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Show THE MIND OF A MOB. What a dangerous thing is t lie mind of a mob. Ir is like a flood of water ! after a dam is broken. Nothing slops tho action except a force much more powerful. Reason cannot control, j Consider the mob in Lexington, Ky. Hundreds of men. and some women, demanded possession of a negro mur-1 dcrer that they might lynch him. The demand was insistent despite tho fact that the negro was being tried. The demand was insistent despite the an-1 nouncement of tho negro's comiction! and the date set for execution. The j insane demand was insistent despite the troops and the wicked machine ! guns. It was not until the guns had , blazed and men and women had fallen ' that the mind of tho mob bezan to rea-1 son that it was both dangerous and un-1 wise to continue in its course. These are the days when the appeal I for "law and order" is heard most fre-, quontly. It co3t the lives of five and the wounding of many others to maintain main-tain "law and order" in Lexington but the lesson taught should be well worth the cost. This is one of the first instances , where tho authorities were prepared to cope with a mob. It is easy to believe be-lieve that in time3 pasl public officials have maintained an attitude of neutrality neu-trality when southern mob spirit was brewing. Such an attitude was about the easiest way out of a nasty situation, situa-tion, but conditions never got better i under such circumstances. Therefore j credit is due to the wise and bravo of- I iticials in Kentucky, -who saw trouble) looming, who were prepared to meet it and maintained "law and order" even i to the extent of killing and wounding temporarily maddened citizens. oo |