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TIMES-Hl’l Rfrtl dlt I’tf-JdASVIljljK tiKOU <1 w ULY21 1905
A MALICIOUS LIBEL.
A friend of Thomasville brought to
the 1 imes-Enterpriee this week the at
tached article. It was clipped from a
late issue of the Utica, N. Y.
Globe, by an old Thonmsvilliau
liviust in Mississippi. The article is re
produced below exactly as it appeared
in the Globe under a Thomasville date
liue:
PEONAGE IN THE SOUTH.
TUE NEGRO TENANT TODaY IS LITTLE
BETTER THAN A SERF.
Thomasville. Gn., June 22.—In «pite
of the efforts of the Federal authorities
to stamp it out, the evil of jieouage' is
overspreading the rural south. Free
Lab. r, after 40 years of supposed ascen
dency. is again on trial—not in the cit
ies and manufacturing communities,
Which are more or less in touch with
tbe larger world, but iu the country
districts, which are a law unto them
selves.
The wholo southern agricultural *T»-
tem tends to the subjection of the la
boring class to the land-owning class.
The tenant system, in general use in
this section, has that effect. The negro
tenant, without property of his own,
and without political rights of any po
tential character, is little better off than
a serf. He has no home save on a plan
tation owned by.a white man; and he
who lives iu a cabin on a plantation
must work for tho owner of the planta
tion, if the latter has use for his labor
er else take to the roads.
FROM VAGRANCY TO SERKDOM.
Georgia has recently enacted a strin
gent vugrant law by which many dis
satisfied tenants. who may be seeling
better opportunities or jaster treatment,
are seized under the charge of vagrancy,
and through the medium of the courta
are being actually sold by tho state into
the legal slavery of fhe chain gang or
the convict camp, or, by a more devious
process, into a condition of peonage.
Several states of the South are deriving
a naudsome, though shameful, revenue
from the “lease” of convicts to turpen
tine and saw* mill operators and to
phosphate miners.
So much for the l6gal and open prac
tice of reducing negroes convicted of
misdemeanors to the conditions of
•laves. A more recently employed and
more dangerous institution in the prao
tice of employers of labor baying tbe
time and services of men convicted of
offenses and |flued by the courts,
other words, tbe holding of negroes in a
state of peonage through the payment
of their fines. This praotioe is wide
spread and is growing. It finds its Jus
tification in most southern minds in tho
overwhelming numbers of negroes that
are yearly convicted for offenses great
and small, and who would fill the jails
to oxerflowing were they to be imprison
ed in default of payment of their fines.
Laborers are scarce in the farming dis
tricts. so the employing class takes aJ
vantage of the situation to secure la
borers. The practioe has the sanction
of the taxpayers, who see in it an op
portunity for the county to escape the
burden of keeping the offenders in jail
at the public expense, It has also the
sanction of the negro criminals them
selves, for they are usually willing and
often eager to work out their fines in
the freedom of out of doors rather than
to lie iu jail
Lives there a Georgian with soul so
dead as to thus libel his native land?
When we first read the article we were
persuaded that the Utica Saturday
Globe must be a colored paper, pub
lished for colored people, but investiga
tion showed it to be only a colored
paper, and colored as to its newt
rather than as the race of ita editors.
The names of its editors aro W. T.
andT. F. Baker and whether thla
“news’ item wera hatched ;from their
own libelous pens or from som
actually in Thomasville, we are uoalle
to discover. We can hardly believe but
the former. There is surely no white
person residing in Thomasville who
could write so malicious a falsehood.
Such a man has lost the spark ot man
hood that heaven endowed him with
and it were better for him that he had
never^been bem. He is devoid of truth
honor and patriotism and is no son of the
•ootb.
Any southerner who know, anythin*,
know, that the aeouationa of tha Globe
Uy ■. t % ifc*
since the conns gave intimation that
soch a system constituted peonage in
the eyes of the law.
Bat even if this were not true, free
labor would no more be on trial in the
sontb than on Banker Hill itself. In
the instances where .ontherners hare
boon convicted of peonage, it was the
technical rather than the actual crimg
that they were found to be gniity of.
Tiie trouble lias all arisen over the
ffi liugnessof southern white men to
help out a negro oven when lie wa
found to be a criminal. The> would of
fer to pay tiie negroes fine if ho would
work for a specified time to reimburse
the benefactors. After tho negro had
been liberated on tiie payment of bis
fine lie would begin the tulflilmsut of
ills contract in all good faith. Bat in
the falcon, of time lie wonld get tired of
tho monotony, and repudiating ids con
tract and every obligstiou, would hike
for other parts aud leave his benefactor
witli 1110 bag to hold and no hope for
tiie recovery of his misspent money and
after a planter had been treated this
way a few times lie learned to be sus-
pictoas, and when one of ills proteges
indicated an intention to ran away lie
wonid take steps to prevent the heglra
by forco. For these forcible measures
taken to protect liimielf, lie is guilty ol
peonage and is punished for snch.
And neitiier do the southern people
endorse this system because they want
to be relieved of tiie expense of feeding
tiie misdemeanors in jail. We don’t
keep them in Jail. We either work
them on the roads, or lease their servi
ces to some individual, tho guards to be
in overy case furnished aud paid by the
conuty. They are wards of the county,
and experience has tanglit that it is bet
ter for the moral ss well as the physical
development of these w.rds that they
be given employment lather than al
lowed to lie iu jail accumulating disease
and acquiring habits of idl.-oess.
Those criminals are not detained
from their liberty by their lessees,
neither can be, bnt it is nothing but
just and proper that the county should
be paid for tiieir services.
Yes, Georgia has adopted a Vagrancy
law under which no man, white or
black, is allowed to ram,in in wilfnll
idleness unless he have a means of sup
port. And if this law were rigidly en
forced It wonld rednee crime by a large
percentage and elevate the condition of
the negro race. Bnt alas and alaok, it
ianotenforoed, and indeed can hardly
hope to be. At a matter of faot, there
bee not been a conviction for vagrancy
In Thomas county iu nearly a year, and
there never hare been a half doxen in
all.
A vagrant, roaming abroad withont
means of support and itriking no lick of
work, oan not hope to live by means
other then orime or charity. There
la absolutely no exonse for any able
bodied man being without work; em
ployers are suffering from look of help
and are erying for any kind.
There never oould be a greater mis
take than the olatm that the southern
tenant system tends to the deprivation
of liberty. The negro tenant, renting
on the shares, or for a stipulated sum.
enjoys a greater measure of liberty than
any factory employe in all that model
city of Utioa New York, He oomes
when he want*, and goes when be want*
work* when he pleases and fishes when
the wind blow* right. In a word he is
hie own master and aooording to his in
dustry, so is his reward.
But in this particular part of Georgia
discussion of the tenant question is least
apropos. Here, a greater per oentage of
negroes own their own homes than in
almost any other section of the sooth.
Where a Thomas county negro has
practiced honesty and industry, he it in
variably in good financial condition and
asu odds of no man, as to where he
shall live.
In abort tha Thomasville representa
tive of the Utica Globe shows himself
to be not only a knave bnt a simpleton.
Miss Emms Boswell of Meigs visited
Miss Alice Jenkins Fridav.
Mr. D. C. Montgomery of Merrill
ville, was a visitor to the oity Friday.
Miss Willie Bottoms visited home
folks at Thomasville Sunday.-Cauiila
Enterprise.
Mrs. Frank Smith left Fridav for
several weeks visit to Atlanta, Carrol
ton and Chattanooga.
Mrs. J. H. Parker returned to Boston
yesterday afternoon niter several days
pleasantly spent with friends.
M. W Covington, n prominent tur
pentine operator of Thomasville, On.
was at tiie St. Elmo last week.—Mont -
cello News.
Rev. Colson, pastor of the Metiiodir-t
church at Cairo, was in the city yester
day on his way home after conducting
a revival in the southern part of the
county.
Mr. H. J. Freeman, foreman of the
Times-Enterprise mechanical depart,
niont, left yesterday on a few weeks
vacation to Madison, Ga., his old home.
WHEN YOU GO
to the
Lewis Clark Exposition
at Portland, Oregon,
Yon will want to travel in tiie fnll en
joyment of modern Service, SyRtom,
Safety, ansi, tell the man who writes
your ticket make it read via
Dixie flyer Route
THE N., O.. & St. L. B. II.
This route takes yon via Atlanta, Chat
tanooga and Nashville over the beauti
ful Cumberland Mountains, iu i
through sleeper from Thomosvilio to
either St. Louis or Chicago, where di
root connections are made with through
trains for Portland.
(7(1.90. Bay a round trip ticket from
Thomasville to Portland, good for M
days. Free stopovers at Yellowstone
Park and in the ocenlo Colorado's. Yon
can return home a different ronte with,
nut any additional cost. For maps,
schedules, rates and other lnformatiofi.
write E. J. Walker, Fla. Passenger Agt.
Jacksonville, Fla. ^
sZarmmramnmi
GRIST MILL
~ Bring yonr corn to Thomasville
aud get meal or grits of First
Quality. New machinery, al
ways ready to grind.
BUKO if & SON.
Near A. A B. Depot, Tliomaevills
mnmuiHmammaama
J. R. Lawhon,
SOPCHOPPY, FLA.
Runs big Livery Stable and
makes a specialty to travel
ers to cary them from Sop
choppy to Panacea Springs
New Rigs, well Bred Horses
Prompt attention.
“ W ~
$100,000 ro LEND
On Forme and Choice City
property in Thomasville. Inter
est • to 7 per oent and payable
annually. Tima 5 years, bnt part
or all or prinolpal may ba paid
back at and of any year and atop
interest. Prompt attention giv
en to all written Inquire*.
PLUS A ELLIS,
Padriok Building. Tilton, Ga.
FOQLBREAIH
Nothing can be more disagree
able than Catarrh; foul breath,
k'hawklng and nose stopped up.
Thera is no poeelhlo excuse for
such a condition In this enlighten
ed age and people that go through
Ufs withont a cure do ho because
they do not comprehend how die
agreeable they are to others. A
sweet, clean brentli Is tho greatest
blessing to mnnktnd and oh it Is
now within reach of nil, we hope
you will euro yourself nfc once.
Bunsens Catarrh Cure abso
lutely cures any case of catarrh,
cold in bead-rose cold or hay
fever; does it without Irrita
tion, Inconvenience or expense,
and you do not take any medi
cine Into the stomach to dis
arrange your system. This
ointment is applied directly on
the diseased or Infected parts.
The care is rapid and permanent.
Bunsens Catarrh Cure contains
no cocaine or other dangerous
drug, and can bo freely taken by
the most delicate person. Your
druggist will refund your money
if not satisfactory. Price. 50 cents.
Sample free
THE GEORGIA BIRD LAW
What Birds Should Be Killed
and Those Protected.
WENT IN EFFECT JANUARY 1, 1904
Hon. John C. King, County School
Commisioner of Floyd County, Send*
Out Very Important Letter and It
Should Receive Careful 8tudy.
We heartily commend the action ot
Hon. John C. King, School Cornmis
sioner of Floyd County, in requesting
the teachers of said county to read to
their assembled schools from time to
time the following important Georgia
law. It would bo well for every teach
er In the entire State to do likewise.
The following are designated as
game birds and may be killed In their
season; their eggs must not be taken
uor their nests disturbed:
Wild turkeys, pher^nnts or grouse,
prairie chickens, patridgea, quails,
doves, woodcocks, snipes, plovers,
rails, mudhens, coots, gallinules,
swans, geese, brant, river and sea
ducks, surf-birds, sand pipers, tatlers,
curlews.
The following aro designated as in
jurious birds and may be killed at
any time; and their eggs and nests
destroyed; but only the owls and
hawks named, for all the others are
harmless, and the farmer’s friend:
Great horned owls, sharp shinned
hawks (commonly known as little blue
darter), Cooper’s hawk (known as the
big blue darter, or chicken hawk)
crows, crow blackbirds, field larks,
English sparrows, ricebirds, Jackdaws,
cuckoos or raincrows.
The following are some of the com
mon and familiar birds that are classed
as useful Inscct-catlng, or song-birds,
and cannot bo killed at any time.
There are many others:
Barred or round-headed owl,
hawks, except two; all cranes and
herons, all sparrows, except English;
all woodpeckers, all finches, all vlreos,
all warblers, bee martin (king bird)
bluebird, blucjay acreech owl, bullbat
(chuck-wllls-widow), butcher-bird the
shrike), catbird, cardinal (redbird),
Ccdarblrd (waxwing),* hummingbird,
Indlgobird, joree (ground-robin) king
fisher, martins, mockingbird, ovenbird
(wood-thrush), orchard oriole, rosp.
breasted grosbeak, robin, redwing
blackbird, rusty blackbird, snowbird
(chickadee), swallow, scarlet tunna-
ger, thrush, wrens, yellowhammer
(flicker).
The penalty for violation of these
laws la $5.00 or thirty days In jail,
or both, for killing, catching or having
in possession alive or dead, any pro
tected bird or part tkerof, or any neat
of eggs of part thoreof, and thla ap
plies to each bird killed, or caught, and
to each nest and egga taken or de
stroyed, but any person la allowed to
have any bird aa a pet, provided It la
not aold or exchanged or tranaporte
out of the 8tate.
A certificate may be granted for a
period of one year at a time, by the
Commissioner of Agrlcultnre, to any
person over fifteen years of age, to
collect birds, nests or eggs for scien
tific purposes, provided such person
has been recommended by two well
known scientific men as being ot good
character and fitness to be Intrusted
with such privilege, and such person
must file with the Commissioner of
Agrlcultnre a properly executed bond
In tbe sum of $200 as an evideacs of
good faith.
“There are less than half the num
ber of birds 1 nthe' United States to
day, that there were ten years ago.
As the birds have been killed off, in
sects have Increased. The damage to
crops, gardens and orchards In 1902.
caused by Insects, as estimated by the
United States Department of Agrlcul
turo amounted in the United States
to more than three hundred and fllty
mil Ilona of dollars.**
GA. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.
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LETTERS ON AGRICULTURAL
CHEMISTRY BY THB STATE
CHEMIST.
Lsttsr No. 7.
BUNSENS
HBfflBOSE
For s4e by Patterson Dru
Co. Thomasville, J. A. Mid-
dlebrooks & Co. Pavo, J. L.
NITRATE OF SODA.
Cottonseed-meal, Wood, tankage,
etc., which I havo described to you In
tbe last letter, arc known as “organic”
sources ol ammonia, or rather o( ni
trogen. Habit la so strong, you see,
it is bard to get rid of the uae ot that
word ammonia. Nitrogen is much
the better term (or our uae. Besides
the organic aourcei of nitrogen we
also have what are known ss tbe “In-
organic" sources. I hare explained
In a previous letter tally the meaning
of these two terms, bnt lest you may
have forgotten, I will stop a moment
to aay that an organic sttbstancr
may be either vegetable or animal,
thus a leaf, a seed, a piece of meet or
ot akin are organic substances. An
Inorganic substance la the oppoaito of
those, and Is mineral In Ita nature,
piece-of rock or of Iron 1* inorganic.
le source of oitro-
U (fixate of soda, also com-
"Chlll Saltpetre;- salt
petre because it has many ot the prop-
erties of real saltpetre, which la ni
trate of potash, and Chill because it to
from ChUl la Sooth America,
of potash or true
Lf
The Thomasville Ice Company
thomasville. Ga.
POME NUMBER «'
Here is Good Talk for the Feet.
Dr. Robt. b. Williams, the Thomasville, Chiropodist,
lias gone to Toronto, Canada, to familiarise himself with all the lot* f,
English ideas and methods on tiie care and trertment of tha'(sat, . A -
Safe, apeedy and painless care for Corns, Bonions and ingrowing Hails
I« what'the poblio requires and demands. Dr. Williams to a progressist -
business man and a skilled Chiropodist, well and favorably known,
having been consulted by that merchant prlnoe, Marshall Field, of Obi-
cago, and one of the leading physiotons of New York City. Lot reason
L prevail and get easy feet from Dr. Williams.
781 North Madison St., Tbomaavllje, Ga. Telephone (81.
P. 8.—Dr. Williams offers Five Dollars Reward for an Ingrow
ing Nail he cannot core without pain. Strictly Anttoeptio.
CHOLERA INFANTUM.
Child Not Expected to Live from One
Hoar to Anotlier.-bnt Oared by Cham-
berlatn'a OoUo, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
Ruth the little daughter of E. N.
Dewey of Agnewrille, Va., was serious-
ly IU of cholera infantum lost summer.
We gave her np and did not expeot her
to live fnfin one hour to another." he
■ays. "I happened to think of Cham
berlains Ohollo, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and got a bottle of it from the
■tore. In fire hours I saw a change for
the better. We kept on giving it and
before she had taken the half of one
■mail bottle aba was wall." This n
dy for salt by J. W. Peacock, Thomas-
Tills Ga.
Her. W. O, Jones hat gone to Cairo
after a abort visit to hto brother Jndg*
W. M. Jones. Rev. W. O. Jons* was
formerly pastor ot tbe Methodist
church at Gabo, bat to now living oo
hto farm near Quitman.
Mr. Frank Lawson has come borne
from tbe Tech, where he took a good
stand in hto classes. He will spend part
of jhto vacation hare.
Mr. O. T. Stoart, with Mr*. Chat
Smith and Mias Lillie Smart left Sat
urday morning Savannah from when
they will take steamer to Baltimore.
Afters few days than they will go to
Wiseahakl, Penn., a suburb of Philadel
phia. on a visit to Mr. Smart'* daugh
ter, Mrs. LUtonbergl
Newt from Mr. G. W. H. Stanley at
Msoon says that Miss Lois Bountn* and
Mr. J. W. Humphrey ot Barwtek and
Mr. H. T. Edmondson of Pavo, are stu
dents in hto best ness college there. Miss
Rountree was formerly the Times-En-
mrprtoe correspondent at Barwiek.
$25.00 Reward.
A reward ot twenty-five dollars will
bs paid by tbs undersigned for the ar
ms with proof to oonviot any person
guilty of a criminal trespass on the fol
lowing land in Thomas oonnty Georgia,
to wit: Lots S, 4, 5. 37, 83, 88, 48acd
44, yin tho 17th district. Consult D L.
tek, Oohlookooee, Ga., L W. Swift,
Colombo*, Ga. d-lMOXno,
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It.
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If yon suffer from backache,
iTltcro Is only ono way to euro it.
Tbe perfect way to to cure tho kidneys
Neglect it. other urinary troubhs
[follow.
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B.8weat, Jostle* of tho Peace and
Notary Public, residing at 52 Thomas
street, Wayoroes, Ga.. says: "I used
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There was a severe pain across Ihe
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Emphatic endorsement can be had
right hero In Thomasville. Drop into
R. Thomas Jr.’* drag store and aak
what his customers report.
For sale by all dealer*. PUc* 50
cents. ioster-Milburn Oo., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.