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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
CLD MOTHERS.
1 lov<> old mothers—mother# with white
Ami kindly eyes. and 111 # Brown softly sweet
Wtll murmured MrBBWK* oyer slioptt'S: hancs.
There Is a something In their quiet grace
That speaks the . hn of Sahtmth afternoons:
A knowledge in then de ( |i. untaiti rmi; eyes
'that far mttreaehes all philosophy.
'! Imr with earessimr touch, about them weaves
The silver-threaded tairy-snawl oi nge.
W hile I II the eehorn ol lorgotten song#
Se< ni joined to lend a sweetness to their spread.
Old mothers: as they pass with slow-t:nr i -i. p.
Their trembling hands cling gently to youth's strength;
Stfn 1 mothei s: as they | -s. one sees again
Old garden-walks, old loses, and old loves.
firs. Dodd’s Collecting Day. :: i
By ROSA KELLEN HALLETT-
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"One dozen new plnk-and-whlte
striped ontlng flannel babies’ i inning
blankets! ”
Mi'b. Serena«DoUd, sitting beside her
own o%pecial windovV III her little
room :it. the-Torbolton Home lor Indi
gent Females, enunciated the words
joyously. Hho snapped off her thread,
dropped her open-topped steel thim
ble on the table, and spreading upon 1
her knees the garment In which she I
had set the Iasi stitch, caressed It into
shape, repeating .unctuously, "One
dozen new ,pink-and-whlte-strlojv d
outing flannel babies’ pinning blank-
tits! My. but that's a lot of the Lord’s
little ones to keep warm!" She i acred
over her spectacles at the tin clock
oh the mantelpiece. "Nigh on to 3
o’clock! Full time some o her folks
had their promises redeemed!"
From the low wicker chair opposite,
Mrs. Samantha Wells, knitting franti
cally upon a cotton yarn wash-cloth,
uttered a breathless, "Orly two more
rows, Sereny, and the binding off, ind
I’m ready, too.”
Without answe’ing. Mis. Dodd 'o c
to her feet, lumbered upon a pile of
elmihir garments at one end of her
small white-counterpaned bed.
Then she spoke relentingly: "Well,
well, Samanthy, maybe I shouldn’t
have been so forehanded either, if
Mrs. Waldron hadn’t got so stocked up
on flat-iron holders t hat 1 couldn’t
sell her another one to raise any more
money to buy any more stuff. Any
how, there’s one dozen new—"
Mis. Wells Interrupted hurriendly:
"Your niece, Lyddy, from over to Holt,
is coming through the gate.”
A moment later. Miss Lydia Bar-
mini, slim, brisk and 30, was stying
cheerily, "How do, Mrs. Wells! How
tie, Aunt Serena! Here’s my eontilbu-
tion to your clothing society.” And
(living into her shopi ing bag, Mbs
Lydia i reduced a diminutive parcel.
"I do wish,” protested Mrs. Dodd,
"that you would not call it my cloth
ing society, just because I'm collecting
for it! It's yours as much has 'tis
mine, so long’s you donate your two
new garments a yr:ir. The name of it
Is Tile Ye Clothed Me Society,’ and
it's a great organization, extending all
over the Fnited States and Canada
numbering thou She halted. The
quotation Horn the pamphlet pub
lished annually by the society in ques
tion was left unfinished, while she
Ktanul blankly at the contents of the
paper. Then, with a stiff, "Much
obliged, Lyddy!" she placed Miss Bar- j
mini’s contribution beside the pinning I
blankets.
Her niece looked puzzled. "Isn't
that right. Aunt Serena? You said
handkerchiefs, 1 know you said hand
kerchiefs! "
"I did say handkerchiefs," acknowl
edged Mrs. Dodd, with asperity. "Cer
tain sure, 1 said handkerchiefs! But
1 meant that for them as couldn’t or
wouldn't do better than ‘two for five,
marked down for this day only.’
There’s always plenty of them given!
1 did not,” with emphasis, “mean fine,
pure linen, hemstitched, two-inch bor
der handkerchiefs, with a wreath of
’'flowers In the corner, and costing 50
cents if they cost one penny-”
“Seventy-five!” murmured Miss Ly
dia.
"Worse and more of It!” comment
ed Mrs. Dodd. "Now what I really s id
was, ‘Handkerchiefs or stockings cv
underclothes, men’s and boys’ wearing
apparel particular!’ But there, 1 ain’t
in the habit of peeking Into gift-
horses's mouths and counting their
teeth, and I'm truly glad to get any
thing! Hovvsoniever, next time,”—
Mrs. Dodd's black eyes twinkled—"if
you can't screw up your courage to
men’s and boys’ wearing apparel, just
you buy a good pair of single cotton
sheets. The socelty needs them every
year.”
“I’ll bear it in mind, Aunt Serena,”
gaily rejoined Miss Lydia. Then, with
a change of tone and pointing from
the window, "See! Milady Van Dus n-
berry Bill’s coach ‘blocks the way.’ Ex
cuse me!" and she disappeared through
the doorway.
The newcomer’s heavy silken train
rustled richly as she crossed/ the
threshold, and with its billowy expan
siveness it seemed to fill and overflow
the little room. Mrs. Wells shrank
back, but Mrs. Dodd stood her ground
sturdily.
“Huh!” she muttered. “Guess 1 ain’t
skewed of Barb’ry Bill! Buttoned up
her back too many times whilst 1
housekept for her pa ’twlxt his two
wives!”
The next instant she found herself
encircled by velvet-clad arms, her nose
buried in costly furs, the ostrich
plumes of a huge picture hat nodding
above her, and as she emerged from
this ardent embrace, Mrs. Vau Dus-
enberry Bill’srtripping accents saluted
her;
"So pleased and charmed to meet
iarou. dear Aunt Dodd! When I awoke
this morning and removed the slip
Horn the calendar, and saw the date
and perused those inspiriting lines:
"‘While the poor gather round to the
end of time.
May this bright flower of chailty dis
play
Its bloom, unfolding at the appointed
day,’
I said tc Van, ‘That means me, for to-
day is the collection for Aunt Dodd’s
clothing society.’ "
Mrs. Dodd parted tier His to remon
strate, thought better of it, and closed
them resignedly.
From her fluffy muff Mrs. Bill, ex-
tiacted a tiny loll and thrust it into
Mrs. Dodd’s hands, which she clasped
In both her own.
“It's a small offt ring, not at nil
what 1 long to give you, dear Aunty
Dodd, but sir'll as it is, a vast d al or
love and kindly feeling goes with it."
She beamed down upon her hostess,
kissed her on both checks, and with
a last pressure on the imprisoned
hands and a final; "Best wishes for
your noble undertaking, Aunt Dodd!"
Mrs. Van Dusenherry Bill frou-froued
from the room.
Mis. Dodd untied the blue ribbon
that hound the “small offering," and
tore off the covering. For a full min
ute there was Bllonce. Then Mis. Dodd
groaned.
"1 was positive 'twas handkerchiefs,
too! And I kept praying, ‘Lord, L' rd,
give me a thankful heart!’ and they’re
shoes! rings!"
"Why-ee!" ejaculated Mrs. Wells,-
shrilly. "Why-ee, Sereny Dodd! I nev
er heard the like!"
“Well, you’ve hea’d it now!” re
torted Mis. Dodd, wrathfully. “Want
to hear it again? Shoestrings! Shoe
strings!'’' She glared at the offending
objects in- her hand.
"There, there, -Sereny,” comforted
Mrs. Wells, "I wouldn't feel bad a
mite! There has to lie shoestrings,
and like enough Mrs. Bill thinks shoes
grow on bushes! Why, she was
reared In the lap of luxury, as you
might say, and I wouldn’t wonder if
her bare toes had never touched cold
cobblestones In all her born days! At
any rate, it counts two more, and my
face-cloths are done, and they make
another two. Why, you’ve got 18 al
ready!”
"Yes,” said Mrs. Dodd, grimly, "and
13 I made myself!”
ii was 7 o'clock, and again Miss Ly
dia Bnrmim had ascended the Tor
i'- Hon Home for Indigent Females.
"My, Aunt Sereny, but your bed
looks packed ready to start. Guess
your members all turned up!”
"They did so," affirmed Mrs. Dodd,
happily. "Miss Sally Sloane, she hadn’t
joined at all, but she donated well!
Samanthy and me, we felt condemned
when we saw what ’twas, for we’d
been remarking only last night on how
scant she’s made her new print bed
gowns, and there, she’d narrowed the
gores and sklnched on the flounces till
she’d squeezed out two of the elegant
es little girl’s calico petticoats ever
you saw! And Betty Macdonald
fetched in a wadded pumpkin hood
and a pair of speckled leggings like
they wear down in Pictou county, and
said she wouldn’t wear them on the
street here for money, and 1 could
have them and welcome. Betty's a
i good child. And Cousin John from
over Taunton way lugged in a bundle
fi-VLi bis wife—I never even asked her,
only si>-^ a last year’s report with my
name written big and black and Ho!cl
o.ut on the edge—and there were six
new dish towels and six new hav 1
towels and two lovely pin-and-spco
worsted lamp mats from dear little
Ethellndy! And Cousin John slid if
tlie society wasn’t taking ornaments,
they could tack on tape and use 'em
for chest protectors. And when I saw
him standing up so smiling and pleas
ant, I took my life in my hand, and
said I, ‘Cousin John, I’m all lixed for
but my moneyed member,’ and with
that he hauled out a crisp one-dollar
greenback and gave me!’’
“Don’t forget to tell your niece
Lyddy about the nice checked ging
ham aprons,” piped up Mrs. Wells.
"Oil, my, no!” said Mrs. Dodd. "Miss
Baizel fetched them. She’s a seam
stress that goes out by the day, lame,
and poorer than Job’s turkey’s young
est little picked chicken ever was!
But she’s got the giving spirit. She's
been up on Nob Hill sewing all day,
and was white as a ghost. And I
asked straight out, ‘What did you have
for lunch?’ and she said, ‘Some nice
graham crackers and a glass of good
fresh water.’ Didn't even look criss
cross! And I said, 'You sit by and have
a. cup of tea with me.’ Since I’ve got
so stout, they send me up my supper,
and I calculated to divide even.
"But Samanthy stole down staiis
and told Miss Timpkins all about, it.
Miss Timpkins makes me madder’n a
wet hen often, but I will say she’ got
a heart of gold. She sent up an extra
plate and cup and saucer, and two por
tions of corn-beef l ash and biscuit and
clove gingerbread, and I got out that
glass of grape jell you brought me
in the other day, and ’twas a sight to
make angels sing to see how they rel
ished! And two cups of good strong
tea! 1 didn’t water it down an atom.
No, ma’am! Sent back the hot water
pitcher full to the brim. She's gone
now, hut what til ings you back, Niece
Lyddy?”
Freni beneath her voluminous cape
M'.-s Barutim shook forth sweeping
folds of white. "Best English drill
ing!’ she proclaimed. “Corded with
Turkey red on collar and cuffs, and
warranted tough as sole-leather!”
”0, Lyddy, Lyddy!" Mrs. Dodd
laughed outilght in her glee. “If
'twan't (lever of you to go aiul get
the ‘men's apparel,' after all! That
makes me 30 pieces, not counting Bar-
b’ry Bill's two hunches of shoestrings.
I'nlesH," she put forth a tentative
hand, “unless you want to.take back
the handkerchiefs?”
“Mercy, no, Aunt Serena! Your col
lection wouldn’t be complete without
them. You haven’t,” mischievously,
“got one other one! Well, good by. It’s
train time!" and Mrs. Dodd was left
contemplating tapturously the gal
lant array on the bed before her,
Presently she spoke, but it was in
an undertone and to herself: 'Tve
half a mind to keep back some of the
pinning blankets. Folks may n it do
so well another year. It’s a sort of
new-broomy this time."
She glanced toward Mrs. Wells, who
was gazing abstractedly out upon the
road. Vv’itli sudden resolution she
lose, gathered up ten of the pinning
blatikeis, and treading softly aeioss
the floor, tucked them away In the
depths of the bureau.
Retracing her steps, she sank into
the rocking chair, tested her fat el
bows on its broad arms, leaned her
head against the cushion at the back,
and drew n sigh of contentment. But
lur lepcse was but momentary. Her
head popped up.
“My takes alive, Samanthy Wells!”
she exclaimed. “If we aren’t neglect
ing our plain, every-dav Christian du
ties. just because Sereny Dodd’s going
to lie a director in The Ye Clothed
Me Society! Do you know what we
ought to have done, Samanthy Wells?”
Mrs. Wells turped from the window.
Her startled eves followed the direc
tion of Mis. Dodd’s, and fell upon the
call skin-covered blble upon the table.
“My stars, Sereny! Our course read
ing! " She tool; the blble and opened
it.
Again Mrs. Dodd leaned back her
head upon the cushion, and an expres
sion of calm benignity crept over her
face.
"Fifth chapter of the Acts of tire
Apostles,” began Mrs. Wells " ‘But a
certain man named Ananias with Sap-
phlra his wife sold a possession, and
—' ” Her voice trailed off Into Indis
tinctness, and she grew very pale.
"What you mumbling like that for,
Samanthy?" Impatiently demanded
Mrs. Dodd. “Can’t, hear half you say!
Read that out again!”
And Mrs. Wells read it out again,
although falteringly: "’But a certain
man named Ananias with Sapphlra his
wife sold a possession and kept hack
part of the price!’” Mrs. Wells
stopped. ’’O, Sereny,” she walled,
"'kept hack part of the price'!”
Mrs. Dodd sat up very straight in
her chair. Bewilderment, then indigna
tion, showed in her countenance. A
spot of scarlet blazed on each cheek.
"Why, Samantny!” she stammered.
"Why, Samanthy Wells! Are you com
paring me with Ananias and Sap-
phira? Me, Sereny Dodd! Bold wood
Dodd’s lawful widow, and your faith
ful companion, lo, these many years?
Oh, oh, Samanthy!”
The tears were rolling down lipr
plump cheeks as she ponderously
walked to the bureau, and pulling out
a drawer, disclosed to Mrs. Well’s as
tonished eyes ten "new pink-and-
white-striped outing flannel babies’
pinning blankets,” and as she fever
ishly dragged them forth, she con
tinued:
"I’m afraid I’m a wicked old woman,
Samanthy! But I really don’t think it
was more than a passing thought.!
Truly, 1 don’t believe I’d have done
It!”
She cast an appealing look at Mrs.
Wells, who an instant later precipi
tated herself upon Mrs. Dodd’s am
ple boson, sobbing wildly:
O, Sereny, Sereny, we’re two
wicked old women! Each worse than
the other, foi Nephew Peter paid me
enough for tlio-e new paper lamplight
ers to buy cotton for four wash cloths,
and I made four, but 1 hid two to give
away for Christmas presents. That’s
why I was so long finishing up that
last one. Oh, but my conscience has
pricked me sore, Sereny!”
• Mrs. Dodd stood aghast. Her tears
dried, her color faded, and she spoke
with conviction:
“I knew this work was going to
prove an awful test of character, an’
awful test! Aud little did I think who
was going to be the ones proved and
found wanting! My, my, but confes
sion is good for the soul, and repent
ance ain’t ever too late, specially ’fore
we’ve done the deed! You fetcii those
wash-cloths, Samanthy Wells, and
we’ll do that bundle up now before
we fall by the wayside again!”—From
Youth’s Companion.
A Noble Purpose.
“Supposing you discover the North
Pole," remarked the inquisitive per
son, “what direct benefit to humanity
will result?”
"We will have the assurance,” an
swered the traveler, "that there is
one spot on earth where nobody asks
‘Is it hot enough for you?’”—Wash
ington Star.
Georgia Briefs
Items of State Interest Culled
From Random Sources.
Seventy-Six Acres for $4.25.
8. H. lielveston of Camden county,
was last week granted 76 acres of
land In that county by Secretary of
State Philip Cook, under the headrlght
laws, The total fees In conectlon with
the grant wore $4.25, making the land
cost lielveston about 5 1-2 cents an
acre. It is said to be good land.
* * ♦
Two Bank Examiners Added.
Two assitant state bank examiners
have been added to the force under
the state bank examiners. They are
W. .1. Bakes of Conyers and J. W.
Stevens of Atlanta, both having nail
banking experience. This gives a
force of four assistants in this depart
ment now. Under the law It Is re
quired that each state bank he exam
ined twice a year.
* * *
Prison Farm for Mrs. Freeney.
The prison commission declined to
recommend clemency for Mrs. Sallle
Freeney of Eastman, who was convict
ed of the murder of W. P. Harrell and
sentenced to life imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
There is little doubt, however, that
the prison commission will be called
on again lo consider the question of
Mrs. Freeney’s pardon after she has
served a short time at the prison
farm.
* • *
Reward of $665 Offered.
At the request of citizens of Mnys-
ville, Banks county. Governor Smith
has offered a reward of $100 for the
arrest of the unknown party or par
ties who, on the night of December
1S last, set fire to and burned the
dwelling house of J. M. Ryloc of that
place. The citizens of Maysville have,
by subscription, offered a reward of
$565 for thj same arrest, and the total
outstanding reward in the case Is thus
$665.
* * *
Receivership May Settle Ownership,
As n result of th > receivership of
the Macon and Birmingham road, it
is thought that the Macon and Bir
mingham may be added to the mileage
of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlan
tic system. It Is known that the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic lias
tried to secure possesion of the Ma
con and Birmingham. The receiver
ship may settle the matter by trans
ferring the road to the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic.
* * *
Club Secretary Heavily Fined.
In the recorder's court at Macon,
Secretary C. R. Wright of the local
order of Elks was fined $500 with the
alternative of 90 days on the public
works, for alleged violation of the city
ordinance against the operation of the
locker in Macon. An appeal has been
planned, and the ease will be hurried
through as fast as possible.
At a lodge mooting the Elks made
plans not to undertake to hold the
lockers open until after the matter
has been decided in the state supreme
court.
* * *
Changes in Georgia Postoffices.
The following changes in postmas
ters in fourth class Georgia offices are
announced by the postoffice depart
ment:
Do Witt, Mitchel county, B. Adler to
succeed H. R. Cowan, resigned; Love-
joy Station, Clayton county, Andrew
W. McViceker, to succeed Isham G.
Dorsey, resigned; Munnerlyn, Burke
county, John W. Lewis, to succeed J. C.
Clark, resigned; Pine Grove, Appling
county, Erasmus D. Music, to succeed
J. L. Bohanon; Walnut Grove, Wal
nut county, R. A. Forrester, to suc
ceed J. Robinson, resigned.
* * *
Rewards Largely Increased.
Rewards for the arrest of George Bar
ton, the alleged safe blower, and John
Harper, the condemned slayer of Sher
iff B. C. Keith, of Murray county, who
made their escape from the Atlanta
jail, have been materially increased.
Two hundred and fifty dollars will be
paid for the apprehension and delivery
of Bar ( ton, and $600 for Harper.
Mrs. Keith, widow of the murdered
sheriff, offers a personal reward of $100
for the capture of Harper, and the oth
er rewards for him are $250 by the
governo and $250 by Sheriff Nelms of
Fulton county. .The $250 reward of
fered for the arrest of Barton is made
up by an offer of $100 from the Bank
of Sharon and $150 by Sheriff Nelms.
* * *
Heavy Fines for Blind Tigers.
Judge W. F. Eve threw a bomb
among the blind tigers of Augusta in
his sentence of J. E. Allen and Fred
Elliott, the two white men convicted
of having liquor for the purpose of sale.
It had been rumored that the sentence
would be served, but the reality proved
worse than the talk. Allen was given
a fine of $000 and six months in jail,
and Elliott a fine of $100 and four
months’ confinement.
This is believed to be the first jail
sentence for violation of the new pro
hibition law in the whole state. Judge
Eve announced that lie expected this
would put an end to the tigers in the
county, but if it did not he would apply
the limit to the next offenders and
give them twelve months In the chain-
gang instead of sending them to jail.
* * *
"College nn Wheels.”
Dr. Soule, president of the $100,000
agricultural college at Athens, and who
Is charge of the "colege on wheels,”
has outlined an Itinerary which will
take in every county In the state and
will make 150 slops at which 300,000
people will be reached.
State School Commissioner Jere M.
Pound and Commissioner of Agricul
ture Hudson are also expected to trav
el with the-train, from time to time,
and deliver brief lectures.
Dr. Soule has provided for five lec
tures to he delivered aboard this train
and make brief talks at each town vis
ited.
One of these lectures will go deeply
into Hie subject of fertilization, and
will tell of the, wonderful properties
to be found in the use of cotton seed
meal as a fertilizer iiller and will show
exhibits which- have resulted from its
use. He will also go Into tl>e subject
of cattle raising in the south and will
explain how much more cheaply cat
tle can be raised, and how much bet
ter by the use of a mixture of cotton
seed meal and cotton seed bills than
western hay or bran. Dr. Smile has
tried the experiments, and will vouch
for the good results to be obtained.
* * *
Pandemonium In Canon Town.
Excitement over the horsewhipping
of.Dr. Halley, superintendent cf Canon
city school, is still at fever heat.
Threats are now being made to horse
whip the mayor of the town and the
chairman of the board of trustees.
The posse was allowed to go pending
trial before the mayor.
Out of an enrollment of over two
hundred pupils the women who did the
horsewhipping represented less than 10
per cent and pay loss than 6 per cent
of the sptclal tax levied for school pur
poses.
Canon had hut a rniall population,
and this affair is deeply regretted by
tile best citizens. Since Dr. Bailey
has been principal of the school tho
town has progressed by leaps and
bounds, exceeding any town in north
east Georgia,
It appears that the cause of the whip
ping of Dr.'’Bailey by the women was
certain statements which lie is alleged
to have made. The women d mandc-d a
retraction, which was made by him.
This was followed by the deniand
that, lie resign as principal, turn over
the keys and leave»the town. Dr. Bai
ley agreed to all of these demands.
Before lie could l»ave the building,
some of the women, It appears, could
not restrain their anger and lashed
him severely with lion whips and
switches.
FIGHT ON HUNDLEY.
Charges Against Alabama Federal
Judge Linder Investigation by
Senate Committee.
A Washington special: Tho subcom
mittee of the senate committee on the
judiciary appointed to Investigate the
charges against Judge O. R. Hundley,
whose appointment as federal judge of
tho northern district of Alabama, is
before the senate for confirmation, met
Saturday and examined T. G. Bush of
Birmingham, one of the receivers of
the Southern Steel company, whose
appointment by Hundley is held against
his record.
During the hearing a query was pro
pounded as to whether Senator John
ston of Alabama had recommended the
appointment of Bush to Judge Hundley.
Senator Johnston, who was present at
the hearing, emphatically denied this
was the case. He said he was a friend
of Bush, but had made no recommen
dation concerning the appointment as
a receiver.
Augustus Benners, attorney for the
creditors of the Southern Steel com
pany, who drew the complaint against
the board of receivers and trustees ap
pointed by Hundley, was recalled by
the committee and asked for an expla
nation of a resolution offered hi a cred
itor’s meeting by the president of the
First National Bank of Birmingham,
commending the receivers Hundley had
Placed in power. Tills resolution was
supported by Benners, but he said that
subsequent acts of the receivers had
not justified it.
hitch in extradition.
Embezzler Walker May Not be Turned
Over to United States.
Because the extradition papers ar
rived six days after the expiration of
the period stipulated by the treaty be
tween the United States and Mexico,
that a prisoner may be held in either
country for the other, William Walker,
accused of embezzling $65,000 from a
Now Britain, Conn., bank and now in
jail at Ensenada, Mexico, may secure
his immediate freedom.
Upon the technicality thus develop-
I ed it is said Walker is preparing to
. Put up' a fight for liberty.
STILLINGS LAID OFF
Head of Public Print Shop
Temporarily Suspended,
INVESTIGATION PENDING
President Takes Cognizance of Charges
Made In Connection With Al-
leged Mismanagement
of Office.
President Roosevelt Wednesday tern-
porarily suspended as public printer
Charles A. Stillings and appointed \\
S. Rossiter temporarily to fill the d u
ties of that office. The action, as o x
plained officially, is to facilitate the in
restlgation now being made pf the gov
eminent printing office by emigres:
Mr. Rossiter Is now chief clerk of
the celnsus office.
Just as the president's action In
suspending Stillings was being an-
nounced, a committee of labor nu n of
Washington called at the white house
and presented to the president reso
lutions adopted by the local Central
Labor Union, on January 20, last,
charging Stillings with violations of
tho eight-hour law in the government
printing office.
Mr. Stillings is from Boston, Mass.,
and was appointed public printer in
1905. Ho had been general manager
of his father’s printing firm In N-w
York, and at various times manager of
the printers’ board of trade of Wash
ington and of New York. Mr. Rossi
ter also came from Massachusetts, and
had connections In New York and
Washington before assuming office in
tho census bureau in 1890.
Mr. Landis made the following : tale-
ments, in which Senator Whyte and
Mr. Perkins concurred:
“There was referred by the joint
committee on printing to the subcom
mittee of the printing invest!'.: itioa
commission, authorized to Inquire into
the general nintter of printing and
binding, composed of Senator Whyte,
Judge Perkins anil myself, a proposal
submitted to the joint committee by
the Suffolk Distributing company, of
New York, with the request to report
on the question of any relations which
might exist between the said company
and the Audit System, a corporation
employed in the government printing
office to Install a cost, audit and in
ventory system.
“The committee had been reliably In
formed that the Audit System and its
auxiliary company, the Audit System
Supply company, not only exerted what
seemed to tho committee an undue and
Improper influence in the government
printing office, but wore also interested
in the purchase of supplies for Un gov
ernment printing office.
"The sub-committee, after the exam-
ination of these witnesses, felt that ih»,
testimony given by them, In connection
with other representations made to the
members of the committee, justified a
request, that, In fairness to Mr Stil
lings as well as to the committee and
to the government and to all concerned,
the public printer ho temporarily sits'
pended pending the result of the inqui
ry now in hand.”
BANKER MORSE SKIPS OUT.
Leaves New York on Eve of Court|
Proceedings Against Him.
Following the institution of an ao|
tlon in the supreme court at New York
Wednesday against Charles W. MorrtJ
the banker, by CharleB A. Hanna!
United States bank examiner, to rai
cover $243,321.25, the balance due 0®
certain promissory notes given M|
Morse to the National Bank of Non
America, the receiver was In forme
that Morse had probably gone to
rope or .departed elsewhero from N e l
York to be gone f07 an Indefinite P*|
riod.
WAVES THE OLIVE BRANCH.
Van Cleave Wants Organized LaW
and Capital to Cease Fighting.
“Let us cease 'fighting. Let organ]
lzed labor and capital go forward
peace, now that the supreme court 1
the United States lias determin'd 1
rights of each. It would be too M
If the employers are forced to dr ft*
measures to protect their proper!)
from criminal practices.’’
Such is the olive branch waved
fore labor hosts by Janies W. VS
Cleave, president of the National
sociation of Manufacturers.
FILIPINOS IN CONGRESS.
Two Representatives from Our lsla | '|
Possessions Take Their Seats.
Representation in the house of
resentatives was increased by
Wednesday, when Benito LcGarda i
Pablo Ocampo, resident PhilipP^j
commissioners, took their seats. TM
were conducted to the capitol by
retary Taft. Their entry into
chamber was signalized by appl*> u