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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 £ B, ^fTh«X u f<i? £ MX 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