The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-09-27
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER

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which indicate that mob murder will not much
longer be tolerated by Southern public sentiment,
Two weeks ago we noted that the Statesboro, Ca,
Methodist Church had passed resolutions looking
to the expulsion of any members who participated
in the recent burning at that place, and that in
Danville, Va, seven white men had been fined and
sent to jail for attempting to lynch a negro a
few weeks ago. In last weeks paper we recorded
the fact that the grand jury in Huntsville, Ala,
had indicted ten citizens of that place for alleged
participation in a l~ynching, and that Governor
Terrell had ordered a court martial of the officers
who failed to make proper resistance to the mob
which recently disgraced Statesboro. The last
seven days have brought out no less encouraging
indications of the South's determination to up
hold the majesty of the law. A reward of $3.50
has been offered for the arrest and conviction of
any member of a mob which hanged a negro in
Franklin Co., Ga, a few days ago. The Hunts
vile grand jury indicted sixteen more persons
for engaging in a l~ynching bee-two of these be-
ing even now in jail-and recommended the i'm
parchment of officers who tamely surrendered to
the mob. And over in Talbotton, Ca, a citizens
mass-meeting was held last week which strongly
condemned the recent action of a mob in that
community, and resolved to prosecute those who
participated.
1u0S0 are SCraWS WHICH snow. WHICH way CQ0
wind blows. The South has come to see that the
basis of all law and orderis the right of the gov
eminent to fix penalties and punish criminals for
every offence. Anything else looks to the destruc-
ton of public safety. We cannot encourage a
hundred men to disregard law without encourage
ing the Individual to disregard law; we cannot
encourage law breaking to crafty vengeance
without encouraging law-breaking to crafty hate
or greed or lust.
The Russo Japanese Struggle.
In the Far East last week brought no important
developments. 1t is reported that the Russians
have ignored flags of truce, and the hate of the
Japanese is said to be so bitter that a general mas
sacre of the Russians is feared in case Port Ar
thur should fall. Primo Radizvil says that among
the heaps of dead about Port Arthur he saw two
soldiers, one a Russian and the other a Japanese, |
lying locked in a death embrace. The teeth of
the Japanese were sunk in the Russians throat, |
while the Russian had forced two of his fingers
into the eye-sockets of his antagonist" This il
Illustrates the savage ferocity of the opposing
forces.
Minor News Notes.
A great meeting of cotton mill men-manufac-
turers of hard or weaving yarns-is now in SEES
sion in Charlotte. The call sets forth that a
"deplorable condition of affairs now prevails
among the manufacturers engaged in the manu-
facture of weaving or hard cotton warns. caused
largely by the disparity now existing between the
price of yarn and the cost of the raw material
and the only. apparent possible way to bring about
a change of existing conditions is for a general
conference of all spinners interested.n Imnor-
tant action will mechanically he +okon o. 49,