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COLONIZE CONVICTS
R«presenlativd Maosfl Id, of Mclntosh,
Wants to Put Them on Island
THINKS SAPELO WOULD BE THE PLACE
A UMcrlption of the Island and It’l Advan
tages— Ossabaw, Near Savannah, is
Another Splendid Island.
One of the most vital questions before
the people of Georgia today is the con
vict problem, and it will make the next
session of the legislature one of the
most interesting and important that has
been held in years.
There have been many schemes and
plans suggested looking towards the so
lution of the matter. Hon. Joseph Mans
field the popul-u and able representative
from Mclntosh county has given this
question his special study, and has ar
rived at what he deems the proper solu
tion.
He will propose’to the next legislature
that the state purchase Sapelo island and
use it for convict purposes. Capt. Mans
field says that on an island prisoners can
be much more easily cared for than on
the mainland, and that if the state will
buy Sapelo island the convicts can be '
made self-supporting.
In conversing upon the matter, Capt.
Mansfield says:
•‘Sapelo is naturally one of the richest
spots on tKe face of the earth, and there '
was no land in the South which "grew
such magnificent cotton as was'grown on '
this island before the war. That was '
when cotton was cultivated by slave la-. '
bo/, but &ince tbe war tbe growing of ,
cotton as industry has greatly ]es» 1
sened on the islands of the coast on ac- ’
• count of. the trouble with labor. With
convict labor old time conditions can be
re-established in the growing of sea
.island cotton, This will interfere with
vmhnJy, anc j •£ uo£ come j n compe
tition with free labor, because there is so
little sea island cotton grown that, even
if the Georgia crop were increased ten
times it would not interfere with the
price of the staple.”
It is well known that the most of the (
convicts are negroes; and instead of in
juring them, confinement on one of th®
coast islands would be perfectly healthy ,
for negroes or whites; and, in the next
place, it is a well-known fact that the
negro specially thrives in such climate
conditions as surround Sapelo. I am in
formed that many of the negroes who
are confined in the coal camps of north
Georgia die of consumption, which is
the worst enemy of negro convicts.
There would be no trouble of his kind
at Sapelo. Not only that, but the con
victs could live under conditions for
which they are best suited by being
kept in open air while engaged in wbat
would be not only a self supporting in
dustry, but aiso a source of actual profit
to the state. ”
Mr. Mansfield will have the support
of pro ninent representatives in the ef
fort to make a penal colony of Sapelo
island.
Descripion of Sapelo Island.
Sapelo island is one of the largest
islands on the coast of Georgia. It is
upward of twelve miles long, by three
and one-half miles wide. It is with
out doubt the best drained and (with
the exception of Cumberland) the
highest island on the Georgia coast.
Its reputation for health is unsur
passed, the climate being delightful
both winter and summer. The lands
on the island have always ranked
very high; they are thoroughly sit
uated for cultivation of almost any
crop which can be grown in this lati
tude. Previous to the war it was the
largest and finest sea island cotton
plantation in Georgia.
Truck of all kinds does well,-also all
kinds of small grain and grasses. The
natural pasturage of the island is un
surpassed; in fact, these pasture
lands are finer than any lands this
side of Kentucky or Texas. In all
seasons of the year these pastures
continue in fine condition. Horses,
Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister
Plenipotentiary,
carrying good news of relief
from pain.
AHcock’s
Porous Plaster
stands at the head of all
remedies for congestion in
the chest, the first result of
taking cold, and for all
lameness and stiffness of
joints or muscles.
“Just a« Goed at Allcock's." Not«
all. No imitation approaches the genuine.
Allcock’s Corn Shields,
Allcock's Bunion Shields,
Have no equal as a relief and cure for coms
and bunions.
Brandireth’s Pills
we free ti om injurious substances.
They give universal satisfaction.
I cattle and all kinds of stock do well.
) Wells and springs on this island are
especially fine. Artesian wells can
be driven on this island at almost
) nominal cost.
There are first-class deep water
landingsand wharves, also safe har
bore for yachts at various points on
i the island. At the south end the Do
boy bar, and at the north end the
unsurpassed Sapelo inlet, are finer
than any bar or port south of Nor
folk. This island has also one of the
finest beaches on the coast.
This island contains about 40,000 acres
of land as follows:
Twenty thousand acres of high land,
20,000 acres of salt marsh.
The high land is divided as follows:
Ten thousand acres uncleared oak and
pine, 5,000 acres open laud suitable for
cotton, 5,000 acres of savannah land
suitable for corn, cotton and truck. Al
most all of the uncleared oak and pine
laud would make the very finest sea
island oottm, and much of the salt
marsh could also be reclaimed and would
make the best sea island land. Previous
to the war the finest sea island land was
reclaimed marsh.
The Inland of Oasabaw. *
Another very important and fertile
island that would probably be much
better than Sapelo is Ossabaw off the
oast near Savannah.
Ossabaw has 30,000 acres of the richest
land, almost every acre of which could
be cultivated to advantage. It can easiy
bs reached from Savannah over the
Central railroad, and its situation
would be peculiarly adapted for a penal
colony. It is cut off from the main
land by the sound and could be guarded
easily by two mbn.
It could be purchased for $20,000 or
$25,000, ‘ana would be a most valua
ble purchase. The island has been in
cultivation for over halt a century and
always yields abundant crops.
Everybody Svys So.
Coscarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel coids.
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Plbase buy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
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PARIS PRESS IS PLEASED. <
Only Social lot Organs Make Light of the i
Cronatndt DemoiiMtration.
Paris, Aug. 24.—A1l the newspapers
except the Socialist organs declare that
the Cronstadt demonstration is a land
mark in the history of France and Rus
sia as well as of other nations, and fur
nishes incontestable proof of the im
portant position France has regained in
the world.
A dispatch to The Journal from St.
Petersburg says that the czar’s decision
to meet President Faure at Cronstadt
was reached against enormous pressure
upon the part of the German army.
The dispatch adds that the officers of
the French squadron at Cronstadt were
entertained by their Russian colleagues.
Numerous decorations will be bestowed
upon the visiting Frenchmen, includ
ing a medal to every sailor.
The officers and sailors of the cruiser
Bruix, which was compelled to return to
Dunkirk, owing to her machinery being
disabled, will receive the same
as if they had been able to participate
in the festivals.
ba.tloe Fuller's Unughier Dying:.
Tacoma, Aug. 24.—Mrs. Hugh Wal
lace, daughter of Chief Justice Melville
W. Fuller, is dying of appendicitis at
Ashford’s farm, at the base of Mount
Ranier. Doctors are doing everything
possible to save her life. It is consid
ered doubtful if she can live two days.
The doctors have decided that she is
too weak to undergo an operation. Mes
sengers are kept on the road betjveen
Ashford and Tacoma carrying medi
cines up and bringing in bulletins of
her condition. These are wired to Chief
Justice Fuller, who is sojourning at a
Maine summer resort.
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It heals everything except a broken
heart, may be saidof De Witt’s Witch
Hazel Salve. Piles and rectal dis
eases, cuts, burns, bruises, tetter,
eczema and all skin troubles may be
cured by it quickly and permanently.
Curry-Arrington Company.
A Roseate Review.
Mr. Richard Edmonds, the editor of
Manufacturers Record, in an interview
with a Baltimore News man says: “In
every direction there are signs of increas
ing business and the promise of wide
reaching prosperity. After the Baring
failure, the low price of cotton started
Southern farmers to economizing and
to the raising of foodstuffs at home. La
ter on, when the panic of 1893 caused
such general depression, the farmers of
all other sections commenced to econo
mize. Purchases of all kinds, agricultural
implements and home supplies were cur
tailed to the utmost, and great efforts
were made to reduce all farm indebted
ness. The result has been that for five or
six years farmers have been buying so
little that mercantile trade stagnated
everywhere, and;every line of business
necessarily suffered.
But during all thia period debts have
been gradually reduced and the farmers
of the country through this enforced
economy have been able to get into such
shape that they owe less than at any
time for many years. They are now in
a position to enjoy to the fullest the new
era of prosperity which this wonderful
advance in prices has inaugurated. ’’
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Vim, vigor and victory: those are the
characteristics of DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti
pation, biliousness, and all stomach and
I iver troubles. Curry Arrington o.
THE ROME TRIBUNE. WeDNESDAV, AUGUST 25. I«H7
NO MOKE SCALPS FOR HIM.
Curl.y Chief, » Noted Pawnee Indian Wat«
rlor, n riwii.
Perry. O. T., Aug. 24.-Curley Chief,
one of the mo4t noted of the Pawnee
Indians, 30 miles east of here, died
after having reached the century mark.
Curley Chief took a prominent part
in all the Indian wars, and in the bloody
war between the Osages and the Paw
nees he led the Pawnees in many a
, bloody battle. ‘This war occurred 50
years ago, and the enmity created by
the struggle still exists.
They are neighbors, their lands be
ing'separated by the Kansas river. - It
was ouiy 18 mouths ago that the tribes
began exchanging visits, and then only
the young b oods participated.
It was during the ghost dance given
by the Pawnees that a few of the Osage
braves by invitation, visited the camp
of the Pawnees for the first time in 60
years, and when Carley Chief saw the
young Osage bucks he sulked in his tent
and refused meat for three days.
“They don’t make much fuss about it.
We are speaking of DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti
pation, biliousness, and all stomach and
1 iver troubles. Curry-Arrington Co.
lh« Knv-tono state Kepublleans.
Harrisburg Aug. 24.—The Republi
can state convention which will meet
here on next Thursday will nominate
Major McCauley for auditor general/
ana James S Beacom for state treas
urer. The anti-Quay delegates will not
vote for Beacom, but will give Senator
Crawford of Allegheny a complimentary
vote. Crawford is a Flinn-Magee ad
herent. While it is not the desire of
Quay to have his candidacy for re
e.ectiou indorsed, there is no doubt, his
friends say, that he aspires to another
term in the senate.
Strange Method of Suicide.
Detroit, Aug. 24. The body of
Aaron C. Conn, the board of trade
operator who disappeared last Thurs
day. has been found on Belle isle.
Around his neck a handkerchief had
been knotted and then twisted with a
lead pencil until the victim strangled to
death. Conn is said tp have lost con
siderable money in speculation and was
partially deranged.
It heals everything except a broken
heart, may be said of DeWitt’s 'Witch
Hazel Salve. Piles and rectal diseases,
cuts, burns, bruises, tetter, eczema and
all skin troubles may be cured by it quick
ly and permanently. Curry-Arrington
Company.
Foresters of Meet.
Denver, Aug. 24. —Fully 200 dele
gates, representing Foresters' courts in
all portions of the country, were in at
tendance when the supreme court of the
order was called to order by the su
preme chief ranger, Lawrence J. Smith
of Lowell, Mass, After welcoming ad
dresses and responses, the reports of the
supreme chief ranger, '■ supreme secre
tary and other executive officers were
presented. These show that during the
past two years the Order of Foresters of
America has made an increase of 18,-
746 members and 86 courts or local
louges. There are now 1,257 courts in
the United States and a total of 134,-
822 members.
||Some for ten; some for twenty years
some for thirty years have suffered
from piles and then have been quickly
and permanently cured by using De-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve, pie great
remedy for piles and all forms of skin
diseases. Sold by Curry-ArriingtonCo,
Many Think!
When it was said to the woAian: “ In
sorrow shalt thou bring forth chil
dren,” that a perpetual curse was
pronounced, but the thrill of joy felt
by every Mother when she clasps tc
her heart her babe proves the con
trary. True, dangers lurk in the
pathway of the Expectant Mother
and should be avoided.
“Mother’s Friend”
So prepares the system for the change
taking place that the final hour is
robbed of all danger and pain. Its
use insures safety to the life of both
Mather and child, and makes child
birth easy and recovery more rapid.
Sent by Mall, on receipt of price, SI.OO PER BOTTLE.
Book, “To Expectant Mothers,” mailed free, con
taining valuable information und voluntary testl
monia.B.
The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta,
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selected stock of fine woolens in the State. We u!
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A School for Boys and Girls, of all ages, classes and denominations,
•v- located in a town proverbial for its health and beauty. In-
. struction in all branches of study. Morals and health given
special attention- Competent music teachers accessible.
* Opens Wednesday, September 1,1897. |
‘EDUCATION — to realize the typical man,’ is our motto. True
Culture is our aim.
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!i/ TUITION VERY LOW. S
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$1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 per month. Where pupils are absolutely
unable to pay our charges, tuition is free. Good board easily
secured. Send us your children and we think you will be
pleased. . .
Address, or call on me at Cave Spring.
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