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than pay any ilifTncnce in dbo com of the Imple
ments!
Any two one-horse farmers can, therefore, be
come two-horse fariheN by the purchase of one
two-horse plow and a reversible disk and a
smoothing harrow and 40 at J«at*L on* b Uf more
work than th>-v are new Joiiisr, ond dti It better.
They may bo two-horse farmers In so far as the
breaking of the land nnd preparing it for the crop
is concerned. Furthermore, by the use of the
smoothing harrow they can be two-horse farmers
in the early cultivation of their crops. By the
use of the weed or they can still further continue
methods of cultivation resembling the approved
practice of the two-horso farmer.
After (his by the use of light one-horse culti
vators, they • an do about as satisfactory work as
th«’ two-horse farmer, although at a higher cost,
ih..- , - .111 au* ef c< MldnaTlon and co-operation.
Wilt the one-hor <■ farmers who really wish to do
b.-:u-r farming condd^r this plan? Will they co
rporate to the eatenf of buying the Implements
in combination and preparing the lands by Joln
Sm. their cam force.’ Such a plan In not equal
to ISvidital own ryhU» of lw«» horses and the
needed imp!-,, but it b'inilululy better than,
the nuc-hor4" methods now in use |( may be
made ,,h mi. a; • *f any two neighboring one-horse
Urim-rs doing letter farming than they can possi
bly do working separately with one horse.
You Will Die Eight Years Before You
Should.
—
f IS HHAPIh^iNO to find a Southern Sen
ator or I'onrrfefiftnit devoting himself to
roieo gn at constructive movement, Such
spectacles have been all too rare ahum the »h;ath
of Senator Morgan of Vlnbama, whoso untiring
work In behalf of our lalhurlnn Cuithl should never
bo forgotten by the American people
The thought Is suggested by the advocacy of a
National Department of Health by Senator Owen,
of Oklahoma. I he writer recently had the good
fortune to hear Mr Owen in vigorous advocacy of
his cause. He pi id out that while the total
number of death* fr.uu Spanish bullets in the
Spanish American War vn- only f.pUO, every day
there nre In the United S*n*e^ 1,7»k> needles*
grave* for victim* or p went ,ble diseases. The
annual death rate In New Zealand Is 9 to the
I.OOU people; ip the United Stale*. 10.5 to the
l.ouo people, with proper sanitation and hy
i ion©, and the pt*»'v •■ntier- ©* uHn**ee*-sjry disease
lowering our death rate to what It should be. the
average human life would be lengthened eight
year*.
t>r to bring th< truth home to you. Mr. Header,
let u* put it this way: ruder opr present policy
nf enrol.. . . , ..ill. . .. — I*.. < I
’ * ' AM* « illiu II 4 l il -
Hon, your Ilf** and flie Fife Af etevy nther average
American, In mt short right yearn you will die
*’■ ktit years before you ought to.
We not only need a NtvH UHl Department of
Health, but every State In the South should have
«ti efficient Hoard of Health with uu appropriation
,,r ,l0t 1 ‘ thuy JuU.OQO. It la u disgrace that
!< uu- Stitt- spend more for the frill , junkets and
K‘ Id lace uf their State militia than they spend to
we human life.
• i pi j u m -ai _ ^ | ^ f
A 1 height for the Week.
DAT i i Wll.ti lav mean Ly me *n place
where n l Athof ntme d af differently
with hi* diflinut children, but with all Iti
l°ve; a place where mi - Joy s do ilYlt ’httUg uu Uiu
’etiul peg«, an I wrtv rc .ill tUc ndtHr t hie itact i that
• 1"A our Father An his Ihromi line* Wufy obnul
with gold. May. more, to tell the truth, the
Heaven f, like other , look fur la not "a place to
icst and h« Mi* in/* hpt Is n place where "we
•‘‘hall run. and not he weary." Dr. Wilfred %
1 •run/H, the l.aUr.idor missionary. f/
“What’s The News?” 1
By E. E. MILLER.
The Mississippi Bribery Case.
HR IN\ ESTiGATION into the charges of
bribery made by State Senator Bilbo, of
Mississippi, in connection with the recent
! nited States Senatorial election has resulted, it
would seem, in leaving everyone of the same opin
ion as before. By a vote of 28 to 15 the Senate
asked Senator Bilbo to resign, declaring him un
worthy of belief. A motion to expel him had pre
viously been defeated by the same vote, it requir
ing a two-thirds vote to expel a member. It is
notable that the division was on strictly partisan
linos, the supporters of Governor Vardaman sup
posing Bilbo, while those favoring Senator Percy
\oted for his expulsion. Later, after the Varda
man supporters had left the Senate chamber, Bilbo
was again asked to resign, this time by a vote of
2". to 1, and his actions strongly censured. Reso
lutions were also adopted expressing confidence in
.-'ciiator Percy and in the honesty of the election.
It is unfortunate that the affair took on so much
"f ;l Partisan tone; but it is gratifying to know
li.it any wrong-doing In the matter was confined
;l very few men and w-omen—and that the
wholesale corruption of legislators, so common in
otne States, has not reached the South.
There are a great many ugly features connected
with the investigation, and it is to be hoped that
the matter will yet be taken out of the realm of
partisan feeling and that the real facts in the case
may be ascertained. Bribery has been practically
unknown In (he South, and such cases as this
how the necessity of the greatest care in electing
'lien to the Stato Legislatures. It has been toe
often the case that the men who have had the
making of State laws have been elected solely be
I’ause they asked for the place, or as a recognltloi
«»f political services, and not because they pos
essod any especial fitness for the work. Th<
laws made at the Stato capital usually affect ui
much more vitally and directly than those mad<
at the National capital, and uo .man whose charac
ter Is at all questionable, and who is not endowed
with n fair degree of ability and a good share ol
independence, should be sent to make these laws.
al
Progress in Southern Education.
1 HE RECENT meeting of the Southern Edu
cational Conference at Little Rock, Ark.,
- was a matter of probably more real import
ance to the people of the South than most of those
to which greater attention was given In the news
papers. The conference was well attended and
w as notable for the interest manifested In the es
ablishment of an adequate system of practical
training In connection with those subjects now
taught In the public schools. It was made evident
hat the Interest In better schools and better
drool methods Is Increasing all over the South
and that It Is the purpose of the Southern people
to develop a system of education suited to their
pedal needs, and one that will fit the boy and
dr! for the practical duties of life. Speaking ol
Jth** conference, State Superintendent Joyner, ol
North Carolina, said:
"I was especially Impressed with the Im
mediate necessity of arousing the people upon
the question of providing for the simple and
practical Instruction in our public schools of
the country boys and girls in subjects relat
ing to agricultural pursuits and ,home-mak
iug, such ns would tit them for life on the
farm, and upon the question of providing
for the better preparation of teachers for
these and other subjects.”
Ajid this may be taken as the spirit of the
conmreiiee. The percentage of illiterates in tin
South is bflitig steadily reduced, and the work i:
bound to go on with increasing celerity. The
Southern schools of the near future will, we be
lieve. also teach the pupil how to live and how to
vurk as well ns how’ to read aud ‘cipher.”
The Brighter Side.
HE FOLLOWING extract from the Rich
mond, Ya., Times-Dispatch of April 5th,
deserves more than passing notice, because
after all that the extremists of both sides have
to say about the race question in the South, the
one great fact remains indisputable that the large
majority of white people have honestly and earn
estly endeavored to help the negro to a higher
plane of civilization, and that the great majority
of negroes have, considering the disadvantages
under which they labored and their lack of pre
vious training, wrought well and made wonderful
progress:
“Forty-five years ago yesterday Richmond
was an earthly purgatory. Falling walls and
exploding missiles; on-sweeping fire and dis
mal want; twenty thousand Federal troops in
the city; ten thousand defenceless women and
children; more than five thousand slaves,
wild with excitement and crazed with joy,
dancing about the streets and sacking stores
—these made a scene beside which the worst
horrors of the battlefield paled. Yesterday
the negroes of Richmond celebrated this
event which brought ruin into a thousand
homes and despair to ten thousand hearts.
Yet they marched through the streets, pa
raded at the ball park, had their speech
making and their feasting without a harsh
... a. j c___ n. x* __ _ i •, i ,
vtv/jivi uum igi mci maaLcis, vvuuuiu a
taunt or a jeer from the people of Richmond.
The celebration yesterday was made possible
as much by the conduct of the negroes as by
the good neighborhood of the whites. The
negroes have shown, in Richmond, that they
deserve the freedom given them at the point
of the bayonet, and they hay© justified the
confidence reposed in them by the white peo
ple.”
Much is said of the sporadic examples of race
hatred and race friction, but it needs only a little
sober thought to convince any one that the great
masses of both races live together in the South in
mutual good-will and confidence. The negro’s
limitations are too evident to be denied, but these
limitations make it only the more necessary that
the white raoe exercise a patient charity as well
. ns guarantee a strictly administered justice to this
( child race, for whose education and development
lhey have been made responsible.
Miscellaneous Matters of Interest.
, HE TENNESSEE Supreme Court by a vote
of three to two confirmed the sentence of
Duncan B. Cooper to twenty years In the
penitentiary for the murder of Edward W. Car
mack. The case of Robin Cooper was remanded
for a new trial. While the minority opinion in
(he case was, being read, however, Governor Pat
terson issued a pardon to Cooper. There is much
feeling over the matter, the Governor’s action be
ing generally condemned.
In the United States Senate last Thursday, Sen
■nut uun.ua, or umo, mane a strong attack on the
Rivers and Harbors Bill as reported by the com
mittee. Senator Burton, who Is probably the
foremost American authority on such subjects, de
clares that the “dribbling” policy of making par
tial appropriations year after year for a project is
ruinous waste. He cited as an example Sandy Bay
Harbor, In Massachusetts, where work has been
in progress for twenty-five years, and where, at
the present rate of progress, it will require fifty
years yet to complete it. Mr. Burton’s plea for
a scientific and practical system of waterway im
provement rather than for the present “pork- j
barrel” arrangement under which it is the object
of each Senator and Representative to get as large
an appropriation as possible for his district, is
certainly worthy of consideration. It is* admit
ted by all that hundreds of millions of dollars
have been virtually wasted on appropriations for
projects of no value and in piece-meal construc
tion of work that should have been appropriated
for as a whole.
From Fairbanks, Alaska, a party headed by
Thomas Lloyd has made an ascent of Mount Mc
Kinley, -and report that no trace was found that
Dr. Cook had preceded them to the summit of the
mountain.
April 15th the 70,000 census enumerators be
gan their work of finding out all about everybody
in the United States. We have on two or three
occasions asked our readers to lend these enum
erators every service in their power and to be pre
pared, as far as possible, to answer fully all ques
tions that might be asked.