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THANKS GOD FOR THE EDITORIAL IF CORPORATIONS CAN CONDEMN PROPERTY, WHY NOT MEN? REFLECTION ON SOUTHERN MANHOOD
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I extricated myself long enough this
morning from the whirl of trended
finance to read your editorial on “The
Reign of Terror for Southern Women.’
and I can not refrain from thanking
the good God tor a man who has the
ability and the courage to write such
a plea, and from assuring you that I
feel you are set aside with a divine
gift, which you are consecrating to
what will prove ere long the greatest
question that ever confronted the Cau
casian race.'
The negro has been taught for forty
years to retaliate on the whites for
having brought him from the jungles
of his native land and clothed him and
attempted to make something of him-
more than the good God Intended him
for. He has been taught by his friends
that a great curse was brought on his
race by our people, therefore the spirit
of retaliation has burned away his rea
son, and they now stand upon the vol
cano of extermination which will soon
explode and leave not a vestige of the
race on Southern part this United
States; and the sooner the eruption
takes place the better.
I thank you for this wise and brave
defense. And I would like so much If
you would draw up a bill to have
passed giving every white lady a right
in Georgia to carry a nice handy pis
tol on her person, anywhere and any
way she sees fit. Also let us move to
have all our schools teach in the ath
letic departments how to shoot.
Your friend,
J. A. DOSTER.
Lumber City, Ga„ Aug. 22, 1906.
THE REIGN OF TERROR.
To the Editor of The Georgian':
In looking for a remedy for the hor
rible condition brought about by the
presence In the South of the negro
rapist. It seems to me that suggestions
of anything short of deportation Is al
together worthless.
As the negro has advanced In edu
cation and In political and social privi
leges, the greater has become his de
sire to claim equality with the white
man, and this desire while originating
with the educated class of negroes and
nourished by them as a fond dream to
be realized at some day not so far dis
tant, appeals directly to the animal
passions of the lower_class and prompts
them to accomplish their brutish de
sires without waiting for the hoped for
fulfilment of the educated negro's
dream. It Is not simply a matter of
satisfying lust. This they might do
with negro women without fear of pun
ishment, but It Is the ever present, ever
growing ambition of the negro to be
the social equal of the whites that
prompts him to outrage white women.
This condition grows worse all the
time and la made Infinitely worse ev-
ery lime.Mr. Roosevelt appoints one
to an office or Invites one to dinner
or when they have the balance of pow
er between two factions In any politi
cal contest.
There Is no hope, so far as I can see,
of any Improvement, so long as the
negro Is amongst us. Legal executions,
nor lynchlngs, nor fire has any terrors
for him. His highest ambition Is to
have Intercourse with white women and
this he will do, when he absolutely
knows that death awaits him as soon
as he is caught.
There is only one thing to do that
has any promise of freeing our women
from this slavery and terror, and that
thing Is' to send every one of the
negro race out of the couhtry. This
will have to be done some time and
It might as well be done at once be
fore there has been more outrages on
our women.
It Is admitted that difficulties pre-
sent themselves In connection with de
porting so large a number of people,
but these difficulties had ha- well be
overcome now In time to save the hon-
or of white women as well as the lives
THAT EDITORIAL ON LYNCHINQ.
To the Editor of The Georgian: ,
I thank you—I congratulate our
country on the fact that we havo an
editor of a great paper who is willing
to voice the real convictions of a great
people on a subject that Is of vital In
terest to our civilization. The real
truth and the real philosophy of lynch
ing Is just beginning to be made
known.
Judge III)Iyer’s demand for more
speedy judicial methods, which was
adopted by the Southern Baptist con
vention last May, was on the right
line. The fact Is, we as a people
have been religiously at fault In the
punishment of crime. God’s reason for
killing of criminals Is that the stain
of the crime might not rest on the
whole people. That reason given re
peatedly In the law of Moses shows
that God will hold society responsible
for the crimes It condones. In spite of
this, for 300 years the Iniquity of our
law-makers has been taxed to divine
ways and means for evading the law.
I believe that you are right—unless
some new and terrible penalty, quick
ly applied, may have the effect of de-
terlng the black rapists, the alterna
tive will be the driving of the blacks
out of our country, or the extinction
of their race In America.
After all, lynch law Is a crude ap
plication of the principle that Justifies
the killing of a man who Is about to
commit a deadly felony, or Is caught
red-handed In the act.
J. L. D. HILLYER.
TRUE VER8U8 ERRONE
OUS EVANGELI8M
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Now that there la united effort be
ing made to Induce emigration to Geor
gia, and If possible make her that for
which nature evidently Intended her, a
great agricultural state, and while an
old man long past the meridian of life,
yet as a native bom Georgian, I can
not but ask space In The Georgian,
nearest and dearest to her people, to
advocate that which I believe will be
for her benefit.
We have still In Georgia that which
is known as the "head right laws,” but
there are no longer lands upon which
the same Is operative. Long since they
passed Into private ownership.
There are, however, thousands
acres of what are known as ’’wild, un
improved lands,” lying Idle, and which
ought to afford homes for hundreds of
thousands of people, but which are held
now for speculative purposes alone, and
while the owners In making tax returns
value them at a song, yet when some
body wants to buy a home, place upon
the self same land almost a prohibitive
value.
It is to the state's Interest that these
lands should be Improved, converted
Into homes, and render a proper reve
nue to the state. Is there any way by
which these speculators can be con
trolled by which these waste places
may be built up and made to blossom
like unto a rose garden by which you
can banish the lonely owl and replace
his dismal hoot with the ringing laugh
of happy children? This Is the ques
tion. I think there Is a remedy, and
now suggest it.
Great corporations are given the
right to enter and condemn any lands,
and they exercise this power day by
day, as we say, for the good of the
state. Railroad company’s exercise
this power, unlimitedly;. they enter.
condemn, appraise and take possession
of the old homestead, with all Its clus
tering memories; they Invade, appraise,
condemn and take possession of the
family cemetsry, desecrate the ashes of
our beloved dead, and perhaps scatter
their bones along the pu.bllc highway,
and all this Is’ allowed In order to
build up the state.
If then this kingly power Is permitted
these artificial persons, In this broad
sense, even where their. action Is to
plunge a loving survivor In deepest
grief, then why should It not be given
to a citizen,, a • natural person, a bona
fide home-seeker, and restrict his ex
ercise of the power to '.“wild, unim
proved lands?” Yes, why not?
There Is no 'legal difficulty about
this. If there tvere, an amendment to
the state constitution could remedy this
and settle It forever and the good peo
ple of this state would quickly ratify
It regardless of‘the strenuous efforts
of landowners to prevent It.
These wild lands are vacant, they af
ford scanty revenuo to the state. Letts
see: There are Instances where the
owners return these lands for taxes for
a dollar per acre, yet in the same year
make sales of the self same lands for
even as,high as 810 and 120 per acre.
Now this Is simply swindling the state,
and wronging the bona fide taxpayer,
by increasing his burden to make up
the deficit caused by—you name It.
yourself. Like Brand, I advertise for
a word.
The remedy Is this: where the owner
will not sell at a reasonable figure, or
at all, as the case may be, then let
the state exercise the right of eminent
domain for the benefit of the settler,
proceeding upon the relation of that
settler.
Restrict the acreage allowed him to a
sufficiency for farming purposes to af
ford a good living for himself and
family. No more, no less. In making
entry compell the settler to take the To the Editor of The Georgian:
land as It comes, to say good bad and
Indifferent, so that complete Justice
may be dorte the owner and likewise
to the settler.
Let: the valuation placed upon that
specific land; per acre, govern In as
certalnlng the value of the land pro
vlded he-had so returned it for taxes,
for that or the proceeding year as well,
When so surveyed out and platted by
the county surveyor, then let the set
tler enter, take possession, and malto
his home, thereon, upon making or ten
dering payment to-the owner, and If
refused, placing some In the court
registry subject to the owner's orders.
Now for the benefits to the state thus
Insured.
Wild land owners will make proper
valuation on these lands In' returning
them for taxes, and this will-Increase
the state’s revenue from that source
to six or more times what It Is now.
It will readily provide homes
bona fide settlers and Induce emigra
tion of the agricultural class to our
state. To say that emigration which
once went westerly will turn to the
South, and Georgia will get the the
lion’s share of It.
It will stop the pernicious land spec
ulation which never benefited the state
and people.
By this means Georgia can be built
up compactly; it will become the greift-
est agricultural state, and her people
will be peaceful, prosperous and happy.
Unless something akin to this Is done
It Is Idle to prate about emigration to
Georgia. The land speculators will run
the better class of emigrants nut of
the state by extortionate demands, I
trust these suggestions hero made may
be agitated, and bring out the best
thoughts of our best thinkers. '
Now, listen to the howl of the flee,
’’Robbery, Robbery, Robbery."
FRANCIS II. HARRIS.
of many comparatively Innocent ne
groes, for, be It understood, that when
patience has ceased to be a virtue and
when the avenging mob has grown to
Include the entire white population, the
Innocent negro will go down with the
guilty and all of them will be destroy
ed as would so many rattle snakes.
The following are some of the dir
acuities to be overcome In order to
make deportation successful. The
ednsent of the negro, the consent of
the white man and a place to send him
to as well as the cost of the enter-
^The consent of the negro ought to
bb easily obtained. The leaders of that
race certainly realise that they cannot
hope to come to the front In competi
tion with the superior race. They can
obtain their desire to participate In
government and rule themselves If they
have a country of their own.
The consent of the white man Is a
mote serious undertaking. It la claim
ed by many that the negro is absolute^
ly required as a laborer and that we
cannot get along without him. This
position assumes that we can not re-
place the negro with white men, or
that we are willing to have.an ever-
increasing number of our women ruined
by negro brutes, that a few large
planters may have their farms culti
vated while they take life easy. I am
sure that the negro's place would soon
be taken by white emigrants and that
they would be better laborers than the
negro. The North Is more prosperous
with white labor than Is the South with
the negro. So are the counties of our
own mate which have largely white
imputation, more prosperous than those
counties containing large negro popu
lation. But even If there was no hope
of replacing the negro with whites we
surely cannot afford to help him at so
great a sacrifice, and he ought not be
anxious to remain until It Is necessary
to totally exterminate him.
As to where to send him, I do not
know. We might give him his choice
In this matter, stipulating only that he
was to get entirely out of the country,
or we might give him some of the bor
der states, buying the land from pres-
vnt owners and riving It over to the
negroes. If the consent of all parties
first be obtained and especially that of
the white man, the matter of place
would easily be solved.
■tJ to cost, I suggest that the gov
ernment put up the money needed. We
certainly can buy homes for these
negroes who are In a sense wards of
the nation. If we can afford to buy the
Philippines for a people for whom we
w-ere under no obligation. The honor
of one woman Is worth more than a
few hundred dollars necessary to buy
homes for. the negro ol the Southern
states. w. L. WILLIAMSON.
SHALL WOMEN WEAR
GUNS IN THEIR HAT8
To the Editor of The Georgian:
'Ve read with a great deal of interest
and encouragement In yesterday’s pa
per* an editorial on the subject, "Let
the Women Arm Themselves."
In view of the recent assaults that
have occurred In different parts of this
and Other states, the suggestion Is an
excellent one and comes Just at a time
when public sentiment against such
outrages is at a pitch that leads the
leople to fully and heartily Indorse
such an Idea.
If «ime genius will only come along
now and tell the women where they are
to carry such things as pistols, he will
confer a great favor upon perplexed
""mankind whom we know to be ut-
■'Tii lacking In such useful things as
To the Editor of.Tht Georgian:
As the columns of The Georgian
seem open for the discussion of prob
lems pertaining to religion, for the
public enlightenment, I offer them the
following because I see occasion there
for.
Dr. Torrsy and Mr. Alexander were
God's agents by whom the Christian
people of Atlanta were recently awak
ened and put Into activity for the
Christianization of thslr un-Chrlsttan
fellow citizens, to a degree to which
they had never before attained; but'
much of, the outworking of their seal
In evangelism seems~‘to be without a
sufficient and correct knowledge of.the
means that God appointed for the ac-
pllshment. of their object, as stated in
The Bible, and therefore misleading.
Evangelism • Is making known to un
christian persons that they are, to at
least some extent, disobedient to what
they know to be God's laws of moral
righteousness; that the God-appointed
penalty for disobedience to any one or
more of God's laws of righteousness Is
physical death and eternal outcastlng
from the favor and presence of God
thereafter, Into the companionship of
the opposers of God; that no person Is,
by original birth nature. In moral one
ness with God; that Justice demands
that the penalty for sin must be Inflict
ed, and that; until this demand has
been compiled with, sin cannot be for
given, and the sinner etand as righte
ous before God;’ that the only way In
which this can be accomplished la by
the subjection to death physical of a
person of God nature and man nature
combined, after having lived, as a man,
subject and faultlessly obedient to the
moral laws appointed by God for man's
observance, after having been falsely
convicted of violation of God's law, and
thus vicariously satisfying the demand
of justice for the infliction of penalty
for man's sins; that, not of moral obli
gation, but of love, God provided such
a satisfaction of juatics for man’s sins,
applicable to whosoever will accept It,
in sending his God-natured son to
earth to live and die as a man. That
this person was Jesus (God's power to
deliver) of Nasereth, of whom we learn
through history, as recorded in the
Bible and other writings. That he rose
from among the dead, and ascended
from earth thereafter to his former
dwelling place with God. That he was
to set up and rale over, and soon after
his ascension did sat up anl begin to
rule over a government on earth and
elsewhere, In the regions of the depart
ed from earth, the cltlsens of which
ore those persons who have accepted
the deliverance from the penalty for
sin that he accomplished, though they
are to retain. In this life, citizenship In
Its political government also. That
those who accept such deliverance
must, as a condition additional, of re
ceiving citizenship In hla kingdom, be
made able and willing to obey God'e
laws, which are the laws of that king
dom, by being Impregnated with the
God nature, by the God spirit. That
this Is accomplished and with It admis
sion Into cltlsenshlp In the kingdom,
as the candidate for such citizenship
undergoes the initiatory into cltlsen
shlp rites, appointed by Jesus while
he was on earth. This rite Is a spoken
acknowledgment, of confession, of be
lief in what I have slated, together
with that of belief that Jesus, when he
has gathered all of the citizenship Into
His kingdom will return to earth to
bring before Him for trial and adjudi
cation. ail mankind, having first
brought all the dead of It to life, thla
confession to be Immediately followed
by an application of water to the body,
known as baptism, symbolic of death
from the former life In sin, and opposi
tion to God. as the body of the dead
was bathed in preparation of it for en-
tombment. „ . . .
Thi» baptismal confe*«lon, as handed
down to us from the patristic age of
Christianity, Is: ■ .
"I believe In God almighty, • and In
Jesus, the anointed, HIS son our Lord.
“ ' . .j . b.ImIn omiolAaH (in-
Pockets.
READER.
"answer of a good conscience toward
God," by means of which "baptism does
now save us," of which Peter wrote. In
I Peter 3:21, and the "confession of our
hope” of Hebrews 10:22, and the "call
Ing upon the name of the Lord” of Joel
2:28:82: Acts 2:21; and Acta 22:18, and
Romans 10:13 (see context v. 9.. also
contexts of other references).Calltng on
the name of the Lord, aa used In Joel
2:28-32. A Hebrew Idiomatic way of
saying confessing, orally, or orally ac
knowledging to be Lord, and as used
In the Acts and Romans passages cited.
It Is simply a Hebrewism or a transfer-
rence of the Hebrew Idiom Into Greek
(See Hebrew, and Greek lexicons.) It
was not, as used In these passages,
calling on God or Jesus in prayer, nor
was It, as modified by Acts 22:16, and
Hebrews 10:22, and I Peter 3:21, an
oral confession unaccompanied by bap
tism.
According to what I have stated, a
person Is not "saved” by simply belief
and oral confession of hla belief, nor
by belief and calling on God, In prayer,
to save him, but by belief and baptis
mal oral confession.
J. HASBROUCK JOHNSTON.
Hotel Grant. August 20, 1906.
THAT BAND OF CHIL-
DREN IN THE 8TREET
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The article on the front page of Fri
day's Georgian, with the headlines,
"Band of Children in Streets Singing
and Begging for Alms Arouses the
Mayor to Action,” has created some
comment In thla section of south Geor
gia, as did a previous report, a week
or so ago, In The Atlanta Journal.
From the Journal's report, we gathered
that the meetings held by these chil
dren were very affecting and not at
all for Just merely "to gather In shekels
for personal or other uses,’’ as stated
In The Georgian on Friday. No doubt,
though, they might have had a col
lection In view, and Judging from the
report In your paper, a dollar could not
be better placed.
We gather from your article that an
old gentleman named Harwell, aged 66
years, and his w ife, about 60 years old,
have been supporting about 26 children
at Nos. 62 and 64 South McDaniel
street, for which house they pay 140
rent per month, and that they have
nothing to rely on except help from
God. The above plain statement of
facts Is surely enough to touch the
hardest heart and to bring honor and
reverence to those two old souls, for
the heavy labor of love they have token
upon themselves in their old age, and
enough to bring all Georgia, not to
speak of Atlanta, to them and those
26 helpless children's aid. But Instead
of that, their effort has been held up
as a subject of scorn and their action
as criminal and deserving the energetic
action of the "powers that be,” because
they had these children singing hymns
on the street at 8 o'clock. I can not
Imagine that that old fond mother
heart would be guilty of anything that
would injure these dear children. It
seems that the principal charges
against this old couple are having the
children out In street meetings, not
EVOLUTION AND CHRISTIANITY.
who was born of a virgin,.crucified un
der Pontius Pilate, rose from among
the dead on the third day, and ascend
ed Into heaven, whence he will come to
Judge the living and the dead; and In
the Holy Spirit." , ,
Assent to this declaration or stipula
tion, which was first stated by the per
son administering the baptism. Is th«
having enough clothes to put on, or
enough food to give them; having no
well appointed school room In which to
teach them; and, no doubt, there could
be many more chargea on these lines
successfully proven, all of which the
old man and old woman at 64 South
McDaniel street would no doubt plead
guilty to and maybe cried over many
a time. They did the beat they could
no doubt. God bless them for It! Let
us not blame them for what they
could not do. And In the name of hu
manity let us all rise up and show
our appreciation of what the dear old
souta have done by coming to their
help with our means and thereby glad
den the hearts of old Mr. and Mrs.
Harwell by giving the twenty-five or
phans plenty to eat and plenty to wear.
Yes. but why not send them to regular
orphanges, so many of which we have?
Admission to many of these Is sur
rounded by such conditions that shut
out some. Besides, there la room for
one more and especially Just such a
home as this, where It seems their
spiritual want Is especially looked aft
er. Know you not that the largest or.
S Manage in the world, that of George
fuller, Bristol, England, was started
and maintained on Just such lines as
It seems the McDaniel home Is—the
much scorned—faith In God to provide?
I'm glad the great mayor of Atlanta Is
moved to action—that Governor Terrell
1s willing to give his help—and that
General Clement A. Evans' sympathy la
In the movement. I sincerely hope they
will all co-operate on lines suggested in
this letter and not as they first ’intend
ed. and then If we only get the pen of
the able editor of The Georgian peald-
Ing for the two old gray-headed people
and the twenty-five dear children, who
knows but that some day there will be
an orphanage on South McDaniel
street, Atlanta, Ga., larger than that
of Oeorge Muller, In BrlstoL England?
Oh, God plant In us hearts of sympa
thy!
Yours respectfully,
J. LAWRENCE.
Azhburn, Ga.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
There appeared in The News an arti
cle under the above caption, signed
“Enquirer.” He asks for Information
relating to the above.
He makes the mistake of trying to
measure evolution or the body of man,
as it is add as it has been, by the
standard of Christianity, or what the
body of man le to be. Evolution arguee
with man face to face, Christianity
argues with him os he Is to be in “an
other” life and In another world.
Evolution la a word coined to deal
with the changes which have taken
place In the man's body since its in
ception to the present time and its
future time In this planet.
Evolution Is not coined to suit or
to apply to any other world than
this, or to any other body of man than
the one we have and see about us each
day.
Evolution deals with man under the
different phases of his nhyslcal being;
hence we have the protoplasmic-man,
the ape-man, the savage-man, and the
hu-man, or what we conceive to be the
end or perfection of the man body.
Altruism Is the 'thought, mind or
progressive thing in the man body,
which is the Incentive and Initial force
which looke ahead to the higher de
velopment of the body, and to which
the body conforms In order to fulfil
the design as drawn by the altruistic
thought.
Evolution refers to the body of man
as a laborer or as a machine to do tbs
will of Its master, which Is the altru
Istlc spirit within him.
Evolution and altruism live by and
through the labor of the man laborer
or man machine. The difference be
tween a dug-out, or bank canoe, and
an ocean steamship or between a stone
headed arrow and a breech-loading
cannon measures the altruistic lm
provement In the mechanical develop
ment of the man laborer or machine.
The difference between a protopins
mlc man and the man with the ocean
steamship or the breech-loading can
non Is the measure of the Improvement
or development of the body of man, so
that he can fulfil the altruistic thought
In the ocean steampshlp and In the
breech-loading cannon.
The Improvement In the body of man
then Is manifest In hla works, or is
Industrially manifested. We have ,no
Christian, atheist or thelst ships or
cannon, but simply ships and cannon
developed altruistically In man, and
carried out or perfected by the human
body.
Thus evolution and altruism deal with
man as a human being and In no other
way. The laws of nature we not al
tered or changed to suit our opinions,
politically, religiously or otherwise, but
deals with all of us Impartially alike.
Thus Is evolution the changed thing
brought about through the altruistic
or changed thought. Hence there Is no
atheist, thelst or Christian evolution or
altruism, but simple human develop'
ment.
W. A. JOHNSON,
Atlanta, Go., Aug. 21, 1906.
“JUNIU8” MAKES FIERY APPEAL.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Let me thank you from the bottom of
my heart for your grand editorial on
the suppression of these awful crimes
by black brutes on our women.
How Ion’ have odr Southern men
fallen when they can tolerate the pres
ence of a race that furnishes such
fiends! I had rather see every dollar
of the South’s wealth swept out of
existence than to sea these crimes on
our women continue. It can't be en
dured!
The greatest war of ancient times,
the Trojan war, was caused by the rape
of one woman. Think of the thou
sands of our outraged Southern women
by black brutes and Southern men
still endure It! For what? Tell me
why this goes on for one single day?
I can tell you—for the negro’s labor—
to get more wealth for the South out of
him. It Is commercialism willing to
trade on ravished white women! Oh,
proud Anglo-Saxon race, chivalrous
cavaliers of the South, you once were
kingly men, lords of cre.vlon, but you
have sold your birthright for a mess
of pottage! You. have fallen too low
to act aa protectors of your women!
God knot's this Is the sad, sad truth!
By a negro the rape of one white wom
an should have sufficed for the re
moval or extermination of the entire
negro race.
I Join with you. Colonel Graves, In
throwing the awful responsibility for
this racial crime on the leaders of the
negro race. They have not done their
duty In this matter. This Is known of
all men. Hold the race responsible
from now on. When were negroes ever
known to help run down a rapist?
During past years we have had two
of these crimes In Floyd county, and,
so far as l know, not a nei|.*o helped
to catch the criminal—not a church
or negro eoclety passed a resolution
condemning the crimes. In both of
these cases a lynching promptly fol
lowed. The same way at Cedartown,
Ga.
Atlanta and Fulton county; are ..
disgrace to the state. The. men there
should hang their heads In shame.
They are not worthy to protect their
women or their society. The negro
brute that attacked Mrs. Moore was
made a hero of before they "legally” (?)
hanged him. So are every one of them
regarded by their race tvhen they are
dignified by a farcical court trial in
these cases. Down with all delays and
fomalltles In these cases, and let Jus
tice and vengeance come swift and ter
rible, with all the torture that can be
devised.
As for myself, I had rather see a
race war, yea, a, war of extermination,
begin tomorrow than to hear of an
other pure white woman being ravished
by a black brute! LET IT COME! I
utter a curse against every white man
In the South If this crime Is allowed
to continue.
Call back the days of the Ku-KIux!
Let Southern whlto men show them
selves worthy of thslr sires. Language
falls me to express myself on this
subject. Things havo gotten to where
there seems no time for words.
I say, let every Southern city and
town and village and community call
mass meetings. Let our men be there.
Ask every negro to be there. Make
them come. At these meetings talk to
the negroes. Tell them our demands.
Let them understand our ultimatum.
Warn them. Then let the white men
organize In a solid phalanx and give
the negroes to understand that it Is
race war and death to every one If as
a race they do not atop this crime. It
will not do to. dally any longer. The
papers are full of thla crime. All over
the South little girls 7 years old and
old gray-halred mothers are helng at
tacked dally, as well as other women.
The lust fiends show no mercy or
discrimination.
When these cases occur the newapa
pers spurt for a little while and then
it Is all over until another victim, a
sweet virtuous woman, Is sacrificed
to ’’Southern commercialism.”
The negroes seem to know that
Southern white men will allow their
women to be sacrificed to get and keep
the negro's labor. And has It come to
this In our proud, beautiful Southland?
Oh, my people, my people, to what
depths have you fallen!
"JUNIUS.”
Rome, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906.
SOME OTHER WAY8 TO PROTECT.
If you will kindly pardon so great
an encroachment on your very valua
ble time, I beg the privilege of express
ing myself In regard to an edRorlil I
read In The Georgian on last Tuesday
evening, August 21.'
In this editorial you'say;
"If the . negro were so longer a part
of. our population,• the women of the
South would be freed from, their state
of siege and'would be at liberty to go
where they pleased and when they
pleased."
Do you not consider It a reflection on
the chivalry, loyalty and heroism of
our Southern white men to longer per-r
mlt the existence of' so deplorable a
state of affairs? Can we longer allow
the black slaves of our fathers, to
whom we have given freedom and edu
cation, to rob our women of tho free
dom and liberty they should' enjoy In
this our beloved Southland, where
Christian civilisation should be main
tained at all costs?
This Is Indeed a vita] question to
day, and one thnt demnnds of every
loyal white man In the South a prompt
and active ao-operation in administer
ing the best possible remedy to the
"fiendish passion” of these black.(le
mons—and such action can not ba
taken too soon. The method of pun
ishment you have suggested Is indeed
a good one, and should be applied at
once. Should It fall, however, and we
be driven to a last resort, do you think
we should hesitate In seriously consid
ering the final and permanent exter
mination of the negro? For, is it not
at all times the honorable duty of every
Southern white man-to.fight to the
bitter end, and at all hazards/ for the
safety and freedom of our pure. and
noble women against a hostile, fiendish
and Interior race—a race of liberated
slaves?
Very truly yours.
CALVIN F. CARLTON.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906.
SITUATION 18 ACUTE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your editorial In yesterday's Geor
gian, with regard to the unmentionable
crime, was timely and to the point. I
would, however, like to suggest a meth
od by which the colored race may see
that It will be to their Interest to
make some attempt in assisting the
white people In stopping this crime for
which the only remedy Is lynch law.
The suggestion which I desire to make
for your careful consideration Is as
follows;
Advocating In an editorial the Im
mediate discharge of every colored man
In the city of Atlanta from any and
every position In which he must neces
sarily come In contact with white
women. This would Include the coach
men, the revoking all negro licenses
for handling automobiles, even to the
delivery of goods to private residences.
Your Idea of personal mutilation Is
good, but It comes too late. Let's con
tinue to kill all negroes who commit
the unmentionable crime, and make
eunuchs of all the new male Issues
before they are eight days old.
Faithfully yours,
B. A. PUGIN.
Atlanta. Os., Aug. 22, 1906.
STOP VAGRANCY;
LYNCHING CEA8E8
To the Editor of the Georgian:
Allow me to give my convictions on
the matter of lynching.
Stop vagrancy and lynching ceases,
Let Atlanta put ten pickets mounted to
keep the circuit up of the not thickly
settled, then ten more pickets outside
of that line. Insist that every black
or white man be accounted for or ar
rest same. You cannot prepare a wo
man for self defense, a few only. If
all counties of the state would form
for each county, I believe the lynching
would cease for need of material. When
caught and convicted, castrate and
brand on forehead. Respectfully.
EDWARD 8. LATHROP.
Decatur, Ga., Aug. 21, 1906.
THE GEORGIAN STRUCK
THE KEY NOTE
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I desire to Indorse most heartily
your editorial, "The Way to 8ave Our
Women,” which appeared In yester
day's Georgian.
I think you have struck the key
note. That sentiment should be taken
up by every newspaper In Georgia and
Its suggestions made a reality at once.
Respectfully, J. P. MONROE.
Abbeville, Ga.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The people, especially those who live
In the rural districts, owe you more
than thanks for the timely and ring
Ing editorial in which very recently
you set forth the horror which hourly
threatens every white woman In the
country districts of Georgia and the
South.
Lynching, as you suggested, does not
seem In the slightest degree to meet
the case. Your suggestion of severe
physical treatment'nnd branding has
been made repeated!y In the past, but
so haltingly that It mode no Impres
sion on the public mind. The situation
Is terribly acute. Close following upon
the heels of that awful occurrence in
one of Atlanta's popular suburbs, Co-
penhltl, came another last Sabbath
afternoon In North Carolina.
A young miss, 16 years of age, left
her home to visit tho daughter of a
neighbor half a mile distant. Night
coming on, and the young lady not
having returned home, the anxious fa
ther went to the neighbor's home. He
was told his daughter had not been
there. He returned homeward, almost
erased with anxiety. He found his
daughter In a pit In one of his
fields near the public road—dead. She
had fallen Into the hands of a bruts.
These things are of dally occurrence
almost. The people cannot, ought not,
will not permit the situation.to con
tinue as It is.
It is well enough for those whose
loved ones are perfectly safe in the
center of city or town to talk about
the majesty of the law. There Is a
higher law to which the people must
appeal If they would guarantee abso
lute protection to the mothers, sisters
nnd daughters throughout the country
districts. I noticed your 'worthy con
temporary, The Atlanta Journal, ad
vises the women to arm themselves
and to practice shooting. Good, but
that will not do of Itself.
The idle and the vicious are those
who commit the crime we have In
tnlnd. They must be run down and
run out.
I believe that the .young men in the
country’ should organise ’ at once, li
each militia district, one or more com
panies of "Red Shirts" and set thslr
faces against Idle and vicious negroes
wherever found. Let It ‘ go out. that
they must get steady work and be
able to • show a clean character or
"move on." I remember, In the cam
palgn of 1876.In South Carolina, that
one blast - on the bugle horn; of one
"Red Shirt” rider wae equal—to a
thousand men. That blast reduced
chaos to order. The sight or know!
edge of the close presence of a com'
pany of "Red Shirts” had a most mar
velous effect over negroes who other
wise would have been rapacious.
Let the command, "Move on,” ring
throughout the rural districts with a
distinctness that will not admit a
moment's hesitancy on the part of the
brutal class to which It Is addressed.
I trust that tha weekly press of the
state will- promptly adopt and urge
upon their readers your manly ac
claim: "Our' Woiheit Must and- Shall
Be Protected." This menace, which,
like a terrible nightmare, hangs over
every country home, .must be Ir
stantly removed.
MARTIN V. CALVIN,
Augusta, Ga.
THE NORTH 18 IN 8YMPATHY.
"BEST PAPER IN THE 80UTH."
To the Editor of The Georgian:.
Although I am a total stranger to
you I write this as a young man and a
citizen of Georgia to expreas my ap
preciation of your newspaper. The
Georgian.
In my humble opinion thee editorial
page of The Georgian Is the best In
the South, and for genuine merit not
surpassed by any such section of any
paper In the whole country. All the
rest of the paper la conducted on an
equally high standard, and the paper
as a whole presents to the reader a
well balanced report of all the news
of the day.
I hope that your paper will alwaya
be as clean, newsy and reliable as It Is
now, and that your circulation will In
crease as much as the paper merits.
I would like to see The Georgian have
a paid subscription of 60,090 at the end
of two years.
With sincere wishes for the success of
The Georgian, I am, respectfully,
O. W. PA88AVANT.
Newnan, Ga., Aug. 22, 1906.
Farmers Fsal it Mozt.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
While I have not the pleasure of an
acquaintance with you iteraonally, yet
I must confess to having for you a very
great admiration as a writer, an editor
and an orator. From the depths of my
heart I thunk you for your editorial of
yesterday, headed "How to Save the
Women.”
My dear sir, you are on the rlgbl
lines. Let every editor speak out aa
ou have done and personate the lpad-
rs, holding them responsible for the
lawlessness of their race and I must
think good would come from It. As I
am a native of Georgia, I have felt
great concern for the well being of
the state. I noted with regret the at
titude of The Constitution, together
with many of the leading cltlsens on
the disfranchisement question. It
must come either one way or the other.
Do continue on that line and with the
same boldness that characterised the
editorial I spoke of.
I am too unwell and nervous to at
tempt to write more. I am 72 years
old, born and raised In LaGrange,' Ga.,
have been honored with seats In both
branches of our Alabama legislature
several times. With high regards, I
am. You're truly.
JOHN T. HARRIS. .
Onellka. Ala. Aug. 24.
To the Editor of Tha Georgian:
In your editorials In The Georgian
during the past week regarding the se
ries of crimes committed lately by ne
gro fiends, you have commenced a work
which the South will alwaya thank and
remember you for. Keep It up! Keep
It up until the negro Is forced by
terror and fear of punishment to de
sist from hla horrible crimes, or Is
driven from the Southland. Send him
up North, where they like liim so well.
Mr. Atlanta Georgian, It Is up to you
to follow the suggestion of one of the
loyal Southerners, to organize a "Ku-
KIux.” With an organization such as
you might be most Instrumental In
forming great good could be done. It
will be a long time before the state or
Federal government will take action to
protect our women, and meantime ehall
we allow these fiends In human form
to terrorise our women? No, a thou
sand times no! Let the men take It
Into their hands, and moto out the Just
punishment. But a secret organization
could do wonders toward accomplishing
this end.
Would that we had such an effeotive
police system of the rural districts as
has our neighboring republic, Mexico. I
lived two years In the tropics of that
country, and have a very high respect
for the efficiency of their "rurales." I
have never heard of a case of murder,
or serious crime, in the rural districts
of Mnxlco, in which the murderer was
not caught and punished within a short
time after committing the crime. Why
could not the great Empire State of
the South have such an effective system
of protecting her cltzens, and more es
pecially her women?
Let The Georgian continue In Its
efforts until such a system of patrolling
our rural districts la perfected that our
women may go about In absolute safe
ty. No paper In the world can do bet
ter work than to aid in the protection
of the noblest and best gift that God
has given man—OUR WOMEN.
Moat sincerely.
A BOUTHERNIZED NORTHERNER.
Atlanta, August 16, 1906,
OFFER8 |100 TQ.START REWARD.
To the Editor of The Georgian: ,,
Your editorial yesterday afternoon
on the subject of negro rapists was a
grand expression, and I thank you for
It. The point you made about our wom
en protecting themselves should be
heeded by svefy woman and girl In the
South. — —
To encourage this action and to en
deavor to strike fear to these brutes,
I should Ilka to give 2100 on subscrip
tion list, for 3111,000 to be given to
every woman who kills her assailant.
I should Uke for matters to change
so that every lovely girl or woman
would cause every negro who might
pass her to turn out of her pathway
on penalty of- being abot dead. Also
that our women would Instantly shoot
to kill every negro whose presence
might be detected around her prem- (
It'is time now for tha fear and dread,
tha suffering, and even the Inconven
ience, to be shifted to tho race who has
cauaad It, evan If thousands of them
who are innocent have to suffer..
Let every negro fiend know that a
prise of $10,000 hangs above Ills dead
body, and let every woman realize what
a heroine aha would make of herself.
If she should so protect her honor.
I pledge 2100 to this fund; surely
there are ninety-nine others who will
do likewise.
Yours very truly,
JNO. A. MANOET.
Atlanta, Ga., Auguzt 25, 1906. ,
PROTECTION OF OUR HOMES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I was the author of the article sign
ed ‘'Citizen" In yesterday's Georgian.
I will reserve my name, os I am writ
ing for the protection of Southern wo
men. I want to congratulate Tha
Georgian on being first to espouse this
cause In an editorial that has attracted
wide attention. Let every Southern
newspaper copy the article.
Violation or law Is anarchy, unless
to keep the lew Is negro supremacy,
or negro assaults, etc. Then principle
comes In and know* no law. It Is un
fortunate that tha Southern people
have ever had to ba lawbreakers. For
thirty years we have had to violate th«
law by counting the "negro out” In
elections. We had to do this or have
negro supremacy. Now, we are in
shape to leave him out without the vio
lation of law. The assault matter Is
not fixed yet, and we shall Just have
to violate find mob until It is fixed.
Tha sooner It Is fixed, tho better-for
all concerned. I see that a Baptist
gathering In the Carolines -condemn
lawbreakers. Methodist gatherings
have done the same. I wonder if anv
of them ever had to help "count the
election” to keep the negro out. I am
a church man, but I would not have
an easier Job than to rale# 100,000 Bap-
tlats or Methodists any time our homes
need protection, law or no law. Fix
ing the law Is what we want ■
1. Let The Georgian keep up tile fight.
Let all the i»pers copy.
2. Let us have a general mass meet
ing of white citizens nnd let Hoke
Smith and John Temple Graves be tho
orators of the occasion.
3. Let us have a general meeting of
the states soon, and get this matter
before the nation.
4. Let us send a petition 100 miles
long to the governor of North Carolina
asking him to pardon the mob leader.
I am opposed to mobs, but I am mors
opposed to their cause. Let ua remove
the cause. CITIZEN.
Atlanta, Ga.
P. 8.—You give the women pistols,
and some old, drunken husband would
get his brains shot out before a week.
Southern women, we will stand by you.
regardless of method.