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the Atlanta Georgian sha>. keitemukh si i*w. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. P. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connection!. Subscription Rites: One.Yesr $4.50 Si* Months....... 2.50 Three Months ..... 1.25 By Csrrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundiy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 V. Altbsms Street, Atlsnts; Go. Entered is second eliss matter April SS. IMS. at ths Poetoflee at Atlanta. Qa.. under set of eaesresa of Uareb S. 117*. Subscribers falling to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who ean not purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Cireulation Manager without delay, end the eom* plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephoneai Bell 4927 Maim Atlanta 4401. SMITH A THOMPSON. ADVERTISING REPRESENTA TIVES FOR TERRITORY OUTSIDE OF UBOUUU. Eastern Offices: Western OITteea: I'otter Bide-. New York. Tribune Uld(„ Cblcaao. The Georgian calls tha attantlon of Its multitude of correspondents to theaa facta: That all communications must be signed. No anonymous eommunloation will be printed. No manuscripts will be returned unless stamps are Inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondanta are urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much as possible. A half a column will be read, whereas a full column will be paeaed over by the majority of readers. The Real Spirit of Southern White Men Lot The Georgian glvo you an Instance of the real feeling of Southern white men toward the right kind of . negroes. On Tuesday we ~eeordod the proffer of personal and military service by the College Park negroes to the white men of that suburb In repelling any band of reck less and irresponsible negroes who might over disturb the town. On Tuesday ovbnlng there was a leellng of general unrest In the city and suburbs over what seemed a well founded rumor thnt a disorderly force was gather ing from nil sections Of the county to rendesvous at East Point and to bent nnd terrorise the negroes of East Point anil College Park. At 7 o'clock tho mayor of College Park ordered every negro to bo at home for safety by 8 o'clock—an order which waa promptly obeyed. _ Then tho white men of College Park held a confer ence over their telephones and In personal conversation, nnd unanimously agreed that In view of the admirable way In which the College Park negroes had behaved In this crisis that the white men of College Park would not permit them to be mistreated by any mob from nny jrhero, and that If necsssary they would protect them at the point of their guns. * This Is the real bottom spirit of every Southern white man to every negro whom be knows to be good nnd worthy. In Its last analysts there are no people under the sun who are as kindly and helpful to the right sort of negro as the Southern white man. Wj are the only people on earth who know and appreciate them, nnd for such negroes as those that llvo at College Park there wljl always be found such white men as live at Col lege Park to f.efend them. The Evil Element of Both Races. In the terrible municipal and county tragedies ot the last seven weeks culminating on Snturday night, both the white race and the negro race have been tho victims of their worst nnd lenst .representative elements. No man knows better than the editor of The Georgian that the crime of ratio which goaded this people to a final and terrible vengeance does not represent the Indorse ment or the approval of tho better element or tho ma jority element of the negro race. The Georgian Itaclf ha* made thnt fact crystal clear. Whatever we may or may not have done In other lines of service. The Georgian can at least claim the full credit for having developed the cooperation of tho lending negroes with the white man In tho warfare against these assaults upon white women. This wns our position, strongly as sumed, and at least earnestly defended. We advocated any form of business reprisal or of business withdrawal which might be necessary to compel the editors, teach ers, preachers nnd leaders of the negro raco to give less time lo the denunciation of lynching nnd more time and space to the preaching nnd teaching of boll nnd damnation tor the greater crime ot assaulting white women. And we have borne cheerful and hearty testimony to the fact that these negro teachers and editor* and preachers have with commendnble loyalty and admirable feeling accepted this suggestion nnd have given us such oo-operstlon ns has never been given before In the suppression of the crime of crimes. We are Just os confident ns we live that the fruit of this loyal 'cooperation will be seen later, nnd we cannot fall to express now and at all times our hearty apprecia tion of the good sense and of the Christian support dis played by these leading negroes In this advocncy. We know moreover that these men represent the majority of the negro race, and that the crimes recently committed against white women were the acta of fren- sled and bestial brutes who represent the more vIcIoiib element of the negro race. It Is well to keep this fact In mind, and these two .sets. The non-representative char acter of the criminal and the strong moral support of the negro leader should both lie remembered at any future time in which Southern people might be stirred to the frenxy of another physical vengeance from an accumu lative series of negro Yissaults. And we know Just as well that the recent mob In At lanta waa not composed of the representative and thought ful people of this dty. It whs largely composed of wild young men, eager, passionate, adventurous, filled with hot blood and eager to avenge without deliberation or without discrimination the most damnable of crimen against the women of the South. To these were Joined those reckless nnd Irresponalble bands of hoodlums which belong to all communities and who are ever ready for any trouble or disturbance which offers a vent to their passion*. The acta of these men have been condemned, con demned sufficiently and condemned enough, by the thoughtful men of Atlanta who were in public meeting as sembled. Now that It Ip all over, the problem to be solved how the better elements of both races can control here after the evil element of each race. When that problem Is solved, our wars will be over and there will never be riots any more. Who Shall Cast the First Stone at Us? We are not much concerned over any permanent lapse of reputation for Atlanta growing out of the recent tragedies culminating on Saturday night It Is much to be deplored, and the actions first the rapists and second of the rioters are to be strongly' and fiercely condemned, aa they have been. But we do not share in the expressed opinion that Atlanta Is going to be shamed and stigmatized and stain ed tor any length of time by the record of this period If all the cities without sin dr riotous records lo this republic should throw stones at Atlanta, there would not be enough In the falling shower to build child's playhouse on the side of the room. What city, for Instance, would cast the first stone at Atlanta? Certainly not New York, the metropolis of the republic, tor on n November night not two years ago the streets of this great city from Thirty-second to Forty- third, right In the heart of Its law apd authority, were made reeking shambles ot broken heads and battered noses and splintered arms of tho negroes of New York, assaulted, broken, beaten nnd sought to be killed by wild mob of New York people upon a provocation that did not touch the lower rung of the ladder on which At lanta’s Indignation rose to a final and fierce expression. Certainly not Chicago, where not once, but twice or three times In the present decade, the great metropolis of the west, with Its maudlin negrophlllsm (In spots) has mobbod negroes In the streots and chased them In death- dealing riots In their owi particular quarter of the city, and once had a rope around the neck of a negro to bang him to a lamp post on State street tor snatching a pocketbook from ths arm of a shopper In one of the stores. Certainly not Wilmington, Del., nor Leavenworth, Kan which set a new fashion and broke all records In the horrible tragedies of burning negroes to death. Certainly not Danville, Ills., nor Evansville, Ind nor Felicity, Ohio, nor Pans, nor Cartersvllle, nor Topeka nor Lawrence, Kansas, nor a hundred towns who live In glass houses stained with the record of more violent riots than Atlanta has even heard of, and tor a provocation by comparison Infinitely small. The sporadic bursts of a few Northern newspapers who uro compelled to write their pious homilies and to record their dutiful protests, may roast Atlanta tor a season and disregard the strong and forceful protests that our own people have made against the crimes of both races. Four million readers of the New York, Washington, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis papers read on Mon day tho full, Btrong statement of Atlanta's provocation, as written by the edltrr of The Georgian. But In tho course of time the cities and the newspa pers will recall the record of their own mad excesses under serious provocation, and accepting the full state ment of Atlanta's representative condemnation, will blot out all remembrance of the unfortunate tragedy of Sat urday and will not fall to say that Atlanta Is just as good, even If they have thought It Just as bad, as the other cities of the United States. Let Us Postpone Clansman. The coming of Thomas Dixon's “Clansman" to the Brand opera house of Atlanta next month should be post poned. It Is not good policy to have It at this time. We do not go ns far as some of the timorous nnd fecblo-mlnded (n condemning Tom Dixon's play. It has some strong points nnd crystallises soma great funda mental principles which our civilisation ought to hear at Intervals. But the present period In Atlanta Is distinctly un favorable to any good thing that might como out of. Mr. Dixon's play. If the upper gallery should be filled with blacks, as It was when “The Clansman" was here before, and the lower house with white people, nnd If the whites, ap plauding wildly every allusion to white supremacy and eternal superiority, as they did before, should be nn- sworod by the blacks ns they were before, breaking Into eager yells at tho strong statement of racial equality and intermarriage, this particular act might be conclud ed with n tragedy akin to one In Booth's theater In the April of 1885. If Gits, the negro villain of tho play, should be seen by tho second gallery skulking In the shadow of that tender little girl with rape in hla head and hla eyes, the chances aro not small that Gus (who Is n fine fellow In his own character) might go home with a bullet In his body at a reminder of the second gallery's excited prejudices. So let us postpone "Tho Clansman,” Mr. DoGIve, until wo have had time to quiet down a little and we can hear Mr. Dixon's famous play later In tho season. MUCH IN LITTLE. New York city has, ready tor duty In the state mili tia. 14,367 men. It Is estimated that 5,000,000 women are earning wages in the British Isles. Places of amusement In New York city have 453,000 more aeats than the churches have. The population of Germany on July 1 was 01.102.000, an increase of 8,350,000 in ten years. In Mohammedan countries women are not admitted beyond the doorways of mosques. Central Amerioan porters carry their burdens In a chalrllke contrivance strapped on thetr backs. Tbp land area of the United States Is 1.900,947,200 acres. The area of Great Britain and Ireland Is 77.671,319. The number of persons employed In tho mines of the world Is about 5,000,000, of whom one-fifth arc In Great Britain. OUR PLATFORM-—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec tric light plants, as it now owns its water rsorks. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. Tfae Georgian believes that if street rail ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can not be so operated here. But We do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years be fore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW YOU WILL Never Move Unless You Take the First ■* Step. Take It Now—Become 4 'Member of “The League.” »„*HIIM«UfW*fWWHMI,l8w*WW MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE APPLICATION BLANK. I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP LEAGUE. I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city of Atlanta. Remarks: Dat* 110.. Name Address Occupation Not*.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. rarity, should guide him In the path ways of fairness and truthfulness; but how often do we see small men borne down by the weight of great names! It takes something beside a high- sounding, historic name to make a statesman. I have often In strong terms ex pressed my condemnation of the con duct of these disorderly, whisky drink ing men at the horns; but neither Mr. Williams nor any other man ever heard me "bitterly denounce the Inmates," which include the entire body of men who are sheltered In the home, and his statement that I did, before the com mittee or elsewhere. Is absolutely false. W. H. HARRISON. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. CAP!. HARRISON REPLIES 70 THE RECENI CARD OF REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS To the Editor ot The Georgian: tn your Saturday's Issue you pub lished a communication from Mr. George W. Williams, a member ot the Joint committee appointed by the gen eral assembly to Investigate the Sol diers' Home, which demands some no tice. First, I desire to say that I have never seen the publication In "an At lanta paper" purporting to quote what said about the report of the com mittee. Shortly after the committee adjourned, and after their report had been given to the press, some of the reporters called at my office while making their rounds of tho capitol for news Items. One of them asked me what the trustees would do about the report. I replied In substance, "I did not know that they would do anything; that, under the resolution appointing the committee, the report would be submitted to the next session of the general assembly to assemble In June, 1907, and that until thnt body took action the trustees would go right along discharging their duty under the law, and If the rules of the home were violated by any of the unruly Inmates they would be dealt with Just as they had been, patiently but firmly." I never claimed thnt I had any pow er to suspend, or dismiss any Inmate from the home. I never said "we will continue to expel the Inmates," and If the reporter so stated he misquoted what I said at the time. I have never clnlmed that I was any more than the secretary of the board of trustees. Mr. Williams then goes on to say: "The only place In the recent Investi gation where Captain Harrison was very active was his energetic defense of the shameful mismanagement of the home In the past and hts bitter denun ciation of the Inmates of the home.” This staement does the trustees and myself gross Injustice. There has not been any "shameful mismanagement" of the home, and I have never "bitterly denounced the Inmates.” The trustees have had a difficult task to perform; they have many dif ficulties to contend against. They have been compelled to discipline a limited number or the Inmates and former In mates. They have been forced to sus pend some of the boisterous ones for repeated disregard of the rules. Near ly every one of these suspensions has been for violation of the rule ugnlnst no dishonesty In their purchasing agent, Dr. Amos Fox. Mr. Williams In a letter to me says “this fight" was forced upon him by a very unkind attack during the ses sion of the general assembly., The trustees never assailed him. I made no attack upon him, and Dr. Fox replied only to the charge that he had mismanaged or misappropriated the funds of the home placed In his hands as treasurer. This Investigating committee did not find that Dr. Fox had misappropriated a dime of the state's money. The testi mony showed that he had, by wise and faithful management, saved the state and the home hnndreds of dollars, and that he purchased the best grade of supplies to be had, and at the lowest cash prices, from the best establish ments In Atlanta. The proof showed that every pur chase made was delivered at the home and turned over to the superintendent, and by him used to furnish the Inmates with food, clothing, bedding, medicine, etc. Not a particle of proof was, or can be, produced to show any misuse of the state s appropriation. One of the trustees expressed the opinion that perhaps it would be best to close up the home, and pay all the Inmates pensions. Mr. Williams Is re ported to have said with dramatic em phasis, "Pay them their pensions and let them live like kings." Few men will believe thkt an old. decrepld man, without home or family, can live upon $5 per month. At 6 cents per meal his food would cost him 14.60 per month, and leave him only 50 cents with which to pay room rent, fuel, lights, clothing, shoes, medicine, washing, tonacco, etc. But this Dr. Williams has said he could, and I guess that ends the con troversy. If an old decrepld Confederate vet eran, unable to earn a dollar, can “live like a king” on 85 per month, what earthly excuse can Mr. Williams ad vance for voting himself 1120 per month and mlloage to come to Atlanta and snort around the halls of the capi tol trying to make speeches? And why should Mr. Williams pre sent an account for right days' hotel at 83 per day (when he only remained In Atlanta from Sunday evening until Saturday night) besides his 84 per diem for eight days' service as a member of this committee, which met Monday, SEPTEMBER 28. 1713—British nuder Lord Howe entered Philadelphia. 1793—French ruptured Zurich, Bwltzerlnud. 1S10—Buttle of Busneo. 1820—Daniel Boone, Kentucky pioneer, died. doned. 1881—First time table of the Cimndlnn I’a- ellle railway Issued. 3899—Dewey arrived In New York on the Olympln. ' and Germany reached an 19(ft—France agreement on their relations with Mo rocco. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 26.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Mrs. O. Dodd. I. Lleb- man, C. Dlosser, J. A. W, Dohler. SAVANNAH—W. S. Heyward, W. W. Osborne. J. Palmer, Mrs. F. C. Bootey, E. 8. Elliott. A Secretary's Diary. ; ^ By WEX JONES. MONDAY—'Three women suing me now. Dftuirtge# rInlmot], 1180,000. Wanted to see Koggleiuore Hill and couldn’t, so they try to soak me. Life t> dreary. TUESDAY— Bow on about piers In Clois ter Ray. Hare been told to stop It, ns it brings place Into wrong kind of noto riety. How con I stop n wimian with a Mhotjtnn or a bunch of commissionersT Can’t do It. Wish I wns dead. * WEDNESDAY—Hermit borrowed my fishing rod. Hate to lend my fishing rod, especially to l»oys. Secretary Toot's tour partly dnmngiHl by earthquake In Chile, nnd I mil blamed. How can I tell n btfi THURSDAY—Had to pungle up a dollar to cainpiilgn fund. Money a scare* these days, too. The Infant Industries getting most of It. Think of chucking up Job. FRIDAY—Bum breakfast this morning. How could I help It, I’d like to know. I enn’t he Jollying the cc»ok nil day. Tough a inn11 thnt does Ills level best, and Feel like quitting. HATFUDAY—Hhail be glad to get out of Cloister Boy. Time the others were com ing In for their share. Think I'll stick It out until Washington. AMONG OUR ENIMIES, WE- ARE IN MIDST OF FRIENDS, AND THEY PREDOMINATE September 10, at nnon, and adjourned about 2 p. m. Saturday, September 15, 1906? This, too, In face of the fact that the resolution Introduced by him drunkennesa nnd disorderly conduct. ! self only provided for the 84 per diem, Samuel Bradbeer, who died at Pltmlnster, England, the other day at 82, bad sung 70 years In the parish church choir. The names of these men nnd the enusea for their suspension have been kept out of the papers aa far as pos sible; not because they deserved nny favors, but because they have rela- e* nnd friends outside, whom .the trustee* did not desire to distress by giving undue publicity to the miscon duct of these unfortunate Inmates. There are In the home about one hundred splendid old men, grand old heroes of a Just and righteous cause, who richly deserve all the love, the sympathy, the gratitude and tender care that can be bestowed upon them. These rules have been mude for their protection and to render* the home a clean, quiet, orderly place where they can rest In their old age. The trustees have found, on the other hand, n number of Inmates who have been nnd are habitual drunkards. Men who have taken refuge in the home because their bad habits In the past have caused them to lose their property, their friends, their homes and destroyed their usefulness In any of the walks of life. This class, as a rule, are not the old. feekle. decrepit men. Many of them are, comparatively speaking, ahle-bodleil able to earn their own living, If they would let li quor alone. But they prefer to drink, and bring unable to keep sober, they tank up and create -disorder at the home. Thank God there are only a few of tills class, but a small number In the home are enough to require very rigid rulea against drunkeSness, These men when thry aro disciplined and finally turned away, cry out "cru elty, abuse, mismanagement." etc., nnd they have to some 4xtent prejudiced the public mind agnlnlt the home. The trustees have hiad trouble In se curing the right kind pf official*. And It may be true that borne of the In mates have been treated unkindly. The bonrd has tried to correct every trou ble brought to their attention. And they have repeatedly Invited the In mates to report any!mistreatment on the part of any offlcltl. Two superin tendents have been discharged for bud management. Other subordinates lmVe been turned off. At fmes the conking ha* not been aa goods* It should hnvo been. These things] are unavoidable and happen everywh<e. The trustees ordei ul the superin tendent, the surgeon and purchasing agent to spare no ialns or expense necessary to properl t care for these men. The records si ow these farts. The trustees are olng to continue tn do their full dutj to these old he roes, and to the stntl. There has been nothing shameful In their conduct, and and no board bills. The governor very properly disal lowed the Items of hotel and street car fare, because they were Illegal; but Mr. Williams did not hesitate to pre sent the account and ask to be paid out of the state treasury. During the Investigation, when one of the wltneaaes presented by the "prosecution” stated thut a number of the Inmates had been dealt with harsh ly and turned out by the trustees for making complaints of their treatment at the home. Captain William 8. Thom son and myself both naked the witness to name the Inmates who hod been thus punished for complaining—this same fair-minded, unprejudiced mem ber of the committee, the Hon. G. Washington Williams, objected to the question bring asked by Captain Thom son and myself, saying we were trying then to Intimidate the witness. When Dr. Fox was testifying he of fered some letters from merchants from whom he had purchased supplies for the home, to show that ho had pur chased the best at the lowest cash prices. Mr. Williams was busily en gaged talking to men around him. I was reading these letters. The chair man called for order in the committee and stated that Important letters were bring read—this man Williams, with a proud and haughty wave of the hand announced, "1 do not want to hear them." Now, If the letter had been a denunciation of the trustees, or Dr, Fox, or myself, the aforesaid G. W. would have been all attention. What will the thinking people of Georgia say of Mr. Williams' treatment of a board of trustees, made up of reputable, loyal-hearted old Confeder ate soldiers, who have devoted their best efforts to carry nut the law and manage the Confederate home for the benefit of the worthy, decrepld old men sheltered there—men who, at much sacrifice to themselves, have for years cared for these old heroes? Will fatr-nitnded Georgians condemn these men upon the suggestion of this little plneywood* lawyer, who soy* this "fight" was forced upon him? HI* po. sltlon ns a member of the general as sembly .an not protect him from the scorn of the honest Confederate whom he has assailed, nor from the utter contempt of one whom he would strike down If he could because he resents tho ntt:wrk* upon the board nnd himself. Mr. Williams may sneer at the w riter and seek to make capital lw parading In-fori- the public as a reformer nnd nn enemy of mismanagement and misuse of public funds, hut in this so-called Investigation he will and ought to fall. Hla given name, the synonym of ve- To the Editor of The Georgian: Not only the race, but Atlanta, la passing through a crista, and The In dependent counsels moderation and de liberate Judgment In all our actions. Just at this time the motto pf our grand old state might be brought help fully Into play. Wisdom, Justice and moderation should actuate and guide the conduct of every cltlsen. The negro’a plight particularly ap peals to soberness and the most con siderate Judgment of mankind. It makes no difference what the provo cation Is, we of all men can least af ford to become lawless. We must not become alarmed and flee from the city, as many of us are doing. Mob violence will occur In the course of human events wherever there are racial differences. The under straps, the rabble and the lawless In our great city are only following the example set by the rabble In New York, Ohio and other sections of our common country. While the mob, who constitutes an Insignificant parcel ot the South, are enemies, the Southern ers as an entity are our best friends, and we must not disorganise and par alyse social and Industrial conditions by stubbornness or wholesale exodus. We must rise above the mob and not charge our friends with the sins and mob violence of the vicious and Irre sponsible. We can even do better than our white friends. It la now time to S rove the stuff that Is in us by our earing through the ordeal we are passing. Our white neighbors charge the entire race with the sins of the vicious; this Is malfeatedty unfair, and It will not be fair to charge Atlanta as an entity with mob violence. The authorities were as much unprepared for the rampage of the mob Saturday night aa were the Innocent and inof fensive‘blacks who fell their victims. Conditions not reasonably contem plated can not be substantially pro vided against. We must not only give ore normal conditions, but we must assist them In every way possible by maintaining order and surpresslng vio lence. We were In a position Saturday night to see much of the mob, and It was not composed of the people who made and make Atlanta. It was not composed of the substantial* and re- sponslbles, but of the Irresponslblea and that criminal element of whites who never undertake to avenge until they tank up on mean whisky nnd the cover of night to hide their cowardice and rampage against the peace and dignity of the state. There were fnr more representative men and women In Atlnnta Snturday night, who stood ns sentinels with their guns In their hands nnd protected their negro servants from Impending danger, than constituted the mob. Then why should we become alarmed, disorgan ized and desert those who stood by ue at the peril of their own lives? Our service nnd peaceful presence are nbsolutely essential to the highest development of the city and there Is no need of becoming unsettled and lenvlng the community to settle In another vi cinity, only to be molested In the same wny for less provocation. Branding around the corners In men acing groups and staying away from our employers will not contribute to re- storing peace and harmony In the com munity. i Mnny of us really have better protec tion upon the premises of our employ ers than we have at home. Let us keep cool Hnd convince the white man by our demeanor that we are not the only barbarians In the city. Let us not let up In our fight against the criminals and the dives and appeal to the author ities to disarm the lawless whites and Irresponsible boys while disarming tho negroes. Let us so far as He In our power re move every semblance of provocation for another outbreak. Let the recent bloody scene* act aa a stimulus to dou ble our resolution to rout from the community the criminal and the vi cious. But this must be done by tho strong arm of the law. Mob law can not do It. The majesty of the law must be felt In the suppression of all crime.|f the peace and safety of the community are permanently secured. The white mob only Incites In the negro criminal resentment and a desire to visit ven geance upon the entire white race. Mob law argue* that law and the authorities are Inefficient to cope with criminals; this Is a libel on Atlanta's fair name. When we speak of Atlanta we speak of the citizen body and not of the mob, who, In Its madness and thirst for ne gro blood, were trilling to engulf the entire city Into chaos and riot, endan gering every life and demolishing alt property. The future of Atlanta Is too great and the Interest of all the people too Immense to be endangered by Irrespon sible whites and criminal negroes, who have nothing. Both the mob and the criminal must go, but it Is not neces sary for us all to become criminals to get rid of the vlcloua. Mob violence la to be deplored. There Is no excuse for It. Why become a criminal to suppress a criminal? Let us take hope. Every day In Cuba now Is Saturday night In Atlanta. New York, Ohio and Illinois have had their race riots and mobs and everything didn’t go to the bad. In the course of our short life we have seen more fatalities as the result of a Saturday night's negro frolic on a South Georgia plantation or turpentine fabm than resulted from the cowardly mob Saturday night. So far. there have been authoritatively reported less than nine deaths, Including both races. We have seen after the pistol smoke, rasors and club axes Were cleared aWay at a negro party, where no white faces were present, at least one doxen dead and wounded negroes. We only rite these things to discour age abnormal exercise among our peo ple. We must stand for law and order. It makes no difference what the mob does, we must stand for law and order. ThlB appeal Is not made In the fear of extermination; we have no such cow ardly fears, bnt out of a heart full of the purest patriotism In the Interest of nil the people. We have no fears of ex termination nor the separation Idea, We are here and we nre going to re main here and map out our place ns useful nnd law-abiding citizens. We will have an occasional loss of lire and property here as long as the provoca tion exists, but we have an abiding faith In both the friendship and love, law and order of our white neighbors. Let us keep the peace and appeal to their reason and sober Judgment for protection from the Irresponsible mobs. Let us not forget that if we are sometimes surrounded by the mob we aro always In the midst of our best friend*. B. J. DAVIS, Editor The Atlanta Independent. OOOOGOOGOOOGOOOOO<WO<IO<IOOO AN8WER8 TO CORRESPONDENTS, O O By C. B, Thomas. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH300000GOOQO Anxious Inquirer writes to ask fnr Jerome's record. Fifty pills a day, we believe. “Is spelling reform a good thing?" asks W. H. Smy-the. It wouldn't be bad for proper names. Please define art. Is the request of Botticelli Boggs. Can't do It, Botti celli; art Is not Art without the cap A. The darkest place on the earth's sur face, Richmond, is Staten Islnnd on a Slinday evening. Marat writes to ask If It is correct; to drink beer through a straw. Per fectly correct, but slow. To become an artist In ten days Is a hard Job, Percy. We advise you to pick up blacksmith work In your spare time. "Why Is the sky blue?" "Because It's sky-blue." ♦he Lethe. Cy ELLA ANGLIN VERNE. I ronmed dim* day 1h*aIi)p * peMreful river, I lienrd the tong that swelled Its depths ticlow, A gentle bird-voice added note* a quiver. Itoee rippling rhythm from tbs fulgent flow. • T£ndi»r Hie cord that felt the pain of feel ing. Wont Irons the light thnt ahed a golden glow. Welcome the rest that silently comes steal ing. (irneinua ths calm those Lethean ware* bestow. To thnt bright stream I gave a life’s full cleaning* Of tears to come—hes rtf nines# gone ho l’d found Hie open d«»or. ABSCONDING SALESMAN CAUGHT IN DULUTH* to The Geor/rlnn. Columbus. Ga„ Sept. 21—Jerome Joy, formerly a traveling salesman for D. Rothschilds A Co., of this city, who disappeared several weeks »go, leaving n shortage In his accounts, has been arrested In Duluth, Iflnn., and will be brought bark to this city to face the Charges. Joy has u wife living In thli 'tty. He came her* from St. Louis.