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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONPAY. SEPTEMUKII 10. IMS. LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS! WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RACE QUESTION the inevitable remedy. To the Editor of The Georgian: permit me n few words In your columns on the "Reign of Terror" ,U F*r»t. n wl> at Bhal1 be don ® ' vlt!l th ® negro rapist, who assaults a white voman? Second, what shall be done with the m an who lives with negro wom en and Is the father of mulatto chll- <lr The solution of the one demands the .Motion of the other. They are Inseparable. Their results, unmolested, would in time bring about the same end, namely, racial equality. Tou may search history through all M es and you will find this truth. Where .So races live on the same soil it Is a question of time until the high er will pull the tower up to Its stand ard or the lower will drag the higher down to Its level. If the negro re mains amongst us. one of these two hlnss win Inevitably happen In time, therefore. I say, as the United States owns the Philippines and the majority of the Inhabitants of those Islands are negroes why not send all the negroes to the Philippine Islands, giving them in exchange there the same value In nronerty that they possessed here and bring to the United States all the whites now residing In the Philippines, riving them the same value in property here that they possessed there, and, If necessary, put on a pro rota taxation on the whites of the United States to nay their transportation? I. for one, would be willing to pay my Just ahare. This taxation could be extended over ten or twenty year*, if necessary. Castrating the negro males would never do. The animal passions of the negro females not finding gratification With their equals would seek, more than ever, their superiors, which would mean more dangers for wayward men and innocent young boys, and—more mulattos. If you castrate the negro male you must"also unsex the female, and If the object Is extermination, why not ex terminate them outright and be dona with It? Better, I say, remove them from our midst before It Is too late. Increasing the police force fn Atlanta and Pulton county will not solve the problem. An outrage la Just as likely to occur In South Carolina, South Geor cla or Alabama as Atlanta. It la ( national question, and must he settled by the nation. Forcing the negro to co-operate with you In catching and punishing the rap ist is not a remedy. Co-operation rtakes the remaining negroes more united In brotherly feeling. Hence co operation Is one step nearer to assimi lation. Every white man who Is guilty of co habitation with a negro female Is par tially responsible for every terrible out rage on our noble white women, and a just Ond will some day hold him so. The solution of the first question Re mands also the solution of the second. Faithfully yours, for purity, Justice, reverence for our noble women and the welfare of my country, I am a sub- acrlber. Yours truly, E. J. LEBEN. Gainesville, Ga. * duct'lon' ml ,aX ,n 1(8 fousequent re- f„? U ,K.^ U<1 . se . s a J B lar e«ly responsible for this state of affairs; they should do that which they have not done,-to any. charge the grand Juriea at every term of the court In no mlstakable words on this evil and Invite their aid in protecting the state from pure un- adulterated stealage. Will your hon- ors do so? If you do I promise you will make Georgia too hot to hold these men and incalculably beneflt the state If they become absentees. Let the bona fide tax payers in each county Investigate this subject by comparison of values returned for taxes and when offered for sale, or where sold. When you find men who are wronging the state, ^ye, wronging you and each of you, lay the matter before the next grand Jury and fur nish them the necessary evidence. Men ought voluntarily pay a Just tax to the state on their property, at a fair val uation. What} they try to scrimshank out of it in this way they ought to bo made to dance. Talk about emigration to Georgia by agricultural people! Why, these unscrupulous speculators would run the devil out of hell with their prices, much less drive away emigrants. Tho remedy Is, If you would Induce Immigration, give to the settler the right of eminent domain, exercised In the name of the state upon his rein- - tlon. Let the value of the condemned land be Just that value placed upon It by the owner Iq making his returns for taxes. This secures a home to all, and when .done, and not till then, will Im migrants. assured of a home, come and settle In Georgia and In less than ten years thereafter the Increase In popu lation, land values and prosperity will be Incredible. Lands held for speculative purposes are simply what might be called dead lands, and when so held are of no bene fit to the state. It Is the state's right to have them Improved, built upon, lived upon, and our general assembly should see to It that proper laws arc passed under which the desired end may be reached. Yours truly, FRANCIS H. HARRIS. Eminent Domain for Settlers. To the Editor of The Georgian: The governor Is elected and Georgia lives. Politics are quiet for a time, as the quotations say are "easy;" but our dear old state Is still with lis (God bless her) and the work of every son should be to build her up, and make her that which nature Intended her to be, the "garden spot of the world." Some time since I wrote you a let ter regarding the evil effect of land speculation upon emigration of agri culturists by reason of the exorbi tant prices, oftsn demanded, by the very men who unscrupulously returned the aame land for taxes aa low as SI per acre. In that letter It was sug gested that as to the wild, unimproved lands, of which there are thousands of acres, the right of eminent domain could be given the settler, to be ex ercised In the name of the state upon his relation. Where so condemned to jet the valuation placed upon the lands ?>' the owner In making his return for taxes, be the measure of his damages, W est, the amount to be paid him by the settler. This letter apparently pos sessed sufficient merit, because It was published in your paper rightly named INFERIOR RACE8. To the Editor of The Georgian; The articles recently published In The Georgian on the subject of the re cent attacks on women by negroes, have completely expressed my views. • There lias been much misguided moderation and healtatlon on the part of many. The truth of the matter la that the old-fashioned slave, with his reverence and fear of the whites, has practically disappeared. In the place of him we have a new and strange creature practically un known to the civilized world. As assertive as possible and aa Ir responsible as If fresh from the Jun gles of Africa. Of the three great races that present dominate Europe and there fore the civilized world, the 'Germanic, the Latin and the Slav, tho Germanic Is the only one where the people them selves will resent any attack on their women. The Slavonic race, according to the great Scandinavian historian, Greg consists of Russia, Poland, Bohemia! Itomnanlu, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Ser- via and Roumella. The Latin Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ve netla. The Germanic, Norway, Stve den, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland und Holland nnd England. Now Qt these. It’s only the Germanic that Instantly resents any attack oh its women. The Slav wiU not do so, but will even amalgamate with the Inferior races. All Spanlsh-Amerlca attest that the Latin will. They have submitted both in the In dlan end the negro to what no South enter can understand. At one time, prior -to the acquisition of California. Nevada, Utah and Ari zona and New Mexico, the four great tribes of North Mexican Indians Comanche, Lepan, Arapahoe and Nav, HEART TO HEART TALK WITH ) OUR COLORED BRETHREN To the Editor of The Georgian; The very' sensible nnd considerate article of Editor Davis, the colored editor of The Independent, given me great gratification. It has the true ring nnd ought to meet the Indorsement of every right feeling white man. The negro os a negro has his ene mies. The enmity Is based on the fact that he Is a negro. It Is no more a fact than that a Californian hates a Chinaman, a Chinaman stands ready to murder a yejlow-halrd devil, or a Korean despises a Jap, and a Russian a Jew; but the feeling is by no means universal. The best part of our peo ple do not hate, but really they have the kindest feeling toward the negro. They wish him well. They are willing to pass by In the educaed negro his absurd self-conceit to his annoying self-assertion. They wonder with the caddllng many of the really remark able men have received from Northern and European whites that they are as bearable as they are. The whites have blamed, nnd they have had a right to blame, the leaders for the delicate and dainty way they havq shaken off crimes, which are absolutely madden ing In their fearful atrocity. Of course, the intelligent negroes do not Indorse theso crimes. They In a word con demn them, but they have been too busy speaking of the wrongs of the lynchers not to lend white men to fear that they have not realized the enormi ty. of the crime. But Mr. Davlz zpeakz In no uncertain tones, and there are many like him. What ,he saya about Atlanta dives Is well said. When Atlanta 'strove to put out the dives and decent white men and wom en and a few colored people strove to have It done by law, negro women, with flmnlng badges, dragged their husbands and paramours to the polls to vote with foreigners and the whisky Interests against the measure. When Macon and Augusta tried to do the same thing the negroes did as they had done In Atlanta, To vote for prohibition, I was forced to stand an hour and over sandwiched between two dirty negroes, with red badges on, while a whisky selling Dutchjnan walked up and down the line urging the “nqgroei to vote de red ticket." There was no white primary then, and no body of roughs to shove the negro from the bnllottlng places. We are to blame as white people for keeping these dives open, and we have and will suffer while we do. I give the right hand to Editor Davis, and all men of his kind of every party on race. GEORGE G. SMITH. Macon, Ga. only on that car. Then you will see that there will be no need of making lines In tho same car for blacks nnd whites. It may be true that some of us negroes will not like this way of doing business, but let he or she stay oft altogether. I am a man of the 'BO'S nnd I own nothing In these enterprises, so I have no kick coming at all. I ant getting nlong In age now, and my business is sdeh that I must take all the near-cuts possible. So give us separate apartments and let us go on our w'By rejoicing. Now, Mr. Editor, I will not place my name here, for fear some one of my fellow-men might take the dark for me on the corner some lonely night. But let me beg you to not for get the trailer car for the negro to ride In. I, for one, would be only too glad to see them on. Truly yqurs, A SUBSCRIBER. Atlanta. Ga. THE CHURCH FAIR. Georgian, Slrnc the above letter appeared my attention has been called to numerous Instances where lands, although on tho market, were valued as high aa >40 I»r acre, when offered for sale, and yet tlte unscrupulous ownor, or agent, re turned the same for taxes, at >1 and ” I )er acre. Should this be denied the evidence Is forthcoming, to-wlt; die tax digest and the affidavits of would-be purchasers. on greater outrage can possibly be perpetrated upon the public than this, and jet it has become a condition here In Georgia. Perhaps this might be reached anti corrected by prosecution for false •wearing, of some of these gentry who make such returns, If our grand Juries would do their duty. At nil events tney do not appear to have done so, 7 s !’ , th ® ® vl1 I" confessed, the trim Inal docket* of our courts show no prosecution In such rases, whersln the 7?** "? the public are so vitally In- oi\ed and yet they teem with Innu- Ef r ? b Jf .'i 111 ® ea,ea where no partlcu- SJJ” 1 Iwldual Is harmed, but the great punito. lor Instance, crape, skin I?'® 6 ’' a "d many acts of lewdneas and immorality wrought by "our colored 7?>7 r ' and this as example to the puhlir This Is very good, no complaint "j find, but do not let these trivial consume all the time of the f h " r "V ,lr >;. »ave some, to Investigate nese fraudulent tax returns, and bring tree """crapulous tnen before a Jury ■ ~ h '* perhapa may correct the The returns of which I speak are al- j" «, not quite, exclusively wild unlm- JJo'ed lands, held for speculative pur- People whose Interest In the -be measured by "what can ‘ make out of It.” ““'j’ “ ,and speculator Is no benefit juate; he Is a menace to Its up- ln s In every respect, tinn n i ture ■ *° **y ,hat the prosecu- ow!Lt nd conviction of one maker, be ha 0?"?L° r Ofient. or attorney at law. 11 conscienceless return, for the , of false swearing, end sen- wranV® the ,ul1 limit of the law dole, . worth countless thousands of fide .t!° ,h * atat * and benefit the bona truthful tax payer by an "tense reduction of mlllage on hi* vuiimuviiD, Licimii) Arapanue imu njo, made annual forays Into Mexico aa far aa the populous city of Durango. In the forays it was not the hut of the lowly peon that was struck at, but the wealthy haciendas, driving from them the proud dames of Andalusia to their mountain fastnesses. At one time It was estimated that there were over four thousand women held by the In dians as prisoners. And this In part Is the explanation of the savage war' fare with the Texan colonist. The Indian did not understand the difference of race, but the Texan not only repulsed the Invasion, but prompt ly followed the Indian Into his own country and stamped out his attempt to Ihtroduce his Mexican custom Into Texas. Rbt the Bpnrlsh-Amerlcan Is no coward. Witness when Lopes the Younger, dictator of Paraguay, at tempted to aggrandise Paraguay at the expense of surrounding nations. He Intended .to conquer Rio Grande Do Bui from Rrnzll, the state of Carriente from Argentine und the little republic of Bonda Oriental, now called Uruguay. Learning hla Brazilian army had been defeated, he returned to Azzunclon and fortified the two rivers and from 1882 to 1807 he withstood all efforts of the allies to enter his capital and when they finally broke through after five years, hla great army of three hundred and fifty thousand men was reduced to three thousand five hundred and nlnet.v-nlne-hundrodths had been de- itroyed. Were these men cowards? It la Im possible to ao think. And yet they submitted to a state of affairs a German would not have sub mitted to for five minutes. A few years ago an attack was made on the life of Diaz, president of Mex ico, The police failed to guard tho would-be assassin properly and he was killed by a mob. The newspapers stnt- ed'at the time It was tho first lynching that had evtr occurred In Mexico. Yet we don't go to Mexico to learn clvllf zatlon. Lacltus mentions that 2,000 years ago respect for women distinguished and was a mark of the Germanic race. Have I ally other authority? Yes. Wolfgang Menzal. In his History of Gormany, aaya In volume II that when crimes against women occurred the fury of the people knew no bounds. That they even destroyed the very sites where such crimes occurred. No measures too severe can be adopt' ed, no punishment Is too great, for the Woman of the South Is all that Is worth anythin, to us. ^ Q RUGKEK Elberton, Ga. R. F. D. No. 8. Very New Jewelry The things that Mam’selle 'Vogue has approvingly P'it forth for the pleasure of her votaries are here in foive. Collars, belts, pins, bracelets, fans, purses—all just l01n the centers or fashion, ready for tlieir fair wcar- ers - Come in and see the smart things we have, Maier & Berkele ttmj>ernnce ora tor, But the “n|>tke" In the punch makes It tiute different freui water. After yati pay a dim tor the gln*g of punch, If* “The coke la dellcloue; wont you have aome lunch! Yea, I linked the cukq with my own banda:'* When nil aho really did wna to butter the pane. “Fifty cents. If you plennel” whnt do you think of that? » At the coat of things I know I’ll never get fat. And then a toothpick—you get that free— To pick from lietnVeu yonr teeth some of the Iced ten. Ob, dont* get frightened; that's only a Itcfflnnfug: . Walt till the girls find out that you are single, • And cigars (never mind the name) ot twen ty*flve cents a piece— Did you ever bear of war-time prices any thing like tbMel - You don't smoke? Well, here s a doll guess the unmet No matter the pane you guess, It s the wroax ou». Jurt tb* marked In some way that.a negro may | GET RID OF THE NEGRO. S8T wfll *2® I TO the Editor of The Georgian: T| I have noted with much Interest the various comments and suggestions on tho negro situation and Its solution. No question Is ever settled until It is settled right. This Is no time for patching up the situation, but let us go to work as a people and settle It. Southern men have always been the champions of womanhood; shall we falter now? The negro ts here nnd filled with beastly Instincts, afraid of punishment but willing to run the risk. The majesty of the law and tho ven geance of the mob have failed ullke, A large per cent of tho negroes are a worthless burden on the country. Let us unite and get lid of all of the wot'h- less negroes and our women will then have peace. How can yye do It? I answer easily enough. The worthless negro owns no property, has nothing to tic him here, so let’s get rtdiof him by not feed ing him any longer, but always en couraging him to go north, where they have but few negroes. Why employ a worthless negro? You get no satisfaction out of your bargain. It the people will form a society and every man obligate himself to never employ a negro except one of known honesty and character and only em ploy them on condition that they never mix with worthless negroes, then we would force them to be some account or get out of tho country. Of course we would furnish them the means of leaving at all times. I nominate the Hon. John Temple Graven as grand marter of the Knights of Southern Womanhood. Such order not to bo a lawless clan, but to be a body of knights to defend our women and also tho law, every white man of good character to be a member. Each to assume a solemn obligation to never employ a negro nor lot one stuy on Ills premises who Is not of good character and good habits. Wanted—Enterprising while men to put up laundries In overy city nnd town to do family washing. White cooks, white waiters and white help generally. If Europe has any to spare let us send there for help. How many ladles will by the help of their daughters do their house work until they can got white help? Grand Master, call tho meeting to or der, enroll my name nnd brand me ai a liar If I ever employ a negro to do anything I can get a white man to do or'can do myself. M. J. M'CANN. Atlanta, Ga. KU-KLUX KLAN A MISTAKE. To the Editor of The Georgian; That I have thoroughly enjoyed your editorials and the vartoua comments thereon goes without saying. I do not think, however, that the problem has so far been solved. The use of the knife would be' too much like locking the stable door after the horse had been stolen. Extra police, .marshals, etc., are very good, ns far aa they go, but they can not cover enough territory. To allow the ladles to go armed Is not at all possible, for, as I heard a lady ask, "How can a woman carry a pistol while doing her housework? ’ If the measures of the old K. K. K. were re vived It would, sooner or later, bring severe retaliation—barns, dwellings, etc., would be burned, and other simi lar crimes committed. Speaking of de porting the negroes, what would we do without the good uncles and auntlea of the old regime? They are associated with our youthful and tenderest mem ories. They "stayed by missus and de chlllen whilst marster was off, fight ing In de war.” They need us now and we need them. How could we have the heart to deport Uncle Remus? Some time ago a Judge, w|se In his day and generation, had a negro brought before him for some crime, entitling him to a Jail sentence. Instead of sending him to Jail, where he would have been an expense to the county, the Judge sentenced him to "go North and never come back here any more. The Northern people set you free, now let them take care of you!" Why not round up all of these vagrant younger generation of nogroes and send them north of the Ohio river and make them stay there? The North never has had any kind feeling for the South, and as It was entirely due to the envy and malice of the Northern fanatics "long haired men and short-haired women" that the negro was freed, and the South Impoverished, Jt Is only Just that the North should receive the "poor, down-trodden African" to Its .bosom, keep him there and take care of him. Some provision should be made also In regard to a white man or woman being allowed to carry arms to pro tect themselves. The way the law h now I must carry my gun a la “Alkali $1.00= Starts nn account with a LITTLE HOME BANK arid book or with the book only in the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OP THE NEAL BANK Interest allowed at the rate of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM, compounded semi-annually. E. H. THORNTON, Prezldent. W. F. MANRY, Cszhisr. H. C. CALDWELL, Asst. Cashier. IQISSliSISS^ Ike," or be fined and"Imprisoned foril labor Is universally employed? Does carrying concealed deadly weapons. Ip cheap labor help to put. money In clr- Is well known to "the officers of the tb-bag you hat ea t iiniiJisru '«* niMi ke n grab; fortune smiles, sod you win a rag doll. And then there's a girl that you trest to lee croitiu— . .. .. Ono dollar) Oh, how happy I d be If it was only a dream*. And out of twelve dollars, nil you’ve got Is a tin dish, a rag doll, and your lone little self— And then you walk home. -MiRiiRnirn YELLOW JESSAMINE. In depths of tangled woodlandi, whore Huuehliie falls in broken.showers. Perfume eweet Qlln all the iflr From cups of golden flowers. Downy it, the lintterfly wings, Exquisite, dainty of mold. (Outdoing gnrdmer's skill) Interlacing tesdrlla entwine, Anil rnnihllug at their own free will, filial eoniimrei with jessamine? The sweetest ol-nll flower* wild. tTeniulng star* amid the leaves. all Is still. Here droning of belated hee. Late lingering and nuw drowsily Doth fold his tlml wing* on vine* Where yellow Jouinlne entwines With lesvet of emerald green. —Augusts Wsll, MI8TY. .... _.ng of Spain was mist, And yet how rozld the king ot Spain Be mint and at the same thne. reijjiU p "THE LETHE." By Ella Anglin Varna. ■t ...... depths below; gentle l.lrd-vole» added notes *-quiver, Roee rippling rhythm from th* fulgent Wondrous the tight that abed a golden glow, Welcome the rest that softly come* o'er- Grt"lnn« n fhe calm those Lethean waves bestow. To that bright stream I gave t life's full Of 8 «“. ln t 8 u come—beartfulness gone be fore. Then to n sweeter peacf and broader mean NEGRO REQUE8T8 A TRAILER. To the Editor of The Georgian; ,. On looking ever my. paper tonight, to my surprise, I noticed a kick on the negro si to being In the way of the whiles on the street cars. Now, let me ask you. Isn’t there some way that we can get rid of the negro on the street cars with whites? 1 think so. Bay, let the street railway of the city of Atlanta do aa some of tht e|tles that I know of In the West—put on what they call trailers, and have them law" all over the, country that every negro In their, districts carries and often displays openly one or two pot metal reVolvers. Yet they are never ar. rested. It a docent white man, how. ever, Is found with "a gun In his clothes" ha Is arrested, fined ■ and Jailed. Not long ago a gentleman and his wife were vlsIVng some friends In the suburbs of a town, and as they were returning to their hotel at 9 p. m. they ware held up by three negroes, the m&n beaten Into Insensibility and the lady outraged by all three. Each of the negroes had a revolver; the white man, being “a law-abiding cltl sen," xvaa unarmed and consequently helpless. Why not havo the law so modified that any dacent white man could get n permit to go armed? He could go before the proper officials, have two responsible men to vouch for his character, give a ISO bond If rc. qulred and then carry a gun or several guns In hls clothes, sans peur, et sans reproche. Apropos of this "negro problem" It Is certainly plain to every one the Irreparable Injury It Is doing to the South In the way of, preventing the coming of liomeseekers. Having lived In Atlanta, and knowing what a pleasant abiding placa It Is, how good and friendly the' Inhabitants are, I always speak a good word for Georgia and Its people, trying to Induce Immi gration, but It Is sure up to me to nave people say, “Oh, yea, It Is a fine country, no doubt, but I can not risk taking my wife and daughters, there. Your state Is too dangerous on account of the negroes.” No need In looking to "the North” for sympathy; It Is not there—for the South. There must be a slop put to “the black terror” NOW, and THE MODE OF STOPPING MUST COME OUT OF THE SOUTH. Very sincerely yours, FULLER BRIERS. Clarksville, Tenn., Sept. G, 1908. THE REIGN OF TERROR MU8T END To the Editor of The Georgian; In your editorial headed "The Rolgn of Terror Must End,” I heartily agree with you. We cannot atand by and sea our women, whom we love, sub jected to the negro's brutality. It must end and that ut once. It has got to where a lady cannot walk the streets of Atlanta without being Insulted by a negro. Fellow citizens, let's all get to gether and put a. stop to these out rageous crimes. I have this sugges tion to make. Every negro that com mits a crime and Is found guilty, ban ish him unless It Is a capital crime, then hang him. By this means It will eventually thin them out. It will strike terror to the heart of the negro and I don't think It would be long until we would have a better race of negroes. May Ood speed the day when our women can go about In safety. Yours, CLARENCE L. JESTER Atlanta, Ga. FONETIC SPELLING. To the Editor of The Oeorglan: I sec that the president wants to Chang the way of spellln. Now, I want to Intr a prates. In the fust place I wuld Ilk to tel you whl. I hav got as good n educaslon as It wus possible at the time that I wus goln. It cos me a hole lot of mony an It alnt fair to a man that at iny ag to try to lem him ol tricks, as I have to mak my bred an meet for my wife and chllun one a wek with enuf do to mak them respec their dad. I want to tel you that I went to scool (12) yrs and th?r was (23) In ml clns an I stud at the hed nl the time. I no that everything has changed, but I don't say that Its rite to make a pore man hoo has already got hls edlcatlon, go bac an lern all over. Now I reed yore paper an I ■"‘.ok It Is the best In Georgia, an I am wlllln to Stan by what yu sa. I hat- got a hole lot of chllun that has to tie edlcatsd an befo I span anl mony with things as unsettled as they ar now, I wll tech them my self. Yours truly. JON JONSON. AWAITING A MOSES. To tho Editor of The Georgian; You may rest assured that the great masses of the white people of this country, and especially of this South land, are with you In regard to the so lutlon of the race problem, and when some Moses rises up to lead them, ns did the Hon. Hoke Smith on the freight and passenger rate nnd disfranchise ment questions, It will be seen how the people stand aa against a few arrogant aristocrats, who desire to keep fhe ne gro here for Us own selfish purposes In order to retain cheap labor servants. And right here I wish to ask, can any country- be prosperous where cheap culatlon among our business men who are the patrons of our manufactories? Any Intelligent man would answer no. As an example, take our cities that are dependent almost exclusively upon poorly paid cotton mill help and com- pare them with cities that have mt< chine shops and foundries, where de cent wages are paid for labpr, and note the difference in prosperity. No, Mr. Editor, the negro Is not here to stay; the time will come when all America will wake up on this great question and will deport him aa they did the Indian. Let's disagree with Mr. Bryan In part, and retain the Philippine Islands. We may need them In the future aa a home for at leaat a part of the negroes of the United States. And we can hire ships to take them there cheaper than we can hire a sufficient number of police to keep them In order here among the Caucasian race. But lot's keep them In their place while they do stay. john xv. no WE. 108 West Fourth street, Atlanta, Ga. Be Always Chivalrous, To the Editor of The Georgian: Soma time since It was my pleasure to take a trip through the North. Trav eling with me was another young man, a Southerner like myself. As you, of course, know, men In the North are not vested with that same spirit of polite ness toward ladles as are the meu of the Southland. The point that I am about to como to Is just this: Should Southerners who go North adopt the customs of the Northerners while In the North? Should true Southerners kesp their seats on street cars while ladles stand, and fall to remove their hats on elevators In the presence of la dles just because that Is ths custom In the North? I ask for nn onswei to this as my Southern friend Is of the opinion tlist while you are In the North you should do as the Northerners do. If you are a Southerner should you not bo a Southerner both North and South? Will appreciate an answer. Yours truly. F. B. L. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24, 1006. Has ths Right Ring. To the Editor of The Georgian; Inclosed find 84.GO, payment for one year's subscription to your splendid pa per, The Atlanta Oeorglan. I want your paper because It is a white man's paper and has the right ring of truest metal; Is strenuous in the cause of right, and advocates In no uncertain tone the staying of the brutal hand of the black peril, the utter extermi nation of the rapist. I have already mailed you on several occasions some of my own writings along this all-im portant line, while I was at my native lome, Yazoo City, Miss. A steady and hot fire should be vary continuous by press, pulpit end double- barreled shotguns loaded to the very brim with buckshot, until we are the victors. For, Indeed, the white wo men of our whole lend must and shall be duly respected, even by these can didates for and Imps of very hell as they are! I may write you an article at my leisure. If this subject cannot hurry up enthusiasm, then. Indeed, the Indt- v dual must be not only very callous- hearted, but, Indeed, the most cold- hearted, soul-seared rapist himself. Your friend, J. POTTS HOLT. Creola, Mobile County, Ala. 8end Them to the Country, To the Editor of The Oeorglan: I have been reading some of the accounts of “The Reign of Terror” by the Atlanta papers. Viewed from a distance It would seem to me that much of this Is due to a congestion of the negro population around ur cities and towns. While you town folks are being worried with the Idle negro our farmers are endeavor ing In vain to get labor to pull fodder, pick cotton and cultivate unbilled land. Why not force the negro Into the country districts where he Is needed In stead of drawing him Into towns to Us- ROUND TRIP And Cheap One-way Rates -TO- CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST Round trip Summer Excursions from all points East to Pacific Coast and Northwest until September 15th, with special stopover privileges, good returning to October 31st, 1906. CHEAP COLONIST ONE-WAY TICKETS TO CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST FROM AUGUST 27th TO OCTOBER 31st. 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Instead of sending him to the city prison why not force him to go Into the country and work for some farmer who needs hls labor. Much valuable land Is being turned out ev ery year by Southern farmers, while Idlo, worthless negroes tramp the streota of cities anil towns, stealing for n living nnd commltlng outrages on while women for a pastime. I say: Away with all education for the negro except that which will maka a good farmer of him. Another thing that contributes ti make the negro worthless Is the num her of lodge houses they have. By the side of every negro church or school house Is a negro lodge house. The members of this secret order, whatever It Is, are Invariably worthless. I say, do away with them. Respectfully, JOHN ANDY SMITH. Bowman, Oa., Aug. 81, 1908. THE TREATMENT OF OSBORNE. To the Editor of The Georgian: Speaking for the amalgamated wood workers, I desire to voice their protest against the action of Mayor Woodward In refusing Mr. J. B. Osborne a permit to speak nn the streets of this city. We may not agree with hls politics, but as working men we bflieve In tree speech and a fair deal. At a recent meeting the men In two of the large shops In Incorporate them In an open letter to Mayor Woodward: "This Is to notify you that we, the amalgamated woodworkers of this city, that helped to vote you Into office you now hold, are In favor of free speech. You allow Mormons to speak on tho streets; why not ail? And we now promise you that we shall protest against all men and all parties that help suppress peaceful assemblies given by the fourth amendment to tho constitution of the United States." It was not so many years ago that the union man who undertook to speak for better wages and fair conditions r e ceived about the same treatment that Is accorded Osborne. The crowds who gather about Mr. Osborne are In no sense disorderly; hls speeches are as free from treason, or any other nn- wholesomene*s, as ar* the sermons of the various preachers of the day. Any way. the workers of our craft believe public sentiment should rebuke the action of the mayor. Yours, ALVAH W. YORK. Atlanta, Oa., Aug. 31, 1908. A HEARTFELT approval. To the Editor ot The Georgian: God bless you for your noble stand In behalf of Southern womanhood. The time has come for speaking out. und Jet us do so. The time has come for ac tion. Let us act with soberness, but with a tremendous determination. ■■■■■ ... Youn, for white supremacy and the this city Indorsed the following sentl-I Anglo-Saxon. W. O. 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