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The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-13
sAaiEs 3. HAGGrE Dead
OHe OF inc Old =Forty NIners1-Fa
nous Breeder Of Racing Horses.

yHe OF iire Old .Forty Niners1-Fa.
nous Breeder Of Racing Horses.
Newport, r. I..-James B. Haggin,
o. New York, capitalist and horseman,
died at his summer home here tonight
aged % years. Nr. Haggin owned
stock farms In Kentucky and q stud
Of racing and trotting horses said
10 be the largest in the ountEy. He
wes president Of and director In sey-
erai mining companies.
James B. Haggin was o coptempor-
ary OF Marcus Daly and Senator
Hearst In the California gold mine
days OF 4s. Starting with nothing,
he later sold his interest 10 the Ana,
conda mine for $4,000, 600.
lie engaged in breeding race horses
and three OF his favorites won $780,
coo in prizes. These were Salvador,
Longstreet and Nrenze. His fortune
Is estimated at S10o 900. GOO.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-13

Among the cnmmissfcns OF notaries
revoked by the governor recently was
that OF W d. Ballard of Mt. TABOR.
Anderson county. -
It will be recalled that on campaign
day here Gov. 9BIease ateted in his
speech that tie Smith crowd had to
engage q Blease band to furnish the
mnsic After the speech was con-
cluded w. w. SJiiy anu s. G.. Gam
breil OF the band made statement to
the effect that all OF she members OF
the band, who were oidienongh, wcuid
vote for Smith and that the fathers Of
Whose under age wonid aiao vote
Tor Smith. Mr.. ballard Is one of the
influential men IN that community and
one oeythe Organizers Of the Zion band
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-13
Capital Citsy
MY~==e~

Columbia, Sept l2.The governor
today revoked the commissions OF &c
notaries public.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-13

A parole was granted by the gov
Iernor to Tom Robinson, who was con-
victed In Lexington county for man
slaughter. and sentenced to six years.
The governor has golie to Portland.
Maine. to attend the national meeting
OF Red Men.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
BY GARRETT P. SERVISS

gence. Many farmers son has
quilted the land and plunged in
10 the seductions of the city
only because the country began to
weary him on account of its mo
notony. unprogressiveness and
small demand upon his intel,.-
gence This will all be changed
when he sees that the cultivation
of the soil calls forth the exercise
of as much ingenuity and scieu-
titic knowledge as manufacture
or the pursuits of trade and
commerce
some of the most interesting
examples of the progress now
being made in rendering the earth
more capable Of supporting the
demands OF It's fast growing pop
ulation--which I as now reached a
total Of about two thousand mil
lions-are afforded by the South
African experiments in growing
wheat without rain from seedtime
TO harvest"
This must seem true miracle
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

in the eyes of many an old-time
farmer who has been accustomed
to regard the signs of the sky
with anxious solicitude, believing
that only the bounty of Nature
could aid him, and that plenty of
rain is essential TO the growth. of
crops.
But science has achieved It!
Science has found out a way TO
bottle up" rain, or moisture, for
the use of future crops. The bot
tie employed is the soil itself.
The original hint was given by
Nature, as occurs in all such
cases. The application OF thought
rendered the hint fruitful.
II was found that in some
places-in arid regions where but
little rain fell in the course of the
year-a deep, uniform subsoil ex-
listed in which the moisture was
stored up and protected from
evaporation by a blanket of sur
face soil. Acting upon this indi-
cation, the soil was everywhere,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

where crops were desired, plow-
ed and narrowed until very
deep uniform subsoil was pro-
duced protected by superficial
blanket.
By this method it has been
found possible to bottle up in the
deep under-soil the scattered
rainfall for three or four years.
In the second year g. crop of
wheat can be produced from the
first years rainfall; in the third
year one from the second years
rain, in the fourth year crop
from the third years rain, and
so on. The cultivators are thus
rendered independent of the va,ga-
ries of the rainfall. Some is bound
TO come in the course of every
year, and even though it amounts
10 only twenty inches for the en-
tire twelve months, by the system
of hottling up in the soil it can be
rendered available when wanted.
Or. Macdonald, of the South
African Union Department of Ag-
riculture. says: we in South
Africa have grown a rainless
wheat. We have grown wheat
without a single drop of rain fall
ing upon 1t from seed time until
harvest"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
The Making of a New State
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

is one OF the inherent rights OF
the citizens of this State: it can
not therefore, be conceded TO any
prince, potentate. power. person
or persons whatever. "a notice to
France. Spain, Great Britain and
all the rest of them that they
had better keep their hands off
the Father Of Waters"
Toward the end of March the
new Constitution was forwarded
to the President. who at once laid
It before Congress. and for
month its friends and foes fought
like TroJsnS over the question OF
its adoption.
The FederalS swore that IL was
nothing but trick TO get more
votes for Tom Jefferson said
one OF the Fedcrais: The PEG
pie Of the country called Tennes-
see have cashiered the Govern
ment and self-created themselves
into a State. one OF their spuri-
Gus representatives. has already
arrived. and is actually claiming
his seat II may be interesting
70 note that the spurious renre-
sentative" was no other than An
drew Jackson.
Led by Aaron Burr. the friends
~ the self-created Common
wealth finally out generated the
enemy and by very narrow
margin tho victory was won on
June on which day Tennessee
became member Of the glorious
Union.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Scientific Rain Production the New Agricultural Miracle

TIME population of the earth
is increasing faster than
its productive capacity is
being developed IL that should
continue Indefinitely we would
find ourselves in situation as
desperate as that in which the
supposititious inhabitants of Mars
are represented to be at present
Plant life is as essential to us
as the atmosphere itself. We
can not exist without il. No
matter how far we may develop
the other forms of human indus
try we must fall back on farm
ing agriculture-as the basis
and sustainer of all
The present tendency in all
civilized countries is away from
the land" The cities grow like
gourds and the country is de-
serted and desp.sed, except as ar
fording place for recreation.
rest and the development of lux
urious ways of enjoyment Be
cause of this continually growing
tendency every effort to increase
the productivity OF the soil and
the extent OF ii under cultivation
is Of immense Importance and in
terest to every human being.
Everybody knows something OF
the almost miraculous effects
that have been attained in the
western part OF America in util-
izlng and rendering fertile vast
eXpanSes OF land which has hith-
erto contributed nothing to the
support OF man.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
"PuT WOMEN TO TEST"
Editor The Georgian

Editor The Georgian
The agitation for woman SUI
frage is fundamentally a move
ment for Justice II is in line
with all the democratic tenden-
cles OF the age. II is not a leisure
class pastime. but the most Sc
rious problem that the working
women have ever COPIED with
one that must be embraced. ac-
cepted and fought cor until vic
tory is assured in 1915.
Women do not want the ballot
merely for their own selfish in
terests They desire this power
in order TO be in position To
align themselves with the men
unstead OF agains, tine mem in
The great struggle for existence.
Then wanl 10 help bring about
the day when there viii be fewer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

NNB HUNDRED AND E1GH-
TEEN years ago James
Rcbertsou's big hickory
gavel called to order the open
ing session Of the Knoxville Con-
vention, a gathering OF back
woodgnen. whose cooneldn caps
and long pioneer rifles were for
the time laid aside that they
might try their hands in the great
game OF craftsmanship For 26
DAYS they hammered away at the
JOB az making the Constitution
which should create free and
Independent Commonwealth. and
ON February 8 they donned their
coon caps. shouldered their rifles
and scattered for their cabins In
the wilderness
The pioneers had made new
state and they had achieved their
task not only without waiting Tor
the enabling act from Congress,
but IN defiance Of the right 81
Congress TO order the Census 10
determine whether or not the ter
ritory was qualified FOR state
hood
The Constitution gave TO the
new Commonwealth the name %
Tennessee the river with Tie
great bend II Was thoroughly
democratic constitution, more So.
jefferson declared Than amy oe-
sore framed and upon the one
vital question 81 tHc period ID de-
olared Itself Ia mo- uncertain way.
An equal participation 90 th.
free navigation " The Nlsslsspp
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Is a Local Question.

1t is difficult to appreciate the
intensity of feeling in Europe upon
this subject. 1t is likewise hard
to appreciate the multiplicity of
detail that would need to be COW
cred in an argument that would
set standard for armament.
For instance, it might be sug-
gested that all the nations of the
world be allowed to maintain their
present relative degree of pre-
paredness for war. II so, should
the standard of navy's strength
be the number Of its battleships
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
MAD DOGS.

ANXIOUS--Banish from your
mind at once, completely, and
forever, the idea that because you
have been bitten by a dog you
are in danger OF dying from hy-
drophobia. There is no magic
bond connecting man and dog.
so that in the event of the dogs
going mad the man must also go
mad--regardless OF the dogs con
dition at the time he bit the man
If mad dog bites you. II is prob
ably. true that you are In danger
OF dying from the rabies, unless
you take the remedy. but II the
dog is well at the time he bites
you there is no danger-even
should the dog later on 60 mad
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Africa Imports Rainless
Wheat from Italy's
Dry Belt.

The wheat used is q 'rDurum"
wheat called "Apulia," imported
from the dry belt of Italy. Be
fore this dry farming" was in
troduced the South African farm
ers Rugged the irrigation water
burrows and believed that only in
their presence was wheat grow
ing possible. There were few
irrigated patches and the rest OF
the country was desert. Now
the bottling system has changed
all that, and thousands of acres
supposed to be valueless are
yielding abundant crops.
such lis the march OF the true
world -oonquerorsl
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Questions Answered

plishment OF the very utmost
beauty possible to human words"
In Keats larger poems are pas
sages that approach very near 10
poetic perfection. Keats died at
2s. And yet he lived long enough
to have written some OF the finest
things in literature.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Scientific Management of
the Soil Produces a
Real Revolution.

Irrigation. draining and scien-
tihc management OF the soil and
Of fertilizers have, in many places
produced a real revolution And,
best OF all. this movement has
inspired a spreading interest in
agriculture as an occupation not
only lucrative but honorable
and capable Of exercising the FIN
est qualities OF human inteui>
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Whipping Prisoners as Great
an Evil as the Convict
Lease System

That dgracefu institution convict lease system was
abolished Georgia several years ago will return
not in any shape form, or fashion.
Under its operation, convicted criminals and women
handled much after the fashion of animals
without that humane and busnessie kindness and
material interest if nothing more to sug
gest advisable, even in handling animals.
Inevitably such system of working criminals while
custody of the State bred many abuses with
whipping post the torture chamber most wearing forms
of toll and the humilating of this by way
punishment most of it by way of money making and little
of by Of working reform of the criminal and
ing him out better man than when he went in.
THE CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM INEVITABLY FAT.
TENED UPON ITSELF-ONCE CRIMINAL UNDER THAT
SYSTEM ALWAYS A CRIMINAL!
No human being could hope forth few years
IN the penitenary under that system better mamie had
chance.
hardened thoroughly and all time by cruelty and
all by the disgrace ALL rubbed into the very
of his bones
Georgia awaing day the enor1nity of this system
and the frghtful mistake of it ALL SWEPT 1T AWAY FOR
EVER
Like a cancer be removed by the knife of slful sur
geon however this system reached far the body the pa
tent Its roots penetrated deep and was diff
fcult to locate with absolute certainty
And SO, root of this evil-THE WHIPPING PosT-was
overlooked when Georgia Kidding herself convict lease
system And now that root must be eliminated that
NO SYMPTOM OF THE OLD DISEASE MAY REAPPEAR!
The whipping post-the fogging of convcsto be used
for any purpose is RELIC OF CONVICT LEASE sYs
TEN
part and parcel of that system opera
ton whipping frequently reorted to- pract
cal secrecy
The Legislature which is the sovereign voice people
of Georgia has said there shall be leasing convc
IN Georgia Undoubtedly when the Legislature forth
its will spoke the unanimous sentiment and purpose of
proud State
The Legislature, however failed to say IN SPECIFIC
TERMS that whipping must CO. along with the other of
the lease system. And so it still survives
The Prison Commission should have NO DISCRETION in
the matter
The Commission might to be sure, abolish whipping by
passing regulation to that eec-but the Commission
might undo that work and return the dscreded and dis
carded lash
Georgia does NOT wish her convicts whipped
She knows the light of experience through the word
OF exhaustive authority that whipping women does
NOT make them better worthy the contrary it
hardens them and makes them hopeless
Will not the Georgia Legislature when assemblies next
summer, say in unmstakable terms THERE SHALL BE
NO WHIPPING OF CONVICTS IN GEORGIA NO MATTER
WHAT THE DEGREE OF THEIR oFFENDINGq'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
o Letters From the People o

charities. less prisons and no
bread lines
Let the men see the light now.
Put the women to the test and
YOU will find them loyal and will
ing, efficient and effective-ever
by your side.
j. MURPHY M'FARLAND.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Unwilling to Disarm.

The limitations of armament
and the naval holiday" can only
be seriously considered when the
Triple Alliance-Germany Aus
tria and Italy-together with the
other great powers like France
and Russia, consent to discuss It
at a Hague conference. This they
have not yet done.
The suggestion that the United
States, in advance OF an interna-
tional agreement, stop upbuilding
our navy, and thus leave national
defense and American policies at
the mercy of any unexpected foe,
should never receive serious con-
sideration.
The first peace conference at The
Hague, in 1899, discussed the linn
itation OF armament, but that dis
cussion had but one result In
refusal on the part of European
nations to put It on the program
of the second conference, in 1907
The United States made the
first proposal for calling the sec
ond conference, but the point was
raised that the Car of Russia
had called the first conference
and would be offended IL the priv
ilege OF calling the second were
denied him. Upon these repre-
sensations the United States
made the mistake Of Welding, and
the matter of arranging the pro-
gram went entirely out of her
hands.
Preliminary notes were submit
ted to all the nations suggesting
possible subjects to be discussed.
1t could not be expected that
Russia, opposing a discussion Of
the limitations of armament
would urge it upon other nations.
A number of powerful nations OF
Europe soon made 1t evident that
even had the United States made
up the tentative program, hmita-
ton of armament could never
have found a place among the
questions to be considered.
A number of the powerful ma
tons went so far as to state fiat
ly that If the Limitation of arma-
ment were to be discussed they
would retire from the conference.
The Emperor of Germany, polite
in other things, almost brusque-
ly repealed Mr.. Roosevelt's sug-
gestion of disarmament. AS 1t
was desirable that all the i'm
portant nations should be mem
bers of the conference, the limi-
tation OF armament was, Of
necessity, relegated to the back
ground
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
PUBLICITY AND "sLAVERs."

Editor The Georgian
When | read an article on
Publicity. the Foe OF the Slav-
ers." it made my heart rejoice to
see the stand which souse OF our
intelligent people have the cour-
age 10 take. am 81 years old.
and never knew that such condi-
lions existed have a daughter.
II. and | think IL is terrible that
some OF our Weil-mesning people
can not see that 81 is their duty
Co teach and guide the children
Of these DAYS
MRS E. BOWMAN,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
WEALTH OF U. s.

j. A. M.-Your question was
answered a few weeks ago in this
column. Yes, yes, the wealth of
the United States exceeds the
combined wealth of Great Britain
and Ireland and France. Here
are the figures: Great Britain
and Ireland, $4,000, 900, 900;
France, $4,000, 600, 900; the United
States, $3.50. 900, 900, 900. Thus it
will be seen that the wealth OF
this country exceeds the COM
bined wealth OF Great Britain
and France by $4,000, 900, 900.
WAS KEATS A GREAT PoET7
]. {. H.-Yes, in-spots. One of
the highest Of authorities de-
clares the lode TO Nightingale"
TO be zone of the final MASTER
pieces of human work in all time
and for all eyes" The same high
authority refers TO the odes to
Autumn" and to the "Grecian
Urn as being unequalled and un-
rivalled. the triumphant accom-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

TIME naval program IL soon
TO engage the attention of
this Congress and the in
terest of an awakened country.
Thousands of well-meaning
dreamers are counting lastly on
an international naval holiday"
and ultimately on disarmament
and universal peace.
There is no sound or substan-
tial foundation for such a dream.
So far the Car of Russia, hold
ing power of the call, has not IN
voked the third Hague peace con-
ference for 1915. His whole atti-
tude plainly reveals the disincli-
nation on the part of the great
powers for practical progressive
movements IN the great plans OF
peace.
The Socialist press., 1914-09-05

 werp. Holders were giyen to un derstand that the wheat would be seized if they refused to ac cert the terms offered by the govern ment.
 This is anoiher instance where the n.snt is able to give better service .han the cap ltlists; and if u Q people raallv controlled the governmept-jn other words. were the govern ment-they could do even bet ter. American Soeialist,
The Socialist press., 1914-09-05
That Assassination
 Excuse,

That the assassins of the Grown Prince of Austria Hungary were not Servians but Austrians is the charge made by Pravo Naroda (The Rights of the People,) tie organ of the Socialist pa>ty pub. lished at sid, Croatia. This shows the f1imsy pretext on which tte Emperor Francis declared war a. against 5ervia and precipitated he European campaign of sIaugh ter.
 The Socialist organ declares that immediately after the assas- slnation of Francis Ferdinand ev erything possible was done to spread the news that the assassi- nation was matched in Belgrade by the Servian government It points out that it is plain that this was plan to bring on the war.
 It is declared that the printer who threw the bomb, Chabrino- vich was an Austrian Anarchist and that the Ser"ian government had sought to deport him to Austria In this the Servians were blocked by the Austro- Hungarian consul. The same was true of Princip, the student, who fired the fatal shots and whom the Servians had aIso sought to deport.
The Socialist press., 1914-09-05
NOTICE.

Socialist Local Fairbanks meets at the Harmon. Halt, on he first and third Wednesday .vening of the ,ponth.
 Garden Island branch of Ol- nrs Locn! meets every Saturda, tight at the Pozza cabin.
 Clearv Iocal meets every Is. nd 3rd snnd y in the m,n,L:
The Socialist press., 1914-09-05
No Comment
 Necessary.

Search the editorial columns of the capitalist press, far and wide, and you will find no in- dignant comment, no thrills of horror, no abhorrence and de- testation expressed therein over the ate .a2ted assassinati,n of Mayor Duncan, of Butte, Mon. iiana.
 A short news item IS all snffi. cient. The American public is not expected to thrill oyer any ; thing less than the murder or at tempted murder of foreign potentate, an hts rian archduke or politician or official either domestic or foreign, who repre-. sents in the nliin tile establish ed order ofthings.
 The Mayor of Butte, though locally representing "Iawfull> constituted authority" was ne> ertheless d Socialist. Hence thi> lack of editorial tears.
 According to the policy of th, capitalist press, 1t isn't much : a crime to kill Socialist, if i, is a crime at all. True, the, : don't say so openly-it wouldn'l be good policy but when s. ( clalist does happen to get killed as has oecured now and then in riots, strikes ahd labor troubles, . his taking off, if noticed at all,. IS usually imputed to the killers : as sort cf civic virtue,
 But this is a straight case ot : attempted assassination that : cannot be twisted or evaded, sol nothing is said about it. Had Duncan been a Republican or : Democratic official, it would , have been very different.
 Every capitalist mine owners journal ill the West would in such case have denounced the would be IL urderer as "Social ist or Anarchist" insisted on portraying the Mayor of Butte as stalW art defender of Claw and order" and asserted over and over again that "assassina ton never changed anything in the history of the worlG."
 AS 1t is, there isn't one of them that doesl't regret that he was not cut into mincemeat by the murderous idiot who assualt ed him.
 However it is not policy to say so openly, and the matter becomes case of "No comment necessary" New York Call.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-07-02
The American Farmer.

All things recalled, wouldn't it be
the part of craftsmanship to do con-
occasionally for the American farmer?
He's one-fourth Of your population,
and the nations best hope. The
American merchant borrows at five
per cent. The American stock gam
bier, producing nothing. accomplish
Ing nothing. merest leech living by
toll of others, borrows for even
less. The American farmer. with all
that can be said 20 his good and soly-
ent advantage, must and does pay sls
per cent.
And all the time the savings and
postal banks are bulglng with billions.
II the government would make two
blades of grass grow where but one
has grown beforehand publicly 1t
would pay-the wide-fung chance lies
open. Let 1t model action on French
or German lines, and place the farmer
on a borrowing par with the merchant
the manufacturer and the stock job
Der. Let II evolve a system Of farm
loans which shall put those savings
and postal bank billions at per cent
within the farmers borrowing reach.
-Hearsts s Magazine.