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THE ATLANTA GEORfcrlAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEF.LY, Preiident. Telephone Connection*. Subscription Rite*: I One, Year ........ $4.501 Six Months 2.501 I Three Months 1.25 By Csrrler, per week 10c j Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts, Gs. Estsred li second-rtss* mutter April 25. lye. et the Postofflee St Atlanta, tie., under ect or collar.'., of Marcl) I. UtS. The Reign of Terror for Souther- Women. The appalling crime attempted and partly executed on Monday almost within the limits of Atlanta brings to a focus the recognition of a torrid ware of lust and fiend- Isbness on the part of the negro criminals of the state. It is difficult to discuss with any tranquillity or with any reason a crime like this. The mere suggestion of the slightest familiarity on the part of a black and filthy negro with a refined and gentle woman of the Cau casian race Is enough to atlr the blood to fever heat, but the monstrous and unspeakable horror of the more seri ous and brutal assault, simply wakes to a frenzy and will always atlr to frenzy the Caucasian blood. to the discussion of this great question in times pets), the- editor of The Georgian hn» passed through all stage., of feellr.c from reason to hysteria, and we have thought enough and seen enough nnd left enough of this fearful shadow upon our civilization to have aome Ideas that are distinctly definite and that ought to be essentially practical. The people of this great republic who nr- disposed to criticise the South scarcely realize that its people are living In a state of constant siege and danger. Tho women of this Southern country to whom no age or civil ization has ever produced a superior and scarcely nn equal, are prisoners to danger and to fear. The women in the North nnd in the East may walk after nightfall from street to street and almost from township to township without nn escort nnd without nlarm. Hut It has come to'pass In the slow process of tills increasing terror that there la not a woman, wife, mother or sister who would be permitted in the South to walk after sun set unattended through the quiet streets of suburban towna. And even 111 midday, men who leave their homes unguarded, leave with apprehension mid provide overy means of protection and self-defense which care nud ap prehension can devise. This state of affairs is frightful nnd appalling and It cannot nnd muat not endure nny longer in theae atates which have won the right to better things. Here for Instance in the very center of the South's best civilization, right In the heart of progress and dove)-, opmeiit. In the open suburb of Oeorgin's capital city, anil the metro|)olis of the South, we have had five o|ien and monstrous attempts at rape within the last four weeks. No dark region, no benighted imrtlon of the stnte, no swamps nor morasses to hide the'offender, no turpen tine camps or sugar plantations to gather the lawless and to develop the criminal Instinct, hut right here under the shadow \pt Georgia's cnpltol nnd In the very heart of the South's highest Intelligence these monstrous crimes have had fast and frightful recurrence. Every one of the fiends who has been apprehended has been dealt with swiftly nmj sternly by an outraged society that could not and did not wnlt for the slow pro cesses of the law. Evory rapist that has been caught has been shot or hanged without hesitation nnd without remorse. And yet with the open blazon of this swift and fear ful punishment the crime has been repeated or attempted almost before the echo of the last outrage .had died •way! Does lynching prevent rape? It would seem not. Within twenty days after the burning of 8am llose at Xewimn, Gn„ there were threo attempted assaults with in n radius hf un hundred miles of Ills monstrous crime and its swift and awful punishment! It becomes evident that we must find another, rem edy than lynching for the suppression of theso outrages upon tho women of the South. Now mark you, the crime of rn|io Is confined almost exclusively, If not exclusively, to tho negro rnco. The lust of the white man mnkca no menace of vlotont expression toward the women of the South. The negro has a mo nopoly In rape. If the negro were no longer a part of our population, the women of the South would ho frood from their state of siege nnd would he nt liberty to go where they pleased nnd when they pleased. Hut under the black shadow of tho fiendish passion of theso ebony devils our women are us completely slaves as If they wero In bondage to u conquering foe. They do not dnre to enjoy on foot or on horsebnek the liberty of move ment and freedom of action to which they are entitled under the great and progressive civilization In which they live. Whnt can we do then to halt thlB terrible nnd appall ing crime? What reasonable experiment can we try to put a stop to the mad career o( these Infernal fiends who haunt every sequestered nook pud corner nroumj our cities? Killing, shooting, burning has ceased to ter rify them. Hut we have never tried any other remedy. We have never experimented, with any other mode of punishment Why can we not establish then some new form of punishment whose very spectacular method and terror will eliminate the foulest criminal Instincts of our time. In the past the editor of The Georgian hns advocated the petsonal mutilation of the rapist as a deterrent force; and we believe yet resolutely and fearlessly that the expt-ri meat Is worthy of a trial. Let It he understood In ad vance that every negro who commits this crime will treated to this punishment and let us see at least for a twelvemonth what effect the uew punishment will have upon the old and frightful off-..tao. We have suggested in time past that some new and mysterious mode of punishment—the passing over a slen der bridge into a dark chamber where In utter dark ness and In utter mystery tho assallan tof woman's vir tue would meet a fate which his friends would nevet know and which he himself would never come back to make them understand. Darkness, mystery, uncertainty have always been deterrent Influences uiion the minds of this Ignorant an J superstitious rn We Insist that th's experiment Is also worth a trial for what It Is worth—to be perpetuated If K is successful and to be abandoned If it does not accomplish its purpose. Heaven knows that a desperate disease demands a trial of every des perate remedy which tact and theory and self-defense ran dictate to a people who have borne too much and borne too long the horrible shadow which rests upon our society and upon civilisation. Bat at this time and Id this hour we come forward earnestly and Intensely to arraign the leaders of the negro race, their preachers and their public men that they have not themselves cooperated to suppress this crime. They have met In conventions, they have passed resolu tions, they have orated fiercely about lyich law and they have denounced Southern men and methods, but they have been shamefully and criminally silent in making their voices heard In stern nnd persjstent denunciation of the crime that produces lynching. Many men and in dividual members of the negro race who magnify the lawlessness of lynching above the crime that produces It, have even aided the confessed criminal against the virtue of our women by secreting him f.om the office of the law, by providing change of clothes and by con nlvlng In every way to aid in his escape from the out raged ngents of society. Upon this basis we arraign the leaders—the teachers, the preachers, the bishops and the editors of the negro race as partlceps crimfnls and co-criminnls with the rapist when they fall to co-operate fully and freely with the white race In the swift pun ishment of this awful crime. Until the negroes are taught from the pulpit, from the teacher's clialf and from the printed page to help ■ he.white man to bunt down the scoundrels and the crim inals of their racq, they nre themselves guilty In part of the crimes which we revenge. They make the negroes think that every black criminal who is lynched Is a mar tyr to the prejudice of race. They Inflame the minds of the Inferior race by their fierce diatribes and pro tests against lynching. But neither their pulpits' thunder nor their presses' spout preachments against the crimi nal and the crimes which make lynching possible. We nre getting tired of these one-sided Jeremiads. We have no patience with such llypocrlsy. The negro must help the white man to Intimidate the negro crim Inal. Here then we get down to the core of the matter. Let us have less of these fierce denunciations of the mob and tot the negro preachers and the negro editors and the negro teachers get busy with the vigorous use of their lungs nnd their lead pencils against the crime which. If not suppressed, will ultimately destroy tbelr race. v For there is growing steadily In the minds of tho Caucasians of the South u stern determination to be freed at nny cost from this element of terror which covers the women of our people. We hare bought with our blood and with our brains a continent which we have redeemed from the wilderness ngd made tho greatest nation under the sun. We have built out of the ashes and desolation of war a country that In beauty and devel opment has come to he a wonder and the admiration of the world. We are doing our part In all of the great movements that make our country glorious and tho nge Illustrious In achievement. And we are rapidly reach ing tho imlnt where we wlft not permit ourselves much longer to endure In this Southern country n siege In which our women are the prisoners and In which every Southerner Is nn anxious sentinel nt tho outpost of his fireside and the shrine of his home. If theso negroes who aro making themselves so bla- tnnt In their public speeches and conventions—If the leaders, from Booker Washington down to the bishops and the preachers and the smallest editor would lift up the bnnner of a great united crusade against the Infamy of ratio nnd would pledge theniBelves to hunt with even fiercer vigilance than tho white man, the despoiler o' out homes nnd the deadliest onj*ny to the hop's of tho negro, then wc might hope to witness a change In these conditions and n suppression of these crimes which provoke that fiery terror, which, however lawless and however depiortb’e. Is the only deiuiroi t of tho rapist nnd tho chief defense of woman. There Is no excuse for apathy nursery, at least, will refuse to be comforted now that the island of Juan Fernandez “sinks, like seaweed. Into whence It came." Jacksonville, Fla., seems to be rich In cttlsen Charles L. Bonner, of the board of tarde, and of the Half-a-MIUlon Club. From all appearaacea he Is a live and vital force and the Inspiration of much of the best work done In Jhcksonville. hero. Tlmo and again the appeal has gone forth for co-operation along these lines. And In tho memory of these unanswered aj-peals we sternly aTnlgn the resp.v-a.ble memojr-i pi the negro race for the silence and Inactive apathy which they have shown. For tho future wc refuse to heal their protests or to consider their statements until thoy get themselves busy along, the only practical lino on which they can ho of service'to themselves and to us. If they do not do tills and If all other expedients fall, ns they are falling, tho time may come when tha dominant and triumphant civilization of the South will rid Itself of this awful terror In n more radical and a more revolutionary way. I’atlenco is growing frazzled In Caucasian hearts. And after patience comes the deluge. Robinson Crusoe’s* Island Destroyed. Among tho Incidents of .the recent earthquake which wrought such havoc along the coast of Chile, ac cording to reports which have Just been received, was the destruction of tha Island of Junn Fernandez. From a sentimental point of view, this Is tho great est of all tho sad features of the disaster. The struc tures of brick and mortar constituting the cities de stroyed will tie replaced on n more splendid scale; even the death of tho Inhabitants will chiefly affect their friends and rnjatlvea. who will find consolation as the years go by. But tho civilized world will for all time deplore the fact that Robinson Crusoe's Islnnd has sunk Into the sea from whence It came. This Island was the Inrgest - of a group of three known to tie of volcnnlc origin, and differing greatly In fauiin ami flora from the mainland of Chile, 350 miles away. It was sparsely settled, even at the time of Its destruction, and while tho soil and climate wero fertile, the inhabitants made hilt little effort to develop It. To all appearances It differed but little from whnt It was when tho buccaneer Scotchman, Alexander Selkirk, was put ashore there 200 years ago. Selkirk luul quarreled with the captain of the pirate vessel on which he sailed and at his own request was left alone on the Island. Here lie spent four years and four months, In the beginning of the eighteenth century, and here he underwent those experiences which furnish ed the basis of the most universally jtopular story In the English language. He was rescued In 1708 by Captain Wooden Rogers, of the Increase prize-ship, nnd after wards rose to be a lieutenant on II. M. S. Weymouth, on board of which he died In 1723. Four years nfter Selkirk's rescue Captain Rogers published Ills "Cruising Voyage Round the World" and Iti the same year appeared Captain Cook's "Voyage to tho South Sea." From these two books Defoe drew the materials which were woven Into the fadeless story of "Robinson Crusoe ' Whnt child has ever grown to man's estate with out becoming familiar with the life and adventures of Crusoe and his man Friday, his imagination kindling at the patience, the resourcefulness and the unfailing cour age of the castaway nnd his one lone companion. And what youth, on an appropriate Friday afternoon, has uot declaimed that equally Immortal ballad. "1 am monarch of all I survey?" ' There were not many pilgrims to this Island shrine. In.the bosom of the Pacific, hut It was a satisfaction to know that It still existed, practically as It was when Crusoe kept bis weary vigil for a friendly sail, and the Remember the Issues, Forget the Men. As our five armored pollUcal candidates are about to sleep on their arms for the last time before the stern and eventful battle of our five-barreled Democracy, we real ise that the time for preaching Is over. The time for exhortation Is done. The argument Is exhausted and tho appeal now goes to the ballot box. Once more In the quiet, which le the calm before the storm, we desire' to Impress both the candidates and the voters with the fact and with the expression of our faith that Georgia Will never tolerate another campaign like this. The revulsion of the people against the scan dalous personalities of this time Is settling steadily Into a stern determination to nip In the beginning In another campaign this expression and to put the heel of disappro val upon any candidate or candidates who come seek ing our suffrage under the song of abuse or the jargon of vituperation. When The New York Evening Post speaks of Geor gia ns "the Pennsylvania of the South,” when It de clares that Georgia makes the slums of New York hang Its head In shame, when it asserts that the candidates in this Imperial state of the South have "broken the records of all billingsgate and familiarised the infant voters of the commonwealth with volleys of vituperation and epithet which they never knew before, It Is titne Indeed for men who love the state and who are proud r.f Its Ideals, to Join steadily and firmly and sternly In the determination that thoy will use their ballots to rebuke the aspirant who seeks their favor under such dlsrepu- tnble phases of ambition. For tho rest, we stand now face to face with ‘tiv ballot nnd with the Issue. And to all free and intelligent men the Issuo at least Is clear. The things upon wjlicb Georgia will vote on Wednesday cir.cern our economic Intoreqts as they aro wrapped In our transportation linos and In our social and political future as It Is thwarted nnd handicapped by the negro race. Never were Issues clearer and never was necessity greater for a definite and decisive answer from the,peo ple to the ballot box. The regulation of the railroads and of the corpor ations is a recognized civic duty from Maine to Califor nia. From the senate and from the house, from the national government at Washington through each of the states and to each congressional district, there Is not man who docs not know that the public opinion of these times positively deiyftnds that every Independent and self- respecting state should pronounce a definite verdict upon this question at the polls. There Is no demagogy In this claim begiuse it Is too urgent and too self-evident and general In Its recognition. It le a vital necessity that the people should tell the railroads kindly and firmly that this is a popular government and not a corporate government, that It Is a government of the people, by the people and for the people and not a government of the corporations, for the corporations, and by the corpora tions. This issue Is evident to every man who la Intel ligent enough to vote. And the population of Georgia which has never failed to rise to the measure of Its duty and Its opportunity ought to answer this question In the right and proper way on Wednesday. The question which Is higher even than this eco nomic one le the great social and national issue whose menace and whose terror receive a fresh nnd emphatic emphasis with,almost every day that we live. If It were not for the Imminence of the election we would be dispos ed to say that the present agitation of tho negro's rights and privileges, and the apparent alignment of a large faction of our people upon his ride of this ques tion has had a full part and share la the' increased ag gression and In the Increased crime of the negro at the present time. Once more we assert without hesitation and with out reserve that the supreme necessity of this ballot Is to let this commonwealth speak In thunder tones Its ver dict upon the question of a permanent white supremacy and of a permanent black subordination. That Issue Is up, 'clear, distinct and thrilling. It cannot be answered In a half-hearted way. If It Is answered so It might as well not be answered at all. The only way In which It can be safely met and answered in this campaign Is to put It definitely, clearly and emphatically before the people and to the full comprehension of the Interior race, that this Is a white man’s government and that by'all hazards and by any means the white race Is going to rule It untrammeled in the preservation of the sanctity of Its homer, and in the purity of Its politics. Georgia has never fronted an election like this. She ha* neves stood face to face since the war with an Issue so dear,I so thrilling and so vital as these which front her In the election of tomorrow. Beside these Issues all personalities crumble, all prejudices fail and all personal prejudices should be trampled under foot. The Issue should be supreme and the man should be forgot ten. And, tho Georgian, standing as It does today steadi ly and consistently upon a platform on which Its editor planted himself fifteen years ago, and to whose principles he has pledged himself In season and out of season, North and South, appeals to the honest, thoughtful and liberty loving people of this great commonwealth to vote for railroad regulation and for .the negro disfran chisement as their highest duty to the present time and the best hc,ie of the future of the state.' , That great exponent of Addisonian English, The New York Sun, concludes a recent editorial with the follow ing: ‘"TIs not In nature to command success; But we'll do more, Sempronltts, we'll deserve It."' Of course, every school boy knows that Mr. Addi son's Cato says; ‘"TIs not In mortals to command suc cess," etc. But the Fountain of Light prefers to be its own Addison. I GOSSIP „i By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER, By Private la-used Wire. New York, Aug. 21.—Mrs. Stuyves- ant Fish Is arranging a quiet little din- ner for Saturday night for about loo of her friends. It will only cost about H.OOO, so It can be seen It Is only a small affair. It Is reported that Mrs Fish has cornered the Newport lobster market for the time being. Whether this refers to clawed or clothed lobsters does not appear. American society people now form no inconsiderable portion of the passen ger lists of Incoming steamers. They are coming home with many new and Interesting Ideas for the approaching season. * Haifa li. the royal Bengal tiger net of the little folks at the Bronx zoo Is to be treated as no other captive man eater has ever been. He Is to have regular exercise to regain bis health and strength. A famous <_'hl- cago naturalist examined him a few days ago and said exercise was tin only cure for hts drooping spirits. i The zoo directors have hit upon a plan which Is to be carried Into effect for the first time next Sunday. R a |- fah has been measured for a steel muz zle. fitted with strong leather strain. Immense leather boots with toe clips of steel will also be made to cover his wicked claws. A stout collar and sixty yards of steel chain will complete the equipment for the exercise. A spot has been selected In Bronx park, where there Is plenty of grass and shade, and If the tiger takes kindly to the fresh air cure the outings will occur dally. Armed guards will be on duty while his highness suns himself. Thirteen of the best known men In Derby, Conn, are congratulating themselves upon having eacuped death by drowning In the Housatonlc river, while returning from a pleasure cruise on Long Island Sound. They owe their lives to the coolness of two women and tholr companions In another launch, which happened to pass shortly after they had all been thrown Into the river. Their launch struck a submerged tree trunk nnd was wrecked. Their cries attracted the attention of .Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Thornton and Mr. and Mrs. George Mechtershelmer, who were In a launch, one of the women op erating the Intinch, atarted It In the di rection of the cries at full speed and they were soon alongside of the now thoroughly exhausted men. One after another they were all pulled out of the river and then the little launch, weight ed almost to the gunwales, started for the city. In the home of William E. Harris, at Trenton, the oddest of double weddings took place. Miss Clara May match- ford and William Keough, of Cam bridge, Mass, were married. After the ceremony the best man, Walter Blatch- ford, and the bridesmaid, Grace K. Keough, decided to get married and did. Growth and Progress of the New South lug nttcutlou. South which deserves something more tbsu pass* How The Georgian’s Views Impress Canada. The Information furnished from time to time In this department, Il lustrating the growth and progress of the South, Is attracting wide spread and favorable attention. The echoes have been coming In from various sections of the South, and now comes one of the leadlhg papers of Montreal, Canada, which makes one of these articles the'text of a leading editorial. The facts which have given rise to this slgnlflcsnt editorial aro of ■<<ch Importance that wo make no excuse for' reproducing them here. In summary. They are an Inspiration to the people of the South and show a degree of progress which the mind can hardly comprehend. It was shown that the Jncrcase In tho manufactured products of the South, taken year by year for the fiftoen years from 1890 to 1905, aggre gated $8,000,000,000; that the Increase In the value of farm products In tho 8outh, taken year by year for the same period, aggregated $4,000,000,- 000; that tho permanent value of farm lands In the South increased $1,- 500,000,000, while the deposits In banks and trust companies were $600,- 000,000 greater In 1905 than In 1800. These Increases show a grand aggre gate of more than $12,000,000,000, which Is more money than there Is In the world! As a rocord of fifteen years of prosperity In tho South the figures are simply beyond comprehension. In a subsequent article we showed that while tho amount of capital Invested In the United States during the first five years of the present century showed an Increase of 42 per cent, that of the South alone showed an increase of 65 per cent; that while the increase of the coun try's products during the same period was 3X percent, that of the South alone was practically 44.5 per cent, and that no other section of the coun try could show any such marvelous Increase. Theso were telling figures. They made ovory reader sit up and take notice. The fact that the capital Invested Ir. the South had Increased sixty-five per cent whtlo that of the country as a -whole Increased only forty-two per cent showed how far behind wo were leaving tho New England states which were once the home of the manu facturing industries of the country. This led one thinking man to make a notable and absolutely Irresistible deduction, vis., that the South was thus prospering beyond the dreams of avarice under a system of free trade. It was not the free trade of which we are acustomed to think —that Is to say, free trade between this country and other countries, but free trade between this section and other sections of our own country. Mr. J. J. Doollng, who wrote the communication to The Georgian, pointed out that Industrial New England was not falling to undersell us on any sentimental grounds; she was simply unable to compete with us In our magnificent Industrial development. A robber tariff exacted tribute from the consumer on the ground that the poor down-trodden Industries of the United States had to have pro tection In order to compete with the other commercial countries of the world, though In point of fact these American Industries were able to ship their products abroad and still sell them at less than they could be made for over there. The fallacy of protection was brought home by the fact that Southern Industries, without any protection against the old and well established Industries of the East, were prospering and underselling theae concerns In their own territory, without any bounty or protection of any kind, and If the South could thrive on such competition as against other sections of the country there was no reason why the whole country could not thrive without protection as against the competition of other countries. All these facts appear to have come to the attention of The Mon treal Dally Witness, one of the largest and most Influential patters In Canada, and are characterised by that paper ns "sledge hammer logic." Commenting on the argument. The Dally Witness says; "The free South wants to be freer. Originally there was a sort of compact between the South and New England that each would respect the other's peculiar Institutions. Free trade was at all times admitted to be to the interest of the South, but that section consented to protection on the understanding that slavery would not be interfered with. The con ditions on which that early bargain was based have long passed away, and the Sonth, which has always been an advocate of free trade, la beginning to renew Its demand for It We have over and over again shown that the United State* has prospered because of free trade, and not because of protection, as United States producers posses* the greatest free-trade mar ket In the world. Wo find a writer In Tho Atlanta Georgian Insisting up on the same facts with sledge-hammer logic. Sie premises that some of tho headers of the pajier may fancy that the South Is prospering under protection, Instead of which It Is actually prospering under free trade. Factories and mills are springing up everywhere throughout the South, and Southern industries are said to be multiplying as If by magic. The fart Is, the writer declares, tho South Is thriving under free trade and In full competition with the hlghly-orghnlzed, aggressive and unsentimental Industrialism of tho North. He emphasizes the term uasentlmentalism to mark the fact that Southern Industries are not thriving because of the pity, Indulgence or toleration of tbelr rivals. Certainly no Northern manufac turer says: “ ‘The poor, struggling Southern manufacturer IS my follow country man. I will not undersell him.' Protection In this case, at least, Is abso lutely lacking. The North Is able to undersell the English manufacturer in his own market and yet Is protected from him In the American market. The South thrives In competition with tho North, and yet la presumed by protectionists to need protection against the manufacturers of Europe who are undersold by the North In their own markets! To show tho re markable recent activity of the South, The -Georgian says that the amount Invested In manufactures has Increased by 65 per cent and the value of manufactured products more than 44 per cent during the past five years. There are abundant signs. The Georgian declares, that free trade versus protection will be one of the leading features .of the next presidential campaign, and that the people throughout tho country are awakening to the truth that protection Is merely a machine to mako the rich richer and to glvo birth and nourishment to trust* nnd mono|>ollea. Anyway, If the South can actually beat the North In open competition without bounties or protection to her Infant industries, and It the great ateel works and other enterprises can compete In Europe, selling their products actually cheaper, than they are sold at home, surely, as The Georgian concludes, protection is n fraud.” TO VOTE IS A RELIGIOUS DUTY. . ' . By Private Leased Wire. New York. Aug. 21.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—8. Berner, IV. B. Hud son, C. F. Cantrell, C. R. Collier. Miss I. Sehane. M. Slattery. AUGUSTA—W. H. Barrett, W. J. Hollingsworth, E. A. Pendleton, F. B. Clorr, Jr„ J. P. Dill. MACON—M. Lasarus. T. J. Wright. SAVANNAH—J. Paulsen. O C. Schwarz, I. Stoddard, H. D. Twlgg. IN PARIS. (II give place to the 8|vei-ln| to The Georglmi. Paris., Aug. 21.—Miss Eleanor Shot- tar. of Savannah, Ga„ and Ml«« Mar garet te Klrkcnldte and Misa Anna B. McLester, of Atlanta, Ga.. registered at the office of the European edition of the New York Herald today. To tho Editor of The Georgian; On Wednesday, the 22d Inst., the Democratic voters of Georgia will have the privilege of participating In one of the most Important primary elections In the history of the state. I say that advisedly because of the Issues In volved nnd the Intensely active, and bitter Campaign which has been waged In every county of the state the past ten or twelve months. No one can truthfully say that the Issue baa not been Joined. On the hustings and through the columns of newspapers every phase of the "para mount issue" of the day* has been pre sented to the electors. , On Wednesday, the several guberna torial candidates will give place to the qualified voters. The latter are to de cide Jhe contest between the five dis tinguished gentlemen who are ambi tious to be governor of the great state of Georgia. The men who are quali fied to vote have Interests, more nr leas Important, nt stake. They are to exer cise a franchise the greatest known to American citizenship. They arc to name a man who will become not only governor of a state, but governor of a great state—one of the greatest In the American union. Let each voter bear that fact In mind while he Is preparing his ballot, then enst It according to the dictates of his calm Judgment, with nn approving conscience. The exalted privilege he will exercise when he casts his ballot demands this of him. There Is still another view of the sit uation t would respectfully present. It Is this: ft Is the patriotic, the relig ious duty of every qualified voter that he should vote. No citizen has the right, on a great occasion such ns will occur on Wednesday, the 22d Inst., to refuse or neglect to go to the polls and cast his vote for the candidate whose election he sincerely believes will be for the best Interests of all the people of the commonwealth. No citi zen has a right to abstain from voting on the plea that he Is not a politician and that he wants nothing to do with politics. This Is a government of the people and In the truer, higher sense of that term, every good citizen Is and ought to be a politician nnd ought to take an active hand In politics. When GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. AUQU8T 21, 15417—Rt. Francla DeHalea born. 1777— American rnlil from New Jerftrjr Int* Ktnten I Bln ml. 1110—Mamba I Iternadntte of France cboaen prince royal of Sweden. 1831—Innurrectlon lu Portugal in favor of the queen. • lMt-Kommth, the Hungarian patriot, es* mi-til irotu AiiKtrla. 1851—Cl rent riot In New Orleans growing out of the Oil mu expedition. Itt4 The liluforfu 4’harter Oak. Hartford* t’onu., fell during a storm. 18*53— General Itoaeernna arrived In front of t'liattanoofa, Trim. 1S6P—Marriage of rottunmlore Vanderbilt ami Mlaa Frank Crawford* at London, Oinndn. 1SK2—ItrttUh occupied Port Raid and cloaed “ mt til. and flood created great dauwg* I tane an active tiand in political, when v ,,. virHim IV'Merved. the people will , m N>ir York rsa be said to rule tip to 12 per vest a month. a "trusts. a5? W. 1906 L N- Kdln "“ r * l ‘