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/ « THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY. SHUT I"M MUR 22. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rstes: One. Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. jr Colored na second rises matter Ap-tl 25, 1906. at the Poetoffles at Atlanta. Ga.. under act of conareaa of March S. 1171. Subscribers failing to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who can not purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, jnd the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones: Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. I — ■ SMITH A THOMPSON. AUVRItTIBISfO KKI'KKSKNTA- TIVRN FOK TRHRITOIIY OL'TSIDK OF OBOIIUIA. Eastern OITIcce: Western Offices: Potter Bldg., New York. Tribune Huts.. Cblcngo. -i- ■ The Georgian calls the attention of Its multitude of 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. .= 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. V 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 . 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. " 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.