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FARMERS’ INTERESTS AT CAPITAL
DISCUSSED BY C. S. BARRET.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.—President
s Barrett has written the folLow
rail'd to officers and members of
ing Farmers’ Union:
t he have just laid on the
rphe farmers
lf the only senator from the south
, ,
\oted against the alnti-gambling
■ nl Faced by the cotton exchanges,
the biggest city in the sotoh
hh a big majority; but the boys in
the country had been furnished! his
ord, and they did the rest. A few
re “excused,” like this one was,
fellows good than
11 do our cause more
-v done. It
anything else that can be
is evidence seen and felt that you are
the job.” The average politi¬
cian respects nothing but the power
of the ballot. It is up to. the farmer
t0 judiciously exercise that power.
The biggest joke of the age, in the
mind of the average politician, is the
American farmer. It is only when
thoroughly shaken up and aroused to
exercise his power that the politi¬
cian begins to believe that he is in
dead earnest. An illustration is the
defeat of the senior senator from the
Pelican State. Even the most self
confident senator at the head of the
most important committee, secured
by the castle rule of seniority, does
not. refuse to listen to. election re¬
turns. The effect of election re¬
turns are so. electrical that one man
actually said to me. with an anxious
look, “Are you fellows gunning for
us?”
Let the good work go on. You are
not seriously considered until you
knock the “stuffing” out of some¬
body.
No Thought For Farmer.
it is humiliating to. come here and
see how little is thought of .the far¬
mer, and how he is talked about by
some of these wise guys. Let me
give you a sample: A short while
ago, three congressmen met in a
room at the capital and, began a dis¬
cussion of the $75,^00,000 pension ap¬
propriation. One remarked that he
had cast his vote according to the
“dictates of his conscience.” An¬
other spoke and said “Stop right
now; there is no use of your ’ying to
yourself about it. I voted for the ap¬
propriation to, catch the old soldier
vote, and so did you. I have voted
for every crowd that came along
that had any votes tied *0 it, and so
did you; and I will continue to do. so,,
and ,so will you; and there is no use
in lying to each other behind closed
doors about it.” Another who had
dropped in seemed curious to know
when the limit of this cohesive poli¬
tical purchasing of class support on
election day would be reached. The
answer' was volunteered that it would
last until “old rube at tlie plow,”
who is not getting much and paying
the tax bill, “wakes up.” All of
which reminds me of a conversation
which I had in this city with a man
of national reputaion, who was given
to flattering and cajoling the people,
arraying class against class and
arousing prejudices. I asked him
why he fed such “rot” to the peo-
TENNESSEE MAKES REQUISITION
FOR PROMINENT MACON MAN.
Governor Ben W. Hooper, of Ten¬
nessee, is anxious to get within the
jurisdiction of the state W. Jordan
Massee, of Macon, president of the
Central Georgia Power Company,
and well known all over the state.
Mr. Massee is wanted on an alleg
Tfe charge of “extortion,” on which
t an indictment has been returned un¬
der a pecuiar law in that state.
k- W. Williams, of Tennessee,
brought suit against Mr. Massee, ajnd
"hen it was on trial it is charged
that the latter said to the plaintiff,
hi substance, “You stole money from
1Ue ’ a,1 d if you don’t withdraw’ your
suit , I’ll have you indicted and put
hi stripes for stealng my money.”
h is alleged that Mr. Massee’s
statement to this effect constitutes
;i '■ iolation of the Tennessee law
Against “extortion.” and this is-the
SU'Jstance of the charge in the in¬
dictment.
Hearing on Saturday.
V 1 equisition containing copy of
a
e indictment was received by Gov
J ° Sep h M. Brown Thursday,
at once referred it to Attor
■ General T. s. Felder for a state¬
ment <lS whether it in
torn mr Wl11 was proper
, and what proceedings should
be taken under it.
gf ■ -Ltssee •; in tlle Macon, requisition reached
t and through
ing ‘ hney he arranged for a heor
01 e Governor* Brown Saturday
t Iiru . n . at 11
°’ cloc ' k -
'Ttarim! P o? ba>keS y , lne the ° f Nashville, re ^ uisiti °n carae
senti m T H aitto!rney ’ repre
nessee Sen oral of Ten
Waw ’ Mld Representative George
•been md ' of Fu i ton has also
e? ’ >
nessJT;?^ U aritiea t0 represent the Ten
t° 8«e c ^ - They have been
req 6r “ 0 *’ B rown regarding the
tt i & i ti and sta
G °verrmr ’ ted to him that
Pushed. Hooper insists that it be
u ** j. kJU 1 named In the r«-
ple ( as he did,. He replied, “Why,
the damn fools like it.”
Economy is the slogan of this con¬
gress. In proof of this when we
mention some measures you want,
they politely refer to that mollycod¬
dle stunt they cut of reducing the
number of girl stenographers in or¬
der to economize, but they do not
mehtion the proposed $75,000,000 pen¬
sion appropriation. Neither do they
say anything about how they in¬
creased the number of an already un¬
wieldy house, at an enormous addi¬
tional expense.
Yes, it is great statemanship, and
shows wonderful advancement along
economical lines to buy votes with
millions of dollars appropriations. Bu
when he wants the vote of you who
bear the burden of taxation he gives
you a song-and-dance about economy,
and proceeds to fire a few girl clerks
to show how it can be don,e.
Another method of rubbing your
fur the right way is, to bundle up a
lot of garden seed and other free
junk, and send it to you. This ar¬
nica salve is on the way. You can
be on the lookout for it. I have
seen great stacks of it in the office
buildings, ready for shipment. It
will be expected to act as a narcot'c
on your political nerves, and make
you forget his promise to, get for you
the legislation you need.
Playing Politics.
This congress is, and has been,
playing politics. They do not want
to agree. I do not believe the poli¬
ticians would settle, the tariff ques¬
tion for anything in the world; it is
worth so much just before election
time. A whole lot of them would
not know how to make a campaign
if they could not raise a row about
the tariff. I am a little afraid a few
of our enthusiasitc advocates of the
anti-gambling bill are not very an¬
xious to see it passed, as they would
he more or toss out of campaign
thunder. ,
Notwithstanding this deplorable
state, of affairs, it is good to know
that there are a number of states¬
men here—statesmen in the true
sense of -the word—men who are ear¬
nestly trying to help you.
If you want your congressman to be
what he really desires to be—your
friend, your defender, your advocate
—you should prove your loyalty to
him for his devotion to your cause,
if he proves himself worthy, and
stand by him in every conflict. This
will give him courage, it will make
aggressive, it will make him deter¬
mined, and it will encourage young
men who really want to do some¬
thing for their fellow men to enter
politics and be among those who de¬
scribed by the poet:
“Large-brained, clear-eyed, of such as
he,
| Shall freedom’s young apostles be.”
C. S. BARRET,
Washington, D. C., Feb. 1, 1912.
P. S.—Must I reaflly tell just bow
things are done up here. C. S,. B.
quisition as the agent of Tennessee
to take Mr. Massee to the jurisdic¬
tion of that state in the event Gov¬
ernor Brown should grant the requisi
tion.
Was Up Before Governor Smith.
A similar requisition for Mr. Mas¬
see was received from Governor Hoop¬
er by Governor Hoke Smith before
he resigned to go to the United
States senate.
Governor Smith held a hearing on
the matter occupying pretty much an
entire day, following which he took
no action, it is stated.
Attorneys representing Governor
Hooper contend that Governor Smith
let the matter go without acting one
way or another, while, on the other
hand, it is asserted that Governor
Smith declined to honor the requisi¬
tion,. There is no record of
Smith’s action on the matter in the
executive office.
It is stated that the plaintiff, Wil¬
liams, has secured a verdict in Ten¬
nessee against Mr. Massee for $16,
000. which Mr. Massee holds is un¬
just. and says that the purpose of
the extradition is to get him to Ten¬
nessee in order to enforce the pay¬
ment of this claim.—Atlanta Consti¬
tution. *
REPRESENTED AT WASHINGTON.
F’Lty or more representative Geor¬
gia men and women appeared before
the United States judiciary commit¬
tee at Washington Tuesday in favor
of the bill now pending, prohibiting
the shipment of whiskey into dry ter¬
ritory',
One of those to make speeches be¬
fore the committee was Rev. W. A.
Chastain, of Monroe, who went to
Washington as a representative of
the local Woman’s Tmcperance Un¬
ion.'—Walton Tribune.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912.
FARGASON y^S GETS SIX
FOB HIS THEFT.
BREAKS DOWN AND CRIES WHEN
SENTENCED. JUDGE MAKES
EXAMPLE AND EXPRESSES
FOR WIFE AND MOTHER.
- /
Robin C. Fargason was sentenced
to six years a.t hard labor in the Geor¬
gia penitentiary last week by Judge
W. E. Thomas, of Valdosta, sitting
in the criminal branch -of Fulton su¬
perior court. As sentence was pro¬
nounced the young man bowed his
head in his hands and wept.
“The time has come,” said the
judge in passing sentence, “where
an individual who steals from a cor¬
poration and escapes becomes a hero
in the public mind. This induces
me not only to punish you for your
crime, but to offer you as an exam¬
ple in order that the world may see
such a person is not a hero and only
an offender against the laws.”
The judge expressed deep sympathy
for Fargason’s young wife and his
mother. An order will be passed, to¬
morrow sentencing Fargason to some
of the county camps.
Fargason confessed to stealing a
packet containing $7,000, which was
consigned from Macon to a bank in
Griffin. He was caught ; n a Chicago
hotel, where he was spending money
lavishly arid financing a play.
His wife and a young baby are in
Macon.
Just as We Thought.
The Macon News, in discussing
the fashion of the day, editorially
says in part:
“The pendulum of women’s fash¬
ions having gone to the extreme in
narrow’ skirts, hobbles, harems and
the like, is now about to swing back
to the full and voluminous of sev¬
enty-five or more years ago, we are
told. There is to be the same full¬
ness of skirt, with numerous soft
ruffles of lace, hanging in graceful
folds, a waist rather high, but not
Empire, and sleeves that reach to
the elbow, that constituted the
fashion in 1830, says the edict.
“Who and what it is that decrees
these violent changes of fashion is
a mystery—or rather, it is not a
mystery as to w’ho oy what decrees
them, but is a mystery how the
powers concerned sway the femi¬
nine mind and bring it into sub¬
jection to their designs and inter¬
ests, For it is through no conscious
volition of their own that the women
adopt the styles dictated to them,
inasmuch as they seem to have no
part in the performance except to
follow as automatons whatever they
may be informal as to what is to be
the reigning fashions.
“The modus operandi of the pres¬
ent movement is very simple, in fact
as it is unfolded to us. A noted
French actress appearing in ‘LaDame
Aux Camelits’ at Montecarlo wears
four of the new styles of dresses in
the presentation of this erotic produc
tion and the feminine world is ex¬
pected to become duly infatuated
with the result and take its new
fashion from the tenderloin on the
stage.”
We have often made the remark
that when the style changed from
the extreme narrow skirts of today
it would go, to opposite extreme and
likely the hoop skirt of a generation
ago would come, into fashion again.
There is no accounting for what fash¬
ion will decree nor what a woman
will wear. They are like the wind'—
a variable force—and we would not
be surprised to see the'time when it
will require every inch of the side¬
walk to accommouate milady ana ner
hoop skirt, and the ardent lover who
plays the “thin spacing” trick suc¬
cessfully will be a hero and entitled
to the honors at the wedding.
A majority of the fashions in wo¬
men’s dresses are originated 1 by men
and possibly that is the reason we
see freaks occasionally and we have
often thought of the incogruity of
men being tbe highest authority on
women’s dress. It would seem only
natural that women should know
what to wear but it seems that they
have been for a long time following
the dictates of a few great men
dressmakers who spend their time
creating something new for them to
parade in. Possibly it is just an¬
other one of the peculiarities
of the entire system of fashion in
dress after all. And these men de¬
signers are geniuses in their line,
if they do produce some freak styles
We have always considered that the
man who was able to run a ladies’
furnishing store; to know the hun¬
dred and one small articles, demand¬
ed by his trade, by name and sight
was a man endowed with wonderful
mind, able to understand many
things that to the average man are
only mysteries.—Dublin
patch.
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DREAM WILL NOT
GET THIS LAND,
WIFE’S DREAM OF OWNING CO¬
LUMBUS NOT BORNE OUT
BY RECORDS OF COURT
COURT.
John Weidenorth. of New York,
whom the press dispatches have pre
sented with two hundred acres of
land in the heart of Columbus, Ga.,
if s wife’s dream comes true, has
been making inquiries for six weeks
1 egarding Muscogee county land
he thinks is his, but the lot of 202%
acre#, of which he is inquiring, is
burdened with “public buildings.”
It is located in the upper edge of
Muscogee county, near the Harris
county line. Weidenorth wrote the
superior court clerk here asking for
an abstract of the ttitle to the lot,
and the abstract as furnished, shows
a clear title back to 1847. Neither
the name of Mrs. Weidenorth’s fa¬
ther nor the alleged granter, Cleve¬
land, occur in the chain.
may be mixed on the number of the
lot or district of his dreamland pos¬
sessions, but the size of the lot
shows that it is country and rot city
property.
Mr. Trible Helps Washington.
Accounts given in the daily press
from Washington of the doings of
the various representatives in Con¬
gress not in frequent make mention
of the doings of Hon. S. J. Tribble,
the representative from the Eighth.
Among the latest accounts is his bill
to appropriate $75,000 for a post of¬
fice and government building in
Washington, Wilkes county, and an¬
other for an additional $30,000 to add
the original appropriation of $45,000
for a similar purpose in Elberton.
Tribble is evidently trying in every
possible way to be of benefit to his
district and never allows an
tunity to pass without trying to
cure them something.
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