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VOL. 9, NO. 34, SEMI-WEEKLY. THE LANCASTER NEWS, TUESDAY. JANUARY 27 im t ONION SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCI Brother Ministers Pay Tribut to Retiring Pastor. DR.BOLDRIDGE'SFAREWEL] MeinlH>r? of All Denomination CJather to Show Ren|>ect ami Appreciation. As a mark of their respect and aj preciauon or me raunrui service c Rev. J. H. Boldrldge, D. D., all tli other denominations of the town m? with their Baptist Brethren Sundn evening and their several pastoi spoke affectionately of Dr. Boldrig* dwelling particularly on his strengt of mind and character and t hos traits of his which Impress all wli know him. A tremendous congr< gatlou filled the church and Sunda school room and many extra sea had to he brought in. Rev. 13. T. Ilodges of the Fir Methodist church presided over tl meeting, which he opened with pra; er. A full choir of splendid volci furnished the music and led the coi gregation in several approprial hymns. Rev. II. R. Murchison mac another prayer, after which M Hodges eulogized Dr. Boldridg whom he had known pleasantly I another town more than a score ( years ago. Mr. Hodges declare laughingly, that Dr. Boldrldge qule ly left that town before he could dl cover his Intention and without co: suiting him, his presiding elder. Y the speaker assured his hearers th he had kept track of him and r marked that when he, too, came Lancaster much more recently, th; same tall man was one of the fir people to greet him and his welcon was most cordial. Mr. Hodges dwe particularly on two of his most strl Ing characteristics, the first beii that he can always be placed, or other words, you can always put yoi hands on him. "People can alwa; find Dr. Boldrldge." he said. Tl other characteristic to which tl Methodist minister referred, he 1 lustrated by an histrocal allusio showing that Dr. Boldrldge never r treats for the reason that he hi never learned how. "He does n know defeat, but goes ahead, nev doubting nor moving nacitwara, n always forward." In conclusion, M Hodges asked that when his Rapti brother felt he was talking with Go he should remember us and know v are thinking also of him. Rev. H. R. Murchison of the Pre byterian church, was the next spea er. He said: "I feel that it is a propriate, In view of Dr. Roldridgt departure, that we should meet t gother and pay our respects to a loi and faithful pastorate. He spol also of the relations of pastor ai people, who, working together, shou forward Christ's work, of the ini mate association existing between tl two, of the privileges a pastor enjo in his visits to the sick room ,to tl aged and to the young. He spok too, of the sadness of breaking the close ties, saving that a preacher ca not leave a people without a de feeling and pure sentiment. He rei a selection from Acts, setting for the true relationship that should e 1st between a pastor and his flock, ei phaslizlng the verse, I have 11 shunned to declare unto you all t counsel of God." Mr. Murchlson i ferred to the fact that no man lea such a public life as the minister, th none other Is so much in the mout of the people. He said that he wish if possible, to deepen the feeling sacred relationship between past and people. "Remember," said \ Murchlson, "that he is going to lea us to labor in a bigger sphere." closing his remarks, the speak added, "God bless you, your n< work and your homo." Rev. S. R. Brock, who spoke ne: declared that he was glad to spa a word in praise of his retlri pastor, that though he had only be a resident of this little city for short time, he was familiar with t good Dr. Boldrldge had done. "N only has his work here been f&ithfi but throughout the Moriah Assocl tion, will his work live, not only the minds of the young people of t town but of those of Lancaster con ty as well. His advice can be tru ed, his leadership has been one success and his Influence will contln to live on, not only through time, b eternity." Mr. Brock mentioned t fact that we seldom appreciate t work of a paslor until he is tak from us. The sneaker ended his i marks by asking God's benedtctt upon the departing pastor and 1 household. Rev. W. S. Patterson of the ' soeiate Reforme Presbyter! church prefaced his remarks w] facetious illustrations, by which so many good points that he w brought out that Dr. Bold ridge h afraid he might forget to tell all them. He referred to his own pi sonal relations with ttie Baptist m later, saying that Dr. Boldridge h been almost a father to him. said their association had been m< agreeable and that he had learn much from his friend who is scholi iy and well read. ^ "His service," remarked Mr. P ? q.1 terson, "has been appreciated and ways will be. for faith and characi must be respected." He made men- fl tion. also, of the moral convictions I. of Dr. Boldridge, showing how he li works for the things lie believes to be J right. H<- said also that the Baptist I minister's faith in the special keeping , of God was well worthy of imitation. Mr. Patterson bade his friend farewell, saying. "I wish you the greatest e success in your future field." K i Dr. Boldridge thanked the brethren for the kind words they had spoken of him, declaring his unworthiness of them. lie told his hearers that he r had spoken at his morning service of \ !?is conceptions of the Gospel ministry, but wished to repeat one or two , things he said in that former disis course. He expressed his thanks for ^ the many kindnesses that had been J done him here. "I have had many favors conferred upon me by many I people under many circumstances," ! he said. "Many of these friends have D crossed over the river and are resting nl IP under the shade of the trees, but "] 11 mnm* ( it eon cr rotrnfmn K^fnrn m<i ? Ill<lli > 111 ilic vwn^i i ^aiiwii uciv/i^/ iud ?v y have helped me In various ways." ' ci rs | Dr. Boldridge spoke of how the vi p great Spurgeon urged his hearers to ul preach that God is good. "The philo- N ,c sophy of life," he said, "is that all ol |"0 things work together for good to m them that love God." Many things w v that now seem discordant will soon tl .* be smoothed out and individual lives pi may make discords here which will pi make music in the Celestial City." t! The Baptist pastor, who gives up 10 his charge this week, dwelt reniinis- ;n cently 011 his many delightful ex- p, ^ periences in this place, on his pleas- u ant contact with the numerous other K( !e pastors here, with his own people, with those of other denominations, p r* with the Moriah Association and at jj the educational and union meetings. I "1 "I thank God for any good that has p j been accomplished directly or indirectly through my Instrumentality," jr he added fervently. He spoke hope- j 8" fully of the future. "I believe all de- |_ n" nominations should unite on all great 0 et questions and I see the victory al- t( at ready ahead, when the conflict is over r( and the word of God will be spread _ to further than ever before." n at He proclaimed his. belief In world- b wide prayer, saying that we had been 1 Q . Riven the Bible Injunction, "Brethren, a 2* pray for us." He requested his ^ hearers to remember him in their ^ jK prayers. I c u" Dr. Bold ridge stated that he had 0 visited the church of which he was j, about to take charge and was itn- a tie pressed, not so much by the size and si 11- cost of the plant as by the fact that I n, somebody had been doing some think- s e- ing over there. He was pleased with n as this state of affairs, he said, and exot pected to keep them at it, hoping for p er broader and deeper thinking than be- n ut fore. "Each church must think its f? tr. enterprises should be brought into a st problems through," he stated, "and si d, business ideas so necessary in other e ve enterprises should be brought into b church work. b >s" Dr. Bold ridge went on to say that a he liked to be living in a time of great P~ movement like the present and that ' ' a the thought of the progress the world " ?" is making alwayk lifted him up. "Lift up Jesus," he said, " and He will lift ' us up. Let's go ou-t with greater in- ^ ''J spiration and broader views, helping 1 j each other until our work Is done and i1 t'" we shall enter into rest." His good-1 lie bye to the large congregation was | "May the richest blessings be upon "e every one of you and the work of u>n j uuv ui yuu. 80 ^ "p SUMMER SCHOOLS ' til | IS CLAXTON PLAN " ix- I <3 m- ! c ?* Problem of Today Is to Keep City he >e_ j I toys From Contamination ds | in Streets, at I hs I Washington, Jan. 25.?Characterized ing the. practice of closing public schools in summer as "primitive and or [r. preposterous" and declaring the most ve "important problem of today was to keep city boys from three months' ^ contamination in the streets," P. P. Claxton commissioner of the United zt. States bureau of education today approved a plan which would mean conng tinuous school sessions and through which 2.000,000 children might be he enlisted in vocational work. rot a programme for summer voca^ I? Mrtnal n*Arlr r\f nllhlt/t i?A Vi nnl AhllHpan TT VI m W4 y U VliV VMHUI VU ?L- r tn was submitted to the commissioner by he Clyde Alison Mann, secretary of the 'U- American Society for Thrift. B*" "These teachers should teach naof UG ture study and the principles of horiut ticulture," said Mr. Claxton, "going he from home to home supervising garden work and continuing work duren , . re_ ing summer vacation. on "Public schools of the country reptile resent an investment in buildings, grounds and equipment of nearly ts- $2,000,000,000 and that this investan inent stands idle about one-quarter Ith of the time for no reason that in he primitive days both teachers and 'as pupils were needed on the farms three j ad or four months In the summer. nf "I1V1P Hrhortl ^nriloiiliip llio amiln. - ? ? ? - ?- - t e?r- mont Ik a small Item and vacant lota In- of the city, now Idle, would be better ad for cultivation." He Mr. Claxton pointed out that in jst Europe public schools last year proed dueed $7(10,000,000 through their ar- vocational work. He estimated that probably 2,000.000 children could be at- enlisted in the United States within al- a few years and that their labors ter would yield $100,000,000 annually. iREATER NAVY IS 1 URGED BY DANIELS \presses Views of Former See- Net retary Under Pierce. TRIBUTE TO DEWEY J GE d dress Before the North C'arolinn Society at Wash- I in Kton. Washington, Jan. 24.?Secretary ? aniels advocated a greater navy to- 3jve Ight on responding to the toast SJorth Carolina in the Cabinet" at tj1(1 dinner of the North Carolina soety of Washington. The secretary's ' ews were expressed by quoting an -pj,,. tterance of James C. Dobbin, a jJuu ortli Carolina, who was secretary war ' the navy under President Pierce, str(, i<1 who declared the navy of his day j|1(> as too diminutive to contend with ^ lose of other nations, insufficient to rotnct American commerce and uniiestiouably too feeble to command ie waters of the American coast. 'ion "This splendid spirit of patriotism ]?j,j ml of progress, avoiding an extreme (jin. asition and yet looking to the steady lowly crumbling," said Gen. Fran- tloi isco Villa today. "With the northern to llvision of the Huerta Army imprls- tur ned in the United States and with tur Jen. Jose Refugio Velasco's Federal wh roops trembling at Torren, the only tne loint they now hold in the north, it vill not be long before the ursuper gx Juerta will be swept away by public pinion. At first it was only our trms that brought us victory, but j low the people of Mexico are con- pei dnced of the seriousness of the revoutlon. Our strength is growing daily. Ve are finding that popular approval s as effective as bullets. 1 "But we are not forgetting that bul mp ets are still necessary. The fighting 13, vill continue. | of "I am convinced that the prosper- Jar lve battle near Torreon will knock an fae ?ther prop from under the tottering the hrone of Huerta. The Federals are gro Lware thy must put up a vigorous am Ight or their cause is lost. Once we the [o south of Torreon every city be- flcl ween us and Mexico City will fall, nin rhe people there have been kept in ere gnoranee of the extent of the revolu- ma ion and when they see our great Hn? lumbers thev will loin us. tha "The Federals will not last long at rorreon. We are going to approach am hem with an army of 15,000 the cen argest revolutionary corps called to- she ?ether in this revolution." In. cot \nti>Hu(Tragi?t Likes Outlook in an* South Carolina. pei Washington, Jan. 26.?The cam- 1 jaign of the National Association Op- ary josed to Woman Suffrage, is to be we arried into every Southern state, ac- an] ording to Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, its yea president, who has returned here Torn South Carolina, where the fight the ias just been started. sue Heretofore, Mrs. Dodge states, Vir- noi tinia was the only Southern state rep- ton resented in the association opposed the :o woman suffrage, but other states pri * 111 be added rapidly. Committees dill ire organizing in Texas, Alabama, nir Georgia and Kentucky. Mrs Dodge enl ivas optimistic ove** her trip in South thf umiiiiu, UKi'iariiiK uiai sn?' IOIIIKI HHI 'a remarkable degree of enthusiasm crc for the anti-suffrage movement in a bal *tate that has not and never has had 19 t suffrage organization." 96 pbuilding of our strength upon the >n, may well bo an Inspiration to nil .| mericans today as it was more than nlf a century ago," said secretary antcls. 1 0Q0 The quotation which Secretary , q nniels read and which his hearers onj, >ok to be a statement of Mr. Dan- cjuj >ls' own views follows in part: , r "I deem it my duty candidly to ex- I cerj ress the opinion that our navy is not . nly too dlmultlve to be expected > contend farily with that of other ' * f?Rpeetable nations, is insufficient to the Ive adequate protection to our com- fori lerce, but is unpuestionably too fee- grei le to command the waters of our ! F wn coasts. Without naval strength the six months war with any nation con 'ith a powerful marine would result i the seizure of rich and valuable Wo argoes, in the destruction of fleets the f merchantmen, and tn plunder- eve iK defenseless points along the coast exe nd would cost us far more than a of I quadron of invincible men-of-war, " regard this increase of naval not trength not as a war, but as a peace, the manure. C "While I by no means suggest the the olicy or the necessity of so large a plai aval force as many powerful nations lam oster. yet it is desirable and attain- lull ble, too that the American citizen 505 tiould gather confidence, courage and She nergy from the reflection that he defi elongs to a government recognized gen y all as able to average his wrongs nd vidicate his rights." i ,, Having referred to Admiral George . >ewey as the "greatest of living seaghters,' Secretary Daniels added: "It i one of the most delightful inel- , (>'1 ents of my administration to have ' 1 idmlral Dewey, Dobbin's appointee '!( r> the naval academy, as president of '' ' he general borad." nea and luerta Government Slowly Crumb- to i ling Says Villa. did Chihuahua, Mexico. Jan. 24.?"It rei oon will be shown that the United (tates has not waited in vain in the a 1 .Aiur Mint ll./i Unnrln Cm.or,, m/>.. I lo ttla IULD FORTIFY L PACIFIC ISLES ? H it v Hill 1'rovdies For Wawaiian Defenses. N. WOOD URGES ACTION. !' Is' O f of Staff Says I'ropor Protec ion l or Lands in Midocenn is c Kssentinl. I * Washington, Jan. 24.?An exten- S system of land fortifications for A Hawaiian islands is proposed in a annual fortification appropriation u reported to the house today by I resentative Sherley of Kentucky, a bill would provide $4 57,000 to d d fortifications as a part of the h department's plan to establish a t tig military post supplemental to 1; Hawaiian naval base. a t the request of the department, ,\ measure would give congressional l ro\ d of the transfer of 45 field llerv pieces to tlie insular posses- t i. The guns were sent to the j. linpines and the Hawaiian island i ir.g (lie past year by the depart i it without waiting for authority ^ u congress. li 'he bill would appropriate $5,,000. V his is a decrease of about $420,- c under last years' appropriations. v 'he Hawaiian island project is the c new one proposed. It was in- , led at the solicitation of Secre- 5 r Garrison and general staff offi- ^ ' (. REALLY NECESSARY, faj. Gen. Wood, chief of stafT told a appropriations committee that .iflcation of the islands was of at necessity. ie and Secretary Garrison outlined war department's plans to the ] lmlttee. The Hawaiian island's," said Gen. ! od, "really are in the centre of all ( Pacific trade routes, and who-' r holds them in time of war will : rcise great Influence if not control he Pacific trade. It also is one of the Important, if J the most important, element in defense of the Pacific coast. Sen. Wood presented a scheme of garrison which the department 11s to place in the works on the is- * d of Oahu, near the city of Honoi. It called for 15,665 men and ' i officers. When Representative rley asked if the Panama canal 1 ense promoted these plans, the * eral said: ANOTHER GOOD REASON. 'The Panama canal has been a , ing additional reason for doing t i, but the defense of the Pacific t st also is a reason; I think the ] damental reason. If we don't hold < urely these islands, and if they uld fall into the hands of a strong < al power, this power would be so < r as greatly to jeopardze our trade I would virtually be in a position I maintain a force and hold a splenharbor as a place for supply and uge for a fleet." 'i riie committee included in note bill Imitation providing that not more n 10 per cent, of any appropriai included in the bill shall be used puruiiunr irum pi ivuir iii.uiuku ers articles which can be manufaced in the government arsenals, en contract prices exceed governnt cost of manufacture. 2C0ND IN SIZE IS COTTON CROP 1 isiin Bureau Places Winnings at 13,580,171 Hales?Will Reach 14,000,000. Washington, Jan. 25?Announcent by the census bureau today that 589,171 bales of cotton exclusive linters, had been ginned prior to luary 16 officially establishes the t that the 1913-'14 cotton crop is second in sire the country has iwn. Linters obtained to January 1 ounted to 396,934 bales bringing total cotton ginned, as far as ofal figures show, to 13,986,105 rung bales. This amount will be inased by ginnings during the reinder of the session so that the il figures will show a crop of more ,n 14,000,000 bales, rhe preliminary figures will not be lounced until March 20,when the isus bureau will make its report >wlng the ginnings to February 28. the past five years the quantity of ton ginned betWeen January 16 1 February 28 has averaged 3.6 cent, of tho entire crop. [lurinr: the period between Janu' 1 ar.d January 16 235,902 bales re ginned, whfch is greater than at if ui m do r norlK/I In t Vio nool fl oo irs. rhe ninth cotton ginning report of * census lAirean for the season, laid at 10 ({"clock this morning, aninced that'13,589,171 bales of coti, countlngVound as half bales, of ( growth of" 1913 had been ginned or to January 16, to which date ring the past seven years the ginig averaged 95.5 per cent, of the tire crop. Last year to January 16 *re had been ginned 13,088,930 les, or 97 per cent, of the entire ?p; in 1911 to that date 14.515,799 les, or 93.3 per cent cent., and in 08 to that date 12,666,203 bales, or .8 per cent. LEE l>.\V AT IMYKUSITY. !l Icniorial Services Held in Honor of ' (lie Souths ( rent fliiclt iau. Clciuson CoIIcki!, Jan. -4.--The rlncipul feature of tlie week was a , tentorial ser\ iee, in honor of Clen. lobert I-.. Lee, held in the chapel all on last .Monday night. The s ltvices wer conducted by the John ' . Calhoun Chapter of the I. U. C. 'rol. sMjr Furtnan was chosen as peaker of the evening, and he devered an excellent address. I'roessor Furman fought under Lee tor i even mouths during the early part f the Civil War and he knew Lee ersonally. This made him quite an ( ppropriale man to speak on this oc- . asion. Other old soldiers present, beside 'rofessor Furman, were Dr. 1'. 11. E. loan, Colonel Hardin, Mr. Lew is, and it. sievens. These five old veterans i re the only ones left now in tills iin- ( lediate vicinity. t The (Jlemsou baud entertained the f udieuce, before and after the ad- c ress, with excellent music. The band i as a full membership this year and t hey show unite an improvement over l ust season. The following men acted l 8 ushers: Messrs. 11. 15. E/.ell, P. II. i IclKmald, (J. M. Armstrong, and A ( t. iloyd. i (Jlenisou's rifle club finished up its i bird competitive shooting match on .> est Thursday eviing. They won the 11 l mulch o\er the I niversity oi , vansas by a scor< oi 4 2 points. The ( itlier two matches have not been j teard from yet. Th following trustees for Cleiuson ( vere elected by the legislature re- j ently: M. J. J. Evans of Cheravv , vas elected to fill the unexpired term j if his father, VV. L>. Evans. Mr. W. 1>. Garrison of Charleston. . dr. Garrison is originally from An- . lerson county and is a graduate of Clemson. , Mr. I. M. Mauldin was re-elected \ is a member of the board. I SENTENCES COMMMl'TED ' II five to Go From Penitentiary to lianraster County to Work. Columbia. Jan. 24.?Sentences of . ive convicts in the State Penltentary , .wo oi wuom are serving sentences , or murder and the others f r man- ] daughter, have been commuted to be , lerved on the public works of Lancas- i er County in which they were coniited. The commutations are as follows: Sentence of Wade Haglns serving a >entenee of twenty-five years in the , Penitentiary for manslaughter, was ( commuted to twenty years. Sentence of Frank Peterson serving i life sentence in the State Peniten- . iary for murder, with recommendaion to mercy was commuted to tweny years. Sentence of James liayden alias Fake Hayden serving a ten-year sentence. was commuted to nine years on he public works of Lancaster County lie was convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy at the March 1907 term of Court for Lancaster bounty and given a life sentence, which was commuted December 124, 1912, to ten years. Sentence of Brownie McDow, convicted of manslaughter at the June 1907, term of Court for Lancaster County, and given a twenty-year sentence, was commuted to eighteen years. Sentence of Sandy Evans convicted at the March, 1904, term of Court of manslaughter and given a twentyyear since was commuted to eighteen years. THE YORK COllHT HOUSE. Richmond Company (iejts Contrart for Building. Yorkville. Special to Charleston News and Courier Jan. 24.?The contract for the erection of York County's new court house was awarded by the court house commission to the Trailer's Wood Company, of Richmond, today for $64,721, while that for the plumbing and heating went to the Hock Hill Heating and Plumbing Company at $2,465. The new building Is to be erected on the site now occupied by the old one, and it is part of the contract that the successful bidders shall utilize as much of the material now in the old building as practicable in erec i ting the new. Eighteen different concerns submit 1 ted bids for the wor the highets bid being $89,976. The county officers are to be transferred to the Yorkville Hotel Building and it is calculated that they will remain there not less than eighteen months. High Speed Boats Bow Before Flames New York, Jan. 25.?About 30 boats, among them high speed motor crafts, power cruiser yachts, sloops and launches, were lost today in a $250,000 fire which destroyed the plant of the Stationary Marine Engine Motor and supply company of Port Washington L. I. The destroyed craft belonged to wealthy New York business and professional men. Among the speed boats lost is the Bullet which cost Its owners $50,000 to build and which last summer developed a speed of 3 6 miles an hour. The cruiser yachts destroyed are: Mystery owned by Ralph Putitzer: Pandora, Arthur T. \ance; tessle, H Oould; L'Amanalo, Thomas Lillis; Wee Bftrln, C. L. Thompson, and the Target, F. L. Kraemer. Other losses are: Six saling yachts belonging to the Port Washington and Plandome Yachts clubs, the sloop yachts Mermaid, Jos. Shaefer, and two hydroplanes. MHHRVKiUU/VBHraMQnW" i.ou i i MX 1 l^AK. WILSON PRAISED BY VAN ANTWERP Speaks ol Era ol ( o-operation of Wall Street and Nation. VTTACKS MONEY TRUST. Ending* of llouse Committee Feature of Address Before Assembly Of Bankers. Washington, Jan. 24.?Praise of 'resident Wilson's trust message. vruuv-iuuuiiuii ui popular attacks on he New York Stock Exchange, and in attack on finding of the house :ommittee of the last congress which nvestigatcd tlie so-called money rust, were features of an address lore tonight before nil assembly of ocal bankers by William C. Van Antvi'rp, one of the governors of the e\diange, and a student of econom< . lie bespoke an it i of eooporalon between tintincial pow< t of Wall treet and the nation, * "Win n the pn dc-nt of this rounry speaks of the atmosphere of ac-omniodatioii and mutual iindorstandng' when lie dwells in loving kind1 ss on terms of 'honorable .surrenler, when lie tells us the "antagonism between business and government is over; when he speaks of leartening 'the men coming on;' ivhen lie tells us the constitution of ?eace is honor and freedom and prosperity; when the head of this govern ment whom we once thought to be speaking in the platitudes of his prelecessors, hut whom we know to be speaking in words burning with vitalty, says these things, is he not voicing a. mandate for fair for altruism and for righteouness? RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTED. "Heresies and schisms come and eo; man-made laws appear and disappear; hut the human heart does not change and in the last analysis we come to know that only righteousness exalteth a nation. We of the stock exchange, intend to live by it through the years, and some day? mark my words?this great market place w ill earn the admiration and respect of the whole people. "We are determined to show our critics by our deeds that the stock exchange means something vital and vitalizing in America that it is an important adjunct of Wall street? n broad highway from ocean to ocean doing its utmost to meet the needs of o > > " n (lint |' i uuj* I <1II11. Mr. Van Antwerp attacked the money trust committee's interpretation of figures showing loans of New York banks on stock exchange collateral and declared that actually tho amounts of New York money loaned to the country at large far exceeded loans on stock. "INCALCULABLE HARM DONE." "The harm done by these random and misleading implications is incalculable, but imaginative business men who accept such statements as authoritative should he told plainly the facts," said he. "The New York Stock Exchange today is conducted on a higher plane of ethical business standards than any business in America or any profession in America. bar none. There are men in New York and I have no doubt in Washington also, who, whenever a new proposition comes out of the south or west, condemn it as irrational and visionary without giving thought to the emergency which gave it birth. "Can we, of New York and the east ohstinatelv refuse to adont our course to new and ever-changing countrywide conditions? Before we appeal to our criitics in the west and south for sanity and clear thinking in our own affairs, we must emancipate ourselves from whatever is local, provincial and selfish. We must put away the isolated, detached and narrow view when occasion demands and steer our ship toward the broad horizon of America." MI'HT COMPLETE TASK. (loethnls Can Not lieave Isthmus for Eighteen Months. Fanama, Jan. 25.?Col George W, Goethals today emphatically reiterated his decision that he could not occept the post of New York commissioner of police until after the completion and the successful operation tho Fanama canal. Even if all conditions he has imposed were complied with, it is said this will keep him on the isthumas for another 18 months. It is generally believed here that agitation in New York to take Col. Goethals from the isthmus will hasten action at Washington looking to the establishment of permanent government in the canal zone. The colonel himself makes no secret of the fact that the delay prevents nis making any effort to keep men on the isthmus whom he would like to see in the permanent operating organization. Nor does Col. Goethals make a secret of his desire to leave the Isthmus after his work is completed. Col. Goethals frankly admitted that, the offer of the New York post had attracted him until he found obstacles In the way of his leaving tho Isthmus. .... (!