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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY. OCTOBER *, IMS.
i SOME LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS ON VARIOUS TOPICS I
organizations^* needed,
- .h» Editor Of The Georgian:
*The recent trouble In Atlanta hes
. I Sit forth many suggestions as to
^ .Arty, all varying more or less In
' ■Y oVnions os to what the remedy
tM r Vie all Other Important, questions
!“ ,hieh we are all alike Interested, It
n v each person from his or her
" individual standpoint and the con-
f 1 , ;® every one depends upon his,
c her capacity for seeing the matter
f Jn different phases, taking lnte
1, ’n. deration the causes thst hav«
such effects, and the best
pr 7K of correction. Not only what
1,1 ‘.sets out of life, but also what he
Into life, hie usefulness as a cltl
po1 oower for good, for aiding In
S' * about those conditions that
Insure the greatest degree of hap-
and contentment to the people.
Sinnmis upon hta ability to realize the
d O, IS applied to such matters, his
Ifor humanity and hta Judgment In
!.“'*isin» means of correction.
<>« imvc our Ideals, and the at.
..,nmen 'f the Ideal constitutes the
""'"fof life, life thus taking Its
pyff-n.,he Ideal. While it must be
■Allied that the Ideal depends some-
ad ' !' upon the Inherent qualities of
The irdivlduar, It Is nevertheless true
that U is largely molded and fashlon-
'T' narly training and environment,
me mos" worthleaa and mischievous
n hviik might have been fashioned
£? " us/fuh respected, law-abiding
dtisen by _ P'oper
childhood.
training during
not believe there ts an
' “ to this. The good man has
followed the bent of bis Incllna-
linns but by perststent effort has con-
’ffrod his evil propensities, becoming
quered, his e P e them do his
himself runner, making them do his
bidding rather than being a slave to
them I once heard a gentfoman boas
S., V. would never “be a drunkard,'
[ha the very taste and smell of In
Sating drinks were repulsive. An
other replied. ‘'Then you deserve no
credit for not being a drunkard I
have an Insatiable thirst, and have
Sever yet been under the Influence of
Strung drink. If you and I could ex
change natures, perhaps there might
he "ne more drunkard In the world.’
What thou IS the logical deduction?
Klmnlv that there Is but one place to
which we can look with the hope of
success for correction and prevention,
!Sd that is the home. True this will
lake tune, nnd during this time there
must be some restraining Influence for
protection against the evil that now
exl a ts but this restraining Influence
ran have no part whatever in this work
of refinement. The law has never
made a man one whit a better man;
that Is not the purpose of law. Ant.
vet our reformers of almost every class
think, talk and act as If this reforma
tion was the sole purpose of. law.. We
have been endeavoring for hundreds
of years, not only to make the world
better morally, but also religiously, by
the making and enforcement of laws.
We may Imprison the criminal ao tnat
he can commit no further crimes, but
by so doing he Is not made one particle
a better man. his conceptions of life
arc not Improved or his Ideals elevated.
To the man with correct Ideas, his life
based upon truth and Justice, realizing
the relations of man to man. It makes
no difference so far aa his life Is con
cerned whether there Is a written law
against murder or any other crime.
His life is not actuated by fear, but Is
founded upon something better and
more substantial. The only effect that
the law has upon him who would vio
late It Is restraint from fear of de
tection and punishment, acting only
as a protection to aoctety without In
the least sense elevating the atandard
of morality. . ..
We must look to bur homes, to the
early training of the children, to the
molding of character, as the only hope.
And now 1 aak In alt candor and kind
ness, is it not a fact that this one all-
important question !» today receiving
far less attention than almost any
other that might be mentioned? Per
haps at first thought thla may seem
harsh and untrue, but I believe that
after proper Investigation and consid
eration every sane man and woman
will agree that such Is the ease. It Is
true tve have good schools, and thoy
are growing better every day; thou
sands and thousands of dollars are be
ing spent In equipping them, tn the se
curing nnd training of the best teach
ers in the best methods, but tt must
be remembered that the ichool, how
ever good, cannot do the work of the
home. The purposes of the two are
entirely dlfrcren*. The object of home
training Is the making of character,
While that of the school Is the equip
ping ut the Individual with the means
for the better accomplishment of the
purposes of life and character.
In every other department of life
there are formed societies and organi
sations of every name and description
tor the purpose of devising plans for
the accomplishment of some object.
The fathers spend their evenings at
their halls or at prayer meetings while
their boys are running on the streets
subjected to the degrading Influences
of every evil the wicked one can devise.
The mothers nre. at the council cham
bers of the daughters of this, that and
the other, their aid societies, etc., etc.,
looking after the Interests of every
body else while their own little ones
»re left to the care of colored nurses
who have no more Idea of life than a
goat has of psychology.
we, the people, are responsible for
•he undesirable conditions that exist,
hot Intentionally, not because we wish
t« have it so (I have great faith In
humanity, I believe the world Is at
hrart honest), but because of our In
difference and our Incapacity to grasp
fhe situation, to realize the truth, and
[n many Instances our lack of "nerve"
to apply ih e remedy. This Incapacity
is not natural; itself has grown out of
mlict,notations the fruit of laziness.
More anon. J. E. LOVELESS.
CUMBERLAND PRE3BY-
TERIAN UNION
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Permit me to correct one statement In
tho report concerning Judge Pendleton's
decision In the Atlanta church case*
This report affirms that this Is the first
victory gained by the loyalists In many
Thi^ r i. C0 <r« t w e, } ed W bpfore the courts.
H 1 .!?J* from being correct.
ca * e * n th° courts was a petl*
tlon filed by the loyalists at Decatur. Ills.,
praying that the union majority of the gen-
th2 JL , ,*£ mb L y b 5 en J° ,ue d from adopting
the Joint report on organic union, anu
from adjourning sine die.
The court sustained a motion on demur-
E?r, but passed on no question of proi
rights, except so. far as the decision
be construed either way.
The decision did not, tn definite and prac
tical effect, touch the real meHts of the
ssues Involved. In Tennessee, the union-
‘•r® Bued oiit -a temporary injunction re
straining the loyalists from performing cer-
tain acts and setting up certain claims.
This was granted temporarily without hear-
lug.
On the hearing two weeks ago, the Judge
dismissed the bill outright at to tho main
contentions, modified a third In permitting
noth factions to alternately occupy the
house pending definite decision as to tho
rights of titles to property. Titles to prop
erty is yet held in reserve by the court,
but rulings on other poluts- assures ***
to the loyalists. The Missouri case Is »
what similar to the Tennessee case,
temporary Injunction, involving
AN EXAMPLE NEEDED.
piece of property, has bee
uot yet heard. The Texas
to the Atlanta case, only
by the unionists. It has nc
The Atlanta case Is tho
has been heard and definitely passed upon
by a civil court. It Is a complete victory
for the loyal eloment iu the Cumberland
Presbyterian church.
It may be of Interest to your readers
generally to know that fully two-thirds or
three-fourths of the cominuniaftnts of the
Cumberland church are uncompromisingly
able to carry the question by a small ma<.
Jority In the ecclesiastical courts or as
semblies. It ts proposed by the unionists
to take over alf v the property, both con
gregational and general, with them into the
other church. This the loyal ministers nnd
members of the Cumberland church are re
sisting.
There are two main unit
ns to the logic or utility _ .
organic union. The first Is doctrinal—a pro
test on the part of the loyal Cumberland
Presbyterians to the doctrines of the West
minster confession. The second is one of
polity, to-wlt: The Presbyterian church.
United States of Amorlcn, admits to Its
communion, synods and assemblies, the ne
gro, on an equal basis or footiug with the
white people. At the close of the civil
war the Cumberland church adopted a pol
ity of absolute organic segregation, which
has been practiced nnd enforced by Oiem
from that Ikntll the present time. The loyal
element Insists that tho adoption of the
polity of the northern church, especially In
the South, will work barm to both races.
T. A. HAVKON.
Jasper, Tenn.
Arms and the Millionaire.
A story is going the rounds of the
clubs of a Chicago millionaire who
ordered a replica of the Venus of Milo
f? be delivered at hla home. Wrien
the case arrived and was opened the
Millionaire discovered there were- no
jrbw anu threatened to bring action
:!^ lnal the railway company tor dam-
fj* , T,1 e company sent an official to
Into the»matter, found that the
arms uere missing—and paid.—Kan-
** city Journal.
Diamonds
Stones, loose or mounted,
of purest quality and finest
color, are here in abundance
your choosing. ,
The values are unusual
f n ‘ l w ® cordially invite your
Inspection of the stock and
tue prices.
Maier & Berkele.
HOW TO FIND THE CRIMINALS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I may be a little late with a sugges
tion for the safe-guarding of our lady
folks against the brutal attacks of the
negro, and (In graver cases) that of
some white skin brute also.
Your suggestion to the ministry, of
both races, to preach continually
against such crimes, Is a good one and
one that will have weight with the ma
jority of the black men, but there la a
class of negroes, like some animals,
that kindness to them will be labor
thrown away. Nothing but fear of
local or bodily punlehment will Influ
ence them. ..
Some suggest one thing and others
something else. Now, let us see If we
can't find a simple, lnexpenelve plan
that will, If put Into effect, control the
vicious element with that degree of fear
that will eliminate from their minds
even the thought of molesting our
women of their own color either. At
the last election we had registered In
Fulton county about 18.000 voters. Now,
Mr. Editor, suppoie' we request the
good sheriff and his deputies to select
from the registration books one-sixth,
or about 2,000, of the beat registered
men and swear them In as deputies at
a salary of 12 per year; fix their bond
at $100. The salary, %c It ever so small,
will validate the bopd.
Their badge of office will permit tnem
to go armed and will also authorise
them to stop any man, black or white,
at any time or any place, and And who
they are, where they are from, what
they are doing, and where they are go
ing. If they "prove up,” let them pass
on, but In the meantime the good citi
zen officer has had an opportunity or
taking a mental picture of them, and
If the fellow commits any crime In that
neighborhood his Identification Is al
most a certainty. ....
This plan can be carried out at a
cost of about $4,000 per year, the vi
cious element driven from this part of
the state at least, and Fulton county s
women can walk (free from fear) upon
our streets and highways and Fulton
county will be one of the beat policed
counties In the world. ,
Two thousand conservative citizens
of this county will meet no trouble In
making bond. If perchance any one
abuses his authority, Are him and get
a good man tn hla place. Let It be
publicly known that Fulton county has
2,400 police and In SO days this county
won't have a dangerous crttnlnal with
in her borders. PAT QUINN.
PRAISE FOR NEW8PAPER8.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
All praise to The Atlanta Constitu
tion, The Journal and The Georgian
for the stand taken In the recent trou
ble. • Home very wise utterances have
been In each. But I feel, slr.thatmore
praise la due TheTIeorglan than either.
The Georgian has done more to make
the leading negroes come to the front
and take a stand with the whites. That
ts a great step forward, tn my opin
ion. The leading negro preachers and
educators MUST take a very decided
stand against rape and other crimes
of their race, and the
must condemn mobs. And Atlanta Is
going to close the dives! God grant
It. But when she closes them all
there will not be a single saloon left,
for all saloon, are d >v« tpBETTBR .
Arlington, Ga.
A POEM TO HER.
The retalolscent Indian simmer,
With tuny sky end yellow leaf.
Comes
0?> P r‘'Sn*^.^“w™love[
dreams. Ob,
istag fair.
bringing with it ssd. sweet mem'.
rtsrjtfiWL
Whole deep blue exes endrerenbelr^
Are vivid vlelons In my dream
My old sweetheart was petting 1
fhe summer melts Into mild
Tbe*summer SSgfc-
1 The one to whom theee words arepenued,
T t, *sys , i«
And’ohMbe'Toy thit’itirllle SJ»
As quaffs of porwt win*,
of mine.
sr mu —,n
GEORGE L KINO, JR-
To tho Editor of Tho Georgian:
In troublous times like these tho con
servative people Instinctively turn to
a strong, safe and sane lender, such
as The Georgian has proven Itself to
bo under any and all circumstances.
For this reason tho poople know that
you stand for law and order. We can
not tolerate a spirit of lawlessness,
which seems about to enthrall us at
this time. The way, and the only way,
to stop it Is to take prompt action
through the courts of the land. Wo
must appeal to them, and to them only,
Just now. I notice that some two or
three hundred arrests have been mode
for crimes which, under our taws,
amount to only a misdemeanor. Near
ly all of those arrested are guilty of
Inctting a riot, or carrying concealed
weapons. These cases can be tried In
the city court of Atlanta, the machin
ery of which can be gotten In opera
tion In a few houra. Were this court
called In session and some steps taken
to punish the guilty ones, the people,
at least the law-abiding element, will
be fully satisfied.
The prompt and vigorous action of
Judge Broyles In Imposing heavy sen
tences on the mob of Saturday night
had a wholesome effect. Now, If the
city court would convene and remain
In session until all the guilty were
tried and punished, there would be no
cry of the delay of the law, and the
people have no excuse to resort to mob
law. Our laws are adequate, and only
need prompt and fearless enforcement.
If the good citizens of this community
knew that, all offenders would be pun
ished as fast as arrested. It would have
a salutary Influence In quieting the
restless and uneasy feeling of the citi
zens. I simply offer this suggestion
for what It is worth.
R. a SHROPSHIRE.
8HALL WE HIDE THE
0 NEGRO’S CRIMES?
To the Editor of The Georgian:
One reader and admirer of The
Georgian has noted with regret for the
past few weeks the falling off, and up
until the last fow days, the almost total
absence of comment on the negro
problem In your splendid paper, and I
am safe In saying that I am not alone
In my views of this fact. This one
feature of The Georgian, lta stand, or
rather the stand Its editor has taken
on this subject, has won for his paper
a place In the hearts of the true Geor
gian that will not be lost so long as
the virtue and safety of our Southern
women Is pleaded for In Its columns.
In this morning's Constitution ap
peared an editorial advocating the dis
continuance of extras being published
giving details ot assaults. While this
policy may be a good one from one
point, namely, the quelling of the pres
ent etate of excitement and disturbance,
wish to state that one person who,
perhaps, has had this curse to come a
little nearer home to him than the au
thor of this special editorial, thinks
It la a crying ahame that a crime of
this volume of blackness and carrying
with It the horror that It does, should
be smothered, as It were, and kept In
the quiet In order that a helpless law,
with a few slow, Indifferent policemen
to represent It. should have a chance
to try and bring the negro to justice.
God knows that I am a man who re
spects our laws, but the law Is only the
voice and will of the people. Ours Is
law for the people, by the people, and
those who make the law can now see
occasion and place for revision of our
laws, a revision that will allow .men,
men of courage, men of character, men
who love the purity and grace of our
mothers and the daughters of our
beautiful Southland more than they
love their own lives, to avenge these
crimes and put the beastly, loathsome
demons to a speedy end.
The press can—and will eventually—
do more to put a stop to these crimes
and restore our peopls to safety than
any other medium, and at the present
rate of Increase In the number of at
tacks and assaults committed It will
not be long ere the wife or daughter of
some of tho editors (who are now of
fering suggestions as to what shall be
done to stop lynching and* protect the
negro, you might as well say, aa thla
is what It-amounts to) will fall a prey
to the beast, then we ahall be given
suggestions In another direction—pro
vided he can leave the chase long
enough to resume his work, and has the
heart to do so.
The present status of affairs Is not
at all an unlooked-for thing among any
one with half an eye to the future. Tl
has been plainly In sight for months
gone by, yes, for years. Further
more, there Is only one remedy that
will ever bring safety—complete rld-
drance and an elimination of the cause.
To obtain this the negro must go. This
Is a problem so large that It Is dis
missed almost aa soon as suggested In
every conversation where It Is brought
up for discussion. However, while the
task Is growing greater all the- time,
the absolute necessity and essentiality
of this move Is being more clearly
manifested each day by the conduct of
the black brutes alt over the country.
In your mind, Just for a moment, im
agine the negro out of the United
States, a country filled with people of
your own blood, people whose hand
you ran take as you would a brother's.
Your wives and daughters at home
when you are 4fway ot the duties of the
day or night. They have no fears of
being left alone, no fears that the
crime, the thought or Intimation of
which bowe the head and causea the
flush of shame to appear, or death,
which Is preferable, will be their lot
while you are away even for an hour.
Can a price too dear be named for the
restoration of our land from the pres
ent hell to a garden of such beauty as
It would be? Would the entire treas
ury of the United States, with an equal
amount borrowed and expended to re
move the negro and cotonfze him tn
Africa or elsewhere, be too great a sum
to pay for the freedom of our women?
Nol A thousand tlmts -no. With the
negro out of the way, many avenues
and lines of labor would be offered the
poorer class of while people In our
cities and elsewhere, who are now In
need of the work that Is only given to
negro workmen and negro women.
Mr. Editor, In behalf of my mother
and sisters, whom God knows I would
lay down my life to protect against this
evil, and Jn behalf of every pure and
Innocent woman and girl of this beau
tiful land of (burs, I wish to enter my
request that the crusade which you
commenced prior to your trip to the
East be resumed; that The Georgian
resums and maintain tha admirable
stand flrat taken In the Interest snd
for the protection of our greatest pride.
Southern womanhood, until at least w->
can sea there Is nothing to be gained
from this source, which time may God
forbid. ANGLO-SAXON.
SAFETY DEVICE FOR
STREET RAILWAY CAR8
To the Editor of The Georgian.
lectoxod Hud application for membership
In the Municipal Ownership League.
The applicant Is and nlways has been a
Arm believer In municipal owuershlp of
public utilities whenever practicable, nud at
this time, when municipal control of gas
snd electric light plants Is being champion
ed by Tbs Georgian, sml wauy cltlzeua
of Atlanta, It becomes evident that so,tie
are In favor of Including the street rail.
w«v •vstem.
time that strlugent measures
adopted compelling tbe Georgia Hallway
Company to properly equip their
against many fatal accidents that
occurred, ana are sure to be repeats ...
Atlanta so long as these Juggernaut affairs
without fenders go dashing through our
streets.
From personal experience. If the ques
tion he asked the average citizen, "Are
tbe street cars equipped with fenders?
the general reply 1s '’Why. I suppose so!"
when, lu fact, there Is not a car operated
Itte Atlanta that 1s not a menace to the
lives of the people.
The heavy auburlinn cara are provided
Ith a sharp wedge-shaped device
lar to the locomotive "cow-catcher.
What chance of life hat a person hit by
such an Infernal construction?
Msny of the Georgia Railway Company
cart have not even the shore suggestion of
protection, and a man, woman or child who
la so unfortunate aa to be ran down Is
drawn under the bumper or draw-head and
crushed beneath tho cruel wheels.
In New York end every Northern city
In which the writer has been, street
nre by law compelled to be so equl
ns to protect ns far aa possible the
of pedestrians,- nnd In the metropolis near,
* ‘ — — ini *—
Yorkers, 'at n rule, do not trsVsi in this
fashion so long as there Is room on the
roof.
Th..—
In construction, — ....
saving device, gome ere built of flexible
stripe of iron, with edges nnd corner;
frame covered with rubber, to prevent
much at poeelble Injury to vlctlmi.
Thoee principally need by the Metropoll
.jn Street Railway Compony are nothing
mors nor less than s slender steel frame
covered, with s hammock-shaped netting,
tinder ordinary circumstances this fender
runs a few Inches above tbe rails, and Is
usually sufficient to save lives, lint, s; an
extra precaution, the motormnn can, in a
frneilon of a second, press with his foot
n steel plug, by mesne of which the f-
der Is dropped to the rails, rendering
S radically Impossible for anything to
rewn under the wheels.
The fenders hook up or lot down from
thar end of the csr.-snd were the Geor
gia Hallway Company's rolling stock so
equipped, how many lives now In dally
end hourly danger might be reaiousbly pro
tected, and how many might have been
nnd can lie saved. , ..
The cars as now ran are a menace to the
^Municipal control might remedy this
great and unnecessary danger.
ROBERT NELSON SILMMAN,
Atlanta, Un„ October 1, 1906.
STATE ROAD EXTENSION.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Your kind editorial treatment of mo In
connection wKh the subject of extending
the Western nnd Atlantic railroad to our
Georgia sen const, snd s recent editorial In
which you honor me with being the "father
of the suggestion tn extend the state road
to the sea, prompts me to thnnk you. And
s few words of a personal nature concern
ing my connection with this movement may
not be out of ''order.'' , . .
All I can properly claim as nn originator
ts that on September 6. 1901. I wrote end
published In the DeKnlb New Era advo-
entlng the Idea of outlining s plan to secure
the labor, material snd money for the work,
which then seemed to me most feasible. I
note that Mr. Erwin bus wrttenjron that
be made such suggestion In 1860-1M4. I did
‘‘LEST WE FORGET.''
matter Is that, while rcadlug Alexander
Hamilton Stephens’ two railroad Utters to
Professor William Rutherford 1189?). In
Cleveland's Life if Stephens, my mlud was
enlightened sa to the facts of the history
of our state road, nod In tbe light of these
facts, knowing that then (September, 1901)
there were frequent newspaper suggestions
to sell the road, and reflectin'
tirnhahi* depreciation of the roe
he end of the lease In 1920, and
.Ini
gestlon, I wroi
‘ "agin title gr— ..
, .. hsve sought every opportunity
could And by tongue nnd pen to spread the
Idea abroad "like rain."
1 congratulate you for yonr prompt ac
ceptance of the truth and wisdom of this
proposition, which, from tbe moment It
wns presented to you, and In alt the phases
of its (IliCussfnu you have helped to for
ward to general acceptance and approval by
If the eutei
leorgl
am rip
A FAIRLY GOOD 8UQGE8TION.
Ing nrms-funt or pfttola-shall register
same with tke county officers; also any
amount to exceed ten rounds of csrtridgss,
tax of tl on each gun or pistol per
year Any one found with arms on their
'remises not Properly registered to be fined
,n the discretion of the officiate. I submit
this for yonr ™« 1 ‘ 1 »TsUB8CRIB E R.
_JV brought to consider this
as n purely Ueorgla proposition,
in Its own facts, separately nnd
m any Ideas of "general itnte own
ershlp,” "federal ownership nnd control."
etc., which some may throw out os "rub
bish" to Impede the movement, I have eon
fidence that this "pises of new ground"
will be cleared up and made productive.
if authorised next sufitmer end pushed ...
completion by or before 1920 wo might hope
for s clear Income of at least $2,000,000 s
year, and then—
there grill be glory enough to go "ill the
way ’round.” 1‘IROMIS B. BELL. ,
Decatur, Os.
VIGOROUS MEA8URE8
ARE NECE88ARY,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have been taking The Georgian
from the first lssuq and am delighted
with tt. For some years I lived tn Col
lege Park, Go., and may say a neigh
bor to Colonel John Temple Graves.
Thla may cause me to have a more
kindly feeling tor the paper than
otherwise might have had.
Yet, I assert thst It stands the pier
of any political paper, that I am ac
quainted with. Ita high moral tone, Its
pure social and political uttorances,
Its championship for the protection' of
our wives, mothers and daughters, calls
forth my heartiest Indorsement. The
enlargement of police forces and tho
doing away with low-down negro dives
on Decatur and Peters streets nnd oth
er places In the city Is good, as far as
It goes, but these measures stop short
of what should be done. Decatur and
Pgters streets have drog shops that
are called decent. God pity the cn
cnmlunt. Many times I have had bus
iness that called me along these streets
and I have seen low-dowrn white folks
and negroes crowding the counters of
these eo-called decent shops, like flies
swarming around a putrid carcas. Here
In these dens of Infamy brutal negroes
All up on red liquor until they are fit
ted for any meanness that thetr brutal
paaalona may (Rotate. Let the great
city of Atlanta close up these dives, os
well as all others.
I see but two courses to pursue with
these lawless, brutal horde. One Is
to put every Idler tbe they white or
black) In the chain gang. The other
Is, send them across the Mason and
Dixon line. And when any one assault!
a woman or girl (white or black), hang
them a* soon a* the law of the land
will permit.
This Is a .white man's government,
and the darky should have no voice
In making the laws, either In the legis
latures or at the polls. If he wishes
to educate his children, let him work
and make the money to pay their way
through the negro schools and colleges,
and let all of these schools and col
leges come under the supervision ot
tbe state commissioner and hla help-
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It seems, from the newspapers end
from the city, county and state offi
cials, that there Is only one question
of Importance before them and the
people fit this city nnd county at the
present time, and that Is to And some
one to punish for whnl several thou
sand people did on the night ot the
22d instant: while the rebl criminals
who had assaulted the wives nnd
daughters ot our neighbors and held
every unprotected white woman in a
state of dread and terror hitherto un
known In any clvllllfed community, go
almost unnoticed. What Is the matter
with our people? Do they forget In n
day the great wrong our women have
suffered?
It may be said that something must
be done to restore business confidence
at the North and East; and. there
fore, everything must be done and said
that will have a tendency to placate
those sections of our common country,
^ut I can not believe that ouj people
are ready to measure the outrages that
have been done our womanhood In dol
lars and cents. I do not believe they
are ready to rest our civilisation on a
money basis.
I see by the papers that the deaths
resulting from the unfortunate out
break are reported aa being thirteen.
This Is deplorable, and I regret It more
than words can express, but these are
dead and a generous public ts making
provision for the families of those who
were slain, while on the other "band
there are a. greater number ot refined,
eemltve women In this county alone
who have passed through a thousand
deaths, and must continue to carry that
terrible body of death with them until
soma friendly disease shall appear to
release them. And yet we Hear noth
ing now of the detestable brutes who
committed these awful outrages. No
rewards hare bean offered by the city,
county or state, so far ns I am aware,
for many of them. No great public
meetings of good citizens have been
held and resolutions passed offering
protection to the Innocent, helpless
w-omen of our community,
Mr. Editor, the white people ot this
community are ns law-abiding and
peaceable cltlsens as can be found In
any of the states of this Union, and
are only driven to occasional acts of
lawlessness by attacks on the sanctity
of their homes by negro brutes who
stalk abroad In the land by day and
by night It has always been held, by
all enlightened people, to be the duty
of every community to protect the
homes. In fact, from time Immemorial
the law has ever recognised thefl right
of every man to defend his family and
home against felonious assaults. .
So, we have a situation where a large
number of the most diabolical crimes
In the nnnals of history have been
committed by an order of criminals
lower than brutes on the one aide and
an unlawful outbreak on the part of
outraged and frenzied citizens on the
other, who so far forgot themselves,
by reason of the great wrongs which
had been done them and their helpless
ones, that they rose up and In the heat
of passion committed offenses which no
sane man or law-abiding citizen can
or will undertake to Justify, but can
only deplore.
Let us treat this matter ns It de
serves. Let our authorities turn their at
attention to the capture and punish
ment of these dangerous brutes, and to
the protection of our Innocent woman
hood, and no expensive military force
will be necessary to keep order.
J. J. BARGE.
Atlanta, Ga.
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ular college prices—"Cost of Materials." No green
students are allowed to enter thla school, but dentists
of several years’ experience come to learn the newest
things In the business. In this place you get the bene
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Gas, Air and Local Application for
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FREE
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Dr. Conway also will attend to hla private practice.
$1.00
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THE NEAL BANK
Interest allowed at the rate of THREE AND ONE«HALF PER CENT.
PER ANNUM, compounded semi-annually.
E. H. THORNTON, President W. F. MANRY, Cashier.
H. C. CALDWELL, Asst. Cashier.
PROHIBITION D0E8
NOT PROHIBIT
To tho Editor of The Georgian.
Tho post fifty years have been noted for
the temperance crusade. It has been con«
ducted on the line* of prohibition, high U-
cense, dispensaries and any means that
will tend to make drinking expensive. Tho
best iHH)ple of tbe land have given their
time and money freely In their efforts to
benefit our *raee, and deserve the thanks
of all good cltlsens.
All who hove noted the results from
time to time know how well these good
people have succeeded. It has !»een learn
ed that prohibition does not prohibit. High
llceuse fins been tho cause of building up
the moat powerful trusts knowu. with
money nnd power to control our goveru<
ment nnd make the poor nubile buy any
article they chose to manufacture, and at
price tnat Is out of nil reason, lty
pert advertising, they have educated the
. ihlic to drink, and are creating n drunk
on nation.
The strictly prohibition sections have de
veloped Into the most druuken nud lawless
of nil. A business man would not con
era to try n change’. If prohibition could
be made effective our country would be a
paradise. No one can be blnided for advo
cating It. Heinovlng the Atlantic ocean
wodm be
htbltlng t_ ___
ed spirit*. Auy
Qg It. iiemoving me Auanuc ocean
M be sn easy toss compared to, pro-
Hug the muklug and drinking distill-
plrlt*. Auy change that tend* tn hold
To reverse the present debasing sys*
Itemove all high licenses; ’destroy tbe
trusts nnd take off the premiums now
placed on a drink of whisky.
Let any man sell who can furnish a rs
spec table place. Direct all efforts toward
conducting drinking: and, eating Places on
the highest possible* plane, suitable for
women and children. No gentleman or lady
gentleman or Indy to purchase drinks In
saloon properly conducted.
The moral standards of our cities ore ac
cording to the standard of the saloons. No
city cun nfford to maintain any public eat
ing or drinking place at a . standard that
makes it unfit for Indies snd^ gentlemen.
Ninety per cent of the ineu frequent sa
loons. Their character Is formed for bet
ter or for worse—accordlug to the stand
ard of the saloon.. With saloons conduct
ed on the lines of some foreign nations
with the high license and trusts removed,
with laws that moke saloons as clean and
respectable as other public places, and a
law- thst will send a man to the peniten
tiary tfho Is caustic With » bottle of dls
tilled spirits without a reputable doctor's
° r wi r th such laws enforced, the drunltard
Would be compelled to be sober and a gen
tleman or vacate. t .
The nations that have tho best reputa
tions for temperance ar« »bose who have
used light domestic wines and bwrs for
n beverage. The customs of Austria.
Greece. Italy and Spain are examples of
ehst w. oufht *o t. «|^o» E j»ll.t.
EVIL OF OB8CENE PICTURE8,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In your dispatch to the editor j?
The New York World, published In
your Issue of the 24th Inst., you failed
to name what Is probably one of the
most frequent causes of assaults on
white women by negro men. You men
tioned the Indecent pictures In the
dives, but what of those that are car
ried In the pocket? The writer has evi
dence enough to convince him that
from come source negro youths and
young men have obtained photographs
of nude white women which they carry
with them. These they feaat their eye.
upon rintll It ts likely their passions are
aroused to the point that an oppor
tunity of assaulting some white woman
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124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
R. O. BEAN, T. P. A.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
I, Marions... ■
•33 Nashville..11:43 ■
7* Marietta... 2:80 |
• 1 Nashville.. ?;* |
72 M
• 4 Nl
Isshrllt,. 8:80 pm
eiscuu.am
Ksvannsh .... 4:16 pm
lessen 1:00 pm
Useon........ .12:01 am
Haraansh 8 .0Q am
Macon 4:00 pm
BO.
Arrive From—
■Sslms 11:43.m
im.ry 8:20
J*Montg'm ry. 12:46 .
•Helms 4:2-) pm
LaGranps. ~
6:80 pm
•MoatfomsrT. 1:40 pm •Moota'm'rj.11:15 urn
•Dally. All other trains dally except Sun-
2il trains of Atlanta and West Faint
.lirasrt (Mnip.ny arrive *t snd depart
Terminal station, corner of
rrom Atlanta
Mitchell street and Msdlaon svenne.
Arrive'
OKORdlA
Arrive From—
•Augusts 6:00 sm
6:46 r—
a ,]:«'
. ,J2:.*i f
sdlson are
AILHOAt).
Covington
•Augusta.
I.lthonla...
-Augusts,.. ..
Dally. All other trains
day.
Uthonla 19:06 sm
•Augusts 8:30 pm
Conyers 6:00 pm
Covington.... 6:10 pm
May The Georgian long live.
Yours truly,
K. A. SEALE,
Savasata, Fla.
Is sought and found. To what extent
the practice of carrying these pictures
in the pocket prevails the writer knows
not, but that It prevails to some ex
tent In Atlanta ho does know.
It might open the eyes of the citizens
of Atlanta If they knew the extent :<>
which It prevails. Devise nnd carry
Into effect some rieuns by which these
lascivious pictures ran be gathered In
and further supply prevented and you
will have pulled one tooth of the viper.
GEORGIAN.
Columbia, S. Sept. 27, 1B06.
LYNCHING HI8TORY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Of all the frenzied writing In the
last fifteen years on lynching but little
has been sane and. the truth.
We have been a "spectator" at nine
teen lynchlngs,' lg Africans and one
American; the American a railroad en
gineer named Moore, being tha only
Innocent one In the entire lot. The
woman he was accused of Injuring
proving to be a common prostitute and
blackmailer.
It was this awful mistake that saved
the life of Tom Wolfolk to run for
months through the courts. Tom was
charged with having killed nine of his
father’s family In one night with an
ax, and the charge was true.
The main reason for our haflng at
tended as many lynching bees, as
they used to be caleld, we were for 23
years connected with the Georgia
press.
Yes. we have seen 18 negroes lynch
ed, everyone for the dastardly crime of
rape, every one guilty. We have seen
them lynched In every style from plain
shooting to cutting In twain with a
cross-cut saw. In fact, the very -first
bee we atetnded, the victim went by
tha .an- mania T If A t L’V
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Train* Leave Atlanta. New Terminal
Station, corner Mitchell and
Madison Avenue.
W. B.—Folloiriiia •cfiedule figure* pal*
Ilebed onlr as information uua are noi
cnaranteea:
4:W a. No. 23, DAILY. Local to Blr.
mtnjrham, making all etope; arriving n■
Itlriulngbam 10:1k a. n..
1:10 A. M.-No. 13. DAILY. “CIUCAOO
ANIJ CINCINNATI LIMITED.” A solid
veetJbnieo train Atiaata to Cincinnati with-
eat change, compoeed of veatihulinl day
coacbt-a ami l'uUmao drawing room sleep* !
Ing care. Armes Home 7:30 a. m.; Chat- !
tanooga 9:46 a. m.; Cincinnati 7:3u p. m.| ,
Louisville 1:16 p. m.: Cbk-ngo 7:23 a. m.
Cafe car service. All meals between At* i
lanta and Cincinnati.
6:30 A. M.-No, so DAILY, fo Griffin ao*
Columbus. Arrives Griffin 7:11 a. m.; Cn*
ambus ir
«:ik A. 1
iBruhswIck and Jacksonville. Makes all I
stops . arriving Macon 9:13 a. m.; liruna*
wick 4 p. id.; Jacksonville 7:40 p. m.
7:00 A. M.-No. 35, DAILY.—Pullman tn i
Birmingham, . Memphis,. Kansas City and
Colorado Bpiinn. Arrive* Memphis 9.-ud
p. w.; Kansas City 1:46 a. in., and Colorado
{Springs 3:16 a. tn.
S*0 A. ' M.—No. 11. DAILY.—Local tn ,
Charlotte, Danvlll#, Richmond and Ashe*,
I cars through without change, inning care
K rve all meals en route. Arrives Wash*
gto.i fc.ii a. m.; New lock 12:*3 p. m.
1:00 P. M.—No. 40. DAILY.-New York
impress. Day coaches between Atlanta *nd
Washington. 8leep*r» between Atlanta,
Charlotte and WaMbinaton. Arrived Wash*
>/ton 11:06 a. »• r«ew York 1 p. s.
ri2:l» I». M.—No. 3, DAILY.—Local foe
4:10 P.
10. 1>AI1
4:23 P.
DAILY.—’ullman
ha w' "Arrives~ Birmingham *
Memphis ?jt6^ m.
9:16
4:39 P. M.—No. II DAILY, except
day. **Alr U.,e eeiti" to Toccoo.
4:30 P. M.-No. 22. DAILY.-Griffln
Sun-
- and
Columbus. Pullman palace sicvpiug car
and ii.iy coaches.*
4JI P. M.—No. 23. DAILY.—Local to Fay
etteville and Fort »altey
4:50 P. M.-N '
drawing room ol. _
clnnatl and Memphis
No. !*, DAILY.—Through
and sleeping cara fo Cln- i
.-Jtnphls nnd Chattanooga to
iville. Arrives Rome 7:20 p. tn.; ifnltou
m.: Chattanooga 9:55 p. m.; Memphis
|:ai a. m.; Louisville 8:60 a. tn.; 8r. l,ouie
« P. m.: Cincinnati «:W e. m.
4:10 K*. M.-No. 26. DAILY.—Makes all
M-iAuoAitn air link railway.
Arrive From— I Depart To—
Washington... 8:30 amRIrmlngham.. 6:60 am
Abbeville...... 0:15 mnlMonroe 7:23 mu
Memphis 11:45 am New York....12:0) m
New York 3:30 pm Ablievllle.... 4:00 pm
Monroe 7:40 pmiMempbla 6:C-* pm
Birmingham.. 7:45 pui Washington... 8:00 j m
rives Jacksonville 9A0 *. m.; Brunswick
8 a. m.; BL Augustine 10 a. m.
11:80 P. M.-Se. W. DAILY.—Throort
Pullman drawing room siraDIns <sr. At
lanta to Shreveport. Loral ,-r Atlanta
to Itirmlnatinm, Arrt.es Birtulnrhnm 5 S
a. tn.: Meridian 11 a. m.: Jack»>u 2:25 u.
a.: VlrXshurg, 4.-95 p. a.: Hhrereport 19.19
y.^ra. Hire pen open te rerett- puiengers
'ts Right—No. ». DiiLY.-rtmted states
Fast Mail. Boild vestimneu^traln. «lccpln|
cars to New ' ork. It Icltmond. Charlotte __
Asheville. Conches to Washington. Dining
cart serve nil meals so route. Arrives
Washington »:J0 D. m.: New York 6:23 a. ut.
I-oeiil Atlnnta-Charlofte sleeper open to
receive .passenger* at 9:00 p. m. Local
Atlnntn-A*herlllc ale. per open 10:30 n. m
Tick'** Office No. 1 Peachtr.*, on Vlada.
the fAw route.
J. N. HALEY. No. 2. on Tehnlual *-»cha’ng$i
net.
lOft» \
ce. 112 main; depot.
