The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 27, 1914, Image 1
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.
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