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WEKKLY-Biwne rates as for the Daily
Oconee Enterprise: “Hon. Judson
Strickland, of Griffin. candidate for
prison commissioner, was in Wat Kins
▼ille last Monday. He is a pleasant,
aftuble gentleman and is making a
splendid race for the position.”
Out of the peusion innd of
|870,0C0, just <32,000 remains in tin
treasury. Every county has been paio,
but there are 300 indigent widows who
have not received their pension money,
This will take SIB,CKX), while several
thousand more Will go to straggling
pensioners in various counties.
DANGER INCREASING COTTON
ACREAGE.
In a recent issue of the Manufac
turers Record, the editor, Richer?
H. Edmonds, brings out very clearly
the present cotton situation and
shows the danger which would re
sult from a still further increase in
the cotton acreage- He also give?
some interesting figures on the in
creased production of grain at the
South. We quote him in part as
follows:
1 ‘As recently pointed out in the
Manufacturers’ Record, the produc
tion of grain in the South last year
was 773,000,000 bushels, against
607,000,000 bushels in 1002, a gain
cf 166,000,000 bushels. Os this in
crease 138,000,000 bushels was corn
The increase in the value of the
three cereals, corn, wheat and oats,
in 1903 was nearly 195,000,000 over
the preceding year. It is import
ant to emphasize these facts just at
present, in view of the danger that
the high price of cotton will so con
centrate the attention of the farm
era upon cotton growing as to cause
them to give less attention to the
importance of providing their food
stuffs first and making their surplus
or money crop. The present price
of cotton would 'in the long
run prove a great injury, rather
than a blessing to the farmers if it
should result in their giving less
attention to the diversified develop
ment which for several years has
been one of the most striking signs
of the material upbuilding of the
3opth.’ !
Last year the South had about
<28,000,000 acres in cotton, an am
ple area nnder ordinary conditions
for the present. Had the weather
been propitious and the yield per
acre equal to the average of the two
proceeding years, tne crop would
have been about 11,000,000 bales;
had the yield per acre been equal to
the average for the three years from
1898-99 to 1900-1901 the crop would
have been about 12,500,000 bales,
and bad it been equal to the
acreage of the three years
from 1895 96 to 1897 98 it would
have been 13,000,000 bales. The
shortage in last y ear’s crop was due
not to lack of acreage, but to the
weavuui cojditions, beginning in the
spring, when continued cold, wet
weather delayed the planting
throughout the South for ever a
month. With 28,000,000 acres in
cotton this year it is possible, with
good weather conditions, to produce
certainly as high as 12,000,000 to
12,500,000 bales, and that even at
that figure it sholud command some
where in the neighborhood of ten
cents a pound, if not more ; but if
the season should open with a large
increase in acreage, without regard
to weather it can be properly culti
vated and fully picked, there might
be such a combination of forces as
to beat prices down to a fair level.
The Manufacturers’ Reo rd trusts
that the South may never again
have to face such low prices for
cotton as those which prevailed dur
ing the period of extreme depres
sion from 18 91 to 1898. We be
lieve that wo have entered upon a
period to run for several years of a
much higher range of prices, but to
make sure of this it is essentially im
portant that the South should raise
its own food-stuffs; that instead of
lessening its attention to diversified
agriculture, it should give still
greater attention to corn and wheat
and oats and other food-stuff*, and
that then, and then only, should it
make a gradual inciease In cotton
acreage sufficient to meet from year
to year the rapidly increasing con
sumptive wants of the world.
GETTING OUT oFdII’HOULTIEB.
Before Eli Whitney invented the
cotton <m. the farmers of the South
prospered without making cotton.
Our climate is genial, our soil pro
ductive and adapted to a great varie.
ty of crops. The invention of the
cotton gin revolutionized farm
methods in Georgia and cotton
eventually became almost the only
money crop raised in this section.
So lomg as cotton was made with
slave labor, the price of the staple
did not cut so much of a figure,
with the farmer, but after the war,
our section was impoverished
There was no cotton left in the
couuntry and the demand for the
stapie a8 B reat i ftt remunerative
prices.
*Of M’.cwe reasons, says the Co
lumbus Ledger, our farmers plung
ed into the making of cotton reck
lessly and soon came to ignore the
fact that an overproduction and the
manipulation of the market by the
speculator meant that it would cost
more to make and market cotton
than could be realized for the staple
in the markets. Every other crop
was sHcriflced for cotton that would
bring money. The merchants, the
warehouseman and the money-len
ier made their loans conditional on
tie amount of cotton planted.
Even the landlord who rented his
land to tenants required rents to be
paid in cotton and the fertilizer men
took notes requiring payment to be
maid m cotton.
Finally, when the farmer came to
realize that he was overdoing the
production of cotton, he was so
hedged in by debts and conditions
that the could onl y plant more of the
staple or quit the business. Cotton
was king and the farmer was hie
slave. For several y«ars, the price
of cotton was actually below the
cost of production and the farmer
found himself getting deeper and
deeper in debt. The more cotton he
planted, the less he got for it and
the deeper he got in debt. Appeal
ing to the merchant, the land owner,
the warehouseman and the fertilizer
man, the farmer was told that the
bank would not let them have mon
ey unless they were given assurance
that their customers would make
enough cotton to discharge the obli
gations. The banks in the South
were hedged in, because they got
their money from the North and
and the Northern banks would not
let them have the cash unless they
gave them assurances that the cot
ton was behind them.
Under all the oiicumstanoes, the
Southern farmers were not so much
to blame for the suicidal ail-cotton
policy as some people. The farm
ers realized that the policy was
suicidal, but saw that it could ouly
be changed gradually. For the l«st
few years the policy has been slow
ly but gradually undergoing a
change. Farmers are devoting
more attention to corn and other
food crops. They are devoting more
time and attention to raising meat
and to their orchards and gardens.
There are indications that this grad
ual change will finally result in
making cotton a surplus crop of
eight or nine million bales than
there is in twelve or thirteen mil
lions. Os course there are still a
a good many reckless imprudent
farmers who will be tempted by the
high prices to plant too much cot
ton again tnis year, but the convic
tion is growing tint the southern
farmers will avoid overproduction
in future, and that the price of the
staple will never get. down as low
as five or s’x cents a pound agein.
We have the finest country in the
world, and while our farmers can
easily live without planting any
ootton at all, we believe that they
will gradually settle down to the
policy of making ootton their sur
plus crop.
They can do this and still make
as much ootton as the country
needs, and such a policy will assure
prosperity to our section in future.
We Do It Better in Georgia-
Augusta Chronicle.
They are going to have an election
in Honduras and as a preliminary
the boss of the country has incar
cerated in the cailabcose all the
prominent people opposed to him
—[Exchange.
In Georgia we do it a little differ
ently—but the result is the same.
In Georgia we call our State pri
mary early enough to head-off any
possible opposition to the “ins;”
aad, in the matter of selecting a
presidential nominee, we allow our
Statehouse officers to name the del
egates to the State conventicn
So that, instead, of having to
lock anybody up, we merely tie
their hands, put a gag in their
mouthgand let them run around
loose.
It will be seen at once that the
Georgia system of allowing the
“ins.” to continue to run things has
several advantages in vogue in Hon
duras—while it looses nothing in
effectiveness
In the first place, it is more hu
mane, mote civilized, and causes
less talk.
Instead of putting the opposition
in jail, we willingly let it “go
through the motion" of voting for
something; and then “the people
who control” step in and arrange
everything just as it should be—in
order that there may be no mis
takes,
—e —
TLe Power of the Presss-
Boston Herald.
The power of the press has been
beautifully illustrated by & n editor
ial in a Missouri paper, entitled
“Dun Cupid on a Strike.” Tue fact
that there had not been a wedding
in Columbia, Mo,, this year was de
plored and it even alleged the boys
were too shy, and such a state of
affairs was a reproach to the com
munity. A young dry goods clerk
and a fair stenographer were stand
ing talking on the street corner
when a copy of the morning paper
was handed to them. The dry
goods clerk read the editorial aloud
to his companion and suggested
that the stigma should be removed
at once. Miss Stenographer ac
quiesced. Fortunately, it was
lunch time, and they immediately
sought the nearest parson, who
joined them in the bonds of matri
mony within the hour of rhe pub
licution of the payer. Swift, harp,
sweet eloquence of the pen I
Should by All Means Defeat Turner-
Jefferson Co. Banner.
In another column will be found
resolutions adopted by the Demo
cratic executive committee of
Spalding county last Saturday
against Chairman Turner, of the
State prison commission and pardon
board, as unfit for re-election. He is
oppos' dto th's place by a young
m n o r Griffin named Strickland,
who would make a good officer, and
should by all means defeat Turner.
BOY TAKES FRIEND'S LIFE.
Quarrel of Sixteen-Year-Old School
Boys Results in Death.
Chipley, Ga., March 23. —In a fight
at Whitesville, in Harris county, be
tween two 16-year-old boys Tom Har
alson and Robert Maddox, the latter
struck young Haralson on the head
with a stick, resulting in a fracture
of tfe? -/Kill 1 ln tWP which
caused the young fellow’s death.
The boys were especially good
friends ’and were apparently in ut
most good humor tip to ten minutes
preceding the unfortunate difficulty.
Haralson is a son of T. W. Haral
son, and young Maddox is a son of
Hon. J. A. Maddox. Both are well ,
known men of this county. The com
munity is much grieved over the de
plorable occurrence.
Young Haralson did not speak after
the blow was struck and the cause of
the schoolboy quarrel cannot be as
certained.
Reward for Wilson's Murderer.
Montgomery. Ala.. March 23. —Gov-
ernor Jelks this afternoon offered a
reward of ?200 for the arrest and de
livery of the murderer of L. Wilson
a white man. at Dothan. It is said
five men called him out to the front
gate and shot him. It is alleged that
he knew something about the Post
master Milligan assault case.
American Scouts Attack Filipinos.
Manila, March 23. —Captain Dewitt
with a detachment of constabulary
and Lieutenant Pitney, with a detach
ment of scouts have jnst encountered
Macario Sakay s the so-called presi
dent of the Filipino republic sakay
with fifteen of his followers were
killed an dthe remainder of the band
was captured. There were no casual
tie on the part of the Americans.
C?-A.fa*
Bun tb» ll* Kmd n.'ways BaogM
s>gn»tnr»
WAR NEWS FROM
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Further Details Os Port Arthur
Bombardment Expected-
CLAIM JAPS SHELL INEFFECTIVE
Russian Admiral Commended For Not
Going Out to Engage the Japanese
Squadron—Chinese Official Fails to
Make New Year Calls.
St. Petersburg, March 23.—1:7 p.m.
—Further details of yesterday’s at
tack on Port Arthur are expected dur
ing the day but nothing in the way of
private or newspaper dispatches sup
plementing the official accounts have
been received up to the present time.
According to the information here
there now exists a complete embar
go upon newspaper dispatches direct
from Port Arthur. The military au
thorities seem to manifest no displeas
ure at the Japanese tactics yesterday.
On the contrary, they declare such
bombardments only wear out the guns
and machinery of the ships and wastes
ammunition without compensating ad
vantages. They point to the com
paratively Insignificant damage done
by the bombardments of Santiago by
the American fleet as proof of their
futility. From the positions the
Japanese took the latter could not
see either the town or the batteries.
The range was from 6 to 8 miles,
with a high angle of Are, and precision
wgs impossible. Although the gener
al target was large, only a lucky
chance could really damage the batter
ies or ships. So far as kpown the
Japanese accomplished nothing yes
terday, On the other hand, the Rus
sians had better luck, a shell from
the battleship Retvizan, which was
firing over the hill, landing on one of
the Japanese battleships. Os course
It is admitted that these pot shots
are trying to the garrison.
Vice Admiral Makaroff, the naval
commander at Port Arthur is being
commended for his self-restraint in
not risking ships In an engagement
with the enemy.
A prominent Russian general ex
plained to the correspondents of the
Associated Press how absolutely es
sential conservatism of the Russian na
val commander at Port Arthur was at
present. He said:
“If Admiral Makaroff, whose reputa
tion would be to go out and meet the
enemy, should give battle upon the
approaching of the Japanese and defeat
them his victory would be fruitless,
as necessarily it would be purchased
by sold injuries to ships, and our lack
of adequate docking facilities at Port
Arthur would render it impossible to
refit them, whereas the Japanese have
ample docks in which to repair their
vessels.”
The feeling here is that the Japa
nese tactics are preliminary to a land'
ing on the peninsula in an attempt to
cut off Port Arthur simultaneously
with a general bombardment and com
mencement of a siege. For this the
Russians declare they are fully pre
pared. During the last ten days a
general shutting down upon newspa
per telegrams from the Far East has
been noticeable. This Is owing to
increased precautions to prevent the
enemy from obtaining news of the
movements of the Russian troops. The
Russians are being massed in force
along their line from Feng Huang
Chenfi northward for 30 miles, while
their second line extends from Mouk
den to Hai Cheng.
All the rolling stock required for
use in the Far East has now crossed
lake Baikal. The last locomotive
was taken over yesterday.
Prince Ehilkoff, the minister of pub
lic works, leaves Baikal in a few days.
Forty trucks of grain reach Port Ar
thur daily.
Paris, March 23. —The foreign office
has received details of the bombard
ment of Port Arthur, March 21-22 sim
ilar to the St. Petersburg official re
port, and also a mail report of the Che
mulpo engagement, detailing the ac
tion of the foreign commanders and
the non-participation of the comman
der of the United Slates gunboat
Vicksburg in the protest against the
attack on the Variag and Korietz.
St. Petersburg, March 24.—4:35 p.m.
—The correspondent of The Novo
Krai, of Port Arthur, who is proceed
ing to the Yalu river, writes that he
saws crowds of Chinese coolies throw
ing up earthworks on the frowning,
impregnable heights at Kin Chou (just
north of Port Dalny). This shows
that the Russians are determined to
resist the Japanese attempt to land
on the neck of the Liao Tung penin
sula.
The correspondent adds:
“The Chinese officials who have In
variably made official calls on the oc
casions of the Russian and Chinese
New Year, failed to do so this year
believing that the Japanese are going
to drive out the Russians.”
St Petersburg, March 23,—4:35 p.m.
—According to the government re
ports, the Japanese cavalry seen north
of Anju, Korea, this weeks cannot keep
In touch with the Russians.
The military organ says the occu
pation of Anju affords a strong posi
tion as a screen to the movement of
Easter 1
Opening!
Wednesday and Thursday,
March 23d and 24th.
The most complete line of Easter novelties ever
show in Griffin.. All kinds of Rabbits, Birdsand Eggs, j
The Little Folks Are
Especially Invited.
We!gave them lots of consideration while select,
ing this line and expect them. Bring them along
and make them happy.
2 FLOWERS.
Special sale during opening. Your choice of our*
entire line for onlj ioc.
, COMBS.
r A big line of 15 and 25c values back combs,
etc., now on sale at loc each.
_ LACES.
L find[our t s and locßLaces attractive.
McClure ioc. co.
troops from Ping Yang. But much of
this natural advantage has been lost
by the lack on the part of Japanese
of mounted skirmishers.
NEW PLAN TO TEACH CIVICS.
Chicago Profgssor to Organize Mock
Government.
Chicago, March 23.—The publiu
schools of Chicago will bo organized
into miniature national, state and
municipal governments, if plans under
consideration by Superintendent Ed
win G. Cooley, are carried out.
Superintendent Cooley believes that
by bringing pupils into organization
representing three different stages of
government, civics can be taught with
bet f er results than in anv other wav
SWITCH ENGINE EXPLODES.
locomotive Engineer Lands 50 Feet
Away—Fireman Hurt.
Waycross, Ga., March 23.—A switch
tngine on the Atlanta and Birming
ham railroad here exploded Tuesday
morning, seriously injuring Engineer
Berry Saunders and Fireman Hill
Stokes.
The noise of the explosion was
clearly heard 4 miles away, and build
ings in all parts of the city were
shaken.
Pieces of the boiler were blown
hundreds of feet away, and Engineer
Saunders was blown up in the air and
landed 50 feet from the wrecked en
gine. He regained his feet imme
diately after striking the ground and
started towards home. He was com
pletely dazed, and had to be held by
several railroad employes. ■
Fireman stokes, a white boy, was
most seriously injured, but it is be
lieved that he will recover. The en
gineer suffered only slight bruises and
scalds.
The cause of the explosion is not
known as the engine had just taken
on water at the tank.
BRUTAL HUSBAND WHIPS WIFE.
Angry Men Took Him in Hand—Wife
Given Protection.
Atlanta. March 23. —Brutally choked
by her husband and struck again and
again in the face and about the body:
such was the treatment received by
Mrs. W. H. McDonough, Chicago
at the hands of her while
riding in a closed carriage on Peach
tree street Tuesday afternoon.
And it took just about five seconds,
for spectators to hold up the vehicle,
and after dragging the defenseless
woman from her husband, gave her
protection to her hotel.
The occurrence of Tuesday after
noon is without precedent in the an
nals of Atlanta’s history, according
to eyewitnesses. The entire story
will be told before Recorder Broyles
this afternoon but it is probable that
the witnesses will be others than the
charming wife who refused to prefer
charges against her husband after
the manner of women who love and
begged that he might not tie arrested.
Body of Negro Woman Found.
Cincinnati, March 23. —The body of
an unknown young colored woman
was found today near Westwood with
every Indication of an atrocious out
rage and murder. Her skull was
crushed with a club, one eye waa torn
from the socket, moi tof her hair
pulled out and her body badly mutil
ated.
•— - — » — — — — - * ,
PIONEER TYPE MAKER DEAD.
Hon. Albert Allison Dies of Heart Fail- ,
ure in Cincinnati. ’
Cincinnati March 23. —Hon. Albert
Allison, aged 74, president of the
board of public service of Cincinnati,
dropped dead today in his bathroom
of heart failure, ■ - . -
He was at his desk in the city hall
as usual yesterday. He ‘ was one of
Jhe pioneer type founders la the Goum
try, starting with Johnson & Co., in
Philadelphia and afterward conducting
their branch here in 1856. Later
he organized the Franklin type foun
dry here owned by Allison & Smith,, .
TO SOLVE DIVORCE PROBLEMS.
New York Divines to Suggest Legisla
tion Aiong that Line.
New York. March 23.—Agitation
against divorce and the marriage of
divorced persons has resulted in a
meeting here of eminent Protestant
ministers and laymen who will attempt
to solve the problem of legislation
on the subject by the states of the
union.
A member of the executive com
mittee of the conference presided over
by Bishop Doane, of Albany, draft- J
ed a rough outline of the proposed I
law which later will be presented to,»
the full meeting for discussion.
The conference is a direct result ,
of the action taken by Protestant Epis-*4
copal church at its last general con
ference at San Francisco.
“Every effort will be made to for
ever solve the divorce evil so far as
the Protestant churches are concern
ed.” declared Rt. Rev. David H. Greer,
bishop coadjutor of the Episcola arch
diocese of New York.
Seismograph Records Earthquake.
Baltimore, March 23.—The earth-
quake that shook New England Mon- i
day was separate and distinct to one
felt here an hour and a half later, j
This was shown by developing
films of the seismograph at Johns Hop
kins university. They record a 10-
miniite shock that started in this vi
cinity at 2:30 Monday morning. The
quake, which thilled all of New Eng
land, occurred at 1:04 In the morning.
Belgian Anarchists Arrested.
Liege, Belgium, March 23. —The per
petrators of the bomb outrages here,
two French anarchists. Laobin alias
Beaumanois, and Gudefln, have been J
arrested. They have confessed, and 1
say their object was to avenge the ex-y
pulsion from Belgium of fellow stu
dent anarchists. In France Laobin has
several times been imprisoned for at-J
tempting to destroy public buildings. ,
Three Boys Drowned In the Ohio.
Louisville March 23.—Andrew Is
grigg. aged 19. Arthur Everhardt, 18
and Edward Hert, 21. all of Jefferson
ville. were drowned today in the Ohio
river opposite Louisville. Their boat 1
was upset by the swift current near
the falls.
Fire In West Virginia. J
Wheeling. W. Va., March 23.—dr
sharp’s hotel, Wheeler’s restaurant
and a few small buildings, were de
stroyed by an explosion either of dy
namite or natural gas. The body of
William Lawton has been recovered
from the debris, and it Is feared othe»
guests of the hotel have been killed.