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THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.
Notwithstanding that the old speckled
hen la generally looked upon by the av
erage southern farmer as an insignificant
factor, she is nevertheless one of the
most important and valuable products of
American agriculture. Southern farmers
as a role bare never yet learned the art
of turning their attention to the develop
ment of the smaller and apparently insig
nificant resources of their farms, they
have not. therefore, fully learned the
meaning and value of thrift. The farm
ers of the south, being the owners of
such large landed estates, and there being
so much more land than can be closely
cultivated in small farms by reason of
the absence of population comparatively,
that they have always wanted things in
a big way, so much so that the diversi
fied resources of the country have largely
remained in an undeveloped state.
We have gone on from year to year
planting a large acreage In field crops,
trying to make both ends, meet on a big
scale, and the man who undertook to
Icok after smaller things about the farm
was not regarded In the light of a first
class farmer. But a change in the meth
od of southern agriculture as it was con
ducted In the past is gradually taking
place. The extensive production of cot
ton is not profitable to the producer. It
makes no difference whether the demand
exceeds the supply or not, the spinners
and their allies manage to keep the prices
of that great money staple down to the
cost of production. Poultry is an inter
esting business to any one who will give
it attention. The business becomes not
only a pleasure, but la profitable, com
bining two most desirable propositions.
The product from one hen in two weeks
will sell for more money than three
pounds of cotton. A good hen will lay
two dozen eggs In two weeks, which will
sell for 35 cents. It requires ten months
bard labor to produce the three pounds
of cotton. Ninety per cent of the value
of the eggs is profit, while there is but
little or no profit in the cotton. Poultry
men estimate that every hen on the farm
will yield a profit of from $lO9 to 11.60
per bead annually, which is from <OO to
600 per cent on the investment There is
a continuous demand for chickens and
eggs the year round at good prices in all
local markets, and for the past twelve
months the demand has far exceeded the
supply. The northern and western states
are largely depended upon to supply our
southern cities with the chickens and
eggs required for consumption. The
money which should stay at home and
go into the pockets of southern farmers
for these necessary food products is daily
sent abroad. This one feature represents
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An Easy Business.
The business of raising fowls for profit
is not a hard one, neither is it compli
cated. Ordinarily where chickens have
the run of the premises they require but
little attention. Os course it is a business
of minor details, and that very fact
makes it objectionable to the average
farmer. Good housed are essential, they
have to be properly located and kept
clean. Nice nests have io be put in
every two or three months, and during
the breeding season the old hens and lit
tle chicks must have care and attention.
But these minor details are essential in
all lines of business. They may be over
looked to a certain extent in field crops,
but the penalty will be exacted sooner or
later.
Another important feature of the poul
try Inductry in the rural districts is that
large numbers of the rural population live
more or less isolated, and oftentimes find
ft fhconvenient. if not altogether impossi
ble, to procure fresh meat dally for the
table.
Os all live stock, poultry furnishes the
most convenient and economical means of
supplying an excellent quality of food in
suitable quantities. Especially is this
true during the hot months of summer,
when fresh meat will keep but a limited
period of time with such facilities usu
ally at the farmers’ command. In addi
tion to supplying the table, poultry will
furnish a weekly money Income the year
round. These are matters which should
receive more than ordinary attention.
Splendid Poultry Country.
No where in the United States is the
climate and conditions for the production
of chickens and eggs, superior to those
in the south. With a little care, and en
ergies rightly directed, every dozen eggs
and pound of poultry required for home
and city consumption should come,from
our own farms. Poultry will thrive on
the refuse of the farm and scratch for an
independent living, if given the chance.
They are great destroyers of obnoxious
weed seeds, worms and bugs. An old hen
and a brood of chickens will soon pay
for themeelves through the good they
do in picking up thousands of weed seed,
bugs. etc. So that we have three highly
important reasons for embarking more ex
tensively in the production of poultry.
Our climate is so mild, that there is no
necessity for erecting expensive build
ings as is required in the north. But the
buildings should be located on an elevated
piece of dry ground, well constructed and
have a good roof. It is better for a hen
to roost in a tree, than to be in a poorly
constructed house, through which the
wind can whistle and damp drafts pene
trate. Such buildings cause the fowls to
contract roup, one of the moat deadly
contagious diseases by which poultry are
afflicted. The premises must be kept
clean or else cholera will invade the flock.
My poultry have never been affected with
cholera or roup, but I am Informed by a
reliable poultry man that a specific for
cholera, is a small piece of gum camphor
about the size of a pea given to the
sick fowls every other day until they
are cured. Sick fowls should be imme
diately separated from the flock, else con
tagion will develop rapidly. Cleanliness
will prevent disease among poultry, es
pecially if good houses are built for
them to nest and roost in. The Plymouth
Rock is the best allround fowl for the
farm, where eggs and chickens both are
wanted. For egg production alone, there
is no better hen than the small, active
brown Leghorn.
The common mixed breeds are far bet
ter than none, but in all cases a pure
cock should be used to grade up the
flock. Money, time and painstaking care
will secure larger profits and make the
business a pleasure.
HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
Syrup Sugaring.
T. J. L-, Brunswick, Ga.. Oct. 24, 1902.
In your issue of October 23rd Semi-
Weekly Journal. Inquiry department. T.
J. W„ Lyons. Ga., wants recipe to pre
vent syrup from sugaring. If he will cut
a lemon or sour orange In twain and put
one-half into a 30 or 40 gallon boiler con
taining the juice, he will find that he can
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1902.
PRESIDtNLMLtY
HIS ATTITUDE IN THE CABINET ROOM—GENIAL AND HUMOR
OUS-SOME INTERESTING TALES TOLD OUT OF SCHOOL.
HOW THE LATE EXECUTIVE RELIEVED THE STRAIN OF
TREMENDOUS QUESTIONS.
Washington Star.
Charles Emory Smith, editor of the Phil
adelphia Press and postmaster general in
President McKinley's cabinet, in a series
of articles published in the Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post gives a new in
sight into the character of the late presi
dent, and handles his subject in such a
manner as to give to the articles an ab
sorbing interest. Mr. Smith, long a stu
dent of public men by his newspaper in
stinct and training, made a special study
of Mr. McKinley—his marked character
istics as well as habits that went almost
unnoticed by less keen eyes—and this re
search was conducted under circumstances
that made it doubly effective. As post
master general, Mr. Smith probably had
more intimate relations with Mr. McKin
ley than any other cabinet officer. The
postmaster general in the cabinet enjoys
an intimacy with the executive by reason
of a close association with him in the
matter of details in departmental super
vision. The postmaster general it is
who spends many, hqprs with the president
going over political appointments of post
masters all over the country, sometimes
whole afternoons being spent on this
work. After cabinet meetings, too, he
may safely be relied upon to remain be
hind his associates in conference with the
boll it down to candy if he desires and
no granules of sugar will appear.
J. C. 8.. Bikes. Ala., Oct. 28, 1902.
In answer to T. J. W., Lyons, Ga.. how
to prevent syrup from sugaring, my ex
perience is for which I have been in the
syrup making for 26 years or over and in
all of my experience I find that frost-bit
ten cane will not go to sugar. I run a
public sryup mill and the first time I took
particular notice of it was in the fall of
1900, two years ago. I made up one crop
for one of my neighbors, something near
one hundred gallons, as nice as I ever
saw, which was badly frost-bitten, and I
cooked it very thick and there was not
any of it that went to sugar, while others’
went to sugar by the time it got cold,
cooked at the same time. And if any
thing, it will make better syrup to let the
frost bite it. As I before stated, that I
have been in the business 25 years and I
have got my first frost-bitten cane to
sugar yet. Do not let your cane stand
long enough to sour. If the weather is
cool it will stand 8 or 10 days after a
freeze and it will grind easier, boll better
and give the syrup a better flavor and I
will guarantee it will not go to sugar. If
anyone does not believe the above state
ment I will refer them to E. A. Lee, J. P.
Lee, J. W. Lee, R. H. Banks, Sikes, Ala.,
the parties whose cane I made up which
was frost-bitten so badly that you could
hardly drink the juice, and I never made
better, prettier or better tasting syrup in
my life. If you feel disposed to do so,
you can put this in the Inquiry depart
ment, if there is any philosophy in it I
can't explain it, but I have got my first
to know of that has gone to sugar yet.
Water Farcy.
W. 8. K., Pendergrass. Ga.
I am a reader of The Journal and have
great confidence in your advice. I have a
mule that I drove so hard that it caused
its hind ankles to swell and just about the
ankle to swell badly. Will you please Uli
me the disease and give remedy T
Ana.: The hard drive has developed
what is known as “Water Farcy.” and if
not cured will result in regular “Farcy.”
Let the work of the animal be light for a
time and keep the stable clean.. Lead the
mule out every day for a itttle exercise.
Rub the swollen ankle well, and bathe in
cold water, wiping dry. ’ You might bathe
the ankle in alcohol if swelling is not re
duced. Take iodide of potassium. 1
drachm; pulverized gentian. 1 drachm; sul
phate of iron, 1 drachm; linseed meal, 2
ounces; make Into a ball and give at one
dose, repeating every day for several days.
A CURE FOR ASTHMA.
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Rochester, N. Y.
president. In this way Mr. Smith, a close
and warm personal friend of Mr. McKin
ley long before the latter succeeded to
the highest office in the land, cemented
that friendship with that close intimacy
brought about by the trend of circum
stances, and so was enabled to gain a
clearer insight and a more comprehensive
view than any other writer, perhaps,
of the methods, plans and ambitions of
the lamented executive.
It is well known that only the most ur
gent pleadings of Mr. McKinley caused
Mr. Smith to remain in the cabinet as
long as he did, and it was only upon the
promise that his resignation would be
accepted if handed in at a stated time
in the future that he did Anally consent
to retain his position. The date of Mr.
Smith’s resignation from the cabinet ap
proximated the tlrpe set by him in his
pact with Mr. McKinley.
In one of the papers treating of Presi
dent McKinley in the cabinet room, Mr.
Smith tells some interesting stories, and
a vivid picture of the late executive in
the trying hours preceding the war with
Spain. He says in part:
Keen Sense of Humor.
"President McKinley had a keen sense
of humor. His social traits were very
marked, and he had great fondness for
the freedom and joys of social intercourse.
He loved to be among his friends and to
abandon himself to the relaxation and
exhilaration of unrestrained communion
with those he trusted. At such times he
was the life of the company. His talk
sparkled with fun and Interest. He had
excellent faculty in telling a story or nar
rating an occurrence. He would often
open a cabinet meeting before settling
down to business by recounting some lit
tle chapter of his army or political life
which was recalled by the suggestion of
the hour.
• His sense of humor took various forms.
It was sometimes subtle, sometimes open
sometimes exuberant. It was often a
treat to see how, with perfectly serious
look, not a suggestion of a smile, not a
muscle of his face quivering, he would
prick a hollow argument or claim with
an Ironical statement of its extreme de
velopment. He could never be otherwise
than kindly, but he had a power of genial
satire that would not be suspected by the
chance acquaintance. He would some
times dispose of an impossible demand
by turning it, with the utmost gravity
of countenance, into an absurdity which
the author himself could not fail to per
ceive. In this keen method of dealing
with the impracticable, which was a min
gling of badinage and suavity, he was
unequaled.
Hit Genial Badinage.
In the lighter and graver humor he had
a deft touch. Judge Day, after his splen
did service as assistant secretary and sec
retary of state, had been appointed pres
ident of the peace commission that was
about to leave for Parts and was attend
ing his last cabinet session.
In that closing hour of his cabinet ser
vice there were mutual expressions of
good will and of regret at the coming sep
aration. Judge Day was not without his
facetious vein. In a playful spirit he
proffered his sympathies to his associates
who were about to lose his counsel, and,
the most modest of men as he was and is,
remarked tMat lit didn’t know how they
were going* to get along without him.
“Well," said the president, with that most
serious aspect which he put on when he
was most in fun, "as every change in the
cabinet has been an improvement, per
haps we can stand It.” The tables were
turned on Judge Day, ana no one joined
in the laugh more heartily than he did.
The two devoted and admiring friends
could safely chaff each other.
When the time came for the final in
structions to the peace commission, then
engaged in its negotiations at Paris, as to
whether it should demand from Spain the
cession of the whole Philippine archipela
go or only a part, the discussion in the
cabinet was long and earnest. There was
a full appreciation of all the grave Is
sues involved. Every member expressed
his views freely and unreservedly. When
it came the turn of Secretary Wilson to
give his counsel he spoke with his accus
tomed energy and even more than his
accustomed seriousness. He was one of
the most positive expansionists in the
cabinet. He made a forceful and cogent
argument in favor of keeping the whole
of the Philippines.
As he finished, the president, who, like
the others around the table, had listened
with silence and deep attention, quietly
remarked: “I should have expected that
argument from you. I have observed
that you Scotch Presbyterians believe in
keeping the Sabbath and everything else
you can lay your hands on.” As he was
himself of Scotch origin he could well
afford the jest.
Relieved the Strain.
It was with such touches of humer that
he relieved the intense strain of,the tre
mendous questions and the serious dis
cussions that preoccupied him. On anoth
er occasion there was a most interesting
incident which illustrated another side
of his character. A federal officer had Is
sued a public paper in which he reflected
on the administration. It was a foolish
and unwarranted criticism. The question
came up as to whether he should be dis
ciplined. The president had not known
of the paper and asked to see it. On
glancing over it he said: “I don’t know
but this officer is directly criticising me,
and you had better leave the paper and
let me examine it more closely.” “And,
Mr. President, if you find he is criticising
you, what will you do?” “I will forgive
him,” was the president’s immediate and
calm answer. It was characteristic of his
broad and generous nature.
He did qot cherish animosities and re
sentments. In political rivalries he had no
bitternesss of feeling. His warm personal
friends were found in the ranks of all
parties. He was exceedingly tolerant of
differences and of opposition, and he was
ever ready to forgive and overlook even
personal hostility which was not mali
cious. It would be a mistake, however, to
infer that he did not have insight into
men’s motives and strong feeling against
malevolent and mischevious antagonism.
He was good, but he was righteously hu
man.
President McKinley, with all his
equanimity of temper and all his beauty
of disposition, was keenly sensitive to de
ceptive pretense and justly indignant at
malign hostility. He knew how to re
strain himself and when and where to
strike. If he did not always betray his
feelings he did not conceal them from his
trusted friends, and his shrewd and caus
tic comments on envenomed misrepresen
tation and on perverse wickedness added
piquancy to many a talk. Yet it remains
true that his prevailing note was alto
gether kindly, that he always took the
generous and considerate view where it
was admissible, that he was ever ready
to give a hand e-’en to those who had
wronged him and that he had nothing of
the virulent and implacable spirit.
Trying Weeks Before the War.
The real strength of character and high
moral purpose which underlay hi? amia
ble manner and his good humdr were
shown in the resolute and courageous
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firmness with which he restrained and
held back the war impulse oft congress
and the country. In the progress of the
race through doubt and struggle there
nave been few finer exhibitions of indi
vidual power and moral heroism. Con
gress was ben«. on war with Spain. The
country was inflamed with passion. The
atrocities in Cuba could no longer be tol
erated. The destruction of the Maine had
set the national blood on fire. But for the
unflinching determination of President
McK’nley war would have been precipi
tated at once.
—nd so he stood like a rock whfl» the
tempest beat about him. The couraf j and
the firmness of -is position in those cru
cial days coula only be appreciated by
those who were in daily association. The
leaders of congress urged him to abandon
negotiations and accept the appeal to the
sword. The pub’ic clamor for war grew
every day. If he had been simply the
flexible follower of popular currents, as
some described him, he would have taken
the easier course and yielded to this sen
timent. But he resolutely faced and re
sisted it, and faithfully continued his ef
fort to stay the clash until he could bring
about a situation which would justify the
belief that Cuba could be saved without
the necessity of war.
How did he hope to do this He must
bring Spain to the necessary concessions.
He must induce her practical surrender
of Cuba. He must convince the Spanish
government that Cuba was irretrievably
lost anyway, and that a recognition of
that fact without war was better than a
forced acknowledgment with the added
blow of bloody and costly defeat. He
must gain time to make this plain, to
lead the Spanish rulers still further for
ward in the long advance they had al
ready made, and to permit the interme
diate steps which must be taken in order
to carry the acquiescence of their own
people before the final and absolute re
linquishment of Spanish authority.
Left Nothing Undone.
How earnestly PresldentMcKinley la
bored In this direction and how much he
actually did is known through the pub
lic history of those days and through
the diplomatic correspondence which was
long afterward given out. While press
ing preparations for the most untoward
contingency he left nothing undone at
Washington to temper congress and to
Calm the country. On the other hand, he
did all that was within his power at Ma
drid, through General Woodford, our ac
complished and skillful minister, to bring
the Spanish government to such liberal
and advanced measures as would avert
the necessity of armed intervention.
In this art of persuasion he was un
equaled. Much of it lay in his own deep
sincerity and conviction. He convinced
others because he was thoroughly con
vinced himself. But beyond this substan
tive foundation he had an extraordinary
gift of putting things. His quick percep
tion and his shrewd saving sense enabled
him to present a case in the strongest
form and turn every point to his own ac
count.
His power in this direction was prover
bial among all about him. He at one
time called a business man to Washington
to secure his consent to a step which in
volved a personal sacrifice and which was
repugnant to him. After one or two in
terviews he succeeded, as usual. The
shrewd old barber at a neighboring ho
tel-one of that class who instinctively
know all that is going on—saw that the
business man had yielded. “The presi
dent, he out-talk you,” was his comment.
“Yes, alas!” admitted the visitor. “The
president, he out-talk any man,” continu
ed the interlocutor, and it told the whole
story.
A Political Genius.
The mastery of his political genius was
beyond dispute. He was equally astute in
seeing and measuring popular currents
and in maturing and forecasting the re
sults of measures and policies. Never in
our history was there a finer piece of po
litical dexterity than the skill with which
he brought congress to take the responsi
bility of determining the disposition of
Cuba and securea the concurrence of both
parties in the settlement through the
Platt amendment. The situation was del
icate; the necessity of action was imper
ative; the Initiative in one form or anoth
er was with the executive, and yet there
wan no course open to the executive alone
whieh would not involve sure trouble and
certain criticism. What, then, was to
be done?
Cuba was approaching the time when
she must be launched on her career as an
independent nation. Her convention was
framing a constitution which should be
its chart. As soon as that constitution
was completed and adopted steps must be
taken for the election and erection of a
government under it, and for the with
drawal of the United States forces and
authority. The president cou.ti not well
delay action when Cuba had fulfilled the
prescribed requirements, and he could not
impose additional conditions. As the mat
ter stood either one of the two alterna
tives before him involved danger. If he
declined to let Cuba set up her inde
pendent government he would be exposed
to the charge of bad faith. If he let Cu
ba go without further safeguards he would
be accused of rashly running the risk of
future complications.
The short session of 1901 was advancing
toward its end and congress was doing
nothing on the subject. It saw Cuba fin
ishing her constitution and coming to the
hour when the guardianship of the United
States would end, and it was entirely
passive. Tne responsibility belonged to
congress, not only because congress rep
resents the sovereign will of the nation,
but because in making the issue with
Spain in 1898 it assumed to define what
the relations of the United States and Cu
ba should ue.
Brought Congress to Terms.
Accordingly, he gave out that if con
gress closed the regular session without
action on this question he would immedi
ately call it together in extra session for
that purpose. The announcement was ef
fective. Congress at once came to a
realizing sense of Its obligation. The
members did not want an extra session,
and they proceeded immediately to the
steps necessary to avoid it. But the pres
ident did not rest there. Having by hia
strategic move forced congress to action,
he quietly exercised his influence in shap
ing its course. He was a real leader, and,
while deferring to congress and’ resolved
that it must relieve him from the neces
sity of any arbitrary action, he kept thfe
guidance of the policy in his own hands,
and impressed himself on the legislative
branch. He conferred with the wisest
men in the senate, and together they
molded the decisive legislation.
The result was the Platt amendment to
the army bill. It solved the problem.
The president was anxious to set up an
independent Cuban government and with
draw the flag of the United States. He
felt that the good faith and honor of the
nation were pledged to it. But he saw at
the same time that the complete relin
quishment of United States control, with
no conditions and no checks upon an im
pulsive and mercurial people just start
ing out on a national career, would plant
the seeds of future trouble which might
compel a second intervention.
The Platt amendment bridged the diffi
culty. In its conception and in its execu
tion it was one of the most adroit and
skillful pieces of administrative manage
ment in the annals of our nation.
Wisdom and Morality.
If this was ono of the most notable of
President McKinley’s achievements in the
field of political generalship it was only
a type of many. His successful leadership
was founded not only on his unrivaled
talent for controlling men, but upon his
intuitive and almost unerring perception
cf results. He had that kind of imagina
tion which enabled him to foresee and
picture the influence and effect of a course
of action before it was undertaken. It
was this prescience and wisdom, united
with his moral qualities, that gave him
such undisputed ascendency and led his
countrymen to trust him with such un
wavering
SUGGESTIONS FROM |
l otZ# CORRESPONDENTS I
•I. mi I i ' "—- 1
A CONFEDERATE
ROSTER FOR GEORGIA
To the Editor of The Journal:
There is now pending a bill before the
legislature, receiving scarcely any notice
at all, and yet it embodies as much of
Georgia’s soul as can repose in her heart
of honor. That bill is to provide for a
state roster containing the names of the
noble boys that enlisted in her service
during the civil war from 1861 to 1886.
Other states have completed their rosters
and honored their heroes, but the cruel
hand of Georgia's neglect has stabbed
the heart of every home within its bord
ers. The southern soldier is recognized
as the most chivalrous character of hu
man civilization, and Georgia’s troops the
bravest of the brave. Then, why not
record his name upon the pages of the
same history that heralded his noble
deeds? It is the duty of the legislature,
as viewed from the standpoint of one who
loves his native state, one who is Jealous
of her good name and priceless virtues,
one who recognizes the sacred obligations
she owes her noble sons, that laid their
all upon the altar of self-sacrifice and
their country’s honor, to pass a bill mak
ing an appropriation for the specific pur
pose of having the enlistment of her
troops correctly and thoroughly enrolled
upon her record.
When a bill is passed making provision
for this purpose, appointment is made of
some loyal spirit who will faithfully do the
work, appropriation allowed to defray the
expenses of the sendee, then only will
the state have dealt nobly, honorably
and jusly with her living and dead he
roes. Is there not enough patriotism puls
ing the breast of our representative man
hood to rally to the support and passage
of such a bill and win honor for both
themselves and our grand old state?
J. Q. NOLAN.
McDonough, Ga.
THINKS PENSION LAWS
NEED REMODELING
Fort Mountain, Ga., Nov. 16, 1902.
To the Editor of The Journal:
I have been reading |Gov. Terrell’s
message and I write to say I fully in
dorse what he says about schools, etc.
But the most important thing before our
law makers today is the remodeling of
the pension laws. Commissioner Lindsey’s
report in The Journal is simply appall
ing. His estimate for 1903 is SBBO,OOO.
This is an elephant too heavy to be borne
by the state of Georgia to the detriment
of the schools. Let me say that I am
an old Confederate veteran 65 years old,
one who fought with Pickett around
Richmond and Petersburg, one who laid
down his gun at Appomattox and walk
ed home. I have never tried to draw a
pension and don't mean to as long as I
am able to work. I love the old vets
and never want to hear of one dying in
a county poor bouse. But there is rea
son in all things, and the pruning knife
ought to be used on this enormous pen
sion list. I would suggest that the first
pension law for disabled or wounded
soldiers be repealed and all who are not
able to live without a pension come in
to the indigent list. My understanding
is that many are drawing from the state
for being wounded who are well off and
don't need it. I think this is shameful.
Then let the indigent pension law be
remodeled so that no one shall draw
who can live without it.
Every old veteran should belong to his
county camp and then require the camp
to approve or disapprove as his appli
cation. Hare the vote taken in the camp
by private ballot; if he is blackballed that
will stop his pension. I know plenty of
old veterans who are drawing that are
able to work and make a good living,
and if you hire one he asks the same
pay that you give a young man. Out of
all due love and respect for the old sol
diers I say something ought and must
be done to save the old state from bank
ruptcy and to foster the schools.
C. H. FARRAR.
P. S.—l enclose a clipping from Dal
ton Argus: We have examined the list
of pensioners of Whitfield county, and
from the evidence submitted to us we
find that James A. Pope never served in
the Confederate army, and we recom
mend that his name be stricken from
the roll. We further find that Jape* A.
Masters, from his own testimony, took
the oath of allegiance to the United
States, while in a federal prison, in Jan
uary or February, 1866, and enlisted in
the federal army, where he served until
after the close of the war. We recom
mend that his name be also stricken from
the roll.
FORSYTH IS STILL
BULL SIDE OF MARKET
FORSYTH, GA., Nov. 19, 1902.
To the Editor of The Atlanta Journal,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:—Allow us to call the attention
of your readers to a few facts and fig
ures regarding the amount of cotton com
ing into sight up to December Ist for the
following years, viz.: 1860 and 1891, 48.76
per cent; 1891 and 1892. 62.93 per cent; 1892
ai*l 1883, 51.97 per cent; 1894 and 1885, 60.52
per cent; 1896 and 1896. 50.07 per cent; 1896
and 1897. 54.82 per cent; 1897 and 1898, 47.42
per eent. and 1898 and 1899. 49.53 per cent,
and 1899 and 1900, 48.88 per cent.
Taking an average of the above ten
years we have 50.56 per cent, or a little
over half the crop come in sight up to De
cember Ist for the above named ten years
if we get up to December Ist 60 per cent
of this crop, we figure this crop at 10,300,000
bales, in other words we got up to Decem
ber 4th, 4,150,000. allowing to come into
sight for the next two weeks 1,000,000,
which is a high estimate. We have up
to December Ist 5.150,000, if this is half
thee rop we will get 10,300,000.
This being a parallel year with 1896 and
1897, when 54.83 per cent eame into sight
by December Ist. This being an unusual
early crop the “conae-into-slght” by De
cember Ist this year should be something
like the "come-ln-sight” of the 1896 and
1897 years, winch would give us a crop
of about 10,000,000, the government figure.
With the above figures before us higher
prices seem inevitable as the requirements
are for 11 to 11 1-4.
Yours truly,
JAMES M. HARRISON.
B. M. BLACKBURN SAYS
CLEVELAND AND HARRISON
To the Editor of The Journal:
The recent elections throughout the
country have demonstrated that the
forces of Democracy are getting together,
and that 1904 will show a sweeping victory
for the party of the people.
They have also demonstrated, without
the suggestion of personal reflection, that
the names that have been , and which are
being considered for presidential leader
ship must give way to a mighty current
that will merge into a glorious oneness
before the date of the next national con
vention.
I very much mistake the signs of the
times if the sentiment of the people, as
well as the interests of the country will
not make a demand on Mr. Cleveland to
lead the hosts in another victorious battle.
Mr. Bryan cannot expect the next nom
ination. He has been twice honored, and
twice defeated. That he has done faith
ful service is freely admitted, although
there are many who doubt the stability
of his policy. There is still further ser
vice for Mr. Bryan in the ranks. But he
will not and should not be allowed to
terrorize the Democracy by his anathemas
against prominent individual members.
His duty, and the duty of all Democrats
is to yield personal preference on the altar
of party success.
Mr. Hill cannot guarantee New York.
His late position on goverment ownership
of coal mines is fraught with too much
danger to individual investment to make
hi* nomination expedient or desirable. He
is a great leader, who would be stronger
in support of some one else than him
self.
Mr. Gorman has been too long before
the public a* a possibility and hails from
a certain state.
Mr. Stone cannot win.
Mr. Johnson cannot be considered.
This presentation may strike some as
being arbitrary, but I believe it will chal
lenge large endorsement as a measura
bly correct analysis of individual chances.
Some new name may be suggested with
in the next two years, under whose lead
ership victory could be assured. But the
strongest man before the public eye to- ■
day, by odds, is Grover Cleveland.
I make this suggestion, knowing that
the people of this state, who recall my
services to the party in 1902. as presiden
tial elector, together with my service to
Mr. Cleveland, as chairman of the organ
izing committee that carried Georgia for
him. will receive it with surprise—and
feeling that many of my friends may re
ceive it with disfavor.
To these I desire to say, that the time
has come when Democrats should bury
their personal differences, and look alona
to party welfare.
What I did for the party and Mr. Cleve
land in 1902. without the reward that gen
erous friends thought I merited, I stand
ready to do in 1904, with the same devoted
enthusiasm. This is the unselfish view
that all should take.
Believing, as I do, that Mr. Cleveland is
the man upon whom the Democracy can
most surely unite, I would be disloyal to
my party if I did less than announce my
convictions and make It my preference.
There are several reasons in support of
this view of his strength. He has already
demonstrated his ability to win. He is
a man of solidity. He has convictions. His
views on the tariff are sound. His posi
tion on money is conservative. He is really
against the trusts—at the same time he is
not hysterical. He can carry New York.
The present Incumbent is hysterical, er
ratic and spectacular.
The business interests of the country, I
believe would prefer a solid Democrat to
a spectacular Republican.
Carter Harrison would make a splendid
running-mate—both as to impressiveness
of his name and the substantiality of hia
worth. His unprecedented career as may
or of Chicago lead* to the belief that he
could carry Illinois by a great majority.
Cleveland and Harrison.
It sounds like a winning ticket. There
is something at least in a name. Cleve
land has never been beaten except by Har
rison, and the name Harrison was never
beaten for president except by Cleveland.
It Is a providential combination.
BENJAMIN M. BLACKBURN.
SAYS MRS. EDDY
HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD
To the Editor of The Journal: ,
The Journal of yesterday say* through
its paragraphs the following:
“Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy has decided
that Christian Science is not good for con
tagious diseases. Perhaps she will also
come to the conclusion, after awhile, that
it won’t set a broken leg.”
In this statement he fails to give the
facts and conveys the opposite, meaning
from what is intended. Mrs. Eddy says,
through an editorial in the Christian
Science Sentinel “that she advises that
until the public thought becomes better
acquainted with Christian Science that
Christian Scientists shall decline to doc
tor infectious or contagious diseases."
She also says in Science and Health, page
400, “Until the advancing age admits ths
efficacy and supremacy of Mind it is bet
ter to leave the adjustment of broken
bones and dislocations to the fingers of
a surgeon, while you confine yourself
chiefly to mental reconstruction and the
prevention of inflammation or protracted
confinement."
This is by no means an admission that
Christian Science is not a potent remedy
for contagious disease; but that through
the healing of the many other ills that
mortals are heir to, the public mind is to
be educated up to an understanding that
Christian Science is powerful in over
coming all diseases.
Many, many cases of Christian Science
surgery have been performed, as thou
sands who have been healed thereby will
testify. Your truly,
E. H. CONMORE.
THINKS HENRY GEORGE HAD
ONLY PRACTICAL REMEDY
To the Editor of The Journal:
The Journal says: “That a collision
between capital and labor will oceur in
the near future nobody doubts.”
Labor produce* all capital. There
should be no collision between the creator
and its creature. What is meant by those
who predict a collision between capital
and labor is that it will be between capi
talists and laborers. But even this is
not wholly true. The conflict is between
the possessors of privilege—monopolists—
and the victim* of privilege. Because
the privileged classes are usually capi
talist* also, they are, in ordinary phrase
ology. termed capitalists. But it ia not
through their power as capitalists that
thej’ are enabled to oppress labor, but
through their possession of privileges.
Thus Rockefeller, Carnegie, Astor, Mor
gan, et. al., are from 60 to 90 per cent
monopolist, and only from 10 to 40 per
cent capitalist; yet they are classified as
capitalists. Revoke their monopoly privi
leges and it will be found that their
capital will give them no power to .op
press. Henry George, in “Progress and
Poverty,” ha* shown the only way to
prevent the collision between capital and
labor, so-called. The people have the
option of acting on the advice of Henry
George or accepting industrial servitude.
There is no other practical alternative!
A. FREELAND.
Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
The following conversation was overheard in
a South African blockhouse near the close of
the Boer war: First Soldier—“ Say. d’ye think
we shall be home for the coronation T’ Second
Soldier—“ Coronation b* blowed! We shall be
lucky if we are home in time for the resur
rection.”
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