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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATTTHPAY, AfOrST 28, 1968; THE “REIGN OF TERROR” AND OTHER THEMES DISCUSSED BY THE PEOPLE; THANKS GOD FOR THE EDITORIAL IFCORPORATIONSCAN CONDEMN PROPERTY, WHY NOT MEN? REFLECTION ON SOUTHERN MANHOOD i the Editor of The Georgian: I extricated myself long enough this norning from the whirl of frenited 1 nance to read your editorial on "The Reign of Terror for Southern Women." and I can lot refrain from thanking the good Gal for a man who has the ability and the courage to write such plea, andifrom assuring you that I (eel you ari set aside with a divine gift, which! you are consecrating to what will jrove ere long the greatest question thijt ever confronted the Cau casian ri The negrj has been taught for forty I years to ijtallate on ' the whites for | having brtight him from the jungles | of his nattB land and clothed him and ‘ attempted lo make something of him more tharthe good God Intended him for. He if* been taught by hts friends ! that a great curse was brought on his race by our people, therefore the spirit of retaliation has burned away his rea son, and they now stand upon the vol cano of extermination which will soon explode and leave not a vestige of the race on Southern part this United States; and the sooner the eruption takes place the better. ' I thank you for this wise and brave defense. And I would like so much If you would draw up a bill to have passed giving every white lady a right In Georgia to carry a nice handy pis. tol on her person, anywhere and any. way she sees lit. Also let us move to have all our schools teach In the ath letlc departments how to shoot. Your friend, J. A. DOSTER. Lumber City, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906. Tip REION OF TERROR. To the/dltor of The Georgian: ling for a remedy for the hor rible rfidltlon. brought about by the presem In the South of the negro raplst/t seems to me that suggestions Tilng short of deportation Is al- worthless. negro has advanced In edu. d In political and social privl- I the greater has become his de claim equality with the white I and this desire while originating j the educated class of negroes and fished by them as a fond dream to Realized at some day not so far dis appear directly to the animal ons of the lower class and prompts to accomplish their brutish de- j without waiting for the hoped for ifllment of the educated negro's (earn. It is not simply a matter of Jtiidylng lust. This they might d< fth negro women without fear of pun (hment, bit It Is the ever present, ever (rowing anbltton of the negro to be ,he social equal of the whites that Prompts hm to outrage white women. I This coalition grows worse all the (time andls made Infinitely worse ev- ery time Mr. Roosevelt appoints one I to an once or invites one to dinner I or whenthey have the balance of pow- I er betwfen two factions In any politi cal confst. Thertls no hope, so far as I can see, of anyflmprovement, so long as the negro 1 amongst us. Legal executions, nor Ivfhlngs, nor fire has any terrors r \ he. His highest ambition is to )e aercourse with white women and jis f will do, when he absolutely ■non/that death awaits him as soon as h/is caught. / Tit® !e only one thing to do that has >y promise of freeing our women (rnnfhls slavery and terror, and that thin is to send every one of the ne J race out of the country. This wlltiave to be done some time and It iKht as well be done at once be- fnr/thcre has. been mors outrages on ouP'omen. Ills admitted that difficulties pre- 1 themselves In connection with de- i ig so large a number of people, :hese difficulties had as well be ome now in time to save the hon- whlte women as well as the Uvea any comparatively Innocent ne- , for, be It understood, that when see has ceased to be a virtue apd the avenging mob has grown to le the entire white population, the ent negro will go down with the r and at of them will be destroy i would so many rattle snakes. The follovlng are some of the dlf- cultles to 1 be overcome in order to take deputation successful. The onsent of the negro, the consent of he white San and a place to send him o as well, as the cost of the enter prise,' THAT EDITORIAL ON LYNCHING, To the Editor of The Georgian: ( I thank you—I congratulate our country on the fact that we have an editor of a great paper who la willing to voice the real convictions of a great people on a subject that Is of vital In terest to our civilization. The real truth and the real philosophy of lynch ing Is just beginning to be made known. Judge Hlllyer's demand for more speedy judicial methods, which was adopted by the Southern Baptist con vention last May, was on the right line. The fact Is, we as a people have been religiously at fault In the punishment of crime. God's reason for killing of criminals Is that the stain of the crime might not rest on the whole people. That reason given re peatedly In the law of Moses shows that God will hold society responsible for the crime* It condones. In spite of this, for 300 years the Iniquity of our law-makers has been taxed to divine ways and means for evading the law. I believe that you are right—unless some new and terrible penalty, quick ly applied, may have the effect of de- terlng the black rapists, the alterna tive will be the'driving of the blaoks out of our country, or the extinction of their race In America. After all, lynch law Is a crude ap plication of the principle that justifies the killing of a man who Is about to commit a deadly felony, or Is caught red-handed In the act. J. L. D. HILLYER. TRUE VERSUS ERRONE OUS EVANGELISM The coient of the negro ought to he easily Wined. The leaders of that race certlnly realize that they cannot hone to Me to the front In competi tion wltfthe superior race. They can obtain f«lr desire to participate In roveron/nt and rule themselves If they hsve apuntry of their own. The (nsent of the white man is a more a|>°n* undertaking. It Is claim ed by £ny that the negro la absolute ly reofed as a laborer and that we cannnS*et along without him. This n n .|tiV assumes that we can not re place h* negro with white men, or that k are willing to have an ever- ln, re/ing number of our women ruined to brutes, that a few large pi-njra may have their farms cult! votf/whlle they take life easy. I am surJhat the negro's place would soon tm jken by white emigrants and that would be better laborers than the i. The North is more prosperous white labor than Is the South with egro. So are the counties of our state which have largely white ulation, more prosperous than those ties containing large negro popu- , n. But even If there was no hope replacing the negro with whiten we ely cannot afford to help him at so eat a sacrifice, and he ought not be zlous .to. remain until It Is necessary totally exterminate him. As to where to send him, I do not w. We might give him his choice this matter, stipulating only that he as to get entirely out of the country, le might give him some of the bor- statea, buying the land from pres ent owners and riving It over to the negroes. If the consent of all parties first he obtained and especially that of the White .man, the matter of place would easily be solved. ..s to cost, I suggest that the gov ernment put up the money needed. We certainly tan buy homes for these negmes w»o are In a sense wards of ihe nation, If we can afford to buy the Philippine! for a people for whom we were undtr no obligation. The honor it one wpman -Is worth more than a few hundred dollars necessary to buy homes !/ the negro of the Southern states. * . To the Editor of Tht Georgian: Aa the columns of The Georgian seem open for the discussion of prob lems pertaining to religion, for the public enlightenment, I offer them the following because I see occasion there for. Dr. Torrey and Mr. Alexander were God's agents by whom the Christian people of Atlanta were recently awak ened and put Into activity for the Christianization of their un-Chrtstlan fellow citizens, to a degree to which they had never before attained; but much of the outworking of their zeal In evangelism seems to be without a sufficient and correct knowledge of the means tbatjGod appointed for the ac- pllshment of their object, as stated In The Bible, add therefore misleading. Evangelism Is making known to un- Chrtstlan persons that they are, to at least some extent, disobedient to what they know to be God's laws of moral righteousness; that the God-appointed penalty for disobedience to any one or more of God's laws of righteousness Is physical dsath and eternal outcaatlng from the favor and presence of God thereafter, Into the companionship of the opposere of God; that no person Is, by original birth nature, In moral one ness with God; that justice demands that the penalty for sin must be Inflict ed, and that, until this demand has been compiled with, sin cannot be for given, and the sinner stand as righte ous before God; that the only way In which this can be accomplished Is by the subjection to death physical of a person of God nature and man nature combined, after having lived, aa a man, subject and faultlessly obedient to the moral laws appointed by God for man’s observancs, after having been falsely convicted -of violation of God's law, and thua vicariously satisfying tbs demand of justice for the Infliction of penalty for man's sins; that, not of moral obli gation, but of love, God provided such a satisfaction of justice for man's sins, applicable to whosoever will accept It, In sending his God-natured son to earth to live and die as a man. That this person was Jesus (God's power to deliver) of Nazereth, of whom we learn through hlztory, ns recorded In the Bible and other writings. That he rose from among the dead, and ascended from earth thereafter to hie former dwelling place with God. That he was to set up and rule over, and soon after his ascension did set up anl begin to rule over a government on earth and elsewhere, In the regions of the depart ed from earth, the citizens of which are those persons who have accepted the deliverance from the penalty for sin that he accomplished, though they are to retain, In this life, citizenship In Its political government also. That those who accept such deliverance must, as a condition additional, of re ceiving cltlsenshlp In his kingdom, be W. L. WILLIAMSON. shall/women wear GUNS IN THEIR HAT8 To thsEdltor of The Georgian; We md with a great'deal of Interest and rrtnuragement In yesterday’s pa pers i editorial on the subject, "Let the uinen Arm Themselves." In tew of the recent assaults that have icurred In different parts of this and her states, the suggestion is an ezceljnt one and comes just at a time »h™ public sentiment against such nutrtea la at a pitch that leads the to fully and heartily Indorse tucim idea. lf°me genius will only come along hofmd tell the women where they are to/rry such things as pistols, he will 2f r a great favor upon perplexed Wanklnd whom we know to be ut- W lacking In such useful things as (rets. READER. - To the Editor of The Georgian; Now that there Is united effort be. Ing made to Induce emigration to Geor gla, and If possible make her that for which nature evidently Intended her, a great agricultural state, and while an old man long past the meridian of life, yet as a native bom Georgian, I can not but ask space In The Georgian, nearest and dearest to her people, to advocate that which I believe will be for her benefit. We have still in Georgia that which Is known as the “head .right laws," but there are no longer lands' upon which the same la operative. Long since they passed Into private ownership. There are, however, thousands acres of what are known as “wild, un improved lands,” lying Idle, and which ought to afford homes for hundreds of thousands of people, but which are held now for speculative purposes alone, and while the owners In making tax returns value them at a song, yet when some body wants to buy a boms, place upon the self same land almost a prohibitive value. It Is to the state's Interest that these lands should be Improved, converted Into homes, and render a proper reve nue to the state. Is there any way by which these speculators can be con; trolled by which these waste * places may be built up and made to blossom like unto a roae garden by which you cUn banish the lonely owl and replace his dismal hoot with the ringing, laugh of happy children? This Is the ques tion. I think there is a remedy, and now suggest It. Great corporations are given the right to enter and condemn any lands, and they exercise this power day by day, as we sky, for the good of the state. Railroad company's exercise this power unlimitedly; they enter, ! condemn, appraise and take possession of the old homestead, with all Its clus tering memories; they Invade, appraise, condemn and take potaesslon of the family cemetery, desecrate the ashes of our beloved dead, and perhaps scatter their bones along the public highway, and all this is allowed In order to build up the state. If then this kingly power is psrmltted these artificial persons, In this broad sense, even where their action Is to plunge, a loving survivor In deepest grief, then why should it not be given to a citizen, a natural person, a bona fide home-seeker, and restrict his ex ercise of the power to "wild, unim proved lander' Yes, why not? There Is no legal difficulty about this. If there were, an amendment to the state constitution could remedy this and settle It forever nnd the good peo ple of this state would quickly ratify It regardless of the strenuous efforts of landowners to prevent It. Theae wild lands are vacant, they af ford scanty revenue to the stats. Let's see: There are Instances where the owners return these tande for taxee for a dollar per acre, yet in the same yeac make‘sales of the self same lands for even as. high as *10 and *20 per acre. Now this Is simply swindling the state, and wronging the bona fide taxpayer, by Increasing his burden to make up the deficit caused by—you name It yourself. Like Brand, I advertise for a word. The remedy Is this: where the owner at all, aa the case may be, then'let the state exercise the right of eminent domain for the benefit of the, settler, proceeding upon the relation of that settler. Restrict the acreage allowed him to g sufficiency for farming purposes to af ford a good living for hlmielf and family. No more, no less. In making ! entry compel! the settler to take the land as It comes, to say good bad and Indifferent, so that complete justice may be dode the owner and likewise to the settler. Let the valuation placed upon that specific land, per acre, govern In as certaining the value of the land pro vided he had so returned It for taxes, for that or the proceeding year as well. When so surveyed, out and platted by the county surveyor, then let the set tler enter, take possession and make his home thereon, upon making or ten dering payment to the owner, and If refused, placing same In the court registry subject to the owner's orders. Now for the benefits <o the state thus Insured. ■ > Wild land owners will make proper valuation on these lands In returning them for taxes, and this will increase the state's revenue from that source to elx or more times what It Is now. It will readily provide homes for bona fide settlers and Induce emigra tion of the agricultural class to otir state. To say that emigration which once went westerly will turn to .9n6 South, and Georgia will get .the' the lion’s share of It. It will atop the pernidoCis land spec ulation which never benefited the state and people. By this means Georgia can be built up compactly; It wlU become the great est Agricultural stats, and her people will be peaceful, prosperous and hnppy. —Unless something akin to this Is done will not sell at a reasonable figure, or it Is Idle to prate about emigration Georgia. The land speculators will run To the Editor of The Georgian: , If you will kindly pardon so great an encroachment on your very valua ble time. I beg the privilege of express ing myself In regard to an editorial I read In The Georgian on last Tuesday evening, August 21. In this editorial you nay: "It the negro Were no longer a part of our population, the women of the South would be freed from their state of Siege and would be at liberty to go where they pleased and when they pleased." Do you not consider It a reflection on the chivalry, loyalty and heroism of our Southern white men to longer per mit the existence of so deplorable a state of affairs? Can we longer allow the black slaves of our fathers, to whom we have given freedom and edit-* cation, to rob our women pt 'she free dom and liberty they akdutd enjoy in this our belovbd*' Southland, where Christian civilisation should be main tained at all costs? 1 This Is'lndeed a vital question to day, and (one that demands of every loyal white.man in the South a prompt and active cO-operatlon In administer ing the best possible remedy to the "fiendish passion" of theae black de mons—and such action can not be taken too soon. The method of pun ishment you have suggested Is Indeed a good ons, and should be applied at once. Should It fall, however, and we be driven to a laet resort, do you think we should hesitate In seriously consid ering the final and permanent exter mination of the negro? For, Is It not at all times the honorable duty of every Southern white man to fight to the bitter end, and at all hazards, for the safety and freedom- of Our pure and noh)e women against a hostile, fiendish ana Inferior race—a race of liberated slaVes? Very truly yours. CALVIN F. CARLTON. Atlanta, Ga_, Aug. 22, 1202. 8ITUATION 18 ACUTE. the better class of emigrants out the state by extortionate demands, trust these suggestions here made may be agitated, and bring out the beat thoughts of our best thinkers. Now, listen to the howl of the flee, "Robbery, Robbery, Robbery." FRANCIS H. HARRIS ’answer of a good conscience toward God," by means of which "baptism does now save ua,” of which Peter wrote. In I Peter 3:21, and the "confession of our hope” of Hebrews 10:22, and the "call ing upon the name of the Lord" of Joel 2:28:22: Acta 2:21; and Acts 22:16, and Romans 10:13 (see context v. 0., also contexts of other references).Calllng on the name of the Lord, aa used In Joel 2:28-22. A Hebrew Idiomatic way of saying confessing, orally, or orally ac knowledging to be Lord, and aa used in the Acta and Romans passages cited, It is simply a Hebrewism or a transfer ence of the Hebrew Idiom into Greek (See Hebrew and Greek lexicons.) It was not, as used In these passages, calling on God or Jesus in prayer, nor was It. as modified $>y Acts 22:16, and Hebrews 10:22, and I Peter 3:21, an oral confession unaccompanied by bap tism. According to what I have stated,' a person Is not "saved" by simply bsllef and oral confession of his belief, nor by belief and calling on God, In prayer, to save him, but by belief and baptis mal oral confession. J. HA8BROUCK JOHNSTON. Hotel Grant, August 20, 1906. EVOLUTION AND CHRISTIANITY, THAT BAND OF CHIL- DREN IN THE STREET made able and willing to obey God's laws, which are the laws of that king dom, by being Impregnated with the God nature,’ by the God spirit. That this Is accomplished and with It admis sion Into citizenship In the kingdom, as the candidate for such citizenship undergoes the Initiatory Into cltlxen- shlp rites, appointed by Jesus while he was on earth. This rite Is a spoken acknowledgment, of confession, of be lief in what I have stated, together with that of belief that Jesus, when he has gathered all of the citizenship Into His kingdom will return to earth to bring before Him for trial and adjudi cation, all mankind, haring first brought all the dead of It to life, this confession to be Immediately followed by an application of water to the body, known aa baptism, symbolic of death from the former life In sin, and opposi tion to God, as the body of the dead was bathed tn preparation of It for en tombment. ’ • . , This baptismal confession, as handed down to us from the patriotic age of Christianity, is: • "I believe In God almighty. • and In Jesus, the anointed, His son our Lord. who was bom of a virgin, crucified un der Pontius Pilate, rose from among the dead on the third day, and ascend ed Into heaven, whence he will come to Judge the living and the deadr and In the Holy Spirit.” Assent to this declaration or stipula tion. which was first stated by the per- aon administering the baptism,-1* tbs To the Editor of The Georgian: The article on the front page of Frl. day's Georgian, with the headlines, "Band of Children In Streets Singing and Begging for Alms Arouses the Mayor to Action," has created some comment in this section of south Geor gia, as did a previous report, a week or so ago, in The Atlanta Journal. From the Journal's report, we gathered that .the meetings held by these chil dren were very affecting and not at all for Just merely "to gather In shekels for personal or other uses,” as stated in The Georgian on Friday. No doubt, though, they might have had a col lection in view, and Judging from the report In your paper, a dollar could not be better placed. We gather from your article that an old gentleman named Harwell, aged 68 years, and his wife, about 60 years old, nave been supporting about 26 children at Nos. 62 and 64 South McDaniel street, for which house they pay 640 rent per month, and that they have nothing to rely on except help from God. The above plain statement of facts Is surely enough to touch the hardsst heart and to bring honor and reverence to those two old souls, for ths heavy labor of love they have taken upon themselves In their old age, and enough to bring all Georgia, not to speak of Atlanta, to them and those 26 helpleee children'! eld. But Inetead of that, their effort has been hetij up aa a subject of scorn and their action aa criminal and deserving the energetic action of the "powers that be,” becauae they had these children singing hymns on the street at 8 o’clock. I can not Imagine that that old fond mother heart would be guilty of anything that would injure these dear children. It seems that the principal charges against this old couple are having the children out In street meetings, not having enough clothes to put on, or enougn food to give them; having no well appointed school room in which to teach them; and, no doubt, there could be many more charges on these lines successfully proven, all of which the old man and old woman at 64 South McDaniel street would no doubt plead guilty to and maybe cried over many a time. They did the beat they could no doubt. God bless them tor It! Let ue not blame them for what they could not do. And In the name of hu manity let us all rise up and show our appreciation of what the dear old souls have done by comlnr to their help with our means and thereby glad den the hearts of old Mr. and Mrs. Harwell by giving the twenty-five or phans plenty to eat and plenty to wear. Yea, but why not send them to regular orphanges, so many of which ye have? Admission to many of these Is sur rounded by such conditions that shut out some. Besides, there Is room for one more and especially just such a home as this, where It seems their spiritual want is especially looked aft er. Know you not that the largest nr- R hanage in the world, that of George luller, Bristol, England, wan started and maintained on Just such lines as it seems the McDaniel home is—the much scorned—faith in God to provide? I'm glad the great mayor of Atlanta is moved to action—that Oovernor Terrell Is willing to give his help—and that General Clement A. Evans' sympathy la In the movement. I sincerely hope they will nil co-operate on linen suggested In this letter and not as they flrat Intend ed. and then If we only get the pen of the able editor of The Georgian peald- Ing for the two old gray-headed people and the twenty-five dear children, who knows but that aome day there will be an orphanage on South McDaniel street, Atlanta, Ga., larger than that of George Muller, In Bristol England? Oh, God plant In us hearts of sympa thy! Yours respectfully, Aahburn, Ua. J. LAWRENCE To the Editor of The Georgian; There appeared In The News an-artl cle under the above caption, signed “Enquirer." He asks for information relating to the above. He makes the mistake of trying to measure evolution or the body of man, aa It Is and as It has been, by the standard of Christianity, or what the body of man is to be. Evolution argues with man face to face, Christianity argues with him as he is to be in "an other" life and |n another world. Evolution Is a word coined to deal with the changes which have taken place In the man's body since its In ception to the present time and Its future time fn this planet. Evolution Is not coined to suit or to apply to any other world than this, or to any other body of man than the one we have and see about ua each day. Evolution deals with man under the different phases of his nhyslcal being; hence we have the protoplasmic-man. the ape-man, the savage-man, and the hu-man, or what we conceive to be the end or perfection of the man body. Altruism Is the thought, mind or progressive thing in the man body, which la the incentive and Initial force which looks ahesd to the higher de velopment of ths body, and to which the body conforms In order to fulfil the design as drawn by ths altruistic thought. i . Evolution refers to the body of man as a laborer or as a machine to do tbs will of Its master, which Is the altru istic spirit within him. Evolution and Dltrulsm live by and through the labor of the man laborer or man machine. The difference be tween a dug-out, or bank canoe, and an ocean atnamshlp or between a atone headed arrow and a breech-loading cannon measures the altruistic Im provement in the mechanical develop ment of the man laborer or machine. The difference between a protoplaa mic man and the man with the ocean steamship or the breech-loading can non Is the measure of the improvement or development of the body of man, so that he can fulfil the altruistic thought In the ocean steampshlp and in the breech-loading cannon. The Improvement In the body of man then Is'manifest In his works, or Is industrially manifested. We have no Christian, atheist or thelst ships or developed altruistically In man, and carried out or perfected by the human body. Thus evolution and altruism deal with man as a human being and In no other way. The laws of nature are not al tered or changed to suit our opinions, politically, religiously or otherwise, but deals with all or us Impartially alike. Thus Is evolution the changed thing brought about through the altruistic or changed thought. Hence there Is no atheist, thelst or Christian evolution or altruism, but simple human develop ment. W. A. JOHNSON. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22, 1106. M JUNIU8’’ MAKES FIERY APPEAL. To the Editor of The Georgian: Let me thank you from the bottom of my heart for your grand editorial on the suppression of these awful crimes by black brutes on our women. How low have our Southern men fallen when they can tolerate the pres ence of a race that furnishes such fiends! I had rather see every dollar of the South's wealth swept out of existence than to sea these crimes on our wbmen continue. It can't be en dured! The greatest war of ancient times, the Trojan war, was caused by the rape of one woman. Think of the thou- aanda of our outraged Southern women by black brutes and Southern men still endure it! For what? Tell me why this goes on for one single day? I can tell you—for the negro's labor— to get more wealth for the 8outh out of him. It Is commercialism willing to trade on ravished white women! Oh, proud Anglo-Saxon race, chivalrous cavaliers of the South, you once were kingly men, lords of cre.y.lon, but you have aold your birthright for a mesa of pottage! You have fallen too low to act. as protectors of your women! God knows this is the sad, aad truth! By a negro the rape of one white wom an should have sufficed for the re moval or extermination of the entire negro race. I Join with you. Colonel Graves, in throwing the awful responsibility for lowed. The same way at Cedartown, Ga. Atlanta and Fulton county are .. disgrace to the stats. Ths men there should hang their heads In shame. They are not worthy to protect their women, or their society. The negro brute that attacked Mrs. Moore was msde a hero of before they "legally” (?) banged him. So are every one of them regarded by their race when they are dignified by a farcical court trial In these cases. Down with all delays and fomalltlea In theae cases, and let Jus tice and vengeance come swift and ter. rlble, with all the torture that can be devised. As for myself, I had rather see race war, yea, a war of extermination, begin tomorrow than to hear of an other pure white woman being ravished by a black brute! LET IT COME! f utter a curse against every white man In the South If this crime Is allowed to continue. Call back the days of the Ku-Klux! Let Southern white men show them selves worthy of their sires. Languagi falls me to express myself on thli subject. Things have gotten to where there seems no time for w.ords. I say, let every Southern city and town and village and community call mass meetings. Let our men be there. Ask every negro to be there. Make them come. At these meetings talk the negroes. Tell them our demands. Let them understand our ultimatum. Warn them. Then let the white men organize In a solid phalanx and give the negroes to understand that it la race war and death to every one If as a race they do not atop this crime, it will not do to dally any longer. The papers are full of this crime. AH over the South little girls 7 years old and old gray-halred mothers are being at tacked dally, as well as other women. The lust fiends show no mercy or discrimination. When these cases occur the newspa pers spurt for a little while and then It Is all over until another victim, n sweet virtuous woman, la sacrificed to "Southern commercialism." The negroes seem to know that Southern white men will allow their women to be sacrificed to get and keep the negro's labor. And baa It come to this In our proud, beautiful Southland? Oh, my people, my people, to what depths have you fallen! "JUNIUS. Rome, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906. SOME OTHER WAY8 TO PROTECT, To the Editor of The Georgian: Your editorial In .yesterday's Geor gian, with regard to the unmentionable crime, was timely and to the point. I would, however, like to suggest a meth od by which the colored race may see that It will be to their Interest to make some attempt In assisting the white people In stopping this crime for which the only remedy Is lynch law. The suggestion which I desire to make for your careful consideration Is as follows: Advocating in an editorial the Im mediate discharge of every colored man In the city of Atlanta from any and every position In which he must neces sarily come In contact with white women. This would include the coach men, ths revoking all negro licenses for handling automobiles, even to the delivery of goods to private residences. Your Idea of personal mutilation Is good, but it comes too late. Let's con tinue to kill all nsgroea who commit the unmentionable crime, and ■ make ounuchs of all the new male Issues before they are eight days old. Faithfully yours, B. A. PUGIN. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906. 8TOP VAGRANCY) LYNCHING CEASE8 this racial crime on the leaders of the negro race. They have not done their duty In this matter. This Is known of all men. Hold the race responsible from now on. When were negroes ever known to help run down a rapist? During past years we have had two of these crimes In Floyd county, and, _ far as I know, not a neifro helped to catch the criminal—not- a church or negro society passed a resolution condemning the crimes. In both of these cases a lynching promptly fol- To the Editor of the Georgian: Allow me to give my convictions on the matter of lynching. Stop vagrancy and lynching ceases. Let Atlanta put ten pickets mounted to keep the circuit up of the not thickly settled, then ten more pickets outside of that line. Insist that every block or white man be accounted for or ar rest same. You cannot prepare a wo man for self defense, a few only. If nil counties of the state would form for each county, I believe the lynching would cease for need of material. When caught and convicted, castrate and brand on forehead. Respectfully. EDWARD S. LATHROP. Decatur, Ga., Aug. U, 1906. THE GEORGIAN STRUCK THE KEY NOTE THE NORTH 18 IN SYMPATHY. To the Editor of The Georgian: The people, especially those who live in the rural districts, owe you more than thanks for the timely and ring ing editorial In which very recently you set forth the horror which hourly threatens every white woman In the country districts of Georgia and the South. Lynching, as you suggested, does not seem In the slightest degree to meet the case. Tour suggestion of severe physical treatment and branding has been made repeatedly in the past, but so haltingly thut It made no Impres sion on the public mind. The situation Is terribly acute. Close following upon the heels of that awful occurrence In one of Atlanta's popular suburbs, Co- penhltl, came another last Sabbath afternoon in North Carolina. A young miss, 16 years of age, left her home to visit the daughter of a neighbor half a mile distant. Night coming on, and the young lady not having returned home, the anxious fa ther went to the neighbor's home. He was told his daughter had not been there. He returned homeward, almost crazed with anxiety. He found his daughter In a pit In one of his fields near the public road—dead. She had fallen Into the hands of a brute. These things are of dally occurrence almost. The people cannot, ought not, will not permit the situation to con tinue as it Is. It Is well enough for those whose loved ones are perfectly safe In the center of city or town to talk about the majesty of the law. There Is a higher law to which the people must appeal If they would guarantee abso lute protection to the mothers, sisters nnd daughters throughout the country districts. I noticed your worthy con temporary, The Atlanta Journal, ad visee the women to arm themselves and tn practice shooting. Good, but that will not do of Itself. The Idle and the vicious are those who commit the crime we have In mind. They must be run down and run out. i 1 believe that the young men In the country should organise at once, each militia district, one or more coin panles of-‘‘Red Shirts" and set their faces against Idle and vicious negroes wherever found. Let It go out that they must get steady work nnd be able to show a clean character or "move on.” I remember. In the cam pnlgn of 1876 In South Carolina, that one blast on the bugle horn of one Red Shirt" rider was equal to a thousand men. That blast reduced chaos to order. The sight or Jcnowl edge of the close presence of a com pany of "Red Shirts” had a most mar velous effect over negroes who other wise would have been rapacious. Let the command, "Move on," ring throughout the rural districts with distinctness that will not admit moment's hesitancy on the part of the brutal class to which It Is addressed. I trust that the weekly press of the state will promptly adopt and ' urge upon their readers your manly ac claim: "Our Women Must and' Shall Be Protected." This menace, which, like a terrible nightmare, hangs over every country home, must be I: stantly removed. MARTIN V. CALVIN. Augusta, Ga. “BE8T PAPER IN THE 80UTH." To the Editor of The Georgian: Although I am a total stranger to you I write thla as a young man and a citizen of Georgia to express my ap preciation of your newspaper, The Georgian. In my humble opinion the editorial page of The Georgian Is the best in the South, and for genuine merit not surpassed by any such section of any paper In the whole country. All the rest of the paper la conducted on an equally high standard, and the paper i a whole presents to the reader a ell balanced report of all the news ' the day. I hope that your paper will always be as clean, newsy and reliable as It is now, and that your circulation will In crease as much aa the paper merits, would like to see The Georgian have paid subscription, of 60,000 at the end of two years. With sincere wishes for the success of The Georgian, I am, respectfully, O. W. PAS8AVANT. Newnan, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906. To the Editor of The Georgian: I desire to Indorse most heartily your editorial, "The Way to Save Our Women," which appeared In yester day's Georgian. I think you have struck the key note. That sentiment should be taken up by every newspaper In Georgia and Its suggestions made a reality at once. Respectfully, J. P. MONROE Abbeville. Ga. Farmers Feel it Most. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: While I have not the pleasure of un acquaintance with you personally, yet I must confess to having for you a very great admiration as a writer, an editor and on orator. From the depths of my heart I thank you for your editorial of yesterday, headed "How to Save the "'omen." My dear sir, you are on the right lines. Let every editor speak out as you have done and personate the lead ers, holding them responsible for the lawlessness of their race and 1 must think good would come from It. As I am a native of Georgia, I have felt great concern for the well being of the state. I noted with regret the at titude of The Constitution, together with many of the leading citizens on the disfranchisement question. It must come either one way or the other. Do continue on that line and with the same boldness that characterized the editorial I spoke of. I am too unwell and nervous to at tempt to write more. I am 72 years old, born and raised In LaGrange, Ga., have been honored with scale In both branches of our Alabama legislature several times. With high regards,' I am, Yours truly, JOHN T. HARRIS. . OoelUu. Ala- Aug. 24. To the Editor of The.Georgian: In your editorials In The Georgian during the paat week regarding the ee- rlee of crimes committed lately by ne gro fiends, you have commenced a work which the South will always thank and remember you for. Keep It upl Keep It up until the negro is forced by terror and fear of punishment to de sist from his horrible crimes, or Is driven from the Southland. Send him up North, where they, like him so well. Mr. Attnnta Georgian, It Is up to you to follow the suggestion, of one of the loyal Southerners, to organize a "Ku- Klux."- With an organization such as you might be most Instrumental In forming great good could be done. It will be a long time before the state nr Federal government will take action to protect our women, and meantime shall we allow these fiends In human form to terrorize our women? No, a thou sand times no' Let the men take it Into their hands, and mete out the Just punishment. But a secret organization could do wonders toward accomplishing this end. Would that we had such an effective police system of ths rural districts as has our neighboring republic, Mexico. I lived two years In the tropics of that country, and have a very high respect for the efficiency of their "rurales." I have never heard of a case of murder, or serious crime, in the rural districts of Mexico, In which the murdetfer was not caught and punished within a short time after committing the crime. Why could not the great Empire State of the South have such an effective system of protecting her cltzens, and more es pecially her women? last The Georgian continue In Its efforts until such a system.of patrolling ■al districts Is perfected that taut In absolute si K world can do I 1 In the protection of the noblest and best gift that God has given man—OUR WOMEN. Most sincerely. SOUTHERNIZED NORTHERNER. Atlanta, August 26, 1906. OFFERS *100 TO START REWARD. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your editorial yesterday afternoon on the subject of negro raplats was a grand expression, and I thank you for It. The point you made about our wom en protecting themselves should be heeded by every woman and girl in ths South. To encourage thla action and to en deavor to strike fear to these brutes, I should like to give 2100 on subscrip tion list for *10,000 to be given to every woman who kills her assailant. I should like for matters to change so that every lovely girl or woman would cause every negro who might pass her to turn out of her pathway on penalty of being shot dead. Also that our women would Instantly shoot lo kill every negro whose presence might be detected around her prem ises. It Is time now for the fear and dread, the suffering, and. even the Inconven ience, to be shifted to ths race who has caused It, even If thousands of them who are Innocent have to suffer. . Let every negro fiend know that a prise of *10,000 hangs abovo his. dead tody, and let every woman realize what a heroine she would make of herself. If she should so protect her honor. I pledge *100 to this fund: surely there are ninety-nine others who will do likewise. Yodrs very truly, JNO. A. MANGHJT. Atlanta, Ga., August *6, 1900. PROTECTION OF OUR HOMES. To the Editor of The Georgian: I waa the author of the article sign ed "Citizen" In yesterday's Georgian. I will reserve my name, as I am writ ing for the protection of Southern wo. men. I want to congratulate The Georgian on being first to espouse this cause In an editorial that has attracted wide attention. Let every Souther*! newspaper copy ths article. Violation of law Is anarchy, unless to keep the law Is negro supremacy, or negro assaults, etc. Then principle comes In and know* no law. It la un fortunate that ths Southern people have ever had to be lawbreakers. For thirty years we have had to violate the law by counting the “negro out" In elections. We had to do this or have negro supremacy. Now. we are In shape to leave him out without the vio lation of law. The assault matter Is not fixed yet, and we shall Just have to violate and mob until It is fixed. The sooner It Is fixed, the better for ajt concerned. I see that a Baptist gathering In the Carolina*, condemn lawbreakers. Methodist gatherings have done the same. I wonder If any of them ever had to help "count the election" to keep the negro out. I am a church man, but I would not have an easier Job than to raise 100,000 Bap tists or Methodists any time our homes need protection, law or no law. Fix ing the law is what we want 1. Let The Georgian keep up the fight. Let all the papers copy. 2. Let us have a general mass meet ing of white citizens and let Hoke Smlth and John Temple Graves be the orator* of the occasion. 3. Let us haye a general meeting of the states soon, and get thla matter before the nation. 4. Let us send a petition 100 miles long to tho governor of North Carolina asking hlm : to pardon the mob leader. I am opposed to mobs, but I am more opposed to their cause. Let us remove the cause. CITIZEN. Atlanta. Ga. P. S.—You give the women pistols, and some old. drunken husband would get hla brains shot out before a week. Southern women, we will stand by you. regardless of method.