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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 21. iy«t. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rsles: Published Every Afternoon t.Yesr >4.30 Except Sunday by I Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. | Three Months 1.25 list 25 W. Alsbsms Street, r Carrier, per veek 10c Atlanta; Gs. EsterM •• smnd-riau mittsr Aprtl K, 19*. »t the Poatofflcs si Atlanta. Ga.. unlrr set of coagrtaa of March A UTS. The Reign of Terror for Southern Women. f The appalling crime attempted and partly executed on Monday almost within the limits of Atlanta brings to • focus the recognition of a torrid wave of lust and fiend- Ishness on the part of the negro criminals of the state. It Is difficult to discuss’with any tranquillity or with Any reason a crime like this. The mere suggestion of the fllghtest 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 nnd brutal assault, simply wakes to a frenzy and will always stir to frenzy the Caucasian blood. In the discussion of this great question la times past, the editor of The Georgian hns passed through all stages of feeling from reason to hysteria, nnd we have thought enough and seen enough and left enough of this fearful shadow tj|>on our civilization to have aome Ideas that arc distinctly definite nnd that ought to be essentially practical. The iieople of this great republic who are disposed to criticise the South scarcely realize that Its people are living in a state of constant siege anil 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 alarm. Rut It baa come to pass in the slow process of this Increasing terror that there la not a woman, wife, mother or sister who would he permitted In the South to walk after sun set unattended through tho quiet streets of suburban towns. And even in midday,’ men who leave their homes unguarded, leave with apprehension nnd provide every means of protection and self-defense which care nnd ap prehension can devise. • • ’ This state of affairs is frightful nnd appalling nnd it cannot nnd must not endure any longer In these states which have won the right to better things. Here for Instance In the very center of the South's beat civilization, right In the heart of progress and devel opment, In tho 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 Inst four weeks. No dark region, no benighted portion of the state, no swamps nor morasses to hide the offender, no turpen tine camps or sugar plantations to gather tho lawless and to develop the criminal Instinct, but right here under the ehadow of Georgia's caplto) and In the very honrt of the South's highest intelligence these monstrous crimes have had fast and frightful recurrence. Every one of the fiends who has bfen apprehended . has been dealt with awlftly and sternly liy an outraged society that could not and did not wait for the slow pro cesses of tho law. Every rnpls^that has been caught has been shot or hanged without hesitation and without remorse. And yet wl(h the open blnzon of tMs swift and fear ful punishment the crime has been repeated or attempted almost before the echo of the last outrage had died •way! Does lynching prevent rape? It would seem not. Within twenty days after the burning of Bam Hose at Newnan, Ga., (here wero three attempted assaults with in a radius of nn hundred miles of Ills monstrous crime and Its swift nnd awful punishment! It becomes evident that we must find another rem edy than lynching for the suppression of these outrages upoh the women of the 8outh. Now mark you, the crime of rape Is confined almost exclusively, If not exclusively, to the negro race. The lust of the white man makes no menace of vlcsmit expression toward the women of tho South. The negro has a mo nopoly In rape. If the negro were no longer a pnrt of our population, the women of the South would he freed from their state of alege and would be at liberty to go where they pleated and when they pleased. Rut under the black shadow of the fiendish passion of these ebony devils our women are as completely slaves ns If they were In bondage to n conquering foe. They do not dare to enjoy on foot or nn horseback thu 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 tnrrlldn and appall-' lag crime? What reaionable experiment can we trjr to put a atop to the mad career of thtae Infernal flenda who haunt every sequestered nook and corner around our cities? Killing, shooting, burning has ceased to ter rify them. Rut we have never tried any other remedy. We have never experimented with nny other mode of punishment Why can we not establish then some new form of punishment whose very spectacular method and terror will eliminate the foulest crtmlnsl instincts of our time. In the past the editor of The Georgian has advocated the personal mutilation of the rapist as a deterrent force, and wa believe yet resolutely and foarlesd.’ that the ex|K-r;- ment It worthy of a trial. - Let It be understood In ad vance that every negro who commits this crime will a i treated to this punishment and let us see at least for a twelvemonth what effect the near punishment will bate upon the old and frightful of-.iso. We have suggested In time past thnt some new and mysterious mode of punishment—the passing over a slen der bridge Into a dark chamber where In utter durk ness and In utter mystery the assallan tof woman's vir tue would meet a fate which his friends would nevet know and which he himself would never come back to make them understand. Darkness, mystery, uncertainty have always been deterrent Influences upon the minds of this Ignorant an] a'-iyeratltlous raWe insist that thl experiment la also worth a trial for what It la worth—to be perpetuated If It la successful and to be abandoned If It does not accomplish its purpose. Heaven knows thqt a desperate disease demands a trial of every des perate remedy which tact and theory and sclf defenso can dictate to a people who have borne too much and borne too long the horrible shadow which rests upon Our society an! upon civilization. $ .* Bat at tots time and In this hour we'coite "Torward earnestly and. intensely to arraign the leaders of the negro race, tbelr preachers and their public men that they bare not themselves cooperated to suppress this crime. They have met In conventions, they have passed resolu- tlcns, they have orated fiercely aho-it inch law anJ they hare denounced Soutbtrn men at* methods, but they hare been shamefully and criminally allent 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 confessed criminal «gainst the virtue of our women by secreting him Rom the officers of the law. by providing change of clothes and by eon- hiving in every way to aid In his escape from the out raged agents of society. Upon this basis we arraign the leaders—the teachers, the preachers, the bishops nnd the editors of the negro race as partlceps crimlnia and co-crlmlnals with tho rapist when they fall .to, co-operate fully and freely witii the white race In the swift pun ishment of this awful crime. * Until the negroes are taught from the pulpit, from the teacher's chair and 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 tho crlmeB 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 tests against lynching. Rut neither their pulpits' thunder nor their presses' spout preachmenta against the crimi nal and the crimes which make lynching possible. We are getting tired of these one-sided Jeremiads. We have no patience 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. I.et us have le^s of these fierce denunciations, of^ho 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 wur a 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 all of the great movements that make our country glorious and the age Illustrious lit achievement. And we are rapidly reach ing tho |iolnt where we will not permit ourselves much longer to endure In this Southern country a siege In which our women nre the prisoners and In which every Southerner Is nn nnxlous sentinel at the outpost of his fireside and the shrine of his home. If these negroes who are making themselves so bla tant In their public speeches and conventions—It the leaders, front Rooker Washington down to the bishops and the preachers and the smallest editor would lift up the banner of a great united crusnde against the Infamy of rape nnd would pledge themselves to bunt with even fiercer vigilance than the white man, the dospoiler o' our homes and the deadliest ant-ny to the hop’s of the negro, then wo might hope to wlmeas a change In these conditions and a suppression of these, crimes which provoke that fiery terror, which, however lawless and however deplorab’e. Is the only deiu.rjrt of the rapist and the chief defense-of woman. There la no excuse for apathy here. Time and again tho appeal has gone forth for co-operation along these lines. And in the memory of theso unanswered appeals we sternly a-reign the resp.-.-s.ule memo art rf the negro race for the silence and Inactive apathy which they have shown.- For the future we refuse to heal their protests or to consider their statements until they get thomselves busy along the only practical line on which they can be of service to themselves and to us. It they do not do this and If all other expedients fall, ss they nre falling, tho time may come when the dominant nnd triumphant civilisation of the South will rid Itself of this awful terror lu n more radical and a more revolutionary wny. Pstlonco Is growing frazzled In Caucasian hearts. And after patience cornea the deluge.' nursery, at least, will refute to be comforted now that the Island of J[uan Fernandez, ’’sinks, like seaweed, Into whence It came.” ■ • Jacksonville, Fla., seems to be rich In citizen Charles L. Booney. of the board of tarde, and of the Half-a-Mlllion Club. From all appearances be la a live and vital force and the Inspiration, of much of the beat work done In Jacksonville. Robinson Crusoe’s Island Destroyed. Among tho Incidents of the recent earthquake which wrought such linvoc along the conat of Chile, ac cording to ro|torts which have Just been received, was the destruction of the Island of Juan Fernandez. From a sentimental point of view, this Is the great est of nil the end features of the disaster. The struc tures of Itrlck nnd mortnr constituting the cities de stroyed will he replaced on a more splendid scale; even the death of the Inhahltatits will chiefly affect their friends and relatives, who will find consolation aa the years go by. But the civilized world will for all time deplore the fart that Robinson Crusoe's Mand has stink Into the sea from wltenco It came. This Island was the largest of a group of three known to be at volcanic origin, and differing greatly in fauna and flora from the malnlnnd of Chile, 350 miles away. It was sparsely settled, even at the (Into of ita destruction, and while the soil and climate were fertile, tho Inhabitants made but Uttlo effort to develop It. To all appearances It differed but little from what It was when tho buccaneer Scotchman, Alexander Selkirk, was put ashore there 200 years ago. Selkirk had quarreled with the captain of the pirate vessel on which he sailed and at hla own request was left alone on the Island. Here ho spent four years and four months, tn tho beginning of the eighteenth century, and hero he underwent those experiences which furnish ed the basts of tho most universally itopular story In the English language. He was rescued In 1708 by Captain tVoodes Rogers, of the Increase prize-ship, and nfter- wards rose to he a lieutenant on H. M. S. Weymouth, on board of which he died In 1723. Four yeara after Selkirk's rescue Captain Rogers published his "Cruising Voynge Round the World" and In the same year apitcared Captain Cook's "Voyage to the South Sea." From these two books Defoe drew the materials whlelt were woven Into the fadeless story of Robinson Crusoe." Whnt child lias ever grown to man's estate with out becoming familiar with the life and ndronttires of Crusoe and his man Friday, his Imagination kindling at the patience, the resourcefulness and 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 ntauy pilgrims to this Island shrine. In the boeom of the Pacific, lint It was a satisfaction to know, that It still existed, practically aa it was when C/lfSoc'kcpC bis Weary Vigil for a friendly tall, and the Remember the Issues, Forget the Men. As our five armored political candidates are about to sleep on their arms for the that time before the stern and eventful battle of our fire-barreled Democracy, we real ize that the time for preaching la over. The time for exhortation la done. The argument la 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 expreaalon of our filth that Georgia will never tolerate another campaign like this. The revulsion of the people against the scan dalous personalities of this time Is settling steadily Into a stern determination to nip In the beginning In another campaign this expression and ;o put the heel of disappro val upon any candidate or candidates who come seek ing our suffrage under the song of Abuse or the Jargon of vituperation. When The New York Evening Post speaks of Geor gia aa “the Pennsylvania of the South," when It de clares that Georgia makes the alums of New York hang Its head In shame, when It asserts that the .candidates in this Imperial state of the South 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 la time Indeed for men who love the state and who are proud r,t Ita Ideals, to Join steadily and firmly and sternly In the determination that they will use their ballots to rebuke the aspirant who seeks their favor under such disrepu table phases of ambition. For the rest, we stand now face to taca with the ballot and with the Issue. And to all free and Intelligent men the issue at least Is clear. The things upon which Georgia will vote on Wednesday or.cern our economic Interests as they are wrapped In our transportation lines and In our soda! 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 la a recognised civic duty from Maine to Califor 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 la not a man who does not know that the public opinion of these times positively demands that every Independent and self- respecting state should pronounce 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 and firmly that this Is a itopular government and not a corporate government, that It Is a government of the people, by the people and for tbe people and not a government of the corporations, for the corporations, and by tbe corpora tions. Thl* laaue It evident to every man who la Intel ligent enough to vote. And the population of Georgia which has never failed to rise to the measure of It* duty and Its opportunity ought to answer this question in the right and proper way on Wednesday. The question which la higher even than this eco nomic one f: the great sdcial and Rational Issue whose menace and whoae terror receive a fresh and emphatlo emphasis with almost every day that we live. It It were not. for the Imminence of the election we would be dlspos ed to aay that the present agitation of the negro's rights and privileges, and the apparent alignment of a large faction of our people upon hla ride of this ques tion has had a full part and share In the Increased ag gression and In the Increased crime of tbe 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 of a permanent white supremacy and of a permanent black subordination. That issue Is up, clear, distinct and thrilling. It cannot be answered in a half-hearted way. If It Is answered so It might as well not be answered at all. The only way In which It can 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 la a white man’s government and that by all hazards and by any means the white race la going to rule It untrammeled In tbe preservation of the sanctity of ita homen and in the purity of Ita politics. Georgia has never fronted an election, like this. She has never stood face to face since the war with an Issue so ciear, ao thrilling and so vital ns 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 supreme and tho man should be forgot ten. And, the Georgian, standing as It does today steadi ly and consistently upon a platform on which Its editor planted himself fifteen yeara ago, and to whose principles he has 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. That great exponent of Addisonian English, The New York Sun, concludes a recent editorial with the follow ing: “'TIs not In nature to command success; But we'll do more, Sempronitis, we'll deserve it.’’ Of course, every school boy knows that Mr. Addi son's Cato says: "’TIs nqt In mortals to Sommand suc cess,” etc. But the Fountain of Light prefers to bo Its own Addison. I GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. By Private I .rated Wire. New York, Aug. 21.—Mrs. Stuyvea- ant Fish Is arranging a quiet little din ner for Saturday night tor about too of her friends. It will only cost about *1.000, so it can be seen It Is .only a small affair. It Is reported that Mrs Fish has cornered the Newport lobster market tor the time being. r Whether this refers to clawed or clothed lobstsrs does not appear. American society people now form no inconsiderable portion of the passen ger lists of Incoming steamers. They are coming home with many new and Interesting Ideas tor the approaching season. * Ralfah, the royal Bengal tiger pet of the little folks at tbe Bronx zoo. Is to be treated as no other captive man eater has ever been. He Is to have regular exercise to regain hla health and strength. A famous i.'ht- cago naturalist examined him a tew days ago and said exercise was the only cure for his drooping spirits. The too directors have hit upon a plan which Is to be carried Into effect tor the first time next Sunday. Ral fah has been measured for u steel muz zle. fitted with strong leather straps. Immense leather boots with toe clips of steel will also be made to cover his wicked claws. A stout collar and sixty yards of steel chain will complete the equipment for the exercise. A spot has been selected In Bronx park, where there Is plenty of grass and shade, and If the tiger takes kindly to the fresh air cure the outings will occur dally. Armed guards will be nn duty while his highness suns himself. Thirteen of the best known men In Dej-by, Conn., nre . congratulating themselves upon having eseaiied death by drowning In the llousatpnlc river, while returning from a pleasure cruise on Long Island Sound. They owe their lives to the coolness of two women nnd their companions In another launch which happened to pass shortly after they had all been thrown Into the river. Their launch struck a submerged tree trunk nnd wns wrecked. Their cries attracted the attention of .Mr. ami Mrs. Frank C. Thornton and Mr. nnd Mrs. George Meehtcrshelmer, who were In a launch. One of the women op erating the launch, started It In the di rection of the cries at full speed nnd they were soon alongside of the now thoroughly exhausted men. One after another they were all pulled out of the river and then the little launch, weight ed almost to the gunwale*, etarted for the city. In the home of William E. Harris, at Trenton, the oddest of double weddings took place. Miss Clnra May Blntch- fnrd nnd William Kenugh, of Cam bridge, Mass., were married. After the ceremony the best man. Walter Blatch- tord, and the bridesmaid, Grace E. Kenugh. decided to get married and did Growth and Progress of the New South log attention. Houth which deserves something more than pass- How The Georgian’s Views Impress Canada. The Information furnished from time to time, In this department, il lustrating the growth and progress of the South, Is attracting wide spread and favorable attention. The echoes have been coming In from various sections of the South, and now cornea one of the leadlhg papers of Montreal, Canada, which makeione of these strides tbe text of a leading editorial. The facta which have given rise to this significant editorial are ot •nch Importance that we make no excuse (or reproducing them hore. In aummary. 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 tho increase In the manufactured products of tbe South, taken year by year for the fifteen yeara from 1890 to 1905, aggre gated 16,000,000,000; that the Increase In tbs value of farm products in the 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 banks and trust companies Were $600,- 000.000 greater in 1905 than In 1890. These Increases show a grand aggre gate of more than 111,000,000,000, which la more money than there Is In the world! As s record of fifteen years of prosperity In the South tbe figures are almply beyond comprehension. In a subsequent article we showed that whllf the amount of capital invested In the United States during the first -five years of the present century showed an Increase of 42 per cent, that of the South alone showed an Increase of 65 per cent; that while the Increase of tbe coun try's products during the same period was 31 per cent, that of the South alone was practically 44.5 per cent, and that no other section ot the coun try could show any such marvelous Increase. These were telling figures. They made every reader alt up and take notice. The fact that tho capital Invested In the 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 industries Of the country. . This led one thinking man to make • notable and absolutely Irresistible deduction, viz., that the South was thus prospering beyond the dreams of avarice under a system of fnm trade. It was not tbe free trade of which we are acustomed to think Jfltat is to say, tree trado between this country and other countries, but free trado between this section and other sections of our own country. Mr. J. J. Doollng, who wrote the communication to The Georgian, 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 robfier tariff exacted tribute from the oonsumer on the ground that the poor down-trodden Industries of the United States had to have pro tection In order to compete with tbe other commercial countries ot the world, though In point of fact these American Industries were able to ship their products abroad and still sell them at less than they could be made for over there. " - The fallacy of protection was brought home by the fact that Southern Industries, without any protection against the old and well established Industries of the East, were prospering and underselling these concerns In tbelr own territory, without any bounty or protection of any kind, and If the South could thrive on such competition aa against other sections of the count ry there was no reason why the whole country could not thrive without protection as against the competition of other countries. All these tacts appear to hare come to the attention of The Mon treal Dally Witness, one of the largest and mast Influential papers in Canada, and arc characterized by that patter 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 tbe South and New England that each would respect the other's peculiar institutions. Free trade was at all timet admitted to be to the Interest ot the South, but that section consented to protection on the understanding that slavery would not be Interfered with. The con- dittona on which that early bargain waa baaed have tnng passed away, and the South, which has always been an advocate ot free trade, la beginning to renew Its demand tor It We have over and over again shown that the United States has prospered because of fi'ee trade, and not because of protection, aa United States producers possess the greatest free-trade mar ket In the world. Wo find a writer In The Atlanta Georgian Insisting up on the same facts with sledge-hammer logic. He premises that some of the readers of the paper may fancy that the 8outh la prbapering under protection, Instead of which it Is actually prospering under free trade. Factories and mills are springing up everywhere thronghibut the South, nnd Southern Industries are said to be multiplying as If by magic. The fact Is, the writer declares, the Sonth Is thriving undor free trade and In full competition with the highly-organized, aggressive and unsentimental industrialism of the North. He emphasizes the term unsentlmentallsm 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 saya: '■ 'The poor, struggling Southern manufacturer Is ray fellow country man. I will not undersell him.' Protection In this case, at least. Is abso lutely lacking. Tho North Is 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, and yet is presumed by protectionists to need protection against the manufacturers of Europe who are undersold by tho North In tbelr own markets! To show the re markable recent activity of the South, The Georgian says that the nmount Invested In manufacture* has Increased by 65 per cent and the value of manufactured products more than 44 per cent during the past five years. There are abundant signs. The Georgian declares, that freo trade versus protection will be one of the leading feature# of the next presidential campaign, and that the people throughout the country nre awakening to the truth that protection la merely a machine to make the rich richer and to giro 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 work* and other enterprise* 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 18 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, aay 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 ha* been pre sented tn the electors. On Wednesday, the severat guberna- GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. tty Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 21.—Here nre some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—S. Berner, W. B. Hud son, C. F. Cantrell, C. R. Collier, Mis* 1. Schane. M. Slattery. AUGUSTA—W. H. Barrett, W. J. Hollingsworth, E. A. Pendleton, F. R- Clorr, Jr.. J. P. Dill. MACON—M. Lasarus, T. J. Wright. SAVANNAH—J. Paulsen, G. C. Schwara, I. Stoddard, H. D. Twlgg. IN PARIS. torlal candidates will give place to the kpeels! to The Georgian. »- 'v Pan... Aug. 21.—Miss Eleunor Hhot- qualified voter*. The latter are to de clde the content between the five dis tinguished gentlemen who are ambi tious to be governor of the great state of Georgia. The men who are quali fied to vote have interest*, more or less Important, at Htake. They are to exer- ctae a franchise the greatest known to American cltlxenshtp. * They are to name a mnn who will become not only governor of a state, but governor of a great utate—one of the greatent In the American union. Let each voter bear thnt fact In mind while he 1* preparing hi* ballot, then caat it according to the dictates of hi* calm judgment, with an approving con*clence.\ The exalted privilege he will exercl*e when he ca*t* hi* ballot demand* thl* of him. There Is still another view of the sit uation I would respectfully present. It I* this: It I* the patriotic, the relig ious duty of every qualified voter that he nhould vote. No cttlxen ha* the right, on a great occasion such a* will occur on Wednesday, the 22d Inst., to refuse or neglect to go to the p4>ll* and cast his vote for the candidate whose election he sincerely believes will he for the best Interests of all the people of the commonwealth. No citi zen ha* a right to abstain from voting on the plea that he I* not a politician and that he wants nothing to do with politic*. Thl* 1* a government of the people and In the truer, higher sense of that term, every good citizen I* and ought to be a politician nnd ought to take an active hand In politic*. When thl* policy is observed, the people will be said to rule. MARTIN V. <’ALVIN. Augusta, Ga., Aug. IS. 1901. ter, of Savannah, Ga., and Ml** Mnr- garette Klrkculdlc and Ml** Anna B. McLeater, of Atlanta, Oa., registered at the office of the European edition of the New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. AUGUST 21. 15*17—Hr. Francis ireHalc* liorn. 1777— Aniortcrm raid from New Jersey lute Htnten Island. IV.iV-Mnruhiil Bernadotte of France cb«wS prince my*I of Sweden. 18.71—Insurrection In Tortuga! in favor of the queen. 18&-Ko*» itb, the Hungarian pntrlot, «.*•* «nH I mm Austria. IWl—Orent riot In New Orleans. growing out of the t’ulton expedition. lSGS—Tho historic t’linrter flak, Hartford* (’mm., fell ilnrlng « storm. 1863—Goners I Uosecrnit* arrived In front of t'tinttsnougn. Tciin. 1W—Marriage of «*otnraodqre Vanderbilt nnd Miss Frai idn. Frank Crawford, at Loudon, 1882—British occupied Tort Hnld nnd closed Hin»* ennui. 1888—Htorm nnd IIimnI created great dnm.ig* In Went Virginia. 18P0— Interest ou money In New York raa np to 12 |**r cent a month. 1W3— Lincoln statue lu Edinburgh unveil-