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J B. PARHAM, Editor.
VOL. XV.
MCE IT IN ATLANTA
Mob Attacks Negroes in Revenge for
Many Assaults on White Women.
Off OF BLOODSHED
Negroes Chased and Killed
Promiscuously on the
Streets —Mob Ruled
Four Hours —Mili-
tary Called Out.
A race riot occurred in Atlanta Sat
urday night and it was one of the
most terrible sisce the days of recon
struction. The causes that led up to
it were the recent criminal assaults
made by negroes on defenseless white
women.
For months past tnere has been on
an average of one woman assaulted a
week. The climax came Saturday af
ternoon when it was reported that
ther# were four white women who havl
been attacked at their homes by ne
groes. The news given in extras by
the afternoon papers inflamed the peo
ple beyond endurance.
The rioting started at 9 o’clock at
the corner of Pryor and Decatur
streets.
Thousands of white men, with their
passions Inflamed, gathered In tho
business center of the city, and for
four hours mobs chased negroes,
stoned and shot them to death, and
boarded trolley cars, snatching off ne
groes and heat them to death with
clubs and sticks.
The fire department was called out
in the midst of the terrible excite
ment by order of the mayor, and by
streams of water tried to disperse the
mobs. This had a good effect only
for a few minutes, for the mobs quick
ly reorganized, and on othpr streets
began to shoot and stone negroes.
Rushes were made upon the hard
ware stores for pistols, but these were
closed, and the supply of ammunition
was not increased. The saloons were
closed, and in fact every place of
business had closed doors long be
fore the usual hour.
At one time a number f trolley
cars bad to be rushed out of the
city with dead and dying negroes and
policemen upon them.
All the while the air was filled
with cries of “Kill them!" “Shoot
them!’’ Lynch them!” “Down with
the negroes who attack and assault
our women!”
A number of men paraded the
Etrects holding aloft extra editions of
the afternoon papers whereon were
large type liaes displaying assaults
negroes had made on white women.
In some streets the air was filled
with the reports of pistols, and the
shouts of enraged who seemed
more like wild beasts than human
beings.
The scenes on the incoming trol
ley cars were the most fearful of all.
Ko sooner would a trolley car reach
the center of the city than it would
be eagerly scanned for negroes, and
if one was seen on the car It was
immediately bearded and a rush made
for the blacks.
Property was destroyed by the mob
in the demolishing of a Greek’s stand
>nd the smashing of a large number
of plate glass windows on several of
the business streets. The saloon of
Campbell & Poole, on Broad street,
an d the shore of the Pearson Hard
ware Company, at Walker and Peters
streets, were broken open and the
stocks demolished.
AH the state troops available In
Cie city were called out and the city
placed partially under martial law un
til order was restored.
The entire police force was placed
0n duty and all the winchesters of the
marines landed in Havana.
Fifteen Hundred Americans Occupy
Camp Columbia.
Ti! een hundred marines and sailors
landed in Havana Saturday night for
tiansler to Camp Columbia. The Unit
-6(1 railways had two tiains with a
tmal of so- cars walling to transport
the force. The object of landing
huops was stated to be in prepare. 1-
ness to resist an attack on the city,
and to be ready to protect American
liv es and properly In the event that
the rebels should become dissatisfied
wif h hip peace negotiations, and un
'ifcrtake to invade Havana.
BIG CONTRACT AWARDED.
B. Railway to Pay Million Dol
ors for Twenty Miles of Road.
A contract for the construction of
miles of railroad for the Atlanta
•"'d Birmingham railroad, near Talla-
Ala., has been secured by the
-ulahan Construcbon Company, of
noxv;Up f Tenn. The approximate
H| of f be work contracted for Is
('bout $1,009,000.
department were in use. Many police
men paraded the streets armed with
rifles.
Bvery negro, no matter what his em
ployment, quickly sought cover and
got out of sight. Even the cabs were
deserted on the streets. Finding no
more victims in sight the mobs quiet
ed down.
Although there have been several
reports as to the dead, the only au
thentic news that could be obtained
Was a list of six dead negroes, four
of which were taken to the undertak
ing establishment of L. L. Lee, 36
South Broad street, Sunday morning.
It was stated on reliable information
that -some bodies had been slipped out
of the city for buriai.
There were several cases of firing
into street ears late in the night, sup
posedly by negroes who were hidden
from view. Window glasses wero
broken by shots, but no one was hit.
Over forty men and boys were ar
rested and held at police barracks for
inciting to riot.
In Control of State Troops.
Sunday the city was in practical
control of the state troops, though
not under martial law.
The nine Atlanta companies, seven
of the Fifth regiment, the Govern
or's Horse Guard and the Governor's
Light Artillery, who were out all day,
were supplemented in the afternoon
by the arrival of four outside com
panies and still four more reached
the city Sunday night.
With these seventeen companies
there were 600 state troops patrolling
the streets and outskirts of Atlanta.
These troops were scattered all
over the city Sunday night under or
ders from Governor Terrell, and ev
ery street -was patrolled, particularly
about the outskirts of the city.
All day long crowds of people
thronged the streets, watching with cu
riosity the movement of the soldiers
and eager to learn anything new
that might have occurred. Only a
few stray negroes were to be seen on
the streets, and these were such as
had not caught onto the situation or
wanted to show their bravado. On
the trolley cars not a negro was to be
seen all day. They did not seem to
think that the trolley cars were
healthy places for them, and if they
went out, they preferred to walk.
Saturday night wfiat seemed au
thentic reports placed the number of
negroes killed in the city at sixteen.
Sunday the list of (lead was only six.
This discrepancy could not be account
ed for until the police were notified
that bodies of dead negroes had been
taken from the city.
Cause of the Outbreak.
There were four separate attempts
at assault in Atlanta and vicinity
Saturday. The first happened about 2
o’clock in the afternoon at the home
of Mrs. W. H. Chaffin near the Sol
diers’ Home. The second attempt was
at 7 o’clock at. The home of Mrs. Frank
Arnold, 127 Julian street. The third
was at the residence of Henry Lan
caster, on his step daughter, Miss
Alma Allen, 182 Davis street, about
9:30 o’clock. The fourth was an at
tack on Mrs. Mattie Holcombe at 275
Magnolia street.
In all these cases only one negro
was arrested as a suspect.
MACHINISTS MAKE DEMANDS.
Asks Southern For Raise In Wages,
and Strike is Probable.
Two hundred and fifty machinists,
employed at the Southern Railway
■hops in Atlanta, and perhaps 2,000
oil the system are making a demand
for Increase in the wage scale from
$3 a day to $3.25.
A general strike on the system is
probable, if the demand for increase in
wages is not granted.
land office annual report.
Reo*ipts of Last Fiscal Year Show
Marked Increase.
According tc a computation made at
the general land office at Washington,
the total receipts of the office for
vbe fiscal year ending June 30, 1906,
are $7,585,523, an Increase over the
preceding year of $567,712. The total
area of land disposed of was 19,431,187
acres, an increase of 2,734,565.
There were 185,113 final and original
entries and selections, an increase of
31,107.
Patents of all classes issued were
61,361.
WILL ACCEPT NO BONDS.
Atlanta Riot Makers Will Be Vigor
ously Prosecuted in State Courts.
Under no circumstances will the At
lanta riot makers, white and black,
be allowed to get out of the police
station.
Chief Jennings stated that no bond
would be accepted for anybody.
These people will all be prosecuted
in the state courts vigorously.
MOB BALKED BY AUTO.
On Swift Moving Machine Sheriff
Dashes Through a Crowd of Would-
Be Lynchers With Prisoner.
At Atlanta at 12 o'clock Thursday
night Governor Terrell was summon
ed from the Bryan banquet by Sher
iff Nelms and informed that there
was danger of a mob lynching a ne
gro named Troy, captured near Fort
McPherson, and charged with the as
sault upon Mrs. Kimball Thursday af
ternoon.
Governor Terrell immediately order
ed out three companies of militia to
go to Fort McFherson to protect the
prisoner.
Before the soldiers could assemble,
however, Sheriff Nelms and Atlanta
deputies and citizens had taken ac
tion in the matter. In an automobile
Sheriff Nelms, Deputy Sheriff Char
lie Daniel and two citizens rushed
at a rate of fifty miles an hour to
ward the fort, four miles distant,
where the negro was a prisoner.
At Oakland City, wffiich is near tho
fort, the auto was halted by a of
some fifty or more men, armed with
every kind of weapon, and their pur
pose asked. Being informed they were
permitted to proceed.
When the party reached the fort,
Sheriff Nelms was admitted and final
ly Colonel Van Orsdale agreed to sur
render the prisoner.
Even faster than the outward trip
was the return one. The negro was
forced to iie down in the machine,
and the members of the party watch
ed him carefully to see that he had
no opportunity to escape.
The same mob was present when
the auto reached Oakland City, and
the members of that party had no
intention of allowing the sheriff and
his prisoner to proceed, but they
reckoned without the speed of the
auto.
Although the mob members shriek
ed at them to stop, and several mem
bers just managed to jump in time
to escape being run over, the ma
chine glided on faster than ever, and
never stopped until the Tower was
leached where the negro was placed.
The companies of soldiers were then
notified to take up guard at Fulton
county jail instead of at Fort Mc-
Pherson, and were assisted by a squad
of policemen.
TAFT HAS DIFFICULT JOB.
Delicate Situation In Cuba Has Sec
retary of War Guessing.
A special from Havana says: Thurs
day’s conferences with the leaders of
the factions in the Cuban conflict did
not enable Secretary of War Taft and
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
to announce any plan for compromis
ing the difficulty. So strenuous are
the appeals of both the liberal and
moderate party leaders that the sit
uation becomes increasingly compli
cated as the negotiations proceed.
However, Secretary Taft said Thurs
day night that he believed that when
they are brought fact to face with
the danger of losing independence for
ever, all patriotic Cubans would be
willing to make concessions.
Mr. Taft added that the United
States peace emissaries were occupy
ing a most delicate position, and had
undertaken to all complaints and
that until they had made themselves
thoroughly conversant with the polit
ical 'turmoil of Cuba they could not
express themselves freely in the con
ferences, fearing that possible misun
derstandings might have a deterrent
effect on the proceedings.
Mr. Taft lias made it clear that the
United States was not seeking to con
trol the island or any of its affairs,
but he has quoted President Roose
velt’s letter to Minister Quesada to
the effect that the United States has
a duty which it cannot shirk. To
those whom he has met In conference
Mr. Taft lias said that now was the
time to decide whether they would
l ave Cuba live as a nation. He has
weighed every word carefully, and ha3
neither upheld nor criticised the prin
ciples of either factions.
NOTED CONSPIRATOR DEAD.
Arnold Confessed to Complicity in
Plot to Abduct Lincoln.
Samuel Bland Arnold, who confess
ed that he was a party to the con
spiracy to abduct President Lincoln,
which culminated in the assassination
of the president by John Wilkes Booth,
died in Baltimore Friday. He was 72
years of age.
Arnold, with three others, was sen
tenced in July, 1865, to life impris
onment at the Dry Tortugas. All four
were pardoned by President Johnson
in 1369.
COST COMER EIGHT THOUSAND
To Get Gubernatorial Nomination in
Alabama Primary.
Hon. B. B. Comer, the successful
candidate for the gubernatorial nom
ination in the recent Alabama dem
ocratic primary, filed bis campaign
expense account with the secretary
cf state Tuesday. Tils campaign ex
penses aggregated $8,499.60.
TRENTON. GA , FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1906.
NEGROES USE GUNS
Attack Force of County Offr
cers in Atlanta Suburbs.
DEATH LIST WAS FIVE
One Policeman and Four Negroes Vic
tims of Fierce Fighting in the
Dark The Officers Were
Ambushed.
The city of Atlanta w r as its quiet,
businesslike self again Monday morn
ing and afternoon, and it was not un
til the coming ot night and the out
break of the negroes on the outskirts
that the city grew r excited again.
During the day there was little law
lessness. Then it was the blacks near
the outskirts who kept the trouble
alive and the citizens on the qul vive,
fearing that their lives and the lives
of their families might be endangered.
A battle in the dark between officers
of the law and negroes was fought
Monday night at Brownsville, a negro
town two miles to the south of the
city, and near Clark university.
The officers with their prisoners
were ambuscaded and the fight was
to the death.
When the battle was at its height,
one policeman, James Heard, fell
dead, and his companion, Policeman
Jordan, knowing that the officer be
side him was dead, used the dead
body as a shield as he poured a show
er of lead Into the crowd of negroes.
He fired three rounds, and they were
with telling effect, for from the most
reliable reports at least a dozen ne
groes lay dead when the battle was
over.
There was not even a light of the
stars to throw a ray upon the battle
ground It was cloudy, and the officers
and their assailants were in total
darkness.
The negroes were holding an in
cendiary meeting. Gne of them was
making a speech, denouncing the
white people and advising the ne
groes to take their revenge for the
billing of negroes in the cty on Sat
urday night. Lieutenant Boole of the
county police force organized a posse
of nine county policemen and two
citizens and advanced upon the meet
ing. The negroes were ordered to de
sist, arid they refused to disperse.
Ten negroes were arrested, and the
officers were on their way to take a
trolley car to the city when the battle
occurred. The officers were fired upon
from the dark, and they returned the
fire. At least a hundred shots were
fired on both sides. The negroes had
gone ahead of the officers and waylaid
them.
At the first volley Officer Heard fell
dead. He had been shot by a negro
who had a single barrel gun loaded
with buckshot.
The negroes continued to fire after
Heard had fallen, and then it was
that Officer Jordan fired three rounds
behind the dead body of his friend.
The negroes at last turned and fled
to the woods, and the battle was
over.
, While accurate reports were im
possible, the number of negroes killed
In the fight was reported by many
as reaching twelve. Dr. O. N. Harden
stated that 7 he saw bodies lying all
over the ground. It Is certain, how
ever, that four negroes w’ere killed.
A short time after the fight bad
ended, two negroes, Bam McGruder
and Wiley Brooks, both about 30 years
of age, were shot to pieces on the
front porch of Park Commissioner
Robert H. Manley, 491 Crew street,
having been taken from an incoming
Lakewood car, on which county offi
cers were holding them on the charge
of having been members of the band
which had killed Policeman Heard.
By far the most dramatic incident
of the night was the tragic death of
Mrs. Robert C. Thompson of 495 Crew
street, who was frightened to death,
dying of heart failure, when the two
negroes were shot to pieces on the
porch of the Manley home, next
door.
Mrs. Thompson, who was soon to
become a mother, was 35 years of
age, and in addition to her husband
is survived by two rons, 7 and 10
years old.
By a forced march, the seventeenth
infantry, United States army, which
lias been spending the summer at
Camp Chicamauga, reached Fort Mc-
Pherson Monday night, and reported
ready to give aid to the state troops
should that ever become necessary.
Colonel Van Orsdale, commanding
fhe regulars, communicated at once
wifh Colonel Anderson of the fifth
Georgia infantry, and reported the
arrival of his regiment, offering their
services for the protection of the city
should they he needed.
SHERIFF HELD FOR MURDER.
Officer and Deputies Are Charged
With Killing John Lee.
The grand jury of Lee county, Va.,
Friday returned indictments against
Kentucky officials who captured Frank
Ball at Rose Hill, Va., on August
9, after a fight in which John Lee,
a member of Ball’s party, was shot,
usd killed. The officials arq charged
with the mrder of Lee.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DADE COUNTY.
MOB RULE DENOUNCED
By Law-Abiding Citizens of Atlanta.
Raid qf Brownsville Puts an End
to Reign of Terror.
Atlanta’s orgie of riot and blood
shed was terminated at daybreak
Tuesday morning, when the negro sub
urb of Brownsville, which was the
scene of the fight Monday night, in
which Officer Heard and four negroes
w r ere killed, was surrounded by three
companies of infantry of the fifth reg
iment and the Governor’s Horse
Guard, with the result that 257 ne
groes wore arrested and one killed.
The large majority of the negroes
were found heavily armed, and it was
only those armed who were arrested
These were sent to the police bar
racks and to the tower as rapidly as
cars could bo procured.
During the search for armed men
several negroes tried to break through
the lines and were promptly fired
upon, but only one was killed.
Among the first ones arrested heavily
armed was L. J. Price, the postmas
ter of the village.
The remainder of the day Tuesday
and Tuesday night passed quietly, and
Wednesday morning industrial At
lanta resumed normal conditions, ev
ery plant In the city which had been
closed down resumed work.
At a mass meeting of Atlanta citi
zens Tuesday the following resolu
tions wore passed:
“Whereas, this city has been the
scene of a series of horrible crimes
against women, causing great excite
ment among the people and leading to
disorder and mob violence;
And, Whereas, the spirit of retal
iation for crime, working under cover
of the mob, makes no discrimination
and causes the murder of innocent and
law-abiding citizens;
“And, Whereas, the first duty of aajr
government is to protect life, liberty
and property and the first duty of
the citizen Is to obey the law and
support constitutional authority in its
enforcement;
And, Whereas, present state of af
fairs has demonstrated the fact that
cr l ,uie breeds crime and lawlessness
begets lawlessness and when a ques
tion between the races has arisen the
existence of riot, acts of violence and
the spirit of the mob engenders ha
tred, fans the flames of racial pas
sion and spreads the spirit of anarchy
until the very foundations of govern
ment are shaken; therefore, be It
"Resolved. That this meeting, com
posed of the members of the chamber
of commerce and other law-abiding cit
izens, does solemnly protest against
the spirit of lawlessness that has tar
nished the fair name of our city and
led to the commission of crime.
“We denounce the cowardly and
brutal murder of Innocent people and
the wounding of others, and we call
upon all good men to lift their voices
for law and order and use their in
fluence to check the riotous spirit
that is abroad in the community.
“We call upon the authorities of
our city and state to crush anarchy
with an iron hand and spare neither
expense nor force to do so.
“And we demand that the author
ities spare no effort to put a stop to
the assaults on our women. If it
takes more men or more money to do
it that the authorities act accordingly.
Our womanhood must and shall be
protected.
“It is not right nor just that the
innocent, both white and black, shall
be punished for the sins of the guilty,
and the events of the past few days
prove beyond doubt that it Is the in
nocent of both races that are made to
suffer as the result of the unrestrain
ed effort of the mob to avenge the das
tardly outrages that should be and
must be punished by law.
“We further declare that It is the
duty of our city to care for the sick
aid wounded of both races and to bury
ihe dead, and we pledge our willing
ness to assist the authorities if
needed.
“Where government has not been
able to protect life the common in
stincts of humanity demand that it at
least care for the victims of vio
lence in sickness and death.”
OFFERS OF CHINESE LABOR
Made to Isthmian Canal Commission
by Various Contracting Firms.
Proposals were submitted to the
Isthmian canal commission at Wash
ington Thursday for the furnishing
of Chinese labor to be employed itt
the construction of the Panama ca
nal. The requirements of the speci
fications were, in brief, that the con
tractors should agree to supply the
commission with at least 2,500 Chi
nese, the commission having the priv
ilege of calling upon the successful
contractor for additional labor not ex
ceeding 15,000.
BRYAN IN BIRMINGHAM.
Alabamians Receive Nebraskan With
Open Arms in Metropolis.
William Jennings Bryan was the
geest of Birmingham, Ala., Friday af
ternoon and evening, and waS greeted
by a crowd made up not only of Bir
mingham citizens, but of the distin
guished Nebraskan's admirers from all
over Alabama. He was given a rousing
ovation at the close of bis address,
Georgia Culiiigs
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
County Court of Jenkins Cr®*td.
Governor Terrell has created the
county court of Jenkins, the grand
jury making the recommendation. He
Immediately named as judge of the
same A. S Anderson for a period of
four years, and James A. Dison as
solicitor for two years. Jenkins is
one of the new counties created by
the legislature of 1905.
• •
Prisoners To Get Liberty.
During next year, 1907, it is esti
mated that 420 prisoners will be dis
charged from the state penitentiary.
Secretary Goodloe Yancey is now mak
ing a list of those whose terms will
expire during the year, and already
has 274 on it. There are about 2,300
convicts in the various state peniten
tiary camps.
* * •
Valdostans Want New Road.
The citizens of Valdosta will taka
$25,000 worth of stock in the Miilltown
Air Line railway and assist in seem
ing right of way and local terminal
facilities, in order to secure the ex
tension of the road to the city. The
stock and support Tor the line was
pledged at a recent meeting of citi
zens.
• * *
Life Sentence For Hawkins.
At Gainesville the jury in the case
of the State vs. Fred Hawkins,
charged with the assassination of Hen
ry E. Cagle, on the night of Au
gust 24 last, returned a verdict of
guilty, with recommendation to the
mercy of the court.
He was given a life sentence by
Judge Kimsey.
The defendant’s counsel immediate
ly gave notice of a motion for anew
trial.
* * *
Georgia Building Site Selected.
Chairman W. N. Mitchell, of the
Jamestown commission, who has just
returned from a trip east, during
which he visited the site of the com
ing exposition, said that he had
selected while there the site for the
proposed Georgia building. It faces
Hampton Roads, just opposite Fort
ress Monroe, and is said to be one
of the finest building sites on the
grounds. The Georgia building will
not be built from the $30,000 fund
rppropriated by the legislature, but a
special fund will have to be raised
for the purpose, as was done in the
case of the St. Louis exposition.
* 4
River Waters to Be Analyzed.
The growing importance of the in
vestigation made by the hydrographic
branch of the United States geological
survey in the south states has made
it necessary to equip a branch labora
tory that will be devoted exclusively
to the v/ork in Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, North
and South Carolina and Florida. The
desirability of a central location re
sulted in the selection of the seat
of the University of Georgia—Athens.
That institution proffered the use of
one of its laboratories and the geologi
cal survey has Installed its equipment
therein.
* * *
Deoislon on School Tax Act.
According to an opinion rendered
Comptroller General Wlright by Attor
ney General Hart, the provisions of
the revised McMichael school tax act
are not operative until next year, In
so far as the school districts are
concerned.
He holds, hewever, that under the
old act the taxes in file counties are
collectable this year. The recent
amendment passed expressly states
that the provisions ara not effective
until January, 1907. Judge Hart holds
that this will probably prevent the
collection of special school levies in
districts, but where the entire county
has passed upon it that the tax can
he collected.
* • *
To Reward Heroic Service.
At the meeting of the prison com
mission on October 9 the commission
will, it is stated, pass an order recog
nizing the heroic services of three
negro life convicts now at the peni
tentiary camp at MiWtown, in Berrien
chuney, who recently rescued their
guard from certain death beneath the
overturned tender wf a tramway log
train, secured his pistol and watch and
turned thenr over to the and
then carried the wounded guard hack
to the camp hospital.
The commission cannot, of course,
pardon these convicts, but it can re
duce their imprisonment from life to
a term of years, and this, it is stated,
will be dono.
• * *
Respite Refused Rawlings.
governor Terrell has refused to
grant another respite to J. G. Rawlings
and his two sons, Jesse and Milton,
who were recently re-sentenced to be
hanged on Friday, October 6, for the
murder of the Carter children in
Lowndes county. Attorney Cooper,
who is representing Rawlings and his
sons, asked the governor to grant
Ibis respite on the ground that an
appeal had again been taken to the
supremo court of the United States,
from the action of the state supreme
court in refusing to grant anew trial
upon an extraordinary motion,
There is no doubt about the fact
that this second appeal to the Wash
ington court was taken merely for the
purpose of recuring delay, and the
governor has declined to interfere fur
ther. The only course left is to se
cure a writ of supersedeas from the
supreme court of Georgia, from which
Ihe appeal was taken, or an order
from the United States supreme court,
holding up the execution until its de
cision shall have been rendered.
• * *
▼Great Damage Being Done.
Incalculable barm Is being done veg
etation and forestry of Gilmer and Fan
nin counties by the poisonous gases
that are daily, hourly discharged by
tho Ducktown copper furnaces, locat
ed Just across the state line in Ten
nessee, and unless the United States
supreme court enjoins tho operation of
the copper smelters from further oper
ation along present lines the citizens
of these counties will be ruined and
Ihe land devastated.
The special committee, headed by
Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas
G. Hudson, to w’hich was referred the
matter of investigating the damage,
spent a day the past w'eek in Gilmer
and Fannin counties.
The committeemen have been con
vinced by their Investigation that the
vegetation and forestry of the coun
ties mentioned is being injured to an
alarming extent, and they will so state
in their report which will be submit
ted to the ifttorney general for his
use in the hearing of the case now
pending in the United States supreme
court.
* * •
Trustees Named by Governor.
Governor Terrell has completed the
appointment of 145 trustees for the
new state industrial and agricultural
schools or colleges which w r ill be es
tablished in each congressional dis
trict In the state under an act passed
at the last session of the general as
sembly.
It has been a tremendous task to
select all of these trustees. The law
required the appointment of one trus
tee from each county, the board In
each district to be composed of as
many trustees as there are counties
in the district.
The next step in the establishment
of these agricultural colleges will be
tho advertisement for bids for location.
Already fifty or more bids have
been received, In some districts six or
eight counties having made their of
fers. Under Hie terms of the act the
county securing the college must give
not less than 200 acres of land and
the necessary college buildings, so
that the state will he required to
make appropriations only for mainte
nance.
BOOKER WASHINGTON ON RIOTS.
Tuskegee Educator Gives a Straight
forward Expression on Situation.
A New York dispatch says: “As
a rule I never discuss mob violence
except when I am in the south, but
in#this case I make an exception,”
said Booker T. Washington, referring
to the race riots in Atlanta.
‘‘ln answer to many requests,” he
continued, “I will state that in my
address In Atlauta to the National
Negro Business League, a few days
ago, I spoke plainly against the crime
of assaulting women and against re
sorting to lynching and mob law as
a remedy for any evil. I feel the
present situation too deeply to give
an extended utterance at this time
except to say that I would strongly
urgo that the best white people and
the best colored people come together
in council and use their united ef
forts to stop the present disorder. 1
would especially urge the colored peo
ple in Atlanta and elsewhere to ex
ercise self-control and not make the
fatal mistake of attempting 10 retal
iate, but to rely upon the efforts of
the proper authorities to bring order
and security out of confusion. If they
do this, they will have the sympathy
of good people the world over.
“Wherever I met them, with
out exception, I mve found the lead
ing colored people as much opposed
to orlme as the leading white people;
but what is ' needed now is to get
the best element of both races togeth
er and try to change the present de
plorable condition of affairs. We of
both rijoes must learn that the inflex
ible enforcement of the law against
all criminals is indispensable and in
this I will do my utmost to have
my race co-opej*ate.
“TTie Atlanta outbreak should not
discourage our people, but should
teach a lesson from which all can
profit. And, we should bear in mind
also that while there is disorder in
one community there is peace and
harmony in thousands of others. As
a colored man I cannot refrain from
expressing a feeling of a vorj deep
grief on account of the death o so
many innocent, men of both races e
cause of the deeds of a few crim -
nals.”
THE GEORGIA IS COMMISSIONED.
Battleship Will Probably Sail in a
Few Days for Cuba.
With simple ceremonies the United
States battleship Georgia was com
missioned at the Charlestown navy
yard, Boston, Mass., Monday. Captain
Richard D. Davenport took command
of the ship, which. It is expected, will
sail In a few clays. It is believed that
the Georgia will be sent to <subaq
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SI.OO A YEAR.
UP TO UNCLE SAM
Taft Gives Up All Hope of
Pacifying Cuban Factions,
INTERVENTION IS CERTAIN
i
Seems That Yankee Guns Only Can
Settle Dispute—Cuban Rebels Fire
at United States Marines at
Cienfuegos.
A special from Havana says: It Is
understood that Secretary Taft has
sent a gloomy message to President
Roosevelt, saying that private reports
received by him from the interior
are to the effect that a state border
ing upon anarchy prevails through
out almost the entire island, excep
tion being made of the sections on
the coast.
It Is known that Secretary Taft
has decided absolutely not to treat
with armed rebel forces. This Is taken
to mean that American intervention
and American occupation must inev
itably follow.
In a measure, Mr. Taft's decision
may be due to the attitude of the
Cuban government, which refuses
such recognition of the rebels as
would be implied through interme
diary of the United States. The inter
vention contemplated would mean the
taking over of th'te affairs of the
entire island pending some final set
tlement.
An impartial canvass among Cu
bans in high positions and represent
ing the most important commercial
and financial interests in Havana
showed that it is practically the unan
imous opinion that intervention alone
can afford a guarantee of restoring
and maintaining order
Messrs. Taft and Bacon have prac
tically abandoned hope of finding a
middle ground, and fear that a de
cision in favor of either side would
result in no more than temporary
tranquility for the island. It is their
belief that American occupation Is
the only way to end the civil war
fare, and it is not denied that Inter
vention must be followed by Ameri
can sovereignty. Secretary Taft lias
cabled to President Roosevelt regard
ing the gravity of ihe situation, and
Mr. Roosevelt is expected to dictate
the future program of his commis
sioners.
The arrival of the American squad
ron suggests intervention by force.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the moderate party was hastily
summoned Friday evening, and it was
voted unanimously to accept what
ever disposition of the controversy
Messrs. Taft and Bacon may decide
upon, in the hope that such a con
cession would induce the liberals to
yield similarly. The latter, howeve.,
have as yet not signified a willingness
to accept the decision of the Ameri
can mediators.
The rumor was abroad in Havana
that President Palma, the members
of his cabinet and the representatives
and senators elected last December
would resign, thus conceding practi
cally all that the Insurgents have
been contending for, and opening a
way for the settlement of the difficulty
without American Intervention.
Rebels Fire at Americans.-
La Discuscion (Havana newspaper)
publishes a dispatch from Cienfuegos
saying that blue jackets from the
American gunboat Marietta who are
garrisoning the Soledad estate have
been fired on by rebels. The rebels
(led after the Americans returned the
fire.
Warship for Cienfuegos.
A Washington special says: The
navy department Friday received a
dispatch from Commander Fullum of
the Marietta at Cienfuegos, saying
that 225 marines had been landed
there from the cruiser Dixie, which
had sailed thereafter for her original
station at Monte Christi. Santo Do
mingo. The Cleveland, which arrived
at Havana Friday morning, has been
ordered to proceed at once from that
place to Cienfuegos, to take the place
of the Dixie.
POSTMASTER MAY LOSE OUT.
Negro in Charge of South Atlanta
Station Under Serious Charges.
X Washington dispatch save: The
nostotfice department has taken cogni
zance of the case of J. L Price, the
negro in charge of the station in feouth
Atlanta, who. it is reported, has been
arrested charged with supplying am
munition to the blacks.
An investigation is now under way,
and if it he true, as alleged, that
Price has been taken into custody on
the grounds stated, and is convicted,
he will be dismissed from the serv
ice of the government.
MACON BARS CLANSMAN.
Dixon’s Play Not Allowed to Go on
Boards in Central City.
One of the strongest protests in the
history of Macon, Ga„ was made on
Monday morning by leading citizens
against the presentation of “The
Clansman,” and through the efforts
of Mayor Smith and Manager D. G.
Philips of the Grand Opera House, the
was taken off the bill boanjs.
NO. 20.