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THE FARMERS’
NATIONAL CONGRESS
The coining annual session of the Farm
er*' national congress. United States ar
my, which will be convened in the city
of Macon. G*.. October 7-N, 19"2. is at
tracting enthusiastic and widespread in
terests tn all parts of the United States.
Those officer* and members who have
been longest Identified with the annual
session* and general work of the con
gress state that from the present outlook,
the coming convention will be the most
largely attended of any previous session
' held in the past history of the 28 years
existence of the association. This fact
presents a glowing tribute to the attrac
tiveness of Georgia in particular and the
south in general to the eastern, northern
and western agriculturist. One of the
first and most important essential*, tow
ard increasing the number of delegates
who will now attend the neat session was
the action of the Southeastern Passenger
association in promptly gran'lng a rate of
one fare for the round trip throughout
all point* covered by the territory of
that association east of the Mississippi
and south of the Ohio rivers. The other
passenger association* covering the bal
ance of the territory in the United State*
cannot now well afford to make any
higher rate than that already fixed by
the Southeastern Passenger association.
At th* close of the session of the con
gress at Sioux Falls. 8. D.. last October,
in diecussing the next place of meeting, it
was unanimously decided to hold the con
gress fop at some point tn the south,
preference being expressed for a typical
southern city, located in the heart of typ
ical southern agriculture. The action of
the executive committee of the congress,
which met at Chicago in February to
consider invitations from various cities
wanting th* congress, and Its unanimous
decision in favor of Macon, seem* to have
struck a responsive sentiment favorable
to that location in th* hearts and minds
of the delegates from all parts of the
country. ~ ‘
National and International.
The farmer* generally, and especially
those of the south, do not seem to fully
appreciate the scope and extent of the
- subjects discussed. nor the work perform
ed. *6y the delegate* attending these an
nual sessions of the congress. During my
attendance on the last session of the con
gress at Sioux Falls. I found but few men
there from the south, while eastern and
western states contributed large numbers
of delegates Southern agriculture occu
pies as important a position In national
and international affair* as that of any
other section of the Union, and we should
not fall to take advantage of these an
nual opportunities to advance and pro
mote our own Interests In connection with
those from other sections The Farmer*’
National congress exercises an immense
influence over national legislation on
. questions relating to agriculture. If
southern farmer* continue to remain In
different they win continue to find that
those section* of the country which make
the best effort will be favored by what
ever action congress can be induced to
take in their interests. The recent passage
of the oleomargarine bill is an evidence of
the influence of the northwestern dairy
men on the congress of the United States.
This bill outlaws one agricultural pro
duct to foster and protect another. It
taxes oleomargarine, a product of beef fat
and cotton seed oil. out of existence tn or
der to hold up the price* of dairy butter.
If congress can tax oleomargarine to pro
•tect the butter interests of the northwest,
ft can also place a tax on cotton seed oil
to protect the lard Industry of western
packing houses. It can also place a tax
on all cotton fibre woven into woolen
goods to foster and protect the woolen in
dustry of the worthwest. Sheep raisers
ar* already clamoring for such a law. and
the recent succesVof the dairymen of Wis
consin and otber butter states establishes
a precedent bf which the wool growers
will not be slow to take advantage
In all these matters the south is des
tined to be the chief sufferer If southern
farmers make no effort to protect their
own interests. These are questions which
come up for discussion in these annual
pensions of the Farmers' National Con
gress. where resolutions are passed and
strong committees appointed to go before
congress and urge legislation favorable
to those interests which the strongest ele
ment in the congress favor. These are
some of the gnod reasons why it is so
earnestly desired that we have a large
delegation in the coming session from all
States south of the Mason and Dixoh line.
Southern farmers seem to be in a state of
lethargy along these line*, while our
northern co-la borers are pushing their In
terests wiht great progress and success.
Ths Official Program.
Following Is the pregram »f the Farm-
—A REAL MAN——
* r *'w men ar* absolutely free from seme organic weakness. I want to
Ulk to *ver> man who feel* any indication of * loss of manly vigor, no
t matter how slight. You cannot afford to Ig
nore even th* first symptoms, for unlaes prop
erty treated pramatnrj decline and complete
loss of manhood will S’iroly, follow. Spots be
fore the eye*, dizziness, bashfulne**. weak
back, loss of memory, aversion to soclriy, etc.,
ar* symptoms which you cannot overlook.
These conditions can be promptly ovr«-come if
th* right treatment is given, but experiments
with fre* samples, ready-made medicines, etc.,
will only aggravate to nr trouble and make a
cure more difficult
Before jeopardising your futur* happiness
by experimenting with clap-trap remedies and
unscientific treatment. I want you to investi
gate fully my superior equipment for curing
DR HATHAWAY you ‘ 1 show to y° ur entire satisfac
tion why I can cure you, and explain why no
good results can be expected from the various nostrum* so widely adver
tised. I have cured completely some of th* worst case* on record. No
Bsattar of how long standing your cas* is. you can obtain from me the
best and most reliable treatment to be had.
My specialty Include* all other chronic diseases, such as stricture, vari
coceie. blood poison, bladder and urinary dtseasea. etc., which I treat in ths
latest scientific manner. Each cas* receives my personal attention. Con
sultation fre*. either at office or by mail. Bend for complete symptom
blanks, mailed fre* in plain envelope. Correspondence confidential.
/J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D..
33 Inman Building. 22 South Broad Street. Atlanta. Ga.
ers’ National Congress, 1902:
I. Interoceanic canal.
• 1 National irrigation.
3. Reciprocity—How may It'affect agri
cultural interests?
4. Effect of present insular possessions
on the agriculture of the United States.
5. Preservation of forest and fruit trees
and reforestation.
6. Injurious insects, insect pests and
fungi.
". What part of a man's farm does he
sell when he sells the crop?
8. Postal reforms particularly affecting
the farmer.
9. Mutual relations of northern and
southern farmers.
10. Dairy interests of the United States
as related to the markets of the world.
11. Farm products other than dairy pro
ducts in the markets of the world.
12. The labor problem from the farmers’
standpoint.
IS. How can we best build up our mer
chant marine.
These subjects will be handled by lead
ing agriculturists and other speakers of
national reputation who are thoroughly
familiar with the topics they are invited
to discuss. The first subject on the pro
gram. ‘‘lnteroceanic Canal,’* was tendered
to Georgia, and Hon. Hoke Smith, of At
lanta, has been invited to deliver the ad
dress and the Invitation accepted. The
other subjects on the program will go to
prominent speakers from other states.
Ex-Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, with
whom many Georgians are already pleas
antly acquainted, will deliver the address
on “Dairy Interests of the United States
as Related to the Markets of the World.”
The names of all the speakers will be
given in this paper as soon as they have
been finally determined upon by the com
mittee of the congress having that mat
ter in hand. The delegates to the conven
tion will be welcomed on the part of the
city of Macon by Hon. George A. Smith,
president of the chamber of commerce,
and on the part of the state by Governor
A. D. Candler. The Macon chamber of
commerce is now raising $1.500 to secure
a splendid agricultural display of the re
sources of Georgia to present to the in
spection of the visiting delegates and
which will be set up under a large tent
erected just in front of tne Academy of
Music, where the congress will be held.
In addition to this, the chamber of com
merce of Macon has appointed a commit
tee on “entertainment,” and that com
mittee now expects to get up a tremen
dous barbecue and ’possum dinner as an
innovation to the palates of our eastern
and western dellgates, many of whom
have doubtless read about, but have
never experienced the delights of an old
time Georgia barbecue. There will be
other entertainments which will be
equally interesting and so arranged as
not to interfere with the regular order of
the business of the session. Old-fashion
ed southern hospitality will be the extent
of the welcome given the delegates by the
people of Macon, which means all that
need or can be said in favor of royal en
tertainment.
Appointment of Delegate*.
The Farmers’ National congress is made
up of delegates and associate delegates
appointed by the governors of the differ
ent states. Each state is entitled to one
regular delegate from each congressional
district and two from the state at large,
or as many regular delegates as each
state has representatives in both houses
of congress. This will give to Georgia 13
regular delegates. In addition to these
we are entitled to as many associate dele
gates as desire to serve. These associate
delegates are usually chosen from the
officers or members of the different state
and county agricultural societies. Dele
gates wishing to be appointed from a
county not identified with any agricultu
ral society, could be chosen as associate
delegates of the congressional district in
which they reside, or as associate dele
gates from the state at large. Georgia
should furnish at least 600 regular and
associate delegatee and the other southern
states should furnish correspondingly
large numbers. The state of Illinois,
through her governor, has already ap
pointed about 300 delegates, and the other
states in the northwest report good prog
ress on that line. As the first vice presi
dent of the congress and aside from my
duties on th? transportation committee, I
will also have charge of securing dele
gates from all the southern states, and
will soon assume active charge of the
matter. I am anxious to have from 8 to
M good farmers appointed from each coun
ty in this state, and trust that every reg
ular and associate delegate appointed will
attend the four days’ session at the con
gress and take active interest in its pro
ceedings, if not all, at least a part of
the time. The matter of appointing dele
gates In the other southern states will
also be taken up. and placed in the hands
of the different governors and the heads
of the different agricultural societies. I
am now preparing a list of the different
agricultural societies in this state, and
when completed it will be placed in
Governor Candler's hands for his guid
ance in making the appointments. Farm
ers in the different counties who wish to
attend as regular or associate delegates
should, state whether they desire to be
appointed from congressional districts,
the state at large, or whatever agricultu
ral society they are identified with.
We have a large number of counties
| which have societies identified with the
j State Agricultural society, from which as
sociate delegates could be appointed. This
is also true of the Georgia Coton Growers'
Protective association. Farmers’ instlutes
and others. The officers and members of
State Agricultural society. Horticultural
society. Dairymen’s association. Fruit
Growers’ association. Cotton Growers’ as
sociation and others are entitled to receive
appointments by the.governor as associate
delegates to the congress. No person at
tending the congress can be recognized
during the proceedings unless his c reden -
dentials bear tM? seal and signature of
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902.
the chief executive of his state.
Delegates in this state desiring appoint
ment can write direct to me, giving the
name of the society or association from
which they desire appointment as asso
ciate delegate, and I will forward same to
the governor, or they can write direct to
the governor making request as above
outlined. Farmers in the other states can
communicate directly with their chief
executive. The railroad rate of one fare
for the round trip and reduced hotel
rates at Macon, which have already been
secured, place the question of expense
down to a minimum cost. The session o*
the congress will be deeply intersting for
the four days stated, and from 1,500 to 2,000
del‘gates ought to be the smallest num
ber present any day.
HARVIE JORDAN.
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<• on subjects relating to the farm, ♦
♦ field, garden and poultry to the ♦
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<• Agricultural Editor, Monticello, Ga. ♦
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INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
W. H. T.. Inglewood. Ga.:
I take the Semi-Weekly Journal and
have for years. Please answer the fol
lowing in Journal. I have a horse that
eats dirt or clay. Give remedy if any.
Have a mule with a wart just below the
fore shoulder. Wart nearly flat and of a
purple color.
Answer—Eating dirt or clay is simply
a bad habit, and the best way to break
it up is to keep the horse haltered in his
stall or checked up while working. Place
a piece of rock salt tn his trough, and if
possible give him a small ration daily of
green rye, barley or wheat. He will soon
overcome the habit. IT the wart on the
mule is large and troublesome it ought to
be removed and the wound* cauterized.
The operation ought to be performed by
some person familiar with surgery or a
good veterinary surgeon.
A. L. W„ Cairo, Ga.:
I have a mare that was shipped here
from the west the first of last year and I
made my crop of that year with her. She
brought a colt in May of last year, since
which event she has not been thrifty. She
did not eat the covering of the colt,*does
that have anything to do with her condi
tion now. We have worked her all the
year until two weeks ago. She gives out
plowing, only lasting a part of the day.
She gets slower until she stops, seemingly
without being worried. She sweats free
ly. Please explain trouble and give rem
edy In next issue of the Semi-Weekly
Journal.
Answer—lt is difficult to prescribe a
remedy without a fuller knowledge of the
troubles originating immediately after the
birth of the colt a year ago, as you say
she has not been thrifty since that time.
Possibly you began working the mare too
soon and Injured her health and strength.
I should think thorough rest from work
ing for six months, feeding on sound oats
and allowing the mare to run in a good
pasture would be more beneficial than
medicines.
Possibly some good tonic, such as has
been several times recommended In this
department for horses, would also be ben
eficial. Without knowing what particular
part of her system is affected I should
judge from the description given that she
needs rest.
EXCHANGES.
Farmers* National Congress.
The Country Gentleman (N. Y.)
It is quite probable that farmers gener
ally do hot fully realize the scope and ex
tent of the Farmers' National Congress,
as otherwise they would take a much
deeper Interest in it. The topics discussed
are more particularly those of a national
or international character, quite different
from what is generally on the program at
farmers’ institutes. The following is a
copy of the program for the 1902 meeting:
1. Interoceanic canal; 2. National irri
gation; 3. Reciprocity—how may It affect
agricultural interests? 4. Effect of present
insular possessions on the agriculture of
the United States; 5. Preservation of for
est and fruit trees and reforestation; 6. In
jurious Insects, insect pests and fungi; 7.
What p*rt of a man’s farm does he sell
when he sells the crop? 8. Postal re
forms particularly affecting th* farmer;
9. Mutual relations of northern and south
ern farmers; 10. Dairy interests of the
United States as related to the markets
of the world; 11. Farm products other
than dairy products in the markets of
the world; 12. The labor problem from
the farmer’s standpoint; 13. HoW can we
best build up our merchant marine?
The Farmers’ National Congress is made
up of delegates and associate delegates
appointed by the governors of each state.
Every governor appoints as many dele
gates as the state has representatives in
both houses of congress, and as many
associate delegates as he chooses.
The meeting will be held at Macon. Ga.,
Oct. 7-10, and the people of that city will
give a hearty welcome to all who attend.
The Southeastern Passenger Association
has granted a rate of one fare for round
trip; and there is a fair indication that
the other passenger associations will make
better than an excursion rate.
The men who will be Invited to take part
in the program will be the choicest that
can be selected, aqd each one will be an
acknowledged leader in his line. Isn't it
about time the farmers took a practical
hand in helping to solve the problems that
pertain to their own affairs?
We hope to have at least 1.000 delegates,
associate delegates and visitors.
John M. Stahl, 4328 Langley Ave., Chic
ago, is secretary, and will gladly answei
any correspondence for the Congress.
J. H. REYNOLDS, Treasurer.
Anniversary of the Death
of Stonewall Jackson,
To the Editor of The Journal:-
This day. May 10, recalls the death and
the wonderful life of Stonewall Jackson.
It is the thirty-ninth anniversary of the
mournful event which shocked the vic
torious army of Lee more than the loss
of a battle. From the latter there was a
possible recovery, but the loss of Jackson
was Irretrievable. It was my good for
tune to serve under him; to feel all those
Inspirations produced by his presence that
his other soldiers felt; to enjoy that ab
solute confidence in him which made
obedience, even at the risk of life, a joy;
to draw into my own life his pure, patri
otic spirit, and to hold it as my highest
desire to be like him. I served with him
to the hour of his death and from my
camp I looked upon the house where he
was dying. Sometime later his old divis
ion was under my command and I had the
happiness and the sorrow of going with it
into its last battle at Appomattox.
Impressions made by a hero like Stone
wall Jackson make men of manly mould
not merely martial in their patriotism, but
heroic in civic and domestic virtues as
well. His is a life for fireside instruction
without fear of arousing desire for mili
tary glory alone. It has its place in the
school where the best instruction in no
bleness of character is given by illus
trious example. His whole life is a study
worthy of the young rnfen of the whole
country, and his biography should be kept
and read in every home in our land. He
belongs, it is true, first to the south, but
next to America, and then to all the
world. CLEMENT A. EVANS.
So It's all a mistake about President
Roosevelt having opposed any bestowal
of the Legion of Honor upon Admiral
Dewey and General Miles. We had an
idea the president would discover the mis
take as soon as he had time to hear from
it- i
THE JOURNAL’S “JOINT DEBATE,” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
Mr. Guerry and his partners prosecuted
a write of error to the supreme court of
Georgia complaining of this ruling. Upon
thet hearing of this case, which is reported
in Vol. 98 of the Georgia Reports, page 301,
the act In question was, contrary to the
contention of Mr. Guerry and his associ
ates, upheld as being a juat exercise of
the legislative power, and as being not a
confiscation of the property of the corpor
ation.
What more salutary or just principle of
taxation could be applied than the one de
vised by the act of 1890? The legislature
was attempting to equalize the burdens
of taxation—to make the railroad com
panies pay for the protection it received
at the hands of the various towns and
cities in Georgia through which it passed,
and yet when the legislature undertakes
to exercise its sovereign power of taxa
tion in the interest of the people we find
Mr. Guerry in the forefront of the battle
denouncing the legislation in question as
a piece of legislative despotism of the
most iniquitious character, and as a de
liberate attempt to confiscate the prop
erty of the railroad corporations.
The use of the language above quoted
was in no wise necessary In making the
constitutional question raised by the bill
‘"’of exceptions. Indeed it was wholly
gratuitous, but this circumstance show*
the utter Inability of this great apostle
tax reform to refrain from expressing his
personal sentiments of disapproval of the
attempt of the legislature to tax his client,
the Georgia Southern and Florida Rail
road company.
Times change and men change with
them. Mr. Guerry is no longer of counsel
for the Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road company. Can It be possible that his
new-born zeal In the interest of the pub
lic has been Influenced by that consider
ation? Can it be possible that a change
of relation has wrought a change of
heart?
When he wrote as above quoted he was
running for no public office; was not
speaking under the feverish excitement
of a political campaign; it was the pro
duct of deliberate and sober thought; the
phrase quoted was doubtless conned over
and over again with critical care—lt must
have represented his true sentiments; he
was speaking for the client which lay
closest to his heart—his best beloved, the
Georgia Southerr and Florida Railroad
company. Even as the patriarch of old,
he was admonishing those to whom he
w\s about to commit Its cause, to see to
it that whatever else might happen, that
no harm come to the child Benjamin.
Even his best friend cannot but believe
that he ehen expressed his true senti
ments, for otherwise they must be forced
to Impute to him the expression of a sen
timent foreign to his convictions for the
sole purpose of striking down the sover
eign power of the general assembly in
the one supreme servile effort to save th*
money of his master at the expense of th*
people of Georgia, The people of this
state will not excuse the unrighteous as
sault made! upon their representatives by
Mr. Guerry, nor will they overlook his
sudden change of sentiment possibly su
perinduced by the severance of his pecu
niary and professional connection with
the corporation which he now denounces.-
In addition to the above and foregoing
It will be remembered that at March
term, 1892, the supreme court of Georgia
in the case of the Columbus Southern
Railway company vs. Wright, comptroller
general (89 Ga. 574) sustained the consti
tutionality of an act of the general assem
bly, approved October 16th, 1889 (Acts
1888, p. 29), known as the “Glenn bill,” the
purpose of which was to require railroad
companies to pay taxes to the several
counties of this state. This case was car
ried by the railroad companies to the su
preme court of the United States, which
court affirmed the judgment of the court
of Georgia, and this established the prin
ciple that railroad eonrpanles were liable
to local taxation. See 151 U. S. p. 470, and
In which case Hon. Clifford Anderson,
and J. M. Terrell, attorney general, rep
resented the comptroller general of Geor
gia. After the decision in this case th*
question was no longer an open question,
but notwithstanding this fact we find
Mr. Guerry in the case subsequently re
ported and first above referred to (98 Ga.
p. 301) again bringing this question before
the courts for his best beloved, the Geor
gia Southern and Florida, and we see
the loving fatherly, protecting hand again
endeavoring to shield and protect the
“child Benjamin.”
Very respectfully,
J. R. TERRELL.
“GREAT PREACHER BUT
POOR POLITICIAN”
To the Editor of The Journal:
It strikes me that the Rev. Sam Jones
is one of the greatest preachers of the
gospel, and the poorest preacher of poli
tics. In Georgia. He sloshes about like a
blind pup in a meat house and thinks his
funny gags are vote-making magnets
for Guerry. Certainly the friends of Ter
rell have no reason to object to Rev.
Sam’s antics. ’ He makes a very fit rag
tall to Guerry's tissue-paper campaign
kite.
Sam thinks that Terrell did an awfully
reprehensible job of mud-eplashing tn his
Forsyth speech, but as Sam Is used to
saying “it's the hit dog that hollers," and
the “hollers” that Guerry and his crowd
are putting up over that speech indi
cates that Joe threw something harder
than mud. and every missile hit a short
rib!
It cannot be forgotten that both Guerry
and Uncle Sam have been trespassing up
and down the state for months, with their
coat-tails trailing the ground and beg;
ging somebody "just to tread on them!’
They have lampooned, blackguarded and
abused Mr. Terrell until he felt It proper
at Forsyth to give them a few swift
punches on their jaws,-.just to show that
he is able to give blows as well as to
suffer them In genteel silence.
Os course, in the Guerry-Jones philoso
phy it is not abuse and mud-slinging for
them to denounce Mr. Terrell as the can
didate of a corrupt political ring, as the
man “Friday” of' the combined liquor in
terests of the state, as the gap-boy for
rapacious corporations that are ram
paging In and robbing the standing corn
of the people, as the defender of tax
dodgers, and as an officer demanding and
receiving illegal fees from the state! Oh,
no; those are decent, legitimate cam
paign “facts” In the mouths of the Guerry
crowd, notwithstanding they are known
by the reputable people of the state to be
false In every detail and the Guerry peo
ple, Including Mr. Guerry himself, have
been vainly challenged to the proof of a
single item In their gchedule of misrep
resentation! They know that their char
ges are absolutely false and Indefensible.
If Mr. Guerry Is the clean and just man
that he claims to be. he will cease to
battlewhang In glittering generalities
and come down to the specifications, giv
ing names, dates, places and persons. He
Is lawyer enough to know how witnesses
must be properly contradicted —or offend
ers indicted, but while he is long on alle
gata he Is wofully short on his probata.
And what does Sam Janes know to
the detriment of Mr. Terrell? Nothing
that he dares to definitely specify. He
simply uses his favorite pulpit device of
getting up and howling at the congrega
tion. lampooning and blackguarding them,
feeling safe in the decorum that pre
vents them from replying to him in kind.
But when somebody does hit him, heav
ens! how he squeals!
Surely the people of Georgia are not to
be taken in by all this gammon and guff!
It is the tom-tom beating of men who are
hungry for office, or simply trying “to
rats* “H—l In Georgia" for the fun of the
thing! But men so reckless and so will
ing to demean others for personal ends
are hardly the safest men to be entrus
ted with the serious and solid affairs of
state. Guerry Is the man of “fuss and
feathers” and Terrell the man of sense
and patriotism In this contest.
Respectfully.
J. D. KILPATRICK.
Decatur, Ga.
FORMER ANTI-PROHIBITIONIST
FOR GUERRY AND PROHIBITON
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga., May 6.
Editor Journal:
After you invited a joint discussion of
the issues involved in the present cam
paign for the governorship, I decided to
write a logical and dignified communica
tion, indorsing the principles Imbodied in
Hon. DuPont Guerry’s platform. I did not
intend to refer to Mr. Terrell at all. ex
cept to mention the fact that he was so
far above the average citizen of Georgia
that we could not reach him by any of our
arguments. I notice, however, that Mr.
Terrell has come down off of that high
lofty plane of campaigning on which he
started. He lit in Forsyth (strange to
say), on or about the spot where the
Potts telegram was delivered. He ahd got
ten so high above Mr. Guerry and his sup
porters and the people that I decided
(figuratively) that he was sailing through
the air in one of Dumont's airships, and
that communication with his headquarters
was maintained by wireless telegraphy.
His principal manager must have wired
him that Mr. Guerry Is about to carry
the state, as Mr. Terrell came down very
suddenly and swiftly to the earth. As
soon as he landed he rushed forth with
his armor on, his political pistols in hand,
or rapid fire gattling gun and began the
most terrible fusillade on Mr. Guerry at
long range that has been heard in Geor
gia for many years. The high plane cam
paign has gone up in air. Was any man
ever so bethumped with words before, by
another who had pitched his campaign on
such a high plain?
I am for Mr. Guerry's election because
the principles he advocates now are right
and I want to see them enacted Into law.
It is not a question with me what he or
anybody else has advocated in the past,
but what do they advocate now?
One of his strongest planks, in my judg
ment, Is the total prohibition of the sale
and manufacture of intoxicating liquors
in this state ajid the closing up forever
of every barroom in the state. I once
spoke and voted against prohibition, but
I ha ve changed my mind on that question.
I have been so thoroughly convinced by
actual results that my position then was
wrong that I have gone further in my
fight on the liquor traffic than many good
men who were for prohibition when I was
against it. I am now opposed to a dispen
sary and have been for years, when one
has been proposed for our town. A dis
pensary, however, is better than a bar
room and if I lived where barrooms were
permitted. I would be willing to exchange
them for a dispensary, but not otherwise.
The position of Mr. Terrell on the ques
tion of lodal option and absolute prohibi
tion reminds me of a story that is told
of a negro, his master and a rattle snake.
A large rattler crawled into the master’s
lot and the master took a hoe and chop
ped his tale off. with the rattles. Soon af
ter this the negro went into the lot and
the snake bit him, whereupon he set up
an unearthly yell. The master hastened
to thes pot and asked the negro what he
was yelling about. The negro replied that
he had been bitten by the snake. The
master said, Why, Sambo, I cut that
snake’s head off awhile ago. The negro
then said: “Well, boss, if you did you
cut it off at the wrong end.”
The local optionist have helped to cut
the tale off of the old whisky rattlers, but
their heads are still biting and poisoning
the men, women and children of this
state. \
We want to cut their heads off now at
the other end and kill the old monsters
forever.
These old snakes He in some counties
and stretch their venomous heads into all
the other counties round about, biting
and poisoning the people. These local op
tlonista ought to know that there are cer
tain places in Georgia where the good
people are not able to drive the barrooms
out without help from the outside on ac
count of the irresponsible voting popula
tlon in the borders of such localities. The
liquor element supports the local option
ist because they know that the traffic
has nothing to fear now from men who
hold to that policy.
And they know that the policy of local
option now means the stoppage of the
further progress of the prohibitive move
ment and it gives them a longer lease on
the privilege of debauching the people.
What eay the fathers and mothers, sons
and daughters of Georgia? Shall this priv
ilege be extended or shall it be stamped
out now? . ,
As for myself, I am one to the people,
that if my vote can aid the
barrooms and thereby save one blind man
from being stabbed in the back, and one
66 years old woman from the rapist and
murderer who were drunk, it sha.. be cast
that way. I will have something further tt
say about the other planks in Mr. Guer
ry’s platform. Very *
SAYS ESTILL IS BETTER
tyAN THAN THE OTHERS
ATLANTA, GA., May 9. 1902.
To the Editor of the Journal:
As the joint debate in the columns of the
Journal is open to all who desire to engage
in it. please allow me to say a few words
In behalf of one of the candidates for gov
ernor. ,
The debate is growing in interest as it
progresses, and many of the disputants
are making some very interesting charges
against two of the candidates—Mr. Guerry
and Mr. Terrell—which, if true, ought to
disqualify both for the high position to
which they aspire. Besides that, both Mr.
Guerry and Mr. Terrell say each other is
unfit to be governor of Georgia, and if
they are as truthful as their friends say
they are. then the people of this state
ought to take them at their word and elect
a man who is fit to be governor—one Hon.
J. H. Estill, of Chatham county.
All who profess to know anything of
Col. Estill say he is a man of strong
character, and well-qualified to be our
governor, as he has held many responsi
ble positions in life and has shown rare
business ability and conservatism; and if
he Is not elected. South Georgia ought to
shut her mouth about the governorship,
and "go ’way back and sit down.”
While the supporters of Mr. Guerry and
Mr. Terrell claim that their respective
candidate would make a great governor.
I think Mr. Guerry is several laps ahead
of Mr. Terrell; because one of the former’s
friends, recognizing the eternal fitness of
things, has named a mule for Mr. Guerry!
No doubt that mule Is a “kicker” x from
‘way back, and knows how to “bray.”
And if every voter who plows a mule
named “Jerry” is for Mr. Guerry. the
Joes and Johns won’t be in it much!
But, seriously, why is it that these gen
tlemen and their supporters are not sling
ing mud at Col. Estill? Is it because they
may think him an unimportant factor?
Or, is it because they know nothing in his
public or private life ro criticise? Per
haps it is because Mr. Terrell and Mr.
Guerry have pitched their campaign on
such a high plane that they don't see Col.
Estill “down on the earth,” walking
around on a plane among the voters—and
avoiding the mud-holes! But some fellows
will soar high in the political atmosphere,
without ever thinking that they must
come down again; and if both of these
“sky-scrapers” should fall, June 5,
wouldn't it jar you!!
S. F. STRICKLAND.
From Hot to Cold.
Dysentery is prevalent everywhere in sum
mer and is due to miasmatic poisons and
begins abruptly with Inflammation of the mu
cous lining of the large bowel. In America the
disease is common, but proper!}- treated does
not result as seriously as in the tropics. Perry
Davis' Painkiller is the best known remedy
and the most efficacious in the treatment of
dysentery.
It is a foregone conclusion that should
this desire among Macon politicians to
compare “jag” records become general
there would be some world's record*
broken.
SAYS JUDGE ANDERSON
DREW “EXTRA FEES”
GRIFFIN. GA., May 12, 1902.
To the Editor of The Journal:
I notice in your issue of the 7th Instant,
a card from Mr. J. H. Johnson, of this
city, in which he refers to three or more
fees that Mr. J. M. Terrell received from
the state while attorney general for extra
services.
Mr. Johnson says in connection with
these charges that if Mr. Guerry had been
governor at the time, these fees would
have never been allowed, claiming that
they were received and allowed in viola
tion of the law.
Whether Mr. Guerry or any other Indi
vidual would endorse such warrants in the
event of his being governor, is specula
tive, and does not concern the merits of
the discussion. The people are onlj< in
terested in knowing what the practice has
been, and whether the custom is based
upon proper legal authority.
As a matter of fact, the question of law
in such cases, was referred to Judge Lo
gan E. Bleckley long before Mr. Terrell’s
term as attorney general, and in an opin
ion signed by Logan E. Bleckley, and con
curred in by James Jackson, who at that
time was chief justice of the supreme
court of Georgia, these warrants of which
Mr. Johnson writes were allowed to Col.
Clifford Anderson, who held the office of
attorney general for the term immediately
preceding that of Mr. Terrell, and which
of course was since the adoption of the
Constitution of 1877.
We take the liberty of quoting for the
information of Mr. Johnson and those who
may be interested td inquire in regard to
this matter, the opinion above referred to.
It is as follows:
“Being consulted by the Hon. Clifford
Anderson, attorney general of Georgia,
on the question of his right to charge
fees as counsel for services rendered, in
the Supreme Court of the United States
in behalf of the State of Georgia in the
argument of cases in that court to which
the state is a party, I have investigated
the subject, and my opinion is as follows:
"First—The general rule is that no civil
officer is charged with any duty which is
to bte performed beyond the limits of the
state. Indeed, the power to act officially
Is limited ordinarily to the territory over
which the laws of the state operate.
Granting that official services at a place
beyond the jurisdiction of the state could
be required, the requirement would have
to be made in express terms by the Con
stitution, or by some statute.
"Second—No such express requirements
has been made of the attorney general of
Georgia. The phrase ‘any court,’ in the
constitutional provision touching that of
ficer, means any court of this state. The
same phrase is found in numerous sections
of the Qode, among them sections 3447,
3496, 3594, 3673, 3828 and 3841, and wherever
used it is an abbreviated form of expres
sion for any court of this state. This de
strlcted construction corresponds in spirit
with what the supreme court ruled on
such expressions as ‘any creditor,’ 3 Ga.
172-73, ‘all cases,’ 15 Ga. 518, and ‘a phy
sician.’ 17 Ga. 595. This last decision, es
pecially, together with what is said by
the court in the body of the opinion, I
consider very much in point.
"Third—For the foregoing reasons. I
think the attorney general of Georgia is
not bound to attend the Supreme Court of
the United States officially, and that if the
governor employs him to do so, the em
ployment is governed by the contract, just
as it would be if an attorney at law not
holding any office were employed by the
executive to represent the state as coun
sel In the Supreme Court of the United
States.”
“(Signed) L. E. BLECKLEY.
“Atlanta. February 24, 1882.”
‘"I concur fully in the above opinion,
February 25. 1882.
"(Signed) JAMES JACKSON.”
Reference to the record will show to
Mr. Johnson that the following warrants
have been issued for special services of
the nature complained of by him to Col.
Clifford Anderson, and it will hardly be
assumed that this faithful and honored
official or the distinguished governors Col
quitt. Stephens, McDaniel, Gordon and
Northen. who endorsed the warrants,
robbed the state. I quote from the record:
"Fees and expenses paid attorney gen
erals for services rendered in the United
States Supreme court, or outside of state,
since 1882.
“Clifford Anderson. SBOO.OO. March 10,
1882. Retainer in three cases in United
States Supreme court.
“Clifford Anderson, $300.00. January 12.
.1883. States vs. A. & G. R. R.
“Clifford Anderson, $1,000.00. December
10. 1884. Part fee Cunningham vs. M. & B.
R. R.
“Clifford Anderson, $1,000.00. December
18. 1885. Part fee Cunningham vs. M. & B.
R. R.
"Clifford Anderson, $300.00. December 22,
1883. State vs. A. & G. R. R.
“CHfford Anderson, $125.00. April 8, 1887.
Traveling expenses to New York and New
Orleans.
“Clifford Anderson. $250.00. March 10,
1888. Part fee Cunningham case.
“Clifford Anderson, $230.00. October 2,
1888. Balance fee Cunningham case.
“Clifford Anderson. $600.00. October 2,
1888. Part fee Ga R>. R, vs. Railroad
Commission. '
’ “CHfford Anderson, $1,000.00. January 8.
1890. Part fee Ga. R. R. vs. Railroad
Commission.
“Clifford Anderson. SBOO.OO. February 2.
1891. Part fee Ga. R. R- vs Railroad
Commission.
“Clifford Anderson, $350.00. February 2,
1891. Singer Mfg. Co. vs. Wright.
“J. M. Terrell. $400.00. March 22. 1893.
Fee and expenses Lascelles alias Beres
ford.
“J. M. Terrell. $425.00. February 1. 1894.
Fee and expenses Railroad Tax case.”
This statement brings the record up to
1894, and wtille there have been some small
gums allowed for similar services sine*
that date, to the attorney general, bring
ing the aggregate up to $1,727, as charged
by Mr. Johnson, the principle involved is
in no wise affected by that result.
Thus it will be seen that Attorney Gen
eral Anderson received far in excess of >
Mr. Terrell in fees on special cases, and
these were indorsed by the distinguished
gentlemen who rendered and concurred in
the opinion above stated, and the govern
ors above named, as being in all respect*
regular and Authorized by law. Following
this precedent, the propriety of which can
not be questioned, Governors Atkinson
<nd Candler have given their indorse
ments to these small warrants paid to Mr.
Terrell for similar services during his
term as attorney general.
Is It true that such men as Governors
Colquitt, Stephens, McDaniel. Gordon.
Northen, Atkinson and Candler, and
Comptroller Wm. A. Wright, and Treas
urer Bob Hardeman, have winked at a
conspiracy to raid the treasury on the
part of the attorney generals of the state,
and that the great and incorruptible men
who rendered the opinioii in question, and
CHfford Anderson, the man of stainless
character both public and private, who
received the money in pursuance thereof,
were parties to such an infamy?
And yet. when Mr. Guerry and his sat
ellites charge upon Mr. Terrell improper
motives in respect of this matter, they
charge upon CHfford Anderson the receipt
of money of which, under the forms of
law, the public treasury was robbed, and
no man living or dead was ever before
said of him, or can ever hereafter say
truthfully of him, that his hand was ever
stained by the touch of an unclean penny.
When they say that the payment of this
money was done without the authority of
law, they set up the opinion of Mr. John
son, who is confessedly unfamiliar with
the plainest principles of the law. against
the solemn judgment of Logen E. Bleckley
and James Jackson who confessedly for
more than half a century have stood in
the front rank of the legal profession, who
are numbered among the greatest of
Georgia's chief justices, and who in point .
of personal character stand pre-eminent |
«mong the greatest and purest men who. 1
during that long time have been connected
with the administration of the public af
fairs.
It seems to be the disposition of Mr.
Guerry and his supporters, to detect cor
ruption and evil design in everything and
everybody but themselves. If Mr. Guerry
is the only man in Georgia who can pro
tect our treasury and our honor, then in
deed have our affairs become deplorable.
Surely there should be enough falrnes*
among these political pharisees to save
the reputations of our honored official,
dead, whatever savage greed may lead
them to say of the distinguished living.
I feel sure that Mr. Johnson has no pur
pose to treat Mr. Terrell unfairly, and if
he will call upon me I will show him the
record from which the foregoing infornuu
tiqn has been gathered.
Very truly. r
MARCUS W, BECK.
TAPP POINTEDLY REVIEWS
i TERRELL’S PROHIBITION RECORD 4
To the Editor of The Journal:
As it seems impossible to ascertain
where Mr. Terrell stands on the whisky
question, and as he claims to be a local
optionist, but says with the same breatn
that he is willing to sign a state prohibi
tion bill; perhaps a little information as
to his previous history on the whisky
question may be of interest. He seem* to
appeal to the legislative journals for hi*
history on the whisky question, and,
therefore, we have gone to those journal*,
and examined his record. We refer to sen
ate journal of 1901, pages 76, 77 and 78 when
the senate had under consideration th*
passage of the bill to prohibit the sale of
whisky within three miles of any public
school or church in Georgia, with the ex- t
ception, of course, of incorporated towns
and cities. The object of this bill being;
to protect the country schools and church-*
es from the molestation and damaging
influence of the unholy liquor traffic. Th*
bill had passed the house and had been
recommended favorably by the committee
on .temperance in the senate and cam* on
for its third reading, and on the question ,
of its passage as a law. Mr. Terrell was
then a member of the senate and intro
duced the following amendment: "Provid
ed that this act shall not go into effect
until the grand jury of the county In
which the church or school house to be
affected is located shall have approved
same upon written application of the au
thorities of such church or the trustee*
of such schools, as may b*.“ The object
of said amendment, being, of course, to
kill the virtue and effect of the lawi Ba
it said to the honor of the Georgia senate
that the amendment was lost, and th*
vote was then had on the passage of th*
bill. Senator Vincent called for the aye*
and nays, which were recorded. Ther*
were 31 votes for the passage of the biH
and 8 against its passage and it became *
law. The Hon. Joseph M. Terrell was one
of the 8 voting against the passage of
the bill. Here we have Mr. Terrell’s offi
cial record in the legislative journals of
the state voting against the relief of the
churches and schools of our country dis
tricts from the whisky traffic. In other,
words, we have him on record favoring
the letting of whisky traffic invade th*
territory of the country churches and
school houses, where the children of the
commonwealth are to be educated and
reared for citizenship, and we challeng*
him to deny his vote on this question.
From any standpoint that you view Mr.
Terrell's position on the liquor traffic in
this race it is unstable and inconsistent.
If local option is right, why did he not
put it in his platform and advocate it and
oppose state prohibition? If state prohi
bition is right, why did he not put it in
his platform and advocate it over Geor
gia? If the state,' as a state, should be
turned over to the whisky traffic why did
he not put it in his platform and advocate
it in his campaign? In other words, why
does he straddle these Issues.
We notice In yesterday’s Journal th*
Rev. Mr. Blalock. Mr. Terrell's former
pastor, writes a polite card as to Mr. Ter
rell's character; personally, nobody ha*
attacked Mr. Terrell's character, but our
contention is that he is not taking any
affirmative stand on these questions, and
politically the whisky interest, the rail
roads. the “political machine” and ring
politicians are backing him in this race,
and we think that any fair minded man
is obliged to concede these facts, and the
whisky Interest and railroads and ring
politicians do not make any mistake in
the choice of their candidate, for they
know that he is not antagonistic to thefcp
Interests before they Hne up with him.
SIDNEY C. TAPP, Chairman.
SAYS TERRELL’S TEMPER
GOT B£ST OF HIM
LAFAYETTE, Ga., May 9, 1902.
To the Editor of The Journal: -•
When the columns of your paper wer*
thrown open to the gubernatorial candi
dates for a discussion of the issues of th*
campaign, who was the first to respond? 1
Was it Mr. Terrell? Os course not.
As was to be expected, the first and up
to this time the only one to respond was
that eloquent and fearless champion of
the people's cause. Dupont Guerry.
Mr. Terrell no doubt thought himself se
cure by bolting the door to a face to face
discussion of the issues with Mr. Guerry,
but his heart must have sunk within him.
and the long, bony fingers of a cold chill
gripped his backbone—if he has one—when,
on April 90th he read the invitation in
your great paper to join in the discussion.
Evidently something—perhaps the height
of the plane of his campaign—have given
him an aggravated case of the blind stag
gers, for at Forsyth, on May 3d, only two
days after Mr. Guerry’s masterly presen
tation of hi* side of the question, he, Mr.
Terrell, lost all control of his heretofore
placid and serene temper, and reared and
pitched and floundered and slung mud and
dirt until the very air was Impregnated
with abuses and denunciations of Mr.
Guerry, and by the time he had finished
his tirade, he was in the same fix as ths
rabbit that tackled the tar baby, every
foot stuck fast, and completely bedaubed
and besmirched with his own anathema
and abuse, and it is doubtful if even Lieu
tenant Hill would have recognized Mm,
had he met him on rhe public highway.
Thia unwarranted and unjustifiable as
sault on Mr. Guerry will do morfe to Injure
Mr. Terrell's cause than anything he or
his friends could possibly have done, for
the people of Georgia are not yet ready to
sanction such blackguardism and dirty po
litical methods.
Mr. Terrell no doubt thought that he
played a trump card at Forsyth, and h*
did, but Mr. Guerry took the trick.
But the terrible and withering fire of
Dumont Guerry, directed with such con
summate skill and unerring aim, driving
the center at every shot, compared with
which, to their fevered and excited brales,
the scoria of Cotopaxi would be a sooth
ing ualm. was becoming absolutely un
bearable, and the only effort to meet it is
in a harrangue of villainous abuse, which,
had the author of it one iota of the great
brain that is in Dupont Guerry’s cranium,,
would have spared the citizens of Forsyth
the painful exhibition of such childish im
becility.
There is no doubt that such an exhibi
tion of spite and venom will cost ij?/ Hero
of Forsyth hundreds of votes, *i»l !■ a
powerful campaign document for Mr.
Guerry.
Mr. Terrell, do not again allow yo*r
temper to get the better of your judg
ment. or what slim chance you have of
election will vanish as frost before an
April sun. We calmly and patiently await
the 6th of June, when we can tip our hat
and say. “Good morning. Governor Guer
ry.” F. O. FARRIS.
« SOO.OO Steel Range s3l ft).
Our free circulars give Cat
prices of everything. - ‘ •*
Stoves $0.40. Dinner Sets
$3.48, 24 pieces Plated Table
sets $2 00. ;. ,r
PADGETT FUA. C 3„
Augusta, Ga.
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