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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-20
The SOUTH The SAVING POWER.
Through Its Cotton Crop II Holds a Call on
the Worlds Gold.

lhiuusll lis GUit0I Gf0p II h0IQS d Gdll O
the Worlds Gold.
? The power which the Seutl
holds in it's cotton crop has neve1
} been fully realized by our people
,, although they appreciate it mor'
to-day than ever before. This
power is briefly but strongly sci
forth in the following from the
Manufacturers Record:
"The South holds a call upon
the worlds gold to the extent Of
$3.50, 100000 to 500.000,000 for
the cotton which it will this veal
furnish to Europe. Every dollar
of gold minded on earth during
the present year would not be
sufficient to pay the bill, and this
call which the South has upon
Europe is one which will prove
Lot only great blessing to the
South, but great blessing to the
entire country. This money,
whether paid in actual gold or in
other ways, will so strengthen
the financial situation, not only
in the South, but of New York
and the country at large, as to
make the South the saving power
in American financial interests.
No other crop on earth is of such
far-reaching Importance to any
other great country as cotton is to
the United States. Had it not
been for the late season, which
delayed contemplating from three
to four weeks the crop would have
gone forward at the same time as
heretofore and would have largely
helped to stem the financial cur
rent, and would have doubtless
have materially aided in prevent
ing the panicky conditions in
New York. When nature, through
a late spring, delayed the cotton
crop of the South she lessened
the power of the South to that
extent to save the United States
from the drastic liquidation of
the last 80 days. But though late
in maturing, cotton has for the
last few weeks been moving tc
market as rapidly as the banks
could provide the necessary cur
rency for its handling. Upon a
severe pinch Europe may some
times lessen it's imports of other
things, but cotton it must have,
and cotton it will have, regard
less of all other conditions. 1t
will this year take from the South
about 100000 bales worth as it
leaves our ports somewhere from
$3.50, 100000 to $500,000, 900, de-
pendent upon the fuctuating
prices, due more to lack of cur
rency than to the statistical po-
tislon of the cotton trade. But
for this temporary currency
famine it is quite certain that
Europe would have paid us largely
over $4,000, 900.
1.-THE whole country, every busi-
ness man in it, whether he be
manufacturer, merchant or bank
or, farmer or mechanic, and
whether his home be in the far
North or far West, will be indebt-
ed to the South for producing the
crop which at this critical stage
is already saving the situation,
and which will soon turn such
tide of gold or it's equivalent to
our shores as to stay the hyster-
ice and stop the fear which has
been paralyzing the free and easy
movement of the banking facili-
ties of the country. While en-
riching itself the South will be
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-20

[Continued on page f.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
BY WILLIAM GARRoTT BROWN

Washington and Henry
and Jefferson and Mason and Mar
shall and Madison and the Lees and
Randolphs-taken as a group, dis
tinguishable from Revolutionary
leaders in general throughout the
country?
In this sort Of generalizing, and
in this space, our reasoning can pro-
coed only by a sort of common con-
sent, each of us modifying the con-
clusion in proportion to his dissent
from the premises.
am inclined to put first a dis
tinction of the Virginians which they
got merely by an excess of q quality
which nearly all the builders of the
American nation displayed. They
had more than their share of a GER
tain gravity, high seriousness,
which we expect to find in every
Revolutionary worthy. This may
seem a surprising statement, since
many of us have the impression that
Southerners have always been the
most light-hearted Of Americans.
Behind their gravity Of deport-
ment was a singular consistency of
sentiment and provincial intensity
of feeling. OF Washington, particu-
larly, 1t can no longer be doubted
that his passional nature was ex-
traordinarily strong. Thanks to
saner biography, the coldly correct
man whom we once tried vainly to
like or to admire has disappeared.
He has given place TO a man of truly
terrific passions, wonderfully con-
trolled. OF all the incidents and
anecdotes, none perhaps illustrates
better the extent of his self-rule
than the story of the officer whom
he ordered across the Delaware, and
who returned and reported that the
river could not be crossed Instant
ly Washington hurled at the mans
head the heavy inkstand from which
he was writing, eXclaiming in burst
of ungovernable fury, Then so back
and send me mani" In this COM
polling combination Of will and pas
sion he had no rival among his fell
lows; but all save Madison impress
the student of their lives with their
capacity for a great and single devo-
ton to causes and to men My own
belief is that in this capacity the
Southern planters have always ex-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22

they We're, apparently, mainly of
the same kidney with the privates. !"
That, evidently, was not the way
things were done in Virginia. If we
should seek now in America a class
comparable to the great slave
owners for naturalness in command,
for masterfulness, we should find
their closest counterparts in the men
who, all over the country, are at the
head of the greatest industries-in
the managers of corporate enter
prise.
Here, then, were certain qualities
in Washington which / think we may
attribute in some measure, probably
in a great measure, to his being a
Southerner, and of the class upper
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22

celled. 1t is a characteristic OF pro-
vincials, particularly if they be coun-
try-bred.
Along with it there went in these
Virginians, who were nearly all well
bred and trained in a good school OF
hospitality, capacity for cordial
personal relationships which was also
of great advantage in their public
careers. 1t is generally agreed that
their social equipment was superior
to that of most men whom they en-
countered at congresses and conVen-
lions and in the army. Their speech
was sweeter; their manners easier
and more cordial. 1t is even reason
able to believe that their individual
characteristics, their personalities,
were more marked and therefore
more attractive; that they were, as
one says nowadays, more interest
! ing" than the average colonial states
man and captain. For this IS what
most travellers in America in that
period seem to have found, and it is
what a comparison of the great plan
tation with other American communi-
ties would lead us to expect.
These fine qualities were all, in
one way or another, sources of power
and leadership. Back of them was
that which used and informed them
all--the habit of leadership, the con-
slant expectation and desire of
power. And this was the gift of the
slave. OF all the reasons why Wash
ington and his neighbors took the
| highest places during the Revolution
and for several decades thereafter,
none was more potent than their
being used to so much authority at
home; and of all the causes of that
habit of their lives, no other was
nearly so important as slavery. When
Washington took command of the
army at Cambridge, he was surprised
to find how little respect the Massa-
chusetts officers got, or seemed even
to expect, from the men, He wrote
back to Richard Henry Lee that
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
KEEPING CABBAGE.

The following plan Of keeping cab
bage through the winter is recon-
mended: Put them in a pit covered
with boards put on roofwise. THIS
roof is so placed that at least six
inches of air space is left under it.
The moisture rising from the ground
is condensed and may be frozen upon
the inside Of the board cover, and in
this condensation and freezing heat
is given out, which protects the cab
bages from the cold. The boards are
covered with straw or leaves, where
the cold is severe, and then with
earth. The Tapped boards keep out
water from the occasional rains, and
this helps to keep the cabbages in
good order. II the roots are set in
loose soil in the trench the cabbages
will continue to grow, and soft ones
will fill up and make solid heads,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
WHEN GRASS RUNS OUT.

1t sometimes happens that the
grass runs out when it is not conve-
nient, and it is impossible to plow.
Narrowing early in the spring and
sowing a mixture of timothy and
other grasses will greatly increase
the crop on such fields in another sea-
son. 1t may, however, on some lands
bring in a crop of weeds, whose seeds
have lain dormant for years, and
only needed scratching the surface to
induce termination But unless the
sod is very far gone the grass will
keep down most of the annual weeds
if allowed to grow without being pas
tured.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
THE STOCK.

All lines of effort to improve The
condition Of the stock interest are to
be encouraged. Chearening the
feeding ration, while at the same
time increasing it's nuuitye qualities,
and protecting the animals from ad-
verse conditions, SO that they can
utilize to the best possible advantage
all the food that they consume, are
matters of great Importance. But, in
addition to these things, there should
be frequent and careful tests by
which both the relative and the act
ual merits of each individual in the
herd can be determined. These
should be followed by a wedding out
of the poorer animals, and by a judi
cious selection of stock from which
to breed.-New York Witness.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22

most in that society. Most OF us
will think them admirable qualities
and they we're all conducive to his
rise and eminence. But when we
trv to estimate the cost of breeding
men like him we come upon a darker
view of the colonial South; and When
we read his own words concerning
the southern question of the day IL
appears that no one in the country,
unless it was Jefferson, saw more
clearly than he what was at fault
in his own Virginia and on his own
plantations
81 never mean" he wrote to one
correspondent, unless some particu-
lar circumstances should compel me
to it, to possess another slave by
purchase, it being among my nrsC
wishes to see some plan adopted by
which slavery in this country may
be abolished by law" He would not
sell the overplus OF his own slaves,
because he was ''princiDled against
this kind of traffic in the human
species" nor hire them out, because
they could not be disposed in faml-
lies, and he had an aversio.l to DIS
perse a family. He heartily sup
ported Lafayette's scheme of colon1-
cation. His will gave freedom TO
his own slaves SO soon as his wlfe's
death should free much larger
mass with which some of them had
formed family ties
His desire was Tor gradual eman-
cipation by State legislation, but he
foresaw many hardships, and an
utterly anomalous place in society
for the freedmen. The minute pro-
visions in his will for the care OF
the very young, the aged, and the
infirm among his own blacks show
that, though an abolitionist, he was
by no means deluded into the notion
that abolition would prove a solu-
ton of the race problem. His con-
slant practice of justice, kindT es5,
and mercy in all his relations 18th
negroes shows better than could any
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
TEE ALFALFA CROP.

As conditions of alfalfa growing
in Minnesota are somewhat like
those in New England and the North
eastern States, successful expert
ments in that section will be Of in
terest, as told by Henry Forest, Of
Minnesota. His directions summaT-.
lied are as follows:
Alfalfa land should be well
drained, we'll fortified, especially
with we'll roted barnyard manure
worked into the soil. Prepare a
smooth, fine, level seeded, making
the surface as fine as possible. APP
ply half ton of lime. The soil,
when the crop is first introduced,
should be inoculated with small
quantities Of soil from old alfalfa
fields. Sow after danger of frost is
over at the rate of thirty pounds to
the acre, using no nurse crop. When
the plants are three inches high roll
the land, and when eight to ten
inches high cut them back with the
moving machine set a little nigh,
with track board removed. Leave
the young growth as a mulch. Clip
again about September 1. The al
falfa should do well the second sea-
son, and may be cut three times, the
first time just as the blossoms ap-
pear.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
TREATMENT FOR sCoURs,

Good success was attended at the
South Carolina Station in treating
calves affected with scours by add
ing formalin to the milk at the rate
of one part to four thousand. Elev-
en- calves out of twelve treated re-
covered without any further atten-
ton, seven on the second day, three
on the third, and one on the ninth.
The calves were young ones fed
chiefly on skimmilk.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22

ABOUT imam any OLuGE. ~
yields but little to analysis.
We may philosophi2e with some salts
faction on the material causes Of the
most widespread tendencies; we may
feel that we have explained the char
acteristics of the whole peoples and
civilizations But the individual,
particularly when he is one OF the
marked and chosen, presents far
greater difficulties. Still, there is no
part of the historians work more al
lurin6 TO himself or more fascinating
to his readers than his attempts to
account for the great men.
One day about a year ago, the
same mail brought me two letters,
one from Buffalo and one from New
Orleans, which seemed to join in a
single invitation, and gave me an ex-
euse for entering upon line of
thought which, though dangerous,
had often tempted me before. The
first was a request for a discourse
appropriate to WashingtOn's Birth
day. The second, from a student Of
Southern history, asked for my opin-
ION on the question. What good
qualities, If any, have come out of
the civilization of the South to go
into the permanent American char
acter? The phrase George Wash
ington, Southerner," was a quick
outcome of my meditations.
How far it is a truthful phrase
that Is to say, how much his South
ern birth and breeding, his associa-
tions with other Virginians, his life
on a great plantation, his ownership
OF slaves-how much these things
had to do with the character of
Washington-is of course, Ques-
ton we cannot answer so clearly or
confidently as if 1t were asked Of
Southerners or Virginians in gem
eral. 1t is like Analysing for his
Americanism or his Englishry, when
after all he doubtless drew more of
his qualities from his mere member
shin In the human family than from
his assignment to any particular
branch of it. And, then, there were
his entirely personal belongings.
Nevertheless. it may be worth our
while-particularly the little while
we all in some fashion once a year
give over to celebrating our national
heroic consider, thu vague way
we can, both how far he was
Southerner and also what sort Of a
Southerner he was
We may be sure that much Of what
was peculiar to the South and to
colonial Virginia sank into his char
acter, and that no Englishman, no
New England man, no Knickerbock-
err, could possibly be as like him as
another colonial Virginian conceiv-
ably might have been. Seeking more
particularly for the elements of
strength which he took from his en-
vironment, we will do best to join
him with the other strongest Vir-
ginians OF his time. While it would
be illogical to attribute to their COM
mon experiences and associations the
characteristics of any particular
member of that extraordinary group,
it is not unreasonable to suppose
that any qualities which the whole
group displayed. particularly if they
were distinctive qualities, were in
some measure due to the civilization
out OF which these men came Are
there, then, any respects in which
we find the leaders of Revolutionary
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22

words how he thought individual
Southerners could ameliorate stu
alton which even to-day we have
found no means essentially to
change.
This, in crude brevity, is what we
know of Washington, the Southern
er; of what Southern civilization did
for him, and what he did and would
have done for the South. Looking
at the matter from both points of
view, one feels that no better South
erner has ever lived.-The Indepen-
dent.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
RENEWING FIR TREES.

The balsam fir has a curious habit
when cut off some feet from the
ground of sending up shoots from
the rim of the stump which develoD
into trees. The farmers interested
in the Christmas tree business now
prune away all of these but one.
which will effectually replace the
parent tree in time.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
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Farm Topics
80 - z = -:
WASHING MILK BOTTLES.

Experiments with washing appav-
atus at the Wisconsin Station show
that very thorough work in needed
to clean the germs which cause sour.
ness and bad taste.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22
TO PREVENT CONSUMPTION

Recent French experiments point
to the probability that a way may
be found for preventing tuberculo-
sis by feeding the animals VAGINA
ton mixture instead OF injecting in
under the skin.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-22

Sixty years ago there were 160.-
600 children at school in India. Now
there are over 100000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-11
POLICE LOCKED UP
TILL RAID is MADE
Unique Methods Of New York Magis-
trate After Hearing Girls Stories.

New York, Sept Magistrate
Corrigan took unique measures to raid
house here without the inmates being
tipped off. Every person in the court
room at the time the warrant was
sworn out was made prisoner until
Detective Edward J. Reardon of the
district attorneys Office had a chance
to get to the address.
It resulted from story told BY Is.
Their Maynard, II years old, and Rose
Belmore, 81, Of Springfield, Mass, who
were arrested at Ninth street and Third
avenue. The girls said that they mad
been brought to the city by two men
and taken TO the place.
They escaped. and since then, accord.
ing to their story, have had a room
in Stuyyesant Park cast
Magistrate Corrigan was indignant,
md ordered that Capt Wiefam Of the
Tenderloin precinct be summoned to
the police court He did not come vita.
in reasonable time, ana the court
seemed much ont Of pationce at the
non.auiyal.
In the mean time Inspector McCof-
ferty happened into court After con
sulting With him, the magistrate OF
dSred the court room doors locked and
issued d warrant for The raid Night
Prison Keeper John OConnor tried to
ret III for his usual batch Of prisoners
from tho court, but was locked in with
Tho rest. Even the newspaper men
were locked In.
The tonderloin police were not con-
suited in making the raid
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-11
RECORD BOND SALE FOR
GOTHAM CITY BONDS
S4O,0oo,Ooo Issue Calls Out 900 Appli-
cations; Largest Number Received
at ANY Sale in City's History.

New York, Sept. 1i.-Nine hundred
and sixty bias for the citys greatest Isl
she Of bonds, 40,000,000 at AZ per cent,
to run so years, were opened at City
hall at 2 o'clock yesterday, The bids
far surpassed in number those Of any
previous issue in the city's history.
Nearly every great banking house ID
this country was represented. About
200 were received in the comptroller's
morning mail. They kept coming till
tue last minute. One was for $1,000
900 at premium from q well known
banKlng house, but no check or cash for
II per cent. of the amount was inclosed.
as the law requires. The comptroler's
office notified the bank by telephone and
the required deposit was Immediately
sent up by messenger
Advance dealings on these bonds on
the curb we're not SO heavy az yester-
day but higher quotation was reached.
The opening sales was for $4,000 at
to- =, yesterdays best price being 1893
Later one sale was made at 103i5, after
whic the price reached to the first
figure.
Among the bids received were the fol.
lowing: j. r. Morgan & Co., the Ma.
tional City bank, the First National
bank, and Harvey Fiske & Co, jointly
sss.O0o.ooo at 1Oo.677 and s5y0Oo,00o al
1o0067.
J, S. Bache & Co, $4,000 at loo.25;
$4,000 at 1o0.50, and 1000 at 1903.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-11
TEN CENT MILK IN BOSTON
DURING COMING WINTER
The High Price Of Grain, the Drouth
Death Of Cattle Given Out as the
Reason Of Uplift In Lacteal

Boston Sept 1.-THE board Of direc.
tors Of the Boston Cooperative MIX Co.
which represents milk contractors and
farmers from all over New England, held
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
American House, aud practically decided
that the price Of milk should be adj
vanced cents quart this winter. The
present price is cents. Consumers in
the near future will be forced to pay
10.
The high price Of grain, The drought
and the death OF large percentage Of
cattle are given as paIpable reasons why
the price should be advanced III prices
are not put up" said Secretary Hunter,
"the farmers will have to 20 out Of
business; that's all there is about 1t.
In the past they have been getting 2S
cents a can, and now they are demand
ing 20 cents as the only rate by which
they can keep in business,
THAT means that the contractors will
have TO put up their prices, probably to
10 cents"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-11
REBUILDING or QUEBEC
BRIDGE WILL BE PUSHED
/ Two Years Work Necessary to Regain
Point Reached Before Collapse.

Philadelphia, Sept 1i.-Dayid Reeves,
president 81 the Phoenix Bridge com.
rnny, said yesterday that, although the
inquiry into the concerns loss as a re-
suit Of tine fall Of the Quebec cantileYer
bridge had not been completed, he did
no. believe it would Be one fourth as
large as at first supposed. Other off,
cia!s Of the bridge company declared
that the work Of rebuilding the bridge
would be continued ii the Canadian
government did not object.
Several weeks must elapse before
any conclusion as 70 the cause Of the
accident can be reached said one 81
them. lit Will take two years Of hard
work to reach the stage Of progress at
which we stood when the accident 90.
cured"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-11
On Treatment d Neutral'a Subjects.

All the articles concerning the treat
ment Of the subjects Of neutral powers
in the territory Of belligerents to which
Germany objected at the pleuary confer
ence last Saturday, we're suppressed yes
terday by the committee on land war,
after long and interesting discussion.
The delegates Of the grand duchy Of
Luxemborg, which. according to the
treaty Of London Of 1867. Il neutral ter
ritory, introduced motion, which was
unanimously adopted, that the powers
urge their subjects when they are ia the
territory Of belligcrents TO respect the
laws regarding the observance Of neu-
trality.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-11
PRISONER SHOOTS WOMAN
THEN ESCAPES POLICE.
Posse Of Citizens Are Now Pursuing
The Fugitive.

Niagara, Falls, Sept Yesterday
afternoon Burt Carpenter went to the
house Of Mrs Elizabeth Creighton.
thirty years Of age, at Lewiston, and on
her refusing to admit him, he kckel
the door in. Later he was arrested and
spent the night in the lookup.
This morning Carpenter was arraigu.
ed in the police court and sentenced TO
sixty DAYS III the Niagara county jail.
As he was being taken from the court
room he met Mrs. Creighton, and before
the officer could prevent it, be shot her
through the body. The woman was
brought to hospital in this city in a
serious condition.
During the excitement Carpenter es-
capped but posse Of citizens are in pur.
suit Of him.