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The Atlanta Georgian.
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thoughtful men of Atlanta who were In public meeting as
sembled. - ■
Now that It Is all over, the problem to be solved
how the better elements of both races can control here
after the evil element of each race.
When that problem la solved, our wars will be over
and there will never be riots any more.
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urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much
ac possible. A half a column will ba read, wheraaa a
full column will be passed over by the majority of
readers.
The Rea! Spirit of Southern White Men.
Let The Georgian give you an Instance of tho real
feeling of Southern white men toward the right kind of
negroee.
On Tuesday we recorded the proffer of personal and
military service by the College Park negroes to the
white men of that suburb In repelling any band of reck
less and irresponsible negroes wbo might ever disturb
the town.
On Tuesday evening there was a feeling of general
unrest In the city and suburbs over what seemed n
well founded rumor that a dlaorderly force was gather
ing from all sections of the county to rendezvous at
East Point and to beat and terrorize the negroes of
East Point and Collego Park.
At 7 o’clock tho mayor of College Park ordered
every negro to be at home for safety by 8 o’clock—an
order which was promptly obeyed.
Then the white men of College Park held a confer
ence over their telephones and In personal conversation,
and unanimously agreed that In view of the admirable
way In which the College Park negroes had behaved In
this crisis that the white men of College Park would not
permit them to be mistreated by any mob from any-
jrhere, and that If necessary they would protect them
at the point of their guna.
This la the real bottom spirit of every Southern
whlfe 'man to every negro whom he known to be good
and worthy.
In Its last analysis there are no people under tho
aun who are at kindly and helpful to the right sort of
negro as the Southern white man. We are the only
people on earth w^o know and appreciate them, and for
such negroes aa those that live at College Park there
will always be found such white men aa live at Col-
lege Park to defend them.
pocketbook from the arm of a shopper In one of the
stores.
Certainly not Wilmington, Del., nor Leavenworth, Kan.,
which aet a new fashion and broke all records In the
horrible tragedies of burning negroes to death.
Certainly not Danville, Ills., nor Evansville, tnd.,
nor Felicity, Ohio, nor Pana, nor Cartersvllle, nor Topeka
nor Lawrence, Kansas, nor a hundred towns who
live In glass houses stained with the record of more
violent rlota than Atlanta haa even heard of, and for a
provocation by comparison Infinitely small.
The sporadic bursts of a few Northern newspapers
who are compelled to write their pious homilies and to
record their dutiful protests, may roast Atlanta for a
season and disregard the strong and forceful proteste that
our own people have made against the crimes of both
The Evil Element of Both Races.
In the terrible municipal and county tragedies of the
last seven weeks culminating on Saturday night, both
the white race and the negro race have been tho victims
of their worst nnd least representative elements.
No man knows batter than the editor of The Georgian
that the crime of rape which goaded this people to a final
and terrible vengeance does not represent tho Indorse
ment or the approval of tho better clement nr the ma
jority element of the negro race.
The Georgian Itself haa made that fact crystal clear.
Whatever we may or may not have done In other lines of
service. The Georgian can at least claim tho full credit for
having developed the cooperation of the leading negroes
with the white man In the warfare against these assaults
upon white women. This was our position, strongly as
sumed. and at least earnestly defended. Wo advocated
any form of business reprisal or of business withdrawal
which might be necessary to compel the editors, teach
ers, preachers and leaders of the negro raco to give lees
time to the denunciation of lynching nnd more time and
apace to the preaching and teaching of hell nnd damnation
for the greater crime of assaulting white women. And we
have borne cheerful and hearty testimony to the fact that
theae negro teachers and editors and preachers have with
commendable loyalty ami admirable feeling accepted
this suggestion and hnvo given na such co-operation aa
has never been given before In the suppression of the
crime of crimes.
, We ore Just as .confident aa we live that the fruit of
this loyal co-operation will be seen later, and wo cannot
fall to express now and at alt times our hearty apprecia
tion of the good sense and of the Christian support dis
played by theae leading negroes In this advocacy.
We know moreover that these men represent the
majority of the negro race, and that the crimes recently
committed against white women were the acta of fren-
xted and bestial brutes who represent the more vicious
element of the negro race. It la well to keep this fact In
mind, and these two .acta. The non-representatlve char
acter of the criminal and the strong moral support of the
negro leader should both be remembered Rt any future
time In which Southern people might be stirred to the
frenzy of another physical vengeance from an accumu
lative series of negro aasanlts.
And we know just aa well that the recent mob In At
lanta waa not composed of the representative and thought
ful people of this city. It was largely composed of wild
young men, eager, passionate, adventurous, filled with hot
blood and eager to avenge without deliberation or without
discrimination the most damnable of crimes against the
women of the South.
. To theae were Joined those reckless and irresponsible
bands of hoodlums which belong to all communities and
wbo are ever ready for any trouble or disturbance which
offers a vent to their passions. »
- The acts of these men have been condemned, con
demned sufficiently and condemned enough, by the
Who Shall Cast the First Stone at Us?
We are not much concerned over any permanent
lapae of reputation for Atlanta growing out of the recent
tragedies culminating on Saturday night
It la much to be deplored, and the actions flret of
the rapist* and eecond of the rioter* ere to be strongly
and fiercely condemned, aa they have been.
But we do not share In the expressed opinion that
Atlanta Is going to be shamed and’stigmatized and stain,
ed for any length of time by the record of thle period,
If all the cities without (In or riotous records In
this republic should throw etonea at Atlanta, there
would not be enough In the tailing shower to build
child’s playhouse on the side of the room.
What city, for Instance, would cast the first etone
at Atlanta? Certainly not New York, the metropolis of
the republic, for on a November night not two year* ago
the streets of thle great city from Thirty-second to Forty-
third, right In the heart of Its law and authority, ’
made reeking shambles of broken beads and battered
noses and splintered arms of the negroes of New York 1 ,
assaulted, broken, beaten and sought to be killed by a
wild mob of New York people upon a provocation that
did not touch the lower rung of the ladder on which At-
lanta’s Indignation rose to a final and fierce expression.
Certainly not Chicago, where not once, but twice or
three times In the present decade, the great metropolis of
the west, with Its maudlin negrophlllsm (In spots) has
mobbed negroes In the streets and chased them In death
dealing riots In their ow-j particular quarter of the city,
and once had a rope around the neck of a negro to hang
him to a lamp post on State street for snatching a
Four’million readers of the New York, Washington,
Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis papers read on Mon
day the full, strong statement of Atlanta's provocation,
aa written by the edltcr of The Georgian.
Bat in the course of time the cities and the newipa-
pors will recall the record of their own mad excesses
under serious provocation, and accepting the full state
ment of Atlanta's representative condemnation, will blot
out all remembrance of the unfortunate tragedy of Sat
urday and will not fall to say that Atlanta Is Just aa
good, even It they have-thought It Just as bad, a* the
other cities of the United States.
Let Us Postpone Clansman.
The coming of Thomas Dixon's "Clansman" to the
Crand opera house of Atlanta next month should be post-
poned.
It la not good policy to have It at thle time.
We do not go as far na some of the timorous and
feeble-minded In condemning Tom Dixon's play. It haa
some strong points and cryetalllsea some great funda
mental principles which our civilisation ought to hear
Intervals.
But the present period In Atlanta Is distinctly un
favorable to any good thing that might come out of Mr.
Dixon's play.
It the upper gallery should be filled with blacks, as
waa when "The Clansman” was hero before, and the
lower house with white people, and It the whites, ap
plauding wildly every allusion to white supremacy and
eternal superiority, as they did before, should be an
swered by the blacks as they were before, breaking Into
eager yells at the strong statement of racial equality
and Intermarriage, this particular act might be condud-
with a tragedy akin to one In Booth’s theater In the
April of 1865.
If Gus, tho negro villain of the play, should be seen
by the second gallery skulking In the shadow of that
tender little girl with rape In hls head and his eyes,
the chances are not small that Gus (who la a fine fellow
hla own character) might go home with a bullet In
hla body aa a reminder of the second gallery's excited
prejudices.
So let ua postpone "The Clansman," Mr. DoGive,
until we have bad time to quiet down a little and we can
hear Mr. Dixon's famous play later In the season.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
OUR PLATFORM-—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as it now owns its water works- Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents,
with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian belieoes that if street rail
ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there ts no good reason why they
can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and It may be some years be
fore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW
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I O' THE RECENI CARD OF
REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS
New York city has, ready for duty in the state mill-
, 10,367 men.
It la estimated that 5,000,000 women are earning
wages in the British tales.
Places of amusement In New York city have 453,000
more seats than the churches have.
The population of Germany on July 1 was 61,102,000,
Increase of 8.360,000 In ten years.
In Mohammedan countries women are not admitted
beyond the doorways of mosques.
Central American porters carry their burdens In a
chairllkc contrivance strapped on their backs.
The land area of the United States Is 1,900.947.200
acres. The area of Great Britain and Ireland It 77.67f.3I0.
The number of persona employed In the mines of the
world Is about 5.000,000, of whom one-fifth are In Great
Britain.
Samuel Bradbeer. who died at Pttmlnster, England,
other day at 82, had sung 70 years In the pariah
church choir.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In your Saturday's Issue you pub
lished a communication from Mr.
George W, Williams, a member of the
Joint committee appointed by the gen
eral assembly to Investigate the Sol
dier*' Home, which demands some no
tice.
First, I desire to say that I have
never aeen the publication In "an At
lanta paper" purporting to quote what
aald about the report of the com
mittee. Shortly after the committee
adjourned, and after their report had
been given to the prees, some of the
reporters called at my office while
making their rounds of the capttol for
news Items. One of them asked me
what the trustees would, do about the
report. I replied In substance, "I did
not know that they would do anything:
that, under the resolution appointing
the committee, the report would be
submitted to the next session of the
general assembly to assemble In June,
907, and that until that body took
action the trustees would go right
along discharging their duty under the
law, and If the rules of the home were
violated by any of the unruly inmates
they tyould be dealt with Juet as they
had been, patiently but firmly."
I never claimed that I had any pow
er to suspend, or dismiss any Inmate
from the home. I never said “we will
continue to expel the Inmates,” and If
the reporter so stated he misquoted
what 1 said at the time. I have never
claimed that I waa any more than the
secretary of the board of trustees.
Mr. Williams then goes on to say:
The only place In the recent Investi
gation where Captain Harrison was
very active was his energetic defense
of the shameful mismanagement of the
home In the past and his bitter denun
ciation of the Inmates of the home.”
This staement does the trustees and
myself grots Injustice. There haa not
been any "shameful mismanagement”
of the home, and I have never "bitterly
denounced the Inmates.”
The trustees have had a difficult
task to perform: they have many dif
ficulties to contend against. They have
been compelled to discipline a limited
number of the Inmates and former In
mates. They have been forced to sus
pend some of the boisterous ones for
repeated disregard of the rules. Near
ly every une of these suspensions has
been for violation of the rule against
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
The names of these men and the
causes for their suspension have been
kept out of the papers as far aa pos
sible; not because they deserved any
favors, but because they have reln-
llvea and friends outside, whom the
trustees did not desire to distress by
giving undue publicity to the miscon
duct of thesb unfortunate Inmates.
There are In the home about one
hundred splendid old men. grand old
heroes of a Just and righteous cause,
who richly deserve all the love, the
sympathy, the gratitude and tender
care that can be bestowed upon them.
These rules have been made for their
protection and to render the home n
clean, quiet, orderly place where they
can rest In their old age.
The trustees have fnumf, on the other
hand, n number of Inmates who have
been anil are habitual drunkards.
Men who have taken refuge In the
home because their bad habits In the
past have caused them to lose their
property, their friends, their homes and
destroyed their usefulness In any of
the walks of life. This class, as a rule,
are not the old, feeble, decrepit men.
Many of them are. comparatively
speaking, able-bodied, able to earn
their own living, If they would let li
quor alone. But they prefer to drink,
and being unable to keep sober, they
tank up and create disorder at the
home.
Thank God there are only a few of
this class, but a small number In the
home nre enough to require very rigid
rules against drunkenness.
These men when they are disciplined" What will the thinking people of
and finally turned away, cry out "cru
elty. abuse, mismanagement,” etc., nnd
they have to some extent prejudiced
the public mind against the home.
The trustees have had trouble In se
curing the right kind of officials. And
it may be true that some of the In
mates have been treated unkindly. The
board has tried to correct every trou
ble brought to their attention. And
they have repeatedly 'Invited the In
mates to report any mistreatment on
the part of any official. Two superin
tendents have been discharged for bad
management. Other subordinates have
been turned off. At times Ihs cooking
has not been as good as It should have
been. These things are unavoidable
and happen everywhere.
The trustees ordered the superin
tendent, the surgeon and purchnalng
agent to spare no pains or expense
necessary to properly care for these
men. The records show these facts.
The trustees are going to continue
to do their full duty to these old he
roes, and to ths state. There has been
nqthlng shameful in their conduct, and
no dishonesty In their purchasing
agent, Dr. Amos Fox.
Mr. Williams In a letter to me says
"this fight” was forced upon him by
a very unkind attack during the ses
sion of the general assembly.
The trustees never assailed him.
made no attack upon him, and Dr. Fox
replied only to the charge that he had
mismanaged or misappropriated the
funds of the home placed In hls hands
as treasurer.
This Investigating committee did not
find that Dr. Fox had misappropriated
a dime of the state's money. The testi
mony showed that he had, by wise and
faithful management, saved the state
and the home hundreds of dollars, and
that he purchased the best grade of
supplies to be had, and at the lowest
cash prices, from the best establish
ments In Atlanta.
The proof showed that every pur
chase made was delivered at the home
and turned over to the superintendent,
and by him used to furnish the Inmates
with food, clothing, bedding, medicine,
etc. Not a particle of proof was, or
ran be. produced to show any misuse
of the state's appropriation.
One of the trustees expressed the
opinion that perhaps It would be best
to close up the home, and pay all the
Inmates pensions. Mr. Williams Is re
ported to have aald with dramatic em-
{ ihasls, "Pay them their pensions and
et them live like kings." Few men
will believe that an old, decrepld man.
without home or family, can live upon
15 per month. At 6 cents per meal hla
food would cost him 14.50 per month,
and leave him only 50 cents with which
to pay room rent, fuel, lights, clothing,
shoes, medicine, washing, tonacco, etc.
But this Dr. Williams haa said he
could, and I guess that end* the con
troversy.
It an old decrepld Confederate vet
eran, unable to earn a dollar, can "live
like a king” on 36 per month, what
earthly excuse can Mr. Williams ad
vance for voting himself 3130 per
month and mileage to come to Atlanta
and snort around the halls of the capl-
tol trying to make speeches?
And why should Mr. Williams pre
sent an account for eight days' hotel
at 33 per day (when he only remained
In Atlanta from Sunday evening until
Saturday night) besides hls 34 per diem
for eight days' service as a member
of this committee, which met Monday,
September 10, at noon, and adjourned
about 2 p. m. Saturday, September 16,
1906? This, too. In face of the fact
that the resolution Introduced by him
self only provided for the 34 per diem,
and no board bills.
The governor very Property disal
lowed the Items rtf hotel and street
car faro, because they were Illegal; but
Mr. Williams did not hesitate to pre
sent the account and ask to be paid
out of the state treasury.
During the Investigation, when on*
of the witnesses presented by the
"prosecution” stated that n number' of
the Inmates had been dealt with harsh
ly nnd turned out by the trustees for
making complaints of their treatment
at the home. Captain William 8. Thom
son and myself both asked the witness
to name the Inmates who had been
thus punished for complaining—this
same fair-minded, unprejudiced mem
ber of the committee, the Hon. G.
Washington Williams, objected to the
question being asked by Captain Thom
son and myself, saying we were trying
then to Intimidate the witness.
When Dr. Fox was testifying he of
fered some letters from merchants from
whom he had purchased supplies for
the home, to show that he had pur
chased the best nt the lowest cash
prices. Mr. Williams was busily en
gaged talking to men around him. 1
waa reading theae letters. The chair
man called for order In the committee
and stated that Important letters were
being read—this man Williams, with
a proud and haughty wave of the hand
announced, "I do not want to hear
them.” Now, If the letter had been a
denunciation of the trustees, or Dr.
Fox, or myself, the aforesaid G. W.
would have been all attention.
raclty, should guide him In the path
ways of fairness and truthfulness; but
how often do we see small men borne
down by thp weight of great names!
It takes something beside a high-
sounding, historic name to make a
statesman.
I have often In strong terms ex
pressed my condemnation of the con
duct of these dlaorderly, whisky drink.
Ing men at the home; but neither Mr.
Williams nor any other man ever heard
me "bitterly denounce the Inmates,"
which Include the entire body of men
who are sheltered In the home, and his
statement that I did, before the conv-
mlttee or elsewhere, is absolutely false.
W. H. HARRISON.
New York, Sept. 26.—Here sre some
of the visitors In New York today
ATLANTA—Mrs. G. Dodd. I. Ueb-
man. C. Blnsser. J. A. W. Dohler
8AVANNAH-W. 8. Heyward, W
W. Osborne, J. Palmer,' Mrs p n'
Bootey, E. 8. Elliott.
A Secretary’s Diary.
By WEX JONES.
SIONDAT—Three women snlng me sow
Damages claimed, 3180,00). Wanted to aee
kaggleiuore IIIII and couldn't, to thee
t» tusk me. Life Is dreery. 7
TUESDAY—Row on about pier* |„ Clolt.
ter Bay. Hare lawn told to atop | t , aa
It brlnga place Into wrong kind of n'oto.
rlely. How ran I atop a woman with t
shotgun or s bunch of commissioners}
Can't do It. With I wtt dead.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 26.
1777—Brlflftb ntujer Lord Howe entered
Phlludelpbla.
1701—French oapturoil Zurich, SmitEcrlnm). *
1M0— Battle of iltiMro.
1SJ0—I»nnlel Iloone, Kentucky pioneer, tiled.
Horn February 11. 1735.
1872—t'hnrleft T. Yerkes. conrleted of cut*
tussling fnn5fl of Philadelphia, par-
Olympln.
■AVKI)NR8DAY—Hermit borrowed my
flsUliijf rod. Hnte to lend ray tubing rod
especially to lipyt. Secretary Toot , t„„l
imrtly damaged! by earthquake In Chile
and ) mu blamed. How ran I tell nhiv.
the earth In going to qiuke. and how could
I atop It If I knew? Life a a blank u
Tltl'IlHDAY—Had to pnngle up a don,,
to rauipnlgu fund. Mo'ney". tGaVe
moat of It, Think of chocking up Job.
FRIDAY—Ruin breakfast 'hla mnrnlne
How could I help It. I'd like to know 'i
can't lie Jollying the cook nil day. Tough
on a man that dooa Ida lerel Wit n S,i
Isn't a weakling. Demand n square deal.
Work nt I'nnnmn tlow. I can't make 'em
work there. I etn't get In Chink, and
SStVnSSTlJSS* b "' CWnk *'
SATURDAY—Phall lie glad to get out of
blister liny. Time the other* were com-
Ing In for their altnre. Think I'll atlck It
ont until Washington.
AMONG OUR ENIMIES, WE
ARE IN MIDST OB FRIENDS,
AND THEY PREDOMINATE
Georgia aay of Mr. Williams’ treatment
of a board of trustees, made up of
reputable, loyal-hearted old Confeder
ate soldiers, who have devoted their
bent efforts to carry out the law and
manage the Confederate home for the
benefit of the worthy, decrepld old
men sheltered there—men who, at
much sacrifice to themselves, have for
years cared for these old heroes?
Will fair-minded Georgians condemn
these men upon the suggestion of this
little plney woods lawyer, who coys this
"fight" was forced upon him? His po
sition ns a member of the general as
sembly can not protect him from the
scorn of the honest Confederate whom
he has assailed, nor from the utter
contempt of one whom he would strike
down If he could because he resents the
attacks upon the board and himself.
Mr. Williams may sneer at the writer
and seek to make capital by parading
before the public aa a reformer and an
enemy of mismanagement and misuse
of public funds, but In this so-called
investigation he wilt and ought to fall.
Hla given name, the synonym of ve-
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Not only the race, but Atlanta. Is
passing through a crisis, and The In
dependent counsels moderation and de-
liberate judgment In all our actions.
Just at this time the motto of our
grand old state might be brought help
fully Into play. Wisdom, justice and
Inoderatlon should actuate and guide
the conduct of every citizen.
The negro's plight particularly ap
peals to soberness and the most con
siderate Judgment of mankind. It
makes no difference what the provo
cation Is, we of all men can least af
ford to become lawless.
We must not become alarmed and
flee from the city, as many pf ua are
doing. Mob violence will occur In the
course of human events wherever there
are racial differences. The under
straps, the rabble and the lawless In
our great city are only following the
example set by the rabble In New
York, Ohio and other sections of our
common country. While the mob, who
constitutes an Insignificant parcel of
the South, are enemies, the Southern
ers as an entity are our best friends
and we must not disorganise and par
alyse social and Industrial conditions
by stubbornness or wholesale exodus.
We must rise above the mob and not
charge our friends with the sins and
mob violence of the vicious nnd Irre
sponsible. We can even do better than
our white friends. It Is now time to
irove the stuff that Is In us by our
tearing through the ordeal we are
paielng. Our white neighbors charge
the entire race with the sins of the
vicious; this Is malfeatedly unfair, and
It will not be fair to charge Atlanta
as an entity with mob violence. The
authorities were os much unprepared
for the rampage ef the mob Saturday
night ns were the Innocent and Inof
fensive blacks who fell their victims.
Conditions not reasonably contem
plated can not be substantially pro
vided against. We must not only glvs
the constituted authorities time to re
store normal conditions, but we must
assist them In every way possible by
maintaining order and surpresslng vio
lence.
We were In a position Saturday
night to see much of the mob, and It
was not composed of the people who
mode and make Atlanta. It was not
composed of the substantiate and re.
sponalbles, but of the Irreaponalbles
and that criminal element of whites
who never undertake to avenge until
they tank up on mean whisky and the
cover of night to hide thelf cowardice
and rampage against the peace and
here were far more representative
men and women In Atlnntn Saturday
night, who stood ns sentinels with their
guns in their hands nnd protected their
negro servant* from Impending danger,
than constituted the mob. Then why
should we become alarmed, disorgan
ized nnd desert those who stood by us
at the peril of their own lives?
Our service nnd peaceful presence
are absolutely essentia! to the highest
development of the city and there Is no
need of-becoming unsettled and leaving
the community to settle In another vi
cinity, only to be molested In the same
way for less provocation.
Standing around the corners In men
acing groups and staying away from
our employers will not contribute to re
storing peace and harmony In the com
munity.
Many of us really have better protec
tion upon the premises of our employ
ers than we have at home. Let us keep
cool and convince the white man by
our demeanor that we are not the only
barbarians In the city. Let us not let
up In our fight against the criminals
and the dives and appeal to the author
ities to disarm the lawless whites and
Irresponsible boys while disarming tho
negroes.
Let us so far aa fie In our power re.
move every semblance of provocation
for another outbreak. Let the recent
bloody scenes act as a stimulus to dou
ble our resolution to rout from ihe
community the criminal and the vi
cious. But this must be done by tho
strong arm of the law. Mob law can
not do It. The majesty of the law must
be felt In the suppression of all crime If
the peace And safety of the community
are permanently secured. The whltn
mob only Incites In the negro criminal
resentment and a desire to visit ven
geance upon the entire white race. Mob
Taw argues that law and the authorities
are inefficient to cope with criminal,;
this Is a libel on Atlanta's fair name.
When we speak of Atlanta we speak
of the citizen body and not of the mnb,
who, In Its madness and thirst for ne
gro blood, were willing to engulf the
entire city Into chaos And riot, endan
gering every Ilf* and demolishing all
property.
The future of Atlanta Is too great
and the Interest of all the people too
Immense to be endangered by Irrespon
sible whites and criminal negroes, who
have nothing. Both the mob and the
criminal must go, but It Is not neces
sary for us all to become criminals to
got rid of the vicious. Mob violence la
to be deplored. There Is no excuse for
It. Why become a criminal to suppress
a criminal? Let ua take hope. Every
day in Cuba now Is Saturday night In
Atlanta. New Tork, Ohio and Illinois
have had their race riots and mobs sml
everything didn't go to the bad.
In Ihe course of our short life we
have seen more fatalities as the result
of a Saturday night's negro frolic on a
South Georgia plantation or turpentine
farm than resulted from the cowardly
mob Saturday night. So far, there
have been authoritatively reported lo*«
than nine deaths. Including both races.
We have seen after the pistol smoke,
rasors and club axes were cleared away
at a negro party, where no white faces
were present, at leaat on* doten dead
and wounded negroes.
We only cite these things to discour
age abnormal exercise among our peo
ple. We must stand for law and order.
It makes no difference what the mob
does, we must stand for law and order.
This appeal Is not made In the fear of
extermination; we have no such cow
ardly feara, but out of a heart full of
the purest patriotism in the Interest of
all the people. We have no fears of ex
termination nor the separation Idea.
We are here and we nre going to re
main here nnd map out our place n«
useful nnd law-abiding citizens. We
will have an occasional loss of life and
property here as long aa the provoca
tion exists, bul we have an abiding
faith In both the friendship and love,
law and order of our white neighbors.
Let us keep the peace and appeal to
their reason and sober Judgment for
protection from the Irresponsible mobs.
Let u* qot forget that If we nre
sometimes surrounded by the mob wa
arc alw&ya In the midst of our best
friends. B. J. DAVIS,
Editor The Atlanta Independent.
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By C. B. Thomas.
OOOOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Anxious Inquirer writes to ask for
Fifty pills a day, we
Jerome's record,
believe.
'Is spelling reform a good thing?"
asks w. H. Smy-the. It wouldn't be
bad for proper names.
Please define art, is the request of
Botticelli Boggs. Can't do It, Botti
celli; art Is not Art without the cap A.
The darkest plnee on the earth’s sur
face, Richmond, la Staten Island on a
Sunday evening.
Mnme writes to nak If it Is correct
to drink beer through n straw. Per
fectly correct, but alow.
The Lethe.
Oy ELLA ANGLIN VERNE.
Tender th»» cord th«t f*lt th« pftln of feel-
Woiiijroiift the light that shed a golden
glow. .
Wrlroiae the rc«t that Hlltntljr come* at* 81 *
Ing.
Urnctnuft the ffttm thoM Let Mean wa***
l*** tow.
To tint bright at roam I g*re ft life’* f’ 11 *
com e—Heartfiilnen tone be-
Then to a sweeter peer* and biondef
meaning
I'd found tho open door.
ABSCONDING 8ALE8MAN
CAUGHT IN DULUTH.
To become an artist In ten days Is
a hard Job, Percy. We advise you to
pick up blacksmith work In your spare
"Why Is the sky blue?"
"Because It's sky-blue.”
Rperinl to The fleorglnn.
Columbus, Oa, Sept. 24.—Jerome S«Y.
formerly a traveling salesman for D.
Rothschilds * Co, of this city, who
disappeared several weeks ago,leaving
a shortage In hls account*, has been
arrested In Duluth. Minn,, and will M
brought back to this city :o fare the
charges. Joy has a wife living In thli
ity. He com* here from St. Loula.