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The Truth About the Negro.
(From The Albany Herald.)
• It is not an unusual thing to
bear men of affairs, and especial¬
ly those who give grandstand
performances for political pur¬
poses, express the wish that we
■were rid of the negro heie in the
8puth, and there is now at least
one district in this state that is
represented by a man who fought
his way into congress on a plat¬
form that declared to the world
that he was “agin the nigger’’
on general principles. We
have two or three newspapers
more or less prominence in Geor¬
gia that have been
a separation of the races or
deportation of the negroes.
It might be inferred from
utterances of these
and newspapers that there is
growing anti-negro sentiment in
Georgia and that the people
this state are ready to part com¬
pany with the negro and
any movement looking to the de¬
portation of the negro, either on
the installmentplan or as a
•wouid be hailed with
tions of gratitude and joy.
when the true test is applied
rhe real sentiments of the
are brought out quite a
slate of feeling towards the
gro is revealed, and the
about the Southern white
■estimate of the negro and his de¬
pendence upon him as a
finds expression in no
terms.
We have been led to this line
thought by reading a dispatch
the morning papers which tells
the receipt of a letter by
troller General Wright from
tax collector of Carroll county. In
hub letter the tax collector ex¬
plains that a Mr. McNeal, of
laata, had visited Carroll
reoenfly.and ^shipped a
of negro laborers to his cotton
plantation in Mississippi,
people of Carroll county were
pleased with having a man
into their county and take
!«ogro38 away, and the tax
lector wanted to know of
Comptroller General if MoNeal
was not liable for a tax for send¬
ing negroes out of the state.
Comptroller answered the letter
as we are told the dispatch
above referred to. calling'the tax
collector’s attention to a decision
■t 1 the supreme court in the 114th
Georgia, page 53, in the case of
Theus vs. the state. The opin¬
ion of the court in the decision
referred to is that the law did not
apply to anyone who was carry¬
ing laborers out of the state for
Jria own use.
We have a prohibitory tax on
emigration agents in this state,
arid it is a well known faetdhat
was passed to stop the
of negro laborers from the state.
It is also a well known fact
whenever or wherever
man from anywhere
down here in the negro
t»hire our negroes sr to
an emigration movement
tHern the whit© people, almost
a man, rise up against him.
not this the truth, does it
sehow conclusively that we
■only don’t want to get rid of
negro, but that we regard
who come and want to hire
away from us or who
%o organize emigration
ments amongst them as our
mies?
Coming right down to the
truth and being honest with
ee ves as well as with the
and the balance of the world,
w ■ want to get rid of the
* How and then we hear men
ing “separation” and
tk»o” and some cf the
pers and politicians
make anti-negro grand-stand
■ plays, but any movement looking
to the removal of the negro from
Georgia would meet with such
opposition as would produce a
revolution. Why, then, not be
honest with ourselves and the ne¬
gro as well, and do what we can
to improve him, morally, intel
leetually and industriously, for
his place in the community?
A cure for Eczema,
My baby had eczema so bad that
its head was a solid mass of
scabs, and its hair all came out.
I tried many remedies but none
seemed to do any permanent
good until I used DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve The eczema is
cured, the scabs are gone and the
little one’s scalp is perfectly
clean and healthy and its hair iB
growing beautifully again. I can¬
not give too much praise to De
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve.—
Frank Farmer, Bluff Citj, Ky. In
buying Witch Hazel Salve look
out for counterfeits. DeWitt’s is
the originaland the only one con
taining pure witch hazel. The
name E. C. DeWitt & Co., is on
every box. Sold by Lewis Drug
Co.
The Good Roads Bill.
Four states, New York, Mas¬
sachusetts, New Jersey andCon
necticutt, have in the past ten
years spent about $10,000,000 as
state aid for building wagon
roads. About $6,000,000 has
been added to this sum by the
counties and towns where the
state roads were built, and about
2,500 miles of state roads have
been completed in these four
states. Pennsylvania last year
appropriated $6,500,000 for the
building of state roads. Where
ever state roads have been built
the selling price ol farm lands
has been increased from 20 per
cent to 50 per cent, and even
more in some cases, The 2,500
miles of state roads already built,
have been of such benefit that
they have caused a great demand
for mere gooct roads. Five states
found it good to aid in the build¬
ing of wagon roads by state ap¬
propriations. Why should pot
the national government aid in
building roads in every state in
the union?
Congressman Brownlow of
Tennessee has answered this
question by introducing in con¬
gress a bill appropriating $24,
000,000 as national aid for build¬
ing wagon roads. The sum is
available at the rate of eight mil
li m dollars a year for three
years, and is distributed to each
state according to its population,
except that no state shalljreceive
less than $250,000. Georgia’s
pro i’ata -would be $624,000. The
states or counties receiving this
money must add a like amount.
This appropriation will build
between 6 and 7 thousand miles
of .splendid national road, and
will build from one to five hun¬
dred miles o! nard road in each
state of the union. It seems to
many farmers that it is time for
the national government to aid
them, and they hope the bill will
become a law. Atlanta News.
An Early Riser,
A strong, healthy, active consti¬
tution depends largely on the oon
jiicion of the liver. The famous
little pills known as
Little Early Risers not
cleanse but they strengthen
action of the liver and
the tissues supporting the organ.
I ittle Early Risers are easy
act, they never gripe and
they are absolutely certain
produce results that are
tory in all cases. Sold by
is Drug Co.
Not Against Law; But Policy.
Attorney General Hart ren¬
dered an opinion to-day, at the
request of State School Commis¬
sioner Merritt, on the right of a
county board of education to
make a rule that married women
shall hot be eligible to teacher’s
places.
The case arose over the fact
that in one of the counties a
young woman teacher married
secretly because of the existence
of the rule. . %
Wh*n it was discovered that
she was married it was proposed
to dismiss her.
Judge Hart holds that such a
rule is arbitrary, unjust and un¬
reasonable. Though the board
may not have transcended the
letter of the law in adopting it,
he says, if the board will not
abolish the rule the people ought
to abolish the board.
The scratch of a pin may cause
the loss of a limb or even death
when blood poisoning results
from the injury. All danger of
this may be avoided, however, by
promptly applyingChamberlain’s
Fain Balm. It is an antiseptic
and quick healing liniment for
cuts, bruises and burns. For
sale by Lewis Drug Co.
Press this on your
Memory.
Perry’s Pharmacy,
JVre the Leaning Pharmacists of this section.
We not only guarantee to give satisfaction
but we live up to our gua^ntee....^^
Ou r Stock is Compete in every detai and we want your Business.
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HOW ABOUT THAT GARDEN?—-We have just received
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Pliarm acy,
Phone Os Two Stores: * Phone SO.
Camilla, Georgia. Pelham,. Georgia.
TO THE PUBLIC
I beg to announce that I have associated Mr. John C. Wilson with m©
in the mercantile business under the firm name and style of
J. B. Wilson Oo.
I am grateful to the public for past liberal patronage and ask for the new firm your
continued patronage. We shall at all times keep a large and well selected stock of
Dry Goods, Notions, Hardware and
Plantation Supplies,
And will sell at prices that will warrant your calling and looking through our !stock. When in
need of anything call on us at our new place—the (old)
ttfci BRIMBERRY STORE OX BROAD ST- —
We will take pleasure in showing you goods and quote you lowest prices. Our ’phone is No. 48.
J. B. WILSON \
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Pla n t cotton,' Mr. Farmer, but
remember that neither your fam¬
ily, your laborers nor your stock
can eat cotton. Remember, also,
that you can raise the food crops
cheaper than you can buy them.
—Herald.
.GO TO
Butler Heath & Butlers'
SEED PEANUTS, Heath’s Cotton and
Corn Fertilizer,
SEED OATS, Heath’s High
WIRE FENCE, Grade Acid,
WAGONS. German Kainit,
Cotton seed Meal,
BUGGIES. Georgia State Grange.
r, Heat! k Batter
Phone 10. CamiRt, Ga.
A soap manufacturer was once
asked why he put all his adver¬
tising in the newspapers, and
didn’t use sign boards. He said
that in his experience he had
found that the man who does not
read newspapers never uses
soap.—Citizen.
