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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-12-22
Cotton Seed HuIls.

Will offer for sale, after
January 10th, 1904, a limited
amount, either loose, baled,
or sacked, write me,
NJ. }. CRUGER,
11-22 Albany, Ga.
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Houston Free Kindsros,,.,

To the Editor Of The Post
The new education is everywhsr. 49,.
nizing the Importance Of the educ.tos I
the will, and to lead the will 10 s,,m
Itself in outward habits and cu,tcu,
Lowell said, I'VE see but half the cans, !
our deeds seeking them wholly in III. o,,g
life" And needless of the enclrcllng spsss
world, which though unseen Is felt n
sows In us all germs of pure and vol
wide purposes.
In the kindergarten path Of knoxlAr
trade-llfe In its simplest and mos. tcugt
henslye form is considered during 4.
months Of January, February and Aaa
The facts, experience, emOluusuh N
right aims are all introduced In their VI
Iiess relations, and for the nrt III
money, as an article Of commerce, !
brought to the knowledge OF the child
Heretofore everything has been soa
Now what Is worth having Is worth soal
thing In dollars or cents, or Ike Ept
Life is not necessarily all play but ~
should have it's due wage. Nothing y z
bitrary; facts reciprocally determiHa az
other.
Proportion Is ever striving to manlix I
self In and through all things VIII y
play of the target the child eniea \.
and distinct stage of development VIZ
has important bearing upon M w
career-for II opens a path Of lla.sl
leading to the knowledge Of mscnIna
arts and mathematical science, Il.
Form, size aud number are tnfes ~
to the gate of comprehension, taa Z
gether form a circle that possesses w,
over the physical world, not nov . ~
Of the value in spiritual weight o ~
urement. :,
The game of archery is well SneEn .. y y
rope and is enjoyed by prince ana p ssis n
The beautiful story Of Robin heH N <.
his merry men, Maid Marian ts "
Friar, and the Black Forest are M N Y
which the kindergarten chidren ns'sl II
and when once the child Is converse. " ~
how and arrow his happiness oaI o. ~
| Is fully assured. ., -. n
We must evolve the spiritual ~, n
erning education and be conscious q N
port In the cause for which ~
''What fairer seal shall ! REQUIRE MI
| authentic mission than TINS nei,s ' MI
this instinct striving, because n
"one day with life and hesIa 7
than time enough to fnd WSf'gs as
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HOUSTON, MONDAY FEB. 2, 1902
oooL HEADS IN THE SOUTH.

a gentleman in Houston the other day
who had Just returned from South Caro-
lipu said the white people there were Doc
cottl1g negroes in the cities as = rssp!itt
Of picsideut Rooseyelts attempt TO folst
q negro politician on them az collector oi
customs at Charleston. nnd Otherwise Try
ing 10 give cfdciaisoCial RECOGNITION 10 an
inferior race.-Lano Times.
THIS So precisely the encct The Post has
Anticipated. Human nature Is what It Is
and II refuses to be revolutionized Waite
people viii not mingle socially With blacks
and any effort at coercion only intensihes
the autpathy The whites being the strong.
er. crn take care Of themselves, aud are
halle 10 adopt extreme measures Ia doing
so, especially when they are provoked By
ignorant blacks embodened by the presi-
dents conduct
Tho south Carolina boycott IS wrong 1t
Furnishes the innocent ami the deserving
on nrceuut Of the mlsdcugs OF tho in-
solcrf and the unworthy But NJ Is Us in'S
cusnbe N overlook the few high tempered
whites as n Is 30 overlook the few british
blucks II Is from these racial cHtrrmes
that clashes wIl come. ana nAy act taat irrl
tates the ono or encourages the other Is an
unpardouahie b'under u men in high station
who arc pr sumcd 90 have discretion as
well az honest motive.
Hence. there IS all the more reason ai
this iuncture for patriotic whites and
blacks to keep cool The vust majority Of
both rhccs understand one another. Thpi
lived together IN peace for centuries as
Minister'S and slaves, and IN spite OF thu
most dangerous policies conceivable, thrus
upon them IN partisan madness they have
moved along With n minimum Of frictiOl
as equals before the law for more than
third VI a century. They have been ad
justlng differences Hs occasion offered iron
time to time by the rules Of Justice an
forhcarancc, avoiding forbidden topics an
keeping away from dangerous ground. The
have recognized their mutual helpfunes'
Now they must not be disturbed by do,
trinnires or mndmcu.
The Post has before remarked upon Oh
common sense OF the negroes as the sayin
clause in the situation, and It has an abi,
ing faith that they sill continue 90 se
that whatever damage Uas2s- from raj
friction must fall heaviest upon then
selves, In this connection It Is gratIfyir
to note that the sane negroes Of nlchmor
have disowned aud denounced the iuce
diary utterances Of the braggart Hayes WI
talked in Washington Of bloodshed and mi
cegenatlon.
The cool heads in the South must al
will command this delicate situation now
they have ever done.
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Homeless Children.

To the Editor Of The Post.
Fort Worth, Texas, January so. u
have a number Of boys and girls from
months 10 10 years old want 10 place in
good homes. two sets OF twins, one set IS
months old aud the other Get years old,
Where can hnd home that win take
both twins prefer to place them together.
They are oil healthy.
have two brothers, S and 10; a pretty
girl years old, Who can think OF a better
thing on earth than to help the helpless
And what Is more helpless than chi.di
For the last four years have devoted my
time TO this work, In helping helpless chill
dren 10 hud homes, and over 400 are tonight
In good homes, Of course, all who apply
are not proper persons 60 take q child ana
| am getting more careful where / place
them Hut there are many good homes
open yet for children, hence / make this
call Let any person who will open their
home for child write me, inclosing a
stamp, II they want n child.
| can say this The blessing coming ont
OF this act Is not 90 the child only lin
many instances the home gets the greatest
Address REV. /, z. 7. Morris, Fort worth
/ Texas.
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ENGLAND REPENTs.

Evidence multiplles daily that England
repents her alliance with Germany, since
she has discovered that the kaiser had
an Interior purpose Of estrnugug England
and the United States in contemplated
eventually Of forcing an Issue with this
country on the Monroe doctrine.
Popular discomfort with the government
policy is more pronounced now than Il was
in the Boer war II is seen that the coun.
try Ans been betrayed into nm awkward
predicnmept, aud since the national pride
is not At stake nor any material interest
or ambition as It was In south Africa, Il
will not be surprising II English states,
men begin to look for breach In the Ger
man compact
II Is said that the agreement calls for d
pursuit Of collection by blockade until both
parties are satisfied. England Is there.
fore yoked to the utmost Of Germany
desires, But II is plainly TO be seen that
England is already chatting under the al
lance aud from chahng II Is but a slight
degree 70 irritation and rupture. II Ger
tany persIst7 to the point of provoking
the United dtates to test OF strength
Bnglnnd Will be compelled In seifinteres
70 dissolve the partnership on the GROUND
athnt u mas gone entirely beyond the orig
inal PURPOSE, for in respect TO the Mouro,
doctrine England has an active concern II
its maintenance. In the inception Of th,
Maxlmillan affair she was In league viii
the powers for a collection of debts from
Mexico hut sho withdrew the moment an,
discovered its design ~ setting up a Iluro
pean monarchy I'm America. she win n
easily nnd way out OF the present embar
rassment when the CRISIS comes.
what wtliIam would do II he had ful
hand 10 pursue his own voliton is not har
TO guess, and he may vet force trouble
but England will be delivered from hlr
long before he takes the fatal plunge
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trlne of States rights and w...
wards the establishment Of ~. iG y
Federal government with uniimj,ans. 'a w
diction. uuuuIed iaa
The great central facts OF h,,.,.-
! have stated are so fully lmbsSSs wa
history Of our country thar NJ . Y
special pleading, no amount y, a1 s.sl \
and misrepresentation in nsrtIs.s s0palsrI
records and school and cths, easA
can prevent this from coming M. a.tn'sa
light Of the day by the hlsforIs%V. u !, n
future. when the passions and N. Y
dlces Of the war shall have disS ~,
then, If not sooner. the World AZ In HI y
that our brave men and mstshl.s.u wy lel
we've not rebels and traitors IN, mr. ~ WI
tiiots, nohlv sacrificing themseIvs, X, ~.
country. their homes and their ~ WA
tional rights. o~p'l
During the recent war with sns,, J,
the philippines the OK Copfedsrs,...s y.
the fullest evidence Of their 6dsl.r uH
Union. and in those wars1If / ma ny. % y. Y
for myself gave to the service ~ TX. w
est TWO sons and the only rrsnasS, N N
old enough for duty. and mr. yoNr,,. y \.
Is with my approval, now an oT,s, (. I,
cavalry regiment Of the regular arm,
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rhn post Endorsed.

To the Editor of The Post,
College station, Texas January 81 i
have read VITA pleasure the editorial IN
this mornings Post upon boil weevi legis.
latiou. AS usual yonr views arc sound
and conservative. OCfcrs OF reward ar,
good but they do not guarantee that a
remedy win be secured. Careful scientific
work which rs someone has said Is mere.
ly applied common sense, must certainly
ne the most economical aud certein way oe
Determining how 20 cope with the pest and
not only with the boil weevil. but ether
pests as they arise. ! trust that your
views, which are my own Will receive the
careful confederation Of the members Of the
a. pwlsA. ssadsrson,
State Entomeloglst
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Thinks She Could Best 4
United States ia 4 Fab 4, =
GERMANY'S PURPOSE

cost Of war with the r,,..
worth trying, The Gerinar l.tel Slut. .
people believe In coloniss no.e,nnfs u
Iney want a country for ~ pots,n,.
ment such as they wonia veTnaa -.
Venezuela ivs south America, p1t ri ~
so aAs to war with the United s,.,.. =
seems so atrocious to III !. sAttt Via
civil war and SO uncertai, 4 sped,.
looking at the population az ~ % ~ M,
the United states, we nuss feeolrs !
the traditions % Germsnv lecoIatt N.
military monarchy witch a's Taos N
successtui war, which has . ,Io,pt,ti
as tar as numbers 20 Thar 'sseohssl IN
StRtfs, possessed, and an We rahi
soldiers i'n states having only / S ~,
Suppose the German o.,..
he that at the worst /, r.ss.1iissuons ia.
bic for the United States ~ e iresS
any material harm, while ~ 40 Gent,
beats the United States MI, many I Z
England poWet, n,r (
Who Is to cav the caloula,,or
that " may not be acted nnnrs y VI,
Ny own belief Is that nn,hia
HermanN from aggression In snrr,AN wy e'..
V1utpt sne prospect Of having .1la.'la
ts minus IN naval war as rsn 4
United states, and that Germ.SN q d,
has contrired the present na ~sn olnIprls
us In order 10 impede no,s,IIs'nAln sA
between us and that country ''ioie alass
German diplomacy NAV na-n.
ing AT England even more th,s sla
United States, for which purnass sn 4 y
between us and the United So Gaa
be useful In order In praven. nMes y1-l
states from coming to our ass,,tss. utt.l
dent that the possibility m Ne wa.
ignored" may entlist \
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plies half wnter aud half pure alcohol BY
measure.
~
+. w, w,-o. VIII sou kindly answer
through your question column what was
the total number ut votes cast for gov
etnor Of kansas lasT Novcmberl WISH
the total for all candidates.
a. The total vote cast for governor o.
Kansas last November was 2sTiGs vpies
subscrlber.--C. Will you rlanse advise
the total number OF votes east III the last
election November iHo2l for secretal1 o.!
state, BY NIL parties N Kansas, and ohl!se'
A, The total vote cast FOR secretary OF
state Of Kansas last November Us all par
ties was 2S2.4ig.
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lla.o,a TeIephone - y.

Llano, Texas, January ~ s.l,isi
phone exchange is ne4''ns
when It is Llano VIZ y sa
best ana most modern s,yeye ici
state. Poles forty ana 'ni.' sgsie
have been used Oh tht tsatl.
they are also insIAll'As s.a
system. "a Muurta til1l
cities enjoy. II has be2a M lrgs
me old company, Ano"H as Sses
grnph ana leitpAoht ,ss lhls
prove their system ~ I'm I'm sssli'
Tending 10 put IN n'0l''-
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A.. State Text Books satisfactory

To the Editor OF The Post,
In Porte. Texas, January Blu Inc
POST OF January 81 your correspondent from
AuSt,n anotes Senator A. NJ. Douglass In
tho uniform text hook law. lie does not
see why books that are good enough for
country children are not good enough for
city children Here is a point for ednca-
tors to Investigate and give their tesu
mony. Are the books good enough for any
OF the Texas schoolsl AZ the time the law
was passed two committees were appoint
ed. one to Judge OF the excellence OF the
books apo the other y make the selections
The Ar6ports of hota OF these committees
wpfe published In The Post at the time
and while / can not remember In Just
what order the selections were made, do
remember that not IN one instance were
the books selected those that stood hrst
i'm the order of excellence In fuct most
az them were well toward the bottom Of
the list and must have been chosen al
most entirely with regard 20 economy, as
they were much cheaper In price. That
some OF these hooks have been very un-
satisfactory Is evident Teachers have sup
plemented them by books Of their own or
Nv those belonging TO pupils at an extra
expense rather than he compelled 10 de
pend entirely on those ordered By law.
| Reference 10 dles OF The Post VIII show
'N' ' Mrs. G. S peuheld,
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DEVICES BEND SOLD
Mr.. Buchanan Proposes to suals'a' I
BRACES River.

Hampstead, Texas, January o..s,sl
Devices sold today TO Andrew !, py NJ.
1856 acres Of land, known as y, ! IL,
bend, on the east side of the sIa'~ s..,,yl
for the sum of sSoss cash. Ihs ~ Ne
of this land intends to cut : :. IA
through the land and stEaign,a aSa III e
By cutting through TINS Cd ns speii =
hundred yards it VIII sesI Ire Vol
miles Of the river cR nah begin at e:s .,
cutting the channel WIN spSiaeer sslI
thase ~ me head Of this n9 ,ss I'issA
NV inns changing the channel IN. iIV lesssl
Of oyerfiows will be consloelsSS
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GANG Near selng ~. \.

Bryan, Texas, January . ,,,a
ing on the new METHODIST oss :
terday afternoon Joe fle'-sI 4. ID
workmeu, came near le lssp rsN !,
s 1| tbe ropes we're beiag bsgl ,S NJ l
h ~ o,is ana M almost pulled his sss
s SWIM scaffold on whieA sssrssd =
ing. His neck vas V-s|
rcse.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-02
CORPUS CHRISTI cASSS'' :,
e'"P'e e Mas Shipped ia

Corpus Christi. Texas anu !, tAs ~
first solid carload of cabbage : II
was shipped from here to I'n o,sa /
A mixed car OF eaDpass d.y o. !
was also shipped TO Dallas ass II. !
ago The shipments BY yAiIi psSt sAsse
begin in a snort WINE, . Nib N
ram fell here this I9tnluA sua ~
Tor more tonight ms
weather
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A Nooro AanhYnIated.

Paris Texas January 3i,--Charle Jor.
dan, a negro, was asphyxiated by gas in a
mAnAala az ths sls plant while tapping a
ilRe az pipe Ne was about 80 years cid
end had been IN the employ Of tina company
several yearG
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their destination the section Of country IN
and about New York The Hebrews also
stay in the vicinity The others are scat
tered throughout both East and West.
AS TO occupations. very large proportion
are laborers, From July to November in
elusive, 1914 4lO immigrants arrived, and Of
these 3l,93i were less than "a years old
15221s we're between Is aud Is years. aud
1920 were past the Inter age. There
were l21G paupers among this number and
they we're deported
These immigrants brought IN a total Of
( s3,0l2O OBS, and there were pa who had
more than $50 each. or the l04,4l0 immi
grants IlG93 were females.
/ Showing the phenomenal increase In ar
rivals, the following table presents tle
number Tor each month during the last
two years December, 1907, including ar
rivals UP to last night
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o,don coble to New York Herald
Tbere Ia n spirit Of thankfulness that
Great Britain Will soon be independent %
hcr aggressive ally, for the conviction IS
lnprcasirg that Germany had far deeper
natives m entanTling Great Britain IN her
,yarlike policy that the venezuelan auair
NJ ITSELF would account for
ar Robert Glnen, in the Tines th'S
r,orninp polnts out some reasons why Ger
mnny might be found engaging In far more
.eIous business than bombarding Nene-
zuolnn fishing settlement Sir hoDert
writes:
"lveu II the matter were patched up
uo,y the general danger OF the situation
win remain The Monroe doctrine Is coh-
yrulcut one for the United States and t.
some extent tor this country 1t suits Us
e,ery way that the United states should
ay Hands on 60,
But the ideas and attitudes Of our EURO.
moan rivals themselves, OF whom GelmanS
"A tue chief one are, ndturdhS' uvt -.
salue why, tney may ASH shoulu my
L. dehnrrpd from occupation and settle
nIent because 1t is very convenient 10 Wy
Il5f,l Stutc5 aud ittle less 50 70 EuAihhu
tnat they should abstain ahsolutelS
80 good reason can be given tlclh from
fhelr uoiut OF view eNcepS IotCei ana th1l
orcurgtlou and settlement In south Amer
~. Xii NOT be worth their while at IN
cnst Of war with the United states even
if il should be successfully waged.
Here lies the danger. Some European
rival especially Germany, may pc per,
suadcd tnut the game OF occupation ana
settlement In South America even at the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-02

Germany's hrst move will be against
Corpus Christi with the German idea that
II she cuts on our kraut supply our capitu-
lntion viii be sudden and Unconditional
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CAUSES OF THE WAR.

The var of 1S6l.5 was not brought on
br ambitions io7dars p. ;b, s-.,4N ,rd thot
4, u.os nat dos,ro5 and me- No. hro,,-,,t ~
by the people of the South is fully shown
NV the nrinted records ~ +he nrocead,,,gs
and dehatas IN conrros. nraced,ng tho va
u"u "eo"'e' III 1"Ns' ,S9 p'eoeuiHs lhe war
II IS clearly established by them that the
Southern people desired the preservation
og tho linton n rho ri.r+s NJ +bo e.a4o.
ana ~, +ho noario - ~, - vs.
anu Vi 'he people cou'u De protected as
provided for IN the constitution.
And they only aften,ntad IN withdraw
from 1.pi,n bostls - ,hoso tt g.,
IT. .,a. -. -. 'isut9' IL
ofuet Ihat lhey might establish and live
under government friendly tn their RIGHTS
and in+oras+s ,rho so,,,,ou,. -, e,
~, 5as,.a Nv -. .9.'tt peopie hau
no desire TO interfere with the interest of
the North IN any respect. and President
Jefferson Davis, with the approval Of his
cabinet, adopted every means within MS
power to avoid war, and TO secure a peace
ful separation.
The question OF slavery WAS nv tho nrn.
visions Of the constitution of the United
States and by the understanding ana NM
form practice Of the government, local
domestic question as TO each of the
States, and was not subject IN Tho coptrni
or Jurisdiction OF the Federal povernmeny
or Of any State in which slavery did NOT
exist yet the debates in congress nhoW
that the purpose of The anrisinSerS r' NiiOm
ity was to substitute the win If a nan,;;ia,
majority of the people of the whole IFniHn
Tor the constitution With its limitations
aud restrictions affecting the rlr6rs ~ rbe
States, aud TO abolish slavery i'm states
where II existed Nv tSo a. StAtes
states where It did not eyist a Ing
liz In other STATES tboU ~ tnis'iere WIN
/ in clear and distinct y{olntinn 90 ~ .nu
sutution Of the United states This Is
also shown by the fact that of the many
! propositions submitted ia tho noraTn nS
] which immediately nro.a1,J ~ -. IS -
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pope's saying, 'FoOls rush in where angels
fear to tread"
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where in the world is Bob Evans keep.
Ing his language In time IKE The prcs.
ent7
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What Uncle Sam ls wondering Is how far
Wilhelm viii 80 In his testing Of the Non
roe doctrine, and Wilhelm is wondering
just how far It will be safe 70 80.
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all the colonies. and when the coustitu-
t!ou was adopted aud the Lhlon OF w
STAGES under it was eonsumna teu, al tus
States except Massachusetts, were slave
holding states, and at that time slavery IN
some form existed IN all the ciVlh1eq 80
erameuts OF the world ana African sIaNeI!
aud the right Of property IN sqeh slaves
was recognized by the CONSTITUTION OF tne
United states. which, besides recurring tue
return Of fugitive slaves escaping rom HLS
Stgte into another. provided thnt the arr
.'I, slaTe tr9de -honld not be- abolished be-
for, 1sds twenty years after its adoption.
Neither the American colonies or we
American states We're lrsp9helnlt LOT ~
existence Of the African slavery IA thls
rnuufrr. IT was planted here by the gov.
crumeuts Of Great Britain. france ana
Sualu and the Dutch merchants, as q mat
TOR Of policy, and FOR pT9uH ana o asoI ~
The protest OF Virginia. Mt. Bancroft lnr
errat New England historian, shows the
Unfyprsality OF slavery throughout the
world MS late as the formation OF our gov
I'm not presenting these facts as q iusti
graflou OF slavery or to question the humane
feeling OF opposition 10 H. but for the PUT
nose of showing TO you now this question:
was viewed by the world az the dhte OF
the formation of our government; aud thar
yuu may understand why the consuiRt loh
1f the United States came 90 contain us
prov sonS on this subject 1t was then
iuatted hy the priesthood on the ground
that Il was removing the negroes from their
condition of barharsm ana cahhbaHsm 10
civilized countries, where LheA c3uIu, IeaL a
something Of the arts OF civilized life ana
of the Christian religion and enjoy a peace
and protection they could not expect III
their condition Of haruarlsm.
The consideration OF this subject, by
persons opposing African slavery, has gen
orally been based on their Views of slavery
In the abstract, and for the most part they
have refused TO consider the question with
reference TO the fitness Of at race for
civilized life and stable gove@$ment. The
experiments Of Great Britain and France in
llbcrauug their slaves I'm the West India
Islands can not he considered encouraging
as to their capacity for either Under the
condition Of their freedom MI thrift and
prosperity has been hnnishcd from those
islands. and their inhabitants live in n con-
tiuuous condition Of unrest, revolution md
sami-harbarSm. That the race Is doing
better IN this country may he because Of
/ their contact with n superior race -h!ch
/ has shown itself capable of the highest
| state Of civilization.