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Tillman on the Senate essarllv be In party convention, and Charlotte Chronicle.) its not a* all certain that the same in In hie contribution to The Sunday fluences which have debauched Leg- Magazine. on the Senate, Mr. Tillman is'.atures, and often sent unworthy lays down these propositions; That the men to the Senate, men who were >;he Senate is honest; that the House is; representatives of special interests or under the influence and control of the corporations, would not be so power- corporations and trusts and tnat the ful in party conventions as they are movement for the election of the Sena- in the Legislature. When it is con tors by direct vote of the people is a dangerous one. Discussing the first proposition, he admits that when he went to Washington he believed the Senate to b% subservient to the money- sidered that these same conventions would also nominate candidates for governor, it is readily seen how dan gerous would be a combination be tween a candidate for govmor and a ed interests, but he has come to be-; candidate for Senator, which in most lieve, after eleven years in the Senate, instances would be irresistible.” that there are really few corrupt men the whole, the Senator’s article in it. He says that if there is cor- might be taken more in the nature of ruption in the government, it is not an arraingment of the Honse than due to the corruption in the individual as a defense of the Senate, and in as it is by the Supreme Court, com-| th^ broad charge that the lower PRODUCTIVENESS OF AMERICAN FARMS TO SPEND A MILLION. dreams of wealth-production, and his tory can furnish nothing to compare with it as a record of progress and Facts About the Double Tracklntf Op- development, It Is a record which orations on Southern, places the American farmer in the (Lexington Dispatch.) front rank of our energetic and pro- B j ammrv lat 1907 thp southern I gressivp citizens. But grea r as the ra nwav wUl have a «ouble irack l^ achlevments of the past few years nulwa ' wl11 naVe a aoUDIe tTacK ESTIMATED CROP VALUE FOR have been, I believe our country wilf — The work now being done on each side of Lexington, extending two miles, has been sublet to I-an.* and Thurman. Stewart and Jones have three miles between Lexington and Linwood. Lane Brothers and Jones 'Mil do the work from the city limits LAST YEAR. pi. 11 * Residence of H. D. Wheat men near) so much as it is to the party to Wj.ich these men belong. He regards the Senate as the only safe guard against revolution and threat ened destruction to our free institu tions, this being due to the conserva tism inseparable from its origin. “It was regarded by the founders of the government as the balance wheel, which would protect the smaller and weaker States against the larger and more popular ones and stand as a bulwark which might sweet) over the country and bring to Washington a House of Representatives which would alone represent the popular will.” . . No woman has strength enough to The people often need protection hold her tongue, from themselves. The fathers, too, were branch is under the influence of cor porations, we believe he does that body an injustice. Too many Senators have been found to be corrupt men, in the past few months, and the pro cess of purification may not yet be complete. In this respect, Senator Tillman ho sthrown too many stones at the House. But he is right in the view that the conservation of the Senate is the peonle’s safeguard. It would not be well for the country "'ere it put upon a new and untried foundation. King Corn Heads the List, With a Value of $1,116,000,000—Total Crop Beyond Comprehension. (Charlotte Observer.) Wednesday, April 2oth, was "farm ers’ day” In the national house of representatives, and many facts and figures were developed relative to the great amount of wealth brought forth by this leading class of producers in the United States and a class which in recent years has fast forged to the front, and is now fully abreast of the times—as much alive to their own in terests as those engaged in anv other business. The farmer is engaged in a work which is the basis for all this country’s development, and It mav be said that the quotation from Napo leon’s writing in the French civil code, made by Mr. Lever, of South Carolina, n the course of a speech in the house is applicable to conditions in this countw now: “First, agriculture, the soul and basis of the empire; second, ndustry, the comfort and happiness of the population; third, trade, the su perabundance and proper application of th-, surplus of agriculture and in dustry.’ What, we started out to re 1 - fer to, however, was not the high standing of the American farmer, but he great value of the things which tip produces, as shown by statistics quotied on “farmers’ day” in the house. Sixteen years ago the value of farm products in the United States was $2,100,000,000, while in 1905 the ag- grep-a*'' value is placed at $6,415,000,- 000. “In this short period,” says Mr. Lever, “the farmer has trebled the productiveness of his capital and In one year wrung from the soil products the aggregate of whose money value is only a third less than the tot"i cap ital accumulated by manufacturers during the entire existence of the country.” march steadily forward to still greater successes in agricultural productions, j under the stimulus of increased de-; mand for home consumption and the broadening and extension of our mark-, ets abroad.” This is indeed a most magnificent record and furnishes material for most interesting study, thp most im portanr item of which, perhaps, is found in the record of the American hen. That she, with the aid of the other fowls of the poultry yard, should bring in as much money as the entirp cotton crop is amazing, but in all probability thp figures are cor rect. Plans for Coming Reunion. (The State.) Plans for the entertainment of the reunion visitors are going right ahead and the committees reporting to Sec retary Clark announce that all of the visitors will be properlv cared for if the people of Columbia respond as they have been doing. Mr. N. O. Masonic Haij somewhat distrustful of the common people, and the dual form of govern ment which they gave us, buttressed It’s easy to be conteht with what we have; it’s what we haven’t that Terries us. Residence of J. A. Carroll pels the profound Admiration of all students of politics.” The House of Representatives, chosen by direct vote of the people, has lost immensely, he says, in the dsrimatlon of thinking men. in comparison with the Senate, elected by State Legislature. The degeneracy of the House has gone so far, he cha:ges, that the corporations have a commanding influence over it. Monument to a Fish. (London Daily Graphic.) A “tombstone” which is to be seen In the garden of Fish Cottage, Block- ley. a picturesque village in South Worchestershire, is believed to be the only fish’s tombstone in existence. The iiscription is as follows: In memory of the Old Fish. The election of the Senate by direct Un der the soil the old Fish do lie. vote of the people would, he thinks, Twenty years he lived and then he did be a dangerous departure. This! d*®- system, in a measure, already obtains ; was 80 tiame > vou understand, in the party primaries in the South He would come and eat out of your and in the North where people and hand, party conditions are different. He says: "If we should attempt to choose! Senators in this wav in the North, Died April the 20th, 1885. Aged 20 years. In dealing with the productiveness of our American farms, Mr. Dawson, of Iowa, said: The crop values for last year are almost past comprehension. Kiner Corn reached its highest production with 2,708,000,000 bushels, a gain of 184,- 000,000 bushels over the next) lower year, 1902. The value of last year’s corn crop w r as $1,116,000,000—a ■sum equal to the capital stock of all the State and national banks in the Unit ed States. “Comm, including seed, stood sec ond with a production valued ,ati $575.- 000,000—a sum larger than the total expenditures of the national govern ment lasT, year. “Third in value is wheat. The whea^ crop of last, year was the sec ond in size that this country has ever produced and the highest in value, being worth $518,000,000—a sum which exceeds the annua] output of all the coal mines of the country by $80,000,000. “Next after wheat comes the hay crop, the value of which amounted to nearly $516,000,000— a sum equal to all the gold coin of Great Britain. The oat crop of last year amounted to $277,000,000—a sum large enough to meet the total anual expenditure for public schools in the United States. The potato crop was worth al most $161,000,000, and the barley crop $55,000,000 more. To this must he added the value of the dairy products of the United States, which amounted last year to $655,000,000—greater in value than any crop but corn.” Such figures are indeed almost be yond comprehension, and yet they by no means represent all the valuable thines produced bv the farmer. There is, for instance, the American hen. “As everybody on this floor knows, the raising of poultry is largely inci dental to the general business of the farm.” continued the Iowa representa tive. “and yet the annual production of eggs has reached more than a score of billions, and the poultry prolucts have mounted to a place of more than half a billion dollars in value.” Thus it appears that the poultry business is as much a producer of wealth as the great Southern stanle, cotton, the val ue of which in 1965 was $575,000,000, being the second in value of all the crops, the leaders of which for 1905 were as follows: Corn $1,116,696,738 Cotton 575,000,000 Wheat 518,372,727 Hay #. .. .. 515,959,784 Oats 277,047,537 Potatoes 160,821,080 Barley 55,047,165 In concluding his speech, from which wp have been quoting. Mr. Daw son said: “Mr. Chairman, this simnle reci-al Residence of J. Q. Little Pyles is making an active canvas of tween Greenslmro and Spencer. In t v ‘e city and so far has been ususually addition to the work already done, successful, but' every residence in the thirtv-one miles will be finished. The city will be visited and a definite an-1 undertaking will cost the Southern swer secured as to the number to be about one million dollars, who will taken and the names of all guests employ from 1,500 to 2,000 laborers, witid- the next two weks. I At present 1,000 are at work. In this ft .it a Z l8 ^ ng 1° be nf Kreat . ,!eal of section five hundred thousand dollars agitation this year among the mer-1 . , , „ , . chants for more decorations. The w111 l)e ex P e nd®d for labor alone and streets will be brilliantly illuminated | this large amount of money will and every merchant, on Main street doubtless find its way into the busi- to Abbotb’s creek, and from Abbott's creek to beyond Lake; the Sturm and Dillard Company has the contract. J. M. Colvin and G. McDonald have the contract between Lake and Thomas- ville to High Point. I^ast year some work was done between High Point and Greensboro, but part of this has been abandoned and a new route chosen, necessitating additional con struction. AR together thirty-one miles of double track will be built during the remaining months of this year. The rincipal contractors have the masonry work to do, also that at the Yadkin river, notably, which will cost $60,000. They have also opened up a quarry at the river, to get rock for ballast, and this part of the cons’ruct- lon will require three years work. Two hundred thousand yards of bal last wifi be placed. The Southern lets the contracts for this double tracking In spots. Last year the Lane Company completed the section between Pelham and Dan ville, and It Is now in use; but be tween Greensboro and Pelham is a gap of forty miles for which no con tract has yet been let). Mr. J. E. Lane, vice president of the Lane Company, has charge of the work here and is assisted by Mr. T. S. * Bell, who is making Lexington his headquarters. Speaking with Mr. Bell about the matter of labor, he said his company paid $1.50 a day and paid off monthly, and In some Instances semi-monthly. There Is a scarcity of labor, too, and it may bp that Italians win be brought down from the North. The man who attends to his own affairs has no time to laugh at the mistakes of others. t if; rj]§ 1 ' ■ I mm m • f/aii d’S-Xl will he asked to decorate the stores lavishly. The city, beautiful as It is In May. would be especially pretty with Main street covered with hunting and thr Confederate colors. A com mitted for this nurpose has been ap pointed .and the matter will be taken up with tnem in a few days in order that, the merchants can be seen early and promises can he gotten from them to the decorations. Residence of A. N. Wood ness channels of the towns along the route. _ The Lane Brothers Company, of Es- mont, Virginia, Is the principal con- It is to the girl who laughs that a man is drawn at all times. Be she hla friend, sweetheaart or wife he finds her compaav acting as a tonic on his tractor. Various smaller contractors,' state m * I,J and constitution. She however, have sublet the work. The 8e ® ras t0 ha\e a * un, l °* merriment Lane Company is a large concern do ing extensive railroad work In many nlaces. It is now engaged In work In Virginia on the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Tidewater that win foot up several millions. It recently 'com pleted an eighteen months job at At>- Air castles of a bachelor are usu- the selection of candidates would nec-! ally constructed of smoke. Thp addresses of welcome on Wed nesday. the opening day of the reun ion. will bp delivered by Gov. Hey- j lanta for the Southern. On this 1m- ward, Mayor Gibbs and Mr. W. A.! mediate Job the Messrs. Lane are as- Clark the president of the chamber of sociated with T. Baron Jones, the firm commerce. These will be responded name being Lane Brothers Company ih« facts surpasses the wildest' to by Gen Carwile. & Jones. and humor which drives away all cares and lightens the heaviest bur dens. The best way to keep the love of your husband is to make him hustle to keep your love. By this It Is not meant te worry or try him, but in stead to make yourself so charming, so fascinating, so Interesting and really superior and loveable that you have all the other women beat to a finish. Residence of Mr*. A. V. Montgomery r v u, W to* w -'\ 1 ' Ma -V \ > vf , IM.V Wt- H\U* r- f County Bridge Connecting Gaffney and Blacksburg i l