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THK ATLANTA (»KOR(fIAX AND NEWS.
WKnNKXPAV. APRIL 3. 1W.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, Pre»ldent.
Published Every Afternoon
(Except Sunday)
By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY,
at » Weil Alabama St. Atlanta. Ga.
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OCK rt.ATFORM.—Th. Gror.l.n
i mt.rwnrWt. oilier
c 0-nrglsn
.nil Nrvre briirvrs that If nlroet rail,
were can bo opartUd aucc.alfntlf by
European cltleo. aa tb*y ore. th.ro It
oo yoo.] reoiOD .hr they oo not bo oo
operated Imre, lint we do not bell.to
thla cao bo don. note, and It mty bo
Kin. >f«n t"'f"i. o- *r. r.-n.lv for *..
Mgs* noflertaklOf. Still Atlanta ahoufd
sets Ith taco la tut direction NOW.
Municipal Ownership Not Defeat
ed In Chicago.
The Chicago election cannot In any
sense bo tortured Into a defeat for
municipal ownership or a condemns
tlon of He principles.
The light In Chicago was purely In
r> mpath.v with the methods by which
municipal ownsrshtp could bast be put
Into execution In the matter of the
street railway systems of that city,
which are the worst perhaps in the
United States. Mayor Dunoe was In
favor of Immediate and draetic meas
ures looking to Immediate municipal
ownership through the condemnation
nnd absorptiou of the property by the
ctiy. The Democratic city council,
elected with Mayor Dunne upon
municipal gwnershlp platform, favored
s gradual process leading up to mu
niclpal ownership, because they be
lieved the conditions surrounding trah
tlon properly In that dty could not be
safely handled under Immediate ac
tion. and the ordinances, for which the
majority of Chicago people voted ap
proval, distinctly provide for the light
of the city, upon the first of Jauuary
of any year, after six months' notice
to thla effect, to purchase the entire
transportation properties for 150,000,
»•«.
or coarse, a great deal of nolae sod
clamor will be raised by the diligent
arguments of private ownership
throughout the country, and the care
ful readers can accurately determine
Just how largely tbene argument* are
controlled by private monopollee by
the vigor nod earnest neat with which
they claim, either directly or Indirect
ly. that the Chicago election was a
blow In the face of the principles of
municipal ownership.
Under the ordinances which tri-
teaephad In Chicago, the people have
won a magnificent victory. They have
secured advantages of trtmeudous im
port.
And with It all. the principle of mu
nicipal ownership la thoroughly and
practically provided.
The Spencer Memorial.
The Georgian cannot fall to extend
Its congratulations to tha Spencer
Monument committee upon the change
of plan by which the fund rained to
honor the late president of the South-
ern railway is to be used for e 8am-
uel Spencer Memorial hospital in
stead of a cold and stately monument
In the plaxa of the Terminal station.
The Georgians plea along this line
seems to have been co-tncldent with
the better and wiser sentiment of the
spencer committee, and wo cannot fall
to express our respect end admiration
for the wholesome sentiment which In
spired the friends of tha railroad mag
nate to the nobler and larger way of
expressing tbelr affection and respect.
BUILD A LITTLE FeNCE.
Solid a little f.iire of tenet
Around today;
Fill tbr *poi. with loving work
Ab,l therein etay;
Look not between eh.lt ring hart
1 poo tomorrow-,
r whatever ,-omee to you
Of jey sad sorrow.
—Unknown.
"YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL
MAKE YOU FREE.”
There are some remarkable developments of information being made
for tha people Id tbla year of grace and light.
Never before In our popular history has there been leas reason why
any people In a representative government armed tgrltb the power of the
ballot and with the right to rule themselves,. should be imposed upon
either by bad government or by grasping corporations.
To know that a thing Is unjust, to be pointed the clear and open way
to remedying an Injustice, and then fall to do It Is simply ■ mark of civic
Imbecility. A people who realise that they are paying extortionate prices
for a commodity, who hare had clearly pointed out to them a way by
which they can secure Just and reasonable prices for thla commodity, and
who alt suit with folded hands and In the apatby of cowardice or Iner-
tlon fall to protect and prosper tbemaelvea, are not worthy to be either
free or prosperous.
The Hall-Illgsa Company, engaged aa experts by the committee on
municipal ownership, have developed some wonderful and Inspiring figures
which It la Impossible for the people of Atlanta to read and then fail to
act tiiiott, without reflecting upon their own character and their own civic
capacity and Intelligence. , -
Not long since the report of this Hall-Illges Company gave the su
perb figure* which pointed the people to Independence and comparative
riches through a municipal lighting and power plant of electricity. On
Tuesday evening The Georgian published the figures given by the Hall-
lllgea Company, aa experts upon the question of gas.
And those figures make as clear aa day tha fact that where we are
now paying f 1.10 per thousand cubic feet for gee (with a 10 per cent re
bate for cash payment*), we could secure gas under municipal ownership
at about (0 cents a thousand feet, at a saving of over SO cents upon every
thousand feel consumed.
These figures also show that Just aa In the case of the water works,
a municipal gas plant would not only be able to furnish gas at a vastly
cheaper rate, but In the course of a reasonable time would pay for the
entire cost of tbs plant, lap over with lu earnings Into the expenses of
some of the other departments, and yet supply (he consumer at a vaatly
cheaper rate than we have today.
Surely, surely aa jhe people read these figures—gathered not front the
Imagination of advocates, but from the cold and Imjiartlal testimony of
expeHa—surely the people will not consent to hold thalr bands and stay
their ballots when the question of municipal ownership Is brought to
front# !
Tbs whole trend of the times, the entire drift of the argument, all the
developments of Information given to this enlightened age. and every In
stinct of common sense points the itcople of Atlanta to the wonderful
saving and to the wonderful Independence which lies before them In the
municipal ownership of Its electric eystem for light! and power, and of
lla gas plant for llghta and for cooking purposes.
With these commodities In the hinds of tha city Joined to our present
possession of the water works our taxes would drop to a minimum.’
And when these things, which are accomplishable now, are attained
we may then go out Into,the larger field* of municipal ownorsbip to
reach th* perfect and beautiful Independence which Is waiting for us
In tha field of enterprise and endeavor.
May the people aee the things that are presented to their eyes; may
the people realise Ibe facts that are given unto their understanding: may
tha people comprehend their splendid opportunity In thla day of light
and opportunity. '
May tha people know the economic truth, and may this truth make
haste to make them free.
THE ABSTRACT COMPANY.
We putllsh today an article of considerable length from Colonel
Wm. 8. Thomson, president of tha Atlanta Title Guarantee Company,
commenting upon an editorial which appeared in Monday's Issue of The
Georgian.
It goes without saying that our editorial comment bad no reference to
any particular company, or to any Individual In the position which It as
sumed toward the recorda. We were simply concerned for the perma
nent safe-guarding of the public's Interests along these lines. The
company for which Colonel Thomson speaks Is composed of gentlemen,
of Ibe highest character and Integrity, upon whoee public spirit and fair
dealing we could not reflect even If we desired to do so. But the prin
ciple which underlies our comment la none the leas sound because of
the Integrity of the corporation which controverts It.
The time may come when this corporation, In hands possibly less
fair and considerate than these, might, unless they were duly restrained
by contract* anil law. extort from tbe city and from Individuals prlcea
for the recorda In tbelr possession which were not reeaonable nor Just. It
la against this contingency that our editorial was designed to provide.
Of course, the abstract company la ahown especial conalderatlon by the
keeper* of our records In the providing of a larger space than la given to
any individual In the record room, and thla, perhaps, la fully Justified by
the amount of work which thla company does. We are pleased to Infer
from the card of Colonel Thomson that hla company la willing to make
the contract which we deem desirable with the county, and with tbla con
cession, there can be no possible difference between Colonel Thomson
and thla paper or the county for whltfit wo spoke.
Tbe entire nutter Is Impersonal and cannot be construed Into any pos
sible reflection either upon Individuals In the abstract company or upon
any of the county officers, for In each case we have expressed our confi
dence In the fidelity with which tbelr several functions are dispatched.
The ofllcials who represent the people must provide not for one generation,
but for coming generations, and must safeguard tbe privileges which they
extend with reference to any possible lucumbency that may not be public
spirited or acceptable In the future.
the heat of the sun quickens to life germs which may be militant and de
atructlve as the beat rolls on Into the midsummer days.
If an epidemic should come to Atlanta children and to Atlanta
grown people, we may be sure tbat tbere will be criticism galore of
the official sources tbat permitted It to come.
And tbe discretion of our officers both of health and of law should be
quickened at once to a conception of tbe public safety beginning with tbe
children in the schools.
ATLANTA TITLE GUARANTEE CO.
ENTERS VIGOROUS PROTEST TO
CHARGE OF INJUSTICE TO PUBLIC
MAKE THE 80H00LS SANITARY NOW.
. At tha beginning of the school year last October The Oeorglan devoted
columns of apace to descriptions of the Insanitary and unalghtly condi
tions of several of our school structures, and offered ardent and earnest
advocacy along the line of Improvement.
At tbat time we published pictures of these school buildings both In
tbe altogether and by sections, showing wherein they were deficient, and
the necessity for Improvement.
We are glad to note that this movement which The Georgian pre
sented so earnestly at that time haa born* fruit and tbat the public Is uow
waking to a conception of the thing* which we described six months ago.
Whatever else may be questionable in th* ahape of public expendi
tures, no thoughtful mau and no public spirited dtisen can fail to realise
tbe urgent and pressing necessity of prompt public action in taking car*
of the health and surroundings of our children. We may delay other mat
ters of public Importance and other Improvements of a business nature,
but this Is one which presses for Immediate and vigorous attention.
No editorial that n* might writ* today could be stronger and more
appealing than those which w* presented In September and October of
tbe last year. Even If It takes six months for a reform of that kind to take
root the time Is well spent and the effort well worth the while. We note
with pleasure that this matter Is now becoming urgent, and tbat the offi
cials are taking hold of It In the right and proper way.
If we have tolerated Insanitary conditions during the winter when
the cold is supposed to stand as an antidote against bad air, w* cannot
move too rapMly at the beginning of what promises to be an especially
sultry summer, to remove every suggestion of tincleanliness and every
basts or disease which may rest in Insanitary conditions about our chil
dren.
Th* statement of Dr. Anuter I* both Umely and effective. Tbe state
ment of President Ronser that the Craw street school, th* Lee. Marietta,
Pair and Walktr street schools are “In equally Insanitary condition
and unfit for use," ought to be met with one answer and that a prompt
and vigorous expe9diture ol energy and money on the part of the city to
ward tha temporary abatement of these conditions.
And we say temporary because every public policy and every sug
gestion of public economy will dsniand that we proceed straight from
tbn mere temporising methods to n vigorous permanent improvement In
our school buildings from one end of tbe city to tbe other.
There are many evidences that tbe coming summer is to be filled with
conditions which make the care of public health one of tbe highest and
most responsible duties of tbe city'* officials. Wisdom and prudence
would suggest tbat we begin now while the summer Is young and before
To the Editor of Th* Oeorglan:
In your laaue of April 1 you have an
editorial headed “Tbs I .tin it Records
and a Question ‘of Justice to the Pub-
whlch seems-to Ignore justice to
the Atlanta Title Guarantee Company,
and even to the county officers, and
raises the natural inquiry as to how It
happened to qecur to you to publish
such an editorial.
Eight years ago, at great cost to it
self, at ha expense to th* .public. In ex
act accordance with law, and very
much after the fashion of abstract
companies everywhere, a company was
formed which made complete abstracts,
copies to a large extent, of everything
that appeared upon the county records
that could In any manner affect the
title to every foot of land within the
llmlta of Fulton county.
What was-the wrong or harm In tbla?
I have no Idea that It ever entered intb
the minds of tty gentlemen who Inau
gurated the enterprise and Is certainly
not In the minds of thoke now carry
ing on the enterprise,.tbat they would
"be In a position to be benefited by the
loss ot the records." That was not
the thought or motive which prompted
tile expenditure of Over 1100,000, and
the continuing expense of large sums.
The purpose was to establish a legit,
(mate. business which would prove re
munerative to Its owners, and at th*
same time, a great convenience and se
curity to those who might wish to have
titles examined. The hope of tbs com
puny was that the fartltty nnd certain
ly with which It could report upon the
condition of any title would commend
It to the patronage of .alt who wanted
Information aa to any given tltle.-The
Information the company was and is
obtaining Is equally open to every one
else. It has no special privileges. Large
numbers of persons, mostly lawyers,
arc dally doing stibstantlslly the same
thing. The only difference Is that each
one of them Is making extracts from or
copies ot the record In a particular case
(aggregating a large number of cases i
while w* take the necessary extract
and copies In every case.
Another Important fact Is that our
extracts and copies having bean made
of what Is past, and only kept up from
day to day, we do not have to use the
records constantly as they are being
used every day by th* numerous
searchers of the records, end cons*
quently wo arc not the ones who ars
wearing them out. True It Is, by th*
courtesy of the clerk, desk room Is fur
nlshed three abstract -clerks In our em-
ploy, but it is room that he has no use
for, and that In nowise interfares with
bln duties, or the convenience of the
public or any Individual, and costs.the
public nothing; end beside*. In th*
same room, he has a desk for use of
the aenerat public which Is In dally
use by them. Isn't additional room
amongst the recorda given all who wish
to search th* records 7 And wilt they
not average far more than, three a day
for the whole day. tn places and under
circumstances that will cause more In.
convenience than the desk room of our
employees can possibly cause? .
Why, then, should you single out our
company as the one with whom tht
county should "have a contract-In re
gard to securing copies of the Informa
tion I* obtains? Why not include all
ho obtain Information from the rec
ords? No suggestion has aver been
made to us that such a contract was
desired. Why. then, the suggestion
Gist our company "should not object to
a fair contract of this kind?" Did it
occur to you that this la a covert In-
ilmatlon that w* would not make a
fair contract? Why should you have
made the allusion to the stolen records?
The county could have purchaaed the
abstracts ot the stolen records. It did
not see fit to do so. Tha Title Guar
antee and Trust Company bought them,
and the Atlanta Title Guarantee Com
pany bought them from ft. Is It your
Idea that w* should give these ab
stracts to the county? Wliat do you
mean bv the statement that 'the law
yers and dtisen* generally, so we are
Informed are willing to aid the county
in any way to secure this data?' Who
informed you? We have never been so
Informed, and nu suggestion has been
made to us that the county authori
ties were desirous of securing that
data. What sort of aid do tbe lawyers
and cltiaena generally propose to ran-
der? Why ttie covert Intimation that
we refuse a.fair compensation for the
Information contained In said ab
stracts. when no proposition of fair
compensation ha* evsr been made?
True we have never made an offer to
the public, but the public ha* never
made one to u*. Don't you think It
would be unseemly for our company,
or Its officers, to be pressing anything
but a gift on th* public? You surely
do not dxpecg us to give, because you
. -, .ae.l— ...kHcldsi-stl/kn ,f VB It fair
to the Atlanta Title Guarantee Com
pany for Information contained In those
abstract books that he has not been
furnished It at a reasonable price
without price, and the sum total re
celved for such Information has never
paid Interest on the Investment.
If the county will pay us the original
purchase price of said lost records
could doubtless get copies of them.
Is certainly a novel idea that because
our company does not see nt to conduct
Its business on th* plan of making ab
stracts that Itfi policy betokens an Illib
eral treatment of the public In case the
records are lost or destroyed. Suppose
our policy is an Innovation In the ab
street business, why should It subject
us forth* covert intimation that It
for an unholy purpose? But your In
formant In this, as In other of his In
formation, Is In error. It would be only
fair to disclose the name of your In
formant, and perhaps the public would
readily see that he had a purpose in
misleading you and raising a hue and
cry that would tend to damage our
company. There Is not a stockholder
of our company who does not earnestly
desire to aee th* records properly pro
tected, and they are certainly aa much
Interested In their protection as any
other, body of men of equal number In
tbe county.
The last paragraph of your editorial
sounds rather strange to one familiar
with the facts. Did you know that for
the past nine or ten year* there ha* been
Installed In Fulton county a modern
system of indexing, the best In the
state, and far more than the law re
quires? Does some particular person
desire the Job of getting up a modern
system of indexing the previous records
at a cost of many thousanda of dollars
to the county? If so, the Atlanta Title
Guarantee Company will not object, ah
though It Is not chargeable with un
necessary handling and use of said
records, and will receive little or no
benefit from such a large expenditure.
I can lot think that you Intended to'
be unfair and unjust to us, but you
must see. when you reflect, that the
tone of your editorial Is more than un
just. While 1 have not had an oppor
tunity to confer with our stockholders,
or even with a majority of tha dlrec
tors, 1 am sura that I will be unanl
mously sustained In stating that should
the time ever come when there will be a
loss of any of th* county records, which
la not probable, then and in tbat event
no reasonable man will have cause to
complain of th* terms on which the At
lanta Title Guarantee Company will
furnish copies of Its records. I know
that It will not In liberality be a whit
behind any one else who has copies
and extracts from the records.
Let ine close with one other state
ment and a request; When the recorda
were stolen the then clerk advertised
for all persons having deeds recorded In
the lost records to bring them in and
have them re-recorded without charge,
and hls successors, Including the pres
ent clerk, have been re-recording such
deeds without charge. Is It any fault
of the Atlanta Title Guarantee Com
pany, or of the officers fn charge of tha
records, that alt deeds recorded on the
lost records are not re-recorded, and
the abstracts of lost records rendered
useless to the public? In view of the
tone of anil statements In your edito
rial. it Is certainly due us and the pub
lie that you give the name of your In
formant, and I request that you do so.
WILLIAM 8. THOMSON.
President Atlanta Title Onarantee Co.
Atlanta. Ga. April 1.
GREEN'S GERM CRUSADE.
He shuddered
nm liy stealth
And robbed a man of eaerythlng, is bur-
glare take hls wealth.
Hr weut sad saw a specialist, who then
explained to him
The olyocao of tho germs that grab s man
frolic till they'ro
mention 'fair consideration." Is It fair
to make ths statement contained in
your fourth paragraph? You Know, or
ought to hav# known, before writing
that paragraph that no effort had ever
been made to obtain said abstract
books on any sort of consideration.
Furthermore, you hav* been muled a*
to special prlvllegi *. We have mu *p*.
dal privileges, beyond those ptgted,
that are not granted nil. who wish to
search the record*. Moreover we have
to pay the city, state and county a large
tax In addition to the professional tax
of three of our officers, while no other
record searcher pay* mole for hls priv
ilege than a professional tax.
Furthermore, had you Inquired, you
would have learned from both city and
county officer* that we furnish,
for th* public, a vast deal of Informa
tion. absolutely free of cost, and never
refuse any Information sought that It
la In our power to gtv*. In other words,
that not only our abstracts of th* tost
records, but our other recorda are ac
cessible to them for Information a* to
matters that concern th* public, with
out cost to the public, and at th* cost
of tlin* and trouble to u*. You would
also have learned that where the public
la concerned, such as Hie obtainmtnt
of an auditorium sit*, examination of
title of various and diver* site* other
than the one selected were made by
our company without fee or reward.
Th* Intimation in your fifth para
graph. taken In connection with what
precedes It. s**ma to be tbat our com
pany should be denied th* privilege ac
corded every one who wishes to exam
ine and make extracts from and copies
of tht records unless we surrender the
abstracts of the stolen record* (for
which we had to pay), without money
js of ths germs
with Impulse grim.
And feed anil feast sad
put him out uf trim.
The dot-tor said that millions were collected
by the shoes—
James Green discarded all the footgear he
no Hue to lose!)
Tbe doctor told him that tht germs would
settle ua hls hair;
to less than half an hour hls scalp was
shsern bleak and bare
' but t bald •
him there.
Ths dortor told th* number ot bacilli on s
hosed:
Green's whiskers with slhcrlty from off hi*
face were cleared—
tough this shouted that both
In tsnternwlse wore geared.
whereon he sat.
The doctor pul hls bin upon tbe foodstuffs
that Green ste.
He told Green that Is drinking milk or tea
he tempted fair.
That water, coffee, beer, or ale concealed
ss awful fare.
go Green had all bit walls and doors made
of a glassy glare.
And sst him down to ponder on what sort
of stuff to wear.
When suddenly th* doctor counted all the
Struts In alrl
James Green arose In wrathful mood sad
cried: "I cau not drink;
I css not dress, or eat. or smoke, or write
with pea nnd Ink.
— • know you'll worn me that
hark sit hls
He sent and got hls furniture, and bought
whw* clothes to wear.
Asd stocked hls pantry till he had much
food sod drink to spare.
The doctor sent n bill tbat Illed James
Green with iiatufut squirms;
The dortor char god him right and left In
Mtlo terms—
which was simply
Greek snd-
Asd took the a
pocked with awful germs!
—Chicago Evening Post
EASTER ACROSTIC.
Errrywhere'o new huddlug trees.
And snowy lilies doth unMd.
Strewn o'er tbe meadows nnd on less
Rapluroui
•erectly chant
—mo <*mbu., Ihes. the glad aatheut
I'nder radiant skies helming bright.
Nearer this day are we unto llim
writeil or nau III r. ntinout money eooo and now s i.rwl.ihi-
and Without prlce lhsl they might be A || .loul.ls^of another Ufr will dispel'-
examlhed. extracted ami copied by oth- t verier opes tbr storions asphodel
ers for pay. No on* haa ever applied -AL'Ut'srA WAl.l
Banking by Mail
We receive deposits by mall and Issue pass-books for same, being
tbe first bank In tbe South to establish this feature of modern bank
ing.
Many of our customers who constantly travel or who live In rural
districts, have found the advantage of Banking by Mall, which enables
them to receive 4 per cent compound interest on their savings, and at the
same time have their funds In the care of a well managed Institution of
established reputation.
With a Capital and earned Surplus of $700,000.00 and total resources
of over $3,000,000.00, we meet every requirement of a safe and sound
depository.
For full particulars, write for our Booklet "G.“ A postal will do.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., Ari»ta, G
EX-GOV. NOR7HEN QUOTES
LATE LOGAN E. BLECKLEY
ON EMOTIONAL JUSTICE
T6 the Editor of The Oeorglan:
I flml there !• great need for public
conviction as to the criminal lawlessness
of mob* (whatever the enormity •fr.tfcf
crime charged) that Inflict death without
Jury trial or the authority of the courts.
As my public statement* have been call*
ed In question. 1 desire to quote, for gen*
eral Information, quite ot length from a
moat admirable paper read before the Moor*
gilt Bar Association lu- the Into disttn-
fOlshed Jurist. Logan K. Bleckley, former
chief Justice of our state supreme court:
“Emotional Justice has no atnmllng In the
forum of right reason, and ought to have
none anywhere. It shoald be eo effectually
overruled and discredited ae to leave ft
- * f In prl*
hat now
. It work*
n Georgia, as
ve two trtbu-
line and mis-
the other de
iuent sessions
rttUngs Inside
In most
nau for
demeanr
Jure: th
outside,
the taw.
rlsdlctlo
mob ma
flagrant
rlsdlctlo
dealing
the mot:
Instance
flavor, i
of revli
fill verd
emotion,
the righ
they are
\hj self c
ter right
ty than
of guilt
punishm
I from pu
aacertali
then tic
•Ice. or
In fact.'
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■‘One
^Ime la
"Tft*eaJ^rtu feeaSttl ,l1 ® 2 uhllc “IK
* m,, d It be eervlceahl*
Initsn^.. trc “ K not all,
♦ha 5?*t mob violence as rases In which
SS* <5385,•£*'», <h.lr own XfiliTH
im Jw lL . ,nl0 ‘Mr own hands. Noth.
ss*aueii b 1. m !!S? f«»lfc*t than ih,t s mil,
■mum. JL Bot ,llc Pe°Ple as s polltlc.i
To'bfJeme"**rao"i ‘.Z KV w^
om bf i
mil ty tl
jad bee
This Is t
der Is n<
trated l
needed
of ertml
large em
cldcs be
to be th<
aid rea|
ganlsatk
should b
&° f 0,'
KK te wit
I punl
one sh
se of
the publ
be bettei
than the
hy Jury
aud forn
curity o:
works bj
tlon*. an
no other
these In
rnent an
If tboee
lie bnriit
violence
Ing the
evidence
would, li
As helps
bas not
awful rv
and Innoi
of Inflict
not dewsi
the public interest. Not
concurrent Jn-
p rather, the
of tbe most
exclusive ju
tn tbe Jury In
times, indeed.
» In the first
» Is of choice
ipreme power
A dlstiste-
ultot to mob
i they secure
only because
i of lsw. and
have no bet
icr in law or
stiee.
needs of our
ite. Judicious
i. tbe pulpit,
Inst emotion-
more certain
*se the crlm-
The larger
of Immunity.
1 In the boe*
u la no less
e whole mob
nself alone,
lorally. Mur
rcanae perpe-
g would be
•to a colony
l>e ahr
lough.
ioIc state to
unwitting to
olencp. • • •
tn while that
iy which de*
>cenre ought
most feared
ety. No or*
court house
doers as the
even If com
igbt to com
te In Inflict
The Jury
In the ex* r-
n behalf of
to
Itself bigger
or discredit
sble govern*
to contempt,
of tbe pub-
nnd bk“'~
icrgy In
to discover
actors, ttaejr
to the atat#.
^holding law
n a high de*
Jaat.
them, they
> Jury; If It
»y incur tbe
indfag guilt
Ireadful risk
>me who do
>r serves to
In favor of
t only do moba defy
ssissii!
&££/£& 8?
MV*,. woS*oi: firs z aa:
fW ,e I ( '*p, not act otbenriw ths*
But the truth Is, that mohM aro nerer
composed ot more than a .mill frannJS?
or fraction of the population • • fTho
people neither wont ouch reprencntAllve.
no. could hare them If Iher Se.fred. * . <
Lpflislation by Mob.
Hoi “,T b 10 eevemble In the cap-
of ih! f opI * or •JPeesenisttve.
RWPj?>.*2 *»»ume and exercise th*
P?wve of legislation. It would It* no morn
absurd or Impossible for a mob to osurp
legislative function, and tntka tbelr sger-
«!“ legitimate than to nsnrp jndlctat fonr.
tloos and exerel.e them legitimate!.
gv ttSAttPaW be Ya Id
ft' Mfi! 8 theur
ssssg^sa s?
mxklng laws? It onght to be deemed equal-
lylnaceiimte and equally mlschlerona to
•Baa* ,n analogous term* touching th*
admlnlatratloo of law by mob agency. • • •
! hlldren already hern may Ur* to see moba
mobbed; large mobs may esclte smaller
OSes, moba of one race may rls* op against
mobs of another rsca; mobs of baif men
B! lr .SS a 5«d* "iraeron* and more terrl-
me than mobs of good men: brut* fore*,
"trough a long and bloodr period of dleorl
er. may relsn supreme!'*
rtei ,0 ,r.n , bTon. ,P ?S^ t
^M'me'.JVir* ° f ,h " m0,t
_ I am especially pleased to (hat
Judge Bleckley, calm, conservative and su-
prcmelj wi»e, aa he always was, believed
,h ."s
the most orgeat needs, dellrerances "from
the bench, the pulpit, the press sod the
t°*lto m . again,t emotional justice,” which
Is hls term for mob*.
Mobs Incrsai* Crime.
Attention should certainly be called t*
■e following:
"Nothing A more certain than that mob
execution. Increase the criminal population
of the state. The larger tho mob and th*
more secure of Immunity, the more crimi
nals arc-lodged la the. bosom of society:
and each man Is no less gollty than li
the crime of the whole mob hail been
committed by hlmietf alone. Thl, Is tmo
both legally amt morally. Murder Is non*
-row”" w1cked btc,u »* perpetrated by a
Hurely the following I* qslte appropriate
to the timet;
"Mobs bar* no mission, and can reader
no reason for their existence. Nor would
they exist If we eonld alienee their well
mcaniug hat deluded adrncste* and apolo.
gl»t». Especially would it he KrTlrrahlo
to alier the tone and teaching of those
journal, which ronfound the mob with the
people and treat some. If not all. Instance,
of mob rloli-nre os ease* In which the peo
ple set In tbelr own behalf and take ju,-
tire Into tbelr own hands.”
The state In ail Us history ha, bad no
blghrr authority upon this Important ones,
linn, and tbe late chief justice baa spoken
wisely for the benefit of th* paopl* to
whom he gave, at great ueridee. the best
service of a great and distinguish*! life.
W. J. N08THEN.
Army-Navy Orders
—and—
MOVEMENT OF VE88EL8.
Army Orders.
Washington. April I.—'The following
orders have been Issued:
Leave of absence for two month* Is
granted Contract Burgeon Francis M.
Wall.
Major William S. Pierce, ordnance
department, will make not to exceed
five visits during April to Lowell,
Mass., to Inspect ordnance material In
process of manufacture; Captain Wil
liam J. Glasgow, Thirteenth cavalry,
aide-de-camp to be commanding gen
eral department of post.
Major Richmond Davis, artillery
corps, Washington barracks. District of
Columbia, will deliver a lecture
April 11, 1$07, to the student officers at
th* englnesr school on the subject,
"Submarine Mining and Mines." Cap
tain Edward P. Rockhtll, assistant
surgeon, to Fort Bayard. N. M.. for
treatment. Major William C. Borden,
surgeon, to San Francisco and take the
first transport for the Philippines.
Captain Mason M. klaxon, retired,
recruiting officer. Cincinnati, Ohio,
upon his next official visit to Dayton.
Ohio, and to Plqua, Ohio, to procure
evidence necessary to complete the
trial of an enlisted man.
First Ltautsnant John B. Murphy, ar
tillery corps, will report to th* office
‘ the examining board at Fort Myer,
., for examination for promotion.
Post Commissary Sergeant Ferdinand
Rhode, officer of th* purchasing com
missary. Its Hibernia Bank building.
New Orleans. La., to Jackson bar
racks. La. Major Edwsrd L. Munson,
surgeon, to Fort Sheridan,fill.
Naval Order*.
Lieutenant Commander F- E. Cape-
hart. to the naval war college. New
port, R. I. Ensign H. Powell, to home,
end granted thrae months' sirk leave
Burgeon H. E. Odell, to the mtv.il
hospital, Washington. D. C„ and addi
tional duty In attendance on the course
of Instructions at th* naval medical
school. Hurgton W. M. Carton, tn
home, and two weeks' leave thence to
the Ohio. Surgeon J. M. Moore, to th*
navy recruiting station, Minneapolis.
Minn.
Passed Assistant Surgeon R. W.
Plummer and Passed Assistant Sur
geon O. F. Freeman, to duty In attend*
anc* on the course of Instruction at tha
naval mtdlcal school, Washington, D.
C. Assistant Surgeon N. T. McLean,
to th* navy recruiting nation. Chicago.-
Acting Assistant Surgeon J. T. Miller.
, to duty In attendance on th* course of
Instruction at tha naval medical school,
Washington, D. C. Paymaster U. G.
Amman, to New Fort Lyon, Colo., and
settle accounts.
Cable from Rear Admiral W. H.
Brownson. U. S. N.. commander-ln-
chief tr. 8. Asiatic fleet: "Kobe. Japan.
April l.—Lieutenant D. F. Sellers, to
home; Lieutenant H. L. Jones, to
home.- Assistant Paymaster H. I..
Beach, passage In the Wsst Virginia fo
Manila. P. I.
Movements of Vstssls.
ARRIVED—Georgia at Guantanamo.
Isle de Cuba at Baltimore, Potomac at
Baltimore, Wilmington at Pagoda an
chorage. Galveston at Yokohama.
SAILED—Glacier from Ousntansnir
for navy yard. New York.
THE AGE OF CONSENT.
To tbe Kill tor of Th* Ueorglsn:
Two interesting articles I-earing on tb«
age of eonunt lew In Georgia appeared
Is The Georgian recently. One article was
signed Vera A. Majelte, tbe other Georg*
D. Dowkontt. M.II. Both of the writers
•peak of the sen of consent tiring eleven
yenrs In Georgia, t nnderstsnd It to li*
even lower than tbst-io lie tee year*.
My attention wa, . ailed to this horrible
gls
raised from ten t» eighteen years.
Here I* great end good work welting fog
the i-onilng session of -' 1
Box Atlanta, Ga.