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THE- ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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JOWN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEF.LY, President.
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mts must pass through .befo
i Anal result. In It? jurisdiction it Is final and .^elusive,
jit Is only In cases where the constitutional question Is;
| raised or where the jtidges of that cojirt, of their own j
i motion, desire an Instruction^* to the law, that tjie
j supreme court will he called on to consider a case In I
| that court. It Is virtually a second supreme court, so |
coordinated with the supreme court as to avoid conflict
In authority. The procedure Is more speedy than In
the supreme court. It will not prolong litigation, but
will shorten It. It will take about 40 per cent of the
eases from the supremo court, and even then the su
preme court of Georgia will be called on to decide more
than any other court of last resort In the United States.
The people. If informed of the true conditions, will unan
imously ratify the amendment to the constitution e$tab-
has !*<*«
accumulating wealth, ther
ence of her manhood; thr
refutation In congress,
house, has. in a large dcgT
by tin* best of the o!d*tim
fstlca; that among the scores of
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rir rep-
her Det
i both senate and
.. be< n distinguished
American character*
•Confederate
■ m m»ti»r Ap-ll 3. 15'3. at th. rastoffle* *» ; ,l,h:n » a rour ' of *P w>nl1
umJvr act of conircM of Marrti S. 1878.
Functions of the Court of Appeals.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
t rend with much Interest In your Issue of yeiterday
your editorial with regard to the tiro posed court of ap
peal,, a bill creating inch a court having recently pawed
the bouse In the Georgia legislature.
A few questions nnent the said court, I trust, you will
not consider Impertinent. *
If the bill creating such a court should become a
law. and should the said court of appeals become tin
entity, would the existence of such n court diminish In
any great degree the present congested condition of th#
state supreme court?
And, after the establishment of such a court bf
appeals, would n litigant, upon whose ease an adverse
Judgment had been rendered by the said court, be do-
barred from apitenllng to any higher court?
If not, would not all such cases ns are now being
carried up from the ruperlor courts, and from other
rourts of the state, to the supreme court, ho also taken
up from the court of apiteala to the supremo court?
And, should thla custom prevail and every litigant
should pursue this course—taking his cauae'to the court
of mini adjudication by way of or through the proposed
court of appeals—In whflt degree would the supreme
court be relieved of Its present burden?
Again, this being the case, would not the proposed
court of appeals be only another and pn additional chan
nel ilirough which a litigant would have to carry his
case lii order to reach the supremo court?
And, should thU prove to he the rule, would not the
creation of the proposed court of appeals simply add to
the already burdensome expenses of litigation: and, at
the same time—In order to support such a new court—
create n demand for additional and a higher rate of
taxation and thus Increase the tax burden which Is
already bending the backs of the great majority of Qeor-
ghi's yeomanry and which la now wellnlgh Intolerable
to the average honest tax payer?
Those, Mr. Editor, are questions which our law mak
ing body should consider well before they pass upon
this or upon any other proposed legislation that tends
In any way to debar the lioor man from any privilege,
legal or otherwise, which the corporations and the
rich man, on account of financial ability, enjoy; or which
M-eka to relieve a body of state officials whose dally
work amounts'to something less than 30 per cent of
thnt of the average cltlcen whose taxes are required to
pay tho salaries of the said officials. Respectfully,
A. C. DAVIDSON.
Sharon, Ga., August t, 1900.
llrlotly stated, the court of appeals Is not an Inter-
mediate court, but a court of flnal resort In nil cases
within Its jurisdiction. This jurisdiction extends to all
court* below the rank of the superior court, except tho
court of ordinary, and to all criminal cases which do not
Involve capital punishment Constitutional questions,
wherever arising, however, will still be Interpreted by
the supremo court.
We have on former occasions directed public atten
tion fb tho congested condition of the dockets of the
supreme court and the wellnlgh Impossible task which
the judges df that court are called upon to perform.
The overwhelming majority vote In the general as
sembly upon the constitutional amendment for* the
establishment of a court of appeals Is a most expressive
legislative recognltlotyof the necessity of that court. It
Is generally stated that the court of appeals Is designed
for the relief of tho supreme court; In a larger sense It
Ih a court to be established in the Interest of the people
and to prevent a denial of Justice to litigants.
No one familiar with the methods of work of our
supremo court Judges will deny that they work during
longer hours than the average business man. A brier
consideration of the character and number of the cases
before the supreme court since last October will suffice
to emphasise the Imperative necessity of the court of
appeals. During this period there were brought to that
court 1.15G ease*. The records of those cases will easily
tiverago twenty-live pages. Revere! very large records
have been considered during the present term by the
(ourt, one of which contains approximately 900 pages.
Tbe records are typewritten on legal cap paper and each
record page la the equivalent of an ordinary octavo
printed page. Thua the records which must be read,
digested and condenaed for pilbllcatloj of the necessary
facia to Illustrate tho decided points of the case, are
the equivalent of fifty-seven ordinary octavo volumes.
This of Itself Is a great task, but It la not half of the
work. Brief* of tbe law points Involved must be rend
the authorities must be looked up; precedents must be
examined, analysed and applied to tbe particular rase;
the record of each case must be studied so as to ascer
tain tho controlling legal principles; much .time must
necessarily be taken In argument of counsel and con
sultation by the court and the opinions of the court re
quire much time for their earetui and accurate prepara
tion. Tbe published reports contain three thousand
printed pages each year.
Of course this Immense labor Is a great burden on
the Individual Judges; Indeed, so great hsa been this
burden that within the past four years two of the Judges
have tiled li^offlce; two more resigned because of broken
l.ca'.tn, only to die In a few months after their resigna
tions, and three others were forced In resign because
of their health. The task of the tread mill never was
so fruitful of fatality.
This great commonwealth should uot and will not
demand the performance of official duty which Involves
tbe sacrifice of tho health and lives of her conscientious
and industrious appellate Judges.
But this view, while philanthropic. Is but a narrow
view' of the subject. When It Is remembered that every
litigant, however poor, may appeal hla case to the
supreme court, the litigant’s right la to be considered.
When It la remembered that the decisions of this court
are expository of tbe law and binding precedent, then
the general public Is vitally concerned. The safely and
permanency of our Institutions depend upon the stablo
and firm enforsement of the law. A construction of a
deed may affect thousands which are similarly drafted;
an erroneous construction might unsettle thousands of
titles-
The law Is n most complex science; Us mastery Is
the work of many years of ceaseless and nnradtltttng
study. Tbe application of abstract legal principles to
the particular case Is a task of delicacy, acute discrim
ination and great labor. Unless tho judges are given
ample time, there must necessarily be hasty and Ul-cou-
sideted opinions. This means contradiction In prece
dent which will result In confusion and consequent hurt
to'.the general public.
Tho court of appeals It uot an Intermedia:* court
New Life for the Cotton Association.
To the Editor of The Ooorglan:
Am much Interested In that which la going on
relative to the Southern Cotton Growers' Asso
ciation and Its working officer*. The Georgian
has spoken of the association, in Its editorial
columns, as a most important organization, otc.
Mr. Murphy han 1 demonstrated that by following
the advlcn of tbe president of the association
the farmers In Georgia were losing 9200,000 In a
single season.
Now, then, will you he kind enough to tell your
many and interested readers the benefit the
farmer derives from this association. 1 am quite
sure your reasons, deductions and arguments
will furnish Instructive reading. Yours truly,
HENRY 8. REED.
Having fought and won a good fight for the cotton
growers of Georgia In the affairs of their splendid asso
ciation, The Georgian has no higher purpose or design
than to help them and to hold up their bands In every
future efTori for the advancement of tbe great Interests
which they represent.
And we nay frankly to the farmers of Oeorgia that
there la no room for discouragement, hut rather cause
for greater encouragement and Inspiration In the whole
some Investigation just held Into tbe affairs of the asso
ciation, and most of all In Its definite and fearless re
sults.
The farmers may be Bure that, with the lesson of
this Investigation fresh In tbe minds of the official life
of tbe association, their affairs will., be administered
with greater care and with greater discretion and with
greater consecration than has ever been given them
before. ,
And whether the present officers hold their places,
or whether the association should at its next meeting
choose new men to carry on the work, we feel aure that
President Jordan will devote himself with redoubled
vigilance to the affairs of the cotton growers. We are
thoroughly confident, that, he has learned some valuable
lessons and that hli experience nnd judgment have been
heightened and enhanced by tbe events of the last few
weeks. There nrp few men taken .fresh from the ranks
who can assume and execute leadership without mis
take* In a short time. And In answer to our correspond
ent whose letter appears above, we do not hesitate to
say that tho cotton growers' association may now go
forward with renewed and resolute confidence In the
work of Its executive committee, acting In co-operation
with Its executive head.
If tho farmers of Oeorgia will study the current
altuntlon, gin nnd bale their cotton In accordance with
the best requirements of the spinners of the country; If
they will hear In mind thnt cotton Is as marketable In
April as In November and not ruth all their crop to
market within ninety days; If they will tu
their local associations discuss exhaustively the
policies that be or ought to be In the general associa
tion, and If they will make known their views without
reserve to tbe goneral association then we feel confi
dent that with a united front and a resolute adherence
to all policies adopted by the general association, that
the price of cotton will be maintained and advanced as
it has been In the past and that their prosperity will
he as well assured.
Whatever the necessities of tho cate may have com
pelled wlthlh the last few weeks, they have neither hurt
nor crippled the Cotton Growers' Association. Tho great
and Indispensable principles of organisation and co-
jperatlon stand untouched. The fact that a fearleai
exposure hat been met with a free and fearless official
condemnation la a tribute to the character and caliber
of the men who compose tbe association. It Is a fact
full of comfort and of confidence.
There jire thousands of honest and Intelligent men
In the ranks of the Southern farmer, and with the eye
and the ear of these men, quickened to vigilance
and to co-operation, we confidently believe that the Cot
ton Growers' Association has now entered upon the
strongest, the safest and the most effective period In Its
honorable career. Wo urge uron the Southern farmer
and cotton grower tbe largeBt confidence in the future
of the association. We urge upon them the rigid per
fection of their organisation. And we confidently advise
them to lend their full and unbroken co-operation to the
policies which are agreed upon or nre to bo agreed upon
In the Immediate future. ’
The Imperial staple la yet the king of commerce.
Its fiber Is still current among the finances of the world,
nnd the mere discipline administered to officers who
have made a mistake should bring, not discouragement,
but Inspiration to the great rank of organised cotton
growers throughout the country.
statesmen and soldiers, men who served In the
Confederate congress and In the army of the
Confederacy, the grafter has been conspicuous
by reason of his absence. The senate of the
PI fly-ninth congress furnishes nn-iy Illustrations
of what 'the old South' w-as and the pew South Is.
Compare the venerable ex-Confederotee .Morgan
nnd Pettus. of Alabamr. with the representation
In that body of the Empire State, nnd you will
not need to go farther In the Investigation.
'"Poiltlcn! stupidity,' ns the term Is employed
by the Journal, means Democratic solidity. If
that solidity be a misfortune. It Is easily account
ed for. The history of reconstructIch :s Its all-
sufficient explanation The same kind ot polit
ical stupidity' would, under like conditions, pre
vail all over the North. The new South Is too
wise and pntrlotlc to rut loose from the tradi
tions. habits, and surviving representatives of
the 'old South.' May It be long before Immigra
tion or greed, or both combined, or any other
cause or ratines, efface the Americanism of the
only section In which It survives."
It Is of Immense value to tbe South that at our ne-
tndorse tills proposition ss be did two pears ago.
The Georgian is confident that ultimately this should
be and probably will be the solution of tills great ques
tion It Is certainly the prudent, the wise and the com
mon sense policy for a people situated as are tho people
of Georgia today.
The only objection which has seemed to be effective
to this policy of extension has been the Idea that In our
Chattanooga or northern terminus the extended state
road would find It difficult, amid the pools and combina
tion? of our railroad systems gathering there, to find
an outlet or a connecting line—If the railroads should
decide to unitedly oppose the state's Independent prop
erty. Tills Is an argument which seems to be effective
but which is really not so. The age In which we llvo Is
a developing one, and the necessities which force the
state of Georgia to preserve this Independent line will
ultimately inspire Tennessee and Kentucky to co-operatc
In the development by way of She Tennessee river and
its connections with water connection to the great com
mercial channel of the Mississippi river. It Is not now
evident whether public sentiment Is educated to tills
point at this time or not. It Is at least much nearer
than it has ever been before, and will be nearer next
year than It Is this year, and every succeeding season
j, gossip!
By PrlTSte Lt'HKftl Wire.
'*— York.;Aug._«.—If there was say
dOtll f til
learning
who hav
tlonsl capital there should be a great independent and - wl „ brlng the Common sense of Georgia
national newspaper, with sentiments so kindly and spirit „r , h e nrmh-nt nollcv and
*o broaj toward this pcoplo.
If our national sentiment Is molded In large part
at our national capital, then Indeed the South has great
reason to he glad that the representative newspaper of
nearer to a comprehension of the prudent policy and
tho absolute necessity of this step.
One tiling Is certain—that It would be unspeakable
folly to consummate thl3 long lease at this time. In this
Washington Is a brave and' SSSTSZ of the South- MPW of unrest and of -««*«* * ***** -
agitation and of changing and altering policies both on
ern people.
All of which Justifies The Georgian In saying In
type what It has long felt In Its inlnd, that if, for general
Interest and for general merit. It had to choose one
paper among all other American dallies, it would at
least begin tho experiment with the Washington Post
The State’s Last Bulwark Against
Railroad Agression.
The Georgian Is heartily and earnestly oppdrad to
the long leaso of the state road contemplated by tho
bill which was passed by the senate last week
It Is Just a* effective to any this kindly and to say
It reasonably. There la no use In going Into hysterics
over It—because It has been said before, and becauso
there was no treason toward tho state nor toward Its
cltltens contemplated by Its author nnd advocate.
Tbe bill Is unquestionably a mistake, but Its author
Is beyond all question one of the cleanest and purest
men In tbe public service of Georgia, and neither bis
motives nor hla methods can be quesUoned In this
measure. The disposition of thff state road Is a great
problem end one which demands not only the greatest
discretion but the most deliberate Investigation.
Mr. Plromls H. Bell and the Honorable Hooper
Alexander, of the county of DeKnlb, have'beeo the pio
neers of the proposition that the natural solution pf the
problem of the state road wns to extend It from Atlanta
to tbe xea and thus provide a safe and wholesome com
petition for the state against the aggression of the rail
roads In their pools and combinations.
The editor of The Georgian was perhaps tbe first
dally newspaper man of the state to 'fully and cordially
the part of the railroads and of the state, nothing can
he clearer than Inc policy of at least delaying, action
upon thla vital mattor. There Is nothing to be lost by
waiting. The ratiroads that cry "opportunity" are sim
ply seeking to clinch their own advantage. If the state’s
railroad Is valuable In tho exigencies of today, It will be
Infinitely more valuable In tho exigencies of tho ever
Increasing nnd multiplying prosperity and development ot
tomorrow. If this be tho only opportunity to yell, then
the state has not tho power of veto upon any further
combination paralleling with Its own line. If after this
no other railroads should wish to buy the state's prop
erty, then the state would have reason to thank heaven
for the necessity which compelled the. use of this prop
erty for Its own protection and advantage.
Tho Western nnd Atlantic railroad Is the last splen
did reserve of the state's policy of competition.
It Is the last buiwanc of the stato against the abso
lute domination of the railroads without a free com
petitor.
It Is tho last arrow In the state's quiver to shoot at
the evils of consolidation and of monopoly.
It Is the last, best hold that the stato has upon a
situation already serious enough and which may become
unbearable In the future.
It la the last strategic entrenchment behind which
the st^te may fight for just freight rates and for fair
treatment by the transportation lines.
What unspeakable folly It would be to part In haste
with this Invaluable possession of protection and de
fense. ' y
The press of the Capital City is absolutely united In
Its resolute insistence that the house of representatives
should kill the bill which has passed the senate.
Mackay
ic game of politics—t., th
followed her political car. .
— Uttle or any—she ha. A[ ,’.
polled It Py her action In coming ou .
for Dr. Joseph H. Bogart, who «o
her bitterest opponent when she mads
her successful race for Bchoo! trustee
of Roslyn,
Last fall Mrs. Mackay'* competitor
was Dr. P. D. Leya, an old whit*,
bearded resident of Roslyn. who had
served on the school board for several
decades. Some bitterness warn Inject*.
Into the campaign. Dr. Bogart threw
himself Into the campaign with all pot.
slble vigor, working day and night
against Mrs. Mackay. But she was
elected.
Initend of wasting time congratulat.
Ing herself upon her victory, Mrs. Mac.
kay at once set about taking an active
hand In the work of the hoard. Ph«
made good, os her fellow trustees as.
sett, and won their highest esteem, and
there hns been nothing hut harmonious
work In the board. Incidentally th--»
will be no opposition to her -own re-
election.
Mrs. Florence Mnybriek has Just re.
turned from n trip nbroad. She came
on a French liner anil declines to say
whether or not she broke her ticket of
leave by going to England. She It
stopping with friends in New York for
two days nnd Is then going to Wash
ington.
The principle In therapeutics that
the "hair of the dog is a cure for the
bite" was put Into practical effect by
Dr. J. B. Beckman, of Bedmlnster, K. J,
who attends the fashionable summer
visitors there and who Is the chum of
Rear Admlrak Schley.
When Helen Sparks, (laughter of
Henry Sparks, the wealthy- Philadel
phia banker, was thrown from an auto,
mobile that got beyond control and
was rendered unconscious. Dr. Beek-
man, with a big hammer and a monkey
wrench, disconnected the electric bat
tery and hurried with them to where
Miss Sparks was. He applied the elec
trodes to the senseless girl, who soon
opened her eyes and snt up. Her In
juries are not of-a serious nature.
Fifty apprentice seamen Just trans
ferred from the naval station at New
port to the receiving ship FrankJIn, at
Norfolk, for general service nnd among
whom Is James Raynor Wells, who en
listed- at the Brooklyn navy yard for
four, years. Wells Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Storrs Wells, leading
Newport summer residents. Mr. Wells
Is president of the Fairbanks Scale
Company.
As far as can be learned, young
Wells was cut off by his father and
went Into the navy on his own hook.
He received a legacy through the death
of an -uncle, but this was spent, and ht
had to change the mode of his living.
“Our Friend at Washington.”
More than once during the pant three months The
Georgian haa been moved to an expression of apprecia
tion for tho kindly and helpful spirit manifested toward
the South - by that great newspaper, the Washlngtou
Post. 1
This was notably made mnulfest In tho discussion of
the Immigration question In which the Post rendered u*
the service not only of good counsel, but of strong de
fense. The Georgian made comment and expressed Its'
sectional appreciation at the time.
And now once more the Post haa demonstrated Its
good will toward Ihls section In Its answer to a mean
Now England thrust.
The Kennebec Journal, hne of the leading newspa-
Iters of Maine, once edited by James G. Blaine, and al
ways under the editorial conduct of some leading man
In public lift, I* now directed by Representative Edwin
C. Burleigh, of Augusta. A recent Issue of the Journal
contained the following unfair and mean-spirited edi
torial:
"The now South has been a fruitful theme for •
writers and speakers during the past generation,
and yat every little while there has been abun
dant and unwelcome evidence that the old South
hsa by no means passed away. The 8outh needs
move capital, more labor, more enterprise, leva
demagoguery, less race prejudice, and less polit
ical stupidity: but In spite of Its handicaps It has
■hared *o no small degree In the bountiful pros
perity which the whole country has been enjoy
ing In recent year*."
And to this the Post, with real send generous warmth,
responds:
"Thank God, 'the old South' ha* not passed
% vay; that while she has, ’In recent year*,' t**»a
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tiuler thin liend will nppenr from time to time Information Illustrating tbe
remarkiiMe development of the South which deserves something more than pass*
lug Attention.
Georgia Doubles Country’s Average Growth
The first five years of the present century have been the most pros
perous and progressive In the history of manufacturing development In the
United States. It Is w-ell nigh Impossible for the mind to comprehend the
meaning of the figures Into which this expansion In the value of manufac
turing enterprises and the value of their products now run.
It may become somewhat clear when we say that there Is not money
enough In the world, gold, silver and curerncy, to buy the manufactur
ing enterprises of the country, which have Increased more than 43 per
cent in five years, and are now valued at practically 111,000,090,000. The
products of these factories have Increased more than II per cent In the
same length of time, and now reach ths enormous output of 315,063,-
443,330.
As a matter of patriotic pride, we rejoice In this general Increase, but
the part which the South plays In the general prosperity >Js particularly
gratifying. Both In the Increase of the amount Invested and the Increase
In the products of the factories of the country, the South saslly ranks first,
while the New England states, for so long the very home of manufacturing
enterprises, trail along at the end.
Tho average Increase In the amount of money Invested In the United
States during the first five yenrs of the century was, as we have said, 4! per
cent, while the Increase for the Smith done was 63 per cent. The Increase
In the value of the country's products was 31.3, while that of the South
stone wns practically 44.G per cent. There le no other group of states In
the entlre-Unlon which can show such a marvelous Increase, and the work
Is Just gelling under way.
The Manufacturers' Record, In discussing the matter, gives these tables
In full, divided Into groups of states. In order that Georgla'e own ex
clusive part In this greet manufacturing expansion may be Been at a glance
we reproduce the table for the Southern states:
value of product*, from 31,659,693,100 to 12,026,687,437, or by 1366,995,337.
The tendency In manufacturing advance Is Indicated In the facts that
within the five-year period the percentages of Increase In the South In capi
tal, 65, and In the value of products, 44.4, were greater than In any other
division, and that there was approach by the South to New England In
actual capital Invested and In actual value ot products. The lowest per
centages of Increase, both as to capital and Ss to-the'wslac ot products,
'were In New England, being 34.3 and 23.1, respectively, while the trans-Mis-
slsslppl division, surpassing New England In the value of products, showed
a greater rate of Increase than the middle division. These rates of Increase
must be studied by separate states for a comprehension of their full sig
nificance and also In a knowledge of the equipment of the states as to the
material for manufacturing Industry’, the conveniences for a distribution
of the finished product and the availability of labor.
These statistics do not Include the figures of hand trades and neigh
borhood Industries. If In the five years the rate of Increase fer the omitted
Items was equal to that for factories alone, th* value of all manufactured
products In 1905 was close to 92,150,000,000 In the South and close to 317.-
500,000,000 In the whole country.
COMMENT ON REVELATIONS
IN THE COTTON ASSOCIATION
Tit lit tnl luvwtpd.
Mlilt;.. ..
Mutt*. 1WW. 1916.
Alnbamn t 106.»*1K>
‘ mw.713
46.30111C
26.M2.171 32.86S.432
7t..m*l« 1S.211.66I
S7.rc.tt2 147.282.473
1M.K74.728 150.8l0.ttK
14t.555.5M 201.S77.9tt
22.712.183 51.2CO.ino
tt.2W.M6 • l4l.ftW.tti
•*75.1.027 111 42*224
tt.mr.7 162.4tt.4M
tt.C-5.31i 115.tt4.K7l
82.201.5tt 147.9tt.lS2
Ml*. Columbia. 17.9*1.483
17.M0.48N
Florida
<ionrj(ln
K fill in fcy —
l.oui»lnim ....
Mnrytantt
Ml*»l**l|ipi ..
N. cmolltm..
H. Carolina...
’fYmiesstn* . -.
Tessa
Virginia
1900.
7*032.311
16.426.403
S3.431.378
Sl.183.80i
8I.632.S03
126.508.360
111.S17.918
216.343568
3*718.617 •
35.27!.«(«
63.ttS.811
92.746.128
92.3W.4tt
11K.644.1M
C7.n06.822
It*
100.1 ©.922 I
18.869,158
5S.334.39t
50.241.078
151.040.466
161.75S.1tt
133.S78.592
24* 376.186
57 461.445
142.520.776
78.378.262
137.960.473
150.623.Stt
ltf.166326
8N.S83.357
J!|
as
70.5
*7,4
4B.6
S7.1
15.7
• fl.t
,*7.1
West Vlrglnln.. 49,1118.1X1
Total UCJOl.WS 91,097,519,157 31.37.540.887 9t.7ST.77S.794 B 444
If will be aeen from Ihls table thnt Georgia's Increase Is not only above
the average for the entire country, but Is well above the average ot tlig
other state* of the South. While the Increaee In amount Invested through
out the country has been 4! per cent, that of Georgia alone, during this
five-year period, was over 70 per cent. While the value of manufactured
products-In the whole country haa Increased II per cent during this five-
year period, that of Georgia alonejias almost doubled that amount.
In discussing the arrangement of the tables The Manufacturers’ Record
says that In this arrangement the 8outh Is the territory Including the four
teen etates and the District of Columbia lying between Maeon and Dixon's
line and the Rio Grande, the middle dlvlelon the group of great manufac
turing states between the Atlantic ocean and the Mississippi river, ex
clusive of New England, and the trane-MIselsslppt division the sixteen
states and four territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific, not In
cluding Arkansas, I.oulslana and Texas, hut Including Missouri, Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory, which, with some reason, might be aligned with
the South.
With this understanding It will be noted that the middle division natu
rally made the greatest actual increase in. capital Invested, from 95,119,-
757,935 to 97,937,951,913, or by S3,34S,ir4,l73, and In the value of products
from '91,044,111,99* to 3t.13T.823.7i9. or by 83,093,3]4.433. The South ranked
second In the Increase in amount of capital Invested, from 3337,7«1,833 to
31.897.513,217, or by 9(29,811,332, and third in the Increase In the value of
products, from ?1J*7,313.387 to 31.787,778,794, or by 1530,187,127. The trana-
Mlsslsslppl section ranked third in the Increase In capital Invested, from
3953.284.319 to 21.S21.7I9.5S3, or by 35*5.485,212, and second In the Increase
•a value of product*, front 11.5*2,203,497 to 32,111,151,210, or by 3S72.94t,8l3,
New England ranked fourth In Increase In capital Inveoted, from 31,303,-
143,194 to 81,870,334,142, or by 3364.115.741, and fourth In th* increase In
quick," which Is the evil and shame of
this age and country.
An Attempt to Deceive.
From The Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon.
If Secretory Chentham said Thursday
that he hnd never speculntrd In cotton
and on Friday admitted (hat he hod. he
should be’flred unless he can prove that
both statements when made were true.
The Southern cotton growers should
not have no near the head of their or
ganization a man who attempt* to de
ceive.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
THE CHARGES PROVED.
From The Savannah Press.
It seems that the Hon. J. Randolph
Anderson has "made good" In prefer
ring his charges against certain of
ficials of the Southern Cotton Aswla-
tlon. It will be remembered that Mr.
Anderson, in his speech In the house,
on the 24th of July, stated that, ac
cording to rumors, certain officials In
that association owned an Interest In
one of the Atlanta bucket shops, and
that another officer had,been speculat
ing In futures. Now, these were very
serious charges, and one ot the
farmers on the floor of the house who
happened to be a director In that aseo.
elation, called on Mr. Anderson either
to prove his charges or else to with
draw them.
The Investigation has been conducted
for the past week and It seems that
Mr. Anderson's charges have been
thoroughly established. The committee
went out of Us way to hunt for a "mo
tive" for Its charges. It declares that
the consideration of the Boykin futures
bill brought these things out, which,
although they occurred In Mnrch, have
never been brought out until now.
Whether this Is true or not, the fact
remain* that parties connected with the
office of the Houthern Potion Associa
tion have been taking secret "files"
In the market, and that the people who
nre Interested In advancing the price
of the staple for the sake of the farm-,
era of the South have been themselves
reaping the benefits of their efforts,
which were presumably for the public
good. The danger of this Is. that If
these men nre allowed to speculate In 1
cotton they may IA rt tqther long or short I
ot (he market, and they might have It'
In their power either to boom or to de- ■
press the prices by disseminating In- .
formation according to their own Inter- i Aiir-na-r r.
est. ThU la the drnger and this Is the J_ AUGU3T 6.
possibility. The Southern Polton As- | Oaxmon..founder of (he
eoclatlon wa* very arrive In exposing ( i«-L.™y l!?^. Plrni-mth colony m l
the shortcomings of the bureau of sta- King Philip.
this 11*75—1 »niuH oy.innell. Irinh^atriot, Iw™.
Ity Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 8.—Here are som*
of the vlsltorn In New York today:
ATLANTA—W. H. Alters, J. F.
Clegg, J. L DeGIve, J. J. Gonzales, Miss
T. U Hatch, A. W. Kirk, R. E. Miller.
Mrs. W. N. Munroe. C. C. Sheridan. T.
M. Armlstead, Jr., A. H. Bernard, A. L.
Clements, H. Cooper, Miss A. Duncan,
K. Harrison, G. H. Jones. W. F. Mills,
Mlsa E. M. Mill*, I. A. Rosenberg, M.
Thornton. H. W. Heaton, W. Wotfort.
SAVANNAH—M. Moore, W. P. Pow
ers, Mrs. J. A. Rourke, C. E. Widen-
slmer, B. Zclgler.
.IN PARIS.
Ulieclnl to The Georgian.
Parle, Aug. 8,—Viva Harrison, of
Macon, Ga.; Silas M. L. Baker, of
Brunswick, Ga.; Mr. and Xfra T. A.
E*df nnd Sirs. K. 8. Hamilton, of At
lanta, Ga., registered at the office of
tbe European edition of The New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN IHSTOHY.
tint Ion in Washington. Of count*
association ought itself to be nbove re-
l>l*l Nt Muv
preach. Mr. Anderson has done well,; , Aire- 1 Tenuyeou, i»*t. !»>«.
iKMgj* 11 * «?- br <g«_ «M» abuse to ; ^SKIvi'a tirante lade of I™ .
the ofilre, which has been condemned , 1844-intkc of Hsxiet'Mmrg-Uotlis. **?“"!
by the committee. . mat of iiocui Victoria, Isirtt. PM
• ; _ July si. iJOh. .
Herd to Get Trustworthy Men. UtS-Confederate ranr Arkansas npMW
From The Montgomery Journal. ; is«7-?l™^ u? kwda fSawl Ibe reform MU.
The Atlanta Georgian Is going for 1*71—tO'rimii riots t'etw.'eu P'Otlaij •W'fS'
the officer* of the Southern Cmton As- i ij'jc™ "«•' Mire In Phorelx I’m*-
?T C hT| tl rnnnrrt^ >l -'- t ' ll< ^* TllOi.*? ? ld tSd-Munlre of Captain WoolfoB. wife «»<
K?.«?Jaa5 onn ^ rl » bucket shop rt*rru chlMmi by their sou ot Mfl'*"***
business. Its Issues of the Slst ultimo > «s. % ,
Is a hot number on this subject. It : M8*-;K»»tiuiih»r executed by electricity ti
does look as If It Is Impossible to get i N * V rtrnt nvoni -
men for places of honor and trust, free iSlJiSlJrli! 1 v U "lbM?t* >0 Auieriraa muiiftJ
from the greed and desire to -get rich^’^KSSerf OWL* Aluerica# "
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