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$ Higher Tests of Manhood i
By Pichard L. Metcalfe.
N THIS day when the world hears so much to the discredit
of men, it will do it no harm to be reminded that "the evil
that men do lives atter them; the good is-oft interred with
their bones." It will do men and women no harm to have
their attention distracted from the dark pictures of cruelty,
Of passion and of man's inhumanit- to man to the brighter
view where sacrifices are made, where burdens are borne,
Where mighty obstacles are overcome-in many instances by
frail men and delicate women-and all done in the name of
love that "passeth all understanding."
One need not go beyond the borders of his own town to find those who
keeping "the noiseless tenor of their way," and unknown even to many of their
neighbors, meet the higher tests of manhood. Pointing out that "heroes in
history seem to us yoetic because they are there," one writer has reminded
us that "if we should tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors, it would
sound like poetry."
There are everywhere girls of tender years engaged in laborious tasks and
Using their all too small income for the purpose in some cases of lifting mort
gages, in others of providing bread for the family. There are boys, pushed
before their time to the line of manhood's duties, who have taken the places of
fathers dead, have become protectors for their brothers and sisters and pro
viders for their widowed mothers. There are parents struggling to conceal,
and finally to cure, the waywardness of a son or daughter. There are wifes
bearing in silence the grief that their husband's shame has brought upon them
and concealing, for their children's sake, the hideous skeleton in their homes.
There are husbands who, to spare their offspring woe, steel their hearts
against the first impulse of manhood to destroy and close their eyes to the
recklessness of wives. There are childrcn bravely holding up their heads
among their fellows, although a parent has brought disgrace upon the house
hold. There are men and women scriving to recover lost ground. battling with
their own bad natures and with every struggle and with every triumph im
,ressed-as those who may not Know what it is to struggle with one's self can
never be-with the fact that "i1e who ruleth his spirit is greater tIan he who
taketh a city."
The generous love and the tender sympathy, the enormous sacrifice and
frail men and delicate women-and all (One n the name of that love that
the mighty endeavor t1at abound in this world today need to be brought to
the attention of thoSe who, seeing so much of the meanness of men, may be
moving dangerously near to the line of cynicism.
Bad people are the exception. it is natural that men and woni be good
and do good. Love and sympatny are part of the divine plan. "That vry law
which molds a tar and bids it trickle from its course-that law preserves the
earth a sphere and guides the planets in their course."-The Commoner.
Accuracy, a Terseness, 9
Accuracy
By Prof. LV. Ripper, in Technics.
HET-E are many qualities necessary to success in modern
business life: but there is none of more importance to a man
holding a position of responsibility than the power to make
a plain, straightforward, businesslike statement, either by
speech or in writing. The quality of fluency is not so much
what is required as the qualities of accuracy and clearness,
definiteness and brevity, tact -and judgment. If we are not
clear and precise it is certain that those who listen to us will
be no more clear, when we have fnished, than we are our
selves-probably much less so. We must have no vague and misty ideas about
the subject, but they must be crystallized and definite. These qualities of our
thought and speech, however, cannot be left to chance. They are attained as
the result of effort, of careful and independent thought on the subject for our
selves, of looking at it from many points of view, and thus satisfying ourselves
and those who listen to us that we thoroughly understand what we are talking
about. It clears one's own mind in thinking out a subject to talk it over with
a colleague, or to write out a statement of it, or to dictate it to a shorthand
writer. Having decided what to say, and having properly arranged It, the
last point is how to say it. The first essential is to speak distinctly, then to
be natural, straightforward, lucidt neither to strive after effect nor to exagger
ate, but to give the impression that we are ourselves convinced of the cogency
and force of our own contention.
& Atmosphere One Carries 4
ATURE'S forces carry their -atmosphere. The sun gushes
forth light unoquenchable; coals throw off heat; violets are
N larger in influence than bulk; pomegranates and spices
tcrowd the house with sweet odors. Man also has his atmos
~ phere. He is a force-bearer and .a force-producer. He jour
neys forward, exhaling influences. Thmnking of the evil
emanating from a bad man. Bunyan made Apollyon's nos
trils emit flames. Edward Everett insists that Daniel Web
ster's eyes, during his greatest speeches, literally emitted
sparks. If light is in man, he shines: if darkness rules, he shades; if his
heart glows with love, he warms: if frozen with selfishness, he chills; if cor
rupt, he poisonis; if pure-hearted. he cleanses. The soul, like the sun, has its
atmosphere, and is over against its fellows for light, warmth and transforma
tion. This mysterious bundle of forces called man, moving through society.
exhaling blessings, or blightings, gets its meaning from the capacity of others
to receive its influences. Standing at the centre of the universe, a thousand
forces come rashing in to report themselves to the sensitive soul-centre.
There is a nerve in man that runs out to every room imd realm in the uni
-verse. Man dwells in a glass dome; to him the world lies open on every
-side. Each man stands at the centre of the great network of voluntary in
Ituence for good. Rivers, winds, forces of fire and steam are impotent com
pared to those energies of mind and heart that make men equal to transform
ing whole communities and even nations.
j Concerning Sinners I
.. By Margaret Deland. fljrn-tgeQ
++++++ UST see how it is, in these respectable lives of ours; see how
* Oe**0 almost all our trIvial shortcomings have their root back
* * in this one shameful sin of cowardice. . . . Take extrava
J gance, which means theft; take affection, which means un
truthfulness: take worry, which means distrust--and is not
* distrust an irreverence of the mind, if not of the lips? take
**+++++++ concern about small physical ills, which means sel-'sh nar
~ rowness-ah, well; the list grows as long as the Ten Com
mandments as we think it over. Indeed, it is a most disa
greeable line of thought, and far pleasanter and easier to work out for other
people, say, Mesdames X., Y., and Z., than for ourselves. For instance, we
can all see clearly enough Mrs. X.'s cowardice-in her extravagance. That
woman, if von will believe it, buys a new carpet, though she hasn't paid her
butcher for two months, because she is ashamed of the worn spot in front
ot the window! A rug would look queerly in such a place, so she can't cover
the spot. but she is afraid to have people see it, so she buys the new carpet.
Of course, she could perfectly well pull the old carpet up and have decent
cleanboa-rds, but, heavens, no! she has not the courage for realities. Hence,
Mr. X. sighs. and the butcher, whoa another month goes by and he is still un
paid, swears, and Mrs. X.'s forehead takes a new wrinkle. Coward! and thief,
too, from the butcher's point of view: for, of course, the price of that carpet
has corme out of his pocket. (And fool, the Sinner adds, severely. For, being
a woman of' more cultivation than Mrs. X., she understands the dignity awl
refine.:r-et of economy.~-Harper's Bazar.
One of the .:roa: sucse of the ICuh nteAt
Amrcasi the : 7m.,,ins Ruhngitotetmkigca.a
se'hool sys:cm. o,.! :her-e is no more odna re xhdy
enc Trg zu 'gn f the beneficia: '(c- "\c;k'es W o o-:
schoole Tody i -s estiate that'~'. oi
Ix - I' ~ '-' v I Rushin ino stou he s o car. a
Ji- c-2~c eir~a~iV"A corkn re- Whos.gt bco:
~e-~o .~l~ ~ '~ e1. --i - men.t fit temerance pledges. Whr
ther-e ar rearly 40-).000 in atnac. .i fr"
MORE DARING HOLD-UPS
Two of the Holdups seem to Have
Bean the Work o. One Man.
Columbia. Special.--Three hold-ups
in three different localities. were re
ported to the police :eadquarters at
the same time Saturday iight. About
S:30 o'clock Mr. Kal Haltiwaiger,
Mr. J. E. Matthevs and Mr. C. T.
Helms were each held up at the point
of pistols and Messrs. Haltiwanger
:md Matthews were -obbed but Mr.
Helms resisted and gve the alarm
and the robber rani making his es
Cape.
The first two were robbed in North
Columbia but in different parts of
the suburbs. and the atempt on Mr.
Hlns was on Pickens street between
Blanding and T:aylor. verv near the
mess hall of the Presbvteriai thelo
gi-al seninarv. No arrests have beer
made though ihe police are working
on the cases. The robberies of
Messrs. Haltiwanger and Matthews
were tommitted outside of the city
limits and the police were unable to
do much toward making arrests in
those cases but eighat men in plain
cloth-s were hurried to the part of
the city where Mr. Helms was attaic-k
ed n(i the entijre seet.on east of Main
strec. was scoured but no arrests
have beeni made.
BIG FAIR AT CHARLOTTE.
Ths Event Will Be One of the Great
est in the History of County
Fairs.
Chxarlotte. S;pecial..-Thxe Meekk.n
br;- :air. which will be held October
24th to 27th, inclusivE, promises to be
one of the best eveats of its kind
ever held in the State. Each year
this fair has been extended in its
scope and improved in interest and
attractiveness until the outlook for
the coming fair promises that it will
far eclipse all prev.ous ones. Mr
W. S. Orr, the manager and secretary
of the Fair Association has been hard
at work getting everything in shape
for the opening and his announcement
that all things point to a splendid
success this year carries with it the
convincing weight of experience.
The exhibits are .early complete,
and will include the choicest collee
tions of everything petaining to agri
culture, mechanics, art, science and
invention.
The racing will this year be the
best ever seen on a North Carolina
track, the entries ineuding some of
the fastest horses in the country.
The midway will be a grand free at
traction, clean and high-toned, such
as will please, amuse and entertain,
without ~shocking the most sensative.
All railroads leading into the city
will give greatly reduced rates, and
from present appearances the erowds
in attendance will be tremendous.
And all who come w3ll go away feel
ing that they have been richly re
paid for their time and money spent
in seeing this excellent fair.
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. A. W. Burnet of Camden, pres
ident of the Daughters of the Con
federacy in this State, has issued the
followixng call for the annual conven
tio to hec held in .Johnston. Novem
-'men. S. C., Oct. 10. 1905.
To te Unted autghters of the Con
'1ederne:~
T' 0- h annut a] covention of the
stat diiio 1.-. D). C., meets at
Jonsa S. V.. on the 20th of. Novemn
her and all 1e1.ates are urgad to be
present un thIa t riay.
I elued railroad rates have been
.aplied fo
' yespec~t Fulily yours.
HlRIifT SHIANNON BURNET,
Pre'siha t S. C. Div. U. D. C.
Johnston Pastor Resigns.
Johnston, Special.-Rev. L. A.
Cooper, pastor of the Baptist church,
tendered his resgntion Sunday at
the morning service to take effeet
November 25th. Mr. Cooper has serv
ed the church a year most efficiently.
Not oni yhis own congregation but
Ithe entire town had grown to be very
fond of him and this step came very
unexpectedly. Mr. Cooper will take
up the work as financial secretary of
the Greenville Female College. In
the removal of Mr. Cooper and his
family the town has sustained a 1oss
that will effect every home.
Palmetto Briefs..
A Greenville special says: Super
visor Walker has calced the election
to be held under the 3xrice bill provis
ion for November 14.
The South Carolina Temperance
av and Order League, will hold its
second annual meeting in Columbia
Wednesday night of fair week, the Y.
M. C. A. hil having been secured for
the purpose.
Daniel J. Sully Addresses Sumter
Farmers.
Sumter. Special .-Moreo than 350
fa-mexrs crowdedl into the opera nonse
Saturlvy to hear Mr. D). J1. Sully, the
otton kiing of New Yoi-k. He r
eivd a hearty reception. He spoke
aout 15 miues i s manner and
gene(ral nppearanx(e inidicate the b)15
iness man-nik- oe :i-ive- phu n. lie
was ixtrude by Lus . A. B. Stueiky.
president of the Suu!ter Cotton As
s c-a tioni.
Played With a P l
Anerson. Spec1!-Whibe viaying
not:i' tohod an1 inust. woytimo
lved in thec mill v-inge and weree
STATE AFFAIRS
Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
Genczal Cotton Market.
Atlanta, steady . . .. ......9-7-14
Galveston. firm.. .. .. .. ..91/
New Orleans, firm . . .. ....9%
Mobile. steady............9%
Savannah, (uiet........ ..97-16
Charleston, quiet.... .. ........9%
Norfolk. steady.... .. .. ....911-16
Baltimore, nominal.. .. .. ....9%
New York, quiet.. .. .. .. ...10
Boston, quiet.. .. .. .........10
Philadelphia, stcady... .. ....10.25
Charlotte cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
to wAvagons:
Good Middling.... ........9.65
Strict Middling... .. .. .. ....9.65
Middling.......... .. .. .. ..9.65
Spartanburg's Tax Values.
Spartanburg, Special.-After coi
siderable delay, occasioned by the
shipmen of the wrong kind of books
last spring and the consequent cor
rection, along with other matters,
Spartanburg county's audkor has
completed his a)stracts and the sta
tistics gleaned Iherefron tell truth
fully and eloquently the story of the
city and county's zrowih and ad
-anement. The increase in total val
uations for the couiity for the year
1905 over 1904 was $Q28,245. The fig
ures are: For 1904. $13,023,295; for
1905, $13.351.540. The total real es
tate value of the county for the pres
ent year is $5,973,293; personal prop
erty, $6,691,547; railroad property,
$1,1S3,700. The number of dogs re
turned for taxes was 3,133 at 50 cents
per head, making $1.566.50, which
goes to to the school fund. It is
doubt tul if any county in the State
will show as nany dogs taxed as- that.
Three Children Left at Home to Die.
Rock Hill. Special.-Two colored
children that had been left alone in
the house were burned to death Sun
day and the house and contects all
destroyed in a fire that occurred on
the farm of Mr. J.. 11. Miller at Ebe
nezer. The mother of the children
had spread a quilt on the floor before
the fire before leaving and had placed
the children there. She had been
absent about 15 minutes at her du
ties near Mr. Miller's home when
the fire was discovered. The child
ren's bodies were found in the bed
in the room where they had been left
and are thought to have taken refuge
there. They were aged two and four
years. The negroes arc respected and
according to Mr. Miller, bear good
reputations. Another deplorable af.
fair of the same kind occurred on
Th ursday on the plantation of Mr.
B. F. Merritt. The child of Shaver
McClure, having been left before the
tire while the parents went to pick
cotton. was so badly burned that it
died after five nours of agony. Both
cases are but repetitions of the old
story that 'is told every year, that of
carelessness.
Landrtm Selected.
Spartanburg, Special-At a recent
session, the Spartanburg County Bap
tist Association decided to build a
Baptist high school and since that
time have been looking over the field
for the town or place offering the
best advantages for thle institution.
Landrurm has )een decided upon.
That towvn has agreed to donate $5.
000 cash and ten acres of land, val
ued at $1.000. There were several
competitors for the school, Inman,
Campobello and other points, but the
advantages offered by Landirum were
deemed superior by the committee.
New Enterprises.
The secretiry of state has issued
a commission to the corporators of
the Anderson Banking and Trust
Company. wh.ch will have a capitali
zation of $200.000. The corporators
are WV. F. Co:. E. P. Vandiver, R. E.
Burriss, WV. XW. Sullivan. HI. C. Town
send, J. M. Evans, N. C. Bolemau,
George M. To ly, T. A. Ratliffe, Jr.~
A commisson was issued to the
Sardis High School Association, of
Sardis, Floreme county, to be capital
ized at $10,00). The corporators are
W. M. Timmons, W. H. McElveen, T'.
L. Belton, E. E. Hudson, J. C. Hud
son, Edwin Iangston.
The officers of the Bishopville Light
and Power Company. chartered last.
week, are: I. C. Baskins, president;
George M. Stuckey, vice president.
and R. W. AfeLendon, secretary and
treasurer. Capital stock, $17,500.
An eleemsynary charter was is
sued to the WVofford College Sigma
Alpha Epsibni Associaltion.
Anderson's Hospital.
Anderson, Special.--Willow camp,
Woodmen of the World. has donated
to the hospial association the sum
of $500 for the establishment of a
hospital in suidcrsor.. Other libera!
donions h~ e benrce nt~'ly mae
notably a "iji of - 1000) b) Mr. Wal
ton ilail of Th-u'nan the laiesO.
wh have erkI (1 f1) 'ihn!fo
muh encur d wi I .n:i :
PaettO Briefs.
A special rom Columbia says: An
atipted asault up~on a youngv lady-,
a daehier o one of the welli known
famiies of ;'Je coiunty. led to the ar
rest of Da)n S1 cum. a white mnan
who has rectntly con:" tn ol i
to nCHare ini the f"'ter Y' .tin2
Copany.
Miss A!jee Roosevelt an~d her party'
sailed fromn lokohanma for Sant Fran
eiso.
BAN IS LID
Quarantine Against the Yellow
fever Only a Memory
REJOICING VERY GENERAL I
Texas Modifies Her Quarantine in
Favor of People Who Will Make
Satifactory Affidavits and Alabama
is Expected to Act Soon.
New Oraleais, Special.-Report to
6 p. m. Sunday:
New cases, 2; total, 3,361.
Deaths, none; total, 435.
New focis, 1.
Under treatment, 73; discharged,
2.S53.
While Sunday was the fifth conse
cutive day on which no deaths were
reported, which in itself was a cause
for much general satisfaction, the
most gratifying information came in t
the shape of a telegram from the
State health oflicer of Mississippi that
at 6 p. m. all Mississippi quarantine
would be raised. Another source of
congratulation was a telegram from
Dr. Tabor. of Texas, to Dr. White. to
the effect that Texas would admit peo
ple froni Louisiana who would make
an aflidavit that they had not been
near an infected point for six days
previously. It is believed that the
Texas restrictions will be entirely re
moved in a short time, and that Ala
bama will also remove all restrictions t
in a short time. The removal of !he
Mississippi quarantine is the cause
ot the greatest satisfaction, because
of the close relation between this
eity and the Gulf Coast, which is
regarded as practically a suburb of
New Orleans.
There were no repxrts of new cases
or deaths from the country parishes
Those places which did. report had no
new ecases.
Houston. Texa. Special-The State
of Texas lifted hs qjuarantine against
all points in Louisiana except those
which are infected. Persons who en
te' this State will be required to take
oath as to point of origin. but no
health certificates are required. Be
fore making the order, Dr. Tabor
sounded the sentiment at Orange,
Beaumont anid Houston, the places
nearest he border.
Wheat Crop Short.
Mexico City. Special.-The short
ness of the wheat crop is greater than
was estimated a few weeks ago and
millers are looking for the entire re
moval of the duty on Amnerican and
Canadian wheat by the first of next
year. The city bakers have reduced
the size of their loaves, asserting that
it is impossible to give the same
weight as formerly. There are some
stocks of wheat in the hands of large
farmers here, but not sufficient to
brine down the price, which is stead
ily rising. The price of corn is also
rising, the advance being~ over fifty
per cent. as compared with the prices
of August. This causes hardship
among the poor~. There is a pro babi
lity- of the duty on corn being abated.
Five Drowned Off Yonkers, N. Y.
Yonkers. N. Y.. Special -Five per
sons, the body of one having been re
covered. are believed to have been
drowned by the running dowvn of a
cat boat by a tug off South Yonkers.
When assistance reached the boat
there was found aboard it a list of
the party who had zcone sailing. There
were: Zdward Nelson, his son Ed
w-r:d. Benjamin Benson. Faward
Simpson andi Carl Thompson. an of
South Yonkers. Later the bodyv of
Benson was found.
$60,000 Fire in Ridgeway. Pa.
Ridgeway. Pa., Spee'al-Incen1diary.
fires n'the central part of the hor
onah late Sunday night destroyed sev
eral buildinzs, an op ra hu.i-e. the
finst in this section, being burned
wih $60.000 loss on the buildurn m
surance $14,000. Rep'rts of suippos
e2 house breakings rasulted ai -he
calling out of the militia. No ar
rests have been made.
Holding to Hang.
.shville. Special.-A ..pecial from
Sylva says- Judge Neill has senten
ee John Hlolden, convicted at this
term of Jackson county court, in ses
sion at Webster, to b~e har.ged be-:i
tween the hours of 11 and 12, Decem-!
ber 6. for the murd.?r of his wife, Re
be:eai Holden, last August. \Will
THodni. son of the inurdcred woman.
was acounittLed. The evidence was
circumstantial. The condemned man
claims that he is innocent.
Riis Supporting MicClellan.
New York. Speial1.--Jacob A. Riis.
friend of P resident Roosevelt, and
worker for reformi in the poor dis
tets of the East Side. declared that
ie hould .upport M-iyor McClellan
"uttil he is elected. beeanse he has
made a god an honest, an elliciert
and a dismilled mayor: because lie is
George B. MeClellan and dleserves and
will get' the thank.: ot the people ot
New York anid ih 2 's
Stockholders Sue Land Company.
Japr Ala. Speci--' 111 was
filed in the (Chancery C')wrt here by\
. . I Hayes. a minor~ty stockholder',
gaiist the Jasper Land CcnmPany
an L. B. Magrove. seeking to have
a receiver appo!inted for the land
ompany and a general accounting of
its affairs. The company has an au
hrized capital stock of j,5o0.000'
divided into 5,000 shares of' a liar
enau of $100.
A BOND TliU
rhe Graft Microbe Penetrate!
to South Carolina's Capital
-iE WORKED SMOOTH GAMI
)aniel .Zimmerman, Fcrmer Employi
in State Treasurer's Office At Co
humbia and a Member of An Oh
South Carolina Family; is Char ,i
With Fradulently Abstracting $12,
500 Plus Interest.
Columbia, Special.-A warrant wa
ssued Tuesday afternoon for the ar
-et of Daniel Zimmerman, forme
>ookkeeper and conidential clerk ir
h- State Treasurer's office. upon at
Lfdarit sworn to byv State Treasure
1. H. Jennings. charging him with I
>reacl of trust with fraudulent inten.
ion and the theft of State bonds oJ
he value of $12,500. which, with ac
nied interest, aggegate 31(,403.75.
Zimnmernman. who is a member o:
mne of the oldest and most highly re
peLted families'in South Carolina, i
tout 62 years of age, anid has resided
n Columbia with his family qinel
>1, coming here som Orang ebiur;
:onty. Hte se-rved in the canacity o:
.!'Ikkeeper from 1S92 until 1902. nn
ir three diffrenit State Treasurers
. . C. B.ates, W. TH. Timmerman
md the inemnbent. The Ofliecis an
iale for any shortage during thei:
ermns of oilice, the liabilities beint
bfut as follows:
V. T. C. Bates. $1.20C - W. H
rjuernla, $10,500; and R. H. Jen
I ng s. $ 1;4 0 0.
is alleged that the fraud wa:
10ommi1tted when a party having bond!
night prefer "State stock'' in ex
:hanige. The prpers would be pre
iItei and the transfer made. Then
sad of canceling the boud. th<
1rk in charge anparertly would taki
>u one of the bonds when ther<
vould be larze packages and at som<
Jonvenint date would put it en th
narket as if it were negotiable in
:trlruet instead of a bond. Th
)>Ondls of ;,he State are payable t
earer, julst as a bank note or othe:
urrenev, and the stock being payabl
:o order only.
It ;s said the irregularities wer
ieovered some time ago, and effort
and been made to get Zimmerman t
splin them, but it is alleged tha
ie failed to keep several engngement
:o visit the office and clear up th
natter.
Just before issuing the ,warran
rI'uesday two of the former Treasurer
isited Zimmerman 's home to prepar
ur for what was comiing, and t<
nake a last effort to settle the matte:
utside the law, if possible. Reachin:
us home, they were informed tha
ue wvas at a local insurance office, ii
xhich lhe is now emlkod. Going tV
us ohice, they were told that Zim
mmermanl had just left.
Un to a late hour the warrant haa
not 'heen served. the Sheriff bein;
nable to locate Zimmerman.
Lumber Men Meet.
Norfolk. Special.-The North Car
linla Pine Association controllin;
ll the big lumber mills in Easter:
Virginia and North Carolina. met her
td elected E. C. Fosbury, of the Fos
,urz Lumber Company. of Norfol]
n Berkley. president. and R. .1
?amp. of Franklin. Va.. first-vie
resident. Mr. Fosburg succeeds Joli:
. Roper resigned. The associatio:
atjid the detailed plan for the eon
olidaton with the South Carolin:
Pine Lumber Association, and the tw,
anzatonls meet in Columbia. S. C
rember 16th, for final act ion.
Caroin~a-Northernl Sold.
Emnbrton. Special.-The Carolin:
orthern Railroad, extending frot
Lmberton to Marion. S. C.. a dis
:ace of. 42 miles. was sold here Tues
lay at public auction1 and~ was bough
.nhv a committee of first mortgag
>omid holders. of which Howard S
3raha. of Philadelphia, is chairman
or $268.0O00.
Supplies Prohibited.
)f arms, ammiunition and munition:
t war of every kind from any part o.
he United State and Porto Rico tV
mi port of the Dominican republi
s prohibited by a Presidential procla
a4. ion. In an explanatory mnemoran
lum to the effect thia this action ha
een taken after consultation wit]
he Dominican government, with thei
ocurrence, and is intended to as
ist thenm in the enforcement of thei
elations designed to prevent th
'evolutionists of the island fronm get
ing warlike supplies.
?lan Not Decided On.
New York, Speial.-The steame
:Iavaa~ arrived from Colon havin
n ~aard the Isthmnian (anal com
nission and the hoard of consult ini
.g iner returning from their tou
ifispci. The chairman of en
issidthey lhad miade a carefu
nsetion but have coe~; to) no de
isioi as to the lock or sea level piai
md can say nothin-. about it until th'
'eport is made known.
Gen. James D. Glenn Dead.
Rqleigh, spcial.- st afteri mid
might \0Wenesday era~ l .Jmneys D)
.len. brother and~ pr'ivat e secretar'
Itovbernor Ohenn. dieda thle resnl
If :n et::wk of -rut' 'indirxstion sat
Six Burned to Death.
St. Lou'is. Speca! .Mrs. Alice Iiart
nan an er five~ childrenc wereC bun
dto death and their hime was des
oyed by fire at Port Royal, a vil
w~e in Frankhin ecunty.
Need For Good Iligh'wars.
,A ;HE good roads question
continues to attract wide
O spread .ubllc interest,
T ljudging from the exten-.
sive discussion of the sub4
J jeet -in the public press& The proposi
tion of Federal support in this respect;
seems to be gainingggngth in the
country 'at large, and the good roads
propositions as presented to recen
Congresses are being earnestly exam
ined by many interested citizens, a
the demand upon the Capitol documen
rooms at Washington attests. Th
bills seek to enlist the financial sun
port of the Federal Government in t
improvemerit of the wagon roads o
the country, the plan being for Uncle
Sam to supply a sum equal to the sum
any. State wll, suppy,7 up to the maxi
nrum provided for..
Congressman Browni&, in explain
ing the provisions of his;bill, said that
Federal co-operation ipg ite premises
was but just inlorder to fairly distrib
ute the burden of taxation necessary
to..impro.e thepggic-highways. He'
makes this telling point:
.,S6 long as we pursue the original
method of taxation the entire burden
of cost for highway improvement falls
upon the owners of agricultural lands
and the persons living-in the rural dis
tricts. When the - great mass of the
people lived in the rural-districts this
was a just and equitable distribution
of taxes for.,such purposes, but with
the changed conditions' of,the present
day, when one-half 'of the people live
in cities; and much more than one-half
of the wealth is concentiated in these
cities and in the corpoirations that ari
so powerful at the present time, it is
- absolutely necessary that some means
should be devised *hereby the reven
nes requisite for the great improve
ment that is called -o;should be de
rived from all of the people "-i i+
sources of the country as nearly as pos
sible, and not-rest. as heretofor.e, upon.
the farming classes, who are the imme
diatsTors by WVffK1?dre of crops
and suffer by every decline in price of.
agricultural products."
Another Amp6otant consideration is
that, in the last analysis,;Abge cities ande
towns benefit froi good roads just as
much as do the people living along
them. It is to the interest of the mer
chant as well as of the farmer to have
an improved system of roads in every.(
part of the country.
..The deivelopnxnt-of.--the rural free
5 delivery system has served to bring
> the geople-of -the country into closer
t touch- with not only the towns, but
a with the Federal Govinment. than
ever before. The Gioveriment, speak
ing and acting for the country at large,
thas, therefore, ~a direct-interest in the
Swelfar-e of the people living in the rural
Ssections, and the benefits to be derived
from good roads would~ be shared not
Smerely by those living ufion them, but
by all the people.-Atlanta Constita- -
tion.
The M1ovement's Progr~ess.
- That the good. roads. movement is
popular and has coniet to 4tay is evi
Idenced by the attention. non given to
good roads engineering in our educa
tional institutions. Thie Rhode Island
College of Agriculture an& Mechanic
Arts has recently issued a, circular con
cerning its course of.- Highway Engai
- neering, which circular: can be ha'd
from the president by addressing him
1 at .Kingston, R. L Thbis mnedium is to
e call the attention of any y'oung men
-who are thinking of doing eniering
Swork to tiie advantages of. including
education along good roads lines. This
Slast addition is badly "nceded and will
Sbe of immense value in the Southern
SStates of the Union where less atten
-tion,. perhaps, has beeni given to this, .
than in those further. nor;'h. That it
seriously concerns us aml'is evident
without any argument, and the action
of President Butterfield, of the Rhode
Island College of Agriculture, is to'be
highly commended.
-In addition to-this-we-iearrn that in
the Iowa State ,College at Ames, Iowa,
the' Iowa highway commission has es
tablished a road school in which every
- piece of the work, including class work,
- work, field work, modern road machin
t cry, cement in highway improvementsl..
.etc.. is taught. Plans are being made~
to build model sections of earth, gra
vel and macadam roads, and practical
men have been engaged for the schools,
and it is thought that the results wlli
be very flattering.
Certainly the Iowa people deserve
1 great credit for their enterprise in this ~
;direction.
Of Speeil Value.
In Southern Louisiana the good roads
movement is of special value from the *
fact that our great crops of cane and
rice weigh more in proportion to the
area of land on which they are grown ~
than do the crops of any othrers of the
States of the Union. Thlousands of _
acres oL sugar cane have been lost in
Louiiana during rainy harvesting sea
sons from the practical impa'ssabilli!
of our roa4 , and while no good road
movement can change our climate, we
can unquestionably change some of the
efects of our climate by reiterating the
imortance of road drainage-and other
physceal ameliorations, as w-ell as sug
gest the financial and politico-economic
methods for road imnprov'ement.-LouI
It Made a Direrence.
A story' is being told of a Sibley
young lady who found a package of
love letters that had been written to
her miother by her father before thee
were married. The daughter saw that
she cound have a little sport and read
one of them to her mother. substitut
inlg her own name for that of her
-mother an i.that of a Six Mile young1
man for :that of her father. The mother
seemed utterly disgusted and forbade
her daughter to have anything to do
with the ycungR man who 'would write
sch nonsensical stuff to a girl. When
the young lady handed the letter to
her mother to read -the house became
so still that one could almost hear the
grass growing in the yard.-Oak Grel