The age-herald., 1897-11-07
but the chances are that the system

but the chances are that the system will remain as 1t Is.
 Gov. Atkinson's opposition to the re- newal of the convict lease has aroused opposition, and it now looks as II ano 'hef lease law would be passed.
 The governor is a man of great nrm- ness. ana he has a head of his own. Ere uuently he runs courter to public sentl- ment and he has done this in his mes sage about lynching. He favors arm1nS prisoners to defend themselves from mobs, and wants Ito make the counties liable in heavy damages for lynchings.
 For this he has been roundly abused all over the state. The general opinion is that so long as the monsters guilty of certain natneless crime are the only sufferers, Judge Lynch is doing society service and should not be checked
 Many veterans in Birmingham will re gret to learn that Col John Milledge has lost the office of sta,e librarian, and Ed itor J. E, Brown, of Newman, has ben appointed to fill the position.
 It is said that the governor does not like veterans. .
 Aftlanta feels that she is forever safe from yellow fever, but smallpox has baen a thorn in her sides for the past two or three months.
 Compulsory vaccination is going on, but it causes endless trouble among the negroes. Many of them resist, and oc- casionally there Is a small vaccination riot, and the offenders are sent to the stockade.
 Some intelligent citizens are opposed ito vaccination, but they submit.
 Tn Columbus, however, it is different. 1Messrs. J. W. Yarbrough and J. A. New some, of that city, resisted vaccination the other day, refussd to pay their fine and went sto jail. They are going to make test case, and if sustained they will inc aitX for dann9phg
 MT. T. e. De Leon, the Mobile novelist, Is now a permanent resident of the city. He will publish his books here, and be- cocne an active member of the novel and business world.
 Over $2, 900, 900 has been spent in build ing enterprises here during the past year, and yet the tax books show big falling off in the total value elf property.
 There are too many big office buildings here, and how their 4,000 rooms will be filled is a mystery.
 Rumor says that ex-Gov. H. D. Me- Daniel will oppose Congressman Living ston in this district, but it is also said that either Tom Cobb, Tom Fielder or Fulton Colville, of Atlanta, will be in the race.
 Business is dull, notwithstanding the crowds on the streets, and the merchants are coming to the conclusion that there is something wrong somewhere.
 AuldHtd wants IdclorleS, put now IS she to get them? This is the problem. The Atlantians want ito furnish the ad- vice and labor and sell the building sites but they want outsiders to furnish the money.
 The Hon. Boodie Phinizy. member of the legislature from Augusta, and Wal | ter Adamson, correspondent of the Co., lumbus Enquirer-Sun, came very near having a row this week. Adamson wrote his paper that Phinizy called the anti football legislature "a lot of jack asses" Phinizy denounced this as fals=hood, and Adamson asked for 1egisla tive in- vestigation.
 Then their friends took the matter up, and Phinizy retracted his offensive lan- guage, and Adamson retracted some of his statements. So peace reigns again.
 TTTE COI.ONET,