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THE LAWYERS
GRAB IT ALL.
The Election of Hon, E. Cabiniss as
President of The Farmers’ Union
With Seme Pertinent Remarks.
The Georgia Parmer’s Convention
in session at Union Citv, elected
July 25 Hon. E. Cabaniss, a genuine
farmer on a large scale, who lives on
a farm and boards at the same place,
instead of getting his supplies out
West—president for the the ensuing
term.
We have failed to see in any
of our Georgia exchanges that Mr.
Cabaniss is not also a lawyer-farmer.
So far our reading has also failed
to discover that he intended to read
law, but an inscrutable providence
prevented, the fulfillment of his
youthful yearnings, but alas, had to
take the less certain road of reachiug
state-wide prominence—that of an
obscure but observant farmer boy
following the meditative mule behind
a bull-tongue plow or a twister—and
mirabile dictu—evolving from such
an humble beginning into what he
iu truth is, a farmer-prince, and the
cynosure of a state gaze. Would
that Hogarth were alive to preserve
in almost imperishale pigments the
several stages of such a career.
The elevation of Mr. Cabaniss a
real farmer to presidency of an or¬
ganization of real farmers, is remark¬
able from this fact, to-wit: that not¬
withstanding the spread of rural
education and especially technical
agricultural education, the mass of
farmers still seem distrustful of se¬
curing capable leaders from their
class—while there are of course—law¬
yers and professional politicians
always in waiting, confident, smiling
and ready to lead “where angels
fear to tread.”
Among many illustrations of this
fact which we could cite, we will
mention one with which we are fa¬
miliar. '
About 1891 The Farmers Alliance
was very strong in North Carolina,
having a membership of 100,000, or
more. Marion Butler, a young (age
28) and obscure editor and politician
of Sampson county, got himself
elected to the presidency of this
strong organization. He immediate¬
ly proceeded to make a political ma¬
chine out of it, notwithstanding its
constitution forbade it as a body
taking any part in politics. The low
price of cotton and tobacco iu par,
during the last two years of Cleve¬
lands second administration foment¬
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ed discontent among the farmers
with the State Democratic adminis¬
tration. Butler took advantage of
this discontent to advance
his political fortunes. The negro
vote had not then been disfranchised
and numbered more than 100,000.
while the white Republican vote
numbered some 30,000 more.
Butler effected a coalition between
this 130,000 white and black
Republican vote and the disgruntled
Democratic farmers who termed
themselves Populist. At the election
in November 1890, a Populist-Repub¬
lican legislature was elected which
at its meeting in Raleigh in January
1897, promotly elected young Butler
for the six year term to the U. S.
senate, while Jeter Pritchard, a
comparativly young Republican law¬
yer, was elected for the two year
term to the U. S. senate. Butler’s
political mauoeuvering seriously im¬
paired theParmers Alliance of North
Carolina both as to usefulnes and
membership. But little he cared,
“he’d got the coon and gone on.”
In 1900 the Democrats of North Car¬
olina, elected a legislature of their
own kidney, and the leaders thereof,
mostly lawyers, made it one of their
first duties to enact a law that
would practically" disfranchise nine
tenths of the negro vote of that date,
that did not apply to the illiterate
white vote. This was to prevent any
future non-lawyer politician like
Marion Butler springing an unpleas¬
ant surprise in snatching from them
political positions they deemed from
the legal profession having so long
filled, it had a tacit title to.
Lawyers can get into almost any
plaice that cold or mosquitoes can.
Their influence is paramount in par¬
amount in many businesses, where
one would think, some technical
training at least in the business un¬
der their control would be necessary,
but it seems technichal training is
not necessary" to a large number of
this profession, they just drop into
the routine of technical work intui¬
tively- and mechanically. As witness
the following:'
Judge Elbert Gary is the executive
'head of the billion and a quarter Of
dollars steel trust and a big town in
Ohio, Gary", is being built by the
steel trust to perpetuate his name.
Judge Lovett, a Texan, is the suc¬
cessor of Mr. Harriman, and head of
all the Harriman system of railroads
representing more than a billion of
dollars investment.
We have known lawyers to be pres¬
idents of cotton mills, banks, depart¬
ment stores and sundry other corpo¬
rations. Iu practically all the high¬
er spheres of political life their influ¬
ence if not supreme is prepondera¬
THE COVINGT ON NEWS
ting. Three-fourths of the presi¬
dents of the United States and more
than three-fourths of their respec¬
tive cabinets have been lawyers:
three-fourths of the present govern
ernors are lawyers, while sixty per¬
cent of the present and most con¬
gresses since the civil war is com¬
posed of this office grasping profes
sion. Yet the number of lawyers to
the total population and the total
electorate is relatively very small.
In 1900 the total population of the
Union was in round numbers. 76,000,
000, the number of males of voting
age iu 1900 were more than 15,000,
000, while the number of lawyers in
the United States in 1900, was but
114.000, or less than one-half of one
per cent of the total population of
76.000. 000. These figures should
make people ask why do lawyers
monopolize the most prominent and
lucrative positions in the national
and state governments. Dont other
educated citizens want said offices
and if they do, why are they unable
to persuade their fellow- citizens to
elect them?
Piticus Green.
Leguinn Locals
Mr. Roy Woodruff of Liberty was
here Sunday.
Miss Alice Thompson spent Satur¬
day night with Miss Emma Piper.
Miss Lartrelle Meadors returned on
Sunday from a visit to Mrs Posey at
Conyers.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Trippe and chil¬
dren and little Nat Turner, of Cov¬
ington, visited relatives here Sunday
morning.
■ Mrs. Sam Potts, of Eudora, spent
several days last week with her sister
Mrs. Wink Davis.
Mr. Bloss Ellington left Saturday
for Atlanta where he will attend bus¬
iness college.
We are sorry to note the illness of
Mrs. W. R. Roberts, and hope she
will soon be better.
Miss Ethel Belcher, of Covington,
opened school here Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Piper, ofWorth
ville, visited relatives and friends
here Sunday. and By¬
Miss Alice Thompson little
ron Thomas spent a few days last
weed with the formers tister, Mrs.
Parish of Liberty.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Corley and Mr.
and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wright visit¬
ed Mrs. J. S. Wright and family last
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mabrey and
children of Starrsville, spent Sunday
with Miss Ann Smith.
MIXON NEWS.
Mrs. O. L. Holmes spent Friday af¬
ternoon with Mrs. Hugh Aiken.
Mrs. W. H. Iyey and charming
daughter, Miss Ilene, spent Monday
afternoon very pleasantly with Mrs.
J. H. Pope and daughter, Miss Sallie
May.
Mr. Venus Aaron, of Hayston, and
Miss Nina McDonald, one of Gaithers
charming young ladies, spent a short
while Sunday afternoon with Misses
Nellie and Grace Pax-ker.
Mrs. Neal Aaron, of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Paul Aaron, of Eudora, spent
Tuesday with Mrs. I. N. Vaughn and
family.
Mrs. H. L. Vaughn and Master La
Prade spent Saturday with Mrs. I. L.
Parker and family.
Mrs. C. H. Bond, of Fitzgerald, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.
L. Parker.
Mr. L. G. Barker, one of Stewart’s
leading merchants, had the misfor¬
tune of losing his store by fire Thurs¬
day night.
Sevei'al young men from Meehan
icsville and Hayston attended the
singing given by Mrs. J. J. Hodges
Sunday night.
Misses Phoebe and Dovie Millen, of
Jasper, spent Sunday afternoon with
the Misses Jones.
Misses Sallie Mae Pope and Dessa
Ivey spent F’riday with Mrs. C. H.
Bond and Miss Nellie Barker.
Mr. W. A. Heard, of Covington,
spent Sunday with relatives and
friends here.
Miss Grace Parker spent Saturday
with her cousin, Miss Ozella Kitchens
near Pleasant Grove.
School opened here Monday with
fifty-six pupils enrolled, with Prof. J.
O. Martin as principal, and Miss Perl
Davis and Mrs. A. M. Griffin assist¬
ants.
Mixon crossed bats with Rock
Creek Saturday. The game was won
by the home club by a score of 13 to
3. The home team did some fine
work with the bat.
THE RED DAB OF DEATH.
Tragic Mark on the Steel Skeleton of
the Skyscraper.
“See that big blob of scarlet paint?’’
said the engineer as he pointed to a
girder high up in the skeleton of the
new skyscraper. “That red spot means
that one of the men working on the
building was killed by the girder
sweeping him off the structure while
being put in position."
The visitor craned his neck and saw
a rough patch of vermilion paint on
one of the floor girders up on the six¬
teenth story. “It must be a dangerous
life,” he said to his engineering friend.
“Yes. Those men up there are work¬
ing under the chance of instant death
at any moment. They’ll walk along
the topmost girder, 300 feet above the
sidewalk—a little path of slippery Iron
five inches wide—and will lean out¬
ward against the wind. You or 1
couldn’t do it for a second.
- “Now and again there’s an accident.
A chap slips. A worker gets hit by a
swinging girder and flung off. Anoth¬
er man takes an incautious step and
falls off into eternity. The men work¬
ing near by do their best to get at him
if he manages to grab the girder he’s
falling from, and there are some swift
and reckless races with death to get
to their comrade at any cost in the five
or ten seconds allowed them while
strong fingers are sliding aw-ay from a
slippery beam flange. If the worst
happens and the man falls In spite of
their efforts, then they apply the dab
of red paint, and the ironworkers call
it a day. They don’t speak much of
the man that is gone, as a rule. He’s
soon forgotten. The men consider it
fate.
“You’d think, by the way," went on
the engineer, “that the higher up these
men worked the more careful they’d
become. They aren’t particularly care¬
ful. but they do guard against the
hypnotism of height. One of the men
working on a high girder gets para¬
lyzed now and again by a sudden fear
that holds him motionless and still on
his iron beam.
“The men look out for this sort of
thing, and the remedy is to distract
his attention by a rough blow on the
back or in some cases by exciting him
to anger through any means in their
power. When the man gets fighting
mad he is freed from the paralysis of
terror or whatever you may choose to
call it. He gets up from his girder to
make a rush for the other fellow to
him up, and the moment he is safe
he is restrained by the other men.
“Whenever you see a skyscraper
framework,” concluded the engineer,
“each dab of scarlet paint on the iron
means that some man has come to his
death. Every skyscraper and every
bridge is the monument to some little
group of unknown workers, laboring
at dizzy heights and dallying with sud¬
den death as part of their day’s work."
Johnnie, aged five, liked to go to his
grandma’s to dinner. One day one of
his aunties said to him, “Johnnie, I
think the only reason why you like to
eat here is because of the dessert you
are sure to get.”
“Oh, no,” said Johunie, "I like tha
dinner too.”—Delineator.
Hooked,
Mrs. Newlywed—The night you pro¬
posed you acted like a fish out of wa¬
ter.
Mr. Newlywed—I was, ana very
cleverly landed too.—Pock.
A Far Look.
Three visitors traveling In the Isle of
Man thought they would visit SnaefelL
the king of Manx mountains. When
walking up toward the mountain they
espied an old shepherd coming toward
them. They thought they would take
a rise out of him, so one accosted him,
saying:
“They tell me, old man, you can see
England, Scotland, Ireland and even
as far as America from the top of this
mountain.”
“Oh, yes!” said the old man. “If you
will come with me I will show you
much farther than America.”
So, chuckling to themselves, they de
elded to follow him. After trudging
for about half an hour up the moun¬
tain side In a boiling sun they began
to feel rather fagged and kept asking
the shepherd how much farther they
had to go.
He kept urging them on a little far¬
ther until at last the three visitors lay
down on the grass and said they would
go no farther for any sight.
“Now,” said the old man, “If you will
Bit here long enough you will see the
moon.”
Buried on His Horse.
Lord Dacre, who died fighting for the
Lancastx-lans at Towton, England, in
1461, directed that if he were killed in
the battle his favorite war horse should
be burled In the same grave with him.
According to his wishes, when his In
terment took place in Saxon church
yai’d after the battle a tremendous
grave was dug, and hi It the warrior
was burled, seated upright on his
horse. For centuries reflections were
cast upon the accuracy of this tradi¬
tion, but some years ago while exca¬
vations were being made close by the
reputed burial place of Lord Dacre the
pick of a digger struck Into a great
bone, and upon further search being
made the skull of a big horse was
brought to the surface. As this was
found almost at the very spot under
which the body of Lord Dacre was
said to lie It was accepted as confirma¬
tion of the tradition, particularly as the
skull was found to be standing verti¬
cally In the soil. The skull was re¬
placed carefully in Its original position
and the excavation filled up.
Queer Creatures.
There are microscopic creatures
which live In roof gutters and on the
bark of trees and are known as water
bears and wheel animalculae. If al¬
lowed to dry up under the microscope
they can be seen to shrivel into shape¬
less masses, which may be kept for
years uninjured in the dried state. On
being placed, after this long interval,
In water they gradually plump up. re¬
sume their proper shape and move
about In search of food just as If noth¬
ing had happened. Much the same is
true for the minute worms which,
from the substances in which they
live, are known as paste and vinegar
eels. Well known Is the famous case
of the desert snail which, retracted
into Its shell, was fastened to a tab¬
let In the British museum aud show
ed no sign of life for seven years,
when one morning It was found crawl¬
ing hungrily about the glass case that
formed its prison.—Westminster Ga
zette.
Saluting With the Hat.
Before the invention of wigs the hat
was rarely removed except to salute
others, especially royal personages. It
was w’orn at table when ladles or per¬
sons of rank were present. Except
when saluting royalty It was the cus¬
tom merely to raise the hand to the
hat somewhat after the manner of a
military salute. When it became the
mode to wear a profusion of false hair
the hat was less needed as a protec¬
tion for the head and was carried un¬
der the arm.
A Retiary.
A retiary was the name or a Roman
gladiator armed In a peculiar way. He
was furnished with a trident and net,
with no more covering than a short
tunic, and with these Implements he
endeavored to entangle and dispatch
his adversary, who was called'a secu
tor (from sequi, to follow) and was
armed with a helmet, a shield and a
sword. The name of the first is pro¬
nounced as If spelled re-shi-a-ry, the
accent on the first syllable.
Improving on Euclid.
The Pioneer of Allahabad tells
stories of some “kindergarten" classes
In the English army. Among the defi¬
nitions given In an examination Is one
of a circle peculiarly happy, which
gives a freshness to Euclid. It Is, “A
straight line which starts at a certain
point and gets back to the same point
as quickly as possible.”
Your Chances.
The little chances linger and return,
but the great chances come and go and
never come again. If we could look
back over the lives of the people by
whom we are surrounded, how many
great and rich opportunities would we
see that they have permitted to drift
by them unimproved!
A Line on Bjenkyna.
Lawson—What sort of man is Bjen
kyns, anyway?
Dawson—Well, his wife always goes
with hio when he buys a suit of
clothes.—Somerville Journal.
The Consultation.
“My wife always consults me about
every article of attire she buys—frocks,
hats, shoes, gloves, everything.”
“My wife does, too—that Is, she asks
me for the money.”
Sartorial.
“Ever go to that tailor?”
“Yes. Most expensive man. I got
two suits from him—a dress suit and f
lawsuit”—Llppincotfs.
Wednesday, July 27, 1910
.
His Tokens of Farewell
Among the legends that have t h I
ered around Sir «~
Alfred Jones’ n tin' , 1
one to the effect that he was
habit of signifying to an office
sired by offering to end hi m the a banana, interview. that £ hfl £ •
banana :
was accepted and the on 11 !
his longed visitor Sir with Alfred fine arose and preseS d !
of the a flower from
glass stands in ffi s office
West Sir Alfred Indies then on one offered of his a pass to The
aTixilfote freeh0lidayf0r small steam*
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,
It Is told, however, that on 1
caslon Sir Alfred one Z 00
banana got the worst of 2 ?
trick. A young reporter cal S
on him to learn on behalf of his
paper something shinnint „ e
about the Egg
conflict When, after a ten
conversation regarding the weather
fhl the ti banana fred ' S plate, h , aDd Was the stra reporter y }a S toward hooked
a couple of bananas out of his own
pocket. In the sweetest tone of inm,
cence he said, “Will you have a b
nana, Sir Alfred ?”-Westminster a
zette. Ga
The Vital Test.
“My eyes seem to be all wrong ’’
plained Mr. Plnchpenny to the e’xnen
sive oculist. “They’re weak and tire
easily. After a bit everything seems
to swim before them. Bright lights
make me dizzy. Can you assist me”’
The expensive oculist nodded.
“Your case Is a common one,” he re¬
plied, “but I fear it will necessitate a
treatment extending over several
months. However, I can guarantee
an absolute and enduring cure.”
Biweekly for several months Mr
Plnchpenny was treated, and day by
day his sight waxed stronger' and
more strong.
“Do you think I’m all right now?”
he Inquired at last.
“Mr. Plnchpenny,” replied the ocu
list, beaming, “I think I can assure
you that your eyes are now cured.
But there Is one more test it would
be as well to apply.” Here he held up
a little sheet of paper. “See,” he
said suavely, “if you can read this
little bill of mine at twelve Inches
without blinking.’’— London Answers.
Recipes For Invisible Ink.
The following are the Ingredients
of the most common invisible inks;
Sulphate of copper and sal ammoniac,
equal parts, dissolved in water; writes
colorless, but turns yellow when heat
ed. Onion juice, like the last. A weak
Infusion of galls; turns black when
moistened with weak copperas water.
A weak solution of sulphate of iron;
tunxs blue when moistened with a
weak solution of prussiate of potash
and black with Infusion of galls. The
diluted solutions of nitrate of silver
and terchloride of gold; darken when
exposed to the sunlight. Aqua fortis,
spirits of salt, oil of vitriol, common
salt or saltpeter, dissolved la a large
quantity of water; turns yellow or
brown when heated. Solution of nitro
muriate of cobalt; turns green when
heated and disappears on cooling. Solu¬
tion of acetate of cobalt to which a
little niter has been added; becomes
rose colored when heated and disap¬
pears on cooling.
Knew the Wrong Man
It was with a good deal ot confl
Jence that he walked up to the mag¬
istrate’s desk in a Philadelphia station
notwithstanding the fact that a police¬
man had a firm hold on both sleeves.
He waited quietly till one of the po¬
licemen made the accusation of “drunk
and disorderly” and then asked the
magistrate if he might speak.
“Yes,” replied the magistrate. “What
have you to say?”
“Well, judge, I was drunk last night,
but It does not often happen. I hap
lived In this ward nearly all my life,
and any one can tell you that.”
“Oh, lived here all your life, have
you? Do you know any one In the
ward that can speak for you?” asked
the magistrate.
“Yes," said the prisoner, “I know
-. He can tell you all about me.’
“You know him, do you? Well, so do
I. Ten days,” was the result.
Justification.
The old darky had driven his fare to
the hotel and was now demanding a
dollar for his service.
“What!” protested the passenger. 'A
dollar for that distance? Why, Is * SD
half a mile as the crow flies!
“Dat’s true, boss,” returned SamDO.
with an appealing smile. “ But ’
6ee, suh, dat old crow he ain’t get
wives an’ ten ehilluns to suppout,
to mention de keep foh de boss. — fl
per’s Weekly.
He Had. . fi
The kind hearted man had given
panhandler a nickel. smalie
“Haven’t you got anything .
asked the panhandler. that’s smaller,^ „
“Well, here’s a dime;
answered the good natured ®an.
playing the coin for a moment
walking away.—Buffalo Express.
Musical Note.
A thief lately caught r
was already £
Into a song. He had
through the first two bars « ^
,
liceman came out of an area
him with his stave. Several no
found upon hlm.-London Mam
Bright and Dark Days- ^ j,
There are bright days end
and we must take advan-ag , aj
former and be as little dls ^ ln
possible by the latter. I bej
a lifetime.
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is the kna k of
Common sense Join* »i
things as they are and
they ought to ba dona-' 810 *
