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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: Published Every Afternoon One.Tear $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months US at 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta, Ga. 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 have 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. race. If Rnythlng can reach the criminal negro It ought to bo a public opinion among his own people which has never reached him before. Let us persuade the negro to try It. Let the press nnd the people Impress this experiment upon every negro who writes or speaks In every community of the South. If the request la compiled with It will do much to better Entered as tteond-rlaas matter April 23, ISOS, at tb« poatnlrice St Atlanta. Ga.. under act of consrcao of March 6. 1171. It has been a long, brave struggle, on the part of the J the feeling among the races. If it Is not complied with. Irish people—a people who have contributed much to the j let white men everywhere turn the back of their hands social, civic, military and literary annals of the world—Ito every negro church and school and newspaper. Let a people who. It has been said with some facetiousness them refuse all aid, sympathy or encouragement to any 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. Robt. F. Maddox for Commissioner. The suggestion of Mr. Robert F. Maddox for the va cancy In the board of county commissioners daused by the promotion of Mr. Hubert Culberson will meet with universal favor. Mr. Maddox's flne record as a financier, and hla 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. 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 snd pronounced platform for the municipal ownership of public utlliUes. The Constitution follows suit this morning, and we are pleased to note that The Constitution leans, if ft 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 snd which It has always advocated. If The Comtltutlon hesitates to say that It approves the pol icies of municipal ownership, then The Georgian will set it an example of frankness and outspoken advocacy. We do not hesitate to say that we believe this to be the only soluUon 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 radicalism of the proposition has fqded In Its better understanding, and It la 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 have done in the past to Indorse the principles of municipal ownership, especially as applied to lights, water and elec tric 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 tor Ireland will be introduced In parliament when that body reassembles two months from tpdsy. It Is stated that the liberal prime minister, sir Henry . Oampbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Irish nationalists , In the house of commons. Air. 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 we are told ttjat 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 timents of mankind. It has been one long and hopeless conflict for the right of self government on the part of a people whose persistence and patriotism have rlaen su perior to every obstacle and to all forms of opposition. No country on the face of the earth is more essentially national than Ireland, and the dream of restoring her na tions! house of representatives and commuting to her hand* the management of her own affairs has been like a guiding star to the ambitions ani the energies of the Irish people ever since Caatlereagh cut his country's throat and then hla own. ’ Persecution and oppression, contumely and ridicule have only strengthened Irishmen In their determina tion to wrest their rights from the British crown, and it has long been evident to the Impartial student of world politics that there eould be no permanent peace in Ire land until the national cause triumphed. The life and work of Oladstone present many claims tSp the love and gratitude and admiration of mankind, biA-hls fame will always be associated peculiarly with his atruggto Home Rule. HU espousal of the cause was not hasty. For years he gave It grave consideration. Rut when he had once made up hla mind on the matter he devoted all hla splendid abilities to the cause. Twice tho end he sought wee almost within his grasp, but dissen sions In the ranks of the liberal party once and the obstl- way. nacy of the house of lords on the later-occasion defeated Ids 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, Davttt 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 publie Sentiment on the home rule Idea, and the public has not been slow in declaring that if au tonomy could bo given to an alien people so recently at war w-lth the mother country, and one In which resident Englishmen 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 he well entrenched in The “Reign of Terror” Must End. It will be a serious mistake if the aroused and In dlgnant citizens of Georgia permit this period of Interest and profound concern to pass without crystallyzlng pub lic sentiment 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 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 ceptury civilization cannot leave home at night for hast iness, 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 themselves and for the women whom wo love. v The tension of this emergency should make men calm and stern, not wild and hysterical. We want to ac complish something and if It tje 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 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 his 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 In the New York air of 1901, No, the mob Is here to keep up with the rapist for ever. It is lamentable. It Is deplorable. It Is awful, but It is a fact, and we might as well face It without evasion and without apology. But the wise citizen, steadied with the reaponslblli ties of home and government, would be glad to seek and find a better way. Let us see what we can do out side of the mob. One thing which the white man has never had In the effort to euppreie the rapiet is the full co-operation 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 Is so vague and feeble that It almost carries the effect of Indorsement The mats of the negro race Is ever ready to shield the replet. It helps him to escape. It furnishes him shelter, concealment changes of clothes and, expedites his flight from the law and from the Rvenger. 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 and complaint over every lynch ing and rush to the Northern cities to protest and de nounce the lawlessness of the South and the "blood lust of the old slave owner" toward the negro. They atlr with all their might and main the prejudice and fanati cism of Northern philanthropy nnd the old abolition brigade. But who ever hears of Qslnes, or Turner, or Proctor, or Booker Washington, or Fortune, or Davis thundering through a sermon or a speech or an editorial against the atrocious outrages which are rapidly prepar ing their race for destruction? They condemn In feint sentences. They denounce lynching In flaming columns and in furious hours. And the negro mass, hearing the preacher, and heed ing the teacher, takes to his heart from the slse of the comment the deadly conclusion that, tn the eyes of bis leaders, rape Is a light fault of passing moment, but that lynching Is an awful crime for which his race furnishes the lamontod and strangled martyrs. Don’t you see, people, black nnd white, how deadly Is the Inequality of the negro's Influence for good and evil upon his race? There fe not a .negro fiend among the thousands of his type who has ever felt the restrain ing hand of his own race and of Its public opinion upon ths hellish (usts which move him. Now let us see If we can Invoke the full and fear less, and Impassioned co-opcratlon of tho negro against the hell born lust of his own criminals. Let us see if we can do It reasonably. If we cannot, then by the divine right of the Saxon, we will do It In our own great The simple statement or suggestion Bhould move every Intelligent negro to co-operation. Law, justice, civ ilization and self-protection demand It of him. Tho mere citation of the rare extstcnco of this co-opcratlon should he the signs! for a start nil along the lino of negro expression. From Booker Washington through the bish ops to the teachers, and the country "exhorters." let the warning ring. • If In every country church snd in svery old field meeting houee the negro preecher at night ahould de vote at Isast one half his sermon to eavlng hie race by denouncing Ite representative crime, something might be done. And the voice that speaks must speak boldly and plainly. No half-hearted protest, no timid denunciation will do, From first to last let the preacher thunder hell and damnation tn this world and In the world to come against negro fiends who lust after white women. Let him tell the negro fiend that every crime like his holds back his race from hope, and hurries it toward destruc tion. And If all the voices that speak nnd |M>na that write to the negro shall hear this awful warning, we may hope at least for better things. For the statistics show that nine-tenths of the ne gro replete have been to school. The Georgian submits that tills Is one thing that we can do—that the negro can do. It Is an experiment that negro enterprise that does not thunder damnation to the negro's lust In this way we can, it necessary, compel the'co-operation which we ought to have freely for the asking. It 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. Bat beyond this we do not forget that It Is the stern duty of our men to provide every means of protection and defensq. 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 lmposo a flne 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 tho suspects, guarded, bo carried for Identification to the scene of the assault And let the bloodhounds be carried In sections so that when one set Is tired, a fresh contingent can be put on the trail. • This Is necessary. Do you know that the assailant of the Lawrenco 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-opcratlon 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 the white man of the South Is going to raise the selge and close the reign of terror for tho white women of the South. The 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 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.” I GOSSIP It develops that Harrlman. the railroad pirate. Is the son of a clergyman. But we see no reason why the Phil istines should be hurling this In the face of the ministry. Joo Weber Is.appearing In a musical skit called "Twiddle Twaddle.” One Is disposed, at first 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 Indorses. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: I desire to commend the timeliness and force of your editorial of the 22d on "The Way to Save Our Women.” Tou voice the general feeling when you say, "We are going to free our women, no matter what he cost may bo to another race.” Half-way solutions will not do. For cible deportation Is the only remedy. Tho negroes were shipped over here— they must be shipped back. If their white friends who spend money an 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. Llberja 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, tor 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 CaroilnA 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 Columbus. Columbus, Ga., 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 thf. 22d, entitled "The Reign of Terror for nouthern Women.' courae, this Is a grewtome subject, but the pleasure I derived Is from approv ing your auggestion. This le really a ■erloua problem for the state, and un less there la an Improvement on this line the negro Is doomed to annihila tion or deportation. The former Is too horrible to contemplate, and the latter Is 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 utilize the Philippines or purchase some extenetve tract In 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- orate over this new country as long as necessary. 1 will not undertake to elaborate this Idea more fully, but It le thought that should engage the best attention of our statesmen. I hope you wilt 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. If all 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 earth Is the protection of a man'a 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 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 a brutish negro gouged out the eye of a white woman. I was. talking only yesterday with a man who has spent years of toll und economy to secure a little market garden and fruit farm In the suburbs of Atlanta. His wife and daughters are now afraid to live there, and he must break up hU quiet home and move to town for protection. Thla Is only one Instance of .thousands and thousands. .... Henry Watterson says: "Of all Im portant things, civilization Is the slow est." How many more daughters must be attacked by negro bipitea before thla 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 negroes prowling around at all hours? Can’t wc have restrictions as to selling negroes firearms, ammunition, etc.? Can’t wc have some Island to which he must be sent forever and branded after he has once been a convict? If these things are unconstitutional, wouldn't It be better to change the constitution? Isn’t our homes 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 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 ft 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. To 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 att 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 thla matter, and praying ferlor race that waa bought and brought here as slaves to us, and the end must come. In view of the failure of lynching end 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 auggestion, briefly stated, would be to form a secret clan or organiza tion similar to the "Ku-KIux," after the war, and ao arrange that ev^ry 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'e superstitions and Increase hts fears of the punishment. We must be rid of this evil at all cost. ANGLO-SAXON. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906. From the 8eaboard of Georgia. To the Editor of The Georgian. Accept my congratulations and thanks for the masterly editorial on the negro and hls bestlal practice! 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- * h »‘ '* “r. edy, end one more likely to reach him, prove to be the eolutlon of this awful | >nd Rmend h| „ rac0 th „ re , pect than any other. God knows tve are In dea- elther 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. la It not time to make It on Issue In every platform- city, state and national: "What are you going to do with the negro?” There is no North and no South on this question, Can't the better class of pegrocs organize "law and order socte- has never bqen tried. It Is one that ought to be tried. ^ We have never had the nogro'e full cooperation be- 7 Instead of their secret societies . . ” ... ” . (that they have to discuss white preju- fore. Let us secure tt now. and test its effect upon the dice* Can't we have better laws about Yours most sincerely WILLIAM P. DAVIS. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906. Hare's the Right Kind of s Negro. To the Editor of The Georgian: I am a colored cttlsen and have been a dally reader of your paper from Ite flrsVJfaue end I recognize In your edi 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 as 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 In It any sentence ybu desire. Yours very truly. TURNER SUTTON. Sander$vllle, Ga.. Aug. 23, 1906. “The Howls of the Peeksniffs." To the Editor of The Georgian: I wish to congratulate you on the stand you have taken In regard to the attack on white women of the South by the negroes. It Is no doubt a step In the right direction. We are so used to hearlqp editors howl about the hor rors of mob law, and all that kind of rot, when we know that they can not— tf 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? I agree with you fully In all you have written In the Inst 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 Horn the South. Again congratulating you on having the netve to come out openly and say what every Southern man ought to say, regardless of criticism from some of the people of the North, where this most awful of nil Crimea Is unknown, I trust that every true Southern paper will tnke up the matter in the same way you have. Yours very truly, A READER OF THE GEORGIAN. Lafayette, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906. Step 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 I am voicing the sentiments of all In regard to the stand you have taken on the negro fiend situation when 1 say you are. right and some thing Is going to be done. I 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 tn the power of the law to curb the brut ish and hellish passions of the beast. Yes, something Is going to be dene. I have heard suggestions that have been made "behind the curtain,” as It were, and enough of them to know that the Anglo-Saxon fixe 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 bom of Southern blood that la going to leap Into hungry, menacing flames that can only be quenched after the consamma- tlon and annihilation of this blight and menace to Southern mothers, wives and daughters. The South Is calling for freedtun. We are veritable slaves to the brutish and In every way In- S rate straits and the remedy must forthcoming. Every thinker haa re abundant matter to Investigate. Some time since I suggested that our women be taught to use a revolver, end let them carry It Texas-llke at all times unless with the males of the fam ily. I 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. The Georgian Voleae 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 peofde 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 vary sentiment that la now In the hearts of the white people and more than that, you ran get alt the eld and encouragement that you need to ad just this awful condition along the peaceful lines that you suggest, nnd If they fajl. Oo<l only knows what will follow. 1 think that a reprint of your recent editorial should be so distributed thnt not only every white person hut that every negro could see what must be done. WILLIS B. PARKS. Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1906. The Leaders "Must” Think. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your very strong editorial, "The Wny to Save Our Women," Is timely and strikes at a point where good can be done. The leaders of the negroes must be made to think foe the race. It Is thought that moves the world and right thinking must be done before right ac ttons are manifested. The brutal negro, Influenced and mesmerised 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 thnnk you and The Georgian for your manty methods and good words and works for the good of mankind. Sincerely. E. H. CARMAN. Atlanta, Aug. 33, 1906. By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. tty Private Is-nsed Wire. New York, Aug. 24.—Whether Regi nald Dc Koven, tho musical composer will bo liable 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 hla beautiful young daughter. Miss Ethel, only Mr De ICoven’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, she has a decided tendency toward ath letics. She excels tn 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 dles big cars, of which she hag 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 hli 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 hla wedding, remarked: "I don't see why a man of 62 should not marry—and why he ahould not marry a young woman. Age Is a mat- ter merely of how a man feels. He's only as old ns 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, Georgo Sedcle took a hurried departure from the city today. Ths reason for his hasty flight was that both Mrs. Sedcle and Miss Elenoa Mots, the stenographer, were search ing for him, and they threatened fur ther Immediate proceedlnes If he was found. Sedcle quarreled with his wife three weeks ago. Then he sold out hit business in St. Louts and came to New York with Miss 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 haa been found tn 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 Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 24.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—G. W. Case, H. Chlpley, A. J. Crawford, Miss I. M. Strawn, A. Tabartnl. B. B. Foy, R. Foy. AUGUSTA—W. E. C. Gibson. SAVANNAH—F. A. Brown, C. Seller, W. S. Way. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. Heartily Indorstt. To the Editor of The Georgian: I heartily Indorse your editorial In The Georgian of the 22d regarding the queatlon of taking some steps toward putting a stop to the fearful assaults by negroes on white women. The whole country Is being terrorised nnd Its proper development retarded by the crimes committed by these fiends. I am glad you have the courage to apeak out. GEO. B. HINMAN. Atlanta, Aug. 23. 1606. Re-Enact the Parole Syitem. To the Editor of The Georgian: In regard to the negro question, has not the time about arrived when each one ahould be made to carry a "parole,” as It waa called during the war? That Is. a paper giving hts description, resi dence and for whom he works, etc., and make tt the business of the-police to "round up” each one not thus Identified. It Is an immediate form of Identifica tion and I think a necessary one. Truly, GEORGE BROWN. M.D. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23, 1906. lotj— ni. iMinuoidiiiiMY ■ uwp»<iurtr. 1789—Liberty of the. French pro** decreed. 1814—City of Washington -burned by tb# British. 1833—James Bed path, American author, lK>rn. Dim) February 10. 1891, 1848— American ship Ocean Monarch burn* «mI in Irish channel; 170 lives lost. 1854—City of Milwaukee almost destroyed hr Are. ____ Felix M 1884—FoochOW, French. 1904—niHMilug of itrent battle of Llnoynng, between Husshius and Japanese. THE CLEVER GEORGIAN. From The Charlotte Chronicle. The Georgia campaign, which began fifteen month* ngo, dosed Saturday, a ml* the primaries will be held Wednesday. It was a most extraordinary campaign, full of bitter personalities. Colonel Smith, Col onel Ustlll and It le bard Unwell, three of the candidates for governor, escaped the mud shower, principally. perhajMi, Im*mum Clark Howell and Iloke Smith mouopo* Used it nil. Yet Clark Howell is ns good a mini as he was before ho entered the nice lor governor, and the same can »e salt! of lfoke Smith. Both were victims of cnuipalgn frenxy. One of the handsomest *hlngs tve nnte •on lately la the rehabilitation of tbes# ivo men In clean garments snd their presentation to the people of Georgia as tin* |H*t»p|e of that state have previously known them, by The Atlanta Georgian, nnte-prliuary election editorial. ll**» Is In the best of taste »ml will hnvo an excellent effect throughout Geor gia. It Is calculate*) to make the p«;"i>‘# look upon the late campaign a* a mg** 1 ' mare, to put It III the background, to cover tip the memory of It and restore tliess two editors to the plneos they formerly held In a)) Georgia hearts. PRINTS THE TRUTH; GROW8 IN FAVOR From The Decatur Cress. The Georgia» *«l>serlptluii Is dolly I* creasing here. It Is a clean paper print- ed In Atlanta, snd If you want the trull about what Is doing read Its columns. Governor Hoch is so very popular among the settlers whose land titles us has undertaken to “clear" In the ty" suit that an effort has been mad# to change the name of the new state to Hochlahoma.—Kanga* City Star. The largest Colored Young Men* Christian Association in the world is the colored branch of the New \otk City Association, which now has members. It held a "600 jubilee la-“t month to celebrate the attainment of this number. Consul Walter C. Hamm, at Hull, says the Increased activity In the i *>rK- shire steam codl trade at Hull has oeen most marked. For the first time dur ing the first half of any year over 000,000 tons of coal Jiave been recelvea at the port and over 1,000,000 tons ex ported. Lightning 8trikes Homs. Kpcdnl to The Georgian. Haralson, Ga., Aug. 24.—Lightning struck the house of A. H. Rawls. ™ this place, Wednesday nl*ht, doing con siderable damage. Goes to Reynolds. Special to The Oeoridon. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 24.—C. G. By- fngton, principal of Bibb City count,'- school, has accepted the position •’* principal of the Reynolds (Oa.) In? 11 ' tute, and will begin hla duties whtfi the school terra opens there.