The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 12, 1911, Image 4
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POTASH TAX HITS "
' THE FARMERS HARD
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looking to Washington For Ralls!
From Gjrman Exacltons.
' KT/ortu .continue to secure relief from
Abe enormous tax Imposed by Germany
itni exports tf potash to the United
Slates. In these efforts all agricultural
Interests are deeply concerned
5tor Hi reason that potash is an essential
element of all commercial fertill
men.
Realizing the seriousness of the burden
so Imposed, President Taft nnd
the state department have made vigorous
protest to Germany, aiul the matter
is still pending. A representative
of the state department who visited
.Berlin in an effort to secure redress
from tlie German government lias Just
returned to Washington, and further
Action by the administration is expected
without great delay.
Official efforts to bring about a favorable
settlement have from the start
jbeen actively aided l>3' the nonsyndiicafe
potash mines which made the
(American low price contracts.
Did Germany Break Promises?
| It Is understood that the state department
had assurances from the German
government when the tax law
fWH8 Ul I Kill VI lUUl lliMliiHK nuiini
|>e dono which would impair existing
trade arrangements. These assurances
proved to be worthless, and after GerWRn,v
bad secured the benefits of the
minimum rates of our new tariff law
the potash tax was put Into force.
President Taft. in his message to congress
may have had this fact In mind
rtvhori he said, referring to the successful
working out of the maximum and
minimum provision, "There are, however,
unfortunately, instances where
foreign governments deal arbitrarily
with American interests within their
jurisdiction in a manner injurious and
Inequitable."
? It was when the German potash syndicate
f' uml that Independent mines
had gol almost all of the American
business by making prices about 30
per cent lower than the syndicate
prices runt ti:nv now compiamea or
by American consumers was demanded
by tfm potash trust and enacted by
the relchstag with the avowed purpose
to deprive Americans of the benefits
of their advantageous agreements,
running in some cases until 1010.
The amount of the tax imposed by
lOermany Is more than the entire cost
at the mines under the American eon-"
tracts with nonsyndicnte producers and
amakes tlie price on deliveries In the
United States much greater than the
told exorbitant syndicate prices. As
(the American contracts provide that
?the buyer shall pay all government
charges, the tax falls heaviest upon the !
consumers of potash for the making
i*of fertilizers.
Tav Levied to Raise Prices.
*rho cmV law was passed, it Is assort
cd. with n<> other purpose than to destroy
existing contracts, to coerce uP
potash mines into the syndicate and
eo to bring about u return to high
j>rloes and take away the market made
.here by nonsyndieate producers.
lentil this controversy arose It was
not generally known that potash In
> (workabb* onvntitios was found only In
Germany. The production Is and has
ibeen for twenty years controlled by a
eyndleat . whi< h also fixes the price
that tin* world shall pay for this ne
Cesslt.v. 'a (bis syndicate, which is
trie}1, regulated by law. several tier- ]
man governments parthlpnte as own. j
lers of potash mines. It was during a
(temporary lnose ' 11 the so ndicnte, leaving
e^ ?*rv o;t ? free to rneke his own
rflgures, jh:iI the low prices now cans
"tug trouble were made.
WATCH P0AP3 THIS WINTER.
'Improved Highways Are Now Passing
Twt of Aii Traffic and Woather
Conditions, and Those That
N" >*>k* G .,od VVi!. Bp Standards
of the Future.
A-'.
T At tlii* rtu4 of t lie present winter
V* (food roads btiitriers wjll in* able to
fbrm debm'e opinions ii.h to wli.it shuil
be tliv* tandnrd road of the future.
Ronci Jr tiding np to the present has
been t'ot the most part mon or h>ss
?xperiu?"nt.i! Demonstration ^ fo
Just lu'.v good some "pood roads"
would prove to be has been lacking
because Improved highways have not
been built long enough to show their
worth.
On asphnltie macndnni is placed the
tn ?in re'.htuee of road en luoers. Such
blgh ways have been proved absolutely
necessary to withstand he:iv> trallle,
and the main question remaining to
be deck ed N the* br >1 "binder" to lurid
the stone of the macadam together.
Some of tlit'se hinders "lile-'d" In summer
and then get so brittle that, they
^lose" the road. The natural asphalts,
tieh as are used In street pnvenieutft,
4o not not in this way.
Whatever may in* next spr'ng's vcr
4fr't as to what Is the lmst road, the
movement for improved highways Is
ifoing steadily forward with Increased
' uergy. Tim latest to enlist in tho
food roads < nu.so are the presidents of
(the IVnnayivania, N'ew York Central
*nd ftnuthern rallrotids and Mr. Yoa
Ikum of the Frisco, who were among
Ithe organisers of the American Asso-rUtton
For Highway Improvement,
ow getting to work in Wash big toil,
With Logiui W. Psfe. director of t.bs
+tBco of public roads, as pretuleuu
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| PKATH C AI SKI) BY CARBON GAS.
' Chicago Physician Succumbs to Odors
Inhaled From Gasoline Kngine.
A muffler on the gasoline engine
of his automobile caused the death
Friday night of Dr. John Alosius
Hemsteger, a prominent psysLcian of
Chicago. Ho died from tho effects
of carbon dioxide inhaled on Wednesday
while cleaning the apparatus
on his machine. The death is said
to be the first of its kind on record.
Hemsteger, finding a quantity of
carbon had accumulated in the
mufiler and engine cylinders, poured
a mixture of wood alcohol and kerosene
into them to clean them out.
lie then started the engine and opened
the cut off valve In the muffler.
The garage door was closed and
there was no other outlet for the
forming carbon gas that rushed Into
the room. The physician was almost
overcome, but managed to open
the door of the garage, which let in
the fresh air.
He was taken to his residence,
where he died the next day. Physicians
who held ?n autopsv assert that
death was due technically to poisoning
of the heart by the carbon gas.
| Dr. Hemsteger was 56 years old.
WHOLESALE POISONING.
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Nearly Every Resident of a Texas
Village Made III.
Six deaths have occurred and practically
all the members of the entire
village of Telfener, In Victoria county,
Texas, aro 111, ascribed to the
eating of food prepared with flour
containing arsenic.
On Monday the village grocer
poured several sacks of flour into a
j su?sa barrel and one of bis first
customers was Joe Brown, a negro.
After the morning meal the entire
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family became ill, two of Brown's
children 'lying the same night.
Since then four,?other deaths have
occurred. Mow the drug and Hour
came in con'act has not been determined
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An Honorable lOxception.
The Hon. Thomas \V. Lovless, editor
of the Augusta Chronicle, was
most agreeably surprised on Thursday
evening of last week. Without
any previous notice or inkling ot
what was about to happen, he was
requested by a delegation from a
meeting of so'me citizens of Augusta,
which had quietly assembled, to present
himself, accompanied by Mrs.
Hoyless, at the Chamber of Commerce
hall in that city. On arriving
there he found about one hundred
or more of the leading business men
of that city, headed by Mayor Thomas
Barrett, awaiting him. Mayor Bar
rott, on behalf of those present, then
presented Editor T.oyless with a solid
silver service, which had cost the
donors an ever thousand dollars, as
an expression of their appreciation of
what Editor Loylcss through the
Chronicle and Individually had done
for the advancement of Augusta.
Editor Loy less is fortunate in living
in a city where the business men
appreciate his efforts in its behalf,
land in honoring him as they did.
hey honored themselves as well,
'lis case is an honorable exception
o the general rule In too many
cit'os, and towns too, for that mater,
editors of newspapers don't even
-et thanks for what to do for their
itlts or towns, for v horn they labor
a season and out of season, to sa>
nothing of a silver service The bua'rier-s
men of Augusta know a poo1
niug when they have it. and it
is rot yrprhdng that they '.re p"otu!
of the Chronicle and its ah'o editor.
Heave Hiionion.
Heroism is usually associated in
the public iniii f with battle holds, and
many inspiring are the records of
deeds of valor an 1 of struggle. Hut
in these days of peace we are continually
being reminded that there
are battles other than those in which
men are pitted against each other in
deadly combat. Probally among the
most spectacular are those In which
hardv, fearless and trained men wrestle
with the great tires which threaten
property and lives. Intent upon
their duty and with no selfish
thought of themselves these firemen
stand face to face with danger in
such bat Ho, and oftimes as in the
every recent oatas* roubles in Chicago,
Philadelphia and other cities
! prove, thev go unfalteringly to their
death. Such heroism is an inspiration
to the performance of duty un
'dor all cireuinstances and strengthens
faith In human nature.
Something Unusual.
One of tho worst of Unliah raili
road accidents happened in that
, country a week or two a up) resulting
f i 11 the loss of about thirty lives. The
singular tiling about it Is the fact
that the railroad company voluntarily
assumed responsibility for the accident.
It seems almost like a mirnclo
that any large corporation or trust
should take tho blame to Itself Usually.
It la the other way and the
best legal talent is employed and
J every subterfuge resorted to In the
I effort to show that an accident Ih the
fuult of others, an act of divine provirjnco.
or something else, and that
'tho corporation Is as Innocent as an
Infant child.
Happy Now Year to all. frlond
and foa. .
RICH CKOOK DtAU
WEALTHY YOtTN<J MAN WHO LED
LIFE OF A HLTttaLAU.
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ThomuM WundlaKH Preferred the l"nderworld
to u Life of Luxury iu
His Brooklyn Houie.
Death ban ended the career of
Thomas Wandlass, the "white front"
burglar, who was shot and fatally
wounded while breaking Into the
home of Thomas Tapley, a contractor
I n Passaic. N. J. Wandloss preferred
the underworld to a life of luxury
n the home of a fond and wealthy
mother. He developed from a sort
>f "angel child" to a desperate criminal.
Paralysis of his vocal organs
ihortly uft'ir his capture kept the poire
from obtaining any correct account
of his amazing career.
Jean Mitchell, aged 17 years, who
called herself his "chicken stall" and
assisted him In 22 burglaries, has
pleaded guilty and will receive sentence.
She declares she is eager to
get hack to her home in the New
England states as Hhe has had enough
of travel and nice dresses, the bait
offered by Wandlnss when she cont
n Kn/?rnYi?? hie scrnni nl Ip.a
The police called Wandlass a
"supper worker" and a "dress suit
burglar." He called himself a
"white front" burglar and was fascinated
by the danger of robbing a
house while there were many porsous
about. Often he would stop
to listen to the dinner chatter before
making his escapo. Generally
he selected a dark or dimly lighted
parlor, Jimmied the window and
climbed in. During the months that
the girl worked with him he relied
upon her to "spill a faint" as she
called it, and draw the crowd while
he made his escape.
Wand lass was about 30 years old.
His mother, Mrs. Augustus F. Ilerner,
is a woman of wealth and r^finemen.
<n Brooklyn, N. Y. ifor
first usbaid. Wand lass, was a hotel
nroprleior and well to do. lie left
i
a comfortable fortune, anil when he
died his son, Tom, was a model
youngster and a great church worker.
He was precocious, high strung
and had a vivid imagination.
.Tnst when he became transformed
info a "bad man" no one seems to
know, but he ran away from hoarding
school at 17 and the next his
mother heard of him was that he
was a member of a gang of thieves,
tie was never what might bo called
w I
a Raffles, except that he dressed well
and committed most of his burglaries
while clad in evening clothes. He
was known to the police as Kid
Howard and Thomas Hap ley and had
served time in several penal institutions
in the state of New York.
DIED OX WAY HOME.
1 After Being Absent Twenty-One
Years Unheard From.
A mysterious stranger who died
suddenly in a hotel at Now Canan.
" M'Ti., n few days ago has been idenas
Francis Humphreys, a wello-'o
resident of New Cauan, who
disappeared from his home there 2:
ago, leaving his wife and four
* v. ghters.
Humphreys, who was ??r. years old,
returned with the intention of Joining
his larnlly, who had heard nothing
from hi in since his d'soppea ranee.
*\ mai led from his journey, he jto;> >o
i at the hotel to rest and soon af.
his arrival auin sc.i'<?e?l v>itii an at?
ta k of heart disease, from which he
died almost instantly. He did no:.
1i\e to see any member of his famM
y. A large sum of money was
found ir. his clothing and" will be
turned over to his widow.
WORK OF A FIEND.
\ Fen <f Lye Tlii'own in the Face of
a Young Lady.
With her face and shoulders seared
?nd scarred by the contents of a can
of lye that v, as thrown In her face
Sunday night, Mies Myrtle Htirney
{ lies at her father's home in Oak dale,
la suburb of Pittsbu: Pa.. and In
probably disfigured for life, whllo
county detectives arc searching for a
man whoso description the young woman
gives. Miss Burnoy was walkin:
from tho Oak dale station to Iter i
homo Saturday night with a brother i
when a man appeared from behind i
a tree and dashed t tie contents over
her. Instinctively she closed her!
eyes, thus saving her sight. The fain- !
ily Is at a loss to explain a reason for .
! the attack.
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Thumb ItingH.
That demand made by some ladles (
In an eastern state that married men
bo compelled by law to wear thumb
rings has at least the e ,rlt ofVowl-j
ty, but It won hi not wor. Men are
such wlcl. 'd, designing crt tnres that
.they would And some way > clreum- !
j vent the law and continue to tlirt
i with and make love to unsuspecting
i' females. Tot the Idea has groat pos'
nihilities. Why not, for instance,
enlarge it an<l compel a man to wear
a ring for every marriage he has contracted.
In some districts with sou.e
I men the two thumbs would scarcely
I bo large enough to carry all the
rings.
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74 VR8SKLS LOST I
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And Fiftj thrfe People Out of !,44K>
Lost liMt Year.
Out of a total of 6.661 persona Involved
In 1,463 disasters to- vessels <
of all classes within the scope of the 1
United 8tates life saving service, on- i
ly fifty-three were lost, and about
seventy-four vessels were completely
destroyed, according to the annual
report of S. L. Kimball, general superintendent
of the service, for the
fiscal year, which ended June 30 last. ,
The next expenditures ror maintaining
the service for the year were
$2,249,375.68. The enactment ot
the bill passed at the last session
of Congress b" the Senate providing
for retirement pay for members of
the life saving service and others of
the held service and others of the
field service incapacitated for duty is.
ur?od in the report.
Of the 1.64 6 vessels of all kinds
which mot with accidents, the life
savers rendered service to 1.047, valvied
with their cargoes at $10,179,23
0. Other succor rendered by the
life saving service included the rescue
of 137 persons from drowning,
surgical aid to 60 persons suffering
from gunshot wounds, broken limbs
or bruises and the recovery of 150
bodies of persons who had met death
through ice or in other ways. Nine
of this number were suicides.
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Great Wave of Crime.
As wo stated in a recent issue the
statistics for last year show that
there was a marked increase in the
number of homicides lu this country
during that period. The number of
deaths by personal violence of all
kinds In 1910, except suicides and
lynchlngs, was 8.975, as compared
with 8.103 in 1909. This record is
not. confined to such cases of murder!
and homicide as result In arrest and
trial, but include deaths by every
form of violence.
The principal causes of those
deaths were from quarrels, 1,0 19;
unknown causes, 984; liquor, 79S;
killed by highwaymen. 930; jealousy,
0 12; Infanticide, 125; highwaymen
killed, 73: resisting arrest, 10G; insanity,
225. The most striking feature
of these figures Is the Increase in
murders committed by thugs, thieves,
burglars and hold-up men, the number
being an increase of 53 over
1909.
The laxity of our laws in regard (
to the punishment of those who are
guilty of taking the lives of other
people will be at once recognized
when it is stated that in the face of
the fact that nearly nine thousand
persona met death at the hands of
other persons during hist year there
was only 104 legal executions during
that period. This was three less than
wero executed in 1909, when there
was 107 legal executions for crime
In the several States.
Classified by States, the record of
loral executions is as follows: Alabama,
; Arkansas, 7; California, 2;
Connecticut, 1 ; North Dakota, 1 ;
Florida, 4: Georgia, 7; Illinois, 2;
Iowa, 1; Kentucky, 2; Louisiana, 4;
Massachusetts, 1; Mississippi, 3; Mis
Kouri, 3: New York. 9; New Jersey,
1: Nevada, 1; North Carolina, 2:
Ohio. 4; Oklahoma, 1; Oregon, 1:
Pennsylvania, 9; South Carolina, 7:
Tennessee, 4; Texas, 6; Virginia, 11;
WosHn gton, 2.
Tliore were tnirty-seven icgai executions
in (ho Northern StJit.es and
fifty in the Southern St.itos. Of those
execute! f h irtv-t.hreo were whites,
fiffv-throo were negroes and one an
Indian. The crime for which those
cxeei'tions tool* place were uinetyfour
for murder, nine for rape and
one for atf mpted rape. In addition
to the above level executions, seventy-three
persons were lynched in the
^oetb ,'i"d orm at the North.
Tills is a fearful record, and the
?vr"f D"rt of it is w^? are doing little
or nothing to correct It. Think of
tl'O tho'Tands of mur lers that were
r ontti 11;P(.| during the past year for
which less than one hundred people
wrre legally executed, ami consider
what is liuman life worth in this'
boasted home o 'he bravo and land'
of the free. Tin re is no country on !
earth whoro human life is worth so
H t I.? n,. 11 la \\ <>?*.? Sf rlr<f on fnrfatnnnf
1111**7 ?f1 * 1 iO M? . r.. % ?*.... v/v.M> ?.V ,
of the 1 h vn' is t ho only remedy for
this fearful condition.
Should He Sifted.
Of course there Is an enquiry as to
the cause or causes tha* led to the
deat h of bo many firemen In the recent
Chicago tire. There always is
an lno8tlT"lon after a catastrophe
and great things are promised a*t the
outset of what !s going to !>?? done In
the way of reform and of the severe 1
pm Islunent to ho meted out to the
guilty ones. Hut some way or other
the investigation usually lingers on,
(the report Is smothered or male inoeuous.
no guilty one la punished,
I n*\A >\.i pnt'i->r!in! IjmtMnhul T!w>l'i? Ia
an occasional exception to all this, j
| but it Ir only very occasional, and t.hQ|
stockyard Investigation wi't bo one of
I the exceptions if anything of value
results from It..
Sent' oentally#cons' lorod A ' a
OamegfrVs $ 10f*00,00?'? gift '? promote
peaoo among the nations is well
timed, for H is made at tho season
when is commemorated the birth of
the Prince of Peace whose mission
I was to bring "ponce on earth and
' good will among man." It is to be
; hoped that tho aspiration of the
donor and of all well wtehera of man-,
'kind may he fully realized. 1
SOLVING GREENWOOD MY8TKRY.
Young White Mnn Arrested for At?
tnilig Miss PIdmml
Fletcher Golden, an eighteen-yearold
white boy, has been arrested at
Greenwood in connection with the
alleged attempt of robbery at the
home of J. F. Pinson on Reynolds
street. The evidence on which the
arrest was made is circumstantial,
being based on the finding of a pair
of trousers, which are said to have
been identified as his, in a vacant
building near the Pinson home with
Kome of the young lady's hair in one
of the pockets. Young Golden Is a
carpenter and has been doing some
work out In the country, though he (
comos home at night.
An interesting feature of th? af- j
fair is that young Golden's father is I
the man who shot at a thief who attempted
to rob Pinson'B store about
a year ago and went so far as to j
Identify the man by his voice, fixing !
it on a young man here who proved j
conclusively that it was a case of
mistaken identity.
There is considerable interest In
the case, there being many differing |
opinions. The peculiar hour, 7 a. m., ;
at which the robbery was attempted ,
puzzles most people and also how It |
wus po?slble for a cut,- so severe a*
to cut the young lady's hair, could
be made without cutting her skin or
ear. Golden asserts his innocence.
Awful Jtecord of CYiiue.
Last year was one of bloodshed
and crime, and will go down Into his-|
torv as exceeding any other year In !
:he number of murders and suicides I
in our hio'nry as af nation. During j
the year an army of people died by j
violence, the record being in round j
numbers, nine thousand suicides and j
thirteen thousand murders, making
a total of twenty-two thousand
deaths by violence.
That is an appalling record, andthrows
u dark shadow over the en-j
tire country. "Every profession, calling
and occupation have representative
in fliis record of crime,"and
w. ile the rate of increase Is very ;
nuch greater in Rome than in others t
(ho Indications all point to a com-'
in on cause, and that is a lack of appreciation
of the sanctity of human
life.
This want of appreciation of the
sanctity and value of human life is
not confined to the uneducated!
classes, nor is this appalling record
made up of the deeds of the poor or
Ignorant. It touches all classes. The
rich and well-educated people have
contributed their full share to the
carnival of blood and utter disregard
of the sanctity of human life that
overran the country last year.
Many thought that the almost uni-'
versal spread of prohibition over tiio
country would have a marked effect
In checking murders and other vio-'
lent crimes, hut it seems tha' the
voting out (he legal sale ol' all 11
rjuors has had no effect .In checking!
these crimes, as the record for last
year Is the worst the country has
ever had in its history.
mi ^ t v. . c _ ^ i ?i I
i xierw is <ih iu iic.ii 11 nwi ruore ?i- j
rjp.ors sold now in many places than i
(here was sold before the prohibition :
law was enacted. In addition to the j
ilicit of liquors, quantities of
"opnine and morphine are now soM
ana used by those who formerly
d'-nnk whiskey. The effects o? theao
drills are most do railp*?. and we
believe that much of the incruased
crime Is attributable to them.
Another cause of crime* ie the nonmforreinent
of the crlminai laws of
f1 ' O - / - c ' T1 ' ^ i ' !
't is vary hard to convict men ot'
*cpit:?l ^rlrnvr, and should they b*
convicted. it is harder still to adequately
punish them. It is pr.uficn'ly
iTMposs'hle in this paction of
the country to punish a man will
means for any crime. This applies
to colored as *"e|] as white people.
Over in England ant! ot.Y*er "onv
t?icp, across fin ocean it If* di'Teren!.
When a in <n Kills another over there
he is pun'shod, regar "oar of b's
wealth or social position. Tako the
recent cr*^. of tlio prominent dentist
who murdered his wife in Knglam'.
He was pursued to America, captured,
taken back to TC; gland, tried,
convictt d :??Hi executed in about four
months after his heinous crime wa
committed That is the kind of justice
ueeded in this country. When
we -:a"e it the carnival of crime that
now dis?rr.;ces us will he over
Heats (XT Negro,
At Chicago Miss Kllen K. Miller
Strom, a nineteen year-old girl. resisted
n new vj o attacked her lav>"
evening in North Fiftieth avanue. i
AH' r a at rugate4 in which the yotim
woman returned the negro's blows
scratching and kicking him. he
knocked tier down, ran through an
a ! ley a u d ppcmpod
Hug in ller Knr.
Mrs. W. T. Duggan, of Straw
TMairs, Tonn., was able to show her
grand children a curiosity which she
has preserved, agnimt her will, for
jrty years This curiosity wan u
wheat bug which dropped into her
right oa?- when sh? .as a clrl of 14
and which she extra* .ed Ratnrliy.
The <loatb of Senator Klhintt, who
com a Republican, means avo Democratic
?7nit"ri State# Senator from
Wck' \"1 r<rini the Democrat# belnp
in control of the legislature of that
State. We hope true bine Democrats
will be sent.
SOME PLAIN TALK I
TOO MUCH VIC?, WRECKS, Mil- I
CIDK8 ANI) M17RDKII FOR IIKBT^B
Mm. Gabrielle 8. MnUiner Indulges W
(Jim Her Views of Things at ^
Woman's Meeting.
The New York World says before
' v i
seventy-five women Mm. Mulilner
read a long paper Id which she dts- Ml
cussed the menuce to society of
men of the half world. unfaillifdlL |l
husbands and divorces. She classed' Jf
the city of New York as one huge
receptacle of everything foul under if
the Bun. h
"There Is more vice per capita ta
New York," said Mrs. Mulliner,
"than in any other city of fbe world. j
There are more wrecks, more suicides,
more illiteracy, more accident*
upon the public highways, more
thefts, more murders, inoro depravity,
more misery and distress. And
the woman who surveys it all and
understands It all and wonts to
tor it all Is beginning to make of ^^1
herself a true uufTraigist."
Mrs. Mulliner said the old Purtta*
standards that had Inspired the writing
of "The Scarlet Letter" had been
mashed flat. Women, she said, were
looking upon the breeders of evil,
feminine home wreckers and the like
with pity and patience instead of
working for legislation that should
punish the womnn who enters a horn*
and steals a husband as It punishes
tho thief who breaks in and carries
On 1.11 V Mliv-jr,
"There In such a thing as the unwritten
law," went on the woman
lawyer, "and the written law often
eo 11 nf en an'oh it if, upon the spur of
the occasion, a husband kills the man
ho finds with his wife. Why should
it. not be just as much the recognised
right of the wife to kill the woman
who steals her husband? That thief
!s not stealing alone from the family;
she is stealing from the social welfare
and that of the soul in futurity.
Hers is a marvellously wicked crime. . r
"It is the woman whom the law
allows to walk the streets and openly
attract men by her bedlzement that
Is the criminal at the base of New
York's degeneracy, and at the base
of the evil in all cities. She Is the
community wife. And the decent wo-;,
men are not helping conditions by
aping her !ti the matter of the hobble
skirt, the mob hat and the paint and
cosmetic. Hut even the demi-mondaino
and the woman who tolerate*
her existence are not the ones to
blame. It is the law itself and tho
rottenness in politics that sees tbe
thine calmly through that Is to
hlame. Good women should work
to become elective constituents of
right-minded men upon the Hoard of
Aldermen and In other positions significant
to the public good.
"Raise the standard by setting a ,
value on chafti ! Make an Infringement
of that standard punishable bj
law." ' *
Mrs. Mulllner next presented her
pot topic, dtvf.'C "Every co-respendent
ought 10 t>o Impounded ,4n
the penitentiary for a certain term,"
she asserted. "Such an offender
against the public good is a criminal
of the worst typo."
Every women at rhe meeting
pledged herself to keep a close watch
on her own drawing rcon. and to do
her part in the proposed purging of
society.
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Tt Is announeed tint Champ Clark
?nd oth'.i ieriio.- ()!.<: leaders have
decided art. to a;ri the p.peakcfs^L ,
of the nee house 'he power of
poin*lug the committoes, ns was advo'mtftd
by all the Fnuth Carolina
members except Mr. Johnson who
stands for hnv'ng the eommitteos
named by the house 'trolf. The Spartanburg
Journal 8av? to do ho would
have been absolutely inconsistent
and undemocratic, hut considerations
of this sort did not. seem to appeal
to the South Carolina members mentioned
The man in one o' the western
cities who coir polled hit; erring wife \
to ere? f? on hands ind Unees from hie^^
| house to church, * distance of sev-,
'era! blocks, before he would forgive
her must, we hope, stand alone In
cruel meanness It *vae but right
that his wife should e\t>rotjB her contrition.
but to compel her to creep on
a 1 tours, sobbing her heart out, to
he a spectacle for a km ping, curious
crowd wan an excess of brutality almost
unimaginable.
The people of N< w York, New
fevsey or Ohio rlo tot want corpora- t
Mon machine Don oo rattle Senators
n place of the corporation machine
Reonblicnn S-narora ihey are about
* r\ d ! w I . O 00 'V b 1 \..I > I /? rv i? ef If
vw i ic ? ? . v., i i iv i/ruiuti aui wj
has too many such Senators now, and
fhoy b .orlil sond no more of th^t
kind to Washington.
Of the p*".,' .<?? received by the farmer,
.v'crfhry Wilson says: "The
farmer tfCdveH hardly more thae
half of what, the consumer pays
poultry, r?o por r<?nt. for eggs, 4 8 per
cent for rabhax*. HO per cent, for
celery '* The middlemen gets the btl*
at ?c?.
? ,
Wf have not hcfr.rd of a serious
accident or any other Incident that
happened In this county to mar the
1 Christmas holidays this year. For
it his we ahvulri he sincerely thsskftl
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