The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, September 22, 1906, Image 8
ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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OUR PLATFORM—Tlie Georgian stands for Atlanta’s owning its own
I gas and electric light plants, as it now owns its water works. Other cities do j
j this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be j
» done at once. The Georgian believes that ir street railways can be operated sue- j
j cessfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can j
I not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may j
. operated
j be some years before we are ready for so big an undertaking.
Still Atlanta |
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I should set its face in that direction NOW.
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The Georgian calls the attention of Its multltud* of
orreapondenta to theao facta; That all communications
nuat be signed. No anonymous communication will be
rlnted. No manuscripts will be returned unless stamps
re Inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondents are
rgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much
impossible. A half a column will be read, whereas a
ull column will be passed over by the majority of
aadera.
A Law Against Lying.
The little town of Kirkwood, Mo., Is making n con
dom; or unconacioua hid for fame which is calculated
o attract something more than passing attention.
The outelde world ns yet has not been taken Into the
onfldence of the moving spirits In the movement, so we
annot say what Is the underlying motive, but an ordl-
anco has been Introduced In tho municipal council
taking lying a crime, punishable by a line of not less
hnn $5 nnd not more than $100. If King David were
live, and as hasty as ever In hla speech, ho might
ay that the strict enforcement of this law would lenvo
0 one as turnkey or prosecutor. It would create
rltlcal situation In any community to go out after the
lars, the fibbers and the prevaricators, for the several
agrees of which there would prosumably bo a sliding
cale between the minimum and the maximum line.
The proposed measure was not Introduced by a so
ld committee from the Daughters of Dorcas or the
ilnlsters' Union. The Society of tho Cincinnati had
othlng to do with It. And who do you think did pre-
are and present this measure?
It wns a former nowspaper man from the city of
it Louis!
The natural Inference la that he has seen tho per-
iclous Influence of lying In all the relations of life. His
ewspaper career, particularly In St. Louis, brought him
1 Intimate contact with all forms of tho ovll. Of course
e never did any of It himself. He was merely the In-
trument employed to record what ho heard, but In that
opacity he had ample opportunity to discover that
rom the social butterfly who sends down word that aho
i "not at home" to tho braien grafter who sweara to
is own Innocence, mendacity was rampant In every
ralk of life,
He must have been ready, after a few years of such
xperlence, to say both hastily tad deliberately that all
aen are Hart.
When he gave up the newepaper buslneaa aud wan-
ered out to Kirkwood he was no doubt resolved that
e would make a model community of it. The curfew
lea had been worked to death before. There was no
lunday baseball to rail against and Kirkwood was al-
eady a dry town.
So the best chance he saw of creating n sensation
nd starting a moral uplift was to make It a mlsdemean-
r to tell a He. He would hold up to the admiring gaae
f the world one town In which there were thlrty-stx
r seven Inches to every yard and nover lesa than seven-
sen ounces to the pound. For no man, under peril of
be law, would take any chances for the sake of a few
unces or Inches.
If the ordinance becomes a law and works woll,
re may expect to hear further echoes of this crusade
a the Interest of truth, but to be perfectly frank wo
avs our doubts as to the feasibility of the plan.
business of being funny or merely carrying It as a side
line.
There Is a very profitable lesson to be drawn from
the life and the fortune of John Lawrence Toole. He
made the people laugh until they shook millions of dol
lars from their pockets and when the evil day* came
and the years drew nigh when he was able to make them
laugh no longer, they gathered about him In hi* home
aud cheered his declining years, and enabled him to
leave a comfortable fortune to those he loved and left
behind.
A Comedian’s Wealth.
The will of John Iatwrence Toole, the celebrated Eng
sh comedian, has Just been read, and It develop! that
e left an estate of $400,000. With the consideration
rhlch marked him In life, he did not fall to remember hts
Id friends, and seventeen beneficiaries, chiefly actors,
fere given substantial legacies.
Toole was one of the most successful comedians of
Is time. He had left the stage somo years ago, ami the
rastnt generation scarcely remembered him, but he had
rowned a youth of labor with an age of eaee, and he
Jd not have to worry, like lo many actors, when the
venlng of llfo began to settle down upon him.
It would be difficult to classify Toole’s humor. It
>as merely the inimitable manner he had of saying
alngs—the Interpolations which he threw Into the writ-
in lines, after the fashion of Will Kempe and the other
clowns" of the Shakespearean period, who knew so welt
ow to split the ears of the groundlings.
It was simply the bubbling good humor of the man,
thlch never deserted him on or off the stage, which cn-
cared him to Jhe hearts of our English cousins of a gen
ration ago.
Since Teole flrst appeared upon the stage there have
een countless aspirants for fame In "the legitimate” who
ave risen, reigned more or loan successfully, and fallen,
> i«ss from memory, and end their days, In all probabll-
t. In some of the charitable Institutions established by
ie actors for the aged members of their craft.
The public did not want "the legitimate” hnl%ao much
e It wanted to laugh, and It, was cordtally willing to pay
ell and to pay long for the man who could give them
jeh delicious fooling.
And the fact of the matter Is that all the world wants
its same buoyant good nature on the stage and In every
elation of life. A little of "the melancholy Dane," for in-
mnee, will go a long way with most people. It is Toole
nd Joe Jefferson, and men of that stamp whom the
sople go to see year after year.
Likewise It Is the man with the "Sunny Jim" cast of
luntenance who appeals to mankind. It Is the man
■1th the cordial grasp of the hand and the smile that
would melt the horns off of Caprlcornus tho William
*»L" who makes good, whether he Is engaged In the
Let Us Have Municipal Ownership
League. -
Now then let us prnctlcallze Into action the dlscu*'
slon and advocacy of the last few weeks.
We confidently believe that the time Is ripe for the
establishment of a municipal ownership league In Atlan-
We think that the discussion which has been carried
on In these columns, nnd which the reading of newspa
pers and of current volumes has confirmed to this read
ing and Intelligent people, ha* made the way open and
the time opportune for the organisation of the forces that
look toward this great and essential reform.
The whole spirit of our democracy Is toward munic
ipal ownership of public utilities. It Is the distinct trend
and temper of the times.
The city Is the condensation of the ages, the aggre
gation of all that Is best In civilisation and all that Is
worst In the realm of partlsansbtp.
Municipal government Is the cry of the Umes. It
touches us In our dally Ilfs a doxen or a score of Umes
while the state or national government touches us but
once. The smooth capitalist has bsen quick to note the
rapidly growing values nnd enormous possibilities of pub
lic franchises, and he has alto been alert to get the aid
of the politicians in securing the privileges that ought to
belong only to the general public. Self government la the
basic principle of our Institutional jurisprudence retting
upon historical and philosophic proof that justice and lib
erty demand self-government, and that the management
of our own affairs Is one of the most powerful means of
elevating and educating the people. Oppression by an
aristocracy of Industrial monopoly It at bad as oppres
sion by a poetical monopoly. Although we have had
given to us by our constitution the periodical selection of
our masters and legislators, we have, by our negligence
or by our Ignorance, permitted this great privilege to drift
away from us, and Interested men have found It possible
to elect legislators, local and state and national, who will
guard and protect their schemes. We are governed by
nn elective aristocracy which In turn Is largely controlled
by an aristocracy of wealth. Behind the legislatures and
congresses are the corporations and Vie trusts. Behind
tho machines, the rings and the bosses are the business
monopolies, the Industrial combinations and the pluto
crats. Behind the political monopolist# are the Industrial
monopolists.
These facts aro established In the common sense and
In the common observation of all the Intelligent people
of tho cities and of tho states. We have suffered to
much from the monopoly’s extortion and Indifference
along these lines that the time haa come when the peo
ple who are tho aource of power and the object of all
government and the aupreme consideration of cities and
states, must awaken to the comprehension of the rights
they have loat and the rights they may regain, and to
prepare for tho great future which Is before us by pro
tecting those necessities ’and commodities of our Individ
ual Ilf* from the grasp of selfishness or the arrogance of
power, and to reconsecrate them to the good of the people
at the lowest cost and along the most helpful lines.
In other words we must begin now to diffuse among
the ranks of tho people that authority and power which
hae been too much committed to the syndicate! and cor
porations.
To push these and other reforms there should be
formed a non-partisan league to educate the people to
turn on the light In the dark places, to give the facts
a persistent and Judicious emphasis, to permeate all par
ties with the truth, to call every official to account, to de
velop a civic conscience and to make every public ser
vice a consecrated trust.
This Is what The Georgian urges upon the people
of Atlanta to do. We aspire to no leadership We desire
no credit beyond the Indorsement of our own civic con'
science In advocating this reform. Our columns
are pledged to an unlimited extent to the advocacy and
publicity of this organisation of the people.
We urge upon thoughtful men to consider the ques
tion and to act upon It like true men and good clttsens
by becoming members of this organisation. We publish
upon the front page, and there shall be published every
day upon that page, a blank application for membership In
the municipal league. It has no partisan significance and
It Is no political scheme. Its one object It to give back
to Atlanta every franchise that It can secure, and to give
to the people the commodities of life at the lowest cost
and In the most convenient manner. It it a practical
public question that does not touch parties and does not
In any way Interfere with political affiliations. We ask
our friends and readers to cut this ballot out and send It
to The Georgian Bt their earliest ’convenience, making ap
plication for membership In this municipal leaguf.
Let no man fear that he will be alone In this applica
tion. With the flrst list of membership published. It will
he found that on the list will be the distinguished nacfle
of Hon. Hoke Smith, the next governor of Georgia. On
that list will be found the name of the Hon. Sam D.
Jones, president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
On that list will be found the name of the Hon. Oeorge
Hlllyer, one of the first citizens of Atlanta. Upon that
list will be found the names of hundreds of strong men
and patriotic public citizens who wilt stand by you and
the rest of us in every honest and earnest endeavor to
promote the great cause of municipal ownership and good
government In the city of Atlanta.
Read the ballot, write your name on It and mail It to
The Georgian.
Let Us Find the Germ of the Rapist.
The time Is come In the consideration of this criminal
ware to make thoughtful, patient and Intelligent Investi
gation Into the natural habits and environments of the
criminals themselves.
We heed to know who these monsters are, the envi
ronment from which they come, the conditions which
surround them and the circumstances which Inspire their
hellish passions to expression.
We respectfully urge upon our solicitors, sheriffs and
other officers to make every effort to obtain all such In
formation about every negro criminal who comes before
them charged with this crime. There are several ques
tions which should be put to them In turn. Let them in
quire:
Is the negro an educated one?
If so, from what school did he come, and how far did
hts educatldn progress?
Does he take cocaine?
Is he a city negro or a country negro?
Is he an habitue of the dives, and If so, what dives,
and from what dive did he come just before the commis
sion of his crime?
Has he been In the habit of looking at the pictures
which cover the walls of these low dives of iniquity?
Does he eat morphine?
Who have been his associates, and where are they
now?
It may not be possible always for’judges and solici
tors In the courts to ascertain these facts, but with the
aid of the sheriffs, the deputy sheriffs and the city and
county police, these very Important data should be gath
ered and carefully noted because they are becoming
vital to the study of this problem.
We have got to take hold of this thing now In the
South at the scientific experts are taking hold of yellow
fever abd typhoid fever and make a microscopic exam
ination to discover the bacillus or germ from which
these Internal outrages come. We have practically ex
hausted the Influence of passion and of revenge, although
perhapg as long as the world, stands these expressions of
outraged society will continue. But the deeper and the
profounder question Is to tee If we cannot come back
to the fountainhead of this criminology at a sensible
people ought to do and destroy the evil by striking It
at the heart
We respectfully suggest to all of those officials, great
and small, whom we have named, and to this list we cor
dially add the Atlanta Sociological Society, and suggest
that they will enter upon a quiet and careful study of. the
character, history, hereditary habits and environment of
the criminals who are destroying the peace and
happlnpts of this Southern country.
This It the practical way. It It the sensible way. It
Is alto the scientific way.
We may not be able to accomplish at flrst all of that
whtqh we seek, but we will at least accomplish something
by doing all that we can do to eradicate this evil by
destroying Its germ.
Thoughtless Newspaper Correspon
dents.
The article appearing In The New Yqrk American
several days ago touching upon the racial disturbances In
the South, Is to be credited to the Georgia correspond'
ents of Tho American and not to any will or III will on the
part of the paper toward the Bectlon which It describes.
It la the custom of great newspapers to publish commit'
nlcarions sent them from different sections by correspon
dents of good repute, and It Is these. men who hold In
their hands the repute and Integrity of the states In
which they live, so far as the outside public can affect
them. No man in all newBpaperdom has been more
promptly considerate and loyal toward the South in all
matters relating to this racial problem than has Mr.
Hearst of The American. It was he who wrote those
splendid editorials which rang throughout the country de
manding a larger and better understanding and sympa
thy with the South in the shadow of the race problem
under which It rested. It was he who has advocated edi
torially and unfailingly in his paper the Caucasian side of
the Southern problem; and we are perfectly confident
that with his first attention called to the articles In ques
tion, they would be disclaimed, and If necessary an apol
ogy offered to the state.
But we kindly suggest to the young men who repre
sent these metropolitan papers that they ought to be very
careful how they scatter broadcast before their Northern
constituents an exaggerated statement of the conditions
In the S^uth about whtch we are always under suspicion
and distrust among a large number of people In the sec
tions to the north of us.
Mr. Bryan’s Next Best Speech.
Congressman Thomas W. Hardwick, of the Tenth
district, expressed to The Georgian on yesterday his opin
ion that the speech of Mr. Bryan at’the banquet on
Thursday night was the next best speech that Mr. Bryan
ever made In his life.
Mr. Hardwick said that he had heard Mr. Bryan speak
In Chicago and In Kansas City, and had heard him
speak dozens of times throughout the country, but that
In his opinion with the single ezceptlon of "The Famous
Crown of Thorns and Cross of Gold” speech which caused
his nomination In Chicago, that the effort of Thursday
night was the best speech that Mr. Bryan had made
since the Chicago convention of 1S96.
In this opinion of the young congressman from the
Tenth there are many thoughtful observers and excellent
Judges of oratory who thoroughly agree. It was a great
compliment to Atlanta that Mr. Bryan should have re
served his most explicit declaration upon government
ownership, and held In waiting hla most fervent and en
trancing eloquence for this capital of the New South.
It was a tribute to the Importance which this city bears
In Mr. Bryan’s estimate as the great center for the distri
bution of thought. It was a tribute to the Importance
which he attaches to tho spirit and Influence of Atlanta
and of Georgia In all matters that relate to state and na
tional politics, and It Is also quite likely that Mr. Bryan
himself was inspired to an extra effort and to a more fer
vent speech by the eloquence of tho Georgia speeches
which had preceded hlB.
At all events It was the fair testimony of those who
heard it and who have often heard Mr. Bryan before,
that he reached the high water mark, both of candid elo
quence and of forceful logic, In his speech at the memora
ble banquet in Atlanta. r
! GOSSIP!
MR. W. L. PEEL HONORED’.—The Now York
World of Wednesday Informs us that of the four tick
ets put out by the elements composing tho New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mr. William Lnwson
Peel, president of the Maddox-R’uckcr Banking Com
pany, of Atlanta. Is upon three of those tlckots, the
Mutual Life Policy Holders' Association, tho Interna
tional Association, of which Judge Alton Parker and
Mr. Untermeyer are members, and the Fusion ticket.
This Is a very distinct compliment to one of thu
flrst financiers and business men of Georgia. Mr.
Peel will undoubtedly strengthen any ticket which
contains hts name. Among the other names on the
ticket with that of Mr. Peel wo noto that of Congress
man William B. Lamar, of Florida, and that rare Vir
ginian, the Hon. Allen Caperton Braxton, of Rich
mond, Va.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER,
New York. Sept. 22.—A close watch
Is being kept on Mrs. William Aitor
by the family, and I hear there soon
will be a family consultation as to what
Is best to be done In her case.
John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Marshall
Orme Wilson (Caroline Astor) are ex-
pected next week, when they will con-
suit with Mrs. Oeorge Ogilvie Haig, an.
other daughter of Mr*. Astor, who has
been with her mother during her seri
ous Illness at Newport, but who left
her post for a brief visit to her son.
Henry Coleman Drayton, having ur
ranged to be within close call should
the necessity arise.
Often Mrs. Astor will call for food | n
the middle of the night or Just before
dawn, when It Is said she will relish
greatly what Is brought her.
The flrst American girl ever to wear
the real "court train” on her weddlna
gown VIII be Miss Evelyn Blight, "the
wild rose beauty," and youngest
daughter of Atherton Blight, of Phila
delphia, when she weds Maplon Sands
of London, at Newport on October II'
The train will be In no way a modifi
cation of the style that Is de rigeur at
the reception of royalty. The dress
princess In one. will be of white chif
fon, embroidered with silver while all
down the long train will be ruffles of
lace.
After reaching the ripe old age of
three score and ten, Frederick Mcowen
treasurer 'of the Bertvlnd-White Coai
Company, and a director of many other
local corporations at his home in
Philadelphia, must learn baby talk.
His beautiful young wife has presented
him with ti beautiful blue-eyed girl.
The old gentleman Is as tickled as t
baby with a new toy!
"Yes, sir; It's a girl; mother's well,
baby a beaut, old man. Yes, It's the
first, but then you know, we have only
been married two years," was the mes-
sage Mr. McOwen gave ovpf the phone.
"Baron" Frederick von Gordon-See-
feld and his American bride, a beautiful
New Orleans girl, sail today on the
Hamburg-American liner Graf Walder.
see, unless the relatives of the bride
prevent her departure.
The two leave for Germany In the
face of opposition. The girl’s father
searched the city all last night trying
to locate her, and Is to be at the pier
today. The couple were not In their
state room on board the steamer last
night. The baron came here with the
avowed Intention of marrying an
American heiress, and It Ie said he
succeeded. Yet the stony path he trod
at one time led him behind bars.
That was when he met the charming
"Countess" Ilka Klnslay Palmay, ar.
opera singer, who had come here from
Budapest. The acquaintance began by
the "baron” borrowing $2,000 and end
ed by the “countess" causing his ar
rest nnd by his making restitution.
During the late winter which he
spent In New Orleans the "baron” mst
a charming girl, the daughter of a
wealthy Southerner. He made love to
the young woman and married her re
cently.
Dr. R. W. Brackley, a Plainfield, N.
J.. druggist, was surprised yesterday
to receive a letter from a resident of
Dunellen, Inclosing a dime, which, the
writer said, was to pay. with Interest,
for a o-cont drink of soda obtained
In moo. The. letter further informed
Dr. Brackley that the writer had
"struck It rich" at the races and was
worth $70,000. whereas hh'had former
ly been heavily In debt. He said the
settlement of tho soda checks squared
him with the world.
Because she Is'too rich, a New York
girl has been refused admission to the
Northfleld Seminary, mads famous by
the late Dwight Moody. It Is said that
tho seminary authorities have deter
mined to guard against the wide ex
tremes In social standing which obtain
In the largo women's colleges,
NATURAL ENOUGH.—It Is not astonishing that
all of the little railroad organs In the state and
those that are equally anxious to become railroad or
gans, and those that will find It necessary to become
railroad organs in order to become any organs at
all, should make haste to defend Senator Bacon’s at
tack on Mr. Bryan’s railroad views.
Growth and Progress of the New South
r*nmrk»hI•'*dstapraicn t* WSBLUL’ffiSIti!?
loc attention.
A Billion a Year.
The man who Is sincerely looking for some spot to which he can move
and thereby better his fortune should easily be convinced, by plain facia
and figures, that he could do no better than to come South—wherever he
may live—and invest here his capital, his brawn and hla brain.
It Is one of those little nuggets of truth which every Southerner should
carry around In his hat, that the South Is Increasing her aggregate wealth
at the rate of more than $1,000,000,000 a year.
Quite a good deal more than that. In point of fact, for she Is growing
at the rate of more than $3,000,000 a day.
Now, $$,000,000 Ie quite a tidy sum of money, and the section of our
common country which Is adding that much every day to. Its aggregate
wealth 1s advancing very rapidly along the road of progress!
Perhaps we may be allowed to go somewhat Into the details of these
general flguree, for while some of them may have been presented before we
can do no better than to keep them constantly before our eyes. For In
stance. the Increase In the South’s manufacturing capital during the past
live years haa been at the rate of $120,400,000 a year, the total capital In
vested now reaching the enormous figure of practically $1,600,000,000. while
the value of our factory products lias Increased during the same half decade
at the rate of $110,000,000 a year.
In lyldltlon to other farm products, which aggregate $1,200,000,000, her
cotton crop, with Us by-prodv.eta of seed, represents <700,000,000, upon
which depends three-fourths of the spindles operated In the entire world.
In addition to all this, the South Is producing pet-oleum tt the rate
of 5,000,000 barrels a month; mining bituminous coal at the i ate of 6,000,-
000 tons a month; making about 3no,ooo tons of pig iron a month; idJIng
annually 2,600 miles to the railroad mileage of the co; ntry; contributing
$694,000,000 worth, or about 40 per cent, of the $L743,000,000 total export
trade at the country, and sending $«42,flOO,ohrt of that trade through Its own
ports; lAcreastng the capital of Its financial Institutions at the rate of $50,-
000.000 a year, and the amount of Its deposits In national, state, savings
and private banks and loan and trust companies at the rate of many mil
lions more & year: adding I3.noo.ooo a day to Its aggregate wealth—these are
a few of the moet significant fact* of ths material progress now under
way In the South.
WRIT 8ARCA8TIC.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
If the city goes Into the gss business
It Is to be hoped that the present gas
mains under Peachtree street will be
deemed adequate for the flow of munic
ipal gas.
It would he little short of crime to
mar the perfection of that municipal
asphalt. J. J. DOOLING.
15 West Georgia avenue.
THE APPEAL TO THE SCRIPTURE
TO JUSTIFY LYNCH LAW
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
"Scotch-Irlsh Christian" makes an ap
peal to the Scriptures to justify lynch
law and wins a compliment from The
Georgian therefor on account of the
fact that "he states with clearness and
force what he has to say."
The compliment Is deserved. He does
Indeed, wrest misuse and vlolute the
Scriptures “with clearness and force."
Jf.u „ mf ! n who rends ‘his turn to
19th and 20th chapters of Judges for
nlmeelf.
L In verses 2? to 27 the fearful crime
Is stated. A woman had been violated
and elaln by the men of Glbeah. She
was a concubine. These men who did
the wicked deed were looking for a
man, the paramour of this concubine.
He took refuge In a cltlien's house.
This citizen would not surrender him,
but said, “Here la his concubine, do
what aeemeth good unto you.” But
they would not hearken unto him. So
to save himself this fellow In the house
brought her out himself and gave her
unto them. Then they did the wicked
deed and left her dying. All this you
will And In the 19th chapters.
2. In vorse l of the 20th chapter the
convention of the people of Israel was
assembled to deliberate upon this out-
™ge. All the tribes numbering four
hundred thousand anti more people
came together In what Is called "the
assembly of the Lord.” The assembly
carefully planned to punish the men of
Glbeah tn accord with the law In Deu-
K e J 0 ,s1 n !i'.Y- Th . e ;', hcln * sheltered
by the tribe of Benjamin. The assem
bly prayed about It and entered sol
emnly Into a war which In the flrst
battle cost them 22,000 men. In the
second battle they lost 16,000 men.
Then the Israelites had recourse to
strategy and won out In the war
against Benjamin.
V T'' L’ I® 1 ? about “>* men
of Glbeah who had done the wicked
deed. If they were ever punished there
Is no record of It.
This Is "Scotch-Irlsh Christian’s" ap
peal to the Scriptures to Justify lynch
law, "written with clearness and
force.
J wj|l answer his three questions:
1. The Bible does Instruct us In moral
question:;, and It Is for something. But
It Ie not for such violent misuse as he
makes of It. It Is certainly wrong to
lynch the Bible.
2. The 20th chapter of Judges has
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 22.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. J. P. Cowan, H.
Douglas.
MACON—J. P. Brown, J. P. Williams,
J. H. Williams.
SAVANNAH—Mrs. E. P. Bettry, M.
A. Buttlmer, J. H. Haslam, J. 8. Haw
kins, M, A. O'Byrno.
IN PARI8.
Paris, Sept. 22.—Mr. and Mrs. Epstein
and A. Sondhelmer, of Savannah, Ga..
registered at the office of the European
edition of The Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 22.
1774-l\»p<* Clement XVI died.
1793—First French republic proclnlmed.
1796— KnglUh frigate Amphlon blown up «
*“ limith; 200 lives loat.
John Drown, author of “Bub n»a
.. f . Friends," born. Died May 11.
1841— London and Brighton IUllway opened
to traffic.
1842— Abdul Hamid II* sultan of Tnrkafi
born.
1861—LouU Konnuth and other HnngafMS
revolutionist it ieutenced to death.
1864— Confederate* defeated at battle «
Ffahera Hill.
TELEGRAPHER8 OPP08E
ANTI-BUCKET SHOP BILL
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala. Sept. 22.—Ths
warehousemen of Montgomery and the
Montgomery Order of Commercial Tel
egraphers’ Union have entered a strong
protest against the passage of the Hoi-
llway anti-bucket shop ordinance and
ask that It not be passed.
DELEGATES APPOINTED
TO COTTON CONVENTION.
Kpoclal to Tho Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 22.—Probate
Judge J. W. Penn also appointed dele
gates to the Good Roads convention
which meets In Birmingham on Oc
tober 17, nnd the State Cotton Grow
ers’ Association In Montgomery.
question of lynching, but Is simply *
history of a war which arose between
Israel and the tribes of Benjamin, who
harbored criminals, who would ha;e
been only punished by the laws '■>
Moses. The Ieraelltes were trying w
execute their laws nnd the tribes or
Benjamin took Bides with the criminal".
2. God wants the people of this coun-
try to punish rapists and to puni»“
them speedily, but he wants It done ac
cording to Inw nnd not as a matter ™
private vengeance. Lynching Is anar
chy. Anarchy In Its Anal analysis »
endlessness.
not the remotest bearing upon the I SCOTCH (NOT IRISH) CHRI8T1AN-