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THE COHSTITUTIOJI
CLARK HOWELL Editor
ROBY ROBINSON Business Manager
Entered at the Atlanta Pestoffice ■ * Hacead
Class Mail Matter, Nev. 11, 1573.
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Georgia and the Canal.
Scvt-tal da.> - ago The Constitution,
n commenting upon an editorial from
;.s < .te-med contemporary, The Sa
.uraali Pres . in reference to recent
ir. in Panama, commended the at
tide of Senator Bacon in declaring
at he would vote for the ratification
<>. a satisfactory canal treaty with
j anama, notwithstanding the fact
t iar. he did not approve all the meth
ds employed to put Panama in a
position whereby it. was enabled to
;i- yotiarc a treaty as an independent
1 epublic.
The Constitution lias very emphatic
. taken the position that develop
i:. rus antecedent to lhe recognition
Panama as an independent republic
torm a chapter with which, at this
one, we have nothing to do. Wheth
er or not Panama's secession was the
result of an intrigue in which the
lai ted States was directly, or indi
n -tly. involved—and we repeat that -
nothing has been proven to show that
tills country was in any manner in
-I’ime’ tai in inciting the revolution
lhe fa c remains, undisputed and
undoubted, that the independence of
Panama has been formally
and that its position as a sovereign ro
public has bom recognized by the
leading powers of the world.
In the opinion of The Press the rec
ognition of Panama was “revolution
ary and corrupt,” and, -‘believing
this,” say; The Press, “we call upon
Senator Bacon, as a leader in that
i ody. to -. nve this great work from
’he pitl'alb of a diplomatic blunder.”
Continuing, The Press says:
Th'' posit Un of Tlio Press in this mat
te'. ’ vii'll known. Savannah wants the
1 ~c state of Georgia wants the
, . css men of the country,
. ~ • t l • • partv, want the canal;
but wc do not believe that the best senti-
■■—it o- t’-s neop:.-. i« in favor of joining
•... “ -. m Atlanta Constitution in
icc< pting the situation,” if that sitaa-
• . s . brought about by doubtful
n „ We do not believe Senator
t. ■ w ' a? r never seen a <ll-
ni-'t from him that he would
. -o- a rreatv mode with a republic
, J 1..-on called into existence by
fraud and corruption. Nor do we believe
: i ts . •« ui jo so Those who intimate
... .ra . '” '’ v ...in to nlace Hie sena-
• n -., a •,..<bio: l . we cannot bring
n t" coincide with Th' Consti-
• . ; -li a "sition would meet
■ . • ev. rw. (m’.tg approval of the
- t?i>. stat'Georgians want
but they are not r< ady
• . !•-.’ r. ; r,r th it "might
nt. right’ oro-i in Panama.
k;i" ( ■ iitiii ion of November 2'l
• < aim 1 a ran < n statement from
a’ ir I'o'. 'ei, in which ho expressed
- ■ .- : t <m on ’.ho Panama question
.; :;,e following words:
i 'i.-. no doubt that the republic of
t lie
- ■ .• ,f b othei i: itions. While
•t b-ai, on the contrary.
• I ;■ • : e nr tiiod le which
mt, I will
exp tto i ipport it. It
. -a tion .< the canal, as
■ whi'-h provides so? the
’ - J. vi- g f.-'ilnc to reach
■ l.irn to do so Cf course.
, n et submit to any terms
' r ’ h " H.j ■•• ;-trarj^ rt If
Imd evidently not seen
v cm it said that it had
• ■' •' d.rrnt statement from
? • ■: id veil' for i he ctinai
| ■ i' public oi Panama.
*“ 'tli . th" position of Sena-
■ ' ■ subject is unas
i'Tl impregnable. there is
: ■ i t-- ■!< '!■ ’ll.: that this is tho view
' 11 : ‘helming majority of the
} 'p i -of Georgia.
i ■ i Pr'-.-s “wants the canal." but it
“1 great work saved from
ait ail of a diplomatic blunder.”
\ prps U!11 o that The Press would
’ aildr.tn r.,~ whole proceeding, force
V.inpria again to submit to the chains
('■ilombian oppression, undo every-
G a that has been done in the satis
t" .- progress of < until negotiations,
■ 1 i hen le t this country open up the
question as a new proposition,
• . .. no reasonable assurance that the
. ial;s and the uncertainties that
- ;■ " delayed the construction of the
cai al for more than fifty year? would
co.* every phase of our renewed
■forts for the next half century.
In a practical way. more definite,
me ct and certain progress has been
made toward the actual construction
• :,o canal during the past sixty days
t .an in all the past half-century. It
” <>uld be worse than criminal now to
undo what has been done, and the
.iple of Georgia are to be congratu-
I 1 that they have two senators who
wlh not permit themselves, nor the
state, io ho placed in any such foolish
: 1 indef- nsible attitude.
Georgia wants the canal, and It.
wants no more unnecessary delay In
getting it!
The way to get it is clear, and, nn
less we are greatly mistaken, the
work of actual construction is now
in sight.
Promises More Than Fulfilled.
The bureau of forestry of the de
partment of agriculture is as enthusi
astic as a government, bureau could
well lie over the results attained by
the adoption of Dr. Charles H. Herty’s
system of extracting turpentine, the
details of which were first made pub
lic through The Constitution.
Instead of the 22 per cent increase
which it was predicted Dr. Herty’s
system would bring, in comparison
with the old boxing system, the ex
perments made by Dr. Herty under
the direction of the bureau of forestry
have raised this figure to more than
36 per cent.
In a bulletin just issued by the bu- ■
reau, the prediction is made that !
when universr liy adopted in the south,
as it is bound to be sooner or later,
the new system will have raised the
turpentine production of this country
by more than a third, provided the
same number of trees are used.
This bulletin gives some highly in- !
teresting details showing the work I
which has been done. Two years ago, I
when Dr. Herty lirst made known his i
discoveries, he put 20,000 < ups into '
operation. Last year litis figure was I
increased to about 400,000, and this :
year a conservative estimate places :
the number of cups to be used at. <
3,000.0’1'i. The figures certainly show I
that the turpentine operators have a ;
full appreciation of the value of the ;
new system. The change of methods i
has been so rapid that the pottery i
company which undertook to supply i
operators with earthen cups has been I
unable to keep up with its orders and !
has been obliged to refuse contracts .
for ever two million cups. The pre !
diction is made that the majority of I
the large turpentine operators will. |
as soon as the proper facilities can be i
sectired, abandon the boxing system j
and extract, their turpentine by means !
of cups and gutters.
As the early experiments indicated, i
the economic saving of this new dis- i
covery is < normeus, not only because i
of the great im ■ ase in the amount of !
turpentine produced, but also, what is I
even more important, in saving the i
pine forests to the south. Instead of i
killing the trees, as the old system
did, the new one is not fatal to the
life of the trees and docs very little
damage to the timber.
The bureau of forestry has arranged
to give the personal assistance of Dr.
Herty to turpentine operators who de
sire Io install the n< system.
Mississippi's Mineral Wealth.
it. is interesting to note that the
geological survey lias recently under
taken an investigation into the min
eral wealth of the state of Mississippi.
While the suggestion that Mississippi I
possesses mineral resources of any
character may cause surprise to those
unfamiliar with the state, the geolo
gists in charge of this w6rk have
brought to light, some highly interest
ing facts v.hich stand to the state’s
credit.
Large and valuable clay deposit.-;
and extensive beds of Portland ce
ment materials occur in Mississippi.
Neither coal nor metallic orcs are found
in deposits of sufficient size or qual
ity, but the investigations so far made i
show that a great increase to th" ma- •
terial wealth of Mississippi can be |
made by toe active development of the :
cements and clays.
These investigations, which are still
going on. have also developed that. ■
among the minor mineral resources of :
Mississippi are glass-sand, molding
sands, lignite, red and yellow ochres. -
and fuller s earth, all of which exist ■
in what the department officials desig- ■
nate commercial quantities. It is be- 1
lioved that the investigation will draw j
the attention of investors to the Mis- •
sissippi field to an extent that will
result in large material advantage to :
that, state.
Justice to the Philippines.
Prominent in the general demand i
which the democrats will, in the pres .
ideutial campaign, make for a reform- ,
ation of the present obnoxious tariff I
schedules will be a plea for justice :
for Die Philippines.
The people of the Philippines come '
to this govt rnnn nt pleading for broad j
-—for the mere right to exist—and the ;
republican majority would give then)
nothing more palatable than tiio I
stones of the Scriptures. Pre; idem.
Roosevelt, who would be a pretty
strenuous tariff reformer were it not ,
for his desire to secure the presi
dential nomination, ha been put on
notice by tite stand-pat protectionists i
of his party that there can bo no Phil- |
ippincs tariff legislation this winter
The president is, on this account, be ]
tween two fires. The civil govern '
mint of the Philippines anil the iusu- ■
lar bureau of tin. war department. '
which acts as the home t” presentative
of the. Philippines government, have I
shown him that it is absolutely essen ‘
tiai to the material welfare of the !
islands that their < Iv.'.f products shall j
be admitted to the American markets I
on more advantageous terms.
When Spain controlled the Philip
pines, she opened her markets without
anj tariff duties whatsoever to the
preduets of the islands. The change
of ownership carried with it the Ding
ley tariff barrier against Philippines
products. Subsequently there was a
show at reduction of the Dingley
rates, they being cut. by 23 per cent
lor the products of the Philippines,
but so far as practical benefit goes
they might just as will have not
been cut at ail. The long haul from
Manila to San Francisco is such a
handicap that the 23 per cent reduc- i
tion in the iaiiii rates still leaves the i
uandieap lar 100 great to permit Phil- .
ippine sugar and Philippine tobacco to ,
enter into competition with oilier situ- ,
tlar products in the American mar- ‘
kets.
Governor Taft, who knows best the ■
needs of the islands, has time and i
again recommended that at least an- |
other JU per cent, be, taken off the |
Bingley rates so that Philippines prod- j
nets may have something like a fail' ‘
showing in the American markets. '
That is, he would have the rates upon
Philippines products not more than
25 per cent of the Dingley rates. Ihe j
fair thing, the just thing, would, of
course, be to admit the products of
these colonial possessions into the
markets of the I’nited States free of
any duty. Every demand of justice
would seem to dictate that the United
States should give to the Philippines
a market equally as good as that she j
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1903.
took away when she ousted Spain
from her sovereignty. Certainly, if
there must be any tariff barrier al all,
ii should be merely nominal, like that
against Porto Rico. The statistics show
that if the entire Philippines product
of sugar were admitted duty free to
the United States the importations
from this source would be less than
one per cent of the amount of sugar
now imported annually. There is not.
the slightest possibility of either the
sugar or the tobacco industries of the
tjnited States being injured by Phil
ippines competition.
And yet the republican leaders have
decreed that there shall be no Phil
ippines tariff legislation at all. They
do not pretend to claim that their de
cision is in tite interest of any homo
industry, bill arc frank enough to say
that the consideration which induces
them to continue in their present pol
ity of injustice to the islands is purely
political. They tfre afraid that a Philip
pines tarff bill would open up a gen
eral tariff discussion in congress, and
they do not propose to have such a
discussion if they can help it.
They seem to believe they can avert
the impending tariff reform storm
by preventing a vote upon this and
other tariff propositions in the present
congress, but Hie ostrich who hides
his head in the .‘■and is wiser. There
is nothing more certain than that the
American people are in earnest in
their demand for tariff reform and
that they will show this at the polls.
Republican injustice to the Philip
pines will only serve to draw more
acute utientiion to the monstrous in
justice of the present tariff law in all
its ramifications.
Reyes Is Too Late.
Tiie mysterious talk of Gi i:Tai
Rafael Reyes about Colombia making
some sori of an offer to give the
United States the Panama canal strip
free gratis for nothing, as the saying
goes, is, of course, nothing more nor
less than a < oy South American bluff.
General Reyes seems to L" a very
estimable gentleman in himself, but he
represents a lost, cause. The proyri t
of events has absolutely eli.Ll ciie-t
his country from the isthmian canal
equation, if General Reyes has the in
fluence in Colombian affairs he is rep
resented as having, the time tor him
to exert it was when the bandits at
Bogota wore concocting the pretty lit
tle scheme by which they hoped to
• old up the United States on the one
hand, and the Panama Canal Company
on the other, for millions with which
to line their precious pockets. It
there is any real patriotic good sense
in Colombia, it failed to assert iti-elf at
a. time which proved a crisis in the af
tairs of the republic.
The otter of the United States to
Colombia was the most liberal jiossi
ble. Its acceptance meant, to that
count'.', not only a financial considera
tion which would practically pay off
its external debt, but, what was of
vastly greater importa.nee, it meant
the presei ration to that country of its
most, valuable asset —-the isthmus.
The Bogota politicians well knew the
sentiments of the people of Panama.
These had. been made io bear the na
tional burdens for yeais wit Inuit re
ceiving even decent treatment in re
turn, and even an isthmian worm will
turn.
General Ib'ycs app< ars upon the
scene of action too late to accomplish
anything. The republic of Panama
has been recognized by the United
States. Franco and Germany and its
genera] recognition is a question of
but a short time; its independence is
specifically guarante' (1 l>y the United
States: it has taken its place among
the independent nations of the earth.
To this new government and to it
alone belongs the say-so with regard
to the precious canal strip.
If General Reyes is fooiish enough
to attempt to officially broach his free
canal bluff, he will doubtless very
promptly I" tn ad ■to S'■ that, from t.lie
view point of the United Stale.'., be has.
no standing in com t. If he is wise, he
will bend his energies toward induc
ing Panama to assume some portion
of tite Colombian debt, for this is al!
Colombia can possibly hope to get out
of the present situation.
The New Woman in Hawaii.
A cablegram from Honolulu an
nounces that Princess Theresa has de
termined to take up the political lead
ership of her late husband, Robert, W.
W ilcox, who v. as Ha waiia's delegate
in the American congress, and to that,
end proposes to bring about a union
between the home rule party and the
democracy.
it will be recalled that on the eve
of the, recent election, in whielt he was
a candidate for sheriff, Wilcox died
suddenly. This left the home rule
party without an active leader and
hi- widow, the princess, has deter
mined to lake up the reins which
dropped from his hands.
This advent of a. woman into the
active politics of Hawaii will doubt
less be hailed by the. advocates of
female suffrage as a triumph for their
ideas, but it is no new thing to Ha
waiian?. While there has been a very
active controversy over the right of
Mrs. Wilcox Io assume the royal title
of pricers, there has never been any
dispute ot her right to be recognized
as one of the most powerful political
factors fhich have been developed
since ths overthrow of the old Ha
waiian monarchy. She was the power
behind the throne in the promotion of
her late husband’s political aspira
tions and in the development of th-.,*
home rule party which put him into
congress. Wilcox shone, as an orator.
No" man in the islands possessed
greater 6 ability in swaying a native
audience. Combined with his bold
ness in appealing to the taco preju
dices of his people were all the tricks
of the real orator. But Theresa was
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the political manager of the family.
She mapped out the campaigns and
presided over the councils of the
party.
The recognition of her leadership
was universal. When, therefore, she
openly assumes control, she is but
stepping into her own. Hei' position
is most unique. Without possessing
the right to vote that is accorded to
females in some of the new western
states, site has attained a position oi
leadership considerable above that
enjoyed by any of the voting females
of those states. She is a new woman
with powerr.
♦
The New House Leader.
While it is manifestly too early to
pass final judgment upon the leader
ship qiiaiilii-atlons of the new demo
cratic house loader, Mr. John Sharpe
Williams, ii. is worth noting that the
gentleman from Mississippi has made
a most favorable impression upon
Washington—one that augurs well lor
the future.
There never has ben a question of
Mr. Williams' soundness a? a thinker
or his ability as a debat' i’, bin the
leadership of a minority culls lor qual
ities of a peculiar kind. Since the
days of judge Crisp, of Georgia, no
man selected for li-adership sc in ' to
have b-on able to command tbe united
support of his party to win the respect
of the other side of the house.
Both oi' those things ace essential
to success in the man who speaks for
a minority, senator Gorman is an
ideal leader, bold and a.T.ressive, in
spiring confidetice in hi- followers
and the absolute r< sped of his repub
lican associates; and in 1 "'’sequence
lie heads an united and militant minor
ity in the senate. The dev lopments
of the extra session, though it has
bo; a short, have shown that the demo
crats of the. house believe c M>’- ' 1-
hams: that he is bent upon keeping
them united rather than upon splitting
them into factions by' domineering
tacti' s. and that lie enjoy.- a: 'he same
time the confidt nee and est' at oi the
I, piibiican lead* r~. a per?'rial asset
gained through long associa ion.
Mr. Williams be , started out well.
He lias the best of good wiUtes trom
democrats in general and southern
democrats in pariie.tlat; t ■ ’ his ef
forts may be crowncil by tch com
plete success that ’he hotis- minority :
may be fairly representative of the j
party which will ( tiler the -xt cam- 1
paign united and aggro - 0 in it.-,
fight for the rights of the masses.
Why Not the Whole StoryP
It will be noticed that, tlu one stig- ■
gestion of politics (‘Obtained in the re- 1
noii .if Founh Assistant i -tmast-r
Bristow is in connection wit" the case
of Mr. Machen. In his review of this :
case. Mr. Bristow refers pc.ntedly to i
the tact that Mr. Machen r ’ived his
appointment to the dopai"' mut as a
democrat.'
While Mr. Bri-now was iting this
preface to Mr. Machen's pUltical ca- ■
reer, why did he not tell :l’-c whole :
Why did ho not for i- tance. re
veal the intere-e‘ i fa-t that Mr.
Machen subsequently been "" an ard
ent convert to yepnn'i'-anii a.
Why did he not -Bow H T Mr. Ma
chen was one. of t:.(>.-•• cso- med dem- ;
ocrats who found I’ imp. > ide to fol
low the party in IS'."'.. ‘ of I'?
fiuiw iM pirn i<" (»'' ■■ ■' upporfed I
•jr. Aiclxi'iley!
And why did ho not that in
the historic eoni.i-;J at Uolumbti;-,
When Mr. Hanna finally landed tin'
■ a orsbip by one vote, Mr. Mat ht n
was one of th- patriots who went, on
from Washington and lent his best el
forts toward aceompiishir? ob < ■
tion of the old man? ;
Perhaps had Mr. Bri'-tow written
this portion of Mr. Mach( . s political ;
history, the country migi' have in
ferred that the former Lad of the.
rural delivery service had simp'y
absorbed “grafting" alon with the;
other phases of republican financial I
doctrine.
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FLORIDA SHIP CANAL.
: ■ 1 Iso.)
■; v.. ’. O TI Atla ‘
in bringing up again the (1 'Stlon of a ;
I,’lorida ship canal is >1- -<■' ”‘ig "f th«-
■ 1 ia'ni.-st C'linni ii.laii'ci. It - t". anil no .
doubt w ill, be a lone tin;' ■ such a ■
al becomes a r'..-i ;z.od sac: but i'' it is j
practieablc. which r .opi-.-.n to 1"'. the;
south should never -a:' to struggio for
its building.
‘fhe i.i . 1 ro -it I87S;W"U1(1 brie
'T.... :-'.a s\ ;■ imni' " i ’.‘-I. i O til- zone
01 acii'. ily. St. M. ik - is - - tha i 60 -
mil. s from ‘riiom. rille ■■ I a matter -
which is ■'« h ' ‘1 i' I’ I ' l ' l I"
i -,, i.!• > i~ cf ’- j t .J. "in- it ‘■
Not. tiie least f th- '"-".-fits
that this immejia;- sc-tlo. would de- ;
i fr-.'-n th- dig" ". 1 '
ii east
rale- . .:■■ laud U"d on oar
. : rn fn sht wo d .■ o y i» mil.
1 .
stuTi i.-iit proof of wli it . :da.'-i'>g thine
i, is to iiavo voter fr.-iglr lew Orleans
uml all gulf pol ls would i( brought
-onio 500 miles m.;;': to Ne Yorl<. and
• lipping W"idd I. i . In 1; of
the Florida strait .
The ■ ■ it • t
no-, only our mor. i nt. -cir era..' sup
port as well, and w<- doubt m Iliat Con
gr<-- mati Griggs will : l a l.iggird
in the fight. I ‘ll. - IJi b 11 ow
ell. we’re right b.-hind ynu.
The 1 lorida Cana.
Editor O"i lit . V ur ’h :al nn
the Florida ship canal is tl clearest,
best and most virile note yot -o -.led In
favor of tills pr d watei’a-
All El .ri Li '. 1 : '.led Io ’ie ' 'nsti
ration for taking iliis pr- OFition so
- ■ >ly. J. HA RV ~V I I)
Tampa, Fla.
“Songs of the Soil”
Ey FRANK L. STANTON
When the Weather’s Crisp and
Frosty,
Bar’s somepin’ in de elements dat keeps
you on de go
I Wen de weather’s crisp en frosty en
you lookin’ f'r de snow;
W’en you hear de kittle sing
On de tiro, like ever’thing,
En yon clean fergits de summer en de
roses er de spring.
You hoars d drivers whistle on de big
toad, t r de teams;
En at night d; IIT chillun sees de Chris'-
mus in dey dreams;
I En de folks a-sett.iiy roun',
Hears de fiddle’s lively soon',
En de dancin' makes de room r r-l—’twel
do roof seems cornin’ down!
It’s do halleluia season in de country
fur en nigh,
En it makes you think de angels Jines de
chorus in do sky!
Do. go.'d time at its b-s’,
Finn de ringin’ eas' ter wes’.
Lite en joy amazin' 'twel you never
wants ter res'!
Den l<"<'p d<. joy a gwille, en k-op good
1.-.-iin's all!
No bettor wor]' dan dis is, fnm d-’ spring
time ter de fall!
Weather crisp on tine
All erlong- d, line—
ft s de halleluia S’ a.um, co dal ■< de way
we twine!
Ills Christmas Schedule.
“Yon know what dry gwine give you f'.-r
Chris'mus?"
j "No; I ain't studied bout i. yll!"
; ‘ 'B-a ver-11 at."
"Aly, rny!"
j "Long tail coat.”
| “Tell de truth!''
"S'.atidin’ collar."
I ’‘l,.;.wd bless us!”
i ‘ il'ii-d .-hill, kid gloves, en a gold head
I walkin’ stick.’ ■
I ''iJi Lawd save us!” exclaimed the pros-
; pectin- lo ir to all tin- above gifts. "Has
I got t : go t. ’■ i.i.-a hin' (I. gospill in my
Any Time in Dixie.
j Any tiin-- in Dixie—
l.'at - de time I'er me!
Melon;- in dr- summer,
Or 'possums, fat en free
I Any lime in Dixie
Is glory time ter me!
Any time in Dixie
You finds rm I'.-, lin' prime
Don't k< -r, night or day time
Ib '.v high de 'possum climb
Any time in Dixie
1-■ hall'ditia time!
The Rolling World.
II ... o'- (>, worid.
To m.- i. the happy day!
W. weary of tin- winter—
; Sail-.a -imiug of tii’- May;
We ar.- y.-arning- for the meadows
The meadows far away—
Roll cm. O. w. rid.
To meet the happy day!
: Roll on. O. world.
Ben. nth tic- rainbow's ray!
. W.. v.-.- u y of the tern;, st,
i Wl...ligh:nings sti ike to slay!
■ \\ i- ar<- yearning for the harbor
Where tin- .-hips amhor star
' Roll or.. O, W'.rld,
' To me.-t the happy day'
A Song of the Tinies.
Di- time., ain't J.il; dey ns..- ter be
Bit ; till w. livin' .in,
I'm still we ll k. .-p a .'is In'
1 '■’■ '1 e. b‘ ; l er timr-s is gone
'Twel v.e do mountain's rockin’,
i En Gabrut blows his bo n.
En w- answer ter de roll call in de
mawidn'!
De times ain't Ink dey use ter lie,
But still, along d. way.
We g.-tlicrs up wid all de tho'ns
De roses Or de May;
En de bu irl is always singin’
I Gs a happy holiday
W’en we answer ter de roll .all in de
ma wn in’!
Took in the Situation.
' W ' iPl ’ erS ''’
“And you? .-inukiiiv jiti'kci."
“How j.om.hl ■ ou ar' /'
i “Ainl \ our piy - au<i tobacco. ’’
! “a iuit s kin.;:"
‘ Aid’ u i'a. sil (iown, and let me rub
your li' ad -for I know you're ilrcti, - poor
1 1 (■!]<• w
Ai.d -ii ]:<■ b'Okrd iii'iuiringly at her, '
‘\\iolJe. lei's be ppriV'Hy candid with >
■ '’i.'Uii otii- i ; kind of a Christmas
; p)' .'‘ ’ll do you want 7“
The New Tinies.
I Old limos in Georgia were gnori 1
But td’ ut‘W times are slngiu' (
iu' \ - w< tn nud
; The w<«rtd like a. picture in a livin’
frame of blue, j
An’ al! th” slurs arc sendin' down the
brightest beams to you!
O!d tini'. *- v.'<good tinms in winter tirn l ? 1
an' May;
But *. ir ■> ’’m "- £’■< >t a. feller with a
i(mi!a r “Ifooru\. ’
An’ w’d’u i’-ti ’S in thu <’hristmas times—
llif ii ail I want s a *'ii;inuo.
An’ I;.. •> fl fiddle u• •i. an’ give me
room to dance!
Brother Dickey's Holiday Sayings.
I" a ain't coal cuough in de country ter ’
keep all ue folks in d.- wor" warm, on dey '
ain't no consolation In thinkm" that de >
ne.x' work may be blazin'.
Dey ain't. "•> pmtii-r sight dan tor see
Charity wadin' in d" snow; but de ole ;
lady's miehiy apt ter git col' feet in ■
winter time.
Sorrow thinks she conns tor stay, but
Wen Joy picks a. tune on de banjo, she
lints on her hat en makes double-quick
time!
To Keep Us Singing.
For all o’ 'li. strifes an' the troubles—
For all o' th-' grief an' the wrong.
)'i-.-re's- ; .,y enough in (lie emmtry
To keep us singin' along.
The past was a past of promise—
There's faith in the future strong;
An' joy enough in lhe country
To keep us pingin' along.
The thorns are red in the reaping.
But thiv'rc still nhcre the roses throng;
Joy enough in the country
To shout hall.'luia along!
The Nobler Life.
Let us build upon Life's way
On the wrecks of yesterday;
Seo the nobler .etrueturc rise
Where the old ir. ruin lies!
In the barren fields ami dr. nr
Sow the seed of harvest;; fair; I ,
tn the gardens, lost in gloom.
See th.- sweeter roses bloom; ;
Knowing ever that we stand
In tne hollow "f God’s ham;,
i.ot us build upon Life's way
On the wrecks of yesterday!
HOLD YOUR HEADS UP, FARMERS!
By HON. MARTIN V, CALVIN, Secretary Georgia State Agricultural
Society.
Editor Constitution: If a casual ob
server even were asked to name a class
of citizens at once hard working, and, in
manner of life, retiring, he would in
stantly answer: “The farmers.”
If further interrogat'd with a view to
eliciting the reasons tl.at suggested the
answer so promptly given, he would re
ply: "Because, confronted through long
rears by so many untoward conditions
and by so great a number of difficulties,
they b'-came in a large measure discour
aged, and tiie inevitable sequence fol
lowed—a retiring disposition and a non
assertion of their rights. More than tills:
I the great body of farmers have suffered
from lack of organization. There is in
spiration in organization of the right
kind—helpful, preserving one’s own while
considerate of the right and the affairs
of others."
Generally, observer's points are well
put. By degrees, all this is being changed
-praise the Dord' Changed by His guid
ing and bountiful hand.
Hold your heads up, farmers! It is
your high privilege so to do.
When I was a small boy there came
to Augusta quite every winter a phrenol
ogist wito gave free lectures, nights. I
was among the attentive listeners, for I
felt then that a good part of my educa
tion must come through a hearing ear
and a seeing eye. I remember that the
lecturer would emphasize the importance
of cultivating a reasonable degree of
self-esteem—not only as to one’s self, but
one’s vocation also. He would exclaim:
"Now, let everybody in the hall sit erect,
brace yourself against the back of your
chair—hold your head up! Don’t you
see how much more a man, a woman, a
boy you feel yourself to be?"
So it was; so it is. One does not need
• to acquire the habit of regarding one’s
self "the whole thing,” but that one is
worthy to be recognized as a factor in
the crowd. This recognition comes, or
ought always to eomo. because of good
citizenship, that is today, being energetic
and useful along right lines.
Every patriot feels instinctively that it
is his duty, to the fullest extent of his
ability to contribute to the public wel
fare. This patriotic impulse moves the
I great musses of the people much more
readily and deeply than some men are
■ disposed to believe possible.
I Os all the people, no matter how quiet
lor how self-as entire, farmers have
! proved themselves to be patriots. They
i Pave shown that th.-?y can liglTt for eoun
| try as well as toil for themselves and
j others.
■ Primarily, farmers arc workers—cheerful
worker -. enjoying to the- fullest extent
1 their daily toil and the sunlight and the
breezes as well. They are a host in
tbemt ives. In Georgia, of the persons
'...gaged in the gainful occupations over
60 per cent are farmers.
What have these quiet, retiring men !
' and women been doing all these years I
for themselves and the ccmtnonwealth? I
I What did the farmers of Georgia ac-corn- |
p'lish between 1879 and 1902, and between i
1886 and 1902, for example, that they '
should held their heads up?
Let us see:
Between 1879 and 1902 they increased
Plunkett’s Letter
1 i v A ND now comes Christmas," said
/\ Brown, sorrowfully as he threw
I Z 1 himself ba. k in his rocker with
i<L 1 d)'-,i \\ h y •<>}<_
’ "Yra. Christmas." I ventured, "but
, ( hristmas is not what it. used to lie.’’
"No t by a jug full.' retorted my old
■ friend, pertly.
■ I don t know whether it was the meu
-I’oit "f a "jug full" or iincthm ,- else,
but anyway Brown suddenly revived
tram his sorrowful mood and showed him-
h anxious to talk, and I let him pro
•'(■< d and spr. .ad himself:
"This yankee notion of Thanksgiving
. seems to me to be getting bigger than
| Christmas. Th' y don't hav>- limbing now
at ('hi l.slmas like they us.”l to hav,', and
it's my notion that it is the making of
such a-to-do over Thanksgiving that
causes it. Wo n.-vor heard of no Thanks
gi? :.ig day till since the war :.n 1 if
we ar-, to lose the joys of our oli-tlme
Chr: ;ma.<s, J, for on -, would b-. glad
: -,V" had never heard.”
As my friend '-’ased to talk I bad
I time to study, and in my hi art I fc.it
‘ l:k - agreeing t'.u'it mtr Christmases w.-i--
I not what they used to be and iliat .as
I I bin.'"-giving day grew li:-;:--;- Cliris'-
n 1 1- Anyhow, my study, as
: Brown si; with his head bowed in his
’hands, stirred up the fountain of mem
ories and I thought of some of the
i'hrisl rnases 1 had known. A Constltu
. tion Uy in my lap as 1 studied, and
'without ‘nteuding to read my eyes fell
or; a paragraph stating that Sam V,.
. Small was in one of the city hospitals,
and an operation would have to ?c pci
formed upon him. and this. I knew,
mc-ai't that Mr. Small was sm-jous y sick
Ba k ov;-r the mib-post of yea.s dty I
mind wandered, calling up thousands of I
ir.cid it? la connection with the life of ;
Mr Small, till at Amt 1 ?vas living over ;
; again a Christmas night in the old I
.jonstit'ilion building mi Broad street
Memory after memory welled up In eon- '
: '.oi’tion with that night I think there are
only three now working in the meeiian ,
i ic.il part of the groat paper who wore J
■r. rut upon this Christmas night "f >
which I si.e.'ik. The editorial foree erm |
sisted of Mr. I-'Di b. Joel ('handler Har
ris, Sam Small with Mr. Whidby to do I
the “society” and small locals.
On this night Mr. Small wrote "Old
Si's Y'ti Log" I think this was tiie < -ip- :
tion of the poem, ami In my heart I think I
I have never known a sweetr r Christmas
poem, and it is oi' the writing tb.it 1
choose to sneak, thmigii the poem is lost
lost in the immensity of the files of
tin. great paper and the carek ssn'-ss of ■
its author.
Mr Pascal J. Mornn was “foreman"' of |
the paper then. He was a stickler on th.
observance of Christmas, and always
generous he was overflowingly so -wi’li
friends nt Christmas. Not a hi:.t was
given that Mr. Moran had ordered a ban
quet to b" spread win n the paper was
got to press. It was long before the
day.-- of telephones, but there wore boys
that .rarried the messages—(specially the
order for a banquet- on almost lightning
v.ings. As a boy hurried to Thompson's
to order the banquet brought forth, an
other boy went to the editorial rooms and
there invited Mr. Small to join the com
posing room—h.*- joined.
As the last "form" was being “looked" ;
!l was n marked that there was no Christ
iras poem. Mr. Small volunteered to
write one it" the "forms" would wait and
the printers return to work. I think it
was six printers that went to the “cases."
Mr. Small sat down at the “foreman's"
m-sk and in thirty minutes “Old Si's Yu
Dog" was being "looked" in the "form."
and I stand upon it that never a Christ
mas story from that Christmas to this
lias excelled it in sentiment or in pic
turing the old time south.
But Brown has revived, his Ideas may
their home comforts from $7,500,000 to
516,600.000. or 81.4 per cent. They in
creased their possessions in live stock
from 521,000.000 to $25,100,000, or 19.4
per cent. They increased their holdings
in farm implements and machinery from
$2,975,000 to $6,900,000, or 131.7 • er cent.
Betw'x-en 1886 and 1902 Georgia farm
ers increased the value of their improved
lands from $104,925,000 to $121,540,000.
oi- 15.8 per cent. They increased their
home comforts from $12,425,000 to $16.-
600.000, or 33.6 per cent. They increased
their live stock from $24,370,000 to $25.
100.000. or 4 per cent. T"hey increased
their farm implements and machine:"
from $5,580,000 to $6,900,000, or
per cenx.
During the years 1836-1902-a period
of seven years—Georgia farmers pio
duced crops as follows;
228,103,000 bushels of corn,
farm value •• ..$141,735,823
47.285,000 bushels of oats,
farm value .. .. 26,166,272
14.190.000 bushels of wheat,
farm value .. .. 14.561,477
477,81 I tons of hay, farm , rrt
value 6,1 17,81 I
7 325,528 bales of cotton
farm valwe .. .. 287,084,937
Making a grand total 0f....5475,666,322
Is not the foregoing a wonderful ex
hibit? Is it not passing wonderful, in
the face of direful and discouraging con
ditions? Values aggregating $475,666,322
dug out of tiie ground in seven years.’
Hold your heads up. farmers! That Is
your prlvileg.e by divine right as well as
by your own untiring Industry.
But the story is not half told.
Between 1899 and 1901—a periodef
three years—Georgia farmers produced;
104,472,110 bushels of corn
farm value .. $66,738,743
15,692.223 bushels of oats,
farm value .... 8,436,533
10.075.300 ba.- '"' Is of wheat.
farm value .. .. 9,601,013
548 303 tons of hay. farm
value 7.3(9.410
3.996,003 bales of cotton
farm value .. .. 151.256,387
A grand total of $249,352,086
Between 1892 and 1901 Georgia farm
er.-: im’.'vised their production of ha:-
! from 214.417 tons to 548,803 tons, or
; 64.1 per cent.
i In 1892 this coming crop was valued <'
I $2,582,251; in 1901 it was valued at $7.
i 319.410!
I Between 1892 and 1900 Georgia farmer"
i increased their wheat production from
i 1.733,000 bushels to 5,011,133 bushels, o:
189.1 ii.-.- cent.
! Let us not lose sight of the grand totai
i tiie market vain" of the crops for thc
| three years 1399, 1900 and 1901, to-wit:
■ $249,352,086.
Wondrous cx'ilWt! Nothing need he
. said about unfavorable conditions or
! difficulties abs -.lutely unknown to farm
i ers outside of Georgia and the south.
I These are the facts; they speak for
| themselves!
I Did cotton manufactures in Georgia in-
I crease 311.6 per c'-nt between 1886
I ($5,709,773) rai-1 (902 ($23,494,371)?
' Who made tl.at splendid achievement
; possible? The farmers.
: Yes. farmers of Georgia, hold your
I heads up! It is your royal right, for you
I have proved yourselves worthy- to be
j designated "The Princes in Israel" of this
I grand old commonwealth.
| Hold your heads up, farmers!
| Augusta, Ga.
I be entirely impracticable now, but he is
’ | “ergln" our present way of celebrating
: Christmas and especially "ergin” allow-
I ing tlio day of Thanksgiving to ov ;
: shadow Christmas.
“Blast tiiese fireworks,” says my rd.l
friend. ”1 want to shoot sure enouga
I guns and shoot at something.”
"But the pot-hunters from the town-
I have left nothing to shoot," I ventured
; . autiously.
I “No," in- said, again growing gloom.
i “A few English sparrows."’ was m
suggestion, “and insects taking t'ra
I land."
1 “Yes,” he agreed, moodily, “it is i
; shame. We used to go out on an;
I Christmamorning and bring down a firn
gobbler in less th in an hour, come iram- 5
by the still, find chitterlings, sausage and
sOncc meat waiting us f"r breakfast, a
yet, and yet. blast it. this young gen-. ■
tion will howl about these times b: u
better than old times.'”
i_ The indignation of my old friend H
. ienced him. am) I was glad of it.
' whenever he begins to study oven t’ .-
I old-time tiirk'-y hunts, tlio stills wo r
across, riie pea ch and hon"v that w >- a
every house, and a break frat of . bi’tor
. lings, shortening bread and souoome-F
las it then was. w< knew In w.-ra
i dangerous ground. We had no so.-iMis-t■<
| then, no anarchists then, no dyndmitors
i with murder io their hearty then
' ('hristmas was- Christmas, and -.-niir IP
I th- old "I bank--;ivin;.- ? .- Pr , nc> t ( n j
, Rut Brown, lie revives again, and p-«n
; the ' hildro;-. are willing for him to snread
himself, ami they gather arouri'i ’
j bapov in the faith flt'it my present-.- -rad
;my knowu poi sistenc to ha • - noi h- ■
nothing bi;» th,- :i ’ith will j ’-"tr-.-t (1 ; . m
I and Hic-y w;l! ’■■ rn somethii; - "
i times as it used to bo.
"I used to like to hunt on Christmas
\ silence that was distressing tn rr
eld friend gre- tod ti •'-■ remark, bra
a moment he r.-rovor - i himself and
cecded bravely:
How many oM 1 kid at an? one
time?"
I am sure that this was asked mere to
bo certain that, wo older folks wa'it-ra ■
I hear him.
I , said I. “Ilia! !.--- what we w "
like to know."
“Well" h. said t!tought',.lly.
the truth ;s that t dor. -m;, rom.-.-.b
I my biggest killing at o:;o shot, I. .
I , K tmctij- remember when I ‘baited' for
j turkey one-’ and killed H whojn drove, i
• gob-dera ' '"’ ns and
! B ‘^' whilllkinsr ' exclaimed Mr
' see-whillikins around
' satd Brown in an injured -one
'' l } rf '~ ? , ,n able about that, 1
i . ji i_nted .\ot a bit unreasonable ”
| ao, there is not," said Brown pant
and that is not all,"
! ..L’? ’ >!L . R '■•HY'Mirac’incdv.
{ . Thom tlnrty-s-pvcH turkey av.-.j-p
' pa . u uht- f! nt by a Jugful.'•
bu on. said J.
I ’ r,lP rtos" "•'■< "in n few mir.ura; .tnd
1 bi" Iran sll • s ' x L'-ono "possums .iu'. -.i ,- -
mg hollow i‘h.-s(mif ■
i " lblllklns: " <’ x, '!aim Mrs r; -
| \ •■"■’’>■■ and f.-li,-.-o. v
I !” thp kitclu n
, ‘ about that
• ’’ ■< (mng. s.i d Hr iwn. “and ■ -
old women Know it, but t , In > . ,
thing her.- of late bu; what th. v hra.'- o
.ip ;i roii •, ;(i '
| ’’Go on.’’ said T.
i . 1 blackbirds at « Aj '
Oi;said h
b Q } ! j€C '' vhil, ‘^ ins: ' exclaimed the bigg- •
Nothing unreasonable.” said T.
u 'n ,hillL "" Brown, and that
is not all- n-c a ]] ;, v ;l j, iKf ,,t
‘‘G-> on.’’ said i.
o.ip Chiistmas fho wild piffpoiic cl-itti’’
m ”>‘'i numbets that in llri! ,g j,,;., -
.rath both barrels at on,-.. f,.’| c „
Os vo'iL 1 " I ' ,y 1 ’ li-
Or A O, ( f]rr cfM ~
Oldn7? vl "". ik ' ;is '" "X. la.med all
ra'. ' " ri ’ Blowing Christmas!"
w-h’f|c"l' 1 'g S ,'k ll himL h ' < i ’>" silpri
remarking?" 0 * tOGS H
times" 1 01,1 "“ ,cs ‘ Children, old
ino'iu mv\l ‘ Ook walk "D'self, w.sb
nira m-i-i- . ' i'i'' our Chri = ‘
. .." * !1 i,s coming a. memory
the’ f.'.'ee "nf "r'l tO „ ,,K ’ RC wh ” « r ” h n ' r
everv re , m <• ( onstltution and :■>
etery reader of its pages
SARGE PLUNKETT.