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> 10 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1 DOC. Atlanta To Have Fine Modern Business College January 1st. H. L. Bridges and Bernard C. Ansted, for years at the head of the Bookkeeping and Shorthand Department of Atlanta’s largest Business College, to open a Model Commercial School THE DIXIE BUSINESS COLLEGE Full modern equipment. Courses of Instruction in strict accoi’dance with up-to-date requirements of Business World. Every approved business paper thoroughly taught. Host recent labor saving methods of Bookkeeping fully demonstrated. System of Shorthand most popular in the United States. Proprietors have turned out thousands of successful Bookkeepers in Georgia. Scientific in struction in “Touch” Typewriting a specialty. GRAND INAUGURAL OFFER: Students Entering January will be given DOUBLE COURSE FOR PRICE OF SINGLE Location: Cor. Peachtree and Marietta Sts., Right in Heart of City. Write for Announcement giving Full Information. You will Save Big Money. MONTHLY PAYMENTS A SPECIALTY. $10 any or all courses. CLEAR NOTE SOUNDED BY ATLANTA PASTORS FOR REIGN OF LAW The following excerpt* from aermons | ence to law Is the highest moral and delivered by the ministers of Atlanta | Social protection. Without law there are given to the public with the hope that the strong words spoken will help to crystalize a hearty and Immovable public opinion against crime and all forms of mob violence. This Is one step taken by the minis ters In co-operation with the officers of the Business Men's Gospel Union, to ward an effort to readjust the relations of the races at the Houth. The Christian league, recently or« ganized in this city with members from both races. Is now attempting to bring order out of confusion and harmony out of discord und hate, through a sane, sound public opinion, to become domi nant among all the people. The end sought Is concerted effort to Inspire in all the people a greater respect for the law. There 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 Is murder, outright, and can have no ex cuse or countenance In Christian civili zation or Individual or community life. It violates the law of God and the law of man as well. 3. That nil law-nblding white people And law-abiding negroes, ns far os may be needed, will aid the proper officers of the law to apprehend and bring to trial all offenders against the law, whether Individuals or mobs, regardless of race, with such proof to convict as may be within their knowledge and control. 4. That It Is the duty of every citizen to be absolutely obedient to law and to rpalntnln the pence of the community As fur as his power and Influence may go. 5. That In the adjustment of all dif ferences between the races nbsoluto justice ns to all legal rights shall be secured to each individual. Irrespective of race or social condition. 6. That the press of the state may be used to create. In every possible way. such public sentiment ns will maintain obedience to law. 7. That all the people may pronounce, positively, against all undue delays by the courts, whether In forms of the law or through petty technicalities that finally defeat the end of Justice, and demand such changes In the law as will make the itenaltles for violation swift, certain and effective. W. J. NORTHEN. Rsv. A. C. Ward. Pastor Tempi# Baptist CHureh. “Without law, what?" Tho object of law Is to prevent crime and fix u Just punishment upon the evildoer. Lawlessness Is the utter disregard of the law’s demand. A lawless human being Is the most dangerous of all creatures. An outlaw must be sup pressed or exterminated for the safety of all other people. Law must not be regarded as an enemy. It is not tnude to curtail pleas ure, but to prevent excesses or over Indulgences which would bring ruin upon the community. The dignity of the law Is not In It self, but In those who uphold It. An unwritten law may be as binding and even more is>tent than the written law. man*) Is no safety or good government. The law of Christ known as “the Golden Rule," Is the true foundation of all law. “Therefore, In all things, whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Rsv. W. iTlFARMER, Pastor Butlsr Street M. E. CHureh (Colored.) Prov. 3:1. No man can be a good citizen who breaks the law of his coun try. My friends, If you would have peace to reign supremely, obey the laws of your state and city. Law Is God’s great gift to man that they may observe, obey and keep them. Bind them nbout thine neck, write them upon the table*of thine heart. Stand always in the sunlight so that the of ficers of tho law when they meet you may know that they are meeting their friend and supporter who will help them, to execute the law. Let the wrongdoer know you take no part with him In his wickedness and sin. The best way to observe these things and bring about that peace that passes all understanding Is to be guided by the Holy Spirit for He would teach you all things well. Separate yourselves from that clans of lawbreakers who bring shame and disgrace upon the country and the state and upon our race particularly. Ho that doeth these things shall never be moved. REV. W. wTLaNDRUM. Pastor First Baptist Church. Order Is heaven’s first law." Dis order Is of tho devil. Civil government, because order, has Its source In God. All civil power, the world around. Is appointed and ordained by Him. Such is the apostolic teaching. “The pow ers that be are ordained of God/* Any government, therefore, Is preferable to anarchy. Nero, the dlabnllzcd, was emperor, bo It remembered, when Paul rote: “Let every soul be subject God’s only perfect Man, dying a sacri ficial death, has been a sufficient re minder to the race of the Inexorable necessity of obedience to law. Even God Himself, when carrying out His sovereign will to redeem the ra'.e, pro ceeded In such a way as to comply with the eternal laws of justice, though the crucifixion of His Bon was the cost of this requirement. Therefore, It was shown that by nature and necessity we are under law; no matter how good and desirable that thing we would ac complish may be, as is manifested by the divine example, we can only be Just and Justifiable %vhon we proceed ac cording to law. The point especially dwelt upon was the necessity of main taining and obeying the law of the land. God’s law requires obedience to civil law. Reason and experience both alike attest this necessity. Man Is by nature selfish, and It Is only by a great struggle that the noblest specimens of the race, control these Individualistic Impulses and become altruistic and philanthropic. Through the high or ganization of our modern civilization It has come to pass that all are de pendant on each, and each on all. In order for the Individual to attain his highest good and enjoy his greatest liberty, he must consent to have his personal liberty restricted and to have his personal good modified In order to the greater liberty and the greator good of the whole, by whose liberty and by whose good alone he can be assured of freedom and blessedness. There fore, If men would dwell together they must agree, and this agreement Is called law. If there be those who can-* not or will not obey the law, they must emigrate or be forced to comply— this must be done for their own good as well us for the good of the commu nity. The penalty attached to law-break ing und the manner of the admlnlstra. tlon of this penalty must be of such a nature as that even the criminal him self shall recognize that this pennlty Is not Inflicted, but entailed; that It rep resents not the spite of his enemies, but the solemn and necessary conse quence of his own wrong doing. Ho should be made to feel that he has earned what he received; that he has a right to It, and that It would be unfair for him not to receive It, because It Is his due. Thus the penalty should he neither too large nor too light, lest It fall to satisfy the sense of Justice In both the ofTended and the offender and thus make the law contemptible. Cer tainty of punishment, rather than se verity of punishment, will best avail. Any administration of punishment which Is of such a nature as to ob scure the sense of Justice Is wrong and tends to lawlessness; hence mob authorities that are uvfr him. Every otllcer of the government ac cording to Christian doctrine, whether legislative*, executive or Judicial. Is i minister of God. Ills oath Is his or dination. Not less than a Jewish rabbi Roman ruler of men Failure to know und net In accordance with this fact makes the civil officer a traitor alike to his country and to his God. Citizens who resist legally constltut- I authority, by taking tho law Into their" own hands, resist the ordinance of God. Whatever the form of gov ernment, whatever the designation of tho ruler, from bailiff to governor or from sheriff to president, whatever the rank of the administrator of law, civil authority must be recognized as of di vine origin and right. A bad citizen cunnot be a good Christian. A gofid Christ Inn cannot be a bad citizen, his eyes lynching Is nlwuys mfirder and mob vlolsnce the breaking loose of hell on earth. REV. R.~a FLINN, Pastor North Avanuo Prosbytarian CHureh. Rom. 3:24-26. In his Introductory emarks Mr. Flinn showed how for twenty centuries, by means of saerlfi clal fires, God kept before tho race the majesty of the moral law; then came Jtamlurd of worth I, menu- Christ • tnce H '» RdvM '* f “ r ‘ won : ured by his regard for tho law. ObeUI- ty centuries more God’s only Hon and ,i IA hlirlmt- nim'Of*" thA **1111 lOnilB lU IIIH II pnnCo«i IIWH.B Oil'll ISlSJIOJ'XlV.ZFSZ. h clv " taw l« no law. but n K uln«t law and con. COLLEGE PREPARATORY. Donald Fraser School For DECATUR. GEORGIA. MID-WINTER TERM BEGIN8 JANUARY 5, 1907. FOR CATALOGUE WRITE Q. HOLMAN GARDNER, PRINCIPAL. Wesley ah Wesleyan Fsmals Conservatory ef College Music Macon, - Georgia. Macon, • Georgia. Oldest Bandesh Largest* and Best*. Instruction in Depart ments of Art, Expression, Physical Culture, Book keeping and Stenography and Typewriting the very best. Students received at any time when there is room, and there will be a few vacancies when exer cises are resumed on the 2nd of January, also when the spring term opens on the 1st of February. Those desiring to at tend during the present school year, should re serve at once. Catalogues free. DUPONT GUERRY, - - PRESIDENT. BBMmBBgglSBBBKgagagggggWCOgiZifiBgSBi^^ duclve to crime. Justice Impartially administered, who,, sentonco lx Inex orably executed, while a compassion lx manlfexted for tho offender, will make law maleatle, and when law lx aeon In Ha majesty It will be recognised and revered. REV. aTe. DAY. Paator St. Paul* Episcopal Church, Col ored. Prov. 2S:4. Law la the foundation of all government and the atabtllty of all government, whether home, aoclety. atate or church, depends entirely upon tlio enforcement and the keeping of the law. Home becomes the houso of hell society beeomox a hotbed of Immoral ity. the xtuto a tottering wall, the church a house of ''merchandise," when the laws are not obeyed. There must be some rule to govern and direct rational creaturea In their moral and religious actions. Without such rules, which we call the law, gov ernment become* a bubble anon to burst and shrink Into nothingness. Tho Bible gives us the assurance that civil rulers are God's ministers for good, hence the prayer often as cends for the president of the United Htates. the governor of this state and all others In authority. The Christian duty on this wise becomes twofold, his nllegtanco Is bound to the church and to the state, a citizen of a spiritual und temporal kingdom. "Submit yourselves to every ordi nance of man for the Lord's snke," la the Christian law. On this wise the obligations of the lower citizenship becomes Just as binding as the obli gation of the higher. The state com pels men to obey the laws and hangs over them a penalty which must of necessity cause fear. The church stretches out her tender arms of love which we know Is the fulfilling of the law. The atate cannot nfford to allow men to come to Us support and help to pun ish the guilty and to protect the Inno cent. The good citizen Is the man who obeys the law. Today 'n this great Southland we are threatened with peril and danger be- cause men will not obey the law. When citizens of every class co-operate In bringing criminals to justice, whether they be the rapist or the murderer, the thief ■ r uny others, who commit law less acts, truth and Justice, religion and plely will be established among us for all generations. REV. R. L.~MOTLEY. Pastor Central Baptist Church. In order to arrive at a due apprecia tion of law- one must view tt largely from a Scriptural standpoint, "for there no power but of God, the powers that be are ordained of God." Many do not reverence the law Uecaueo they have ‘ contempt for Its administrators. In this they fall to distinguish between the persons thut are In power and the place of power Itself. • Let It be remembered that officials do not represent themselves, but the places of power which they till. Some laws may not be righteous, but until they can be repealed, every loyul citizen must abide by them: other wise. each inan becomes a law unto himself and anarchy necessarily fol lows. The violation of a bad law does not remedy that law. Mob violence, while giving temporary satisfaction, never corrects a crime which It seeks to avenge, and It leaves In its wake less respect for law and order and many a painful regret. " If laws are unjust, by the exercise of our God- given suffrage, let us call men to office who will repedl them and give us wholesome Uwe instead. It the admin istrators of law are unfaithful thje, too, may be corrected by selecting as their successors men who wilt be true to their oath of office. Kvery good citizen should vote and encourage good men to offer themselves for nomination of civil trust and re* sponxibllity. The wholp matter of law creation nnd law observance should subject of prayer. My ballot should be as sacred to me as my Bible. REV. J.’iTEPTON, Pastor St Paul A. M. E. Church. (Colored.) Jas. 1:25. We are called upon today to preach on law and order and 1 re gard It as coming from God. I must, therefore, give It my beet thought and consideration. It Is your duty to pray erfully consider It with me under the following heads: 1. The civil law. 2. The moral law. 3. Perfect law. Law Is said to be a rule of action; a precept: a command, coming from superior authority which an Inferior Is bound to obey. This superiority may consist In office and not from an In tellectual or moral standpoint. Wheth er from one or all, we are required to obey the daw. This la God’s way to govern His rational creatures. This Is what we call the moral government of the world. It matters not how we are situated In life, we find ourselves under the con trol of rules, emanating from an au thority to which we are compelled to yield obedience. The negro, like all other human beings, should ask only equity before the law, We are asked to help run down per petrators of crime In our race. When we rare clothed with proper authority, and those we help capture are guaran teed a fair and Impartial trial before the law, certainly we will do so. The wicked element In our race cannot be upheld. The obedience to social and religious regulations and to conven tional rules and to law, not as a race, but as American citizens, not from fear unlshment, but from the fear of of pu Ood. We deplore all crimes. Rape Is a crime of the worst sort, but lynching Is Just as bad. Tho better clasa of white and colored are looking forward to the abollahment of crime and are praying for peace and harmony to reign In thla city, hence they are or ganising to this end. The gospel of Jesua Christ possesses the properties of law. It Imposea ob ligations upon us. It Is tho law of liberty. It la perfect because Its Author Is perfect. It Is perfect because It frees Indeed. Let us as a race rise t# the perfect law. REV. J. B. FICKLEN. Pastor Inman Park Presbyterian Church. -Probably the most marked charac teristic of the Kngltsh people which would Impress a casual ubserver on the streets of London la thslr pro found respect for the law and those In authority. The policeman on the street by the lifting of his Anger Is able to exercise absolute control over the ever flowing lido of people. That trait of character Is largely the secret of the success which England has achieved In the past. Take a single Illustration. In 1(8$, there was a revolution In England which wae deep and radical. The tyranny of the Stuarts was over thrown. And parliament was mhde su preme. James II left the kingdom un der the shadow of darkness. William and Mary were given the throne which he had vacated. That revolution took place without the loss of a single life, without the shedding of a drop of blood, or even the firing of a gun or the drawing of a sword. In fact the change took place so quietly and so gently that many people living In that day did not realize what had happen ed until It was a thing of the past. In France, about one hundred years later, a revolution of the same kind. If we look at Its purpose and Its results, took place. But what a difference In the manner and expression of the two rev olutions. In Franco the bastlle was stormed. The king was personally at tacked and Imprisoned by the people. The guillotine was put Into operation. The rivers of France were made to run red with the blood of her best citizens. What did France gain which England had not gained a hundred yenrs be fore? Nothing. But on the other hand she lost a great deal which England did not lose. It Is true that the American people have some very serious problems to solve In the near future. The same Is sclally true of the people of our Southland. And I have the highest confidence In the ability of our people to settle these problems. But we will only do so by honoring the law nnd showing respect for the powers that be. Should we undertake the solution of the problem by any other method, we will only postpone for many years the end after which we are seeking. We will lose much nnd gain nothing. Let the law be honored. ROMEO AND JULIET IN MODERN LIFE GRAND FIVE PERFORMANCES, beginning with matinee today. THE BEH*GREET PLAYERS MATINEE TODAY, TONIGHT^AlONDAY NIGHT AND TUE8DAY MAT INEE. EVERYMAN, The XV Century Morality Play at Given by this Company Three Months in London and 200 Times in New York Tuesday Night, "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE." Acted in the Elizabethan manner. Night, 25o to $1.50; Matinee, 25c to $1.00. Matinee Tuesday at 3 p. m. WEDNESDAY AND THUR8DAY, DECEMBER 19-20-^MATINEE THURS- The Drury Lane Theater Ballet, 8peotacle, Musical, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST FASCINATING IN IT8 WIT AND HUMOR, MU8IC AND DASH. A VISION OF LOVELINES8, GEORGEOUSLY MOUNTED. BRILLIANT ELECTRICAL EFFECT8. NUMER0U8 SPECIALTIES. CO—PEOPLE IN GRAND ENSEMBLES—60. Night, 2Sc to $1.50; Matinee, 25c to $1.00. 8ale Monday. Friday and Saturday and Sat. Matinee, Dec. 28.29 MESSRS. MARTIN & EMERY’S Majectic Presentation of the Great Mystic Festival Drama PARSIFAL The Most Imposing Production Ever Sent on Tour. Philadelphia. Bee. 15.—In. his speech de- fending Mss Solfer, who It nn trltl for the murder of his swoethesrt, Annie Msrgollei, former Judge Maswell Stevenson said that the tragedy was s rest life production of "Itomeo nnd Jull.t,” except that the lover dbl not succeed In dying. He declared that when the •■me objected to the mnrrltge, e girl's , Solfer NEXT WEEK. Matinssa Tuesday, Thursday and Sit urday. Sweely, Shipman A Co., Prasant ANNA DAY And Critarion Thaatar, Naw York, Company In Charlta Majors’ and Paul Kst- tar’s Romanes of Chivalry WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER GREAT CAST OF 25 PEOPLE INCLUDE8 ALFRED 8WENSEN, AS BRANDON, AND OGDEN 8TEVEN8, A8 HENRY VIII. Complata Scenic Environments for Five Aota. WITH COACH BURNING TRAIN RUNS TO STATION. Special to The Georgian. Camilla, On., Dec. 15.—The south bound Atlantic Coaat Line paseenger train yeaterday evening pulled Into thla place with the negro coach burning. Thla car was set on fire by the explod ing of a tamp several miles from town. The coach for white people wee left up the railroad until after the local Are deportment had extinguished the flames. No one was Injured. SEVEN-YEAR TERM FOR KILLING A MAN Will Smith, colored, charged with the murder of Henry Williams, was found guilty of voluntary manslaugh ter In the criminal branch of Fulton auperlor court Friday afternoon and eentenced to seven years In ths peni tentiary. Claude Rowe, while, la on trial Fri day afternoon on the charge of biga my. On August 22 last Bows married Callle Thompson, when. It la aald, he had one wife, Mary Jenkins, already. A peculiar feature of the case le that Rowe claims that he contracted hla last marriage on the advice of hla attorneys. It was aet up that hla Aral wife had a living husband when she married Rowe. NfiRAND Five Performances, Beginning S.tuf day Matinee. BEN GREET PLAYERS. Saturday Matinee and Night, al» Monday Night and Tuesday Matinee. "EVERYMAN.” Tuesday Night, December 11, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Acted in the Elizabethan Manner. Night, 2Se to $1.50. Mntinss 25c te 1.00. Sale now on. TALKING MACHINE and EDISON PHONOGRAPH = OUTFITS $12.10 And Upward. EASY TERMS Phillips & Crew Co. 37-39 Peachtree St. HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS VIA GEORGIA RAIL ROAD. On account of Christmas holidays, ticket! will be sold at all points south of the Ohio end Potomac and east of the Mississippi river, 8t. Louie, Mo., Included, at rate of one and one-third llrat-clasa fare, plus 25 cents, for the round trip. Tickets on sale at all stations De cember 20 to 26, 30, 31 and January 1, Anal limit January 7, 1907. For further Information apply to any ticket agent, or A. G. JACKSON, C. C. M'MILLIN, G. P. A. A. G. P. A. Auguste, Ga, Davis (o Build Church. Cumberland, Md., Dec. 15.—Former Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of El kins. Is to build a Presbyterian church to cost about $15,000, at the new town of Oaseaway. West Virginia, on the cool and coke railroad which he owns. Old Clothes steamed clean ed by Tom Weaver. SPECIAL" TRAINS DUR ING HOLIDAYS BE TWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY VIA CENTRAL OP GEOR GIA RAILWAY. Effective first train leaving Atlanta t:4i e. m. and first train leaving Al- bony 3 p. m, December 16. and dally to and Including December 36, for the accommodation of holiday travel * BIJOU Matin## Today—'Tonight. CHARLES E. BLANEY OFFERS HOWARD HALL In His Great 8ucctsi, —THE— MILLIONAIRE DETECTIVE BALOWIN-MELVILLE STOCK CD. TlltTK8, FRIDAY AND SAT. PKIDAY-8ATURDAY MATINEFA WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN Sight prices 10. s'. *>• £ Matinee price# 1". - • * NEXT WEEK: “TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM #cgB=aJi. , ass=aets= THE STAR WEEK OF DECEMBER 10. Sensational Drama in Three Act* “A DESPERATE GAME.’’ See the Grand Colorado Canyon, tfc» Outlaws Retreat.' the Daring R™'- 1 * etc. New Moving Pictures. Matinees Monday. WednenWJ Thursday and Saturday at 3:30. E««» night at 1:15. Christmas For Poor Child™" ■pedal to The Georgian. Rome, Ga, Dec. 15.—Rome 1" : ■ Ing to extend the glad hand of '•••. •• For detailed Information apply toito Banta (Taus. The Elks are s '-?*' your nearest ticket agent, or | lo „ ve a „ i0 oo "Mow out" In !> £ I «»f nM flanta nn PhHatmil lift} * * t ticket agent, . W. H. FOGG. District Passenger Agent. I of old Santa on Christmas day benefit of the children.