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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Tuesday. august n. inon.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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The Reign of Terror for Southern
Women.
The appalling crime attempted and partly executed
on Monday almost within tile limits of Atlanta brings to
a tocus the recognition of a torrid wave of lust and fiend-
Ishness on the part of the negro criminals of the state.
It is dtfflcult to discuss with any tranquillity or with
any reason n crime like this. The mere suggestion of
the allghtest familiarity on the part of a black and filthy
negro with a refined and gentle woman of the Cau
casian race Is enough to stir the blood to fever heat, but
the monstrous and unspeakable horror of the more seri
ous and brutal assault, simply wakes to a frenzy and will
always stir to frenzy the Caucasian blood.
In the discussion of this great question In tlmea
past, the editor of The Georgian has passed through
all atages of feeling from reason to hysteria, nnd we
have thought enough and seen enough and left enough
Of this fearful shadow upon our civilization; to hat-e
gome ideas that are distinctly definite nnd that- ought
to be essentially practical.
The people of this great republic who are disposed
to criticise the South scarcely renllze that Its jieople
•re living In a atate of constant siege and danger. The
Women of this Southern country to whom no age or civil
isation has ever produced a superior and scarcely an
equal, are prisoners to danger and to fear. The women
In the North and In the East may walk after nightfall
from street to street and almost from township to
township without an escort and without nlarm. But it
has come to pass In the slow process of this Increasing
terror that there Is not a woman, wife, mother or (liter
who would he permitted In thfi South to walk after sun-
get unattended through the quiet street! of suburban
towns. And even In midday, men who leave their homes
unguarded, leave with apprehension nnd provide evory
means of protection and self-defense which care and ap-
■ Inn Mh' rf.vla. . I
prehension rah' devise.
This state of affairs Is frightful and appalling and it
cannot and must not endure any longer In theee atates
which have won the right to better things.
Here for inatance In the very center of the South's
best civilization, right In the heart of progress and devel
opment, in the open suburb of Georgia’s capital city, and
the metropolis of the South, we have had five open
and monstrous attempts -at rape within the last four
weeks. No dark region, no benighted portion of the state.
no'swamps nor morasses to bide the offender, no turpen
tine camps or sugar plantations to gather the lawless and I the negro, then we might hope to witness a change In
earnestly and Intensely do arraign' the leaders of the
negro race, their preaciierf and tbxlr public men that (bey
have not themselves cooperated to suppress this crime.
They have met In conventions, they have passed resolu
tions. they have ora'.-nl fiercely about Inch law an.ltbe,
have denounced Sontbtrn men a id methods, but the
have been shamefully and criminally silent In making
their voices heard In stern and persistent denunciation
of the crime that produces lynching. Many men and In
dividual members of the negro race who magnify the
lawlessness of lynching above the crime that produces
it, have even aided the confeksed criminal against the
virtue of our women by secreting him from the ofllcei
of the law, by providing change of clothes and by con
nlving In every way to aid In hla escape from the out
raged agents of society. Upon this basis we arraign the
leaders—the teachers, the prqncbers, the bishops anfl
the editors of the negro race as partleepa erimlnla and
co-crlmlnals with the rapist when they fall to co-operate
fully and freely with the white race In the swift pun
ishment of this awful crime.
Until the negroes are taught from the pdlplt, from
the teacher's chair nnd from the printed page to help
the white man to hunt down the scoundrels and the crim
inals of their race, they are themselves guilty in part of
the crimes which we revenge. They make the negroes
think that every black criminal who Is lynched is a mar
tyr to the prejudice of race. They Inflame the minds
of the inferior race by their fierce diatribes and pro-
teats against lynching. But neither their pulpits' thunder
nor their presses' spout preachments against the crimi
nal and the crimes which mako lynching possible.
We are getting tired of these one-sided Jeremiads.
We have no patlenco with such hypocrisy. The negro
must help the white man to Intimidate the negro crim
inal.
Here then we get down to the core of the matter.
Let us have less of these fierce denunciation^ of the mob
and let the negro preachers and the negro editors and
the negro teachers get busy with the vigorous use of
their lungs and their lead pencils against the crime
which, If not suppressed, will ultimately destroy their
race.
For there Is growing steadily in the minds of the
Caucasians of the South a stern determination to be freed
at any cost from this element of terror which covers
the women of our people. We have bought with our
blood and with our brains a continent which we have
redeemed from the wilderness and made the greatest
nation under the sun. We have built out of the ashes
and desolation of war n country that In beauty and devel
opment has come to be a wonder and the admiration of
the world. We are doing our part In ail of the great
movements that make our country glorious and the age
illustrious In achievement. And we are rapidly reach
ing the point where we wilt not permit ourselves much
longer to endure In this Southern country a siege In
which our women are the prisoners and In which every
Southerner is an anxious sentinel at tho outpost of his
fireside and tho shrine of his home.
If these uegroeB who are making themselves so bla
tant In their public speeches and conventions—it tho
leaders, from Booker Washington down to the bishops
and the preachers and the smallest editor would lift
up the banner of a great united crusade against the
Infamy of rape and would pledge themselves to bunt with
even fiercer vigilance than the white man, the despoiler
<>" our homes and (he deadliest onj'ny to the hop>a of
to develop the criminal Instinct, but right here under the
shadow of Georgia's capltol and in the very heart of
the South's highest intelligence these monstrous crimes
have had fast and frightful recurrence.
Every one of the fiends who has been apprehended
has been dealt with swiftly and sternly by an outraged
society that could not and did not wait for the alow pro-
ceases of the law. Every rapist that has been caught
has been shot or hanged without hesitation and without
remorse. ,
And yet with the open blazon of this swift nnd fear
ful punishment the crime has been repeated or attempted
almost before the echo of the last outrago had died
•way!
Does lynching prevent rape? It wpuld seem not.
Within twenty days after the burning of Bam Hose at
Newnan, Gn., there were three attempted assaults with
in a radius of an hundred miles of his monstrous crime
and Its swift nud awful punishment!
It becomes evident that we must find another rem
edy than lynching for the suppression of these outrages
upon the women of the South.
Now mark you, the rrlmo of rapo Is confined nlmost
exclusively, if not exclusively, to the negro race. The lust
of the white man makes no menace of vltwont expression
toward the women of the South. The, negro has n mo
nopoly In rape. If the negro were no longer n pnrt of our
population, the women ot tho South would he freed
from their state of siege and would be nt liberty to go
where they pleased and when they plensed. But under
the black shadow of the fiendish passion ot these ebony
devils our women are as completely slaves ns If they
warp-In bondage to a conquering foe. They do not dare
to enjoy on foot or on horseback the liberty of move
ment and freedom of action to which they are entitled
under the great and progressive civilization In which
they live.
What can we do then to halt this terrible and appall
ing crime? What reasonable experiment can wo try
to put a atop to the mad career of these Infernal fiends
who haunt every sequestered nook and corner around
our cities? Killing, shooting, burning has ceased to ter
rify them. But we have never triad any other remedy.
We havo never experimented with any other inoda of
punishment.
Why can we not establish then some new form of
punishment whose very spectacular method and terror
will eliminate the foulest crlmlnnl Instincts of our time.
In the past the editor of The Georgian has advocated the
personal mutilation of the rapist as u deterrent force, and
wa believe yet resolutely nnd fearless!.' H.nt the experi
ment Is worthy of a trial. Let It be understood In ad
vance that every negro Who commits this crime will en
treated to tills punishment and let ua see at least tor
a twelvemonth what effect the new punishment will
hare upon the old end frightful off-.-iao.
We have suggested In time past that some new nnd
mysterious mode ot punishment—the passing over n slen
der bridge into n dark chamber where in utter dark
ness and In utter mystery the assallan tof woman's vir
tue would meet a fate which his friends would nevei
know and which he himself would never tome back to
make them understand. Darkness, mystery, uncertainty
have always been deterrent Influences upon the minds of
this Ignorant and s-u oratltlous ra-J. We Insist that th'4
experiment Is also worth a trial for what It is Worth—to
ba perpetuated If it is successful and to be abandoned
It it does not accomplish Us puriiose. Heaven knows
that a desperate disease demands a trial of every des
perate remedy which tact and theory and self-defense
can dictate to a |H-ople who havo borne too much and
borne too long the horrible ahadow which rests upon
our society and upon civiUzatlon.
these conditions and a suppression of these crimes
which provoke that fiery terror, which, however lawless
anci howover depiomb'e. Is the only Uelotrort of tha rapist
and the chief defense of woman.
There Is no excuse for apathy here. Time and
again the Rppeal has gone forth for co-operation along
these lines. And in the memory of these unanswered
arpeals we sterniv arraign the resp-.-z.ijIo memoirs ef
the negro race for the silence and Inactive apathy which
they have shown.
For the future wo refuse to heel their protests or to
consider their statements uptll they get themselves busy
along the only practical line on which they can be of
service to themselves and to us.
If they do not do this and If all other expedients
fall, as thoy are falling, the. time may come when the
dominant and triumphant civilization of the South will
rid Itself of this awful terror In a more radical and a
more revolutionary way.
Patience la growing frazzled In Caucasian hearts.
And after patience conies the deluge.
Robinson Crusoe's Island Destroyed.
Among the Incidents of the recent earthquake
which wrought such havoc along the coast of Chile, ac
cording to reports which hnve just been received, was
the destruction of the Island of Juan Fernandez.
From n sentimental point of view, this Is the great
est of all the sad features of tho disaster. The struc
tures of brick and mortar constituting tho cities de
stroyed will be replnretl on n more splendid scRle; even
the death of the Inhabitants will chiefly affect their
friends and relating, who will find consolation ns the
years go by. But the civilized world will for all time
deplore the fact that Robinson Crusoe's island has sunk
Into the sea from whence It came.
This Island was the largest of a group of three
known to be of volcanic origin, nnd differing greatly In
fauna and Horn from tho mainland of Chile, 350 miles
nway. It was sparsely settled, even at the tlmo of Its
destruction, and whllo the soil nnd climate wero fertile,
the Inhabitants made but little effort to develop It. To
all appearances It differed but little from what It was
when the buccaneer Scotchman, Alexander Selkirk, was
put nshore there 200 years ago.
Selkirk had quarreled with the cnptaln of the pirate
vessel on which he sailed nnd at hla own request was
left alone on the island. Here he spent four years and
four months, In the beginning of the eighteenth century,
and here he underwent those experiences which furnish
ed the basis of the most universally populnr story In the
English-language. He was rescued In 1708 by Captain
Woodes Rogers, of the Increase prize-ship, and after
wnrds rose to be a lieutenant on H. M. S. Weymouth,
on board of which he died in 1723.
Four years after^ Selkirk's rescue Captain Rogers
imblished his "Cruising Voyage Round the World" and
In the same year appeared Captain Cook's "Voyage to
the South Sea." From these two books Deroc drew the
materials which were woven into the fadeless story of
Robinson Crusoe." ,
What child has ever grown to man'a estate with
out becoming familiar with the life nnd adventures of
Crusoe and his man Friday, his imagination kindling at
the patience, the resourcefulness nnd the unfailing cour
age of the castaway and his one lone companion. And
what youth, on an appropriate Friday afternoon, has not
declaimed that equally immortal ballad, "I am monarch
of all I survey?"
There were not many pilgrims to this island shrine.
In the boahm of the Pacific, but It was a satisfaction to
nursery, at least, will refuse to be comforted now
that the island of Juan Fernandez "sinks, like seaweed,
into whence It came."
Jacksonville, Fla., seems to be rich In cltlxen Charles
U Bonney, of tha board of tarde, and of the Half-a-MIIUon
Club. From all appearances he Is a lire and vital force
and the Inspiration of much of tbs best work done In
Jncksonjllle.
know that It still ezlstcd, practically as It was when
Bat at this time and in this hour we come forward 1 Crusoe kept bis weary vigil for a friendly sail, and the
Remember the Issues, Forget the Men.
As our fire armored political candidates ara about to
p tiA their arms for the last time before the stern and
eventful battle of our five-barreled Democracy, we real
ize that the time for preaching is over. The time for
exhortation la done. The argument is exhausted and the
appeal now goes to the ballot box.
Once more In the quiet, which is the calm before
the storm, we desire to Impress both the candidates and
the voters with the fact and with the expression of our
faith that Georgia will never tolerate another campaign
like this. The revulsion of the people against tha scan
dalous personalities of this time Is settling steadily into
a stern determination to nip in the begibning ,ln another
pampalgn this expression and to put the heel of disappro
val upon any candidate or candidates who come peek
ing our suffrage under the aong of abuse or the jargon
of vituperation.
When The New York Evening Post speaks of Geor
gia as "the Pennsylvania of the South,” when it de
clares that Georgia makes the slums of New York hang
its head In shame, when It asserts that the candidates
in this imperial atate of the 8outh have "broken the
records of all billingsgate and familiarised the Infant
voters of the commonwealth with volleys of vituperation
and epithet which they never knew before. It Is time
indeed for men who love the state and who are proud of
Ha Ideals, to join steadily and firmly and sternly In the
determination that they will use their batlotg to rebuke
the aspirant who seeks their favor under such disrepu
table phases of ambition.
For the rest, we stand now face to face with the
ballot and with tho Issue. And to all free and Intelligent
men the Issue at least is clear. The things upon which
Georgia will vote on Wednesday cvr.eern our economic
Interests as they are wrapped In our transportation linos
and In our social and political future as it Is thwarted
and handicapped by the negro race.
Never were Issues clearer and never was necessity
greater for a definite and decisive answer from the peo
ple to the ballot box.
The regulation of the railroads and of the corpor
ations Is a recognized civic duty from Maine to Callfot.
nia. From the senate and from the house, from the
national government at Washington through each of the
states and to each congressional district, there is not
man who does not know that the public opinion of these
times positively demands that every Independent and self-
respecting state should pronounco a definite verdict upon
this question at the polls. There Is no demagogy In this
claim because It Is too urgent and too self-evident and
general in Its recognition. It la a vital necessity that
the people should tell the railroads kindly nnd firmly
that This la a popular government and not a corporate
government, that It la a government of the people, by
the people and for the people and not a government of
the corporations, for the corporations, and by tho corpora
tion!. This Issue Is evident to every man who Is intel
ligent enough to vote. NAnd the population of Georgia
which has never failed to rise to the measure of Its
duty and Its opportunity ought to answer this question
In the right and proper way on Wednesday,
i The question which Is higher even than this eco
nomic one Is the great social and national issue whose
menace and whose terror receive a fresh and emphatic
emphasis with almost every day that we live. If It were
not for the imminence of the election we would be dispos
ed to say that the present agitation of the negro's
rights and privileges, and the apparent alignment of a
large faction of our people upon his ride ot this ques
tion has had a full part and share In the Increased ag
gression and In the Increased crime of the -negro at the
present time.
Once more we assert without hesitation and with
out reserve that the supreme necessity of this ballot la to
let this commonwealth speak In thunder tones its ver
dict upon the question ot a permanent white supremacy
and of a permanent black subordination. That issue is
up, clear, distinct and thrillliig. It cannot be answered
in a half-hearted way. If It la answered so It might as
well not be answered at all. The only way In which it
ean be safely met and answered In this campaign Is to
put it definitely, clearly and emphatically before the
people and to the full comprehension of the inferior race,
that this Is a white man's government and that by all
hazards and by any means the white race Is going to
rule It untrammeled In .the preservation of the sanctity
of Its homes and In the purity of Its politics.
Georgia has never fronted an election like this. Sho
has never stood face to face since the war with an issue
mo ciear, ao thrilling and so vital as these which
front her In the election of tomorrow. Beside these
Issues all personalities crumble, all prejudices fall and all
personal prejudices should be trampled under foot. The
Issue should be supremo and the man should be forgot
ten. And, the Georgian, standing as It docs today steadi
ly and consistently upon a platform on which its editor
planted himself fifteen years ago, and to whose principles
he ha* pledged himself In season and out of season,
North and South, appeals to the honest, thoughtful and
liberty loving people of this great commonwealth to
vote for railroad regulation and for the negro disfran
chisement as their highest duty to the present time and
the best hope of the future of the state.
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire.
NeW York. Aug. 21.—Mrs. Stuyves.
ant Fish Is arranging a quiet little din-
ner for Saturday night for about loo
of bar friends. It will only cost about
*1,000, so It can be seen It Is only »
small affair. It Is reported that Mrs,
Fish has cornered the Newport lobster
market for the lime being.
Whether this refers lo clawed or
clothed lobsters does not appear
American society people now form no
inconsiderable portion of the pasron-
ger lists of incoming steamers. They
are coming home with many new and
Interesting Ideas for the approaching
RADHIin
Ralfah, the royal Bengal tiger net
of the little folks at the Bronx zoo
Is to be treatad as no other captive
man eater has ever been. He is t 0
have regular exercise to regain his
health and strength. A famous ch|.
cago naturalist examined him a few
days ago and said exercise was the
only cure for his drooping spirits.
The zoo directors have hit upon a
plan which Is to be carried Into effect
for the first time next Sunday. Rui-
fuh has been measured for a steel inut
ile, fitted with strong leather strain.
Immense leather boots with toe dip*
of steel will also be made to cover Ids
wicked claws, A stout collar nnd sixty
yards of steel chain will complete the
equipment for the exercise. A spot
has been selected In Bronx park, u h-re
there Is plenty of grass and shade, and
if the tiger takes kindly to the fresh
air cure tha outlnga will occur dally.
Armed guards will be on duty while
his highness suns himself.
That great exponent of Addisonian English, The New
York Sun, concludes a recent editorial with the follow
ing:
"'TIs not In nature to command auccess;
But we'll do more, Sempronlus, we'll deserve it.”
Of course, every school boy knows that Mr. Addi
son’s Cato anys: "'TIs not In mortati' to command auc
cess," etc. But the Fountain of Light prefers to be Its
own Addison.
Thirteen of the best known man in
Derby, Conn., are congratulating
themselves upon having escaiied deaih
by drowning In the Housatonlc river,
while returning from a pleasure cruise
on Long Island Sound. They owe their
lives to the coolness of two women and
their companions In another launch
which happened to pass shortly Hfter
they had all been thrown Into the river.
Their launch struck a submerged
tree trunk nnd was wrecked. Tltetr
cries attracted the attention of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank C. Thornton and Mr. nnd
Mrs. George Mechtcrsheimer, who w ere
In' a launch. One ot the women tip,
ermlng the launch, started It In the di
rection of the cries nt full siieetl and
they were soon alongside of the now
thoroughly exhausted men. One after
another they were all pulled out of the
river end then the little launch, weight-
ed almost to the gunwales, started fur
the city.
In the home of William E. Harris, at
Trenton, the oddest of double weddings
took place. Miss tiara May Blotch-
ford and William Keough, of Cam
bridge, Mass., were married. After the
ceremony the beet man. Walter Blutch-
ford, and the bridesmaid, Grace E.
Keough, decided to get married and did
Growth and Progress of the New South
Ing attention.
How The Georgian’s Views Impress Canada.
The Information furnished from tlm* to time .in this department, Il
lustrating the growth and progress of the South, Is attracting wide
spread snd favorable attention. The echoes have been coming In from
various sections of the South, and now cornea one of the leading papers
of Montreal, Canada, which makes one of these articles the text of a
leading editorial.
The facts which have given rise to this significant editorial are of
•nch Importance that we make no excuse for reproducing them here, In
summary. They are an Inspiration to the people of the South and show
a degree of progress which the mind can hardly comprehend.
It was shown that the Increase In the manufactured products of the
South, taken year by year for the fifteen years from 1890 to 1905, aggre
gated $8,000,000,000; that the increasa In tha value of farm products in
tho South, taken year by year for the same period, aggregated $4,000,000,-
000; that the permanent value of farm lands In the South increased $1,-
500,000,000, while the deposits In banka and trust companies were $600,-
000,000 greater in 1905 than In 1890. These increases show a grand aggre
gate of more than $12,000,000,000, which Is more money than there Is
In the world!
As a rooord if fifteen years of prosperity In the South the figures
are simply beyond comprehension.
In a subsequent article we showed that while the amount of capital
Invested In the United States during the first five year* of the present
century showed an Increase of 42 per cent, that ot tho South alone
showed an Increase of 65 per cent; that while the Increase of the coun
try's products during the same period was 81 per cent, that of the South
alone was practically 44.5 per cent, and that no other section of the coun
try could show any. such marvelous Increase.
These were telling figures. . They made every reader sit up and
take notice. The fact that tho capital Invested In tho South had
Increased sixty-five per cent while that of the country as a whole
Increased only forty-two per cent showed how far behind we were
leaving the New England states which were once the home of the manu
facturing Industrie* ot the country. Tht* led one thinking man to
make a notable and absolutely Irresistible deduction, vis., that the South
was thus prospering beyond the dreams of avarice under a system of
free trade. It was not the free trade of which we are acustomed to think
—that Is to say, free trado betweatf this country and other countries, but
free trade between thla section and other sections ot our own country.
Mr. J. J. Dooiing, who wrote the communication to The Oeorglan, pointed
out that Industrial New England was not falling to undersell us on any
sentimental grounds; she was simply unable to compete with us In our
magnificent Industrial development. ,
A robber tariff exacted tribute from the consumer on the ground that
tho poor down-trodden Industries of the United 8tatcs had to,havo pro
tection in order to compete with the other commercial countries of the
world, though in point of fact these American Industries wore able to
ship their products abroad and still sell them nt less than they could
be mado for over there.
Tho fallacy of protection was brought home by the fact that Southern
Industries, without any protection against the old and well established
Industries of tho East, were prospering and underselling theso concerns
in their own territory, without any bounty or protection of any kind, and
it the 8outh could thrive on such competition as against other sections ot
tho country there was no reason why tho whole country could not
thrive without protection ns against the competition of other countries.
AH /these facts appear to have come to the attention ot The Mon
treal Dally Witness, one ot the largest and meat Influential papers In
Canada, and are characterised by that paper as "sledge hammer logic,”
Commenting on the argument. The Dally Witness says:
"The free South wants to be freer. Originally there was a sort of
compact between the South and New England that each would respect
the other's peculiar Institutions. Free trade was at all times admitted to
bo to the Interest ot the South, but that section consented to protection
on the understanding that slavery would not be Interfered with. The con
ditions on which that early bargain was baaed have long passed away, and
the South, which has always been an advocate of free trade, Is beginning
to renew Its demand for It We have over and over agnln*shown that the
United States has prospered because of free trade, and not because ot
protection, as United States producers possess the greatest free-trade mar
ket In the world. We find a writer In The Atlanta Georgian Insisting up
on the same facts with sledge-hammer logic. He premises that some ot
the readers ot the paper may fancy that the South la prospering under
protection, Instead of which it Is actually prospering under free trade.
Factories and mills are springing up everywhere throughout the South, nnd
Southern Industrie* are said to bo multiplying a* If by magic. The fact
la, the writer declares, the South la thriving under fre« trade and in
full,competition with the highly-organized: aggressive and unsentimental
Industrialism of the North. He emphasizes the term unsentlmentalism to
mark the fact that Southern Industries are not thriving because of the pity,
indulgence or toleration of their rivals. Certainly no Northern manufac
turer says:
" 'The poor, struggling Southern manufacturer Is my fellow country
man. I will not undersell him.' Protection In this case, at least, Is abso
lutely lacking. Tho North la able to undersell the English manufacturer In
his own market and yet is protected from him In the American market.
The South thrives In competition with the North, nnd yet is presumed
by protectionists to need protection against tha manufacturers of Europe
who are undersold by the North In their own markets! To show the re
markable recent activity of the South, The Georgian says that the
amount Invested in manufacture! ha* Increased by 86 per cent and the
value of manufactured products more than 44 per cent during the past
five year*. There are abundant signs, Tlie Georgian declares, that free
trade versus protection will be one of the leading features of the next
presidential campaign, and that the people throughout the country are
awakening to the truth that protection la merely a machine to make the
rich richer and to give birth and nourishment to trusts and monopolies.
Anyway, If the South can actually beat the North in open competition
without bounties or protection to her Infant Industries, and If the great
steel works and other enterprises can compete in Europe, selling their
products actually cheaper than they are sold at home, surely, as The
Georgian concludes, protection Is a fraud.”
TO VOTE IS A RELIGIOUS DUTY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
On Wednesday, the 22d Inst., the
Democratic voters of Georgia will have
the privilege of participating In one of
the most Important primary elections
In the history of the state. I say that
advisedly because of the Issues In
volved nnd the Intensely active nnd
bitter campaign which has been waged
In every county, of the state the past
ten or twelve months.
No one can truthfully say that the
Issue has not been joined. On the
hustings and through the columns of
newspapers every phase of the "para
mount Issue" of the day has been pre
sented to the electors.
On Wednesday, the several guberna-
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private housed Wire.
New York, Aug. 21.—Here arc some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—8. Berner, W. B. Hud
son. C. F. Cantrell, C. R. Collier, .Miss
I. Schune, M. Slattery.
AUGUSTA—W. H. Barrett, W. J.
Hollingsworth, E. A. Pendleton. F. R-
Clorr, Jr., J. P. DU!.
MACON—M. Lasarus, T. J. Wright.
SAVANNAH—J. Paulsen, G C.
Schwarx, I, Stoddard, H. D. Twlgg.
IN PARI8.
torlal^candidates will give place to the Kpcclnl to The Georgian. >
• — """ ' Paris., Aug. 21.—Alias Eleanor Shot-
qualified voters. The latter arc to de
clde the contest between the five dis
tinguished gentlemen who are ambl
tlous lo be governor of the great stale
of Georgia. The men who are quali
fied to vote have Interests, more or less
Important, nt stake. They are to exer
cise a franchise the greatest known to
American dtlxenshlp. They nre to
name a man who will become not only
governor of a stale, but governor of A
great state—one of the greatest In the
American union. Let each voter bear
that fact In mind while he Is preparing
his ballot, then cast It according to the
dictates of his calm judgment, with an
approving conscience. The exalted
privilege he will exercise when he ensts
his ballot demands this of him.
There Is still another view of the sit
uation I would respectfully present. It
Is this: It Ir the patriotic, the relig
ious duly of every qualified voter that
he should vote. No citizen has the
right, on a great occasion such as will
occur on Wednesday, the 22d Inst., to
refusrf or neglect to go to the polls
and cast his vote for the candidate
whose election he sincerely believes
will be for the best Interests of all the
people of the commonwealth. No citi
zen has a right to abstain from voting
on the plea that he Is not a politician
and that he wants nothing to do with
politics. This la a government of the
people and In the truer,' higher sense
of that term, every good oltlzen Is and
ought to be a politician and ought to
take an active hand In politic*. When
thla policy la observed, the people will
be said to rule.
MARTIN V. t'ALVIN.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. it, 1906.
ter, of Savannah, Ga., and Miss Mar-
garette Klrkcaldle and Miss Anna B.
McLester, of Atlanta, Ga., registered at
the office of the European edition uf
the New York Herald today.
-THIS DATE IN niSTORY.
AUGUST 21.
1667—Ht. Fronds DrKnlwi l>orn.
1777—American roltl from New Jerrey bito
Stilton Inin ml.
1810— Mb rutin I Hernndotte of France *Ii**>»*o
prince roynl of H woden.
1SS1—Iii»iirruction In 1’ortugal In fa'" r ot
tho queen.
1849— Koftsuth, the Hungarian pntri<'f. '**
p4|kn| (mm Austria.
lttl-Orent Hot In Now Orlean*. ffrnwltif
out of the t'ntniii expedition.
lSSe-Thc historic Charter Oak. llartf.T.L
Conn., foil $1 tiring n ■torn.
18*0— General Uimeorniin arrived In fr*‘ nt
ChnttnmMign, Teiin.
I860—Mnrrlngo of r«Mtimodnrc Vanderbilt
nml Mina Frank Crawford, at Iami'H
Cnitntln. .
1SS3—Brltlah occupied Fort 8fll<l nud »le**J
Hnet onnnl.
1888—Rtortu nml fltmd fronted grt*nt il.itn.tiT
In Went Virgin I n.
18KKInt«*r«*at mi money In New York r.10
np ($» IJ per cent a month.
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