Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 11, 1907, Image 4
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I A GRAVE CHARGE
Made Against Col. Tucker by Mrs. 0
J. A. Logan.
A TRIAL MAY RESULT s
Colonel Tucker, Who Marrhsl A
r
Daughter of Mrs. l.ogau, Hut Who ?|
lias la-ft llim, Is Charged Willi (
r
Scandalous Conduct While On ^
lluty in the Philippine Islands.? ^
Will ll<- Invent fluted. I
What promises to*be another cause j
celebre in the American army has ,
been precipitated through the action j
of Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of
the famous civil war general, in filing
a complaint at the war department,
alleging scandalous conduct on
the part of her son-in-law, Lieut. 1
Col. William F. Tucker. j
If an investigation begun by the
department should substantiate her .
statements, Lieut. Col. Tucker stands
in danger of courtmartial.
Since the complaint reached the
department its contents have quietly
circulated among the army corps in
Washington, and in interest has
eclipsed the case of Mrs. Ayres, excluded
from the military reservation
at West Point. It has also recalled
the allegation made against Brig.
Gen. John J. Pershing in connection
with his conduct in the southern islands
of the Philippines.
The interest in the Tucker case is
heightened by the recent reports that
Lieutenant Col. Tucker and his wife,
Mrs. Logan's daughter, have separated.
Mrs. Tucker is now in Washington
living with her mother and her
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husoanu, L.ieutenam v^oionei xucw,
is stationed in Chicago performing
his duties as paymaster of the Department
of the Lakes.
The complaint filed by Mrs. Logan
is said to be based upon the way in ,
which her son-in-law conducted him- :
self while stationed in the Philippines.
Lieutenant Colonel Tucker was
assigned to duty in Manila several
years ago and only recently returned
and assumed duty in Chicago. Ollicials
of the war department decline
to make public the nature of Mrs.
Logan's allegations, and Mrs. Tucker
herself will not talk about them.
When the paymaster was first sent
to the far Last he was accompanied
by his wife. She returned a year ago
on account of the death of her little
son. What Mrs. Tucker subsequently
learned of the conduct of her husband
which led to the separation and
the filing of Mrs. Logan's complaint
is not authoritatively known.
When Mrs. Logan was informed of
from her haaband, but came to Washington
two weeks ago especially for
the purpose of acquainting the war
department with all the facts as she
knew them.
There is no doubt that Mrs. Logan's
action was most embarrassing
to the department. Scandals, especially
of a family character and having
the Philippines as their scene, are
not relished by the army, because of
the effect upon the entire service.
Mrs. Logan was insistent, however,
that action be taken upon her complaint,
and as a result it was decided
to nave two officers of the inspector
general's department make a
thorough investigation. The officers
charged with this duty were Major
J. (J. Galbraith and Major Parker
W. West, both assistants to the inspector
general.
Major Galbraith returned recently
from Chicago, where, it is said,
he saw Lieutenant Colonel Tucker!
and received his explanation. Major
West is in San Francisco, seeing per,
sons who, it is claimed, know all
about the case. It is possible the investigation
will be carried to Manila.
Major Galbraith will say nothing,
even to his intimate friends, in regard
to his Chicago trip. The military
authorities recently issued an
official order in regard to the relations
which should exist between army
men stationed in the far Eastern
archipelago and Filipino women.
These relations have tended
bring disgrace upon the army and i
the United States, and a numbei of (
courtsmartial have occurred, which i
have resulted in the dismissal of the |
officers involved. Several months ago (
an order was issued nrohihitinor
cers from living with Filipino wo- ?
men, on the ground that such con- ?
duct was a disgrace to the service j
and the flag, and prescribing the penalty
of dismissal for every person
found violating it. r
The department feels that in no r
case can it go behind this order, no n
matter how high the officer or how s
strong the political and other influ- t
ence he may be able to muster. Besides
the disgrace suffered by the ^
United States and the army, the h
practice is injurous in its effects upon b
the Filipinos, and lessens that feeling p
of respect for the government class V\
which the latter shovild enjoy. e
? So far as Lieutenant Colonel Tuck- T
er is concerned, there is absolutely a
no flaw in his military record, fie hi
was horn in Massachusetts on March
1, 1854, and at the ago of twenty- >st
eight was apix>inted a major and m
paymaster, Illinois being accredited ft
with the appointment. He served at tf
various army posts throughout the ^
country, performing good service, w
and during the war with Spain was ar
stationed at Atlanta, Ga.
l Complaints have been filed with ^
the election commissioners protest-1
ing against the diqwdRry election
held in Kershaw County. An effort ve
will be made to have the election e(l
^^SB^^deelared void. This is altogether Pr
DH^^^^krong, The people of Kershaw voted ty
I KkthqlisiH'nstr;, and no technicali- sa;
be allowed to defeat their ; ea
N ftgekprofcrcncc in the matter. 70,
SOLDIERS RIOTING
n the Warpath at the Jamestown
Exposition.
(M*ond Smith Carolina and First Kentucky
Itcgimciils Throw OIT I>im ip- I
lino and Make Trouble.
The press dispatches to the daily
>apers give the following account of
i riot engaged in by the Second South
Carolina and First Kentucky regincnts
at Jamestown Exposition
grounds on the night of July 3.
Five hundred soldiers, members or
he Second South Carolina and First
Kentucky regiments in camp at the
Jamestown exposition grounds tolight
became riotous, threw off all
Jiscipline intimidated concessionaries
ind tcok charge of shows on the
Warpath, and when the Powhatan
Juards interfered a riot followed.
several being injured, i ne injured
are:
Joseph Brasher. Company G., Kenlucky
regiment, probaole fracture of
skull; Guard Preas, Pawhatan
Guards; Adjutant Garwood, Guard
Kennedy anil several others suffered
slight wounds.
Earlier in the night the soldiers,
who were drinking, became noisy
and were repeatedly cautioned by
the guards. Later, when their number
had increased to about 300 they
threw aside all restraint and proceeded
to the Warpath, where they invaded
places of amusement, refusing
to pay admission fees or to leave
when ordered out. The "'Temple oi
Mirth," "Beauty Show" ant
"Streets of Cairo" were the principal
sufferers. At the latter place
about 15 Powhatan Guards attempt
ed to restore order and then trouble
followed. The guards were forced t<
use their sabres to beat the mei
back. Cant, Carpenter and Adjutant
Garwood were soon on the scene ane
succeeded in ejecting the men fron
the "Streets of "Cairo."
But the soldiers soon returned
their number augmented to 50(1
They again attempted to takeeharg
of the shows, and by order of Capi
Carpenter, C. C. Hasting of Conip
| any H., Kentucky, and J. Ton pkin
of Company D., South Carolina; wer
placed under arrest as the leaders o
the rioters.
This caused a demonstration, an
with drawn sabres the guards fough
their way through the massed soldiei
to the guard camp, despite the oj
forts on the part of the soldiers t
I rescue them. Behind the wire fenc
of the camp the guards made
| stand. The soldiers began to throi
;stones into the inclosure. Capt. Cai
Lpenter and Adjutant Garwood woi
'struck. Guard Preas, who saw tl
man who threw the stone that h
Carpenter, dashed out of the enclo
lire and put him under arrest. Prci
was beaten down, however, and h
prisoner, rescued, but notl>cfore tl
Jutter hud hl?r?k lacked, hv tl
k..ii . ____ , .
i ...v.w.. .iwofiuii. in- was iau?r arrestc
there by I'owhatan guards hutcoul
noi be removed owing to his com!
; tion.
The guards were later reenforcc
! by detachments of soldiers from tt
camp and order was restored.
\V.\I I I X<; Kilt IllSHA\I).
Although Shi* l'uitl Palmist to Kin
One For Her.
Mary O'Connor, comely an
twenty-two, appeared in the Ilai
lem court as complainant again*
Elizabeth Auber. sixty years of age
of 1(50 East Eighty-ninth street, Ne\
York, who admitted that. he was ;
professional "palmist" in New Yorl
for eighteen years.
Mary had consulted her inview ti
obtaining a husband. Mary's siste:
Hridget had a similar ambition ant
so admitted to Magistrate Flinn
Why she should have emnlovod
services of a fortune teller was no
apparent for she is as I right eyed a*
her sister. Mary is a maid of al
work and her sister is employed by t
New York family at Arverne, L. I.
Attracted by an advertisement ir
a Sunday newspaj>er the O'Connor
girls visited the home of Mrs. Auber
on May M to invoke her aid in
"getting a fellow," as Mary described
iC She was informed that
the preliminary fee would be $10
?.r.u she paid willingly.
"Then, your honor," explained
the complainant, "I was told three
lays after by Mrs. Auber that 1
nust pay $15 more if 1 wanted my
leart's desire, and I gave her mon\v.
'Where's the fellow?' says I to
Mrs. Auber. 'He's not here yet,'
'ays she. 'Well I'm wanting him
ioon.' says I But never a felow
did I see.
"1 had $170 in a bank and I drew
1100 of it to hand over to this wonan.
She said she would hold it for
line days and then give it back into
ny hand, and at the same tinu,
hdw me thee fellow 1 was to marry,
hat was on June 3."
On June 13, rigged out in her best
1ary returned to Mrs. Auber's
ouse expecting, she said, to receive
ack her deposit of $100 and to be
resented her future husband. He
'asn't there: neither was her mony.
Mas. Auber told her, she said,
hat the "fellow" was wandering
bout in such ? vicrv-inr
.. xtw-iu'Mi tnai
c couidn't ho found by the spirits.
"She gave me a little bottle of
uff," said Mary, "which she told
ie to sprinkle in a circle around the
How when I found him and then
iree three drops behind him and
iy a prryer. But, your honor, how
as 1 to sprinkle the water in a ring
ouod a man I never saw?"
Mrs. Auber was held in $1,000 on
e charge of grand larceny and wil 1
>pear for a furteer examination.
Prof. R. C. Crawford, of the Unirsity
of California, has rediscoverthe
comet recently located hy
of. Daniel, of Princeton Universi- J
, in the constellation Taurus. He
yra the comet will be nearest the j
rth on July 25, when it will be
,000,000 miles distant. t
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SITUATION SERIOUS. IA
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Judge Brawley's Decision Places
Land Owners in Bad Fix. d
b
>lr. C. C. Featlierstone Thinks, However
.That a Constitutional Statute ^
Can Be Enacted To Meet Case. J
{
The article on the discussion of j
Judge Brawley by "Brother Bob," {
published in the Laurens Advertiser 1
of June 26, and reproduced in The I
News and Courier has been much '
discussed by the thirking men over '
the State. Therilon. C. C. Feather- J
stone of Laurens, one of the leading (
lawyers of this State, and one of its ,
most prominent citizens, in speaking
of the matter said:
" There is no doubt but that 'Brother
Bob' understands the full significance
of Judge Brawley's decision.
The facts that he presents are true,
and he presents them in such a way
that any mind should be able to see
the probable disasters to the land
ower. As he has so aply said in that
article, the decision of Judge Brawley,
holding the labor contract law
of this State unconstitutional, has
tdnced the farmers Interests in an extremely
serious perdicament?and
the 'negro in the saddle.'
"The farmer. In order to Ret hands
at the beginning of the year, is forc'
od to niakj large advances in the
way of cash and supplies, absolutely
- without security. The laborer can
work with him for a v.-hiie and then
r leave him in the lurch.
[ "No more serious situation ever
confronted the farmer. He must have
i labor. He may get It to start with,
hut he cannot hold it in the present
demoralized condition of affairs.
- "What is the remedy?
"In the first place, 1 think it is
? probable that a new statute can be
j enacted by the next General Assembly
i that will stand the test of the Courts.
^ "The thinking men of that body
j ought to put on their 'thinking caps'
and frame such a statute, and have
it ready for introduction at the meeting
of the General Assembly next
January.
' "A great dc of the time of the
e General Assenmly is spent in the
consideration of small, frivolous affairs
that cannot benefit anybody
s costing the State annually an expene
diture of thousands of dollars. 11
r is high time for such nonsehse to
1 cease.
"What we want is practical, cornmon
sense legislation legislation
it that will benefit the people along
*s practical lines.
F- "The labor situation can be renie;o
died if it is gone at in the proper
!C way.
a Can Stop Theft of Ijalmr.
>v "Second. If a statute cannot be
r- enacted that will bind the laborer
>e and that will stand the tests of the
Courts, one can be enacted that will,
indirectly, bring ai)?ut the same resuit
?~ "I moan a statute that will keep a
man's neighi?ors from enticing away
'S or interfering with his laborers,
le "The contract between the lamli<._Liq?]
nn.l_later.;r 1^ ?M, ..
notion the Courts will sustain it. Tin
j(j trouble is that, under Judge Hraw
ley's decision, a violation thereof will
1 not sustain an indictment?the vio.
lator cannot lie punished criminally
*1 "Of course, as between the farmer
tc and laborer this remedy is useless to
the landlord?the average laborer
being without property that can ne
reached by execution.
"lint why not punish, and punish
d severely, the third party, who either
entices away the laborer or harbors
him after he leaves?
"Laborers are not going to leave
(* unless they can get employment else>
where. (
The Wrong Sort of Neighbors.
'? "The great trouble with the labor
v situation to-day is that too frequenta
ly a man's neighbors are waiting,
k with open arms to receive the laborer
who has violated his contract. Such
D men are more dangrous to the farntr
ing interests than the negro who
j violates his contract. They are more
intelligent and know better. One*
half the time they are the cause of
' the negro violating his contract..
t "Such negro stealers ought to he
> dealt with severely. We already
I have some law upon this subject?
t more than we enforce- but, in my
judgment, t lie law ought to be
i amended and made broader and
, more stringent. When this is done
and we make up our minds to enforce
slicit a law I believe that the
nikm i|iii!huiiu win i??? greany unproved,
if not completely solved.
"White njen who are anxious to
employ laborers who have violated
their contract have always been the
principal trouble.
"Third. There is another matter
of vital importance along this line,
viz: The rigid enforcement of vagrancy
laws.
"There are thousands of negroes 1
and white men, too, hangers on about 1
towns and cotton mills, who ought to <
be made to work. Their failure to <
work not only tends to embarrass the ]
labor situation by decreasing the (
number of laborers, but this class of ,
id'ers interfere with those who want
to work -suggest and put new ideas
into their heads that cause them to '
become dissatisfied and demoralized. f
"In addition to this the crimes J
that fill and congest our Criminal t
Courts are, as a rule, commit'ed by s
this class of id!, .s: in fact, the idle v
people all over the country are a
menace to the country in various
ways. I'
"They tire oppoeed to the proper t
enforcement of law. If they get on s
juries you will always find them op- m
posed to conviction, and in hundreds
of ways they contribute to the de- d
moralization of society. f<
ao country is ship mat nas a p
large idle class. t(
"Wc already have vagrancy laws p
that are broad enough to cover the h
majority of cases. What we need Is
strict enforcement of these*laws by w
mayors, magistrates and solicitors,
all along the line. w
"In this enforcement the farmers in
are vitally interested and can ho of
great assistance to the officers of the m
law. They should not hesitate to report
vagrants, swear out warrants tc
and set the legal machinery in mo- iii
tlon. al
"One great trouble about the en- ?.j
forcement of all law in this couutr>
Is the fear that most people have of of
becoming protecutors and witnesses, hg
We too frequently fail to do our hi
luty In this respect and then stand th
)fT and criticise the verdict of juries.
"No man Is a good citlscn who is er
ifrald to report and prosecute offen- ai
WFUIi 8CVBNBS AT STTYSIH'HCJ.
Distinguished Partf>Uiit ijs ?f
Harrowing K^,.ncc.
A writer in McC\\ Maganp*'^
escribes the honors the O^ysmrg
battle in the art;-*y>ft>w:
The wounded?many*tLsands of
hem?were carried to th Jrmsteads ,
>ehind our lines. The lses, the
)arns, the sheds, and th< >en barnyards
were crowded wi moaning
ind wailing human bein and still
in unceasing procession < tretchers
ind ambulances were ct lg in! A ?
leavy rain set in durir he day? 1
the usual rain after a ttle?and
arge numbers had to rc in unpro-1
tected in the open, L' being no i
room left under roj aw long
rnwa mpn lvintr 1 hp !
of the buildings, the pouring' l
off upon their bodies ams. i
Most of the opera] aies Were
placed in the open the light (
was best some of th<| ]ially pro- 1
tected against the ra, ' arpaulins !
or blankets stretclWton poles, j
There stood the surf leir sleeves
rolled up to the ws, their
bare arms as well ase \ linen ap- i
rons smeared with bl , *.eir knives
not seldom held betv * 'heir teeth
while they were help ^patient on
or off the table or ' eir hands
otherwise occupied;^ <ind them
pools of blood and an ed arms or
legs in heaps, somet norc than
man high.
Antiseptic methoc e still unknown
at that time, i wounded
man was lifted on ble, often
shrieking with pain ie attendants
handled him, th? :eon quickly
examined the wo^ d tesolved
upon cutting off tn ired limb.
Some ether was adi tered, and
the body put in a p< n in a moment.
The surgeon sn ed his knife
from between his teef here it had
been while his hank 'ere busy,!
whiped it rapidly on"t wice across
his blood-stained aprj nd the cutting
began. The oj ion accomplished,
the surge> 'ould look
around with a deep and then?
"next."
And so it went hour after
hour, while the num f expectant
patients seemed hai> o diminish.!
Now and then one ? e wounded j
men would call attei i to the fact
that his neighbor lyij i the ground
have given up the g) while waiting
for his turn, ad m the dead
body was then ?inict| .'moved. Or j
a surgeon, having b?i>ut at work,
would put down hisife. exclaiming
that his hand d grown un-1
steady, and that th^as too much
for human endum\ hysterical
tears not seldom staying down his
face.
Many of the wourf men suffered
with silent fortit, fierce determination
in the k'ng of their
brows and the stea jaze of their
blood-shot eyes. S would even
force themselves to im jest about
their situation or lit the "skeddadling"
of the rub Hut there,
were, too, heartrefg groans and
' orios ckf pairk'cing the air,
and despairing exnation, "Oh,
lA)rd! Oh, Lord!" olx*t me die!"
or softer murmuriiin which the
words "mother" "father" or
"home" were oftenard.
A IU<; SlI.MCt IlililOl).
Caught In Stiirgcoiyt, He Proves
Knsy 1>.
A twenty-one ,t "thrasher"
shark that, had it cimued to play
in its own waters, are in the
tropic., would n< be well and
hearty, lost its life | Amagansett,
L. I., recently by gtng tangled up
in a big sturgeon m;et bv Capts.
George Mulford ant, 1. Ross.
The net is not vexvide, but it is
a good bit over a ro long, and is
some ten fathomsunder water.
Along come the sha and plump into
the net he dashef He soon got
nicelv snarled llll in Jinrl in n lit fin
| while was a dead 01
At intervals alonfcbe surface of
the ocean, connect^with the net,
are buoys, and wh the fishermen
saw the bouysumping about
wildly, they knew iere was something
doing. Theyon.t go out to
the nets as a rule, ? the Sabbath,
but the commotio aroused their
curiosity and they ;t out in their
power boat. Assc as they reached
the net and saw le shark's tail
they sized the visitc jp as a "whiptail."
and decided t-apture him.
This was not exa> v easy, for the
shark was game, ai a blow from
his tail meant des iction for the
boat. Mulford ai Ross knew a
thing or two about >ats, fish, and
uc'i, things, and or an hour or
more manoeuvered? as to keep out
:>f the shark's reach and when the
sign was right, ran le boat close up
up to his head and hnded mm two
>n his nose, \ising ha^v clubs that
:hey carry in the bet
Then they fasten^ a liittle line to
he shark and towel him ashore as
lead as Julius Caesr. It was then
'ound that he ha< eight rows of
eeth, four above ad four below.!
et in a month two act in width. He
veighed about 2<M) punds.
A woman's idea ' economy is 1 >
ave lier husband a* sie $3 worth of
Inie putting up a i n c nts kitchen
heir.
ers of the law. It Is a moral crime
:>r any man to t.til to do all in his
bwer to bring Aiolitorr of the law
> justice. Let 1.1 Jet t cry man to
port another for fiohrions of the
iw.
"I verily believe lhat two things
ill make good the labor situation:
"First. The piinistnomt of men
ho interfere with other people's
iltorers.
"Second. A strict., rigid enforceon
t of the vagrancy laws.
"1 trust that the governor and ,Atirney
General will bring officially
lis latter matter to the attention of
I in authority, and urge a vigorous
lforcement of the vagrancy laws.
"I am glad to know that in the cltv
Laurens our mayor has the course
to enforce the vagrancy law. Me
is heen at it lor some time and
e good result Is easily sei'n.
not
mayors take xio^W^^^^Wcecd
ong the same line?"
.l
minus nun uiese cnuaren 01 ine punlie
schools, these little citizens beginning;
life in the school-room democracy,
represent the greatest hope
of this country, the hope of the future
American race.
Progress in this world comes entirely
from education, and especially
from Democratic education?that is
to say, from the education of men to
whom knowledge is their chelf possession,
and not opposed in its beneficient
effect by unearned wealth or
unearned power.
We live today in what is practically
the first generation of universal !
education.
Without education the mind cannot
express itself. Take the greatest
brain ever born, deprive it of simple
elementary knowledge?that brain is
useless to the world and to its owner,
giving him only sorrow and vaiu protest
against unfair conditions.
if it is dreadful and discouraging
to see a magnificent field lying idle,
uncultivated, how much worst is it
to see thi' brain of a man or a woman
uncultivated, idle, unproductive
Think how men have lived and died,
hundreds of millions of them, without
any of the liglu of knowledge let
into tlieir heads, tneir brains and
souls like dark cellars! And think
how encouraging it is that to-day our
finest buildings are our public school
buildings, our great expenditures are
our public school expenditures!
The successful man is taxed, and
willingly pays the tax if he be a good
man, to give education and opportunity
to the children about him. We
are cultivating the minds of the
children more rapidly than the fields
of the nation, and we should be
grateful for it.
The fields can wait; they can keep
tin ir wealth until another day. Hut
the brain that is neglected, that
grows up and dies ignorant, is lost
forever.
All wealth is the result of human
thought and industry. All freedom
is the result of knowledge and a
trained mind.
What wealth, material and mental,
I there is in the great army of school
l children, now going back to their
homes to accumulate health ana vigor
for the school work of next year!
The children have learned in school
to respect one another and to respect
real ability. The boy is valued by
his playmates for what he is. He
need not have a penny in his pocket,
his clothes may be the poorest; but
if he has the power in the back of his
head and the thought in the front
brain the litle boys around him rec
lognize him and follow him.
The American father and mother
! deprive their children of the best
chance in this life at its beginning if
they refuse to send those children to
the public schools. Many excuses are
made for what is often snobbery.
Unquestionably many fathers and
mothers feel it is their duty to make
the financial sacrifice that the private
school calls for. But their real
duty is to encourage the public
school, to fight to make it better, to
send their own children there. To
supervise them while they are there,
and to vote to get her in such a way
as to make it impossible for the
richest man to give to his children
teaching as good as the public
schools can give them.
Childhood is the most beautiful as
well as the most hopeful element in
the life of the human age. The older
people are doing their work; the
world has taken their measure. The
child is an unknown quantity, unlim;
ited in possibility. The dull boy of
! today may turn out. as did that other
[dull boy Newton, to discover some
j great cosmic law. The high-tempered
girl, imaginative, hard to manage
full of whims and strange fancies,
mav live 1(1 tie the nintlini" of tl.e
man the world needs. Very often
the woman of apparently undisciplined
imagination and Impulses has
given the great son to mankind.
The responsibility of parents increases
with the holiday season. The
coming home of the children adds
many duties to tne lives of fathers
and mothers, already fully occupied.
Children must, ahove all, he made
healthy and strong in vacation. The
hoy or girl inclined to read too much
must be kept from it firmly, hut kept
from it kindly by suuplying other interests
instead of taking away the
hook arbitrarily. The child that has
been dull in studies must lie encouraged
and made much of, not. discouraged.
The brain grows with
kindness, and jiossibilities develop
with encouragement and judicious
praise. If a son seems stupid or is
stupid it is the fault of father and
mother, not of the child. And it is
the business of the father and mother
to repair the harm that they have
done.
As a matter of fact, there is no
stupid child. A normal human being
i can lie ntside into a useful, intelligent
and satisfactory citizen with the
. right bringing up.
Parent* should remember that
sometimes apparent dullness is due to
defective breathing. All young
children should have their breathing
apparatus, especla'ly the nose and
i he mouth, examined by a good doctor.
A child that has been dull at
school may be transformed into a
bright, promising scholar by a
very simple operation absolutely
without danger.
The nervous, excitable child must
be amused, so far as possible, in
quiet ways. Ills brain often drives
him on beyond the powers of his
t>ody, and that is destructive of the
brain, which cannot live In a feeble
body or work in it. ?*
The father and mother ree 1*? their
children their own Immortality here
on this earth. Those chlldren^myto
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS
3
Hie Hope of the State and of Our
Civilization. ^jj
III Ktio-afcedjcc *"-> rfindllUK ?* J
Small Light From the Great Which i
Illumines the World.
The public schools have closed?^- <
ire about to close, nil over America. |
The books are gathered together and '
gladly put away. The iui?-stained. 1
veil-carved, wooden desks are left 1
o the Summer flies and the Summer i
lust. The children are leaving school
uul going home. The country chil- i
iren will have the months of > un- ,
ight,* fresh air. green fields and- Na- '
:ure's wonderful mysteries.
The less happy childreu of the
ities?too many of them?leave
school for dusty streets, hot pavements.
repressive Ijjws, wretched
tiouies and only half a chance in life's
battle.
Hut, whatever the home, whatever
the opportunity Riven or denied by
an imperfect civilization, the fact re
Marietta, Ohio, appeared before
Aldeman Toole, ol Pittsburg, Pa.
as the chief witness against W. .1
Adams and Frank B Ranger of Pittsburg
and Frank Thompson of New
York, who he alleges, bunkoed him
Pavis declared that he was taker
to a house just off Columbus avenue
New York last September and there
relieved of $235,000 by means of ;
"brace" faro game, when Thompson,
the dealer, had promised to man
ipulate the cards so that he woulc
win $100,000. Two weeks later, he
tried the game again and lost $20,
000. On November 20, after he hat
lost $51,000, Davis chartered a spec
ial train and made a record breaking
run to Marietta, where he securer
$25,000 more. This he also lost ir
the same way''
He eaid that John E. Curry of Ma
rietta, had first introduced him te
Ranger, and then exposed the swin
die rather than see the witness lost
any more money. Curry corroborated
the testimony of Davis. A1
derman Toole, however, said that he
would probably have to dismiss tin
charges because of lack of jurisdic
tion but would reserve his decisior
for a week.
Former Mayor VV. E. Sykesof Ma
rietta, counsel for Davis, was arrested
after the hearing, charged bj
Ranger with conspiracy to indict
Pavis stated after the hearing thai
more than $1,000,000 had been taker
from wealthy Pittsburgers in tin
last two years who were induced U
go against the New York game.
The man who always stops to thiol
before speaking may. not say vert
in urn, mil ne senium nas occasion u
lake any of it hack.
It takes a clever woman to convince
a man that she knows less than
ne does.
represent tlioin when they are gone;
they are to carry 011 the work wher
they are pone and mothers should
study their children with the deep
est and the most intelligent interest
and care. They should make it theii
business to know what children require.
The should teach their children
regularity in sleeping and in
eating. They should set tlieni above
all, a good example, an example ol
kindness and truth and patience.
Parents of the home-coming school
children should remember their duty
to the teachers. Teachers tired aftei
a year of faithful service, and of unselfish
service, will soon take up the
burden again. Fathers and mother?
should do what they can to make that
burden lighter to help the teachers
by inculcating respect and obedience
in their children's minds.
If a single eye could look on the
American school children the many
millions of boys and girls, with thoil
hungry minds, their eager imaginations?that
eye would see the boat
nation of the future upon this earth
In those young minds half do
veloped, lie the ideas, the Inventions
tho protests, the courage of (lie future.
Among those children will b?
found the men and the women foi
the great work in tlie years to come
There- is much in our civilizatioi
discouraging and unsatisfactory, bu
every man living may congratulate
himself upon the fact that we have
progressed far enough at least te
make It our principal business te
give knowierige free to every chile
born in America. Our public school!
are "kindling the small light" h
millions of little brains a wonder
ful, beautiful work.
A OcltSr*l?l
to .anv^'our customers for the as
'Afnnibng or hardware business, hi
,?,?ge catalogue which will be found
prices on anjthing in the supply line
c6jlumiiia Supply
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'an ton
lor
contemH^^^^^Hmca^ly
exercises
h?^^^^^ary of the funeral of
he l^^^^esident, but in order to
nsuroWthe presence of President
itoosevelt as orator of the day, a laor
date in September \yill be choos?n.
The program include the transfer
of the body of President AtcKiney
from its temporary resting place
to its final rest in the sarcophagus in
the memorial tomb. The structure
will cost $500,000.
The mausoleum is 98 feet in height
and 79 feet in diameter. The grand
stairway which constitutes the prin-1
cipal approach to the tomb proper, I
is 75 feet in height. The principal
material used in construction of the
monument is pink Milford granite
which is utilized for the exterior,
the steps and balustrade. The in-!
terior is finished in Knoxville marble |
with honed surface. The columnar j
treatment, wnicn was narreu irom ;
the exterior, is employed effectively |
on the interior. The lighting is entirely
from above. A double sacrophagus
is provided. The site is a
tract of 20 acres, forming the crowning
eminence of the West Lawn cemetery.
The general arrangement of the
approach to the toml> hits the suggestion
of across and a sword?a symbolism
which is deemed peculiarly
appropriate in a memorial to one
who was a martyr and a president in
time of war. An artificial lake or
basin has been introduced directly
in front of the mausoleum, in effect
not unlike the prayer rug forming
the avenue of approach to
many Eastorn shrines. The basin is
500 feet in length andbroadens from
35 to (>5 feet in width.
Another supplementary feature
that contributes in no small degree
to the effect of one approaching
the monument is the statue
of the late President the head
of the granite stairway and about
50 feet from facade of the
mausoleum, As a sort of portal
of the patriotic Mecca there is a circular
plaza.
TUFA 1 >11> HIM.
Sharpers (tot Hold of a l,aiul> and
Fleered Him.
Claiming that he lost $70,00(1
through a bunko game, I), C. Davit
a millionaire oil operator and director
in the German National Hank of
i. i\. woous, were inivunug inrougn Mag
Iowa and camped south of Do Soto, i
in Dallas county, for a night. There ( ^bh
they got in a quarrel over the Hayes- J jH
Tilden political controversy, then at j HI
its height, and Woods assailed Mas- | H|
on who shot his companion.
Woods died in a few days, and J fUg
Mason wit; given life sentence for ? H
murder. Under the Iowa law as it >
1 then stood he was not able to go on
the stand in his own defense, and ^B|gi
C there were no eye-witnesses to t he
I murder. He served for twenty five
> years in the prison at Fort Madison
and was transferred to Ananioso.
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SHOT HUSBAN^^H
He Attempted to Whip Adoptel^^^H
Son When Wife Interferred. II
The Woman Picked Up (>un ami Mmtfl H
Then Went
A special to The Augusta Chronicle^^^^^^^
says Thursday evening, Filnioi
l.athan. prosperous farmer, Iiv iug^^^^^^fl
live miles east of Salley was
by his wife. Mrs. Josephine Lathnn.
p. A. I' h i I
lips and Dr. A. of Spring-^^^^^^H
field, who found it necessary to
putute all the lingers of his
hand except the thumb. About tiftoei^^^^|^H
or twenty shot entered his right sidi^^H^^^n
of the but tln^|^^^H|
to
they penetrated the abdominal ca it
or not. l.athan is seriously if uoj^^^Q^H
dangerously shot.
Kilmore l.athan is said to lie
hardworking man of some means but^H^^BS
is of a high and passionate nat
I llis wife is said to be of a like
Thursday owning l.athan at-^H^^^|
tempted to whip adopted boy^^^HH
when his wife interferred causing
jdifllculty between them which she^^^^^^B
struck l.athan slick. L.'
I grabbed up double-barrelled :
gun and snapped it the
[his wife, who stepped hack into hoffl^flHfl
(house and picking up anotner ^tin.'^^^Mjl
shot Ijatlian as above described. I ' I
People who knew them blame^a- I
than. After shooting l.athan ^jia I ^B|
wife went on with her work as uswi. j
A si ii.wtii: woiii.i). I I sH
Turned I .< ? >-/ Altec l.ciug in l'i i)lM I J fin
Tliict y-t >iic i ciirs. J MB
One day week. a dispit A
from Des Moines, Iowa, Jasper Mi!^ HPf
on, fifty-st veil years old. walked out
of the Annmosa penitentiary a free 's-jBI
tnati alter .serving thirty-one years
imprisonment, to began life anew in jail
a new world. All his relatives are fwH
| dead and th friends of his youth wSS
1 4 i 1 ... 4 4 u r11 i i flHBfS
i ctre M'ttr jrni, su tiun m* win nave u>
depend on the charity of a for- ^|||
mer fellow-convict for a home until
he can make a place for himself. J jjfejjl*
The Iowa that Mason knew before yigi
he was sent to prison was a slate of
trackless praisars, over which rode Hal
bands of wild Indians and still wild- WBH
er cowboys. The Iowa he will now 0g||
get acquainted with is a state of $|gj|
1 well-tilled farms and thriving cit ies, H||
with the accompaniment of whirring
trolley cars an J speeding railroad 188
trains. H9
Telephones, electric lights, and in
fact, almost all modern necessities,
have come into use since the Hp
old convict began his sentence.
In isTd Mason and a friend,
i i> \ir i _ . a- i* it i ?