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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
GEORGIA LYNCHlNGS.
Rural Districts To-day in Greater
Danger Than Old Frontier.

Danger Than Old Frontier.
THE picture is not overdrawn.
Within recent years in our beloved
state, whose motto is Wisdom, Justice
and Moderation not less than four
prisoners have been dragged from the
presence Of the judge on the bench
and, with one torture or another. sent
swiftly to their doom.
1T is not to be gainsaid that if the
crimes against womanhood, life and
nome and the reign of the mob which
results are to continue, no matter how
much wea'th we may accumulate not
only will the happiness of our homes
De utterly destroyed but the very
character of the people will be changed.
and in time of nominal peace there
viii result in many localities condi-
tons of savage warfare and reckless
massacre as bloody and merciless as
IN those dark days when the rifles of
our fathers protected wives and chill
dren from the scalping knife and the
tomahawk of the Indian on the bor-
der.
Indeed in many respects the con-
dition of the brave frontiersman and
his family was less hazardous than
that of many of our rural families.
There the savages were known. Here
the savage is unknown. Here danger
is ever possible. The sense of danger
is ever present. There is perhaps not
a man within the hearing of my voice
who, if leaving an isolated home, fall
ed to make provision during his alb
sence, for the protection of his loved
ones he left there. This ever present
anxiety among. our people is, in part,
the explanation, though not the justi-
fieation of those terrible outbreaks
which have so dishonored the law, and
which throughout the civilized world
has cast such reproach on the good
name of our state.
4 speak as a Georgian, keenly alive
to- and familiar with our conditions,
Sharing the dangers and the appre-
tensions of the people to whom I
speak and yielding to no man in earn
est sympathy and affectionate solicit
tude for their interest. l ask, can we
not, as a people, devise measures and
determine unon a line of policy which
will at once protect our homes and. put
behind us forever an occasion for the
recurrence of those frenzied actions of
the mob which have so fiercely stained
the pages of our history? What no
bier or more benefcent move can ami
mate the heart of the patriot and hui
nlanitarianY'
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
CHANGING SENTENCES.
1t Is BaIcfuI and Its Effects Are of
the Worst.

~ - h1AAChuh NAu NHGCtM are OF
the Worst.
'Is it not true. then. that we have
no adequate provision for the arrest
of criminals?
us it not true that our criminal
procedure seems designed for the ben
eft of the prisoner or his counsel, and
is IL not also true that by a careless
and cruel system OF penology, applied
to those guilty merely of MISCELLANEOUS
or tndeeencies. we are manufacturing
by the thousands criminals Of the deep
est dye, and this by the local chain
gangs, which are used not merely for
the punishment or for the betterment
of convicts, but for the selfish gains
Of individuals and municipalities?
Have we not a widespread system
of involuntary servltude, not for crime,
but for misbehavior and Is II not true
that when a prisoner who, for disor-
derby conduct or some minor municipal
offense, Is matriculated into the local
changing, with its infamous and de-
grading punishment. with its horrible
associations. its manacies and stripes,
that however uniformed his character
previously, however kindly his nature,
he graduates therefrom a hardened
criminal, an enemy to society, a brute
without discourse Of reason?
Il speak of such offenses as are
tried before police courts, before one
man: and not OF felonies or crimes in
volving moral turpitude. tried by a
jury. 1s II not well for enlightened
Georgians TO consider and determine IL
there Is not some punishment for mi
nor municipal offenses which does not
~. Na.I
gang?
II dare make the statement that the
perpetrators OF majority Of these
crimes. so atrocious that they might
have been perpetrated by the savages
OF Dahomev or Ashantoe. arc done by
changing graduates"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
INCREASE OF CRIME
In the United states a Matter of
Great Concern.

UEeab (onccIh%
1T is shocking to reflect, as stated
by a recent authoritative writer, that
the homicides and murders in the
United States since 1881 have increas-
ed 45O per cent,
In other words. where one man was
killed or murdered by another I'm that
year, four and a half are killed or
murdered now. We boast of the SUI
periority of republican institutions, and
IN the main, justly so.
Compared, however, with the centers
OF population In Europe, the showing
against us is as terrifying as 1t is hui
INITIATING. In London with an area of
oSS square miles, and In a population
OF 6,5OO,000, there were last year twen-
V-iour murders. None escaped arrest
ana trial except four, who committed
But the contrast more baleful than
all In England the perpetrator of one
homicide in three is convicted and is
made to suffer while in Georgia 90
OUT OF 100 escape and only one is con-
eicted and punished. Indeed, some
Georgian has said that in our state II
steal mule
The growth of crime-gigantic. omi-
mous' demoniacal-towers with horrid
Slsage and lurid eyes and merciless
lanSs' casting its horrid shadow
ssnWart the sailing landscape of our
sunny land. II Is the demon OF law
nssness and crime, OF outrage the most
otuel or crimes upon innocence and
nHlue which would stir "a fever IA
s s,e blood Of age or make the infant
slhews strong as STEEL I'm the desc
ration and destruction OF sweet rural
noines' In the wild. frenzied and un-
haSnlllng vengeance OF that many
nt1sued monster. the mob:' IN the well
o oasn universal reign OF lynch law IN
-9Ieeinpt OF the vocation and duty OF
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
RACE PROBLEM
ABLY DISCUSSED.
BY JUDGE EMORY sPEER.
IN RINGING CHARGE TO THE
UNITED STATES GRAND JURY.

Appalling Increase of Crime in This
COuntry-RuraI Districts should
Re Better Protected-Treat Negro
as an Northumberland His An
teceGents-UtiIize the Better EIe-
ment Among the NegrOes-ImprOve
Rural COnstabuIary.
In an able and thoughtful charge,
one of the strongest he has ever deliv
cred in Savannah, Judge Emory Speer
in the United States District Court
yesterday discussed several questions
that are peculiar to the South.
In beginning his charge he quoted the
words of Webster, bringing out the
smile of the storm tossed mariner inn
proving the first glimpse of the sun to
consult his compass and get his bear
ings, and then pointed out to the grand
Jurors the increase of crime in this.
country, comparing the criminal
statistics of America with those of the
larger countries of Europe. The album
dance and prosperity of Georgia were
commented upon, the court dwelling
at length on the fact that from the
cotton fields of the South came the
clothing for three-fourths of the hui
man race. If it's granaries' were lock-
ed in a. fortnight millions of the in
habitants of this country would be
starving. Yet, said Judge Speer,
character is greater than wealth and
to the development of character the
greatest attention should be paid.
The race problem was taken up and
discussed in a manner that showed
that much careful and painstaking
thought had been given it. Deportation
the court held as impracticable. Tor II
such a course was to be carried out,
there would be no way to cultivate the
fields and Industrial and agricultural
paralysis would follow. To treat each
negro as an individual and to be al
ways ready to welcome the good ne
gro and to secure his aid in the detec-
ton of crime among the peoples of his
own race, is the proper course TO pur-
sue, in the opinion of Judge Speer.
The laws of Georgia were discussed
and especially criticism leveled at that
law which prohibits the judge on the
bench from expressing any opinion as
TO the evidence or as to
the guilt or innocence of the prison.
er at the bar. This law, said Judge
Speer, is the thing to which the GRIM
inal Of to-day clings as did the crimi-
nal of old to the horns of the altar.
Lynching was discussed and
its results deplored. In closing the
court asked that true Georgians arouse
themselves and deal with the evil
that now confronts them before it
gains such Roadway that In it's flood
II sweeps away all that they hold
dearest on earth.
The following are among the most
striking passages of the courts charge:
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29

Don't look for true happiness IN the
mansions OF the very rich. where high
priced physicians are called In 10 doc
tor every allment. But seek II and find
IL, too. IN the comfortable homes Of the
middle classes and sO-called poor.
where Green's August Flower Is al
ways used 10 keep the family healthy
10 cure All stomach troubles, whether
Indigestion. dyspepsia. constipation
loss ~ appetite. bilious attacks or tor
Did, liver. Trial bottle August Flower.
s5cN Blg bottle. zoe. Al ali druggists.
knights Pharmacy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
SOLVING RACE PROBLEM.
Must Consider II Grave Mistake Is
Not Being Made.

1T is obvious that in the limita-
lions of an occasion like this / can
suggest the narrowest outline only, of
conclusions evoked by many hours of
solicitous and anxious thought.
Il have been long convinced that the
race problem can only be solved by
the long process of time, and only then
in manner consistent with the teach
ings of humanity, civilization and re-
ligion by the steady, effective and
righteous enforcement of the law. We
cannot deport these people. Could we
send them forth as the Huguenots were
driven from France. or the Moors
from Spain, the youngest person
within the sound of my voice would
not live to witness a recovery from
the industrial prostration which would
affiict the Southern states.
I'VE contemplate an impossibility
The negro is here and he is here to
remain, for centuries after you and 1
and our children shall have perhaps
lost interest in the problems of this
transitory life. 1t is then, in the ep-
igram of Mr.. Cleveland, a condition
and not a theory. which confronts u.s.
Let us, then, inquire il we South
ern men Of the present generation are
not making the gravest mistakes in
our handling and management OF
these black men who live among us,
and on whose labor our industrial fab
rio so largely depends. In the first
place, do we not treat the negro, as a
negro, without regard to those dis
tinctions among them, which really
exist. and which their better classes
are striving ever to make more dis
tinct? Now, we who were reared
among the negroes. on reflection l
think will concede that there are far
greater differences among them than
there are among our white population.
"The slave population OF this coun-
try was recruited from many t1ibes.
The ancestor OF a given negro may
have been a cannibal from the valley
OF the Congo. Another might trace
his lineage TO those vain Bechuanas OF
whom DIR. Livingstone tells US when
one would bring TO him a miserable
goat he was wont TO exclaim, Behold
an OK. wa
Another might spring from those
brave and devoted followers who ac-
companied. served and guarded that
great missionary traveller and his wife
throughout all their long journeyings
through the Dark Continent. and since
the slave catcher extended his preda-
tory operations 10 both shores OF the
African continent. yet another might
be descended from the brave Zamzl-
barrie. men like those who fought with
Stanley through many thousand
mile of dangerous and desperate ad-
venture na De hcwed bio way down The
valley ~ the great African river.
rlOu might BE- aHf0uished in the
pcrueai of the appropriate article IA
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29

so well known a publication as the
Encyclopedias Britannica, as I was,
TO ascertain how many distinct tribes
the anthropologist has already locat-
ed among the African peoples. That
there has been much commingling
since they had the good fortune TO be
brought to this country cannot be
doubted. Still. 1t is true many pre-
serve their distinctive tribal charac-
teristics.
That many are desperate, degrad-
ed and vicious we all know. That
many are Industrious. respecting,
ever striving for the betterment of
themselves and their families. only the
professional negro hater and the de-
magogue, who depends upon unceas-
ing and unrelenting fermentation of
race prejudice, will deny
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29

the noble profession of the law until
that temple which should be the
holy of holes to the civilized world
the very temple of justice itself, is
invaded and the walls which once
rang with the eloquence of the ad-
vocate may now re-echo the screams
of the terrified victims; the bench
from which was expounded that law.
whose voice is the harmony of the
world, may reek with blood like the
butchers SHAMELESS"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
nALE or COTTON BRoKr LEG.

M. Phillip Smith had his left leg
broken at the Philadelphia slip yes
terday by a falling bale Of cotton
which was being hoisted aboard an
outgoing ship. The injured member
was set and Mr.. Smith was resting
easily last night.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
IN LAWS OF GEORGIA

Comment by the Judges.
"In its presence II every Judge in
Georgia had the original power of a
Marshal the grateful erudition of a
Mansfield. and the detestation Of crime
and influence with juries of Kenyon.
yet their judicial power would be
crippled and paralyzed, their lengthy
and costly trials set aside. justice de-
layed. criminals 60 unpublished and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
DISASTER IS AHEAD

Uniess Laws Are nieidiy Enforced
and Justice Adminisfered.
believe me. gentlemen. when as
sure you that 20 give expression 10
these reflections siyes me no pleas
uro.
"il Il Indeed one Of tho most poln-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
NOTICE TO LOG OWNERS.

The Wausau Boom company hereby
gives notice 10 log owners desiring TO
have logs retained aud stored in the
Wausau booms during the year 1905,
that the capacity of said boom for the
spring freshet of 1904 is estimated at
one hundred million feet and that the
efficiency of said boom is good, and all
log owners desiring boomage for logs
or timber are requested to tiie with the
secretary of said company on or before
the first day of April. 1904, a statement
IN writing, subscribed by such person.
stating the quantity and specifying the
MARKS or brands thereon, and the said
Boom company viii be under no obi
cation TO receive. retain or store any
logs or timber, the owners of which do
not comply with the foregoing.
By order of the Board Of Directors.
t23l FL L. WHEELER. Secretary.
Dated, Wausau, Wis, March II. 1901
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
oAIoAeo AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
St. Vitus Dance.

WAUsAU, Wis, Nov. II, 1903
Ia the early part of the past summer
my Oldest son, who is sixteen years of
age, became afflicted with St Vitus
Dance. He soon became very bad, so
that in all his waking hours he was in
constant motion of his limbs and body
also, that constant involuntary motion
that is peculiar to such eases, while at
the same time it was with great diff
Guilty that he could speak, and then
only a word at time. We had to feed
him and at times he seemed unable to
chew and swallow the food given him,
We had, for a while, a great deal of
trouble to get him quiet at night, as he
would stay on the bed only as he went
immediately to sleep. He commenced
taking Clark's Nerve Tonic about July
10Th, but did not seem to improve for
several weeks, but finally improved
nicely, and at the present time is en-
tirely free from all involuntary move
ments peculiar to that ailment. The
only thing that shows he is not his old
self is "A weakness of his left hand and
arm. We shall keep him taking the
Nerve Tonic until he is all right He
has taken about eight bottles | am
fully satisfied that it is most excellent
medicine, viii do all that is claimed for
it, but that it is all important that the
directions be strictly followed out.
HENRY BRoSE, ia Plumer St.
This medicine also gives prompt re-
lief in all cases of bed-wetting and,
when used a sufficient length of time,
effects permanent cure.
Sold in Wausau at Frost-Philbrick
drug store, 506 Third ST., also at Chas.
Helke's, 311-313 Fourth st. Price 81 per
ounce bottle Three bottles securely
packed in light wooden box, 50 80. All
letters of inquiry respecting the Nerve
Tonic or any matters connected there
with will receive prompt attention.
Prepared only by
Z. q. CLARK,
Wausau, Wis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
REACHING THE SPOT,
It Can be Done, so Scores of Ma4-
sau Citizens Say.

To cure an aching back
The pains of rheumatism
The tired-out feelings.
You must reach the spot; get at the
cause.
In most eases tits the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid
neys.
Josiah f. Brooks of 3l4 Ingalls, St.
ianitor in the court house says: Il had
an attack of backache or kidney trou-
BILE for len years and it got so bad that
was compelled to do something for it.
| procured Doan's Kidney Pills at a
drug store took them and the lameness
and soreness disappeared. There has
been no return of it. A year ago l was
confined TO my house for forty days
with the trouble not in bed although
often had to roll out on the floor and
then get up on my hands and knees
1t was common thing sitting in a
chair for while to have to take hold of
something before | could get on my
feet. The pain and soreness was most
ly in the region of the kidneys but often
shifted up and down. Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me-"
just such emphatic endorsement can
be had right here in Wausau. Drop
into Albers' drug store and ask what
his customers report.
For sale by all dealers Price so cts.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the IT, 5.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
! take no substitute.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22

Cornee of Fourth and Grant streets.
Albert r. Patch Pastor.
Services-Sundsy. Preaching at 1880 6. III. and
1870 p. m.
Sunday School at II m.
Junior Society at $3.50 y.
Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies, Wednes-
DAYS at $50 D. m.
Prayer Service, Thursdays at 7;S0 p m.
Seats free
The Ladies Aid Society will meet with Mrs.
A.. Z. Patch Wednesday afternoon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
THE REVISED VERSION.

A soldier of the Russians
Lay japanned at Tschrtzvkiskivitch
There was lack of woman's nursing
And other comforts which
Might add TO his last moments
And smooth his final way;
But comrade stood beside him
To hear what he might say.
The iapanned Russian faltered
AS he took his comrad's hand,
And he said; II never more shall see
My own, my native land;
Take message and token
To some distant friends of mine,
For | was born at SmnlxzrskgqrXzski
Fair SmnlXzrskgqrxzski on the lr2
ztrvZkimnov.
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uSIrERsArrsr.

Rev b. r. Gibbs. Pastor.
Morning worehip, with sermon at 1880. AL
welcome.
SnnSsy school 81 II N.
Yoang Peoples Christian Union devotional
meeting a. 80 2. m
No evsuing service.
TIE Ladies Aid Society will meet IN the base
rnzEf nf the charch At rne u-ual hour In Wednee-
eisy afrernn~-n. The gentlemen II THE eongrega-
fson are invited T. supper al O'Clock
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
Hurrah For Marathon County,

l have for sale 80 choice farms. List
your farm and city property at once as
] have cash buyers for the spring sales
Can place your money on gilt edge farm
loans and will also make loans from
$1,000 up VIM H. ABBOTT.
Real Estate q Loan Office, 511-513-3rd
st. Wausau, Wis.
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lev. Gen. c. Carmichael Pastor
Seryices al 1889 Z N sunday
Sunday School Al u O'Clock.
services 1t St sunday evening.
Mission Sunday School. Gle Lincoln Ave, toh
9Th street, 2sSo y n
West side Mission meets in the church audi
toriurn 81 thres o'clock.
Epwortb League. sunday az s.45 0. N.
The Ladies Aid Society viii meet with Mrs.
A. Hooper on Wednesday afternoon
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Infammatory Rheumatism Cured.

William Shaffer, brakeman of Den
nison, Ohio. was confined 10 his bed
for several weeks with infiammatory
rheumatism u used many remedies,
he says. Finally ] sent TO McCaw's
drug store for a bottle Of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. at which time | was unable
TO use hand or foot, and in one weeks
time was able to go to work as happy
druggists
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GERMAN sAP~rsr. 1912 SIXTH ST.

Rev. Albert Tilgner, pastor.
Preaching at 9 80 a N and sop m
Sunday-SchOol at ii m
Prayer meeting az 7S0 Thursday evening.
W0men's Missionary Society meets % the first
Wednesday of each month.
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pRrsRYrRRIAH.

Rev. s. n. Wilson, d. D., pastor.
Preaching At 1910 m, and Z 80 m. Sunday.
Sunday school at u m
Ups G meeting at $50 D m
intermediate p meeting $50 p m
Junior ST 4 meeting az 500 y N
Sunday school al west side chapel every Sun
day at 800 oclock.
SUNDAY school at the Hull Memorial Chapel
every SUNDAY afternoon at o'clock
Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 80.
In the morning there are plenty OF free seaEs
for strangers and sll seats free in the az eninR.
The ladies Aid Society viii meet IN the par
loss Of the church on Wednesday afternoon.
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ST. JOHNS CHURCH.


Rev. George Hirst, Rector.
Sunday morning service at 1890.
Sunday school at IL In.
Sunday evening service at Z: 80.
Evening services every Friday at $50.
Celebration of Holy Communion every Thurs
day morning at z: 80 o'clock.
The ladies will conduct cake sale every Sat
urday in u. s. Express office on Third st.
ST. Faiths Guild meets Thursday afternoon
with Miss Voswinkel.
st Martha's Guild will meet with Mrs. II. z.
Parcher on Wednesday afternoon.
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
Partridge building, corner Third and MeClel-
Ian Streets.
Sunday Service 10:45 a. m.
Children's Sunday School IL. as IL.
Wednesday evening meeting 7;45.
Reading room open daily from TO p. M, in
the Partridge building.
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n Campbell. Secretary.
Gospel meeting for men, st { p m Sunday.
Special singing.
Bible reading Tuesday at $50 ,. N
Bible class for ladies meets IN the Association
pariorz every Tuesday afternoon Sc SD.
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

There will be held at the high school
on March 30th and 31st, 1904, teachers
examination for city certificates.
1t KARL MATHIE, Supt
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CHURCH NOTES.
GERMAN NE. nHuRcH.

Rev. A. W. Wieting, Pastor.
Preaching l0:i5 a. M. and 1880 p, IN. SUNDAY.
Sunday School at 900 a. m.
Epworth League, Sundag at ZOO p. m. and
Friday 1880 p. m.
Junior League on Saturday at l115 a. m.
Prayer meeting in church at 1880 p. m. Wednes-
DAYS
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OF WINTER
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ABSTRACTS.

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An abstract Of title is useful IL you
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