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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
RATI'ItIIAY, KfcPTEMHER IS, \M.
LETTERS FROM CEORqAN READERS. WITH ESPECIAL REEERENCE TO THE RACE QUESTION
A VOICE FROM t hOUSAND MILES.
thf Editor of The Georgian:
■ have for a long time nd-
iLt the editor of your impel- for the
an j bold way In which he stands
""for what he thinks to he right. I
"f‘ had the good fortune to receive
•f' rai copies of your paper, and I
El. taken more than the ordinary In-
**”. taken by residents of the North
I'T vest In your cdllorlnl entitled
Sje Beign of Terror for Southern
n-emen " a» well as several others on
Sf same subject, for the reason that,
lahough I am thousands of miles from
S'.”ntace of action, I still have friends
iaH loved ones In your beautiful city of
Kianta and throughout the South. I
A .. heartily agree with you on this
were question, thut "It Is lamentable.
deplorable. It Is awful, but It Is n
Elf W e may as well face It with.
Zo evasion and without apology." i
PS, read with great Interest your
“Tral editorials on tills subject, and
I. I have my admiration of the edi-
r. The Atlanta Georglnn. ns a
w nh the courage of his conVIc-
grows much stronger. However,
t Inclined to believe that the hor-
Lhie attacks upon the white women
he south by those black Bends can
net be obliterated by changing the
Tede or form of punishment. If lynch
er and burning at the stake does not
HL, .he effect of preventing further
Kits, then nothing will. (I wish to
av here that I am by no means In
favor of lynch law. and I do not be
have the editor of your paper or any
'Vh,r respectable Southern white map
t, but I ran not help sympathizing
«ith the lvnchers when I think of the
crime that provokes It.) You can not
rare the effect without first removing
the cause. It Is a well-demonstrated
fact that two different races of man
fin not live In the same country on
anything like equal basis and live In
Deace especially where there Is as
L„'«on iiPtuTPn them as between
nn<l order, must nnd would brine about n
demoralized and chaotic state of affairs.
are forty yenra ahead of the ku-klnx
klnii remedy; let us set accordingly
file old bjiw that an ounce of prevention
Is worth n pomal of cure holds gild in tills
cose also. Enforce the vagrancy law
uub'Vlhe Idle negro go to work, t^lose an
work. Close up
breeding places
usl ond depravity. And
LV'^^^r^ihiTVe'SYnft cfi52
tip the Iwr r.sim. That alone would go n
!"!!f ”" y t0 "" rd •“Ivlng this perloua pro!.-
The Georgina Is right In saying that we
|y. r r , l r er r f M 11 f»« co-opprntlon of th*
leadsra of the negro rnee la stamping out
d*S crime ngnlnat our .Southern women.
The negro iiuliilt nnd press Is ronccrneil
almost exclusively with the lynch law. glv'
Ing small consideration tu the erlmo that
-Menders the name.
But I believe the negro la beginning to
S 1 7^^^ ,h t^! t r» , Jr*»tcon
large'gap between them as between
,V, whites nnd blacks of the South.
The superior of the two Is bound to hold
iway over the Inferior, nnd the In
ferior Is bound to rebel against the
rulings of the uuperlor. This, I be
lieve has been well demonstrated since
the negroes of the South have been
free Ami If I am not mlataken, mat
ters' are very fastly growing Worse.
Then If the two races can not live to
gether In peace and harmony, I be-
5eve that "when In the course of hu
man eventa It becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political
lands which have connected them with
gnnther • • • a decent reapect
to the opinions of mankind requires
that they should declare the causes
which Impel them to the separation.”
*11 people are endowed by the Creator
with certain unalienable rights, and
Among these are "Life, liberty nnd the
pursuit of happiness.” There Is but
one solution of this problem. Either
the whites or the blacks must emi
grate. Which shall It be? How can
we put the Philippine IslandB to a
better advantage than to colonize the
Bine or ten million negroes now In the
failed Staten there? Of course this
tan not he done by the South alone.
This question Is. as a matter of fact,
oithough not recognised by many, the
most Important question that Is to be
solved by the American people, and It
should not be a sectional one. Of
nurse It will take time to bring the
majority of the people of the North
and West to the same conclusion, but
1 believe public opinion Is slowly, but
mrely, changing. And when the time
l> ripe, that la, when there are enough
el the public back of the movement. It
will be but little trouble to send the
negro to the Philippine Islands or Any
other suitable or desirable place. And
1 not only believe that this would be a
great thing for the white people of the
South and the United States generally,
but It would be the very best thing for
the negroes themselves. For there
they would be able to have a govern
meat of their own, and would he able
lo do as they pleased, even to the ex
tent of electing their own president
from their race, and dining with him
when they no choosed, without any
body making a kick. In the mean
time something has to be done for the
protection of our Southern mothers,
liners, and those who have them, their
wives l have read with great Inter
est and approval the many suggeetlona
made by the editor of your paper and
Its different enrreapondente. And I be
lieve that when the time comes that
America nnd the whole of America
meets this question face to face, that
the people of this great, grand nnd
glorious country of ours Will be equal
lo the emergency, an they always have
been In the past. My one great hope In
Me Is t„ live to see the time when tho
8outh Is that which she by rights ought
to be-the heart and flower garden of
America, without a single blight upon
fongratulatlng you again for the
noble nnd brave way In which you
bive takfn your stand In this matter,
•Muring you that although thousands
el miles away, my humble and weak
energy will be Hpent In behalf of my
noble loved ones and fellow citizens of
Ibe South, and with the hope that you
*111 keep up your good work, I remain
Very truly yours,
. AN EX-ATLANTAN.
North Yakima, Wash., Sept. 1, 1808.
WISELY SUPPRESSED.
*• the Editor of The Georgian:
o promt,t hint ,|»cliltsl notion taken
7 the buslneas men of Atlanta ngnlnat
| !r prop,.Mil organisation of n kti-klux
■“» Is,-on,meml,,1,1c. Under the ■hotter of
” kn klux Irian, tho hoodlum, the thug,
•I,I th„ .mthrnst would get In their
*•'». Knelt nn organisation acting, as It
> vonto. with n inproino contempt for law
Bracelets
A glance at the Autumn
Muons will confirm the an
nouncement of the short
«<*ve\ s continued sway,
bracelets, then, will have a
mjfical and desirable popu
larity.
The kind of bracelet you
nkc you will surely find here
w'-Huso we have the largest
stock ever brought South.
h is. at the same time, the
ttost attractive line. . You
find in our cases every
■» l jeweled, enameled,
w iled, inlaid, plain or dull
“Di-sli. carved, coils, clasps,
w hoops—all perfect in
-, Ie ;i » ( l workmanship.
At very reasonable prices.
Maier & Berkele
■litlops. produced by the number mid na
ture of erlmea committed by metnliera ef
his race, nnd to And thnt the rape negro
In the grenteat enemy to the mornl and In-
tellectitnl program of hla people, t,airing
down the work of honeat nnd Indnntrloua
"ogreea. nnd plaelng the atnmp of brutality
nd anvnrery upon the whole rnee.
Editor Iin via. of The Independent, wrltea
along the right line. We lire,I more like
hint.
In cloning, I wish to any thnt I hnve
read-nil of the letters written by the peo
ple nnd printed by The Georgian on this
snliject. and the nplrlt manifested In many
of them n« deplorable, advocating ni they
do the ku-klnx law, estermliiiitlon of the
negro, etc., nnd In thla twentieth eentnry!
home of the sentiments expressed, for their
cruelty nnd Inhumanity, would do credit tc
the FIJI Islands or the linad-lnmtlug In
■linn.
Where In oat much vaunted Christianity,
If we cherish such a spirit)
„ . „ Il-MAB ANZE.
East Atlanta, Oq.
SEPARATE THE RACES,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Since April 26, 1906, the day upon
which The Georgian made Its first ap,
pearance In Atlanta, and when you
stated that “the purpose of thla paper,
so far as we know our own.hearts and
the hearts of our fellows who co-oper
ate with us, Is set to .the best things
which concern the people of Georgia,
in their homes. In their lives, In their
commercial relations and In their po
litical developments," I have In my
humble way supported most heartily
your every effort to that end; but now
when you have started a fight that no
other man has dared to begin, I feel
that you should not only have a con
tinuation of my feeble nnd Inconsider
able assistance, but that you should
have the combined co-operation of ev
ery good citizen of the great state of
Georgia In this light.
I refer to the fight for the separation
of the races In the street railway traf
fic of Atlanta It is one in which ev
ery good citizen Is very vitally Inter
ested, and there Is no reason what
ever why It should not be won, and
at the same time permit the interested
line to share the same healthy 'reve
nues they have been without doubt
receiving since they have been In en
tire control of .the complete street rail
way situation in Atjanta. Other clt
les, and .with smaller populations than
Atlanta, use separate apartments for
the races and up to date—with one ex
ceptlon, which was not the result of t
lack of traffic (and the city hag three
separate JInes to support) but of liti
gation arising from accident caused
very probably by fast speed (Atlanta
Is Immune)—we know of no receiver
ships and of but few. changes.
One thing can be said of the of
ficials In Atlanta and that Is that they
are a very prollflc lot when It comes
to the formulation of excuses for not
not being willing or able to give the
desired relief In the matter In ques
tion. They state that the trailers will
not work because they will not round
the curves on' the street corners. Bir
mingham has street corners and they
work alright there: Norfolk has street
corners and the trailers work there,
so why not In Atlanta? They will do
It. What Is sufficient clearance for
the motor car Is also ample for the
succeeding ones, and such argument Is
advanced simply In an effort to thwart
the people In their Just and warranted
demands.
Of course there will be some addl
tlonal cost to the company, the great
est of which will be for the said trail
ers. Then to be on the safe aide and
to afford the greatest safety to the
public the motor car at least should
be provided with power brakes. No
company should bo allowed to operate
even one within the limits of any city
without the latter feature; ail steam
railways engaged In Interstate traffic
are required to have a sufficient num
ber of cars In each train so equipped
as to be able to control it at any and
all points of,the road over which It-Is
to run, and It Is equally Important that
the 'electric railways do the same
thing. One simple air brake In the
hands of Motorman Britt and properly
applied on Friday, September 7, would
have very probably saved the life of
the Jl-months-old baby near 401 Or
mond street. There are several other
Items of expense which can be left
out here, but It la more than likely
thnt If the trailer system Is Inaugurat
ed there will be no decrease In reve
nue. Many white people decline to use
the cars on account of having to be
Jostled by negroes, and when this very
disagreeable feature of transportation
has been removed the Increased pa
tronage will more than likely equalise
the cost of the plan.
At present It la a well known fact
that the cars of Atlanta will not take
care of the traffic, especially during
morning and late afternoon: ladles are
compelled to either walk or be Jam
med and crowded with fllthy negroes,
and they take the former course, while
high paid officials of the railway watch
the treasury grow and take no steps
to remedy, the evil.
You are as usual on the track of
ivhat the people at large wish, and I
for one hope that you will not stop
until you have overtaken the trouble
and applied the remedy so well that
there will be absolutely no chance for
a relapse. Yours truly.
INTERESTED PATRON.
Atlanta, Go.. Sept. 8, 1906.
TRUE VERSUJS ERRONEOU8
EVANGELISM (CONTINUED).
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I did not write my first article on
the abo\*e given subject with the pur
pose of engaging In n newspaper con
troversy thereon; but a reply to it,
In your Issue of September 8, 1906, de
mands nn additional nnd explanatory
communication from me.
I gave "belief ns a ground of man's
salvation, after having deary nnd
distinctly stated what must be believed.
Some of the things 1 stated as neces
sary to be believed are facts of man's
original and Inborn moral • nature,
which self-investigation will make
known to any person of sufficient nge
nnd sanity to know right and wrong
and discern therenato. others nre facts,
historically transmitted to us, in au
thentic records, of the wny provided by
God for man's release from and eleva
tion above his original and Inborn con
dition of moral nnture, and for remov
ing the pennlty hanging over him for
disobedience to God's law. Belief of
these things Is not the blind belief of
Ignoqance. but the open-eyed belief of
Intelligence. In what only the wilfully
empty-minded deny. True Christian
faith Is reliance on what God has
provedly made knowable by man as to
Himself and His moral government,
after the person exercising It hns ac
quired knowledge of It, and become In
tellectually convinced thnt It Is truth.
Its nature Is such that If once true it Is
always true.
Baptism Is .God's one appointed xvny
of acknowledging this belief, and, In so
doing, renouncing the post allegiance
to the opposer of God nnd His moral
government, and confessing allegiance
to. God, and becoming a citizen In His
kingdom.' It Is an oral confession, ac
company by an attestation, or sealing,
by which the transaction Ib confirmed,
as certain secular transactions,*™ at
tested and confirmed, and so «riade.sure,
officially, today. • •
God has made the children of part or
wholly Christian parentage, and the
unchristian member of a one member
only not Christian wedlock, members
of the congregation of citizens of the
kingdom of God of this life. (See 1st
Corinthians, 7:14.) By necessary Im
plication these persons are, therefore,
entitled to the baptismal seal of attes
tation and confirmation of such mem
bership, without which the member
ship is renounced; but this membership
can not extend Into the kingdom be
yond this life without personal oral
confession of the allegiance to the King
of the kingdom, which the child can
riot 'give In Its Infancy, because of Its
necessary Ignorance. If, when it Is old
enough to do so Intelligently, It makes
such confession. It thereby enters upon
the higher life, and becomes a citizen
of the kingdom for eternity. Such
confession Is also required to give such
citizenship to the previously unchris
tian husband or wife.
In Hebrews 10:22-23 It Is written:
•Having our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience, and our bodies bathed
entirely (Greek, Cloumenol, meaning
bathed entirely. In distinction from the
head nnd face, or any part or parts
only, less than the whole body) with
;nire water, let us hold fast the con
fession of our hope, that It waver net."
Evidently, thla bathing and confession
were baptismal. Also, evidently, It does
not refer to Immersion ns representing
THE CAR LINE'S CONSIDERATION.
To the Editor of The Georglnn: •
In last Saturday's Issue of The Geor
gian was a letter frotri a citizen of this
district relative to the fare charged on
the new Marietta car line. The same
writer also notes the company's refusal
to stop at tho Junction of two public
roads, the nearest point on the car line
to the cemetery. As sexton of that
cemetery, I hcllex’c I hear more com
plaints thnn any ono else, "except It be
the Conductors," of the very unaccom
modating and arbitrary manner of this
corporation. *
It Is a shame that people can not
visit their dead without paying an ex
orbitant toll to this company. What
makes It hnrder Is tho fact that the
people who hnve burled their dead at
this cemetery nre, with but few excep-
ceptlons, very poor people.. Many of
them, with the proverbial poor man's
large family, find It a question to get
bread for tho.w who nre living, yet they
have the same love and affection for
their dead ones ns the people have who
are able to provide n last resting place
In the more pretentious nnd expensive
cemeteries of Westvlew nnd Oakland;
and thsa poor people havo tho same
desire to visit the graves of their dead
ns those who are more fortunate and
better supplied with this world'B goods.
Is there, then, any Just reason why
they should be made to pay Just three
times as much os their wealthier fel
low citizens for a much shorter ride?
Could you and other citizens of Atlanta
see some of the poor people who como
here to visit the graves of their dead
it would make you heart-sick. Often
mothers, with their children, exhausted
from the long xvalk from town, coming
to visit the graves of husband ana
father and to plant a few flowers as
a tribute of affection.
These people could and would man
age to scrape enough together to pay
a Just fare—6 cents—but they can not
pay 30 cents round trip for each unless
they go without bread. Many of the
Exposition cotton factory people also
bury their dead at- thla cemetery; the
distance from the factory to the cem
etery la three miles and a half, yet
these people are compelled to pay 16
“ ill Sta-
slmply putting the body under' the
voter, ae representative of entombing
t from sight, and taking It out from
submergence Into the water, as sym
bolic of resurrection from out of the
tomb, but to application.of the water
to the entitle body of necessity denuded
therefor, In symbolism of death, be
cause It represented the bathing of the
body of the dead, In preparation for
entombment. The bathing must, there
fore. have been by Immersion of the
naked body, or by pouring water upon
and over It. that every part of the body
would be touched by the water. It was
an adaption of s custom Instituted by
the Jews, without God's command to
thsm therefor, for the formal Indue'
tlon of proselytes Into the Jewish men*
bershlp, which the Jews regarded as
the kingdom of God. After baptistries
were built and put Into use, because
of the Immoralities practiced In them,
denuding was omitted. Sprinkling Is
but a subsequent modification of pour
Ing.
The Bible records a custom, but doez
not prescribe a mode, as to baptism.
The usual argument as to mode, from
the Greek word baptlzo, Is tallaceous.
Baptlzo Is an Intensified and higher
meaning form of bapto, and, In Greek
usage, has the sense of “to put under
and keep under, or to sink Into a li
quid;” “to dip nut a liquid, In a fre-
eenta or walk. Even from Howe]
tlon to the cemetery, a little under
three miles, the faro Is the same. Is
that legal? Can not the railroad com
mission do anything to relieve us? If
they can. I wish you would communi
cate with them. •
One of the saddest cases I know of
Is a widow—a nice, respectable wom
an—who visits this cemetery. She lost
her son nearly two-years ago. He was
a good son, and provided for his moth
er as long as bo could stay on hla feet.
But consumption claimed him after
months of sickness,.and this good wom
an was left with a daughter for her
sole support. The daughter Is also a
widow, with one child, and supports
the family, sewing In one of the pants
factories In the city. The mother Is
unable'to xvork, being In poor health,
and suffering from rupture. Yet I have
seen this good woman walking from
Howell Station to the cemetery, “after
paying a nlckle to the company to ride
from town to the end of the Marietta
street car line.” The distance this lady
has to walk In her afflicted condition
la three miles each way, six miles in
all. She la not able to pay the extra
'ort of
visiting the grave of her beloved son,
this poor woman, although! suffering
pain at every step, cheerfully walks
the six miles, and 1 have seetv-her walk
and carry a basket of simple flowers
to plant on the grave, during tha sum-
mer time, and on arriving at her dee
DO AS THE ROMAN8 DO.
In answer to "He Always Chivalrous,”
In The Georglnn of Reptemlier 10, the fa
miliar quotation auuin lip Hie situation,
"When In Home do na the Homans do."
There la no aeetlon of the world that enn
elnlm authority for the absolutely rorreet
thing to do as applied to any other than
their own loeallty. The conditions of eueb
nre different, and lieennae the Northern
men frequently fall to give a seat to n
woman or rake off their lints In elevators
Shf no way *» Indication that their es
timate of women la leas. There are other
and more substantial wny. of ahowln* cour-
"■St'e enatoms of a country are largejy line
to the conditions In that country. Cor In-
stance. In what Hmithera city ha* "1
ride aaeh dlntfincen 111 cars) Many or
&'.. , raranTS, W , h h°e 5S5« ZW
&SS aft'
intuit*, it t-ourr**#/ to woman lout light of
VfcJSFfc* however. to see a woman
with • child I" arms. *'$®* I *J
np a *lck-IiM»klng woman standing. It la
w.'in*n or Irianre class who
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3® SZSm&s:«»'
quenttve sense, an In an often repeated
operation," and "to produce an effect
on the object baptised," which Is the
sense In which It Is used In the Bible,
as to Christian baptism. This effect, as
thus used with regard to such baptism,
changed Into a new condition or
character. "As many of you as were
baptized with reference to the anointed
have been clothed with the anointed.”
(Galatlons 1:27, Hodge.) "All.you who
were baptized with reference to the
anointed Jesus were baptised with ref-
erence to His death • • • that like
as the anointed was raised from the
dead • • • we also might walk In
newness of life: for, If we have be
come entwined about Him In the like
ness of His death, we shall be also In
the likeness of His resurrection.” (Ro
mans 6:3-4-!. Hodge.) "He delivered
us by meanf-of the bath of regenera
tlon and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
which He poured out upon us abun
dantly." (Titus i:6.> "Baptism does
new deliver you, not the putting away
of the filth of the flesh, m the nnswer
ot a good conscience toward God
through the resurrection of Jesus the
anointed, who Is on the right hand of
God, « • • angels, authorities and
powers being made subject to Him."
etc. 1 Peter 3:21-22, In which the con
fession of Jesus as the King of the
kingdom of God. nnd the application
of water an nn attesting seal of such
confession, gives deliverance from
former allegiance and admission Into
citizenship In that kingdom. Jesus
commanded the administration and
perpetuation of baptism. (See Mat
thew 2 j* : haBBROL’CK JOHNSTON.
Hotel Grant. Sept. 9, 1806.
IxK-nuae of the severe weather, whirl) to
mme wmilil he a great risk of hrallh. If
the Southerner goes North for pleasure, and
In favorable weather, by all means rarry
hla ehlvalronn lualmns with him. If he
nssmnca a northern renidenre. he will In
lime lie forced to do lu Home as the no-
mans do. ”• •*-
important Change of Sched
ule on Seaboard Air
Line Railway.
Effective Sunday. September 9th,
Important change of schedule will be
made ot? the Seaboard Air Line Par
ticular attention Is called to the fact
thfct train No. 38, which now leaves
Atlanta. 9:35 p. m., will on and after
September 9th. leave Atlanta at 1:00
tlnatlon the.poor woman waa nearly
exhausted. And all thla wlthout a Word
of complaint, except to xvlah the faro
on the new car line was lower.
Another pathetic case which will
awaken the sympathy of all charitable
people la that of two sisters, whose
parents are burled In this cemstsry.
They are both religious, virtuous wom
en, gaining an honeat living at work
in the cotton factory. Their work days
art spent at work and their only
chance to visit the graves of their peo
ple Is on the Sabbath day. After a
week of toll, should they wish to take
the car, .the fare would be 60 cents
round trip. That means a sack of flour,
bread for the week. They can not af
ford It. These good women-are reg.
ular attendants at church and Sunday
school, and do not wish to miss a
Sabbath, even , to visit the graves of
their father and mother. The even
ings are too hot to walk, and they can
not afford to ride. After a week of
toll In the factory these women rise
very early on the Sabbath, and tired
as they-must be from the week’s work,
they set out and walk the three and a
half miles from their home to the cem
etery and then back, hurrying In order
to be In time for the Sunday school—
a walk of seven miles In all. While on
their Journey, undertaken because of
parental love and also love of God, the
cars of thla corporation are constantly
passing and re passing these two sisters.
Next Sunday I hope evsry good Chris
tian In the churches of Atlanta will
pray that these poor people may see
the dawn of a better day, when they
can visit the graves of their dead with
out so great a sacrifice.
Another aged man, 65 yearn old, bent
down with Infirmities contracted In
the service of his statesaa a Confed
erate soldier, and whose sole means of
support Is the small pension granted
by a grateful state. Is compelled to
walk from McAfee street to visit the
grave of his wife. He Is not able to
pay the 30 cents a trip demanded by
this corporation out of his small pen
sion. For obvious reasons, I refrain
from mentioning tho names of these
people. They, do not want chkrity, but
are entitled to Justice.
Should you desire their names In or
der to Investigate the matter, I will
gladly furnish you with them, the sole
condition being they shall not be made
public without their consent.
In regard to ths stopping plan men
tloned, 1 presented thd petition to the
company from the patrons of the cent
etery, praying them to stop at the pub
lic road. Instead of being carried
quarter of a mile farther and being
dumped Into a plowed deld, with the
choice ot walking across the field nr
back up the track at the risk of life
and limb. We are still praying for
that stop, and the qpmpany ought to
grant It to us. We are cbmpelled to
wade through wet grass and mud for
a quarter of a mile In order to reach
the road which they have carried us
^There Is no one who would use Mr.
More's atop except members of his
family. All the patrons of the car
would get off at the road; yet this
company absolutely' refuses to let the
people off at the proper place. Many
of the visitors to the cemetery are
aged people, and It te a great hardship
to be compelled tc walk a half mile
farther than ne-essary.
Can the railroad commission do any*
thing to help us* You are doing a
God given work, Mr. Editor, fighting
the cause of these poor people, and may
you have strength to continue It until
relief la obtained.
Respectfully yours.
W. A. POOL,
Sextor. Blvervlcw (Casejrs) Cemetery.
Atlanta. Oa, Sept 10, 1909,
A RELIC OF ATLANTA'S
GREAT EXPOSITION.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
Thinking thnt perhaps AJIantans
mlght'he Interested In the whereabouts
of nn ancient curie that was tin ex
hibition at the Cotton .States Exposi
tion in 1895, I send the following:
There Is on exhibit In the Chamber
of Commerce building, lr. this city, an
nnclent Aztec "earreta," or cart, made
entirely of the hardwood of the mes-
qulte nnd estimated to be over 200
years old. This nnclent "horseless car
riage" was made by the Pueblo In
dians In New Mexico and was In con
stant service for over 200 years. Anally
falling Into the possession of Captain
Chittenden, formerly of Santa Fe, N.
M., now of Redlands, Cal. In 1895
Captain Chittenden placed this relic on
exhibition In Atlanta, nnd later exhib
ited It In about twenty other cities of
the Union, finally presenting It to the
city ot Los Angeles In December, 1897,
"as an appreciation of President Mc
Kinley's victory.” The old earreta
made Its last trip, on Its own wheels,
from Redlands to Los Angeles In De
cember, 1897, and xvas escorted through
the streets by a company of militia,
members of the Historical Society, and
the usual crowd of "rubber necks," to
the chamber of commerce, there to find
a Anal resting place amid various other
relics of the long ngo days of romance
—days when the chevaliers of "Old
Madrid” marched through the wilds of
this new West and across the burning
stretches of sand In the Ralston and
Colorado deserts. In search of their
fabled "Eldorado." In glancing over
the latest pages of the 609-pound reg
ister In the chamber of commerce, I
came across the following list of Geor
gians visiting In our beautiful "City of
Angles:”
T. J. and W. C. Finney, of Mllledge-
vllle; Mrs. Anastasia Gabler, John I.
Gabler and Stephen J. Gabler, of At
lanta. and others unacquainted with
any of the party.
I confess it gives me Just a twinge of
home-sickness nnd a longing for Just
one more glimpse of the "fields of
snowy white," which mine eyes have
not beheld for lo! these many years.
Wishing unbounded success for your
excellent paper. The Georgian, which I
read each day with great pleasure, I
am. Sincerely yours,
R. H. HAINE.
Lost Angeles, Cal., Aug. 17, 1906.
THE 8HAD0W ON THE~80UTH.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have often wondered xvhy the able
editors of our great Southern papers
have given so llttl* of their time nnd
space to thqmost serious problem that
Is now confronting our fair and noble
Southern wnmei '
that you have the courage to tackle
this very serious question In such able
editorials. You should hnve the co
operation of not only every Anglo-
Saxon editor In the land, but also of
every negro editor, minister and teach-'
or. W* are certainly living In a "Reign
of Terror,” surpassing that which the
French must have passed through In
tho dark ages, for it Is our dear moth
ers, our sweet wives and our darling
daughters that are ever at the mercy
of these hideous, black, roaming
brutes—the very thought of which
makes our blood run cold. Is this the
much boasted "land of the free and
the home of the brave” If we are to
continue to sit Idle and sec such a
state of affairs to exist and Increase
each year under our very nose? Have
we Southern men, In whose veins
course the blood of our brave and gal
lant forefathers of old lost our, cour
age and become weak, trembling cow.
vlct camp no longer a need for these
men under such Influences will In time
cease to need discipline and the state
will lose tho profit coming from their
labor; but even amidst economic dan
gers there Is Another view and on the
whole we decide that the process
reform nnd moral uplifting Is on the
whole the safer and better way. Pos
sibly a fuller recognition of the Ines
timable value of the services of such a
mhn would result In a command,
"Friend, go up higher," and the state
finding hla value will be wise enough
to enlarge his field of effort wherq he
may benefit In larger degree than now.
Is It not possible to engraft upon our
present methods some element of hope
for those sentenced to "life Imprison
ment?". As I gazed upon these men It
seemed that something had been left
out; forgotten, and that tt might he
possible to hold out for even these
"chief of sinners” Inducement to do
better service, receiving In return some
letting up of final sentence, something
to look forward to even In this world.
If I am ever made governor I shall pro
claim n "Year of Jubilee," and this
shall be frequent: and I will open wide
the gates and "let the oppressed go
free.” Would we be much worse off
than now? There are so many In
prison who ought to go free, so many
at liberty who should be confined. Who
Is wise enough for these things?
The -present generation has made
great gain In Its knowledge of how
best to deal with criminals, how to re
form rather than how to be avenged,
much more remains undone as yet
unconcelved as a need, xve are at the
beginning, not at the. end of the road
which lead* to life, but we are moving
and that In the right direction; soon
much that now seems a need can and
will be set aside and better methods
will prevail.
WILLIAM RILEY BOYD.
Atlanta, Ga.
BRUN8WICK LAWYER’S REMEDY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I see that "the stand-by of the peo
ple." The Georgian, la still at work,
seeking tho remedy for the "Reign of
Terror.” God speed you. and may some
one suggest a remedy Which will end
the course of the negro rapist, and
once more permit the noble women of
Georgia fo rest In,security In their
homes.
In your Issue of the 18th, as 1 now
recall, I saw nn article written by a
Mr. Lcben. which fully met my ap
proval In nearly every respect. That
man hns a "long head." His article Is
like a "nut full of meat." and I believe
thnt would bo the verdict of all think
ers who read It. It put me to thinking,
and I trust I may trespass upon your
good nature nnd the time of your many
readers to give the result of my ratioci
nation on It.
I.
arils, afraid to raise our arm or voice
for the-protection of the purest, noblest
and grandest women the sun ever
shone upon? Are the purest, highest
and best of God’s creation, our wo
men, to be prisoners In their own
homes and not even safe there and
live In terror always lest one of these
hideous monsters snter their homes
and attempt his unnameable purposes?
No, a thousand times nol We will de
fend them and change this deplorable
etate of affaire even to the last drop
of our heart’s blood. We cannot con
ceive of any aweeter death than to die
In the defense of their honor and pro
tection.
Every true Southerner does most
heartily Indorse every lino of the three
able and timely editorials on this mo
mentous question appearing In the last
Issues of your great, clean paper, The
Georgian. You have by these Btrong
utterances endeared yourself to every
lover of home and woman kind In thla
fair Southland of ours. May God bless
you and enable you and every other
able editor not only write even strong,
er editorials along this line, but keep
It up until we have a solution of thla
most serious problem that ever con
fronted a civilized people. Every ne
gro editor, minister and teacher must
co-operate with you If they desire to
avert the conflagration that needs but
a spark to Ignite It, nnd when once Ig
nited no power on earth can stay the
terrible retributive avalanche that will
aweep away everything In Its wake.
We have been patient too long now,
and "forbearance has ceased to be a
virtue.” "A GEORGIAN."
Barneavllle, Ga., Sept. 10, 1906.
"GOOD IN ALL, NONE ALL GOOD."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Some five years ago In a condition of
youthful exuberance, f sent out a leaf
let entitled, “A Contrast Between the
Whipping Post of 'Darkest Delaware'
nnd tho Convict Camps)of Georgia.”
The arraignment of the latter was se
vere, and observation and redectlon
shows me that much might and must
be said on the other side; for there Is
always and must be “the other side.”
It was my good fortune a few weeks
since to find my way Into the camp at
Norton, DeKalb county, where I had
the plensure of meeting Captnln Robert
I .re Allen, who is In charge of that sec
tion of our convict system. Nature lias
endowed Captain Allen with every
needed quality for the exercising of the
best methods of reformatory penal dis
cipline. To look Into* his face Is as
surance that he Is In sympathy with
those who from any cause become In
mates, deprived of liberty, and subject
to such form of discipline as (nay seem
good to thos» In control. There Is no
lack of good discipline, everything In
dicates that, but much more Is appar
ent. Those who looking closely see the
good Influence upon these degraded
men who have perhaps never had a
fair chance In life's battle, but who
have gone down In defeat, discouraged
and hopeless. But the moral Influence
of the man is felt at once, there Is
touch of human sympathy na he speaks
to each and we become conscious that
ray of hope comes to these men as
they quickly recognize that subtle note
of voice which bids them hope. If
ever)' ramp In Georgia had such a man
In charge we should soon feel tjie moral
uplifting which we so greatly desire,
but which seems far off.
am profoundly and deeply Impressed
_ the tone and manner of both keeper
nnd prisoners: there seemed to be mu
tual understanding and reciprocal rec
ognition of a duty to make the best of
existing conditions.
There comes suggestion of a certain
. ement of danger when such methods
are pursued; for the full measure of
such effort must be to render the con-
The very thought of amalgamation
of the white and black race Is utterly
abhorrent_to all reputable people of our
country, be they of Northern or South
ern origin. Based upon this, natural
feeling, many states have, and all
should, make It a crime for the Indi
viduals of the races to Intermarry.
Georgia has done so, as shown by
sections 637, 638, Vol. Ill, Code.
The punishment for violation Is only
misdemeanor, while It ought to have
been felony, or at least twelve months
on the chain gang straight.
Experience has long since taught the
investigators of the result of amalga
mation, that It brings Into being a
hybrid race, which has few, If any, of
the virtues of the parents, and nearly.
If not quite nil, of their vices. This race
can never make good citizens, nnd In
the vast majority of Instances does make
the worse type of criminals, and for
that renllon, If there were nono othor.
every power of the government should
be exerted to prevent further Increase
of this unhappy class. Understand me,
I can pity the poor unfortunate hybrid,
brought Into being by vicious parents.
I can sympathize with him In hlz un
happy state, born a bastard, and one
who can never be legitimized by law.
Oh, yes; so we must all feel toward
him, hut we must condemn his deliber
ately guilty, dirty parents.
I think the remedy wduld be found
thus: Enact a penal statute whereby
sexual relations between the races Is
prohibited. The penaly tor vlojatlon of
the statute to be penal servitude for
not more than four years nor less than
two In the state prison with hard labor.
The result under this statute or a
similar one, that the existing evil will
be reduced to a minimum, and birth of
inulattoea consequently decreased. The
relations between the white and colored
races. In this respect, will be largely
Just that which morality and decency
require, and conflict between the races
will be almost done away with.
That Just such a law Is required
and necessary Is proven by the pres
ence of so many mulattoes, and the
enormous number of such unnatural
births annually. Thank God the record
shows that the majority, aye 96 per
cent, of such births Is from co-hablta-
tlon of the white male with the
negress. White women rarely commit
such a beastly crime.
In our own state there Is not a city
or town and* scarcely a village where
th* number of mulatto children do not
show Immorality of thla kind, and many
Instances where white males keep their
negresreoncublnes with almost Impun
ity. These gentry ought to be most
tenderly cared for by the state.
As nn alder, to this, enact another
statuto whereby under penalty the
birth of a mulatto child shall be reg.
Istered and on failure to do this within
forty days from birth, punish the
mother by six months on the chain
gang. So much for one evil—rape.
II.
Death as a penalty for this crime,
as shown by the experiences of ages,
Is a mockery: It has been tried; Its
worthlessness stands confessed. Nearly
every rape committed In the South
Is by a negro male, and generally on
some poor white woman or Innocent
little child. If you lynch the brute,
why he le a “martyr" In the eyes of
his own race, the enemies of the South,
aye and even some of the sky pilots,
equally III advised or evil-minded men,
I don't know or care which. It you
>ut him on trial before the court and
egally convict and hang him, what Is
the result? Whv the gallows la merely
an angel factory. That negro brute
had been sprouting wings from the
time the sentence of the court was
pronounced, and when his brutal body
l'ell through the trap the soul speeded
heavenward on angelic pinions and In
the dim distance archangels would be
winging their way toward him bear-
Inr his golden crown and harp. Just
this had he been taught. Just this Ms
race believed. As ap example, what a
mockery. Negroes are peculiar people.
Like the monkey, they are Imitators.
Consequently soma negro brute Imme-
medlately commits rape in order that
he too may become ar. angel.
Suppose you apply this as the remedy
—the punishment tor rape. Make the
penalty castration; brand him on the
brow and each cheek with the letter
'R;'' send him up for four years, and
during his term administer tc him not
less than fifty nor more than one hun
dred lashes, with a good strap, weekly
during hlz term. This continuity of
punishment, coupled with castration
and branding, will do more tc end this
A STRONG MAN'S
STRENUOUS ORTHOGRAPHY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
You linve ever and always been on
the side of the people, lighting their
battles with eloquent tongue and tren
chant pen. henee my surprise and grief
now to find you silent, when the very
foundation stones of our civilization are
being assaulted.
My friend, where are you "ot?"
Have you not seen In the papers some
thing about tile new-fangled fool spell
ing that Is being promoted by tile crazy
man of tho "big stick?"
Hnve you not seen further that a lot
Georgia university professors are
aping him'.'
As long ns It was confined to the
president and Ills stale papers, I was
concerned not, hut when our own stain
teachers so far depart from sanity ne
to follow him to ibe extent of "blusht,"'
"ehapt," "confest," "drest," "drlpt,”
“dropt," "droopt," "fllxt," "heapt,”
"klst." "Iopt." and other words of that
eharncter. I think It Is time for me to
take my six children out of school be
fore they nre untaught, or "untaut;" as
I suppose Mr. Roosevelt and the Geor
gia prpfessnrs would have It.
Again, what do they propose to do
with words like “bark" and ''barque,"
"cue" and "queue," "draft" and
"draught," "dram" and "drachm."
“gild” nnd "guild,” "mist" and "missed,"
"past" nnd "passed." "rapt," "rapped"
and "wrapped," "clmetc'r” and ' scimi
tar,” etc.? They all have different
meanings when applied to different
things.
I grant you that there are many
words that should be changed, but
what these people propose Is revolu
tionary, and will unsettle our written
language for fifty years, besides costing
millions of dollars every year for new
school books.
This Isjiot all; every man or woman
who cures to be "proper," will have to
get a dictionary and learn over, and
many times will be In doubt how to
spell the simple words they have al
ways known how to spell in the good
old sensible way. . 5
I am not an educated man, hut I am
an observant one, nnd tnklng my cue
from others who I thought "qualified,"
I have for many years "dropped" the
In such words ns candor, honor,
odor, vigor, etc. Likewise, I spell "cen
ter" "meter” "miter," etc., but the
"klst" and the “tapt," etc., of the wild
man nnd the Georgia professors "is ths
limit.”
I want you, my friend, to Jump on
them and "tromp" the life out of them
before they get any standing at all.
Sometimes "things go by default," or
"defnlt," as they will no doubt advo
cate next.
Yours In distress,
D. P. HALE.
Sandersvlllc, Ga., Sept. 8, 1906.
SEPARATE CAR8 FOR NEGROE8.
To^the Editor of The Georgian:
The fine we live i
burn loop. It Bliuilld lie untiled the "nlgge
loon.”
The rare on thin line resemble n negro ex-
eurnlon every linnr In the dny. When there
In unythlux doing nt Ilig Bethel or any of
the half dozen other negro amrrhes on
Auburn nvennr white persons nre simply
crowded off.
My nelglilmr has s small Imliy. she wan
nented mi the ninth sent of the ear from
rear, mining her tmliy. Solin' one got mi
mol the eonduetor yellisl out: "Move up!"
This Inily mornl up nnd n negro sot down
lieslde her before she saw who It was.
They tried to do nir wife the snme wny.
Imt shs looked np before urorlng nod In-
illgmintly refused lo move. The eonduetor
nnd negroes uinde rrinnrks nnd were very
angry lieennne she would not-»hnre her sent
with s negro.
If the street enr company requires Its
rnpdnrtora to nent Its passengers lu lids
wny. there will be ■ few fool eondnebirn
missing some of these dnys.
The people nre with roo In your fight for
separate cars Jnnt nt they were with Hoke
Smith.
Tile street enr eoniimny Is nhlc to nut on
trailers and they will hnve to get up a
better excuse thnn they have before we
will believe It not feasible. Verf Irolv,
A 8Un.8('ltlllKIL
SMALLER FARMS IN DEMAND.
To tho Editor of The Georglnn:
few days Sgo n gentleman who In
Interested In farming railed my attention to
Ills nernigo and the Inml contiguous there
to.
lie Is thinking of ptirrlMHlnff thnt Inml, «ll-
vMIiib It Into farm* of ilcHlrnhlc hIxc uml
Mfillitg fh<*in. I ra«Mtoil 50 nrrpB nn i ji••
prrfrmlilp n|*«\ Thin would permit n tuple
ynnl nnd lot room, nltli vrobdod nctvnne
milTIrlciit for h reflHoiinlilo length of tlnu*.
The cultlmtnhle nnit would hi* nporlnl!/
ndnptcd to tho of Intounlve fiiruiluy.
to whlrh. In view of labor conditions nitmo,
out* people must turn'OH rapidly nn penal•
The Inquiry mnrle of me prompted n ntudr
of the chnnyea wrought lu the atxc ef forma
lu the pnst quarter of a century.
In 1UQ, South Carolina had farms:
•he now him 156.385.
In 1M0, S9.K>J nt thoiip farms hnd nn acre-
tol nn
Of her present 155.335 farms. 55,000 run
from M to 60 acres: n.000 ino to 5"" acres,
fllltjr per cent of the latter have nn acre-
now nni *»r me rnniifi or iwm,
5.®x) hnd sn acreage of to 50 acrex. nnd
60,000 hnd an neren*e of 100 to 5Ao nci*en; of
the farms of todssr. 75,000 average :*•» to
acre*; 73.000 100 to t/»t acres; more than
half the latter nre 1M to 175-acre farms.
Alnlmmn hi«t 151,773 farms lu 1680; now
she hns 22XZ!>).
Of them* of 1580, 63,000 were 35 to Macro
farms; of the farms of today, ftLOOO over
age 30 to 50 acres; 60,000 have an m re-
age of 100 to 600 acres. Mere thnn W
per cent of tho latter run from 100 to 175
acres.
In 1W), 20 per cent of South Cgrollim
fnrmn were operated by cash tenants; th»**
of fiMlny, 37 |M»r cent.
Ill 1880, 15 |K*r cent of Georg la fnrms were
conducted by cash tenants; th
day, 27 per cent.
In. I860, 21 per cent of Abihair
were lu the hands of cash tcunu
of today, 34 par cent.
The foregoing Is a bird's-eye vie
situation ns to smnll farms. Th
of 1910 wttl be a revelation to ti
country ns to small farms south.
This reform, well heimn. must
ly followed. Through this agency, i
wli triumph over all th:
Incident to unsettled,
tory la Iwr.
Smaller farms mean belt
closer personal attention on
the owners; higher rdttit.
(•tlon, closer attention to k
nitre ha se4|, a more general uk<
versl tics tlon—•'something to *
MARTIN
Augusts, Gt.
liable, imsuttsfiii-
raplng business than one hundred
hangings per diem. ^
In conclusion, permit me to pay, I
never did believe In capital punish
ment. It Is brutal, the relic of bar
barism. One who ought t«, receive
>unlMhment commensurate with hi*
torrlble crime it let off by simply
killing him. It is no punishment.
The law ought to be repealed, and It
would work in Georgia a* it ha* else
where, in reducing crime. l*Vw r.ien
who would not prefer death to per
petual Imprisonment.
Lastly, it !• up to o
sembly to afford relief.
The next session will
frakcis H. harria