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GEORGIAN.
SATTHDAV. SEPTEMBER
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1906.
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LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RACE QUESTION
L.
HOW WOMEN SHOULD BE PROTECTED
To th* Editor of The Georgian
We are truly glad that the men of
Georgia are at Iaat wide awake to the
absolute necessity of protecting the
women and girls pf the .state. We
•rusi rhe agitation now aroused will
not be evanescent. That It will grow
.irons and flourish and become as far-
reaching In Its effects os It should do,
and applied to the many abuses tol
lrated In the past, but which are now
fast growing obsolete among people of
'the highest civilization, dnlture and
laflnement.
It Is unfortunate,' to draw It mildly,
of the South class women
with lunatics. Idiots and
that men
politically
^Thc'faet that tills Is true Is, how
ever a strong nml telling argument In
fevor of the Justice and expediency nt
Ibis lime for using every and all means
•t their disposal to protect our women
att,! girls In every .way. Our hands
ir o tied and we cannot attempt to
help ourselves without getting badly
hurt h Is much like the feet-blndlng
Chinese children, only more so.
The Idea advanced that women
should carry a gun around Is fine, but
not feasible. Why? Because women
have been taught to beware of guns,
He and little, until they are almost
afraid to look at one, let alone hand
ling them. It certainly puts men In n
very peculiar position to tell women to
lake care of themselves, from lime
Immemorial men have assumed the po
sition of protectors to the female por
tion of their families. If It Is distress
ing to us to believe that all that Is but
a fable, and we must take care of our
selves. how dre6dfully depressing It
must be to the men. If we should'
start out with a gun ten to one we
would be arrested for carrying con
cealed weapons, for of course we can
not wear it tn a belt on the outside of
our lovely costume*. It we carry guns
we must change the style of our gar
ments to conform to the necessities of
the case, end then the law against
women wearing men's apparel comes
In force again to prevent.
Women are generally In favor of
spending every cent In the treasury for
extra policemen and patrolmen, and If
there Is not a sufficient amount Hoke
Smith might be naked to donate the,
revenue he receives-from that charity
bar. The protection of women, a* the
law now stands, should be the tlrst
consideration, since men claim that
"women are the preservers of the racial
Integrity of the South." For that very
reason If no other man should bend
every energy to keep them from harm
and should aid them In every way to
nrrctmfllah the mission Imposed upon
them by men.
If permitted, however, we would ad
rise our brothers to take special pains
to secure only men of good morals:
men who nre total abstainers from the
its* nt Intoxicants, tobacco and hurt
ful drugs which debase all who use
them.
It Is not only possible but highly
probable that women, white, black, red
anti yellow, will be In ae great danger
from the policemen as from the negro
brutes unless they are men of good
character and standing In the commu
nity. Men who control thle country
should carefully refrain from making
had millers worst right along this lino.
Gamblers, drunkard*, libertines and
men nf generally bad character shou’d
not he eonnldered In any capacity os
protectors of women.
I sm sure If woman’s voice could be
heard In the councils the advice given
would he: "Stop all this foolish talk
about disfranchising the negro. It has
served Its purpose In electing Hoko
Smith tn be governor of Georgia. It
can do no further harm except to ex
asperate the negro and cause him to
commit crimes In retaliation."
Again, If the voters really wish to
protect women, let them vote out of
existence the traffic In Intoxicants. As
a general rule the women do not want
whisky and those who sufTer dally and
hourly from the consuming outrage of
the drunkard In the home would say
If they could with power: "Keep the
deadly poison out of the reach of my
husband, father, son or brother, and,
from the negro brutes whose passions
are Inflamed by It when they commit
their dastardly outrages."
We cannot organize vigilance com
mittees to co-operate with the pollen
for.If we tried It we would be driven
back to our homes and called unwom
anly women. We have never been per
mitted to handle firearms and would
perhapn nhnot the wrong man, but we
do know that the licensed liquor traf
fic of Atlanta and of Georgia Is the
deadliest menace to us and to the
children of the state. We ask that we
be freed from this curse and then we
will have peace.
.But can we depend upon the white
man for protection, when the early law
makers of Georgia servilely copied from
the old English law "the Age of Con
sent," which made It legal to protect
Georgia girls until they were 10 years
old, and after that they must take care
of themselves. Women want to know
why that old law was never changed
by the legislators who came after
wards. We want to know all about
these matters which concern women
eo vitally.
Our eyes nnd ears are wide open and
we are anxious and willing to be In
formed. Above and beyond all things,
we want protection that does protect.
M. L. WUnOOK.
THE PHILIPPINES FOR NEGROES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I would like very much to use a
email amount of space tn your valua
ble paper, to discuss or rather ex
press my Ideas upon the serious ques
tion of the negro.
While It Is necessary to admit that
there are some good negroes, the bad
ones are In so large a majority that
ws need only speak of the negro as a
whole.
It Is evident that education Is his
fault, were H not for that fact he
would not try to be the equal of the
white, and education ha* only taught
them the art of laslness, and that
brings us down to the cause of all the
trouble, he being lazy, finds time tor
nil fancy Ideas and breeds trouble In
bis desire for lust.
Some years ago the white race found
It necessary to colonize the Indian as
It were, and Ike will And It necessary
to do the same with the negro.
Let us take time by the forelock
and 'nstruct nil our national repre
sentatives to urge a bill for tho col-
onlzatlon of the negro In the Philip,
pines. Give him exactly the same
form of government that they have
there now. B. Washington, governor,
and let the race as a whole either sink
or swim.
The cry that the South can't get
along without them le all bosh, for
you can go to any farmer today and
ask him his worst trouble and he will
tell you that the lazy negro won't work.
Heneerorth let the cry of the South
ern press be:
The Philippines for the negro.
The United States for the white.
Yours truly, W. S. NEWCOMB.
Dublin, Ga.
I Send the Negro North
To the* Editor of Tho Georgian:
An your paper appears to Im> Just lion* the
rendtoat medium for airing opinions on tho
lueitloti, porinlt mo tn xulmilt a *ug-
* • *- •— *-* *- -—eu
'nation which 1 hnve long thought—In in liel
ulshoif ”tjn» moat practical, tho moat tll-
t effective moan* nf re
root, au«i tho moa .
llevlng the noutoncx* of tho aombern altua
tlon, ana. perhaps, eventually of ridding
tho whole country of the much vexed,
muelt discussed, and over present “negro
problem.”
In all the various comment anon your
masterly editorials, nnd the dlscuahlon
evoked thereby, no one has proposed this.
wise
expedient tor tho south; namely, lor the
south to adopt another etnas of fnbor nnd
of the m HP I HP
years ago, It would have been far boiler
for the south and for tho Augio-Knxoii
race In Amerlen. But having lost so mttoh
time iu traveling the wrong direction. It
Is all the more urgent that the south
should reverse her course na soon as ;w>a-
sllde, for “when a thing Is wrong, each
day’s delay compounds the cost of right
ing It.”
In the judgment of the deepest and sln-
GIVE THE FARM BOY8 A CHANCE.
judgment ..
cereal thinker* on this subject, the only
nf thn "iiHitrn nnihlrtiii '
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It has been many years since I have
seen you (last In Jacksonville, Fla.),
but I have always, with great pleasure,
read after you, and I have to thank
you for your last article seen by me
In my Richmond Evening Journal of
August 29, “The Reign of Terror Must
End."
I think every Intelligent Southern
man (who only truly knows the ne
gro) will agree with the plan you pro
pose, viz., "Invoke the full, fearless
and Impassioned co-operation of the
negro against the lust of his own crim
inals.” If this can be done. For while,
as you say, "the negro editors, teach
ers and preachers, will mildly admit
that they condemn the rapist," they
vigorously and viciously condemn the
lynching and rush to the Northern cit
ies to protest and denounce the lynch
ing and I venture to say, oftener than
otherwise do not mention the crime
The truth Is, down In the heart of 99
per cent of the negro race la a feeling
nf resentment against the white race
and a self-aesertlon that "I am Just
as good as any white man on earth,”
and It Is plainly to be seen that their
whole effort Is for social equality.
Hatted in thle effort their natural re
sentment In many cases leads them
to wound tho white ract In Its most
sacred part. My observation leads ms
to believe that In the great majority
of the negroes thfi white man ha* an
enemy, and welt a* the Southern man
know* the negro, he I* the most ready
and easiest to be Imposed on and to be
made to believe In the apparently hum
ble assertion of the negro that he le
not his enemy, but his friend. Why
should he not be? What can the white
men get from the negro of any profit
with certainty? While certainly the
negro gets from the white man 90 per
cent of all his profits and favors. I
have had large experience with the
(Southern) negro. He Is a* cunning
as a monkey, a smaller experience with
the Northern one I have found a* Im
pudent a* the devil. You and 1, my
dear sir, will never live to see this
matter amicably arranged, but I ex
pect and hope that my grandchildren
will. I hope ptaceably, but I fear forci
bly. One thing Is certain. If the whole
country Is not getting Its full of the
negro and negro question It’s getting
at least a large amount of It, and no
one can tell when It will get Its plenty.
Thle Is an Inexhaustible subject and
could be reviewed from numberless
points. It Is not my Intention to en
large on It, but to thank you for your
tlon nnd extermination. The most recent
echoes of the northern nnd southern preen
foreihndow the prolinldllty thnt the dtflnl-
_ %
rtranmors" so sniffed at by tin* “practical*'
folk!. Though still rooted In the l*cllcf
that, In this na In other things, where them
Is a will tliaro is always a way for tha
Anglo-Hnxon; nml too loyal nn American to
do If It “set Its brttiT," It Is not my pur-
pom* now to discuss tin* feasibility of the
deportation scheme. One thing Is beyond
controversy: It la rertnlnly not within the
province of the nouth to deport her taper-
iilmndnnt negro population beyond the sent;
tills can only cotne nhont. If ever, by Fed
eral legislation, nnd I do not need to ro
mind your renders how little voire the
south has find In shaping Federal policies
since the Civil war. The only thing the
sonth cut) do In this matter nt present,
nnd this. If the It wise, she trill do, It to
encourage by every meant In her power,
the migration of her surplus negroes to
northern states, thereby bringing about n
rncl.il equilibrium l*etween the two halves
of the country, nnd lifting this dark prob
lem from Ita sectional setting, trml placing
It where It rightfully belongs, among na
tional Issues.
Much has been said In regard to the
north’s Ignorance of the negro, nml
hnve
wasted much time and eloquence Iii
» to enlighten her nt to his true char
acter. The North has never been so Ig-
concerned her to
........... And nothing will carry convic
tion to the northern mlml quite so effect*
ively ns a notable Increase la their negro
population. Within the last live years there
northern cities, nnd to this fnet.
ban to southern preach men ti
sudden revulsion In norther
laigc Mil IV, v/uv VM iiiuun JUU tui juui
efforts, and all like-you who write the
truth nnd make honorable endeavor*
to correct the condition* and not the
ortea that confront u». Cordially and
sincerely, your friend,
W. W. DAVIES.
Chase City, Va.
toward the neirrn we hear nn luueh stand
tiirae daya. Head them a few more He-
and Inateail of aortliern eoti«re«.molj
ifrnea, anil Inateail or nortuern eomrrenmen
introducing bllln for the ml net Ion, of
anuthrru representation, we alinll have
mime wlae-acre from tlui region of ad
vanced Mena ratling the Gordinn knot of
the difficulty with a governmental netaema
for the "*nfe and peneenble" removal of
the offending African from our ml<l*t. \\ ho
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Being a cloze and appreciative reader
of your editorial*, and appreciating the
brave stand you take on every ques
tlon of importance to the people,
write to you of a question that has, to
me, been neglected In connection with
our state fair.
Why not give the town boys a
chance? Why not offer prizes that will
encourage them to some lines of work
they are In position to develop?
Our country couzlne are allowed to
grow fine pumpkins, melons, corn and
potatoes, for which they receive honors,
of which they may be Justly proud.
All of this I am glad exists, for what
Is more honorable than tilling the soil,
where some of our greatest men started
successful lives? Still would the man
agement not give our town boys some
encouragement?
There are plenty of lines that might
be suggested ns profitable to not only
the ones who take part In the contest,
but the general public. For Instance,
along mechanical lines—a piece of ma
chinist's work, a steam engine or draw
ings for same, cabinet work, furniture
finishing, electrical apparatus, forging,
or a skillful piece of moulding. This
Would be of great help to me, who
wishes to employ young men.
What we need la natural talent, de
veloped.
Contestants would be limited as to
age and experience, to be decided by
competent men. Respectfully,
A MECHANIC.
Atlanta, Oa„ Sept. 1, 1909.
TRUE VERSUS ERRONEOUS EVANGELISM
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
In The Georgian of the 25th Instant
there appeared on article under the
above caption. The writer sums up
with the statement that man la zaved
by “belief, baptism and oral confes
slon."
This Idea of salvation was the best
that man could devise probably 800
years ago. At that time mankind was
densely Ignorant, knowledge was con
fined to but a few, and what there waa
of knowledge or education waa baaed
upon the Ignorance of slaves, which
Ignorance was exploited and turned
Into huge temples, In which the Igno
rant worshiped an unknown god—In
“belief."
Belief, then, Is a solace for want of
knowledge, and to Insist that man shall
always and shall have no other creed
or can be saved In no other way than
by "belief," is to condemn the race to
Ignorance, and to the old pagan creed,
"I believe." Paul said of these, "Him
(God) whom ye Ignorantly worship.
Him declare I unto you."
Paul had got knowledge, consequent,
ly he was not saved by belief or Igno
rance, and his saying above quoted
made It Impossible for Ignorance or “I
believe" to be saved.
"I believe," then, stands for satisfied
Ignorance, and not for salvation. To
say that man can not be saved unless
he la as Ignorant ns were the slaves
of 800 or maybe 2,000 year* ago, Is
to make all knowledge and the refine
ment. which goes with It a useless
luxury. When we have knowledge we
can not "believe" even If w* wish to.
So If "belter' Is essential to salvation,
knowledge Is essential to damnation.
Knowledge has so broadened the minds
that there Is a
of man that he kno
God, or what this word stands tor.
Knowledge has revealed this God to
us through a knowledge of the world
and the laws which govern It. So that
ns Patti says. In knowledge alone can
we rightly worship God at all. Con
sequently. salvation consists In acquir
ing knowledge, and not In going to
sleep over "I believe." or the Ignorance
cf the past.
The noxt condition Is "baptism." This
word has not lulled the world to peace
ful Blumbera, other than such slumber
as soldiers seek on the field of battle.
It Is a contentious word, and Is but a
repetition of "I believe." The reason
that It Is contentious Is beenuse as
an English word It Is a misnomer, or
misnamed. It is simply the Greek word
spelled In English, nnd transplanted
Into the English language without a
definition. It Is not translated Into
English the same ns other Greek words.
The Greek word means to wash dean
with water, or to Infuse Into the mass,
the material used In tho fusion, which
may be any fusible material. To dip,
to sprinkle, to Immerse, stand for the
alteration of washing,' not separately,
but all together. Jesus had traveled
In the desert: He Has soiled In per
son, and John Washed His body clean
In Jordan. Thnt Is all there Is In It.
Heaven it peopled with people with
clean bodies and Is what Jesus nnd
John wished to Impress upon the p<
pie. You look about us and
find that as a rite baptism Is a mlsera
ill
Tke South Approves The Georgian’s Stand,
• UIUIHHHHHMMIHMHIMMIIH
iMtHirnmiitiHMi
truisi me nusiuriM ^.... wWmtfjr,
It Is to earry any weight In ronirp**?
rrn.. of ihi. Atlnnfit ''mirth
Tht imegesthin 'of the Atlanta T * nor than)
capl tails™ In your Issue of August 27,
... MHHHH.. far
mm thorn Democrats to force • > negro im
portation ptank Into tho platform upon
Which they purpose to hoi at Mr. Bryan,
nml to elect loader* to both bourn'll of
•— —— — In debate.
Educate the White Masses.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The people of Georgia are beginning
te look upon you a* the truest expres
sion of Southern Idenls, and the ablest
exponent of Southern sentiment. Your
paper, The Georgian, Is destlnsd to be
come the great paper of the South. The
people everywhere are hungry for a
clean, fearless, vital dally newspaper—
sensational newa and partisan
polities. I notice also that many think
ing people nre substituting The Geor
gian for nil other dallies;
llellevlng thnt you can command and
hold the attention of the people of this
Bale and of the South more firmly than
any other Georgian, I appeal to you
-••j uiiici (icui h mil! a ii(i(icai iv
upon a subject which carries the hopes
of the present and the destinies of the
future. This question, this subject, la
that of the education of the white
tussles In Georgia. We need—we
must hnve--a campaign of education
to every community, In every village
snd In every city In this state, we
want It to begin now. We want It to
be vital, kindling an Irresistible, Con-
•umlng fire, growing brighter snd high.
»r until the great danger which now
threatens us shall have disappeared.
I Inclose a map. The black spot*
represent counties In which there nre
more black* than whites attending the
public schools. If you have studied
the lost report of the state school com-
mtesinner you havt seen that thsra are
very few countlaa In the entire-state
"'0100 have more than a bare major
ity of white children In the public
jehool*. Did you notice the report of
the schools of Bibb county? Here the
rursi schools showed a considerable
decrease In white attendance. The city
schools showed only a very slight In
crease in white attendance. For the
colored race the rural schools and the
city schools showed a very large In
crease. The same may be said of many
counties where the population'of the
|»o races |s aobut equal. The fact
” the negroes are Intensely Interested
1® getting educated while the whites
Ilm, nally careless and woefully
indifferent. The negroes ate rapidly
acquiring wealth, or property, rather,
In both farms nnd town snd city prop
erty. The white Methodists snd Bap 1
tlsts here worship In churches that
rost less than 12,000, while the negroes
have Just about completed an edifice at
a cost of 84,000. They ride In buggies
ns fine as any owned by the whites,
and they are learning to order goods
from mall order houses. They are tak
ing papers and they are reading them.
They are buying good books and they
art studying them.
I see something else that alarms me.
I see white farmers coming to town
riding by the side of negroes In the
latter'* buggies. I see negroes riding
with white men In their buggies. I sea
them chatting together on the streets
and In the lots, not as one talks with
un Inferior, but apparently on terms
nf equality. This Is the csss only
where Ignorance of the white* predom
inates. What does It mean? Does it
point to negro supremacy or to amal
gamation of the races?
I have had the good fortune to min
gle freely with the masses In south
west Georgia for the last fifteen years.
I have lived In Lee, Thomas, Mitchell.
Grady, Decatur and Calhoun counties.
Condition* vnry very little. Wherever
you find the whites better educated
yod will also find that the negroes
have likewise progressed.
What are we going to do about It?
Are we going to sit with Idle and empty
hands—at* we to remain with apathetic
Intellects and unresponsive hearts—
white our people, our sons and our
daughters, sink Into a state of Infe
riority and dependence more galling
and Ignoble than death or exile?
I hove never met you. but I have
been reading after you for fifteen years,
and I feel that I know you Intimately.
And I am writing you because I believe
you can and will Inaugurate some
plan—keep in motion some sort of
force—that wilt cause a "rattling of the
dry bones" In our public school sys-
tem. ' . . .
Note—Th# mop spoken of elsewhere
which I promised to Incloae I have
been unable to find; but It you will
examine the report of the state school
commissioner you can easily locate
them. The map referred to was one
of my own design and only enabled
a forest
forceful view of the sit
one to get
uatlon.
Very respectfully,
8. R. BLANTON.
Arlington, Qe„ Aug. 15, 1908.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Before using so much time and tem
per on the question of negro disfran
chisement, would It not be well.to In
vestigate the question ss to whether
the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to our constitution were legally
passed upon by the states? It would
certainly be interesting to many of
your readers If you would give the his
tory and exactly what happened, ae
cording to the record, when these
amendment* were presented to the
various states of the Union for ratifies
tloiror rejection. So far as I have
been able to ascertain, the fourteenth
amendment was ratified by It Northern
states, rejected by Delaware, Kentucky,
Maryland and not acted upon by Cali
fornia. What was the attitude and
were the other Southern states not
named above given an opportunity
to net on It? If not. why not? If they
•lid not art upon it, ran It be said to be
legnlly adopted, It not being adopted
by three.fourthe of the states? Tho
ludgment of the sword was that no
Southern state was out of the Union.
If In the Uolon, how could they be
deprived of their constitutional right
to adopt or reject any amendment of
the constitution? If they acted upon It
through military government. It was
certainly not the voice of the people of
those state*. *It
Bracelets of Beauty
The new bracelets! Tbev are things of beauty, and
uuequaled for smartness of effect. Never in the history
°f a Southern jewelry shop have there been more or
prettier bracelets shown than in tho line we are now dis
playing.
The style-range is as wide as the tastes of woman
kind. The run of prices is in harmony. You can get a
jeweled band for four figures or a tastefully simple orna
ment for one—just to suit your fancy.
New things every day now. Come iu and have a
look at them.
Maier & Berkele
doe* seem to me that
such question being made before the
supreme court of the United States In
a case properly jjiade, that that court,
which always emphasizes the rights
of the states In Its opinions, when that
question I* Involved, would be obliged
to decide that neither the fourteenth
nor fifteenth amendment were properly
passed upon and adopted by three-
fourth* of the states of the Union. As
to the fifteenth amendment, we know
that It was not acted upon by Tenne*.
see; rejected by California, Delaware,
Kentucky, Maryland. New Jersey and
Oregon, but ratified by the remaining
Vstit Vftplt MifilndlttF Ita
every southern delegate Iu eonxres* knows
tlmt It will not go further than the eom-
mlttee room, while, the I Milk of the negro
papulation reside* In southern states, and
tke north
•V 11...... feel* It Is not her "funeral.'
Ill this, th* north Is only doing whnt the
south xrould do. If the position* were —
versed. It It hunion nature. Nobody Jokes
his neighbor's trouble* very much te heart
until tTiw some trouble la brought home
to hlm-tben he to all attention and sym
pathy. Anil the-south Jo greatly ,tobhune
for the nvrrag* northerner a complacent
nstumptfon (hat climatic and eeonomle eon-
dltlons will forever Si the negro* habita
tion nouth of the Mnaon and Dixon line.
Ws hire flung to him amldat *1 dls-
To the Editor of The Georgian.
I desire, with the others who have
expressed themselves through the col
umns of your excellent paper, to say
that not only I but I verily believe the
whole South le quite a unit In accord
and sympathy with your noble and
manly editorials which have from time
to time since the Copenhlll outrage
appeared tn the columns of The Geor
gian. Why do not all the papers of
the South take up the refrain and
sing this song of redemption with the
seal and zest of The Georgian!
It seems to me the people of the
South have borne this curse long
enough, and that to submit longer to
thin deadly upas which 1*, perforce,
blighting the very fountain head of the
purest Anglo-Saxon race under the
sun would Justly subject us to the
contempt of patient but self-respecting
humanity everywhere, and the matter
should be settled permanently and at
once.
For one, I have no patience for any
of the propositions for remedy ad
vanced thus far noted short of depor
tation or annihilation. Who that reads
has not scanned the papers In vain for
some token of sympathy or some evi
dence of a desire on the part of the
leaders of the colored race to assist
the officers of the law In their ef
forts to capture these vile criminals?
Whnt nn opportunity at their recent
great convention held In your city the
leadera of the black race had for good
and allowed It to go by default, not a
word of Importance having been
spoken In condemnation of the crime.
It cannot bo said they overlooked It.
unless Intentionally so, because the
matter must hnve been fresh In their
minds. What little was said would
have beat been unsaid. So far from
rendering any assistance, they have
about gone the limit In the opposite
direction and have abetted and en
couraged them. If not by word or ac
tion, then by their silence, and -In
shielding them from a punishment
which at Its worst could by ho possi
ble means compensate for this hell-
hatched crime. Do these people real
ise that they are standing upon the
crusty crater of a volcano now danger
ously nearing eruption, which, when
It bursts forth, will aa surely engulf
the whoto race as If the thing had al
ready happened?
I note the long list of merchants
Who condemn the proposed Ku-Klux
Klun. They are a body of excellent
citizens, but by no means do they rep
resent tho masses. The masses are
determined this thing shall stop, but
would Indorse even Ku-Kluxlsm as a
means of last resort. Yours truly.
RUBE HAY8EED.
Bolton, Os.
ble failure. Tho agitation of the plumb
er* to compel the people to have bath
tubs In their houses is more In th*
direction of salvntlon than the creed.
Paul found the Corinthians baptizing
aa a rite, as Is dune today by the
churches, and he condemned It, and
said thnt Christ sent him Into tho world
not to baptize (rite), but to preach th*
gonpel.
“Confession,” too, saves! Tills U an
other repetition of "I believe," for no
one "knows" that it does. If God
knows all things, and I find from my
knowledge of the world that He does,
what have we to tell Him thnt He does
not know? Tell him In this way that
we are sorry? He knows all about
us, which la more than we know by a
long Jump.
It makes us feel good? Doubtless:
If feeling good Is a sign of salvation,
a whole lot of Hoke Smith followers
nre saved un the same line, nnd It Is
probable thnt a few of them could own
nnd use a bath tub to advantage to
complete their religious education. In
a world of Ignorant people, salvation
from the Ills of life can nut get beyond
the "I believe" plan, und us it satisfies
them In their condition, It la tliclr ex
clusive property, and granting the right
of Individual preference*, tv# would
not. If we could, and could not If we
would, disturb them In the possession
of It.
In a world of education, knowledge
satisfies and Ignorance can not
plant It. The artlclo quoted states that
"belief, baptism (rite), confession"
saves, and It end* there, nnd properly
so, for nil of this Is “belief." Good w in,
affection, truthfulness, rhnrlty, kind
ness, etc., being based on knowledge,
are, of course, not necessary to solva
tion. The only purpose of knowledge
Is to enable a few to seo that Igno
rance Is saved, and that the possessor*
of this knowledge are lost!
Christ and God for example.
Every fleeting moment of time con
quers the past, and In turn Is con
quered by Its successor.
To try to exist on the past Is to
perish with It.
W. A. JOHNSON.
Atlanta, Go., Aug. 29, 1905.
W* hare clung to nun nnunst so >..»•
cnnrugem.nt*, hugging the hosrr del"*i™
thnt WP conld not get slung
nnd serving notice on the north to hnnils
off" the southerner's problem, similes or
the southern kinln, does the pnst show
thnt the south hs* gotten along so very
well with the negro?^ »...eh* get
ting slong so well with him today? ton.
Mr. Editor. In your terrible nrrnlgnmeiit
of the rnplots, lisre furnished the —
P A mn«s '‘meeting of cltlscn* to., consider
way* nncl inran* to end A
terror." nn,l doubtless even In the Most of
It, speeches will !«• hennl *t the. meeting
reiterating, pnrrntuke, the old fortnnln: If
Iths north will let its Slone, we will solve
senllse thst we rno not keep, up this sick
ening program Indefloltely. S" "',m. l, 'wraYh
abhorrent the crime, how Just the wrath
which inetes out the piitilshroeiit^^HJ
thoughtful persona Know thnt eontlnnon*
lelnatlni! In mob violence, run rasas snd
rhe psrtlclpnnt*. nnd will more
nurely degrade our people to thc lere of
the African than any other known ageneir.
Itut the ties! argument ngnlnxt It Is It*
barrenness of result; It doe* not stop the
would you evoke general MO* war?
Race wur In the south ''"toy o' 1 ’' 1 ' 1 '
back the dock ”f Progvesn /or os soother
trnn»-
[erring the cause of nil this trouble to that
end .If til.' country which ts chiefly re-
si.oiiall.le -for It? Imurnctlcnhle? Well,
mvo von over trlod It; lln* thpfe J*vpr
10*11 n dotormlnf’d nnd BratonintlxM
to Indue.* tho m-ffro tn lenvo »ho ^ti h?
On tin* eontrur.v. liftvo hot tho ninvfttMftiitft
looking toward lh[* w"t^raoir 1 r JP;
imltlon In t!
pOBl
then* ninny
‘ * »llr
the i'ftftt* Even now, are not
old rogleft In Oeorjtln who ftln*
re thnt Klnff 1’otton in lift t re-
re rely lieKw thnt King ; v. Vm i imt
hIcii hlft fteepter If n few iiejfroeft fftllPd
to dot the cotton Heidi? Kven though
tiie cennuii retiimn for UW0 fthn'J’ •<**■ / “"t*
thrai tintlift of the entire ngrlcnltnriil Inlmr
—» - iff op 1 * -•* *— " ,n
nf tho nouth performed hy nejfroe*. The
Hoiitli enn not retnfn the eynipHtliv the
world ki her wroetllnff with thin idnek
problem. If she persist* In this locohristeat
thirty slat**, New York rescinding It*
ratification on January 5, 1870.
It will be well worth your time
to take up each Southern state and
the record of Just what they did as to
ratifying or rejecting these amend
ments. A surprise Is In store for ths
one who probes this to the bottom., tn
my opinion. BILL O. WRIGHTS.
Atlanta, Sept. 4, 1908.
TWO FISHERMEN.
Were distressed in a terrl ■
Sold Bshermoa one, "Soon we ll Is- out of
sight.
At last, wd must fnrl the lismter!"
"In other trnnt*." said dtherman two, -
"My dear old friend, we're got to skhloo."
geld fishenmn one. “O aie. O my,
I've I •cm such a dreadful sinner;'
Snld fisherman two. with r broken sigh,
And s pleading * '
t look amt s (earful eye,
I'd er bad for dinner!''
then went under the IK.
n two! Itseolute twenty.
-EI-LA ANGLIN VRBXE.
I'ourse. If the negroes are as black as We
have painted them, we should certainly
try every pen,'cable and legitimate means
p, get rhl of them. or. nt least, enough of
them to mlnhnxle the msnnve to our elvlll
notion. Ilsve we .lone this?
millions Just no* nre peenllsrly fnrar-
I,* to pilch n prftM. Th* "MI:
The frw bflff-liftftrta! ftml p^rfwnotori* uf»
tcrnncfii of the negro tonchera wine enough
cxDroftft Mich will hardly countcr-hnl*
whnt yon wk to acconinllph.
The South’s Problem.
ftnc« tho tremrndoup Influence of thn con
nil clanneii of hla own inei*.
I prnflutu* you obwrred, Mr. Editor, thnt,
ucftplto your wnrnlns to ihc* colors! Bu«l-
n«i« League recently convened III your
dty, not tn indnlge In o’ermuch denim-
elation of lynching, their prcHldent conflned
pin condemnation of the criminal* to a
hare recognition of it very patent fact--
n rcniiiciicf* in ine poum.
Booker Wrt»hlngton has mingled m
with the phllnnthrntHftU nf the north,
douhtlcm underatandn better than the t?
a renliicnce ...
. nud
moat
that Uln anrcftt hope nf obtaining aid from
them for hi* cnn*e and hi* people It to
keep the pblliinthropl*ta and the negroe*
ft* widely separated ft* po**lble. Ileuce we
llml Booker Washington ntwayft ln*l*lliig.
In aen*on and out. that the negrae* nm*t
remain In the aotith. Yet, I think yon
will agree with me, Mr. Editor, that,
/front a* ho In at rt ionttor of hit own moo.
nnd Inflntod an he npp*»r* to lie by the
flntterlng attention* or northern notable*,
he Tnjikegee oracle I* hardly ripe for the
TO the Editor of The Georgian.
Thla Is not a time for the fll*cn**l»n of
question* with the negro. If *m*h a time
ha* been Ip the paat. more’* the pity. ,The
Interests, the condition, the conduct of the
negro may and should In* dl*ch**nd among
white men, hut experience has tanght n*
thnt on tho formu Is no pine* for the negro
whci
And for thui ren*ou It matter* not what
the subject may l»e, or bow well Informed
the negro writer or speaker mny lie, so mall*
warped he prejudice, nolsnned hy that *11
that marks the coancfously Inferior, nnd
•nry
Hence as arbiters seeking for fair concl
aloiiH, and refuse to hear or f *
The time has come when tl
*—■ • - * tun ti uv
P
letii. Th* affairs of Georgia, of the Bouth,
of the country, engage iis and let u* “l>e
nfiont our fathers' fmstnwm."
Problems confront us, serious mattsra
lieat men in the land for conaervntlve
dl by black leader*; for pnclflc utter
and temperate advice. These negro__
the head of the inngnr.lm* arc H»iiiilug oni
lustnlliucnt of hittc
nt Insult nnd
white people
elu
tion,
against the
limit only serte to fire the half4
tures of the race, and render more lntohTa-
ble their men lines*. Alongside of thU mut
ter ura printed auggi>Ntions In varfiMi* why
of the real Inferiority of the white ran*.
The negro h*s prior rlnlm to illHtliicihm,
even from the foundation of the world. I he
best that there I* in humnn nntuie I* the
negro'*| the worst Urnt evil ueiilim can con-
reive to lie I* In tho white blood.
, The memlierehlp of SOtOc t the negro
church'** recently posucii rcsolutloi.n de
nouncing lawIt-NsncB* among tie* race de
claring iigainst giving hiding or comfort to
the outlaw and promising nld in bringing
Tlmlunls to .
far-
. dictator” for *mitherii , white
They, and not he, will decide the
question whether the negroe* will remain
In the south, nnd a*, one who yield* to
id, I sin
the negn
In devotlon to the southland. I *ln-
cereiy trust they will decide It In
Itrtr Fox.” “Jes’ lay low an* see what 41i
nex* news gwlneter he.”
MI18. ANNIE RILEY IIALE.
HAVE AROUSED-THE PEOPLE.
nhle to such n nroj/rr. • i»«- ii*-*..* *.
Isfsrttou with wHituvrii hums nils, hi* ,11*-
IStlifarilop toward tho outton Sohls. ranra
Kan nil. his Iniroiisln* hostility toward
prarythlnf annthsm, would laslliis Msi to
soak osw flrhtx (or Ml. tStouts. Tho ro-
ral .ll.tfloti or tho north trill novsr. hcr-
hnos ultra,'t oujr rtmaldorablv oooitivr ,)(
hut whot drhl so illurtos to tho
."loosts.1 nod ooihmsos iwzro ss tmrtbsru
Httos? Tho dlsfranchlsln* [h*
southern state* will give n migratory Im
pulse to the politically■ niplrlng ttegnjes,
nnd It I* thin rlssa particularly wblcBthr
south would be glad to spare. Let south-
enters mice make np their minds that the
south nud the negro have conn* to the part*
Inc of the ways, and expedient* will not
locking to accomplish the separation,
i an mssns. oaforoo your "wove on”
f«r the Idle, and set* to It that when
on. they are headed north-
*cok revenge in this? Nay.
best results. ’Turn nlimit
Ir piny" the world over, and the north
slum Id tarn* her turn wffh tho hmry end
tit the “white man's burden.’ Moreover.
If the north doesn't like the negroes when
*h'* get* them, she Clin do whnt the south
esn not—she can ship them out of the
i country.
SOIlt
l( ,
rani. Bo we no
ustlce nnd the I
- wi oy
tsnrhiiiK thsni to atm nrvtirntslr. Yodr
Idan to enlist th# raopsratbm of uolorwl
KUrhura nnd |,rrt«rhsrrtd your vrtisn.lv
skslnst thvtr vrimlnal*. was n wlsv niovv;
wlss (ran tht old* of dlptomavy only. In
To ths Editor of Ths Gsorfflan:
Your rscsnt supsrl? sdltorial* upon
ths subjsct of negro outrages havs
aroused tho people to ths dangers of
the situation. Continue the good work
until every county In ths state and
every militia district shall havs organ-
ized Into vigilance committees to sup
press this heinous vrlme. Much ha*
been said about speedy trials, but as
ths law now stands a conviction of an
assault with Intent to commit this dia
bolical offense amounts to little mors
than an advertisement of the offender.
Let the governor call th# legislature
In extra session to consider this grave
matter, and let that body enact laws
adequate to the occasion.
Aa ths law now stands, an assault
with intent to commit a rape Is pun
shouM^e disposed' at Ju.iiribnsjy and fairly,
but regardlM* of his nolens volena.
This we claim Iwanse ws live In a white
man * eonnlry, snd under a white man's
government. Till* Is essentially and Irre-
hnsed not ii|nm the ground of Ignuranre nnd
lenclvr*. the eduvsfe.1 of the five. Ilesr the
speaker of that rave. .However "white
brotherly" he may attempt to grow, how-
ever augn rood led his genemllutloua when
In the bearing of white invu—when sepnklng
"for pdhMratTon"—yet throughout tils whole
illseotirae there ntss a rein df bitterness
deadly grievance against them that no pen-
I nance could alone for, ami no amends cotilrt
amend. Throughout It all tbera Is a wall
ngalns! the shortcomings, defined and lin-
ngtnery, that “retard the progress of a
wee.’’ Never an open, manly deliverance.
If on#, when! If one, where?
Xow. when his nndltora are his own race,
mark his d*||vemtteeft. Every line pulsate*
I with spleen; every word ts ft brand to influ
ence and Intensify the hatred of the Igtwr-1
””|°f the ram*. In the discussion of the
lienee these Imttcrli
un an Inmodlug firs nil tlM tfoM i
tin* white people.
I While all this Is going on the good
in every community nr*» praetlcniK
anew, orcrJookfm: consiuut union
sometime* open insult on the pnrt <
nnd .vulgar iilacka, who are ml tli«
I keep
iff to gouge their ehc
the patience ol whlra men
of danger, It la apparent to
J. B. t'LEATC
only by
Emigration or Extlrpst ion?
To the Editor of THS Georgian:
At a gathering of negroes In Wtmh«
ington city a law we«ka afft>, (mine*,
tha burly black “blahop” wno live* in
Atlanta, wan especially loud In la-
mentfng and denouncing the lynch
ing of negroes by the whito men of tho
South, but had no word of comlnmna-
tlon for the raping of whito wc
Bee
the
editor of Tho Georgian, Mr.
ha»* been BO persistent and vigorous
a denouncer of thla raping habit of
the beaatly racq to which Galne* bo-
longs, and *o ably and fearietxly ad
vocate!^ the only aura mean* of per-
qnestlim of “the scarcity of farm labor,’’ nn
editorial In a negro magntlne for Koptrmtier
admit ted “h deplorable lack of farm
gMMjhBinl after claiming* that
hnnds," an
'’p» niaga:
deplorable ...
IHppWiftsr cklinriniirnHPHHi
gro Inlkir w«* plentiful In the country
trlets of the Houth. nnd there was nrv
I move reliable, more peaeefm ami mure L ..._
tented rlnsi-of laborers than the stawnrt
men and sturdy mothers of the Jolly hlack|
F...*i....» sgnlnst the white rati*
|H-ouiiC\ wlittecuppiiig.
1 Ignorance nml * veritn-
PBHHHppPVPnnd tyranny na the “fear-
Iful orjpee” that brought almut the “heglrn
of negroes fmm the country to the town*."
negro with almost ns much
tentlnry for a term not less than v>ne | shoot down
hor more than twenty yearn. This ! Indifference ns he would display Ju shoot-
penalty Ik not commenkurotfc with the : tag n dog,’’ nnd then It assert* that his
crime. Let the legislature make the trinl.for the deed Is a farce, the prosecuting
slightest effort to commit this crime
punishable by death, and make It the
duty of the Judges of the superior
courts to convene the court* as noon
aa a Jury can be Impaneled to try the
offender, and do It with such speed thnt
Jt will amount to keeping tho courts
open all the time for the trial of these
caaea; and make It a felony to know the
fact that one of these devils has com
mitted the offense without reporting It
to the officers of the law; and make
the migratory villains carry a pass
port, as has been suggested.
Respectfully,
THOMAH II. IRWIN.
Marietta, Ga^ Aug. 2S, 1901.
f>tilbdtor even gidug over to the side of the
defense nud reminding the Jury that It Is
A cn*e where a “member of the Inferior
race grew too Insolent.’’ “An armed posse
of the be*t cltlxeus." any* the editorial,
"would ss soon go gunning for s mwro
chicken thief as for anything else.’’ Afttlti:
“A negro plstol-toter Is worse liefore the
la*' than S whito mnnlerer." And this fh»ai
s publication that should stuml for the liest
there Is In the race; that should strive to
liictilrntr right living and manly principle*;
that should seorn to print such btstaut
and hellish falsehood, devotes It* page* to
engendering Aud festering the enmity and
hatred of the Ignorant black*, for whom
slderatloii, less sympathy thau the whtti
man.
Thla, too, aft«r plea fapou plea
mAnently laving our women fro;..
Ing sacrificed to Ita hellish lust, Guinea
mntSe Mr. Graves the special object of
his strictures. Almost at the Very hour
when Gaines was thus Inveighing
agutnat Mr. Grave* nn.l thu defender*
of the white women nnd girl* <,f the
South, a negro wn» raping n white girl
but n short distance from Gains* home
In Atlanta. I deaire to know* If till*
fact ha* l)*m noted by you.
The negro seems to be the only rap
ing r.ico In the world today, nnd every
year the coming of tho
furnlahva more and wore
the fact that We arc fust,
ucntlng a race of rwp|et»,
encc restrain* ths liberty
the persons and live* of <>u
children.
How long will a course <
bly foolish b* continued 1
of the South?
How many mors women
will have to be ruined by
bcaal* before the w hlte n
country utter the at
rape
vide
nf
decree that this land ,
treed from the awful
children
»• lustful
v ..f tht*
.alterable
.halt be
of their
i or ex
presence, either by
tlrpatlon?
1 would ask If yoi
Gaines, the negro bl
book some years ago
grata miscegenation a
tie the race problem . 1
THOMAS KINGS FORD.
Savannah. August 27, 1906.
re nwure that
p, published s
which he aug-
lie way to set-
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