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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEIiXKSD.W. orTOBKR 17. !!“<
LETTERS SHOW ROAD; FOUR ARE KILLER
010 GRANT REBATES
TO SUGAR TRUST
Judge Holt Admits Certain
Evidence Against New
York Central.
New Turk, Oct. 17.—A staggering
>!ow was delivered to the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad In
lie second of its trials charged with
riving Illegal rebates to the sugar
rust when United States Judge Holt
dmltted In evidence the letters that
massed between Lowell M. Palmer,
hipping agent of the sugar trust, and
'red L. Pomeroy, general traffic ;nan-
c*»r of the railroad, that seemed to
h.-w conclusively that rebates had
een given.
ALFRED AUSTELL
SUED FOLLOWING
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Alfred Austell, one of the more prom
inent young t 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
Guayqull! and Quito railroad. In Hon
duras, at the corner of furrier and
Peachtree streets, in April. Harris
< lalms that the auto wss 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 aaya 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 prompting? of
ordinary care.
BY OIG EXPLOSION!
SEVERAL INJURED
Screams of Hurt Heard By
Rescuers Searching the
Wreckage of Store.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 17.—A report
from Cellna, Ohio, aaya four persons
are dead and several Injured as the
result of a gasoline explosion at Fort
Recover!'. 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
AT HEAD Of TROOPS
ON DUTY IN CUBA
Washington, Oct. 17.—Cry of further
favoritism In the case of Brigadier
General Pershing on the part of the
president Is being made In ariiiy 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. and the subject will likely be one
of the first to be taken up with Sec
retary Taft upon Ills erturn.
'SOUTHERN ASKS
EXTRA PRICE FOR
SWITCHING COAL
Convention Brings Out Fact
That Road Charges 35
Cents a Ton.
The strike of the Southern machln
1st* either will be called off Wedneaday
.. or else w Ilf continue Indefinitely with
renewed vigor.
Wednesday was the day set aside for
the conference between the atrlkern
and the employers. Officials of the
Southern railway and a committee of
■ twelve machlnista will compose the
. conference. The meeting will lie held
In Washington.
The local striking machinists are
holding meet Inga regularly In the hall
. of tho Federation of Labor on Forsyth
sireei. They are awaiting with great
interest the result of the conference.
Many believe that an arbitration agree-
. tnent will be reached.
. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
CONSIDER REVISION
: OF CONSTITUTION
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, Oct. 17.—The matter
of revising the constitution of the or
der la the principal business before
• today's session of the Supreme-Lodge
£,nf Knights of Pythias. The session
JTl* also considering the matter of af
fording financial assistance to Pub
lisher II. Richardson, of the Na
tional Pythian Directory at Jackson
ville. Fla.
The subordinate lodge members are
having their parade this afternoon.
Nearly every state In the I'nlon Is
represented liy a delegation.
ASSERTS MRUHAW
1 BOY
New York. ttet. 17.—The district at
torney's threat to Indict Evelyn Nes-
blt Tlmw, on the ground that It had
not yet appeared where her husband,
Harry K. Thaw, got the revolver with
which he killed Stanford While, war
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 was
not Mrs. Thaw. He denied that Thaw
was alarmed over the possibility of ,t
warrant being taken out for .Mrs.
Thaw.
Mr,. Thaw, shortly after the state
ment was made, entered the Tombs nnd
had a long talk with her husband. Nhc
said she was not worried over Je
rome's statement.
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O MORE RAINY WEATHER
O THREATENS BIG FAIR O
O O
O Rain and more rain. O
O The hard luck which brought O
O freeatng weather at the opening of O
• O the state fair threatens to return O
-O toward the end. O
'*0 But except for a little cold at O
J> first, the fair has hail good luck O
rO with the weather. Maybe the O
•O weather prophet la wrong, any- O
ft way. He sometimes makes mis- O
oO takes. His forecast la: O
O "Rain tonight and Thursday." O
O Wedneaday temperatures were: O
O 7 o'clock a m,, (0 degrees. O
O X o'clock a. m„ to degrees. O
O 9 o'clock a. in., ft degrees. O
O 10 o'clock a. m„ f 2 degrees. O
O 11 o'clock a. in., (3 degrees. O
O 12 o'clock noon, 5* degree*. O
O 1 o'clock p. m„ *3 degrees. O
2 o'clock p. In., f3 degrees,
COMPLAINT MADE
AGAINST MATRON
OF POLICE FORCE
UharjrJn* that Ml** Namier.-on. who
succeeded - .Mr.". Bohnefeld as police
matron, wan using the matron's ward
for dispensing soda water and hot cof
fee to prisoners, Custodian J. C. Car
lisle has complained to Chief Jennings.
Custodian Carlisle stated that Miss
Sanderson keeps several cases of bot
tled soda ,ln the ward to sell to the
prisoners, and also makes hot coffee on
an oil stove she has. It Is said that
the gas bill for this stove, which the
city pays for, was $15.10 for last
month.
The complaint Is that Miss Sander
son and her negro maid are very much
In the wav. Miss Handerson Is indig
nant o\»er the charges, and took the
matter up with Mayor Woodward Wed
nesday morning.
It Is understood that she talked very
plainly to Chief • Jennings about It,
ami said that she had beeh badly treat
ed. 8he said she did not propose to
furnish any sensation for the police
department* Chief Jennings has In
structed Miss Handerson to stop the
matters complained of.
Tho. affair lias created quite a stir
about police headquarters.
AUTOMOBILE STRIKES
MISS EFFIE PRESTON
While <>ii route to her home Tuesday
night st 6:3rt o’clock, .Mias Rffle Preston.
young woman residing In Htewart nve
c, win struck h.v nn nutomotdle nud had
ly bruised. The accident occurred In White
hull street, itt Willingham's crossing.
The nuto liclongN to John K. Mmlth.
mnnngcr of the John M. Smith carriage
factory, Itwimliellif driven at the time
if the accident by John Woodward. The
•hnuffeur wan arrested, nnd will he trier!
Wednesday afternoon In |Hdlee court.
Minn Preston had Just nllghted from it
troller car at the time she wan struck.
Her Injuries are not considered serious.
NEGOOESlElJ ROGERS
AND TOOK HIS MONEY
*.» negroes gilded behind Samuel
Rogers last Saturday night on Johns
street, near the railroad, crossing In
the bright glare of an electric light,
anti robbed him of his hat, chewing to-
* »cro and $4.45 In rash.
With one holding Rogers* feet, the
other his hands and throat, which pre
vented his calling for help, they ex
amined his pockets and said to
Rogers: "You damn white people
tried to kill us, nnd 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. Kumherger,
ho committed suicide Monday at the
Southern Hotel by drinking an over
dose of laudanum, was held Wednes
day at 3 o’clock at tftarclny & Bran
don's. The body will be placed In the
receiving tomb and kept there urttli
further arrangements.
While the Southeastern Coal Dealers
were discussing Wednesday morning
the ^recent trouble In Atlanta by the
Southern refusing to promptly switch
Louisville and Nashville coal cars to
Its private tracks, the statement was
made that this difference had been set
tied.
"How?" asked Secretary W.
Plane. ....
"Why, by the Southern agreeing to
handle such cars to Its 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 $2 per car for such
service.
Recently the railroad commission de
elded that the new Steed act gave It
authority to compel switching to bo
done promptly, with a penalty of $1
per day for delays.
The session of the coal dealers on
Wednesday was sllnily attended. Home
two hundred delegates, at least, from
the five states comprising the associa
tion, were expected, bul not over 30
were here.
Discussion* was largely along the line
of Increasing the membership of the
association, thus widening the Influ
ence and effectiveness of the organi
zation. The sessions will end Wednes
day afternoon and the present officers
will be re-elected.
BODY UNIDENTIFIED;
NO CLEW TO FRIENDS
Mystery surround* the body of the
unknown man who wa* struck last
Monday by a train at Oakdale, Qa.
wax Immediately brought on the same
train that atruck 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, durlhg Monday, Tuesday ami
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 friend or relative Is given op
portunlty to Identify It.
The hair of the young man Is dark
and curly, the eyes light grey, com
plexion fair nnd the face smooth shav
en. Weight about 125, height 5 feet
nml fi 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
suit of the holy war agitation, a de
acenel upon Fex and the capture of
the sultan Is the object of several fa
natical trlbcsijien who have gathered
south of that city, and 3,000 regulars
arc now on their way. to prevent nn
attack. '
The killing of all foreigners Is part
ol the fnnntlcs' 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 MOO In golden double eagles
from Ihe home of F. M. Hughes, who
only a few days ago hod secured one
negro's release from the Tower, where
he was lielng held under suspicion of
being the assailant of Mrs. Dottle Kiln-
ball near Oakland city.
Mr. Hughes said to the court that
he had raised the boy from a plcka-
nlnnle, and that he had always been
trusted absolutely by the family. The
gold which Ihe negro stole was In a
bell where It hail been ever since Ihe
war between ,the slate, nnd 1340 of It
had been recovered. It belonged to nn
nunt of Mr. Hughes'.
WHAI GEORGIAN READERS
HA VE 7 0 SA Y ON A VARIETY
OF INTERESTING QUESTIONS
SOME STRONG
POINTED QUESTIONS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Please pardon me for 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.
I notice that Governor Terrell has of
fered some $2,000 dn rewards tor 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 erfeh de
nounced in severe terms mob law and
the 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, Vhose bestial pas
sions roused the fury of the mob?
Where Is the fund, $6,000 and grow
ing, raised to hire detectives, buy In
formation and otherwise ruit down, ar
rest and bring tp prlai; the demons
of mankind from this gathering of At
lanta’s little ones.
Close attention was the children’s ex
pression of their appreciation of this
pleasure as they listened to stories
based on the oM 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 devbtea
to the older children, and a series of
stories on art has been planned, which
It is hoped will prove a source of
both pleasure.and help to them.
L. W.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Argument of Cases on Wednesday.
J. 8. l*ark vs. Htuu\ from I’lkc. Argu
nicnt concluded.
Nathan Hhuirr ct al. va. State, from |>o
coliir. Submitted.
«». W. N. Martin va. City of Gainesville,
Riled.
from Walker.
State, from Lowudes.
Scat
from
Annie Gl-
Submitted.
France* WllllnitiN
Lmiwlca. Submitted.
t\ W. Bowden va. State, frtuu Lauretta.
Argued.
Will Perkine va. State, fmu
Argued.
Will IVrklu* va. State, fn
Submitted. ,
W. L Itcandrot va. State, from Chatham.
Argued.
Porter Dublin va. State, from Worth.
Submitted.
Tordon va. T. II. Johu«on, tuor-
alia I. from Crlap. Submitted.
S. P. tauter va. State, from Walton.
Argued.
IsOYl Toliver
Submitted.
Martin Walker va. State, from lK>oly.
Kiting linm.
in Tattnall.
State, from Ltwudea.
Submitted,
Will Grant et al.
Hughum. Argued
State,
General Evans Slightly III.
Gen. Clement A. Evan*, a member of
the prison commission, Is confined to
hla home on Washington street with a
slight Indisposition. It Is stated that
the trouble is only a cold, and that he
ia remaining In largely an a mutter of
tuition. General Kvana la gener
ally In excellent health, and the present
Mine** will not likely keep him home
more than a day or so.
from Kf-
Stale, from Effingham.
Slate, from .Baldwin,
fi. 'State, front Dooly.
Kettle va. State, from llaltendiniu.
Argued,
Court adjourned to Thursday morning.
Albert Young
Argued.
Altiert \ ouug i
Submitted.
4miaou Sintmoi.
Submitted.
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 menacg that made the mob
strike out with blind, undlstlngulshlng
madness?
Not one move nor one voice raised
(from what I can understand) has there
been to offer 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 tor the capture of each of the
brutes. If good substantial rewards
were offered for these criminals they
would soon be caught and justice meted
out.
Yours very truly,
SUBSCRIBER.
SaYannah, Ga.. Oct. 2, 1906.
AFTER SENATOR BENJAMIN
TILLMAN'S SUGGESTION
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 I.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-tentha of the
crimes committed of every nature by
both whites and negroes come? from
the Idle and vagrant class which under
our free and 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 chaff 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 and nobler thoughts.
There will be no Idle negroes to com
mit the crime of rape. There will be
no use 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 fbr 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
ould 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 f fly out of a back win
dow when the worthless old cuss did
arrive full of whisky and abuse after
midnight, but would meet her loving
husbund with a smile and a kiss on bis
return from an honest day’s work with
money nnd necessities for their comfort
and pleasures.
Everybody would work, even "fath-,
er." anil the world would grow brighter
and happier every succeeding day for
the "bees" would not have to work In
mortal dreud of the attaet from the
drone” upon his "home" nnd "store."
I am no prophet, but If this require
ment was made a law and 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
everv one there has an identity and
how much more necessary a require
ment of this kind Is needed where there
is such a 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 a
heavy burden upon the good nnd work
ing members of their race that have to
bear the responsibility and censure
hen tills remedy would make them all
this working class and would apply
well to the whites that give all the
tnmble 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 add has been since
nnd 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
failing to register will be fined $5 and'
be subject to arrest and conviction un
der the vagrancy law.
I. M. GREAT REFORM.
chief of Police.
CHILDREN'S HOUR
AT CARNEGIE LIBRARY.
NORTHERN PEOPLE AND
NORTHERN NEWSPAPERS.
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 11, 1906.
Editor The Georgian, Atlanta:
Deai^ 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, and
you know, as does any other man who
has had anything to do with advertis
ing, that a few ads placed here and
there Infrequently nnd without any re
gard to system, will be a waste of the
advertiser's money, while a reasonable
amount of money placed behind a well-
organised advertising campaign will
Introduce any article of merit and
bring to the advertiser many dollars
for every one spent in advertising.
I am of ihe belief, therefore, that some
well-organized campaign of publicity
In the North and East would 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 n
whole are entirely correct If my ob
servation Is worth anything.
I ain 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 nnd 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 th4 editors of
many of our Northern papers, was a
union soldier, crippled in health,
xyarped and prejudiced by the suffer
ings and hardships through which he
passed In fighting for a cause which
lie considered a holy one, and for which
he would gladly have laid down his
life. Ho was all right at heart, for he
was fighting for what to him were his
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 moot severe condem
nations of the Atlanta affair to pick up
my home paper .a few days since and
read In It an account of an affair which
nearly terminated In something as re
grettable as did the one we witnessed
here. . It seems that two negroes were
standing on a corner 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 the second time,
there were 250 angry men chasing the
negroes down the alleys with cries
of "Kill them." "Lynch them," etc.
Happily the two particular negroes got
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
And you u 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 people
on this subject.' During the recent
disturbance 1 came In contact with
many Northerners nt 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 called
attention to tne fact that Northern
people are almost wholly dependent on
newspapers for their accounts of these
troubles; that they only hear one side
of the story, and never hear of the
awful condition which leads up
mobs and lynchlngs; that they hear
nothing at all about the troubles un
less something particularly horrible or
exciting occurs; that the newspapers
are fn turn dependent on Southern
correspondents for their stories of
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 want to ask you If there Is
not a good field for missionary work
among these Southern correspondents.
Sincerely yours.
„ OTTO G. TAGUE.
case the dnogi
ir community.
There are two pluses
ery white woman In
the situation
which must he considered: .
First. What Immediate preeoutinns should
l»e taken to prevent nnd avenge, within the
limits of the law. crimes of assault In the
Immediate future? . ... •
Second. What, If ony. are the ultimate
measures which will eventually control the
situation that the perpetration of such
crimes will cease?
Georgians have shown their willingness to
spend their blood, their health and their
time In tracking down the perpetrators of
nameless wrongs. Are they willing, in any
large sense, to spend their money? (audi
tions In northern cities are undoubtedly
safer then la Atlanta, for they do uat hare
this terrible crime to coutend with, but.
assuming Atlanta's present population at
120.600, If It bad the same number of po
licemen proportionately as Chicago, tbei
would be 204 men on the force.
To equal Boston It should have 260 men.
• To equal Washington, I). C.. It shflul
have 296 men.
It Is certain that, for all practical pu.
poses. Atlanta Is without polle patrol pro
tection. except In the central portion of
the city: Nearly every citizen could. If
necessary, give many Instances of police In
efficiency, due not to lack of ability or dis
cipline, but to lack of the necessary num
ber of men to do effective work. The force
should he large enough to patrol'on foot
several times each day every block In the
city. At present, members of the force
hare not hesitated to say that, on horse-
back or wheel, they cau not patrol their
entire beat once a day. The actual num
ber of policemen necesasry to efficiently
patrol our streets cau oply be told after
obtaining accurate comparative Informa
tion from other cities, but under present
conditions It Is probably between 350 nml
400 men, Instead of about 150, as at pres
ft
lory In this country, and Information a*
to Its constitution, duties and uumbera
could readily be obtained. The very beat
organization of this kind In .the world Is
probably the rural guard of Spain, ’through
he good offices of the federal state de-
Mirtiuent and of our minister to flpalu, ac
urate Information regarding It could doubt*
leas lie quickly secured. ■ , .
Lastly, as regards Immediate needs. Is the
better fighting of our stretes at night. '
In n heavily shaded city such as this, arc
lights at street Intersections only Intensi
fy tho deepness of the shadows and af
ford to the skulking criminal a better op
portunity to evade observation nnd detec
tion. We ueed at short intervals lueandee-
cent lights, scattered on opposite corba and
under the trees so that the sidewalks may
be thoroughly Illuminated.
If It shminl be the sense of the com
munity that these precautions are neces
sary, nre we willing to tax ourselves for
the nddltloosl expense which they will In
volve?
To meet the second phase of the ques
tion. to find the ultimate remedy. It will
essary to Incur n still greater ex
pense. Let me lay down n few first prim
‘]»Ies. some of which both the so-called
.lends of the negro and his enemies will, I
know*, dispute, and which yet seem to me
well grounded
(al True po ... — — r ——
during the lifetime of this and the sueveed*
•VS
time.
(c) Industrial equality belongs to the ne
gro of right aud should be his.
(d) Where two races reside In the same
geographical aectlon. the Inferior race can
not bn brutalised without calling upon the
superior race to bear the consequences "
such brutalisation.
(el * Under such conditions, for Its own
protection, it devolves upon the superior
race to lift the luferlbr as far fr<
barbarism toward <-tvitiation as p-
(f» The proper kind of education Is the
only kiiowii moans toward this end.
(g) If deportation ever comes, It .will take
from n half century to a century to ac
complish It. without, on the one band,
straining the* Industrial resources of this
seotlou to the breaking point In the process
of readjustment, and, on the other, commit
ting the greatest Injustice hi history by
transporting n numerous people to unknown
places without adequate means of liveli
hood.
No argument Is necessary here an regards
the first two of the —
As regards the t‘
tuulty—the equal , ....
tnan to enter the skilled trades, to con
duct such manufacturing and mercantile
enterprises as they hare the capacity to un
dertake—la denied the negro, he Is forced
back to the position of a brute, aud we
can not hope to escape paying the peunlty
through the acts which a brute, from his
uature, commits.
Industrial equality does nob however,
ccessarlly Imply tost thfe negro and the
white should work together nt the’ same
LIEUTENANT SLAIN
BY HIS SERGEANT
IN THEPHILIPPINES
Graduate of West Point If
Killed as Result of
Quarrel.
Manila, Oct. 17.—Sergeant Taylor, of
the Twenty-fourth United States t n .
fantry. stationed at Albera, on tl»
Island of Leyte, .hot nnd killed hi,
■uperlor officer. First Lieutenant Rob
ert B. Calvert, as the result of a quar
rel. Details of the tragedy have not
been received.
First Lieutenant Calvert was
years'Old and was from Indiana. H,
was a graduate of West.Pointy
SEPARATE SALOONS
ADOPTED AT MACON
these propositions,
third, If Industrial oppor-
1 chance with the white
Newton Buchannon.
Newton Buchannon. after an Illness
of several months, died last night at
10 o'clock nt his residence. 24 Wil
liams st ret*!. The deceased was 59
years old. Funeral arrangements are
not yet announced. .
October Is here, and soon the woods
will be aglow* with the richness and
color and variety of beauty that au
tumn alone inn give.
As rich In variety of ages, faces,
voices, characters as a fopest of au
tumn leaves Is In color, whs the con-
mo poll tan group of little children gath
ered fn their pretty room at the library
on Friday afternoon to enjoy the pleas
ure of their much-loved story hour.
As nature blends her endless variety
Into a wonderful harmonious whole, so
these little children, gathered from
every type of home, make a beautiful
picture of childhood; and one may ri Mf
learn a affect lesson In the brotherhood •rtVon| U *wltl"T«Y. twiiinTi'tiieiu
THOUGHTFUL VIEWS
OF A NEW-COMER.
The terror of the Isst’ few nmat*»
vhtiint'Ml week by work nnd ruiraa itlng
In Ihe appalling s^nes of Peptviler 22.
seems to ••all for (hi* expression otVtrong
•'ouservstlve opinion and suggestion as to
how the situation should fw» met. an an
Immediate and tirsetlenl problem and :ts an
offset to Ihe luflatuiuntory utterances which
are tending to Intensify the danger.
It Is possible to recognize fully how and
why the rage of men got on the night of
Kepteiulier 22 beyond tlielr control, leading
den social equality might be inrolrcd In
should have no sympathy with the cry
against the negro that be has deprived
some white man of au opportunity. '
great, dominant, Anglo-Saxon race
meet the negro with unstacked cards la
the game of Industrial competition, tho ne
gro would d>e, which God forbid, the white
man's superior.
The next three propositions (d. e and f),
must 1m* considered together. It has been
stated, so far ns I know without contrndlc
lion, that no negro, well educated, elthei
academically or Industrially, has ever at
tempted tho unspeakable crime, altliougli
ninny of the perpetrators of such *'—
have been able to rend and write.
certain that as a race advnnrea in education
nnd civilisation. It* tendency toward crimes
of violence crows less. An objectlo
merely academically educated negn
his unwllllnguess to seek those rha
livelihood which are open to him. This ob
jection. though valid, would nave far lost
force If all raembera of the race were so
educated, for one of the main causes of
the academically educated negro’s unwil
lingness to make himself truly useful lies
in the fart that he Is puffed with conceit
because of his fancied Intellectual supe
riority to other member* of Ws race,' and
this conceit operate* even In his dcnllugs
with the whites. Were they nil educated,
this feeling would not exist nnd the law
of neceaslty would replace, on our farms
nnd In nttr kitchens, a less with n more In
telligent people. The Industrially educated
negro 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 «»f the Hampton
and the Tuskegee school*, sml so far
ns possible with teachers trained In those
schools, the state of Georgia should cstab-
llsh and ninlntnln local Industrial schools
for negroes tthere should, of coarse, ih?
those rnr whites also), and should pass a
compulsory education law* based somewhat
upon that lu force in New York.
The purely academic school* Mr negroes,
supported by the state, aliould be abolished
and suitable penalties should Ik* enforced
for truancy or failure to send chlldreu to
school. The negro who ran barely retd
nnd write Is more dangerous, prohnldy,
than the utter Illiterate, but the wisely
educated uegro Is not dangerous st all.
The mentally defective constitute a hard
er problem, bnt one that could probably
1** met by the establishment of a central
state school for their benefit. tuodrh*d some-
hat along the Hues of the municipal school
ir defective children st Springfield. Mass.
A skilled ethnologist should lie niiioug
the state’s school officials. Negroes vary
grenllv In their tendencies and abilities,
itrdlug to the tribes from which they
.... spruug. and the visits nnd examination*
of such an official would tend to set the
pupils nloug the lines or least res!stnnce,
tvlng a waste of money and effort.
Possibly Wore the passage of laws to
make the almve recommendations. If ap
proved. effective throughout the state, it
might be well to try local option, the state
law covering and state aid being rendered
along thtsJIne only to those counties whose
people wanted It. This for the reason,
first, thut the expense might lie absolutely
problbitve for some counties, for the pres
ent. and. second, liecsuse of the difficulty
of securing the requisite number of trnlu-
"d teachers all at once.
Hcmeiuhcr. please, that I am pleading
now for one thing only: for the effective
future protection of our mothera. wives.
«lstera and daughters. The elevstUm of
the negro race Is a purely Incidental fea
ture necessary to secure tils end, sltltongli
If In the judgment of our people
or similar mean* will aci-oropllsb what we
so uiticii wish, are we willing to pay for
(■.qijttjd ;o suoiisoSfns amid dgetp oj.
sentatlvc and con*crvat!ve men of the city,
action* which they doubtle** at that these and other suggestions should be
the time liellevrd would tend to ftiii’dlnrate considered, that comwittce* should In* sp-
the conditions under which we have ltg#«i j pointed to obtain the necessary I n forms-
suffering, end yet to recognize that these | tkm upon which to base final action, to
tm' ’ ' ‘ “ am smolder- draft petitions to our luuuhlpal I todies 1/
Special to The Georgian. ;•
Macon, Gu„ Oct. 17.-r-Aa a result of
the recent- Georgia race'disturbances
an ordinance was Introduced In coun
cil last night which seeks to regulate
the liquor traffic In Macon better than
at present, and which also alms to
eliminate nny possibility of friction
between the two races if liquor is that
cause. This ordinance Compels all ap
plicants for licenses to advertise the
fact ten. days, and provides that ,n<»
person selling to whites may also sell
to negroes, and that one selling to ne
groes cap not sell to whites. There
will be no licenses for negro saloons
and for white saloons.
ENDOWMENT FUND
FOR MERCER COLLEGE
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. Oct. 17.—Asalatanre to
the extent of 373,000 will be received
by Mercer Unlvemlty toward the $300.-
000 endowment fund from' the general
educational board of New York, pro
viding there I, a little hustling ai this
end of the line. President 8. J. Jame
son. of Mercer, has received a com
munication from Dr. Wallace Buttrlck,
of the board, saying this Amount will
be given, providing the Georgia. Bap
tist* ralae the other $225,000 neces-
•ary,
MACON NEGRO FAIR
WILL BE HELD
Spetdal to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 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 negro fair association
the use of Central City park, and the
negroes will come.
The committee to which the resolu
tion was referred reported favorably,
but after a petition signed by 150 prom
inent white business man asking thut
the negroes be allowed to hold their
fair was read, the resolution was de
feated by a seven to four vote.
ARCHITECT SUES FOI?
HIS WASTED WORK
For a balance Alleged to be due on -
the prewratlon of the plana for the
theater which Sam and Lee Rhubert
proposed to build at 224 Peachtree
street, but which did not materialize,
William Albert Swassy, an architect,
has sued William A. Wlmblih for $3.-
640. One Item mentioned in the bill of
particulars as being worth'tfQO Js "1n-
veatigatlon and expert opinion off a pro
posed ordinance of the city of Atlanta
regulating the construction of thea
ters." ' -
BUILDING PERMIT8.
$10.900—R. J. tteOrnder. to build two two-
story frame dwellings nt 437-441 N. Boule
vard.
$2,000—McClellan k Wright, to build In
side refrigerator at 2 Whitehall afreet.
$350— Dixie Tile mid Cement Co., to hulhl
frame shell nt 538 Whitehall street.
$500—A. I^ngforil. to nut Iron roof on
skating rink at 14 Central nvenne.
$1.200—Dsn B. Harris, to repair lire dam
age at 105 Georgia avenue.
PROPERTY~RAN8FERS.
$3,200—0. B. Htrlekler to II. A. Hunt. M
on Culver street near Ella street. Itoiui
for title.
$S25—C. II. Belcher to Mrs. Belle M.
. Joulet, of Mobile, lot on Fowler street n**nr
ureshnra street. Warranty deed.
$400—Mrs. ltomelln Culberson to Henry
(New York), lot on Bryan street near Cher
okee avenue. Lmii deed.
$11,000-11. C. Morrison to Johu E. Mur-
pbr, lot on Augusta nvenne near Copen-
hill nvenne. I^tan deed.
$3.000—Thomas J. Ixiwe to Lowry Ns*
ttorinl Imnk. 10IV4 nvrra embracing south
hank of Chattahoochee river and oae-htilr
Interest In Green k Howell’s ferry. In I4tt*
district of Fulton county. Also. IH acres
near present Green k Howell's ferry rood
fn 14th district. Warranty deed.
$4,000—Thomas J. I.owe to lx»wry Na
tional bank, lot on Magnolia street near
l.owe street: also, lot on Foundry street
near Lowe street; also, lot on Mtgazlu#
street near I .owe street. l.o*n deed.
OOtXtOOGOOtOOGGOOOOGtWOOOOg
O THIS 200-POUND GIRL °
BLOCK8 DOZEN TRAINS. O
New York, Oct. 17.—8lxte.it- O
O year-old Alle Mann, weighing 200 O
O pounds, caused a block of a doxen O
O trains on the Third aveffiie “L" O
O when ehe became stuck fast be- o
O tween the edge of the gate and O
O the end. of the car when getting O
O out of the Seventy-sixth street O
O station. Aftqr considerable maneu- O
O verlng. Policeman Sulllvaw- sue- o
ceeded In freeing her. She wa* O
sent to tho Presbyterian hoepltal o
with a bruised leg. . “
OOOOO<IOO<KIOOGOOOOO<I ODOOOOO
necessary, to frame law* for *anbn»l*«l;**i
to our legislature and to call for publF
snlmrrlptlons to mem the expenses of ow*
J. M. B. IIUX8ET.
