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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY, OCTOBRR 22. l!W».
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f LETTERS FROM —■•---•g — —
STRONG OHIO VIEW OF US. t'»
Tu the Editor of The Oegrglan:
I read with Interest your version In a
Cincinnati paper of the Atlanta race
riot, and heartily agree with your sug
gestion that the best way to help tho
South solve this perplexing problem Is
for the press to give "two paragraphs
to the denunciation of rape where It
gives one to lynching.” I believe that
Jvery time newspapers of prominence
denounce In bitter terms the so-called
lynch law. through which citizens
wreak summary vengeance on the
rapist, they are only sowing tho seed
that Inevitably yield a harvest of out
rages against the women of the fair
Southland. -
The Northern and Eastern editors
with the stamp of encyclopaedic Intel
lect on their brows who pompously and
ponderously give utteranc* to editorials
picturing the Southern negro as a
much-abused race and who attempt to
dictate to the South how to solve the
negro problem, are doing more than all
other agencies combined to Incite the
brutal passions of the n*ro, Impelling
bim to commit that darkest, most
damnable of crimes, the mention of
which causes one's very soul to cry out
for vengeance. This question to one
who has never lived !h the South, can
be no more comprehended than some
long-lnumed Assyrian scroll from
Which the cypher-key Is wanting. Such
editors damage general society more
than all the S00 foxes did the com
Helds, vineyards and olives of the Phil
istines, and now that the people of At
lanta have artsen In their might and
the Justness of their cause to shoot
few of the black devils who
WHISKY TRAFFIC AND OUR DUTY
By DR G. A. NUNNALLY.
down a few of the black devils who
prej' upon womanhood, the brays of
this same asinine press can be heard
from Dan to Beersheba.
The writer has devoted some atten
tion to the contemplation of this prob
lem. and has observed how the eleva
tion of one of their race acts as an In
centive to the lower element of the
negroes to commit nwful crimes. As
an Illustration, statistics show that
there was a saturnalia of crime among
the negroes following the announce
ment of the notorious occasion when
President Roosevelt so far forgot his
duty to himself and society as to In
vite a negro to sit down at the White
House dining table; again, a few weeks
ago, many of the daily papers contain
ed a portrait and eulogy of a negro
who occupies a high position In the
trensury department, and almost Im
mediately following the dissemination
of this news, one read In the press,
dispatches from various sections ol
the country detailing atrocities that
black brutes had perpetrated. Even
the prize light at Nevada City, In which
the negro dans vanquished his white
opponent, was succeeded by uprisings
of negroes, who became Insolent and
aggressive In almost every city In the
United States. They are quick to grasp
every occasion of this kind, believing
In their Ignorance that It gives them a
license to assert themselvea
I believe thdt for such crimes ns
those which have aroused the people
of Atlanta, that mob law Is Justifiable,
and that no woman. In addition to the
unspeakable horror of being a victim
to the passion of these Imps of hell,
should be subjected to the humiliating
ordeal of appearing In a court of law.
Summary vengeance, swift and sure. It
the best solution of the problem, and
every communBy In the Bouth should
have a band of vlgllants who will make
quick disposition of the perpetrators of
these outrages. It was such organiza
tions that stamped out the lawleasness
In the West during tho early days of
settlement; In fact, the history or this
country Is an able substantiation of the
wholesome efficacy of strenuous vigi
lance bands.
It may seem unjust to shoot Innocent
negroes because one of their race has
committed an outrage, but It there be
no other method to strike terror to
their souls, then I say let the Win
chester carry Its little messengers
home to them In such effective way
that Instead of partially conniving at
these crimes, the negroes will take
steps to deter their race from commit
ting such outrages.
It Is the sherest folly for self-ap
pointed sages to expound the doctrine
of law and order to people who can not
glance at their dally paper without see
ing portrayed In startling head-lines
the graphic story of outrages commit
ted upon the women of the South. At
such times one has no patience with
the slow process of law (and frequent
ly Federal Interference, as at Chatta-
noogn), but Seizes his gun and acts as
both Judge and executioner. The ele
mental, the primitive In man comes to
the surface, and small wonder. Ono
might as well lay his hand on the
whitened crest of surging billows In
stormy, tropical seas and bid them sink
softly down to their coral pavements
a« to attempt to suppress the manly
emotions that must nave utterance In
action. Human passions, hatred, am
bition. revenge, love are despots, and
will be to the end of time.
I am no alarmist, but ths people sleep
upon the thin heaving crust of a vol
cano which must Inevitably soon burst
forth. The struggle for supremacy Is
suro to come between tho white and
black races In this country, and when
the contest Is over, It will be the old
story of the survival of the Attest, re
sit ting in the only sensible and practi
cal solution of the question—the se
questration of the negro.
All honor to the gallant Atlantans!
May they continue to protect their
hemes, their wives, mothers nnd sweet
hearts, and If the shotgun and Win
chester are required In such defense,
may the bullets Ay straight to ths mark
and their powder horns, like the purse
or fable, never become empty.
Yours truly.
J. FRANK HUTCHESON.
Cincinnati, Ohio. •
To the Editor .of The Georgian:
I. with thousands of others, com
mend the course you are pursuing in
demanding a clean press, a clean par
lor, a clean police, a clean pedagogue
and a clean pulpit and pew, and I of-
,fer you the following touching the
stream that tends to pollute all of them.
It Is hardly possible/ to keep the chan
nel clean unless we make the stream
clean. The whisky traffic with Its mad
and muddy waters beats at every door.
It Is unnecessary In this day and
time to discuss the evils Incident to
the use of and to the traffic In strong
drink. That conscience must be seared
Indeed which does not keenly feel and
boldly condemn the sin of Intemper
ance, while with a tenderness akin to
divine pity It commiserates the unfor
tunate victim. A man must have a low
estimate of hie fellow man it he does
not sadly appreciate the great loss In
manhood brought about by this sinful
Indulgence. A neighbor must have a
poor regard for hts neighbor who does
not deplore the blasted hopes, the
broken hearts and blighted lives and
desecrated homes and the ruined souls
that mark the sale and consumption of
strong drink. He Indeed has a very
perverted idea of Individual, communi
ty, state and national economy who
does not see the Immense waste of
money and the untold destruction of
property and the fearful paralysis of
the productive power which come upon
the Individual, the community and
state that patronizes or encourages
or allows or legalizes the traffic In the
destructive beverage. The few days'
riot In the city of Atlanta—the natural
offspring of the Incestuous dive on De
catur Btreet as mother and of the lech
erous, lustful barroom on Pcachtreo
and Whitehall as father—cost the
city and state more than they can re
cover from the license fees of thise
places In Ave years.
Logie of Money.
If Agures have any meaning, If
money Is any consideration, If the
Ananclal feature can attract any at
tention and add to the argument, con
sider this fact: The four years
bloody war left the nation with a debt
of 12,8011,000,000, while the liquor bill
In the United States for four years Is
17,293,816,000. The revenue frdm the
traffic Is 8111.901,093 annually, while
the drink bill Is 11,823,204,074—that Is.
we Invest one dollar and get back In
revenue not quite 7 cents. But this
does not represent the money loss by
any means. There Is the destruction
of labor, the reduction of jhe wage-
earnlng capacity, and the neglect nnd
suspension of business, that simply
stagger the Imagination with the mag
nitude, the Inestimable loss of money to
the Individual, family and nation, to
say nothing of the Immense cost of
additional police force aDd court ex
penses and chain-gang charges. To
bring It nearer home to us, see how,
by the use of strong drink, common
farm hands and unskilled labor are un
fitted for service and lose time, how
factory operatives Jtungle their work
and are dismissed, how dissipated
clerks lose their positions, how me
chanics are turned away from their
Jobs, how lawyers who drink arc
abandoned by their clients and phyal-
from the school room, nnd how busi
ness failures, bankruptcies, Ananclal
disasters and railroad wrecks multi
ply, oftentimes a 15-cent drink causes
a 390,000 wreck nnd damage suits
the amount of 1200,000. VVhy, the lo
from the cost of the drink Is not _
bagatelle compared to the loss that Is
entailed by the failure of the laborer
who Is made Incompetent by the use
of the beverage. A man would argue
himself At for the lunatic asylum who
would try to prove that the traffic Is
profitable to the Individual who drinks,
or to the city that licenses It, or to a
people that allows It, or to a govern
ment that legalises It. Compared to
this evil any other la as an evening
xephyr compared to a desolating gulf
storm, as a harmless rivulet meander
ing through the meadow compared to
the wild llood rushing down the valley
of the Connemnugh, or ns a vanishing
spark from a boy's Christmas cracker
compared to the outburst of the Ve
suvius volcano.
Loglo of Morals.
If a man prove himself an Imbecile,
who tries to convince the public that It
Is proAtable, he shows a badly mis
guided Judgment, If not the spirit of n
demon, when he attempts to defend
the traffic on the ground* that U con
tributes to the social betterment and
moral Improvement of the community.
Arson and assassination, beggary nnd
beastliness, disgrace and divorce, death
nnd degradation, shame and sorrow,
theft and treachery, riot and rape, are
passed over the counters where the
miserable stuff Is sold. It comes at tho
same fearful cost and does tire same
deadly work, whether It be sold In the
glittering bar or In the dirty dive, In
the open saloon or In thq chartered dis
pensary—whether It be owned and ma
nipulated In the palatial hotel and
mammoth store or mixed and sold by
the lone dealer In his dirty hole In the
wall on the dark alley of the crowded
city—It Is all the same. To condone
the one and to condemn the other Is
to make a distinction without a differ
ence, and to differentiate between evils
that are Identical.
Our Present Duty.
Such being the evil, thd suppression
of the traffic Is the main and the only
problem. To Its solution * the beat
thought of every man and woman, of
every scientist and statesman, of every
economist and moralist, of every sin
ner and Christian, should be given.
Every man who feels an Interest In his
follow man, every laborer and capital
ist who has any desire for Individual
or general prosperity,-every citizen who
loves his country and hopes for a good
government, and every Christian who
serves his Lord and Master nnd would
have this world become the kingdom
of our God, should conspire add con
centrate and combine and co-operate
In all movements itmt look to the sup
pression of the traffic. It seehzs useless
to appeal lo political parties or to seek
the InAuence and power ol political
aspirants, who from tlmp Immemorial
and on various occasions have refused
or declined, have confused or compro
mised, have misled or betrayed the
forces that were engaged In a prohib
itory effort. As Christian*, ss follow
ers of the Lord Jesus Christ and as
lowers of our fellow mdn, we must
place this Issue above any vitiated ap
petite, above any personal- Interests and
watchfulness and by voice nnd vote,
refuse all compromise with the evil.
Be not satlsAed with the High-licensed
saloon, nor with the well-guardo|l and
so-called decent, bar, nbr with the
thwarted and defeated local option, nor
with the deceitful and destructive dis
pensary, but demand unceasingly and
unflinchingly, everywhere and by all
honorable means. Its utter nnd contr
pleto and everlasting prohibition. As
Christians, we can not do less and be
helpful and beneAcent to our neighbor
as the good Samaritan that we profei*
to be, and be true to our mission as
adherents to the simple ftuth of the
Bible which we claim to be the Word
of God, nnd faithful and loyal to our
Master, whose we are and whom we
serve, and who loved us, and who, by
prayer and patience, by poverty and
peril, by shame and sorrow, by Jlfe and
death, proved that He loved us and to
seal that love gave Himself for us In
the sufferings of Calvary and In the
blood of the Cross,
TRAINING OF THE CHILD
By J. E. LOVELESS.
FROM A YANKEE TRAINED NURSE
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Your article on the Atlanta race riot
has moved me to offer my little Idea to
my suffering sisters'. I hope you will
And it of value and present It to the
public In suitable words In your lnflu-
ential paper.
I carry a toy "liquid pistol." This Is
nickel-plated affair, with a com
pressible rubber bulb, purchased for
35 cents of Montgomery, Ward & Co.,
Chicago, I "load It with cayenne pep
per or carbolic' acid—full directions ac
company It—for use as a weapon. I
live on an Isolated ranch In the "Far
West,” but have visited In your beauti
ful cits 1 , and my heart goes out to tho
trembling women and children.
Another Idea—In Montrose, Colo., an
assault was attempted on a little girl.
The mob took a surgeon to the Jail
and,, at the point of a revolver, com
pelled him to castrate the Aend. This
was making the punishment At the
crime and denaturing the criminal.
In those cases, why do not the mobs
use surgery rather than the rope or
Are?
Please bring my weapon to the no
tice of your women. If I lived In the
black belt I would > wear one of those
"liquid pistols," and If n negro came
within shooting reach and so much as
looked at me, I’<K All his eyes with
carbolic acid or red pepper. -
A YANKEE TRAINED NURSE.
Union, Washington.
clans are rejected by their patients far above all political affiliations, and
and how teachers are turned away | by example and entreaty, by work and
BRAND AND TRAN8PORT
ALL THE CRIMINAL8.
THE EVER PRESENT QUESTION.
To ths Editor of The Georgian:
I have read with a great deal of In
terest the various suggestions made by
correspondents In Tho Georgian as to
the best manner to dispose of the
rapists.
It has been demonstrated that lynch
ing has very little InAuence over that
class of criminals, and a great many
have suggested castration and brand
ing. but did they ever stop to think
what tho feelings of n refined nnd sen-
satlve woman would be to meet on the
streets nnd In the cars one of those
wretches—especially If she should have
been onp of his victims? I say, no;
never adopt such a source of humilia
tion for our noble woman of the
South. Better a thousand times wage
a war of extermination for the whole
negro race. But there are sonic ne
groes who would lay down their lives.
If necessary, to protect the white worn-
an of the South, and we do not wish
to harm them; but, on the contrary, we
ehould protect them from harm for
their good qualltle*. Now, caatrate
the rapists. If you will, which ought
to be done; but do not turn them loose
upon society, for even If they can not
commit their favorite crime, they can
and will commit other crimes almost
as bad, for they are a race of people
who will do almost anything for re
venge, and In the place of suppressing
crime you will turn loose a class of
criminals who will live only to com
mit crime. Now. Instead of turning
them loose, transport them tb one of
the Islands In the Pacific and let them
live there, but never allow them to
remain In this country.
I believe that would have a good
InAuence on the better class of ne
groes, who would try to live In such
D ’ »_ Mirnwal In tho
Polished Plate Glass for stores.
Polished Plate Glaaa for residences.
Polished Plate Glass for show cases.
Largest stock of Plato Glass In the
8outh.
P. J. COOLEDGE & SON.,
12 N. Forsyth St
a way as to escape removal to the
Island, and also I am In favor of send
ing all of our felony convict "negroes
to the Island. I believe If our great
newspapers would take up this matter
and keep urging It, that In a few years
ths race question would be settled to
the satisfaction of all classes, and we
would have among us a good. Indus
trious class of colored people.
Respectfully,
J. L WAITE.
Waycross, Oa.. Oct, 17.
And Kept Buey.
"Vaudeville," remarked Mr. Loudoq
Ranter, the eminent tragedian, "Is the
actor’s pawnshop."—Cleveland Press.
Brass and Copper Wares.
The vogue of brass and copper for ornamental util
ities is mai'ked. We are amply prepared with hundreds
"f perfectly beautiful things in these materials to‘ meet
tw demands of artistic buyers. ■
Things for the Library —letter-racks, ink-stands,
hook-stands, desk-sets, pen-travs, scissors-shields, and a
sc°i'e of pretty table-ornaments.
Then unis, jardiniere, wood-boxes, umbrella-stands,
paper-racks, vases—an infinite variety of genuinely ar-
txstif and eminently useful firings. Sec them.
Maier & Berkele.
To the Editor of Ths .Georgian;
It hae been my privilege and pleasure
to note that you have done for Atlanta
—and Georgia—what jno other editor,
to my knowledge, has, ever attempted,
I. e„ In explaining, broadcast through
the states of the Union the helnoue
crlmee committed py black coon*, for
whlrh you deserve credit that Northern
people couldeglve you If they would.
But they, In their Ignorance, love the
"poor down-trodden nigger" a* they
call them, and when they read of one
being lynched. It's "My, my, what bar
barians the Southern people are!"
But when some of them come South
and locate In the rural districts they
realize—some of them—what kind of
mud the black beasts are made of.
I have noted many suggestions of
dealing with them, but putting them
Into execution Is the main thing. The
brand and the banishment Is all right
If the law would sustain either, but the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendment*
would have to be repealed to accom
plish the result. '
If they could be transported to the
north pole It would eliminate the trou
ble. but as It has not been found yet a
colder climate will have to be consid
ered, but the blessed nig—the loved
ones of the Northern whites, to their
shame be It said—wguld move heaven
and earth to counteract the attempt, If
the law did not, for the blessed black
angels (without wings) must continue
to bred (and they breed like hogs)
In the South, and breed as much dis
cord as possible, and keep the fever
bent of crime at 200 degrees In the
shade, notwithstanding the fact that
the Southern people are their best
friends.
As a rule, merchants start them at
the commencement of the planting sea
son with everything necessary to en
able them to enjoy the necessaries of
life, and If the seasons,are adverse and
they fall to "pay up” their account* are
carried over to the nest year. In many
hundreds of cases they are carried un
til death releases ths debtors.
And, notwithstanding all this, and
other acts of kindness, when the op
portunity presents the black beast
uses ell his Ingenuity to accomplish
the crime of crimes upon ths ladles of
the merchant’s (or landlord's), house.
Such a thing as rape was unknown
before the war; the good old coons
took as much Interest In “ole mar's
white fokes" as he did hts own.
How many thousands of soldiers
were there who left their families In
the care of the old and younger darkles
who cultivated the crops and looked
after the welfare of the families.
How would It be now, do you
think. If they were left In the hands
of the yoang graduates of the freed-
inan’e bureau? They’d . storm every
castle and drive the people to cities
for protection.
The blacks are an unthankful race;
make one a present of ten dollars today
and tomorrow gel him to do a Job val
ued at ten cents, he’d not forget to
remind you of paying him when he
completed the Job.
Should you have him do the earne Job
with an nccognt of the same amount
on your books against him, he’d not be
willing for you to credit the account,
but would want the dime.
I see that the dives on Decatur and
Peters streets are thinned out. Why
nt,' thin nut all vagrants In the city
and county? The law Is still In force,
but not enforced.
But the black men to work and they
CHANGES IN COUNTRY WAY8.
No use talking, fairs have changer!
since the old days and the people have
changed with them. Formerly the
farmer came to the fair In his old-
fashioned "Jolt” wagon. Now he comes
In a rubber-tired buggy, or surrey, and
in the sea of vehicles there are usually
two or three fashionable "traps" and
an automobile or two. The old-fash
ioned country girl depleted on the
stage In the so-called "rural plays,” Is
not seen at the fairs any more. The
stage country girl hae passed away.
No more loose-hanging, linsey-woolsey
dresses, no more red sashes knotted
about her waist that made her resem
ble an animated meal sack. A big
change has corns over her best fel
low, too. He does not go around with
his trousers In his boots and chewing a
straw. His clothes are not from the
top ahelf. They are made to order.
Once In a while you meet a youth
wearing a shirt of clamorous colors,
and puffing a cigar that sheds the
odor of damp cotton waste, but he
Is rare. He knows ths procession and
Is right In Ik—Minneapolis. Journal.
will have no chance to loaf around
dives and feast their eyes upon’obscene
pictures of white women.
I notice that they have been removed
from negro dives. They ehould be re
moved from white dives also, as they
have a tendency to Inname the morals
of man and cause him—or them—to
debauch themselves with mlnd-wreck-
Ing stuff to the detriment of self and
family. I think Atlanta, as well as
other cities, should put an end to the
business, and In a great measure It
would decrease crime, for the dives—
all saloons are such—are the breeders
of crime.
wo* surprised to note that the
suppression of many of the saloons
crippled Atlanta's finances.
Your pen Is an able on* and you
should be able to dq much with It on
this line of thought for the benefit of
the moral condition of the Empire City
of the South.
I have noted your etaiid In regard
to the city controlling tho electric pow
er and gas works. Although I have no
personal Interest In It, I am of the
opinion that It would be a good thing
for the city and Its population. Sc
keep the pot boiling and success will,
no doubt, reward you for your grand
efforts. A. M. CALVIN,
Orrvllls, Ala.
"Tho mind of the child Is like a sheet
of white paper, on which we may Write
whatever characters we please;” like
the block of marble In the hands of
the sculptor, to be chiseled Into what
ever form Is desired.
The child comes Into this life
pure as Is possible for any sentient
being In earth or heaven, every Im
pulse, every Instinct, every desire, every
propensity, every faculty, absolutely es
sential to the enjoyment of life and to
the perpetuation and well-being of
the race, It being only through the
perversion of any or all of these that
evil comes.
The Infant knows nothing of mathe
matics, and yet It has within Its mind
the possibilities of becoming a mathe
matician as It grows nnd Increases, If
It has the proper assistance and train
ing, while without this help It may live
to old age without acquiring ac
knowledge of Agures. So with the
moral nature; In every child there are
the posslblltles of the very best man
or woman, the attainment depending
alone upon proper development. Who
Is responsible? One of tho greatest
manifestations of wisdom In creation Is
the fact that the child comes without
knowledge and experience, plastic clay
In the hands of the moulder, to be
fnshloned at will.
Without Intention of attacking any
creed, I verily believe that the most
damaging doctrine that has ever been
taught, that which has done more to
defeat the purpose pf life and to mili
tate against the proper training and
development of children Into true, use-
ful men and women, Is that of natural
depravity. It has destroyed confidence
and lowered the estimation of life. No
person, either adult or child, can rise
superior to the Axed Ideas of life and
Its possibilities. Instead of being taught
that Its propensities are all evil, all of
the devil, the child should be taught
that these have been given to it to
become the servants,of the man and
the woman to be used for their own
well-being, and that so long as con
veyed In the proper channels, the nat
ural, they must In the very nature of
things work good; while. If misun
derstood, If abused nnd allowed to get
the mnstery. then the master becomes
ths slave and the stave must suffer the
consequences. Let the child under
stand that It Is. to start with, Just as
good as God could make It. If the Cre
ator has made a failure, can more be
expected of the creature? Point out
the evil as well as the good, showing
the living demonstrations of both. Hide
nothing. It Is a mistake to try to keep
the child In Ignorance of the evils that
exist, for sooner or later It must learn
of them, and when It does, being In to
tal Ignorance of the consequences, It Is
more easily lured Into them. We should
do all In our power to create In the
minds of the children such ideal* as
will lead them on to lives of honesty,
truth and sobriety. Put Into their
hands the means that will enable them
to follow that which Is good and to
shun that which Is evil. *
We hear much from tho home, the
pulpit and the press about the duties of
children to parents, and against this I
have not a word, for there Is not In
this life anything more beautiful than
loyal, dutiful, loving children, and es
pecially to see the adult brushing aside
and overlooking all the childish Idio
syncrasies of the old father or mother
bending under the weight of-years of
tolls and cares, giving all to secure the
happiness of their children. In an en
deavor to make their lost days on earth
their happiest. But listen; there Is not
a single duty the child owes to the
parents that does not grow out of the
performance of some duty the parents
owe to the child. Upon the faithful
performance of all parental duties de
pends the performance of tho duties of
children to parents In youth or after
years. The parents take upon them
selves, at their own’will, the responsl-
bllltles of parenthood, having to some
extent, at least, the power to Ax and
determine conditions, while those of the
child are forced upon It without Its
consent or ono word as to the deter
mining of Its environments.
The average some Is little better than
a prison, where the children are com
manded and driven like slaves, neither
they nor their parents ever realizing
that there Is such a thing as chil
dren's rights. Every home, be It the
humblest, can and should be made the
most pleasant place on earth for the
children, and each child should be made
to feel that It Is the equal of any mem
ber of the family In every respect ex
cept In age and experience; that It Is
equally Interested with all others there,
and, above all things, absolute honesty
between parents and children should
be maintained. Slackness nt this
point, the Idea that because "It's all
In the family It makes no difference,"
has done more to destroy conAdcnce In
humanity, and to produce dishonest
men and women, than any other one
reuse. Every father should be fully
determined that if his children should
lose confidence In all others, they are
sure of the fact that at least on* hon
est man Is left Injthe world.
I sometimes think that If Inventive
genluH were set to work to produce
dishonest, mischievous men and wom
en, it could not devise more successful
methods than those ndopted by the
average father and mother In their
home work. Instead of teaching them
obedience, they are by example and
precept Instilling Into their hearts the
very opposite. To begin with, the child
really knows nothing but obedience,
,pnd never does know It until It Is
taught to It. Fathers nnd mothers
should be very careful In making prom
ises to children, and when they do
make one they should keep It, If It
bankrupts the establishment. Then
they have a perfect right to, and may
safely expect, as much from the chil
dren. So long as "whatever father and
S other do is right,” and so long as
ther and mother do light,' there Is
little cause to fear any very serious
straying away.
"Do this” and "do that," "you shall"
and "you shall not," are relics of bar
barism, anil should not for one moment
be tolerated In any Christian home. The
child has a perfect right to It* opin
ions, and they should be treated with
the same v consideration as Is shown
those of any member of the family. Of
course, from the lack of knowledge and
experience It Is likely to fall Into error,
its opinion* are nevertheless Its own,
and unless we ere able by logical ar
gument to convince It that It Is In er
ror, perhaps at last It may be right.
This will direct It In tho way of doing
Its own thinking, and *>t drawing Its
own conclusions, and give it character
to stand by Its convictions, at the same
time, always ready to yield when con
vinced that It Is In error. It Is diffi
cult to determine which character ii
FROM A WORKING MAN
To the Edltbr of The Georgian:
I am not sure whether or not it Is
proper for an ordinary skilled work
man,' bom and raised In the South,
to prezumc to discuss the race ques
tion or to have tho temerity even to
express an opinion thereon. Anyway,
I am going to give expression to a
few thoughts that I believe represent
the consensus of opinion among South
ern white men of small means, and es
pecially those that must depend ori
manual labor for a living. I mean the
skilled as well as the unskilled. First,
1 state It as a fact, that no Southern
whits man likes to work along side a
negro, either In skilled • or unskilled
work, upon the same footing, and for
the same wages. Did you shake your
head? If so, I ask you: Do they en
joy riding In the same seat. In the
same car with them? No. Then what
makes you think they do not object
to working with them? The very
force of circumstances and surround
ings. generally In the industrial world,
where white men and negroes must
work together in the same Job, throw*
them offensively together In close con
tact, too, which Is not the case where
they are seated In the same car. Still
you think, do you, that It Is all right
fob the workingman to enaliro that
condition, but Improper, whqre neither
is at work, but simply riding for pleas
ure or otherwise?
To be sure, where the white man has
an Interest In the work, or where the
Job belongs to him, he may not feel
that It Is degrading, but I do not refer
to him, J have reference to the man
who must work even In ever so skilled
a position, and who Is dependent on
his dally wage for a living, and who
has no pecuniary Interest In the Job.
Now, If those so situated are nt pres
ent rather small In numbers, don't you
Ifnnur f lint (haw st*ni>A,i
convictions of his own Ob he who
sot In his ways” that he will not listen
to reason.
TRIP ON THE 8TREET CAR8.
TAKES I8SUE WITH U8.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
I*llke The Georgian. It Is always
bright, uncommonly fair, and general
ly Independent and fearless. But even
Imperial Jove nodded occasionally, and
The Georgian, like the rest of man
kind, Is human, and prone to make
mletakee. Especially do I take Issue
with some parts of your editorial
headed "Handicaps to Our Wisdom.”
You challenge the production of a sin
gle Northern man Who has settled per
manently In the South who did not
Within twelve month* "absorb and
adopt Into life and action the creeds
and customs of the South upon this
(the Rbgro) problem." I have been
In the South five years, more than half
at ti e time In Atlanta. I shall proba
bly spend ths balance of my life here,
although I am Northern born. I might
say In passing that I have always been
a Democrat, and that, too, In a state
where Democracy was as unpopular as
:he opposite U In Georgia. I voted
nice for Bryan, three times for Gro
ver Cleveland, and for every other
presidential Democratic candidate
down to Alton B. Parker, since I be
came old enough to vote. My preju
dices were all in favor of the South.
But I have not adopted the creeds and
customs of the South on this problem.
Far from It. To me they seem to be
founded upon unwisdom, injustice and
common brutality. I am almost ready
to declare that I will never, so help me,
vote the Democratic ticket again. The
Declaration of Independence, the con
stitution of the United States, are as
foreign to the creeds and customs of
the Democratic party of the Bouth as
the Golden Rule and the Ten Com
mandments are to their principles and
practice. And I have talked with many
Northern men down ben, nnd never
have I found but one who had adopted
the peculiar beliefs of the South on
the negro question. I think you are
wrong. Mr. Editor, in your assertion.
J. C. NEWTON.
Atlanta, Oa.
(Mr. Newton’s experience has been
unique. We recognize him as the ex
ception which proves the rule,—Ed.)
To the Editor of The Georgian;.
Having seen recently so much In
your paper In regard to municipal own
ership, and realising that The Georgian
Is ono newspaper which le not afraid
to attack the street railway company,
1 venture to send you a line telling of
an experience I had a few days ago,
which I think Is only a sample of what
happens to every one who has to pat
ronize this well (?) regulated system.
I boarded a car at Alexander and
Peachtreo streets. My destination was
Whitehall and I banter streets. It was
a very cold day, one requiring a heated
car. Instead, 1 was forced to get on an
open summer car, one well ventilated
on all sides. I noted carefully that It
was marked "Peachtree, piedmont
Park,” but as It was going In the op
posite direction from the park, I sup
posed the conductor had failed to
change the sign as Is so frequently the
case. When we reached the Piedmont
Hotel and turned Into Broad street, I
wae surprised, but thinking all Peach
tree cars led to Whitehall Btreet, I
asked no questions. At the Empire
building we suddenly stopped. I then
asked the conductor how long we
would stay there; said be didn't know.
After staying something like ten min
utes, we turned Into Marietta In the
direction of Peachtree street. After
many questions I discovered that I was
on a car which was about to start In
the direction of Piedmont Park. I
asked for a transfer and was told he
hod made out his report. I got off tho
car, walked across to Peachtree and
Decatur streets, where I boarded an
other car bearing the sign, "Central
Avenue.” When I tried to get off at
Hlghla store I was told that ths car
only stopped there when some one
wished to get on. so I was taken down
to Mitchell street, being compelled to
walk bock a block. Now the question
comes to my mind, are the Atlanta
people going to put up with such treat
ment? 1 would suggest that the street
car company haye a set of rules print
ed and put up In their ears which
could read as follows:
1. Don't push the buttons, they don't
ring.
2. Don't try to hold on to straps,
there are none.
3. Don't read the signs, for they are
Incorrect!
4. Don’t try to catch the conductor’s
eye, for he Is not supposed to watch for
signals.
5. Don't be surprised If you have
pneumonia, for open cars In winter are
calculated to give If to you.
9. Get on wherever the car stops
and get off when you can, etc., etc., etc.
I earnestly trust that The Georgian
will continue Us warfare against this
municipal octopus. UNE FEMME.
Atlanta, pet. I?.
(While our correspondent has some
thing to complain of, we are Inclined
to think that she Is herself somewhat
exacting of the cars. The rules and
regulations are mostly discreet, and It
Is better to obey them. It Is only In
the large matters of Inconslderatlon
that The Georgian feels disposed to
meddle.—Eil.]
Grateful.
"Did you ever eee such a homely
woman? I believe she Is the homeliest
woman in ths world.”
"That's what I think. And the oft-
ener you see her, the homelier she gets.
Her homeliness grows on one.”
“I’m glad It didn't grow on me."—
Cleveland Press.
CONSIDERATION OF SOME
SWOLLEN FORTUNE8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am not an apostle of Discontent,
but aa long as we ore content with
conditions so long will we endure them.
The masses of our great republic
are tolling away at their dally labors,
some Ignorant, some careless of the
conditions that exist.
The Marshall Field estate was ap
praised over.one hundred mllllony, this
to compound for 60 years. Do a lit
tle computing and you wUt find It to
amount to more than Ave blllldn dol
lars. Does that not stupefy you to
think of such a trust? A while ago
Russell Sage died, they estimated his
fortune eighty millions to one heir.
John D. Rockefeller’s fortune estl
mated to be worth eight hundred mil
Hon dollars.
Now there are these, and many oth
ers worth fifty millions and more.
We stand aside and ask what will
be the peril of these swollen fortunes?
You may say how can you, Insignifi
cant, unostnbllahrd writer agitate for
economic revolution?
I can almost hear you suggest that
some brainy statesman must make the
radical step, that he must show the
power of congress In such matters.
Yes, you art light, that Is left’ for him,
but way down at the bottom of the
line, yea, at the foot of It, Is ther*
nothing, even though It bo the slight
est thing for me to do?
Well, here Is how I would like to
help; I would like to awaken, or
arouse, If the latter word conveys more
meaning, our dear voters to consider
what they are< doing when they vote
for n public servant.
Let our voters without hesitation,
eliminate the personal obligations and
sentiment.
The man who stands against cor
porations, against greed and shows
that he Is In office to give' the toll
ing masses a chance, let us laud him,
and crown him with a laurel wreath
as a hero of the highest type!
Our country needs such heroes, It
Thomasvtlle, Ga.
L. HOLLIS.
Peace on Both Sidei.
"Smoother and his wife lead an Ideal
life. They never have any disagree
ments.”
"How do they dodge them?"
“She act* as his stenographer In his
office all day, and when they go home
he does the house work.”—Cleveland
Press.
know that they arc becoming more nu
merous each year? Does tho white
man of the South above referred to
enjoy the spectacle of the educated,
skilled negro, gradually working hts
way Into the white man’s field of in
dustry and labor? When the skilled
negro appears, and begins to elbow the
white man In tho struggle for exist
ence, don't you know, the white man
rebels, and won't have it so? If you
don't, It won't take you long to find It
out; Just go out nnd ask a few of
them, those who will tell you the whole
truth, and see what you will find out
about It All genuine Southern people
like the negro as a servant, and so long
as he remains the hewer of wood and
carrier of water, and remains strictly
In what we choose to cnll his place,
everything Is all right, but when ambl-
tlon, prompted by real education, causes
the negro to grow restless and he be
stir* himself g| get out of that servile
condition, thflr there ls. or nt least
there will be trouble, sure enough trou
ble, that all the great editors, parsons
and philosophers can no more check
than they can now state the whole
truth and nothing but tho truth, about
this all-absorbing, far-rcnchlng, mis
erable race question.
There are those among Southern ed
itors and other public men who have
been shouting into the ears of the
North for twenty-flvo years that edu
cation would solve the negro ques
tion; there ls not an honest, fearless
thinking man In the South but who
knows that to be a bare-faced lie. Take
your negro of little more than ordi
nary Intelligence, even, get hold of
him In time, train him thoroughly as
to books, nnd finish him up with a
good Industrial education, send him
out Into the South with ever so good
Intentions, both on ths part of his ben
efactor and himself, send him to take,
my work away from me. and I will kill
him. That's the way education anti
consequent ambition win settle the
race question. Tho negro leader*
know that It Is dangerous to the negro
to compete with the white man where
they aro closely associated In work.
In the skilled trades, therefore they ad-
>1 • him h. stay .hi the farm. In ag
ricultural pursuits he would last lon
ger than In the trades, so-called, but
even then, If he becomes powerful
through his accumulated wealth, which
causes him to more nearly demand hts
full legal rights, the white man would
■ I.• i.i'.• lilm. The great negro lead-
■r ailvi-M III" mgr-"s to produce as
much as possible, live economically, be
coming property holders, eventually
occupying the position of creditors to
the 1 white man, then demand such
rights es that ordor of things might
not guarantee. Ono of them In a,
speech said; "Get a bank account, get
-gag" mi >"ur while neighbor’s
farm, nnd you will get nil that you
demand, social and otherwise.’' All of
that sounds pretty, but tt will as surely
lead the negro to conflict, deadly con
flict, with the Southern white men.
Just as sure ns anything can be In this
uncertain world. I am, I. believe, a
typical Southern white workingman, of
the skilled variety, and I'll tell the
■ w-.i l-l. Including Dr*. Abhott nnd
Eliot, thnt I don't want any educated
property-owning negro nround me.
The negro would bo desirable to me
for what I could get out of him In the
wny of labor that I don’t want to have
to perform myself, and I have no other
res for him.
Finally, let me say that there I*
but one thing to do; make the negro
leave by going Into old Mexico and
the countries south of there, and then
do something to make labor—manual
labor If you please—both pleasant,
honorable and profitable. In the South.
FORREST POPE.
Colllnston, Lo., Oct. 12.
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