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I Talks IVith Farmers
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CONDITION OF SMALL GRAIN.
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The present nutlook for a promising oat
crop, maturing from fall sowings is
gloomy enough. Inquiries in nearly all
sections develop the fact that the late
December freese destroyed from 50 to 75
per cent of the early sown oats tn nearly
every field. • This unfortunate condition
of affairs is not only discouraging to those
farmers who went ahead actively to pro
tect themselves against high priced corn,
but It has Insured a heavy loss on each
individual who had planted. Unusually
high prices were paid for fall oats and in
many instances extra expense was made
tn the earnest gndeavor to more thor
oughly prepare and fertilise the land.
While fall oats in many Instances have
been sown quite extensively. It is to be re
gretted that the wheat acreage in many
sections- has not been increased or even
so Urge as the area planted a year ago.
The long dry spell in the fall caused the
red lands to harden and many farmers
claimed that they could not plant their
wheat crop owing to inability to break
“'~' / tKe soil. Others, and quite the most nu
merous claiming that they were too busy
gathering their cotton crop te stop for
anything else. That Intense fascination
for the cotton patch has ruined and will
continue to ruin untold numbers of farm
ers who stick to the all cotton system.
Planting Spring Oats.
While not .so sure a crop as fall sown
oats, spring planting often furnish good
results. The fall sowings having several
months longer than the spring plantings
in which to grow and develop, of course
possess a decided advantage. I have for
many years, however, raised a good crop
of spring sown oats. My plan has always
been to select a piece of rich land to sow
on. and then prepare the soli as thorough
ly as possible, leaving the ground in good
condition. Last year my spring oats were
a decided success, although planted as
late as the second week in March. I cut
them in the heavy dough, curing them
nicely and am now feeding them to my
stock.
Oats cut in the advanced dough stage
or about three-fourths ripe and cured
without the detrimental effeets of rain,
make one of the cleanest and most desir
able feeds to handle that Is known. I
hare never heard of an animal made sick
from eating oats cured in that way. nor
have I ever seen poor horses or mules
around barns that were well filled with
~ oats. It is a crop easily and quickly
raised. Oats planted the middle of Feb
ruary or early in March on good land,
will be ready for the reaper in 90 days,
and no other crop so valuable can be
planted and harvested in the same length
of time at that period of the year.
Preparation of Land.
Spring oats cannot be sown as careless
ly as fall sown oats, if good results are
expected. The time for small grain to
grow and develop in is running short. It
is highly advisable for each and every
man whose corn crib is getting light of its
contents to plant at least a few acres
in spring oats and take the chances. Eith
er the middle of February or first of
March is the safest and most desirable
period in which to plant spring oats. The
terribly severe freezes which occdr the
second week in February, and which are
becoming an almost certainty each year,
would be more than apt to kill out young
oats coming up the latter part of the
present month. We must meet conditons
as they present themselves, notwithstand
ing that our fathers in years gone by an
nually planted their spring oats the first
week in January.
Some farmers st>ll adhere to that old
plan of planting the first week in Janua
ry. but it has proven disastrous nearly
every time during the past feu years in
latitudes as far north as middle Gefirgia.
The proper thing to do is to take no
chances, just go ahead at this time and
break the land deep and harrow it down
to a fine even tilth. Plant only on rich
uplands or good strong bottoms unless
there is an abundance of fertiliser at hand
to broadcast on the land. Two to two and
a half bushels of a good variety of rapid
growing oats should be planted per acre,
either broadcast or drilled. A farmer
should not hesitate to pay SI per bushel
for seed oats to plant at this time if he is
short of x»rn. because corn will doubtless
sell for $1.25 per bushel before the spring
is over. *
Oats cut in the dough stage and nicely
cured are equivalent to both com and fod
der for work stock. If the oat crop is
followed up with sorghum to be planted
so soon as danger of frost is over, the
coming crop of cotton can be made much
cheaper than If the merchants’ store alone
is depended upon. Where there is a wt'l
there is away. and southern farmers have
pulled safely through much more trying
periods then thos.> which now confron*
us. At this tim» prepare first to plant
spring oats, whether they be high in
price or not. ,HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
»W. 11. J.. Crestview. Fla: Will you please
advise me through the columns of The
Semi-Weekly Journal, of which I am a
constant reader, which Is the best sor
ghum to plant for forage and is it good
for horses as well a’ hogs and cattle?
Where ean I obtain the seed and holr
much seed per acre and time to plant?
About what stage will it do to commence
feeding it to stock?
Answer: That variety known as Early
Amber cane is pre-eminently the best for
stock of all kinds, though the Early Or-
Feed, Forage, Garden Seeds,
In quantity, sorghum* German millet, cat
tail millet, potatoes, onion eeta. barley, melons,
all the cottons, teoetnte. velvet beans. Dent and
other coms, beans, peas. spring turnips etc.
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Augusta, Ca.
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Sell Fruit Trees.
We want energetic men all over the
•outhern states to sell Nursery Stock. Our
terms are liberal and our prices log. Our
stock is fine and will please the salesman
and the planter. No trouble to sell our
trees. Write for term*. SMITH BROS..
Proprietors Concord Nurseries, Concord.
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STAR PEA HULLERS
10tc 15 bushel* per hour. Write for circulars
sad prtee* to the star Pea Machine Co., Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
ange is also a good variety for that pur
pose. Sorghum is equally good for horses
as for hogs and cattle, if drilled in rows
three feet apart you will need five
pounds of seed per acre. If broadcast it
will i require front a peck to half a bushel
of seed. Plant when danger of frost is
over and cultivate same as you would
corn, leaving two or three stalks to the
hill every ten to twelve inches apart.
Begin cutting when waist high and con
tinue until frost tn the fail, as the stubble
will continue to send up -shoots during
the* entire season. You can secure the
seed at any large seed store in your state.
W. E. 8.. Gainesville. Fla.: Will you
kindly advise me what to’do with a mule
that three months ago kicked against
guard of mowing machine and nearly
severed the foot. Guard went in just be
hind the postern joint and nearly through
the front of foot and the blade cut the
skin leaders, etc., nearly if not quite to
the bone, so when he walked his foot
would work up and down like an old shoe.
I first used Porter’s antiseptic oil and it
seemed to be getting along nicely until
proud flesh set in. Now the foot Is swol
len. especially around hoof and side of
ankle, where guard went in. The posthu
mous growth appears to be gristle. He
is not much lame and I do not work him
any. Had veterinary surgeon to burn
sore with hot iron and then rub’sulphate
of iron and since then bathed it once a
day with solution of blue stone and then
sprinkled on powdered burnt alum. The
alum does not seem to eat out the proud
flesh nor the foot to heal. You will confer
a favor by telling me what to do.
Answer: It was bad policy to use a red
hot iron to get rid of the proud flesh. A
better plan would be to cauterise the
parts with nitrate of silver or blue vitriol.
Keep the wound clean by bathing in cas
tile soap suds and then use glycerine
eight ounces and carbolic acid one
drachm. mixed and applied twice
daily. Keep the wound bandaged and the
animdl confined in a dry clean stall. Pow
dered calomel is also good to cure proud
flesh and to heal up all affected parts.
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Fruit business Growing.
The present year has been the greatest
in the planting of fruit trees that Georgia
has ever known. More than 3,000,000 trees
have planted, or 30.000 acres have
been covered with fruit trees during the
past year.
The greatest amount of these have
been peach trees and almost the sole va
riety used is the Elberta. In south Geor
gia some plum trees have been planted
and in north Georgia a few apple trees
have been set out, but the quantities of
these is small when compared to the
great number of peach trees which have
been placed Jn the ground.
Farmers’ Institute.
Southern Fruit Grower.
The Farmers’ institute which was held
at Dayton November 20th. was well at
tended by representative farmers and oth
er interested citizens, though there was
room for more, who would have felt well
paid for their attendance had they been
there to listen to the many interesting
subjects that were ably discussed by Prof.
Soule and several farmers of Rhea coun
ty. Prof. Soule’s lecture on "Wheat” was
very instructive as well as entertaining.
The program was not entirely carried out
owing to the lack of time, as some sub
jects created so much interest that the
audience took up some time in ques
tions, which is one of the most instruc
tive features of a farmers’ institute.
A one day's session is not time enough
to handle as many subjects as were on the
program.
Every county seat in the state should
have a farmers’ institute of a two days’,
session, at least once a year, and I am
sure they would get able assistance from
the experiment station at Knoxville. The
subject of sheep husbandry was followed
by resolutions, which were adopted by the
assembly present, to ask our law makers
to give us a dog law that would give pro
tection to the sheep industry.
My Young Peach Orchard.
Southern Fruit and Truck Grower.
In August and September, 1899. I began
propagating some peach trees for the pur
pose of setting a new orchard. I Inserted
buds into young seedlings which sprouted
from the seed in the spring of that year.
In January following the trees were dug
up and removed to' another plantation,
where they were to be planted in orchard
rows. But circumstances prevented their
being set immediately, so they were heel
ed in during the winter and set out in
March. 1900.
. The rows were laid off 15 by 18 feet and
4 strip 5 feet wide broken with a turn
plow, followed by a subsoil for each row.
Then holes were opened at each check in
the water furrow. 10 to 12 inches deep and
about 18 inches in diameter and filled in
with top soil, well mixed with stable ma
nure to the proper depth for setting the
trees.
All mutilated, roots were pruned off by
a slanting cut from the under side, mak
ing the cut part face downward. In set
ting the tr<*es. the roots were spread as
near to their natural position as possible
and covered with a fine top soil, working
ft well in among the roots and tramped
down with foot. When the holes were
about half filled with soil another shovel
full of manure was scattered in the holes
above the roots and covered with soil,
and everything packed down with a maul.
A basin like depression 20 inches in width
was left around each tree to catch and
hold water during spring showers, till the
roots could get a firm hold upon the soil.
When the buds were well started in the
spring the tops of the seedlings were
sawed off a quarter of an inch above the
buds.
The orchard site is the crest of a high
ridge and the soil is what might be called
a half red soil, slightly mixed with sand,
and is underlaid with a firm red clay sub
soil.
The orchard was planted in corn and
cow peas the first year and cultivated all
summer and that season the trees attain
ed a height of from 3 1-2 to 5 1-2 feet and
the trunks an inch in diameter. Last
spring, just one year from the time the
trees started from the bud. they bloomed
freely and some of them ripened their
fruit. I.a st winter the orchard had a lib
eral application of stable manure and was
again planted to corn and peas, and well
cultivated till the corn was laid by.
Some of the trees are now over 8 feet
is height and the trunks Us thick as a.
man’s wrist and the tops have a spread of
? feet.
Next February the last summer's
growth will be cut back with a view to
giving the trees a broad, umbrella shaped
head and the straggling branches that
extend out around the sides will be kept
clipped off so as to give a uniform shape
to the head and also to make the limbs
stout and stocky and force out numerous
fruiting spurs. The orchard having been
well manured in the past I shall not use
any more highly ammoniated manures for
nt least one year. But will scatter ashes
around the trees the coming winter to
furnish potash for next spring's crop.
Later on will apply other manures as the
trees require.
As the trees grotv larger I shall cease
to plant corn tn the orchard, hut will con
tinue the cultivation and planting of peas
or other legumes to furnish humus and
nitrogen in the soil.
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A Recess Game.
A surprisingly large number of our little
friends have written to us asking us to
print more of the new recess games that
have from time tp time appeared on this
page. They ask us In particular to print
more of the games that have some connec
tion with their studies, for they say that
In this way they are aided greatly in re
membering some of them. Os course we
are very glad to do this and are still more
pleased to learn that this feature has be
come so popular. ’
Here Is a game that will help you won
derfully with your geography lessons, and
which, besides being hard enough to make
you sharpen your wits to their keenest
edge, is just heaps of fun. It will help you
to remember the names and Ibcailon of
cities in a really remarkable way, and
when you win the game you can pride
yourself on being pretty near the head of
your class in geography.
The game may be played by either boys
or girls or both, but there should not be
more than six players, or the gam§ will
be too lohg for your recess time. Each
player must write on the blackboard some
one or two words that, when the letters
are changed around will spell the name
of some city. After this word or words
must be written the name of the state
in which that city is situated. For In
stance. some one might write Tory, New
York. Os course that would be Troy, New
York, when the letters are properly ar
ranged. Some one else might write Sob
3 Terrell To Resign This Week; |
Latest State Gossip |
BY T. J. SIMMONS, JR. g
The resignation of J. M. Terrell as attor
ney general of Georgia, will come this
week. Preceding the resignation, perhaps,
will be the announcement of Mr. Terrell
for governor. The resignation and the
announcement will create no surprise, as
it has been expected for several weeks.
People have begun to inquire as to the
time when the popular official is going to
give up his present office in order to en
ter into the struggle for the new one, but
Mr Terrell has refrained all along from
telling just when he would step out. To
day he has seven criminal cases In
the supreme court of Georgia, and when
these are completed he will be ready to
sever his connection with the state for a
time and turn over the affairs of the of
fice to hh» successor. Mr. Terrell has
made an admirable attorney general. Nine
years ago he entered the office, defeating
the late W. C. Glenn for the position by a
hlg majority. His record has been won
derful. He has represented the state in
many big law suits in the Georgia and
United States courts, and every time he
appeared for the state In the United
States supreme court the state won. This
Is a record held by but few attorney gen
erals in the United States, and Mr. Ter
rell, as well as his friends, are proud of
it. Mr. Terrell has been considering the
race for governor for several years, and
he has many plans already made. As I
understand it, he will have his headquar
ters in Atlanta, and from here he will
wage a vigorous campaign. He is known
in every section of the state, and wher
ever he goes to further his interests he
will'be greeted by a host of friends. It
is seldom that a man with so many
friends enters a campaign for governor,
and his formal announcement for the po
sition and hia entry in race will be
hailed with delight by his supporters.
When Mr. Terrell resigns Governor
Candler will of course have to name his
successor. There have been applications
for' Mr. Terrell’s position, even before
there is a vacancy, and Governor Cand
ler will have a long list of names to
choose from. The men who are most
prominently mentioned for the place are
Allen Fort, of Americus; Boykin Wright,
of Augusta, and Judge N. L. Hutchins, of
Lawrenceville. It Is considered almost a
certainty that one of these three men will
be selected to succeed Mr. Terrell. It
has been currently reported for some
months that Judge Hutchins would be ap
pointed. It is said that he was a class
mate of Governor Candler in college, and
besides he was one of the strongest sup
porters of Governor Candler during the
famous Speer-Candler campaign .of 1882.
For these reasons, It is stated, the gov
ernor will give him the place. Then it Is
said that Boykin Wright, of Augusta,
will be the man. Mr. Wright has been in
Atlanta several times recently in confer
ence with Governor Candler, and he has
also been seen In conference with Attor
ney General Terrell regarding a case in
which the state Is Interested and which
will come up in the United States court in
a few days. The gossips say that Mr.
Wright and Mr. Terrell were preparing
the case together and that it means that
Governor Candler had determined on Mr.
Wright. But as the case involves the
Georgia railroad, the state of Georgia and
Richmond county as well, it would not
be out of place to say that Mr. Wright is
representing Richmond county in the mat
ter. Judge Fort has been here several
times recently and has bee,n In the gov
ernor’s office mani* ttmes, but according
to Governor nohe of the men
whose names have mentioned are ap
plicants for the vacancy which will occur.
But of course that floes not bar them
from being eligible. Judge Hutchins is
well known throughout the state, and is
fully competent to fill the position. He
is a lawyer of great ability and would
make an excellent attorney general. Boy
kin Wright is considered one of the lead
ing members of the Augusta bar and is a
lawyer of great renown. He was a dele
gate to the national convention from
Georgia in 1900, and while never holding
an office, he has been prominent in Geor
gia politics for many years. Judge Allen
Fort served six years as railroad commis
sioner and has beeh one of the ablest
lawyers in south Georgia for years and
years. It Is stated by capitol folk that
the governor would not make a mistake if
he appointed either of the three men. If
one of these three is appointed it is not
thought that he will stand for re-election.
Judge John Hart is the only candidate in
the race so far, and It begins to look as
if he is going in without opposition, un
less the successor to Mr. Terrell decides
Discipline of Children in Kindergartens.
BY WILLETTE ALLEN.
The ultimate aim of discipline is to lead
the child toward mastery of self, to es
tablish the habit of self control; to de
velop the power of self discipline.
This goal is not attained at a single
bound; the path leading to it is neither
short nor smooth, but to walk therein is
the only sure preparation for happy liv
ing.
If we are to strengthen the child tor in
dependent action that he shall not be a
moral weakling we must teach him to
think for himself; to reason from cause
to effect.
In casw punishment is needed it should
be such as would most logically follow the
deed. in cases where serious
harm would result, the child should take
the most natural consequence of his own
acts.
Children are as a rule, reasonable creat
ures and improve much faster when they
are treated as such. They return respect
for respect.
Comparatively few of the present try
the old-fashioned way of "breaking the
will.” The will Is too valuable an ad
junct in the make-up of character.
The boy needs all the will he may pos
sess turned in the right direction to carry
him safely past the multitudes of temp
tation that beset every young man of the
present day. .
Since it is the purpose of the kindergar
ten to give right direction to the will and
Not, Massachusetts! W’hen the letters of
these words are transposed they would
read, Boston. Massachusetts.
When all the players have written on the
board then each one tries to solve the
meaning of what the others have written.
Each must write his answers down on a
piece. of paper without telling any one
-what they are, and when all have finish
ed, th<m each one writes on the board the
correct answers to his or her words after
the words they have written before.
Now comes the scoring. You score two
points for every one us the words you
solve correctly, but you are minus one
point for every one you make a mistake
on; that is, ever}’ time you guess wrong
one point is taken away from your score.
If any one should give the wrong state
after the word that, when changed, is
the name of his city, that one is minus
two points. Then all points are reckoned
and the one with the largest score wins
that game. You will have tljne for two or
three games before recess is over.
Bernhardt's Craze For Jewels.
(Pari* Correspondent New York World.)
Sarah Bernhardt's extraordinary notion of
eclipsing anything eter seen in the way of
display of costly jewels Is the absorbing theme
of conversation in Paris.
This new hobby was suggested by the re
vival of Sardou’s ■'Theodora.” following
"L’Alglon’s” last performance tonight.
Bernhardt has grown tired of “L’Alglon,”
that he wants the position for a little
longer term than he is appointed for.
I see where the Hon. Joe Hill Holl, of
Bibb, has begun his campaign for Dupont
Guerry for governor. He opened up in
Milledgeville the other day to a fair-sized
audience. He got some applause, so a
Milledgeville man tells me. and besides
he made the court attendants laugh.
From all I can learn the subject of the
speech of the Hon. Joe was: “The present
political situation, a review of the work
of the last legislature, the control of the
state by corporations, the failure of the
railroads to pay their share of the taxes,
why Dupont Guerry should be elected gov
ernor, and how I failed to kill the Atlanta
depot bill and the Howell resolution which
appropriated some of the public property
funds to pay the interest on the public
debt.” The subject is certainly a broad
one, and the Hon. Joe no doubt covered a
lot of ground. Last year Mr. Hall spoke
at several places on the following sub
ject: “The present political situation, a
review of the work of the last legisla
ture, the control of the state by corpor
ations and how I kl’led the depot bill.”
So you see he has changed his subject
just a little. It is understood that the
Hon. Joe has almost fully recovered from
the shock of the passage of the depot
bill, the passage of the Howell resolution
and the decision of- the supreme court.
He is well enough to make speeches, any
how. But Mr. Hall is a great speaker,
and will no doubt do all sorts of good for
the Guerry cause during the , next six
months. From what I cart gather from
the Macon people who dabble in politics
the Hon. Joe will be a candidate for the
legislature again, and I gather further
that the people of the Godfrey district
say they will see to it that they will elect
him, even if they have to send to the
Courthouse early in the morning after the
election to find out how many more votes
are needed for Hall.
The race of Hon. T. W. Hardwick, of
Washington county, for congress will be
watched with great interest by his friends
in Atlanta and throughout tfte state. Mr.
Hardwick has hundreds of friends here
and everywhere he is known. Mr. Hard
wick is a fighter, a very aggressive fight
er, and he will no doubt, cause things in
the Tenth to hum. Although small phys
ically, he is very broad mentally, and it
would be vepy interesting if he should
meet Congressman Fleming in some joint
debates. Mr. Hardwick has a very strong
following in the Tenth district and his
friends say that his chances for election
are excellent. ’ -
Judson M. Strickland and James J.
Flynt, two well knoWn politicians and cit
izens of Griffin, Spalding county, Ga., were
in Atlanta yesterday. Mr. Flynt announc
ed that would be a candidate
for legislative honors again, and Mr.
Strickland stated that he was inclined to
the opinion that Mr. Flynt would not have
any opposition. The inclination on part
of Mr. Strickland of course caused Mr.
Flynt to smile. Mr. Flynt'was one of the
youngest members of the last house, and
his speech on the Atlanta depot bill is
well remembered. He was the author of
the resolution providing that Mrs. Kell
be paid the salary of her distinguished
husband for the remainder of the year
190 d, and which resolution after passing
the house and the senate was vetoed by
Governor Candler. Mr. Flynt says that
he will have something to say about that
resolution when he comes back next year,
and he is rather sure that the resolution
which he proposes to introduce will be
interesting. Mr. Strickland, who was cen
sus supervisor for the Sixth congressional
district and who had been prominently
mentioned as a probable candidate for
congress of late, denies taht he will be' in
the race this year. Maybe he proposes to
run at the next session.
It will soon be time for the papers to
begin on the subject of leasing the con
victs of the state. The coining session of
the legislature will have to deal with that
question, and ‘it is expected that before
long the prospective legislators will begin
to get advice from the press as to the
best method of farming out the state’s
prisoners. G. V. Gress, of Wilcox, says
he has a plan that will remedy the, pres
ent situation, and he is hopeful of passing
it. The convict question is a big one, and
it is expected that the legislature will de
pend a great deal on the recommendation
of the prison commission in framing a
new convict law.
T. J. SIMMONS. Jr.
thus exert a beneficial influence in the
formation of character we must see that
every detail of method has regard for the
future welfare of the child rather than a
mere pleasant effect for the present., E.
g. in th© case of a conflict of wills be
tkeen child and adult it is of lasting ben
ent to the child that he should regard the
principle of right, and for that reason sur
render his will while the mere giving up
of his will for the adult will is stronger
than his own is of transient value. We
are weak indeed if we have not the prin
ciples of universal right and justice ba#k
ot requirement we make of the
child. Do not infer that I think long ex
planations should precede every request
made, for a child should of course be
taught to obey promptly without question
but the point of issue should be made on
the. question of right which the teacher
must show that she regards as fully as
she expects the child to do.
To overcome a child’s will may serve
the teacher's purpose for the time, but it
does not establish the habit of such
reasoning as will be capable of wider ap
plication in the affairs of life and become
a motive power in deciding more weights’
questions.
All this takes time and individual at
tention, which it is the business of the
kindergarten to give and it is of utmbst
Importance that our work be done thor
oughly well that its effect shall be mani
fest in the habit and behavior of the child.
now loathes a masculine part. But, be
ing unable to And a suitable new play, she
has decided to fall back on an old success,
producing it with an accuracy and magnifi
cence unparalleled anywhere.
According to rumor, one dress has cost
$20,000.
On the subject of jewelry especially Sar
dou. whose thrifty tendencies are well known,
disapproves of Sarah’s lavishness and unhesi
tatingly declares that she has gone crazy.
She is employing three special jewel ar
tists the whole time to reproduce in real gold
and gems authentic Oriental designs found
by experts in the National Library.
In one scene she will wear jewelry estimated
to be worth $1,000,000, partly new, partly an
accumulation of 50 years.
The dramatic critics ur.anitnouely ridicule
the play, saying that the efforts of actors now
adays to create a sensation at any price dis
tract attention from the merits of the play.
Absence Appreciated.
Boston Transcript.
Hanson—There was a time I couldn't abide
Puglelgh; but I deelqre if he hasn't become
really agreeable of late.
Tryster—You don’t mean it!
Hanson—Yes; he hasn’t called at my place
for a month or two.
The Semi-Weekly Journal reaches
the subscribers twice a week, and the
New York World three times a week,
which will give you five papers per
week, all for $1.50. Address The Jour
nal, Atlanta, Ga.
SUGGESTIONS FROM I
OUR CORRESPONDENTS I
DIFFERS WITH DR. MONK
AS TO WHAT HEAVEN WILL BE
Editor Journal: In your Semi-Weekly
issue of January 9th you quote Dr. Alonzo
Monk as having made use of the follow
ing language in a recent sermon:
“One who serves Indifferently may get
into heaven, but he will camp in the rural
districts as a
here at the foot of the class we shall be
gin at the foot in the next world, and to
get up 'we shall have to spell up. And we
shall not be satisfied or free from embar
rassment in a low place there, for while
we shall have lost inordinate ambition,
sanctified ambition is the mainspring of
immortality.”
It is to be fleplored that men are not
satisfied to preach the exhaustless truths
of the Bible but must needs resort to
something fanciful in order, it would
seem, to be considered original.
The objection to the above is that it is
not only without Scriptural foundation
but in direct antagonism to Bible teach
ing and therefore harmful.
Absolute obedience, through grace, to
every divine command so far as is reveal
ed to us, is the condition on which we fil
ter heaven. “He that hath my command
ments and keepeth them he it is that lov
eth me.” John xiv:2l. All the law is ful
filled in love,' and obedience is the only
test of love.
Lukewarm church members could not
be better pleased than to be told that they
may render simply an indifferent service
and yet get to heaven, there to work
their way up by turning down some more
honored class-mate. Could leading a holy
life be called “serving indifferently?”
"Follow peace with all men and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord.”
Heb. xii:l4. •
Nothing short of the utmost service of
which we are capable will pass us at the
judgment. Our condemnation is propor
tionate to our refusal to live up to the
light we have. “If the righteous are
scarcely saved” where shall those who
serve indifferently appear?
To say there will be embarrassment in
heaven because of conscious inferiority is
to say there will be some in heaven not
perfectly happy. Compare Rev. xxi:4:
“And there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow.”
Dr. Monk says sanctified ambition is
the mainspring of immortality. St. Paul
in Second Timothy. 1:10, says: “Jesus
Christ hath abolished death and brought
life and immortality to light through the
gospel.”
Os course our ambition should be sanc
tified, and that will be the case when our
hearts are purified by the Holy Ghost.
Immortality will not be conditioned in
heaven. The expression sanctified ambi
tion suggests the idea of rivalry in heaven,
which even in its best sense must be for
eign to that celestial clime. When we get
to heaven will be time enough to learn
of Its rural districts and the terms of pro
motion. What concerns you and me is:
How must I live so as to get there at all?
The important thing is to be saved now
in this present world from sin—all sin.
Then, and not before, are we fitted for
heiven.
“Strive to enter in at the strait gate,
for many shall seek to enter and snail
not be able.”
J. B. ARMSTRONG.
Norwood, Ga.
SOME GEORGIA BOYS
/ IN THE PHILIPPINES
Ralph W. Adamson, a nephew of the
Hon. W. C. Adamson, writing from the
Philippines under date of November 19th,
last, thus speaks of Little, of Talbotton,
and Reese, of Carrollton, Ga.:
“The day I arrived in Manila several old
friends called on me. One of them was
First Lieutenant J. M. Little, of Talbot
ton, Ga., one of the boys whom Uncle
Charles secured a place in the army some
two years ago. Through his courtesies I
was enabled to enjoy myself far better
than I would otherwise. Through him I
met many army officers and officials, who
were all very kind to me. Little is'one of
the Georgia boys who will always be a
support to the good reputation of the
state. He has made quite a record in the
army, and is very popular. One of his su
perior officers told me that he had experi
enced all of the hardships that one man
could experience, and that he had always
gone at the head of his company in the
face of the greatest dangers, braving them
all like a Spartan. He called him a Stone
wall Jackson fighter. Yet Little is very
modest, ?nd unless some one else gave the
information no one would ever know he
had ever been in a. fight.
“I went to CalaocMn and saw Boss
(meaning Boss Reese) one time. He could
not get away from there on account of his
duties. The climate here has not affected
his health in the least, it seems. He seems
to enjoy army life and tne east. He has
made one of the most remarkable records
for a young officer and it is the more re
markable when we consider that he came
up from the ranks. He made quite an
enviable reputation once when he was
commanding, fifty Maccabebe scouts, and
was attacked by over 300 Tagalag insur
rectos. His Maccabebes were backward
about going in against such odds, but
Bass gave them the command to charge
in a tone that almost shook the ground,
and they rushed forward, and he led them
into one of the closest and hardest fought
battles of the war. With hjs fifty fnen he
captured almost the whole force of insur
rectos with but little loss to his troop.
He is popular among the officers and is
known by nearly all of them. One of his
superior officers told me of this.”
WANTED: A CANDIDATE
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
To the Editor of The Journal:
The question of Democratic presidential
timber is agitating the minds of the poli
ticians throughout the nation. But there
the interest in the matter ceases. The
masses of the party are giving it little
concern, and this is a lamentable mistake.
With Mr. Bryan relegated to the rear,
many ambitious politicians with presiden
tial ambitions aspire to the leadership of
the party, David B. Hill. Arthur
Pue Gorman and Colonel Henry
Watterson are among the most
conspicuous luminaries. There are many
others, but they can only be considered
as "dark horses,” so “dark” in fact that
they are resting under a cloud of obscu
rity.
In view of the fact that more than six
millions of American citizens are directly
interested it becomes a momentous ques
tion. The average Democrat is content to
allow the matter to rest now. hoping that
ere the next national con
vention assembles, the problem will have
solved itself and a longical standard
bearer will arise before the party for its
acceptance. But where and who is that j
Democrat today? If the question were .
suddenly thrust upon the individual I
Democrats of the country how many could I
give an intelligent answer? In view of |
the disrupted condition of the party at the |
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present time, none of the men referred
to would be an agreeable candidate to
the majority. In fact, a majority could
not be obtained for a man mentioned.
Os the three Hill is probably the strong
est; but Mr. Hill cannot secure the unan
imous support of the Democratic party
because a large wing is unalterably op
posed to him. And without entering into
the merits of the controversy it can be
said not without cause. . He has been di
ametrically opposed.-if aot openly antago
nistic, to the principles enunciated, advo
cated, and conscientiously believed by tWe
western Democrats, and whether right or
wrong, they will not support him in the
convention, and if he Should capture the
nomination wijl be lukewarm in their sup
port in the campaign and, at the polls. He
would doubtless be acceptable to the
north, east and south, being in harmony
wim the controlling element of the party
in these sections, but Democracy cannot
win in the coming contest without assist
ance from beyond the Mississippi river.
Now, as to Gorman. He is in no sense
a logical candidate. While the sound
ness of his Democracy cannot be ques
tioned, personally, he does not, nor can
not command the confidence which his
party must have in its leader. Why?
simply because Mr. Gorman's shrewd po
litical methods and personal ambitions are
too well known to make nlm an appeal
ing candidate. Yet he deserves credit
for his able party labors, but a seat In
the senate must satisfj* his ambition as he
cannot look beyond his own state for
reward.
And now copies the genial colonel from
Kentucky. He is beyond a possibility of
the nomination, because of the fact that
many years of faithful and diligent party
service, together with the natural respect
for age have endeared him to the hearts
of his fellow partisans and since as plain
Colonel Watterson, he did his noble work,
as plain Colonel Watterson they prefer
to sep his labors end unbesmirched by that
terrible reputation destroyer, a twentieth
century political campaign.
But to face the situation squarely. Tha
Democratic party is sore in need of a
Moses to lead it out the political chaos
caused by the ias| two disastrous presi
dential campaigns. With the struggle
only two years hence, and an important
congressional campaign for the present
year, it is high time that a leader, a lead
er of the whole Democracy, be found.
He must be a man of unimpeachable
private and political history. A man
who can conciliate and harmonize the va
rious factions of the party and with the
united and unanimous support of the
north, east, south and west come out of
the next national convention,, vanquish
the forces of the "Hero of San Juan” and
march up the capitol steps amid the shouts
of a victorious Democracy and the accla
mations of the whole American nation.
We anxiously await his advent. Will
he come?
Let the Democratic press give prompt
and earnest heed to this question.
x A DEMOCRAT.
KENTUCKY’S CRUSADE AGAINST
THE SLANDER ON THE SOUTH
Editor Atlanta Journal:
I noticed in your excellent journal a few
ago a press dispatch from Lex
ingtoiff Ky„ announcing the action Os the
Daughters of the Confederacy in that
city, namely, their petition to the man
agers of the opera house at Lexington,
asking that the play “Uncle Tom's Cab
in” never be presented again at the
opera house there. Later a/ press dis
patch states that the manager refused
to grant the request.
The fact that this movement on part of
the ladies of Lexington created, as the
telegram states, "a sensation,” and the
Press association gave out the informa
tion. is sufficient evidence of the gravity
of the incident.
Perhaps no one person did more to dis
rupt the Union than Mrs. Stowe, the au
»thor of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” It was
the fuel that politicians and would-be
usurpers had ignited, and so ingenious
and devilish was this travesty upon every
semblance of truth, that its very gro
tesqueness caught the eager and willing
Pharisee and Publicans of that day.
It would be difficult to imagine a more
truthless, factless, faithless fraud. The
very genius of the book is fraught with a
madness that seems impossible to ration
al beings. The scenes are cruelly false,
the characters preposterously unnatural
and inhuman. Nothing could more basely
misrepresent, traduce and false-swear the
south and the southern people.
It was a thorn poisoned and tipped with
venom.
So much for the book; and yet, a thous
and denunciatory words could not ap
proach the preface of contempt all fair
minded men and women would write
against so foul a plot—“ Uncle Tom s
Cabin.”
In the wild, ignoble and bloodshot on
slought waged against the south in those
days, the dramatization of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin” was in keeping with the hideous
temper then rampant. But aftqr the des-.
perate purposes of the wretched “book”
had been accomplished, and hundreds of
thousands of Americans had been slain
in battle, or perished from disease, im
prisonment and other ills of war; a fair
land devastated and laid waste, and
thousands upon thousands of broken
hearted mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts had added their wail to .the horri
ble wreck this wicked volume, “Uncle
Tom's Cabin.” aided in effecting, it would
seem that the limit of even barbaric
hatred had been reached, and this gigan
tic falsehood should be permitted to “dia
among its worshippers.”
But the mortbld greed for sensational
monstroclty was found to be Insatiate, and
theatrical speculators have had the hardi
hood to perpetuate the crime; and all over
America, and even in foreign lands, this
insult to the southern Inhabitants of the
American continent is unbiushlngly re
peated by theatrical performance.
The southern people have it in their
power to at least protect their children
from witnessing a theatrical personation
of Mrs. Stowe’s outrageous invention,
“Uncle Tom's Cabin.” and the press of
the south have it in their power to give
a “dark house” to any players who dara
to come among their people with this base
affront. Appeal to the people, not to the
atre owners, and stop the slovenly farce.
All honor to the noble women of Lex
ington, Kentucky!
WILLIAM C. CHASE.
“I Stood in a Draught
with my cost off and caught this wretched
cold.” savs the sufferer. He need not pay
a heavy penalty If he follow hta act of folly
with an act of wisdom. Soak the feet in
hot water with a few teaspoonfula Os Perry
Davis’ Pain-Killer in it. Take a teaspoon
ful of Pain Killer in hot sweetened water at
bed time and be thankful for so simple and
speedy away to break up a. cold. There is
but one Painkiller. Perry Davis’.
Thomas Estrada Palma, first presiden-elect
of Cuba, and descended from a Castilian fam
ily. at one time conducted a school for boys
at Central Valley, Orange county, N. Y.
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