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MAAZNI SETO . WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUN-\E 13, 1906. ETBIHD14 CAUGHT MONSTER FISH. LADY ANGLER LANDED BIG JEW. FISH OFF SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. Finny Monsters of Three Hundred Pounds and Upwards are Now Caught With Rod and ReelI-Jw fish a Gamey Fellow. Women who enjoy angling, and, in fact, everybody who likes to hunt and fish, will be interested in the exploit with rod and reel of Mrs. A. W. Bar rett of Los Angeles, Cal. The fish in the case was a black sea bass, or Jew fish, of the' Pacific Ocean, weight 368 pounds, caught off Santa Catalina Isl and, Cal., last month by Mrs. Barrett after 53 minutes of strenuous battle. The black sea bass of the Pacific one of the gamiest of its kind-is in season on the Southern California coast from about April to November, and affords favorite sport to anglers of both sexes. Owing to its great size, it cannot, of course, be pulled with rod and line into the boat, so, after one is hooked, the plan is to play it and tire it out and then, as it comes exhausted to the surface of the water alongside the boat, the boatman thrusts his gaff into it and tows the conquered levia than ashore. Up to twelve years ago no one dreamed of landing these monsters of the deep, except with heavy hand lines; but since General C. D. Viele, U. S. A., one summer day in 1894 managed to se cure one with rod and reel, no true angler thinks of fishing for them in any other way than with a rod. A well-known fisherman, in describ ing his experience with this fish in the Nature Library states that he has seen a 200 pound black sea bass or jewfish snap the largest shark line like a thread, and large specimens straighten out an iron shark-hook, while at the same time skilled wielders of the rod .th these giants of the tribe with- a line no -rrger than an eye-glass cord. His first experience with the Cali fornia jewfish was a most remarkable one. "When we got out to the fishing ground," he stated, "the anchor was tossed over, the rope ran merrily out, and the hook baited with a 6-pound vhLitefish, went hissing down to tha big submerged rock. "'Sometimes he bite, sometimes he don't,' remarked Joe; 'but whether he do or not, we have the fisbin' all the same.' And he looked at me inquir ingly, to see if I was of that variety GIN JWIH AG of fisher e h. r ee aife unesth ih r lay nth ie instumet. ** *I glnce atm Sat Caa iAn a anempire inAit oef fihendondbhm whor en sasud dnlysh fIcae aways th e lie tsioo hpelne tdhaoud plceasue in atead puer: athciation an e that caiet for han hnour tholdinter. payaed pon s eerig ofy musical instrmntn 'Sack!' ncd am hI veis rut the lne, whil the Aezed orothenchr-iean whmabrieoadt "'Givendiownedfeethem, hen sud-l carried my hades. te aer "I was an old shark fisherman, hav ing caught many of these monsters in the Mexican Gulf, and had taken a Florida jewfish and a tarpon; and I saw that work of a similar kind was before me now. The line jerked heavily in my hand, then began to run steadily. When about 6 feet had gone over the gunwale L stopped, gave a glance at the coil to see that all was clear, and when the line came taut jerked the hook into my first jewfish. "I have every reason to believe that the latter was astonished, as for a single second there was no response; then came a jerii that almost lifted me from the boat, and the line went hiss ing over the rail like a living thing, playing a merry hornApe of its own composition. Nothing could stop such a i ish, and I simply waited, while Joe pulled up the anchor. When the latter was in, I grasped the line and braced back for the fight. The light boat whirled around like a top, and away we went, like a tug surging through lhe water, an ominous wave of foam ising high around the bow. "A 10-foot shark never pulled harder han this gamey fish, and for 5 minutes t was a question who was master. I :ook it in with the greatest difficulty, aining 10 feet, only to have the fish ush toward me and then dash away with an impetus that was more than rresistible. Then I would stop him igain, slowly making foot by foot, and over hand, taking a turn on the leat, slacking and pulling, in attempts :o tire the monster-tactics that for a while were of no avail. "One of the tricks of this fish was 'o stop a-id jerk his head from side :o side violently, a proceeding that pro luced an effect equivalent to striking )lows at the holder of the line-tre endous jerks that came, one, two, :hree! then one, two, three!-then the ine would slacken as the fish rushed ap. And if I took the line in quickly mnough to prevent a turn, well and good; if I did not, the fish would turn ind dash at the bottom, making every :hing hum and sing. "Giving and taking, hauling and eas ng off, for 20 minutes, I was almost -atisfied that I had done my whole luty in the premises, when sd.Idenly the fish rushed up, and recov .,ing, I ook in slack, and with a final effort rought the black giant to the surface. For a moment I saw a pair of eyes is large as those of an ox, a rich chest aut black, and then, with a tremen, lous heave, the fish threw itself over leluging me with water and half cap sizing the boat. It was the last struggle. I kept my hold, and with nother haul had the king of Pacific coast at hand's-length, where it rolled T BT MRS. BARRETT. and tossed, its huge tail bathing us with spray, protesting against its cap ture. "What a wonderful creature it was! The experience of the moment, the sensations, could not have been pur chased. It was worth going a long way to accomplish. Imagine, you casters of the black-bass fly, a small mouthed black bass lengthened out to six feet. bulky in proportion, a giant black bass-one increased to a size that tips the scales at 347 pounds! Imagine this, and you have the jew fish, black sea-bass, of the Pacific coast-a noble fish, a gamey fellow. "It has always been doubted that a large jewfish could be taken on a rod; but during the summer of '94 I went to the jewfish grounds one August day with Major Charles Viele of the United States army, and watched himr bring a jewfish of 108 pounds' weight to terms, on a Tufts-Llyon yellow-tail rod of 16 ounces and a No. 21 Cutty hunk.line, in -inst 2 hours CANNON AT SEVENTY. A GREAT ADO MADE OVER THE ANNIVERSARY OF "UNCLE JOE'S" BIRTHDAY. Greeted With Hearty Applause on the Floor of the House and Honor ed With Reception Which all Ofticial Washington Society Attended. There' were great doings in Wash ington town last month when "Uncle Joe" Cannon, the "Czar" of the House of Representatives reached his seven tieth year. In the first place a great storm of cheers greeted the Speaker when he appeared on the floor of the House. Both Republican and Democratie members applauded the Illinois states man long and loud, Mr. Cannon ac knowledging the salutation with a homely bow. In the evening, official v ashington honored the Speaker at a reception tendered him by the House of Repre sentatives, where some 1500 guests were invited. That the passage of "UN1CLE JOE" CANNON. time was not worrying Uncle Joe was manifested by the hearty hand-clasps with which he greeted his friends, as well as the salutations extended to those who confused years with age. Uncle Joe was "seventy years young." President roosevelt joined in the ovation, offering the Speaker his hcarty congratulations, not because he was getting old, but because he was doing it gracefully. Mr. Cannon did two things which might worry many a younger man. First he had to sign something over a thousand photo graphs of himself, which were given to the guests as souvenirs, and again he shook hands with the guests upon re ceiving an equal number of personal congratulations. There were many sly digs and re marks regarding the buzzing of the presidential bee around Mr. Cannon's head, and one of the throng remarked at the close of the reception, "Any. man who can stand and shake hands with twelve hundred or more persons be tween nine and twelve o'clock, and not show signs of fatigue, is well fit to enter the presidential race, and ought to enjoy the prize if he wins It.", There were many friends present from Danville, Ill., who had sent a number of handsome wreaths and floral decorations. Mr. Cannon, how ever, is a native of Guilford, N. 0.. and if his friends have their way the Speaker will be the first Southern man since the war to become a White House occupant Speaking seriously of the presidency, Mr. Cannon said, "No man would de cline to become President of the United States, but not all men can af ford to be a candidate for the place. The bee is not bothering me. I want to do my work as Speaker; that will be glory onough for me, and if I were a candidate I'd have to lie about my age, and I'd have to live constantly in fear and trembling, not as to whether I'm doing my duty, but as to whether. by doing my duty, I wouldn't give of fense to somebody. "I guess I'll just go along and 'tend my own business." BASEBALL AT WASHINGTON. Games Played Before Cabinet Offi cers, Diplomats, and Congress men. At the base ball games in Washing ton. the learned Justices of the United States Snpreme Court. law makers of both Houses of Congress. members of the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps. sIt side by side with the merchant. artisan and government clerk, all keenly enjoying the national pastime. The big men of this and other natione in the capital are base ball fans of the highest degree, and are glad to eschew court decisions, railroad and other legislation, national and inter national topics for the less weighty decisions of the diamond. As soon as business can be transacted at the Capitol and in the departments it is customary for these distinguished base ball enthusiasts to hetake them selves to National Park for an after noon of enjoyment. rooting for their favorite teams and resting from af fairs of State. * The different teams throughout the country like to visit Washington for the privilege of playing before the most distinguished spectators to be fond in nny country on the gl~no. Members of the local teams ver quickly recognize tie faces of the or lookers and take pardonable pride il pointing out to the visitors the bif guns of the nations. It is an impartia crowd too, which sits in judgment o: the work of the athletes on the dia mond and good play is appreciated an( applauded no matter which side make the exhibition. There are nine judge on the Supreme Court bench and ; majority at the ball park is not ar unusual spectacle. A quartet is a cer tainty, comprising Associate Justice Harlan, Day, McEenna and White who can often be seen engaged ii discussing a knottT point regardin a foul or strike, 0- close base play showing as much seriousness a though some intrimate problem re garding the flag, t be Philippines o the tariff was under question. Justic Day is probably the best posted or the national game of any of his assc ciates on the Supreme bench, for h( has played it, and never misses ax exhibition when he is in the city, ant a ball game is advertised. ARDENT CONGRESSIONAL FANs There are nearly five hundred cor gressmen in the two branches of th national legislature 'nd it is prett; safe to predict that fully one-half a this number are lnterested attendant during the champion ship season. The: are not at all dismaved at the pros pect of a long season of Congres when sure of an afternoon's recrea tion following a long-drawn war o words at the Capii:ol earlier in th day. President Roosev lt a few week ago. was presented with a golden past entitling him to frea admission to a ball games in the N:..tional and Amer can Leagues and circuits. He prom ised the presentatior; committee to en deavor to occasionally visit the ba: park in Washington and witness th ball games played there. Frequentl his son-in-law, Niel: Longworth an his wife occupy seats in the gran stand, preferring to be among the er thusiastic gathering than to a, themselves of the President's pass an a seat in the private box. When were Is - .:all of the Hous or Senate and the sergeant-at-arms i charged with the duty of bringing i absentees the first place to which th deputies are sent, if the base ball sea son is on, is out to tae ball park. One of the most ricturesque spe< tators at National Park is the Chines minister in flowin; oriental robei usually accompanied by his little son When he was a student at Amhers the Chinese minister played on hi class team, and he is initiating hi heir into the myst 'ries of the Amei lean game. MIGHTY ONES OF THE LAND. Three of the President's official fair ly, Attorney General Moody, Pos1 master General Cor:elyou and Secre tary Metcalf of Commerce and Labor dispel the Irksome routine of depar1 ment life by going out to the bal game whenever the:., can steal awa from their desks. They generally si together and, being pastmasters in th art, keep score and compare notes a to base hits and errors. Attorney Get eral Moody has a warm spot in hi heart for the catcher, having playe that position when h:3 was a collegiat Vice-President Fa irbanks wants front seat when he g es out to witnes the national game. his favorite plac being just back of fir st base, where b can command an uninterrupted viev of the entire field. Surgeon General Wyman was pitcher in his early days, and whe not busy with quarr~ntine matters c other details relatirng to the publi health he finds his greatest enjoymer in witnessing a cerapionship contes between two evenly :natched teams. One of the first things Prof. Willi Moore of the Weather Bureau look for in his morning newspaper is th base ball record. Thbis Is continger upon the fact, however, that he ha not been a spectator, for the professc never fails to answ ar present whe he can get away fram the study c prognostications. Moreover, he is fr. quently inedemand, e clier in the dal to predict if the weaither can be de pendd upon for a ;;:.e. A Kindly Smile. Mrs. Coxe has the s:ime kindly gree ing for every one, whether he be tI miner, blackened with the grime an dust of the mine, or in a higher sti tion of life. She suggests to the paret that in the home there should be in portant training of t:he children, hi the idea is never advanced excepting a spirit of kindliness :mnd of the broa< est kind of sympathy. Her love f< the masses is not siraulated; it is tI joy of her heart. She has paid the ret for many a widow and orphan; h helped out so that the little ones ma attend school, and lbas- provided t? mother with employrment so that t? home may be kept together. Mrs. Coxe's home, like her life, is t1 paragon of modesty- she leads it "simple life" in all its real simplicit: Her chief aim seems to be to assist tI poor and needy. She has no pet phi anthropicS; there are no endless cal upon her time from society folk; thei are no wonderful gowns, no costly mi linery; no splendor or jewels, laces < sables adorn her person. It is no after all, the charity which she dii penses that has won for her the los and admiration of the toilers of tI mines, and that of their wives and Ii te ones, but it is th e purity of hE character that constaintly teaches beautiful lesson, not only to the minin town, but to the worl.1 at large whic may study to its own Emprovement ti generous, unselfish, sacrificing life this noble woman. A folding baby carriage is on the mnarke This wil be a grea-t boon to worrii fathers. as you can shu:: the baby up A SURE SAEGUARD. 51 so i CO-OPERATION AMONG PRODUC- G ERS A FOUNDATION FOR ANEK - b URING SOCIAL STRUCTURE at 3 it: 5 4n Address by George H. Maxwell tb at Bloomington, Ill., Showing How at 1 This Principle Will Overcome Op- le . pression by Combination of Capital. gr Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention: I am a profound believer in the capa city of the human race to work out the high destiny of which it is capable if its genius is rightly directed. I am a St. most extreme optimist in my expec tations of what the people of this na 1 tion will eventually accomplish in se curing in fact as well as in theory not pr InI only equal rights, but equal opportun- s ity for all men and the achievement by n all our p~eople of the highest average th standard of life of which all are cap- le able and which can be brought within the reach of all. th Unless tlais is accomplished our Ir boasted civilization will be but a fo wave on the great ocean of time, ris ing into a brief existence, only to be an L submerged, as all the civilizations that be a have gone before us have been sub merged. beneath the rottenness and corruption which has followed in s evitably in the wake of vast accumu- pr lation of wealth, and the gradual ab- m sorption of the land into great estates. or HANDWRITING ON THE WALL. Pc in Already In this country the hand- be writing is on the wall, and he who pe runs may read the warning which Byron painted in words when he w wrote: de "There is a moral of all human tales, dr 1 'Tis but the samie rehearsai of the past. First freedom, and then glory-when that fC fails, dc Wealth, vice, corruption-barbarism at last: And history, with all her volumes vast, ti' . Hath but one page.' C 1 Our history will not be written on fr I that page, and I am here to tell you a why, and to tell you that your move e ment in the line of co-operation is one be s of the reasons why we will escape the fe 2 fate that has at last destroyed all the fix L great nations of the past. he But we have already reached the it stage of "wealth-vice-Corruption." th No one who knows what goes on in this he country doubts that for a moment. as , If any one questions it he should read in the recently published book entitled by L "The Shame of the Citi'- " by Lincoln su S Steffens. 3 How are these dangers to be safe- A . guarded against? THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT. tr. er It cannot be done by purifying the gi - cities, because they cannot be purified. is :- Man will not rise above his environ- fu - ment or the dominating influence of , that environment, and the influence di :- which controls all things in our mod- fr I ern city is the mad race for wealth. fr r It is a car of juggernaut which crushes t public and private integrity and h< e morality and every just conception of th s patriotism under its wheels as it roll er ruthlessly onward, driven by the cl s multitude who are ready to saerifice I not only themselves, but the'r coanLry in the great gamble for quickly gained tl wealth. s We closed up the Louisiana lotter; a e in a burst of righteous public indigna- to a tion, because it was encouraging the T. r gambling mania and corrupting the people. pr i The district attorney of New York y a has recently set the machinery of the di r law in motion to stop the operations of , c a gambler named Canfield-.s t In St. Louis and Grand Rapids the s t foul brood <>f bribe-givers and bribe takers has been held up to derision ci s and disgrace, and a few of them may ti< s be punished. b SCOOPERATIVE COMDIONWEALTH m t to s But we have gone so far that cor-. r ruption has become a business system and conditions in our cities win breed o two corruptionists where one is pun ishled. Those conditions get worse andm worse as the profits of p)reymng upon the people become greater with the P~ increase of the population of our cities: Si and our political and social institutions h< are rotting at their very sour,. It The corruption of our cities will in- ci evitably taint and in the end conitrol mi our national politics and the admini., e tration of our national government-- te d Unless-w And here Is the only safeguard- SC t Unless we plant the great majority vi of our people on the soil and maintain fa Lt it there, and the people themselves- er learn to do for themselves by co- at operation, so that in the end we shall ax r eventually become a great co-operative w e commonwealth. fc t I am not proposing socialism, as its in devotees understand it, or as it is usually defined and understood, as a tli e remedy. s e I am proposing the exact opposite of of it. r e I am proposing the very highest t1 e form of Individual rights, opportunity, bi .activity and development. p e Socialism is to dream about doing u things, and to begin at the wrong end ux and fail. i e Co-operation is to do things, and to t begin at the right end and succeed. r Co-operation is evolution-not revo- I lution-. t Evolution is the law of God.ti e Evolution is the natural law which di e has controlled the creation of the d -earth and all that there is on it. a r It Is the law of the development of n a the human race, and we need only to U g learn its lessons and study It as a b method for the solution of every social ~ e problem to save the people of this ax nation from the social and political Ci dangers that confront them to-day. The trouble with most theories for gi . the reform or betterment of social con- cC d ditions is that they are too radical. e ictive theory, and then urge its adop )m all at once as a substitute for cial conditions which have been a )w growth through the centuries. ROWVTH MUST BE GRADUAL. They would create a tree instantly d have it all complete and perfect at creation, doing it while you watch em, like a Hindoo juggler. They e not content to plant the acorn and : the sturdy oak of social strength ow gradually in accordance with the v of nature and as was intended by R all-wise Creator. But we cannot charge Nature's rhey are as unchangeable as the irs. Whatever men may do they must st learn to do. Every oppression from which the oducers of this country or any other fferer to-day is because they have t learned or been trained to do for emselves the things which they ive it to others to do for them. And those to whom they leave such ings to be done, plan to make the eatest possible profit to themselves r doing them. . It is human nature that they should id always has been and always will so. IE DELUSIONS OF POLITICS. The delusion that you can protect oducers from such oppressions by king laws or by electing this man that man to office or putting this litical party or that political party power. is a delusion which has long en maintained by a multitude of ople. But it is only a question of time blen those who are misguided by this lusion will awaken from their eam, and learn that there is no help r them but to help themselves and > things for themselves. This great movement in the direc )n of doing things for themselves by -operative methods among producers om the land is something more than mere question of profit and loss. It is the slow awakening of a slum ring giant, who is just beginning to el his strength, anl when he has ially raised himself up to his full ight, and trained his mind so that can direct for his own protection all e faculties which God has given him, will look back with surprise and tonishment at the days when he tagined he was bound hand and foot - the Liliputians by whom he was rrounded. AKENING OF THE GIANT. And it is in the awakening and iling of this giant-a symbolical bodiment of the abilities and ener as of the people themselves, which the hope of this nation for the ture. You cannot oppress a man who aws the rewards of his toil straight Dm nature's treasure vaults-gets it m the land itself-land which he rns-land on which no money lender ds a mortgage-provided, always, at that man has learned to co-op ate with his fellow men of the same iss, to do for themselves the things bich it is beyond the power of the dividual man to do for higiself-the ings which require the combined d co-operative effort of many men accomplish. .IE PHILOSOPIIY OF RUSKIN. The broad solution of our social oblems which I am presenting to ou contemplates the creation of con ions in this country under which a will carry into practical effect the und philosophy of Rtuskin when he id: "But since we live in an epoch of ange and too, probably, of revolu m, and thoughts which are not to put aside are in the minds of all en capable of thought, I am obliged affirm the one principle which can d in the end will close all epochs revolution-that each man shall ssess the ground he can use,.and no It contemplates as a part of our iblic school system that every boy ould be trained so that he will know >w to till the land for a livelihood. contemiplates that the rush to the ies shall be stopped by the better nt of all the conditions of rural life good roads, near-by neighbors, rural lephones, net works of electric rail ys, rurail free delivery, thickly ttled communities and towns and lages in close proximity to every rmn home, so that every farmer may. joy as wvell as the city dwveller the tvantages of schools and churches id libraries and gymnasiums, and ere art and music may be studied r enjoyment in the home as well as the cities. It contemplates that- wherever the ig to be done for the benefit of Lch1 a community requires the effort more than one man, that those who quire to have the thing done for em, whatever it may be, shall corn ne together and do it for themselves. ovided it is within reach of the ited and co-operative energy and pital of the aggregated number of dividuals who require to have t;he ing done for them. In this category are creameries, undries, rural telephones. associa ml for the co-operative purchase of pplies. associations for the sale or sposition of the products of the soil. d many other associations which I ight mention for mutual economy, - utual beneiit or mutual protection. In sections where irrigation is xessary, co-operative canal systems d irrigation works come within this tegory; and in many parts of the untry where irrigation is not now nerally supp1osed to be necessary, -operative pumping plants might be tablished among farmers for the ,i.an of lands which they connM