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THEJACKI ECONOMIST Official Organ Ordinary. OFFICIAL CKCAN WIVI'ICC PUBLISHED FVF.ttV THURSDAY v .V : Nl^ 1 * |JEFF£BBON OFFICE: Witli the Ordinary in the Court llou*o P. W. will represent t)io paper and take subscriptions. Sutecrirtion Rates. Osk Year - - “ * IOO A. G. LAMAR, Editor and Publisher. 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