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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. AUGUST U. 1WW.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Enter*] as secood-clsss matter April 29. 1904. at the Poetofle* at
Atlanta. Ca.. under set of ronsresa of Uareh A 1379.
Robt. F. Maddox, for Commissioner.
The suggestion of Mr. Robert F. Maddox for the va
cancy In the board of county commissioners caused by
the promotion of Mr. Hubert Culberson will meet with
universal favor.
Mr. Maddox’s line record as a financier, and his ad
mirable conduct of the chamber of commerce during tbe
past two years, makes It certain that any official position
which he undertakes will be faithfully and acceptably
Ailed.
At this late hour The Georgian has only time to add
Its sincere Indorsement to the suggestion.
Municipal Ownership Growing.
The Georgian was the first paper to call attention
to the Immense significance of Mr. Goodwin's race for
mayor In view of his open and pronounced platform for
tbe municipal ownership of public utilities.
The Constitution follows suit this morning, and we
are pleated to note that Tbe Constitution leans, If It does
not frankly commit itself, toward an indorsement of this
line of Mr. Goodwin's platform.
This In the distinct trend of the nge. It la also the
distinct trend of that definite democracy In which The
Georgian believes and which It haa always advocated. If
The Conatltutlon hesitates to say that It approvea the pol
Idea of municipal ownership, then The Georgian will set
it nn example of frankness and outspoken advocacy.
We do not hesitate to say that we believe this to
be the only solution of the selfishness and Injustice of
corporate power, and that It must eventually become the
policy of the people for the preservation, both of their
commercial and their political liberties.
The radlcalltm of the proposition haa faded in Its
better understanding, and It Is no longer regarded as a
revolutionary principle anywhere. The editor <jf The
Georgian had the honor to advocate It long before It be
came a inpular thing to Indorse. And In this great age
of effort to preserve and to perfect the rights and liber
ties of the people, we do not healtate now aa we have
done In the iwst lo Indorse the principles of municipal
ownership, especially as applied to llghta, water and elec
tric franchises for Atlanta and for the Hate.
Along this lino we shall have more to say aa we go
forward In the fight.
power. While there have been rumors of defection, tbe
by-elections recently held have resulted In overwhelming
victories for the liberal government. And now It seems
that tbe leaders of the liberal parly and of tbe Irish na-
tlonallata have come Into accord, and by securing the sup
port of tbe king, have Insured tbe passage of a home
rule measure through the house of lords.
It haa been a long, brave struggle on the part of the
Irish people—a people who have contributed much to the
social, civic, military and literary* annals of the world—
a people who. It has been said with some facetiousness
but more truth, could governgavery country except their
own.
But the great contest appears to be drawing to a
close and Irish freedom will soon become an accomplished
fact.
Home Rule for Ireland. ,
Definite announcement la made that a bill providing
Home Rule for Ireland will be Introduced In parliament
when that body reassembles two months from today.
It la stated that the liberal prime minister, Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Irish nationalists
in the house of commons. Mr. John Redmond and even
the king himself, departing from his usual course of ab
solute neutrality, have entered into a clear understanding
and have framed a measure which gives autonomy on a
generous scale to the Irish people.
This may well be regarded as the most notable an
nouncement In the current political history of the world.
It brings nearer the accomplishment of a measure which
has elicited the sympathy and support of mankind for
more than a hundred years, and wo aro told that thero Is
•-greater probability of Us achievement than at any time
•Ince Mr. Oladatone passed away.
Thero have been few struggles for liberty which
combined so many elements to appeal lo tho nobler sen
tlments of mankind. It baa been one long nnd hopeless
conflict for tbe right of self government on the part of a
people whose persistence and patriotism have risen in
perior to every obstacle and to all forms of opposition.
No country on the face of the earth la more essentially
national than Ireland, and the dream of restoring her na
tional house of representatives and committing to her
handa the management of her own affairs has been like
• guiding atar to the ambitions and the energies of the
Irish people ever since Castlereagh cut his country's
throat and then his own.
Persecution and oppression, contumely and ridicule
have only atrengthened Irishmen In their determina
tion to wrest their rights from the British crown, and
It haa long been evident to the Impartial student of world
politics that there could be no permanent poace In Ire
land until tbe national cause triumphed,
Tbe life and work of Gladstone present many claims
to the love and gratitude nnd ndnilrntlon of mankind,
' hut his fame will always be associated -peculiarly with his
struggle for Home Rule. His espousal of the enuno was
not hasty. For years he gave It grave consideration. But
when he had once made up hla mind, on the matter he
devoted all hla splendid abllltlea to the cause. Twice the
end he sought was almost within hla grasp, hut dlssen
■Ions In the raoka of the liberal party once nnd tho obstt- way.
nacy of the house of lords on tho later ^occasion defeated
his cherished design and for more than a decade wc have
heard nothing of borne rule In parliament.
But the leaven haa been at work through all these
years. Men like Davltt might die, but John Dillon nnd
John Redmond atlll remained and they kept the lamp of
self-government alight In hearts of gold.
It develop* now that the concession of a constitution
to the Transvaal was In one respect a tentative measure.
Intended to sound public sentiment on the home rule Idea,
and the public has not been alow In declaring that If au
tonomy could be given to an alien people so recently at
wir with the mother country, and one In which roaldent
Englishmen would have *o small a part, there was no
good reason why the Irish should not likewise have a par
liament of their own. The leading features of the bill
provide:
An Irish parliament composed exclusively of Irish
men, sitting la Dublin.
Manhood suffrage In every borough.
Government aid for the revival of Irish Industries.
The new Home Rule parliament to consist of one
body.
Merely nominal veto power, such as the governor gen
eral of Canada haa but rarely exercises, lodged in a coun
cil. /
Absolute right of the Irish parliament to levy taxes
for local uses.
Elimination 0 f general taxation for tbe support of
tbe theological seminary at Trinity college.
The “Reign of Terror” Must End.
It will be a serious mistake If the aroused and In
dfgnant citizens of Georgia permit this period of Interest
and profound concern to pais without cryatallyzlng pub
lic aentlment upon some newer and more effective agen
cies of restraint upon the criminal Instincts of the negro
race.
Five assaults'and attempts at rape within the sub
urbs of Atlanta—the capital of the South—within five
weeks, have confirmed the reign of terror unde? which
the noblest race of women In the world live In fear and
sleep In apprehension.
When men living In broad center* of this twentieth
century civilization cannot leave home at night for bus!-
Ihess, or politics or church without leaving a frightened
woman trembling In the home which ought to be a
castle, God knows it Is time for men to wake up and
do something for themselves and for tho women whom
we love.
The tension of this emergency should make men
calm and stern, not wild and hysterical. We want to ac
complish something and If It be possible to better condi
tions without a resort to the last wild law of outraged
society.
Not that we believe that lynching can be stopped at
once. Five years ago the editor of The Georgian, facing,
ten thousand hostile minds In the great Chautauqua audi
torium of New York, told our Northern friends that they
might howl and resolute end protest till doomsday, but
that lynching for this crime would go on In the South
as long as the crime w!llch provoked it continued. The
editor of The Georgian was almost mobbed by public
opinion for the utterance, and he came home to Georgia
to be assailed and criticised by a great company of
pious pecksnlffs In hla own state. But these home men
are silent now under the shadow' which we then fore
saw, and there are thousands of Northern men and wo
men who would applaud now the bold words which
seemed revolutionary lo the New York air of 1901,
No, the mob It boro to keep up with tho rapist for.
ever.
It la lamentable. It Is deplorable. It la awful, but It
Is a fact, nnd we might aa well face It without evasion
and without apology.
But the wise citizen, steadied with the responsibili
ties of home and government, would be glad to seek
nnd find a better way. Let us see wbat we can do out
side of the mob.
One thing which the white man haa never had In
the effort to suppress the rapist Is the full co-operatlon
of the negroes who lead the race.
This Is a fact beyond question—a shameful fact. Ne
gro editors and teachers and preachers, when asked, will
say mildly that they condemn the rapist, but the fact Is
their condemnation la so vague aud feeble that It almost
carries the effect of Indorsement. The mat* of tha negro
raee la ever ready to ohleld tho raplat. It helps him to
escape. It furnishes him shelter, concealment, changes
of clothes and expedites his flight from the law and
from the avenger. Let ua see If we can change this
by reason and the iaw. If not, then by the Goddess of
Liberty, we mutt do It by stronger means.
The editors, teachers and preachers howl their jer
emiads of lamentation and complaint over every lynch
ing and rush to tho Northern cities to protest and de
nounce tho lawlessness of tho South nnd the “blood lust
of tho old alave owner” toward tho negro. They stir
with all their might and main tho prejudice and fanati
cism of Northern philanthropy and the old abolition
brigade. But who ovar hears of Galnta, or Turner, or
Proctor, or Bookor Washington, or Fortune, or Davis
thundering through a sermon or a speech or an editorial
against the atrocious outrages which aro rapidly prepar
ing thslr race for destruotlonf
They condemn In faint sentences. They denounce
lynching In flnmlng columns and In furious hours.
And tho negro mass, hearing the preacher, and heed
ing the teacher, takes to his heart from the slse of the
comment the deadly conclusion that. In tho eyes of his
lenders, rape Is a light fault of passing moment, but that
lynching la an awful crimo for which his race furnlshea
tho lamented and strangled martyrs.
Don’t you see, people, black nnd white, how deadly
Is the Inequality of tho negro’s Influence for good and
ovlt upon his race? There Is not a negro fiend among
tho thousands of his typt who has tver felt the restrain
ing hand of his own rsco and of Its public opinion
upon the hellish lusts which move him.
Now let us see It we can Invoke the full and fear
less. and Impassioned co-opcratlon of the negro against
tho hell born lust of his own criminals. Let-us see
If wo enn do It reasonably. If wo cannot, then by the
divine right of the Saxon, wc will do It tn our own great
race. If anything can reach the criminal negro It ought
to be a public opinion among bis own people which has
never reached him before.
Let us persuade tbe negro to try it Let the press
and the people Impress this experiment upon every negro
who writes or speaks In every community of tbe South.
If the request Is complied with It will do much to better
the feeling among the races. If It Is not compiled with,
let white men everywhere turn the back of their hands
to every negro church and school and newspaper. Let
them refuse all aid. sympathy or endouragement to any
negro enterprise tl)at does not thunder damnation to the
negro’s lust. In this way we can. If necessary, compel
the co-operation which we ought to have freely for the
asking.
If the experiment falls, then we will know as a peo
ple wbat we are up against, and prepare to meet the fu
ture as we must
This la the chief thing just now. But beyond this
we do not forget that It la the stern duty of our men to
provide every means of protection and defense.
Let our women be taught to shoot and be provided
with a trusty weapon. We need no law to permit wo
men to carry arms, for not a Jury In blxle would Imposo
a fine if every woman wore an arsenal.
Let our county police system be enlarged and per
fected fo rthe protection of rural and suburban districts.
Let the vagrant laws be vigorously and promptly en-
fected for the protection of rural and suburban districts,
pod away.
Let ohr women be relieved of going to court to stand
in the gate of thousands to testify against the raptst.
Let the suspects, guarded, be carried for Identification
to the scene of the assault
And let the bloodhounds be carried in sections so
that when one sot la tired, a fresh contingent can be put
on tbe trail. This is necessary.
Do you know that the assailant of the Lawrence
girls Is.still at large?
Let us take every precaution, provide every de
fense, strengthen every law, teach our women self-de
fense and Invoke the Intense co-operation of every decent
negro In the South.
And It these fall, then know all men by these pres
ent perils, that sternly and deliberately at all hazards
and by any means the white man of the South Is going to
raise the seige and close the reign of terror for the white
women of the South.
The death of Dr. Hunter P. Cooper Is a distinct and
deeply lamented calamity not only to his family and
his hosts of friends, but to the great profession of which
he was so conspicuous an ornament, and to tbe city
and the state which have shared in the beneficence of
his skill and the fulness of his public spirit The late
announcement of his death precludes a larger comment.
The Washington Post feels aggrieved and disappoint
ed because there was no real bloodshed In the recent con
flict But The Post ought to see "the hide, the hair and
the ground tore up.”
It develops that Harrlman, the railroad pirate, la the
ton of a clergyman. But we see no reason why the Phil
istines should be hurling this In the face of the ministry.
Joe Weber Is appearing In a musical - skit called
“Twiddle Twaddle.” One la dtaposed, at first blush, to
wondor whether It Is a name or a criticism.
Maybe Sunday won’t-be a real day of rest!
THE “REIGN OF TERROR” MUST END
Indorsements and Suggestions From All Southland Come to The Georgian
The simple statement or suggestion should movo
every Intelligent negro to cooperation, Law, Justice, civ
ilization and self-protection demand it of him. The mere
citation of the rare existence of this co-operation should
bo the signal for a start all along the line of negro
expression. From Booker Washington through the bish
ops to the tcachera, and the country "exhorters,” let the
warning ring.
If In every country church and In every old field
meeting house the negro preacher at night should de
vote at least one half hi* sermon to saving hie rtet by
denouncing Its representative crime, something might be
done. And the voice that speak* must speak boldly and
plainly. Na half-hearted protest, no timid denunciation
will do.
From first to last let the preacher thunder hell and
damnation In this world and In the world lo come
against negro fiends who lust after white women. I,et
him tell the negro fiend that every crime like hts holds
back bis race from hope, and hurries it toward destruc
tion.
And If all tho voices that speak and !>ons that write
to the negro shall bear this awful warning, we may hope
at least tor better things.
For the statistics show that nino-tentha of tho ne
gro rapists have been to School.
The Georgian submits that this Is one thing that wc
can do—that the negro can do. It Is an experiment (hat
has never been tried. It Is one that ought to be tried.
We have never had the negro's full cooperation be-
Tbe libera] party seems to be well entrenched In {fore. Let ns secure It now, and test Its effect upon the
A Notable Banker Indorses.
To the Editor of The Georgian.-
I desire to commend the timeliness
and force of your editorial of the 22d
on “The Way to Save Our Women."
You voice the (eneral feeling \Phen
you aay, "We are going to free our
women, ito matter what he cost may
be to another race.’’
Half-way solutions will not do. For
cible deportation la the only remedy.
The negroes were shipped over here—
they rauat be shipped buck. If their
w hite friends who spend money so lav
ishly tn giving them a superficial and
unfitting education would charter ships
to carry them to Africa and particular
ly to Liberia, they would act unselfish
ly and wisely. Liberia has a popula
tion of 2,000.000. If the 10,000,000 of
negroes In the United States were
added to them there would be two
acres of land In Liberia to each In
habitant, for Liberia has over 23,000,-
000 acres of land. If they unfortunate
ly stay In this country much longer
their fate will be that of the Indian.
And In carrying out the divine ven
geance on the black race you may rest
assured there will be few repetitions
of North Carolina retaliatory Justice,
where an unprotected factory operative
was made the scafegoat for over 2,000
men engaged In lynching.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM B. SLADE.
President National Bank of Columbua.
Columbus, Oa„ Aug. 23, 1900.
From a Strong Man in 8outh Georgia,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read with much pleasure and
Interest your editorial In The Geor
gian of thp. 22d, entitled "The Reign
of Terror for southern Women."
course, this la a grawsoms subject, but
the pleasure I derived la from approv
Ing your suggestion. This la really a
serious problem for the state, and un
less there Is an Improvement on this
line the negro Is doomed to annihila
tion or deportation. The former la too
horrible to contemplate, and the latter
Is Impracticable unlesa the United
States government takes it up. I firm
ly believe that deportation Is the beet
remedy. It could be accomplished If
some brave man In congress would ad
vocate It. We could thus utilise the
Philippines or purchase some extensive
tract In Africa. They ought to be de
ported at the government's expense and
some provision made for them after
they arrive nt the new country, and this
government might to exercise a protec
torate over this new country as long as
necessary. 1 will not undertake to
elnbornte this Idea more fully, but It la
a thourht that should engage the best
attention of our statesmen. I hope
you will continue to discuss this ques
tion along the lines of the editorial
for your able pen can accomplish much.
Very truly your friend.
ALLEN l-’ORT.
Aug. 23, 1906.
Amerlcus, Ga.
The Proteotlon of Our Homes.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I read your editorial on "The Ne
gro" In yesterday’s Oeorglan with as
much Interest aa I read the election,
returns. Patrick Henry’s "liberty
4| >eech'' w*as no better and of no more
Importance than your heroic editorial.
If all of tho papers would take hold
of this subject with the same Inter
eat that was taken In the recent elec
tion campaign, surely good would
suit. The most sacred Interest
earth Is the protection of a man's
mother, wife, sister or daughter. This
Is the highest office of any government
secret order, etc. A man would not be
much of a hero who a-ould even go
through fire or blood for the protection
of these interests. • In the name of
God must we say: Let the women
get some pistols and protect them
selves?.
On the enme breast wtekn where
white men fought for negro freedom
a brutish negro gouged out the eye of
a white woman. I use talking only
yesterday with a man who has spent
years of toll and economy to secure a
little market garden and fruit farm In
the suburbs of Atlanta. Ills wife and
daughters are now afraid to live there,
nnd he must break up his quiet home
and move to town for protection. This
Is only one Instance of thoueande and
thousunda.
Henry Watterson eaya: "Of all Im
portant things, civilization Is the slow
est.” How many more daughters must
be attacked by negro brutes before this
matter must have attention? If you
thought It would be your daughter,
wouldn't you be In a hurry about It?
It took time to get the negro,out of
politics, but he Is virtually out. It was
either count him out or by legislation.
Mobs and speedy trials- are not pro
tecting our sacred Interests.
I am only a common private citizen,
and not a law- maker. Is It not time
to make It an Issue tn every platform-
city, stute and national: "What are
question. Can’t the better class of
negroes organize "law and order socie
ties" Instead of their secret societies
that they have to dtscuaa white preju
dice? Can’t ne have better laws about
negroes prowling around at all hours?
Can't we have restrictions as to selling
negroes fltearms, ammunition, etc.?
Can't we have some Island to which
he must be sent forever and branded
after he has once been a convict? It
these things are unconstitutional,
wouldn't It be better to change the
constitution? Isn't ourjiomes more Im
portant than the constitution?
The highest object In this little arti
cle Is .that editors, statesmen, etc., may
take this matter up. Let every man
stand up—that Is, for the protection of
our white women, whether It be by
law or by "Ku-Klux." If there Is not
a negro left In Georgia, let's not resort
for a week to the Idea that the pool-
women must get some pistols and pro--
tect themselves. Isn't It about time to
begin to hold white mass meetings and
to call for a hundred thousand volun
teers?
Yours very truly,
CITIZEN. -
Wishes the Editorial Distributed.
Tn the Editor of The Georgian,:
I want personally to thank you for
your editorial, "The Reign of Terror
for Southern Women." I most heartily
Indorse every word of It, and wish that
It may be Issued In pamphlet form and
scattered broadcast all over the land.
I myself would take great pleasure In
helping In Its distribution. Again
thanking you for the bold stand you
have taken In this matter, and praying
that It may result In much good, uml
prove to be the solution of this awful
problem. Yours most sincerely,
WILLIAM P. DAVIS.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21, 1906.
Hers'a the Right Kind of a Negro.
To the Editor of The Georgian!
I am a colored cltlien and have been
a dally reader of your paper from Its
first Issue and I recognize In your edl
torial on "The Way to Save Our Wo
men" a very able article, and I hereby
make my application for the place or
position to act a* one of the "cutters"
or “branders” of the brutes who would
do such an unseemly thing as to vio
late the person nf any woman.
Yotl may publish this letter If you
desire and change In It any aentenco
you dealre. Yours very truly,
TURNER SUTTON.
Sandenvtlle, Ga.. Aug. 22, 1906.
“The Howls of tho Pookeniffe.”
To the Editor of The Oeorglan:
I wish tn congratulate you on the
aland you have taken In regard to the
attack on white women of the South
by the negroes. It la no doubt a step
In the right direction. We are so used
to hearing editors howl about the hor
rors of mob law, and all that kind of
rot, when w* know that they can not—
If they are true Southrons—mean what
they say. If mob law, with all Its cru
elties, will not stop this crime which Is
becoming the curse of the South, then,
what will the slow and easier manner
of the law do? 1 agree with you fully
In all you have written In tho last two
Issues of your paper, and 1 hope that
your suggestions will not go unheeded
until the rising, which Is sure to come,
has wiped the negro tiDm the South.
Again, congratulating you on having
the pesve to come out openly and any
what every Southern man ought to
■ay. regardless of criticism from some
nf the people of the North, where this
most awful of all crime* Is unknown, I
trust that every true Southern paper
will take up the matter In the same
way you have. Yours very truly.
A READER OF THE GEORGIAN.
Lafayette, On., Aug. 23, 1906.
feriar race that was bought and
brought here as slaves to us, and the
end must edme.
In view of the failure of lynching
and all other modes of punishment to
suppress this evil, I would like to make
a suggestion, and would also be glad
If-you, Mr. Editor, or some other abler
man than myself would take up and
discuss.
My suggestion, brlelty stated, would
bo to form a secret clan or organiza
tion similar to the "Ku-Klux," after the
war, and so arrange that every white
man could be a member without having
to pay dues, the funds for the carry
ing on of each lodge being voluntary
contributions which could be collected
from time to time. This order should
have even more solemn vows and
pledges and more vague secret signs,
etc., than any ever organized, In order
to arouse the negro's superstitions and
Increase hla feara of the punishment.
Wa must bs rid of this evil st all
cost. ANGLO-SAXON.
Atlanta, Gs., Aug. 22, 1906.
From the Seaboard of Georgia.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Accept my congratulations end
thanks for the masterly editorial on
the negro and hla bestial practices on
our females. There Is not a sentence
expressed In it, but finds a ready re
sponse In my heart. Indeed, your rem
edy of castration and branding has
often occurred to me as a proper rem
edy, and one more likely to reach him,
and amend his race in this respect than
I any other. God knows we are In des
perate straits and the remedy, mutt
be forthcoming. Every thinker haa
here abundant matter to Investigate.
Some time since I suggested that our
women be taught to use a revolver,
and let them carry It Texas-llke at all
times unless with the males nt the fam
ily. I still think we should do so, and
that our little tote by the.time they are
old enough to pull a trigger, should
master this weapon. Keep It up strong
and heavy, and your suggestions will
ultimately be followed. Yours truly,
FRANCIS H. HARRIS.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906.
The Georgian Voices the People's
„ Feelings.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Let me congratulate you on your able
and timely editorial In regard to the
acute conditions of the negro question
that now confront the Caucasian people
as It never did before.
Will say In regard to the editorial
referred to that you are not molding
public sentiment, but you are express
ing the very sentiment that Is now In
the hearts of the white people and more
than that, you can get all the aid and
encouragement that you need to ad
just this nwful .condition along the
peaceful lines that you suggest, and
If they fall, God only knows what will
follow.
I think thot a reprint of your recent
editorial should he so distributed that
not only every white person but that
every negro could see what must be
done. . WILLIS B. PARKS.
Atlanta,' Aug. 23, 1906.
I GOSSIP
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By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Bjr Private Lwiwil Wire.
New York, Aug. 24.—Whether R e *i.
nald De Koven, the musical composer
will be llnble under the section of the
code prohibiting cruel and unusual
punishment, deponent sayeth nnt. but
the fact remains that at the coming,
out party at Newport of hla beautiful
young daughter, Mlsa Ethel, only Mr
De Koven's music will be played for the
dancers.
Miss Ethel Is one of the really popu-
lar girls of the season. Although she
shares her father's musical and her
mother's literary accomplishments. ,h,
nan a decided tendency toward ath.
Sheexcel. (enn,ft VJu.ni
In the saddle. It Is os an expert auto
driver, however, that this young wo-
man haa become most noted. She han.
dies big cars, of which she has several
lacks.* * k that man Y “ man driver
Colonel Partridge, a civil war vet
eran, and former New York police
commissioner, has the courage nf his
convictions. He confesses to 62 years
and soon Is to wed Miss Charlotte
Held, a handsome young woman of 24.
Colonel Partridge, when asked about
the report of his wedding, remarked:
"1 don't see why a man of 62 should
not marry—and why he should not
marry a young woman. Age Is a mat
ter merely -of how a man feels. He's
only aa old aa he feels.”
Dr. Osier, please take notice.
Mrs. G. von L. Meyer, wife of the
American ambassador In Russia, ar
rived on the Baltic with her three chil
dren, to remain In this country until
after Christmas. She went to her home
In Hamilton, Mass.
Whipped by his wife because he had
eloped from St. Louis with his stenog
rapher, George Sedcle took a hurried
departure from the city today. The
reason for hla hasty flight was that
both Mrs. Sedcle and Mlsa Elenoa
•Metz, the stenographer, were search
ing for him, and they threatened fur
ther Immediate proceedings If he was
found. Sedcle quarreled with his wife
three weeks ago. Then he sold out his
business In St. Louis and came to
New York with Mlsa Metz. Assisted
by her bulldog and a horse whip, Mrs.
Sedcle gave her husband a most In
teresting quarter of an hour.
A Washington news special says:
"A petrified giant has been found In
a secret wall of the old Carlisle house
In Alexandria avenue.”
This may account for some recent
happenings in the baseball world.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private J.eased Wire.
New York, Aug. 24.—Here are soma
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—G. W. Case, H. Chlpley,
... J. Crawford, Miss I..M. Strewn, A.
Tabarinl. B. B. Foy, R. Foy.
AUGUSTA—W. E. C. Gibson.
SAVANNAH—F. A. Brown, C. Seller,
W. S. Way.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGU8T 24.
1124—Bnttlc nf Creasy.
1572—St. Bartholomew's massacre.
1789—Utterly of the French press decreed.
1814—Olty of Washington • burned hy the
British.
1838-Janies Bed path, American author,
born. Died February 10, 1291.
1848—American ship Oceen Monarch burn
ed In Irish channel: 170 lives lost.
18*4—City of Milwaukee almost destroyed
18S6—1-Tdls ilottl. musical conductor, Istrn.
1884—Foochow, Chinn, bombnrdrd hy the
French.
1904—Opening nf great battle nt Unnyung,
betweeu Russians aud Japuucse.
THE CLEVER GEORGIAN.
8top It at Any Cost
To the Editor of The Oeorglan:
Congratulations and a hearty hand
shake are ynurs from at least one of
the readers of The Georgian, and I feel
sure that I am voicing the sentiments
of all tn regard to tbe stand you have
tnken on the negro fiend situation
when I say you are right and some
thing Is going tn be done.
1 have always been a law-abiding
citizen and respect our laws and splen
did government In the highest possible
degree, but with the present Increasing
domination of these black hell-hounds,
there seems to be a great deficiency in
the power of the law to curb the brut
ish and hellish passions nf the beast.
Yes. something is going to bo dons. I
have heard suggestions thnt have been
made "behind the curtain," as It were,
anil enough of them to know that the
Anglo-Saxon fire has already been kin
dled and each tragedy such as we
have had right at our very doors, acts
as a mighty fan that Is being used tn
fan the sparks that was kindled years
ago when Lincoln's hand lifted a brute
to the level and rights of the'genteel
Southerner: each act of this nature Is
building a fire In the hearts and minds
and souls of every man and boy born
of Southern blood that Is going to leap
Into hungry, menacing flames that can
only be quenched after the consumma
tion and annihilation of this blight and
menace to Southern mothers, wives
and daughters. The South Is calling
for freedom. We are veritable slaves
to the brutish and In every way In-
Ths Leaders "Must" Think.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your very strong editorial, "The Way
to Save Our Women," Is timely, and
■trikes at a point where good can be
done.
The leaders of the negroes must be
made to think for the race. It Is
thought that moves the world and right
thinking must be done before right ac
tions are manifested.
Tbe brutal negro, Influenced and
mesmerized by lust and passion, must
be aroused through mental work, and
the so-called leaders or molders of
opinion must be made to think for the
race.
I thank you and The Georgian for
your manly methods and good words
and works for the good of mankind.
Sincerely. B. H. CARMAN.
- Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906.
Heartily Indorses.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I heartily Indorse your editorial In
The Georgian of the 23d regarding the
question of taking some steps toward
putting a stop (o the fearful assaults
by negroes on white women. The whole
country Is being terrorised and Its
proper development retarded by the
crimes committed by these fiends.
I am glad you have the courage to
speak out. OEO. B. HINMAK.
Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906.
Rs-Enact ths Parol* System.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In regard to the negro question, has
not the time about arrived when each
one should bo made to carry a "parole,"
aa It wa* called during the war? That
lo, a paper giving hi* description, resi
dence and for whom he works, etc., and
make It the business of the police to
"round up” each one nnt thus identified.
It Is an Immediate form of Identifica
tion and I think a necessary one. Truly,
OEO ROE BROWN, M.D.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 22, 1966.
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
The Georgia caiu|Mlxn. which liogim
fifteen mouths n*o, closed Hot unlay, nnd
the (irlinnrles will lie held Wednesday. It
was 11 most estrnordlimry campaign, full
of hitter personalities. Colonel Smith, Col
onel Estlll nnd Itlchsrd Itussell, three of
the candhlatc* for governor, escaped the
mud shower, principally, perhaps, because
Clark Howell and Hoke Huilth mouo|«t-
llied It all. Yet Chirk Howell In as food
n man ■■ he was before he entered the
rnee for governor, nud the same con lie
■nh! of lfoke Hinlth. Both were victims
of rnnipslfli frenzy.
one of the hnmlsomeet 'king* we have
seen bitcly Is the rehabilitation of these
two men In eleen garments nnd their
presentation to the people of Georgia *■
the |ieople of thnt ntnte hove previously
known them, by The Atlnutn UnMgtau,
In nn ante-primary election editorial. the
article la In the heat of taale all,I .will
bare nn ezeellent offend throughout Geor
gia. It Iz enlenlnted to tnnhe the people
look u|Miu the Into cnmpnlgn nn n nlitnt-
mnre, to put It In the tmckground. to cmer
op the memory of It nnd restore these
two edltorn to the places they formerly
held In nil Georgia hearts.
PRINTS THE TRUTH;
GROWS IN FAVOR
From The Deeatnr Press.
The Georgian subscription Is dally Is-
creasing here. It Is n clean paper print
ed lit Atlanta, and If you wnut tbe truth
nbout what I* doing rend Itn columns.
Governor Hoch Is so very popular
among tlte settlers whose land titles ne
has undertaken to "clear" In the "Kn-
ty" suit that *n effort has been mad*
to change the name of the new mate
to Hoehlahoma.—Kansas City Star.
The largest Colored Young Men*
Christian - Association In the world l»
the colored branch of the New York
City Association, which now has
members. It held a "600 jubilee Inst
month to celebrate the attainment ot
thle number.
Consul Walter C. Hamm, at Hull
say* the Inereaeed activity tn the York
shire steam coal trade at Hull ban oeen
most marked. For the first time dur
ing the first half of any year over 2,-
000,000 tons of cool have been received
at the port and over 1,000.000 tons ex
ported.
Lightning 8trik*s Hem*.
Special to The Georgian.
Haralson, Ga.. Aug. 24.—Lightning
■truck the house of A. H. Rawls, <>*
thin place, Wednesday night, doing con
siderable damage.
, Goat to Reynold*.
Hpectid to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 24.—C. G. By-
Ingtcn. principal of Bibb City county
school, han accepted the position "f
principal of the Reynolds (Oa.) Insti
tute, end will begin bis duties wheF
the school term opens there.