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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, OCTOBRR 22. l!W». * 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. PHARMACY STUDENTS ARE IN- VITED TO CALL AT TtlE HAND SOME NEW QUARTER8 OF THE SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF PHAR MACY, CORNER LUCKIE AND BAR TOW STREET8. TWO SIX-MONTH8 COURSE8 LEADING TO GRADU ATION IN ONE YEAR. LARGEST PHARMACY COLLEGE IN GEORGIA. FALL SESSION, OCTOBER TO APRIL. SPRING SESSION, APRIL TO OCTOBER. 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