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ATLANTA GEOI
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LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS. WITH ESPECIATREFERENCE TO THE RACE QUESTION
A V0ICE FROM THOU8AND miles
sd-
the editor of your paper for the
!”ire and bold way In which ne atanda
br *fnr '' h "’ tto thinks to be right. I
“» had the good fortune to receive
■fiJi conies of your paper, and I
Em taken more than the ordinary |n-
Ki.t taken by residents of the North
e a West In your editorial entitled
•Sj, Reign of Terror for Southern
women." as well as several others on
same subject, for the reason that,
uihounh I am thousands of miles from
fi. nlaee of action, I still lmvo friends
‘.ml loved ones In your beautiful city of
Slants and throughout the South. I
* heartily ngree with you on tills
®' rfl question, that "It Is lamentable,
n i, deplorable. It is awful, but it is n
Lt and we may ns well face it with-
Sit evasion ond without apology." J
Save read with great Interest your
“,'ernl editorials on this subject, and
1 have my admiration of the ed|.
If, of The Atlanta Georgian, ns a
Jr’- with the courage of his convic
tions grows much stronger. However,
t tnV Inclined to believe that the hor-
Hhle attacks upon the white women
the South by those black fiends can
... be Obliterated by phnnglng the
mode or form of punishment. If lynch
es and burning nt the stake does not
hive the effect of preventing further
ittaeks, then nothing will. (I wish to
here that I am by no menns li
hvnr Of lynch law, nml~I do not be
love the editor of your paper or any
other respectable Southern white man
u but I can not help sympathizing
with the Ivnehers when I think of the
crime that provokes It.) You can not
core the effect without first removing
(he cause. It Is a well-demonstrated
},et that two different races of man
fin not live in the same country on
-.-thing like equal basis and live In
wace especially where there Is as
lirge gap between them as between
.he whiles ond blacks of the South.
The superior of the two Is bound to hold
(wav over the Inferior, and the in
ferior Is bound to rebel against the
rulings of the uuperlor. This, I be
lieve has been well demonstrated since
Hie negroes of the South have been
free dud If 1 am not mistaken, met
iers are very faetly growing worse.
■ Then If the two races can not live to
nther In peace and harmony, I be
Sevc that "when In the course of hu
man events It becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political
bands which have connected them with
another • * * a decent respect
to the opinions of. mankind, requires
that they should declare the causes
which Impel them to the separation."
All people arc endowed by the Creator
with certain unalienable rights, end
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 cah
we put the Philippine Islands to a
better advantage than to colonise the
nine or ten million negroes now In the
United States there? Of course this
can not be done by the South alone.
This question la, aa a matter of fact,
although not recognised by many, the
most important question that is to be
■olved by the American people, and It
should not be a sectlugal one. Of
course 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
surely, changing. And when the time
Is ripe, that Is. when there are enough
of the public back of the movement, It
will be but little trouble to send the
negro to the Philippine .Islands or any
other aultable 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 Ultra
they would be able to have a govern
ment of their own, and would be able
to do us they pleated, even to the ex
tent of electing their own president
from their race, and dining with him
when they so choosed, without any
body making a kick. In the mean
time something baa to be done for the
protection of our Southern mothers,
sisters, and those who have them, thetr
wives. I have read with great Inter-
est and approval the many'suggestlons
made by the editor of your paper and
Its different correspondents. 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 and
glorious country of ours will be equal
to the emergency, as they always have
been In the pnst. My one great hope In
llle Is to live to see the time when the
South Is that which she by rights ought
to be—the heart and flower garden of
America, without a single blight upon
nnd order, must and would brine about a
demoralised: nnd chnotlc slat" of affairs
Jte are forty years ahead of the ku-klui
k Til re ffi' dyi S* *ct accordingly.
The o!<l now tUnt an ounce of nrurention
l« worth n imjuikI of cure hold* *00,1 in this
ense nlfto. Enforce the vneruner luxv*
nmke the Idle negro go to-work, (^lom* an
the dive*. for they are the lireodlm? ninft.ii
and hot bed. „ f U* ,i3 depravity. P aS!
Jt Is, to 1st deplored that we can not close
np the bar room. That alone would go n
}™« ' v "y toward solving this pedolls prop.
Congratulating you again for the
nobis and brave way In which you
live taken your stand In this matter,
touring you that although thousands
ol ndlcs awny, my humble and weak
«ergy will be spent In behalf of my
noble loved ones and fellow cltlxens ol!
»e 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. T905.
WISELY 8UPPRE88ED. .
fcjhe Editor of The Oronrlao:
The prompt nnd decided action taken
X the business men of Atlanta against
w proposed organization of n knklus
•jsu Is commendable, l’nder the eheller of
JJJ k .'i kllu k bin. the hoodlum, the thug,
M th,. eut-throat would get In. theVr
I”: bn,b nt, organisation acting, as It
v»»iu. with a supreme contempt for law
Bracelets
A glance at the Autumn
fashions will confirm the an-
nomicoment of the short
five's continued sway.
Bracelets, then, will have a
logical and .desirable popu
laritv.
The kind of bracelet you
ike you will surely find here
7*»urc we have the largest
stock ever brought South.
h is, at the same time, the
®°st attractive line. You
', an thirl in our cases every
*md — jeweled, . enameled,
jjt'-hod. inlaid, plain or dull
Kmsh, curved, coils, -clasps,
or hoops—all perfect in
1 •' ,0 !U >d workmanship.
At very reasonable prices.
Maier & Berkele
The Georgian la right In wiring thnt we
,he . "o-operation of the
lenders of the negro mce In atnniptng out
tills crime ngulnst our Southern women
The negro pulpit nnd proas la concerned
almoit exclusively with tile lynch law, giv
ing small consideration to the crime that
engenders the same.
I believe the negro la beginning to
nraiMTly ren Iso the gravity of present con-
dltlona. produced liy the number and nn-
ffj* <£. crira ,«* committed hr members of
his race, nnd to find that the rape negro
• the greatest enemy to the morn! aiuMn-
tellectnnl progress of hia people, tearing
down the work of honeat and Industrious
negroes, nnd placing the atmnp of brutality
nnd aavneerv upon the whole race.
I*, of The Independent, wrltea
«ht line, we need moru like
him.
In cloning. I wish to any that I have
rend all of the lettera written liy the peo
ple nnd printed by The Georgian on thin
subject, anil the spirit manifested In many
of them aa deplorable, advocating aa they
do the ku-klux law, extermination of the
negro, etc., nnd n this twentieth century!
Some of the ncntlmentn expressed, for tlietr
cruelty and Inhumanity. would do credit to
the FIJI lalnnda or the head-hunting In
dian.
Where Is our much vaunted Christianity,
If we cherish inch n spirit?
„ . „ ILMAIt ANZE.
East Atlanta, Ga.
TRUE VER8US ERRONEOU8
EVANGELISM (CONTINUED).
SEPARATE THE RACE8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Since April 26, 1906, the day upon
which The Georgian made ita flrst ap
pearance In Atlanta, and when you
stated that “the purpose of this paper,
so far as we know our otfn hearts and
the hearts of our fellows who co-oper
ate with us, Is set to the beat 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 tight 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 light 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 lt 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 ot the complete street rail
way situation In Atlanta. Other cit
ies, and with smaller populations than
Atlanta, use separate apartments for
the races and up to date—with one ex
ception, which was not the result of a
lack of traffic (and the city has three
separate lines to support) but of liti
gation arising from accident caused
very probably by fast speed (Atlanta
Is Immuhe)—we kdow 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 prolific 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 atreet corners. Bir
mingham has street corners and they
work alright thete; 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 la
advanced simply In'nn effort to thwart
the people In their Just and warranted
demands.
Of course there wllfl be some addi
tional cost to the company, the great
est of which will be for the said trail
ers. Then to be on the safe side and
to afford the greatest safety to the
public the motor car at least should
bo provided with power brakes. No
company should be allowed to operate
even one within the limits of any city
without the latter feature; all steam
railways engaged in Interstate trafTIc
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 naved the life of
the 13-months-old baby near 601 Or
mond atreet There are several other
Items of expeiue which can be left
out here, but It la more than likely
that If the trailer system Is Inaugurat
ed thare will be no decrease In reve
nue. Many white people decline to use
the cars on account of having to be
Jostled by negroea and when tills very
disagreeable feature of transportation
has been removed the Increased pa
tronage will more than likely equalize
the cost of the plan.
At present It Is 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 filthy 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
what 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
relapse. Yours truly,
INTERESTED PATRON.
Atlanta, On., Sept. 8, 1906.
DO AS THE R0MAN8 DO.
In answer to "Up Always Chivalrous,”
..j The Georgian of 8eptember 10, the fa
miliar quotation sums up Hip situation.
When In Home do na the Homans do."
There is no section of the world that can
claim authority for the absolutely correct
thing to do ns applied to any other than
their own locality. The conditions of coch
are different, nnd liecnune tho Northern
men frequently fall to give a seat to n
woman or lake off their Itnta In elevators
Is In no way an Indication that their es
timate of women Is lees. There are other
and more substantial ways of showing cuur-
'%* enstoms of a country ure largejy due
to the renditions In that country, tor tn-
irai.ro. Ill what Southern city has a man to
a* s* hi h.ve'iion.?'."*’theii
fe«*t all ilav, ami nt the end of the day arc
if, fntlgued that to stand another hour or
two menna rare to the WNltinc«wife ai
home, a courtc»y to woman loat alfht of
'"'iM* very rare/ howerer. to aee a woman
w th a child In firm*. an elderly woman
rtPH nick look Ing woman atondlii*. It la
M?'Time* of da?
ML'«• Bd ,nr
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I did not write my flrst nrtlcle on
the above 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 and explanatory
communication from me.
I gave "belief ns a ground of man’s
salvation, after having deary and
distinctly stated what must be believed.
Some of the things I stated aa 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 age
and sanity to know right and wrong
and discern thereaato. Others are facts,
historically transmitted to us, in au
thentic records, of the way provided by
God for man’s release from and eleva
tion above his original and Inborn con
dition of moral nature, and .for remov
ing the penalty hanging over him for
disobedience to God’s law. Belief of
these things Ib not the blind belief of
ignorance, but the open-eyed belief of
Intelligence, in what only the wilfully
empty-ntlnded deny. True Christian
faith Is reliance on whnt God has
provedly made knowable by man ae to
Himself and His moral government,
after the person exercising it has ac
quired knowledge of it, and become In
tellectually convinced that It Is truth.
Its nature Is such that If once true lt la
always true.
Baptism Is God's one appointed way
of acknowledging this belief, and, In so
doing, renouncing the post allegiance
to the opposer of God and His moral
government, and confessing allegiance
to God, and becoptlng a citizen In His
kingdom. It Is an oral confession, ac
companied by an attestation, or sealing,
by which the' transaction Is confirmed,
as certain secular transactions are at
tested and confirmed, and so made 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, thembern
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
not 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 and face, or any part or parts
only, less than the whole body) with
pure water, let us hold fast the con.
fesslon of our hope, that It waver not.’
Evidently, this bathing and confession
were baptismal. Also, evldsntly, It does
not refer to Immersion as representing
simply putting the body under the
water, as representative of entombing
It from sight, and taking It out from
tyibmcrgence Into the water, as sym
bolic of resurrection from out of the
tomb, but to application of the water
to the entire 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 a custom Instituted by
the Jews, without God’s command to
them therefor, for the formal Induc
tion of proselytes Into the Jewish mem
bership, which the Jews regarded aa
the kingdom ot God. After baptistries
were built and put Into use, because
of the Immoralities practiced In them,
denuding was omitted. Sprinkling le
but a subsequent modification of pour,
ing.
The Bible records a custom, but does
not prescribe a mode, as to baptism.
The usual argument as to mode, from
the Greek word baptlzo, Is fallaceous.
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 II
quid;" "to dip out a liquid. In a fre.
quentlve tense, ae tn an often repeated
operation," and "to produce an effect
il. Via ext 4 ea^ " U’htflh I ■ til*
THE CAR LINE’S CONSIDERATION.
on the object baptized," which le the
senee In which It Is used In the Bible,
ae to Christian baptism. This effect, aa
thus used with regard to such baptism.
Is changed Into a new condition or
character. “As many of you aa were
baptised with reference to the anointed
have been clothed with the anointed.”
(Gelations J:2T, Hodge.) "AH you who
were baptized with reference to the
anointed Jezue were baptized with ref
erence to Hie death • • • that like
os 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 ehall be also In
the likeness of His resurrection." (Ro
mans 9:1-4-*. Hodge.) "He delivered
us by means of the both of regenera
tion and reneVal of the Holy Spirit,
which He poured out upon us abun
dantly." (Titus i:*.‘ "Baptism does
new deliver you. not the puttinr away
of the tilth of the flesh, tvt the answer
ol a good conscience toward God
through the resurrection of Jesus the
anointed, who Is on the right hand of
Ood • • • angels, authorities and
powers being made subject to Him.”
etc. I Peter »:2I-!t, In which the con
fession of Jesus as the King of the
kingdom of God, and the application
of water an an 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 JOHNSTON.
Hotel Grant, Sept. 9, 1999.
Iteeanse of the severe weather, which to
some would te ft great risk of health. If
the Southerner goes North for pleasure, and
rSSW weather, tar all means rarer
his ehlvnlrotis rsstoms wtth him. If he
nssumea ft northern residence, he Will to
time lie foree.1 to do In Home as the Ho-
tnitnft do.
Important Change of Sched
ule on Seaboard Air
Line Railway.
Effective Sunday. September 9th,
Important change of schedule will be
made o* the Seaboard Air Line Par
ticular attention is called to the fact
that train No. 38. which now leaves
Atlanta. 9:35 p. m„ will on and after
September 9th, leave Atlanta at 9:00
JrSSrffxssr.ni
To the Editor of The Georgian;
In last Saturday's Issue of The Geer
glan was n letter from a citizen of this
district relative to the fare charged on
the new Marietta car line. The same
writer also notes the company's rcfusnl
to stop at the Junction of two public
rands, ttie nearest ;, • 1 nt on the car line
to the cemetery. As sexton of that
cemetery, I believe I hear more com
plaints than nny ono else, "except It be
the conductors," of the very unaccom
modating nnd 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 lt harder Is the fact that the
people who have burled their dead at
this cemetery nre, with but few exeep-
ceptlons, very poor people. Many of
them, with the proverbial poor man's
large family, find It a question to get
bread for those who are living, yet they
have tile eame love and affection for
their dend ones as the peoplp have who
are able to provide n last resting place
In the more pretentious and expensive
cemeteries of Westvlew and Oakland;
and thso poor people have the same
desire to visit the graves of their dead
as those who are more fortunate and
better supplied with this world’s goods.
Is there, then, any Just reason why
they should be made to pay Just three
times as, much as their wealthier fel
low citizens for a much shorter ride?
Could you and other citizens of Atlanta
see some of the poor people who come
here to visit tho graves of their dead
It would mnko you heart-sick. Often
mothers, with their children, exhausted
from the long walk from town, coming
to visit the graves of husband and
father and to plant a-few flowers
a tribute of affection.
These people could and would man
age to scrape enough together to pay
a Just fare—6 conts—but tfley ran 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 this cemetery; the
distance from the factory to the cem
etery Is three miles and a half, yet
these people are compelled to pay V
cents or walk. Even from Howell Sto
tlon to the cemetery, a little under
three miles, the fare Is the same. I
that legal? Can not the railroad com
mission do anything to relieve us? I
they can, I wish you would communl
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 be could stay on his 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 th work, 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
Is three miles each way, six miles In
all. She Is not able to pay the extra
fare demanded by this company, and
rather than miss the sad comfort of
visiting the grave of her beloved son,
this poor woman, although suffering
pain at every step, cheerfully walks
the six miles, and I havo seen her walk
antj carry a basket of simple flowers
to plant on the grave, during the sum
mer time, and on arriving at her dea
filiation the poor -woman* jrn» nearly
exhausted. • And nil this without a’wonl
of complaint, except to wish the faro
on the new car lino was lower.
Another pathetic case which will
awaken the sympathy of all charitable
people Is that ot two sisters, whose
parents arc burled In this cemetery.
They are both religious, virtuous wom
an. gaining an hoasst living at work
In tho cotton factory. Their work days
are spent at work and their only
chance to visit the graves of thslr peo
ple Is on the Sabbath day. After a
week of toll, should thty wish to take
the car, the fare would bo 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 tht graves of
their fathar 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 tho 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
A RELIC OF ATLANTA'S
GREAT EXPOSITION
a walk of seven miles In all. While on
their Journey, undertaken because of
parental loy$ and also love of God, the
cars of this corporation art constantly
passing and repaaalng these two sisters.
Next Sunday I hope every good Chris
tian In the churches of Atlanta will
pray that these pour 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, 6* years old. bent
down with inflrmftles contracted It
the service of his state as a Confed
crate soldier, and whose sole means of
support Is the small pension granted
by a grateful slate, Js compelled to
walk from McAfee street to visit the
grave of his wife. He Is not able to
pay the 10 cents a trip demanded by
this corporation out of his small pen
sion. For obvious reasons, I refrain
from mentioning the names of these
people. They do not want charity, but
ure entitled to Justice.
Should you desire their namee In or
der to Investigate the matter, 1 will
gladly furnish you with them, the solo
condition being they shall not be made
public without their consent.
In regard to the stopping plan men
tioned, I’presented the petition to’the
company from the patrons of the cem
etery, praying them to stop at the pub
lic road. Instead of being carried a
quarter of a mile farther and being
dumped Into a plowed field, with the
choice ot walking across the Held or
back up the track at the risk of life
and limb. We are still praying for
that stop, and the company ought to
grant It to us. We are compelled to
wade through wet grass and mud for
a quarter of a mile In order to reach
the road which they have carried u>
^Ttiere Is no one who would use Mr,
More’s stop 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 piece. Many
of the visitors to the cemetery ere
aged people, and it le a great hardship
to be compelled to walk a half mile
farther then ne-essary.
Can the railroad commission do any-
thing to help us* You are doing a
Ood given work, Mr. Editor, lighting
the cause of these poor people, end may
you have strength to continue It until
relief le obtained.
Respectfully yours,
W. A. POOL,
Sexton Rlvervlew (Caseys) Cemetery,
itlants, Oa., Sept. 10, 1906.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Thinking that perhaps Atlantans
might be Interested In the wherenbouts
of nn ancient curie thnt was on ex
hibition nt the Cotton States Exposi
tion In 1896, I send the following:
There Is on exhibit In the Chamber
of Commerce building, In this city, an
ancient Axtec "carreta,” or cart, made
entirely of the hardwood of the mes-
qulte and estimated to be over 200
years old. This ancient "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 1896
Captain Chittenden placed this relic on
exhibition In Atlanta, and later exhib
ited It In about twenty other cities of
tho Union, Anally presenting It to the
city of Los Angeles In December, 1897,
"ns nn appreciation of President Mc
Kinley’s victory." The old carreta
made ItR last trip, on Its own wheels,
from Redlands to Los Angeles In De
cember, 1897, and was 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 ago 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 hi the Ralston and
Colorado deserts, In search of their
fabled "Eldorado." In glancing over
the latest pages of the 600-pound reg
ister In the chamber nt commerce, I
came across the following list of Geor
gians visiting In our beautiful "City ot
Angles:”
T. J. and W. C. Finney, of Mllledge
vllle; Mrs. Anastasia Oabler, John L
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, whlrh I
read each day with great pleasure, I
am, Sincerely yours,
R. H. HAINE.
Lost Angeles, Cal., Aug. 17, 1906.
THE 8HADOW ON THE 80UTH.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
I have often wondered why the able
editors of our great Southern papers
have given so little of their time nnd
space to the most serious problem that
Is now confronting our fair and noble
Southern women, nnd am glad to see
that you have the courage to tackle
this very serious question In such able
editorials. You should have the co
operation of not only every Anglo-
Saxon editor In the land, but also of
every negro editor, minister and teach->
er. We are certainly living In a "Reign
vlct camp no longer a need for these
men under such Influences will In time
cease to need discipline nnd the state
will lose the profit coming from their
labor; but even amidst economic dan-
K"rs there Is another view and on the
whole we decide that the process of
reform and 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
man would result In a command,
"Friend, go up higher," and the state
finding Ills value Win be wise enough
to enlarge his field of effort where 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 lt
seemed that something had been left
out; forgotten, and that lt might he
possible to hold out for even these
“chief of sinners” Inducement to do
better service, receiving In return some
letting up of (Inal sentence, something
to look forward to even In this world.
If I am ever made governor I shall pro
claim a “Year of Jubilee,” and this
shall be frequent: nnd 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 ns yet
unconcelved ns a need, wo are at the
beginning, not at the end of the road
which leads to life, but we are moving
and that In the right direction; soon
much that now seems a need can nnd
will be set aside and better methods
will prevail. „
WILLIAM RILEY BOYD.
Atlanta, Ga.
BRUN8WICK LAWYER'S REMEDY.
of Terror,” surpassing that which the
French must have passed through In
the 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, rooming
brutes—the very thought of which
makes our blood run cold. Is this the
much boasted "land pf the free and
the home of the brave” If ws are to
continue to alt Idle and see 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
ards, 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 end
live In terror always lest one of these
hideous monsters enter their homes
and attempt hie unnnmcable purposes?
No, a thousand times not We will de
fend them and change this deplorable
state of affairs even to tbs last drop
of our heart’s blood. We cannot con
ceive of any sweeter death than to die
In the defense of tholr honor and prb-
tectlon.
Every true Southerner does most
heartily Indorse every line of the three
able and timely edltorlale on this mo
mentous question appearing In the last
issues of your great, clean paper, The
Georgian. You have by these strong
utterances endeared yourself to every
lovsr of home and woman kind In this
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 this
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, and when once Ig
nited no power on earth can stay the
terrible retributive avalanche that will
■weep away everything in Its wake.
We have been patient too long now,
and "forbearance has ceased to be <
virtue.” "A GEORGIAN.”
Barneevllle, Ga., Sept. 10, 1996.
GOOD IN ALL, NONE ALL GOOD.’
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Some live years ago In a condition of
youthful exuberance. I sent out a leaf-
et entitled, “A Contrast Between the
Whipping Post of .'Darkest Delaware'
and the Convict Camps of Georgia."
The arraignment of the latter was se
vere, and observation and reflection
shows me that much might and must
be said on the other side; for there le
always and must be "the other side.”
It wns my good fortune a few weeks
since to find my way Into the camp at
Norton, DeKalb county, where I had
the pleasure of meeting Captain Robert
Lee Allen, who Is In charge of that sec
tion of our convict system. Nature has
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 os may seem
good to those In control. There Is no
lark of good discipline, everything In'
dlcates 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 tn 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 a
touch of human sympathy as he speaks
Co each and we become conscious that
a ray of hope comes to these men aa
they quickly recognise that subtle note
of voice which bids them hope. If
every camp In Georgia had such a man
In charge we should soon feel the moral
uplifting which we so greatly desire,
but which seems far off.
I am profoundly nnd-deeply Impressed
by the tone and manner of both keeper
and 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
element of danger when such methods
nre pursued; for the full measure of . .
such effort must be to render the con- and branding, will do more tc end this
To the Editor of The Georgian;
I see that "the stand-by of the peo
ple," The Georgian, Is still at work,
seeking the remedy for the "Reign of
Terror." God speed you, and may some
one suggest ft remedy which will end
tho course of the negro rapist, and
once more permit the noble women of
Georgia to rest In security In their
homes.
In your Issue of the 13th, as I now
recall, I saw an article written by a
Mr. Leben, which fully met my ap
proval in nearly every respect. That
man has a "long head." His article Is
like a "nut full of meat," and I believe
that would bo the verdict of all think
ers who read It. It put mo to thinking,
and I trust I may trespass upon your
good nature and the time of your many
readers to give the result of my ratioci
nation on It
I.
The very thought of amalgamation
of the white nnd 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, ns shown by
sections 637, 638, Vol. Ill, Cods.
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 all, of their vices. This race
ran never make good citizens, and in
the vast majority of lnatnnren does make
the worse type of criminals, anil for
that reason. If there were none other,
every power of tho government should
be exerted to prevent further Increase
of this unhappy class. Understand me,
I can pity tho poor unfortunate hybrid,
brought Into being by vicious parents.
I can sympathize with him In his un
happy state, born a bastard, and one
who can never bo legitimized by Inw.
Oh, yes; so we must nil feel toward
him, but we must condemn his deliber
ately guilty, dirty parents.
I think the remedy would bo found
thus; Enact a penal statute whereby
sexual relations between the races Is
prohibited. The penaty for violation of
the statute to be penal servitude for
not more then four years nor less than
two In the state prison with hard labor.
The result under this statute or a
similar one, that the eslstlng evil will
be reduced to a minimum, and birth of
mulattoea consequently decreased. The
relatione between the white and colored
race/ 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 le required
and necessary Is proven by the pres
ence of so many mulattoea, and the
enormous number of such unnatural
births annually. Thank God the record
shows that the majority, aye 95 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 le not a city
or town and scarcelv a village where
the number of mulatto children do not
show Immorality of this kind, and many
Instances where white males keep their
negress concubines with almost Impun
ity. These gentry ought to be most
tenderly cared for by the state.
Ae an alder to this, enact another
■tatute whereby under penalty the
birth of a mulatto child ehall be reg
istered and on failure to do this within
forty days from birth, punish the
mother by six months on tho chain
gang. So much for one evil—rape.
Death as a penalty for this crime,
as shown by the experiences of ages.
Is n mqrksry; 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,
wby he Is a "martyr” In the eyes of
his own race, the enemies of the South,
aye and even some of the sky pilots,
equally 111 advised or evil-minded men,
I don’t know or cere which. Jf you
put him on trial before the court and
legally convict and hang him, what is
the result? V/hv the gallows is merely
an angel factory. That negro brute
had been sprouting wings from the
time the sentence of the court wee
pronounced, end when hie brutal body
fell through the trap the soul speeded
heavenward on angelic pinions and In
the dim distance archangels would be
winging their way toward him bear-
inf- his golden crown and harp. Just
this had he been taught Just this hts
race believed. As an example, what a
mockery. Negroes are peculiar people.
Like the monkey, they are Imitators.
Consequently some negro brute Imme-
medlstely commits rape in order that
he too may become ar. angel.
Suppose you apply this as the remedy
—the punishment for rape. Make the
penalty castration; brand him on the
brow and each cheek with the letter
”R;" send him up for four yearn, and
during hie term administer to him not
leas than fifty noi more than one hun
dred lashes, with a good strap, weekly
during hie term. This continuity of
punishment, coupled with castration
A STRONG MAN'S
STRENUOUS ORTHOGRAPHY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
You have ever and always been on
the aide of the people, fighting their
battles with eloquent tongue and tren
chant pen, 'hence my surprise and grief
now to find you silent, when the very
foundation .stones of our civilization are
being assaulted.
My friend, where nre you "at?"
Have you not seen In the paper* some
thing nbout the new-fangled fool alien
ing that is being promoted by the crazy
man of the "big stick?”
Have you not seen further that a lot
of Georgia university professors are
aping him?
As long as It was confined to the
president nnd hls state papers, I was
concerned not, but when our own state
teacher* *o far depart from sanity as
to follow him to the extent of "bhieht,"
“chapt," "confest," "drest," "drlpt,"
■’dropt," "droopt," "fllxt," "heapt,"
"klet," "lopt," and other words of that
character. I think It is time for me to
fake my six children out of school be
fore they tire untaught, S
I suppose Mr. Roosevelt and the Geor
gia professors would have It.
Again, what do they propose to do
with words like "hark" and "barque/’
"cue” and "queue,” "draft" and
"draught,” "drain" and "drachm,”
“gild" and "guild.” "mist" and "missed,”
"past” anil "passed," "rapt,” "rapped”
nnd "wrapped,” “clmeter” and "Hrlml-
tar," etc.? They, all have different
meanings when applied to different
things.
I grant you that there are many
words thnt should be changed, but
what theso people propose Ih revolu
tionary, and will unsettle our written
language for fifty years, besides costing
millions of dollars every year for new
school books.
This Is not all; every man nr woman
who cares to be "proper," will hnve 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. ‘
I am not nn eilucnted man, but I am
an observant one, and taking my cue
from others who I thought "qualllled,"
I have for many years "dropped" the
”u” In such words as candor, honor,
odor, vigor, etc. Likewise, I spell "cen
ter" "meter" "miter,” etc., but the
"klet” nnd the 'tapt,” etc, of the wild
man and tho Georgia professors "Is the
limit."
I went you, my friend, to Jump on
them and “tromp” the life out of them
before they got nny standing at all.
Sometimes "things go by default," or
■'defaltas they will no doubt advo
cate next.
J Yours In distress.
D. P. HALE.
Sandersvllle, Ga., Sept. *, 1906.
SEPARATE CAR8 FOR NEGROE8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
' We are among *’ —*
street nnd have
The llfnrglnii."-
We Indorse your fight for nepnrnte rnrs
for negroes roost henrtlly.
The line we lire mi in known na the Au
burn loop. It should be nnraed the "nigger
loop.”
The ears on this line resemble a negro ex-
enralon every hour In the ilny. When there
Is nnrthlng doing nt Iilg Bethel nr nny of
the hnlf dnsen other negro ehnrehe* mi
Auburn avenue white persons are simply
crowded off.
My neighbor has n smnll hnhy. She was
aeotrd on the tlstb neat of the ear from
rear, nurslug her hnhy. Home one got on
nml the ponduetnr yelled nut: "Move lip!"
Thin Indy moved up nnd n negro *nt down
ltesldo her before nbe snw who It woe.
They tried to do niv wife the way,
lint she looked up liefnre moving and lie
dlgunnlly refused to move. The enndlletnr
nnd negroes made remarks
oner "
with
ertt
condneiert" to sent Its pesiiengeri M fn* , fi/l*
wny, there will he n few fool conductors
mliHllig rome of these days.
The people nre with you In your right for
separate curs Juki ns they were with Hoke
Smith.
The street enr compnny Is nldo to put on
‘ to get up n
— — --tupnny I
trailer* nnd they will na-_ ..
betrer excuse than they hnve
befor
uly.
SMALLER FARMS IN DEMAND.
To tho Kriltor of The Ctporjclnn:
A few days nffo n gciitlennin who la
Interoited In tanning cnlled my attention to
hi* acreage nn«l tho land rontlguoiM th*»ro-
to. ,
He I* thinking of purfUnslng thnt him!, ill-
vl‘lIng It Into farms of dMarable hIjm* nml
selling them. I siuMpestcd 50 arfr* ar ih*
preferable ntzc. Thu xrtmld permit nmnle
ysrd nnd lot room, with wnmleii nrrengo
ntifflclent for n rennonnhle length of tlim*.
The rultlvntnhlo arm would l»c niMH-Inlly
ndnpfed to the gystrni of IntoiudYc fur in lug.
to whlrh. In view of Ial»or romlltluitM nloim,
our people must turn its rnpldly n* ponsf-
Tho Inquiry mndo of me prompted n study
of the changes wrought in tin* nine of fnnus
In tho punt quarter of n eontury.
In 180, Houfh (’jirollna nnd U5.0M farms:
she how ha* jr*»,nfh r ).
In 1W0. .T'.KT._’ of those farms hml nn ncro-
ngs of 30 to B0; 10^000 had nn acreage ot
luO to 600.
Of her pres—t HUB farms, Bo.OOO run
rom 30 to B0 acres: fc.000 10) to Boa nr ren.
Ilxty per cent of the latter hnve nn acro-
nt W) to 175 acres.
i*v», Ceorgta had 171,071 farms: nho
i-iie 2*? Or the ferns of
MOO hftd an nrrtMige of ^ to 5o ner— nml
00,000 had nn acreage of 100 to BOO arren; of
the fnrmn of today, T'.ono gtrrnge 1*0 to
60 acres; 73.001 100 to BOO nrr«*n; more thnn
hnlf the latter are 100 to 175 nere fnrmn.
Alalmmn lull 161,773 fnnns In 1h»»; now
she has 223,320.
Of thorn* at 1880. 62,000 were 20 to 50 nrre
farms; of the fnrmn of today, 81,000 aver
age 30 to W acres; 60.000 have nu acre
age of 100 to 600 neren. More tluiii 60
per cent of the latter run from 100 to 175
In *1810, » per cent nt Smith forolltm
forms were operated by cn*h tenant*; tlmnn
of today. 27 tier cent.
In 1880, 15 iwr cent of Georgia farms were
conducted by rash tenants; those of to-
Tn'
oil
: n blnl'n rye vie.
—.. The
of ih.
of MU) I
country nn to nmnlt farms south.
rid* reform, well begun, mast )«. i-Ion.
ly followed. Through till* ngeney, tt„. *,o,u,
wll triumph over nil the emluirruMmeuii
Incident to unsettled, unreliable, llliiiitlMfne-
>ry labor.
Smaller fnrms menu better attention,
eliwer personal ntrentlnn on the part of
the owners: higher culture, higher fertili
sation, eloser attention to need naved or
pnrehanreL n more general irae of improved
lahor-MvIng farm Implement.; a larger
production per nere nt Hnmller rout; ,tl<
ver.lflr.tlon— 1
Augusta, Gs.
CALVIN.
raping business than one hundred
hunglngs per diem.
In conclusion, permit nre to nny, I
never did believe In capital punish
ment. It Is brutal, the relic of bar
barism. One who ought to receive
punishment commensurate with hls
horrible crime Is let off by simply
killing him. It Is no punishment.
The law ought to bo repealed, nnd It
would work In Georgia as It has else
where, ’In reducing crime. FeW men
who would not prefer Jeath to per
petual Imprisonment.
Lastly, It Is up to our general as
sembly to afford relief, will they sctT
The next session will show.
FRANCIS H. HARRIS,