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THE WEAVER. Beside the loom of life I stand And watch the busy shuttle go: The threads I hold within my nard Make up the filling: strand on strand They slip my fingers through, and so This web of mine tills out aoace, While I stand ever in my place. One time the woof is smooth and fiio, And colored with a sunny dye: Again the threads so roughly twine And weave so darkly line on line My heart misgives me. Then would I Fain lose this web?begin anew? But that, alas. 1 can not do. TSome day the web will all be done, The shuttle quiet in its place. From out my hold the threads be run; And friends at setting of the sun Will come to look upon my face. And say: "Mistakes she made not few, Yet wove perchance as best she knew." ?The Independent. V !"> ?' 'I' I' 'I* 'I' 'I* 'I1 <8*iHg"gHgni<l> 'H* >'t' ***** Martvr Pio ***** tiit,it.iV?% 1 &CL1 l.y A & Ax? - *X* C" "I" **1" *1' 'I* ?? %**%*+ *"*%*"* * "I* *?* * \ What girls, art student girls, would feed to their pigeons?so that he might imitate and thus win the good will of the flock?had become suddenly a tantalizing mystery to Burrick. He stopped his sketching and meditating, gazed out of the window, over the four tin roofs, with their square orchard of chimney pots, to the opposite window, in which sat the several girls I ?-his ladies of the pigeons. A fortuitous architectural blessing had pro's * vided that the buildings in which & v , Burrick and the girls had their separate studios were four stories high, j while the intervening structures had j ignobly and fortunately but three j jjff ' floors to their credit. NT<?T?r?io untTi'ictori hprsplf from the UUV ?? IVVVU MV. w. ? model's chair when Burrick's crayon .paused. Nannie did not merit a model's throne?her nose was out of kilter, her hair was stringy, she had H small eyes and large freckles. Burrick's experience with her had proved that her disposition was fairly good, however, and he could not understand how she had ever come to assault the policeman on her beat with a heavy - % skillCt. 8? i \ The assault on the officer had merited for Nannie newspaper notoriety. Her picture had to be published and H Burrick was detailed to make the sketch. Nannie had found posing for > him such a pleasure during the five minutes of his stay in the kitchen that she had volunteered to appear at his ? studio evbry day, if he wished. She made a convenient model, and did not Insist on the regular rates. She would, too, wash Burrick's steins on the morning after his chums visited him. She had a deal of information, and ; ; had always been eager to answer %- [ \ questions put by the youth. She might know the diet of pigeons. He put the mystery to her. "Nannie, what do you think those t girls feed their pigeons?" He waved his crayon toward the open windows. "Cake and stuff," answered the girl, in her succinct fashion. Then, with a raucous note in her voice, she - commented on the art girls. "They look like dead ones to me, sure. Do youse know them?" "No such luck." "Youse couldn't get acquainted wid them as easy as wid me, eh, Kid?" the girl asked quaintly. "Every one'isn't as sociable as you, Nannie," Burrick put in discreetly. It wouldn't do for her to develop a contrary strain which might lead to | expensive mutiny. "Let's get back to our picture." He sketched intently and in silence for some minutes. White pigeons 'm' flirting by the window aroused him again to the interests over the roofs. "Say, Nannie, do you think we could grab one of those birds?" "Oh, gee, and kill 'em; that would P be great! Wouldn't them girls be fierce, though!" Nannie was enthused n Viof Tt'oe inovn1ir>9hlp tr? in Wliu a j\jj iuai tiuo IUVA1>?VV.W.V & nocent Burrick. In an instant she was off the model's sft ' chair, had gone to the cupboard and IPfi gathered a handful of doughnut crumbs. She scampered out of the ?; window suddenly, and "when Burrick looked she was crouching behind a brick chimney. A snare of doughnut ? remnants was alluring a rash pigeon beneath the girl's hand. There was a . flurry of wings, a desperate fanning of the air and Nannie scrambled into fthe room again, holding a beautiful pigeon in her hard little hands. She 'swung the bird by one leg. "Shall I j wring its neck?" she asked calmly. "Lord! Stop?don't?you're hurtIng it." "Why not? It belongs to them girls j there," replied Nannie, superiorly, making a face across the canyon which intervened. She had that infallible logic which only comes to savage little ?!?* * s*ris"Let me have it." cried Burrick. making a sudden grab. He held the trembling thing so tenderly that its r fluttering ceased. He caressed the bird, and then slipped it into the huge . -* pocket of his jacket, while he fumbled among his papers and uncovered a I* calling card rather fresh. On it he scrawled, "How d*3re do!" "Give me a piece of your hair'ribbon, Nannie," he pleaded. The girl obeyed automatically. Having acquired the ribbon, Burrick mercilessly slashed off its cleanest edge, and by that thread attached th( card to the bird's pink leg. Nannie, in a rage, nearly fell out of the window as she made a dash for the escaping homer. (She stamped her foot and said a naughty word, a very naughty word for a seventeen-yearold little girl to say in the presence of . a young man. She slammed the door fiercely as she went out. Without a thought of the girt's irritable departure Burrick gave his 4 I eyes to the flignt or tne pigeon. tt I winged a direct way to the window where the other art students were at I their work. Covertly peering across the abyss the young man saw the bird received in the arms of its patronesses. He knew that the engraved name upon his card would be effective. With great self-restraint Nannie did not refer to the pigeon nor the pigeon girls when next she came. Burrick was afraid she would not return at all, but she did appear the next morning, and after much coaxing and flattering agreed to pose. In a fortnight she was herself again. Then Fate grew careless. One morning a white pigeon flew into the window. From one of its legs fluttered a red ribbon and a card. Nani nie pounced on the bird and endeavor- | I eel to read the message. A portion ot J it was clear enough. "Miss Yanaane" was engraved decently on the pasteboard. But in a corner, in the sprawling confusion of the art ncuveau of chirography was written, "Thursday evening?pinochle." "What does that stuff in the corner j say?" aslted the nuzzled Nannie. " 'Thursday evening?pinochle.' That ! means 'come around Thursday evening ] and we will feed you on pinochle,' " Burrick explained. "Oh," said Nannie. Then she lapsed into deep thought and later went home. While preparing for the pinochle function Burrick discovered unmistakable signs that his room had been ransacked during the afternoon. He found that all his belongings were intact, with the possible exception of some stationery and a doughnut. He I put the offence at the door of some ! friend and was undisturbed. He forI got all about his trival loss when I he later learned from Miss Vandane j that her pet pigeon was missing. The - 1 ?? Tlio mvctprv i gin Wits mtUU2u;auiv, a. a*aj w..? J was tragic. It was more tragic the next morning when in his mail Bu;rick received a card reading: "Miss Nannie, Friday evening?pigeon pie."?Arthur Price in San Francisco News Letter. THE FIGHTING GERMAN ARMY. Largest and Most Efficient Military Organization is the World. The German army of today is the largest and most efficient fighting organization that world has ever seen, and it has served as a model for the armies of most other countries, says the World's Work. The Austrian army has been organized on methods copied exactly from the German system. The Japanese army also took its methods in organization as well as in strategy and tactics from Germany and German officers. The Chinese army has now adopted German methods. Nearly all the smaller countries of Europe with aspirations to military efficiency have borrowed officers from the German army to instruct their troops. The Turkish army was so organized. In the recent war the largest forces met which had ever opposed one another in any conflict. The German army, however, could put in the field a perfectly equipped military force eight times larger than the victorious Japanese army which gained the battio r>f Mutton it consists of more than four millions soldiers. But in addition to four million trained soldiers, Germany could enroll six million more men who, although not trained for service in the fighting line would nevertheless forma valuable reserve for the protection of lines of communication, and such duties. A t very large number of these reserves have had at least some military training, and in case of necessity could also be employed in active service after a brief period of drill and military exercise. Thus the stupendous number of ten million able-bodied men could be mustered under the imperial banner of the German Empire; hence the statement that all Germay is an "armed camp." The German Emperor, who in times | of peace shares the authority over ' the army with his fellow-German sovereigns, the Kings of Bavaria, Sax* ony, and Wurtemberg, becomes in I time of war supreme and commander- j in-chief, or "war lord" of the entire I military forces of the Empire. The standing army of Germany ! consists approximately of 600,000 | men. xvearxy nan ui iuis uumuci i>o.oo out of the standing army every year and are replaced by an equal number of fresh recruits. Germany thus produces year by year more than a quarter of a million trained soldiers. The first reserve consists approximately of 1,100,000 men, and the "Landwher" consists of 1,700,000 men, of whom 900,000 are in the first class, j and 800,000 are in the second class. The organization of the army is as simple as it is efficient. The unit of organization in the infantry in the "section," consisting of 20 men under the command of a corporal. Two sec- j tions form the "semi-detachment," or 40 men under the command of a sergeant. Two semi-detachments form a "detachment" of 80 men under the command of a lieutenant. Three de- j tachments form a company of 240 men under a captain. Four companies make a battalion of 960 men under a major. Three battalions form a regiment under a colonel, and two regiments form a brigade under the command of a major general. The "Army Corps," which is the largest military unit, consists of two or three divisions. Eugene Vallat, a well know United States engineer, with a long and fare rible military record, died recently it Detroit. In 1864 he was appointed hief engineer by President Abraham Lincoln. i f <r.' [> A A A A A A A A A A A A 4 jPalmetto State News; ! 4 ^ v VVftVfftff I 1 . Demand "Jim Crow" Bleachers. I A petition has been prepared, numerously signed, asking the Charleston baseball club to provide separate accommodations for the races on the bleachers. * * * Pardon Asked for Bush. A petition is being circulated asking that Jesse Bush, who shot and killed James Israel, be pardoned. The | petition will be presented to the I board of pardons at its next meeting. The paper is being generally I signed. I Bush killed the man who it was I said was the father of a child born to his fourteen-year-old daughter, ana l'or which crime he was tried and given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary. i To Purchase Water Powers. A party of Pittsburg, Pa., capitalists. consisting of J. C. Slack, R. M. Drnvo, F. H. Knox, R. C. Crawford and Oscar Shanks, were in Spartanburg, the past week, the object of their visit being to purchase several valuable water powers in the county, which thev nronose to develop. The idea is to establish electric power plants and sell electric power for industrial and business purposes. * * * Fought Duel on Train. Dr. Rowland K. Smith and T. M. Brown, prominent citizens of Chapin, engaged in a sensational shooting affray in the baggage coach of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens train as it was leaving Chapin. Although the two men emptied their revolvers at each other, none of the k shots took effect It is understood that the shooting grew out of domestic relations. President Childs of the road declares that he will have the men prosecuted for using arms on a loaded passenger train. * * Saw Their Monuments Unveiled. The monuments at the empty graves of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Covington were unveiled in the beautiful Hebron cemetery, near Bennettsville, Marlboro county, in the presence of a large gathering. The aged couple were present to participate in the exercises and hear the eulogies of themselves. J. P. Gibson, member of the house of representatives, was the orator of the day. Captain Frank Manning presided, and made an approprifltp sneerh. and a beautiful essay was read by Miss Jean Cameron of Virginia. Some time ago Covington had the graves for himself and wife prepared and tombs erected bearing appropriate inscriptions. * * * Final Dispensary Settlements. Although the Spartanburg city and county dispensaries have been closed for several months, the final settlement of the profits of the business transacted for December was made only a few days ago. The money was turned into the county treasury shortly be ^e the close of the December ! transactions, though settlement was not made at that time. The profits 1 for the last month of the dispensary ! amounted to $5,081.66 and of this the city received one-half, the other half going to the county. No portion of this sum went to the school fund for the reason that no provision was made for the schools to receive their share * * ; Read Supports New County Movement The committee from the mass meet ing which was held in North Augusta recently, called upon Vice President James U. Jackson and was assured of ihe support of the AugustaAiken railway jr.nd allied interests in the fignt. for the new county, and further the commit roe has been assayed b coint house and jail, together with ten acres of land, for the purpose of erecting a county heme cm should the new* county be carried. The railroad has made a liberal offer, and it is believed that those at the head of the movement for the newcounty will work hard to carry theii point. * * Col. Elliott in Washington. Headquarters have just been established in Washington by Coiouci William E. Elliott of Charleston, who was appointed by Secretary Taft commissioner "to ascertain the location and condition of all graves of confederate soldiers and sailors who died In federal prisons and military hospital*. in the north, and who were buried near their places of confinement.'' Colonel Elliott was appointed pursiant to an act which passed congress, and which the president approved March 9, 1906, and will cause to be prepared, registers in triplicate, one lor the superintenden. office in the cemetery, one for the quartermaster general's office, and one for the war record's office, confederate archives, showing place of burial, number of graves, name, company, regi ... ... ^ ^ ' . . -. . I | 7uent or vessel, aril state of each coni federate soldier aiyl sailor who so I died; to cause to be erected over said i graves, white marble headstones similar to those in the "confederate section" at Arlington, Va.. similarly inscribed. For carrying out this project $200,00C have been appropriated, and it is e>pected that the work will be completed within two years, when a re port on the subject will be made tc congress. Socialists to Put Out Ticket. Carolina Socialists have finally decided to put out a state t.CKCt, t:ioug-i it has not been fully determined yet whether the ticket will be full or only mer. for the leading places nominated. The idea of holding a state i convention has been aoanaonea on j account of the expense. The ticket | will be arranged for bv correspond! ence and announced later. The object is merely to test the strength of the party in the state and provide for a thorough organization by cocDt.es later with this purpose in view. The Columbia Socialists are now taking up the matter of a state ticket with members of the party in Charleston, Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Orangeburg, Florence and other leading towns of the state, taking the vote for the nominations by correspondence as it were. * * * State T. P. A.'s Win Prize. j The South Carolina division of the ! Travelers' Protective Association has i won the prize offered by the national association for the largest increase in membership for the year. Tn<* states as arranged in groups show that South Carolina, New York, Ohio, Minnesota and Arkansas are among the leaders. South Carolina led with 112 new members;*New York with 59; Arkansas with 51; Ohio with 28, and Min x- ? a.-u i n nesoui wi?u xz. The South Carolina division has set the membership to 1,000 for 1907, and j will adept a label button to read "South Carolina division, Travelers' Protective Association, 1907." * * Figured in Historic Race War. j Will Jennings, a negro 45 years of j age, who about eight years ago figI ured in the race war at Rehobcth and Phoenix, in Greenwood county, is in jail at Augusta, Ga., on a charge of forgery. It. will be recalled that a prominent white merchant, Lee Etheridge, was shot to death by some negroes at an election at Phoenix, because of the fact that Mr. Etheridge was trying to stop an illegal ballot. Immediately after his murder, by some unknown negro of the party, the entire community was so incensed that a general raid was started on all ne{ groes and the entire locality, in fact j the whole of the state was stirred to hot heat and some 14 negroes killed. The day following the murder, ten negroes who had been corralled were set upon by a mob and eight of them shot to death. Two made their esI cape into a swamp and Will Jennings was one of the two. BRIDE NOT FORTHCOMING. ] Parson Dczier, Fleeced Through Matrimonial Paper, Squeals. Miss Lucile PatLCi sen and her niece. Kiss Edna Kirk, both of Lewistcn, Pa., are charged with fraudulent use of the mails. 2v means of a matrimonial paper, the government secret service agents say these women collected sums ot money from men all over the United States who wanted wives. In the very peaceful community of Ashburn, Ga., the Rev. J. B. Dczier read that Mrs. Patterson was seeking p. loving husband, and he forthw'th wrote her. | ft Several letters were enchanged, the | clergyman proposed and was accepted. ! The bride-to-be wrote, asking for car fare from Lewiston to Georgia. The pastor sent $30, but the bride was not forthcoming. The Rev. Mr. Dczier grew nervous, and when his letters remained unanswered he appealed to the postal a<* I thorities at Washington. Other men who had sent money and received no bride as" per agreement also wanted explanations. \ large number of other victims to the tune of from $20 to $35 each, have complained to the postal authorj ities of Mrs. Patterson's matrimonial negotiations. Miss Kirk is alleged tc be an accomplice. WARSHIP TO GUADALOUPE. American Interests on Island Menaced by Uncontrollable Mob. Guadaloupe, the French West Indian island, is under mob rule, according to a dispatch received at the state department Monday from G. Jar- J vis Bowens, the American consul ai that point His dispatch says thai the mob is in control and the authorities are unable to restrain it. Election troubles are the cause of he disturbance. At the request of the state department, the navy department has ordered Commander Southerland of the fleet at Sa.n Domingo to send a warship to Guadaloupe to protect American interests. ~ ."A*' ?; K ' '.' . - ' i - . * ' * ' y ' '. . RATE MEASURE ASSURED i President Satisfied With Compromise and All Obstacles to Passage of Bill Are Removed. A Washington special says: President Roosevelt Friday afternoon made formal announcement of his approval of the amendment to the railroad bill proposed by Senator Allison, which solves the much discussed question of judicial review by simply conferring full jurisdiction upon the circuit courts m 11 - -a - ' ***- a a. Ars. oi me Lnuoa siaies 10 near u.uu u^=termine all complaints brought by the railroads against the orders and regulations of the interstate commerce commission and places no limitation v hatsoever upon the scope of the court's review. This announcement was made to a j number of newspaper men summoned to the conference at the white ! house. Some weeks ago the presi| dent announced to a similar, conference that he was giving his support to the amendment of Senator Long I providing for a narrdw review. In order to explain his reasons for the j apparent change of position on his part he talked freely and frankly with [ the representatives of the press at Friday's conference. Briefly stated, the position of the president is that the Allison amendment does nothing more than affirm what he believes is already in the Hepburn bill. While seme of the advocates of that measure have contended that it provided no review, the president holds it did. Tc meet the objection that without specific conferring of jurisdiction the bill might be held to be unconstitutional, he favors the Allison amendment, though he would prefer the t /inff nmpndment restricting the courts to the consideration of two questions, first, whether the commission exceeded its authority; second, whether any of the constitutional rights of the carrier had been invaded. He admitted that it had been found impossible to get the so-called narrow review republicans to agree to the Long amendment, so the Allison amendment was agreed to as the simplest possible solution. The broad review element of repub* licans naturally regards this in the nature of a victory for them, since it leaves to the courts to determine for themselves the trend of the review, with no legislative restrictions placed upon them. ARMY MEN KEPT BUSY. Soldier Boys Have Been of Great Assistance to 'Frisco. The army people at the Presidio, San Francisco, have accomplished wonders in the way of straightening out the badly mixed up condition of affairs in the stricken city. In an interview on the subject Friday General Funston said:. "This is the largest rescue work ever attempted by the army. In the east they speak of the fire as the greatest catastrophe of the age,' but 1Loi?e who have been engaged in the work of relief on the ground do not vet realize that 200,000 people were ir.ade homeless and penniless, and have been fed and sheltered for two weeks, and no man, woman or child has gone hungry." STRIKE SEEMS A CERTAINJY. Little Chance of Amicably Settling Trouble With Miners. A dispatch from Scranton, Pa., says: There was but little hope of settling the controversy in the anthracite coal field Friday morning. Delegates to the miners' convention express the opinion that a strike is their only alternative. President Mitchell is endeavoring to find a way of obviating extreme measures. PALMA RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT. Head of Cuban Government Duly Installed by Island Congress. The Cuban congress in joint ses sion ai Jtiavana. cauvasscu mc ciwiwjal returns and proclaimed Tomas Estrada Palma and Mendez Capote unanimously elected president and vice president, respectively. All the liberals and also the independents of the provinces of Santa Clara and Santiago signified their protests by their absence. WANTS FOREIGNERS THANKED. \ President Appreciative of Offers to Aid San Francisco. President Roosevelt sent a message to congress recommending the passage of a resolution expressing the gratitude of the United States government to foreign soverigns and countries for their expressions of sympathy on account of the California disaster and their offers of relief. BIG DEAL IN TIMBEfl LANDS. Saw Mill and 12,000 Acres of Land soia tot A saw mill deal involving $200,000 was closed at Moultrie, Ga., Thursday by which R. J. Corbett and Dr. G. F. Taylor acquire the T. N. Baker Lumber company's holdings at Ticknor. The property includes 12,000 acres of very fine timber, a mill with a cutting capacity of 103,000 feet of lumber daily and all the running equipment. ff 'Vim crow cars | Touched Upon in Discussion * of Railroad Rate Bill. PROTEST BY DEMOCRATS J Senator Forakcr Precipitated Lively Racket by Coupling Jim Crow Feature with Anti-Pass ' JJ Amendment. --i_ jt j ? Jim crow cars were uiseuaseu iu . the senate for several hours Monday in connection with the rate bill, with, the final result that, with the aid of* twelve republicans, a provision for "the same or equal acocmmodations" was stricken from an amendment in- ' troduced by Senator Foraker. The Onio senator presented a strong anti-pass amendment, but coupled with it was this jim crow car feature. Senator Bacon led the fight against it, insisting that its. intro duction was for the purpose of em barrassing southern senators in their action upon the pass question. He argued for a division cf the Foraker amendment. Senator Money, Senator McLaurin ^ and other southerners took virtually the same stand. Senator Bacon based his objection, not so much on the merits of the r?T./\r?/\e*fi/vn fnr fh? r?<jsr?r? that thft laws of all the southern states which call for separation of the races upon * trains also provide for equality of ac- \ ^ commodations, but he argued that the effect of the incorporation of such a provision in the interstate law would . be to act as an incentive to people - JgSB seeking to stir up strife over the race : question, a thing that should be ' 'i:0 avoided. ; Senator Culberson introduced a sub* "s stitute for the Foraker anti-pass v p amendment even more stringent on its terms than that of the Ohio senator. but shorn of its reference to the jim crow question, and this was adoptr ed by a vote of 38 to 36. The twelve republican senators who joined with the democrats were Messrs. Knox, LaFollette, Frye, Dotliver, Clapp, Burkett, Long, Warner, Nelson, Southerland, Nixon and Kittiedge. The senate spent the major portion of its time on one amendment to the Hepburn railroad rate bill, but instead of accepting It, adopted a '-.' M substitute. The discussion took a broad range covering first the pass question and then the race question in the southern states. The race issue was rais- /vjlf ed in connection with the clause relar ~J1| tive to discriminations which was inr . terpreted as referring to separate cars for the races. "Can it possibly be the design of the senator to incorporate this sub- : ject of discrimination with that of free passes in order to strengthen it?" , asked Mr. Bacon, referring to the separate car system of the south for negroes. The provision, he said, touchr ed upon a matter of vital importance to the south. "There could be no question raised of more vital importance to that section," he said. He insisted that the two matters should not be coupled together. .1 "Does the senator object to equal accommodations for the same pay?" asked Mr. Foraker. "No," responded Mr. Bacon, "but I do object to giving the interstate commerce commission supervision ever the matter." "And that I insist upon," declared r Mr. Foraker. "In view of the fact that two-thirds of the senate are republican, I presume that he can make good this c, boast," said the Georgia senator with warmth. Mr. Foraker disavowed any purpose to bo~st, and Mr. Bacon proceeded with his argument against the coupling of the two propositions. Jury Will Probe Insurance. The special grand jury which is to investigate insurance matters and es^ pecialiy political campaign contributions was empaneled at New York Monday. District Attorney Jerome, who asked for this jjury, wa3 present when it was sworn. Boston Cigar Makers Strike. A strike of union cigar makers of Boston, Mass., was inaugurated Monday. It is estimated that about 1,200 men are out in an effort to force an increase in wages. -. ' . A SEMI-CATASTROPHE. ? "? ? ?A !? Aiiour*! Hu.r I wo men meet i/cam w<? a Couple of Cats. William Cox and his son-in-law, William Miners Carney, of Smithfield, * Ohio, quarreled over the possession > of two cats. As Carney was leaving the yard, Cox seized a shot gun and ' shot him dead. He then turned the weapon on himself, dying almost instantly. M, ' ^ J