Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, May 15, 1902, Page 5, Image 5
j Talks With. Farmers || Conducted By C, H. Jordan * Official Organ of Southern ♦ * Cotton Growers* Association ♦ « » The SemfWeekly Journal is the offl- < > « • dal organ of the Southern <A>tton < > a » Growers' Protective Association. the ( > < > only official paper of that organise- < » i > tkm. and hereafter all official corn- < > < > muaications of the association's of fl- < > . , cere, and all matters pertaining to Its ( , « , affairs will appear tn these columns. , , , , The Journal also Invites members of , , , , the association and cotton growers and , , , farmers generally to use Its columns , , for the expression of such views and , , suggestions as may be of interest and. ( ' * value to the agricultural interests of * ' the south ’ ’ The Journal will devote each week * ‘ two columns, as request th.- as- ' * ’ rociation. to a Cotton Department.** ' ’ * ‘ tn which will appear the official com- ' ' 4 * municatlons of the association and ’ 1 * ’ such statistical and other Information 4 ’ 4 ‘ as bean upon the work of the asso- 4 * < • datton and all matters of Interest to 4 • « » southern cotton grower*. 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. <• Subscribers are requested to ad- ♦ + dress all inquiries for information ♦ <• on subjects relating to the farm, ♦ ♦ field, garden and poultry to the ♦ 4- Agricultural Editor. All inquiries ♦ + will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ 4> tention. No inquiries answered by + mall. Please address Harvie Jordan. + <• Agricultural Editor, Monticello, Ga. ♦ ♦ ♦ M~i~}‘++'r4“M‘+++4‘+ , M"b *<•♦+++++♦ 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. 5