The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, August 30, 1905, Image 2

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Church L By Di HE history of The first we cated." and tl The boss condition has political mach in industrial age. Special iest and mos age has its fetish in the "econ practical outcomes. A trust d willing to pay proper compensz tribute liberally to a campaign lay the victorious machine und A solid justification of its v case of city bosses with othei Such diversion of public w sion of public morals. The ve In modern Anglo-Saxondom the sequently, there should be ever the natural exponent of morali ity while this "grafting" proce. The church must take its racy, and through pulpit exposi lish strong currents of influenc it is a "low business," it will al seek to foster the proper tion of human affairs in societ with a view of attaining the b( of the highest of human preoc< "Cultured people have rea< against using superior physica they are not yet to the poini achieving substantially the sai of Trinity College. Hartford. represents another man's loss %The By He e g NE of the cryl miscuous use of both sexes, ple alone, bul 0 better examp a slang phra! is simply dis, less, and use ers. But, dol .sive, but trite, or slang express nor do they add to the strengt and refinement, such expressic person using them as wanting slang is an offence against goc upon by parents who have the Not long ago I was waitin young girl stood near me, whc in which she was dressed. H( to match, called for more tha: bat, all charming of their kind, the spell was broken when tb something rotten about the w nearly five minutes. Again the to wait so long," etc., but myi At another time I heard a 'ery pretty until she opens her no girl as attractive who defile Univen~ SWihen and How His Pro By Arthur I .IME alone car to develop hi T possible, but ________' of contact wi Ible one. II F II While we we shall prol different uni, our large cities, where the we and the life of the college for I the college course-a tendency the studies of that course and a.nd to disregard or undervahu carries with it. In~ smaller pla distinctively collegiate atmosp] reversed-to see an effort to m; clude within it as much as pos -in the belief that the gain t ship resulting from the contact be strong enough to resist thet valuable enough to compensate cution of such a plan involves. How the . -Lc By Brou, GIRL being se seen or sold 1 poses as th traveling ace to fulfil labot this country prospect. A States, to en tals, need on appeara~nce or fairly well-to-do brother, andl that he will sup; himself as to his record or pol whose two children were in he: ing. and for $5 ther represent little things in Cincinnati, Now as to the plan for t which I fi-st suggested in 190 from a tour abroadl is a peast whether a man. woman or chili only in t'1.e iome communiaces that turuth and kecep 'rhe insp~ec service orocess native-born Ar Organize boards of three, one communeCs. and hold local exi 'with photorraphic idlentiflcatio "Freak" Dinners. Whether M1r. Kessler (the g the recent Venetian dinner) 11 an example which wealthy I will follow remVainls to be seE contented countries 'the.'c is n ger in these displays: h'ut whe: trousies are threatening, or So. is miaking rapid headway, it is ful if they do not increase th -ger by affording texts for goguies. They at-e delibera tempts to sp~end money rathe efforts at hospitality.-Vanlity The:: f.=' and "Graft" E. R. L. Gould. "graft" is marked by three distinct stages may call anarchical. The second was "syni e final stage has become imperialized. reserves all, or nearly all, for himself. Thi been made persible by that concentration inery which has developed with concentration iffairs and is a striking characteristic of the privilege which needs public sanction is eas surely arranged betwe-n individuals. Thi my of concentration," and here is one of the sires franchise privileges for which it is no' tion. By all means the easiest way is to con fund. or which no accounting is had, and thu2 r obligations to secure what it wants. arity is the rapid accumulation of wealth inth< wise insignificant means of materal support aalth means an insidious and effective perver rv foundations of democracy are undermined church was the parent of'democracy, and. con. maintained a fostering care. The church. as y and right living, cannot escape responsibil s is going on. lace as a correlative part of organized democ tion and parochial philanthropy seek to estab . If good people keep out of politics becaust ways be a "low business." The church shoul< point of view, which is, that the direc through the various agencies of governmeil st good of yourself and your neighbors is on( upations. hed that degree pf civilization when they ar< force in getting the other man's money. bu where they are against using superior skill fo ne result," said D. Flavel S. Luther. presiden I claim that any man that makes money tha is a brigand." se of. Slang en Watts McVey. ng sins of the age is the very general and pro of slang words and phrases. by young person: In fact, the evil is not confined to young pec is used by their elders also, who should set ; le. Even when it comes from masculine lips e is anything but elegant. From a woman i usting. Many times young girls are thought such language because they hear it from oth 't use it. girls. True, it is sometimes expres ions are not in good taste. in any conversation i of a written article. To a woman of culturE as are abhorrent, and they at once stamp th in good taste, to say the least. The use o d manners, and should be relentlessly frowncl good of their daughters at heart. on a corner for a street car. A very prctt: attracted my attention by the excellent tast r dark skirt, with shirt waist and Eton jacke one admiring glance, and gloves, shoes an also came in for their share of admiration. Bu e pretty lips opened to say: "There must bt ,y these cars are run." We had been -waitin speaker asserted that "it was something fiere terest in her had vanished. young man say of just such a girl, "Yes, she i: outh." And this accords with my own ideas her mouth with slang talk.-The Commonet ~ity Problems Shall the Student Develop fessional Activity. Hadl ey, - . of Yale.3 show whether the idea of allowving a studen professional activity at as early a period a postponing to as late a pet iod as possible th his sympathies and the lessening of his point Lh men outside of his prof'ession, is a practice are waiting for this question to be decided ably see two sets of experiments going on it 'ersities. In those which are connected -.viti rk of the professional school counts for mor ass, we are likely to see a tendency to shortei to make a sharp line of demarcation betweel the professional studies which are to follow il e the social adjuncts which a college cours, es and 'among institutions which have a mor' iere, we may expect to find these tendencie intain the college course in its integrity and in sible of preparation for the actual work of lif >American institutions and American citizen of different types of men with one another wil endency of such a college to disintegration an for any difficulties and losses which the prosE -The Century. mmigration ws are Evaded 3 Iton Brandenburg. at to marry a young man whom she has neve y unscrupulous relatives for immoral purpose daughter or sister in some family of chanc uaintances. A half-dozen lpeasant lads comin contracts made for them by some relative i need only deny that they have any work it cripple desirous of getting into the Ujnite :er some one of the thousand excellent hosp ly give some fellow passenger, who is of goo a fw dollars to swear that the cripple is hi ort him. A criminal or an anarchist perjure tical beliefs. A disreptuable woman in Berlir way, gave them to a young couple just depari ed them as their children, and abandoned th e elimination of the undesirable immigrantt . immediately on my return as an immigran nt in the emigration centres. The truth as t I is fit to enter the Unitoei States is to b~e foun of the immigrants. and the easiest way to gc .rs from being corrupted is to~ select by civi iexcans who can speak the desired languages toctor. to take over an apportioned number c minations at stated times, issuing certificate i.-Harpr's We'eltly. His Excuse. ver of "Ah-hah. Squire:" cackled Hi Spry s sct the village wag alnd cut-up, upon en ,oondo coun:.ering the Old Codger, next miorr n. in ing after the date of the Greates: o dan- Show on Earth. "Ketchedl ye in 1abor ':arn' Told me ye' was goin' to takt iaalism boy to -the circus. and I seen ye righ doubt- smack up' on the tin-top seat las' e dan- night, without a single boy with ye-"' ema- "Took the boy I used to be. yeart ee at- iand years ago:" returned the veteran than crabbedly. "Im in my second child IN SOUTHI CAROLINA" Many Newsy Items G .thered Fron all Sections. General Cotten Market. Galveston. easy.. .... .10 New Orleans. quiet.. .. ..102 Mobile. (lull.. .. .. ........ s Savannah. steady.. ........ Charleston. steady.. .. ..II Norfolk. steady... ..-... 1 -~a tiror. l~ifhid .. .......10% ......0) Baltimor-e. nomainal. . . Ne -ok, quiet.. - - . . .1 5 Boston. quiet.. ...... .-. Boston. quiet.. .. .. . ..11.35 Philadelphia. steady.. .. ....11-40 Philadelphia. steady.. ... ..11.40 Houlstol, quiet .. . .. --.. .... Augusta. steady..... ... 10' Memphis. steady .. .. . .. ..... St. Louis. quiet. . - . ... 1 Charlotte Cotton Market. 'These figures relseent Prce aid to 'wago.Ns: Goo iddlug........... Stict Middlin .... .. .. ....10! Tin:ges...... ..... .. .J to 10 Stains...... .... .. ... .....7 to 9 UNDEVELOPED WATER POWER. Which Are Susceptible of Producing Vast Store of Motive Power. lt is staid that the United States geological survey is soon to have pre pared a map showing the- extent to which the water powers of this State are susceptible ofl development. The work will show the water powers on the Broad river north of Alston and onthe Catawba river between Cam den and the North CaCrolina line. On the Catawba river (also known below the Great Falls :I the Wa teree) in the 80 miles between Cam den and the State line the fall is about 380 feet. The greatest fall oc curs at the head of navigation. five mies above Camden where the drop is 52 feet in five miles; at Rocky Mount where the fall is 173 feet in eight miles, and at Landsford. where the fall is 40 feet in two miles. At each of these points small naviga tion canals were constructed about 75 years ago by the. State. Very little power is now being used at lese shoals. The principal devel oped water power mi the river is the new plant at Rock Hill, where the dam and workirg head are about 30 feet. On Broad river the fall is about :20 feet in the 75 milps between Alston and the State line. The prineinal shoals are the Lockhart shoals, where the fall is 48 feet on cne and a half miles and a series of shoals, including Cherokee shoals, near Gaffney where the fall is 104 fet in six miles. An ex amination and repot on this river was made in 1870 and 1880 by the corps of engineers of the United States army. Palmetto News Items. The Carolina Mutual Insurance com pany with headquarters at Columbia, has been chartered. Mr. S. L. Miller for a number of years field agent in South Carolina for tne Equitable and subsequently general agent for the Mutual, and now fcr the Home Life, is president and treasurer. The di reetors are T. K. Elliott, president of the bank of Winnsboro andl of the Fairfield Cotton Mills; E. H. Spark man. vice-president of the Merchants and Planters Bank of Union; J. WV. Simpson. cashier of the First Nation al Bank of Spartanburg; Wilie Jones. vice-president Carolina National Bank of Columbia; and Dr. WV. M. Lester of Columbia, medical director. Congressman George S. Legare has gone to Washimgton, where lhe will meet a number of other represen tatives. forming a party who will be the guests of Congressman Wilson of North Dakota on a hunt in that State. Mr. Thomas J. McCrary, president and treasurer of the Newberry Cot ton Mills, died suddenly Wednesday morning shortly after 11 o'clock. dur ing an attack of acute indigestion. The illness seized him at about mid night, and was utterly unlooked-for, as Mr. McCrary had been apparent ly in good health. Mr. McCrary 's death is viewed by the community as a great calamity. A sp~ecial from Grangeburg says: H. WV. Bouzard, former dispenser at Fort Motte. who was arrested charg ed with a defalcation amounting to $2,271.S1, and who was delivered into the custody of the sheriff in default of bail, was .released, the necessary bond havingr been secured. Bond was fixed in the sum of $2.000 and the bondsmen arc WV. (J. Peterkin and Martin Keller of Fort Motte and M. C. Edwins of Orangeburg. Botuzard waived a preliminary hearing and, while the ease will he called during the court of general sessions which convenes here MondIay, the defence may~ reqire more time and ask for a postponmnent util January. Gen. M. L. Bonham has been con fined to his room for the past week. sufferingr with an intestinal abscess. As soon as he is able his physicians will take him to a hospital to have ani operation performed. County Supervisor McBride of Florenee ordered an election to be held on October :3rd for the purpose of voting~ on the question of dlispen sary o" no dispensary under the Brice law, the requisite number of names having been sectured. Several merchants from other places are going to. loca'te in Sum hamber of commerce to secure stores for them. H~ouses and stores are in great demand and ar being built very rapidly. The city of Sumter is stetching ont and where a1 few vear's ago) we wlsie lahnds or lands ilan t - ed .( are ow linec res-'lences. A\nother vid emnce oif the business growth of ' variore se't ions of the city hiereto for of( 0 an eyel 5!ive resident ial se' Ition. The outloik for a tine fall trade SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The South Carolina sectiol of the clirinate aiid ero(p service of the De partment of Agriculture issues the following o1icial bulletin of weather andev crop c n itions or the past we k: Tle first of the Ve.'k enuling Mo d-:. Augus. 2Nth. was bolter than usual :nid th( latter patlI as w ll* seasona e00v c ,1i.h the nmu teraperatu TVre at Coli7-;la I h' secCond 101:0.41ev'er record(led in A ugust. it lia ring been one degree low.r in 18-. The average for the week ranged fromn four degress. im tle upper por' ticn. t) one derree. in the lower por tins. below tile u'urniral. The air was -eerzffl- humid during le hot pe riod and very dIrV at theC close of tle week Excessive rains o-uiirred ii Saluda, Laurens, Newberry. Greenville. Che: okee and, York coun11ties. wash InII" l.1 id~s uand floodinig botmlands, i tle furt her it,1nju.* to eI oljs on sue": laids: the other p it,'iOi :he Sta-e h:d 11modertie!y heavy rmins that were I'-ral I) bn ei cia a th ough n ot ueded ill muany localitie.s. Thie soil is iow well suippli''l with moisture over tie entire State. TIle f requent showers during Ole nuiddle of the w -ek retarde( frml' work and spoiled (lnsider.ble fodde- that had been p illed, and caused considerable rot inig ot ripe cotton bolls, and of late fi uit but they were beneficial to late corn, peas, sweet potatoes. pastures, Irdens and to reeeraly planted seeds for fall truck crops. From nainy localities come reports that the cotton crops has deteriorated ripidlv during the week due to con t:nued rust. and sbdding and that practieally all of the tot) crop had fillen off and that o:i early cotton fruiting had ceased; a few reporto of improvement were reeeived. and that the plants continued green and growing rapidly and fruiting satisfae torily. while nkost of the reports i dicate that there has been no material -hange in conditiois during the wcek except that on sandy lands the plants were not fruiting and that the tol crop would be light. Bolls opened rapidly over the eastern half and slowlv ovel the westernI. Pickin made slow progress but will soon be active over tile entire State. Cater pillars infest sea-isiand cotton in some rust has appeared. but the crol: generaly is inl good condition. Tobacco vuring will be linished by the first of September: some of the cured tobacco lacks brightness due t( too much rain. Early rice harvest made favorable progress. Turnip L ere planted extensively and came up to fair stands. Pastures are fine. Late corn generally promising, ex erept were damaged by floods and ex eessive rains. Work on the Congaree and Available Funds. Congressman Lever has received from 'Gen. MacKenzie the f'ollowing letter in regard to the work on the Congaree and the money appropriated an ova.'lable for that purpose: I War Department. Oi'ice of the C'hief Engineers Augr. 21. 1905. Hon. Asbury F. Lever. U. S. House of Reoresentati"es. Sir: In ~reply to your oral request made this morning. I have the houn to furniish thle following~ informatiol in rerard to wvork on the Congrarec river' :sked 10or in letter to you, dated Auie. 15, 1905, from Mr. I. L. Withers gnrail mnager 'of the Newv York C oluambia and Gecorgretown Steamshij company. Th ac*mount now available for Con garee iver is dividled into two parts. 1On the first day of August, there was . I.4''.52 available for thle purpose of eleain i the channel and excavat in" the rock h~etween\ Gervais street b'idue. Columbia. and the dam at Grabr:' and $25.000 available foi la ringc the channel of snags and ob strctions betwveen the dam at Gran hv and the month of the river, the itter stum being alloted in accord -ane with the terms of the river an( harbor act of March 3. 1905. whieb made permissable tl'- use on the San tee. Waterec and Congraree rivers. and thle Est hervil le-Minim creek eaiial, of the unexpended balance of appro priation therefore made for a loch; and dam in the Congaree river. The Iunexpended ba lance of this appropri ation at that time was sufficient tc allot $25.000 to the Congaree below~ the dam, and to lea'e a sutfiieient sutr to comlete the excavation and clear ing of the river above the dam. The project adopted by congress. mi acoidance with which the money mutst be spenit. is (p1dte general in itl nature. involvin' securing a clear fotur-foot na'vig'atioin overi the lowet 47 miles at all s'tg-~ from the mouth Sto Granbv. 'and elP'redI channel 3 0( feet wide' fr m Gradbv to Gervai? street brid''e. The loc' 1alh me' in charge. Capt. (. IP. Howell corps of engineers. hias ~umit tedl at project for' expendling t he ava' i!ilbl funds in acc'ordanc(e withI thiiJ) ln. 'i ve no doubt that lie wishes of thioe interested in thle navigation wvill e'eive c'areful cons5iertion by ('alpt. Howe ll int t he expiendhitur'e of thc funds- at his (1is1posal, and woul d sting "et timt M[r. Withers confer with hi duri eet ly in th le manner indicatec I1 assumiiie abovet that M.r. Wimthe'ri t inOiry i( reerred to tihe p resenit fun111 btt it he desires t0 kniow the total amontts inhait have e'ver ble('n anipr!o sov1ht hee hrs beeni appirpriated mi' ao lock and :ami at Granbyo a total of . h'50.000~ and1 the e'xh)endi amrec there frnm up' to the end1 of the last rom hini hat~ilane $25.(000 was as 'i'ned to thelover ( onugaree. mn a te olMre :lh:. '.. Il aditian ip -is ra 'tM haht'ne-u th 1.a91 a propr iati~ I a $ the lowerjJ h'are ;t \'ery resp! '! nIlly. I 'A MAC'KENZIEC. Btig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U.S.A TEXIL NWSOf INTEREST Great Activity Shown in New Enter prises and Enlargements. Cclumbia, S. C.-The fourth press cloth mill in the United States will be established here. Press clot is manufaetured from eaml'is haloir- and mohair. and the woven cloh is in cotton-seed oil mills. liinseed oil mills. inl wine ft'torics and ot h(r plants where the prod(uts must be st rained by pressur throu-li fabrie. This new enterprise will be zu impor tant addition to Columibia's indus tries as well as to the textile inter ests of the South. with which it may be classed . The plant at Columbia will be built by the American Press Cloth C... which is now being organ ized by Messrs. Benij. F. Taylor, John Jacob S4eibels. E. G. Seibels, Thomias Tavlr, Jr.. and A. S. Guiignard. the capital stock to be $50.000 to begin with. Contract has been awarded to Messrs. WKaring & Co.. for the eree tion of the necessary buildings to have a tioor space of 5,000 square feet. and Messrs. Benj. F. Taylor and A. F. Parker are now in New York arranging for the purchase of the ma chinery and other mechanical equip men't that will be required. Mr.'Par ker will be superintendent of the plant. le setablished the press-cloth mill at Houston. Texas, that being one of the three now in operation in this countrv. The other two are at Brooklyn, N. Y., and North Chelms ford. Mass. Magnolia, Miss.-Sone months ago the Marnolia Cottoa Mills announced certains enlagements arranged for its plant. and details were made public. The work has progressed steadily, and1 recently the addition was com plted. It is of interest to note briefly what was done to affect the better ments. There has been built an ad dittion which makes the company's main building 7S feet wide by 292 feet long, and the new machinery was installed. This gives the mitL an qquipmuent of 10,000 spindles and 264 looms, with necessary accompanying niarelinery, for manufacturing sheee ingrs. The daily output of these goods is 35,000 yards. The textile mach ineryv was furnishei by the Whitin Machine Works, of Whitinsville. Mass.. and the Woonsocket Machine and Press Co.. .of Woonsocket. R. I. The Magnolia oCtton Mills corpora tion increased its capital stock from $100.000 to $200,000 in making these improvements. Durham, N. C.-Notwithstanding the reports that continue of a boycott on American-made goods by Chinese buyers, the Southern cotton mills con tinue to make shipments of their pro ducts to the Far East. This is indi cated by a dispatch from Dunn, N. C.. which refers to the shipment of 500,000 yeards of cloth to Shanghai by the No. 2 mill of the Erwin Cotton Mlills Co., of this place. The No. 2 mill is located at Duke, near Dunn. It was planned for 70,000 spindles and 2.000 looms, but only half that eqtripment is in position at present, and the product is denim cloths. This is ond of several recent instances of big foreign order for Southern mills. Emporia, Va.-Reeent reports that the Ashby Cotton Mill Co. intends to double its 3000-spindle plant have been verified by the company. While this is the company's intention, yet contracts for the machinery, etc., will not be awarded for some time. as a water power is to be developed first. This development will consist of ob taning 400-horse power from the Me herrin river, to be transmitted by electricity. It will decelop the entire power available, and plans are now being prepared. T. Ashby Blythe of 114 Chestnut street. Philadelphia, is president o.f the mill company. Textile Notes. The Cabarrus Cotton Mills of Con cord, N. C., contemplates building a large addition to its plant; present equipment, S,500 spindles and 342 looms. The Union Bleaching and Finishing Co., of Greenville, S. C., has awarded contracts for the installation of new machinery to increase the capacity of its plant. A reservoir will also be built. The Nantucket Cotton Mills will. during the coming fall, install 5.000 additonal spindles of the Saco & Pet tee make. This plant is under the managemenit of Mr. J. S. McAlister. A movement is on foot for the or ganization of a company with capital tck of $200,000 or $300,000 for thle purpose of building a cotton mill be tween Hagan and Claxton, Ga. R. A. Scott of Hagan is interested in the enterprise. and invites correspon dence for information to be addressed to him. TI. W. Branme, of Maeon. Miss., is interested in plans being formulated for the erection of a cotton mill in that town. Lexington, .N. C.-Thie Nokomis Cotton Mills is now receiving 3000 spindles and 4.5 looms, recently con tractedl for, and the newv machinery is being installed in the compan's buildings. It was announced last fall that the managemnent had decided up on this enlargement. and about $20. 00) has ben exwended for then '"w equipment. There have been 12.440 spindles anid :320 looms ini position. Attorney General Sues Roads.. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.--Attorney General Hart, for~ the State of Georgia. today filed suits against the Southern Railroad Company. the Central of Georgia Railway Company. the Geor gia Railroad Company. and the Atlan ta & West Point Railroad Company, and the Seaboard Air Line. for refusal to accept for shipmient stoves and hol low ware under a circular of rates is sued by the Georgia Railr.oad commis sion, which reduced rates on those onmmodities. NEW SOUTHERN ROAD Prospect Good For Opening a Great Trunk Line FROM CHICAGO TO ClHARLESION Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Man agement Announces Contemplated Great Undertakiig--Rich Kentucky Coal Fields to be Traversed. New York. Special.-The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton system is to have a through line from Chicago to Char leston. S. C., traversing rich coal fields in Kentucky and making the Cincin nati, Hamilton, Dayton and Pierre Marquette system a coal and iron ore carrying road. President Zimmerman said: "Work has been undertaken on the construction of a bridge from Ashe land to Ironton. We propose build ing a railroad 125 miles long into Ken tucky, where we have acquired 350.009 acres of coal lands and will build coke ovens and other development work. We expect the output of these mines to* be from two and a half to three millica tons a year. "Work on improving the coal and re docks at Toledo is under way, and we are building a fleet for carrying coal and ore on the Great Lakes." Mr. Zimmerman said the plans for financing the project had been com pleted. Birthplace of Lincoln. N;v York. Special.-Abraham Lin coln's birthplace in Kentucky, which was purchased at public auction by Robert J. Collier, of this city, is to be restored and preserved. Mr. Collier said recently that he had not decided exactly what course to pursue with regard to the estate. It could be, ha said, turned over to the national gov ernment and the farm counld be main tained as a park. The surrounding country is beautiful and the place is not far from a railroad. Perhaps one of the patriotic societies may be inter ested enough in the property to as sume the care of it, in which case I would make it over to such an organi zation .The cost of maintaining the place should not be large. For Hateras Lighthouse. Washington, Special.- Specifications and drawings for the light house and sation which Congress authorized Al bert Eels and associates, of Boston, Mass., to construct at Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras, N. C., were filed at the office of the Secretary of Com merce and Labor. Under the act of Con gress authorizing the construction of the light house the engineers had six months in which to file plans. The time would have expired on September 3. The plans were referred to the govern ment light house board for approval. Fire at Efland Efiand, Special.-A saw mill located about three miles north of here, be longing to G. W. Albright, was de stroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. A- large lot of fine oak lum ber, belonging to J. H. Slippen, of Southerlin, Va.. was also destroyed. The fire was first seen by Rudie Hol ly, a young man who was up during the night looking after a barn of to bacco. He aroused his neighbors but the fire was beyond control when they reached it. The less will probably be between $3,000 and $4,000. Georgia Railroad Project. Beaumont, Tex.. Special.-The Bainbridge & Gulf Railroad Company received a charter. The company pro poses constructing a railroad 52 miles long from this plee, where it will con nect with the Atlantic Coast Line at Bainbridge to Fairchilds, Ga., the Chattahoochee river. Ultimately, it is said, the road will be extended to some point on the Gulf coast. J. L. Hand. 3. W. Everett and D. C. Barrow, of this city, are prominent among the incorpo rators. They propose beginning con struction at an early date. Boycott Exhausted. Washington, Special.-Consul Gen eral Rogers, at Shanghai, cabled the State Department that the position there as to the anti-American boycott was improving. The officials of the State Department have come to the conclusion that the boycott has prac tically exhausted itself, the Chinese merchants finding that they them selves were the principal losers. Korean Officer Dismissed. Seoul, By Cable.-John McL. Brown, who for 12 years past has been at the head of the Korean customs, is to be dismissed. This is probably due to the fact that the customs adminis tration has been undertaken by M. Megata. the Japanese advisor of the Korean government, and is part of his general plan to reorganize Koreapi fi nance. Unader the new arrangement the customs service will cease to exist as a separate organization but will be arranged on a plan similar to that of the Chinese mairitime customs. Di rector Brown improved the harbors during his long service in the depart ment which was the only honestly administered in the governmeP Advance Announced. Beaumont. Tes., Special.-The Southern Lumber Manufacturers' As sociation has announced a general ad vance of one dollar per thousand feet on pine. Statistical information shows a decrease in stocks during July of 2.000,000 and an involuntary curtail ment in the same month of 86.000,000 feet among 149 mills. Demand is so brisk that more of the mills through out the territory are working double shifts. Brenham, Texas. -The Brenhiam Cotton Mills explects to double the ea paity of its plant in the neari fnunre owing to the steadily inc'reasing de mandl for its produtct. There are at prsent some 5.000 spinles and 1 i( looms inl position. to which #10.000 worth of machinery will be added at once, filling up all thie vacant space available at pr'eent. Machinierv has beeni installed in the addition of the Eilawhite Cotton Mills. Unio ntown. Ala.. and the mill wilbegin operation September 1. With the Funny FeIlcW4.: Properly seasonex7. It made the young recelit hot; . No wonder he was flustered. The foeman peppered aim with shot Right after he was mustered. -Philadelphia Press. A Woman's Privilege. Nordy-"I never fight with my wife." Butts-"It doesn't pay. eh?" Nordy-"No; win or lose, she always gets an indemnity." The Usual Exception. George--For a society woman. she is very high minde.d. She is Steadfast ly opposed to everything low." Gerald--Except gowns." Fresh Gnus. Reporter (to the zoo superiuteudent) --Any fresh news this morning?" Superintendent - "Oh. yes. indeed! The horned horse's wife had twins last night." Taking No Chances. Mrs. Nordy-"So you're not going away and leave your husband this sum mer? 'Fraid he'll be lonesome. eh'" Mrs. Butts--No; on the contrary,. I'm afraid he won't be." Undoubtedly. "You shouldn't treat your boy so. harshly, you'll break his spirit." "Well, he'll probably get married some day, and he might as well have it broken now."-Houston Post. Almost Human. McFlub-"Do you think that domes tic animals have any intelligence?" Sleeth - "Undoubtedly. I've got a. flock of hens that never think of lay ing an egg except when the egg market is glutted." A Home Parallel. Blinker-How would you like to be in Warsaw and be mixed up in those terrible mobs of infuriated citizens?" Clinker--Tut, tut! Don't I cross the Brooklyn Bridge every evening durin the rush hour?" His Benevolent Aim. "Would you lend money to a person in r'al need of it?" "Certainly," answered Mr. Pinchum. "The more a person needs money the bigger the rate of interest he is will ing to pag."-Washington Star.' Perfectly Notural. Tired Tiffin-"It's queer dey can't git nobody to accep' de throne of Nor way." Dusty Rhodes-"Ainl't nuthin' queer about it. Everybody knows dat a king is de' hardest workted of men.". Defnltions. The Simple Life-"Doing' your own work." The Strenuous Life - "Doing some other fellow's work." The Modern Life - "Getting some other fellow to do your work."-Smirt Set. -- Poor Man. Cooper-"Did you ever travel on s. personally conducted tour?' Hooper-"P've traveled on one ever si'nce my honeymoon."-New York. Evening Mail. Getting Wise. Yeast-"Do you believe retiring early makes a man healthy, wealthy and wis?" Crimsonbeak-"Well, I'm sure if I had always retired early there are certain things I'd never got wise to."s-Yonk ers Statesman. His Method. Penner-"What, then, do you consid er the best method of keeping booksi" Burroughs --"There's only one sure way." Penner--Whiat's that?" Burroughs--Forget to return them." -Philadelphia Press. The Flirtatlonq One. "That man is trying to flirt with me;," she exclaimed indignantly. "There is no use of getting angry," ~ said one of the other girls. I can't help it. He has- evidently mistaken me for the chaperon of the party."Wahington Star. His Last Wish. "What are you doing with that sheet of aper. Orville?" sharply asked his "I am makinig a wish," answered Mr.. Mekun. "A wish?" "Yes, my dear. In your presence I. hall not presume to call it a will." Chicago Tribune. Modern Habit. Plato had just given an example of his wonderful wisdom. "If you lived ages hence." said an. ardent aidmirer. "the people could not help but call you a wise man." I am afr aid not," replied Plato, "Then whait would they call you?" A wise guy. WXhich goes to show that Plato knew something of slang himnself.-Detroit ribune.