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Conducted By C H. Jordan
Official Organ of Southern
Cotton Growers’ Association
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LEGISLATION FOR THE PEOPLE
BY HARVIE JORDAN.
While ft is true that the mission of the
agricultural writer is to devote his pen
and talents to writing and discussion of
subjects pertaining to the different de
partments of the farmers life work, nev
ertheless it is well at times to leave these
beaten pathways and turn our attention
to affairs of state government. A large
majority of the population of thia and
other southern states, is found in the ru
ral districts, hence, the farmer is vitally
Interested in all matters of legislation
which affect him and the general govern
ment of his state. The agricultural class
es contribute largely to taxation, both for
state and county purposes while upon the
success of the farmers depends the pros
perity of the state* in which they reside.
The general assembly of Georgia last
week convened in annual session
a rut many questions of importance
will be up for solution tn which
the general welfare of the people
of this stat*. especially that of the
farmers is involved. A matter of para
mount importance is that of taxation. The
tax rate of the state is yet too high, not
withstanding that a considerable reduc
tion from the very high rate of 1836 has
been secured by curtailment of govern
mental expenses and by the increase tn
the value of property returned for taxes
since that year. The rate in 18« was
on the thousand, and for this year
45.20. If the tax laws of the state were
fully inforced against all classes of prop
erty subject to taxation under the con
stitution. the maximum rate would not ex
ceed .4.00 on the thousand.
Intangible Property Escapes.
The escape of intangible property, that
is property which* is not open to public
inspection, such as notes, money, bonds,
accounts, etc.. f*om taxation, makes the
burdeq doubly hard to bear upon the men
who own realty, livestock, etc.. which
cannot be hidden from the eye of the pub
lic and the tax collector. Our consti
tution says that every species of prop
erty having a value is subject to taxa
tion at its fair and just valuation, except
such classes of property as are exempt
by the constitution, such as the property
of the state, churches, college* and public
libraries, etc. Nothing else of value in
the state is or can be exempt from con
tributing its prorata share to the burden
of our state and county governments.
It to a notorious fact, however, that only
the tangible property of the people is
reached tully by the tax collectors. Mil
lions of dollars worth of notes, merchan
dise. accounts, money, bonds, stocks and
other property of value-which can be con
cealed. annually escapes the just burden
of taxation. Every dollar of taxation
saved to the owners of this intangible
property who fail to make full and proper
returns must be made out of an Increased
rate on the tangible property which can
not escape. This intangible property is
largely owned by men of wealth, hence
the reason why the heavtest burden of
maintaining and supporting the various
establishments of our government falls
heaviest upon that class of our people who
have only moderate means, and possess
only tangible property.
Taxing Franchises.
Every corporation doing business tn this
state under a franchise granted by the
state should be taxed according to the
value of tbs franchise. The property of
a railroad ought to be taxed according
to the full value of its bonds, upon which
It is paying a fair interest annually, and
not simply upon its roadbed and rolling
stock. Again, corporations are tn the
haf>Jt of deducting their indebtedness
from the gross value of their property
and paring taxes on the difference. Farm
ers often owe as much as tiieir lands are
worth, but they are taxed the same as
rhosu who own lands and owe no money.
There should be no distinction made in
the interest of any class or classes, all
should be made to bear their prorata part
of the burden alike, according to the
amount of property owned and asseesei
at its fair value. There should be an
amendment to our present tax laws by
which the owners of intangible property
could be forced to return such property
for taxation at its fair market value. It
is said that one Insurance company has
claimed io have insured more merchandise
in the cities of Augusta and Savannah
ihan the total value of all the merchan
dise returned for taxation throughout
the entire state. What we need most
then along this line is to so amend the
tax laws as to reach all classes of In
tangible property, pass a taw taxing the
valuable franchises of all corporations
doing business in this state and endeavor
to make an equitable distribution us the
burdens of taxation between all classes.
Object of Taxation.
The sole object of taxation is to raise
money to sustain the civil snd military
branches of the state government, to
educate the children of the state and pro
vide for the care cf the Indigert and in
valid Confederate soldiers and their wid
ows. The civil and military departments
are maintained primarily for the purpose
of guaranteeing every citizen safety in
the possession of his property and
lives of himself and family, ','he man or
corporation then that owns property, in
the protection of which he could invoke
the strong arm of the courts, should be
willing to pay his taxes. If not paid the
protection of the -outts should be denied.
If notes were void in court, unless ft
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could be shown that they had been prop
erly returned for taxation, that class of
intangible property would greatly increase
on our tax digests within the next
twelve months.
Curtailing Government Expenses.
The members of the general assembly
at time* lose sight of their duties to the
people in the management of the slate’s
affairs. There are times when certain
officers and departmerts ar* created when
there exists no absolute necessity for
them. R’e are st this time burdened with
a few that are needless, offices which
•re filled by the payments of political
debts and the people have to stand an in
creased taxation to pay the salaries of
these needles* offke holders. It is grati
fying to note that the rffwent general aa
.-em ty of Georgia is "—•’ing to sha’pen
up the pruning knives, which foreshad
ows a genaml curtailment all along tho
line. Th* members of th* house have
already done a good thing tn cutting
down the else of the visiting comr.itteea
to three, which will break up toany an
nual junketing trips over the state by
large committees visiting the state insti
tutions and thereby saving several thou
sand dollars to the taxpayers. If the
good work already started cun be kept
up. and cuts made wherever needed, the
present session will have served the peo
ple faithfully, and the people may forgive
the last two sessions for spending so
many thousands of dollars discussing the
"depot" problem and accomplishing noth
ing thereby.
“A new broom sweeps clean.” and the
present house and senate being made up
almost entirely of new members we may
expect many radical changes which will
doubtless be for the best interests of tho
people at large.
HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
Mule In Poor Condition.
C. C. 8.. Reble, Ga. Oct. 24. 19M.
Please tell me through The Journal
what alls my mule. He is in good order,
hair looks well, and he eats hearty, except
every four or five weeks be becomes slug
gish and appears to have fever for a day
or two at a time. At such times he fails
to eat hearty, he eats dirt when turned
out, but I keep him stabled most of the
time. When the mule is sick he won’t
lay down but stands up and walks about,
seems uneasy and restless. Please give
disease and remedy to anxious subscriber.
Ans.: Your mule may be either affected
with indigestion or there may be a kidney
trouble. The description is too uncertain
to definitely detrmlne Just what the trou
ble is. I would suggest that you give the
following tonic without delay, believing
it will be of material benefit in strength
ening up the constitution of and curing
your mule: Pulv. genetian 1-4 lb.. Pulv.
eoppA-as 1-4 lb.. Pulv. fenugreen 1-2 lb..
Pulv. Elecampane 1-4 lb. Mix the ingre
dients well and give a large tablespoonful
once a day.
Gin and Warehouse Weights.
J. E. C.. Lawrenceville, Ga.. Oct. 24. 1902.
Please answer through The Journal
some way that the farmers can be protect
ed in regard to the weights of their cot
ton. It is nothing stranger for a bale to
lose 10 to K pounds from the gin to the
depot or warehouse weights on the same
make of scales
Ans.: In every county there should be
a strong organization of the farmers,
through which all classes of local troubles
such as you name could be properly han
dled and settled with justice and fairness
to all sides. As an individual I do not
see what steps you could take to remedy
the trouble.
If the farmers of your county were thor
oughly organized and effective co-opera
tion secured, you oould select from the
ranks of your association a man of un
questioned tntergity to act as public
weigher, and have him weigh all the cot
ton of the association that went to the
Lawrenceville market. The buyers could
not object, even if they wanted to. and if
the warehousemen objected, you could do
as the Florida farmers are now doing,
build your co-operative warehouse and let
the other fellow shut up shop. By organi
sation you can enforce your demands for
fair treatment, but as an individual you
will be forced to stand up and continue
to be robbed.
A Number of Questions.
E. M. 8., Mcßae, Ga.:
Please answer the following questions
through The Journal: L How and when
must I plant pecans?
2. How many trees must I expect from
a hundred seed?
8. Is there any danger In them taking
the dry-rot?
4. Where can I get some Brown Leg
horns’
k Are shorthorn cows better for beef
and dairy purposes than Hereford*?
I am a constant reader of The Journal.
I like it better than any other paper.
Answer—Any time between the Ist of
December and the Ist of March will suit
your section of the country. Plant the
seed in soft rich soil, from 4 to 8 inches
deep. Mulch the rows so that as much
moisture will be retained as possible. When
the young plant sprouts great care must
be taken in its cultivation the first year.
Th* young plant is quit* tender and
easily broken. Keep all weeds and gross
out and shade from the hot sunshine tn
summer. After the first year the young
trees get hardy enough to take care of
themselves.
2. If the seed are sound and are plant
ed properly, you should secure the ger
mination of at least 75 per cent of the
seed planted. A large percentage of the
young plants, however, may be lost the
first year by indifferent attention.
1 Pecan trees are not susceptible to dry
rot, and you need apprehend no trouble
in that •irection.
4. There are breeders of Brown Leg
horns in all parts of the state. The larg
est poultry farm in the state is owned by
Mr. Ed Wight. Smyrna, Ga.
5. The Devon breed is a better combin
ation beef and dairy cow than the Here
ford. as is also the Holstein. For an all
round beef cow, though, the Hereford
stands without a peer.
Fertilizers Per Acre.
THOMASTON. Ga . Oct. 21.-I have re
cently purchased 65 acres of land that has
been in cultivation five years. It was
originally oak and hickory, and will make
without any fertilizers about 1.000 pounds
reed cotton.
I suppose it might be turned loam land,
it has clay foundation.
I want to use every pound of fertilizers
that will nay. Please write me what an
alysis to use for cotton, corn and wheat,
also please write me how much per acre.
I was thinking It would be cheaper to buy
cotton seed meal, and acid and potash,
and do mj- own mixing. If you recom
mend this, please write me how to mix
and what per cent acid phosphate to buy,
etc. I would like to use 500 or 100 per
acre, should you think it profitable.
By answering above, It will be greatly
appreciated.
Yours truly.
C. B. KING.
WANTED—Two salesmen In each state; 450
and expenses; permanent position. Address
Penicks Tobacco Works Co.. Penicks. Va.
Back Talk.
"I shall never marry." said Miss Ann Teek.
with an air of determination.
•’Perhaps not.” replied Mies Pert, "but every
body will admit you have made a brave fight
against the inevitable.”
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1902.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA DISPENSARY ‘
AND THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
The biggest thing in South
Carolina is the dispensary.
Ben Tillman and the devil
saddled the thing on South
Carolina and the politicians and the
devil are running It with the aid of
fools and rascals who buy the liquor.
Whieky is sold from the dispensary
from sun up till sun down and the
prices range from 10 cents for half
pint bottle to 81.00 for pint bottle, from
popskull to "good likir.” Drummers
and "gentlemen” buy the "good
licker” and negroes and poor whites
buy the 10 cents a pint stuff. All the
dispensaries of the state are fur
nished their liquor from the Colum
bia wholesale shop. The state takes
its profits at headquarters before the
town and county dispensaries get
hold of it. Then the town and county
divide the profits equally. And the
work of drunkard making goes
steadily on. I find in mingling with
the people (I mean the good people,
for I go with no other sort), are all
opposed to the dispensary. They say
it’s better than the saloon. Just as
they prefer measles to smallpox.
They say it’s death to morals and
manhood, whether it’s furnished by sa
loon. blind tiger or dispensary.
The dispensary is as much In poli
tics in South Carolina as the saloons
of Chicago or Atlanta are in politics.
Therefore both gangs know that when
they go out of politics they must go
out of business. And so it goes, and
it looks like as long.as the infernal
greed of whisky dealers and the In
fernal apoetite for drink shall possess
men that the traffic will go on. but
I am still at my old game fighting
the gangs on both sides. They tell
me I can’t stop it, but I tell them
that I am like the boy who grabbed
the calf by the tail and the calf took
off down the road at break-neck
speed, and the boy keeping up with
the procession and by and by a gen
tleman said to the boy, "Tom. what
are you doing with that calf?" "I
am trying to stop him.” “You can’t
stop him that way,” said the gentle
man. "I know I can’t,” said the boy.
"but I'm slowing him up some." I
CHILD LABOR BILL AS
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
The following is the child tabor bill, as
presented to the house of legislature Mon
day morning by Hon. C. C. Houston, of
Fulton:
A Bill to Be Entitled an Act to Regulate
the Employment of Children In Factories
and Manufacturing Establishments of
This State, to Provide Penalties There
for, to Provide for Enforcement of the
Same, and for Other Purposes.
Section I.—Be It enacted by the general
assembly of the state of Georgia, and It
la hereby enacted by authority of same,
that no child under the agd of 12 years
shall be employed at labor In or about any
factory or manufacturing establishment
within this state, unless a widowed moth
er or totally disabled father is dependent
upon the labor of such child and has no
other means of support. No child under
the age of 10 years shall be so employed,
under any circumstances. Nor shall any
child not so employed be permitted to re
main, idle or work therein in any ca
pacity.
Sec. 2.—Be it further enaeted that it shall
be unlawful for any person, owner, lessee,
manager, superintendent or foreman of a
factory or manufacturing establishment
to hire or employ any sueh child, unless
there is first provided and placed on file
in the office of such employer an affidavit
signed by the parent, guardian or person
standing in parental relation thereto, cer
tifying to the age and date of birth of
said child. Any person knowingly furnish
ing a false certificate of the age of such
child shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor. and shall be brought before a
court for trial, and upon conviction shall
be punished In accordance with section
1039 of the criminal code of Georgia.
Sec. B.—Be it further enacted, that no
child under the age of 14 years shall be
employed at labor or detained in any fac
tory or manufacturing establishment in
this state between the hours of 7 p. m.
and 6 a. m
Sec. 4,-rße ft further enacted that no
child under the age of 14 years shall be
employed at labor in or about any factory
or manufacturing establishment in thte
state unless he or she can read and write
his or her own name, and simple sentences
in the English language; provided the pro
visions of this section shall not go Into
effect until September 1, 1903.
Sec. s.—Be it further enacted that any
person, owner, manager, superintendent
or foreman who violates any of the pro
visions of this act, or who suffers or per
mits any child to be employed in violation
of its provisions, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and a fine of not less
than 825 nor more than 8200. or by impris
onment for not less than 25 nor more than
100 days, or by both such fines and Impris
onment. at the discretion of the court.
See. B—Be it further enacted that the
grand jury shall have inquisitorial pow
ers to investigate violations of this act.
and that judges of the circuit and crimi
nal courts of the state shall especially
charge the grand jury at the beginning
of each term of the court to investigate
violations of this act.
Sec. 7.—Be it further enacted that all
acts or parts of acts in conflict with this
act are hereby repealed.
Hood's Sarsaparilla positively cures even
when all other medicines fail. It has a
record of success unequaled by any other
medicine. Be sufe to get Hood's and only
Hood’s. ' *’
Keeps Bad Settlers Out.
Chicago Chronicle.
The commonwealth of Australia has gone
considerably farther than any other country
tn her restriction of immigration. The "Im
migration Restriction Aet,’ T which want Into
effect toward the end of last year, was passed
at th* behest of the labor party and was
aimed primarily at •yellow labor." meaning
Kanakas. Chines* and East Indians. In real
ity. however, it can keep out of Australia
anybody, white or black, should it be so de
sired. Th* principal clause in th* act pro
vides that no person shall "tie allowM to land
in Australia who, ’"when asked to do so by
an officer (the word officer being defined as
an officer especially appointed, or any cus
toms officer), falls to write out at dictation
and sign In the presence of the oficer a passage
of flftv words in length In a European language
directed by the officer.”
There are additional clauses providing for
the rejection of undesirables, but the first
Is widely embracing enough for all purpose*.
The broad character of thia clause was pur
posely designed so that any class of laborers,
even Englishmen, might be kept out of the
countrv if it seemed likely that they would
work for less than the native. Some of the
Important industries, especially sugar-growing,
have already been materially affected and
great discontent has resulted. This Is only
one of several differences between the vari
ous states, which have not yet been able to
get the national standpoint and look for the
greater good of the whole country rather than
that of one section.
Undress Titles of Royalty.
■Rondon King.
Members of all European families delight to
travel incognito whenever they can. for it
spares them a great deal of tiresome etiquette
and contributes to their comfort tn many
When Queen Victoria wished to be incognito
she adopted her title of Countess of Balmoral.
King Edward, when he Was prince of Wales,
used the title of Earl of Chester frequently
when on the continent. The Impress Eugenie
travels as the Countess de Pie.rrefonds, a title
chosen from a favorite shooting lodge in the
forest or Fontalnbleau. The king of the Bel
gians is Count Ravenstetn when he pays an
informal visit to Rondon or any other capital
where he wishes to b* unreclgnored. The queen
regent of Spain, who Is just now enjoying her
first real holiday out of Spain for some years,
hides her identity under the title of Countess
of Toledo: th* queen of Portugal, when sh*
stars with her relative* in this country, is
the Marques* de Villacoza. and the king of
Portugal uses th* Incognito title of Count de
Barcellos.
So 1 say.gentlemen, while I may nev
er be able to stop the gang, I have
them by the tail and hope to slow
them up somewhat. I asked the hotel
man In one of the South Carolina
towns if the drummers bought much
dispensary liquor, he replied not much.
A few of them still drink, but as
a rule when a drummer gets drunk at
my hotel, he don't come back any
mere. I Inquire of him, and I learn
his house has fired him. He said I
find that drinking or gambling drum
mers are growing scarce- and scarcer
every year. Their houses fire them
soon as they get on to them.
Liquor was never under bond like ft
is today. The fellows who drink it are
the low down white folks and negroes,
who have nothing to kse, or the
well to do fellows, who can afford to
be vagabonds, for they have money,
and money not only makes the fl Uy go.
but it makes a dog respectable. I
keep saying that the last a of us
was born half dog and half man, and
many men have fed the dog in them
and starved the man, until the man
in them is dead and the dog full grown,
and there are thousands of fellows,
who if they had a little more hair
and a Ml they could go to running
rabbits for a negro. All dog, tit for
nothing but bologna sausage.
Whiskey is splendid dog food, and
man poison.
And the Georgia legislature Is in
session again. I have not had time to
look up the pedigree of its members,
or into their habits. I will look into
those things later along—maybe. If
it’s worth while. I wonder what they
will do with the depot matter. Joe
Hill Hall is on top at these writings.
Joe is the only fellow who can say ”1
told you so.*'* But the roads will all
soon be under one general manage
ment. and then the thing will be too
big to tackle. This is your last chance
gentlemen—now or never. If you don’t
build they will, and I don’t know
but both of you had better build.
The state and the railroads. We will
want a depot for the poor little W.
& A. bye and bye. But don’t let any
thing be done through spite. "Tote
fair,” gentlemen.and keep In mind that
we owe the railroads about as much
GLOOM IN AGRICULTURE
DEPRESSES ALL RUSSIANS
(Correspondence of The Associated Press)
ST. PETERSBURG, dbt. 14—Tuesday.)—
The representatives of the local commit
tees on the agricultural depression are
receiving wide publication here, whole
pages of the newspapers being filled with
them.
The Russkya Vodmosti, one of the ablest
newspapers in Russia, has carefully fol
lowed the work of the local committees
and now prints a general review.
“The review has prevailed in most of
the committees” says this liberal organ
"that the inquiry into the causes of the
agricultural depression rendered it in
dispensable to study the fundamental
needs of the country. They undertook
this task with entire sincerity and in all
seriousness. It has been found that the
alm in view, agricultural improvement,
ean be attained through no agronomic,
technical measures, or special measures
for the benefit of special branches of pro
duction.
"According to the majority of the com
mittees. no improvements in agriculture
or in the economic life of the agricultural
portion of the population are possible
without the removal of the main hin
drances to progress. Such hindrance* are
the low plane of civilization and the legal
status of the population on the one hand
and land hunger, inequitable taxation and
excessive protection of manufactures on
the other.
“Many committees have made universal
education their basic demand and have
directed attention to the insufficiencies of
existing schools. Many have laid equal
emphasis on the necessity of a change
in the legal position of the peasants, of
the emancipation of the villagers from
bureoucratic tutllages and of a thorough
change in the local court organization.
According to committees which lay stress
upon this side of the problem, no consid
erable economic improvements is possi
uiEPilWE
BI THE CONVICT
■ LESSEES
PRISONERS SECURED FROM THE
STATE FOR $8 PER MONTH
AND HIRED OUT FOR
sl4 AND S2O.
Although the prison commission has
recommended that the same convict sys
tem now in vogue be again adopted by
the legislature at • the coming session,
there are some members in the house who
are disposed to fight the question on the
ground that there should be no sub-leas
ing. and that the state should receive as
high prices for convicts as those who are
now sub-leasing them get.
Where 820 per month is paid for each
convict the original contractor feeds and
clothes the convicts, but where 814 per
month is made, the sublessee pays all the
expenses. A profit of $5 a month or more
is gained on each convict who is sub
let. This profit twelve months in the year
and throughout the whole lease of five
years will be quite a sum to the con
tractors who make a practice of sub
leasing.
The following figures obtained from the
prison commission, shows the number of
convicts that are sublet. It also shows
the parties who sublet them and to whom
they are sublet:
James W. English, Jr., sublets 55 con
victs to Thomas Jones, at Adrian, Ga.
James W. English, Jr., sublets 57 con
victs to G. V. Gress, at Heartsease, Ga,
James W. English. Jr., sublets 57 con
victs to Flowes Lumber company, at
Jakin. Ga.
James W. English, Jr„ sublet* 107 con
victs to Georgia Iron and Coal company,
at Ferrabutte, Ga. »
James W. English. Jr., sublets 56 con
victs to the Flowes Lumber company, at
Blakeley, Ga.
James W. English. Jr., sublets 27 con
victs to the Georgfa Iron and Coal com
pany at Coal City, Ga.
James W. English, Jr., sublets 34 con
victs to Chickamauga Coal and Coke
company at Pittsburg. Ga.
James W. English, Jr., sublets 50 con
victs to G. S. Baxter at Fargo. Ga.
James M. Smith, sublets 100 convicts to
Chickamauga Coal and Coke company at
Pittsburg, Ga.
W. H. Mattox sublets 50 convicts to the
same company.
John N. McCalla sublets 50 convicts to
the Georgia Coal and Iron company at
Coal City.
The Canda Lumber company sublets
convicts to the Georgia Coal and Iron
as they owe us. We have done much
for the railroads, but they have done
much for us. If you don’t think so
you traverse this country as much
as I have and see what you see along
the lines of railroads and then get tn
a buggy and travel through countries
and districts where no tracks are
laid and no whistles blow. Let all
measures be considered and all bills
passed without spite and spleen, I am
for the bottom dog, and there is a bot
tom dog in everyday tight.
I am glad to see cotton holding up in
price. Some of our best farmers are
holding their cotton and they think
by March cotton will sell at 10 cents,
and I think so, too. I am sure I have
looked on more sorry fields of cotton
this year than any year of my life, and
the yield must be. short, but we will
make enough to do us if we eould be
economical and honest. Some men
want only an excuse to act the dog that
is in them. If a bank breaks in a
town a fellow who never had a dollar
on deposit will tell his creditors: "I
can’t pay you now, the bank has fail
ed and almost ruined me," and some
farmers will make the cry of short
crops a reason they don’t settle ac
counts, when they ought to pay half or
three-fourths of all their indebted
ness.
Tote fair, gentlemen; pay all you
can; be honest, this is not your last
year and you will want friends, and
perhaps credit In the years to come.
Our meetings at Paducah closed last
Friday in a great tide of power, the
best meeting I’ve seen in ten years.
We sho’ got the devil on the run up
there. I spent last Saturday and Sun
day at home. Bill Arp came over to
see me Sunday afternoon. He seemed
so bright and cheerful. A lltle off In
flesh, but otherwise he looks his same
old self. We greatly enjoyed his visit
and will always welcome him to our
home.
We miss our neighbor. Judge J. W.
Harris. He was a good neighbor and a
genial friend, a bright lawyer and will
be missed by his many friends who
mourn his untimely death. Yours,
SAM P. JONES.
Seneca, S. C., Oct. 22, 1902.
ble without the moral, intellectual and
legal uplifting of the peasant and without
the legal equality of the peasantry with
other classes.
“The condition of our system of taxa
tion has been generally declared unsatis
factory and it has been stated that the
burden is too heavy for a great majority
of the tax payers. In some committees
the proportional income fax has been
pronounced the most suitable for Russia.
Numerous committees have demanded the
partial or complete cancellation of the
indebtedness of the peasants for their
lands.”
The reactionary press is not particularly
pleased with this liberal propaganda, but
even in such papers as the Novoye Vre
mya the need of radical remedies is ad
mitted.
The Journal of Commerce and Industry
published by the ministry of finance, finds
useful information in the reports of the
American consul at new Chwang on
American commerce in Manchuria. After
recapitulating the facts it observes that
Russia ought to be able to wrest the
kerosene trade from the United States and
to secure a share of its textile trade.
Crop failures are reported in various
parts of Finland, especially Uleaborg.
River improvements at a cost of $360,000
for the benefit of the suffering population
will probably be undertaken by the Fin
nish senate.
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company at Coal City.
Merrit W. Dixon, sublets 50 convicts to
E. E. Foy & Co. at Egypt, Ga.
The Donalson Lumber company sublets
f-3 convicts to the Chattahoochee Lumber
company at Donalsonville. Ga.
The total number of convicts subleased
is 810.
The parties who are working convicts
under their original contracts with the
state are as follows:
Chickamauga Coal and Coke company,
at Pittsburg, 256.
Canda Lumber Co., at Worth, Ga., 73.
Chattahoochee Brick Co., at Chatta
hooche, 189.
Parrott Lumber company, at Richwood,
129.
L. A. Baxter, at Fargo, 345.
Kruger and Pace, at Albany, 50.
Enterprise Lumber Co., at Pitts, 50.
_ Out of the total number of convicts In
the penitentiary 1,111 are worked by orig
inal contractors. 810 are sublet and 277 are
on the state farm.
Uncle Sam May Shiver.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Uncle Sam is being pinched by the eoal
scarcity like the most humble taxpayer.
The officers charged with the duty of
keeping warm the big government build
ings throughout the United States are in
a quandary over the eoal problem. "I get
telegrams every day,’’ said Assistant Sec
retary Taylor, of the treasury depart
ment, today, “from the custodians of the
government court houses, postotfices and
other federal buildings, asking for Instruc
tions in regard to the coal supply. Prac
tically every dealer under contract to fur
nish the government with anthracite coal
has gone back on his agreement. In each
case where appeals are made to me I
notify our representative to do the best
he can and buy coal in small lots until the
emergency is over. In all the big cities
where the contracts involved considerable
money we have served notlve on the deal
ers that they will be held to the terms of
their contracts. This is done chiefly in
order to protect the government's inter
ests. This action has given considerable
worry to the various bonding companies
that have furnished surety for the con
tractors, and we have been besieged with
appeals to cancel the agreements. Os
course we decllfie to do this, and for the
present, at least, will hold the contractors
liable for the difference In the price wer
are compelled to pay for our coal. In
some places our agents have been unable
to get coal and un’der any circumstances
and are burning wood altogether. We pro
pose to keep all of Uncle Sam's bulloings
warm as long as there is fuel for sale.”
Little Chance for Him.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The tell this story on a western telegraph
operator:
He was trying to call up a small town, where
the office was in charge of a young woman,
and for some reason he couldn’t raise her.
He was about to give up in despair when
another operator broke in with the inquiry,
“What do you want?”
“I want Miss Brown of Ellsburg.” was the
reply. ”I've been trying to get her for the
last half hour.”
"That’s nothing,” returned the interrupting
operator. “There’s a young fellow elerklng in
a dry goods store there who’s been trying to
get her for the lart two years, and he hasn’t
succeeded yet.”
■ 7 . -7’ i■- —rr ” '
I SUGGESTIONS FROM I
OUR CORRESPONDENTS
Shall Georgia Have a
Sanitarium for Inebriates?
The following letter to the members of
the General Assembly, on which The
Journal of yesterday had an editorial was
inadvertently omitted from that issue:
’Most of you. no doubt, will remember
that on the 13th of March of this year an
article appeared in the Atlanta Jouma
urging the need of an inebriate assylum
or sanitarium for the state of Georgia.
"The Atlanta Journal championed the
eause in a strong editorial that attracted
attention all over the state. Many in
dorsed the necessity of an inebriate sani
tarium, as pointed out in that editorial,
such as Dr. T. O. Powell, superintendent
of the Georgia State sanitarium; Mrs. Dr
Felton and many physicians over the
state. Besides, I have from time to time
received letters from a number of noble
statesmen, members of the legislature and
senate, who eeem to be very anxious for
the establishment of such an Institution
by the state of Georgia.
“Now, it is desirable to ascertain from
the balance of our noble statesmen of the
legislature and senate If they agree with
their colleagues who have expressed them
selves, together with many prominent cit
izens of the state, that Georgia should
have, in the near future, a state sanitari
um. It being understood that tneir ap
proval for or against the institution will
be held In the strictest confidence. In or
der to get a consensus of opinion private
ly expressed, a letter with blank to fill
out will be placed on each member’s desk,
with an addressed envelope, and all that
will be necessaiy, will be to seal tne letter
and drop it in u.e mail box.
“It is hoped that each member will kind
ly perform this little duty, as it can be
done without any publicity of names
whatever. It is not expected that the ques
tion will come up in this sitting of ?..e
legislature. WILLIS B. PARKS, M. D.
THE JOURNAL
STANDS CORRECTED
HAWKINSVILLE. Ga., Oct. 23, 1903.
To the Editor of The Journal:
In your “Poems Worth Reading” tn
Wednesday'A edition you state that “Gen
eral Jaekson. the subject of this ballad,
was called ‘Stonewall’ because General
Lee, at the battle of Bull Run. said, point
ing to Jackson. There stands Jackson
like a stone wall,’ ” and follow this with
a brief biography of the great southern
general. You drop into three errors in tho
short prelude to the poem.
General Lee was not at Bull Run. and
was not the man who made the expression
and the man famous. The author of that
famous expression was General Barnard
E. Bee, of Charleston. The occurrence was
not at. Bull Run, but the incident occurred
at Manassas, the 21st of July, 1861. The
battle of Bull Run occurred on the 18th
of July, and was the preliminary engage
ment of that great battle. Stonewall
Jackson was not killed by his own men.
It is true he was severely wounded, buti
the wounds were not necessarily fatal.
Amputation of the wounded arm was nec
essary, and pneumonia followed the ope
ration, and that was the prime cause of
Jackson's death. I think you will also
find that Stonewall was a Presbyterian
and not an Episcopalian. There has been
a general carelessness in writers of con
founding the battle of Bull Run and the
battle of Manassas. For centuries it has
been the acknowledged right of the victor
to name the battlefield. General Joe John
ston, also General Beauregard, command
ing the Confederate forces on the first oc
casions, officially name the bloody plain
"the battle of Manassas;” in like manner
General R. E. Lee, after the terrible de
feat of "Headquarters-ln-the-Saddle”
Pope, on the same field, named the battle
field the "Second Battle of Manassas.”
Yankee historians and writers constantly
drop into the error of calling these two
fierce engagements “First Bull Run” and
"Second Bull Run,” which should be cor
rectly rendered “First Manassas” and
"Second Manassas.” Respectfully,
G. N. SA USSY.
INDORSES JOURNAL’S VIEWS
ON CONVICT SYSTEM
To the Editor of The Journal:
’ Your editorial in yesterday’s Journal on
the convict question is timely and on the
right line.
A more important question will not come
before the present legislature, and if they
settle it properly, that is in the interest
of the people of Georgia and the convicts
themselves, they will deserve the thanks
and tho gratitude of their constituents in
larger measure than has any legislature
in recent years.
I want to suggest first, as has so often
been done before, that the convicts should
be so disposed of as not to bring it into
competition with free labor. The question
is, can that be done? I think it can be
nearly so if not entirely so.
I want to suggest Wain that it is both
to the Interest of the people of Georgia
and the convicts themselves that the
Thirty-six years of I
continuous success I
Jngt think what that means. Thirty-six years in business, each year more successful ■>
than the previous one, with never a backward movement, constantly growing larger, ever ■
increasing in popular favor. How many concerns in this country have such a proud record? ■
How many that were doing business thirty-six years ago are even in existence to-day? Very. ■
very few. But thirty-six years of continuous success and still growing larger. Think of it! ■
How has it been aoccmr I’-hcd? In just this way. By selling absolutely pure whiskey, di- V
rent from our own distillery to the consumer, with all it* original richness and flavor, sav- ■
lag him the enormous profits of the dealers, and by carrying out to the letter every state- ■
meat or offer that we make, thereby creating a confidence with our over a quarter of a
million satisfied customers that cannot be broken.
direct from our distillery to YOU
Savis Dealert 1 Profits I Prevents Adulteration I
HAYNER WHISKEY
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We will send you FOUR FULL QUART BOTTLES of HAYNES’S SEVEN- <
YEAR-OLD RYE for 88.20, and we will pay the express charges. When you ,5
receive the whiskey, try it and if you don’t find it all right and as good as you • •
ever drank or can buy from anybody else at any price, send it back at our
expense and your 88.20 will go back to you by the very next maiL How could
an offer be fairer? Just think it over. Shipment made in a plain sealed case,
with no marks or brands to indicate contents. jMgWflßask
Orders for Aria, Cal., Oct, Idaho, Mont., Nev., N. Mex., Ore., Utah. Wash.
er Wyo. must be on the basis of 4 Qnarts for 84.00 by Express
Prepaid or XO Quarts for 816.00 by Freight Prepaid.
Write our nearest office and do it NOW.
THE HAYNER DiSTILLINQ COMPANY
ATIANTAi QA DAYTON, OHIO ST LOUIS, MO, ST. PAUL MINH, if
152 DxsrnxKßY, Tbot, Q. EvrAmusaxD 19d&
convicts be put to work on the public
roads.
To the interest of the people of Geor
gia to work the convicts on the roads,
because the people pay all the expenses
in the investment. Jail fees, court costs,
etc., and the people, the whole people,
should have all the profit, and not divide
it (the profit) with a few individuals (the
lessees) and by adopting the system of
working the roads with convict labor they
will be taken out of the other fields of in
dustry and therefore be taken out of com
petition largely with free labor.
It will be to the interest of the convicts
to put them on the public roads, because
the speculative feature will be elimin
ated from this labor and hence the ques
tion of human greed will not be a potent
factor in over-working and under-feeding
them, in other words, no man’s private
or personal interest, no man's pocket will
be concerned in the work they do.
It will hardly be denied that this fact
will guarantee them better treatment. I
could elaborate both these points, but I
do not think it necessary.
I have seen it suggested, and I think It
a good suggestion that the misdemeanor
convicts and the penitentiary convicts,
who have sentences of five years or under,
be put on the public roads, that these
convicts not be allowed to work except on ’
public roads or public work, work for the
public. r
Now as to the cost. These convicts can
be worked in their own counties or hired
to other counties by the counties convict
ing them and in either case the people get
the whole profit of their labor and the
counties paying the cost of their con vie-*
tion be reimbursed.
The good roads movement is impressing
itself on the people as never before, and
any disposition of this convict question
that will impede this progressive move
ment will be a calamity on this state and
people and hold us down as nothing else
can or will.
I have simply thrown out these sugges
tions with the hope that the people of
Georgia will awaken to their interests on
his great question, and that the wise,
progressive legislators now assembled in
Atlanta will take hold of this Important
mater and settle in the interst of Georgia
and Georgians.
C ,H. ELLINGTON.
Thomson, Ga., Oct. 24, 1902. ’
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FIREMAN PROVED A HERO
AFTER ENGINEER JUMPED
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct 27.-A
wreck of a very serious nature occurred
yesterday afternoon, a switch engine of
the Belt railway crasu.ng into a Rapid
Transit ear of the Sherman Heights di
vision and injuring seven people.
The injured were:
Chas. Harris, aged 24, bill clerk for the
Southern railway, cut about the neck
with broken glass and bruised. Seriously;
injured, but not fatally. '
Dr. J. L. Eaton, aged 35. married, veter
inary surgeon, back badly injured; condi-.
tion serious.
J. H. McVeigh, aged 40, married, clerk
for Southern Express company, both hips
dislocated and badly bruized; serious.
Joe Daugherty, colored, aged 30, la
borer. leg'broken and arms bruised.
Fostena Robert, aged 12, both legs badly
cut and face bruised. *
Ederta Roberts, both legs cut and
slightly bruised.
D. J. Ramsey, aged 33, fireman on
switch engine, bruised.
AH of the above were passengers on the
Rapid Transit car except the fireman.
The wreck near Henderson’s
switch, both the Belt railway and the J
Rapid ’iransit company using the tradk.
According to the statements given out;
by all parties the red light of the signa!
was disregarded by the crew of the,
I switch engine and crashed into the Rapid
Transit car, which had the right of way
on account of the signals. As soon as the I
engineer on the freight saw the Rapid'
Transit car both he an- the fireman
jumped, -ue fireman, on seeing that the
engineer had left the throttle open,
caught the engine, shut off the steam and
saved the lives of all tne passengers on
the car.
Her Visit Explained.
*'l ran into town today to do some shopping,
dear," said Mrs. Subbubs, entering her hus
band’s office, “and 1—”
"I see." he Interrupted, "and you just ran in
here because you ran out.”
“Ran out?”
"Yes, of money.” *
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