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1 ■ 4' m 1 ewe sn AH EXAMFIE? Will the Filipinos Fight for Freedom? PUT IT UP TO CONGRESS Memorial Says That the Gravest Delect In Present System Is Lack ol Confidence on Part ol OHIcers In Integrity and Capa bility ol the Natives. Washington, April 8.—That the heavily-taxed “little brown broth ers” of the Philippines are begin ning to look upon the ever increas ing army of high-salaried American office-holders in the islands with about as much favor as the Ameri can colonists viewed representatives of the British crown in the days before independence was secured, is indicated in a memorial prepared for the benefit of the Secretary of War, President Taft and the Amer ican Congress, and published in the Congressional Record. The memo rial is signed by the officers of the Nacionalista party, which repre sents approximately 81 per cent, of the natives of the islands, having 66 of the 81 members of the Philip pine assembly and 28 of the 31 pro vincial governors of the islands, Would Be Independent. The memorial states that many American in the islands are “ani mated apparently with the idea that the government has been established here exclusively for their interest and benefit, and that the Filipi nos are not to be, nor ever will be, independent. ’ ’ Since the Congressional investi gating committee upheld the ruling of Attorney-General Wickersham that the purchase by American sug' ar interest of 55,000 acres of rich Frial sugar lands was proper, the sentiment in the islands for early independence has grown with a sey- en-league-boot-stride. The Filipi nos have come to feel that the sugar trust is dictating the Philippine pol icy of the Taft administration, and they are convinced that the trust in tends that the United States shall retain possession of the islands for ever. “The people observe,” continues the memorial, “that all the prefer ence and stimulus of the govern ment is kept for foreign capital,and it is not to be wondered at that the people feel a profound neglect and that it sees itself in advance beaten in an unequal economic condition and lose faith in the benevolence of the intentions of the government. Controlled By Americans. • “In the practice of the profes sions it observes likewise that the natives of the country are being rel egated to the background and that the business is controlled by Amer icans, and that as in the case of the surveyors, there have been efforts to deny to the latter practice of the profession in what relates to an of fice of the government, * ‘The gravest defect of the pres ent system is founded in the lack of confidence in the capacity of the na tives whoare prevented from devel oping themselves. The central axle of the administrative organism revol ves in such a wav that it leaves to the Filipinos no opportunity for practice in the conduct of public affairs through means of direct con tact with the methods of action and their difficulties. “If it be considered that the basis of the policy followed in the Philip pines iB the preparation of the Fili pinos for the exercise of the powers of an independent government, it is not seen how under the present sys tem such a result may b# obtained. “For' oxamplo, nearly all the chiefs of bureaus are Americans, ns are their principal assistants and local agents. The best education would be that which places the Fili pinos in contact, by virtue of the duties of their offices, with a knowl edge of the methods and practical difficulties in the public service, The same treatment is not accorded to Americans and Filipinos in the civil service. The Americans are promoted more rapidly than the Filipinos in the same office. The Americans are promoted more rap idly in the same office. The in crease of Filipino employees each year is only apparent.” dirty and so making it possible for flies to become a nuisnneo, be sure that your own house is clean, and that no garbage cans or boxes are left uncovered to attract flies. If you and all the people you know will follow this advice there will not be nearly so many flies to plague you in hot weather, and there will not bo nearly so much sickness and death,especially among children. A MOB’S WORK AT ELLAIHLLE OF YOUNG WIEE Three Negroes, Accused ol Mur der ol White Man, were Lynch ed This Morning. Ellaville, Ga., April 8.—Dawson Jordan, Charlie Pickett and Murray Burton, three negroes, were taken from the jail here early this morn ing and lynched. The mob overpowered the sheriff. Jordan ran and was shot to death by fifty bullets. The other two negroes were strung up to a tree and were riddled with bullets. Over 100 men were in the mob. They were masked with stocking legs pulled over their faces. The negrees were being held for the murder of Newton Eason, a white man, on January 2. Shot Her Wealthy Husband to Death and Cut HIs Throat With Butcher Knlle. Thornton, Ark., April 8.—Lee Weepers, a wealthy planter, was killed today by his 20-year-old wife, whom he married eighteen months ago. The woman fired five shots into Weeders body, cut his throat and stabbed him through the heart. The woman has been arrested. The cause of the tragedy is not known, but it has shocked this < tire section. Beware of The Dangerous House Fly. By the Anti-Fly Crusade. Flies are the most dangerous in sects we have. They are much more dangerous than bees or hor nets; these may sting you and the sting is painful, but you soon get over the pain. Flies do much more harm than this. They walk over filthy places like sewers and garbage cans and after eating the filthy food which they find there, they come into your house and walk on the food you eat, carrying on their feet the tiny germs which live in filth just as you live in a house. These germs are not onlv filthy and dis gusting, but many of them cause such diseases as typhoid fever, chol era infantum and summer com plaint. W hen the flies bring them from some dirty place to your food or leave them when they crawl on your face or hands, you may swal low these germs without knowing it and be taken ill with one of these diseases. So the fly that seems so harmless may do you much more harm than a bee or a hornet. You should place screens at your doors and windows during the warm weather to keep the flies out of the house. If you cannot screen all the rooms you should screen those in which food is kept; and if any one is sick in the house, flies should be kept from the sick room, so that they may not carry germs from the sick person to the rest of the family, Children may help to keep flies from swarming in and around houses, and from carrying germs of sickness from one person to anoth er. In the first place, they should not buy candy, fruit or other food which is left in front of stores anywhere else where flies may feed and walk on it. Flies lay their eggs chiefly in stable manure, and if this is left without screens or other covers to keep the flies away, great numbers will be hatched in every stable. If you know of stores where food is not covered from flies, or of sta hies that have swarms of them around, write to the Board of Health about them. But before you report •ther people for being earelew and Putnam county superior court grand, jury in in their presentments ‘request the county commissioners to use all proper efforts toward hav ing the route through Milledgeville and Eatonton established as the re gular automobile road for tourists from Atlanta to Savannah, Tybee and Florida resorts. It is a route over good roads, constantly being improved, and offers more advan tages to the tourists can supply. ’ ’ $100,000.00 TO LOAN On five yers ti me, at low rate of interest. Privilege to pay b^ick any time and stop interest. NO LONG DELAY, NO RED TAPE. I f Best Terms offered by any one in the South. Will lend about half the value improv ed farm property. Correspondence solicited. R. C. Bell & Ira Carlisle Attomeys-At-Law CAIRO, - - GEORGIA. J. R. SINGLETARY, Attorney-at-Law. Cairo, - - Georgia Consultation fees reasonable. Practice in Suporior Court, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Office in Judge’s Chamber, Court House r il 3 as- I Anything for Ladies. T Ladies waists just received, finest patterns ever made at the cheapest prices Muslin underwear, a big sortment to pick from. Ladies tailor made skirts, have the be£t assortment for the least money. A new lot of ladies millinery just received--something new and stylish at the cheapest prices. Ladies and Misses low cut shoes; the 1 r gest assortment to pick fromiv ’ All embroideries and laces I will offer at great bargains this week. All the goods above mention ed can be found at ABE POLLER'S. I will pay highest prices for || all country produce. [jj In a way that will most agreeably sur prise you when you buy your groceries at WHITE & STRINGER’S. This be cause we can buy closer than anyone else, and consequently can sell cheaper, while the quality of our goods are al ways better. White & Stringer. City Bakery Monroe Street, Phone 173 Cairo, Ga. re R. C. BELL ATTORNEY AND COUNSELL OR IRA CARLISLE Associate General Practice: Office over Post of fice. Five Year FARM LOANS prompt ly negotiated at low rate of interest. CAIRO, GA. W. J. Willie Attorney-At-Law and Will practice in all Courts, State lederal. Collections a specialty. Office in L. B. Powell building. Phone 73. - - CAIRO, «A P- C. ANDREWS. Attorn ey-at* Law. CAIRO, GA Office in Parker Bnilding. Don’t order until you »«• our talendars—The biggest and best yet. Thi Pmamm. DC DEEEH Excursion Fares via Atlantic Coast j Line Rail Road. Albany Ga., Georgia Chautauqua, April 23-30. Atlanta, Ga., Grand Lodge of Ga. Knights of ij Pythias, May 17, 18. Augusta, Ga., Dist. Frand Lodge No. 18, G. U. O. O. F. of America, August 8-11. Charlottesville, Va., University of Va. Summer School, June 19-July 29. Jacksonville, Fla., Conference for Education in the South, April 19-21. Jacksonville, Fla., Southern Baptist Conven tion, May 17-23. Knoxville, Tenn., Summer School of the South June 20-July 28. Monteagle & Sewanee, Tenn., Bible School, _ etc., June, July and August. I Low rates to other points will be named upon =j application. L. P. GREEN, Trav. Aass. Agt. | ’Phone 425, Masury Hotel Bldg., Thomasville,Ga. The Machine • ' r EveryonieBuys H. M. Ashe Company,! Southern Deal&h* Y. M. C. A. Building, ATLANTA, GA.