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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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power. While there'have been rumors of defection, the
by-elections recently held have resulted in overwhelming
victories for the liberal government. And now It seems
that the leaders of the liberal party and of the Irish na
tionalists have come Into accord, and by securing the sup
port of the king, have Insured the passage of a home
rule measure through the house of lords.
race. If Rnythlng can reach the criminal negro It ought
to bo a public opinion among his own people which has
never reached him before.
Let us persuade the negro to try It. Let the press
nnd the people Impress this experiment upon every negro
who writes or speaks In every community of the South.
If the request la compiled with It will do much to better
Entered as tteond-rlaas matter April 23, ISOS, at tb« poatnlrice St
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of consrcao of March 6. 1171.
It has been a long, brave struggle, on the part of the J the feeling among the races. If it Is not complied with.
Irish people—a people who have contributed much to the j let white men everywhere turn the back of their hands
social, civic, military and literary annals of the world—Ito every negro church and school and newspaper. Let
a people who. It has been said with some facetiousness them refuse all aid, sympathy or encouragement to any
but more truth, could govern every country except their
own.
But the great contest appears to be drawing to
close and Irish freedom will soon become an accomplished
fact.
Robt. F. Maddox for Commissioner.
The suggestion of Mr. Robert F. Maddox for the va
cancy In the board of county commissioners daused by
the promotion of Mr. Hubert Culberson will meet with
universal favor.
Mr. Maddox's flne record as a financier, and hla ad
mirable conduct of the chamber of commerce during the
past two years, makes it certain that any official position
which he undertakes will be faithfully and acceptably
filled.
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 snd pronounced platform for
the municipal ownership of public utlliUes.
The Constitution follows suit this morning, and we
are pleased to note that The Constitution leans, if ft does
not frankly commit Itself, toward an Indorsement of this
line of Mr. Goodwin's platform.
This Is the distinct trend of the age. It Is also the
distinct trend of that definite democracy in which The
Georgian believes snd which It has always advocated. If
The Comtltutlon hesitates to say that It approves the pol
icies of municipal ownership, then The Georgian will set
it an example of frankness and outspoken advocacy.
We do not hesitate to say that we believe this to
be the only soluUon 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 radicalism of the proposition has fqded In Its
better understanding, and It la no longer regarded as a
revolutionary principle anywhere. The editor of The
Georgian had the honor to advocate It long before it be
came a popular 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 hesitate now as we have
done in the past to Indorse the principles of municipal
ownership, especially as applied to lights, water and elec
tric franchises for Atlanta and for the state.
Along this line we shall have more to say as we go
forward In the fight
Home Rule for Ireland.
Definite announcement Is made that a bill providing
Home Rule tor Ireland will be introduced In parliament
when that body reassembles two months from tpdsy.
It Is stated that the liberal prime minister, sir Henry
. Oampbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Irish nationalists
, In the house of commons. Air. 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 we are told ttjat there Is
a greater probability of Its achievement than at any time
since Mr. Gladstone passed away.
There have been few struggles for liberty which
combined so many elements to appeal to the nobler sen
timents of mankind. It has been one long and hopeless
conflict for the right of self government on the part of a
people whose persistence and patriotism have rlaen su
perior to every obstacle and to all forms of opposition.
No country on the face of the earth is more essentially
national than Ireland, and the dream of restoring her na
tions! house of representatives and commuting to her
hand* the management of her own affairs has been like
a guiding star to the ambitions ani the energies of the
Irish people ever since Caatlereagh cut his country's
throat and then hla own. ’
Persecution and oppression, contumely and ridicule
have only strengthened Irishmen In their determina
tion to wrest their rights from the British crown, and
it has long been evident to the Impartial student of world
politics that there eould be no permanent peace in Ire
land until the national cause triumphed.
The life and work of Oladstone present many claims
tSp the love and gratitude and admiration of mankind,
biA-hls fame will always be associated peculiarly with his
atruggto Home Rule. HU espousal of the cause was
not hasty. For years he gave It grave consideration. Rut
when he had once made up hla mind on the matter he
devoted all hla splendid abilities to the cause. Twice tho
end he sought wee almost within his grasp, but dissen
sions In the ranks of the liberal party once and the obstl- way.
nacy of the house of lords on the later-occasion defeated
Ids cherished design and for more than a decade we have
heard nothing of home rule In parliament
But the leaven has been at work through all these
years. Men like, Davttt might die, but John Dillon and
John Redmond still remained and they kept the lamp of
self.government alight In hearts of gold.
It develops now that the concession of a constitution
to the Transvaal was In one respect a tentative measure.
Intended to sound publie Sentiment on the home rule Idea,
and the public has not been slow in declaring that if au
tonomy could bo given to an alien people so recently at
war w-lth the mother country, and one In which resident
Englishmen would have so 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 In 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 has but rarely exercises, lodged in a coun
cil.
Absolute right of the Irish parliament to levy taxes
for local uses.
Elimination of general taxation for the support of
the theological seminary at Trinity college.
The liberal party seems to he well entrenched in
The “Reign of Terror” Must End.
It will be a serious mistake if the aroused and In
dlgnant citizens of Georgia permit this period of Interest
and profound concern to pass without crystallyzlng pub
lic sentiment 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 under which
the noblest race of women in the world live in fear and
sleep In apprehension.
When men living In broad centers of this twentieth
ceptury civilization cannot leave home at night for hast
iness, or politics or church without leaving a frightened
woman trembling In the, home which ought to, be
castle, God knows It Is time for men to wake up and
do something for themselves and for the women whom
wo love. v
The tension of this emergency should make men
calm and stern, not wild and hysterical. We want to ac
complish something and if It tje 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 and protest till doomsday, but
that lynching for this crime would go on In the South
as long as the crime which 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 his 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 In the New York air of 1901,
No, the mob Is here to keep up with the rapist for
ever.
It is lamentable. It Is deplorable. It Is awful, but It
is a fact, and we might as well face It without evasion
and without apology.
But the wise citizen, steadied with the reaponslblli
ties of home and government, would be glad to seek
and find a better way. Let us see what we can do out
side of the mob.
One thing which the white man has never had In
the effort to euppreie the rapiet is the full co-operation
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 Is so vague and feeble that It almost
carries the effect of Indorsement The mats of the negro
race Is ever ready to shield the replet. It helps him to
escape. It furnishes him shelter, concealment changes
of clothes and, expedites his flight from the law and
from the Rvenger. Let us, see If we can change this
by reason and the law. If not, then by the Goddess of
Liberty, we must 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 the Northern cities to protest and de
nounce the lawlessness of the South and the "blood lust
of the old slave owner" toward the negro. They atlr
with all their might and main the prejudice and fanati
cism of Northern philanthropy nnd the old abolition
brigade. But who ever hears of Qslnes, or Turner, or
Proctor, or Booker Washington, or Fortune, or Davis
thundering through a sermon or a speech or an editorial
against the atrocious outrages which are rapidly prepar
ing their race for destruction?
They condemn In feint sentences. They denounce
lynching In flaming columns and in furious hours.
And the negro mass, hearing the preacher, and heed
ing the teacher, takes to his heart from the slse of the
comment the deadly conclusion that, tn the eyes of bis
leaders, rape Is a light fault of passing moment, but that
lynching Is an awful crime for which his race furnishes
the lamontod and strangled martyrs.
Don’t you see, people, black nnd white, how deadly
Is the Inequality of the negro's Influence for good and
evil upon his race? There fe not a .negro fiend among
the thousands of his type who has ever felt the restrain
ing hand of his own race and of Its public opinion
upon ths hellish (usts which move him.
Now let us see If we can Invoke the full and fear
less, and Impassioned co-opcratlon of tho negro against
the hell born lust of his own criminals. Let us see
if we can do It reasonably. If we cannot, then by the
divine right of the Saxon, we will do It In our own great
The simple statement or suggestion Bhould move
every Intelligent negro to co-operation. Law, justice, civ
ilization and self-protection demand It of him. Tho mere
citation of the rare extstcnco of this co-opcratlon should
he the signs! for a start nil along the lino of negro
expression. From Booker Washington through the bish
ops to the teachers, and the country "exhorters." let the
warning ring. •
If In every country church snd in svery old field
meeting houee the negro preecher at night ahould de
vote at Isast one half his sermon to eavlng hie race by
denouncing Ite representative crime, something might be
done. And the voice that speaks must speak boldly and
plainly. No half-hearted protest, no timid denunciation
will do,
From first to last let the preacher thunder hell and
damnation tn this world and In the world to come
against negro fiends who lust after white women. Let
him tell the negro fiend that every crime like his holds
back his race from hope, and hurries it toward destruc
tion.
And If all the voices that speak nnd |M>na that write
to the negro shall hear this awful warning, we may hope
at least for better things.
For the statistics show that nine-tenths of the ne
gro replete have been to school.
The Georgian submits that tills Is one thing that we
can do—that the negro can do. It Is an experiment that
negro enterprise that does not thunder damnation to the
negro's lust In this way we can, it necessary, compel
the'co-operation which we ought to have freely for the
asking.
It the experiment falls, then we will know as a peo
ple what we are up against, and prepare to meet the fu
ture as we must
This Is the chief thing Just now. Bat beyond this
we do not forget that It Is the stern duty of our men to
provide every means of protection and defensq.
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 Dixie would lmposo
a flne 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,
ped away.
Let our women be relieved of going to court to stand
in the gaze of thousands to testify against the rapist.
Let tho suspects, guarded, bo carried for Identification
to the scene of the assault
And let the bloodhounds be carried In sections so
that when one set Is tired, a fresh contingent can be put
on the trail. • This Is necessary.
Do you know that the assailant of the Lawrenco
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-opcratlon of every decent
negro In the South.
And If 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 selge and close the reign of terror for tho white
women of the South.
The death of Dr. Hunter P. Cooper Is a distinct and
deeply lamented calamity not only ‘to hts family and
his hosts ;of friends, but to the great profession of which
he was so conspicuous an ornament, and to the 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.”
I GOSSIP
It develops that Harrlman. the railroad pirate. Is the
son of a clergyman. But we see no reason why the Phil
istines should be hurling this In the face of the ministry.
Joo Weber Is.appearing In a musical skit called
"Twiddle Twaddle.” One Is disposed, at first blush, to
wonder 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
A Notable Banker Indorses.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
I desire to commend the timeliness
and force of your editorial of the 22d
on "The Way to Save Our Women.”
Tou voice the general feeling when
you say, "We are going to free our
women, no matter what he cost may
bo to another race.”
Half-way solutions will not do. For
cible deportation Is the only remedy.
Tho negroes were shipped over here—
they must be shipped back. If their
white friends who spend money an lav
ishly In 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. Llberja 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, tor 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 CaroilnA 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 Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., 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 thf. 22d, entitled "The Reign
of Terror for nouthern Women.'
courae, this Is a grewtome subject, but
the pleasure I derived Is from approv
ing your auggestion. This le really a
■erloua problem for the state, and un
less there la an Improvement on this
line the negro Is doomed to annihila
tion or deportation. The former Is too
horrible to contemplate, and the latter
Is Impracticable unless the United
States government takes It up. I firm
ly believe that deportation Is the best
remedy. It could be accomplished If
some brave man In congress would ad
vocate It. We could thus utilize the
Philippines or purchase some extenetve
tract In Africa. They ought to be de
ported at the government's expense and
some provision made for them after
they arrive at the new country, and this
government ought to exercise a protec-
orate over this new country as long as
necessary. 1 will not undertake to
elaborate this Idea more fully, but It le
thought that should engage the best
attention of our statesmen. I hope
you wilt continue to discuss this ques
tion along the lines of the editorial
for your able pen can accomplish much.
Very truly your friend,
ALLEN FORT.
Amerlcus, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906.
The Protection of Our Homes.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I read your editorial on "Tho Ne
gro" In yesterday’s Georgian with as
much Interest as I read the election
returns. Patrick Henry's "liberty
speech" was no better and of no more
Importance than your heroic editorial.
If all of the papers would take hold
of this subject with the same Inter
est that was taken In the recent elec
tion campaign, surely good would re
sult. The most sacred Interest
earth Is the protection of a man'a
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 would' 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 same breastworks where
white men fought for negro freedom
a brutish negro gouged out the eye of
a white woman. I was. talking only
yesterday with a man who has spent
years of toll und economy to secure a
little market garden and fruit farm In
the suburbs of Atlanta. His wife and
daughters are now afraid to live there,
and he must break up hU quiet home
and move to town for protection. Thla
Is only one Instance of .thousands and
thousands. ....
Henry Watterson says: "Of all Im
portant things, civilization Is the slow
est." How many more daughters must
be attacked by negro bipitea before thla
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
negroes prowling around at all hours?
Can’t wc have restrictions as to selling
negroes firearms, ammunition, etc.?
Can’t wc have some Island to which
he must be sent forever and branded
after he has once been a convict? If
these things are unconstitutional,
wouldn't It be better to change the
constitution? Isn’t our homes 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 la, 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 poor
women must get some pistols and pro
tect themselves. Isn't ft 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.
To 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 att 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 thla matter, and praying
ferlor race that waa bought and
brought here as slaves to us, and the
end must come.
In view of the failure of lynching
end 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 auggestion, briefly stated, would
be to form a secret clan or organiza
tion similar to the "Ku-KIux," after the
war, and ao arrange that ev^ry 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'e superstitions and
Increase hts fears of the punishment.
We must be rid of this evil at all
cost. ANGLO-SAXON.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906.
From the 8eaboard of Georgia.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Accept my congratulations and
thanks for the masterly editorial on
the negro and hls bestlal practice! 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-
* h »‘ '* “r. edy, end one more likely to reach him,
prove to be the eolutlon of this awful | >nd Rmend h| „ rac0 th „ re , pect than
any other. God knows tve are In dea-
elther 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. la It not time
to make It on Issue In every platform-
city, state and national: "What are
you going to do with the negro?” There
is no North and no South on this
question, Can't the better class of
pegrocs organize "law and order socte-
has never bqen tried. It Is one that ought to be tried. ^
We have never had the nogro'e full cooperation be- 7 Instead of their secret societies
. . ” ... ” . (that they have to discuss white preju-
fore. Let us secure tt now. and test its effect upon the dice* Can't we have better laws about
Yours most sincerely
WILLIAM P. DAVIS.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906.
Hare's the Right Kind of s Negro.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am a colored cttlsen and have been
a dally reader of your paper from Ite
flrsVJfaue end I recognize In your edi
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 as one of the "cutters"
or "branders" of the brutes who would
do such an unseemly thing as to vio
late the person of any woman.
You may publish this letter If you
desire and change In It any sentence
ybu desire. Yours very truly.
TURNER SUTTON.
Sander$vllle, Ga.. Aug. 23, 1906.
“The Howls of the Peeksniffs."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I wish to congratulate you on the
stand you have taken In regard to the
attack on white women of the South
by the negroes. It Is no doubt a step
In the right direction. We are so used
to hearlqp editors howl about the hor
rors of mob law, and all that kind of
rot, when we know that they can not—
tf 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? I agree with you fully
In all you have written In the Inst two
Issues of your paper, and I hope that
your suggestions will not go unheeded
until the rising, which Is sure to come,
has wiped the negro Horn the South.
Again congratulating you on having
the netve to come out openly and say
what every Southern man ought to
say, regardless of criticism from some
of the people of the North, where this
most awful of nil Crimea Is unknown, I
trust that every true Southern paper
will tnke up the matter in the same
way you have. Yours very truly,
A READER OF THE GEORGIAN.
Lafayette, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906.
Step It at Any Cost.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Congratulations and a hearty hand
shake are yours from at least one of
the readers of The Georgian, and I feel
sure that I am voicing the sentiments
of all In regard to the stand you have
taken on the negro fiend situation
when 1 say you are. right and some
thing Is going to be done.
I 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 tn
the power of the law to curb the brut
ish and hellish passions of the beast.
Yes, something Is going to be dene. I
have heard suggestions that have been
made "behind the curtain,” as It were,
and enough of them to know that the
Anglo-Saxon fixe 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 bom
of Southern blood that la going to leap
Into hungry, menacing flames that can
only be quenched after the consamma-
tlon and annihilation of this blight and
menace to Southern mothers, wives
and daughters. The South Is calling
for freedtun. We are veritable slaves
to the brutish and In every way In-
S rate straits and the remedy must
forthcoming. Every thinker haa
re abundant matter to Investigate.
Some time since I suggested that our
women be taught to use a revolver,
end let them carry It Texas-llke at all
times unless with the males of the fam
ily. I still think we should do so, and
that our little tots 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. 23, 1906.
The Georgian Voleae 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 peofde
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 vary sentiment that la now In
the hearts of the white people and more
than that, you ran get alt the eld and
encouragement that you need to ad
just this awful condition along the
peaceful lines that you suggest, nnd
If they fajl. Oo<l only knows what will
follow.
1 think that a reprint of your recent
editorial should be so distributed thnt
not only every white person hut that
every negro could see what must be
done. WILLIS B. PARKS.
Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906.
The Leaders "Must” Think.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your very strong editorial, "The Wny
to Save Our Women," Is timely and
strikes at a point where good can be
done.
The leaders of the negroes must be
made to think foe the race. It Is
thought that moves the world and right
thinking must be done before right ac
ttons are manifested.
The brutal negro, Influenced and
mesmerised 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 thnnk you and The Georgian for
your manty methods and good words
and works for the good of mankind.
Sincerely. E. H. CARMAN.
Atlanta, Aug. 33, 1906.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
tty Private Is-nsed Wire.
New York, Aug. 24.—Whether Regi
nald Dc Koven, tho musical composer
will bo liable under the section of the
code prohibiting cruel and unusual
punishment, deponent sayeth not, but
the fact remains that at the coming-
out party at Newport of hla beautiful
young daughter. Miss Ethel, only Mr
De ICoven’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, she
has a decided tendency toward ath
letics. She excels tn tennis, golf and
in the saddle. It Is as an expert auto
driver, however, that this young wo
man has become most noted. She han
dles big cars, of which she hag several,
with a skill that many a man driver
lacks.
Colonel Partridge, a civil war vet
eran, and former New York police
commissioner, has the'courage of hli
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 hla wedding, remarked:
"I don't see why a man of 62 should
not marry—and why he ahould not
marry a young woman. Age Is a mat-
ter merely of how a man feels. He's
only as old ns 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, Georgo Sedcle took a hurried
departure from the city today. Ths
reason for his hasty flight was that
both Mrs. Sedcle and Miss Elenoa
Mots, the stenographer, were search
ing for him, and they threatened fur
ther Immediate proceedlnes If he was
found. Sedcle quarreled with his wife
three weeks ago. Then he sold out hit
business in St. Louts and came to
New York with Miss 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 haa been found tn
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 Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 24.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—G. W. Case, H. Chlpley,
A. J. Crawford, Miss I. M. Strawn, A.
Tabartnl. B. B. Foy, R. Foy.
AUGUSTA—W. E. C. Gibson.
SAVANNAH—F. A. Brown, C. Seller,
W. S. Way.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Heartily Indorstt.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I heartily Indorse your editorial In
The Georgian of the 22d regarding the
queatlon of taking some steps toward
putting a stop to the fearful assaults
by negroes on white women. The whole
country Is being terrorised nnd Its
proper development retarded by the
crimes committed by these fiends.
I am glad you have the courage to
apeak out. GEO. B. HINMAN.
Atlanta, Aug. 23. 1606.
Re-Enact the Parole Syitem.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In regard to the negro question, has
not the time about arrived when each
one ahould be made to carry a "parole,”
as It waa called during the war? That
Is. a paper giving hts description, resi
dence and for whom he works, etc., and
make tt the business of the-police to
"round up” each one not thus Identified.
It Is an immediate form of Identifica
tion and I think a necessary one. Truly,
GEORGE BROWN. M.D.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906.
lotj— ni. iMinuoidiiiiMY ■ uwp»<iurtr.
1789—Liberty of the. French pro** decreed.
1814—City of Washington -burned by tb#
British.
1833—James Bed path, American author,
lK>rn. Dim) February 10. 1891,
1848— American ship Ocean Monarch burn*
«mI in Irish channel; 170 lives lost.
1854—City of Milwaukee almost destroyed
hr Are.
____ Felix M
1884—FoochOW,
French.
1904—niHMilug of itrent battle of Llnoynng,
between Husshius and Japanese.
THE CLEVER GEORGIAN.
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
The Georgia campaign, which began
fifteen month* ngo, dosed Saturday, a ml*
the primaries will be held Wednesday. It
was a most extraordinary campaign, full
of bitter personalities. Colonel Smith, Col
onel Ustlll and It le bard Unwell, three of
the candidates for governor, escaped the
mud shower, principally. perhajMi, Im*mum
Clark Howell and Iloke Smith mouopo*
Used it nil. Yet Clark Howell is ns good
a mini as he was before ho entered the
nice lor governor, and the same can »e
salt! of lfoke Smith. Both were victims
of cnuipalgn frenxy.
One of the handsomest *hlngs tve nnte
•on lately la the rehabilitation of tbes#
ivo men In clean garments snd their
presentation to the people of Georgia as
tin* |H*t»p|e of that state have previously
known them, by The Atlanta Georgian,
nnte-prliuary election editorial. ll**»
Is In the best of taste »ml will
hnvo an excellent effect throughout Geor
gia. It Is calculate*) to make the p«;"i>‘#
look upon the late campaign a* a mg** 1 '
mare, to put It III the background, to cover
tip the memory of It and restore tliess
two editors to the plneos they formerly
held In a)) Georgia hearts.
PRINTS THE TRUTH;
GROW8 IN FAVOR
From The Decatur Cress.
The Georgia» *«l>serlptluii Is dolly I*
creasing here. It Is a clean paper print-
ed In Atlanta, snd If you want the trull
about what Is doing read Its columns.
Governor Hoch is so very popular
among the settlers whose land titles us
has undertaken to “clear" In the
ty" suit that an effort has been mad#
to change the name of the new state
to Hochlahoma.—Kanga* City Star.
The largest Colored Young Men*
Christian Association in the world is
the colored branch of the New \otk
City Association, which now has
members. It held a "600 jubilee la-“t
month to celebrate the attainment of
this number.
Consul Walter C. Hamm, at Hull,
says the Increased activity In the i *>rK-
shire steam codl trade at Hull has oeen
most marked. For the first time dur
ing the first half of any year over
000,000 tons of coal Jiave been recelvea
at the port and over 1,000,000 tons ex
ported.
Lightning 8trikes Homs.
Kpcdnl to The Georgian.
Haralson, Ga., Aug. 24.—Lightning
struck the house of A. H. Rawls. ™
this place, Wednesday nl*ht, doing con
siderable damage.
Goes to Reynolds.
Special to The Oeoridon.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 24.—C. G. By-
fngton, principal of Bibb City count,'-
school, has accepted the position •’*
principal of the Reynolds (Oa.) In? 11 '
tute, and will begin hla duties whtfi
the school terra opens there.