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We Made a Mistake Saturday —by not call
ing- attention to the fact that in addition to the
“Extras” of Saturday, the 22d, there were shown
in the picture the regular sporting edition of The
Georgian of Saturday, the regular edition of Mon
day and two issues of The Constitution of Tues
day, one the regular edition and the other an extra.
We would again remind our readers that The *
Georgian issued no “extras,” The Georgian at the
bottom with the pencil marks on it being the reg-
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ular sporting edition printed every evening, and
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that instead of printing exciting headlines while
the feeling was so intense, we
used our influence to relieve
the situation, as shown by The
Georgian in the lower right-
hand corner.
No—not quite perfect,
but just printing the news in
as common sense, safe a manner
as we can, and keeping in mind
the best interests of all the people.
FULTON GRAND JURY
FIXES RESPONSIBILITY
FOR RECENT RIOTING
The Fulton county grand jury this morning unanimously
adopted the following resolutions touching the causes leading
up to the rioting in Atlanta on last Saturday night:
“Grand Jury Room, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27, 1906.—We, the
members of the grand jury of Fulton county, Georgia, believing
that the sensational manner in which the afternoon newspapers
of Atlanta have presented to the people the news of the various
criminal acts recently committed in this county, has largely influ
enced the creation of the spirit animating the mob of last Satur
day night, and that the editorial utterances of The Atlanta
News for some time past have been calculated to create a dis
regard for the proper administration of the law, and to promote
the organisation of citizens to act outside of the law in the pun
ishment of crime;
“And believing further that tho distribution by The Atlanta
News of sensational and heavy-leaded extras on Saturday night
among a large crowd of excited men and boys who thronged the
streets, greatly iuflamed the crowd aud promoted the formation
of the mobs:
“Therefore, resolved, That the sensationalism of the after
noon papers in the presentation of the criminal news to the pub
lic prior to the riots of Saturday night, especially in the case of
The Atlanta News, deserves our severest condemnation, and we
trust that, in the interest of law and order in Fulton county,
there may be for the future a cessation of such journalistic
methods. ”
A. J. West, Foreman; B. M. Blount,
J. R. Nutting, Edwin Kingsbery,
John M. Green, Frank Hawkins,
Alonzo Richardson, Wm. J. Davis,
James SI. Couper, George E. King,
Ernest Woodruff, George W. Sciple,
Albert Steiner, J. W. Cotton,
W. H. Kiser, L. H. Beck,
Dempa Perkerson, S. C. Huff.
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