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BATI’RPAY. OCTORKR 27, I'M.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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LETTERS TO GEORGIAN FROM READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS
I /.rimE; If® CAUSES
CR AND TREATMENT.
(Bated on Phrenology.)
- the Ed dor of 7he Georgian:
T l,e question n>w presenting itself
■forcibly to the minis of thinking peo.
I , 0 f noth race). What are we to do
p lt h the rapist fed criminal? deserves
1 most aerloi* meditation to which
! ,, human mini Is susceptible.
since the eshbllshed mode, now In
ignition, of tenting the criminal by
To the Editor of The Georgian:
, h Th*rs has been a heap said about
‘he n «*ro and the recent riots of At-
Jjm y° u for a space In your
hP-lo-date paper in reference to the
negro. There has been a good lot said
py great divines and people of note, but
M at ? . that there •» hone that has
feting pungent has not been sue .truck Ihl WcIlTtSS
sful, but. P eminent failure, and: Hon. John Temple Graves and Dr A
,,.. 0 crime /goes on Increasing In c - Ward. Mr. Graves has for several
" im t in proportion as punishment y * ar ® making speeches on the ne-
* m Tl "hEdantiv administered, we £• WS* D /‘ Y ard ! a °" e the
most lenient and sober-minded divines
j keen ab^dantty administered, we
‘tould no ld* er shut our eyes to the
conclusion “
[ ashed. WW
I,et the cases of crime be what they
_ ayi punlslyient has not yet been suc-
: C e,jful in amoving them; therefore,
f L n not or any ground of reason bo
! ma lntained.hat it, within Itself, le suf.
sclent for he purpose.
oince thee Is no more time now for
.Allied pagination, erryneous 'aa-
.u,nation pr hypothetic reason, wheth-
!, lnspire*y sincerity or self-aggran-
.Lenient, he time has come to act,
,,'hich mu: be done wisely and Justly
in both cmlnal Individually and so-
citty In sneral, and there being no
Dthe'r valence to wise and Just action
but sclent, It must be done sclentlfl-
e.iiv It ; all, and ln this Instance
phrcnolog-ally.
The dlvie administration of human
•ifalrs iserfect; however, let our first
jeep ln imprehendlng crime, which
belongs t human, be to look upon It as
It actual’ exists.
Second’, compare the nature of the
crime wfi the nature of the man's
constltuWi physically and mentally, to
which h»s designedly adapted, that we
might k>w how and where it beglns-
1 «W heard preach, and I enjoy his
editorials. It Is Just as Dr. Ward says,
the more the negro Is educated the
more keenly he feels the race-barrier
which exists between himself and the
white man. I say while some of our
good old-tlmo negroes are trying to
ecucate and civilise the young gener
ation of negroes, the majority of our
negroes are overstepping the hounds of
reason and acting In such a way as to
cause him trouble with the white man.
Now, the negroes make a great howl
about lynching. If they would stop and
think what would be the consequence
of a white man under the same circum
stances In case of an outrage and would
be the same thing. The negro must
learn that this Is a white man's couh-
try and he will rule at all hazards.
There Is no mistake of the white man
being a friend to the negro that be
haves himself and stays In hls place.
Now, some of the good men say that
we must educate them. Some say
that the thing to do Is to Christianize
them. We may do that after a while,
but we have never had any success as
yet. We have been trying to educate
and Christianize for forty years and
we are farther off now than then, as
far as crime Is concerned. I would to
our living God that every man, white
after lb' Is ascertained we will know or black, had the love of God In hls
how an where to begin treatment.
It lsiseless to dwell upon various
crimes since we know thslr nature,
therefi*. consider causes.
In etry Instance of crime the vsry
act iso gratify the peculiar desire In
the nid of the criminal who acts,
therere, the desires of the mind are
know by the acts themselves; also,
the (ts requisite to the gratification
0 ( tl desires. Then It remains for
nhre’Iogy and phrenology alone to
poin'Ut the criminal with these desires
hefo he acts, or to describe the or-
caniconstltutlon that Is prone to such
actk (or the gratification of Its de.
die which nothing else will satisfy;
thawe might know what we are to
trf . Many crimes are committed by
( or , seemingly, rather than desire.
'mptatlons, Inducements and In
flation of the brain by Intoxicating
ll<ors contributes largely to the minds
ojiartlal equilibrium; such minds
he no decision or positive direction,
frequently, since the mind Is de-
Jident on the brain for Its msnlfesta-
•n and exercise, Its manifestation and
.ercisc ran not bo otherwise than
is development of the brain by cultl-
atlon will permit, notwithstanding the
apaciousness and comprehensiveness
if mind; Its manifestation and. exer
cise Is limited and characterized by the
power and disposition of the brain,
therefore, by tho brain’s development,
we know not what the mind desires;
but what It Is compelled to put forth If
It puts forth anything at all.
Nature operates always and every
where by meant of organs or Instru
mentalities—never without them. Or
ganism Is in perfect correspondence
with the function; thus, when nature
would put forth power of function, she
does so by means of the power In’ the
organ which puts It forth, and, so of
quickness and all other functional con
ditions. How can weak muscles put
forth strength? A sluggish brain put
forth activity? etc., etc.
Then, since the brafct Is the fountain
head of all action, let us study It In Its
congeries of organs, that we might
subdue the excessively active or per.
verted and excite action ln those which
are deficient or Inactive, because, for
the vant of exercise, these faculties
sink hto a gradual insensibility of their
duty and obligation.
Th> brain Is divided Into three great
clasias—the animal propensities, moral
•entments, and intellectual faculties.
Thee have their respective groups,
whlh In turn have organs.
Phrenology locates the animal pro
perties at the side of tho head be-
twen and around the ears; the social
affdtlons, in Its back and lower por
tlet the aspiring faculties. In Its
ern-n: tho moral, on It* top; the Intel,
lecial, on the forehead; the percep.
tin, which relate us to matter, over
tin eyes; the reflectlves, tn the upper
pat of the forehead. Now, since brutes
hre little moral and reflectlves, have
ll le top head, almost all their mentall-
L consists of the animal propensities.
>arly all their brain Is found between
ad around the ears. Just where It
muld he, and so It Is with man, what
e Is. speaks In emphatic language,
"rough hls phrenology, It, Is but to
“free that we might know him as
'ell, if not better, than he knows hint-
soul and was educated, but where does
It amount to anything with our young
negroes? The North has betn giving
the negroes thousands of dollars to ed
ucate them and does crime decrease?
Most assuredly It does not. Just take
the police docket and the state docket
and you plainly see at a glance that
crime among the young negroes Is In
creasing yearly. Now, I will say that
our old-time negroea are not giving
us much trouble nor never have, but
they are playing out fast and soon
will be a thing of the past. I must
say right hear that the old-time ne
groes have In the past been trying to
hold the young generation down to
some extent, for which they deserve a
great deal of credit.
I do not think there was any mis
take forty years ago ln freeing the ne
gro at all. What can the negro expect
here with our people? Does he ex
pect to rule this country? Does he
expect to be equal with the white man?
Most assuredly he does not. The only
way I can solve the problem Is to col-
onize him and send him to himself. J
say, why should two races continue to
live together In constant hatred to one
another? It Is an awful state of af
fairs to be in. There la no mistake
but what has been keeping down a race
war between the races is law and
Christianity of all good people. The
people are aroused over this question
more than any one thing that baa hap
pened ln years. Our country people
don't want the negro at all; he will not
work out In the country for wages nor
will many work a crop. The negroes
are getting scarce ln the country dis
tricts and you can't get one at any
reasonable price to work. They seem
to all want to get to town and work
at public works, what tittle they do
work. Just look If you please at loaf
ing negroea there In Atlanta on De
catur street and Peters street. You
can not hire them at all only to clean
out a barroom or something of that
kind. He only cares for one meal a day
and some cheap Whisky, and he Is In
hls glory. I am glad the council saw
fit to revoke some of those dens of
whisky there was on Decatur street,
for It was a curse to the fair name of
our great Atlanta. People that wohk
don't have much trouble getting along,
but those that loaf around are always
breaking the law and stirring up strife.
We have spent money and furnished
Bibles and preached the Word of God
to the negro and educated him and
can't do anything with him so far.
The young negro will not take advice
from anybody of bis race or ours. They
have good men, such aa Blhhop Turner
and Revs. Proctor and Bryant, though
they laugh them to scorn and paas
them by.
Wa hava done our duty toward the
negro as men and as Christians and
financially. We have given help In
all undertakings toward educating hls
race, but he don't «eem to appreciate
these things as a mass. This Is not
the place for the negro any more t/ian
It was>the Indian. Let him go to his
own country and have hie own govern
ment to himself, for this Is a whits
man's country. Give him a rood price
for hls present property ana If needs
be help him to hls own country. Thebe
are thouaands of pdbple that would pay
a apeclal tax to carry him to a land to
himself.
I am opposed to mobs and mob law,
hut as long as the negroes of this
country continue such lawlessness of
crimes they may expect euch to be
their doom. Let our good thinking men
of our good land do something to set
tle the biggest problem that has come
before this country.
I will say In conclusion, as the
younger set of both races get older,
greater will be the problem.
Yours very respectfully,
W. D. M'MICHAEL.
Stone Mountain, Ga, R. F. D. No. 1.
■fl 'I* then observe the rapist, who
* Hie lowest type of the most Inferior
™«\ of which about 5 per cent of the
"hole constitute the claea to which
“f belongs; for the sake of skeptics,
observe the head of those belonging to
. . ? cla ™> whom we know; the truth
"111 establish Itself. Their phrenological
""ailing Is very little above that of the
ourang-outang; as much so as It Is,
m» Character Is different.
The negro race os a whole, like the
"Iiiie race, except in quality and color,
tnelr quality partakes Its color. Is made
,T [ of rich and poor, moral and tm-
norai, religious and Irreligious, Intel-
'Rent and Ignorant, with dispositions
Peculiar tn their rank. Many of them
nave attained extraordinary capability
•n every walk of life, to which all the
rare h not susceptible, yet heir condl-
1,1 an y Individual rank, from the
.1,1 10 th * highest, can be Improved,
Mil Should be.
% experimental, phrenological obser.
'ation of the negro's brain develop-
™ < ‘ nt ln the South shows at least 25
per vent of the whole, In addition to the
•per cent Just referred to, have large
'rgans of "friendship, Inhabltlvenes*
amatlveness" of the "domestic
ztoup" (which Is domestic duty), while
ne organs of "conjugality, parental
' vi uml continuity" of the same group
,r " small, or very, deficient.
“The Selfish Propensities.”
(Which provide for man's animal
sant.t
T'nnibatatlveness, destructiveness,
■Ntsuvencss, cautiousness, approba-
self-esteem and firmness” are
large, while acquisitiveness, nil-
raemiveaess and vltatlvenes are very
"ball, or deficient,
“Moral Sentiments.”
iWh'ch render man morally account.
... ^ r 'ilgloua.)
Pi iiluallty" large, but "consclcn-
i'"ress, hope, veneration and benev-
'V very small, or deficient.
1 "Self.Perfecting Group.”
Z, T f‘'m. fine arts and Improvement.),
1 nstructlvenees, imitation and
mlrthfulness” large only. Ideality and
sublimity small.
"Psrcsptlve Faculties.”
(Practical cognizance of physical
things.)
Individuality, size, weight, location
are very large, while form, color, order
and calculation are email—and very
small.
“Literary Faculties."
(Which collect information and re
member.)
Eventuality, tune, language are ex
traordinarily large, but "tune" moder
ate.
“Refleotlve Reason."
(Philosophy, originating and ab
stracting.)
Human nature and agreeableness”
moderate: “causality and comparison"
very small, and deficient.
However, the combination herein de
scribed possess very little moral and
Intellectual power; the direction of
their mind's manifestation and exer
cise Is limited and controlled by the
animal propensities, which are predom
inant power. Now, since the natural
desires of the propensities are purely
selfish and animal In their constitu
tion, what else but crime will the efflux
of such brains ever be, while In their
perverted use? You might restrain
them today by some extraordinary
process, but they will burst forth again
when the opportunity presents Itself;
the very conetltutlon of their organism
can not withstand temptation, since
they have no moral and Intellectual
power to firmly'control or direct their
action. They are absolutely insensi
ble to moral benefit and requirement.
They will continue to be until they wpnclMt the PtMlege of aiding In
RAISING OF A
CHAPPELL SCHOLARSHIP.
Muiedgevllle, Oa.
To the Alumnae and Friends of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial Col
lege and Dr. J. Harris Chappell:
J. Harris Chappell, the beloved pres
ident of the Georgia Normal and In-
dustrlal College, died April 6, 190).
Through hls untiring energy and deep
devotion, he has made this Institution
one of the greatest factors for good In
the state, and he did more for the gen
uine education of Georgia girls than
any other one pereon, touching as he
has hundreds of young lives and Incul
cating In their hearts and minds the
highest Ideals of true womanhood. Dr.
Chappell truly gave hls life,’ as It
were, to the girls of Georgia.
Being cut off, while yet In hls prime
and vigor of Intellectual life, when he
felt that hls work was but half fin
ished, we, the faculty and alumnae
association, desiring to perpetuate hls
memory here, and to continue In hls
name the work he began, are under
taking to establish a fund to be desig
nated as the J. Harris Chappell Schol
arship Fund, the same to be safely In
vested, and the annual Income used
for the education. In this Institution, of
worthy girls, who could not otherwise
receive sn education. ,
We desire to raise.not less than two
thousand dollars 02,000). It Is our
wish that the necessary fund be the
gift of not a few only, but of a large
number of Dr. Chappell's friends. It
Is not the sum contributed, but rather
the number of contributors that will
give the memorial Its chief significance.
To accomplish this laudable purpose
we are mailing one of these letters to
every girl who has ever attended this
Institution, as well ae to friends of Dr.
Chappell. We believe that you will
A LAST WORD ABOUT HIM.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
. It Is very hard for me to realize these
lines are to be penned to the memory
of our sainted brother and friend, Sani
P. Jones, who has passed the earthly
tolls of this life; but It Is really true,
for some of us have stood by the flow
er-bedecked casket and looked on his
cold but peaceful and calm face.
Though hls llfework Is ended, he has
fought a good fight; he has finished
hls course, but hls works will follow
him, and Sam Jones' name and Influ
ence will follow the doming centuries,
and God will ubb them for the glory
of Hls kingdom. Hls equal Is not to
be found, and the work he was fol
lowing, *»s It snents to us. will suffer:
but God, In Hls ali-wlsfc providence,
has seen fit to take him to Himself,
and will work out the greatest problem.
To us It seems a great gap. but He will
fill It In some mysterious way. We
know not how, but all to the honor and
glory of Himself for which Mr. Jones
worked.
It Is sad to think we will never look
upon hls face nor hear hls voice again
In this world, but we will meet him
over on the other shore.
The greatest loss the world will feel
will be In the godly dally life he lived,
and It can be truthfully said he went
about doing good. He did this in many
ways, too numerous to mention them
all- But we will name some of the
most prominent among them. -
In hls passing to and fro through the
land It was hls custom to seek those
that were In trouble, or sick, and offer
hls sympathy and means, If needed,
to them. He administered to tho poor
and needy, and would also seek those
that were poor In spirit, and administer
to their wants and point them to the
“Balm of Gilead,",to which was hls
main object in this life, and which
lay nearest his heart.
Mr. Jones' Ufa should, and will be,
an Incentive to men to live truer, no
bler lives In the future; and God grant
It may so Impress them to more fully
realize the necessity of if purer, every
day life like hls was, for he preached
and lived the life he professed. He
had the welfare of hls fellow-man at
heart, and the poor wives and children
of the drunkard. He pleaded with men.
with that fervency which characterized
so hls being, to turn to God nnd drink
of that fountain, which would ever
quench them, that they would never
thirst any more.
Mr. Jones fought the liquor traffic
with all the ardor of hls soul, know
ing the awful results which follow the
cup which “stlngeth like an adder and
blteth like a serpent.”
It can not be said that Mr. Jones
was egotistical In the least; but wc
all know he was prominent among all
classes and denominations, and he will
not only be missed by hls own church,
but by all humanity, both Balnt and
•Inner. He fought sin In all Its forms
anti haled It with all the power of hls
soul, and It wasn’t men he hated; It
was their wicked ways, and he pleaded
with them to turn and come to Him
whom would make their ways of pleas
antness and all their paths would be
peace.
Mr. Jones was unique In hls style of
preaching, and could hold the attention
of more people than any living man,
and no doubt led more map to the
“way of life" than any other preacher.
He was not understood by a great
many people, and I have heard him »By
that he wouldn't be understood till hls
body was under the sod. The Master
so planned It, It. seems, for some good
purpose, and the world will know now
and more fully realise the course he
pursued than ever before. I know
there are men more capable of doing
Justice to his memory nnd life, but It
affords me the greatest of pleasure to
Thoms for the Living, Flowsrs fer Dsad j
“TIME WILL INCREASE
THEIR FAME.'
To the Editor of The Georgian;
That was a beautiful, brilliant and
appropriate editorial which you wrote
in eulogy of Sam Jones and Tom Wat
son.
They have been our men of genius.
They have labored for humanity, one
as a preacher and prophet, the other as
a politician and patriot.
They have worked brilliantly and
boldly.
They have been consistent an<J faith
ful.
They have been earnest and true.
They have wrought courageously and
without fear.
They have won the applause of mil
lions, and they have sultered the mean
est of persecutions.
They have been praised and they
have been slandered.
One ts dead, and we lovingly and
tenderly cover hls grave with flowers:
the other lives, and some of us still
place thorns In his path.
In one case, responding to the better
element in our natures, we see the
greatness and the goodness of the man,
und we praltie the work hd has done for
God anil for humanity; ln the other
case, guided by personal Interests, or
blinded by prejudice, some of us criti
cise, persecute and refuse to believe In
the sincerity of the patriot.
When Sam Jones was alive, some of
us admired him extravagantly and
some of us fought him meanly, even
bitterly.
No on* doubts now that Sam Jones
was a great man.
If we Judge a preacher by the size of
hls congregations, there has been no
greater preacher in modern times; If
we Judge a lecturer by hls continued
popularity In every section of the
Union, we see that no lecturer was tn
greater demand; If we Judge an orator
by the effecta of hls oratory, we have
seen few more powerful orators. If we
Judge a humorist by hls never-falling
power to please, ho was a great hu
morist: If wo Judge a philanthropist by
the percent of hls weMth, which he
gave away, he ranks high; If we Judge
a man by hls heqrt, surely here was a
man.
That Sam Jones, as he walked In
our midst, was a man of genius and a
man of God, no one will deny. He Is
loved In every part of the state and
throughout the nation.
We see beautiful tributes In the pa
pers, and we hear beautiful eulogies tn
the pulpit, ln the home, on the streets
and on the trains.
We are saddened at hie death
didn’t know how much w* loved him,
or how much he was admired, or how
great he really was.
Yet, when Sam Jones was alive he
fought tho bitterest opposition and the
meanest persecution of any preacher of
this age. He was maligned, ridiculed,
slandered, lied about. . But through it
all he fought the good fight.
I wonder if Sam Jonea really knew
how much he was beloved. Strong as
he was, and brave aa he was, I wonder
if he would not have been helped If he
could only have known how much we
loved him here In Georgia.
How gladly we listened to hls preach
ing; how eagerly we read hls articles
In the papers; how truly we loved hls
brave and great soul.
_ ed deep down In my heart, and I
hope the passing of this beautiful life
from earth to heaven will revolution
ize the hearts of men throughout this
broad land of ours as they have never
been before.
And may the wleo Father be with
and comfort the lonely hearts of hls
dear ones left behind, and may they
follow the beckoning hands of hls
white spirit which has answered the
summons, “Come up higher, It Is
enough."
F. M. WALTON.
Cass, Ga.. Oct. 22, 1906.
AN ACR08T1C.
will have developed, by cultivation, the
deficient or dormant faculties, at the
same time subduing the excessively ac
tive or perverted. When this Is done—
not before—will he cease to commit
crime—hls sensibility will have been
awakened to the rewards of obedience
and the punishment of disobedience,
which He knows nothing of In hls pres
ent condition. ,
While It can readily be observed that
the 30 per cent are prone to crime,
yet there are only about 5 per cent of
the whole who frequent crime, there
fore not such an undertaking aa pre
sumed. . ... ,
Phrenology expounds a very liberal
and comprehensive plan by which this
can be done, by pointing out hls defi
ciencies and efficiencies, showing the
posslbllty of converting him Into
moral, accountable and desirable citi
zens, ns much so as the better class
now are; and by so doing you help the
criminal as much as you do the race or
the community to which he belongs.
There Is but one of two things requi
site to hls salvation:
First. Remove all temptations. In
ducements and Intoxicating liquors
from him; or, secondly, remove him
from them; that he shall not have any
thing for hls animal nature to act upon,
while hls moral and Intellectual are
being cultivated assiduously. When
he can stand the required examina
tion )ie will be gladly welcomed to
any community. Instead of the present
mode of Intimidation for hls misfor
tune. Let hls labor pay for hls school
ing. by some means; this Is possible.
Man Is made for action, not Idleness;
the Object of life is happiness. The
prerequisite to happiness Is due exer
cise of not a few, but the harmonious
exercise of all. the faculties, with the
moral and intellectual predominant. To
do this, man must necessarily live In
obedience to the laws of nature; also
the laws of the community to which he
belongs; that hls actions shall be di
rected with reference to thoao among
whom, for whom among other pur
poses he llvea;
this cause, and we trust that each
former student will contribute at least
one dollar (H.00), From the graduates
and other friends we arc hoping to re
ceive as much larger contribution as
they feel able to make.
Hend the money, either In bank
check, postofltce order, or cash by
registered mall, and plainly addressed
to Miss Nan Barksdale, Mllledgsvllle.
Oa., who will Immediately acknowledge
receipt of same.
An accurate record of the name Of
all contributors will be kept,
committee:
JESSIE M. 8YNDER. Chairman,
NAN BARKSDALE, Sec. and Trees.
MRS. MILLER BELL.
MBS. H. A. GOULD.
ALICE NAPIER.
EFFIE MOORE.
J. L. BEESON.
K. C. BULLARD.
Recurring to Psaehtraa Car Tracks.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
If the vlewa of an Atlantan who does
not live on Peachtree but very near It
are to be considered, I think It an
unwise proposition to remove the car
tracks from Peachtree. I travel this
street twice dally and know that
great deal of Atlanta's advertisements
from visitors from abroad are from
those who having only a short stay In
the city take car rides on this street.
I encounter parlies of Ihl* class al
most daily who having only a limited
time In the city suppose the greatest
attractions. Ilk* those of other cltlee
of any pretensions, can be viewed from
the car lines and who will never take
any other conveyance If the care are
stopped and consequently lose n good
impression which would otherwise he
obtained, which will be an Injury to
the entire city. As It ts this traveling
class which advertise the good points
and especially the attraction* of ah
places on the other hand unlike moat
boulevards which usually can be scan
By Augusta Wall.
O'er the mountains are Mending skies of
nmethyst;
Covered the meadows with autumn leaves,
golden klst.
Touching with nmlier where erhnson trum
pet vines twist
nooks where I
verse nail hold thsl. .
Brownies come here, too, vommunlng and,
ah, but list!
Ecrlrllke their voices niul sweet that thou
hen rest
Romping, Me the little elves thro gntb-
otherwVae, he "is *”not i their entire length. All of Peachtree
hamfv and contented: and’Is not ren- would be Invisible without traverelrtg
.lered unhappy by removal from such Its entire length, owing to Ita crooked-
condlilons; therefore, for the eake of ness, Its narrowness also afterleavlng
nbSrty and protection of those of whom | proper room for vehicles would hardly
-Jo they should be removed, and unless j allow for sufficient room for cultiva
te^ arc we have undone our duty to lion of the proper (lower* and vege-
both regardleK* of co?mequencc». tatfon for a boulevard In keeping with
b ° in,r B JOEL T. ARM18TEAD. I Atlanta. Yours iruly.
Marietta and Simpson Streets. «• ROBERTS,
WHEN I WUS SICK.
By Robert Lindsey Whitehead.
When Imys Is sick—
It's funny haw tho folks 'll change
When boys la sick.
My sis was even kind to me;
An', my! but pa—you ought to see!
That man wus good as gw-1 could tie
When I wus slrk.
When I wus sick.
An' mu. she set right by tho bed.
An’ kep' her cool hand ou my hend;
Met* all the etury.booka she rend,
When I wus sick.
When
He'll tell me, — ... —
'Bout Teddy Joucs on’ skhmy llrntvn.
Au' haw they hoped I'd soou pull 'rouud-
Whcu I Wus sick.
Whoa I wus sick—
Tho doctor *il come mi feel my hnnil
tVlion I wus sick.
An' then he'd slinke Ills hend so slow,
That pis. she'd hide her race, an' go
Outside the room, an' shut the do'—
’ When 1 wus sick.
When I wus sick—
The folks wus '1st as good to me
When I wus sick.
The doctor 'd bring me chewin'"gum.
An' els, she'd keep the ales off-some,
An' pa would kiss me when ho come,—
When I wus sick.
But Bam Jonea is dead. There are
flowers for hls grave and fame for hia
name.
Tom Watson still lives, and fights.
At times, he fights brilliantly, grandly,
and at times some think unwisely.
But he has kept the faith which he
early espoused.
He has the heart of a poet, the soul
for the betterment of all.
S. Recognizing the Importance of re
ducing racial friction to a minimum,
we will avoid unnecessary racial irrita
tion by word or deed.
4. Recognizing In crime a fruitful
source of race troubles, we will oppose
the existence of any place known to
breed crime.
5. Recognizing the neoesslty of great
cr respect for law, we will not shield
criminals nor will we take the law In
our own hands, but will co-operate
with the officers of the law, and as far
as practicable will nealst them In the
apprehension of criminals.
0. Recognizing the adequacy of the
law for tho punishment of all crime, we
will stand for the prompt and legal
punishment of all criminals, nnd for
ths rapist swift legal execution.
7. Recognizing the paramount Impor
tance of racial Integrity, wo will stand
for that racial Integrity which applies
to both races alike.
8. Recognizing that neither race de
sires to mingle socially with tho other,
wo will oppose the encroachment of the
of a reformer, the tongue of an orator,
and the pen of a genius.
At times he may be extreme. He
has undertaken to champion reforms;
he Is leading In a fight; he must expect
success and failure, praise and slander.
It has ever been so.
Some day Tom Wataon will die;
selfish Interests will no longer misrep
resent him; political opponents will no
longer fear him; the voice of criticism
will be hushed, Georgia will then heap
flowera upon the crave of a brilliant
son.
Mr. Editor of The Georgian, all praise
to you for giving flowers to the living.
You have always done so.
But why do the people withhold the
flowers? Why do they hold back the
eulogies? Why do they put thorns In
the paths of the living nnd flowers on
the graves of the dead?
Yet, It has over been thus. The
greater the fight, the greater the oppo
sition; the more Important the reform,
the more bitter the opposition.
Even He, who was more than man,
was persecuted, was lied about and wag
nailed to a cross.
• The prophets were stoned, and even
Socrates, the noblest and purest of the
Greeks, was forced to drink hemlock
on the false charge that he was cor
rupting the morals of the youth.
George Washington was ridiculed,
and Jefferson suffered bitter opposition.
More recently, Bryan and Roosevelt
(each great and true) have suffered
many unkind and unjust criticisms.
And so Watson and many other
Georgians have not always found flow
ery beds of ease.
Watson, on hls- fiftieth birthday,
writes as follows (Watson's Magazine,
October):
"Who would be a drone in the hive?
Who would be a deserter from the
fight? Shall trumpets call strong men
to the fields of human effort, find I play
dastard?
"Never, by the splendor of God!
"Better the march and tho struggle
and the heart-break of failure than the
aelflsh refusal ta tryl
"Better the battle, the good fight, and
the defeat, than the craven lurking In
tho rear.
“Of all things contemptible la the
man who follows with the hungry eyes
of Jealpus rage and hate the bigger,
loftier men who marched while he-hung
back, tolled while he looked on, fought
while he ran away.
"Give me the man who will live and
die for hls Ideals, who will surrender
no righteous position without a fight,
who will perish rather than pollute hls
soul by apoatasy from Right!
■'Better—a thousand time* better!—
the tempest and the shipwreck with
such a creed than the Inglorious rotting
at the wharf with any other.
"Better a Waterloo and a glorious
death ln the squares of the Old Guard,
than worldly penalotts and honors for
base betrayal of cauae and country.
"So I thought at twenty. So I think
at fifty.
"And I have scars to show for It.
And, like any other soldiers of the wars,
I am proud of them.”
After all, should not every reformer
look for difficulties- and failures?
Possibly through disaster and suf
fering our great men really develop
their best qualities. Poets often learn
in suffering what they teach ln song.
Martyrs, through persecution,- advance
their cause. Sometimes, the,reformer
reaps the reward of hls efforts; but
oftener ho will tread upon thorns while
living and will be covered wltH flowers
when dead.
(Signed) A GEORGIAN.
Mtlledgevllle, Ga.
ANOTHER VIEW OF IT.
TO the Editor of The Georgian:
Twice you have oalled thoughtful
men to seek the germ of tha rapist.
Some of your correspondents point
toward It, anil Tillman, In the fifth
proposition of hls Augusta speech, un
covers It. I will so expose the root of
the evil that It can not be hidden.
The white man who pollfites hla
blood by begottlng a mulatto commits
a worse outrage on hls own offspring
than the rapist does on hls victim? and
makes It perpetual. He Is an enemy
to hls race and country. Stop this
and there will bo no race troubles.
Let white men respect the white race
and negroes will respect the white
race. Let white men continue to pol
lute their race and the negro will con
tinue to attempt the some.
The daughters of our race a thou
sand times more need protection from
being born mongrels than from an
other outrage.
Our sons need protection not only
from being the victims, but from be
ing the perpetrators, of this crime.
mem^’oYon^rara'onThe "ocY.rVre! ,hla atone amon « ,h *
Ail' I
its
Now I'm not slrk,
in ns elail ns I cm
That fii
.,, .MUS, Tunse He let Inc stujr.
An* never took lier hoy swiy
When H-* wus .sick.
Oxford, On.
A PLATFORM.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Since the recent race troubles have
revealed to tho races their mutual de
pendence, the practical value of a re
ciprocal good feeling ard the necessity
of efficient lnter-raclal co-operation,
the following platform on which both
races can stand with self-respect and
mutual good will Is suggested:
J. Becognlzing the present conditions
as not being due wholly to either race
or wholly to this generation, we take
the conditions as they are anil will en
deavor to make them as they ought
to be.
2. Recognising that there are good
and bad in both races, we will stand
for the unity of the good. In both races
ervuttona of tho other.
9. Recognising ours to be nominally
Christian community, we will take
for our Ideal ns races the Golden Rule,
und will endeavor to do to the other
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Let me thank you for the piece yos
wrote In Saturday’s Georgian on "Mam
Jones and Tom Watson." How true,
how true, every word of it. It did my
sou! good to read and re-rend It. Neith
er of .these great men Is appreciated as
they should be, and never will be until
they are gone. The people nro wak
ing up to what Sam Jones was, and
when It Is too late will see what Tom
WatBpn I*. Georgia never had two
greater men. These men remind me so
much of Bishop G. F. Pierce and II. H.
Hill. No man got more cursing than
Ben Hill In hls day of reconstruction.
No man was ever persecuted like Tom
Watson.
With all the persecution and lying,
he will finally come out on top, the
greatest man In Georgia.
Let me thank you again, Mr. Ghives,
for that piece.
Yours truly,
A. A. NEAL. J
THE BLACK CROSS.
To the Editor of The Georgian :
The writer approaches the expression
of opinion on the much-mopted ques
tion of negro rights lm* spirit of In
quiry, and Is hgpeful of drawing out
from some of your correspondents the
best that (s In them In reply.
First. Shall we Uo up to the natural
human Instinct, favor of fair play and
lawful, united action? Most people
would say yes. In that case would it
not be well‘to eliminate from public
discussion those excited writers who
are willing to murder the Innocent for
the sins of the guilty? And where we,
the majority, are solidly united in the
demand that for the crime of rape the
punishment shall be death, can wc not
unitedly agree and enact that the trial
shall be behind’closed doors, the guilt
established by lawful methods, the
swift punishment meted out by sworn
olficers? Why not? ,
Here I choose to 'Test”—as the pros
ecuting ofilcer says in court, and I ask
somo writer to meet me on this ground,
leaving out all side questions of every
nature. After we have eafely passed
this one point of discussion under the
head of "The Block Cross*' I will raise
another If I draw out expression from
some Writer Whole view* rise above
the plane of advising Irresponsible kill
ings.
Isn’t It really a question of Incipient
anarchy with which we are to deal, as
witness the spread of the practice of
Illegal killings all over tho - United
States?
And does It not contain the seed of
propagation and promise great expan
sion and the Inclusion of other crimes
than rape?
Very Iruly yours,
JAMES H. TALBOT.
MY SOUL IMPRISONED HERE.
By James Walker Heathsrlay,
Mr soul Imprisoned here
Looks through the bars of sin
Amt weeps for tho paradise lost—
And tho Joys which might hare bee a. •
Mr soul Imprisoned here
Looks o'ar this trnulileil span.
Ami weeps for the paradise lost
By the lustlug flesh of man.
Oh! mr
nut dk ,
Ami through Him - ....
The Paradise onee lost.
Saluda, N. C.
THE NEGROES
FAVOR "SEPARATION."
WHITE MAN,
race as we would have the other race
do to us.
to us. ATLANTAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I see ln your paper that you prefer
the separation of the two races. ;
We, the negroes,. pray for separation
as the laws of the state have failed tp
protect us and guarantee our lives whp
are Ignorant of any crime. We have
no more confidence In the protection
of the laws of Georgia. We ask you?
earnest support ln bringing about sep,-
aratlon. Can not Georgia territory
her negroes somewhere In the state?
Why could It not be done? It would
be the best thing the etate could do for
both races. The negroee are all willing
and ready, and If by mutual agreement,
why can't It be done? Reasonable
satisfaction could therefore be between
them. Let each look out for himself.
That would bring an end to tho race
trouble. We are subject to outbreaks
at any time, which the law can not
control. We are the topic of all thp
elections of the state, which wo have
no Interest In nor take no part. To
separate us would relieve . the whltp
man of n great burden and at the
sume .time relieve the negro from being
responsible for other faults and give
the Innocent a chance to live. If you
will help tn bring about a separation,
please to let us know through your
honorable paper.
(Signed) FRED T. CAUSEY. !
232 West Mitchell street, Atlanta, Gat
THE ISLAND OF CUBA; HER
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
tloij (IM of till*
lly locution, clinuitc nnd all uninmi nnmi-
ttoiiB. Mitt* In mi ally In tho lead of either
Florida or California.
tn Mtronjr cotitruMC i|th these two ntnte*
tho fruit (rower In Cnl* has no front to
HHP JB. .. rnlnn, In extremely
henry, Boiuetlmcn nn much an 3 Indie* In u
half bonr. The min come* nnddcnly nnd
t/aba’n dlnute »5 the moot delightful la
The night* throughout the year are cool
enough to always require the une of one
or two Idanketn. iMirlng dry npdln, nn
extremely henry dew keep* the land always
fresh and cool.
Tho l*d sanitary conditions of Culm
In thp na*t have given her an undeserved
reputntfon for nnliealthfulnes*. t’nder the
new regime, however, thin Is rapidly Itolng
done nway with, aud Culm today I* he-
coming tho location for nnuatorlumn, sum*
mer and winter resort*.
el new and practically UDcuitlrAted coun
try like Cuba offer* rant opportvaltleg fa
the Investor. The advantage* for fruit cul*
ture are being rapidly recognized, and colo-
ulxatlou In Cuba of Canadian* and Amvrt*
can* Is Increasing yearly.
One of the largest single investors In
Culm Is the Hnrtle Fruit Company, of Tiv
ronto. New York and Atlanta. They own a
vast tract of land In the province of .San
tiago heCuhn. near Nlpc, which they ar«
cultivating with great sueeesa. This Is only
ti small tmrt. however, of American Iiivcmi-
incut* In Culm. Over S300.000.000 of Ampfb
can money Is Invested-.there In railroad*.
fruit grove* and varlou* Indu-trle*.