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' , "... . ,- ; | - The Abbeville Press and Banner|| BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1901. ESTABLISHED 1644^ CHILD LABOR I'njnftt Warfare ou the Bent Interest* of the Poor?Some Reforms that are Xeetletl?Common Sense Notably Absen I. The Legislature last week very properly killed a bill wblcu was intended to deprive poor children ol Ihe opportunity to work at the ouiy remunerative occupation that was open to them. The cotton mills being a blessing to those cNldreu whose parents have no estates, or other menus of maklog a living thau by day labor, or by renting farming lands, should have the cordial support of all right thinking 1- xoa ho,IMV? the ilnv is lont dlntaiJl I }' K7\J , uuu ? v ?w.v.v ... ? when South Carolina 8ba.li propose to cripple I her great manufaoiurlng interests by closing j their doors to people who seefc by industry to j make an honest living. We would not charge the advocates of I Legislation against poor people with itn-j proper motives, but we fear that they are often either Ignorant of the subject on which [ tbey so loudly proclaim, or else tbey speak i without due reflection. * DOES OWNBKSH11* OK STOCK IX A COTTON MILL DEGRADE THE CITIZEN? / As a matter of- fact the geotlemen who bave charge of the cotton mills were put In their places because of tbelr high character, wblcb Includes good integrity and truth-telllog, but the South Carolina Baptist says : "Now, as to tbe men who own, or run the factories, we believe that as a rule, their Judgment in the matter should have little weight." why not, neighbor ? Are the officers and owners of stock in cotton mills not of average truthfulness ot speech and ol fair honesty of action ? > Are tbey to be classed with convicts whose word has been outlawed because of crimes committed? Is there anything essentially corruptlng in a cotton mill that the word of the stockholders and the officers of the mil' U not to be believed ? / When a cotton mill isv to be built, public tn ppiriieu CI lIBCIlr HI V SCUCI Oil U..IVU .v contribute of their money. In the hope that good may result to the town tuey often saeri' flee personal interest. When the work has beeD finished, is It fair , " to make sweeping declarations against their character because they responded to the lrupalsefl of a public spirit? Are such accusations to be the reward of those citizens who sacrificed so much for what tbey thought was for the public good ? 18 THE WOBD OK AN OPERATIVE NO BRTTKK THAN THAT OF THE OUTLAWED CONVICT? Tbe South Carolina Baptist, not satisfied witb impugning tbe motives of tbe o.wners of tl'J tie mills, goes >>n to say : . Now, we don't believe that tbe feeling of those parents," [who oppose Legislating luelr children out ol (be mills'] "KboutU haveuoy weight witb tbe Legislators." And so it Is, tbe reelings of tbe operatives are to be disregarded by those who are less interested, aou know less of tbe children than > anybooy else. Tbe word of tbe mill accusers alone la good. , What we need In the dlscussiou of the mill question is tbe application or common sense, and tbe withholding of Imputations against anybody. we take no stock In tbe tirade tbat has been made against tbe mill people?officers, own' era or operatives. It their characters are to l be brought under Investigation, we doubt not tbat a Jury ol their countrvmen would acoord to them as good characters or is possessed by their accust-rs. Tbe Press and Banner has at least a partial knowledge of a number of men ou either side of this question, and if we were brougbt lino Court and required to give testimony under oath, we certainly would testify that the character 01 me mm peopie is equui 10 iuol i of their accusers.; But we see no* reason for bringing the veracity or the character 01 the mill people or anybody else into question. WHY RAISE THE QUESTION OF CHARACTER OR VERACITY. If the word of presidents, owners, and opera' tlves Is worth nothing, whose word shall we take? These classes <>( people certainly know more about cotion mills than those who are now making war on. them. AcTmlttlog that the ownership of stock In a cotton mill Is not a badge of guilt, and assuming that mill presidents and opetfulves In the Institution are not common liars,- we would take their word as to matters that come under their own observation In preference to tbe word of those who know nothing or wbai they speak. As to tbe question of child labor In cotton mills. Nobody will fleny that this Is an Important question tbat should be decided ou tbe facts, and not on tbe prejudice, the hurrah, tbe hatred or the Intermeddling spirit of any who wish to crush tbe mills, while forgetting tbe damaging consequences to the lndastrious and honest poor. WORK IN THE COTTON MILL IS VOLUNTARY. In the first place, nobody is required to work in a cotton mill. Work there Is a matter of choice, and Is tbe ODe opportunity lor tbe great multitude to earn a living. As evidence that tbe mill is a good place to work, li is only neoessary to call atteutlon to the fact tbat tbe renters of land are flocking to the ' mills? not one sn twenjy ol whom ever return to the farm. The church and school privileges are greater at the mills than on tbe farm, and they earn more money there. TIME THE ONLY QUESTION* AS TO CHILDREN WORKING IN A MILL. As to children under twelve years working In mills. Tbere can be no doubt In tbe mind of any fair-minded man on that point. Tbey Bbould be allowed to work. The only question la oar mind Is, whether eleven bours a day Is too much lor children of that age. Mill men of long experience, but wbose ! word our respected neighbor would discount, are tbe only men wbose oplnlou should be worth a cen t on this hubj ect. Tbe enemies of tbe mills talk about tbe health of the children in mliis, and always speak of It as bad. Tbat expression, like a great many others. Is only a stereotyped phrase without merit or meaning. Somebody said It, aud even tho*e who are strangers In mills, repeat It. We do not believe a word of It, and we Judge from what we see. To prove tbat the work In cottou mills Is not lojurious to all children, It )h only necessnry to look at the men aDd women who Have worked there from child hood. These same infant bojB of long ago are receiving better salaries tban any equal number of men la the town. And If their health Is not good, thea their good looks deceive their neighbors. nnntft DPtinAVOTDTT TTV AI9 UTT T ACLM/'CUU But there I* a great responsibility resting upon tbe officers of the mills, and to which O reference has beeu made ?o far as we have been, and that is to see that- the operatives take care of their health. We regard it as little less than a crime for the officers of a ' i mill to neglect tbe health of their operatives. ' In some of tbe mills, if any attention to tbe rules of health have been observed tbe fact baseBcaped our notice. Mill operatives In the winter time may wade through mud aud slush to reach the mil). Their *hoes are wet, \ aud they stand all day in tbem. In tbe warm milt tbey may work without their coats. No matter how cold or blustery theday, some of them go out in the weather Insufficiently clad. As a result, we believe there has been more deaths from pneumonia In our little mill village, since It began operation, than baa occurred elsewhere in the city for many a year. Not so long ago a widower Id this mill died of pneumonia. He left a umber of little children, whom our pious friend, 1 be South Carolina Baptist, would deprive of the only means open to them to make ,a living. The idea of the cruelty resulting from tbe enactment of a law to deprive these oiphans from making a living is Hhoobinc to one's better feeling, and Unit ChrTstUu men Bhoul& urge such a law is amazing. SUGGESTIONS IN BEHALF OF MILL PEOI'LE. Instead of making It unlawful for children to help earn tbelr own Bupport, we would J suggest: 1. That every cotton mill In the State be requited to iurnlsh a separate cloak room in the mill tor male and lemale operative*. 2. That every cotton mill lurulsb the cloak y room for the females, a matron, whose character and Intelligence lit ber for the position. 3. That the matron require women or children golDg out of tbe mill in cold or wet weather to wear overshoes and wraps, and that she does not allow any girl or woman to go Into tbe work room ot tbe mill who has not on dry shoes and dry clothing. 4. A proper officer sbould make such requirements of men as would prevent them from working In wet shoes or wet clothing, or going out Into the open air Insufficiently clad. If the regulations along this line were enforced much good would be done, and many valuable lives'would be saved. , Of course practical efforts for the welfare of operatives would meet with no favor from S Sti-.i* m' ! those who may be fighting the corporntlo ) from Hplte, envy or Jealousy, but we thli I that falrminded people would endorse a pro notion which would require mill otticor? I make at ihe leant the (semblance of an elHi | to take cure ot the health of tlrt-ir operative I The Legislative committee which will e amine iuio the "relwtlou r>f the mills to tl operatives, we hope, may take notice if the t>e lack ol clonk rooms and a neglect to care l'< the health ot the people. Along this lit *1 " ?-? '?nooH for rpfurm. IUC1P IPU I1<? uw? .v. . in the military service Ibe highest duly < the otlicer Is to preserve the life mid health < bis men. In like manner* the cotton uil men should be required to loot after tl health uf their people. They should not r gard the sick as we do a broken piece of fu ulture, which may be easily replaced L another. SPKAKIXU FROM CONVICTJONS. We speak solely from our convictions < right and wrony. The editor ol the Press an Manner bail money iu tbe Abbeville Col to Mill at one time, but now be has not a do lar's worth of stock In U, and as lar as I knows himself he has no prejudice one wa or another. Hh only desires that Just ice ma be done to all the parlies. The owners of III mills.have much lo contend with, an we would not embarrass them "by fooli* or unwise legislation. The mills we regar as a Kodsend to many struggling people, an we would be glad to nelp them, il we couK We would not enforce Idleness on a com in U! lty ol children. Idleness Is not conducive I either good manners or good morals. Thai certain. Even if work injured health, wblc we do not admit, injured health Is not wort lhan injured morals. BADLY DEFEATED. Child Labor Bill Killed by Vote < Two to One.?<ireat Crowd, Mhii or Them Ladle*, Listened to Ih Long Debate?How ltlcii^berH Votec Columbia Record, Feb. 1st. 5 Tim nhll?l luhnr hill whs blllPfl last nlffht b tbe" bouse by a vote of Ob to 32. While It general expectation was ibal tbe measui would be defeated, tbe heavy vote by wbtc It was rejected was quite a surprise even I tbe opponents to .tbe bill. From beginnlu to tbe eud of tbe debate, last mgbt it galleries and floor were crowded witb lnte ested listener* to tbe debate. Every Neat I tbe galleries was occupied by ladies, many < whom had to stand. Though the discusslo wag lon;< and necessarily somewhat tin some, tbe best ol order prevailed and tliet was a noticeable absence ol talking and noli which Ik ho characteristic of audiences whe long debates are in progress. Tbe arguments for and against tbe bill at by now quite familiar to the public and the were repeated time and sgaln by tbe speal ers, clothed, nowever, In different verbiag which naturally relieved somewhat lb monotony of repetition. Without makic Invidious comparisons, It may be said tbi tbe speech of Mr. Croft, of AJken, showed lb most careful study of tbe subject from hlstor cal, economical and practical standpoin He lavored the bill and made 'an eloquen though unavailing plea lor the passage ui it bill. * A majority of the speakers favored the bil though Its opponents had strong advocatt in Messrs Prince, Rucker, Ashley, Klnar and others. These arguments were of a prac leal kind, as tbelr side of the same eav littieopportunity forndisplay of sentimen They went on the broad principle ttu operators should be allowed to goven then selves; thai tbelr condition and ibat of the children lu not tbe horrible one It Is painte and that a "let alone" policy was best for concermed. The question has been before tbe publ! day in and day out for the whole session, n< to refer to Ibe buudreds of newspaper articK on subject before the assembling of lb legislature, and perhaps every man's mln was made up and the speeches had litl effect. Tbe Richland delegation was soil for th? bill and Messrs Robertson, Westo aud McMaster took an active part In It debate. Tbe following was the vole: Against. Yew-Ashley. Anil, Austin", Banks, Bean guard, Rivers, Bolls. Brook*, Butler, (jam pel Coggeshall, Dean. deLoach, Dennis, ()od< Domlnlck, Dorroti, Duubar, Durant, Elde Estrldge, Fox, Fraser, Freeman. Gallucha Hwlle, Hardin, Hill, Hnllls, Humpbre James Johnson, Klbler, Kinard, Klnsle: Llde, LI tile, Loruax, Lyles, Mauldin, Maysoi McCall, McLeod, McGowan, Mlsuoe, Morgat Nicholas, .Prince, Pyalt, Rankin, C. E. Kobli son, B B. A. Robinson. Rucker, Stackbous SanderV. smith. Thompson. Vincent. Wll lams, Wilson, Wlngo, Woodward?S3 Nays?Stevenson, speaker; Bates, Bleas Bryan, Carter, Croft, Kflrd, Gaston, Gourdli Gunter, Jarnluan. Lever, Lock wood, Loftoi McCraw, McMaster, Morrison. Moss, Mrcl 'Son, Richard, Richardson, Setgler, M.' 1 Smltb, Storman, Tatum, Theus, Thoma Webb. West. Weston, Woods?35. Mr. DeBruhl, who would have vot*d fo tbe bill was paired with Mr. W. H. Parke and Mr. J. Caldwell Robertsou, who woul have voted lor the bill, was paired with a absent member. Mr.;Lever, of Lexington, bas another cbll tabor bill, and there are three in ttie senat One Is by Senator Marshall, one by Senatt Henderson and another by Senators Ma; field, Glenn and Caughm&n. The houi has so positively put Itself on record that is pretty safe to say that there will be i legislation of Ihe kind this session. Tto State bills are a special order for tomorroi hnt Avon If thov ura HphatoH nrwi thpv rnu be to some extent, tbe prevailing opinion tbat all of ibem will be rejected. 4* .\o Interference Willi Laboring Pe< pie. Columbia Record. While the oppouents of tbe ctilld labor b! expected it to be deteated; the large majori against it in ttie bouse was a surprise even tbem. It means conclusively that there w be no legislative interlerence for the prese: with the cotton mills, and that tbey will I allowed to work out their own salvatio This is well. The men lu charge ot'the cott< mills ot this state are not brutes. Tbey a broad-minded, big.bearted men, who a doing all in their power to better tbe conc tiou ol tbelr operatives. Tbey are stoppli employment of child labor an f?tst as it can done with safety to the great industry which they have charge. They' piovli schools for the children and endeavor secure tbelr attendance thereat. But it belter for tbe cblldreu to work than to ri wild. MR. COOPER'S REPORT. ? ? One oT the Bent and Useful I>?c iiiciils of the Kind Ever iHNued I IliiM Slate. The report of Mr. R. Cooper, the Secreta of State. Is oDe o! the roost useful documrn of the kind ever Issued In this State, and co tains Information that has been lnaccesslt to the general public heretofore. The St.a and condtv officers, with the time of tht election and dale of their commissions; I charters granted to corporations during t year, with full Inlormatiua as to nature ai object of ihe company; the election retun and the returnR of the poor houses In ea county, constitute a lund of pracdcal infr mation and a permaneut record that w prove valuable now and hereafter. Secreta Cooper Is to be congratulated UDon the coi ple'teness aDd practicality of this work | compilation in his office, and the Legislatu ought to give heed to his recooimendatloi especially as to abolishing f?es for coi missions issued to public officers and t filing ot official bonds. Estate of Sarah Cook, Deceased Notice of Settlement and Appl j cation for Final Discharge. ! rPAKE NOTICE that, on the 15th day I February, 1901, I will render a final i count of my actings and doings as Admin tratorof Hie Es'ate of Sarah Cook, decean In the ottiee of Judge of Probate for Ahbevi County at 10 o'clock a. tn., and on th^sai day will apply for a final discharge from i trust as such. All persons having demands rigaln?t si estate will present them for payment on before that day. proven and authenticated be forever barred. H.J. Robinson, Jan. 11, HKil. Admimitratoi r I *> n?! WEST END. ,k j p. to! _ rt llnp|icniiiKN and Inclilenlx of a Week -** j About the City. x)e Master John and Master Henry Gass, of re I SewHnef, Tt-nn ,are spending a month with ur Mr. and Mrs. fheves Haskell. )e ! Miss Mamie Lou Smith and Master W. Joe! , Smith, returned from Atlanta last Tuesday. r>f1 Mrs. Sarah Montgomery, of Raleigh, N C., of i Is expected on smr-rja? visit, her daughter, ill i Mrs. C. E. Hlx, at Col..I. T. Robertsons. ltf! Judge Klugh returned Thursday from e. , Unlon. r. Miss Leila MoCnlla and Miss Annie May ,y 1 Carter, of Harwell. Ga.. are the charming i gupsts of their uncle. Mr> P. B. Speed. Mr. and Mrs. Edwlu Parker, visited friends In lown Ihsi week. ,f j Col. W. Miller and Mr. J. R. M'iler, or Anji j i.',... . i ueihiiu, were jiiwoui ni> iuc jvn i-.>iv.v iuu6 wedding last week. , | Mies Gertrude Moore went to Eiberton Sat* ,* i urday lo visit, tier aunt, Mrs. Keiley Bowie. * ! Mm. R. C. Wysong aud Master Willie, went * ! lo Verdery Saturday. They will visit Mrs. i Sara Betfiea. j ! M188 Frances Calhoun returned from Kelma, J' | Ala.,Thursday, bringing with her her broin, J er, Mr. Cha/ley Calhoun, who Is now able to ; walk on crutches. . , | Mr. Warren Allen, of Columbia, spent SunJ* | day with Ills mother aud sister, at Air. H. Q. Long's. j" Mr. It. C. Brown lee, of Due West, was In the * I city Monday on business. " ; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Huddon went to Due ,e i West last Tuesday. | Ml?s Janle Holl IfKH worth left Thursday for Wallacevllle, S. C.. where she will teach In a I private tanilly. j Mis? Ireue Morrow is visiting her lister, ! Miss Fannie Morrow, In Spartanburg. I Mr. and Mr*. J. K. Miltord now occupy a I pari of the Mcll wain house. | Mr. Frsnk Bradley spent Sunday at his " i home in Troy, y Mr. b. W. Perrln went to Newberry last * wetfk on business. Judge and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary, returned ' yesterday from the North. His many friends are glad 10 learn that Judge Gary Is much Improved in health. y The friends of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Eakln, are glad lo learn tbat their son, S<m, Is recover e lng ftwm ibe setere wound he received last 'h week at Bwlton. :o Mrs. Lizzie Harrison, of Mllway, Is spendg lug some time with her son, Dr. F. E >e Harrison. r- The Trustees of the Graded School received u with regret last week ine resignation of'Miss >f Mamie Cox. teacher .ot the Eighth Grade, to n take effect February 1. They were lorlunnte b In securing as her. successor however Miss "f Emma White, who wasgraduaied first from s? the Graded School here, ana with high honor n from Con verse College. Miss While has had some experience In leaching, aud we are sure e will till the position with much ability. > The*School Library received nine dollars as ? 23 per cent of the recelptB irom the Dog show e. Thursday night. The show wus very good ie indeed, and the animals were well traiued. g ,t CLUBS. ',e The Euchre "Club was entertained most :* charmingly by Miss Mamie Lee last Friday r* evening, in addition to the regular member# j! ?here were present Miss Eunice Ca'boun, Miss Plevna Seal. Miss Mary Hemphill. Miss , Sadie Lee, Mies Belle Perrin. Messrs. W. P. Greeie, Calvert Thomson, Albert Henry, ,'i Bradley Reese and Mr. Pitner. . Mrs. J.F. McKinnon entertained the Woman's Club most pleasantly Friday evening, , February 1. Mrs. Frank B. Gary read a t horoughiy enjoyable paper on Queen Victoria. J dwelling particularly on her life as a woman, !' and setting forth her many admirable traits j bf character. Each member then read a i, newspaper clipping in reference either to the life of the Queen or to her recent passing ix away. 't Mr. and Mrs. J. Davis Kerr returned from " Greenwood Saturday. Tney are staying for "" the present with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stark, but d will shortly move into their new home, where a host of friends hope they may spend j many years of happiness. I" Our Abbeville boys are again brought to the front at Clemson. Mr. Mac Henry has been appointed class poet, Mr. Allen Long Secretary, and Treasurer, and Mr. J. T. Robertson Sergeant-at-arms of the Palmetto , society. J' Mr. Lewis Blount. Sr., has secured a good J' position in Columbia. We are glad to learn however that bis family will remain in J; Abbeville. ' f, DR. WILSON'S SERMON. Ji Sunday morniptr dawned dark and gloomy J> and only a lew persons were abi* to attend service at the Presbyterian Church, hut those e. who did receivd help and instruction from 1* Dr. Wilson's sermon. He chose his text from Rev. 11:1. "These things saith%be that holdeth the seven stsrs in his right hand, a. who walketb In the midst of the seven golden >. candle sticks." Dr. Wilson said 1st, That He knoweth all j. that bis people do. s 2nd. That they are required lo stand firm In the faith, and to be patient, yet tbey are to r< be good haters, bating that which is evil, r :lrd. That though Christ's people have their d belief firm, and are not carried about by every n wind of doctrlDe," that Is not enough, tbey . must have their hearts warm with love of id Christ. c. 4th. There Is a glorious reward for those )r who stand Arm and and whose love for Christ ? is ever warm and glowing. <e IO \ 16 I T T HAVING purchased the PLUMBING I lately conducted by Mr. n"jC. P. Hammond, we are I now prepared to attend \y \ to your wants in this line. i[ Mr. A. G. COCHRAN, so well and favorably 11 known to our people, will air VlQ-Ufi r?Vi arrra r*-f fVi i c -na-rf -J I liU V V VUUlgV V_/JL UlliVJ |JU1 V ile j of our business, and we J? will guarantee all work linstrusted to us, to be done in thoroughly i workman-like manner. Abbeville Hardware Co. ri| IN THE '11 I i? i District Court of tie United States he' -FOR THE? cb District of South Carolina. >r.| III; ry , IN THE MATTER OF ,n* i?.( G. A. DOUGLASS, is, * . m-i BANKRUPT?IN BANKIIUPTCY. he | To the Creditors of G. A. Douglass In the - I County of Abbeville and District aforeBald, a Bankrupt. | XT i. i -L* OT1CE is hereby given that on the 21st | day of January, A. D. 11)01, the said G. A. | Douglass was duly adjudicated Bankrupt, j- aud that the first meeting of creditors will be held In my office In the City of Abbeville, S. C., on the tith day ot FEBRUARY, 11)01. at which time creditors may attend, prove their { c'almc, appoint a trustee, examine the bankof! rupt,^ind transact such business as may properly come before said meeting. ! All claims filet must be proved according He to the form, (see Section 57 or the Bankrupt n(| Apt and Rule XXI) prescribed by the U.S. 111 i Supreme Court, and all papers must have ild revenue stamps thereon wheu renulred under ?? Revenue Law . J. PHASER LYON. Referee In Bankruptcy. Dated Jan. 26,1901, CHARLIE ROSS. The Kldunppine of ? Child Which Occurred Long ^go. By Joe Hitt in Alanta New.s The following i? the full story of the kidnapping of Charlie Ross?the mo9t celebrated crime of the aort since the mniuie ages. It happened about thirty years ago, ami thought the younger generation has never heard the details of the aft'a<r, and in the minds of the older people they hove grown vague and indistinct with time, the name of "Charlie Ross" is as familiar to every ear us the name of Little Red Riding Hood herself, and his sad story is still a theme of conversation in every land. There wastiever another crime that so deeply moved the heart of humanity as the theft and death of this;four year old golden haired boy. The man who furnishes the fact* for the Following story of the kidnapping, is at present an Atlanta busines* man. He was, for twenty-four years a Pinkerton detective. Aud wtien the kidnapping occurred, he was chief of the Pinkertons' New Yorfc Bureau, aud, as such, directed the work of the sleuths vs ho followed the case. The criminals and who they were ; the crime and how it was accomplished ; the pursuit and how it was eluded : the fortunes that were offered in rewards ; the tragic death of the kidnappers, aud the pathetic end of Charlie A l ? * . . - - J ?. 1 A. t 11.. noss are torn iuuy auu auiueuimuuy in thi? narravtive. In the little suburb of German-town, lovely and historic, and hard by the City of Brotherly Love, there is a great expanse of greensward near the center of the town, whereon stands a stately and elegant mansion of red brick and white mortar. In days agoue this stately house and this spreading sward was the demense of one Christian K. Rosy, wealthy, aristocrat, well liked by his, fellow townsmen, and unknown to fume. And he lived there for a timeiu quiet happiness, with his wife and two little sons, enjoying all the comforts and ease- whicn the possession of money makes possible, aud seeiug fewerclouds in the skies of life than the average man. Then he fell upon evil days. His riches took unto themselves wings and flew away. And it came to pass that all he possessed vanished, save greensward with its house, and the wife and I Doys. Which stroke of fortune wa9 not sufficient, however, to entirely overcast his skies. He still had more than the average man to make him content, in life. Then auother stroke fell. The two boys were playing upon'the sward one sunny morning, and suddenly one of them vanished. He was a lour-year-old youngster, this boy. And he was exceeding winsome. He had the face and figure of the little aristocrat, and he wore the dainty garments of a lady's son. His eyes were blue auddauciug. Hid hair was golden aud curly. His compFexion was milk and roses. Aud his n^me was Charlie. The brother returned to tl\e house and told a prattling story of now two rough looking men accosted them while they played and took Charlie away with them to buy him soma candy?"he was such a pretty boy they said." That occufred on the second day of July, 1874?a little less than thirty year^ ago.' And the alarmed parents who waited, hoping that each succeeding second would bring to their ears the sound of pattering footsteps upon the graveled walk, have never seen him more. ? Two days after the child disappered the father received a communication, roughly and illiterate y scrawled and advisiug him that the lad had been kidnapped.and was being held for ransom. This set the father frautie. And he appealed wildly to his friends for the loan of the money to buy back his boy. "Wail,'' the friends said : "the police can catch them To pay the ransom would be to invite other crimes of, the sort." He saw the reason in their argument and wailed. The police were set upon the track of the kiduappers, and the story of ttie kidnapping was sent out to lire press. It was a new crime, this kidnapping of a child. And it so appealed, in all its many phases, to the hearts of men, that a search such as never seen before was instituted. And day after day the writers of the press furnished fresh inspiration to the searchers. They painted word-pictures of the charming little fellow tortured by the rough usage of his cruel captors, and sobbing for his mother and little brother. They described the silent anguish of the father the wondering , grief of the brother and heart rending tears of the mother, as week followed week without developing a trace of the where f|l1, ?? auouis 01 me guiueuu&ireu uuc. mcj said, these writters, that the captors would probably murder the boyaud escape the country unless quickly apprehended. They declared revengeful mutilation upon the little body was likely to be perpetrated ; and they appealed, by one means and another, to everybody to join in the search. Christian Ross' friends later catne to him and teudered the money he bad asked and more iu addition, and said : "Give the kidnappers this?in our uame !" And individuals all over thecouutry rose up and offered |rewards for them, and for the child, And in Phildelphia a party of rich men, among them Childs, Drexel, aud other-, mettogethaud resolved to employ the best detective talent in the world at their own expense. They sent to the Pinkertons, these millionaires, and told them to put a man on tlie trail and spare no expense, i "We will puy all costs and add a five thousand dollar bonus, they said. Later they doubled the boi,ius. Then they said $25,000. Then they said $50,000. Then they said $75,000. Then they said $100,000. And finally they offered "any ! sum !" Altogether a million dollars, it fs t estimated, were offered in rewards. Wherefore it came to pa?s ihat such a hue and cry was raised and public feeling was so aroused that the entire world was looking for the criminals? / ) * k America, Europe, South Africa, and eveu Australia. The Pinkertons, immediately upon receiving the commission, set all their < wonderful machinery, silent aud invisible to work. And they learned I who the kidnappers were in a comara- i lively short space of time. There were I two of them?an elderly wretch nam- i ed Mosher and a youthful pal named i Douglas. * * This pair was not unknown to the police. But their offenses against i the law had always been \of a petty j character, They were given to driv- i ing through the country in a ramshackle wagon, peddling, ostensibly, stove polish.' But iheir real business ] was sneak thieving when nobody was i looking, and the burglarizing of unoccupied houses. I They had passed through Germantown, and seeing Charlie, stole him-i upon an inspiration. It was a crime that, ordinarily, was* far beyond them. And these detectives also turned up' many friends and relatives of Mosher aud some acquaintancs of Douglas. And they also traced the kidnappers i themselves from the moment they first xpoke to the child while playing on his father's lawn until they reached New York City. ' Rut these friends and relatives knew nothing that was of value. They were, those people of the low east uide class, as auxious to deliver the criminals into the hands of the law as were the ?iukertons themselves , ?the rewards offered them to do so were not to be resisted. And in the hope of gaining them they told many stories of the meu?none of which guesse* happened to be right. Tbe Pinkertous, in the meantime, had 6(10,000 copies of a circular, describing the boy, giving his picture and { offering :he tremendous rewards, strck off and distrubuted. These were ( printed on very thiu paper in order that they might be more easily mailed to foreign countries. \ I The belief, however, all along prev- , ailed that Mosber aud Douglas .were in the vicinity of new Yorl^ with Charley Ross. They had been.fol- I lowed there, and then the great metropolis ha&been microscopically watched and their escape therefrom was a | matter of impossibility. At the same time the most marvellously perfect | search of tbe city and all its environs i failed to reveal a trace of them or any- j body who had seen tbem. When Mosber aud Dougblas saw what a lurore they had thrown the world into by their crime, they were paralyzed with fear, and straightway went into hiding, taking their victim wit If them through sheer fear of leaving a' clue. -And tney hid well. They crowded ( into a cabin-yawl or cat boat, and lived j aboard in out-of-the way corners of New York harbor. In it, hid among | little craft in obscure corners of the , harbor, tbe kidnappers had found a uafe place?the only possible one.Day after day those two men , lay in its tiny cabin, no human beings seeing their faces. Had they been in tbe grave itself tbeir burial would not have been more complete. Neither ever showed his bead above deck save when one of the other ventured forth at midnight to steal food. 'The search for Mosber and Dougblas was the closest ever made,'' says I the ov.Pinirprfon "Cluee were nick ed up iu 'the most incredible piace?a word overhead on a street car, an expression by some corner loafer, a laughing allusion in some bar?and followed back by our sleuths with the most incredible ingenuity. And they always brought up in what might be called the vicinijfy for the men?at some of their friends or relatives. But they never went futber. And-they didn,t for the simple reason that not eveu those friends and relatives knew the hiding places of the kidnappers. "There was an old woman who lived over in Green Point, back to -whom a word, dropped by chance, was traced. And in her we uuearthed a most remarkable old character. "She told us all about Mosber and Douglas, from the time they returned to New York up to the moment of our conversation with her. We proceeded to investigate the story forthwith. And we couldn't verify a single point in it. "When we told her this, she insisted that what she said was true. And she again went over the narrative iritl-. mn.t r?opfor?f. nirnnrrmtAii t ial detail. -And ag^in we set out to verify it. And again we didn't verify it. "This thing happened many times And finally wecut loose from heraa a vain hope. "We had many experiences of this ?ort, but fora^ong time we could not, despite our best efforts to get futher than the point at which the kidnappers and the boy vanished. The police finally got hold of a - man named Gi'l Mosber?brother of the liidnapper. Gill agreed to deliver the two men into,police hands, provided his brother was allowed to turn state's evidence, and Douglas made the scapegoat. This, Walling, then superinleudent *nnf fn rnu onrroo/1 fn WL IUC uicuvpwiuau IVIVV, Aud Gill weut off and arranged with the criminals for them to be at the even now very tough corner at Grand and Allen atreets, New York, -at one o'clock that night. Walling told off two detectives to seize them. Aud these twowonderful sleuths took their station and wasted half and hour. Then they left. And fifteen minutes later the kidnappers made their appearance and went into a bar on the corner. The proprietor of the saloon did not know Mosber and JDougla*, but he was well enough acquainted with the crimiual cla-s to surmise that they were lawbreakers of one sort or another. Aud so, by way of doiug his friends agood turn, he said: "There were two fly cops on the corner .watching for somebody awhile ago." Whereupon Mosher and Douglas hurriedly departed?never more to be seen iu life?save for one tragic instant. In the meantime the crime had so nreved udou one woman's mind that' it made her a monomaniac, and' she reported, in her mania, that she had seen a man named Westervelt, a brother-in-law of Mosher, but avery] respectable man, 011 a street car in ; Brooklyn with Charlie Roan. Westervelt was arrested upon lierj testimony; and sent to the penitentiary ( for five years?perfectly innocent. I After the police detectives made I ^ tlieir dismal failure of catching the \ kidnappers in New York City. Gill . Mosber was laid hold of by the Pinkerton's, and an agreement reached *' with him by them whereby he was to toll his brother and Douhlas into a rrap. But the kidnappers were too frightened to keep any rendezvous? ? H1017 tont fn their cat-boat, and not jven Gill knew their whereabouts then. Later Mosber and Douglas crawled up to the mouth of Hackeneack river, just below Staten Jslland, and anchor- a] ing their boat there, slipped over the Bay Ridge. Their purpose was to rob an unoccupied houne near that huburb owned by i Judge Van Bruut. ? The Judge was a next door neighbor E to his brother, one Wil'iam H, Van oi Brunt, who was at houie with bis a: sons when the burglars came. a: And when Mosher and Douglas ft went luto the Judge's honse, they set off'an alarm which refused the Wil- n liamH. household. And the members , thereof seized their doubled-barrelled shotguns, and slipped over the Jud 5, ge's domicile.* ' * Just as shey took their station, Mosher and Douglas emerged from d the cellar. Whereupon the watchers ii left fly with their weapons. ? a - J Mosber ten ueaa. Anu jjuuguiiwo g] reeled, (-traigntpned up, and pointing 3 to Mosber, said: . "Tnat man could bave told you . about Charlie Ross." Then DougIa9 sank?to theground? 0 dead.. . * Shortly after tbese^men were slain, *' Gill Mosber again came to the Pinker- q ton office, and told them that Chaflie n Ross was dead. His . brother had b met him shortly after the lad passed nway, and tola him and tbe re*t of the ? Mosher family tbe particulars. Tbe child, suffering from jgrief and rough usage, aud the confinement of the ? filthy little cabin, and the horrible ? food with which 'lie was =?upp ied, sue- ? sum bed to a stomach complaint, and C the body was thrown into the river, n Later, its body was reeovered, and h buried. ' tJ Tbe news that the cbae9 had ended e was not long in spreading over the 0 1 ~"lUno nf tho onnntro Rllt it iaigOSl blbico Vi IMU vvum??j. ?.. svas ye^rs before the smaller cities learned it. And some do not know ? it yet. From start to finish it occupied d I use about a year ' ^ o -?? a The Ntory of h White Lie. V 8 a Once upon a time a boy told a lie, ? Many boys have done the same thing, but this was a certain, particular boy who has since become a man ofconsidarable prominence in his profession and , in the councils of a great political party. ! It was not an extraordinary lie. In ; fact, it wa9 forgotten by him almost as Jj soon as it was uttered. It entailed no 4 injustice to anyoue. It merely freed " him at the time from ad embarrassing ? situation. He was an erraud boy in a lawyer's office, and he told hi* employ- , er that he had performed some inconse- ' quential duty which he had not performed. He performed it immediately afteiwards. No one was the. wiser, he thought. He deluded himself with the idea that he had done quite a smart o thing. He was pleased with himself, d T??ntv vmm later he wa9 a candi- a date for {he office of State Treasurer. \ All indications "pointed gto his elec- g tlon. The opposition party went over j bis recod with exceeding care, and were forced to admit that there was . nothing in it upon which to build poll- 1 tical. They virtually conceded his * success, although the vote was very close. Therefore they were greatly t astonished when it was found that be ? alone of all the candidats upon the ticket was defeated. He, too, was as- t tonished and chagrined. He could not B understand it. g Some time afterwards he chanced to be in the city where as a boy. like Sir Joseph Porter, he had served a term ? with 'an attorney's firm. Naturally, * he called upon his former employer, c and spent an hour in that gentleman's t private office talking over old times t and new before a cheerful lire. At the s close of that hour be had something to c ponder over. t The conversation bad drifted into _ politics, and his former employer, with whose gray hair had come affluence and influence, referred delicate- r ly to the results of the recent election. 8 "I have a confession to make to you, t my boy," he said, after the other had i expressed his inability to account for b the defeat he bad sustained, "I can tell you why it was. You may be ^ angry when you hear it, but ycfti have too much sense, I Lbiak, to accuse me _ of treachery iu the premises. Twenty ~ years ago you lied to me. You have probably forgotton the circumstance.". 8 I never had the confidence iu you 4 afterwards that I had betore you did a it. I could not justify myself in voting for you. I told myself and my h friends that you were not qualified en- t tirely for the treasurership. The B tendency to dishonesty which you had manifested was one which, in that B position, might become dangerous . both to yourself and the State. I could not declare myself against you. The v opposition papers would have failed, [8 intentionally of otherwise, to under- b stand my motives. They would have j nhbPtra on/i tlio P/inflP CAa^gCiaiCII LUC Liiaigb, HUM ?..V vvUU? , a queuces would have been such that; v your reputation might never have been j v fully recovered. I did not tell you j what I intended to do, beeuuse it was ,, unnecessary. It would have made noi difference." ** i11 The other, very red in the face, lis- ? teued to the. end. He arose excitedly,' ii and Lis lips moved as though he were; n about to speak. But he restrained f hemself. He stood for a moment, look- I ing into the face of his defeater. Then, v impetuously, he extended his hand a aud lilt the room. Visitors to a cer- ? tain Jaw office in a Western city observe, with some amusement, a motto a which hangs over the senior partner's 4 desk. It reads, "Honesty is the Best ] E Policy." "I had it marie to order," |y says the lawyer, when I ijuestioued ;|tl "1 wished it to express a conviction, so, i; I had the'is' italicized." This mottojr, is the visible resul' of the interview be-! 0 tween tlies enioi|partntr and his former; ? o?>..lA.>or " 0 Clup.wjrwi. )c * li JOHN LYON, Jr., M. D.,j|j Physician and Surgeon. t: ' sJ OFFICE IN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING | j; I'Uoues?Ofllce 107. Residence 112. .... ?/* ' VIDE TIRES TESTED. ROVED SUPERIOR TO THOSE OF ' | STANDAR? WIDTH. lie Draft of the Wide Tires Materially y Lighter Than the Narrow on Nearly All Kind* of Boads? Broad Wheels Better f-V on the Farm?Cost No Greater. Elaborate tests of the draft of1 -wide i ad narrow tires, extending over a . VyjJ ariod of years, have recently been jmpleted by the Missouri agricultural :-M cperiment station at Columbia, ^writes ' | correspondent of the St. Louis Globe- ^ lemocrat. These tests have been made * ^ ? a macadam, gravel and dirt roads in [1 conditions, and also on the meadows ad plowed fields of the experimental irm. Contrary to public expectation, in , , 'A early all cases the draft was materially , 'j ghter when tires 6 inches wide Were sed, than with tires of standard width. he load hanled was in all cases the '2^ une, and the draft was most carefully ' Q etermined by means of a self record- ' %$? ig dynamometer. On macadam streets, hard and mootb, as an average of all tests, the ifference ofc draft was in favor of the inch tire, and the same draft required ^ s haul a ton load with narrow tires ver this street hauled more than 1^4 s 3ns with the broad tires. On gravel . '<j oads the results ehow that the draft reuired to haul 2,000 pounds with nar- ^ dw tires hauled 2,610 pounds on the * road tires. On dirt roads, dry and hard and free coin ruts, the broad tires pulled more ; ban one-third lighter, since 2,766 ouuds could be hauled on the broad Iren with the same effort required to aul 2,000 pounds on the narrow tires.. )n a dirt road cut into ruts by the nar- f ' _ dw tires in the ordinary travel, with $ ard surface, the results are ip favor of he broad tire, after the s&ond run, , . ven "when the broad wheels oqe .run. ' ver the ruts made by the narrow tires. . 'Q On mud roads, spongy on the surface :,'fA nd soft underneath, the broad tire* ' ' . rew one-half lighter than the narrow >; ires. Three thousand and sixty pound! ' v--ij n the broad tires pulled as light ai ,000 pounds on the narrow. On the ame road, when soft and sticky on top nd firm underneath, the narrow #ie$ ... |bj ulled materially lighter, the difference / " ' f " '?4? HARD ON HORSES. [From L. A. W. Bulletin.] ';,*:i mounting to an average of one-third, r a load of 2,666 pounds could bo rawn with the narrow tires as easily y 11 s 2,000 poands On the broad tires. ' 7hen this same road bad been wet to a . ?[ reat depth by continued rains, and ; be mud bad become stiff and sticky, , ft o that it would gather on the wheels, ii he difference was again largely in fa- $ or of the narrow tires. In this case a ^ oad of 8,200'pounds was drawn with hex same draft on narrow .tires as a 4j ,000 pound load on the broad tires. \ These two are the only conditions of he dirt road in which the narrow tires . i VinTOor? 4r> ndvnntfl<7P?vie: When tha - urface is too wet, soft or sloppy to ompress under the broad tires, and is mdeilaid with a hard, dry substratum. n the nature of the case tbis condition '< I road surface is of short duratiofi. If . be rains cease, a few boars of snn in ' 'i be spring, summer or fall Will dry the urface materially, or so tbat it will ompress and pack under the broad m ires, enabling a given load to be drawn iver its surfaoe with tbe wide wheels vith much less draft than on the narow ones. If more rain falls, this subtratum is softened, and tbe narrow ires cut deeper, resulting in a greatly {pi ncreased draft, compared with the iroad tires. Tbe second condition of dirt roads faor able to narrow tires is when the mud s deep and stiff, and sticky enough to ;ather on tbe broad wheela A careful ibservation for tbe last two years has hown a stiff, poorly drained clay road o be in tbis condition but a few times, nd tben for but a sbort wbile. On meadows and pastures tbe results lave been strikingly in favor of tbe , >rnnri wheels. When the meadows an 1 oft, from 8,000 to 4,000 ponnds may j ie hauled on the broad wheels with the ame draft as that required to haul a oad of 2,000 pounds on the narrow rheels. On stubble-jand and plowed ;round the resulta are favorable to the iroad wheels. The experiments practically demon trate that the impression that the broad wheels in the average condition of road / pill increase the draft is wrong. In round numbers the sum of $20,00,000 is paid out each year for the '** aaintenance of our publio roads outside . f the oities. This estimate does not elude the cost of permanent improveaents. All improvements mart come rom expenditures above this amoutt. 11 I iL.t iU vx.VW.ot I IB well 1UJUW1J tuau uic uanuYT widu \ ebicles are among the most destructive gents known to the publio highways. ?hese pnblic roads may be maintained , t a greatly reduced expense by substiuting6inch tires for the 1)4 iQob tires ow used. Inasmuch as the cost of the . ride tired wheels is not greater than . * bat ot those now in use, also consider- , f g that they are as durable as the narow tire wheels, and the fact just dem- ^ nstrated that the draft ia not in- y, reased by their use, but in the average ase. materially decreased, remove the ist objection against the gradual adop ion of the broad wheel on the faring / tie country roads and city streets. For / he farm and country roads the tires / bonld not be less than 6 inches wide. / ? 'or the city streets 4 inches should bt lie minimum width. S4HK .Am ' '.'H