The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 21, 1905, Image 2
M I JaPan is Feeling Vet ^ |
Jt | "Chesty"= - |
J By Thomas F. Millard. \ !
I H= n x;t, some one may suggest, assuming that Japan lo victori^
i ous. has she not already declared her intentions m respect
to Korea and Manchuria in a way satisfactory to a inajortt>
I ... .. __ ? .? -i in ?Kio n <-?t an assurance of a
or me powers ihiutoicu, ?uu ^ uuo
ir" r=r? satisfactory settlement? True; Japan lias declared her intentions.
But that was a year or so aso. Policies are amenjF?v
able to the suggestion of events, even assuming that sincer
? ity and not expediency is the key-note of their promulgation.
Since those utterances were given to the public Japan has
had a series of brilliant military successes. The propaganda has intormed us
of course, that the qualities of her statesmen and people are such that they
will not be influenced in their impulses or ambitions by national glory. Howover,
I am trying to forget that we are dealing with denti-gods, and in order
to keep the discussion on a rational basis will lor the mo.nent project it. hypothetically,
away from Japan. Assume a people long accustomed to regard
^ * * certain part of the world as representing the highest degree of potential
power as expressed in military excellence. Let it be so well convinced of this
that it copies the military methods of the other civilization and bends its en%
ergies to acquire proficiency therein. Let it then encounter a power long assumed
by the world to be most formidable in a military way. and easily defeat
It. Such a people might be expected to feel a little "cocky," to entertain
a?perhaps exaggerated notion of their own prowess; and if nearly the whole
of the civilized world united in indiscriminate praise of them they would not
be human if their heads were not somewhat turned. With my mind somewhat
cleared by this digression into the realm of rationalism. I now see plainly.
as I look about me in Japan, that the people have been affected by theirJ
success just as those of any other nationality would have been. It is true
that Oriental suavity, too long inbred to be readily disturbed, enables the be.jrf.
ter classes to repress, especially in the presence of foreigners, their exulta
tion. Having visited Japan several times before the war. I am able to make
my own comparisons, and I say witnout hesitation, omitting details, that the
whole nation Ts.feeling very "chesty. " to use a slangy but very expressive
word which all Americans will understand.?From "The Fruits of Japan's \ icj
> t Cory" in Scribner's iiagazine.
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?? American .'. Financial ?j
? f Leaders- f.
A By President Nicholas Murray Butler, & j
? X of Columbia University. I
''in 1 t'ST now the American people are receiving some painful
Fr ? lessons in practical ethics. They are having brought home
j them with severe emphasis the distinction between characJ
ter and reputation. A man's true character, it abundantly
3=^=== appears, nay he quite in conflict with his reputation, whien
isthe public estimate of him. Of late we have boon watching
^ V reputations melt away like snow before the sun. and the sun
in this case is mere publicity. Men who for years have
been trusted implicitly by their fellows and so placed in
positions of honor and grave responsibility are seen to be mere reckless spec.
. ulators with the money of others and petty pilferers of the savings of the poor
and needy. With all this shameful story spread before us it takes some courage
to follow Emerson's advice not to bark against the bad. but rather to chain
the beauty of the good.
Put bluntly, the situation which confronts Americans today is due to lack j
of moral principle. New statutes may be needed, but statutes will not put [
S?\. moral principle where it does not exist. The greed for gain and the greed for
power have blinded men to the time old distinction between right and wrong.
Both among business men and at the bar are to be found advisers, counted
shtewd and successful, who have substituted the Penal Code for the mora) law
as the standard of conduct. Right and wrong have given way to the subtler
distinction between legal, not illegal and illegal; or better, perhaps, between
honest, law honest and dishonest. The new triumph of mind over morals is
bad enough in itself, but when in addition its exponents secure material gain
and professional prosperity it becomes a menace to our integrity as a people.
Against this casuistry of the counting house and of the law oftce. against
this subterfuge and deceit, real character will stand like a rock. This nnii*
vereity and all universities, in season and out of season, must keep clearly in
view before themselves and the public the real meaning of character, and
they must never tire of preaching that character, and character alone, makes
S knowledge, skill and wealth a help rather titan a harm to those who possess
p them and .to the community as a whole.
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y The Russian *1
~ Sy Father Gapon.
Pjp _ NCEtfcn old man came to me and begged me to conduct a
service-in memory of his deceased wife. Having already
? j been fined several times, I had become rather cautious. So
I asked the old man to what parish he belonged and why j
1? J:'' ??? Me niun nrl.iet Ho ronliod That hie nar- !
_ Ji =12? I UC U1U live e?U IV uto VM li (/ vwt, ,
! lsh priest had asked seven rubles (13.40) for officiating,
j which he could not pay. Asked why so much was de*
* manded, the old man explained that at the time of the burial
of his wife he had only been able to pay three rubles,
and, being displeased, the priest now said he must pay for both occasions.
\ * Moreover, he had heard my sermons, he said, and felt more drawn to rue
W than to his own priest, and so, falling on his knees, he begged me to come
with him. How could I refuse? The service, as is the custf^i in Russia,
was followed by a kind oi memorial dinner. As I sat at the head of ,the
table and talked to the family on religious and moral questions the door aurdcnly
opened and the parish priest, drunk, his hair and dress in utter disorder,
rushed in with several servants, and addressed to me a violent tornplaint,
interlarded with foul language, that I was robbing him of his. ?d.
The people were so much irritated that, but for my interference, jti ould
have gone ill with that turbulent cleric. Once more I wui fined.
I remember as a child how I was struck by the story cf one St. John,
originally Bishop of Novgorod, of whom jt was narrated that once, while he
was fervently praying, the evil one played all manner of tricks to divert
him from his devotions. At last the devil got into the water jug that stood
in the corner of the cell, whereupon the holy man quickly made the sign
of fhe cross over it and so imprisoned his infernal enemy. The devil begged
to be released, promising to do anything that was demanded of him.
The bishop asked to be at once taken to Jerusalem, and that night they
journeyed there and back, after which the devil was released. This greatly
impressed me, and I shed innocent tears, but I could not, at the same time,
help wishing that I could catch the devil to such good purpose.
In the olden times, a peasant official said to me. the power of the government
officers was such that, in order to show I hat they could do anything
they-liked with the representatives of the peasantry, they would call the
elder before them and compel" him to go down on all fours and bark like a
dog before the villagers. While my father's friend was talking and congratulating
himself that things were now so different a harness bell was
1 i?nao-in??>sr that an official visito>' was about to catch them, the
CCUU auu,
'er and his assistant seemed suddenly stricken with fear. The elder, a
ilent fellow, waddled away to the office and his assistant rollowed, sneal;jek'nd
the hushes.
/" y When we speak of the "people"
U? ^ The Joy of It. we too often and too exclusively have
j man, she said one jn mjnfj tjje ~ale portion of our citi*
* day last week to a mar who had zensijip avers the Boston Transcript,
heeged aflns of her. here Is a nickel. because t0 tbem_ln lhls porliM 0(
and please to understand that I do ^ at |east
?is entrusted
DOt \"a^a lfr.S mvThMitv 'snL^iinv direct-dealing with great public isrewafded
for my charity some day, _ . ? , . ,
.. ' , sues. But a great mistake is made
but because It gives me pleasure to , "u * 8' dL , " ' ,
go ? waen the women are left out of the
?The burly beggar looked dubiously r^koning. No great social or politithe
coin cal reform &as ever ^een achieved
^Look 'ere. mum," he said. "In ,n which their influence could not be
"'ere wicked world we don't orften trace(l aQd when large ethical questhe
chance to enjoy ourselves.. tIons are involved they are usually
not make It a dime and 'ave a .1^? first to feel and respond to the
ood tine?" ':\ appeal that Is xnade.
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DIVERSIFICATION VS. OVERPRODUCTION.
The Southern Cotton Association
will not'ask the farmers of the South
to reduce the cotton acreage for 1D0()
less than that planted in 190o. The
Association does asl: and insist with
all the force at its command that the
average planted in cotton throughout
the belt in 11503 l?e not increased during
the planting season of 11)00. Let
the watchword of every Southern farmer
be Diversification, and through (
that agency produce an abundance of
food supplies Jo maintain each farm.
Permanent independence, thrift and
prosperity can only be enjoyed by
Southern cotton growers through the
adoption ami maintenance of a system
which will make each farm selfsustaining.
If is the only medium
through which the present iniquitious
credit system which has so long held
our peojle in bondage, can be effectively
broken up and relegated to the
past. It is the only medium through J
which the great masses of cotton pro
dueers can ever hope to control the
sale ot' .their cotton in the markets
of the country and force consumers
and buycis to pay tliem fair and just
prices for the staple. Any system ]
which forces the producer to market
his crops rapidly in order to meet maturing
obligations to pay for supplies 1
that could be more cheaply raised at
.home will ever tend to make a slave i
**t" the grower, minimizing: the ri.trlil?
>f manhood which every Southern cotton
raiser should enjoy to the fullest
extent.
Over-production a Serious Menace.
In sprint:. 190.5. a crisis serious and
potential faced the cotton growers of |
the So<;th by reason of over-produc>ion
of cotton in 1904. The Southern
Cotton Association at that time waned
in aetiic and effective campaign (
for a 1 eduction in the cotton area of
?o planted in lOOo. .The advice of
lie Association was loyally supported
y cot {on trrowcis throughout the entiro
cotton belt and a reduction of ,
fully five million acres was stricken
from the cotton area for 190,5 and |
dantcd in other crops. The result of .
his display of <?ood judgment on the
art of the fanners is today seen in
niiuiutr flic production of cotton with
in the legitimate demands for con- (
mmption. <:ood prices for the staple ;
* *nd wcll-filled coi n crihs ana smoke- ,
ions, s from Xor li Carolina to the Kie ,
Iramie Ifiver. The agricultural, com- !
ncrcial. industrial and financial interMs
of the South are today enjovinc.
... ifv 1'or 111 nf '
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uiy period expci ienoed within ,t!u ]
msr half century. To maintain oui J
>r?*sent position, and foyiro ahead in ,
he achievement of greater success, il j
- imjx'raiivM that ho serious mistake
v made by the planters who are now (
unking: rhcir aramrements for the
prill? plant in? of 10(1(5. Let every
nau pause and calmly consider hie 1
future even while enjoying: the flush j
>?' a victory which has been the most
marvelous eve* won in modern times. ,
Present Acreage Sufficient.
The present estimated twenty-seven (
million acres planted in cotton is sutTi ient
under nounal climatic conditions
to raise enough cotton to meet the de
;nands of spinners for the American j
staple. Any material increase in the
oiton acreage for 1006 will tend tc '
stagnate the cotton market and dei
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press juices ontiw ineir icgiiimait
value. The legitimate laws of supply J
.iiul demand is t ho only true medium
of regulating T?ir and legitimate [
uiices for our great staple product. '
I'iie Southern Cotton Association thrc !
all its sources of strength and co-oper* '
ative mediums of dissomnniing in for* ^
mat ion !<? its loyal and patriotic sipv
l*?rters with an eye single to the fu* '
tare prosperity of all cotton growers !
and business interests *of the South 1
earnestly makes this appeal for broadening
the splendid advantages that (
are to be gained by diversified agri- J
culture on Southern farms. Plant an
abundance of small grain, com and
side crops. Raise more hay, cattls {
and hogs.
Peace and Plenty.
Let well-filled corn cribs and smoke* 1
houses be the great bulwarks of safety '
between the farmers and the world of '
trade with whom they have to deal. 1
Rotate your enrps. intensify your ae- 1
reuse, fertilize liberally, cultivate well !
produce plentifully on the ae
reage planted and enjoy those rewards 1
which should be the fulsome portion
of those who till our Southern soils. (
Studay the'possibilities of our soils (
and climate and leant to appreciate (
ar,(^. develop ffte wonderful resources 1
at\opr command in the field, garden (
ar.'d on-hard-of Southern agriculture 1
BeCo/hc dcposiiots in your banks rather
'^**ii(?wers. (*co on a cash
bn.\ is possi' le and break
up ? rainoysl <*redir Asicm which 1
in ;fs ?as: J ins been V/ fata! to cot* 1
ton As Southern farms be- i
come caclf.year more ?elf-sustaiiiiii2 '
under t'-? adoption <>f a diversified
9M-ini i*ke system of culture and <
>prv V<- jit ion <?i- crops, the growers i
of ttli's great staple Jim quck!y
regal./!' ifs marketing to'meet ihe ]
legitimate demands of consiufjptioi: t
and maintain its price al such*figures
as will always give to the produce]
a profit on its production. Build
warehouses with your surplus money, I i
aiul secure adequate storage laeil' | <
ties fot the proper liamlliufi of you.
cotton in the markets of the country.
Let us reach out and broaden the
markets and uses for American cotton.
Let us bring about direct trade
between the producers and the spin- i
iters of the world and in safeguarding ,
our magnificent and valuable staple
from the -.Meed of speculative interests
enjoy the blessings of its monopdy ,
and through co-operation rapidly de
veloj) our beloved Southland into the
richest an 1 most prosjieioiis section of
the entir ^l"nion. Pause, reflect and
make uoyatal mistake in entering upon
the. Jew crop year for 190b. The
sun o? peace and plenty is shining
on til A loyal and patriotic heads of
Somlir^ii planters today. Providence
lias blessed our country. The clouds
may thicken and darken our horizon
in the sprimr if wc grow heedless of
our duty. The Southern Cotton Association
sounds its note of warning
and issue its appeal to the people.
Yours truly,
HARVIE JORDAN,
Pres. Southern Cotton Association
The infidel howls at the Bible mlrades.
hot he ainu at tie morale.
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fi. ic-iersuurg, rqx'ciai.? me |mu
leteriat organizations through the "in
visible go vein men t" threw a bomb in
to the eainp of the official government
during the niirht. issuring a manifesto
following the form of the regular iin
perial document, declaring the bankruptcy
of the Treasury, ordering th<
proletaria army everywhere to refuse
to pay taxes of any description, to in
sist on the payment of wages in gob
or siVcr. and to withdraw all tliei:
depe .ts from the savings banks it
goh.
The manifesto is a terrible indict
inent of tiie manner in which tin
bureanscracy has brought the count n
to financial ruin, asserting that tin
government has squandered not only
the country's income, but the pro
reeds of the foreign loans on railroads
the army and tiie ileet. leaving tl:<
|ieople without schools or roads.
No Money ;o Feed Soldiers.
It is declared that there is no mone>
to feed the soldiers and that everywhere
there are insurrections of tin
beggar and starved troops and sailors
The manifesto even charges the government
with using the deposits i;
the government savings banks to speculate
on the bourse and with the
rinrnim up 11^ curunir unicu> 111 uii
interest on the immense debt by the
proceeds of the foreign loans, whicl
are at last exhausted. The rich, it if
further declared, have already taker
warning and aie converting theii
property into securities and gold ami
are sending them abroad. The onh
salvation for the country, according
to the manifesto, is the overthrow ol
the autocracy by a constituent assembly.
and '"the sooner the government
falls the better. Therefore the last
source of existence of the old regime
:*s financial revenue, must be stopped."
The document is signed by the membeis
of the Workimrmen's Council
the committee of the Pan-Kussis
Union and the central commit toe ol
the Social Democrats, Social Revolutionists
and Socialists of Poland.
Caught The Government Napping'
This great step of the revolutionaries
which throws down the gauge oi
battle to the government, was prepared
with such secracv that the authorities
were taken off their guard and did
lot even attempt to prevent its publication
in the newspapers. The revolutionary
leaders expect that it will he
followed hv reprisals and arrests, hut
all this has been foreseen. The lead
>rs laid their plans deeply before issuing:
the manifesto. The new committees
of the various organizations hs.vc
been placed in the third and fourth
legree. If one set of committees i<
put behind the bars, another will take
its place and carry on the work.
The League of Leagues was not ask?d
to join in the manifesto, being regarded
with some jealousy by the proletariat
organizations which claim tc
be bearing the brunt of the revoultior
ind to be entitled to the fruits thereof
The proletariat leaders claim to have
absolute knowledge that the government
has just issued $12~>,000.0X) ii
paper money. Under the provisions
if the press law, the editor of even
paper which printed the manifesto has
rendered himself liable to eight
months' imprisonment and $1.50(" fine
Now must come the vest of the government
's power.
It develops that among the paper?
if M. KmstlietT, the president of the
'xecutive committee of ilie Workmen's
Council, seized at the time of Ins arrest.
were documents which frrnisli
fvidence o? a well-planned consnirici
to seize and carry off Premier itle
Damaging Sleet Storm.
Greensboro, Special?Practically isolayd
from the outside world. Greensboro
on Friday and Saturday wa<
in the grip of one of the worst sleet
storms it has experienced for years
Telegraphic and telephonic comouciication
was cut off for tlie best part
[>f the day. due to broken wire* an;
falling poles. This damage was iem
porarily repaired and all vires vert
soon in fair working order. Inestimable
damage was done to trees an:
folage crushed beneath the iveiiht ol
icy tendrils. Street car service war
seriously hampered cud a gencr: 1 dis
comfort lire ensued.
Lynchburg Nearly Cut Off.
Lynchburg, Va., Special.?Kxeopl
for a single wire to Danville and an
other to Washington, Lynchburg wa<
cut off by telegraphic commuuicatioi
Saturday morning with the North an<
South on account of a sleet storm. Th<
200 linemen at work here on the sys
terr. are restoring the circuits. Mam
of them went to Greensboro, X. (\
where the worst of the storm appears
to have been experienced.
Treasury's Cash Balance $138,490 001
Washington, Special.?Saturday 'i
statement of the Treasury balances
exclusive of the gold reserve, show:
available cash balance to be $138,490
001; gold $S7,GG5,27G.
.. Honor Beethoven's Memory.
Berlin, Special.?The 235 anniver
sary of the birth of Ludwig Van Beet
hoven was generally observed satur
day here, and a wreath was placed c;
the statute of the grejrt composer.
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BANKRUPTED RULER
PEN MIGHTIER THAN THE BOME
Russian Revolutionary Leaders
Issiue Manifesto Declaring
the Treasury Bankrupt
Ordering Their Followers to Ceas<
Paying Taxes in Order to Uttc-rlj
Ruin Czardom?Withdrawal of A1
Eank Deposits in Gold Urged?Gov
eminent Said to be Covering Ui
Deficits by Proceeds of Foreigr
Loans?No Money to Pay Starving
Soldiers?Document a Sudden anc
Terrible Blow.
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| THE WORK OF CONGRESS I
What Our National Law Makers Are sx
| Doing Day by Day.
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Rate Bill By Tillman.
' With spirited debates on the sub- H
jects of railroad rate legislation, oris- 1\
in<r through the introduction of a bill la
by Mr. Tillman to authorize the inter- 01
state eomeree commission to fix max- d<
imnm rates, and the Panama Canal, n;
J due to a controversy over the refer- S
r once of the emergency appropriation ti
1 bill to a committee Monday's session ti
of the Senate continuously proved in- a;
teresting for more than four hours, if
1 An adjournment was taken without a
. x*. ./} it., i-i.. c* a. i riA. -1. .i
: mention 01 uie laie oeuarur .luiicijcij, tl
; of Oregon, and so for the lirst time
I the death of a member was permitted tl
to pass unnoticed by the Senate. b
After more than a score of Senators
had discussed the Panama Canal bill
it was refered to the appropriation* d
committee by a vote of 40 to 23. ti
House Committees. ei
The addition of a Republican mem>
ber 10 all of the important committees f
- of tl.e He use lias enabled Speaker I
. Cannon to solve the difficult problem ,>
, of committee assignments in a matter p
which ape pars most satisfactory to tl
both parties in the House. Only two t!
- important chairmanships were vacant, it
1 appropriations and public building? j]
l and grounds. In filling the former, p
the Speaker followed precedent and f,
1 looked the whole House for the avail
able material. James a. Tawney. 01 rj
- Minn., was chosen chairman of appro fl
, priations, and Richard Bartholdt, of a
Missouri, chairman of public build- r
ings and grounds. 0
The minority committee places ,|
were decided on by Mr. Williams, the u
minority leader. The chancres of note ^
are the transfer of Shackelford, (Mo.)
: and Lamar, (Fla.) from the inter- ^
State and foreign commerce commit- 0j
tee and the substitution to their places
of Rartless, (Ga.) and Russell. (Tex.) t;
'j Messrs. Underwood, (Ala.), and (j.
' Grander, (R. I.) wer named for the ,|
Democratic vacanicies on ways and
means. j.
Brief Session of Senate.
The open session of the Senate
Tuesday was brief. One bill was pass
' ed. * ,>
Mr. Taliaferro took the oath of of ,
! fire for his new term as a Senator J
: He was escorted by his colleague, Mr.
1 Mallory, before the vice-president.
who administered the oath. In the p
' executive session Senator Lodge moved
to send back to the committee on *
: foreign relations the treaty in rela- ,
tion to Santo Domingo affairs. Op- \
position developed, and without ex- "s
> plaining his reasons for asking for
: the consideration of the treaty again
i by the committee. Senator Lodge with
drew his motion. Senator Morgan ^
said that before any amenments were
voted upon or the treaty itself was
. discussed, it was desirable to have ''
| further information as to what had
been don6 during the recess of the
Senate. If the provisions of the j
treaty had been carried out before |
the treaty had been ratified it was
desirable to know why such action j
had been t~ken and by what author^
ty. ... "!**
While the Levering joint resolution.
I directing the S"cretarv of Agriculture
to furnish certain information con
cerning the cotton crop is not taken
very seriously as a piece of prospective
legislation, a number of people
will doubtless he interested in the pro- s
visions of the bill, and it is therefore 11
given: J
LOVER IXG'S RESOLUTION h
i Whereas, the estimate of the grow- '
; ing cotton crop made and published !'
> by the Agricultural Department on Sl
December fourth indicated a total pro- S(
. duct ion in the United States for the ^
- season of nineteen hundred and five *
. nne ninetenn hundred and six of ten
> million one hundred and sixty-seven Vi
i thousand eight hundred and eighteen
. bales of five hundred pounds eaeb, n
. gross weight: and b
Whereas the census returns of the p
nniinrt (nnnfd in VilcinilS Stntcs I 11
i up to the first of December nineteen 11
' hundred and five, show that in the sl
: States of North Carolina, South Cnro- l'
: lina, Georgia and Oklahoma the yield ri
. for the entire season as estimated by a
. the Agricultural Department had been 11
more than ginned; and ?
; Whereas neither the picking nor w
the winning of cotton in the State n
s named, or in any other of the cotton- *
. producing States of the United States P
i is completed by the first of Dccem
ber, and that therefore the estimate 0
. of the Agricultural Department as to
the yield of cotton in the States s'
named is plainly an understanding 51
. and likely to mislead, and damage the t(
. cotton interests of the United States;
and v
Whereas, in various other States
where the picking and ginning *is f.
known not to have progressed toward P
*.vAn !< I'llllv ill tllf- f'oilV '*
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general debate in whkh\Jrphazes j
? the controversy were exploited. I
A separate bill regulating the islance
of bonds for the canal and
lacing them on the same basis as
ther government bonds, was pasted
ithout debate.
The Republican members of the
x>use, in caucus Monday unanimous'
declared in favor of admitting Okihoma
and the Indian Territory as
:ie State and bv a vote of 110 to Go
eelarcd in favor of admitting Arizo
a and New Mexico as one State, tsotii
tatehood questions are to be eonlined
in one bill. The only opposion
to the program was directed
rninst joining Arizona and New Mex'O.
Debate on the recommendation in
le President's annual message rearding
insurance regulation occupied
le House agaiu Thursday without a
reak.
The House then adjourned.
The Panama Canal was again nner
consideration by the Senate Friav
and Mr. Tillman occupied the
at ire time given to that subject oxept
when he gave way to questions
mm or interrupted by other Senators,
le did not indicate any intention of
pnosing the passage of the appronation
of opposing the passage of
he appropriation bili. but he erifised
lie methods of the canal commission
t many of its transactions. When
lie Senate adjourned the bill was still
ending, but there was an agreement
or .1 vote Saturday.
The House devoted four and tlireeuarter
hours to a lively debate on
lie possibilities of controlling insurnce
companies. No conclusion was
cached on the committee reierencc
f the insurance feature of the Presient's
messa^ which is the jnattei
nder consideration, and the debate
ill Droceed Saturday.
Tne House indulged itself again
aturday to the extent of four hours
* what was many time termed an
*adero:c discussion of Federal conol
of insurance. It was the fourth
i.v of the debate and the interest of
ic members had appreciably dirainhed.
The holiday recess was tixed
vm next Thursday to January 4.
For the purpose of bringing out in>'mat
ion showing the existence of a
vil pension list, the House asked the
resident for the number of civil cmloves
of the government who have
ached the age of 70 years.
Senate Passes Canal Bill
The Senate on Saturday passed the
ana ma Canal emergency bill. A
i!-.stitiie for Mr. Bacon's amendment
ITcrcd by Mr. Hale, was accepted.
specifically requires that Congress
mil he supplied with a detailed estii.ate
of all salaries except those paid
> laborers, skilled and unskilled,
tliorwise the bill was passed as real
ted from committee. During the
ay Mr. Ilale made the authorized
iinouncement that Mr. Bishop'?
ut ie? as a (i press agent" would b?
iscoutinued.
I0DY NOT TOBE EXHUMED
udge Watts Denies Petition of Fidelity
Mutual Insurance Co. to Have
Body of Dargan, the Dead President
of Independent Oil Company Taken
Up for Examination?$25^000 Policy
in Question.
Cherav, S. (\. Special.'?The first
tepto be taken by the Fidelity Muital
Insurance Co.. of Philedelphia, in
n effort to have the body of Robert
[eith Dargan, the late president of
lie Independent Cotton Seed Oil Coinany,
whose reported suicide here
nine months ago caused a profound
ensation. exhumed, failed Saturday
cfore Judge* Watts, of the Circuit
'ourt. who refused the petition of the
imipany. Dargan was insured ill this
ampany in the sum of .$"25,900.
The attorneys argued that ihe testilonv
set forth in the affidavits was
ased entirely on hearsay and for this
?ason the court would not be justified
i ordering the body exhumed. Ir
taking his decision. Judge Watts
tated that he did not l'eel that it was
lie court's business to confirm these
umors and that the facts in the ease,
s presented by the petitioners, did
ot justify an order for the re-opening
f the grave, inasmuch as the action
as brought by individuals. Had the
pquest came from the solicitor Judges
i'atts stated that it would, in all
robibilty have been granted.
One of the attorneys of the petitinnrs
stated that the company would bein
action at once along other lines to
?cure the desired end. It is probable
fat the company will make an effort
? enlist the interest of the solicitor.
The hearing of the case has reived.
to no small extent, the inter- t
which attached to the failure of
ic Independent Cotton Seed Oil Com:riy.
the- suicide of Robert Keith Durau
the presirent. whose accounts
ere hundreds of thousand dollars
;ort. and the sensational rumors to
ic effect that Dargan did not commit
ticide and that he was still alive At
in time of his death, or supposed
path, it was said that lie had made an
shaustive study of hypnotism and
lesmerism. as had also his brother,
ho v as with liirn at the time he was
lid to have died. Some rumors were
) the effect that Dargan, when vhe
>roner's jury viewed the body, was
ot dead but merely in a state of hypotism.
It is a fact that neither the
ivotier nor any of the jurors touched
ie body or made any examination,
hey were, to use a common cxpreson.
railroaded through the room
here his body was. One of the arguicnts
of the attorneys for the insurnce
companies at the hearing was
ased on this theory of hvpotism.
Since the day Dargans deatu was
'ported there have been many of the
?st citizens in this and surrounding
>wus and counties who have doubted
ie reality of his death and this opinm
obtains now without any dimmtior..
THE MAUCH OF EXPOSURE.
"What are yonse cry!' fer?" asked
he first urchin.
"Me conscience tedders me," relied
the second urchin. "Last week
robber me little brudder's hank.
"Don't worry. It'll be some time
efore Mister Lawson gits around to ,
ouse." * _
[ urii;, u,iv,.,.v.. ..v
I States named^ the nmoiwit of cotton
. ginned up to the lirst of December s'
, shows that the Agricultural Depart- "
. merit's estimate of the yield is unques- s'
I tionablv nn underestimate: ami
[ Whereas it is a matter of the first
; importance to the people of the United p;
States that, they he supplied with a
more accurate estimate of this sea- w
son's cotton crop; Therefore be it ^
Resolved by the Senate and House ^(
of Representatives of the United
' States of America in Congress assem
bled that the Secretary of Agriculture '
s is directed to proceed immediately to j
j collect such data as may, in his opin.
ion be necessary for r. more correct
estimate of the season's crop, and S1
to publish the same 011 the tenth day u
" of January, nineteen hundred and si?:, 03
tmrni linr villi 1 fllll .111(1 COnUllf'te ?'
' statement of the method by which the 'r'
estimate is arrived at, and of the details
of the various reports comprising Jc
said estimate
See '2 That the sum of twenty |
. thousand dollars is hereby appropriat- .
ed out of any money in the treasury K|
s" not otherwise appropriated, as a spe- u
eial fund to defray the expenses of
collecting and publishing such a revised
report.
The Senate spent four hours Thurs- t!
day in discussing the Panama Canal
. emergency appropriation bill4 and P
. when it adjourned the bill was still I
.. under consideration. There were set
j speeches by Messrs. Teller, Scott and b
j Morgan, and they were followed by J
BSBvas I
; 3 IB
New York Stat* M
Sustains Cccte
Parker for Uxs BH
Election Law 2> M
Courts to Grant K ^^B
canvass of Balots. nfl
Albany, N. Y., Special.?The Court Bfl
of Appeals, in a decision handed down MSBI
Wednesday in the New York city bal- Ml
lot box case, sustains the contention! flHfl
of counsel for Ma}or George B. - II
McClelland and denies that of attar*
neys for William Randolph jgearst' .
and his colleagues on the xdiiicipai mam
Owners Y.p League ticket. The court |
holds, as was argued by former ^11
Chief Judge Parker and his asso- II
riates, that the courts have no power
under the election law to order'by H^BB
man damns the opening of the ballot_ II
boxes and .1 recount and re-canva
of ballotsl The case relates direct
!y to : *:c vote for mayor, corapfroler
and president of the board of aldermen
cast in the second election of New I
York county val the election of Xo-r
ember 7. last, but is of the utmost V
imoprtance in Mr. Hearstcontest ? <1
for the mayoralty of New York city, I
and is fundan ental m its effectjipcn
tl.e elec'ioial system of this State im- sH
dor the present ehclion law. The ?le- ' Ififl
i*i was ti ijL'fd by a diTi.'ed Bfl
ecurt. tve to two. i
Thomas F. Ryan, told the insurance
investigating committee what E. H.
Hnrriman said to him when he learnof
the purchase of the Hvde stock 1
in the Equitable and demanded to be
let m on me aeai. ana crmeu oinies
Senator Dryden detailed the op^ra- HH
tions of the Prudential Life Insurance
Company of which he is president.
The prist of the majority of opinions Ah H
is that the courts are "without power * 9|
or authority to order a recount of the H
ballots cast in the election district,''
and that therefore the candidates de- I
feated on the face of the returns are 1
"left to such action at law. or other- 1
wise, as may be appropriate wherein ;
to question it, as to the ballqte counted ?j i
without question.' I
Tlie dissent in? judges hold that the J*
purpose of the Legislature in the ele?T*i J A
tion law in commanding the presC t
i<>11 for nix month* of the bal!??*^|^^|
and other documents relatfnj*4n
election was 'manifesly for til
pose of having them available
recount. If this is not to be permit ^
ted under the present law. they say. Ifl^^
"a new election law cannot be too
soon drafted and enacted." 9H|H
Miss Alice's Engagement. iHj
Washington, Special.?F<?nnal ah- W
nonncemeut has been made by the II
President and Mrs. Roosevelt of the IHB
engagement of their daughter, Alice HHH
Lpo Roosevelt, to Nicholas Longwortb |fl I
Representative in Congress from th
firs<4jstrict of Ohio, one of the Cir |^B|H
cinnati I
announcement of the engaggment^^^|^H|
the additional announcement that the^Hfll
wedding will take place about theH|H|
middle of next February. While ar-^^HH
ransremenis lor tue wcuuhik u?>c m-i
been uiade, it is expected that it ml j|
occur at the white hoi^e. Hj
Merriwethcr Sentenced. < ' jH
Washington, Special.?Confinement
to tiie limits of the Naval Aead?xn><*^^^H
for the period of one year and a pubHe
reprimand bv the Secretary of the .
Xavv is the sentence of the eourt in
the case of Midshipman Minor Meri
wether, Jr.. tried by court raartia.~a* v <fl||
Annapolis on charge? of manslaughter
violation of the third clause of the jyJ
eighth article for the government of . ^
the navy, and conduct to the prejudice
of good order and discipline: all .JS
three charges arising from n fy?t fighf
Vtween the accused and Midsnipman
James R. Branch, Jr., on November
last. Two days later Midshipman ^ v'
Branch died.
Locomotive Works Doubled. ^ j
Richmond, Special.?Preparation*
are being made to enlarge the Rich- J*
mond plant of the American Locomo- 3
tive works to almost double its present
capacity. The plant is now working
day and night with a force of > '
about 2,4D0 men. It has large orders
for locomotives and will eYeet new .Vvo
buildings at once.
Fivo Men Blown to Atoma.
Birmingham. Ala.. Special.?The
mixing bouse, or upper shop "punch- ' |
ing" department of the Dupont p<order
mills, located eight miles north of 23w
Birmingham, blew up and five men met gJj
a horrible clcr:!,. Ti: > explosion was I
board for 15 miles. The men who were
killed were employed in the mixing /Jw
department, and while it lias been
the rule not to allow much powder ?.'j?
or dynamite in these separate rooms,
there was enough to blow the buidinsr
into smithereens. yv'?fs
\vg|g
Ecceiver for Railroads. ..
. m
Cincinnatti, Special.?An appliea- ,-^j
tion for the appointment of a receive*
for the Cincinnatti, Hamilton & Dayton
Railway and the Pere Marquette
Railroad was tiled in the United
States Circuit Court here by Law- : &
rence Maxwell, Jr., circuit Judge
Lorton immediately began hearing the *,
application and appointed Attoney
General Judson Harmon as receiver
for both roads. Insolvency is admfcted.
Cocfirem as Public Printer.
Washington, Special.?The Senate
in executive session confirmed the fol- <;.|S
lowing nominations:
Charles A. Stilling?, Massachusetts, Jm
I to be Public Printer.
Henry W. Furniss. Indiana, minster
Postmasters: j
Georgia?Rutledge A. Griffin, Quit- | a
man; Thomas K. Hensobn, Sylvester;
Walter I. Cooper, Sylvania.
Alabama?Ella G. Nix, Fort Payne.,Ay' fl|
South Carolina?Wm. C. Brown,
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