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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Entered is second-clsaa matter April 25, 1906. st the*Po#toflee at
Atlanta. Ga.. under set of congress of March 3. 2179.
Robt. F. Maddox for Commissioner.
The suggestion of Mr. Robert F. Maddox for the va
cancy in the board of county commlsaionera canned by
the promotion of Mr. Hubert Culberson will meet with
universal favor. x
Mr. Maddox's fine record as n financier, and hia ad
mirable conduct of the chamber of commerce during the
past two years, makes it certain that any official position
which he undertakes will be faithfully and acceptably
filled.
At this late hour The Georgian has only time to add
Its sincere indorsement to the. suggestion.
power. While there have .been rumors of defection, the
by-elections recently held have resulted in overwhelming
victories for the liberal government. And now it seems
that the leaders of the liberal party and of the Irish na
tionalists hare come into accord, and by securing the sup
port of the king, have Insured the passage of a home
rule measure through the house of lords.
It has 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 govern every country except their
own.
But the great contest appears to be drawing to
close and Irish freedom will soon become an accomplished
fact.
The “Reign of Terror” Must End.
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 bis open and pronounced platform for
the municipal ownership of public utilities.
The Constitution follows suit this morning, and we
are pleased to note that The Constitution leans, if it does
not frankly commit Itself, toward an indorsement of this
line of Mr. Goodwin's platform.
This is the distinct trend of the age. It Is also the
distinct trend of that definite democracy in which The
Georgian believes and which It has always advocated. If
The Constitution hesitates to say that It approves the pol
icies of municipal ownership, then The Georgian will set
It an example of frankness and outspoken ndvocacy.
We do not hesitate to say that we bellevo this to
be the only solution of the selfishness and Injustice of
corporate power, and that it must eventually become the
policy of the tteople for the preservation, both of their
commercial and their political liberties.
The radicalism of the proposition has faded in Its
better understanding, and It Is no longer regarded as- a
revolutionary principle anywhere. The editor of The
Georgian had the honor to advocate It long before It be
came a popular 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 hesitate now as we hare
done In the past to Indorse the principles of municipal
ownership, especially as applied to lights, water and eleo
trie franchises for Atlanta and for the state.
Along this line we shall have more to say as we go
forward In the fight.
Home Rule for Ireland.
Definite announcement Is made that a bill providing
Home Rule for Ireland will be introduced in parliament
when that body reassembles two months from today.
It is 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
ijhe king himself, departing from his usual course of ab
solute neutrality, have entered into a clear understanding
and have framed a meaauro which gives uutonomy on a
generous scale to the Irish people.
This may well be regarded as the most notable an-
nouncemcnt In the current political history of the world.
It brings nearer the accomplishment ol a measure which
has elicited the sympathy and support of mankind for
more than a hundred years, and we are told that there Is
a greater probability of its achievement than at any time
since Mr. Gladstone passed away.
There have been few struggles for liberty which
combined so many elements to appeal to the nobler sen
Uments of mankind. It has been ono long nnd hopeless
conflict for the right of self government on the part of a
people whose persistence and patriotism have risen su
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
tlonal house of representatives and committing to her
hands the management of her own affairs has been like
a guiding star 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 strengthened Irishmen in their determina-
Uon to wrest their rights from the British crown, nnd
it has long been ovldent to the Impartial student of world
politics that there could be no permanent peace in Ire
land until the national cause triumphed.
The life and work of Gladstone present many claims
to the love and gratitude and ndmirntion of mankind,
but hia fame will always be associated -peculiarly with his
struggle for Home Rule. His espousal of the cause was
not hasty. For years he gave It grave consideration. But
when be had once made up his mind on the matter ha
devoted all his splendid abilities to the cause. Twice the
end he sought was almost within hts grasp, but dissen
sions in the ranks of the liberal party once nnd the obsti
nacy of the house of lords on the later occasion defeated
his cherished design and for more than a decade we have
heard nothing of home rule In parliament.
But the leaven has been at work through all these
years. Men like Davltt might die, but John Dillon and
John Redmond still remained and they kept the lamp of
self-government alight In hearts of gold.
It develops 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 slow In declaring that If au
tonomy could be given to an alien people so recently at
war with the mother country, and one In which resident
Kngltshmen would have so 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 In 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 has but rarely exercises, lodged In a coun
cil.
Absolute right of the Irish parliament to levy taxes
for local uses.
■elimination of general taxation for the support of
the theological seminary at Trinity college.
The liberal party seems to be well entrenched in j tore. Let us secure it now, and test its effect upon the
It will be a serious mistake it the aroused and In
dignant citizens of Georgia permit thla period of Interest
and profound concern to pass without ^rystallyzlng pub
lie sentiment upon some newer and more effective agen
cles 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 conflrmcd the reign of terror under which
the noblest race of women In the world live In fear and
sleep In apprehension.
When men living In broad centers of this twentieth
century civilization cannot leare home at night for bus!
lness, or politics or church without leaving a frightened
woman trembling 'in the home which ought to be
castle, God knows It Is time for men to wake up and
do something for themselvea and for the women whom
wo love.
The tension of thla emergency should make men
calm and stem, not wild and hysterical. We want to ac
complish something and It It he 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 and protest till doomsday, but
that lynching for this crime would go on In the South
as long as the crime which provoked It continued. The
editor of Tho Georgian was altnost mobbed by public
opinion for tho utterance, and he came home to Georgia
to be assailed and criticised by a great. company of
pious pecksnlffs in his own state. But these home men
ere sllenf 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 In the New York air of 1901
No, the mob Is here to keep up with the rapist for
ever.
It Is lamentable, rt (a deplorable. It is awful, but it
Is a fact, and we might at well face It without evasion
and without apology.
But tho wlso citizen, steadied with the responsible
ties of home and government, would bo glad to seek
and And a better way. Let ua see what we can do out
side of the mob.
One thing which the white man has never had In
the effort to suppress the raplet Is the full cooperation
of the negroea who lead the race.
This Is a fact beyond question—n shameful fact. Ne
gro editors and teachers and preachers, when asked, will
say mildly that they condemn the rapist, but the fact !s
their condemnation is so vague and feeble that It almost
carries the effect of Indorsement. The mass of the negro
racs la ever ready to shield the rapist. 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 us see If we can change this
by reason and the law. If not, then by the Goddess of
Liberty, we must do It by stronger means.
The editors, teachers and preachers howl their Jer
emiads of lamentation nnd complaint over every lynch-
ing nnd rush to tho Northern cities to protest and de
nounco the lawlessness of the South and the “blood lust
of the old slave owner" toward the negro. They stir
with nil their might and main the prejudice and fanatt-
clam of Northern philanthropy and tho old abolition
brigade. But who ever hears of Galnet, or Turner, or
Proctor, or Booker Washington, or Fortune, or Devle
thundering through a eermon or a epeech or an editorial
aflalnst the atrocious outrages which arc rapidly prepar
ing their race for destruction?
They condemn in faint sentences. They denounce
lynching In flaming columns and In furloua hours.
And the negro mass, hearing the preacher, and hoed
Ing tho teacher, takes to his heart from the site of the
comment the deadly conclusion that, In the eyes of hts
leaders, rape la a light fault of pasting moment, but that
lynching Is an awful crime for which his race furnishes
tho lamented and strangled martyrs.
Don’t you see, people, Black and white, how deadly
Is the inequality of the negro's influence for good nnd
ovll upon his race? Thtrs la not a negro fiend emong
the thousands of His type who has ever felt the restrain
ing hand of hie own race and of Its public opinion
upon the hellish lusts which move him.
Now let us see If wc can Invoke the full and fear
less, and Impassioned co-operation of the negro agalnat
the hell born lust of his own criminals. Let us see
If wo can do It reasonably. If we cannot, then by the
divine right of the Saxon, wc will do It In our own great
way.
The simple statement or suggestion should move
every intelligent negro to co-operation. I,aw, Justice, civ
ilization and self-protection demand It of him. The mere
citation of the rare existence of this co-operation should
be the signal for n start all along the line of negro
expression. From Booker Washington through the bish
ops to the teachers, and the country “exhorters,'' let the
warning ring.
If in svsry country church and In every old field
meeting house the negro preacher at night should'de
vote at least one half hie eermon to saving hit race by
denouncing Its representative crime, zomething might be
pone. And the voice that epeeke must speak boldly and
plainly. No half-hearted protest, no timid denunciation
will do.
From flrst to Inst let the preacher thunder hell and
damnation In thla world and In the world to come
against negro fiends who lust after white women. Let
him toll the negro Jend.that every crime like his holds
bnck his race from hope, and hurries It toward destruc
tion.
And If all the voices that speak and pens that write
to the negro shall bear thla awful warning, we may hope
at tenet for better things.
For the statistics show that nine-tenths of the ne
gro rapists have been to school.
The Georgian submits that thla la one thing that wc
can do—that the negro can do. It Is an experiment that
has never been tried. It Is one that ought to be tried.
We have never had the negro's full cooperation be-
race. If anything can reach tbe criminal negro It ought
to be a puollc opinion among his own people which has
never reached him before. ,
Let us persuade the negro to try It. Let the press
and the people Impress this experiment npqn every negro
who writes or speaks In every community of the South.
If the request Is compiled with It will do much to better
the feeling among the races. If It la not complied with,
let white men everywhere turn the back of tbetr hands
to every negro church and school and newspaper. Let
them refuse all aid, sympathy or encouragement to any
negro enterprise that does not thunder damnation to the
negro’s lust. In this way we can. If necessary, compel
the cooperation which we ought to have freely for the
asking.
If the experiment falls, then we will know as a peo
ple what we are up against, and prepare to meet the fu
ture as we must
This Is the chief thing Just now. But beyond this
we do not forget that It Is 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 Dixie would Impose
a line 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,
ped away.
Let our women be relieved of going to court to stand
in the gaze of thousands to testify against the rapist.
Let the suspects, guarded, be carried for tdcntlflcatton
to the scene of the assault.
And let the ^bloodhounds be carried in sections so
that when ono set Is tired, a fresh contingent can be put
on tbe trail. This Is necessary.
Do you know that the assailant of tbe Lawrence
girls la 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 If these fall, then know all men by these pres
ent perils, that sternly and deliberately at all hazards
and by any means tbe white man of tbe Soutp Is going to
raise tho Beige and close the reign of terror for the white
women of the South.
Tfie death of Dr. Hunter P. Cooper Is a distinct and
deeply lamented calamity not only to hts family and
his hosts of friends, but to the great profession of which
he was so conspicuous an ornament, and to the city
bnd the state which have shtyed In the beneficonco of
hia 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 hsir and
the ground tore up.” ,
It develops that Harrlman. the railroad pirate, ts the
son of a clergyman. But yve 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 disposed, at flrst blush, to
wonder 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
A Notable Banker Indorsss.
To tbe Editor of The Georgian:
I desire to commend the timeliness
and force of your editorial of the 23d
on "The-Way to Save Our Women.'
You voice tha general feeling when
you say, "We are going to free our
women, no matter what he-cost may
be to another race."
Half-way solutions will not do. For
cible deportation Is the only remedy.
The negroes were shipped over here—
they must be shipped back. If their
white friends who spend money so lav
ishly In 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, Ga., Aug. 23, 1306.
From a Strong Men in South Georgia.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read with much pleaeure and
Interest your editorial In The Geor
gian of thr. 22d, entitled "The Reign
of Terror for southern Women." Of
course, this Is a grewsome subject, but
the pleasure I derived Is from approv
ing your suggestion. This Is really a
serious problem for the state, and un
less there Is an Improvement on this
line tho negro Is doomed to annihila
tion or deportation. The former Is too
horrible to contemplate, and the latter
1s Impracticable unless the United
States government takes It up. I firm
ly believe that deportation Is the best
remedy. It could be accomplished If
some brave man In congress would ad
vocate It. We could thus utilise the
lines or purchase some extensive
.n Africa. They ought to be de
ported at the government's expense and
some provision made for them after
they arrive at the new country, and this
government ought to exercise a protec
torate over this new country as long aa
necessary. I will not undertake to
elaborate this Idea more fully, but It Is
a thought 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 FORT.
Amerlcus, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906.
The Protection of Our Homes.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I read your editorial on "Tho Ne
gro" In yesterday's ’Georgian with as
much Interest as I read the election
returns. Patrick Henry's "liberty
speech'* was no better and of no more
Importance than your heroic editorial.
nil of the papers would take hold
of this subject with the same Inter
est that was taken In the recent elec
tion campaign, surely good would re
sult. The most sacred Interest op
earth Is ths protection of n man's
mother, wife, sister or daughter. This
thq highest office of any government,
secret order, etc. A man would not be
much of a hero who would 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 same breastworks where
white men fought for negro freedom
brutish negro gouged out the eye of
_ white woman. I was tnlklng 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. His wife and
daughters are now ufrald to live there,
and he must break up his quiet home
and move to town for protection. This
only one Instance of thousands and
thousands.
Henry Watterson says: “Of all Im
portant things, civilisation Is the slow-
How many more daughters must
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 look lime 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.
1 am only a common private citizen,
and not a law maker. Is It not time
to make It an Issue In every' platform-
city, stnte and notional: "What are
you going to do with the negro?" There
fertor race that was bought and
brought here as slaves to us, and the
end must come.
In view of the failure of lynching
and all other modes of punishment to
suppress this evil, 1 would like to make
a suggestion, nnd would also be glad
If you, Mr. Editor, or some other abler
man than mys'elf would take up and
discuss.
My suggestion, briefly stated, would
be to form a secret clan or organisa
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 nnd
Increase his fears of the punishment.
Wa must be rid of this evil st all
cost. ANGLO-SAXON.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906.
From tha Seaboard of Georgia.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Accept my congratulations and
thanks for the masterly editorial on
the negro and his bestial practices on
our females. Thore Is not a sentence
expressed In It, but finds a ready re
sponse In my heart. Indeed, your rem
edy of castration nnd branding Kaa
often occurred to me aa a proper rem-
, . - , .. . ... ,edy, and one more likely to reach him,
prove to be the solution of this awful ,Z. , k „
problem. Yours moat sincerely, I ana ®m° n< l M* ™. ce ln thl ® respect than
WILLIAM P. DAVIS.
negroes prowling around at all hours?
Can’t we have restrictions as to selling
negroes firearms, ammunition, etc.?
Can’t wo 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 our homes more Im.
portent than the constitution?
The highest object In this little arti
cle Is that editors, statesmen, etc., may
take this matter u(>. Let every man
stand up—that-la, 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 poor
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.
Withes the Editorial Distributed.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 want personally to thank you for
your editorial, "The Reign of Terror
tor 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, nnd praying
that It may result In much good, and
I GOSSIP |
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 24—Whether Rem.
nald De Koven, the musical compose,
will be jlable under the section of the
code prohibiting cruel and unusual
punishment, deponent sayeth not, but
the fact remains that at the coming,
out party at Newport of hia beautiful
young daughter, Mlsk Ethel, only Air
De Koven’s music will be played for the
dancers.
Miss Ethel Is one of the really pop u .
lar girls'of the season. Although she
shares her father's musical and her
mother’s literary accomplishments, she
has a decided tendency toward ath.
etlcs. She excels In tennis, golf and
In the saddle. It Is as an expert auto
driver, however, that this young wo.
man has become most noted. She han.
dies big ears, of which she has several,
with a skill that many a man driver
lacks.
Colonel Partridge, a civil war vet-
eran, and former New York police
commissioner, has the courage of his
convictions. He confesses to 62 years
and soon is ' to 'wed Miss Charlotte
Hold, a handsome young woman of 24.
Colonel Partridge, when aeked about
the report of hts wedding, remarked:
"I 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 as old as he feels.”
Dr. Osier, please take notice.
Mrs. G. von X* Meyer, wife of the
American ambassador In Russia, ar-
rived on the Baltic with her three chil
dren, to remain tn this country until
after Christmas. She went to her home
In Hamilton, Mass.
Whipped by his wife because he had
eloped from St. Louie with his stenng.
rapher, George Sedcle took a hurried
departure from the city today. The
reason for his hasty night was that
both Mrs. Sedcle and Miss Elenoa
Meta, 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 10
New York with Miss Mets. Assisted
by her bulldog and a horse whip, .Mrs.
Sedcle gave ner husband a most In-
foresting 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.
Atlanta, Go., Aug. 23, 1906.
Hire's ths Right Kind of a Negro.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am a colored cltisen and have been
a dally reader of your paper from Its
flrst Issue and I recognise In your edt
torial on “The Way to Br.ve Our Wo
men" a very able article, and I hereby
make my application for the place or
position to act aa one of the “cutters"
or "branders” of the brutes who would
do such an unseemly thing as to vio
late the person of any woman.
You may publish this letter if you
desire and change ln It any sentence
you desire. Yours very truly,
TURNER SUTTOf
Bandersvllle, Ga.. Aug. 23, 1906.
"Ths Howls of ths Pseksniffs."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I wish to congratulate you on the
stand you have taken in regard to the
attack on whltd women of the South
by the negroea. It Is 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 we know that they can not—
If they are true Southrons—mean what
they say. If mob law, with ail 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? I agree with you fully
ln all you have written In the last two
Issues of your paper, and I hope that
your suggestions will not go unheeded
until the rising, which Is sure to come,
has wiped the negro nom the South.
Again congratulating you on having
the nesve to come out openly nnd say
what every Southern man ought to
■ay, regardless of criticism from some
of the people of the'North, where this
most awful of all crimes 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, Qa„ Aug. 23, 1906.
Is no North and no South on this
question, t'an't the better class of
negroes organize "law and order socle-
tles" Instead of their secret societies
that they have to discuss white preju
dice? Can't we have better laws about
Stop It at Any Cost.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Congratulations and a hearty hand
shake are yours from at least one of
the readers of The Georgian, and I feel
sure that 1 am voicing the sentiments
of all In regard to the stand you have
taken on the negro fieiut situation
when I say you are right and some
thing Is going to h% done.
t have always beetv 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 Jaw to curb the brut
ish and hellish passions of the beast.
Yes, something ts going to be dons. I
have heard suggestions that have been
made "behind the curtain," as It were,
and 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
ns a mighty fas that Is being used to
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 (Ire in the hearts and mlnas
and souls of every man and boy born
of Southern blood that (a going lo 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 slavea
to the brutish and tn every way In-
any other. God knows we are In des
perate straits and the remedy must
be forthcoming. Every thinker has
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 of the fam
ily. 1 still think we should do so, and
that our little tots 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. 23, 1906.
Ths Gaorgian Volcss ths Psopls’s
Fsslings.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Let me congratulate you on your able
and rlmely editorial In regard to the
acute conditions of the negro question
that now confront the Cadcaslan people
as It never did before.
Will say In regard to the editorial
referred to that you are not molding
public sentiment, but you arc express
ing the very sentiment that Is now In
the liearte of the white people and more
than that, you can get all the aid and
encouragement that you need to ad
just this awful condition along (he
peaceful lines that you suggest, and
If they fall, God only knows what will
follow.
I think that a reprint of your recent
editorial should be 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.
Tha Lsadtrs "Must" Think.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your very strong editorial, "The Way
to Save Our Women," la timely and
strikes at a point where good can be
done.
The leaders of the negroea must be
made to think for the race. It
thought that moves the world and right
thinking must be done before right ac
tions are manifested.
The 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 nnd good words
and works for the good of mankind.
Sincerely, . E. H. CARMAN.
Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906.
Heartily Indorsss.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I heartily Indorse your editorial In
The Georgian of (he 22d regarding the
question of taking some steps toward
putting a stop to the fearful assaults
by negroea on white women. The whole
country Is being terrorised and
proper development retarded by the
crimes committed by these fiends.
1 am glad you have the courage to
speak out. GEO. B. HINMAN.
Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 24.—Here are soma
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—G. W. Case, H. Chlpley,
J. Crawford, Mis# I. M. Strawn, A.
Tabarinl. B. B. Foy, R. Foy.
AUGUSTA—W. E. C. Gibson.
SAVANNAH—F. A. Brown, C. Seller,
W. 8. Way.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Rs-Enact the Parole System.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In regard to the negro question, has
not the time about arrived when each
one should be made to carry a "parole,"
aa It waa called during the war? That
la, a paper giving hie description, reel*
donee and for whom he works, etc., and
make It the buelneee of the police to
•round up” each one not thue Identified.
It le an Immediate form of Identifica
tion and I think a neceaaary one. Truly,
GEORGE BROWN, M.D.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1903.
1 MU—Battle of Creasy.
1572—St. Bartholomew'* maMacre,
1789— Liberty of the French proa* tleerretl.
1814—City of Waahlngtou burned t»y tln»
British.
1833— James Kedpetb, Amerlcnn author,
born. Died February 10. 1891.
1843—American ehtp Ocean Monarch burn
ed In Irleh channel; 170 live* wet.
ISM—City, of Milwaukee nlmoit destroyed
l&Sft-F^llx^Mbttt, mnelenl conductor, bora.
1834— Foochow, China, bombarded by the
French.
1904—Opening of great battle of Llno.vung,
between Kuaefaiia nnd Japanese.
THE CLEVER GEORGIAN.
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
The Georgia campaign, which begun
fifteen month* ago, cloned Hatarday, and
the primaries wifi In* held Wednesday. It
was a most extrnordlunry campaign, full
of hitter personalities. Colonel Smith, Col
onel Eat III nnd Richard Bussell, three uf
the candidates for governor, escaped the
mud shower, principally, perhaps, because
Clark Howell ami Hoke Hmlth mouopo-
llsed It all. Yet Clark Howell Is us good
a man n* he was lH»foru he entered the
?e
■aid .
of campaign frensy.
One of the handsomest things we have
seen lately Is the rehabilitation of these
two men In clean garments anti their
presentation to the people of Georgia
the people of that state have previously
known them, by The Atlanta (iwrglnn,
ln nn onte-priinary election editorial, iw
article Is In the l»est of taste ami will
have an excellent effect throughout iicor-
gin. It Is calculated to make the peopls
look upon the lute campaign as a night
mare. to put It In tho background, to cover
up the memory of It nnd restore these
two editors to the places they formerly
held In all Georgia hearts.
PRINTS THE TRUTH;
GROWS IN FAVOR
From The Deentur I’resi.
The Georgina subscription Is dally In
creasing here. It Is « clean paper print
ed In Atlanta, and If you want the truta
nltout what la doing read Its cwtmuw.
Governor Hoch Is so very popular
among the settler, whose land title* hs
hns undertaken to "clear" In the "Kit
ty'' suit that an effort haa been made
to change the name of the hew utate
to Hochlahoma.—Kansas pity Star.
The largest Colored Young Mf"'*
Christian Association In the world is
tho colored brunch of the New *or*
city ‘Association, which now ha* “Oa
members. It held a "600 jubilee last
month t<% celebrate the attainment of
this number.
Consul Walter C. Hamm, at Hull
says the Increased activity In the V or**
shire steam coal tiade at Hull has neen
most marked. For the first time dur
ing the first half of any year over
000,000 tons of coal have been received
at the port and over 1,000.009 tans ex
ported.
Lightning Strikes Homs.
Special tq The Georgian.
Haralson, On., Aug. 24.—Lightning
at ruck the house of A. H. Rawls, <’*
this place, Wednesday night, doing con-
■Iderable damage.
Goes to Reynolds.
Hperiitl to Tbe Georgian.'
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 24.—C. O. By-
Ington, principal of Bibb City rounn
school, has accepted the position ">
principal of the Reynolds (Ga.) Ins.l-
lute, and will begin his duties whe*
the school term opens thera.
