The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 05, 1906, Image 4
POSTAL THIEVES.
Columbia Has Lost Many Pack'
ages in Recent Past
HAY i4 .BKKN STOLEN
I ???
Between Mail Room at Union Depot
and Poatoffice. Inap'-ctors Have
Worked But, It is Said, Have
Secured Little Evidence
of Guilty Ones.
There teems to have been conslde-4
able stealing of letters H id packages
going on among the pot>iai ollionus
located In Columbia. A dispatch
from that city to the OharleHton P jst
says what Postmaster Easor calls "a
regular Saturnalia of stealing" has
been going on among the railway
train porters and perhaps others, who
have been handling the malls between
the mall room at the union station
and the trains. lie has failed to
locate over seventy-live packages that
have been reported to him as having
been lost, the date of the tirst package
mailed being December 9 last,
and that of the last April 14 last.
How many more have been stolen Dr.
Ensore has no idea.
There may be many cases that
were never rennrted wnrt wt.ui nkhof
oases that will bo reported later. An
a resulted of a letter Dr. Ensor wrote
to the Washington division Inspeotor
Williams, located at Chattanooga, detailed
Inspectors Pulslfer, Banncrman
and Webers on the case. After
several days' work they were unable
t? trace any evidenoe against either
ol the three transfer clerks who are
in oharge of the mall room at the
union station, in relays. So far only
one arrest has been made, that of
Sam Williams who was caught by a
decoy letter containing silver which
was handed to him to be taken to the
train. He has been landed in jail by
Commissioner Vomer in default of
ball.
Transfer Clerk Mobley, a negro,
was arrested but was afterward released.
Nothing has so far been dis
covered against the other colored
transfer clerk, C. P. Murray, and
both he and Mobley are still on duty.
Chief Transfer Clerk N. J. Davis is
the only white man in charge of the
mail room. He is a man of high in
tegrity, in whom everybody has perfect
confidence.
Sam Williams has been at the
union station only four months. Each
of the transfer clerks has a key which
fits all the lookod pouches, and which
he is required by the regulations to
carry on a chain att&ohed to his body.
But whether anything has been stolen
from the first class mail, which Is required
to be looked, can not be said.
It appears from the list of lost piece*
whioh tracing has failed to locat,c
that the stealing was confined almosl
altogether to packages. These pack
ages are handled almost entirely lr
large sacks, unlocked, which ar<
handled between the mall room anc
the postotfice by porters. There art
a number of porters working in tin
employ of the postctfice.
But Sam Williams Is in no way con
nected with the office. He and othe
railway porters and the postotfice por
ters all have acess to the mall room
and as the transfer clerks have fre
quently to be away from the roou
there is a good opportunity for steal
log.
Though the Inspectors have giver
up the tight for the time being thej
have by no means given up hopes
and other arrest* are expected lu tin
Immediate future.
On one occasion eight package!
sent up on the Charleston train w?rt
stolen before they icacned the Colum
bla olfice.
Dr. Pike, a Columbia dentist, lost
nine packages, winch should have
ceme to uim 111 two weeks
"The t.ung has become notorious.'
said Dr. E isor to The Evening Post
representative. "An awful suencri
had arisen to the nostrils of the pat
rAtifl i f thn AlH /?a ? #I wv ? - 4 ? ? '? **
*v?>0 Vi vuu WI1?W, v/iiu WJIO UXiM||
their packages to the eipre&s otllce.
The investigation bM deoloncd thai
the in&li ro .m down there ha* turned
out to be a regular uon of thieves.
Of o iursc I hope you will say nothing
that might be Ouiisirued as a reflection
cn Mr. Davis in whora we ah
have the greatest confidence.
" Whether any of the stealing has
been going on among the postal oicrk*
on the trains 1 can not say, but x sup
pose not. The Biudents here 1 i tin
male and female colleges have fiat 1 o
been able to get a thing sent to then:
in tbe past several months. Th<
thieves made a cle*u sweep. 1 ana
satisfied that not an article has beet
stolen by any of tbe employees of tbii
cilice, not only beoause 1 have confidence
in them but the system would
require all to be in collusion If one
stole."
In litvinic Tomb.
After fighting against death for
more than twenty-two hours, Jeremiah
Fisher, a plumber, was resoued
alive Thursday from a sand pit at
Thomklnsviile, Staten Island, In
which he had been Imprisoned since
11 o'clock forenoon. The resoued
man Is in a pitiable condition from
exhaustion, and It Is not certain that
he will survive the effect of the
frightful ordeal.
A LOUR IH D '.ATH.
The Mad Fate of a Voting woman at
at Florence.
The Florence rimes says: Tallinn
lo Its sad details a story of suffering
and betrayal by a man who professed
to love her, aud who had deserted her
Mirer, months before the blrlh of a
child last Saturday mornirg, Is the
life of a young woman aupp .sed to bo
r*aura May Rhame, wiio died last
Friday night about 11 o'oWck at the
Infirmary of Dr. Wm. llderton or;
fCvans street.
The young woman had been In
Florence for some time and had taken
a room at a ooardlcg house in Uwt
Florence, where she was being treated
by Dr. llderton. Friday morning
her condition was alarming, and it
was deemed advisable to take her to
the infirmary where she could receive
more careful attention and be und*?r
constant medical supervision. Ilu
she had passed the stage of human
aid aud death ensued -Heaving her
real identity & mystery, and a little
baby girl.
The remains of the unfortunate
young mother were taken to Water's
undertaking establishment and prepared
for burial, and the interment Is
being postponed In tne hopes of get
ting intelligence from friends or relatives.
The child Is being cared for
by Dr. llderton until something else
can be done in the way of providing a
homo for it.
As to the real identity of the woman
no one knows. She had gotten
only one letter since she had been
here, addressed to Miss Laura May
Rhame, and three letters were found
In her possession addressed to Miss
Helen Trautman, Wedge fidd, S. O.,
and A. D. Rhame, Clarendon, S. C.,
and one to Mrs. D.Schamp, Pine
wood, N. C.
Another letter from an unknown
party was found In which he wrote In
the mast endearing tones, pnd making
unfultilled promises. Also & record
In the faded leaves of a worn
Bible wero found some family records
but nothing tending to throw any
light on the mystery.
It is said that a man came here
about four months ago looking for a
party by the name of tho dead woman
and that he had some money
which belonged to her through the
bale of some property. But he looked
In valu and could not get in communication
with her in any way. lie has
hot been heard from since.
Dr. Ilderton lias home the expense
of the woman's sickness and death
and says he doeB not mind that, but
would like to make some disposition
of the child.
BATTLESHIP SOUTH CAROLINA.
A Full inscription ol tho Now Fightlug
Machine.
Much Interest Is shown In Wash,
lngton in the new battleship South
Carolina, the contraot for which will
, shortly be awarded by the navy departmcpt.
, The South Carolina Is to he 450 feet
long and will have an extreme bredth
, at low water line of 80 feet and 2
, inches. The mean draft at trial dls
placement is not to rxoeed 24 feet, t
, inches. The coal bunker capucity ol
. the ship will be 2,200 tons,
j TliK ARMAMENT.
The new ship will have a main hat
lery 01 ? twelve inch breech loarilin
ritles, and two submerged torpedc
tubes. The secondary battery wll
consist of twenty 3 loch (14 pounder
rapid tire guns; two three poundei
semi-automatic guns; eight- 1 poundei
seml-automat'o guns; two 3-ir.oa tielt
pleoo?; four machine guns of cahbri
of .30.
The hull of the South Carolina li
to be protected by a water due bell
eight feet wide, varying in tlilcknem
from eight to twaiv* inches Tbl
armor will be tapered In sections, be
ing thicker above the water line. I
will be drivon by engines of 16,001
herse power, four cylinder triple ex
paiision In type. Toe smoke pipe o
the ship will be 100 feet high anc
steel masts fore and aft will be equip
pp.d wit a wireless telegraphy. K^erj
precaution will bo taken to guarc
against lire, and all the living spacei
are to be. sheathed with metal, backer
with an Inch and a half of cork anc
asbestos and felt.
> The maximum time to be allowec
t ior luu completion ur tne sou to u*ro
) Una will ho forty two months am
heavy penalties will ho piovieed ioj
r delay.
Buriioit to l)o?(l),
An awful accident happed in thi
Middleburvr Mills village at Iiates
bur# on Friday nitfht. Mrs. Corlev
' wife of one of the mill employes, li
star tiL.^ a lire in the stove preparatory
1 to cookie* supper, poured keroser*
into tue stove wtien there v.as aiready
i a small lire As a icsint the llamt
? Oame up to the can, oauaiDg an er
plosion and burning Mrs. Oorley <
5 that at a little cast midnight, shi
cied Iron the ?ffict,s of the huro
i Two house wau completely destroyed
5 by ine tire an1 U wai only tnrougi:
' the heroic work of Mio oprrati voh thai
? the tire did not pn>au further. Al
* most all of the household goods of tin
Corley family were destroyed. Mrs
1 (Jorley was less than thirty years olr
! and a very sad feature of the affair li
that she would have glvon birth to i
child in two we?ks.
$70,000 for Uroonwood.
The Senate has passed a bill appropriating
$75,000 for a government
' building at Gieenwood. At the same
time the senate out $5,000 off the
amount appropriated to Greenville,
leaving the amount $76,000. It will
now go to conference. Mr. Johnson
will stand out for $80,000 for Greenville.
It is not thought that Greenwood
will get anything like $76,000.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Tribute of Iteepeet Paid the Lata
Dr. J A. Clifton.
The Sumter Watchman and Southron
bays the very highest testimonial
to the esteem In which Dr. Clifton
was held by the citizens of Sumter
was presented Sunday night week ago
at the Frst Baptist Church, whither
800 or 1000 pennons went to attend a
service In his memory. Tne audience
was mAdfi up of a multitude who
teemed, f r the time at least, to have
forgotten or ignored the fact that they
were not all members of the same religious
body.
The memorial service was conducted
by the pastor of the o'-urcb, Rev.
C. C. Brown, D. D , In which the
meeting was held He read a paper
concerning Dr Clifton, which he had
written for the Christian Advocate,
and then followed it up with a talk
of fifteen or twenty minutes upon
some of the traits which oharaotenz
ed the lamented dead.
The tearful eyes and solemn faces of
the multitude attested the fact that
they were heartily In sympathy with
! the uttered words. Dr. Clifton's wife
and ohlidren were present and expressed
their thanks to many over the fact
that such a meeting had been held.
The choir had selected special songs
for the occasion, and the music was
pleasing. Prof. Schumacher's rendering
of "Coine, ye Discmsolate" ou
the violin, was very touching and full
of moving patbosH, as was also the
song bv Tom Walsh, "If I Were a
Voice."
ALCOHOL FROM POTATOES.
Now Industry Opening for tlio Southern
Oil Mills.
There was a meeting of the cotton
seed oil mill men of South Carolina
here Thursday that mean much Dot
only for the oil mills but also for the
farmers. Those who have kept up
with such matters will recall th&tsevi
eral weeks ago a ohomlst In Arkansas,
J. U. Spurlin, discovered that denat
ured alcohol could be extracted In
large Quantities from the potato by
the use of the present oil mill machinery.
The matter was noticed es1
pcclally by the oil mill men and
Thursday at the meeting the whole
1 suggestion was none over and its
1 practicability discussed.
If the scheme Is worked out successfully
It will be of mutual advantage.
The oil mills now shut down In
summer and just about the time the
potato orops are coming In. The
farmers often have to throw away
' hundreds of bushels of potatoes because
of a glut In the market or the
fact that they have sprouted too
Boon. These could be sold to the oil
| mills at slightly reduced prices and
used by thorn for making of denatured
aloohol.
The government now propsoes to
' remove the tax from this product and
' to can then be produced very cheaply.
4 Tho fa At. the t. It-. mill lr?A r\ !?.
X av * l?VJ V UIIUiU AW TTJ11 AOU^ lauui Ul~
ganlzed during the entire year Is also
1 if ooublderablo advantage to the oil
r mills. After much discussion It was
decided to obtain further Information
about the project and then take some
' definite action. The tax is not re[
moved by the Kovernmeut until next
' May.
J The meeting of the oil mill men
' was primarily for the purpose of ef
1 feothitf an organization to be known
1 as the South Carolina Cotton Seed
' Crushers' Association of the same en
3 terprlses. There was a very large attendance
and F. D. Ilunter of Dar*
lington was elected president, J. T.
^ Stephens, vice president and B. F.
Taylor of this olty was elected seore'
tary and lieasurer.?Columoia State.
t It Hat* it?on Hatter.
5 It has been hot, very fcoi In fact,
but, says the State, Section Director
j Bauer In charge of the weather
- bureau In Columbia says that the
1 thermometer has been higher in June
1 and in f ?ot the temperature has not
* been unusual. Woat hag ma- e the
J people ion# for the bre z s of the fans
i :h the rnols ure in the atmosphere.
Neany every day, the little
? shower would add to the hu nidlty
and for this reason the heat has been
3 felt more. This Is the u?uil time
i (or a little hot spell, the highest
registered this year bring 95 degrees
early In June and agam on June
p 24. L>st. year June 20 saw the
mercury shoot up to 97 and
yet the people this year will assert
J that It is the "hottest ever." A
' break In the wave Is expected shortly,
j however, if precedents are followed
and In fact the nights now are begini
ning to be.a little more bearable.
JLripIo huloldo,
] A su'.olde pact between Mrs. Mary
Behrens, a widow, and Edward dan.
I zer, who had a wife and five children,
J resulted Friday In the death of both
& the man and the wr.man and P*ter
' Behrens, the 12 yearoJd son of Mrs
J Behrens. All three were found dead
in the woman's apartments in Dekalb
1 avenue, Brooklyn, with every gas
9 burner turned on. Mrs. Ganzer had
1 recently asked Mrs. Bnhrens to give
Ganzer up, threatening at the same
time to prooure warrants for the ar.
rest of both. Two letters were left
i by the sulcies, one by Mrs. Behrrns to
, her "friends," and the other from
, Ganzer to his hrother in-law.
Old man Daniel Boone, who has
been dead for lo these many years has
been made the Innocent incentive
for another drinking bout in old Kentacky.
SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY.
The K. Li. Bryan Company, ot Columbia.
(Jot a It.
There was a merry old battle In
Columbia on Monday night of last
wetk before the representatives of
the publishing houses recently awarded
contracts to furnish sohool books
to the state over the selection of a
state deno.H tory, a fat contract worth
about 950 000 in the tive years the
present contract has to run.
The only contestants were The
State and the R. L. Bryan company,
both of this city. It was but natural
that Columbia should be awarded the
depository, on account of Its location,
and these were the two leading book
store concerns of the olty, although
The State people have uot attempted
h<? hinHla ohnAl Kn/.fca
?w uwuv IV Dtiuv/l WM VW/AVJI V .
There was speechmaking, and all
Ihat. sort of thing, Governor Ileyward
backing up the claims of The State
people and State Superintendent Mar
tin leaning to the Bryan company, It
is said.
The Bryan company won finally bv
a vote of three to oue, the vote of the
publishers' representatives being ap
portioned according to the amount of
the contracts they had with the state.
The contracts total about half a million
dollars worth of school books to
pass through the Bryan company's
hands within the five years, the pub
Ushers to pay the state depository 10
per cent for this handling, and the
suh-depositorles, to which the Bryan
people are to ship In turn, also get 10
per cent. The prices of the books are
stamped on their hacks and are fixed
in the contracts the publishing concern
allowing a book to be sold above
the figure to be liable to a $25 fine for
each offense.
State Superintendent Martin says
that although several changes have
been made the state will save on the
whole about 20 per cent, for the patrons
of the schools, and he is to shortly
give out a statement setting forth
the comparative prices in detail and
establishing his contention that there
has been a saving. The oontraot, he
points out, also prevents the retail
hook people putting on an abrltrary
profit and charging to suit themselves.
He says that In some instances
the retail book stores had added
& profit of 75 per cent. The law requiring
the county superintendents
to aot as the agent* of the publishers
has proved a dead letter, and there
was no hope of getting the books
satisfactorily handled in this way,
Mr. Martin says.
JFOUUJJ 1>J&AD IS HWAMF.
Myntwry in Death of Mill Oporfttivo
Near Columbia.
The body of Bon Walsh, an Englishman
and Itinerant cotton mill operative,
who has been working at Columbia,
Winnsboro, Charlotte and other
points, was found Friday In a swamp
near the Assembly bridge in a badly
deoumposed state, though the man is
said to have been seen alive as late as
Thursday.
Whether he was murdered or accidentally
drowned is what is now puzzling
the c tllcers. His body is covered
with blue marks, but the ph>sioians
have so far discovered no other rvi
dence of foul play. Ills pockets were
found turned out.
Four men have been arrested pend
lng investigation. These are John and
Henry Green, of Columbia, and P Dewltt
and 1. C. Crouch, of Wlnnsooro,
all cotton mill operatives. Toe Greens
and Diwitt were seen drunk with
Walsh Thuisday. Crouch's father is
Hewitt's brother-in-law. Hewitt
went to Winnsboro on the early train
Friday, and Crouch says he told his
relatives that a dead man's body
might be found in the swamp near
Columbia. Crouch came to Columbia
Friday morning, after seeing Hewitt
in Winnsboro.
The Greens say they moved Walsh,
in a hopelessly drunken condition,
rrorn under the bridge Thursday and
left him In the awamp to get him out
of danger and cut of sight of the police.
StiooiH Two M?n,
At Wadley, Ga., Will Smith, an
escaped negro convict, early Thursday
snot and killed Marshal Morris of
Midville, and mortally v/ounded J. J.
Pope, a well known planter, living
near there. The negro who wasterv
ing a twenty year seutenc, had es
oaped from the camps. Mr. Pope dls
covered that the negro had taken refuge
at his former home and was be
irg protected by his wife. Summoning
Marshal Morris the two approached
the cabin and were met with a
volley of shots which c ntinued until
the marshal was dying on the ground
and Mr. Pope lay mortally wounded.
Smith then oame from the cabin, examined
his would be captors aud disappeared
Into the dense woods. Much
excitement followed and a posse was
formed Immediately at Wadley, whiob
(s now in pursuit of the desperate negro.
j
How It Should lie.
What a holy aud divine thing the
human heart Is If people would do as
God Intended when he breathed His
image into man. Woman is lntlnitely
rlohor in God like qualities than man.
Human nature is a beautiful thing
as God Intended It to live, but the
trouble Is that this wild, mad soramble
for the dirty, blood-stained dollar
doesn't leave poor humanity muoh of
a chance to develop Itself exoept on
the brutal, animal side. Our present
sooial system?or lack of system ?is
especially designed for crushing out
all that is good in humanity and developing
all that is bad.
BOOKS ADOPTED.
TEXT BOOKS TO BE USED IN THE
SCHOOLS.
Business Wa? T ivided Out Among
Several Houses?IS any Hew
Books Selected.
The State board of education last
week completed the adoption of textbooks
to be used In the public schools
of the State for the next five years. It
is said that the list selected will com
pare quite favorably with the book
adoptions in other States, and it Is
also claimed that this is the best list
whioh South Carolina has had.
There has always been more or less
of a difference between the books used
in the publlo schools in the country
and those used In the graded sohools,
but many of these differences have
been eliminated In this adoption and
it is said that the list selected will do
for any city rchool in the State.
Governor Heyward presided at the
meeting and State Superintendent
Martin, by reason of his having been
in the school work as a teacher and
subsequently has been able to give hc
much time to the comparative study
of the merits of text books, c ffored
valuable suggestions. The other
members present, representing the
congressional districts in the order
named, were: W K. Tate of Charleston,
J. E. Bolaud of B.ackvllle, D.
W. Daniel of Clerason College, A. G.
Rembert of Woflord college, A. R.
Banks of Lancaster, Hartwell M
Ayer of Florence, and A. J. Thackston
of Orangeburg.
The board adopted Dr. Henry Alexander
White's History of South Carolina
for the elementary grades and
Ool. J. J. Dargan's for the seventh
and eighth grade*. Waddy Thompson's
general history of the United
States was selected. Another book
by a South Carolina author which
was put on the list is Dr. D. D. Wallace's
book on civics.
Uuder the new regulatlot s made
by the State hoard of education, there
will be established In Columbia a central
depository for the handling of
these text-books. This means that
probably $100,000 a year In uew business
will be turned loose in Columbia.
This lias been going to Atlanta and to
the publishers and it will be a great
accommodation to the teachers In the
State who may order from Columbia
and get the books the same day or
the following day.
In the common school course, the
best lot of readers was given to Maynard,
Merrill & Co., whose "Graded
Literature Series," 1, 2 and 3, were
adopted. B. F. Johnson & Co., keep
the fourth and fifth readers. Silver,
Burdett & Co., were awarded second
plaoe, their "Stepping Stones to
Literature" being used as supplementary
to Maynard, Merrill & Co. 's
books. The selection of readers
constitutes one of the principal items.
if ? ? ? J a* in ft- - ?
maynaru merrin ck> or'., were repre-1
Hinted by Mr. MoMlohael of Georgia.
The spelling books adopted were
two: Hunt's "Progressive Course In
Spelling," published by the American
Book oompany. and the "Benson and
Glen Speller and Detiner," by D. C.
Heath & Co. The Soate company
offered the speller prepared by Supt.
W. H. nand of Chester.
The selection of arithmetics was as
follows: "Brook's Mental Arithme
tic," by Christopher Sower & Co.;
Wentworth's elementary and Wentworth's
practical, by Glnn & Co.
Messrs. Newson & Co., through
their representative, Mr. Scherer,
succeeded in placing both grammars
for tb* common school course, "Bueh
lers's Modern English Grammar"
(with composition); and Hotchkiss
and Buehler's "Modern English Lessons."
Frye's higher geography, by Glnn
& Co., was retained, but the American
Book company placer; ltcdway and
IIIonian's "Natural Primary Geography."
Mr. Craw, of D. Appleton & Co.,
landed tne order for physiologies,
there being two .books of Ktaron for
advanced and intermediate clashes.
Lee's primary history, by the B. F.
Johnson company, was retained, but
Waddy Toompson's History of the
United States, hy D. C. Heath & Co.,
was put on the list and Chapman's
South Carolina History was supplant
od'by the history by Dr. Henry Alexander
White, publlsned by Sliver,
Harriett & Co., and Darg&n's History
<>f South Carolina, published by The
State company, will be used for the
higher classes.
Mr. O, P. Harries, publisher, secured
the order for Barnes' "Outlook
Writing System," an 1 D. C. Heath
& Co., received award for their natural
system of writing. Tuese embrace
two different styles of writiDg.
The Augsburg System of Drawing
was adopted and the "Riverside
Series of Song Books," by Houghton,
Mitlin & Co., was put on the list.
Toe lollowing books were adopted
for use in the high school course:
English?Sykes' Elementary Engllsn
Composition; Tapp&n's England's
and America's Literature;
Literary Masterpieces.
Latin?Biln's First Book in Latin;
Gildersleeve-Lodge Latin Grammar;
Harper & Tolman's Caesar.
Business Course?The E'lrst Book
in Business Methods; O'Neill's Punctuation.
Natural Solenoe?Hunnioutt Agriculture
tor the Common Schools;
Bailey's Botany.
Civics?Wallace's Civics.
Geograpy?Tarr's Physical Geography
(new).
Algebra?Lipplnoott's Elementary
Algebra; Went worth's New Sohool
Algebra.
History? Dargan's History of
South Carolina; Myers' General History
(Rev EJ ); American History
Leaflets, Hart.
Geometry?Well's Essentials of Geometry.
With The Humorist*.
Knioker?Do you think we should
wash our soiled linen Id public?
Boker? No; I favor sending it to
the laundry for total destruction.?
New York bun.
Eameral ia?It's too bad you've given
Jack his walking papers. He's the
goods, all right
Qwendolin?Yes, ar d he's the canned
.roods, all right.?Chicago Tribune.
Miss P ane?I understad you do
very handsome work and make very
pretty plotures.
Photographer?Yes'm, but I could
give you an exaot likeness If you wish.
? Philadelphia Ledger.
"I have done the state some service,"
the politician begin, "and I?"
"Y?s^;puted one of the delegates,
"and you oharged the stale a wut seventeen
times as much as It was worth."
?Chicago Raoord-Herald,
"Minnie, come right into the house
this instant!" ' Why, m??" "I told
you not to stay whe e those n<. njhty
hoys were using horrid lauguage. I
just hoard ono of them say 'packing
house' as distinctly as could he."?
Chicago News.
Weary Willie (reading "ad.") ?
"Man wanted to chop wood, bring up
coal, tend furnace, take care of garden,
mind chickens and children."
Frayed Fagin (groaning)?Get I Deoa
matrimonial advertisements make ma
tired.?Judge.
"1 tl/uk that's the funniest joke I
I ever wrote. Everybody laug'iB the
first time they read It; you're the only
exception," said Y -uug Scribbles, disgustedly.
''Why, I laughed," replied
O dum, "You dp:? N Jt so'9 1 could
notice it. N u you wern't boru at
the time."?dphla P'ess.
What a WaMio of Uonoy.
The annual military expenditures of
the several great powers of the world
are enormous. A recent issue of t he
British Bluebook says the United
Kingdom spends for this purpose each
year $157,000,000; India. $100,000,000;
1< ranee,$127,000,000: Germany $lbl,OOo,000;
Austria-Hungary $87,000,000;
ltay $58,000,000; Japan $24,000,000;
Russia 104,000,000; United States
$115,000,000. These amounts do not
include the amount paid in pensions
by any of the goverinents named: The
United States, in ad d tien to the 115
000,000 named above, pays each year,
$140,000,000 in pensions to her old
soldier. Including what she spends
for pensions, the United States spends
more than any other government for
military purposes. Our military burden
is the heaviest born by any nation
In the world. When we contemplate
the vast sum which the so-called
Christian nations of the earth spend
in :training soldiers, building ships,
guns and other engines to destroy men
t II A (k II 1 I Aft t f / \ !./-> 4- A 4 1* ** A ?-?
v?t> a,lU (VIIUUSli 1UICCU l/U l/l 112 conclusion
that our profession of being followers
of the meek and lowly man
who had not where to lay his head
while on earth is false. If we were
His followers in fact we would have
no use for these things and the money
spent for them could he used for
other and nobler purposes. This vast
sum of money properly used would
banish poverty from the eaith and
would bring joy and happiness to the
world instead of death and destuction
as it now does.
Whiskey In
Ao every body knows Kansas is
one of the thr^e so-called prohibition
States, but it will be seen from what
a Kansas naper says below there is no
trouble to get whiskey out there. A
man by the name of C. S. Jewel, of
New Castle, Pa., wrote to the Appeal
to Reason, a weekly paper of large circufrtion
published at Girad, Kansas,
the following letter:
''Prohibitionists here say that out in
Kansas they have no use for jails since
prohibition has been adopted. Is that
so?
The Appeal to Reason replied as
follows:
This will be news to Kansans. f
prohibition rules in Kansas it has not
been discovered. In this little town
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are some tifty or sixty saloons in the
county. Our jails are just as full as
in Pennsylvania. Just as longas profit
can be made selling liquor it will be
sol i?according to law or in violation
of law. In Kansas prohibition does not
prohibit. Our saloons are really a
greater menace than licensed saloons.
When It is known that about three
thousand people in Kansas hold United
States Internal Revenue licences
to retail whiskey and other liquors
the statement of the Kansas paper
can easily be believed.
tiry*n8 K?^o?i>tloa.
Mayor Tom L. Johnston of Cleveland
has aecapbcd an invitation to
preside at the reception of Wm. J.
Bryan in Madison Square Garden N.
Y. on Mr. Bryan's return to this
country. Ilenrv Watterson will de- ^ *
liver an address on bahalf of the
South and Alexander Troop of New
Haven will speak In the name of the >
kW. *
Tiik Chicago Record-IIerald asks: '
"Who can mention a single good
thing that United Stales Senator
l'latt has ever done for the people?"
Thf? UdllotAn l?nofr wn?" frw.ll..
aB> aua-w a.vv*ai/V>> J- V/O V TCI J U A 14 J 3
Piatt has never claimed to be a servant
of the publio. He has been a political
grafter all his life and has never pretended
to be anything else. Piatt i&
not sailing under false colors. *