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I Talks With. Farmers I **' Conducted By C. H. Jordan ♦ Official Organ of Southern ♦ ♦ Cotton Grew era' Association ♦ ’ • Th* Semi-Weekly Journal to the otfi- ’ • eia! orran of the Southern Cotton < > < > ©rowers Protective Association. the < > < » only official paper of that organiaa- « , < ► tion. and hereafter all official com- , , < > ZMtolcnUons of the association a offi- , , < > cere, and all matters pertainlne to Its < , < , affairs win appear in these , , The Journal also invitee member* of , , , , the association and cotton growers and , , , , farmers generally to use its columns ( ( .. for the expression of each views and ( , . , suggestions as may be of Interest and ( ' valve to the agricultural interests of ♦ ' the south. 4 J ’ The Journal will devote each week ' ’ ’ ' two columns, as requested by the as ' ’ sorts tion. to a "Cotton Departmenu” ' ' tn which Win appear the official eom ' ’ municatior.s of the association and ' ' 1 • each statistical and other information < ' ' > aa bears upon the work of the asao- ’ > < > etaUcn and all matters of Interest to < > < • southern cotton growers. ■ • ©♦♦♦iiiiiin i s»♦♦>*♦♦♦»■»♦+ **t ♦ Subscribeare requested to ad- ♦ 4* drew ad Inquiries for information ♦ ♦ ob subjects relating to the farm. ♦ ♦ field, garden and poultry to the + ♦ Agricultural Editor. All Inquiries ♦ 4* will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ ♦ tention. No Inquiries answered by ♦ ♦ mail. Please address Harris Jordan. ♦ <■ Agricultural Editor, Monticello, Ga. ♦ ♦ ♦ MW ASPARAGUS CULTURE. • There Is hardly any vegetable which has grown tn popularity any faster In our city markets than asparagus. The trav eling now demand it on the tables of an first-class and restaurants. This luscious and healthful vegetable was a few years ago seen only on the ta bles of rich, but It Is now becoming a part of the diet of people of moderate incomes. It would be yet more generally consumed if the supply were Increased. For the sick and convalescent there is no kind of food more highly recommended, as as paragus when thoroughly cooked and served either in soup or on toast, will easily digest tn the most delicate stom ach. One other good reason why asparagus ts becoming so popular in our city hotels and restaurants is because It appears in the markets at a season of the year when but few or no other fresh vegetables can be had. Asparagus can also be easily canned and by that means preserved through a longer period of the year. Its growth in the garden or field can be also forced out of its regular season, thus tasking- it available for fresh market use from the first of December throughout tne winter season and well on into spring, liaising a fine article of this vegetable is naturally expensive, but the price is good at all times, and the profits gener ally quite satisfactory to growers. The demand still tar exceeds the supply, though the business has now become much more than In former years Tho?» truckers already engaged in asparagine culture would find ft profit able to etflarge the area of their beds, while business extends an Inviting Urtfid to beginners. Certainly every home R>r kftdhen garden should have its bed. from which the household table may be fully supplied with this tender find whole some vegetable. Asparagus has been used since Ahe days of the ancients, who prais ed its merits. and with its cultivation de lighted the appetites of epicures. Varieties. There are about 100 varieties of the spe cies. and it belongs properly to the fami ly of the lily of the valley. The early settlers of America brought the seed to tiris country, and soon found the soil and eHmate congenial to its growth and de velopment. The root stock or "crown” makes a new growth every year from 2 to 4 inches, growing horizontally. This may propogate from one or both ends, until finally the old root stock becomes unpro ductive and dies. The principal varieties grown in this country are as follows: Col ossal. Barris. Mammoth, Columbian. White. Donald's Elmira and Palmetto. There is very little difference, however, tn the true merit of any of these varieties. They all serve the purpose when prop erly fertilised and cultivated. The seed on the plants can be purchased from seedsmen tn any of the larger cities or distributing points. If good plants can be secured from a reliable dealer, it hastens the production of the crop at least one year, and returns come In to the grower sooner It Is safest to grow one's own seed if a bed of the right variety is al ready growing on the premises. Preperation of Soil. Asparagus will grow on most any kind o fsotl and good crops have been made on heavy stiff clay lands, but for the truck er who is preparing to grow the vegetable for market It Is best to select a. light sandy soil of good natural fertility.' Such land will produce marketable spears earlier and is more easily cultivated. The land should also be located where good drainage can be had. because while aspar agus can stand an overflow for a short time, lengthening the period to several days will prove disastrous to the beds. The soil should be as free as possible from roots, stones and trash, so that such substances will not Interfere with the growth of the spears. Sunshine is abso lutely essential to bring the spears quick ly to the surface, therefore the asparagus bed or field should not be surrounded with buildings .or shade or fruit trees growing tn the same field. An open field or plot of ground with a good southern exposure is desirable. The land should be deeply ploughed and subsoiled in the fall, and the top surface harrowed down to a fine smooth tilth. After harrowing a compost of barnyard manure should be broadcasted heavily over the surface of the area to be planted, and left until early spring, when the land should be harrowed again and the soil put tn nice friable condition. Planting and Cultivation. Spring is the best time to plant, though planting Is sometimes delayed until June. The rows should be laid off with a long, wide shovel, about five apart, and enough furrows made to open out the trench from I to Id Inches deep. The plants should be dropped in the fur row about 36 inches apart and 6 inches deep. The plants soon play out if allow ed to grow too close together. A bed should live and be profitable for from 12 to 39 years, owing to the ch re given the plants, as regards working and manuring. Always lay off the rows due north and south, so that each row will receive the full benefit of the sunshine. The tops that are left to mature in the fall should all be cut off and burned. The roots after being nicely placed in the furrows, can be covered lightly with a furrow thrown from both sides. There is no need to put manure in the bottom of the furrow. The best plan is to use the compost in the fur row on top of the roots, after the latter have been lightly covered with dirt. Com post the furrows heavily and list on it with disc on other imnlement which wilt serve the purpose. Plow out the beds, and foake first cultivation after hard rain with light iron tooth harrow to smooth off the PEERLESS PORTABLE ENGINES. AT cut prices foe thirty days at 8 haw A itepi, 4? and to S. Forsyth street, Atlanta. T surface. Early in the spring of each year open the furrows and put in a good top dressing of manure and later harrow off smoothly. « Coat of Asparagus Bed. The estimated coat bf working, fertilis ing. cutting and ounching one acre of asparagus is about SIOO per annum. A bed five years old should ordinarily yield 1.900 to 2.000 bunches per annum, which at 10 cents per bunch yields a gross revenue of from SIBO to S2OO per acre. The cost of good 1 year old plants should be about $4 per thousand.’ It will require on an aver age of 2.500 plants for an acre, which would put the cost at $lO acre for the plants. For the first two or three years other vegetables can be cultivated between the rows, while the asparagus beds are grow ing and developing to profitable produc tion. \ Harvesting should be done every dal during the growing season of the spears. When the rows have been ridged up as In the case of growing white asparagus, the spears are cut out, just as they begin to show on the surface of the soil. There are wwral pIR-Di for cutting, which the trucker soon familiarizes himself with. The spears are assorted and placed in bunches containing from 12 to 24 spears and neatly bound with twine at each end. The bunches are then packed into boxes holding about 2 dozen, and shipped into market The business is a profitable one “ h^Pr,>Wlr H A H VIE JORDAN. INQUIRY DEPARTMENT. T. A. E. D., Amboy. Ga.: Please let me know If oats will ruin new ground the first year, and if so, why. and In what way does it affect it? I have an MP&raflrus bed this year and I don t know what to do with it. It is the first I ever saw. I got it the last of March and set it out in land that was prepared for about three inches under the ground, but had no stable fertilizer to put under It Now. does it need to be mulched, or wait until next spring? I would like for you to give me full instructions how to culti vate it; when to cut. Would it pay to raise millet and save it for stock, and how do you cultivate it and cure it? If it is good for horses t would like to save some; have been feeding it green. I was told the other day that millet caused weakness of the spine of horses. Also let me know if that is true. If convenient let me hear through next issue of Journal. Answer: I know of no reason why oats should injure new ground land any more the first year than they would the second or third ye.ir. Oats exhaust the fertility of the soil any year, and it may be more perceptible on fresh land than on old land. I have raised oats on fresh original for est land, botfound no such trouble as you refer to. Clearing forests In the spring or summer will be more harmful to the land than a dozen crqps of oats. With refer ence to asparagus. I would suggest that you follow the plan of manuring suggest ed in the article on asparagus tn this is sue. Mulching is beneficial but not abso lutely essential. Fertilize just above the roots and ridge up the soil. Keep the row cultivated and free from grass and weeds. Tou cannot expect a good crop the first year or two. German millet when fed abundantly w to horses affects the kid neys instead of the spine. When fed mixed In with other foods it makes A de sirable and valuable forage. Do not feed your stock altogether on the millet, and no bad results will follow. Early amber cane will give you more forage per acre, and equally as valuable a forage as mil let. without any of the bad effects of the latter on your stock. W. L. K., Five Forks, Ga.: I have been very much interested in the inquiry column in The Journal, and I write to ask will slops made of polk stalks fed to a sow kill pigs. I have a sow that had seven fine pigs. I fed her bountifully on slop till the pigs were three weeks old. when all seven of them got sick, all in a day. and four of them died. I gave the other three copperas and sweet milk and they recovered, but still look bad. My physician says they must have been pois oned. Yoi© answer in The Journal will be greatly appreciated. Answer—Polk stalks boiled and fed in much quantity is poisonous to the sys tem, and that was doubtless the cause of the death of the pigs. People some times boil the leaves of the polk weed with fat meat for salad, but it is dangerous to do so. I would not advise you to keep that plan up. You might lose sow, pigs and all. The polk bush is poisonous and when eaten in quantities will produce death. The little pigs were not physically strong enough to resist the effect of the poison which came to them through their moth er’s milk. R. C. 8.. Saxon. Ga.: I am a subscriber to The Journal and wish to know if animals relish comfrey and velvet grass? How should I prepare a. grove where native weeds and grass are in possession? Do you recommend the seed-sower? Is velvet grass perennial? Phares says it will grow on exhausted land. Have sou tested it? Answer—The experiments made wit., vel vet grass in the south Atlantic and gulf states have not been at all satisfactory. In the first place this grass is not relished by stock and will hardly be eaten by them unless mixed with other desirable grasses. Velvet grass will remain permanent on thin soils that are well drained if not crowded out by other grasses or weeds. It is a perennial and grows gen erally in clumps. It should be sown only in mixtures and on thin soils. I do not think it a desirable grass for this section. I have never tested it. but am familiar with its history. I am not posted on the other plant mentioneu under the name used. • J. A. M., Grassland. Ga.: Please inform me through The Journal, of which I am a subscriber, what is the cause of my Irish potatoes not bearing. They have very fine tops but no potatoes at all. They were well fertilized with barnyard manure and guano. The tops ■re from knee to half thigh high, and still look tender and are growing. The ground is very hard at the roots of the vines. After they were planted, hard, packing rains fell, but they have been well plowed since. The ground though is still hard. A neighbor told me to take a stick and knock the bush, same as frailing cotton stalks. I gave the treatment to some of them and they have come out and' are growing nicely. Answer: I think your greatest trouble is in the variety of-potatoes planted. You have evidently planted western potatoes, when you should have secured your seed from eastern grown varieties. Western potatoes will make a strong. vigorous growing bush, but they never bear in this section. Your neighbor's advice was bad. and I would not think it desirable to bruise and Injure the tops of a good va riety of potatoes in order to make them bear. Such a course is unnecessary. If your land is hard and stiff clay it requires humus to soften it up, and it would also pay you to mulch your potatoes on such ground with a heavy coating of leaves or pine straw to a depth of six or eight in ches. after the plants are up and have I had one good deep plowing. As your fer tilizer was allright, and the vines show no sign of blight or other disease. I do not know what reason to assign to the barrenness of the vines except to the un productive character of the seed planted, which will always happen with western grown potatoes. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 9. 1902. WARNER HILL MAY OPPOSE ED BROWN As a part of the aftermath of the state election a rumor has been started to th* effect that Hon. Warner Hill, who has so successfully managed Mr. Terrell's cam paign for governor, would be put forward by the Terrell forces to succeed Hon. Ed. T. Brown as chairman of the state Demo cratic executive committee. The rumor, while there Is some founda tion for It. does not appear to be in any sense definite as yet, and may have aris en from the fact that a custom has grown up in Georgia which allows the campaign manager of the successful gubernatorial candidate to be made the permanent chair man of the state convention, and in turn chairman of the state executive commit tee. Neither Mr. Hill nor Mr. Terrell would confirm the report that an effort would be made to give Mr. Hill the executive com mittee chairmanship when seen Saturday., so that the matter may be properly said to be in abeyance. It is true that Mr. Hill has been approached and urged to stand for the place, but neither he nor Mr. Terrell has yet been able to decide whether or not such a thing is desirable- In fact. Mr. Hill hirnsef does not yet know whether or not he wants the honor. He Yeomans For Vice-Chairman of State Executive Committee An interesting report in connection with state politics arose Saturday connecting the name of Hon. M. J. Yeomans, of Ter rell county, with the vice chairmanship of the state committee. The present vice, chairman ts Senator Jeff Boynton, of Calhoun county, and it is not known if he again desires the honor. Mr. Yeomans has come prominently to the front this year through his manage ment of what is considered by many the most remarkable political campaign ever conducted in Georgia—that of his father in-law. Hon. O. B. Stevens, who won his race for commissioner of agriculture by carrying 134 of the 137 counties of the state. Mr. Stevens' sweeping victory has brought to him and his campaign man ager, Mr. Yeomans, congratulations from all over the state. So far as heard from, Colonel Stevens carried kll but three counties—Bibb, Early and Chattahoochee. Two counties. Union and Harris, which were at first counted against him, really went for him. Early was formerly the home of Colonel Stevens' opponent, Hon. R. T. Nesbitt. Colonel Stevens did not visit either of the three counties which he lost. Early was conceded to his oppo nent, and owing to local conditions, the other two counties had been placed in the doubtful column by the Stevens people. Colonel Stevens is a veteran campaigner himself, and every one concedes that he is one of the very strongest men in Geor gia today, politically. While he was the general in the field during the campaign, he gives unstinted credit to his modest and able lieutenant, Mr. Yeomans. It is generally realized now that Colonel Stevens will have more personal friends in the convention than any other candi date, because he has been given represen tation on the delegation from nearly every county which he carried.. In view of the splendid work done by Mr. Yeomans and the practical proof of his ability as an organizer, his friends all over Georgia are suggesting him for vice chairman of the party. It is said to be improbable that there will be serious op position to him in a convention which will contain Stevens delegates from IM coun ties. Mr. Yeomans is a lawyer of Dawson. Terrell county. He is a partner of Dr. Raines, one of the best known and most successful lawyers and politicians in Provisions of Philippine Bill As Passed By the Senate Important provisions of the Philippine government bill, as passed Tuesday by the* senate, are as follows: Governor and vice governor to continue government, as directed by the executive department. The bill of rights of the United States constitution applies, with exception of rights to bear arms and trial by jury. Levying and collecting of taxes by the president is approved. All inhabitants are deemed citizens of the Philippines, and entitled to the protect tion of the United States. When insurrection is subdued a census shall be taken, the governor to make a full report to the president with recommenda tions as to future gefvernment. The Philippine commission is authorized to establish municipal and provincial gov ernments in fit communities, the com mission determining fitness. All land is placed under control of the commission for the benefit of the inhabi tants. except that needed for the United States. Philippine government shall make rules for disposition of public lands, sub ject to approval by the president and con gress; a single homestead shall not ex ceed 40 acres; no such land shall be leased to any corporation until regulating laws are passed. No corporation shall be allowed to en- Going Behind > the Returns Just as we have said all along, when prohibitionists and anti-prohibitionists get together something is bound to happen. Up to the hour of going to press the Hon. Dupont Guerry had not been heard from, notwithstanding the fact that res cue parties have been sent out. z Nevertheless, the esteemed Macon Tele graph had the fun of trying. The Hon. Joseph M. Terrell is another living illustration of the fact that there is as much in knowing when to stay out as there is in knowing to go In. The result in the Tenth district more it is never well to judge a man by his size. Editor Sid Lewis appears to have main tained his average in picking losers this year. , f - Still, there is nothing to prevent ex- Candidate Guerry from coming to Atlanta and lassoing that legislative lobby, any- The frame that those Bibb county way. » % ( politicians had ready for the Hon. Joe Hall's "finish'' may now to sent back to the plunder room. There is a growing rumor that the “mi nority” expects to be in control of the next house. The Hon. Ed Wight seems to have made a mistake in not running for the legisla ture in Cobb county in stead ot Dough erty. We would respectfully suggest to Capt. Wiley Williams that the next time he goes into a campaign he should have that deadly hand-shake of his reduced about has just passed through a very heated campaign, in which he gave up several months of his time to the election of his friend. Mr. Terrell, and the Terrell people sav they would not feel like calling upon him for any further services unless he actually desires it. A decision will proba bly be reached within the next few days. In the meantime it is Mr. Brown's avowed intention to stand for re-election. His friends claim that inasmuch as he has been until recently the vice chair man of the committee, being elevated to the chairmanship only a short while ago, upon Chairman dußignon's retirement, that he is entitled to at least one full term as chairman, especially in view of his former active services to the party without having jiad the honor attached to the actual chairmanship. They hold, too, that his friendship for and support of Mr. Terrell makes a change unnecessary, and it is certain that his claims will be so urged before the next state convention should a fight take place, which, however, is as yet by no means certain. Like Messrs. Hill and Terrell, Mr. Brown declines to discuss the matter, holding that as nothing definite has yet developed, there is nothing to discuss. ******** + •i I _ < B l « i i ME H ' I '"’it < MWL JK-r -xk • ■ ; I *■ < MMMNMLfIHHH > ♦ HON. M. J. YOEMANS. + southwest Georgia. Mr. Yeomans is a na tive of Tattnall county, and his relatives there are well-to-do and prominent in that section. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and of Vanderbilt university, Nashville, where he took his degree, mas ter of arts. After graduating Mr. Yeo mans taught school. He wae superintend ent of the Dawson schools and read law while teaching. He resigned to engage in the practice of law. He has never been a candidate for office, and the only office he ever held was that of solicitor of the Dawson city court, to which position he was appointed by Governor Candler. He is a gentleman of sterling character, a loyal friend, a hard worker and fighter, and the people who know him best esteem him highly. gage in agriculture unless provision Is made therefor. Detailed provision is made for location of mining and agricultural claims; mining bureau to be established. Commission empowered to acquire friar lands, issuing bonds to pay for them; lands to be part of United States domains. United States supreme court has power to review decisions of Philippine supreme court. Municipalities may issue bonds for im provements, with consent of president an<) congress, to five per cent of assessed valu ation. Philippine government authorized to grant concessions and franchises, includ ing right of eminent domain, for construc tion of public works; all franchises to cor porations to be subject to review by con gress; all lands granted reverting, at ex piration of franchise, to the governments granting them. No corporation to be authorized to buy or sell real estate; amount of real estate held by any corporation to be determined by congress. Mintrto be established in Manila, under United States coinage laws. Philippine government authorized to coin a silver dollar, 416 grains standard silver, to be a standard coin: provision also made for subsidiary coins. War department’s division of insular af fairs is continued. 40 horse power. It is calculated to inca pacitate a voter fpr marking his ticket. Now that the complete returns from the Tenth district are in, that fifteenth amendment may as well prepare to come down out of the tree. After awhile that Macon "machine” mzy learn to avoid the grade crossing when the Hon. Joe Hill Hall is trying to make schedule time. Nevertheless, that thing they sold Colonel Estill came very near not proving to be a "gold brick.” But, after all, what would a Joe Hall less legislature have been, anyway. It is understood that Thursday’s elec tion in Richmond county established a new record price for votes. The report that .he .uon. Joe Hill Hall is supporting us for speaker of the next house is a vile slander. We are not a member of the next house. But then. Colonel Estill showed all along that he was a very hard man to .con vince. And now there are indications that the Terrell "machine" proposes to do a little “scorching." And we have observed from the re turns that our old friend tHe Hon. Joe Hill Hall also brings that “minority” back with him. The politicians may have to arrange a new Slaton the speakership race. Some of the dust from that Bibb coun ty election has fallen here in Atlanta. Manager Hickey, of the Kimball house, will prooabiy find no difficulty In getting his own price for rooms 114-116 when the next gubernatorial campaign comes around. They have never been known to fail. irrigation bill IS MEASURE GF VAST INTEREST IS NO DOUBT ABOUT ITS ULTIMATE PASSAGE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN LONG DELAY. • WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7.—The Na tional Irrigation Bill is one of the great measures which just now is receiving the attention of congress and all public men. This bill was passed by ‘the senate on March 1, practically With no opposition. There is no doubt of its ultimate passage -although it will be opposed by some mem bers of the house from the eastern states who are apprehensive that it will be det rimental to the value of farming land in the east. The ineasure, when passed by congress, will receive the approval of the president, who strongly urged it in his message. He anticipated and answered the ob jections of some eastern men, who think that the addition of a vast tract of culti vated land in the south and west would cause competition with > farmers along the Atlantic coast and in the Mississippi val ley. . X This bill affects 1,522,145 square miles, or more than one-half of the area of the United States outside of Alaska. Os this vast territory the government owns 535,- 486,781 acres, or more than one-sixth of the entire area of the United States, out side of Alaska. It is estimated that from 40,000,000 to 80.000,000 acres can be re claimed from a desert region by irrigation and made to blossom like a rose. The great variance in these estimates is more apparent than real, because it is made upon two basis, one with reference to the distant future, and the other with regard to lands that c<n be irrigated under pres ent conditions and within the next two or three decades. The bill affects the following states and territories: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho. Kansas, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma. Ore gon. South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Wash ington. Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, who has charge of the bill in the house, had this to say today: “The irrigation bill provides a plan for reasonable, orderly and complete develop ment of the irrigation possibilities of the "arid part of our country. Os the public land still *pen to entry, amounting to about 550,000,000 acres, exclusive of Alas ka. there is a very small area capable of producing crops without irrigation, ag gregating probably not over two per cent which is a liberal estimate. "In other words,* in all the public lands there is probably less land open to entry that will produce crops without artificial irrigation, than the amount which we have been adding to our cultivated area in any three years in the last thirty. Conse quently, the farms of the future on the public' domain, with few exceptions, must come from lands made fertile by irrigation. “This bill does not call for any appro priation from the national treasury at this or any future time. It simply gives the proceeds of the sale of certain public lands in certain states and territories to the re clamation of arid lands. As lands are reclaimed the settlers are to repay the gov ernment in their reclamation in annual installments, which would probably vary from five to six doLars an acre. “Never was there a land bill presented to congress so carefully guarded in the interest of the actual home maker, the entries being 40 to 160 acres. A settler is required to live upon his land five years and at the expiration of that time and upon the final payment for his water right he is to secure his title for the land and to the water right. “It is provided that all water rights shall be founded on beneficial use and shall be appurtant to the land irrigated, so thnt by no possibility can there be a speculative ownership of waetr rights. Should land in private ownership be wa tered, the owners must pay their propor tion of the cost, can not secure water rights for more than 160 acres, and must be actual residents and occupants of the lands irrigated. “Its passage will not result in the open ing of large areas to immediate settle ment. but rather give opportunity to the earnest homeseeker to purchase at actual cost and to make fertile lands now barren and unproductive. The present proceeds from the sale of public lands amounts to $3,000,000 approximately annually. If the average expenditure by the government for recinmation was $lO an. acre, this would reclaim between 250,000 and 300,000 acres annually, which is a small ipcrease com pared with the cultivated area which we have been making for thirty years without distut bing conditions seriously. “These figures refute .the suggestion that the irrigation policy wohlt so largely in crease the area of farm lands as to dis turb farm values. Further, the products of the irrigated lands could not come into competition with those of humid lands, as they will consist of semi-tropical products, while any possible surplus would go to the oriental rather than to onr own eastern market.” Even a Stoic Groans under the torment of neuralgia, when every nerve in face or limb throbs and jumps. Phi losophy cannot endure this agony, but Perry Davis' Painkiller relieves it. Bathe the affect ed parts freely, keep them warm and do not expose yourself to cold and dampness. Medical science marehes right along, but it has not found the equal of Painkiller in she treatment of neuralgia. PROF. WRIGHT LEAVES COVINGTON FOR DUBLIN COVINGTON, Ga.. June 7.—Prof. W. C. Wright has Eesigned his position as su perintendent of the public schools, having accepted the superintendency of the pub lic schools of Dublin. Superintendent Wright came to Covington ten years ago from Eatonton, Ga., and since that time has held that petition. For the past nine years he has been superintendent of the Methodist Sun day school. For eight years he has been county school commissioner of Newton county. There are few abler men in the school work of the state than Mr. Wright, and few men have such important positions, so long with such success. It is a cause of regret to the people that he is to leave Covington; no man having ever left Cov ington standing higher in the estimation of his fellow’ citizens. on his’waFto vote” HE WENT TO DEATH AUGUSTA. Ga., June s.—Capt. Henry P. Walker, an old and well known farmer of Richmond county, was run over by an in coming freight train on the Georgia rail road near Belair this morning and killed. He was on his way to vote. Deceased was 72 years old and a gallant old veteran. NOTICE." Information Wanted of Subscribers Sending Money to The Semi- Weekly Journal. We have received remittance from the fol lowing subscribers to The Semi-Weeklv Journal who failed to furnish us their Postoffice ad dresses. and as we wish to communicate with them, if any of our readers know the parties they will confer a great favor upon us by Vetting us know the postoffice addresses: A. V. BTEPHENB. H. F. BVNKT.EY. A. W. LOWE. J. H. BARNES. In writing or making remittances always give your postoffice and state and then there will ba no deiav in answering your letters. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. I SUGGESTIONS FROM I OUR CORRESPONDENTS I WANTS THE EMIGRANT AGENT LAW REPEALED To the Editor of the Journal: While these days are merging Into summer the farmer feels that a hope of a hereafter ts denied him; for cuss he must at the ways of the darky. Every year negro labor grows worse and more shift less; more steeped in the idea that their sole duty is but to beat the white man, and give as little in return for it as la possible. Turn your back and the plow stands in the shade; leave the field and the hoe is at rest: but we only meant this article to argue in our own poor way why the law as it now stands upon the statute books in regard to emigration agents is a hindrance and a drawback: a thing that should be repealed, and the bars let down, to let the incubus that hangs around the neck of Georgia get off and drift away, as might seem best. Os course there would be scarcity of labor to some for a time; but the end would be for good. Where the nigger clears out white farmers will come; where the nigger is white farmers won’t come. Their wives and daughters will not needlessly be ex posed to the dangers thar lurk iij,Ahe hu man beasts that are at large. Where the white laborer can find a footing white labor will come; but white labor will not come to stand beside the nigger. . Where whites till the land of a soil as fertile as Georgia, prosperity becomes more apparent; given the Garden of Eden without a white man to boss him and the average darky would convert it in a, short while into a wilderness of briars and half worked rows. It is no worse in this section than in any other; but a class that has no am bition beyond the day, and getting to town Saturday evening; no desire to ac cumulate anything; no cares as to the ap pearance of its surroundings; no efe for beautifying the home: lacking In moral stamina and honesty; in chastity and ver acity; a class that is of this character was never known to build up communities. True there are exceptions among the race, but the bulk will be found as stated above, and they keep out white settlers. They have to be supported, while the whiskey dens and childish foolishness gets whatever surplus they may have in a good crop year. When the furnishing stops they must live and other folks' property is in danger. The negro cook will keep up a family from the table and the man won’t work. No country ■can grow as prosperous as it might if it did not have to contend witn this kind of race, yet the are on us, and we keep up the bare. Peg Leg Williams, if allowed to continue, would have done Georgia far more good than harm by re moving and scattering some of the causes of lynching, of the recent Atlanta tragedy and of other things. The emigrant agent law would be better repealed, or amended so that it could not take off hands in the midst of a full crop, even if we had to have a closed season like the bird law and only let them work at the business say two months in the year, November and December, when there are no crops on hand. Let them out and be gone, then we will have less to fear for the women; less criminals to try in the courts; more chickens and hogs—to say nothing of more white folks who will come to deyelop»the country as the negro never will, or can for want of capacity. We want to cast one vote for a man who puts it in his platform to introduce a bill for the repeal of the emigrant agent tax; or its amendment so as to allow our drifting population to scatter off where it will be less a menace. G. H. BEAZLEY. Leesburg, Ga. NEED OF THE MASSES FOR INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION HARMONY GROVE, Ga.. May 30, 1902. To the Editor of The Jjournal. v' Much has been said and written of late concerning the inauguration of a better ed ucational system for Georgia. Never in the history of this great commonwealth was the consensus of opinion so unan imous in favor of a system that will pro vide for a practical education for every child in the state. The influence of the philanthropic Ogden movement in creating a profound wide spread desire for the edu cation of the great mass of the less fa vored of our great southland is spreading with tremendous rapidity, gaining mo mentum with each educational organiza tion. We believe that the twentieth cen tury demands emphatically an unprece dented forward march along all educa fonal lines and more especially among more than 80 per cent of our population who live outside of the incorporated towns. We would not depreciate the value of a better perfected system in our cities and towns, because we must have a center from which to radiate, but we do protest against a system peculiar to the town exclusive of the needy masses of the rural districts. The mental faculties of the sturdy sons of toil are susceptible to the most finished touch in mental development and, with a pure, well developed body, they are capable of obtaining the very height in mental acumen. I have made a somewhat thorough can vass of that portion of the southern Ap palachian region whiclj extends into Geor gia. Like other portions of this region, these mountaineers come of noble stock, descendants of the same Scotch-Irish, English and German stock that settled New York and Pennsylvania, and not of “indentured servants or renegades from the old colonies.” One who takes time to travel this section from house to house and make the acquaintance of the fathers, mothers and healthy, bright-eyed girls and boys is bound to recognize their many noble traits. They are thoroughly patri otic. In religion, speculative, yet not scep tical, holding sacred and dear their rites, and guarding with precaution the tenets of their particular faith against the en croachment of any untried doctrine. So cially their peculiar characteristics are due to isolation rather than any racial influende. They are reserved, silent, self contained to an extent that makes them appear cold or proud, .yet they are not liking in affection and are quite ready at all times to repeat the example of the good Samaritan. Their homes ouside the little hamlets are generally small framed or log huts, many times only one room, that small, for a family of four to six children. Most of them are hospitable. As one has said: “Their hospitality, for fear of being misunderstood, has never accept ed the new innovation, the door knob, but retains the old latch on the outside.” To give a vague idea of the illiteracy existing section, Idte a tew figures: Lump kin, Union and Rabun have, respectively. 26.6, 23.6 and 21.4 per cent of their whole voters illiterates. Dade. Gordon and Hall ceunties. representing more enlightened communities, have an Illiteracy of 12.3, 13.2 and 15.3 per cent. Most of these counties being mountain ous are necessarily sparsely settled, mak ing the school problem rather difficult. First, because of the very bad roads and the distance to travel; second, because of the low valuation of real estate necessi tating help other than that derived from local taxation. This problem must be solved. I found many homes w i several children, some of v.-hom were more than twelve years of age, who have never en tered a school house; multitudes who knew absolutely nothing of books; mate rial, fit to make statesmen and men of affairs going to waist under the cruel hand of unbearable ignorance. The very basts of our government finds its existence in affairs. Tne needs will never be met by the introduction of some stereotyped system suitable to city Instruction, but rather an industrial system peculiar to their needs. Never has any country had such favoratjje opportunities for the application of the principles of truly industrial education aa we. If the lives and customs of the great majority of French peasants can be lit erally revolutionized by the adoption of the industrial features; if Switzerland can be freed of crime by a scientific system atized industry, why cannot these moun tain children be liberated from ignorance and superstition? And instead of being a wilderness of ignorance these mountains will become a veritable paradipe of intel ligence, peace and prosperity. On the prin ciples involving the doctrine of the father hood of God and the brotherhood of man do we not hear coming to us from these sequestered vales the echo of that cry ut tered long ago: “A m I my brother’s keep er?” and In the light of revelation and duty have we a clear conscience? ERNEST MOBLEY. FLEMING SAYS POPULIST VOTE DEFEATED HIM AUGUSTA. Ga.. June 7.—Hon. William H. Fleming today gave out the following state ment: . "I have lost the nomination for congress by four votes in the convention, but my candidacy has been indorsed by more than 1,000 majority at the polls. It is also true that I received from 4-5 to »-W nt the Democratic votes in the con tested counties. I was defeated by the consol idation against me of the Populist vote of the country counties in the district. I had been from the first one of the most consistent friends of the Populists of the district, in favor of giving them absolute justice, though always a stanch Democrat myself. But my fairness and consideration for them weighed but little as a rule against the bitterness which many of the Populists harbored against Richmond county. .. ■ "Though I had been their friend, they pun ished me because of the locality of my resi dence. Having Sacrificed me politically their course may possibly be productive of some good, if they will accept my sacrifice as suffi cient expiation for supposed sins and not de mand any other victims in the future. "I have done everything I could from th* beginning to bring about harmony of feeling tn the district. I wish to add In this eonneetlbn that many of the moot prominent Populists in the several counties were my friends and sup porters. They rose above the general prejudice. 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