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r tary WiLon, of the department
<.f :<»■’.i’iill”.rc, «•'• ms to bo short on
Iwvlvc f i-nt cotton.
Preiiilent Lvnian Hall has recched a
Teller »f inquiry from i urkey about th''
"1 evhnological school.
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Ex-lnind States Senator Smith, ‘>l
Xt-w Jersey, declares that Tammany
Hall is favorable to < ieveland.
Dollar wheat is all right, but the Re
publican adu.iniatratlon views twelve
v-ut cotton with the greatest alarm.
Tti p Sparta Ishmatlite asks to be put
on the list of those who will never vole
ugaiufurthe present prison commis-
Mioners.
Commei ting on the marked increase
tn the price vs codliver oil, the Rome
Tribune says: “It is hard to keep cod
liver oil down.’’
Isn’t it about time for Roosevelt to
remonstrate with the sultan of Turkey
about the present slaughter oi Chria-
X»ns in his domains?
••Gwine ter penetensliy, and water
miUions jest gettin ter er nickel,” wailed
a colored offender as he left the Ameri
cas court house under sentence.
Again the Savannah Press is being
met with the statement that there will
be only a “half crop” ol cotton, and
it enquires, “Who ever saw a
Stole one?”
Hpeaker-tO-be Cannon is declared to
be indifferent a« to financial legislation
M the special session, and declares it
will have no influence in his committee
’ppoutmeiits.
Tiie Savannah News says if the cot
-5® market will only hold its own tor a
pnple Os months longer, the planters
will be eligible for the automobile and
appendicitis dubs.
The Atlanta spirit has so stirred up
Angu ta that staid old residents of
Ureett street are beginning to sell the
cotton that they have hel 1 for fifteen to
thirty years for high prices.
A South Georgia paper notes that the
recent legislature passed a lazy negro
law that will put more crap shooters
and banjo pickers to work than any act
»f legislation since emancipation was
proclaimed.
Not finding the United States ready
lo plank down all she asked, Colombia
went to this country’s owners, the rail
roads, and got wnat she wanted. There
s nothing like dealing with the princi
pals.
There i > no doubt about the populari
ty of the bill to work convicts on the
roads. Thirteen counties entitled to
three hundred ami seventy-seven eou
vk-t- have already tiled application with
the prison commission for their quota.
A Chicago justice has rendered an
opinion that an umbrella left in a pub
lic place without a tag to identify its
owner is public property. This has
Jong been the unwritten law, and ac
counts for the best umbrella we ever
bad.
It is said that the Greater Georgia
edition of Harper’s Weekly will appear
in September. It was originally plan
ned to publish it in July, but the date
was changed at the request of the
Greater Georgia Association, it being
decided that the advertising would do
Georgia more good in the early fall than
m midsummer. Griffin is entitled to be
liberally represented in the write-up of
the State.
3 1-a Washington Post giyr s some t ea
»oii why Captain Ewen, who testifitd
forme prosecution in the Jett-White
trial, is not popular with his neighbors.
It says : “Testimony has been offered
in the Kentucky feud trial to show that
Japtain Ewen, principal witness for the
prosecution, goes to church regularly,
■>ays his debts, does not drink, use to
-Bacco or swear, and is otherwise a dis
>!Mß to the communitv ”
Edi* ■ Vaughn, of the Milledgeville
'low was called before the prison
K>y .ission to substantiate the charges
r>> uo in the editorial which we publish-
U Sunday, and gave Superintendent
Foster r.s his • uthority for most of
them, many o', them I t ing admitted by
the couinns l i >n. It shows a pretty bad
Kate of af r irs on the farm. Caused by
the negl.- t of the Commission to look
after it xqept in the way of farming
,-i.t jo’ -, to their friends.
The Milleage>llle correspondent of
the Telegraph says: “The commission
ers have returned to Atlanta. They
expressed themselves as being sorry
that Warden Allagood had resigned;
that he had violated no law of the
Stave or rule of the institution, and had
made them a good man. just such as the
restitution needed; that they hated
-er • much that he had resigned ; that
i’would he hard to find a man that
ytuld fill Isis place as acceptably as he
»d-" _
THE PRISON COMMISSIONERS AS
REFORMERS-
It Isa lit 'e diffiouF these days to
u d’Tstand ti e editorial irtetances
of the Atlanta Constitute m, which
is apparently engage d in the s< inc
what dubious occup>ti >n of being
h'l things to mH men, and which
has a humorous style that is not
always different from its s her side.
For instance, after being foremost
and sensational beyond rivalry in
stirring up the de Uris case, it is
hard to believe, in the light of all
the developments caused by that
incident, that it could have been
sori-us in yesterday's editorial de
fending the c tnmission, and espe
cially in this concluding paragraph :
•Those who are engaged in whole
sale criticism of the commission are
neither performing good service for
the State nor help ng the cause of
prison reform It al reforms can
only be m-*de after due deliberation
and oaretul study on the part of
those in authority. The people of
Georgia have every confidence that
the pri-on commission will do what
is right, and everything that is
right, at the right time.”
Ln the fi-st place, there has been
no wholesale criticism of the com
mission in the sense that it has been
vague and not specific. There has
been wholesale condemnation on
nrnny grounds alleged, so tar as
quantity is concerned, but it has
been well sustained by the facts as
printed in the Constitution news
columns, and therefore we fall to
see why it should not be helpful
toward reform. Without the full
volume of t-kw criticism, tiering upon
fifce reluctant r entnissioaers, the
brutal warden of the jirison farm
would never have been discharged
and the strap would not have been
mislaid even for an instant.
Real reforms are achieved only
by those who favor then*, and the
commissioners have not only shown
themselves opposed to any reform
in the present system, hut have
used their official position to oppose
any change and have officially
praised and ju-tified the man who
has most, abused it.
Under such circumstances, known
to them as well as to the Constitu
tion, the peop’e of Georgia have no
more confidence in the present oom
misfioners doing what is right than
they have in n newspaper that first
exposes th«m and then turns around
and defends them’
THE SOUTHERN FARMER’S CHANGE
• Fight the devil with fire,” is
what the Jack-ionvilleTimes-Union
would advise the Southern farmer
to do, in the interests of his cotton
crops against speculators like Wil
liam Perry Brown & Co., of Now
Orleans.
Mr. William P« rry Brown has
demonstrated bis ability to bold up
the factories of the world till oott n
brings a payi g price, and they wait
till the new -irop breaks the corner
—refusing to use the s’aple at this
price except to fill contracts. They
and their hands are losing Hie
usufruct of their investments, and
they can only wait a limited time.
Mr. Brown is doing unto them what
they have so long done unto the
cotton planter. I« there no lesson
for agriculturists in this? asks the
Times-Union.
What would the manufacturers do
under the same circumstances?
They would j fin hands with the
man who had shown the ability to
help them—-they would refuse to
help his enemies, and there would
be a great trust to dominate the
cottan ma ket- and divide the pro
ce >d s.
What will the cotton planter do?
If the future may be gathered from
the past he will rush the new crop
into the market and break down the
corner that holds tbe price so high.
He will join his natural enemy to
fight the only friend who has com
bined the will and power to help
him. Os course, \V. P. Brown &
Co. cannot hold the new crop b?ck
—there is not m mey or credit
enough iu the esuntrv for that, un
less the producer jo’n- forces with
corner. But- if the producer will
allow W. P. Brown & Co. to handle
the new crop the price will be main
tained, and the farmer can take
slock in the speculation. There
should boa trust after any one of
the hundreds of models on ti’.o in
New Jersey.
Would any farmer be too consci
entious to join such a trust? If so
let him speak. Does he lack faith
in Brown & Co? They are of his
own people—their cause is his- there
must- be faith before there can be a
trust. Tbe opportunity has come
at- last. Let Brown & Co. issue
certificates to the planters and take
these at par—they would soon be
above par, and the pr< fit on them
would go with the better price to ,
make the planter rich.
This is only what all factories ,
have done—it is whnt all interests
in the country except the agricul
tural interests have done or are do
ing. It is what the ora ng |
tried to do. Tofotce the new crop
pellmvll on the market must break •
prices down. The money invested
in the corner will be lostonagluit d
market, and again the farmer will
be asked to give bis work for noth
ing and the South again languish
for lack of capital. Would the pol
icy be wrong? If not-, where wi 1
a man more trustworthy than W.
P. Brown, of Mississippi and Louis
iana, be found? Why not have some
“Morganeering” in the South?
But if this be not wrong, then the
other trusts are not wrong. We
have been pushed to the wall and
must stay there while we oppose the
magazine guns of today with the
iliut-rooks of our forefathers. We
have appealed to the law, and the
law has been so interpreted that it
ass ords ut no protection. Let us ac
cept the Interpretation and organ
ize the army with the new weapons.
Bo the old knights protested it was
unfair to kill a “brave man with a
pinch of dirty powder,” but the
world did not stop its march because
they stood in the way.
Stall we see a cotton trust with
the Southern planter on the ground
floor? We have three-fourths of the
world’s crop and we can bld com
merce stand deliver, if we but have
the brales. Bball vye continue to
take our prices trom Liverpool, or
shall Liverpool take prices from
Oew Orleans?
LET THE PEOPLE KNOW-
The recant grand jury renews the
recommendation of the last previ
ous one that the county commis
sioners publish'monthly statements
of all moneys paid out and for what
purpose. The recommendation is
an excellent one, and this repetition
of it, after the commissioners had
failed to comply with the first one,
shows that the people are earnestly
interested in tbe matter.
Twenty-six thousand dollars is a
b g sum of money to be disbursed
by three men, however gifted with
wisdom and discretion, without any
accounting for it whatever. It is
true that the county treasurer
makes a brief annual report of a
few line«, in which he shows tbe
aggregate amounts spent on roads,
court expenses, etc., but this is
almost as unsatisfactory as the bare
statement that 126.000 was collected
and about that amount paid out.
The taxpayers want to know the
detailed items of expense, who got
their money and for what, and two
grand juries have said that they
are entitled to this knowledge.
This is no reflection upon the
present board of commissioners, if
they comply with the request,
though another repetition of the
recommendation might be so con
strued. Other counties make this
publication, among them our neigh
boring county of Pike, while Bibb
has long done so. The News and
Sun urged this years ago, when
other boards were in office, and its
opinion remains unchanged that it
is the only proper thing to do ; and
we have effete I to publish such
statements at considerably less than
regular rates in order to accommo
date its readers, who want to see
them. This offer is still open.
THE FELONY 00NVI0T8-
It looks like the hiring of felony
convicts in the counties would be a
brilliant success. As has already
been mentioned, there are about 7,-
500 felony convicts sentenced to the
State penitentiary tor terms of five
years or less. Os these more than
half have been spoken for by the
counties from which they were sen
tenced. Fulton, Bibb and Richmond
have applied for their quota. At
first we heard that Richmond coun
ty did not know whether she would
take them or not, on account of tbe
reduction io her school fund, but
Richmond seems to bo early in the
field and is going to add her proper
tion to the misdemeanor convicts
which have worked so effectively
or. the public roads.
On? result of this new system,
says the Savannah Press, will be
that the price of the remaining
2,000 convicts will be higher; that
is, the men who lease these convicts
from the State will have to pay
something like S2OO a year per head
F ive years ago these convicts were
leased ont for about $8 a head per
month. The net returns to the
school fund of the State, after pay-
ing tbe exepenses of the system, :
were only about $83,000. The re- '
turns from this fund next year, oven
with the deduction of the felony i
I j
convicts, ought to be more than that
(
.on account of the increased price
paid to tbe State by the lessees. The .
i more ibis plan is examined the more
uie its merits developed. Not only
j are the larger counties taking con
victs. but Coffee has applied for her
15, Clarke for 16, Ware for her 12,
Johnson for her 10, and Lee f r 9.
Tois system will be of benefit to t he
State and from time to time will be
enlarged.
Immense Crops-
Jacksonville Metropolis.
A Jacksonville wholesale mer
chant said yesterday “Western
grain and flour will be cheaper now
han ever before and much of it
comes to Jacksonville. Crops are
immense anu more than can be bar
vested.” These remarks are cor
roborated by a statement made in
the Chicago Record-Herald Sun
day, that this year’s wheat har
vest in Kansas was the largest in
the history of the State and the
greatest by far of any State in the
Union. Time was when the name
of Kansas was associated in tbe
popular mind with corn. But the
famous “wheat belt of the West
now includes thirty counties in
Kansas, extending from the north
ern to the southern boundary. Not
a country in tais belt raises less
than a million bushels annually. L
is pointed out that the yield of
Sumner country a10ne—6,812,102
bushels—is more than the combined
yields of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Mississippi, Wyoming,
New Mexico, Arizqatk, Ala
bama and New .Jtfwfcy. Barton
wunty, which ranks mMt So Sum
ner, called for 4,400 extra tasu and
more than 2,000 additional horse*
this year to harvest her stop of
wheat
In 1901 Kansas broke her own re
cord in tho matter of wheat otopit
and led the list of all the States,
with more than 99.000,000 bushels.
This was 19,000,000 more bushels
than were raised in the State of
Minnesota, although the acreage of
wheat sown in Minnesota was
greater than that of Kansas by 853,-
868 acores.
Florida grows no wheat, and
consequently it is consoling to
know our chances for plenty of
broad are so good.
The Rome Tribune insists upon the
investigation of the ass airs of she con
vict farm by somebody besides the pris
on commissioners. But this was before
reading the Constitution’s editorial in
sisting that those gentlemen could do
no wrong.
Senator Gorman says let the Repub
licans go ahead with whatever financial
legislation they please at the extra ses
sion. He will not try to defeat any
system they seek to establish. He
thinks whatever they do will work to
their own injury.
Tne Savannah Press is consuming the
tail end of the dog days in worrying
lest Cleveland be thrust into/ the white
house for a third time against his will.
The werther is awfully hot in Savan
nah, and the temptations at Thunder
bolt are hard to resist.
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In the Chronicle’s local columns the
startling statement is made that the
police department estimates there are
2,000 men in Augusta that will be
reached by the Calvin vagrant law.
This seems incredible, but if it is any
where in hailing distance of the truth
it emphasizes the crying need that ex
ists for this law.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
says: “The Southern planter is going
to get a good price for his cotton this
year. Cotton has reached 13 cents, and
it is now so scarce that quite a number
of mills have had to shut down. They
result will be that during the coining
season the mills will require a normal
crop pin* the present deficiency. They
will, in other words, be able to use all
the cotton they cun get. Consequently
the planter ought to get for his crop the
best price he has obtained in years.”
Georgia has now a new department
to be known as the State Board of
Health. This department, sprung into
existence Friday when the governor
named the members of the board,
eleven in all. A State Board of Health
is something that Georgia has needed
for many years to assist local boards
when assistance is needed, and to pre
vent the introduction of infectious dis
eases from other States. Dr. Frank M.
Ridley, of LaGrange, is chairman, and
Dr. Howard Williams, of Macon, mem
ber from this district.
It is almost time for the dplicious
winter apples to make their appearance
on the market; and people are begin
ning to wonder if these will imitate tbe
summer fruit in being scarce and high.
There is no fruit so universally popular
nor so healthy as the Winter apple. A
scarcity of the crop would be felt more
than that of any other fruit. A report,
recently issued by the Boston Chamber
of Commerce shows Great Britain is
short of all fruit s, notably apples. New
England in the aggregate will have a
very generous crop, Maine almost
1 equaling that of last year. New York
State reports plenty of appl-s. the Mid
dle West only fair. The far A e-t v< ry
heavy. Virginia nnd West \ irginia a
very large crop and Xovia Scotia excep
tionally heavy. Canada also
q lite a heavy yield. The quality ai •
erage is excellent except in some sec
tions.
Early in Septeiuber the annual con
vention of the American Mining Con
gress will be held in Deadwood and
Lead, Sooth Dakota. The Knoxville
Sentinel wants this congress to meet on
this side of the world next time, and
suggests Knoxville as a suitable place,
giving tne following re sons: “No city
in the country' has a better claim upon
such a convention, when environment
is considered. Knoxville is in the very
midst of coal, iron, gold, z,ne, copper,
barytesand other mineral deposits in
which members of the American Mining
Congress are vitally interested. The ex
ploiting of the mineral wealth of East
Tennessee to such a body of men would
be one of the best means of attracting
attention of the proper class of people
to the undeveloped resources of this sec
tion. Bringing these mineral experts
to Knoxville, that they may visit the
mines ami extensive mineral working
properties, and see for themselves just
what is going on in enterprising East
Tennessee, will convince them that, this
is one of the leading industrial sections
of the entire country,”
The Prison Commission and the Mamie
DeCris Outrage-
Albany H- raid.
The report of the State Prison mis
sion on the whipping of Mamie DeCt is
t>. Warden Allagood at the State Fris
o.i Farm will not be satisfactory to the
Georgia who are unwilling to
have any dapariQjieiit of tit' 1 State gov
erm«nt stand for the whipping of wo
men. m fact, viewed from the stand
point of that type of Southern manhood
and civilzation which cannot justify the
whipping of a woman by a man under
any conditions or sort of circumstances,
the report of rhe commissioners i« about
as outrageous as the offense of Warden
Allagood.
Georgia is not a woman whipping
State, but the prison commissioners, if
we are to judge by their official action
and report on this case, do not appear
to have yet fully recognized this fact.
In formulating their report the prevail
ing idea of the commissioners,appears to
to have been to make Mamie DeCris out
a very bad woman and Warden Alla
good a very good man. No effort, is
made to disguise the fact that she is a
Woman, and a trail woman at that, and
that Allagood, a strapping big man,
clothed with the authority of a prison
whipping boss, whipped her severely
with a heavy strap. The idea that it is an
outrage for a man to whip a woman
in Georgia, even though she niav be a
criminal and he be clothed with official
authority to ply the lash, does not ap
pear to have even occurred to the prison
commissioners.
The conduct of the prison commis
sioners in this whole affair has not been
such as to commend them to the confi
dence and favorable consideration of
the people of the State.
In the first place, they bushed up the
whipping of the woman and had re
garded it as a “closed incident” until
the newspapers got hold of it. They
not only condoned the act on the part
of Warden Allagood, but evidently ap
proved it, for it is not shown that he
was even censured for it. They kept
the affair which has so shocked the
sensibilities of the people of the State
hushed up for a month or six weeks,
and never moved in the matter until
they were driven to it by the criticism
of the press, backed by the general as
sembly and the governor.
The circumstances uader which the
prison commissioners finally took up
this outrage, and the nature of the re
port that comes from them, considered
together, leave them in an attitude
which is at variance with public senti
ment in Georgia.
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Notice to Debtors -and Creditors.
GEORGlA—Spalding County. x *
All persons having "kiimS and demands
against th« estate of J . 8. Boynton, de
ceased; will present the same to me in
terms of the law. All per ons indebted
to the said deceased are hereby requested
to make immediate payment.
nor <• ~K - T < DANIEL,; Adm’Jh J
Griffin Ga„ May 4. 190?
Noticj to Debtors and Creditors. >
All p reins having demands against •
the estate lot 1). A. Thomas, late of Spald
ing county, deceased, are hereby notified
to render in their demands to the under
signed, according to law, and all ptrjons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. July 27, 1903.
, , . , D. G. THOMAS,
D A Thomas deceased <
Notice to Debtors and Creditors? (
All personshaving demands against the
estate of John E. Duke, late of Spalding
county, deceased, are hereby notified to
render in their demands to the undersign
ed, according to law, and all persons in
debted to said estate arc requested to make
immediate payment. M. A. DUKE,
Administrator John E. Duke.
This August 3, 1903.