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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY. SHUT I"M MUR 22.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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orreapondents to these facta: That all communlcatlona
oust ba signed. No anonymous communication will be
Tinted. No manuscripts will be returned unless stamps
re Inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondents are
rgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much
sfpossible. A half a column will be read, whereas a
ull column will be paeaed over by the majority of
eaders.
OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s owning its otfn j
gas and electric light plants, as it now owns its water Vorks. Other cities do |
this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. . This should be j
done at once. The Georgian believes that if street railways can be operated sue- j
. eessfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can j
j not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may j
I be some years before 1 we arc ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta j
! should set its face in that direction NOW.
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business of being funny or merely carrying It as a aide
line.
There le a very profltublo leason to be drawn from
(he life and the fortune of John Lawrence Toole. He
made the people laugh until they shook millions of dol
lars from their pockets and when the evil day* came
and the yeara drew nigh when he was able to make them
laugh no longer, they gathered about him In hla home
and cheered hla declining yeare, and enabled him to
leave a comfortable fortune to those he loved and left
behind.
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A Law Against Lying.
The little town of Kirkwood, Mo., Is making a con-
clous or unconaclous bid for farno which Is calculated
o attract something more than passing nttontlon.
The outside world ns yet has not been taken Into tho
onfldence or the moving spirits In the movement, so wo
annot say what Is the underlying motive, but an ordl-
ance has been Introduced In the municipal council
taking lying a crime, punishable by a fine of not les*
ban f5 and not more than $100. If King David were
live, and aa hasty as ever In hla spoech, he might
ay that the strict enforcement of this law would leave
0 one ns turnkey or prosecutor. It would crento a
rltlcal situation In any community to go out after the
tars, the libbers and the prevaricators, for the several
egrees of which there would presumably bo a sliding
cnle between the minimum and the maximum One.
The proposed measure wns not Introduced by n so-
act committee from the Daughters of Dorcns or the
ilnlsters' Union. The Society of tho Cincinnati had
othlng to do with It. And who do you think did pre-
are and present this measure?
It was a former newspaper man from the city of
.L Louis!
The nntural Inference Is that he has seen the tier
Iclous influence of lying In all the relations of life. His
ewapapvr career, particularly 1 n 81. LouJa, brought him
1 Intimate contact with all forms of the evil. Of course
e never did any of It hlmsolf. He was merely tho In.
trument employed to record what he heard, but In that
opacity he had ample opportunity to discover that
rom the social butterfly who sends down word that sho
l “not at home" to the braxen grafter who swears to
J* own Innocence, mendacity was rampant In every
talk of life.
He muit have been ready, after a few yonrs of such
xpcrlenco, to «ay both hastily and deliberately that all
len are Hart.
When he gave up the newspaper business and wan-
ered out to Kirkwood he was no doubt resolved that
e ’would make a model community of It. The curfew
lea had been worked to death before. There was no
lunday baseball to rail against and Kirkwood was nl
•edy a dry town.
So tho best chance he saw of creating a sensation
nd starting a moral uplift was to make It a inlsdemenn
r to tell a He. He would hold up to tho ndmlring gnxo
f the world one town In which there were thlrty-stx
r seven Inches to every yard and neves less than seven-
sen ounces to the pound. For no man, under peril of
be law, would take any chances for the sake of a tew
unces or Inches.
If the ordinance becomes a law and works well,
>e may expect to hear further echoes of this crutado
a the Interest of truth, but to be perfectly frank we
ave our doubts as to the feasibility of the plan.
A Comedian’s Wealth.
The will of John I-awrenco Toole, the celebrated Eng-
ah comedian, has just been read, and It develops that
a left an estate of $400,000. With the consideration
rhlch marked him In lire, he did not fall to remember hla
Id friends, and seventeen beneflclnrios, chiefly actors,
fere given substantial legacies.
Toole was one of the moat successful comedians of
It time. He had left the stage some years ago, and the
resent generation scarcely remembered him, but he had
rowned a youth of labor with an age of ease, and ha
Id not have to worry. Ilka to many actors, when the
ventng of life began to settle down upon him.
It would be difficult to classify Toole's humor. It
'as merely tho Inimitable manner he had of saying
lings—the Interpolations which he threw Into the writ-
In lines, after the fashion of Will Kempe and the other
clowns" of ihe Shakespearean period, who knew so yell
ow to split the ears of the groundlings.
It wss simply the bubbling good humor of the man,
rhlch never deserted him on or off the stage, which en-
eared Him to the hearts of our English cousins * a gen-
ration ago.
Slnee Tcole flrat appeared upon the stage there have
een countless aspirants for fame In “the legitimate” who
ave risen, reigned more or less successfully, and fallen,
> pass from memory, and end their days, in all probabll-
r, In some of the charitable Institution! established by
le actors for the aged members of their craft.
The public did not wnnt “the legitimate" half so much
a It wanted to laugh, and It was cordially willing to pay
ell and to pay long for the man who could give them
tch delicious fooling.
And the fact of the matter u that all the world wants
>ls same buoyant good nature on tho stage and In every
•latlon of life. A little of “tho melancholy Dane." for In-
:ance. will go a long way with most people. It Is Toole
nd Joe Jefferson, and men of that stamp whom the
eople go to see year after year.
Likewise It Is the man with the "Sunny Jim" cast of
juntenance who appeals to mankind. It I* the man
ith the cordial grasp of the hand and the smllo that
vould melt the horns off of Capri cornua the William
•»*." who makes good, whether ho la engaged In the
Let Us Have Municipal Ownership
League.
Now then let us practlcallxe Into action the discus
sion and advocacy of tho Inst few weeks.
We confidently believe that the time le ripe for the
establishment of a municipal ownership league In Atlan
ta. We think that the discussion which has been carried
on In theae columns, and which the reading of newspa
pers and of current volumes has confirmed to this read
ing and Intelligent people, has made the way open and
the time opportune for the organlxatlon of the force* that
look toward this groat and essential reform.
The whole spirit of our democracy la toward munic
ipal ownership of public utllltlea. It Is the distinct trend
and temper of tho times.
The city Is the condensation of the ages, the aggre
gation of nil that la best In clvlllxatlon and all that la
worst In the realm of partisanship.
Municipal government la the cry of the Umea. It
touches us In our dally life a doxen or a score of time*
while the state or national government touches us but
once. The smooth capitalist has been quick to note the
rapidly growing values and enormous possibilities of pub
lic franchises, and he has also been alert to get the aid
of tho politicians in securing the privileges that ought to
belong only to the general public. Belt government la the
basic principle of our Institutional Jurisprudence resting
upon historical and philosophic proof that Justice and lib
erty demand self-government, and that the management
or our own affairs Is one of the moat powerful mean* of
elevating and educating the people. Oppression by an
aristocracy of Industrial monopoly Is as bad aa oppres
sion by a political monopoly. Although we have bad
given to us by our constitution the periodical selection at
our masters and legislators, we have, by our negligence
or by our Ignorance, permitted this great privilege to drift
away from us, and Interested men have found It possible
to elect legislators, local and state and national, who will
guard and protect their schemes. We are governed by
an elective aristocracy which In turn la largely controlled
by an aristocracy of wealth. Behind the legislatures pud
congresses are the corporations and the trusts. Behind
the machines, the rings and the bosses are the business
monopolies, the Industrial combination* and the pluto
crats. Behind the political monopolist* are the Industrial
monopolists.
These facts are. established In the common sepse and
In the common observation of all the Intelligent people
of the cities and of the states. We have auffered ao
much from the monopoly’- extortion and Indifference
along these lines that the time has come when the peo
ple who are the source of power and the object of all
government and the supremo consideration of cities nnd
states, must awaken to the comprehension of the rights
they have lost and the rights they may regain, and to
prepare for tho great future which Is before u« by pro
tecting these necessities and commodities of our Individ
ual life from the grasp of selfishness or the arrogance of
power, and to reconsecrate them to tl$« good of the people
at the lowest cost and along the most helpful lines.
In other words we must begin now to diffuse among
the ranks of tho people that authority and power which
has been too much committed to the syndicates and cor
poration!.
To push these and other reforms there should be
formed a non-partisan league to educate the people to
turn on the light In the dark places, to give the facta
a persistent and Judicious emphasis, to permeate all par
ties with the truth, to call every official to account, to de
velop a civic conscience and to make every public ser
vice a consecrated trust.
This Is what The Oeorglan urges upon the people
of Atlanta to do. We aspire to no leadership We desire
no credit beyond the Indorsement of our own civic con
science In advocating this reform. Our columns
are pledged to an unlimited extent to the advocacy and
publicity of this organisation of the people.
We urge upon thoughtful men to consider the ques
tion and to $ct upon It like true men and good cltlxen*
by becoming members of this organlxatlon. We publish
upon the front page, and there aball be published every
day upon that page, a blank application for membership In
the municipal league. It has no partisan significance and
It Is no political scheme. Ita one object la to give back
to Atlanta every franchise that It can secure, and to give
to the people the commodities of life at the lowest cost
and In the moat convenient manner. It la a practical
public question thdt does not touch parties and does not
In any way Interfere with political affiliations. We aak
our friends and readers to cut this ballot out and send It
to The Georgian at their earliest convenience, making ap
plication for membership In this municipal league.
Let no man fear that he wilt he alone In this applica
tion. With the flrat list of membership published, It will
be found that on the list will be the distinguished name
of Hon. Hoke Smith, the next governor of Georgia. On
that llit will be found tho name of the Hon. Sam D.
Jones, president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
On that Hat will be found the name of the Hon. Georg*
Hlllyer, one of the first cltlxens of Atlanta. Upon that
Hat will be found the names of hundreds of strong men
and patriotic public cltlxena who will stand by you and
the rest of u* In every honest and earnest endeavor to
promote the great cause of municipal ownership and good
government In the city of Atlanta.
Read the ballot, write your name on it and mall It to
The Georgian.
Let Us Find the Germ of the Rapist.
The time la come In the consideration of this criminal
wave to mako thoughtful, patient and Intelligent Investi
gation Into tho natural habits and environments of the
criminals themselves.
We need to know who these monsters are, the envi
ronment from which they come, the conditions-,which
surround them and the circumstances which Inspire their
hellish passions to expression.
We respectfully urge upon our solicitors, sheriffs and,
other officers to make every effort to obtain all such In
formation about every negro criminal who comes before
them charged with this crime. There ire several ques
tions which should be put to them In turn. Let them in
quire:
la the negro an educated one?
If so. from what school did be come, and how far did
his education progress? '
Does he take cocaine?
I* be a city negro or a country negro?
Is he an habitue of the dives, and If ao, what dives,
and from what dive did he come Just before the commis
sion of hla crime?
Hai he been In the habit of looking at the pictures
which cover tHb wall* of these low dives of Iniquity?
Does he eat morphine?
Who have been hla associates, and where are they
now?
It may not be possible always for Judges and solici
tors In the court* to ascertain theae facts, but with the
aid of the sheriffs, the deputy sheriffs and the city and
county police, these very Important data should be gath
ered and carefully noted because they are becoming
vital to the study if this problem.
We have got to take hold of this thing now In the
South as the scientific experts are taking hold of yellow
fever and typhoid fever and make a microscopic exam
ination to discover the bacillus or germ from which
theso Infernal outrages come. Wo have practically ex
hausted the Influence of paaslon and of revenge, although
perhaps as long as the world stands these expres$Jona of
outraged society will continue. But the deeper and the
protounder question Is to see If we-cannot come back
to the fountainhead of this criminology as a sensible
people ought to do and destroy the evil by striking It
at the heart
* We respectfully suggest to all ot those officials, great
and small, whom we have named, and to this lltt we cor
dially add the Atlanta Sociological Society, and suggest
that they will enter upon a quiet and careful study of the
character, history, hereditary habits and environment of
the criminals who are destroying the peace and
happlivss of this Southern country.
This Is the practical way. It la the sensible way. it
la also the aclentlflc way.
We may not be able to accomplish at flrat all of that
wbloh we seek, but we will at least accomplish something
by doing all that we can do to eradicate this evil by
destroying Its germ.
Thoughtless Newspaper Correspon
dents.
The article appearing In The New York American
several days ago touching upon the racial disturbances In
the South, la to be credited to the Georgia correspond
ents of The American apd not to any will or 111 will on tho
part of the paper toward the section which It describe*.
It ip the custom of great newspapers to publish commu
nicatlons sent them from different sections by correspon
dents of good repute, and it Is .these men who hold in
their hands the repute and Integrity of the states tb
which they live, so far as the outside public can affect
them. No man In all newapaperdom has been more
promptly considerate and loyal toward the South In all
matters relating to this racial problem than has Mr.
Hearst of The American. It was he who wrote those
splendid editorials which rang throughout the country de
manding a larger and better understanding and sympa
thy with the South In the shadow of tho race problem
under which it rested. It was he who has advocated edi
torially and unfailingly In his paper the Caucasian side of
the Southern problem; and wo are perfectly confident
that with bis first attention called to the articles In ques
tion, they would be disclaimed, and If necessary an apol
ogy offered to the state.
But we kindly suggest to the young meu who repre
sent these metropolitan papers that they ought to be very
careful how they scatter broadcast before their Northern
constituents an exaggerated statement of the conditions
In the South about which we are always under suspicion
and distrust among a large number of people In the sec
tions to the north of us.
Mr. Bryan’s Next Bdst Speech.
Congressman Thomas W. Hardwick, of the Tenth
district, expressed to The Georgian on yesterday his opin
ion that the speech of Mr. Bryan at the banquet on
Thursday night was the next beat speech that Mr. Bryoh
ever made In his life.
Mr. Hardwick said that he had heard Mr. Bryan speak
In Chicago and In Kansas City, and had heard him
speak dozens of times throughout the country, but that
In hla opinion with the single exception of "The Famous
Crown of Thorns and Cross of Gold" speech which caused
his nomination In Chicago, that the effort of Thursday
night was the best speech that Mr. Bryan had made
since the Chicago convention of 1896.
In this opinion of the young congressman from the
(Tenth there are many thoughtful observers and excellent
judges of oratory who thoroughly agree. It was a great
compliment to Atlanta thrft Mr. Bryan should have re
served his most explicit declaration upon government
ownership, and held In waiting his most fervent and en
trancing eloquence for this capital of the New South.
It was a tribute to the Importance which thlB city bears
In Mr. Bryan’s estimate as the great center for the distri
bution of thought. It,was a tribute to the Importance
which he attaches to the spirit and Influence of Atlanta
and of Georgia In all matters that relate to state and na
tional politics, and It Is also quite likely that Mr. Bryan
himself was Inspired to an extra effort and to a more fer
vent speech by the eloquence of the Georgia speeches
which had preceded his. .
At all events It was the fair testimony of those who
heard It and who have often heard Mr. Bryan before,
that he reached the high water mark, both of caudld elo
quence and of forceful logic, in his speech at tho memora
ble banquet In Atlanta.
I GOSSIP
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By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKE.
New York. Sept. 22.—A close w ch
I* being kept en Mrs. William A or
by the family, and 1 hear there on
'' III be a family consultation as to ' at
Is best to be done In her case.
John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Mars m
Orme Wilson (Caroline Astor) are t-
pected next week, when they will c i-
suit with Mrs. George Ogtlvlo Haig, ,.
Other daughter of Mrs. Astor, who i
been with her mother during her sc.
ous Illness at Newport, but who It
her post for a brief visit to her s),
Henry Coleman Drayton, having -
ranged to be within close call shot I
the necessity arise.
Often Mrs. Astor will call for food i
the middle of the night or Just befok
dawn, when It Is said she will relit
greatly what Is brought her.
MR. W. L. PEEL HONORED The Now York
World of Wednesday Informs us that of the four tide-
eta put out byvttio elements-comppslng the New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mr. William I-awson
Peel, president of the Mnddox-Ruckor Banking Com
pany, of Atlanta, Is upon three of those tickets, the
Mutual Life Policy Holders' Association, tho Interna
tional Association, of which Judge Alton Parker and
Mr. Untermeyer are members, and the Fusion ticket.
This Is a very distinct compliment to one of the
first financiers and business men of Georgia. Mr.
Peel will undoubtedly strengthen any ticket which
contains his name. Among the other names on the
ticket with that of Mr. Peel we note that of Congress
man William B. Lamar, of Florida, and that rare Vir
ginian, the Hon. Allen Caperton Braxton, of Rich
mond, Va.
NATURAL ENOUGH.-—It Is not astonishing that
all of the little railroad organa in the state and
those that are equally anxious to become railroad or
gans. and those that will find It necessary to become
railroad organa In order to become any organs at
all, should make haste to defend Senator Bacon's at
tack on Mr. Bryan’s railroad views.
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The first American girl ever to wei
the real "court train” on her weddlr
gown will be Miss Evelyn Blight "tt
Wild rose beauty." nnd youngei
daughter of Atherton Blight, of Phlla
uelphln, when she weds Maplon Sand
of London, at Newport on October 1
The train will be In no way a modlfl
cation of the style that Is de rlgeur a
the reception of royalty. The drest
princess In one, will bo of white chlf
fon, embroidered with silver while al
down the long train will be ruffles o
lace.
After reaching the ripe old age ot
three score and ten. Frederick MeOwen,
treasurer of the Berwlnd-Whlte Coal
Company, and a director of many other
local corporations at his home
Philadelphia, must learn baby talk.
His beautiful young wife has presented
him with a beautiful blue-eyed girl.
The old gentleman Is as tickled os a
baby with a new toy.
"Yes, sir; It’s a girl: mother’s well,
baby a beaut, old man. Yes, It's the
first, but then you know, we have only
been married two years, was the mes-
sage Mr. MeOwen gave over the phone.
"Baron" Frederick von Oordon-See-
feld and his American bride, a beautiful
New Orleans girl, sail today on the
Hainburg-American liner Graf Walder-
see, unless the relatives of the bride
prevent her departure.
The two leave for Germany In the
face of opposition. The girl’s father
searched the city all last night trying
to locate her, and |y to be at the pier
today. The coupls were not in their
state room on board the steamer last
night. The baron came here with the
avowed Intention of marrying
American heiress, and It Is said he
succeeded. Yet the stony path he trod
at one time led him behind bars.
Thut was when he met the charming
"Countess" Ilka Klnslay Palmay, an
opera singer, who had come here from
Budapest. The acquaintance began by
the "baron” borrowing $2,000 and end
ed by the "countess" causing hla ar
rest and by his making restitution.
During the late winter which ht
spent In New Orleans the "baron” mst
a charming girl, the daughter of a
wealthy Southerner. He made love to
the young woman and married her re
cently.
Dr. B. W. Brackley, a Plainfield, N.
.1.. druggist, was surprised yesterday
to receive a letter from a resident of
Dunellcn, Inclosing a dime, which, tht
writer said, was to pay, with Interest,
for u 5-cent drink of soda obtained
In limn. Tho letter further informed
Dr." Bracklsy. that "the - writer , had
"struck It rich" at the races* and was
worth *70.000, whereas he had former
ly been heavily In debt. He said the
settlement off the soda checks squared
him with the world.
Because she la too rich, a New York
girl has been refused admission to the
Northlleld Seminary, made famous by
the late Dwight Moody. It Is said that
the seminary authorities have deter
mined to guard against the wide ex
tremes In social standing which obtain
In the large women's colleges.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
Growth and Progress of the New South
^serves* something 1
A Billion a Year.
The man who Is sincerely, looking for some spot to which he can move
and thereby better his-fortune should easily be convinced, by plain facts
and figures, that he could do no better than to come South—wherever he
may live—and Invest here his capital, his brawn and his brain.
It Is one of those little nuggets of truth which every Southerner should
carry around In his hat, that thd South Is Increasing her aggregate wealth
at the rate of more than $1,000,000,000 a year.
Quite a good deal more than that, In point of fact, for she Is growing
at the rate of more than $3,000,000 a day.
Now. $1,000,000 la quite a tidy sum of money, and the section of our
common country which Is adding that much every day to Its aggregate
wealth Is advancing very rapidly along the road of progress.
Perhaps we may be allowed to go somewhat Into the details of these
general figures, for while some of them may have been presented before we
can do no better than to keep them constantly before our eye*. For In
stance, the Increase In the South's manufacturing capital during the past
five yeara haa been at the rate of $120,000,000 a year, the total capital In
vested now reaching the enormous figure of practically $1,600,000,000, while
the value of our factory products haa Increased during the same half decade
at the rate of $110,000,000 a year.
In addition to other farm products, which aggregate $1,200,000,000, her
cotton crop, with Its by-prodqota of seed, represents <700,000,000, upon
which depends three-fourths of the spindles operated In the entire world.
In addition to all this, the South Is producing petroleum ct the rate
of 3,000,000 barrels a month; mining bituminous coal at the ute of 6,000,-
000 Jons a month; making about Soo.ooo tons of pig iron a month; idJIng
annually 2,600 mile* to the railroad mileage of the coi ntry; contribu.lng
*6*4.000,000 worth, or about 40 per cent, of the *1,74J,000,000 total export
trade of the country, and sending *642,000,000 of that trade through Its own
ports; Increasing the rapttal of Its financial Institutions at the rate of *50,-
>100,000 a year, and the amount of Its deposits In national, state, savings
nnd private banks and loan snd trust companies at the rate of many mil
lions more a year; adding **,000,000 a day to Its aggregate wealth—these are
a few of the most significant facts of the materlat progress now under
way In the South.
WRIT SARCASTIC.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
If the city goes Into the gas business
It Is to be hoped that the present gas
mains under Peachtree street will be
deemed adequate for the (low of munic
ipal gas.
It would be little short of crime to
mar the perfection of that municipal
asphalt. j. j. DOOLING.
15 West Georgia aveuue.
THE APPEAL TO TME SCRIPTURE
TO JUSTIFY LYNCH LAW
To the Editor of The Georgian:
“Scotch-Irlsh Christian” makes an ap
peal to the Scriptures to Justify lynch
law and wins a compliment from The
Georgian therefor on account of the
fact that ’’he states with clearness and
force what he has to say."
The compliment Is deserved. He does
Indeed, wrest misuse and violate the
Scriptures "with clearness and force."
Let every man who reads this turn to
19th and 20th chapters of JudgeB for
nimwir.
1. In verses 22 to 27 the fearful crime
is stated. A woman had been violated
and slain by the mep of Glbeah. She
was a concubine. These men who did
the wicked deed were looking for a
man, the paramour of this concubine.
He took refuge in a cltlsen’s house.
This c risen would not surrender him,
but said, "Here Is his concubine, do
what seemeth good unto you." But
they would not hearken unto him. So
to save himself this fellow In the house
brought her out himself and gave her
unto them. Then they did the wicked
l« f * her dying. All this you
will find In the ISth chapters.
2. In vorse 1 of the 20th chapter the'
convention of the people of Israel was
assembled to deliberate upon this out-
rage. All the tribes numbering four
hundred thousand and more people
came together In what I* called "the
assembly of tho Lord." The assembly
carefully planned to punish the men of
Gtbeah In accord with the law In Deu-
teronomy. They were being sheltered
by the tribe of Benjamin. The assem-
bl>’ prayed about It and entered sol
emnly Into a war which In the first
battle cost them 22,000 men. In the
second battle they lost 18.000- men.
Then the Israelites had recourse to
strategy and won out In the war
against Benjamin.
o"? wort Jsld about the men
of Glbeah who had done the wicked
deed. If they were ever punished there
Is no record of ft.
This Is "Sootch-Irtsh Christian’s" ap
peal tojhe Scriptures to justify lynch
law, -written -with clearness and
force."
I will answer ht* three questions:
1. Thi\Hlble does Instruct us In morn!
questions, snd It Is for something. But
It Is not for such violent misuse as he
mnkes of It. it ts certainly wrong to
lynch the Bible.
2. The 20th chapter of Judges has
New York, Sept*22.—Here are some
of the vlsltorr- In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. J. P. Cowan, IL
Douglas.
MACON—J. P. Brown, J. P. Williams,
J. H. Williams.
SAVANNAH—Mrs. E. P. Bettry, M.
A. Buttlmer, J. H. Haslam, J. S. Haw
kins, M. A. O’Byrne.
IN PARIS.
Paris, Sept. 22.—Mr. and Mr*. Epstein
and A. Sondhelmer, of Savannah, Ga..
registered at the office of the European
edition of The Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 22.
1774—Tope Clement XVI died.
1792— Flrnt French republic proclaimed.
1796— Kugllfth frigate Amphlon blown up at
Plymouth; 200 liven lost. ,
1810—Dr. John Urown, author of "Rah and
Hit Friend*,” born. Died May 11. I*-
1841— laondon und Brighton Uailwuy opened
to traffic.
1842— Abdul Hamid II* saltan of Turk*!
ltorn. ....
1861—Lou I* Koesuth and other IluncnrfiM
revolutlonUts sentenced to death.
1864—Confederate* defeated st battle o*
Flatter* Hill.
TELEGRAPHERS OPPOSE
ANTliBUCKET 8HOP BILL.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala. Sept. 22.—The
warehousemen of Montgomery and the
Montgomery Order of Commerclnl Tel
egraphers’ Union have entered a strong
protest against the passage of the Hoi-
llway anti-bucket shop ordinance anti
ask that It not be passed.
DELEGATES APPOINTED
TO COTTON CONVENTION.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 12.—Probat*
Judge J. W. Penn also appointed dele
gates to the Gofld Roads convention
which meets In Birmingham on Oc
tober 17, and the 8tate Cotton Grow
ers’ Association In Montgomery.
question of lynching, but Is simply »
history at a war which arose between
Israel and the tribes of Benjamin, wh»
harbored criminals, who would ha'*
been only punished by the laws «>
Moses. The Israelites were trying ta
execute tnelr laws and the tribes oi
Benjamin took sides with the criminal. •
3. God wants the people of this coun
try to punish rapists and to punt n
them speedily, but he want* It done sc-
cording to taw and not as a matter ™
private vengeance. Lynching Is anar
chy. Anarchy In It* final analysis I*
Godlcssness.
not the remotest bearing upon the I SCOTCH (NOT IRISH) CHRISTIAN.