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ATLANTA
Population 130.000
Homes 28.000
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Miles of street railways iso
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VOL. 1. NO. 129.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1906
PT?T<TR- 0n Train* FIVE CENTS.
ITXUAjUl. la Atlanta TWO CENTS.
IN A TIME LIKE THIS—it is the duty of every man to defend our city and our state
against the disgrace that has come to us. Although the crimes that have been committed by
negroes"kre unbearable, let every true citizen show that he does not approve of the suffering
and death of the innocent victims of mobs. Men, keep cool—God and the world are looking
on and demanding that we punish the guilty—not the innocent.
CALM IS NOW RESTORED
AFTER THE WILD RIOTING;
NO TROUBLE IS IN SIGHT
Unfounded Rumors
Sunday Rep lace
Acts of Saturday.
MILITARY PATROL
THROUGHOUT CITY
REINSTATES LAW
Six Hundred of State Troops
Were on Duty Sun
day Night.
The riot Is over.
Atlanta Is quiet and there Is no In
dication of further trouble.
At 2 o'clock the streets presented
their usual work day appearance and
every vestige of the disorder of Sat.
urday night and Sunday had disap
peared.
Since midnight Sunday there has
been no disorder In the city. Shortly
after that hour a negro was lynched
at East Point, but It was done so quiet'
]y that even East Point did not knov
flUUWttll moxaias- .
The military companies of the Second
regltnent have returned to their homes.
No more troops will be called out. The
local companies are still In uniform and
under arms, but they have been with
drawn from the streets and are at .their
barracks awaiting emergencies.
The police and military authorities
have the situation well In hand and.be
lieve that all trouble Is over. Rumors
of disorder In the forenoon proved un
founded.
No city of North or South could re
gret more deeply the riots of Satur-
, clay night and Sunday than Atlanta.
Hut the citizens who stand for some
thing—who own property, who have
built Atlanta Into what It Is—are free
from any stigma. The howling mob
which made Decatur and 'Marietta
streets a pandemonium Saturday night
had not one citizen of standing In Its
disordered ranks. Unkempt men of the
streets, half grown boys at first. In
spired by a boy’s love of excitement
and afterwards animated by animal
passion, formed the mob which has
sent the name of Atlanta over the
wires in no enviable light.
Began in Comedy.
Like all mobs. It had but a small be*
ginning. It began halt In comedy. Jt
ended in tragedy. If that first gather
ing in Decatur street, near Marietta,
had been dispersed before It grew un
governable, there would be no troops
in Atlanta today—there would have
been no terror in Atlanta homes for two
long nights. , . „
At 9 o’clock Saturday night a crowd
of perhaps a hundred gathered at De
catur and Marietta streets. It was
stated afterwards that the trouble be
gan when a white woman was stopped
by a negro and her purse snatched. But
those who were standing In the streets
saw nothing but a swarm of boys, who
saw nothing but a swarm oi uoys, wnu
yelled and hooted at every negro who
passed by, shouting to him to run and
aiding him with a kick or a blow with
a stick.
At first It was almost good natured.
There was not an angry face in the
crowd. Even the negroes who ran the
gauntlet seemed to mind but little the
blows which hammered them and bent
their efforts to reaching a side street,
where they might escape. There was
n<» effort to follow them.
But as the mob grew its temper rose.
Inflamed by the vile whlrky of the De-
catur street dives, the white men who
frequent the slums on Saturday night
•1 rifted Into the crowd and their temper
spread to the rest. Soon the street was
filled until It was black with men.
Restlessly it moved down Decatur
street. Its leaders announcing that
they were going to clean out the dives.
Here and there a frenzied man would
rise on a bale of hay or a wagon and
brandish an "extra” In the air, and the
mob would howl for blood.
Policemen were sent from the sta-
tlon, but they could not cope with the
mob. Then the reserves were ordered
out and men of the day watch awak
ened at their homes and rushed to the
• cne. But the police had let Its op
portunity slip by. The mob was now
beyond all restraint.
Shooting Begins.
Suddenly a number of shots rang out
in Piedmont avenue close to Decatur.
They were fired In the air to frighten
* fleeing negro, but they were a signal
f r deadly shooting a little later. Other
“hots were fired. Pistols were shown
b'idly now, as the mob realized Its
■irength.
, T hen a fire alarm rang out and
•'hi* f Joyner In his buggy turned from
* ’ htroe Into Decatur street and
""ept into the crowd. He never check-
' I Ids horse as he reached the crowded
Mrv °L but the mob had heard his gong
nnl «p)!t into tw9 parts to give him
r ‘""sage. Down the street Jie drove at
MINISTERS CONDEMN
SENSATIONAL EXTRAS
The Methodist ministers of Atlanta, at their meeting at the Wesley
Memorial church Monday morning, adopted unanimously a number of
resolutions denouncing the riot of Saturday night as an outrage, criti
cising the authorities for lax methods In preventing It, condemning the
dives which breed crime and the negroes who are responsible for attacks
on women. They criticised the action of the sensational papers In issuing
Inflammatory headlines on Saturday night.
The resolutions were In substance as follows:
“Whereas, The peace and good order of our city have been disturbed
by a lawless mob; Its good name dishonored. Innocent people sttacked
and our population terrorized: therefore,.be it resolved:
“1. That we deplore and condemn the assaults on white women which
have justly aroused the bitterest feelings of our people, and we express
our deepest symapthy with the victims of black brutes.
“2. That we condemn the lawless spirit that would not only visit
vengeance on the guilty, but wrath upon the innocent, and that we call
upon right-thinking people, by sentiment and action, to regard human
rights and divine Justice.
“3. That we express our profoundest sympathy with the Innocent suf
ferers of lawless violence.
“4. That we deplore the weak and slow administration of justice by
the courts and hesitating manner of the guardians of the public peace In
suppressing dens of vice and hotbeds of violence.
“5. That we believe that nearly all acts of violence are caused by the
sale and use of intoxicating drinks and we call upon all our cltlzsna for
the suppression of the liquor traffic.
"4. That we deprecate all sensational presentations of assaults or at
tempted assaults, as exciting passion and violence.
“7. That we call upon the authorities to prosecute to the fullest extent
‘ his murderous mob.
of the law the leaders and Instigators of thli
"8. That as ministers of the gospel, charged with the forming and
strengthening of right public opinion, we will renew our dfllfgence In con
demning every form of wrong and In telling our opinion to obedience of
(Sod and of the state.".
MAYOR WOODWARD APPEALS
FOR THE REIGN OF THE LAW
To All Citizens of Atlanta:
I appeal to pvery citizen of Atlanta to settle down again to business and to pay no attention
to th'e rumors which will doubtless continue to go tho rounds of the city, over nine-tenths of
which are absolutely false.
I appeal to you to exert every effort to quell any disturbance which you might see and to
report the same Immediately to police headquarters.
I appeal to the negroes to keep off the streets ns much as possible, as their presence might
again arouse thejanimosity of the whites to further action.
I appeal to husbands and sons to remain at home after nightfall until all semblance of ex
citement has pnssed away, knowing that their services arc more needed there than on the streets.
These appeals I make with the greatest earnestness and belief that they will he answered.
. There have been a, number of tho better clnss of citizens drawn into the events of the past
few days beenuse of the general excitement, but now mntters have reached the point where no
more lawlessness will be tolerated. The law will take its course. There will be no mercy shown
to any breakers thereof. Affairs must become normal. And so it shall be.
After 8 o’clock Monday night every minor found on tho atreets will he arreated unless a sat
isfactory explanation can bo given. The police have been instructed, and I wish to notify all
parents.
Tho saloons will be closed throughout the day, and if at night it ia believed necessary to
keep them closed longer, they will remain closed.
Every protection the civic authorities can give will be given to the people. This protection
will extend to all law-abiding citizens.
The fair name of Atlanta demands that the most stringent measures shall now be enforced
and to protect this name nothing will be left undone. It is my earnest appeal, desire and belief
that the citizens who have and who are making Atlanta what it is will give their united efforts to
the cause. JAMES 0. WOODWARD, Mayor .of Atlanta.
OF WHO EXTRAS
‘I Am Thankful That All
Papers Did Not Get
Them Out.”
I am thankful that all the papers
(lid not Join in the business of get
ting out extras Saturday night,” said
Mayor Woodward Monday morning.
"Many of. tho reports that were pub
lished were not only fuel to the fire, but
entirely false. It Is to be hoped in the
future that the papers will be exceed
ingly careful what they publish when
the news touches on anything like the
cause of the riot.”
Mayor Woodward showed plainly the
disgust and anger he felt because of
the numerous extras Saturday night.
These extras were sold from one end
of the city to the other, and brought
many hundreds of people to the center
of the city.
At the Grand, as well as at the other
theaters, newsboys were ready and
waiting for the crowd when the final
curtain had been rung down. The men
bought, read and Joined the mob as
spectators and thus gave “the weight
of their /presence to those who were
doing the killing,” as It was stated by
the mayor.
Mayor Woodward stated Monday
thnt the most deplorable part of the
whole occurrence was the fact that so
many innocent negroes suffered.
"The real perpetrators of the assaults
were doubtless hiding while the work
ing negroes were on the streets and
were those who suffered.
"The better classes of the negroes
should be protected, and will be,” said
the mayor, "and the lawless class of
whites should be punished. If the mob
had caught and disposed of the rapists,
It would not have been so bad. But
PRESS IS URGEB -
BY GRAND JURY
TO STOP EXTRAS
Resolution Against Sensa
tionalism Is
Passed.
AT EAST POINT
BAPTIST MINISTERS
DISCUSS SITUATION
ZeJ Long Taken From
Calaboose and
Strung Up.
The following resolution* were Mon
day adopted by the grand Jury:
Reiolved, by the grand Jury of Ful
ton county. That the pree* of the city
be urged to abstain from the publica
tion of all sensational and Inflammatory
news mntter: to discontinue the pub
lication of “extras" In reference to pre-
toraj condition: to publish no ( r ,. t „i and | odg <. d In Jail. The negro
had been In Jail but a short while,
A very quiet, but determined mob,
broke down the door of the Bast Point
calaboose shortly before midnight Sun
day night, and, taking a negro named
Zed Long, lynched him without cere
mony.
Sunday night the negro armed him
self and came to East Point nourishing
revolver. He was immediately ar-
Name Strong Committee of Six to Investigate
Conditions and Report on Next
Sunday.
Fifty Baptist ministers met Monday
morning In the First Baptist church at
the regular meeting of the Baptist Min
isters' Conference.
The situation now existing here was
the chief topic of discussion, but owing
to the tense feeling now those present
deemed it wisest not tb Issue any state
ment at this time or take any pro
nounced course.
A committee consisting of Dr. W. W.
l«nndrum, pastor of the First Baptist;
Dr. John E. White, pastor of tho Sec
ond Baptist; Rev. John E. Purser, pas
tor of West End Baptist; Dr. J. W. Mil
lard. pastor of Ponce DeLeon Baptist;
Dr. V. C. Norcross, pastor of Western
Heights Baptist, and Rev. Samuel Cow
an, pastor of Emanuel Baptist, were
appointed to Investigate and make
'his committee will make a report on
the causes and influences of the situa
tion now existing In Atlanta, looking
toward organisation of sentiment
among Baptist people to go to the bot
tom of the matter. They will begin
work along this line Immediately.
WHOLE POLICE FORCE
KEPT ON EXTRA DUTY
rumors until such rumors are first in
vestigated and found to be true; In
short, to use conservatism and discre
tion in the treatment of all facts relat
iBf to the conditions now confronting
Yours truly.
A. J. WEST, Foreman.
J. R. NtlTTWO, Secretary.
In many Instances I know personally
of negroes who suffered thnt were of
the law-abiding kind.
"This morning I have received many
telephone calls from people all over the
city, especially women, asking me to
keep the men nt home while the waters
nro troubled, and everything will be
done to carry out these requests.
"If tho riot should continue, the
governor will place the city under mar-
tint Inw, which will be nn everlasting
disgrace to Atlanta and to her citi
zens.
"It Is my belief, however, that the
excitement I* now over. The Inw-nhld-
Ing citizen* who joined the mob, being
carried away with the excitement of
the moment, hqve had time to come to
their senses. The boys who nre re
sponsible for much of the trouble will
be kept off the streets, and the author
ities will attend to the others.”
companies arrived, hut tho mob
armed In behind them nnd Jeered at
the firemen.
Water Turned on Crowd.
Here the first effective repulse of the
mob began. Six streams of water with
powerful pressure from the mains were
turned upon tho rioters, the firemen
advancing up Decatur street toward
I’enchtree and beating the mob hack
before them. Hod It been a question
of storming a Jail or of defending any
one spot the water would have solved It.
Rut the streams only served to drive
the mob, angrier than before, to a
street out of reach of the hose.
building, occurred the first recorded
tragedy of the night. A negro, hi*
head bleeding nnd his clothing tom,
emerged from the mob nnd ran up the
street. A man stepped from the crowd
and fired nnd the negro fell.
This was the beginning. Within half
an hour It whs reported thnt two ne
groes were lying dead under the For
syth street viaduct and another a block
out Marietta street. The mob moved
on and no negro who came within Its
clutches escaped without a terrible
beating.
By this time, close upon midnight,
every negro who had escaped the riot
ers was making his way homeward
Then the mob turned toward Martel- thrmI|f |, silent street* or crawling
t.i street. By this time the theater*
were emptying: their crowd*. From the
Star on Dccalur street came a thousand
men to Join the mob. From the up
town theaters came women and chil
dren Who shrank back In terror from
the mob and took a roundabout course
to their cars. Many sought refuge In
the hotels rather than attempt a Jour
ney home. And all this time the mob
was swelling In number and growing
more violent as U swelled.
First Tragedy of the Night.
through dark alleys In an effort t<
roach shelter. Many slept In the first
hilling place they could reach. The
mob was losing It* prey.
Negroes Dragged From Car*.
But the street cars>rere half filled
with negroes who had thought them,
selves safe In company with respectable
white people. The mob stopped a car
in Forsyth, near Marietta, and dragged
them shrieking from their seat*. The
motorman made an effort to put on
peed, hut some one pulled the trolley
. t. .. ... I oa U'klla U',..non n n.l
v : wwn ine street jie arove at ■ 7- - - , fh very *hnd- speed. nut Home one pulled the trolley
fh# U h ' U * ,,ac ® R 5 d beh,nd h,m c ?™ e ,n y^h^United State* government from the wire. White women and chll-
l,l « boae carts and reserve men. Other ow of the LMtea ouuro
however, when tho news spread 1
the little town. A well-organized
posse got together and marched quietly
to the calaboose, broke down the door,
took the negro Zed Long out, nnd,
marching him to a batch of woods a
half mile from the town, lynched him.
Ho quietly was the lynching executed
that the more peacefully-inclined in
habitants of the town were ignorant of
any such doings. No one In East Point
seems to know' Just where the mob
originated or Just when It evaporated.
All that was left to show for the lynch
ing Monday morning was the battered
door of the |all and the lifeless form of
a negro hanging to a tree.
dren In the car saw what followed.
At 12:30 o’clock the fire alarm rang
out the riot call and members of the
various companies began to muster at
their armories. But the regiment was
widely scattered, And it was long after
midnight before It could be mobilized.
By that time the rioters had left thf
uptow n streets nnd broken Into smaller
squads, which raided negro settlements
in various quarters.
Crowds Corns to Town.
During the hour* fenm 10 to 12 o'clock
the streets presented such scenes as
never before darkened a page In At
lanta’s history. Reports of the rioting
reached to the suburbs and every In-
Continufd on Pago Twe.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS!
Owing to th* undu* excite-
ment which *«*m* to prevail in
umt Motion* of tho city, tho
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although tho moocongsr Mrvieo
io badly crippled today.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Police Captain John C. Joiner, who la
acting chtcf of police Monday, an
nounced thnt the whole of the police
force will he kept on extra duty as long
as Is considered necessary.
Chief Henry Jennings remained at
hi* home Monday morning In nn effort
to get a little rest, he hnvlng been on
a terrific strata since enrly Saturday
night.
The police, both officer* nnd men,
are all working extra time, and an In
creased force of call oflleers Is being
kept nn duty at the police station to
answer emergency calls.
The day watch, under command of
Captain Joiner, went on duty Sunday
t morning at I o'clock and onc-holf of
the watch remained In service until
midnight. The other half went off of
duty at 3 o'clock In the afternoon and
came back at midnight. These men
will be nn until noon Monday.
The evening watch, under Captain
Mayo, went on duty at noon Sunday
and remained In service until midnight
The morning watch, under Captain
Jett, went on at that hour and came
off Monday nt noon. This arrangement
will bo continued until all semblance of
trouble has been dissipated. By this
means, one full wateh and half of an
other wateh Is on duty all the time.
The police have rendered splendid
service anil have offered no complaint
at the extra duty Imposed on them.
ALL NEGRO CLUBS
On complaint of H. L. Johnson, of
the firm of negro lawyers, Johnson ft
Malone, Acting Chief Joiner sent a
squad of men Monday afternoon to
close all the clubs, dives and negro
restaurants on Ivy street.
Johnson went to the station and re
ported that these places were filled with
negro toughs and questionable charac
ters, nnd he deemed It wise to close up
the places for the time. A squad of
men were dispatched at once to do so.
CITIZENS TO MEET
TO GUARD WEST ENO
MOTORMAN STRUCK
ON HEAD 01 ROCK
W. M. Johnson, a motorman on an
Auburn avenue electric car, was struck
the head by a rock while passing
tbc v corner of Auburn avenue and Fort
street Monday afternoon about 1:30
o'clock. He was not seriously Injured
and was able to continue nn duty. It
Is believed that the rock was thrown by
a negro concealed In that vicinity.
West End will be protected by a clt|.
sens' patrol. The citizens of that pnr
tlon of Atlanta plan to meet Monday
evening and lay out plans In have an
organized set of men protect the homes
from any possibility of outrage or dis
turbance. The organization will place
guards, and n system of notifying the
residents will be perfected.
Thi* more comea alter the acan ot
Sunday night when the rumor of a con
centrated assault on West End spread
to nearly every home.
“A mob of 500 negroes Is marching
on West Find with the Intention of
burning the homes," was the report,
and because of It some 150 men sat
with guns across their knees until
dawn scattered all possibility of such
an action.
Sanitary Chief John Jentzen said
Monday: "West End Is not frightened,
but It I* prepared for anything that
may turn up. A vigilance organization
will guard that portion of the city per
haps for the next month.”
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O THANKS GOD FOR
O THE GEORGIAN. 0
O Thank God for The Georgian, O
O especially for Its' 12 o'clock edltnn O
O of this day, when there Is so much O
O unholy excitement, both In the O
O press and among the people. O
O H. B. JOHNSON. O
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STERNJUSTICE
BY RECORDER
Several Punished in
Police Court Monday
Morning.
"This Is tha most Important court In
Fulton county today. All the other
cqurts will have to wait on this one.”
was'Recorder Nash R. Broyles' rejoind
er to a local lawyer Monday morning,
who wanted a special case called In
order to attend another court
When court was called to order
every seat In the room was filled, ami
a large crowd stood around the railing.
For once the negroes were somewhat
conspicuous by their absence, tha largo
bulk of the crowd being whites.
Only a few of the rioting coses were
disposed ot at the morning session be
cause of the absence of a number of
the arresting officers. The majority of
the cases will be called In the aftcr-
noota Enough were disposed of. how
ever, to Indicate clearly the attltudo of
the recorder In the coses to follow.
A thirty-day Mntence In the stock
ade without the privilege of paying n
fine, and a thousand-dollar bond for
rioting waa the pace Mt by the record
er on those alleged to be guilty of tak
ing an aettvs part In tho rioting.
T. E. Clements, a young white man,
wore a bloody shirt when he fated
the recorder.' He had been struck u
blow across the head by Officer J. A.
Hollis Saturday night after he had
first struck the officer. Officers Clark
and Starnes stated that Clements was
one of the leaders In the mob which
was chasing negroes and breaking
window lights, and doing other damage
around the corner of Pryor nnd De
catur street*. When arrested he re
stated and struck Officer Hollis with n
heavy stone wrapped In a cloth, so the
officers testified. The officer was un
able to appear In court because of Ills
Injury.
Recorder Lecture*.
The recorder gave Clements a severe
lecture. "Guilty negroes will he prose-
cuted, but the Innocent ones must be
protected,” said he. "1H give you
thirty days without a fine and hind
rou over to tho superior court under a
16,000 bond for assault with Intent to
murder and for rioting.”
"Well, I'm going to get me a lawyer
and seewbout this," was the remnrk of
Clsmenn a* he was led back to tha
prisoner’s room.
“Yes, you'll need live or six of them
before you get out of this,” was tho re
corder's sharp retort. -
In the other cases tried the recorder
administered a severe lecture to those
engaged In the rioting, and the follow
ing young white men, all of them of
good address, were given thirty days
without the privilege of a fine, nnd
bound over to the superior court under
31.000 bonds for rioting:
W. P. Carter, claims ho worked for
L. W. Rogers. Officer Hudgins arrest
ed him Saturday night on Mitchell
street, taking a Winchester rifle from
him. The officer was considerably
bruised up by the crowd whllo trying
to take Carter to tho patrol box.
R. L. Hurst, tbs young son of a
former policeman, was given the same
sentence. M. J. Ware, a young dentist,
waa also given thirty days, and 3L000
bond. Two young men named Polk
and Green received a llko sentence.
Many. Concealed Weapon*.
J. H. Hinton, 15. FI. Callaway and
W. Webb, young white men of good
appearance, were arrested by Officer
Rowan. The officer produced a large
bundle of knucks. knives, pistols, ra
zors, etc., which he claimed ho found
concealed on their persons. They were
each bound over under 3100 bonds for
carrying concealed weapons. J. I,.
Cook, who was with them, had a gun.
but It was not concealed, and he wus
released.
Cleveland Roper, Charles Cowan and
Frank Henderson, young boys, hardly
out of knee pants, wers lined 325 nnd
costa each, for prowling around on the
streets Bundsy night armed with sticks
and stones.
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* SITUATION IN HAND, o
BELIEVES GOVERNOR. O
Governor Terrell believes that O
the gravest troublfr here Is ende.i, a
and that whatever comes now o
will be sporadic, and with prompt O
action on the part of the officials o
and national guard nil attempts at O
rioting will be quickly suppressed. O
It Is his opinion also that* the O
situation Is now well In hand, nnd 0
that with coolness and clear-head- o
ed action on the.psrt of the best O
people, no further outbreaks mu 0
occur. o
Practically all reasons for mar- O
tlal law have been removed, and O
the governor has no Intention of o
declaring It unle-s there should O
l>e repetitions of Saturday night's O
disorder. He was busy Monday O
morning conferring with officers o
of the state guard amt prominent O
citizens of Atlanta. o
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