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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEriXKSHAT. OCTOBER 17- 1W*
LETTERS SHOW ROAD FOUR ARE KILLED
DID GRANT REBATES BY BIG EXPLOSION:
TO SUGAR TRUST SEVERAL INJURED
.Tyclge Holt Admits Certain
Evidence Against New
Yrtrk Central.
New York, Oct. 17.—A staggering
blow was delivered to the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad In
the aecond of Ita trials charged with
giving Illegal rebates to the sugar
trust when United States Judge Holt
admitted in evidence the letters that
passed between Lowell M. Palmer,
shipping agent t»f the sugar trust, and
Fred L. Pomeroy, general trafTIc man
ager of the railroad, that seemed to
show conclusively that rebates had
been given.
ALFREHUSTELL
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Alfred Austell, one of the more prom
inent young men In Atlanta, has been
sued for $10,000 for the alleged reckless
running down of J. A. Harris, a lo
comotive engineer. In the employ of the
Guayfiuill and Quito railroad. In Hon
duran. at the corner of Currier and
Peachtree .streets. In April. Harris
claims that the auto was being run
at between 15 and 20 miles per hour
and bowled him over while he was In
the act of boarding a car.
He says that at the time of knocking
him down the Austell car was being
run In a manner In violation of the
city's ordinance and the promptings of
Ordinary care.
Screams of Hurt Heard By
Resellers Searching the
Wreckage of Stor.e.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 17.—A report
from Cellna,' Ohio, says four persons
are dead and several Injured as the
result of a gasoline explosion at Fort
Recovery'. The injured are pinned be
neath the ruins of the Hlenerdlng
hardware store and their screams and
cries for help can be. heard by the
rescuers.
AT HEAD Of TROOPS .
ON DUTY IN CODA
Washington, Oct. 17.—Cry of further
favoritism in the case of Brigadier
General Pershing on the part of the
president is being made in army cir
cles today In connection with the seem
ingly well-founded rumor that that
officer, only recently promoted from
captain, will be sent to Cuba as the
successor to Brigadier General J.
Franklin Bell, in command of the army
In that country.
Although the assignment of General
Pershing to this command has not yet
been announced, It has become well
understood at the war. department that
the president has It under considera
tion. und the subject will IlkHy be on*
of the first to be taken up with Sec
retary Taft upon lifs erturn.
SOUTHERN ASKS
EXTRA PRICE FOR
SWITCHING COAL
Convention Brings Out Fact
That Road Charges 35
Cents a Ton.
"While the Southeastern Coal Dealer*
were discussing’ Wednesday morning:
the recent trouble In Atlanta by the
Southern refusing to promptly switch
Louisville and Nashville coal car* to
Its private tracks, the statement waa
made that this difference had been set
tled.
"How?" asked Secretary W.
Plane.
“Why. by the Southern ugreplng to
handle such cars to Ita private sidings
and trackage for 35 cents'per ton."
The opinion was emphatically ven
tured that the railroad commission
would veto any such arrangement, in
asmuch as that body -had a fixed and
definite charge of t-' per car for such
service.
Recently the railroad commission de
cided that tho new Steed act gave It
authority to compel switching to be
done promptly, with a penalty of 11
per day for delays.
The session of the coal dealers on
Wednesday was sllmly attended. Some
two hundred delegates, at least, from
the five states comprising the associa
tion. were expected, but not over 30
were here. -
Discussion was largely along the lino
of Increasing the membership of the
association, thus widening the Influ
ence and effectiveness of the organi
sation. The sessions will end Wednes
day afternoon and the present officers
will be re-elected. ,
WHA1 GEORGIAN READERS
HAVE 70SA \ ON A VARIETY
OF INTERESTING QUESTIONS
The* strike of the Southern machin
ist# either will be called off Wednesday
j nr else will continue Indefinitely with
..renewed vigor.
Wednesday was the day set aside for
the conference between the striker:)
and the employers. Officials of the
Southern railway and a committee of
; twelve machinists •will compose the
.conference. The meeting will be held
, In Washington.
The local striking machinists are
holding meetings regularly In the hall
of the Federation of Labor on Forsyth
„ street. They are awaiting with greut
Interest the result of the conference.
. Many believe that an arbitration agree
ment will he reached.
KNIGHTS OF PVTHIAS
OF CONSTITUTION
' Special to The fieorglsn.
New Orleans, Oct, IT.—The matter
of revising the constitution of the or
der Is the principal business before
today's session uf tbe Supreme Lodge
'of Knights of Pythias. The session
also considering the matter of af
fording financial assistance to Pub
lisher H. C. Richardson, of the Na
tional Pythlnn Directory at Jackson
ville, FIs.
The eiibnrdlnule lodge members are
having their parade this afternoon.
Nearly every state In the fnlon Is
.represented by a delegation.
T
New York. Oct. 17.—'The district al-
tomey'n threat to Indict Bvelyn Nes-
blt Thaw, on the ground that it had
not yet appeared where her husband,
Harry K. Thaw, got the revolver with
which he killed Stanford White, waa
sharply countered today by Russell A.
Peabody, of counsel for Thaw, who
declared that the defense knew who
had bought the pistol and that it wus
not Airs. Tlmw. He denied that Thar,
was alarmed over the possibility of a
warrant being taken out for Mrs.
Thnw.
Mrs. Tlmw. shortly after the state
ment was made, entered the Tombs nmt
had a long talk with her husband. She
said she was not worried over Je
rome'* statement.
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O MORE RAINY WEATHER
O THREATENS BIG FAIR O
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O Rain and more rain. O
O The hard luck which brought 0
O freeslng weuther at the opening of O
O the state fair threatens to return O
O toward the end. o
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0 flrst, the fair has had good luck Q
O with the weather. Maybe the 0
S weather prophet la wrong, any- O
way. He sometimes makes mis- O
O takes. Hts forecast |m: o
O “Rain tonight and Thursday.** O
O Wednesday temperatures were: 0
0 7 o'clock a. m., $0 degrees. O
0 t o’clock s. m„ $0 degrees. o
O 9 o'clock s. in., 61 degrees. O
O 10 o'clock s. m., 62 degrees. O
O 11 o'clock a. m., 63 degrees. 0
0 13 o'clock noon, 63 degrees. 0
O l o'clock p. m.. 63 degrees. O
* ‘ K*k p. m.. 63 degrees.
IT MADE
AGAINST MATRON
• OF POLICE FORCE
Charging that Miss ftanderson, who
succeeded .Mrs. Bohnefeld as notice
matron, was using the matron’s f ward
for dispensing soda water and hot cof
fee to prisoners. Custodian J. C: Car
lisle has complained tb Chief Jennings.
Custodian Carlisle stated that Miss
Sanderaon keeps several cakes of bot
tled soda In the ward to sell to the
prisoners, and also makes hot coffee on
an oil stove she' has. It Is said that
the gas hill for this stove, which the
city pays for, was $15.90 for last
month.
The complaint is that Miss Bander-
son and her negro niald are .very finuclt
In the wav. Miss Sanderson Is Indig
nant over the charges, and took the
matter up with Mayor Woodward Wed
nesday morning.
It Is understood that she talked very
plainly to (Thief Jennings about It,
and said that she had been badly treat
ed. She said Hhe did not propose to
furnish any sensation- for the police
department. Chief Jennings has In
structed Miss Sanderson to stop the
matters complained of.
The affair has created. <|Ulte a stir
about police headquarters.
autowiobilTstrikes
MISS EFFIE PRESTON
While eii route to li«*r home Tuesday
night at .6:3<) o’clock. MU* Kfflc Preston,
s yourig womnu residing In Mtewnrt ave
nue, Win struck by nil automotdte and bad-
ly Imdsed. The neeident occurred In White-
linll street, nt Wllllnxlintn’s crossing.
The . nnto belongs to John K. Hinllh,
mnnngcr of the John M. Smith carrlnge
factory. It wss liclng driven at the time
of the nochlent by John Woodtrard. Tile
i-UnulTciir was arrested, nud will lie tried
Weduesdit.v niteriioou lu police court.
Miss Preston hnd Just idlghted from a
trolley* car At tbe time she was struck.
Her Injuries are not considered serious.
NEGROES HELD ROGERS
AND TOOK HIS MONEY
Two negroes glided behind Samuel
Rogers last Saturday night on Johns
street, near the railroad, crossing In
the bright glare of an electric light,
and robbed him of his hat, chewing to.
bam> and $4.45 in cash.
With one holding Rogers’ feet, the
other his hands and throat, which pre
vented his calling for help, they ex
atnined his pockets and said t«
Rogers: "You damn white |»eople
tried to kill us, and so we will kill
you here now If you don’t give up your
money.”
Mell Parker, one of the alleged rob
bers, was bound over by Justice Orr
Wednesday morning. The other one Is
still at large.
W. W. RUMBERGER.
. The funeral of W. W. Rumberger.
who committed suicide Monday at the
Southern Hotel by drinking an over
dose of laudanum, was held Wednes
day at* 3 o’clock at *larelay & Bran
don’s. .The body* will be plueed In the
receiving tomb and kept there until
further arrangements.
BODY UNIDENTIFIED!
NO CLEW TO FRIENDS
• Mystery surrounds the body of the
unknown man who was Struck last
Monday by a train at Oakdale, On. He
was Immediately brought on the same
train that struck him to Atlanta, where
he died In a few minutes after being
placed In the Grady hospital.
His body was removed to Patter
son's undertaking establishment and
there, during Monday, TuesdU.v und
Wednesday, his body remained un
identified. Just what to do with the
body Is perplexing the authorities, for
they do not'wish to turn It over to n
medical college or to Inter It until
every frlpnd or relative Is given op
portunity to Identify It.
The hair nt the young man Is dark
and curly, the eyes light grey, com
plexion fair and the face smooth shav
en. Weight about 135, height 5 feet
and 0 Inches. A black and white-
striped sack coat, blue overalls and
rubber-heel shoes were worn by the
unknown man.
LIVES OF FOREIGNERS
Tangier, Morocco, Oct. 17.—As a re
sult of the holy war agitation, a de
scend upon Fez and the capture of
the sultan Is the object of several fa
natical tribesmen who have gathered
south of that city, and 3,000 regulars
are now on their way to prevent an
attack.
The killing of all foreigners Is part
of the funatlcs’ program.
GETS FOUR YEARS
FOR STEALING GOLD
Charlie, alias Troy Clayton, goes to
the penitentiary for four years. He is
the negro boy who a short time ago
established a record for Ingratitude by
stealing $400 In golden double oagle,s
from the home of F. M. Hughes, who
only a few days ago had secured one
negro’s release from the Tower, when*
he was being held under suspicion of
being the assailant of Mrs. Dottle Kim
ball near Onklund City.
Mr. Hughes said to the court that
he had raised the boy from aj pleka-
nlnnle, and that lie had always been
trusted absolutely by the family. The
gold which the negro stole was In a
belt where It had been ever since the
between the state, and $340 of It
had been recovered, it belonged to an
aunt of Mr. Hughes’.
SOME STRONG
POINTED QUESTIONS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Please pardon me tor taking the lib
erty of addressing you, but as a citizen
of. the grand old state of Georgia I
think It my duty to say something In
behalf of our Southern women.
f notice that Governor Terrell has of
fered some $3,000 In rewards for the
apprehension and conviction of those
Implicated In the recent rioting In At
lanta: a fund of some $5,000 has been
raised In your city for the families of
the negroes killed by the rioters; at
mass meeting the Judge of the superior
court and the grand Jury has each de
nounced In severe terms mob law and
tbe murder of unoffending blacks.
All this Is well enough, but looks one
sided. What raised the mob?
Where are the rewards amounting to
thousands for the arrest and conviction
of the vile ravlshers, whose bestial pas
sions roused the fury of the mob?
Where Is the fund, $5,000 and grow
ing. raised to hire detectives, buy In
formation and otherwise run down, ar
rest and bring td trial the • demons
whose atrocities set the blood of the
mob on fire?
Where Is the outcry over the men
aced honor of our Innocent women, the
cruel, cruel menace that made the mob
strike out with bllpd, undlstlngulshlng
madness? \ v
Not one move nor one Voice raised
(from what I can understand) has there
been to .»rfer a substantial reward for
the black brutes who have gone scot
free for attempting assaults on four
women of your city. If It were In my
power I would be willing to give $1,-
000,000 for the capture of each of the
brutes. If good substantial rewards
were offered for these criminals they
tvould soon be caught and Justice meted
out.
Yours very truly, *
SUBSCRIBER.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 2, 1906.
AFTER SENATOR BENJAMIN
TILLMAN’S SUGGESTION
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Gsnsral Evans Slightly III.
Gen. Clement A. Evans, a member of
the prison commission. Is confined t»>
his home on Washington street with a
slight indisposition. It Is stated that
the trouble Is only a cold, and that he
is remaining In largely as a matter of
precaution. General Evans is gener
ally in excellent health, and the present
illness will not likely keep him home
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Argument of Cases on Wednesday.
J. H. I'ark vs. State, from Pike. Argu
Ill'llt concluded.
Nuiliu u Shuler et al. vs. State, from De
catur. Submitted.
W. X. Martin vs. City of Gnlncsvlllc,
from Hall.
Turn Cn
Sued.
Ar-
State, from Lowudes.
State. 1
Annie Gh'vcr
Submitted.
Frances WUlInms
Lnvmles. Submitted.
W. Bowden vs. State, from loturens.
Argued.
Will Perkins vs. State, from Kffiugbmu.
Argued.
Will Perkins vs. StAte. from Tattmdl.
Submitted.
W. I.. Benudrot vs. StAte, from Chatham.
Argued.
Porter Dublin vs. State, from Worth.
Submitted.
A. W. Gordon vs. T. II. Johnsou, mar
shal. from Crisp. Submitted.
8. P. I an lei vs, Slate, from Walton.
Argued.
Levi Toliver vs. Stale, front Lowndes'.
Submit led.
Martin Walker
Submitted.
Will Grant et
linjchitm. Argued
Albert Young vs. State. frotq Rffln ghaut.
Albert Young vs. State, front U.thlwlu.
Submitted.
.ludsnii Simmons vs. State, frum Dooly.
Stale, front
s. State, from Dooly,
vs. State, from Kf-
Submit fi d.
4. X. Seale
Argued.
vs. State, from Halterslmm.
Court adjourned to Thursday morning.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
During this exciting period much has
been said and done In reference to re
lieving the tension of the present situ
ation and 1 am sure a solution would
be eagerly accepted by the general
public and the mind suggesting the
remedy should be entitled to the thanks
of the entire nation.
Having studied the situation careful
ly and noticed that nine-tenths of the
crimes committed of every nature by
both whites and negroes comes from
the Idle and vagrant class which under
our free anp unrestricted rights grant
ed to every* American citizen it seems
Impossible to prevent, where a person
so disposed.
I have prepared a form which I en
close for your consideration which I
think If advocated by The Georgian
and Is generally used In every town
and community It will be the means
of sifting the choff from the wheat and
everybody, white and black, old and
young, male and female, will get to
work and there will be no time to lay
around dens of vice and their Idle
brains will no longer have time to
think up and put into execution their
vile crimes, they will have other things
to do und nobler thoughts.
There will be no Idle negroes to com
mit the crime of rape. There will be
no uso for mobs or time for riots. The
low dives and barrooms and gambling
dens will close for want of Idle-vag
rants that patronize such places. The
house wife will no longer worry for a
good cook or wash woman as there are
plenty and all would be ready for work.
The farmer would no longer puzzle his
brains here to get his hands and have
to sit up all night and watch what lit
tle he had to prevent it walking off, but
good labor would be plentiful and it
would not be changing every time they
got a little advance.
The good wife would no longer look
In vain for her worthless lord to re
turn, or have to fly out of a back win
clow* when the worthless old cuss did
arrive full of w'hlsky and abuse after
midnight, but would meet her loving
husbund with a smile and a kiss on his
return from an honest day’s work with
money nnd necessities for their comfort
and pleasures.
Everybody would work, even ”fath
er,” und the world would grow brighter
and linppter every succeeding day for.
the "bees” would not have to work In
mortal dread of the attact from the
"drone” upon his "home” and "store.”
I am no prophet, but If this require
ment was made a law nnd used In con
nection with the Calvin vagrancy law,
the problem would be solved.
I understand this or about the same
requirement Is ’used In Germany and
every one there has an Identity and
how much more necessary a require
ment of this kind Is needed where there
Is such n large class of Ignorant
negroes that have no home, no ties, no
responsibility' and hence so much law
lessness among that class that fall as n
heavy burden upon the good nnd work
ing members of their race that have to
bear the responsibility ami censure
when this remedy would make them all
of this working class und would apply
as well to the whites that give all the
trouble and commit all the crimes
chargeable to their race.
Very respectfully,
F. W. EDWARDY.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 4, 1906.
The following Is the form:
Anti-Vagrant Card.
This certifies that the holder of this
card .... of No. . . Street ....
City .... County .... State ....
Is now in my employ and has been since
and has given .... services.
Description.
Nationality . . . Place of birth . . .
Sex ... . Age .... Height
Weight .... Color of eyes ....
Color hair . . . Married or single . . .
Mark of Identification or peculiarity
(Signature of Employer)
Address of Employer
Telephone Number
This certificate must be registered by
the holder at the city hall. Any one
falling to register will bp fined $5 and
be subject to arrest and conviction un
der the vagrancy law.
I. M. GREAT REFORM.
chief of Police.
of mankind from this gathering of At
lanta’s little ones.
Close attention was the children's ex
presslon of their appreciation ot this
pleasure as they listened to stories
based on the old folk-lore tales of Ger
many*.
The Friday afternoon story hour Is
intended primarily for the little chil
dren; but all children are Welcomed
Every Tuesday afternoon is devoted
to the older children, and a series ot
stories on art has been planned, which
It is hoped will prove a source of
both pleasure and help to them.
L. W.
CHILDREN'S HOUR
AT CARNEGIE LIBRARY.
October'la here, and soon the woods
witi be aglow with the richness and
color and variety of beauty that au
tumn alone can give.
Am rich In variety of ages, faces,
voices, characters as a forest of au
tumn leaves Is in color, was the cos
mopolitan group of little children gath
ered in their pretty* room at the library*
on Friday afternoon to enjoy the pleas-
Bu.h.nnAn I ure of their much-loved story hour.
Newton Buchannon. after ’»„ fttnaas I A " *“' u ™ b ' , ” d " h,r <■”<"«“ variety
several month*. <lle<l la*t night ml Into a wonderful harmonious whole, *o
o’clock at his residence. 24 WII- these little children, gathered from
Hams street. The deceased was 591 every type of home, make a beautiful
years old. Funeral arrangements are { picture of childhood: and ^ one may
NORTHERN PEOPLE AND
NORTHERN NEWSPAPERS.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 11, 1906.
Editor The Georgian, Atlanta:
Uear Sir: I read your editorial last
night in reference to giving too much
attention to public opinion from out
side sources in dealing with the South’s
problems and heartily agree with you
in many things you say. I am of the
opinion myself that the negro ques
tion can never be settled* as you want
It settled—through segregation, coloni
zation or transportation—without mak
ing it a national question. And In or
der that anything can be accomplished
in a national way, It will be necessary
to Interest all the people of the coun
try In your problem and enlist their
sympathies.
I do not believe this would be such
a difficult thing to accomplish If it were
taken up and pushed with some sys
tem. It Is merely a matter of adver
tising when it has been analyzed, arid
yqu know, as does any other man who
has had anything to do with advertis
ing. that a few* ads placed here and
there Infrequently and without any re
gard to system, will be a waste of the
advertiser’s money, w'hile a reasonable
amount of money placed behind a well-
organized advertising campaign will
introduce any article of merit and
bring to the. advertiser many dollars
for every one spent in advertising.
I am ot/ the belief, therefore, that some
wel 1 -organized campaign of publicity
In the North and East w*ould in a
comparatively short time get the minds
of the people of the entire country in
such a receptive and sympathetic state
that they would listen to any plan for
the. solution of your Southern problem
and would back you up in anything
practicable that might be suggested.
Your statement that the views ex
pressed In Northern papers do not rep
resent the views of the people as a
whole are entirely correct if my ob
servation is worth anything.
I am from the North, and have fol-
lowed the Northern editorials and
news accounts in reference to the'late
unpleasantness in Atlanta with great
interest. I have seen several very bit
ter denunciatory editorials In my home
paper, which. In the light of the actual
occurrences and of the real causes
which led up to them, make the expres
sion almost comical. But is the writer
of those editorials prejudiced? The an
swer Is contained In the statement that
he. In common with the editors of
many of our Northern papers, was a
union soldier, crippled in health,
warped nnd prejudiced by the suffer
ings and hardships through which he
passed In fighting for a cause which
he considered a holy one, and for which
he would gladly have laid down his
life. He was all right at heart, for he
was fighting for what to him were Ills
principles, but I doubt not that he
cannot write editorially on any sub
ject touching those principles without
exhibiting prejudice.
I was greatly amused after hAving
read some of his most severe condem
nations of the Atlanta afTalr to pick up
my home paper a few days since and
read in It an account of an affair which
nearly terminated in something ai re
grettable as did the one wp witnessed
here. It seems that two negroes were
standing on a comer of this Northern
city—a place of about. 35,000—when a
little white boy. of perhaps 10 years,
came along. Something transpired to
arouse the wrath of the negroes, and
they slapped the boy In the face. He
informed several white men, and they
at once started to punish the negroes.
A crowd soon formed and before any
body could think tho second time,
there were 250 angry men chasing the
negroes down the alleys with cries
of "Kill them.” "Lynch them,” etc.
Happily tb* two particular negroes goi
out of sight before the mob caught
them, and there were so few In the
city that others did not happen to
come along at that juncture, or per
haps our worthy editor would have
had demonstrated before his eyes how
easily a mob can be formed and how
It will vent Its spleen on any member
of the race that happens to come
along. He might have had more sym
pathy with Atlanta had this occurred.
Your challenge to Northern editors to
find you r single Northerner who has
lived in the South for a year without
becoming thoroughly converted to your
way of thinking on the negro question,
or, forever to hold their peace, will
certainly take the wind out of their
sails. I have been a resident of the
South for less than six months, and
have talked to many more who are here
under similar circumstances, and have
yet to find one of my kind who Is not
thoroughly In accord with your iteopr
on this subject. During the recent
disturbance 1 came In contact with
many Northerner* at the Piedmont,
who, while deprecating the riots, did
not hesitate to express their entire and
hearty appreciation for the terrible
causes which led up to them, and their
deep sympathy with your people in
this great negro question.
You published a communication from
me some time since, in which I culled
attention to tne fact that Northern
people are almost wholly dependent on
newspapers for their accounts of these
trouble*: that they only hear one side
of the story, and never hear of the
awful condition which leads itn to
mob* and Ivnchlngs: that they hear
nothing at all about the troubles un
less something particularly horrible or
exciting occurs: that the newspapers
are In turn dependent on Southern
correspondents for their stories ot
these affairs, which are usually made
more sensational than Is necessary in
order to fill up space and make a "good
story."
And now In the light of recent
events, I wont to ask you if there Is
not a good field for missionary work
among these Southern correspondents.
Sincerely yours.
OTTO G. TAGUE.
Tin*
• onimuntiy.
two pU.
ptenge which. lh*»ugh
it four, will eventual-
nctlon Is taken. In-
•very white woman la
ot the situation
..hicb must he considered.
First, What Immediate precautions should
he taken to prevent nnd nvenge. within the
limits of the law. crimes of assault in tbe
Immediate future?
Second, What, If ony, are the ultimate
measures which w"* *—" ‘ '**
situation that tb
crimes will cease?
Georgian* bnre shown their
liny.
In an;
tlons in northern rifles, are undoubtedly
safer liter, la Atlanta, for they do not have
this terrible crime to contend with. but.
Hxsninlnc Atlanta's present population al
120,000, If It had the same number of* po-
Bremen proportionately an Chicago, there
would be 204 men on the force.
To equal Boston It should have 263 men.
To equal Washing ton, D. C., It should
hare 295 men.
It la certsla that, for all practical pur
poses, Atlanta Is without police patrol f *
tectlou. except In the central portion
the city. Nearly erery citizen could. If
necessary, sire many Instances of police In
efficiency, due not to lack of ability or dis
cipline, but to lack of the necessary mini-
Imt of men to do effective work. The force
should Im» large enough to patrol on foot
several times each day every block In the
city. At present, inemiters of the force
have uot hesitated to aay that, on horse
back or wheel, they cau not patrol their
entire heat once n day. The actual num
ber of policemen neeeaasry to efficiently
patrol our streets cau only Im» told after
obtaining accurate comparative Informa
tion from other cities, but under present
conditions It Is probably between 350 and
400 men, Instead of about 156, as at pres
enL
For our country districts, we need an os*
P tnlzed uniformed stats constabulary.
ennsyiranla has the heat state constabu
lary in this country, anil, information as
to Its constitution, duties nnd uumhers
could readily l»e obtained. The very best
organization of this kind In the world Is
probably the rural guard o* “ **”■
the good offices of'the
less l»e quickly secured.
Lastly, as regards Imratumic ncn». «.««*
better lighting of our stretes at night.
In n heavily shaded city such as this, arc
lights at street Intersections only Intensi
fy tbe deepness of tbe shadows and af
ford to the skulking criminal a better op
portunity to evade observation and detec
tion. We need at short Intervals lncandet-
' hts. scattered on opposite curbs aud
he trees so that the sidewalks may
be thoroughly Illuminated.
If It ahiund be the sense of the com
munity that these precautions are neces
sary, am we willing to tax ourselves for
the additional expense which they 'trill In
volve?
To meet the second phase of the ques
tion. to find the ultimate remedy. It will
be necessary to Incur a still greater ex
pense. l*et me lay down n few flrst prin
ciples. some of which l*oth the so-called
friends of the negro and his enemies will. I
know, dispute, aud which yet seem to me
well grounded:
(a) True political equality Is Impossible
during the lifetime of this and tbe succeed
ing generation, nt least.
(b) Social equality Is Impossible for nil
time. ,
(e) Industrial equality belongs to the ne
gro of right and should be bis.
<d) Where two races reside lu the same
geographical section, the Inferior race can
not bo brutalized without calling upon the
superior race to bear the consequences of
such brutalization. i
in Under such condlllous, for Its own
protection, It devolves lipon the superior
race to lift the luferlor ns far from semi-
barbarism toward civilization as possible.
ifl The proper kind of education Is the
only known means townrd this end.
(g) If deportation ever comes, It will take
from n half century to a century to ac
compllsh It. without, on the oue hand,
straining the industrial resources of this
section to the breaking point In the process
of readjustment, and, on tbe other, commit
ting the greatest Injustice In history by
transporting a numerous people to unknown
places without adequate means of llvell-
hood.
No argument Is necessary here ns regards
LIEUTENANT SLAIN
BY HIS SERGEANT
IN THEPHILIPPIS
Graduate of West Point I?
Killed as Result of
Quarrel.
Manila, Oct. 17.—Sergeant Taylor of
the Twenty-fourth United States in.
fantry. stationed at Albera. on tli.
Island of Leyte, shot and killed hit
superior officer. Flr»t Lieutenant Rob.
ert B. Calvert, a* the result of a ouar.
rel. Details of the tragedy have not
been received. 01
Flret Lieutenant Calvert was at
year* old and was from Indiana. wi
was a graduate of West Point.
SEPARATE SALOONS
' ADOPTED AT
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 17.—As a* result of
the recent Georgia race disturbances
an ordinance was introduced in coun
cil last night which seeks to regulats
the liquor traffic in Macon better than
at present, and whlcn also alnjs to
eliminate any possibility of friction
between the two races if liquor is that
cause. This ordinance compels all ap-
pllcants for licenses to advertise the
fact ten days, and provides that no
person selling to whites may also sAli
to negroes, and that one selling to ne
groes can not sell to whites. There
will be no licenses for negro saloon*
and for white saloons.
the flrst two of* these propositions.
As regards the third, If ltrdnstrlnl oppor
tunity.—the equal chance with the white
man to enter the skilled trades, to con-
duct such manufacturing nnd mercantile
enterprises as they have the capacity to un
dertake—la denied the negro, he Is forced
Imck to the position of a brute, and wt
can not hope to escape paying the |*onlty
through the acta which a brute, from bis
unture. commits.
Industrial equality does not. however,
necessarily Imply tnat tbe negro, and tbe
white should work together at the same
trades, for a certain amount of the for
bidden social equality might lie Involved In
that.
We should have no sympathy with the cry
„ this
con uot
cards In
some white man of nu opportunity,
great, dominant. Anglo Saxon race
meet the negro with unstneked cards lu
the game of Industrial competition, the ne
gro would lie, which God forbid, tbe white
man’s superior.
The next three propositions (U. e nnd fh
must lie considered together. It has been
stated, so far ns I know without contradic
tion. that no negro, well educated,' either
academically or Industrially, has ever at
tempted tho unspeakable crime, although
many of the perpetrators of such crimes
have l>ecn able to read and write. It la
certain that as s rnee advances In education
and civilization, Ita tendency townrd crimes
merely
educated negro Ilea In
not yet announced.
THOUGHTFUL VIEWS
OF A NEW-COMER.
To (ho Editor of The Georgian:
The terror of the fast few nmntV ne-
centuated week by week and cult spiring
lu the npfttlllnf scones of kepiei I er 22.
seems to call fur tho expression ntVtmug
conservative opinion .ind suggestion ns to
bow tbe situation should he met. nn an
Immediate and Practical problem and an an
offset to the Inflammatory utterance* which
nre tending to Intensify the danger.
II Is possible to recognize fully how and
why the rage of* men got on the night of
Scpteiulter 22 lieystnl their control, tending
them to actions which they doubt less at
the tluie believed would tend to ameliorate ...
the conditions nnder which we Have letn j pointed t<
suffering.
force If all members of the race wefe .
educated, for one of the main carisan of
the academically educated negro’s tmwll-
I bigness to make himself truly useful lies
In the fact that be f m ~* '*
because of Ills fauc.
rlorlty to other members of his race, and
this conceit operates even In his deaHugs
with the whites. Were they all ednested,
this feeling would uof exist nnd the law
of uecesslty would replace, on our farms
and In our kitchen*, a less with a more In
telligent people. The Industrially educated
pegro Is open, with rare exceptions, to no
such objections, however, and it Is along
this line that we should work. With the
benefit of the experience of the Hampton
ami the Tuskegee schools. Slid so far
as possible with teachers trained In those
schools, the stnte of Georgia should estab
lish a ml maintain local Industrial schools
for uegroea itlier»* should, of course, ne
those for whites also), and should pass n
compulsory education law based somewhat
upon that In force In New York.
The purely neadetule schools for negroes,
supported l>y the slate, should he abolished
ami suitable penalties should lie enforced
for truancy or failure to send ehlhlreu to
school. The negro who can barely read
nud write Is more dangerous, probably,
Ilian tbe utter Illiterate, but tbe wisely
educated negro Is nor dangerous st all.
Tbe meutally defective constitute a hard
er problem, hut one that could probably
he met by tbe estnbllsbmeat of a central
state school for their lieneflt, modeled some
what along the Hues of the municipal school
for defective ehlhlreu at ttprlngfleid.* .Mass.
A skilled clhuologDt should Ik- mining
the slate’s school officials. N> —
greatlv In their tendencies am
accordlitg to the rrlhes from which they
are sprung, nud tbe visits nud exaiuliuitlons
saving a waste of money and effort.
Possibly before the passage of laws to
make the alsive recommendations. If ap
proved. effective throngbout the state, it
might he well to try local option, the stats
law covering and state aid being rendered
ntoug this Hue only to those counties whose
fteople wanted It. This for the reason,
iirst. that the expense might lie Absolute!?
prohltdive for some counties, for the tires-
cut. nnd. second, liecause of the difficulty
of *>t*uHng the requisite uiiiuIkt of triila
»d teachers all nt once.
Remember. Please, that I am pleading
»w for one ihlng only: for the effective
future protection of our mother*, wives,
deters and daughters. The elerathui of
the negro race is n purely Incidental fea
ture necessary to secure Ibis end. although
under other circumstances the upHftlng of
a groat iflsss of fieofile would be Itself as
entirely worthy end.
If lu the Judgment of our people these
or similar means will accomplish whst we
•o much wish, are we willing to pay for
l«j|»osad jo sao||S4gXns eseqi qim .ox
value, either in themselves or nn n stlmn-
In* to other ami wtscr ones. I propose that
you. sir, should call u mectfug of roprf.
sentathc and ronservatlve iu*n of the city
that these anil other siiucc.dion* should be
considered, that committees should be nn
... obtain the necessary Informs-
learn a sweet lesson In the brotherhood actions will leave behind them a
ml yet to recognize that these | flow upon which to base Anal action to
i .-m-* •' - -—older- 'draft petitions to our municipal taSSra |J
ENDOWMENT FUND
FOR MERCER COLLEGE
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 17.—Auistancc to
the extent of 371),000 will be received
by Mercer University toward the 330(1..
000 endowment fund from the general
educational board .of New York, pro
viding there la a little hustling at this
end of the line. President 8. J. Jame-
■on. of Mercer, ha* received a com
munication from Dr. Wallace Buttrlck,
of the board, saying this amount will
be given, providing the Georgia Hap-
tint* raise the other 3335,000 neces
sary.
MACON NEGRO FAIR
WILL BE HELD
Special to The Georgian
Macon, Ga., Oat. 17.—The negro
state fair will be held In Macon. Coun
cil at Its regular meeting last night
turned down the proposition to, take
away from the' h'egro fair association
the use of Central City park, and the
negroes will come.
The committee to which the resolu
tion was referred repotted favorably
but after a petition signed by 160 prom
inent white business men asking that
the negroes be allowed to hold their
fair was read, the resolution was de
feated by a seven to rour vote.
ARCHITECT SUES FOIL
HIS WASTED WORK
For a balance alleged to be due on
the preparation of the plans for the
theater which 8am and Lee Sltubert
proposed to build at 334 Peachtree
street, but which did not materialise,
William Albert Swascy, an architect,
has sued William A. Wlmblsh for H.-
640. One rtem mentioned In the blit of
particulars as being worth 3500 Is “In-,
vestlgatlon and expert opinion on n pro
posed ordinance.of the city of Atlanta
regulating the ’construction of thea
ters."
STATISTICS.
BUILDING PERMITS.
$10,006^-11. J. MrtSnulur. to build two tw
atorjr /raine dwellings ht 437-441 N. Ihnik-
$2,000—McCtHInn & Wright. ti> bnIM l»-
•Ido rofrlgcrntiir at 2 Whitehall atrool
$356—Dixie Tllo and t'enieut (’«.. to bnIM
frame abed nt 63S Whitehall street.
$500—A. I^ingford. to nut Iron roof
skating rink nt 14 Central avenue.
$1,200— Dsn 1J. Jfnrri*, to repair Are d»ui-
age at 105 Georgia avenue.
PR0PERTY~RAN8FERS.
$3,200—G. II. Htrlckler to II. A. Hunt. M
ii Culver street near Klin street. Bend
for title. „
$825—('. ||. Hetcher to Mrs. Belle M.
Houlet. of Mobile, lot on Fowler street n^nr
Gresham street. Warranty deed.
$400—Mrs. Ilomella t'nlberson to IDnrf
Alexander, lot on D'AlvIguy street ue»r
Gray street. Warranty deed.
$1.600—W. P. Kelly lo Mortgage Ihunl «'»•
New York), lot on llrynn street nenr <
avenue. Loan deed. „ .
,000-11. C. Morrison to John K Mut-
phy, lot on Augusta nvenue near c.^n*
hill avenue. I^tan dm!. ..
$3,000—Thomaa J. Isowe to Lowry Na
tional iKink, 106Vi seres, embracing wtdj
j*»uk sif Chattahoochee river ami »n™;Z
Interest In Green JL- Ilowell’s ferry. In lb«
dlatriet of Fulton county. Also. 14 rt'■ r, ?
near present Green k Howell's ferry r»wi
In 14th district. Warranty deed. ...
$4,000—'Thomas J. Liwe to f/»«rry >*;
tlonal bank, lot on Magnolia street nest
I-owe street: also, hit on Foundry rtreet
near I«owe street: also, lot on Maxaslu*
street near f.owe street. !.o*n deed.
OOOOOOOOOOOlWOOeOMHKiOOOOO
Q THIS 200-POUND GIRL J
BLOCKS DOZEN TRAINS. 0
New Tork, Oct. 17.-8lxtee,n- “
O year-old All* Mann, weighing .«•' “
O pounds, caused a block of a dosen “
O trains on the Third avenue J- JJ
O when ahe became atuck fest he- “
O tween the edge of the gate sn«
O the end of the car when getting
O out of the Seventy-sixth street
O station. After considerable mam if “
0 vertng. Policeman Sullivan sue-
O ceedetl In freeing her. She was
O sent to the Presbyterian hospital
■ with a bruised leg. 0
OOOOOOOOOOOGOOCOOOOOOOW* 00
wry. to frame law* for V.I 'm 1 '
—r legislature and to call t»r j• ‘
stihacriptlon* to mart tho expeua*** ««
*™ rk ' J. M. B. HOS3KL