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o - Sy Mayor'George B. McClellan to*a*0*tnv*& of J\few York ?? HERE is a disposition among us today to forget the sturdy individualism of the past and to think of the- state as the source of all power and ali blessings. This spirit of pater nalism has been growing stronger and stronger as the years have gone by; both parties have felt Its influence, no one in the community has been absolutely free from it. The marvelous economic development of the last half century/ "the enormous' increase in population and wealth that has taken place in this country have presented new problems for cur solution that require wise thought and tho greatest'care, unless we ar^ to imperil the happiness-of, our country. The tendency of the day being -toward paternalism, government has in good faith undertaken the solution of problems which a generation ago would have been regarded as the exclusive work of private enterprise. The complicated conditions of modern civiliaa tion, the centralization of population and wealth have made it impossible for private enterprise to perform certain public functions, and it has been obliga tory upon government to undertake them. The difficulty lies not so much in determining what government can un dertake as in determining what goevrnment ought to undertake. There are those who would nevertheless have us make government so paternal as to carry us hp to, if not over the line of state socialism. Some things govern ment must do because private enterprise fails in trying to do them, and tho ?langer comes in drawing thc line where government activity shall end and private endeavor begin. The risk is that government will go so far as to paternalizo evrry field of endeavor, so that the very spirit of individualism will be lost. The prohibition wave that has been sweeping the country has not been due to restrictive legislation, but to the phenomenal growth of temperance sentiment which has expressed itself in legisl?tive form. The statutes have not been the cause of the sentiment, but,- on the contrary, its direct result. ^Forbidding men to drink will not of itself keep them sober any more than 'making gambling in any form a crime will cf itseli! stop betting,, or tinkering with the primary and election laws will of itself give us honest primaries or pure elections. No law can be effective that is not supported by public opinion, for, after all, law is nothing but the recognition of a public opinion that already exists. What Is a Gentleman? Selections From a Small Dictionary of Quo* tai ?ons or Prejudices Cy Scribendi Cccoeth.es HAT Is a gentleman* Clarendon, the historian affirmed: "If a Scotchman could have either courage or honesty he mi?bt bo something of a man." Yet Providence owed the woild some compensation for Carnegie. Cromwell called Irishmen "the briblngest men I ever ktew." Goethe said: "Der Englander ist eigentlich ohne In telligenz," and an Englishman has been known to say: "I have no prejudices, but I do hate a German." A Frenchman is "a person, generally decorated, who ignores geography.'' A German is like an oyster, all stomach arid no heart, which explains why the nation is so bellicose. In Austria, said Windischgralz, "men below the rank of Daron do not count." - / ? VJ,, A gentleman might perhaps bo a Spaniard; for Lord Dundonald, when he . captured a 500 ton Spanish man-of-war with his 50 ton brig, told his fallen foe "he had fought his ship like a gentleman and a Spaniard." Sydney Smith in.182? apologized for passing: a night at.a bankor's coun try place. Fielding speaks of "broker.- and other thieves of this kind." " Jeremy Bentham said of lawyers that "their knowledge was confined to the corrupt part of human'nature." Sancho Panza declared: "There are but two lineages in the world, as my .grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Havenots, and she stuck to the Haves." Izaak Walton may be the'best judge: "I wor'i rather prove myself a gentleman by being leaued and humble, valiant and inoffensive, virtuous and communicable, than by any fond ostentation of riches, or wanting these vir tues myself boast that these were in my.ancestors." Certainly the man was not a gentleman who took out a policy against fire for hi3 wife, when she merely wanted an annuity. She was justified in iter divorce. I Power Boat Fishing Groat Sport for Those l&ho Go Bown to the Sea * ty Louis Rhead f OWER beats have converted sea' fishing into unalloyed pleasure. Sailing craft are all right if there is wind, but to lie becalmed, "a painted ship upon a painted ocean" within sight of a big schooi ?of bluefish, is very galling, in reference to the location where August sea fishing is best, there is no choice. It is all good from Key West to the St. Lawrence Gulf. It is always best in the neighborhood of the mouths of rivers, large or small, or near rocky shores where seaweed clings and shelltlsh may be found. Even sandy shores, like that of the Jersey shore, are good where the sea bottom is cov ered with beds of shellfish. The north shore of Long Island is noe nearly so gcod as the Connecticut coast opposite. On thc other hand, the south coast of'Long Island is excellent, being cut up in numerous bays and inlets, begin ning at Rockaway Peint, Jamaica Bay, Great South Bay, and so on to Mon tauk. Splendid fishing is available' from Block Island to Cape Cod and up to Boston Harbor, and thence along the Maine coast as far as the Bay of Cha leurs. The season for this region ls not confined to the month' of August, but continues on till cold.weather nips the fingers. Essayists Ey Ellis O Jones HE lowest, form cf art is the essay and the lowest form of humanity is the essayist. The trouble with the essay ist is that he knows too much. He wins his questionable success by pelting his listeners or his readers with huge cataloglc chunks of erudition until they are completely submerged and unable to do any more than gasp, for breath. In the mind of the essayist the Ideal essay is a college education in tabloid form. On the other hand, an essay must not be understood to be appreciated. If it is under stood, it stand3 forth, of course, as naaning less as remark? on the liquor question by a politician who doesn't know whether he is talking to a saloon keeper cr a W. C. T. II. lady. If anyone, wants to take the pains critically to analyze a really artistic essay, it will b9 found that almost every statement made is true, but that ?lone cf them makes any difference.-From Life. Drew the Line. Mrs. Crawford-Did you manage to coax your doctor to recommend a trip to that mountain resort you wished to TiSlt? Mrs. Crabshr-w-Yes; but I can't go, ?cr I couldn't get him to add that a few new dresses would do me a world of_good.-Puck. New York city has an extremely sweet tooth, for its people consumed 28O,COO.00O pounds of sugar during the last rear. The Situation. "What is your opinion of the long hat pin?" "They may be all right in semi, peo ple's ryes." "Fxacily. Eut we don't want them in curs."'-Louisville Courier-Journa!.. P?odern Life. "May I kiE3 your beautiful baby?" "Certainly, madam. One moment, please. Nurse, fetch me the antisep tic gauze."-Louisville Courier-Jour nal. ?tems Gathered and Tofd While You Moid Your Breath. SOME EVERY BAY HAPPENINGS Lively and Crisp as They Are Gar nered From the Fields of Action at Home and Abroad. It is now estimated that Warriner pocketed $2,000,000 of the Big Four's earnings that came into his hands. Annie Pelley, a young vigorous and powerful shop' girl was i'ouly mur dered in Cario, 111., Monday night. From her torn clothing scattered along an alley it is believed she put up a game fight for her purity and her life but odds seemed against her and her voice was stifled with a heavy cloth gag. The confessed crim inal was lynched Thursday. J. H. Bryant and Randal Barber were instantly killed while crossing thc S. A. L. Ry., in a wagon near Tampa, Fla. There is said to be another woman in the Warriner defalcation though it is said she will only be a witness and one knowing where the stealing went but not getting any of it her self. John R. Hare, of Baltimore, has evolved what he believes to be aD improved type of .dirigible balloon. He will inclose all the machinery in a cylinder that will be open at the ends thereby protecting it from dam age by tree tops, etc. He will also provide for saving the gas of an overcharged balloon to be utilized when needed. Scientific men pro nounce the plan feasible. James Thielman, head waiter at Delmonico's. N. Y., died recently worth half a million dollars, which he saved out of his wages and tips and invested judiciously. Thomas Jefferson Hall killed the cashier, J. H. Fawcett and probably mortally wounded the president, Jno. K. Woodward, Thursday in a reckless effort to rob the Merchants National Bank of Louisville, Ky. He was cap tured and narrowty escaped violence Mrs. Jeanette Stewart, accused b;, ?haries L. Warriner of sharing thc proceeds of his defalcation of $643, 000 from the Big Four Ry., says slit did not share in it at all but that she knows all about the defalcation and will tell it in court. E. M. Davis, head of the Mathison Alkali Works, Bristol, Tenn., "was driving his auto at a high speed in the country Wednesday and on n turn ran :.nto a wagon, the tognue of which struck him ra the face.' He has a narrow chance of life. Hamburg Belle, a famous trott? that sold recently for $50,000, di oh the farm of her owner ne Thomasville, Ga., on Wednesda.y, < pneuhaonia. ;. Paris now has a sensation in tht trial of Mme. Steinheil for \he mur der of her husband and step-mother. The judges of the court do the vehement accusing and she parries their assaults with consummate clev erness. She seems now to be getting the better of public sentiment at least. Alexander Miller, for twenty years the private secretary to the late E. H. Harriman, says that great finan cier was never known to swear and was intense and fervent in is relig ious beliefs. The American Federation of Labor in meeting at Toronto, Canada, com mitted the organization to sustain President Gompers, vice president. Mitchelll and secretaary Morrison in their fight to evade the sentence of imprisonment. . Col. G. R. Colton was inaugurated governor of Porto Rica last Saturday. Joe Weils and doini Clark, farmers of near Mint Springs. Ala., quarreled over some liquor Sunday morning and drew their guns. Tl ?ey fired at the same instant with perfect aim. Both are dead. William W. Robinson, editor of the Roswell Register-Tribune, was tendered the governorship of his own New Mcsieo Territory but declines to serve. He would rather bet editor than governor. Four employes are dead and the lives of many more were endangered in Jersey City, when the engine of thc Philadelphia and New York express Sunday morning jumped .thc track and butted into an engine and tender on the other track. It is said that Mrs. John Jacob Astor wjll get her divorce secretly, not suing for alimony, but her hus band will settle $10,(300.000 upon her and she will live abroad. President Taft asked for a chat with Ty Cobb at Augusta Monday and of course was accorded the honor. It is announced that the North Da kota is the fastest battleship afloat of the Dreadnaught type. Alderman Bernard W. Snow has offered an ordinance requiring all (rains entering Chicago to be moved by electric power, declaring that smoke is so vitiating the air as to be a death scourge among babies. The net loss to the Big Four rail way through thc defalcation of C. L. Warriner, it is said will he $500, 000. He seems to have gotten away with $643.000 but has made good ! $100,000 and thc surety company j must come up with $50.000. Dr. J. M. Elliott, of LaGrange, Ga., ! was sentenced to be hanged last ! Friday but at temped to commit sui cide thc day before and has been respited till he is able to be hanged. John Stewart Kennedy, who died in New* York of , whooping rough at SO years of azo provided well for his family and left $25.000,000 to benevolent' objects. president Taft wis introduced to .i new larc dish nt the banquet nt Florence, S. "C., Monday in a pir>a ! Lark fish stew. PRESIDENT TAFT AT HOME Ends Gr?.at Tour With a Day of En joyment in R-iebmond-Visits Places cf Historic Interest and Outlines Seme cf Eis Coming Mes sage to Congress-. Richmond, Va., Special.-'During my sixty days of travel there has heen a moment or two of deliberation and during that time I have been studying what is the duty of an executive to recommend to an in coming Congress in respect to future legislation and when I think of the number of things that Congress ought to do, I am staggered lest it may not find time to do them." In the final speech of his 13,000 mile trip through the West and South before an immense audience Wednes day afternoon, president Taft thus prefaced a preliminary statement of .jome of the recommendations his first annual message to Congress would contain. , He declared himself in favor of the reclamation of arid lands in the West, and of the issuing of bonds for the purpose and of some government con trol over waterpower sites and coal and phosphate lands, "so that they may not come into the hands of one controlling corporation, but may be retained by th? government, with the power to restrict the prices at which coal, or at least at which the power is sold to prevent thc absorption into cue command'of all the power on the continent." The anti-trust law, he declared, needs enforcing, and the interstate commerce law an amendment "in order to give the interstate com merce tribunal more power to pre vent the dciays which are now in cident t? appeals to the courts." He voiced his favor of a postal savings bank and declared that "we mhst improve our legal procedure so as to make it both in criminal arid civil cases more simple, more rapid and less expensive, and I mean to recommend to Congress the appoint ment of a commission to take up that subject." Mr. Taft said he believed the time bad come for ..the organization of a Federal health bureau. During the morning he visited Old St. John church, where Patrick Henry made-.his famous "Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death" speech, and went from there to St. Paul's church, where Jefferson Davis, Presi dent of the Confederacy, received the message from General Lee, saying that the Confederate forces must evacuate Petersburg and leave Rich mond unprotected. He also visited the Confederate museaum. He made the comment there that thc picture of Jefferson Davis which belonged lo the museum: did not compare in ex .-""""fl: with the one in the War De " ' lion. The mu- J they proba!' ere?ary of " e a cop- .ie ashing: lk lp negro ed mosily to the j. He said, lie ting of the board nton Institute on November 20 ana felt a very deep interest in the work of that institu tion as well as the Booker Washing ton school at Tuskegee, Ala. The in fluence of those two schools in the importance they were giving to in dustrial and agricultural education I he President, said, was beginning at last, to be felt throughout the South. The President lunched at the Jef ferson hotel, delivered his principal address nfc the city auditorium, and left at 5:15 p. m. for Washington. A Washington dispatch says that after an absence of more than three month's during which he made a 13. 000 mile trio through the West and South. President Taft slept Wednes day night in thc White House. Boihr Explorion Kills Two. Palr.tka. Fla., Special-A boiler at the plant of thc Palalka Gas. Light and Fuel Company exploded Tuesday afternoon at C :.'!() o'dock, killing two negro firemen, almost completely de lolishing i he plant and causing the city to be in darkness Tuesday night. Houses for Macks around were shak en almost oft' their foundations, and window panes nearby were broken Hurricane in Jamaca. Colon, By Cable.-Communication hetween this place and the Bull bay cable station, Jamaica, was re-estab lished for a short time Monday after noon, but was lost again and lhere has keen no word from that point since. The sea here is very high and another storm from the north seems I to threaten. It was reported here Wednesday night that Porto Rico and some of the other West Indian Islands besides Jamaica had been cut off, which would seem to indicate thai; perhaps another earthquake had oc curred at Jamaica. i Awful Crash of Runaway Car.' Vancouver, B. C., Special.-Fur teen persons were killed and seven in jured, two perhaps fatally Wednes day when a runaway car crashed into a crowded passenger car on the Brit ish Railway Company's interurban line. Thc motorman and conductor poi' the freight train were among the I killed. Thc passengers were mostly j workingmen bound for New West minster. 1 Was It Pellagra At Anderson Prison? Nev,' Orleans, Special.-That hun dreds of deaths which, occurred at the Confederate prison at Anderson? ville, Ca., during t?io summer of 183i > were not Jue to typhoid fever, as then supposed, but woe caused by Pella gra, was thc opinion expressed before the Sou!hern medical convention hers Wed.ncsdav afternoon by Dr. J. \V. Kerr of Corsican.!, Tex. Dr. Ken-, who was sureeon at the AndersonvillH prison, described tl e symptoms nf t.'ie disease, which ntfnrked the inmaie. go fatally at tLat time. Terribie Disaster in Eiiinois Ccai Mfoe. A SMALL FIRE r lS THE CAUSE. Explosion in the St. Paul Coal Com pany's Mine May Prove One of tho Greatest Tragedies in the List of Mine Horrors. Cbarry. 111., Special.-Many offi cials of the St. Paul Coal Company mine where an explosion occurred Saturday say that four hundred men are dead in the mine. Twelve bodies have been taken out. Six of these were heroes not employed in the mine, who gave their lives in a furtile ef fort to save the imprisoned workers. Mine Superintendent James Steele stated five hours after the explosion that it was almost impossible thal any of the miners still imprisoned could escape death. The mine had a day shift of 484 men. Of these fifty left the mine at noon. Twenty-five or more escaped after thc fire_ broke out. The others are believed to be dead. The entrance to the minc has been sealed up in thc hope of checking the flames. The building above the pit entrance was blown up to permit this Despite the frantic efforts of the of ficials and the scores of volunteer as sistants in the little town cf Cherry it seemed assured at 6 o'clock that only bodies of the dead would be taken from the mine. Until Sunday morn ing when the covering will be,remov ed and rescuers endeavor to pene trate t'ie smoke and gas choked shaft and veins the fate of the inmates cannot be learned. The lire causing the explosion which may prove one of the greatest tragedies in the list of raine horrors, had an origin almost trival. A pile of hay allowed to smoulder too long and before the workers realized their clanger thc mine was filled with smoke, gases and Hames and all exit were impossible. Heroism such as is rarely exhibited was shown by officials of the mine and residents of the town of Cherry. These men, who were outside the mine when the lire originated, con tributed" five to the list of twelve known dead. TERRIBLE OCEAN" CALAMITY. Boats Aflame and 100 Go Down-61 Rescued T7ii;h Great Peril. Singapore, By Caple.-The mail steamer La Seyne cf the Messageries maritime service, running between Java and Singapore, and on her way to this port, was in collision early Sunday morning, with the steamer Onda ol' the British-India linc, and sank within two minutes. Seven Eu ropean passengers, including Baron ?nd Baroness Bcniczky, the captain of La Seyne. five European officers and SS ethers comprising native pas sengers and members of the crew, were drowned. The ' rescue of GI persons, practi cally from thc jaws of shoals of sharks, formed a thrilling incident of the wreck. # The accident occurred et 4 o'clock in thc morning in a thick haze. Thc i vessels were steaming at good speed and tho La Scyene was cut almost in half. The majority of those in board were caught in their her? hs and car ried- down with the vessel. The force of the collision brought the Onda to almost a dead stop and her engines were at once slowed and boats lowered. The rescue work proved thrilling, for not only were the rescuing paities impeded by the dark, but schools of sharks were al ready attacking these clinging lo pieces of wreckage in the water. Sixty-one persons from the ill-fated steamer were finally dragged into the boats and brought by the Onada to this port. Many of them had been bitten by sharks and several are se verely injured. Three Die ia a Tire. Pittsburg, Pa., Special-Three un identified men, ali foreigners.- are dead; five others arc seriously injur ed, and twelve men and women are suffering from bruises and shock, the result of an early morning fire in a Polish lodging house on the river front Sunday. When (he fire broke out at 4 o'clock, about thirty persons were nlseep in the building. Firemen aroused the occupants of thc place and carried the women and children to safd}-. Death From Foctbail. Washington, Special-Football ha* claimed another victim in Archer Christian, the LS-ycar-cld left-half back ol' the University of Virginia team whose injury in the game with Georgetown Lmiversitv Saturday af ternoon was fellowed by his death at Geor^elown ?P''*eisity hospital Sun day morning. Thc bodv was taken to Richmond Sunday afternoon for bini:;!. Mme Steiaicil Not Guilty. Paris. By Cable.-Mme. jlaiglior ita Steinheil was acquitted by a j pry at an carly hour Sunday morning ol irv murder of her husband, Adolphe Stemheil. a uoted painter, and '".c. iUpmotlier, .V,;n\ .J ap v. '?'he verdict ivas .ewlcred at 12:?f> H. m. aller .: hours' dedication, nunns whi-d the jury thrice summoned the Presi dent, of the rmii-l in explauaiior.J tims proving that thc original nia* joi-.ty was fer tunvii-tioii. Resignations being Accepted and Arrests Being Made-Company Helps to Ferret the Guilty. Nev York, Special.-Evidence, which is confidently expeeUd to re veal the "mah higher up" in the sugar weigning frauds unearthed dur ing the terra of Henry L. Stimson as United States district attorney for the Southern district of New York, has been placed in possession of the government, it was authoritatively stated Thursday and is being used as the basis of a Federal indictment, soon to be filed against one of the officials of the American Sugar l?e-! fining Company. Since surrendering the duties of United States District Attroney Mr. Stimson, acting as a special United States attorney general has had iu hand the work of building up the government's case against the custom ! house weighers and the employes of thc American Sugar Refining Com pany who are charged with having conspired together to defraud thc United States of $2,000,000 of sugar duties. Mr. Stimson himself refused to dis cuss the nature of the new evidence but it is learned that the evidence, furnished by one of the implicated government weighers was regarded as conclusive enough to make practi cally certain the indictment of a high official of the American Sugar Refining Company. W. M. Thomas, president of the American Sugar Refining Company, speaking of the government investi gation said: "Our company is just as anxious as the government to bring out the facts in the sugar frauds. We are doing everything in our power to aid Mr. Stimson in his investigation." Resignations of James F. Bencer nagel, the superintendent of the Wil liamsburg plant and several other de partment heads in the plant were ac cepted Thursday, it is said, and other changes are contemplated in the house cleaning that the company has strarlcd. Bcndemagel has been ar rested. Henry L. Stimson, special counsel for the government in the sugarA fraud cases, denied a statement pub lished here that the true losses to the Federal treasury by short weigh ing of imported raw sugar would lotal $30,000.000. A Gff&E BORN BUND MADE TO SEE AT 23 YEARS. Ann Arbor. Mich., Special.-Born blind, Miss Lottie Sheldon of Mount Pleasant, Mich., 23 years of agc. has been made to see. This is the re sult of months of treatment and a delicate operation which was per formed at the Homeopathic Hospital here. When she was a babv the phy sicians told thc girl's parents that she was suffering from congenital cataracts and that she would never be able to see. Because of her affliction she has been able to perform only the rough est and crudest kind of labor, and for many years, day after day, she has scrubbed floors and clone other housework. At times her week'?. earnings would not total, more than 50 cents, but every penny was hoard ed, and at last she had enough money to enter the hospital and thc time for the operation arrived. When this was completed she was led to a window and given her first sight of the world. It was no more than a glimpse before the bandages she will be forced to wear for several weeks were applied, but that glimpse amply repaid her for the years of darkness and suffering. Her joy is almost boundless, not alone because she is now able to? see, but that that fact enables her to work and provide money for a. like course of treatment for a little' brother who has also been blind from birth. MOB THIRSTING FOR MORE BLOOD KILLS ANOTHER. Cario, 111., Special.-Henry Salz ner, white, a photographer who kill ed his wife last July with an axe, was taken from jail at 11:40 o'clock Thursday night by a mob and hang ed to a telegraph pole and his bodv riddled with bullets. This lynching followed closely on the lynching of Will James, a negro^ who earlier ia the evening had been hanged for the murder of Miss Annie Pclley. The mob found some difficulty in breaking the cage, as it was an en tirely steel structure, but after a half hour of telling blows upon the door, it gave way and Salzner was se cured. The mob rushed him out of the back door of the jail, which is in the basement of the court house, around the building, through the yard and out into Washington avenue and up to Twenty-first street, which is in a prominent corner and has a public square. He cried and begged piteously for his life and was met by cries aud blows from the nob. Cario. UL, Special.-With Arthur Alexander, the last of the persons ar rested in connection with the murder of Miss Annie Pelley. safely out of lown and the Fourth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard on guard in thc streets and about the jail Friday night, the mob spirit that kept Carie* ablaze with excitement for four day* was quelled. No crowds were allowed to gather at any place and every known dan-.^ ger point was occupied by troops. Ba3"onets held sway wher? twenty four hours before the rope, the torch and the pistol had been in evidence: PRESIDENT TAFF GOES EAST AND IS MADE AN LL. D. Hartford, Conn., Special.-Presi- ( dicton Friday and in Hartford at dent Taft added New England to his long Western and Southern trip Fri day by visits to Middletown and Hartford, attending in the former city Friday morning thc installation of Dr. William A. Shanklin as presi dent of ' Wesleyan University and participating in this city Friday night in the dedications of the magnificent new State arsenal and armory. The President left Friday night for Wash ington, going direct to his train from a State hall in the armory. The President's reception in Mid-1 of thc President. night was in keeping with the enthu siasm that has been displayed else where on his journey. As a part of the installation exer cises at Wesleyan University, degrees of doctor of laws were conferrer! up on President Taft, Vive. President Sherman, Senator Root and ochers. Arriving in Hartford in the after-4 noon, the President went direot from his train to the new annoy where he was presented by Governor Weeks. Several other speakers lind attempted in vain to hold the attention pf ti Tr big crowd which was constantly otv tiptoe, endeavoring to catch a glimpse THE LATE SIGMA HITS JAMAICA HARD AND IS ST?.L ON.. Kingston, By Cable, Via Holland Bay, Jainacia.-From the fragmen tary reporls that are arriving here from thc country-side, the damage re sutling from the storms and flood* which have rayed throughout the island since last Friday is enormous. The greater portion of the railway and the coast line on the north side of the island have been seriously damaged. Landslides are numerous on the main railroad and communica tion has been completely cut out.. Many bridges also have been carried away. Property in and around Kinst?nr*? has suffered severely, the damage sustained thus far being estic:atcd at ; $500,000. The recorded rainfall! from November G to Npvember 10 . was 4S inches. There are no signs yet of the weather breaking. TRYING-TO INVOLVE ALL OF CENTRAL AMERICA. \ . .Panama, Special.-Passengers ar riving here from Central American ports confirm the report that thc forces of President Zelaya of Nica ragua have upon several occasions invaded Costa Rican territory in or der to attack the Nicaraguan rehels who arc in control of thc district bordering on the San Juan river. They also state that the government! of Costa Rica has protested against these invasion.--, hurried troops to thc DOCTORS ENDORSE TAFT AND THANK ROCKEFELLER New Orleans, Special.-The third annual convention , of thc Southern Medical Association adjourned Thurs fronlier, and appealed io the United States to intervene. It is said also that President Zel aya. suspecting that Salvador is as sisting the Nicaraguan rebels, has armed 2,000 disaffected Salvadoreans who under Gen. Prudencio Alfaro,, will endeavor to forment a rebellion in Salvador. The ultimate purpose of tl is move*/ is to involve as much of Central America in internal and external con flicts as is possible. i day after electing Dr. W. W. Craw ford of Hatticsburg, Miss., president; selecting Nashville as the next place of meeting and adopting several res olutions. A resolution was unanimously* adopted, endorsing President Taft's proposition that there should he es tablished a Federal health depart ment. The association also wont A* record as strongly favoring the ac ceptance of Mr. Rockefeller's gift of $1,000,000 for a campaign against the> hookworm disease and instructed the councillors to prepare resolutions thanking the donor. The report of the council recom mended that the association "s.. maga zine should suspend publication after the December issue. GO TO SEE HARLTNG & BYRD Before insuring elsewhere, Wejreprcscnt the. Bes* Old Line Companies. H;ARUpB & BYRD* $ At The Farmer? Bank of Edgefield