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THURSDA/. MAY 18. 1809.
Tf the pp'itieans won'd lot the negro
alone not one-half the tynch s ng that now
occur would be necessary. "Ween men
issue “rape circu ars” in their and pera
tion to .1 -yl tli *no m voi ' secure
office vre exp -ct a del ago of crime
and yu hliig to l 1 nv.
Un o Sam Cill contuses to carry
oat Tie new version of the fc. . taro.
,( r-o v m; . ell tbc wo:id and shoot the
gospel ,; *:o every craatnre.’’ it i a lit
tle off of tuo apostolic method, but then
“things do change.”
Of all the trasti that tho t usds rid
den coni'try curbed with 1 '6 party
trust in .lie worse. So long us a inn is
in tli po.* ic 1 party > nst theee is no
hone of getting his eves oobp.
Lot usdestiov tlio pirtv t usf bv n 1-
opting the iniiiul've and referendum.
Mr Ct-ncgie has given r.wav over
twelve milli ns of dollars t public iu
stitutions. He save ho feels that it
would boa crime to die with over a
million dollars and still he has yet to
disburse one Jinndi ed cud fti'ty millions
of dollars.
The wheat eiep is as goo las could be
expected considering tho poor ohiuoe
people had to pat it in tiio ground.
This shortage can, in a tout large
measure, be msiuo up bv jv; ; the
land to peas. In many fields tiio c eps
does not indicate more thau c etlr rl
yield.
P v>fdi i‘s, o*ie of the leading
coloi i ui\i i sof the boutb, denoun
ced i be brutes of his rocs iu ui.measured
terms iu a sermun in AiU.uta last baii
day. Howov jr, ho an t' * to the
world ‘ot to j bdgo t!i ci <*o ’ * the acts
of such criminals e i Sam Holt ns he said
the largo majority of his people w r ere
law abiding oitizms.
From present indications the silvor
republicans of tho west will havo noth
ing more to do with the democratic
party. In states whero they
euablen them to win the democrats have
completely ignored their republiouu
allies aud the admishiations live been
any thing but reform ones.
Fvmy man who wishes to becomes
notorious is suggesting tho solution of
the ''race question. ” Tho remedy is not
a difficult on > to Hue if we go at it in ear
nest. Wo must give the politicians to
understand that the uogro must be lot
severely alone aud if this is douo tho
question will soon solve itself The vi
cious elemort of the colored race take
advantage of the advance made in these
political compaigns and the result is
crime aud lynching. Let every politi
cian’s name be denuis if he makes any
appeal in a compromising way fur the
colored vote, and tho result will bo that
the negro will, in n no cases out of ten,
vote whore his interest lies.
Uncle Jim Andersen, of tho Coving
ton Star, use to be a democrat of the
strongest type, but now it seems that
he has either gone over to the repnbli
cans or “fused.” Friend Anderson
might attempt to explain it by saying
that it was Lon’s great influence that
did it, but that would only ind cate
what we have loug suspected—Lon
Livingston in the republican camps.
Uncle Jim is census superviir of the
fifth c-mgressioual district under the
present administration and this has
brought about these remarks. Howev
er, it nnv be that Uncle Jim can work
in all harness at the same time. While
a strong democrat, he monkeyed with
Bullock’s admistration. Uncle Jim
seems to be a demo republicrat for
“revenue only.”
Av ~■* e tha adclrr of tbe R a
•' - lj ’' -' 'a- \ week.
I Independence Rally.
| It is about time for the Populist of
i Jackson county to begin talking about
onr “Independence Rail} ’’ on me g.ori
ous fourth.
We must make this oue the greatest
of them all and it ii neces*-’ y f o locate
the place and arrange the program for
the day.
The accustomed place for hold ng the e
rallies has been at Jefferson, hat speak
iug iuoividu J’y, we think some access
ible point in the couiiny wou’cl be much
better. Let us have it oat in the coun
try and let all tho goou wo-ueu and
c 1 *-> i gj aud enjoy the day with
ns .1 IT 'I is if een rgh t>
b <1 utf i liie a untuo iau >as ur
the w men and cii ldren a"e tot 1 ’ y
inadequate.
W wo i 1 sn_' ; st Johnson’ 1 * J ’is as
ti fuirab o p ace, one wed equiop l :or
such a c ebritmu as the re'or.n s of
,i ckson conn v stiou and hive
L u a1 , atUer at lb (>o ut on ihe
g o us feu; th aed re c --ns -r.v o our
selves to the gi eat truths enuin i bed in
1776 an l reechoed at Ont ain <
s ind declaration of independence in
1802.
]j ij: w the nrepv ii ) i for • tof
th b j. -e- i: and lot us cele
. i in :i s in in or t it
day that v> .o •no wor l two 1 ■ ' li
tmus o. indepeuuei. , two lust tmeuN
thaos ook toe'eva o and better huul.i ii y-
On to Jounsou’s in l!s for the fo.u’t i.
National Reform Press
The National RCo ;n P-es? Assoc.a-
I tion met iu Kansas city last Tuesda-
VVtu-.e da}'evening the party of editors
1 c tor Denver and points of interest in
Colo*-ado uad w ’l spend several days in
sight ceoing in t hat so < tion of the u lion.
Tins Economist edito”, Judge A. G-.
Lama, is with the parrv and any short
\,m i r s of Ihe paper thin week will be
ovpi o need by our reader owing to the
ed o’ \s a’o-en e. Howev ;r, on h : s return
W) may expect new vigo. and ii"a, as
Judge Lamar will naturally partake of
the Wild western sty.a after coning in
contact; With it for a ooaple of weeks.
This is an off year in polit'cs an 1 f,r
this season the reformers should be act
ive'y in the field edu at'on tho people
to accept the truth. Partisan prejudice
is so great iu this country that during*
the election year little or no yooi is ac
complished iu the way o: pre-eating the
res' '"sues ’ evolved in the election. We
appeal *o those reformers who we it
less taxes and a hotter an ' pm m admin
istration of government affairs to go
to work now and organize product clubs
on the Cincinnati pla and g t the real
questions at issue befo e the people.
Don’t wait for your committee to act
If you feel an interest in the matter do
it yourself.
The Democratic row iu Alabama over
the constitutional convention is the out
growth of the mistake made by the
Montgomery convention iu pledging to
resubmit the constitution when made
to tbe people. If this had not been
done, it is hardly probable the Governor
would have called the Legislature to
gether to repeal the act of calling a con
stitutional convention, for the machine
having cnce been vested with the sover
eign power could have made a Missis
sippi constitnt'ou anddisfranchisedtwo
thirds of the people of the State,
nine out of ton of whom woo'd
vote against Brurbou Democracy.
If, h wever, the party iu power
should for oucc keep its pledge and pro
ceed to niuke such a c nsti'ution as its
leaders want, the people would cortuiu
ly vote it down wheu lesni-misted, then
the inward cussedness of Democracy
would be seen aud kn wn of all men
aud the party would suffer defeat iu the
next State election.
Gov. Johnson understands the
situation pretty thoroughly and he
wants to stop the new constitution
business before the movement grows
too big to handle. By this we mean he
desires to get out of the taugle which
the act of the Legislature and the pledge
of the Montgomery convention has got
ten the g. o. p. t but we’ll wager the
heel-taps ou onr office slippers, that the
gang will call another constitutional
convention some day, and when they do
they will take par icnlar pains not to
mention the subject of resub mission.—
People’s Messenger.
I
May first is to be "Dewey Day” in
America hereafter on f "count of the
jgreaf batde or '\i:ru 'a having been
i won nt 1 it dav.
I \ w
Thursdaj 7 , May 18 1899.
On Thursday of this week, at the call
of the 1 aler ol the most bacicwa.d of
the peoples comtnou'y called civ* 1 zed
the only remaining autocrat in evi za
tion—there will assemble at The Hague
the first World Peace Congress.
Regardless of whether or not this
Peace Congress shall p”or’u e any im
mediate cud impor'.jut no
matter if the Congress is a ai'nre—the
fact of such an assembly for such a pro
pose cousti uts a crown ag *f not the
clowning glory of the niuetoeuun ien
tuiy.
A cen cry ago war was the cb.’flu 1
n-'ss of cwi.ized states. “luglo'um
nea e” might the vulgar—'me
ni'Vchanl, the arid .n, lue peasant.
Cut lue mm of spirit and of ideas, of
and-.. s aud a.n > ous, w h lie e and
v'uere a notulce c. ep l ou, rega ded
pea e as a lime lo be spe ic in prep; i*a
t on for war ii it was not to be a tmie
oi ‘On and decay.
la tiic ehi * *:' ;U. years the changed
oppoi fnn.;.es lor the winning of fame
spu honor. '' o prog ss of the enscs
snd of the 'mvl.c.j cn of ocionoific pciu
e o'es o in*! v.an,i, ua'iou.. and inter
na oi i >. J /l e, h ve v,omp etel / changed
ine si oa ion.
Ne v **r before has the wo and had so
' -o: so <e •he ■. 'Tiiios, so many are
,o p i .vd t e*' g a de-ti ac oil, so
m :ov n’ -a ii uii e evidence oc mil
i, m Yefi ih o i/:Is, f lightly in
(i p- , and i uo r we * a an in ie~ e, i at
o i e con id y 10 m-an a oi
i- m i.try ->> i. —i i- *5 bond passion
| or ‘ glo y” br dcS cy ug human l ber
t v
An. s in.,- hinsry of war is a vowed 1 y
i aid re.ally intended ior de.onse—lor of
fense meteiy as an incident to defense.
Each people in ai ming itseif protests
and lenity *uoun> t it it wishes to be
let amne iu Older that it may win the
new ‘gioij* ’ that comes through na
iional prosperity and national enlight
en me ut.
Tne Paace Congress, therefore, is an
tvpj’.-'sion of a universal, earnest desire
lor peace on i.Le part of civilized peop’e,
a universal, earnest abhorrence of tue
mi. er of v. hi. Whether the lime is
yet l ine . or this ile ire to take practical
lorin is of small coqsequeuce in com
p.irisou with ineopiendid fact that this
desire eiists bud ms become a power in
human affair?, a dominant power lo
which tile old ami false and barbaric
ide.u ol ‘gioi iW' war” must now yield
first place.—N. Y. World.
A Neorasxa eaitor gives a novel place
of curing the lynuii evil iu the south.
The scheme has some features that com
mend it to the ctoso considerati-m of
ouv people. This editor, Hues all of the
western blood believes iu doing things
up brown aud his p'oposition, iti short,
is fur tue courts to do the lynching in
stead of Die public. Change our laws
so that me Judge could summon a jury
aud tiy the criminal all within an. hour
from the time the arrest is made, This
would be rapid iodeod, but not too much
so do satisiy the demau Is of the public.
In this case the shev ’ff would have his
rope ready aud while the mob waited
at the court douse door he would exe
cute tne condemue l man within. W nile
this would be very speedy, yet there is
little uoubt of tue verdict being as cor
rect as if the prisoner had mouths in
which his lawyers could manipulate tne
case and defeat justice. We do not
know that this would remedy the evil,
la‘ i- won and prevent mauy lynchiug, if
on no other grounds, thau that the
court could do it quicker tnan the mob.
J t would relieve the puoiie of that demor
alizing iuflnenc? produ o l by lynch mgs
aud would leave little or no room for
criticism. But the remedy must ootrne
in the prevention of the crime. So long
as the crime is committed in the soutu
the brnte will bo lynched and no
amount of maudlin seutiment of our
governors will offeet any thing. Every
governor Georgia h had for years has
always issued his proclamations against
lynching, every word of which was a
lie, and the peop'e Knew it. If some of
these party made creatures had back
boue enough to issue au edict, sayiug
that every bratc, black or white, who
committed this unmentionable crime
would be promptly lynched, with the
full approval of the governor, it would
go a long way toward stopping the mad
career of these wild auimals. However
as long as they issue their mandlin
proclamations, it is misconstrued by
these brutes aud the crime will continue
to increase. Give us a governor with
a back borne, who ia not afraid of affend
iug this class at election time and we
shall see the crime decrease to almost
nothing.
Washington, I>. C., came ; ear b*v
iu g a Ivii e h ’’ n g y- a t v*\ia.y.
Negro Disfranchisement.
To the Edito of The N. Y. Outlook:
I object to “negro disfranchisement”
because it is bouud to pat the negro in
the lead. Every boy in the land wants
to vote, b'ack or white; this is true. If
the bla/dt boy can vo l e only by securing
an education, he w.'l get that eduer tion,
you may rest a su’d of that, if the white
boy can vota by sim p’ v l-i'ug a child or
grandchild of a civ'/.ftn of the Uu'led
States in 1567 or J,SbB, he doc’t worry
much about edne. ion, audyoa tn.yv rest
assured of that.
In Loni vu-,wb e white supremacy
is grea‘e ,or wh- e perhaps the negro
islaemo’S ftiorougiily ands a > raiseJ,
the percent.? ?e of i ' te a v '■? t.* e gr-it
e tin the Uu' ed Sta.es, being 8 per
cent. In South Caio.iu v, where lue ne
gro is little better off, theoe
per cent, in Albania 41 pec cent. And
in North Carolina it is 85 7 per c-uc. Il
literacy runs high aud educa-icu runs
low. Now, shall we, as wa. jr ;t be
en L*se we can, pat (he negro bo/ on a
pedes.al and cover him witn me gut of
'earning, aud p L tour own wh ; re boys in
a pit- and bury tuem wilh ignorant a? I
object. K there is any stmiu’* ns i o be
gotten for the cause of education f'oin
the fact that a m;u must have tbeiaui
ments of an education be cun
vote, then I sc.v, let ns g ve it ;o oar
white bov>. At least, let us deal w* h
with them fairly as with tire b’uck
boys. lam engaged in the education
of wiihe buva and girls of trie south.
Tneir s.'lra'-cii c< anot come through
political efforts. The problem is a
deeper one. It is education, and that
alone, that will save us. We have
already had too much of the politician
and the demagogue. Shall we emancip
ate the negro irom the thraldom of ig
norance by making lor him an educat
ional si as da rd to the matter of franch
ise, and continue to enslave our child
ren and our children’s children by mak
ing for them no educational standard
whatever? Lym N. Wa^d,
Southern Industrial College, Camp Hill,
Alabama.
The Old Age Of Hen Who
Have Held Political
Office.
The old age of men who have held
high political office is frequently made
.very sad.
For instance, D.ini.l Webffer iu his
old age was refused by the eiry govern
ii ent of Boston ne mission to speak in
Faneuil Hu-11; and Charles Sr in ner, or
doing about the noblest thinpf he ever
did in his whole ’i.e (wueu be moved to
strike off the nat ion;*! biot*- state) flags—
under which both North mud South
we* e thereafter to march, the victories
won *.y the North over their Southern
brethsm) received the fiercest deuun
ciation r\*id a vote ol oeusuve irom the
Massachusetts legislature.
Cardinal Wo’sey once said. “If I had
served my God as I have my Ling, He
would not in my old age have deserted
me.” Aud many a mac who has he’d
high polticrl offi ebashadrea* ontosav:
“Ic I had. served, my God ns I have
served my p.vlv Ha would not in my
old age have dose:.* ed in 9.”
Iu 18Su, co-operative experiments
were made with velvet beans for the
Alabama Station by farmers iu 14 local
ities in that State. Iu lepoi cing results
the great majority of experimenters re
ported a more luxuriant growth made
bv velvet beaus thau by cowpeav Al
most invariably the yield of h„y as
julged bv the eye was estimated as
much greater tha i the yield of cow pea
hay. However it is easy to over esti
mate the yield of velvet bean hay, for
the growing vines preieut an imposing
appearance aud tue hay is loose and
butky. Summing up, tha Alabama
Station says:
“Given due weight to those reports
of result based merely on appearance and
to our accurate experiments at Auburn,
where the product of large plots was
weighed, it appears probable that on
good land the cow pea and velvet been
afford practically equal yields of hay,
while on poor, deep sandy laud land the
velvet bean may afford a larger yield.”
At the station the yield of sorghum
aud oats aftera crop of velvet beaus was
larger than after a crop of cow peas.
In oat straw, however the reverse was
true. •
Some few men in the past have talked
themselves to death, aud unless Mr.
Bryau holds he must find the same
fate.
Clark Howell has been chosen as one
of tho directors of rn A^soci P^asr,
- :■*..’* -• L.v :.
In Time of war Prepare
for Peace.
National Peace Jubilee for tha
bration of our Army and Naval V i n ,
riesiuthe war w'th Spain, to tfc*
place at Washington, D. C., May 23J
24tb, 25th, 189!). " '
H.ufrale excn' .nou tickets via the Sea
board A : r Line wl 1 be on side M yo ~’
2 7ud and 2d. •, flu. i'iiu. D May 27c,
Con. .luous i u each cu. BC ]
t.ou.
To t,ee-tbe National Caphol iu M; -j,
wo- :h the trip w t-'Otit v.e J,
tne program wi" etnb r a ->i*tn. B . if lat
will ie ii.Mioric. There w .l ben , ioual
sal nt es fromg au - bo. 11 s, ti. Igiago fo 0 j
at sun. i-ie, parades of mi Itai y and nav
al o ganizai’ous, Federal aud C - : bue.
ate Veterans.
On the night of the fi t day there will
be apu'i)'lc*. re aptioa bv p e ident Me-
HI: dey lo lowed by a sp’eudid b; iecta.
ca’ar display, illuminations and baud
const rcii.
The parade Wednesday wilt equal
any private equipages decio . ted with
flowers, bicvcies auclcivicorgaui .i ous
m line, florid, patriotic, fraternal and
trade man’s tnbie.m floats. At night
the eat re e'lv wi l be ''lu.aanp and with
another display. Band oucevts.
Tne page.nit on Thu sday w ill be one
to ionvesH doei'ly all those who wi!u -n
it, selling forth both the military aud
’ -d history of the United Scutes, fa
mows scenes from the Colonies to the
p eseut. The war woh Spain in all its
Jnria features w'U be graphically et
Vi-t’i.. Iu tbe a Ternnon there will Ip
p.urioi'-C pddresses by pro.uicent citi
zens of the Uirted States; ep -t- trout of
the Capitol, fo’lowed by made of thefr.-
mov.e Marine Band and grand chorus of
trained voi as, all followed by iha third
grand spectacular display or Pain's fi.e
works.
There wiii be jubilee rev Lies and#
Wednesday n : ght, setting forth tho
lb riding destruction of tho Spa *.ish fleet
by Admiral Dewey.
On the second night the chase and
sinking of Covera’s fleet will bo repro
duced almost to tlieHfe.
Tuesday night will be given the charge
up Sun Juan hill, capture of block
heuse, aud the tragic dming aud death
of the American soldiers iu the “Bloody
Angle.”
The Jackson Herald seems very much
exercised over the interest of the coun
ty now. The disturbance arrises be
cause the ordinary employed a p 'pr’isfc
at half price to transcribe some r occrds.
For forty years or more our democratic
friends operated tbe country and no
one ever heard of her officials working
for half price.
Frank Luca's, the negro who is
thought-to have mu’ dered Mr. Davis
near Decaieur, has been captured and
p'aced in the tower in Atlanta. He
claims to be able to prove an alibi, but
the detectives tell a different story.
The reports that Grover Cleveland was
dead was a mistake. He had just lost
his bait goard.
We m.y have to a-simi'aie our Cuban
b.-e.r* ea yet before we can enyru it upon
them our Christian (?) civilization.
They are beg nning to show aiins o.
discontent.
Our missionary a-similation war goes
merri'y on in ihePlr'ipiues. We must
civi ize them if we have to bury them
to do it.
Winder needs a park for picnics and
pleasure parties.
The great peace congress is iu session
today.
The democrats and republicans ' n
Georgia have fused and now divide the
spoils.
Don’t let our people become excited
over the case of small pox near Mr. To*- e
Duke. These who have been really ex
pose should quarantine themselves uU ‘
til the time is past for taking it. Ther J
is little or no danger of oatohing the dH,
ease until the patient is broken out and
likelv very few is exposed under so o * 1
i