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On Women
Superiority in Affairs of the Heart the
Final Test
By Julius Goldburg
am sure that very few will agree with Prof. Metchnlkoffs
comments on the relative merits, superiority, or Inferiority
of the male sex to the ?em?le. "Statements have been ad
vanced by champions of the sex that woman1 has been ex
cluded from all higher intellectual occupations, so that her
mind has become atrophied, her capabilities blunted, or
her talents stagnated. It seems to me that this should not
enter Into th? question at issue. I cannot see what re?a?
. tioa this bears to the question of the superiority or infer
I iority oX either sex to the other.- It ls, as lt always must be, that "broad hu
- majiitarianism, unselfishness, love-and. charity malte for the superior mah or
wemen, and woman in this regard carries off the palm She rules the world,
an! she does so because she ls superior." It ls not true In any sense that man
ha., done anything to materially further the advancement of the home. He
ls entirely passive there. Nor has he ?ny place whatever in thai home when
compared with the divine qualities that motherhood carries. The home is
ta* arch of civilization and progress, and woman is its keystone.
In making a comparison of the sexes there is but one important consider
ation, and that is the qualities of the heart. When the professor states that
dornen are superior to men In affairs of the heart, and that is a great deal,"
he states the case plainly and absolutely for her. With her strength of mind
?nd Intelligence, with her goodness of heart, she must be classed as the su
perior to man. What advantage would there be to this world and its prog
ress In civilization and morality, if the qualities of the heart, did not have
precedence? Of course, it 1B important to possess genius, but man, with his
.genius for doing many things, lacks the goodness of heart and spirituality to
become woman's equal. When the question at issue here is that of the su
perior man or woman, we must conceive that it is the qualities of the heart
that make for humanity and civilization, and that she decides the question.
Woman may lack genius, bet never humanitarianism.
If it is true, as is said of woman, that "the hand that rocks the cradle
TtJes the world," what more can be said for her? ,
Woman's work in the home as wife and mother is doing more for civlli
-zsiioii and mankind than our greatest geniuses in art, science and invention.
Of course, superior attributes in man's recognized field of endeavor are evi
dunce of the superior man, but it is the heart qualities that largely indicate
tr e superior being. How stupid to say because a man is a great craftsman
?cr a genius in his work, that he is the superior being ? Since when do we
rc ?asure humanitarianism and civilization by such standards?
vi. ?
p Farm Boys in England ?
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N*a book on "England and the English," by Fred M. Hueffer,
he speaks Of conditions in the rural districts as follows:
."With the spread of education, with the increase of
communication., there has come not the determination to
J; + . better the conditions of life ta the country, but.the simple
T**??t***f abandonment of the land. It is, I think, a truism to any one
f 8lf who kuows t*1* country . . ?, that there are whole
stretches of territory in England where a really full-witted
or alert youth of between sixteen and thirty will absolutely
mt be found. I visited lately eighteen farms of my own neighborhood, cov
ering a space of about four miles by two miles, and on this amount of ground
?aly five boys found employment. Four of these were below the average in
telligence, and had at school not passed the fourth standard; th? fifth was so
fstupld'-'that he could not be trusted to do more than drive the milk cart to
a-ad from the. station. And of all the farm laborers' families that I know well
--some forty-six in number^onay two have youths at home, and one of these
ass 'something the matter, with bis legs.' Of one hundred and twelve other
?indlies that I know in a nodding way,, not more than five have boys at work
hi the fields. Making a rough calculation of the figures as they have pr?sent
ai themselves to mp, I find that just over 5 percent of the country-born boys
f have known have stayed of their -own free choice on the land."
1 Mr. H. also says that all. tho old. amusements of the countryside*-the
fairs, the May-day celebrations, ti e cricket clubs and the like-are dying out
-with no effort on the part of the i TIS ti ca to retain them. Into the cities troop
tile cleverest of the farm boys; what the author calls he "Anglc-Saxon-Teu
tmic-industrial-commercialism that fe 'Modernity" has taken them into ita.
?rip.
Human Imperfection |
?y Charles C. J?mes, D.D. /
HERE is no perfect church, no perfect book, no perfect in
spiration, no perfect knowledge?; and all for the reason that
there are no perfect human beings or institutions. All our
organizations, whether we set them up in the name of lib
erty and justice, ta the name of truth and righteousness,
ta the name of religion or of God, are composed, of defective
members, and cannot help sharing the imper fe dons of their
parts. It ls well to know it fair to admit it; and it ls no
misfortune to see things as they are.
But now let us frankly recognize the value and uses of thin.js imperfect.
There are no perfect marriages, because there are no perfect men and worn
?tm; no perfect societies, because no perfect people to be associated.
We must not look for perfection in what now ls. We must work toward
lt leaving the things that are behind and reaching toward the tbings that are
before. The anarchist finding nothing wholly good, seeks to destroy every
thing ; the wise man, finding the same, seeks to improve everyttiing.
Yet the good cause is carried forward, as all human affairs aro, by such
imperfect agencies and Instruments as the Lord happens to have on hand at
?ach stage of proceedings. This may explain why even we are permitted to
Ibear a part The exceeding greatness of his power is shown by the good
nrork done with such poor tools. Heavenly strength ls made perfect in earth?
;ly weakness.
British and German
Physique
Ey Jlrnold White
EN millions of our people inhabit dwellings, inferior to
the kennels provided for the hounds in a well-managed
hunt. The results of living in dwellings un?t for human
habitation and the prevalence of a dietary scale from which
HEnglish ?meat, bread and milk are excluded are fatal to suc
J| cessful rivalry with a virile and healthy race where agri
II culture is fostered for str?tegical reasons.
Having spent hours in watching the arrival of the early
morning trains in Berlin and Hamburg, I am appalled with the contrast be
tween, the vigorous and well-set-up, broad-chested and healthy-looking clerks,
brawny shopmen and stalwart laborers on the other side of the North Sea
aj:d*the champagne-shouldered, cow-hocked, pigeon-chested, lack-lustre train
??ls of men of the same classes landed at Liverpool street, Victoria and
Charing Cross.-London World.
The Zest of Life.
.What a poor world lt would be If
.our wishes all came true. Fancy only
having to wish for . everything ?you
i wanted Instead of earning lt. The
.only chance you get of triumphing
.over life is winning the things you
want by working hard for them. Life
'irould lose its zest fer me if I thought
tthat all things I desired were walting
.tt certain stages of my existence to
ike picked sp."--Alphonse Courlasder.
Waiting.
"Walk in, sir," says St. Peter to the
shade who has been sitting on a cloud
for several days. "Come right in, I
told you it would be all right for you
to do so."
"Thank you," replies the shade, "I
want to wait out here, if I may, until
the fellow who sold me cantaloupes
last summer romes along. I want to
see you send him down the 'chute.' "
-Chicago Evening Post.
BT HAS
-Cartoon by I
ELECTRICAL SHOCKS TO BEST
Lewis Nixon Says Currents Flashed Tbro
Danger From Airships-Destruct
. .. Will Be Forced to IE
New York City. - Lewis Nixon, I
shipbuilder, graduate of the United i
States Naval Academy and for s av?rai <
years one of the chief constructors pf i
the American navy, flouts the theory i
that the' airship in any of its forms <
will become a formidable war ma- <
chine. w
Instead, Mr. Niton believes that '
the death-dealing terror of the war of i
the future will be the electric shock. i
This conclusion has been forced '
upon his judgment by a careful study 1
of the subject of new war agencies
and by closely watching tho manoeu- <
vres of the Wright aeroplane as it i
sailed up tbe Hudson and circled the 1
representatives of the world's great- <
est navies. . . ' 1
In Mr. Nixon's opinion warships i
can guard against the danger of ex
plosives that might be dropped upon 1
them by airships by specially pre- i
pared armor. He believes, though, i
that sooner or later there will be per- \i
fected a gun or some other piece of
mechanism for hurling a thunderbolt 1
that will shock to death every man <
aboard a warship, irrespective of its I
protection. 1
"I am convinced," said Mr. Nixon :
to a reporter, "that the thing could
be done now, but the mechanism is 1
BO crude that the thunderbolt, cr elec
tric Impulse, would kill the m: n who
should release it. as well as the en- i
erny. It is' possible, of coursa, that ?
somb foreign nation already has per
fected the necessary machin? * with i
which to hurl this deadly bolt. I
hope, however, that it has not been '.
done. ,Vhen the principle is mast- '
ered the result will make war tio ho-r- 1
ribly destructive "that thc human race, ,i
through the sheer force of nature's
first law ?- self-preservation -rr wili 1
abolish wari
. "'The aeroplane is mainly lrterest- :
lng now on account of the ;'act of
what may grow from it. Possibly we
shall see them like swarms bl giant '
locusts flying over and beyond armies. <
to occupy positions and to mt off
communications. i
"For purposes of observation they
will be of great use. The ?hel?copter,
owing to its smaller dimensions: seems
best adapted to such uses, especially
to be carried on men-of-war.
. - ""Insofar as ? can see, the dirigible,
which will combine much that the
aeroplane ls now proving out, is the '
ship of the future.
"Count Zeppelin has already crossed
STARVING ESKIMO
St. John's, N. F.-Tragedy in the
icy wastes of the Far North formed <
the burden of the news brought to
thi3 port by the Hudson Bar Com- :
psny's steamer Adventure, which' ar- :
rived with the crew of the lo rt Dun
dee whaler Paradox, in the Etory of
an Eskimo, driven to cannibalism by
starvation, who ate his child and shot
several neighbors who attempted sum
mary punishment.
The Paradox, one of the fleet of
Dundee whalers, met the fate of her
companion ship, the Snowdrop, which i
was crunched In the merciless jaws of
the Ice floes off Baffin Land carly in
August a year ago. The crew, with
scanty provisions, made their perilous i
way over the broken ice toward the
mainland and were picked up by the
EXPERTS TO ADI
Pittsburg. - The Pittsburg Civic
Commission, fathered by Andrew Car
negie and H. C. Frick, announces that
soon there will arrive In Pittsburg one
of the most Important and higa priced
trio of experts to be had in the coun
try for the purpose of giving1 advice
on Pittsburg'8 bad street car system,
her river front and on plans for lay
ing out the $500,000 park which
Frick has given the city of Pittsburg
through his daughter Helen. Those
who have been employed to come at a
salary of S800 a day ago are Blon J.
Arnold, of Chicago; James lt. Free
man, of Providence, and Frederick
Law Olmstead, of Boston.
Mr. Arnold, who is an eipert on
street railways, will do his best to
Nearly All Animals in Canadian
1 , Buffalo Herd Escape.
' Calgary, Alberta. - Word was
brought here by a man named Ed
wards that the Canadian buffalo park
at Wainwright, Alberta, had been de
stroyed by the prairie fire which has
been burning in that section.
As the fire burned the fe ace sur
rounding the par?s the herd.1: of buf
falo, estimated at SCO animals, and a
large herd of' elk escaped. Many of
the animals were killed.
The fires caused a financial loss
that will run Into millions.
About Noted People.
Harry Benedict, of New Haven,
Conn., received a telegram from
Harry. Whitney saying that he was
rushing home after a "hard winter"
in the Arctic.
Surveyor Clarkson, of Now York
City, said that the laws for the pro
tection of life on harbor craft were
inadequate and that Congress should
enact new ones.
The Rev. Dr. William T. Manning,
rector of Trinty Church, Nsw York
City, In a sermon said the country
needed saner views on divorce ?nd a'
revival of patriotism.
BEGUN.
Gr.^Williams, in the Indianapolis News.
ROY EVERY WARSHIP AFLOAT
ugh Air ls Battle Method of Future-No
[OD So Terrible That Nations
iternational Peace.
the Alps and made long voyages
igainst adverse conditions in all sorts
j{ weather. His airship is larger than
the steamship of thirty years ago and
nore speedy than those that are now
crossing the ocean in record breaking
time. I look to see airships of the
Zeppelin type half a mile in length.
They will hot come down to the earth
my more than the Mauretania will
?mchor in a siiallow stream, but will
be anchored up in the air, possibly a
thousand feet or more.
"Explosives will not be dropped
lown, as you could not hit a tug with
in apple from the Brooklyn Bridge,
which is only 130 feet. high. Electri
cal guns will be used, of course, and
heavy ones like our present powder
suns.
"Ships at anchor will Bend up bal
loons or kites to carry special illum
nants; and in time of war the heavens
ill around will be brilliantly lighted
with special forms of rockets.
"Men-of-war will be protected best
by special armament for attacking air
craft. The airship, however, will rap
idly develop as a peaceful device and
will soon be as much a necessity of
modern civilization as the automobile.
"The attraction of gravitation, be
ing a condition of matter, may soon
be comprehended in such a way that
the repulsion which some way or
some how balances attraction may be
utilized to man's advantage.
"The gas engine bas made the air
ship possible. Years ago the French
found- that each horse power could
lift thirty-two pounds, so as much as
we develop our horse power below
this weight so much net lifting power
3hall we gain.
"Bu t you. asked me as to the mili
tary possibilities," continued Mr.
Nixon. "We are on the eve of a tre
mendous and far-reaching change in
warfare. As Ipng ago, aa 1900 I
pointed out that' soon ihunderboltB
would be thrown: . Th? significance
of a news item published about a year
ago of a man receiving a shock which
nearly proved fatal rhile talking over
a wireless telephone was not then
fully appreciated. It would be possi
ble at the present day to shock to
death every man on a vessel at five
miles distance, but so far the impulse
cannot be projected at any one mark.
But direction and aiming will be mas
tered after a while, and then thun
derbolts will be thrown just as sheila
are thrown now."
SLAYS HIS CHILD,
Hudson Bay Company's steamer Pell?
can, which,took them to Fort Church
ill, where they remained until the ar
rival of the Adventure On1 her regular
fall trip. The Adventure also brought
Beveral missionaries, surveyors and
prospectors from the Northwest coun
try.
The Adventure's report oT the can
nibalism says the Eskimo's fishing
and hunting season had been a fail
ure, and, dTlven mad by hunger, he
cut the throat of one of hhs children
and then ate the little victim. When
the m?n's neighbors learned of the
crime they attacked him, according
to the primitive law of their race. The
outcast beat off all assaults, shot sev
eral of the attacking party and es
caped into the wilderness of Ice.
-JfcAi-.
ttSE PITTSBURGH
figure out a way In which the trans?
portation facilities of Pittsburg can
be bettered. It ls conceded that the
Btreet car service ls about the worst
In the country. Mr. Freeman ls the
hydraulic engineer whom President
Taft is said to have paid $500 daily
for making the trip to Panama, and
he will taka up the matter of Pitts
burg's water frontage and suggest
ways and means of saving the city
millions yearly lost through the riv
ers' overlow. Mr. Olmstead will tell
the people of Pittsburg hov they can
best beautify the park land gi7en
them by Frick. It is understood that
Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Frick share
equally the $800 a day paid to this
trio ot experts.
Coal and Coke Advancing;
Roads Short of Cars.
Baltimore, Md.-For the first time
since the early part of 1907 the rail
roads entering Baltimore, especially
those having a large coal tonnage, are
face to face with a car.famine. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began
distributing coal cars on the percent
age basis. In West Virginia scarcity
of cars is more pronounced.
Practically every mine in Maryland
and West Virginia is being operated
to the capacity of the railroads. Prices
of coal and coke are rising.
Newsy Gleanings.
Fire in the Executive Offices of tht
White House caused about $100
damage.
An aurora borealis temporarily
stopped telegraph service all over th?
United States.
Shot by an enemy. William Richter
staggered Into a ballroom at Linden
hurst, Ii. Li and fell dying among the
dancers.
Fifty retail druggists of New York
are planning to combine against the
United Drug Consumers' Company,
which ls behind a mysterious move
ment to absorb many stores.
CHESTER'S CORN YIELD
Farrier Raises 71.9 Bushels on One
?cre Result of Demonstration
Work.
Chester, Special.-Mr. J.L. Miller;
l prosperous farmer of the county,
entered at the first of the year the
contest for the prize offered by.thc
agricultural department of the Starte
for the largest yield of corn on one
acre. The corn has been gathered
and measurement was made by
a committee of disinterested though
competent farmers. They declare the
result to be 71.9 bushels-the largest
yield yet known in the county. The
corn was cultured according to the
lirections furnished by Dr. . Seaman
A. Knapp' co-operation farm demon
stration work, for which Mr. R. L.
Cunningham, one of Chester coun
ty 's very best farmers is agent. This
demonstration work has been prac
ticed ip this county for several years
and has brought forth good results.
Both Participants Fined.
Spartanburg, Special.-As a sequel
to the difficulty between Charles 0.
Bearon, editor of The Herald, and C.
0. Smith, a former dispenser, which
occurred here Monday, each partici
pant was fined $2.50 in the mayor's
court for disorderly conduct Wednes
day. Smith offered two witnesses and
Mr. Hearon expressed himself as be
ing satisfied wi?h their statement of
the case. The evidence was to the
effect that Smith had followed Hearon
into the store where the difficulty oc
curred and demanded an explanation
of Mr. Hearon^ as to the use of his
(Smith's) name in the paper, which
being refused, he started to curse the
editor, the cursing being interrupted
by a blow by Mr. Hearon.
Crushed to Death Under Log.
Greenville, Special. - Meredith
Gossett, aged 40, was instantly killed
near his home near Marietta Satur
day morning by being crushed be
neath a log weighing 3.000 pounds.
Gossett and companions were sawing
the log in half bn a hillside, Gossett
being on the down side. As the saw
penetrated deeper the log became
weaker and finally broke. The chock
which was holding the log in its po
sition, on the hill . flew out, striking
Gossett in the breast and knocking
him down the hill and before Gossett
could move had crushed him to death.
He was a prominent farmer in that
section and was unmarried, but leaves
many relatives.
Juror Perry Fined.
Columbia, Special.-Judge Mem
minger disposed of the contempt pro
ceedings growing out of the John
Black mistrial case of last week. He
fined Juror J. D. Perry, who com
municated with his clerk, C. M. Dom,
from the hotel window where the jury
was confined) $25 and ordered that
he also forfeit his pay as a juror.
Mr. Dorn was fined $?Q..}:?The remain
der of the jury, whosej;pay he . had
held up, he ordered the clerk to pay.
Judge Memminger announced his
decision without comment, and Mes
srs. Perry and Dorn received iheir
punishment quietly and sadly.
To Make" Wood Alcohol.
Georgetown, Special-The E. I. Du
Pont Powder company have effected
arrangements whereby they- will lo
cate a plant here for the purpose of
making wood alcohol. The plant will
be located near the large mills of tke
Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation,
from which they will obtain the ma
terial for making the alcohol. Work
has already began on the plant, and
it is said that operation will com
mence about the first of the year.
This is a fine enterprise for George
town. .
Nightwatchman Shot From Ambush.
Bolton, Special.-L. V. B. Simmons,
a watchman, while attending to his
duties at Makatoka, one of the camps
of the Waccamaw Lumber Company,
was shot by some person in ambush.
He is not seriously injured, ..though
27 bird shot took effect, principally
in the right leg. Sheriff Knox made
an investigation, but no arrest was
made.
Train Wrecks Auto; No One Hurt.
Greenville, Special.-An automo
bile belonging to Dr. Stevenson of
Greer was completely "wrecked Wed
nesday morning near Taylors by train
No. 39. No one was injured. The
occupants of the car were about to
cross the track at the mouth of a cut
and were not aware of the approach
of the train until too late to save the
car. By hastily jumping they saved
their lives, but the car was caught
in the middle of the track and com
pletely demolished. Two men were
driving the car.
To Rebuild Burned Cellege.
Columbia, Special.-Plans were
made last week at the meeting of the
executive committee of the board of
trustees of the Columbia college for
immediate reconstruction of thc
buildings recently destroyed by fire.
Architects Shand & LaFaye were em
ployed for the work, and the build
ings will be along the line of pre
vious construction, although there will
be some changes that will add to their
beauty.
Lightning Burns Barn.
Bishopville, Special.-During the
electric storm Wednesday night
lightning struck thc cotton house on
the DuRant farm about two miles
above town and set it on fire, which
consumed the building and its con
tents, about 1,700 pounds of seed cot
ton and the seed out of 20 bales of
cotton. The damage sustained by
Mr. A. C. DuRant, the owner of the
building, is about $400, while Mr. S.
J. Strickland, the tenant, lost the
seed und seed cotton worth about
$400. Neither had insurance.
?NSDMNK TAXES
Amount Received By Each County in
the Distribution.
Columbia, Special.-Commissionei
MeMaster' last week issued a state
ment on the collections of "Add'
tional license fer," based on 'pre
miums collected by the insurance com
panies licensed to do business hi
South Carolina from the six month
ending June 30,1909. The amount is
$50.418.71.
The following is the statement of
amount of this fund going to each
county according to the term of the
act of the General Assembly:
Abbeville.$ 339.45
Aiken.-. 594.93
Anderson.. .. .. .. .. .. 1,465.53
Bamberg. 241.G7
Barnwell.. 357.54
Beaufort.1. 242.59
Berkeley. 168.76
Calhoun. 78.81
Charleston.. .. ..*.4,446.29
Cherokee. 272.24
Chester.. ..:. 433.30
Chesterfield. 265.47
Clarendon. 294.35
Colleton.. 211.02
Darlington. 5:4.22
Dorchester. 271.55
Edgefield. 234.6-1
Fairfield. 244.47
Florence.'.. 559.50
Georgetown.V 651.38
Greenville.1.303.4?
Greenwood. .. 540.34
Hampton. .. 220.95
Horry. 196.73
Kershaw. 329.05
Lancaster. 388.66
Laurens. 533.32
Lee. 187.63
Lexington.. ... 253.05
Marion. 663.40
Marlboro... 632.65
Newberry. .. .. 590.24
Oconee. .. .. 215.54
Orangeburg.... ;. 825.67
Pickens. 210.79
Richland. . 2,238.73
Saluda. 89.60
Spartanburg. 1,540.54
Sumter. 872.93
Union. 542.60
Williamsburg. .. 259.49
York.-656.38
F. H. McMaster,
Insurance Commissioner,
L. M. G.
Burglars Are Caught.
Lancaster, Special.-There has
been a series of burglaries in Lan
caster the past week, but at the re
quest of the police department and
Sheriff Hunter no mention had been
made of the matter in order to en
able the officers to work up the case.
On Sunday night the store of th?
Heath-Jones Company was robbed of
twenty-one dollars and fifty cents;
also the store of the Makie Drug
Company was entered and about four
dollars was taken from the cash
drawer.
Yesterday Sheriff John P. Hunter
started on the trail of the burglar,
and in a short while had Will Elliott
and Henry Brye in the toils. Elliott
making a full confesi?n, stating that
he had secreted himself in the store
of the Heath-Jones Company and had
secured the money in the cash drawer
and later, with the assistance of
Henry Bryce, who lifted him over the
transom of the J. F. Mackie Com
pany, he robbed the cash drawer also.
Foster Protests Innocence.
Spartanburg, Special.-Dock Fos
ter, who is held in the. county jail
under suspicion of having murdered
bis wife, Martha Foster, and bu ned
her mutilated body in a woodland on
the suburbs of the city, submitted to
an interview, but would answer few
questions. "God knows I am an in
nocent man," he repeated time aryi
time again. He has not explained his
movements on Tuesday and Tuesday
night.
Young Man Killed on Grade Crossing.
Greenville, Special.-Asa Batson; a
young white man, was instantly killed
and his father, W. Y. Batson, was
slightly injured near Marietta last
week by the Greenville & Knoxville
train, the accident occuring as the
two were trying to cross the track
in a wagon. The train was coming
around a curve and was not seen by
the men until it was upon them.
Left His Child; Fined $200.
Spartanburg, Special.-H. A. Sack,
money delivery clerk of the Southern
Express Company at Savannah, en
tered a plea of guilty to the charge
of deserting his child in this citv
Saturday night. Be was sentenced
to serve nine months or pay a fine
of $200. He paid the fine. The case
against Mrs. Sack, charged with de
serting the child, was nolle prossed.
Sack says that his wife was nervous
and excited and when she took the
train here last Saturday night, left
the child in the waiting room-of the
station.
Girl Beater Found Guilty.
Spartanburg, Special.-L. A. Mat
thews, a well knowjj citizen, who on
September 9, whipped Miss Elizabeth
Morrow, his adopted daughter, in
flicting injuries that came near
causing her death, was found guilty
on the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill. He was sentenc
ed to pay a fine of $800 or serve eigh
teen months at hard labor. Thc pris
oner broke down and wept when sen
tence was passed upon him.
South Carolinian Dies of a Rare Dis
ease.
Rock Hill, Special.-Mr. M. A.
Johnson of the Highland Park mill
village died Friday afternoon and was
buried here Saturday. Mr. Johnson
was afflicted with acromegaly (disease
of *he giants), an affection that
causes an abnormal enlargement of
everything about a person. Mr. John
son's entire body was enlarged, his
hands, nose and ears being two or
three sizes larger than the average.
PALMETTO li?PF?NIN?S
News Netos of General Interest
From All Parts of the State.
SOUTHERN TEXTILE ASSOCIA
TION.
Fourth Regular Meeting of This
Growing Organization of of Cotton
Mill Men to Be Held in Raleigh, N.
C., Wednesday, Oct. 20.
The Fall meeting of the Southern
Textile Association will be held in
Raleigh, N. C., on Wednesday, Oct.
20th. As this will be at the time of
the North Carolina State Fair the
sessions of the association will be
held in the morning and at night/"
giving time in the afternoon for"vis
iting the fair and looking through the
Textile Department of the State Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College,
which consists of a fully equipped
model mill with competent instructors
who take an active interest in the
work of the association and will ren
der assistance in any possible way to
make the meeting of interest and
value to every mill man who may at
tend.
The program of the association'
will include addresses and papers on
Weaving-by Prof. William Nel
son, form?rly instructor in the LowoH
Textile School.
The Spinning Frame-by Supt. T.
F .Cuddy, of Clio.'S. C.
The Card Room-by Supt. Alfred
N. Landau, formerly of the Maginnis
Mill, New Orleans, La.
Power Economy in Mills-by Chief
Engineer G. F. King, of King's
Mountain.
Humidifiers-by Mr. W. P. Hazel
wood, of Atlanta.
Care of the Operatives' Health
by Supt. A. S. Winslow, of-Clinton.
s.e.
The Southern Textile Association
composed chiefly of superintendents
and overseers of departments in the
actual work of cotton manufacturing
had its birth in a meeting held in
Charlotte last fall which was attend
ed by a number of representative
men in these lines, chiefly from North
and South Carolina.
A permanent orgar!zation was ef
fected with provision for holding
meetings quarterly; and the next reg
ular meeting held at Greenville in
April was attended by large delega
tions from the leading mill towns of
the Carolinas with representatives
from other Southern States.
The neeting at Spartanburg in July
was thc largest yet held when the_at
.tendance was over two hundred, the
membership at that time and by ad
ditions since having grown to consid
erably more than 300.
Lake City Tobacco Sales.
Lake City, Special.-The official re
ports filed with, Commissioner Wat
son by the three Lake City warer
houses show tobacco sales for Sep
tember 1,738,406 pounds, which sold
for $165,937. Sales in the Lake City
market this season aggregate to the
close of September 4,793,598 pounds,
selling for $390,970.34. The aggre
gate deposits in the Lake City banks
as given by cashiers on September 30
were $468,149.81, less than $9,000 of
which was county, school, dispensary,
estate money or funds under court
control.
The aggregate value of tobacco,
cotton and cottonseel sold this season
to September 30 is $602,000. This
is exclusive of $50,000 worth of ber
ries and truck shipped this spring.
The official record shows 3,005 bales
of cotton shipped and 750 tons of cot
ton seed. The cotton production of
this section will largely exceed that
of last year.
John Wallace Sentenced.
Darlington, Special.-John Wal
lace was 'Wednesday afternoon sen
tenced to be hanged Friday, Decem
ber 10, for' the murder of John
Grooms, at Lumber last July, motion
for new trial having been withdrawn
by Mr. T. E. Stokes, who represented
the defendant by appointment of the
court.
Cured of Pellagra in Laurens County.
Laurens, Special.-According to a
statement from her father-in-law,
Mrs. E. E. Pitts, who lives'in this
county, near Ware Shoals, has been
cured of pellagra! Mr. J. Y. Pitts of
the Poplar Springs section of the
county, father-in-law of Mrs. E. E. .
Pitts, in speaking of the case, stated
that complete and permanenl cure
had been effected by Dr. J. L. Don
nan of Ware Shoals, and that there
was no doubt as to the nature of the
disease. A number of authorities
were consulted,' among them Dr. J>
W. Babcock of Columbia. .
Telephone Man ,is Electrocuted.
Greenville, Special.-At noon;
Thursday while lineman L. R. Liv- .
ingston of the Bell Telephone Com
pany was working ou a main stree!;
cable he wa* electrocuted, falling
from the top of a.70-foot pole to tho
pavement below. Livingston cam?
here from Asheville.
Dies Victim of Pellagra.
Anderson, Special.-Benjamin F
Fant, aged 38 years, a prominent
merchant of Anderson, died carly
Wednesday morning in a Greensboro,
N. C., sanitarium, a victim of pel
lagra. He was taken to the sani
tarium two months ago for treat
ment and several days ago he de
veloped the dreaded disease. He was
a member of the firm of Rufas Fant
& Bros., who run two book stores in
Anderson.