The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

LAT, sUNDA u n RoH il
National capital. and may b said 70 have fairly
shared the honors with DR.. Mary Wslker u 1
frst.ciass "lloness." In consequence OF thia
notortety she hss not Jared 30 badly In her new
profession either. and. with q reasonable
amount OF prudence aud economy. she might
have laid away. during the years Of
her practice. something OF com petence.
At tho same time II cannot be denied
that ahc has displayed considerable legal
ability. and has not unfrequenty been made
the subject Of favorable comment from both
bench and bar Of Washington. Had Mrs
| Lock wood confined herself to the legitimate
pursuit OF her chosen profession she was In a
fatr way to break down. In great measure, the
pref udices against her sex In seeking dstinc
tlon at the bar: but 1t seems that soon after her
| ap pearance In her now role she hit upon the
very unnecessary and foolish idea that she was
by right entitled to the exclusive legal patron
age OF her sex. just as female doctors OF medicine
claim to have IN exclusive right to practice the
branch OF obstetrics. This was all natural
enough. perhaps. and X Mrs. Lockwood had
we mt about her self imposed task as high and
honorable minded wOman no complaint would
have been made against her on that SCORE. On
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desire to solicit business" that was not In
k eepiDg with the notions OF propriety enter
tanned by the legal fraternity. and which very
soon caused her to be regarded BY them with
| disfavor. She was constantly appearing In
the minor courts OF the District ~ the
advocate OK female innocence. and made
no hesitation In declaring herself ~ In
hostility to the ''immoralities" Of the other
sex. Even this would not have been to her dis
credit had II not soon began to be whispered
about that she was preparing to make eome OF
the great statesmen OF the land quake In their
boots which rumor was speedily followed BY
public proceedings that left little doubt that
they were instigated by malicious and mer%
cenary motives. The last appearances OF Mrs.
Lockwood is In suit against Senator Hill. Of
Georgia. wherein one Jessie Raymond IL put
forward an an injured innocent. and whose
character Is 80 bad and 80 notorious as
to cause her complaint to DO disbe-
lieved. oven II she had not subsequent
ly denied tho truth Of the allegations over
her own 81 anature. The further statement OF
this unfortun woman that abe did not au-
thorize Mrs. Lockwood to bring the suit
against Senator Hill, makes the case still more
awkward gainst her self-constituted legal
champion. and 1t is to free herself OF the
obliouy thus incurred that Mrs. Lockwood Is
now endeavoring to blaeken the character OF
the dist n Rniehed Senator from Georgia. The
dispatch to which reference has been made
states that Mr.. Hin has promptly branded the
letter OF Mrs. Lockwood ~ nothing but a
batch Of falsehoods." and as an attempt at
defamation utterly malicio GUS and unworthy OF
notice beyond simple denial OF Its truth. It
Ia said that the members Of the bar ut Wash
ington are talking about the propriety Of dis
barring Mrs. Lockw God. and there would seem
to DO NO doubt that they would DO fully iustiia-
BILE In proceeding to such extreme measures.
She has not only disgraced her own sex, but
has brought odlu m upon the honorable profess
sion that she was courteously permitted to
enter.
COTTON FACTORIES IN THE SOUTH.
Mr.. Fontaine. commits ,ioner OF land and
immigration for the State OF Georgia. referring
to the words OF announcement recently uttered
By the New York Herald concerning cotton and
other manufacturing industries in the South,
asserts 1t a. matter OF fact that no cotton mills
In the world have paid dividends equal or ap-
preaching those declared By the mills In 0eor-
gia In the past decade. The water power OF the
Ohattahoochee river alone at Columbus-the
Lowell Of the Bouth-is unequalled as an In
vestment for manufacturing cotton. all things
considered. In the United States. Mr.. Fontaine
gives the number Of spindles In the Southern
States rs follows: Arkansas. 1900: Alabama.
% 900: Georgia. 1877 900: Kentu oky. II .2sa: Lou
siana, 600; Mississippi. 10000; Maryland, 49,
coo: Missouri. $4,000: North Carolina. $500:
South Carolina. $4,000: Texas, $500: Tennessee.
40 500: Virginia. $4,000: making q grand
total OF 6s7.7Oo. One company at Column
bus. Mr.. Fontaine says. has built mill
employing 1900 operatives. all natives
except the foremen. and manufacture over one
hundred varieties OF goods. They use 1900
bales Of cotton per annum. and 800 pounds of
washed wool daily. and pay out 5000 600 per an
mum. The truth has only to be made known.
when capital will find It's own way to the sunny
land. where In the language Of the Herald.
nearly every industry which In the Northern
States and England has flourished is practical
BILE In the South: woods. metals. coal and water
power are abundant. and the labor supply II
not sufficient to the demand would soon be-
come 3d." and farms located near railroads can
be- purchased at q price cheaper than United
States government lands similarly located.
DIED.
REFS = Charles Reefs. Sr.. aged sixty-one
years. native OF Germany. aud q resident OF
this city since 1912: departed this life last FRI
day evening at 10:4b O'Clock.
The friends Of the family. the members OF
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