Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, October 30, 1902, Page 5, Image 5
i Talks IVith Farmers | Conducted By C H. Jordan Official Organ of Southern Cotton Growers’ Association The Semi-Weekly Jwrmat W <he_efW eta’ erpn cf th* Scmlwra Cottas Grower*' Protective Aaeoclattoa. the crly crucial paper of that *rgant»a t!on t«] he-rafter all official e<wn munica’ione of the a<woeiatlaa a ofn **-*. and all matter* pert*tnlne to its affairs will appeal In these eetsmaa. Th* Jsu-na! also ftivit** members or th* asacetatkm and eotum grower* as* farmers generally t* o** Its roiumas for th* ezprwslon of such news •»’ rudtestlon* as may be of lat*re*t ans value to th* asTtcultural intaraata of the aoutiv _ The Jownat win devote each wee* tw> eohnone. aa requested by th* eaciatioe to a "Cotton Denartment. tn Which win appear th* official eom msnteatlona *f the arooclatloa anl •uch statMtl<-al ar.a ether isfnrmatlca aa bears upon the wack cf th* aaw ctstioa and all matters at isterset to Matter* cottoa grower* t •b Subscriber* are requested to ad- ♦ ♦ drew all inquiries for information ♦ ♦ on subjects relating to the farm. ♦ ♦ field, garden and poultry to *"• ♦ Agricultural Editor. All irquirie* ♦ ♦ will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ ♦ tention. No Inquiries answered by ♦ ♦ mail Pieasa address Harvte Jordan. ♦ <• Agricultural Editor. MonUceUo. Ga ♦ 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 CO*T»O»rS lIPFOHC TAM LtVCL rd ty a. W |TM *>VW*UT *’ n « KAKISHIFT, hot the beweee aade for Terradsg, 481 - DitcKeg sad Drainage. Price v-rgagy •’ * Bd taelaaiag Triped and kad. Sead for deacripttre i W circalanaad Treadsc on Ter ™c!ag, etc.. Free. Beetroot. Brady Flfg. C*.. PHj W, Alsbamc Ht . Atlanta,Ge. 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. YOUR RENEWAL MUST BE RE CEIVED AT ONCE OR THE PAPER WILL BE DISCONTINUED. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, 80 SEND YOUR RENEWAL AND GET A PREMIUM. REMEMBER WHAT THE BLUE PENCIL MARK MEANS. 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 PURE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RYE 4 FULL EXPRESS QUARTS W PREPAID 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. ’ WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR SEMI-WEEKLY AND IF IT HAS THE MARK OF A BLUE PENCIL YOU MAY KNOW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION HAS EXPIRED AND THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO RENEW. BUY A SI.OO MONEY ORDER OR SEND US 100 ONE-CENT STAMPS, SELECT YOUR PREMIUM AND GET YOUR READ ; ING MATTER FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 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.” * 5