Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, June 16, 1902, Page 5, Image 5
li Talks With Farmers I Conducted By C. H. Jordan • I ♦ Official Organ of Southern ♦ ♦ Cotton Growers’ Association ♦ ♦ ♦ ITh« Semi-Weekly Journal *• th* offl- < • «al orsaa of the Southern Cotton < . •rower* - Protective Association. the < > only ©facial paper of that org*ni*a- < . Uon. and hereafter all ofSetal ecm- < > nranteatlona of the aeoociatlon e offl- . , <***. and all matter* pertaining to ita , , affaire will appear In three column*- < , The Journal al*o Invite* member* of , , the aaeoctaUon and cotton grower* and , , , , farmers generally to u*e it* column* , , , , tor the expreeelcn of each view* and ( , . . aaggeetlocw a* may be of Intervet and ( ( value to the agricultural intereet* of the south. _ . . The Journal will devote each week two coluntna a* requested by th* m ' ' eoetatlon. to a Cotton ' ' ’ in which will appear the official com- ’ ' ' ’ mtuncathms of th* association and ’ ' ’ • aaek Mattotical and other Information < > • ’ aa bear* upon the work of the aaeo- < k ' » *S*Uu* and all matter* of intereet to < < • southern cotton grower*. < » eiiiiii ill ill mini****** ■ I ’*"****{ ♦ Subscriber* are requested to ad- ♦ • dress all inquiries for Information ♦ ♦ on subjects relating to the farm. ♦ ♦ field, garden and poultry to the ♦ ♦ Agricultural Editor. All Inquiries ♦ ♦ will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ ♦ tention. No Inquiries answered by ♦ ♦ mail Please address Harvie Jordan. ♦ • Agricultural Editor, Monticello, Ga. ♦ 111 Mill III!•♦♦♦ - FRUIT TREE AGENTS. I wish ft were possible for all men to be honest with one another in the daily transactions of life. Some men seem to be actuated with a desire to succeed by taking advantage of the ignorance of the “other fellow.” A deliberate attempt at misrepresentation, if it succeeds, is noth ing more nor less than the rankest kind of fraud, and the perpetrator of a fraud should not only receive the condemnation of the public, but should also feel the strong arm of our criminal laws. The position which I am often forced to take in so strongly condemning the methods employed by some lines of business with which the farmers have to deal Is not only unpleasant, but is occasion for regret. The agricultural editor of a great farm paper has no easy road to travel when he under takes to honestly fulfil the position he should occupy with the subscribers. It is the plain duty of the editor not only to discuss the beet methods at his command for the development of the field and farm, but ft is his duty also to give Information on all subjects In which farmers are in terested. I have been many times severely condemned for exposing the methods of certain lines of business with which we have to deal, and for using strenuous ef forts to arouse the farmers to action, in order that equal and exact justice may be meted out to both sides. There are agents representing many kinds of business, whose dealings are al most entirely with the farmers or their wives, and chief among these are the fruit tree agents. Some of these men are hon est and will not for the small commission they receive on sales misrepresent the character or value of the goods they handle But others are not so particular, so many frauds have been perpetrat ed on farmers who purchased fruit trees from such agents that I have in articles published in the past, advised our readers never to buy fruit trees of any kind ex cept directly from a responsible nursery. My own experience In years gone by fully bears me out in the position taken. Whenever my orchards need replenishing, the trees are purchased direct, and the traveling agents who often stop at my house are courteously notified that noth ing is needed Men who sell on commis sion are more particularly interested in the commission and sale. They realise that several years must elapse before the ypung trees sold will bear fruit, and that with the passage of time the purchaser will not only forget the name of the agent, but the name of the nursery, and as the bill was a small one no effort will be made to appeal to the courts for damages. Some Extravagant Claims. Recently a case came under my per sonal notice, the result of which has oc casioned this particular article. About thirty days ago I was approached at my home in this. (Jasper) county by an agent who represented the Cherries Nursery Company, of Cherries. Ala., and who desired to sell me a bill of fruit trees. Among the many numerous extravagrant claims which he rapidly repeated in the advocacy of the superloriity of his trees and the fruit they bore over all competi tors were the following: That the peach and apple trees sold by his nursery and which he proposed to deliver to all pur chasers. were guaranteed against dis ease and Insect enemies of all kinds, especially the San Jose scale. When asked by what secret process he had secured a peach tree that was immune against the San Jose scale, and an ap ple against insect or fungi diseases his reply was that the peach trees from his nursery were budded on the stocks of the imported Mirabaian plum and apples budded on the Imported French crab stock. That the virtue of immun ity lay in the sourness of the sap se creted by these Imported stocks which carried death and destruction to the scale and other Insect diseases. I did not believe the statement and informed the agent that I would refer the matter to our state entomologist. If his statements were true, I knew he had struck a bonanza, and it would no longer be necessary for him to travel to sell the stock from his nursery- If his state ments were not true I felt that the public should be placed on notice as he was doing a regular "land office' ’ business throtvfh my section of the state. I Im mediately addressed a letter to Mr. W. M.Scott, our state entomologist, cover ing the claims presented by the said agent, and asked his views regarding the matter. I received from him the fol lowing letter, which is published for the Information it contains. “ATLANTA. Ga.. June Sth. 1902. "Hon- Harvie Jordan. Monticello. Ga. “Dear Sir:—Your favor of the 3rd Inst, relative to the extravagrant claims made by certain nursery agents for their trees 1* received. In reply I have to say that the use of French crabs and Myrabalan plums as stocks for the propagation of apples and peaches does not give im munity against the San Jose scale and other insects and diseases. The nursery man who makes such claims either does not Ipow his business or is wilfully com miting a fraud. “You say th*y guarantee their trees against future attacks of insects and diseases: but what is such a guarantee worth? Doe* the purchaser of such stock ever stop to consider the worth or worth lessness of a tree agent's guarantee? Sev eral year* since some of our best nurse rymen made the experiment of propa gating the peach on plum stock. The plan appeared to work well, and in good faith a considerable quantity of peach trees or plum roots were sold and plant ed. For a while they did well, but about the fourth year it was found that the growth of the peach bulged over th« plum stock cutting off the flow of the ■ap. This of course resulted in the death of the tree, and it is now a well estab lished fact that the peach will not do on plum roots. Such fraudulent business should of course be exposed, but it ap- • pears that the people will be ’humbugged’ in spite of all that can be dona "Yours very truly. "W M. SCOTT. . "State Entomologist.” Exposing the Fraud. The fraud in this instance is fully ex posed. whether the farmers who have pur chased trees from the said agent take step* to countermand their order* or not. This agent guaranteed his trees for fif teen years, and Mr. Scott says that peaches budded on the plum stocks will not live tn ore than four years. This agent also claimed that he was a member of his firm and not an ordinary traveling commission man. He may be misrepre senting the nursery whose fruit trees he ts selling. But every purchaser who bought his fruit trees on th* representa • tions as above stated ought to counter mand the order at once. And all parties to whom he endeavors to sell his fruit trees In future under such misrepresentations should refuse to give him their orders. Fruit tree* require a great deal of care, and it is an expensive operation to handle them to th* bearing period and be deceiv de. If the Chevries Nursery company did not authorise this agent to sell their fruit trees by the methods he has adopted, it should call him in. because the public will be the sufferer as well as the nursery lat er on. It is the best plan in all cases to buy your fruit trees direct from a well known nursery and not depend upon agents. HARVIE JORDAN. ‘ INQUIRY DEPARTMENT. J. C. I* A. 8.. Bookman, S. C.—l am a subscriber to the Journal and read your agricultural department with great pleas ure and profit. I wish you would answer the following questions as soon as possi ble: 1. How long ts it necessary to wait be fore eating Irish potatoes after using Paris green? I dusted the potatoes with a mixture of Paris green and flour. The bugs disappeared, but I have been afraid to eat the potatoes. 2. Please send me a good formula for tanning hides. 8. Is there such a disease among cattle as "hollow horn" or as hollow tail”? Best wishes for the Journal. Ans. Dusting the Paris green mixture on the foliage of the potato plant would not in any way affect the tubers. There might be a very small proportion of the poison taken up by absorption through the pores in the leaves of the plant, but it would never reach the tubers.' The only vegetable* rendered unfit for use the first week or two after treatment to Paris green are such vegetables as cabbages, salads, beans, ete., that are reaching the stage of maturity. You can eat your Irish potatoes right along without fear of harm from any injurious effect from the pois on. if the poison was only applied to the foliage of the plant. I am unable to furnish you with a good recipe for tanning hides at your home that would be satisfactory. There is no such disease as "hollow horn” or "hollow tail.” The general con dition of the animal becomes diseased and .the circulation is bad. which has given ria* to what is called ‘ hollow horn." R. H.. Ada. Ga.: Please answer the following questions through The Semi-Weekly Journal. Can you give any remedy that will take lice off cotton? Also Inform me if the small yellow bugs, called lady bugs, produce the lice, or do they destroy them? I have argued both ways. If they do not produce the lice please tell me what does. Any information you can give me will be thankfully received. Answer—This particular species of plant . lice known as the cotton aphis if produced and multiplied largely by atmosphere and climatic condition*. Cool nights during the early growth of the young cotton plants are conducive to the rapid increase of the aphis, and as they multiply of course the damage to the leaves of the plants is greater. It ts a regular species of the plant lice and come* and goes during this season of the year es other insect* appear, and the amount of damage done is largely dependent upon conditions favorable to their multiplication. The lady bug has nothing to do with the propagation of the aphis, but the lady bug does a good work in their de struction. The lady bug is a harmless insect and doe* great good in destroying injurious insects. It hardly pays to go to the expense of applying remedies to destroy plant lice on cotton. As the young cotton stalks gain in strength and the weather grows hot. together with the increase of enemies which destroy the plant lice, they gradu ally disappear. The only remedy which would be advantageous Is to spray the fo liage of the affected plants with the ker osine soap emulsion or resin wash. Boil a pound of common soap tn two gallons of water and mix with it one gallon of kero sene. churning the mixture rapidly. Next mix with ten gallons of water and apply to the injured plants upon which the lice ar* feeding with a good force spray pump, or other implement of like character. ROADS ARE IMPROVED ~ IN LOWNDES COUNTY VALDOSTA, Ga.. June 14. The county commissioners of Lowndes county have been engaged for a year or more in im proving the public roads and the result is that many of the roads of the county have been placed in first class condition. The sand beds have been the problem in this section and the effort has been to do away with them. The sand has been bur ied in many places and the clay brought to the top, making a hard surface. To day an entirely new road from this city to Horn’s Ferry, on the Wlthlacoochee river, about 14 miles, is being thrown open to the public and it will bring Val dosta tn much closer touch with one of the very beat portions of the county. It is understood that the policy of the new board of county commissioners will be to improve the public roads, so there ts to be no backward step tn the change of administrations. The people have been pretty well educated on the subject and they are beginning to demand good roads. - Cure* Eczema, Itching Humor*, Pim ple* and Carbuncle*—Costa Nothing to Try. B.’ B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) ts now recognized as a certain and sure cure for eczema itching skin, humors, scabs, scales, watery blisters, pimples, aching bones or joints, bolls, carbuncles, prick ling pain in the skin, old, eating sores, ul cers. etc. Botanic Blood Balm taken in ternally, cures the worst and most deep seated cases by enriching, purifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the skin. Botanic Blood Balm is the only cure, to stay cured, for these awful annoying skin troubles. Heals every sore and gives the rich glow of health to the skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes the blood red and nourishing. Especially advised for chronic, old cases that doctors, patent medicines and hot springs fall to eure. Druggists. |l. To prove B. B. B. cures, sample sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co.. 302 Forsyth street. Atlan ta. Ga. Describe trouble and free medi cal advice sent In sealed letter. Charles Hebard Dead. PHILADELPHIA, June 11-Charles Hebard. one of the moat extensive lumber manufacturers in the United States, died last night, aged 71 years. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1902. DUPONT GUERRY TALKS OF RECENT ELECTION In a Communication to the People of Georgia He Writes of Cam paign. MACON, Ga., June 14. IS®. To the People of Georgia: Because of absence and of business since my return, and prefering reticence dur ing th* rejoicings of opponents, and while the disappointments of friends were fresh, I have delayed all voluntary public ex pression concerning the result of the pri mary on the gubernatorial question. To my supporters among non-voters. as well as voters, and especially to the good women of Gqorgia. who modestly but anxiously supported me for the nom ination by appeals to men and prayers to God, I return my heartfelt thanks. I also sincerely thank those of my op ponents who were either fair or courte ous to me in their opposition to my cause or candidacy. i 'To those nearest me because of ties of kinship and friendship and others who during the campaign became interested in me personally, I wish to say that while of course I am disappointed by the delay in the manifesly Just reforms I am advo cating, I have not for a moment felt the sting or humiliation of personal defeat, and that so far as my physical health is concerned, it has never been better, if as good. Pardon me for a few more words per sonal. While political candidacy is understood to be demoralizing, the struggle through which I have passed and my denial of every temptation to do anything wrong or questionable, and my suppression of all selfish motives and feelings of resentment and revenge, etc., have made me in all respects a better man (though this may not be saying much) than I was at the be ginning of the contest. The world is welcome to know every word I wrote or uttered, and every act I performed in the campaign. My chief ambiton was to make an open, fearless and honorable campaign for your good, without regard to personal results and this ambition I have fully realized. The means and methods by which I was defeated, it would be inopportune for me now to discuss. I wish, however, to make known some facts not byway of com plaint, but that the struggle I made may in connection with the number of popu lar votes I received, be better under stood and appreciated. Not a cent was used by me or for me with my knowledge for any illegitimate purpose. Not a cent was donated by me to any good caus* simply because I was a candidate, although donations were ask ed of me for such reason and in some in stances by those representing churches and Sunday schools. When I announced my candidacy I ex pected more help in the matter of funds as well as otherwise than was received, but I would have pursued the same cqprse as to the use of money I did pursue if funds had been plentiful, for I had marked out my course on this subject in the be ginning. I neither made nor authorized any com bination or trade or pieage or promise, except such pledges and promises a* were made by me in public communication and utterances. For want of funds personally it was with the utmost difficulty that I kept go ing. I was almost without organization, ex- Spring local volunteer clubs, and no or nization in my interest had at any time what could be really regarded as a cam paign fund. For want of money compara tively little literature was printed in my behalf and the distribution of this little was frequently suspended for want of postage. Some friends in Macon and Atlanta and in other sections of the state did great service and made sacrifices for my cause and candidacy. t It would afford me the greatest pleasure to publish a list of these gentlemen, but for fear that in so doing I might unjustly omit some of them I must forego that pleasure. While no dally paper supported me a small number of other papers did most nobly and without earthly reward or the hope thereof. After all these heart-felt acknowledgements it is but just for me to say that so far as the steady and ar duous work of my campaign was con cerned the most of it not performed by myself was done in my office by my son, Dupont Guerry, Jr., aged 19, and by my amanuensis, Miss Myrtle Freeman, aged IS. . The ring politicians of Georgia will have for two years, or longer the spoils of of fice. • Our state government during that period will be dominated by bossism, machinlsm, railroadlsm. llquorism and lobbyism, but on account of the recent campaign and the pendency of the issues raised in it, there may be less indeceny in lobbyism and less discrimination in favor of rail road companies in the matter of taxation and otherwise, and more consideration for the rights of the people. The present contention that the issue between state prohibition and local op tion has been settled in favor of the latter and against the former when the uncon scionable evasion and cruel suppression of that question are considered is simply preposterous, but I reserve for another ar ticle a discussion of what has not been decided and a presentation of an element al analysis of the gubernatorial vote. 1. I content myself now with saying that there will be on the same platform of principles I am advocating a candidate for the nomination in 1904 unless during the next two years the following reforms are substantially accomplished. 1. State prohibition at least to the ex tent of the abolition of barrooms. 2. The enactment of a law making it penal to buy or sell any vote cast in a party primary or to use any intoxicants to influence such vote, etc., and the moral improvement of state politics and state government. 8. The destruction of the chronic lobby ism that is degrading our legislation and disgracing out state. 4. The enactment of a law making it penal for railroad companies to issue free railroad passes to officials whose duties require them to pass upon the rights of such railway companies, and for such offi cials to use or receive such passes. 5. The dethronement of the ring headed by the Southern Railway company and the Georgia Liquor association that now dom inates our state politics and government. 6. The equalization of taxation especial ly with a view to making railway com panies who are not doing so pay their share of the taxes including just ad volor em taxes on their franchises. 7. A change in our law making our rail road commissioners elective by the people. 8. The enactment of a law for the as sessment of railroad property for state, county and municipal taxation, by as sessors elective by the people. 9. The establishment by law of some fair means for making our income equal to our expenses and obligations without increasing the burdens of honest taxpay ers or diminishing our school or pension fund. 10. The subjection of the Southern Rail way company to state court jurisdiction the same as other railroad companies op erating in this state. 11. The enactment of s: me law in the interest of fairness and peace between capital and labor and for the better pro tection of child labor. The party custom of election as matter of course for a second term, is in principle undemocratic and contrary to the spirit of our constitution, the object of limiting the term to two years being accountability at the end of that period. A second administration should in every instance depend upon the merits of the first. The reforms I am advocating are mani festly just and sorely needed, and should not be delayed in the Interest of those op posed to them or to Indulge any one man’s ambition. Should Mr. Terrell as governor honestly and earnestly seek these reforms he shall have my honest and earnest support. Should these reforms be substantially ac complished during his first administration no man will more honestly and earnestly support him for a second administration. Yours truly, DUPONT GUERRY. *♦♦♦*♦*♦lllllll ***♦*« mi,; :: SUGGESTIONS :: FROM OTHERS ■• < I r <1 • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< 9f WANTS JUDGE RUSSELL FOR SUPREME BENCH BUFORD, Ga.. June 12, 19®. To the Editor of The Journal: Apropos to the information that Judge Hal T. Lewis will tender his resignation as associate justice of the supreme court, presents to my mind no name more wor thy of the honor and qo better quali fied to fill that exalted position than the Judge of the superior courts of the west ern circuit, the Hon. Richard B. Russell. True, his many friends are loath to give him up from his present honorable posi tion, which he has filled with so much manly dignity and impartial bearing, yet we would be greatly complimented to see Judge Russell elevated to the supreme bench. Should Judge Russell enter the race he would make a formidable campaign and would muster such a strops following, not only from the western circuit, but from all north Georgia, that would be hard indeed to defeat. J. O. H. BROWN. DESCENpANT OF NANCY HART SAYS HISTORY IS CORRECT To the Editor of The Journal: In reference to the numerous pieces in your highly appreciated paper of Nancy Hart I beg to advise for the benefit of your readers that she was my great grandfather Foote's own aunt, my grand mother, "Foote’s daughter,” was talking to me about the same a few days ago. The facts in reference to same as related in history ar* correct. Yours truly, W. C. BARNWELL, , Manager W. U. Tel. Co. OLD VETERAN WANTS ADDRESSES OF COMRADES LUMBER CITY, Ga., May 31, 19®. Editor of The Journal: I am an old veteran, fought in the Fourteenth Georgia regiment, under Cap tain T. T. Mounger. I want to know the address of W. A. Harris and Daniel Gillis, who fought w-th me In the same regi ment, Respectfully, D. J. THOMPSON. MR. DODSON WRITES ABOUT GEN. WHEELER To the Editor of The Journal: I found the following in the Journal of recent date: "Previous to appointing General ‘Joe’ Wheeler to a command in the war with Spain, President McKinley consulted the late Senator Davis, <ff Minnesota, about the matter. ‘I think it would be a splen did appointment,’ said Senator Davis. ‘I am a living witness of Joe Wheeler’s grit and persistence. During the civil war he chased me like the devil through five states.’ ” The Senator Davis referred to was probably General Jeff C. Davis, with whom Wheeler and his cavalry had nu merous encounters, commencing in Ken tucky and ending in the Carolinas. (PRIVATE) W. C. DODSON. JONESBORO DELIGHTED WITH SUNDAY JOURNAL JONESBORO, Ga., June 2, 1902. To the Editor of The Journal: Sunday's edition of the Journal was splendid. Jonesboro people are delighted. Accept congratulations. Most respectfully, W. L. GILBERT. WITH THE STATE PRESS. Dawion New*: Mr. Estill comes out of th* campaign with clean hands and much to be proud of. He fought a good fight and is stronger In the esteem of th* people of Geor gia today than ever before. Calhoun Times: The election i* over and ev erybody should be glad of it and get down to business once more. The result has perhaps disposed of the prohibition question by enact ment, and it Is doubtful if the question will again become an issue in state politics. Hon. J. M. Terrell will make Georgia a good gov ernor. and the other state house officials elect ed are capable men and will doubtless serve the state well. Macon Telegraph: Mr. Warner Hill did not, however, carry his 120 counties.—Savannah Frees. A great American philosopher once ad vised men to alm at the sun and they would be sure to hit a star. Acworth Post: We expect to make July sth a great day for Acworth. We want every citi zen within twenty mile* of the town to be here at 4 o’clock p. m. At that hour a wheel barrow ride between Mr. Orlando Awtrey, of the firm of Orlando Awtrey & Collins, and your editor, W. M. Webb, will take place. We pro pose to start at Uncle Sam’s postoffice near the depot and go to the Baptist church and back. The conditions upon which this ride is based are as follows: If Mr. Awtrey proves that J. M. Terrell received more popular votes over the state than either of the other candi date*, then Webb does thf pushing act and Mr. Awtrey the riding. Otherwise Mr. Awtrey will do the pushing and Webb the riding. Any way we expect a big day and free lemonade for all. Lafayette Sun: The primary election in Georgia resulted in th* overwhelming victory of Hon. J. M. Terrell, of Merriweather county, as nominee for governor. Mr. Terrell will make a most excellent governor. Athens Banner: There is some talk of War ner Hill standing for the chairmanship of the Democratic executive committee of the state against Ed Brown. Mr. Brown has made a good chairman and is entitled to re-election. Augusta Tribune: Mr. Hardwick is a young man of rare ability. He has served with dis tinction two terms in the legislature. He is ambitious, and this ambition will spur him on to do his best. He is honestly desirous of ben efiting his district by his service, and though he will he one of the youngest members of the next house, there need be no fear that the in terests of the people will suffer. The Tenth district will be well represented. Valdosta Times: Col. Joe Terrell was 42 years of age last Thursday. Did the executive com mfttee have the colonel's anniversary In mind when they fixed the day for the primary? Waycross Herald: There Is no clause in the recent verdict which say* that Colonel Estill must go way back and sit down. In fact the whole thing is in the nature of an invitation to come again. Columbus Ledger: Mr. Guerry ran as a pro hibitionists in a Democratic primary and the prohibitionists helped to turn him down. Put to the Blush. Life. Nor was Louis XVI.. howbeit young, devoid of an anecdotal side. “A mob without!” exclaimed the Court Chamberlain one day. "Without what?” asked the amiable monarch. "Sans cullotes, sire!” faltered the ob- < sequlous official, blushing with great vio lence. tOnM BITES WILL HIKE INQUW AGENT OF COMMISSION SUM MONS WELL KNOWN RAIL ROAD MEN TO APPEAR BE FORE FEDERAL GRAND JURY. The interstate commerce commission has begun an investigation of alleged violations of the act to regulate commerce in Atlanta, and as a first step in that di rection has subpoened a number of rail road men and cotton shippers to appear before the federal grand Jury today. The investigation is being conducted by John T. Marchand, general counsel for the Interstate commerce commission, from Washington, who has arrived in the city for that purpose. He is being assisted by Assistant District Attorneys E. A. Angler, ! W. L. Massey and George L. Bell. The section of the law under which the investigation will be made is the fifth sec tion, or anti-pooling clause, and it is un derstood has reference to cotton rates. The section reads as follows: "That it shall be unlawful for any com mon carrier, subject to the provisions of this act, to enter into any contract, agree men. or combination with any other com mon carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing rail roads, or to divide between the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof." The penalty for such violations Is a fin* of 85,000. Among the railroad men and shippers whom it Is known have been subpoenaed are Chairman S. F. Parrott and Secretary W. L. Magill, of the Southeastern Freight Association; Traffic Manager J. M. Culp, of Washington, and Division Freight Agent L. L. McCleskey, of the Southern railway; Division Freight Agent J. A. Sams, of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway; Assistant General Freight Agent R. I. Cheatham and Solic iting Freight Agent E. O. Pritchard, of the Georgia railroad; Commercial Agent D. W. Appier, of the Central of Georgia railway; W. H. Beatty. C. B. Howard, G. A. Nicholson and others. The determination on the part of the interstate commission to make the inves tigation has caused much uneasiness among all classes of railroad men and shippers and the investigation promises to be one of sensational Interest. General Council Marchand, who will conduct the prosecution for the govern ment, appeared before O. C. Fuller, clerk of the circuit court Saturday afternoon, and was sworn in as special assistant dis trict attorney. He was seen today but declined to give out any information. He admitted, however, that the investiga tion would be made. The interstate commerce commission, through General Counsel Marchand, last month conducted a similar investigation in the federal court in Memphis which re sulted in several indictments. It would seem from the aggressive work of the commission that the government has de termined to put its foot down on any thing that savors of a trust. BI88»0SE TM ON FRANCHISES GRAND JURY MAKES A RECOM MENDATION AS A MEANS OF LOWERING TAX RATE. MACON, Ga., June 14.—Bibb county’s grand jury has adjourned, but before finishing its work it made some impor tant recommendations, it suggested a plan by which it hopes to have the coun ty tax rate reduced from 1.37 to % of 1 per cent if not to *l-2 of 1 per cent. This plan is to have a board of equalizers ap pointed for the county and to have a bill passed taxing the franchises of corpora tions. Jt is also advised that the cjounty commissioners furnish the tax receiver with a property book, on which all trans fers of real estate must be recorded. The jury expresses surprise that so many cor porations make such small returns soy taxation, and it also complains that mer chandise is not-being returned at a fair valuation. The Jury also recommends the passage of a- convict law which will do away with the present lease system and will make all chaingang convicts work on the public roads. MEMORIAL EXERCISES WERE HELD IN AMERICUS, GA. AMERICUS. Ga.. June 14.—Impressive exer cises were held at the court house this morn ing by the Americus Bar Association in memo ry of Colonel Edgar F. Hinton and Judge Wel born F. Clarke, whose deaths hav* occurred during the present year. Eloquent speeches were made by E. A. Nis bett. Judge C. R. Crisp, Judge J. A. Ansley, Jr., J. R. Williams and W. A. Dodson, after which resolutions were read and ordered spread upon the minutes of the court by Judge Z. A. Littlejohn. . _ . After paying a tribute to each of the deceased members. Judge Littlejohn said the Americus bar seemed to possess a peculiar fatality, as in the six and a half years that he had been upon the bench he has presided over the me morial exercises of seven members of the Amer icus bar, while not a single death, to his knowl edge, has occurred in any other bar of his cir cuit. At the conclusion of the exercises court was adjourned for the morning in respect to their memory. HENRY CONNER DIES IN PHILIPPINES OF CHOLERA SYLVANIA, Ga., June 14.—News has Just been received here of the death of Joseph Henry Conner, a private in the Fifteenth United States infantry, now in service in Province Laguna, Philippine Islands, on April 29, 19®, of cholera. Conner was 25 years of age. He went to the Philippine islands in 1900. He was from a prominent family In this county, and the news of his death was received with regret. He has a younger brother now in service in the Philippines, who writes that cholera is spreading all over the islands. Delegates Are Named. WATKINSVILLE, Ga., June 14.—The delegates to the state convention are E. 8. Dobbins, J. H. Lowe, R. F. Miller, R. E. Thrasher, J. C. Johnson, J. W. Lea, J. D. Price, L. W. Downs, R. M. Jackson, J. T. Elder. To the congressional conven tion, Eighth district, L. W. Downs and R. F. Miller. To the senatorial conven tion, Twenty-seventh district, E. S. Dob bins and B. E. Thrasher. elephantTravingliad, IS INSTANTLY KILLED TOURS. France. June IX—A crowd of about 3,000 persons witnessed the execution at mid night. in the city park, of the largest of Bar num 4 Bailey’s performing elephants While on the way to the railway station the animal suddenly went tnad, broke its chains, tried to kill its keepers and had to be immedi ately killed. Two hundred men held the rope which strangled the elephant. COTTON DEALERS WILL FIGHT THE ELKINS BILL PRISONER LONG DEAD WHEN CASE WAS CALLED NEW YORK. June 14.-Justus Smith was charged just thirty-seven years ago with having taken "a drop too much" and was arrested. There is reason to believe that Justus reformed and that years ago he went where the good Smiths go. but unfortunately for his memory that charge on the official records has just been ex punged. It was on June 14. 1865, that Smith was arrested by Policeman Gustav von Bus kirk. He was arraigned before Police Jus tice Hogan in the old Tombs court and for some reason the case was held for further examination by the Justice, who has since become a magistrate. Smith failed to answer when his case was next called, but a memorandum of the proposed examination has remained ever since in the box for June 14 in the Tomba court. Chief Clerk Lewis finally handed the old slip up to Magistrate Zel ler. Just at that time Magistrate Hogan walked into the court room and he and Magistrate Zeller smiled over the old po lice court relic. "Call that case up,” said Magistrate Zel ler. "Where Is the complainant?” "Dead," responded Court Policeman Cooke. "Von Buskirk has been dead for fourteen years. The defendant is dead, too. I attended the funerals of both." Magistrate Zeller assumed his Judicial aspect and said: "The case against Justus Smith, charged w—h being intoxicated and disorderly, June 14, 1865, Is dismissed.” MONEYKING OF JAPAN IS GUEST OF AMERICA NEW YORK, June 14.—Baron E. Shi busawa, a leader of finance in Japan, whose position in his native country as a financier corresponds to that of the Marquis Ito in statecraft, has arrived here from Philadelphia. The baron, who is on a tour o fthe world, is many times a mil lionaire and at the head of forty cor porations in his native country, was met at the railroad station in Jersey City by many of the prominent members of the Japanese colony here. The salutations to the baron and baron ess required nearly half an hour, as each one of the delegation which met them greeted them in turn. Later, at his hotel, the baron, through his interpreter, IcWhara, expressed sur prise at the great advancement of the United States as he had seen it on his travels from San Francisco to this port. He had been especially interested in Chi cago and Pittsburg and the locomotive works in Philadelphia. He considered the progress of the United States due to the great material force of the people. "The advancement of Japan," he added, "is due to the American people. Japan has taken the United States for her model. The United States is the greatest country in the world, and Japan, new Japan, is following in her footsteps.” At the invitation of the president the baron and his party will visit the white house Monday. He will then return to this city, from which he will sail for Eng land on the Oceanic. PREACHERS WANT SCHOOL FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME CHARLOTTE. N. C., June 14.—The Episcopal convention for the diocese of North Carolina, in session at Oxford, un animously adopted the following resolu tion, offered by Rev. Dr. Marshall: "That we (the convention) are in favor of establishing at Washington a labora tory for the study of the criminal, pauper and defective classes, it being understood that such investigation is the development of work already begun under the federal government; that such study shall Include the collection of sociological and pathol ogical data in hospitals, schools and other institutions; that especially the causes of social evils shall be sought out with a view to eliminating or preventing them.” A resolution favoring a state reforma tory for young criminals was also adopted. STARNES WILL RESIGN UNIVERSITY CHAIR ATHENS, Ga.. June 14.—1 t is currently rumored that Prof. H. N. Starnes, of the chair of agriculture at the University of Georgia, will hand in his resignation to the board trustees, now in session here, and the rumor further states that the re signation of Prof. Starnes will be ac cepted. Prof. Starnes has been with the univer sity for the past three years and has done much to build up the agricultural course at the university. He was formerly at the head of the experiment station at Griffin. The agitation throughout the state on the subject of the agricultural course will cause many changes and im provements to be made in this depart ment. The successor for this chair has not been named. PARIS TO NAME STREET TO HONOR ROOSEVELT NEW YORK, June 14.—1 t is suggested here, says a Herald dispatch from Paris, that in order to commemorate the sympa thy shown by President Roosevelt and the United States in Lie recent Martin ique catastrophe, a street of Paris should be named Rue Du Presidente Roosevelt, a plate being affixed at each end of the street recording the facts. The Societe Francalse des Amis des Arts is having an engraving made of Mrs. Roosevelt’s picture painted by M. Chal ran, which will be Incorporated in the Album given to the society’s subscribers annually. MANY DISFRANCHISED BY ALABAMA LAW AUBURN, Ala., June 14.—The registrars of Lee county wound up the county pre cincts yesterday and have only 1.200 white voters and one colored who received cer tificates entitling them to vote in the fu ture. The county usually polls 6,000. With the negro cut off the entire vote in the future will be about 3,000. Very few negroes ask for the certlcate, as they know the quali fication on moral character is very strin gent, and on this mahy will fall. THREE RURAL DELIVERY ROUTES FOR CARROLL CO. CARROLLTON, Ga.. June 14.—Carroll ton and Carroll county are to have three free rural mall delivery routes on July 1. One has been in operation since January Ist. This one to the northeast in a popu lous and thriving district, serving 475 peo ple. Another one'will go to the south, by Bonner’s mines and Lowell, serving 425 people, and still another to the southeast, serving 425. Two special box delivery star routes have also been provided for this county this season. TERRIFIC SNOW STORMS SWEEP THROUGH CAPE PRETORIA, June 14.—Intense cold accom panied bv heavy snow prevails here. The Cape mail was blockaded in the snow at Springfield for twenty-four hours. It was nec essary to employ three engines to *x tricate th* train from th* drift. > Railroad Pooling To Be Vigorously Opposed by the Cotton Men in the South. I Any bill legalizing the pooling by rail roads and especially the Elkins bill, which ' is now pending before congress, will ba | fought and is being fought by the South i eastern Cotton Buyers’ Association. The ’’ fight has already begun and will be waged | to the bitter end. ! Prominent cotton buyers and shippers in all sections of the south have joined in the fight and it is the intention of these men to push things until the railroads are forced out of the pools which have al ready, in a number of instances, been made, and until the Elkins bill, which seeks to legalize pooling, or any other bill on the same line. Is defeated. G. A. Nicolson, president, and C. B. Howard, secretary, of the Southeastern Cotton Buyers’ Association, with head quarters in Atlanta, have sent out the following letter to numerous cotton deal ers throughout the states of Georgia, Al- • aba ma, North and South Carolina: Letter of Atlanta Men. Dear Sir—Representing and acting for the Southeastern Cotton Buyers’ associa tion, composed of the firms as shown on attached sheet, we write to protest against the Elkins bill, or any bill legalizing pool ing by the railroads, and to urge you to use your vote and endeavors towards de feating such legislation. You can readily see that such power conferred upon the railroads would result in the abolition of any competition whatever, and shippers in every line of business would be wholly at the mercy of the railroads, not simply in the matter of rates, but also for numer ous other charges which the railroads so well know how to-assess, such as extra charges for concentrating cotton at com presses, terminal charges at the ports, trackage, transfer, demurrage, reduction of compression charges, etc., etc. Power given the railroads to have one railroad issue a bill of lading and send the cotton over another road from initial point would be followed by a train of evils to the ship per. We urge you, therefore, as represent atives of the cotton shipping interests of Georgia, Alabama, North and South Caro lina, to defeat the Elkns bill and to us* your efforts In favor of the Corliss bilk Yours very truly, C. B. HOWARD, JR., Secretary. G. A. NICOLSON, President. List of Cotton Men. W. P. Welch & Co., Selma, Ala. Heineken & Vogelsang, Augusta, Ga. A. P. Loveman & Co., Tuscaloosa, Ala. Chas. E. Johnson & Co., Relelgh, N. C. J. B. Holst, Co., Columbu*, Ga. Weil Bros, Opelika, Ala. Bashinsky & Co., Troy, Ala- F. B. Fisk, agent, Montgomery, Ala. J. P. Ferrall, Mgr., Montgomery, Ala. W. H. Nance & Co., Sheffield, Ala. W. D. Nesbitt & Co., Birmingham, Ala. Smith & Coughlin. Birmingham, Ala. Howell Cotton Co.. Birmingham, Ala. Howell Cotton Co., Rome, Ga. Robinson Bros., Anniston, Ala. Inman & Company, Augusta, Ga. Ga. Cotton Co., Albany, Ga. H. & I. Lampley, Eufaula, Ala. R. L. Moss A Co., Athens, Ga. Sanders, Orr & Co., Charlotte, N. C. Heath Bros., Charlotte, N. C. B. H. Ford & Co.. Macon, Ga. W. C. Smith & Co., Opelika, Ala. Barker & Co., Albany, Ga. Knight, Yancey & Co., Decatur, Ala. Decker & Co., Albany, Ga. C. A. McKinnon & Co., Selma, Ala. C. Cochrane & Co.. Augusta, Ga. ' Wm. Watson & Co., Augusta, Ga. Wm. Bower A Bon, Augusta, Ga Sanders, Swann A Co., Atlanta, Ga. Maddox-Rucker Banking -Co., Atlanta* Ga. Beatty, Hobson & Co., Atlanta, Ga. John E. Cay, Augusta, Ga. S. Lesser, Augusta, Ga. L. G. Doughty, Augusta, Ga. Letter of Birmingham Men. The Birmingham Commercial club, of Birmingham. Ala., has passed resolutions condemning the pooling of railroads and the Elkin bill which is now - pending In the United States senate. The cotton dealers in Birmingham sent the following letter to the Commercial club in Birming ham with the result that the resolution* following the letter were adopted: BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 10, 19®. Mr. J. B. Gibson, Secretary Commercial Club. Birmingham, Ala. Dear Sir: The undersigned firms who ar* Interested in the upbuilding of the cotton interests of Birmingham, and who find that their work is much handicapped and business interfered with by the ‘ pooling" practiced by the railroads entering here, beg the aid of your organization In bring ing to the attention of our senators and congressmen the importance of defeating certain legislation now before the house of congress, which legislation, if made in to laws .will legalize this pooling of th* traffic of the railway lines. The special bill before the senate now is No. 3521, known as the "Elkins Bill.” We attach a copy of this bill that your committee may see the trend of the legislation. We beg that you will refer this matter to the proper committee at once and ask that they introduce for passage by the club res olutions along the line of the enclosed copy, and that they promptly communi cate the passage of such resolutions to our senators, Hon. John T. Morgan and Hon. E. W. Pettus, and to our congress man, Hon. O. W. Underwood. Yours very truly, INMAN A CO.. W. D. NESBITT A Co., HOWELL COTTON CO., SMITH A COUGHLAN, THE DUCKWORTH CO SANDERS, SWANN A CO, COTHRAN A CO.. Commercial Club Resolution*. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 13, 1902. "Whereas, It has been brought to th* attention of f his club that there is an at tempt being ntade to pass senate bill No. 3521, commonly known as the Elkins bill, and "Whereas. The passage of this bill in it* present form, or any like legislation, would legalize the practice of the division of traffic, or the profits from traffic, by dif ferent Independent railway lines, and "Whereas, We believe such pooling of interests to be to the detriment of the business interests of our community and place too much power in the hands of the railroads, therefore be it "Resolved, That our senators, Hon. John T. Morgan and Hon. E. W. Pettus, and our congressman, Hon. O. W. Underwood, be, and are hereby, requested to use their best endeavors to defeat the passage of this bill, or any like legislation that will give the railroads the right to divide among themselves the tonnage, or the profits from the tonnage, of any given districts.” DROPSY W 10 OATS’ TREATKEST FUEL fL- *5/ Have made Dropsy and its eom plications a special./ for twenty V A years with the moat wonderful success. EaTeonredmanythous- L-x /X and cases. L W/ J JI.H.Z.GBZZ3’BBCKB, < \i / B O x f., Atlanta, Ga. harmless Home Cure. Address Mrs. M.D.Baldwin,P.O.box 1212 Chicago,lll. 5