The age-herald., 1901-09-03
Wemt lm o. e Pasr of Queems
 ANd Wow e $0o,o 1ack Pot

"All he had was a pair of queens. His left hand neighbor raised good and hard and the dealer followed suit. This double raise was for $25,Ooo, but Muslin never hesitated.
 "In went his $25, 900. He held four clubs as well as two queens. Coolly announc- ing that he would break his pair of op- eners to draw, Muslin took a single card. It cost him $25,0 900, and it was the six of clubs. He won hands down against pat straight and three aces, and raked in $9O,- GOO In that single pot" ns N@"
 
 G., and statistics confirm its statement, "there Is reason to believe that If lynch ing has any effect at all it is to promote crime" Other prominent Southern jour- nals take the same view, and it is the cor rect one, demonstrable by the criminal records of every state in which lynch ings occur.
 There Is a still more serious side to this matter. The effect of lynching upon the white community is worse than upon the black. The increase in their number, the increase in barbar5us cruelty and the ten- dency to regard lynching as a pastime are degrading. brutalizing and criminalizing the whites in some localities. If not ar- rested by law it will soon bring many communities under mob law and thus dis organize society No community can safe ly permit power to pass from the hands of the legal representatives of the people into the hands of the mob. It Is menace to the lives of others than criminals. It is danger to the rights of property and the conditions of business. It's danger is eloquently pointed out by the Nashville crenn.) Advocate: Mob law Is a crime against organized society, and in permit ting 1t we are sowing the wind The storm of disregard for law Is gathering greater force. and if steps are not taken to enforce the law more honestly and more rigidly by the lawful punishment of the guilty and the protection of the in- nocent, we shall surely reap the whirl- wind" For reasons such as these there is hope for better things in the Alabama conviction.
 From the Boston Transcript.
 This means business Nothing else mot even the sherins shotgun, will do so much to discourage these gentry who
  nigger" as debonairly as an English . squire prepares to hunt foxes They have laid the f1attering unction to their souls that this climax of barbarity meant chivalry. They have been encour- aged in that belief by those intelligent enough to know better But the court of Fillmore County has dispelled the say- age illusion. It has been shown that under the law 1t Is murder of the most revolting sort. and is liable to the pen- alties provided for such a crime.
 Fillmore County is in the more inlisht- ened portion of the state. It adjoins montgomery County, and also Macon County, in which Tuskegee Is located. We are compelled to believe that Tus- kegee has done as much, to speak with in bounds, as Montgomery to arouse A more enlightened and humane public sem timent. In the lower counties such A conviction would doubtless have been im- possible. But that 1t was possible any where In the state argues a splendid ad- vance in Alabama justice.
 From the Baltimore American. tlt The conviction in Alabama of the mem- WI oi iiioo "hich iyncfleu man some months ago Is calculated to give hope to the friends of law and order The presiding judge imposed sentence of life Imprisonment. It requires more courage on the pant of judge and jury to thus vindicate the majesty Of the law than can readily be appreciated in other sections of the country. The Alabama case sets precedent, and a most yalua- ble one. It teaches that the best way to enforce respect for the constituted canons of behavior Is to enforce the law. If it is genuine expression of the state of public feeling there. it means that in that locality at least-and the example can easily become contagious-ths r,alA of the mob is on the ebb.