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DEFENDS THE SOUTH.
IHE GOVERNOR WRITES A STRONG
RAPERTO A MAGAZINE
Os the North, Taking l.sue Against Attacks
Made by the Magazine Against the
South—A Notable i’aper.
Governor Northen has written for publica
tion in The American Baptist Home Mis
sion Monthly, a paper published in New
York and presumed to deal especially with
the interests of the negroes of the south,
a very strong letter defending Georgia and
tiie south from certain aspersions which
that paper has contained reflecting upon the
people of this state and this section. The
letter was written in response to a request
from the editor of the paper, asking tne
governor for his views.
The paper is a strong and interesting one
and is worth reading. The Constitution has
secured a copy of it and presents it here
with.
The Governor's I'nper.
“Atlanta, Ga., March 31, 1894—Rev. T. J.
Morgan. Corresponding Secretary, Etc. —Sir:
1 have your letter of recent date calling my
attention to the March number of The
American Baptist Home Mission Monthly,
which is ‘devoted to a discussion of the
present condition, education, ami religious
Heeds of the colored people oi tne south.’
“1 note tnat you say turtner: T shall be
very glad to have from you an expression
of your opinion as to the vvotK done oy us,
anu as to me- view of tiie situation repre
sented in the magazine which l send you.'
“I assume, of course, that you will pub
lish my communication. For this 1 beg to
thank you in advance, as 1 desire, both as
the executive ot this state and as the pres
ident of the home mission board of the
southern Baptist convention, to express my
appreciation of all proper efforts made by
the organization you represent to Chris
tianize ami elevate the negroes of the south;
while I ask, also tiie opportunity to correct
some flagrant misrepresentations pr,«mi
nemiy se. out in some of the communi-a
tions about the people whom f nave tne
honor, in part, to represent.
'May 1 tie allowed to say at the outset,
that nt ail discussions of ‘the condition, ed
ucation and religious needs of the colored
people of the south, it should be k pt stead
ily in mind that the white people ot the
south are not solely responsible lor the pres
ence of the negroes among them. The white
people of the south are, therefore, not ex
clusively responsible for any condition that
exists, either as to their ‘education or reli
gious needs.’ The presence of the negroes at
the south has imposed upon the people of
the southern states a problem never be
fore submitted to civilization, in the solution
of which we should have the sympathy, the
co-operation and the generous aid of all
Christ-loving people. I desire again to say
that if your organization comes in, with a
proper Christian spirit, to aid us in this
great work, you wiil lind the people of the
Bouth not only ready to co-operate with
y ui. Inn prompt to give you hearty greet
ing and bid you godspeed.
“If, from your abundance, your organiza
tion has, with the proper spirit, contributed
three millions of money in the last thirty
years for the education and elevation of
these people, you have done well, and I am
pleased to give you credit to that extent for
your good work. If. however. the state of
Georgia, atom. from the poverty of its peo
ple, has furnished double that amount in
half the time named, w, have done far bet
ter. and it is but fair for your reports to
pay so. If you did not know this fact, you
ought to have made proper inquiry before
you wrote it all. I cannot ask suf
ficient space for an elaborate and
comprehensive discussion, coloring all tin
matters in dispute between us: but 1 will
treat some of them in tin order named by
you.
"Will you pardon me, at tho beginning, for
substituting the term ‘negroes’ for ‘colored
people?' This I pr> for for two reasons. First. '
'colored people’ is a misnomer; second, a
representative gathering of negroes in con
vention in this state has. by unanimous ac
tion. asked that they be known in the fu
ture by the term distinguishing their race,
rnd not bv an expression indicating what
they ire not ‘colored people.’ I prefer to
accede to their wish, as I think their re
quest a wise and proper one.
< 'oiiil i t ion.
“In peaking of the condition of the negroes
at til" soutli. page 10l of your magazine, 1
lind the following:
“"I ne treatment of the colored people is i
cruelly unjust. Tin re exists among the
whites, almost universally, prejudice against i
them simpi.v because of their race. The mere
taint of colored blood dooms a man in the
south, whatever may be his excellence of
< haraeter, his intelligence, his endowment, I
his culture, or his usefulness to society, to I
hopeless inferiority. Not only is he excluded
from ail social intercourse whatever, but I
he is subjected to slights and indignities
that constantly irtjure and wound him. At
present, throughout almost the entire south,
tht colored people, aithough endowed by the
consftution of th" United States with citi
zenship, are restrained from the very exer
cise of tin- ballot, and are excluded almost
w’holly from any active participation in
government Even in communities where
they largely outnumber the whites they
have almost no voice whatever in the mat- ,
:ded from
nearly all official positions. Negroes are :
lynched, and in sum. eases brutally riurder- !
fd for crimes ag linst the whites: while the I
same crimes ...mmitted by white people
against the colored p.-opl. not only pass
unavenged and unnoticcsl, but are looked '
upon as a matter of ci urse, and < v< n oe
cash silly wi’h positiv fav"r. In a thousand
ways th" colored people suffer at the hands
of the Whit, people simply because they arc
coleicd. Their essential manhood is denied,
lie:' • itiz- n iiip is disregarded, their claims
for just treatment are often unheeded.‘
‘ To establish the truth of these statements
you give ‘a <-as» in point furnished by an
event of re ent occurrence.' where 'a white
< hrist an. a teacher of theology in a soutli
« rn colored school, was lately seized, strip
ped and brutally beaten by white men for
the only offense of teaching in colored
t-ehools and prea hing to a colored congre
gation.’ The article then proceeds io de
nounce ‘the scoundrels who did it.’ This in-
< ident is given as a fair presentation of
the condition of th" negroes of the south
Had you observed that the place at which
this outrage is said to have oe. urred is
not named in the comm mic.ation'’ Yet the
"f the south must bear the shame of
Ibis loose and irresponsible statement, and
be Characterized as ‘scoundrels’ by a reli
gions magazine!
. “ Wil ’ \ u l“t me say that no such outrage
is possible m Georgia, and it is not in ac
cord with what should be the (‘hrGtiin
spirit and Christian purpose of a. ligious
magazine to publish smh statements to
the world without PV en locating them
“It may not be improper for me to sav in
‘ : ”■ o- that I have just entertained
nt the executive mansion Dr.cH. c. Gilman
president of Johns Hopkins university who
is al-> pre-ideut of the Slat.r fund,' and
Dr. J. L M. furry, the agent of this fund
dorm, their rc-ent vi it Io this state in the
Inter. >t of Ihe eflmation of the negroes
Together with ou- s.tate school eomniisl
smner. I accompanied these gentlemen on
n tour of nsne. tion < r the sehooL
; nd we bad fuP ami fr. .■ confm-em-e with
seventy-five or a hundr. d w hite teachers
V no are connected with negro schools Th. re
v.as not the remotest mention of''‘brutal
beating or the apprehension of it.
“I invited to the mansion to dine with
these gentlemen some of the most di«tin
gu sh< 1 r< sidents of this city, among th< m
our state school commissioner. <‘olonel x
J. Hammond, at one time representative
tn congress from this district •' Hon Hoke
Smith, present secretary of th" interior-
Hon. W. R. Hammond, ex-iudge of the
superior court and a trustee of the state ne
gro college; the president of our state uni
versity. and the presidents of our dononii- j
national colleges, and a. number of other
gentlemen equally distinguished. Tho sole
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purpose of this assemblage was the discus
cion of the better education of the negroes
at the south.
“In further rebuttal of your statement,
may I say that last Sunday afternoon the
president of the Baptist theological seminary
of this city, established for the training of
negroes, by invitation addressed the Young'
Men's Christian Association, and I did not
hear of any threat or indication of 'brutal
beating.’
“One month ago I had in my pew at the
First Baptist church, in this city, a learned
and distinguished minister who makes bis
home in Atlanta and preaches to the ne
groes throughout the state, under the joint
employment of the Baptist state and home
mission boards. This minister is one of
my warmest friends, and he has the esteem
of every good man that knows him; and |
yet these very people who love him are
published to the world in a religious maga
zine, edited by men who arc paid to know
and publish facts, as a lot of ‘scoundrels,’
who will not let a white man preach to
‘colored people!’
“Now, as to the other facts that pertain
to ‘the condition.’
“ ‘The treatment of the colored people is
cruelly unjust.’ To sustain the statement,
you say, first, 'he is excluded from all so
cial intercourse.’ In reply to this. I desire
to say very plainly that the people of the
south do not recognize the social equality
of the races. They do not now. and they
never will. To do so would justify and in
duce misegenation; and this latter necessa
rily begets amalgamation. This is contrary
to nature, and would of itself be sin.
“You say further: ‘Throughout almost
the entire south the ‘colored people’ are
restrained from the very exercise of the
ballot, and are excluded almost wholly from
any active participation in government.’
You must pardon me if I cannot find a mild
er term, when I say that, so far as my
state is concerned, this statement is abso
lutely false. In denial it may be sufficient
to say that we always have from two to
four negro representatives in our general
assembly, and the negroes in general elec
tions deposit their ballots without interfer
ence or hindrance at any precinct where
whi’e neighbors are allowed to vote.
“You say ‘negroes are lynched.’ So they
| are in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas and other
i states. If the authorities are using every
means known to the law to prevent vio
i lence here, are we one whit behind your
own state that cannot prevent murder, la
' bor riots, and all kinds of violence?
“Wh‘ n you say th 't crimes against negroes
are looked upon with ‘positive favor,” you
do such gross violence to the truth that
the statement is not worthy of a better
feeling than disgust,
“Are we the only people among the states
who cannot suppress violence? Two days
after your letter came to me, the following
press dispatch was given to the country:
“‘A NORTHFIRN OUTRAGE, THIS.
* “ ‘Pennsylvania Farmers Drive Negroes
I Away at ti e Muzzle of Their Guns.
: ■ "‘Stroudsburg,March 9. Armed with shot-
j guns, twenty-five citizens of Tannersville
: marched to the camp of the colored men
who were brought there a year ago to aid
in constructing the new Wilkesbarre and
Easton railroad, and ordered them to leave.
■ They told the colored men their presence in
the county was no longer to be tolerated
’ anti that they must get out at once.
“ ‘The attitude of tne white men, whose
shotguns made them appear like a danger
ous invading army, aroused consternation
among the colored men. They promised to
leave the county if they were given the
men, y to pay railroad fare.
. “ ‘The colored mer are almost destitute.
They have no money, and scarcely enough
food to subsist upon. They have been grow
ing desperate. There is great excitement
among the people who live near the camp.
Men, as well as women, are afraid to leave
1 their homes at night.
“ 'Farmers have had great difficulty in
1 preventing the negroes from stealing their
' chickens and live stock. A close watch has
been maintained, but this has grown irk-
i some.
1 i • Individual farmers were afraid to make
i complaint, and lir.ally a general raid upon
; the camp was arranged. Although the col
ored men promised to leave, they were still
in camp tonight.’
“The following you will observe, was only
six days later:
“ ‘LYNCHING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
“ ‘An Escaped Alurderer Recaptured and
Hangi I to a Tri ■ ■ by a Mob.
“‘Stroudsburg. Pa., March 15.—Richard
Ptryear, who murdered Christian Ehelers
near Tannersville about a month ago, es
caped from jail here this morning. A large
Cluwd gat.u 1 d. .nd I’m. >’ was c.auebt
in the Cherry Hollow woods. He fought
desperately, but was overpowered and taken
to l almt-r's island by the mob. A rope was
obtained, and the muruerer hanged to a
tree until dead (by I’emisylvania “scoun
drels.”) ’
“And, again, seven days later, I found the
following:
“ ‘.MAY BE A LYNCHING.
“ ‘A Fight Near AVilkesbarre, During AVhich
There Was Wild Firing.
“ • Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 22.—The series
of murders anil murderous assaults mat
have disgraced this country during the past
week reached a climax tonight at Midvale,
a village three miles from this eitj . Mike
D>-hi< ek, a Hungarian, became involved in
a quarrel with John Shandow, a neighbor.
Revolvers were drawn, and a blood.v right
ensueii, in which Shandow shot Brochrock
unuer the left nipple and fatally wounded
him. After the shooting Shandow tied., liv
ing right and left at the crowd which had
collected.
“’The excitement in Midvale is intense at
this writing (midnight) and tiie jail is < lose
ly guarded against a threatened attack. The
many crimes committed by the Hungarian
and Slavonic clement in this vicinity have
caused the greatest indignation, and tlireats
are openly made that, if the criminals are
not promptly punish- d there will he a repe
tition of Hie Stroudsburg lynching in this
county.'
•'Not to confine ourselves to Pennsylvania
I give vou a dispatch from your own state,
sent Out tile same day as tile one last given
from I ’eniisylvi: nia:
‘New York, Mart h 15. Read< rs ot’ news
papers cannot fail to notice the increasing
number of murders, assaults, and robberies
committed by negroes in New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. It is bad enough
in this city, but it is worse in Philadelphia.
.In that city during the pres
ent week negroes violently assaulted and
robbed six ladies and girls on prominent
business streets, it is believed tiiat tiie
tenderness of our courts in dealing with
bla- k criminals has encouraged them until
i|., \ .ne now a. terror to the white in
habitants in many localities. The mis
placed sympathy of some judges and juries
for these people is producing its results
in the shape of a. harvest of crime. It
would be to the interest of both races to
adopt a different policy.’
“Really, it would seem that matters are
growing serious in your seel ion, and you
may have to devote some of your money
to taking care ot the negroes at the north.
Possibly, this is enough on the. condition,
at least for the north.
S ,<i tK-a lion .
“Du page 89, you say: ‘As a matter of
fact, they get the merest smattering of an
education in two, three, or four months
school, forgetting much of what they learn
ed before another year's session begins.’
,\s a maio r oi la. t. tne public schools
in this state, for the whites and blacks, are
exactly the sani" . 'As a mattei of fuel,’
no public school in this state is allowed lo
run for a shorter time than five months.
‘As a matter ot fact,' the education of the
negroes is not confined to the • lententary
branches; the state of Georgia has estab
lished a college at Savannah for the higher
education id the m gro, for which the gen
eral assembly appropriates Jx.oOO aiinnallv.
‘As a matter of fact, - teachi rs are [ire
pared in this college and made fully com
intent to teach in any of the public s- ’tools
of tliis section or yours, amt they at" [ire
pared to serve their race as efficiently as
tiie White teachers serve the white schools.
Yet, in the face of all this, you state, ‘as
a matter of fact,’ tiiat ‘some who would
go to uplift t e ] pit are compiled to
turn away and leave them among wolves.’
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 10,1894.
“Let us see what the ‘wolves’ are doing
for me coiureu peop.e.
“The tax value-: of this state are returned
at $162,000,000. Os this amount, the negroes
pay $16,000,000. The state raises not quite
one and a quarter million dollars for school
purposes. of this, tne scoundrels' and
the ‘wolves’ and the ‘colored people’ pay
their pro rata, the expense being largely
borne uy tne ‘scoundrels’ amt ‘wolves, j
because of excess of property; and yet, ‘as
a matter of tact,’ the two races share and
share alike.
■ aow my brother, in the face of these
facts, do you think you have dealt fairly
by the south when you publish us, to the
worm as ‘scoundrels' and ‘wolevs,’ look
ing upon lynch law with ‘positive favor,
and brutally beating white men who preach
: to 'C'.-lo eu people'.'' .
“When I began this article, I thought that
I would cover the entire giound oi u><i in
quiry contained in ;,,. .. letter; but t must
desist. ,
“You ask, page Sa, ‘Must it ever be thusi
Is there no reined., . ’
“Let us assum. that ail you have said is
true, and answer „ -ar i... t u.ry from Yyur
own point, of view. Gi.Eii.ug that tne
white people at the so . •-■ ‘scoundrels
and ‘wolves,’ 1 would suggest that the
quickest way to uplift the negroes is to re
move them from their dangerous surround
ings. It is hardly possible to deport them
to Africa. This would cost more money
than the government is able to appropriate.
It is equally as impossible and not as de
sirable to settle them in some territory set
apart for their exclusive occupancy. r ur
thermore, ‘they are endowed by the con
stitution of the United States with citizen
ship/ ami we have not the right to trans
port them against their will to any Btven
locality and confine them there. Ihe
thing to do to meet the views ot your
magazine, in my candid judgment, is to
distribute these people throughout the
states of the north, giving them opportunity
to come in contact with the higher civiliza
tion of your section and the better educa
tional advantages that your states can
afford. This would give your people lull
opportunity to encourage social equality |
among the races and all the attendant re- ;
suits in miscegenation. , . I
“Let me suggest that you spend some of .
your annual appropriation taking the ‘col
ored people' unto yourselves, completely
and entirely away from the ‘scoundrels
and ‘wolves.’ This course will greatly re
duce expenses of elevation and hasten the
work vou have undertaken.
“1 would be glad to give you my views
upon the ‘religious needs’ of these people,
as discussed by you: but, to be candid, I
think vonr magazine so far lacking in true'
religious spirit and purpose, that you are
i>> no sense the proper person to attempt
to meet the ‘religious needs’ of these or .
an' - other people.
“If you come south in the proper spirit,
and to do Christian service to the negroes
all our people will meet you gladly and
render vou all possible aid.
“If vonr magazine is fairly represented by
the number sent to mo, the sooner you
withdraw from the southern field ihe hot
ter it will bo for the ‘condition, education
and religious needs of the ‘colored people’
“W. .1. NORTHEN.”
EV INS IN MURRAY.
The General Speaks nt Spring Place
iiiul Pidlnn.
Dalton, Ga., April 3.—(Special.)- General
Clement A. Evans made a speech to the
yeomanry of Murray county today at
Spring Place, and, as all Murray goes to
the courthouse on sale days, lie had a large
audience, and his reception by the people
of Spring Place and Murray county was
in the shape of an ovation. He returned
from Murray this afternoon, and goes to
Atlanta tonight.
The general made a. strong, forcible
speech here yesterday, on his way to Spring
Place, .judge Milnor giving him two hours
of the court’s time. The courthouse was
densely packed, the halls were crowded,
and the front yard of the courthouse was
full. It seemed as if every voter in th s
section was anxious to hear the grand old
man. The audience was composed mostly
ot democrats, but a good many populists
were scattered among them.
General Evans was introduced by Colonel
Sam E. Berry, one of north Georgia's lead
ing citizens, in a happy little speech.
about hie out ernohsuiu.
The Bainbridge Democrat relates this in
cident. of the late war in connection: with |
General Evans: .
“The army was on a fori ed mart h, the ,
[ weithei bitter cold, am! ice abundant. A
' in., war i-a.-h-,! and there were no pon-
• .... n bridges to transport the army over the
icy waters. The general ordered his nvn
to' follow him. lie being mounted on his
famous charger hut the bitter cold caused
them to d-mur and hesitate, but General
Evans was equal to I'm emergency. Dis
mounting, he ordered tile feeblest man lie
could lind to mount his norse and plunged ■
into the stream—saying ‘Come on, boys!’ i
and led them on.
“Mr John Yorn also says he has many a i
time, during a forced inarch, marched in I
rain and snow in cold, seen this same no
ble old Roman dismount from his horse,
and against their utmost protest, compel
barefooted, ragged, wounded and feeble
soldiers to mount and ride his own horse,
while the general himself trudged along
by their side in the snow and mud and
rain. ...
“Such simple, every-day Incidents, ot
sucn times as those, illustrate the charac
ter and nobility of soul of this honored
soldier-stat, small, who for <he first time
in all these years asks as the last crown
ing honor of a long and us.'l ul life the office
of governor at the hands of Georgians.”
Tne Jonesboro Enterprise makes this an
il. ninecmeiit:
“Since we have taken charge of The En
terprise. we have aroused much curiosity
.as to who we would support for governor. .
It might be well to state now that as yet |
we have never voted, but wo will be ‘ripe’ i
in time to cost our first ballot for General ‘
<‘lenient A. Evans Wo have no objections I
to .Mr. Atkinson if he was the only demo- :
erat in the race, but while General Evans
is there we thm!: tiie people of Georgia ;
owe him the honor of governorship, and :
they are going to elect him.”
The Fort Valley Leader has the follow- ■
ing:
“General Evans will be in Perry on
Wednesday, the 11th instant, and will ad
dress the people at about 2 o’clock that I
dav. He will be greeted h'- a large con
course of friends and admn'ers, both I
among the old veterans and the young men ’
who favor him. It affords us delight to
make this announcement, and with the as- i
sistance of his many friends w • trust to be i
able to congratulate the general on carry- •
ing Houston county.”
A writer in The Americus Times-Re-
Corder says:
“General Evans is undoubtedly the choice
of nine-tenths of the people of Georgia for '
governor. and his strength is among he .
pe'ple at large.”
Pays The Darien Gazette;
“General Evans turns out to ho a right ;
smart talker. He was a right smart figliter
at one time.”
The Spring Place .Timplccute says:
“Gne bv one his claims are shattered be
fore the hosts of the gallant, honest, plain
; old Clement A. Evans.”
77//? SA’A’,l mm EACE.
The Sandersville Progress has the fol
lowing:
“Hon. A. O. Bacon wired Speaker Crisp
his congratulations upon his appointment
as senator, and promised him his support
for the long term. That was magnanimous, i
Sir.'- . how. r. Mr. Crisp has declined the I
a)>• ointment the situation assumes an in- i
teresting aspci't. -Mr. B.icou will no doubt
1... a . , ■. late for senalor. anti under the
circumstances it is not improbable that
Mr. frisp will decline to antagonize him.
If Mr. Bacon is elect’d Mr. Crisp will prob
i ablv become a candidate for senator at the
Siwelim.: > lection as the successor of S-n
--', ator Gordon. With Bacon and Crisp in the
senate Georgia may well be proud of her
' representation in the upper branch of the
national legislature.”
Speaking of the appomtment and declina
tion of Speaker Crisp, The Thomaston
Times says:
“in this matter Governor Northen.
Speaker Crisp and Hon. A. <). Bacon have
great!v endeared themselves to their friends
and 'the public generally by their willing
ness and readiness to sacrifice- personal
ambition and wishes to the public good.”
The Hawkinsville Dispatch has this of
Maior Bacon:
“In spite of recent events in the sena
torial race, it is apparent to a careful
observer that Major Bacon is in the ,ead.
He is a map of high character- and great
ability, and nis training has he-n such
as to peculiarly fit him for the United
States senate.”
The Madisonian says:
“Hon. A. O. Bacon wqyj.l make a good
and safe senator.”
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BAPTIST CONVENTION.
A THREE EATS’ SESSION OF THE
S TA TES’ H.l rns TS.
Rev. W. C. Ila-K’s Resignation Accepted by
the Trustees—The Next Convention
to Meet in Waycross, Ga.
Macon, Ga., April 4.—(Special.)—The
trustees of Wesleyan Female college met
in Macon this morning to consid.r the
resignation of Rev. Dr. W. C. Bass as the
lessee and president of the college and pro
fessor of metaphysics. Dr. Bass appeared
before the board and asked that his resig
nation be accepted on account of his ill
health. The trustees very reluctantly ac
cepted It. It will take effect at the college
commencement exercises next June.
The llnptist Convention.
The second day’s session of the Georgia
State Baptist convention was more largely
attended both by delegates and visitors
than on yesterday. Before the regular pro
ceedings of the convention commenced Rev.
W. Ji. Whitsett, I'.lk, professor of church
history in the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary, at Louisville, uclivered an ad
dress to the theological students of Mercer
university. This morning al the convention
Rev. Mr. Whitsett presented the work of
the seminary. This seminary is one ot the
largest in the world, having nearly 300 the
ological students in attendance during the
last session.
At tile morning session reports were sub
mitted on temperance, missions and kindred
topics. One of the most important reports
was that recommending that Hearn insti
tute be taken out of tiie convention. This
was adopted in a spirit of harmony. Chair
men of ail standing committees were ap- i
pointed.
The ladies’ meeting convened .'it 9 o <•!■« k.
The work of the orphans’ home in Atlanta
was discussed. The home has been made
a special order for the convention tomor
row. Dr. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, preached
today.
Al 4 o’clock this afternoon a reception
was tendered the convention by tne faculty
and students of Mercer university. Ad
dresses were made, bv President Gambrell.
Dr Gibson. Dr. Hawiherno and ethers. At
7 o’clock there was a m iss meeting at the
First Baptist cliunh on foreign missions.
Rev Dr R J. Willingham, of Richmond.
Va ’ secretary of the board of foro’gn mis
sions deliv. red an address. He is a son
of Ben L. Willingham, of Macon.
The convention will adjourn aboil, rrictay
night.
•’ lie Baptists • djourn.
Macon, Ga., April 5. —(Special.)—The Geor
gia Baptist, state convention adjourned this
evening, after a three days’ interesting and
harmonious session, to meet next year at
Wa> cross. Among the distmguisimd visi
tors today was Governor V) . J- Northen,
Who is one oi the vice presidents ot the
Convention. He was accompanied by Mis.
Nortneii and daugnter. Governor Northen
was given a very cordial greeting by his
Baptist brethren. He was the guest ot
President Gambrell, of Mercer umveistty,
uuring ms slay m tne city.
The morning s<-sion was opened vital
praver bv I lev. .Mr. Cheney. Among the
iirs't business transacted was the appoint
ment ol tiie following delegates to tne
Southern Baptist eonvention, which meets
at Dallas, Tex.: B. F. Abbott, A. D. Adar.,
H. N. Almond, J. P. Armstead, \v . 1. m
nu.ll, H. Atkins, George 1... Almond, H. W.
Baldwin, A. .1. Battle, J. W. Beck, James
T. Bothwell. W. 1.. L. Bowen, I. ' . Boykm,
J. (.'. Braxton, L. F. Blalock, J. W • Brov u,
A. A. Cabaniss, .Merrell P. Calloway, Sr.,
T. M. Calloway, E. B. Carroll,
Al. S. Carswell, E. W. < mi'K,
W. Al. Cail, T. W. Coleman,
W. Al. Cowart, H. L. Crumbley, S. B.
Campbell, Walter Dallas, J. S. Al. Dar ien,
B. W. Davis, Walker Dunson, W. R. Dead
wvlt r, \\ . B. Drcwrv, William Ealerliart,
John F. Edens, D. 1,. Espy, W. W. I''uis,
J. H. Lootson, L. it. Games, .1. 11. Gam
brell, G. W. Gardner, !•:. Z. F. Golden, John
M. Green, J. L. Gross, D. W. Gwinn, D.
W. Hammock, H. A. Hall, D. C. Harris,
It. E. L. Harris. H. Hatcher, J. B. Haw
thorne, It. B. Headd n, H. H. Hickman,
T A. ileydt n. J. A. Howard, G. W. Hunt,
R. H. Jackson, S. Y. Jameson, C.
Jordan. J. S. Knowles, W. W. Mabi-iy. E.
Y .Mallorv, A. A. .Marshall, I-’. <’■ M ■< ‘iin
nell, Henrv McDonald, H. it. McLenton. J.
C. Al -.Michael, It. \. Montieth. A. J. Mor
gan. I’aul .Muslin. G. It. AicCall. J. P.
Nichols, R. W. i.iliver, T. W. G'Keeb-y,
T. A. Owen, .1. L. i’.i :er.-'on. S. L. Pattillo,
S J Paxson, J. M. Pitts A . L. R
B. F. Rilev, W. W. Hoop. J. N T . Rush, B.
L. Ross, William Shelton, G. W. Smith, R.
F. Smith, W. H. Smith, J. Spain, W. L.
Stanton, G. W. B. Taylor, it. B. Taylor, J.
C. Thompson. G. S. Tiimlin, W. D.
Upshaw, J. L. Walton, J. G.
Walker, A. ('. Ward. J. B. West,
B B Williams. Thornton Wheatley,
! c F. Wright. Thomas J. Wooften, William
I H. Young, W. I’. Price.
I The state mission board was next appoint-
■ er as follows: B I> I tagsdn I". \. < . N’or
; cross, H. M. McDonald. W. B. Drewry, J.
’l’. Pendleton. W. H. Cooper. J. M. Green,
J. B. Hawthorne. S. Y. Jameson, A. B.
Vaughn, Jr.: Al. L. Stanton, S. A. Burney,
H. It. Bernard, I’. A. Jesup. F. C. AlcCon
mll, J. Al Rushin, It. D. Hawkins, J. A.
Wvnn. T. W. O’Keiley. D. W. Gwinn, A.
D. Freeman, G. R. McCall, J. Al. Brittain,
C. A. Davis. Jr.
All the old officers and executive commit
tees were re-elected. An interesting report
of !!!'■ Sunday scli work in tlu? state
was read. There were addresses upon the
subject by Rev. J. A. Wynn, Rev. F. D.
Bell and Dr. Hawthorne, of Atlanta. Dr.
Bell, of the Sunday si lc.ol biuu'd of N:>‘:h
villt . made a special report on. tiie work
and its need. The joint rep irt of the com
mittee on education and trustees of Aler
cer university was read. It showed the in
j stitution to he in a very prosperous eondi-
I tion and tin- <-onV'ntion unanimously ami
i enthusiastically resolved to uphold ihe
hands of ihe president and faculty in their
Id tors. Rev. T. <M ''onnell and Dr. J.
: G. Gibson made inspiring speeches on home
missions.
The chairmen for the standing commit-
I tees for flic year were appointed, as fol
lows: State of religion, W. A. Wilson;
I state of missions. T. \V. O’Keeley; home
| missions, T. W. Garner; foreign missions,
A. J Battle; Sunday schools, G. 11. I'arte;-;
temperance, B. 11. Ivey: education, D. W.
Gwinn; literature. .1. Y. Allen; deceased
! ministers, J. ('. Solomon; nominations, J. J.
; Davis; representation in Southern Baptist
i eonvention. A. M. Marshall; young people,
! J. W. Stanford: prayer service. S. Y. Jame
' son. The correspondents to the different
i state conventions were appointed as fol
| lows: Alabama, Marion. July 4th, A. J.
\ Battle. .McMichael. Tumliu, Kelly and Bla
i lock; Florida. Leesburg, in Januarv. Edens.
Herier. i pshaw, I’. W. Davis, .McMichael
: and Dr. Parker; north Georgia, Lawrenee
> ville. fourth Sunday in July. McMichael,
j Gibson, Burney, J. B. S. Davis, Morris,
Johnson. T. B. Cooper and J. W. Smith;
■ south Georgia. Cordele, in November, T. it.
f'o .per. Hawks. Sheffield, J. G. and G. It.
Mel’.-ill, .1.1.. Gross. It. D. Mallory and B.
i AV. Tharpe: colored Baptist convention,
; t’ohimhiis, AVednesday before second Sun
i day in June. W. F. Pool.
At the afternoon session the negro ques
tion came up in the following' resolution,
which was introduced b\ Dr. Murray:
“Whereas. Certain statements have boon
made in The Missionary Monthly of the
' American Baptist Home Mission Society
concerning the treatment of the negroes by
the people of the south, and.
"Whereas. We regard those statements
unkind, uniust and untrue; therefore, he it
“Resolved. That the thanks of the Geor
gia Baptists are due and heartily tendered
to Dr. Gambrell ami to our excellent
governor. W. J. North-'n, for their cour
teous and masterly replies to the aforesaid
i statements.”
Dr. Hawthorne and others advocated the
! adoption of the resolution: Rev. Mr. Mc
; Connell opposed them. They were adopted
I by a practically unanimous vote. The
siateniont declared that the negroes were
ill-treated, lynched without cause. re
s:r->ined from the exercise of the ballot and
tb.r-ir religious and educational welfare and
interests neglected.
The night session was devoted principally
to the discussion of the religious training
of the young people of the church.
LETTEHS EKOM I'llE PEOPLE,
Gen. Fvsins'.H Service to the People.
Editor Constitution: One of the proud
boasts of the Atkinson p-ople is that Mr.
Atkinson lias done so much for the party,
amt that General Evans Jt.s done nothing.
Air. Atkinson has done good service as a
democrat, as chairman of the committee
he may have done some gratuitous work.
He did work in the legislature, but he has
been well paid for that. Bvt when he in
sinuates that in all th-se years since the
war General Evans has done nothing ’’.t
his country, he forgets a great fact, end
that is, that General Evans is a | t act er.
11 is whole life has been given to the service
of his fellow men. His splendid service of
four years in the war can never be forgotten
bv his countrymen. His personal example
as a soldier, and his unfaultering courage
and devotion to duty in every emergency,
will live in the hearts of the people where
there is one of them left who wore the
gray. But I insist that no class of men
are' more constantly employed in doing
good to their fellow men than preachers,
and certainly none are paid less for their
services. For years li,is salary was not
sufficient to pay his expenses. He has been
doing laborious service in benaii or iii<
education of young men and the support,
of old preachers, and this service he hail
given gratuitously. His generous soul never
grows we.J.rv, and his tender, loving heart:
has always been ready to respond to tho
cry of the distressed, and to speak a hope
ful word to the struggling. General Evans
is a Methodist; I am a Baptist. I his letter
is written as a tribute of a- I *?' t '°. n 1? J or
him. J- L<- D. HILLY Eli.
AT THE STATEHOUSE.
How the Governor Acted on the Appeal for
the Militsry.
The pension business for the year lc9l is
about wound up and
xlarrison feels good that his tedious
and Herculean task is ended. He
says that the pensions have latten
oft but slightly this year, there being
about s ■vciity-live widows who have not
come to claim theirs and about a 11 ’- 1n, * 1 .y. 1
veterans who are missing on the fists AVith
these exceptions the pensions have all been
paid and the receipts entered in tne big
look that Captain Tip keeps lor that ri -
pose. lie says that- this does not indicate
that the pensions will be fewer -his
for the money tiiat now goes to mie is
given to another immediately when it J.as
been learned that the former pensioner is
dead or tails out of the list of pension le
ceivers. There is a vast army ot avlows
unprovided for and the number ol app -
cations that pile in from year to year upon
the desk of Captain Harrison is sometning
wonderful. It seems tiiat if nearly halt
the widows who now receive pensions wete
to die tomorrow their places would be .-pecu
ily filled by others, whose applications ate
in readiness for the first vacant places on
the list warranted by the limit ot Jie leg
islative appropriation. In this way it can
be seen that ihe pension industry t iat ai>-
tain Harrison presides over is destined to
; last for some time to come.
Hot-o l‘crtlliz»TM This Yenr.
The fertilizer trade is all over for the
season and it now appears that the t timers
of ilie state of Georgia are going to use ccn
siderably more of the stuff this year than
last. If is well known that last year was
noted for the small quantity of commercta.
fertilizers engaged by the farmers m this
state, though it was not so remar.table
in this respect as was the year previous.
This year the farmers seem to be using
more than l ist year. It is true, neverthe
less, that the quantity is far below the
amount of former years. The increase ol
acreage this year may have something to
do with it. Lut it is more than likely that
the cause is due to the fact that the 1 ar
mors are going to use more fertilizers under
corn and grain crops this y> :ir than 'usual.
It. is thought bv farmers who were in the
agri uliur.il office yesterday, that th“re will
be but little increase in the acreage of the
cotton crop in this state for the ensuing
year The farmers have found by their ex
periences last year and the year before
that tho way to got themselves out of debt
is to raise (heir family supplies at home
and cut down their acreagi in cotton. H
Is hardly thought likely that the ii a ■
in the use of fertilizers in th" state 1S
y-?n.r mean." auv particular inero’ise in the
acreage of cotton that is to be.
Paying, Off the Teachers.
Commissioner Bradwell, of tiie education
al department of slate, is busy with the
work of paving olf the school I’achers
their first quarterly salaries that hate [ali
en line.' Tltis is the first tin.'- tiie new Hile
of paving off tiie teachers quarterly has ap
plie I.' The act was passi d by the 111
g. neral assembly fixing it that Hie teachers
could be paid quarterly. The way it is
done is by tiie state borrowing a quarter
of a million dollars to start the ball. The
trouble has always been that there was
not enough nione.x in tile slate tteasury for
the teachers at this time of the year. This
difficulty has been overcome by the -late
borrowing :?A'ii.iiOii, ihe teachers all over
the stale nave ’ expressed their genuine
gratification and pleasure at tho turn things
have taken and everybody is glad that so
much money can lie tui'ii-'l loose over the
state in-* at this time. It will be nearly a
half-million dollars ti nt will i>e paid olf
to the teachers in all the varied counties of
the state.
'J’tie Populists* Convention.
The Southern Passenger Association at
the iiieei -i in in gianieit cneap rates
to the convention of the populists of Geor
g a to be held on the 16th of next month.
This eonvention promises to be one of
great importance to the people’s party of
inis stale, and certainly will be one of much
interest, to the general 1 üblic.
The purpi .'-e oi rt.e convention is to se
lect eaiididai is f.>r governor to be placed in
the field against tiie <1 moeratic nominee.
There is all manner of gossip concerning
the eonvention, and the probable candidate
to be selected to rim on the gubernatorial
ticket. It is said that Colonel AY. L. I’eek,
who was in the race for the populists last
time wants to be chosen as file candidate
this year also, but there seems to be some
opposition to him among certain promi
nent members of the party who will have
a hand in shaping its destinies in the com
ing campaign.
A great many of the leaders favor Tom
Watson ns the candidate for the people’s
party to put in the field against the demo
cratic nominee, but as he has announced
that he will run for no office this term it is
doubtful whether or not he will be the
man.
Th" convention will doubtless bo largely
attended owing to the cheap rates that have
been iillowed b.v the Southern Passenger
Association. It seldom occurs that the rail
roads give cheap rates to state rolitieal con
ventions, anM this may be taken as a suf
ficient guarantee that the people’s party
will have a groat manv delegates to come
to Atlanta on the 16th of Alay.
Negroes Approve.
f olumloa, Tenn., March 29.—Gentlemen
of tiie Cotton Slates Exposition Committee;
Yc.ur decision in setting aside a building
for colored exhibits only in the great expo
sition al Atlanta, Ga., in the near future
is one of tiie most significant signs that the
feeling between tiie two races is becoming
nmre ami more fraternal.
To our minds nothing has occurred during
tiie last quarter of a century that pleased
us more.
Indeed, this is an omen <of better times
in our fair and sunny south, and the bond
ol triendship between the two races will be
mad: ten fold stronger. Your action gives
the brother in black a most opportune
chance lo show tiie products of his indus
tries, and this chance provided for and
git • ii him by his brother m white.
do the colored race this action on your
part is the brightest star in the galaxy of
hope. We assure you, whatever is to be
done to enhance the value of and make
more glorious this southland, we want to
have a hand in it. For the bones of the
fathers of ihe white man and the him k
man alike lie bleeehing in this southland;
therefore, it is hallowed and sacred to us
all. \\ o desire to express our appreciation
and to assure you that we, the colored peo
ple of Tennessee, stand ready to assist
Georgia to make tiie forthcoming cotton ex
position a glowing success.
B. A. J. NIXON’,
Presiding Elder of the Columbia D strict
African Methodist Episcopal church
JAMES 11. TURNER,
Pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Epis
copal Church and Editor of The Columbia
Headlight.
J. C. HALFACRE. M.D.,
Manager of Columbia Headlight.
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Things.
PEOPLE GIVEN UP AS HELPLESS
Brought Back to Life and Health *
Again by the Remarkable Healing
I’owcrs of an Atlanta. Physician.
From all sections of the south comes
testimony of the wonderful skill and suc
cess of Dr. W. J. Tucker, of Atlanta.
Among the thousands of unsought for tes
timonials concerning the doctor’s wonderful
healing power are tin- diowing: ?drs. A.
L. Aloulden, Port Gibson, Miss., says: “I
went under Dr. Tucker’s treatment in 1890,
a helpless invalid, after some of the lead
ing physicians of the soutli had given my
case up as hopeless and incurable. I went
to Dr. Tucker-as a last resort and when it
seemed to me that death was far prefera
ble to life, as I then suffered. In three
months’ time he had me restored to health.
Aly cure is regarded by myself and friends,
and all who knew me, as little short of a
miracle. Tongue cannot tell or pen por
tray the mental and physical torture I
endured previous to going to Dr. Tucker.
“To all suffering women I can only say,
do not dispair, but do as I did; consult Dr.
Tucker and I am sure you will have no
reason to regret it.”
Airs. Josie Stephens, Waycross, Ga., says:
“I went under Dr. Tucker’s treatment .‘even
years ago, after the best doctors in south
Georgia said I would die, that there was
absolutely no hope for me. None of my
neighbors expected me to live a week and
I may say my death was hourly < >p- ■ ted.
In two months’ time Dr. Tucker had me
perfectly restored to health and L have
been well ever since.”
E. M. Eagan, Zeighrville, Miss., says:
“My wife was restored
treatment of Dr. Tucker, after all others
had failed. She had long been an invalid
and given up all hopes of being cured.
G. W. Sutherland, Aine Hill. All., was
for many months a terrible sufferer from
chronic dysentery anil ulceration of tne
bowels; everything failed to relieve him
and he had dispaired of getting well, as a
last resort he tried Dr. Tucker and the
result was a cure.
D. E. Dalrymple, Townville, S. C., was
cured by Dr. Tucker six years :.,:-;o of a
most distressing case of nervous dyspepsia
and is well today.
Aliss Maggie AleKennon, Rockingham, N.
C., a great sufferer for many months, never
got any relief until she tried Dr. Tucker.
Mrs. Al. L. Jones, Vernon, La„ says:
“Dr. Tucker has had wonderful success in
tho treatment of my case.”
Colonel Charles A. Dunwoody, Roswell,
Ga., suffered for years; says he has been
most w >nderfully benefited under Dr. I u--k
--er's treaiment. Tl’.us from .'ill parts of ’.lie
south comes similar testimonials o! t.ie
marvelous skill and success of the south s
greatest specialist, who has a record une
qualed by any other physician in the south-
Dr. AV. J. Tucker may bo addressed at 10
North Broad st., Atlanta, Ga. Consulta
tion, personally or by mail, with pamphlet
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