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OAMDKN, 8. C.. KHIDAY. JULY 9, 1909. S( ). 2(i. PALMETTO NEWS ITEMS Things Doing And Happening In Sunny Carolina, Told In Condensed And Pithy Phrase. Vor Woman's Monument. The Columbia Hloto?of TbuwuUy t ivcs thu following lint of contribu tion* to Woman'* Monument by KiHilund , . .. ,,$963.00 Mnrl'oro 533.08 /.mUrvou 487.65 tfurotcir., ,, 403.00 JV/ (ii ioti . ,, 460.25 A ikon 405.05 Spartanburg. , ?' 370.20 Yi.ik 338.10 Partington.. ,, .. 337.25 I an< -afctcr. , , , , 300.00 (?rwuwood . . . . 284.74 Is'( wImi ry 260.45 ?< opcnville. . 236.20 < hiy-tt r. , . . ' , f . ? 213.10 I * xin.jiton .. .'. .. 2^7.73 < 'lu!M(oriU.I<i . . . . 260.01 l'VirllcM. 108.00 A l?* ? , ilio. . .. 187.75 1 iMirO.H.S. . , . . . ...J 86.00 Knsliaw .. r. . . 178.50 Orangeburg 177.25 Leo.. . . .. .. .. .. .. J 74.50 1 'imiwull . . .. .. .. > . .. 163.25 F.lgelleUl.. .. 142.50 I It rent e ,. .. 105.00 f 'herokce. . * 100.00 ('iitboun j<, . . tt . . ?? .... 05.02 H-h-n^rr . . . 85.50 1 Nirclietster. . ? 8o.4t> 1 ?anil:i! 81.25 Saluda 03.80 Pickens,, .?. .. .. .. .. .. 51.05 Horry .. 50.00 Clarelulon. . . . ., 45.26 l-nion . . ... 44.00 I lamptoir*. . . . .... 28.00 CUorgetowh . . ? 25.00 i'ullih.n 18.75, < harL'^tou . . .... 16.00' Williamsburg . . 15.50 l'lrluley. ^'13.50 Snake in Rola of Goat Feast3 on Fine Lacas. Greenwood, Special.' ? Hero is a M'nkr Mory to match that tale of the <-ci)ter sent in from here last week. Mr. W. J. Wells of this pluce vouches for the snake story, the details of which are furnished by Mr. Pope Ividdlehuber. Mrs. Waited Riddle huher, who lives ' about four miles Cast <>t toWll. 1 1 1) ? J oocnnio!l to Op?H H drawer which hud not been opened for Kimie time. To her surprise and astonishment she found a highland moccasin of tremendous size coiled up in the drawer. IJow long the snake hud been in lliere is not know^JIe was there and laid I. ceii there some time. It seem ed that he could not get out and be j 114 attacked by the pangs of hunger lie pr< ceeded to devour what was t.rond'hiin in the way of laces and rihhous and had laid away a con siderable amount of . such things. In fact, Mr. \V. J. Wells', who happen . cd along about that time, helped kill the snake and saw that about four yards of luce was removed from his snakeship's mouth. 'I ho Bureau of Soils Will Investigate State. Columbia, Special. ? The. JLJnited States bureau of soils will shortly take up the rejuvenation of the famous Pudding Swamp tobacco jyrgji iii Clarendon -county. Commission er Watson has had tho matter up with tho federal experts for some tinio and a letter received states that as won as tho approproation is avail able this will be one of the flrst coun ties in tho United States to receive attention. This will mean much to the planters of that section, said to be one of the richest in the country for tho development of tobacco rais ing. Commissioner Watson will de liver nn address at Manning on July 14 in which he will explain tho work, lie will be accompanied by Vrof. Ilnrper, who will talk on tobacco. Arrested on Serious Charge. ? Anderson, Special. ? N. H. Sexton, n well-known whito farmer, wds committed to jail wihout bond Tues day 011 the charge of an attempt crim inal assault upon a white woman who had for several months been his housekeeper. A little more than a ?vonr ago -Nexton was arrested on a similar charge, tho complainant at that time being a negro girl, but the ease was trown out by grand jury. Case of J. I1. Fuller Refused by Governor. Columbia, Special. ? Gov. Ansel l'as refused to pardon John Frank I in Fullojf of this county, convicted and sent up for three years for house !: mi king and larceny. Fuller, who is a white toy about 20 years of age, wji* caught In the bungalow of Capt. Joint A. Willis a fetf miles from the city by Dr E. M. Whaley. He ad mitted thaf'he had stolen the key to crittjr the hmw find fcpth the judge nhd tho epllclfPF fefnsed to- recom mend ft pnrripn, aiiiiuugii jup pciJiluu (,?; pardon hinted that tll0 boy W*ft minded, Fat Dividend. Maki tht SfttttU Happy. Spart anbnrg, Speeial, ? Spartan, burg mills, banks and other enter prises paid- their shareholder# in semi-annual dividends Wednesday something over $3^0,000. "TKTwWT ftgmrs arr not at hand but a conservative estimate of .the smount is $36.r?,000. The banking in stitution* and mills are all paying their usual dividends and some mills have declared extra dividUifdsi Opportunities Invite Qirla. "Vacaut acbolarabipe of free tu ition ai*0 offered through tho Houth Carloina Federation of Women'* Clube an follows: ? "8outh Carolina Kindergarten ae soeibtion- One scholarship for free tuition, for two years, i ? "Leeivillo college ? Four acbolar ahios for free tuition for four year*. '?OrecuvilU Female col lego One scholarship for five tuition lor four years. "Coker college? One scholarship for free tuition, for four years. u These will be awarded by com petitive examinations heid July 10, 1900. ** Applicants must tile their nauios with tho chairman of the department before July 1. Students must be at least 15 yea's of age and prepared t^ ente^ freshiuuu or any higher class and must inform tbc ? hairman which college fhe desires to enter. "For further information apply to "Miss Theodosia Durgun, "Chairman Dept. of Education of South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, Dab el! , 8. C Damage Suit Decided. Columbia, Bpeeial.-^-The Supreme Court lust week affirmed the Circuit Court's decision in the cose of Mc Creery vs tho. Southern Kailway Com pany, in which a judgment was rend ered for $0,500. This was a very unusual case. The contention of the pluintifT's attorneya was that L. I. McCreery, who was a flagman on the Southern, had been over-worked and wus kiljed while asleep on the track with a flag in his hand. __The point involved was that the man was al leged to havo been on duty over time uud for this reason the road wub responsible for his deuth. The suit was for $10,000, and $0/500 was secured. ~ " Lacey to Stand Trial. - Columbia, Special. ? Thomas II. Lacy, alias Thomas Cline, alias New ark Toney, the yeg^ whom Postofilce Inspector Gregory hail sent to tho Atlanta prison for five years for rob bing the iHJstolfiee at McColl, in Marboro county, >Vill l>c brought hack to Maflboro for trial in the State court on threo indictments for burglary and larceny. lie will be re leased from the Atlunta prison Thursday. Deputy Clerk McLaurin, of Marlboro, was here Thursday to securo requisition papers for Lacj The papers accuse the yegg of rob bing E. M. Covington & Co. 'a store at McColl and the McColl depot tho earn? night he broke into the McColl postofflce and of robbing the Darling ton depot tho following night. Severe Electrical Storm it Lando. Chester, Special. ? There was a sovere electrical storm at Lando Sat urday afternoon that for awhile threatened to do great damage. Tho houses occupied by Messrs. A. 1 L, Nunnery and Thomas Robertson and families were struck and for a time it seemed would be destroyed by Are, but neighbors and occupant* 'by prompt and effective work managed to extinguish the flames. Mr. Nun nery, who was seated on a bed, was itrnck on the leg by the lightning pni his leg from the knee down leml-paralysed from the shock.* Ho recovered in a few hours, however, and is now as well as ever. PaiUur Institute at Home. Columbia, Special.? The State laboratory' for the treatment of raVles and for bacterial examinations opened July 1. At the meeting of the State Medical Association, which was held at 8ummerville recently, it was decided to open this laboratory, which will mean so much to the med ical profession and be of such benefit to the people of South Carolina. Gnin?" Lays Wcndrc zs Egga. Aiken, Special. ? The Journal and Review has on exhibition two guinea eggs, presented to it by Mr. James Widener, of the Tradway * section. One of tho eggs has on it a good like ness of a duck iu a sitting posture, while the other has an American eagle emblazoned on it. The like* nesses are almost perfect, and tho eggs ate quite a curiosity to all those who have seen them. .The cms were laid by the same guinea. They are . norma} |p everp reepcct, .except the pictures. whjeh In the 'rot* of the egg Burfaeo U' In tho BitWftWffc . . _ iif . ii<|i Wottftied WikkaiB - Hayes. Bennettsville, Special. ? Ed Sank machinist at the Marlboro cotton mills, late Sunday waa shot and prob ably fatally wounded by H. B. Hayes nigh; watchman for -the mill. Three or four shots were fired by each man. Hayes has been lodged in jail, pend ing the result of Saul's injuries. There la conflict of statement as to which man fired the first shot,- ... CONDITION OF THE TREASURY Officials Pleased ?1 I1m Showing of the Governments Finances. Washington, Hpeeial ? Treasury of ficials aro pleased at t ho present showing of the government finances, Ordinarily u deficit in tho govern ment revenues of $89,811,150, un sljown by hi at orncn t on July 1st, would uot be a mutter for congratula tion. Nevertheless ut the close of the fiscal year 1909 the treasury oflleials express much gratification that the official estimate of a deficit of #1 14, - 000,000 murte hint December has nut been verified, and are hopeful for u continuance of the improvement, which has been especially noted dur ing the lust four months. The customs receipts for tho year aggregated $30 1,200,803, which is an increase as compared wfth last year of $15,000,000. The internal revenue prodcued $240,3X9,003, a decrease of about $5,000,000. Miscellaneous re ceipts aggregated $50,893,919, which i* a falling off of about /$0, 500, 000. The receipt u from all sources during tho year aggregated $004,432,840, which i? an increase over last year of $3,250,000. On the sido of expenditures tho total for tho year was $004,244,002, which is an increase over 1008 of about $37,000,000. The civil and mis cellaneous expenditures amounted to $104,288,538, an increase' of $5,000, 000, over last year. Tho War De partment expenditures aggrgated $104,100,242, an increase of $40, 000,000. The navy account is the only item in the list to show a do* crease, the figures for the year being $115*088,809 ns against $118,780,233 for tl?e year 1008. Tension payments for tho year amounted to $101,089,423, un increase *of over $8,000,000. Interchange of Students. Loudon, Special.? A schcme for the interchange of university stu dents between the United Stntes, Canada and the United Kingdom, ^rivaling in importance Owit estab lished' tinder the will of the late Cecil Rhodes, in in process of forma tion, with every prospect of success. The idea, which in supported by an 'n/luential committee, headed by the Hon. II II. Asquith, Prime Min uter of Great' Rritian and Ix)i*d Htralhconn, High Commissioner of Cnnritia, and wiiicii iuciudea iiie heads of iho chief universities in the United Kingdom, and has also the indorse ment of the presidents of the Ameri can und Canadian universities, aims at providing opportunities to stu dents of the tliree countries to obtain some real insight into the life, pro gress and customs of other nations, with a minimum of inconvenienco to their academic work, and at tlnj possible expense. The promoters suggest the provision of certain trav eling scholarships, the selection for Which should' be along the lines of the Rhodes scholarships, the select ed candidate, ? in uddition to his academic qualifications, to bo what is popularly known as an all-round man. Twenty-eight of these scholarships are proposed, fourteen to be avail able for universities in the United Kingdom, ten for America ad four tor Canada, the American and Can* adian students securing them to have a week's tour in Great Britian un. der the guidance of a university man, the British students, on tbo other hand, to have a similar * tour of America and Canada, always during their respective Jong vacation*. 3e? fore efforts are made tt> obtain manent endowment for the scheme, l| 1?. proposed that fundi ?ball be asked for its maintenance for an ei< perimental period of three years, tbe total cost is estimated at $68,500 for the three years, of which sum it is proposed that the United Kingdom shall contribute $30,000, the United States $22,500 and Canada $9,000. Kaiser' i Yaoht Wins Race. Kiel, Special.? Emperor William1# Metor, steered part 6f the time' by His Majesty himself, won the 51-one mile race of Eckernfoerde Wednes day, covering the distance in 6 hours and 10 minutes. Germania was afc ond, in 5 hours and 30 minutes, an4 Iduna, owned by the Empress,' was third. Fir? in Mtnliis xvuius. Rome, By Cable. ? Fire started in the ruins of Messina Monday even ing. Owing to the high wind and a lack of water, the (lames extended over n largo area. The coal depot was destroyed, as were stacks of furniture and wood recovered from the ruins, and several encampment* were threatened. Soldiers and blue Jackets, after two hours' work, suc ceeded in establishing a watep sup -ply and in-diminishing but .nbt.jflfc. tinguiabing thp Are, whieh jj burn ing liiijf Out. Tliu survivor* pi ikr earthquake were thrown intu a panic And ?pent tlio night in the open. "WII. .|?>F ?* WH? MwSmr Riddled, Adrian, Oil. 8pe?I?l.? Fighting in ? ?wnmp w^gf cheap, small rnlibrc pistol, Robert Jenkins, a negro ac cused of mnrdef, Wednesday held at bay a sheriff's posse until he had wonnrted two of 4 hem, and then ex claiming, "Lord, have mercy on raj soul!" dropped dead, riddled by rifle and pistol balls, Jenkins h\$t week shot and killed Georgo K. lit?wcllta farmer, and wounded Mrs. 2few*H. * . ' J -*>v * ? tr-'rrniraftmB J GOOD ROADS PUli The Duty of Ihe Press in This Important Movement. GREAT QUESTION OF THE HOUR An Able Paper By H. B. Varner, B?a , Editor of the Lexingtou Die patch, Read Before the North Carolina Preae Aaeociation at Their Recent Convention Held at Bendenonville. ?' ? > - Building good roads ij tho groat question of the hour in Nurth Caro lina, In tho familiar phrase, it is the paramount issue, not only ? in , t liia State, but througliout the Union. It trenpeends in importance polities, tho tariff, the money question or any oth er question. Nothing is hampering this country so much ok mud ; ntfth ing could possibly do more for the development of the fttute and nation than macadamised highways, llence, the duty of the press in this State, especially, to begin a State-wide coin paign for the promotion of better roads. It is our manifest duty to cry aloud to advocate strongly, to publish information, to mold public opinion until the people reach that point where they are willing to bear the cost of building modern roads in every county. It is idle for me tpf attempt enum eration of the benefits good roads con fer on u people. Every mau, no nwit *?? how unlettered, instinctively knows that a good rt>ad is 1 a far better thing to have than a bad road. We naturally have it in us to know the value of, ahd to construct an easy pathway, but, unfortunately, the devil of tux steps in and tempts u? to bear the ills we liuve, rather than fly to blessings we know of and great ly desire. Our people all believe in good roads, but there are some who are unwilling to pay the cost. I luivi hoard good men and good farmers de clare that inasmuch or the mud trail* we "iiow have were used by their fath ers, they nro good enough for us and it were useless to suggest a change in them. Others declare that we are toe poor to attempt ? road construction, and still others are veheument in their opposition to the idea of hand ing down to succeeding generations such a lotliKome -tlimg? as a public debt. These are- seine of ?.lie objec tions one hears. Factor in Civilization. I believe in my soul tlwt a r>ao road is (lie greatest cursc t lint ean h< laid on a community. It stunts tlx industrial, moral and intellectual lift of a people. Hut a good road i? equal ly as great a blessing, for once d community gets facilities for trans potation and communication, all otli er blessings will be added thereunto. Mr. Hoosevelt bus well said that t lie difference between semi-barbarism and civilization iy the difference be tween pood and poor means of com munication. Far back in history pood road building was recognized as o leading factor in advancing civiliza tion. We are told that early explor ers in Peru found improved highways, one of the military roads being 2,-, 000 miles in length, with tunncla through mountains, bridges or ferrie? over streams, a road 20, feet wide, made of flagstones covered with bitu men. Ancient Mexico built goocj roads, as did India and Persia. Iu the Uttey. country the monarch built nlmoovh, nnru mxnwgy alongside of .(he common earth road, and nono could travel it save his royal higb? neaa. The Roman rends are itill the marvel of a modern world and are itill used. Nothing contributed more to Rpmo's prosperity and- proweaa than theuo imperial highways, straight as an eagle's flight, reach* ing to all parts of the world-empire. Good roads mean progress and prosperity and are a benefit to the peoplo who live in cities, and an ad vantage to people who live in the country. Like good streets, they make habitation along them desir able, You never, or rarely ever and then not for long, see a shabby homo by the side of a modern road, where everybody posses and sees how you Uvo. They make people straighten np and put their lest foot forward. The value of farms is enhanced. Statistics prove that in nearly every ease the States having the highest percentage of improved roads are a powerful factor in encouraging the settlement of unused lands, ltoads also have a far-reaching influence in holding men to their farms, ?<u| re straining them from drifting to tho towns. Whllo the manufacturing towns \jnust lmvo labor, who is here that will deny that if our counties had good roads, the hundreds of good [iarmera would not havflmoved theip. f ami fits frpm the country home ta town to is tb? ?iUaf fto mat in e*odu? oeettrred two of throe yeare ftffo that farm labor WM Mmoit Iff posstible to mure. These aeeded ta the country I thin tUoy irould hlf? stayed bad there been food ro*Ts, which make farm life i so much more attractive. As the price of lfcnds depends as much on ae ?eseibility to morket as on prodne ii vity , it: follows that road improve ment, by holding people and attract ing others, directly tends toward in ireAse in values of all farm larvds within touch of the improved high iraysy It, is , shown that in States where the average price of land in teas than #20 uti acre the pre cent age of improved roads in only l.M, where at*, in Htut?? where the acreage viii - ue in more t liun $2(1, t ho average of improved roads is 0 |ht vent of the total mileage. There are records which show that roads haw increased tin* value of farm lands from f>0 to ftOO per cent. It has been ascertained by a dor.on railroads through their laud and in dustrial denurtmenU that farm* through which good roads run are ' enhanced in vulue from $2 to an ?acre, and whether conservative or enthusiastic, all eoneede that the in crease is marked, immediate and in evitable. Suppose a county of 200, 000 aero# voted bonds, and placing the enhanced value at only $4.50 an acre, it will be seen that the laud owners thus benefit Lad would gain not less than $000,000. If the hond issue amounted to half a million, there would be $100,000 profit at once. The increase in the profit and price of farm products is equally certain and plain. The farmer's produce is worth nothing unless it can be placed on the market. Time was in England when food would be- rotting in one place while people suffered for the lack of it in u community a few miles away, because it was impossible to transport the products of the farms. Price of Farm Products. Official records in Guilford county show that the price of farm products since good roads have ben built has increased from four hundred to seven hundred per cent. And yet, there is a farmer in my county who maintains that good roads will ruin him and the county, because they will reduce the pri/'o of produce, since, when the roads are bad, he gets $2.60 a cord for woqd, because wood is made scarce by the impassability of the highways; and he says he would rather haul wood through mud hub deep for $2.50 than to nil e!ong a smooth road and sell it for $1, which price he claims a cord will drop to in the event of good roads. The exper ience of Charlotte and Greensboro en tirely disprove JbiR absurd idea, for there are not two better markets in the State, and the first named has 200 miles of good roads leading to it, and the second 100 'miles. Tax or Bonds? ?The Question comes, how to get pood roads? Shall wo vote a direct tax or shall we issue. -bonds ? film 11 we pay iis'wc go, rr shall wo pay part now and let future generations pay part? To my mind, the whole ques tion comes down to whether we want good roads now, or whether we. are. willing to build a few miles now and let another generation build a few miles and another and another, until in the course of human events we se cure good roads throughout thu State years after every person now at the nge of accountability is dead and (tone, I stand for bonds. Mecklenburg lias been building roads .'10 years, and she has about '200 miles, using direct tax. Guilford las been building roads six years and she has 100 miles, using bonds. We are too far behjnd to depend on a direct tax. We must go ahead and issuo bonds, build the roads, increase our wealth, and reap many fold the cost of the roads. Js North Carolina to labor Another gen eration before good roads come to pass? God forlid. We would lose enough to macadamize ovcry mile of road in the State. Shoujd a county issue bonds bor ; fore a dollar is exponded, a comper tent civil engineer should be secured : and put to work mapping out tho ! county, He should be under either , the county commissioner or a high* I ray commission composed of the commissioners and other men se? lectcd by the people.) It is abso? lutely necessary that an engineer bo employed, even though he cost con siderable salary, for tho location, construction and maintenanco of roads aro operations that no man or set of men without the aid of an on gincor can conduct in the proper way to get the best results at tho least cost. There is a disposition on the part of many people to covil at tho price paid inch an engineer, and if you undertake to fight for roads you will meet it at the outset. That idea ifiust be eradicated, as must also the idea that the men entrusted with the public funds will not place every dol lar where it belongs. In an a$e of skepticism in business, it is not un natural that people should suspect that huge sums voted for roads will be preyed upon. No county can buile roads without an engineer who act ?s pathfinder, going over tho county, studying the situation, making maps, and doing all that very neces sary preliminary work without which ofttimes monev is worse than wasted. Road-Bnilding an Art. When county officers learn to aj> preciflte tho fact that road-building is pn art, they will rely more and more upon expert advice and scientiflo de monitJUttti, MA wlmr they tjgro learned what r)q?? pf roads is deair IW'j "W fwiMilCt inwh Hhh Therein Ilea one the qoit impor tant ot American highway quel tiona. Americana build aa food roada aa Englishmen or Frenchmen, bp* having done oo, they rest contented with their efforts and let eaeh passing breath of air, speeding automobile, or drenching rain blow or wash the road surface away. - In the countries of Europe, where the well-nteh perfect roads are the pride of the citUe&a and the onvy and ad miration of vialting Americans, most jealous eon is constantly given ; a careful day-by-day inspection i* made, and overy doprcwiion i# quickly i tilted nnd nil innqtittltfteA' rolled of tUIUpfd. Two requisites, therefore, confront tho county mipervison? at tho out hi* t ?? llr?t to ascertain what rouds would be most suitable to thut particular section, and secure wliut sum* he expended for their maintenance alter completion. These are vastly important ami tho nation very small percentage of im proved roAd* is due largely t c? a fail ure to ^ive consideration to them. Millions of money have been wasted in building roads which local condi tions made impracticable and out of all cost proportion to the county'* revenues. There are exceptions to all rules, however, and l'ike county, Alabama, stands as a glittering exception to the usual construction blunder. There the county ollleials hud planned to ex pend a large sum in the building o I gravel roads. Mr. W. I<. Spoon, United States su perintendent of road construction, being sent to make an inspection of the county's road possibilities, learn ed that 700 miles of import ant route* needed improvement, lie figured that the <ost of gravel roads would br $.'1,000 a mile-; plainly a sum ^reatci than the county could he bonded for. Conditions, however, were ideal for sand-clay construction and lie sfrong ' ly urged its adoption. Hv legal pro viso the count 3' could be bonded foi only H l-'J per centum of the assess ed value of the real and personal property. The plan was decided upon and an issue of $1-1 .'1,000 was voted One bundled thousand dollars ' wort of the bonds were quit lily sold, bein disposed of in .+.">(), 00!) allot incuts. The tlrst allotment brought a pre mium of and the second one o: $Sli.r). Forty thousand d< Mars' was a onee spent for mules and road-build ing machinery and work was started With tbe sum remaining. 1 1M inikit of the Ihiest saud-<lay roads in the South hn<l been built within two yean from the date of the bond issue; i generous sum was still on hand: eiirhf guilds were n( Work, and t lio people WXTO FO pleased duty Hto<id ready to take up fin* remaining issue of $13, 000 and expend it in the same way. Inasmuch as road building and road mending have been for a century under county commissioners and township road supervisors with prue ticaiiy no beneficial i*chii it ? observuide ?it seeing plain that the time tor a radical change of methods is at hand. I am an earnest believer in I'Ydcrai and Statu aid and co-operation in building good roads, and I believe that the time is at hand when the government will hit upon some plan whereby it may co-operate with the State and the Stnto with the county, i in the work. It has been argued that it is Unconstitutional. Why should it be more so than expenditure of money for river and harbor improve ments, which often take the form of a private enterprise? As a matter of fact, it lias been shown conclusive ly in Congress that so far from being unconstitutional, the government in Its very begiuning began the construe* tion of good roads and expended more than seven millions on the old Cumberland road from Maryland to St. Louis, a distance of 700 miles, and the work was only abandoned because there arose a question of authority and responsibility as to who should maintain and repair the road, the State, or the Federal government. What does the government do for tho farmer? We spend millions annually on tho army, a dead loss, though doubtless necessary j wo spend some hundred millions on tht navy; have "pent a half billion on river and bar 1 or improvements. During ten year# we spent more than six billion dollars of which about forty-seven million went to the ogrieultural department J but not a dollar for the promotion of good roads, a common blessing for all the people. During fifty years* in nil the vnit sum our government his dig. burscd for one thing and another, not a dollar has been appropriated for roads. And yet, the farmers of tlie country compose the bulk of popula tion, and last year contributed to tho national wcnlth some eight billions of dollars. The one-horse farmer around behind tlx4 hill miles from town forms the foundation of tho nation, and what has the government done for him? Nothing. The burden is upon him, he focts tho bills; and the gov ernment takes his money and spends it on everything under the sun by tho millions, on everything but on what affects him mostly ? roads. In 3008 the farmers of this country not only fed more than eighty millions of peo ple, but sent across the sea a billion live hundred millions of farm prod ucts. This preserved the balance of trade with all tho wortd, and gavo live hundred millions to tho country to set aside for the proverbial rainy day. Had this ?Pt been, a billion dol lars would tnrnr had to have been sent jtrosd to pay Im^ojidutin, it ??? wfeyfcwsrwrai iwa fwS'rMtdt d?ne ??* * *or Tha forerunners' of a national hlah way from New York south to Atlan a, k*v#Tpf*",tly paaeed through the i? ve t*me At when the government will spend mon ?y on that road. I believe we shall ?ce a road from Aaheville and the * est through to the ~ coast. It is bound to come. The duty of the press fces m U*Uuing the day. 1 KILLING OF OUTLAW CHIEF FJkfrl, tho Moro Outlaw Chief and * Hia Entire Baud Exterminated. Manila, By Cable,-- in a deapcrato flKht near l'utiun, on Jolo nduittl, Monday, Jikiri, the famous Mum out law ('hint', w?k killed ami his entiro baud exterminated l?y detachment# of' regulars and cpnatubiilliry under ('apt. George L, Bpynm, of the Sixth United StutoB Cavalry, operating in conjunction with a naval flotilla of (lie mosquito fleet under Lieutenant Commander Sign or. Tho American logs was one private killed and three oflleers and *0 en lifted men and one sailor wounded. Private O 'Council, of Tro< p A, Sixth Cavalry, wan the one man kill ed among the Americana. The otlleers wounded are Lieutenants Kennedy, Miller and .Arthur Jil. Wilson, of the Sixth. Quplain Uyrnni '? cavaJry with a few peoutB and const a hulary and n detachment of Bailors under Lieuten .iut Commander Bignor discovered nid attacked tho out lawn in tho u.Ountninx not far from tho eoust. Tho Worol (led and took refugo in a large iuvo. The column of troops' and nailers surrounded tho place, but Jikiri refused to surrender. A con iciied attack was made, tho Moros lighting desperately from the mouth i ? f tho cave until the last member of the band was dead, Fatalities in New York. v ? New York, Special.' ? Four deaths, .'{.'17 injured, nine them dungerous ly, ami one so seriously thut death *uams certain, ?was the Fourth of July record in New York and Brook lyn up to midnight Monday. The list of dead up to 10 o'clock Moiuhty night follows: tedith Brown, 0 years old, died from fractured skull caused by ex plosion of toy cannon. Dorothy l)i Martin, 5 years old, died from burns caused by ignition of box of matches. Ucorgo Mall'rcdonia, a 10-year-old boy, died of tetanus after wounding his lut nd with- n toy pistol. Oiuseppo l'agano, 40 years old, killed by random Indicts supposedly fired by u eelebrator, though relatives maintain that he was murdered. Fire in city and suburbs were num bered by the scoro, but none in New York proper did tny great damage. Senator Overman Scores. Washington, Special. ? Senator Overman -scored in the Senate Mon day when "ho scoured the adoption of bis amendment providing for it draw back on cotton-ties. The Tar Ileel Senator introduced this ? amendment; last week in the hope that thu ilanance committee would accept it. This the committee wits disinclined to do, and so the amendement enmo up itt the Senate Monday. It was op-', posed by Senator Burton, but Sena tor Overman rallied his friends, along with tbe Southern Senators who were unanimously for it, and "the amend* went was adopted. This drawback on tics is of very largo importer** to the cotton planters. They will bs able as the result of its provisions to get back 00 per cent of tho duties ' on cotton-tics shipped abroad. Begins Great Work. New York, Special. ? Work has bo? gun on the Cape Cod Canal, which i* to connect Buzzards bay with Cape Cod bay ond thus furnish an import taut link in an inshoro coast rout* from Massachusetts to the Carolina's, Tho immediate purpose of the cauoj is to shorten the distance by watet from Boston to New York and to other Atlantic ports to the South by About ISO miles. The cut-otf Wil) also greatly reduce the perils of navi* gat ion through Vineyard souud an<] around Capo Cod ? one of the most dangerous *tr?tclio8 on the Atlantic coast# Early Responds to Skin Treatment. . New York, Special.? John 8, Ear* ly, the North Carolina leper, is at last in a New York hospital, but the su perintendent of hospitals says he has already lesponded to Dr. Bulkleys' treatment, who said ho did ppt have leprosy, but a skiri disease and that he is entirely well. Early will be " turned loose in About two weeks. Right Hand Shattered. * Louisville, Ky., Special ? The unen viable distinction of having made the f most notable sacrifice to. patriotism by reason of Independence Day cele bration this year will probably fall to Louisville through tho death at Sey mour, lud., early Monday of Arthux vd Granville "Langham, former president of the Provident Life Assurance Soci? -<$i ety. Mr. Lnngliam had his right hand shattered by tho explosion of a can* . 'J non cracker late Sunday night an<i ?oou 4i?4rXrona eflccU^ Mr. Langham assumed national tmcmcrni prominence in itKft by gain? tag (pntrol of ilw Provtilmt Cit Art Burned to Death, Danville, Va., Special.? As rcsull cf a fire Monday at South Motion, lira children and II. A. Strange, a^od 74? were burned to death, and an chor child, aged 4 year* wrionsh injured. The victims of the fright*. ful affair are: M. A. Strange, Yer nio llamlett, aged 7 years; Violel Hamlett, aged 6 years Cecil Hamlett aged 3 years; Henry llamlctt, aged 1 18 month,. ? --JM : 5 XiX fc&f /.V-: ??: .* UK