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THE COHSTITHTIOH
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A Hot Organ.
The Philadelphia Press is inclined to
Bquirm and become fidgety over the
comments of The Constitution on the
race riots at the north, especially at
Joints where civilization has slept for
three-quarters of a century in the same
bed with abolitionism. We are not sur
prised that our contemporary should
fret some; under the circumstances, it
Is not only natural, but is a somewhat
tioi>cful sign.
Nevertheless, we cannot conceal from
ourselves the fact that the heat and
fury of The Press would be a far
healthier sjmptom if the editor could
be prevailed on to see the folly of the
argument which is based on the logic
of “you're another." What does that
prove but the truth of the claim which
The Constitution has been making all
along namely that under similar
conditions and circumstances, white
human nature at the north is pretty
mn< h the same as white human nature
at the south? Whereas, such organs as
The Press have been trying to identify
ail southerners as lynchers, and all
northerners as philanthrop.sts and
philo.-opbers.
The truth is. as David llarum would
Bar. there's a* mu* h human natur' in
one section as the' is in another, if not
more, and there seems to be considers -
b’y more in Akron than in other parts
of the country. If the negro population
In the Western Reserve of Ohio were
as dense as it is in the black belt in
Georgia there might seem to be some
excuse for those who made an effort
to lynch the negro taper. But as a
matter of fact, although abolitionism
was rife in that locality before the
war. and though John Brown lived
there it has not been a favorite resort
for the negroes. They hare not settled
there in any large numbers and there
was no dancer that the negro criminal
who created all the excltem- nt would
be able to incite other negroes to fol
low his example. The end and aim of
lynching is the warning which it car
ries to the vicious and evil-minded.
The Akrcn affair seems to have had its
origin in the blind d sire of a part of
the white population to do as much
mischief as they could while they were
about it.
In some of its comments on this in
teresting outbreak in the very bosom
of civilization. The Constitution stated
that in no section of the country dur
ing the past thirty years has the fury
of a mob ;<een carried to such excess
as that which characterised the wild
and indiscriminate lawlessness tnanl
f< slnl at Akron. This the amiable and
courteous editor of The Press says is
“a deliberate falsehood." This may be
the language of the higher civilization
t.» the north of us. but it Is not argu
ment. To give Its impotent f try some
sort of basi- The Press refers to the
case of Sam 110-e, who was burned
near Newnan. For the particulars of
the crime c:«mui.tied by that brute Mr
the d tails which place it in a category
by itself in the annals of crime—we
cheerfully refer the heated editor to
Dr. George Hep worth, the oldest and
m -st distinguished n*eml*er of The
It edit >rial staff. That
gentleman came to Georgia, investi
gated the matter, rec. ivetl the details
of the crime from the lips of the vic
tim and went a© iv • nvfnced. not that
the burning of Sam Hose was nece<a
ry. but that the provocation was of a
nn’ure well calculated to incite it In
any community of whites in the coun
try.
We call the attention of the cultured
editor of The ITess to auuther fact
which is tot entirely unworthy of his
a".ention. The .search for Sam Hose
extended over several days, and was
carried on in cotnties widely separat
ed. yet those who were seeking for
him made no reprisals of any kind
whatsoever. They burned no buildings
and they killed no innocent people.
Taking the case of Peck as an exam
ple. what would L«ve happened in
Akron if such a crime as that com
mitted by Sam Hose had occurred in
that community? Why, the town
would have been utterly destroyed, and
hundreds of innocent lives would have
lieen sacrificed.
The press takes offense because The
Constitution stated that the good and
kind McKinley was at Canton only
twenty miles away. Well, that was a
mistake. The good and kind McKinley
had been called to Washington, but his
domicile, the front porch from which
h<* has been in the habit of dispensing
maxims, moral and political, is in Can
ton- only twenty miles away. But. real
ly. the remark was Intended to relieve
to some extent the lurid nature of the
news from Akron by suggesting a
contrast. Here on one hand was the
Akron mob. looting, burning and kill
ing innocent people old and young, be
cause it could not get at a negro crim
inal. while on the other hand there
(we assumed) was the good and kind
Mr. MeKinley "trying out" a caldron
of maxims warranted to fit any argu
ment or issue. We took some pride In
presenting this picture of p©a«-e and
content as a contrast to the furious
work of the republican mob.
Why should The Press fret and wor
ry over what it cannot he p? What dif
ference does it make whether the good
and kind McKinley was in Canton or
Washington? And how does it excuse
the mob In Akron or the race riot in
New York to say that mobs have op
erated elsewhere? We can understand
the embarras-ment of such newspa
pers as The Press, after all their horta
tory remarks about southern lynch
ings. but we cannot understand how
they can Justify these outbreaks in
THE SOUTH’S GREAT COMMERCIAL VICTORY.
The Constitution may well be pardoned for mentioning Its part in
the culmination now reached, showing the tfiumph of the south over ad
verse commercial conditions.
Today the Cotton Crop stands at 9 1 -4 to 9 I-2 cents per pound at
the markets of the interior.
The farmers have quite generally resolved that the price should rule
even higher, at 10 cents per pound.
This is glory enough for one day, when compared with the conditions
of«one year ago, when the ruling price was 25 points below 6 cents.
The cotton crop report, just Issued by Secretary Hester, of New Or
leans. sustains every position taken by The Constitution throughout the
campaign which has led up to the result of today.
With cotton ruling at 5.75 in the middle of August last year, the specu
lative interest firmly seated in the saddle as arbiter of the market, com
manding the homage of press and public opinion. The Constitution an
tagonized the doughty knight of the bear-garden, and declared that while
cotton was not bringing S cents, yet it was worth it, and If the producers
were true to themselves they would get that figure before they would
part with their property. There was but one obstacle Debt, which held in
its tentacles the other business interests of the south. If an understand
ing could be reached, by which mutual help could be extended, it would
be worth tens of millions of dollars people.
Immediately the answer began to make Itself prominent and In the
forefront stood one of Georgia's champion counties-Troup. George W.
Truitt staked his reputation on a 9,500.000 crop, as against Neill's 12,W,-
0»k) estimate. His neighbor. Banker Speer, leading the way for the busi
ness men. declared that to the last dollar in his vaults he would help to
carry the farmers until the price passed the 8 cent mark. The leading
cotton growers of the country, refusing to sell, warehoused their product
awaiting the rise. Then the farmers of Troup, headed by Colonel F. M.
Longley, determined upon an organization which should extend over the
south, which would unite the producers. This leadership assumed by a
progressive Georgia county, in answer to the appeal of The Constitution,
has be»»n well maintained, ami the Hester report alluded to gives con
firmation to all that was said and done.
The Hester report shows that a fair average of price for the United
States is 7 65-100 cents per pound, which compares with 4 88-100 cents for
last year, and 5 64-100 for 1897-98, the highest price touched during the
season having been 10 25-100, and the lowest 5 75-100.
The average commercial value of the crop is $38.55 per bale, against
|27.0S last year. $25.62 the year before, and $3<J.76 in 1896-97. The total value
of the crop compares with the previous six years as follows:
Bales. Value.
1899-1900 9.43G.416 $3f’>3,784.820
IS9S-9911.274 840 282.772.987
1896-97..* .*.* .*. 8,757,964 321.924.834
1K95-9G/ 7.157,346 294,095 347
1893-94 7,549,817 283,118,137
In short, the south obtained for a crop of 1.838,124 bales less than last
year {''1.011.833 more, and it is safe to say that no cotton crop since the
war has netted lieiter money returns to our people than the one just mar
keted.
A GAIN OF 851.011.533 on the of a single year's crop, and that
on® entered upon under every adverse circumstance, shows the wonderful
possibilities which lie concealed with in the south. When 'I he Constitution
led in this battle, while it hoped to accomplish some good, it had no idea
that almost slo'.• M, 9.000 would be the answer, yet there it is in black and
white. It is safe, therefore, to estimate that the crop now coming into
market will bring to the fanners certainly $50,000,000 additional to the
increase of last year, the increase of price alone being fully equal to the
whole price of some years.
There are many reasons for looking for still higher prices, one of which
Is the wiping out of the cotton alleged to be held back. As a matter of
fact, much of the product brought over in the count was unmarketable
stuff, and only served to build up a column of figures with whieji to pu l
down the price. While the scheme was pretty well exposed, still it had its
influence. Thus we entered upon last year with a nominal hold-over from
1898-99 of 523,(®>0 bales. This year that has been so thoroughly hammered
that only 134,000 bales are so counted, being 70,000 mill stocks. 34,000 at
counted interior towns and nn allowance of 39.00> miscellaneous. The
coming crop, which on the best authorities to be found will not exceed
9.EC0.000 bales, will have 391,000 bales less held over charged against it,
reducing the actual status to about 9.200,000 bales.
The cotton market today, as sated. is ranging from 9 1-4 to 9 1-2 cents
per pound. This Is in the face of some suspended mills because of the situ
ation in China, and the persistent effort of the bears to make it apparent
that these troubles will be protracted. Against this sort of talk the cotton
growers of the country should be on their guard. The Chinese still want
cotton: the war Is over, and has already given way to negotiation, and
when the gates are thrown open, as they must be within a very short
time, the farmer might as web have the benefit of the rush as the specu
lative jnarket. which is now so anxious to secure the fruits of the reopen
ing Altogether there are bright times ahead of the farmer who raises cot
ton under such conditions that he can afford to hold it, and for the busl
n. -s man who will erect his mill right on the field so as to save the pick
ings of the middlemen and be on the ground floor for the world's market.
As Hester declares; "The interior on the 31<t of August was practically
bare of cotton." and the whole situation is in the hands of the farmer
himself, to whom The Constitution wishes every success, after his years
of deprivation and trial.
northern communities by making faces
and displaying anger.
The truth is. the “holier-than-thou ’
attitude of the republican brethren has
’eft them nothing to fall back on when
conditions are such as to create mob
violence in I heir own sections. The
comments of The Constitution on
’hese outbreaks have been made for
the purpose of reminding the censors
and assailants of the south that if all
oar people are respon ible for the
lynchings and outbreaks that occur
here the same judtment mu«t be visit
ed oil all the peop.e of the north when
an outbreak occurs in that section.
And have done this, not for the
purpose of attacking northern civiliza
tion and society, but for the purpose
of showing tbe wild folly of such a
contention.
It has been shown time and again,
and it will be demonstrated more and
more fully as time roes on, that there
Is more real and abiding friendship for
the negro in the south than there has
•ver been nt tbe north. We give full
credit to the philanthropists of that
section: but there are also philanthro
pists hero who have no desire to have
their names put forward pretentiously,
and over and above these special in
stances there is the whole body of the
white population which has a keen
anxiety to forward the best interests
of the negroes to the end that the dark
shadow and fear of th” ravifber may
’>e 'lfted. from its women and children
In cities and towns, and in the coun
try places.
Mid hereafter, when such newspa
nc-s as The Philadelphia Piess have
a desire to give a fillip to southern civ
ilization. let them pause and ask them
selves if northern civilization is any
better than it should be.
Grand Army Folly.
The objections made to the school
books used in the south can only be
desienated as Grand Army folly.
Os course the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic arc entitled to
their views concerning education as
well as every other subject, but when
they would force these TleWs upon
others they simp y make themselves
ridiculous and lend their influence to
the creation of irritation among the
people of the union. The people of the
south surrendered all they had that
was physical in the war between the
states, but history, which stands out
side of physical control, has her-own
mission to perform, from which she
will not be diverted even by the ap-
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1900.
pearance < f a man wearing a G. A. R.
button. It may be very inconsiderate in
history to be so stubborn, but .such is
tlie fact and if might as well be recog
nized first as last.
This whole subject was well handled
by the venerable Dr. M. B. Palmer, of
New or cans, in his address before the
confederate veterans tn Louisville. Ho
depicted the two arenas upon which
every struggle has to be fought—the
one physical, whose success is for the
period, and In which the Right is as
apt to be defeated as to be victorious—
the other historical, where posterity
becomes the witness and the judge,
and where the physical victory is often
reversed. The battalions may win on
the field of battle, but the eternal prin
ciples of truth will win the ultimate
triumph in history.
Therefore these men of contracted
caliber who think they can control
history by a military maneuver will
only have their labor for their pains.
The subject is too large for them, and
they might as well leave it alone. That
they will have to do In any event,
whether they will or no.
Recognizing ths Truth.
The Springfield Republican, in dis
cussing th© controversy growing out
of the recent northern lynchings, con
cludes:
To the black man it *nu«t begin tn ap
pear tli it there is small room fer choi-e
iietwe ii the two sections so far as lie is
concerned.
If the editor of The Republican had
been in Atlanta last Monday he would
have found occasion to revise this
statement in favor of conditions in the
south.
Prominent in the parade of the labor
hosts were several unions of black
men. clean, well-mannered and com
fortable looking. It was plain from this
sight that here, at least, there was no
unholy antagonism toward those who
earn their bread by honest toil. In the
equal opportunity for labor and indus
try the colored people of the south
hold an enviable position, in strong
contrast with the condition in other
sections. As the observer marked the
impressive occasion, in which the col
ored man who cares for himself was
given full recognition, he could not but
contrast it with the treatment which
these same people receive elsewhere.
The workingmen of Atlanta draw nq
invidious line against the man who
labors for his bread. The workingmen
of Illinois meet them at the state line
with shotguns, and after such a
slaughter, the criminals are shielded
by the governor, and no court is found
brave enough to call them to the bar of
justice.
The offender against womanhood
need expect no mercy in the south.
The decree is irrevocable. But the man,
white or black, who bends his back to
the burden of duty, has here an open
field and the assured enjoyment of the
fruits of bis toil.
Stand by Your Oars.
The Manchester spinners having de
cided to suspend the purchase of cot
ton, The Constitution advises the
farmers of the country to stand by
their oars.
There were 11,609,000 bales of cot
ton manufactured last year. There is
no marketable stock carried over. The
crop now coming into market is at
least one and a half million bales less
than the minimum ccnsumption of the
mills, if the English spinners do not
like the situation, we are sorry, but
we are not selling cotton this year at
a sacrifice. Not this year—some other
year, perhaps—but for the present we
hold the whip-handle, and we propose
to hold on until some things are right
ed up in this world.
Not that we would be unreasonable,
or that we would advise the farmers
of the country to make exactions in an
emergency which would not be justi
fied by sound business principles. But
tberq is a mistake somewhere, and we
incline to the belief that It consists in
having the mills 4.0 W miles away
from the point of production. The bus
iness never yet existed which could
carry such a burden as this, and valu
able as is the cotton product, it cannot
carry it. The cotton is worth just so
much on the wearer’s back. It is the
farmer who has to pay the tolls and
freights all the way to New \ork,
across to Liverpool, then of the manu
factured stuff through the Suez, past
Aden and into Hong Kong. These in
termediary charges must be lopped
off. The spinner in the south is al
ready enjoying the benefit of the lop
ping; his neighbor, the cotton planter,
has found it out, and the only recourse
of the English spinner now is to come
over and join us. We have fine water
powers’, excellent, labor, abundant
transportation facilities, everything, in
fact, to make the Englishman feel
happy. We have today in Georgia one
such Englishman—Mr. Edward I<ang—
who will furnish all necessary infor
ma'ion to his old friends, and who
will engage to meet them upon their
arrival in New York, and show them
through the country from Virginia to
Texas. , . .
All this byway of preliminary and
encouragement, but now to the P"S
ent grievance. The present situation is
brought about by the prospective de
lay and shortage of the new American
crop which has brought the cotton
manufacturers of the kingdom face to
face with what are pronounced the
most serious conditions which 1“°?
h ive had to weather since the exports
of cotton from the United States were
stopped during the civil war. Ihe
meeting of the master spinners held in
Manchester yesterday to consider an
indefinite shut down of the mills, was
the result. The total supply of Ameri
can cotton on the docks and in the
warehouses of Liverpool does not ex
ceed 1.70.000 bales, only half of which
is said to be usable. The scantiness of
this stock may be judged from the
fact that the average weekly constimp
tion of the Lancashire mills is s<.oiM)
bales. It was in vi. v, of this situation
that Mr. James Lowry Whittle, man
aging director of Horrockses, Crewd
son & Co., said the other day:
If anything were needed to demonstrate
our complete dependence on American cot
ton, present conditions would supply it.
We are as absolutely he'pless ns a loco
motive without coal, and what is pri
marily responsible for the fact is that
she southern planters in the United States
sow.’d a crop whose yield will not be m >ce
titan 9,700,01.10 bales, while the world de
mands tin annual American crop of not
less than 12,000.000 bales. It Is a mystery
to us what influenced your planters thus
to fail in providing what was expected of
them. It nriv have been that they found
that the land hitherto planted with cotton
e..111,1 be devoted to some more profitable
purpose, but whatever lnspir-1 them,
th. V will be guilty of costly shortsighted
ness if tliev continue to permit their ex
ports to England to lie so persistently low
as to force prices arbitrarily high.
While we freely admit that we prefer
the staple American rot ton to any other
available, we shall be compelled to find a
new source of supply ns soon as the Amer
ican article becotm s a luxury. India’s
cotton resoure's would offer an Inviting
field for development if conditions force
us to turn from America. Twi ive cents
a pound is about the limit to which Amer
ica can afford to boost its < xport cotton.
Cf course, we appreciate the con
cern which Mr. Whittle must feel, but
he will find that it will be much easier
to move the Lancashire mills to this
country than it will be to change the
scene of cotton production. While Mr.
Whittle and his friends may be en
gaged in chasing agricultural rain
bows. the southern spinner will have ;
taken their market, ami they will
have no one to whom to sell. He must
take into account the fact that the cot- ;
ton raisers of the southern states are
not an aggregation of mere laborers
content with slave wages.* but that j
they have the ability to invade or ere- !
ate markets of their own.
Meanwhile, the southern planters
are not in a hurry to sell, and cannot
be coerced.
The Men on Parade.
It was a proud day for Atlanta last
Monday when the streets were lined
with the thousands upon thousands of
happy and contented knights of Indus- 1
try. in whose multiplication must rest
her future growth and development.
There were many features connected
with the day which would attract at
tention. but the principal one was as to
the men themselves. It was no disor
derly and possibly riotous assemblage
of mon indifferent to the consequences, ‘
but it was an array of self-respecting, I
intelligent and ambitious strivers, ev- I
ery one of whom was proud of the po- |
sition which he had attained, and each |
one of whom was ambitious to reach ■
still further heights. They were men I
out of the reliant stock of Georgia :
manhood —self-poised, resourceful of ,
brain, careful of citizenship and proud I
of self. Each one was the center of 1
some happy home-circle, the members
of which looked upon him with fond- I
ness. In addition to the thousands up
on the streets, there were other thou- t
sands whom necessity kept away, but
all of whom were in full sympathy j
with the day and its purpose.
As it was in Atlanta, so it was tn al- i
most every other city of the union. It ■
Is no wonder that this rejuvenant man-
Imkxl attracted attention, and that a
leading candidate for the presidency
lent his eloquence to one of their as
semblages. These be the men who bend
and fashion, in whose hands values are
created, ai d upon whose industry is
built the accumulation of the country.
A look into the earnest faces of the
men convinces that there are develop- i
inents of equity yet to be reached—that '
the man who infuses from 190 to 300
per cent of value into raw material Is
entitled to a Seeper Interest in the
product of his labor than the mere
day's wage. This may sound like that
socialism of which conservatism stands
in fear, but it only needs time and elu
cidation to make strange things appear
clear, and to prepare the world for that
more equitable partnership which
should exist between capital and labor.
■Atlanta rejoices in the success and
the happiness of her workingmen.
Their manhood deserves the plaudits
which greeted their passage through
the streets, and their cause must ap
peal to every man capable of thought.
Joel Chandler Harris.
Tn retiring from the exactions of
daily editorial work on The Constitu
tion, Mr. Joel Chandler Harris takes
with him the esteem of all who have
been associated with him since his con
nection with this paper.
But the parting is not the parting of
death, for Mr. Harris will continue to
contribute to our columns whenever a
subject strikes his fancy, so that when
ever the reader detects a delicate vein
of human nature, he may know that
habit has forced the laborer back into
the field.
To speak of the career of Mr. Harris
would be to relate a well-known story.
His boyhood days in Putnam, his early
journalistic ventures, his coming to
The Constitution a quarter of a cen
tury ago, his creation of the character
of “Uncle Remus" and the fame it
brought to him—all can be readily re
called. It will be a pleasure to his
friends to know’ that he retires within
a happy family circle which he has
built up. aided by a competence which
will enable him to view the future
with composure.
This cutting off of the daily routine
of editorial work was forced upon Mr.
Harris by the accumulation of his lit
erary orders, which he has found it im
possible to fill. The leisure thus gained
will be fruitful in the production of
some rare literary creations, for which
the world will be the richer.
While parting with Mr. Harris’s
usual w’ork The Constitution is glad to
state, as heretofore hinted, that his
characteristic style of writing will oc
casionally be detected in its columns
and that the “howdy" of “Uncle Re
mus" will always be found floating
around the place so familiar to him.
The Shrinking Industrials.
The trade expansion upon whfeh
the republicans built such hopes is
shrinking, and there is not so much
“prosperity” now as there used to be.
The following table gives the total
capital, common and preferred, of
these "trusts" and the loss (taking the
combined quotation of common and
preferred) on a par of 190 sustained
from the organization to August Ist on ;
the original quotation at which these j
shares were put on the market:
Loss on par I
Trust. Capital, of I'M). I
Am. Staci Hoopl6
'Am. Copper .. 75,000.000 H
Am Malting 30.000.000 79'4
Am. Einseed 33,500.000 21\ |
Am. Tin Plat® 50,t L |
Am. Steel and Wire .. .. 90,000,000 7%
Am. Car and Foundry.... 60.000.000 22'4
Am. Woolen Co. .. 65.000.0a0 22’s
Fed. Steel Co 28
I Havana Com 20.0<>0,Alt) 5714
I nt. Steam Pump 27 x 500.000 20
National Salt 12.000,<M)0 3
Rep. Iron ami Steel 55.000,000 40
:c. • Bag and Pan 27.000 000 23%
I'. S. C. I. I’ <S- Fotin.... 30.000,000 62
Ya. Iron C. & C 20,000,000 53
Total cap. and av. 1055.5828,000,000 30
A few more squeezes and the result
of "benevolent assimilation" may be
come quite serious.
<
An Answer Readily Given.
In making up a McKinley claim for
prosperity, in which the work of prov
idence itself is appropriated, The Cin
cinna’i Commercial-Tribune asks:
"’1 o what does the south owe this
splendid material development?”
Nofiung easier than the answer. A
splendid climate and soil, for which
wo thank providence; a product of
world-wide demand; an Industrious
and economical people; a famishing
market abroad for what we have to
sell, and sound, stable democratic lo
cal government which gives us peace
and security from such assaults upon
property as were witnessed in Akron,
Ohio.
Honey Sui-e Enough.
Miss Mary Mills, of the state of New
York, is honey sure enough.
Wishing to enter Syracuse universi
ty and not having the wherewithal
she started bee keeping. She has made
enough money out of her honey to pay
her college expenses. She will enter
the university this fall. Ever since she
graduated from the high school, two
years ago. she has been in the bee bus
iness on her father’s farm, and she
has made It pay. In the state fair she
took a first prize for her bees and sev
eral prizes for her honey.
Miss Mills will be a flrstclass prize
herself.
The Republican Decrease.
The decreased republican percentage
has begun in Vermont.
Now every republican can make ex- I
cuse, but the tide will roll on.
The Commercial Tribune, whistling
to keep ex-President Harrison in line,
says:
Ho may differ from the administration
in its colonial policy, but for all that,
like Senator Hoar, he will support the re
publican ticket.
A "colonial” policy has an imperi
al face. The old "territorial" policy of
the republic is good enough for the
people.
They will not be misled even by Har
rison.
An Allurement of the Future.
Au allurement of the future is the
promise which it holds out for those
who would shine in the "upper circles.”
As witness from The New York Her
ald:
MISS BERTHA ALLEN ENGAGED.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Bertha Allen, daughter
Governor and Mrs. Charles H. Alien, of
Porto Rico, to Lieutenant George \V. Lo
gan. of the United States navy. Their
marriage will take place soon'at the pal
ace in San Juan.
Imperialism will not only reduce the
flag to be a mere emblem of trade, but
it will bring us palaces and things,
to satisfy those who are too utterly
“too-too."
Makes an Almanac Record.
If the nationals are pleased by the
nomination of Donaldson Caffery,
there is no reason why other people
should grumble.
As Louisiana has dispensed w’ith his
services he was open for an engage
ment.
He will get his name in the alma
nacs.
“Songs of the Soil”
By FRANK L. STANTON
Over the Ways.
I.
Over the ways of the world, my dear.
And the righ. and the song, and the fall
ing tear;
And a wreath of rue is so hard to wear
When the bells ring sweet in the morn
ing!
H.
Over the ways of the world, my dear.
With the faith that is sweeter for all the
fear;
But a wreath of rue is so hard to wear
When the roses bloom in the morning.
HI.
Over the ways of the world, my dear.
There are so many burdens—a las—to
That I scarce can see through the falling
tear , ,
The beautiful light of the morning!
IV -
Over the ways of the world! ... A
We must bear in its beauty—its duty—
its art:
We must look to the light in the darK
ness, sweetheart!—
To the beautiful light of the morning!
• •••••
“Some o’ These Days.”
We all keep a-slngin’ o’ some o’ these
When the roses will bloom in the thorni
est ways.
And we’ll see o’er the black storm the
rainbow’s bright rays
“Some o’ these beautiful days!
We all keep a-singln’ o’ some o’ these
When the wrecked ships shall drift to the
bells In the bays:
When Faith is fruition and prayer is but
praise—
" Some o' these beautiful days;.
••• • •
What’ll We Growl About Then.
Wh p n the craps are all gathered—the
barns are piled high.
What will we growl about
When the pumpkins are spiced with the
frost o’ the sky.
An’ the cider is sweet, an’ the bead s on
the rye.
What will we growl about then?
Why, we’ll shiver and shake as the win
ter-winds blow: —
That’s what we’ll growl about then!
We’ll gaze o'er the wearisome leagues of
the snow.
An’ sigli for the blistering-summer, you
know:—
That’s what we’ll growlvabout then!
Ah, how can life please us!... . And when
it is past,
What will we growl about then?
Why, we ll land in the next world—that
region so vast, —
An’ wonder if STILL the hot weather
will last? —
That’s what we'll growl abbut then!
In the Reaping Time.
It’s reapin’ time in Georgia—the coun
try's lookin bright
From Blllville up to Bennett’s—from Tift
to Tybee Light!
And ho! for joy-bells ringin’, an’ ho!
for happy times.
The jingle of the dollars—the dancin’ of
the dimes!
It’s reapin’ time in Georgia; the skies
are just as blue
As the eyes with which your sweetheart
twinkles all her love to you!
An’ now in all the woodlands the squirrel
skips an' climbs; —
There’s a jingle of the dollars, a dancin’
of the dimes!
It’s reapin’ time in Georgia, an’ when
the fields are bare
You’ll hear the merry music of the fiddle
• on the air!
Summer's got her pleasure, but can t
come up to fall;
Strike a lively measure an' swing
partners all!
For the Best.
Spite o' growlers, east an’ west.
Still we’re hopin’ fer the best!
This is not a world o’ sighs—
Light is somewhere in the skies!
Still we hear the sweet birds sing—
Still the bells in music ring.
Spite o’ growlers, east an’ west.
Always hopin' fer the best!
A Discontented Mortal.
I dunno what my Jot gwlne be
Fo’ dis yer life is pas’;
De summer sun—he blister me,
De winter freeze me fas’!
Oh. believers.
What you gwlne ter do,
W'en summer bake en brlle you,
En winter freeze you, too!
I dunno what my lot trwlno be:
I plow en ho,, ’twell fall;
De cotton look lak cash ter me.
But de sheriff gobble all!
Oh. believers,
Whar’ vou gwine ter fall
Wen you makes de co'n en cotton,
En de sheriff gobble all!
A Cold Weather Citizen.
Summer's jest the time, they say. fer
lazyln’ eround.
But give me winter weather, with the
gray frost on the ground!
Don’t keer how the moekln'birds in sum
mer twilight sing-
l’d ruther raise my rifle when the doves
are on the wing.
Summer has her sweetness an' lots o’ |
wlnnin’ ways.
When the green is on the melon an ’the j
sun is on the blaze!
But give me winter weather, an’ let me
take my chance, ,
When the gals air candy pullin’, an’ we’re
ready fer the dance!
Molly’s Eyes.
If Molly’s eyes would shine for me
I’d give the sun fair warnin'
He needn’t rise to light my skies—
For just the beam of Molly’s eyes
Would make my mornin’l
If Molly's lips were red for me
In weather sad or sunny.
I’d say to every golden bee:
“You needn’t rob the rose for me—
Her lips are honey!”
If Molly’s heart would beat for me
So low I just could hear It.
I’d give the world, at least, my part—
For just the beat of Molly's heart.
And mv heart near it!
A Summer Picture.
The fields .are all alive:
There's a buzzin' around the hive—
For the bees are mighty busy makin*
honey;
The maple leaves a?e blinkin’.
And the water lilies drinkin’.
Till they stagger where the river ripples j
sunny!
Over the Hills.
Over the hills, my dear.
There is never a sigh—a tear: ,
But greenest valleys, and pleasant ril'.s.
And hope that is not cast out of fear
Over the hills!
Over the hill.i, my dear.
Never a burden to bear;
A kinder beaten with music thrills—
Cresses forgotten, ami crowns to wear
Over the hills!
• • * * *
For the Best. •
Ever hoping for the best.
Ever looking to the light.
Here's “Goodmorning!” . . .When v. rest
Grant us then a sweet "Goodnight!'• ’
PlUnketVsLettßr
nVrltten for The Weekly Constitution.)
“Labor Day” has grown to be such a
great thing that perhaps there will be
enough said in its favor without me, b<ut
farmers have not stirred in the matter
as it seems right they should and, per
haps, no on© else will speak of this.
In all the great to do over this day
farmers do nothing. All the industries tn
the manufacturing line and the mercan
tile world takes interest in the day, but
not a settlement of farmers in Georgia
gathered to do the day honor. It seems to
m e that farmers are the very people who
should join the heartiest in the celebra
tion. The absence of the agricultural in
terest in the displays of the day was all
that could be found to mar in the matter.
But there was a plenty to cheer me as
I watched the great parade in Atlanta
and came to some conclusions in connec
tion therewith. The presence in that pa
rade of the trades unions with the en
thusiasm of the members was perhaps
the most gratifying feature to me and
gave the greatest hope that the day 1s
at hand when “science” and the “ismlsts”
will cease to put in jeopardy the flrm
foundations of the Christian religion as
handed down bj’ our fathers.
The good preachers of this land are
bound to stand with these trades unions,
for there will stand law and order.
The bad preachers of this land are as
necessarily bound to array themselves
against these unions, for his position
leads through the “isms" and the “sci
ences" to anarchy.
These are the conclusions that T arrived
at as I watched the parade on Monday.
Then, it seems to. me, that the farmer*s
place is right among the trades union
boys throwing up hia hat for all he Is
worth. There Is no good reason why
farmers should not bay© a farmer's union
as w'ell as printers or any other trade,
and a movement should start at once to
organize such unions in th" rural dis
tricts. The day is not far off when men
outside of these trades unions in the
cities will line up against the good
preachers, against dignity, against law
and order. They will be known as wor
shipers among the “sciences,” the clubs
will be their churches and dynamite will
be packed for use beneath the rostrum
of the new preacher. The good, honest
Bible preacher is in a bad enough fix
now, and but for these trades unions the
day would soon be upon us when there
would bo ropes for their necks and fire
brands for the churches they represent.
This is where the “isms” have got you
and j'ou had best look out.
But they will look out and we are all
beginning to look out. and such men as I
notice as leaders among these trad.'s
I unions and the men of dignity and busi
■ ness integrity, not forgetting the men of
; political and religious prestige, who have
joined heartily In the magnifying of La
i bor Day, confirms the hope that this
' country is safe through the instrumentai
j ity of well organized unions upon every
; hill. This is no new thought with me. It
' has been my position for years, and as I
j see the good feeling grow between the em-
I ployer and the employee it does me good,
I for strikes will cease, the good preachers
i will take their places of dignity again
' and the sensationalists and the “ismlsts”
will howl themselves to death. So mots
I it be.
1 I would be glad to say something good
' of the granite unions from our county,
I but on a former occasion I have said all
that I could say. and you may just con
slder that repeated here. The other union
j that 1 would like the most to praise
would be the printers. I was proud of
these for the sake of old times, and bo
i cause there was much Implied good in
seeing the harmcnioua commingling of
| the workmen and the bosses. The interest
' displayed by The Constitution in the day
and indulged in by the proprietor, editor
i and workmen promises w’ell. and when
I wo come to think of the most excellent
! character of the men in all the grades it
: is but another clincher to the mind of an
old man that these unions are to go hand
In hand with the dignity of religion and
| side by side in the preservation of law
and order.
Cotton la getting white in the patch
and on Saturday the 2&th day of this
month, is work day for the orphanage
near Decatur. I guess that evry little
reader can understand why I have con
nected this orphanage with “cotton white
I in the field" without my saying another
word, but I will say something more in
the hope that I may inspire some child
that had n it intended to do so, to go to
work and help raise an interst for this
work day for the orphans. I doubt if there
I a human being in Georgia, much less
I the sweet children, who would not b«
! glad to do soma little something upon
! this day if they could only be got at it.
' Carelessness—letting the 29th pass with
out thinking that It is the day to do
something for orphanage—will have mors
to do with a short return for the day
than any other one thing. Os course every
one of us would be glad to do something.
What to do? That may be th e bother. I
charge you to do any work upon that day
which will secure a nickel, a dime or a
dollar for these orphans. That is why I
mentioned cotton white in the patch.
Country children have a better chance
than town children to secure work upon
that day. There should be a united and
joyful move among the children to work
this day. And there should b e no forget
ting the time. We don't forget Christ
mas nor Thanksgiving, nor the Fourth of
July. Surely we can remember that Sat
urday, tlie 29th day of September, is the
work day for the Method.st orphans'
horn.
I pass this orphanage every time I go
to town —I passed it yesterday. I wish
that al! the reader® could pass there on
some “wash day.” You would be sure to
think that It was a powerful large fami
ly that lives there when you took a look
at the little garments upon the lines, up
on the fence and upon the bushes. When
you know, as I have always known, that
these little garments are the wearing ap
parel of the children in this home, they
will seem a little more than just clothes
upon, a line. They tell a story of orphan
age so sad and yet so sweet that never
the sou! that would begrudge the work
of one day for this noble institution. It
would impress you. too, that it surely
takes money to feed these little mouths
and buy all these garments.
Robert A. Hemphill. George Muse. A.-a
G. Candler and Howard Crtfcniey are the
trustees of this home, and I venture that
there is not a day of their lives but what
they give time, and precious time, to this
Institution. I only know one of these gen
tlemen intimately, and from what I know
of him in this connection, I can confident
ly assert that if one hundred thousand
people will devote themselves upon this
“work day" just as he devotes himself
every day of hi® life it would lift all these
children clear above want for years. Sure
ly if such men as these can devote so
much time to this cause the rest of us can
stand to be energetic for one day?
Remember the day. September the 29th
—Saturday—and do something, no matter
how little. SARGE PLUNKETT.
His Failing.
“■Your husband tried to commit suicide,
did he?" asked the doctor who had. been
hastily summoned.
“Yes. sir." replied the weeping woman.
“Made the attempt with a raxorf
“Yes.”
eil. madam, he has saned. He win
pull through all right.”
“Oh. 1 suppose he will,” sobbed tx«3
wife. “Boor John is so-so awkward.'
Chicago Tribune.
Those Queer Advertisements.
From Puck.
“that Ladies’ Home Herald is starting
a demoralizing fashion."
"What’s that?”
"Why, here’s a picture of a girl playing
golf in a gauze undervest and corsets."