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WATSON’S MAGIC SPELL
HOLDS GREA T A UDIENCE
Earmers’ Union Hears
Masterly Address
Tuesday.
SPLENDID AUDIENCE
GREETS SPEAKERS
Introduced By John Temple
Graves at Baptist
Tabernacle.
Over ItM people crowded Brough
ton'* Tabernacle to. U* capacity Toe*
day night to hear Hon. Thotnae K
W»t»un address the convention of the
Cartiers' Union. , •
' A wonderful- tribute wan paid four
men by the audience—Tlteodore Room
velt, Thomas E. Watson, John Temple
OrdVMTiaa Charles 8T'Barrett!' preel
dent of the National Farmers' Union.
Under the magic of Hr. Watson's
great Intellect and the witching grace
of Uolonel tirave.' oratory. It wa* ta
evening of nri Interest.
Hr. .Watson was at his beet. He la
not a,great orator, but he Is more, a
master of fact and satire, and he han
dles both with such cOnsumale skill
that one forgets all other fault.
For nearly two hours he held his
audience completely! a large part of
the time dealing with cold columns of
statistics, but eo deftly handled that
It was absorbing. He swept the au
dience to Its feet In Indoroement of
the course of President RnoMrelt In
the Brownsville, Texas, affair; turned
the battery of Jita withering sarcasm
on the “new Arm of Livingston it Jor
dan;' quickened the pulse with an ex
quisite word-painting of the old South-
om home before the war, and dosed
with the statement that he expected to
go from one end of the country to the
other with President Barrett during
the present year In working for the
union without money or price, finding
. hie reward In doing what he could to
lift the farmer to the place rightly his
own.
Received Ovation.
At the conclualon of Ms speech he
received a great ovation. The audl-
cnc6 crowded to the platform to shake
his hand and that*of Colonel Grave*
and. President Barrett. ■ Governor-elect
Hoke Smith stood In the balcony
throughout Mr. Watson's speech. !
When President Charles Barrett
stepped to Che front of the rostrum at
.1; 30 q‘clock every seat In the audi
torium was occupied, and scores stood
In the aides In a few 'atnpte word*
President Barrett Introduced Colonel
John Temple Graves.
The audience paid him splendid trib-
. ut* as he walked forward, find It was
some minuter before he could begin bis
remarks. He' gave full measure of
praise to President Barrett and the
great organisation he heads. He told
the union members that he was a man
fully deserving of their confidence and
esteem. - “
• Calmer Or( vet’ Rems rfc*.
“I welcome this great organisation
to the greatest city In the South. I am
neither a farmer nor the son of
farmer, but I recognise fully how
closely Interwoven 1 la your Interest and
mine. Ip thy common Interests of life
1 realise I and all others must stand
or tall by your success or failure.
"I am glad I stand tonight before a
LIVINGS!ON AND JORDAN
ARE HANDED HOI ROAS7
BY TOM WA TSON IN SPEECH
Refers Humorously to
the Fraud Order
Plan. -
Hon. Tom Watson's remarks T*ea
derful firm of Livlngetorv A Jordan"
were greeted with shouts of laughter
and applause.
In his first referents to It Hr. Wat*
■on said! • ..
do not want anyone to get the
Idea that I
flffi
do
a that I em rousting miybudy. I
In perfect good llumor, and aould
nothing In the world Jo disturb the
peace
lagan
r. ' v ■ ~ , ” the rain off with •aio-rent tin dipper,
da> night about the hew and won- gnd i,on Livingston chimes In with a
ilaslsil—Raws svd I tutwwatwn -A Vneutaaa** — * A. s 77 a_ a s. a. a
and sersnlty of that firm of Lty
1 limes ho referred with whim
steal humor to the combination, and
once or twice cut deep with Watson
Ian satire. In outlining the hope o
Him farmer and telling how they had
been plundered by rich Interests
Mid:
“And they **tt you they are going to
atop this robbery with a tittle 110,000.-
400.holding company and
rrl llsrvlc Jordan la going to keep
the rain off with ,g lo.rent tin dip
fraud order! It le good to know, how
ever, that Hr. Livingston Is Interested
In any moral question! Why, the ef
fort of Una Partington to sweep back
Hie ocean with a hr,aim »■«« a subllm
tty as compared with those schemes!
Referring to an occasion when lie
■ poke In Ne-.V Orloana, he dubbed the
convention as “Uarvle Jordan's con
glomeration."
clallet. For the purpose of my speech
taught, l am goiHg io obanr
. ■ H' «fy*»ir
strictly (o the government reports, as
shfwn from year to year. In the well-
known volume called 'BlaUstlcal Ab
stract of the United State#.’ ' The vol-
jm frstn which every statement of a
statistical character that I make to
night la known as 'Abettscl for 1H5.‘
Waalth In 1180.
"We find that In 1110. the amount of
capital Invested In agriculture, or to
other worde, the entire value of the
agricultural eatale In the Union, was
94.0M,000,000. At that time wa were
living under what Is called the Walker
tariff, which levied a contribution of
SO per cent upon the farmer In order
that hie brother, the ' manufacturer,
might be protected from foreign com
petition over on the other aide of the
big water, thousands of mites away.
“In 1(M we again take an Inventory
of the estate of the farmer. We find it
to emount to fl,000.*00,000. In spite of
the fact that he has been contributing a
bonus of twenty cents out of every dol
for his use. which bonus went to Mb
brother, the manufacturer, the farmer
has doubled hie estate within theee ten
years. .
"Then came four years of war. a lota
of nearly a million men from the army
of wage-earners. These were the vie
time of batUe, or tji* march, of the bos-
kealdet. property to the. value of
,900.000.000 to 11.000,9*0,000 bed
been destroyed; yet. when we come to
cast up accounts In 1170, we find that
In spite of the losses of the war. both
In men and In property, the farmer ha*
Increased Me estate to yn.ooo.tM9.ooo.
How do you account for this? There
ti onlyffine way under the aun by which
It can he accounted for Just as the
plentiful paper money/ Issued by the
government during the war. fed and
have ever seen before. The gone of
the soil have come to full realisation
of their power and responsibility. Or-
ganlaatlon has done It. The elbdw
touch of common Interest has won you
your place. From this day forth the
farmer everywhere will send hie am
bassadors to the marts of finance and
trade on equal footing with the groat
captains of Industry.
• "In ovary line of human endeavor It
t* co-operation that brings strength
and power. If you wlU only keep the
faith. If you will only not he lulled to
security by the siren tongue of In
trigue; If you will only stand stead
fast to the leadership and the princi
ples tbtt guide you nothing can make
you slave again." _ ——__
Colonel Orarea then gave glowing
' , the life, tlto char
ity of principles of
Tom Watson. Ho said that If Ur.
Watson bad listened to the wooing
voice of-Democracy and corns back
Into the party he could hare had any
office within the gift of the people,
but that he stood by hie principles nnd
sacrificed a United Btntea eenatorehlp
to them. , ,«
Watseit Begins Speech. -
When Mr. Watson walked ‘to the
front the'audience rose and applauded
to the echo. When the tumult was
finally stilled he began whimsically;
"I did not know my quiet, solemn-
faced young friend. Charlie Barrett,
had such a keen sense of humor. I
bed my auaplolone when he Invited me,
the ugliest man tn Georgia, to addroaa
you. But I was somewhat mollified
when he Invited the next ugliest man
to Introduce me."
With this hit of pleasantry. Hr. Wat.
son got down to business. Ills speech
In part wae aa follows:
"The Farmers' Union as an organise
lion should, by all means, steer clear «f
iwlltlca. Aa an organisation. It should
taka no part In any political campaign.
It should avoid all entangling political
alliances. ■
"But If the Individuals composing the
Farmers' Union do not go Into politics
waist-deep, shoulder-deep, chin-deep,
to get what their lntelllgeiice telle them
Is necessary for tMlr materlp) welfare,
they will continue to be what they have
been eVer since the civil war—the mere
drudges, pack horses, 'hewer* of wood
and drawers of water* for other classes
who do go Into politics, as Individuals,
tn ml what they want. In other words.
If Special privilege* ItaSe been granted
to other classes. wMeh are
harshness and Injustice.upon.t|
sulraraf ria
clothed and equipped three great arm
ies for battle, so the seme currency
flowing luio the shrunken veins of com
merce. Inspired the body politic with
new life and vigor and enabled It to
throw off the debility of four years of
civil strife.
Only Million T* Decedi.
“Let us take another ton years. From
1170 to MM the termers go forward
again. Increasing the number of han.!*tl£5u7
employed, vastly Increasing the ampunt'
of .product. In Mi# wo find that they
own wealth—the agricultural classes—
to the amount of 9n.OM.#M.#00.
“What! An Increase of only 91.0M.-
009,900 m a decade! Why such an aw
ful drop off? Why such a frightful
comparative loes? By the ratio of In
crease estaMIshed In the two decade*
*r has dropped far held
In lift, the agricultural classes
owned 4M.000.000.000. All the other
clams* owned 1(2,900,***,00*. Away
behind, are .the agricultural else***.
They ere io*Mg their estate—steadily—
steadily. Whu ta getting It? Who is
reaping where they sow? Who Is
gaining where they to**’ We.shell
find that out by and by.
"In MOO the farmers owned 920.200,-
000,000. All the other daises owned
I7MOMOM49. The gap between*lb*
agricultural class and the other* Is be
coming wider and wider, the yawning
guir more Impassable year by year.
Who Is getting what the farmer Is loo.
Ing? We shall try to find out by and
by.
"Xow It Is perfectly clear from the
actual official report' that the fartnrt
has been losing regularly and losing
rapidly. Somebody has been getting
what he has been making. Let ua take
a search Warrant and try to find (hat
the St
find
hi Abstract!* I think, we
tnese big somebodka who has been
making off with some ot the product
of the toll of the agricultural classes.
tarloprotangoodewklctUieniurcha^lH,. known hr the Btalbrtlcat Abstract
ns the National Banking system.. 1 find
tnat I’ncle Bam says that In the year
1292 the national banker was malting
every year a net profit of 234.000.000..
My own private opinion 1s that . Unde
Sam has put the case very mildly when
he says the national hanker wa* only
earning 2S4.OOO.O0O a year clear profit.
In MU. What business doe* the na
tional beaker follow for * living? Why.
the nettonel banker ta using for hta
own personal and private benefit the
great sovereign prerogative of govern
ment, knotvn as the creation «-f money.
The national honker, who ta personally.
In most cases, a moet elegant and ex
cellent gentleman, whose privata and
personal character le usually above all
reproach, sad against whom personal
ly 1 would hot-with to be understood as
saying anything <* Imrsh—enjoy* Hie
iprmous advantage* of Issuing hi* awn
notes to ha used by the balance Of us
es inoney,. and-thus, the national bank,
er—a most excellent gentlemen usually
-gets'rich on what It* owe*.
"Let ns glance at hie rendition, again,
■ay In Jilt). By that time, we find that
he has Increased the yearly 'profit by
the benefit of Ma own private
grant*
bear In
IMR-tM
agricultural class, how' Is tMs adverso
translation lo be repealed unless, the
foimrrs m«k« llirmarlvep felt as a pol- f*. i that l' c wsr,
”l*t ua study the national situation
a* pictured by Uncle Sam himself In
hta ceneae report*. Wo trill aol take
anything from any political text-book,
nnv political pamphlet. any speech or
essay written by reMfmei
ers. by Popu-
-fist, UyBryanttf, by Hoar elite, by Bo- For the first time in the race the farm
000 000,000
*10090000000 that they fhoold have
piled up? If we look Inkrthe statute
books we will find that the money
K wer enthroned In Wall street has
ui burning up hundreds of millions
of dollars of that paper money which
the government had Issued, nnd that
the horror of falling price* has come
upon the farmer and has struck the
light out of hta life.
“Let us take another'decade, that
from MI0 to 1IM. Condition* had ad
justed themselves. Be meet true-heart
ed. statesmanlike men had In some
measure come to the relief of the
farmer. That noble old Roman, Rich
ard Bland, of Missouri, had so per
sistently fought against the “crime of
Mi*,” the ehuttlng out of the sliver
dollar from the legal coins of the
country, the reduction of the currency
to a panic basis, finally succeeded In
compelling congress to reopen the
mint! to the coinage of silver, and
thus began lo Increase the currency
by something like 14,000.000 per month.
Immediately, the beneficial result* were
apparent. The figure*, as given by the
government In the statistical abstract,
are more eloquently convincing than
any mere rhetoric could be. From
MT0 to HfO, aa I have already told
you. the farmers were able to Increase
their wealth only one billion dollars.
Between MID and MM they did four
times as well. Increasing their wealth
to sixteen bllllor. dollars. From MM
to MM there ta another Increase, that
being four mllllane again, running the
eatale up to twtnty-and-a-hnlf mil
lion.
Interesting Comparisons.
Ill M50, as I have already told you,
the agricultural wealth of the country
amounted tv S4.tNU.904.09lt. What did
tho entire . uf the country
amount to? Beven billion dollars. In
IIM the agricultural wealth, as I have
already said, amounted to 11.090,*00,000
The entire wealth . of the country
amounted to 11*.009,000.000. Thus you
will observe, the farm*™ here keeping
step In the grand march of materiel
prosperity. They had doubled thotr es
tate. Jacrenatag It M0 per cent tn that
decade, and they had (0 per cent of all
the wealth IU the UMted State*.
"In MI0, after the four year* of war.
what was the rotative condition of the
farmer and *11 the balance of tha Un
ion? Th* farmer held property to the
of I11.MO.OOO.OOO. Th* entire
estate amoumr* '
ooo.om. Thu*, atilt, you
er was keeping well up I
ISO.000,000 clear profit and In M0> they
' It until It ta 2100.000.000
1 up In spite of
; In destroying
r* and dlslorei
the
many w»gt 'earner* -rad dislocating
the Industrial ■system, had put 'him at
a great dtaadvnnlage.
"In HfO. as we have already seen,
the agricultural classes possessed *13.-
000,000.000. How much wae possessed
by all th* others? Fifty Billion dollars.
have Increased
per year net profit.
' Wealth of Railroads.
"But there are others. In Uaota Sam!*
iiatlatlcal abstract I come upon the re
port of the railroad situation. In brief,
hero are the facts: In Ml* the rail
roads of the United Slates were earn
ing, In net profit*, the stupendous sum
of 1261,000,MO. In 1190 these net
eernlngs bed Increased until they
reached annually the sum of |272,0M.-
0M. In MOO the Increase had gone
from year to rear until In that year
they had climbed to the pinnacle ot
2412,000,00*. and In 1M6 so rapid had
been the growth of this profit that
they had MM.000,990 to draw Interest
upon. Tou don't need to be told that
the railroads have got a part ot what
the farmers have lost. In Ute reckless
endeavor to earn dividend* upon fic
titious value*, watered stock, fraudu
lent Issues ot bonds, the railroad kings
have plopped, at nothing. They have
paved the road of their conquest with
SWETTENHAMMA YLOSE r
OFFfCE OF GOVERNOR
UNLESS HE APOLOGIZES
Residents of Kingston
Now Want Him *
• Recalled.,
HE IS. DEFENDED
BY FEW OFFICERS
Fredii Papers Do Not An
ticipate Trouble Between
the Two Countries.
London, Jap. 2*.—Jn the absence of
an offlcJal. explanation from Governor
Swettenhem, of Jamaica, of h|s action
id demanding the withdrawal of the
American wArshlp* from th* Island.
■Which !* regarded In ihe light of a dl
red Insult to Ihe United State* gov
of -opinion
Mass II
apologizes he shouli
tire from, office.
This faOUfifi l
press accounts of the affair and. may
be modified when (he governor’s side
of the matter 1a made public.
RESIDENTS OF KINGSTON
ARE ANGRY AT GOVERNOR
Jan. 22.—Tbs
Rev/ Mr. Graham, pastor of Ihe Meth
odist Church here. ai)d a few other
persons. moaily ( officials, indorse th*
action of OovernOr Swrttenham In re-
prodpci sella for *12.009,090.090. After
22.*2*. < 8M.M0. nearly 22 per rent on the
enormous Investment of ten billion dol
lars. That was th# year, the compare,
lively prosperous, year,' In which the
agricultural clsksOs bail nearly twice
aa many workers engaged, had.more
than twice .as much capital Invested,
unit did not moke, after allowing for
(axes and repair*, more than S per'
cent upon the amount Invested.
"Between the year* 1120 and MM the
census reports show that the on* little
manufacturing state of Massachusetts
galnsd greater Increase of wealth than
nine of the great agricultural stales of
this republic. Grouping four of the
real Western agricultural elates with
ive of tho great Southern agricultural
IndHhal Massachusetts, the
states, we find
manaqdti
nine agricultural states by n tremen
dous sum of 6600,000.009. Is that suf
ficient to show and convince yvu that
the tariff system ta eating the life out
of tho farmer? Is that sufilclent to put
you upon Inquiry as lo whether the
manufacturing classes, are not devour
ing Ihe agricultural clasaes?
Remedy tor Farmer.
Now, my friend*. I am going to give
you r- common senstLtalk. .without any
effort at rhetoric aa ta what ySfi should
do lo be saved.
In the first place, you must organ'
Its a etrlctly JFanncru' .Union, l'uur
organisation must.represent your class
Interact. Every other Inltrest ta or
ganised in just tbat.way. .I'nltM.yoil
weal lo it* Hi* victims et-tbatr
aatlons you have got to fight thc de.vll
with fire. At present, as compared to
the organisations which represent oth
er Interest*, you ate a mob at the
mercy of ti disciplined army. Labor,
us suih. has Its federations. The farm-
tr has not been Invited lo enter It,
The banker ha* ndi beer Invited to
enter It. The manufacturer 1a not an
expected guest, the railroad hose might
knock very lohg and very loud Indeed
before hr get In. In like manner, the
banka have their organization*. How
many fanners have they taken Into It?
Don't you think It ( very cheeky, thing
fei the cankers to be taking the lend
of the cotton rr.iw.ers' organisation
when they thcmstlve* confine thetr or
ganisation to bankers? Tho manufac
turers hnvo their oi ganlxatlon. and r
few .yean ago they so far forgot thorn
selves aa 'to tell the real truth aa to the
purpose of Ihslr union. In lIH-ti I
remember It—they declared tn one of
their published s’ntemcnt* that their
objoct 1s to monopolise .he domestic
market. In other word*, no American
cltlsen shall buy any article of neces
sity, comfort or luxury without doing
so upon the terms dictated by the Man
. . Bi«
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o ASKS LIFE RENTENCE O
O AND JUDGE GIVES IT. O
O O
O' St. Lout*. Mo, Jan. 21.—WII- 0
O llam Beeves, a negro, clisne-l O
o with killing a negroes, refused O
O yesterday to accept a sentence of 3
O 26 year*' Imprisonment, saying O
O he wanted a sentence of 99 yeses, o
o He got what he asked for.
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venting the landing of American
marines.
—"Thls-ta a British colony, not- Cuba,
or a B Danish-American republic," de
clared Ur. Graham, In .discussing the
Incident.
-Iliu ta a movement on foot among
the residents of the dly lo demand th*
recall of Ihe governor. Many are out
In their criticisin' of III
spoken
file action.
NRWRFAFER IN P/ytlt
DOESN'T (EE TROUBLE
Farts, Jan. 22c—'Th* Journal dea
DeBata,, commenting on the Bwetten
ham-Davl* Incident at Kingston, men
tlons that the International usage
not, to disembark armed men on. for
eign teritory t/nless Invited to du ■
by the- authorities.Hadds: - — \
'But Admiral Davis moved on hta
own Initiative and b«>k ..f
the policing of the city unasked by the
governor. Ferhsps the disorder Hint
followed the' earthquake excused this
seat, which Ignored formalities, but If
the nr.'umsiHnc#._jt/.ifcr_*gtgatroph#
the well-intentioned Incorrectness of
tho admiral, they ought to procure tho
sum* Indulgence for the nervous con
dition In which 8wottenham remember
ed that Jamaica Is British Isrrllory,
id that he Li its governor.
The Journal desDo Bats concludts
that the Incident will hare no bad ef
feet on Anglo-American relatione.
of manufactured goods. Therefore,
greater number of people could buy a
greater amount of goods, therefore, aa a
child need not b* told, there would be
a greater demand for raw cotton, and
thus, of course, the price of raw cotton
would advance as Ihe demand In-
d. That ta ihe only natural and
permanent way to get better prices for
cotton. Why talk such childish mm
sense aa that spinner* are going lo
voluntarily gtvs you a b*u«r price for
your cotton thta year, or that tempora
ry circumstances might arise by which
some such sort of arrangement might
be made? Tou don't want a higher
price ot a cent or two to be doled out
ta you as Ihe gift of Ihe cotton spin
ner*. Tou don't want eny other class
to give you anything. Whet you want
ta your rights under Ihe law; what you
want I* Just treatment untier the taw,
what you want Is a square deal under
the taw. and If you will go after the
matter right, you will get an advance
In the price of cotton, not a* the gift
from the cotton spinner, but as a result
of unwritten but Irresistible laws,
which he can no more disregard than
you can.
Farmers, Arousal
“Farmer* uf th# Bouttirrouae your
selves! Shako off the apathy of dta-
couregemeht. Look upward to (h« high
purpose of making tho future redeem
tbs past. . Once upon a time |he coun
try home was Ihe delight of American
Ilf* Make It ao again. This going
to the el He* has not been done of your
usrn free will and accord. Conditions
.(.drove Vou.lo.ila U. Change those con-
and' happily in t'he country, and let
the cry ot the future be, ‘Back to the
country home!' f
"Why can't you now, without going
to the city to get rich, have the Ideal
country home? What 1s necessary In
order that you may have It? To get a
fair price for the products of your toll
and to receive from the law-making
power a square d#al. Given these, and
moo^of C hnm*n h sacrlfice? rtUn * * Bd lh * I fteturera' Association hue been taking
blood of human sacrifice. former* Into their family, and yet every
one. uf llarvta Jordan's conventions
bav* been more or leas dominated by
Manti-
Manufaeturere, Tee.
“But let us dig. ehd delve. a Utlle fur
ther. Let tis examine Into the condi
tion of the manufacturing Industries.
In 1110 wc find that Ihe amount of
capital Invested In manufacture! wae
22.790.000. 009. number of hands em
ployed. less then 3,000,000. The prod
uct sold for more than five and a quar
ter billion. After paying off every
man, woman and child an average
wage ot about 21(9. and after paying
for every dollar of material used In
the mills, there was a net profit re
maining to the manufacturer *
024.000. What! How much
employed? 22.790,0M, and net earnings
of one year—how much? *1,024.000,
nearly 40 per cent, and during that
year twice aa many workers were In
“ '' ‘ {cultural Industries.
money was Invested,
and Instead nr maklnn a single dollar
of clear profit, they fell ahort ot actual
wages, according to Ihe mill standard,
2272.000. 000.
"Let ue come down' to 12(0. The
nount of capital Invested In menu?
tacturos has bean Increased until if
I* 2(.626,000. Ihe amount of employeei
ha* been increased until It lacks only
210,000 of being 6,000,000 (using round
numbers). The entire pfipduct Bella f«r
nine and' one-JIrlrd ’billion, afterpayiiur
wages to every man. woman and child'
tar all the me-
remains a net
profit lo the manufacturer of *Lt2(,-
000,000. a clear profit of nearly 10 per
cent upon the capital Invested. . That
was th* year, aa you will remember,
when In agricultural pursuits MM.000
people lolled all Ihe year, representing
a capital Invested ot SlLOM.OOO,tOO.
end ihe gross product sold for not
enough tn par wage*, but left a deficit
of I4IMM.0M.
Only t Rev Cent.
"let u* tok* Oi* gear IIM, las ehow/i
|n Unci* .Sam!* statistical abstract.
Ths amount of capital Invested In
manufactures has been Increased until
reached 110,009,000.000. The
number ot employ***->(s Increased un
til It -Is neatly 4,000,ooo; the gross
members of Ihe Manufacturer*' Asso
ciation. Now, ir It ba auen a good
thing tor ihe lAnnulactarere and the
bankets to come Into th* Cotton Grow
ers' Association to direct Its move
ments, why should not we have some
reciprocity abotil It?
"when the manufacturer c lines Into
th* Colton Growor*' Association, hi
hes th* cotton grower* at u dlsadvun'
tage. Why? BecouM the manufactur
er will be looking Into your hand ami
Boeing tvhst card* have been dealt to
you. whereas he never lets you see hta
cards. Hr will always know what Is
In your hand, nnd you will never know
what I* In hta. Dp you think you rnn
win the game if you play '.t that way '
Study Problems.
"fltudy lh# labor problem. IValoh
these negro secret lorletlrs. compel
the Icgtalk^ure to pass a law requIiliiK
each society, white or black, to tuke
out a license from the ordinary. Re
quire oerh society to mek* a sworn
statement of tt* purpose. Give to the
oidhiary vltltoriel power. Let It he
w.thln hta province to supervise th**g
societies and to call tn the aid ot the
xiitilff and a posse whenever It tie-
come* necessary lo break up nlghi
meettna* *4 ssaaktals character. This
thing of holding night meetings nmong
the negroes^KIlh!vmned sentinel* on
•out, should.'-bo stopped. No
community should dole rats
ronsplrator-llkc methods of thl* kind.
Compel the negroes to do their political
talking In public. Just as wo do our*.
"tttudy Ihe Immigration question. Do
not allow the steamship companies in
make of the 8optl\ « dtimplag ground
for the rauperlsr.i, anarchism and th*
criminality of Euror*. Rattier than
have retrain kinds of Immigrants come
her* to-the Huuth, to nlake'Vmr upon
all establish'd order .tod to demoralise
our social organisation. I would rather
ono-hntf Of the Bouth grow up Id
field pine* to enrich th* generation
which shall walk over our graves.
■“If thfc tariff duties wera lowered
Ultra would be a reduction In lh* price
equator i
the ease, the leisure and the comfort
which would make th* South th* hap
piest country In the world.
"I rnn not bring my self to believe
that th* glory of the Bouth Is a thing
of tha past. It Is Impossible for mo to
abandon the hope that there Is life In
the old land yet. We have had farm
er*' movements In tho past which
promised gnat things. They did not
entirely aureeed. They fell apart and
died away. That I* no reason why you
should not rise and come again. Let
your failures In the past teach lessons
that will Insure you success In the fu
ture. To th* extent of my power to
aid you. count on me. Heart and soul t
am with you. You ehall never be em
barrassed by my candidacy for any
offlee. I have no ax to grind. When
a younger man. the ambition for place
and power'waa natural to me. as It ta
to mast young men. All that It gone.
Thar* ta not an ofllc* which I would
accept. There Is not one that I could
afford-to accept. 6ly work calls me
and keens me In a different field. Lov
ing lhai work's* I do. It will not be
abandoned. There la not money enough
on this earth, nor a position so high as
lo make me lay down the pen. Tho
only reward which 1 expect, lh* only
reward which I hope for, 1a that the
worihlpea* of my effort may be recog
nised. and that my name shall be
held In kindly esteem by those whose
cause I have so long served."
Cams Into Your Own.
Bnniellmes, It seems tn me that this
country, this republic, would be enllre-
belter off If. those who follow the
plow, not one day In the year hut all
the work days of the work season of
Ihe year, should determine that they
III mount from the furrow and step
upward to the throne. They ran do
It II they will. They must do It tf they
are not willing to alway* be the servi
tor* and subsets of thno* autocrats of
privilege, which have usurped scepter
and throne. Farmers ot America!
Think well of It. It reals with you to
say whether you will drag along be
hind the Mow. or whether you will
rise tn what ta- possible and lake your
seat upon the throne.
Spanith-Ameriean Vets.
The Bponleh-Amerirsn ear veterans
camp will be mustered In by t'epraln
Jhartas W. Parker, of Etberton, Ga.,
title commander, nextiThursday night
Third Battalion armory. 67 1-2
uiiter atraet.
_ thought the camp will have a
itatmbershlp of IM, there being that
number of veterans In Atlanta.
*T" " " \
EighJ Deaths Ouring Week.
Bpeclal lo The Georgian.
Macon. Ga.. .Jan. 22.—Eight death*
veurred In Macon lost week, three
wkllta and five colored. Rtcords ot
JUST RECEIVED
-Two car* of Boggle*, one car Delivery AYagimL two car* or Farm Wag
ons. We a-lsh to extend lo th# publlr special prices for the aext 10 day*.
Visiting members of tho Farmers' Union ere cordially Invited *e I'
call on ue to Inspect oat mammoth, etock of farm Ipiplemenra. etc. 1
and to make our store their headquarters while In the city. I.
FARMERS’ SUPPLY COMPANY
40-42 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. —
CADETSHIP A! WES7 jPOINT
NOT EAGERLY SOUGHT BY
YOUNG MEN OF ATLANTj
Wltal I* tha matter with army life?
Don't Atlenla young men went to be
ofilcera?
A few years ago -hey were fighting
for appointment to the mllltaty acade
my at Weat Point. •
Now t'ungrassman Lon Livingston
rays that ha has hardly an applicant
for the appointment.
The government hus called upon th*
congressman from the Fifth dlslric: of _
Georgia to appoint *omo youpg. flJji yfff*? ifty**-' NUMlIt ft»
gtan to the cadetship from thta district. ‘"■ a ln * n ■ ■"c”-1 . * > sdE
Usually an Invitation lo accept a free
education from Unde Sam. with Ihe
pro mist of a commission In th* United
States army, would mean tliat every
eligible young man In the district
would answer.
Rut for some reason there ere few
applicants thta year. Perhaps on* rea
son 1s;
Amrrtran young men have begun tn
learn that th* salary of on officer In
Uncle Ham's army is not suIBclent to
meet the demands upon an army of.
fleer.
To be an olllcer and to keep up the
appearance the office demands, one
must have an Independent , Income.
Young men are beginning to team this.
Expenses of living have advanced enor
mously. Tho ofilcer'a salary Is Just tha
same as when living cost half what K
doe* now. * , . T -
There's another reason. Uncle Bas*
has had no war In so long—far the
brush with Spain ran hardly be oaMt-
id—llui red-blooded young Am*
are xiesslmlatlr ream ding a'cda
notion. They fear - lifetime el t
lty. or loafing In Western eimy pasts,
of welting nnd wnltlnr for a dtees up
ward following the death of » superior.
Certainly It I* not lack ot patriotism.
If a war ahou'd break out there saaie
young men who refuse a chance of a
commission now would fight to be first
to volunteer for a. place In Ihe ranks.
There must Iw other reasons.
But on lh* second Batuiday In r*4»-
ruary an examination will be held la
Atlanta, when all applicants for th*
place will be given an opportunity tn
compel*. Uncle Dim wants young
men. but he ia particular In hta re-
qulremepts. Th* examination will env-'
er many literary branches and the
physical examination I* saver*. The
winner will b* recommended to tha __
department for appointment to th* mil
itary academy and the recommend*-j
tlon ta usually acted upon lavoraHjL-
ARMY OF REPORTERS^
HANDLE THA W TRIM
New Ynsk, ,l*n ??-pWVn.Hte HIM
ot Harry K. Thu\v begun today, the
preparations completed to report It In
orofrr to meet the wopld-wMi* interest
tn thta remarkable esse, proved: lo be as
absolutely unprecedented a* ark tbs
sensational details. £4en Ihe Dreyfus
and the Maybrlck trtgls were altogsth-
#r overshadowed.
No less than 229 foreign and Ameri
can correspondent* as well aa New
York reporter* and special writers tried
lo crowd Into the court room that hold*
sealing capacity for only 220. Including
Ihe 240 talesmen from which th* Jury
Ik to o* drawn.
The trial nun
New York. Ihe city
d*r~
raph;
forced to Insist! hit Impi
graph office In the criminal
building on the ground fthor.
greatest confusion resulted from the'
fact of the unparalleled number
newspaper correspondents who waatod
places In Hie court room.
It was Imperative to make room for
the 200 talesmen and It was necessary
for Ihe police to escort them to thotr
seats. The dlntrlct attorney. *1*1*111
district attorney and tpeti aids woes
crowded Into tho smallest ktad of space,
while the array of attorney* esnibsfi
by Thaw had to be satisfied with so IU.
Ue room that most of thsm declared it
Would tw almost Impossible to go 1
mill the trial, cramped's* they wor*.
fit* col
L U* 1
It W t
Are you B'phyelclan without a prac
tice? e—
Are you a blacksmith without a Job?
Are you a wheelwright without a
wheel to mend?
If you are any of th»**‘ there l* a
place waiting fur you at Norihen, Ga.
The town needs a physician, a black
smith and a wheelwright.
The two last named trade* may be
of references are
combined perhaps. The first two,
hnrolly. For the belt U k
required.
from Nortlicn. Ga!. In which it is stated
that th* town needs them men, aafi
there In business enough to pay Tha
letter Is signed by W. N. i otemaa. aal
he gives as references the names ot
former Governor Northen. th* Dough-
erty-Ward-Little Company and C. 1L
Cameron. 1
these death! are sent In Clerk T. L
Massenburg secretary of the board of
health, and are kept on file at hta office
In the city hall at Macon.
STATISTICS.
PROMISING PROSPECTS
- FOR YOUNG ATLANTAN
J. H. ROBERTS.
A wall known Atlanta teal, new
aeteelaled with W. W. Cunning
ham A Co.. General Agents far the
Empleyert* Liability Company, Eli*
Equitable Building.
FROFERTY TRANSFER*.
62.040— B. M. Grant to Mr*. Lettta
It hitebeard, lot on Luclle avenue.
Ashby street. Loan deed.
-. B - Otfifit to Mrs. Letila
P. W lilteliead, lot on Luclle avenue,
near Ashby *tre#v Loan deed.
-B. (I. Grant lo Mrs. Lain* P.
W hltehead, lot on Lucll* avenue near
Ashby street. Loan deed.
6626—A. J. Corley lo Mrs. 7. R. Ur-
'onneli. lot In East Point. Warranty
eed.
66.000— John Carey to Mrs. Neill* o.
Checks, lot os North Jackeon • treat.
Warranty deed.
I960—Evelyn Harris to Lucian
ris, lot on Lawton •trrot.
deed.
_ IM6—John 8. Dw-ana.aad J. B.
tfiox to Ml*. H. Rucker, lot on cor*
Bender and Stevens ’streets.
61.926—John A. Frits to Jamo*
Holliday, lot on Eleventh »tr*#t. W
ranty deed-
6160— L. 8. Roan. L. Z. Rotunr aafi
Morris BraAdon to Robert J. Miller lot
on Martin ■trrot. Warranty fimd,
' BUILDING~PERMITt.
J1.600—G. T. Muiphy to build afifi-
story frame dwelling fit 4x UfilltalSi.
ivenue. fi \
24,600—W. P. Kelley * Co, 1
hrec l-Story frame dwelfiafit
1-3$ Prospect Place.
6100—Alex Headaroon. to buM I
tlon to frame dwelling at 170 In
61.000— M. L Farmer and M. '
lo build two -story frame da
492 Nortr
9MB
2-story
ttrfOL
TOWN NEEDS PHYSICIAN;
NEEDS A BLACKSMITH TOO 1
txjUTa
r freK^uwei
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