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THE LAST OF H The Tems, Or Heed.. Batdeship, WA Se e st t Pkes TO IMPROVE THE NAY She WM Before Long Be Bo bard ed by Our Own Friendly Shot and Shen to Test Up-to-date Projec tfles and Arm.r and Will Go to the Junk Heap. Off Hampton Roads in April next a battleship of the famous White Squ. iron of twenty years ago will met a friendly fate at the hands of the men behind the guns of our modern Atlantic fleeL The Texas, always a steel-sided hoodoo and Iong a target for naval criticism. is to become at last a target for Ameri man gunners. She will be towed like a culprit to a point off the Ches apeahe's protecting capes. anchored nnd shot to pieces. When her bat tered funnel shall have disappeared beneath the great sea the final rec ord will be made in the naval rec ords of the frst battleship built for the American navy. a vessel that cost the Government $:.500.000 in IS92. It will be the first time in the history of our navy that a real ves sel is used as a target for the big guns. Heretofore targets made oi canvas have been used, but as the Texas has outlived her usefullness, high explosive projectiles will be fir ed against her in order that the of ficers may study their action against the hull and superstructure at bat tIe ranges. Surely a fitting end for the unluckiest ship in the Ameri can Navy! For although she cov ered herself with glory at the bat tle of Santlaro. she was so unfortzin ate in time of peace as to earn the title of "The Hoodoo.# Foreign navies ~ for many years have used their obsolete battleships as targets, and the results have been of great benefit in determining the relative value of high explosive pro jectiles. The old query. What would happen If an irresistible forc. came In co-lt'et with an immovable ob ject? nas almost been answered by these tests. At a recent test in the French Navy it was discovered thal when a twelve or thirteen Inch pro jectile hits a turret sush a terrif< heat is developed that for twelve hours no human being could touci the point of contact. Whether met could live in a turret pounded by 12 inch pojectiles is doubtful. althougt experiments have shown that cat and chickens have been able to with stand this terrific heat. For the past four or five years the Texas has been little more than 2 boating barracks for enlisted nava mnen, stationed most of the. time al Charleston. S. C. Ever since th< Spanish war she has done nothini but cruise up and down the Atlantic coast. taking .the midshipmen ot their annual practice jaunts to the New England regions, and steamina around Hatteras In all kinds o1 weather to the fall and winter man oeuvers In the tr-opics. She has not been considered good enough for a station ship. In- fact like more than fity other men o1 war that have become obsolete, she Is nothing more than a pile of junkt She cost $2.500.000 less than twen ty years ago, but today she would hardly bring $50.000. The cruise1 Detroit. which cost the Governmen1 -$1.223.029 twenty years ago, brough1 only $20.000 the other day. In short, the men-of-war of even 15 years ago are little more than jn today. An:- Uncle Sam has a juni pile which cost be .e $140,000. 000 and $150.000.000. The cruls era of the famous White Squadros that sailed the seas before the or tranizatlon of the more famous fieei of the present time are all obsolete They are worthless as fighters, use less as cruisers. The necessity for more powerful ships In the United States Navy was demonstrated by the battle between the French and Chinese fleets in August. 1884, at the Pagoda An chorage, Min River. where the Chin ese ships were sunk in half an hour it was decided that this .country should have a modern defense force 'as soon as possible. In 1886 Presi dent Cleveland approved a naval ap propriation bill which directed the building of the Texas. a battleship; the 3Maine, a sister ship, and several cruisers. A prize was offered by the Secre tary of the Navy for the best designs for a battleship to cost $2.500,000 Many naval architects competed. and the prize was awarded to an English man, a Mr. John. With the excep tion of the protected cruisers Chir leston and Baltimore. 'built later. the Texas was the only vessel built on designs purchased abroad. The Tex.,s was constructed at tlie Norfolk Navy Yard. being the first and only battleship ever built there. Work on her was so slow that a! tu:ough the keel was laid down In 2anuary. 21889. she was not launched until June, 1892. and by that tirme the plans had been altfted so much that she was practically of American design. From the start she showed up badly. In fact. she had such a series of mishaps that she became known as the greatest landgoing bat tieship in the world. Not only did she sink twice, once rht in her dock at the Birooklyn Navy Yard. but she used to try the patience of the authoritie-s at Washin~ton by violating the navy reguilations and running ashore four or five timnes a y.ear. Her weakness for explor Ing shoals and mud jats made it sook as if she should have been transferred to the Coast and Geod etic Survey. However, she redeemed herself before Santiago. She was really out of date then, but her nose was shoved into the fight and she ac quitted herself nobly. But so many: accidents kept recurring that the tit le of the Hoodoo of the Navy still clung to her. In fact, her ill luck began while she was being built. A dozen men were fataliy hurt on her while sh. was in course of construction an~t t wo men were plunged to death from her deck. Her engines were scorch ed in a fire at the Richmond iron V. orks and her propeller was broken her dock trial she swampea a lum ber schooner with the wash from her screw. Heeled over by the wind and the unequal weicht of the patrially set up turret. she nearly sank in her dock at Norfolk before she was com pleted. She was put in dry dock. and it was found that she was not strong enough to bear her own weight. She proved herself a poor steam er. and burned great quantities of coal. On Nov. 9. 1q96. while she was lying at the Co- Dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard one of her sea cocks became unfastened and she sank. Had the accident occurred -t sea the ship would ha-'e been lost. On every one of her trial trips' something happened in the natur of a breakdown in some part of her machinery. Either the eccentric strap got hot or her condensers fail ed to work or the steering gear got out of order. The loss of four an chors was among the little thinzs that emphasized her reputation :or ill luck. In February. 1S97. she went ashore on the Dry Tortungas. and in the winter of the same year she crounded in Wallabout Channel. In Boston Harbor the same winter an engine in one of her launches ex ploded, injuring six men. Acain while being drydocked at the Brook lyn Navy Yard an accident occurred which showed alleged structural weaknes which cost $125.000 to remedy. She scraped her bilge on the sill of the dock and settled down like a bag of wheat in th., basin. This was in November. IS97. It was only chance that saved tne Texas from being rammed and sent to the bottom by the Brooklyn in the battle with Admiral Cerveras 1eet off Santia:o on July 3. lS9. Two weeks before that she had her Arst fight in Cuban waters and n narrow escape from a submarine nAmine off the (uantanamo b.tteries. When the Texas joined Admiral Sampson's squadron off Santiago or ders were issued that if the enemy tries to esape the shi-s ware to close in and engage as soon as pos sible and to sink the SManih vev vels or send them ashore. On the day of the battle the American ves eels moved toward the mouth of the harbor. When the Marie Teresa started to run for it. the Iowa ga-:e the order "Enemy's shi-ps escapirig." then -ir nalled. "Clear for action." and gave a third order. "Close up.'' at! i execution of Admiral Sampson'F standing order. As the Brooklya stear ed in toward the mouth of the harbor. Commodore Schley. who uas aboard her, explained to her com mander. Capt. Cook, that the * Close up" meant he was to keep some where within 1.000 yards from the enemy. so as to be outside of her broadside torpedo range. Capt. ^ ook cave orders to port the helm, and the Brooklyn begr to turn away from the battle line and presented her stern to the hos I tile cruisers. The Brooklyn ran . about 2.000 yards south and all but came into collision with the Texas. which saved herself by reversing hcr engines. A hole was thus left in the blockading line through which the enemy promptly steamed. The late Capt. Philip of the Tex as in describing this incident, wrote: "Suddenly a whiff of breeze and a lull in the firing lifted the pal. and there bearing toward us and actoss our bows, turning on her port helm, with big waves curling over her bows and great clouds of black smoak pouring from her funnels. was the Brooklyn. She looked as big as l--!i a dozen Great Easterns. 'Back both engines hard!' went down tbe tube to the astonished engineers and in a twinkling the old ship ware racing against herself. Had the~ Brooklyn struck us then it would probably have been the -nd of the -Texas and her half thousand men.'* Aside from this incident the shaze of the Texas in the fighting of.' San tiago was conspicious. On .June 2 a shell from Santiago's Stooro pierc ed a six-inch hole in her bow. under the anchor and killed Frank Blake ly. a first class apprentice. In the fighting on July 3 a shell from the Almirante Oquendo pierced the star board bulkhead under the bridge. entered the smokestack and ex ploded. For two years after the war the Texas had a pe-aceful and uneven tual career. On Nov. 30. 1902. how-1 ever, when at target practice aiong the New England coast the discharg.e of one of the big guns broke the re coils, with the result that the r-in foundations were shattered. water and steam pipes were crutsh-.d and damage was done that was thought at firat to be Impossible to repair. However. she was repaired and as she left the drydock she came into collision with the enier Sterling. bending many of her forward plates and putting her out of commission for another six weeks. During the next two years she ran aground no less than six tim's. She was hard aground at Dry Tor tugas twIce Inside of three months. This trIck was varied slight!.s a lit tIe later in the samne port when she ran on a coral r.eef. u't.rinc con siderably from the scrap'ing she re ceived. On another e-ceasion she be-I came so firmly wedged in the mud lat~ Newport that six tugs we-.c re'quir ed to paff her out. The back draugh from on" of her twelve-inch guns caused ainni her b,.d accident on. A:'ril 15, 190. And in April of the following year she was badly damage-d by running into a derelict off South Carolina. Her plates v~ero so batdly t wisted th.:t she had to be drv-d'ck."d for se' eral weeks, in a'ldition. a collision with the floatin~g crane Hetrcula. at the Brooklyn N:tvy Yard. lons.-n-d her how and ke;'t her ou: of eo mission for some time. In .July. 19"'. the cr'uising dar of the ill fated hfrttleship e':i--d. :-ad she was t:e.d up at r h.- ('h:tries' en Navy Yard, whe're she h-ram.' floating house for enist.-d menr. 'h1 I ast active service of the warshi was :tag duty with the starre~d pen nant of Rear-.Admiral1 F W. Dtic ins, U' S. N.. atloat. That was :n 'h" spring of 19(b. When th.- I!o.t re Itrned from the matneouzvreso Carleston in .I::ne. Rear-Admia likin's command was disbanded ~The Text~s was then dlocked at Fts nnlstr'ipp~ng of its-hefor fe--k R'u ton and came to ChatK'.--sn for tinal stripping of it- si\nc-h zu-m Rut th-- hoodno !!o'u.'! h.'r ther -even after 'she was ou:t of co':is sinf. She natrro'wly ese:-:n-! b+-in blown up by a c~r-e vig'or. who was found smiokinit a ei~.:ar-et'e in Ithe powder magazine. Now it has been decided to~ shoot RUIN COTTON CROP A "ONSl'IIACY SAID TO BE ON FOOT TO DISTRIBUTE Thou"ands of Lit Cotton Wk>4l Wee vils by Night in Georgia and Thit State. An alleged conspiracy by crooke ,peculators to ruin the south-s cotton crop by secretly distribouting thous ands of live boil weevils in the field: under cover of night. was brought to light in Atlanta Saturday when Gov --rnor-elct Hoke Smith made pubhli a letter of warning. sent him anomv -nously by a New Orleans business :man. This man called at Mr. Smith's Wlice Friday aternoon. made known !is identity and good faith. and cor -oborated all the statements in the letter. Two men approached him in New :)rleans a short time ago, he declares ind solicited his help in a diabolical -cheme to curtail this year's crop by inundating Georgia and South Caro Ina with the weevils. buyin; great -uantities of October cotton now. and selling when the crop shortage sent prices higher, making a fortune for 'hemselves. at the awful expense W :l.vastating one of the richest ag -icultural sections of the union not nly for one year but for years to -ome. The author of the letter says ht .swore to the two men that he would not disclose their names. and insist, that his own be withheld from publi c-ation. He came,. clear from Ilir ningham Friday to assure Governor elect Smith of his good faith. He -onvinced Mr. Smith that he was not a crank. and not a grafter. for he .anted nothing. le simply felt it his duty to m-ike the matter public. tas Mr. Smith now feels it hi: tutv to :ive the contents of the let !,r to all !he farmers of the south. -hrough the newspapers. Geo4r:ia State Entomologist Lee Worsh:-m says the scheme as se' orth is entirely feasible and possi ble. and that any one of a mind tc -owmit such an appalling act. could -ork so -nohtrusively that it would] )e practically impossible to detect hem. lie does not know anythin: .:ore of the alleged plot than con tained in the story and letter give: out by 'M.r. Smith. of such a thint being done. and asks that all farm ers and others he on the watch fo any suspicious characters about thb Statte. --It was pretty well established some six years av.o that the bol: %%eevil was surrep.itiously introduc -.d on Audubon farm in Mississipp .y some unknown miscreant." said Mr. Worsham. "The pest had ap --aured nowhere in the state up t( -hat time. and was not within man: miles of the farm. Suddenly and without warnin: it appeared. Gov ~rnment e'xperts were summonee and after a careful investigation de 'lared that the weevil could no1 have ap;>eared there without havinj been brought !n from a distance. N< trace of the perpetrator of the out rage could be found. 'lt would be possible for ama to scatter the pest fro:a the win -tow of a fast moving train. EnougI wouldl find lodgment to get a start Once it begins its spread is rapid history showing that it travels frot: 7.to 1.30 miles every year into new territory. A scoundrel mean e'nougl: to do such a thin: would commi1 the act with due care, and thern would be small chance of ever de tectisig him. "I estiriate that the weevil will cross the line into Southwest Geor nia late next year. but will not b4 seriously felt until the year follow ng. All we can do is to get ready to combat it hy every known and possib'le means at hand." Mr. \\orsham was asked if the *ana would destroy the weevil. He state'd thaet It would not eat them at first, but had finally come to like and destroy large quantities of them. This is one of the arguments some awmakers will put forward fot stringent laws to protect the quail from further slaughter for a period of years. Field larkes and orloles will also eat the weevil. IToth he and Mr. Smith are inclin ed to believe that the widespread publication and exposure of the ch.'n.e. puttting the rarmers on not. ie., and arousing them to protect their fields. with armed force if nec eary, will force the conspirators to abandon their plans. Here is the !et.-r received by Hon. Hoake Smith: Anonymzou., letter. "N\ew Orleans. .lan. 31. 1911. "lon. He.ke Smith. Governor of Gieorgaa: "l~ear Si:': In writting this let. er 1 do so becaurse I feel it is my~ luty :.nd I know you well enough by repuation to know you will appr.' eate it fully. I will be as brief as ;>o. -it. -ind get ri :ht to the point. ''Thi:'e a're : wo n:.'n. (C::.'fo~ Texas. and I amn not just sure where the' other is fronm at this writing. but I should say Chica:go fromt his talk. amre going to distribute boil w.i in every cotton-raising coun tv in Ge'orgia an d South C'arolinam -n he next i1-' d:iys. They claim to have over 100.OeA,( liv,' insects no" :nd they showed tme a box contatining I .should say -~..000e of them. *Their object in dliscussing it with me was to ge't me to help distmib ;te th.' w' vil and share in the prof is. That is. I was to buyv 1. bales Oc'tober cotton. I think from h.- talk that one man has a.lreadiy :one to Augustat with se'.eralI thous' nin sma!~e! box. "Itow I ha;.pen to be abtle to writ. t his informtation came" a:.ot:t itn hi'e way: I met one of the men. hont I h my.e known for s.'v.'ral years udw. had two or thre drinks to her amnd the c'onversamtion dlrifted :-.tton. I cxpiressed a helief th::t o.ton wou td d'.-elIne 1I p'e oints or tore Fina!!y he said if I would . him my word as a man he wvould 11 m. sm-thing ou:t of wvhich I -ould mke a fortune. l promrised t nd this was the scheme he dis -sed to mue. He nave me a mass of !.nMs. etc . that for the present are vathiens. Th.' second m-in s'-emedl rad :o trus' me. or any one. :n :uae ~ :.n who:n' I knew as ri! .e -o.1d rom h.'r mionrinus in h. Na'vy Yard to the shoal wate'r f th.' c'h.-.p.ake. wh.-re twelve anzd hr.-n inch projectiles will soon iish har. The hoodoo of the navy WANT SQUARE DEAL THAT IS ALL THE FARMIERS OF THE OUNTRY ASK. National Mastcr .tahum J. Rachel der. of the National Grange. Re plies to Secretary Wilson. The proposed Canadian recipro -ity agreement is attacked in a letter sent on Monday to Secretary James Wilson. by former Governor Nahum .1. Rachelder. of Conco-d. N. H.. na tional master of the National Grance. Patrons of Husbandry. and chairm-n of the executive committee of that organization. The letter is a reply to the communication favoring the agreement. sent by Secretary Wil son. on February 9. Mr. Rachelder derlares that the agreement is unfair to the farmers of the U'nited States. who "asked for nothing but a squaie deal-equal protection for all classes and interests. and they will take nothing less." The letter says in -In reply to our statement that the pending bill was one-sided and unfair to the farmers. in that it makes no material reduction in dv t'ies on manufactured articles. you attempted to defend that cons quence of a high tariff for manufac - urers along with free trade for the; farmers. by claiminc that it is the :)rotected workers who furnIsh the farmers with their chief market. We would respectfully submit that you are simply repeating the pet ar.: nient of the domestic manfac'turers. and that in asserting that the pros perity of the farmer depen-is upotn the workers In protected in,!nstries. you are claiming what is exactly, 1te" reverse of actual conditiors. W cannot understand how at thi 1.41e day you should be found repeating the stale and exploded theory that the farmers exist by the grace of protected manufacturers or any one else on earth. "The sole question before the neople is whether they shall have free trade in aUl farm products and high protection for manufactured ar ticles. We understand that you are. a Protectionist. What kind of pro tetion is it that would compel th. farmer to pay from 45 to 6o per cent duties on everything he buys. land subject him to free trade coim petition in farm products in Canada than in this country? "You know that the price of farm land is much lower in Canada. You know that the wages of Canadian farm laborers are much lower than we have to pay. You know that the Canadian farmer buys his manufac tured articles cheaper, because his tariff duties ^n foreign goods are !ower. You know that the farm lands of Canada are mostly virgin soil, requiring no fertilIzer, while our lands have been cropped so long that we must use Immense quanti ties of fertilizers. And yet. knowing all this. you would strike down the v'ery' moderate tariff. averaging about 25 per cent. which they now recette. without giving them the benefit of any real reduction of duties on man ufactured articles. "We can only conclude that you have been deceived by the special interests, which have been cuinningly plottiti: to allay the country-wide elr. r for an honest revision of the tariff by making thg farmer th'o scapegoat for the workings of higit tariff.'' Lore's Young Dream. Sighing like a furnace, Over ears in love. Blind in adoration Of his ladie's glove: ThInks no girl was ever Quite so sweet as she. Tells you she's an angel, Expects you to agree. Mioping and repining. Gloomy and morose. Asks the price of poison, Thinks he'll take a dlose; Women are so fickle. Love is all a sham. .Marria~e is a failure. Life a broken dar.. Whistling. blithe and cheerful, Now he's bright and gay. D~ancing, laughing, singing. All the livelong day:. rFull of fun and frolic. Cau:ht in fashion's whirl. Thinks no more of poison. Got another girl. -HRS. Hor,.e Killed by a Ikoer. Near Aiken the other day a hotse was at tacked and killed by' a boar b.'longing to W. Rothrock. The hon was in a pa.,tur.' near Aike'n. Wia:i Taylor had driven into th.' pastur'e to look at somne cattle. le'aving h:s horse hitc'hed. The hoar attacked theC horse'. disemboweling it.* \Mining Art Student. A om~ne~ dispatch sava t he ttaii!an .-.on~en isnow inclined to fe:ar tha st th.' disapp;earantces of He.nry Lawrenc'ie Wo.ulfe. of New' York. was~ the resuzlt of a crimte. and o!!'e.red a reward for the disenvery of the miiies ing art student.* Gsive,. I'p the Fight. c'omitt ed s.,i'ide We dne-d..' :,' 1'1'* hom:" of his brot :wr inia :the Wellr'l.:e se'ction of Ches, - r :my lie was unmarried. ~sur d hinm I was aill 0. K. IIn~ the rooti ~dene. I felt it was my du-ty to do something. so I thoiaht d w'rite ''' and let you adv:se th-" o': ct'rt and farm.-rs to be on th.' lookout f.'r suas;.icious' peop'l--. I am ai hu i.-ss nman here aind doc :.o' '.an anyi notoriety. s.o muis? make hi :.n anni~onynnus l''tter. . Am leavi~ for New' Y.ork tonight. If youar .se .inlet a -;-erson l'i n t'. York ilerald and sign it <;-or-~ n next S:unday 's iaper. I amn n:~' to 'omu. and 'see yo: and do prom s d upon my honor i would not di'-'ne anv names. 'But I mi.:h' help you aind your of!'xcers inter----pt ~the insect and arrest the nmen wit: thorn. Mir. Smith re.c.ived the lettet nn Wednesday. F'ebruary 1. Hi" comn mauni-Mted at once with Commuissiont or of A urie':!ture Hudison aindl St.''' Fntonmolonist W.orshama. A\s a r s-iit of :h.'ir 'onf're'nce (:oy.'rnIar :a!" in th-- N.-w York Hel.rald on Su:n dar. the .th. They also agreedi th:, the letter should be published to put LUMBER TRUST Congressman Smith Warns Against 11 In Lking Report on Subj d A SUMARY OF REPORT He .xy.f He I ind.. Concentration of Contril of Stanling Timber in Very Few Mandl% and lie Finl: Siculative lod'inas Far in Ad vance of Any 15e Thereof. Concentration of the control of tne standing ti:nho'r in a ve-ry fen hands, vasts speculative holdings *far in advan.- of any u.sr tlhereof.[ an enormious incre:se in the value of "this dituJ.ni:-hing naturat r source. with gr-at ;rofits to its own ors." and inci-intly "-an-d equally sinistvr land moo-y"and -eoe Iv con n.*ct .-d! rai Iroai do inat ion"* -thest' are he findings reported to Presid.'nt Taft. by Iferbert Kno. Snith. conimissioner of corporations.. In the tirst i nmnt of hi-. long awaitt.: re-ort on the liber indus try of the country. The re.';ort was m1ade public.... ...we s:'bmitted to Congress by tht' President. It constituted the *first coniprhensive and met hodical investigation of the amount of and ownership -.f our standing timber. The report its'lf comprises :ts prit -d ;.a.s. but a summary of its coi ets :s c~ntai.-d in a letter sub Titt.' by .lr. Smith. "'Tht-r' are min.ny :reat conbina tion- in oth-r industries." says the -ommtia.ione'r. "he ! format:on is -o:. -e. a t h.' lnuber indust onl thet oiher hand. the bar.-u now finds in the miaking a combina tion caus,-d1 fun i -mentally. by a !on;: stand-inz ;ublic po1licy. "In the last forty years concen tration has so proreeled that . holders. nyn interrelated. now have practically one-half the privately owned tlnmbt'r in the investigation area. I which 'ontais tSl per cent of the whole.) This formidable process of coneentration. in timhe and in land. involves grav- futur possibiliries of impregnatnt mone oly. with far-reaching consequen'-' to sooiety. it is now ditmcult to tn ticipate fully or to overestimato "The foremost facts shown are: First. the concentration (- a domi nating control of our standing tim ber in a conparatively few enor mous holdings. steadily tending to wards a central control of the lum ber industry: se-ond Iy. vast hold ing of timboer land far in advance of any use thereof: third. an enormoius increas-- in th.- -alue of this dimin ishir. natuir:l resource. with zreat profits to its owners. This value. by the very nat ure of standing tim her, the holder neith.-r created nor substantily enhances. "These are the underlying facts "if tremnendous se-rvice to the ptublic welfatre. They are~ primuarily the re suts of our public land policy, long continuori. The la.ws thaet repr--isent that policy are still largel!y opera tive. The past history a.nd pr -'tt status of our standing tImber iv-:' home npon us the imperativ" nIee--. sity of revising our public policy tor future mana::eme.nt of all our re maning naiturai resources." The commissioner then traces th" Interval during which tittb -r landr passe-d fronm (.overnmient to pri' ate ownership. "Th.-re is now left.-- he continues. -in Continental T-nited States a.bent' 2.00' billion board feet of pri" ite own.'d standing timber, of %'.:t<f 1.7;7 billion is in the -investicatien -rea- covered in great detail by ttav hreaui. This area includes X.*P', cific Northwest. the Sothelrn ptne region :-nd the I.ak.' States, aind con :tins about so''. pr ce~nt of all the ;rivate timb.'r of the country. In addition. there are about 529 hil lion feet in the national forcsts a.nd about fa( billi--n fee't on ether vari ous:.riva:t.. I:and s. Thus. the totalI atoutit of stand"ing t imb ier in Con tnenta! l'nited States is about 2.S"" billion hoard fe-t The present annual drain tpon the supply of saw timbher is about En hillion fo.-t. .\ this rate the timber now s'andinr. ~' ithoutt allo ~v ance for :rowth or d'caty. woul last --Th.. :.r."-.'nt '.tonmercial value of privat''ly own..! standing timber in th- coun:ry.. nlot ine!:ding the v'al. of the land,.s es aut.d at six lbil lion dollars. F-!t imate.':' the coa suer will have to pay high.'r ;aric-e for l::mbher. which wi!l give this tim.-r a ..r .tre:'ter tvalu." Th.- commis-toner de'clares the holdingzs of the Weierhaire's Tim:"er 'omp anv. th--. Sou1the"r and! North er of the* ,.:ntry In thI.' Southern pine rion. said the r.-io--. in tak~iing u the <i-.-i;.onf :in'b.'r latnd .t "ter arS~ Wilon f- t of priaelv aw.'! ilmb--'. r.n..nory:::i.n in to. .nl .-",r.-.- Si't-s*' -. 2. rs own I: P .-r e-': af -beS' sh.>r! l''e and iMb!v:::'. an I ! p--r ce of the' >omint: to the .'ft's of this. th.. a a s-:t'tdi-:z ta b.-r. if :-r e of h5 tmber The th:'0-' er.- ,temevs na*. t WATSON IS SCARED ILAIIS TII.T S4MIE ONE TllEI) To . *SASSlN.lTl'- HI. Wirel! Chief lliott of .\uguFsta to Come tip Thonmson an4 lring Itlood Hound% to Catch Man. The Augzusta C'hro-irle says 'Mr. Thoias E. \%atson thought. lihurs lay ni:ht. ar a:t'.mpt was going to be made to assassinate nim. In far' Mr. \atson is now offering a reward of S~.'in for the capture and r-turn to Thomson of thr-e m.n whom he has s.-en around his place. Tb:rsdiy afternoon Mr. Watson wired and later called Chief George P. Elliott. of the Augusta police de partm.*nt. and asked that he either to to Thomson. or secure and sen-i !.lood hounds to th-' place. to cap -ire "a hoyish looking young man. wearing high he-led shoes. whom \Mr. Warson thought was "skulkinu around to kill him. One of tho messazes received by C'hief Elli-ott. while rather n:eazer as to description ani information. was to the effect that the chief was wnrt ed in Thomson on account of an at enpt to assassinate Mr. Watson. C'hief Elliott. in telephon.- conversa Ion. told W-r. Witson that there wer.' no dozs available in or near Au rusta. fit to trtil a criminal. and v-ia zested that he try to get thirm from At Ianta. Subsequent inform'wtion from Thomi.on is to th- effect -at Mr. Waison enlled on the sherit of Me Duffie county early Thursitv ni!,h to send a posse to his -wse. toca ture some men who were trying to assas5.anto him. and a search was made of the woods around Mr. Wat -on-s hou-e. which d.ve!oned 'he funet :thu --!om o MliDuffM weo~e- - ita to* learned how many -.-were in that neighborhood. trying to catch a cou .le of nerroes. Chief Elliott says one of the nies sages received by him Thurs-iay "izht w~zs to the effect that a posse was on the scene at that time. hn :ho dogs were still wanted. Yester '-v subsequent tel.-vrans wore re Oived from 'Mr. Watson ty the- chief askin: for assictance. and last night 'he following !e!egral w:s receif-:d Ib from Mr. Watson by The Chronielo: Thomson. Ga.. Feh 17. 1911. Chroniele. Augusta. Ga.: Will you kindly allow me Sp)ace to annouince that I wifl pay a reward of S-M for the arroet and return to Thomson of the three men who hav. been skulking around my hlme ar nizht and concealing themselves :n the swamp on my place duti the daytime ecr since Monday night of r this week. 1 One of these men !s said to h boyish lot4nr and his footrrnts on the soft. damn ground indicate he is wearing practically new shoes with a unusually high h'-els. narrow nointed A toes. curving slightly inward. The style of shoe is known among deal ers as extreme. This man Is thourht -o be wearin: a derby hat. S The men are well dressed, each in dark clothes which shottld now show t& sizns that they have spent several -lays and nights dodging about in e sw:.mps and thick-ts. It is thou-rht they are headed to- -h wards Atlanta. - Thomas FE. Watson.* SWINI.ING THE NEGROE.S. of Rihle With Angels Representing Col ored Race Sold.n A nuteer story ecmes from Rome. Ga.. where some smooth rascals ar.' -nliing foolish country negroes by . selling them at outrageous prices a t !ible in which the picture of all angels, the Savior and Bible charac ters generally hav.e b.'e, artfutl:y ro!or.'d to represe.nt the A frican rac'e. It is said th'-se sharpers ar.' working in other parts of thi. stat'. also, and. 1.nless the negroes are :-,e-d on guard, hundreds will b.: The PRilb is said to be a cheap' o. worth abhout $1. The pie-ures a: :n somej~ cas.-s h.ave been past-.d In att! coloered to unvke all characters r'proe'.r.:er! biack. These 1i-e!es are' solde for S'' dorwn and a balance of .inin~:allnients. Th.' sharpeers ioclare that histor!es bh-ve hoe: di3- t -ove-red to show that the ent ire hum - n race was org~ina!!y blaek, and'!l -hi: trute T~'bt has te-n 'i::eAy of 'ri~st..d an! s'Ah! only to n~egro*s itn ord to .- al.ish the :r-:th. f 1- is sai.t many of them hiave b-een : soldi to igtnerat't and eas5iiv duted o! nr-::roes. who e'-em to believe the th :liy story toh! 'by the rascals who it :r- s.-!!ing this fake I'ible. No -- !o::t these ras'cals in tim-- 'tt': (f -" -e this seeiOn' an~d ,::-': ;o :st -'i;'!. our re -r'-. \\Vton :h-.:: r~; -nta- -hoy on;:hit :to b,'r:-'a- . and ' 'o k d :-.as th y .,- nr' a' iin:: t e th' m.at'*"t i.:intd of saindlers. l.'''k to tt for t h-em.1. I. -de (Cro-s I a;..-! b t :ho ;--o;. o . --untr to id t -- u for o bt ... 'at to the 'a - ''u I. -rs '-s rers or the l-- i Ro1 BAKING I Ahsoliuf MAKES HOME LI am ml and wholesome made found at the ROW cf 200" s0 ame a ROYAL BAK1NG POW( WEEVIL SCARE al Reported Set D.stsihbting Thm on Piasta:ion in Georgia. NERE LOOKING FOR AID What They 4aist When Caught ii .tn. smdl Htole:--I'rrsident IBlrrett tali on Farmer, to 'ro tert Thwmuelve,-Says Fvery Pre caution ShicuI be Taken by Them. Have the alle-ed h!oll weev-i di. 'bu:ors been o:brating in Colum a county' is th. (Inustion that is :itazin.: *ho f:irm-ers of some sec ons of that county. areording In te1.:.hone ns retceived by the !izusta Chronicle Thursday. The n:essaige stated that near anfs. G;a.. two n..n were last week en 'irivir.:: in their bt;::ies over veral of the ;plnardus :n the sec I! thr . i in tw tibld . :aid occasi.on 7 mai: .: ,n~ile hotles wth-1 :kcs Tos::-who ritF.stionled emu lat:er they s?:t'ed th-tt they :re lokn for ind~atirons of oil. This ineihn:'vi ocu b.:fore the the rn2nor that orn. n:4n h:: comne Augustta for ~te pup of *. : th.-m:-y ! . .r:':*rs of th.:t sec d fe:ur th:nr it is pro-able th!at th *-.- - :na- ba-.e ;:. plced in No on:i. 0,. ::n. 8;-13 ntice o d to e n : h :.:: (raw 'v ; . u: e.u - of .-o .twat li;.: r lor. Wht Iarrest Na'. Fo'owiu': :4 i :!--sont of an ut :- ~. : e :ru ji ls w t l.bo!! we-*~ ('hart - ::. :er . ion. :n in een :: - t.dCa - * - he .n i- I '' l w- Ifur. * . .::a ::m . r of -m r:ia er th a e :r. n e ;- an a I.-r 4. . -e I 'r .- . - - t u .-..r.-. L POWDER ly Pktre BAKING EASY ght Biscuit elicious Cake ainty Pastries Ine Puddings aky Crust id the food is finer, re tasty. cleanly than the ready : shop or grocery. ad Addmww SURSING SERVIC AN i31PORITANT DEPARTMENT OF REID CROSS ORGANIZATION. National Society Expects to Enroll 10.000 Trained Nurses for Service in Time of War or Disaster. A red cross on white ground en eircled by the- words. "American Na tional Red Cross Nurse." in letters of zold on blue enamel, the whole encosed in a laurel wreath-this Is the ofncial emblem of the Nursing Service of the American Red Cross, and no higher honor can be bestowed upon a nurse than the right to wear ths had-e. for it means that she is pled~red to the service of her coun try. This emblem is protected by law, and still further to prevent its n:;proper use each badge Is num bored and the names and addresses of the nurses to whom they are Is sned are on file in the Red Cross of fire in Washington. Th.- selection of these nurses is one of the most imptortant duties de volving upon the Red Cross. and so imnortant ind.-ed did this duty seem that~ a National Committee on Red Cross Nursing Service was appointed hv the War Relief Board of the .American Red Cross In December. i 9s9. This committee. consisting of nine members representing the Nt:rses Associated Alumnae of the -nited St-ves and six members rep reting the American Red Cross. was~ made responsible for the organ ization of an adequate nursing per sonnel which shall be at all times available for service under the ban ner of the Red Cross. The magnitude of this undertak in2 may be indicated by the follow is:figures: During the last year of the Civil War there were 204 General Ilosrpitals under the control of the M..dical Department of the United Armny. with a capacity of 136.894 eds. If the Medical Department of the .Armyv of 1S65 had undertaken to fur nish anursing s'rrice comparable with that which is considered neces s.ary in our large hospitals today, an army of over 27.000 nurses would hive been re'iuired. There were, however. no train.-d nurses available in those dark ye-trs of the Civil War, he"t today there are in the rnited St-ates alone over 50.000 women who Mr-y: ttraduated from training schools for nurses, than which there are none better in the world, and from these th-e Red Cross hopes to enroll at least 10.000 nurses-10l.000 selected woe who are not only vouched for hy the schools for nurses from which ther have rraduated. but are recomn mended by well-known members of th.-t- own rprofeufion. Th'e system of enrollment adopted 'v the Red Cross is a guarantee to the' nat'on that in the stress of ca Iamity or the turmoil of war there s',nds ready for service a band of Srm.-n worthy to follow ini the foot ')of their great teacher and ex **:plar. Flor--nee Nightingale.* WH!ITE CITlZE'N ARRF~STED. uftPationf S.prung In theh Langford Murder Case . *spatch from Brunson says a -n-toa feature in the Lanrford r.f1er case deveioied Wdnesday - a warrant was issued for L.. FD. Y'-.". a orominent citizen of that - je. ch-trging him with the allg '.d crimoi&. On Novemr--r 29. last re had of .1. B. Langford. a prom non m.-rehant and citiz'*n of Brun "n. wase fomud some distance oft a p'ble- road. beween tnere and s s. miii. abot? half a mile from Mr:sn The discovery was made --- a searching ?party. after his un w.,-nned for absence from both his e:.- nd mill for about 12 hours. 1a: v wa., ;ndcated and. upon V.--a '.-1n of a Vonnal white wo :.that: -h- saw- the !atai blow r::ek. Richie WIll'ams. a negrt. -., rre,.twl. charged with the k.i :sand huirri--d fo the Pienitent:ary ,; . en: rhr.-atened vilne Whiskey and love n--ver act two a -ty tre same way. -a appea rance~ .. -- . hav always held that the .;:h'-rn states are so fort-:nately .!wd-en-tur. that they sha'ild ba t::dv inde~pendet of oth. r y- one of oAe~ a.her all e : e. b'-'t is e. sntia to atin brne if we are to reap the advantages