The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, March 25, 1909, Image 2
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v "The
11 Luxury of the Rich" j
Sjr Charles Johnston
y OR any ono who has Imagination, there is a curious and won4
I derful atory behind a "luxurious" bill of fare. Let ua begin
? with the wines; and let ua assume that they are genuine,
I . t for one can usually have the authentic thing by paying the
II ^ price for It. The wines on a richly decked table really repX
resent the work of hundreds of French peasants, with their
wives and children, who, In the midst of a lovely country,
rise early and toll late, with loving and tender care watching
over the growth and ripening of tho fruit of what Is
< e of the most beautiful and decorative plants In the world. Millions of
?' Jse thrifty, simple people depend for their well-being and comfort on the
istant demand for wines, and for the best and purest, and therefore the
st extensive wines. The rich do not compel these people to work; nature
npels them to work. What the rich do is to Influence the direction in
which they shall work, and to hrlnir within thnlr rimch nil kltirin of cnmmndl
Weekly.
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| I The Berliner I
T Unpleasant Qualities on the Surface, '.'
S ?Admirable Ones Below. . . !
| By Robert Haoen Schauffler
k>Hii
HEN I speak of the Berliner I do not moan the highest
? ~~~stratum of Berlin society; for the gentleman and the gentlewoman
are fairly constant types the world over. 1 mean
J the person whom the young clerk, fresh from the provinces,
sots about imitating; the person whose origin is recognised
the moment he entors any European cafe; the person wltu
????_ whom the stranger to Berlin has exclusive dealings.
_ ! ur ncriinor inclines 10 military sianaaras in appearance
and character, very much as official Berlin does. A
mooch, determined chin, a daunting glance, a right noble pose, a rapid stride,
! are all the mode. An upturned mustache has recently been de rigueur, and one
f notices with joy that even the bronze mermen on the Heydt bridge possess
the Imperial "string-beard."
One of the Berliner's most trying characteristics is his superiority. He
has known the latest joke at least 10 years. Do not try to tell him anything
or to strike from him the least 6park of enthusiasm, for news is no news
\ to hi in; he was born blase. His eleventh commandment is, "Let not thyself
k be bluffed," his life motto, "Nil admirari." In conversation he Instinctively inA
terrupts each fresh subject to deliver the last word upon it. and to argue
with him is to insult him. There is something cutting in his speech. PerI
haps Voltaire's Influence on the great Frederick, the critic king, started this
dreadful habit, which seems to grow with indulgence. It is a curious coincidence
that the first performance of Goethe's "Faust" should have been
given in Schloss Monbijou, the home of the Hohenzollcrn museum, for it
would almost seem as though th Berliners had modelled their daily speech
after the caustic, sneering, telling style of the engaging villain In that drama.
They have little humor, but much wit of the barbed, barracks variety. And
their target is the universe.
Because their unpleasant qualities are on the surface and their admirable
ones are below, the Berliners do a grave injustice to the rest of Ger
Ruituiy. many toreigners go first to the capital, aro repelled by the people
they first r "et( and hasten on to France or Italy with the Idea that all
Germans have corrosive tongues and manners of a drill sergeant. Whereas
there Is no widsr difference in temperament between the people of Naples
and those of Warsaw than between the citizens of Munich and the citizens of
Berlin?The Century.
I What Shall We Do with j
, | 5,000,000 Women? 5
By "Ji mused Teacher"
V g? 1 m HEN President Woodrow Wilson in his talk before the
www Southern society generalized on the logical nature of women's
minds ho evideutly was not acquainted with the arguments
of the president of the National society for the
aMOBssBs Civic Education against woman suffrage.
In deploring the entrance of women into the industries
^ ^ she thinks "the time has come when we must consider, and
wuoiuu4 doi li/uaij, wuuiuer lqis movement has not gone far
enough." For the sake of the argument let us decide to
agree with her. but let us pretend that we want to be practical, though of
course we really don't.
Would this home-loving lady (who seems to have plenty of money to
iatay at home on) mind telling us what she would have us do with the five
million workin" women we already have on our hands?I mean are going
to have when we have decided they hare gone far enough?
Those whose savings seem to make the venture safe might be pnt to
bed and strapped down If they can't be made to behave any other way. The
hundreds of thousands of women whose husbands cannot support them might
be killed off in some humane manner. The women who have parents to support
could be disposed of in the same practical fashion. And the "bachelor
salds" with no one but themselves to support and no account nohow?a gentle
application of chloroform and all would be over, with no one the worse.
Only the widow is left, and she?but she can usually dispose of herself, and
we forego advice.
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^ A Word to Parents j,
g A By Theodora Roosevelt ^
j| _ mnamnan^ T ideal of a boy is one who will grow op and be abl# to '
| support himself and a wife and children.
I WkJM To be At to be an American citizen, he has got to preI
Hyl serve his sslf-respect and conduct himself so as to wrong
I A A no one. Fathers need the most preaching. Frequently the
HL; I mothers who hare had hard lire* take the an wise course ia
|| I "ZTTZT attempting to benefit their daughters and sons by bringing'
$?: ' them up free from hard knocks. Next to hardness of heart,
? mmmmJ the next least desirable quality is softness of head, and
SwLi ner or father should nqt try to brtng up their child la that way. Ton
yi it the right stuff out of those children for the next war, or you don't
jBpat <l?v eat citizens when there lent any war. Bring them up to work, so i
Bfhdt - ..gy shall rsaogaiss an obotacls is not soinstliisg to ks shlihzd. but
ties In exchange for their work.
80 other things on the same table represent the well-being, the family
comfort, of shepherds in the hills, perhaps, of our west, or of Wales or
8coUand; or the wealth of fishermen on tho rivers of MrIuo or along our
New England coasts; or down south, in tho Qulf, or in the oyster beds at
the mouths of our rivers; or, again, the earnings of the hunters along the
fringes of the sea marshes, or among the woods and hills, or on the prairies;
vigorous, adventurous men. with a warm love of every changing aspect of
natural beauty, who aro thus able to lead half-wild lives under tho fair dome
or neaven. it Is just this putting In motion of a huge artuy of folk, scattered
over widespread regions, carrying out exacting tasks, that makes the cost
of on expensive banquet; dhd the rich man Is simply tho factor determining
In which of a score of directions a constant stroam of resources shall flow,
^bringing the power to work, and recompense for work, to a varied army of
good people all over the world. . .
The basis of the wholo thing is that the richest man In the world cannot
spend a penny except by Daylng some one for something?Hnmor'a
k CHILD KIDMPPHI
Wilfie Whitla, Aged 8, Taken
from School at Sharon, Pa
NO CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS
Willi* wutu, 8 Tern Old. Taken
From Hia School at Sharon, Pa-?
Held For $10,000 Ransom?Terms
Complied With, But Plan Fails.
On last Friday Willie Whitla, 8
years old, was kidnapped from school
at Sharon, Pennsylvania. A well
dressed inun drove up to the school
and told the janitor that Willie's
father hod sent him to bring Willie
to his office. Not suspecting any
thing wrong the teacher fixed Willie
up and sent him on, in light pleasantry
saving she hoped ho was not being
kidnapped.
All too soon she found that it was
a stern reality. A letter was received
Friday in Willie's own hand which
read:
Dear Father:
Two bad men have me, and if you
don't scinl $10,000 they will kill me
in 10 days. Willie Whitla.
There was nothing on the envelope
to denote where the letter had boon
mailed.
Frank H. Buhl, a millionaire uncle
of Willie's took a decided interest in
the case and will freely pay the $10,000
for his safe roowmry.
It was reported from that cit>
that two men and a boy answering the
description of the kidnappers and
their victim havo been seen thorc,
consequently the supposition is that
Mr. Ruhl has received word which
made him believe his nephew was in
Cleveland or that vicinity. The buggy
in which the child was taken from
school was located at Warren
Ohio, and as the Cleveland paper*
were among those specified, in which
the demand of the kidnappers for a
$10,000 ransom should be answered
by a personal advertisement, all evi
denoe seemed to indicate that developments
in the mysterious case was
centered about the Lake City.
A clue was secured Sunday, ir
which little credence is placed, however.
On March 1 the local postoflftc*
department received a circular announcing
a reward for a mail described
as Samuel C. Leavanson, ol
Canton, O.. said to be wanted then
for the theft of $400. Janitor Wes
ley 0. Sloss. of the school from whicl
Willie was taken, when shown the cir
cular bearing a portrait of the mar
wanted, declared it bore a strong re
semblance to the abductor.
I A Cleveland, 0., special on Sundaj
says: Whitla was instructed in t
letter from the kidnappers to leav<
$10,000 in Flat Iron Park Saturday
night. If no detectives were abou
the kidnappers promised they wouh
deliver the boy safely to the fathei
in a hotel at Ashtabula at 3 o'clod
Sunday morning. Whitla deposite:
the money as requested, but the Ash
tabula police learned of the plans t?
mc lunwm ana went to the park
The kidnapers are supposed t/> hav<
seen them, for at 3 o'clock the mone]
was intact and not a man had ap
pro ached the spot.
Whit la believes that the faihire t<
effect a settlement with him wil
friirhten the kidnapers and they wil
not communicate with him ajrain.
The police of Ashtabula are unwil
lin<r to believe that the kidnaper
have left that section of the countrv
The letter from the captors of Wil
lie Whitla cair.e to the boy's parent!
in Sharon Friday afternoon.
Upon receipt of the letter Whitli
called in private dectives and aske<
thf?i r TV
i urv were anxious t<
capture e kidnapers and pleade<
with him to permit them to place i
decoy package of hills at the desig
nated spot and let officers lie in wai
and capture the men who came afte
the money.
Whitla would not agree to this. H
finally consented to permit the detec
tives to acornpany him to this eif.
and await his summons to start i
search for the kidnapers.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Wbitla lef
the package of bills in the park. H
went tto the designated spot alont
feeling certain that his complianc
with the request of the kidnaper
would prove the means of delivering
his boy back to him.
Three polieemen who bad been sen
out from the Ashtabula central sta
tion saw Whitla leave the money fi
it _
me pant, iney appraised Chief LM
key of their discovery and reeeivei
instructions to remain on duty an
capture the kidnapers should the
appear.
In the meantime Whitla returne<
to the city and communicated wit
his detectives in Cleveland. They ad
vised him not to go to the hotel fo
his boy a minute before the time sel
After five hours of anxious waitinj
Whitla staled after his boy. As h
was on his way, a policeman inform
ed him that three officers bad been 01
guard in the immediate vicinity o
the park and that no one had ealle
for the money.
Whitla waa overcome when thi
news waa broken to him. He went t
the park and found his package o
money undisturbed,
j A dettaehment of deteetivas wa
I sent out from Cleveland as soon a
I it waa learned that the Ashtabul
J police were workin* on the mu
I Tb? father refiuwi to sleep si si
I and keeps np through sheer wi]
power. The Bother, who will not el
| low her daughter, Saline, out of heij
I eight, is showing the effects of th<
worry.
Whitla returned to Celevland anc
I after a conference with Detective
Perkins the return trip to Sharon wat
made.
Hundreds of letters from all ove)
the country continue to come mltjo)
1 the country continue to pour in fron
friends and strangers alike, tendering
sympathy. Rut among all the corres1
pondence there has been no wore
from the abductors, nor any one wh?
1 seemed to be in any way in toucl
with them.
I CONGRESSJN SESSION
President Taft's Message Bead?
' Speaker Gannon Announces Important
Committees.
, The second day's session of the House
of Representatives found the memSi
xty-Hrst Congress found the members
in a much calmer mood than on
, Mtnndny. The tension wns noticeably
relaxed, and a feeling of general good
fellowship wns apparent. The drawing
for seats was the tirst business.
A number of the older members were
allowed their choice of seats.
, Speaker Cannon announced the following
committees:
, Rules?The Speaker; Dnlzcll, of
Pennsylvania; Smith of Iowa; Clark
of Missouri; Fitzgerald, New York.
Commit too on Ways and Montis?
Payne, of New York; Dalcell, of
Pennsylvania; McCall, Massachusetts;
Hill of Connecticutt; Boutell,
of minois; Need ham, of California;
Calderhead, of Kansas; Fordney, of
Michigan; Gaines, of West Virginia;
Cushman. of Washington; Longworth
of Ohio; Crumpacker, of Indiana;
Clark, of Missouri; Harrison, of
New York; Brous&ard, of Louisiana;
Underwood, of Alabama; Griggs, of
Georgia; Pou, of North Carolina;
Randell, of Texas.
Speaker Cannon did not consult
tho minority leader, Hon. Champ
Clark, in the appointment of committeement
from the minority party
and Mr. Clark and he had some controversy.
The President's message was received
and read in both houses after
, which the Senate adjourned until
*Tiday.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE.
The following is the very brief,
[ but clear cut message from the
? President:
. "To the Senate and House of Repi
resentatives:
"I have convened congress in extra
i session in order to enable it to give
. immediate consideration to the revision
of the Dinglev tariff act. Condij
tions affecting production, manufaci
ture and business generally have so
? changed in the last 12 years as to re~
quire a re-adjustment and revision of
t the import duties imposed by that act,
] More than this the present tariff aot
x with other sources of government re"t
enne, does not furnish income enough
] to pay authorized expenditures. By
. amy 1, next, the excess of expenses
3 over receipts for the current hscal
year wiH equal $100,000,000.
? Party Pledged to Revision,
f "The successful party in the late
. election is pledged to a revision of
the tariff. The country and business
3 community especially, expect it. The
j prospect of a ehange in the rates of
j import duties always causes a suspension
or halt in business because of the
uuccnamiy as to changes 10 be made
s and their effect. It is thefore of the
highest importance that the new bill
. should be agreed upon and passed
^ with as much speed as possible consistent
with its due and thorough
, fonsideration.
j Urges Speedy Action.
: "For these reasons I have deemed
j the present to be an extraordinary oc9
casion. within the meaning of the
. constitution and requiring the calling
j of an extra session.
, " In my inaugural address, I stated
in a summary way, the principles up(
on which, in my judgment, the revisj,
ion of the tariff should proceed, and
1 indicated at least one new source of
2 revenue that might be properly restored
in order to avoid future deficit.
1 It is not necessary for me to repeal
( what I then said.
, "I venture to suggest that the vital
? business interests of the country re
quire mat the attention of congress
in this session be ehiefly devoted to
consideration of the new tariff bill,
and that less time be given to other
subject* of legislation in tis session,
is better for the country."
"WILLIAM il. TAFT."
For four hours the House of Representatives
Friday battened to the
reading of the tariff bill which was
the only business transacted. It was
perhaps the dreariest legislative sea- j
r aion of any held by the body in re'
cent year*.
? iii? eenaoe bill waa received by the
f Senate from the House and referred
' to the committee on the cenaua. After
l' being in aeaaion eight minutea the
B Senate adjourned until Monday. There
^ ia general diapoaition in the Houae
t to eliminate aa far aa poeeible any
academic diecuaaion of the tariff.
t Member* oa both aide* are deairona
t of having an little general debate aa
j poaaible and ae much time aa is practicable
for the consideration of the
t bill under the five minute rule for
t amendment.
A Chicago bulge aaya a ft*dan Wee
1 la worth $10. It would have been
i more gallant to have said "Ma weight
1 la gold."
Hi*
Decision Against the 1
Killing of Sen. C&rms
In the Penitentiary
Nushville, Tenn., Special.?Guilty
of murder in tho second degree?pun- tju
islam nt 20 years' imprisonment?this the 1;
was tho unexpected verdict rendered larati
by the ury against Col. Duncan D. lesslv
Cooper and Kobin J. Cooper when tho a ,jpt
court opened Saturday. The jury Fri- took i
day acquitted John D. Sharp, indicted jn a
I with the Coopers for tho slaying of dismi
formor U. S. Senator Edward W. Car- <
mack. exclai
Rush to Sign Bond. that
Although Judge ilart lixed the bond becuu
at $25,000 there was a rush to sign tend
it on the part of wealthy citizens of on|y
Nashville which fairly swamped the ghar]
clerk of the criminal court. the oi
The first to arrive was John J. that
Greener, who signed for $10,00 on bond
each bond. Several others had been
sent for and telephoned that they
would come as quickly as automobiles "T
would bring them. In a few moments a bail
vvrt ?-- - -
"uiicr yj. ranner nrriveu nnd signed *on.
for the balnnce. "I will sign for a ?nch
million for those men," he remarked. there
In vain the elerk protested over and ?vent
over again that more than enough 's KQt
sureties had signed hut the invariable ^enet
answer was "We want to put our torted
name on that bond too." It seemed 8??mH
as though every friend of tho Coopers Pai
considered it incumbent upon him to J'l
sign the bond. When there was no said *
more room for names at the foot of judgn
the document the new hnnrl?m?n> ??- be iri\
I dorsed across the face until it was pared
difficult to decipher the signatures. P "*
When filed the bond totaled nearly a ^
million and a half. court.
The Jury's Verdict. unnec
At 9:25 the 12 men entered the >our
room and took the same seats they
had occupied for nearly 9 weeks. The
"Have you agreed upon a verdict, hut oi
gentlement T" said Judge Hart. "O
"We have," replied Foreman E. John
M. Burke hoarsely. spirac
"Advance, Mr. Foreman, and read we st
the verdict." the fi
"We, the jury, find the defendants cumst
Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J.j sccom
Cooper guilty of murder in the second maxir
degree and assess their punishment at quittt
confinement in the State penitentiary day i
for a period of twenty years." result
"So say you all, gentlement?" for at
"So say we all," in chorus. the s^
"I thank you. gentlement," said only
the court, "for your patience and de-lof us
votiton to the State, and dismiss you thing
to your homes and to your personal again,
vocations. the G
The jurors were tired-looking and acquit
disheveled, but with the conclusion the it
of this remark the entire 12 sprang years
from their seats as one man and hur- who
riedly left the court room. verdi<
UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORT
Washington, Special. ? Running] 450 b
bales of cotton numbering 13,408,841, arc fl
of average gross weight of 505 1907.
pounds, all equivalent to 13,503,942 Tbf
500-pound bales, with 27,587 ginner- bales,
ies operating, was the final report of ^jn
the census bureau Saturday on the sa8
cotton crop grown in 1908. bales
The report included 344,970 linters sas j
and counts round as half bales. The c|u<jjr
final 1907 crop report was 11,325,882 jmno
bales, equivalent to 11,375,461 500- ;wna
pound bales with 27,597 ginneries
operating.
included in tho 1908 figures are 93,- ^onia
085 bales, which the pinners estimate- t , '
ed they would turn out after the time
of the March canvass. ' bales
Round bales in the report are 340,- pinia,
THE HOUSE PASSES AMENDEDCE
Washington, Special.?In its emend- was i
ed form the House took Thursday for point;
consideration the bill providing for formi
the taking of the next census. The raent
bill was passed at the last session, civil i
but was vetoed by the President be- the s
cause of his objections to the pro- gover
visions which took away from the Mr. 1
Civil Service Commission the power requii
of appointment of the clerkB. An fumii
amendment by Mr. Sterling (Ills.) [a cer
DECLARE ALCOHOL IS B
Washington, Special. ? Alcohol Medi<
practicality hat* no therapeutic uses, Move
judging from the discussion at the Kelly
semi-annual meeting here Thursday holic
of the American Society for the T. D.
Study of Alcohol and Other Drug on "
Narcotics. Some of the medical Probl
scientists contended that alcohol has lanta,
no therapeutic uses; others that on cohol
tbe whole it has few such uses, while to I
another declared that alcohol grad- night
ually is being eliminated as a drug, terest
Papers were read by Drs. Henry O. catinf
hfaroy, of Boston, honoarary presi- ing t<
dent of the society, entitled, "A ebriat
LYNOItD AT tLKINS, wTVA., FO
Elkins, W. Va., Special.?Joseph stratei
Brown, said to have been an ez-con- 8've
riot, who Thursday evening shot and ^ "
seriously wounded Chief of Police a l>OS!
Soott White, at Whitmere, near here, placed
was taken from jail by a crowd of ed thi
men at 1:30 Friday morning and and E
lynched. Brown was hanged upon a the ja
telegraph pole. Thursday evening White
White, who is a son of Way or Wash- Browi
ington White, of Whitemere, remoo- terms
--- 111
pSE
wo Coopers !^!!
cck?20 Years \
the Penalty.
Verdict a Surprise.
) verdict, coir5'"' * T nor'
leels of Fori l? on
Friday tl
tied up as to ;
sided surprist t> ^ .
it colly?nlino ,i. I
second after * a-> d J
ssiujr the jur J
[?f the defens ? .
raring: "You
the case be o rai t
se of the verd
that Friday's
one, and that
> but declared a msugieement on
tlier defendants. We also ask
the defendants be admitted to
at once."
A Bailable Case.
he verdict of the jury makes it
table case," was the court's rc4
Hence I will tlx the bond of
defendunt at $*2.~),000 unless
Kn T? A' A
ire ouuic uujimuuii. in inai
I will henr arguments." "It
isfactory to us," said Attorney
al McCain. "And to us," rel
Judge Anderson. "There
nothing left but for the court
s.H sentence," added Judge Hart,
do not think that necessary,"
fudge Anderson. We move that
lent be suspended and that we
ren a new trial. We will be preto
argue the motion later?
bly next week."
it right, judge," remarked the
"I know you will not delay
essarily and I will take it up at
own convenience."
How the Jury Voted.
> jurors were not inclined to talk
ric of thein said:
n the first ballot we acquitted
Kuarp and disregarded the con y
theory. On this same ballot
ood six for guilty of murder in
rst degree with mitigating cirances,
five for murder in the
:1 degree with 20 years, the
mini penalty and one for acal.
The ballots all day Wednesind
Thursday showed the same ^
Friday the man who voted
:*quittul came over to murder in
?eond degree but demanded that
10 years be assessed. The rest .. jf<
did not deem, ten years as anylike
adequate, so we disagreed.
Of course, all this refers to
oopers, not Sharp, whom we had
tted. Early Saturday morning
lan who was holding out for 10
agreed to 20 years and the six
were voting for a first degree
:t agreed to this verdict."
ON THE COTTON CROP
ales. Sea island bales includod
'3,848 for 1908 and 80,895 for
> crop by States, in running
including linters, follows:
barna, 1.358.339 bales; Arkan1,018,708
bales; Florida, 71,411
; Georgia. 2.022,828 bales; Kanientuckv
and New Mexico (inig
linters, of establishments in
is and Virginia) 5,054; Louia481,094
bales; Missessippi, 1,15
bales; Missouri, 00,009 bales;
i Carolina, 699,507 bales; Okla,
703,802 bales; South Carolina,
200 bales; Tennessee, 348,582
; Texas, 3,719,189 bales; Vir13,013
bales.
NSUS AND HEALTH BILLS
igreed to providing that the apments
shall be made in conty
with the law oj: apportionarnong
the States under the
Bervioe act. In order to prevent
ipread of tuberculosis among
nmeni clerks, nn amendment
Bennett (N. Y.) was agreed to,
ring that each census applicant
;h with his or her application
tiflcate of good health.
EING ELIMINATED.
:al Study of the Temperance
ment in the South;" Howard A,
of Baltimore, on "The AlcoProblem
in Every-Day Life;"
, C'rothers, of Hartford, Conn-,
The Future of the Alcoholic
em;" and W. B. Parks, of AtGa.,
on "The Effects of Alon
Temperament as it Relates
laee and Nationality." The
's session developed much inamong
the scientists as indiC
the necessity for laws relat>
the care and nrote<?>in*i a# ? ?
R ASSAULTING OFflCCR
rl with Brown for using offenanguage..
Brown drew a revolld
shot White and then took to
onntains. He was followed by
sea of citizens, captured and
i in jail. Early Friday it seerait
the whole town was aroused
trown was quietly taken out of
11 and hanged. Chief of Polios
V it is believed, will recover,
i is said to have served several
of imprisonment.
jifefti i i I Ii '1 H'lsrn' I ^