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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

To the Editor of The Journal:
feel very much gratifed and encour-
aged since the Atlanta Journal has so
strongly Endorsed my effort in presenting
the great need of an inebriate sanitarium
for the state of Georgia. In fact, II has
become proverbial that when The Journal
voices a cause and an enterprise. that 1t
voices the people, proving its policy is the
interest and welfare Of the public at large.
The comments in favor of such an insti-
tuition from some of our most prominent
and well-known citizens indicates, Also
that the people are we'll awake on the
subject, and all that is needed is action.
1t cannot be expected that any city in
the state will give the land necessary, nor
the legislature make suitable appropria-
tons for an inebriate sanitarium unless
the practical workings OF such an institu-
ton. and the actual results obtained, are
clearly shown.
AS indicated before. a well-regulated
and modernly equipped hospital is the
first essential in treating inebriety, which
is thought by many to be disease.
Whether IL is disease or not, II is GER
tainly an abnormal condition, without
a definitely located microbe or germ, and
this makes the victim more dependent, for
specific medicines cannot be applied to the
abnormal conditions which are manifested
in so many symptoms of inebriety. To H.
lustrate: Two young men were admitted
at the same time into a certain inebriate
sanitarium for treatment. 1t was found
from the history of one of the young men
that he had contracted the habit very
gradually, by taking the occasional socia-
BILE glass; he was dismissed in eight
months, cured, by exercise, some medicine,
kind treatment, etc.
The history Of the other was very diff
ferent for IL was ascertained that he
drank all kinds of intoxicants heroically
from the very first, and as a consequence.
he was maniacal with murderous ten
dences. After being i'm the institution 10
months. a surgical operation was found
necessary. and as the result. a spicula
Of bone was found, reaching down in
the front part of the brain, from an in
jury he had received on his head several
years previous. After the removal of the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
POLITICS IN JACKSON COUNTY;
Mr.. RAINEY MAY RUN

JEFFERSON, Ca, March s.-Politics in
this Jackson county, are beginning to
be discussed pro and con. Several candi-
dates for the legislature have already an
nounced and others are being prominently
mentioned.
Among the probable candidates is Mr..
II. n. Rainey, Jr., of Mulberry, son of
Rev. II. n. Rainey. He is one of the most
promising young men Of the county and
would make one Of the best representa-
tives that could be selected. He was
raised on the farm and not afraid to
work in any capacity in which he is
placed. He is a young man of fine judg-
ment and thoroughly qualified in every
respect to make a safe, competent and
prudent legislator and one who would
look closely after the varied interests Of
h.s constituents. Mr.. Rainey is a young
man Of splendid address, open and can
did and makes friends Of all with whom
he comes IN contact Having been a stu
dent Of Mercer university and the adj
vantages of a commercial education and
training. he is we'll equipped for lifes
work. He is deservedly popular with the
masses and would get the almost unani-
nous support of his section of the county
where the people all know him.
Mr. Rainey has always been a strong
Democrat, rendering valuable assistance
to his party and helping 1t to win sue
cess here when the opposition has been
strong and active. Should he conclude
to enter the race, he will develop a
strength among the voters that will, his
many friends feel, result in his nomina-
ton in the coming primary by an over
whelming majority. The political pot will
boil for the next few months here and q
lively campaign Is expected.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
THE EXACT FACTS ABOUT
JEFFERSON DAVIS BIRTHPLACE

To the Editor Of The Journal:
In recent issues Of the Journal I observe
some timely notices and comment anent the
birth place Of Jefferson Davis, and as most. ;
III tbe "a svsct ,sc9s ss Veil az snroe nrrssh
lshed ones. deem IL a duty and pleasure
70 furnish you herewith. as I lived In and
1866. and have been in the house where he
was born hundred times. CNo exaggeration.i
OF Mrs. H. K Wade. in the journal Of the
2Sth ult. is not quite correct The house was
her mother 'recollects." send you herewith
a correct picture OF the house In which Davis
fee now standing on the Site OF the old Davis
residence removed, also the picture OF Mr. I
Davis as ne was presenting this los % me
magnanimous words, and other historic facts
.of interest not widely known as they oe.
can testify as an eye witness.
My father was senior deacon Of old Bethel
church from 1871 to his death also became
a member in 1859. and my brother, Dr.. J. ,.
Moody now pastor Of First Baptist church
J. n Pendieton. and other distinguished min,
listers. also Bethel College. Of Russellyille. Ky.
are the children of old Bethel church, as also
many other churches that "swarmed out,
and finally formed the great Bethel Associa-
aries since the forties- I mention this 70
prove how God keeps his promise to honor
I beg the privilege here to state a beau,
tiful unwritten incident in the life OF Jefferson
DAVIS WHICH OcCuEreQ about lct4-os Wncu MI
Davis went TO Hopkinsville, county seat Of
Christian. to address the citizens OF his
native county at the county fair The citi-
gems OF Fairview. his birthplace. ten miles
east OF Hopkinsvile. invited Mr.. Davis to q
banquet given IN his name, at the old Davis
homestead. by all sects and sorts, In politics
and religion. In fact the Union" citizens
seemed to lead in the movement They bought
Wade, a cabinetmalker and expert poIisher.l
made a strong cane from black locust tree
planted by Jen Davis's father IN the yard,
and put in the gold head on II. which was
presented formally to Mr.. Davis by an ex-
federal soldier with touching words Of magr
nanimity and good viii. in keeping with the
noble example Of the good-hearted General
Grant at Appomattox (too familiar to men,
tion). In accepting this cane made by the
Federal citizen, Wade, from a tree planted BY
the hand Of his own father. and presented By
a Federal soldier who once would have de-
lighted to KIN him, and at the very spot where
ne hrst saw the light Of day, Of course
brought tears 70 the eyes OF the great ex-,
chieftain and in response he said lin sub
stance), with other things characteristic of the
man: That life had been compared to g
circuit and he felt on that most suspicious
occasion to say that he felt he had about
completed the long eventful and tiresome cir
cult and II IL were only the divine will. he
would then and there most cheerfully, since
he had seen such evidences of reconciliation,
and peace with men and his Maker, take up
the exclamation Of good old Simeon and say,
NOW let thy servant depart in peacet.
Lake city. Fla. March "a. 1907
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
WATTERSOWS SCATHZNG REBUKE
OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Col. Henry
Watterson, of Kentucky delivered the
principal speech last night before the
biennial banquet of the Virginia Demo-
cratic association, held in the dining room
Of the Metropolitan hotel.
He administered a scathing rebuke to
President Roosevelt, the administration,
General Funston and others, in part, he
spoke as follows:
I'VE are Democrats. We love our coun-
try. Our hearts beat true to its institu-
tions. We would rescue the government
from the hands OF those who are con-
verting IL into a government OF the trusts
for the trusts and by the trusts, and re-
store 1t to the hands of those who will
have some regard for the rights OF the
people. The Republican party is a syn
Dictated party. Arbitrary power is its
motor, the almighty dollar Its trade
mark. II il be not checked in the gait 1t
is going, it will in the end surely Next
canize the republic.
"Once again in the white house we have
the man on horseback. Affecting the sim
plicity of the cowboy, he conceals beneath
the self-confidence and queer manners OF
the broncho buster, the sentiments and
emotions, If not the talents, of a Diaz.
ITO him a little thing like treating an
admiral of the navy, wearing the laurel
leaves of imperishable renown, as If he
were a baby in arms, now to be handled
and now to be spanked, is merely an un-
dress affair begun and ended during on
moments between breakfast and luncheon.
To, him, the reprimanding or the lieuten-
ant general of the army, grown gray in
the fighting Of the battles Of his country,
becomes an amusing horseplay, meant to
relax his muscles and illustrate his high
mightiness, whilst warning lesser officers
of the army to obey orders and say moth
ing. AS these things go forward, par
taking somewhat of the character OF feats
to divert and blinds to hoodwink public
opinion, a bill of army reorganization is
prepared and urged upon congress which,
II It becomes law, will make the power
of the president absolute, and which 1t is
not too much to say ought to be entitled,
AN act to make the president of the Uni
ten States a military dictator Because
he reprimanded the lieutenant general for
answering the summons Of a committee
of congress, as was his duty, expresses
an opinion adverse to this bill. 1t is pro-
posed to retire him from the service.
Taken in connection with some other
matters of more or less sinister sugges-
ton, there are menaces Of most ominous
import.
but, turn from the white house to the
capitol and look at the Republicans in
congress.
''The trail of the trademark is over them
all. Old high tariff dances the can-can In
the house. while old ship subsidy does
the regular cakewalk in the senate
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
ONE OF LIFE's TRAGEDIES
ENACTED NEAR ATLANTA

To the Editor Of The Journal:
In a miserable little shanty, unceiied
and too well ventilated, on the outskirts
of our rich and prosperous city, tragedy
staged in the squalid poverty Of an hum
BILE dwelling of the poor, has been played
to finish-death. During all the bitter
winter just passed this tragedy scene has
been enacted IN this little shanty. Two
old women. poverty, disease and death
were the actors. Death triumphed- This is
all, q common occurrence, hardly worth
space" in a great newspaper, but back
of this simple recital Of poverty, disease
and release by death Is a story as beau
tiful as the legend Of Damon and Pythias.
One Of these women owned the little
shanty and made a precarious living by
taking in sewing and doing odd Jobs
for those who needed her services in
cleaning up" etc. The second woman
came to her TO trent room in her hum
BILE home. It is not in evidence that she
was able to pay any rent" but she was
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

Everything for the syndicates.y Nothing
for the people.
And, not content with their arbitrary
power in the white house and their
mercenary power in congress, the lead
ers Of this party Of federalism and false
pretension would rip open Pandora's box
to fitch thence the black, piratical flag of
negro domination-the equally disreputa-
bic and bloody shirt Of sectional agita-
tion-and. in order to make sure of the
next house, they are proposing to bring
forward another force bill to smite the
south, to blight the north and to con-
vert land teeming with love and peace
into a land reeking with hate and strife.
Such is the banquet to which the exit of
Mckinley, the statesman, and the advent
of Roosevelt, the rough rider, has invited
us.
IT am something of a lingo myself.
believe in the expanding greatness and
glory Of my country. / never see the
flag floating above the dome on yonder
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

plIcation at the rate of four ounces TO
80 gallons OF the mixture. If prompt, eff
fective measures are taken, any kind of
fruit can be preserved from the attacks
OF insects and fungi diseases.
We often find our apples, pears, peach
es, ounces and plums defective after they
ripen, and full OF worms. If the bordeaux
mixture is applied early to the blossoms,
and later the Paris green is ADDED to the
mixture the fruit viii mature sound and
delicious. spray pump can be bought
for a small sum and the entire work done
at but little cost. 1t has come to be a
necessity and the sooner every man who
owns an orchard fits up a spraying appa-
ratus and gets his mixtures In shape for
spraying. the better.
HARvIE JORDAN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
Please give your candid opinion as what is

Please give your candid opinion as what Is
best TO do.
Answer-If you could have planted your
oats by the goth of February or even the
latter part of that month in rich land
good crop of light spring oats could have
been harvested with good seasons in May
and June. The chances now are that the
crop planted this late will hardly pay you,
unless we have a wet May and your land
is unusually fertile or highly MANFRED.
You would have to SOW from. three to four
bushels per acre as the plants would not
have the opportunity to spread or turf out.
Planting now would be experimental with
but little prospect of making anything
but a crop to be moved for hay.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
DIR. PARKS SUGGESTION
ENDORSED BY GOOD WOMEN

To the Editor of The Journal:
DIR. Willis B. Parks struck the key note
when he said Georgia's crying need was
an asylum for inebriates. He is one Of
the best read young physicians in the
south, and his extensive practice and wide
experience has taught him that our en-
pire state Of the south has as great need
for this institution as she has for the halls
of justice, or for reformatory for boys.
The old Atlanta Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union endorses every word Dr.
Parks says, and we will reiterate Mrs
Felton's words: THE women will all
hem for is 1t not the helpless women
and the innocent children who are the
greatest sufferers from this awful drink
habit; and we would add that when this
sanitarium is built. that a part OF II be
reserved for the treatment Of the boys
who are killing themselves smoking Gig
arettes.
MRS. JULIET NIX, President.
MRS. H. r. ELLINGTON,
Vice President Old Atlanta w. c. T. u.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
coaREcTs MRS. FELTON,
AS TO SCHOOL FIGURES

To the Editor of The Journals.
In an article in The Journal last satur-.
day, 18th inst, Mrs. w. H. FELTON, publish
es a letter from an unnamed correspond
ent in which the charge is made that one
school teacher near Godfrey. Ca. has for
several years been paid 5000 per month
and that she has never had more than,
two or three scholars to teach; and that
another in an adjoining county was paid
$500 a month for teaching like number !
have a niece. a graduate OF the Girls
High school in Atlanta, who has been
teaching near Godfrey for five years. I
clipped Mrs. Felton's letter from The
Journal and sent it to her and asked for
the facts. From her reply just received
I quote as follows:
The clipping you sent me yesterday not
only succeeded in making me very indig-
nant but raised somewhat of a storm
among several of the teachers in and
around Godfrey. It Is absolutely without
foundation, and 1 am sure any person who
knows anything at all about the school
system OF Georgia will realize that fact
at once. /.
II know personally every teacher in
Morgan and Putnam counties. also some
in Jasper. There is not one in the crowd
who gets as much as fifty dollars per-
month. unless her school is large enough
TO require an assistant. Ny school Is one
of the three smallest schools in this coun-
ty and have never had less than fifteen
pupils and then only for a snort while.
MY salary is greater than most lady:
teachers near here get on account OF my
having had the school five years, but 1t Is
less than fifty dollars
know that Mrs. FELTON, would not know
ingly publish an untrue statement and
think it due the public that she publish
the name Of her correspondent and call
upon him to prove his assertions.
W. P. BURT, D. D. s.
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

Recent government reports afford some
gratifying information with reference to
this community and this section Of the
state. The following statements, which
may be easily verified, are submitted for
what they are worth.
The mortality report from Washington,
d. c., witnesses to Cordele's having the
lowest death rate Of any city in Georgia.
This is very strong evidence that health
conditions here approach the ideal. The
report from the state agricultural depart
ment, with reference to the fertility Of
our soil, is eminently satisfactory. Dooly
county produced, in 1899, LAS 500-pound
bales of cotton more than the following
IS counties combined: Bryan, Catoosa,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

the Changing.
DR.. T. o. Powell, superintendent of the
Georgia lunatic asylum, man who has
done more for suffering humanity than
almost any one in the state, and is recog-
nized as one of Georgia's greatest bene-
factors, and who has been for years a
trusted state officer, says that he has, for
many years called the attention of the
general assembly to the great need of an
inebriate sanitarium in the state of Geor-
gia-
AS he is IN a position to know whereof
he speaks, there is no longer any doubt
as to Georgia's crying need.
WILLIS B. PARKS, NJ. d.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

capitol that my heart does not throb with
the proud, glad thought-that my eyes
do not fill with happy exultant tears-tnat
I, too, am an American citizen. God
bless the flag, and God bless the boys
that fight beneath it. I would carry 1t
inviolate. / would keep 1t spotless.
And, with this in view, want to know
what is going on away out yonder across
the multitudinous, the mysterious waves
Of the Pacific sea. want other witnesses
than self seeking politicians and self
exploiting soldiers to come here and tell
me. refuse to hold my tongue. refuse
to rest content. And, II I am told by a
whipper snapper in shoulder straps that
unless I do I am traitor to my country.
my reply to him shall be a slap in the
face"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
THAT HACKING COUCH

f. source Of annoyance to yourself and
others, as we'll as of distress. BY taking a
teaspoonful Of Painkiller in half a glass Of
warm water or milk every hour or two, you
will be surprised to find how quickly the
cough will disappear. Insist upon getting
the genuine. Sold in two sizes. Price Csc.
and 5Oc Avoid substitutes, there is but one
Pain killer, Perry Davis.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.

W. G. S., Westminster. S. c.:
Please give me recipe for making graft
ing wax through the columns of The Semi
weekly Journal. at your earliest con-
venience.
Answer: Take equal parts OF rosin,
beeswax and tallow and melt together,
stirring the ingredients well while melt
ing. AS the mass cools down knead 1t
thoroughly with the hands.
]. T, Jefferson, Ga:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-27

Subscriber, Charleston. Ga:
see you have a column in your valua-
BILE paper devoted TO the farming interest,
especially as to answering questions. AS
a farmer and a subscriber Of the daily
feel justified in writing as regards the
January was advised by Colonel Redding
OF the Experiment station to wait till
10Th of February. / did. so, and since
then have not. on account OF the wet
lands. been able to pillow a furrow, nor
will 1 be able to pillow any I'm ten days If
IL should rain any more. Yesterday and
this morning were very heavy indeed.
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Subscribers are requested 20 ad-
dress all inquiries for information Z
on subjects relating to the farm.
field. garden and poultry 70 the
Agricultural Editor. Al inquiries
win receive prompt and careful at
tentiOn. No inquiries answered by
mail Please address Harvie Jordan,
Agricultural Editor. Monticello, Ga
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