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XIIUMHHHI HUH I
MEETING IN ALABAMA.
For sometime the farmers of Shelby
county. Alabama, have been thinking of
co-operating together more closely for
their mutual benefit, and to become iden
tified with the movement of the Southern
Cotton Growers' Protective Association.
A cordial invitation was extended me ear
’ly in January to meet the farmers of
Shelby county at Columbiana, their coun-
- ty seat, as early as possible, for the pur
pose of perfecting an organisation of Cot
ton Growers' there, and Febuary 20th was
the date named.
When-the meeting was chlled to order
at the court house in Columbiana last
Thursday by Judge Longshore. I found
a large number of farmers present, not
withstanding that the day was an ex
ceedingly inclement one. In the talk
which followed the objects and purposes
of the Cotton Growers' Protective Asso
ciation z were plainly and fully set forth.
At its cloaa. considerable Interest was
manifested and resulted in the organise*
'tlon of a good club, with the following
active and progressive’farmers elected as
officers for the ensuing year of the Shel
by county club:
President—Judge A. P. Longshore.
Vice president—H. M. Milstead
Secretary and treasurer—W. A. Tallaut.
Fully three-fourths of the audience
♦ preset’t enrolled themselves aa members
and the hope was freely expressed that
the membership of the Shelby County
club would soon Increase to 2CO members,
and that active work should be started
- early by the Alabama state association
in every cotton growing county in the
. state. The Semi-Weekly Journal was
Cordially accepted as the official organ
of the club for the next twelve months,
and at the subscription price of 75 cents
to all members of the Association, for
one year, it was deemed advisable tc
‘club that paper with the Association dues
so as to keep each member fully posted
at all times as to such statistical infor-
I mation as he needed to keep fully posted
about the cotton crop in all the states
and the work of the Association through
out the belt. Quite a number of the farm
ers present expressed themselves fully on
♦ the necessity for organization and co
. operating in the future to more fully pro
tect their mutual interests in the sale of
common farm products and more particu
larly the cotton and cotton seed crop.
Considerable interest was manifested in
co-operative ginneries and small oil mills,
and there can be but little doubt a co
operative cotton seed oil mill in Shelby
county by smother season.
Purposes of Association.
For the benefit of those of our readers
who have doubtless heard of the Southern
Cottow Growers’ Protective association,
but who have not been informed as to its
♦ objects and purposes, it is deemed advis
' able to publish them here in a general
:way. They are as follows:
L To promote and advance the Interests
of southern cotton producers.
S. TO place the producer in a position
where he can control the sale of his cot
ton ctop and demand a fair price from
the buyer, before it leaves the hands of
the producer.
♦ X To teach the individual farmer the
‘imperative need of making his farm self-
sustaining thereby becoming strong and
independent at home, then it is he can
make his strength felt in the market
where he goes to sell his produce.
4. To place the producer in a position
where he may and can know all about
. the facta regarding the supply, the de
mand and the proper price for his staple.
5. To furnish from the head bureau of
said association, to its members, the most
authentic statistics, gathered from the
most reliable, trustworthy sources as rap
idly *" possible during the selling season.
X To regulate the supply to meet the
. demand, and to prevent the glutting of
the market as at present.
7. To encourage thought and earnest
support of all institutions of learning, de
mand justice, foster and cultivate the
strongest fraternal relations between all
classes, who are worthy, and especially
between labor and capital.
t. To encourage and support the most
practical policy of bringing the factory
and eotton plantation in close proximity
‘to each other.
J. But two classes are excluded from
the ranka of the The poli
tician. offering for. nominated for. or
holding any state political office of trust,
and its enemies.
To these principles and purposes the
Southern Cotton Growers' Protective as
sociation invokes the support of the cot
ton producers of the south, and as the
president of said association. I have with
in the past two years perfected state or
ganizations in all the cotton growing
States, except Louisiana and Arkansas.
There has not been sufficient active wofk
la the organisation of local branches In
the different counties throughout the va
rious states.
. The state and inter-state asso
ciations cannot do effective work
. unless the farmers in the different
counties come together and or
ganise their sub-branches. The annual
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FERTILIZERS
IN THE SOUTH.
Importer* of
PURE GERMAN KAINIT, MURIATE OF POTASH,
NITRATE OF SODA, SULPHATE OF POTASH.
In buying fertilizer* it is important, not only to secure goods of estab
lished reputation and high grade, but to buy where
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We are in position, with our unparalleled facilities and our many plants
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tar tbs Wytais-CvsliM Ataisssc. Fr*« tar ths asking.
dues are only 50 cents per member, and
the subscription price to the official or
gan which is to be used for disseminating
needed information to all members, but
75 cents, which makes the total cost per
member. 11.25. not more than one-fourth
of a cent per pound on one bale of cotton,
yet we may be well assured, by active
co-operation, of advancing the price on
all we grow of from one to two cents per
pound.
Must Be Pushed.
Active work must be done all along the
line this year if we expect to sell the.next
crop at anything like its value. Certainly
southern farmers cannot stand the pres
ent condition of affairs, cotton low and all
other farm products and supplies high in
price. The farmers in any county in the
south who desire to become identified with
this movement can be organised into the
association by calling on their state presi
dent or by writing to me-direct for copies
of constitution and by-laws for all sub
organlsatlons.
The leading officials at the head of the
different state organisations are as fol
lows: John P. AHiwon, Concord. N. C.; R.
A. Love, Chester, S. C.; William J.
Broughton, Madison. Ga.; J. B. Dell,
Gainesville. Fla.; R. R. Pool. Montgomery,
Ala.; John D. Redhead, Centerville, Miss.;
E. 8. Peters, Calvert. Tex.; A. P. Landers,
Sulphur Springs. Tex. Counties in the
different rtates can be organised by.writ
ing the above named officials for litera
ture or for local organisers.
We will have regular correspondents
from all the states who will weekly con
tribute articles of interest and value for
publication in our cotton department in
this paper, and which will be official. In
securing the co-operation of the Semi-
Weekly Journal and making It the official
organ of our association we get a paper
which is already deeply Interested in the
welfare of the farmers and which has a
circulation now of 50,000 subscribers all
over the south. I will be pleased to have
short letters from our subscribers on this
subject, and trust there will be great in
terest manifested in this work during the
coming months. HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
H. F. B„ Union Point. Ga.—l have some
lands I want to put cotton on. The land
makes a good weed .and fruits well, but
is subject to rust. What I want to know
is there a commercial fertiliser that will
prevent rust. I know stable manure is a
preventive, but it is not convenient to the
lands. Please answer, and if you can.
recommend anything to prevent rust tell
me how to use the same, etc.
Answer—There is no commercial fertil
iser made, that I am aware of which is a
specific for rust in cotton. The trouble is
usually low places where the under drain
age is defective. The best plan is to bed
such land high up. and use German kainlt
freely in the fertiliser applied.Kainit quite
often regulates the trouble. Apply at
200 pounds per acre mixed in with other
fertiliser ingredients and plant on high
beds.
R. H. H.. Monetta, 8. C.—l have a young
mare with bowels loose. I have been feed
ing her international stock powders, but I
have left this off for present, thinking that
was the cause, and have lessened her corn
feed, but she remains the same. Kindly ad
vise me in your next issue the reason for
this and the remedy. She does very little
work. With many good wishes for your
paper.
Answer—ls the horse suffers no pain,
there is no cause for alarm. The trou
ble will gradually adjust Itself. Keep the
stable clean, give good water and feed
on nice dry hay or fodder and oats. The
trouble is caused probably by some irri
tating poison which has been retained in
the bowels and does not pass away. If it
should develop Into dysentery, give 20
drops of tincture of aconite root in a little
water, and follow witlxa powder, as given
below, every three hours until the horse
is better: Prepared chalk 5 drams, cate
chu, pulverised, one dram; pulverised opi
um 10 grains; mix and give as above
stated.
Will you kindly answer the following
questions and give me such information
on the subject as you deem proper, etc.?
I wish to plant sorghum and millet for
early forage. Will sorghum and millet do
well sowed broadcast together? Will they
mature sufficiently well about the same
time to cut and make good feed. If it will
do to sow them together, when is the
proper time to sow them? I have about
ten acres heavily covered with bermuda
grass. What is the best plan to get rid of
the grass? I also have two or three acres
thickly set with sassafras. What is best
plan to kill out the sassafras? What kind
of oats are best for this section to make
a good yield, sown in the spring, and how
late in the spring will it pay to sow oats?
Answers to the above question will greatly
oblige. T. H. L,
Martin. Ga.
Answer: Sorghum and millet both grow
rapidly and should be ready for the mower
at about the same time, if sown together
broadcast, though sorghum alone would
make you the most valuable forage, as it
contains the higher percentage of saccha
rine matter. Tou can sow either after
danger from frost has passed, or about
the first of April or latter part of March.
The best plan to rid a field of bermuda
grass is to break the land thoroughly
with small scooters, harrow as much of
the grass as possible into piles, burn it
and plant the field in cotton. Two years’
good cultivation in cotton should clean
the field, but it means hard work.
To clean a field of sassafras bushes,
grub the plants and cultivate in some crop
requiring clean culture. They should be
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, iehtj.
gotten rid of in one year. The Burt oats
are desirable for spring planting, though
Texas Rust Proof often make splendid
yields on rich land. Spring oats should be
planted not later than the second week in
March. The middle of February is the
safest period.
W. C. L., Headen, Ga. —Would you
please inform me through The Semi-
Weekly Journal if milo maze can be suc
cessfully grown on the red clay lands of
northeast Georgia? Its nature as forage
for cattle? Compared to field corn, yield
per acre In tons, how and when to plant
or sow? How much seed per acre, and the
proper time to harvest? I would like the
same Information about the Soja bean.
The only salvation for the farmers in
this section is in raising first-elass dual
purpose cattle with plenty of cheap feed.
I consider it a great mistake In voting no
fence in the mountains, as stock could
range six months in the year and grow
fat, and as there is only about 10 per cent
of tillable land, it is much easier to fence
a ten-acre crop than pasture for cattle.
What is your opinion of a combination of
alfalfa. Kentcucky bluegrass and horny
vetch for pasture and green soiling?
Answer—Yes. milo maize, or more prop
erly termed, kaffir corn, can be as suc
cessfully grown on the strong, red clay
lands of northeast Georgia as in any
other section of the union. The more fer
tile the land, of course, the heavier the
yield. Plant and cultivate the same as
sorghum. It is a forage plant which grows
rapidly, yields heavily and rarely suffers
from drought. The yield per acre is
heavier than corn; for instance, on land
that will produce 30 bushels of ordinary
corn you should be able to harvest 40
bushels of kaffir corn. Its value for feed
ing purposes is about three-fourths that
of common corn. It is fine for fattening
pork, cattle or horses when allowed to
mature before feeding. Plant when dan
ger of frost Is past, and plant about six
pounds of seed per acre, drilling in rows
three to four feet apart. The red grain
is the hardiest and most prolific.
The Soy bean, commonly called the Soja
bean. Is a leguminous plant of considera
ble value both to the land and for stock.
There are several varieties, but the best
is the ’’Early White,” which is excellent
to grow for seed, hay or soiling. The
•'Medium Early Green” is also good for
hay, it retains its leaves well. The
“Medium Early” is probably best suited
for your section. Plant about the end of
May and harvest early in August. Culti
vate and plant the same as for ordinary
field peas. If for a crop of beans, plant in
drills two to three feet apart, according
to fertility of soil. If for hay, broadcast
about one bushel per acre. Cut for hay
when the pods are three-fourths ripe.
From six to ten tons of forage can be cut
per acre on good land. It is a plant rich
in protein, almost equal to cow peas, and
as the yield is heavy, it is a desirable
crop to plant. If- your land will success
fully grow the combination grass pasture
suggested, there can be nothing better.
But you need lime, phosphoric acid and
potash in abundance to grow heavy yields
of such crops.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Editor Semi-Weekly Journal:
I imve been very much interested in the
discussions pro and con recently on the
common school question.
Perhaps it is well enough for men like
Sam Jones to abiise the present school
system, because he doubtless has plenty
of money to educate his children at Ox
ford or at Wesleyan, but he aught to re
member that the vast majority of white
people in the country are either, too poor
or too indifferent to pay for the education
of their children.
We are intimately acquainted with a
teacher who has bought books with her
money and sold them, to the children, at
their parent's request, on time and up to
the present have never been paid for
same. Two years ago the board of edu
cation in this. Warren county, adopted
several new books, and the parents of the
children deliberately kept their children
at home until the board modified their re
quirements to some extent.
It you abolish the common school law
because of imperfections, then you must
expunge all the other laws from the stat
ute books for the same reason.
If the children did not learn any more
than to read and write at the common
schools it would be worth the money now
expended for the purpose. To be able to
read is a blessing of incalculable value.
Country people are moving to town to
educate their children now, and if we had
no free schools everybody would go who
are able and this very thing is one of the
worst,that could be done.
From Warren county the whites are
moving to Bulloch and other lower coun
ties. and tne negroes are going to the
cities, consequently “day labor” is almost
as scarce as chicken teeth. This, how
ever, will prove a blessing, as we will be
obliged to turn <sut our worn out land and
cultivate only the best. This also will
necessitate the stopping of so much cot
ton culture.
We need to do more fencing. When a
field is fenced our hogs thnu cattle can
gather the hay and pea crops without our
having it done. A good sweet potato patch
in a field o. peas will produce the cheap
est meat that can be raised any other
way. Put us down for good common
schools and good farms.
E. T. JOHNSON.
Norwood, Ga.
For $1.40 we will send The Semi-
Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline
Toilet Articles and any one of the
premium papers offered with The
Seml-Weekly at SI.OO. This is the
greatest offer ever made and you
should take advantage of it without
delay.
CORRESPONDENT’S REQUEST
IS COMPLIED WITH
To the Editor of The Journal.
Here are the lines a correspondent asked
for in a recent issue of The Jourrial:
“They sang of love, and not of fame,
Forgot was Britain’s glory.
Each heart recalled a different name
But all sang Annie Laurie.”
And then Immediately succeeding the
above comes these exquisite verses:
“Voice after voice eaught up the song.
Until the tender passion X
Rose like an anthem rich and strong
Their battle—ere confession.
“Dear girl, Ter name he could not speak,
Yet as the song grew louder.
Something on the soldier's cheek
Washed off the stains of powder.
“And once again a fire of hell
Rained from the Russian quarters.
With scream of shot and burst of shell
And bellowing of the mortars.
“And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For a singer dumb and gory.
And English Mary weeps for him
Who sang of Aunt Laurie."
This touching ballad Is by Bayard Tay
lor. and commemorates in undying pathos
an Incident in the Crimean war, when
on the eve of battle some one among the
allied forces cried out “Give us a song.”
It will pay any one to get and memorize
the whole poem. z
ROSCOE WOOTEN.
Walking With His Head.
(By Gov. W. O. Bradley, of Ky.)
Sometime during the past year a will case
came on for trial at Lexington, Col. B
representing the contestants and Ex-Senator
B —— the propounders of the will. The fact
that these two gentlemen were to cross swords
naturally drew a large crowd.
It seems that the testator had a peculiar
movement of his head, which he never mani
fested except when walking. An attempt,
among other things, was made by expert testi
mony to show that his mind was unsound
by reason of disease and that the peculiar
movement of the head was strongly indicative
of the presence of the disease.
Asked Col. 8., after proving by the wit
ness that he was a physician, well acquainted
with the deceased: "Did you ever notice any
peculiar movement of the testator when he
wan walking with his head?"
Failing to accentuate properly the latter
part of the question, this led Senator B. to
quickly turn and say: "Why, Colonel, you
surely do not mean to say that he walked with
his head." The remark elicited considerable
mirth but ceased quickly when Col. B. re
sponded; “Well, Senator, you surely do not
mean to say that he was walking without his
bead.” . .
PRESS OF THE COUNTRY ON
TILLMAN-M’LAURIN ROW
Disgracing Their State.
Columbia State.
There are two things about this sen
ate "scrap” that we do not understand:
The first is why Senator McLaurin
should turn "pale to the lips” and “trem
ble with emotion” and denounce on the
floor of an august senate as “a wilful and
deliberate He.” a charge which has been
made against him so. often on the free
forum of his own state and among a
somewhat pugnacious populace without
his receiving it In any such manner. The
second is why Senator Tillman should de
velop a "tiger-like ferocity” In the senate
at’ being called a liar when In time past
he has repeatedly accepted that epithet
on the South Carolina stump with the
gentle meekness of a lamb or the loft£,
serene repose of a statesman. Surely
Senator McLaurin knows that his col
league has 'repeatedly charged him in
South Carolina with selling' out to the
Republican party for the federal patron
age—yet he now treats that charge ae If
It were a new and sudden affront to be
resented instantly, even to the destruction
of the dignity of the senate. And surely
Senator Tillman remembers—to tempt his
mertiory no farther—that when he was
from 12 to 14 years younger and when the
1 blood ran more hotly in his veins he failed
to jump with tne ferocity of a tiger on
the two newspaper men who to his face
called him a liar—one at Blackville In ISBS
and the other at Marlon In 1890.
ft ft ft
We are comstrained to declare our re
gret that Senators Tillman and McLau
rin did not carry out their agreement of
last summer to resign their seats and ap
peal to the people of South fcorolina for
vindication. And we think we can say
for the white voters of the state without
regard to faction that they would be glad
to have an opportunity now afforded them
to vote on the fitness of Benjamin R. Till
man and John L. McLaurin to represent
them in the senate of the United States.
An Insult to South Carolina.
Charleston News and (Courier.
Senator Tillman's "apology” to the sen
ate on Saturday for his disgraceful con
duct was even worse than his offense
against all decency and good order. His
plea that "I had never had any legislative
experience when I came here and my pre
vious service as governor of South Caro
lina for four years had unfitted me in a
measure to enter this august assembly
with that dignity and regard, proper re
gard 1 will say, for its traditions and
habits and rules that is desirable,” was a
reflection upon the traditions and habits
and rules of the people of this state.
There is nothing in the office of governor
of South Carolina to encourage the man
ners of the prize ring, and we nope the
better sentiment of the country will acquit
the people of this state of any sympathy
with the brutal exhibition tnade by the
senator from South Carolina and his col
league on Saturday. * • • The conduct
of Senator McLaurin was utterly without
excuse. His language in the senate was
an insult to that body and dlsgraeetui u
himself. He must have known that it
would make a "sensation” at least, if it
did not result in a resort to violence, and
common respect for himself, for his state
and for the senate should have influenced
him not to give occasion of offense. It
would be better for the state and for pub
lic decency if the country could be spared
the humiliation of being represented by
men who cannot control themselves. No
punishment that the senate could Inflict
upon the South Carolina senators would
be too severe for their outrageous con
duct. x
Disgraceful and Indecent.
New York World.
It was simply disgraceful. No such
dishonoring incident has shamed our up
per house since Brooks' memorable as
sault on Charles Sumner before the civil
war. Its own hlgjV reputation for de
corous debate and a due regard for the
great people whom ft represents should
alike impel the senate sternly to discip
line the members who have Indecently
broken its peace.
• • •
In cancelling .his invitation to Tillman,
of South Carolina, to attend the state
dinner to Prince Henry, President Roose
velt has administered a sharp rebuke to
one of the participants in Saturday’s
shameful scene in the senate chamber.
Public opinion will indorse it as fully
deserved.
Must Be Severely Rebuked.
New York Journal.
The country could bear with calm for
titude a fight between Senators Tillman
and McLaurin—any kind of a fight, with
any kind of an outcome, however, quieting
to either or both.
But the country cannot without shame
and anger see the chamber of its highest
legislative body turned into a prlzerlng.
What the senate owes to itself in the
premises is a matter which will be ex
haustively discussed, no doubt. What the
senate owes to the country is as plain as
a policeman's duty when a street row is
in progress.
Kick Them Both Out. /
Macon Telegraph.
The disgraceful scenes enacted in the
senate yesterday were enough to bring a
blush of shame to/the cheek of every Am
erican, not to say yvety southern man and
Democrat.
Tillman and McLaurin ought to be ex
pelled from that body.
But it is just to say that Tillman was
the aggressor. He first made a charge,
without any provocation, against his col
league Involving moral turpitude, Mc-
Laurin having previously denied the
the charge which Tillman reiterated, ad
dressing another. • • •
We have no apologies to offer for any
mistakes that McLaurin may have made,
but whatever those mistakes, w’hatever
the motives that may be behind them, Till
man's repeated bullying; his coarse, con
ceited jibes and jeers sink himself only to
a very low level.
Allowed Too Much Latitude.
Chattanooga Times.
The unfortunate and disgraceful scene in
the senate chamber, on Saturday, the
South Carolina senators being the actors,
was quite as much the fruit of daxity tn
enforcing the rules, as it .was the out
growth of one senator's innate and erup
tive ruffianism, and another’s lack of self
control and adroitness in parrying an at
tempt to fasten upon him a slanderous
charge. Senator Tillman’s speeches are
always full of matter that ought to cause
Him to be called to order and lectured by
the presiding officer until he could appear
to be at least decent, if not a gentleman.
Should Be Severely Dealt With.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
South Carolina is a proud state, and
“though small she may be, she is brave
as the best," as the war tells us,
and no doubt she feels the sting and the
shame of the exhibition made by her sena
tors. They have disgraced themselves
and the nation, and they should be se
verely dealt with. Tillman’s vulgar ex
uberance should be restrained and the pair
should be made to feel that their quar
rels must be settled elsewhere than in
the senate of the United States.
Swashbucklers in the Senate.
Charlotte, N. C., Observer.
States which send swashbucklers, to the
United States Senate need not expect
other than that these will bring sharne
upon them, but it is to be regretted in this
section of the country that the partici
pants In the disgraceful occurrence o£
Saturday are from the south. The per
formance affords a new opportunity for
supercedlous references to “plantation
manners” —a characterization heard not
Infrequently on the floors of congress for
a few years after the civil war.
Note premium list in this issue,
make your, selection and subscribe at
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EXCHANGES.
Demand for Horses.
Farm and Ranch.
There seems to be bright prospects be
fore horse breeders, notwithstanding the
mechanical contrivances designed to sup
plant the noble beast. Wars have caused
the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of
horses and mules, and their places must
be supplied by breeders. There is an in
creasing demand from the cities, and
teams are said to be scarce on farms.
Next year there will be good feed and
plenty of it, and every vacancy will de
mand a horse to fill it. „
To Break Balky Horse.
Farm and Home.
Where a horse balks, no matter how
badly he sulks or how ugly he is, do not
beat him, do.not throw sand in his ears;
don’t use a rope on the front legs, or even
burn straw under him. Go quietly and pet
him on the head a moment; take a ham.
mer, or even pick up a stone in the street:
tell the driver to sit still, take the reins
and hold them quietly while you lift up
either front foot. Give each nail a light
tap, and a good smart tap on the frog;
drop his foot quickly, and then chirp to
, him to go. In 99 cases out of 100 the horse
will go right along about his business, but
the driver must keep his lines taut and not
jerk him back.
What is the Mule Good For?
Farmers’ Tribune.
This question is often asked by fanners
who have never' used mules on their
farms, preferring horses, that we shall
give a few of the merits possessed by our
long-eared friend:
The mule is an easy animal to raise.
He doesn’t eat much as compared with
a horse.
An energetic mule will make a trip
quicker than a horse, though he may not
go so fast. The secret of his speed is his
uniform gait, steady and persistent.
You hardly ever see a sick mule. He
seems practically immune from the dis
eases which attack horses.
A mule can endure more hardship than
a horse, will pull more in proportion
to size and will “stay with it” longer.
A mule is easier broke or trained to
work than a horse, and is more relia
ble after Initiated.
If a team of mules run away they look
out for themselves, and though they may
make some close turns and go through
a needle’s eye, so to speak, they usually
come out unharmed.
We would rather plow corn with a team
of mules than with horses. They break
down less corn and turn around quicker.
Hot weather affects the mule less than
the horse.
A good, honest business mule is worth
and will command a good price any day
in the week.
The mule is not handsome, doesn't
make a good roadster, isn’t stylish, doesn't
“fin himself nrnud”Mf hitched to a fancy
yellow red road wagon or cart, but what
he lacks in appearance he makes up in
acutal usefulness on the farm. *
WHAT THE POLITICIANS
ARE DOING AND SAYING
Atlanta will have the pleasure of hear
ing Hon. J. M. Terrell speak at an early
date. Mr. Terrell announced several days
ago that he was contemplating an address
in Atlanta as soon as he returned from
his south Georgia trip. Mr. Terrell has
hundreds of friends in Atlanta and Fultort
county who will be delighted to learn that
it is his intention to speak here, and that
he will have a tremendous audience goes
without saying. He is exceedingly popu
lar in Atlanta, where he has lived for the
past nine years, and is practically looked
on as as citizen of Atlanta, if he did ad
dress his letter of announcement and mail
the same in Greenville.
Guerry’s speech here Friday night has
set the capitol folk to talking. They are
angry about the charge he made that
was liquor in the offices of the capi
tol officials the day the depot bill passed,
and this morning many of them stated Mr.
Guerry did not know what he was talking
about when he made such a charge. They
admit, however, that the speech was a
strong one and contained many things for
them to think over.
When I wrote a short sketch of Mr.
Terrell, . six months ago, I did
not know the article would become a cam
paign document. Mr. Guerry read extracts
from the sketch Friday night and made
sarcastic references to certain portions of
It. Os course I do not object to his sar
casm or anything he might say about
what I wrote, but for fear his remarks
might without intention on his part con
vey an erroneous impression about the in
tentions of Mr, Terrell in the,matter, I
do not think it would be out of place for
me to say that I also wrote a sketch of
Mr. Guerry, and also one of Colonel Es
till, the sketches appearing at intervals
of one week. I might also add that Mr.
Terrell did not see the sketch I wrote
about him until it had appeared in print,
and furnished me no information for the
article. I can say the same about Mr;
Guerry and Colonel Estill. Mr. Guerry
knew that it was my intention to write
an article concerning him. but Colonel Es
till and Mr. Terrell did not.
Col. J. H. Estill was in Atlanta for a
short while last Thursday. He had just
returned from a trip through Forsyth
County and seemed greatly elated over
his prospects. Colonel Estill said he met
many people who promised him their sup
port. and he was growing more and more
confident every day. Colonel Estill was
enjoying the best of health, and said the
campaign seemed to be agreeing with him.
Colonel Estill seemed to disagree with
Mr. Guerry about carrying only two
counties. It Is the Intention of Colonel
Estill to be in DeKalb county next week.
He will spend several days at Decatur.
L. J. Kilburn, of Bibb, was in Atlanta
Sunday. He says he is going to make
the race for the legislature again and
that means that he will be elected. Mr.
Kilburn was one of the ablest members
of the last house, and made an admirable
record. The people In Bibb are anxious
for him to be a candidate again and Mr.
Kilburn has consented. It was not his
Intention to make the race this year but
he has acceded to the wishes of his
friends and will announce his candidacy
formally in the next tea days. Mr. Kil
burn's many friends will be pleased to
learn that he is to represent Bibb again
this year.
Since the announcement of Roland Ellis
that he would be a candidate for the leg
islature from Bibb county and for speaker
of the house, it is /eported that several
of the candidates for the speakership will
withdraw in his favor, and that the race
will narrow down to Walter Steed, New
ton Morris, Fondren Mitchell and Roland
Ellis. These four men would make the
liveliest sort of race, and if all four
should remain in to the finish, it will re
quire many ballots to settle the contest.
Mr. Ellis, who is the latest entry, is a
splendid presiding officer. He was presi
dent pro tem. of the senate at the last
session, and when he held the gavel in
President Howell's absence there were
many compliments paid him about the
grace and dignity with which he presided.
Mr. Ellis has served two years in the
house and two in the senate, and is well
acquainted with pariamentary rulings.
It Is reported that Martin V. Calvin, of
Richmond, will be in the race for the leg
islature this year. It is said that Mr. Cal
vin has told several of his friends that
he would make, the race this time. Mr.
Calvin is well known in Georgia and he
has many friends who wish him success,
and who hope to meet him in Atlanta next
fall.
Very few of the state officials have
made their formal announcements for re
election, but It is safe to say that they
will be forthcoming in a day or two. All
of them are anxious for re-election and
if any opposition should spring up they
would begin campaigning at once.
T. J. SIMMONS, JR.
SUGGESTIONS FROM I
OUR CORRESPONDENTS j
1 H 1 .rikikMJ
MRS. FITZ JOHN PORTER
THANKS THE JOURNAL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 17, 1902.
To the Editor of the Atlanta Journal:
Dear Sir—l read with great pleasure
your excellent editorial on the renewal of
the case of my late husband. General Fitz
John Porter. I wish to thank you most
heartily for your able article and ito ex
press my great gratification. Such noble
sentiments will have great weight in the
cause of justice, for which we are now
making an earnest fight. With renewed
thanks, believe me, with grateful sincer
ity, HARRIET P. PORTER.
THANKS THE JOURNAL
FOR ITS FAIRNESS
WARRENTON. Ga.. Feb. 19, 1902.
To the Editor of The Journal;
As a daily reader of The Journal and
supporter of Hon. Dupont Guerry, I thank
you for your kind notice of his appoint
ment to speak in Atlanta next Friday
night. There are not less than 10,000 daily
readers of The Journal who are support
ers of Mr. Guerry who would appreciate
fair treatment of Mr. Guerry by the press.
This is a contest for the Democratic nom
ination. Tho*e who are opposed to joint
debates for the sake of harmony in the
party ought with equal propriety be In fa
vor of fair treatment by the press for the
same purpose. N. C. EDWARDS.
REPLIES TO SAM JONES
ON PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION
To the Editor of The Journal:
In a late number of The Journal your
correspondent, Sam P. Jones, made a
characteristic attack jipon the public
schools of Georgia to which I ask space
in your paper to offer a short reply. He
persists in calling them “common” schools
—too very common to suit him. He seems
to have forgotten that they are called
by the statutes of Georgia public Schools.
Ho said one thing I will not take issue
with him about—"that he knew very lit
tle about the public schools.” 1 am quite
certain that this is true at least of the
country schools. My wife is a teacher and
has been for twenty-odd years. I call
the attention of Mr. Jones to the manner
of opening her school. It is opened by
reading a chapter in the Bible, followed
by the Lord's Prayer by the whole school.
Now, she is ready to go to work, not to
teach' boys to smoke cigarettes, play a
game of keeps, to shoot craps and "cuss,"
but to teach the different branches of
learning and to teach good morals. She
waq reading Mr. Jones’ article last night
and laughed and said she used the same
illustration that day in a lecture before
her school upon bad associates, except
that she used a rotten apple instead of a
rotien potato. Let me state a fact that
every little boy or girl who are of the age
of eight or ten years can read and write.
There will be no more signing by “his
mark,” except among the old ones who
had to educate themselves oy not at all.
The truth is that under modtem methods
the children can and do learn as fast
again and as much again as they did in
my day with the old blue back spellers.
One would conclude after reading the let
.ter of your correspondent that millions
of money was extorted from the taxpayers
to be thrown away Well for one I don't
believe it. I speak for the country schools
and suppose the schools in this neighbor
hood are an average with the public
schools over the state. And under the
supervision and management of Prof.
Glenn the public schools have progressed
as much as every reasonable man could
have expected. They have accomplished
a great work in educating the masses and
are deservedly popular with all classes,
both white and colored. *
E. G. RAIFORD.
Eulbeck, Ga.
WHAT TERRELL HAS DONEf
GOOD ADVICE TO FARMERS
To the Editor of The Journal:
I read a statement in a country weekly
today that is worth the consideration of
every farmer in Georgia. Mr. E. J. Ses
sions, of ©ronwood, Ga., Terrell county,
has sold 66 bushels of peas for SIOO. about
$1.57 per bushel. Dawson, county seat of
Terrell, has shipped, through her grocery
company, 1,850 bushels of peas, receiving
$1.35 per bushel. These peas, I believe,
are of the clay ana speckled variety and
make a very marketable and profitable
crop.
In this connection it might not be amiss
to say that Terrell, I note in the same pa
per, has $5,000 to lend.
Several shipments of fine porkers have
been made from Dawson within the past
few months, netting the shippers .hand
some profits. But another index to the
healthy financial condition of the county
and her citizens. Cotton “took another
spurt” this week, so the market reports
declare, but let it spurt. I pred.ct
that this is going to be a hard year from
a financial standpoint. The signs of the
times are indicative of as much now. The
price of cotton need not be of much con
cern to the farmer who raises hogs, grows
peas and makes his bread at home. In
this political year, while the mellifluous(?)
cant of the politician is heard on all sides
while the sun still smiles on our red old
hills and the grass grows green in the
meadows, let the farmers pay close atten
tion to their farms and plant marketable
crops.
Clay and speckled peas, ordinary Geor
gia hogs and fields of waving wheat and
yellow corn mean more to the farmers
than the so-called “high priced” cotton
and all the loud shouts of the politicians.
v. MONROE.
Monroe. Ga., Feb. 14, 1902.
commends the journal
FOR ITS FAIRNESS
To The Editor of The Journal:
I write to say that I am a dally sub
scriber to your paper and glad to scan its
pages every morning. I am also glad to
congratulate you for the nice way that
you speak of Guerry in the last issue of
your paper. It shows fairness, to say the
least of it, on your part, and as well as to
help Mr. Guerry. It will not hurt The
Journal in this section. A large majority
of the voters in Warren county don't
want either dispensary or barrooms, but
pYohlbition straight. With such treatment
as our courts have given blind tigers with
Judge Seaborn Reese on the bench, and
now with Judge H. M. Holden, we have
managed the blind tigers. I feel safe to
say that Warren county will come out all
right for Guerry at roll call, and if the
professed Christians of all denominations
will vote as they pray Guerry will be
governor to succeed Governor Candler,
and for myself I feel that now is the time
for all good people to assert every fair
means possible to elect Mr. Guerry, this
being the second time that we have had a
straight prohibitionist to vote for. J vo
ted for Seab Wright and now I am glad
of the privilege to vote for Mr. Guerry,
a prohibitionist. Respectfully.
P. M. HILL.
A WORD ABOUT
OUR COUNTRY SCHOOLS
To the Editor of The Journal:
Several throughout the state have ex
pressed through the columns of The Jour
nal their opinions in regard to our public
schools, especially our country schools.
We admit that they are not what it is
desirable they should be, and some are
poor indeed: but we have sufficient rea
sons for believing, and do believe, verily,
they are accomplishing a great good, are
approaching the ends for which they were
instituted, and for these reasons would
not harbor a thought of dispensing with
them, nor withdrawing from them the
public money expended for their support.
Any idea of abolishing them or even low-
ering their standard should not be enter
tained. because such a step would hurl us
back into barbarism. Still, there are some
extremists who protest that in some dis
trict, because of gross mismanagement,
the school is a failure, and for that reason
pronounce the entire system a failure and
clamor for its abolition or for something
wholly impracticable and undesirable.
We must not consider it altogether
from this view. We must take all the ad
vantages of the system and carefullv
weigh them, then study the evils, thetrt
extent and nature, and diligently seek
plans and methods by which the systems
can be cleared of these ertls. When dili
gently sought, thi methods will almost
invariably be discovered. If, when all this
is done, the bad results are found to out
weigh the good ones, then the system can
justly be abolished.
But most of the disapproval Os the pres
-1 ent system of schools has its origin in the
fact that our country schools are ineffi
cient. This inefficiency of our schools is
the result of three unfavorable conditions
connected with the system. First, the lack
of a true appreciation of the value and im
portance of an education, a disease so pre
valent among most of our parents. Sec
ond, Incompetent and unworthy teachers.
Third, lack of sufficient financial support.
Make these conditions what they should
be, and you make the schools what they
should be.
A fact which should not escape our no
tice is that our country spools are im
proving rapidly. The conditions are yearly
growing better. The parents are becoming
more interested, are lengthening the
school terms, are paying more for the
support of the school, are demanding bet
ter teachers and are getting them: the
standard of teachers is being raised, and
they are taking advantage of the oppor
tunities offered by our colleges and nor
mal schools.
During the last ten years a great Im
provement has been made tn our schools,
and a far greater improvement will be
made in the next ten.
So labor on. and the desired end will be
reached. Yours truly. A. H. MOON.
Nebo, Ga.
VIEWS OF POPULAR PREACHERS
NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH BIBLS
Editor Atlanta Journal.
' I desire to thank you for allowing the
publication in your issue of February 13th
of the letter from J. C. C. Carlton, under
the caption "Another View of Heaven as
Opposed to Dr. Monk’s.”
People who have made a life study ot the
Bible unfettered by prejudice or unawed
by ecclesiastical power see that the view*
of salvation x presented by learn
ed men do not accord with the Bible.
Not one minister in the popular churches
preaches from the text Ezekiel xiii 23, and
Very few from the 19th verse.
W. M. IVEB.
TAKES ISSUE WITH JOURNAL
ON THE OLEOMARGARINE BILL
PENFIELD, Ga., Feb. JO, 1902.
To the Editor of The Atlanta Journ&l:
In your editorials concerning the Tawn
ey oleomargarine bill it seems to me that
you are very partisan, ag well as one
sided in your opinions. You would create
the impression that the purpose of the bill
is to crush out the manufacture of the
product. This is not the object of the
bill at all, but simply to prevent it from
masquerading as creamery butter. It
does not prevent the individual, or the
private family, who desire to eat oleomar
garine from doing so, but only gives it to
them at a much lower price, at something
nearer its real value, but does prevent the
hotel man, or boarding house keeper from
buying !♦ at oleomargarine prices, and
charging it to their guests as Jersey but
ter prices. The uncolored article is just as
wholesome and palatable as the colored.
The difference is that in the one case you
know yop are eating oleomargerine, in the
other you think you are eating butter. If
a man counterfeits a silver dollar even
though he may put just as much silver
in it as the government puts, if caught he
is sent to the penitentiary for a term of
years. Why should it be less criminal to
counterfeit butter? In one case you rob
the government which is able to stand it.
in the other you rob the dairyman who is
hard pressed to live. You commend the
Georgia delegation in congress for oppos
ing the bill. My judgment is they did not
voice the sentiment of a majority of their
constituents when they did so. It is not
only the Georgia dairymen who favor the
bill, but you will find in my opinion, such
grocerymen as Kamper aqd Rogers
in the same line. I am willing to wager
hard earned money that a popular vote in
Georgia today, would sustain the bill. I
can write from an unbiased position, be
cause I have interests on both sides.
Three-fourths of my living comes from
cotton, and one-fourth from dairy prod
ucts, but I don't believe one iota about
the bill destroying the demand for cotton
oil or affecting the price of cotton seed.
The cotton oil mills do that whenever
they wish to. If this government don’t
do some legislation in the interest of the
agriculturist, the time will come when the
whole fabHc will crumble and decay.
Penfield, Ga. C. M. S.
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