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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. RATT’RDAY, SKI’TKMnER 1, 1909. TF IE NEfiRO PR0E MU AND 0TI IER SUB JECTS DISCUSSED BY G E0RGIAN READERS THE “REIGN OF TERROR” MUST END To the Editor of The Georgian: Having read your editorials, and the numerous com munications from fcorreapondents as to the best way to stop the "Reign of Terror" which seems to be upon us, wtlh your kind permission I will make one or two re marks upon the situation, through the columns of The Georgian. So far as my perception gqes, there seems three propositions to be offered as a solution—yourh edi torially to call upon all negro preachers, teachers and leaders to use moral suasion upon their followers to desist from their evil wayB under pain of dire results; the second to arm our women and teach them how to shoot and defend themselves; the third to reorganise the Ku-Klux Klnn, and by the reputed mysterious manifesta tions peculiar to that organization, to scare the negorea Into good behavior. Now as to the first proposition, It will be a waste of breath, as the negro Is so constituted that he will pay very little attention to sermonising or threats from that source; the second proposition Is a vio lation of what Is preached on all sides—law. The third proposition, under proper control and direction will meet every condition, and will In short order rid the country of worthless whites and blacks alike—for there are some so-called whites, which deserve and ought to have a rope collar along with the blacks. But then the Ku-Klux are outlawed and should It reorganize and grow as useful now as In formor days, what a howl would go up from Judges, lawyers, preacherB, educators and namby-pamby sentimentalists all over the country, at the lawlessness of the Ku-Klux. Having given this subject much thought m years past, with your permission I will make a sugges tion, which It occurs to me will meet every phase of tho case. First, If possible, have the legislature enact Into a requirement that every Jailer and sheriff of a coun ty shall maintain at the county's expense a pack of track dogs, and upon call shall send them anywhere In the county where needed; abolish the law ngainst rape and leave It optional with the relatives, friends and neigh bors of the victim to punish him as much and as fully as they desire; then let each settlement enter a compact that upon an agreed Blgnal, by bell, horn or messenger, they-will go to the point designated fully equipped for eventualities, and once on the track to never leavo It, till the perpetrator Is safely In hand and ready to be dealt with. To my mind, this crime Is one with which courts and laws have no business td deal. A strong brute overcomes and outrages a weak woman; now I submit It Is not right to force this womnn to go beforo a court and Jury and be compelled to recite In detail tho particulars of the outrage, and yet her evldenco Is necessary to convict. There Is not any doubt that In stances are not rare when women, rather than submit to this ordeal, have suffered and said nothing rather than face tho machinery which the law has put In mo tion to protect her assailant It Is In ovldence thnt deci sive measures of some sort are clamoring for application, for with our military under orders to protect these brutes when caught, It does look to an old Ku-Klux that tho old way Is the best—a rope and the nearest limb. EDWARD ANDERSON. j THE CAUSE MUST BE REMOVED j To the Editor of The Georgian: 1 have read with great Interest the editorials and sug gestions from different writers as how to prevent the many assaults being made upon .our white women and girls by the black devils, and 1 have wondered what has become of the boasted chivalry and manhood of our Southern men. If some of the brave men who gave up their lives In the dark days of the sixties could arise from their honored graves and read some of the methods suggested they would want to hurry back to their graves and bide from such abject cowardice. Some of those brave writers even go so far as to sug gest that our women and girls take the matter in their own hands and protect themselves. They say let our women and girls arm themselves nnd shoot the devils who assault them! They do not have the manhood to even suggest that tho women and girls be provided with arms, but "let them arm themselves." Ib It any wonder that the negroes feel they are comparatively safo In mak ing these assaults when the white men want to fpree the women to proteot themselves—eVen among the most savage nations on earth nnd the beasts of the fields will protect their females, and If It Is necessary willingly die /to do It. In my Judgment there Is very little excuse for allow ing one of the devils to escape; nnd when they are caught every man in the posse should be provided with plenty of matches nnd good sharp knives and In fifteen .min utes after one of them 1b caught he should be In hell,’ where he came from. I give all honor to the brave men In South Car olina who dared to take the law In their own hands, rlgjt in the face of the governor, and hang the brute. I say In every case where the party Is fully Identified even If the president were present, never under any circum stances let him be tnken from your hands to spend months in Jail; cost the people large sums of money and then let the prison commission and governor turn him loose to repeat his crime. While you have him punish him. It lynching Is ever to be stopped In the South the cause for It must first be stopped and the law so amended that In cases of plain proof of guilt criminals must bo punished without the long delay caused by unprincipled lawyers and biased courts. J. I. WAITE. Waycross, Ga., Aug. 29, 1906. A STAND FOR WOMANHOOD i •••••••••••••••i To th< Editor of The Georgian: I wish to thank you for the courageous stand you are making for the defense of our noble Southern woman hood. This question Is, I lelleve, the most vital with which the South Is confronted today, and I am glad that there Is one great Southern editor, at least, who Is honest enough and fearless enough to voice, In tones of thunder, the true sentiment of every true Southern man, regard less of what the editors and the preachers of other sec tions might think or say. And I am doubly glad that you valued an editorial comment upon this awful condition and Its proper remedy above the personal criticism of a candidate for govern or—so much so. Indeed, that you gave It preference upon your editorial page, even when the recent election was at fever heat. I am sure there are thousands of your read ers who appreciate this fact quite as much ns I. You have sot our editors a most worthy example—an example that I hope every editor, great or small, through out the whole South, will follow. I thank you again for the gallant fight you are mak ing for the protection of our Southern women, and I pledge you my humble, but most loyal support. FRANK H. STOVALL. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27, 1908. • MIMIHHI >•••••••••••••••••I Enforce the Vagrancy Laws. IHMIHIMIMMII .Rev, H. H. Proctor’s Strong Views. j To the Editor of The Georgian: None can regret more deeply the attacks on women that have been made In the vicinity of this city recently than the better element of the coiorcd people. Indeed, they feel It more keenly than any other class of citizens. They feel deeply mortified and humiliated. Of course, I need hardly say that thd body of the colored people have no sympathy with those vagabonds who commit these awful deeds. It will be observed that in no case are these wretches among tho educated, property, holding or churcn-golng clement of the coiorcd race* In very caso It is a worthless, Irresponsible vagabond be yond the reach of the forces that make for righteous ness among the race. I was spiritual attendant to the last rapist executed In this county. He was densely ignorant (not being able to spell the word God), financial ly destitute, morally obtuse, spiritually blank. This is the type of the men who attack women. For reasons for which they are no responsible tfce freedmen have among them a surplus of weaker ele ments. From this class come thlse rascals who outrage women and bring contempt on the whole race. With the exception of those renegades, the young negroes of today Inherit respect for womanhood from tholr fathers, In whose hands tho women of the South were safe in the trying days of the sixties. It Is to the clear Interest of the colored race as well as the white that this element be weeded out. The preach ers, teachers and workers of the race are working stren uously toward this end. In the church I serve we are making strenuous effort through missions in slum, suburb and prison to reach this very man. Of course, such moral effort is necessarily slow In Its effect. This moral suasion must be reinforced by the strong arm of the law. We are glad the forces of the law are being strength ened, and we trust evory dospoller of womanhood will be apprehended and dealt with to the limit of the law. The streets should be cleared of all Idlers, and every loafer set to work. These dens of vice and Iniquity that cluster about saloons should be broken up; they are but hotbeds where thieves, cut-throats and rapists are hatched out. The law should be more radically enforced against these gambling dives whence as many as 60 young men are pulled at one time. The breaking up of the dance halls some time ago was but the beginning of what ought to be done to purify the life of the lower element of the colored people In this city. Those iu authority owe this to the weaker element of this heavily burdened people. I am acquainted with the leading colored men In this city, and I know bow this matter lies on their hearts. They are working with might and main, many of them night and day. some with remarkable self-denial, to up lift their people. Their contribution to the moral order of this dty Is Incalculable. In a time like this they feel the humiliation more keenly than any one else possibly could, for In a sense they are suffering vicariously for their people.. Lifting as they climb, they have burdens to bear others know not of. In an hour like tbfs they will be greatly strengthened and made more efficient In their Important task by the confidence and encouragement of their white fellow citizens. Is hot this a time for all good men. white and black, to stand together? What have we to gain by suspicion and es- trangement? Are not our interests Identical? H. H. PROCTOR. Atlanta, August 27. 19M. _ . BOTH WAY8 GOOD, To the Editor of The Georgian: He waited at the trystlng gate And waited long. Oh! how he mist her, But when she came, tho rather late. He kissed her twice, then thrice be klst her. It’s nice both ways’ In Jorja. . —FONETIC. To the Editor of The Georgian: How long shall our Southern white women be ex posed to the outrages of negro brutes? Three assaults In Georgia within the last week Is surely enough to arouse every white man In (he state who has a drop of Southern blood in his veins. A dark shadow falls athwart the door of every white home In the rural districts of the South ern states. There Is much discussion in the newspapers as to. the mode of punishment for this diabolical crime. Tho odor of burning flesh, tho tortures of the damned, the groans and cries produced by the most hellish machine that human Ingenuity can devise will not lessen the pain of the suffering white victim. What we want Is preventive measures. Wo have on our statute books a law which I believe. If rigidly enforced, will prove the most effective preven tive that can be put Into operation. I refer to the Cal vin vagrancy law. We never hear of a negro leaving his plow handles or hoe to commit this crime. It Is invariably the Idle, loafing, prowling negro who has no regular Job, no permanent place or abode and who Is satisfied If he has enough clothes to save him from public Indecency and one square meal a day. This Is tho Idle brain In which the desire Is Incarnate. Every city and town In tho state has a lot of Idle, loafing negroes who cannot be hired to do a good day’s work at any price and It Is from this class that the rapist comes. Put them at work. Let every militia district have spe cial officers to enforce this low. It will be expensive, It Is true, but Is this a time to consider expense? Let every able-bodied negro In the state be put to work, kept constantly at it and paid reasonable wages for his work. It will help to solve the race problem, the labor problem, and tbe problem of saving our women. AUTIE COX Lnganvllle, Ga., Aug- 30, 1906. • ••• ••••••••••••*•••*• at The “Black Peril." To the Editor of The Georgian: I wish to Join the women of the South In praising you, the- only man who for the sake of the fair name of woman would be bold enough to utter his convictions with regard to the "Black Peril," which has been the ter ror to women for many years! Has it come to pass thnt the sons of the gallant, old-time Southern gentleman shall say "Let the women carry guns and protect themselves!" For shame! Your fathers nnd your grandfathers would have set tled this question long ere this, without calling on their women to "carry guns." When tho negro was In bond age an assault upon woman was nnbeard of. Why? Be cause the negro was taught to know his place, and kept It! Why, then. Is It that at this late day he docs not still keep that place? Because the Southern man has careless ly thrown around the negro too many rights and too many privileges In order to keep his labor. Again, has It come to pass that tbe sons of this grand old Southland shall let their love of money and commer cialism override their care and thought of womanhood? The negro Is born to love excitement, and publicity. He only gloats In the articles In the newspapers about tho lynchlngs of his fellow, and his Inward nature Is spur red to "go and do likewise and become a hero.” If the men of tho South and the law of the land can not protect the fair name of their women, then Id tbe name of Ood, let us, who are women, arm ourselves for protection! “ATHENA." Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 28, 1906. A Heart-to-Heart Talk With Our White Neighbors j FROM THE WIREGRAS3. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your editorial suggestions on "The Way to Save Our Women” are timely and meet with our heartiest’appro val. Mr. W. L. Williamson struck the keynote when he said It was not simply a matter of satisfying lust. In our opinion It Is a longing to be the equal of the white man that prompts him to do this beastly act. Let every true blooded Anglo-Saxon who Is proud of his race, stand shoulder to shoulder In this movement to exterminate this evil. We think a wise suggestion would be for every large farmer or mill man who Is in touch with a large number of them to show them the pending danger they are In. Be assured of one thing, we of Wlregrass Georgia will not be found wanting in any movement or plan you may direct. 0. A- THOMPSON. Swalnsboro, Ga., Aug. 30, 1900. To the Editor of The Georgian. It la no time tor Inflammatory and Incendiary denunciations of one an other, The situation Is acute, and the tension between the races is strained to the breaking point. The least racial friction at this time will precipitate conditions In which the negro, In the Inevitable, must lose out. It Is time to reason together, to bring Into action the calm, sober and dispassionate judgment of every lover of law and order. Something must be done tp re lieve the tension. No community can long stand for the reign of rapine and terror precipitated In our midst by the black beasts who! have been as saulting white women. As much as The Independent hates lynch law, we feel almost like standing up and Justi fying it when we recall four brutal as saults upon our white neighbors within the last four weeks. The time has come when the negro must take deci sive actlon.hlmself to save the reputa tion of the race. We must take Colonel John Temple Graves' advice and stop denouncing lynch law long enough to do something to remove the cause. Lynching will not relieve the situation: Colonel John T. Graves' branding scheme will not eradicate the Instinct; Judge Fort’s deportation scheme Is physically Impossible; Incendiary edi torials, calculated to Inflame the inlnds of the populace nnd Incite riot, will not reach the evil. The remedy must be Immediate, drastic and heroic. The law Is ample to reach every phase of crime and sentiment is ripe to stamp out rape at any cost. But It will take the deliber ate and united determination of every citizen. It cannot be done by Editors Howell, Graves, Daniel land Gray ap pealing to the prejudice and mob spirit of our white neighbors, or by Indicting the whole race as rapists. It cannot be done by Insinuating thnt the law-abid ing negroes are innrully responsible for the conduct of the criminal element. Neither cun It be done by tho negro editors and preachers denouncing lynch law In scathing terms nnd doing noth ing to put out of existence the brutes who ussault white women. This crime and menace to the virtue of our women cannot be put down by the white man alone nor by the negro slnglo-handed, but the united and determined action of both can put to death or expel every fiend from the community. Let us get together and map out a red-hot cam paign of death and damnation to every brute In the community. It can be done, and It must bo done. The Inde pendent takes this opportunity to In form our white neighbors that 90 per cent of the race Is as much opposed to rape and all lawlessness as Editors Howell, Graves and Gray. Bishops Turner and Gaines, Booker T. Washing ton, Dre. Flipper, Carter, Proctor, John son, Fountain, Harmon, Fleming, Du bois are alt God-fearing men and ore as much, opposed to the nameless crime as the Innocent women who fall vic tims to the lust of the black fiends who pounce upon them like wild animals. We desire to Inform the Hon. John Temple Graves, who calls upon the preachers and negro leaders to thunder from their places hell and damnation to the negro day In and day out, thot the rapists do not attend church and school, and cannot be reached there from. They cannot be reached from .the pulpit and lecture platform. But they can be reached by Colonel Graves and the negro leaders In short order from tho negro dives, “Dago joints,” and cess pools of vice and shame, au thorized and permitted to operate In the city by the law. The thieves and rogues must be reached from these re sorts of crime and Ipimorallty. The only thing the preacher can do Is to create sentiment among Ills people to expel the criminals from the commun ity. This they are doing dally, and will continue to do, but they cannot accomplish anything substantial so long as the authorities allow dance halls, negro dives nnd Dago joints to operate and hover criminals and Idlers by pay ing a part of their tainted money peri odically Into the city treasury. The city authorities know where every dive, gambler's den and rendezvous for ne gro criminals Is located, and could close up every one of them In one hour If so Inclined. Let us stop denouncing the lynchers tong enough to give the cause a deadly blow. Let us demand that the authorities close up the town and sit on the “lid." The Calvin vngrancy law was enacted to rid the state of loafers and criminals and Its provisions are ample to do the work and save the women of the com munity If the authorities will enforce them. Whether the authorities close up or preserve the cess pools of Immor ality In operation to breed criminals or not. It Is up to the negro to do what he can to stamp out crime. Conditions are such In the community that the bar barity of the criminal element 1s de stroying both the usefulness nnd re spectability of the entire racial body. Both the remedy nnd necessity are ur gent, and It Is up to us to take decisive and determined action to save our reputation. Wo cannot accomplish all ourselves, but can help substantially If the authorities will close up the dives so the thugs and beasts will have nowhere to hide. The Constitution says drive the Idlers out and close up the dives. The Independent says reverse— close up the dives and you’ll have a better opportunity to drive out the thieves. Clean up Decatur and Peters streets and you will go a long way to ward protecting the women. The bur den of action h.fa been shifted upon our shoulders and we must make a showing or the race Is doomed. This we can do with the co-operation of the constituted authorities and we must put It up to our white neighbors to close up the dives or hush talking about negro criminals. The laws of Georgia are adequate to handle every criminal, It makes no difference how vicious; let us do our duty, and fix the responsibil ity for the brutes who run loose In the community and assault white womeq. The responsibility must be fixed. B. J. DAVIS, Editor Independent. KEEP THE NEGROES DOWN. To the Editor of The Georgian: Atlanta, Just now. Is no place for n negro business congress. Every one of these negro gatherings has the ef fect of stimulating the outside negro with his self-importance and his claim on anything that his fancy or his pas sion calls for. The negro congress should be cleaned out from Atlanta, as •ell as from all other Southern locali ties. Until the deviltry of one class of negroes has ceased. It Is not the time to bolster up tbe other class— that's business. FRANCIS B. LIVESEY, Sykeavllle, Md., August 27, 1906. OBJECTS TO THE ARMING OF WOMEN To the Editor of The Georgian: I beg leave to object to your frontispiece In yester day's paper, as a type of our Southern woman. Surely It Is not necessary to develop a nation of Amazon^ I have always contended that all women should have add ed to their other accomplishments, shooting and Bwlm- mlng. Why could they not be taught In our female col leges. under careful nnd competent touchers? It Is well for every woman to know how to shoot, but to organize clubs In the rural districts to teach the wo men to shoot the negro as suggested by some one, enn but work us untold harm. Nowhere would a woman he safe If It was understood that the women were practicing to kill n human nclng. The negro would naturally take tlie defensive. Then again, haw many women would have the nerve to shoot a man deliberately? It seems to mo that the pistol upon the-person of the woman nttacked would only prove n more effective weapon In the hands of the assailant. Once the bruto finds the woman armed he will be only the more stealthy nnd she will be first and unexpectedly knocked senseless. Many women are so ex citable no man's life would be safe If ho chanced to meet one of them In a lonely place. If on the other hand the woman must, go armed, It calls for a revolution in dress, or 1 carry her weapon In her purse. In that case you would never see one womnn sit by another on cars or elsewhere. In her fear of her sister's concealed weapon the black bruto would not be In It. And would we be any safer from the law against concealed weapons than our brothers? It Is said a woman can do anything with a hair pin but quiet tho children, what might she not do with plenty of hat-pins If It wore not becoming unfashionable to wear hats. It strikes mo that the Increase of such crimes Is no more than the growth of carelessness upon the part of our women In their new- found independence. I visited At lanta by night recently and saw many women out as late as 10 nnd II o'clock unattended, except by another woman. I said to my companion thnt ten years ago these women would have been ostracized. May we not carry this privilege to an extreme which will make us subjects of many unpleasant happenings? Tho crimes committed with a few exceptions may be traced to unknown negroes: In other words, tramps. In the South the negro prevails nnd many tramps are produced among them, whllo In tho North tho foreign ele ment prevails and there tho same crimes are committed by whlto men. Today's morning papdr contains on Its first page two such Instances. The color Is only skin deep, the brutality Is In tho lower order of humanity. Let tho women know how to defend themselves If they must, but at the same time be careful to not place themselves In danger's way by tholr own Imprudence. I agree with M. Jl. that other means may he more effectual thnn lynching, giving them also the opportunity to repent and be good servants, but do not brand the forehend for In that case If they tried ever so hard to prove themselves worthy of our trust tho past could never be wiped out. MRS. C. A. MAUCK. Clarkston, Ga., Aug. 28. THE NEGRO SITUATION To the Editor of The Georgian: You are getting people lu Bhape to meet and we must have you present. Let us wait till you return from New York. I want to hear from all Interested about a mass meeting with Hoke Smith and John Templo Graves as speakers anl If possible have Governor Vardanian, of Mississippi, speak. The object of this meeting will not be to solve this problem, but to know what to do, It is about time the negro leaders were holding mass meetings to help us solve it. It Is better to solve this with brains than with powder. I believe with a Joint meeting of the national leaders of each party we could have the same plank In each platform relative to this question. No difference anyway except Just a matter of taste and smell. We used to think It would take hundreds of years to settle this matter, but the fight Is on and by the help of tho Lord we are ready. Whllo we are waiting on meetings let the blood hounds be kept busy. Got the "Ku-Klux" ready, let the women shoot, let "M. M.” get in his work; offer 310, 000 per head for each offender killed by a woman, as Mr. Manget suggested; 3600 for each one brought In by man. Give "M. M." 36 per head for his work with negro boys under eight. Let's have that mass meeting. Yours truly, CITIZEN, Dr, Lee on Christian Union, To the Editor of The Georgian: / Dr. Lee "On the State of Religion In New York” In your Saturday paper is very lino. And Dr. White, on the "Cheering Cross” Is rich. Dr. Lee's comments on the ease with which a congre gation of Methodists, Baptists and Duch Reformed churches come together Is very significant' and very true. Tho fact ho points out Is easily rocognlzod by ev ery student of religious history, ns It hns boon disclosed during the last 26 years. The reasons given by Dr. Leo to account for the fact that these denominations can, so easily work together now, are both true. Tho consol idated opposition to evangelical religion does compel evangelical churches to stand closer togother. That Is "the force from without," It Is also truo thnt tho evnn- gellcal Christians are finding out that evangelical Chris tianity is the same thing everywhere. He says: “All are coming, as never beforo, to realize Jesus Christ ns their common head," otc. Yes, and they are recognizing as never before that tho will of the Master is recorded In the Now Testament, nnd that that book must be our ul tlmate and only rule of faith and practice. We are mak ing use as never before of that single standard. It can- not ho a matter of surprise, therefore, If those who know and love the Lord should find themselves getting Into closer and closer harmony as to the things ho would have us to believe, and to do. “A Christian Union," that Is forced artificially upon people who do not agree, will be sure to fall. But when it comes between people who have learned to think alike about the will of the Master whom they love, It will be a genuine union. And thr.t union Is forming now and got ting stronger every year, as we get back closer and closer to “The Book." A Christian must never ue afraid to meet bis creed face to face on the pages of "The Book." J. L. D. HILLYER. Edgcwood, August 26. The Women Are Grateful. To the Editor of The Georgian: I would Just like to voice the sentiments of millions of Southern white women; and. Indeed, evory white wo man and girl In the entire South, In thanking you moat hoarttly for your brilliant and timely appeal to the duty of Southern white men to their women, and at the tame time your terrible warning, not only to the negro editors, bishops, preachers and their qther leaders, but to their entire race. It waa simply magnificent! And you have received the meritorious plaudits of our beloved Southland, and will continue to receive them as tong aa you are and continue to be the champion of fair wqmanhood. Oh! rare man, would that we had more like you! And to think that a rival editor chnuld have had the temerity to have accused tbe brainiest and best of edi tors of having extracted In toto bla paper’s views on the subject Is too ridiculous to seriously contemplate! The negroes have grown to bo (and especially tbe vtctous rlnss of them) not only the "white man’s burden," but the "whlto woman’s terror," It seems that such a chivalrous and earnest appeal as Jrour editorial, "The Reign of Terror for Southern White Women." would not only arouse every white man with a drop of Southern blood In his veins, but would make him vow to "do and dare" whatever It may have to come to, to suppress this more than horrible crime, which Is ever on the Increase not only In Fulton county, but In the whole South. By all means let the wonderful Ku-Klux Klan reor ganize, empower tho women to carry plztols, more than treble the police protection In the rural districts (for they are, by far, tbe most In danger); and perhaps again the women of the South can walk without fear and feel that they are in tbe land of tbe true and tbe brave. If we had a few more daily papers like Tbe Georgian, a few more editors like the courageous John Temple Graves, a few more men like “Junius" of Rome, a few more citizens like the "Soutbernlzed Northerner" and a few others who were brsve enough to "speak out," then our South would, Indeed, be Ideal. With gratitude and best regards for the Hon. John Temple Oraves and good luck to his paper. The Georgian, I am AN ATLANTA WOMAN. August 30, 1900. THE WHITE MAN TO BLAME To tho Editor of The Georgian: 1 suppose i all this hue and cry of "Lynch 'em!" "Ku-Klux ’em!” the small voice of a dissenter will not bo heard, or If heard wlll.be shouted down aa an alienist in tho cause of Southern womanhood. This womanhood— I am a woman—Is what 1 would make our protection, not thnt to suffer as Spartan martyrs, but the courage to face such things with a nerve that must daunt the wild ani mal lust of a negro brute. You believe and I know—from experience that I shall relate—that a woman, If alone, see3 a negro, becomes frightened; he secs tho condition that Just hts presence reduces her to nnd thoughts nnd purposes and deeds are aroused that he would,nevor have had but lor certain knowledge of the woman's fear of him. Again the cry of rape Is started by some hysterical woman when there hna never been a shadow of such, only In a frenzied Imagination. Are we n superior rate when our womanhood, from whence a nation draws Its llfo, afraid In the presence of a negro? Thon broadcast such fear through tho papers nnd reap the result. Suppress suclf fear and the deeds thnt fear Induces. Who but has noticed that after the commission of such crime, no matter how horrible the punishment meted tho offender, tho score that quickly follows. If lynching stops It, lynch; but It doesn't. Deeper than physical fear must tho blow be struck. Look at the hordes of mulatto children swarming In the cltlea, the towns and even tho country nnd say how far Is the white man responsible for conditions. If'he stoops to tho black man's woman, what then when the black man dares to lift lustful eyes to tho white man's woman ? Can the Anglo Saxon cxtermlnnto the children of his own blood, hnlf breed though they he? "Let ho who Is without blomlsh cast the first stone ". Accomplished by willing Intercourse on the white man's part—bruto force by tho negro—the result is the „ sumo, outraged nature and degradation of our Southei’n blood. Then It riot, bloodshed nnd extermination must come. In the namo of Justlco let It bo by men who are fit guar dians of tho South's honor. I Intended to relate a bit of my own experelnce, hut I have expressed myself at considerable length, so must omit It, ns possibly It would benefit no one. Yours for the South’s honor and Justlco. Sincerely VARA A. MAJETTE. Josup, Ga., August 27. The Ku-Klux Klan Suggested. To tho Editor of Tho Georgian: I have read your editorial of the 24th under the cap tion, “The Reign of Terror Must End," with Intense Interest and I heartily concur with you that effective measures must be speedily taken to stop the atrocious crime. However, tho remedy you suggest will never do, since tho more you agitato this question among the ne groes tho more frequently will tho crime be committed. Our most eminent psychologists nnd criminologists all agree that suggestion 1b frequently a fertile cause of crime. Therefore, to glvo publicity to the crime of rape among an Ignorant, lustful nnd licentious people Is to In vite It through the discussion which onsucB from the leaders of the race In in all sections of the South. The duplicity of tho prominent mon of tho race Is one of the roost potent causes of the commission of not only rape, but less enormous offenses. Tho leaders, divines and teachers of tho negro race will. In tho presence of promi nent whites, severely condemn rape, and In the column* of our newspapers will write scrtthlng denunciations of It, and Implore tholr pooplo to tako concerted aetton to eliminate It; hut once outside the hearing and keu of tho whlto man tho self-same “leader" will covertly en- courage tho heinous crime. Evory negro divine, teacher and leader, as well as tho rank nnd file of tho negro population, Is at heart an enemy of the white, however much he may affirm the contrary. This Is no dream or mere prejudice of the writer In slating this truism. Actual knowledge of the animosity of the negro toward tho white can only be gained by careful study extending over a long term of years. Tho writer waa reared among the negroes, and for more thnn forty years has In the capacity of a large planter had the opportunity of learning the treachery of tho raco thoroughly. Ho has seen the different theoret ical measures proposed by university-bred editors, un sophisticated as to tho real nature of the rare, all come to naught. The crime continues, and recently has taken > on a more aorlona aspect, since fiends have become em boldened to even Invade tho portals of our populous cities to select their victims. Wo must effect measures which will Inaugurate a Reign of Terror” among the negroes. This Is the only remedy. In the opinion of tho writer, who hns seen all other supposed remedies prove futile, that will actually suppress tho crime. How can the remedy be applied? By reviving the Ku-Klux Klan, nnd for every rape or attempt to rape execute a certain number of negro teach ers, divines or leaders in tho community where the crime Is committed, in a mysterious manner. The race Is very superstitious and the mystery surrounding the K. K. K. will, if It bo well organized, quickly strike terror to the hearts of the race: and only a fow executions will be nec essary to make tbe number of rapes few and far be tween. The strong arm of tho state, nor our federal laws can suppress rape and lynching, but the remedy sug gested will certainly do so provided It Is made universal throughout tbe South. JOHN T. DENNIS. Mcda, Ga., Aug 27, 1906. ELECTION VERSE. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: , The people spoke In accents loud. With a united voice; And for the good of all I'm proud They made Hoke Smith their choice. Tho blow that broko the Georgia slates Was no cyclonic puff; It's sweeping these United States From Boston to tho Gulf.