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is not possible in any one planting sea
son, but it is possible for every farmer
in the south to make a beginning upon
this idea. The pitching of next years
crop is already matter of consldera-
ton. 1t is time thrown away to wait
upon the action OF conventions to cur
tail any particular crop without furnish
ing some employment which is to make
up for the curtailment. If one-third of
the time Of southern farmers is to be
taken away from the culture OF cotton,
then that time should be devoted TO the
cultivation of other crops, s)r the carry
ing on of other industries. II every
farmer, therefore. WOGld take into con-
sideration the raising of an additional
quantity OF corn, if he would but add to
his barn yard moro cattle, hogs, an i'm
proved breed of chickens; i'll fact, any
thing which grows. he would cut down
the bill which he would have to pay out
of his cotton proceeds next year.
Then. in view of this fact let US raise
the flag Of hog and hominy'' which
Colonel Henry Mcintosh has SO success
fully unfuIled in southwest Georgia Let
our farmers understand that they have
the remedy in their own hands, and that
this remedy must be used within the
next few weeks, SO that when next fall
comes around We will have hogs and
horses and corn and wheat and oats 10
sell TO the general market. We viii
have created neighborhoods in which
there will be need for local manufac-
lures, and the presence OF these local
manufactures viii have increased the
need for everything we have to sell; and
they viii become our best buyers.
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.Advertising Epidelnics,

The Constitution cannot find words
strong enough with which to condemn
the imprudent conduct of southern news
papers which lend themselves to the ad-
yertising of opdemics.
Whenever few cases of yellow fever
visit the southern coast, it seems as if
discretion vanisbes from editorial Offices
and the newspapers Join in creating a
scare which affects the people, and which
goes abroad to advertise an entire sec
ton as being a hOtbed of disease and
death Municipalities, routed by demOr-
alizatton, declare sensejess quarantjnes,
and fourteen or fifteen million people
have to be placed under injerdict because
in their midst there may be fifty or sixty
cases Of yellow fever, or some kindred
disease. The newspapers magnify these
diseases, publish the number of new
cases in flaming headlines, print war
maps OF the infected area" and give
black letter announcements Of the num-
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The Cotton Movement.

We are in receipt of the latest publ
cation issued by Messrs. Latham, Alex
andcr & Co., of New York, dealing with
the cotton movement in its different
phases and covering the period from
1893 to 1898. AS usual this Wide-awake
firm has succeeded in compiling with
the utmost brevity the result Of its in
vestigation into this important subject
and is giving to the public the benefit
Of every essential item bearing upon
the production and manufacture Of cot
ton.
One of the most instructive features
of tho book is the article from the pen
OF Mr.. Thomas Ellison, Of Liverpool, on
the cotton industry in Japan. Mr.. Ell
son shows that Japan has made phenom-
email strides of late years In the manu-
facture of cotton, and that while She
produces the staple herself in small
quantities, she IS forced to import the
great bulk of her raw material In 1880,
when she first began to put up cotton
mills, he states that she imported the
bulk Of her raw material from emma. IN
that year she imported only 1000 POUNDS
of cotton from the United States against
% 600 pounds from India and 6.762.O00
pounds from China. In 1897 she import
ed 46, 1852 geo pounds from the United
States; but she also imported 70,641O00
pounds from China and 180,15O,OO0
pounds from India. In the aggregate,
Mr.. Ellison shows that the cotton in
dustry Of Japan absorbed last year near
ly 800, 100000 pounds of imported cot-'
ton. This ought to open the eyes Of the
United States to the possibilities which
Japan and other countries Of the orient
hold out to trade We ought to find
good markets for our cotton in those
countries.
Mr.. Ellison states that in 1886 there
were only G5.420 sptndIes employed in
the cotton industry in Japan, whereas in
1897 there were 781, ,6l9 spindles thus en-
ploycd. Before the present year closes
he states that the number of spindIcs
will reach 100000 Japan's ambition
seems to be to manufacture whatever
she consumes in the line of cotton goods
and to supply the demands Of other Asl-
attic countries Consequently, she VIII
continue to make large purchases Of raw
material in foreign markets. and we
ought to be able to sell her. Mr.. Eli
son does not extend his observations in
detail to China; but We are warranted in
believing that the same industrial awak-
enine which has come to Japan VIII
shortly come to China also. We need to
keep our eyes upon the orient and TO
look in that direction for our markets.
But to note other important features OF
the publication. it contains the revised
figures for the cotton crop Of the United
States for 1897-9S, According to these
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Whnt Disarmament Means.

When the car OF Russia made his
celebrated anpeal for disarmament sew
a~,I dow, 400 tta u,bo1o of Chrisfond0m
,....,I'a,,+.l u.i+r S.. o.hoos That tho
'>af +I,l ,,,,,a.,a,,1,,,. l,o4r,caD tho ma
tt1,0s ,,lo,,1a no ,e.s,l,llod IN, the rnIor of
~. $500 a,l,,t,.,,,. ,,,,-o,, IN oar+h was
,,.,,,, lar.,riatod - o,,oe+ tbo u,nrrd's
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4,'ar7|,,r,, ,,,,,ffoa,a woe NOT fu1Iv
,-,1t.,,l I,. w. n.or,1 o. +bo limo of
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t,a ,o1il,, of di,a,,o,ar,ont ON account
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~ a},la 10 eo1,n VIZ bava raeonfIv
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aa ,.,Tr,i.o1 ,,1 ,trrh+v-ono u,arsbins
- an ri.,ae I,,,1,,efya ~ tba erarrisons
:, Tnafo o,d IN tf,o. co1nnias C,raa4 prit-
,.,.,Il,, ,,,,.,,, ,,,,,,9,l,.e o0 o0o mon
M '.,,,lt ,,l,,, - tt,-a hronchos of
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(,to.,n,r - o,,ah rgl,,,i.o. tJ,, ovnnndituro
80 -,,ii1f,-,, - 1a11a,., ,rn1.olI,, IF Oscar
p.;ta1,, na,,Id eoo,,ro ,l,a nrotection of
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RUSSIAN war y, course tae au01''"n
or me poocy OF disarmament VIII not
ehaoIe 1gr al once 70 cancer lhIS depl,
ool IL VIZ pIe!eHC l''c rom coI'' "a |'lI'i5
slnllI"I u3D'9 III lL'7 la'uie' aHo ~ VIZ
increase H., IV""uL'es IoF pay ny Oh o'N
scores. ne = reHCn navy AT ''c pres
eHt uine coh9-SJS 81 l"enty-lohf D"itIe-
aHlPa ana one hunofca ana t"9h.E n'no
SAlUS OF WIZ ol CIHtI xmas, DC9l''S TWO
hundred torpedo ooats. ne fFehch
army consists OIL 5"o000 oilioefS an"
men. The total expenditures OF france
aggregate annually $of',l2S,l0|' most o.
which sum IS appneo TO tue support OF
the army ana navy.
with respect 10 NerIpany we ma
that her national deDt IS mach smaller
than that OF the other European noWerS.
S1e owes at the present time only $o02'-
$4,000. Cermany's army consists CT 55-,-
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made to depreciate the Cubans the peo-
pie Of the country, without regard 10
party, are determined that justice shall
be done those people. And congress, re-
fecting the will of the people, no mater
how great the pressure of the Hannas
and the Elkinses and the Hales to the
contrary, will see that right prevails in
hn ppI
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American Silk Manufactures.

watch the industrial Development OF the
country to note the decided increase in
the expectations OF the silk manuiac-
turers as shown by the figures OF the
treasury bureau of statistics. It is WOr'
thy Of note that not only mas there been
q decided decrease in the sum total OF
importati0ns, but that American manu-
facturers have met with great success
in pushing their wares in the markets
Of the world, and that the indications
point to steady, and, indeed, rapid
growth,
The exports Of silk manufactures for
the present calendar year are shown
to have beca more than so per cent in
excess of the corresponding months or
last year, and the bureau estimates in
dicate that for the full year the exports
will he six times as much as they We're
in 1890
In 1860 the manufacture of silk in
the United states amounted to $G,607TI
In value This amount was doubled III
the next decade, and that amount was
more than trebod in 1880. The end Of
the next decade showed that the total
had moro than doubled again. 1t IS
estimated that q recent compilation
made by the secretary Of the American
Silk Association shows that the five
years following 1890 the rate Of increase
has even accelerated, the estimate OF the
silk manufacture Of the United States
today being nearly, if not quite, $i50,-
000 600 per annum.
The importation Of manufactured silk
has in the meantime fallen rapidly, the
amount for 1888 being only $23 600,
as against more than $38, 600 600 III 1880
These same figures show that the
manufacture Of silk goods in this coun-
try has increased very rapidly within
the past year. There has been an in
crease Of something like 100000
pounds in the Importation of raw silk
over the year before, and the raw silk
imDortations indicate the manufacturing
growth. In 1897 the value Of the i'm
ported raw silk was $lS,9lS 2S3, as
against S31 1860 for 1898
The south IS held responsible for much
OF this increase. although there is very
little silk manufactured In any Of the
southern states 1t Is explained that
many factories in the New England
states which have heretofore heen given
over TO the manufacture Of cotton goods
have put in silk manufacturing machin-
cry because they have learned to their
sorrow that they cannot compete with
the mills located nearer the cotton fed.
In the matter of exports, it is worthy
of note that in 1878, twenty years ago
the total exports amounted TO @I9,Ua2
while those Of 1897 We're little short or
100000, ard the figures for this year
indicate an increase Of at least 30 per
cent over last. The growth OF the SILK
l,',lGoo's He' ,..t ,,,ar,t,,- fva vo,,,s
ct"Sl'e'y 80 We pos, ",'',' ,.l, ann,a.
aLcnou5n IilV 'l,,,,' ~ nam.
tnils IiNe u'Il " ,,n1''y ;i,l. A. a haa.,,n
uAat'uit u pl",' "',''' ~, ,.>,n, j,,,.
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The Illinois Tragedy.
The terrible tragedy reported from IL
lin0is. in which it is said that one nun
dred men have been killed, is one sug-
gestiyc of thought.
Not only are We concerned that such
an exhibition Of IaWleSsncss should be
possible anywhere, but that even in these
states which rave hitherto claimed the
monopoly Of iaW-abiding virtue that
men should be so easily moved to crimes
OF blood and murder When it is recoI-
lectod that the victims Of tnis outbreak
were almost wholly negroes who We're
seeking employment in the very state
which gave Abraham Lincoln to the
union the subject becomes invested with
even greater interest.
In years past, when an occasional life
was forfeited to the indignation OF the
people throughout tho south for the
comm esi0n of crime which stir9 the
blood aa no other crime can, We have
sometimes been tainted by the noWspa-
per press Of the north with Il want Of
civilization These journals have been
loud and persistent in their lectures 10
the southern people advising them to
study that refined civilization Of the
north which grew angry at no OHcnse,
and whore personal rights We're SO fully
understood that they We're never Ques-
toned The poor negro, while a a dis
tance, was a subject of the greatest So
IciJude and claimed the fearful sympa-
thy Of some Of ihe editors who protested
so vigorously against what they deuomin-
..-,s,t L,r5, bal,h0 ~ifv -
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Democrats and the Next Congress.

The chances OF democratic control Of
the next house Of representatives, seems
to be growing IS the date for the con-
gressional elections draw near. The re-
publican leaders have sounded an alarm
which is evidently something more
than a bluff for the purpose of raising
campaign funds and a poll of the diff
fercnt states made by impartial cor
respondents Of The Washington Post
shows that the administration party has
cause to fear defeat.
The republican leaders, under the di-
rection of the astuto Hanna, are un-
doubleday seeking to duplicate their sue
cess Of 1896, when they secured every
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Cleanse Havana Earbor.

Cleanse Havana Earbor.
One of the most important duties en-
Cumbcut upOn the United states gov
eminent in consequence Of the success
ful outcome of the recent war with
Spain is to undertake at once the task
of thoroughly cleansing Havana har-
bor There IS little reason to doubt
that most Of the yellow fever ep.demIcS
which have proven SO injurious to health
and commerce in the southern states
have been introduced into this country
by vessels coming from Havana har-
Dor; and such being the case it is not
only cXpcdienc but essential that imme-
diate steps should be taken 10 purge
that stagnant reservoir OF disease germs.
We do not mean to overlook or mini
m.Ze the necessity OF cleansing me city
Of Havana also, and Of putting that
stronghold under proper sanitary reSu-
laJions. If the reports of the medical
and scientific experts are correct, there
is no city on tho globe which stands
more urgently in need Of radical sani-
tarv measures than does Havana. With
10 better system Of drainage than tho
open streets themselves for the greater
part furnish it is not surprising that lIa-
yana should be the hOt-bed Of impUri-
ties Refuse matter, wantoniy thrown
into the highways and thrOughfarcs Of
the city is permitted to find its way to
the haHbor BY means OF exposed trenches
which constantly offend the atmosphere
with rcpugnant CdDrs; and besides,
other indications are not lacking 10 show
that the sanitary condition Of Havana
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The BilIville Pension Office.
In Harvest Davs.

NE, ne WHeot Pends down
A,5 ~, 'lr ~, . ,l1oi, NIo"",
~ Itt '' 1'J t"9S mat loves me-
rro tba +,a.r',,,',L -, 70 , ~ way
Thap ho, for thi ,,,,' ~,
For her evos ara br,er.
As the twinI,,in, Iipbt
OF the stars Ger +ho what So,s- .,,-.
An never | roam
~ i'"I 'IIS i'EHI me home
l''' - P1ilN1'
Let the golden crown
OF the wheat bend down.
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"Songs Of the Soil"
The Unknown.
BY FRANK L. STANTON


grave
Meath the forgetful green
TT
c.ea, r,,aro tre ewes that never knew
,n,o ,iob+
ot oo,tb,s sweet simple love,
long night
At the great God ABOVE
TIT
Friends here was one who, having all that
aarth
ro,,,, ai,,o. with wealth in thran.
And so. lost ail-iost AL!
On the dim streets, unoved. he passed
along:
Smiled on him ever from the vanishing
He heard their patterine feet
The music of their laughter, and the
mean,
Yet trod his sad and solemn way alone.
4'0- N'''
VI
What space had he Gife is a little breathH
To pause there in the gloom,
.nl, i"ad ,bo Ioyod ones Of the Lord from
anu 1na.h lloo '''0 ''' w V
Into the light and bloom?
1,r,
VII ,.
"hat space "au ne WIN 70 9''''
to gain
Cold heights, earth's needs above!--
TO reap from woman's weeping eyes the
Sweet lesson Of Gods love?
VIII.
What space had he to know that gold is
NOT
.. % .ar4,, ,,o,,rs.
Inc 1'i'"7"i' 90 CO. "
Ihat Flhe ciahlDef'"s DER 1ii Hu'''O''
cot
TX.
He did not think when the black tempest
ho,t
nv, . -.,,,., -,.tu4.,-
i"e S"""-""i'' Niii'' '"''
AND paIe iorh5 S"iVered Il" '"o S'oi"' ""0
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We are all fraI: IN the black night we
stand
To all it is not given
10 read the wondrous writing of Gods
hand -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-24
SPANISH SENATE IN SESSION.
Count AImenns Advises Spain De-
erecting PrivateerinE.

Madrid, May %, 3 p. m.-ln the Senate
to-day Count Almes vehemently protested
against the alleged action of some Ameri-
can warships in displaying the Spanish
flag in order to deceive the garrison at
Guantanamo, as announced on Saturday
last in a dispatch from Capt Blanoo.
The minister of the interior, Senor
Capdedon, said he had notified the powers
and described this reported action as
"cowardly and iniquhous-"
Count Almeuas then said that in view
of Americas manner of making war,
spaiq must Immediately decree privateer-
ing
To this the minister of the interior re-
Piled that the government had taken GER
tain decisions which would shortly be
known.
Senor Martinez Pacheco remarked that
ID was doubtful whether such an act was
legal
The speaker protested against spain's
adherence to the Geneva convention
whereupon the minister of The interior re-
piled that Spain had not yet entered the
convention.
Senator Conde, professor of inter
national law at the Madrid Uni
versity. warmly denounced what
he was pleased TO term "the base proceed
ings of the United States, declaring that
if Washington authorized such acts II did
not deserve the name of a civilized gov
eminent"
The professor proceeded TO unfold a
lengthy indictment of the alleged war
methods of the Americans, insisting that
they have shown mo respect for the
rights of peoples In the capture Of mer-
chantmen and bombardments," saying
that the acts of the United States are not
those of a civilized country"
Midmght-The belief is prevalent In all
circles aud in all sections of the press that
the government is in possession of impor-
tant news from Cuba. Its character has
not been made public.
The report that Great Britain had sent
a note to Spain, asking an explanation of
the concentration of troops in the neigh
borhood of Gibraltar, is officially denied.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-24
RAYS IMMUNE REGIMENT.
GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND
FLORIDA ALLOTTED HIM.

Cnptnincies 10 he Given Those Raise
Ing CompanIes-senator Yancey
carter Goes 90 HartVvelI to EnIfsE
His COmpnny-The Immune Regi-
ment Thought to Have "A Better.
Chance for Action Than other VoI@
unteers--RObert L. LOngstreet
Likely to he Given IA Chance-sn-
vannah aud Brunswick Expected
to Furnish Material.
Washington, May 23.-Col. Patrick Hem
ry Ray. one Of the best known officers OF
the regular army. will leave here in day
or two for Georgia. where he goes to raise
one of the regiments of volunteers author-
lied by the special act Of Congress re-
Gently passed. Three such regiments have
been authorized by the President
In the allotment of territory, Col Ray
is given Georgia, South Carolina ana
Florida, and the work of mastering in the
regiment will be commenced at once. To
this end Col Ray, who Is here at the war
department. desires to hear at once from
properly qualified persons in these states
who desire to raise companies.
These special regiments are those au-
thorized under what has been called the
immune act There is no provision In that
act that the men enlisted under il shah
be immune. but it IS the idea of the army
authorities that men as nearly acclimated
as possible shall be secured, and for that
reason the regiments are TO be raised in
the South
The officers Of the regiment and Of ths
corps are 10 be selected by the Presidents
as those Of the regular army are. but as
n b1 nfa 60
panies shall be appointed captains. 1t ia
Col. Rays idea that he viii take his lieu-
tenants, as far as possible, from the regu-
lar army so as TO have from the first mem
qualified for those posts and TO insure
proper drilling One Georgian, who has
been authorized TO go ahead and raise
company for this regiment, is Senator
Yancey Garter. lie has gone back to Hart-
well TO enlist his company III was his idea
before he left that If he was given tho
authority he desired he would raise this
company in Hart and the counties adjoln-
ing among the men he knew
Another man who Is likely to be given
a chance In this line Is Robert L. Long,
street, the son of Gen. Longstreet, and ID
Is understood that Frank Gordon is anx-
ious 20 be given a chance to raise a com
pany Other names have been suggested
to Col Ray. but no further selections
have been made. The colonel thinks he
ought to get two or three companies in
Savannah and Brunswick
one thing certain about this service Is
that If any regiment OF the volunteer Is
given chance for action 1t viii be this ona
commanded by Col. Ray. He is a man re-
garded very highly by his superiors. Col.
Ray was an officer in the civil war and
at its conclusion went into the regular
army. This regiment is to be known as
the Third United States volunteers Col.
Ray hopes to get 1t organized in time to-
be among the earliest that are sent to-
Cuba. It has not been settled where the
regiment viii rendezvous but Macon ls
being considered for the reason that build
ings can be secured there at the fair
grounds without cost.