The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 16, 1908, Image 6
. RABENS GIVES UP '
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MAN CONVICTED IX OCONEE ON
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HEINOUS ClIAltCE. i
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He Was Convicted of Receiving Stol<ii
Coeds in Coiiiiection Willi I'ostI
ollico Robberies.
II. Rudolph Rabens of Charleston, i
who was convicted in his absence at
Oconee county of the charge of re- !
ceiving stolen goods, and for whom (
a sealed sentence was left with the
clerk of court of that county. Thurs- i
day morning walked into the oillce
of Sheriff Kay at Wallialla and surrendered
himself. lie was quietly
placed in a cell, and the bars were
kopii I'O/llv ni . ? ^ *?t_ -
ii.aivu ueninu ii 1111.
Rubens was convicted of receiving !
the stolon gods secured by the yegg- ,
a recent term of criminal court of I
men when they blew open the safe (
of the Courtney Manufacturing com- 1
pany at Newry several years ago.
, He was arrested on the charge sever- 1
al months before the case came to
trial, and he was let out on bail of
$;>,000. When the case was called
for trial he did not put in an appear- 1
ance. It will be recalled that the 1
reformed safeblower, McCarthy, testitied
against Rubens, and upon his
testimony a verdict of guilty was returned.
Notice of appeal to the su- '
promo court was given, and he was '
let out on a $.r>,000 bond, pending
the appeal. The supreme court confirmed
the verdict of the lowerconrt.
Since then Rubens has been at large, '
and the officers of the state, including
Postoflicer Inspector II. T. Gregory 1
and other postoftlce inspectors, have
been on tiie watch for him. The
surrendering act must have been a
prearranged one between Rations 1
and the officers' for Postoflicer In
oiivciui uiegmy was present to receive
him when lie entered the sher- '
iff s ofllee.
Habens is quite a noted Charleston
character. His reputation extends
all over the state, and the majority
of the people of South Caro- 1
lina will he interested in his arrest. 1
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Notice to Farmers Union.
The State Convention of the
South Carolina State Farmers' Union (
will convene in the House of ltepre- |
sentatives hall in Columbia on Wednesday
July 22nd at 8.15 p. m.
Where the county Union is formed,
the basis of representation is one
delegate at large and one delegate i
for every hundred members or majority
fraction. Where there is no
county organization, Jftach local is 1
entitled to one delegate. If you have
not already done so, have a called
meeting and elect your delegates.
Application has been made for reduced
rates on the railroads. Pleastr
ask for that rate, and where you
cannot get it. please ask the agent
for a certificate.
B. Harris, President,
S. C. Stato Union.
Anottier Star 011 the Flag.
After July 4, all flags made for
the use of the government wll contain
forty-six stars in the field, or
union, to conform in number to the
states.
The additional star follows Oklahoma's
admission to the Union, in
conformity with an act of congress,
requring that on the admission of a
new state, one star is to be added to
the union of the flag, to take effect
on the Fourth of July next, succeeding
such admission.
Okklahoma came into the Union
on November 16 last.
The forty-six stars are to be in six 1
rows, the first, third, fourth and
sixth rows to have eight stars, and
the second and third 'rows seven
stars each. The stars will be on a
b'ue field.
A great many flags now flyirg
ficm govern nont buildings will have
to be alterel 10 meet the new couf'ltiens.
That Republican policies have pro\
duced business panic and depression
is shown by Bradstreet's report
of 7,560 failures in 'the first
half of this year with total liabilities
of more than double any year
since 1897.
The Taft chairman has to be acceptable
to the trusts, the railroads
and other corporations that are expected
to furnish the boodle.
The price of beef would indicate
that the Packers Combine do not
fear the Republican plan of trustbusting.
A woman's "no" doesn't mean yes
when she says it to the wrong man.
^ If you brave a good friend don't
* * try to convert him into a good thing. (
The life that will not bear inspection
often displays a large line of
religious logic.
The tongue of gossip never grows
rusty.
A man who yells at the top of his
voice seldom wins an argument. (
It is possible to acquire a round ,
sum in a square deal.
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OUEGON AG \TE.
A Homo Industry In Which Wo Can
Excel hut Which is Overlooked.
Walter H. Whttten of New!) rg <
Ore., speaking of the mineral resources
of Oregon, sold that th^ "r^t
rr?*:^h orates in (he '.< wc
i..a on the Oregon coast at Nc.vpcr*
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"The winter is the host time to fl"i
then., for during this season the
ncoa.t current changes its direction
and washes away tho surface sand
rdenr to the gravel. In which deposits
tlie rough agates of all sizes may
be found. Sometimes the agate season
lusti but a couple of weeks, tie- '
pending entirely upon tho inexpll- ,
cable caprices of tlio sea. the winds. ,
the tide and currents. The pure j
grayish white silica gives us tho enrnellan
and tho ju3pe*\ and where
both iron and nianganos-o occur re
have the moon stone. The coral and
the cloudy are tho finest and mo t
delicate of tint and suggest purity,
whlo the carnellan and the jasper are (
the warm, rich, glowing stones, per- *
haps the most valuable and most
eagc-ly sought. Tho agate making
Is a home industry entirely overlook- '
sd, and one in which we can not only 1
pxcol the foreigners in the reality of (
tho rnv material but in the variety
and supply." '
Tree Life.
Brazilian cocoanut palms live from
600 to TOO years, and tlie Arabs assert
that the date palm frequently
reaches tlie age of 2 00 to 3 00 years.
VVallan's oak near Paisley, Scotland,
Is known to be more than 700 years
old, and there are oipht olive trees
tin the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem,
which are known to have been
flourishing in 1099. The yews of
Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, were
old t ees when in 1 1*2 the abbey was
built ami n redwood in Mariposa
drove, California, is a manifold centenarian.
Baobab trees of Africa
have been computed to he more than
6,000 years old, vnd the deciduous
cypress, at Chautepoc is considered
to bo of a still greater .age. Humboldt
said that the Dracaena Draco at
Orotava, on Teneriffe, was one of
the oldest inhabitants of the earth.
0;#t) Esperanto Societies.
A publication just issued by the
central Esperantist office In Paris
shows that there are 639 Esperanto
societies throughout the world, 38
journals are published specially devoted
to the propagation of the language,
there are Esperanto consuls
or agents at 170 towns and the language
has been accepted for use by
11 different congresses.
Production of Precious Metals.
uespiie tne great railing on m tne I'
gold product of Colorado during the 1
year 1006 that State still holds the 5
lead of all the States and Territories
of this country, including Alaska, 'o 1
the production of precious metals *
The figures for the year 1 006 were '
$23,21 0,629, a decrease of $1,S13,- '
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Mr. ami Mrs. LaFolletto lawyers. <
It Is not generally known that the
w'fe of Senator LaFollette took her 5
university degree in the same class (
with her husband. As Miss Hello f
Case sue vanquished "Hob" LaFol- *
lette in a joint oratorical contest at
the University of Wisconsin. Hefore
her iiarrlage she had been admitted
to * .e practice of law. 1
Freight by Hail or Water.
'he cost of transporting freight
by rail is 71-2 cents per ton-mile, ]
while the cost of carriage by water is f
from .92 of a mill on the Great Lakes j
to 1. mill on the Ohio and Mississippi 1
rivers. Transportation by water is i
also mcie rapid than by the average (
freight car service. {
Husincss With Cuba. j
In 1906 we sold Cuba a million and
a half more than we sold her in the I
previous fiscal year, and we bought <
$12,500,000 more from her than in 1
the previous fiscal year. ;
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uovcriutioni runpioyees. (
The various States and other pes- 1
sessions of the government employ <
28,94 7 personL In the civil service <
in the District of Columbia, to whom <
the annual payment in salaries aggre- |
gato $311,544,225.
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Ohlonns Oovernment Clerks.
Oh loans employed by the Govern- <
ment In the District of Columbia <
number 1,077, and they draw annual- I
ly from the treasury the amount of <
$1,386,296. i
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There's a Reason. <
Rabbits, says a naturalist, have 1
\. hite tails so that the young may he i
able to distinguish their mother in 1
ease of pursuit. The color of the ]
rabbit is so like that of the ground !
that this would otherwise bo difficult 1
if not Impossible. I
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Moonlight and Accidents. 1
An examination of serious automobile
accidents in the last year shows '
that over 100 happened at night, half <
of these when the moon was shining 1
brightly. Of these probably 25 were <
brought on by optical illusions cnased 1
by the moon's deceptive light.
Electric Funeral Car.
A funeral car operating on an ele- i
vate1 railroad is something of an i
innovation, for all that surface lines 1
have long had ruch cars in service. A s
Chicago "L" line has put In use a <
funeral car, however, and finds it in i
considerable demand. 1
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OFF FOR THE POLE.
'OMMANDKK I'KRKY SAILS FHOM
NEW YORK.
Pnimtus Explorer Feels Confident
That Ho Will Co Fat nor Than Any
Previous Attem.pt.
With the Perry Arctic club's pcnlant
fluttering from her nut In tiuck
md the Stars and Stripes at her mi/.5011.
the Arctic exploration steamer
toosevelt left her pier at New York
donday carrying Commander Itobert
2. Peary, who is to head another expedition
in quest of the North Pole.
The Roosevelt, accompanied by a
government tug, proceeded to near
Jity Island, where, she anchored for
he night to permit the adjustment
>f her compasses. Tuesday she will
to to Oyster Hay, where President
toosevelt will hoard her to bid good>ye
to iter commander and crew. The
toosevelt will then head for Sydney,
}ape lireton, where she will stop to
:oal. *
Hefore the ship left Commander
?eary said:
"I have done too much work in
he Arctic regions to believe that 1
tan make the pole without strenuous
vork. 1 am not foolish enough to
ay that I am going to do or die but
am certainly going to put into this
rill everv 1 > i t ?> '
v/.lM HIV II I ill,
noral and physical?that I have in
irder to succeed in ni> undertaking.
know my path will he hedged in by
nuny (rials and undoubtedly many
lisu|)pointments but 1 feel confident
is my ship leaves New York today
hat. if I do hot reach the pole itself,
it least I will carry the American
lag farther north than it lias been
tarried by any previous explorer.
Jnless unforeseen circumstances inorvene
within the next year, I hope
o plant the Stars and Stripes at the
iole."
As the Rooseveit swung out into
he East river, a few minutes after
[ o'clock a crowd 011 the pier cheered
jood-bye, while thewhistles of river
raft joined in the farewell.
On hoard th Roosevelt, besides,
Commander Peary, Mrs. Peary and
heir children, Marie and Robert E.,
Ir., were a number of members of
he Peary Arctic club, including its
^resident, Thomas D. Hubbard; its
dee president, Zen as Crane, and its
secretary, Herbert L. Rridgman;
levoral members of the Explorers'
dub and friends of Commander
Peary. Madame Arctowskl, wife of
Prof. Henry K. Arctowskl, who was
neteorolc gist of the Belgian Anareic
expedition of 1 897-99, was one of
i party of Indies on board.
The ciew was kept busy up to the
>our of departure, stowing away
stores in the hold, including large
inantlties of books and magazines
uul a billard table. Just before lefivng
21 Bibles were received aboard,
ho gilt of the New York Bible sodoty.
The Daughters of the Ilovoluion
presented to Commander Peary
i peace Hag with the request that he
sarry it wkh him to the pole- "as
i shield and buckler against all disister."
KECLUSE FOR FIFTY YEA11H.
French Woman (irieved for Husband
Wlio Died on Wedding Day.
For fifty years No. 19, Boulevard
Poisoniere, in Paris, a house of four
dories, has been closely shuttered,
ind yet it has been continuoiwiy inlabited.
Servants were seen to ener
and leave the building and the
ither day it was dressed In the black
Hid silver trappings which usher
'ranee's citizens to their last resting
dace.
Mine, do Provlgny, its occupant for
fifty years, was dead. She was an
>Jd lady of seventy, and for the last
tialf century she lived in that closed
md shuttered house without a newspaper,
without an open hook, without
a flower, and without a word to
fier from any living soul. For fifty
years Mme. de Provingy wore white
satin. She wore it on her wedding
lay and always dressed In white to
the end.
Fi:ty years ago Mme. de Provingy
:lied They had been married in the
morning, and the young husband
:lir>d of applexy an hour after the
ueremony. When she recovered from
the shock, if, need, she can '<e said
aver to have recovered from it. Mme.
i'rovigny had the house shut up,
1-uf she retained her servants on coalition
that they were never to confront
her with a living being and
never to speak to her again. She did
not know the trend of public events.
Motor cars were unknown to her.
She did not know whether France
was a republic. She had never
knmwl r\f ihn Ovovfliu Psicn f \ f tllfi
rlenth of Quern Victoria, or any national
or international event. In her
will ^J^e. do Provlgny left lior
whole fortune to men and women aged
over sixty years of good character.
She left a large house in the
country as a home for them and $2,000,000
for its support.
Protectlonalism, in its last analysis
is socialism. If our President
and our Congress hae become too
meddlesome the-cause may ho directly
traced to the Socialistic protective
system. The Republican party has
created the Socialistic movement,
and it will he destroyed by that
movement. The Democracy has opposed
it, and will throttlo it.
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LYNCHINU PKAItKI) IN AIKKN.
Much Fooling (iitw* Out ?>f Killing
of Wliitc Main by Ni gro.
A dispatch from Aiken to The
News and Courier says on Inst Mon.'a?.
night Sheriff Kubin . ccclvcd a.
message from Wagoner asking that
he come sit once to that point, as
trouble was brewing. The sheriff
went to Wagoner in an automobile
ns soon as possible, and found that
the cause of the trouble was the
shooting of Policeman Henry Salley,
of Salley, by Cleorge Moore, a negro. '
It has been learned that posses are
after the negro, armed if lie is captured
a lynching may result. Up to
this time he lias not been captured,
but it is said that lie is being diligently
searched for by friends of Saiiey
and Cm <*meers.
From the stories told by parties in
the city from that section it appears
tlia Salley and a man named Poole
had been in Wagoner Saurday, ami
when tUey were on their way home
near Wagoner they whipped a negro,
and further on they struck up with
a brother of Moore, whom they alleged
owed one of them a tiickle. It is
stated that they struck him and afterward
fired their pistols at him. He
ran home and the men came on toward
Perry. Moore's house is on the
road. When they reached it they got
out of the buggy and threatened the
negro. When tliey were advancing
toward the house tleorge Moore stopped
out with a shotgun and fired at
them, most of the load striking Sal- '
ley in the thigh and hip, and one or J
two shots striking Poole. Salley fell '
and the negro struck him twice With
the gun, Salley then got up and the
negro .rot ou' of the way. Poole it
is said, went i way, leaving Salley
when the shot was fired.
Salloy's wounds were dressed, and
it is not thought that he is seriously 1
hurt. It appears that here is a great
difference in opinion upon the affair,
many being in sympathy % with the
negro, alleging that the two men 1
were under the influence of liquor.
At the same time others appear to
ho infurated about the matter and '
have a great deal of feeling against
the man. The sheriff was unable to
locate the negro. lie returned to
the city late that afternoon. Talk
of lynching is still being indulged in.
As to Hot Weather.
The torrid wave now sweeping over
the North is playing tho mischief.
Many have been prostrated by the
excessive heat and not. a few have
died. That section of tho country is
to he coiumisserated.
l-lere in the South it. lias so far
been pleasant. Wo huvd had one or
two warm days, but nobody has been
made sick. The nights, without ex
ecption, are cool. When wo road how
people in the tenement district of
Now York city have to crawl on tiio
'ire escapes :t night to get a b ea.'h
of air and peroa s t cc a little r.ieep
running the risk of fallng off to the
pavement helow, we begin to realize
that we know very little about
hot weather. One of the most d:sagreeable
summers we ever spent
was in a Northern city. We longed
for the cool nights and breezes of
the South.
Take It year ir and year out, and
till the year round we have about
the finest eliminate to be found anywhere
in the world. The winters are
mild and th summers are generally
far pleasanter than in latitudes farther
North. What a charming spring
was the one of this year, and what a
glorious winter we had! And although
the summer is more than
half over, few feel the need of going
to the mountains or to the seashore.
Those who have gone did so,
not because a change of climate was
necessary, but simply because it is
their custom to go somewhere for a
vacaton. The rest of us who stntd sit
home have been about as comfortame
as we would nave oeen had we
gone to the mountains.
One has got to travel about a
good hit before he appreciates the
really magnifielent. climate of the
South. We who have lived here all
our lives don't value it as we ought.
When it gets a little warm we imagine
that if we could get up North
we should find it cooler. Perhaps;
though the chances are that we
should find it not near so cool. Bar
Harbor, Nnhant, Castine Littleton,
Narraganzet Pier, Shelter Island and
other places of resort during the
summer season can be as hot us the
hottest places one ever saw.
Yes, we are upon the whole pretty
well satisfied with the South and Its
climate in spring, summer, autumn,
and winter. Wo know one may go
much farther into higher latitudes
and fare a great deal worse.?Columbia
Record.
Democrats Forced to Contribute
The paper trust has just reported
to the New York Stock Exchange,
that its gross profits for the past ten
months were $17,1 87,000. For which
good showing the Trust must be
thankful to the Republican party
which iihs protected ir. rrom com*
tltlon through high tariff rat
When the trust makes its contri'
ion to the Republican campaign fun ; '
every T)e ocratlc newspaper pro |
prletor a* least, will unwillingly h i
the inclIr* t. donor of part of the boo-]
die to e t Taft and Sherman, and
another 'topublican Congress, which
would, ' successful, perhaps revise
the tari'-' higher, instead of abolishing
the ariff on wood pulp and
print paper.
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Tuberculosis is Transmitted Through
(?Vrms Flying in the Dust.
One germ found in dust needs especial
mention. Tuberculosis,
which may be classed among the
dust diseases ravages our country
beyond all other tuberenlo bacilli.
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lOvery time the consumptive sends
forth sputum where it can mix with
the dust of streets or room he sends
forth hundreds and thousands of living
tubercle bacilli. Once mixed
with that dust, deposited on sand or
other cutting particle, the poisoned
weapon files upward ready to cut
through and enter the body through
the lesion formed in the lungs. In
. use after ruse we find in the lungs
>f perfectly healthy persons small
tubercular lesions which have heal*d,
showing that they were able to
omhat the poison when attacked.
Hut how about, the time of low resistance?
How Can tlie citizen tell
when that time may come to him
>r to his family? The magnificent
M'usade against tuberculosis is doing
much to convince the individual of
lie necessity of care against contagion.
Tile municipality can do almost
as much towards the stamping
>111 of the plague by a steady constant
struggle to achieve the cleanest
possible st reet.
In the dirt of the assembly hall,
:>f the theatre, of the hotel and the
railway ear we find conditions in
which the difllcull lew wlilfli ovlo# I..
lie private house arc fourfold multiplied.
For hours the crowds of people
iu such places sit breathing the
accumulated dust brought from the
streets which, rising from the floor,
floats in clouds into the air and set
lies heavily on the antiquated plush
still in high lavor for such places.
It is hut ti year or two ago that the
newspapers considered briefly the
ilangers of that bacterial paradise,
the Pullman sleeping car. A brief
spasm of remonstrance passed over
the country and disappeared as suddenly
as it came. The peril from
such sources was, however, recognized
two decades ago by more than
nne, and a quotation concerning the
presence of tuberculosis In such places
from Dr. Mitchell Prudden written
almost two decades ago, holds as
true today.
"Sleeping cars and the staterooms
of steamships and hotel bedrooms
are almost, always liable to contain
infectious material, If they have
been recently used by uncleanly
consumptives or those ignorant of
the danger of their expectoration.
When the infectious nature of consumption
becomes generally appreciated,
hotels and transportation
companies over long routes will ho
compelled to provide special accomodations
for such persons as nre
known to he thus affected."?Ilollis
(lodfrey in Atlantic.
SWALLOWS POISON' IN COI'ltT.
Voting Frenchman Declares llo Prefers
Death to Dishonor.
A young Frenchman of Paris determined
that liis family nanioBhouhl
not he dishonored, M. Hureau, a man
of good position and education,
handed to his son in the dock of a
Paris court an envelope containing
poison, which the young man was to
swallow if he were convicted. The
prisoner was found guilty with others
of complicity in an insurance swindle.
As his counsel was absent, to plead
extenuating circumstances, the young
man stood up in the dock and deslrea
the barrister to bo silent. At the
same moment he put the envelope to
his lips and swallowed the contents.
A few seconds later he fell heavily,
foaming at the mouth.
A doctor who was In court attended
to him instantly with a stomach
pump, while one of his fellow prisoners,
Dr. Uacombe, did his best to
help by inducing artificial respiration.
Ultimately, after two hours, the
young man, who had taken a large
dose of digitalis, recovered and was
brought into court and sentenced to
a year's Imprisonment, while Dr. Laoombe
was condemned to two years'
hard labor. The prisoner had told
his father that he preferred death to
dishonor.
WAI TS A YEAR FOR FORTUNE.
French Soldier Losses His Winning
Lottery Ticket.
A private soldier named riaret, oi
Paris, some weeks ago b light a
nickel of four lottery tickc . known
as a am prise, for half a ' . lie
noted the numbers of V" <?ts and
then lost the envelor which he
had placed them.
Fortunately '-r> d written his
name on th- lope, which was
found and - 1 to him in bar
racns. 1 !* or me ucKers was
miss1"" : that ticket won $100,000
wrote to the lottery man
it. and the ticket has been
ved. He will now have to wait
. ar and ?'i day before ho will en r
into possession of his fortune.
Knihczzled From Fraternal Order.
An indeterniinato sentence, not to
he more than five years, was glvenW
f,. Wilson at Port Huron, Mich., for
enibezzllng$75,000 from fraternal
order.
Woman's tears and a dog's limi
are not always what they seem.
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BATTL1 rlEET SAILS.
PASSES I MKOK.II GOLDKN GATH
ON ITS LONG VOYAGK.
Tlio Ncht'iiAka l.cli Hi IiiimI oh Account
of Scarlet Fccvr epidemic,
\\ ill Join Pled at Honolulu.
Fifteen battleships of the Atlantic
Heel united Thursday front San Francisco.
on the voyage that Is to tako
ihern around the world and end at
Hampton Roads, whence they started
last December. The sixteenth
member of the fleet, the . .ebraska,
was left behind because of an outbreak
of scarlet fever atnoug the
crow. She will be placed in quarantine
three days and thoroughlv tuinlguted.
after which she will join her
sister ships at Honolulu.
Without ceremony or celebration
of any sort, the fifteen big fighting
ships got under way promptly at 2
o'clock, on signal from the Connecticut,
Rear Admiral Sperry's flag hip,
unjl, steaming In single column ? owly
wended their way out of 11 > ?ay,
where they had found am in ago
from time to time sinco their at ival
there two months ago. A few small
ernft followed in the wake i f the
Meet as far as Qoldon (late and gave
the white ships a parting salute with
their sirens, while on tho hills were
scattered groups of people silently
watching the departure, which was
in striking contrast, to the enthusiastic
welcome on its arrival.
The vessels presented a beautiful
appearance as they steamed thtrough
the harbor. As the Connecticut!
passed forth the flag ship signalled
for more speed, and tie' hows of tho
war ships were seen throwing up a
sea of white foam as they ploughed
through tin* water. It was 3.10
o'clock when the Kentucky, the last
ship in line, passed the light house
at the entrance to the Golden Gate,
and half an hour later tho fleet was
lost to view in a dense cloud of black
smoke from the copse of funnels and
the thick water which was rolling in
from the sea.
The afternoon was one of busy preparation
on the ships, at II o'clock
Secretary of the Interior Gartleld,
who arrived Monday night from
Honolulu on the St. Louis, hoarded
the Connecticut to pay his respects \
to Admiral Sperry. He was saluted
with seventeen guns when he took
his leave.
On the wntK front patrols of bluejackets
with stout "billies" rounded
up a few belated stragglers from tho
various ship.
At 12.50 o'clock the hist boat left,
shore with mail orderlies.
Just before the fleet, sailed Rear
Admiral Sperry received ft telegram
from President Roosevelt conveying
to the fleet his heartiest good wishes
on the eve of its departure.
Proposed Forestry Law.
If the legislature of Loujslauna
passes the forestry law proposed by
Governor lllanchurd of that Slate,
and said to have the support of the
largest timber owners, it will be tho
most advanced step yet taken by any
slate to regulate timber cutting on
p.ivate lands. By the terms of the
proposed statute, the cutting of
trees under twelve inches in diameter,
four feet from the ground, will
not 1)0 permitted. The law does not
apply to those, who, in good faith
wish to clear the land for agricultural
purposes, or need the timber on
the grounds for roads or ditches, or
in case of an owner or tennnnt who
uses tho wood for domestic purposes.
The lumberman will be required
to fell his trees in a way to cause
least damage to young timber, and
tho refuse must not be left where
its presence will invite fire or otherwise
endanger the small trees. Tho
, penalty provided for violations of the
proposed law is a fine of $25 to $100
fer ?ach offense, and imprisonment
i may be added. Each tree wrongi
fully cut will constitute a seperate
[ offense. The proposed law not only
? delimits offenses and names penal.
ties, but also sets forth the reasons
why such a law is thought advisable.
T'mber !* becoming scarce, it says
i and ought not be needlessly wasted.
Forest destructon will carry with it
other evils besides dearth of ?.-or?a
It. will cause destruction, soil erosion
and increase floods and droughts, to
; the damage of the wholo people.
The fovests ought not to bbe wholly
cut down, the proposed law further
says, because they assist in obstruct*
ling disastrous tornadoes.
The Supreme Court of Maine recently
ruled that that state may lawfully
restrict ti r clearing of private y
owned forest land, if the public
would be injured by such clearing.
Loulsianna's proposed law goes still
( further in the same direction and
follows the lines of the opinion ren
1; uenui uy me .Main supreme Court.
It. Is worthy of note that the two
slates which are first to take this advanced
stand in forests protection
are fifteen hundred miles apart and
have forests not at all alike in character,
different soils, climates with A
few points in common, crops of whol- jfl
ly d-fferent kinds, geography and
topography of opposite extremes yet
each realizes the immense impor- ^SL
' tance of its t'orsts and how essen'
tial their protection is to the continued
prosperity of its people.
V
It. isn't necessary to egg a hen on
when she wants to sit.
' It doesn't do muctt good to talk to "v
tho average man for his own good.