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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
TnrRSDAY. OCTOBER 11, lfW.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES -
F.L. SEELY
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The “Independents” Mean Partisanship.
The New York Independent prints with Its editorial
Indorsement an anonymous communication dealing with
the Atlanta riot with the statement from The Independent
that It was written by one of the best educated of Georgia
negroes "whose name. If It was safe to print, would have
carried confldence to all Its readers."
With regard to the educated negro who wrote it. The
Georgian from an absolute knowledge of the situation
denounces the statement to be a mass of tales, and regards
the attitude of The Independent in printing it as a wan
ton and unprovoked expression of Injustice to the South.
The article beaded “The Atlanta Massacre” is one cow
secutlve string of falsehoods from beginning to end.
Lie number one Is tbe statement that the Atlanta mob
grew out of the campaign of Hoke Smith for governor
and from the comments of The Atlanta Journal during
that canvass. Lie number two Is In the statement that
The Georgiaji issued flaming extras during the period of
the riot. Any educated negro who lives In Atlanta or
anywhere else will testify that The Georgian issued no
extras, neither on the evening of the riot nor on the suc
ceeding days of Its continuance. Lie number three la In
the statement that the business prosperity of certain ne
groes In Atlanta was an Inducement on the part of white
men to attack them. Lie number four Is the compre
hensive lie In which the whole progress of the mob Is
misstated and In which are given Incidents of brutality
and horrors which no man ever saw and which never oc
curred In Atlanta.
The independent poses as an honest and Independent
newspaper. It has had facilities for being both honest
and Independent It has upon Its staff an eminent Georgia
woman who knows the truth of the Southern situation
and who has doubtless told It to the other members of
the staff. But The Independent has printed at yet, not a
single paragraph stating the condition* surrounding the
mob and the awful provocation which produced It, al
though that statement was at band on Monday morning,
September 24. It promptly and cheerfully lends Its pseudo
independent columns to the diatribe of a negro who mis
represents from flrst to last In his statement of the con
ditions preceding the mob and of the Incidents which
characterized It.
The Independent Is not Independent. It la malignant,
narrow, partisan and prejudiced to the last degree. It
seeks the negro side of the question while it studiously
avoids the open statement of the white man's aide. The
Indei>endent Is a negrophlllst without reason, and with-
out limit. The kind of Independence which It pro
fesses and presents Is not that of a free, broad Amofl.
can citizen, but that of a narrow New England fanatlo
which every Bouthern subscriber ought to resent
Ridgway’s.
The notable literary event of the last week In the-
South Is the appearance of Rldgway's Magaatne. This
magazine was Issued from Atlanta as one of the
fourteen cities In which It makes Its simultaneous ap
pearance. The Atlanta branch la under charge of Mr.
Jos: Ohl, who was for so many years the able and
popular Washington correspondent of The Atlanta Con
atltutlon. And this connection assures for the Atlanta
branch an able and capable treatment, and the Instant
affiliation of a multitude of friends. Rldgway's first*ep-
pearance makes an admirable Impression upon the mind
and eye qf the South. Both Ip the excellence of its read
ing matter carefully 'selected, and In the abundance
and caliber of Its art editions. It Is a very striking and
effective publication and will doubtless grow rapidly tn
the appreciation and patronage of the people of Geor-
gl».
The Georgian cordially wishes It success In this Held
of activity and predicts that this will be speedily won.
The Monopoly Getting Scared.
If anyone doubu the effect that the crusade for
municipal ownership Is having upon the monopolies of
Atlanta and of Georgia, he has only to watch the malls.
Uncle Sam's pouches are pretty welt tilled every day
with the multitude of doctrines which are coming to the
city both from local mailing places and from outside
mailing places containing literature carefully selected to
antagonise tbe theory of municipal ownership.
Not a day passes but some pamphlet or booklet or
report bearing tbe earmarks of the monopoly comes Into
tbe malls of hundreds and thousands # of Individuals
throughout the city, and ;>erhaVs throughout the elate.
It Is Just as well for the people to be on guard against
these statements which are so carefully edited by the
•gents of opposition. They are very specious In their
pleas, and are apparently very well founded In their
origin, but with most of them It will be found that
they are the extraordinary statements of Interested wit
nesses, and that they contain largely captious objections
and factional reports of experiments which have had the
slightest complication. We are quite confident that the
jjeople of Atlanta are too well balanced In judgment and
too well settled In their convictions to be unbalanced or
•hanged by these wordy demonstrations. *
Very clever suggestion. Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, to
advise Sir Thomas Llpton If he couldn't “lift a cup" In
American waters to "lift an American bride In American
society.” And the same la to the credit of your honor and
speaks well for the lady mayoress and the twenty little
Dunnes who have come In season, and are always recog
nized.
Sir Thomas would be quite welcome as a sou-ln-law of
the republic
The Governor-Elect Makes Good.
When a great people tn a distinct emergency elect
from their number a strong man to be their loader and
executive, they expect of him leadership and direction—
not timidity and time-serving.
And to thtg standard of expectation, Hoke Smith,
governor-elect of Georgia, rose on Wednesday at La-
Grange.
There Is all too much of timidity, hesitation and cow
ardice In the atmosphere of Georgia since tbe Atlanta
riot. Apology, explanation and protest have ruled tbe
hour, and In the wake of the priest or the tradesman,
the voices of tbe people anti of tbe press have been. In
the main, timorous, Indefinite and altogether lacking in
that strong and aggressive comprehension which shapes
public events Into future policies, and dominates crises
In the real and durable Interests of civilization.
There is no cowardly and Indefinite note In Hoke
Smith’s utterance at LaGrange. He was elected In the
majesty of magnificent numbers upon a definite platform
of white supremacy, and he has not forgotten the Is
sue and the people who answered -It in the splendid
emphasis of the August primaries.
Steadily and fearlessly the next governor of Georgia'
lays dowu the doctrine that these two opposite, an
tagonistic and unequal races cannot and must not be
treated as equal under the laws of Georgia.
Without a moment's hesitation the strong nan of
August 22 declares that the white man must accept the
full responsibility and control of the situation, and that
the legislation and Its execution which Is to remedy the
appalling evils of the present must be wrought out un
der the doctrine of the white man's eternal superiority
and supremacy which Is not Inconsistent with the black
man’s safety and'protectlon under-the law.
It Is significant beyond measure that the man Just
elected governor of Georgia by the greatest majority
In Its history, declares - his belief that the races may
eventually separate, and that the policy of the Caucasian
must be founded upon tbe wisest and safest control of
the negro while he la a part of our system of govern
ment. "The fourteenth amendment,” declares Mr. Smith,
‘hinders the most Intelligent mode of handling the
subject,” and he Intimates that the time will come when
the national government must legislate for tbe negro as
It has long been accustomed to legislate for the Indian.
The governor-elect devotes much time to the dis
cussion of the criminal negro, the Idle, loafing negro,
and the vagrant, and the methods of keeping them under
rigid control. He stresses the necessity of teaching the
negro In the public schools more of character, Industry
and responsibility than of the contents or books, and he
emphasizes with all his great natural force the important
fact that the Industrious and law-abiding negro can only
escape responsibility for the crimes of his race when he
contributes all his energies and all his honesty to prevent
those crimes and to deliver the criminals of his race to
Justice-
To this sound, and cantjld expression Mr. Smith adds
the assurance that the white man must and will protect
tbe Industrious and law-abiding negro and help him in
every possible wsy.
It Is refreshing and Inspiring to the philosopher of
events, to find In tbe first utterance of the next governor
of Georgia an utter absence of those empty platitudes
of maudlin regret which haYe been all too common In
the atmosphere of recent discussion, and a bold and
vigorous expression of a mind and spirit which grasps
firmly the nettle of our preeent danger and proposes to
advocate and to execute the racial policies upon which
the will and the wish of the people has been so magnifi
cently expressed In the last state election.
Timidity and the commercial spirit are the debilitat
ing influences which hamper the firm and permanent so
lution of the pressing problems of our time.
There was never a Crists In which both courage and
commerce were not called u|>on for tribute and sacrifice
and lu this groat question which Involves the Integrity of
race, the unity of the republic, and the sanctity of our
noble women. It Is a matter of rejoicing that at the helm
of stato we have n brave, firm hand that will be always
duly regardful, but never slavish and subordinate to the
whine of the dollar or the solflshness of trade.
The governor-elect has made good In his flrst ut
terance In Georgia, and we congratulate both him and
ourselves U|>on the courage of his views and the tnsplr-
OUR PLATFORM---The Georgian stands for Atlanta's Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as it now owns its Water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents,
with a profit 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 undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW
I GOSSIP
RACE RIOT8 AND THEIR REMEDY,
lug candor of their impression.
Max Barber and His Lie.
We are Indebted to a Chicago paper for the In
formation that J. Max Barber has shaken the dust
of Atlanta from his feet and that the Voice of the
Negro will henceforth be published In the city of
wind. Chicago Is welcome to Max. Ho Is the negro
who wrote tbe anonymous letter to the Now York
World In which he flrst Inaugurated that Infamous
falsehood that the outrages uppn white women which
provoked tbe mob were all committed by white men
with burnt cork on their faces. Dozens of the news
papers have wantonly paraded this shameful lie on
the llpe of other Irresponsible negroes and It has
gone broadcast through the region of prejudice to do
Its damnable work.
MR. FREDERICK WARDE.—The Atlanta Lyce
um put Us best foot foremost oil its opening night
In presenting to the Atlanta public Mr. Frederick
Warde to lecture upon Shakespeare and his plays.
Mr. Warde has for many years past been recog
nized as the leading actor of the legitimate upon
the American stage. His long experience, diligent
study, and magnificent equipment In temperament
and personality have made hint the most powerful
and popular Interpreter of the Shakespearean
drama of our country.
His lecture Wednesday night drew, as it certain*
ly ought to have drawn, a representative audience of
the culture and taste of Atlanta.
And It does not need to be said that to those
who heard him. Ihe recompense was rich Indeed In
pleasure and In profit to every member of the lyceum
and to every visitor to Its opening entertainment.
Tbe character of the lyccum is constantly advanc
ing, and as the taste of the people becomes more and
more educated to the higher things, the lower forms ,
of platform entertainment will give way to the bet
ter and higher expressions which carry dignity and
educational profit along with pleaaaut- entertain
ment.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
In the prelude to the night sermon at
the Second Baptist church of Chicago
last Sunday, Pastor John Roach Stra-
ton discussed the subject of "Race
Riots and Tholr Remedy." He said In
the beginning that his long residence In
the south, and especially in Atlanta,
Ga., where the riots of the past week
occurred, had given him opportunity
for careful observation of the situation
between the races. He said that every
consideration of honor and honesty
required that we treat the negroes with
fairness and Justice. They are not here
through their own choice, hut as tbe
result of the greed and Inhumanity of
our forefathers, and It Is Incumbent
upon us, therefore, to give them a
square deal.
“But,” said the minister, “we must
not forget also to be Just to our own
people end to our white brethren In
the south. It the north could fully
understand tha burden that the south
Is bearing, there would be only a feel
ing of profoundest sympathy for the
section. If we could Imagine In Illi
nois, In Chicago, such conditions as
exist In the south, wc would be slow
to judge our southern brethren hastily
or harshly. Tile Increase of the un
speakable crime of the negro man
since the civil war la one of the most
appalling facts in our national history,
and It haa brought about In the south
a condition that has never before been
confronted by any civilization. Over
every home In the southland the shad
ow of on awful, haunting dread con
stantly hangs. I received in yesterday's
mall a letter from a dear friend—the
father of a family, In which he told
me that he had decided to give up a
trip hway from home that he had
planned, because, as he said, “The bad
negro has become such a menace that
I do not dare leave my w|fe and
daughter at home alone.” Hon. John
Temple Graves, editor of The Atlanta
Georgian, told me personally during
his recent visit to Chicago that he
lived In constant dread because of the
unfortunate situation. His home la at
College Park, a suburb nine miles
from Atlanta, and he declared to me
that he never turned his face home
ward In the evening from the duties
of the city without feeling an Inde
scribable apprehension that something
might be wrong In the home; and If
that Is the case In the cities, you can
Imagine what the feeling must be in
the sparsely settled country dletrlcte,
where the blacks often outnumber the
whites ten to one. Think of the far
mer, who has to leave his home and
go, sometimes three or four miles away
to plow his distant field, leaving his
wife at home alone to prepare his din
ner! Think of the unspeakable and
horrible fear that hangs constantly
over them both.
“The burning of the negro, Sam Hose,
near Newnan, Ga., a few years ago.
was one of the most disgraceful and
distressing events In the history of
our country, and It deserved. the de
nunciation that was given It by the
northern press; and, yet, the other
side of the awful tragedy should have
been even more heartily denounced
than the crime which avenged It. Sam
Hose was a trusted farm hand. He
had been kindly treated by every mem
ber of the family, which ho later de
stroyed. One night the family were
seated at the supper table—the father,
his wife and the baby, when, suddenly,
without a moment's warning, the door
was opened In the rear of the father’s
chair, and the negro, Sain Hose,
stepped Into the room, and sank an
ax blade Into the skull of the husband
nnd father, and then slapped the baby
frrtm Its high clmlr and Into Insensi
bility, and kept the wife nnd mother a
prisoner for hours In the very room
where her dead husband was weltering
In his blood nnd bruin. Can It bo
much wondered that the neighbors of
that highly respected and beloved fam
ily should have come together nnd
hunted down that man- very much us
th«y would have tainted a wild beast of
the Jungle?
"And take the situation which called
forth the riots In Atlanta. For weeks
there had been assault after assault
right there In that great city, until
the tonslon between the races had be
come Intense. On Saturday, preceding
the outbreak on Sunday, there were
four outrages perpetrated on white
ladles by negroes. They kept coming
one after the other from different parts
•of the city, and the news fired- the
citizenship more and more. Now, At
lanta has a population of only a hun
dred thousand people. If we had had
in Chicago a proportionate number of
assaults, thore would have boon eighty
of them in the one'day. Can you im
aglnc what your feeling would hnv
been, nnd what the feeling of this en
tire community would have been, If
there had been eighty assaults
white ladles and children by negro
men within our city during one nfter-
noon nnd night? Would we not have
witnessed here, as we witnessed a
Springfield, Ohio, even more disgrace
ful scenes than those wrhleh occurred
In the southern city?
“This It said not to justify nor to
excuse the awful Iniquity of racial
prejudice and lynching. Lynch law
means the ruin of civilisation. It Is
unspeakable folly, because It does not
check these crimes, but rauses more
of them through the sensatlonnl dis
cussions which the riots call forth.
Unless we can protect our civilization
by law, then anarchy alone awaits us,
and we ought tn all sections of our
country, north and south, to realize
this, and re-ostnbllsh the reign of law.
And the people of the north need to
exercise pntlenco and charity toward
their brethren In the south, because
the burden that the south Is bearing
is u grievous burden.
"But one of the saddest parts of the
whole situation Itv regard to these ra
cial outbreaks Is that the Innocent arc
made to suffer as well as the guilty.
The outbreaks ngnlnst the negro In
Springfield. Ohio, and In New York.
an>I In Leavenworth, Kan., and In
Terre Haute and Evansville, Ind.. as
well as throughout the south, have
demonstrated that racial prejudice Is
on the Increase Instead of decrease.
Nooks and Comers
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Some Pennsylvania Land Dealt.
Against William Penn there are very
few black mnrks, but the same can
not be said of his sons, especially of
his son Thotnas.
Memorably- among the real estate
transactions of Thomas Penn Is that
known as “The Walking Purchase," of
the year 1737.
Penn claimed that a deed had been
given to his fpther by the Indians for
a tract of land a certain distance back
from the Delaware, and. parallel to It.
as far as a man could- walk In a day
and a half. I
When It came to confirming this al
leged deed Thomas resorted to the tac
tics which were worthy of Jacob of old.
He hired the fleetest-footed woodsmen
he could find, and In addition had the
ground surveyed, the trees marked and
a party of horsemen to speed the walk
ers in every way that was possible.
The Indiana sent a party of their
braves along to look after their in
terests, but they soon gave up the Job.
claiming that the walkers were run
ning rather than walking. When the
day and a half were up the walkers
were 30 mllea beyond the Lehigh river.
Not only so. The line. Instead of be-
Infr drawn from the end of the walk
directly to the Delaware, as It ought
to have been, was slanted upward for a
long distance, so as to Include the en
tire Mlnlalnk country, the most de
slrable part of the province.
Very naturally the defrauded Dela
wares were decidedly reluctant about
leaving their beautiful Mlnlelnk hunt
ing grounds, and then It was that
Thomas resorted to more tactics. Be
ing unable of himself to oust the Del
awares from thi coveted territory,
Penn sent an agent with fine presents
to the dreaded Iroquois, with the re
quest that they use their Influence li
the case. The Iroquois took the hint
and sent the Delawares the following
message; “You know that you are
women. Return to where you came
from." The fear of their overlords was
effective, and the Delawares moved
further west, leaving the valuable re
gion In the hands of Penn.
In 1764 Penn consummated another
of hls shady land deals.
By deceiving the Indiana with com-
pass courses which they did not un
derstand, and by tricking them Into
granting a deed with the signatures of
the tribes residing within the region,
the unworthy scion of the good Wil
liam acquired u territory west of the
Susquehanna of some seven millions of
acres—an area equal to' the state of
Maryland—for 750 pounds!
In other words, the price that the
poor red men received for their land
was the thirty-ninth of a penny an
acre!
And Thomas Penn wag a Christian—
and the Indians were "benighted heath
en,” Ignorant of the "will of God” and
the "law of Christ!"
Says the author of "The Thirteen
Colonies:" "When the Indiana learned
of this grant and were told that they
must fall back among the stranger
tribes to the westward, they went over
In a body to the French, and were soon
shooting down tho British regulara^and
tearing scalps from the heads of worn
en and children In Pennsylvania.”
And tho "Christians" threw up their
hands In holy horror to think of the
atrocities of the "red devils! '
THINK8 WHISKY THE CAU8E
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I hove read In the columns of your
paper various opinions as to, ihe causes
tint led t-i ihe ii-.t, and I must say
that the Rev. Sam Jones Is tho only
one who has “hit tho spot."
You can trace the enuse of the re
cent riots to Its last analysis nnd you
will find that It Is whisky. You may
call It mean whisky, Decatur street
whisky, but take the beat of It on De
catur street, and It will have tha same
effect
Whisky In the hands of a negro
brute makes him ft demon that knows
no law and fears no punishment* To
gratify hie momentary desires is hls
ony aim. Fire Is added to hls animal
desires and a rape Is the consequence.
Whisky In the hands of a white
man makea him lawless, shameless,
heartless and without regard even for
hls -.ivii flesh and blood. The murderer,
the gambler, the defaulter comes from
this class. This same whisky that
caused the rape caused tho lawless
white clement to shed Innocent blood,
disgrace our city and cast a shadow
upon Southern manhood.
Our country friends have long since
discovered that to protect their wo
men they must get rid of whisky, for
a mean negro follows the whisky. At
lanta has monopolized the whisky busi
ness and has drawn the vicious negroes
from ell parts of the state, for they
have not adapted themselves to the
"mall order system."
Our poor, helpless women and chil
drop suffer enough from starvation and
brutal treatment from drunken white
men without heaping upon their de
fenseless heads the negro rapist.
If Southern men could feel that
whisky was an army, that made such
havoc of homes, fortunes, lives; that
murdered tho Innocent, starved the
helpless and raped our womon, thoy
would shed the last drop of blood they
possessed to dethrone It. Whisky Is an
army. If they could but realize It—an
army generaled by whisky dealers, with
landlords, politicians and newspapers
as lieutenants. I will not attempt to
desrribo the rank and file of this army,
that marches heedlessly over women
and children, that leaves blood tears
and new made graves In Its wake.
We have grown callous over tho sit
uation. We have been "doped" by the
politicians, and some of the newspa
pers.
Thank God for The Georgian with
Its clean sheets and Its brave editor and
proprietor, who have nerve enough to
turn down whisky we nds
If you want to know the cause of
rape and riots, "ask the revenue of
ficer."
GEORGE J. CARPENTER.
VALUE OF PROVINO THE FACTS.
THE VALUE OF THAT LETTER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Dear Sir—Having read with deep
Interest and full approbation your pow
erful and eloquent letter to The New
York World, I forwarded The Oeorglan
to The Portland Oregonian, with the
comment that It voiced my own senti
ments and expressed, as I believe, the
feelings of every decent white man in
Christendom.
The Oregonian, which Is by all odds
the greatest newspaper In the West,
has not always been the moat chari
table critic of the South In Its discus
sions of the race question. But you
can see that the letter In The World
had its Impression. It elicited the en
closed editorial leader, which
nearly fair as Northern papers evor get
to Southern problems.
I confess myself, with The Oregon
Ian, that the way by which the races
are to be separated Is not clear to me.
But whether '
you are still
problem
However, the people of the South
owe the editor of The Georgian a pro
found debt of gratitude for the Influ
ence that he has, by voice and pen,
exerted on tho Northern mind, respect
ing the real situation In the South.
My heartiest good wishes to Tho
Georgian, which, In my humble judg
ment, has no superior In the newspaper
world—nnd few equals. It Is an (deal
newspaper. In depth and versatility of
thought, In brendth and charity of
vision, In profundity of philosophy and
statesmanship and In eloquence, virility
and beauty of expression.
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT .MONTGOMERY.
Puyallup. Washington State. Oct. 4.
Dogs for Motor Cars.
From The London Standard.
The cult of pet dogs has led In Paris
to perhaps more crazes and fads than
anywhere else, 1 am told that for the
moment, however, the attention of fad
dists Is diverted from useless, if pretty
balls of puff to training larger dogs for
motor cars
The motor car dog Is trained to guard
tho ear when the owner leaves It tem-
pormrily by the roadside; but, incident-
alls - . It Is necessary to have a dog
which takes kindly to high speeds, and
also to the clothing which Is necessary
to keep him warm In winter, and tn
the spectacles for hls eyes. According
to The Figaro, the bouledoguc Is no
good, because he hates motor ears,
while the fox terrier Is bound to be
too nervous.
So far. the best dogs have proved to
be the Scotch aheap dog, the collie, and,
above all. the poodles, which, as soon
, . . ,„T, v »* they see a ear. are said to jump Into
and It bodes no good for our country. ,| u> an j , u bmit to tha goatskin
There la a need of Christian sympathy
and co-operation on the part of all the
people front all sections of our country,
that a more Christian spirit may come
to prevail In our dealings with this nnd
with all of our other problems. Chris
tianity. at last. Is the only hope for
(lettering present conditions between
the races, nml for tho safeguarding
of the future. The mean white man
and the bad negro can never solve this
problem. But a Christian spirit, ever
growing and deepening within the
ranks of both races, will bring about
a better state of afTalrs.”
CITIZEN.
eat and submit to the goatskin
anu me spectacles with every appear
ance of pleasure.
Army Hss New Officers.
Special services will be held at the
Salvation Army hall on Marietta street
Thursday evening to welcome Adju
tant and Mrs. Jackson, who have ar
rived from Knoxville, Tenn., to take
the places of Ensign ami Mrs. Boucher,
who have been transferred to New
Orleans. Adjutant Wldgery. secretary
to Major Berriman, will Introduce the
new officers.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Amidst all the discussions, reports,
recommendations, demonstrations,
commands and requests about the re
cent race riot In the new capital of
the South, the most sensible thing I
have rend or heard Is your editorial
of the 24th, "For Information of the
Outside World.”
Mayor Woodward’s "Appeal for' the
Reign of the Law" came too late. The
law had been broken. If the law bad
been reigning those Decatur street
dives would hare been clqeed before
Saturday night. If the law had been
reigning those eleven assaults would
never have been committed or at
tempted.
Our system of- laws Is defective at
some points. Where I do nOt know*.
And their execution Is entirely too
slack, and Is fast becoming to be re
garded as a farce. Why I do not know.
The comical nation of the rioting and
lawlessness-’by the citizens, and espe
cially the ministers of Atlanta, was
tlmo and breath wasted. It did not
help the situation.
1 do not believe In unjustly crltl
cislng anybody, and I most especially
do not wish to lay my hand or voice
upon one of our ininletera In a way to
hurt or harm, but Dr. Jones struck a
responsive chord In my heart In hls
talk upon why tbe ministry was fall
ing off when he said: “This nge of
commercialism had rather a minister
would wobble In hls doctrine than hls
etiquette,"
The class of citizens who Cause and
compose these riots need the gospel.
There Is nothing else that nil] take its
place.
When our Master was upon this
earth He mixed and mingled with and
preached to the rabble; the outcasts
were received by Him.
I fear tho church today Is drifting
too close toward the Pharisaical Idea
of the old Jewish church. It Is not
the whole who need a physician, but
the sick.
When a man has lost hls reason for
the moment and Is guided only by the
Impulse of revenge, the cry to sup
press, disperse, dlsarui.'etc., falls upon
deaf ears.
There Is only one thing that can avail
then, and that Is an opposing force of
more men and guns. The sympathy
tendered the Innocent sufferers is time
ly, but does no more good than sym
pathy at any other time. Whenever
any wrong Is committed Innocent peo
ple always suffer when Ihe guilty are
punished.
But your article, referred to above,
gives an explanation of the cause of
this riot (which can not be Justified
either legally or morally). It tells ex
actly why nnd how It happened, tt
gives a remedy—separate the races. It
appeals for help; will It be given us?
If so, we can separate peacefully and
orderly.
For the present, as well as the fu
ture, let this he a warning not only to
the negroes of Atlanta, but of the en
tire South, that so long as we remain
together white people are going to rule,
and are going to remain their supe
riors. Let It also be an Incentive to
them to do everything In their power
to prevent the crime which causes riot
ing.
LEMUEL D. KING.
Covington, Ga., 8ept. 24, 1906.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Oct 11.—Another Inter,
national marriage has gone wrong
After a brief marital experience the
: pretty love romance of Mr. and Mra
! George A. Schroter. of New York
I Greece and Mexico, has come to as
end. and It was learned today thx|
tho couple have parted. Tho wife has
taken apartments in the Manhattan,
while the husband has gone to Hex
leo. ‘
Mrs. Schroter, before her marriage
was the Countess De Lilly, of Athena
Greece,' granddaughter of General
Uoloc Dronls, leader in the Hellenic
light for Independence In 1823, and
sister of a present aide de camp to
King George. Mr. Schroter Is well
known in mining circles. Ho Is chlel
engineer for the Venture Mining Cor.
poration of London, and the 8tratto8
Independence mine. He has large bus.
Incss Interests In Mexico.
It wn* In Mexico nearly a year ago
that ho met the countess, who was
traveling. They foil In love and, aftot
an arduous wooing, became engaged.
They were married July 2 by Rev. Dr.
Oeorge Nixon In the presence of many
friends, and later thore was anothei
service ceremony In the Greek church
In Manhattan.
Strange things happen In New J«r.
sey. Rev. John L. Scudder, of Jersey
City, was holding a temperance meet
ing'In hls church, the First Congrega
tional. The "demon rum" was getting
nil that was coming to him, when
Randolph DeutI, a saloon keeper, ask
ed for the privilege of the floor, which
was granted to him. Among other
things, Mr. DeutI said:
"The spirit of Intolerance has
brought no good to any cause, and no
church should try to wipe out a legal
ized business. In Germany, where I
was born, there Is no liquor question.
"You cannot keep men from drink
ing. The thing to do Is to better the
conditions under which liquor Is sold.
The church must teach men not to
drink to excess. The church must
preach against the treating habit,
which Is an evil one.
'Saloon keepers should not sell to
any man who Is Intoxicated.”
There was a good deal more In the
same vein. When Det|jl sat down he
was applauded vigorously, which is
not the least strange part of the pro
ceeding. ’
The wedding of Miss Elsie Marion
Farrell, of Antonio, Conn., worth 42,-
000,000 In her own right and heiress to
96,000,000, and George H. Goss, of Wa-
terbury, lias given society folk some
thing to talk about. About eighteen
months ago. Miss Farrell broke an en
gagement to marry David Huyier
Gaines, nephew of David Hoyler, the
New York candy man, because he
ducked her and her mother after shoot
ing the chutes.
She also shoPed her' independence
several years ago by working a* a
stenographer for 915 a week- ■
Goss waa formerly a member of the
Yale football team, and was .a class
mate of Gaines. The latter was se
cretly married to Miss Florence Steu-
ber, an Erie, Pa., heiress In New York,
last June.
Norfolk, Conn., le mourning the lose
of the "village cut up.” Ho le P. R.
Haycock, who has come to New York
chauffeur for C. E. Bigelow. Hay
cock, before leaving Norfolk, distrib
uted this card among hls lady friends:,
P. R. Haycock. Cable address,
"I Got a Feeling For You." Hold
ing hands a specialty, wholesale
and retail dealer In love, kisses
and up-to-date hugs. I have no
solicitors, persons claiming to be
are fakirs. A trial Is all I ask. Sole
proprietor 6f 1/iveFs Leno. Special
attention to other people's gtrls."
Said one Norfolk girl today: "II Is
Indeed to be regretted that such a man
la to leavo Norfolk, but our loss will
be New’ York's gain.”
Former Alderman Thomas Clrary,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society's
9t6,000-a-yesr janitor. Is dead at hi»
home In Bath Beach of Bright’s dis
ease. Clary represented the flrst as
sembly district In the board of alder
men and was a former chief of the
volunteer fire department.
During the Insurance Investigation
last year It was brought out that
Clear}-, as lanltor, was paid 926,000 s
year, more than luQf the salary of the
president of the United States, nml
that he lived rent free ,ln apartments
on Broad atreet owned by the Equita
ble.
It was while holding the place as
janitor that Cleary was elected to the
famous "boodle hoard of aldermen."
He served for several years nnd finally
was Indicted for bribery. The Indict
ment, however, was dismissed on the
plea of the district attorney that the
prosecution of Clear}' was well-nigh
Impossible became of difficulty of pro
curing sufficient evidence.
Anti-Phonetic,
From an Exchangr.
President Eliot, of Harvard. Is no be
liever In the Roosevelt spelling reform.
Once there was a student who was a
candidate for the degree of doctor of
philosophy. This man adopted spell
ing reform as hls particular line of
work, and as commencement day drew
near he went to Preeldent Eliot with i
request. "You know. Mr. President.'
he said, “that yon are proposing to
make me n Plt.D. Now, f have made a
specialty of spelling reform and I al
ways spell philosophy with an f. I
therefore called to esk you If you could
not make my degree F.D. Instead of
Ph. D7" "Certainly, my dear sir," re
plied the president of Harvard. "In
fact. If you Insist we shall make It a
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM
New York, Oct. II.—Here are some of
the visitors in New York today:
ATLANTA—A. C. Holdt. E. K.
Barnes. .
IN PARIS.
Paris, Oct. 11.—Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Haas, of Atlanta, Ga., registered at the
office of the European edition of The
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY-
OCTOBER 11,
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