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HADE A LIVE TALK ^ « III HAT CAIOLINIANS ENRICH RURAL LIEE PLAIN TRUTHS STATEIT-' Clarence Poe, Editor of the Progres sive Farmer, and Publicist, Took to the Conference for t'ommon Good, A Message to Commonwealth Builders. Clarence Poe, editor, author and publicist, of Raleigh, brought to the Conference for the Common Good Wednesday, at its first general ses sion a “Message to Commonwealth Builders,” the burden of his address being, ‘What Must We Do to Develop a Great Rural Civilization in the Car- olinas?” Mr. Poe has bee^ editor of The Progressive Farmer since 1899 and chief owner since 1 904. In his ad dress on the subject “What Must.We Do to Develop a Great Rural Civili zation in the Carolinas?" Clarence E. Poe, .--ijoke, in part, as follows: What must we do to develop a gr*-nt rural civilization in Sou’ll Car olina? This 1 take it is the mam problem corfrout’.tm i s at this contereme for ve must realize that if we rre to de velop a crev civilization in the Caro lines at a.l i* must be a Kreat rural cuillzation In <>th North arid South Carolina ow r v *, p^r cent of the lain population rural, less *han la per lent o' ’ le people were in rltte* l ♦ t me i ume then direct to my point *nd »»> what tn my o; inion are the thlni» [ eeded after the moral fo.tidaMon !• laid for th.- full le pmrtit . ' th:» rural r n luatlon I i * ou I d «a ’hat » m Jat : Ur. an're tr.i p.ramount rrpor tarre i ' t h • rural develop meti' an! * f al product , r an d ronat' »• •'.»e r? r f In M'atr 1 ukJ ! nf . W • n. uat have a ireat pre *onj t • i r ' t m ' ‘ r . -. p ^ a n <-. ! ••• nei #» t. f *»»>• d or al on!'* i-omp«»a ra -am #**•«'■»# Tn«» n •’ h- h'>cne o» -g a ! r»* »' r 1 r • r a c *-d ’ • > ? V e » an! t . i * » * ' * * ! r ( r e« f m er. t raua* tv»««a bualu««M do not rrooto ooalth* \\ • ii<«d lawyer*, baakora. and merrhanta. of ronr»e. hut tb* trouble It that here In the S uth - In Mr R Beverly Heri>ert joined Mr. Tate In opposing »ny aurh resolution Col Aldrirh finally wlthdr'** hla mo tion and the renolutlona aa presented by the committee were then adopted, a measure perhaps all over tue coun- y. Jbut eapecially hern in ihe South here foolish and ruinous ideas about the “dignity’' of physical labor atlll persist—we have Just twica as many men in these non-produclv? lines of industry as are needed, M'nile our young men of extraordinary ability and training are neglecting our great creative businesses, such a* agricul ture and manufacturing and all the others. Encourage White Immigration. As for my next proposition, name ly that to build a great ctvilizutlon we should have a predominantly white population, I presume few will disa gree with me. We cannot blind our selves, you say, to the face that the negro has nowhere built up a genu ine civilization or made any impor tant contribution. .There has not however been such a recognition of a fact which I tlrnk follows as f.ie night the day, namel/, that the more largely predominant is the white cle ment in the make-up of the popula tion the greater the pe'-ceu*:u'e of whites we have in our pop Ja'ion, the higher the type o: the civil zalun \w may hope to devlop There are a thousa i 1 Clings to which ><>u ticcil to give attention in South Carolina, as we m Nehth Car olina, hut there is nothing »■ • half s > nuch worth your attev m a- im reas lug the I't-ri errage of > t •» lii’e pop ulation In twenty years if ne r* < ar 1 of the last decade is maintained, you • ill have over half of you.’ population white, hu’ this should not mitufy you Before that lime more than t.»o Citrda of your jw>i ulation ought to b- • hI'e- -even if you have to a.ie-, 1 t« ti m lllcvn dolltri adrerllaiog your re t.'urce* and ii.vlMng thrifty Northern and VSeatern » httr f»rm«rt 'o rr.me i.'»n Into » ’ »• •te u’d or» Vnierlc* • r hr«’ »h te c, rumor. • e a 11 h • Another pui.ry that 1 regard aa a'- •otrj’ety nev-«-a«*rv to T’-'k. n ou prea^i. •. • t. '.e • - ra. p- p - » a - t ■» p • o > 1 ! r .. r. ! • r. a • -: • a ‘ . r * * v • • mg 'u-ther • ’• ruastara ■ r» a ’ha I of w(feja n* •* J TVg! wvwry W*v a*i g«fT •vwr tw»|va akali atody tb* hewltli Vwvk 3 That ev*ry girl who can ahall atudy domeatlc acienr# 4 That three time* aa mn. bov* and girla ahall be enrollec In corn club and tomato club work i.cx* year Other planka In my platform of rural development dealing chiefly with matters of rural co-operntlon— are perh&pi too technical for \ gen eral audience and it is better *o elab orate them In speaking to autVencea composed chiefly of farmers. I do wish to emphasize this fact however, that while great results are to be achieved by better methods of mar keting and rural co-operation, the South is still a hundred years be hind the times in agricultural meth ods and we must continue to em phasize “Better Farming ’ along with Better Business.” Statistics showed that In 1900 with exactly the same economic sys tem and marketing methods in vogue in both North and South, the North Atlantic States farmer was making $500 more a year than our South At lantic farmer; and that the average farm worker in the Carolinas and Virginia, avetaging a horso and a third apiece an dcultivating 22 acres each was earning $184 a year, whereas in Town, Indiann? and Illi nois the farm workers averaged three horses apiece, cultivated 60 acres and earned $66?, a year. South Carolina of the Future. I must also bring my mes vm- to a close without further elabo-ati.m of the agencies n< < led for bringing about tb*- great results I na\“ been advocating first, a Farm.-r ’ Cnion or other farmers organization in ev ery township and a woman (lub in ew r\ ’ownnhlp ea< h "kep, ing ever lastingly at if for these reforms: then a local and a county ;>*->er each ievoted to community deveopment. and thWn in »vverr ewnn'r three legd- ••r» of progreaa employe 1 for their whole time and seb ted for their ablll !y enthusiaam an 1 ripert knowledge without regard to potl’lcs F’rvt a r<>unt i farm d* m nstrat working all the t n e f,.r !>«•(• - 'am. ng mr hi>da improved imp ement* and ms' hlnery n.o-e * -• p.'»er Setter a.e't.oda o' tl.arkrt •. ( ■•e't.-r ' ro ope r a’ <>o an! v “her CIHFEIERCE IN CIIHMIIA 1$ A SRANI «iCCE$J ♦ MANY GOOD TALKS MADE They IHarwaa WlLk tbc Hans for the Dietribatioa of the Fund. 1 f • * * "W - • . W* Many Prominent Men and Women of the State Took Part in What Prom- lea to be an Epoch Making Gather ing for the Uplift and Betterment of the People. Prominent men and women of South Carolina gathered in Columbia Wednesday afternoon in large num bers to open a two days session of “a Conference for the Common Good.” Presided ovpr by \V. K. Tate, State supervisor of the rural schools, as president, the initial session uresaged the deep and lasting intercut which this conference is to have op the peo ple of South Carolina. The’-e is en couragement to look for larger atten dance and added interest at the last meeting. “Co-operation for Rural Develop ment" was the general top:;- ' f the opening session We int sday af’er- nonn. Following the outiinln > i f the general purposes of the ( eifemnco by President Tate, ■ \ M■ s age to Commonwealth Build- rs ’ w deliv ered to the (Otlferetiee tiv C'-'ence B >e, of Ralelgti. N c ed;'i r of the l’rugren*ive Farmer Tins a as fol lowed by a 'alk from the u, v H Mills, nf (’U-nison College, on The Part of the Ciiurih In itur-.l Iievel opment " A F Lever, con, "ev-aman from the ?th d strict and < hc.rman of tlie House lommlfiee on a- ri>-ulture delivered an impre»»|>e i!.». . -rse on 'he •ub'er- v Nation*! B- trsmme for 'he fVeve! >f>tlient i f V n -* • gent Feu Bure T*-ere ••• ger, e.» • tons OR • : Miree top 11 4 u «-• *afe« In • ' r ;•» t - a ’ t k .« j • h t y o u f eh •» ' » ■ :r • ar- ng ! rl» T. • » e • r. "T. r* • V • • « g ri> w ! t. ( r .f r. > f*ru.'r» •'. a e t •tf-ai •«1 t> • feBSe^ . r t ' »• a ! e-^ j • * • shit* *• • . ..?• ’A* :: j • lev* log • g « b I •» a Oi ft » ‘i' I • •e'j.trw eegf -es *o b j > f b ! a* I (.--■* % f«»BS . t ' • ••a4w «-t»-a| wV. r •a 4 »»*»•- '»' *•'• alv • wi'i t •*»»*'»'e ' ' » - *>e 8 j t t for • t.• i 1 ' ? 4 ' r • I » s- g. • 8 ' t v t. • « • ' » ■- e - • r ! t' !•* S' 1 • '»» *« '*ehr» 1 ■ 4 • Ik a a- * * s ' t * i f • '* sr> ! t - g ' —« ft ■ ~>4 * •« '••* st ab.w g se L' a • - » 1*4 %-•(.. f x ao T'Ur* *r Se’p ftg .htte tec • at* bay iwa.’v and for •«. <«ra«.ag home owaersh.g t .a re. t. .ooaty a farm denoa airs on a« a .o-jn'.v a.perln'.en «Je» • of ait • • our.'v bea.’h o IT. re' e A hr P . ■ V v-d h . a W h er;:i. P ke ] t v 4: pa p«- r an! s . . - u n * v fair sho v de>..tad to comniua ty de velopmeut 1 • • In roh township a Farmer* Union and a harm Womans Club ’o encourage neighbor* to ro-oi.erate tn every plan for buslue**, education • 1. or *oclal Improvement KarounMcr ITtxiucUve l^sbor. Now let u* glancu very briefly at the various plank* in tht* platform In the flr*t place, I aay that if we are to have a great rural civilization the State and the schools must recognize the Importance of such a develop ment and must shift their emphaala from the leas important work to the more Important work in building up a Commonwealh. They must recog nize the fact that we have to-day throughout the South too few men who are creators of wealth and too many who are merely traffickers in the wealth that other men are creat ing. When I was In Japan I was struck with the fact that the old Jap anese ethics give the farmers more honor and a higher social rank than the merchant or the banker—the the ory being that the farmer is an actual creator of wealth, a man who actually adds to the store of the world’s riches while the merchant and the banker, honorable in the degree that they are needed for their purposes are never theless essentially traffickers In the wealth that others create Instead of creators of wealth. I honor our merchants and lawyers and bankers—I would not stir up any class feeling—but must we not admit the soundness of the Japanese reas oning? And when we put faro to face with the fact that the Carolinas are reported two of three poorest Ameri can States—with a per capita wealth of $414 in South Carolina and $420 In North Carolina against n $1,318 averafe for the whole Unite! States —mast we not also admit that not all osr bankers, lawyers, and mer chants can rsdssm ee—simply be- j • ' * t ■ 4 P. 6 . V ' 4 V . I I . - • ' P p'kr- *4 » 4 • ‘ 4 »• '4 ' k 1 ft ! '•■i '* ■ ' f> • f ft. •• ft ft ! •’lb »- t »- * ** ’ 4 r ’#* n‘- ' - V •» 4 * 1 Iftt Oft thft ftfttCft ih.ftg l • t pp ).<>»• *0.<v 1 4ft!d .ft ’h* >>u:•• ’ r i ■ ' • •«■«-»! t * prwdoa kftft' »Mip pop • on g'oup..l a wh ^ rrm-nac it«o hom9 o**lag and lrftiu<-v4 Pot a young ole (o • a *h dag:** of •gSrtvBftv 1 hew *Ir*e!y :rf*-rr**l trriftflv 'o 'hr nv^-l for tc*»tn* our •< hevo'. 4 P'ft.'. :r*l hut l'« ftubjftftt ovrt*l:. :< Jpaiaii.l* fuller The p ».n truth t* th*'. * o not getting out of our *<-ho«>i4 »h»’ we ought 'o get out of thru: 1.1 we *re not going to do *o until our Farmer* Bnlon* »nd other fertnrrs o-gaglia 'ion* organize e venlmbl* 1 rebellion against the blighting medaovallam of the present *y*tem 1 *aw t v, e other day, for example, & not unuaual bud get of expenses for an American city school •yatem. It shows ihn fifteen cent* of it* every dollar ij apent for Latin, eleven cents of every dollar for French, six cents for German, and one cent for Greek—-i total of thirty-three cents of each dollar ior these foreign languages, v. hile one- half of one cent in each dol’ar goes for shopwork and mechanical draf- ing and less than half a cent for domestic science—thirty throe times as much spent to teach foreign lan guages that not one boy in a hun dred will ever use, as to give training for work that all should u?e. And all this in the face of tho fact that so eminent a classical scholar as Am bassador James Bryce In his new book says that half of the hoys who study Latin and five-sixths of those who study Greek never get far enough to get anything whatever from the literature. Our farmers themselves, however, are largely to blame. The law pro vides for teaching such practical subjects as agriculture and hvglene and sanitation, but it is doubtful whether one qountry child in ten now studies them. Here is a chance for our farmers to come forward and help a mighty movement alone! Let them show themselves as progressive as a State Superintendent of Educa tion wbo said to me the other day that a farm boy had better study health than history and agriculture than geography—if he had to choose Let us resolve on these things: 1 That every South Carolina farm boy over twelve ahall study agri- c wit are this fall. The Washington corespondent of The News and Courier says in the conference with the Southern bankers there Thursday the treasuy depart ment made it plain that the emerg ency money to be distributed to help move the crops was to be used solely for that purpose, and not for general business purposes, and it must return to the treasury in a reasonable time. About $20,000,000 will be sent out by the treasury to the South and Weet to aid in moving the crops in August about $20,000,000 more in Septem ber and about $10,000,000 in Octob er, that is, if this much money is needed. It is understood that the de-partment will begin calling the money back in December and will have it all in by March. South Carolina bankers who at tended the conference with the Secre tary and First Assistant Secretary of the Treasury were as follows: From Charleston: R. G. Rhett. W H. Sparkman, K. H. Pringle and J. S. Simonds From Columbia J P Matthews, G M Baker. U M Berry and H W Robertson From Greenville Perry Peattle. C, W Pranrer. A L Willi*. J \V Nor wood and Dr Davis From Anderson Wm A Hunt Th* principal •object of diaruMlon »a* the term* on which d.atribution bank* In the South should lend th# crop moving money to th# •■•ll#r bank* trl their fteet Ion Th# vtsltor* • ere told that the trwaaury depart (tent wowll not name an r «p#r I Ar rat# of inter##! to b# charged th# amaUer !>*nk» but that It Intended to k##p n • harp eve on the altantioa and that If • tiv of the .Hatrtbwtlng bank* aho«!4 i- • • wght plft? ng •hy'.ork a ao’.# ft rt.ftde of th* ?#'■' of S* tank*'* •oa’.d ’a.k *#r »/ 4■ ft b\i! rr at o' them • t i t*r* •*•-1 • • • to • p»>r»»v#i of • r>• n#*r# ■ •*• #g• ‘a I • •' • « ftrttoa • >w# baftk pr#n>4#«! '#me 4»* With her feet over the *111 of • dow on the 12th floor of th* Natioul >oan and Exchange Bank Wednesday, casually looking earthenwardt. 1* If preparatory to a suicidal leap. When the superintendent of the building re monstrated with her she refused to leave the window and it wa* only af ter repeated urglngs that the vae per suaded to go to the street Even then she made an attempt to board the ele vator and go back to her high perch, and only by main force waa she kept from that purpose. The State say*: About ten o’clock Wednesday mor ning George T. Sampson, *up#rintei dent of the building emerged the elevator at the 12th floor, and up on doing so saw a woman sitting in one of the Windows in the vestibule to the Metropolitan club roms. She was looking down dn Columbia, with her feet on the outer edge of the Win dow sill, apparently as cool and com posed as if she were on the ground floor. Mr. Sampson went over to where the woman was and fol-! her it was against the roles of the tcilding to allow persons to sit In the windows and that she must come down. She said she would do so %nd made * mo- Moo as if to comply Mr. Sampson asked her what she wanted up there t.nd she said *h# wa* only taking • look at the city He the* effere^to take her oa th# roof, hut ah# tnclAnefl to accept his hoepKollty. Mr Sompeoa wee so pat*led of the oomss’s demennor and act tons that h# i Bftisted that ahe come d-wn An •aid *k# would do so and Mr •*■»- sow *#*t dona na the slevatnr with tb# promt## from the w»e»nA that •h# wm coming dona In a short wbit# Mr A#mpoos nwot back tn tho i ?!b Poor of the bwitdlag bad to km • wrprtm fwwnd tb# is tb# wtoAon i#d nttb •wtweO that wb# V •• • *4' Wc a'k •# i iNft t »<-• ik* «••! •• wm few# 1m il *4*"r«ft' 4 4 4 ft* ft •*•«•#! »kft t# tkel I b# worn#* m’gai loM or B •t ' X M I !» gk r fli«■ I• ft. • * 4 Hlft'ft •'.••* »- h4t* —. 4 1 * 4S 1 f 4 V • -. ! f. •»• ;• *1 (>' * , 4 ’ ft ( h * •!•.'* 4 1 fc 4 •* . f^la* ft —ft## • v ' f • *Io;lx.*ft.' of • 1 it d»l*#ft ut • ti.! tb* f r. ,>•( Mo war ft f o ft ut But her *f«*'ft#t ft- "* •!r#ti*th 1 ftb#:i to find n«'t her rft.» ItoJ fll.rft t*t 1 n rf #hr- c»>un• rv Bfttrlct# to t>#ft-''!ut ! in.*« *'r! *!- ut w'.ih 'ftlr gr.j»r» •n* i»r d-Dft vpprx)#, hrd by rv>#d« 4 lo ■ ny <>f which Rome ever !«>*• -• »!.<! •rf In communltlr# po###ftr‘n» t!. * •chcxjl* and rhurthr* and .i > ''*Mrft and Irctur* hall* and ail the r«>nv*-n lence* of modern twrnt.rth c«ntury life rommunt’ie# where chsrxctrr. tnduatry thrift and norvu-e to other* are the t#M* of leadership an 1 where no I.lighted poor begging, or bloated rich Idling, on# and all enjoying a beautiful social life as fair a* the plantation life of ante-bellum days, but more robust, virile and demo cratic; and where the spirit of broth erhood developed by working In co operation in matters of every dav bus iness has produced a powerful and fraternal democracy which will be the best monument to all of ua who artf working and striving to bring that day to pass. This fruition of all our hopes may yet be but distant and dim descried, but with the eye of faith you may catch a vision of its far-off beau ty and in the truest sense it may be said of each of your workers today, In the language of Israel’s prophet. “He shall see if the travail of his roul and shall be satisfied.” / Seven Burned to Death. 1 - Seven lives .were lost in a fire which early Tuesday destroyed the home of Joseph Paquet, at St. John Parish, Isle of Orleans, some fifteen miles east of Quebec. The fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp. Paquet, who was terribly burned, and one child, were the only members of 'he family rescued. » ♦ ♦ T fc e r • ' > rw 'jm • i c * '* f • # r • f • *■ J p ft'•# !<•*:( i ft .0*1 ft tn pk ft t Ir ft. » t-r •Iftl* .!•» I# v: Ik* <•••<!.: .o*« 4ft A •* Tift! It Killed in Railway Wreck Five trainmen and an unidenti fied negro were killed early- Wednes day- at Noonday station, five miles north of Marietta, Ga., when a south bound Louisville and Nashville freight train fell through a culvert bridge Into a chasm forty-?five feet deep. Secretary McAdoo Is giving Wall Street a good object lenaon. pfew# Bf t*» 1 ft !k* •fc* ltr.pfi»fta.ftft! >■' o' o-4r rural evtt s.a• t* aitaia-d Br ••#■■ i-x.opftrfttiv* mfttkode ■ J » By dft-vtftiug p • r.i io - -mr .r pft<>{.|ft ii, ac^mrft ihftir uwa h< me* 4o 1 lac! 1 1 i By making ■ • or eduratloaal »*•tem eifi lent and adaptable to all ne- J* of the people by •#* urlng Ik* attendance of ail th# children by treating a higher standa/d of the teaching profeaaion by fos'erlng th# child’* general welfare aa to health and moral* and freedom 'rum labor during it* tender yetr* of prepara tion (4) '‘By* Irapt'oTed agriculture and stock raising (5) “By better and wl»«r market ing of farm crops. (6 1 “By building up a self-re specting and law-abiding citizenship.” This resolution tells of *.hc* purpose of the Conference for the Common Good. The resolution was adopted late Thursday night. The address on “The Majesty of mon Good to a close. Dr. Snyder of Wofford College, Thursday night brought the Conference for the Com mon Good to a close. r. Snydes thrilled the Convention by his mas-, terly handling of the subject. “The stand of the ages,” said the speaker, “is on the majesty of the law and If is the corner-stone of all of our lib erties. It Is impaired by too much special legislation, by too much de lay in executing the laws, mandates, and the apparent slowness of the Courts in dealing out justice, an ap parent feeling that some can get more of the resources of the law than oth ers.” He plead for everyone to re dedicate themselves and work toward upholding the majesty of the law. Col. Alfred Aldrich precipitated a flutter in the Convention, when he offered as an amendment to the reso lutions of the committee a motion to return the thanks of the Conference to United States Senaor E. D. Smith for his share in Inducing the Gov ernment tq offer $50,000,000 to as sist the South in moving Its crops. Presldeflt Tate said he was certain the Convention had no deeire to vote down the renolutien. bat tbe gather ing was absolutely devoid uf polities, and If they got to panning mnolo- i. n • *• X ’ ■ om X' 4 a *. 4 •# • • *4* 4 ft 4 4 -' • V« ft* k«i# *r*4lftft tu tke *’*#t kelii# a*ftiiaeZ Ik* • •Vi. ekkk •III Vaglft I# **■».#*'.* #ltk >• tk* well fmw !• naeSlagy#* • •#4 *o#fr«aa»#n ar* ttmansSag th* t••*< io« 4aily »it fc tn* tM ■sal* *f tn* ffft *t ef agrvwHar* Hoke S«*lth «a4 C*n •»« Wrr v are rw*«*1*4 tn* •» mo* of e«« era other *!**#ataiie** aMoag t fcr Salts of n*sth 1 l*fc4*U of I>oftloiaaa HaaSh**4 *f Xiakaaa Sk#ppa/4 of T#*a*. Goa 'e***4A# lorvoc of Ao«ts Cnroltna. rteSia of Aalnnnafca an4 *4' The <l«orgtans bar* ontnl •sad* of paapkWca an4 bsltntin* aa ike boll *e*vi| aa4 ar* a**4lag to th# farmer* tn tn* 0**rgta want H#f!la of Alabama sad otkora. Th# boll «**vtl la Mp*rt*4 U> ta- • ad# t;*orgia ahoat tht* Urns asst year Th# gr#ai**t 41fllcalty art*** from th# fact that maay farmer* ar* •lo* to r#allie tb# *#rk>u*n#«s of th* • ituatlon far enough In advanca. It usually takes a crop fallor* to con vince some planters of what they are up against. At a conference of the Georgia rep resentatives headed by Senator Smith with officials of the V. S. department of agriculture, the proposition of es- establlshlng s zone In which no cot ton shall be grown next year and which would amount to a boll wee vil barrier, was not regarded with favor. It would be doubtful and very expensive. The fight with the boll weevil will be a hand-to-hand battle. The department states that one of its difficulties is in inducing negroes to adopt and push the proper methods for fighting the pest. Millions and millions of dollars will be saved to the farmers of Georgia If they unitedly and untiringly fight the Mexican pest that .blasts and lays bare the cotton fields. The work can be started this fall, and every farmer who wishes to learn "how td fight the weevil should get into communication at once with Senator Smith or one of the Georgia congressmen. te eto*r4 s ka#* b*r Earttor la th* of tb* •Uvi tar •levator she sayta^ “It doesa’t I'm craxy.” Whil* Mr. • recBonstrstiag with th* th* lop flo*r of th* h*U41ag At ash ed f? h* thought It would kill har If th* fell to the grouad from tho Itth floor. The woman was apparently la her 20’s. ♦ ■ I MOTHER AND SON ULUD. Fatal Ending of a Joke. At Eatonton, Ga., John McGibbo- ny, of Waycross, was almost instant ly killed Tuesday by his niece, Lula Gardner, aged thirteen, when he tried to play a Joke by refusing to give his name after he had knocked on . the door at her home. The girl fired through the door with s shot gun. The girl claims to have be lieved sevral men were trying to break into her home. tioaa of thanks to all tho public It would moua bulky aad burds work. He explain** that H agalaat the policy of tho Father Badly Hurt When Ai and Train Ouaiz. Mrs. Emma Heard, aged SI yean, fo Vienna, Ga., and her son, Linden Heard, were Instantly killed Tueaday one mile south of MeDonaugk, Oa., when the automobile In which they ware riding cameUo a stop on tha Southern railway tracks and was struck by a train travelling thirty miles an hoar. Mrs. Heard's husband who was driving the car, ■and him self by jumping from tha artWoblla after shooting to his wife and son to jump. Mr. Heard said his ear’s emergency brakes failed to werk in time. Although the train’s engineer, J. L. Mable, attempted to stop tha train when he aaw tha antompbfle, the car was splintered. The bodlpa of Mrs. Heard and har son ' dragged a number of yards by tha glne. Tbe Wage* of flfen. On Fifth Avenue In Now York Abraham Fink, sixty years old. and killed a young killed himself. sand dollars son. TV gather aad tha a 4 • * •«’'