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THE GEORGIA SHERIFF
HEARS “DIXIE” IN LONDON
By Allan Rogers.
LONDON. May 6.—(Special.)—This
Is the story of the Stars and Bars.
, of the flag that's melted in the red,
i white and bine of the union, as told by
! the south Georgia sheriff in a London
1 case.
It all happened last night, and The
Constitution man is hurrying to get it
cn paper in the hope that at least some
email fraction of the inspiration of the
occasion may find its way to some of
I the many friends of the big man from
j the wire grass country.
| As stated above, the time was last night
end the place a case just off Leicester
square, at on. time the most cosmopoli
tan and Bohemian place in all London,
B favorite refuge of foreigners and tour
ists and rendezvous of thespians from
the play houses of the theatrical
just beyond.
It was late in the evening, as was
evidenced by the arrival of g-uests whose
faces were familiar from photographs in
all of the London shops and whose names
•were to be found high up 1n the pro
grammes of theaters from the Savoy to
the Oxford music hall. The musicians,
too, in the Hungarian orchestra were
| "bcerlng up," a privilege not permitted
until after the intermission.
There was the usual tuning up tor
ture that prefaces every musical siege,
end then wonderful "Rhapsodic" stilled
the rattling of steins and glasses to al
most the quiet of silence, and it was just
possible to hear the waiters hurriedly
tiptoeing after orders—for this particu
lar number is something of a divine in
stitution at this case. There came the
regulation nightly demand for an encore
and with the encore the first strains of
the Austrian hymn—"Heimmoh." I be
lieve ft is called—and for the rest of the
evening the set programme was done
eway with.
With the very first notes some dozen
Or more Austrians rose, and with their
"Munchen" filled steins, sang with that
peculiar expression of lonesotneness that
tells of a home that is far away. Others
who knew the air joined in. and the
end found us all on our feet pledging
Austria, Austrians and al! things Aus
trian. It was groat, and i y special re
quest ‘he "Kaiserland" followed. There
were many Germans in the case, and the
voices all spoke of a musical training
found only in the Sangerbund country.
Again wo were all on our feet with
"Hoch dor kaiser” for the toast.
Several cards were sent to the leader
of the orchestra, who turned around,
rmlled graciously and In another momen*
■the "Marsella Ise.” that marvelous bat
tle song of France, was being sung as
only the French .-on sing it. The Italian
national hymn followed and then "God
Face the King and aft "ward, with the
second verse some ; .triotic traveler pull
ed Out Old Glory nt d to the same music
there were many of us who sang “Amer
lea” the very best and loudest possi
ble
Sitting at our tai*’ w-as Charlie Sweet
—you al! know him, of course—who was
doing an eight weeks' engagement with
his "musical burglar” act at the Empire.
• "I reckon you all de,n't happen to know
•Dixie.' ” remarked the south Georgia
(sheriff. "No. I don't,' said Mr. Sweet,
"that is. I don't remember the words. "
And then he excused himself. In a few
minutes he returned and just as he join
led us the orchestra began playing
i "Dixie.” and a. pretty American actress,
.borrowing the flag ->* the patriotic trav
eler, stepped forward and began singing
the grand old song of the ' land -f cot-
* ton-
I wish I could in some way show you
, th* face of my friend from south Geor
gia as he turned and looked at the sing
er. You could almost see the iireat
, shoulders narrowing to the gray jacket
that fitted a boyish figure and hear the
tramp of soldiers hurrying away to the
defense of ’he southland Slowly he
grose from the table and reaching into
his breast pocket he drew forth a small
pilken banner that proved to be the
Ftars and Bars of the old confederacy.
Making his way to the singer he handed
■it to her and when, with both flags in
her hand, she sang the ehot is with a
something that was—well, it was the
m -st wonders . inspiration I • ' >•: saw
the case to a matt went wild.
Some of them understood Many of them
But al! appreciated the dramatic
f . f th)
the Stars .and Stripes and an unknown
flag
But there was one exception t > al! th*
cheering.
"the end of th* song found the big man
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from south Georgia still standing with
his hat in his hand watching the singer
with the tears rolling down his cheeks.
He seemed dazed and by this time I had
grown quite sufficiently sentimental to
transform the great wreaths of tobacco
smoke’ to clouds bursting forth from
belching cannon, and the tiny silken
Stars and Bars became an old battle flag
and a young hoy in gray was hurrying
after it and all that sort ot thing.
't hen tn the very midst of the excite
ment some one yelled "Speech” and was
followed by calls for an explanation. By
this time the sheriff seemed to wake up
and coming back to the table tried to sit
down. But those in the case were far
too much interested and would not permit
it. The sheriff shook his head again and
again until he was almost forced to the
front of the platform.
”Sa.v, you-all,” he finally began and
immediately there was quiet and. the
musicians, putting away their Instru
ments, leaned forward in attitude of ex
pectancy and Interest, "I thank you-all,
ladies an' gentlemen, but 1 ain't never
made nc speech in all my lite, an’ 1
reckon they ain't no man, woman or
child fn al! this great city of London
what's ever been mo' scared than J hap
pen to be right now. But if yon-all's
willin' to listen I'm sho' willin' to try
an' talk.
"I'm from Georgia, south Gec-gia, an'
when I weren’t no more’ll a I- y 1 was
totin' a gun behind them Stars an' Bars
an’ marchin' to the tune of Dixie An
1 wishes to remark right yer. that I've
heard that old song played by bands it—
turnin' from some engagement where we
all was victorious an’ I’ve heard it sung
as a last lullaby by some (lyin' comrade
on the battlefield. I've heard It played
by the chimes In old St. Michael's in
Charleston an' I've heard it sung by
women of the south what knew the real
moanin’ of every word, but somehow it
appears to me as if 1 ain't never want, d
to hear it like I did after all them other
songs tonight an' I'm only waitin’ fo'
tills young lady to get back to America
an’ come down to Atlanta an' I'm sho
gein’ to bring all the boys in south
Georgia to hear her sing.
“You-all knows the Stars an' Stripes.
Well, I reckon the Stars an’ Bars is the
Pag that's molted in. An 1 reckon, too,
they ain't no receipt goin’ for makin’
Hags like the one in that old Stars an'
Stripes. When you-all come over from
England you brought with you some of
the cross of St. George. When the Aus
trians come over now they bring some
of their flag. It's the same way with
cur old friend France an' with Germany |
an' all the rest. As fo' the old flag I
followed, it's al; in with the Stars an'
Stripes. Our last war proved that. An
so if I fould Only make a speech I’d say
that 'Oid Glory’ was made up of tile
Stars an' Stripes with the Stars an' Bars
•■in' tile Best of a hundred other flags.
Your flags jest melt' d in an' that's why
we-all are proud of our own country an
proud of you-all as kinfolk.
“But while they ain't no one lovin'
tiie Stars and Stripes better'll 1 am, 1
.iln t fo'gettin' the old Stars an' Bars. I
followed 'em so long, 1 couldn't bear a
separation, so they've been followin' me
ever since, an' that’s why J had 'em here
tonight. An’ I ain't never heard no com
plaints from those who fought on the
other side that we-all didn't keep on
lightin' hard enough an' long enough
to satisfy tile very thirstiest of them
thirstin' fo’ war, an' so I reckon both
sides is proud of the flag that’s melted in.
“An I wish I c.mid tell .u-all how
both flags is loved in ..■!! Dixieland. All
the time she was singin' my mem’ry was
trampin' around ’he fields of the past.
They's a good many of them that fol
lowed the old Stars an' Bars who’ve
g ne nto their last camp
v.'blle 1 was listenin' it seemed to me as
If 1 could jest naturally see one of these
sleepin' , imps half hidden In some grow
of live oaks through which great clusters
of jessamine catch .in hold th- Georgia
sunshine through the darkness of the
night, an' I could see the women of the
south In the old fashioned gyard'-ns with
their phlox, verbena, bachelor buttons,
bine-eyed Susans cosmos an' hyacinths
-flowers they left to follow the flag. An
I could smell the magnolia blossoms an’
hear the mockin’birds an' whip-poor
wills singin' soft an low when twilight
claims the sleepin’ camp.
An’ jest because I never was so far
away from the green fields of Georgia 1
want to say 1 never was so close to 'em
I know 1 ain't said that right., bitt I've
noticed when your heart gets to talkin’
you're mighty likely to forget your book
learnin', but I reckon you-all knows
what I mean. Anyhow, I want to thank
you all for the greatest time I ever had
in my life, an' if tlio waiters will take
the orders we'll drink to the Stars an'
Stripes with the flag that's melted in.
an' I'll deem it a honor to pay the dam
ages if I have to get a bill through the
Georgia legislature to do it."
No ise to even try and describe what
followed. It was nothing if not inter
national. and the representatives of
each country, following the sheriff s in
itiative. clubbed together and ordered
drinks for every one and prop .sed toasts
in which the Stars and Bars were so
beautifully remembered that the sheriff
issued personal invitations all around the
big case for every one to visit him and
his friends in Georgia.
But the best of it all was when the
leader of the orchestra asked the sher
iff for his card. And because the man
from south Georgia had none he gave
him the flag for jjie way he had played
"Dixie.” And the patriotic traveler, who
wore a Legion of Honor button, said that
the two 'lags belonged together, and gave
him the emblem of the union.
And if yon will go into ibis case now
you will fijid the Stars and Stripes hang
ing on the wall. and. just below, the
Stars and Bars, with a placard lettered
by a well known artist, who was j>r ■-
ent:
THE FLAG THAT'S
. I
MELTED IN.
CI.EVELANI) IS AFTER FISH
Former President Has No Time To
Talk Politics.
Mid A'* B.t-s Island, May 1? Ex-Pre.-|
.lent Grover *'loveland and I'aptain B It
. Lamberton, I". S N, who recently arrived
lure to fish, have boon joined by several
other distinguished visitors.
Mr. Cleveland steadfastly refused to dis
cuss his possible candidacy for the demo
cratic nomination for president next year
and politely informs newspaper men that
he is here to fish and not to talk poli-
Buffalo’s Big- Blaze.
Buffalo, N. I , May 12. The Diamond
mills owned by Churchill & Co., an eleva
tor owned by the same company, the
transfer house of the Lake Shore and Erie
railroads and about forty cqrs were de
stroyed by tire tonight. A score of small
houses in the vicinity of the big blaze
were damaged by tires started from
sparks, and it was only by the combined
efforts of all the fire fighting apparatus
and firemen in th* city that n more ex
I tensive conflagration was prevented. The
1 loss is estimated at $"50,000.
THE WEEKLY CONSI’ITU” ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. MAY 18, 1903.
LATE CABBAGE AT THE SOUTH.
By J. F. MERRIAM, Editor Southern
Ruralist.
I recently met a gentleman in Atlanta
who had made several shipments of cab
bage to this city from about fifty miles
below. The first lot. of 2,000 pounds, sold
tn February for 1 1-2 cents per pound net.
The second lot, sold in March, brought 2
cents per pound, wholesale. 'J he variety
was the Buncombe, noted for its tine
keeping qualities and ability to stand
cold.
This gentleman was delighted with his
success. He only had a small amount
planted last year, but said he Intended
to put fifteen acres of rich bottom land
in cabbage this fall His idea was to
grow a crop of early Irish potatoes ®nd
follow them with cabbage.
To keep this cabbage in good condition
until March, he nail simply pulled them
up by the, roots, piled them up in an ob
long pile, upside down, under a shed, and
covered them with straw’.
I have had some experience with late
cabbage myself; but living as I do. near
the city, we have always sold ours direct
from the field. The demand for thio
vegetable is so good that thus far we
have failed to grow them in sufficient
quantities to have any to bank and keep
through the winter.
I am often asked by people who live
too far from a city to go int.o general
market gardening, what to plant to sell,
besides coHon. To these my reply has
almost always been. "Plant some staple
vegetable like potatoes or cabbage. They
aie ilwa- s in demand, and never go out
of season.”
To grow late cabbage we must begin by
the last of May or the first of June nnd
plant our seed. We sow It In rows one
foot apart in the open field on moist land
which Is not too rich. We use a little
chemical fertilizer broadcast, worked in
cn the surface It will furnish the plants
with the necessary plant food without the
unnecessary weed seed which we get in
stable manure, and, besides, manure
would be likely to give an excess of am
monia ami cause our plants to make too
rapid a growth of top.
The size of your plant bed will depenti
on the amount of land you intend to set
in cabbage. You will want R.OOO good
plants to set an acre, and cannot figure
on over ton plants to the foot of row in
the bed. The plants should not be thicker
than this. If the weather is very dry
when you plant your seed, it will be
necessary to water the bed and cover the
rows with boards until they begin to
come up. After the plants are up. all the
cultivation needed will be to keep down
the weeds ano grass with the wheel hoe.
If too much cultivation Is given the plants
will grow too rapidly and become tall and
spindling.
You will have to keep a lookout for In
ge. ts. or many of your plants will he
destroved before you .are aware of what
is happening At the first appearance of
the flea and beetle (a little black bug
which looks like an ordinary flea, and
sucks the life out of small plants), give
the Ind a good dusting with air-slaked
lime. The next likely to attack your
plants will be the harlequin bug. It is a
good idea to plant a row of mustard on
each side of your cabbage bed, as those
bugs prefer it and will leave the cabbage
to suck the mustard, whore they enn be
killed with kerosene oil. You will have
to hand pick them from your cabbage
plants.
Soil for cabbage must be made rich;
select the best piece of land you have,
bottom land preferred Break it deeply
and pulverize thoroughly. I*ay- off your
rows .1 feet apart and apply not less than
1.000 pounds of high-grade fertilizer to the
acre, in the drill. The fertilizer should
analyze about. 4 per cent ammonia. 7 per
cent phosphoric acid and 8 per cent pot
ash. I’m it on by hand In a. broad band
and mix well with the soil bj running
through the row with a shovel plow.
Then put two furrows on it and let it
stand about two weeks before setting the
plants. This work should be done in July,
so that the land will be ready to sot the
plants whenever the weather is favorable,
about the first of August. There is often
considerable difficulty at this season of
the year in making the plants live, and
every precaution must be taken to have
the conditions right.
When you ate ready' to plant, which
should be. If possible, after a light show
er. and while the weather Is damp and
i l nidy. open trie rows with a scooter and
s- t the plants about two feet, apart in the
furrow The reason we set in the furrow
is »e. :.use plants so set are less likely to
b, killed by cut-worms, the tendency of
these worms being to crawl upward out
of the furrow Then, too, the plants will
iive bettor an l stand drought better whet:
set deeply.
Cultivate with horse cultivator or hand
hoe every week, until cabbage are so
large they would be injured by furthei
work. You can hardly put too much' work
on a crop of this kind. There is quite a.
g,., id dial invested in each acre, and extra
cultivation pa vs handsomely.
F J. MERRIAM.
Scrofula.
Na disease Is older than scrofula, willch
h is come down to us through the ages
like the pyramids and tin sphinxes, and
nn disease save consumption, which is
its outgrowth, is responsible for a larger
mortality.
it makes its presence known by many
signs-, -glandular tumors, bunches in the
neck, cutaneous eruptions, inflamed eye
lids, sore ears, rickets, catarrh, wasting
and general debility.
110- i's Sarsaparilla nnd Pills ar* the
great speelflie for scrofula the perfect
renn lb Taken together, they have
wrought the most wonderful, radical and
permanent cures
This Statement Is verified bv the largest
volume of voluntary testimony' in the
world
Accept no substitutes for Heeds Sarsa
parilla. and Pills, for no substitutes act
like them.
ASK NEGROES TO COME BACK
Alabama Republicans Want Him if
He Can Vote.
Birmingham. Ala May 12. A meeting
of the state republican executive commit
tee. was held at the Hotel Hillman here
this afternoon and resolutions were adopt
ed that at the next state republican con-,
vontion each county in the state shall
be entitled to one delegate and additional
delegate according to returns for Mc-
Kiniev and Roosevelt in 1900.
it was also resolved that only those
delegates b" recognized and permitted
to participate who are duly qualified vot
ers under the constitution and laws of
Alabama.
A resolution indorsing th* administra
tion of Roosevelt was also adopted.
t'hairman W I. Wellman of Hunts
ville, presided over the meeting, which
was more, harmonious than republican
,-onventions or meetings in Alabama have
been for some time. The anti-administra
tion committeemen were In the minority.
The effect ot the meeting will be to lot
negroes come into the next stat* con
vention, provided they’ can vote under
the Alabama constitution, and the action
.it the last convention in eliminating them
has been overthrown.
Ellis Declared Insane.
New York, May H William B. Ellis,
the publisher and formerly a tobacco
merchant in North Carolina, was today
pronounced by Justice Bischoff to be in
sane. Ellis was alleged to have threat
ened to shoot Colonel Fries, a North
Carolina merchant, and threatened the
I’nited States court and district attorney
. in litigation in which he was engaged.
THE MORO MARKET DAY
A TWENTY-MINUTE VIEW
| IEUTENANT GRAHAM L. JOHN
| SON, of Atlanta, who is at present
I—y stationed in the Philippine islands
with the Eleventh infantry has written
an interesting letter descriptive of a Moro
market day in the town of Malabany,
Mindanao Island.
He writes:
"Saturday is the Moro market day.
Twenty minutes is about as long as tnc
average American can admire their mar
ket without experiencing a severe attack
of terra flrma. mal de mer; I am pretty
good at standing odors, but the Moro is
too much for me; that is 1 have not suc
ceeded in training my nose up to the
proper degree of proficiency as yet. The
human cologne of Moro is something
entirely new; but it will never become a
fashionable odor.
"The Moro is such a strong believer in
part of the old Kentucky saying: ' tVhter
was made to sail ships on. run under
bridges, and wash clothes in’, that I am
all but forced to say that some of the
abotigines must have been blown over
from the Green Grass State. The Moro's
tell me that lots of people have been
drowned in water; they seem to class
clothes washing under the. same head;
they are a conservative race :>pd take no
chances.
"It is a most Interesting, unique and
unusual sight to see these people coming
to Malabang for market.
“Datto Grande and his following, some,
two hundred strong, come from the
Lanao country, a distance of some twenty
five miles, to Malabang A few of
Grandes ‘big men' ride native ponies,
but by far the greater number are on
foot The clothes his subjects wear are
very artistic discarded soldiers’ clothes
of khaki are made into pants whicji re
semble bathing trunk', others have
sashes wrapp-d around their waist—the
younger on<‘s are not so particular; they
wear long hair and really look quite at
tractive with their lark-brown skin
tight coats and pants, given them by
Mother Nature.
"Datto Pi.inge's men arrive in vlntas,
some twenty Strong, from Cottobatta.
and really it is a pretir sight to see
these queer crafts with their long out
riggers as they- swiftly glide up the.
riT Grande river, adding to the music
of the tom tom, with th- clink of their
paddle blades, to announce that Flange
the Great is about to land.
"The Sultan Butig. his men and slaves,
come down from the mountains with
heavy packs, large bejuco baskets, con
taining the articles the.’ are to sell and
( X( hangc.
■ Datto Alli brings ills men in from down
the coast. Add to these a few Philip
pinos, a number ot Chinese merclianl.,
and two or three Americans, and the
market folks are ready lor business.
"At the first glimpse of light every' one
begins to prepare for the coming day;
packs are unstrapped, baskets emptied,
and the cargo of the vintas are brought
ashore. Each sultan and datto are as
signed certain portions of the marketp.
these portions are subdivided Into small
stalls, which have rougji shelves on
which the goods and pn uce are placed
in view. But the most i> qiular way is to
empty everything on a large palm mat,
which is spread out on the ground.
"On walking Into the market Grande's
men are the first ones we see. They
squat about pell-mell, and have the ar
ticles they wish to dlsp >se of down by
their , feet; chickens, ■*" rted sizes, art
tied to stakes driven into the ground;
three voung carabao are hitched to one
of the shed's supports; Moro cloth of
briiliant hue is ottered you ■■ little fel
low who has had ills nose and part of
his ear cut off In one of the many com
bats,’ holds out a number of sashes made
of a mixture of hemp and cotton for your
inspection; others have ric . spears,
krises, knives, armour and the like. As
we were about to leave Grande I saw an
old woman over in one corner busy
cooking; ort going over 1 find rhe has
about three bushels of first-class gras.,
hoppers, which she dispo-'es ot al the, rate
of one ■•Uf. for live copp rs (flattened out
bits of metal); should the buyer so de
sire, she will also serve them hot for an
additional two coppers. As we were look
Ing on a purenaser ■ ame up and request
ed that 1e be sen 1 set n eopi rs' worth,
'a la wing;' she sole -ted about thirty
healthy looking junipers, threw them Into
a frying f an containing boiling eocoanut
(»I1- in a very short time the hoppers
were read.’, to be served; they were hand
ed out to the customer a piece of
green palm leaf. This seemed to be our
friend the purchaser's grasshopper (lay.
for he devoured them with great rellsn
No. I did not buy any; 1 don t eat
shrimp, .and I don't believe I would enjoy
grasshopper.
"Datto Pi.ange Is the rubber king of
southern Mindanao His harem is lo
cated some thirty mil' a up the Rio
Grande river from Cottobatta. Flange's
land embraces nearly .all the country
drain"*! by tire Rio Grande river and its
tributaries; this is supposed to be th" best
rubber producing country’ of the island,
and Flange gets all of it. All of this
crude rubber is transported by means of
vlntas (boats). Piange has his patrol
canoes scattered all alon* th* river; when
these war canoes sight, a boat, its owner
Is informed th.at Piange desires to pur
chase their rubber, tlye fact is. that they
are escorted to th" datto who t*lls them
that ho will give a certain sum of money
for their cargo; of course they- accept his
price, “kind of a ground-hog case";
should they- refuse the tt > would prob
ably have them executed and take it; as
a rule they usually sell.
"Large piles of crude rubber are stacked
up in Piange's portion of the market; the
rubber is txansported in largo rolls about
four feet long and eighteen inches in di
ameter. The Moros g*t the rubber in this
form by taking a bamboo and rolling
layer after layer around the pole until
they get it. to the required size.
"The Chlpa merchants fr y all of the
rubber that is brought Into market; they
ship It to Shanghai. Hong Kong or some
Asiatic port; it is then partially refined
and resold to the consumers throughout
the world.
“Piange also has chickens eggs, cocoa
nuts, camot "S isweet potatoes), mats and
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tainly a most generous offer, and the following ex
racts taken from their daily mall show what men
think of their generosity.
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weapons, which he desires to dispose of.
As I was leaving I saw two soldiers try
ing to make a trade for a kris, so I
thought 1 would go over and yvatch the
proceedings. These soldiers, it seemed,
had picked up two or three words of
Spanish and Moro, and proceeded to sound
off first English, then Moro and Spanish
In the samq sentence, and they- evidently
thought that the Moro would understand
every word that they- said: 'Quanta value,
este bolo. The Moro saw that the men
wanted his kris, so he held up his hand,
fingers extended, which meant 5 pesos;
the men replied, ‘no mapia, malo; damn
it, I'll give you dos pesos,' which, when
translated, means no good. Moro, bad
Spanish; the few words of English, you
will probably- understand; 'two dollars,'
Spanish. The Moro &mlled and handed
them his kris; so I went to see Butig.
"The sultan of Butig is from the coun
try which surrounds the lake which bears
his name, up in the highlands some
twenty-five miles from Malabang. Butig's
people are principally noted for their
earthen vessels. They- have them of
every size and description, and they are
scattered in great confusion throughout
his portion of the market. His men also
have knives and spears, Moro cloth, cat
tle and chickens. Butig had a little 'com
bate' with the Americans not long ago, so
he is not so rich and prosperous as he
used to he.
"Datto Alli owns the land that the mar
ket and the town of Malabang are located
on. I’art of his following act as Moro
policemen for the town but many of them
are fishermen, and have great quantities
of fish of every size and shape; some
of them are dark blue 7 red.
yellow, black, light green, pink and
spotted; In fact, every conceivable color
and combination; they- make a beautiful
colored picture as the early sun s rays
are reflected from their glistening scales.
Alli has charge of the Moro town; he
gets a percentage on every article that ts
sold; he also gets a 'rake off' from all the
gangling games.
“AU Moros are natural gamblers; it Is
part of his nature to risk all for little
gain 1 have seen one come 20 miles, sell
his kris and horse, sit down, and lose all
of bis money in 10 minutes; •■-LUs.i repeat
this Saturday after Saturday. 1 reallv
think that the markets are organized
more for gambling than to dispose of their
produce. After 11 o'clock tho goods are
given over to the charge of bays. Fifty
or sixty squatting squads of men are seen
in every- direction one may- look, as they
yell with joy. and play every variety of
i the game of chance.
i “Malabang is the Zion Citv of Minda
nao, that is, it resembles Dowie's ' ity in
its mushroom growth. Six month- ag*
there was not a house where th- present
citv stands; its growth has Indeed been
1 marvelous and its market is said to be
; the largest on the southern coast of Min
danao.” GR AHA M T ' JOHNSON.
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IN GREAT CHARITY WORK
NEW YORK SETS THE PACE
AMONG the prominent men who at
tended the recent annual meeting of
the National Conference of Charities
and Correction in Atlanta was Dr. D C.
Potter, of New York, a. Baptist minister,
who is chief of the division of charities
of the finance department of Greater Nev.-
York. Dr. Potter furnished an interest
ing int- rview regarding the operations of
ill* charity department of the metropolis
before his departure for his horn* The
interview will be read with Interest by
those who are connected with the munici
pal government of Atlanta and by those
who are interested in charity work in this
vicinity.
In speaking of the charity- department
of Greater New York, Dr. Potter said:
"Pleasured by- the extent and magnitude
of whnt she dees for the needy and .suffer
ing. New York is the most charitabb?
| ( ity- in the world. There are European
■ governments of the larger class who (Io
j not cxi'cnd so much money for charity
; or education Moreover, the city secure.
; results commensurate with this expend)
| lure. This leaning to charitable work
| through private institutions is not an
accident or a fad, but a policy
"About forty years ago, at a time wh*n
the city and the state were burdened
with tho cost of the civil war and the
needs of delinquent and dependent chil
dren v.rre pressing, the city encouraged
private societies to undertake the care of
both these classes. In many instance,
the authorities provided a location for a.i
institution upon unimproved city land
nt the nominal Interest of SI per annum.
The state hgislatur* provided for main
tenance and support fn tho institution by
granting fixed sums. In some instances
they- contributed toward tho erection of
buildings, and all charitable property
was freed from taxation. The underly
ing idea was that tho city could obtain
in this way the services of many of tho
most int( lligcnt private individuals, who
would give their time to this work for
charity and the love of it. and without
I ay. This motive was regarded. If possi
ble. as of more Important than is gener
ally ascribed to charitable and religious
work, whl-b lays claim to exemption
from taxation
"That the principle was a sound one
and the expectation justified is illustrated
by the fact that there are now- nearly l.oiW
trained teachers, helpers, nurses, care
takers and managers among th* Catholic
sisterhoods conducting the institution
for their children and the hospitals.
I'heir only remuneration is their living.
'They slave their lives away looking for
j no earthly reward. It Is not likely that
; x.OOO hired servants could take their
; places and tho additional cost would be
an enormous sum.
“Prior l i the year 1900 all th* institutions
assisted by the city received lump sums
from the public treasury, and the minute
examination of the expenditure was diffi
cult The state board of charities gav ’
about the only supervision possible. Since
that year the whole system has been
changed. Lump sums are no longer pro
: tided. The Institutions present bills for
j a population actually resident; the his
| lory of which has been wholly- invostig.at
| ed. and the ) ayments are made upon a
p*r capita and per diem basis. Depend*
i cut children are paid for at. tho rate of
| $2 per week; delinquents at sllO per an
i num. and infants at 38 cents per day un-
I til 2 years old. Hospitals receive 60 cents
j per day for medical and SO per day
I for surgkal cases. Lump sum grant.
REFLEGTIONJ«oI
The mirror never flatters; it tells the .•• >?' t j I
truth, no matter how much it may hurt the
pride or how humiliating and disagreeable : Yp-' ryd
the reflections. A red, rough skin is fatal to '‘Wr
beauty, and blackheads, blotches and pimples ;
are ruinous to the complexion, and no wonder
desperate efforts are made to hide these blemishes, and f\ r
cover over the defects, and some never stop to consider \ v
the danger in skin foods, face lotions, soaps, salves i'/ f
and powders, but apply them vigorously and often with- ’
out regard to consequences, and many complexions
are ruined by the chemicals and poisons contained in these cosmetics.
Skin diseases are due to internal causes, to humors and poisons in the
blood, and to attempt a cure by exter- _
nal treatment is an endless, hopeless j suffered for a number of years
task. Some simple wash or ointment with a severe Nettle-rash.
. . r 1 i 4i .1 : About twelve years ago I started
is often beneficial when the skin is using s. S S., and after taking three
much inflamed or itches, but you can’t bottles I felt myself cured and have
depend upon local remedies for perma- “'little <?r°no°trouble o aßimr
nent relief, for the blood is continually that line. My general health has
~ n- ■ . u: t,;„i, been better since. I recommend
throwing off impurities which irritate s. S. 8. as a good blood medicine and
and clog the glands and pores of al! round tonic. truly,
the skin, and as long as the blood re- Mrs. . . •
mains unhealthy, just so long will the
eruptions last. To effectually and per- Some two years ago I suffered a
1 , . . . it 'at i great deal, caused on account of bad
Ilianentlv cure skill troubles the bloocl blood. Small rash or pimples broke
must be purified and the system out over my body and kept getting
, ' 1 1 i i , I._ J i worse day by day for over a year,
tliorougilly elenused and built Up, and Seeing 8. S. 8. advertised in the pa-
S S S . the well known blood purifier pers and having heard also it had
, , ’ . , , . , .4 - cured several people in. this city,
and tonic, is acknowledged superior to concluded to give it a fair trial,
all other remedies for this purpose. It After using the medicine for some
. ~ , . , . - ~ . time, taking in all six bottles, I was
is the only guaranteed strictly vegeta- entirely cured.
hie blood'remedy. It never deranges XO2O Clay s E t ? e Ytf K ?aducah^K’ y .
the system or impairs the digestion
like Potash and Arsenic and drugs of this character, but aids in the digestion
and assimilation of food and improves the appetite. Being a blood purifier
tonic combined, the humors and poi
sons are counteracted and the blood made
| B I rich and pure, and at the same time the
general health and system is rapidly built
B B up and good health is established, and
this ’ after all> ’ s the secret of a smoolh >
*' c soft skin and beautiful complexion.
If you have anv skin trouble send for our free book, “ The Skin and Its
Diseases,” No charge for medical advice. Write us about your case.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
have disappeared, and long-time leases
cn city property could not now be secured
“Th" caring for these dependent and de
linquent classes has become both a
science and a business, with a method all
its own. and the magnitude ot it is not
* xpected or appr*-< iab-il.
Some Helpful Fig-ures.
“The Catholics maintain twenty-three
institutions for chlldr- n, some ar* for
dependent children only, some reformato
ries, some for infants. Some of these
Institutions have the best build
ing-s and equipment in the world
and they are the largest. Per
haps the Foundling hospital at Sixty
eighth street .-ini Third avenue, conduct
ed by the sisters of charity, with Sister
Teresa Vincent ns manager, Is the finest
Illustration as to size and value and as
an example of Intelligence and able man
agement Is a model. A column would
not suffice for i< s description. These
twenty-three institutions have a plant
valued, but underestimated, at $7,752,043.11.
The city pays these ('itholic institutions
for the care and maintenance of about
12.000 children per annum, and the insti
tutions support large numbers not ac
cepted as city charges or committved by
the courts.
"There are twenty-four Protestant in
stitutions witt plants valued at $1.1(i".’!2.->.
with a population of over 4,000. Th* He
brews have four institutions valued at
$1,921,231 and a population of about 3.000.
The mortgages i.n all this propertj are
very small.
"In all those institutions there arc large
numbers of experienced and valued m--n
of affairs on the boards of management,
and women who as lire* tresses -a as
members of auxiliary ail in hospitals
give time and effort without stint a
Service which could mt be purchased.
The Center of City Charities.
“The organization of the city govern
n-ent is such that all of tile* departin' nts
center !n the department of :inan- '- or
in the comptroller, Hon. Edward M.
Grout. His haii'l is on every lever II"
tiu -h' s and <iif.-gnr.ls th* r-nFt-.<t lim
it of civ! - pow. r. This is tree of -ill t li■-»
city outgo, through the work done m th-?
various city departments. The comp
trailer chooses to keep within his own
office the I. ir* oi '>f charities, having to
do with all the payments and affairs
of these private Institoitio c- maintaining
the wards of the city.
"By the magnitude of his operations
the comptroller Is himself lhe chief ,-Ti it
ity commissioner of the - ity H- ' ---is
the city to maintain the dopnrtm.-nt of
public charity $1,802,496.16; for th* Bell--
vleu hospital and the allied hospital.
$,■.95,580.78; for the tenement house com
mission, $46*1.133.08, or ■" total .-xp.-n' o )'-
of $2,501,.">< Th.- comptroller carries
in the budget for this year in his own
bureau of private institution charities $.!,-
Xb.i.
“To get some Idea of the magnitude
of the city's entire v.ork in charities it :s
w Ith whil" to make the following corn
inriscns: The fir* department, costs th*
city $5.215.300.25; police d('.| irtment. sll.
5)16.68)1.12; department of corrections, $621,-
fOO. To mainlfin the eliaritics it costs
$,‘>,729,932.17 annually Tt-x ■ figures d->
not include the vast sums that arc to be
expended for the proposed new hospitals.
The city expends for fir . police and pub
lie ehariti's about $19.61). 15t.62 But for
education $20.1'63.017.77 It is thus seen
that for )->iu-.i) »n -)iui charities the city
spends about .$26..000.0<"), which Is a sum
vastly in ex.-.-ss of what it pays f>r
its fire protection, its police and several
other of th.? largest departments of lh«
city.
"It was expected that when the Hon.
Seth Low b'catne mayor, with all his
traditions of educational interest, he
would give special force t ■ the depart
ment of edu ation. In this the public
lias not been disappointed. There has
never been a year in the history of tl:e
city when so much has hec-n accom
plish.-d. The expenditure of these vast
sums nf money m*.-ins that the city is
as alert in its charities and education as
j n any of the fun I-nu-uta! features of
civic life and government.
“New York has never quibbl'd ai''Ut
money for education, and perhaps in a
more striking degree the same is true
of its charities. The figures given above
do not by any means represent Hie chari
ties of New York; they only represent
those eon !>u t.-d bv the city itself Th*r*
ar.- seventeen maternity hospitals, with
property valued at $5.317,iW. and in these
institutions th* . ity paid last year $421,
Oo fMot Oecesve 'ct-c-z
- vnn nrn wan* to got well, do not Mpern.ient. but bo sure that
\ ynu are placing y »ur case in expert hands. We do not believe in any form
\ of deception We have no Free Medicine scheme to deceive the sick, but
every caae put under our treatment s positively guaranteed by. Knt a
• Ah Dollar Need h-* Paid Until Cared, and we the only Spec lalirts who
have established a reputation for curing the a fileted nnd collecting the fee
'V-jr. afterward*.
vs. If y° n want Honest and also Skillful treatment for any fc»rm nf
Chronic Disease, write to us Todav. for our method of Home Treatment
has unver been »x-'*l!*d.
Oi". R«=»y rDI‘S. A 00.,
700.78 for 1,019 maternity cases. There are
thirty-nine private hospitals in the city
of Greater New York to which the city
sends its patients, the public hospitals
being the very smallest part of its work
The city paid last year $368,739.99, or it
gave 502.11-9 days of medical or surgical
treatment to its city dependents. The
private hospitals in the city have a prop
erty valuation of $11,285,870.95, and what
was said about the case of delinquent and
dependent children in th* private insti
tutions Is equally true of the care h*
stowed upon the city patients in the pri
vate hospitals.
The Church Charities.
"There are of all denominations 1.242
churches in New York, and nearly every
one of them carries on some kind of
charitable work. No estimate of this
is included in what Is called the city s
work, but the aggregate of all they do
is several millions of dollars. There are
single churches that expend more han
SIOO,OOO per annum in charity work ai -n- .
The St. Vincent de Paul, of which
Thomas M Mulry, Esq , is prominent,
a charity society expends over JM'.flOO an
nually. From all of the foregoing it
should be seen that New York is con
spicuous in the educational and char
itable world.
"It is fair to say that the managers
of the institutions are alert to the exi
gencies and possibilities of their work,
many of them are attending this con
vention and it is certain as a result df
) the stimulus received here that there
will be increased activities and improve-
I ments throughout the institutions of 'he
country for ill cki“se.--.
I "Perhaps the most striking character
■ istic of the work of the city of New-
York. apart from th* magnitude of its
■ operations, is the closeness of touch be-
I tween th* managers of the institutions
I and the comptroller's office. The r*pre
; s<-ntativ'.-s of the institutions, by letter,
, visitation and telephone, are almost ::i
incessant comm mication, and th)
' what might fairly be - ailed a .--.ntinuous
i ft.-ver of anxiety on the part of the man
agers of the institution to de the )---st
i to a'.-i-'.niplish the b'-st results. As an
I ind:■ a’">). -'1 Li* tu'-'ig:.' g:’ *‘)i ’ ■ ti'i*
i subject of the care of children, the re
| cently determined on venture of the j'J
i venile asylum is an Illustration.
‘ “Here is on.? of tin oldest in.stituti ns
i for children In the city, with a vast and
magnificent property, well-adapted foi i: --
I present purpios.-s and along old lines
I suitable and safe for many years
I .-nine; but. with advanemg ideas -■-( ehli'l
ear* and saving, the institution has sold
i its property and D g.-i-ig in*O th- nenr
b? country to .-r. t a model village a) a
I , ost P-Thaps .-.f sl.suo."i"'. SO that in th*
I for- front of tills .'idv.'i r,-’" movent-'.I • -y
| may continue tin ir work of reclamation
; and development.
■New York does not forget that in
i snii-ed teaching 'that the'greatest of these
The Bible Suits AH.
| Th* Premium Bible came three or four
i weeks ago. but do not think it is lack of
I appreciation that I have not expressed
- mv thanks sooner, for I assure you th.-t
I it came in good time, as 1 was wishing
i tor a new one, and one of that size. It
I is the nicest I have ever seen.
MRS. A F. HL'DSON.
Farts, Tex., January 21, 1903.
WIFE DEFENDED HER HUSBAND
Negro Was Using Club on Mr. Dana
When She Shot.
' Monticello, Ga . May 11. (Special.)—
i Early this morning mar Winfred, about
' G miles from Monticello, Mrs. James Lane.
| shot ami mortally wounded a npgro by
; the name of who was attempt
, ing the lito of her husband. The partio
' ulars are as follows:
i Mr Lane w;i> in the barn when nis
‘ attacked by Stewart, who wa- working
jon the plantation, bring larger and
I stronger. Stewart forced Mr Lane into
the barnyard, where he tolled him and
w.i * ai t‘ inpt inn Mr Line’s life Mr=
I Lane came upon Ino scene with a pistol
i ami ordered tho negro tn desist and was
i answered bv Stewarr that he w-uild kni
I both.
' I'pon being told hy her husbanl to
j shoot. Mrs. Lane shot the negro the
' ball entering his stomach and indicting
i a severe wound. Stewart then grabbed
■ the pistol from Mr- L-mo and tired a:
1 her, striking her on the cheek ami hand,
i ’rim latter she hail placed to her taco t '
■ protect herself ami a very painful wound
’ resulted. Luckily the pistol had only
' >no remaining load in the chambers, and
, St- wart kept snapping it to no further
i avail.
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