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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. Al'UI HT 31. IKK.
The Atlanta Georgian.
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JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Connections.
United Staten and grand Petronius of the forms of
speech.
- Bnt the simple truth of the matter Is that the sent!
ment of the country regards It as much more Important
just at present that the messages and utterances of the
president should contain some good and uplifting eco
nomic sentiments than that those sentiments should be
expressed In dipt participles and divorced dlpththongs.
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That Splendid Ovation to Bryan.
The reception accorded Hon. William J. Bryan at
Madlaon Square Garden laat night was more dassllng
and stupendous than the most Imaginative of his friends
could possibly have foreseen.
When It Is said that 20.000 people, waving miniature
flags of the republic, greeted every utterance of the dis
tinguished speaker with outbursts of applause, we have
even then given hut a faint Idea of the loyally, and fervor,
and resounding acclamation with which the additional
thousands surrounding the auditorium and thronging the
thoroughfares of Manhattan Joined In the chorus of hearty
tribute with which his fellow countrymen welcomed him
home.
It Is universally conceded that Mr. Bryan has ma
tured and expanded almost beyoud conception during the
past ten years. There arc those who have been Inclined
to abow some Impatience with him for the pertinacity
with which he has clung lo the silver Issue, and the ag-
greaslve prominence with which he has thrust It Into the
foreground when there would seem to be no Just occa-
’ alon to disturb the general tranquillity and provoke un-
. necessary antagonism.
Bnt even those who aro most bitter In their resent
ment of what they regard at this untimely Insistence,
universally and entirely concede to him absolute sin
gleness of heart and sincerity of purpose. Mr. Bryan
however he may explain the matter to himself, must real-
• lie In common with most of the people of this country,
and Indeed of most of the countries of the clvlllxed world,
that the free coinage of silver at an arbitrary ratio la
no longer an economic question to be considered.
So, Inasmuch as he Is essentially sound on the great
cardinal principles of Democracy, and Inasmuch as all-
verism, by common consent, has gone the way of laat
year's thistledown, there Is no reason why a grateful
and admiring people should not rush to his support,
And so they did.
If it had been a victorious Caesar coming home for
the triumph voted him by the Roman aenate, he could
not have been met by a more Impressive tramp, tramp
of marching thousands, with a greater btixz and fever
and ferment of expectation such aa hangs upon a day ao
momentous as yestorday. It was a living and full-blood
ed testimonial of the supreme confidence In which one
man. for the vigor of his Intellect and the purity of hla
purposes. Is held by his appreciative fellow countrymen.
/ It haa been almoat a year since Mr. Bryan started
Ollit to make n tour of the world. He hnd already at-
tAjm-il to that degree of wisdom where he realized hla
*- relative Ignorance and he was anxious to avail him
self of overy opportunity to study the customs and Insti
tutions of other people and of other countries. He real
lied. In the language of the great dramatist, that "homo-
staying youths have ever homely ways," and that If he
would make himself master of the laws and ayatems of
i other countries, if ho would have a clear Insight of the
I economic conditions In lands beyond tbo seas, he could
acquire It perfectly only by going In person and studying
these conditions In the midst thereof. During hit tour of
i the world he has had an opportunity to confer with t()e
<• leading thinkers of every country he haa visited. From
* the coral strands of India, where he has been the guest
of nabobs and maharajahs and English governors, on
through Russia and England and the picturesque by
ways of Europe, he has traveled, assimllntlng Informa
tion aa he went.
There Is nothing, to be sure, which makes It essential
that the chlof executive of the United States should be a
J man who has "taught him other longues and In strange
eyea has inado him not a stranger," but It la undisputed
that such experience furnishes a valuable equipment for
one who la to be called to this high station.
And hence, Mr. Bryan Is measurably a more availa
ble man for tho presidency than ever before.
His address on Thursday night was pitched upon n
high plane. The keynote was antagonism to tho trusts
which arc recognized as tho great and ever-growing
menace to tho prosperity and happiness of our poople. He
brings back with him from hla tour of the world a re
newed conviction that tho Income tax, so far from being
a radical and revolutionary measure, Is regnrdcd as con
servative and soundly efficient by every country In which
It has been adopted.
But this Is not tho tlmo to enter Into an extended
analysis of this great speech. Suffice It to say that It was
eminently worthy of the man and the occasion, and con
firms that lofty insltlnn In which the penplo have always
placed the great and gifted commoner—William Jennings
Bryan.
The Ovation to Bryan.
New York, Aug. 31.—The Bryan reception surpassed
the expectation ot Its promoters. Every hotel waa
crowded with delegations, banners blazed on the hotel
fronts and the occasion looked more like a ratification
meeting than a mere welcome to a great American. It
was Bryan's greatest day. He has finally and definitely
convinced hla countrymen without regard to party lines
that he is sincere and In this connection he stands to
America today as Gladstone did to England.
Every state save South Carolina and Oregon had del
egations here and each delegation brought an Invitation
to Bryan to visit them.
North Carolina and Georgia have combined their ef
forts to have him visit the two states as their fairs come
at the same time.
Much concern had been felt over Bryan's speech, as
It carried such tremendous Importance to the party. Par
ticular apprehension waa felt over the advocacy of gov
ernment ownership of railways, as It overlooked the sepa
rate cars for whites and blacks, but Senators Bailey and
Culbertson, who had seen a rough draft of the apeecb,
expressed satisfaction with It.
The-Garden Bpeech lasted about two hours. After
wards Bryan addressed another larger overflow meeting
In Madison Square. No such ovation has ever been paid
to a private citizen In America as was accorded the Ne
braskan. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
Another Assault on Language.
If language was really given us .to conceal our
thoughts, this la a mighty good tlmo to employ It for that
purpose, for verily the nations of the earth appear to
havo given themselves over lo the harrying' and uproot
ing ot their mother tongues, until patience Is exhausted.
The English spesklng peoples are still In a frame of
mind over the presidential order requiring that the freak
spelling which we outgrew some 300 years ago shall bo
revived and that the rules of grammar shall henceforth
consist entirely of exceptions.
We were in the very midst of this philological entente
with President Eliot expressing opinions whirh would
hardly go through the malls and President Roosevelt ab
solutely hazarding bis chances of the third term by the
airy manner In which he has waved aside all objections,
when suddenly wo discover that another set of word-
tmltha has gathered together over In Geneva.
They are tinkering on that universal language, Espe
ranto. s
A thousand delegates are in attendance on thla con
vention and they profess to see a great future for this
■accessor to Volapuk. it has a system of spelling which
is all Its own and of course It Is claimed that it ran lie
learned while you wait.
It is the very sarcasm of fate that tills renewed In
terest In Esiteranto as a universal language should come
about Just at the time when reformed spelling has. in
theory at least, given English a new impetus as the fu
ture language of the world. It looks like lose nmjeatc— j Petersburg,
it l»-.ks like a personal affront to the president of these peated at auy time.
Unite For the State Fair.
But little more than alx weeks now remain before
the state fair will open Its gates to the people of Georgia,
and coincident therewith Will be the reunion of the large
family ot Georgians who have made homes for them
selves In other states. , ~
The Indications are that the fair thla fall will be the
moat elaborate and complete ever held In the state. Sec
retary Weldon nnd hla able coadjutors are working with
all the zeal and energy of their natures to make It Inter
esting and attractive from every point of view and we
feel sure that they will succeed beyond their fondest
dreams.
There caft be no doubt as to tho splendid resources
of the state nnd tho marvelous strides our people have
made In commerce and Industry. Our looms and spin
dles aro multiplying yenr by year and the amount of
capital Invested In Southern enterprises la always on the
Increase. With our unparalleled, climate and inexhaus
tible resources there Is no reason why each passing yenr
should not more and more confirm our title as the Em
pire State of the South.
And there is no way In which we can get a bettor
Idea of this prosperous condition than by seeing the ac
tual exhibits spread out before us—the fruits of the field
and the factories nnd the products of the forests and the
mines.
And now to this Is to bo added tho home coming
week. Already the sons and daughters of Georgia who
have taken up their homes In other states and have
Identified themselves with the people ot other communi
ties are beginning to talk about this great reunion. They
will not only ho able to meot the friends they left behind
them here, but they will meet the Georgians ot other
states and nil will meet and mingle In this happy reunion.
Nothing should be allowed to distract the attention
of the people from the state fair. It should be the pur
pose of every true son of Georgia to talk up the fair and
work for the fair tram now until the time the gates are
thrown open to tho public. The next state fair must bo
the greatest and best In the history of Georgia and' we
have every i*cnson to believe that such will be the case.
Russia’s Army and Navy.
Other centers of Interest havo not succored entire
ly In diverting public attention from the situation In Rus
sia, and It la realized that the fate of the empire depends
upon the loyalty ot tho army and navy.
William E. Curtis, writing from Russia to The Chi
cago Record-Herald, says that since the dissolution of the
doumn the labor group, the social Democrats, tho social
revolutionists, the Jewish "bund" and the other radical
organisations havo been making energetic efforts to cor
rupt tho army. They hnve sent emissaries Into every
garrison, prepared eloquent appeals to the soldiers, beg
ging them not to take tho aldo of their oppressors, but
lo aland with their fathers and brothers In the light for
liberty. They havo declared a boycott against all sol
diers who support the government when they return to
their homes at the conclusion of their three years’ ser
vice. Tlletr printed notices, which have been circulated
by hundreds of thousands In every garrison and camp,
contain a warning that the names of all soldtera who aup-
l>ort the police will be recorded for future reference, and
that Buch traitors to their people nnd their friends will be
wlao not to roturn to their homes, because If they do
they will find retribution awaiting them.
Continuing, Mr. Curtis says these appeals havo more
or less effect In corrupting the army and exciting dls-
content, and the leaders of the revolutionary parties
have been equally active In working up the mutinies
that havo occurred at the different military posts. The
outbreaks at Helsingfors and Cronatadt, which'have been
described In detail by the telegraphic correspondents,
are the consequences. The military authorities have evl
dence that they hnve been In preparation and impending
for some time. There was to bo a simultaneous out
break at Helsingfors, In Finland, and at Cronatadt, the
Gthrnltar of Russia, at the mouth of tho Rlva Neva, a
few miles from St. Petersburg, but the plans of the con
spirators were discovered and the authorities captured
their signaling apparatus and code and arrested fifty of
their leaden, which demoralized the participant!. The
Helsingfors mutiny was precipitated by the unexpected
arrest of 200 of the men. The commanding officer, who.
through bis spies, had been kept Informed of the devel
opment of the mutiny, took advantage of a funeral which
was attended by the soldiers without their arms to arreit
tho ringleaders, hut thetr comrades were too quick and
too Btrong for him. and not only rescued them but ar
rested the commandant himself and all other officers who
happened to be In their quarters, and took command of
the guns.
The Russian navy has been In a chronic mutiny since
the t-lose of the Japanese war. and has been engaged In
some of the most extraordinary Incidents In all military
history. The battle ships in the harbor of Sebastopol
were captured by the sailors under the leadership of a
young man named Sehntldt. whose photograph and biog
raphy are now jieddled openly U|mn the streets of 8t.
That remarkable event la likely to be re-
Admlral Skrydloff, commanding tho
Black Sea fleet, haa recently received a written demand
signed by more than 2,600 of hla sailors which reads
very much like the platform of the social revolutionary
parfy and was Inscribed at tbs top of the Drat page with
the words “Land and Liberty," the motto ot that organi
zation. The sailors not only ask that their own Individ
ual and common wrongs be remedied, but undertake tt
regulate the politics of the nation, and declare that the
entire fleet will revolt unless the peasants ars given all
the land they want, unless general amnesty Is declared
for all political prisoners, unless capital punishment la
abolished, universal suffrage granted to the people and
the ministry made responsible to parliament.
There have been continual troubles and disturbances
In the Baltic fleet, which, by the wajr. Is under the com
mand of the Grand Duke Alexander, a cousin of the czar,
who visited Chicago daring the Columbian exposition and
commanded the Ruaalan fleet that participated In the na
val review at New York. Alexander la one of the ablest
of the Imperial family, a profound student and scientist,
but extremely conservative In hla views and a staunch de
fender of the autocracy. While Inspector general of the
Russian navy before the war with Japan, hla criticisms
of Its condition esused a quarrel with bis uncle, Atexla,
who was admiral In chief. The emperor supported
Alexis, but could not very well turn down Alexander, for
tho latter la the husband of hla slater, Xenia, hla favor
ite of all the family. So he created a new department
of the government to take over all masters concerning
the mercantile marine, and placed Alexander at the
head ot tt. The new Jine of steamers between Ltbau
and New York la one of Alexander's Ideas, and he did
a great deal to develop Russian commerce.
The disclosures of the rottenness of the navy vin
dicated Alexander when It waa too late to do any good,
but the exar recognized the propriety of doing something
to compensate for bis humiliation, and made him com
mander In chief In the place of bta uncle Alexis.
The South’s Natural Resources.
In the series of‘articles which have appeared on this
page during the past few weeks many arguments have
beon brought to bear and many facta and figures have
been -presented to show that thla waa, the moat prosper
ous and progressive section of the country.
The whole story could not be put more tersely than
to use the language of The Manufacturers' Record, which
says that coal and Iron, the' foundations of the world's
chief Industries, the baaea of the vast wealth of Great
Britain, Germany and Pennsylvania, the moving forces
of all civilisation, are found In the South In quantity,
proximity and cheapness ot production on a scale not
elsewhere duplicated lp the world. "Of coal the South
has nearly three times as much In area and many times
aa much In quantity ns Great Britain, Germany and Penn
sylvania combined. Of Iron ore the South haa certainly
one-half ot all the known ore of the entire country.
Measure If you can tho limitless possibilities, the vast
wealth of tho future of this section.'’
BOOKER WASHINGTON’S OMISSION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have rend Bookor Washington's address to hla peo
ple, and while he mentioned the fact about the lawle-„i-
ness of hla race, he failed to call on the good and law-
abiding class of his people to Join in the hunt of the
white man In running down the fiendish brutes and de-
■pollera of our women.
The white man does thla against his own race, why
not the negro do the same thing?
I would suggest that we do In Atlanta what they
are going to do out In the county. The police department
admits It has not sufficient force to patrol the residence
portion of the city properly, and give It the protection It
needs an<l requires. Therefore, why not appoint special
officers fiom among our reputable citizens—say two tq
every block In Atlanta—nnd clothe them with police
power. Tbo reputable and law-abiding citizens of Atlanta
will gladly volunteer their services in this direction free,
and It sill give us police protection that will awe the
negro Into becoming a law-abiding citizen until other
means can be found to get rid of him altogether.
A TAXPAYER.
8TOOD IT LONG ENOUGH.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I wish to be one of the number who heartily Indorse
your editorial published In The Georgian, "The Reign
of Terror Must End." It must end at once or the South
and not only the South, but the United States, will be
ruined. We have stood It long enough.
I do not see why we should lay down our liberty and
the honor of our womanhood for which our fathers fought
and died for the negro to ruin.
Shall we stand aside and see this take place, or shall
wo step forward and- save the Anglo-Saxons' blood which
our fathers so purely and proudly handed down to ui?
tt U time for us to do something, and we should
strike while the Iron la hot and settle thla question now
and forever.
Gentlemen of the Caucasian race, why not decide
this question at once? Shall we any longer see our
mothers, wives, daughters and sisters subjected to the
brutality of the negroes? May God speed the day when
the end ot the "Reign of Terror" shall come.
It has gone so far that a lady cannot walk on the
streets ot Atlanta, the city of the South, without being
Insulted by the negroes for whom we have done ao much.
Shall we tolerato it longer? I ask you men of the
Caucasian race? Aa for myself, I am ready to take any
step to protect our women. Truly yours,
WILL L. LOVE, a Georgia Boy.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28, 1906.
GOSSIP 1
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A FRIEND TO WOMANHOOD.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
You havo certainly shown yourself a "friend in need"
to Southern womanhood, for which I wish to thank you
from the depths of my heart
Your editorials on this subject have made me feel
aa If I could Just whoop and yell for you.
I am a working girl and'live in a suburb of Atlanta.
It la after dark when I leave my work In the city and
when I leave the car on my way home I have to go
through a dark street alone, where only the goodness
of God keeps me safe. I am generally very brave, but
of late I am terrified If I am out alone after dark, and
do not oven feel safe during the day. My opinion la
that ever since the negroes wore freed they hnve beon
and always will be a source of torment to white people.
I don’t think I shall ever be satisfied until the last
one has been sent to some distant country. If they are
scared Into subjection now it will only be a matter ot a
few years before It will all have to be gone through
with again. YOura truly, WORKING GIRL.
East Point, Ga., Aug. 30, 1906.
REVIVE THE PAROLE SYSTEM.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
To say that I enjoy your editorials wduld be but put
ting It mildly. I have always enjoyed them. The great
question today la how to heal the sore that la so terrible
In the South, and In my humblo way I wish to call your
attention to a few things,as we pass along In this Im
portant discussion.
First. Georgia has a vagrancy law that ought to bo
rigidly enforced. When the law was first enacted the
police and grand Juries tried to have It enforced, but
when the enthusiasm passed away, It was forgotten, and
the negroes are still loafing. Now why la this relaxation?
Is tt because of no land to till, no pine trees to be cut,
no railroads to be built? No, firms are begging for labor
every day. Now I believe that every negro should be
forced to carry a pass properly signed to abow who ho Is
and what kind of character he haa, or be arrested and
Investigated effectually. Thla would protect the Inno
cent and punish tho guilty negro. 1 don’t believe any
man has a right to loaf.
Now, Mr. Graves, you watch; just ai soon as this
agitation dies out trilling negro men and boys will be
banging around on the street corners singing:
"What's the- use’n me workln’ so hard,
When I got a girl In the white folk's yard.
She brings me meat and al\e brings me lard—
An’ there ain’t no uae’n me workln’ ao hard.”
And some officer of the law will pass them by with
out asking them for their passport or the sign ot work In
their hands.
Now, why shouldn't the officers of the law be forced
to make the loafers obey the law 365 days every year?
Not one day—be on the lookout every day. I am sure If
they wero constantly on the alert observing everything
that takes place In sight or hearing, much good would
result therefrom. ' •
Let the good people get down to something practical.
That will tell In results. With beat wishes for your au»
ceai, I am, air, yours truly,
A TRAVELING SALESMAN.
GET RIGHT WITH YOUR NEIGH
BOR.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
"Get right with God."
Of late the city has been flooded
with little slips of paper bearing the
foregoing words.
There Is perhaps nothing more ad
mirable than being zealous In good
works, bending every energy to the
correction of error, the eradication of
sin with Its consequences. Every one
good or hod loves the man or woman
who Is giving time, talent and money
to the cause of humanity. We must
not, however, lose sight of the fact
that there Is In this as well aa In all
other work a right and a wrong way.
Many good causes have suffered, many
hnve been defeated by the zealot. The
religious fanatic will do the cause of
Christianity more harm than all Its
avowed enemies can possibly do It.
The unselfish, modest, quiet, conserva
tive man whose life Is based upon prin
ciples of love and Justice will do more
to promulgate the religion he profess
es, by demonstrating the beauties of
such a life, the Influence and useful
ness of right living, than all the loud
mouthed ranters about preparing for
a future world could do In an eternity.
We must first demonstrate to the
world that we know how to live this
life before the world will accept our
teachings of one which we know not of.
The age of credulity ts rapidly pass
Ing, the age when the great masses
were willing, without stopping to think
for themselves, to accept as true the
professions of the Ignorant and super
stitious who claim to have passports lo
Heaven, and that all who are not fol-
lowing the route mapped out by them
are bound for the other side of the
great lake. The world Is beginning to
realize the fact that each nnd every
Individual has the same right as any
other Individual to the exercise of his
or her Oml-given faculties. The world
Is appealing to reason and to common-
sense rather than to superstition. It Is
calling for nnd demanding something
more tangible than what some one has
said, whether he lives today, or lived
hundreds of years ago. He who pro
fesses to bo following In the tracks of
the Lowly Nazarene muat furnish
something more substantial than mere
assertion; his life and actions every
day muat corroborate his teachings on
Sunday If he expects reasonable, sensi
ble. thinking people to believe him. It
he advertises his route he must at least
pay the printer, or the printer Is likely
to give him away, nnd then he Is left
to travel his narrow way alone.
Now It may be that my views of
this mstter are erroneous, but one
thing I am absolutely certuln of, I am
entitled to the same rights and privi
leges that I most heartily accord to
every other Individual, the right of
candid expression, of honest convic
tions. on nil questions in which men
are alike Interested. This Is the only
means of progress. 1 am fully satis-
fled that those who circulated the pa-
l>ers above referred to are honest of
r urpose. actuated by good motives, but
am of the opinion that they have
placed the enrt before the horse. An
other thing of which I nm equally sure
Is that the Bible not only sustains this
position, but that tt Justifies the sug
gestion of a more reasonable admoni
tion, viz. "Get right with your nelgh-
or."
Not long ago I heard a gentleman.
a certain minister of this city, say
that he had derived more spiritual
beneflt from his preaching than any
other to whom he had ever listened.
Now It so happens that T know some
thing of the life of the aforesaid gen
tleman, and I would not have had to go
three blocks from where we were
standing to point out a party who had
been robbed of that for which he had
faithfully and conscientiously worked
a number of yeare, by this man who
violated one of the oldest and most
(irmly established customs of the busi
ness world, a custom founded upon
justice, to the Injury of this party, In
order that a pet, an Incompetent, too,
who had no more claim to the place
than a goat has to the moon, and the
man so grossly wronged, not only
wronged himself, but crippled In his
efforts to give to hla children that edu
cation to which every child In this fair
land of ours In entitled. Now should
a man of such Ideas of life be ad
monished to -Get right with God?"
No, emphatically, No! He should first
get right with his neighbor by repair
ing as far as In his power the wrong
a brother had suffered at his hands,
then perhaps he might be In a position
to seek to get right with God. What,
In the .name of reason nnd common-
sense can he know about spirituality
who does not know enough of the tem
poral, of the obligations of man to
man. who Is so grossly Ignorant of the
great principle of right and wrong that
he cannot, or will not live up to the
fundamental truth of the religions he
professes? Get right with your neigh
bor, then he will lleten to your ad
monitions to "Get right with God.
This Is not an Isolated case; it Is
characteristic of those who are exceed
ingly noisy about their religion.
The honest man does not have to go
through the world proclaiming hie
honesty; his neighbors know It. The
honest man does not do so. If he Is
honest he knows It, and, being so, feels
Intuitively that others believe It, and
consequently does not set up a defense
at every turn. . ...
"I am not taking sides with Bill,
when no one has made the charge. Is
evidence positive that he Is for "Bill,’
right or wrong. He tries to cheat him
self Into the belief that he Is right,
honest, knowing consciously that he Is
not so, feels Intuitively that every one
suspects his motives, and consequently
must defend himself whether assailed
or not.
Ood does not need or wont the wor
ship of him who has not In his heart
the flritt principles of love anil Justice
for his fellmv-belng. Even the vilest
has no place In Ills heart for such a
character and he Is n stumbling-stone
tn the way of others. A man’s neigh
bors know him better than any others.
-Get right with your neighbors."
J. E. LOVELESS.
The Election Kept Him Awake.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I could not sleep for two nights nfter
the result In the Georgia campaign
was announced. I knew It was com
ing. but It was grander than I had
hoped for. Yes. It shows that the peo
ple have waked up. When Hearst was
put up for mayor In New York I knew
he would win the light. I felt tt In
my bones, and 1 wrote Governor
Broward thnt he would see that Hearst
was the coming man.
' When Parker was nominated I felt
of anything. The people who put him
up, put him up to beat him.
The result In Georgia shows that
Hearst will be the noxt governor of
New York. Jerome will be beaten as
bad as Clark Howell waa—mark my
prediction. Yes, sir, the day of the
"grafter" Is gone; the people have no
use for “boeaes" any longer and when we
hear from Tennessee this tall many
people will be astonished, and the same
Is true of Ohio, and even Iowa and
other states also. And what does all
this show us? That Hearst will
the next president and Lafollette will
be on the ticket as vice president. For
his cabinet Bryan will be secretary of
state, and Folk and Watson and Tom
Johnson and Weaver and Dunne will
be there, and Broward will be secre
tary of the navy. Three cheers for
Smith and Hearst nnd Folk nnd Wat
son and Weaver and Dunne and Brow
ard and Lafollette and Bryan and
all who are for the people.
A. II. 8TAGALL.
Deland, Fla. Aug. 27, 1906.
A Burlesque Expeeitien.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
I am sending under separate cover
portions of the Saturday and Monday
Issues of The Dispatch, with marked
accounts of the opening of the "Indus
trial and Educational Exposition of the
Colored People of Ohio,” In which
Vice President Fairbanks and Booker
Washington look part, on Saturday—
and the exceedlngsly "educational" and
"Industrial" features of the exposition
on Sundny, features which will be con
tinued through the week unless the
authorities Interfere In the name of
the law.
I have noted your recent utterances
on the negro problem In the South with
much. Interest. Up here, as the nigger
Is allowed to vote, both parties cajole
him, nnd every town nnd city In Ohio
Is Infested with -a set of impudent,
loud-mouthed, swaggering anthropoids,
would would be a disgrace to any race.
It Is true, there are many honest and
Industrious men among them, but their
progress In Industry, here In a state
where they have had nn even chance
since before the war, a state which Is
one of the richest In the union, Is
pretty well Indicated by the burlesque
on the name of exposition which they
are managing In this city.
Some day, the people here will get
tired of the whole lot of Senegamblans.
and there will be trouble. Booker
Washington’s good advice slides from
them like water from a duck’s back.
It "never touches them."
I offer the material for any comment
you may see flt to make.
Yours very respectfully.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 31.—John D. Rocke
feller not only Is the richest man In
the world, but according to Candidate
Emery, of Pennsylvania, he controls
through hla various lieutenants some-
‘hlng like a twentieth of the wealth of
the country. The Pennsylvanian fig
ures out that the oil king through hta
interests In Insurance companies, In
dustrial corporations, mining compa
nies. banks and trust companies and
various smelter Interests haa control
of IS,200,008,000. This makes him not
alone the richest, but by long odds the
mo* powerful man In the world, and
the Rothschilds and othor names which,
for generations, have been synonymous
«lth sovereignty In high finance, In
comparison, sink Into the piker class.
It Is the proper thing at this anni
versary to remark that the day of the
oyster Is at hand. The first consign
ment of oysters for the season, which
opens tomorrow, are on the way from
Baltimore to New York, and the res
taurants are preparing to charge fancy
prices for the flrst product. Oyster
men differ In opinions aa to the quanti
ty and quality of this year’s crop.
Th« name of Jerry McAuley la to be
further perpetuated by a forty-foot
steam launch which will bear his name.
It will be launched next week, having
been built by the widow of the famous
evangelist, to be used exclusively for
missionary work along the water
from. The boat will have a handsome
pulpit and organ. It will be In charge
of the Bev. Peter Allen.
The theatrical world has been stirred
by the report that Mrs. Joseph Os-
bume, former friend of Mri. Leslie
Carter, now Mrs. Payne, and of Miss
Norma Munroe has become a bride. It
Is asserted she has taken for n hus
band Ernest Lawford, a comedian.
eat-grandchlldren, grandchildren
and children from all parts of the East
gathered at Meriden, Conn., today to
celebrate the I09th birthday of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hunt, of Brooklyn. Mrs.
Hunt, who went from Brooklyn to head
the celebration, was up bright and
early and was as chirpy as anv of her
younger descendants. A marked tribute
was paid to her by the city officials,
who had the town clock tolled 106
times In her honor.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Aug. 21.—At Washing
ton hotels:
ATLANTA—J. C. Clark and wife, F.
M. Hamilton at Riggs; Mrs. T. E. Rag
land, Major Ragland, W. E. Dob
bin and son at the New Willard;
Frank D. Holland at the Raleigh.
AUGUSTA—William F. Bowe kt the
Raleigh.
IN PARIS.
Paris, Aug. 31.—Mrs. Estelle Culley
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lincoln
Qately and Miss Julia Franklin, of
Georgia, registered at the office of the
European edition of the New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 31.
1290—Edward I exiled Jews from England
on penalty of death.
1*23—Henry V of England died. Bora Au
gust ». 1388.
1888—John Banyan, author of "Pilgrim’s
Progress," died.
1787—Jonathan Belcher, governor of Mean-
chusette and New Jersey, died. Itorn
MM;
1781—Washington and Rochnmbesn received
In Phllodelpbln. ,
1823—Galuahu A. Grow, wer-tlmo speaker of
the house, born.
1849—Convention at Monterey, Cel., to
frame atnte constitution.
I860—Queen Wllhelwlun of the Netherlands
born.
1887—Mrs. John Drew, famous actress, died.
Burn January 10, 1830.
1888 Colonel Henry, who forged erldenct
agnlnat Dreyfua, commuted suicide.
1901— Drapernto ntlncka of Jnpaneae at I.lao-
ynug repulsed by the lluaslans.
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27
s leader In tbe church. In speaking of as certain of bis defeat as 1 ever did
WORD OF APPRECIATION.
To the Editor of The Ocorglan:
I Irish to add my thanks with the
thousands of others to you for the
stand you have taken on the negro
question. May you live to see the day
when our dear Southland Is rid of this
black curse. I am ready to give my
life to the cause. For the love of heav
en do not let this thing drop until the
last black face is driven from nor
midst. Any',time I can be of service
to you In ant- way don’t fall to call on
me. (Respectfully.
2 O. H. BRAY.
R. F. D/No. S, Box 8.
A Colored Minister’s Views*
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I desire to commend the very able
editorial, "The Way to Save Our Wo
men.” And would like to call your
attention to the fact that the Anglo-
Saxon Is no more tired of this tirade
against womanhood than the better
element of negroes In the South.
For years negro mass meetings have
been held for the purpose of lifting the
negro and to have him cultivate a de
sire for higher morals and Industry,
but this element of negroes whose am
bition reaches Its senlth when an op
portunity presents Itself, to lay unholy
hands upon a woman are those who
not the sanctity of a home and
still less the dignity of labor. The negro
Whose head Is trained to think, hands
to work, and heart to love and adore
his Creator Is Just as far above com
mitting a fiendish crime as the Anglo-
Saxon Is above the Hottentot.
This lower class of negroes wlU for
ever remain unmoved. In spile of mob
law or Klu-KInx elan. The only way
to eradicate this lustful, fiendish crime
Is by the separation of the races.
Let tbe philanthropists of the North
who are lavishing their millions to su
perficially educate the negro of the
South, charter shins enough to trans
port them to the land of their ances
try and their millions will be better
spent. Every thinking negro knows
[hot some day this tidal wave of law
lessness will cause the floodgates of a
Justifiable passion to be torn asunder
and overwhelming deetructlon follow.
With the calmest Judgment the out
look for the negro In America Is either
emigration or extermination.
These ebnny-hued rapists are not
worthy to be called negroes. They are
fiends, brutes, beasts of tbe lowest type
clothed In the shadowy garb of a seem
ing humanity.
S. MELVILLE PITT,
Paster A. M. E. Church.
Lexington, Ga.
Will Return to 8weden.
M|sv!nl to Tbe ilt-irgliin.
Anniston. Ala., Aug. 31.—Fred A.
Wicks, one of the best known foreign
residents of this county and a local
vocalist of some note, has sold hit
farm of r,l acres and will leave in a
few weeks for his old home Hi Sweden,
after enjoying a sightseeing lour of
America.