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Manufactures in the South.
The suggestion made by Mr. Rich
ard H_ Edmonds, editor of The Balti
more Manufacturers’ Record, that the
soutnern people should lend ail their
capital and energies to the end of
establishing factories that will convert
into finished products all our wealth
of raw materials, is one that should
get. acceptance everywhere in the
south.
In this section we have been for a
< entury to two centuries producing an
nual crops and stores of raw materials
and bartering them to the owners of
mills, factories and machinery for the
perfected goods wrought out of them
in other sections and other countries.
New England has grown rich and
powerful in wealth and commerce be
cause we have been content to furnish
her with our crude stuff and to buy
back from her for cash in hand the
hings necessary to our life and com
fort.
Why should that polio;- be continued
any longer than the necessary time
for gathering the capital and building
the factories that will do all the fin
ishing work on the territory where the
raw material is raised, felled or
mined? The experience of the past
two decades has made it incontestable
that here in the south every species
of manufactures necessary to the sup
ply of the daily needs of our people
can be carried on in this section with
unusual advantages and profits. And
now that our people are accumulating
capital, and capital making earnings
attracts other capital, the time is cer
tainly opportune for us to inaugurate
fresh endeavors to increase otir factor
ing power.
It does not take any involved calcu
lation to prove that, there is capital
enough available in almost any cotton
raising county in tne south to build,
equip and operate a cotton factory
that would consume the greater bulk,
if not all. the staple produced tn the .
county. Other and larger commercial ■
plants at favored points for getting
labor power and transportation, would
take >v<t the surplus readily. In fact,
a careful observer can see no reason 1
why out entire crop is not used to the I
more or les- finished forms in our own :
mills, except it be the conservatism of ;
the ordinary man among us who has
surplus money but fears to venture it j
in such enterprises.
The same things can be said of our
woods, niarblos, iron ores, steel prod- '
nets and other raw stuffs taken from
fields, mines and forests. Now we !
paying an enormous annual bonus
to the owners and operatives of east- i
ern and northern industrial plants to ,
take our materials and transform them 1
to our use. And we pay the freight, ’
also!
Mow long ought this state of affairs
to continue? It is a contradiction to ;
common sense. It is a solecism In |
the economics of the age in all conn- !
tries. It is not at al] in accordance ■
with the traditional wisdom of south- i
ern st esmanship, or the ways of |
south rn love of independence. Mr.
I'dmemis. is right, when he calls for I
home manufactures to manipulate into !
streams of wealth the envied and in- ;
valuable '.•’■sources of the southern i
states. . , i
The Two Ways.
A e v days since notices were post
ed at Sour Lake, a new oii town in
Texas, purporting to be signed by a <
whit- committee, ordering all the nc- ’
-roes to have Judge Peet at once
swore in a large number of extra
deputes to aid him in keeping the
peace ami sc tired the cooperation of
a l .hi It acinic- citizens toward seeing
that lie negroes wore not molested in
any way, that they were allowed
].■ j ably to retain their residence and
continue with their work, it later de
veloped that the notices were the
work of some practical joker, but this
was nor discovered until after it. had
been demonstrated that the white citi
zens of the town, almost without ex
ception, hud joined in the movement
to prevent the negroes being driven
off or disturbed.
At Waterloo, lowa, a city of upwards
of 20,00*. strongly republican and lo
cated in the district which was repre
sented by Speaker Henderson in the
last congress, the cry has gone up
ihat the city must be ‘’white’’ and that
the negroes must leave. This, we ere
told, is the sentiment of the nine
r tty and it has taken such shape that
the negroes are rapidly leaving—for
; heir health. A well known and promi
nent citizen of Waterloo defends this
expulsion oi tn 1 black population in
mis way:
We are tn earnest. Me do not intend
t ■ persecute the negroi s, but they arc
■ iv. : n to understand tin f are not wanted
here, and that is all th re is to it. We
more and its
.. better off without them. Up
i-> recent months our colon-J people, being
"W have be’-n as desirable a c’.r.ss of cit
izens as po ’Pln tlifs race can well be.
but if their increase in the make-up of
the population of this city is allowed to
• ontinue in the proportion seen at Des
Moines and Marshalltown, it would cer
tainly be a detriment to the city.
The contrasting pictures speak for
themselves. Negroes who go north
with the idea of earning a livelihood
find the door of opportunity closed
against them; where they appear in
any’ numbers, they are given the
Waterloo treatment, which makes no
discrimination between the good and
the bad. At the south the good ne
groes are wanted ami are given every
protection.
The Question Again.
The widespread interest manifested
lln the southern labor problem, as
shown by the comment of the newspa
' pers of the country and by the com
munications which have from time to
time appeared in these columns, is
certainly full mid sufficient warrant
for devo’iing so much oi The Constitu
tion's space to the subject. The facts
going to show a scarcity of farm labor
in this and other states of the south,
the various remedies that have been
suggested—embracing as they do the
bringing in of European and e’ en Chi
nese immigrants—and strong ar
gument of Professor Philipps in his
two papers favoring a return to the
plantation system have called foith a
great deal of comment.
I In another column of today’s issue
I there appears a letter from a practical
I dairy man of Harmony Grove, who
I takes issue with Professor Philipps
i and gives at some length the reasons
for the faith that is in him. In Sun
day’s Constitution Mr. Sanders, of Pen
i field, ami Mr. Adams, of Jacksonville.
■ Tex., give their indorsement to the
I principles underlying the argument of
I Professor Philipps.
Mr. Adams believes there are obsta
cles, almost insurmountable, in the
way of Hie general adoption of this
method. Opposition, he contends, will
conic "from the very largo per cent of
our population whose livelihood c .-mea
from trading and trafficking with the
small fry," and he sees no relief until
a successful mechanical cotton picker
is invented. As for immigration, he
thinks no large proportion of white
immigrants would long remain on the
farms, certainly not as wage-earners.
Mr. Sander.-, on the other hand, con
tends that if the owners of cotton
lands adopt the wag? system instead
of the tenant and cropping system,
the result would be generally benefi
cial. This, as we understand it. is one
of ihe things for which Professor Phil
ipps has been contending.
The letter of Mr. Williamson, pub
lished today, takes the other side of
the question. He seems t> think that
i the small farm system is better for
th? development of the state than any
thing like the plantation system, and
he contends that “practical serfdom”
would result from the adoption of the
plans set forth by both Professor Phil
ipps and "A Georgia Farmer,” who lias
had a good deal to say about the value
of Chinese as laborers. This may in
a sense be true of the suggestion of
the gentleman from Houston county,
' though the experience of Hawaii is
that the Chinese who are there as con
j tract laborers upon the great sugar
' plantations are so much better off
than they have ever been, or ever can
be, in their own country that there is
l not much occasion to sued tears over
them. With regard to the argument
of Professor Philipps, however, the
i charge of a "return to serfdom” cer
tainly cannot possibly apply. Profes
sor Philipps has made it. clear that the
i use of the term "plantation system”
does not in the least imply anything
like slavery. This is a mistake made
■ by those who seem to believe there
; could bo no plantation system with
free labor. When he argues for the
adoption of modern business in the
cultivation of the staple crops of the
south, he means ‘.he substitution of a
wage system for the tenant and crop
ping system now so generally in vogue
and which he believes, studying the :
question from a broad economic stand- ;
point, is needlt ssly wasteful. And lie 1
believes In cotton farming on a large i
scale.
For Mr. Williamson to say that “A !
Georgia Farmer ’ lias no right to have !
more land than lie can find labor to )
cultivate seems to us begging the qttes- ’
lion involved in this controversy. The I
land is there and ought to be cultivated. I
The owner of the land is anxious to *
have it cultivated: he says he has the :
money to pay fair wages, but cannot
get the labor. To hold that it is Ln the
interest of farm labor that there
should I>e less of it so that wages may
be high?” will strike a g.’t.u many peo
ple as sonic-.Llng like redueiio ad ab
surdam when the great money crop
suffers for want of labor. It is, of j
course, true that bette 1 ’ wages can be [
bad in the mills and factories than on i
the farms, which explains the ’'resent ;
trouble in getting the adequa’e supply I
of labor to make the staple crops j
about which there is no little com i
plaint; it is to find away to fill the j
gaps, and at the same time to put
plantation expenses at the minimum
so the margin of profit may bo the
largest possible that Professor Phil
ipps, "A Georgia Fanner” and others
are seeking.
Mr. Williamson writes from the
standpoint of a dairy farmer. The oth
er gentlemen have been writing with
I reference to cotton and the other sta
j pie crops, cotton especially, as they
are produced on the larger scale of the
j present plantations or farms.
lu the Colonies.
The news that is cabled from the
Philippines, being of necessity put. in-
Ito very condensed ‘form, often gets
• hidden'away at the bottom of columns
■ and on back pages, so that its signlfi
' canee is missed. Sometimes, perhaps,
there is design in this.
It is notable, for instance, that a
I short dispatch giving details of a “bat
' tie” between American troops, regu
lars and natives, on the one side and
a body of several hundred "insur
gents” on the other was not given very
‘ prominent place in administration or
| gans which have much to say in their
! editorial columns about the peaceful
! conditions prevailing throughout the
• islands.
| We have at different times.been told
that the desperate fights between the
American troops and recalcitrant na
tives in Cavite province, just outside
' Manila, signify nothing, as those na
tive bands are simply "ladroncs,” or
highwaymen; that although they go
about in bands of hundreds there is
no political significance ’n their opera
tions, even when the reports of cas
ualties might well be taken as indi
cating more important engagements
j than some that, on other lands', have
made presidents. Again we are told
that in some sections of Luzon our
army has been called upon to put
f down bands of several hundred “fa-
TLLtU (XJJNSTIIOTIOKt . SEPTEMBER 28, 1905.
natics,” who had no thought of rob
bery, but insisted for some unknown
reason upon fighting. But it was not
until the other day that the word “in
surgents" slipped into the carefully
prepared dispatches sent out by the
representatives of the press associa
tions.
Then, too. there seems to be a dispo
■ sitlon in some quarters to regard
i General Wood’s request for reinforce
: ments in the Moro islands as signify
ing that everything down that way is
not as peaceful as Captain Pershing
left it.
Coincident with these reports comes
the announcement of the jailing of cer
tain native Porto Ricans who
have been convicted of sedition
for certain utterances against Gov
ernor Hunt and his administra
tion, this being accompanied by
the assertion that all "loyal”
Porto Ricans applaud the conviction.
We have been laboring under the im
pression, gained from the official re
ports and the cabled dispatches, that
all Porto Ricans are not. only loyal but
happy.
Perhaps, however, it is not neces
sary to give much weight to anything
tn which the name of Governor Hunt
appears these days. That official is
pretty busily engaged in manufactur
ing a vice presidential boom for Him
self and he has to let the outside world
know he is living.
Alarm in the Enemy’s Camp.
There seems to be a "skeered” feel
ing creeping over the wiser and more
calculating republicans of the country.
The signs of the times are not entirely
to their liking and they are even frank
enough to indulge publicly in supposi
tions that indicate a lack of supreme
confidence in the outcome of the cam
paign of 1904.
The situation in New York city is a
cause for republican anxiety. Under
the name of fusion—-their only chance
for success —they are seeking to keep
th? city from polling its usual great
majority for a democratic ticket. They
realize that should the democrats win
Greater New York against the fusion
combine, the state of New York will
almost surely go into the democratic
electoral column next year. That pros
pect is not pleasing io President
Roosevelt or his party managers.
They have greater dread of tlie na
tional effects of a Tammany victory
in Now York city this fall than of any
other political event on the card.
Maryland's condition is also troub
ling them. Senator Gorman has pull
ed the democracy there into fighting
and winning shape. The chances are
ail for a democratic victory.
There is an uneasy feeling as
to Massachusetts. Governor Bates,
whose nomination cannot be avoided,
is not so popular as before he was
tried in the gubernatorial chair. He
has alienated a host of conservative
republicans and another large loss of
voters is promised because of the
growing demann of Massachusetts
manufacturers and workingmen for
free coal and free raw materials.
Massachusetts is debatable ground.
Socialism is growing there at the ex
pense of the republican vote. Should
the state go democratic in November j
it will make a broad breach in the :
national republican bulwarks.
The Washington Evening Star can- ,
tiously but clearly intimates that •
Ohio is giving cause for worry to the i
republican managers. Even if Tom ■
Johnson should fail of election it |
seems certain he is going to cut the
republican majority in the state to a
dangerously low figure and make the
campaign of 1904 one of great difficul
ty and doubt.
it furthermore admits that the dem
ocrats have the better prospect of
winning Nebraska this year and sup
poses that would mean its sure loss in
the presidential election of next year '
also.
These signs of perturbation among ‘
the republicans should be cheering to
democrats. But there is another thing
growing out of them that should warn
and work wisdom among democrats —
and that is the fact that the strongest
hope the republicans can have for vic
tory next year is confusion of counsel
and discord of aim and action on the
part of the democracy.
The Slurring of McClellan.
At the unveiling of the monument
erected by the state of New Jersey on
tiie field oi Antietam, or Sharpsburg,
as the confederates know it, to com
memorate the valor of her troops in
that action. President Roosevelt and
Governor Murphy, of New Jersey,
made set orations. They lauded in
fulsome terms the work of the union
forces on that, bloody field and de
clared that, as the president put it,
had victory fallen to southern arms
that clay at least two of the great pow- I
ers of Europe would have recognized |
the belligerent rights of the southern >
confederacy and history' might today !
have been telling a different tale of 1
the “war for the union.”
It is all the more singular, then,
that so momentous a battle, with tffe 1
scenario of it under their eyes and
the vital effects of it on their tongues,
did not, suggest to either of the dis
tinguished orators the propriety of
even mentioning Hie name of General
George B. McClellan, who was the I
commander oi the union forces in that i
fateful conflict. No utterance of his :
name was heard by the expectant mul- !
titude of auditors: no word of eulogy ,
was spoken of the man whose genius
and grit directed the operations that
achieved the victory.
It is weakly given out that "he was
forgotten and the silence concerning
him was unintentional.” That is a
tale to rehearse to the horse-marines.
The man who believes it must be a
pretty feol in the knowledge of history
and in the temperaments of the two
persons guilty of .his too palpable
slurring of the valorous deserts of a
notable soldier.
General McClellan may not have
been, in the opinion of military his
torians, a great commandiT. Singular
ly enough, it, is claimed by’ experts In
military history that .he only man
educated to the engineering branch of
arms who ever became a great com
mander was Napoleon. However that
may be, it Is very generally accepted
in this country by’ impartial war au
thorities that McClellan was never al
lowed the means and opportunities to
make himself an exception to that
common saying. Had iie been given
the same support that was afterwards
given to Grant, then, indeed, there
might have been other tales ol the war
to tell than are history now.
But where can one hunt for the long
established opinion of McClellan that
j led Roosevelt and Murphy to forget
i him? If ti ie y rea< i up on the his
tory of Antietam before composing
their speeches they must have discov
ered him somewhere in its vicinity.
When they saw him. however, it. is
more than probable they saw only the
man who, as a democrat, opposed Lln
coin for the presidency in 1564, and
; who afterwards was democratic gov-
■ ernor of New Jersey and confessedly
one of its most illustrious and capable
executives, it, is also possible that
back of the battle ground they saw his
son. George B. McClellan, of New
York, looming up as a mayoral
ty candidate in a contest that is
sure to have a weighty influence ou
tip? presidential prospects of next
year. To eulogize the father might,
; make some sentimental favor for the
| son.
; Perhaps this is looking far for an
j explanation of an extraordinary case of
i patriotic laches, but as we can find no
j adequate excuse short of the view we
I have taken we accept that logical re
sult.
A Right Man in Office.
In these parlous times of loot, and
official grafting in the postal depart
ment of the nation it is refreshing to
j find evidence that all the staff are not
tarred with the same stick of suspi
i cion and criminal accusation.
I First Assistant Postmaster General
1 Wynnfc has just repeated the proof
j that he, at least, will not stand for
I any imposition upon the department
| and the people. In the matter of the
j postal order supplies, which are fur
l nished by contractors, he promptly re-
■ jected the first bids because his knowl
i edge of the printing business con
i vinced him that the figures demanded
1 were exorbitant. The contract is for
. four years and the total amount is
1 large. The second bidding brought
I the figures down to a, reasonable level
i and General Wynne has closed a con
tract that saves the government $51,-
00(1 over (lie first bills and $9,000 from
the previous contract, making a net
saving of s(’>o,Poo for the people.
! Throughout, all the postal troubles
this official, standing next to the de
partment chief, has stood resolutely
for full investigation and publicity’.
He lias refused to consider that pub
lic business should be jlone less care
fully’ and honestly than private busi
ness. His motto has been that, "he
serves his party best wiio serves his
country best.” and with that convic
tion he has insisted that those who
have abused their offices and made
personal merchandise of the public
business shall be driven from place
and punished as common rascals.
i It is to the honor of the newspaper
profession that General Wynne was
chosen from it. to his present station.
He is a good example of the fair and
square journalists who in Washington
serve the American public with gov
ernment nows and will not conceal or
condone official dishonesties whether
in their own party or in the opposi
tion.
e-
The Courts Will Punish.
In a case recently' tried before him
at Newnan, Judge Samps Harris, in
passing sentence upon a convicted
criminal, made some remarks which
are worth noting.
A negro had been eonvictcd of an
attempt at criminal assault upon a
woman of his race, the verdict being
accompanied with recommendation to
mercy. It is stated in the telegraphic
reports of the case that the negroes
followed the case with much interest
and that they heartily approved of the
verdict.
in passing sentence, Judge Harris
said:
The crigie for which you have been
convicted is the ojie that has given our
people more trouble than any other. to
day it hovers like a black cloud over the
whole country, north as well as south,
east and west. Every good citizen con
demns it. In passing sentence on you. 1
want to let the women of our country
know, both white find black, that when
they call upon the courts of Georgia for
protection against those who assault them,
they shall be protected- 1 want you to
know and all men of your race to know,
and the sooner you learn it the better,
that when you commit that crime ami
ask the court for mercy you will find
no responsive sympathy but shall suffer
the extreme penalty of the law. The
punishment prescribed by the law for
this offense is from one to twenty years,
in the discretion of tin- court, and while
I could sentence you f. < any number of
years not less than on-- nor longer than
twenty, for the purposi of deterring
others I give you The tali limit of twenty
years.
When Judge Harris declared that
the courts of Georgia stand ready to
punish to the fullest extent those who
commit or attempt a crime of this
character, he uttered a trueism which
finds indorsement in the judicial rec
ords of the state.
American Cotton in Abyssinia.
Abyssinia is a small country, but
the percentage scored by American
cotton goods there is very high.
The Italian consular officers keep
their government especially well post ■
ed with regard to Abyssinia, because
of the proximity of that country to the
Italian possessions in northeastern
Africa. In a recent report published j
by the Italian government, there ap
peared the following relative to the
high position taken by American cot
tons :
The ■ population of Abyssinia Is about I
10.000,000 The products of the country,
exclusive of cereals, are ivory, sibeth or i
civet, wax, hides, coffee and gold, the '
latter abounding in the mountains, where!
the 'mines are merely scratched, in cot- ■
ton. North Americans have captured tlie !
market against England. France and G- i
many. in spite of the high price of labor!
and the enormous cost of freight for sir n
a distance, Americans have succeeded in :
capturing the trade bv tlie low prices ■!'
their products. Different nations soli,
these goods, but they are all American
made
Indeed, some writers have said that !
American cottons are the standard of !
value in the kingdom of Menelik.
The Wealth of the South.
In 1860 the census estimates of the
total wealth of the southern stales :
was a little more than $5,200,190,818,
including the value of negroes held as
property. In 1880, after ihe civil war.
emancipation and reconsti netion, it
was $3,200,000,000 in round figures, or
$2,000,01.4,000 less than in 1860. P is
now stated that, the census returns of
1900, when fully tabulated, will place
our wealth at over $12,000,000,000!
What a tremendous significance lies
in those figures! During the last
twenty years we have quadrupled our
total wealth and yet we are but at the
beginning of the development of our
resources. What, we have done in
manufactures, mining, railway build-
ing and the transformation of raw ma
terials into finished goods has but
demonstrated to conviction the certain
profitableness of such enterprises.
From now on the logic of conditions
and commercial circumstances will
multiply our stocks of capital and out
sources of profit.
The people ol the south are firmly
advanced on the way of prosperity and
only need tranquility from agitations
over academic issues of politics and
inflaming quest ions of social policy in
order to speedily reach their old posi
tion of economic independence and
power in public affairs. Peace and in
dustry are the handmaidens whose
presence and blessings we need to
cultivate most.
X
Palma and Cuba.
Il must be frankly confessed that
President Palma lias made more of a
success in launching and steering the
independent government of the new re
public of Cuba than most men at. the
outset expected. His present tour of
the island, with its accompanying ova
tions and acclamations, is good evi
! dence that alter sixteen months of ad
ministration, of peace and laborious
legislation and financiering, his gov
ernment has the, undoubted approval
of tne masses of his countrymen.
The prophets who once said that the
Cubans wore not fitted for self-gov
ernment are not wholly discredited by
this happy result. They had abundant
reasons in the past history of Cuba
in Hie insurrectionary character of
th? people, in their ignorance o’ any
form of government other than Span
ish militarism, and in their manifestly
crude understanding of our American
methods of administration when we
assumed charge of their affairs tem
porarily.
By one of those uncommon, yet not
mysterious, psychic pressures that af
fect all men in the same atmosphere,
Ihe deposition in the hands of the
Cubans of ail possession and authority,
embracing their country, their liber
ties and their destiny, had a strangely
sobering effect, upon them. Ihe se
riousness of their duties loomed before
them with a. warning light and spoke
to them with a commanding voice.
They forgot theli ancient insubordina
tions, quieted their jealousies, joined
hands for peace and order, anti in all
their d<liberations they have urged
and insisted that Cuban capacity for
orderly self-government must be vin
dicated before the judgment of man
kind.
The result is before the nations.
Although hampered by economic
chains, denied the help of free mar
kets for their staples among us who
need them all, and held off by otr
Platt amendments to their funda
mental law from making independent
terms of better consequences with
other powers, Cuba has survived paid
her way without deficits, and is still
employing wisdom and patriotism
worthy’ of the highest praise.
It is reported ihat President Palma
yet hopes to secure from congress
this winter the ratification of a recipro
cal trade treaty that will establish the
economic prosperity of the island. All
that is asked by him is fair and in
strict accordance with ti e moral prom
ises made to Cuba by the leaders of
on-* political conduct. Combinations
of selfish interests prevented the re
demption of those promise’s by the last
congress. lr is complimentary to the
coming congress that the Cubans hope
for justice from it. But time will tell
wh< ti er that hope is well founded or
wholly vain.
Jf the people of this country could
pass upon 'be question of opening
our markets to Cuba on preferential
terms there con. I bo no doubt of the
verdict. President Palma knows this
and upon the strength of his faith in
ultimate American honesty he lias
worked to keep Cuba alive within her
self and alc.of fro n any charge of bad
faith toward us. V.Tion we respond
to these demands upon our honor and
generosity the future of free Cuba will
bo secure for generations.
Decent Summer Resorts.
More than one of the eastern pa
pers lias noticed the great popularity
the past season of those summer res
orts where there are no saloons and
no gambling, where literary and re
ligious entertainments were provided,
and where Hie Sundays were quiet and
respected. For tiie first time, appa
rently, this contract has attracted spe- j
dific attention and favorable com
ment.
The fact that such places as Ocean i
Grove. Asbury Park. Lake Mohonk. !
Old Orchard and Cottage City, to say >
nothing of old Chautauqua, should ;
make so much better showings as to
crowds and profits should not be re
garded as a curious one. There are
many thousands of people in the
United States who spend periods of |
rest, and rm Teation at summer resorts !
who are careful not to go to such
places as those real depend nfion fast. ,
life, drinking ami gambling. They
shun such places because their sense ;
of moral and physical comfort, is of
fended by them at any time and in all
places.
It is to the credit of otp- country
men that tlie decent, resorts arc multi
plying in numbers and that every year
more and more people overcrowd them !
and make other such places necessary
for future seasons. The average solid
American is not “sporty" and a lover
of the immoral whirl. When he takes
wife, daughters and spns for a vaca
tion ho docs not purpose to introduce
them to the half world or acquaint
them with vice. Therefore the reason
for the increasing popularity of clean ,
resorts is easily explained.
«_ -<-• • ' I -- I
Both in the Mire.
When Hie czar of all the Russias
points his finger in holy scorn at the
Turk for the Macedonian slaughters, it
is just possible that the little man hid- ,
den away in the yildiz kiosk may throw
at the head of his bro;her ruler that,
quotation from the Bible about motes
and beams.
For Hie house-hold of Hie Russian
ruler is far from clean. Following on
the heels of the atrocities which
brought Kishinef to the notice of
the world come harrowing stories of
other massacres at Gomel. Making
every possible allowance for exaggera- i
tion at the hands of the unfriendly
t.ondon press, through whom the ■
news comes, it is apparent that the
atrocities committed upon the defense
less Jews at these two Russian towns
have equalled in honor anything that
has occurred in the Balkans.
The czar and the sulian are both in
the mire.
“Songs of the Soil”
By FRANK L. STANTON
, The Little Talker.
1 Folks dunno what he sayin’—dis chubby
HT man,
! En yit, his mammy tell um she know, en
onderstan’!
He skacely is a-creepln’—hit’s long befo’
he’ll walk,
! En yit, she say: "Lawd bless ’im!—Des
lissen how he talk!”
Wid a "Goo, goo. goo!”
En "I wonders who is you?”
"He talk des lak a angel, en dey lissen
at ’im, too!”
His Uncle come, ter see ’im, en den his
mammy ’low
He des In time!—“My sweetes’, talk fer
yo’ Uncle now!”
■En he say "Goo, goo!’’—ez usual,—reach
fer bls Uncle’s hat.
En his Uncle sav: "Lawd save us!-
What kind er talkin’s dat?”
Wid a "Goo, goo. goo!”
En "I wonders who is you?”
"He talk des lak a angel, cn dey lissen
at ’im, too!”
But his mammy take up fer ’lm, ez he
squallin’, high en low:
His Uncle hu’t his fcelin’s—hit’s a shame
ter treat ’lm so!
He des a gram ole bachelder what laid
up on de she’s
I wisht he had a dozen er dese sweet
nesses hisse’f!”
Wiu a "Goo. goo. goo!"
En "I wonders who is you?”
"He talk des lak a angel, en he half a
angel, too!”
w * 9 • •
Big- Problems.
De missionary take de book,
Eh cross de heathen ferry;
D<- heathen beat de griddle hot
En brile de missionary!
Oh. my chillun.
What you make er dxt?
Heathen mighty hungry,
En missionary fat!
De Turk, lie take de. warpath
En projick eas’ an wes’;
He kill ten thousan’ I’hristuns,
En holler: "Whar de res'?”
Oh. my chillun,
What you gwiue ter say?
I wonders of dey’ll specify
Dese tings on Jedgmint Day?
Brother Dickey’s Philosophy.
Moses didn't, hatter pay no house rent,
but had a. high ole time in de bullrush.
But lies let a bull rush now, en ever’
Moses in de country would climb a
tree!
Job wuz 'counted ter bo <je mos’ patient
man, en yit, I don't see how he could ’a.'
been—wid three fr’en’s alius glvln’ him
advice, cn a wife dal never took a holi
day.
Es some er de new-made angels could
come back ter airth, many er de credi
tors what had dealin’s wid 'em in dis
life would hunt up a bailiff ter levy on
dey wings.
Ltk de good man’ er old. some er us
don't want poverty, and we don’t want
riches; but de Lawd sen" gro
ceries en house rent, en don't let de gas
bill run over de I Oth!
*•♦ « •
« Two Men.
Said the first man, under the Lord’s blue
sky.
As the music swept along:
“It Is heard of the angels up on high:—
Thank God for a bird’s sweet song!"
Said the second man. as he stood and
beard.
With never a heart's sweet thrill, —
"I could sell that noisy singing bird
For a crisp ten-dollar bill!”
How will God reckon between the two?—
One. with Love's brightest crown;
The other, halting—with heaven in view,
And his gold to drag him down!
* • ♦ * •
Fiddle and a Fire.
Pile the oak logs higher!
Let the weather roll;
Fiddle, an’ a fire—
Glory in yer soul!
Feet that never tire—
Fling ’em far an’ free!
Come in thar, Maria.
Dance this dance with me!
Autumn wind a-sig’nin’
Leaves begin to fall:
Flpllers, Time’s a-flyin’—
Swing yer partners all!
Room an’ room a plenty -
Brisk the music goes;
Kiss her—two-an’-twenty.
Blushin’ like a rose!
Never thought of sorrow
When the fiiddles play;
Joy today—tomorrow.—
Dunce the world away!
The Restless World.
It’s a restless world, good people—jest as
restless as kin be:
When there’s peace down here in Geor
gy—killin’ Christians crost the sea!
When we're huntin’ of the ’possum,
there's a cyclone hits the tree,—
But we ll all reach the other side o’
Jordan!
It's a restless world, good people—from i
the summer to the fall;
The wagon's topsy-turvy when there's
Happiness to haul;
But somehow there’s a providence a-lead
in’ of us all,
An' well yet reach the other side o’
Jordan!
A restless world forever, with its sorrows |
an’ its sighs—
Its tears an' tribulations, its bright an’
stormy skies;
But the Land o’ Promise beckons, an'
you’ll wipe your weepin’ eyes
When we all reach the oilier side o’
Jordan!
The Other Side.
He alius wuz a-sayin’
When the way wuz lookin’ dim.
In ihe happy Land o' Canaan
There wuz
Rest
For
Him!
But be mid. when Death wuz nigh him ’
?ui’ they told him: Look a'.of’
To the happy Land o' Canaan."
"Folks, it’s
Too
F nr
Off!”
The Fall Time Children.
De sun shine over de hilltop
En light up de flel’ en town,
En dar liT Misr’y Jinkins
Playin’ wid Happiness Brown.
En dar liT Webfoot Williams.
Friskin’ de orchard 'roun,
En sweet liT’ Bowleg' Tomkins
Shakln’ de apples down.
En yander Charity Hopeful,
En Innocence Johnson, sweet;
My! what a worl’ er sunshine!—
Chillun Is hard ter beat!
Plunkett’s Letter
(LIKE the fall season.
Wild grapes and muscadines are now
black upon the vines and a crowd of
young people have been out gathering
them for a week. These wild grapes are
not so abundant as they used to be, but
the young generation think they are, and
that is sufficient for them, and there are
plenty still to act as sweet reminders for
old folk and start a flood of memories
to welling in our hearts. So It is that
everything is cheerful. The young romp
| and gather the grapes while the cool
mornings limber up tho joints and fresh
en the memorv of the old. ’till—
Over the fields and far away,
I hear the partridge sing.
It sounds as sweet for me today
And has as clear a ring
As in the years long, long a gone.
When there was never sweeter song
To cheer a crisp and frosty morn
Than "Old Bob White!”
Tho partridge is a large part of the.
fall season. In old times every boy had
his traps and I venture there is not nn«
of them living today but what can think
of these trapping days with feelings of
the greatest pleasure. To visit these traps
' was the first work of the morning and
. what a delight it was to find the tiap
I filled with birds. Where is the old ma -
, that does not take'pleasure in stwiyi l
over these traps and where the old worn
j an that does not remember the romps
'after grapes, muscadines and clw.-tnui
Il was delightful to hold the girls’ hand
and pick the briars from their finger?
and it was another delight to stand be
neath a white, oak and swing upon
I the, vines and have the mu:
! dines patter down like hail.
' And who would forget the old fence rov. s
I that we would climb on our way to i?.-
i bottoms. All along these old fences C,<i
, grapes hung in clusters jvith here and
■ there a persimmon tree with brown may
j pops covering the ground. It was all gr< ai
j for people and it was great for ’possum
. if you remember these things you wl
: be sure to think of the rabbits a i
squirrels that were then abundant and
h.nd juicy. Tlie rabbits are with us
but none of the other thing:, arc 1 • r
they used to be; but for all that, the
j season is not so sad a season as
> heard it was.
Our corn crops are splendid. Cotton
off, but there is no grumbling over ;
matter. Farmer young men have !<•': - i
that corn in the crib and meat in
; smoke house, is far more important t
[ a big cotton crop, and I predict rice
there will be lots of marrying betw
I now and Christmas. I am not f'" i
! about the. matter. They are mating ■ ■
I and sitting up to each other in the ■ 1 i
I old way and when the money for f ■
begins to How in the marrying will l>
! and one wedding begets another and • «
! parties and quiltings that will soon betna
■ will help along, so that we may coati
; dently look for a great time in Geors :
| now pretty soon, crops or no crops, liar .
I times or no hard times.
i While the young people are getthi.
I ready to do such things as are alw
i invited by fall and are happy and cheer
! ful in consequence, those too old to enjn
i the present are refreshed in memory b
■ tho pleasant season, till everything ;
cur settlement, at least, wears more
smile of a beautiful spring than the ;
row that the poets would have us
: lieve belongs to fail. Old people
i find many comforts in musing over
i past. I doubt if the pursuits of yo
I ,s any sweeter than to think over
’ past. All the time there is a figfi
t change. I,ast week 1 watched the ,
; wagons taking sand into the city and
. it caused me to take up the ol - n
lions of my own life and to reflect that
; ail the time there Is a war of ch.. . z
■ it is mighty common to notice
■ wagons, and perhaps there are t>; •
ix ady to say that, there is nothing in - -
l of these wagons to cause a thought -f
I the past. But they put me to study
I over what a fight it is for even s.
j to hold its place in the world. -Na‘>. -
' moves along to repeat over and o.
I again the same long fight, the same
I struggle. Every day these sand wag
j are moving in and out on every r 0,..:
leading into the city—like ants they se '
so industrious and winding one after a:
other. The teamsters know how to v . ’
with the hills and find the Hats of san :
and gravel. It is not an easy thing ' -
•! haul this sand, but there are a pie: •
of teamsters glad to do it. These til
I their places and they have their pleas
l ures. I have watched their eyes twlnk
! as they would discover a quality of sac
' just suited to their purposes, and ta
sweat would roll from their faces
• they shoveled it from its place. liar.
work it is to get this sand, but f‘
I sand purified by the thumps and t
hies of nature. For years upon y -
these little grains of sand have b
• rained upon and washed down and dev
! iill at the very bottom it has been
!to lie without a seeming purpose. B.
' centuries roll and the great ch.icg
■ come that makes the sand hauler g
' to lift it from its place to return to t'c
hills again and there to take a place ■'
frescoed walls, a thing of beau’.'
of usefulness So the fight begins ag
to carry it down, and over and c
works tho decrees of providence, till
shall say but what the mission of '
old and their pleasures as well ar' n '
I equal to those who are vet in youth
live in the hope that God will regulate
things in His own good way tl;-t n"
of ns can get good out of life if or B- we
will try we are trying.
SARGE PLUNKETT
Anticipation.
Some d.ty. dear heart, when you hn °
weary grown
Os all the hollow joys that you s !■ ■ ■
have known.
And harvest full have reaped of al! th- ’
you have sown,
And found no grain of wheat, but ! "’"b -
chaff alone.
Then, as a tired child, who, throng? la
bours of play,
Forgets all el.se save boisterous games an-!
gay.
Comes in the quiet hour at close of e- ”
mer day
To bow at mother’s knee and lea n tc
softly pray.
So wil] you come to me and p!i:o" ''
my breast
Your worn and weary h ad. thi-s en.:. -
folly's quest,
And finding then no chiding, but or,'.'
peace and rest.
Will close your aching eyes, and murmur,
"This is Iw-st.”
—LOViSE THREETE IIODW.’-
. Atlanta. Ga.
The Promise.
When in the autumn all of dies.
When fades the Indian summer’s purp:«
haze
And winter comes with chill and bitter
days—
When violets must sleep beneath the
snow,
We do not mourn and erv "Alas the woe
«>f death.” but sit with calmly folded
hands
And think of barren fields as slum bring
lands
And in each blast of fury dresm of spring
With God-sure faith in May's awakening—
So from the winter's waste comes spring
to all
—HENRY C. WARNHCK.