Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 05, 1911, Image 10
POTASH TAX HITS " |
1 THE FARMERS HARD!
I
looting to Washington For Ratio!
From Barman Exactions.
Efforts continue to secure relief from
the enormous tax Imposed by Germany
iou e*j?ortH if potnsh to the United
Btnten. Iu these efTorts all affrleultursl
Interests nre deeply concerned
for th>- reason that potash is an essentia!
element of all commercial fertilisers.
Realizing the seriousness of the burden
ro Imposed. President Tnft and
*ne state department have made rigorous
protest to Germany, and the matter
Is still pending. A representative
of the stute department who visited
Berlin in nn elTort to secure redress
from tlie German government has Just
returned to Washington, and further
action by the administration la expected
without great delay.
OOl-Ial efforts to bring abont a favorable
settlement have from the start
been actively aided by the nonsyndlcate
potash mines which made the
(American low price contracts.
Did Gormany Break Promises?
| It Is understood that the state department
had assurances from the German
government when the tax law
iwsg first talked of that nothing would
be done which would Impair existing
trade arrangements. These assurances
proved to he worthless, and after Germany
had secured the benefits of the
minimum rates of our new tariff law
the potash tax was put Into force.
(President Taft in his message to congress
may have had this fact In mind
[when he said, referring to the successful
working out of the maximum and
minimum provision. "There are. however.
unfortunately, instances where
foreign governments deal arbitrarily
rwun American interests within their
jurisdiction in a manner Injurious and
tnequl' aide.**
It was when the flornmn potash syndicate
found that Independent mines
bud pot almost nil of the American
business by tnaklii? prices nl>out 30
per cent lower than the syndicate
prices that the law now cotuplaiued of
by Amerletyt eonsttmers war demanded
by th" potash trust and enacted by
Che relehstnp with the avowed purpose
to deprive Americans of the benefits
of their ndvantacpous npreements,
runninp in some cases until lOtd.
The amount of the tax Imposed hy
(Germany Is more than the entire cost
*t the mines under the Americnn eontracts
wltli nonsyndlcate producers and
snakes the price on deliveries in the
^United States much preater than the
(old exorbitant syndicate pflces. As
|the American contracts provide that
the buyer shall pay oil pnvernment
pEtnrpeti. tfie tax falls heaviest nj>oo the
Consumers of potash for the making
f fertilizers.
T*?* Levied to Raise Pricee.
The tax inw was passed, it Is assert(ed,
with no other purpose than io de
totrny 'Xistlnp contracts, to eoerce n 1*
(potash ?n!ncs Into the syndicate and
?n to bring about a return to high
Krices and take away the market made
ere by nonsyndlrnte pro?lucers.
1 Until tbV? controversy arose It was
mot generally known that potash In
IworV -ib'c quantities was found only In
Oeromny. The production Is and has
jbeen for rweqty years controlled by a
yndlcj te. which also fixes the price
(that the world shall pay for this ne
icesslty. In lids syndicate, which li
jBtrlctl' rccru'ated by law. several tier
sunn governments participate as own
t?rs of potash mines. It was during a
(temporary lapse In the syndicate, leaving
e\ <Tv on free to make his own
"figures rhni ihe low prices now causing
trouble were made.
WATCH TOADS THIS WINTER.
Improved Highways Are Now Passing
Tcct of All Traffic and Weather
Conditions, arid Those That
Make Good Wil 8c Standards
of the Future.
At the end of the present winter
good r-?: ds builders will be able to
form dchnlte opinions as to what shall
be the standard roftd of the future.
Road building up to the present has
been foi the most part mort ?? less |
xperlii" uinl. Demonstration ?
juni ?i? ? K'lun niiidc p>hi nmns" j
would prove to be lias l**on lucking
because Improved highways have not
been built long enough to show their
worth.
On a?i hnltlc macadam Is placed the
m .In reliance of ronil en Jufters. Such
highways hnvo been proved absolutely j
accessary to withstand heavy trnflle. i
and th- main question remaining to I
be derh: d Is the best "binder" to hold
the stone of the macadam together.
Some of these binders "bleed" In summer
and tlien get so brittle that ttany
lose" the road. The natural asphalts,
aueh as are used In street pavements,
4o not act In this tvay.
Whatever may be next spring's vor
41ct as to what is the l>e?t road, the
'movement for improved highways la
going steadily forward with Increased
?onerg>. The latest to enlist in the
good roads cause are the presidents of
Hhe F?*on*ytvnitla, New Vorlc Central
land Southern railroads nnd Mr. Yoa
Ikum of the Friseo, who were among
I the organizers of the American As??i
elation For Highway Improvement,
now gettlrg to work In Washington.
[With Logan W Page, director <?f the
office of pulrilc roads, as president.
DHATH CAUSED BY CARBON OAS.
Chicago Physician Succumbs to Odors
Inhaled Front OMoUne Koftinn.
A muffler on the gasoline engine
of hia automobile caused the death
Friday night of Dr. John Alosius
Hemsteger. a prominent payalcian of
Chicago. He died from the effects
of carbon dioxide inhaled on Wednesday
while cleaning the apparatus
on hia machine. The death la said
to be the first of its kind on record.
Hemsteger, finding a quantity of
carbon had accumulated in the
muiner ana engine cyunaers, poured
a mixture of wood alcohol and kerosene
into them to clean them out.
He then started the engine and opened
the cut off valve in the muffler.
The garage door was closed and
there wa? no other outlet for the
forming carbou gas that rushed into
the room. The phyBlclan was almost
overcome, but managed to open
the door of the garage, which let in
the fresh air.
He was taken to his residence,
where ho died the next day. Physicians
who hold an autopsv assert that
death was due technically to poisoning
of the heart by the carbon gas.
Dr. Hemsteger wbs f?6 years old.
WHOLKSALK POISONING.
Nearly ttvery Ihwidrnt of a Texas
Village Made 111.
Six deaths have occurred and practically
all the members of the entire
village of Telfener, In Victoria county,
Texas, are ill, ascribed to the
eating of food prepared with flour
containing arsenic.
On Monday the village grocer
poured several sacks of flour into a
su;a barrel and one of hia first
customers was Joe Ilrovvn, a negro.
After the morning meal the entire
family became ill, two of Ilrown's
children dying the same night.
Since chen four other deaths have
occurred. How the drug and Hour
came In con'act has not been determined
An Honorable Kvception.
The Hon. Thomas \V. Loylcss, editor
of the Augusta Chronicle, was
most agreeably surprised on Thursday
evening of last week. Without
any previous notice or inkling ot
what was about to happen, he was
requested by a delegation from a
meeting of some citizens of Augusta,
which had quietly assembled, to present
himself, accompanied by Mrs.
Ixvyleas. at the Phnnihor n* rv?_
merce hall In that city. On arriving!
there he found about one hundred
or more of the leading business men
of that city, headed by Mayor Thomas
Barrett, awaiting him. Mayor Barrett.
on hehaif of those present, then
presented Editor Joyless with a solid
silver service, which had coat the
donors an ever thousand dollars, as
an expt< sslon of their appreciation of
what Editor Loyless through the
Chronicle and Individually had done
for the advancement of Augusts.
Editor T.oyless is fortunate in living
in a city where the business men
appreciate his efforts in its behalf,
and In honoring him as they did.
hoy honored themselves as well,
ills rase is an honorable exception
ro the general rule In too many
cit'-M, and towns 'oo. for that uiattr.
rditoi?. of newspapers don't even
ci thanks for what to do for their
cities 01 towns, for v hotn they labor
n seasni and out ot season, to say
nothing of a silver service The ltusIpeea
men of August** know a goo-'
ling when they lave It. and it
is not surprising that tpey :>rf? p?-otid
of the Chronicle and Its able editor.
Brave Firemen.
TlerM m is usually associated in
the public mind with battle fields, and
many Inspiring are the rn ords of
deeds of v lor ' of stru.gle H it
111 uiese nays 01 pence we ?ro contlniially
being r- minded that tt to
are battles other than those In which
ni"n are flitted against each other in
deadly combat. Probably among t*e
most sp?*ct aculat- are those In whlrh
hcdv, fearless and trained men wreslwith
the great fires wlileh threaten
property nr.;! lives. luient uj>ou
their duty and with no sottish
thought of them solves these firemen
! stand free to f ire with danger In
I Hueh bat'le, and oftimes as In the
j evory recent catastrotihles In Chicago.
Philadelphia and other cities
prove, they go unfalteringly to their
d< ath Such heroism Is an inspiration
to the performance of duty under
all circumstancoe and strengthens
faith in human nature.
| Something 1 nitaual.
One of tho worst of Flnsllsh railj
road accidents happened in that.
! country a week or two ago resulting
| In the loss of about thirty lives. The*
; singular thing about It Is the fact
(that, the railroad company voluntarily
t assumed responsibility for the Accl
dent. It seems almost like a miracle
that any large corporation or trust
should take the blame to ltaolf ITs;
ually. it Is the other way and the
t>aet legal talent is employed and
'every subterfuge reported to in the
' effort to show that an accident is the
j fault of otbora, an act of divine provider?.
or something else, and that
j the corporation is as Innocent aa an
infant child.
Happy New Tear to alL friend
and foe.
1
RICH CROOK DEAD
WKALTHY YOUNG MAN WHO LJEO
LJFK OP A BllUiLAIL
Thonuw Wandlam Preferred the Underwortd
to a Ufa of Luxurj in
HIh Brooklyn Home.
Death haB ended the career of
Thomas Wandlase, the "white front"
burglar, who was shot and fatally
wounded while breaking Into the
home of Thomas Tapley, a contractor
in Passaic. N. J. Wandlese preferred
the underworld to a life of luxury
in the home of a fond and wealthy
mother. He developed from a sort
of "angel child" to a desperate criminal.
Paralysis of his vocal organs
ihortly aft^r his capture kept the police
from obtaining any correct aocount
of his amazing career.
Jean Mitchell, aged 17 years, who
called herself his "chicken stall" und
assisted him In 22 burglaries, has
pleaded guilty and will receive sentence.
She declares Bhe is eager to
get back to her home in the New
England states as she has had enough
of travel and nice dresses, the bait
offered by Wandluss when she consented
to become his accomplice.
The police called Wandlass a
"supper worker" and a "dress suit
burglar." He called himself a
"white front" burglar and was fascinated
by the danger of robbing a
house while there were many persons
about. Often he would stop
to listen to the dinner chatter before
making Ills escape. Generally
he selected a dark or dimly lighted
parlor, jimmied the window und
climbed in. During the months that
the girl worked with him he relied
upon her to "spill a faint" as she >
called it, and draw the crowd while
lie made his escape.
Wandlass was about 30 years old.
His mother, Mrs. Augustus F. Pernor,
is a woman of wealth and reilnement
In Hrooklyn, N. Y. Her
first husband, Wandlass, was a hotel
proprietor and well to do. He left
i comfortable fortune, and when he
died his son. Tom, was a model
youngster and a great church worker.
He was precocious, high strung
and Lad a vivid Imagination.
Just when he became transformed
into n "bad man" no one seems to
know, but he ran away from boarding
school at 17 and the next his
mother heard of him was that he
wan a member of a tang of thieves.
He was never what might be called
a Rallies, except that he dressed well
aud committed most of bis burglaries
while clad in evening clothes. He
was known to the police as Kid
Howard and Thomas Hanley and had
served time In several penal Institutions
in the state of New York.
1?1KI> ON WAY HOMK.
After Being Absent Twenty-One
Years Unheard From.
A mysterious stranger who died
- nidenly in a hotel at New Cnnan.
"nrn., a few d.iye ago lias been ldor. i
tod as Francis Humphreys, a wol>'?>
'o reslden' of New Canan, who
disappeared from his home there 2)
v?:irs ago, leaving his wife and four
laughter*.
Humphreys, who was f>.'> -.-ears old,
returned with the intention of Joining
his family, who had heard noth'
g from him since his disappearance.
\Yrailed from his journey, he stoptie
$ a; t . o hotel to rest and soon af- |
: . his arrival *vas seised with tu attack
of heart disease, from which he
died almost instantly. He did not
live to see ary member of his fam:
ly. A large sum of money was
fmind !n lilt rVdhlno -
turned over to his widow.
WOltK OP A Ft KM).
\ Can of l.je Thrown in the Kmc of
a Young Lady.
With her faro and shoulders seared
i nd sear red by the contents of a can
of lye ihai was thrown in her face
Sunday night, Miss Myrtle P.urney
lies it her father's hone in Oakdale,
a suburb of Pittsbur". Pa., and la
probably disfigured for ilfe, while
County detectives are tcarchlns for a
man whose description the youug ? oinan
gives. Mis? Kurney was walking
from the Oakdale station to her
bono- Saturday night with a brotoer
[when a man appeared from behind
a tree and dashed the contents over
her Instinctively she closed her
eyes, thus saving her sight. The family
in at a loss to explain a reason for
i the attack.
Thumb Kings.
That demand made by some ladies
In an eastern state that married men
bo compelled by law to wear thumb
I i ui^r inin <% i ; rt: 17 '^IV UI U'>> Ol"
ity. but It. wouid n<?t *01. Men are
(such wlrhfd, designing ere.'turns that
hoy wo "Id find some way t > circuroren'
the luw and continue to flirt
with and make love to unsusoecting
i fnniiln. Tot the Idea hue groat poaalbllltlo*
Why not, for iniitance.
enlarge It and compel a man to wear
a ring for rvry marriage he baa contracted.
In acme district* with some
I men the two thumbs would scarcely
be large enough to carry all the
rings.
l
74 VKHHKLS I-OST
And People Out of 1,46b
Last 1 jut Year.
Out of a total of 6.661 persona Involved
In 1,463 disasters to vessels
of all classes within the scope of the
United States life saving service, only
fifty-three were lost, and about
seventy-four vessels were completely
destroyed, according ta the annual
report of 3. L. Kimball, general superintendent
of the service, for the
fiscal year, which ended June 30 last.
The next expenditures for maintaining
the service for the year were
$2,2 4 9,376.66. The enactment of
the bill passed at the last session
of Congress b- the Senate providing
for retirement pay for members of
the life saving service and others or
the field service and others of the
field service Incapacitated for duty Is
urved In the report.
Of the 1.64f? vessels of all kinds
which met with accidents, the life
savers rendered service to t.047, valued
with their cargoes at 510,17?,230.
Other succor rendered by the
life saving service Included the rescue
of 137 persons from drowning,
surgical aid to 60 persons suffering
from gunshot wounds, broken limbs
or bruises and the recovery of 150
bodies of persons who had met death
through Ice or In other ways. Nine
of this number were suicides.
(Jr?<at Wave of Crime.
Ab we staled in a recent Issue the
statistics for last year show that
there was a marked increase In the
number of homicides in this country
during that period. The number of
deuthB by personal violence of all
kinds In 1910. exeopt suicides and
lynchings, was 8.975. as compared
with 8,10.1 in 1909. This record is
not confined to such cases of murder
and homicide as result in arrest and
trial, but Include deaths by every
form of violence.
The principal causen of these
deaths were from quarrels, 1.0 19;
unknown causes. 91:4; liquor. 70S;
Killed by highwaymen. 930; jealousy,
6l 2; Infanticide, 125; highwaymen
killed. 73: resisting arrest, 106; insanity,
225. The most striking feature
of these figures Is the increase in
murders committed by thugs, thieves,
burglars and hold-up men. the number
being an increase of 53 over
1 909.
The laxity of our laws In regard
to the punishment of thoso who nre
guilty of taking the lives of other
people will be at once recognized
when It Is stated that In the faco of
the fart that nearly nine thousnnd
persona met death at the hands of
other persona during last year there
was only 104 legal executions during
that period. This was three leas than
were executed In 1909. when there
was 107 legal executions for crime
in the several States.
Classified by States, the record of
le.'al executions I3 as follows: Alabama.
6: Arkansas, 7; California, 2;
Connecticut, 1: North Dakota, 1 :
Florida. 4; Georgia, 7; Illinois. 2;
Iowa. 1; Kentucky, 2: Louisiana. 4;
Massachusetts, 1; Mississippi, 3: Missouri,
3; Now York. 9: New Jersey,
4: Nevada, 1: North Carolina, 2:
Ohio. 4: Oklahoma, 1. Oregon. 1:
"onnsylvanln. 9; South Carolina. 7:
"Vtinessee, 4; Texas. 6; Virginia, 11;
| \V ishlngton. 2.
There were thirty-seven legal executions
In *he Northern States and
Vty in the Southern States. Of those
execute'! thirty-three were whites,
fl'ty-three vere negroes and one an
Indian. The crime for which thus?
execution.- took place were nlm >
four for murder, nine for rap" and
one for attempted rape. In addition
to the above !e?al e*ecu?lons. seventy-three
persons were lynched in the
-o-'th and one at the North.
This Is a fearful recorrt snrl tn?
wo-pt part of It Is we ?rp dolnc little
or nothing to orrect It. Think of
the thousands of murders that were
committed during the past yenr for
which leas than one hundred people j
i were le-.al'y executed, and consider
\*hnf Is hurnar. life worth in this
boasted home o' " e brave and land 1
of the free. Th e Is no country on
earth where human life is worth so
little as It is here Strict enforcement
of the l<?w Is the only remedy for
thie fearful condition.
Should lbs Sifted.
Of coc-se there Is an enquiry as to
the cause or causes that led to the
death of so ninny firemen In the recent
Chicago flro. There always is
an Inee'l-.? rlon after a catastrophe
and rrnnt things am promlnel at the
' outset of what Is going to be done in
j the way of reform and of the severe
puclshment to he meted out to the
guilty ones. Hut some way or other
the Investlration usually lingers on,
the report Is smothered or made inocuom.
no guilty one Is punished,
and. no reforms Instituted. There Is
an occasional exception to all thlB,
hut It Is only very occasional, and the
stockyard In vest {gat Ion wi'l he one of
tho exceptions if Anything ??f vslue
results from It
SpnP' l>nni' ' uroS A ?\
OarneRle'a $10,000,000 gift ? < promote
peace among the nath.na la iyeU
timed, for U la made at tbe ueason
when la ' omniemorated the birth of
'the Prince of Peace whose mission
j vii to bring "peace on earth and
i Itood will anions men." It la to be
j hoped that the aspiration of tho
i, donor and of *11 well wfshers of mankind
may b* fully realised-,
SOLVING GREENWOOD MYSTERY. I
Young While Man Arretted (or Attacking
MIm Pinnon.
Fletcher Golden, on eighteen-yearold
white boy, hats been arrested at
Greenwood in connection with the
alleged attempt of robbery at the
home of J. F. Plnson on Reynolds
street. The evidence on which the
arrest was made Is circumstantial,
being based on the finding of a pair
of trousers, which are said to have
been identified as his, ,n a vacant
building oenr the Plnson home with ,
some of the young lady's hair in one !
of the pockets Young Golden Is acarpenter
and has been doing some
work out In the country, though he
comes home at night.
An Interesting feature of the af- .
fair Is that young Golden's father la |
the man who shot at a thief who attempted
to rob Piuson's store about
a year ago and wont so far as to
Identify the man by his voice, fixing
It on a young man here who proved
conclusively that it was a case of
mistaken Identity.
There Is considerable interest In
the case, there being many differing
opinions. The peculiar hour, 7 a. m.,
at which the robbery was attempted
puzzles most people and also how It j
was possible for a cut, so severe as
to cut the young lady's hair, could
be made without cutting her skin or
ear. Golden asserts his Innocence.
Awful Record of Criuie.
Last year was one of bloodshed
and crime, and will go down Into history
as ex.^eedlng any other year In
rhe number of murders und suicides
In our hls'nry as a nation. During j
the year an army of people died by j
violence, the record being in round
numbers, nine thousand suicides and
thirteen thousand murders, making
a total of twenty-two thousand
deaths by violence.
That Is an appalling record, and
throws a dark shadow over the entire
country. Every profession, callin^
and occupation have representative
in this record or crime, and
w. He the rat- of increase is very
nil ch greater in some than In others i
the Indications ail Doint to u
nion cause, nud that is a lack of ap- '
prooiatlon of tlie sanctity of human
life.
Tble want of appreciation of the
sanctity and value or human lire is
not confined to the uneducated '
classes, nor is this appalling record
made up of the deeds of the poor or
Ignorant. It touches all classes. The
rich and well-educated people havo
contributed their full share to the
carnival of Mood and utter disregard
of the sanctity of human life that
overran the country last year.
Many thought thai the almost nni-'
versal spread of prohibition over t.ii?
country wonld have a marked effect
in checking murders und other violent
crimes, hut it seems tha* the
voting out the legal sale of all li- I
quors has had no effect in checking I
these crimes, ns the record for last
year is the worst the country has
ever had in its history.
There is ap much if not more 11- '
quors sold now in many places titan I
ibere was sold before the prohibition
law was enacted. In addition to the
1 licit ssl? of liquors, quantities of
ocaine mid morphine are now sold
hixi used b* (hone who formerly
drank whiskey. The effectp of th<H?o
'.rugs are most de railing, and wo '
believe that much of :he acrea^cil
rime is attributable to tbem.
Another cause of crime is the noannforcMnent
of ibe criminal la*, p o
the d iff "fltf-f C'*r In-"!-'.' '
It Is very hard to i*ouvict men ot
p'tpl rr!?.fi art ! should they it
convicted. it if hnvder sr! 11 to a<lcqrn'f!/
pun ii them It la pr.ic
flcally impons!tile in this section ?:
the countrv to punlali a n an wil :
mean? for ; ?> crimp. Thin noplies
to colored .is v ell :?? u ): 1 tr tM
Over In Fmrlaiid and other '-own
trlea aeroa? the ocean if 1h different. I
When a m in killo another over there
he Is punished. reear llass of h ?'
cMth or -.mini position. Take tn
I recent c?ct of the prominent d'-ntik'
i who murdered his wife in England.
| lie was pursued to America, captured.
tuken I. ?ck to England. tried,
convicted executed in a!>out four
months after his heinous cringe wa
committed That is the kind of Juhticc
needed in this country. When
ha.e it tlie carnival of crime thnf
now diagracm tie will be over
Bents OfT \ejfro.
At Chicago Mian Ellen K. M'ller
strom. a nineteen-v#a r-old rlrl. re
|plst>d .i nego who attacked her la?,
evening tn North Fiftieth avauue
After a struggle In which the yonny
woman returned the n? gro'p blow*
scrnfrhiny and kicking blm. be
knocked her down, ran through an
alley and eaoened.
Bug in Her Knr.
Mm. W. T. Pttggnn. of Straw
' Plain*. Toun., was able to shnw tier
> grand children a cnrlorlty which she
has preserved, a^niut-t her will. for
.jrfy years This curiosity *at u
i wheat bug which dropped Into her
right ear when sh? * . a,* a eiri of I 4
and wiiich she extra?.?d Satyr I iy.
The death of Senater Elkhia. who
was a Republican, means 'wo Tieenoeratlc
nnlted States Senator from
West Virginia, the Democrats xhng
In control of the legislature of that
, State. We hope true blue IHmorrate
1 will be scut.
^
SOME PLAIN TALK
TOO Mt CIl VICK, WRBCKS, 8U1CTDK8
AND MVKDKll mil HKli.
,
Mnt. Gahrkille B. Milliliter Indulge*
Glvw Her View* of Tilings at f
Woman's Meeting.
The New York World says before fx
seventy-five women Mrs. Mulllner
re^J a lonn paper in which ehs dis- jag;
cussed the menuce to society of women
of the half world, unfaithful
husbands and divorcee. She classed
the cltr of New York as one hner
receptacle of everything foul under
the sun. |
"There Is more vice per capita *a
New York," said Mrs. "* Mulltn?*",
"than In any other city of the world
There are more wrecks, more sui-t
cides. more Illiteracy, more arcldenun
upon the public hlghwajs, uiore\
thefts, more murders, more deprav- \
tty, more misery and distress. And \
the woman who surveys It all and \
understands It all und wants to b"i- 1
ter it all is beginning to make of 1
herself a true suffragist." *1
Mrs. Mnlliner said the old Puritan \
standards that hud Inspired the writ- 1
Ing of "The Scarlet Letter" had been \
mashed flat. Women, sht said, were \
looking upon the breeders of evil. 1
feminine home wreckers and the like \
with pity and potlence Instead of C
working for legislation that shoufd ? %
puntsb the woman who enters a home m
and steals a husband as It punishee
the thief wao breaks In and carrie# * M
off the silver. *
"There !e such a thing ns the no- M
wr'tten law," went on the woman
lawyer, "and the written law often
countenances It if, upon the spur of I
the occasion, a husband kills the man t'
he finds with his wife. Why should t?
it not be just ns much the recognized ,
right of the wife to kill the woman I
who steals her husband? That thief \
i. not stealing alone from the family; j
she is stealing from the social welfare
an! that of the soul in futurity.
Hers is a marvellously wicked crime.
"It is the woman whom the law
allows to walk tl.e streets and openly
attract inon by her hedlzement that
Is the criminal at the base of New
York's degeneracy, and at the base
of the evil in all cities. She Is the
community wife. And the decent women
are not helping conditions by
aping her in the ma'ter of the hobble
skirt, the mob bat and the paint and
cosmetic. Hut even the deml-mondalno
and the woman who tolerates
her existence are not the ones to
blame. It Is the law Itself and the
rottenness in politics that Bees the
thine calmly through that is to
blame. Good women should wnrk 1
to become elective con ltuents of 1
right-minded men upon the Hoard of
Aldermen and in other position* significant
to the public pood.
"Itnlse tbo t-'andard by setting a
value on chant 1 Make an infringement
of that standard punishable by
law."
Mrs. Mulllner next pree< nted her
pet topic, dive- e "Every co-respond*
nl ought to be impounded in
the pet Uenti try for a certain term,"
she asserted. "Such an ofTeader
attain*: the public good la a criminal
of the worst type."
Every w< men nt the meeting
pledged her*>-'if to keep a close watch
on li< ! own drawing re?n! and to do
her part In the proponed purging of
society
It is announce ! tint CI.amp Clark
and o'her* 1< uiocrat.c leaders have
leeided not to retain to the speaker
of the ne.v house tli?* power of appointing
the committees, as was adrovited
hy all the South Carolina
members except Mr Johnson who
stands tor having the committees
named h> the bouse Itself. The Spartnnhur
' to.iri li sa*s to do so would
have been absolutely nconsistent
arid undemocratic but cons! '.erations
| of tills s-ri did not seem to appeal
to the South Carolina members mentioned.
.
The nian In o .o of the western
cities who f 01. welled hit. erring wife
to creep 01; bends and knees from hta
house to ctnirch, - distance of sev
ral blocks, before he would forgive
he- must, we hope, stand alone In
rruei meanness It. van but right
tba' his wife shouM exr?r<?ei her conTit
;on. but to eomjK'l her to creep on
a 1 fours. cobbing her heart out. to
be a spectacle for u gaping, curious
crowd was an excess of brutality almost
unimaginable.
The people of M?.# York, New
Jersey or Ohio ?io rot want corporation
machine Democranlc Senator#
'n tibiae of the corporation machine
Rep ibltcan Senators they are about
to displace The Democratic party
has too many such Senators now, and
they should send no more of th^at
klu<l to Washington
ft' ibe pr'i-n reoehed by the farm- ft
r >5... ? \*r 11~...
' >? i a pi a ,rn. I U0
fa-nj?>r r<-rMv?-e hirdlv more than
i?if of %-h.tt tile consumer pay* for
po'iltrv. $' * !>pt rent for eKirs. 48 por
o?'it for rahoacr 6(? per cent, for
<*el? ry." The n-irt'H"tr.*>n fret* the balinr?
We have rot beard of a aertona
accident or any other Incident that
happened In thla county to mar tito
Chr'atma* holldnyp thla year. For
I ti li> w# ah ->uia ?ine?rely thankful, ^
J