aint leave me muffin to guess att"