About Twice-a-week telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1899-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1907)
FRIDAY, MAY 31. 1907. THE TTTICE-A-TVEEK TELEGEAPHT’f A30UT THE SOUTH. TRIBUTES A movernei iltl funds t TO StDura most a< States. CARL SCHUR2. has been started ;a commemorate upon an > scale the public servlets and » racier of Carl Schurs. Mr. was unquestionably tha fore- opted citizen of the United A political exile from his na- veiopment nnd of the section arc more nnd the attention of tho world, and the credit for this is due to po single In* dividual factor so much as to Mr. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record, who has been tlve country because of bis activity In untiring in sdvertlslng our progress I behalf of the downtrodden masse*. It and advantages. In a pamphlet entl- j is natural that he should have Joined tied “Facta About the South," which j his voice wiv.i the abolitionists in the he has Just Issued, is set forth Inter- cry for liberty, but he promptly re- eatlngly what ha* been achieved. "It belled against the corruption and tyr- has been proved that. • given a fair anny of the party that came Into price, the South la able to Increase Its j power On that Isaue and Me success production of cotton fast enough to that attended it In one of the exigM- Keep pace with the world's Increasing cies of war. In the great meeting heeds." the Baltimore Sun says in . which was held last November In New comment. “The 6.977,000 bales of 1887 York to commemorate Mr. Schurz. for- bccame 8,281,000 bales in 1897 and 10,- j mer president Grover Cleveland said 919,000 bales in 1906. It has been 1 Q j him: shown also that the practical monopoly j of the world's cotton trade Is so firmly i fixed in the South that ail fear of sue- j eeasful rivalry for fifty years to come may be dismissed from consideration. It was ten years ago open to question whether the South could compete* suc cessfully with New England in tho manufacture of cotton goods. It is now a question of whether New Eng land can compete with the South. "As in cotton, so in iron. Alabama, It has 'been shown by the logic of facts, can compete with Pennsylvania. The South can assemble the raw materials at a cost which enables It to produce Iron and steel 12 to $S a ton cheaper than any other part of the world. : "Lumber and naval stores have long been known Southern products, but “The man wj-.ose memory we honor never knew moral fear, and never felt the sickening weakness 'f moral cowardice. With him It Was only to see what he believed to be injustice or error, to hurl himself upon Its defenses with Me impetuosity of a zealot and the en durance of a martyr. He did not shun po.Itlcs; but in his concep tion, political activity was valua ble ar.d honorable only as It led the way to the performance of civic duty and'had for Its end nnd purpose the advancement of prin ciples and Me enforcement of practices that 'best promoted the public good. He had no toleration for tho over-nlco foppery that drives many who claim patriotic impulses away from oolitic* thrsugh fear of contaminating de filement. He entered politics be- " cause he saw his duty Mere- nnd he found immunity from defile ment In cleansing and purifying his political surroundings.” or monopolists at home. We should not develop Other countries at the expense of our. laborers or fatten distant consumers at the expense of our consumers. "It is generally agreed that the gold standard should not be men aced or disturbed by- any propo sition whatsoever. "Congestion Is the bane of re publics. and we are getting so congested in tilts country that Congress cannot keep its hand on public afTairs. I do not believe in any strained conrtruction of the Constitution or the tor.uring of its power to reach by indirection sub jects never designed to be put under Federal Jurisdiction. What we need is the natural and whole some construction Of all powers, both State and Federal. It is asserted that Senator Daniel speaks for the thinking men of Vir ginia as well as for himself. In our opinion he speaks for the thinking men of the South. Surely reflecting South ern Democrats have had enough of Populism an/1 Socialism and would like to see their party stand for the conservative ideals which made it great in the past instead of the rad icalism of the present which threatens Its destruction. Whether the major ity of the Southern Democrat- of today come under the head of "the thinking men of the ’South" is another ques tion. At a recent meeting of the Mary- tho output of 120.000.000.000 feet of lumber In the last ten yeara calls Into land Civil Service Reform Associa- prominence tho fact that the country tion Dr. Daniel C. Gilman said cf Mr. now looks to the South for its main Schurz. .“Fine in his various gifts, as supply of that material. Large wood- exemplified by the career of an editor, working Industries have come Into ex- writer, orator. legislator and admlnis- Istence, and North Carolina is now Michigan's chief rival In the manu facture of furniture. The rice crop shows growth from 96,800,000 pounds to 600,000,000 pounds a year. Phos phate rork mining has become an im mense business, Tennessee adding it self to South Carolina and Florida as a lsrge producer. The sulphur mines of Louisiana and the oil wells of Texas, Louisiana and Indian Territory have created large sources of wealth .tnknown a decade ago. The develop ment of water powers to the extent of .>00.000 horse-power for the generation or electricity is a recent work of Southern enterprise. Following from the general Improvement of Southern railways and their Increase of milo- nge from 48,133 miles In 1896 to 64.035 miles In 1906, the development of the export business of Southern ports has been a striking phenomenon. The South Atlantic port* share the Increase of export trade, but tho Gulf ports ob tain at length the benefit of their nearness to certnin Western centers of agricultural production. Gulfport. New Orleans. Port Arthur and Galveston, for example, 'have had extraordinary increments of trade, to say nothing of Mobile, Pensacola, Brunswick and Sa vannah. In 1906 the increase of ex ports of breadstuff* from six Southern ports over the preceding year was from $30,860,182 to $68,701,622. or more than 122 per cent. The assessed value of real and personal property in the South- In 1906 was $8,025,060,496. or $2,824,859,678 more than in 1860. The true value of Mr. Edmonds estimates at $20,500,000,000. The 25,900.000 peo ple of the South are evidently hustlers and may point with pride to the prac tical result* of their labor in tho last .en years.” trator; generous in his Impulses to ward friend and foe: fearless In the battlefield, whether combat was in the arena of bloodshed or In the quieter -but not less bitter controversies of the platform and tho study; always -.tope- ful, and not despondent as he looked toward the future, however dark any moment might be; co-operative, sug gestive, undismayed, he Is forever to he commended as an example to the citizens of this oountry, whether they are of native or of foreign birth.” THE PRESIDENT TO THE BOYS. President Roosevelt has been ac cused of talking too much, of preach ing too often, and, worse, still, of stringing platitudes around the ob vious. But virtue is obvious—there is nothing complex or doubtful about It— and how Is the father and friend of | .he American people, the Nestor of he nation, to keep himself bottled up. particularly when organizations of 'very name nnd order ore continually beseeching him to grace their occa sions and utter at least a few price less words of wisdom? To the youth at a Washington school -he other day the President said: "I want to see the boy enjoy FUN FOR A NERO, A French youth writes from Nante3 to the New York Evening Post ask ing to be put in communication with some of America’s millionaires or bil lionaires [mllliardaires] “who are wil ling to pay for amusements which are fantastic and sometimes morbid as well as very costly." Ho proposes to stake his life to amuse “one of these rich gentlemen.” provided the latter will pay a great sum If the hazard is won. Tho Evening Post's translation continues: First of all, on two pieces of pa per will be written the words ;nort and voyage. A bystander will prut them in his hat and shake them well; whereupon, if I draw the slip with tho word mort, I will blow out my brains before all the voyage, I shall be obliged. In order to win the bet, to go around the spectators. If. on the contrary. I draw the paper with the word world in 365 days, without a sou; And, If I arrive at the music hall, or other point of departure, one hour late. I will blow out my -brains before the whole American public. The amount of the bet Is to be $1,000,000. If I win. I am to have It; if I lose, I lose my life. I pray you, therefore, to put this ad vertisement in your paper, and send me the answers. I feverishly await your reply. You may state my age. 17 years. 'You may add that I come of a no ble family, now almost extinct. I have no relatives, except a father, without means. I wish to end my life or become rich. Bo careful to note that the bet Is to be $1,000,000, but If any one will hazard more, he shall have the preference. WOULD BE AN INSPIRING SPEC TACLE. The Charlottesville (Va.) Dally Progress complains with good reason that the average Southern newspaper “continues to preach the doctrine of forty years ago” that "relegated the S'uth to a back seat" in politics, and that now Ignores this section's duty as well as its political resources. Says the Dally Progress: It does not seem to have oc curred to a large number of our esteemed contemporaries that a new generation has succeeded to the old. both on this side and the other side of the Potomac: that the sectional prejudices, appre hension. suspicions and animosities, bequeathed to the country by the civil war and the still darker epi sode of reconstruction lie buried in the graves of those who nursed them: that we live under a new dispensation and have inherited a new philosophy. In this respect the South- is far behind the North, for while we still imagine ourselves the objects of Northern distrust and fear, the fact is that we are objects of Northern interest and friendly expectation. The South has come to be regarded as the stronghold Anglo-Saxln civilization, the of himself. The boy at play some times exhibits those qualities whldh determine the kind of man he will make. If he dislikes his work. If he shirks his studies, he will develop Into a great failure in everything else. If he hasn’t character to study, he won’t have character to play. Play hard when you play, and work hard when you work. Right here there Is as great a lesson for the grown-ups as for the younger ones. “I want to see the boy work hard, but at the same time I want to see him remember the other side of life. I want to see you gentle and kind. These are the qualities that make up the good citizen. I want to see you so conduct your selves that among your fathers and mothers there will be a feeling of regret, and not relief when you are away from home." "If I did all that”—one can hear the boy's reply—“I shouldn’t be what tha President wants me to be, but a mol lycoddle." Yes, It Is not easy to be both very studious and very athletic, both very courageous and very gentle: but easy propositions are not what the boy (or the man) of character is ''okirtg for. Only the difficult things ire worth while. The President's Ideal 'or the boy may he lacking In novelty. r..ty be obvious, and may not ho easy :o attain all at once, but it is never- -ieir- s good for the boys to hear of it (Len. This desperate and unhappy French lad has evidently heard such tales of America’s profligate and idle rich as to I lead him to believe that they have de- j velo-ped a Nero’s or a Caracalla’s ap- 1 petite for cruel and eccentric pleas- i ures. If one could look behind the j screen, it might be found that the boy j of Nantes is not as mad as he seems— except, of course, in his supposition that any "rich gentleman" of our country would be apt to spend a mil lion on a single amusement whether cruel and eccentric or only ordinarily ! vulgar. When Jaded pleasure-hunters ! nre ready to give dinners to monkeys In public there Is no telling to what lengths they may go In private. "May spatcl Irwin quietly married." the es renounced. but May’s engue has been running on sbnut It <ke e bcil-clarpor rince to tho re- >ort»rs. SENATOR DANIEL’S SANE VIEWS. j Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, j has been suggested as a suitable can didate for President on the Demo cratic ticket and he is no doubt a sound and able man. He declares that he Is "in no sense a candidate for the nomination.” but In an Interview at Lynchburg on Monday he expressed sane opinions as follows: "I think the national Democratic platform should enunciate broad, general Democratic principles and be confined to those things upon which the Democrats are generally agreed. Thu* limited It would bring together the Democratic forces of the United States, and If they could be brought together ! they would have an excellent chance for victor)'. "Such a platform would, of course, include fair and just regu lation of the corporations engaged in interstate commerce. It should, of course, take the Constitution, fairly and justly interpreted, as Its guide and have the public welfare os its soie aim: also It would not entertain any proposition for the Unite 1 States to own the r.iiiroads or vehicles engaged in transporta tion. A judicious revision of the tariff, not a wrecking nor a doc trinaire revision, would best meet fair public sentiment on the sub ject and the conditions which are to be dealt with. People will exac I that they shall not be disparaged for the benefit of foreigners abroad citadel of an imperturbable con servatism, and the exemplar of a wholesome, normal and clean handed prosperity: nnd Northern men are free to acknowledge that a people who have erected such an Impressive monument of social nnd material greatness can safely be trusted In the field of political con structive design. But we present the grotesque spectacle in natlnnal politics of the strong submitting to the weak, the Important waiting on -the insig nificant. the rich playing lackey to the poor. The South casts prac tically all the party's votes, whether in the national legislature or the Electoral College. The North looks to us for -leadership, recognizes our right and honestly' believes in our ability to lead. Yet here we are. waiting for the Wise Men of the East to furnish us with opinions, listening at the keyholes of Tammany Hall for wisdom, de ploring every tendency toward domination by the section which ought to dominate, and abjectly willing as ever to take the dust of the procession and sit below the salt at table! Northern men contemplate us with wonder. Then let Virginia, in which there are signs of an awakening from this leth argy, get to her feet and have the honor of beginning a new movement. Let Virginia, which is still a strong hold of conservatism, go to the Dem ocratic national convention and pre sent the name of Senator Daniel. What If the Virginians do fail of their imme diate object, they would furnish an exhibition of courage and manhood and provide an inspiring spectacle for the entire South. And their example would be followed later with gratifying results. not even members of the Congress at t);e time the declaration was promul gated. As a matter of fact the docu ment was never signed by the repre sentatives or all the States at any one time. The formality or necessity of actually putting their sign manual to the paper does not appear to have been nearly so popular or imperative a pro ceeding at the time as one would im agine would have ben the case with an act which has since become so praiseworthy and important. Possi bly old Ben Franklin’s grim and un timely jocularity about "hanging to gether" or "hanging separately” gave some or the patriots "cold feet" and they found it necessary to stay at home and put them in hot water and mustard cn the occasion of the sign ing. But It is certain they were not ail there at the time with the unanim ity that itas characterised their pres ence on the paper ever since. In the case of the Mecklenburg sign ers there is even more difficulty. As a matter of fact there is no paper In existence with the original signatures of ihe reputed signers of the Mecklen burg Declaration attached to iL The names of the signers were supplied from the known delegates to the May convention. It was a gathering of Scotch-Irlsh Presbyterians; • some them were officers of the crown, en joying emoluments from the people by virtue of the connection, and there are traditions that things were not all one way in the convention and that some of the members were as averse to tak ing the risk of hanging in any shape or form as any of the brethren at the Philadelphia meeting more than a year later could have been. This republic has given little en couragement from the beginning to the formation of exclusive societies de riving their. origin or raison d’etre from patriotic events. If our recollec tion serves there was a movement made after the Revolutionary War to organize the officers and their de scendants with some view to building up a: privileged class, but the attempt quickly fell Into disrepute. Some the organizations are still in exist ence under the name of tho Society of the Cincinnati and Sons of the Rev olution, but these bodies exert no in fluence whatever in public affairs and attract little attention from the public. A mistake is made, we think, in try ing to individualize a patriotic event which was brought about and belongs to the spirit of the people as a whole. It is best to leave this heritage -to the people as a whole, undisturbed, by special claims of distinction and merit which might affect some as being in vidious. | Caught on | the Wing •i-l-I-l-■ I-1"i 1 -H-i- 1 1 I’M' 1 H By JOHN T. BOIFEU1LLET. "When he unfurls his banners in our fields the soul of the world is stirred with the breath of a now life. At his majestic appearance the South thrills with the consciousness of growing prosperity. He is current in every bank, for he is gold all the time. He turns the wheels of commerce and keeps alive the industrial spirit of tho Southland. He sheds abroad the sun shine of cheerfulness and joy. His presence reanimates the nation. If you doubt that Cotton Is still King, and the South is his realm. I invite you to follow me for a few moments while T call your attention to some interesting facts contained in Bulletin 76 which has Just been Issued by the Department of Labor at Washington, concerning the production of the fleecy staple in the United States for the year 1906. I wish to thank Georgia’s great planter and patriotic citizen, Hon. J. M. Smith, of Oglethorpe Coun ty, for calling my attention to the bul letin. The 1906 crop for Georgia was the 150,000 People massed in Streets Largest Number of Veterans Since War Gather in Richmond RICHMOND, Va., May SO.—With the largest number of Confederate veterans gathered together since the war. and the vast horse show building in which the convention was held, beautiful with flags and bunting and portraits of the leaders of the Confed eracy, tile seventeenth annual reunion of the Confederate veterans began here this morning under tho most auspicious conditions. Since early morning, a steady tream of veterans has been pouring into the building and when at 10 o’clock Stlth Bolling, acting tempora rily for Gen. Lee. called the convention to order, almost every chair In the building wax occupied and the benches around the sides of the hall were tilled with the surviving remnants of the glorious army of the Confederacy. Gen. Bolling Introduced Rev. J. P m „„„ „ W11- largest of any other State in the Union ! ' am Jones, chaplain general of the except Texas. Texas’ yield exceeded canip, who presented ReV. Dr. all of her previous records, the State j J- J- Gravatt, of this city, and the lat- having contributed 4,281,824 bales, or I L er offered the Opening prayer. Gov. of HE IS AN EDITOR. In reply to The Telegraph’s sugges tion that it would gladly support Henry Watterson for President against any man north of Mason and Dixon's line, the great Kentucky tribune says he is not a candidate for any Office— that he is an Editor. Well said, Mr. Watterson. The Tel egraph has often taken the position that an editor ought not to run for office. It has seen in Georgia the ill- effects of mixing editorial work with political ambition. The real editor at the head of t great newspaper has a greater func tion than any political office affords. An editor does himself and his con stituency harm when he descends from the tripod and gets into the scramble for votes. ORGANIZING THE DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS. Since the descendants of the Fourth July signers are to organize, the Charlotte Observer calls for an organ ization of the descendants of the sign ers of the 20th of May Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. There will be gnashing of teeth in a Charles ton sanctum when the news reaches that neck of woods. Still, Charles ton has her "Liberty Tree" and she might get even by organizing the de scendants of those who met under it. However, there would be a fly in the ointment, for a member of the prolific Mecklenburg family of Alexander, whose names “led all the rest” in the Mecklenburg rebellious gathering, stands high enrolled on the roster of the Charleston "Liberty Tree” patriots But, seriously speaking, while The Telegraph has maintained the suffi cient accuracy and Integrity for his torical purposes of the Mecklenburg Declaration, because the meeting and Its proceedings were abundantly vouched for by honorable and reliable eye-witnesses: because the Royal Gov ernor, Josiah Martin, of North Caro lina, denounced them to the home Gov ernment at the time as having given utterance to the most treasonable document that had yet been put forth, and because later discovered records show that the Mecklenburgers were quite facile in the art of resoiutlng against oppression and formulating correct plans of free government, we fear this proposition of reducing the question to so severe a test as or ganizing the descendants of the sign ers is a little brash. The test literally taken, we fancy, would cause some disturbance even among many of the descendants of the | alleged signers of the Fourth o’ July j j document. Some of these who are I named os signers, it is known, were I A comparison of Cuba’s tobacco trade during the year 1900 by Consul Max J. Baehr. of Cienfuegos. reveals the fact that although 469,882 pounds less of leaf tobaccos were shipped to the United States in 1906 than in 1905, the difference in value of the two crops is but $29,893. Mr. Baehr reviews the tobacco trade as follows: "These fig ures Show that although Cuba may have had a bad crop of tobacco, the increase In the price almost offsets tho loss of production. In the United States especially there is a demand, apparently, for Cuban -tobacco that must be supplied, let the cost be what it may, but otfiier countries are rapidly increasing their tobacco production. The Netherlands, for instance, in 1905 exported to the United States 371,656 pounds, and last year increased It to 561.317. Canada almost trebled her tobacco trade with the United States in one year, and Asia in 1906 sent 11S.737 pounds, as against 94,198 in 1905. Germany last year shipped to America 285,170 pounds, an increase of 81,322. Tne gain of other European countries, however, is enormous, hav ing in one year jumped from 61.066 to 364,985 pounds. The Mexican tobacco Industry Is just beginning to grow beyond the confines of that country. Mexico exported in 1905 to the United States only 1,621 pounds, while last year she exported 42,779. While t*no exportation of leaf tobacco In 1906 fell considerably short of that of the pre ceding year, yet Cuba exported 253,- 404,493 cigars, which shows an increase of 22,763,692 over 1905.” 31.6 per cent of the country’s produc tion. The next largest contributor was Georgia, as already stated, with 1,626,- 330 bales, or 12 per cent; followed bv Mississippi with 1.569.530 bales, or II per cent; and Alabama with 1,284.421 bales, or 9.4 per cent. The combined production of these four States was 8,762.105 bales, or 64.4 per cent of the total for the country. The States of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia each pro duced less cotton In 1900 than in 1905. the combined loss amounting to Swahson, of Virginia, amid the wildest enthusiasm, welcomed the veterans to the Old Dominion. Mayor Welcomed City’s Defenders. Mayor McCarthy, of Richmond, wel comed the visitors to the city which forty-five years ago they defended against the armies of Burnside Pope, McClellan Sheridan and Grant. Gen. Bolling of the local camp Of veterans added the welcome of those he represents to the welcomes which already had been expressed. Gen. Bolling introduced the commander-in- 338.762 bales. Georgia's production was | chief , Confederate veteran 88,750 bales less. The number of bales of cotton grown in the United States in 1906 (equivalent 500-pound bales) was 13,595,49S. Or, 2,790,942 bales more than 1905, and 84,456 bales less than in 1904. The rank of the seventeen cotton producing States for 1906 is in the fol lowing order, Texas being first and Kansas the last: Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama. Louisiana, Ar kansas, South Carolina, North Caro lina. Oklahoma. Indian Territory, Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, Virginia. Kentucky. New Mexico and Kansas. Georgia also held second place in 1905 and in 1904. Some persons may be surprised to learn that Oklahoma and Indlii Territory produced 91S.375 bales in 1906, which gives the new State a respectable rank among the cotton producing States. The crop there has increased more than four- Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and the old sol diers rose to their feet and received him with the utmost enthusiasm. Gen. Lee assumed the gavel of the presiding officer and delivered his an nual address. He said, among other things, that the Coming of a Confed erate Veteran to Richmond was like the return of a long absent child to its mother—that Richmond Is to tho Con federate what Calais was to that French prince, who, compelled to live in England, said: “When I die you will find engraved on my heart the one word ’Calais.’ ” Stuart Statue Unyeiled At noon the first session of the re union adjourned for the veterans to take part in the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, erected by the Cavalry Asso ciation of the army of Northern Vir ginia. The parade incident to this ceremony started at 2 p. m. and was a brilliant pageant. The weather was fold in the last eight years. Cotton . ... , - -* .. .. , ginning is now reported from every beautiful and the display was witness- county in Oklahoma except two, and in | ed by a vast concourse, estimated to every recording district in Indian Ter ritory except three. Tho bulletin says: “The Increase in the Texas crop since 1902, when the ravages of the boll weevil were most serious. Is very grat ifying, showing, as it does, the rea- soureefulness of the intelligent cotton grower guided by an alert and effi cient national Department of Agricul ture. Evidently the -boll weevil has been something of a blessing In dis guise, for the superior methods of cul tivation which its control necessitated have been important factors in bring ing about the present development of cotton production in Texas.” number 75 000 to 80 000. The people were packed along the whole course of the parade, a distance of about two miles, on the sidewalks, on the porches and in the windows of the buildings on both sides of the street. The whole number In line nnd. on the sidewalks is estimated at from 125.000 to 150.000. There are about 10,000 actual veterans in the city. Of sons of veterans and other auxiliary bodies, military and so on, there are about 20,000 and in addition to these there are about 20 000 visitors drawn hither by the reunion ceremonies. Unveiling Parade. At the head of the unveiling parade The aggregate value of Georgia’s cot- rode Governor Swanson and his staff, ton .crop for 1906. is placed at $88.- I Then in a carriage came the sponsor- 89,978. In 1906 the Value was $102.- j in-chief of the United Confederate 777,033, and in 1904 It was $91,95o,221. I Veterans, With her maids of hosor T.te aggregate value of the crop In the I and next in line was the Seventieth United States for 1906 is given at Virginia regiment. Next came the $721,647,237. In 1305 it was $632,298.- Richmond Light Infantry Blues batal- 332, and in 1904 it was $652,031,636. I lion, tesplendettt in its new dress ufti- The average weight of the bale in form, and after the Blues, the carriage 8 Georgia in 1906 was 497.9, and this was I containing the suonsor-ln-chlef of the also the average in Alabama and South | Sons of Veterans nnd her maids of Carolina: in a number of other States the average was 522.1 pounds. The aggregate number of pounds of cotton in Georgia was 813,164,837. Jackson County, Georgia, ginned from tihe crop of 1906 more bales than were ginned by any other county In the State. Her output was 34.895 bales. Laurens County came seernd. 31.743: nd Burke County was third. 31.191 Each of the following counties ginned over twenty thousand bales: Carroll. 30.821: Coweta. 30.777: Dooly. 23.530 (Crisp, which was,organized from part of Dooly In 1905. g'nned 11.127 bales, and Turner, which was also formed in part from Dooly, ginned 6 34$ bales, and but for these slices from her ter ritory Dooly would have made a larger showing of cotton ginned in 1906: in 1904, before Doolv was divided she ginned 39 373 bales): Harris, 24.253: Henry, 24.377; Houston. 22.715; Jasner, 21.032; Jefferson. 21.069: Meriwether, 7,206: Monroe, 23.717: Morgan. 28.983: Newton. 22,013: Pulaski. 22.455: Sum ter. 28.980; Terrell, 28 318: Troun, 22.- 807: Walton, 28.820; Washington. 25,- 506: Wilkes, 2X.593. Georgia planted 4 056 000 acres in cotton in 1906. Which made an average of a bale to less than two and a half acres. The acreage in 1905 was 3.738,- 03. and the average yield per acre wa* larger than in 1906. In 1904 Georgia planted the largest acreage In the cot ton history of the State, to-wft. 4.227.- 188. and <n that year also produced her greatest yield of cotton. 1.992,757 bales. The total number cf acres in the pres ent cotton producing region of the Uni ted States is estimated at 448.000.000. but of this only about one acre in every fifteen was given to cotton in 1906. Were this proportion raised to one acre in every three, it would mean crop of mere than 65.000.000 bales the present rate of production. A correspondent of the Valdosta Times says that on Sunday afternoon last "a good praying brother" prayed for “ten acres of snakes, and a few acres of mad dogs, a legion of ground puppies and an army to fight for pro hibition.” The probabilities are that no one will sit up of nights in pleasur able anticipation or fear of an answer to that prayer. If Cortelyou runs for President who will carry the hat around? Dr. Long deserves the esteemed con sideration o$ the Ananias Club. Now a few words about Sea Island cotton. Of this staple there were ginned 10.205.'474 pounds in Georgia in 1906. Florida ginned 9.271.846 pounds, and South Carolina ginned 2.804 569 pounds. Total In the United States. 22.281.000. The crop of 1906 was the smallest pro duced sinee 1892. The disostrous con dition in 1906 was attributable largely to storms and to other damaging weather conditions during the growing and harvesting periods of Sea Island cotton in this country is confined at present to fourteen counties in Flor ida, twenty-four in Georla. and four in South Carolina, or a total of forty- two counties. Sea Island cotton grown in South Carolina In 1906 sold at an average price of 36.70 cents per pound, while that grown in Georgia and Flor ida averaged 28.65 cents. Sea Island cotton was introduced into Georgia in 1786 by Governor Tattnall, who se cured the seed from the Bahama Is lands. honor folowed by the Sons of Veter- led by Commander-in-chief Thomas S. Owens, of Alabama, and his staff.- Then the veterans, the divis ions indicating the States from which they hail, preceded by General S. D. Lee, will his chief marshal and staffs. The first body of veterans was the cavalry association of Virginia and next came the Forrest cavalry corps, under the leadership of General H. A. Tyier, of Kentucy. After Forrest's men ih the line wag the North Caro lina brigade. thirty-five taundred strong, and after North Ca-olinn the South Carolina division numbering two thousand men. Striking Features. The West Virginia division was one of the most complete in line following this body came the Virginians, who nip.de their usual fine showing. A striking feature was a body of armed arid uniformed veterans f om Memphis* Tenn., who drilled accoiding to old- time tactics. Another striking feature was a turn out of the famous Richmond Howitzers In full dress uniform and with the up- to-date equipment recently pro\'ided for by the Federal Government. The closing feature of the pa ade was a procession of carriages in which wor.- sented Daughters of the Confederacy members of the Ladies Memorial As etiolation and noted warriors, who though disabled In years. were unwil ling to fo ego active participation Ift thh demonstration. The States represented in the parade other than those already inenioneJ. Were Georgia, Florida. Mississippi.Aal- bnma. Missouri Arkansas. Kentucky Maryland, Louisiana, Texas,Ohio. Ore gon, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma, and the District of Columbia. Ceremonies at Monument. At the monument the ceremonies were opened with prayer by the Rev. W. Q. Huiihan. of Savannah, who was a member of Gen. Stuart’s staff. Maj. A. R. Venable, another of Stu art'S staff officers, then introducod Gen. Theo. S. Garnett, of Norfolk, the orator of the day. who paid trib ute to the dash and bravery of Stuart Mayor McCarthy, in a brief address, accepted the statue on behalf of the city. Tho cord holding tho veil upon the statue was then drawn by little Vir ginia Stuart Miller, grand daughter of the famous cavalry leader ar.d tha statue was revealed to tho multitude. There was enthusiastic cheering, clapping of hands and waving of hand kerchiefs and flags, the “Rebel yell” rose shrill and clear, and a major gen eral's salute was fired by tho artillery. The military, the Governor and ills staff, a number of veteran organiza tions and tho Ladles Memorial Asso ciations then took up the line of inarch for Hollywood cemetery, where the annual ceremonies commemorative of the Confederate dead took place with their accustomed beauty and im pressiveness. Parade a Success. The parade of the day was a. suc cess in every particular and reflects the greatest credit upon its chief mar shal. Col. John W. Gordon, and the members of his staff. The United Sons of Confederate Veterans met In their twelfth annual convention in the city auditorium this morning and were called to order by Commandant E. B. Thomason, of Les Camp. Richmond. The Rev. John W. Cardwell, of New Orleans, Chaplain general offered prayer and Commandant Thomason delivered a short address of welcome. Tie \va* followed hv K. T.eo Trinkle. of WythevIIIe, Va., J. P. Banks, of Pe tersburg, and G. B. Wyman, of Louis ville, the last named Introducing Dr. T. M. Owen, of Alabama, commander- in-cliief Of the sons. Monument to Women. Dr. Geo. H. Ticlienor. of New Or leans. addressed tho convention In be half of the proposed monument to the "Women of the Confederacy.” The eighth annual convention of the Confederate Southern Memorial Asso ciation began Its sessions in the lec ture room of the Second Baptist Church with the president, Mrs. Behan of Louisiana, in the chair. Mrs. Chives, of Petersburg, welcom ed the delegates to Virginia, an.! Mrs, Behan responded most happily. Com mittees were appointed and the Ladies Memorial Association of St. Augustine, Fla., was admitted to membership. The Baseball Candidate for President. Henry Reech Needham in Success Magazine. The Vice-President of the United States visited Chicago last Septem ber. He made the journey to lay a cornerstone and incidentally, of course, to "strike a keynote.” Being the sec ond citizen in the land, and with well known ambitions to 'be the first, it was natural that he should expect a “rous ing reception.” Alas! he was disap pointed. The name of Clark Griffith meant more to Chicago that day than did that of Charles Warren Fairbanks. Mr. Griffith had arrived in town, with an aggregation Of ball players, who threatened to capture the American League pennant from the Chleagns. Wherefore, several thousand enthusi astic citizens were at the South Bide grounds: other thousands, who could not gain admission,- 'hung around the ball park: other thousands were packed about bulletin hoards Which told the story Of the battle by innings: and still other thousands availed impa tiently for the sporting extras. All Chicago was baseball mad. Of Course,* the cornerstone business, even with the Vice-President of the United States wielding the trowel, was some thing of a frost. Now. if the Hon. William H. Taft, Secretary of War. had 'been In the place of the Vtce-PreMdcnt, the result might have been somewhat different. And this is the reason \v«iy: the Chi cago "Cubs." who had then won the championship in the National League, represent the club which is owned by Charles P. Taft, a brother of Secretary Taft. Mr. Charles Taft I* the propri etor of the Cincinnati TlmCs-Star.” and It was the snorting editor of his paper. Claries W. Murphy, who In duced him to buy the Chicago baseball club. Mr. Murphy is now the president , of the club, 'hut the owner it Mr. Taft. *As the American peope well know. Brother Charles is now field manager of Brother Will's boom for the Fro-i- diney. Secretary Taft. therefor'', comes pretty near being the-baseball randldate for President of the United States. Brother Will may not own a baseball club, but he is certainly an < ardent fan. The bulletin says the origin Of the cotton plant has never been determin ed definitely. Herodotus, the Greek historian, In his writing* about 460 B. C.. refers to the cotton fibre as "tree wool” and says that the people of India had long been accustomed to use It for making their garments. From early references to cotton in that country arose the belief that it originated there and spread thence into other countries. Whether this view is corrlct or wliethBr cotton is indigenous to several coun tries is an unsolved problem. After India. China appears to have the old est claim and Persia probably comes next. Rhinds, however, has advanced the theory that it may have origlnaed z In Persia and thence into Egypt, Asia Minor and India. The presence of cot ton in the western hemisphere ante dates the discovery of America, sine-' Columbus found it growing in a wild state in the West Indies. The native? of Mexico and Peru were found wear ing clothes made of cotton when those countries were conquered by the Span iards in isi# and 1522 respectively. The area suitable for growing cotton extends froci the African shores of the Mediterranean sea to the Cape of Good Hope: from Spain to Japan and Australia: and from Norfolk Va., in the United Suites, to Buenos Ayres, in South America. The ea liest effort to cultivate cotton in the United Stacs was in Virginia in 1621. The seed of he cultivated va- rietise is supposed to have come from the Levant or the East Indies. It was introductedinto South Carolina as ea.riy as 1733 and into Georgia in 1734, an! was being grown In Louisiana in 1741. The first American grown cotton was sent to England in 1739, 118 years after the introduction of the plant into Vir ginia. Several bags of the product were exported from Charleston. S. C.. In 1747: cotton, . .however, was not grown as a staple crop until 1770. After the revolutionary war the culti vation of cotton was extended more rapidly. In 1790-91 the United States exported 379 bales of 500 pounds each. This was about one-tenth of the crop of that year. Three-fourths of that crop was producted in Georgia and practically all of the remainder In South Carolina. There is a great deal of other Interesting matter in the bul letin relating to cotton growing, etc. but the above running review will give an idea of the character of thj infor mation. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From t.he Chicago News. Some people ure loo polite—to thCin- »plwCS. Be up and doing if you would net bo down and done. When a woman has no one to talk to the writes a letter. No. Cordelia, footnotes are not pro- iuced by blowing a shoe horn. And the fool with money to burn -nay drive an ash cart In after years. A'l women are cnn*irtcnL ■ ut foe majority of them refuse to work at i’. Our worries would be few if it wasn't for t.he things that never hap pen. . LITTLE BOY JIM. Out Of the ante] land he c.amo. Little Boy Jim. Without nay clothes, not even the n.arr.e Of Little Boy Jim; Left all the brightness of heavenly skies-- Juet borrowed enough for his heart .and his eyes And. maybe. Some nectar for tears when he cries. Little Boy Jim. Plucked from the golden street a brick. Did Little Bov Jim. 3ot a big anvel that knew the trick. Cute Little Jim. To turn it into a heart of gold— The nne-el scoured Hoav'n to get the best mold. And put in a piece of his own heart, I'm told: For Little Jim. And he had it tuned in a perfect key, Little Boy Jlr.a. To keep it in constant harmony wise boy. .Tim. And all the time that he i« awav The Heavenly choir will sing an.] play, But he hears the echoing melody— Lucky Boy Jim. That Is the reason a patt of each day Little Boy .71m Cease* h!= baby prattle and play— The angel in him Is llst’nlng. while into his eyes will creep A wistful look so tender and d r op— The angel voieea are singing—Ah sleep Little Boy Jim. —P. A. Connolly in the National Mag azine for May. MACON VETERANS ARRIVED SAFELY A telegram from Traveling Passen ger Agent T. P. Petit, of tho Southern Railway, yesterday announced that the Macon vets arrived in-Richmond safe and sound Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock after a splendid trip. Travelling Passenger Agent John W. Blount, of the Central, and Mr. Petit personally conducted the party to Richmond. The special train left Ma con fifty minutes behind time and ar rived at Richmond oniy a little over an hour late.
