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THE ATLANTA ‘ GE0RG1 AN. TAf, OCTOKBK'I/.TSWfc * gt,S/jjod«ty. j ps^Vn-r. \ v ‘ jlaron. , • «&"£. c. !•««• i M««£. t :i SOCIOLOGICAL EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J. P „ J'KinT'n 5 ®* < -'^ ea ^ on > E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Kime. CRIME AMONG NEGROES l/in Address Delivered to the Sociological Society by C. B. Wilmer. Officers Atlanta Society. President: Dr. R. R. Kloie. t Vice-President: J E. M. Underwood. • Secretary-Treasurer: • Dr. E. C. Cnrtledge. • Regular Meeting on • Second Thursday •Night of Each t Month at Carnegie • Library. it u sometime* said that the "negro nroblem" i* only a human problem. Th«t is true if it be meant that It comes within the limits of the human, but ulse if it be meant that there are not Mcullnr condition* hero in the South which differentiate the problem from me question of crime in general. When i, is remembered that more case* of a certain unnamable crime done and at tempted by negroes occurred in nnd •round the city of Atlanta within a few weeks than are recorded aa happening ID the whole history of the negro race In the whole of this country prior to 1S«1, it Is seen that we ars "confronted by a condition, not a theory.” It I* the itrangeness and the extent of this aw fui situation that appal us and have caused us weil-nlgh to lose our heads. Lynch Lew Both Useless and Ruinous. Nevertheless, losing our heads is the one thing we can not afford to do. It Is when a ship is in a storm that she can least afford to dispense with her pilot or lose sight of the North etar by night and the sun by day. Our expe rience has at last convinced the most unwilling to be convinced of the utter futility of lynch law a* a deterrent of crime; and not only of lte futility, but of us perniciousness. You might as well expect to break down the dykes of Holland and let in the sea only to one foot to drown a rat without en gulfing the whole country; you might as well expect to destroy gravitation that holds suns and moons and stars and planets In their places for tho lake of capturing and destroying ons wayward meteor, without turning cos- moa Into chaos, as expect to turn loose the demon of lawlessness and control It within specified bound*. The lynch ing of even guilty men lead* to the murder of innocent men, and this Is only one step from anarchy in which no man's property or life are safe. We have come to the very verge of thli In Atlanta; Ood help the man who can not tee this even now! On* Lesion We Mu*t Learn prom Mob* There is one leiaon we must learn, even from mobe. Something more I* necessary than "letting the law take It* course.” We must try to prevent crime. And to that end the first step Is to study the subject. Crime, In gen era!. by whomsoever and upon whom soever committed,'!* due to a number of causes, some subtle and some tangible; some immediate and some remote; some personal and some sociological— due, that is, to conditions under wbleh the Individual criminal has been brought up. The first lesson a man has to learn. nft*r he geto^the passion of revenge and: the spfrlt' of lawless ness out of him—and then only can he learn it—is the lesson of the law of cause and efTect in human society. A brute commits some awful crime and ve stand aghast. If we realty, are In tamest about trying to prevent such crimes, we must inquire what were the conditions under which that man was bom and brought up? What can wa do to better those conditions? How may we deal with the criminal after the commission of the deed, so aa to bring to bear a maximum of deterrent force upon others? Refusing to heed the voice of passion, wo must ask, what does experience teach? Analysis of th* Existing Situation. 1. Some facts about crime among th* begroes. In 1890 the proportion of negro prls- snera In the United States was IS to every 10.000; that of the whltss being 10 to every 10,000; the Mongolians 38 *nd the Indians 55. Tho negro Is mors criminal under freedom than ho was under alavery. He Is more criminal at the North than he Is In the South. As to whether crime Is on the Increase or decrease among the negroes, there are SO statistics for the past two years, but the Lnlted States census seems to •how, for the country at large, an In crease both absolutely and relatively up to the years 1890-1898, and a decrease •mce that period down to the year 1900. m Georgia serloua crime among the negroes appdars to have Increased down to tho year 1595, and to have de creased from 1895 down to 1904. The total number of negro convicts In Georgia In 1895 was 2,210, or 2.83 per thousand; and In 1904, 2,059, or 1.78 per thousand. Another fact of Interest .and impor tance is.that crime Is committed main ly by the young. In 1810 more than one-half of all the negro prisoners were between 20 nnd SO years of age, nnd nearly one-flfth between 10 and 20. -• Cause* of crime among the ne- jT0C8. Causes of crime In any people must be sought partly In the characteristics or the people themseiVes, and partly In influences to which they are subjected. The writer of this has thought It would be of Interest to present here the re sults of investigations made by the At lanta conference, under the auspices of the Atlanta University, In 1904, and published as “Atlanta University Pub- •Icatlona, No. 9; Notes on Negro Crimes, LOOK OVER , ? undf y and W you find any rea* . * ,op ditaatlafaetlon you should •nte« > to Ur ,ine ° t0 U,> *° r WC flUar * Launder Your Linen u?„*' l . oth,r articles In a way that S€nno * be surpassed. excelsior laundry, 10-42 Wall Street. Ph «nti, Main, 41. ^lton tinted lead. palnter knows what It Is. It t *ctured < b t tlDlC< * lea< * ma<le ' SIanu ' F-J. COOLEDGE & SON., AUaula - Savannah. let. independently of opinions ex pressed, with which we may agree or disagree. Is a valuable collection of facts bearing on tho question of negro crime, nnd 1 am Indebted to It for a good deal of the information ui the preparation of this article. Following are put down as "Faults of the Negroes;" "1. Abuse of their new freedom and tendency toward idleness and vagrancy. 2. Loose ideas of property, petty plIfcrlDf, "3. Unreliability, lying and deception. 4. Exaggerated ideas , of persona] rights, irritability and suspicion. "6. Sexual looseness, weak family life and poor training of children, lack of respect for parents. "6. Lack of proper self-respect; low or extravagant Ideals. "7. Poverty, low wages and lack of accumulated property. "8. Lack of thrift and prevalence of the gambling spirit. " "9. Waywardness of the 'second gen eration.’ . . "10. The use of liquor and drugs.' Bearing in mind that this analysis of the negro is made by educated negroes themselves, does It not appear that there Is a commendable lack of attempt to "whitewash” their own race? Does not this analysis breathe the scientific spirit, bom of a desire to get at the truth? This ought to make us at least patient toward what the same soclolog- cal students say of.the whites In this same connection. "Faults of the Whites." '1. The attempt to enforce a double standard of Justice Jn the courts, one for negroes and ona for whltys. The election of Judged for short terms, making them subservient to waves of public opinion In a white electorate. "8. The shirking of Jury duty by the best class of whites, leaving the deal ing out of Jostle* to the most Ignorant and prejudiced. - "4.- Laws so drawn as to entangle the Ignorant, as In the case of laws for la bor contracts, and to leave wide discre tion as to punishment In the hands of Juries and petty offlclals. “5. Peonage and debt slavery as to methods of securing cheap and ateady labor. "6. Th* tendency to encourage Ignor ance and subserviency among negroes Instead of intelligence, ambition and Independence. "7. The taking of all rights of politi cal self-defense from the negro, either by direct law or custom or by ‘white primary’ system. ”8. The punishment of crime means of public and private revenue rather than as a means of preventing the making of criminals. ”9. The rendering of the chastity of negro women difficult of defense in law or custom against the aggressions of white men. • ”10, Enforcing a caste system in such a wgy as to humiliate negroes and kill their self-respect." Of th# ten "faults" charged to whites as helping to make crime among ne groes, No. 7 will naturally arouse the most pronounced opposition. But pass ing that by, will any of us white men say that there is no truth at all In the other nine chargee brought against us? The Judgment of the experts of the civ ilised world, sustains the eighth count Is unreasonable? And, on the whole, do not these extracts from “A Social Study.” made almost entirely by col ored men, suggest that we may gain help In protecting our own race from negro crime by working In conjunction with the best negro minds? I venture to suggest that the work of these col ored educated men compares favorably for wisdom, practicality nnd sanity with the work of white mobs, apolo gised for by other white men and wink ed at by white police. More than that, compare with the statement often heard In high places that we "will stop law lessness when the negro ceases from crime,” a statement which is nothing more or less than an abject surrender to the devil and a confession of our moral Inferiority to the negro—appeal ing to tho negro to save us from an archy instead of saving ourselves— compare with that the following noble appeal made by the Atlanta conference to negroes: "Making allowiince for all exaggeration in attributing this crime to negroes, there still remain enough well-authenticated cases of brutal as sault on women by black men in Amer ica to make every negro bow his head In shame. Negroes must recognize their responsibility for their own worst classes and never let resentment against slander allow them even to seem to palliate an.awful deed. This crime must at all hazards stop. Lynch ing' is awful, and injustice and caste are hard to bear; but if they are to be successfully attacked, .they nfllkt cease to have even this terrible Justl flcatlon.” The time has come when all men who believe in the fundamentals ctf civilisation should speak out with no uncertain sound. We must condemn the murder of In nocent people. We must gain the help of the best element among the ne groes. To do that we must assure them protection of honest, law-abid ing negroes. If we have any superior ity we must prove it by superior con duct. We must set the negroes a good ezample. W# complain that they har bor criminals of their own race. How many white criminals are at this mo ment being harbored by other white men in and around Atlanta? How many white men are breaking state and city laws and evading punishment while wretched negroes are hauled into court? As a practical measure looking to ward the better apprehending of negro criminals, the appointment of negro policemen, to be allowed to arrest only negro law-breakers, has been tried elsewhere and found to work welt. As a preventive measure, 1 believe that great good can be accomplished by a radical revision of our vagrancy laws, as well as by the adoption of the prin ciple of the Indeterminate sentence for all prisoners. Our vagrancy laws at present consign a man or boy for a given number of days at the chain- gang. He serves his sentence nnd comes out. Has any good been done? is the prisoner not apt, on the con trary, to come out worse than he went In? Why not adopt the principle that any adult, man or woman, able. and not willing to work, la a potential criminal and has forfeited tne- right to remain a free member of society? Vagrants should be given a chance to get a permanent job or else suffer transportation, with Imprisonment for life, subject to pardon on evidence of amendment, every humane opportunity being given for learning a trade, or aome means of livelihood. This would not only prevent many a crime, but would put thousande of shiftless men nnd women to work for fear of the penalty. People who will not work are HOLINESS CONVENTION BEGINS ON TUESDAY Elaborate preparations are being made for the Holiness Union conven tion which begins In the Baptist Tab ernacle next Tuesday and continues for four days. H. C. Morrison, one of the greatest pulpit, orators in the country, is to be one of the speakers, and other prominent members of the faith will be present. The convention Is expected to be the largest ever held In Ahe South. AMERICANS WERE HOSTESSES TO SPAIN’S KING AND QUEEN ON THEIR VISIT TO ENGLAND last, what are we to say In the face of the fact that so many men we are com pelled to call white are In favor of kill ing a negro Just because he la a ne gro? What Inducement do the whites offer a negro to be honest and faithful and law-abiding, if thq good negro and the bad negro are to 1>e put Into the tamo Indiscriminate condemnation and all are to be murdered together? Of course all white men are not so de graded aa that, but Is it not a shame that any white man should sink so low? So far as that cl*.*s of whits men ex ists, are they not provocative of crime among negroes and a direct menace to the safety of its all? Ill, The Cure. The Atlanta conference report hae thte to say under that head. The cure for negifo crime lies In moral uplift and Inspiration among negroes. Th* masses of the race must be made vivid ly to realize that no man ever hae an excuse for laziness,. carelessness and wrongdoing. That these are not a cure for oppression, but rather Invite and encourage further oppression. Negroes, then, must be taught to stop fighting, gambling end steeling, which seem to be the usual misdemeanors of the care less, and particularly the law-abiding must separate themselves from that dangerous criminal element among us who are responsible for murder, rape and burglary, and vigorously condemn the f.“lme and the criminal. Four agen cies among negro** may work toward this end—the church, the dRool, Insti tutions for rescue work, ana the Juve nile reformatory. • To the above !■ added the following 'Appeal to Whites;” “This conference appeals to the white people of Qeorgla for six things: "Fairer criminal laws; Justice In the courts: the abolition of state traffic In trim* for public revenue and pri vate gain; more Intelligent method* of punishment; the refusal to alow free labor to be displaced by convict labor, and finally, a wider recognition of tho faet that honest, intelligent, law-abid ing black, men are safer neighbor* then Ignorant, underpaid serfs, because It 1* the latter class that breqjls dangerous “i? there anything In that appeal that latratlon plan might be made practl cal, for negroeg roaming from one county to another. These are some of the things that might be done at once. Amongst the subtle forces that make for good In the long run, I name but two: education and religion. Spite of all the detects In our public school system for negroes, and spite of all the prejudice against educating ne groes, the facts show that Illiteracy tends to crime and literacy to good cltlsenshlp. The Sociologist can treat of religion only as a recognised fore* In life, which It I*. As Lecky shows in his "History of Europeon Morals," respect for human life don not belong to man by nature.—It I* because of the Influence of the Bible, basing respect for human life on faith In Ood the Father 6f us all, and In whose image we ere created, that respect for hu man life as such, has made Its way in the world. Speaking merely a* a Sociologist, I say, If we wish to purify the hearts* of men, whether white or black, and plant our civilisation upon respect for human life, we must be lieve In the Fatherhood of Ood and the brotherhood of men. In conclusion, this study Is suggest ive merely and by no means designed to be exhaustive. One fact should make u* hopeful: the negro has shown BRIDGE-COLLAPSES WITH SHOW WAGON Special to Tbe Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn. Oct. 17.—A wag on containing the sideshow of Barnum & Bailey’s show and' sij; big horses fell through the street bridge over the Southern railway here this morning. Two horses were ruined nnd the boy driver fatally Injured. The bridge wna found to be rotten and several heavier wagon* had just passed over. Young People’s Union. On Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock the Atlanta Baptist Young People's Union will meet at Woodward Avenue Church. A careful program has been prepared, which promises to be enter taining as well as Instructive. The union earnestly solicits the co-opera tion and sympathy of all churches of like denomination In making this meeting a success, and especially urges all B. Y. P. U. workers to bo sent at this meeting. SHERIFF SHOT NEGRO WHO OEFEHED EIGHT Spoclnl to Tho Georxnln. Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 17.—Sheriff Hood, of Fairchild, 8. C., shot and killed Henry Johnson, an escaped 09gro convict, this morning, at Monroe, this state. The negro vrns raising a shotgun when the officer got the drop on him, nnd with his pistol sent a bullet through his head. Hood surrendered to tbe sheriff'at Mon* roe. i AT THE THEATERS (Copyright, 1906, by W. R. Hearit.) • Two American .women who recently entertained the young King and Queen of Spain, In England. On the left Is Lady Leith, nee Miss January, of St. Louis, now mistress of Fyvle, Scotland, where sh* received the young royal couple. On the right Is Lady Willoughby de Eresby, formcily Miss Breese, of New York, who entertained Alphonso and his bride *t the celebrated eatate shown below. MISTRESS MARY ANN’S MAD-NESS By HELEN GRAY Take Many Train Rides? If so—Why > It’s quicker, cheaper, safer and easier to telephone. Bell lines extend to all impor- t a n t points. You can telephone from . your house. Rates arc reasonable. Don’t take our word; try it. Call Contract Dept,,M. 1300 BELL SERVICE The color scheme of the garden was green and whits. In the green season It had the appearance of being pow- dered with snow. Bushels of roses, ■Ito, garlanded tbe galleries and festooned tne low stone fence. Lilacs and lilies and bridal wreath bushes and saintly syringas were strewed about; and flung acroea the center of a long reen lawn was a rug of candytuft. Vo tall oleander trees grew on either eide of the high-posted, old-fashioned rate. There were flower beds planted n snowy-faced dalslee, portulaccos and verbenas, and other low-growing plants: and when a sportive breese played white phlox danced merrily. Perhaps the garden was never so pretty as when the pear trees at the rear spangled their blossoms upon the emerald beneath. The frame house, with its two ga bits, which stood In the center of the garden, was painted In white; and the curtain* that hung faultlessly at th* windows were of the snowiest of dotted muslins. Even the tabby that sunned Itself In the garden walk was white furred. Not th* least Interesting flower of the garden was its mletreas, who oc cupied th* place with her Mini-Invalid mother. Mistress Mery Ann Merrill was of the type that Is slender and fair. She had hair of the kind that Is tawny with gold, and It clustered about her brow In little delicate spirals. She had large gray eyes, which looked beseech ingly. When any one Inquired of hei the why of her penchant for white she dismissed him or her with no other re ply than a smile. Mistress Mary Ann carried out her madness for white even In the faahlos of her drees. It was not to bs won dered at, then, that when Abner White, S ood looking and we|l-totdo, took up Is abode m*AbbeyVllle, the gossips should snicker and say that If Mary Ann Merrill could catch him abe would do so. If for no other reason lhan his name. • Sometimes Abner sew Mary Ann at a church festival. Sometimes he leaned over the garden cate of a twill; moonlight evening and watch* flitting about with her watering pot. One night, when a white moon was playing hide-and-go-seek with a bevy of little cloudlets In the blue dome above, Abner called to Mias Mary Ann from th* gate. "Why, ’Mr. White," she said, coming forward quickly, "how you startled me!” Tv# been watching you for full flve minutes,” said Abner. “Mia* Mary Ann, you remind me of—of—a Illy of the valley." "Com* In." said Mary Ann emphat ically. And Abner unlatehed the gate and crossed th* Rubicon. 1 reckon,” raid he, when they had been seated a while on th* rose en- wreathed porch, “that you’d like some of them white blackberries, for your garden that that feller out In Califor nia Is getting up. Mighty powerful thing to do—to make whit* blackber ries.” ~ certainly would Ilk* to have some," himself under other conditions os not Inherently brutal or criminal; witness th* race before and during the war, and the same race In Jamaica today. Thera facts should encourage us to believe that by bettering the condl- tfons amongst us, we can make better men and women of the negroes. Look the South over and tell me Is It not true that the more the negroes com* under the Influence of good white peo ple, th* better they nee? A Splendid Production. No more thoroughly pleasing pre sentation of a thoroughly pleasing play has been seen In many months than "On Parole/’ which will be given its final performance at the Grand Wed nesday night. It Is so different from tho average wartime drama that It Is refreshing. In Its logical plot, Its faithfulness to the spirit of tho times. Its nbsoiute fairness from a sectional standpoint. It stands alone. Tile com pany, principal* and lesser players alike present a* flawless picture of old Virginia in the Ws. "On Parole" will be talked of for weeks after It has gone. O. D. ‘J. “The G*i7T*P«t*y." 'The Girl Patsy,” a four-act comedy drama from the pen of ‘ Mrs. Jane Mauldin Felgt, will be the attraction at the Grand Thursday evening, Fri day matinee and Friday evening. The piece deals very fairly with a present time problem of domestic life near New York in an aristocratic country place, whose people date their anchestry back to the Revolution, nnd yet they, like alt others, have their share of scandal, which is brought out in this dmma. The author has judiciously avoided melodramatic effects, but there are mo ments that grip the audience. Miss June Mathis is seen In the wlnsomo role of the girl "Patsy." Blanche Walsh 8aturday. "The Woman In the Case," Clyde Fitch's play In which Blanche Walsh Is to appear at the Grand Saturday matinee and evening. Is said to con tain more lines that can be remem- bo.-ed and quoted than any play of re cent years. Here are some that are most frequently heard quoted In the drawing rooms of New York: "My faith In him Is more than hu man. It cornea from my very soul, and you know In our souls lives what ever there Is of the divine In us.” "I understand eveiythlng good of you and nothing'bad. I understand how I love you. You represent life In this world to me. That's all I can say." "Will you men never understand what a woman can’ endure for the man she loves? Some men undergo physi cal torture* for our sokes which our bodies refuse to support, but wo make It up In what we can endure mentally and spiritually for you.” “In Old Kentucky.” It begins to look as If the "standing room only" sign would etay on exhibi tion all the rezt of the . week at the Bijou, for “In Old Kentucky" has come up to and passed every prediction that was made for It, and the popular dra matic success will eclipse the biggest attendance record shown at the Bijou since it was converted from the old Columbia. "In Old Kentucky" Is not a regular popular price attraction. It plays In theaters where the scale of prices la larger than on the Bijou circuit, but Mr. Wells arranged for the production In 'Just four of his theaters, and At lanta was one of the favored. It Is a big offering, nnd the people who have witnessed tho three performances al ready given have been wondering If it will be possible to eecure a* good seats for some ofhor performance, nnd there are hundreds who aro trying to get _ . t||* "brat sent" for- some onr- of the re in the moonlight her red-gold hair m alnlng times the performance will be shone like an aureole about ner head. K)vpn There will be the regular schedule of about It. Mary Ann stepped out on the gallery at this moment. ”1 am eorry you have doubts of me, Mr.’White, and that you are airing your opinion to the townspeople,” she said, Icily. “Mias Mary Ann, what can I do to make you feel that I don't care whether It's my name or not my name that you marry me for?" said Abner. "There Is but one thing, Mr. White, that would convince me v that you be lieve that I am not marrying you for your name, and that is, that you take my name. It you are willing to stand up before all th* people of Ab- beyvllle and take my name, I will feel convinced. If not, consider the matter at an end." Mary Ann turned away from him, performances the rest of the week, with matinee performances on Thursdny and Saturday. DR. HEXAMER GTVEN SILVER LOVING CUP. N In appreciation of his services; In making German day at the atate fair so enjoyable. Dr. Charles J. Hcxamer was tendered an Informal reception In the parlora of the Kimball house on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Hexatoier left for Philadelphia Tuesday night. Prior to his departure ortd Just after the reception, members of the Atlanta German Society pre sented the distinguished guest with a handsome silver loving cup. Dr. Hexamer, In German, expressed hla great appreciation of the gift. said Mary Ann Interestedly, "I'd put ’em over yonder In that comer. I wouldn't mind navin' a saucer of 'em to'eat now." "Mebbe I'll get some and send you next week when I go to California." “I didn't know you were goln' to California,” said Mary Ann, meekly. "Mebbe I am,!' answered Abner, pre tending Indifference. Mary Ann looked down and began to fumble with her little white hands. Abnsr looked sidewise at her. He Uked the cadence In her voice, and ha thought he had never seen her look *o charming. "Yra, I'm a-thlnkln' of It," he con tinued, still looking sidewise. Mary Ann began thinking of It, too. She had known Abner now for three months, though this was the first time he had crossed her threshold. "How would you Ilk* to go to Cali fornia?" said Abner, abruptly, when the whlto moon had slipped under one of the little cloudlets, "I'd like It fine,” said Mary Ann, blushing; "but I’ve lived all my life In the South and perhap* th* folks wouldn't Ilk* me out there." 'Mebbe they would," said Abner, assuming coolness; and he waited for the white moon to slip under one of the. little cloudlets again before he said any more. Klpd moon! Jt sailed awhile through the blue ether, and then hid Its face. Abner moved hla chair a little nearer to Mary Ann's, and his voice softened Into tenderness. Would you like to go to California on n bridal tour, Mies Mary Ann?" he aald tremulously. "Mebbe I would,” answered Mary Ann, a bit Independently. Miss Mary Ann, you ain't a goln' to throw jne over, are you 7" said Abner, heartlessly. 'Tve thought of you i thousand times as a/Wy-of-the-valley.' At being likened unto a flower Mary Ann's heart weakened and th* white moon shining under a cloudlet Just then gave Abner the opportunity of clasping her little white hands In hla He was In the act of stooping to kies them when, simultaneously, tits'moon sailed out boldly Into tbe open and Miss Bsnnl* Pettigrew unlatched the garden gate. The next day all of Abbeyvllle knew that Mary Ann Mer rill was to become Mr*. White.. “She’s Just a-marryln‘ you for tbe name," said Mis* Bennie next morning when she met him on the street. Folks eay she’s craxy aa a hare on the subject. I ain’t got nothin* against Mary Ann; she’s as’clever as they’re made, but she’s some off on that sub ject." "I wonder It you sln’t mistaken.” an swered Abner; but he determined to wak to Mery Ann on the question of is name next day. The mooji was In the same place the following evening when Abner walked up tfle garden path. > The same little cloudlets seemed to be marching through the sky. Mery Amt’s mother was sitting on the porch alone, watt ing to «e him. •Tm eorry to tell you, Mr. White.” ehe raid, rising to greet him, "that 3far>’ Ann feels ehe’s made a mistake. She saye Mis* Bennie Pettigrew has been telling her that you think she Is going to marry you for your name. She saye she could never wed any one who Is doubtful of her affections." Abner was much surprised at this turn In affairs, and he so expressed &lWt“M|HERRING’S MEDICINE COMPANY. Atlanta. Ga. Her eyas were. cast down, and her long lashes seemed to rest upon her cheeks. Her complexion was as fair as alabastsr. "But, Mias Mary Ann, that would sound so ridiculous, and the boy* would all laugh at me," said Abner. "If you don’t think more of me than you do of the boys." raid Mery Ann, her eyes still cast down, "then we had better part." "fill*# Mary Ann—" "Well?” "I can't give you up." Mary Ann's hands were held out to him. "I don't give you up; I'll do any- , thing—'■ Before he knew It, Mary Ann's white cheeks were against hla coat sleeve, and his hand woe lifted to her lips. "But It's a secret," ehe said, turning eyes full of love to hla. “No one is to know about your taking my name until the day before the marriage." Just then Miss Bennie Pettigrew came up the walk. For several weeks Mary Ann kept very busy planning her wedding clothes. It was to be a green and white wedding. Abner was a devoted lover, but he had secret qualms con cerning the change of name. The wedding week arrived. Pres ents galore came pouring In. The wed ding gown was completed. It was of white ■ silk. Over tt wae. to drop a fine tulle veil, which wa* to be ad-; justed by a spray of lilt** of the val ley. m The bride was to carry a bouquet of the seme flowers. Abner's gift was a white luory prayer book. The day before the wedding the prospective bridegroom, with but one thought to mar bis happiness, dropped In to eee the prospective bride. "Are you perfectly willing?" said Mary Ann, wlnsomely. with her arms about his neck. 1 wouldn't give you up for the world, Mury Ana” answered Abner, "Didn't you know I was only testing you, dear?” she said softly. “I never had any Idea of making you change your name." And Abner agreed that It was much better for them to be married In tho regulation way. 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