The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 26, 1905, Image 2
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? Higher Tests
\ By Richard
N THIS day when th<
_ men, it will do it
;-; m _ 1 that men do lives all
I Or tbelr bones.;'' It will
I their attention distra
W ^ ^ of passion and of nu
'& m view where sacrifice
where mighty obstacl
frail men and delicat
love that "passeth all understanding."
One need not go beyond the bord
lroonincr '*tKo noiooloco tonAn Af fV\a!?? T*?<
AVV|/*U5 vuv ivuui vi. iu^u n <
neighbors, meet the higher tests of 11
history seem to us poetic because the
ns that "if we should tell the simple ti
sound like poetry."
There are everywhere girls of tend
using their all too small income for th<
gages, In others of providing bread to
before their time to the line of manhooi
fathers dead, have become protectors
-/ viders for their widowed mothers. Tl
and finally, to cure, the waywardness <
bearing in silence the grief that their 1
and concealing, for their children's sak?
There are husbands who. to spare th
against the first impulse of manhood
recklessness of wives. There are ch
among their fellows, although a parea:
hold. There are men and women strivi
their own bad natures and with ever:
pressed?as those who may not know v
neyer be?with the fact that "he who i
taketh a city."
The generous love and the tender
frail men and delicate women?and al
the mighty endeavor that abound in t
the attention of those who. seeing so
moving dangerously near to the line of
Bad people are the exception. It i:
and do good. Love and sympatny are
which molds a tar and bids it trickle t
earth a sphere and guides the planets
? Accuracy,
| Acci
By Prof. W. Rip
:
L- HET^E are many qua
business life; but the
I u holding a position of
I I a. plain, straightforw
all speech or in writing.
S" I V I what is required as 1
definiteness and bre^
clear and precise it is
be co more clear, wl
selves?probably much less so. We rnu
the subject, but they must be crystallis
thought and speech, however, cannot I
the result of effort; of careful and inde
selves, of looking at it from many poinl
and those wbo listen to us that we thoi
about 'it clears one's own mind in thl
a colleague, or to write out a stateme
writer. Having decided what to say,
last point is how to say it. The first
be natural, Straightforward, lucid; neit
ate, but to give the impression that we
and force of our own contention.
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i/ ^ Atmosphere
fo By M. Z
5^===- ATURE'S forces carr
N forth light unouench
larger in influence
crowd the house with
===== phere. He is a forct
^ neys forward, exhal
^ ^ emanating from a b
L_=_==___J trils emit flames. E<
ster's eyes, during 1
sparks. If light is in man, he shines
heart glows with love, he warms; if fi
rapt, he poisons; if pure-hearted, he c
atmosphere, and is over against its fel
tion. This mysterious bundle of forc<
exhaling blessings, or blightings, gets i
to receive its influences. Standing at
forces come rushing in to report th
There is a nerve in man that runs 01
verse. Man dwells in a glass dome;
side. Each man stands at the centre
fluence for good. Rivers, winds, force
pared to those energies of mind and hi
ine whole communities and even natio
/l/w v
I Concernin
/|/W By Margai
?? UST see bow It Is, in i
almost all out trlvi
X in this one shameful
X T i gance, which means
1 truthfulness; take w*
ti distrust an irreveren
concern aboat small
rowness;?ah. well; 1
mandments as we th
greeable line of thought, and far pleas
people, say, Mesdames X., Y., and Z.,
can all see clearly enough Mrs. X.'b
woman, if you will believe it, buys a
butcher for two months, because she
of the window! A rug would look que
the spot, but she is afraid to have pec
Of course, she could perfectly well p
clean boards, but, heavens, no! she ha
Mr. X. sighs, and the butcher, when an
paid, swears, and Mrs. X.'s forehead ta
too, from the butcher's point of view;
has come out of his pocket. (And fool
a tvoman of more cultivation than Mr
refinement of economy.)?Harper's Ba
One of the great successes of th?
Americans in the Philippines is the
school system, and there is no more
encouraging sign of the beneficial results
of American rule in the archipelago
than the manner in which the
native children ar6 taking advantage
nf that system, declares the New York
Press. In April, 1903, there were
barely 100,000 children enrolled in the
schools. Today It is estimated that
there are nearly 400,000 in attendance.
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of Manhood^
L. Metcalfe. ^
5 world bears so much to the discredit
no harm to be reminded that "the evil
.er them; the good is oft interred with
1 do men and women no harm to have
cted from the dark pictures of cruelty,
in s inhumanity to man to the brighter
s are made, where burdens are borne,
es are overcome?in many instances bv
e women?and all done in the name of
ers of his own town to find those who
?y," and unknown even to many of their
lanhood. Pointing out that "heroes in
y are there," one writer has reminded
"itth of some of our neighbors, 11 wuuiu
er years engaged in laborious tasks and
2 purpose in some cases of lifting mort r
the family. There are boys, pushed
d's duties, who have taken the places of
for their brothers and sisters and proSere
are parents struggling to conceal,
of a son or daughter. There are wifes
husband's shame has brought upon them
?. the hideous skeleton in their homes,
eir offspring woe, steel their hearts
to destroy and close their eyes to the
ildrec bravely holding up their heads
t has btought disgrace upon the houseing
to recover lost ground, battling with^
f struggle and with every triumph inirhat
it is to struggle with one's self can
rulc-th his spirit is greater than he who
sympathy, the enormous sacrifice and
1 done in the name of that love that
his world today need to he brought to
much of the meanness of men. may bo
cynicism.
s natural that men and women be good
Hivina ntar) "That VTV la\V
1/C4I C Ul M4V U??>Mv X
'rom its course?that law preserves the
in their course."?The Commoner.
' Terseness, *
iracy t
per, in Technics.
lities necessary to success in modern
re is none of more importance to a man
responsibility than the power to make
ard, businesslike statement, either by
The quality of fluency is not so much
the qualities of accuracy and clearness,
rity, tact and judgment. If we are not
i certain that those who listen to us will
ien we have finished, than we are ourst
have no vague and misty ideas about ,
:ed and definite. These qualities of our
* left to chance. They are attained as
pendent thought on the subject for our:s
of view, and thus satisfying ourselves
roughly understand what we are talking >
nkinir out a subject to talk it over with
ot of it, or to dictate it to a shorthand
and having properly arranged it, the
essential is to speak distinctly, then to
her to strive after effect nor to exaggerare
ourselves convinced of the cogency
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he.. ?j
One Carries %
). Hit lis. I
y their atmosphere. The sun gushes J
able; coals throw off heat; violets are i
than bulk; pomegranates and spices
i sweet odors. Man also has his atnios>-bearer
and a force-producer. He jouring
influences. Thinking of the evil
ad man, Bunyan made Apollyon's nosiward
Everett insists that Daniel Weblis
greatest speeches, literally emitted
i; if darkness rules, he shades; if his
rozen with selfishness, he chills; if corleanses.
The soul, like the sun, has its
lows for light, warmth and transforma?s
called man, moving through society. !
its meaning from the capacity of others
the centre of the universe, a thousand
emselves to the sensitive soul-centre,
it to every room and realm in the unlto
him the world lies open on every
cf the great network of voluntary ints
of fire and steam are impotent comeart
that make men equal to transformas.
Mwramranrawi
Wlr"
tg Sinners j
ret DelancL -Vt"
these respectable lives of ours; see how
ial shortcomings have their root back
sin of cowardice. . . . Take extravatheft;
take affection, which means unorry,
which means distrust?and is not
ce of the mind, if not of the lips? take
physical ills, which means selfish narthe
list grows as long as the Ten Coraiink
it over. Indeed, it is a mpst disa;anter
and easier to work out for other
than for ourselves. For instance, we
cowardice?in her extravagance. That
new carpet, though she hasn't paid her
is ashamed of the worn spot in front
erly In such a place, so she can't cover
>ple see it, so she buys the new carpet,
ull the old carpet up and have decent
s not the courage for realities. Hence,
[Other month goes by and he is still un
kes a new wrinkle. Coward! and thief,
for, of course, the price of that carpet
I, the Sinner adds, severely. For, being
s. X., she understands the dignity and
zar.
Caught in the Act.
Rushing into the smoking car, an
old man cried excitedly:
"A corkscrew! Who's got a corkscrew?"
A score of kindly hands sought pockets
and a score of kindly voices said:
"Here you an?, sir."
"I thought so,'.' shoufed the old man.
'And 'now I lay before you, gentlemen.
fifty temperance pledges. Whc
will sign the first?"
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Been the Work of One Man.
Columbia, Special.?Three hold-ups
in three different localities, were reported
to the police headquarters at
the same time Saturday night. About
S:.'?0 o'clock Mr. Karl Haiti wanger,
Mr. J. K. Matthews and Mr. C. T.
Helms were each held up at the point
of pistols and Messrs. llaltiwanger
and Matthews were robbed but Mr.
Helms resisted and gave the alarm
and the robber ran, making his escape.
The first two were robbed in North
Columbia but in different parts of
the suburbs, and the atempt on Mr.
Helms was 011 Pickens street between
Rlanding and Taylor, very near the
mess hall of the Presbyterian thelogical
seminary. No arrests have been
made though the police are working
on the cases. The robberies of
Messrs. Haiti wander and Matthews
were committed outside of the city
limits and the ]>olice were unable to
do much toward making arrests in
those cases but eight men in plain
clothes were hurried to the part of
the city where Mr. Helms was attacked
and the entire section east of Main
street was scoured but no arrests
j^have been made.
BIG FAIR AT CHARLOTTE.
| This Event Will Be One of the Greatest
in the History of County
1 Fair3.
J Charlotte.. Special.? The Mecklenburg
Fair, which will be held-October
24th to 27th, inclusive, promises to be
one of the best events of its kind
ever held in the State. Each year
this fair has been extended in its
scope and improved in Interest and
attractiveness until the outlook for
the coming fair promises that it will
far eclipse all previous ones. Mr
W. S. Orr, the manager and secretary
of the Fair Association has been hard
at work getting everything in shape
* for the opening and his announcement
that all things point to a splendid
success this year carries with it the
convincing weight of experience.
The exhibits are nearly complete,
and will include the choicest collections
of everything pctaining to agri- j
culture, mechanics, art,"science and
invention.
The racing will this year be the
best ever seen on a North Carolina
track, the entries including some of
the fastest horses in the country.
The midway will be a grand free attraction,
clean and high-toned, such
as will please, amuse and entertain,
without shocking the most sensative.
All railroads leading into the city
will give greatly reduced rates, and
from present appearances the crowds
in attendance will bo tremendous
And all who come will go away feeling
that they have been richly repaid
for their time and money spent
in seeing this excellent fair.
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. A. W. Burnet of Camden, president
of the Daughters of the Con- j
federacy in this State, has issued the
following call for the annual convention
to be held in Johnston, Novembcr
20 th:
Camden, S. C., Oct. 30, 190o.
To the Cnitcd Daughters of the Confederacy
:
The tenth annual convention of the i
i /ltiMcinn T\ D. C.. meets at
OUiiir umru'ii ?
Johnston. S. ('., on the 29th of November
ami all delegates are urged to be
present on that day.
I Reduced railroad rate3 have been
j applied for.
Respect fnljv vours,
HRRIET SHANNON BURNET,
President S. C. Div. U. D. C.
Johnston Pastor Resigns.
Johnston, Special.?Rev. L. A.
Cooper, pastor of the Baptist church,
tendered his resignation Sunday at
the morning service to take effect
November 25th. Mr. Cooper lias served
the church a year most efficiently.
Not onl yhis own congregation but
the entire town had grown to be very
I fond of him and this step came very
unexpectedly. Mr. Cooper will take
| up the work as financial secretary of
the Greenville Female College. In
j the removal of Mr. Cooper and his
family the town has sustained a loss
that will effect even- home.
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Palmetto Briefs.
A Greenville special says: Supervisor
Walker has called the election |
to be held under the Brice bill provision
for November 14.
The South Carolina Temperance
" ^ * T - - -?- ??11 Wq
! Law and Urder L/eaguc, wm
second annual meeting in Columbia
I Wednesday night of fair week, the Y.
M. C. A. hall having been secured for
{ the purpose.
I
i Daniel J. Sully Addresses Sumter
Farmers.
Sumter, Special.?More than 350
farmers crowded into the opera house
Saturday to hear Mr. D. J. Sully, the
cotton king of New York. He received
a hearty reception. He spoke
about 15 minutes. His manner and
general appearance indicate the business
man?quick, decisive, plain. He
was intrudced by Hon. A. B. Stueky,
president of the Sumter Cotton Association.
P.'^yed With a Pistol.
Andca on. Special.?While playing
with a \tol late afternoon Wcldon
Kay shot and fatally wounded Joseph
Shedd at the Anderson cotton mill
village. Sliedd lingered for a few
hours, and died. The coroner investigated
the killing Friday morning, but
after having satisfied himself that it
was purely an accident he decided
not to hold an inquest. Boys boys
lived in the mill village and were
about" 12 years of age. v
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*ATE AfFAIRS*
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Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
Spartanburg's Tax Values.
Spartanburg, Special.?After considerable
delay, occasioned by the
sliipmen of the wrong kind of books
last spring and the consequent correction,
along with other matters,
Spartanburg county's auditor has
completed his abstracts and the statistics
gleaned therefrom tell truthfully
and eloquently the story of the
city and county's growth and ad
vancement. The increase in total valuations
for the county for the year
1905 over 1904 was $S28,245. The figures
are: For 1904, $13,023,295; for
1905, $13,851,5-10. The total real estate
value of the county for the present
year is $5,975,293; personal property,
$0,(591,547; railroad property,
$1,183,700. The number of dogs returned
for taxes was 3,133 at 50 cents
per head, making $1,500.50, which
goes to to the school fund. It is
doubtful if any county in the State
will show as many dogs taxed as that.
Thr e Children Left at Home to Die.
riock Hill, Special ?Two colored
children that had been left alone in
the house were burned to death Sunday
and the house and eonteets all
destroyed in a tire that occurred on
the farm of Mr. J. H. Miilcr at Ebenezer.
The mother of iiie children
had spread a quilt on the floor before
the tire before leaving an-l had placed
the children there. She had been
absent about 15 minutes at her duties
near Mr. Miller's home when
the fire was discovered. The childtot,'c
wf>rf> found in the bed
in the room where they had been left
and are thought to have taken refuge
there. They were aged two and four
years. The negroes arc respected and
according to Mr. Miller, bear good
reputations. Another deplorable affair
of the same kind occurred on
Thursday on the plantation of Mr.
B. F. Merritt. The child of Shaver
McClure, having been left before the
fire while the parents went to pick
cotton, was so badly burned that it
died after live hours of agony. Both
cases are but repetitions of the old
story that is told every year, that of
carelessness.
Landrum Selected.
Spartanburg, Special.?At a recent
session, the Spartanburg County Baptist
Association decided to build a
Baptist high school and since that
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lime nave ueeu iuuim.i^ u?ci iu?
for the town or place offering the
best advantages for the institution.
Landrum has been decided upon.
That town has agreed to donate $5.000
cash and ten acres of land, valued
at $1,000. There were several
competitors for the school, Inman,
Campobello and other points, but the
advantages offered by Landrum were
deemed superior by the committee.
New Enterprises.
The secretary of state has issued
a commission to the corporators of
the Anderson Banking and Trust
Company, which will have a capitalization
of $200,000. The corporators
are W. F. Cox, E. P. Yandiver, R. E.
Burriss, \Y. ~\V. Sullivan, II. C. Townsend,
J. M. Evans, N. C. Boleman,
George M. Tolly, T. A. Ratliffe, Jr.
A commission was issued to the
Sardis High School Association, of
Sardis, Florence county, to be capitalized
at $10,000. The corporators are
W. M. Timmons. W. H. McElveen. T.
L. Bolton, E. E. Hudson, J. C. Hudson,
Edwin Langston.
The officers of the Bishopville Light
and Power Company, chartered last
week, are: A. C. Baskins, president;
George M. Stuckey, vice president,
and R. W. MeLendon, secretary and
treasurer. Capital stock, $17,f)00.
-An eleemosynary charter was issued
to the Wofford College Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Association.
Anderson's Hospital.
Anderson, Special.?Willow camp,
Woodmen of the World, has donated
to the hospital association the sum
of $500 for the establishment of a
hospital in Anderson. Other iibernl
donations have been recently made,
notably a gift of $1,000 by Mr. Walton
Hall of Boston and the ladies,
who have worked so favihfully for
the success of the enterprise, are
much encouraged with the outlook.
Palmetto Briefs.
A special from Columbia says: An
attempted assault upon a young lady,
a daughter of one of the well known
families of the county, led to the arrest
of Dan Slocum, a white man
who has recently come to Columbia
to engage in the feather reno\ a ting
business with the National Cleaning
Company.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and her parly
sailed from Yokohama for San Fran
ci.sco.
Reasoning Power of Animals.
Men apparently conceive ideas
from a "clear sky," but such genius
couia not maipiesi usen were not m?
mind already highly cultivated by
much conscious effort?reasoning?
and experience. On the other hand,
animals and small children become
conscious of much knowledge by
merely witnessing the intelligent
movements of others, and in time,
without thought or effort on their
part, they suddenly discover that they
also are competent to do the same
thing, or, in other words, they begin
to imitate. It is a general impression
among i sychologists that anima!3
probably do not reason; they have
no ideas as we have?A. F. Shore la
the Scientific American.
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BAN IS LIFTCD'
Quarantine Against the Yellow
Fever Only a Memory
REJOICING VERY GENERAL
Texas Modifies Her Quarantine in
Favor of People Who Will Make
Satifactory Affidavits and Alabama
* is Expected to Act Soon.
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New Oraleans, Special.?fteport to
6 p. m. Sunday:
AT rt . A . 1 1 O
*j\ew cases, z; toiai, o,our.
Deaths, none; total, 435.
New focus, 1.
Under treatment, 73; discharged,
2,853.
While Sunday was the fifth consecutive
day on which no deaths were
rejK>rted, which iu itself was a cause
for much general satisfaction, the
most gratifying information came i:i
the shape of a telegram from the
State health otlicer of Mississippi that
at 0 p. m. all Mississippi quarantine
would be raised. Another source of
congratulation was a telegram from
Dr. Tabor, of Texas, to Dr. White, to
the effect that Texas would admit people
from Louisiana who would make
an affidavit that they had not been
near an infected point for six days
previously. It is believed that the
Texas restrictions will be entirely removed
in a short time, and that Alabama
will also remove all restrictions 1
in a short time. The removal of ihc
Mississippi quarantine is the cause
of the greatest satisfaction, because
of the close relation between this
city and the Gulf Coast, which is
regarded as practically a suburb of
New Orleans.
There were no reports of new cases
or deaths from the country parishes
Those places which did report had 110
new cases.
Houston, Texas, Special?The State
ot Texas lifted its quarantine against
all points in Louisiana except those
which are infected. Persons who enter
this State will be required to take
oath as to point of origin, but no
health certificates are required. Before
making the order, Dr. Tabor
sounded the sentiment at Orange,
Beaumont and Houston, the places
nearest he border.
Wheat Crop Short.
Mexico City, Special.?The shortness
of the wheat crop is greater than 1
was estimated a few weeks ago and
millers are looking for the entire removal
of the duty on American and
Canadian wheat bv the first of next
year. The city bakers have reduced
the size of their loaves, asserting that
it is impossible to give tlve same
weight as formerly. There are some
stocks of wheat in the hards of large
farmers here, but not sumcieni iu
bring down the price, which is steadily
rising. The price of corn is also
rising, the advance being over fifty
per cent, as compared with the prices
of August. This causes hardship
among the poor. There is a probability
of the duty on corn being abated.
Five Drowned Off Yonkers, N. Y.
Yonkers, N. Y., Special.?Five jtersons,
the body of one having been recovered.
are believed to have been
drowned by the running down of a
cat boat by a tug off South Yonkers.
When assistance reached the boat
there was found aboard it a list of
the party who had crone sailing. There
w^re: Edward Nelson, his son Edward.
Benjamin Benson, Edward
Simpson and Carl Thompson, nit of
South Yonkers. Later the body of
Benson was found.
$60,000 Fire in Ridgeway. Pa.
Bidgeway. Pa., Spee'al?Incendiary
fires n the central part of the bor
i -i.- o?,t?... nns'mved sev
ongn iaie oumuxj, iu.u. ... ^
eral buildings, an op ra fc?oj*c, the
finest in this section, being burned
wi:h $60,000 loss on the budding; insurance
$14,000. Reports of supposed
house breakings r> suited "11 'he
calling out of the militia. No arrests
have been made.
Holding to Hang.
Asheville, Special.?A special from
Sylva says: Judge Neill has sentenced
John Holden, convicted at this
term of Jackson county court, in session
at Webster, to be barged between
the hours of 11 and 12, December
6, for the murder of his wife, Rebecca
Holden, last August. IV ill
Honden, son of the murdered woman,
was acquitted. The evidence was
circumstantial. The condemned man
claims \hat he is innocent.
Riifl Supporting McClellan.
New York. Special.?Jacob A. Riis,
friend of President Roosevelt, and
worker for reform in the poor districts
of the East Side, declared that
he should support Mayor McClellan
"until he is elected, because he has
made a good, an honest, an efficient
and a dignified mayor; because he is .
George B. McClellan and deserves and I
will get the thanks of the people of
New York and tneir votes. (
Stockholders Sue Land Company.
Jasper, Ala., Special.?A bill was
filed in the Chancery Court here by
J. II. Hayes, a minority stockholder,
against the Jasper I.ainl Company
and L. B. Musgrove, seeking to have
a receiver appointed for the land |
company and a general accounting of
its affairs. The compr y has nW authorized
capital stock of $.500,000,
divided into 5,000 shares of a par
value of $100: i
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The Graft Microbe Penetrates
to South Carolina's Capital
He WORKED SMOOTH GAME
Daniel Zimmerman, Former Employe
in State Treasurer's Office At Columbia
and a Member of An Old
South Carolina Family, is Chared
With Fradmently Abstracting $12,500
Plus Interest.
Columbia.. Special.?A warrant was
issued Tuesday afternoon for the ar
rest of Daniel Zimmerman, former
bookkeeper and confidential clerk in
the State Treasurer's office, upon an
affidavit sworn to by State Treasurer
K. II. Jennings, charging him with a
breach, of trust with fraudulent intention
and the theft of State bonds of
the value of $12,.301), which, with accrued
interest, aggregate $10,403.73.
Zimmerman, who is a member of
one of the oldest and most highly respected
families in Sooth Carolina, is
about G2 years of aire, and lw.s resided
in Columbia with his family cilice
1891, coming here from Orangeburg
comity. lie served in the capacity of
bookkeeper from 1S92 until 1002, under
three 'lilierent State Treasurers,
\Y. T C. B;gos, W. H. Timmerman,
and the iucumbt:ii? The officers are
liable for any shortage during their
terms of ofliee, the liabilities being
about as* follows:
\Y. T. C. Bates. $1,200, W. H.
Timmerman, $10,300; and tt. H. Jennings,
$1,400.
It is alleged that the fraud was
committed when a party having bonds
might prefer ''State stock" in exchange.
The papers would be presented
and the transfer made. Then,
instead of canceling the bond, the
clerk in charge apparently would take
out. one of the bonds when there
would be large packages and at some
convenient date would put it on the
market as if it were negotiable instrument
instead of a bond. The
bonds of f!ie State are payable to
1 O K.inl- + f\t It or
UeaitM, JUSl, an a uaim uutv v.. vluv.
currency, and the stock being payable
to order only.
It is said the irregularities were
discovered some time ago, and efforts
had been made to get Zimmerman to
explain them, but it is alleged that
he failed to keep several engagements
to visit the ollice and clear up the
matter.
Just before issuing the warrant
Tuesday two of the former Treasurers
visited Zimmerman's home to prepare
him for what was coming, and to
make a last effort *o settle the matter
outside the law, if possible. Reaching
his home, they were informed that
he was at a local insurance office, in
which he is now employed. Going to
his office, they' were told that Zimmerman
had just left.
Up to a late hour the warrant had
not been served, the Sheriff being
unable to locate Zimmerman.
Lumber Men Meet.
Norfolk, Special.?The North Carolina
Pine Association controlling
all the big lumber mills in Eastern
Virginia and North Carolina, met here
and elected E. C. Fosbury, of the Foslmrg
Lumber Company, of Norfolk
and Berkley, president, and It. J.
Camp, of Franklin. Ya., first-vice
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president. .Mr. rosnurg smxicuo
L. Roper resigned. The association
ratified the detailed'plan for the consolidation
with the South Carolina
Pine Lumber Association, and the two
organizations meet in Columbia, S. C.,
November 16th, for final action.
Carolina-Northern Sold.
Lumberton, Special.?The Carolina
Northern Railroad, extending from
Lumberton to Marion, S. C., a distance
of 42 miles, was sold here Tuesday
at public auction and was bought
in by a committee of first mortgage
bond holders, of which Howard S,
Graham, of Philadelphia, is chairman,
for $268,000.
Supplies Prohibited.
Washington, Special.?Kxportation
of arms, ammunition and munitions
of war of ever)' kind from any part oi
the United State and Porto Rico tc
an> port of the Dominican republic
is prohibited by a Presidential proclamation.
In an explanatory memorandum
to the effect tha this action has
been taken alter consultation ?uu
the Dominican government, with thcii
concurrence, ami is intended to assist
them in the enforcement of theii
regulations designed to prevent the
revolutionists of the island from getting
warlike supplies.
Plan Not Decided On.
New York, Special.?The steamei
Havana arrived from Colon having
on baoard the Isthmian Canal commission
and the board of consulting
engineers returning from their torn
of inspection. The chairman of engineers
said they had made a careful
inspection but have come to no de
cision as to the lock or sea level plai
and can say nothing about it until th<
report is made known.
Gen. James D. Glenn Dead.
Raleigh, Special.?Just after midnight
Wednesday General James D,
Glenn, brother and private secretary
of Governor Glenn, died as the result
of an attack of acute indigestion suffered
Sunday morning.
Six Burned to Death.
St. Louis. Special.Mrs. Alice Ilartman
and her live children wore burned
to death and their home was destroyed
by lire at Port Royal, a village
in Franklin county.
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Need For Good Illjrh'
jaOJt HE good rcy
jj __ continues to
D J o spread public
K judging from tbe ei
Tffftf sive discussion of the su
ject in the public press. The proposition
of Federal support in this respect
seems to be gaining strength in the
country at large, and the good roads
propositions as presented to recent
Congresses are being earnestly exam- t,
ined by many interested citizens, a? &A
the demand upon tne capuot document n
rooms at Washington attests. These
bills seek to enlist the financial sujf- **:
port of the Federal Government in the
improvement of the wagon roads of
the country, the plan being for Uncle
Sam to supply a sum equal to the sum I
any State will supply up to the maxlmum
provided for. 1
Congressman Brownlow, in explain- I
ing the provisions of his bill, said that-1 J
Federal co-operation in the premise* /S
was but just in order to fairly distrib- V
ute the burden of taxation necessary *
to improve the public highways. He ?
makes this telling point:
"So long as we pursue the original
method of taxation the entire burden
of cost for highway improvement fall*
upon the owners of agricultural lands
and the persons living in the rural dis- ..J
tricts. When the great mass of the
people lived in the rural districts this * 'f;
was a just and equitable distribution V*|
of taxes for such purposes, but with
the chanced conditions of the present ^
day, "when one-half of the people live
in cities, and much more than one-half j
of the wealth is concentrated in these
cities and in the corporations that are * " ? I
so powerful at the present time, it I
absolutely necessary that some means fl
should be devised whereby the reven
ues requisite for the great improvement
that is called for should be de- fl
rived from all of the people and re- fl
sources of the country as nearly as pos- H
sible, and not rest, as heretofore, upon fl
the farming classes, who are the imme?- .
diate losers by every failure of crops
and suffer by every decline in price or ^fl
agricultural products." ? flfl
Another important consideration is BB
that, in the last analysis, the cities apd ^^fl
towns benefit from good roads Jiisfak t fl
much as do the people living along . J
them. It is to the interest of the iner- f fl
chant as well as of the farmer to have
an improved system of roads In every ;Jg!
part of the country.
The development of the rural free
delivery system has served to bring
the people of the country into closer
touch with not snly the towns, but ' $
with the Federal Government, than
ever before. The Government speak- '
' ing and acting for the country at large,
has, therefore, a direct interest in thewelfare
of the people living in the rural
sections, and the benefits to be'derlved
from good roads would be shared not
moreiv hv those livinz upon them, hot/
by all the people.?Atlanta Constitu,
The Movement's rrogreaa.
That the good roads movement Is *?
popular and has come to stay Is evi- a
denced by the attention now given to 4
. good roads engineering In our edueational
institutions.. The Rhode Island
College of Agriculture and Mechanic ,?J
Arts has recently issued a circular concerning
its course of Highway Engi
neering, which circular can be had
from the president by addressing him
1 at Kingston, It? I. This medium is to
1 call the attention of any young ^
who are thinking of doing engineering
work to the advantages of including
education along good roads lines. This *
, last addition is badly needed and will
j be of immense value In the Southern
t States of the Union where less attention,
perhaps, has been given to tbi* f
than In those further north. That it
1 seriously concerns us all is evident
without any argument, and the action
' of President Butterfleld, of the Rhode
Island College of Agriculture. Is to be "S&
highly commended. C'. jtS
In addition to this we learn that in 1?
the Iowa State College at Ames* Iowa, a
the Iowa highway commission has es'
tablished a road school in which every
piece of tbe work, including class work,
o-nrL- dsM ivnrk modern road maehin- k . .
ery, cement in highway improvements, ''
J etc.. is taught. Plans are being made
to build model sections of earth, gravel
and macadam roads, and practical
' men have been engaged for the school?,
and it is thought that the results will
be very flattering.
Certainly the Iowa people deserve
i great credit for their enterprise in this
j direction.
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Of SdccIaI Value.
In Southern Louisiana the good rdads
movement is of special value from the
fact that our great crops of cane and
rice weigh more in proportion to the T
area of land on which they are grown * Sj'
| than do the crops of any others of the
States of the Union. Thousands of
acres of sugar cane have been lost in % 1
Louisiana durlqg rainy harvesting sea- ~
1 sons from the practical Impassabllity
of our roads, and while no good roads
movement can change our climate, we
can unquestionably change some of the.
effects of our climate by reiterating the
, importance of road drainage and other
. physical ameliorations, as well as sug- .
' gest tlie financial and politico-economic
methods for road improvement.?Lou'
isiana IManter..
V*
. It Mario a Difference.
A story Js being told fit a Sibley
young lady who found a package of
love letters that had been written to
her mother by her father before they .
were married. The daughter saw that
she could have a little sport and read
one of them to her mother, Substituting
her own name for that her
mother and that of a Six Mile young
man for that of her father. The mother
seemed utteily disgusted and forbade ' jj
her daughter to have anything to do
with the ycung man who would write
such nonsensical stuff to a girh When '
the young lady handed the letter ^ M
her mother to read the house becam^jftV M
thJlSftW
so still uiat one couiu uiluus?. '>fl
grass growing in tbc yard.?Oak Grfj.'-^ yS
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