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xHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- wisnNF.su \\ i'.LT.V.MIU'fr I?. IfVTL The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Prerident. Telephone i 1 1 Subscription Rites; Published Every Afternoon O ne.Yeir $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Month* 1.25 *t 25 W. Alsbnm* Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlint*,' G*. Entered ee eeeood-eleee matter April 25,1105, at the Poatofften at Atlanta, Qa.. under act of confreaa ot March i. lfTt. Subaeribara failing to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and read era who can not purchaee the paper where THE GEORGIAN ahould be on eale, are requeeted to communicate with tha Circulation Managar without delay, and the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephoneai Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. SMITH & THOMPSON, ADVERTISING BEl’ItEHBNTA- TIVE8 FOR TERRITORY' OUTSIDE OF O B O tt O I A. Eaatern Office: Weetern Otricea; Totter IHilNew York. Tribune Hid*., Chicago. The Georgian call* the attention of Its multitude of sorrespondents to these facts: That all communications rtuat be signed. No anonymous communication will be trlnted. No manuscripts will be returned unless stamp* ire Inclo'sed for the purpose. Our correspondents are jrgently requested to abbreviate their letters aa much is possible. A half a column will be read, whereas a ’ull column will be passed over by the majority of ■eaders. ‘‘Where the Georgian Stands.” It would be Interesting to know Just where The Georgian standi politically now. Is It In or out?— Dublin Dlipateh. It la not now, never hae been and never will bo a natter of very great Importance to The Georgian how It stands with any particular taction ot tho Democratic party. We are Democrats from tradition and Inheritance, and Democrats by conviction and tho record—Democrats at the real type, because we believe In real Democratic principles, and aro not held In tho spurious loyalty of ■polls—Democrats who hold the creeds and mission of the great party abovo the schemes of faction and the ■elfish designs of ambitious men. But If our good friend of The Dispatch realty wishes to know how we stand In the general alignment after the battle of the primaries, we will answer him frankly that he must have read vory little or read very careleasly If be does not know that we stand resolutely and definitely with Hoke Smith upon the platform that carried him so triumphantly Into the governor's chafr. How could wo stand otherwise? Mr. Smith's plat form was our platform, his public principles were ours. May we say further—that we were building the chief plank of the next governor's platform before he got on It htmselt. Years before Mr. Smith or the strongest of his lieutenants had become convicted upon the disfranchise ment Idea the editor of The Georgian was preparing tha minds of the people, North and South, for the Inevitable coming of the Idea. Upon Chautauqua platforms, before state legislatures, upon the rostrums ot great universities, and upon a thousand lecture platforms at home and abroad, he had preached this doctrine of the eternal In equality of the races and the Impossibility of ruling them under the same laws and according them an equal part In this great government. And these spe/ches, attacked In pulpits, controverted In assemblies, discussed in forums, and assailed or approved In a thousand newspapers, North and South, have done their full and overflowing share In creating the public sentiment which carried Hoke 8mlth on a tidal wave to victory and opportunity. Upon the other plank of hla platform wo were among the first to join with the Atlnnta Freight Bureau and our esteemed contemporary of The Journal In lighting for lower freight rates, for the curtailment of the lobby alW for the equal taxing of corporations. And even after the railroads had endeavored to throttle the Independence of this pen by a treacherous purchase of the columns that It filled, we defied tho power that held, or thought It held us, and without waiting or caring to ask If tt consented, we advocated these same principles within the very walls that monopoly had captured and consecrated to cor porate uses In time of need. During the campaign Just closed we havo ndvocated unceasingly upon the hustings, and In our columns, the same principles which bultded tho Hoke Smith platform. We have never varied in the fidelity of our championship of these things for which Mr. Smith was fighting upon the stump. If we were not so constant and so persistent as was one ot our contemporaries, tt was because the ceaseless vigor of that other contemporary's reiteration, made appropriate a quieter and less partisan advocacy upon our part. If in the campaign we did not place Mr. Smith's name nt our masthead and thunder a personal advocacy of his claims, It was because ot personal relations and com plications which rendered it difficult to do that. But If ever a paper made clear Its position upon the Issues pre sented In a gubernatorial campaign we think The Geor gian did so. And there are thousands who believe that the more tranquil and non-partisan force of this advocacy of the platform of a man rather than the man himself, did Its great and effective share In the sweep of the Au gust primaries. If The Dispatch wishes to know further how we stand now, we will say that with all our ransomed powers we are ,;ulng to stand by Hoke Smith and his administration In bringing to pass the things for hlch he and The Geor gian fought during the past fifteen. months. We are going to give him full loyal and unqualified support In'these raeasurea, and we are going to hold up the hands and strengthen the efforts and advance the In fluence and repute of the new governor to tho full mcas- u* Ul jour capacity, while he stands steadfast to the principles which have placed him In the executive chair ot the greatest and most Influential state of the South. For the rest, we have no favors' to ask of Mr. Smith, no hope ot his rewards and no fear of his punishments, If he shall see lit to deal In either punishment or reward. We stand for Democracy in Its genuine form. We stand for whlto supremacy by the best possi ble meant to secure it. We stand for tie regulation of the railroads along lines of perfect justice to the people and to the corpor ations. And we stand first of all for the people who need us most. Does The Dublin Dispatch know our position now? What We Have Accomplished for Our Women. If any man thinks that The Georgian ha* been simply firing in the air in its recent crusade against the idle and vicious negro, and in its appeals to the leaders of the race to thunder in diapason tones against the criminals and the crimes which have so greatly aroused the South, lot him look at the record of achievement within the past few weeks. The Georgian, in full recognition of the casual but capable co-operation of the other two Atlanta dailies, may justly lay claim to the dominant part in this public awakening. Day in and day out we have preached the doctrine that these heinous crimes against society and against the supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon race must absolutely cease. The offenses have grown so grave and so frequent that we are face to face with one of tho great crises in our social history. The verdict is that something must Bnd shall be done to put an end to this reign of terror and lawlessness. And to accomplish this imperative end we havo counseled and demanded that the leaders of the negro race must take up the cause with tongue and pen—from pulpit and from rostrum must proclaim to their people that this saturnalia of lust and murder and arson must end. We have called upon them to dwell less upon the irregularity of summa ry justice and more upon the crimes which pro voke it—to unite heart and soul and mind with their whito friends and fellow citizens to stamp out the evil at the very fountain head. It is in itself a high tribute to the probity and patriotism and wisdom of many of these leaders of the negro race that they havo risen manfully to this appeal of The Georgian and In no uncertain terms are declaring that the crimes which produce lynching must cease—that the purlieus of vice shall be stamped out and that the better class of negroes must stand together for the general good that all real friends of peace and order and higher morals may not be overwhelmed in a common ruin. We find II. H. Proctor, one of the ablest and strongest of the colored ministers of Atlanta and the South, preaching this doctrine from his pulpit and appearing before council to urge that body to co-operate with him and with the better element of his race to suppress the hives of iniquity where these crimes are generated by idleness and de bauchery. He makes the perfectly fair request that new laws, if necessary, be enacted to bring about a moro wholesome condition of things, and the whole city applauds his wisdom aud practical fore sight. He has written himself down as one of the sin cere friends of the white race and of his own—a real friend of peaco and order and higher morals in our civic life. And Editor Davis, of The Atlanta Independent —he, too, is using his great and far-reaching in fluence through his paper to bring about a better condition of things. No one asks him to cease de ploring the resort to lynch law, but he has seen that the need of the hour is to denounce in stento rian tones the crime which lies at the root of the evil rather than the evil itself and in this ho is ren dering yeoman service. He is opening the eyes of his race to the course which they must pursue if they are to escape the wrath to como and live in peace anti amity with the only people who aro real ly their friends. Commissioner Stinson, of the Morris Brown college, who is recognized everywhere as one of tho ablest and most sincere men of his race in the South or the North—he, too, has heartily joined forces with The Georgian and is preaching the same vig orous doctrine. His own people hear him gladly, for they recognize in him the genuine leader that he is. Thomas T. Fortune, of The New York Age, whose fame is national, has taken thb same line and is doing good work in the cause. Last but far from least, Booker Washington himself has declared that the jwlicy contended for by The Georgian has shown him the way to a new and more effectual service, and as a consequence he is advocating the course suggested first by this paper. The Georgian claims uo credit for having tak en the initiative in this matter. While we were all floundering in the dark for some practicable rem edy for the tremendous evil which environed the Saxon women, it occurred to-us to sound the slogan that the leaders of the negro race must do this work. Until it was done—until this wearying rep etition of denunciation of lynching, which we all deplored, gave place to an even more vigorous de nunciation of the underlying crime, and the negroqs of the South were brought to a realization of their offenses, we advocated, and we wculd repeat the advocacy if need he—that the white people of the South withdraw their support from the negroes, We announced a policy that until the negro editors and teachers and preachers all over this Southland took up the cry, the white people should refuse to help them build their churches and their schools, should withhold those manifold acts of charity and assistance for which they look instinctively to the white race. It would not be long before they felt the pressure and would be brought to a realizing Sense of the enormity of the crimes which have been a veritable epidemic in this community and in this state. We prefer to believe that the leaders to whom we have referred are brought to their present course by the noblest sentiments—that it is not The threat of ostracism, but a sincere desire, once their minds and consciences were aroused, to bring about relief from the body of this death. But whatever may have been the moving cause wo find them co-operating heart and soul with The Georgian and denouncing death and damnation to the rapist and the murderer, rather than dwelling academically Upon tho evils of lynch law. This crusade has, among other things, brought about an investigation of the condition^ in Decatur street, where very nurseries of crime exist at ev ery step. A delegation from council visited that section on a tour of inspection and found 2,455 idle vagrants in the saloons of that quarter. It is said that had it not become noised abroad that the in vestigating committee was coming it would have been an easy matter to find at least one thousand more, loafing and drjnking and incubating crime at the very time when the crops are rotting in the fields because there are not laborers enough to har vest them. On its vory face it betrays a situation which is well-nigh intolerable. We feel sure that since the enormity of the condition has been made npjiBrent by facts nnd fig ures, something will be done along the line suggest ed by Proctor, and these haunts of vice will be cleared out. The time for sermonizing has passed, except as to solemn warnings oil the part of the negro teachers and preachers and editors, thundering against idleness and vice and all forms of crime. The time has arrived for resolute and vigorous ac tion. To clean up Decatur street and put the va grants to work is a step in the right direction, but the propaganda must not stop there. The fight must bo kept up until every such den has been elim inated, until the negro shall be taught that ven geance swift and sure will be his portion from his own race as well as ours, if he commits a crime, and that this reign of terror is not to be repeated so long as the blood ruhs red in Anglo-Saxon veins. The Georgian appreciates the splendid co-op eration that has been accorded this paper in its ef forts to solve the problem.. We feel that the peo ple of the whole South recognize and appreciate it, and likewise do they appreciate the part the wise and pat. iotie leaders t. the negro race have taken in holding up our hands. The negro leaders have done nothing in twen ty years that commends them so much to Southern Vvhite men, as the answer to this appeal. A Suggestion to Peachtree Pavers. One ot the foremost citizens of Atlanta hap called our attention to the (act that In the repairing ot Peachtree Btreet all pipe laying and underground work ahould ho done In advance to avoid tearing up the pavement as has been done in tho past. The suggestion Is timely and sensible. Most of us know the Injury that has been done to the asphalt pav ing by having holes cut In It by gas, electric, sewer and other workmen. It has been asked further why It Is not practicable to use vitrified brick pavement laid on a concrcate bed, as Is so successfully uced In sueh cities as Cleveland, Detroit and other cities. Some of the best examples of this class of pavement are found In Texas. There Is no reason why we cannot enjoy aa perfect streets as other cities have, and we are sure that If the street car tracks are solidly laid In concrete so there will be no breaking ot the pavement next to the rails, and suitable brick pavement laid, we will be rid of the disgraceful aspect presented by our beautiful thorough fare. I GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Sept. 19,-Great tlm« „ In store for John D. Rockefeller's day school class. The son of the king has completed plans for the Ing of the class on October 6. ' A steamer, not an oil burner by,. oversight, will take the young m ,.' Tarrytown, from whence the R wk . ’ ler automobiles will take them to n, magnificent Pocantlco estate of U* elder Rockefeller. 01 Just what the scope ot the enter*,,,, ment there will be will not he public at present. It Is hinted that ill lemonade and home-made doushjS will be served to the guests. W "" While he has no intention of eh,, lenglng Joe Gans for the llghtwin* title, Kermlt Roosevelt has determif. to learn the manly art of self-d e f.„„ Fred Byerson, the Instructor of t,,? Ing nt the exclusive Groton srhooTl teaching young Roosevelt. g. '7 knows a little about the game alreau. as he and his brother, Theodore X many lessons from th e j| James B. Hammond, the wealthy manufacturer of New York, who has for many years Buffered from neural gia, Is having constructed for him a portable house, which he will carry with him wherever he goss, and with It ap paratus whereby he will supply the house with the quail- ty of air necessary to alleviate the torturing pangs of his disease. * "rator received father. Byerson’s ability as a teacher ,ui have Its test when Kermlt return, » the White House from his holiday „ cation and puts on the gloves with president. “* Mrs. Prudcntla L. O. Nugent. of the first commander of the jn-i brigade. General Robert Nugent j, dead at her late home, Brooklyn ghj was 71 years old. Bourke Cockran, Tamms and representative In congress, i, yet ready to name the date and pla« of his marriage to Miss Anne ui daughter of the former governor ,3 the Philippines. Air. Cockran hni w returned from a trip to the West to,., his fiancee. She will be In New York I, a few days and the announcement o! the wedding plans will be made, Assistant United States District At torney Francis J. C'armody,. who mar. rled the daughter of Mrs. Thoms, c Platt and whose marital troubles har, caused a sensation, declares that hit wife loves him still, but they are kent apart by Mrs. Platt. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 19.—Visitor* In New York today: ATLANTA—C. I. Albert, .Mrs. F. & Kills, W. I. Walker. MACON—Mrs. L. L. Dempsey, R. t Findlay, M. G. Ogden. SAVANNAH—G. T. Canes, T. Ham. ble, H. Hengeval, R. W. Hnkenstetx G. N. Jones, Mrs. E. A. Well. IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Sept. 19.—At Washing, ton hotels: GEORGIA—Stewart Phlnlzy, Louta Phlnlzy, of Augusta, nt Willard. Growth and Progress of the New South Under this bead wlU appear from tint to time Information illnatratln* tha remark* ble development of the Booth which deserves somethin* more than pels* Inf attention. A Lecture Course For the Farmer. It Is a recognised fact that the railroads are among the most useful agencies In the upbuilding of the South, and an Illustration In point Is about to take place In Mississippi. For several years the railroads of the North have run what they call "seed and soil specials," having on board a number of specialists qualified to lecture on the subject of diversified Industries. They have been of Incalculable benefit to the people of that section, and have done a great deal to stimulate agriculture. And now for the first time the Illinois Central will run one of these farmers' special trains south of the Ohio river. As the farming In the South dlfTers In many respects from that In the North and West, these talks will be on very different lines. This special train will start from Hernando, Miss., on October 2, and ths trip will terminate ten days later' at Memphis. The course will be South by way of Jackson, through Mississippi and Louisiana, to a point near New Orleans, and then north over the Yasoo and Mississippi valley line. It Is said that lectures will be delivered In 97 stations, and that In some places halls will be rented for the purpose. The best of special talent will be employed for this purpose. Among the lecturers will be Professor J. C. Hardy, president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College; Professor W. L. Hutchinson, di rector of the Mississippi agricultural experiment station; Walter Clark, pres ident of the Cotton Growers' Association; H. E. Blakeslee, commissioner of agriculture and immigration; Charles Schuler, commissionv of agri culture and Immigration of Louisiana, and Professor W. R. Dodson, direct or of the Louisiana agricultural experiment station. This Is a fins array of special talent and their talks should be of the greatest benefit to the places visited. Such a plan would be welcomed by the people of Georgia. Which of the great systems entering this state will take up this matter and give Georgia the benefit of this technical education? It would make a warmer place for the railroads, and they would add to the good work they have already accomplished. DRAMATIC NOTES. Dy WF.X JONES. Among the new plays to l>e produced this Reaeon "Sal, the Washboard Girl," Is likely to meet with most surceM. Sul It nn Indue trlouR girl, who earns her nnme from her energy In dlsitoslnc of the weekly w *- The wicked landlord tries to win her a with his gold from Jerk, the Iremen, who lore# Hal "with ell the devotion of nn hon est men's heart." The climax Is n thrilling scene In the dtitnbwnleer shaft. 8aI shins up the rope to escape the landlord, who fells with n ' " thtttf nnd Impale* himself upon the tongs. Jsrk Jumps Into the duiubwnlter end pull* himself upstair* lu time to cittnn Hal ss *he falls fainting. As they stand the blissful (lush of mutual love Sal die* •ers a wallet upon the floor. The lnudlord lied dropped It. It contains $160,000 lu bills, .feck says, "Keep It; he forfeits his money who pursue* e women." (Cheers.) They kee pit. (Curtain.) ■Faust" will be dramatised by n well own author, who has engaged a leading song writer to compose the Incidental music. A novelty In comic opera plots Is an nounced. King A wants ble eon to merry King B's •laughter. The son goe* to visit King B's court. He meet* King B's daughter aud her maid. v Be ___ maid snd fall In love wttl D'Annunxto has become *n exciting end PLAY8 AND PLAYER8. The name of the comedy In which Mary Manucrlng will appear has been changed from "Lady B«tty r ' to "Mlstresa Iletty. A prototype of Andrew Carnegie Is to he seen In "The Measure of a Man,” soon to be brought out nt the Chestnut street theater. 1’hllndelphln. Corn Maynard Is the author of the play. "Richard, the Braxen,” n story by Cyrus Townsend Brady, Is to be dramatised *by Edward Peple for the use of llenry E. Dlxey Inter 111 the season. Herbert Kelrey and Effle Cannon are to head the cast of Charles K! el it's latest pi ay. "The Daughters of Men," to be produced by Harry B. Harris. MUCH IN LITTLE. Ilaln sometimes falls In Italy colored with sand from the African deserts. Four hours' hnrd thinking exhaust* the (Issue* a* much s* ten hours of manual labor. The Congo Free State has nn area of 900,. 000 equnre ml lea, and art estimated [Hipufn tlon of no Iokh than *>.000,ooo. his new play, "Rrigitdl Conan Doyle. The prcs4>ntntlon nt the early In October. Conan Doyle. The piece Is to hav . . . Illinois theater, Chicago, I>e a double stage, at the Imck of which scene may lie act while another Is proceed ing before the Npectators. Tln-ii the stage swings the new »4'enp before their ere#, nnd the play ndvauces without Unit or break In the Illusion. Isom and Mrs. Leslie (Tarter In undoubtedly permanent. Mrs. Carter has signed a live- jear contract with Mr. Dillingham, while Relnsco Is looking i the field care- _ relief of Blanche Bates baa replaced the medallion of Mrs. Carter that has long (»een a feature on the Drat leaf of the program at the tteluac* F. W. Martin, of Beloit, Win.. has paid 13,000 for Lord Bacon, the highest |; ever paid for nn American-bred nog. Out of every hundred persons In New York city slxty-one sre unmarried, thlrt; one married, live widowed and three d vorced. During the year 1906 the Methodist Epis copal church sent out seventy-two new mis- slonnrles to reinforce Its workers In the foreign lauds. „ no! . ,M, ?* * railway train can he heard 2,800 yards through the air, ami the whistle of a locomotive aa far na 3,300 yards. The women of Obndjons wear ornaments on th« upper lip, which la enlarged by In- setting small pieces of wood or stone until the Up protrudes sufficiently. Cannda paid the following l>onuties for the flrst eleven months of the 1908 fiscal yenr: 1624.191 on Iron. $838,691 ou steel, $273,- 44 .°, ‘VL^T 1 rod "* * 13 ’« g ou Wider twine nnd $267,048 on crude oil. Rico’s trade with the states was $18,648,991 ill purchases and $19,065,474 lu shipments. The Philippines bought $6,456.- 867 worth of domestic merchnmllw and ship, ped hither $12,237,927. Consul M. A. Jewett, of Trchlxond, Tur key, reports the cHtnhllshnicnt of n new steamship service In* tween Liverpool nnd ports of the Black Sea. One of Its objects IS to forward American gooda destined for countries bordering ou or behind the Illack nve months ofthls year amounted to $174.- 000,000, or $10,000,000 lesa than In the corre sponding live montha of 1906. The whole of he decline was In Imports, In which there of""the war fn ot tbe clOsc William H. Newman, of the New York railroad, holds the record this year tor directorships and trusteeship*. He rep- resents the \snderbllt Interesta In 106 cor- porntlons. Frederick I'nderwood, president .“LTru^hC'' hnMt 72 THIS DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1737—Gottingen university opened. 1803—Robert Emmet put oil trial. 1835— Elluln Allen Hitchcock, secretary the Interior. l*orn. 1839— William Pnterson, Canadian minister of customs, lH*rn. 1L54—Many lives lost In the wreck of tb* Queen ('harlotte. 1862—General Hoaeerins began nttnrk on ths Confederate forces at lukn, Ml**. 1871—Disastrous (Ire In Virginia City, Net. 1881—President Garfield died nt Lon| Branch. N. J. 1901—Pmddeut McKinley burled at Canto*, Ohio. NEWBERRY COLLEGE WILL OPEN NEXT FRIDAY. 8peolnl to The Georgian. Newberry, 8. C, Sept. 19.—The for mal opening; of Newberry College will be held on Friday morning, September 28. in the college auditorium. Ad dressee will be delivered by distin guished friends of the Institution, and as a part of the formal opening a re ception will be tendered the new stu dents by the Young Men's Christian Association that night. Rev. W. H. Greever, editor of The Lutheran Church Visitor, has accepted President Scher- er's/lnvltatlon to deliver the principal address on that occasion, and It I* ex pected that Rev. M. O. J. Krepa, presl- dent of the South Carolina synod, will also be present, and address the stu dents. As usual, the pastors of New berry will take an active part in the opening exercises. 000000000000 OOOOOOGOOOOOOO O NOTES BY THE WAY. O By C. B. Thoms,. oooooooooooooooooooooooooa Never put'any one off till tomorrow that you can do today. It Is a pleasant change to eat conking apples, and It helps tho druggists. Do not Wlk away from strange dogx however threatening their appearsiks Run. Remember that the only thing that wears Jewelry where It can't he seen u the oyster. Don't be an oyster, mi your diamonds shine and your p»»n* glimmer until they give other won* Jealous spasms. Remember that peekaboo chew, made In other countries than huitzer land. Fudge Is an excellent substitute W beefsteak, and is less troublesome w cook. Serve with mashed potatoes a Imitation linoleum. Burlap makes an excellent Unin* f* the bath tub. Bee stings are said to be good w rheumatism. Bulldogs are good for sh An up-ended tack Is good f" r ,lul tired feeling. The Fourth of July Is a great cun for deafness. A red-hot »tove Is good for ehtfU. on the W--J eat plenty of sugar. Ham Is l “ with sugar; why not you. Home-made pies make useful asbe* tos mats. In buying a dog be careful lne his teeth. If they arc *! r ’ n * g sharp, pick another dog. i' o eltl can tell when your dog roa> a dislike for you. A disused trolley car makes a el Ing houseboat If you can m ,IUC float. Eggs make a good breakfa-o M* They can be cooked In ser erat j ( . An egg boiled until It Is ''"‘.’L* lldous with bacon or strawberry Ooidn*b are sensible 1»«J 0 Ions. They live In glow »“ ,u never throw stones. Remember that 80 see a mouse you're safe, it »* ' n '-n*tl h« gets out of sight that h«* ,» you. In case of danger Jumj bath tub and turn on tne water. The most ferocious m • TS , not venture to harm you . 1)g qul* •*ame plan wlU serve again-— un j*f toe*. Sleep with your water'