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480 five., /Ulapta, Ga.
THESARMER GIRL.
Tho farmer girl looked down her hoe,
And said: "Oh! well, it may be so.
It’s pick and scrape and sigh and gape
As more and more from morn to night;
Bee! every weed grows up with speed
To curse the earth with sheer delight.
From year to year for many years
I've 'dewed these furrows with my tears;
I’ve shed my youth in all its truth
In hoping times might change for me;
But weeds may blow, and crops may go,
No distant, longing change I see.
The fields, the dear fields of my birth
I’ve eared and loved as mother earth;
But am I still just born to till
From early Spring to lingering fall?
No change for me that I can see—
But crowding backward to the wall.
They say the farmer is a man
That never does the best he can;
His daughter, too, a creature who
Is only fi>t for hoe and hay;
Just give me space for one year's grace,—
I’ll give them -something else to say.
They tell me, too. sometime it proves—
A simple, country girl who loves
Her honest toil, and does not soil
Her heart or life is princess true
And lo! dear me! what’s this I see?
Prince Charming brushing of the dew.
MRS. YV ILLI AM F. BEE.
COEDUCATION AND SUCCESS
FUL WOMEN.
Those who have favored coeducation
must point with pride to what young
women are doing In colleges all over the
country. It lias been plainly shown that
women are capable of receiving as high
an education as the sterner sex, and the
wonderful success of women in all pro
fessions and business of every kind
stands for itself to prove this assertion.
Day by day we read such notices as the
following;
“Miss Florence M. Fitch, daughter of
Rev. F. S. Flitch, D.D.. pastor of the
First Congregational church. Buffalo, N.
Y., has just received the doctor’s degree,
cum l.uide at Berlin university, the first
woman upon whom the university has
conferred this honor. Miss Fitch has
been studying at the university for three
years past."
This young woman has since her re
turn positions offered her at Mount Hol
yoke and at Oberlin college. She has ac
cepted a chair at Oberlin, the college
at which both her father and self grad
uated.
The University of Rochester, N. Y.,
conferred tho honorary degree of M. A.
upon Miss Helen Cox Bowerman, A. B.
at tho commencement in June. She Is a
graduate of Mount Holyoke, and Is the
first woman to receive a master's degree
from the University of Rochester.
On the coeducation question we gather
tho following data:
"Great fears were entertained by some
when Beloit college was opened to wo
men. that the standard of scholarship
would bo lowered, but the young women
have demonstrated that they were fully
euqal to tho work required of them.
Tins year both first and second honors
were awarded to young women.’’
From a special from Boston we have:
"in the election from Boston univer
sity to I’hl Betta Kappa Intercollegiate
honorary society Dean Huntington, of
the College of Liberal Arts, announced
fifteen girls and one young man, won.
There was quite a sensation among tho
students when !■; was announced that
only one man had gained the coveted
honor."
"Recently the faculty of laws from
which women have been excluded by-
Heidelberg university has now been
opened to them.”
We gather many facts In regard to tho
success of women from The Wisconsin
Citizen, published monthly by- the Wo
man's Suffrage Association. They are
always proud to chronicle (the advance
ment of their sisters and always advo
cating equal rights.
GOOD NEEDS FOR THE BIRD
LOVERS.
At last the bird lovers have the pleas
ure of knowing the birds are to be pro
tected, and our legislators have passed
a. bill to t ;.it effect. it is called the
Audubon bill. For the information of
all we give it:
legislation for the protection of non
game birds ami their nests ami eggs
was enacted by the Georgia house of
representatives recently practically
wr hout opposition. It wi s what is
known as the Audubon bill, introduced
by Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, that was up
for consideration, and after brief discus
sion it was passed by a vote of 89 to 9.
This measure prohibits tho killing. trap
ping or netting or the destruction of tho
ti. -t of any song bird or bird of plumage
>1 »: specifically exempted by the provi
. ions of the act. Under the terms of the
oil! the following are considered os game
birds, and my be killed during the open
season: Swan, geese, brant, river or
sea duck, rails, coots, mudhens, gallinub s.
shore birds, plover, surf birds, snipe,
woodcock, sandpipers, tatlers, curlews,
wild turkey, grouse, prairie chickens
pheasants, doves, partridges and quail.
The following birds under the Audubon
bill are outlawed and may be killed at
any time: English sparrows, great horned
owl. sharp shinned ha.wk. Cooper’s hawk
or big blue darter, crows, larks, crow
b’.i kbirds. jackdaw and rice birds.
AH other birds are protected by the bill,
and it is made a misdemeanor to kill or
take them, or take their eggs or nests.
Surrounded by proper restrictions certain
parties will, upon obtaining license and
certificate from the department of agri-
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culture, be permitted to take such birds
for purely scientific purposes. Judges of
superior courts are to appoint wardens to
carry out Hie provisions of the act and to
give its (terms in charge to their grand
juries.
Is of widespread Interest and the poem
we give below proves Jhat his interest is
not confined to any one part of the coun
try. The little incident comes from far
away Nebraska.
Mrs. Mary Smith H, Hayward, of Chad
ron, Nebr., who has long been prominent
among bird defenders, and who has done
very much through her occupation as a
milliner to discourage the wearing of
birds or feathers upon hats, sends a poem
to Tlie Citizen, inspired by the following
incident:
"The Rev. Robert E. Lee Craig, Episco
pal minister of Omaha, while out in cen
tral Nebraska, holding past Lenten ser.
vices and baptising some babies, was ar
rested for shooting twenty-one meadow
larks. He was fined $110."
Be stole a summer song, dear,
This godly man of mark,
Be made Hie spring day silent,
He killed a meadow lark.
The plowman in the morn, dear,
Will miss the dawn-tipped wings,
That soaring upward, taught him
To think of nobler tilings.
And the children off to school, dear,
Across Hie fresh turned sod,
Will seek in vain the songster
That kept them close to God.
And all the summer long, dear,
Each day, when it is done.
We’ll wonder who tomorrow,
Will welcome up the sun.
For lie is dead and cold, dear.
Our little meadow lark.
And he sang a song of love to
That godly man of mark.
NEW PROFESSION FOR WOMEN
A recent "New York World,” in tho
women's exchange has on its list of work
ers a new professor for women, tie title
is. ns well as tho profession, quite an
original idea. Tho name. ".1 cheer!ng-up
lady." Her business is "to visit lonely
homes, play games with old women or
talk and read to them, and In general to
brighten their lives. Her services aro
sought by people who have money, but
yearn for companionship also.” What a
happy idea it gives us. for each house to
have one "member who would constitute
him or herself a cheering-up messenger'’
and cultivate for the especial benefit of
the inmates, those graces of manner and
thoughtfulness of act which always turn
a frown Into a smile.”
corner.
D. M. Spivy, Gilbert. N. C.. wants ad
dress of decendants of James Mitchem
or (ho county o which ho died in Geor
gia. Supposed to have died in the fifties.
D. M. Spivy. Gilbert. N. C., wants ad
dress of heirs of Thomas Cole. Last hoard
from In or near N.iehez. Miss., eight or
ten years ago. Supposed to have been put
In the orphan asylum.
B. L. Merkle, Sylacauga, Ala., wishes
address of his friend. Furry Lockroy.
Was near Fayetteville, Ala., when last
heard from.
Mrs. I. W. Rhodes, Alpine. Ala., wants
to correspond with a settled lady in re
gard to giving her a good heme. Write
for particulars.
Mrs. Ada Anders, Brush Creek, Texas,
wishes information of George Anders
Whether, alive or dead.
EXCHANGE LIST.
Mrs. Fe"rl McKay, Hatchett Creek,
Ain., will paint in oils on silk, satin or
velvet book mark:-, hat marks or pin
cushions, any initials with sprays of flow
ers. send material and return postage, in
exchange for silk scraps, ribbon or large
cheeked linen or ginghams for sofa pil
low.
Inez Schulze, Marion, Ala., wishes to
exchange flower seed, carnation, can
nas and poppy; also sage seed for a yard
of ribbon, any width or color except
black, or handkerchiefs or anything use
ful to a. little girl of G.
Mrs. M. Clark. White Bond, S. C.. will
exchange one fine single comb Leghorn
rooster and five hens, l-year-old, full
blooded, Densmore strain, for two young
Barred Plymouth Rock roosters and three
pullets 4 or 5 months old. In this state
or Georgia. Write first to save trouble of
more than one sending.
Miss Sallie Mountcastle. Martel, East
Tennessee, will < xehange a nice New
foundland pqp for a 4 by 5 kodak in good
order, with instructions.
A. W. Mountcastle, Martel, East Ten
m .-see, will exchange a pair of O. L. U.
pigs for a first-class pea liuller In nearby
states.
Mrs. YV. II P.<U, Brownsville. Tenn.,
will exchange music. A small portion of
it has been bound In book form, con
taining from simple ballads to operatic
selections. Will exchange by the piece or
otherwise, wishing in r-mm tableware or
anything useful ami ni for a homo.
Mrs. Alice E. McElduff. Darbonne, La.,
Ims petunia and flocks seeds, all colors,
striped, spotted and fringed, to exchange
for silk and velvet and good quilt worsted
scraps and self-addressed stamped en-
Mrs. I. May, 615 Suite Hull, Montgom
ery, Ala.. Ims patti i ns of ladies' wrapper
31. corset cover, skirt, shirt waist and
kimona- to exchange for Goats’ spool
iton, remnants of checked muslin, do
mestic and flannel, all white.
Mrs. W. T. Bitts, Moreland, Ga , has
pedigreed Belgian hares; also Hawkin's
.■drain B. I’. R. ■ hi -kens to exchange for
equal vaule. |:. rk-hlro pigs two or three
months old preferred, but will consider
other offers.
\my Burgess, Sylacauga. Ala., has
"Lena Rivers,” "Cousin Maud." "The
Hom. te;,.l on the Hillside" and "Mill
bank." by M iry J. Holmes, to exchange
for "Thrown on Hie World. I'lie Wom-
an in White." "Vushti" and "St. Elmo."
Mrs J. L. Walker. Fairview. Miss.,
will exchange a childs set of white fur
■ ape and muff, for 10 yards navy blue
lawn or percale: also Ims plenty books,
magazines and story papers, collard and
fresh turnip seed for the postage.
■I. V. Sloan, Clear Water, Fla., would
like to exchange three Flymouth pullets
and one rooster for three Houdan pullets
and one cock. Flymouth rocks are full
blooded. Want good blooded Ifoudans.
Mrs. Ellen Merkle, Sylacauga, Ala., has
recipes to make good cologne, paregoric
and soda water. Would like to exchange
for the same amount of other good re
cipes or will send free for self-addressed
stamped envelope.
Thomasville, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1 Miss
Cornelia Aldridge wishes to exchange
rooted begonias, two kinds; geraniums,
four kinds; three kinds cactus; also some
fuchlas and justltla for white and pink
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. AUGUST 10, 1903
geraniums, double and single, and ferns
all sorts, and begonias of different kinds.
Write first.
H. D. Lindsay, Rockford, N. C., wishes
to exchange full blooded white Wyan
dotte rooster and. hens, very finest strain,
for nice pair pigs entitled to registry,
any full blooded standard breed.
Mrs. A. M. Gurr, Saffold, Ga., has "Ro
mance of Two Worlds,” "First Violin,”
and many other paper covered novels to
exchange for novels. Write with list.
E. 1. Windes, Town Creek? Ala., has a
100-egg Incubator to exchange for pure
breed S. C. brown Leghorn hens or Pekin
ducks.
Miss Jimmie Rushin, Pavo, Ga., will
excange large rooted geraniums and be
exchange and other flowers for calico
scraps.
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.
Mrs. Julian J. Matheson, Blenheim, S.
C.—Will the person who offered to ex
change Belgian hares for Pekin ducks
in a recent Issue of The Constitution
please write to the abfive address, telling
how many full grown hares—a buck and
some does—he will exchange for a full
grown Pekin drake and two ducks?
Mrs. S. C. Brumley, Thornton, Ark.
—I sent a letter to the Woman's King
dom the last of January with 25 cents’
worth of stamps for the orphans, but
don't know whether it ever reached Aunt
Susie or not,, if so, she never put it In
the charity list. Will some of the sisters
that have caladium and water hyacinths
please write to me? 1 have lots of house
plants to give for them.
(Note.—The letter with stamps was
never received.)
Reggie, Box 104, Tallapoosa, Ga.—l saw
In this week’s issue of The Constitution
where a lady wanted to know how to put
away fruit by the sulphur process, so
I’ll send my mother’s way of putting
away fruit In this way: Prepare your
fruit the usual way and put in 3 or 4
gallons in as open a handle basket as
you can get. Next get a good tight dry
goods box and an old pan or something
to burn sulphur in and set this down
In the box; then set a fire, now slip your
basket of fruit on a stout stick aud swing
over the box; swing the basket right over
the burning sulphur; get an old quilt
and spread over top of box; ever and
anon stir your apples so as to get them
all smoked even, let smoke until perfect
ly bleached. If smoked enough will keep
perfectly. Good wishes to all the readers
and Aunt Susie. Ten cents enclosed for
some good purpose.
(Note. —No 10 cents enclosed.)
Miss Annie MoLelland, Taylorsville,
N. C.—Being a reader of your estimable
paper, 1 would like to ask through the
Woman’s Kingdom the name and address
of tho lady that has seed of the white
head winter cabbage for exchange. 1
read her letter, tabled the paper to at
tend to domestic affairs, and when 1 had
time to write could find neither letter
nor paper.
Will give the Woman's Kingdom a
recipe of sure cure for snake or spider
bite. Place the bitten member in a pan
of kerosene oil, bandage and let remain
in oil until the poison Is drawn out; also
give patient one or two tablespoonfuls of
oil Internally.
The poison may be discovered by a
greenish looking substance on top of the
oil. When thus treated immediately af
ter being bitten it prevents all sickness
from poison.
Y ill tell the ladies of tho Kingdom
how to save dried fruit. But the fruit
in thin cotton sacks, smoke thoroughly
with sulphur and let it remain in the
smoked sacks. It will keep two years
by repeating the smoking the second
year. Best wishes to Mrs. King and the
Woman's Kingdom.
Mrs. E. J. Morris, Grape Vine, Grant
County, Ark. I have seen nothing
from this part, of the country, 1 thought
1 would write. My son takes The Consti
tution and we think there Is none better.
We live In Grant county Arkansas, one
of the best farming counties in the state.
Is very healthy and a beautiful place to
live. 1 will send the sisters of tho King
dom a receipt for making light bread, also
a very' desirable way to bake apples.
To bake light broad—First take a cup
of sweet milk and let it come to a boil
and sift a half cup of corn meal and pour
Hie milk over it; then put the vessel
you have It In in the meal barrel and
draw the meal around it. so as to keep
It warm and let it remain over night.
Next morning take warm water and
sweet milk of each one cup and put it In
a quart can or something similar and put
bit of salt, soda and sugar In It. Then
put y our scalded meal (the preparation of
last night) in aud stir flour enough in to
make a thick east. Then put it near the
lire or in the warm sunshine to rise.
When you go to make It up use milk or
water.
'To bake apples—Do not bake them
whole, but sdee them and put_ them in
a pan to bake and put butter and sugar
on before baking. Serve while hot.
I would like to get a girl or lady to
live as one of the family. If any of the
sisters who read this know of any one
who wants a good home, please let me
know.
FOUG..IT DUEL WITH HUSBAND.
Jealous Adair Began the Shooting'
and His Wife Took It Up.
Matewan, W. Va., August 3.-William
Adair, a prosperous farmer and lumber
dealer, was shot and killed by his wire
in front of their home on Fidgeon creek.
In this county.
Adair, who has been In Cincinnati dis
posing of some lumber, returned here
rather unexpectedly and found his wife
away from home. Ho went in search for
her, and finding her in the home of a
neighbor, became jealous and pulling a
revolver from his pocket fired three shots
at her, all of which went wild.
Mrs. Adair ran into her house, seized
her husband’s winchester and returned to
Hie yard Just as lie was entering the
gate. He attempted to escape by running
toward th ' woods nearby, but a bullet
from the winchester, in the hands of the
Infuriated woman, laid him low. He
fell to the ground, mortally wounded, and
died without uttering a word.
Blew Out the Gas and Died.
Atlantic City, N. J., August s.—Pearce
Thaxton, of Millersburg, Ky., 20 years
old, was found dead In bed today. Tho
decedent Is said to be the only so.n of a
wealthy Kentuckian. He registered at
a prominent hotel with five friends. He
told the bell boy this was his first trip
away from home and asked how to use
Hie gas. This morning lie was found dead
In bed. He bad evidently blown out the
gas.
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Negro berenaders Turned Back.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., August s.—ln a driv
ing rain storm this afternoon a brass
band composed of colored boys from
Hi- Jenkins orphanage at Charleston, S.
marched from the village to Sagamore
Hill, about 3 miles, to serenade the pres.
Ident and his family. The band did not
reach the president’s residence. being
turned back to Oyster Ray by tlie secret
ern vice officer on duty.
Drunkards
Cured Secretly
Any Lady Can Do It at Home—Costs
Nothing To Try.
A new tasteless discovery which can be
given in tea, coffee or food. Heartily en
dorsed by W. C. T. U. a.nd all temperance
workers. It does its work so silently and
surely that while the devoted wife, sister or
daughter looks on, the drunkard Is reclaimed
even against hl« will and without his knowl
edge. Send your name and address to Dr.
.1 W. Haines. 1121 Glenn Bldg., Cincinnati,
O , and he will mall a trial package of Gold
en Specific free to show how easily It la to
cure drunkard* with thia remedy.
MORE PROTECTION IS
([CM,
Rural Police Necessary To Maintain.
Law —One Sheriff and a Bailiff
Inadequate Women in
Country Are Unpro
tected.
Athens, Ga., August 5. -(Special.)—The
annual meeting of the State Agricultural
Society was called to order this morning
at 10 o'clock. About one hundred dele
gates were in attendance.
President Dudley Hughes addressed
the convention.
In beginning he referred to the fact
that it was fortunate tho convention as
sembled during the session of the sum
mer school when the suo teachers from
all sections of the state might be brought
In contact with Hie spirit of the meeting.
He paid a feeling tribute to J. M. Mob-
Icy ami C. S. Round.tree, who had passed
away since Hie last session of the so
ciety. He quotid The Manufacturers'
Record as authority for the statement
that the south from 1880 to 1890 had an
increase of farm products of nearly 100
per cent and declared that Hie south
should make an effort to retain a mo
nopoly of the cotton crop, of which Geor
gia was one of the largest producers,
while continuing on a broader scale in
tensified and diversified farming. He
said:
As to Plant Breeding.
"Plant breeding is certainly a new de
parture, and an invasion which, if ma
terialized by tho crossing of the sea
Island and long staple cotton, will estab
lish a cotton equal to the Egyptian, for
which our mills spend millions of dollars
importing, They are accomplishing much
to overcome enemies to cotton, which
are becoming destructive in an alarming
degree,
"The Texas boll weevil is most threat
ening in its destruction of the greatest
state of the union. The department as
yet lias not this pest under control, bu
ll is confidently expected it will be over
come. 'There is mu h alarm even in
Georgia that it may at any time appear
in our fields. Thu wilt disease is being
overcome by the development of a va
riety of cotton resistant discovered by
the scientific reseat eh of the depart
ment.”
He was of the opinion that Georgia,
owing to her soil capacity and man
hood, should take the leadership in Hie
Increased manufacture of cotton, for she
is a region of unlimited resources and
equal to any on the elobe. He referred
to the Impetus being given to agricultural
education and the attention It is receiv
ing from scientists and statesmen. The
appropriation by the government for tlie
year ending June 30 last going to tlie
maintenance of bureaus of plant Indus
try, soils, chemistry, forestry and va
rious governmental experiment stations
amounted to $4.503.960. exclusive of $720,000
for experiment stations In the different
states. He spoke f the establishment at
Columbus, Ohio, of a graduate school of
agriculture with thirty-live instructors,
and regretted that Georgia had not kept
pace with the advanced steps of other
states. He expressed gratification, how
ever, at the improvement manifested by
the establishment of the various farmers'
institutes, throughout the state, and de
clared there should be one in every farm
ing county of the state. He expressed
pleasure In the good work of the state
experiment station and the advancement
of the College • 4 "’■< ml to r»» t and Me
chanical Arts. i ; t ..;ide.nt Hughes con
tinued:
"You will pardon me here for saying
that 1 wish every young man in tho
state who expects to adopt agriculture
as his profession was so situated that
he could obtain a classic education and
then take a year or two years If neces
sary in agriculture, ns do those who ac
quit themselves for law and medicine, etc.
'Thorough classic education Is no bar
rier to agricultural success; it only tits
us to become prominent in our pursuit,
with an Intellect trained and expanded to
grasp, digest and surmount Hie various
questions of the day, so pertinent to agri
cultural success.”
He predicted that soon the agricultural
Interests of the state would be in the
hands of the whites, ami urged a better
and wider educational equipment for tho
bovs of the state, stating that such agri
cultural training would counteract the
• •xodiis from the country. lie urged the
formation In each county of an active
agricultural club with the motto. "Edu
cate and equip oar boys In the learned
profession of agriculture.” In conclusion
lie urged tlie cooperation of all toward,
making the stale fair, to be held this fail
in Maron, a success.
Judge Speer Speaks.
Mr. Whitehead, of Jackson county, of
fered a motion that Judge Emory Speer,
who was present as a visitor, be request
ed to address the convention. The mo
tion was announced unanimously carried
by tho president. The judge arose and
humorously said that Mr. Whitehead
must expect l)im to havg the same fatal
facility of speech that lie had some twen
tv-live years years ago, when lie was the
counsel for that gentleman in the courts
of Jackson county, ami who was some
times on the wrong side of the versus.
He regretted his inability to address the
convetijioi; on any agricultural topic. One
remark made bj the president in ins
valuable address suggested a thought lie
believed to be. most important lo Hie
people, "i'll.tt was the fact that so main'
voting farmers of line character and
ability were leaving their farms and re
pairing to the citi.es.
Wa.\ not tins ascribable to Hie fear
of such men for tlie safety of their
wives and tlie women of their families?
Was it not true that the most anxious
thought of a southern man should be
to the iiiunovements In Hie
administration of law, which would result
In the protection of ‘ ur loved ones? Con
sidering the vital Interests gt stake,, were
we not Jho most careless people an)-
w-liere.’jn the arrest and legal trial of of
fenders, mid did not this produce tho
frequent reappearance of That many
headed monster, the mob?
"What provision did we have in Georgia
for Hie detection and arrest of criminals?
One sheriff for a county, and an occa
sional bailiff, was wholly Inadequate. A
crime of a revolting character would oc
cur. Having no arresting officers to
rely upon, the people would rise in their
might and run down the criminal, and the
lynching would result He believed that
legislation should provide far a rural po
lice, men not unlike the Texas Rangers,
whose duty It would be to at once take
the trail of the criminal and purgue film
until he was arrested and brought to trial
conformably to law. 'The Judges them
selves were paid the most ridiculous and
inadequate salaries. The result was most
prejudicial to tlie proper enforcement of
the law. It was a sign of hopefulness
that tfie senate had passed a bill In
creasing the salary of Judges of the su
perior court to $3,090. and of the supreme
court to $5,000. This would secure men
of great force of character and high
ability to preside in those most import
ant tribunals. There should be a longer
term of service accorded to judges. They
should be made independent of those
considerations which prey upon the mind
as a result of frequently recurring elec
tions. Every farmer in Georgia wlm feels
that bis family needs the protection of
the law slaiuld support these measures.
All felt that necessity. There were,
doubtless, many men present who had
made provisions for the protection of
their families while they attended this
convention. The terrible danger to un
protected women living in the country
was violently affecting, not only their own
lives, making them nervous and wretch
ed, but. wa s most seriously affecting the
of the rising generation, in
creasing the Intensity of race hatreds
among the youth of both races, with the
most Alarming portents for the future.
Nor were these crimes chargeable to the
great body of the negro. They were us
ually committed by t£amp negroes, who
lived lives of tho most loathsome :ind
degraded character, almost Invariably
men of one type, the descendants of the
vilest pt tjjQ African tribes. In many
respectu we were jn a more unfortunate
condition than were our forefathers, when
on the frontiers of civilization they were
confronting tho ferocious savages. They
could tgll that tho Indian was an enemy,
but among multitudes of law-respeeting
and kindly negroes, the beastly and des
perate savago cpulj not be identified In
advance.
Delays tn the administration of justice
In the trial of such eases were Hie cer
tain precursors of mob law, and yet our
system of judicial trials seems to bo
carefully designed to occasion delay and
new- trials. The dumb act which makes
It error for a judge to intimate what haj
or has not been proven was the most
fruitful cause for new trials, mistrials
and the delay of final sentence. Only a
day or two ago a learned judge in Sa
vannah had felt obliged to order a mis
trial in an important criminal case be
cause he had, as he thought, incautious
ly said in the presence of the jury that
a. receipt for money paid was high evi
dence of payment, and, said Judge Speer,
"if X should draw a pistol from my pocket
now and shoot the president of this so
ciety where he sits and the judge of your
superior court should say on the trial 'Hie
shot was fired in the chapel, in this
county,’ It would be under the law re
versable error, which would cause a
new trial. The judges of tho superior
courts should be given the power to sum
up the evidence to aid, but not to con
trol the jury, as was the practice at
common law, and is now the practice in
the courts of the United States, if this
were done it Is probable that nine-tenths
of the new trials in criminal cases would
be avoided. Surely no subject is more
vital to our civilization, and if the wives
and daughters of our farming population
can receive the protection of a rigorous
and effective enforcement of law, the
waste places of our fertile and prolific
soil will soon be populated, the resources
■of the state immeasurably Increased,
and happiness and contentment come to
thousands of homes which are now the
scenes of constant apprehension and ter
ror."
At' the conclusion of Judge Speer's
speech there was vigorous applause, and
then Mrs. \V. H. Felton arose and said
that while she agreed with the distin
guished jurist In what he had said, there
was one question that she desired to ask
him. She asked if there could be any
way devised whereby In the trials of
such cases the unfortunate victim of tho
violence of the ravlsher could be spared
the double humiliation of appearing in
court and going through the ordeal of
testifying. She declared that this forc
ing of the woman to testify was one
thing that had a great deal to do with
lynchings, and that white she was an
advocate of law and order, still this ques
tion was one that cried out for solution
and that must be solved.
Judge Speer, in reply, said that tlie re
marks of Mrs. Felton emphasized the
urgency of action along the lines he had
suggested, and that It called for the best
intelligence of Georgia to solve it cor
rectly. As a more off-hand opinion ho
thought It could be arranged so that the
court room could be cleared of all per
sons except those absolutely necessary co
the trial.
Speech of Hon. Harvey Jordan.
The last speech of the morning session
was delivered by Hon. Harvie Jordan,
of Monticello, who spoke upon the sub
ject of “Agricultural Education.” Mr.
Jordan was especially forceful In his re
marks, and among other things urged the
teaching of agriculture In the proper
manner In all the schools of the state.
In speaking of the work of establishing
farmers’ institutes in Georgia, which
work was recently inaugurated by tho
University of Georgia, said that there
had already been established fifteen insti
tutes, that the meetings were attended
by over 4,000 farmers, that over seventy
five lectures had been delivered at these
meetings on various topics and that great
interest was being manifested In the
movement.
Other Addresses.
Dr W A. Henry, of Wisconsin, deliv
ered a strong address on the methods of
the northern farmers and gave the dele
gates a number of things to think about
in their work on the farm.
Mrs. W. JI. Felton was accorded an
ovation when she delivered her address
on "The Georgia Woman on the Farm."
The main idea of her address was an
appeal for the better protection of wom
en on the farm and for Hie enactment
of laws Unit would secure her right to a
share in the crops that she helps her hus
band to make.
Tonight at the chape! Major J. F. Han
son, of Macon, spoke of "The Industrial
Development of Georgia." It was a
strong speech and was vigorously ap
plauded.
The society will hold two interesting
sessions tomorrow before adjournment.
Dairymen Adjourn.
The State Dairymen's Association ad
journed here this morning. Tlie next ses
sion will be held in Tallulah Falls next
summer.
The following officers were elected for
the next year: Bresident. \V. Ia Wil
liamson. of Harmony Grove; vice presi
dent, Dr. J. B. Hunnicutt, Atlanta; sec
tary, M. L. Duggan. Sparta; trea.-urer,
T. W. McAllister, Lavonia
Addresses were made by Dr. W. A.
Henry. Colonel 1. C. Wa.de. Culonel R. •!.
Redding and Professor C. Is. Willoughby.
TO HAWKINSVILLE NEXT.
Athens, Ga., August 6.—(Special.)—
Tlie last day’s session of the State Agri
cultural Society has been one of great
interest.
The socletv at the morning session took
up the question of selecting the place for
the next meeting of the society, and
Hawkinsville received the unanimous vote
of the delegates. The Invitation from
Hawkinsville was presented by Hon. J.
Pope Brown a former president of tho
society. There was only one other place
mentioned—Tallulah Falls—but the invi
tation from Mr. Brown swept everything
before it.
The officers for the ensuing year were
chosen as follows:
President— Dudley M. Hughes, of Dan
ville.
Vice President—J. J. Connor of Bartow.
The following vice presidents by dis
tricts were named: First, G. M. Ryals;
second, R. F. Crittenden: third. John A.
Cobb; fourth, R. Leonard; fifth. A. J.
Smith; sixth. R. .1. Redding; seventh, YV.
H. Lumpkin; eighth, G. W. Holmes;
ninth, J. E. Cloud; tenth. John Barrett;
eleventh. W. B. Burroughs.
Louis B. Magtd, of Tallulah Falls, gave
the society a most Instructive and In
teresting talk on "Silk Culture In Geor
gia.” Mr. Magld, who has recently mov
ed to Georgia to develop the silk indus
try in this state, told the delegates how
years aj.r> the silk industry was thriving
In Georgia, lhaving been introduced here
by General Oglethorpe. He contended
that this state can successfully compete
wltb other countries in the silk industry
and urged the farmers to make a study
of the question.
Dr. John P. Campbell professor of
biology In tho University of Georgia,
made an admirable address upon "Bac
teriology as Applied to Agriculture."
Probably the most Interesting address
of the morning was that of Hon. J.
I’ope Brown, who spoke of "Greater
Georgia.” In part Mr. Brown said:
As to the Negro Problem.
Referring to the negro problem, Mr.
Brown said:
"I do not claim to know tho prop, r
solution of the problem, but In jystice
to Hie negro, desiring to promote fijendly
relations between the races rather than
stir up strife, I will make a few observa
itions .or suggestions from the standpoint
of a southerner, a Georgian, born on a
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plantation abounding with negroes, living
on tlie some plantation today, surrounded
by the same negroes, their children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
No additional proof Is needed of the
harmonious relations that exist between
us. They have been free to go; they
have not been held In bondage; not one
has ever been put in th« chaingang. We
have a little row occasionally, but we do
not go to law. Every year I pay some
unfortunate fellow’s fine. I take no con
tracts, as a rule, and have never work
ed a negro with shackles on him. He
gets the same pay and the same treat
ment us tho others, and, be it said to
his credit, 1 have never had one to leave
me before ho worked out his fine and
never lost a cent on one I took out of
jail. His Js the most patlenjkjiace of peo
ple in tho world, and. as a rule, very
accommodating. He Lakes a lively in
terest In tho business of his employer,
and usually refers to it as 'ours.' The
vicious arq the exception, and not tho
rule. Northern Intermeddlers, who love
not the negro, but who haite the south,
and sorry wjilte people at home, are the
cause of most of the trouble wo have with
him. The young negro Is a bettor farmer
than the old nygro. and is doing better
farming today than the whites did twenty
years ago. For that reason, I have plead
ed for better agricultural education for
our young farmers, seeing that only by
superior Intelligence can tho young white
iboy compete with the negro on the
farm. I am In favor of giving justice
to the negro, believing in the natural
supremacy of the white race. I am not
in favor of raising the white man up. In
dealing with the question let us remem
ber the motto of the state, “Wisdom, Jus
tice and Moderation.' ”
At the conclusion of Mr. Brown's re
marks Colonel R. J. Redding made an
admirable address to the farmers pres
ent.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session of the society
the first address was delivered by Colonel
John A. Cobb, of AnWrlcus. who spoke
on the labor problem. A. W. Edson, of
the department of agriculture at Wash
ington, delivered a most Interesting ad
dress upon Improved and more valuable
cotton for the south. Following this ad
dress there were reports from the dif
ferent vice presidents of the society
concerning the work of organizing farm
ers’ clubs in their various counties. This
feature was quite Interesting, and all
the delegates who spoke on this subject
wero of the opinion that the organization
of an active farmers’ club in each coun
ty In the state would do more to Increase
the attendance upon and the interest in
the sessions of the society (Man any
thing else. Tbey said that they would
go back home determined to bring about
Hie organization of many of these clubs.
Secretary Calvin said that he never
attended a meeting of the State Agricul
tural Society where there was evident
more genuine enthusiasm than at the
meeting this year; that the papers wore
tho best he had ever hoard .and that tho
audiences wore the best he had ever noted
during his long connection with the so
ciety.
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A LANTERN THAT TALKS.
It Is the One That the Railroader
Swing's Up and Down.
Philadelphia Record: Rnilroad men
have a sign language as perfect ns tho
sign langiipgo "f deaf mutes. They have
no trouble, with this language. In com
municating with one another a quarter
or even a half mile away. During tho
day they make their signs with their
hands and arms. At night they use
lighted lanterns.
i'l-.e signa! 4 ' that the Pennsylvania rail
road uses are the one? most prevalent
in America These signals are simple
and large—two great advantage s—for
being sfmpl.e they are easily understood
and remembered; and, being large—re
quiring big sweeping gestures—they can
be read a long way off.
There follows a list of the Pennsylvania
signals. The.se It is well tor the public
to know; for emergencies often arise
where it Is necessary to caution or to
stop a, train, and why not, in such an
emergency, do the cautioning or the stop
ping in the proper manner?
Tho basic, tlie principal, signals are:
(1). Stop. (2). Back. (3). Go ahead.
in the day time “Stop!” is signaled
by moving the hand up and down, the
palm Inward, before the boil..- a vertical
cutting of the air with the edge of the
hand, the movement extending J'rom the
chin to the waist.
"Back" is signaled by a big, low. beck
oning gesture of the arm a circular ges
ture made shoulder high. lit Is pre
sumed lure that tho signalman is be
hind the train, and wishes it to ap
proach him. If he Is In front of tlie
Hain and wishes it to back away from
him, he makes the opposite or "Go ahead"
gesture.
"Go ahead.” To make tills signal the
hands are held at the breast, and thence
each arm describes a Hugh, vertical semi
circle in the air t This stml-clrcle means
••Everything is all right. Go ahead for
good ’’
"Go ahead just a little.’ or as the rail
roader says, "Ease off." The arms are
extended straight from the shoulders,
land while they remain motionless, the
hands are jigged geintly up snd down
ire tn the wrists.
At night the signals must, of course,
be made with lighted lanterns. The lan
tern signals are:
'Stop.” The lamp is swung diagonally
across the track In a seml-circle.
"Back.” The lamp is swung clean
(around the head In a tremendous vertical
circle.
"Go ahead.” The lamp is moved up
and down in a straight lino very quickly
before it ho body.
"Go ahead just a little” or "ease off.”
The lamp is moved up and down in a
straight line before the body slowly and
the length of the line it traverses Is very
Short.
A rare signal la the one that announces
that the train has parted, leaving a car
or tow behind. This Is made by first giv
ing an up and down and then a circular
movement; up and down, then a circle;
up and down, then a circle.
The speed of these eignals denotes their
urgency. Slow and gentle, tho engineer
obeys them slowly and gently. Fierce
and emphatic, then swift as lightning, the
engineer obeys thorn Just as fast as he
possibly can
An old western railroader talked yes
terday about the signals tiicvt wore us I
on tlie AL, K. and F. road twenty years
ago.
"They were not altogether like tlie
T’ennsy's,” he said. "Some of them, in
fact, were radically different. Whether
ithey still maintain on the Al.. K. and P.,
of course. I don't know.
"The night signals with the l imern o i
the AX., K. and P were: ’Stop.' wing he
lantern across the track; ’ba-tk.’ move
the lantern in a straight lino up and
down; 'go ahead.’ circle the lantern
around your in-ad at arm s length verti
cally.
"The M., K. and I’, day signals were
pnatty much the same as wo have here
in the east, only 'stop’ was made by
moving the hands In vertical seml-elrcles
from the ears down to the hips and
back again.
"These as I say,’ the old man ended,
‘were tho signals out west twenty years
ago. Alaybe, by this time, the Pennsyl
vania's signnJs are used out there. X
don’t know anything about that.’
Besides the. l»aud and lantern signals,
there are those of flags, the whistles and
the torpedoes. The flag signals are:
A red flag—" Danger. Stop at on e.”
A green flag—" Caution. Go very slowly.”
A white flag—" All. right now. Go right
ahead."
In conjunction with the flags torpedoes
are often used. The explosion of one tor
pedo means that the train must stop;
two means that It is to reduce its spe.eii,
advancing cautiously. A luse burning on
the track is a warning that the train is
to halt and not go on until the fuse is
quite burnt out.
The whistle signals are worth knowing.
He who understands them need no long l . -
rail at the engineer and hold his ears
when the locomotive shrieks and lewis
unmercifully; for now each shriek, eacli
howl, has its meaning for him. Here, then,
are the whistles:
One long blast—"We are approaching a
station, a crossing or a junction."
One short blast—" Put on the brakes.
We tire going to stop here."
Two long blasts—" Throw off the
brakes.”
Two short blasts-“ All right. Your sig
nals are understood.'
Three long blast—" The train has part
ed.”
Three short blasts -“Look out. Tlie train
Is going to back.” I
Four long blasts—" Hurry aboai'd, fl ;.-- \
mon!”
I<’onr short blasts—" Show your signa' l /
you lubbers, so that we may know v i/it
to do.”
Five short blasts—" Let the flagmen go
back and protect tho rear of the train.”
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REDS AND BLACKS IN FIGHT.
Croatan Indians and Negroes Mix in
North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C.. August s.—iSi ■ '.a!.» A
fight bet ween Croat Ii
groes took place on tho line of t' l ' new
railway in Robeson cur. ty. lb ■-
or seven were wounded, some badly, 1 1
that he heard there was fr. rof i >n
tinuation of the trouble.
A whisky distiller, nan 1 -firn-il In
Harnett county, has been :>ri 1 f r
open violation of the Watts - i
ulatlon law. This is the first 'ir. et
made by the Slate.
United States District Attorn. A
Holton has sued Glenn YVi'd.' ■'■- "
leading whisky distiller In t >•
SIO,OOO damages for hi.r-wwlii;
ton. at Winston, several m->:. • W-
The suit is brought In Yadkin in of
which Holton Is a native.
The early corn has been cm .dimbiy
injured by drought, esp, , . " i ly
land, but late corn is very ' l ' •
promising. Cotton is fruiting w 1 and
■ls full of blooms. The out! >ok lor this
crop is fair, though the pl. :. - ' '- 1
In the western part of th }
is unusually fine. The caring : m.-i.
is now in progn ss ovei
state. Tiie quality is qi:il>- ■“t
the crop will not be as hea' is that
last year.
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New York, August 5. A ir'anze chariot
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on a privaip estate near Rome, and was
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