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> > - V 10 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 190C Atlanta To Have Fine Modern Business College January 1st. H. L. Bridges and Bernard C. Ansted, for rears at the bead of the Bookkeeping and Shorthand Department of Atlanta’s largest Business College, to open a Model Commercial School THE DIXIE BUSINESS COLLEGE Full modern equipment. < Vm ses of Instruction in strict accordance with up-to-date requirements of Business World. • Every approved business paper thoroughly taught. Most recent labor saving methods of Bookkeeping fully demonstrated. System of Shorthand most popular in the United States. Proprietors have turned out thousands of successful Bookkeepers in Georgia. Scientific in struction in .“Touch” Typewriting a specialty. GRAND INAUGURAL OFFER: Students Entering January will be given DOUBLE COURSE FOR PRICE OF SINGLE Location: Cor. Peachtree and Marietta Sts., Right in of City. Write for Announcement giving Pull Information. You will Save Big Money. MONTHLY PAYMENTS A SPECIALTY. $10 any or all courses. ; ' ■ CLEAR NOTE SOUNDED BY ATLANTA PASTORS FOR REIGA OF LA W The following excerpt* from sermons delivered by the ministers of Atlanta are Riven to the public with tho hope that the strong words spoken will help to crystatlze a hearty and Immovable public opinion against crime and all forma of mob violence. This Is one step taken by the minis ter* in co-operation with the officers of the Business Men’* Gospel Union, to ward an effort to readjust the relations of the race* at the South. 1 The Christian League, recently or ganized In thla city with member* from both race*, is now attempting to bring order out of confusion and harmony out of rilneord ami hate, through a wane, Hound public opinion, to become domi nant among all the people. The end Hought I* concerted effort to Inspire in all the people a greater respect for the law. There I* needed strong public senti ment to hack up the Jaw upon the fol lowing proposition*: 1. That criminal assault* upon wom en 'constitute the most villainous crime 'known to the catalogue of inlquitleH and must be punished to the very ex tent of the law in the execution of the criminal. 2. That death by mob violence 1* inurdfr, outright, and can have no ex- cu*e or countenance in Christian civili sation or individual or community life. It violate* the law of God and tho law of man a* well. 3. That all law-abiding white people and law-abiding negroes, a* far a* may be needed, will aid the proper officers of the law to apprehend and bring to trial all offenders against the law, whether Individuals or mobs, regardless of race, with such proof to convict as inay be within their knowledge and control. 4. That It Is the duty of every citizen to be absolutely obedient to law and to maintain the peace of the community ns far ns his power and Influence may go. r>. That in tho adjustment of all dif ferences between the races absolute Justice a* to all legal right* shall be secured to euoh JndJviduaJ, Irrespective of race or social condition. 6. That the press of the state may be used to create. In every possible wny, such public Nentlmcnt as will maintain obedience to law. 7. That all the people may pronounce, positively, against all undue delays by the court*, whether in forms of the law or through petty technicalities that finally defeat the end of Justice, and demand sucli changes in the law as will make the penalties for violation swift, certain and effective. W. J. NORTHEN. ence to law Is the highest moral and social protection. Without law there Is no safety or good government. The law of Christ known ns “the Golden Rule," is the true foundation of all law. "Therefore, In all things, whatsoever* ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” Rtv. W. ETfARMER, Pastor Butler Street M. E. Church (Colored.) Prov. 3:1. No man can be a good citizen who breaks the law of his coun try. My friends, If you would have peace to reign supremely, obey the laws of your state and city. Law Is God’s grent gift to man that they may observe, obey and keep them. Bind them about thine neck, write them upon the table of thine heart. Htnnd always In the sunlight so that the of ficers of the law when they meet you nmy know* that they are meeting their friend and supporter who will help them to execute the law. Let the wrongdoer know you take no part with him in his wickedness and sin. The host way to observe these things and bring about that* peace that passes all understanding Is to be guided by the Holy Spirit for Ho would teach you all things well. Separate yourselves from that class of lawbreakers who bring shame and disgrace upon the country and the state and upon our race particularly. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Rev. A. C. Ward. . Pastor Templs Baptist Church. “Without law, what?” The object of law Is to prevent crime and fix a Just punishment U|n»n the evildoer. Lawlessness Is the utter disregard of the law's demand. A lawless human being is the most dangerous of all creature*. An outlaw must be sup pressed or exterminated for the safety of all other people. Law must not he regarded as an enemy. It is not made to curtail pleas ure, but to prevent excesses or over lndulgemioM which would bring ruin upon the community. The dignity of the law Is not In It self, but In those who uphold It. An unwritten law may be ns binding and even more itutcnt than the written law*. A man’* standard -$if worth la meos- Uhrlst an ^ Bis advent for twen- ured by his regard for the law. Obedi- ty centuries more God’s only Son and REV. W. W. LANDRUM. Pastor First Baptist Church. “Order Is heaven's first law'.” Dis order Is of tho devil. Civil government, because order, has Its source In God. All civil power, tho world around, Is appointed and ordained by Him. Such Is the apostolic teaching. “The pow ers that be are ordained of God.” Any government, therefore, Is preferable to anarchy. Nero, the dlabollzed, was emperor, bo It remembered, when Paul wrote: “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers” or the civil authorities thiijt are oyer hjm. livery 1 officer of the government ac cording to Christian doctrine, whether legislative, executive or Judicial, Is minister of God. His oath Is his or dination. Not less than a Jewish rabbi or a Roman ruler of men. Failure to know and act In accordance with this fact makes the civil officer a traitor ullke to his country and to his God. citizens who resist legally constitut ed authority, by taking tho law into their own hnnds, resist the ordinance of God. Whatever tno form of gov ernment, whntevcr the designation of tho ruler, from bailiff to governor or from sheriff to president, whatever the rank of the administrator of law, civil authority must be recognized as of di vine origin and right. A bad citizen cannot be a good Christian. A good Christian cannot be a bad citizen. In his eyes lynching Is always murder and mob violence the breaking loose of hell on earth. REV. R.^oT FLINN, Pastor North Avtnut Prasbytorian Church. Rom. 3:24-26. In his Introductory remarks Mr. Fllnn showed how for twenty centuries, by means of sacrlfl- lal tires, God kept before the race the majesty of the moral law; then came Wesley ah Wesleyan F?mal? Censsrvatory °f College Music Macon, • Georgia. Macon, * Georgia. Oldest Bahdest. Largest and Best. Instruction in Depart ments of Art, Expression, Physical Culture, Book keeping and Stenography and Typewriting the very best. Students received .-it any time when there is room, and there will he a few vacancies when exer cises arc resumed on the 2nd of January, also when the spring term opens on the 1st of February. Those desiring to at tend during the present school year, should re serve at once. Catalogues free. God’s only perfect Man, dying a sacri ficial death, has been a sufficient re minder to the race of the Inexoruble necessity of obedience to law. Even God Himself, when carrying out His sovereign will to redeem the race, pro ceeded In such a way as to comply with the eternal laws of Justice, though the crucifixion of His Bon was the cost of this requirement. Therefore, It was shown that by nature and necessity w;e are under law; no matter how good and desirable that thing we would ac complish may be, as Is manifested by the divine example, we can only be just and Justifiable when we proceed ac cording to law. The point especially dwelt upon was the necessity of main, mining and obeying the law of the land. God’s law requires obedience to civil law. Reason and experience both alike uttest this necessity. Man is by nature selfish, and It Is only by a great struggle that the noblest specimens of the race control these Individualistic impulses ond become altruistic and philanthropic. Through the high or ganization of our modern civilization It has come to pass that all are de pendant on each, and each on all. In order for the Individual to attain his highest good and enjoy his greatest liberty, he must consent to have his personal liberty restricted and to have his personal good modified In order to the greater liberty and the greator good of the whole, by whose liberty and by whose good nlnne he can he assured of freedom and blessedness. There fore, If men would dwell together they must agree, and this agreement Is called law. If there be those who can not or will not obey the law, they must emigrate or be forced to comply— this must bo done for their own good well oa for tho good of the commu nity. The penalty attached to law-break ing and the manner of the admlnlstra. tlon of this penalty must be of such a nature ns that even the criminal hlm- Helf shall recognize that this penalty Is not Inflicted, but entailed; that It rep resents not the spite of his enemies, but the solemn and necessary conse quence of his own wrong doing. He should bo made to feel that he has earned what he received; that he has a right to It, and that It would be unfair for him not to receive It, because It is Ills due. Thus the penalty should be neither too large nor too light, lest it fall to satisfy the sense of justice in both the offended nnd the offender and thus mnke the law contemptible. Cer tainty of punishment, rather than se verity of punishment, will best avail. Any administration of punishment which Is of such a nature os to ob scure the senso of justice Is wrong and tends to lawlessness; hence mob law Is no law. but against law and con ducive to crime. Justice Impartially administered, whose sentence Is Inex orably executed, while a compassion Is manifested for the offender, will inako law majestic, and when law Is seen In Its majesty it will be recognised and revered. REV. aTE. DAY. Pastor St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Col orad. Prov. 28:4. Law Is the foundation of all government and the stability of all government, whether ho'me, society, state or church, depends entirely upon the enforcement And the keeping of the law. Home becomes the house of hell, society becomes a hotbed of Immoral ity. the state a tottering wall, the church a house of “merchandise,’’ when the laws are not obeyod. Thero must be some rule to govern and direct rational creatures In their moral nnd religious actions. Without such rules, which we call the law, gov ernment becomes a bubble soon to burst und shrink Into nothingness. The Bible gives us the assurance Ihnt civil ruler* are God’s ministers for good, hence the prayer often as cends for the president of the United Btutes. the governor of this state and all others in authority. The Christian duty on this wise becomes twofold, his allegiance Is bound to the church and to the state, a citizen of a spiritual and temporal kingdom. “Submit yourselves to every ordi nance of man for the Lord’s sake,” Is the Christian law. On this wise the obligations of the lower citizenship becomes Just as binding os the obli gation of the higher. The state com pels men to obey the laws and hangs over them a penalty which must of necessity cause fear. The church stretches out her tender arms of love which we know Ig the fulfilling of the luw. The state cannot afford to. allow men to come to Its support and help to pun ish the guilty and to proteet the Inno cent. The good citizen Is the man oho obeys the law. Today in this great Southland we are threatened with peril and danger be cause men will not^obey the law. When citizens of every class co-operate in bringing criminals to Justice, whether they be the rapist or the murderer, the thief • r any others, who commit law less acts, truth and Justice, religion and piety will be established among us for all generations. REV. R. L. MOTLEY. Pastor Central Baptist Church. In order to arrive at a due apprecia tion of law one imwt view It largely j from a Scriptural standpoint, “for there is no power but of God. the powers ‘that be are ordained of God.” Many do not reverence the law because they, have contempt for it* administrators, j In thla they fail to,distinguish between j the persons that are in pow»w and the \ place of power-Itself. Let It be remembered that officials! do not represent themselves, but the places of power which they fill. Some laws .may not t*» righteous, but until they cah be repealed, every loyal citizen must abide by them; other wise. each man becomes a law unto himself and .anarchy ncc***artly fol lows. The violation **f a bad law tiers not remedy that law Mob violence, while giving temporary satisfaction, never correct* a crime which it seeks to avenge, and it leaves In Its wake less res|»ect for law and order and many a painful regret. If laws are unjust, bv the exercise .»f our Qod- glven suffrage, let us call men to office •\li.t ulll repeal them and give u* wboles*• me taws instead. If the admin- COLLEGE PREPARATORY. For Donald Fraser School DECATUR. GEORGIA. MID WINTER TERM BEGIN3 JANUARY S, 1907. FOR CATALOGUE WRITE G. HOLMAN GARDNER, PRINCIPAL. Istratora of law are unfaithful thla, too, may be corrected by selecting as their successors men who will be true to their oath of office. Every good cltlxen should vote and encourage good men to offer themselves for nomination of civil trust and re sponsibility. The whole matter of law creation and -law observance should be .a subject of prayer. My ballot should be as sacred to me as my Bible. REV. J.”b7"EPTON, Paetor St. Paul A. M. E. Church. (Colored.) Jas. 1:25. We are called upon today to preach on law and order and I re gard It as coming from Qod. I must, therefore, give It my best thought and consideration. It Is your duty to pray erfully consider It with me under the following heads: 1. The civil law. 2. The moral law. 3. Perfect law. Law Is said to be a rule of action: a precept; a command, coming from a superior authority which an Inferior Is bound to obey. This superiority may consist In office nnd not from an In tellectual or moral standpoint. Wheth er from one or all, we are required to obey the law. This Is God's way to govern His rational creatures. This Is what we call the moral government of the world. It matters not how we are situated In life, we And ourselves under the con trol of rules, emanating from an au thority to which we are compelled to yield obedience. The negro, like all other human beings, should ask only equity before the law. We are asked to help run down per petrators of crime In our race. When we are clothed with proper authority, and those we help capture are guaran teed a fair and Impartial trial before the law, certainly we will do so. The wicked element In our race cannot be upheld. The obedience to social and religious regulations and to conven tional rules and to law, not as a race, but ns American citizens, not from fear of punishment, but from the fear of God. We deplore all crimes. Rape Is crime of the worst sort, but lynching Is Just ns bad. The better class of white ond colored are looking forward to the abolishment of crime and are praying for peace and harmony t< reign In this city, hence they are or ganlzlng to this end. The gospel of Jesus Christ possesses the properties of law. It Imposes ob ligations upon us. It Is the law of liberty. It Is perfect because Its Author Is perfect. It Is perfect because tt frees Indeed. Let us as a race rise t« the perfect law. REV. J. B. FICKLEN. Paster Inman Park Prssbytsrian Church. Probably the most marked charac teristic of the English people which would Impress a casual observer on the streets of London Is their pro found respect for the law and those In authority. The policeman on the street by the lifting of his Unger Is able to exercise absolute control over the ever flowing tide of people. That trait of character Is largely the secret of the success which England has achieved In the past. Take a single illustration. In 16SS, there was a revolution In England which was deep and radical. The tyranny of the Stuarts was over thrown. And parliament waa made su preme. James II left the kingdom un der the shadow of darkness. William ond Mary were given the throne which he had vacated. That revolution took place without the losa of a single life, without the shedding of a drop of blood, or even the firing of a gun or the drawing of a sword. In fact the change took place so quietly and so gently that many people living in that day did not realize what had happen ed until It wop a thing of the past. In Prance, about one hundred years later, a revolution of the same kind, If wc look at Its purpose and Its results, took place. But what a difference In the manner and expression of the two rev olutions. In France the bastlle was stormed. The king was personally at tacked and imprisoned by the people. The guillotine was put Into operation. The rivers of France were made to run red with the blood of her best citizens. What did France gain which England had not gained a hundred years be fore? Nothing. But on the other hand she lost a great deal which England did not lose. It Is true that the American people have some very serious problems to solve In the near future. The same Is especially true of the people of our Southland. And I have the highest confidence In the ability of our people to settle these problems. But we will only do so by honoring the law and showing respect for the powers thnt be. Should we undertake the solution of the problem by any other method, we will only postpone for many years the end after .which we are seeking. We will lose much and gain nothing. Let the law be honored. ROMEO AND JULIET IN MODERN LIFE GRAND FIVE PERFORMANCES, beginning with matinee today. THE BEN GREET PLAYERS MATINEE TODAY, TONIGHT, MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MAT. EVERYMAN, The XV Century Morality Play as Given by this Company Three Month, in London and ZOO Times in New York Tuesday Night, “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE." Acted In the Elizabethan manner. Night, 25c to 51,50; Matinee, 25c to $1.00. Matinee Tuesday at 3 p. m. WEDNESDAY'AND THUR3DAY, DECEMBER 19-20—MATINEE THURS- The Drury Lene Theater Ballet, Spectacle, Mueioal, THE 8LEEPING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST FASCINATING IN ITS WIT AND HUMOR, MU8IC AND DASH. A VISION OF LOVELINE88, GEORGEOUSLY MOUNTED. BRILLIANT ELECTRICAL EFFECT8. NUMEROU8 SPECIALTIES. 60—PEOPLE IN GRAND ENSEMBLES—60. Night, 2So to $1.50; Matinee, 25o to $1.00. 8alo Monday. Friday and Saturday and Sat. Matinee, Dec. 28.29 MESSRS. MARTIN & EMERY’S Majestic Presentation of the Great Mj’stic Festival Drama PARSIFAL The Most Imposing Production Ever Sent on Tour. Philadelphia. Dec. 15.—In his speech de fending Max Hotter, who Is on trial for the murder of bis sweetheart, Annie Morgollei, former Judge Maxwell Stevenson said that the tragedy was s real life production of "Borneo and Juliet," except that the lover did not aneceed la dying. He declared that when the Hei’e euts objected to the marrlege, WITH COACH BURNING TRAIN RUNS TO STATION. Speelal to The Georgian. Camilla, Ga., Dec. 15.—The south bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train yesterday evening pulled Into this place with the negro roach burning Thla car was set on fire by the explod ing of a lamp several miles from town. The coach for white people was left up the railroad until after the local Are department had extinguished the flames. No one was Injured. NEXT WEEK. Matlnsss Tuesday, Thursdsy and Sat- urday. Sweely, Shipman A Co., Present ANNA DAY And Criterion Theater, New York, Company In Charles Majors’ and Paul Ke«. tsr’s Romanes of Chivalry WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER GREAT CA8T OF 25 PEOPLE INCLUDES ALFRED SWENSEN. AS BRANDON, AND OGDEN STEVENS, AS HENRY VIII. Complete Seonio Environments for Five Aots. SIN-YEAR TERM FOR KILL! A MAN Wilt Smith, colored, charged with the murder of Henry Williams, was found guilty of voluntary manslaugh ter In the criminal branch of Fulton superior court Friday afternoon and sentenced to seven years In the peni tentiary. Claude Rowe, white. Is on trial Fri day afternoon on the charge of biga my. On August 22 tost Rowe married Callle Thompson, when, It Is said, hs had one wife, Mary Jcnklna, already. A peculiar feature of the caae Is that Rowe claims that he contracted hls last marriage on the advice of hls attorneys. It was sst up that his first wife had a living husband when she married Rowe. TALKING MACHINE and EDISON PHONOGRAPH = OUTFITS == $12.10 And Upward. EASY TERMS Phillips & Crew Co. 37-39 Peachtree St. HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS VIA GEORGIA RAIL ROAD. On account of Christmas holidays, tickets will be sold at all points south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi river, Bt. Louis, Mo„ Included, ut rate of one and one-third first-class fare, plus 25 cents, for the round trip. Tickets on sale at all stations De cember 20 to 25. SO, 31 and January I, Anal limit Januury 7, 1907. For further Information apply to any ticket agent, or . / A. G. JACKSON, C. C. M'MILLIN, G. P.A. A. G. P. A. Augusta, Gt. Davis to Build Church. Cumberland, Md., Dec. 15.—Former Senator Henry Gassauny Davis, of El kins. Is to build a Presbyterian chur.li to cost, about 533,000, at the new town of Gassaway. West Virginia, on the coal and coke mllroad which he owns. MiRAND Five Ptrformancti, Beginning Satur day Matlnss. BEN GREET PLAYERS. Saturday Matinee and Night, aln Monday Night and Tuesday -Matinee. "EVERYMAN.” Tuesday Night, December 15. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Acted in the Elizabethan Manner. Night, 25o to $1.50. Matinee 25c to 1.00. Sale now on. "<r BIJOU Matinee Today—Tonight. CHARLE8 E. BLANEY OFFERS HOWARD HALL In Hit Great Success, THE MILLIONAIRE DETECTIVE EL DO RA to°i BALDWIN-MELVILLE STOCK CO. TIIHRS., FRIDAY AND SAT. NI0> It& rniDAY-SATURDAY MATINEEf "WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN Night prices 10, Matinee prices 1** NEXT WEEK: “TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM’ THE START Old Clothes steamed clean ed by Tom Weaver. SPECIAL TRAINS DUR ING HOLIDAYS BE- TWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY VIA CENTRAL OF GEOR GIA RAILWAY. Effective first train leaving \ti. r ,„ 5:45 a. in. an.l first tialn I«vln* ad i „ Christmas For Poor Childr.n. bany 2 l». m.. December 13. an*! dal 1 v •’******* to The to and including December 23, for the ° a » 15.—Rome i* ' Accommmlattovt of Uolidav travel. 1 Ins extend the glad hand «»f Kor detailed Information apply ir> to Santa Claus. The Elks ar»* I • your nearest ricket wmi. or Ing to give a 51,000 “blow out" <■ » 1 " f "hi Renta on fhrtstmas da> - • District Passing,r AgenL benefit ut the childnn. WEEK OF DECEMBER 10. Sensational Drama in Three Acts “A DESPERATE GAME " New Moving Pictures Matinees Monday, Wedn.rdof- Thursday and Saturday at 2: 3U. K' ,rT night at t;lt.