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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
Lynch Law onaIts Enect.

The recent lynchings, particularly that
Of Dr. Ryder, have intensified the discus
sion of the lynch law question. The de-
tenders of lynch law are more aggressive
in expressing their views aud its opponents
are more positive in their assertions that
it is productive of harm rather than good.
It is evident that lynchings have not had
the effect of putting a stop to the crime
for which they are the most common. On
the contrary, crime of that character is
steadily increasing. II is clear, therefore,
that lynch law is Of no benefit to society.
If lynch law checked crime there would
be some excuse for it. AS it does not do
that there is no excuse for it. The argu-
ments in its behalf, however, are effective
ones because they appeal to the feelings
and interests of individuals They do not
take into consideration the good Of socie-
IT, and yet, If the welfare of society is
neglected in order that personal feelings
may be gratified the movement must be in
the direction of barbarism instead of civ
ilizaton.
If public sentiment approves lynching
for one kind of crime the time is certain
TO come soon when there will be lynchings
for other kinds of crime, and public SEN
timent will tolerate them. The Ryder
case sustains this view Eventually they
become so great an evil that life and
property are unsafe in communities which
permit them. Society becomes demora.-
lied and progress and prosperity are
checked.
The laws are based upon ages of ex-
perience, and they define when human life
may be taken with safety to society. When
those laws are ignored the safety of So
cety is threatened. A man feels like hav-
ing revenge when a member of his family
is made the victim Of heinous crime and
he acts upon his impulses, but his friends
and neighbors should not deal organized
society deadly blows in order that his
feelings may be gratified because it is Of
the highest Importance to them and to
him that society should be preserved
Lynchings will increase in number until
they become an evil more intolerab.e than
the evils they aim to correct. Then public
sentiment will insist so emphatcaily that
they shall be checked that grand juries
will indict lynchers and courts and juries
will not hesitate to convict them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
snnd Beds in Coast defense.

Cotton bales at New Orleans and pal
metto logs at Fort Moultrie demonstrated
! the effectiveness of spongy, yielding mate
rails for defense against artillery fire.
They absorbed the impact of the striking
shot. whereas masonry might have been
reduced 10 debris by it. At Moultria.
| during the late war; sand and earth were
employed successfully as buffer in front
of the brick walls of the fort. The banks,
however, were not piled against the walls,
but at some yards distance, with moat
between.
The federal board of ordnance recently
+ conducted experiments al the proving
ground at Sandy Hook to test the value OF
loose, dry sand as a material for defense
against the heavy fire of modern highs
power guns The results obtained are
said 20 have been highly satisfactory, ana
to offer the prospect chat sand banks will
play an important part in the system of
coast defenses provided for in a recent
act of congress and contemplated in the
plan upon which the act is based. At
the Sandy Hook grounds parapet of
solid concrete was erected, to a hight Of
ten or twelve feet. Against this w2n
loose, dry sand was banked, so chat the
slope from the parapet to the ground was
at natural angle. The average thick
ness of the sand bank was thirty feet.
Five shots, from S-inch, 10-inch ana
Finch hgh-power guns were discharged
upon the embankment at close range. The
muzzle velocity of the projectiles was cal
Faof
ond The position and aiming of the
guns were such as to put the embank-
ment to severe test Not one of the
shots injured the concrete backing. One
shot penetrated the sand to a distance of
fifteen feet and barely reached the top
of the sand slope. Two others passed
out through the top of the sand bank at
considerable velocity and buried them
selves in a second sand bank behind ana
above the target. All of the shots We're de-
hccted upward, which fact the army ON.
GERS hold to be of especial interest Their
explanation Of this phenomenon is that the
projectiles. like electricity, follow the line
of least resistance. When the shots enter
the bank they pack the sand below them
and richochet through the loose sand
above much as shot does upon strik-
ing the water at an angle. 1t is thought
that majority of the shots fired at such
an embankment would pass out OF the
sand and over the parapet, and that those
which did not take such course would be
so DETECTED by the sand that they would
do comparatively little damage TO the
concrete backing.
The Importance OF the test and finding
can be appreciated by those Interested in
coast defcnses. II Is possible however,
that some difficulty would be experienced
In keeping loose dry sand in the proper
position on the coast fortihcatlons. Sea-
shore sand is constantly shifting. with tho
wind. At Tybee, for Instance the sand
hills are VIGOROUSLY OF a migratory char
acter sill. there is always a plenty or
Il at hand, and by constant attention TO
the embankments the walls OF the works
might be kept covered to a sufficient
thickness. Further experiments with
sand foruncations will be watched with
interest,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
Personal.

Miss Marie H. Jenny, of Syracuse,
who has Just been graduated from the
Meadville (Pa) Theological Seminary Uni-
tarian) with high honors, intends to en-
ter the ministry. she is described as
pretty, dres&y, refined cultured and
athletic" She is a sister of Miss Julia
Jenny, vino has made so remarkable a
success as a lawyer in Syracuse, as well
as an orator and lecturer.
The Boston Transcript recalls a story
OF Edwin Forrest during one of his Bos-
ton engagements. A poor artist called
several times to see him at the old Win
throp house. Each time he brought a
picture which he had. painted; he finally
lett II with note stating that he was
III needy circumstances. Forrest read the
note, and took the wrapping from the pic
ture. 1t proved to be a painting of him
self as Spartacus Forrest gazed upon
II moment, and then calculated to the
clerk: Give him $40. If he is as poor
as his picture he must be on the point of
Starvation
The Earl of Derby, who has just been
made a knight Of the garter, is the six
teenth of his family to bear the title sue
ceeding his late brother in 1893. He has
been prominent in British official life for
many years. In 1886 he was raised to the
pecrage under the title of Lord Stanley
In 1888 he was appointed governor general
OF Canada, and was succeeded by Lord Ell
gin in the same year that the death of his
brother recalled him to England TO become
Earl Of Derby. The cam was born in 1874
and was educated at Elton. He entered
the Grenadier Guards at II, and retired
from the army in 1865 with the rank of
colonel He represented Preston in the
commons as conservative for three years
and later North Lancashire. He was a
lord of the admiralty, financial secretary
of war and financial secretary of the treas
ury. In 1873 Col. Stanley was appointed
secretary of state for war. In 1880 he went
out of office with his party In Lord Sails
bury's government he was secretary of
state for the colonies and a member of the
cabinet in 1886. The Countess of Derby
his wife, is the Oldest daughter Of the
fourth Earl of Clarendon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
A Serious Exoerience.

Ole Iverson, who owns a ranch on
McNeil's Island, at Tacoma, Wash, near
the United States penitentiary, had an
experience last Thursday he is not likely
to forget for many long day, and, while
it was undoubtedly a very serious affair
for Iverson, it was an amusing episode
TO an Olympia excursion party that wit
messed it, says the Chicago Chronicle. The
incident occurred to Iverson while he
was crossing from the mainland to his ISL
and home. When in Tacoma the ranch
man had purchased a quarter of a hog,
intending to salt it down for future use.
Shortly after he left Stellacoom in his slIiff
he noticed large school Of porpoises fol-
lowing in his wake, but 1t never occurred
TO him that the carcass in the boat had
any connection with the school of seapigs
following his boat. When he was about
in mid-channel the school, which num-
bered about $50, began to close In on him
and two of the leaders began to work up
alongside of his Skin BY this time the
rancher was scared and he bent all his
energies to reach the island shore, but
his efforts to pull away from his fshy
pursuers proved futile, for he might just
as we'll try to Aoutrow a tornado as to
attempt to escape from feet-tailed sea-
hogs. As Iverson was nearing the shore
and when almost directly opposite the
y
porpoises that for about twenty minutes
had been swimming so close to the boat
that he had struck them several times
with his oars, suddenly shot out of the
water into the boat, knocking the rancher
overheard with such force as to break
one of his ribs and upset his skiff. For a
short time the water about his boat had
the appearance of a miniature maelstrom
as the hungry seahogs fought and quar-
relied for the carcass of the land pig. Iver-
son swan TO his skiff and chung to the
gunwale. VIII Jenkins, who lives near
the Bosworth landing, hearing the racket
and seeing the latter part of the trouble,
put off in his boat and rescued him from
his extremely perilous position. Dr. Mack
linson of Stellacoom was sent for and
dressed the mans wounds and prescribed
for him. The doctor reports that his pa
uent will be all right in a few days, but
his patient says that he will sell his
ranch cheap, for, he says, although he
has been meat eater all his life yet so
long as he has to live on the island he
will never attempt to take meat over in
a row boat. Anyway, he says that he
has to take too many chances, or, as he
expressed it: Il don't mind being held
up on street car or highway, but 1 do
draw the line at being robbed in broad
daylight of my ration of bacon by meas
ly lot of wild seahogs"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
The Trend of Lynch Law.
From the New York Post und1.

At the rate things are now going no
man. and no woman either. viii long have
any assurance OF life In the south Let
a crime be committed. and the first per-
son upon whom suspicion Is thrown--per-
haps by personal enemy-will be liable
10 be strung up" n not burned. within
twenty-four hours. The logical end OF the
business has been reached In the Ken
lucky case. whore the mob. finding no
sure proof Of guilt. put the suspected
man to death ION general principles" be-
cause he had been known as "a fellow Of
low character. The barriers laborlously
erected for the protection OF life Ia civil
lied communities cannot long Withstand
such assaults OF barbarism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
Mascot Meal Ticket.

He had been a waiter in the little res
taurant and he was now out of job, says
the Chicago Chronicle. A customer whom
he had waited on formerly had a talk
with him, and, finding he was in hard
luck, bought meal ticket and, leaving il
with the proprietor Of the restaurant, said:
Let Nick eat off this until he catches
on To the former waiter he said:
Now. you use this ticket, Nick, until you
get job and If there's anything left
on it when you catch on Wen leave that
the joint with a straight story" Nick
agreed, and he ate up IS cents worth of
the ticket before he obtained employment.
A couple of days after that the man who
had paid for the ticket sent a man to the
restaurant keeper and through a note put
him on the eating list" by way of the
meal ticket. This second man ate away
an even 81 before he quit and then the
restaurant man selected a man who came
I'm and put up story bearing evidences of
truth Man No. 3 got away with N15
worth and then got a job in a factory.
The ticket was mascot. Nick sent a
fellow over just TO see If there was any
thing left on the ticket, and this fellow
ate 70 cents worth and was then offered
and accepted a position as driver Of an ice
wagon. This left just cents worth on
the ticket, and the other day a bleary old
fellow came into the restaurant and the
proprietor handed him out piece of ample
pie and cup OF coffee and punched the
devoted meal ticket for the last lone. re-
naming nickel. It's work was done.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

From Tho Macon Telegraph CDeml

We may take It Tor granted that lynch
Ings will continue until there shall be a
thorough change In public sentiment But
how Is that change TO bc effected? We
know OF no more potent instrumentalitlos
than the country editors and the country
preachers. There are few daily papers IN
Georgia as compared with the number OF
country wceklics, and the latter have In
fucnce in their respective localities that
no paper coming from the outside can
possibly have when the question is one
Of local order and morals. The country
preacher enjoys the same advantage be-
cause Of bic close personal relation 10 his
hook 10 o. for them 10 preach patience
90 the people untl faults Ia the laws may
b. corrected.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

singuarly enough there is a little temp
est in the House OF Representatives over
a bill for burying a departed congressman.
Chairman Ciell Of the committee on ac-
counts thinks 81 $50 is TOO much for buryng
a statesman when an ordinary employe OF
the House can bo Inferred for sliS But
The undertaken is obduratc and viii not re-
cede one penny Meanwhile the depart
ed, Congressman Cook of Illinois, Is no
doubt turning over in his grave al the
thought that they are stirring up such a
huilaballoo over his funeral expenses. BE
Ing Largely matter of business. so far as
the government is concerned. e would
hardly Doe out OF place for the House 60
enter into a contract for this service when
required. II would no doubt save a lot
OF Inappropriate and indolcate talk about
A.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

Considering the close relationship be-
tween the English and German royal fam.
flies, 1t is rather strange that the liberat-
ing of a few German carrier pigeons from
Dover for the purpose Of testing them
should have stirred up such rumpus on
the part Of the English press. From the
comments that have been made on the
incident one would think that some Of
the English people regard 1t as cause
OF war. It is enough to make even Sena-
Tor Morgan smile.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
Look al the LiSt-YOu Will Find 1t
Interesting Reading.

At go Cents the Yard-Black China Silk.
reduced from rs cents.
At Is Cents the Yard-Black Surah Silk
reduced from $1O0
At $l.00 the Yard-Black Silk CrepOn, re-
duced from 81 85.
At 70 Cents the Yard-Black Figured Tai
feta and China Silks, reduced from
$1.00 and $1.25.
At 20 Cents the Yard-Figured CHINA
SILK reduced from 35c and 40c.
At 50 Cents the Yard-40-inch Black Tam
Use, reduced from 75c.
At 80 Cents the Yard-NUn's Black Veil
ing, reduced from Csc
At 70 Cents the Yard-45-inch SILK and
Wool Black Lansdowne, reduced
from 81 90.
At s. Cents the Yard-Silk and Wool
Black Gloria, reduced from $1.O0.
At % Cents the Yard-All-Wool Black
Henrietta, reduced from $1.15.
At is Cents the Yard-Full line Scotch
Ginghams, all colors, reduced from
25c and soc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

"A working girls home has Just been
opened In Denver, COL. In which furnish
ed rooms can be had for s. month The
design is to give comfortable quarters to
young women who are working for small
wases-N or s. a week. says the New
York Tribune. The building contains
thir,y-two rooms. and fifteen girls are all
ready being accommodated. There are
pleasant parlora ana reception rooms, too.
which al working girls are invited to IRE.
ouent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-The University Club of Savan-
NAH Merchants and Mechanics Land
Company.
Special Notices-Grand Hop for Benefit
of Hotel Tybees Orchestra, July q,
Watch for the Ide Special Tandem. r. d.
g. VIM. baltimore; Special Notice, DR..
Corson; A Weeks Board for a Poem on
Tybee Island, c, f. Graham, Proprietor
Hotel Tybee.
South End Hotel, Tybee Island-W. M.
Bohan, Proprietor.
Financial-Consolidate Mortgage Per
Cent. Gold Bonds of the Central of Geor-
gia Railway Company
Auction Sale-Furniture, Etc, by j. Nc
Laughlin & Son.
Price of Hides-A, Ehrlich & Bro.
observation-disclosures Valley Acad-
envy near Winchester, Va.
The Dollar Wonder-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company.
Cottolene-N. K. Fairbanks Company.
Gold Dust Washing Powder-N. X. Fair
banks Company.
Medical-s. S. s.; Cuticura Remedies;
Hoods Pills
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

Gov. George W. Atkinson Of West Viz
gina has phi himself on record as eucour
aging che strike OF the miners. ana says
h. believes an Of the miners in his state
VII leave their work lie adds "They
have nothing 20 complain Of. but they are
IN sympathy with the suffering miners OUT
tide. So am !, ana SO b. everybody else
4 kuow anything about" Gov Atkinson
& porhans right about the general sym.
paihy that is given the strikers but %
g. somewhat unusual. not 20 say entirely
ON % place. for chief executive 10 poae
a. strike DICTATOR and urge the miners
a. leave work. especially when Do admits
ihey have nothing 20 complain or De
fhouid rather devote hla attention 60 an
emieah.c settlement OF tho unfortunate
Situation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

Senator Stewart of Nevada advises
young men with a spirit of enterprise to
go to Alaska and get into the Klondike
at once. AS pursuer of the visionary
and the ephemeral, Senator Stewart is an
artist, but he should be careful about try
tng to make others the victims of this
Characteristic. The senator has already
tried to get to the end OF a rainbow him
self
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

A lot of fuss mas been made over the
fact that a couple of United States war
chips went over to Morocco and by their
presence enforced a proper respect for
American subjects on the part of the
Moorish officials. But would there be
anything remarkable about a second class
featherweight quailing before Champion
Bob Fitzsimmons?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

Prescott Ariz., has turned ,out 20 be -
town after Henry Georges own heart. 1t
has adopted the single tax idea tho initla-
tive and referendum and female suffrage.
and no license will be collected except
from saloons. The movement will be In
augurated by imposing a tax OF So on cv-
cry lot I'm the city whether improved or
uulmproved. which will be- gradually In
creased until an Improvements and per-
sonal property are exempt from taxation.
Prescott was put up In the wrong state
n should be moved at once to Kansas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
Not Representative of the south.
From the New York Journal Dem)

II is perhaps fair to say that the At
lanta Commercial, which calls for praises
to God" that the good work. of lynch
ing seems to grow upon the cowardly
crest OF press denunciation," is neither a
prominent nor a representative southern
journal. The dispatches which give to
the country the words Of its remarkable
editorial attempt to magnify its import
ance by describing It's editor as "a can
didate for the Japanese mission under
Grover Cleveland" a mission to Asian
tee, or perhaps to the Kurds. would seem
to comport well with his ideas Of law and
humanity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

The big century plant in the white house
is beginning TO show buds and florists
think it will be ". bloom in a few weeks.
It's blossom viii mark an eventful period.
What odd names the people will be call
ing McKinleyism and Dingleyism when it
shall again be in fiowerl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
The English of KANSAS Pop judges


III had a lO-year-old boy who could not
use better language and better grammar
than some OF these appellate court
Judges" said Supreme Court Reporter
Clemens, II would send him TO the idiotlc
asylum. It's simply awful.
why II l would let those decisions go
into the reports as they are handed down.
these judges would be the laughing stock
OF the nation IL Is a big Job TO correct
their stun. Sometimes Il Ia necessary 20
rewrite an entire opinion. Look at this.
for instance 0aking up a decision sent
down TO be printed. Here is one where
the judge not only got off on his gram
mar, but he even twisted around another
decision which he cited TO moan Just tho
opposite OF what Il does. How such a mis-
take could be made / cannot see. The
judge must have been sick that day and
lct hts washerwoman write that opinion.
II sometimes takes me half a day 20 20
through one case ana ind out what the
Judge Is driving az. After I ind out, or.
rather. after ! think I have found out. 1
90 ahead and hx u up In readable style.
When the report comes out some Of the
Judges Will be unable TO recognize their
decisions. But then that won't hurt any.
thng. obody would ever take their opln-
Ions as an authority. anyhow. Besides. I
think ! not only Improved the wording OF
them, but also strengthened them from a
icgll standpoint"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26
Taxes Cannot Produce Prosperity.
Springfield (Mass) Republican Qnd).

We do not know how more taxes-more
taxes on the consuming public and more
taxes on the raw material of manufacture
are of themselves 10 produce that burst
of prosperity expected by Gov. Dngley.
Unless this prosperity comes and the peo-
pie are made able to buy high-taXed for
e.gn wares in more abundance the deficit
is likely to continue beyond the present
fiscal year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-26

The Mormons Of Utah are IN the midst
OF celebration Of the 50th anniversary
OF the arrival Of Brigham Young and his
followers in that state, and a right royal
jubilee are they making OF the occasion.
While many OF their religious ana social
customs are not commendahle people gen
orally VIII congratulate them upon their
Industrial achievements IN Utah and the
success that has attended them IN build
Ing NJ the region which they populated.