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THE ATLANTA GEOI SATt'imAV, ■v?' rim SEPTKMHER IS, \M. 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,