The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 27, 1907, Image 2
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THE FELLOW W!
The fellow who fights the fight alone,
With never a word of .-heer.
With never a friend his heij? to lend,
With never a comrade near.
'Tis he has need of a stalwart hand
And a heart not g;v< n to moan.
He struggles for life and more than life?
The fellow who fights alone!
The fellow who fights the fight alone,
With never a father's smile.
With never a mother's kindly tone
His sorrowful hours to guile.
Who joins the fray at the dawn of day,
And battles till light is flown.
Must needs be strong for the fight is
long?
The fellow who fights alone!
HI THE RING AN
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It was certainly rather rough on ?
the Rev. Reginald Eisgc.od thai by an !
act of the puiest rood nature he j
should have been led in.o so awkward j
a complication. The Rev. Reginald
had recently accepted the post of carate
at St. Matthew's church, Tootham,
under the Rev. Jeremy Priggleswade,
vicar of that parish, end a typical specimen
of conventional piety and smug
social rectitude.
The vicar of St. Matthew's expected
to get to heaven by this means. Incidentally,
he also expected a more immediate
reward. The very desirable
living of St. Peter s. Tcotham, the
mother parish of the town, had just
fallen vacant by the resignation of
the rector. The vicar ol' St. Mat\
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himself as the future rector of Tootham.
and he lost no time in forwarding
to the patron an application for the
vacant living, accompanied by a sheaf
of testimonials. ,
Mr. Jenkins, the patron of the living,
although given up to see!:! life
in London, had always shown a laudable
disposition to fall in with the
wishes of the parishioners. At the
time when his new curate, Mr. Bisgood,
arrived Mr. Priggieswade was
still awaiting the answer to his application.
The new curate was strolling one
morning down one cf the residential
streets in the town when he saw a
very small boy making heroic but vain
attempts to. reach the big brass handle
of a front door bell.
"Hallo, my little fellow! Can't reach
it, eh? Yvell, let me ring the bell for
you." And he gave the handle a mighty
tug, which set the bell clanging loud
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ly.
A smile of huge gratification expand- j
ed the chubby face of the graceless j
urchin.^ "Now, we must cut and run," '
he lisped. And he was off. leaving the
astonished cure alone upon the doorstep.
"I?I?ahem! Dees?does?Mrs.?
Mrs. Robinson live here?" he stam- j
mered, mentioning the first name that j
o2me into his head, as the best way j
out of the embarrassing situation.
But, to his amazement and dismay, the i
maid answered:
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"Yes, sir. Will you please walk in, j
. sir."
The curate stammered out his name:
some plausible explanation of his visit
If the house had been in St. Matthew's
parish", he might have pretended
that he had called in the ordinary
course of his professional ministrations.
But the house was in the
parish of St. Peter's.
The lady was youngish, and decidedly
pretty and attractive, though somewhat
over-dressed.
"Mrs. Robinson?" be murmured,
awkwardly.
She smiled and nodded.
"I'm the?the?new curate," he began."
and I thought that as I was
passing?"
"Quite so. Pray be seated," interposed
the lady. "Very kind of you to
caii, I'm sure. Do you know. I've been
here three months, and you are the
first clergyman who has been to see
me?"
At this the Rev. Reginald expressed
much surprise. He felt it, too. A
rather susceptible young man himself,
he should certainly not have neglected
to call, with proper frequency, on so
fair a parishioner, and he wondered
why the other clergy had been so
backward.
"I don't know how it is," continued
Mrs. Robinson, candidly, "but I'm
afraid I can't be exactly persona grata
in Tootham. Everybody seems to fight
shy of me. I'm not aware of having
done anything to 'offend the worthy
denizens of this highly respectable
place. But such is the fact. I seem
to be regarded as a sort of social
leper. However, we won't talk about
that. Let's talk about something
pleasanter and more interesting."
And she at cnce led the conversation
into impersonal channels. Sne
was a good talker and a very pretty
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woman, ami the ?ev. ne^usm n-u:u i
her society so agreeable that he prolonged
his visit for more than an hour.
Now. as it happened, his visit to
Mrs. Robinson had not escaped the
lynx-eyes of a highly respectable maiden
lady who lived just over the way.
This was Miss Letitia Partlett. a veritable
dragon of propriety and self-constituted
guardian of the morals of
. Tootham. Before the day was out she
flew round to St. Matthew's vicarage,
where she had a Inog private interview.
When the curate went next
morning for his day's instructions, he
'was greeted by his superior in the
sternest and most frigid of tones.
"Come in here, if you please, Mr.
Bisgood," said the vicar, leading the
way to his study. "I have something
very unpleasant to discuss with you."
The curate wondered.
"Be good enough to explain to me,"
demanded the vicar, "how it ks that
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HO FiGHTS ALCN'E. ^Bg
Ah. hitfr enough th* combat is,
With cvry help ai. hand.
With friends at nenl to Md Godspeed?1 j
With s^itits that understand;
Bbt fierc 1* lor is the fight to one
Who struggles along unknown?
Ah. i-ruve and grim is the heart cl hint, i
The fellow who lights alone!
God Moss the fellow who fights alone, j
And arm his soul with strength,
Till safely out of tie1 battle rout
He oonoucring tomes at length,
Till far and near into every ear
The fame of his fight is blown.
Til) friend and foe in the victor know j
The fellow who fights alone!
t?By Dennis A. BcCarthy.
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you were seen to go into the house of
that bad woman yesterday, and to re- j
main with her for an hour and 1G min- I
utes?"
"Eh? Y.'hat on earth do you mean? j
To whom are you referring?" cried the
curate, in astonishment and indignation.
"Don't pretend ignorance, sir. You
know very well," retorted the vicar,
witneringly. "Whom should I mean j
but that abandoned creature v.-ho calls |
herself Mrs. Robinson?a woman j
whose name is a by-word in the town, j
and whose house no self-respecting
person would be seen to enter?much
less a minister cf the gosysl. like yourself?"
The curate iccKeu maca iciAtn j
alack. Mrs. Robinson a bad character?
Impossible! That she was vivacious
had been obvious enough to him
during their hour's agreeable tete-atete.
But that there was anything
seriously amiss with her he couid
scarcely believe.
"I did happen to go and see a Mrs.
Robinson yesterday, under rather peculiar
circumstances?" he answered.
"Very peculiar, I have no coubt."
interposed the vicar, with biting sir- j
casm.
"My callng upon her, however, was
the purest of accidents?"
"Ch! of course," said the vicar,
more and more sarcastic.
"I beg you will do me the justice of
hearing me out," rejoined the curate,
his color rising. And he told the vicar
the exact circumstances.
The vicar listened with offensive incredulity.
"A very pretty and ingenious
sto v. Mr. Bisgcod. I really don't }
knew which to commend the more? j
your ingenuity in concocting it, c-r i
your effrontery in telling it."
"Do you mean to say you don't believe
me?" demanded the curate, beginning
to grove hated.
The vicar laughed. "I wasn't born
yesterday," he sail "and even of I had
teen, I should still have thought your
story rather thin?especially your hitting
on the v/oman's name accidentally,
without, any previous knowledge of
her."
"Robinson is a common enough j
name. And, likely, or net. it is precisely
what happened," Answered the
curate.
Again the vicar laughed his scoffing
laugh. "YOU musi nave nearu ui su
notorious a person," he said. "A woman
who is constantly visited on Sundays
by flashy acquaintances?mostly
men?in motor cars, and who entertains
them in the small hours with
music and feasting and reveling. Why,
sir, the goings on are the talk of the
town. And you expect me to believe
that you had never heard of her. No!
no! Mr. Bisgood. Try that story on
somebody a few years younger than I
am."
The curate was by this time in a
white heat of passion.*
"You're the first man who has ever
dared to call me a liar; and I've a
good mind to thrash you for the insult.
you?you?smug Pharisee!" he
cried, in a voice that trembled with
rage.
The vicar slipped hastily round to
the other side of his study table. He
was not a warrior, except linguistically.
"You are not improving your position
by insolence, Mr. Bisgood. Had
you been penitent and contrite, I
might have given you another chance.
But the sooner you leave Tootham, the
better."
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ate.
The pious vicar was so much upset
that it was some days before he recovered
his equanimity. However, au
encouraging letter from the patron of
the living of St. Peter's, which the
vicar received cn the third day after
the curate's departure, did much to
soothe his ruffled feelings. The letter
ran as follows:
"Dear Sir?Your application for the
living of Tootham has been sent on
to me by Mr. Jenkins, the gentleman
from whom I purchased the advowson
some months ago.
"Will you, if possible, call on me
here the day after tomorrow?any
time hpfwppn 9. sr>ri fi in the afternoon
?and we can then discuss the matter.
I am. yours faithfully.
"M. de Eracey.
"1001 Eaton square, S. W., Jan. 15,
19?."
The vicar lost no time in writing to
say that he would, with pleasure, run
up to London and see Mr. de Bracey,
as requested. He saw himself already
rector of Tootham.
When he arrived next afternoon at
1001 Eaton square, he asked the butler
whether Mr. de Bracey was at
home.
"Mrs. de Bracey, sir," the butler
corrected him. "There is no Mr. de
Bracey; my master has been dead
some years. Yes, sir, the mistress is
at home. She is expecting you, I
Mr. Prigglcswade. is it not?
^^^Fyou walk in, please?"
vicar started. He turned pale.
^ffthe prettv woman who s-tood con\
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fronting nnn_ne recognized that depravk^pe^ion,
Mrs. Robinson.
"I?I?came to see Mrs. de Bracey,"
he stammered.
"And I am Mrs. de Bracey," she
sir.iledr "Yon are surprised eh??
because you have known me in another
name. Well, the fact is this:
When 1 purchased the advowson of
Tcotham;- with the knowledge that the
late rector contemplated resigning at
an early date, the idea struck me that
I would go down and live there awhile.
:n sn acsnmp.d name, so that I might
"have a good opportunity of studying
the local clergy, to see whether any
were deserving to be appointed to the
benefice, when it fell vacant."
She paused. The vicar looked rather
blank. Ke wished now that he had
not been quite so hasty in his judgment
of Mrs. "Robinson's" character.
Further, he hoped with all his heart,
that she had net heard of that little
row he had had with his curate in
connection with the letter's visit tc
her house.
The lady went on:
"My rather Bohemian way of life
appears to have shocked all the good
people of Tcotham immensely; and I
won't deny that when I saw that 1
took a malicious pleasure in even going
out of my way to shock them
further. Still, I hardly think that
they?least of sll yen clergy, who are
supposed to be especially endowed
with the virtue cf Christian charityneed
have jumped to the conclusion
that I was a bad character,"
"Gh, I never thought that?" began
the vicar, in obsequious depreciation.
"No'" she ejaculated, with a slight
lift of her shapely shoulders. "Then
I wonder why you dismissed that nice
curate cf yours for the iniquity of
merely called to see me.
"Oh, that was a mistake?an unfortunate
mistake?"
"A very unfortunate mistake, Mr.
Priggleswade, as you are now to
learn. Had ycu behaved differently,
and as a minister of the gospel ought,
I should probably have presented you
to the bc-nefice. But, as is it, I have
decided to present your late curate,
the Rev. Reginald Bisgood."?London
Truth.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A five hundred mile canal, projected
to drain the great swamps of Florida,_
would reclaim 6,500,000 acres of land.
By ignoring fractional parts of a
penny in paying dividends on government
stocks the British government
saves annually $7500.
The pearl mentioned by Tavernier
ne belonging to the emperor of Persia.
was purchased of an Arab in
1633, and is valued at $550,000.
Swedish railway^ waiting rooms are
provided with couches, and porters
come around and wake slumberers 10
minutes before the train is to start.
Vot 3-p nnpnprl rm all the
Hamburg-American liners. The stock
will include all the best English,
French, German and American makes.
Three good washes are received by
an Abyssi^'an during his career?at
hfs birth, on his marriage morn and
at his death. At ail ether times he
shuns sg&c and wai/t.
Maurice Maeterlink. the Belgian author,
has bought Wandrinne abbey,
the old monastery on thi banks of,
the Seine and, although it is 1300
years old, will try to restore it to a
habitable condition.
In the Neuchatel (Switzerland)
courts the speeches of lawyers will in
future be limited to 10 minutes, five
minutes being allowed for cross-axeminations.
An official time keeper will
see that the regulation is observed.
The smallest railroad in England is
the Garstar ; and Knott End (Lancashire)
railway, which in the last
six months earned a net revenue of
$2:180. The half-yearly meeting of proprietors
was attended by one person,
the secretary.
John Marshall's house in Richmond,
Va., i^ which he lived for 40 years,
has been bought by the city and is
in danger of destruction. An effort
to preserve it as a memorial of the
great interpreter of the constitution
has been suggested.
Mail Carrier Unable to Read or Write.
Reno has a mail carrier who can
neither read nor write, not because
the Government desires this sort of
clerk in the service, but because the
r>nnrint cPPiirA aUUliCantS
]>UClUifeWkV* V<4.?MWV ? A- v
for the position from the ranks of
those who are making more money in
other, lines. The cost of living is so
high in Reno that no one wishes to try
his luck with the chance of promotion
in the civil service. John Duvrey, recently
over from France, has started to
serve as mail carrier, and although he
can neither read nor write he compares
the numbers on the houses with
the address and manages to hold down
the job.?Reno correspondence San
Francisco Chronicle.
Painless Cancer.
There is a prevailing opinion that
cancer is always painful from the beginning,
whereas it is really painless
in the majority of esses. It is desirable
to ascertain how far the public
ought to be instructed in the early
signs of cancer, with a view to the
adoption of earlier diagnosis, and consequently
earlier operation.?Hospital.
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i AOKl IS STILL WITH US.
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! Recall of Jap Ambassador at Washington
Seems to Have Been Only a
Politcal Bluff.
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A Washington dispatch says: The
formal announcement by Viscount
I Hayashi, the Japanese minister for for
eign affairs, in a Tokio dispatch, published
Friday, that Ambassador Aoki
is to be retained at Washington is regarded
as clearly establishing the fact
that the present Japanese ministry,
headed by Saionji, has assured itself
of the support of both the unionist and
conservative parties in its present attitude
toward America. For a. time
there was some doubt in Washington,
even in the minds of the officials of
I the Japanese embassy, as to the power
j behind the demand of Ccunt Okuma
! for the substitution for Aoki at Washj
ington of a "strong" man, by which
I term it was understood he meant a
j Japanese committed in advance to the
J policy of demanding tro$) America full
| rights cf ciiize, p of residents and
Aoki had read < early the impossibility
of securing all 01 these rights
at this time, because of the inability
of the national government to dominat
state administration. He reports to his
own government to tha; effect with
the plain intimation that it was advisable
to seek, instead of the unlimited
rights, only those that might reasonably
be expected to be conceded at
tbis time?an opportunist policy?at
first caused a disagreeable impression
in Japan. The successful outcome of
the recent war with the natural infla
ticn of Japanese pride, tended to
make the ambassador's policy of
doubtful popularity.
I I: is quite certain that the Saionji
! ministry was fcr a time somewhat
j taken aback at the ebullition of pcpuj
lar indignation evidenced in the publiI
cation in opposition in the newspapers
in Japan, and it even Is surmised
that there was a slight weakening
and a disposition to make some
concessions. But soon after the agitation
had reached its height, the Japanese
business interests began to feel
j a very strong pressure from abroad,
conveying a clear warning that a quarrel
with America would leave Japan
friendless and certainly would discourage
the investment of foreign capital
in Japan enterprises.
With this favorable influence, fhe
Saionji ministry found little difficulty
in securing the adhesion of the two
great parties in Japan to its policy,
and the announcement made from Tokio,
through the Associated Press
representative to Ambassador Aoki's
tenure is regarded as convincing evidence
that Count Okuma's onslaught
has failed and that the settled pol.cy
of Japan from now on will be to discountenance
"jingo" agitation as directed
against America, and to endeavor
to strengthen the friendly relations
oetween uie rwo cuuiitnts.
A MEANINGLESS MANIFESTO.
Issued by National Socialists and Cir>
culated in St. Petersburg.
A separate manifesto was issued
at St. Petersburg Friday night by the
.National Socialists and circulated in
the city. It is a colorless document
of a thousand words, describing the
duma's relations with the government.
Its most effective phrase characterizes
the session of the duma as "a hundred
days of captivity." This document
closes wi;h the adage that every nation
deserves the kind of government
it tolerates, but dees not make any
definite imperative recommendation.
DANGLING FROM A LIMB.
! Scdy of Macon Collector is Found.
Either Suicide or Murder.
Author Dukes, a collector for the
"Wood Furniture company of Macon,
Ga., was found dead in the woods
near Ocmulgee park Friday evening at
6 o'clock.
The body was dangling from a small
limb, where he had either hangea himself
or parties bent on foul play had
committed the need.
REPRIEVE GRANTED TO LYLE.
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! Hanging Scheduled at Waycross, Ga.,
Did Not Materialize.
j At Waycross, Ga., Thursday, Judge
j T. A. Parker granted a suspension
of the sentence of Harry A. Lyle, who
was to have been hanged Friday for
the murder of his wife a:id baby. The
suspension was granted upon application
of the defendant's 'counsel, who
will go before the supreme court of
Georgia on an application for a new
trial.
SATISFIED WITH PROHIBITION.
Bartow County, Georgia, Remains Dry
by Overwhelming Majority.
! By a vote of almost twenty to one,
Bartow county, Thursday, joined the
ranks of the prohibition counties of
Georgia.
The people who have already given
prohibition a trial of more than twenty-two
years, went to the polling
places and said, with practical unanimity,
"We are satisfied a3 we are,
and will not have open saloons in our
county."
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[jPalmetioState Newsj
Was Cousin of Benjamin Harrison.
Colonel Henry Harrison Hall, c
prominent confederate veteran, z
great-grandson of President Williaii
Henry Harrison and a second cousir
of President Benjamin Harrison, diec
in Aiken a few days ago, aged 59.
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Was Married Seventy Years.
After a happy wedded life of seven
ty years, Mrs. Thomas Jester, agec
92, died a; Greenwood a few dav<
! ago. Her husband, who is still in gooc
health, has records of his age as 92
So far as known this is an unequalec
record.
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Much Excavating Necessary.
A Washington dispatch says: Aboui
565.000 cubic yards of material wil
jhave to be excavated to render acces
sibie the new dry dock at the Charles
ton navy yard. The removal of this
material will secure an entrance to th<
dock and the berths alongside a whar:
hereafter to be constructed. There is
$105,000 available for the work.
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j To Test Gross Premium Act.
A Columbia news item states tha
the Southeastern Tariff Association is
J going to bring an action to test th(
legality of the' act allowing munici
palities to tax insurance companies or
gross premiums. This is the outgrowti
of the action of the Columbia cit]
council in insisting on the paymen
j of back taxes amounting to nearlj
; ssb.nno
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Hammer Drew Fatal Bolt.
At Rock Hill, Sam Anderson, the
seventeen-year-old son of IV^r. and Mrs
George B. Anderson, was instantly kill
ed by lightning. He was on the sec
ond story of a residence which is be
ing erected for his father and had 2
hammer in his hand *with which he
was striking the corner post.
The bolt struck the left temple anc
followed the left side of the body tear
ing the pants and entering the shoe
Cne of the workmen was nearby anc
was badly shocked.
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Mor.ey Sharks Knocked Out.
Judge Gary, at Charleston, a fev
days ago, administered a knockou'
blew to the money lenders of the citj
by dissolving the injunction recently
secured to prevent the city from col
leciing a license of $1,000 on eacl
shop. Four of the offending establish
meats who are due back licenses
enough to bankrupt them will be
closed and will be sold after officia
advertisement. Judge Gary character
ized the short loan men as "monej
sharks of the very worst type."
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Pharmacists Elect Officers.
The South Carolina Pharmaceutica
Association brought its annual con
venticn to a close at the Isle of Palms
with a business meeting at which of
finer* were elected. The next place
j of meeting will be selected by the of
j ficers.
The officers of the association art
as follows: President, C. A. Milford
Abbeville; first vice president, S. B
Craig, Anderson; second vice presi
j dent, S. C. Williams, Charleston; sec
! rotary, F. M. Smith, Charleston; mem
I her of the examining board fcr sb
j years, D. P. Frierson, Charleston.
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j Pastor Takes to the Woods,
Rev. C. M. Billings, pastor of tht
Baptist church at Blackville, has beer
excommunicated by his congregation
A pretty domestic is involved.
Billings persistently denied tht
charges against him, bu: on learning
the positive proof had* been secured
against him, he left Blackville foi
parts unknown.
Billings is 45 years old, and left he
hind an invalid wife and young son
He had been pastor at Blackville fo]
two years, going there from Walter
hero. Billings came to this state sev
era! years ago from Waynesville, N
C., first serving a church at Timmons
ville. The affair has caused a greai
local sensation.
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Ailegec! Assassins Jailed.
Clinton Fallow and Isaac Taylor, the
latter -a negro farm hand, have beer
arrested in connection with the assas
sinaticn of George Mabus, who was
shot from ambush. Lee and Clifford
Fallow, who were also charged by tht
coroner's jury %xith the killing, havs
not been capturel. The two men ar
rested were hurried to Lexingtcr
county jail.
Lee and Clifford Fallow are charged
with the murder as prfncipals, Clin
ton Fallow as an accessory before the
fact and Isaac Taylor as an acces
sory after the fact, it being alleged
that he attempted to obliterate th(
tracks of the men who did the killing.
The assassination was the result of a
feud which grew out of a figbi^ on
> the streets of Batesburg. Jealousy
. over a handsome young lady is also
, said to have played a part in tha
1 motive. 4
Mabus, who was a prominent merl
chant, was shot to death near the Aiki
en county line while returning in a
j buggy from his mill to his home -un- .
, accompanied. Two loads of buckshot
j took effect in his head and one load
in his neck. Two shots were heard by
Dr. Mitchell, who was attending a patient
near the scene, and he found
Mabus in a dying condition.
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; Negro's Body Found in Woods. &
i The body of a negro boy, twelve
cars ui <*5^, uauicu x n as>
j: found dead in the woods near Gregg
| Shoals a few days ago. When last,
j seen he was going hunting with rifle
; of small calibre. When "'found by'a.
I negro woman all of his clothes had }
t! been burned from his body and a bulj
let hole was through his neck.
.! It is thought that he accidentally / ?
. i shot himself and' that his clothes
3! caught fire from the explosion cf.'carI
j tridge, being at close range. The corf;
oner did not think it necessary to held
.'an inquest. '
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! COTTON SEED OIL TO TURKEY*.
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| Restrictions Removed in Ottoman Emt
i pire on Great Southern Product.
. i Hon. Elihu Root, secretary of state
II at Washington, has written to L. A.
Ransom, president of the Interstate
^ Cotton Seed Crushers' Association, "
, 1 calling his attention to the fact that *
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.! the restrictions recently placed upon
. the shipment of cotton seed oil into.
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7 | the Ottoman empire had been removled.
This meai* that the empire ot M
| Turkey is now open to thi3 commodity, s
j and Ambassador Leishman has writI
ten fiom Constantinople suggesting- -h
j that a competent expert be sent to
; canvass Turkey as a market. ^
j The fact that the country is Mataun* 3
, medan, which prevents the use of hog.
lard as a cooking 4 product, ma^ea J
! cotton seed oil all the more desirable. r?'
It is very probable that Hon. J.
'! Benton of Montice!I6, Ga., who is'i^OT*
, 'in Norway as United Stated expert r%
_ | on this subject, will visit that ccan- ?&
i try following the suggestion of Am>: *
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j i bassador Leishman. . j
Th^ letter from Mr. Root is as fo&
lows:, .
"June 4, 1907.?Hon. L. A. Ransom*
President .Interstate ' Cotton ''See&^Jj
| Crushers' Association, Atlanta, Ga.~'/'^|
'Dear Sir: Referring to the recent re- H
_ | moval of restrictions which haVe hith-!
erto prevented the entry of cotton seed ||
| oil into the Ottoman empire, I .have
! to inform you that the department is \gjj
| in receipt of a dispatch from Ambaaj
sador Leishman of Constantinople,
'' dated the 24th ultimo, in which he
jj suggests that your attention be called' /j
j to the favorable opportunities present- .J
'; ed in Turkey for a greatly increased '
consumption of that important prodnct ^
of our southern states, and the advan- - tages
to be derived from a thorough >
canvass of that field by the American . '^
interests concerned. The ambassador f
writes on the subject as follows:1
"Turkey presents a doiible possi- -J*
3! bility for the use of cotton seed oil ^
* j in being both an olive producing couiw*.
M try and a Mohammedan nation,/ with^.V
': whom the use of lard in cookjng is>>
| forbidden. At the present time there W'
' j appears to be some prejudice against- y.
' | the employment of this product I'
' j recently heard that the natives of one
' I of the islands of the archipelago had ' 1
' | threatened to cut down ;their olive:
trees in case cotton seed oil should ;<:"
i be admitted, without realizing its util- ' 'U
ity to them as a wholesale adulterant, | H
in the same way as t\ie Indian olive
growers have done. Iu order to correct \ ?
jsuch misapprehension and to spread a
JI general knowledge of the advantages
11 of this peculiarly American product
* as a cheap substitute for oil and butter,
It would seem to me that it would
J probably be of considerable advantage
'! if a competent person could be sent
1 there by the Co:ton Seed Crushers* As-, *
[ sociation to thoroughly canvass^ the *}%
j Turkish market." I am, gentlemen, ..yftjj
"Your obedient servant,
. "ELIHU ROOT.'*. M
THE STORY OF A NIGHTSHIRT. ^
; Lest by Bryan, Found by Jeff Davis j||
-j and Turned Over to McKinley. 1
t j William Jennings Bryan lost his
| night shirt on a Missouri, Kansas and :
j Texas railroad train out of Parsons, s
i Kansas, several days ago. To add to J
the name of the distinguished loser
) of the garment, there are two other * %
t! cognomens of equal celebrity that fig- / '
ured in the garment's recovery. It %
5 was found by Conductor Jeff Davis; '
I who turned it over to Station Agent ;
i William McKinley, who sent the night
j shirt on to the Nebraskan. ,
: J
I Sympathetic Strike at Louisville.
II All the union men employed Mn con-*.
struction work in Louisville, &y., went
> on strike Monday in sympathy' with ;
- the carpenters, who struck two week?
I; ago. It is estimated that 2,000 men are ;C/|
? out
. .. i