The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 06, 1907, Image 1
THE eAMDEN CHRONICLE
VOI.UMK XVIII. CAMDEN, S. ?.. FRIDAY, SE1TEMHEK G. I!t07.
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SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS
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Newsy Items Gathered from the Different Sections of
South Carolina.
A WOULD BE SUICIDE.
Mrs. Mainio Boseman Attempts Her
Own Life.
Maiming, Special.? Mrs. Mamie
Boseman of Alcolu endeavored to take
her own lift; by taking an overoso
of luudanuin, but fortunately she was
found before the poison had taken1
sufficient effect to put lior beyond re-1
covery. It was later sought to.
find out if possible the reason for thin,
attempt at suicide and from the in
formation gained it seems that some
time ago this Mrs. Boseman and a
Mrs. Barficld had a misunderstanding J
brought about by a dog of one of the j
parties eating some chickens belong-,
ing to the other. They mc^ and had.
a fight, Mrs. Boseman striking Mr*
Barficld, whereupon Mrs. JJarfiehl
prosecuted her for assault anil ba:- .
tery au<l the ease was sent up to the J
circuit court, Mrs. Boseman giving]
a $500 bond for her appearance. She
has been revived hut i# not yet out
of danger. 60^
Railroad Assessment Raised.
Columbia, Special.?The figures on
the assessments for the railroads do*'
ing business in Sputh Carolina will.
bo made public in a few days. The
assessments were practically decided'
upon by the State board of railroad'
assessors some time ago, but there,
has been much discussion as to the!
basis for taxation. It is understood
that the Southern railway has been
assessed on a basis of $20,000,000 '
which is a raise of about $0,000,000,'
and the Atlantic Coast Line on a
basis of ifl 1,000,000,a raise of about
$3,00(1.00(1. There has been no ma-|
tcrial change in the assessments of,
ihe Seaboard Air Line Railway. On |
the increased assessment the two|
roads would pay $45,000 additional \
to the State on the 5-mill levy for j
general, purposes and $27,000 on the
constitutional 3-inill tax for schools
not to speak of an average of 4 mill
for general purposes in each county
through which the roads pass.
More Charleston Tigers Out. j
Charleston, Special.?Sheriff Mar
M-iu reports that nine country liquor
sellers have surrendered or cancelled
their revenue licenses in the territory,
covered by the rural police. This is
something of a .record for the rural.
.eritovy and Sheriff Martin is much '
pleased with the results of the raid-j
ing which he has kept the ruralt police
at. The dealers who have taken their (
licenses down from their walls or dc- ;
cided not to renew them are colored,'
and did a quart-or-two-a-day business
It did not pay them to keep on, with '
Hjmraiding to which they were sub- (
.iccteth and so they surrendered to th?
law. /As is the case in the city, the
country "timers" do not dare to do
..JjusiiL'ss withouAthat magic revenue.
liccnsK. and thoVoTore nine illicit liq- j
(uor deaTncs of^lie rural districts may i
scratched off the list.
Negro Murdered in Laurens.
Laurens, Special.?After an inter
val of several weeks another negro
murder is recorded in Laurens. Mon-j
day night Constable Elledge of Sulli-:
vnn township brought to jail Mose'
Herbert who is charged with shooting'
nnd killing another darkey by the
name of Ned Roseman near Boyd'3
mill. The killing occurred about 4
o'clock and is said to have been tht'
result of a dispute* between the two
mon Over 50 cents. Only one shot was
fired and Roseman was killed instant
ly. The inquest was held by Magis- j
tratc J. P. Elledge.
Rccord Snake Story.
Greenwood, Special.?Mr. Sebron '
Agnew, a well-to-do farmer , of tho
Rosa section of this county, reports
n "snake killing" that will beat the
record of tho Yorkville killing of a
few day8 ago. Last week he had a
negro, Butler Ross, ditching for him.
In tho course of tho digging a mocca
sin was turned up. Ross Killed the
enake and found 01 little ones inside.
Judge Aldrich 111.
Columbia, Special.?Gov. Ansel re
ceived a letter from Judge James Al
drich, stating that he would not bo
able to preside at court hero next
week on account of illness. Judge
Aldrich wrote that he had been^ill
for some months and on the cdvice of
his physician had to give up all work
until i)ecem1Wr. This means that a
special judge will have to bo appoint
ed for the term of criminal court in
Richland, commencing next week.
Judge Aldrich has been ill some time
and the Columbia bar wan unanimous
in expressing the hope that he would
soon recover.
New Knitting Mill.
'rv Spartanburg, Spccial. ? At Fait*
Forest, in tfcis county, a knitting mill
company was organized with a capital
Rtock of $150,000. The capital is
..largely local.
inWinthrop Student#. .
SparaftfHurg, Spccial.?The follow
ing voung vHdie? were awarded th#
Winthrop aeholawhipe from the eonn
Miase* Buliene*Erwin, Zola 0.
Konrfeo*
JUDGE PURDY MAKES DECISION
Also Construes Contract Between
Railraoda and Employee as to Dis
ability Clause.
Charleston, Special,?Judge Purdy
filed Jjis decision in the case of Joseph
It. Sturgess against the Atlantic Const
Lino in which he declared the act of
the legislature allowing recipients of
benefits in the sick relief mud of the
Atlantic (k>ast Line t<> sue for dam
ages to he unconstitutional. The case
was recently argued and the opinion
in the office of the clerk of the
court, is of great interest and impor
tance.
In tho submission of the case to the
court, the attorneys asked Judge
Purdy to pass on two questions,
whether the act of the legislature al
lowing a recipient of the hospital and
relief fund to recover benefits, not
withstanding his compensation for
damages, is constitutional and valid
and secondly, whether the term "dis-j
ability" in the contract means a total
inability to work or mere inability to
perform the class of labor in which
the member was engaged at tho time
of his injury.
After citing numerous cases involv
ing the points of law on the first ques
tion, Judge Purdy proceeds: "In tin
light of these principles escape is im
possible from the. conclusion that th-.'
act here under consideration is au il
legal interference with the freedom
of contract guaranteed by the federal
and State constitutions and therefore
null and void. * * * Here is a con
tract of highly beneficial character
and undoubted validity attempted to
be struck down by a statue that can
he referred to a single source of au
thoiity under the police power and
which is detrimental rather than bene
lineal to the only portion ol' the public
effected. My duty to uphold the eon
>ituation in such a case by declaring
the statute void seems to4>e clear and
I feci no hesitation in sofpronouncing
it."
iu pnssing upon the second question
the court declared that the contract
speaks for itself in sufficiently clear
terms: "The regulation does not say
physical inability to work in the line
in which he was formerly engaged
and the court can not read such
meaning into to. A party may not ba
physically able to follow one line ol
work yet thoroughly able to follow
another and more lucrative' one.
Plainly no such case as this was in
tended to be provided for by the pay
ment. of disabled benefits; hence, I
hold that the disability referred to
means physical inability to perform
any labor."
"Evangelist" on Chaingang.
Chester, Special.?A struggling
roaming "evangelist," claiming to li4
one "Rev." Arnold of Georgia and
| various other localities, was before n
| recent session of the mayor's coml
| here om two charges. The first charge
j was cruelty to a hoy, whom this
"Rev." had coaxed or forced to ac
company him. The second accusation
was vaprancy. On each count the sen
tence was a fine of $50 or confinement
at hard labor on the chaingang for 3"!
davs. Being unable to produce thf
coin, the "evangelist" was led awa>
to the rock pile and there, robed it;
| stripes and adorned with shackles, lie
| doing service for the county.
Killed by Street Car.
t Greenwood, Special.?The body ol
Mr. Arthur C. Moore who died Run
day in Rlrminghiun, Ala., as a result
'of injuries received by being knocked
i down by a street car in that city,
| reached here over the Seaboard Aii
! Line, and the burial took place al
Mount Moriah Church. Mr. Mooiv
j was about 30 years old and had boen
I in Alabama several years.
Tigers Closing in Charleston.
Charleston, Special.?Mayor Rhctt,
who returned to the city to meet Bar
on von Pillis made the announcement
that over 50 revenue licenses had not
been renewed this year by violatoif
of the dispensary law, and that eij?:h!
licenses had been cancclcd in the last
few weeks. This is a tremendous gain
in the determined fight which Mayoi
' Rhett is making to get an effective
'enforcement of the founty dispensary
law in Charleston. The surrender ol
! over 00 revenue licenses makes a bijr'
| hole in the number of tigers here.
Knitting MiU For Aiken.
Aiken, Special.?Mr. C. E. Hallmnti
a progressive lumber dealer of Oak
wood, is erecting o'njjis place reccntl>
1 purchased near *Howelton, an up-to
date knitting^jufil and will have it
ready for operation in the hear fu
tnre. It is understood that Mr. Hall
man has had the erection of such at
enterprise for tome time under con*
sideralion, bn? only recently com
pleted his plans and the necessary
booses qr? now being erected.
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IHKEE C0UN1Y I AIK PROSPECT
Citizens of Lexington, Aiken suid Ha
luda to Join in Celebration.
liatesbnrg, Special. ?In a little
mure than six weeks from now this
prosperous little city will be crowded
with people intent upon having a
good time und everything will he u
bustle of activity. The Tri-Couuty
Fair association will open on Octobor
15, and continue until the 18th. This
will bring crowds of people here from
Lexington, Aiken uud Saluda conn,
ties. The buildings und stalls are now
being rapidly pushed to completion,
and when completed Bateslmig will
have a fair ground worthy of a inoro
pretennive place. The main building,
a large, two-story structure, is ncariug
completion and when paiutpd will pre
sent a neat and attractive appearance.
There will be several smaller buihlin.;:'.*
and a large number of stalls for eat Me
and horses,., The grounds cover a
space of 10 acres and will be enclosed
The departments consist of Held crop,
household, h^rse, cattle, swine, need!*)
and fancy work, tine arts, manufac
turing and mechanical and floral. The
departments are in charge of compe
tent heads, and are sufllcient in num
ber to embrace and kind of display
one may care to make.
Whatever success may result from
the fair, much of it will be due to the
general manager, Mr. J. Walter l)rf
Jber, who has spared neither time n<?r
^'expense to make it a success.
The people of the three counties
are manifesting much interest in the
project, and it will be worth attending
Numerous prizes aro offered and theie
will be no scarcity of entries.
Knitting Mill at Montmorencl.
Aiken, Special.-? Aiken county
seems to have an epidemic of knitting
mills. Besides the one at North Au
gusta, which will begin operation
about the flirst of next month,
and the one being built by
Mr. C'. 10. llallman, nyar llowelton,
plans are now on foot to build one at
Montmorenci. It is stated that such
a movement is on foot being promot
ed by Messrs. Woodward, Hell and
Taylor. While nothing definite has
yet been done,, tho project is under
consideration. The plan is to get an
electric current from the Carolina
Light and Power Company of this city
vnd operate the plant by electricity.
The nlan seems to be a very feasible
one and it is stated that there is every
probability of its being carried to a
successful fruition. With I lie good
location, railroad facilities, etc., the
enterprise would doubtless prove a
saeccss.
The Williamson Plan.
Aiken, Special.?A large iiitmber of
Aiken county fanners have planted i
their corn ami cutivated it by the Wil
liamson plan this year. In every in
stance the corn that is now on the
laml proves that the mode of cuti
vation employed by Mr. Williamson
comes up fully to what is claimed for
it. In many cases it was tested by a
few rows ino.a large tield and these
rows now have several times as much
corn 011 them as the. others. The. va
rious tests prove beyond a'douht thai
the method is a distinctive success,
and it will be extensively used nil over
the county next year. Those who havi
employed the method this year are
expecting a yield of 50 to 75 bushels
per acre.
New Bank Building.
Batesburg, Special.?The First Na
tional Bank of Batesburg has out
grown its\present quarters and nt a
meeting of the board of 'clirectors on
the 27th they bought the corner lot on
Main street and Railroad avenue, run
ning back to Rutland street, ,25 fee?
by 11f? feet. On this lot they purpose
to erect a pressed brick granite front,
and corner hanking building, in beau
ty and convenience the equal of any
banking, house in the State.
Aiken Dispensary Ca3e.
Aiken, Special.? Magistrate Smoak
held a preliminary hearing for .Toe
Corley a young white man of Kilch
h.p'b Mill charged yvith violation of
the dispensary law. After hearing
the evidence Magistrate Smoak bound
him over to the higher court and his
bond fixed at $200 was promptly fur
nish* d.
Small Fire in Bennettsville.
Benne'/ttsvillc, Special.?Ttnv barns
and str.ble belonging to Mr. II. W.
Corral.' were burned Thursday even
ing. The alarm was givdn at about
0:15 o 'clock ' and a large crowd soo.i
gathered. For ajO^minutes it seem
ed that Benncttsvillc Hardware com
pany's store and (he Bank of Marl
borough would be destroyed, but hard
work by the tire dcpaitmeut assisted
by many other men extinguished the
burning store and prevented the
spreading of the tiie.
Samples Were Sold.
Columbia, Special.?The Richmond
county dispensary board scld the en
tire lot of samples on hand to the
Slate hospital for the Insane for $90.
Some of the stock was of an unusually
high class, but was not the kind used
by the dispensaries regularly and
thereforo was oS little ose.. to the
'biJIMPdt
INVALID, SAYS 1HE COURT
Supreme Court Passes on Freight
Claims Collections Act of 1003 is
Deficient.
Columbia, Special. ? Th? supreme
court in iho case of Yenning against
the Atlantic Coast Line llailioad, litis
declared unconstitutional tin; uct of
190.1, regulating the manners in which
railroads shall adjust freight claims
for loss.
The Mclkuap Hardware company at
Louisville, Ky., delivered to the Sou
thern railway a steel range conftign
ed to S. I{. Venning at Manning.
The Southern road hauled the goods
as far as Columbia and it was then
turned over to the Atlantic Coast Line
road for further delivery. Only a part
of the freight was delivered and in
magistrate's court a verdict of $21 foj
damages and of $.">0 for failure to ad
just the claim within 00 days was
awarded and upheld by the circuit
court.
The Atlantic Coast Line testified
that only a portion of the goods was
delivered by the Southern road at
Columbia ami appealed to tin; supreme
court, holding that the net of March
100M, was unconstitutional in that it
attempted to regulate interstate com
merce.
The act says in part:
''Sec. 2 That every claim for lo.s.i
of or damage to property while in the
possession of such common carrier
shall be adjusted and paid within 10
days, in case of shipments whol'y
within this Stale, and within 90 days
in case of shipments from without this
State, after the tiling of such claim
with the agent of such carrier at the
point of destination of such shipment:
Provided, That no such claim shall bo
liled until after the arrival of the
shipment or of &omc part thereof at
the point of destination or until after
the lapse of a reasonable time for the
arrival thereof. In every case such
common carrier shall be liable for the
amount of such loss or damago, to
gether with interest thereon from the
date of the filing of the claim thereof
until the pavmeut thereof. Failure
adjust and pay such claim within
the periods respectively herein pre
scribed shall subject each common
carrier so failing l<> a penalty of $.">0
each and every such failure, to he re
covered by any consignee or consign
ees aggrieved in any court of compe
tent jurisdiction; Provided, That un
less such consignee or consignees re
cover in such action the full amount
claimed, no penalty shall be recover
ed, but only the actual amount of the
loss or damage, with interest as afore
said: Provided, further, That no
common carrier shall be liable under
this act for property which never
came into its possession, if it com
plies with the provisions of section
1710, volume 1, of the code of laws of
South ('arolinajf'lVO'i.
"Sec. 3. 'Hiat any common car
rier upon complying with the provis
ions of this act, shall have all the
fights and remedies herein jpravided
for against the common (jatrier fttom
which it received the freight in nuea?
tion." vJ 1
The court says (the opinion being
written by Justice Woods) that the
general assembly has undertaken to
make a complete change in legal rela
tions with the railways as applied t'J
connecting lines with each oother, the
rights of the owners of (lie goods and
the right ot such carriers to contract?
A railroad operating in Kentucky
can not be made the agent of a rail
road operating in South Carolina or
liable for its default or negligence and
if this statute was given effect a car
rier operating on an interstate line,
partly in this State, upon receiving
freight in (Jeorgia upon a connecting
line, under a bill of lading issued by
a Kentucky railroad, would have L>
pay damages arising from the negli
gence of the Kentucky road and
would have no recourse against the
defaulting road.
1 he case is therefore sent back fo??
a new trial.
1 he opinion is regarded as one of
the most important filed by the court
in some time and will leave a far
reaching effect upon the law covering
the collection of freight claims on in
terstate shipments.
. Boll Weevil in South Carolina.
Waterloo, Special.?Farmers thro'
this section are very much concerned
about the appearance on their cotton
of a small insect resembling in many'
respects the Texas boll weevil. It
stings the cotton boH? and they die in
a very short time. VcS*y young bolls
die in a day, wither and'drop off/Th*
insect is small and looks to be harm
less and innocent, but it has beeu
caught on the bolts getting in its dead
? iVu'k" '^ou,c farmers say their crop
will be cut off considerably on account
of the ravages of this insect. Per
sons here who have seen the Texas
boll weevil declare this must be it.
Elopement in^partanbnrg.
Spartanburg, SpSnal.?Miss Eliza
beth Whitman, the 15-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Whitman
of No. 170 North Church street, and
Mr. T. A. Walker, Jr., of Greer elop
ed Saturday afternoon and-were mar
ried by Notary Public R. D. Hicka at
Spartanburg Junction. They- contin
ued their journey from the junction to
Greer. The wedding camera* a great
surprise here, both parties oeinj well
known.
CLEMSON VACANCIES FILLED
^hoUrships Announced by County
boards Subject to Apjfoval by
State Board.
Columbia, Special.? The list of
IYt**r recommended f?>r Clemson selni!
%r*jiips by the county boards *>1' edu
jation has been completed and 1W
warded to the Stale superintendent
/( education tor confirmation at the
meeting of the State board of educa
tion this month. There are four va
cancies to be tilled by examination,
one in Aiken county, one in George
town and one each in Horry and Luc.
These names will be sent in befoiv
the hoard meets. Following is thy*
list:
Ahheville (.1) (). A. Moi'mli, Tloy
li. \V. Cromer, Abbeville; L. (\ 11 a ?
kell, Jr., Abbeville.
Aiken t-)~ Thus. Watson, \\ liv
elier; vitvaney to be lilled.
Anderson (2)?A. W. Merridetri"
Townville; Allen Opt, Helton.
Bamberg (1)?Alvin Riley, Dei.
mark.
Barnwell (1) ? Paul Baxley, Black
ville.
Beaufort (il)?.John Paul Stickley,
Bort Hoy a I; Ralph E. Brown, Beau
fort; Decatur B. Campbell, Bort h'ov
al.
Berkely (2)? llenry C. Kurort on
Alvin; H. \V. Harvey, Binopolis.
Charleston (2)?10. J. Jenkins,
Charleston; B. R. Baeot, Charleston.
Cherokee (1)'?Wallace Foster,
Pacolet.
Chester (1)?William A. Connelly,
('hestci*.
Chesterfield (1) ? B. Tillman
Knight, Cheraw.
Clarendon (1)^-Wiley F. I lodge,
M unning.
Colleton (1)?John li. Murray,
Walferboro.
Darlington (1)?(Menu A. Jef
eord, Darlington.
Dorchester (1)?J. R. Fixer, Sum-J
nierville.
Edgefield (2)?William A. Ed
munds, Edgefield; Robt. W. Scoff,
Johnson.
Fairfield (2) ? Wade 1). Craig,
Blackstock ; G. T. CaxsHs, Casscls.
Elorenee (2)? Douj^ifls Ellebe,
Florence; Martin II. Epps, Tinimons
vi lie.
(leorgetown (.'))-^Herman Byaty,^
Laurel; J. S. Pyrntf, Jr., (ieorge|oAvn/;
other vricancy to be filled.
(ireenville (3)-^John A. Goodwin,
Travelers' Rest; (v. p. Rje<\ Pelze1-;
Frank F. Sfokes, Toney ('reek.
(Ireenwood (1)?Thos. Marshall,
Ninety-Six.
Hampton (2)?P. II. Miley, Crock
etville; E. II. llanim, Giflirds.
I lorry (1)?To be filled.
Kershaw (,'{)?Ben W. Getfys, Lu
go IT; William I). Tiauthani, Camden;
G. ('. Trantham, Camden.
Lancaster (1)?Fred Adams, Laa
easter.
Laurens (2)?Jesse T. Crawford,
Princeton; W. R. Gray, Gray Court.
Lee fj)?To be filled.
Lexington (2)--L. S. Linder, Gil
bert; J. O. Wingard, Lexington.
Marion (2)-?A. B. Allon, Latta;
W. M. Wall, Eulonia.
Marlboro (1)?Grover Thompson,
McColl.
Newberry (2)?B. P. Folk, Ponia
ria; W. N. Henderson, Blairs.
Oconee (2)?W. 1). Barnett, West
minister; J, S. Knox, Westminster.
Orangeburg (2)?Claud V. Faltry,
Orangeburg; F. M. Rast, Jr., Orange
burg.
Pickens (2)-?Calvin Garrett, Pick
ens; Claude C~. 'burroughs, Liberty.
Richland / (H)?J. E. Jenkins, Co
lumbia; Cy S. Lykes, Lykesland;
Frank Lykes, Lykesland.
Saluda (2)?Henry Fulmer :Bates
burg; John C. Crouch, Batesburg.
Spartanburg (1)?Frank S. Thorn
ason, Cedar Springs.
Sumter (1)?Kenneth McLauriu,
Wedgefiold.
Union (1)?William II. Morau,
Union.
Williamsburg (2)?0. II. Ginhnm,
Sc.ranton; H. T. ProsHcr, Jay.
York (2)?John N. Carothcrs,
Rock Hill; Ebenezcr Gettys, Rock
Hill.
Steamship Line Will Open in De
cember.
Charleston, Special.?President P.
II. Gadsden of (he Chamber of Com
merce returned to Charleston from
Charlotte wlier he was a party to the
conference with Baron von Pilis re
garding the establishment of the im
migrant line of steamers to Cliarlo
fon. Mr. Gadsden said that I he rail
roads have pursued a policy of friend
liness to the project and he saw no
reason why it should not be carried
out successfully. He thought that the
first steamer should arrive here in
December as a sort of Christinas pres
ent.
Fatally Injured by Southern Train.
' *> ?
Chester, Specinl.?Mr.Claude Moor.*
yardmaster for the C. & N. W. rail
way in this city and well known local
ly was probably fatally injured Satur
day evening while attempting crosa
the track at the Southern 3epot in
front of the incoming passenger train
from Charlotte. The pilot of the en
gine struck the unfortunate young
fellow, crushing bis akull and injur
ing bin) otherwise,
Wealthy Young Editor and
Politician Makes Address
LABOR AND CAPITAL NEEDED
Mr. Hearst Discusuos Labor, ltd Op
portunities and Problems? Declares
Not Only Co-Operation But Organ
ization Necessary, in Labor as Woll
as in Capital, and Labor Unions arc
Valuable to Community.
Norfolk, Yn., Special. ?William
Wandolph Hearst, (it Now York, ami
Saiiiiifl < lumpers, president of Clio
American Federation of Labor, wero
tho principal speakers at Monday's
groat Labor Day celebration at tic?
Jamestown Imposition. The weather
lear, and thousands of persons
.from all part,s of tidewater Virginia
attended.
Following an address of wolcomo
b\ President Tucker, of the Exposi
tion Company, Mr. Hearst was intro
dueed and given an ovation. Mr.
Hearst said in part;
Mr. Hearst's Addross.
My friends; Labor Hay should
rank with the Fourth of .July as a
characteristic American holiday. The
fourth of July commemorates tho
means > which we gained our inde
pendence as a nation, and Labor Day
commemorates the means by which
we have made our nation the mosC,
powerful, the most progressive, tho
most preyperous of any in the world
Some nations have grown great by
conquering their weaker neighbors.
Others have grown rich by despoiling
dependent colonies, but this nation
has grown to he the greatest and the
richest ot nil through tho peaceful
development of its own resources; by
the honest labor of it^ citizens.
In this countr\ labor is universal
and is universally honored and ap
preciated. In this country there m
no forking class, but every 'man
worthy of the name is n working man.
In this country there is not class ?(
moil that work'with their hands while
another class work with their brains.
Iu America all men work with their
brains, and when we say that Ameri
can laborers are the most efficient on
earth, we do not mean that their
hands are different from those of oth
er men, but that their minds aro
clearer, quicker and more effective
than those of other men.
In this country the mechanics work,
tho farmers woj'k, the clerks work,
th?? u?Vn work, tho profes
sional men work, and even the mil
lionaires work. We have no aristoc
racy save that of intellect and indus
tiy, and the proudest title of our most
successful milionairc is'"Captain of
Indus! ry.''
Iu a country?where all men are
\v4li King men there hould bo greater
community ot interest, bettor mutual
understanding and sympathv. It is
in behalf of this better understanding
tluit 1 speak today. I have no pa
tience with the prejudiced, wjiioh ex
ist between alleged glasses when the
classes thcmselvtwjrfdo not real ft ex
ist. ? > ^
Capital and Labor.
?There is uo reason for hostility be
tween employer and employe, between
capitalist and wage-earner.
Capital is but the accumulation of
wealth which employer and omployo
create together.
Wages are but the division of prof
its. Both employer and employe aro
entitled to their share of the profits,
and as long as the division is just and
equable there is no occasion for con
flict. If the division is not just, it
can alway? be made so by arbitration,
and there is still no occasion for con
flict.
Let us all regard one another as
fe low working men and treat one an
other with consideration and toler
ance. j,ot us alt labor harmoniously
to create wealth iu order that there
may be the greatest possible amount
to be justly divided.
A condition v! class hatred such a^
has developed in Colorado is a curso
to this country.
I hope that such a condition has
boon averted in San Francisco?from
which city I have just como-*-but
much has been said in the East to
misrepresent the uuion working men
of San I* rancisco. To set them right,
to do them justice, it is only neces
sary to state the exact facts with
kindergarten simplicity.
On the Subject of united I
Hearst'.said: c
* * * united effort is always more
effective than distracted effort, and
organization and combination may be
said to bo beneficial whenever tlieii
objects are legitimate.
I he main purpose of laboi/^H^^Mis I
is to secure comfortable conditnm>
and adequate compensation for the
wage-earners
The main object of farmers' union.*
is to secure proper recognition and
adequate condensation for those who
produce the necessities of
liio iarmcrs and wage-earners com
ftiiso two-thirds of the community,
and the distribution of wealth
th&ucrhout those large bodies is abso
lutely essentia) to general prosperity.
As a matter of fact, if the farmers
and laborers are not proseprotts, there
is no proseprity.
Ltpnute frusta.
The legitimate object of houeat
combinations of capital is to unite the
wealth of many u4itMn?b ia one
great enterprise aad .ia distribute
I the profit* of enterprise *a?oay the
11)1111 investor*. liy IUCUUS of MUcIl
comhinat ions operat ions are conduct
ed on a scale lliut would be beyond
tin* power of any single individual.
Most o| the great works of the
country have IhVmi cou^ti u?*I<>? 1 by the.
combined capital of jhousaudH of
men, ami many ol these works would
never have been completed in such
magnitude, or at all/ if they had do- v
ponded upon the limited resources of
a few men.
The effectiveness of combinations
of capital is seen in their enormous
power for good, and thc^r menaco
lies in the misnes of that onomuus
power for evil.
There is no greater dauber to out
form of government, to our popular
rights and our public morals than the
corrupt use of the great power of cor
porate wealth.
1 plead for equal lows for all, for
equal rights for all, for equal justice
for all.
1 plead for opportunity for all hon
est men, and to harmony and co-op
oration between honest men.
I plead for unprejudiced recogni
tion of the advantages of organization
and combination, and for intelligent
discrimination between what is good
in them and what is bad.
1 assert the multiplied value of uit
p<l action and declare for the principle
of union.
A hundred and a quarter years ago
a little band of patriots united to se
cure better and freer conditions, to
protect themselves from the exactions
of their co-called superiors. They
protested, struck, rebelled?call it
what you will?against tyranny and
oppression.- They fought a long and
gallant light. They deprived them
selves ami their families, they strug
gled and endured and died tlmt they
might win a righteous cause. They
established the United States of Am
erica, with independence, equality ami
opportunity for all men.
Sinco then, i^ seems to me, it little
behooves a free and favored citizen ot
this liberal land to be opposed to un
ions. What is our government but
a union? What is our motto? "In
union there is strength."
If there are faults in our govern
ment , let us correct them, but not
condemn all government. When
there are faults- in our unions anil
combinations, let us correct them,
but not deny the value of united ef
fort. *
Mr. Hearst closed as follows: .
"Let us combat organization that
operates for evil with organisation
that operates for good. Let us light
the trusts and oppressive monopolies,
not w.ith the slings and arrows of a'l
age that is past, but with a modern
firmament?with tli'o 12-inch batteries
and disciplined battalions of an age
of organization. 4
1 'Lot us organize unions of all good
citizens to preserve our government
ns patriots founded it, to conduct i*
imparitally for our children the iii^
dependence, equality and opportunity
which our latitats with devotion, sao
?idee and heroism-won for us."
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
There Is a growing list o( Chicago ?
women who are interested in com*
nierclal enterprises.
' Mrs. von IJredon, daughter of Sen
ator Newlands and wife of a German
army oI?fer, died in Berlin.
Tho Empress of Germany slipped
and fell while playing tennis, so In
juring a leg that she must stay In bad
lomo weeks. *
The wife of a New York yachtsman
applies for divorce on the ground that
she has had only three gowns in
twenty-eight years.
Mrs. Thoiuas F. Ryan Kra< created
a Papal countess, and it was said bar
husband' might be made a noble of
the Catholic Church.
Lady Charles Beresford collects
ball programs as a hobby, especially
favoring those painted by hand or da?
signed by lady artists.
General Stoessol's wifo has been
sued for tho valuo of three cows,
alleged to have .bean used and sold
by her in the siege of Port Arthur.
Miss Mlina Slllanpaa, a member of
tho Finnish Diet, a few years ago ?
was a domestic servant. She noil '
edits a paper, tho Working Woman,
Tha highest salaried woman in tha
Government ssrvico ' is Miss Kstellq
Heel, inspector of Indian schools, -
She receives $;)00') a year and $(*
pensc3,
Mrs. Piper, the celebrated medium,
of Boston, has just Returned from
London, where she weut last Novate* ?
ber by Invltntton of the Psychical So
ciety of that city. ?
AH the women employes at tha -
Fort William, Out., telephone offloa
went on strike, refusing to work un- .
der an Illinois woman who was en
gaged as an operator by the manager*
an American.
\At tho Tobacco Exhibition Tu Lon
doK^some women made cigarettes at
the rbt? of 120 in thirty minutes,
WEASEL.
The weasel sjhall horror.- As
tonishingly strong^apparently fear
loss and as persevering as an ant,
when once he has setffed to the track
of a rabbit that particular bunny la
Indeed In grave pern. The rabbit
seems to know It, too, and the knowl-,
? edge to half paralyse him, for he set
dom attempt* tho one saving chance
?atralght-away. Ion r-bu stained run at
top speed. And the end of the patient.
If-we-do-but-wait-t he-hour sort Of! ptoft
auh.! 'Tls indeed bloody murder. Tfce
fiend In angel garb finally toih wKhta
deadly distance. There la a snake-ttka
atroke, most likely aimed at tjfef Iqf
rain near the butt of tbe raM4t^>*|par.
Oooe there, the brute atlek* I
to the Wocd-sucklng, whUe Ufa
lkc, walling rabbit totters
about till lt? drained .body ~
<o oajr Hs tout to mother