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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. P. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: B One. Year Si-SO | Six Months ....... 2.50 I Three Months ..... 1.25 By Csrrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 'V. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Ga. Entered as eerond-etaaa matter Sprit B. UOS. at tbe Potto Plea at Atlanta, da., under aet at eoaareaa of March II 1*!*. * Subacribera failing to raealva THE GEORGIAN promptly and ragutarly, and raadara who can not purchaao the papar whera THE GEORGIAN ahould ba on aala. are raquaated to oommunlcate with tha Circulation Monagor without dolay, and tho com* plaint will raealva prompt attention. Talaphonaa: Bell 4927 Maim Atlanta 4401. SUIT!! * THOMPSON, APVKnTIHING RRPBB8BNTA* TIVES FOR TERRITORY OUTKIHB OF O B O R O 1 A. Eastern Oltlrea: Weatan* Office*: Potter Illdg., Natr York. Trtbnne Uldg., Chlrnfo. Tho Georgian calla tha attantlon of Ita multitude of correapondenta to thaae facta: That all communication! muat be signed. No anonymous communication will ba printed. No manuscripts will ba returned unless stamps are Incloeed for the purpose. Our correspondents are urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much at possible. A half a column will ba read, whareaa a full column will ba passed over by tha majority of raadara. The Real Spirit of Southern White Men. Let Tho Georgian glvo you an Inatanco of tho real feeling of Southern whtto men toward the right kind of negroea. On Tuesday wo recorded tho proffer of personal and military service by the College Park negroea to the white men of that suburb In repelling nny hand of reck less and Irresponsible negroea who might ever disturb the town. On Tuesday evening thero was a leellng of gonoral unrest In the city and suburbs over what Beeraed n well founded rumor that n disorderly force was gather ing from all sections of tho county to rcndeavous nt East Point and to beat and terrorise tho negroes of East Point and College Park. At 7 o’clock the mayor of College Park ordered every negro to be at home for safety by 8 o'clock—an order which was promptly obeyed. Then the white men of College Park held a confer ence over their telephones and In peraonnl conversation, and unanimously agreed that In view of the admirable way In which the College Park negroes bad behaved In this crisis that tbe white men of College Park would not permit them to be mistreated by any mob from any where, and that If necessary they would protect them at the point of their gttna. This la the real bottom spirit of every Southern white man to every negro whom ho knows to be good and worthy. In Its last analysis there are no people undor tho sun who are as kindly and helpful to the right sort of negro as the Southern white man. We are the only people on earth who know and appreciate them, and for such negroes as those that live at College Park there will alwaya be found such- white meu as live at Col lege Park to defend them. The Evil .Element of Both Races. In the terrible munldral ami county tragedies of the last seven weeks culminating on Saturday night, both the white race and the negro race have been tbe victims of their worst and least representative elements. No man knows honor than tho editor of The Georgian that the crime of rape which goaded this people to a Anal and terrible vengeance does not represent the indorse ment or the approval of the better element or the ma jority element of the negro race. The Georgian Itself hat made that tact 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 co-operation of the leading negroes with the white man In tbe warfare against thsse assaults upon white women. This was our position, strongly as sumed, and at loast earnestly defended. Wo advocated any form of business reprisal or of business withdrawal which might be necessary to compel the editors, teach ers, preachers and leaders of the negro race to give leas time to the denunciation of lynching mid more time and space to the preaching and teaching of hell and damnation for the greattr crime of assaulting white women. And we have borne cheerful and hearty testimony to the fact that these negro teachers and editors and preachers have with commendable loyalty and admirable feeling acceptod this suggestion and have given us such co-operation as has never been given beforo In the suppression of the crlmt of crimes. We ere Just as confident as we live that tbe fruit of this loyal cooperation will be seen later, and wo cannot fall to express now end at all timet our hearty apprecia tion of the good tense end of the Christian support dis played by these leading negroes In this advocacy. We know moreover that these men represent the majority of the negro nee, and that the Crimea recently committed against white women were the acts of fren zied and bestial brutes who represent tho more vicious ilement of the negro race. It Is well to keep this fact In mind, and these two -acts. The non-representative char acter of the criminal and the strong moral support of the negro leader should both be remembered at nny future time In which Southern people might be stirred to tho frenty of another physical vengeance from an accumu lative series of negro assaults. And we know Just as well that the recent mob In At lanta was not composed of the representative and thought ful people of thta city. It was largely composed of wild young men, eager, passionate, adventurous, filled with hot blood and eager to avenge without deliberation yr without discrimination the most damnable of crimes against the women of the South. To these were Joined those reckless and Irresponsible bends of hoodlums which belong to all communities and who are ever ready for any trouble or disturbance which offers a vent to their passions. The nets 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 Is all over, the problem to be solved Is how the better elements of both races can control here after tbe 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 of the rapists and second of the rioters are to be strongly and fiercely condemned, as they have been. But we do not share in the expressed opinion that Atlanta la going to be shamed and stigmatised and stain ed for any length of time by the record of this period, If all the cities Without tin or riotous records In this republic should throw stones at Atlanta, there would not be enough in the falling shower to build a child's playhouse on the side of tbe room. What city, for Instance, would cast tbe flrst stone at Atlanta? Certainly not New York, the metropolis of the republic, for on a 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 and authority, were made reeking shambles of broken heads and battered noses and splintered arms of the negroes of New York, assaulted, broken, beaten and sought to be killed by a wild mob of Now York people upon a provocation that did not touch the lower rung of tbe ladder on which At lanta's indignation rose to a Anal and fierce expression. Certainly not Chicago, where not once, but twice or three times in the present decade, the great metropolis ot the west, with Its maudlin negrophlllsm (In spots) has mobbed negroes In the streets and chased them In death dealing riots in their owi particular quarter of the tjlty, and once had a rope around the neck ot a negro to hang him to a lamp post on State etreet for snatching a pocketbook from the arm of a shopper In one of the stores. • Certainly not Wilmington, Del., nor I-cavenworth, Kan., which set a new fashion and broke all records In the horriblo tragcdlos of burning negroes to death. Certainly not Danville, Ills., nor Evansville, Ind., nor Felicity, Ohio, nor Pana, nor Cartersvllle, nor Topeka nor I^iwrence, Kansas, nor a hundred towns who live In glass houses stained with the record ot more violent riots than Atlanta has oven heard of, and for a provocation by comparison Infinitely small. The sporadic bursts of a few Northern newspapers who are compelled to write their pious homilies and to record their dutiful protests, may roast Atlanta for a season and disregard the strong and forceful protests that our own people hnve made against the crimes of both races. Four million readers of tho New York, Washington, Chicago. Cincinnati and St. Louts papers read on Mon day the full, Btrong statement of Atlanta's provocation, as written by the editor of The Georgian. But In the courso of time the cities and the newspa pers will recall the record of their own mad excesses under serious provocation, and accepting tho 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 jnst as good, even If they have thought It Just as bad, as tbe other cities ot the United States. Let Us Postpone Clansman. The Coming of Thomas Dixon's “Clansman" to the Grand opera houso of Atlanta next month ahould be post poned. It Is not good policy to havs It at this time. We do not go as far as'some of the timorous and feeble-minded in condemning Tom Dixon's play. It has some strong points and crystallises some great funda mental principle! which our civilisation ought to hear at Intervals. But the present period In Atlanta Is distinctly un favorable to any good thing that might come out of Mr. Dixon’s play. If the upper gallery ahould be filled with blacks, as It was when "Tho Clansman” was here before, and the lower house with white people, and If the whites, ap plauding wildly every allusion to white supremacy and eternal superiority, as they did before, should he an swered by the blacks as they were before, breaking Into eager yell*, at the strong statement of racial equality and Intermarriage, this particular act might be conclud ed with a tragedy akin to one In Booth’s theater In the April ot 1865. If Gus, the negro vlllnln o( the play, should be seen by the second gallery skulking In the shadow ot that tender llttlo girl with rape In his head and his eyes, the chances are not small that Qua (who Is a fine fellow In hla own character) might go home with a bullet In his body as a reminder of the second gallory’s excited prejudices. So let us postpone “The Clansman,” Mr. DeGive, until we have had time to quiet down a little and we can hear Mr. Dixon’s famous play later In the season. MUCH IN LITTLE. New York city has, ready for duty In the Btate mili tia, 10,367 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 seats than the churches have. OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec tric light plants, as it now owns its water wor^s. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a prof l to tbe city. This should be done at once. The 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 underlaying. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. iMHIHIHItlltMIHtHtMMHMMMtlMHIHMIHIMHMM j 'W’OU WILL Never Move Unless You Take the First j j -a Step. Take It Now—Become a Member of “The j | League.” j i i 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. f Remarks: Name .. Address Occupation Note.—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 ot the con duct of these disorderly, whisky drink ing men at the home: 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 djd, before the com mittee or elsewhere. Is absolutely false. \V. H. HARRISON. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. CAP7. HARRISON REPLIES 70 THE RECENI CARD OF REPRESENTA1IVE WILLIAMS To the Editor of The Georgian: In your Saturday's Issue you pub lished a communication from Mr. George W. Williams, a member of the Joint committee appointed by the gen eral assembly to Investigate the Sol diers' Home, which demands aomc no tice. First, I desire to say that I have never seen the publication In “an At lanta paper” purporting to quote what t said about the report .of the com mittee. Shortly after tho committee adjourned, and after their report had been given to the press, some of the reporters callqd at my office while making their rounds of the capitol for news Items. One of thero 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 he submitted to the next session of the general assembly to assemble In June, 1907, and that until that 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 deart with Just ns they had been, patiently but firmly.” -lalmed that I had any pow- The population of Germany on July 1 was 61,102,000, an Increase of 8,360,000 In ten yean. In Mohammedan countries women are not admitted beyond tbe doorways of mosques. Central American porters carry their burdens In a chairlike contrivance strapped on their backs. The land area of tbe United States la 1,900,947.200 acres. The area of Great Britain aud Ireland Is 77,671,319. Tho number of pereont employed In the mines of the world is about 5.000,000, of whom one-fifth are In Great Britain. Samuel Bradbeer, who died at Pltmlnster, England; the other day at 82, bad sung 70 year* in tbe parish church choir. * I never er to suspend, or dismiss any Inmate from the home. I never said "wc will continue to expel the Inmates," and It the reporter so stated he misquoted what I said at the time. I have never claimed that 1 was any more than the secretary of the hoard of trustees. Mr. Williams then goes on to say: "The only place In the recent Investi gation whore Captain Harrison was very active was hla energetic defense of the shameful mismanagement of the home In the past and his bitter denun ciation of the Inmates of the home.” This staeinent does the trustees and myself gross Injustice. There has not been any “ahameful mismanagement” of the home, and I hnve never "bitterly denounced the Inmates." The trustees hnve had a difficult task to perform: they have many dif ficulties to contend against. They have been compelled to discipline a limited number of 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 ngnlnst drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The names of these men and the causes for their suspension have been kept out of the papers as far ns pos sible: not because they deserved any favors, but because they have rela tives and friends outside, whom the trusters did not desire to distress by giving undue publicity to tho miscon duct of these unfortunate Inmntes. There are In the home about one hundred splendid otd 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 made for their protection and to render the home a clenn, quiet, orderly place where they can rest In thetr old age. Tho trustees have found, on the other hand, a number of Inmates who have been and are hAbltual drunkards. Men who have token refuge In the home because thetr bad habits In the past hnve caused them to lose their property, thetr friends, thetr homes and destroyed thetr usefulness In nny of the walks of life. This class, ns a rule, are not the old, feeble, decrepit men. Many of them are, comparatively speaking, able-bodied, nble to earn thetr own living, If they would let li quor alone. Rut they prefer to drink, and bring unable to keep sober, they lank up and create disorder at the home. Thank God there are only a few of this class, but a small number In the home are enough to require very rigid rulee against drunkenness. These men when they are disciplined and finally turned, away, cry out "cru elty, abuse, mismanagement,'' etc., and they have to some extent prejudiced the public mind against the home. The trustees have had trouble In se curing the right kind of officials. And It may be true that nome of the In mates have been treated unkindly. The board 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 official. Two superin tendents have been discharged P>r bad management. Other subordinates, have been turned off. At times the cooking has not been at good as It should have been. These things are unavoidable and happen everywhere. The trustees ordered the superin tendent, the surgeon and purchasing agent to- spare no pains or expense necessary to properly care for these men. The records show these facts. The truetees are going to continue to do their full duty to these old he roes, and to the state. There has been nothing shameful in their conduce and 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 sen slon of tbe general assembly. The trustees never assailed him. 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 hla 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 hundreds 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 Bhowed 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 partlclo 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, “Fay them their pensions and let them live like kings.” Few men will believe that an old, decrepid man. without home or family, enn live upon 35 por month. At 5 rents per meal his food would cost him 34.50 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 fiecrepld Confederate vet eran, unable to earn a dollar, can "live like a king" on 35 per month, what earthly excuse cun Mr. Williams ad vance for voting himself 3120 per month and mileage 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 33 per day (when he only remained In Atlanta from Sunday evening until Saturday night) besides his 34 per diem for eight days’ service as a member of this committee, which met Monday, September 10, nt noon, and adjourned about 2 p. m. Saturday, September 15, 1908? This, too. In face of the fact that the resolution Introduced by him self only provided for the 34 per diem, 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 witnesses presented by the "prosecution” stated that a number of the Inmates Imd been dealt with harsh ly and turned out by the trustees for making complaints of their treatment nt the home, Captain William S. Thom son and myself both asked the witness to name the Inmates who had been thus punished for complaining—this same fair-minded, unprejudiced mem ber of the committee, the Hon. G. Washington Williams, objected to the question being 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 he 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, "I do not want to hear them.” Now, If the letter had been a denunciation of tho trustees, or Dr. Fox, or myself, tho aforesuld O. 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 thetr best efforts to carry out the law and manage the Confederate home for the benefit of the worthy, decrepid old men sheltered there—men who, nt much sacrifice to themselves, have for years cared for these old heroes? Will fair-minded Georgians condemn these men upon the suggestion of this little plneywooda lawyer, who says this "fight" was forced upon him? His po sition as a member of the general as sembly can 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 the attacks upon the board and himself. Mr. Williams may sneer at the writer and seek to make capital by parading before the public as a reformer and an enemy of mismanagement and misuse of public funds, but In this so-called Investigation he will and ought to falL Ills given name, the synonym of vs- SEPTEMBER 26. 1777—British under Lord Itowe entered rtillnilelphtn. 1T99—French raptured Zurich, Switzerland. 1810— Ilnttle of [tusseo. 1820— Iinnlet Ilooue, Kentucky pioneer, died. Horn February 11, 1735. 1872—Clinrles T. Yerkes, convicted of em- hesxllng funds of Philadelphia, par doned. 1811— Flrat time table of tbe Canadian I’a- clfle railway leaned. 1899-Hewey arrived In New York en the Olympia. 1906— France and Germany reached New York, Sept. 26.—Here are some of tho visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Mrs. O. Dodd, L Lteb- rnnn, C. Blaster, J. A. W. Dohler SAVANNAH—W. S. Heyward, W W. Osborne, J. Palmer, Mrs. F o’ Bootey, E. S. Elliott. - ' A Secretary’s Diary. ’< ' By WEX JONES, MONDAY—Three women suing me now. Damages claimed, 1180,003. Wanted to «e« 8nggfetnore fill! and couldn't, so they try to soak me. Life la dreary. TUESDAY—Row on about pier* In Clota. ter Buy. Have ln»en fold to atop It, ni It brings place Into wrong kind of noto riety. How can I stop a woman with a shotgun or a bunch o? commissioners! Can’t do It. Wish I *as dead. WEDNESDAY—Hermit borrowed my Ashing fod. Hate fo lend my Ashing rod, especially to l»oys. Secretary Toot s tour partly damaged by earthquake In Chile find I nm blmned. How can I toll whom the earth Is going fo qunloy and how could I stop It If I kuew? Life s a blank. THfltSDAY-llnd to pnngle np n dolinr to campnlgu fund. Money's S4>nrce them* days. too. Tb« Infant Indnstrhs getting most of It. Think of chucking up Job. FRIDAY—Bhm breokfost f hla inorutnc How could I help It, I’d like to know, i onu’t Jollying the cook all day. Tough on n man that does his level Wst. ami Isn’t .1 weakling. Demand n square deal. Work at l’annma slow. I cau’t make 'em work there. I can't get In Chinks and make them look like anything but Chinks. Feel like quitting. SATURDAY—Shall be glad to get out of Cloister Bay. Time the others were com ing In for their share. Think I’ll stick It out until Washington. AMONG OUR ENIM1ES, WE ARE IN MIDST OF FRIENDS, AND THEY PREDOMINATE To the Editor of The Georgian: Not only the race, but Atlanta, Is passing through a crisis, and The In dependent counsels moderation and de liberate Judgment In all our actions. Just at this time the motto of our grand old state might be brought help fully Into play. Wisdom, Justice and moderation should actuate and guide the conduct of every citizen. The negro's 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 ore 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 pared of the South, are enemies, the Southern ers as an entity are our best friends and we must not disorganize and par alyze social and Industrial conditions by stubbornness or wholesale exodus. We must rise above the mob und not charge our friends with the sins and mob violence of the vicious and Irre sponsible. We enn even do better than our white friends. It Is now time to E rove the stuff that Is In us by our earing through the ordenl wc nre passing. Our white neighbors charge the entire race with the sins of the vicious; this Is matfestedly unfair, and It will not tje fair to charge Atlanta as an entity' with mob violence. The authorities were as much unprepared for the rampage of the mob Haturduy ntght as were the Innocent nnd Inof fensive blacks who fell their victims, Conditions not reasonably contem plated can not be substantially pro vided against. We must not only give the constituted authorities time to re store normal conditions, but we must assist them In every way posalble by maintaining order and surpresslng vio lence. We were In a position Saturday night to see much of the mob, nnd It was not composed of the people who made and make Atlanta. It was not composed of the substnrtlals and re sponslbles, but of the trresponslbles nnd that criminal element of whites who never undertake to avenge until they tank up on mean whisky and the cover of night to hldo their cowardice and rampage against the peace and dignity of the state. There were far more representative men nnd women In Atlanta Saturday ntght, who stood as sentinels with thetr guns In thetr hands and protected thetr negro servants from Impending danger, than constituted the mob. Then why should we become alarmed, disorgan ized nnd desert those who stood by us at the peril of their own lives? Our service and peaceful presence are absolutely essential to the highest development of the city and thero Is no noed of becoming unsettled und leaving the community to settle In another vi cinity, only to be molested In the aame way for less provocation. Standing around the corners In men acing groups and staying nway from our employers will not contribute to re storing peace and harmony In the com munity. Many of us really have better protec tion upon the premises of our employ ers than we have at home. Let us keep cool and 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 tha negroes. Let i» so far as He In our power re move every semblance of provocation for another outbreak. Let the recent bloody scenes act as a stimulus to dou ble our resolution to rout from the community the criminal and the vi cious. But this must be done by the strong arm of the law. Mob law can not do It. The majesty of the law must be felt In the suppression of alt 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 Inw argues that law and the authorities are Inefficient to cope with criminals; this Is n 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 willing to engulf tha entire city Into chnos and rtoL endan gering every life and demolishing all properly. The future of Atlanta la too great and the Interest of all the people too Immense to be endangered by Irrespon sible whites and criminal negroes, who hnve nothing. Both the mob and the criminal must go, but It Is not neces sary for us all to become criminals to got rid of the vicious. 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 la 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 farm 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, razors and club axes were cleared away at a negro party, where no white facts were present, at least one doxen dead and wounded negroea. We only rite these (things to discour age abnormal exerclau 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. This apprnl Is hot made In the fear ot extermination; we have no such cow ardly fears, but nut of a heart full of the purest patriotism In the Interest ot all the people. Wc have no fears of ex termination nor the separation Idea. We are here and we nre going to re main here nnrl map out our place as useful nnd law-abiding cttlxens. We will hnve an occasional loss of life and property hero bb 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 w» are always In the midst of our bes friends. B. J. DAVIS, Editor The Atlanta Independent. OOO00O000OO0O0OO0O0O0000OO O ANSWERS TO 0 CORRESPONDENTS. 0 By C. B. Thomas. 000000000001300000000000000 • Anxious Inquirer writes to aak for Jerrine'a record. Fifty pills a day, we believe. •Is spelling reform a good thing?" asks W. H. Snty-the. It wouldn't be bad for proper names. Please define art. Is the request of Botticelli Boggs. Can't do tt, Botti celli; art Is not Art without the cap A. The darkest place on the earth’s sur face, Richmond, Is Staten Island on a Sunday evening. Mame writes to ask If It la correct to drink beer through a straw. Per fectly correct, but slow. Tn 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.” The Lethe. By ELLA ANGLIN VERNE. I heard the noU(t that awi Ixdow, A Ken tie tdrti-votr* added notes aqulrer, * Rope rippling rhythm from the fnlgenf flow. Tender the cord that felt the pain of feel- Wonilroiis the light that abed a golden glow. Welcome the rett that silently comes •teal- Inn. Gracious the calm those Lethean wares lieatow. To that bright atreom ! gave a life's full Of *enrs "to come—hen rtf nines* gone be fore, Then to a sweeter peace and trpidei meaning I’d found the open door. AB8C0NDING 8ALE8MAN CAUGHT IN DULUTH H|>ro|nl to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Sspt. 26.—Jerome Joy formerly a traveling aaleeman for D Rothechllda A Co, of this city, whs disappeared several weeks ago, leaving a shortage In his accounts, has been arrested In Duluth, Minn., and will !>< brought back tn this city to face tin chargee. Joy has a wife living In thk city. He came here from 8L Louis.