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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Saturday*. m:pti:miii:i* s. iwo. 9 LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RACE QUESTION To the Editor of The Georgian: YVe are truly glad that the men of (joorgla arer'at last wide awake to the absolute necessity of protecting the women and girls of the state. We trust the agitation now aroused will «ot be evanescent. That It will grow strong and nourish and become as far* reaching In Its effects as It should do, and applied to the many abuses toi leted In the past, but which are now fast growing obsolete among people of the highest civilisation, culture and refinement.. It Is unfortunate, to draw It mildly, that men of the South class women politically with lunatics, Idiots and ^The fact that this Is true Is, how ever, a strong and telling argument in favor of the justice and expediency at tbls time for using every and alt means at their disposal to protect our women and gltls In every way. Our hands are tied and we cannot attempt to help ourselves without getting bndly hurt It Is much like the feet-btndlng Chinese children, only more eo. The Idea advanced that women should enrry a gun around Is fins, but not feasible. Why? Because women hare been taught to beware of guns, big and little, until they are almost afraid to look at one, let alone hand ling them. It certainly puts men in a very peculiar position to tell women to take care of themselves. Prom time Immemorial men have assumed the po* sltlon of protectors to the female por tion of their families. If It la distress ing to us to believe (hat all that Is but s fable, and we must take care of our selves, how dreadfully depressing It mu-t lie to the men. If we should start out with a gun ten to ono jve would be arrested for carrying con cealed weapons, for of course we can not wear It In a belt on the outside of out lovely costumes. If we carry guns we must change the style of our gar ments to conform to the necessities of the rase, end then the law against women wearing men’s apparel comes In force again to prevent. Women are generally In favor of spending every cent In the treasury for extra policemen and patrolmen, and If there Is not a sufficient amount Hoke Smith might he -asked to donate the revenue he receives from that charity har. The protection of women, as the law now stands, should be the llrst consideration, since men claim that "women are the preservers of the racial Integrity of the South." For that very reason If no other men should bend every energy to keep them -from harm nml should eld them In every way to Hcrnmpllsh the mission Imposed upon them by men. If permitted, however, we would ad vise our brothers to take special pains to secure only men of good morals; men who are total abstainers from the us- of intoxicants, tobacco and hurt ful drugs which debase all who us* them. It Is not only possible but highly pmhnble that women, white, black, red and yellow, will be In as great danger from the policemen as from the negro brutes unless they are men of good ehnrneler and standing In the commu nity. Men who control this country should carefully refrain from making bad matters worse right along this line. Gamblers, drunkards, libertines and men of generally bad character should not be considered In any capacity as protectors of Women. 1 am sure If Woman’s voice could b« heard In the councils the advice given would he: “Stop all this foolish talk about disfranchising the negro. It has •erved Its purpose In electing Hoko Smith to be governor of Georgia. It can do no further harm except to ex asperate the negro and cause him to commit crimes in retaliation.” Again. If the voters really wish to protect women, let them vote out of existence the traffic In Intoxicants. As a general rulo the women do not .want whisky and those who sufTer dally and hourly from the consuming outrage of the drunkard In the homo would say If they could with power: "Keep the deadly poison out of the reach of my husband, father, eon or brother, and, from the negro brutes whose passions are Inflamed by It when they commit their dastardly outrages." We cannot organise vigilance com mittees to co-operate with the pollen for If we tried It we would be driven back to our homes and called unwom anly women. We have never been per mitted to handle flrearms and would perhaps shoot the wrong man, but we do know that the licensed liquor traf fic of Atlanta and of Georgia Is the aeadlleat menace to us and to the children of the state. We ask that we be freed from this curse and then we will have peace. But can we depend upon the white man for protection, when the early law makers of Georgia servilely copied from the old English law "the Age of Con sent,” which made It legal to protect Georgia girls until they were 10 years old, and after that they must take care of themselves. Women want to know why that old law was never changed by the. legislators who came after wards. We want to know all about these matters which concern women so vitally. Our eyes nnd ears are wide open and we are anxious and willing to be In formed. Above and beyond all things, we want protection that does protect. M. L. M’LENDON. THE PHILIPPINES FOR NEGROES To the Editor of The Georgian: I would like very much to use a small amount of space In your valua ble paper to discuss or rather ex press my Ideas upon the serious ques tion of the negro. While'It Is necessary to admit that there are some good negroes, the bad ones are In so large a majority that we need only speak of the negro as a whole. It 'Is evident that education Is his fault, were It not for that fact he would not try to be the equal of the white, and education has only taught them the art of laxlness, and that brings- us down to the cause of all the trouble, ho being lesy, finds time tor all fanc£. ideas and breeds trouble In his desire for lust. Some years ago tho white race found It necessary to colonise'the Indian as It were, and we will find It necessary to do the same with the negro. Let us take time by the forelock and Instruct all our national repre sentatives to urge a bill for the col. onlzatlon of the negro In the Philip- pines. Give him exactly the same form of government that they have there now. B. Washington, governor, and let the race as a whole either sink ■ swim. The cry that the South can’t get along without them Is all bosh, for you can go to any farmer today and ask him his worst trouble and he will tell you that the lasy negro won't work. Henceforth let the cry of the South ern press be: The Philippines for the negro. The United States for the white. Yours truly, W. S. NEWCOMB. Dublin, Go. { Send the Negro North j The Negro Leader Must Cooperate. To the Editor of The Georgian: It has been many years since I have seen you (last In Jacksonville, Fla.), but I have always, ^vlth great pleasure, read after you, and I have to thank you for your last article seen by me In my Richmond Evening Journal of August 29, "The Reign of Terror Must End." I think every Intelligent Southern man (who only truly knows the ne gro) will agree with the plan you pro pose, viz., "Invoke the full, fearless and Impassioned co-operation of the negro against the lust of his own crim inals." If this can be done. For while, as you say, "the negro editors, teach ers nnd preachers, will mildly admit that they condemn the rapist,” they vigorously and viciously condemn the lynching and rush to the Northern clt- to protest and denounce the lynch ing and I venture to say, oftener than otherwise do not mention the crime The truth Is, down In the heart of 99 per cent of the negro race Is a feeling of resentment against the white race and a self-assertion that "I am just as good as any white man on earth,” and It Is plainly to be seen that their whole effort le for social equality. Halted In thle effort their natural re sentment In many cases leads them to wound the white race In Its most sacred part. My observation leads me to believe that In the great majority of the negroes the white man has an enemy, and well as the Southern man knows the negro, he is the most ready and easiest to be Imposed on and to be made to believe In the apparently hum ble assertion of the negro that he Is not his enemy, but his friend. Why should he not be? What can the white men get from the negro of any profit with certainty? While certainly the negro gets from the white man 90 per cent of all his profits and favors. I have had largh experience with the (Southern) negro. He Is as cunning as a monkey, a smaller experience with the Northern one I have found as Im pudent as the devil. You and I, my dear sir, will never live to see this matter amicably arranged, but I ex pect and hope that my grandchildren will. I hope peaceably, but I fear forci bly. One thing Is certain. If the whole country Is not getting Its full of the negro and negro question It's getting at least a large amount of It, and no one can tell when It will get Its plenty. This Is an Inexhaustible Subject and could be reviewed from numberless K tnts. It Is not my Intention to en- *ge on It, but to thank you for your efforts, and all like you who write the truth nnd make honorable endeavors to correct the conditions and not the orles that confront us. Cordially and sincerely, your friend, W. W. DAVIES. Chase City, Va. Educate the White Masses. To the Editor of The Georgian: The people of Georgia are beginning to look upon you aa the truest expres- *lon of Southern Ideals, and the ablest exponent of Southern sentiment. Your paper, The Georgian, Is destined to be come the great paper of the South. The people everywhere are hungry for a clean, fearless, vital dally newspaper— a paper that stands for something be- ■Idea sensational news and partisan politics. I notice also that many think ing people are eubstltutlng The Geor gian for all other dallies. Believing that you ran command and hold the nttentton pf the people of this ■tate nnd of the South more firmly than any other Georgian, I appeal to you upon n subject which carries the hopes of the present and the destinies of the future. This question, this subject, Is that of the education of the white masses in Georgia. We need—we must hove—a campaign of education In every community. In every village and in every city In this state. We “ant It to begin' now. We want It to he Vital, kindling an Irresistible, con- ■untlnx tire, growing brighter and high er until the great danger which now threatens us shall have disappeared. I Inclose a map. The black spots represent counties In which there are more blacks than whites attending the public schools. If you have atudled the last report of the state school com missioner you have seen that there are very few counties In the entire state “hlrh have more than a bare major- [*>' ,lf white children In the public ■chools. Did you notice the report of the schools of Bibb county? Hsre the ™r»l schools showed a considerable decrease In white attendance. The city •ehoola showed only a very alight In crease In white attendance. For tho colored race the rural schools and the ct<y schools showed a very large In crease. The same may be said of many counties where the population of the two races Is aobut equal. Tho fact !’■ ’"c negroes are Intensely Interested getting educated while the whites f. r f, ccitnlnaliy careless nnd woefully indifferent. The negroes are rapidly iniMiiiiiHimniiii acquiring wealth, or property, rather, In both farms and town and city prop erty. The white Methodists and Bap tists here worship In church** that cost leas than 12,000, while the negroes have just about completed an edifice at a cost of 24.000. They ride In buggle* as line as any owned by the whites, and they are learning to order goods from mall order houses. They are tak ing papers and they are reading them. They are buying good books and they are studying them. I see something else that alarms me. I see white farmers coming to town rtding by the side of negroes In the latter's buggies. I see negroes riding with white men In their buggies. I see them chatting together on. the streets and In the lots, not as one talks with an Inferior, but apparently on terms of equality. This Is the case only where Ignorance of the whites predom inates. What doea It mean? Does It point to negro supremacy or to amal gamation of the race*? I hnve had the good fo,-tuno to min gle freely with the masses In south west Georgia for the last fifteen years. I have lived In Lee, Thomas, Mitchell. Grady, Decatur and Calhoun counties. Conditions vary very little. Wherever you find the whites better educated you will aleo And that the negroes have likewise progressed. What are we going to do about It? Are we going to sit with Idle and empty hands—arc we to remain with apathetic Intellects and unresponsive hearts— while our people, our sons and our daughters, sink Into a state of-lnfe rlorlty nnd dependence more galling and Ignoble than death or exile? I have never met you, but I have been reading after you for fifteen years, and 1 feel that I know you Intimately. And I am writing you because J believe you can and will Inaugurate some plan—keep In motion some sort of force—thnt will cause a 'Tattling of the dry bones” In our public school sys ''Sole—The map spoken of elsewhere which I promised to Inclose I have been unable to And; but If y*)U will Bracelets of Beauty The new bracelets! Tliev are things of beauty, and utipqualed for smartness of effect. Never in the history a Southern jewelry shop have there been more or prettier bracelets shown than in the line ,we are now dis playing. Tlie style-range is as wide as the tastes of woman kind. The run of prices is in harmony. You can get a jeweled baud for four figures or a tastefully simple oma- I'enf for one—just to suit your fancy. New things every dav now. Come in and have a at them. Maier & Berkele examine the report of the etate school commissioner you can easily locate them. The map referred to wae one of my own design and only enabled one to get a forceful view of the sit uation. Very respectfully, S. R. BLANTON. Arlington, Ga., Aug. 26, 1906. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, To the Editor of The Georgian: Before using so much time and tem per on the question of negro disfran chisement, would it not bo well to in vestigate the question as to whether the fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments to our constitution were legally passed upon by the states? It would certainly be Interesting to many of your reader* if you would give the his tory and exactly what happened, ac cording to the record, when these amendments were presented to the various states of the Union for ratifica tion or rejection. So far as 1 have been able to ascertain, the fourteenth amendment was ratified by 23 Northern states, rejected by Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and not acted upon by Cali fornia. What was the attitude and were tho other Southern states not named above given on opportunity to act on It? If not, why not? If they did not act upon It, can It be said to be legally adopted. It not being adopted by three-fourths of the states? The judgment of the sword was that no Southern state was out of the Union. If In the Union, how could they be deprived of their constitutional right to adopt or reject any amendment of the constitution? If they acted upon It through military government, it was certainly not the voice of the people of those states. It does seem to me that such question being made before the supreme court of the United State* In a case properly made, that that court, which always emphasize* the right* of the states in it* opinion*, when that question 1* Involved, would be obliged to decide tha^ neither the fourteenth nor fifteenth amendment were properly passed upon and adopted by three- fourth* of the state* of the Union. A* to the fifteenth amendment, we know that It was not acted upon by Tennes see; rejected by California, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and Oregon, but ratified by the remaining thirty states, New York rescinding Its ratification on January 6. 1870. It will be well worth your time to take up each Southern state and the record of just what they did a* to ratifying or rejecting these amend ments. A surprise is In store for the one who probes this to the bottom. In my opinion. BILL O. WRIGHTS. Atlanta, Sept. 4, 1906. To the Editor of The Georgian: As your paper appears to be Just n readiest medium for nlrlng opinions on the moe question, permit me to submit a sug- f esttou which I have loug thought— In mnn ■linking and writing on the subject—fur nishes the most practical, the most di rect, nml the most effective means of re lieving the acuteness of the southern situa tion, nml. perhaps. eventually of ridding the whole country of the much vexed, much discussed, nml ever preseut "negro problem. In ill! the various comment upon your masterly editorials, nnd the discussion evoked thereby, no oue has proposed this, to my mind, very simple and very wise expedient for the south; namely, tor the south to adopt another class of Inlior and turn the negro over to the philanthropists of tho north. If this hail l»een done thirty years ago. It would hnve l»een far better for the south and for the Auglo-Knxon race In America. Hut haring lost so much time In traveling the wrong direction, It Is all the more urgent that the south should reverse her course ns soon ns pos- slide, for "when n thine 1* wrong, each day’s delay compounds the cost of rlght- ‘ ig It." In the judgment of the deepest nnd sin- cerest thinkers on this subject, the only way to get rid of the "negro problem is to get rid of the negro, nml for this end two methods present themselves, deporta tion nnd extermination. The most recent echoes.of the northern nnd southern press foreshadow the probability thnt the doml nnnt race In this republic must soon eon front the alternative of ships or bul let* for the negroes. For seven years, the writer has been the perslsteut and Insistent Advocate of the "ships" horn of the dilem ma, thus listing myself among the "Idle dreamers" so sniffed nt l»y the "practical” folks. Though still rooted In the liellef that, In this ns In other things, where there Is n will there Is always n way for the Anglo-ftnxon: nnd too loyal an Amerlcsil to think there Is anything oar country couldn't do If It "set Its head." It Is not my pur pose now to discuss the feasibility of the deportation scheme, one thing Is l»eyond Controversy: It Is certainly not within the province of the south to deport her super abundant negro population beyond the seas; this can only come ahont. If ever, by Fed eral legislation, and I do not need to re mind your renders how little voice the south has had In shaping Federal policies since the Civil war. The only thing the south can do lu this matter nt preseut, nnd this. If she Is wise, she will do. Is to encourage by every means In her power, the migration of tier surplus negroes to northern states, thereby bringing about a racial equilibrium Iwtween the two halves of the country, and lifting this dark prob lem from Its sectional setting, and placing It where It rightfully belongs, among na tional Issues. Much has been said In regsrd to the north's Ignorance of the negro, and we have wasted much time and eloquence In efforts to enlighten her ns to hts true char acter. The North has never been so Ig norant about the negro, aa Indifferent to a subject which she felt concerned her so remotely. And nothing will carry eonvlc- be northern mind quite ao effect- a notable Increase In their negro population. Within the Inst five years there has been a wonderful Influx of nmrroe* to northern cities, nml to this fact, far more than to southern preachments, Is due that "sudden revulsion In northern sentiment" toward the negro we hear eo much about these days. Send them a few more ne groes. nml Instead of northern congressmen introducing bills for the reduction of southern representation, we shall have some wlso-acre from the region of nd- >as cutting the Gordian knot of litY with a govarnmontal scheme for tho "safe and peacenblo" removnl of the offending African from our midst. Who does not know thnt the motion must come from the northern end of the country. If It Is to carry Hny weight In congress? The suggestion of the Atlanta northern capitalist'^ lu your Issue of August 27, foy southern Democrats to force a negro ue- portntlon plank Into the platform upon which they purpose to hoist Mr. Bryan, nml to elect lenders to both houses of congress who will whoop It up in debate, la ail vera wall aa fgr ga it goes, but every southern,delegate In,congress knows thnt It will not go further than the com mittee room, while the bulk of the negro imputation resides In southern states nnd the north feels It Is not her "fnneral." In this, the north Is only doing whnt the south would do. If the positions were re versed. It Is humtn nature. Nobody takes his neighbor’s trouble* very much to heart until tne same trouble Is brought home to him—then ho Is all attention and sym pathy. And the aoath la greatly to blame for tho average northerner s complacent assumption that climatic nnd economic con ditions will forever fix the negro a habltn- tlon south of the Mason and Dixon line. We have dung to him amidst all dis couragements, hugging the hoary delusion that we could not get along without him, nnd serving notice on the north to "hands off" the southerner a problem. Shades of the southern slain, does the past show that the south has gotten along ao very well with the negro? And U/lif get ting along so well with blni today? Yon. Mr" Editor. In your terrible arraignment of the rapists, hnve furnished the best answer to the Inst query. ... „ . And what will you do? You have called .. mass meeting of citizens to consider ways nnd means to end J™**. Tebni of terror," nnd doubtless even In the midst of It, speeches will be heard at the meeting reiterating, parrotllke, the old formula: it the north will let us alone, we will so ve the negro problem. And how will you solve it? Will you proceed In the old way with the rope, the pistol and the torch? Surely, the wisest nnd most thoughtful among na realize that we can not keep up this sick- eiilng program Indefinitely. No matter how abhorrent the crime, how Just the wrath which metes out the punishment, all thoughtful persona know that continuous participation In mob violence, coarsens nml liestlnllseN tU» participants, sml wl|l more ituf.lv degrade mir tieonlc to the lev.l of GIVE THE FARM BOYS A CHANCE, To the Editor of The Georgian: Being a close and appreciative reader of your editorials, and appreciating the brave stand you take on every ques tion of Importance to the people, I write to you of a question that has, to me, been neglected In connection with our state fair. Why not give the town boys a chance? Why not offer prises that will encourage them to some lines of work they are In position to develop 1 Our country cousins dre allowed to grow fine pumpkins, melons, com and potatoes, for which they receive honors, of which they may be justly proud. Alt of this I am glad exists, fay whnt Is more honorable than tilling the soil where some of our greatest men started successful live,? Still would the man agement nqt give our town boys some encouragement? There are plenty of lines that might be suggested as profitable to not only the ones who take part In the contest, but the general public. For Instance, along mechanical lines—a piece of ma chinist’s work, a steam englno or draw ings for same, cabinet work, furniture finishing, electrical apparatus, forging, or a skillful piece of moulding. This would be of great help to me, who wishes to employ young men. What we need Is natural talent, de veloped. Contestants would be limited as to age and experience, to be decided by competent men. Reepectfully, A MECHANIC. Atlanta, Ga., Sept, g, 1101. TRUE VERSUS ERRONEOUS EVANGELISM j To the Editor of The Georgian: In The’ Georgian of the 25th Instant there appeared an article under the above caption. The writer’ sums up with the statement that man Is saved by “belief, baptism and oral confea Sion." This Idea of salvation was the best that man could devise probably 800 years ago. At that time mankind was densely Ignorant, knowledge was con fined to but a few, and what there xvas of knowledge or education was based upon the Ignorance of slaves, which Ignorance was exploited and turned Into huge temples, In which the Igno rant worshiped an unknown god—In belief." Belief, then. Is a solace for want of knowledge, and to Insist that man shall always and shall have no other creed or can be saved In no other way than by "belief,” Is to condemn the race to Ignorance, and to the old pagan creed, "I believe." Paul said of these, "Him (God) whom ye Ignorantly worship, Him declnrc I unto you.” .Paul hfid got knowledge, consequent ly he was not saved by belief or Igno rance, and his saying above quoted made It Impossible for Ignorance or "I believe" to be saved. I believe,” then, stands for satisfied Ignorance, and not for salvation. To say that man can not be saved unless he Is as ignorant as were the slaves of (00 or maybe 2,000 years ago. Is to make all knowledge and the refine ment which goes with It a useless luxury. When we have knowledge .We can not "believe” even If we wish to. So If "belleF la esaential to salvation, knowledge Is essential to damnation. Knowledge has so broadened the minds IHHHIimHIMIHIIIHHWilllHHIHIMHHMMmHHIHIHtHHimmiHHHIlffI The South Approves The Georgian’s Stand. • MM—l «•■•••«• To the Editor of The Georgian. I desire, with the others who have expressed themselves through the col umns of your excellent paper, to say that not only I but 1 verily believe the whole South Is quite a unit In accord and sympathy with your noble and manly editorials which have from time to time since the Copenhlil outrage appeared In the columns of The Geor gian. Why do not all the papers of the South take up the refrain and sing this song of redemption with the xeal nnd seat of The GeorglanI It seems to me the people of the South have borne this curse long enough, and that to submit longer to this deadly upas which Is, perforce, blighting the very fountain head of the purest Anglo-Saxon race under the sun would justly subject us to the contempt of patient but self-respecting humanity everywhere, and the matter should be settled permanently and at once. For one, I have no patience for any of the propositions for remedy ad vanced thus far noted short of depor tation or annihilation. Who that reads has not scanned the papers In vain for some token of sympathy or some evi dence of a desire on the part of the leaders of the colored race to assist the officers of the law In their ef- forts to capture these vile criminals? What an opportunity at their recent great convention held In your city the leaders of the black race had for good and allowed It to go by default, not a word of Importance having been spoken In condemnation of the crime. It cannot be said they overlooked it. unless Intentionally ao, because the matter must have been fresh In their minds. What little was said would have best been unsaid. Bo far from rendering any assistance, they have about gone the limit In the opposite direction and, have abetted and en couraged them. If not by word or ac tion, then by their silence, and In shielding them from a punishment which at Its worst could by no possi ble means compensate for this hell- hatched crime. Do these people real ise that they are standing upon the erdsty crater of a volcano now danger ously nearing eruption, which, when It bursts forth, will as surely engulf the whole race as If the thing had al ready happened? I note the long list of merchants who condemn the proposed Ku-Klux Klan. They are a body of excellent citizens, but by no means do they rep resent the masses. Th* masses are determined this thing shall stop, but would Indorse even Ku-Kluxlsm as a means of last resort. Yours truly, RUBE HAYSEED. Bolton, Ga. of man that ho knows that there Is a God, or what this word stands for. Knowledge has revealed this God to us through a knowledge of the world nnd the laws which govern It. So that as Paul says. In knowledge alone can we rightly worship God at all. Con sequently, salvation consists In acquir ing knowledge, and not In going to sleep over "I believe," or the Ignorance of the past. The next condition Is "baptism." This word has not lulled the world to peace ful slumbers, other than such slumber as soldiers seek on the field of battle. It Is a contentious word, and Is but a repetition of "I believe.” The reason that It is contentious la because as an English word It Is a misnomer, or misnamed. It Is simply the Greek word spelled In English, and transplanted Into the English language without a definition. It la not translated into English the same as other Greek words. The Greek word means to wash clean with water, or to infuse Into the mass, the material used In tho fusion, which may be any fusible material. To dip, to sprinkle, to Immerse, stand for the operation of washing, not separately, but all together. Jesus had traveled In the desert; He was soiled In per son, and John washed His body clean in Jordan. That Is all there is in It. Heaven Is peopled with people with clean bodies and Is what Jesus and John wished to Impress upon the peo ple. You look about us and we will find that as a rite baptism Is a misera ble failure. Tho agitation of the plumb- ers to compel tho people to have bath tubs In their houses Is more In the direction of salvation than the creed. Paul found the Corinthians baptizing as a rite, as Is done today by the churches, nnd he condemned It, nnd said that Christ sent him into tho world not to baptize (rite), but to preach the gospel. "Confession,” too, saves! This Is an other repetition of ”1 believe," for no one "knows" that It does. If God knows all things, nnd I find from my knowledge of the world that He does, what hnve we to tell Him that He does not know? Tell him in this way that we are sorry? He knows all about us, which Is more than we know by a long jump. It mokes us feet good? Doubtless! If feeling good Is a sign of salvation, n whole lot of Hoke Bmlth followers are saved on the same line, and It Is probable that a few of them could own nnd use a bath tub to advantage to complete their religious education. In n world of Ignorant people, salvation from the Ills of life can not get beyond the “1.believe" plan, and as It satisfies them In their condition. It la their ex clusive property, and granting the right of Individual preferences, we would not. If we could, and could not If we would, disturb thorn In the possession of It. In a world of education, knowledge satisfies and Ignorance can not sup plant It. The article quoted states that "belief, baptism (rite), confession'’ saves, and It ends there, and properly so, for all of this Is "belief.” Good will, affection, truthfulness, charity, kind ness, etc., being based on knowledge, arc, of course, not necessary to salva tion. The only purpose of knowledge is to enable a few to see that Igno rance is saved, and thnt the possessor* of this knowledge are lost! Christ and God for example. Every Meeting moment of time con quers the past, nnd In turn is con quered by Us successor. To try to exist on the past Is to perish with It. W. A. JOHNSON. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 29, 1905. TWO FI8HERMEN. ■rmeti. lost distressed In s terrible manner Maid fiaherninn one, "goon we’ll lie out of sight. loii'd lietter make ready lo put out yer light; At Inst, we must furl the I sinner. In other words." sold fisherman two, )ly dear old friend, we've got to skldoo.” Maid llshenmn one. "O me. O my. I've lieen sneh n dn-ndfnl sltmer;" •Sold fisherman two. with n broken sigh. And n pleading look and n tearful eye, "That Trent I'd er had for dinner:’ Two fishermen then went under the s*n: Poor fishermen two! Resolute twenty- ’lure! -EM A ANGLIN VERNE. lint the beat argument agnlnat barrenness of result; It does not stop the ' 'would you evoke gehersl race war? Ilneo war In the south today would aet haek ths clock of progress for us another half century. *I\'liy not sdont the more peaceable and hlnodlena expedient of trans ferring the rattle of nil this trouble to thnt end of the renntry which H chief Irre- snomdhlc for It? Impracticable? Well, have you ever tried It? I Ini there ever been a determined nnd nynterantlied effort to Induce the negro to lento the south? on the contrary, hnve not the movements looking lownrd thin end received active op- position In the past? Even now, ore not fa'W MV^raotf IrK "i&T.lmugh the census return* for 1900 allow leas than three-tenths of the entire agricultural labor of the south performed by negroes. Tho south can not retainI the empathy of the world In her wrestling with this black problem, If she iierslsis In thla Inconsistent course. If the negroes are ns Wirkniwe have painted them, we should certainly , r y cverv peaceable and legitimate means to get rid of them. or. nt lenst. enough of them to mlnlmxle the menace to our civili zation. Have we done this? Conditions just now are peculiarly favor- nldc to such a prelect. The negroa dlsant- lafnetlon with southern home rale, nil dis satisfaction toward tho cotton fields, more than all. his Increasing hostility toward everything southern, would lurllne him I seek new fields for his talents. The rti rnl districts of the north will never, per- bans, attract any considerable number of negroes. Intt whnt field so alluring to the educated end ambitious negro na northern cities? The disfranchising nets of the southern states will give n migratory Im- puloe to the politically aspiring negroes, and It Is this clsss particularly which the aoath would be glad to epere. lad south. t>ruer* one* nwike up their minus thnt the iMitith nml the negro have come to the■ part ing of the way*. nml expedient* will liot l*e Ineklltg to iireompllsli the MJMinttlo*. Hr nil menu*. enforce yonr "more on low for the Idle, nnd nee to It thnt when ei,,, v ,i 0 move on. they nre headed north- wnrd. lm we seek revenge In, this? Nay. justice still the best results. "Turn ahont Is fair Play" the world over, nml the north nhoold take her tarn with the heavy end of the "white mnn n burden. Moreover. If the north doesn't like the iiegmc* when nhJ iTetn them, she nm do whnt the •oath ran not—she ran ship them ont of the country. .. , Yon do well to nrtn your women; first fcnctiing them to nlm scrunitelir. Your tilnn to enfl*t the nwperatlon of colored t earlier* nml preaihers In your crusade ngnlimt their « rlm»ual», won n wise move; Witt-' from the of diplomacy only, iu llkelpr to be productive of any practical rraulm In whnt you seek to accomplish. The fewr half hearted and perfunrtory ut teraneca of the negro tMcbcra wise enougii to express such will hardly rountcr-lwil snee the tremendous Influence of tho con- donement—not to sty, hero worshtp~wlilrh the negro mplst has so long received from all classes of his own race. I presume you observed, Mr. Editor, that, despite your warning to the colored Busi ness Lengur recently convened lu your city, not to Indulge In oVr-tnach denun ciation of lynching, their president confined his condemnation of the criminals to * Imre recognition of a very patent fact— "the negro Is committing too tnsny crimes" —coupled wtlh ft mild disapproval of the snme, while he devoted much space nml energy to the enormities of lynch law, nnd the economic advantage to tne negroes of a residence In the south. Hooker Washington has mingled much with the philanthropists of the north, and doubtless understands better than the most that his surest hope of obtaining aid from them for his cause and his people Is to keep the philanthropists and the negroes as widely separated ss possible. lienee we And Hooker Washington olwnyt Insisting. In season ond out, that the negroea must remain In the south. Yet, 1 think you will ngree with me, Mr. Editor, that, great ns he Is as n lender of his own race, nml Inflated ns he appear* to be by the flattering attentions of northern notables, the Tuskcgra oracle la hardly ripe for the role of "dictator" for southern white men. They, nnd not he, will decide tho question whether the negroes will remain In the south, and ss one who yields to none In devotion to the southland, I sin cerely trust they will decide It in the nega tive. '•••••••••••••••••••I The South’s Problem. "'"Wre-NilS RILEY HALE. HAVE AROU8ED THE PEOPLE. To the Editor of The Georgian. This Is not a time for the discussion of questions with the negro. If such a time hss been In the past, more’s the pity. The Interests, the condition, the conduct of the negro rosy and should 1m? dlacussed among white men, hnt experience ha* taught us that on the forum la no place for the negro when matter* of !ntcre*t to tho country are Involved, and especially wbeu Southern In terests are the topic. And for this reasou It matters not whnt the subject may be, or bow well Informed the negro writer or speaker may be, so mali cious has die grown—and be hss been "grown" some time—that his discussion Is warped bv prejudice, poisoned by that envy thnt mnrks the consciously Inferior, and nr woefully untruthful that we lose all pa tlence as arbiters seeking for fslr conclu sions, ami refuse to hear or consider. The time haa come when the negro, as a negro, should be put out of the question. Tho "problem." os a problem, Is no i»rob- loui. The affairs of Georgia, of the Routh, of the country, engage ua nnd let us "be nlMuit our fathers’ business." Problems confront us, serious matters must be met, considered and disposed of; the negro enters Into snme of them, ami be Mhould lie dlaimoed of Judiciously and fairly, bnt regardless of his nolens volens. Thla we claim liecnnse we live In n white man’s country, and under n white man's government. Tbls la essentially and Irre vocably true; then why tamper longer with th* questlou? Fort* years of experience aup- . rusted. In any sense. And the ciaftnm J based not upon the ground of Ignorance nnd uiitltness. bnt on the showing made by the lenders, the educated of the ram Hear the speaker of that race. However "whltis brotherly" he may attempt to grow, howl ever sugar-coated his generalisations when In the henring of white men—when sepnklng •*fn* .iitl.lliiaHiin" rat thnuialuuit lila aaiKnl.. Is'St iii*n In the land for roa.srvatlvc coun cil liy lilack leader,: for pacific utti'rnnr-a nnd temperate advice. These tM L-roafi lit the bcnil of lbs macnilne are senclltn; eut monthly an Installment of hitter ilantuicla- thin, luaoloiit Insult and hellish tnlsehissl hitnlnat the white praplo which they know uniat only serve to fire the hnlf anvace na ture. of the race, and rentier more Intolera ble their meanneoa. Ainnxshlo of this mut ter are prluted auxcestlous In various wavs of the real Inferiority of the white rate. The ueiiro haz prior elnlm to illatlneihui. even from the foundation of the world. The last that there Is lu iminnij nature Is titu neero'a; the worst thnt evil cculus enn eon- eelre to lie la lu the white hluod. Tha mettihers!il|p of mane of the negro ehttrehes recently passed resolutions tle- nouncliut lawlessness nmoin* t„e race, de claring agnlnat giving hiding or comfort to dheuiitlnwandtiriiuiUlnn' aid In bringing slop. criminals to jnatlre. ther; they should take lettce these lietterle, of dlscunl that keen up an Initialling lire all the time against tha white puiple. While all tbl. Is going on tho good p, In every eonmmnlty are practicing fieri ance, urerlootlag constant affront sometimes open lusult uu the part of* and vulgar blanks, who are nil the i keeping sbreast of the limit of eadnrn seeudug to gauge their encroachment t file To the Editor of The Georgian: Tour recent auperb editorial* upon the aubject of negro outrage* have nrouzed the people to the danger* of the altuatlon. Continue the good work until every county In th* atate and every militia district shall have organ ized into vigilance committees to sup- press this heinous crime. Much haa been said about apqedy trials, but as the law now stands n conviction of an aanault with Intent to commit this dia bolical offense amounts to little more than an advertisement of the offender. Let the governor call the legislature In extra session to consider this grave matter, and let that body enact lawa adequate to tha occasion. As the law now stands, an assault with Intent to commit a rape Is pun ishable by Imprisonment In the peni tentiary for a term not less than one nor more than twenty years. This penalty la not commensurate with the crime. Let the legislature make the. --■- . . . ... slightest effort to commit this rrime : £3*JSmilae' tiire"thnt" f |t , t!i rt!IPv‘ t !fr bl ?h? y t,mniI’ £f nd the a '‘.°,.!!rr t t h ,r " ihMe ” "m-mbS a?V^„f!rlm dut> of the JudRe* of the nuperlor rnra rx»»w too Insolent." "An nruunl ihishu court* to convene the court* u* soon - " *• *■*-*-■ a* a Jury can be Impaneled to try the offender, and do It with such speed that It will amount to keeping the court* open all the time for the trial of these cases; and make it a felony to know the fact that one of these devils ha* com mitted the offense without reporting It to the officer* of the law; and make the migratory villain* carry a pass port, a* ha* been suggested. Respectfully, # THOMAS B. IRWIN. Marietta, Ga., Aug. 28, 1906. naan? could atone for, and no amends could amend. Throughout It all there Is n wall against the .shortcoming*, defined nnd Ini- sfiuery, that "retard the progress of a raee." Never an open, innniy deliverance. If one, wheu! If one, where? Now. when hla auditor# are his own race, mark hla deliverance#. Every line pulsatea with spleen: every word Is a brand to Influ ence and Intensify the hatred of the Ignor ant of the race, in the Uliu*ufisiou of the question of "the scarcity of farm Inlsw," on ••dltortnl In ft negro mnguzlne for Hcntemfier admitted "* deplorable lock of farm hands, v and after claiming that "once ne- S o labor was plentiful In the country dls- Icta of the Mouth, and there was never a ore |M>ncef!il and more con- — . laborer* than the stnwnrt men nml sturdy mothers of the jolly black raee," charged up against the white race murders, lynching*, peonage, wbitecapplng. rlutlngnngs, forced Ignorance nnd a verita ble reign of terror snu tyranny ns the "fenr- fnl orgies’* thnt brought shout the "hegtra of negroes from the ronntry to the towns." Then the editorial goes on to declare that "all over the Moutlilatid a white mnu will riwot down a negro with almost ns much Indifference as he would display In shoot ing a dog." nnd then It nsHerts thnt his trial for tnd deed Is a farce, the prosecuting "would as soon go gunning for .. chicken thief ns fiw any thing else." Agnln: "A negro ptatol-toter Is worse before the law than a white murderer." Aud this from n publication that shwb! stand for the l>o*t there la lu the race; thnt should strive to Emigration or Extirpation? To tho Editor of Th* Georgian: »r ,1... . At a *»thertn* of negroes In \Vn> 'whlti-f F* t " n vlty n few week* ago, Gain n the burly black "bishop" who Itv* Atlanta, was especially loud In mentlng and denouncing tha lyni tag of negroea by the white men of I South, but had no word of condemna tion for the raping of w hite women and children by negro men. UovauKt- editor of The Georgian. Mr. Gra: ha* been eo peralatent nnd vigor a denouncer of thla railing habit the beoetly roco to which Gaines be long*. and *o ably and fenrteeely ad vocate* the only sure means of per manently saving our women from be ing sacrificed to Its hellleh lu»t, tjul made Mr. Graven the epertgl object hts strictures. Almost at the very h when Gaines won thus Inveighing against Mr. Graves and the defenders of the white women and glrl.s of tho South, a negro was raping a while girl but a short distance from Gain, b ho In Atlanta. I desire to know If t fact has been noted by you. The negro seems to be the only ri tag race In the world today, and w year the coming of the rap s.-a, furnishes more and wore evidence the fact that we are fostering and , ucntlng a race of rapist*. wS pi- ence restrains the liberty and Imperils the persons and lives of our women and^ children. How long will a course bo lnexpro* bly foolish be continued by the people of the South? How many more women nnd ehlldr will have to be ruined by the.— In-tful beasts before the whtto people or this country utter the stern an.! unalterable decree that this Iuml of ours Bhall lie freed from the awful curse of their eiiiteniierlng nml fuBterliijt the enmity nml hatred of the Ixtmrnnt tdneka, for whom : these agitators themselves have less eoa- Khlerallon, less symiailhy Hum the white This, too, after plea upon plea ut the presence, either by < tlrpatlon? I would ask If yoi Gaines, the negro bl book some years ago gests miscegenation r tie the race problem TH. >M A iware that ubltshed oh he sug- ■ ay to set- S KINGSI'URD. Savannah, August 2T. I9u5.