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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIDAY. ATfifST 24. 1 m. *. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. | - . J Subscription Rates: One. Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months..... 1.25 | By Carrier, per week 10c 1 Published Every Afternoon! Except Sunday by 1 THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga.J 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.