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j THE “REIGN OF TERROR” MUST END
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
Having read your editorials, and the numerous com
munications from correspondents as to the best way to
,top the “Reign of Terror" which seems to be upon us,
wtlh your kind permission I will make one or two re
marks upon tho situation, through the columns of The
Georgian. So far ns my perception goes, there seems
three propositions to be offered as a solution—yours edl
torlally. to call' upon all negro preachers, teachers and
leaders to use moral suasion upon their followers to
desist from their evil ways under pain of dire results;
the second to arm our women and teach them how to
(hoot and defend themselves; tho third to reorganize the
Ku-Klux Klan, and by the reputed mysterious manifesta
tions peculiar to that organization, to scare tho negores
into good behavior. Now as to the first proposition. It
will be a waste of breath, as the negro Is so constituted
that be will pay very little attention to sermonizing or
threats from that sourco; 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 former days, what a howl would go up from
Judges, lawyers, preachers, educators and namby-pamby
sentimentalists all over the country, at the lawlessness
THE CAUSE MUST BE REMOVED
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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 tho black devils, and I have wondered what has
become of the boahted 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 tbelr
honored graves and read some of the methods suggested
they would want to hurry back to their graves and hide
from such abject cowardice.
Some of those brave writers even go so far as to sug
gest that our women and girls taK" tho matter In tbelr
own hands and protect themselves. They say let our
women and girls arm themselves and shoot the devils
who assault them! They do not have the manhood to
even suggest that the women and girls be provided with
arms, but “let them arm themselves." Is It any wondor
that the negroes feel they are comparatively safe In mak
ing these assaults when the white men want to force
the women to protect themselves—even among the most
savage nations on earth and the beasts of (he 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; and when they-are caught
every man in the posse should be provided with plenty
of matches and good sharp knives and In fifteen min
utes after one of them Is, 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, right
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 taken 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 toropeat his crime. -
While you have him punish him. If 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 nnd biased
courts. J. I. WAITE.
Waycross, Ga., Aug. 29, 1906.
! f^ev. H. H. Proctor’s Strong Views.
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To the Editor of The Georgian:
None tan regret moro deeply the attacks on women
that have been made In the vicinity of this city recently
than tho better element of the colored 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 the body of the
colored people have no sympathy with thoso vagabonds
who commit these awful deeds. It will be observed that In
no case are these wretches among the educated, property
holding or churcn-golng element of the colored race. In
very case 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 la the
type of the men who attack women.
For reasons for which they are nc». responsible tie
freedmen have among them a surplus of weaker ele
ments. From this class come tbise rascals who outrage
women and bring contempt on the whole race. With
the exception of these renegades, the young negroes of
today Inherit respect for womanhood from their fathers,
in whose hands tho women of the South were safe in the
trying days of the sixties.
It Is to tho clear Interest of the colored race as well
as the white that this clement 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 Brm of
the law. ■
We are glad the forces of the law are being strength
ened, and we trust every despoiler 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 batched 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 tho life of the lower element of tho
colored people In this city. Those in authority owe this
to the weaker clement of this heavily burdoncd people.
I am acquainted with the leading colored men In this
city, and I know how 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-
•ft their people. Their contribution to the moral order
J* 'W* 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
nave burdens to bear others know not of. In an hour
“ke this they will be greatly strengthened and mado
wore efficient In their Important task by the confidence
and encouragement of their white frllow citizens. Is not
this a time for all good men, white and blnck, to stand
together? What have we to gain by suspicion and es
trangement? Are not our Interests Identical?
H. H. PROCTOR.
Atlanta, August 27, 1906.
of the Ku-Klux. Having given this subject much thought
In years past, with your permission I will make a sugges
tion. which It occurs to me will meet every phaso of the
case. First, If possible, have the legislature enact Into a
law, 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 shalr send them anywhere In the
county where needed; abolish tho law against mpe and
leave It optional with tho relatives, friends and neigh
bors of the victim to punish him ns much and as fully
as they desire; then let each settlement enter n compact
that upon an agreed signal, by bell, horn or mossenger,
they will go to the point dhslgnated fully equipped for
eventual,ties, and once on the track to never leave It,
till the perpetrator Is safely In hand and ready to be
dealt with. To my mind, this crime Is ono with which
courts and laws have no business to deal. A strong
brute overcomes end outrage* a weak woman; now f
submit It Is not right to force this woman to go before
a court and Jury and be compelled to recite In detail
the particulars of tho outrage, and yet her evidence Is
necessary to convict. There Is not any doubt that In
stances aro not rare when women, rather than submit
to this ordeal, have suffered and Bald nothing rather
than face the machinery which the law has put In mo
tion to protect her assailant. It Is In evidence that 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 tho nearest limb.
EDWARD ANDERSON.
A STAND FOR WOMANHOOD I
To thi 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 Lcllovo, 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 ahd fearless enough to volco, In tones of thunder,
the true sentiment of every true Southern man, regard
less of what'the editors and tho 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. 1 am sure there are thousands of your read
ers who appreciate this fact quite os much as I.
You have set our editors a most worthy example—an
example that I hope every editor, great or small, through
out tho whole South, will follow.
I thank you again tor the gallant fight you are mak
ing fbr the protection of our Southern women, and I
pledge you my humble, but most loyal support.
FRANK H. STOVALL.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27, 1906.
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Enforce the Vagrancy Laws.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
HOw long shall our Southern white women be ex
posed to tbe outrages ot negro brutes? Three assaults In
Georgia within the last week Is surely enough to arouse
every white man In the state who has a drop of Southern
blood in bis veins. A dark shadow falls athwart the door
of every white home la 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. The
odor of burning flesh, the tortures of the damned, the
groans and cries produced by the most hellish machine
that human Ingenuity can devlie will not lessen the
psin of the suffering white victim. What we want Is
preventive measures.
We 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 tq 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 of abode and who Is
satisfied If he has enough clotbes to save him from
lubllc Indecency and one square meal a day. This Is the
die brain In which the desire is Incarnate. Every city
and town In the state has a lot of Idle, loafing negroes
who cannot be hired to do a good day's work at any
irice and It Is from this class that the rapist comes.
Put them at work. Let every militia district hare spe
cial officers to enforce this law. 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.
Loganvllle, Ga., Aug. 30, 1906.
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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 that the sons of the gallant,
old-time Southern gentleman shall say “Let the women
carry guns and protect themselves!" For shams!
Your fathers and your grandfathers would have set
tled this question long ere this, without calling on tbelr
women to “carry guns.” When the negro was In bond
age an assault upon woman was unheard ot Why? Bo
cause tho negro was taught to know his place, and kept
It! Why, then. Is It that at this late day he does not still
keep that place? Because the Southern man has careless
ly thrown around tho 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 lot their love of money and commer
cialism override tbelr rare and thought of womanbood?
Tho negro la born ti lore excitement, and publicity.
He only gloats In tbe articles In the newspapers about
the lynchlngs of his fellow, and his Inward nature Is spur
red to “go and do likewise and become a hero.”
If the men of the South and the law of the land can
not protect the fair name of their women, then In the
name of God, let us, who are women, arm ourselves for
protection! “ATHENA.”
Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 28, 1906.
T . - BOTH WAY8 GOOD.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
He waited at the trystlng gate
And waited long. Oh! how he mist her,
Uli; when she came, tbo rather late.
He kissed her twice, then thrice he klst her.
It's nice both ways In JorJa.
—FONETIC.
FROM THE WIREGRA88.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
Your editorial suggestions on "The Way to Save Our
Women" arc timely and met* with our heartiest appro-
val.
Hr. W. L. Williamson struck the keynote when he
said it was not simply n 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.
Bo assured of one thing, we of Wlregrnss Georgia
will not be found wanting In any movement or plan you
may direct. O. A. THOMPSON.
Swalnsboro, Ga., Aug. 30, 1906.
A Heart-to-Heart Talk
With Our While Neighbors
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To the Editor of The Georgian.
It Is no time for Inflammatory and
Incendiary denunciations of one an^
other. The situation la 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 la time to
reason together, to bring Into action
the calm, sober ond dispassionate
Judgment of every lover of law and
order. Something must be done to re
lieve the tension. No community can
long stand for the reign ot 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 lost four weeks. The time has
come when the negro must take deci
sive action himself 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 tho cause.
Lynching will not relieve the situation;
Colonel John T. Graves’ branding
scheme will not eradicate the Instinct
Judgs Fort's deportation scheme 1:
physically Impossible; Incendiary edi
torials, calculated to In/taine the minds
of the populace and Incite riot, will
not reach the evil.
The remedy must bo immediate,
drastic ond heroic. The law Is ample
to reach every phuse 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
cltlien. It cannot be done by Editors
Howell, Graves, Daniel and Gray ap
pealing to tho prejudice and mob spirit
of our white neighbors, or by Indicting
the whole race as rapists, it cannot be
done by Insinuating that the law-abid
ing negroes aro morally responsible for
the conduct of the criminal element.
Neither can It be done by the negro
editors and preachers denouncing lynch
law In scathing terms and doing noth
ing to put out of existence the brute*
who assault 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 single-handed,
but the united and determined action of
both can put to death or expel every
flend from the community. Let us get
together and map out a red-hot cam
paign of death and damnation to every
bruto In the community. It can be
done, nnd It muat be done. The Inde
pendent takes this opportunity to In
form our white neighbors that 90 per
cent of the race Is as much oppoaed to
rape and all lawlessness aa Editors
Howell, Graves ond Gray. Blshopa
Turner nnd Gaines, Booker T. Washing
ton, Drs. Flipper, Carter, Proctor, John
son, Fountain, Harmon, Fleming, Du
bois are all God-fearing men and are
as much opposed to the nameless crime
as the Innocent tvomefl who fall vic
tims to the lust of the black flends who
pounce upon them like wild animals.
We deelre 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, that
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 the negro dives, “Dago Joints,’’
and cess pools of vice and shame, au
thorised and permitted to operate In
the city by the law. The thieves and
rogues must be reached from these re
sorts of crime and Immorality. The
only thing the preacher ran do Is to
create sentiment among his 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 and 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 long 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 vagrancy
Inw 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 nr 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 In de
stroying both -the usefulness and re
spectability of the entire racial body.
Both the remedy and necessity are ur
gent, and it Is up to us to take decisive
and determined action to save our
reputation. We cannot accomplish all
ouraelves. but can help substantially
if the authorities will close up the
dives so the thugs and beasts will hsve
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 Peter*
streets and you will go a long way to
ward protecting the women. The bur
den of action has 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 w-e 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 tha responsibil
ity for the brutes who run loose In the
community and assault white women.
The responsibility must he fixed.
B. J. IJAVIS.
Editor Independent.
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 typo ot our Southern woman. Surely
It Is not necessary to develop a nation of Amazons. I
have always contended that all women should have add
ed to tbelr other accomplishments, shooting and swim
ming. Why could they not be taught In our female col
leges, undor careful and competent teachers?
It la 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, can
but work us untold harm. Nowhere would a woman be
safe If It was understood thnt the women were practicing
to kill a human being. The negro would naturally take
the defensive. Then again, how many women would have
the nerve to shoot a man deliberately? It seems to me
that the pistol upon the person ot the woman attacked
would only prove a more effective weapon In the hands
of the assailant. Once the brute finds the woman armed
be will be only tbe more stealthy and she will be first and
unexpectedly knocked senseless. Many women are bo ex
citable no man’s life would be safe If ho chanced to meet
one of them In a lonely place.
i If on tbe other band the woman must go armed. It
calls for a revolution In dress, or carry her weapon In
her purse. In that case you would never see onn woman
sit by another on cars or elsewhere. In her tear ot her
sister's concealed weapon the black bruto would not be
In It. And would wo 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-ptns If It were not becoming unfashionable to
wear hats.
It shrikes mo that the Increase of such crimes is no
moro 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 aa
late ob 10 and 11 o'clock unattended, except by another
woman. I said to my companion that ten years ago these
women would have been ostracized. May wo not carry
this privilege to an extreme which will make us subjects
of many unpleasant happenings?
The crimes committed with a few exceptions may
be traced to unknown negroes; In Qther words, tramps.
In the 8outh the negro prevails nnd many tramps are
produced among them, while In the North the foreign ele
ment prevails and there the same crimes are committed
by white men. Today's morning paper contains on Its
first page two such Instances. Tho color Is only skin
deep, the brutality Is In the lower order of humanity. Lot
tho women know how to defend themselves If they must,
but at the same time bo careful to not place themselves In
danger's way by their own Imprudence.
I agree with M. M. thnt other means may be more
effectual than lynching, giving them also the opportunity
to repent nnd bo good servants, but do not brand the
forehead for In that case It they tried ever so hard to
prove themselves worthy ot our trust the past could never
be wiped out, MRS. C. A. MAUCK.
■ Clarkston, Ga., Aug. 28.
THE NEGRO SITUATION
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To the Editor of The Goorglan:
You are getting people In shape to meet and we must
have you present. Let us wait till you return from New
York. I want to hear from all Interested shout a mass
meeting with Hoke Smith and John Temple Graves as
speakers anl It possible have Governor Vardaman, of
Mississippi, speak. The objoct of this meeting will not
be to solve this problem, but to know what to do. It Is
about time tbe negro leaders were holding mass meetings
to help us solvo It.
It Is better to solve this with brains tbnn with
powder. 1 believe with a joint meeting of tbe national
leaders of each party wo could have tho 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 tbq fight Is on and by tbe help of the Lord
yre are ready. *
While we are waiting on meetings let the blood
hounds be kept busy.. Get the “Ku-Klux” ready, let the
women shoot, let "M. M." get In his work; offer $10,-
000 per bead for each offender killed by a woman, as Mr.
Mangot suggested; 3600 for each one brought In by man.
Give "M. M.” 36 per head for his work wltb negro boys
under eight. Let's have that mass meeting. Yours
truly, CITIZEN.
KEEP THE NEGROES DOWN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Atlanta, just now. Is no place for a
negro business congress. Every one
of these negro gatherings has the ef
fect of stimulating the outside negro
with his sell-Importance and his clslm
on nnylhlng that his fancy or his pas
sion calls for. The negro congress
should be cleaned out from Atlanta, as
well os from all other Southern locali
ties. Until the deviltry of one class
of negroes ha* ceased, It Is not the
time to bolster up the other class—
that's business.
FRANCIS B. LIVB8EY,
Sykesvllle, Md, August 27, 1108.
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Dr. Lee on Christian Union.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Dr. Lee ”‘On the Btate of Religion In. New York” In
your Saturday paper la .very fine. And Dr. White, on tbe
“Cheering Cross" la rich.
Dr. Lee's comments on tbe ease with wbteh a congre
gation of Methodists. Baptists and Duch Reformed
churches come together Is very significant and very
true. The fact he points out Is easily recognized by ev
ery student ot religious history, as It has been disclosed
during the last 26 years. The reasons given by Dr. Lee
to account for the fact that these denominations can,
so easily work together now, are botb true. Tbo consol
(dated opposition to evangelical religion does compel
evangelical chnrches to stand closer together. That is
"the force from without.” It Is also true that the evan
gelical Christians are finding out that evangelical Chris
tianity la tbe same thing everywhere. He says: "All are
coming, as never before, to realize Jezus Christ as tbelr
common head,” etc. Yes, and they are recognizing aa
never before that tho will of the Master Is recorded In
the New Testament, and that that book must be our ul
timate and only rule of ffllth and practice. We are mak
ing use as never before of that single standard. It can
not be a matter of surprise, therefore, If Chose who kpow
and love the Ix>rd should find themselves getting Into
closer and closer harmony as to tbe things he 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 tbe Master whom they love, It will be a
genuine union. And thet union Is forming now and get
ting stronger every year, as we get back closer and closer
to “The Book." A 'Christian must never »o afraid to
meet hts creed face to face on the pages of “The Book.”
J. L. D. HILLYER.
Edgewood, August 26.
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The Women Are Grateful.
To the Editor of The Georgian: <
I would Just like to voice tbe sentiments of millions
ot Sonthern white women; and. Indeed, every white wo
man and girl In the entire South, In thanking you most
heartily for your brilliant and timely appeal to the duty
of Southern white men to their women, and at the same
time your terriblo warning, not only to the negro editors,
bishops, preachers and their other leaders, but to their
entire race.
It was simply magnificent! And you have receive!
the meritorious plaudits of our beloved Southland, and
will continue to receive them as long as you are and
continue to be the champion of fair womanhood.
Oh! rero man, would that we had more like you!
And to think that a rival editor should have had the
temerity to have accused the brainiest and best of edi
tors of having eztracted In toto bis paper’s views on the
subject Is too ridiculous to seriously contemplate!
The negroes have grown to be (and especially the
vtctons class of them) not only the “white man’s burden,”
but the "white woman’s terror.”
It seems that such a chivalrous and earnest appeal
as your editorial. "The Reign of Terror for Southorh
White Women." would not only arouse every white man
with a drop of Southern blood la hts 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 the women to carry pistols, more than
treble the police protection in the rural district* (for they
are, by far, the most In danger); and perhaps again the
women of the South can walk without fear and feel that
they are In the land of the trno and the brave.
If we had a few more dally papers like The Georgian,
'a few more cdttora like the courageous John Temple
Graves, a few more men like “Janies” of Rome, a few
more citizens like the "Southernlzed Northerner” and a
few others who were brave enough to "speak out,” then
onr South would, Indeed, be Ideal.
With gratitude and beat regards for the Hon. John
Temple Graves and good luck to his paper, Tbe Georgian,
1 am AN ATLANTA WOMAN.
August 30, 1900.
j THE WHITE MAN TO BLAME
To the pditor of Tha Georgian;
I suppose > all this huo and cry of "Lynch ’em!"
“Ku-Klux ’em!” tho small volco of n dissenter will not be
beard, or If heard will be shouted down as an alienist
In tho cause of Southern womanhood. - This womanhood—
I am a woman—Is what I would make our protection, not
that to suffer as Spartan martyrs, but tho courage to face
such things with a nerve that muat daunt the wild ani
mal . lust of a negro brute.
You believe and I know—from experience that t
■hall relate—that a woman. If alone, epee- a negro,
becomes frightened; ho sees tho condition that just his
presence reduces her to and thoughts nnd purposes and
deeds are aroused that he would never have had but for
certain knowledge of tho woman’s fear of him.
Again the cry of rape lc started by Borne hysterical
woman when there has never been a shadow of such,
only In a frenzied Imagination.
Are wo a superior race when our w-omanhood, from
whence a nation draws Its life, afraid In the presence ot
a negro? Then broadcast such fear through the papers
and reap the result. Suppress such (car and the deeds
that fear Induces. Who but has noticed that after the
commission of such crime, no matter how horrible the
punishment meted the offender, the scoro that quickly
follows. If lynching stops It, lynch; hut it doesn't.
Deeper than physical fear must tho blow bo struck.
Look at tbe hordes of mulatto children swarming in the
cities, tbo towns and even tho country and say how far
Is the white man responsible for conditions. If lie stoops
to the black man's woman, whnt then when the black
man dares to lift lustful eyes to tho white man's woman?
Can the Anglo Saxon exterminate the children of
his own blood, half breed though they bo?
"Let he who Is without blemish cast the first stone."
Accomplished by willing Intercourse on the white
man's part—brute force by the negro—tho result is the
same, outraged nature and degradation of our Southern
blood.
Then It riot, bloodshed and extermination must come.
In the name of justice let It bo by men who are fit guar
dians of the South’s honor.
I intended to relate a bit of my own experelnce. but
I have expressed myself at considerable length, so must
omit It, as possibly It would benefit no one. Yours for the
South’s honor and Justice. Sincerely
VARA A. MAJETTE.
Jesup, Ga., August 27.
The Ku-Klux Klan Suggested.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I hare read your editorial of the 24th under tbe cap
tion, "The Reign of Terror Most End,” with Intense
interest and I heartily concur with you that effective
mensurcs must be speedily taken to stop the atrocious
crime. However, the romedy you suggest will never do,
since the more you agitate this question among the ne
groes tbo more frequently will tho crime be committed.
Our most eminent psychologists and criminologists all
agree that suggestion Is frequently a fertile cause of
crimo. Therefore, to glvo publicity to the crime of rape
among an Ignorant, lustful nnd licentious people Is to In
vito it through tho discussion which ensues from the
leaders of the race In In all sections of the South. The
duplicity of the prominent mon of the race Is one of the
moat potent causes of tho commission of not only rape,
but loss enormous offenses. The leaders, divines and
teachers ot the negro race will, In the presence of promi
nent whites, severely condomn rape, and In the columns
of oar newspapers will Write scathing denunciations of
It, and Implore their people to take concerted action to
ellmlnato It; but onco outside the hearing nnd ken
of the white man the self-same "leader” will covertly en
courage the heinous crime.
Every negro divine, teacher and leader, as well aa
the rank and file of the negro population, la at heart an
enemy ot the white, however much he may affirm tha
contrary. This la no dream or more prejudice of the
writer In stating this truism. Actual knowledge of the
animosity of tho negro toward tho whlto can only bo
gained by careful study extending over a long term ot
years. The writer was reared among the negroes, and
for more than forty years has In the capacity of a large
planter had the opportunity of learning the treachery of
the race thoroughly. He has seen the different theoret
ical measures proposed by university-bred editors, un
sophisticated as to the real nature of the race, all come
to naught. The crime continues, and recently has taken
on a more serious aspect, alnco fiends have become em
boldened to even Invade the portals of our populous
cities to select their victims.
We must effect measures which will Inaugurate a
Reign of Terror" among tho negroes. This la the only
remedy. In the opinion of the writer, who 1ms seen all
other supposed remedies prove futile, that will actually
suppress the crime. How can the remedy be applied?
By reviving the Ku-Klux Klan, and for every rape or
attempt to rape execute a certain number of negro teach
ers. divines or leaders In the community where tho crime
I* committed. In a mysterious manner. The race Is very
superstitious and tho mystery surrounding the K. K. K.
wilt, If It be well organized, quickly strike terror to tho
hearts of the race: and only a few executions will he nec
essary to make the number of rapes few nnd far be
tween.
Tbe strong arm of the 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 the South. JOHN T. DENNIS.
Meda, Ga., Aug 27, 1906.
ELECTION VERSE.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
Tho people spoke In accents loud.
With a united voice;
And for the good of all I'm proud
They made Hoke Smith their choice.
Tbe blow that broke the Georgia slates
Wa* no cyclonic puff:
It'a sweeping these United .States
From Boston to the Gulf.
—HORNADY.