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in like tigers in a jungle we are kept
in constant warfare with each other
and while still theoretically Boosting
that We have risen above the plane
Of animalism, by a constant exercise
our power over others. we descend
to depth Of deceit and utter abandon
entirely impossible to reconsicle with
our civilization and institutions.
Every one familiar with the facts
in Atlanta knows that this war
against the blacks in Atlanta was
maliciously planned and fomented for
weeks and months prior to the out
break and that at least three of the
reports Of attacks on white women
by Negroes on the day Of the out
break were pure inventions timed in
order to give impetus to the move
ment by those to whose interests
1t was to break down Negro pres.
tige.
Besides the evidence that three Of
the reported attacks on white women
were pure inventions, 1 have it on
good authority that the other two
cases where white women had be- n
cohabiting with Negroes for a cnn-
siderable period. the blacks in both
cases having gained the, regard of
these women through the latter hay
ing become Disguised with their
drunken, lazy and brutal white hus-
bands whom they abandoned.
l am in no sense pleading the cause
nor extenuating the crimes of the Ne
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J. Max Barber, Editor of The Voice
Of The Negro Forced to Leave At
lanta for Writing Letters to The New
York World and The Chicago chron-
IeIe on the True Situation In That
City.
While the mobbing and lynching OF
innocent and law abiding Colored
men and women was at its height in
Atlanta, and while the widest kind OF
reports were being sent out thick and
fast from that city as to the number
OF white women who had been as
saulted by "Burly Black Brutes," the
New York World wired ]. Max Barber,
editor Of The Voice of The Negro,
which Is by far the best magazine
published in the interest Of the Afo-
American race, to wire II a letter set
ting forth the true situation of az
fairs In Atlanta He complied to its
request and q few days later he wrote
~ o-N-SAC AOA INC SuCdEO OnrOulCte
which appears in another column Of
this paper.
The New York World was the first
to reach Atlanta, containing Mr.. Bar
ber's letter, and It threw the lying
newspaper men into q panic. and they
rushed to the telegraph once to as
certain what Colored man had sent
out the report, and as the operators
are under oath, they were forced to
ten. and Col English, president Of the
Fourth National Bank, owner Of The
Atlanta News and one Of the police
commissioner, sent for Mr.. Barber
and when he appeared before him he
was informed that 'he had been
charged with sending the report to
the New York World. but he did not
think he was guilty OF doing such a
Trick. and IN order to save his life
or his bacon, ne should write q state
meut for an the papers IN Atlanta
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arrest the Negroes and leave the
whites untouched. A few officers OF
the law have met death at the hands
of the Negroes because Of this fact.
Oficers do not seem to know that
this is a situation where lawbreak-
ers, white and black, create trouble.
This morning a company OF repre-
sentative black men met some OF the
representative whites OF the city IN
the Chamber Of Commerce and held
a conference. The whites are now
as zach terrified as the blacks. They
were assured that IL they would
stand by the law-abiding blacks this
class would see to It that the blacks
would cease firing upon the whites
on the outskirts. The blacks were
assured that all law-abiding citizens
would be protected. Consequently
things look a little better tonight.
But this whole trouble can be laid
at the door of one or two reckless
agitators and among them is a daily
newspaper editor. Be 1t said to the
credit Of this community that he has
been roundly rebuked for his sensa-
tionalism by expressions Of disa"
prevail from the white business men,
the ministers, the grand jury and the
mayor Of the city. Many decent Col
ored people are leaving Allan
never TO return.
COLORED MAN.
The above description OF the trpc
condition Of affairs, which existed
IN Atlanta and throughout the state
of Georgia shows to what extent the
whites of the South Will go to and
what damnable and reprehensible
methods they are willing to resort to
in order to place the Negro in an I'M
favorable light, before the civilized
world.
]. Max Barber, editor of The Voice
OF the Negro. is the name OF the Col
ored gentleman who penned this
ticle to The Chronicle.
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Fancy Belts.

Fancy belts are made of soft leath-
er or Of silk. Those Of plain kid are
sometimes shaped at the back or or
namented with tiny gilt buttons, the
buckle or clasp being also Of gilt.
Belts Of silk webbing. studded with
steel beads, are closed with jeweled
buckles and slides and are equally
smart in black, white and colOred.
japanese leather is greatly favored,
and Pompadour and Dresden silks pro-
duce charming results.
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J. MAX eAR7ER's LETTER TO THE
CHICAGO CHRONICLE ON THE
ATLANTA SITUATION.
Concluded from Page ID

Concluded from Page IL
lengths the mob was going they triei
to check IT but 1t was too late. The
snarling riffran had smelIed blood and
like jungle tigers would have more
of It.
When all the Colored people in the
heart Of the town were beaten and
killed the mobs turned to the barber
shops and restaurants where Negroes
worked. Nobody was spared, not
even the bootblaeks.
II was far in the morning before
the mob was dispersed and then only
by state troops. Although the papers
did not 90 report, It IL true that al
most as many whites were killed as
blacks and quite as many were
wounded and had their wounds
dressed at the hospitals.
The city IL now having trouble with
the colored people and for good rea.
sons The coIOred people armed
themselves and prepared for further
trouble. When mobs now venture
in Negro settlements they are Owen
q dose Of lead. II a fight ensues the
soldiers and police come, disar.n ana
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II humanity's brutal treatment Of
the weak, unprotected and impOver-
ished always and everywhere else
were not sufficient to stamp our CIV
litigation thus far q failure, and our
EQUALIZATION under the modern sys-
tenn complete. surely a true story OF
the Atlanta race riots "a story that
viii never be told by the white folks)
would stand as evidence Of our total
depravity sure and complete.
do not refer here to the orthodox
total deprayity based on the idea
that priIitive man came into the
world in a whirlwini Of villany, but
I refer to the competitive system Of
life under which we are living where
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gro, for well | know that the same
brutal system of life that has based
our white race has also destroyed the
natural spontaneous character Of the
colored man; in other words. even
with the advantage of a briefer Chris
tian training he has not been able
to withstand its brutalizing influence.
Wherever the Negro has been at
tackled the one charge which the
whites have made has invariably
been the assaulting Of white women,
and statistics In every state Of the
Union, north and south, viii show
that where one white woman is de-
bauched by a Negro fifty Negro wo-
men are debauched by white men
and among the countless thousands
, of yellow Negroes in the United
States there are twenty who had
white fathers to one whose father
was black.
To those who understand the psy-
chology Of a mob the reports from
Atlanta present a most convincing
picture of the contemplate hypocrisy
Of those in authority. In the face of
the stories Of inoffensiVe Negroes at
work and passing through the street
on errands being shot down ike go
pliers and the published record of
three dozen Negroes and only two
white men being killed, the soldiers
with wagons are sent into perfectly
quiet Negro districts where there has
been no disturbance whatever, houses
are searched. guns and ammunition
are taken from their owners and
placed In wagons, and surveillance
placed over, not the aggresors, but
over those who have endured all the
abuse. We do not hear that the au-
thorities visited the residences Of the
whites and disarmed them, notwith-
standing that 1t was they who did all
the killing.
1t is surely a tribute to the advanc-
ing prowess Of the Negro If in three
or four generations Of competition
with the whites he can make himself
SO felt and feared that the former not
satisfied with a fair competition, find
it necessary through buster, defa-
nation, and invention to destroy his
prestige. weaken his stamina and
prosecute him into subservience and
by other unfair means lessen his
power to compete in the fields Of pol
itics, trade, and in the affairs Of love
and rex.
Even as those In authority do not
tell the truth about the Cuban insEr-
rection, even as those who profit by
the existence of the United States
Indian Bureau, never will make an
honest representation of the true con-
diton OF affairs, so the reports from
Atlanta sent out by white newspaper
correspondents will be shaped to the
interest not Of the oppressed but of
the aggressors with the result that
millions Of readers will be fooled ex-
cept they are among the congno-
SCENT who read Tomorrow Maya
zine"
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for general wear. The bretelles are Of
the material of the skirt and intended
to be worn over a shirt waist Of an
other material. They fasten on TO the
belt in front and back, and, being all in
one piece. they do not slip off the
shoulder. The dress is a becoming one
and very sensible. The skirt should
be untrimmed. unless for a row Of
braid, velvet ribbon or a fold of the
material about the edge. while the bre-
telles may be adorned similarly.
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A new estimate Of the comparative
amount OF light received on the eartn
from the sun and from the brightest
(apparent) fixed star In the heavens.
Sirius, has been made by Mr.. CerasA
Of the Astronomical observatory OF
Moscow. The sun, according 10 his
estimate, sends US about 1T,OOOOC0.0O
times as much light as Sirius does
But this of course is a matter govern
ed by relative distance. so that If the
earth were halfway between Sirius
and the sun Sirius would appear be-
tween sixteen and seventeen times as
bright as the sun.
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All over the civilized world there is
a strong demand for brains that are a
little above the average In quantity
for purposes OF dissection. Scientists
have for the most part nothing better
to dissect than the brains Of paupers
and Iunatics. These, however, leave
much to be desired, and it is TO the in
terest of the human family that the
brains Of cultured and learned people
should be placed at their disposal \
certain number of such brains ere
forthcoming. In the great majority OF
cases they are bequeathed by their re-
spective owners.-New York Tribune.
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90 NEGRO MEN PROTECT
THEIR WOMEN?

iuGth "OWGNg
The resolutions adopted by the
Chamber Of Commerce at Atlanta
breathed forth a spirit of charitable
ness peculiar to the old traditional
reputation the South has enjoyed for
chiValry and the high value it places
upon its womanhood. One of the
things agreed upon was that mobbing
did not serve even as a palliative
for the crime which is said to be the
cause Of men banning themselves
like drunkards when raging in "de-
lirium tremens." The point most
strongly emphasized by this commit
tee was the one looking to the pro-
lection Of the white women Of At
lanta. To this We offer no objec-
tons when necessary. VIII the Ne
groes Of Georgia and everywhere else
catch the spirit and begin to organ
Ire for the protection Of their wo-
mea2 This Is fast becoming the
dominant question among the best
thoughts Of the best minds of those
Of an. inquiring turn? There are many
Negroes who love their homes; their
wives and daughters, and would fight
to the death any one who attempts
to invade the sanctity Of their castles
or crosses the threshold Of their
homes for purposes not in keeping
with deceney and honor. But there
are too many Negroes who are too
glad to point out women of their own
race to white men and speak Of them
In the most unsaVOry terms. There
are too many Negroes who will &C
company white men to the domiciIes
Of Negro women OF easy virtue for
the small sum Of Is cents and think
by doing so they have performed a
great service. There are too many
Negroes who VIII sit or stand and let
white linen speak uncomplimentary
OF Colored women without even re-
senttng It and It often occurs that
the conversation is mutually agree
able. To reverse the situation, let
Negro ask a white man to conduct
him to the domicile of a white wo-
man Of easy virtue-you viii see de-
aance depicted in the countenance
OF the white man Let a Negro ask
q white man questions which are too
horrible 70 appear in print, about
white women Of whatever station in
hfe-the result is likely to be a is.
tic encounter-for white men win
protect their women against an In
Eaders and In this connection he win
die before he win suffer a Negro to
destroy his racial integrity. The
Negro must learn that the race can
not rise higher than its women and
they can not stand for virtue and no.
bic womanhood as long as Negro
men WI stand and see them suffer
indignities without even raising a
protest Give Us a race Of men who
WIN protect their women-The
World. Indianapolis. Ind.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Walter n. Farmer, for is years an
honored member Of the bar In St
Louis, No. is now engaged In the
general practice of Law. Suite 7OS.
III Washington street Phone Main
Ass. Residence 1856 Langley avenue
Phone Drexel $500.
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WOMAN AND FASHION
For schoolgirls.

A very trig little outfit for the school
girl Is shown here. when Is well suited
to home construction. The coat NAV
be made Of brown broadcloth or chev.
lot, with a collar Of velvet in Il darker
shade. The buttons, which CLOSE in
and trim the sleeves, should be of tho
cloth or velvet. The skirt is a straight
gathered one, the most practical STYLE
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Mrs. Martha Root, 1920 Evans ave
nue. is on the sick list.
Alderman William E. Dever will be
elected as one OF the municipal judges.
Miss Carrie Stewart, AIS Dearborn
street, is confined to her home, sick
Mr.. Geo. Lee, 1918 Wabash avenue,
after a three-week's trip in the West
returned to the city.
DR.. p. NJ. johnson, Of Toledo, Ohio,
Is spending a two-weeks' visit in this
city stopping at 3211 Wabash avenue.
Mr.. ]. H. Williams. 2316 Dearborn
street. who has been confined to his
bed for the past three weeks is able
to be out again.
Mrs. Reeder, 351 Thirty-first street,
left the city Friday to spend the
winter months in Arizona to regain
her health.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. King 613 Park
avenue entertained a small number
Of friends at cards Wednesday eve
ming. Oct. Bird.
Mr.. Fred Johnson. of Detroit, Mich.
is visiting the city on pleasure and
business combined. stopping at 1882
Wabash avenue.
Mr.. Will Brent. clerk in the Post
ONCE is on a months furlow. He
will spend most Of his time in
Quincy. Ill. his home town.
Prof. w. Kemper Harreld. 6s2s
Champlain Ave-, continues to lie. and
he will not come up with the right
thing and pay us that FIVE spot.
1t Is rumored around the City Hall.
that Alderman Mike Kenna, the First
ward statesman may run for mayor
Of Chicago in the spring of 1907.
Miss Mamie Reed after an absence
from the city OF over a year is again
here renewing old acquaintance,
stopping at 251s State street
Mr.. James Brown, Of New York
city spent last week in this city en-
route to Denver, Colo. where he will
spend the winter for his health.
Mrs. Rose Waters Pope, Of St
Paul. Is spending a pleasant visit in
this city, the guest Of her motherIn.
law Mrs. Pope. s242 Forest avenue.
DR.. and Mrs. T. w. Jefferson have
moved their residence from 3153
State street into their own beautiful
nat building 1914 ForrestyiIle avenue
Justice Thee. C. Mayer, proposes to
put up q stin fight In his race for
Municipal judge and 1t looks A
though he would be an easy winner
Isaac B. Williams (white) Of Col.
umOas. O., and Elizabeth lister, a
colored woman Of Cincinnati. were
married IN Washington, D. C. last
Saturday.
Harry r Gibbons. the regular Dem.
ocratic candidate for Sheriff Of Cook
county seems to be going some, and
ne WIN run headquarters Of his own.
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The FALL AND WINTER OPEN
lNe OF SANDY W. TRlce q co.

Announce their tan and winter
opening. they have q compIets me
Of ladies' and gentiensas furnishings.
Everything IN the line of wearing ap-
parel You are invited to come ana
Inspect our stock before purchasing.
Come and give Us q can. We WIN be
giad % show yoa our line Of goods.
We want you 70 zee that this colored
store = selling The same quality OF
gpods that tie Big Down Town stores
ssa q ne same prices. II xiH cost
yon nothins 70 look At them ana see.
The broad ax., 1906-10-06

Institutional Church 1926 Dear
born street, August, 1906. The
Glass In Millinery will begin It's
work the first Of September. Inc
cost for complete instructions is IN
the reach Of all. Day Nursery Is IN
operation every day but Sunday from
$50 a. N. to $50 D. m
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will remain with the crowd Of old
time politicians, pass up his friends
on the Independence League ,ic,,o,
and whoop 1t up for the regular Dom
ocratic ticket
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

The story Of the origin and inc
achievements Benjamin Banneker' O'
Col Clarke Irvine VIII not appear un'
til the next issue Of The Broad Ak
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[. W. Washington, General Agent FOR
The Bread Az In the Hyde
Park District.

From on and after this date until
further notice to the contrary, l. w.
Washington, 56I3 Jefferson avenue.
win act as the general agent for The
Broad AK. and news items and adver-
tisemeuts left with him not later than
Wednesday evening or early Thursday
morning prior to the day of publication,
win find their way into its columns.
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EMANUEL,s WONDERFUL.

Foot Lotion-Ointment cures cornS
and perspiratoin. Sore feet, ETC. ASK
the druggist, ointment so cents per
box, Lotion per bottle so cents.
The broad ax., 1906-10-06

New system Of dressmak1ng ausn'
at Institutional Church, $1,000. Isn
dollars for the entire course-to De-
gin the first Of September.
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ing is believing" See what we have.
If our prices do not compare with the
down town stores we do not ask you
to purchase. Please give us a trial.
Sandy w. Trice and Co., 1918 State
St., Chicago.
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THE ATLANTA RACE RIOTS.

THREE RAPE CASES WERE NVENToNs-TWo WHITE WON
EN- BRUTAL HUSBANDS AND WENT TO LIVE WITH
coLoREp MEN, ,
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TWO FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT
Two nicely furnished rooms to rent
gas and bath, first nat, 5T42 Grove
ave.
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Managing Editor of "To-Morrow"
Magazine and one Of the 6oIdest and
Most Fearless Writers In this Country.
The broad ax., 1906-10-06

Enissss II Il. Pea oRIs. at chiaes
a., - SeeoaS-elas Mates.
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WAVED ScudIOT TnOmaS O.
Piatt, who assisted to rob life insur.
ance companies and their policy hold.
ers out Of vast sums of money, which
ne claims he expended to help to elect
Theodore Roosevelt president OF the
United States in 1904, and his young
fresh wife have busted ND. The sena-
tor, who is too old to be monkeying
with women who are full OF life or
passion, claims that Mrs. Plat and
her handsome coachman, J. H. Hedges
have been loving and kissing each
other and slipping on in the dark and
doing other things which were dis
tasteful to him.
Ex'Aayor Carter H. Harrison, re-
turned to the city the first Of the
week from his summer home In Hin
ron Mountain, Mich, and for the
winter he viii hang out with Mr..
Harrison. and the young Harrisons
at the Virginia Hotel, a. he a
trimming his sails to occupy HIS
old quarters in the City Han after
the next spring election. He WIN
not chase on after false gods, but he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-25

numerous instances in which one may lay
hands upon or jostle another, In a way
which may or may not be accidental, but
technically constitutes a foul, and which.
when continued anGers a player to such
an extent that sometimes he forcibly strikes
the other (2) When man who has been
playing his position at a distance from
some other player, goes up to that player
and strikes him without personal provoca-
ton, as done In KerrS attack on
Evans. then this cause of striking seems
to me to constitute far more serious Of
tense than the others, and to be deserving
of greater punishment. l am clear that
Kerr's blow was struck In a spirit of re-
venge for what Evans had done to his
team mate, and that It cannot be justified
on the score of seif-defense or otherwise.
Kerr's contention Is that Evans was swing
ing wildly about, ready to hit any Carroll
player, and that he (Kerr) must either hit
or be hit. To my mind this contention is
untenable. To say that in gymnasium
of the size of that at Carroll Institute
young, agile player like Kerr could not get
out of the way of another if he had wished
to is preposterous"
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might learn the name of a man whose life
interests were devoted to their advance
ment.
The pupils of the fourth fifth, sixth and
seventh grades, after the opening prayer
by Rev. Ross NJ Fishburn, pastor of The
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church,
sang a patriotic anthem and upon the rails
ing of the American flag went through a
formal flag salute.
After the address the same classes sang
America with marked enthusiasm.
At the conclusion of the exercises many
guests made an inspection of the building.
Among those present were Commission
ers Macfarland and West Judge c. s.
Bundy, Superintendent Stuart, Mrs. Mary
H. West, President J. H. Gordon, the entire
supervising corps, Rev. r. M. Fishburn,
Rev. George F. Dudley and wife, District
Inspector of Buildings Snowdon Ashford
and many ladies and gentlemen whose chill
dren are now in attendance at the new
building.
committee on buildings, repairs and SANTA
ton, acted master Of ceremonies, and in
troduced the speakers.
Description of Building.
The Ross building is a handsome eight
room brick structure of the most modern
type of school architecture.
The rooms, of which seven are at pres
ent occupied by the 300 pupils already in
attendance, are light, airy and sanitary in
all respects. The walls are not plastered.
but show the brick formation from floor
to ceiling. Tinted with a dull Pompeiian
red as a base and a light buff or cream
above the blackboards and convenient
rails which surround each room for OBJ
jects of art decoration, each room is be-
lieved to be free from many dangers of the
old-type building.
Throughout the building 1t will be possible
to wash the walls repaint them. The
ceilings are of steel. Particularly notice
able are the windows. which have no stills
but are based by curved bricks, which pre-
vent the cutting off of the much-needed
light by window boxes or other objects
which collect on such places. All desks are
arranged so that the light falls from the left
and back. Furniture is all of the most
modern, adjustable make
For purposes of ventilation and heating,
an electric motor has been installed to run
the fans In place of the gas engine which
is in use in so many of the buildings, and
its effectiveness was shown by the waving
flags in front of the registers. Fresh warm
or cold air comes in from registers at the
top of the walls, and the vitated air is
drawn off near the Dashboard. Among the
many interesting features of the building
besides its novel brick walls are the low
doors without transoms, a part of the heat
ing device, which is said to be perfectly
satisfactory.