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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WKU.NUSIUY, DkCMlUKK 12. IKK. “V- ]Sj |« itI '- - —■•j^jjar.iiTwjS'it. , ,~ir: 1 I : . "- j •••’ •• • • '■'•J^^2aaig£r5^^(»asaai^egigS^i^sn^tea^ > r .u-ZiV^i^Z <aca.i. i Emmons for Quality.” For the Men’s Christmas Give a man something that will increase his comfort and add to his pleasure and you have given him something he regards as ideal. Doubly appreciated, too, if the box or parcel bears the name of Em mons—it means a guarantee of style and quality—especially impor tant in a gift. . Make your selection from this list—you won’t go wrong. Smoking Jackets, $5.00 to $15.00 Lounging Robes, $5.00 to $15.00 Bath Robes, $5.00 to $10.00 Silk Mufflers, $1.00 to $2.50 Stylish Hats, 1 $2.00 to $5.00 1 Suits, Overcoats, $10.00 to $35.00 Silk Umbrellas, I Pretty Neckwear, $2.50 to $6.00 ' 50c to $1.50 Fancy Pajamas, Kid Gloves, $1.50 to $2.50 Night Shirts, 50c to $1.50 Silk Handkerchiefs, 50c to $1.50 Linen Handkerchiefs, 25c to 50c * .1 Silk Suspenders, Fancy Vests, $1.00 to $2.50 $] .50 to $5.00 $1.00 to $2.50 Watch Fobs, $1.00 tp $2.50 Scarf Pins, 50c to $1.50 Cuff Buttons, 25c to $2.00 Give Him Initial Handkerchiefs Imported Hemstitched Initial Hand- Give Him a Hand- Some Overcoat Here you arc. just a* smart In looks Swimoni Give Him a Silk Muffler .Mufflers and evening dress protector* uf the finest silks In rich designs— kerchieft, nicely packed, six In fan cy box, TSo and 31.50 box. 39 and 41 Whitehall. tailor# can make them, 312.50 to 133.00 39 and 41 Whitehall fancy and solid colors, 91.00, 91.50, $2.00 and 32.50. STRONG, TIMELY WORDS SPOKEN FROM THE PULPITS OF ATLANTA AGAINST CRIME & MOB VIOLENCE Th* following excerpt* from sermons delivered by the ministers of Atlanta we given to the publto with the hope that the strong words spoksn will help to crystal Ixe a hearty and Immovable puhlio opinion against crime and all forms of mob vlolsnce. This Is one step taken by the minis '*'• in co-operation with the officers of 'he Business Men's Gospel Union, to ward an effort to readjust the relations of the races at the South'. It Is agreed " n "11 sides that our civilization Is In 1*11, because of increasing crime and lawlessness. The whole nation Is wak- h-s to the condition, and men, overy- "herc. are casting about for the best method* to secure the proper enforce ment .if law. The Christian League, recently or- K iiiizcd In this city with members from hoih races, is now attempting to bring "™er out of confusion and harmony out discord nnd hate, through a sane, "'und public opinion, to become rioml- nnnt among nil the people. The end "night Is concerted effort to Inspire in People a greater respect for the l ie re is needed strong public senti ment to back up the law upon the fol lowing propositions: 1. That criminal assaults upon wom en constitute the most villainous crime known to the catalogue of iniquities and must be punished to the very ex tent of the law In the execution of the criminal. 2. That death by mob violence I* murder, outright, and can have no ex cuse or countenance in Christian civil! ration or Individual or community life. It violates the law of God and the law of man as well. 3. That all law-abiding white people nnd law-abiding negroes, ns far as may be needed, will aid the proper officer* of the law to apprehend nnd bring to trial all offenders against the law, Whether Individuals or mobs, regardless of race, with such proof to convict as may lie within their knowledge and control. 4. That it Is the duty of every citizen to be absolutely obedient to law nnd to maintain the peaco of the community ns far ns his power nnd Influence nmy 5. That 111 the adjustment of nil dif ferences between the races absolute Justice as to nil legal rights shall he secured to each Individual, Irrespective of race or social condition. 6. That the press of the state may be SBrooches Always appropriate for a gift to a woman. Our Brooches range in style . aud elaborateness frmn the simplest plain gold designs to the richest gem-set kinds. Between these two extremes of style arc all the expressions of the jeweler’s most clever i'leas. Scrolls, love knots, leaves, sprays, clusters, cir cles, ovals, seaarabs are a few of the scores of attract- i'e patterns. . The quality of even the lowest priced is perfect ■""I goes out with our guarantee. Brices? Any price you like. From $i.50 to $3,500. Maier and Berkele used. to create, In every possible way, ■uch public sentiment im will maintain obedience to law. 7. That all the people may pronounce, positively, n«a!n;t all undue delay* l)V the court*. whether In form* of tho law or through petty technicalities that finally defeat the end of Justice, and demand auch changes In the law n* will make the, penult leu for violation swift, certain and effective. The appeals pet out In these excerpt*, taken from the sermons delivered, are necessarily limited, but they constitute an earnest, strong efTort made In God'a name and for the sake of humanity, that we may have security In our homes, law and order In the community nnd a civilisation worthy of the great trusts that have been committed to us. W. J. NORTH*:X. REV. JOHN F. PUR8ER. Pastor West End Baptist Church. Rom. 13:1-3. "Ju*t laws are made to restrain evil and protect good. Die powers that he are ordained of Ood, ergo, every man owes unswerving oho* dlenco to the lawn of his government. We make one exception: If these law are contrary to the laws of God then must obey God rather than men. Even then, passive resistance Is often wlsfe, as In the case of our dissenting brethren In England regarding the In iquitous school tax. When Paul ut tered his dictum he was the subject of the Roman government with Nero, the moat wicked and profligate of all Roman wicked and profligate emper ors, as the head and arbiter of Its laws. Why could he say this? Because he knew that a bad government was bet ter than no government at all. Moh law is no law. It brutalises men: It makes beasts of human beings: It sub- j verts all authority: It substitutes ven geance for justice and defeats the ends It seeks to gain. It Is a multitudinous infamy of baseness, stupidity and sav- agery. It Is humanity at Its lowest and muddiest ebb. The death of a human being at tho hands of his fellow men. whether innocent.or guilty, when un authorised by tho law, is the "grim mest and ghost Hast of all grim and ghastly tragedies.** Such u moh. with Its Illegal hour*, talre wltneioon. mock trial inti tinrtlontlng envy and bote, crucified the innocent Son of Man. Such a spirit Is in every mob which sets aside x the legislation of heaven and wrecks Its - vengeance upon the oblect of Its malignity. Such s spirit, un checked. will Inevitably destroy all rhtistlan cIvillsHtlon " REV. E. C.CRONK. Pastor English Luthsran church. Horn. i3:l-4. Men set themselves against all authority, trample under foot the majesty of the law, sow the gro problem and have the law upheld, get down the old Rook end see what God. the Lord, has said about the brotherhood of man nnd the father- nood of God and what He says about obcdl. nce to law. REV. H. H. PROCTOR, Pastor First Congregational Church (Colorsa). Rom. 13:1. "Let every soul he ii subjection to the higher powers." True preaching takes t’hrist for Its center, and from that pivot sweeps every de tail of human conduct. This Includes obedience to law. laiw’s seat Is the bosom of God. uud the regulation of the conduct of man to man Is essential civilization. This Is civil law and seed of anarchy, In nrdei to accomplish T'\ anarchy. Jus- • ...... '.‘ cc ,>Il . nd ' “"‘l *"? demand for obe- their own purposes and then turn and appeal to the dethrened law for pro tection. nnd are surprised at Itn Impo- tenc.v. We are living in perilous days, bu< to seek to establish Justice by means of lawlessness, is sowing the wind and our children. If not we, will reap the whirlwind. It Is time for men to recognise the ct that any man who violates tho laws (.? his country is a lawbreaker, whether it Ik- ihe law of common non- esty or til#: state lew ich.tlve to tho Sabbath, or the law that protects life and property. The representative citizenry must set the example of obeying law because It Is law. Let the respectable, profess edly law-abiding citizens refrain from their secular calling on the I^ord's day —closing their stores and shops and factories nnd offices—because the laws of this commonwealth say they shall close them, though these laws he not enforced. * The truly law-abiding citizen refrains from doing forbidden things, not be cause of the penalty, but because these things are forbidden. He re spects authority because all authority has b*en ordained of God. Rom. 11:1-4 is the best sermon ever preached on law and order. Let us lay a sure foundation by In stilling Into the minds of the people th® fundamental principles of right eous government. These principles ate not going to be taught from the political platform, at leazt In the present generation of pol iticians. Let men who want to solve the ne- $1.00 Starts an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with tbs book only In tbs SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF THE NEAL BANK Interest showed at the rate of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM, compounded semi-annually. E. H. THORNTON. President. W. F. MANRV, Costlier. H. C. CALDWELL. Aset. Cashier. d I once to law ami order knows no color line. As a body, the colored race Is law-abiding, those notorious moral de generates being In no case representa tive. Every Interest of the race Is cen tered In Its observance of law anti or der: the greatest enemy of any people being Its, lawbreakers. There can be no excuse for the breaking of the low; Its sovereignty claims the solemn al legiance of the greatest and the hum blest. The lawbreaker pulls down tho pillars of state, destroying both him self and others. The greatest guaran tee for law anti order Is the t'hrlstlan home. < liven godly homes, where there is real unity between the parents and ' true obedience on the part of the chil dren, the lawbreaker will disappear, j The home Is the reservoir from whence flows those streams that make for weal ] or woe to the state. REV. T. H. RICE, Pastor Central Presbyterian Church. Horn. 13:5. The end sought In this concerted effort Is to Inspire In all the people a greater respect for the law of the land In which we live. The part which the Christian minister nmy take In tho work Is to plainly declare what God has said on the subject. He has no commission from hls Master to ex ploit or discuss the theories of civil government which have been evolved In the course of ages of human experience. He Is the ambassador of Jesus f*hrlst and Is under explicit instructions to "preach the word." This by no means restrict* the Christian minister’s power to bless every department of human life; for the Bible has Its message for men touching everything essential to their life here and hereafter, and its message is the wisdom or God. and no man can possibly do more for the wel fare of the world than by explaining j and enforcing God's will. The text declines very plainly that ft Is Ood’s will that men should obey the civil authorities under which they live. Y* must needs he subject." Two teasonr for this nhedirtu-e are used to enforce it. The flrzt reason Is In the word "wrath." The duty of obeying civil rulers Is supported by terrible sanction. God has ordained that the civil magls. irate shall not bear the sword In vain, that In. to ro purpose The contempt of law le sure to bring the frightful penalty. If the magistrate In any given case falls to execute the penalty. God has conferred on this law an automatic* power of enforcing Itself. The law- j I breaker Is very apt to come to a felon’s i end, the violent man Is very apt t#>{ cet a violent diatli, while the commu nity which Is lax In enforcing law Is sowing a harvest of anarchy* The second reason for obeying the law Is conscience—“for conscience sake." This Is. the appeal to the nobler heart. All true respect for law Is reached In reverence for God. He who attacks the law strikes a blow openly nnd without disguise at the person and throne of God. Head the first three verses of Romans 13. Moreover, all who love the gospel and want to see It prosper must obey their governors and support the law. This Is Insisted on In I Tint., the second chapter. REV. W."tTHAMBY, Pastor Walker 8tr«et Methodist Church Rom. 13:1; II Tim. 3:1-2. The min isters of tho city have been requested to preach today on obedience to law. Recent events Justify the call. The public conscience must be aroused and our paople must be led to see the necessity nnd Importance of good oitl zenshlp. God Is behind good government. The laws of our land grow out of the Ten ('ommandmment*. Man Is made a lit tle lower than the angels that he may have dominion over the earth. The powers that be ure ordained of God Every soul Is subject to the higher powers; A true conception of tin* majesty it law will insure respect for It. llcnco ive must recognize the authority of law, ‘itltivate a spirit of reverence for law and become g«swl citizens by submis sion to law. Let us rcmcinl>er the Bi ble Injunction that "supplication, pray ers. Intercessions nnd thanksgiving be made for all who are In uuthority that wo may lead a quiet and penceuhle life In all Godliness and honesty." Mr. Gladstone has declared that the purpose of law Is to make It hard to do w rong ami easy to do right. Right doing not only exalts the nation, hut It uplifts brightness and sweetness and makes powerful Individual life, home- life, social life, civic life—all life. REV. S.TTcOWAN. Paztor Immanuel Baptist Church. Permanency of government makes the law necessary. ..Men are by nature bent on mischief. There must he some flnul authority. Many men seam to look upon law ns their enemy. ••Rulers are not a terror to good works." Law, Is not the enemy of any man win* loves righteousness. There la lomu- thlng radically wrong tbmit the man who looks upon good government as hls enemy. The aim of law la twofold to restrain the libertlno and protecc the good citizen. The law In Its aim Is preventive, protective and correct ive. it encourages liberty but curbs license. A good man respects law and counts it hla friend. Tha good man, rejoices in the abundance of hls lib erties under tho law, while the hod man complaint that all hls rights have been taken away. The aim of the Jawi Is to promote happiness and encourage | worthy pursuits. Effectiveness of law la destroyed if' it can be broken at will. No law la ef fective If exceptions are made in which It may be disregarded. Effectiveness lies In enforcement. Every law Is right; or wrong. If tt is wrong it should bo re|x*uled. If it is right It should bo enforced. Laws that are broken au will become a curse because they hin der the enforcement of other laws. If! th«* breaking of one law la allcwed. lib erties will be taken with another. 8#>i In the last analysis obedience to law;I gives the effectiveness of law. Th Anal safeguard for the effective- , ness «:f law Is wholesome public sen timent. We get what public sentiment 1 calls for. Jf the people are back of tho law, men in executive positions will Mad no trouble in enforcing the law. Here is the place for the pulpit to ex ercise Its God-given function. Labor.. preach and pray lor a wholesome, sane * public sentiment. OPERA GLASSES Not only make a handsome sift, but. one of lasting usefulness. IVo have Just received three of the largest Im portation orders ever shipped to At lanta. Le Matre and other high grades. Every Blass guaranteed. See them while the stock Is complete. 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