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The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor. F. L SEELY, President. Telephone 1 Connections. Subscription Rites: ne.Yetr $4.50 Six Months....... 2.50 Three Months ..... l .25 By Csrrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon ' Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. tt 25 W. Atibsms Street, Atlznti; Gs. 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. =, Entered as second-clsm matter April B. IMS, at the Postofftc* Atlanta. Ga.. anitar art of congress o( Marrh a tlTS. Subscribers falling to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who can not purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, end the cam- plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones.' Bell 4927 Maim Atlanta 4401. SMITH * THOMPSON. ADVERTISIN'!! REPRESENTA TIVES FOR TERRITORY OUTSIDE OF O E O R O I A. The Georgian calls the attention of Ite multitude of correspondents to these facte: That all communications must be signed. No anonymous communication will bo printed. No manuscript! will be returned unleaa stamps are Inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondents are 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 GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. >**#***••••*•*oeee********! . XfOU WILL Never Move Unless You Take the First I ■* Step. Take It Now—Become a Member of "The | League.” >*•*******•••#eeeeeeaeei I****••••••**•**•*! MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE APPLICATION BLANK. I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP LEAGUE. I favor the ownership of a gas and slsctrlc lighting plant by the city of Atlanta. Remarks: Date 110.. Name Address Occupation r Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. CAP1. HARRISON REPLIES 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. O4QOQO0OO0OQQQ0OQ0OOQ00Q0O 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.