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??? caramel NEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR S: CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Items ot Interesst From all Part! Sumter and Adjoining Counties, J. -. ELLIOTT. ||,- El?ott, Jan. 24.-Farmers of section are steadily at work tun over the soil, etc., getting ready another crop. I believe the majo -of"them have decided to plant cotton and more grain. Our soil is pecially suited to cotton and it g against our wishes to curtail the ( ton crop. Many of the farmers h stored a good part of last year's c with the determination of holding "tetter prices even if it is for a year seems hard on tenants who ren 'while prices were good and will h; to pay from three to five dollars acre-r-there is very little land aroi aere that rents for less. Tobacco h are being planted and some of . ?axmers TT?I? try the weed ags ra: though we have very little land in t section that will make the fii grades. If the lumber mills continue < stroying'the forests, there will soon nothing to build houses of and 1 -enough fine wood-there.are so: farmers over here who have to t straw to protect their potatoes now. The short leaf, six inch in diame: at the stump, and the immense roi mary of the river swamps, are bei nandlecr and put into lumber, whicfc few years ago would have been consi ered mora than it was worth. The I liott Lumber company are now hai lng: logs from Black river that ta six or eight mules to pull one stic some off them have to be cut in ord to swing them under very high car The*tops are being cut into cord wo ;and shipped from Newman's switc Elliott Lumber company and Elliott. There is talk of establishinig spiriten plant to utilize the stum There has been considerable chanj of residence in our neighborhood. TJ E. L. "Harris has moved to St. Charle Mr. S. J. Mooneyham has bought ti place, and is now building a large lr ery stable and will run a sale and li1 ery business. Mr. Mooneyham is good pudge of a horse a shrewd trad< and we believe and trust he will mai , a success of it. "Mr. J. H. Skinner has moved to C( t lumbla ard Messrs. Asa and D^xti ? Skinner are running the business. Mr. George Muldrow has moved t "Pine Grove" and Mr. John Player ? Mrs. Nash's farm. We are glad to we K?'?* come them and wish for more sue * substantial men. MAYESVILLE. MayesviHe, Jan. 25.-At a recen meeting of Social Lodge, No. 110, K of P., the following oificers were in stalled: ?J. R, Mayes, C. C.; M. C Mayes, P. C.; A- J."Pringle, prelate, W SL Chandler, M. of W.; W. M. Bradley M. at A.; S. W. Pringle, M. of E., C. D oCpoer " that thee has been more o: Cooper, M. of F.; S. R. Huggins, fr. ner guard; J. E. Mooneyham, outei guard; C. D. Cooper, organist; M. C Mayes, hall committee. Mr. T. J. Bass has moved his mil inery goods into th old Barnett store Which has been thoorughly overhaul ed for his use. Repairs are being made on th( Presbyterian church building. Th( P ^building will be repainted soon. County Superintendent of Educa? tion S. D. Cain is now making hii canvass of the county in the interest of the public schools. He spent lasl -night in town and lert this morning foi Shiloh. He has pormised to pay a visil to the school here on Friday. H?GOOD. Hagood, Jan. 23.-Mrs. Gilbert, who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ar? thur Jackson at Claremont, spent a day in this community with friends last week. The new Methodist church in this community was filled almost to over? flowing Sunday. Congregations are much better here than when it was down on the swamp. ' ' Our people hated very much to give np Rev. Walter P. Way, who had en? deared himself to them. If the sermon yesterday was any indication Provi? dence circuit has a strong man in Rev. ? Mr. Felder. The whole country is alarmed at the prevalence of smallpox, it being re? ported to exist in various communi? ties. Something in the form of measles is among the negroes. I do not hear of it among the whites at all. Mr. Sylvester Allen is putting up a neat dwelling for himself. Others in various parts of the community are building. Some people can contemplate a thing a long time and then do nothing. Have you ever known people to buy lamber to buid a house and then let it rot? We welcome to our community ?rom old Marlboro Mr. and Mrs. Spen? cer. They occupy the Emanuel place. Miss Eva McCall, of Florence is Vis? iting her sister, Mrs. Carrie Sanders. Farm work has begun. There will be a. reduction in quantity of fertilizer I Xhink and a reduction in the acreage *0g cotton, otra Mr. and Mis. Robt. Law from Sumter are recent comers to Alcoln. Miss Seldpn Epps who is teaching at Brogdon's visited her sister Miss Lide Epps Satuiday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Eustice Merrett, of New Sumter visited Mr. and Mrs. Jake Harvin. Mrs. F. L. Collias spent a few days in Salem last week. Mr. J. W. Hinson, who has been in Georgia on bnsiues reta med on Thursday evening. Mr. Geo. Hodge of Oswego passed through en route to georgetown where he will take a position with a lumber company there. Messrs. Sam'l and Cuttino Bryan were called home Saturday on account of the sickness of their moher. Mrs. A. M. Jones and Miss Evelyn Aycock, of Davis Station visited M3ssrs. Arthur and May rant J^nes the latter part of the week. BRAUX. Braun, Feb. 6.-This is certainly awful weather-the ground is covered with ice, and it is so slippery that it makes traveling almost impossible, even our mail carrier bas failed to come for a day or two. y Kev. S. H. Booth paid the neigh? borhood a flying visit last week, try? ing to get subscriptions for a new par? sonage at S mi h ville. Mr. Willie Weldon and son, of Gail lards' Cross Roads, spent last Tuesday at Mr. T. M. Bradley's. Mr. Jim Evans spent Wednesday in Sumter. * Mr. A. K. Weldon spent Thursday in Camden with his sister Mrs. Lucian James. Farm work is at a stand still for the present. REMBERTS. Remberts, Feb. 6.-We are glad to see sunshine after four days shut in from a severe freeze, followed by sleet and snow. We hare not had such a spell of weather in several years, and fear the oat crop here'wili be serious? ly damaged. While those planted with the seed drill have stood the freeze much better than those planted broadcast, we cannot tell the extent of damage until after the ground thaws. Our farmers had about gotten down to hard work again ; but a good many are short of farm labor, and can't get them, so they haye decided to sow down broadcast peas. The lands they will sow in peas were planted last year in cotton, and I trust the reduction in acreage all over the cot? ton belt this year will insure as good a price for cotton this fall. Rev. "C. S. Felder, of Providence is risiting his congr?gation at Mc? Leod's Chapel this week. 'Mr. S. L. Young and J. D. McLeod spent last Saturday in Summer. Services will be held here at Mc? Leod's Chapel next Sunday morning, Feb. 12th at ll o'clock by pastor, Rev. C. S. Felder. The health of our community is veryg good with the . exception of a few cases of measles. I notice in point of improvement a few tenant houses being built in the community. The weather is too bad for school attendance at St. Matthews today. By order of the New Orleans Con? vention I hereby call a meeting of Rafting Creek Township to be held at St. Matthews school house, Remberts, S. C., on Saturday 11th inst., at 12 o'clock, and earnestly request all farmers, white and colored, interest? ed in this movement to attend. H C. McLeod, Pres. ? hope there will be a grand rally of the farmers to oe held at Remberts oh next Saturday 11th to elect dele? gates to County Convention to be held in Sumter February 18th inst. Let every white and colored man who makes a single bale attend. PISGAH. Pisgah, Feb. 6.-The oat crop is serions'.y injured by the freeze of last week. The present freeze has not burt them much as the ground is not frozen deep enough to injure the root. Very little farm work has been done. The buying and selling of farm hands still goes on as it has been for years. What I mean is this ; nearly every one who can be hired has a debt over him under a labor contract, eith? er to a merchant or farmer and in or? der to get bim yon have to pay the debt. Sometimes there are three or four debts over him, and when he is pushed hard he takes to his heels to the land of flowers, pleuty and mouey and generally escapes, the officers of the law and debt too. Sharp fellow he is! I hear of . plenty of financial sharpness, but when one steals behind another's back, if that is shrewdness, we have a lot of it, selling 12 ounces for a pound, one and a half pints for a quart and so on. Liens are about as many as usual most of them have labor contraets^be hind them for security. The idea is to get. If it can be paid well, if not I will" skip, if you crowd rcs that is tiie way business is run on the small scale now. I know of sev? eral who have given three or four first liens on their crops. I hear of agents still after hands for other States. Big wages offered and a little work, and the bait is quick? ly snapped up to be found a piece of gall instead of honey. This section will curtail the cotton acreage about one third. Guauo will be used in proportion. It is a mis? taken idea that all guano brought is for cotton. A lot of it is ussd on corn and other crops. I hear of smallpox- in several places. Negroes are continually drifting from place to place and they will spread it unless some means can be found to stop them. They are perfectly in? different to ccnsequences. Measles are thick through this section. It is reorted that smallpox is so thick in Columbia that people are afraid to go there for fear of taking 1 the dreadful disease. In an address before the State Medi? cal Association some years ago by Dr. Simon Baruch. then of Camden, now of New York. He showed in : plain terms the great danger to our State of an epidemic o* smallpox. Dr. Baruch is an eminent physician and \ his advice on the matter should be strictly headed. The fire department 1 of New York City say the best way to | put out a fire is when it ^irst starts 1 and so it is with smallpox, stamp it 1 ont whenever it first shows up. ; Everyone should be patriotic enough to aid the health officers in their ? fight against this vicious disease. ' One of the fairest speeches to the Sonth I ever read, was made by Judge Palmer, a republican Congressman from Pennsylvania, on tne impeach? ment cf Judge Swayne of Florida. The specsli was an honor to the man and the occasion. Fine tributes to the memory of Sena? tor Hoar, cf Massachusetts were de? livered in the Senate on the 28th Jan? uary, by both Democrats and'Repub? licans. The finest was by Henry Cabot Lodge in which he traced the genealogy cf the Boar family for hun? dreds of years, and the patriotism and unsel?sh devotion to hi3 country in his long and useful life of the dead Senator. He said Mr. Hoar had been bred a Whig. Had been brought np on Webster's reply to to Hayne. In that day the young Whigs looked to -Webster wish an adoring admiration. They Followed him, honored him, Lived in his mild and magnificent eye, Learned his great language, caught his clear accents, Made him their patron to live and to die. ELLIOTT. Elliotts, Feb. 4.-It lias been sleet? ing since 2 o'clock and the clouds in? dicate a considerate fall of snow or sleet:. I guess the ground hog must have forgottlen to go back into his hole or else was lest. Mr. J. V. Carrer our new post? master, took charge last Tuesday with Mr. Lide DuBcse as assistant. Mr. W. D. Hancock still carries the mail. There is considerable building in this community. Mr. W. D. Han? cock has finished his drug store and Mr. Mimms is at work on nis resi? dence. Messrs. McCutchen & Co., are building a saw mill plant in the Shaw & McCutchen section. Mrs. Jessie DuRant and children have been visiting at Mr. T. D. Du Rant's for several weeks. Mrs. Du Rant's home is in Hartwell. Misses Maggie and May McLean visited at Mr. J. H . DesChamps's last week. Rev. Mr. Lapsley, of Virignia, preached an excellent sermon ac Mt. Zion last Sunday. Mr. Ned Wilson is shipping some very fine popular loge from this pla??. He cuts only very large trees. The Rev. T. R. English has recent? ly put out another grove of pecans he has a number of bearing trees and must find them profitable, for he has them on as fine cotton lands as any in the county. IONIA. Ionia, Feb. 4.-The oat crop was badly damaged by the cold snap last week, on sandy land especially. Mr. N. S. McLeod, of Oswego, was here attending quarterly conference last Saturday. WWHB Mr. B. M. Hudson, of the Beulah section was also here. We have three good preachers here this year: H. S, Booth of the Metho? dist, George N. Howerton of the Pres? byterian and T. A. Phillips of the Baptist church. Very little plowing has been done here yet, he farmers don't seem to have such a vim on them since the slump in cotton. They don't seem to know just what to do. I am satisfied that unless the price goes to ten cents there will not be more than two thirds as much mado here this year as was made last year. There is no sickne?i3 or mariages to report this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Boykin, went on a viist to Dog Island last Satur? day. Ionia Grange holds its regular ses? sions Saturo..y before the second Sun? day at SJo'clock p. m. Cleveland Grange meets the first Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m., each month. SUMMERTON. Summerton, Feb. 2.-Mrs. H. T. Avant is spending a few days in Sum? ter. Misses Emma Mood and Jewell Bur? dell visited our town on Saturday, staying over till Monday. Messrs. A. A. Strauss, of May es ville, Isaac Strauss and I. C. Strauss of Sumter were in our city yesterday. Mr. W. E. Richburg is very iii at him home near here. Mrs. Anderson of Ninety-Six, is visiting her daughter Mrs. .Ino. W. Lesesne. Mr. Lesesne was formerly bookkeeper at the Cambridge Bank of Ninety-Six. Rev. T. P. Burgess, of Edgefield is visiting his relatives at this place. He occupied the pulpit of the Presby? terian Church on last Sunday. Mrs. Fmama Zealey, of Columbia is visiting Mrs. H. R. Meldau. Mrs. J. W. Broadway has returned from Charleston.. 2?9S Hettie McColIum is visiting her sister Mrs. M. S. Can tey. Messrs. R. A. Snblett, O. C. Scar? borough and J. D. Rutledge have re? turned from Columbia, where they went to consult Mr. Watson about getting immigrants, and also to help kill the oppositon to the Bureau of Immigration. As an evidence of Spring's ap? proach. Dr. W. R. Mood brought into the Daily Item local bureau a branch from an apricot tree in full bloom. Dr. W. W. Anderson, the enterpris? ing and wide awake manager for Alex Sprunt & Sons, repoiis that there are at least 1,500 bales of cotton being held in his territory. Six and a quarter cents is being offered here today for the staple. Books of subscription to the capital stock of the Strauss-Rogan Co., were opened yesterday. The entire stock was subscribed for by th exfolio wing : Messrs. A. A. Strauss, of Mayes ville, I. C. Strauss and Isaac Strauss of Sumter, T. S. Rogan, R. R. Briggs, R. B. Smyth and A. P. Burgess. The following officers were elected: A. A. Straus?, president and treas? urer; Isaac Stauss, vice president; T. S. Rogan, general manager; A. P. Burgess, secretary. This concern takes over the busi? ness of A. A. Strauss at Summerton. This businss began here seven years ago, occupying a very small building on a side street, it now occupies a commodious brick building, and several warehouses. Mr. T. S. Rogan the newly elected"general manager, bas been in charge of the business from its inception! The new concern , bas been capitalized at $15,000. BISIIOPVILLE. From The Vindicator. Mr. R. E. Carnes has leased the Bishopville hotel to Mr. C. i. Gresh? am cf Gaston i a, N. G. Mrs. L. L. Baker cf Columbia h?s returned home arteria pleasant visit to her sister Mrs. W. H. Stackey. Mrs. Vf. A. DesChauips, Masters Frank and Claudie and Miss Kea, spent a few days in Sumter last week. Mr. Sydney iioweil of Kupp, Arkansas, who came out to spend Xmas with relatives and friends in Darlington county and Bishop vii le, has returned home. Mr. S. J. Blackwell having sold his nice home near town to Messers. Hardy and Percy Stuckey left yester? day with bis estimable family for their new home near Sumter. It is with regret that we pert with such gocd people feeling sure that our loss is {Sumter's pain. Our delegation to the Cotton Grow? ers Convention was each honored in special ways at their meeting in New Orleans last week. Hon. E. D. Smith Judging from the comments of the New Orleans papers cn a speech he made before the convention and the prominence given him in the conven? tion was oue of the leading members. Dr. N. Y. Alford's pap^r that was iead before the Convention was the ground work of the Convention and Mr. S. W. Fraser was appointed on the committee of Reduction and acreage and Commecial Fertilizers. One day last week a strange negro Ike Samons brought two cows to town and took them to Mr. Manly Smith and tried to sell the two for $15. Mr. Smith suspicioned that something was wrong and questioned him as to how he got them aud not getting a satis? factory answer turned him over to Chief Rogers. He owned up to Mr. Rogers that he had been lying to Mr. Smith and that he did steal one of the cows, and the other was his. Mr. Rogers then turned him over to Sheriff Muldrow. Just as he was about to send a telegram to a party ru Camden a negro, named John Charles stepped in and said the cows were his. But he being a strange negro went off to get some one to identify him and np to Wednesday evening had not retarned. Samons is still in the lock np. Dr. J. E. MeLnre will be our new postmaster, with Mr. J. A. Galloway at his assistant. The Doctor epxects to take charge about Monday week. Mr. Galloway was postmaster at Ionia for sometime, consequently has had some experience in the work and no doubt he will give us good service. Capt. H. D. Corbetts feeble health did not permit of his giving much attention to the office, but he retires with the assurance having won the confidence of his constituency and with best wishes for his health. Mr. C. M. Alexander has made friends of the patrons of the office and has proven himslf to he painstaking and efficient assistant. MANNING From the Manning Times. Mr. D. M. Therrill, Superintendent Southern Bell Telephone Co;, accom? pany by Mr. Chauncey Smith of Atlanta, in charge of the long dis? tance department were here this morning, with a view to putting their system here, to connect with Sumter, Georgetown and all the important points. These gentlemen will return in a few days to complete their ar? rangements, possibly will buy the pre? sent system. There is a petition in circulation askiug that Section 1507 of the Re? vised Statutes Civil Code be amended so that exemption to the general stock law will apply to the whole of Clar? endon county, that stock may run at lar^e from December 1st to" Marchi 1st. The petition will be sent to the delegation at Columbia. The church building committee of the Presbyterian church went to ? Sumter yesterday to look at the build? ing being erected for Dr. Braker's Iafirmary that is being built out of the cement and sand composition. There was quite a lively time here last evening on arrival of the passen? ger train from Sumter. One of Mr. Shaw's hands who wa3 working on , the Moran Farms at Brogdon and who is under contract, took a notion to go to Florida. Mr. Sha?, suspecting that he would be on She train, had several men on the lookout for him. Mr. Cuttino Bryan got hold on him as the train was leading, but being unable to pull him off, fired several shots at him without effect. The ne? gro was arrested at Manning and lodged in the guard house. Died on the 15tb, ultimo, Mr. J. H. Bcchett, aged 65 years. The deceased was a Confederate soldier. From the Manning Farmer. Little Davis Holladay, the eight year-old son of Rev. J. M. Holladay, had the misfortune to break his arm last Monday afternoon. Mr. E. A. Catlin, of Richmond, Va., was iu Manning last Friday in the interest cf a company of capital? ists who will soon erect an extensive lamber plant on Santee river. The 1 mill will be located in tne Nelson j and Frierson neighborhood, and a - railroad about four miles long will be built to connect with the Wilson road. : at Davis Station. The object of the i company is to cut and market lumber , from the extensive hardwood growth ' in Santee swamp. mm II i ? mgm - Letter to L. I. Parrott. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir : Yon are so well known that the people* have put you in office. They knew what they were ? about They didn't do it by accident. < Wouldn't it be a handsome thing to do to paint your house? lt is a nice boase, has a good substantial commo- 1 dious look, aud isn't rusty at all, you s know ; but a fresh coat of paint would j make it so bright! it's a pity not to. Devoe is beautiful paint, but the beauty of it is: it lasfcs so long, and ] does so much more than adorn an al? ready : interesting and attractive edi? fice. House out-buildings and fences. There isn't a man or woman in town, - who wouldn't see them a and make some pleasant remark. t Of course, yon will paint the town property; nothing would mark your administration more, in the eyes of the people ; and, having done the same - thing at home, it is the most natural thing in the world to do it for them. Yours truly 76 F W Devoe & Co. P. S. (L. B. Durant sells our paint i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items ol' Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Reading. W. E. Catlin, of Danville, Va., and Zeb Barron a negro boatman were drowned in Black river near George? town Thursday, while shooting ducks. The Pendleton dispensary was burn? ed Friday night, less 82,300. Mr. and ?Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page ar8 spending a few w*.eks in Camden. Anderson count? farmers have adopted resolutions calling on all cot? ton grovers to use only cotton bag? ging to cover cotton bales. 3?sesrs. W. St. Julian Jervey, R. W. Mern minger, T. W. Bacot and W. H. Parker, of Charleston are all candidates for the new judgeship. The dry goods store of John Fitz? maurice, Main street Columbia, was burned Saturday night. The loss was 335,000 to $40,000, wish about S20, 000 insurance. Mr. R. Wells Moody, State manager of the Sun Insurance Co.. of Canada died in Columbia Saturday of pneu? monia, aged 30 years. The Carolina Water Light and Power Co., a syndiacate composed largely of Philadelphia capitalists, has purchased the Darlington Light and Water Co. This company wil operate light and water pant- in Dar? lington, Timmonsville, Marion and other towns. Mrs. H. W. Koopman;s boarding house was burned at Eutawville Sat? urday morning. One boarder jumped from the second story to save his life. The loss exceeded $5,000. The barn of Jas. A. Thomas of Chester county, "was burned Wednes? day. Three mules, a cow, buggy, wagons and crop of corn and forage were burned. Aiken was shocked Wednesday morning when the news reached there of the awful death of ' George Ashley. A telegram was recieved stating that be had been accidentally bumed to death while asleep in the private car of Mr. W. J. Oliver, at 2.30 oclock Thursday morning. At the time of the fire the car was at Wyckliffe, Kentucky. A saw mill on what is known as the Croxton place, near Pleasant Bill, Lancaster county, was blown up with dynamite about 3 o'clock Wed? nesday morning. The explosion was terrific, jaring houses selveral miles away The land on which the plant was located is in litigation ; it is not known by whom the^deed was dtne> | but the matter .is being investigated, i DISASTROUS RAILROAD RECORD. 14,239 Casualties, in 2,760' Accidents, Accompanied by Property Loss of $2,439,073, During Three Months of 1904. Statistics published by the Inter? state Commerce Commission on rail? road accidents in the United States during- July, August and September, 1904, show 228 passenges and 183 employes killed and 2,104 passengers and 1,593 employes injured. Other ac? cidents to passengers and employes, not the result of collisions or derail? ments, bring the total number of cas? ualties up to 14.239 (1,032 killed and 18.207 Injured,) The damage caused by accidents 2,760 in all), amounted to $2,439,073. Discussing these statistics the com? mission says: "Notwithstanding that the figures show a gratifying decrease in the number of employes killed, the quarter may, as a whole, be termed the most disastrous on record in fatal accidents to passengers." A Forgotten Law. One of the many laws of the state that has fallen into disuse is that re? lating to the care and preservation of trees along the highways. Section 459 of the code reads as follows: "Whoever shall wilfully or wanton? ly cut down or kill any tree growing within ten feet of any road which may be laid out, altered or mended by au? thority of the county supervisor of any county, which shall by direction of the highway surveyor in charge of such road, have been left standing as con? venient for shade to the said road, for f?ach tree so cut down or killed shall be fined twenty-five dollars at *ny court of competent jurisdiction. --a> o ? ? . Qm - Keep Stock Comfortable. (Southern Farm Magazine of Balti? more for January.) Horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and oth? er domestic animals enter more large? ly into what is denominated civiliza? tion than we are disposed to admit. Better give up railroads, steam ves? sels, telegraph and telephone connec? tion, coal and iron, the refinement of society and the culture of learning than to give up our domestic animals, for without them life would be im? possible. It is one of the greatest du? ties of humanity to see that these ser? rants, so necessary to us, be protected against cruelty, imposed either from emission or commission. The heartless 3river of a noble horse who lashes aim with a whip or beats him with a stick to make him perform what is beyond his trength is not more cruel .han he who exposes him to the piti ess storms of winter. -?- ???^""" - With Yellow Trimmings. Sew York World. It is no longer the White Czar, but he Blood-Red Czar. < - ? I I MU" I Thc Point in View. ( sew York Commercial. < R. M. La Follette rejoices in the j rood sense of Wisconsin, while Mr. j \*iedringhaus frets over the bad judg- 1 nent of Missouri. i WRECK OX NEW YORK CENTRAL Engineer and Fireman Killed and Many Passengers injure?. Utica. X. T., Feb. 4.-Two killed, a score injured was the result of a wreck ?S this morning near here on the New " York Central railroad. The boiter .o? tho engine drawing Xo. 23 exploded -- and this locomotive toppled over on the eastbound tracks just as the Buf- , falo special train Xo. 3 approached . at a high rate of speed. This was de- .| railed. There were seven Pullman cars in the Buffalo special, but the gs train was not heavily loaded. Leav- -fe ing the tracks the cars rolled over a slight embankment and all the pas? sengers were hurled from their berths. The dead are the fireman and engi? neer of train Xo. 23. Thc Contagion of Government Owner? ship. Collier's for December 31 claims | that some of the leading railroad pres- | idents realize that to dodge reasonable regulations now % is to prepare for drastic attacks or government owner? ship in the future. The more liberal mined of them would be satisfied to jjft see stricter control of rates, as well as the abolition of rebates, if they could be sure of a competent commission and proper facilities for trial, and es- ; pecially if they could secure the re? moval of the generally discredited provision against pooling. If rates areS& strictly regulated, pooling is a natu- 1 ral and harmless step in the profit? able working of competing lines. The phenomenon of the day that is doing - most to educate the business worid to acquiesce in some government control is the gain made by the sentiment for^. public ownership. In Canada it seems*!; to be growing even more rapidly than here, one suggested reason being that interests are less powerful there. In Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton, mu? nicipal ownership of srteett railways is the leading issue, and the relation g of the Dominion government and the?? Ontario Provincial government to the building and operation of railroads is very radical from an American point of view. Chicago is likely to have a iively fight on municipal ownership in the spring. Each step in public own-^? jrship affects the general frame of mind. When street railways are pub? licly owned steam railways are more likely to be publicly owned also. It is a mood that travels fast A leading To? ronto pap?r says that in no other di? rection has public opinion in Canada 'A moved so fast of late years as it has T in regard to public ownership. Public opinion which is made by gas or elec tris companies will spread over into transportation. All along the line of monopoly in the necessary things of life the people will have better treat? ment, or they will one day run such ?fc things altogether. Therefore all citi-^i zens (including capitalists) who be? lieve in idividualism, private enter praise and as little government as may be, should welcome the removal of abuses which threaten to give a sharp impuse in the direction of extended ?d^ government operations and a dimin? ished field for private industry. The Educated Farmer. (Prof. Andrew M. Soule in Southern Farm of Baltimore for January. > It will pay any young man to secure ^ all the education possible. A young -"x^ man can take a short course at a cost . of from $50 to $75 exclusiveof railroad fare. These courses, as a rule, last from 10 to 12 weeks. They usually be? gin in the winter, sometimes in De? cember, but generally about the first J?? of January. This enables a young man to obtain his training at a season of the year when he can do but little else and still be ready to take up farm work early in the spring. These courses furnish a man with a vast amount of useful information, jg and they have been established so long that there is no longer any question about their practicability. One young man who took a course under the writer, starting with compartively lit? tle, has developed a large dairy- busi? ness, and is looked up to by the people of the county in which he resides as a ? rising man. Another young man is. managing a farm at $50 a month, and has recently been taken into partner? ship, and a third is now engaged in raising pure-bred cattle. Letters are received every little while from farm? ers asking for young men competent 4^ to take charge of various kinds pf farms. These men are willing and able to pay good salaries to the right men. A young man who is competent will receive from $40 to $60 a month, and ii he is made of the right kind of -? stuff he can in many instances se- Q cure in interest in the business in the course of a few years. This, though starting on a very moderate capital, he can establish himself in an agricul? tural pursuit through his knowledge ind the intelligent use of his brains. rhis is what agriultural education will lo for the young men of the south ivho are today looking for openings everywhere and neglecting to avail Lhemselves of those at home. The one thing a merchant might io, which would be less wise than .4 ion-continuous advertising, would bo :o close his store doors for a few lays now and then, just as a little surprise for his friends-or on the principle that this would cause them :o take a greater interest in the store vhen it should open again.