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PEONAGE DECISION. tates Judge Speer, of Geor Suggests its Very Wide Application. dge Emory Speer, in the United States court in Savannah on Monday confined his charge almost exclusive lv to a discussion of the peonage de cision handed down last week by the .upreme court of the United States in the case of Clyatt from Florida. Judge Speer said it may be long be fore that court will have the oppor tunity to render another opinion so vital to the future of our country. "It is salutary to the black man, but to the white man it is infinite lv more so. As to the la bor and liberty of every citi zen it nullifies that vicious prin -iple 'let him take who has the pow er, and let him keep who can.' It is true that it spares members of the negro race from a slavery to the reckless and the lawless, to the de- C genera:e and the unscrupulous; a slavery which, compared with that of our fathers, differs as widely as our conceptions of Paradise after and be fore the fall of our first parents. Butt -its emancipation of the white man is not less significant. The man guilty of peonage, like other slave-catchers, is not stopped by any principle of jus tice to his fellowman, whether white or black. It is noticeably true that in a number of cases of peonage ready . .lling witnesses for the govern ;nt are white men, who have been <deprived of their servants because the -modern slave-catcher, usually a man -of influence and determination, him self armed and with armed followers, S would invade the domain of the small farmer and by violence the most cruel and intimidation the most reckless, e take therefrom the laborers whose services the witness had cngaged." Judge Speer expressed the opinion that petty municipc.l offences like walking on the grass, spitting on the sidewalk or going to sleep in a de pot, or loitering on the streets and t multitudes of other similar offences are not crimes for which involuntary servitude can be imposed. He held that for such an offe..se to sentence and hold a man or child for involun tary servitude is peonage, and that the penalty of this statute is applica ble to the person enigaged in its its a imposition.a Judge Speer concluded: "For my-I self I do not hesitate to declare thata enforced labor on a local chain gang for any offence not amounting to crime, is involuntary servitude and peonage in the light of the decision of the supreme court of the United States, no matter what the state law or municipal ordinance on the subject may be. Should the Sultan of Mo rocco or Abdul Hamid at Constanti , nople consign to an Oriental chain y gang American citizens for such tri- 2 vialities as are thus daily punished i here, before the sun went down the I steel clad battle ships of the Union I would be speeding o'er mountain wave of ocean to demand redress for j the injury or to avenge the wrong. 4 BBES e We are r Swant ever: : sacks, if nc $other high O Fertilize at * brands altern + you have mac * the other to gn 0 E +0 ++ m++e .et but peonage be fastened on our ystem and all may soon, with Rienzi, xclaim: 'We are slaves, the bright un rises to its course and lights a ace of slaves; it sets and its last >eam falls on a slave.' A PALMIST TOLD HER. xreenwood Woman Followed For tune Teller's Story and Found a Virginia Town Lot. A case of real "merit" in clairvo 'ant circles is reported from Green vood. For several weeks a traveling fortune teller" has been reading alms at so much per palm and read ng futures at so much per future nd has received not a little patron ge. Several days ago, a young idow was told by this traveling lairvoyant that if she would look mong her deceased husband's pa ers she would find a title to a valua le town lot in a certain town in Vir inia. A search revealed a title, whose ex ;tence was until -then unknown, and eplies received from officials in the own in Virginia assure the holder hat her title is perfectly valid. The ortunate owner is Mrs. W. C. Harris, ormerly Miss Chipley, a sister of 4r. J. I. Chipley, a prominent mer hant and owner of the Chipley lock, a very valuable se:tion of the lusiness portion of the town. If you would do large things, you aust have large ambitions. Aim high -even though you do not reach the lace you aim at, you will go higher han if you were satisfied with a teady job at a small salary. Many aen who have aimed at large things ave found that they were compara ively easy to attain and have steadily nlarged their aims to keep pace with heir growing self confidence and ca acity, thus attaining to heights that hey did not believe within their each at the start. Be it understood, [owever, large ambitions mean more han to have large wishes. To suc eed one must have desires sufficient y strong to work away steadily and >ersistently to make the dream come rue. The Best Physic. When you want a physic that is mild nd gentle, easy to take and certain to et, alwaiys use Chamberlain's Stomach nid Liver Tablets. For sale by Smith ~rug Co., Pelham & Son, W. G. Mayes nd Prosperity Drug Co. Nervous prostration is seldom the esult of an overworked egotism. A Touching Story.. irs saving from death, of the baby Sof Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberlafd, Md. e writes: "At the age of 11 months', ur litn girl was in declining health, rith serious Throat Trouble, and two hysicians gave her up. 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