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R THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIDAY. AUGUST U. 1WW. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rstes: One. Tear $4.50 Six Month* 2.50 Three Monthi..... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afteflioon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 V. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts, Gs. Enter*] as secood-clsss matter April 29. 1904. at the Poetofle* at Atlanta. Ca.. under set of ronsresa of Uareh A 1379. Robt. F. Maddox, for Commissioner. The suggestion of Mr. Robert F. Maddox for the va cancy In the board of county commissioners caused by the promotion of Mr. Hubert Culberson will meet with universal favor. Mr. Maddox’s line record as a financier, and his ad mirable conduct of the chamber of commerce during tbe past two years, makes It certain that any official position which he undertakes will be faithfully and acceptably Ailed. At this late hour The Georgian has only time to add Its sincere Indorsement to the suggestion. Municipal Ownership Growing. The Georgian was the first paper to call attention to the Immense significance of Mr. Goodwin's race for mayor In view of his open and pronounced platform for tbe municipal ownership of public utilities. The Constitution follows suit this morning, and we are pleated to note that Tbe Constitution leans, If It does not frankly commit itself, toward an indorsement of this line of Mr. Goodwin's platform. This In the distinct trend of the nge. It la also the distinct trend of that definite democracy In which The Georgian believes and which It haa always advocated. If The Conatltutlon hesitates to say that It approvea the pol Idea of municipal ownership, then The Georgian will set it nn example of frankness and outspoken advocacy. We do not hesitate to say that we believe this to be the only solution of the selfishness and Injustice of corporate power, and that It must eventually become the policy of the people for the preservation, both of their commercial and their political liberties. The radlcalltm of the proposition haa faded in Its better understanding, and It Is no longer regarded as a revolutionary principle anywhere. The editor <jf The Georgian had the honor to advocate It long before It be came a inpular thing to Indorse. And In this great age of effort to preserve and to perfect the rights and liber ties of the people, we do not healtate now aa we have done In the iwst lo Indorse the principles of municipal ownership, especially as applied to llghta, water and elec tric franchises for Atlanta and for the Hate. Along this lino we shall have more to say aa we go forward In the fight. power. While there have been rumors of defection, tbe by-elections recently held have resulted In overwhelming victories for the liberal government. And now It seems that tbe leaders of the liberal parly and of tbe Irish na- tlonallata have come Into accord, and by securing the sup port of tbe king, have Insured tbe passage of a home rule measure through the house of lords. It haa been a long, brave struggle on the part of the Irish people—a people who have contributed much to the social, civic, military and literary* annals of the world— a people who. It has been said with some facetiousness but more truth, could governgavery country except their own. But the great contest appears to be drawing to a close and Irish freedom will soon become an accomplished fact. Home Rule for Ireland. , Definite announcement la made that a bill providing Home Rule for Ireland will be Introduced In parliament when that body reassembles two months from today. It la stated that the liberal prime minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Irish nationalists in the house of commons. Mr. John Redmond and even the king himself, departing from his usual course of ab solute neutrality, have entered into a clear understanding and have framed a measure which gives autonomy on a generous scale to the Irish people. This may well be regarded as the most notable an nouncement In the current political history of the world. It brings nearer the accomplishment of a measure which has elicited the sympathy and support of mankind for more than a hundred years, and wo aro told that thero Is •-greater probability of Us achievement than at any time •Ince Mr. Oladatone passed away. Thero have been few struggles for liberty which combined so many elements to appeal lo tho nobler sen tlments of mankind. It baa been one long nnd hopeless conflict for tbe right of self government on the part of a people whose persistence and patriotism have risen in perior to every obstacle and to all forms of opposition. No country on the face of the earth la more essentially national than Ireland, and the dream of restoring her na tional house of representatives and committing to her handa the management of her own affairs has been like • guiding atar to the ambitions and the energies of the Irish people ever since Castlereagh cut his country's throat and then his own. Persecution and oppression, contumely and ridicule have only atrengthened Irishmen In their determina tion to wrest their rights from the British crown, and It haa long been evident to the Impartial student of world politics that there could be no permanent poace In Ire land until tbe national cause triumphed, Tbe life and work of Gladstone present many claims to the love and gratitude nnd ndnilrntlon of mankind, ' hut his fame will always be associated -peculiarly with his struggle for Home Rule. His espousal of the enuno was not hasty. For years he gave It grave consideration. But when he had once made up hla mind, on the matter he devoted all hla splendid abllltlea to the cause. Twice the end he sought was almost within hla grasp, hut dlssen ■Ions In the raoka of the liberal party once nnd tho obstt- way. nacy of the house of lords on tho later ^occasion defeated his cherished design and for more than a decade wc have heard nothing of borne rule In parliament. But the leaven haa been at work through all these years. Men like Davltt might die, but John Dillon nnd John Redmond atlll remained and they kept the lamp of self-government alight In hearts of gold. It develop* now that the concession of a constitution to the Transvaal was In one respect a tentative measure. Intended to sound public sentiment on the home rule Idea, and the public has not been alow In declaring that If au tonomy could be given to an alien people so recently at wir with the mother country, and one In which roaldent Englishmen would have *o small a part, there was no good reason why the Irish should not likewise have a par liament of their own. The leading features of the bill provide: An Irish parliament composed exclusively of Irish men, sitting la Dublin. Manhood suffrage In every borough. Government aid for the revival of Irish Industries. The new Home Rule parliament to consist of one body. Merely nominal veto power, such as the governor gen eral of Canada haa but rarely exercises, lodged in a coun cil. / Absolute right of the Irish parliament to levy taxes for local uses. Elimination 0 f general taxation for tbe support of tbe theological seminary at Trinity college. The “Reign of Terror” Must End. It will be a serious mistake If the aroused and In dfgnant citizens of Georgia permit this period of Interest and profound concern to pais without cryatallyzlng pub lic aentlment upon some newer and more effective agen cies of restraint upon the criminal Instincts of the negro race. Five assaults'and attempts at rape within the sub urbs of Atlanta—the capital of the South—within five weeks, have confirmed the reign of terror unde? which the noblest race of women In the world live In fear and sleep In apprehension. When men living In broad center* of this twentieth century civilization cannot leave home at night for bus!- Ihess, or politics or church without leaving a frightened woman trembling In the home which ought to be a castle, God knows it Is time for men to wake up and do something for themselves and for tho women whom we love. The tension of this emergency should make men calm and stern, not wild and hysterical. We want to ac complish something and If It be possible to better condi tions without a resort to the last wild law of outraged society. Not that we believe that lynching can be stopped at once. Five years ago the editor of The Georgian, facing, ten thousand hostile minds In the great Chautauqua audi torium of New York, told our Northern friends that they might howl and resolute end protest till doomsday, but that lynching for this crime would go on In the South as long as the crime w!llch provoked it continued. The editor of The Georgian was almost mobbed by public opinion for the utterance, and he came home to Georgia to be assailed and criticised by a great company of pious pecksnlffs In hla own state. But these home men are silent now under the shadow' which we then fore saw, and there are thousands of Northern men and wo men who would applaud now the bold words which seemed revolutionary lo the New York air of 1901, No, the mob It boro to keep up with tho rapist for. ever. It la lamentable. It Is deplorable. It la awful, but It Is a fact, nnd we might aa well face It without evasion and without apology. But the wise citizen, steadied with the responsibili ties of home and government, would be glad to seek nnd find a better way. Let us see wbat we can do out side of the mob. One thing which the white man haa never had In the effort to suppress the rapist Is the full co-operatlon of the negroes who lead the race. This Is a fact beyond question—a shameful fact. Ne gro editors and teachers and preachers, when asked, will say mildly that they condemn the rapist, but the fact Is their condemnation la so vague aud feeble that It almost carries the effect of Indorsement. The mat* of tha negro raee la ever ready to ohleld tho raplat. It helps him to escape. It furnishes him shelter, concealment, changes of clothes and expedites his flight from the law and from the avenger. Let ua see If we can change this by reason and the iaw. If not, then by the Goddess of Liberty, we mutt do It by stronger means. The editors, teachers and preachers howl their jer emiads of lamentation and complaint over every lynch ing and rush to tho Northern cities to protest and de nounce tho lawlessness of tho South nnd the “blood lust of tho old alave owner” toward tho negro. They stir with all their might and main tho prejudice and fanati cism of Northern philanthropy and the old abolition brigade. But who ovar hears of Galnta, or Turner, or Proctor, or Bookor Washington, or Fortune, or Davis thundering through a sermon or a speech or an editorial against the atrocious outrages which aro rapidly prepar ing thslr race for destruotlonf They condemn In faint sentences. They denounce lynching In flnmlng columns and In furious hours. And tho negro mass, hearing the preacher, and heed ing the teacher, takes to his heart from the slse of the comment the deadly conclusion that. In tho eyes of his lenders, rape Is a light fault of passing moment, but that lynching la an awful crimo for which his race furnlshea tho lamented and strangled martyrs. Don’t you see, people, black nnd white, how deadly Is the Inequality of tho negro’s Influence for good and ovlt upon his race? There Is not a negro fiend among tho thousands of his typt who has tver felt the restrain ing hand of his own rsco and of Its public opinion upon the hellish lusts which move him. Now let us see It we can Invoke the full and fear less. and Impassioned co-opcratlon of the negro against tho hell born lust of his own criminals. Let-us see If wo enn do It reasonably. If wo cannot, then by the divine right of the Saxon, wc will do It tn our own great race. If anything can reach the criminal negro It ought to be a public opinion among bis own people which has never reached him before. Let us persuade tbe negro to try it Let the press and the people Impress this experiment upon every negro who writes or speaks In every community of tbe South. If the request Is complied with It will do much to better the feeling among the races. If It Is not compiled with, let white men everywhere turn the back of their hands to every negro church and school and newspaper. Let them refuse all aid. sympathy or endouragement to any negro enterprise tl)at does not thunder damnation to the negro’s lust. In this way we can. If necessary, compel the co-operation which we ought to have freely for the asking. If the experiment falls, then we will know as a peo ple wbat we are up against, and prepare to meet the fu ture as we must This la the chief thing just now. But beyond this we do not forget that It la the stern duty of our men to provide every means of protection and defense. Let our women be taught to shoot and be provided with a trusty weapon. We need no law to permit wo men to carry arms, for not a Jury In blxle would Imposo a fine if every woman wore an arsenal. Let our county police system be enlarged and per fected fo rthe protection of rural and suburban districts. Let the vagrant laws be vigorously and promptly en- fected for the protection of rural and suburban districts, pod away. Let ohr women be relieved of going to court to stand in the gate of thousands to testify against the raptst. Let the suspects, guarded, be carried for Identification to the scene of the assault And let the bloodhounds be carried in sections so that when one sot la tired, a fresh contingent can be put on tbe trail. This is necessary. Do you know that the assailant of the Lawrence girls Is.still at large? Let us take every precaution, provide every de fense, strengthen every law, teach our women self-de fense and Invoke the Intense co-operation of every decent negro In the South. And It these fall, then know all men by these pres ent perils, that sternly and deliberately at all hazards and by any means the white man of the South Is going to raise the seige and close the reign of terror for the white women of the South. The death of Dr. Hunter P. Cooper Is a distinct and deeply lamented calamity not only to his family and his hosts of friends, but to the great profession of which he was so conspicuous an ornament, and to tbe city and the state which have shared in the beneficence of his skill and the fulness of his public spirit The late announcement of his death precludes a larger comment. The Washington Post feels aggrieved and disappoint ed because there was no real bloodshed In the recent con flict But The Post ought to see "the hide, the hair and the ground tore up.” It develops that Harrlman, the railroad pirate, la the ton of a clergyman. But we see no reason why the Phil istines should be hurling this In the face of the ministry. Joe Weber Is appearing In a musical - skit called “Twiddle Twaddle.” One la dtaposed, at first blush, to wondor whether It Is a name or a criticism. Maybe Sunday won’t-be a real day of rest! THE “REIGN OF TERROR” MUST END Indorsements and Suggestions From All Southland Come to The Georgian The simple statement or suggestion should movo every Intelligent negro to cooperation, Law, Justice, civ ilization and self-protection demand it of him. The mere citation of the rare existence of this co-operation should bo the signal for a start all along the line of negro expression. From Booker Washington through the bish ops to the tcachera, and the country "exhorters,” let the warning ring. If In every country church and In every old field meeting house the negro preacher at night should de vote at least one half hi* sermon to saving hie rtet by denouncing Its representative crime, something might be done. And the voice that speak* must speak boldly and plainly. Na half-hearted protest, no timid denunciation will do. From first to last let the preacher thunder hell and damnation In this world and In the world lo come against negro fiends who lust after white women. I,et him tell the negro fiend that every crime like hts holds back bis race from hope, and hurries it toward destruc tion. And If all tho voices that speak and !>ons that write to the negro shall bear this awful warning, we may hope at least tor better things. For the statistics show that nino-tentha of tho ne gro rapists have been to School. The Georgian submits that this Is one thing that wc can do—that the negro can do. It Is an experiment (hat has never been tried. It Is one that ought to be tried. We have never had the negro's full cooperation be- Tbe libera] party seems to be well entrenched In {fore. Let ns secure It now, and test Its effect upon the A Notable Banker Indorses. To the Editor of The Georgian.- I desire to commend the timeliness and force of your editorial of the 22d on “The Way to Save Our Women." You voice the (eneral feeling \Phen you aay, "We are going to free our women, ito matter what he cost may be to another race.’’ Half-way solutions will not do. For cible deportation la the only remedy. The negroes were shipped over here— they rauat be shipped buck. If their w hite friends who spend money so lav ishly tn giving them a superficial and unfitting education would charter ships to carry them to Africa and particular ly to Liberia, they would act unselfish ly and wisely. Liberia has a popula tion of 2,000.000. If the 10,000,000 of negroes In the United States were added to them there would be two acres of land In Liberia to each In habitant, for Liberia has over 23,000,- 000 acres of land. If they unfortunate ly stay In this country much longer their fate will be that of the Indian. And In carrying out the divine ven geance on the black race you may rest assured there will be few repetitions of North Carolina retaliatory Justice, where an unprotected factory operative was made the scafegoat for over 2,000 men engaged In lynching. Very truly yours, WILLIAM B. SLADE. President National Bank of Columbua. Columbus, Oa„ Aug. 23, 1900. From a Strong Man in 8outh Georgia, To the Editor of The Georgian: I have read with much pleasure and Interest your editorial In The Geor gian of thp. 22d, entitled "The Reign of Terror for southern Women." course, this la a grawsoms subject, but the pleasure I derived la from approv Ing your suggestion. This la really a serious problem for the state, and un less there Is an Improvement on this line the negro Is doomed to annihila tion or deportation. The former la too horrible to contemplate, and the latter Is Impracticable unlesa the United States government takes it up. I firm ly believe that deportation Is the beet remedy. It could be accomplished If some brave man In congress would ad vocate It. We could thus utilise the Philippines or purchase some extensive tract In Africa. They ought to be de ported at the government's expense and some provision made for them after they arrive nt the new country, and this government might to exercise a protec torate over this new country as long as necessary. 1 will not undertake to elnbornte this Idea more fully, but It la a thourht that should engage the best attention of our statesmen. I hope you will continue to discuss this ques tion along the lines of the editorial for your able pen can accomplish much. Very truly your friend. ALLEN l-’ORT. Aug. 23, 1906. Amerlcus, Ga. The Proteotlon of Our Homes. To the Editor of The Georgian: I read your editorial on "The Ne gro" In yesterday’s Oeorglan with as much Interest aa I read the election, returns. Patrick Henry’s "liberty 4| >eech'' w*as no better and of no more Importance than your heroic editorial. If all of tho papers would take hold of this subject with the same Inter eat that was taken In the recent elec tion campaign, surely good would suit. The most sacred Interest earth Is the protection of a man's mother, wife, sister or daughter. This Is the highest office of any government secret order, etc. A man would not be much of a hero who a-ould even go through fire or blood for the protection of these interests. • In the name of God must we say: Let the women get some pistols and protect them selves?. On the enme breast wtekn where white men fought for negro freedom a brutish negro gouged out the eye of a white woman. I use talking only yesterday with a man who has spent years of toll and economy to secure a little market garden and fruit farm In the suburbs of Atlanta. Ills wife and daughters are now afraid to live there, nnd he must break up his quiet home and move to town for protection. This Is only one Instance of thoueande and thousunda. Henry Watterson eaya: "Of all Im portant things, civilization Is the slow est.” How many more daughters must be attacked by negro brutes before this matter must have attention? If you thought It would be your daughter, wouldn't you be In a hurry about It? It took time to get the negro,out of politics, but he Is virtually out. It was either count him out or by legislation. Mobs and speedy trials- are not pro tecting our sacred Interests. I am only a common private citizen, and not a law- maker. Is It not time to make It an Issue tn every platform- city, stute and national: "What are question. Can’t the better class of negroes organize "law and order socie ties" Instead of their secret societies that they have to dtscuaa white preju dice? Can’t ne have better laws about negroes prowling around at all hours? Can't we have restrictions as to selling negroes fltearms, ammunition, etc.? Can't we have some Island to which he must be sent forever and branded after he has once been a convict? It these things are unconstitutional, wouldn't It be better to change the constitution? Isn't ourjiomes more Im portant than the constitution? The highest object In this little arti cle Is .that editors, statesmen, etc., may take this matter up. Let every man stand up—that Is, for the protection of our white women, whether It be by law or by "Ku-Klux." If there Is not a negro left In Georgia, let's not resort for a week to the Idea that the pool- women must get some pistols and pro-- tect themselves. Isn't It about time to begin to hold white mass meetings and to call for a hundred thousand volun teers? Yours very truly, CITIZEN. - Wishes the Editorial Distributed. Tn the Editor of The Georgian,: I want personally to thank you for your editorial, "The Reign of Terror for Southern Women." I most heartily Indorse every word of It, and wish that It may be Issued In pamphlet form and scattered broadcast all over the land. I myself would take great pleasure In helping In Its distribution. Again thanking you for the bold stand you have taken In this matter, and praying that It may result In much good, uml prove to be the solution of this awful problem. Yours most sincerely, WILLIAM P. DAVIS. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21, 1906. Hers'a the Right Kind of a Negro. To the Editor of The Georgian! I am a colored cltlien and have been a dally reader of your paper from Its first Issue and I recognize In your edl torial on "The Way to Save Our Wo men" a very able article, and I hereby make my application for the place or position to act a* one of the "cutters" or “branders” of the brutes who would do such an unseemly thing as to vio late the person nf any woman. Yotl may publish this letter If you desire and change In It any aentenco you dealre. Yours very truly, TURNER SUTTON. Sandenvtlle, Ga.. Aug. 22, 1906. “The Howls of tho Pookeniffe.” To the Editor of The Oeorglan: I wish tn congratulate you on the aland you have taken In regard to the attack on white women of the South by the negroes. It la no doubt a step In the right direction. We are so used to hearing editors howl about the hor rors of mob law, and all that kind of rot, when w* know that they can not— If they are true Southrons—mean what they say. If mob law, with all Its cru elties, will not stop this crime which Is becoming the curse of the South, then, what will the slow and easier manner of the law do? 1 agree with you fully In all you have written In tho last two Issues of your paper, and 1 hope that your suggestions will not go unheeded until the rising, which Is sure to come, has wiped the negro tiDm the South. Again, congratulating you on having the pesve to come out openly and any what every Southern man ought to ■ay. regardless of criticism from some nf the people of the North, where this most awful of all crime* Is unknown, I trust that every true Southern paper will take up the matter In the same way you have. Yours very truly. A READER OF THE GEORGIAN. Lafayette, On., Aug. 23, 1906. feriar race that was bought and brought here as slaves to us, and the end must edme. In view of the failure of lynching and all other modes of punishment to suppress this evil, I would like to make a suggestion, and would also be glad If-you, Mr. Editor, or some other abler man than myself would take up and discuss. My suggestion, brlelty stated, would bo to form a secret clan or organiza tion similar to the "Ku-Klux," after the war, and so arrange that every white man could be a member without having to pay dues, the funds for the carry ing on of each lodge being voluntary contributions which could be collected from time to time. This order should have even more solemn vows and pledges and more vague secret signs, etc., than any ever organized, In order to arouse the negro's superstitions and Increase hla feara of the punishment. Wa must bs rid of this evil st all cost. ANGLO-SAXON. Atlanta, Gs., Aug. 22, 1906. From the Seaboard of Georgia. To the Editor of The Georgian. Accept my congratulations end thanks for the masterly editorial on the negro and hla bestial practices on our females. There Is not a sentence expressed In it, but finds a ready re sponse In my heart. Indeed, your rem edy of castration and branding has often occurred to me as a proper rem edy, and one more likely to reach him, and amend his race in this respect than I any other. God knows we are In des perate straits and the remedy, mutt be forthcoming. Every thinker haa here abundant matter to Investigate. Some time since I suggested that our women be taught to use a revolver, and let them carry It Texas-llke at all times unless with the males nt the fam ily. I still think we should do so, and that our little tote by the.time they are old enough to pull a trigger, should master this weapon. Keep It up strong and heavy, and your suggestions will ultimately be followed. Yours truly, FRANCIS H. HARRIS. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906. The Georgian Voices the People's „ Feelings. To the Editor of The Georgian: Let me congratulate you on your able and timely editorial In regard to the acute conditions of the negro question that now confront the Caucasian people as It never did before. Will say In regard to the editorial referred to that you are not molding public sentiment, but you are express ing the very sentiment that Is now In the hearts of the white people and more than that, you can get all the aid and encouragement that you need to ad just this nwful .condition along the peaceful lines that you suggest, and If they fall, God only knows what will follow. I think thot a reprint of your recent editorial should he so distributed that not only every white person but that every negro could see what must be done. . WILLIS B. PARKS. Atlanta,' Aug. 23, 1906. I GOSSIP ..5 By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. Bjr Private Lwiwil Wire. New York, Aug. 24.—Whether R e *i. nald De Koven, the musical composer will be llnble under the section of the code prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment, deponent sayeth nnt. but the fact remains that at the coming, out party at Newport of hla beautiful young daughter, Mlsa Ethel, only Mr De Koven's music will be played for the dancers. Miss Ethel Is one of the really popu- lar girls of the season. Although she shares her father's musical and her mother's literary accomplishments. ,h, nan a decided tendency toward ath. Sheexcel. (enn,ft VJu.ni In the saddle. It Is os an expert auto driver, however, that this young wo- man haa become most noted. She han. dies big cars, of which she has several lacks.* * k that man Y “ man driver Colonel Partridge, a civil war vet eran, and former New York police commissioner, has the courage nf his convictions. He confesses to 62 years and soon Is to wed Miss Charlotte Held, a handsome young woman of 24. Colonel Partridge, when asked about the report of his wedding, remarked: "1 don't see why a man of 62 should not marry—and why he should not marry a young woman. Age Is a mat ter merely -of how a man feels. He's only aa old aa he feels.” Dr. Osier, please take notice. Mrs. G. von L. Meyer, wife of the American ambassador In Russia, ar rived on the Baltic with her three chil dren, to remain In this country until after Christmas. She went to her home In Hamilton, Mass. Whipped by his wife because he had eloped from St. Louis with his stenog rapher, George Sedcle took a hurried departure from the city today. The reason for hla hasty flight was that both Mrs. Sedcle and Mlsa Elenoa •Metz, the stenographer, were search ing for him, and they threatened fur ther Immediate proceedings If he was found. Sedcle quarreled with his wife three weeks ago. Then he sold out his business In St. Louis and came to New York with Mlsa Metz. Assisted by her bulldog and a horse whip, Mrs. Sedcle gave her husband a most In teresting quarter of an hour. A Washington news special says: "A petrified giant has been found In a secret wall of the old Carlisle house In Alexandria avenue.” This may account for some recent happenings in the baseball world. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private J.eased Wire. New York, Aug. 24.—Here are soma of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—G. W. Case, H. Chlpley, ... J. Crawford, Miss I..M. Strewn, A. Tabarinl. B. B. Foy, R. Foy. AUGUSTA—W. E. C. Gibson. SAVANNAH—F. A. Brown, C. Seller, W. S. Way. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. AUGU8T 24. 1124—Bnttlc nf Creasy. 1572—St. Bartholomew's massacre. 1789—Utterly of the French press decreed. 1814—Olty of Washington • burned hy the British. 1838-Janies Bed path, American author, born. Died February 10, 1291. 1848—American ship Oceen Monarch burn ed In Irish channel: 170 lives lost. 18*4—City of Milwaukee almost destroyed 18S6—1-Tdls ilottl. musical conductor, Istrn. 1884—Foochow, Chinn, bombnrdrd hy the French. 1904—Opening nf great battle nt Unnyung, betweeu Russians aud Japuucse. THE CLEVER GEORGIAN. 8top It at Any Cost To the Editor of The Oeorglan: Congratulations and a hearty hand shake are ynurs from at least one of the readers of The Georgian, and I feel sure that I am voicing the sentiments of all tn regard to tbe stand you have tnken on the negro fiend situation when I say you are right and some thing Is going tn be done. 1 have always been a law-abiding citizen and respect our laws and splen did government In the highest possible degree, but with the present Increasing domination of these black hell-hounds, there seems to be a great deficiency in the power of the law to curb the brut ish and hellish passions nf the beast. Yes. something is going to bo dons. I have heard suggestions thnt have been made "behind the curtain," as It were, anil enough of them to know that the Anglo-Saxon fire has already been kin dled and each tragedy such as we have had right at our very doors, acts as a mighty fan that Is being used tn fan the sparks that was kindled years ago when Lincoln's hand lifted a brute to the level and rights of the'genteel Southerner: each act of this nature Is building a fire In the hearts and minds and souls of every man and boy born of Southern blood that Is going to leap Into hungry, menacing flames that can only be quenched after the consumma tion and annihilation of this blight and menace to Southern mothers, wives and daughters. The South Is calling for freedom. We are veritable slaves to the brutish and In every way In- Ths Leaders "Must" Think. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your very strong editorial, "The Way to Save Our Women," Is timely, and ■trikes at a point where good can be done. The leaders of the negroes must be made to think for the race. It Is thought that moves the world and right thinking must be done before right ac tions are manifested. Tbe brutal negro, Influenced and mesmerized by lust and passion, must be aroused through mental work, and the so-called leaders or molders of opinion must be made to think for the race. I thank you and The Georgian for your manly methods and good words and works for the good of mankind. Sincerely. B. H. CARMAN. - Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906. Heartily Indorses. To the Editor of The Georgian: I heartily Indorse your editorial In The Georgian of the 23d regarding the question of taking some steps toward putting a stop (o the fearful assaults by negroes on white women. The whole country Is being terrorised and Its proper development retarded by the crimes committed by these fiends. I am glad you have the courage to speak out. OEO. B. HINMAK. Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906. Rs-Enact ths Parol* System. To the Editor of The Georgian: In regard to the negro question, has not the time about arrived when each one should bo made to carry a "parole," aa It wa* called during the war? That lo, a paper giving hi* description, resi dence and for whom he works, etc., and make It the business of the police to "round up” each one nnt thus identified. It Is an Immediate form of Identifica tion and I think a necessary one. Truly, OEO ROE BROWN, M.D. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 22, 1966. From The Charlotte Chronicle. The Georgia caiu|Mlxn. which liogim fifteen mouths n*o, closed Hot unlay, nnd the (irlinnrles will lie held Wednesday. It was 11 most estrnordlimry campaign, full of hitter personalities. Colonel Smith, Col onel Estlll nnd Itlchsrd Itussell, three of the candhlatc* for governor, escaped the mud shower, principally, perhaps, because Clark Howell and Hoke Huilth mouo|«t- llied It all. Yet Chirk Howell In as food n man ■■ he was before he entered the rnee for governor, nud the same con lie ■nh! of lfoke Hinlth. Both were victims of rnnipslfli frenzy. one of the hnmlsomeet 'king* we have seen bitcly Is the rehabilitation of these two men In eleen garments nnd their presentation to the people of Georgia *■ the |ieople of thnt ntnte hove previously known them, by The Atlnutn UnMgtau, In nn ante-primary election editorial. the article la In the heat of taale all,I .will bare nn ezeellent offend throughout Geor gia. It Iz enlenlnted to tnnhe the people look u|Miu the Into cnmpnlgn nn n nlitnt- mnre, to put It In the tmckground. to cmer op the memory of It nnd restore these two edltorn to the places they formerly held In nil Georgia hearts. PRINTS THE TRUTH; GROWS IN FAVOR From The Deeatnr Press. The Georgian subscription Is dally Is- creasing here. It Is n clean paper print ed lit Atlanta, and If you wnut tbe truth nbout what I* doing rend Itn columns. Governor Hoch Is so very popular among tlte settlers whose land titles ne has undertaken to "clear" In the "Kn- ty" suit that *n effort has been mad* to change the name of the new mate to Hoehlahoma.—Kansas City Star. The largest Colored Young Men* Christian - Association In the world l» the colored branch of the New York City Association, which now has members. It held a "600 jubilee Inst month to celebrate the attainment ot thle number. Consul Walter C. Hamm, at Hull say* the Inereaeed activity tn the York shire steam coal trade at Hull ban oeen most marked. For the first time dur ing the first half of any year over 2,- 000,000 tons of cool have been received at the port and over 1,000.000 tons ex ported. Lightning 8trik*s Hem*. Special to The Georgian. Haralson, Ga.. Aug. 24.—Lightning ■truck the house of A. H. Rawls, <>* thin place, Wednesday night, doing con siderable damage. , Goat to Reynold*. Hpectid to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 24.—C. G. By- Ingtcn. principal of Bibb City county school, han accepted the position "f principal of the Reynolds (Oa.) Insti tute, end will begin bis duties wheF the school term opens there.