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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER IS, 1907.
THE CLOSING OF
THE BjGCONGRESg
People Interested in lm«
proving Waterways Great*
ly Encouraged.
Washington, December 9.—Formal
ly o),eni'(l by Ellhu Root, Secretary
of State and brought to a formal
close by Theodore Roosevelt, presi
dent of the United States, the fourth
annual convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress has
passed Into history as the great, st
gathering of its kind ever held in
the western hemisphere. More than
2,000 delegates attended it. They
came from every section of the na
tion, and cabinet officers, members of
congress, governors of states and
heads of big railroad systems express
ed their sympathy with the organiza
tion's policy and pledged their support
in the effort being made to have an
annual appropriation Hill or not less
than $50,000,000 passed by the nation
ul legislature.
Secretary Root aroused the greatest
enthusiasm when he declared the ad
ministration was in heartiest accord
with the organization and its work.
He referred to a remark made by a
speaker at the last convention to the
effect that the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress should go slow in
its demtuid for heavy appropriations
and that It should not attempt to
cross a bridge before it came to it.
Leaning forward Mr. Root sjioke slow
ly and distinctly, so that his voice was
audible in every part of the great
hall. In reply to tin* expression .if i
year before.
"Some reference was made at your
last meeting to 'not crossing a bridge
before you reach it.' " ne said. "Gen
tlemen, we have reached that bridge!
Within the first few minutes of liN
address the Secretary of State coined
the phrase that ruled throughout the
convention. Almost every sp. ,-iker
made reference to it. In fact, had .<
stranger wandered into the convention
tie might have been at a loss to d *•
termine immediately whether the or t
tors were discussing waterways or
bridge building.
The second day of the session s.i\.
six governors of states on the plat
form. each of whom pledged the en
thusiastic supi>ort of liis state an!
section to the furtherance of water
ways improvement. The six wlc
spoke were Dawson of West Virginia .
Glenn of North Carolina: Johnson ol
Minnesota; Cummins of Iowa; Corner
of Alabama and Hoke Smith of Geor
gia. In addition, former Governor
Pardee of California and Lieutenant
Governor Davidson of Texas were on
the program the same day.
One significant feature of the meet
ing was the appearance of James J
Hill, head of the Great Northern sys
tern, and President Finley of tli
Southern Railway. These two rail
road magnates addressed the oonven
tion and proved beyond the shadow
of a doubt that railroad opo.sition ;<
waterways development had been en
tirely removed.
As a matter of fact, the attitude of
the railroads now is one of appeal,
rather than of menace. Roth Mr. Hi'!
and Mr. Finley agreed that unless
some auxiliary means of transporta
tion Is developed, Ihe commerce of the
country will be halted and hard times
set in, disastrous to ail business en
terprises, including their own. They
produced statistics to show that wa
ter traffic aided in prospering the af
fairs of the railroads.
in the final session the convention
elected unanimously Congressman Jos
eph E. Ransdall, of Louisiana, and
Captain J. F. Elison, of Cincinnati,
president and secretary, respteindly.
Delegates were present from thirty
six states and from Hawaii and
Alaska. The great growth of the or
ganlzation was shown by the fact that
It was found necessary to increase
the board of directors from twenty-
three to thirty-two, in order that ev
ery' geographical section might have
representation.
Secretary Ellison stated that there
Is to be no abatement of the campaign
to include in the membership of the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
every believer in waterways develop
ment in the United States. It was
proposed at the meeting, and greeted
with applause, that $t'.0,0l)0 lie raised by
the members and turned into the or
ganization's treasury in order that
interest might be aroused and results
accomplished.
The resolutions adopted b ythe con
vention again endorsed the platform
of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress which stands for an appro
priation bill carrying not less than
$50,000,000 a year for the improvement
of rivers and harbors. The resolutions
presented a complete summary of the
work accomplished by the convention.
In them was urged “the immediate
adoption by the federal government
of a wide, liberal and comprehensive
waterway policy that will provide for
the proper improvement, within the
next ten years, of the rivers, water
ways and harbors of our country, the
Improvement of which Is justified by
present and prospective benefits to
commerce.”
Copies of these resolutions were
presented to President Roosevelt,
Vice President Fairbanks and Speak
er Cannon by a committee composed
of President Ransdell, Secretary Elli
son, end the entire strength of the
board of directors.
The convention came to a close with
a reception at the White House, In
the course of which President Roose
velt pointed to the reference in Ms
message to the work of waterways de-
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So Tired
lit PIC-MAKERS
IfilGJOCRAWFISH
AugusiaChfoncle SetsFonh
the Present Conditions
and Places Cause.
Tin* Augusta Chronicle sets forth in
a most able and convincing argument
the causes for the stringency of the
tint's, and places the resi>onsibility
where it, belongs; on the agitators of
reforms: issues used for the puriioso
riding ini" office at the expense of Hi*
Iriopie and industries of this state.
The editorial is as follows:
The panic-makers are having the
devil's own time trying to ’crawfish’
out of the hole in which they have
placed lliomsi Ives—and the country
along with them.
It may be from overwork, but
the chances are its from an in-
active LIVER.
With a well conducted LIVER
one can do mountains of labor
without fatigue.
It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity.
It can be kept i n healthful action
by, and only by
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TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE
ULYSES BELL
IN FLOW
Atlanta, Ga„ December 9.—Ulysses
S. Bell, one of the most popular young
men of Atlanta, the son of Mrs. Mary
C. Bell and brother of lion. Madison
Bell, was drowned in the St. John-.-
river, near Jacksonville, some time
Saturday or Sunday, the first informa
tion being received by the family last
night
Mr. Bell was with a duck bunting
party and fell from a boat The
weight of ammunition in his pocket
carried Mm down and- bis comrades
were unable to rescue him In time to
save Ms life. However, the body was
recovered.
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They arc i«.*t worrying so much
perhaps about the cuintiVs predica
ment as their owu -f r. naturally.
u:< u who won* willing to sacrifice the
country’s prosperity to gain a little
p litieal advantage for themselves are
not ovc r-burdoned with patriotism--
and if they can merely succeed iu
fooling the people some more, this
time into the In lief that it was gome- j I'orations (lid it,” they say—"just for
one else, and not they, that brought spite.' "Rather than see our righteous
makers would apparent!
forget.
Some of them even go so far as to
tell us these things haven't hap
pened; that It is all a hoax, the idle
tile of corporate agents, put forward
to deceive the public. With editorial
and oat toons, some of the organs of
the pauic-makr rs are frantically en
deavoring to beguile the public Into
the btlief that nothing is really tli •
matter. "Join our Smile (’lull.' says
■ ip and forgi t your troulil s. ' i’ros-
P- lity Ail Around Us." s>ys another,
picturing a happy, contented farmer—
they 1-ft cut the lumberman, the la
boring man, tile merchant and the
hanker sealed on a bale of "15-cent"
coiton. with a pile of pumpkins at his
feel. The market price of the cotton
is not gi\,n. and the "l.a-eent" cot
ton is really only a grim reminder o!
what it might have been but for the
devilish work of the panic-maker.
There are other panic-makers who
take still another task; indeed, there
sems to be now no concert of action
among them. Wlu ti brought face to
face with tlie fruits cf their own work,
they become panic-stricken them-
selvt s. and each runs to cover in his
own way- -offers his own excuse for
what he lias helped to do. Still others,
we say, go to the extent of declaring
that the present trouble was all caus
ed. not by the panic-makers them-
seiv, s—but by their prey. "The cor
un our present troubles they will he
quite satisfied.
But can they do it? Their frantic
efforts to crawl from under would
seem to indicate that they had serious
doubts on that score themselves. From
i*rv side the}
an
ettiug up lii"
howl "we didn't intend to go so far."
I-ess commendable still, they are try
ing to lay it on each other.
From President Roosevelt down .the
panic-makers are now saying “It
wasn't I that Hid it; it was the fcol
further down who rocked the boat. '
If their own particular policies had
been adhered to, they tell us, every
thing would have been ail right; bn?
the rial mischief was made by men
who tried to imitate them, and who
didn't know where to stop.
Still others are saying, in substance.
“All we ask is a fair trial for our
theories; If they don't work out in
the course of time as we said they
would, why. only the corporate in
terests of the country will be the
losers by some millions of dollars—so
why should anyone else care? The
idea being that, having committed
themselves to certain wild Ideas, they
are going to insist on having them
put In effect, come what will. After
which we can patch-up the pieces, and
go ahead again.
Nothing la said of the general de
pression that this suicidal policy has
already forced on the country;' the
suspension of Improvements and ex
tensions in all industrial lines, the
withdrawal of money, the cutting
thousand: of heretofore well-paid'
workmen, the depreciation In values
of every kind. All this toe panic-
theories sustained, these soulless cor
porations d< liberately brought on the
panic just to discredit us.’
But a sorry mess they are making
of their apolrgies and explanations.
The people are wiser than they were
a year ago—I hey are not so easily
humbugged Mbs time. They can see a
few things for themselves. One of
the things they oan see is the fruit
of too much “pefawm.’ And they don’t
need anyone to jioint it out to them.
No. the panic makers have been
caught in the act, so to speak. The
exposure came a little sooner, perhaps
than they had reason to expect—but
they can t “crawfish" out of it, now
that it has come.
There isn't an intelligent man in the
country today who doesn't know that
xve are simply paying the price of too
much “refawm'—and he knows who
made ns pay it. It is a self-evident
proposition—you can’t build-up and
tear-down at one and the same time
It is easier to do the latter than the
former; therefore, • the panic-makers
succeeded—far too well.
Having done so, however, they must
not be allowed to crawl from under,
and leave to others the work of
straightening out the wreckage. They
must accpet their full share of .re
sponsibility. We all know just how
much of It to place on the speculators
and frenzied-financiers—and they are.
in part guilty .too—but the country
could have withstood these things had
toe panic-makers not insisted on forc
ing legitimate business and industry
HtW YORK CiTY
HAS QUtET_ SUNDAY
Under New Regu^aiions all
Play Houses wers
Closed
KILLED BY NEGRO
Feeling Near Milltn is Very
High Against the
Murderer.
•New York, December 9.—New York, I
which can usually be depended upon ;
to provide somthlng new and sonsa- 1
tional, yesterday treated its millions j
oi residents and tens of thousands of j
week-end visitors to the novelty of a !
thoroughly "Mue" Sunday, tlie first j
and probably the last in the history'
of file metropolis. Few had expecte-l
to live to see the day. There have
broti more or less "dry” Sundays and j
Sundays without baseball, hut the
memory of the "oldest inhabitants"
failed to recall a Sabbath here when
ono was compelled to choose between
the churches and the parks if he would
see or hear something to entertain
him.
Incidentally the police department
demonstrated that it was equally ef
fective in enforcing obnoxious or popu
lar statutes. The aldoimen will meet
Tuesday to modify the ordinance so
far as their authority goes.
Over in Brooklyn three proprietors
of moving picture shows w ho bad gone
to the trouble of getting out injunc
tions restraining the police from inter
fering with their business, kept open,
but with these exceptions the amuse
ment promoters held to their avowed
intention of resting their cases with
the people, confident that public opin
ion would demand a modification of
a law which prohibited all sorts of
amusements on the Lord's day.
The effect of Sunday closing was
everywhere apparent. Broadway was
deserted except for those who found
nothing better to do than to walk the
streets. The hush throughout tli?
great White Way was painful to ears
accustomed to week day noises and
Sunday harmonies.
down of expenses, toe discharge of- -to toe wall in toeir efforts to crawl
over' toe wreckage Into place and
power not before accorded, tow by
toe cool judgment of toe people.
Millen, Ga., December 9.—As a r“-
sult of the unprovoked killing cf Mar
shal Brinson by a negro this after
noon. at Midville, a small village near
here, a bitter feeling has been engen
dered, which may result in further
trouble.
The negro who killed Marshal Brin
son escaped, and on a call from Mid-
ville the sheriff of the county and .i
la^rge number of armed men wi!n
bloodhounds, have left for that place
on a special train for the purpose of
limiting down the slayer.
The negro killed the marshal with
out any provocation. The negro, with
others of his race, was on the street
and was making a disturbance The
marshal told the negro he must lie
quiet and ordered him to appear in
the city court tomorrow morning.
As the officer was turning away the
negro pulled a pistol, thrust the wea
pon against the officer's body, an I
fired three times. One bullet passed
through the marshal's body and two
lodged in his abdomen. The officer
fell to the sidewalk and died almost
instantly. So close was the negro's
pistol to Marshal Brinson's body that
his clothing was set on fire by the
shots.
AT WORK FOR
UNIVERSAL TARIFF
Washington. D. C., Dec. 9.—A sub
committee of the uniform classifica
tion commission, organized by the
railroads of the United States for the
purpose of arranging a universal
freight tariff to apply to all the rail
roads of the country, met here today
to determine upon the time and to
arrange other details in connection
with to meeting of the commission.
It is expected that the sesions of the
commission will begin soon aft r ihe
first of the year and that tli. y will
Is- held either in New York or Ciiiea-
go.
Tile time that It will take the com-
mission to perform its work is prob
lematical. The sessions of the com
mission may extend over a period of
three years, and longer if necessary.
If satisfactory progress is not made
within that period the commission
will lie (IDs hod.
The commission of fifteen members
represents every railroad in the coun
try and it will endeavor to arrange
a uniform schedule. There are at
present three classifications used by
the railroads of the different terri
tories. These are the official, tlie?
southern and the western.
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VOCAL EXERCISE.
Mr. Billings—Don’t you think that
every man should have a voice in toe
affairs of government?
Mrs. Wisely—Yes, but he ought to
exercise It in Borne other way than
shouting at election bulletins.
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Oscar Taj lor Suicide d near
Hawkinsville, Ga.
Hawkinsville, Ga., December 9.—
The body of Oscar Taylor, a promin
ent young man, was found this morn
ing in the swamp below the city by a
crowd of searchers.
Taylor disappeared from home last
Tuesday, and it was feared that he
had taken his life. Before kf.ling him
self he crawled into a cypress log,
made a pillow of his coat, and fired a
bullet into his heart
The body was in a good state of
preservation owing to the cold weath.
er prevailing. No cause other than
despondency is known for his act.
SEEMS THAT WAY.
“Say,” she asked, after reading th«
news from the exar’s troubled king
dom, “what Is this Douma, anyway?’’
*‘I think,” replied her husband, “that
that’s simply the Russian way of
spelling ‘door mat”’—Catholic Stand
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