The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-20
PAGE TEN
FROM THE HILLS OF HABER-
SHAM.
SHAM.

4, there appears an article from one
Mr. Wright Willingham, of Rome,
Ga. On the lawlessness of Geor-
gians. | am like Mr.. Willingham.
When the life of any one is taken
without due process Of law, it is to
be deplored All men everywhere
should stand for that. He says:
"a citizen of Milwaukee, Wis.
with whom | have had considerable
dealings and for whom my firm has
handled and is now handling invest
ments, writes me under date Of
February 1st, inquiring as to the ex-
tent of this disregard for law in our
state; and at the same time inclosed
to me clipping from The Nashville,
(Tenn) Banner, which reads in part
as follows.
The lynching of five negroes, who
were taken from the jail at Sylvester,
was brutal and revolving deed,
shocking to all civilized sensiblities.
If tle negroes " - 81 ~ Of &c
crimes charged against them, there
would have been no doubt Of their
conviction and legal execution.
white grand jury would have in
dicted them and they would have
been tried before a white judge
elected exclusively by white votes, hy
a white jury and under laws made
wholly by white men. They were
surely entitled to that much. So
says The Nashville Banner. Now
can't give you all of Mr.. WIS letter.
Just part of it. But he says. II
read between the lines Of the letter
from my Wisconsin friend and client,
a feeling of distress and alarm, not
only from the standpoint of pru-
dent investor, who shrinks from the
ultimate possibilities of such state
of affairs as exist i'll our state, but
there is a manifestation Of melan
cholia sentiment animating the mind
and heart of this good American
citizen which though obviously re-
pressed, nevertheless finds sorrowful
expression through his pen
NV my. Distressed, alarmed, and
has melanchOlia. l suspect the poor
fellow has indigestion or Dyspepsia.
If so be should diet himself. | know
by experience what these things Will
do for a fellow. The very thing to
cause distress and alarm. Has melan-
chOlia, all me- So bad that it is flow
ing out through his pen. Well we'll,
we'll. Pretty bad case. | hope he
won't attempt to come down South,
for Georgia has quarentined against
that. done that in 1914, when cotton
went down to $40 per bale. Now L
am fearful that our friend Willing
ham. has it too, | guess he has been
fooling around up in Wisconsin with
his friend and has caught melan-
chOlia too.
Friend w says: MY own mental
process in dealing with problems al
ways impels me to drive at once and
without CircumlOcution to the Vul-
nerable spot in my humble opinion
the trouble is in the lack of moral
courage On the part of Georgia Off
CialdOm, not even excepting 9ena-
tors and congressman and Legisla-
tors and Sheriffs, and last but not
least, the governor of the state"
O. We Senators, Legislators, Sheriffs,
Judges, and Big Nat. you hear it
don't We. In my opinion, there is not
a state in the union that has bet
ter set of officials, including the old
war horse governor, than Georgia
has. And no state has a better
Code Of laws than Georgia has.
Too Much Humbuggery.
Under this head our w. tells
us sthat there has been too much
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