The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-10
MORE PROTECTION Is
NECESSARY.
Rural Police Necessary To Maintain
Law-One Sheriff and a Bailiff
Inadequate - Women in
Country Are Unpro-
tected.

| Society was called to order this morning
| at 10 clock About one hundred dele
gates were in attendance
President Dudley Hughes addressed
| the convention.
| In beginning he referred to the fact
| that it was fortunate the convention as
! sembled during the session of the sum-
mer school when the 800 teachers from
all sections of the state might be brought
In contact with the spirit of the meeting.
He paid feeling tribute to J. Nj. Mob
ley and c. S. Roundtree, who had passed
away since the last session of the
ciety He quoted The Manufacturers
Record as authority for the statement
that the south from 1880 to 1880 had an
increase of farm products of nearly 100
per cent and declared that the south
should make effort to retain mo-
nopoly of the cotton crop. of which Geor-
gia was one of the largest producers,
While continuing on a broader scale in
tensilied and diversified farming. He
said:
as to Plant Breeding.
| plant breeding Is certainly a new de-
| parture, and an invasion which, If ma
| terialized by the crossing of the sea
island and long staple cotton, will estab-
fish cotton equal to the Egyptian, for
| which our mills spend millions of dollars
importing, They are accomplishing much
to overcome enemies to cotton, which
are becoming destructive in an alarming
degree.
THE Texas boil weeYil is most threat
ening in it's destruction of the creates.
| state of the union. The department as
| yet has not this pest under control, bu,
| 1t is confidently expected it will be over
come There is much alarm even in
| Georgia that 1t may al any time appear
in our fields The Wit disease is being
| overcome by the development of a va
| riety of cotton resistant discovered by
| the scientific research of the depart
ment.'
| He was OF the opinion that Georgia.
owing to her soil capacity and man
| hood, should take the leadership in the
! increased manufacture of cotton, for She
! IS a region Of unlimited resources and
| equal to any on the globe. He referred
| to the impetus being given to agricultural
| education and the attention it Is receiv-
| ing from scientists and statesmen. The
| appropriation by the government for the
year ending June 80 last going to the
| maintenance Of bureaus of plant indus
| try, soils. chemistry, forestry and va
| rious governmental experiment stations
| amounted to $50 exclusive OF $4,000
| for experiment stations in the different
! states. He spoke of The establishment at
| Columbus, Ohio. of a graduate school of
| agriculture with thlrty-five instructors.
and regretted that Georgia had not kept
| pace with the advanced steps of other
| states He expressed qualification, how
! ever, at the Improvement manifested by
| the establishment of the various farmers
| institutes. throughout the state, and de-
! clared there should be one in every farm
! ing county of the state. He expressed
| pleasure in the good work Of the state
| experiment station and the advancement
of the College ~, ,srlcultural and Me-
chancal Arts. ft.3dent Hughes con-
| tiDued
You will pardon me here for saying
that l wish every young man in the
state who expects to adopt agriculture
| AS his profession was so situated that
he could obtain classic education and
| then take a year or two years II neces
| sary in agriculture, as do those who ac-
quit themselves for law and medicine, etc
Thorough classic education Is no bar
rier to agricultural success; it only fits
lis to become prominent in our pursuit,
| with an intellect trained and expanded 10
grasp digest and surmount the various
questions of the day. so pertinent to agrl-
cultural success.
interests of the state would be in the
hands OF the whites, and urged better
and wider educational equipment for the
boys Of the state, stating that such agrl-
| cultural training would counteract the
exodus from the country. He urged the
formation in each county OF an active
agricultural club with the motto, kdu-
cate and equip our boys In the learned
profession of agriculture" In conclusion
| he urged the cooperation of all toward
making the state fair, to be held this fall
| in Macon. success.
Judge Speer Speaks.
Mr. Whitehead, OF Jackson county Of
fered a motion that Judge Emory Speer,
who was present as a visitor. be request
ed TO address the convention. The mo-
| ton was announced unanimously carried
by the president The judge arose and
humorously said that Mr.. Whitehead
I must expect him to have the same fatal
| facility of speech that he had some TWEEN
| ty-tive years years ago, when he was the
| counsel for that gentleman in the courts
| of jackson county. and VINO was some
| times on the wrong side of the versus
! He regretted his inability to address the
| convention on any agricultural topic. One
| remark made by the president in his
| valuable address suggested a thought he
| believed to be most Important to the
| people. That was the fact that SO many
! Young farmers of fine character and
| ability were leaving their farms and re-
| pairing to the CITIES.
J Was not this ascribable to the fear
| of such men for the safety of their
| wives and the women of their families?
| Was 1t not true that the most anxious
|
! addressed to the Improvements In the
| administration Of law, which would result
| I'm the protection of our loved ones? Con-
| sidering the vital interests at stake. We're
we not the most careless people any
! where in the arrest and legal trial of Of
! Tenders and did not this produce the
| frequent temperance of that many
| headed monster, the mob?
What provision did we have in Georgia
| for the detection and arrest of criminals?
| one sheriff for county, and an occa-
| sional bailiff. was wholly inadequate. a
| crime of revolving character would oc-
| cur. Having no arresting officers to
| rely upon, the people would rise in their
| might and run down the criminal. and the
| lynching would result He believed that
| legislation should provide for a rural po
| lice, men not unlike the Texas Rangers.
| the trail of the criminal and pursue bin
until he was arrested and brought to trial
| conformable to law. The judges them
| selves were paid the most ridiculous and
| inadequate salaries. The result was most
| prejudcial to the proper enforcement Of
| the law 1t was a sign of hopefuness
| that the senate had passed a bill In
| creasing the salary Of Judges of the SUI
| perior court to $1,000, and of the supreme
| court to 5000 This would secure men
| OF great force of character and high
| ability to preside in those most import
! ant tribunals. There should be a longer
| term Of service accorded to judges. They
| should be made independent OF those
| considerations which prey upon the mind
as a result Of frequently recurring cleo
| tons. Every farmer in Georgia who feels
| that his family needs the protection of
ha a