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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY, OCTOBER
! SOME LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS ON VARIOUS TOPICS !
naSANIZATIONS ARE NEEDED,
.... pditor of The Georgian:
T Thl recent trouble In Atlanta ha,
Tn ' mrtli many suggestions a,
^“remedy, a” varying more or less
t" . ’inline a, to what the remedy
their '’P ln a fj other Important questions
'*• ..hleh we are all alike Interested. It
" .«nW each person from his or her
^ Individual standpoint and the con-
0 , every one depends upon his
tl»S“ n capacity for seeing the matter
.11 lt« different phases, taking Into
1" .Lr.tlon the causes that have
»"»f* r d such effects, and the best
P ?.S of correction. Not only what
S.n sets out of life, but also what he
m . fnto life, his usefulness as a cltl-
pot hhl nower for good, for aiding In
Storing P about ‘hose conditions that
War”* hg _ reate ,t degree of hap-
and contentment to the Mop e,
Slmmds upon his ability to realise the
s „ applied to such matters, his
"i for humanity and his Judgment In
means of correction.
d *tVe all have our Ideals, and the at
. .Jment »f the Ideal constitutes the
2522* of H* llf0 thu ® tnkln * lu
the Ideal. While It must be
‘.muted that the Ideal depends some-
*d™! M *d " the inherent qualities of
Jhe individual. It Is nevertheless true
ihat lt ls largely molded and fashion-
2bv early training and environment,
The roost worthless and mischievous
Ian uving might have been fashioned
‘ us efu], respected, law-abiding
im«n by Ptoper training during
Childhood. I do not believe there la an
i.i.ntlon to this. The good man .has
Mt followed the bent of his Incllna-
but by persistent effort has con
quered his evil propensities, becoming
Keif marten making them do Ills
S rather than being a slave to
them I once heard a gentleman boast
Sit be would never “be a dnankart,"
that the very taste and smell of In
toxlcatlng drinks were repulslye. An.
other replied, “Then you deserve no
credit for not being a drunkard. I
have an Insatiable thirst and have
I*«r yet been under the Influence of
J, ” . drink. If you and I could ex
change natures, perhaps there might
£“Se more drcSLrd In the world."
What then Is the logical deduction?
Slronly that there Is but one place to
which wo can look with the hope of
success for correction and prevention,
Ed that lx the hom '- True this will
fake tun*, end during this time there
muat be some restraining Influence for
protection agalnat the evil that now
Mists but this restraining Influence
■c»n have no part whatever In this work
of refinement. The taw has never
made a man one whit a better man:
that Is not the purpoae of law. And
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 bnly to make the. world
better morally, but also religiously, by
the making and enforcement of laws.
We may imprison the criminal so that
he can commit no further crimes, but
by so doing he Is not made one particle
a better man, hla conceptions of life
are not improved or hla Ideals elevated.
To the man with correct Ideas, hla life
based upon truth and Justice, resitting
the relations of man to man, It makes
no difference so far as his life Is con
cerned whether there is a written law
asslnat murder or any other crime.
HI, 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 vlo.
Isle It Is restraint from fear of de.
tectlon and punishment, acting only
aa a protection to society without In
ths least sense elevating the standard
of morality. . . ..
We must look to our homes, to the
early training of the children, to the
molding of character, as the only hope.
And now I ask In all candor and kind
ness, la It not a fact that this one all-
important queatlon la today receiving
far less attention than almost any
other that might be mentioned? Per
haps at first thought this may seem
harsh and untrue, but I believe that
after proper Investigation and .consid
eration every sans man and woman
trill agree that such Is the case. It la
true we have good schools, and they
are growing better every day; thou
sand! and thousands of dollars are be
ing spent In equipping them. In the se
curing and training of the best teach-
era in the best methods, but It must
be remembered that the school, how
ever good, cannot do the work of the
home. The purposes of the two are
entirely different. The object of home
training Is the making of character,
while that of the school Is the equip
ping of 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
for the purpoae of devising plans for
the accomplishment of soma object.
Tho fathers spend their evenings at
their halls or at prayer meetings while
their hoys are running on the streets
subjected to the degrading Influences
of every evil the wicked one can devise.
The mothers are 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
are left to the care of colored nurses
who have no more Idea of life than a
goat has of psychology.
»e, the people, are responsible for
the undesirable Conditions that exist,
rot Intentionally, not because we wish
to have It so (I have great faith In
humanity, I believe the world Is at
neart honest), but because of our In-
pincrenee and our Incapacity *n grasp
the siiuatlon, to realize the truth, and
m many Instances our lack of "nerve"
|o apply i he remedy. This Incapacity
is not natural; itself has grown out of
misconceptions the frutt of laziness.
Jl0re “noth j. E. LOVELESS.
Arms and ths Millionaire.
A story Is going the rounda of the
•uni of a Chicago millionaire who
ordered a replica of the Venus of Milo
j" be delivered at his home. When
' arrived and was opened the
millionaire discovered there were no
Mam.r.h ,hr f aler >*<> “> bring action
aiei U he ral| way company ror dam-
Uuui, i co , m P a '>y *ent an official to
lulre imo the matter, found that the
ore missing—and paid.—Kan-
trms
'** *'Ity Journal"
CUMBERLAND PRESBY-
TERIAN UNION
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian:
Permit me to correct one statement In
the report concerning Judge Pendleton's
deelaloa In the Atlanta church esse.
This report affirms that tbls la the first
.victory gained by the loyaltsta In many
other contested cases before the courts,
thill Is far from being correct
The first case In tbe courts was s peti
tion filed by the loyalists at Decatur, Ilia.,
praying that the union majority of tho gen-
jv*I assembly be enjoined from adopting
from^ adjourning' al°ne ^ un,0 °' “ n!
The court sustained a motion on demur-
rig r i,.rex P ^^Vr\ q . a 7h U e 0n d^.P„'? P S 1 r ^
be construed either way.
The decision did not. In definite and prsc-
tlcti effect, touch the real merits of the
lestioe Involved. In Tenneseee, the union-
* temporary Injunction re-
•training the loyalist* from performing cer-
tain acts and setting up certain claims.
This wee granted .temporarily without liear<
fin the hearing .two weeks ago, the Judge
dismissed the bill outright as to tho main
contentions* modified a third In permitting
both factions to alternately occupy the
house pending definite decision as to the
rights of titles to property. Titles to prop
erty Is yet hdd m reserve by the r
but rulings on other point* assures
to tho loyalists. The Missouri case Is
what similar to the Tennessee case.
A temporary Injunction, involving one
piece of property, has been granted, liut
not vet heard. The Texas case Is similar
to the Atlanta case, only was sued out
by the unionists. It has not been heard.
The Atlanta case la the first suit that
has been heard and definitely passed upon
by a civil court. It la a complete victory
for the loyal element in the Cumberland
Presbyterian church.
It may be of Interest to your readers
generally to know that fully two-thirds or
throe-fourths of the commnnMlnts of tbe
Cumberland church are uncompromisingly
ncainst thu proposed union. A majority of
the ministers and generally ths smaller
presbyteries favored the union, and 1
able to carry the question by a small
Jorttr In the ecclesiastical courts or as
semblies. It Is proposed by the unionists
to take over all the property, both con
gregational and general, with them Into the
other church. This ths loyal ministers and
members of the Cumberland church are re
sisting.
There are two main points of contention
as to tbe logic or utility of the proposed
. ... «« ‘ u doctrinal—a pro
ws, — loyal Cumberland
ibyterlans to ths doctrines of the West
—iter confer-*-** * *
SI 2 '"” 1
fro)*00 an’equal^basis or j footing with -riT
white
At the elo«e or the rirl
ha, been practiced and enforced l>jr them
from that kntll the present time. The loyal
element Insist, that the adoption of the
polity of the northern church, cxneclalljr In
the South, will work harm toboth recre
Jasper, Tenn.
HOW TO FIND THE CRIMINAL8.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
I mar bo 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 wblte 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, Ilka some animals,
that kindness to them will be labor
thrown away. Nothing but fear of
local or bodily punishment will Influ
ence them. . ..
Some suggest on, thing and others
something else. Now, let us see If we
can't find a simple. Inexpensive plan
that will, If put Into effect, control the
vicious element with that degree of fear
that will eliminate from thetr minds
even the thought of molesting our
women of their own color either. At
ths last election we had registered In
Fulton county about 13,000 voters. Now,
Mr. Editor, suppose we request the
good sheriff and his deputies to select
i rom the registration hooks one-sixth,
or about 3,000, of ths best registered
men and awesr them In as deputies at
a salary of 32 per year; fix their bond
at 3100. The salary, be It ever so small,
will validate the bond. .
Thelt* badge of office will permit them
to go armed and will also authorise
them to stop any man, black or white,
at any time or any place, and find 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 haa had an opportunity of
taking a mental picture of them, and
If the fellow commits any crime In that
neighborhood his Identification la al
most a certainty.
This plan can be carried out at a
cost of about 34,000 per year, the vi
cious element driven from this part of
the state at least, and Fulton county a
women can walk (free from fear) upon
our streets and highways and Fulton
county will be one of the beat policsd
counties In the world.
Two thousand conssrvattve citizens
of this county will meet no trouble In
making bond. If perehance any one
abueea hls authority, Are him and get
a good man In hls place. Let It be
publicly known that Fulton county haa
: 1.400 police and In 30 days this county
won't havs a dangerous criminal with
in her borders. PAT QUINN.
AN EXAMPLE NEEDED.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In troublous times like these the con
servative people Instinctively turn to
a strong, safe and sane leader, such
aa The Georgian 1ms proven Itself to
under any anil all circumstances.
For this reason the people 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 atop It Is to take prompt action
through the courts of the land. We
must appeal to them, and to them only,
Just now. I notice that some two or
three hundred arrests have been made
for crimes which, under our laws,
amount to only a misdemeanor. Near
ly all of those arrested are guilty of
Inciting a riot, or carrying concealed
weapons. These coses can be tried In
the city court of Atlanta, the machin
ery of which can be gotten In opera
tion In a few hours. Were this court
called In session and some steps taken
to punish the guilty ones, the people,
at least the law-abiding element, will
ba 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 ths good citizens of this community
knew that all offenders would bo pun
ished as fast as arrested. It would neve
a salutary Influence In quieting the
restless and uneasy feeling of the citi
zens. I simply offer this suggestion
for what It la worth.
* R. R. SHROPSHIRE.
8HALL WE HIDE THE
NEGRO'S CRIME8?
To the Editor of The Georgian:
One reader and admirer of The
Georgian has noted with regret for the
post few weeks the falling off. and up
until the last fsw 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, Its stand, or
rather the stand Its editor has taken
on this subject, has won for hls paper
a place In the hearts of the true Geor
gian that will not ba loat so long as
the virtue and safety of our Southern
women Is pleaded for In Ita columns.
In this morning's Constitution ap
peared an editorial advocating the dis
continuance of extras being published
gtvlpg details of assaults. While this
policy may be a good one from one
point, namely, the quelling of the pres
ent a tats of excitement and disturbance,
I 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 Is a crying shame that a crime of
this volume of blackness and carrying
with It the horror that It does, should
be smothered, aa It were, and kept In
the qutet In order that a helpless Ian-,
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 la only the
voice and will of the people. Ours Is
law for the people, by the people, and
Diamonds
Stones, loose or mounted,
purest quality and finest
t ,,r » ar o here in abundance
°tj ymir choosing.
Lie values are unusual
• Wl ‘ cordially invite your
nspootion of the stock and
me prieos.
Maier & Berkele.
PRAI8E FOR NEWSPAPERS.
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. Some very wise utterances have
been In each. But I feel, sir, that more
praise Is due The Georgian than either.
The Georgian has done mors to make
the leading negroes come to the front
and take a stand wit* the whites. That
is a great step forward, In 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 leading whites
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 ^DBETTER.
Arlington, Qa.
A POEM TO HER.
The reminiscent ludlnu summer,
hazy nkjr —
bringing
With hssy nlijr nnit yellow leaf, ,
Comes, bringing with It and. aweet mem
rtfn
Of Iinln and plen.nre. Joy and grief:
Of her on whom my love was lavished,
Whose deep blue eve. and . r *re" h, % h
Are vivid visions). In. my dreams. Oh,
My old sweetheart waa phasing fair.
The summer melt* Into mild
The maple lent to sold has turned.
The summer of my life seems ebsnaelea.
Minn* this love In my hurt DU nurnea.
Is It wrong that I should love so madly
The one to whom these words “re penutd.
To love the fairest qureo
If wrong. 1 must confess 1 vs aluned.
Forgotten are all past , Illarions,
I'm living now In love *own light.
For love, the beaming, brilliant angel.
Dispelled the ,u .ri>n'« »(
And oh! tho Joy that thrills my senses.
Th A e‘tai£ Md'eSm# STlitiiff '
With that "-J,5'^£''L b 'K , |XG,“jB:
Bed IIIII, 4»a-
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those who make the law can now nee
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
mothere and the daughters of our
beautiful Southland more than they
love their own live*, 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 people to safety than
any other medium, and at the present
rate of Increase In the number of at
tacks and assault* committed It will
not be long ere the wife or daughter of
some of the editors (who are now of
fering suggestions as to what shall be
done to stop lynching and protect the
negro, you might aa well say, as this
Is what tt amounts to) will fall a prey
to the beast, then we shall be given
suggestions In another direction—pro
vided he can leave the chase long
enough to resume hie work, and ha* 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. It
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 rid-
dranee 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 as soon aa suggested In
•vary 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 movs Is being more clearly
manifested each day by the conduct of
the black brutes all over the country,
In vour mind, Just for a moment. Im
agine ths negro out of the United
States, a country filled with people of
your own blood, people whose hand
you can tak* as you would a brother’s.
Your wives and daughters at home
when you are away at 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 hows the head and causes the
flush of shame to appear, or death,
whleh 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 he? Would the entire treas
ury of the United States, with an equal
amount borrowed and expended to re
move the negro and colonise him In
Africa or elsewhere, be too great a sum
to pay for ths freedom of our women?
No! A thousand times no. With ths
negro out of the way. many avenues
and lines of labor would bf offered the
poorer class of white peopre In our
cities and slsewhere, 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 sister*, whom Ood knows I would
lay down my life to protect against this
evil, end In behalf of every pure and
Innocent woman and girl of this beau
tiful land of ours, 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 the admirable
etand first taken In the Interest and
for the protection of our greatest pride.
Southern womanhood, until at least
can see there I* nothing to be gained
from thle source, which time may Ood
forbid. ANOLO-8AXON.
SAFETY DEVICE FOR
STREET RAILWAY CARS
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Inclosed find application for memliershlp
In tlie Municipal Ownership League.
The Applicant Is slid always has been a
Ann believer In ronntclpal ownership of
public utilities whenever practicable, and at
this time, when municipal control of gas
and electric light plants Is being champion
ed by Tho Georgian, and many rlttsens
of Atlanta, It becomes evident that some
are In favor of Including tbe street rail,
wty system.
It Is time that stringent measures be
tdopted •compelling the Georgia Hallway
Company to properly equip their cars
against many fatal accidents that have
occurred, and are sure to lie repented, In
Atlanta so long as these Juggernaut affairs
without fenders go dashing through our
streets.
From personal experience. If the ones,
tlon be asked the average citizen. "Are
the street cars equipped with fenders?
the general reply Is ''why, 1 suppose so!'
when. In fact, then Is not s ear operated
In Atlanta that la not a menace to the
lives of the people.
The heery suburban cars are provided
with a sharp wedge-shaped device simi
lar to the locomotive "cow-catcher..
IVhat chnnce of life has a person hit by
■ueh an Infernal construction?
Many of the Georgia Railway Cot
ears bars not even the aliove suggest, -
f irotectlnn, and a man, woman or-cblld who
s so unfortunate aa to lie run down la
drawn under ths bumper or draw-bead and
crushed beneath ths cruel wheels.
In Nsw York and every Northern city
In which the writer has lH>en, afreet, enra
“LEST WE FORGET.”
A FAIRLY GOOD SUGGESTION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I suggest If consistent with your views
that evory person In Fulton county own
ing arms—fans or plstols-shall /agistor
•ante with the county officers; also any
amount to exceed tan rounda of cartridges,
srith a us of 31 on each gnn or pistol per
year. Any one found with arms on thetr
premises not properly regtriered to be fined
In the discretion of the officials. I submit
m ,0t ,OM CUS * W, "i!°«UDIlCBIBEB.
•• to protect SB fsr _______
of pedestrians, and In the metropolis nesf*
ljr every day some ons Is hnrmleaaly nick
ed Op by s street car fender, but New
Yorker*, as a rule, do not travel in this
fashion so long as there Is room on the
roof- * . ,
These fenders are Inexpensive and simple
In construction, and very effective as a life-
saving device. Some are built of flexible
strips of Iron, with edges and corner* of
frame covered with rubber, to prevent as
much as possible Injury to victims.
Those principally used by the Metro
tan Street Hallway Company are not...
more nor less than a slender steel frame
covered with a hammock-shsped netting.
Under ordinary circumstances this fender
runs a few inches above the rails, and is
usually sufficient to save lives, but, as an
extra precaution, the motorman can, In a
fraction of a second, press with hls toot
a steel plug, by means of which the fen.
der Is dropped to the rails, rendering it
practically impocslbls for anything to be
drawn under the wheels. , .
The fenders hook up or let down from
either end of the car. and were the Geor
gia Railway Company* rolling stock*
equipped, how many lives now In dally
and hourly danger might l»e r «‘*" n,lb, J r K Pr®*
•tected, and how many might have beety
and can be saved. _ . ..
The cars as now ran are a menace to tbe
^Municipal control might remedy this
■MrT*“5?tl?) n N*"8II.MMAN.
Atlanta, On., October 1. 1800-
8TATE ROAD JIXTEN8ION.
To the Editor of The Georgia^-
Your kind editorial treatment of mo In
connection with the subject of extending
the Western and Atlantic rallrond to our
Georgia aea eoeat, and a recent odltorialin
whlehyou honor me with being the "father
of the suggestion to extend the state road
to tho ten," prompts me to thank you. And
i few word* of o personal nature concern-
ng my connection with this movement may
jot be out of "order."
All I can properly claim sa an originator
s that on September 6. 1901, I wrote and
published In the DeKnlh New Era advo
cating tho Idea of outlining a plan to secure,
the loner, materiel and money for the work,
which then seamed to m# most feaalble. I
note that Mr. Erwin haa writen you that
ha made aucb suggestion In 1360-WM. I did
not see that or any other suggestion, as I
was then s "small boy." a refuses from
Atlnnta, while Mr. Sherman was "heading
that way. The suggestion, If made at
that time, was perhaps s little Inopportune
—but a good one In essence.
All I can claim as an "originator ’ In this
matter Is that, while reading Alexander
Hamilton Stephena' two railroad lettera to
Professor William Rutherford (1167), In
Cleveland's Life of Rtrphens, my mlnil was
enlightened sa to the facts of the history
of oar etate road, and In the light of thsao
facta, knowing that then (September, 1901)
there were frequent newspaper suggestions
to sell the road, and reflecting upon the
probnhte depreciation of the rond ns It now
stands. at tne ehd of the lease In 1SS0, ami
without having ever heard or read any sug
gestion, I wrote, urging the people of Geor
gia to begin this great work, and for six
years I have sought every opportunity I
could find by tougue and pen to spread the
Idea abroad "like rain."
I congratulate yon for your prompt ac
ceptance of the truth nnd wisdom of this
proposition, which, from the moment It
was presented to you, and In all the phases
of Ita discussion you have helped to for-
ard to general acceptance and approval by
rery power nt four command.
If tha enfernrlalng nnd patriotic sons of
eorgla can lie brought to consider thla
leatlon aa a purely Georgia progiosltlon,
resting on Its own facts, separately and
apart from any Ideal of "general state own
ership," "federal ownership and control,
etc., which some may throw out as "rub-
blab" to Impede the movement. 1 have con
fidence that this “piece of new grouud"
will be cleared up and mAde productive.
If authorised next summer and pushed to
jmpletlon by or before 1920 wo might hope
>r a clear Income of at least 32,000,000 a
year, and then—
To the Editor of Tha Georgian:
It seem*, from the newspapers and
from the city, county and state offi
cials, that there Is only one question
of Importance before them nnd the
people of this city and county at the
preaent time, and that Is to find some
one to punish for wtyit several thou
sand people did on the night of the
23d Instant; while the real criminals
who had assaulted the wives and
daughters of our neighbors and held
every unprotected white woman In a
state of dread and terror hitherto un
known In any civilised community, go
almost unnoticed. What Is the matter
with our people? Do they forget In a
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.
But I can not believe that our 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 bast*.
I see by the paperi that the deaths
resulting from the unfortunate out
break are reported as being thirteen.
This Is daplorable, and I regret It more
than word* can expreas, but these are
dead and a generous public Is making
provision tor the families of those who
were slain, while on the other hand
there are a greater number of refined,
eensltve 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
some friendly disense shall appear to
release them. And yet we hear noth
ing now of the detestable brute* who
committed these awful outrages. No
rewards have been offered by the city,
county or state, to far a* 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
women of our community.
Mr. Editor, the white people of this
community are as law-abiding and
peaceable citizens as can ba found In
any of the state* of this Union, and
are only driven to occasional acts of
lawlessness by attacks on the sanctity
of their home* by negro brutes who
stalk abroad In tne 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
homee. In fact from time immemorial
the law has ever recognized the right
of every man to defend hla family and
home agalnat felonious assaults.
So. we have a situation where a large
number of the most diabolical crimes
In tha onnala of history have been
committed by an order of criminal!
lower than brutea on the one aide and
an unlawful outbreak on the part of
outraged and frensted citizens on tha
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 aa It de
serves. Let our authorities turn their at
attention to the capture and punish
ment of these dangerous brutea, 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.
DENTAL WORK AT GOST
COLLEGE SEASON NOW OPEN
A large number of parties con he waited on at reg
ular college prices—“Coat of Materials." No green
students are allowed to enter this school, but dentists
of several years' experience come to learn the newest
things In the business. In thla place you get the bene
fit of skilled work AT COST. No botch work by In
experienced beginners.
Gas, Air and Local Application for
PAINLESS Extraction of Teeth
FREE
Remember the Place. ATLANTA POST-GRADUATE DENTAL SCHOOL,
Take Elevator. 2d Floor Stelner-Emcrjr Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Or. W.S. Conway, Mg,
Dr. Conway also will attend to his private practice.
$1.00
Starts an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with the
book only In the
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF
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, Caahier.
H. C. CALDWELL, Asst. Cashier.
PROHIBITION D0E8
NOT PROHIBIT
Shalt blow Its nohlaat bll
there will be glory enough to go "all the
way ’round." 1MH0MI8 A. BELL.
Decatur, On.
VIGOROU8 MEA8URE8
ARE NECE88ARY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have been taking Tho Georgian
from the first Issue and am delighted
with It. For gome year* I lived in Col
lege Park, On., and may say a neigh
bor to Colonel John Temple Graves.
This may cause me to have a moro
kindly feeling for the paper than I
otherwise might have had.
Yet, I assert that It stands the pier
of any political paper that I am ac
quainted with. Its high moral tone. Its
pure social and political utterances,
ts championship for the protection of
our wives, mothers and daughters, calls
forth my heartiest Indorsement. The
enlargement of police forces and the
doing away with low-down negro dives
on Decatur and Peters streets and oth
er places In the city la good, as far aa
It goes, but these measures atop short
of what should be done. Decatur and
Peters streets have drog shops Hint
ore called decent. Ood pity the en
comium. Many times I have had bus
iness that called me along these streets
and I have seen' low-down white folks
and negroes crowding the counters of
these so-called decent shops, like files
swarming around a putrid carcos. Here
in these debs of Infamy brutal negroes
fill up on red liquor until they are fit
ted for any meanness that their brutal
passions may dictate. Let the great
city of Atlanta close up theee dives, os
well as all others.
I see but two courses to pursue with
these lawless, brutal hords. One Is
to put every Idler (be they white or
black) in the chain gang. The other
It, send them across the Mason and
Dixon line. And when any one assaults
a woman or girl (whits or black), hang
them as soon as 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 hie children, let him work
and make the money to pay thetr way
through the negro schools and colleges,
and let all of these schools find col
leges come under the supervision of
the state commissioner and hls help-
the temperance crusade. It baa been con-
" on tbe lines of r--*— ----- *■
dispensaries and
will tend to make drinking expansive. Tbe
best people of the lain! bare given tbelr
time and money freely In their efforts to
liencflt our race, end deserve the tbanka
of nil good citizens.
All wfio have noted the results from
time to time know how well these (ood
people have succeeded. It has Iwen learn-
money and power to control our govern
ment and make the poor public buy nuy
article they chose to Manufacture, and at
n price that la out of nil reason, lly
expert advertising, they have educated the
public to drink, and are creating a drunk
en nation..
The strictly prohibition auctions have d#.
velopcd Into the inoat drunken and lawless
of all. A business man would not cun
* It
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
No.—Arrlre Prom— J No.—D*p*rt To—
• 3 Naabvlli*.. 7:10 ami* 2 Naibrillfl. 8:36 am
71 Marietta... 8:33 am) 74 Marletta..l2:10 pm
•M Na«bTlUe..U:tt ami* 93: Na*brllle.4:50 pm
76 Marietta... 2:60 pmf <2 Marietta.. 6:30 pm
• 1 Nash*tile.. 7:» ptn|* 4 Na*hTllle. 8:60 pm
CENTRAL OK UBi
Arrive From—
Ravaonab 7:10 am
ti lck*onvlll•.. 7:30
aeon 11:40
Harannab .... 4:18
Macon 8:00 pm
a1 ? La.#A
jfacon 12:01 am
Harannab 8:00 am
Macon V.* 4:00 pm
Harannab 9:16 pm
Jach*ouviHe.. 8:30 pm
1 1-UINTUAIL-
... __ COM4
be made effective our country would lie a
paradise. No ouc enn be blamed for adro*
eating it. Removing tbe Atlautic ocean
would 1»o an en*r ta»* compared to pro
hibiting tbe making and drinking dl»tll)
ed nplrltn. Any change that tend* to bold
down tbta great detnou will Ik* acccptahb\
and bare tbe rapport of all ten# jAmni:
cau*.
reverse tbe present debasing ay*-
Remove all high llrenaea; destroy tbe
tnifttH and ink* off tbe premium* now
placed on n drink of whisky.
Let any man aell who can furnish a re
■pectable place. Direct all effort* toward
■illtable for
•men and children. No gentleman or lady
iT drink to cxccm In the nubile cburchea.
theater* or park* or any place that la fre-
oupnted by women aud children, and it
would not be uo**llde for any one not n
gentleman or Indy to pnrebaae drinks in
a *nloon properly conducted.
The moral *tnndnrd* of our cltlea ara ac
cording to the standard of tbe naloon*. No
city can afford to maintain any public eat
ing or drinking place at a standard that
make* it unfit for ladle* and gentlemen.
.Ninety per cent of the men frequent sa
loon*. Their character la formed for bet.
ter or for worm*—according to the stand
ard of tbe Naloon. With saloon* conduct
ed on tbe line* of aome foreign uatlons
with the blah license nnd trust* removed,
with lnws that tnnke saloons a* clean nnd
respectable aa other public places, and n
law that will send a n»#n to the penltjjn-
tlavy who 1* enunbe Wltf. a bottle of tils-
tilted splrlta without a reputable doctor's
0? Whb such law* enforced, tbe drunkard
would be compelled to be sober aud a gen
tivuinn or vaento.
Tho nation, that have tho boat repuin-
Hono for toranoranc* or. -hoto who hava
uard light doimwtic wlnva and Imora for
a Iwver.se. The customs of Austria,
Greece, Italy and Spain are examples of
what we ought to I* capable of TtnlUlt.
n . IS EE no.
XRTJweht
IlOAD.
Arrlra From—_ J__, Depart To—
LaOranga S:P) am|LaGranse.... 3:99 pm
-Montgomery. 1:49 pm!*Montsra'ry.U:lo pm
^ 'Dally., All other tralua daily except Hun-
til tralna of Atlanta and Wet Point
Railroad Company arrive at snd depart
from Atlanta Terminal atatlon. corner of
Mitchell atreet and Maillaon avenue.
Arrive From—
-Augusta 6:90 a
ugua
'Dally.
day.
Depart To—
‘Aii.-oata 7:43 am
Mthonla 19:0G am
'Auguata 1:39 pm
Conran 6:00 pin
Covington.... 6:10 pm
.... _*Augnota 11:41 pm
All other tnlni daily except Duo,
EVIL OF OBSCENE PICTURES.
To ths Editor of Ths Georgian:
In your dispatch to tho editor i'
The New York World, publlahed In
your Issue of ths 34th Inst., you failed
to name what la probably one of the
moat frequent causes of assaults on
white women by negro men. You men
tioned the Indecent pictures In ths
dives, but what of those that are car
ried In the poekst? The writer has evi
dence enough to convince him that
from aome source negro youths and
young men have obtained photographs
of nude white women which they carry
with them. These they feast their eye«
upon until it la likely their paastona ara
aroused to ths point that an oppor
tunity of assaulting some white woman
rs. May The Georgian long live.
Yours truly,
“ A. SEALE,
Savasato, Flo.
la sought and found. To what extent
the practice of carrying these plciurux
In the pocket prevails the writer knows
not, but that It prevails to aome ex
tent In Atlanta he does know.
It might open the eye* of the citizens
of Atlanta If they knew the extent to
which It prevails. Devise and carry
Into effect aome means by which theao
lascivious pictures (tin be gathered In
and further supply prevented and you
will have pulled ane tooth of the viper.
OEGRGIAN.
Columbia, S. Sept. 27, 1906.
LYNCHING HISTORY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Of nil the frenzied writing In the
last fifteen years on lynching but little
has been aans and the truth.
We have been a “spectator” at nine
teen lynching!, 18 Africans and one
American: the American a railroad en
gineer named Moore, being the only-
innocent one In' the entire lot. The
woman he was accused of Injuring
proving to be a common prostitute and
blackmailer.
It waa this awful mistake that saved
the life of Tom Wolfolk to run for
months through the courts: Tom waa
charged with having killed nine of hls
father's family In one night with an
ax, and the charge was true.
The main reason for our having at
tended as many lynching bees, aa
they used to be caleld. we were for 23
years connected ■ with the Georgia
press.
Yea. 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 aietnded, the victim went by
■the saw route. J. N. HALEY.
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DAILY.—Through
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• sod Ohattamwca to
tome 7:24 p. m.: Daltoo
4:30 J’. M.
drawing room sml*_
clotmtl tail Memphis
I/julHVlIle. Arrives Home
3:39 p. m.: Chattanooga lot p. m.; Mrmphlt
• :zu a. m.t Louisville 8:30 a. m.; It Luuia
• p. m.: Cincinnati 8:10 a. m.
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Abbeville - 9:1.1 nmjllonroe 7:5) sm
Memphle.......11:423 amlNew York....129)0 m
New York 3:39 pmjAbbevIlIe.... 49)) pm
Monroe 7:10 pmfMempbls 69)0 pm
lilrmlngbani.. 7:45 pm Washington... 8:09 pm
gbown In Central time,
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p ll?15 P. If.—Na 14. DAILY.—Florida Lim
ited- A solid vpstilmuNi train to Jackson
ville. Fla. Tbroagt) sloping cam and day
coaches to Jacksonville and Brunswick; ar
rives Jacksonville 3:M t. m.; Brunswick
8 a. m.: BL Augustine 19 a. m.
IIJO P. M.—No. 91. DAILY.—Through
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Jackson 2:25 p.
Shreveport 10:5a
foo™. j^ 1 ** 1 *™ op * B to rtfCelT *' pssMogers
9 12 Right-No. K. DAILY.-Unlted Rtstes
Fast MsIL Solid T**stli>ui*w train. HWpIng
ears to New - ork. Richmond. Charlotte and
Asheville. Coaches to Wasbincton. Lining
cars nerve, all meals en route. Arrives
Washington'!J*p. ra.: New York 8:23 *. m.
I^cnl AtLinU-Cnarlo*te sleeper open to
receive peseesgent at 9:00 p. m. Local
Atlanta-Asheville sleeper open 10JO n. ra.
Tick*** Office No. 1 Peachtree, on Vinduct.
E ters building, and n<»w Terminal Station.
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. 2. on Terminal exchange
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Madtton Avenue.
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coaches ana Pullman drawing room idet-p-
lag cars. Arrives Items 7JO n. in.; Chat
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Louisville 8:18 p. m.t Chicago 7:23 a. m.
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Charlotte.. Danville, Richmond and Athe-
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serve all meals en root.. Arrives Walk-
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IJipreM. Day reaches between Atlanta and
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Ineton 11913 n. m.: -lew York * p. n.
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