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' The Markets.
COTTON MARKET.
Good middling ...13%
Strict middling 13%
Middling 13y4
Stains and tinges 11 to 12
PRODUCE MARKET.
Onions f tu
Chickens?spring 12*4
Eggs 15
Hens?per head 25
Beeswax 20
Turkeys 12*4
Com 70
Ducks 22*4
Wheat 80
Wheat?seed 1 00
Oats 45
Rye 1 00
Sides 9
Skins?calf 40
Hides?dry salt 10
Tallow?unrendered 2
Palmetto Briefs.
A Gaffney special says::
Tuesday night as No. 38. the northbound
vestibule, was coming into the
station it ran into Mr. Charley Driskiil j
killing him immediately. Mr. Driskiil ,
was standing in front of the store of ,
Messrs. Carroll, Carpenter & Byers
and heard the train blow. He was
waiting on No. 40. which was due a
few minutes later. He started for the
depot when he heard the whistle blow,
going between two box cars. He did
not stop to see how far the train was
away, but rushed across. He was
caught by the pilot and knocked several
feet in the air and carried about
80 feet up the track. When assistance
reached him he was dead. One leg. one
hand and his skull were broken. There
was a large hole in his skull through
which bis brains were oozing. He was
a young man about 17 years of age
and a son of Mr. James Drlskill, who
lives about two miles from town. His
- remains will be buried today at Draytonville.
Constables Garner, Irby, McCasklll
and Nettles seized five barrels of rye
and peach and honey case goods from i
the basement of Mr. Myer Frank's
home, at 10C3 Assembly street Columbia.
last week. When the constables ,
appeared at the place with a search
warrant Mr. Frank was at his Bee ,
Hive store. They were admitted ,
without any excitement and their discovery
of the stuff did not seem to in ,
the least disturb any member of the
household. There had apparently i
been no attempt to conceal the goods.
The constables believe that the stuff
belonged to a well-known blind tiger
operating extensively in that section <
of the city?a kind of a wholesale i
tiger supplying sub-tiger concerns. i
Manning, Special.?Mr. Charles R.
Harvin. Sir. of this place has almost
completed a cotton picking machine j
which, if perfected, will in course of j
time work great changes in gathering ,
the cotton crop in the south. The ;
name of Harvin in this county i3 almost
synonymous with machinery, and 1
Mr.. Harvin has been a practical mill
man for the past 25 years. He has
vmade experiments at picking cotton
with his machine and feels confident J
tfiaf he is going to perfect it and make .
a perfect success. The parts for the
machine which he proposes to put on
exhibition are now being made in Boston
and1 Baltimore, and the experiments
he has made in picking cotton !
were successful.
Saluda. Special?Saturday just after i
dark a pistol shot disturbed the usual '
quietude of our town and the body cf
Bob Crouch, colored, was found lying i
1r. the street, near the corner of Main
and Church street; a bullet hole was i
found running from the right to the ]
left siae of his head, just over the ear. i
The negro was alive when found but 1
was unconscious and died in a short :
while. An investigation as to the cause i
of his death was begun Immediately i
and every one who had been known to <
be In the vicinity was questioned; a
number of negroes were placed in jail. (
but no one seemed to know who fired j
the pistol 1
Messrs. O. P. Irby of Laurens and J.
W. Jeffries of Fairfield have been given
fPeabody scholarships in the institute
at Nashville. There were eight varan- i
cies announced last June and three of ]
these were filled by appointment at >
once. Competitive examinations were
held for for the other five and three of <
these were announced some time ago. <
The appointment of Messrs. Irby and (
Jeffries fills the allowance for South <
Carolina this year. '
The cotton mills of Columbia are
now running on full time, six day3 out
of the week. This includes the^olum- '
bia Mills company as well as the
Whaley mills. There were not many 1
days on which the mills were forced to
suspend on account of the scarcity of 1
cotton, and the new crop is beginning 1
to come In.
Another important gathering is
scheduled to be held in Columbia. The
South Carolina Lumber association has
decided upon the Capital City as the
place for the fall meeting and banquet.
I5!* date cf the meeting is Friday, October
2nd. the week before the meeting
of the State Bankers' association.
Mexico an Eldorado.
Mexico City, Special.?British experts
familiar with South Africa gold
regions who have visited the recently
discovered gold fields in the districts
of Mexico and Michocha?. assert that
Mexico will soon be one of the greatest
producers of the yellow metal in the
world. Eloro Camp is pronounced superior
to Rhodesia in every way. The
experts made a prolonged study of the
camps, and have returned to ^cg'ajid
to make report.
PALMETTO CHOP CONDITIONS
rhe State of the Weather and Its
Influence On Growing; Crops.
The week ending 8 a. ia? Monday,
September 7th, had a mean temperature
of 77 degrees, which is 1 degree
below normal, due to low day temperatures
during the first three days.
The closing days had temperatures
above normal. With the exceptions cf
local high yinds in r"lorence, Darlington,
and Chesterfield counties, aecomnanvine
thunderstorms, the winds
were generally light and mostly from
an easterly direction. Cloudy weather
prevailed during the first half, and
bright sunshine during the last half.
During the closing days of the previous
week and the first days of the
present showers were numerous, and
in places heavy over the eastern and
central counties, but there was practically
no rain over the western counties.
and there are also sections in the
central nd eastern ones that had no
beneficial amounts. The absence of
rain had a deteriorating effect, and the
need of rain is urgent over the larger
part of the State. A few places reported
excessive precipitation and
somo reported hail.
The dry weather injured young corn
materially, and it ia no loDger in a
promising condition except on moist
bottom lands. Much fodder was saved
in fline condition.
A few reports indicate a sligut improvement
in cotton, but the majority
indicate continued apd in places
marked deterioration, due to rust and
shedding. In places cotton is dying.
Sharp-shooters were noted in Marlboro
county. In the western and central
counties cotton is suffering for
rain..In a few localities, in the eastern
counties, it was damaged by excessive
precipitation. Cotton is opening rapidly,
some prematurely. In the eastern
and central counties where picking is
general; In the western counties cotton
is beginning to open, but picking
has scarcely begun, and the season
continues from two to three weeks
late. Sea Island cotton improved.
Much pea-vine and othfcr hay was
gathered in prime condition. Drought
has injured the prospects for c large
hav cron in the western parts. Rice
harvest is underway; yields are good
in Beaufort, but are poor in Colleton
county. Turnip sowing is not finished
Stand are poor. Rain is needed fot
all minor crops in the western counties.
Fall truck planting continues
along the coast.
Converse Faculty.
Spartanburg. Special.?At a meeting
of the board of trustees of Converse
college held last week Miss Leila L.
Foster of Stafford Springs. Conn., was
elected to the chair of modern languages.
to succeed Miss Ella Augusta
Johnson, who resigned to accept a
chair in the Pennsylvania State Normal
school. Miss Foster spent her
girlhood in France and won by examination
a certificate to teach in the
Bchools of France. She afterwards heturned
to this country and graduated
at Smith college in Massachusetts and
has taught French and German in one
of the leading young ladies' schools in
Connecticut. Miss Nell C. Romar was
elected to the position of assistant instructor
in Latin and mathematics,
Just vacated by Miss Sheppe, who resigned
to accept a full chair of mathe
maucs at ward seminary, xxasnvine,
Tenn. Miss Bomar is well known by
ber admirable career as a teacher in
the Spartanburg Graded schools. It is
gratifying to note that at Harvard
university last winter President Pell,
while on a visit, heard most complimentary
things about her work there,
and was advised to offer a position at
Converse college. One of the most
marked improvements made at Converse
college is the renovating and repainting
of the professors' cottages on
the campus, and the reconstruction of
an additional one for Prof. Morton.
Some modern improvements in pipe
organ making are also to be aded in
a few days to the magnificent organ at
the college. The old pianos have all
been removed from the practice rooms,
and each room will be furnished with
new pianos just from the Stieff factory
before the session opens. The
prospects for the next session are
unusually encouraging. A larger num
ber of new students have already been
registered than at this time last year,
and some new States and foreisn countries
will be represented in the student
body. The demand for catalogues
has far exceeded last year's record,
so much so that the supply is
about exhausted and additional ones
have had to printed.
South Carolina Presbytery.
Liberty, Special.?The delegates
from the churches of the South Carolina
Presbytery arrived here Wednesday
and held their flr6t meeting in the
Liberty Presbyterian church Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. Most of the
churches were represented, about 6#
delegates being present. At the request
of the retiring moderator, Mr. W. A.
Templeton, the opening sermon was
preached by Rev. J. T. Wade of Easley.
Rev. R. L. Rogers of Walhalla. was
unanimously elected moderator, and
r\fv. r. n. w arumw ui x~ieuiuuui, ?ussistant
clerk. Thursday morning Dr.
J. R. Wilkinson of Sooschow, China,
delivered a very entertaining and instructive
address on his work at the
Elizabeth Blake hospital. Thursday
evening the Presbytery had the pleasure
of hearing a splendid sermon by
Rev. S. J. Cartledge of the First
church of Anderson. Friday morning
Dr. S. L. Morris, secretary of the assembly's
home mission board, addressed
the Presbytery on the subject of
"Home Mission Work." The Presbytery
adjourned Friday evening to meet
again in the spring at Ht>dges church.
War Unavoidable.
Constantinople, By Cable.?War between
Bulgaria and Turkey is now regarded
here as inevitable. It is evea
believed that the outbreak of hostilities
will occur before the end of September.
when the re-enforcements from
Asia .will have been concentrated in
Macedonia and the village of Adrianople.
It is not thought there will be
any formal declaration of war in view
of Bulgaria's vassal status, but that
some frontier Incident may precipitate
hostilities.
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SWEPT BY CYCLONI
Florida Towns Catch the Force o
West India Gales
HIGH SPEED GALES STRIKE HARI
Tha Annual Gulf Storm Strikss thi
Souih Coast ot Florida and Heavi
Damages Result.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?Begin
ning Friday morning on the east coast
and Saturday morning on the west
and lasting 24 hours at each, Soutl
Fliorida has been swept by the strong
est cyclone ever known in the historj
of that part of the State. The wirei
went down at the beginning, and rail
road service was delayed. On that ac
count no details reached this place un
til Sunday. Even now they are not full
for many places that were in the cen
tei of the path of the storm have noi
yet been heard from, as the wires ii
the storm-swept district are not yei
working. At Miami the wind attainec
a velocity of 03 miles per hour. Th(
car shed of the East Coast Railroac
was lifted from its foundations clear ol
the cars that were under it and demolished,
not even scratching the cars
The tin roofing of the Belcher bloc!
was torn off and blown across th(
street, completely demolishing th<
front of the building > that side
Great damage was done to plate glass
windows. Large trees were uprooted
and several small houses were blowi
down, but no one was hurt. Several
small boats were sunk in the bay. Passengers
on the East Coast train which
arrived in the city Sunday night reported
many wrecks along the shore
between Miami and Hobe s souna
Among them is one tbr*.o-masted and
one four-masted achooner and several
smaller vessels. None of their names
is known. One of the Standard Oil
Company's large steamers with twc
barges, is beached near Boynton. The
crew of fifteen men were saved. Bodies
of two unknown white men drifted
on the beach near Boynton.
The storm did not extend as far
south as Key West, and did ae damage
as far north as St. Augustine. Trees
and small houses were blown down al
Cutler. At Stuart 15 acres of pineapple
sheds were blown down, as well
as the saw mill and sheds across the
river and the building occupied by the
postofflce at Wa Wa. The racing
yacht No. 23, was bolwn up into the
woods, where she now lies high and
dry. The residence of Capt. McNeil
was blown from its foundations al
Stuart. At Jupiter the wind blew 75
miles per hour, with the rain falling
in torrents.
Olympia Injured.
Norfolk. Special.?The explosion of i
barrel cf alcohol on the superstructure
deck of the cruiser Olympia, in drj
dock at the Norfolk navy yard. Satur.
day night killed two men, severely in
jured several others, and set fire tc
the ship. The master-at-arms of the
vessel is missing. The dead: Corporal
Yerkes, United States marine corps;
white seaman, unknown. The damage
by fire was csnf.ned to the deck of the
vessel and embraced only the canvat
awnings and their fixtures. The decks
however, were slightly injured.
Immediately after the explosion fire
quarters were sounded and the crew
navy yard fire department and a detachment
of marines under Capt
Eools soon quelled what looked like
a very dangerous blaze. The explosion
was. according to reports from eye
witnesses, the direct result of the
theft of a barrel of grain alcohol, containing
56 gallons, by a party of sailors.
This barrel was. it is said, taken
from one of the storehouses of the
yard and removed to the deck near the
(flympia.
60.000 ^Slaughtered.
Sofia, By Cable.?With the arrival oi
new and sensational reports of -the
wholesale massacres of Christians in
Macedonia the situation here is hourlj
becoming more alarming. If the latest
messages, which state that 60.000 Bulgarians
have been slaughtered in the
districts of Okrida and Leren. shall be
confirmed,- no doubt exists that the
government will be forced to order the
Eiebilization of the army immediately,
Big Lawyer Fees.
Houston. Tex.. Special.?The probate
court of Harris County, has approved
a fee of 5100,000 for Baker, Bott, Baker
& Lovette for legal services rendered
the estate of W. M. Rice, who was
murdered in New York three years ago,
This is the largest fee ever allowed in
Texas in a single case.
Short News Itrms.
Mayor Seth Low. of New York city
was indorsed for renoraination by tb?
fusionist6 last night.
John H. Clarke, Democratic nominee
for United States Senator, made an address
at Akron. Ohio, advocating reduction
of the tariff.
Many bids for building the nen
Pennsylvania-Baltimore and Ohio terminal
station in Washington were received
in Philadelphia.
On information furnished by Alice
Stayton, colored, Essex Stayton, hei
husband, was committed to prison ii
Philadelphia, charged with havin{
killed Abraham Little, his brother-in
law, at Grimesland, Pitt county, N. C
President Roosevelt asked the Post
master-General for a report on the dls
missal of Postmistress Todd, at Green
wood, Del., and said he had in mind J
successor to District Attorney Byrni
w?*' would heal the party breach.
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3 SENATOR SIMMONS' FATHER KILLED
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Aged and Respected Citizen Murder!
ed on His Own Premises.
Newbern, N. C.. Special.?Jones
county Sunday was the scene of excitement
from one end to the other,
D over the murder of Furmforl G. Simmons.
father of United States Senator
F. M. Simmons, who was brutally
t shot and clubbed to death Saturday
y afternoon by a negro whose iam? is
said to be Daniels.
Mr. Simmons, who lived about eight
miles from Pollocksvllle, Jones coum"
ty, went there to sell his cotton, and
. as he did not return Saturday night
? his family became uneasy as to his
1 whereabouts, as it was known that ha
" had a good sum of money on his perf
son. His grandson. Jas. H. Simmons,
3 who is a merchant of this place, was
* notified Saturday night that his grand
father was missing, and he left im
mediately to help in the search. Sena.
tor Simmons was also notified, and
he arrived here Sunday and was imt
mediately driven out to his old homei
stead, and when he reached there he
t fotrd that the body of his aged
1 father had been found down on the
: banks of Trent river, about one mile
1 from his home with three eun shot
t wounds in the body, and a club
wound on his head.
A report reaches here that the man
; who committed the crime was caught
? near Pollocksville, about 2 o'clock
; Sunday afternoon, and there were ev.
ery indication that the citizens were
} very much wrought up over the mat1
ter.
l Mr. Simmons, the murdered man,
[ was a quiet, peaceful old gentleman,
. and the affair has cast a gloom over
L this entire city, where he wus well
. and favorably known. Mr. Simmons
was 76 years of age.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Warren Ufer, a bank manager, fell
' dead in a restaurant in New York as
i he raised his glass to drink a toast to
[ his friends.
> The men on the United States war-.
> ships at Beirut. Syra, are under arms
and ready to land at a signal from the
| shore.
Servian officers under arrest issued a
proclamation denouncing the regicides
and refusing to serve in the army with
> them.
1 A storem tore away the war ballons
: and made wireless telegraphy impossible,
thus interfering with the Ger'
man army maneuvers at Halle, Prussia.
The Prussian Cabinet has decided ta
propose the construction of a great
[ canai to connect tne ttnine, weeer ana
[ Elbe rivers.
The Russian Minister at Pekin prei
posed the postponement of the evacua;
lion of the Kirin and Amur districts of
Manchuria, set for Octobai 8.
At a meeting of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science
t Sir Norman Lockyer advocated spending
as much for state aid to higher
! education as for the national navy.
Judge Edmund C. Minor, of Rich.
mond, died at Norwich, Conn.
Dr. J. J. Taylor, of Norfolk, has ac.
cepted the presidency of Georgetown
(Ky.) College.
The LAngley airship was again disabled
by the breaking of a propeller.
West Virginia editors are in conven
tion in Charleston.
Pedro Alvarado, of the State of Chi- i
i huahua, is dead. Not many years ago I
. bo was a peon, toiling for thirty cents |
a day. He discovered the Palmillo ail>
vor rolno Tt mti/lo him Q
. Croesus. He gave away vast sums to
the poor, built churches, offered to par
. off the national debt. Now his wealth
s passes to his widow. A "Sun" corres
pondent writes: "Of the $70,000,000
worth of ore which Alvarado took out
of the mine since its discovery .it is
- said that there is more than $60,000,
000 worth in silver bars locked in a
i steel eage at the residence of its late
! owner. This case is guarded day aad
> night by a strong force of armed
men."
The telegraph system in Uganda now
extends to Batiaba, on the shore of the
Albert Nyanza. The trunk line from
1 Mombasa, with its branches, is over
| 1,034 miles in length and the charge
over the whole distance is 2d a word,
with a minimum of Is 4d for a message
| of eight words. There is also a system
[ of telephones along the whole distance,
| which may be used at Is 4d per conver>
sation. The poles on which the wires
. are fixed are living trees.
Martin J. Mahon, a seaman from the
Franklin, was drowned at a Norfolk
, ferry.
In the gun trials conducted by the
Chilean naval commission, Vickers
! Sons & Maxim (Limited) hare established
a record in power for their
i 7 1-2-inch naval or coast-defence guns.
One cf these guns made for the new
Chilean battle works developed, with ,
its 200-poimd projectile, a muzzle i
. velocity ef 3,003 feet per second under (
> normal conditions of pressure, show- ,
ing a muzzlo energy of over 12,500ftot
tons. In other words these guns,
! using capped shot of the Vickcrs pattern,
can perforate the latest type of "
G-inch armor at a range cf between
three and four milas.
Rcbb^s Took Pr-ssess'on.
Sicux Falls, S. D.. Special.?Valley
.Springs, was Saturday morning the
scene of the operations of a regular
I Jesse James band of robbers. Resi!
dents of the town were aroused by a
. number of explosions, and when they
- appeared on the street to ascertain the
_ cause, discovered that the town was
- racketed by seven or eight armed men,
i who drove them from the streets. The
j bank was the object of the desperadoes
who blew open the safe and secured
between $8,000 and $10,000.
j v-;:
, PROMINENT PEOPLE.
King Edward lias appointed King
Charles of Tortugal au Admiral iu the
iintish Navy.
An Irish artist. IT. J. Thaddeus. has
been coin missioned to paint a portrait
of Pope Tills X.
William Waldorf Aster has coutribnted
SI00,000 to a fund to aid the research
for n cure for cancer.
Mayor Fleiaehmnnn, of Cincinnati.
Ohio, has for many years siren away
>00 loaves of broad daily to the poor.
Senator Alger, of Michigan, former
Secretary of War. is ihe first former
Governor of Michigan ill many years
to go to the Senate.
Jules Mcreadet has been selected by
the French Government to take charge
of the French exhibit of physical culture
at the St. Louis Exposition.
President Smith, of Trinity College,
Hartford, Conn., is unique among college
Presidents in receiving a life
pension. The sum in his case is to be
?3000 a year.
Former Governor Allen D. Candler,
of Georgia, bas been appointed to compile
the roster of Confederate officers
and soldiers from Georgia who served
In the Civil War.
Ilenry James says the artist, whatever
his line of expression, whether
in pictures, music or words, should remain
single, that his finely strung
nerves may never be jarred by domestic
cares and carpings.
Maxim Gorki, the Russian novelist,
who was extremely poor before be became
popular as a writer, has now purchased
one of the most ancient estates
on the Volga for $150,000.
Justin Huntly McCarthy Is frequently
confused with his father, Justin
McCarthy. This is not surprising
since, besides beiug of the same name,
they are both historians, both novelists,
and both have been members of Parliament.
Justin Huntly McCarthy, the
son, left Parliament after ParneH's defeat,
and thenceforth devoted himself
to'literary work. .... _
NEWSY CLSAN1NGS?
ColTco culture is extending rapidly il
Porto Itico.
Last year America imported only 3,000,000
bushels of potutoes.
Women, it is reported, are about t?
be admitted to graduate at Dublin Dni
Tersity.
Japanese is the latest language to b?
added to the list at the University al
Chicago.
A submarine boat invented by a marine
engineer named Rubner, has been
successfully tested at Croustadt, Russia.
The Rritish Government has appointed
a commission bo inquire into the
physical deterioration of the lower
classes.
The National Prohibition Committee
will meet In Chicago December it), to
tlx a meeting place for the National
convention.
"Jack" Curry, driver of Crescent,
was lined for withdrawing his
horse, contrary to the decision of ths
judges at the Providence trots.
Laundrymen in Chicago have raised
the price ou collars, cuffs and flat work
in hoi>o? of recovering what they lost
during the recent strike.
DnH.?lnt?a nnnKIn fn lmoflV flimiKrll
the iron door of a shop in Berlin,
nvf-gcd themselves by painting up a
lit .oe: "There is nothing here worth
stealing."
The health authorities of Tampieo,
Mex., arc taking desperate measures
to stamp out the yellow fever epidemic
there, and have burned 200 residences
which had been iuhabited by yellow
ferer patients
Containing jver 2SO.OOO words or subjects,
the Dictionary of the Ancient
Egyptian Language, compiled by the
direction of the Berlin Academy of
Sciences, and endowed by the i?mperor,
is ueorly completed.
Cotton Buyers Strike.
Memphis, Special.?The Mississippi
Valley Cotton Buyers' Association was
formally organized here last week.
V William, nt Meridian. Miss..
was elected president, and J. E. James,
of Vicksburg, secretary and treasurer.
The association is one of four organizations
in the South and West, through
which It Is proposed to found a National
Cotton Buyera' Protective Association.
The organization will have
Hs headquarters in this city.
Benjimln Mambleton D-.'ad
Washington, Special.?Benjamin E.
Harabletom, eon of Dr. James P. Ham.
bleton, a former resident of Georgia,
died here of paralysis, aged SI years.
Mr. Hambleton was born in Virginia.
He waa in the customs aervice many
years, having been deputy collector of
customs at El Paso. Texas, and Santiago,
Cuba. He was charged with the
duty of suppressing filibustering from
the Florida coast to Cuba and In seizing
the Dauntless was badly beaten.
At one time he was a member of the
Texas Rangers.
Crime cf a D'-unk'n White nan.
Spartanburg. S. C.. Special.?A spe ial
to The Spartanburg Herald, from
Greenville, says: "One of the most
dastardly deeds ever committed in this
section took place Saturday night In
West Greenville, about sundown, when
Robert Gnnnells, white, criminally assaulted
a 4-year-old negro girl. Guncells
was drunk and while passing the
yard where the girl was playing, under
pretense of giving the child some fruit,
took her to a nearby body of woods,
where he accomplished his object
Has Outlived a Century.
The oldest recorded minister of the
Society of Friends in the world, Mrs.
Phoebe Ann Gifford, recently celebrated
the 100th anniversary of her
birth at her home In Providence. A
large number of congratulatory messages
were received by Mrs. Gifford,
who retains her powers to a remark
able degree.
An Object Lc^mii.
g?j. ? ..^ X object lesson road, bnllt
^ under the supervision of
A the Unite* States Department
of Agriculture, hsa
|?j>\ tfji been completed at Morgantowu.
West Virginia.
This being the first work of the kind
done in the State, its completion wa?
celebrated by the holding of a good
roads convention. There was a good
attendance or representative cnuviw
from all parts of the State, addresses
were delivered by a number of prominent
men, and it is believed that substantia
1 progress toward general Improvement
of the highways has been
made. Perhaps the most significant
feature of the convention's work was
the unanimity and enthusiasm with
which it endorsed both State and National
aid.
The Washington Tost in a leading
editorial condemns both National and
State aid as paternalistic. It says that
"The duty of road building attaches
solely to the communities immediately
concerned." This is a narrow view.
The same view applied to education
won' I make the local communities pay
all the expenses of the schools; yet
State aid to education is the rule, not
the exception. If the Post's contention
is right, the local community should be
required to establish its own postotflce, 1 *
and hire its postmaster and mail carriers.
In fact, nearly everything the
State and National governments are
doing for the people -would be con*
demued as. paternalism viewed from
the same standpoint.
But the Post's ideas are not aD so
absurd as thy one quoted above. In
the same issue it has the following to
say concerning convict labor:
"In the building of good roads lie*
the solution of the convict problem.
The convicts we have always with us.
The crop is constant as it is abundant.
Why not use them to construct enduring
turnpikes, instead of cooping them
up in prison shops or leasing them out
to private speculators in human flesh
and blood? In the one case we put
criminals in competition with honest
labor. In the other, we traffic in scan*
dal, cruelty and demoralization. Were
the able-bodied convict-, throughout the
country employed upon the publleroads.as
we suggest, wc should have
within ten years as excellent highways Vas
those of France, Germany or England.
Moreover, it would be a legitimate
employment that would operate n
Injury to none and benefit to alL"
Good Roads in Florid*.
In no State in the Union is there . '
greater enthusiasm among the people
for building good roads than in Florida,
and in no State has more legislation
favorable to road improvement been
enacted during the p?.st year. The Legislature
which recently adjourned enacted
several general road laws. Their
general purport ran be gathered from
the following brief statement by Senator
A. S. Mann, who is State organiser
for the Florida Good Roads Association:
"Tli* general public at first glance
will not be prepared to grasp the lm- V
porta nee of the present good roads
laws. The act giving the internal lm* provement
fund to gocd roe.'; alone la | *
Its entirety in lands and money be*
quenths to the cause net less than $10,? " /
000,000 or $15,000,000. In Florida,
where material is abundant and cheap^
with little or no expensive cuts or fills
to make, and sand cs a foundation in*
suring perfect drainage for roadbed, an
immense amount of work can be done
on this fund alone; iut, couple witli
this the convict money, one-half of
which goes Into the general revenue
fund of eac^ county, and may be
used on the roads if the County Com*
missioners so wish, and the levy of a
three mill tax on all values for same
purpose, and all will see that the power
to make good roads has been given
without 'stint." . ' ' Sa
Another act of the highest Import*
a nee sets aside for purposes of road improvement
the Indian war claims, the
payment of which has been authorized
by Congress. From this alone the
State will realise ove- half a million
dollars.
Wide Tlree In Chicago.
After a hard fight by the friends ol
good roads in Chicago, the Aldermen
of that town have passed a wide-tire
ordinance, which wlil apply to all
wagons used in that city. Hereafter.
wagons with four wheels carrying a
load of 2000 pounds must have tirea
one inch wide; those carrying 3000
pounds must have tires one and onehalf
inches wide; 4000 pounds, two
inches; 3000 pounds, two and one-half
inches; 0000 pounds, three inches, and
so on, in similar ratio, including wagons
of 20,000 pounds burden, the width
of whose tires must be eight inches.
The tires of two-wheeled vehicles must
be twice as wide as thosesoecifled for
four - wheelers, at tbft&tespective
weights. The fine for jddtajUng the
provisions of the ordlntlkiSfTnay be
from 910 to $30.
Tyrough the passage of this measure
the good roeds advocates feel that they
have scored a notable triumph. Narrow
tires, they main/ain, have done
more than anything else to undo the
good work in road building already
.-jcompllshed. and they hope to tee "-v *
the time when only broad-wheeled
vehicles will be used throughout the
country. It has required years of industrious
effort to secure the Chicago
ordinance.
The Boston Pilot says there are 11** '
000,006 Catholics in the United Statak
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