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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

herself a Russian Pole was fellow pas
senger of the wife and babies. She heard
the anxious inquiries uninteligible to 9TH
ers and went to their assistance. She
purchased rolls and coffee for the little
youngest boy to sleep while the mother
refreshed herself: finally she placed the
entire party in a cab and sent them TO the
fathers address. Atlanta people and
strangers who happened to be about the
station enjoyed the impromptu concert of
the great prima donna and the newspa-
pers next day were filled with glowing ac-
counts of it. The mother. it appears, was
in a delicate condition and the day fol
lowing the incident presented the happy
father with a third bouncing boy, who is
now lusty young Georgian.
En- teFpFising Russian residents of tie
city have recently launched a Yiddish
weekly newspaper, the only paper of its
kind published in the south. The local
paid-up subscription list the first week
contained 800 names.
Russian Jews have never been looked
upon as an agricultural people. but
In Georgia they diSprove the tradition
Many of them are on farms in the state.
and where circumstances permit they set
their boys working at the State College
of Agriculture to study scientific farming
while others are more than anxious to Sc
cure country places
The Atlanta Greeks number some 80
with perhaps 800 in the entire state
every where In the restaurant and catering
business. They make good citizens and
are peaceful and law abiding. Many are
marrying Georgia women with the inten-
ton of settling permanently in the state.
They have church organization. with "A
substantial, comfortable building and a
pastor. Father Demetri. most excellent
gentleman, in charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
West Point Reception OFF.

WEST POINT. n. y. May 3O.-Invita-
tons To a reception which the board of
visitors of the Military Academy had
planned for June l have been recalled.
according to an announcement made at
the academy today. 1t was said in eX-
PLANTATION that the board would be UNI
able To visit the academy June ], as they
had intended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
Sent Back for Further Deliberation.

lola, Kan. May 3O.-The jury in the
case OF Samuel Whitlow, charged with
the murder of Miss May Sapp. reported
today Judge Foust ordered
further d.liberation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
Fire Destroys Big Pulp Mill.

SHAWANEE. Wis. May :n.-The pulp
mill of the Wolf River Fiber and Paper
Company was destroyed by fire this fore
noon, Loss, S15,0oo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
The Reports of Peonage.

Reports of so-called. 'pfonage and mis-
treatment going out of the south coupled
with the failure of our statesmen to
realize fully the seriousness of the sit.
uation that confronts the section on ac-
impossible TO induce immigrants of Anglo
Saxon origin to locate with us. while aai-
tatorS are busy to prevent enactment of
laws that will authorize responsible state
officials to make trips to Europe to se-
cure them. Consequently the people are
getting what they do not want from the
Slavics and Ibercs: for example i'm 1905
there were a1S tickets sold from points of
origin in Europe to final destinations in
Georgia. and OF the total number only 13s
were people of Anglo-Saxon origin. In
1901 the tickets sold increased TO 40,
with but 212 people Of Anglo-Saxon origin
The 'pennage stores told of the south
nearly all emanate from London. They
of course. work Us incalculable harm, and
the authorities of the various sout hern
states do not appear to be sufficiently
awake to the situation to run down such
tales. or by repeating modifying con-
tract labor laws to prevent the so-called
peonage.
Many of these peOnage stories have
grown out of the efforts of planters con-
tractors and Others To detain foreigners
whose expenses are paid from New York
To Georgia and who have attempted
to run away from their work becaus. they
were dissatisfied with it and with their
treatment. In order To persuade them to
go To Georgia the employment agents in
New York have miSrepresented conditions
and have made promises that the con-
tractors are not able To carry out But
the latter. having paid the expenses OF
the men To Georgia. naturally feel like
getting their money back, and often try
10 detain laborerS who are dissat +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
Objection to Some Foreigners.

is there any prejudice against foreign
ers coming into Georgia and why do the
natives object
Yes. there is objection. and il is very
strong against certain classes of foreign
ers-the Slavcs and lberics: but the An
glo-SaXons. the natives of Norway Swe-
den and Denmark. Germany France and
the United Kingdom are wanted and are
warmly welcomed by nearly every class. "
How much OF the opposition is due to
selt1shness. how much TO ignorance and
how much to misrepresentation?
1t is our observation. and We have
studied the question carefully. that most
OF the prejudice against foreigners down
here is due to ignorance. next to miSrep-
rescntation and least 10 setishness. The
southerner. particularly the Georgian. is
rarely selfish. but. on the contrary. gen
erous. often to almost fault.
About year ago Mr.. Fred CroXton
of the United States Department of Com
merce and Labor came to Georgia to pur-
sue some inquiries with regard to a dis
tribution of immigrants under federal SD
perviSion. ! accompanied him on some of
his rounds. and was present at many of
his interviews with prominent men repre-
sentlng every Georgia interest from farm
ing I" ontracting and mining. Every per-
son interviewed favored selected immi-
grafton from among Anglo-Saxon people
exclusively: nearly every one objected to
the SlavtcS and Iberics as beir1g too closely
allied to the Moors. therefore liable to
miscegenation.
ITO educate our people we publish
III our maya zine Georgia. items and
articles from time to time on the various
natiOnalitieS represented i'm the United
States. naming celebrated naturalized citi-
ZenS that have come from q particular
nationality. More recently the Ladies'
Home Mission societies of several church.
es haHe taken up this educational work
and now give two illustrated lectures each
month on the general subject of immigra-
ton. selecting certain nationaiities to talk
about This work il appears. has done
some good. They are now spreading out
into the smaller tewns and rural COM
muujtie les
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Effect of Misrepresentation.

Misrepresentation works both ways
that is. THE south Is misrepresented
abroad to such an extent that when the
newcomer arrives he is so disappointed
that he desires to leave as quickly as pos
sible However. after he stays a while he
becomes satisfied aud cannot be taken
way. Recently about two hundred Bull
garians. Servians and other natives of the
Balkan states arrived in Georgia. They
had been told that they could find en-
ployment in mines, on railroads. in dig
giiig tunnels. etc. and could earn from
500 TO 81 per day at such work. You
can imagine their disappointment upou
being turned over to farmers and sent to
the country. where. instead of from S2.I
10 81 per day. their wages were from SIS
to 81 per month and board. Many OF
the men were well-to-do in their former
homes. owning land and herds of goats
and sheep. One party of five took the
first train and Travelled as far vest as
Chicago. They found things paralyzed
on account of the panic. however and
returned here signing contracts for sew
eral months
Another form of misrepresentation cal
culated TO do the south intense harm we
think. emanates from sources closer at
nome What purports TO he correct in
formation is placed in the hands of dema-
gogues who proceed to declaim il to the
masses of the people and fan their prejll-
dlces against the foreigner into a flame
Senator Hoar. in a magazine article not
so many years before his death made the
statement that had the south seeded
during the agitation of 1850 secession
would have been success But he
tween 1870 and 1850 the manufacturing
interests of New England grew so rapid
iy that IL was seen that missionary work
for the preservation of the Union was
necessary. and Mr.. Webster was on
gagged to educate the people along that
line The senator took the ground that
between 1850 and 1850 the business in
terests of the north realized the great
Importance of the south as a market for
New England goods: greed for markets
brought the war land emancipation
caused change in the South's labor sys-
tenn. finally resulting in the construction
Of cotton mills
The Reports of Peonape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
Look Ahead.


 The Republicans expect so much from the Democratic revolt against Mir. Bry- an that they will give little heed to expediency at Chicago and the Dem ocrats expect so much from the fac ton fight in Ohio that they will pay small attention to the pleadings and warnings at Denver. And hence 1t is generally expected that the favorite will win in a gallop in each conven- ton.
 Little importance seems to be allow ed to the plans of Mir. Hearst and the Independence League; but that is a movement that promises to astonish both parties before the campaign Is hundreds of thousands from the ranks of the unemployed; but the chances are that most of these will go to swell the vote of the Hearst party. and ob- ticket will srun second in Greater New York if Mir. Bryan Is nominated at Denver
 The independent vote that has de- eided so many campaigns-Mugwurn and Gold Democrats-is going to be treated with scant courtesy this year, and they will have to choose between Roosevetlism, Bryanism and Hearstism. mate a ticket of their own; and if they do. 1t would greatly complicate mat ters.
 The situation is something like this: The Republicans ask to be allowed to save the country from Bryanism the Democrats plead that they and they only can save the country from Hearst ism; while Hearst says both the old parties are superannuated and imbe- cile and At for nothing but the grave yard
 Out of all this apparent chaos there are likely to emerge two political ele- ments-Liberals and Conservatives. or socialists and individualists. Some folks profess that they do not know what the last term imports and The Post has received numerous letters be- seeching 1t to give a diagram. Indi- vidualist is a word used as the anti thesis of Socialist.
 The Socialist believes the citizen should do nothing the Government can possibly do for him, while the indi- viduslist holds that the Government should do nothing for the citizen that the citizen can possibly do for himself. The political Armageddon will be be- tween these two forces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
MORE CONFLICTING LAW.

A contemporary calls attention to an instance of conflicting laws reiat- ing to insanity that is almost as badly middled as some of the marriage and divorce laws and regulations of differ ent States. Many of our readers will remember Ameiie B. Rives. the author ess who married John Armstrong Chandler. of New York. some twenty years ago and was afterwards divorced from him. The case has nothing to do with her but with him. Some years ago he was pronounced insane and con- fined in Bloomingdale Asylum from which he escaped about four years ago and has since lived on a farm in Vir ginia. He is said to be perfectly sane, and under the laws of Virginia is as free as any other citizen of that State, but if he returns to new York he will be declared insane and again committed to the asylum. Tn other words. he Is sane in Virginia and insane in New York. Of course he can remain in the former State without molestation, but he wishes to return to his old home in New York, but has no desire to be clapped into an asylum as soon as he reaches that State.
 This is the condition in which Mir. Chandler finds himself and he doesn't like it, for which no one can blame him. One might argue that Virginia is a good enough State for any man to live in. and perhaps that is true. ut if this one prefers New York, and has committed no crime there he should be allowed to return in peace and securi- ty. It might be thought that certih- cate of sanity from the proper source in Virginia would secure for him his liberty in New York. but evidently that is not the case. as he rears 70 return and risk it. It is a muddle. 1t seems to us. which might be easily remedied. but Mir. Chandler has not found the way. so far as heard from.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
Letter to The Editor
AIabama'. Government1.

 Editor The Advertiser:
 I acknowledge with thanks your kindness in using my preliminary arti- cle on Montgomery the Greater" in Sundays Advertiser.
 UT fortunately. a page of the manu = script must have become disarranged in the typesetting, making me place the French and Indian war as subsequent to the civil war. The point I desired to make was this: That seven separ- ate and distinct controls" made this part of the country unique. These were: Indian, represented by Weath erford; Spanish, represented by De Soto; French. represented by Bienville; British, American, Confederate. and the restored Union. This remarkable con dition is not commemorate in any visible form, but should be.
 I was anxious to have the first arti- ele correct, It being intended as a foundation for others. each dealing with some possible Improvement or Identification of Montgomery.
 .. G.. Grosyenor Dave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
A CALENDAR REFoRMER.

We believe 1t was Pope Gregory who formed or reformed our calendar some- thing like four centuries ago. but we are not saying that he made a very good job of it, or that 1t might not be improved on. In the matter of fixing the number of days for each month it looks as if a sort of haphazard style has been resorted to. instead of a more careful arrangement. Why. for exam pie. should the fourth, sixth. ninth and eleventh months each have thirty days? and why was February put of with twenty eight? and why should the oth- CT seven months each have thirty-one days? It is plain, of course, that the 3s5 days of the year could not be equal ly divided between the twelve months, but why was the division made as 1t is?
 We see that a scientific fellow over in London named Philip. who has grown tired of the present arrange ment has worked out a plan-or thinks he has--to put the matter on a more math ematical basis. if that is the prop CT way to express it. At any rate. he has put forth his plan in some detail. and to save the trouble of writing it all out we copy from The New Haven Register:
 Of each of the quarters of the year give the first first two tn months thirty days provides for 3s4 days in the year. when there Is need for slightly less than 365 l-4 This discrepancy Mir. Philip ed ediy TPon novel way. va He would make the first day of every year a more than dies non--it should be as If 1t did not exist. It should be a universal holi day It should be counted neither on the calendar nor in business nor in labor. Then the year should begin in the usual way and continue as usual. thus disposing of 3s5 days though only 3s4 appear on the calendar. Tn the same manner once in four years, the day following the 3lst of June Count
 ing the new calendar) should be thrown away. That would even things up as Is now done by our added day in February of leapyear. Some of the advantages which MT. Philip claims for the proposed innovation are obvi- OuS. the cnlet DelpB LndI cdCn year would contain just ffty-two weeks, with no remainder, and hence there would be no change in the order from year to year; every calendar would be A perpetual one, and it would be pos- sible to tell any number of years ahead the day of the week for every date of the year.
 One may wish great joy 10 Mir. Philip in his effort to Introduce SO radical a calendar reform as this through the hide of conservative Great Britain. The proposal to deliberately throw away one day in each year, and two days each fourth year. is not a thing that will be wildly accepted. II will be adopted in England with somewhat less rapidlty than the metric system has been. Tn this country its acceptance will be suhiciently less swift than that of the simplihed spelling to avoid talk ing our breath away. We welcome the new calendar as we do the universal language. Esperanto. Probably both will come into general use at about the same time
 We do not, of course. know if this plan will be accepted or adopted all though it must be admitted that it pre- sents something more like uniformity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
A HorcfuI Reactlon.

Sheffeld Standard.
 Arkansas. like Alabama, is feeling the blishting effects of war on capi- tai It has enacted the most drastic and unreasonable laws. under the gulsc of public service corporations. As consequence. nearly all of the insur- Ance companies have withdrawn rom the State. and capital. which is so bad 1y needed there in the building Of rail- roads. the opening of mines sI,ssss,n ana bas bas been forced to seek investment else where. a reaction The Democrats of Hot Springs County. in their convention at Malvern few days ago, adopted res olutions reciting that much ill-con- sidered legislation has been enacted m to the damage of farming and other industries. and that the country m general is suffering from the same tendency. The financial furry vas aI- tributed chiefly to this cause, and worse conditions were predicted unless en- couragement and protection are given to large business enterprises m ac cordance with this view. the conVen-
 I've demand of our County Repre- sentative and State Senator to insti. ute immediate proceedings Tn our next Legsiaesrf repesi of the s0V Winso and Combs laws and 10 encourage capital, rather than drive 1t out by such drastic measures, at the same time reserVing thS itS -. to regulate these corporations oy Ia" in a legitimate and moderate way.
 This may be termed a signincant scire facias. It gives notice that the 6uned bv the frothy demagogue who shifts his talk to catch the ignorant voter. And there are favorable indica- tions that here in Alabama a similar rssetion has set in and that we are ahout ready to return to conservatism and common sense. It will require time to recover from the baneful ef- fects of Comerisn, but we should Te ioiee in the hope of better day-tne day that marks the end of the dema- gogue's reign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
MONDAY. APRIL 20. 1908.
IS NOT PLEASED.

That good Republican contemporary The Hartford courant. was not very well pleased with the reception given by Congress to Roosevelt's special message in which he practically gave orders that four more large battle ships must be constructed at once. "The Senate of the United States" complains The Courant, "did not make even a courteous pretense of listening to the message" "The House of Rep reeentatives," 1t adds "has practically torn up the message and thrown the pieces in Theodore Roosevelt's face"
 All this was very naughty. indeed. v was bad enough to sit heavily down l, ny proposition made by Roosevelt pt ng for spending the peoples recklessly, but when 1t came to ',ss him with discourtesy and in- ice and various other things. 1t ls Sst a matter of wonder that the
 c- d not tumble down ana bury these recaIcitrants in darkest oblivion's tomb and make of them a warning for all time to come.
 And yet, despite the fact that it was the great Roosevelt who was not only turned down but figuratively sat upon with a dull thud. right-thinking peo- pl, will be inclined to compliment the House for its refusal to conform to the requirements of the message. That body is responsible for the expenses of the government. and it is we'll that 1t sometimes musters up the courage to turn down a proposition to needlessly spend money. The expenses of gove- ernment already exceed the income. and if a serious deficit is not expert enced in the near future 1t will be lit- tie short of a miracle. The big-navy advocates. whether they occupy the presidential chair or seats in Congress. appear oblivious to everything but carrying out their own plans and de- sires.. Where the money is to come from is minor consideration with them, what they want is more and big ger battie-ships. and let the future provide for their payment. Our con sratulations to the House and Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20

than the one now in use. The main hitch that we see in the scheme is that idea of throwing away some of the days. What is to be done with them7 It is true that there are already more days in a month than some people know what to do with. but if you show them that one in each year is not to be counted in any way they will at once try to find some way to util- ize 1t. Two in a year would be al- together too much for them. still. like many other new schemes. it may be given a trial sometime in the dist ant future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
This Is My 66th Birthday
Archblshop Farley.

Most Reverend John M. Farley. Ro- man Catholic Archbishop of New Iork' was bornIin County Armagh. Ireland, Aprii 20, 1s42, and received his early education in that country. He came to the United States before. the ,civll war and located in New York. nl 1886 he gas graduated from St. Johns College, Fordham. He completed his CnI1ege in Rome. In 1872 he became secretary to Cardinal Mccloskey of New York. and in 1884 he was made Chamberlain to the Pope. which gave him the rank of Monsignor. In 1886 Monsignor Farley was made a mission ary rector, and in the same year was chosen a diocesan adviser. Six years later he was made titular Bishop of Zeugma and coad1utor Bishop of New nron1inentIy Identified with the work of the Catholic educational institutions in the metropolis. On the death of Archbishop Corrigan in 1902 Bishop Farley succeeded him, becoming the fourth Archbishop of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
rrnI4 and other Crops.

ttNNtSNiIle Tr1hune.
 The current talk among fruit grow . CTS reminds us of that oll 'vhi'e salI- tation. A man peets another and shaking hands asks: How arc you?' And the other replies. 'J can't com plain. " But he says it as if he felt sorry that he couldn't complain
 And our fruit growers are like that. Now that the danger point to peaches from frost has beer passed. the grow CT is borrowing all sorts If trouble about some excessive rains that may jog along and cause the peaches to rot When you fell him, that accord ing to the weather Anan. we are all ~@adY ahead of tho record for ratrfau. then the grower begins to worry for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20
Why Country Boys Goes to Cities.

Elba Clipper. ., os -~ cent date contained very sensible ana timely editorial on the happinsss ana ar ana advised the country boys not to be deIuded into leaving the farms by the glare and glitter" of city life t.s Ihs ,hs attrsctiyeness of city life for country bows. Few country boys really desire to live in a city simply to see the sights they think very little about such thInrs and cannot we'll long for some thing they know rs:hing about: The The fact is the boys fir. the country .ws, who ao to cities do so ? )r the money they sxnect to make The difference in the wages paid in cities and those paid in the country is considerable, ana S,esre the ence in the cost of living, naturally wants to go where he can get the best pay for his time. This is the attrac- tion that takes country folks to town and not the pleasure they expect 10 get out of the life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-20

fear that a big crop will cut down prices, so that there will be no profit in the crop. If 1t isn't something of this sort then railroad cars will be short.
 There Is no way of pleasing this gentleman. Nature Is doing her level best for him this year. but still he worries. He has the worries, IS sort of disease and 1t is hard to cure him.
 As the case now stands there Is the fairest kind of promise for a magnih- cent crop of all kinds of fruit vegeta- bles and berries. Let us be content and take nature at her word.