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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
s.vrrnnAT. September 1m
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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OUR PLATFORM—-The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as it now owns its Water worlds. 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 believes that if street rail
ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is 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
News-Leader and shall be prompt to judge Richmond In
charity whenever Richmond la snbjectcd to the provoca
tion which tempted Atlanta beyond Its strength.
The Georgian calls the attention of Ita multitude of
correapondonta to thaae facta: That all communication,
must be algned. No anonymoua communication will be
printed. No manuacrlpta will ba raturned unleaa atampa
are Ineloted for tho purpose. Our correspondents are
urgently requeated to abbreviate their lettera aa much
aa potelble. A half a column will be read, whereaa a
full column will be patted over by the majority <of
reader..
And This From Virginia.
The sensation of surprise Is almost greater than that
Of Indignation at the editorial which The News-leader,
of Richmond, Va., has written about Atlanta and its re
cent riot.
Of all the articles which have appeared In papers,
North and South, touching this unfortunate' occurrence,
the editor of tbe Richmond paper Is the harshest, the
most uncharitable and In every possible way the most
vindictive nnd most unkind.
It Is difficult to understand how such an article could
have been written by a reputable organ of any city
•gainst another city. It Is even more difficult to under
stand how such on article could have been written by a
newspaper of a Southern city against the people
of another Southern city. And It la almost Impossible
to understand bow such nn article could have been writ
ten by a newspaper published In the capital of Virginia
•bout tbe people of the capital of Georgia.
In reading over this remarkable expression It be
comes perfectly evident to tbe most casual reader that
the condemnation Is not so much leveled at the riot of
Saturday night as It Is at the city Itself, and thnt the
abuse la heaped with more personal venom upon Atlantn
than upon the crimes of Its lawless element, which Is n
legitimate subject of comment throughout the country.
It (s Impossible to escape the conclusion thnt the
writer la animated by something more than an outraged
sense of public law and la fired, through nnd through by
some bitter personal anlmiiR toward Atlanta. We find
ourselves speculating aa to what this Intense personal an
Imus can be and from what origin It has sprung. The
editor of The Newa-Leader la a South Carolinan who
was for a number of years our neighbor In Greenville
•nd Columbia and has received a multitude of kind words
■nd well deserved compliments from Georgia papers for
his virile style while he was n writer for the Carolina
press. He has been so closo to us In proximity and In
civilization thnt he certainly ought to have a better opin
ion of Atlanta than he entertains and he certainly ought
to know that a great many ot the things which he so
wantonly charges against Atlanta are absolutely untrue.
It would seem to right-thinking men thnt the historic
relation* existing between Carolina and Georgia would
have prevented the expression of such wanton bitterness
and misrepresentation, it would appear natural that tho
noble part taken by Georgia and notably by Atlanta’s
great citizen, General Gordon, In the redemption of South
Carolina from carpet bag rule would have softened
the hearts of every Carolinan toward this city.
And vrhat Is true of Carolina ought to be equally
true of the spirit of Virginia and of Georgia. Richmond
and Atlanta perhaps 'suffered most of any two Southern
cities In tbe war between the slates. If Richmond Imre
the brunt of the doges In the earlier part of the war, At
lanta was left In ashes by General Sherman, and every
where on every possible occasion the spirit of Georgia
baa risen generously, lovingly nnd admiringly to every call
that Virginia has made. It has not yet been three
months, since Georgia, not particularly enamored ot ex
positions, nor particularly enthusiastic over Industrial
displays, rose to an appropriation of $30,000 to place this
state In the Hat of co-operators with tho Jamestown ex
position. And this was done everywhere to the ringing
■nd universally accepted declaration that Georgia could
not refuse anything that Vlrglnln asked. The whole spir
it of the Old Dominion has been so thoroughly and ten
derly In touch with the thought and loving aplrlt of this
Empire State of tbe South, that It passes comprehension
how any respectable or representative editor who U In
hta sound mind and sober sense* should have gone out
of his way to surpass any writer In Massachusetts, In
Maine or In New York In the Tlndtctlveness of his crit
icism of Atlanta at this time when her citizens are so
much overshadowed by recent events.
This phenomenal outburst of wnnton bitterness Re
quires an additional mystery when wertrecall that The
News-Leader Is largely the property of John Skelton Wil
liams, than whom no outside man of this generation has
been better beloved In all Georgia and has received more
cordial and eulogistic comment upon his personal and pro
fessional character than he has had from the Georgia
press.
We do not need to be told that John Skelton Wil
liams was not Informed of the article which his editor
has written about the city and the state which has done
him so much honor. We are confident that John Skelton
Williams, who Is of sounder and saner mind and stom
ach, would have disapproved of the expression. And, we
can only fall back on the presumption that the editor of
The News-Leader has become embittered and dyspeptic,
cherishing some personal grievance against this great
city either for Its failure .to recognize his transcendent
talents, or for Its crime In keeping at the head of the
procession of Southern cities.
We note with pleasure that neither The Times-Dls-
patch nor Tbe Journal, Richmond's admirable morning
and afternoon papers, have fallen In with the malicious
and unworthy bitterness which has characterized the ut
terance of The NewB-l-eader.
We shall endeavor to aurvlve the opinion of The
Saturday Evening.
Aa the shadows fall ui>on this Saturday Evening
there will come an aspiration of general thankfulness
that no shadow of apprehension rests upon the capital of
Dixie and that the week will close as serenely and hope
fully as the last Saturday set In smoke and tragedy, and
the new week dawned In grim resolve, hedged by the
majesty of law and by the martial ranks of soldiery.
It Is In all respects a different and a better Sabbath
which Is to follow upon the Saturday evening.
The tragic and tremendous week through which we
have passed has emphasized some permanent and essen
tial lessons, and has established some facts that deserve
a wide dissemination.
First among these perhaps Atlanta would have It
known that her representative citizens—the majority of
her people—are opposed to mobs as a remedy for any
sort of crime. Two public meetings of her* citizens, each
a thousand strong, have said so, and although that Is not
even a fiftieth of her population, It may fairly be assumed
that tho thought moulding segment of this people con
demn mobs and deplore lynchlngs.
But whether they do or not, It la fair to say that all
elements of this population condemn the mob of Satur
day night which caught the old and young, the Innocent
and guilty Into Us remorseless wrath, and walked
through a wassail of indiscriminate cruelty to avenge the
white-skinned and helpless victims of a dozen criminals
ot tho negro race.
This mob Atlanta—the beat Atlanta—the real Atlanta
—heartily condemns.
If the mob could have found the real criminals or
the single nest from which they came, there might have
boon scant audloqce and scantier resolutions in the meet
ings that condemned the reign of tho mob. But the blood
of the Innocent cries to heaven, and the death of the
guiltless Is a murder which Atlanta mourns and which
murks the reputation ot the city and the state.
Atlanta through nil the pulsea of her civic life thun
dere to her children: “Never disgrace mo with another
night like this!"
And we know that In the wiser light which reflection
has brought and comment has deepened, that the young
men of Atlanta will respond “Never again!”
With thla much said and with onr full condemnation
expressed for tho lawless frenzy which took vengeance
Into Ita own hands, let ua now gather from the ovents of
this lamentable week whatever of optimism and comfort
wo can find.
In tho first placo wo are at peace again. The city
Is normal, the factories are running, nnd the dollars are
dancing over the counters of our merchants as merrily
as before.
In the second place the police Inform us that this
city Is quieter and more orderly than they hare known It
for n score of years. t
Again our suburban towns are enjoying a aenae of
security which has been foreign to them for a month or
more. „
Abovo nil things our nobio women are feeling safer
and more secure and contented than at any time within
the last live years.
In fact, they are safer and more secure.
Cotton hns not lost anything In'demand or price by
reason of Atlanta's tragic week.
The comments of tho outside newspapers which have,
from tho beginning, been pretty fairly divided, are grow
ing more moderate and kindly every day.
The negroes are politer and more considerate than
they have been within the decade. It la a matter of com
ment everywhere.
The lesson of the preachers has Impressed the
hearts of the young nnd they will scarcely riot any more.
Hundreds of negroes all over Georgia have been dis
armed of tho deadly weapons which wero an Invitation
to disorder.
The nwful nature of the white man’s vengeance when
aroused beyond forbearance haa been given a lawless ob
ject lesson which, bad as It Is, has not tailed to make Its
deep and vast Impression.
The superior equipment of the white man in arms,
In ammunition, In organisation. In military. In Are com
panies, In police system, In supplies, In numbers and In
absolute control of all the avenues of force has been given
a powerful and convincing oculnr demonstration.
There are thoughtful men who boltove that the dem
onstration of theso things by methods howover deplora
ble, will give us for the next few years greater peace
and security than we have enjoyed In the last ten.
There are just as many thoughtful people who believe
that the restraining Influence of recent events will within
the next two years save ten times more lives In Fulton
county than were lost In the riots of Saturday night and
Monday.
And there has not been even the suggestion of an
assault upon a white woman since 7 o'clock on Saturday
evening, September 22!
Surely In the midst of much lamentation, and much
mortification, and much condemnation, and many things
to regret and many things to denounce, there Is something
of substantial comfort to be found In the Hat of compen
sating benefits which have come to us out of the shadow
of disgrace out of wlhch we feel that we have just
emerged.
If there is a silver lining to our cloud It Is Just as well
to find it.
We point the souls of the eorrowrul to the rifts which
we have written above.
one-twenty-fifth of the people of Atlanta came from the
Northern or Western Btates. Atlanta Is made up almost
entirely of Southern people who have built a vast ma
jority of its public enterprises and Its stately homes, and
whatever Atlanta Is, It Is a great typical representative
city of tho South, not only of the Old South of heroic
memories and splendid traditions, but ot tbe New South
of vital ambitions, of strenuous and triumphant vigor.
We repeat the expression of our regret that we have
not more Northern people among our citizens than we
have. We like those who have already come so much
and have adopted them Into our homes and hearts so
cordially and so rapidly that we should like to see their
numbers multiplied an hundred fold.
McClellan Says He’ll Bolt.
Mayor McClellan announces that he will bolt the
nomination of William Randolph Hearst for governor.
Mayor McClellan can do as he pleases, but if he does
not vote for Mr. Hearat he will bolt the nomination
of, as fairly and regularly nominated a candidate aa his
party ever had, and ot the bravest and beat Democrat
that his party has nominated for governor In many years.
Mr. McClellan has no excuse under the sun for his revolt
against his party nominee except his own vindictive and
personal dislike of the Individual.
Mr. Hearst has done more In a year for the plain
people of New York who^ represent the Democracy of that
efty than McClellan has ever done or ever will do In all
the years of his life. Mr, Hearst, by the Judgment of
thoughtful men, was fairly elected to the position which
McClellan has been occupying for the last year. Mr.
Hearst was nominated for governor by a convention with
which he had little or nothing to do, and whose nomi
nation be did little or nothing to secure. He was elected
by men whom be has criticised and mafly of whom he had
bitterly denounced, simply because of the colossal exhi
bition of force and energy and Influence which he has
made and which compelled from the reluctant leaders of
the Democratic party the acknowledgment that he best
represents everything that Is real and honest and Dem
ocratic In the state of New York, and that he la by rea
son of this record perhaps tbe only public man whom the
Democrats can elect governor of New York.
He stands for everything that Is clean, fair and
wholesome In New York politics. Single-handed and
alone he came dangerously near, even by McClellnn'
own count, to rebuking tbe fraud, the bribery, the stuffed
ballot boxes and the corruption by which McClellan and
many of bis predecessors bad been elected to the munlcl
pal chair. He runs upon a. platform of putting out the
bosses and driving out the money changers and scourging
the bribers and putting in jail the fraudulent voters of
the state.
If McClellan cannot make up his mind to smother fats
personal venom to vote for a Democrat who stood for
these principles and who has Just been nominated vol
untarlly and without seeking, by an Immense majority
of the Democratic convention at Buffalo, then Mr. Mc
Clellan la perfectly welcome to go along with any Re
publican procession that he chooses to follow.
OPEN LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Atlanta a Representative Southern City.
One Item In the dyspeptic and vindictive comment of
The Richmond News-Leader upon Atlanta demands a
brief comment of Its own.
That paper declares that Atlanta is mado up largely
If not overwhelmli.gly of Northern people and Is In
no sense a representative Southern city.
The statement Is absolutely untrue. We do not hesi
tate to express our regret that we have not more North
ern people In this city than we have. Those who have
come among us are among our best cltlxens. They are so
cordially amalgamated to our life and to our commercial
Interests and movements that we have almost lost sight
of the different cities and states In which they were
born.
But the fact stands that not one-twentieth, nor yet
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
On the flrst page of your estimable
paper appears an article, "Committee
of Ten Seek Punishment of All Riot
ers."
This Is, on the face of It, absurd. Of
course the logical conclusion that all
law breakers should be punished Is
correct. But to punish these rioters
and offer rewards for evidence Is mere
ly putting a premium on blackmail.
Might as well pursue the policy of
cutting off a dog's tall Inch at a time
on the ground of less pain: of curing
a cancer on the left hand by cutting oft
the right. This riot In Atlanta Is the
result of several well-known causes
easily tracable to their correct source.
Such things do not occur except when
a crisis is reached and at a psycholog
ical moment. It was a revolution and
whenever circumstances and conditions
reach a given point where Incompatible
elements arc forced together nn ex
plosion results, a change, a clearing
of strained conditions, a correction of
existing evils, and new channels made
for different elements to course
through. The town council, the mayor,
the chief of police, aldermen, etc., have
known for months of low dives, Ille
gal resorts, licensed, to make revenue.
There stands In the statute of Geor
gia n vagrant law. Show me a town
where It Is enforced. This law Is the
key to keep men both white and col
ored at work, prevents Idleness, loaf
ing and trouble. A working man, white
or black, Is seldom In trouble.
The saloons of Atlanta have been
closed now for a day or so. Why?
Because liquor at such a time makes
more trouble. At other times It makes
trouble. The city nldermen ordered
them closed. A few weekB ago they
were licensing nearly every applicant
for saloons In the face of the protests
of the best people of Atlanta.
They were shown that adulterated
snake poison was sold, as good whis
ky. They shut their eyes and turned
down the preachers and the moral [Ma
ple of Atlanta.
The street car company can't sepa
rate the races. Result, many negroes
killed on the cars because on there
with whites.
But It Is as ridiculous to talk of
prosecuting the rioters as It would have
been for the commune to have behead
ed the communists. This riot had to
come sooner or later. Every police
man on his bent knew trouble was
brewing when they saw negroes buy
ing thousands of ball cartridges, pis
tola and knives.
The vagrant law was rarely enforced,
vagabonds wandering all over the city.
The courts slow In convicting and try
ing criminals, appeals granted, new
trials given, writs of error and almost
self-confessed criminals allowed to go
on from month to month and the law
unenforced, because a lot of shrewd
lawyers are allowed to clog the courts
and Justice using every lever to pre
vent the law from taking Its course.
Both the whites nnd the blacks who
participated In this riot have been
punished heavily: every citizen of At
lantn will suffer and pay dearly for it.
But tho boll has been lnnced to the
bottom, the pus and corruption, stink
ing. rotten pestilential hns been-turn
ed nut In the open, seen by all, breathed
by all, tasted by all and caused every
one to lienve. Why cut off the doctor's
hand because he held the knife and
used It that rid your fair city of an In
flnmmatnry condition liable to fester
longer and penetrate Into the ramifi
cations of the community until rape,
murder, assassination, arson, and
carnage of untold horrors sweep upon
you and through you In a single night
like a cyclone and paralyse for weeks
every Industry, bring sorrow to every
one and miseries untold?
N. K. SMITH.
Commerce, Ga.
A HOME THRU8T ON MARALS,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Will you allow one of your admiring
readers, a Georgia woman, to ask a
few questions, and also express a few
opinions through your valued columns?
While this nwful question Is before
us, what must we do with the black
brute? Let me ask. What are we go
ing to do with the white brute?
Cnn the color change the nature?
How many colored girls of Georgia
reach the years of maturity before they
are In the tolls of some white, must I
say, man? No, a thousand times, no.
I would not so Insult my Maker, who
created man In His own linage, and I
am quite sure that does not express
the creature of today.
Some one will say the negro does
not know of, or care for n better life.
Who Is responsible for this state of
affairs? Through the years of their
slavery, when they had no way of
learning only from their masters,
what did we teach them? Are we
still trying to teach them morality?
It seems rather that the being whom
God created, a superior being In morals
and Intellect, hns himself fallen be
neath their standing, Instead of lifting
the poor, Ignorant race to a higher
plane of respectability. I consider a
man, one worthy of the term, a su
perior being, but when he sinks be
neath the brute, a creature to be ab
horred by all who come In contact with
him. A GEORGIA WOMAN.
Washington, Ga., Sept. 28, 1908.
ATLANTA AND OTHER CITIES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have visited London, Edinburg,
Paris, Berlin, New York, Boston, New
Orleans, Chicago and other large cities.
I like none of them better than At
lanta. They all have had their mobs
and riots; some of them killed kings
and queens, but these cities are all like
Atlanta, still on the map and doing
business at the same old stand and
growing every day.
Everybody Is sorry that It looked
necessary to the mob to take things in
their own hands to regulate Fulton
county or Atlanta, but they did so,
and many Innocent people suffered by
their acts, aa always happens when
riots break out. The people of At
lanta sympathize with and are help
ing the unfortunnte, but while In do
ing this and condemning the mob, the
people of Atlanta are not called on or
expected to get down In sackcloth and
ashes or petition the legislature to
have Atlanta scratched off the map of
Georgia Just to please some preju
diced Northern newspaper or anybody
else. 1 do not blame the Atlanta pa
pers for publishing the news, or for this
mob, for since the world started we
have had mobs In every country, and
will continue to have them as long as
the world stands, and as long as the
people think there Is a cause for them.
I have heard that the devil raised a
mob In heaven and got dumped over
board for It, so you see Atlanta haa
plenty of good company.
As there Is some good that comes out
of everything, I think this Atlanta row
will do more toward settling the race
question In the whole South than any
thing that has happened since the ne
gro was set free 40 years ago, for It has
given the Rtate and city officials all
over the South a better Insight into the
best way to handle the negro for his
own good, as woll cs for the best in
terest of the state; to treat them more
like wards or children of the state, and
protect them agalnrt themselves like
the Federal government does the In
dians, to prevent them from tanking
up on cheap rot'ttn whisky at a nickel
a drink, but forcing them that do get
drunk to buy better whisky.
Another good thing that will come
out of thla riot Is, it will force the good
negroes to separate from the sorry ne
groes; the good negroes will have to
come out find join with the white peo
ple to force the sorry negro to be good
or go to the chalngang. The good ne
groes cannot remain as they have al
ways been, afraid of the sorry negro,
and where they would help hide anil
shield them from the law. Tho time
hns come right now for them to de
cide where they stand. They must
come out and take sides, nnd If . they
go In with the white people to help
make the sorry neyro good, wo will
soon have no sorry negroes to bring
trouble anil disgrace on their race, or
cause the white people to raise mobs.
The question Is up to the good law-
abiding negroes lo decide, nnd let the
white people know not only by talk,
but by their acts on which side they
stand. The white people are now plen
ty able and willing to take care of and
protect all the good negroes, f.s welt ns
themselves, and always will be, and
they will do It If the degrees will come
out and show us where they stand,
but they can never get the full pro
tection of all the white people until
we know on which side they are.
It la to the best interest of the ne
groes to have the race' question of the
South settled, and It Is In their power
to settle It Inside of one year, If they
but come out on the side of the white
mnn to help him mnke the sorry ne
gro good, or make him move, or go to
the chalngang. For the good of all, I
am, yours truly,
If they felt assured that the right per
son would have charge of tho project.
And right here let me ask: Who
would be more appropriate than John
Temple Graves, a man who, without
fear or any hope of reward, has advo
cated the cause from early morn till
late at night?
And for executive ability, I do not
think that a better man for the pur
pose could he found, ns combined with
your zeal there Is a life long desire.
Of course, the politician and offlee
holder does not want them to be de
ported, ns the jobs of 75 per cent de
pend on the criminal negro: and aleo
90 per cent of the cost of running the
state nnd the different municipalities
are from the same cause.
Take Atlanta alone; without the ne
gro In the city we would have no use
for a single Justice of the peace and 25
policemen would be sufficient for all
purposes.
Of course, If we replace the negro
with the scavenger population of other
countries we would only be getting out
of the frying pan Into the Are. But
there are plenty of good citizens In our
Inrgo cities to replace them thnt could
be easily persuaded to come South If
the negro was deported.
Now, Mr. Editor, Just make a call
for volunteers, and let's see how the
fallacy of too great expense will be ex
ploded. Respectfully,
W, P. DALE.
THE GEORGIAN STRIKES
THE RIGHT CHORD
To the Editor of The Georgina:
The Georgian In Ite movement to secure
the open, setlvo co-operation of the tendere
of tho negro race In the prevention of rape
hns taken the right step toward tbe one
practical solution of the rape problem—nud
therein very considerably of tho race prob
lem. When our white men were nil In the
army during the Civil wnr, our black men
protected us. 1 know thnt there must he
chlvnlry In the breasts of free-horn, free-
raised negroes, because I have found It In
the brenntn of the slnve-horn. A little girl
nnd a young girl wandering In the woods
by lonely rondo nnd path*, If, nt any time,
n deg's bark or n snake's hiss or a sudden
sense of loneliness brought fear, and I
heard the ring of n negro woodaman's ax,
or the crack of a negro driver's whip, or
lifted tip my face to see a black man
close by, I felt that n friend wna near
nnd that I wna safe. A great body of
Southern women can any the same. The
vicious negro who make* onr women afraid
to walk nt large la a Jlliel upon tbe negro
raen, nnd nn enemy to both races.
We speak of doubling and trebling our
county police force, etc. If our negro
friends will Join hands with our white
people In this matter, then the liotter
chine of onr negro popiilntloo la In Itself
n mighty eoiiatnhnhiry force. Let this
movement which The Georgian hits started
spread through the negro milks, nnd It will
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not fie long I
If n womnn mulil wnlk
liremlth of any m
The Ueortfln him ■trnclc the right rhoril.
mill I nm rejoleeil to *$•$» th#» rcupuimp* lie-
ermu are making. I rend with j>l«vi*iiri-
the letter of the otlltnr of The lti«leiN*mlent,
mu} of the notion of the negro inliilxtcrx
anil liUMineMN men who proclaim their pur-
>*e to ilo nil In their power to free our
imeii from fenr nm) peril nml their
rnee from the eruclent hint ever rant upon
1t. Negrihave reinnrkuhle enpneltv for
irgmiiautlon. Their *ccret noeletlen' nml
rhrtrltnble ordcri »how this. They enu
turn title to g«nnl nocount In Imuirlng the
And If wifteiy led,
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. 29.—The news
which reaches here from Honolulu that
Wing Ah Fong, the famous Chinese
multl-mlotllonalre. Is dead In China
adds a Anal chapter to one of tbe
strangest life stories of the Isles of the
Pacific. It Is the story of a Chinese
coolie who became many times a mil
lionaire, and whose thirteen daughters
today are the wives of prominent men,
nearly all Americans. Three’ became
wives of officers In the United States
navy, one being the wife of Rear Admi
ral Whiting, and one married an of.
fleer In the United States army.
In 1858 Wing Ah Fong, whose name
afterwards became Americanized to
Afong, arrived In Honolulu with a
ship load of coolies from China. He
toon gathered a little capital and set
up a store, dealing In crockery, silks
and bric-a-brac.
Near him lived a Portuguese sailor
named Fayerweather, whose beautiful
15-year-old daughter, Concepcion, soon
won the admiration nnd heart of Ah
Fong. She was a mixture of Portu
guese and Kennka, with a strain of
English. In 1860 Ah Pong married
her.
The Chinaman prospered and grew
rich rapidly. He was a favorite of the
Hawaiian king, and obtained many ad
vantages. His family Increased as rap
idly as his fortune, nnd he became the
fnther of thirteen beautiful daughters
and the two sons. In 1880 he was re
puted to be worth from $10,000,000 to
130,000,000. Fifteen years ago Afong
suddenly began setting his business
affairs In order. Then he settled Jl,o0o,.
000 on his. wife and sailed away. It
was as If he was going for a visit.
Rumor uald he had gone to China. But
he never returned.
one after another the girls were
wooed nnd won for brides, the fart
that they were half-Chinese falling to
counteract the effect of their beauty
nnd accomplishments on Americana
and rich and Oriental and prominent.
When each girl married she received
from her mother a dowry of $160,000.
The flrst to marry was Miss Marie
Afong, ns the name had become. She
became the wife of H. G. Humphreys,
a well-known attorney of the Hawaiian
capital. Then Carrie became the bride
of J. A. Johnson, food Inspector of
Honolulu. Etta was married to Cap-
tnln, now Rear Admiral, Whiting, of
the United States navy. Helen was
married to C. B. Menshall, a San Fran
cisco lawyer, who was drowned In the
Golden Gate. F. V. McStokes, then
collector of the port of Honolulu, mar
ried Alice.
A Mr. Hutchinson, of Hilo, Hawaii,
married Beatrice. Alfred Magoon, a
Honolulu attorney, married Nancy.
Lieutenant A. J. Dougherty, of the Sev
enteenth United States Infantry, mar
ried Martha Muriel.
Miss Melalnc became the bride ot
James W. W. Brewster, of Elizabeth,
N. J., who met her when he was serv
ing as clerk to Captain Sfgsbee on the
cruiser Hartford, during the Spanish-
American wnr.
Another of the girls was iharrled to
Lieutenant Riggs, of the United States
navy. The other girls married wealthy
merchants.
Then Alfred Afong, one of the sons,
married Miss Anna Elizabeth Whiting,
an American girl, and niece of Ad
miral Whiting.
Now comes the news that the Chi-
nese father of this unique family has
passed away In Chino. There Is much
speculation as to what hns or will be
come of the greater part of the Im
mense fortune which he took with him
when he left Honolulu fifteen years
ago.
Magistrate Cornell, In the Jefferson
market court today, is to Investigate
the pathetic circumstances surround
ing the theft of a book of Shelley's
poems and Goldsmith's “Vicar of
Wakefield," by Henry Blenman, a se
nior In Columbia College, from a Sixth
avenue department store. It was Blen-
mnn's ambition to teach English liter
ature that led him to the theft. He
was too poor to buy books.
The Hornet, a big lee barge, from
Maine, is the first craft to have a
tombstone erected on Its deck. The
stone was erected by Henry Austin,
cook of the Hornet, In memory of his
wife. The stone Is circular and Is set
In cement on top of a barrel. Speak
ing of the queer fancy that led him to
erect the stone, Austin said:
"When my home was broken up I
took to the sea. I loved my wife, and
I put the atone there so that when at
night I alt out on tho deck far away
from every one I can think of her."
Atlanta, Oa.
T. J. EADY,
THE QUESTION OF SEPARATION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
As an ardent advocate of the cause of
tho aeparntlon of the races, I was
very sorry when I read your announce,
ment that you had given up the race
for senator from thla state, os I be
lieve that John Temple Graves would
have done more In one year for this
cause than has ever been accomplished
by everybody else combined.
But ns you have decided that you
are more useful at home than In the
senate, suppose you publish In your ex
cellent paper s suggestion of a work
ing man, nnd aa everybody has the
fullest trust In your Integrity and
honesty, I feel assured that a hearty
response will be given to the sugges
tion.
The assertion bus been made that It
would almost bankrupt the government
to send the negroes nut of the United
States, but If you will call for volun
teers who will give from *5 to a certain
amount of their earnings each year for
the expense of sending them away. I
cnn nssure you that The Georgian office
will have to be enlarged to hold the
money. I have interviewed several
hundred real workingmen on the suh-
.eet, nnd without un exception have
I'ound them ready to give almost any
amount for the purpose.
As several expressed It to me. they
would be willing to Bel! their homes
and give the full proceeds for the cause.
safety of onr tv. __
they swill do this. I luive nltritrs felt Hint
the only wily to settle this |irohieui tvns to
seenre the negro's eo-uperatlon, nud Hint
If the right chord were atrtiek. tve would
get It. I eotild not believe that thnt qmil-
Ity In the old negro width tuiide him
w'onumbnod's protector *•«» nhsolutely lack-
tug In tile new. The lenders of the rnee.
the call qf The Georgtsn, lire striking
thnt ehurtl, nnd if this Imiveinellt
throughout the South, the Inn nt vletimn.
white nud black, of the lute riot In At
lanta. nnd the Innocent victims or that
which led to the riot, will not have suf
fered nnd died In vnln. To the turn
tHIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 29.
1513-Full of Tournny, Belgium.
17W_ !«m i5mXvfi ro i5i. rra, " ,8ar ' born '
1778—British raptured Amur I mu frigate Ua-
—Kr»»i$oIi ft*«i.nihly ills**lived.
1803—Fjv»t| < rttbuIJp rliurrb in Hatton tlo<l-
1813—Detroit evacuated by Brltlih. nnd
ICC-. I. , u Kv American**.
lVB-Deiteral Nelwm nhnt.hy ijenernl 4e,J
Dnvlw nt Lnulavillo. Kv.
Dn»***« Isoiilae, of Denmark
loot—Battle ship Connecticut Inumiied m
New 5 ork navy yard.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 29.—Here are some
»f the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—G. Merrlwether, P. Syil-
n< H*vivvnS* v, 5 H „ R Rockbridge.
SAVANNAH-Mre. II. S. i lidding N
H- C. Smith. D. C. Harrow. S ’
The portrait of the countess of Bris
tol, by Galnosborough. recently report
ed sold to n resident of Chicago by
Thomas Agnate A Sons, ot London, tor
$30,not), arrived In New York early this
week with a declaration valuation of
110,060. The treasury department on
henring from London what the pur
chase price wns ordered the local ap-
pralsers to advance the valuation to
$30,00(1. The Increase In valuation was
mode. The Increase may carry with
It n seizure nnd confiscation of the
goods by the government.
When George Reagon, of Grand av
enue, Chicago, left home for a pro
longed period of intoxication last week,
he eald he did not want to see hta son,
Arthur, aged 20, again. But fate. In
the shape of a policeman, brought him
face to face with the son, and It was
when both were bound for the Bride
well to serve out sentences which had
JtiBt been Imposed In different courts.
After his father's fp rewell, young Rea
gon, with Arthur Dearbon, aged 18, wa*
arrested, charged with the theft of
brass from the St. Paul railroad cars
Reagon. Jr., was found guilty by the
criminal court nnd sentenced to a year
In the Bridewell.
William Keough, of Cincinnati, start,
ed out with the intention of getting
married. He got as far aa Fifth street
and Central avenue when the bride-
clert said she had changed her mind
and concluded not to marry. He ar
gued, nnd then, according to the young
woman's story, grabbed her purse and
rnn. She screamed and Keough was
arrested.
An eloping couple, the man a wealthy
Russian and his companion the wife
of a prominent general In the esar'a
service, were stopped by the commis
sioner of Immigration and the Russian
consul general upon the arrival of the
Koenig Albert at quarantine from GI-.
braltar.
In order to make an example of ths
men and boys who shoot song birds In
the public [tarks of the city. Justice
McAvoy, In special sessions, yesterday
sentenced Silvio Antlolto, 18 years old:
to prison foe 30 days. He had been
shooting thrushes, meadowlarks snd
high pollers In the Bronx park. In
Imposing the sentence the Justice said:
"The city spends large sums of
money every year for the protection
and the preservation of the birds. U Is
an outrago to slaughter them."