The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 17, 1907, Image 2
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"MY TRAIL,"
Your trail may carry you far away,
To the line of the snowy peak:
You may follow the wake of the lir-tree's
song.
But farther, oh farther I seek.
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You may wander the forests primeval,
Lured by the eagle's call.
Or wait for the desert's wooing?
My trail out-reaches them all. ;j
I doubt if you find it by searching.
However so far you climb:
The inn at the end is p constant heart, j
The path is a man's life-time.
?Nancy K. Foster.
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It was August and intenseiy hot,
; and, though there was positively nobody
in town, London was crowded
> "with panting human ?esh. In a particular
West End terrace, however, life
*/v was anything but strenuous. A yawnlug
policeman promenaded slowly past
fS^the odd numbers, while a young girl,
^ exquisitely dressed, was walking briskly
past the even in the opposite direc,
tion. Except for these two human bell^-Jag
the terrace was deserted. The girl
Jhesitated before the last house and
If stared a little wistfully at the hall
* door. Then she swung round the cor :,v
ner and hesitated again. It was all
so quiet, so ridiculously like the country.
A man had been painting the
gate; the brushes and paint pot were
still there. Evidently he had gone for
refreshment. The gate was open. The
\ girl thought hard for half a minute
|\ or so, and took something tnat cioseiy
- resembled an Easter egg out of her
| ( .pocket. She entered the garden and
deposited this beneath a rhododendron
jpi bush. Glancing at the house she saw
latitat the French window leading into
looked like a library was open.
^ Here again there was evidence of
||| 5piite recently interrupted work. Some*-~f
body had been cleaning windows,
^ and, as likely as not, the girl
reasoned, had joined the house painter
r' :';3n the quest of mutual solace. The
Ml. girl walked quietly into the house and
h'v"*ang the bell. Then she sat down in
the most comfortable chair in the
room. A minute or two later a puztied
butler stared protest and admir^
ation at her from the doorway.
rV. "Tell Mr. Samuels that I sh^ll see
vhim here, in this room; it will be
-cooler. Yes, now! Lady Laura Briage'
yale, and do be quick."
The butler bowed and withdrew.
|Sp? In a few minutes a fat, stooping isl
xselite shuffled furtively into the li\
ta&ry. The girl smiled at him.
"It's horribly hot," she said, gent?Y-3y;
"I thought it would be cooler in
the library. Do sit down."
S&fe-'' "Bridgevale?Lady Laura Bridge^>L*rale,"
he muttered,
fpv The brazen cover of "Debrett" coni;
v jfronted them both from the near corIpfiBr
of a book case."
"I don't seem to remember," he
^ continued, and he moved a pace toward
that corner.
IpY 4<No, no; it's no use," the girl in^"terrupted.
"I'm not Lady Laura
j^TrBridgevale; I just said the first name
[H/ffcat came into my head."
Puffy and startled, the man turned
^cn her. "You mean," he stammered,
jp "false pretences?in the city?I never
p heard?"
wfcl The girl laughed out loud. She had
| nice laugh. "There isn't much time,"
fV ri*? said, looking straight into his
??, eyes.
|jp "What do you mean?" At the mo|T:
ment he wished that his son, Mont^'
morency, were at home. He hated
^talking to these insolent women of
!> fashion, who mocked him even while
they clutched for his money. "What do
r$ \ you mean?" he repeated, avoiding her
rj; eyes.
"1 want a nunarea pounus, siuu luc
5" girl, brightly.
S|f. For an instant the dull, heavy eyeT>r6ws
were raised. Then they reJaxed
into their old furtiveness.
"Ye6, I want it at once," continued
the giijl. "They said you were prompt
and liberal."'
/ "Who said?" gasped Mr. Samuels.
j&P'[ "The daily papers, of course. Why,
?9* It's everywhere and they say you won't
pll take security."
"Security! What?, Why you must
?pl? mad! In the City?you come to me
talking like that?calling yourself
Xady Laura Bridgevale, and talking
"about a hundred to my face. Do you
think I find a hundred pounds in my
garden?" He broke off abruptly. His
angry pomposity fell flaccid beneath
t-i the scrutiny of her stare. Again the
desire for Montmorency came to him.
.V The oily, varnished tongue of his son
gv had always smoothed such predica
? ments as the present. She might De
||| laughing at him: she might be a
duchess for all he knew. He dared
mot express the insolence of his soul.
"I want a hundred pounds," contin
ued the girl, "and? yes, ten shillings
M: for a hansom."
"I can't do it," said the man of
H "business, his teeth closing in angry
f, finality.
"You'v? got to do, Mr. Samuels,"
said the girl.
"Do you mean just on your note of
Jiand?"
V s>. "Yes, I do; but there's a time limit
y ?for you."
:>. Something like a gloomy grin passed
p -over the money lender's face. "You
inean a promissory note?three
months?"
4I mean ten minutes, and three
\ Itave gone already."
-v . time he thought she really was
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mad, and he jerked his body forward
like am animal in pain.
For a moment Mr. Samuel's dull
eyes wandered to the clock on the
mantelpiece.
"I think you'd better just rest,
Madam," he said feebly, eying the door
sideways as he spoke.
"There isn't much time for rest,"
said the igirl.
Fear came to him, from the yellow,
heavy eyelids drops of perspiration
started, airaost like tears. The forehead
contracted, the usurer looked
years older.
"The girl played with the tassel cn
her red parasol. "It's like this, Mr.
Samuels." she began, kindly, "Do you
know what a time fuse is?"
"tn r.irv"?hp besan. and then
collapsed.
"I don't mean in the city," said the
girl. "I mean among the anarchists."
The word shook him. The girl knew
that he would not try to escape. She
held him easily in his chair with her
eyes.
"You see, Mr. Samuels," she continued,
airly "there's been quite a lot of
bomb throwing lately, in Paris, in
Vienna?they watch them there. It's
much easier in London, Mr. Samules."
As she spoke she rose from her chair
and glanced out of the French window.
"It's in the garden, Mr. Samuels, and
it's a ten-minute fuse!"
"My God" groaned Mr. Samules, as
he staggered to his feet.
"It's no use calling the police," said
the girl; "that won't help you. I'm not
an anarchist, you know; I'm just a girl
who wants a hundred pounds and ten
shillings, and I do want it very badly,
Mr. Samuels."
"Do you mean that there is a. bemb
in my garden? Do you mean, while
you sit twirling your flimsy fal-lals,
that me and mine may be blown to
eternity? The terrible fear in his yellow
face made him for the moment
something other than comic to his
visitor..
For the instant she relasped into
seriousness.
"You see, Mr. Samuels, it's as quiet
as the country here. London's like a
village out of the Season. I was just
walking behind him; he was horrid
and shaggy. I think he was a little
mad, Mr. Samuels. He threw the thing
in just like this," she added, waving
her arms, "and then he said,out loud,
'Usurer, ten minutes for your prayers.'
I didn't think he was a nice man,
Mr. Samuels. There was no policeman
about, and so I came in to tell you
myself. But I do so want that hundred
pounds?and ten shillings for the
handsom. No, it's no good making a
noise, and shouting for the servants
or the police?they can't help you;
there's nobody in London who can help
you, Mr. Samuels, but I. You see,
while they're arresting me, you will be
blown into heaven."
'"I'll do it," said the money lender,
and the girl could not face the animal
terror of his eyes.
"Here, take it." In a moment he had
thrust ten ten-pound notes into her
hand.
"Waif a moment" said the girl;
"we have three more minutes. I
can't be found with the bomb Mr.
Samuels, or they'll arrest me as an
anarchist. Can you catch, Mr. Samuels?"
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"You don't mean that you are going
to throw that accursed thing at
me?"
"The accursed thing is as harmless
as a chocolate box until the time
limit," said the girl. "It's like this,"
she continued, taking a little parcel
from the pocket of her skirt. "You
see this little bonbon box, Mr. Samuels;
imagine the fuse, the ten minute
fuse, Mr. Samules, placed here at the
side. For ten minutes that little bomb
is as harmless as an inkstand. Throw
the fuse into water one second before
the time limit, and you are safe.
There's a carafe at your elbow; look,
you have just a clear minute; put those
notes into this little Easter egg?you
see I mean fair play?throw it to me
out the window, and you will receive,
in perfect safety, the most deadly investment
.of modern life. Ah. I forgot
the half-sovereign, Mr. Samuels."
The money lender had already ad
-L- -e Tul ~
justed the notes, ana oegan 10 lumuie
savagely in his pocket for this purchase
of life.
The girl walked airliy out of the.
French window. v
"Now, then, Mr. Samuels, I'm
ready!" she cried, extending her
daintily gloved hands.
Something between a prayer and a
curse died hard between Mr. Samuel's
throat and lips. He threw the little
bundle out of the window, and the
girl caught it easily. She stepped
lightly toward the rhododendron bush
and stooped down.
"Catch, Mr. Samuels!"
The money lender extended his
arms. It struck him somewhere between
the throat and the diaphragm,
and he staggered back, clutching blindly
at the table to save himself. He
rushed to the carafe and poured its
contents over the harmless looking
little object. Then he wiped the perspriation
frojp his torehead.
Nothing happened. Gingerly Mr.
Mr. Samuels removed wnai setmeu tu
te the lid. He found a small piece of
paper on which was scrawled an "I 0
U" for ?100 10s. with a time limit of
three months noted in brackets.
When Mr. Samuels, not without a
hint of fear in his voice, repeats this
story to his old cronies, he always
adds that what appears to him most
extraordinary about the whole affair is
that the money was actually repaid
anonymously within the given time.?
The Sketch.
A Chinese remedy for croup requires
seven nests of large-sized spiders
: taken trom old walls.
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Prof. Judson Passes Away.
Charles Rallett Judson, LL. D,,
dean of Furman university, died a few
days ago from paralysis. lie was S6 :
years old, and one of the best lmown
educators in the south. He had been
connected with Furman since 1851,
and had made liberal donations to the
institution. He was a. native of Connecticut.
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The Thntfrmnoe-n. Tradesman renorts
the following new South Carolina in-1
dustries:
Cowpens?$30,000 cotton mill.
Spartanburg ? Saw and planing
mills.
Columbia?Handle factory; $10,000
bottling works.
Fort Mill?Hosiery mill.
McCormick?$75,000 builders' supply
company.
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Negro Race Conference.
Through the efforts of Rev. Richard
Carroll, the well known negro educator
of this state, the O.o race conference
has been called tc meet in Columbia
January 23-25.
Governor Heyward, Governor-elect
M. F. Ansel and other prominent citizens
will make addresses, as also will
Booker T. Washington and other
prominent negro leaders.
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Low Death Rate for Newberry.
The mortality statistics for 190G
show a remarkable record for Newberry.
Among the most interesting figures
of the report is the record of
births and deaths for the past twelve
months. With a population of more
! than seven thousand, there have been,
during this period, only forty-six
deaths. During the same period 121
births were recorded.
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For Statue to Calhoun.
New bills have been introduced in
the senate proV5ding for a $10,000 statue
for Calhoun at Washintgon, and
one for the state to engage in fertilizer
making by convict labor and
another for farm iabor contracts to
be in writing and registered with the
county clerk.
The anti-dispensary legislators made
no fight on a resolution which was j
adopted, calling far a federal law forbidding
whiskey to be shipped into
dispensary or prohibition states.
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Dispute Leads to Killing.
Arthur V. Green, a young white
man, was shot to death at JLaurens
by Joseph R. Fant, Jr., son of J. R.
Fant, chief dispensary constable of
the Spartanburg division.
It seems that the two young men
had a dispute at an oyster supper,
when, it is alleged", Green swore that
he would kill Fant. Green later went
to Fant's boarding house, where, after
efforts to prevent his entrance by one
of the young ladies of the house, he
was shot dead by Fant.
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Farmers Oppose Bucket Shops.
The recent meeting of the Newberry
County Fanners' Union was one of
the largest ever held. Delegates were
present from every local union in the
county. W. C. Moore of Greenville,
president and manager of the Fanners'
Cotton Union, was present and
explained the operations of his organization
as it affects the farmers in
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| warehousing and selling their cotton.
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An important move on tne pari 01
the union at this meeting was the
adoption of ?, resolution condemning
bucket shops.
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"Undignified and Insulting."
By a vote of 79 to 40, the house
of representatives declined to concur
iu the resolution introduced in the
senate by Senator Blease, and passed
by that body 21 to 1, approving the
course of President Roosevelt in summarily
dismissing the negro troops implicated
in the Brownsville riot
When the resolution was called up,
it was urged that the resclutioh was
intended as a rebuke to the senior
United States senator from this state,
and that such an indirect and covert
method of indicating to the national
representatives of the state the wishes
.and opinions of the house would
be both undignified and insulting.
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To Save Him from Lynchers.
A white man by the name of Turner
was incarcerated in the state penitentiary
at Columbia Monday night by
(Sheriff Hunter of Bamberg for safekeeping
and as a matter of precaution.
He is accused of criminal assault
on the little daughter of former Senator
S. G. Mayfield of Bamberg, formerly
of Greenville.
Turner is related to the family of
Senator Mayfield, and was employed
at his sawmill as a sawyer. He was
staying in the Mayfield home at Denmark.
Sunday Mr. Mayfield was at
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iracted by. the cries of his little
laughter, and discovered her in the
room of Turner, where Turner had
Enticed her. Mr. Mayfield seized Turner
and beat him into insensibility at
the time.
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Must Obtain Seed Elsewhere.
The Sea Island Cotton Association
of Georgia and Florida held an enthusiastic
meeting in Valdosta, Gn., the
past week.
The committee on acreage for next
season placed the acreage ten acres
to the plow. All of the old officers of
the association were re-elected and
?. new constitution wras adopted. A
discussion of the seed problem was
f .11 PQrnl ina tt'ill
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not sell any seed outside of the state,
and, as heretofore, the sea island
growers have been obtaining all of
their good seed in this state, it is
up to the Georgia and Florida growers
to make other arrangements. It is
stated that the growers in the Valdosta
section have seed for two or three
years' planting, and they have already
begun a process of selecting seed from
their own crops, which they believe
in a few years will result in a strain
of seed better suited to the locality
than the South Carolina seed. The experiment
will be watched with interest
by the growers of this state.
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WIFE OF LAWYER ARRESTED.
Mrs. Guinn Charged With Hiring Men
to Murder Husband.
About three weeks ago, Colonel W.
A. Guinn of McCays, Tenn., was assassinated
while entering his front
yard about 9 o'clock at night.
Ever since that time the coroner's
jury has been investigating the crime,
and until Thursday their investigations
have been kept a profound secret.
On that day John Ellis of FanniQ
county, Georgia, who has been
held under bond as a witness in the
murder, made a confession which is
highly sensational. I-Ie states that Mrs.
Guinn, the wife of the murdered
man, divided $250 between himself
and John Allen, who is now in jail
at Benton, Tenn., for the murder of
Colonel Guinn. For this amount either
he or Alien were to kill Colcnei
Guinn. They stationed themselves at
tlie two gates which gave entrance tc
Colonel Guinn's premises, and at
whichever gate Colonel Guinn entered
whoever was stationed there was tc
shcot and kill him. This was the
agreement
From Ellis' statement, Colonel
Guinn entered by the gate where A!
leu was stationed, and Allen shot anc
killed him. Ellis also gave infonna
tion where was placed the gun wit!
which the murder was committed. Or
investigation the gun was found a:
Ellis stated. Ellis also stated wher<
could be found a bottle of turpentine
a part of which was used on thei
teet to prevent the degs from tracking
them. .
Mrs. Guinn and Ellis have hot]
been placed under arrest.
GOVERNOR COMER INAUUUKR i E.L
Immense Throng Witnesses Inducticr
of Alabama Chief Executive.
With an escort of two thousam
soldiers and in the presence of te:
thousand people, B. B. Comer was in
augurated governor of Alabama 01
Monday at Montgomery. The occasioi
was marked by great ceremony.
The most impressive thing in th<
inaugural address of Governor Come
was his recommendation for the greal
est liberality for education. Hi
is not enthusiastic about immigration
and cautioned against cheap foreign
ers and calling attention to the tron
bles we have now with 40 per cen
cheap negro labor. He urges the ap
propri&tion of $200,000 a year more fo
confederate soldiers and better car
of them.
Ke urges bills to bring about rat
reduction, abolition of free passe
save to employes, laws making tb
waterways avanaDie w tne pwpieaui
emancipation from "the railroad bone
age and boycott." He thinks that a]
fares on main lines should be two am
a half cents a mile and on branc)
lines not over four.
PIERCE UNDER GRAFT CHARGE.
United States Minister to Norway Ac
cused of Crocked Dealing.
Herbert H. D. Pierce, new Unitei
States minister to Norway, and foi
merly assistant secretary of state, I
again in the public eye because c
charges made against him.
He was accused Monday by Pre
fessor H. W. Elliott of Clevelani
Ohio, before the house committed o:
ways and means of having been guilt
of misconduct while representing th
! United States government at in
I Hague in the settlement of claims r<
I suiting from the 'seizure of a sealin
vessel by the Russian government.
The charge is that Mr. Pierce nc
only represented this government, bu
did business on his own hook an
represented the owners of the vej
sel. *
Bull Proved the Victor,
Antonio Montes, considered to b
, one of the foremost matadors of Spair
| was fatally gored by a bull in a figh
i given in the City of Mexico Sunda]
| Montes was about to place the swor
I when the bull caught him amidships
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ANOTHER MESSACf
On Brownsville Affray Sent
.Congress by Roosevelt.
STICKS TO CONTENTION
Along With the Message He Sends j
Evidence ot uuut ot uoiwrea i
Troops in Shape of Bullets,
Empty Shells, Etc.
President Roosevelt Monday sent
to congress a special message re^ j
garding the Brownsville incident,
which gives the additional vidence
collected by Assistant Attorney General
Puray and Major Blocks-cm, who
were sent to Texas by the president
| to investigate the affair.
The report submitted with his mes- |
I sage, including maps of Erownsville
! and Fcrt Brovm, a bandoleer, 23
j empty shells, seven ball cartridges,
. picked up in the streets a few hours
after the shooting; three steel jacketed
bullets and some scraps of the
casings of ether bullets picked out
of the houses into which they had
been fired.
The president declares that the evidence
is positive that the outrage of
August was committed by seme of
the colored troops that have been
dismissed and that some or all of
the individuals of the three compa
nies the twenty-filth infantry naa
knowledge of the deed and have
shielded the guilty cnes.
The negro troops are referred to by
the president in his message as "midnight
assassins," and he declares that
very few, if any, of the soldiers dismissed
"without honor" could have
been ignorant of what occurred.
That part of the order which bars
the soldier from all civil employment
under the government is revoked by
the president. This clause, the president
says, was lacking validity. The
discharged troopers, however, will
be forever barred from enlisting in
the army or navy and as to this the
: president says that "there is no
1 doubt of my constitutional and legal
' power."
' Secretary Taft's report giving the
1 sworn testimony of witnesses is trans1
mitted with the message. The testimony
of fourteen eye witnesses .is
given and the president declares that
" the evidence is conplusive that the
weapons used were Springfield rifles
i nrvn.- iNPd hv T'nited States troops, in
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j eluding the negro troops who were
3 ! in the garrison at Brownsville.
s Taking but a brief time to pass
the legislative, executive and judicial
'T appropriation bill. carrying nearly
, $31,000,000, the senate devoted the
remainder of the day to the Browns2
ville affray.
The president's message was read
and ordered printed,
j The speech-making on the subject
began and continued until 5:30
, o'clock, Mr. Foraker saying he was not
going to make a speech, "but a few rej
marks." observed that the testimony
amounts to a great deal, '"for the
president tells us it is conclusive."
1 "But it does not remove the obx
jection I have had from the beginning
of the proceedings. What I have
3 been trying to contend for, and I hope
.. I will be successful, is to secure a
hearing for the men charged with this
B serious crime. This testimony has
J been taken as the other was, behind
closed doors, without anybody repre^
senting the men.
V. Qoron with
? JSL3rl/HiJ5 tllcll litJ UIU iiut TT AIM
H the president in all he has done in
r this case, Mr.' Mallory of Florida die
gressed to call attention to what he
regarded as the best illustration that
e could be given of the incompetency
Q of the negro to grapple with great
e questions. His illustration was the
^ criticism of the president by a. negro
I. mass meeting, at Boston. A negro, he
U said, held the most lucrative federal
A office in Florida, as collector of in2
ternal revenue; the collector of customs
at Savannah, Ga., was a negro,
and the collector of internal revenue
of the state of Georgia was a negro,
and everyone knew the fight which
the senate had made against Crum, a
negro, made collector of the port at
A Charleston.
"But," added Mr. Mallory, "the pats
riots of Boston, who probably are the
,f best representatives of the negro race
in this country, allow themselves to
j. be carried away by the passion of
It the moment, unable to look fairly and
n and squarely at a proposition which
v should be judged justly and honestly,
e forget that they are under great oblie
gations to the president, and send
j. forth a denunciation of the best friend
g they have ever had in office."
* FAMILY EXTERMINATED BY GAS.
it
d Father, Mother. and Daughter
>_ Asphyxiated in Brooklyn.
At Brooklyn, N. Y., Sunday night,
illuminating gas, which escaped dur0
ing the night from a small stove used
l* for heating, caused the death cf Meyer
^ Rubin aged. 50 years; his wife, Rosa,
jj 58; their son, Philip I., and their 15year-old
daughter, Rosa.
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SHAW HAS SIDESTEPPED.
Recommends a Subtreasury for the \
South, But Fails to Suggest Where
It Shall Be Located.
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A Washington dispatch says: See- \
rtary Snaw has forwarded to the ways J
and means committee his recommendation
relative to the establishment
r>f Kuh-treasurv in the southeast.
Chairman Pnyne says the matter
will be considered at a called meeting,
a^d in the meantime refuses to . * ^
talk of the contents cf Mr. Shaw's
communication.
It is known, however, that the secretary
has failed to express a preference
as to the location cf the institution.
Indeed, he makes no reference
to the alleged caucus of the southern
states from which Georgia bolted. He .
says in substance that if another sub,
treasury is to be established, it should .Q||
by all means be located in the south- .
east He even avoids naming a state.
Chairman Payne had intended call- ' ' -3%
ing the matter to the attention of his
committee Monday morning, with a
view to disposing of the question,
but the secretary's communication
was forgotten for the time, being.
The report of Secretary Shaw is ;
disappointing to. many southern con- .7^
gressmen, but is especially gratifying ;
to the Georgians, who are anxious to Y:
have the matter settled on its merits 1by
the ways and means committee. It
had been known, however, that the
secretary would urge the establish- ,':J|
ment of a sub-treasury, instead of
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cide whether one is really needed. *. ;*
| Congressman Livingston announces,
in connection with the report, that --''M
if a subtreasury is established it is v .
bound to be located at Atlanta.
A CENTURY BEHIND TIME. -Jp
Pope's Orders .Are Considered by yM
Many as Ridiculously Antiquated. ;;;?j|s|
Kev. C. K. Nelson, Episcopal .bishop
of Georgia, does not agree with the
Rev. Robert Cod-man, Episcopal bishop
of Maine, in believing that the
troubles between the government and Sf]
the Roman Catholc church in France
warrant official action on the part ;
of the Episcopal church in America.
Bishop Codman, a few days ago,
authorized the churches in his diocese
to offer a special prayer in behalf
of the Roman Catholic church.
in France. Bishop Nelson was shown
the prayer and asked if he ^ntended .
to authorize the Episcopal church of
Georgia to take similar action or
whether he agreed with the policy, '
and said:
"MNO, 1 CLD nui 1UICUU UJ ittivc OUJ! . ^.jrgBg
such action, for I do not think,, the
conditions warrant it
"Some are inclined to lay the trouble
to the fact that the orders' of the
pope are always a hundred years behind
the times. Things that he could
order and consistently contend for % ^|s
one hundred years ago are about out -J|1
of date now, and cannot be upheld.
Many have held this view." >
FIVE BILLIONS ARE NEEDED ' -M
By Railroads of Country in Order to
Keep Up With Growing Business.
Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota
has received a letter from Jiubos .
J. Hill, president of the. Great korthern
Railway company, declaring that " ^
it would require a/permanent investment
of $1,100,000 a year for five years
to provide the railroads of the country; ^
with the means to handle properly
business already in sight, and not al- .
lowing for future growth. , /
u'"spi eo Tft AftftlftT DREAR. &SS
I nriKKbbn I V rtww.w. ?
Son of Notfed Sire to Aid In Inspection { :;j
of Georgia Troops.
Captain Jos. A. Wheeler, Jr., U. S.
A., a son of the . late General Joseph .
Wheeler, has been detailed to assist
in the inspection of the troops of %
the national guard of Georgia.
Captain Wheeler has been ordered
to report for duty February 1, when
the inspections will be begun under
the direction of Colonel Obear.
WOBK
HOURS NOT RESTRICTED. . J|
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Commerce Commission Brings Out the - ^
Facts as to Railway Wreck.
Investigation by the interstate com- |
merce commission Monday at Wash
ington into the block signal system to '.C
use on the Baltimore and Ohio rail- r
road showed that men engaged in the < *
operation of trains work an excessive ",:;j
number of hours without a sufficient
y "Si?
period of rest intervening it. It was"
developed that no restrictions are
placed upon the hours trainmen shall
work, and that they take advantage of- -r ?
fercd to labor for many hours in order 2
to increase their compensation. i , . 0%
ANDY PAYS THE MOST.
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Carnegie Beats Rockefeller by Half <
in Personal Taxes.
Andrew Carnegie will be the hear' '$8
iest personal taxpayer in New York
j if the list of assessments just -made
' public by the assessor's is not amend- .
; ed. The value of his personal prop- '
erty is fixed at $5,000,000, and that :' . - !
of John D. Rockefeller ait $2,500,000..' --i
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