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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12
UNCLE REMUs ON THE NEGRO.
Thinks He is Getting Along ALI Right
On the Whole, Temperate
and Industrious Race.

Joel Chandler. Harris in the Satur
day Evening Post.
I believe that, at the bottom, ma
jority of the American people are
at one with respect to the negro and
his future, and the reason [ have for
making the statement is a sound one,
namely, that a large majority of the
people of this country are blessed
with common sense in larger meas
ure than those of any other country
on the globe. This innate common
sense has brushed away so many DIFF
fculties, and solved so manyproblems,
and carried the country safely
through so many crises, and has come
to the front in so many emergencies
that it may confidently be depended
on in the future.
Nevertheless, there are many
southern people who steadily refuse
to believe that the negro has any
wholesome future before him, and
some of them even write communi-
cations to the papers in order to de-
monstrate the shiftless characteris-
tics of the race and who claim that
the two races can never live under the
same government and in the same
communities without inviting race
war on the one hand or amalgama-
ton on the other;o and that one or the
other Of these contingencies can only
be averted by deportation to some
country or territory where the negro
can have everything his own way.
Moreover, there are to be found indi-
vidual instances where the assertion
is made that the negro is going back
ward instead Of forward; but indi-
vidual instances of this kind are worth
no more than the individuals them
selves. In .such cases you cannot
argue from the particular to the gen
eral without doing wholesale injustice,
for the facts are all the other way.
The negro is Of different race,
it is true, and his mind may fail to
respond to the different procetsscs Of
civilization and enlightment; but
this rtmains to be seen. Tt has not
failed to respond thus far He seems
to be getting along remarkably we'll,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12
LIEN LAW SHOULD GO.
Major Caldwell States Strongly the
Case Against It.-Thinks it
Breeds Thriftlessness in
@-.'. Whites and Idleness.

!. 10 the Editor Of the News and
Courier: 1t is to be hoped that the
state senate, Notwithstanding its ac-
F,n few days ago, will agree to
,.,, ,h the agricultural lien law. That
law was never needed in this state eX-
cept in the counties through which
the Federal armies passed i'll 1865,
and in them only temporarily. 1t has
been highly injurious in that it has
encouraged in white men extrav9g-
ance, improvidence and the mourning
Of imprudent risks, has put an exces-
sive cost on supplies and has given
cotton practically monopoly OF pro-
duction, because that crop alone has
always a market for sale. The uncer-
tainty of the extent or value Of any
mans crop, and the certainty that
every year some farmers will fall
short of paying their debts have COM
J PEELED merchants to charge much be-
yond the cash value Of supplies, and
the general result has been that the
farmer lives from hand to mouth and
begins every year just about as poor
as he was the year before.
The habits Of thriftlessness, impro-
vidence and extravaganza engendered
by living on credit are encouraged
and intensified by the system. 1t 's
as bad as always living on salary
Almost anyone can get his supplies on
the strength Of a lien on his expected
crop; nearly everyone acquires the 'ha-
bit Of running to the full length of
his tether and finding that, ordinar-
lily, the result Of his years operations
is only squaring with his merchant,
/. the average farmer falls into the feel
4 ing that about all he has to do is to
come ont even and abandons economy,
frugslity ,e: sateEaEIsa shags q !
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12
considering all the circumstances by
which he has been surrounded.

. p. = s o. z
R The negro is also acquiring an
education, slowly, as matter Of
course, but surely; and by SO much
MS the minds of the present genera
ton ate prepared and equipped, by
just so much will the minds Of the
generation to come be prepared to
assimilate knowledge. ..
We are placed in a position Of ex-
pecting race but few years from
the inevitable ignorance imposed up
on it by the conditions Of slavery to
make the most remarkable progress
that tie world has ever heard Of;
and when we discover that in the na-
tnre Of things this is impossible we
shake our heads sadly, and are ready
to lose heart and hope. I do not
ask any one to share my hopeful
ness with respect to the negro, nor is
1t necessary that the views I am put
ting forth should be accepted. I"
The reason that can afford to
be h"pcful in the matter lies in the
fact that I am familiar with the his
tory Of II county in middle Georgia,
where ~" negroes have majority
OF The population. In that county
lynrhln" is unknown. Such a crime
has nrvc" been committed in the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12
RESIDENCE FOR SALE,

A five room cottage on Summer
street and Mayer avenue for sale
$2500.00. Popular location. House Q
years old, all heart timber, double
floors and storm sheet. Fine we'll,
electric lights, stables, barn, and gar
den. Apply at once to
Roland G. Spearman,
Talladega, Ala.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12

Merchants generally know whom to
trust; and in cases where the mer-
chant is in doubt the landlord will
hardly ever refuse to give a desery-
ing tenant the benefit Of reasonable
endorsement. All white mon who own
land aud all negroes who by work and
economy have acquired land, may se-
cure supplies by giving mortgages.
Some sentimental persons express hor-
ror at the thought of man nortgag-
ing his home for supplies. The sym
pathy is badly misplaced: the best
thing that can happen to most of us
is to have good, hot coal Of fire put
on our backs. A mortgage on one IS
home is calculated to stimulate one 8
energies far more effectually than a
lien on his future crop.
The repeal Of the lien law alone
will accomplish no great good so
long as mortgages Of ungrown crops
are allowed TO constitute valid pied
ges of the same. An act should be
passed destroying the efficacy Of
both. L submit the following rough
draft of Il bill to that effect:
GA Bill to Prohibit Liens, or Pledges
OF, Implanted or Growing Crops.
Be it enacted, etc:
Section l. That from and after the
thirty-first day of December, in the
year nineteen hundred and seven no
contract, promise, undertaking or
conveyance, whether verbal or in writ
ing, or whether in consideration of
agricultural supplies Of other values
to be furnished after the time of MAX
ing or entering into such contract,
promise, undertaking or conveyance,
shall have the effect to create a con-
veyance or pledge of, or lien or incum-
brance upon any unmatured crop Of
cotton, grain or other product of ag-
riculture, any former legislation, or
existing usage, or decision of the
courts to the contrary notwithstand-
ing: Provided, however, that on and
after the first day Of August in any
year, any owner of matured or
growing crop may place valid and
enforcible mortgage or lien or such
crop, to secure the payment for sup
plies, or the repayment of money
thereafter to be furnished to enable
such owner to complete the making Of
his crop and harvest and prepare the
same for market.
Section 2. That all Acts or parts
Of Acts in conflict with the provision
of this Acst be, and they are hereby,
repealed.'
suppose We may safely incorpor-
ate the proviso above suggested. Far
mers may we'll need assistance in
their expense in picking, ginning and
packing their cotton, and in harvest
ing other crops, and getting crops to
market. At the same time the renter
will be shut off from his all-year lien
and it injurious consequences.
j. r. J. Caldwell.
Newberry, S. c., February 4,'1907.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12
LAYTON COTTON SEED.

Layton's improved cotton seed for
sale in any quantities. This seed has
stood at the head at the Georgia Ex-
perimental station for three years;
out of 26 varieties last year it was
the best.
I planted 300 acres last year OF
this seed, kept it entirely separate,
and made 250 bales. IF it had been q
good year would have made 800.
Price Of the seed SO cents bushel.
'MoSseID o .
Jalapa, S. G.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12

county, and mention the fact with
considerable pride, for The reason
that it is teh. county of my birth. It
may be thought that this is a descent
to the particular, but the point I de-
sire to make is, that the overwhelming
majority of tho negroes in all parts
of the south, especially in tho agri-
cultural regions, are leading sober
and industrious lives.
A temperate race is bound to be in
dustrious, and the negroes are tenn
perate, as compared with the whites.
I am speaking, of course, Of the ne
groes Oh the farms, but even in the
towns the majority Of them are So
Der and industrious. The idle and
criminal classes among them make a
great show in the police court re-
cords, but right here in Atlanta the
respectable and decent negroes far
outnumber those who are on the lists
of the police as old or new offenders.
1 am bound to conclude from what
l see all about me, and from what
I know of the race elsewhere, that
the negro, Notwithstanding the lato
start he has made in civilization and
Enlightenment, is capable Of making
himself n useful member in the com
munities in which he lives and moves,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12
BEDS ON WHEELS.
Wait for tho Wagons and We IL all
5 Take = Ride, and ! Sleep as
! VI ,.. Well. N {; 5sfs II,

.
s Norfolk, Va, Feb. II .-if the qnes-
tion "Where shall I sleep while at
tending the jamestown Exposition ~
has been troubling any one there is
now no use for further worry or ,anxi-
ETY.. II Necessity is the Mother Of
/ Inyention," Genius is the father ani
Of him it cannot be said ntEverybody
works but father" The old man has
been exceedingly busy for many years
and every time the Mother of Neces-
sity told him that the "kid" needed
anything he at once produced it. He
: hasy never been yanked up in the
church or in courts For non-support
or sdereliction Of duty. s#@s.. :.
For some time Old Mother Neces-
sity has been distressed because In
vention did not provide some means
by which the denizens of this mum
dane sphere could carry their house
along with them something after the
order of the tortoise. She finally
mentioned it to Father Genius and he
Shutdown and pondered over the pro-
blem for few minutes and then
went out to manufacturer of vehicles
and gave them friendly tip. ,
The result is. that visitors to the
jamestown Exposition need have no
further anxiety about where they will
repose at night if all the hotels,
boarding houses and park benches
are full.
They can stand on a corner Of the
grounds or some Of the streets or
avenues of the grounds for a few
minutes and handsome equippage
will drive~along. They will hail it and
say, 81 wish to retire at some desir-
able spot along the water front on
Hampton Roads and be left at the
Military Catering Company's cafe for
breakfast. They will then step into
the vehicle and the driver will seek
the desired spot, dismount from his
seat, touch spring and the team will
walk away. He will then touch. an
other spring and 10 and behold, the
guests will find themselves sitting
in cozy little room with berths Oh
each side, Brussels carpet on the floor
and all other modern conveniences,
figuratively speaking. The driver
will then take the team to another
like equippage and attach them to it
and set out for another "fare.' In
the morning he will land them all at
their breakfast rendezvous and col
lect fare.
This may be little over-drawn but
it is virtually descriptive of vehi-
Gle that is now in use for touring IN
wagons for market purposes and var
ious other uses. It is built with q
collapsible top that in few minutes
can be transformed into market
booth with roof and walls and 1t
stand on which to display vegetables
of other produce, or into neat sleep
ing compartment. When assembled
it looks very much like a regular
handsome covered delivery wagon
with side windows, such as you see
every day in cities.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-12

and that he is becoming more and \
more desirous Of conforming to all
the laws that have been enacted for
the protection Of society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
SENATE BILLS.

Following is list of bills introduced in the Senate yesterday:
 s. I06.s By Mir. .Lusk--The require and authorize the Railroad Commis- sioner to prescribe rules. regulations and requirements for the issuance and use of interchangeable tickets of pas sengers on and over lines of transpor- tation of common carriers of passen- gers in this State, and punish any vfo- lators of such orders, rules, regulations and requirements. Commerce and Common Carriers.
 s. 197. By Mr. Hamner-To prohibit the sale. barter, or transfer for profit. either direct or indirect. of any spiritu- ous, vinous or malt liquore, or other intoxicating drinks or beverages. in Etowah County, in this State. outside the corporate limits of incorporated cities and towns. Temperance.
 S. 10S. By Mir. Leith-To provide for paying persons who are convicted OF felony where they appeal to the Su- preme Court when the cause is re- versed and remanded or rendered. Pen itentiary. Prison and Punishment.
 B. 109. By MT. Doster-To aid and encourage technical education in the State of Alabama, in providing for the erection and equipment of buildings and increased at the Alabama Poly technic Institute. Finance and Taxa ton.
 $. 11e.-By M Hinson--To regulate the carrying and the use of firearms Penitentianry, Prison and Punishment.
 <. III. By MT Reid-To establish three special grades of instruction in the graded public schools of Alabama. to prescribe the branches to be taught, and the qualifications and manner or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
CALENDAR OF THE LEGISLATURE
SEVENTH DAY.

obtaining instruction therein. Educa- s. 112. By Mir. Reid-To amend Sec tion s62 of the Code of Alabama. Re- vision of Laws.
 s. 113. By Mir Reynolds-To define vagrancy. and 10 provide for the proof and punishment thereof. Revision of
 s. i14., By Mir. Reese--To further provide for and authorize municipal corporations to regulate and fix me charges, rates, compensation and tolls of persons, firms or corporations op- erating systems or lines for the rent, use. or hire of telephones and for the transmission and delivery of messages Revision of Laws.
 S 115 By Mir Hamburger-To in- panies. Banking and Insurance.
 s. He. By Mir. Hamburger-To amend Sections Two, f2). Three (S). Five (5), Six (6), Seven CD, Eight (0. Nine (9), Ten G0), Thirteen Q3, and Fourteen (1D. of an act entitled an act in the county of Mobile. approved Feb ruary S. 1899. Municipalities and Mu- nicipa1 Organizations.
 s. IF. By M Reynolds-To classify the public schools of Alabama and to name the branches of study to be taught in the same. Education.
 Bills Passed.
 Bills passed yesterday by the Senate:
 S. 1. By Mir. Lusk--To amend Sec tion of an act to provide for subordi- nate employees of the Legislature
 s. 35 By Mr. Jones--To amend Sec- ton 4279 of the Code of Alabama.
 S. 2S By MT. Reid (with substitute) To amend Section 1903 of the Code of ' Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
CHHDLABOR LABOR LEADERS TALK OF EFFECTS
 UPON YOUNG. "Could Tell by the Hour of Filth. Deg radiation and Other Results of
 System," Says Mul-
 h0llmm.

A bitter arraignment of child labor an earnest appeal for organized labor and a forceful plea for a diminiution in the hours of labor. were the fea- lures of addresses to nearly 300 people at the court house Friday night by President of the International Associa- tion of Machinists and Third Vice. President of the American Federation of Labor, and Frank L. Mulhollan of Toledo, O., general counsel of the pa- chinists' association.
 Mir. Mulhollan characterized child la- bor as this damnable thing called child labor He could tell by the hour, he declared, of the filth. degradation and other terrible results caused by 1t. He was glad to note Alabama had taken hold of the question.
 No nobler work, said Mir. OConnell. lature than to enact a law protecting the children of the State.
 Hon. c. P. Mcintyre, City Attorney, presided over the meeting and intro-
 In his address. MT. Mulhollan said labor was organized because better conditions and better pay were desired because laboring men came into com petition with machines, invented py machinists, which made useless the skill of the laboring man. He called attention to a labor-saving machine which would do the work of hfty men: He was glad to see the machines put sorry to see the men compelled 10 hunt other employment. ..
 "You read of strikes" usdSI,n said the thina of the past We are not organ ized for strikes. We don't want strikes ,., .ho. Alahama was taking up the question. He also spoke of the efforts .SdnS Of Srsan snd ized labor to destroy sweat snops. anu; in conclusion, asked that all crafts get together and get results by co-opera- tion. ,.,,a iahor question by describing pitiful scenes of tots he had ue enc9TntsaeS ssrnsstlS working in factories; i,s ,dft e ont e1rnS off its case' given sunlight and educated. or ganized labor. he declared. wants more Education and less crime.
 The labor leaders arrived in Mont, gomery early yesterday evening 1 and were met by a committed or tne ioctI machinists' union. They leave i'i NA' lanta this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
FUNERAL OF MR. JANNEY.
Remains of We'll Known MontGol
 nwsav. I.mfA f0 Rest.

Remains of We'll Known MOntSOm-
 erian Laid to Rest.
 The funeral service of William Brown JanneN who died Thursday af- ternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. s C. Bellinger, IA North McDonough street. was conducted yesterday Pfters after- Catholic Church. Rev. Father Dennis Savage. oficiated in the usual lmprSSo lHso sive funeral ceremony of the Catholic lChurch. tended. He was one of the best known men in Montgomery, and man or wide family connection. large dele- gation from Camp Lomax. United Con federate Veterans of which MT; fnnJnni Janney ,y a body There was a large number of beautiful flowers in numerous designs
 Following were the pail bearers;
 Honorary-General John w. A; san ford, W. M: Shoemaker, pr: M. l.; Barnett, George ". Halls R. P. Griggs. James E. Davidson, Robert Halls.
 tead. E. c. Andrew, E. R. Holt, John P. Kohn. A. H. McNeel, Charles L. Gay Archie Johnson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
STONE WINS CASE
raNAnrs A ssEssED AGAINST
 THREE DEFENDANTS BY JURY.
oariaIs of Girard Fined 500 ia Suit in Halted states Court--Former Mayor is Given Anirma-
 tive Charge.

The entire time of the Federal Court was taken up yesterday in the com p1etion of the trial of the Stone damage suit. The forenoon was spent In ar gurnents to the jury delivered by the two attorneys for the defendants. and the afternoon session was devoted to concluding speech made to the Jury oy counsel for the plaintih.
 Judge Uones then charged the jury. His charge was pronounced by both sides as being fair and just.
 He gave the affirmative charge for E. P. Coulter. one of the defendants. but otherwise his charge was not man datory MT. Coulter, he held, had had no case made out against him, and, in this the attorneys seemed to concur At 5:45 o'clock the jury received the case and retired to the jury room. Court was recessed until o'clock this
 Nj J. Stone was suing E. P. Coulter, former Mayor of Girard, and J. c. Chadwick, W. D. Perry and J. H. Bar ton. other former officials of Girard, for alleged false imprisonment on Septem- Der 24, 1904, when he was arrested and imprisoned on Q charge of lending money without license. He sought to recover S20,000 damages.
 The jury at o'clock last night brought in a verdict of small damages for the plaintiff. The verdict assessed Chadwick $250, Perry at $10o. and Barton at $50. The Judges charge had held that Mayor Coulter was acting In a Judicial capacity and was not liable in the action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19

alsDsme ths Ths i iaSs pri@ars 1SRsss has for It's purpose the prevention of the abuse sas, of the word trus by svefy looked upon as rather important piece of financial Legislation It fixes the amount of capital of real true can use the name and do business un- der 1t. The bill in effect classffIes the cities of the State. in reference to trust companies
 It provides. that in towns and cities having less than 5000 inhabitants a trust company must have a patd-up capital of $50,ooo. The ratio or capi- three cities of the State, Montgomery. Mobile and Birmingham, are reached, trust compantes o must have a caprtai
 The local bill has to do with the in- ferior court of Mobile, which 1t es- tablishes. and for which 1t makes rules and provisions.
 Measure for Good Roads.
 Representative White. of Perry county, has a bill in the. House which proposes to dq things for the he orsa roads Is a fund for the improvement of the has heretofore been the rock upon wious Wo,nH Lesislatares @ iof as have foundered. net revenue derived from the hire Of the State convicts is. to bet aside for the use of the. various counties for county, it Is provided, Is to receive a greater amount from this State fund than is raised by its own local laws, and which is set aside In the county treasury exclusively for the benefit Of the roads.
 Except for this provision, the fund is to be divided equally among the counties of the State.
 If any county fails to comply with the act by raising money of It's own. or if the funds so raised shall fall short of the pro rata amount apportioned to 1t by the State, such money as may exceed the local appropriation. Is to be re-apportioned to the other coun- ties.
 Tn no case is any county to receive more than SlO,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
LN SHADOW OF CHURCH WALLS
 POOR FAMILIES WANT FOR FOOD.

'In the shadow of Ecntgomery's church walls, five or six families in our city are on the verge of starvation. They need something to eat now. and they must have it." This was the ap- peal made yesterday by a member of the committee of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. who Is now engaged in dis pensing coal to the deserving poor.
 "In delivering coal" said the com mitteeman, we have visited a number of poor homes. and our pity and fell low feeling has been aroused in five or six absolutely destitute families in Montgomery. They have stoves but nothing to cook on them. This is the situation that faces them and some thing must be done at once.
 One family I have visited consists of a widow and three little children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
1t was a late hour before the party

1t was late hour before the party. disbanded. An excellent menu had been nres. pared for the occasion by the members of the Ladies Aid Society, and wSa daintily served by the young ladies o6 the Church Guild.
 Following the banquet, Dr. J. L. Cas-. ton assumed duties as toastnaster, and presented four of the prominent mems bers of the Brotherhood to reepon6 to toasts. as follows:
 "Pregbyterianism in American His~ tory" Fl. g. KeaIhofer. "
 The Presbyterian Type" Judge Rs T. simpson.
 The Man and the Church" s. Js :. 'The Presbyterian Brotherhood" Dn N. L.. Anderson.
 Letters were read by Dr. Anderson. pastor of the church. from the Pres% byterian Brotherhoods of St Louis. AtS lanta and Memphis. mad also an inters esting letter of erecting from Dr John Clarke Hill. President of the Brotherl hood of the Northern Presbyterlan Church.
 The banquet was held preparatory6 to the development of the Brotherhood' of which the. first regular meeting "a to be held the first Monday in FebS ruary. when the officers are to be elso[ ted.