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COLD COMFORT GIVEN
NEGROES BY THE
HIGHJOURT.
Opinion, Delivered by Justice Holmes,
Has Just Been Made Public.
Dissenting’ Opinions Were
Filed by Justices Harlan,
Brewer and Brown.
Washington, April 30.—The text of the
opinion of the United States supreme
court in the ease of Jackson Giles, of
Montgomery county. Alabama, v. the
Board of Registrars, of that county,
which was delivered by Justice Holmes
last Monday, was made public today.
The opinion says that Giles, a negro
male adult, on behalf of himself and 5,000
others, similarly situated, sought by bill
in equity to secure registration as voters I
of Montgomery county, which had been
refused and thus test the validity of the
ift’rage provisions of the new constitu- j
t on of Alabama.
Justice Holmes says it was alleged hy
Giles that “the refusal to register the '
Hacks was a part of a general scheme to
disfranchise them.” The federal court of ,
the middle district of Alabama dismissed
•to bill for want of jurisdiction. It was
untended, says Justice Holmes, that the 1
federal courts had jurisdiction in equity
under sections 629 and 1979 of the revised
statutes providing, that every person,
who, under color of a state "statute, or
dinance, regulation, custom or usage,”
subjects, or causes to be subjected any
citizen of the United States or other per
sons within tin' jurisdiction thereof to the
deprivation of any rights, privileges or
mmuntii s sei ured by the constitution and
laws. shall be liability to the party in
jured in an action at law, suit in equity
oi otte r proper proceedings for redress.
As to Jurisdiction.
The court said that while there might
la ~o:m objections raised on technical .
grounds to the jurisdiction of the supreme |
court and of the jurisdiction in equity, yet |
the court was of opinion that the appeal j
•pens the whole case and that, the scope
of the complaint was entitl'd to consid
eration. He then proceeded to announce
the impossibility of granting the relief
sought saying in explanation;
“It will be observed in the first place
that the language of section 1979 does not
extend the sphere of equitable jurisdiction
in respect of what shaH be held an ap
propriate subject matter for that, kind
of relief. The words ar. 'shall be liable to
the party injured in an action at law. suit
in equity, or other proper proceeding for
redr. .-s.’ They allow a suit in equity only
when that is the proper proceeding for
redress a,id they refer the existing stand
ards to determine what is a proper pro
ceeding. Tin traditional limits of pro
v'Tings in equity have not embraced a
remedy for political wrongs. Remember
ing hov ver, the importance of the ease
t’ c' ■ 'lift has found itself unwilling to
stop short of the final considerations to
be taken into a 'ount in disposing of it.
These were summarized as follows:
• the whole
registration -chemo of the Alabama con
stitution is a ftaud upon the constitution
of the United States and aks us to de
clare it void But. of course, he could not
maintain a bill for a mere declaration In
t!1 „ n! .. ji e doos not try to do so, but
nsks b> be registered as a party under
the void cis’rument-
BeyoTid the Court's Power.
“If then we accept the conclusion, watch
It Is th" chief purpose of the bill to main
tain. how can we make the court a party
to the unlawful scheme by accepting it
and adding another vote to its fraudu
lent lists? If a white man came here on
the same general allegations, admitting
lr s sympathy with th* r-in, but alleging
some special prejudice that had kept him
off the list, we hardly should think it
necessary t meet him with a reasoned
answer. But the relief cannot be varied
because we think that In the future the
part y to try to
overthrow the scheme. If we accept the
pi tinliff s allegations for the purpose of
his case, he cannot complain. It seems to I
us that unless w • are prepared to say that
it is wrong, that all its principle allega
ti ins are immaterial ami that the regis
tration plan of the Alabama constitution
is valid, we cannot order the plaintiffs
liamc to be registered. It is not an nn
l.-cr to sav that if ill the blacks, who
4re qualified according t■< the letter of the
instrument w re registered, the fraud
would lie cured In the first place there
is no probability that any way now fs
open by which more than a tew could he
registered, but if all could be, the diffi
. ijfy could not be overcome
“If the sections of the constitution con
cerning •••gistratioii were illegal in their
In ■option it would be a new doctrine in
I oust I tut ion al law that the original inval
idity could bo cured bv an administra
tion which defeated their intent. W”
express no opinion ns to the alleged
fact of th'ir uneonstltutionality, beyond
s .■ u that we are not willing to as
sume that they are valid in the face of
iiiegations and main object of the
bill for the purpose of granting the relief
which It was nc.-'S.-irv to pray in order
that the object should bo secured.
Equity and Political Rights.
"The other difficulty Is of a different
sort and strikingly reinforces the argu
ment that equity can not undertake,
now any more than it has in the past, to
enforce political rights, and also the sug
c.-stion that state constitutions were not
loft unmention d in paragraph 1797 by
.dent. In <s• lerminine whether a court
,<■ equity can take jurisdiction, one of the
first questions is. what it can do to en
force any order that it may make. This
Is alleged to be .be conspiracy of the
s-.ate. although th * state is not and could
not be made a party to the bill. The cir- j
. fit court has no ...institutional power io I
by t ins.
and ’f we leave the state out of consldera- I
on the court has as little practical power j
lo deal with the people of the state in
body. The bill imports that the great I
mass of the population intended to keep |
•Im blacks rom voting To meet such
lent something mor'- than ordering the
’aintiff s name inscribed upon the lists of
irW 2 win be needed. If the conspiracy and ;
■io Intent exist a name on a piece off
~ .oer will not defeat them. Unless we
prepared to supervise the voting In
t state bv officers of the court, it
-ms to us that all that the plaintiff
■ •'ild get from equity would be an empty
.rm "Apart from damages to the In
• ■idiial r lief from a great political
rung if don. m- alleged bv the people
• a State and the state itself, must bo
ivon by them or by the legislative and |
Don’t fool with a cold; no one can tell what
the end may be. Pneumonia, catarrh, chronic
bronchitis and consumption invariably result from
neglected colds. Nothing can be compared with
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a quick cure for
colds and influenza, and by its use these diseases
may be avoided.
political department of the government
of the United States.”
Justice Harlan’s Dissent.
Justice Harlan's dissent from the
court's opinion was based on the ground
that as an amount exceeding $2,000 was
not involved the circuit court h id no orig
inal jurisdiction of this ease and that the
supreme court had no right where this
want of jurisdiction appeared to go into
the merits. He said he agreed with Jus
tice Brewer that the courts were entitled
to give relief in such cases as this.
Justice Brewer and Justice Brown, in
a dissenting opinion, written by the form
er, held that as there was a constitu
tional question involved the court should
look beyond the certificate of the lower
court that the bill had been dismissed for
want of jurisdiction and open the ease
for full inquiry. The dissenting opinion
added:
“Neither can I assent to the proposition
that the case presented by the plaintiff's
bill is not strictly a legal one, and en
titling a party to a judicial hearing and
decision. He alleges that lie is a citizen
of Alabama, entitl'd to vote; that he de
sired to vote at an election for represen
tation in congress; that without registra
tion he could not vote, and. that regis
tration was wrongfully denied him by
the defendants. That, many others were
similarly treated does not destroy his
rights or deprive him of relief in the
courts. That such relief will be given
has been again and again affirmed in
both national and state courts."
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NEW ARMY BUILDINGS.
Many Structures Are Authorized by
Secretary Root.
Washington. April W.--Before leaving
for the west Secretary Root approved the
recommendation of the war college board
tor flic construction of various buildings
at army posts throughout the Unit'd
States. The last session of congress ap
preprinted $6,000,000 for buildings and im
provements. $1.000,000 of which was to be
expended at Manila The allotment of
money for the construction of quarters
and buildings is not made public at this
time, the reason given being that such an
announcement previous to tlie letting of
contracts would cause bitter contests in
different sections of the country.
The following construction has been
recommended:
Fort Meyer, Virginia—Enlarging band
barracks and wagon sheds, construction
of shop and stable guard buildings for
field artillery.
Chieakamauga Park, Georgia Barracks
and quarters for one squadron of cavalry.
Fort McPherson, Georgia-Barracks and
quarters for an additional battaiion ;f
i infantry.
The allotments for coast artillery In
clude;
Fort Barrancas, Florida—Two sets field
officers' quarters, band barracks, com- i
pany barracks, non-commissioned staff
officers’ quarters, buildings for shop and i
guard house.
Fort Caswell, North Carolina—Quarters I
for officers, non-commissioned staff of
ficers and hospital steward.
Key West Barracks. Florida- Quarters j
for officers and non-commissioned officers. ,
Fort Screven, Georgia—Quarters for of- ■
fleers and non-commissioned stuff officers, •
and a guard house.
Jackson Barracks. Louisiana Non-com
missioned staff officers' quarters, lifv.i- i
lory, guard house and bakery.
Fort Getty, South Carolina—Commissary
store house.
Fort de Soto. Florids—Officers and non
commissioned officers' quarters.
Fort Dade, Florida—Officers and non
commissioned officers' quarters, mess hall,
and kitchens.
Fort Monroe, Virginia—Artillery school
building, bachelor officers' quarters and
several double sots of officers' quarters.
I Don’t forget that the second install
ment of THE BLAZED TRAIL will
be published in The Sunny South of
MAY 16.
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MRS. TYNER MAY BE INDICTED
Payne May Place Her Case Before
Grand Jury.
Washington, April 28.—-United States,
District Attorney Beach had a conference
with Postmaster General Payne today re
garding the abstraction of papers from
the safe of the assistant attorney gen
eral top the postotttce department, with
a view to laying the ease before the
grand jury.
If the grand jury takes up the case it
is not probable, that it will report foi at
least two weeks. Postmaster General
Payne has sent a letter to G A. C.
Chriatiancy, in which he says that Mr.
Christiancy’s request for- an investiga
tion of his official acts will be granted
and that he will be given leave of ab
sence until further notice. The postmas
ter general also says that Mr. Christian
cy will be given every opportunity to ex
plain any matters reflecting upon his
conduct as an official of the p. istoffice de
partment.
BRYAN HAS NO OIL STOCK
Tired of Reading Advertisements
That Use His Name.
Lincoln, Nebr., April 30.—AV. J Bryan
today gave out the following statement
i to correct a misunderstanding and for
the protection ot the public:
Mr. Bryan’s attention has been called
to some advertising matter which repre
sents that he, In connection with several
senators, was interested in Wyoming oil
I lands. 'Ums statement was denied at
I tne time it was first printed, but the
, fact that an oil company has used the
I notice that appeared then'as the basis
! of an advertisement, leads to this second
I denial. Mr. Bryan lias not and never
lias had an interest in any oil wells, oil
: lands or oil fields.
Mr. Bryan adds that he is not interest-
I ed in any business enterprise except his
• paper, and says he has studiously avoided
I taking stock in corporations.
Italians Fear the Mafia.
Boston, April 29.—Seven Boston Italians
ailed at police headquarters today to
beg for protection against the Mafia,
which they claimed to have been ordered
to contribute to the defense fund in the
| New York “barrel” murder ease. In
| spectors have boon sent to the Italian
quarter to make investigations.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 4, 1903.
POSTAL FRAUDS WILL
NOT DOWN.
Tulloch’s Expose of Conditions in the
Washington Office Has Aroused
Payne—Alleged That Post
office Inspectors Have
Been Threatened.
Washington, May I—Postmaster Gen
eral Payne today addressed letters to
former Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith, Fourth Assistant Postmas
ter General Bristow, Postmaster Merritt,
of Washington, and Comptroller Trace
well. of the treasury, calling attention
to a published interview with S. W. Tul
loch, for many years, up to three years
ago, cashier of the Washington post
office
Tile interview quotes Mr. Tulloch as
saying that the whole tendency of the
postoffice department is to convert the
Washington city postofllce into a mere
bureau of the department, disburse its
funds and appoint, and promote its em
ployees: that an investigation of the
accounts of the Washington postoffice
was begun by an expert of the comp
troller's office, but was stopped and the
expert removed, “presumably as a warn
ing to others." Postoffice inspectors,
who were aware of the existing condi
tions, the interview says, were threat
ened witli removal if they presumed too
much, but Mr. Bristow stood by his men
and demanded an investigation of the
first assistant's office, which was re
fused.
Payne Wants a Report.
Mr. Payne lias asked for a complete
report from Postmaster Merritt. Includ
ing a list of all changes made in the
Washington postoffice during his incum
bency and upon whose order they were
made.
The letter to Comptroller Tracewell says
that the publication is a direct reflection
on his office and asks if any truth exists
in til.' charges. Mr. Bristow is directed
especially to report on any connection
of himself and of the postoffiec inspee
tor with the charges. Mr. Smith is ask'd
for information on the subject as a mat
ter of “courtesy.”
Comptroller Traccwcll said tonight that
it was in tile soring of 1900 that lie de
cided to look into th< affairs of the Wash
ington city postoffiee. An expert from
his office was put to work and the
papers in the ease were brought to his
office. They were there perhaps two
months. The investigation led to the
conviction on his pari, Mr. Tracewell
said, that there had been many irregular
it les—he would not say frauds —in the ex
penses of tlie local postoffiee. He culled
the attention of tlie postmaster to them
and ijisarllowed many items. Matters
eventually were straight' nod out .and on
a promise front the postal officials that
the improper <li: aiir.'-enienis would not I"
continued, tie informed them, he said.
lli.it he sltould refrain from falling back
on the disbursement officers.
The. Expert Transferred.
"That is exactly what was done.” con
tinued lie. “No particular political pres
sure was brought I" bear upon me. It
such pressure had been brought it would
have accomplished nothing. Tin re were
irregularities which I took steps to check,
as papers on my tile in my office will
show.'
“War the export wh > investigated the
postoffice accounts made an example
of?" Mr. Traveweil was asked.
“He was transferred from my office to
tlie sixtit auditor’s otlice, which amount
ed to a reduction," was th'- ropl.i. “That
was brought about tor other reasons,
as well as his manner of investigating
the postoffiee accounts. He was very
efficient and perform'd his work in a
satisfactory manner, except that lie was
not sufficiently tactful in approaching
people and making requests for papers.'
First Assistant I’ostm.ister Heath. In
added. had complained that the expert s
manner was offensive. \ omplaints of the
expert's offensive manner also come from
the attorney general's oflice. I'ity Post
master Merritt, another one ot the offi
cials lo whom Mr Payne sent a letter of
inquiry, was asm whether disbursi.'-
ni’nt had been made in his oflice with
out a written record of the same being
ki'l't.
“.To.” he replied, “not during my In
cumbency."
He admitted there had been some In
stall' es where clerks and otlnrs had been
borne on tlie rolls of the city postoffiee
. la <l be. ii detailed to work in the
postoffiee depart meet.
Men, Listen.
1 have a positive, and eerlain euro for
W'iikness, drains. undev.-lope.l pari. , all
.'la Ider and kidney troubles. 1 guarantee
to . are It vou are in nee.: of tiaatment
write for free advice I will tl"t deceive
yoi or take your mom.' for nothing. Let
me. hear from you. Dr. Tucker, lb 1-2
Broad street, Allan a, < la.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
l .diior Constitution: Mr Clevelaii'i s
Speech on the negro problem in Iff;"
York, and your editorial theieon, in Ihe
Constitution of the 16th "f April, m--
covers a. few points tliat the negro race
aid the white people of tlie north do not
si.-m to comprehend. Neither parte has
\> t re.i -bed til - depth nor touched the
fundamentals and pivotal factors tliat
o, erate at tin base of the social problem.
Northern philanthropy has been too hope-
Ii I and too enthusiast ic—a nd even too
far off- to com. in Immediate contact
v th those essential elements and die
tinctive characteristics tliat inspire and
control southern feeling and sentiment.
Me do not doubt tlie sincerity of the
pnilanthropic. friends of tlie north, but.
wo deplore the fact that neither th-y
nor tlie majority of tlie leaders of tlie
m gro r ice do not see th
tior those preconceived and fixed prin
ciples, tliat are as dear to Hi. southern
h art as tlie love of their civilization. To
r verse the old and preconceived opinions
as to tlie moral and intellectual possibili
ties of tlie negro race is to attempt tlie
impossible. Neither are we astonished
that there is a racial problem. o r a con
flict of political and social factors, it is
the inevitable outcome of readjusting
.trees and a struggle for the reassump
iion of harmonious relations.
Tlie negro race (I am sorry to say) has
■ ot yet. if ever it. does, arrived at that
mint ir its intellectual development as
i, see its own state and alarming condt
ion. it is to lie admitted that lie has
made progress, and his friends have em
.hasized ibis fact to prove his possibili
ties and even his ae.-eptibility in the
-oeial and political circles. But they
forget, or overlook, the fact that none
if those can put him on the same plane
..f eltizenship. in the south, with tliat
if tile white people. His moral, social
.nd intellectual attainments, however
great, cannot put him there. in the
midst of this strenuous civilization it .s
natural and is expected forth. lilacg
man to make progress in civil lite. lie
would he less than human if he did not.
vet there is not a single Instance whore
i'.-al worth and merit has guaranteed to
him the full i rivilegos of citizenship in
the south. Neither is it possible in that
•■ection for him to become such. This is
no longer concealed, but frank.y admitted
in all the utterances of the south, from
the floors of congress to th- small voice
of the most insignificant village papet.
There is no more chanee for tie- black
man to be anything beyond a mcr.> .lo
graded element at the-bottom of society
than it is for him to change his color
by the process of culture. All the ten
dencies. edicts, and plot acts of legis
lation and sentiment puts atx unalterable
negation upon his social, political and in
tellectual possibilities, capacious enough
to reverse or change this decreed senti
ment of the public heart or the private
judgment. In this particular, there is
no more possibility for Booker T. Wash
ington, or liis counterpart, than it is for
Ihe most degraded of the black people.
Tlie negro must abide tlie present status,
or leave the south, or go under the
ground. Nothing is clearer than the po
tential fact, that negroes will never enjoy
the some privileges of citizenship as guar
anteed to tlie white people, and be
queathed to their children. I cannot see,
neither does it accord with experience
mid philosophy, bow a race or people
can reach or fulfill tlie best and noblest
ends of society without the possibility
of attaining unto tliat degree of exalted
citizenship which tlie stat.- has to give.
No race, white or black, can operate the
functions of true manhood when the
legitimate instruments of achievements
arc, cut off. In short, I see no chance
for Hie black man to be anything in the
south but a mere social scavenger and
political seallawag, and therefore can
not be wrought into the social compact.
It is assumed by northern philanthropists,
mid by tlie leaders of th. negro race
(with few exceptions) that whenever ne
groes are prepared for tlie privileges of
citizenship it would be given upon grounds
of merit and fitness; that such would
tie given as .a matter of justice and fair
play. This is tlie faith, and .apparently
the logical assumption, which inspired
tlie philanthropists of the north to give
millions of money for the higher educa
tion of negroes, but this can never bring
him to the privileges of the best citizen
ship or allow him to be equal to the
white people in civil lit'.-. It is not so
yet, find can never he, until the Ethiopion
change his skin, or the leopard his spots.
The racial problem is not new. With
us it may be somewhat new in its present
.phases, but its pivotal elements and
fundamentals are as old as those, peculiar
traits of racial character that distin
guishes one from another, if these are
not God-given or decreed to be so by
the Almighty, yet they must lie consid
ered as enduring tixtun s, and regarded
as no small factors in tin- racial problem.
Although this should never be a cause
for injustice or unfair dealings, yet it
is a mighty part, of the prodigious whole.
Ex-President Cleveland vibrated the cen
tral chord in this vexed question when he
said: “As friends of the negroes, fully
believing in the possibility of his Im
provement and advancement, and sincere
ly and confidently laboring to that end,
it is folly for us to ignor. the importance
of the ungrudging cooperation on the part
of the white people of the south in this
work Labor 's we will, those who do
tlie lifting cf th'- weight must be those
who stand next to it. Ibis cooperation
cannot te forced, nor can it be gained
b\ gratuitously running ■-.ninter to tirmly
fixed and tenaciously In Id southern Ideas
or even prejudices.” Tile phrase “even
prejudices” at once tales us to the seat
of the disease and glv. ■ us an X-ray
view of tlie largest part of tlie racial
eompli ’ations. How tar the black race
exercises prejudice toward the white
pie we .-a.nnot .-af.-ly because that
race has never had the . hance to showt
it. That th. nemo rm-, lias prejudice we
do not doubt On tile "ther hand, tlie
white people -many in the north as’well
as in tlie south have a .l.grce of prejn
dic. that amounts to intolerance and
disdain; so much so tliat It threatens
to upset th” social or.h r and divert the
pea I'ful trend of civilization. Sectional
prejudices qxis'ting in a homogenous race
as between north and i h. may find
away of solution, but not between dis
tinctly opposite rac' S. 11 :o i- the south
ern people are doing, and have done,
only wh it others would 'save done under
like conditions. They are as good and
as forbearing as any other people who
might have had Hi” same difficulties to
(intend with. Indeed 'Hi-' marvel tn this
whole question is tliat th. white people
ol tli” south have done i well as they
have. What. then, is th remedy? An
swer—separ.'. lion and sect •■gallon. This
Is the stir.' and only s.flution to this
ever-present mid momentous qnesition.
For as long as them, tw, very distinct
■. ■ ■ territory and
in imniediatt contact there must abide
constmit bittern, ss. rue- antagonisms and
danger o bloods! One of the
. >ns why t wh of society havt
I'loveil on as mootlily ,s they have is
because the hsi.-k man lias never been
tos.-rtive nor vi iiiativ- . but has quietly
submitted to wl • 'vr has been imposed
upon him. But the ohl guards of peace,
e.n both side:-, ar- pas-iug away ai ’ 'l'.'
chasm between tli- new negro mi.l tne
new white man I. ’• nan.ling its yawning
jaws mid growing wider and <!■'-p-r as
the days go by. I know it. will be
said that separation is a thing tliat e:in
: Ot be done, and that it. is !• s. t with
difficulties, but it 'annot be surrounded
by more difficult! > than the present,
suite ot' affairs. If it Is impossible to do ,
tli.- one, It is impo'Sible to do the other. 1
, xeept to settle th' Ida -k man if the
hot tom. I • H HOLS EY.
Bishop of th" Coi'i'd M. E Church.
Some Thoughts oa the Cotton Crop.
Editor Constitnl ‘tn We see articles I
written to show l >' tlie mill.- have a ■
hard time to make money when cotton
is selling at It) cents i"r pound, but wo ,
rarely see rm art: b written to show |
that the farmers hi' a hard time to .
make money witch otton is loss than 10 i
<ents per pound, 'lie cotton mills would
cease to exist, if w.- had no cotton, mid
the i.>lton jir ■ lU' . i a"■ ild find otin r ' in- I
pioyment if we had it.* cotton mills. j
1 claim that there is < condition possi- I
Ide, tliat will niaki profit for both pro- |
dueer and m.mufa tin ■r, mid tlie first ;
necessity lo this or.h•" of tilings must !
b.- bast d on the unehang'able law of evi r?
sort of exchange. Chat is, every time i
a. sale of anything is mail”, there must
be sufficient profit niait- to support too i
expense of tlie t■ !use : ion. Every pr:n- .
cipie involved ii carryi ■ on the busiti ss
of merehmidising s li'iin.l in the business (
of farming. When the farmer sells iiis ,
.otton, it is a matter of as much neccs- ;
sity for him to know L it be has made!
a profit in the tran -a tion as it is for the ,
n, i . hitnt to kil l lie is making
a profit on Hit sail that are made in I
The experience of li: cotton grower .
of tlie south for I' I -t ten years, as
a w hole, has left d' ; seated doubt in
ilielr minds as to iKtkit profit in cotton
growing. Mitch th gr pail Os tlie
labor tliat lias ben put forth and the i
capital necessary to carrying on the j
business has brougt no net returns, mid .
m a groat manj Inst; ces heavy loss
has beeu th< r< si. To put the matt< r i
in a shorter senter.e. tin all-cotton idea I
and credit, as carrkl on in the south at
this time, is a failre. It. does seem that
the farmers wonk stop traveling this
rugged and perilou road.
We can find hunfeds, thousands, mid
millions of our pepie on our southern
farms from y.ar t year laboring hard,
but who are doutl’ul, uncertain, dis
couraged, because ley know tliat wh' n ;
tlie year is done, c<ton all gathered mid i
sold, that their dets will not be paid
and food for man fid b'-.ist will be in
utli'-ient for the neds of the coming
year. We find that t buy supplies for our
farms in town, on ; credit, witii a. view
of paying for them ft th tlie proceeds of
,■ otton, in a vast nl.'orit" of instances,
Cures Wea; Men Free
Insures Love and a appy Home for All.
How any man may quick'ymro himself after years
of suffering from s< xualw akness. lost 1\ j
night losses, varicocele etcfind enlarge small weak j
organs to lull size and xf<>r. Simply send your
name and address to Pr. Knapp Medical Co , 700
Hull Building, Detroit, MiU. and they will gladly
send free recipe with ful directions so that any
man may easily cure himsi' at home, 'i bis is cer
tainly a most generous ofie and the following ex
tracts taken from their day mail show what men
think ol tin irgener siry.
•Dear >rs Ideas*- ar.' piny sincere thanks so
yours < f recent date. I l.*.i given vour frontmen
it thorough test and th*- be*H’ has been extrnordl
nar It lias complete y I r.e ! me up. f am hut as i
vigorous as v hen a boj aml'ou cannot realize how
happy I am. ’
I »rai sir;- Your moth Or. ed beautiful y. l‘i
suts were exactly what I eed*-*!. strength and
vigor nave completely returd and enlargement i>
entirely watisfe* tory.”
••Dear Sirs Yours wa- reive 1 and I had no ;
fro ’.oh* in making use of tlvecipe an directed, and ,
can truthfully say it is a b*n to weak men. lam j
greatly improved in size, st ng th and vigor ”
All correspondence is Btric* confidential, mailed :
n plain, sealed envelope. Th'recipe la free for the j
arkUig and they want every »n to have it.
PROMINENT PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE PE RIJ NA.
Dr. M. C. Gee, of San Francisco, Says,
<<>> "pe-ru-na is of Especial Bene-
fit *o Women.”
4f)
' isl I 'j'
• well as that ot many of my friends Y 1 W
• and acquaintances who have been e -. il /V ! !
’ cured or relieved of catarrh by the ? I 7*H' j ! I Is l
• use of Hartmans I’eruna. I can ” I 7 Illi'l V
• confidently recommend it to those • ' . W~i//7 if I |U '
F suffering from such disorders, and t cyra-'iji x'V y J J
• have no hesitation in prescribing ® \ -'-|y
• it to my patients.” -Robert R. o .- ■■//1
j Roberts. *
•e-©••• w Q •• c w*'® w w **
A CONSTANTLY Increasing mimic r
of physicians prescribe Perttna in
their regular practice. It has
proven its merits so thoroughly that
oven the doctors have overcome their
prejudice against, so-called patent medi
cines and recommend it to their patients.
Peruna occupies a unique position in
medical science. It is tlie only internal
system I.' catarrh remedv known to th'-
mediial piofi-ssion today. Catarrh, as
every one will admit, is the cause of one
half tlie dieases which affiiet mankind.
Ca.tari'lt and catarrhal dis.-as's afflict
one-half of the pi-ople of United Stat":-.
F. it. Brand, M. I ’ Mol i, I".,
lies Peruna in his practice. Th.- follow
ing ease is an example of th" success h"
has through the use of Peruna for ca
tarrh.
Dr. Brand says: “Mrs. ‘C.. ape
had b< ■u a auft' t■ r fr ( arrl
past seven y.-ms; -ould not bear plain
and had watery eyes. Sb. came to in"
almost a physical wreck. She had iri.q
the Copeland cures and various other
so-called specialists, and had derived n.il
benefit from them. She told me she did I
nirans povi-rtv and hard living with bit
little comfort, little education httl. "t
anything that is desirable. In this aj;. ot
i iiiighteumenf and progress a man r.i'gnt.
be called a fool who wm.d. through
choice, walk into such conditions as m -
.•cribed above, yet we ar. phu ing o''i
selves dangerously near the point in.it
would warrant such a crit ■ i-tn.
Th" farmers of the south inust quit
making al! their obligations tall due
ii g tlie cotton gathering season; ih'-'Y
must aid tlie government in Hi. eliorl
te secure absolutely reliable stalistie> as
to the size of each year’s crop and this
data must be b,ad at th" c:irli'.st pos.-ii.i
moment Not liter than .1 :i aitiuy I the
farmers of the south should be a.bl" t"
dit'lare.'io th" world th.* amount of eoiton
made the year previous. 'Th" guessing
luisiness that has so much inflii'-m.-e on
thf priep <>ur rottor sho;;!d be buri-<1
forever. Wp should know' beyond < doubt.
The smart<farmer in tlx* soul
toll within 10 per cent v.hat his own
fields will make, and it is ridiculous tor
any man to attempt to estimate the crop
ot the entire south who is ii"t tho'ough.y
tarniliar witli tlx? cotton fl. Ids and with
this section. There is 110 reliable way ol
finding out the size of tlie crop but by
having the present system of reports ii".n
tiie gjnners i.mfeet.’d. It is a verj s.-rmus I
matter to the farmers t" have the pii'*'
or their most valuable pFoduet flu 11.. tie
so in price.
Lot ns take a view of th. import ,ncc
of cotton in tiie eomtneretil world. Tli.-te
are more than 10(>,iX)0,0()0 spindies .it tins
moment twisting tlie fibre of cotton into
thread. This vast array of propria lion
lias cost, say Jii.OOO.iWO.ouO. Millions of mon,
women and children make their bread by
laboring in these mills. They have. no |
other way of getting tlie means of living, j
Millions of people live from the profit .
(O' money invested in stock of these mills. |
Thousands of merchants live by s.'lling
these working people their vlotiiing and;
food. Besides the direct work of Convcti
ing raw cotton into yarns and a multi- j
tmle of fabrics; there ar" still thousands
of other factories converting tlie goods ,
tha t eome fro mthe looms into diffoi ent |
articles of usefulness. We have manufac
tui'ers of belting, hose, mail-bag. army 1
uniforms, harvesting outfits, tents and ’
thousands of fancy and staple artiel s
for man's: necessities, and these manti- '
tacturers have millions upon millions ot :
money invested and millions of people
working for them Millions of money is
invested in plants for making cotton mill
machinery. Coal mining and railroads
get great fortunes of revenue from the .
( -otton mills'. They are sustained by this ,
great staple, cotton. They must have it;
they cannot live without it. and thre-- ;
fourths of it comes from the fields of
the south. Is it possible that the men :
who produce and own this precious staple
will part with it for less titan its cost !
of production, and make themselves oft- i
times paupers and their children beggars i
by so doing? It Is hard to believe, bul
we see it every day. Shall we hold on to >
the present system and lie hewer.- of wood
end drawers of water, while others reap ;
the benefits?
The mills of tlie world need not bee
than lI.OOO.W'i bales of American cotton. '
Tin"' can use it at a price that will b-a'e ;
the produe.r a reasonabh profit, but this:
w ;|] never I"- done unti! t he prod tc.ers
di inand it. Cotton is high now because j
tlie mills can’t get it cheaper.
W. B. EDMONDSON.
LaGrange, Ga.
Maintenance of Good Roads.
Editor Constitution: I r.-joiee to see ;
the awakening that is going on over !
the roul question. Have fought for it '
for yctrs in my locality and am glad
to see the interest taken in it.
One feature t'nat has not 'men fully 1
argue.l is this: It applies more especially j
to our own county, perhaps than others.
In south Georgia there are large farms i
that are relics of old slavery times. These ,
farms would not be of any value except I
for roads to get to them. In a large j
measure the owners are non-residents. !
To u large extent they are perhaps in 1
not want to spend any mote money on
tn- Ji'-iiH'S unless I could assure her
relbt.
• .j? A■■ j
’F. 11. Brand. AI D.;
i a■•■«••• 9
"1 put her on Pe
nina and told her
to come back in
two weeks. The
effects w’a re won
derful. The cast
down look she had
when ! first saw
li- i- had left her
and a smile adorn
ed her face. She
told me she felt a
different woman.
ln-r hearing was
Improved and her
eyes did not trou
ble her any more.
“This is only one
case of the many I have treated with
vour valiiiihb.i medicine."—F H. Brand.
M D
Catarrh may invade any organ Os th”
;>,-,(]); may dostroy any function of the
1,,„L. H most commonly attacks tlie
head nose and throat, but thousands
upon thousands of cases of catarrh ol
the lungs, stomaa-h. kidneys, bladder I
. ! soni" official position that will allow
I i.e'iii to escape road duty; some are over
naps, witli titoit.-unis 01 antes. .sow,
I inc qtiesuon 1 nave ner.-iotore raised is
I uni; die present old system is unequal
! taxation. " it very often rorces a poor
I man wiiliou'. a nmic or wagon, a pool
' ui.ioier working tot :>'J cents a uay, to
■ lose litis aim nave to stmt iiis lumity
I inis mucn to work tlie. roaus, white the
; man witn perhaps ten thousand acres ot
I land (toes tiot work lite roaus and does
. not, 11 till. r the old system, pay a cent
. to Keep 1 it.-in up, though ills lands are
I made valuable oy reason of the roads.
■ Il is a lax on tlie time of the. laborer tliat
1 is subject and is the same as money.
I la this way Hie burden of keeping up
' the toads is distributed unequally and
1 acts unfairlj'.
.A l. -ttir way would perhaps be to try
I a. part, as a head tax and a part as a
i piopi.rl.y tax. for the property should
: in any event pay some of the road e.x
--! tx ns.- when it is valuable because of the
i Throwing .isals Hie question tliat the
i improv'-nient ot’ tin roads is to be desired,
i the question remains that tlie old sys-
I ti*m is unequal and lienee unfair taxa
i H, in . H- BEAZLEY.
Leesburg, G>.
Unknown Confederate.
Editor ‘-1 j tution ■ Associated witii '
the thought of Memorial day and sol- I
fliers’ graves, 1 am informed by citizens ;
here tliat mi unknown confederate sol- I
diet- lies buried in the cemetery at this ]
place. He belonged to Wiggins’ battery, i
attached to the Fourth Alabama regi- '
1 meat, and was killed in an engagement |
■ witli a detachment of Sherman’s ar- 1
j tillery her.- in the fall of the year J 864. j
' He is describe.! as- : rather large man, '
■ with a long, flowing beard reaching to j
1 his waist. T’ossil'i’- if you can spare
I space to publish this in the columns of
I The Constitution it might bo the means
; of hi- relatives knowing where he is
| buried K. A. NISBET.
, Fairburn, Ga.. April 27.
Don’t forget that the second install-
I nient of THE BLAZED TRAIL will .
be published in The Sunny South of ;
MAY 16.
MONEY WANTED FOR' ROADS. ,
Resolutions Adopted by the Conven
tion at St. Louis.
I St. Louis. April 29. At th last day's
I session of tlie national and interna/lonal
good roads eonv. ntion Hon T. G. Harper,
i of Burlington, la., cliairman of the com
mittee on resolutions, presented the re-
1 port of the committee, which was adopt-
I ed. The resolution declares:
1 “First That Hie building of good roads
in Hie United States is now paramount ;
1 to national prosperity and commercial
, supnmaty.
"Second That we recommend the bar- i
i monious cooperation of tlie township, I
county, state mid national governments 1
I in the furtherance of this great end.
"Third That the association believes
that Hi.' appropriations heretofore made
■ for Hie building of railroads, 'canals and
; A Great Discover,'
, • DROPSY
< r 1 f El) with vegetable
.WXm/v'.' renicdies. <• nll re!y har ju-
I y ks-*: al) syrup
X tow*, ufdropsv in s to J) ■
‘k<}s d" to flays c.-
' kvH a permanent cure. 1
.Trial tr.Unent tur- I
nished r?e to every i
J *"■’ rer; nothing fairer,
k • or circulars, testimou-
Al•, etc., apply to
Dr-H.H.Green’s Sons.
■*’ Atlanta, Gu (
i and other pelvic organs have been cured
by Peruna.
Peruna is able, to cure catarrh wher
ever it may be located by its direct
action upon the mucous membranes.
Catarrh means inflamed mucous mem
branes. I’eruna acts at once to cleanse
and invigorate tlie catarrhal condition
of the mucous membrane, no matter
where it may occur in the body. Its
action is the same on the mucous lining
of the nose as on the mucous lining of
the bowels, it cures the catarrhal in
flammation wherever it may occur.
Dr. It. Robbins, Muskogee, 1. T.,
writes:
“Peruna is the best medicine I know
of for cough and to strengthen a weak
stomach and to give ap; • tin s. Besides
prescribing it for catarrh, 1 have ordered
it for weak and debilitated people, and
have not had a patient but said it helped
him. It is an excellent medicine and
it fits so many cases.
“I have a large practice, and have a
chance to prescribe your Peruna. I
hope you may live, long to do good to
the sick and suffering.”
We say Peruna cures catarrh. The
people say Peruna cures catarrh. Promi
nent men and women all over the
Uniied States from Maine to California
do not hesitate to come out in public
print to say that Pet tin w hat it is
recommended to be. an infe'-nal, sys
temic catarrh remedy- that cures catarrh
wherever it may be located.
Dr. M, C. Gee’s Experience.
Dr. M. C. Gee is one of the phy -icians
who endorse Peruna. In lilt, r written
from a!3 Jones street, San Francisco,
Cal., he says:
•■There Is a general objection on the
part o’ the practicing physician to ad
vocate patent medicines But when
: any one medicine cures hundreds of
people, it demonstrates Its own value
■ anti doesnot need the endorsement of
i the profession.
I "Peruna has performed so many
' wonderful cures in San Francisco that
! i am convinced that, it is a valuable
remedy. 1 have frequently advised its
I use lor women, as I find It insures req
ular and painless menstruation, cures
■ leucorrhoea and ovarian troubles, and
builds up the entire system. 1 also
! consider it one of the finest catarrh
remedies 1 know of. 1 heartily endorse
I your medicine.” —M. c. Gee. M.D.
i Women are especially liable to pelvic
' catarrh, female w'.;iKru'-< a.- it is . “m
--' monly called. Especially in th, tir.-
I few weeks of warm weather <Io til' 1 di:
agreeable symptoms of female wi ikiu ss
make themselves apparent. Ic crisp,
cold w ither chi -ni- - .ITere: v.:' h i
vic catarrh do not feel so ; "isi.-1' in ly the
debilitating effects of th” drain upon
the system, but at tin- appr’ieb "f
summer with its lassiiuit'e and tit
feelings, the sufl. r,-r iyii:i pell i • < : : mi
feels tiie need of a streugthentug P'Pi .
Peruna is not only the best, -prng
tonic for such cases, but if persist'd .11
will effect a complete cure. Writ, for a
copy of “Health and Beauty," writt n
especially for women by Dr
if you want to re ol of some cures ds'n
write for a copy of “Facts and '
That will nvi iu t
, claims are valid.
If you do not derive prompt ami ni*-
factory results from tin- use of U rnn.i.
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving '
tuli statement of your c.isc and !"■ will
1., pleased to give you iiis ■. ,1 .0 ’ i
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. President •
Th- Hartman Sanitarium .'ciumbus.
I onto.
the improvements of river ■ mid Ic b. ■
has been wise and bench'. but ..n . :•
propriation for the improvement • f o ir
highways lias now bicorn, n
extend the blessings of int'-lig' 1 •
to promote a high order
among all classes of >;>’•' .. : I io •
the ever-growing necessities of I'm w
cultural interests.
“Fourt h -Th it we ri
tablishment throughout the I'mif-d '
of a complete and perfect -irganh- o *
from tlie nation down to the ■ w■:
which organizali'.nsha 1 so o
other and make ti < ompletc nation • ■>
elation.”
.. —*
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have A'wcfs 3oufM
Bears the
Signature of
I COURT BACKS FRANCHISE J A <
. New York Appellate Court Sus’ihi
Special Tax Law.
! Albany. N. Y. .April 2S Ade isi : Ol
I much importance, and one winch h
■ immediate effect in Wall sti.-
| handed down today by th" com of
! peals. This bodj sustained in.in.iu
| the special franchise tax i.tw re*.'. . .
I the supreme court.
i Today s decision sustained tli" '
| for tile assessment, of the special t n
ehise by the state hoard of tax . ■ -
' sinners. There were seven c.ises.
voicing the same question, the vafim"
of assessments upon the sp.-ei.il f:
ehises of the respondent '-orpo: iti”
made by the state board of tax carnmi ■
sioners under an act of 1X99, win ’ nr
1 ed the general tax law. - > as t ■ it
I as taxable real property' the Hgh..- -f
. street railroad, gas, pipe line. g.
telephone and similar public servi. . "u.-
! parties in the public streets a id . ■'
Taxes assessed during th- tm ■ ' 1
| since th" passage ol the law iinouni '
i ?ix,4l2.xm upon mt «tss.l x.«.-.,.1’.... ,
I lytC. for instance, of L'ix.
The courts held that the leglslatun
creating a new system of taxation
bracing a q.-w Kind of t-. ■
taxed before, mid tlie rignt t • -m ust
state officers the power >f making t
assessment and that tangible pt"i-ri .
siii'li as rails and poles, which it. -i ■■
formerly taxed by kucal ass. ssar
merely incidental to Hie special
Chises and holds that there was
iTingement upon local s. lf-g' l '.-rum. ■
.All the judges concurred ta ’he oplm
Death of Famous Comedian
j New York, April 29. Stuart Robson,
i the veteran comedian, died tonight ->f
heart disease at tlie Hotel Savoy H
was 67 years old. and hafl bt--n on tiie
stage for lifty-one ye,.rs
Mr. Robson was taken ill . irl> .n
•Mart h and was obliged lo r. st . om
pletely for two weeks, H. resumed iiis
eugag. ment on March 19, ami aft. r ph •
ing in New Y'ork and Brooklyn, appe •:
ed in various towns in the upper part
of this state.
A few' days ago lie was taken ill in
Auburn, N. Y , and then was brought i
this city. The interment will take p! n
at I'oliasset Mass,, on Friday.
ON ——
‘PainkiUer
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