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THE ATLANTA GEORfcrlAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Atlanta, tie., under ect or collar.'., of Marcl) I. UtS.
The Reign of Terror for Souther-
Women.
The appalling crime attempted and partly executed
on Monday almost within the limits of Atlanta brings to
a focus the recognition of a torrid ware of lust and fiend-
Isbness 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 slightest familiarity on the part of a black and filthy
negro with a refined and gentle woman of the Cau
casian race Is enough to atlr 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 atlr to frenzy the Caucasian blood.
to the discussion of this great question in times
pets), the- editor of The Georgian hn» passed through
all stage., of feellr.c from reason to hysteria, and we
have thought enough and seen enough nnd left enough
of this fearful shadow upon our civilization to have
aome Ideas that are distinctly definite and that ought
to be essentially practical.
The people of this great republic who nr- disposed
to criticise the South scarcely realize that its people
are living In a state of constant siege and danger. Tho
women of this Southern country to whom no age or civil
ization has ever produced a superior and scarcely nn
equal, are prisoners to danger and to fear. The women
in the North nnd in the East may walk after nightfall
from street to street and almost from township to
township without nn escort nnd without nlarm. Hut It
has come to'pass In the slow process of tills increasing
terror that there la not a woman, wife, mother or sister
who would be permitted in the South to walk after sun
set unattended through the quiet streets of suburban
towna. And even 111 midday, men who leave their homes
unguarded, leave with apprehension mid provide overy
means of protection and self-defense which care nud ap
prehension can devise.
This state of affairs is frightful nnd appalling and It
cannot nnd muat not endure nny longer in theae atates
which have won the right to better things.
Here for Instance in the very center of the South's
best civilization, right In the heart of progress and dove)-,
opmeiit. In the open suburb of Oeorgin's capital city, anil
the metro|)olis of the South, we have had five o|ien
and monstrous attempts at rape within the last four
weeks. No dark region, no benighted imrtlon of the stnte,
no swamps nor morasses to hide the'offender, no turpen
tine camps or sugar plantations to gather the lawless and
to develop the criminal Instinct, hut right here under the
shadow \pt Georgia's cnpltol nnd 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 nmj sternly by an outraged
society that could not and did not wnlt for the slow pro
cesses of the law. Evory rapist that has been caught
has been shot or hanged without hesitation nnd without
remorse.
And yet with the open blazon of this 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 8am llose at
Xewimn, Gn„ there were threo attempted assaults with
in n radius hf un hundred miles of Ills monstrous crime
and its swift and awful punishment!
It becomes evident that we must find another, rem
edy than lynching for the suppression of theso outrages
upon tho women of the South.
Now mark you, the crime of rn|io Is confined almost
exclusively, If not exclusively, to tho negro rnco. The lust
of the white man mnkca no menace of vlotont expression
toward the women of the South. The negro has a mo
nopoly In rape. If the negro were no longer a part of our
population, the women of the South would ho frood
from their state of siege nnd would he nt liberty to go
where they pleased nnd when they pleased. Hut under
the black shadow of tho fiendish passion of theso ebony
devils our women are us completely slaves as If they
wero In bondage to u conquering foe. They do not dnre
to enjoy on foot or on horsebnek the liberty of move
ment and freedom of action to which they are entitled
under the great and progressive civilization In which
they live.
Whnt can we do then to halt thlB terrible nnd appall
ing crime? What reasonable experiment can we try
to put a stop to the mad career o( these Infernal fiends
who haunt every sequestered nook pud corner nroumj
our cities? Killing, shooting, burning has ceased to ter
rify them. Hut we have never tried any other remedy.
We have never experimented, with any 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 criminal Instincts of our time.
In the past the editor of The Georgian hns advocated the
petsonal mutilation of the rapist as a deterrent force; and
we believe yet resolutely and fearlessly that the expt-ri
meat Is worthy of a trial. Let It he understood In ad
vance that every negro who commits this crime will
treated to this punishment and let us see at least for
a twelvemonth what effect the uew punishment will
have upon the old and frightful off-..tao.
We have suggested in time past that some new and
mysterious mode of punishment—the passing over a slen
der bridge into a dark chamber where In utter dark
ness and In utter mystery tho 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 uiion the minds of
this Ignorant an J superstitious rn We Insist that th's
experiment Is also worth a trial for what It Is worth—to
be perpetuated If K is successful and to be abandoned
If it does not accomplish its purpose. Heaven knows
that a desperate disease demands a trial of every des
perate remedy which tact and theory and self-defense
ran dictate to a people who have borne too much and
borne too long the horrible shadow which rests upon
our society and upon civilisation.
Bat at this time and Id this hour we come forward
earnestly and Intensely to arraign the leaders of the
negro race, their preachers and their public men that they
have not themselves cooperated to suppress this crime.
They have met In conventions, they have passed resolu
tions, they have orated fiercely about lyich law and they
have denounced Southern men and methods, but they
have been shamefully and criminally silent in making
their voices heard In stern nnd persjstent 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 against the
virtue of our women by secreting him f.om the office
of the law, by providing change of clothes and by con
nlvlng In every way to aid in his escape from the out
raged ngents of society. Upon this basis we arraign the
leaders—the teachers, the preachers, the bishops and
the editors of the negro race as partlceps crimfnls and
co-criminnls 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 pulpit, from
the teacher's clialf and from the printed page to help
■ he.white man to bunt down the scoundrels and the crim
inals of their racq, they nre 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
tests against lynching. But neither their pulpits' thunder
nor their presses' spout preachments against the crimi
nal and the crimes which make lynching possible.
We nre getting tired of these one-sided Jeremiads.
We have no patience with such llypocrlsy. 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 denunciations of the mob
and tot the negro preachers and the negro editors and
the negro teachers get busy with the vigorous use of
their lungs nnd their lead pencils against the crime
which. If not suppressed, will ultimately destroy tbelr
race.
v For there is growing steadily In the minds of tho
Caucasians of the South u stern determination to be freed
at nny cost from this element of terror which covers
the women of our people. We hare bought with our
blood and with our brains a continent which we have
redeemed from the wilderness ngd made tho greatest
nation under the sun. We have built out of the ashes
and desolation of war a country that In beauty and devel
opment has come to he 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 tho nge
Illustrious In achievement. And we are rapidly reach
ing tho imlnt where we wlft not permit ourselves much
longer to endure In this Southern country n siege In
which our women are the prisoners and In which every
Southerner Is nn anxious sentinel nt tho outpost of his
fireside and the shrine of his home.
If theso negroes who aro making themselves so bla-
tnnt In their public speeches and conventions—If the
leaders, from Booker Washington down to the bishops
and the preachers and the smallest editor would lift
up the bnnner of a great united crusade against the
Infamy of ratio nnd would pledge theniBelves to hunt with
even fiercer vigilance than tho white man, the despoiler
o' out homes nnd the deadliest onj*ny to the hop's of
tho negro, then wc might hope to witness a change In
these conditions and n suppression of these crimes
which provoke that fiery terror, which, however lawless
and however depiortb’e. Is the only deiuiroi t of tho rapist
nnd tho chief defense of woman.
There Is no excuse for apathy
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 cttlsen Charles
L. Bonner, of the board of tarde, and of the Half-a-MIUlon
Club. From all appearaacea he Is a live and vital force
and the Inspiration of much of the best work done In
Jhcksonville.
hero. Tlmo and
again the appeal has gone forth for co-operation along
these lines. And In tho memory of these unanswered
aj-peals we sternly aTnlgn the resp.v-a.ble memojr-i pi
the negro race for the silence and Inactive apathy which
they have shown.
For tho future wc refuse to heal their protests or to
consider their statements until thoy get themselves busy
along, the only practical lino on which they can ho of
service'to themselves and to us.
If they do not do tills and If all other expedients
fall, ns they are falling, tho time may come when tha
dominant and triumphant civilization of the South will
rid Itself of this awful terror In n more radical and a
more revolutionary way.
I’atlenco is growing frazzled In Caucasian hearts.
And after patience comes the deluge.
Robinson Crusoe’s* Island Destroyed.
Among tho Incidents of .the recent earthquake
which wrought such havoc along the coast of Chile, ac
cording to reports which have Just been received, was
the destruction of tha Island of Junn Fernandez.
From a sentimental point of view, this Is tho great
est of all tho sad features of the disaster. The struc
tures of brick and mortar constituting the cities de
stroyed will tie replaced on n more splendid scale; even
the death of tho Inhabitants will chiefly affect their
friends and rnjatlvea. who will find consolation as the
years go by. But tho civilized world will for all time
deplore the fact that Robinson Crusoe's Islnnd has sunk
Into the sea from whence It came.
This Island was the Inrgest - of a group of three
known to tie of volcnnlc origin, and differing greatly In
fauiin ami flora from the mainland of Chile, 350 miles
away. It was sparsely settled, even at the time of Its
destruction, and while tho soil and climate wero fertile,
the inhabitants made hilt little effort to develop It. To
all appearances It differed but little from whnt It was
when tho buccaneer Scotchman, Alexander Selkirk, was
put ashore there 200 years ago.
Selkirk luul quarreled with the captain of the pirate
vessel on which he sailed and at his own request was
left alone on the Island. Here lie 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 jtopular story In the
English language. He was rescued In 1708 by Captain
Wooden Rogers, of the Increase prize-ship, nnd after
wards rose to be a lieutenant on II. M. S. Weymouth,
on board of which he died In 1723.
Four years nfter Selkirk's rescue Captain Rogers
published Ills "Cruising Voyage Round the World" and
Iti the same year appeared Captain Cook's "Voyage to
tho South Sea." From these two books Defoe drew the
materials which were woven Into the fadeless story of
"Robinson Crusoe '
Whnt child has ever grown to man's estate with
out becoming familiar with the life and adventures of
Crusoe and his man Friday, his imagination kindling at
the patience, the resourcefulness and the unfailing cour
age of the castaway nnd his one lone companion. And
what youth, on an appropriate Friday afternoon, has uot
declaimed that equally Immortal ballad. "1 am monarch
of all I survey?" '
There were not many pilgrims to this Island shrine.
In.the bosom of the Pacific, hut It was a satisfaction to
know that It still existed, practically as It was when
Crusoe kept bis weary vigil for a friendly sail, and the
Remember the Issues, Forget the Men.
As our five armored pollUcal candidates are about to
sleep on their arms for the last time before the stern and
eventful battle of our five-barreled Democracy, we real
ise that the time for preaching Is over. The time for
exhortation Is done. The argument Is exhausted and tho
appeal now goes to the ballot box.
Once more In the quiet, which le 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 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 to 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 ns "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 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 Is titne
Indeed for men who love the state and who are proud r.f
Its Ideals, to Join steadily and firmly and sternly In the
determination that thoy will use their ballots to rebuke
the aspirant who seeks their favor under such dlsrepu-
tnble phases of ambition.
For tho rest, we stand now face to face with ‘tiv
ballot nnd with the Issue. And to all free and intelligent
men the Issuo at least Is clear. The things upon wjlicb
Georgia will vote on Wednesday cir.cern our economic
Intoreqts as they aro wrapped In our transportation linos
and In our social and political future as It Is thwarted
nnd 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 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 Is not
man who docs not know that the public opinion of these
times positively deiyftnds 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 begiuse it Is too urgent and too self-evident and
general In Its recognition. It le a vital necessity that
the people should tell the railroads kindly and firmly
that this is a popular government and not a corporate
government, that It Is a government of the people, by
the people and for the people and not a government of
the corporations, for the corporations, and by the corpora
tions. This issue Is 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 Its
duty and Its opportunity ought to answer this question
In the right and proper way on Wednesday.
The question which Is higher even than this eco
nomic one le the great social and national issue whose
menace and whose terror receive a fresh nnd 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 tho negro's
rights and privileges, and the apparent alignment of a
large faction of our people upon his ride of this ques
tion has had a full part and share la 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 Is 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 Interior 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 homer, and in the purity of Its politics.
Georgia has never fronted an election like this. She
ha* neves stood face to face since the war with an Issue
so dear,I so thrilling and so vital as these which
front her In the election of tomorrow. Beside these
Issues all personalities crumble, all prejudices fail and all
personal prejudices should be trampled under foot. The
Issue should be supreme and the man should be forgot
ten. And, tho Georgian, standing as It does today steadi
ly and consistently upon a platform on which Its editor
planted himself fifteen years 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 hc,ie 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, Sempronltts, we'll deserve It."'
Of course, every school boy knows that Mr. Addi
son's Cato says; ‘"TIs not In mortals to command suc
cess," etc. But the Fountain of Light prefers to be its
own Addison.
I GOSSIP
„i
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER,
By Private la-used Wire.
New York, Aug. 21.—Mrs. Stuyves-
ant Fish Is arranging a quiet little din-
ner for Saturday night for about loo
of her friends. It will only cost about
H.OOO, so It can be seen It Is only a
small affair. It Is reported that Mrs
Fish has cornered the Newport lobster
market for the time being.
Whether this refers to clawed or
clothed lobsters 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 for the approaching
season. *
Haifa li. the royal Bengal tiger net
of the little folks at the Bronx zoo
Is to be treated as no other captive
man eater has ever been. He Is to
have regular exercise to regain bis
health and strength. A famous <_'hl-
cago naturalist examined him a few
days ago and said exercise was tin
only cure for hts drooping spirits.
i The zoo directors have hit upon a
plan which Is to be carried Into effect
for the first time next Sunday. R a |-
fah has been measured for a steel muz
zle. fitted with strong leather strain.
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 on duty while
his highness suns himself.
Thirteen of the best known men In
Derby, Conn, are congratulating
themselves upon having eacuped death
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
tholr 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 was wrecked. Their
cries attracted the attention of .Mr. and
Mrs. Frank C. Thornton and Mr. and
Mrs. George Mechtershelmer, who were
In a launch, one of the women op
erating the Intinch, atarted It In the di
rection of the cries at full speed and
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 gunwales, started for
the city.
In the home of William E. Harris, at
Trenton, the oddest of double weddings
took place. Miss Clara May match-
ford and William Keough, of Cam
bridge, Mass, were married. After the
ceremony the best man, Walter Blatch-
ford, and the bridesmaid, Grace K.
Keough, decided to get married and did.
Growth and Progress of the New South
lug nttcutlou.
South which deserves something more tbsu 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 comes one of the leadlhg papers
of Montreal, Canada, which makes one of these articles the'text of a
leading editorial.
The facts which have given rise to this slgnlflcsnt editorial aro of
■<<ch Importance that wo 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 Jncrcase In tho manufactured products of the
South, taken year by year for the fiftoen years from 1890 to 1905, aggre
gated $8,000,000,000; that the Increase In the value of farm products In
tho 8outh, taken year by year for the same period, aggregated $4,000,000,-
000; that tho 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 1800. 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 rocord of fifteen years of prosperity In tho South the figures
are simply beyond comprehension.
In a subsequent article we showed that while tho 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 the coun
try's products during the same period was 3X percent, 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.
Theso were telling figures. They made ovory reader sit up and
take notice. The fact that the capital Invested Ir. the South had
Increased sixty-five per cent whtlo that of the country as a -whole
Increased only forty-two per cent showed how far behind wo were
leaving tho New England states which were once the home of the manu
facturing industries of the country. This 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 trade between this country and other countries, but
free trade 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 robber tariff exacted tribute from the consumer on the ground that
the poor down-trodden Industries of the United States had to have pro
tection In order to compete with the other commercial countries of 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 theae concerns
In their own territory, without any bounty or protection of any kind, and
If the South could thrive on such competition as against other sections of
the country there was no reason why the whole country could not
thrive without protection as against the competition of other countries.
All these facts appear to have come to the attention of The Mon
treal Dally Witness, one of the largest and most Influential patters In
Canada, and are characterised by that paper ns "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
be to the interest of 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 based have long passed away, and
the Sonth, which has always been an advocate of free trade, la beginning
to renew Its demand for It We have over and over again shown that the
United State* has prospered because of free trade, and not because of
protection, as United States producers posses* the greatest free-trade mar
ket In the world. Wo find a writer In Tho Atlanta Georgian Insisting up
on the same facts with sledge-hammer logic. Sie premises that some of
tho headers of the pajier may fancy that the South Is prospering under
protection, Instead of which It Is actually prospering under free trade.
Factories and mills are springing up everywhere throughout the South, and
Southern industries are said to be multiplying as If by magic. The fart
Is, the writer declares, tho South Is thriving under free trade and In
full competition with the hlghly-orghnlzed, aggressive and unsentimental
Industrialism of tho North. He emphasizes the term uasentlmentalism to
mark the fact that Southern Industries are not thriving because of the pity,
Indulgence or toleration of tbelr rivals. Certainly no Northern manufac
turer says:
“ ‘The poor, struggling Southern manufacturer IS my follow country
man. I will not undersell him.' Protection In this case, at least, Is abso
lutely lacking. The 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 tho North, and yet la presumed
by protectionists to need protection against the manufacturers of Europe
who are undersold by the North In their own markets! To show tho re
markable recent activity of the South, The -Georgian says that the
amount Invested In manufactures 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 free
trade versus protection will be one of the leading features .of the next
presidential campaign, and that the people throughout tho country are
awakening to the truth that protection Is merely a machine to mako the
rich richer and to glvo birth and nourishment to trust* nnd mono|>ollea.
Anyway, If the South can actually beat the North In open competition
without bounties or protection to her Infant industries, and It the great
ateel 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 n fraud.”
TO VOTE IS A RELIGIOUS DUTY.
. ' .
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 21.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—8. Berner, IV. B. Hud
son, C. F. Cantrell, C. R. Collier. Miss
I. Sehane. M. Slattery.
AUGUSTA—W. H. Barrett, W. J.
Hollingsworth, E. A. Pendleton, F. B.
Clorr, Jr„ J. P. Dill.
MACON—M. Lasarus. T. J. Wright.
SAVANNAH—J. Paulsen. O C.
Schwarz, I. Stoddard, H. D. Twlgg.
IN PARIS.
(II give place to the 8|vei-ln| to The Georglmi.
Paris., Aug. 21.—Miss Eleanor Shot-
tar. of Savannah, Ga„ and Ml«« Mar
garet te Klrkcnldte and Misa Anna B.
McLester, of Atlanta, Ga.. registered at
the office of the European edition of
the New York Herald today.
To tho 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, and
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 baa 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
torial candidates will give place to the
qualified voters. The latter are to de
cide Jhe contest 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 Interests, more nr leas
Important, nt stake. They are to exer
cise a franchise the greatest known to
American citizenship. They arc to
name a man who will become not only
governor of a state, 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 enst It according to the
dictates of his calm Judgment, with nn
approving conscience. The exalted
privilege he will exercise when he casts
his ballot demands this of him.
There Is still another view of the sit
uation t would respectfully present. It
Is this: ft Is the patriotic, the relig
ious duty of every qualified voter that
he should vote. No citizen has the
right, on a great occasion such ns will
occur on Wednesday, the 22d Inst., to
refuse 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 Is a government of the
people and In the truer, higher sense
of that term, every good citizen Is and
ought to be a politician nnd ought to
take an active hand In politics. When
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUQU8T 21,
15417—Rt. Francla DeHalea born.
1777— American rnlil from New Jerftrjr Int*
Ktnten I Bln ml.
1110—Mamba I Iternadntte of France cboaen
prince royal of Sweden.
1831—Innurrectlon lu Portugal in favor of
the queen. •
lMt-Kommth, the Hungarian patriot, es*
mi-til irotu AiiKtrla.
1851—Cl rent riot In New Orleans growing
out of the Oil mu expedition.
Itt4 The liluforfu 4’harter Oak. Hartford*
t’onu., fell during a storm.
18*53— General Itoaeernna arrived In front of
t'liattanoofa, Trim.
1S6P—Marriage of rottunmlore Vanderbilt
ami Mlaa Frank Crawford* at London,
Oinndn.
1SK2—ItrttUh occupied Port Raid and cloaed
“ mt til.
and flood created great dauwg*
I tane an active tiand in political, when v ,,. virHim
IV'Merved. the people will , m N>ir York rsa
be said to rule tip to 12 per vest a month.
a "trusts. a5? W. 1906 L N- Kdln "“ r * l ‘
