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PETIT Jl KOKS FOR tilRST WEEK, Juror* Drawn Saturday for Court of Count ion Picas Which Convenes March 18. The court of common pleas con? venes on March 18 of this month. Judge K. F. Rice presiding. Saturday the jurors for the first week of court were drawn in the office of the COVttty clerk of court as follows: J. J. Britton. Jr. W. C. Boyle. R. J. Mayes, Jr. K. P. McXeal, T. B. McManus, R. A. Dennis, Martin McClam, A. E. Tisdale, J R. Nettles, T. V. Walsh. M. D. Moore, P. L. Jones, R. S. Moise. B. P. Cuttino. W. S. Jones. V. G. Bowman. J. P. Brogdon, J. B. Ryan, Manning Brown, R. C. Richardson^ Robert Shelor, J. L. Jackson, J. H. Guthrie. A. E. Aycock. James A. Hodge, H. D. Player, J. F. Baker. S. W. Allen. Robert D. Bradwell, Cuthbert Prltchard, W. L. Brunson, J. B. Oute?..:, R. C. Purrees, B. C. White, H. C. Bland. R. Im Wright. ATTACKED BY MAD DOG. Policeman HatcheU Had Fight With Had Dog Saturday Night. Policeman George D. HatcheU had a very narrow escape from being oit ten by s. mad dog Saturday night and it 1- probable that had he not had on a heavy overcoat and been armed with his club he would hate been badly bitten by the dog before he could have driven it off. As It was he repeatedly knocked the dot down with his club and the brute as >ften got up again and sprang at him, try In-; to bite him in many places about his body, before it at lenirth took itself off to be killed farther on down*the street. Mr. HatcheU states that Saturday night about 1 o'clock, soon after he had taken his post on his beat on Litxrcty street, he was standing: in frott of Hogan's market with his own dog near him when he saw the dog com Ina; down Liberty street from the direction of Sumter street His dog at onee ran out to meet the dog. which at the time he did not know was mad. and the dog at once jump? ed on his dog and bit it in numerous places and mauled It all over the ground in its attempts to free itself. Finally he got his dog loose from the ether dog which he struck with his club. The animal then attacked him and jumped at him repeatedly. He knocked it down with his club several times before Officer Barwick came to has assistance, when the dog ran down the alley between Hogan's' Meet Market and the J. D. Craig1 Furniture Company buildings. Both ! officers followed the dog and it was shot near the corner of Bartlette and Sumter streets. Mr. HatcheU 3tated that the dog was without doubt rabid and it was fortunate that it had not j appeared on the streets earlier in the night when there was a crowd about. As it was he was frightened te think of what a narrow escape he had from being bitten. The dog was a large sized cur, mostly white in color. Mr. HatcheU stated that he would keep his dog In the pound to see if it would go mad in the next two weeks. He had not heard of any one being Mtten by the rabid dog. YETFRAAS TO HAVE PARADE. Feature of Annual l\ C. V. Reunions Not Eliminated. Macon, Oa.. Mar 1.?Confederate Veterans will have their usual grand parade when they meet in reunion here next May. This was decided up? on today by the general reunion com? mittee, which adopted resolutions declaring that Oen. Irvine Walker. Commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, acted w thout authority and without du ? regard for Maeon's rights In ordering that tb's feature be ah dished. This action was taken because hun? dreds of protests from Veterans have been received. The old soldiers claim that one of the chief delights of the reunions is the privilege of again marching bedds those with whom they fon^h? in the late war. Mr. K L, Dtxon, of Bumter, an ex pert workman on automobiles) and s splendid young man. has accepted a position with Mr. J. W. Smith. \V - are glad to have this young man com*' to our city.?tvtasree Messenger, ?<t i?Mil l 11 irtnnawttf-i Foreigners Resident in the Turkish Empire Are Pessimistic Concer,; ing the Outlook for the New Re? gime?Ottomans Not Loyal. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. Somewhere in Turkey.?For rea? sons that are apparent, 1 dare no : callze the interview which I shall re? port in this article. The persons quoted could easily be discovered, and they T.ould be made to feel the heavy hand of the government. They repre? sent the darker side of the present sit? uation within the Turkish empire, i Before proceeding to quote these men, I may state one ominous and related fact, vis: Every foreigner whom I have met in Turkey?and I have interviewed hundreds?has shown himself hostile to the present government. This is an amazing con? dition of things. Sometimes the an? tagonism has been merely skeptical and supercilious. In other cases it has been deep and passioned. Hsrd Knocks for the Turk. The criticisms of the present govern? ment made by these British and Americans has not been necessarily in contrast with the old regime, but it has been a criticism of the Turk as a governing power. Neither Is it to be , considered hostile to Islam per se, but to Islam as embodied in the ruling class of the government. I have heard 1 lustration: "A short time ago. In my native village, a Christian caught a thief among his goats. The house? holder was a strong man and over? powered the thief, and kept him in the cons" for the I ght The next day he took him to the officials, but because tbe offender was a Moslem he was set free, while the Christian was arrei f< i and lined 25 Tnri iefa pounds for kid? naping a M< stem!" Tt.a Old Cry for Justice. ??Veil re".*' I asked, "what you edu cj ted noi slemi want of the rov ernment?" ? Instantly there came from I \ f ral, as if by prearrangemcnt, the cry, "Jus? tice, equality." "Why not 'fraternity* also?" I asked, reminding them of the third of the watchwords which were so generally used at the time of the revolution. "Never mind about that; let us have justice and equality, and then fraternity will take care of itself." "We cannot get justice. There is as much bribing as ever, only the bribes are bigger. There are fewer Christians In office than there were In the old days." Venturing to suggest that, in spite of all, conditions are improving and chat the Tiew rorces Tit ~"WofU murfl make for human betterment, one man Impetuously said: "When will they be better? After we are dead? We want better times now." Ottomans Who Hate the Turks. After more pessimistic talk I re? marked: "Then you seem to think that the present government is goinc to smash?" "We hope so," was the Instant re? sponse. "We are willing to have any power but Turkey rule. Of course we dream the dream of independence for our own part of the land, and for the Educated Non-M otlem Ottomans. ?cores of predictions mat tne out? come of the present regime will he utter failure. This state of mlna on the part of the principal foreigners resident in Turkey must necessarily be a heavy drag on the wheels of the government Another ominous and allied fact is that the Christians in the Turkish em pire are emigrating by the thousands. If anybody has the curiosity to exam? ine the bulletins of Ellis island during the present six months he will find a big percentage of Turkish subjects among the arrivals. These men have fled from the prospect of military serv? ice. When put to the test, they show ! that the Christian population of Tur I key is not loyal to the government. I Apparently Constantinople Is willing I to let these people go, although, taken as a class, the Christians are more efficient members of the community ' than the Moslems. An Upper Room Conference. I These generalities were illustrated and substantiated by an interview I had recently with a dozen non-Moslem Ottomans, who are all educated men, ? and most of them professional men. j They would be called leading citizens of any community. I asked a friend various nationalities that go to make up Turkey, but that is far In the fu? ture. At present we prefer the suzer? ainty of some one of the powers?any? body except the Turks; or we would be glad to see our part of the country neutralized under the powers, as is the case with Lebanon, over which, however, Turkey has some control. Then all these emigrants who have left by the hundreds of thousands will return to this country. All of | them pine for the homeland, but they simply cannot live here,'* "Do you not see," I remarked, "thst the country is being drained of the host peonle bv emigration, so that the prospects grow weaker as more ox them leave?" "Good people go to a good country," was the terse rejoinder of a college professor; "there is no field here for educated non-Moslems." The Army Bugaboo. I have said that tne prospect of mil? itary service which is now open to the Christians is driving many young men out of the country. Several were escaping on ships upon which I trav? eled. When remonstrated with these young men declared that the Chris? tians are persecuted in the army; that Typ? of American 3chool in Turkey. lo arrange an interview with the edu j cated natives of the city who spoke ! English. The result was an evening ! gathering in an upper room of the ! home of one of the members. The i interview started with one man who had lived abroad serving as spokes man, but It quickly developed Into a genera] discussion. "Have conditions Improved under thf new regime?" "No; conditions are really worse than In the Hamidian days. The new regime has made the Moslems more alert to what is gohm on. and quicker to aaaert their superiority, and to im poee exactions upon nonMoslems. Christians have no rights in Turkey ? !,i ' ? of what you have read a broke in a it Ii an 11 , Send us your Job work. there are no Christian officers; that the Immorality of the Turkish soldiers Is of a nature that makes even tho ! nominal Christians fleo from It; ami that the life In the army Is not only poorly paid?about 80 cent! a month? but that the conditions arc of the hardest. It. seems to bo the opinion of theso educated observers that Turkey Is willing to have as many of the Chris? tians as pleise leave the emmtry. Here my companions began to ask questions about America. They talked of ii aa the < hlldren of Israel must have talked "f Canaan. Every man ? if the twelve In that room, as we ( .(-und by a count, has relatives in America; i i >?? <?i .1 look forward to going 1 hlthj r 1 They thins lhai t:,. ra r.r the Bond us your Job work. Vr.ponfc movement will help Improve conditions; but they say that in Tur? key the Masons do not cohere suffi? ciently. The Sultan's Greatest Dread. Speaking of the reform e'^-nent which undoubtedly exists within islam Itself, these educated Ottomans said that the progressive Moslems dare nut ' show their band in Turkey. There is no real freedom of criticism. "If you would print in your paper," I Fuggested to one, "that the Sultan is not a descendant of the prophet, and not even a member of the prophet's tribe, and so. according to the ancient law of Islam, is not qualified to bo caliph, would you be sent to prison?" This point is one which gives the sul? tan greatest concern. With fine scorn the man answered: "No; I would not go to prison; I would go to my grave." "These new days have only made the Moslem Turks more fanatical. There is likely to be a massacre at any moment. None of us is safe. I cannot venture out without my pistol, as you see"?moving aside his coat and showing the pistol in his pocket? "everybody goe3 armed. When the Moslems could kill Americans, as they did Rogers and Maurer in Adana, they say it is safe to go ahead and kill native Christians." Factors In Reform. The gentlemen present were unani? mous that the greatest factors of promise in Turkey were the schools maintained by foreigners, and espe? cially by the Americans. After the beginnings of the public education which have been made, there may come general enlightenment. There is great need for the improve? ment of agricultural conditions by the government itself, if people are to wrest a bare living from the fields, with prices rising on every hand. Late at night the conference broke up, and I carried with me a picture of men under the strain of the great fear and a great discontent, who could be patriots If given a chance, but whose present sentiments are those of utter antagonism to the government of which they are citizens. (Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. Bowles.) HOW TO AVOID MATRIMONY Kind-Hearted Soul Offers Some Valu? able Advice on the Matter, Without Charge. To avoid getting married is a very easy matter, either for a man or a woman. If you are a man, frequent the dance, especially the coming-out dance. Stick to the debutante as men of liberal views stick to their opinions. Hang around conservatories when the music is playing soft and low, and where there are intoxicating odors. Hang around summer resorts and attend musical recitals. There are other things to do, but this should be enough. For a woman to avoid matrimony is quite as easy. She should live in a college town, or Washington, D. C. She should cuKlvate those young men who wear yachting suits all summer and who know what to do with their hats on a piazza; who are good at buckling on skates, who ask if you have heard this and that, who would just as soon act as ushers at a wed? ding as not, who are perfectly willing to explain the game of baseball, who are willing to introduce other fel? lows. That's all you have to do to avoid matrimony. But, in order to cinch the matter it may be well to add a few more words of advice. Ladles I If a man comes along who will not talk baseball with you; who does not know anybody and does not want to; who does not even play bridge; who cannot even tell you who are the richest girls at the summer resort and Just how rich they are; who never was an usher at a wedding and never will be?pass him the ice pitcher! And do it quick! Then go and hide! Men! When you see a girl who hasn't got a crowd around her; who wears no scalps upon her belt; who subscribes to the F^me Lady; who Knows "how To set a table Tor'Tlve In a cottage that cost $1,200; who can give an appropriate Halloween party. Beat It, my son! Beat it!?Puck. Physical and Psychical. Dr. Farill, lecturing before a social service class In Chioago, said "the character of the man as a citizen oft? en was dependent on the physical training he received." Yes, but his character was more dependent upon the moral training he had received. Ills environment, his studies, his as? sociations, his methods of thought, the books he reads, the things he likes to talk about have more effect on his character than all the physical exer? cises he can pursue. Because sound muscles, nerves and organs are to be desired, they should not monopolize one's interest entirely. The vanity of the flesh very often leads to the un? dermining of one's life. Building up the physical at the ex? pense of the psychical is a disturb? ance of that equilibrium which means benlth. The tendency of the ago Is to disturb that equilibrium?to make the legs of a man the test of his mightneee, which was not the Lord*l way. as the Psalms remark The right way, in the determination of those im? portant n la!;< ?. Is to keep the soul just a little ahead of the body on its upward march, PJot Hard Cider. I;..- >,i I 1 a i an in the apple country has a i ike of apple cldnr on Iiis place. !:? crl \. 1 do Ihej ? on It? -No; '.lie cider's nol In ? ; that"?Youk< rs Statosmai Give us your job work WASHINGTON AND THE HUMS Conditions of Today Compared to Those of Washington*?? Time, Whit< 's Mill, Mar. L'. M r. Editor: Will you allow a small space of your valuable eolum is to an old crank lo turn lose heat, ?? vt-n If this Is Feb? ruary and Is ;t month of anniversaries. One hit idred seventy-live years ago George Washington was lorn. ?toe hundred forty-one years ago he de? cided that ths American people should own and run their own coun? try to suit themselves, which Is a great si^ht more than they do today. Washington was the "Father of His Country," and the leader of his peo? ple. Hf fought against taxation without representation and won out. Today wo need a leader?another Washington who will hand a knock out punch to the American tyrants who have sprung up by the scores and who make the king we had to contend with appear as a mere trifle. I need only to refer to a few of our American tyrants, you know them well enough. The American royal family of our King?Steel Coal. Meat. Sugar. Oil and other fare, it is they who tax everything we eat and we are at the limit. Don't you think that Ge ige Washington would be as? tounded if he were to come back to lite and see the condition of things m this country today Wo find some ninety million of peopl, allowed to vote, but having practically no say in the government of their own country. Ninety mil? lions of people are taxed to the lim? it of endurance by our royal family of trust kings, who control legisla? tion, appoint judges and other offi? cials, and hold the government, and. too often, the courts in the hollow of | their hands. Oh, surely George would he highly edified If he saw things as they are today?the old iniquitous system of taxation without repre- 1 sentntion, which he fought, as ram? part as ever. He would of course be istounded at the tremendous energy and genius of the people he had freed from tho tralldom of Britain. The development of the country would astonish him, but he would wonder ? how a people possessed of such energy determination and genius, could a!- j h w the government to pass from ?heir hands into the hands of an ar- ) rogant plutocracy. Again, we can { lee him scoring the wretches who adulterate the food of the nation, the interests that were so busy trying to throw Dr. Wiley out of office, so that they could poison us without in- I terference. Dr. Kutledge Rutherford estimates that 250,000 children were killed last year from eating chemically treated food and candy, and now these trusts are even painting green oranges with yellow poison to make them appear eatable. The judge who tried these cases said this condition was not pe? culiar to his country alone, but the same thing prevailed all over the State. The people today in scores of communities have nothing on their politicians in the way of corruption. Corruption began at the top and has filtered down to the masses below. An investigation set on foot last spring has proved that the present federal legislature is as hopelessh I corrupt a body of public looters as ever disgraced Ohio, or any other State. This is the way one State Is run, and it is pretty much the same all over. So, you see. after George Washington had punished the op? pressors of the masses, he would need to give the people a thorough good spanking too. It Is useless for a na? tion to progress In material things, unless it progresses in character, honesty, probity, rectitude and hon? or. Corruption in high places has be ' come so common, so much the rule, I that it has leaked down through every I stratum of our national fabric, until it has reached and demoralized the masses of on- people. We need an? other Washington today. One who will lead the people, as Moses did of old. up and out of the quagmires of corruption and poverty, Indifference and slothfulness. in which they are now wallowing pitifully. Inspiring! them with the "George Washington brand of patriotism." that makes bribe takers into men, men into he? roes, heroes Into Cods. The "George Washington brand of patriotism" alone can give the masses of the peo pie the Strength and courage to take back the government of tin* country Into their own hands, to put an end to taxation without representation, and sei about a national house clean? ing ami general purification that w.il make them worthy of the glorious country they Inhabit and of the great and heroic sou! who gave this nation hlrtl and made our national . \istene ? possible. T B. If. thin skinned of i rhinocei hie durlns i\ ( (?MMITTEK \ I >< >I*T PLANS Expected Thal Campaign w.ii Regln in Vear i ature. The committee of one hundred in the y.< n and Religion Forward Move iii' ii i met Sunday night tXtOT services it the Washington Street Baptist church and adopted the plana f?r mulated by the c imraittes <?f three for the campaign t<> i..- Inaugurated in this city in the near future. This committee consists of Messrs. J. I?. Marlon, R. I. Manning and It. D. ISpps, and had been appointed by the president, air. Bartow Walah, at a former meeting to put the plan originated by the Rev. Mr. H. H. Covlngton and presented at the meet? ing Into such shape that it could by used as a working formula in the campaign. The plai s as submitted by this committee and adopted afe as follows: "1. The name of this organization Shall be "The Men and Religion For? ward Movement." 2. The purpose of this organiza? tion is to inform men and boys of local and world needs, and by inter church efforts lead them into active service. I. The present "Committee of One Hundred" shall serve until next year, and thereafter the committee shall consist of twelve men from each lo? cal church, appointed annuallv In January by the church or minister ,n charge. 4. The following shall compose thi executive committee for a period of one year, and until their successors are elected or appointed: S. H. Ed? munds, H. C. Hayns worth, C. M. Hurst, H. L. McCoy, E. H. Rhame. A. V. Snell, 8. F. Stoudenmire and F. N'. Tryon. 5. The executive committee shall elect a chairman and a secretary and treasurer, who may or may not be, at the time of their election, members <-f this committee; but if they should be, then said committee shall fill the vacancies thereby created. The executive committee shall plan the work to be done and shall appoint the folowing committees to carry out the 3ame: (a) a committee on Religious Census. (b) A Committee to interest men and boys in active work of the church. (c) A Committee to ascertain op? portunities at home and abroad for ext riding the Kingdom of Christ. (d) A Committee to study local, so? cial and moral conditions. 7. The executive committee shall provide for an annual banquet, at which a full report of the year's work shall be made. 8. The executive committee shall provide for mav*s meetings for men, not oftener than once a month. Following the adoption of the plans submitted by the committee the com? mittee of one hundred adjourned and elected Hartow Walsh as chairman and H. L. Rirehard as secretary and treasurer, making a total of ten men on the executive committee. It is expected that this committee will hoid a meeting some tin e thi> week to make plan^ for the inaugu? ration of the Men and Religion cam? paign in this city. Two State Parties. Gaff icy Ledger. We understand that the primary this summer is liable to develop a new feature in the politics of the State. It Is hinted that there will be two dis? tinct sets of candidates for the Gen? eral Assembly in each county?a sc* of Bleaae candidates and a set of Jenes candidates. We hope this Id true. In fact we should have two active political parties in this State. Why? Becauae when there Is only one party that party becomes careless and illows anyone, no matter how unlit, to run for office. The COWS queue.? Is that we get s??me mighty poor officials sometimes, whereas, if we had two active parties each party would only suffer its best men to be put forward for positions of honor and then It would make little differ ence Who was elected because he would In all probability be a man of some qualification. This would be rough on some of the politicians but it would be for tiie best interest of the Slate. Candidates* Cards Announcements of candidates will be printed in this column until th ? . lose of the campaign for $.r?. N > cards accepted on credit. I ' m BhcrlaT. . Carson Is hereby an ? ai dldate for sheriff at the ensuing election, having bet?re . arged the duties of thai office with promptness and efficiency) wo lake pleasure In recommending him for said office, subject to the rules ot thi i democratic primers ? \t \ \ \ \ (>TER8.