The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 10, 1905, Image 2
A PARAELE OF PROGRESS.
fV.u the placid pool to i}io rippling rill.
.As it ? ilhcked along on its way down the
hi!!:
*'Oh, stay with me here! It is foolish and !
wrong
For you to forever be tushing along.
Stop here on the heights; for, as sure as
you How.
You will only sink further and further below.
You are noisy and boisterous: be quiet
and hear
The choir of the song-birds carolling near.
JL5e contented, my brother, and patiently
try
To remain where the Clod of the clouds
made vou lie.
It is wiser and easier far to lie still,"
Said trie placid pool to the rippling rill.
Said the rinnline rill to the nlacid nool.
As it lay in the shadows so quiet and cool:
"I know it is easv and nleasant to stav
In one's flower-circled oed on the hillside !
. % all day;
That each leap leaves me lower; and that,
as 1 How,
Some desert ot* death may await rae below.
Vet some spirit impels, in such magical
way.
That 1 feel it is better to simply obey;
And, somehow, as onward 1 leap in the
night.
Toward the strange, distant valley, I know
it is right,
And that safety is sure if I keep nature's
rule."''
Said the rippling rill to the placid pool.
So the placid pool lay selfishly still,
Reflecting the stars and the sunshine, until
Its purity paid the high price of its peace;
Its water grew stagnant : its very life-lease
"Was cancelled in scorn by the sun overhead.
And the placid pool died in its flowercircled
bed.
Rut the rippling rill, as it sped on its way.
Grew larger and stronger and deeper each
: \ / day.
The sunshine strewed gems on its breast
as it ran,
To do useful service -or nature and man.
It grew to a river, and. when duty-free,
It found permanent peace in the infinite
" s sea.
?Charles Wesley Casson, in the Christian
Register.
Br' ,
I TUTTUrLITJTJlJTITJTJTJTJTJrLrLri I
2 An Unwitting Crime. ?
jt". ? By Oscar Ir.'ciet. r
pf y^fitf,, HEIiE was despair written
\f on Jack Marston's face.
q ^1^ O The walls of the room in
J| * * which he was pacing rest>yfOjf
lessly seemed to close in
upon him, and the day to grow blacker
and blacker as the silence grew and
the minutes passed on.
At last he sank helplessly on a lounge
in a corner. She came in then?the
only woman in the world for him. but
he did not notice her until she touched
Ills arm.
"Jack!" her voice shook queerly. "Is
she worse?"
"Dead!" he stammered, as his eyes
wandered nervously from the girl to
the ground. "Edith is dead, and?oh,
heavens!?you are accused of murdering
her. There is a warrant out for
your nrresr, anu xue ponce are corning
here to arrest you?to-night."
Then followed a silence broken only
by the quick beating of hearts.
"Dead, Jack!" The girl spoke like
one who had been struck a severe
blow. "Oh, Jack?Jack!" She broke
off suddenly and fell back in a chair.
Jack stared at her wildly as he saw
' ;the ashy pallor of her face, but when
he spoke again there was sympathy
and sweetness in his voice.
"Dora?my love!" *
"Jack; you believe "
"My heart?my own heart, against all
the juries and judges in the world. You
could not have killed my sister?you.
.who loved her so. Dora?my darling!"
' He gathered her in his arms and told
her everything then.
\ Dr. MacManus, the physician in attendance
in Mrs- Edith Marston, Jack's
sister, who had been stricken down
with fever, had left his patient a powerful
medicine to be given in twelvedrop
doses every two hours, and had
cautioned Dora Sauber, who had of
fered to attend to the wants of the sick
woman during the temporary absence
of the professional nurse, about exceeding
the dose, and warned her that
a larger dose might prove fatal. He
had been summoned hastily in the
afternoon following Miss Sauber's de%
parture from the bedside, and had
found his patient in convulsions, the
effect of yerj, strong dose of the
medicine. His skill was of no avail,
and she died in his arms. Dora alone
had attended the poor woman during
the morning, and administered her
medicines and food, and the doctor felt
that it was his duty to inform' the police
of the fact and how his patient
met her death. Jack and Dora were to
be married within a fortnight; but
the death of Jack's sister had blotted
out everything now.
The days passed heavily, then came
the one when Dora was to be tried for
her life. The court was packed. In
tHe morning nie proseeunng auorut.v
had given in all his testimony, and,
after luncheon, counsel rose for the
defense. He looked from the judge to
the jury and smiled faintly. Very
briefly lie made his speech.
"The prisoner is innocent," he said.
"She is engaged to the deceased lady's
brother. Mr. Jack Marston, and she
learned to love his sister as if she
were her own. She could not have
committed the crime that has been
brought against her! She could not!"
His tone changed. "I have only one
witness, and I fear she is too young
to understand the nature of an oath."
The prisoner grew deathly white.
The tears came aiul gave her some relief.
but she shuddered when a chair
was pu| into the witness box and a tiny
girl, with wavy golden hair and big
blue eyes, red now with crying, was
lifted gently upon it.
"Your honor," said counsel, "the witness
is very younsr. but I trust her evidence
will be admitted."
!Xlie judge nodded assent, then coun
sel turned to the little girl and spoke
to lier very softly.
"I want you." he said, "to tell us
what you told uncle and me the other
day about nursing mamma when the
lady you see there." he pointed to the
prisoner, "was asleep."
The siience that followed was broken
only by sobs from the auditors in the
room where women were weeping like
chidden children. Then a little shrill
/Mil.
> viv c uivtvtr uuu
I "She?she was sleepy in the chair
when mammy asked for her medicine."
"What did mammy say?"
"She said?she said. 'Dear, give me
my medicine. I ought to have had it
long ago,' but Dora was sleepy?so
sleepy and?and couldn't give it to
her."
"And what did you do, little one?"
Counsel's voice trembled.
"I?I got the bottle, and poured cut
the stuff in a glass "
She hesitated, looking frightened. A
kindly court attendant patted the fair
curls, and she continued:
"And Dora was so sleepy and I was
so glad 'cause I could play doctor. It
was such fun. I climbed on the bed
and said so fiercely. 'Open your mouth.*
and mammy opened her mouth and J
made her drink all the stuff."
"And what did mammy do?"
"Xtiffin! She went sleepy again."
The unconscious little murderess lost
her grip of things and cried as if her
heart would break:
"Mamma?I want my mainroa?my
mamma!"
Tender hands carried the poor child
away.
Dora fainted when the jury, without
lt'ilNJIIi; llitf UUA? HI U. %^7JLV41VC
of "Not guilty,"' and Jack took her
home in a cab.
In the quiet of the house she recovered.
and went to her room and locked
herself in. Now that the trial was
over, the sense that she was a free
woman again swept over her and almost
crushed her. .Tack paced silently
up and down the passage outside her
room for the remainder of that day
and all throvsrh the long night. When
dawn broke he tapped gently, and the
door was opened from within.
Without a word he lifted the girl in
his arms and kissed her tear-stained !
face. And then suddenly he gave a j
low cry, for the beautiful reddish- j
golden hair, whose soft waves he had j
so often caressed, lay in streaks across !
a wrinkled brow, and in the place of
the gold was the sheen of many silver
threads?New York Weekly.
Faithful Failnren.
Such was the quaint description applied
by Robert Louis Stevenson to all
human beings who had done their best j
to do well in life. He felt that how- j
ever much we tried, we should hardly :
be able to realize the highest ideals; 1
we should be failures, judged by that !
lofty standard, but we should at least.j
be faithful because we had done our \
utmost.
To get on in life, speaking of mate- j
rial things only, is the desire of every j
one. yet it is only the minority who !
do their best. There is a lamentable '
lack of determination, a deficiency of j
"grit" and 4 go" in so many of us. We ,
see the object, we sigh for its attain- i
rcent. we make spasmodic attempts
to reach it, but we shrink from taking j
too much trouble about it, and we !
cannot strive steadily and uuswerv- j
ingly for it. -
Those are not the faithful failures. ;
We cannot impress too strongly upon j
our children and upon those older ones j
who are just commencing life, that if ;
they would succeed in climbing the j
ladder to any appreciable extent, they I
must cultivate the quality of "sticking j
at it"?to use a popular phrase?and I
that they must aim high. If we so j
seldom reach the ruug of the ladder
which we have in view, and experience
teaches us that this is more frequent I
than we like to believe, then it is bet- ,
ter to fight for a still higher position. I
The probability is that we shall fall
short of that position, but attain one
higher than would have been the case .
had we not been aspiring.
Stevenson, doubtless, had the moral |
side of things in view when writing j
those words, but they apply equally I
well to the material fact6 of life.
950,000,000 Yearly For Golf.
rAii imooriMA fhof ?Amofmn<* l
U VU1U J VU luut
like $50,000,000 could be spent yearly !
on the game of golf? To begin with,
there are 879 golf clubs in England, !
760 in the United States, 632 in canny
Scotland, 134 in Ireland, forty-three in
Wales and sixty-three in different parts
of the continent. There are, all told,
probably not less than 3000 organizations
devoted to golf playing.
These clubs, counting their grounds,
buildings and preliminary expenses,
represent a permanent investment cf
$40,000,000 to $50,000,000; and comparatively
few of them can be run at a
yearly expense of less than $5000. The
average membership is about 200 and
the average yearly subscriptions of
these 600,000 golf players amounts
to nearly $20,000,000. Each of the players
is equipped with an outfit that costs
on an average about $20; and the yearly
purchase of golf clubs, all over tlie
world, amounts, therefore, to several
millions of dollars.?Springfield Union.
How to "Water IMantf:.
i It is much wiser to give plenty of
water once every few days than a
j little each day. The latter method
| keeps the surface moist, and the roots
naturally rise for the moisture, so that
they are near the surface and will be
injured by the heat of the following
day.
(.Jive enough water to go deep, or
else just enough to wash the leaves.
The amatein should by preference water
at night, for then the moisture has
a ilia nee to do its good work before
evaporation starts under the heat of
the sun's rays, as it does almost at
once when watering is done in the
( morning.?Garden Magazine.
I
Progress of
INDUSTRY BECO
ONE OF THE SOI
I Ripid Development of Lands
Decline in Georgia and the
Fields-*Immigration . At
Growing States--Inci
the CereaW-Value
Region Last Y
i
! am vliUj.ASHIXGTON, D. C.-Oft-t//
VO-1 ^ i_ ? r il.? rinnri
IK'lillS U1 lUf L/rimi lujtm
Wof Agriculture are watching
with a great interest
; j^\ /^jf the progress of the ricej
r culture work r.ow carried
I on in the new rice belt along the Gulf
I of Mexico, in Louisiana and Texas,
j Conditions there have not been wholly
| satisfactory during the last year, but
j the Department is doing all it can to
help the rice planters, and the indicaj
tions are that the growing of the white
i cereal in a comparatively short time
j will be one of the principal industries
j of the Southwest.
The acreage devoted to rice in Louisiana
and Texas last year comprised
I ninety-three per cent, of the entire rice
j acreage of the United States, according
j to figures published not long ago by
I the Department. A total of G10.700
I acres was planted in the two States,
j and as the total five years ago, when
I rice was first recognized as a staple in
j that section, was only 210,390, it will
I be seen that the increase was more
than 190 per cent. Louisiana now has
tlie largest acreage in rice. Last year
! 370,500 acres were planted. Texas is
j showing a much more rapid rate of inj
crease, having gone from S711 acres
! in 1S99 to 234,200 in 1904. It is officialj
Iy established that about 7,500,000 acres
which have not yet been touched are
available for rice culture in the two
States, while individuals who are on
the ground and shoxild know whereof
they speak, say that Texas alone has
at least 10.000,000 acres of land on
which rice may be successfully grown.
The industry has plenty of room in
which to exnnnd.
| IRRIGATION OF RICE FIELDS.
The experts of the Department say
that the prairie lands along the Gulf,
reaching from Bayou Tuche in Louisiana
to a point near the mouth of the
Rio Grande in Texas, are better adapted
to rice culture than those of any
other section of the country. Under
present conditions, these lands are the
only ones on which it can be profitably
cultivated. These prairies for some
distance back from the Gulf are underlaid
by a stratum of impervious clay.
As it is absolutely necessary to have
the rice fields covered with water during
the growing season, the clay subsoil
makes this possible. On ordinary
land the thousands of gallons of irrigation
water?and all the rice fields in the
new belt are irrigated?would soak in
almost immediately, but on the prairies
where rice is now grown so extensively
the underlying clay prevents this waste
of water, and the process of irrigation
is therefordlcomparatively inexpensive.
All of the big rice-growing concerns
have their own pumping plants located
olnnof tho hnnte of snmp river or havOU.
The pumps fill up the big main supply
canals, scores of miles of which are to
be found traversing the rice belt, and
from these lateral irrigation ditches
lead out across the field. The smaller
farmers either rent their water supply
from the big concerns, or irrigate their
fields from wells dug especially for the
purpose. Artesian water is easily obtainable
In most parts of the Gulf region,
so that this latter process is comparatively
cheap. *
The clay subsoil also makes it possible
for the farmers to drain their fields
thoroughly at harvest time. It is essential
that this be done, in order to
permit the use of heavy harvesting and
threshing machinery, the enforced absence
of which in the old rice-growing
region in the South Atlantic States has
been so largely responsible for the
decadence of the rice industry there.
| INCREASED -PRODUCTION IN
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.
The decrease of rice production in the
j Carolinas and Georgia, incidentally,
| has been even more marked than the
| increase in Texas and Louisiana.
' There has been a sixty-four per cent.
J loss in acreage in the last five years,
and reports made by the Bureau of
Statistics indicate a continuance of this
decrease and the ultimate extinction
I of the rice-growing industry in that
I region, which, up to the time the value
of the Gulf belt was discovered, was
: supreme in the world of rice produc|
tion. None of the three Atlantic States
; has been harmed by the gradual dimi|
nution of the acreage and yield of the
j cereal, because in practically every
instance other crops have been found
i more profitable. In the Gulf country,
| 011 the other hand, a great impetus
has been given general business, be\
cause the land now devoted to rice
was formerly held to be almost worth
less, and the cultivation of it under exj
isting conditions is material}* enhanc;
ing its value. A conservative unofficial
; estimate places at $1S.000,000 the inj
creased value of the prairie lands, bej
cause of the discovery that they are
i iwuliarlv adanted to the culture of
: '
. rice.
i The cheapness of the Gulf lands, as
i compared with those formerly devoted
' to rice-growing in the South Atlantic
I States, the fact that up-ro-date mac-bin;
cry can be used on the former and
not on the latter, and the unsatisfac:
tory prices recently received by the
j Atlantic Coast product, are the most
i potent reasons for the transference
of the centre of the rice industry to the
| new section. Because North and South
Carolina and Georgia could not comj
pete Avith Louisiana and Texas, the
' Atlantic lands formerly devoted to
Rice Culture.
MING A LEADING
JTH. .-. ... ..r
in Louisiana and Texas, and
CaroIinaS'-Irrlgation of the
tracted to the New Rice>
'eased Consumption of
> of Output of Gulf
ear $12,000,000.
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rice have been gradually given over to
other crops.
IMMIGRATION ATTRACTED TO
SOUTHWEST.
One of the results of the satisfactory
developments in the Gulf region, according
to the Department's reports,
has been a heavy stream of immigration
toward the Southwest. The railroads
there have been very active in
inducing immigration from other
States in the Union, and from other
countries. The comparative cheapness
of the rice lands has appealed to the
newcomers, and they have taken up the
growing of the cereal. The thing has
been rather overdone in the last two
years. There is no apparent danger of
any ultimate over-production of rice
in this country, since the home demand
largely exceeds the home-grown supply:
but the increase in production has
been rather too rapid, and increased
consumption has not kept pace with
it. Rice-growing was so easy and so
remarkably profitable at first that the
planters thought it unnecessary to give
much attention to the usuai problems
which confront nil wiio licip to raise
the crops which feed the country.
They are waking up to the necessity of
a little more care now, however, and
the Department expects good results.
Although consumption has not been
increasing as rapidly as production, in
this country, it has nevertheless shown
material advances since the time when,
about five years ago. the Gulf rice belt
first attracted attention. At that time
the annual per capita consumption of
rice in this country was enly about
three pounds. Xow the Department estimates
it at over five, and it is predicted?unofficially,
of course?that the
"campaign of education" set on foot
by the railroads of the Southwest and
other interests, will eventually carry it
to forty pounds. The establishment
known as the "Rice* Kitchen." which
attracted so much attenti"n at the St.
Louis Fair last summer, was a part of
this propaganda, and one of the roads
has issued thousands of copies of a
"rice cook book," which has been translated
into several foreign languages.
Japan has been especially Interested in
the matter, and the Mikado's Govern
mem iius seui ;i nuuiufi ui cchuijjbib iv
Texas, with the view of sending a
great many more if the first ones are
successful in their work. The Italian
Ambassador, on his recent trip through
Texas, paid particular attention to the
rice industry, and it is regarded as a
foregone conclusion that the hundreds
of his countrymen who are expected to
emigrate to the South as a result of
the reports he will make to his Government,
will devote as much of their
time to the raising of rice as to any
other crop.
VALUE OF GULF REGION'S OUTFUT.
The value of the output of rice in the
Gulf region last year was approximately
$12,000,000. That is to say, the
year's crop brought that amount to the
planters for their "rough" grain. The
cleaned grain, as sold to the consumers
of the country, brought more than
twice that.
This is one phase of the matter in
which the public at large is vitally interested.
The price to the producer
and that paid by the consumer are ob
viously too Tar apart, rne middlemen
are making too great a profit. The
idea of the Department of Agriculture's
agents, apparently, is that the
farmer does not get enough for his
grain and that the consumer pays too
much for it after it has passed through
the hands of the miller, the wholesale
dealer, the retailer, and the various
others who are now participating in
the profits. If a means can be devised
whereby the cost of rice to the people
who eat it can be brought down to
what it ought to be, and still allow a |
fair profit to everybody concerned,
there can be little doubt that consump- j
tion will show an even more rapid rate
of increase than it has in the past.?
New York Evening Post.
Trained Ducks.
E. K. Masterson, a prominent farmer
of this county, has found a way to rid
his vineyard of the grasshoppers which
have been invading the county in
countless thousands. Every evening
for several days he walked through his
vineyards with flails, beating the grasshoppers
from the vines. A squad of
ISO tame ducks followed hitn, picking
up the grasshoppers as fast as they
were brushed off the vines. In a few
(lavs the pests left his place and his
loss was insignificant in comparison
with the losses sustained by other
farmers and vineyardists. Mastersou
says that with 1000 ducks he could
have driven the pests out of the entire
county.
To Build Church With Tobacco Tag*.
J. P. Withrow, a well-known merchant
of Hollis and Elleiiboro. proposes
to build a church at Hollis with
tobacco tags. Every tobacco chewer
can contribuie his part to this cause.
Instead of throwing away the tags,
just drop them into your pocf.et and
forward them to J. F. D. Withrow,
Hollis, X. C.
Mr. Withrow bought and sold $1000
"worth of tobacco tags last year, which
fact will give a very clear idea of how
easy it will be to collect enough tags
to build a church.?Shelby correspond
ence Raleigh News and Observer.
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X SOUTH CAROLINA \
} STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ j
csicvir<irJ?cM<s>csirsi? j
Beaufort Quarantines.
A special from Beaufort announces J
the fact that the local board of !
health has declared strict quarantine ,
against New Orleans and all infected j
districts. Certificates showing that I
persons have not been in infected district
in ten days will be required.
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Charleston's Rules.
Mayor Rhett's proclamation declares j
that no passenger shall enter Charleston
on any railroad or boat without
a health certificate or satisfactory evidence
of not having been in infected
territory within ten days. Freight cars
will be allowed to come in from districts
quarantined against only with j
certificates of fumigation.
!
1
New Baptist Publication.
The first issue of the new Baptist j
publication, taking the place of the j
South Carolina Baptist, has come from |
the press at Greenville, it will be j
remembered that Louis J. Bristow and
V. I. Masters purchased the Sou'n
Carolina Eaptist from Pitman & Son
several weeks ago. The name of the {
paper has been changed to the Baptist i
Press, and in appearance and make- \
s+ toVoa rant omnn? the leading !
UJ/ 11 iu?iv/w i uun ?> ?- ? ?^ _ w f
religious papers of South Carolina.
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Editor Given European Trip.
Major J. C. Hemphill of Charleston, I
editor of the News and Courier, left j
for New York, when he sailed for |
Queenstowu, p. few days ago, on a
trip through Europe, a present which !
was made to him by his newspaper 1
connections in Charleston.
He was tendered a farewell luncheon
by his Charleston friends, an incident
of which was the presentation
of a silver flask as a souvenir of the
luncheon.
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Newberry to Vote on Dispensary.
The election on the question of dispensary
or no dispensary for Newberry
county will be held on Tuesday,
August 29th. The election has been
ordered by the commissioners of elec- j
tion.
"Newberry county will be watched !
with interest by the entire state in 1
this election, as it is a well known ;
fact that the result in Newberry will j
have a great effect upon the dispensa- j
ry's future.
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Editors Visit Exposition.
E. H. Aull of Newberry, president
of the South Carolina Press association.
with a party of thirty members
of the association, left a few days I
ago in a private Pullman car, "Star- j
light," for a trip to the Lewis and
Clarke exposition, Portland, Oregon, i
Over 7,000 miles will be covered by
the party. An excellent schedule, including
many side trips, has been arranged
by President Aull. The trip
will occupy nearly a month, and the j
editors and their wives are anticipating
a delightful time.
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McLaurin May Go to China..
A well designed movement has been j
started in Columbia to have ex-Sena- j
tor John L. McLaurin sent to China j
to see what can be done toward raising
the present boycott there against
American cotton and other goods and
toward extending trace generally
China. The senator opposed the Chinese
exclusion act in congress and s
a strong friend of Minister Wiu. He
has been to Washington to confer j
^ -
with the president on tne auujcci.
The movement is backed by the
South Carolina Cotton association and
by a number of prominent mill men.
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6eeking to Save Dispensary System.
It is said that the state authorities
are about to make trouble for the
hotels in withdrawing the dispensary
privileges which they hold and making
a great profession of strict enforcement
of the law in order to try to
save the institution at the hands of
the legislature next January.
The hotels are privileged to sell
the liquor in whole packages and oniv
to guests, but the hotels sell generally j
and by the drink and by revoking the
privileges the authorities hope to I
make a great show of enforcing the j
law and thus save the dispensary sybtem.
j
Industry May Yet Be Saved.
Efforts are being made to organize j
another oyster canning factory at j
Charleston to take the place of the
corporation which recently went into
liquidation on account of the xcessive
:.v.tuse and tax rate of the act of the
i.vs*..v,n Gi ;r.e jc-g.siaiure. Attorney
c.ener?si Cantor w?s appealed to
by the promoters oi anomer company,
to ue organ.zed, to construe too
law, as it auects tne ousnei measure
and cost ol operation oi ihe p.ahr, J
out thai official declares mat the ques- j
tion is one ot lact and not *a\v and ;
has passed tr.e matter over to tne I
boaru oi coun y commissioners, who |
will be caiiej i.pon 10 act.
The board may take a mo-re favor- j
i
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I
able ac.ion than the attorneys have
aavised and ihe industry may yet no
saved 10 tne ciiy and sute.
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Penalty for Flagging Train.
C. P. Pnillips 01 Cnerokee Falls
has been sentenced to serve fifteen
days on the Spartanburg county!
chaingang lor malicious mischief, his
act consisting in flagging a through
freight.
It seems that Phillips loitered about
; the depot in Spartanburg until his
train had departed and upon' learning
of the fact set out to walk home.;
When he saw the freight approaching
he decided that to get aboard would
be much Detter than walking, so he
proceded to signal the engineer, who,
not knowing the situation, brought his
train to a standstill.
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To Vote on Bond Issue.
By a vote of 112 to 6 the qualified
electors of Spartanburg have decided,
on the issuing of city bends to the
amount of $100,000 for the purpose oil
street paving and at an early date'
the city council will pass upon the
material to be used. This is considered
one of the strongest efforts ever;
taken for the permanent upbuilding ofi
the city.
A recent contract to the extent ofj
$20,000 was awarded to George Baxter
of Savannah, for placing cement
sidewalks on the leading thorough''
fares of the city, and this work in;
connection with the decision to e*-i
tend the work on the streets is con-!
siderable advertising for the progress
of the town.
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Pride Succeeds Cheatham.
The Atlanta Constitution prints the
following:
The appointment of J. A. Pride? for*
merly commercial agent of the Sea-,
board Air Line at Columbia, S. C*;
to succeed R. I. Cheatham, resigned^
as assistant genera] freight agent of}
the Seaboard with headquarters In At-j
lanta, is a source of gratlflction to .
the friends and admirers of that capable
and talented* young railroad man.
Mr. Pride has brought his family,
from Columbia to Atlanta, and harf v
been in daily attendance on his new
duties since August 1, having already '
demonstrated his ability to handle
the business of his new and important
post
Mr. Pride held the position of commercial
agent of his road at Columbia
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for a numoer 01 yvam, wuuuv,v?b
himself with such conspicuous merit
that his superiors did not hesitate to |
2dvance him as soon as the opportunity
presented itself. He had been giv- y - %
en a cordial welcome by the Atlanta ^
railroad colony to the ranks of which
he will prove a decided acquisition.
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SECRETARY TAFT IN MANILA.
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Party Arrives at Philippine Capital
and Great Blow-Out Follows.
Secretary Taft and party arrived
at Manila cn the steamer Manchuria
at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Thepr ' v
arrival was made the occasion for a
gorgeous water pageant Governor
General Wright Major General Corbin
and Rear Admiral Train, with their
staffs and the official reception committee,
met the party when the Man
churia anchored. The battleship unio,
forts and crafts in the harbor fired
the regulation salute for the secretary
of war! The party then proceeded
to the governor general's residence,
where the official welcome was made
and where the golden keys of the city
were presented to Taft. Thousands
lined the streets, which were elaborately
d^fcorated.
GOVERNMENT TAKES CHARGE.
Uncle Sam Officially Assumes Control
of Affairs in Crescent City.
The United States government assumed
official control of the yellow
fever sftuation Monday. Dr. J. H.
White of the federal forces took ,
charge of affairs shortly before noon
on final instructions from Washington.
The official report up to 6 p. m. was
as follows: New cases, 32; total to
date, 565; deaths, 8; total deaths to* j.
date, 113.
WELCOME FOR PEACE ENVOYS.
Elabarate Arrangements Made fot
Their Reception by Roosevelt.
Fijiaf arrangements were completed
at Oyster Bay Friday for the recep
tion by Prvident Rcoseveit of the
Russian and Japanese peace envoys on
Saturday. Every honor due to then
rank will be yalel :o the envoys* and
the cord'ality of the greeting by the
preslden: <>n be~aif of the Americar
people will leave nothing to be de
sired.
WILSON NAMES HUTCHINS.
To Perform Duty on Cotton Crop Es.
timating Beard.
Captain W. P. Hutrhius, formerly
chief chemis" of the state board of agriculture
of Louisiana, wiio is regarded
as an expert in ccttcn statistics,
h.-.s been appointed to the position as
travel;;1.:: inspector of *bo agricultural
department in co ton districts with the
understanding that he will perform
duty on the cotton eicp estimating
board when called upon to do so.
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