Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-28
FOR LAW AND ORDER.

FOR LAW AND ORDER.
Representative Citizens of Atlanta
Took Action Tuesday Night.
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. 25.-Atlanta to-
night shows little signs OF the turbu-
lent scenes which have been enacted
during the past several days. Good
citizenship and cooler heads have OBJ
tanned the mastery and prominent
men, both white and colored, are bend
ing every energy toward bringing the
city back to its normal condition,
which tonight Is almost an accomplish
ed task The city and suburbs are
quiet, no reports having been received
of violence tonight from any quarter.
A law and order mass meeting was
held late this afternoon. attended by
representative people Of both races, at
the court house, which was filed to
overfiowing. A fund Of $500 was
raised for the benefit Of the victims Of
mob violence and a committee Of five
appointed to push the relief work to a
generous completion.
A committee on resolutions was
chosen, of which Hon. Clarke Howell,
editor of the Atlanta Constitution, was
made chairroan. This committee re-
ported the following resolutions:
Whereas. The city has been the
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men, causing great excitement among
the people and leading to disorder and
mob violence, and
Whereas, The spirit Of retaliation
for crime, working under cover Of the
mob, makes no discrimination between
the innocent and the guilty and causes
the murder of innocent and ls~-abid-
ing citizens, and
Whereas. The first duty Of any gov
|ernment Is to protect life. liberty and
property and the first duty OF the citi-
zen is to obey the law and support
constitutional authority in its enforce
ment, and
Whereas, Present state Of affairsH
.
and lawlessness begets more lawless-
ness and when a question between the
races has arisen the existence Of riot,
acts of violence and the spirit Of the mob
engenders hatred. fans the flame Of
racial passion and spreads the spirit Of
anarchy until the very foundations OF
government are shaken, therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That this meeting. COM
posed of the members Of the Cham
Der of Commerce and other law abiding
citizens, 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.
I'VE denounce the cowardly and
brutal murder of innocent people and
the wounding of others and we call up
on all good men to lift up their voices
for law and order and use their infiu-
ence to check the riotous spirit that Is
abroad In the community.
I'VE deplore the crime Of both races
which has been committed by their
worst elements and we solemnly pro-
test that mob rule is the worst evil
that can affiict society, for 1t carries in
it's brain all the crimes that human
beings are capable of and II not check
ed will lead to the destruction of gov
eminent itself.
I'VE call upon the authorities Of our
city and state to crush anarchy with
an. iron hand and spare neither ex-
pense nor force to do so.
1--WE demand that the authorities
spare no effort to put a stop to the as
saults on our women; II 1t takes more
men or more money to do 1t, that the
authorities act accordingly. Our wom-
anhood must and shall be protected.
1T is not right nor just that the in
nocent, 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 1t is the innocent Of
both races that are made to suffer as
the result of the unrestrained effort Of
the mob to avenge the dastardly out
RACES that should be and must be pun
ished by law.
I'VE further declare that 1t is the
duty Of our city to care for the sick
and wounded Of both races and to bury
the dead and we pledge our willingness
to assist the authorities IL needed.
Where government has not been
able to protect life the common in
stincts of humanity demand that 1t at
least care for the victims Of violence
in sickness and DEATH"
These resolutions were presented by
Chairman Howell, warmly seconded by
John Temple Graves, editor Of the
Georgian; John s. Cohen, managing
editor of the Journal, and Charles 8.
Daniel, editor of the News, and were
unanimously adopted as the sense of
the meeting.
While no further trouble Is expected,
the city is still strongly guarded and
every precaution is being taken against
recurrence Of violence.