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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
WELL DONE.
Sleep, happy peoplo of fleUl nnil wood—
Rush :mil creeper and herh and trot—
The Master judRi s thy ofC'rlnu pood
And Si nils his steward to care for thee.
Doff thy festival pnrb of pold—
Plum and saffron and plowing red—
Winter hastens ndown the wold
To tuck thee warm in thy-waiting hod.
Sweet thy dreams ns the winds rush by
And vainly pluck at thy coverlet.
And streams are fettered, nnd chill the
And town and country are frost beset;
Dreams full throiiffed with the breeze's
tale,
The bee's bassoon and the ring-dove's
call:
With vista of meadow nnd hill and vnle
From butstinp sprinp to the brimming
fall.
Sleep, happy people, where all Is still
Save the crow's hoarse caw nnd the
squirrel's bark ;
The spn swings low o'er the leafless hill
And short prows tlie mot - 1nt from dawn
to dark.
Sleep, 'tie the Master who bids thee rest
And holds thee fast In his loving ken.
Till the doors fly open at His beln st
And April summons to work again.
- Edwin I,. Sabin, 'n Woman's Home
Companion.
HOW MR. PRESTON PUT
IT TO THE BOYS.
By EYDNEY DAVRE,
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Mr. Preston liad a wAy of giving (ho
boys In Ills room a little talk at the
close of school in the afternoon. One
day he began;
"Once, when I was not as old as
some of yon, and older than the rest
of you. I played truant to go fish
ing, nnd 1 had a very bad time of It.”
This was a good beginning, the boys
thought, and it is fairly supposed that
they listened eagerly to hear what he
had to say about that day’s fishing.
"I objected a little when Peter dar
ner proiwised it. 1 knew 1 ought not
to go, for I had recently been ill, and
the weather was damp—very good for
fishing, hut not good for health, and
it didn't need two thoughts to tell me
it would he wrong all round. But—
well, why will boys sometimes, in the
face of all such knowledge, go and
do the thing? I suppose I shall have
to leave It with the boys.
"We stole away from school at
the noon recess. Peter had brought
his tackle and hidden It under a hush
in the strip of woods, one corner of
which came to a point close up to the
country schoolhouse. Going through
thiB woo’ds we came to the little brook
in which were were to fish.
"The sun shone all about the school-
house and the yard, but in the woods
it was cool and damp. We sat on a
rock to fish, and I can remember still
hoV cold and wet that rock was. We
had fairly good sport, though the fish
were very small. But at length a fine
big fellow \pme swimming along near
Power's hook,
f <? •V.
only take your word, or, rather, your
deeds for It. Actions speak louder
than words, you know. Now, when
people see a boy away from school to
go fishing, they naturally have their
opinion of his mother. They know it
is poor business, and they begin at
once to wonder what kind of influence
is brought to bear on him in his home.
If they are the right sort of people,
they know what is true and frank and
honest and honorable in a boy, and
are sorry for a hoy whose mother has
not taught him these things.' ”
Mr. Preston paused for a moment,
looking around on the half hundred
hoys, more or less, whose eyes were
fixed on him. Then he resumed.
“Boys, wasn't he hitting me hard?
As you may guess, I simply hadn't a
word to say for myself at first. Then
1 blustered a little.
' T suppose,’ 1 said, ‘that you al
ways minded your mother when you
were a boy.'
“ 'I am sorry to say 1 did not,' he
said. 'In thinking of it since, it gives
my heart a stab to think how often
I must have hurt her by my careless
ness and undutlfnlness—my heedless-
ness of her teachings. 1 think of it
more. 1 suppose, because 1 lost her be
fore 1 was as old as you are.’
“I was pretty stiff and miserable as
I got up to go home. * I wasn't going
to ery, of course; hilt a sob seemed to
sob itself as 1 turned away. The gen
tleman stepped after me and took my
hand.
" ‘It’s a well-off hoy who has a
mother to grow up with,’ he said. ‘I
nlways look at such a one with envy,
thinking of the chances still granted
to him of being all that is loving and
loyal to her—of how he tan he her
true knight, paying her tlie small at
tentions that count so large, holding
her always in dear respect and rever
ence, taking her closely into his life
as his best chum. Good-bye!’
"That was the last I ever saw of
him. But he set me thinking, and I
have always believed he did me some
good—and my mother.”
As the boys were dismissed, It was
quite evident that Ihey, too, were in
clined to do a little thinking.—From
the Christian Register.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Idleness always envies industry.—-
Italian.
The world is too small for the cove
tous.—Latin.
Beyond their power the bravest can
not fight.—Homer.
A man who wants bread is ready
for anything.—French.
God hath often a great share in a
little house.—German.
God hnH chosen a poet generally
when he has a message to give.—
French.
Cowards falter, hut danger is often
overcome by those who dare.—Queen
Elizabeth.
He hath a tear for pity and a hand
as open as the day for melting char
ity.—Shakespeare.
Did ever a shadow sit on one side
of the hearth without an angel on the
other?—James Buckham.
He who should teach men to die
would at the same time teach them
how to live.—Montaigne.
God does not cease to speak, hut
the noise of the creatures without and
of our passions within confuses us, and
prevents our hearing.—Fenelon.
Ar. act of goodness is in itself an act
of happiness. It is the flower of a lov-
Georgia Callings
^Curtailed Items of Interest
Qathered at Random.
To Vote on $100,000 Bond Issue.
The commissioners of Ben Hill county
have ordered an election on December
20 for the purpose of voting upon the
issuing of county bonds to the amount
of $100,000; $05,000 to be used for a
new court house, $15,000 for a Jail and
$20,000 for roads and bridges.
There is no doubt but that the people
will endorse this action of the officials
at the polls. Action at this time was
taken upon the recommendation of tlio
last grand Jury,
• « •
Statesboro Gets Station.
A letter received In Statesboro from
the agricultural department at Wash
ington olllcially confirms the nction of
fho government expert who visited the ,
section some time ago and recommenc
ed that a corn'and cotton experiment
station be established.
The station la to he conducted by ex
perfS from the United States depart
ment of agriculture. It Is to be
ing inner life of joy and contentment; j located on of the Klrst distrlct
it tells of peaceful hours, and days on ...... A
the summit heights of the soul.- agrl(ultural school property, about on G
Maeterlinck. j f,om town ’
I * * *
The Lord said two things to Abra- I
ham: "I will bless thee.” and ”Be Work on Colle 9 e Buildings Stopped
thou a blessing.” When God makes us i recent meeting In Carrollton
Keep still,’ he whispered. He
stood up nnd I stood up, neither of
us daring to breathe as we tiptoed to
watch him. He played about Peter’s
hook, and we thought he surely had
him, when all of a sudden he turned
away. I quietly dropped my hook In
and he quickly swallowed it.
" ‘I say,’ said Pete, angrily, ‘that
was my fish. You had 110 business to
put in your hook.’
"Perhaps he was right. I had no
time to discuss the matter; for, as I
raised the fish, just poising myself on
the edige of the rocks, Pete gave me a
little shove. Whether he meant to
push me In Is another of the ques
tions I have never been able to settle,
but In I went up to my neck in that
cold water. Pete was scared.
“ ‘Grab hold of my pole,’ he cried,
holding It out to me. 1 did so and
climbed out, gasping and shivering.
“ ‘You’d better scoot home as fast
as you can,’ said Pete. But j didn’t
'want to go home": I thought i would
like to get my clothes dried first. I
went higher up where the sun shone
on the bank and , lay down. It was
a dry, warm place when I first did so,
hut before long the water dripped
down and made a mud puddle under
me.
“I got up and took a look at myself,
concluding presently that I was about
as forlorn a looking boy as could of
ten be seen. I called to PeteJ but he
was gone, and in his place, some o-ne
else was fishing—a very nice, pleas
ant man.
“ ‘It seems to me you had better
hurry home, my boy,’ he said, and
his tone was kind and friendly. 1 was
cold and miserable, and half whim
pered as I said:
“ ‘I wonder what my mother will
say when she sees me.’
“ ‘Oh, it won’t much matter what
she says,’ he said. His tc.ne was so
indifferent that I stared at him, it
seemed such a queer thing to say.
" ‘Do you think so?’ 1 asked.
“ ‘Well, It is very plain that you
think so,’ he said. ‘But there are all
sorts of mothers, you know. I just
concluded that yours is one of the
kind that don’t count one way or the
other.’ I was angry, as you may
guess.
“ ‘You’d—better not talk that way
about my mother,’ I said. ’She not
count! She’s the best mother in the
world. If I were as big as you are
you wouldn’t dare to talk so.’
“ ‘Oh, come now, my hoy,’ he said
‘You needn’t sputter and bluster about
it. I’m only taking your own testi
mony in the matter. If you’re going
to put in a plea for your mother, you
have no case at all.’
“ ‘What do you mean,’ I asked.
“ ‘Why, as I understand it, you
would like people to think you have
a good mother—’
“ ‘That’s what she is,’ I said hot
THE OLD SOUTH.
Quaint Customs Still in Vogue in Con-
’■> servative Charleston.
The South is very conservative, and
Charleston most of all. In many re
spects Southerners are like the Eng
lish. Family portraits are a cherished
part of their possessions. Marv is
pronounced Malry. A dress waist is
called a bgdy, and the man that waits
on talife the butler. His other dutms
may include milking and cooking; still,
he is the butler. By the old school a
married woman is spoken of and to
as mistress. Many members of the
aristocracy (?) live in tbe country on
Jarge estates, to which they assign
naffies ;thoy employ governesses and
tutors, ride horseback, have house par
ties, and go long distances to attend
balls. Hedges are in general favor.
Around the old churches are burial
grounds or churchyards; but, as a
rule, burial in them Is no longer per-
jniU?d.
Ancestry is of much consequence in
Charleston. It is the sole basis of so
cial distinction. After having been
there, one understands perfectly how
literature was preserved by tradition.
No college of heraldry is necessary;
the memory Is an infallible repository.
The point of a story is sometimes lost
sight of in genealogical digressions.
In loyalty to state and in rigid social
distinctions Virginia and South Caro
lina claim precedence.
Large families have not gone out
of fashion In the South. Usually the
number of children In a family is from
si^ to ten.
glnd the gladness is not to end with
ourselves—we are to pass It on.—F. R.
Miller.
To live In the presence of great
truths, to he dealing with eternal laws,
to he led by permanent ideals; that is
what keeps a man patient when the
world ignores him, calm and unspoiled
when the world praises him.—Francis
G. Peabody.
Our present difficulties and hard
questions will soon he solved and
passed by. Even the world itself so
difficult to penetrate, so clouded with
mystery, will become a transparency
to us, through which God’s light will
pour as the sun through the open sky.
—H. Bushnell.
The life worth living is the life of
the man who works, of the man who
strives, of the man who does, of the
man who at the end, can look hack
and say, I know I have faltered; I
know I have stumbled; but, as the
strength wus given me I strove to use
it, I strove to leave the world better
and not worse because I hud lived in
It.—Theodore Roosevelt.
of the hoard of trustees of the fourth
district agricultural college suspension
of the work on the buildings was or
dered.
1 This step was found to he necessary,
and was unanimously agreed upon by
i the trustees, In view of the decision ot
1 the superior court that county funds
are not applicable to this school. Suit
1 was made by taxpayers of the county
some time ago to prevent the collection
ot a special tax for the construction of j \y e are a t peace with all the world
these buildings, and the decision hand- j an d n0 strife disturbs the tranquility
1S6G, and that in accepting the pro-
vsions of the federal act the company
became obligated to handle all govern
ment dispatches by preferred service
and at reduced rates, to be fixed arbi-
tuirily by the postmaster general of
the United States hnd became hound
to surrender its entire lines, system
and property to the government at any
tiff)' on a basis provided by the act.
In return, the hill alleges, tile gov
ernment guarantees to the telegraph
company the right to construct, main
tain and operate lines of telegraph in
and through the various states of the
uplon, without Improper interference.
Further on the hill nttacks the const!-
tuionallty of the entire franchise tax
act passed by the Georgia legislature In
the year 1002, and asks that said act
he decreed null and void.
• * •
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Governor Smith has Issued the fol
lowing Thanksgiving Day proclama
tion :
"The people of Georgia have again
approached the season when, in ac
cordance with time-honored custom,
the governor Issues his proclamation
setting aside a day of prayer ami
thanksgiving for the blessings which
Almighty God lias so bountifully be
stowed upon us.
“This duty is not performed in a
perfunctory spirit.
“We nre so signally blessed that ev
ery day should find our hearts filled
with reverent gratitude, nnd wo should
hold Thanksgiving Dny in special re
gard and fittingly observe It, remem
bering in the midst of our own good
things the less fortunate of our people,
so that every heart may rejoice In
this festival of the harvest time.
"We live in the enllghtenement of the
highest Christian civilization, with the
cTnirch hells of a thousand spires call
ing us to worship God, each according
to the dictates of Ills own conscience.
CORPORATION SOLICITUDE.
ed down in favor of the taxpayers has
made it necessary to discontinue work,
and accordingly the opening of tin
school will he indefinitely postponed.
* * *
Finley Sheds Little Light.
President Finley of the Southerti 1
Railway, In his long letter to the !
railroad commission, states that the
Southern sold the Central of Georgia j
to Oaklelgh Thorne and Marsden J. |
Perry on June 26; that it was a bona'
I fide transaction and so far as the South- [
I era Is concerned Its connection is at
an end.
It is stated that President J. F.
1 Hanson of the Central called upon the
j commission on November 8th and ask-
! ed for an extension of time in which
| to file with the commission documen-
The Concern Felt for the Small In
ventor and What Happens to Him.
After declaring that with each rail
road reorganization more water is in-
joe ted into the stock, Will Payne, in 1 t,ir -V evidence and statements called
Everybody’s says; I for by the commission and his request
"They will tell you that it would was S ranted
amlTy ties are rendered complex by
not he fair to squeeze out the water
in a reorganization. For example, a
great many small investors had
bought Union Pacific, Northern Pa
cific, and Atchison stocks during boom
times. Times turned bad. The roads
could no
Division Affirms Sentence,
Recause there is a division among
the six associate justices of the su
preme court of Georgia in the case of
James S. Yates of Decatur county, sen
* j UttHl x->o KJ. 1 liu.n Ui L/Cvauu LUlllllJ , OUI
longer carry the overcap- : ^ ence( i to serve a life terra in the pen,
orwl nrofiHoua hrimph . .. . . . ..
‘Well, as 1 don’t know her, I can
Fi
the not unusual Intermarriage of cou
sins, and thus the members of the
aristocracy are more or les closely
related to one another.
The breakfast hour is from 8 to 9,
an earlier hour being hardly possible,
even if desired, owing to the fact that
negro servants go home at night. They
prefer to go, even when they live sev
eral miles away. Until a late hour in
the night they indulge in social and
religious demonstrations and do not ar
rive very early in the morning. Din
ner is whenever it is ready, which is
any time from 2 to 4. Dinner is hard
ly ever over before tea is announced
at 7.30 or 8. This division of time
makes the days all morning, the peri
od between dinner and tea being by
some included in the word evening.
Calls are made from 12 to 2 and
from 5 to 7, but in hot weather only
from 6 to 8 in the evening.
Labor is very cheap, but it takes
several negroes to accomplish as
much as one Swede or German, who is
paid from five to seven dollars a week
for general housework. In small towns
$5 a month is paid for domestic ser
vice; in Charleston, seven or eight.
A very competent cook and laundress
commands ten. Fifteen dollars is a
big price. A dollar and a half or two
dollars for making a dress, even
though it is much trimmed, is a not
uncommon charge by dressmakers in
small towns.—Rosary Magazine.
italization and the profitless branch
lines with which financial geniuses
had loaded them. Bankruptcy follow
ed. But the small, innocent inves
tors must not he frozen out. They
must he permitted to exchange their
old stock for new, and so given a
chance to recoup when good times
come again. Such is the argument.
“As a matter of fact, it doesn’t work
that way. The ordinary innocent In
vestor gets frightened when he sees
the road approaching insolvency, and
dumps his stosk on n falling market
for what little It will fetch; or he is
pinched in his own small business
nnd has to sell; or he can’t pay the as
sessment. In any event, he throws
over the stock. The opulent reorgan
ization syndicate or individual flnnn-
cers scoop it in. Thus Kuhn-Loeb and
their reorganizing associates, includ
ing Hnrrlman, emerged from the Union
Pacific reorganization with great
blocks of stock, which they had taken
in at bottom prices. Northern Pacific
reorganization landed almost half the
stock in the hands of Morgan, Hill,
and their crowd.”
Misplaced.
Mr. Husky went' into a chemist’s
shop and bought a bottle of patent
stuff which was advertised thus: “No
more coughs. No more eolds, Is. 1 l-2d.
the bottle.” Three days later lie went
to the chemist, complaining that his
throat was stopped up and that he
could scarcely breathe. “I've drunk
all that patent cough mixture, and
I’m no better.”
“Drunk it? Why, that’s an India rub
ber solution to put on the soles of your
boots!”—Tit-Bits.
A Hillside Bungalow.
The Ideal location for a bungalow is
on the side of a hill where a view
may be had for miles over a broad,
undulating country; where one may
sit and watch the ever-changing color
and shade of a beautiful landscape as
the clouds passing over a radiant
summer sun cast their shadows over
valley and hilltop.
You have often, no doubt, in your
rambles picked out (he spot that suit
ed your fancy, but found no houses
there, nor any likelihood of develop
ment by enterprising builders, so in
this illustrated article a general out
line is given of how one may become
his own builder, and erect in almost
any place a quaint artist home for a
very moderate expenditure of time
and money.—Circle.
following his conviction for murder,
this sentence stands affirmed and no
new trial will be given him.
Three judges on a side split the
court. Three hold that the judge in
charging the jury so stated the case as
to mistake the defendant’s contention
and calculated to lead the jury to be
lleve that the defendant had admitted
that the homicide was an unlawful act.
The law in cases of this kind Is to the
effect that the decision of the lower
court must stand affirmed. This de
nies him a new trial, and, in conse
quence, he must serve the balance of
his days in the pen.
* * *
On Dollar-for-Dollar Basis.
In u letter addressed, to H. E. Har-.
wan, president of the Southeastern
Trade Press Association, Chairman Mc
Lendon, speaking for the commission,
declares: “It was not the purpose of
the order of the commission in ques
tion, nor has this board authority, to
prohibit newspapers or any other par
ty from entering into contracts with
railroad companies.” This Is in regard
to newspaper advertising contracts.
Continuing, he writes: "The purpose ef
this order is to prevent the issuance
by railroad companies of transportation
except upon a strict dollar-l’or-aollar
basis.”
of our state. No famine brings hun-
gc/ and starvation; no shock of earth
quake lays waste; no floods desolate;
no pestilence scourgies. Bountiful
Providence has filled our barns and
plenty has showered her blessings ev
erywhere.
"NVhat more could a people ask than
has been vouchsafed to Georgia? Can
we not, then, with the deepest grati
tude to the Giver of All Good Things,
lift our hearts with thankfulness and
ask Him, ‘lest we forget,’ to guard us
against pride, vainglory, selfishness
and Ingratitude?
"Folclwlng the custof of my hon
ored predecessors, 1, Hoke Smith, gov
ernor of Georgia, do hereby set apart
and proclaim Thursday, the 28th day
of the present month of November, a
day for general thanksgiving and
prayer, and 1 recommend that on that
day the people, as far as they can do
so, shall cease from all their dnily
labors and In their homes and In their
houses of worship shall ponder upon
the many blessings which they have
received, give thanks to God and pray
that they may not become unmindful
of His goodness and mercy.
“In testimony whereof, I havo here
unto set my hand nnd caused the seal
of the executive department to he at
tached.
"Done at the capitol, in the city of
Atlanta, this the 14th day of Novem
her, in the yaar of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and seven, and of
the Independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and thir
ty-second.
"HOKE SMITH, Governor."
TO END MONEY FAMINE
Government Somes to R escite w
Treasury Notes and Canal Bonds '
to Extent of $150,000,000.
A. Washington special says* Spcpp
tary Cortelyou Sunday night made^’
important announcement that as
means of affording relief to the fi„ an .
cial t,'(uation. the treasury would l S!iu „
$^0,000,000 of Panama bonds and tin,,
000,000 certificates of indebtedness 0 ’r
so much thereof as may be necesr’ lrv
The certificates will run for one >‘ rar '
and will hear 3 per cent interest
The secretary’s action in coming to
tlio relief of the financial situation
meets with President Roosevelt,,
hearty approval, nnd the plan | s Uln
outcome of the several white house
conferences which have been held with.
In the past few days when tile financial
situation wns under consideration
Secretary Cortelyou says that the
Panama bonds will nfford most sub
stantial relief, ns the law provides
that they may be used as a basis for
additional national hank circulation
He also states that the proceeds f rom
the sale of the certificates can be made
directly available nt points where the
need is most urgent, and especially f or
the movement of the crops, which he
says, "If properly accelerated will g| ve
the greatest relief and result in the
most immediate financial returns." The
secretary calls attention to tlm at-
tractiveness of the bonds nnd certifi
cates as absolutely safe investments,
Secretary Cortelyou adds that these
relief measures will enable him to
meet public expenditures without with
drawing for that purpose any appro-
ciable amount of the public moneys
now deposited in national banks ail
throughout the country. Two treasury
circulars, one inviting proposals for
the issue of bonds and the other ash
ing for certificates, will he sent out
under date of November 18.
In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou,
approving the treasury plans, Presi
dent Roosevelt states that he has been
assured that the leaders in congress
have under consideration a currency
measure "which will meet in perma
nent fashion the needs of the situation,
and which 1 believe will be passed at
an early date after congress convenes,
two weeks hence."
WOMEN OPPOSE PROHIBITION.
Five Thousand Residents of Mobile
Ala., Sign Monster Petition.
Five thousand women of Mobile,
Ala., representing the women of social
position, wenlth and leaders In church
endeavor, headed by Mrs. Augusta Ev
ans Wilson, the southern authoress,
signed a monster petition to be pre
sented to the state senate urging that
no statutory prohibition hill be passed.
The business then and school teach
ers also petitioned the board of edu
cation for holidays for the purpose of
permitting the teachers to go to Mont
gomery in a body and plead against
the passage of statutory bills.
NEARLY ALL MARRIED MEN,
Exempted Him.
A Scotchman in New Zealand was
giving a visitor some account of his
experiences during the earthquake
shock. “1 suppose,” remarked the visi
tor, "It was rather a surprise to you
to find the crockery Jumping off the
shelves.” “Aye. it was that. But the
wife wass mair surprised thill. I've
been marit near thirty years, ail’ it’s
ahoot the only trouble in the boose
she hisna’ blamed me for.”—New Or
leans Picayune.
Jury for Mrs. Bradley Case is Finally
Secured and Trial Begins.
With the completion of the jury, the
presentation of the government’s side
of the case in which Assistant United
States District Attorney recited the
details of the tragedy and what the
prosecution expected to prove and the
testimony of a number of witnesses,
mostly hotel employees, the trial of
Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, charged with
the murder of former United States
Senator Arthur M. Brown, made rapid
progress in Washington Thursday.
The jury that will try Mrs. Bradley
are nearly all married men with fam
ilies. Much difficulty was experienced
in completing the jury, a large ma
jority being excused on the plea that
Tills letter would seem to settle the I they were opposed to the death pen-
question whether a newspaper has a < alty for women,
right to exchange advertising for trans- < Th© testimony covered th* details
portatlon, and the commission holds ] of the shooting, and Mrs. Bradley was
that this can be done when, carried
out on a strict business basis.
* * *
Comptroller General Restrained.
Under the application of the West
ern Union Telegraph company, Judge
Newman of the United States circuit
court for the northern district of Geor
gia, at Atlanta, has granted a rule
nisi enjoining Hon. ’WlTliam A. "Wright
as comptroller general of Georgia
from certifying or taking any steps
toward the collection of any franchise
taxes against the Western Union Tel
egraph oompan^n Georgia setting the
main case for hearing on Wednesday,
November 27, 1907, at Atlanta.
The complaint alleges, In substance,
that the telegraph company operated
In Georgia under and by virtue of the
pest roads act of congress passed in
visibly affected by some portioas of It.
She shuddered at the sight of the pis
tol with which the shooting was done
and at one time was moved to tears,
WOMAN SUFFRAGE FAVORED
And White Slave Traffic Condemned
by National W. C. T. U.
The Women’s Christian Temperance
Union at Nashville Tuesday morning
declared unanimously for woman suf
frage; adopted a resolution favoring
the same standard of morals for both
men and women; condemned the white
slave traffic and came out strong, as
usual, on prohibition and total absti
nence.
The old officers were re-elected,with
the exception of Mrs. Seberry, secre
tary of the Y branch, who declined to
stand for re-election.
DEPUTY 8HERIFF IS HELD
For Murder of Woman In a Birming
ham, Ala., Hotel.
Maud Parsons, a woman of about 23
ears of age, was shot and killea just
before midnight Saturday night, at
the Victoria hotel In Birmingham, Ala.,
and John Dagmer, a deputy sheriff,
is held, charged with the crime.
There were no eye-witnesses to the
tragedy, but Dagmer was heard to say
several times early in the evening that
he was hunting the woman to shoot
her. He claims she took his pistol
from him and killed herself.
BLAZE IN BAY ST. LOUIS
Wipes Out Property Valued at Twe
Hundred Thousand.
Fire which started in Bay St. Louis,
Miss , shortly before 5 o’clock Satur
day morning was swept by a high gulf
wind through the town, burning to the
ground everything in its path and caus
ing a damage of about $200,000.
RUSSIANS WELCOME TAFT.
Secretary of War and Party Reach
Vladivostok Safely.
Secretary of War Taft arrived at
Vladivostok, Russia, at noon Satur
day.
When the American vessels enteree
the Golden Horn they were met by
the Russian gunboat detailed to
cort them up the harbor. Salutes " pre
exchanged with the land batteries.
Secretary Taft hopes to reach S
Petersburg at noon of December .
and he sayB he must leave not Ia ,rt
than December 6. Taft’s audience o
the czar will probably be on the 4
MEXICO CEDES A BAY.
Will
Be Used by United States M
Coaling Station.
Mexico has ceded Magdalena buy,
on the coast of lower California,
bo used for the purpose of a
station by the United States navy. 1 '’
is considered the first fruit 01 1
recent visit of Secretary of State
Root to the republic.
