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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBBIt IT, lfW.
Officers
State Society.
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jlaeon.
First Vlre-Pres.:
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SOCIOLOGICAL
| EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J.
'' in: ' D ' *-'f ea * :on > E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Kime.
May”* 907 - at M<tcou ’ |
Officers
Atlanta Society.
President:
Dr. It. It. Kime.
2 Vico-I’resident:
2 E. M. Underwood.
• Secretary-Treasurer
• Dr. E. CL Cart ledge,
• Regular Meeting
• Second Thursdn;
S K I K li t
CRIME AMONG NEGROES
An Address Delivered to the' Sociological
Society by C. B. Wilmer.
I! Is sometimes said that the "negro
problem" is only a human problem.
That Is true if It be meant'that it comes
vlthln the limits of the human, but
b j. e if it bo meant that there are not
psculiar conditions here In the South
which differentiate the problem from
the question of crime In general. When
It is remembered that more cases of a
certain unnamable crime done and at
tempted by negroes occurred in and
wound the city of Atlanta within a few
weeks than are recorded as happening
In the whole history of the negr? race
In the whole of this country prior to
1S61, It Is seen that we are "confronted
by n condition, not a theory." It 1b the
strangeness and the extent of this aw
ful situation that appal us and have
caused us welj-nlgh to lose our heads.
Lynch Law Both Uselsss and Ruinous.
Nevertheless, losing our heads Is the
ie thing we can not afTord to do. It
IS when a ship Is In a storm that she
can least afford to dispense with her
pilot or lose sight of the North star by
night and the sun by day. Our expe
rience has at last convinced the most
unwilling to be convinced of the utter
futility of lynch law as a deterrent of
crime: and not only of Its futility, but
of Its perniciousness. * You might as
well expect to break down the dykes
of Holland and let In the sea only to
one foot to drown a rat without en
gulfing the whole country; you might
as well expect to destroy gravitation
that holds suns and moons and stars
and planets In their places for the
sake of capturing and destroying one
wayward meteor, without turning cos
mos Into chaos, as Kxpect to turn loose
the demon of lawlessness and control
it within specified bounds. The lynch
ing of even guilty men leads to the
murder of Innocent men, and this Is
only one step from anarchy In which
no man’s property or life are safe. We
have come to the very verge of this In
Atlanta: God help the man who can not
see this even now!
One Lesion We Must Learn Prom Mobs
There Is one lesson we must learn,
even from mobs. Something more Is
necessary than "letting the law take Its
course.” We must try to prevent
crime. And to that end the first step
to study the subject. Crime, In gen
eral, by whomsoever and upon whom
soever committed. Is due to a number of
causes, some subtle and some tangible;
some Immediate and some remote;
some personal and some sociological-
due, that is, to conditions under which
the Individual criminal has been
brought'up." The 'first lesson a man
has to learn, after, he gets the passion
of revenge and the spirit of lawless
ness out of him—and then only catr he
leant It—is the lesson of the law of
cause and effect In human society. A
brute commits some awful crime and
we stand aghast. If we really are In
earnest about trying to prevent such
crimes, we must inquire what were the
conditions under which that man was
born and brought up? What can ws
do to better those conditions? How
may we deal with the criminal after
he commission of the deed, so as to
>rlng to bear a maximum of deterrent
orce upon others? Refusing to heed
he volco of passion, we must ask,
what does’experience teach?
Analysis of the Existing Situation.
1. Some facts about crime among the
tegroes.
In 1890 the proportion of negro pris
oners In the United States was 31 to
svery 10,000; that of the whites being
10 to overy 10,000; the Mongolians 38
snd the Indians 06. The negro Is more
criminal under freedom than he was
under slavery. He Is more criminal at
the North than he Is In the South. As
to whether crime Is on the Increase or
decrease among the negroes, there are
“ statistics for the past two years, but
. Lnlted States census seems to
•how, for the country at large, an In
crease both absolutely and relatively up
to the years 1890-1833, and a decreaae
•ince that period down to the year 1900.
in Georgia serloua crime among the
negroes appears to have Increased
down to the year 1896, and to have de
creased from 1896 down to 1904. The
total number of negro convicts In
Georgia In 1896 was 2,210, or 2.33 per
thousand; and In 1904, 2,059, or 1.78 per
thousand.
Another fact of Interest and Impor
tance Is that crime Is committed main-
i?L b h In 1890 mo™ than
one-half of all the negro prisoners were
between 20 and 30 years of age, and
bearly one-fifth between 10 and 20.
groes 31,968 0t crlme among the ne-
jCou'ea of crime In any people must
be sought partly In the characteristics
oi tne people themselves, and partly In
Influences to which they are subjected.
The writer of this has thought It would
be of Interest to present here the re
sults of Investigations made by the At-
lanta eonferenee, under the auspices of
Atlanta University, in 1904, and
published as “Atlanta University Pub-
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Ilcatlons, No. 9; Notes on Negro Crimes,
Particularly In Georgia." The pamph
let, Independently of opinions ex
pressed, w.lth which we may agree or
disagree, Is a valuable collection of
facts bearing on the question of negro
crime, and I am Indebted to it for a
good deal of the information used In
the preparation of this article.
Following are put down as "Faults
of the Negroes:”
"1. Abuse of their new freedom and
tendency toward Idleness and vagrancy.
Loose ideas of property, petty
pilfering,
■'f Unreliability, lying and deception.
4. Exaggerated ideas of personal
rights. Irritability and suspicion.
"5. Sexual looseness, weak family life
and poor training-of children, lack of
respect for parents.
"6. Lack of proper self-respect; low
or extravagant Ideals.
”7. Poverty, low wages and lack of
accumulated property.
"8, Lack of thrift and prevalence of
the gambling spirit.
"9. Waywardness of the 'second gen
eration. 1
“10. The use of liquor and drugs.’
Bearing In mind that this Snalysls of
the negro Is made by educated negroes
themselves, does It not appear that
there Is a commendable lack of attempt
to "whitewash” their own race? Does
not this analysis breathe the scientific
spirit, born of a desire to get at the
truth? This ought to make us at least
patient toward what the same sociolog
ical students say of the whites In this
same connection.
"Faults of the Whites.”
"1. The attempt to enforce a double
standard of Justice In the courts, one
for negroes and one for whites.
"2. The election of Judges for short
terms, making them subservient to
waves of public opinion In a white
electorate.
”3. The shirking of Jury duty by the
best class -of whites', leaving the deal
ing out of Justice to the most Ignorant
and prejudiced. •
”4. Laws so drawn as to entangle the
Ignorant, aa in the coae of laws for la
bor contracts, and to leave wide discre
tion as to punishment In the hands of
Juries and petty officials.
"8. Peonage and debt slavery as to
methods of securing cheap and steady
labor.
”6. The tendency to encourage ignor
ance and aubaervlency among negroes
Instead of Intelligence, ambition and
Independence.
"7. The taking of all rights of politi
cal self-defense from the negro, either
by direct law or custom or by ’white
primary’ system.
”8. The punishment of crime as a
means of public and private revenue
rather than as a means of preventing
the making of criminals.
”9. The rendering of the chastity of
negro women difficult of defense in law
or custom against the aggressions of
white men.
"10. Enforcing a caste system In
such a way as to humiliate negroes
and kill their self-respect.”
Of the ten "faults” charged to whites
i helping to make crime among ne
groes, No. 7 will naturally arouse the
most pronounced opposition. But pass
ing that by, will any of us white men
say that there Is no truth at all In the
other nine charges brought against us?
The Judgment of the experts of the civ
ilised world sustains the eighth count
In the above Indictment; and os to the
last, what are we to say In the face of
the fact that so many men we are com
pelled to call white are In favor of kill
ing a negro Just because he Is a ne
gro? What Inducement do the whites
offer a negro to bo honest and faithful
and law-abiding. If the good negro and
the bad negro are to be put Into the
same Indiscriminate condemnation and
all are to be murdered together? Of
course all white men are not so de
graded as that, but Is It not a shame
that any white man should sink so low?
So far as that class of white men ex
ists, are thoy not provocative of crime
among negroes and a direct menace to
the safety of us all?
III. The Curs,
The Atlanta conference report has
this to say under that head. The cure
for negro crime lies In moral uplift
and Inspiration among negroes. The
masses of the race must be made vivid
ly to realize that no man ever has an
excuse for laziness, carelessness and
wrongdoing. That these are not a cure
for oppression, but rather Invite and
encourage further oppreaslon. Negroes,
then, must be taught to stop fighting,
gambling and stealing, which seem to
be the usual misdemeanors of the care
less, and particularly the law-abiding
must separate themselves from that
dangerous criminal element among us
who are responsible for murder, rape
and burglary, and vigorously condemn
the i.-lme and the criminal. Four agen
cies among negroes may work toward
this end—the church, the school. Insti
tutions for rescue work, and the Juve
nile reformatory.
To the above Is added the following
Appeal to Whites:”
"This conference appeals to the white
people of Georgia for six things:
"Fairer criminal laws: Justice In Hie
courts; the abolition of state traffic
In crime for public revenue and pri
vate gain: more Intelligent methods ol
punishment; the refusal to allow free
labor to be displaced by convict labor,
and finally, a wider recognition of the
fact that honest. Intelligent, law-abid
ing black men are safer neighbors than
l»norant, underpaid serfs, because It Is
the latter class that breeds dangerous
rime.” , .
Is there anything In that appeal that
Is unreasonable? And, on the whole,
do not these extracts from "A Social
Study,” made almost entirely by col
ored men, suggest that we may gain
help In protecting our own race from
negro crime by working In conjunction
with the beBt negro minds? 1 venture
to suggest that the work of these col
ored Educated men compares favorably
for wisdom, practicality and sanity
with the work of white mobs, apolo
glzed for by other white men and wink,
ed at by white police. More than that,
compare with the statement often heard
In high places that we “will stop law
lessness when • the negro ceases from
crime.” a statement which Is’ nothing
more or less than an abject surrender
to the devil and a confession of our
moral Inferiority to the negro—appeal
ing to the negro to save us from an
archy Instead of saving ourselves—
compare with that the following noble
appeal made by the Atlanta conference
to negroes: "Making allowance for all
exaggeration In attributing this crime
to negroes, there still remain enough
well-authenticated cases of brutal as
sault on women by black men In Amer
ica to make every negro bow his head
In shame. Negroes must recognize their
responsibility for their own worst
classes and never let resentment
against slander allow them even to
seem to palliate an awful deed. This
crime must at all hazards stop. Lynch
ing Is awful, and Injustice and casto
are hard to bear: but if they are to
be successfully attacked, they must
cease to have even this terrible Justi
flcatlon.”
<The time has come when all men
who believe In the fundamentals of
civilization should apeak out with no>
uncertain sound.
We must condemn the murder of In,
nocent people. We must gain the help
of the best element among the ne
groes. To do that we must assure
them- protection of honest, law-abid
ing negroes. If we have any superior
ity we must prove It by superior con
duct. We must set the negroes a good
example. We complain that they har
bor criminals of'thelr own race. How
many white criminals are at this mo
ment being harbored by other white
men In and around Atlanta? How
many white men are breaking state
and city laws and evading punishment
while wretched negroes are hauled Into
court?
As a practical measure looking to,
ward the better apprehending of negro
criminals, the appointment of negro
policemen, to bo allowed to arrest only
negro law-breakers, has been tried
elsewhere and found to work well. As
a preventive measure, I believe that
great good can be accomplished by a
radical revision of our vagrancy laws,
as well as by the adoption of the prin
ciple of the Indeterminate sentence for
oil prisoners. Our vagrancy laws at
present consign a man or boy for a
given 'number of days at the chain-
gang. Ho serves Ills sentence nnd
comes out. Has any good been done
Is the prisoner not apt, on the con
trary. to come out worse than he went
In? Why not adopt the principle that
any adult, man or woman, able and
not willing to work, Is a potential
criminal and has forfeited the right
to remain a free member of society?
Vagrants should be given a chance to
get a permanent Job or else suffer
transportation, with Imprisonment for
life, subject to pardon On evidence of
amendment, every humaile opportunity
being given for learning a trade, or
some means of livelihood. This would
not only prevent many a crime, but
would put thousands of shiftless men
and women to work for fear of the
penalty. People who will not work are
dangerous, and ought to be made to
work. It Is possible, too, that the reg
istration plan might be made practi
cal, for negroes roaming from one
county to another. These are some
of the things that might be done at
once. Amongst the subtle forces that
make for good In the long run, I namo
but two: education and religion. Spite
of all the defecte In our public echool
■ystem for negroee, and spite of all
the prejudice against educating ne
groes, the facts show that illiteracy
tends to crime and literacy to good
citizenship. The Sociologist can treat
of religion only as a recognized force
in life, which It Is. As I.ecky shows
In his "History of Europeon Morals,"
respect for human life does not belong
to man by nature. It Is because of the
Influence of the Bible, basing respect
for human life on faith In God the
Fathlr of us all, and In whose Image
we are created, that respect for hu
man life as such, has made its way In
the world. Speaking merely aa a
Sociologist, I say, If wo wish to purify
the hearts of men, whether -white or
black, and plant our civilization upon
respect for human life, we must be
lieve In the Fatherhood of Ood and
the brotherhood of men.
In conclusion, this study Is suggest
ive merely and by no means designed
to be exhaustive. One fact should
make us honeful: the negro has shown
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SERVICE
HOLINESS CONVENTION
BEGINS ON TUESDAY
AMERICANS WERE HOSTESSES
TO SPAIN’S KING AND QUEEN
ON THEIR VISIT TO ENGLAND
Elaborate preparations are being
made tot the Holiness Union conven
tion which begins In ,the Baptist Tab
ernacle next Tuesday and continues for
four days. H. C. Morrison, one of the
greatest pulpit orators In the country,
Is to be one" of the speakers, and other
prominent members of ttlo faith will
bo present.
The convention Is expected to be the
largest ever held In the South.
BRIDGE COLLAPSES
WITH SHOW WAGON
Special to The Georgias.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 17.—A wag
on containing the sideshow of Barnum
& Bailey's show and'six big horses
fell through the street bridge over the
Southern railway hero this morning.
Two horses were ruined and the boy
driver fatally Injured. The bridge was
found to be rotten and several heavier
wagons had Just passed over.
Young People's Union,
On Thursday evening at 7:46 o’clock
the Atlanta Baptist Young People's
Union will meet at Woodward Avenue
Church. A careful program has been
prepared, which promises to be enter
taining as well as Instructive. The
union earnestly solicits the co-opera
tion and sympathy of all churches of
like denomination In making this
meeting a success, and especially
urges all B. Y. P. U. workers to be
present at this meeting.
SHERIFF SHOT NEGRO
WHO OFFERED FIGHT
Special to The Georgnln.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 17.—Sheriff Hood, of
Fairchild, M. c„ shot and killed Henry
Johnson, escaped negro coavlct, this
doming. at Monroe, this state.
The negro was raising n shotgun when
the officer got the drop on him, and with
bis pistol sent a bullet through his head.
Hood surrendered to the sheriff at Mon
roe.
I AT THE THEATERS
(Copyright, 1906, by W. R. Hearst.)
Two American women who recently entertained the young King and Queen of Spain, In England. On the
left Is Lady Leith, nee Miss January, of St. Louis, now mistress of Fyvle, Scotland, where she received the
young royal couple. On the right Is Lady Willoughby de Eresby, formuily Miss Breese, of New York, who
entertained Alphonso and hls bride «t the celebrated estate shown below.
MISTRESS MARY ANN’S MADNESS
By HELEN GRAY
The color scheme of the garden was
green and white. In the green season
It had the appearance of being pow
dered with snow. Bushels of roses,
all white, garlanded the galleries and
festooned the low stone fence. Lilacs
and lilies and bridal wreath bushes and
saintly syringas were strewed about;
and flung across the center of a long
greon lawn was a rug of candytuft.
Two tall oleander trees grew on either
side of the high-posted, old-fashioned
rate. There were flower beds planted
n snowy-faced daisies, portulaccos and
verbenas, and other low-growing
plants; and when a sportive breeze
played white phlox danced merrily.
Perhaps the garden was never so
pretty as when the pear trees at the
rear spangled their blossoms upon the
emerald beneath.
The .frame house, with Its two ga
bles. which stood In the center of tho
garden, was painted In white; and the
curtains that hung faultlessly at the
windows were of the snowiest of dotted
muslins. Even the tabby that sunned
Itself In the garden walk was white
furred.
Not the least Interesting flower of
the garden was Its mistress, who oc
cupied the place with her scini-tnvalld
mother. Mistress Mary Ann Merrill
waa of the type that Is slendenand fair.
She had hair of the kind that Is tawny
with gold, and It clustered about her
brow In little delicate spirals. Bhe had
large gray eyes, which looked beseech
ingly. When any one Inquired of her
the why of her penchant for white she
dismissed him or her with no other re
ply than a smile.
Mistress Mary Ann carried out her
madness for white even In the fashloz
of her dress. It was not to be won
dered at, then, that when Abner White,
i rood looking and well-to-do, took up
lls abode In Abbeyvtlle, the gossips
should snicker and say that If Mary
Ann Merrill could catch him she would
do so. If for no other reason than hls
name.
Sometimes Abner saw Mary Ann at
church festival. Sometimes he leaned
over the garden gate of a twilight or
moonlight evening and watched her
flitting about with her watering pot.
One night, when a white moon was
playing hide-and-go-ssek with a bevy
of little cloudlets In the blue dome
above, Abner called to Miss Mary Ann
from the gate. "Why, Mr. White," she
said, coming forward quickly, "how you
startled me!"
"I’ve been watching you for full five
minutes," said Abner. “Miss Mary Ann.
you remind me of .-of—a Illy of the
valley."
"Come In." said Mary Amt emphat
ically. And Abner unlatched the gate
and crossed the Rubicon.
i reckon,” said he, when they had
been seated a while on the rose en-
wreathed porch, "that youll- like somo
of them white blackberries for your
garden that that feller out in Califor
nia is getting up. Mighty powerful
thing to do—to make white blackber
ries.”
“t certainly would like to have some,”
said Mary Ann Interestedly. “I'd put
’em over yonder In that corner. I
wouldn't mind navln’ a saucer of ’em
to eat now.”
“Mebbe I'll get some and send you
next week when I go to California.”
"I didn’t know you were goin' to
California,” said Mary Ann, meekly.
"Mebbe I am,” anawired Abner, pre
tending Indifference.
Mary Ann looked down and began
to fumble with her little white hands.
Abner looked sidewise nt her. He
liked the cadence In her voice, and
he thought he had never seen her look
so charming.
"Yes, I’m a-thlnkln’ of II,”• he con
tinued, stlU looking sidewise.
Mary Ami began thinking of It, too.
She had known Abner now for three
months, though this was the first time
he had crossed her threshold.
"How would you like to go to Cali
fornia?" said Abner, abruptly, when
the white moon had slipped under one
of the little cloudlets.
‘T’d like it fine,” said Mary Ann,
blushing; ”byt I’ve lived all my life
In the South and perhaps the folks
wouldn't like me out there.'
about It Mary Ann stepped out on
the gallery at this moment
"I am sorry you have doubts of me,
Mr. White, and that you are airing
your opinion to the townspeople,” she
said, Icily.
"Miss Mary Ann, what can I do to
mako you feel that I don't care whether
It's my name or not my name that you
marry me for?” said Abner.
“There Is but one thing, Mr. White,
that would convince me'that you be
lieve that I am not marrying you
for your name, and that Is, that you
take my name. If you are willing to
stand up before all the- people of Ab-
beyvltle and take my name, I will feel
convinced. If not, consider the matter
at an end.”
A Splendid Production.
No- more thoroughly pleasing pre
sentation of a thoroughly pleasing play
has been seen In many months than
“On Parole," which will be given Its
final performance at the Grand Wed
nesday night. It Is so different from
the average wartime drama that It is
refreshing. In Its logical plot, Its
faithfulness to the spirit of the times.
Its absolute fairness from a sectional
standpoint. It stands alone. The com
pany, principals and lesser players
alike present a flawless picture of obi
Virginia In the ’«0’s. "On Parole" will
be talked of for weeks after it has
gone. G. D. 'J.
“The G~Pat»y.”
"The Girl Patsy," a four-act comedy
drama from the pen of Mrs. Jane
Mauldin Felgl, will be the attraction
at tho Grand Thursday evening, Fri
day matinee nnd Friday evening.
The piece denis very fairly with a
present time problem of domestic life
near New York In an aristocratic
country place, whose people date their
anchestry back to the Revolution, nnd
yet they, like all others, have their
share of scandal, which Is brought out
In this drama.
The author has judiciously avoided
melodramatic effects, but there are mo
ments that grip the audience. Miss
June Mathis Is seen In the wlnsomo
role of the girl "Patsy.”
Blanche Walsh Saturday,
“The Woman In the Case,” Clyde
Fitch's play In which Blanche Walsh
Is to appear at the Grand Saturday
matinee and evening. Is said to con
tain more llnea that can be remem-
bored and quoted than any play of re
cent years. Here are some that ate
most frequently heard quoted In the
drawing rooms of New York:
"My faith In him Is more than hu
man. It comes from my very soul,
nnd you know In our souls lives what
ever there Is of the divine In us.”
"I understand everything good of
you and nothing bad. I understand
how I love you. You represent life In
this world to me. That’s al( I can
say.”
"Will you men never understand
what a woman can endure for the man
she loves? Somo men undergo physi
cal tortures* for our sokes which our
bodies refuse to support, but wo make
It up In what we can endure mentally
and spiritually for you.”
"In Old Kentucky.”
It begins to look as If the "standing
room only” sign would stay on exhibi
tion all the rest of the week at the
Bijou, for "In Old Kentucky" has como
up to and passed every prediction that
was made for It, and tho popular dra
matic success will eclipse the biggest
attendance record shown at the Bijou
since It was converted from the old
Columbia.
Tn Old Kentucky” Is not a regular
popular price attraction. It plays In
theaters where the scale of prices Is
larger than on tho Bijou circuit, but
Mr. Wells arranged for the production
In Just four of IiIb theaters, and At
lanta was one of the favored. It Is a
big offering, nnd the people who have
witnessed the three performances al
ready given havo been wondering If It
will be possible to secure as good seats
for some other performance, and there
are hundreds .who are trying to get
the "best seat" for some one of the re-
Mary Ann turned awty from him.
In the M moonlight her _ red-gold ^hair maining times the performance will be
„i . *—■* — ‘given.
“Mebbe they would," said Abner, ’ thing—"
shone like an aureole about her head.
Her eyss were cast down, and her
long lashes sefemed to rest upon her
cheeks. Her complexion was as fair
ns alabaster.
“But, Miss Mary Ann, that would
sound so ridiculous, nnd the boys
would all laugh at me,” said Abner.
“If you don’t think more of me than
you do of the boys,” said Mary Ann,
her eyes still cast down, "then we had
better part.”
“Miss Mary Ann—”
“Well?”
”1 can’t give you up.”
Mary Ann’s hands were held out to
him. ,,—cr—--
"l don’t' give you up; I’ll do nny-
hlmself under other conditions as not
Inherently brutal or criminal; witness
the race before and during the war,
and the same race In Jamaica today.
These facts should encourage us to
believe that by bettei-mg the condi
tions amongst us, we can make better
men and women of the negroes. Look
the South over and tell me is It not
true that the more the negroes come
under the Inlluence of good white peo
ple, tho better they ore?
assuming coolness; and he waited for
tho white moon to slip under one of the
little cloudlets again before he said
any more.
Kind moon! It sailed awhile through
the blue ether, and then hid Its face.
Abner moved hls chair a little nearer
to Mary Ann's, and hls voice softened
Into tenderness.
“Would you like to go to California
on n bridal tour. Miss Mary Ann?" he
said tremulously.
••Mebbe I would." answered Mary
Ann, a bit Independently.
Miss Mar>’ Ann, you ain’t a goin' to
throw sue over, are you?” said Abner,
heartlessly. ’Tve thought of you a
thousand times as a llly-of-the-vallcy."
At being likened unto a flower Mary
Ann's heart weakened and the white
moon shining under n cloudlet Just
then gave Abner tho opportunity of
clasping her little white hands In hls.
He was In the art of stooping to kiss
them when, simultaneously, the moon
sailed out boldly Into the open and
Miss Bennie Pettigrew unlatched the
garden gate. The next day all of
Abbeyvtlle knew tbat Mary Ann Bier-
rill was to become Mrs. White.
"She's Just a-msrryln’ you for the
name.” said Bliss Bennie next morning
when she met him on the street.
"Folks say she’s craxy as a hare on
the subject. I ain’t got nothin' against
Blary Ann; she's as clever as they're
made, but she's some off on that sub
ject.’:
“I wonder If you ain't mistaken," an
swered Abner; but he determined to
spesk- to Miry Ann on the question of
the name next day.
The moop wqs In the same, place the
following evening when Abner walked
up the garden path. The same little
cloudlets seemed to be marching
through the sky. Blary Ann's mother
was sitting on the porch alone, walt-\
Ing to see him. fi
•'I’m sorry to tell you, ilr. White,”
she said, rising to greet him, “that
Mafir Ann feels she's made a mistake.
She says Bliss Bennie Pettigrew hae
been telling her that you think she Is
going to marry you for your name.
Bhe says she could never wed any one
who Is doubtful of her affections.”
Abner was much surprised at this
turn' in affairs,’ and he so expressed
himself. He begged that Blary Ann
would see him and let him talk to her
Before he knew It, Blary Ann's white
cheeks were against hls coat sleeve,
and hls hand was lifted to her lips.
’’But It's a secret," she said, turning
eyes full of love to hls. “No one Is
to know about your taklng-my name
until the day before the ’marriage.”
Just then Miss ^-Bennie Pettigrew
came up the walk.
For several weeka Mary Ann kept
very busy planning her wedding
clothes. It waa to be n green and
white wedding. Abner was a devoted
lover, but he had secret qualms con
cerning the change of name.
The wedding week arrived. Pres
ents galore came pouring In. The wed
ding gown was completed. It was qf
white silk. Over It was, to drdp a
line tulle veil, which was to-be'ad
justed by a spray of lilies of the val
ley. The bride .was to carry a bouquet
of the- same flowers. Abner’s gift was
a white Ivory prayer book.
The day before tho wedding the
prospective bridegroom, with but one
thought to mar bis happiness, dropped
In to seo the prospective bride.
“Are you perfectly willing?” said
There will be the regular schedule of
performances tho reft of the week, with
matinee performances on Thursday and
Saturday. j
DR. HEXAMER GIVEN
SILVER LOVING CUP.
In appreciation of hls services In
making German day at the state fair
so enjoyable. Dr. Charles J. Hexamer
was tendered an Informal reception In
the parlors of the Kimball house on
Tuesday afternoon.
Dr. Hexamer left for Philadelphia
Tuesday night. Prior to hls departure
and Just after the reception, members
of the Atlanta German Society pre
sented the distinguished guest with a
handsome silver loving cup.
Dr. Hexamer, In German, expressed
hls great appreciation of the gift.
Mary Ann, wlnsomely, with her arms
about hls neck.
"I wouldn't give you up for the
world, BInry Ann," answered Abner.
"Didn’t you know 1 was only testing
you, dear?” she said softly. ”1 never
had any Idea of making you change
your name.”
And Abner agreed that It was much
better for them to be married In the
regulation way.
A rumor concerning the matter had
been circulated abroad, but when the
ceremony was performed, and Mary
Ann became Mrs. White, the towns
people decided that the report was
without foundation—It was Just an
other of Bennie Pettigrew’s fabrica
tions.
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