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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
THE NEGRO AND THE COTTON
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In his cotton letter of Aug. IS The
1 odore Price, the well-known cotton
/ broker. takes the position that there
is not so much cotton per acre grown
| now as there was formerly, because
| the increase of the negro population
! in the cotton growing section has not
1 kept pace with the increase in the
| cotton acreage. and, hence, the cotton
| is not so well cultivated. He says that
lin the past fourteen years the cot
ton crop Of the South has been in
/ creased 12.26O. 900 acres or 63 per cent.
and that the negro population in the
! same period has increased only 1893.
1S4, or 248 per cent" He makes the
broad statement that the negro alone
can cultivate cotton effectively under
the hot Southern sun"
Mr.. Price isn't very well informed
in regard to this matter. The negro
isn't anywhere near the factor in the
making Of the cotton crop he once
was, Mr. Price leaves it to be inferred
that there are 1,4931S4 more negroes
engaged in the cultivation of cotton
than there were twelve years ago.
Isn't it safe proposition that there
are not so many as there were then. 1t
is true. Of course, that there has been
great increase in the negro popula-
ton in the last twelve years, but has
there not been a remarkable movement
of negroes from the cotton plantations
to other fields of labor? In the first
place the negro populations of the
towns has increased much faster than
the negro populations of the rural dis
tricts In the second place the negro
has gone to the lumber camp, the ma
val stores farms and the railroads.
1t is the opinion of men well inform
ed in regard to the subject that more
than half of the cotton crop is now
made by white labor. Indeed, in this
state there are sections where practi-
cally all Of the cotton is cultivated
and picked by white labor The new
lands that have been taken up along
the lines of the railroads that have
ben built within the last ten or twelve
years are almost wholly cultivated by
white labor, and they are, to a large
extent, planted in cotton.
The cotton lands are cultivated
about as well now as they have been
at any time since the Civil War, and
there Will be an improvement in their
cultivation in proportion as they are
cultivated by white labor Mr.. Price
is mistaken in thinking a white man
cannot work in the cotton fields as eff
fectively as the negro. He is doing it.
and that is the best proof that he can
do il.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
GEoRGIA's INCREASING WEALTH.

/ AE4OhAAA AAAhE@ASANSs W n AZ
A Savannah merchant. noticing a
well-dressed country merchant on the
street a day or two ago. remarked
that the country merchants made a
much better appearance now than they
were ten or fifteen years ago. The
reason is Of course that they are bet
ter able 10 dress well. AS a rule the
! country merchants are prosperous, and
that means that the farmers of the
state are prosperous.
There are reports from this section
and that respecting the condition of
the cotton crop. From one locality
| comes the statement that there will
not he more than two-thirds of a crop,
from another that the caterpiHars
have appeared in the fields and are
running the crop, and still from an
other that the rains have been so con-
tinuous that more than a half crop
will not be made. But, notwithstand-
ing these discoura ging reports, it is
a safe prediction that Georgia's cot
ton crop this season will be more than
a million and a half of bales. If cot
ton remains at the present price that
means anywhere from $7O,0O0,O00 to
SIS, 900, 600 The seed from the cotton
will yield several millions of dollars,
and then there are the other crops
1t is estimated that the peach crop
alone put more than $1,000, 900 in the
pockets of the peach growers. The
Of NJ ct
and other manufactured products will
be large. 1t is a safe statement that
what Georgia will send to market this
year will bring into the state not a
cent less than $4,000 ,OOO This, we
should say, is a very conservative es-
innate.
We need not. however, enumerate
the crops to show that there is
steady increase in the states wealth.
The tax returns for this year showed
an increase of about $27, 1000, OO0 1t
wouldn't be surprising if the next CEN
sus should show that the wealth of
the state to be a third greater than it
was in 1900.
What we want of course is immi-
grafton. That is increasing steadily,
but not as rapidly as we would like
1t is probable, however, that the in
crease in the future will be much
greater than it has been at any time
in the past. The South is beginning
to be known to home seekers, and
each new conner is sure to influence
others to come. In our dispatches
yesterday it was stated that colony
of Scandinavians had bought a large
tract of land in South Carolina. Soon
we shall hear of large tracts of land
being bought in Georgia for colonial
ton purposes. Indeed large tracts
have been bought and colonized and
other colonies have been projected. 1t
is only a question of a comparatively
short time when all of the best lands
of the state will be under cultivation.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
LOST TO THE SCHOOL FUND.

It seems that because the Legislature
was neglectful the school fund has lost
$2700 which it ought to have. An
amendment to the present law was in
troduced by which certain moneys aris-
ing from the hire of convicts would
have gone direct to the school fund,
instead into county treasures, but the
Legislature was so deeply interested in
other matters that it forgot it. and so
it wasn't passed. The money will go
into the treasures of various counties
and the treasurers will get their COM
missions, which will amount to $2,700.
We have called the attention of the
people many times to the Importance of
biennial sessions. We are confident
that if the Legislature met only once
in two years. and the sessions were
fixed at forty days. or fifty at the
most. the business of legislation would
be attended to much better than it is
at present. The present Legislature
held three sessions, and it is a ques-
ton if it couldn't have done all the
important business it did do in one ses-
sion. OF course it couldn't have de-
voted so much time to speech making
and to matters of no great consequence,
but it would in all probability have
passed the amendment saving the
school fund the $1,000 to which we have
called attention.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
THE MURPHY-McCARREN FEuD.

1t looks as if, at last, Murphy had
got the best of MISUNDERSTANDING the
boss of Tammany, and McCarren, the
boss of the Brooklyn Democracy. The
whole country is acquainted with their
quarrel. McCarren is the chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee
of New York. and Murphy insists that
ne shall get out of that position. Muir
ply wants to dominate the Democracy
of Brooklyn as well as of Manhattan,
and McCarren wants to be a boss on
mis- own account and won't acknowl-
edge Murphy's suzerainty over the
province Of Brooklyn. That is the
cause of the war they are waging
against each other.
Murphy has been threatening all
sorts of things to force the Democratic
National Committee make McCarren
get down from the position on which
he is perched, and he has threatened
the Democratic state Committee to
bring disaster to the party il McCarren
is not squelched. but without avail.
According to the dispatches yester-
day another card was played, and 1t
looks as if it might be a winning one.
A committee of union workmen went
to the chairman of the Democratic
State Committee and told him that un.
less McCarren resigned from the chair
manship of the Democratic state Exec
utive Committee 100000 union worSmen
of Greater New York would vote
against Parker and Davis. II is proba-
BILE that Murphy instigated the work.
men to make that threat. and II
wouldn't be surprising If McCarren had
to yield. The threat is one calculated
to make the managers of the Demo-
cratic National Campaign a little anx-
ious
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
STORY or A MAGIC BATH TUB.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
Newport. r. l., Aug. ga story is
going the rounds at this resort which
is keenly enjoyed by the older men,
bers of the select set.
One of the late additions to the list
of Newporters, a man who came out
of the West and quickly accumulated
a fortune in Wall street, has just &C.
cupied a magnificent villa, built for
him after designs largely his own.
The structure is a fine example of
art in architecture, but Newport, which
has not taken very kindly to the at
tempt of its owner to break into the
smart set, has had little opportunity
to examine its interior. 1t lives in
expectation, however, for the wife of
the newcomer, dainty, petite, extreme
ly modest and shy, has confided to
some of her friends that before the end
of the season she expects to give an
affair to which all Newport Will be in
vited.
A few days ago the owner of the
mansion was showing a friend through
the place, enthusiastically pointing
out all of its superb features, and stat
ing in dollars and cents the cost of
each one. Finally they reached the
bathroom, finished in purest white
marble, with gold trimmings.
Here / have the finest bathroom in
Newport" proclaimed the owner. My
architects tell me there is nothing in
the world to compare with it,"
1T is superb" unused the friend, but
where is the bathtub?"
'Oh, 1 don't take up space with
that" was the owners answer. II just
press a button, and in comes the tub"
Suiting the action to the word, he
pressed a button. The marble slabs at
the other end of the room parted, and
in rolled a mother f-pearl tub-with
the dainty, modest petite, shy wife
of the owner in it, in the act of bath
in=.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

The suggestion that the Duke Of
Marlborough might be appointed Gov
ernor General OF Canada has not been
well received on the other side of the
great lakes and the st. Lawrence.
Canadian newspapers are pointing out
that. while the Duke has shown HIM
self an earnest and capable young man,
he has not had the experience in public
affairs necessary to qualify him for so
important an office. And then there is
another, and possibly more weighty
matter. namely. the Duke has an
American wife. Canadian society
women. It has been suggested would
not take kindly to being ranked So
cially by a foreigner particularly an
American.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
BAD ELEPHANT SPARED cHILD.


From the Philadelphia Record
Williamsport, Pa, Aug. 2s-"Queen. "
an elephant with a bad record. won
the applause Of big crowd az the
Fircus performance here last night
when she forebore 20 tramplo little
girl who had fallen under her up-
raised forefoot. The child was rum
ming from monkey BOO front when
enc ieh ana rolled under the cle-
plants foot Queen" held har fn,t
suspended while she picked up Che bal.
te g.n and tcn1crly lifted b.. ~ the
arms ~ che keeper who was ridinr
on The elephants back.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

One of Deweys first acts at Manila
Bay after the fight was to cut the ca
bles, so that he could not be bothered
with messages and the enemy would
be cut off from information from out
side. Since the advent of wireless
telegraphy. cable-cutting has been rem
dered obsolete. But during the past
few months a number of electricians
have been engaged in an effort to find
a way Of doing the same thing for the
wireless system that cable-cutting did
for the old metallic circuits. and a
Washington report says that they
have achieved practical success. They
have devised an apparatus that will
so disturb the electrical currents be-
tween wireless stations that messages
cannot be transmitted in an intelligi-
BILE manner. The disturbance is caused
by counter-current sent out by the
disturbing apparatus. The counter
current, it is said, not only intercepts
the message but will destroy the send
ing and receiving instruments unless
they are speedily cut out of connec-
ton.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

A Colorado woman has applied for a
divorce on the ground that life with
husband who gratiaes her every
wish Is too tedious 10 be horne. What
she desires. possibly. Is a husband who
will knock her into corner every
time she asks FOR money and slap
her face when she expresses desire
90 go out 10 call on a friend n she
Is bored with % lie or ease ana plenty
she b different from NE average wom-
nn.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

A big trust IN religion In the state OF
Kansas is projected by a preacher OF
that state. A report says Already
a score OF prominent ministers. repre-
senting all denominations have Joined
IN the movement and have decided
against creed and denomination and I'm
favor Of a broad and liberal Christian
iiy." One Of the chief aims Of the trust
Is 70 supply small towns with able
preachers and another ia 20 prevent
che overlapping Of the support OF two
church organizations when one viii am
swer the purpose. u really seems that
this would De- a good sort or trust.
but whether tho brethren VIII dwell
long together in love and affection re-
mains 90 be- seen
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

Peter Sells, the circus man. who is
reported to be dying might easily have
been taken as the original of David Ha-
rum. He looked and talked the coun-
try farmer and horse-trader, with a
fine sense of humor and a nose for
a smart trade. He was we'll known
in the South. and probably never
stopped with his show in a town in
which he did not make personal
friends. And notwithstanding the
thousands of people he met, he never
forgot the faces or names of these
friends on the road, even if several
years had elapsed since he had seen
them. If Mr.. Sells memory could
have been exhibited it would have
been one of the most interesting fea-
lures of the show
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
for Sale.

The best for grating. preserving
and table use
Strictly Fancy Smooth Cayennes.
per crate OF l6. weight about 75
pounds. $500.
n. B.-The digestive properties OF
the pineapple are equal to that OF
pepsln.
Manatee River Guavas, per six
basket carrier crate. S1.25. Octagon
crate 500
Shipments via express 10 any point.
Remit by check or money order for
any quantity desired
WM. HANeON.
BrademtoNn. Fla
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
THCNDERBOTT LINE

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $50 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 200 n m
after which cars run every Is minutes
until 11:3O p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction l.
minutes after leaving time at CITY
Market.
Beginning at 5:53 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 1888 p. m, after which
time cars leave every is minutes until
1908 midnight.
Car leaving Casino at 1885 will run
south on Barnard street to Fortieth
and north on Abercorn to RoIton
street
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

A new and immense gold field has
been discovered in Japan. Engineers
who have recently inspected it have
reported to the government that It will
yield not less than S5OOOOO,OOO in gold,
at the rate of $4,000 900 a year. The
mines are to be developed.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
AN OLD IDEA.
to BE Absolutely False by
Modern Science.


People used to think that badness
was one of those things which are
handed down from generation to gen.
GRAFTON, from father to son--just like
a family heirloom.
Science has shown the falseness of
this belief by proving that badness
itself is not a constitutional disease,
but the result of a germ invasion of
which only Herpicide can effectually
rid the scalp.
Washing only cleans the scalp of
dandruff, it doesn't kill the germs
Destroy the cause, you remove the
effect"
Newbro's Herpicide will do this in
every case. 1t is also a delightful
dressing.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c
In stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co.. Detroit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy, Special
Agent
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
The Wenthcr.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather. with light
variable winds. Eastern Florida, fair
weather, except showers and thunder
storms in south and central portions,
with light variable winds
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

The most expert thief has been To-
Gated. He is in New Jersey and was
on trial the other day on the charge
of having distracted a purse from the
pocket Of a woman's dress. To the
average man the whereabouts of a
woman's pocket is a profound mys-
dery
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

Not much has been heard recently
about that statue Of Frederick the
Great. presented by the Emperor OF
Germany that is to be set up I'm WASH
ington shortly. But arrangements for
It's reception are going forward steadi-
ly, and the unyelling is scheduled TO
take place some time IN the fall ON
the occasion az the unwilling President
Roosevelt viii make an address IN
which he VIII seek TO justify his action
IN accepting the statue. II viii be re-
called that the acceptance has been
somewhat severely criticised.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
; FRENGHr AND PARCEICAR

EhENUHI ANJ TAKCFL CAK
Leaves east side of City Market for Thunder.
bolt, Cattle Park, Sandfy. Isle OF Hone and ali
p m. . 1880
Leaves Isle Of Hope for Ssndhy Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and ali Intermediates nojnts[s.ao
a. m, 100 a. m, 800 D. M
Freight car leaves Montgomery at $50 a 10.
ana 2;5o p m, connecting al Sandhy with reg.
ular parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight Ia
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation OF passengers
Any further information regarding passer-
ger schedule orfreight service can be had by
applying TO L. r. NASH, Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
COLLINSYILLELINE

Beginning at sos a. M, cars leave Wa,ars
road and Estill avenue every 20 minutes nntiI
12:C5 midnight ' Will
Beginning at Cos a m. cars leave Citv
Market for Waterg road and EstiIl avenue eve
cry 20 minutes until 1905 midnight
through cars are operated between Market
avenue as follows;
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbolt
f45 A. M 73OA M
645 P M mp M
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

Pretty nearly all Of the cabinet off,
GERS and other high officials are out Of
Washington. hustling for votes for the
administration. Meanwhile the gov
eminent is being run by the clerks.
And it is going along about as well as
ever. Still it seems hardly fair that
the people should be paying the sala-
ries OF lot OF ofiiceholders who are
devoting themselves 10 political work
and not public business.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

Western electricians have succeeded
iu sending two heavy power currents
of electricity over one wire 90 the same
time. The discovery will greatly cheap
en the iransmission OF electrical pow cr
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

The Republican newspapers have re-
Gently been printing a ridiculous story
TO the effect that the Democrats pur-
posed sending out 15,0O0.OOO tons of
campaign literature before the day of
the election. The stupidity of the sug-
gestion becomes apparent when it is
noted that any such amount would pro-
vide about every voter I'm the United
states. Democratic and Republican,
alike. with a ton of printed matter.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

SUMMER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE
Effective June 13.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

An attempt at cotton raising is be
ing made at Summit, N. J., by Mr..
G. H. Williams. Heretofore it has
been regarded as impossible to grow
cotton as far north as New Jersey,
but Mr.. Williams believes there is no
reason why it should not be grown
there and has set about to demonstrate
the correctness of his theory. He
planted his seed in May, and says that
he has now a fine stand of cotton in
blossom and with bottom fruit ma
turing. Should there be no frost be-
fore late September he says he will
harvest a crop of good staple.
Somebody with a pot of money to
throw at the birds is going to start
a Republican daily newspaper in
Texas. The Texas Republican must
feel highly fiattered by the attention
that is being shown him.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.

DE SOTO HOTEL. Savannah. Ga.
Open all year. Large airy rooms;
1000 feet piazzas; 100 rooms with
private bath. Open air cafe. Illumin-
ated grounds. Golf links and sea
bathing within easy reach. Summer
rates June to October.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
WEST END LINE IIncoIn PorI-I

Car leaves west side Of City Market for Lin.
thereafter until ll:45 D. m -'0'
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market e:2Oa. NJ
and every 40 minutes thereafter until u o o'clock
midnight
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31

ISLE OF HOPE LINE
between Isle of Hone and Fortieth ST
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-25
MUSSEL FISHING
MAY BE STOPPED
A Vigorous Warfare Against il
in Indiana.
The Industry Moving to the Ohio
Claimed the Mussels Purify
the River Water.
DESTRUCTION THREATENED

The mussel. Fishing industry, which
was recently insugursted in the Ohio
river below Psducah, may be stopped
by the government.
on sccount Of the Aght being made
against it IN Indiana, much of the
dredging has been abandoned in the
Wabash river and transferred to the
Ohio river.
An appeal has been sent to State
Fish Commissioner Sweeney, OF In
diana, 10 put . stop to the method OF
mussel fishing in vogue among the
fishermen Of che lower Wabash. Ac-
cording TO State Geologist Blstchley,
the question arises whether the mus
sci 10 fish and whether the fish com.
missioner has authority over the
Wabash, a stream under the control
of the federal authorities.
Arthur Bransfield, librarian Of the
workingmen's Institute library, Of
New Harmony, in a letter to the state
geologist, tells him that he has asked
Fish Commissioner Sweeney to stop
mussel fishing as it is now practioed
in the Wabash, a system which il rap
idly exterminating tine shellhsh from
the stream. The fishermen use crow :
feet" in fishing, which are made from
q large number Of hooks placed very
close together. They drag these along
the bottom of the stream, when the
mussel come in contact with one Of
these hooks II closes its she'll aud is
dragged from the water. The shellhsh
becomes disturbed TO such an extent
that they cannot feed and they die in
great numbers.
Many valuable pearls are found in
the river and thus makes the oooupa-
tion doubly profitable. Last week,
Mr.. Bransheld says, a perfect speoi-
men was found three miles below
New Harmony about the size OF a
turtle egg and with an estimated value
of o., 900. The animals are gathered
for the shells, which are sold for the
manufacture Of buttons, combs and
such articles.
Mr.. Bransheld also urges that the
loss OF the mussell will result Sc
riously as they feed on the organisms
in the water which make It impure.