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_ THE ATLANTA " GEORGIAN. SATTHDAV. SEPTEMBER ' ' ' 1906. ' 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- 2