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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
GOVERNOR TO VISIT FAIR
AT COLUMBUS NOV. 19

COLUMBUS, Nov. 1.-The man
agement of the Columbus Poultry
Show, Fair and Corn Club Carnival
has set November 10 as Governor
Day." as Governor Slaton has mott
fled the management that he can be
here on that date.
The Governor will spend the whole
day in the city, and at night will be
the guest of G. Gunby Jordan at
Green Island Ranch, the handsome
country home of Mr.. Jordan He will
go the next day to the Coffee County
fair
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
GRIFFIN ELKS SELECT
MEMORIAL DAY ORATOR

GRIFFIN, Nov. ii 7. Hill, of
Cordele. has been engaged as orator
for the annual memorial service of
the Griffin lodge of Elks on the first
Sunday in December. Scion Druk-
enmiller of Atlanta. will sing several
selections. The memorial service will
be held in the First Baptist Church.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
TIFF CORN AND CANNING
CONTESTS NOVEMBER Is

Triton, Nov. 1.-The Tiff County
Boys Corn Club contest. which was
to have been held Thursday has been
postponed until Saturday, November
Is, when the Corn Club and Girls
Canning Club contests will be held
jointly. A list of very handsome
prizes has been offered by local mer-
chants and the banks for both the
boys and the girls.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
ELBERT0N PRESBYTERIANS
DEDICATE CHURCH SUNDAY

ELBERTON, Nov. 1.-The congre-
cation OF the Elberton Presbyterian
Church will dedicate its house of
worship Sunday morning, The in
debtedness or the church was wiped
out on the day the last note fell due.
The Rev. George NJ Wilcox of Wat
halla. :. g.. the only m.ister sent
out by the caurch viii preach the
dedication sermon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
FALLS FROM JAIL BUNK
AND BREAKS HIS FACE

WAYCROSS, Nov. dreaming
someone was trying to get him, Rich
ard Brown, negro, held in the coun-
ty Jail here on a charge of murder,
fell from his bunk to the cement
floor of the cell, smashing his nose
and receiving severe bruises about
the eyes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
TIFF COUNTY TO MARKET
$4,000 GALLONS OF SYRUP

Triton, Nov. lift County will
have the biggest supply of syrup for
sale this year since the county was
created, many estimating the amount
that will be placed on the market { t
$1,000 gallons. This does not include
the syrup for home consumption and
that which will be placed on the local
markets
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Hooray! For Me,
| Can Eat!
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Bring Joy
to the Starving Dyspeptics
Who Cannot Safely Eat.

70 seat ones self at a festive board
or heavily laden table and not be
Sble to eat is positive sorrow to most
ayspeptcs and stomach sufferers, and
likewise pain.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
PREPARING FOR NEW BANK,

COLUMBUS, Nov. Wv orkmen
are busily engaged in putting in the
new vault, the floor thing and fix
lures for the new Muscogee Bank to
be established in this city.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24
Convict Leasing Given Hard Jolt President Is Busy Man
the the Personnel the Next Cabinet
Concern n Camp of Victorious Party

coast states because of the conserva-
tion policy of the interior department.
Millions of acres of timber lands have
been withdrawn from entry and placed
in government reserves. The supply of
lumber in the East is rapidly being de-
pleted and the country must look to
the forests of the West for its building
material. Eastern men who have seen
the misuse of their forests and have
followed the effects of deforestation,
cry aloud for a retention of the bulk
of the remaining timber against flu
ture needs. Not understanding fully
the conditions of the West, they are
supporting policy that is, in effect,
more stagnation than conservation.
while the West demands development,
and that immediately.
Because of tkis wide divergence of
opinion on a vital subject, pressure is
being brought to bear on Mr.. Wilson
from Eastern sources to place in the
interior department man who viii
carry out the present policy, which
leans the Withholding from settlement
Of millions of acres in the Northwest.
Equally urgent, but with less force be-
cause unsupported by the wealth that
backs the Eastern demand, the West
is clamoring for the appointment of a
Western man who will adopt a policy
more in accordance with the desires of
the West for development.
The fear of the East is that man
from the public land states of the West
will be too susceptible to local influ-
ences of the West. The fear of the
West is that man from the East will
have no sympathy at all with eondi-
tions of the West, for the reason that
he will carry out the policies of the
office from purely theoretical stand
point. A man selected from one of the
public lands states would not neces.
sarily be possessed of less theoretical
knowledge than the Fastener, but he
would have Practical knowledge of
conditions prevailing in his states that
would supplement his theories and
greatly enhance his value to the coun-
try at large. The Western states should
have a greater population than they
now have. They can only get it by
policy affecting public lands that win
induce the settler to seek home in
this section. That is why the West is
so deeply interested in the selection of
the next secretary of the interior.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24
CiprianO Castro, Man Without Country

Cipriano Castro, self-styled "Na-
poleon of the Andes" defender of the
faith, liberator Of his country, inter
national scapegoat and all-around pub
lie nuisance, is once more before the
public eye. A man without a country,
jostled from pillar to post, ousted from
one city and hustled unceremoniously
to the next, the millionaire ex-president
of Venezuela is now at the door of the
United States seeking admission. He
arrived several days ago from France
and attempted to gain admittance at
the New York harbor. But his plans
were frustrated by the immigration Of
ficials and he was sent back to Ellis
Island to await the decision of the
government in his case. His attorneys
are putting up strong fight, but the
government is obdurate.
The story of Castro's life reads like
the tale of the buccaneers of old. His
career as the "liberator of his people''
began on the borderland of Venezuela
and Colombia. Here the great states
man, whose education was nil, followed
the cattle-rustling business to such a
degree of success that his herds num-
bered stock of every conceivable va
riety of brand. Vigilant to the utmost
degree, he so timed his pasturage that.
when the Colombian assessors appeared
in his vicinity, he was comfortably
feeding his flocks in Venezuelan ter
ritory. So, too, when the Venezuelan
tax commission sought him out, the
fields of Colombia were found greener
the grass longer and the water purer.
But this condition of affairs was due
for change. On one particularly
bright and suspicious morning, apprais-
ers from both countries appeared 81.
simultaneously on the scene and the in
dustrious' cattleman was put to his
craftiest resources to dodge the conse.
quences. He failed to make his bluff
count and the herd was discovered. IT
was found to contain cattle with brands
of such varied description that the en-.
tire herd was taken and confiscated t.
the governments.
Now, to man of Castro's tempera
ment, this action on the part of the au
thorities was intolerable. His liberty
had been imposed upon, his wealth had
been ruthlessly stolen, his means OF
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ment in conditions in the states where
it still exists, but the days of the sys-
tenn in those states are numbered.
Governor Donaghey, of Arkansas, has
taken the matter into his own hands
and declares he will force the issue.
He is determined that the system of
leasing convicts to private parties shall
cease in his state. With his character
istic fearlessness, he last month par
doned and freed $50 convicts as pro
test against the system, with the re-
suit that three convict camps were
wiped out of existence. Immediately
opponents of the governor and support
ers of the system set up howl against
the wholesale pardoning, denouncing
the act as a gross abuse of power and
a blow at the judges and juries. This
criticism may be just, but the act of
the chief executive will doubtless be
justified by results. Governor Donag-
hey says his drastic action is in the
nature of a last resort. He recounts
his fight against the practice, both
in his speeches and as a member of the
penitentiary board. His messages to
the legislatures have brought no action
and he says he was driven to the ex-
treme in order to bring about an aboli-
ton of the system that no civilized
country ought to tolerate. While the
step was indeed a drastic one, it will
nevertheless have the support of hui
name and law-respecting people of his
state.
Tennessee and South Carolina still
cling to the system. Yet in these states
sentiment is already working on the
! legislative and executive branches of
the government to bring about its abo-
lition. Governor Blease. of South Car
DINA, who has pardoned 500 convicts
/ in the past two years, declares that
unless the present assembly abolishes
hosiery mill in the penitentiary that
/ has been condemned by the board of
health, a repetition of the Arkansas
case may be looked for in South Caro-
lima. Newspapers within the state of
Arkansas are divided in their opinion
of the governors course, but the ma
iority of the outside papers seem to
! feel that results will be for the best.
1t is a significant fact that the sup
porters of the convict-leasing system
are, for the most part, persons who
have a pecuniary interest in it.
| A problem that is closely interlocked
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

department is chiefly interested in
keeping Castro out of the country for
fear he will use it as a base from which
to foment another revolution in Ven
ezuela. The department Of commerce
and labor sees it otherwise, and it is
likely the matter win be referred even
tually to the supreme court for settle
ment.
Poor Castro The most undesired
man on the face of the earth. Sans
friends, sans Influence, sans country,
he stands before the world very much
in the same light as did Philip Nolan,
the soldier who said at his trial he
wished never again to see or hear of
his native land. Nolan spent the bal
anee of his life thereafter on the sea
and never saw or heard the mention Of
the United States again The sentence
meted out to him was the one he had
asked. No book or newspaper bearing
the name of America ever reached his
hands without first being carefully
scrutinized and those parts bearing on
his country clipped out. No photo
graph ever brought before his longing
ewes the picture of his home His
friends were dead to him. Transferred
from vessel to vessel he coursed the
seas with never sight of American
shores, until kind Providence relieved
| him of his broken heart.
| Yet the cases are different. Nolan 3
sentence came as the result of hasty
remark made in a moment of impa-
thence. He had the sympathy of his
guards and much sentiment in this
country went out to him during his
Imprisonment on board ship. Castro Is
predicament, however, is the result of
a career of deliberate chicanery. He
has made himself joke among the ma
tions, laughing stock for the whole
world. He has done nothing to excite
sympathy and occupies the position of
an international felon, whose presence
anywhere is menace to the public
welfare Tie is an international sur
plus whom the nations cannot decide
where to place There seems no shelf
to put him on. He is an international
nuisance, regarding the abating of
which there seems no understanding
This seems to be the final decision of
his identity
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24
Prisoners by Arkansas Sounds KH of
South Immediately after the War

Not all the barbaric customs of the
country have been abolished. In three
of the Southern states there still ex-
lists an abuse that stands in need of
stringent AUTHORIZATION. This is the
practice of leasing convicts to private
corporations at so much per head. The
story of the system makes one of the
black pages of our national history, all
the sordid facts of which have never
been made. public. The chain gang
of former days was duplicated and the
cruelties and inhumanities perpetrated
on defenseless convicts of both sexes,
and even children, furnished some of
the most revolving recitations magma
able. Devices were employed to keep
the prisoner a convict. When his time
was out, new and false charge would
be pressed against him and he would
be resentenced. Thus the INSCRIPTIONS
employer of convict labor retained the
services of his most profitable work
ers. The lash was frequently employed,
illness and wounds were not regarded
as sufficient excuse for rest, scant
clothing upon women and children ex-
posed their bodies to the ribaldry of
lewd men and the moral welfare of the
convicts received little or no attention
Children were beaten to death, women
were ravished, stubborn men were sub
iected to third degree methods of tor.
ture that would shame the inquisition
while the contractor got rich and the
state received its pittance from the out
RACES.
With the advance of education and
the publicity given the system in the
papers, conditions attending it i'm
proved. Today the evils are considera.
bly, less, in some cases being reduced
to minimum. Yet the fight against
it is on and the days of its existence
are numbered. Georgia abolished it in
1908, after an investigation that re
vealed atrocities undreamed of. 1t is
related that negro convict who re
frsed to work was wrapped in blanket:
and placed in box close to a red-hot
stove. He was literally sweated tc
death, his tormentors having exceeded
the limit in trying to bring him into
submission. Numerous instances are
told of sick convicts being beaten tC
death, and these in cases where the
period of punishment was but a few
weeks and the offense almost nothing
This investigation caused an improve
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

ment will have in the future contests
is causing considerable concern in Dem
ocratic ranks. 1t seems evident that
the purpose of Mr.. Wilson is to so
shape his policy that he will capture
the support of a number of the pro-
gressives and thereby increase the
Democratic hold on the Senate. The
states of Maine, New Hampshire, Hi
nois and South Dakota, where the pro
gressives hold the balance of power,
are the subjects of much consideration,
the hope being to capture from these
states additional Democratic senators.
The probable outcome in Tennessee is
in favor of the Democrats. Here ex-
Governor Patterson, Democrat, re-
ceived the primary support, but fight
against him has been precipitated re-
Gently which may result in his being
defeated.
On January an important confer
ence was held at Trenton in which the
senatorial situation was discussed and
also the proposed special session at
which the tariff and new currency
system win be considered Democratic
leaders realize that they have an OPP
portunity to bring about radical
changes in government policies. With
the lower house in complete control
and senate control a possibility, it
should not be difficult for the party to
fulfill its pledges. President-elect Will
son is more than anxious to make good
and his preinauguration conferences
are being held with the view to making
more secure the hold the Democrats
now have on the situation. While the
results of this conference have not been
made public it is said to have been
one of great Importance to the party
Many more will be held between now
and the Inauguration ceremonies.
The selection of the best timber for
cabinet positions is another of the i'm,
portant matters that are discussed in
these frequent conferences. 1t is the
desire of the president-elect to secure
for his associates the very best men the
nation affords. While he refuses to
make any announcement it is generally
felt that Mr.. Bryan win be secretary
of state. Other positions are very much
in the dark.
The interest of the West is centered
in the selection of secretary of the
interior. The past few years have en-
gendered much dissatisfaction in the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

with the convict problem in the South
is that of the negro. The fact that
most of the convicts are negroes is
probably responsible in a measure for
the support that has been accorded the
leasing system. Also the prevalence
of negroes among convicts has made
easier the perpetuation of the prison
sentence, the negro being more easily
imposed upon.
The convict-leasing system was the
outgrowth of conditions resulting from
the Civil War. Without a sufficient
number of jails, with treasures de-
pleted, and the vagrant negro thrown
upon the South without the means or
the disposition to support himself, the
states of the South found themselves
totally unable to handle the crime prob
lem. Designing contractors, encour-
aged and assisted by equally designing
politicians, saw in the convict leasing
system immense profits for themselves
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

The matter of increasing the narrow
margin of control which the Demo
Gratis are conceded to have in the com
ing congress, is the subject of frequent
conferences between prominent Demo
cratic senators and President-elect Viii
son. As the situation now stands, the
membership of the upper body is evenly
divided between the Democrats on the
one hand and the combined forces of
Republicans and Progressives on the
other. This is the general concession
of the Republicans, the Senate num-
bering 30 holdover Democrats, five
newly elected and fourteen regarded
as certain of election. If the fight in
Tennessee, which has developed since
the primary Endorsement of Ex-gover-
nor Patterson, terminates in favor OF
the Democrats, the slight margin Of
two votes will be the signal for many
heated contest in that body. The
vote will then stand 40 to AZ.
Just what effect the progressive ele.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

livelihood had been taken from him
ment of Venezuela was at the time in
the hands of weddings. Deprived of
his herd, he determined to overthrow
the government that had so flagrantly
trampled on the rights of its citizens.
He would take upon himself the re-
sponsibility of emancipating his coun-
try from the tyranny of such unscru-
pulous and dishonest rulers. He would
break the bonds of his people and lib
crate them from such overlords. Gath
ering together a few frontiersmen, as
daring and lawless as himself, but less
powerful, he descended upon the plains
and began triumphal march upon the
capital that ended in his election to
the presidency of the emancipated
country. Opposition was listless. His
dash and courage struck terror to the
hearts of all opposition. Wounded and
ragged, he sat down before Valencia
with his little army of 500 men and the
garrison of 5000 surrendered to him
without opposition, joined his forces
and assisted him in the capture of the
capital
For years his iron hand knew no de-
feat. He placed in responsible posi-
tions men who had supported him in
! his revolution-men equally as unscru-
pulous, but less courageous than him
self. Through fear of him. they worked
in entire accord with his wishes. When
the interests of the state interfered
with the interests of the statesmen, the
former was relegated to the back
ground and the Golfers of the latter
swelled. In his travels over the coun-
try, every town was taxed to the ut
most to satisfy the demand of the
ruler for an elaborate reception for
himself and his expensive retinue. So
misery came upon the villages, but the
president grew rich. His career
smacked of the freebooters of old, even
after his election to the presidency.
His high-handed methods might have
been carried on indefinitely had he
not become involved with the powers
So inflated was he with the sense OF
his strength in Venezuela that he re-
garded the world as waiting to bow at
his feet. Here he was mistaken, fol
when he began to interfere with com
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

command. Apparently recovered from
his malady, he left the continent for
Martinique, there to lay plans for a
new revolution. But the powers were
now thoroughly awakened. Great Bri-
tain came in for a sound dennnciation
at the hands of the belligerent Castro
because she refused to allow the tyrant
to land in the British West Indies. I'm
Gle Sam kept a weather eve out for an
attempt TO sneak across to American
territory, thus to gain a foothold for
an invasion of Central America. France
watchful of her interests, decided that
the now thoroughly Infatuated imposter
would be better off in France than in
the vicinity of Venezuela, and sent a
ship to convey him home. When he
was apprised of this intention he fumed
and swore and fused until he worked
himself into a return of his malady
and had to be borne on a stretcher
between two rows of jeering spectators
not in state, but with only a corporal ;.
guard, to the waiting ship in the har
Dor.
Such is the story of the checkered
career of Cipriano Castro. Regarded
among the powers as the one suprem,
international joke, the great brainles'
statesman, the great circus curio of tn,
age His mock popularity, however
drew about him following that CAV,
him the prominence he most desired
abroad When he landed in France
a curious mob met him at the pier an,
followed him to his elaborate state
rooms at the hotel. Newspaper mel
settled themselves in suites adioinin,
him and catered to his desires for pub
Lefty by taking photographs an,
! spreading abroad his recitations of tn
deeds of Venezuela IS great, though
wronged, liberator His wealth wa
somewhat of an enigma, some declar
ing that he had deposited $40, 100000
in foreign banks. while others main
tanned that he was a poor and homes
statesman, who, by frugal means an
strictest economy, had been able t
save only couple Of millions.
Cipriano Castro is at America 5 dool
The case now before the federal al
thorities bids fair to be one of tn
most interesting in the life-history 0
this undesirable quantity. The stat
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

merce he suddenly found himself up
against stone wall and the arrogant
braggart came in for sound spanking
at the hands of the United States, Eng
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

standing malady Vice-president Go.
mez succeeded to the presidency, enc
mics of Castro were placed in public
positions and the reign of the bad
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Continued on page p
Following the Water Grade

railroad building while heang obstacles seeks the
feasible and tunnels often
ingng cliff suddenly against
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

man Of Venezuela - came to an end
But Castro was unsatisfied A few
months later this intolerant disturber
Of the peace aspired again for his old
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-15

Temperatures in other cities, together with the
amount of rainfall for the twenty-four hours ended
At .. m. yesterday. are as follows: