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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 190>.
CORRIDOR AN
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By J. L. H.
CORNER CHA
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AMERICAN HANDICRAFT
AS PRACTICED AT PRESENT \
his resignation as pastor of th« Epiph
any Baptist Church and his leasing
of the Majestic theater, in which, be-
inning- last Sunday ni^ht. he began a
entered into competition for the erec
tion of buildings,
“The only occupations in which
women are going baekw;Lrd compared
__ , . . ( “I entered upon this new work.**
BOSTON’, Mass.. Jan. 13.—Celebrat- their own use articles made by crafts- j sa j^ £> r Peters, “because I long for
ing the tenth anniversary of the in- So thsit, without in^reality enter- , freedom which no man can enjoy in a
auguration of the arts and craft;
movement in this
j scries of people’s meetings under most i w *th men.*’ says The Technical World,
' favorable conditions. j “ are those ip which they might be ex-
LCARN TO SPEAK
SEVERAL LANGUAGES
Tt is a notable fart that at least a dozen
differ. nt lang.iage: prv spoken in this
*.nd strange fo say. vory few natives
nf t h U eo»ir »ry ran «p* ak more than two
? .ip.*! .i majority of then, use
Mi '!ivh ii. ’Iff*-r^ntlv. A few Emys ago T
met itu K'^IWimarj w),o • onvers* d with
a *In *i; rest;!ijrat»*ur in the Hellenic
tor.cue. lat'-r with a gentleman in Span
iel. th*-r n schooner of beer he rolled
tl * gu’tnrrtl German to perfection. He
told me no bar 1 traveler] around the world
and e » iM '•,:!< a dozen languages. He
benediction, and hi* example an jnspi-
jalim to all unselfish and noble ser-
Thi
I’nitod
S tat«*s Is the only
vhere tJje peoph-
ie one-language
inn,
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NAPTHA LAUNCHE8
PLY THE OCMULOEE
There are several floating boat
j houses Just above Fifth street bridge
, used for protection of naptha launches
] owned by Macon men. Every Sunday
afternoon the long iron bridge is
■ crowded with spectators who watch
I this naptha flotilla ply the Ocmulgee.
j Toadies and children are given outir.gs
I on the water and there seems to be
1 much Interest in boating Just now.
There is much complaint, however,
i about the poor facilities for landing,
land one has.to risk a mud bath or
: quagmire to get into a boat. It iis said
I that a suitable wharf for these small
! craft will be constructed the coming
. summer.
The talk of a line of steamboats on
i the Ocmulgee River and the recent
; trips of the Nan Elizabeth have given | ery.
• in Impetus to the "launch movement"
it, thus city, and when the weather be
comes warmer and aquatic pleasures
more desirable doubtless the number of
little steamers will be Increased.
untry, an import
ant exhibition is shortly to be held in
tiiis city. Through ut the United
States, as nearly evt rybody has come
to know, there have sprung up in the
past decade handicraft • societies,* with
aims and practices derived, as a rule,
from a similar reawakening of inter
est in hand work tiiat has taken place
in Great Britain and other countries
of the Old World.
What the average busy man knows
about this movement is, probably, that
it somehow js connected with the
teachings and preachings of John Ru
ing into competition with tae work of j pulpit where a few men pay his salary
the machine, which has become a nec- land dictate what he shall say. The
essary part of civilized existence, and I pulpit in America, with here and there
an exception, is a coward's castle. I
say emphatically that there never will
^ which will always continue to do the
: carser and more ordinary things of
life, the believers in the value of the
hand-maue have already gained a
modest following and a proper place
: for the things which they produce—
' as was lately shown in a special bul
letin of the governmental Department
of Commerce and .Labor.
; . All this has come to pass within ten
, years—for the hammered brass work
and painting of realistic roses, pansies
and lilies on plaques, which we re
garded as decorative art in the 'sev
enties and eighties, can hardly be
kin. who wrote eloquently about Tur- | termed serious handicraft. At this
ner's "Slave Ship," and of William \ time nearly every American city has
Morris, poet and craftsman, who dis- t its local arts and crafts society with
covered new ways of utilizing old prin- I occasional exhibitions and in some
ciples of printing and who invented cases with permanent salesrooms. At
the familiar chair that goes by his the St. Louis exhibition the applied
name. He knows that in some inter- j arts were admitted for the first time
esting way honorable occupations j to a place of co-equal honor with the
which used to be practiced in this j fine arts, and at Jamestown, according
country in colonial and post revolu- I to advance notices, handicraft will be
tionary days,' bu; which had become j specially emphasized,
all but forgotten in an .-ige if niachin- So much has been accomplished
. after a world
in books a nd by
eve an English
C‘r ;,ra easily
if you can. blit
W'-ll the pronun-
ls from books,
k niori' than
smopolitan o.
Spanish-American
nep from Macon lc
It In Cuba. There
Sev
an d
Spa
those who
those who
rrectly. It is und
now
club ir
1.7
ow spe
oslre tr
nb would do much tow;
•til- to such Earning. And
several Indies who speak
requentlv they exchange
ting and
learn Ppat
as l-,,r|r. p ;
Spanish ft
sh is a h
n has dr:
"THE OLD SOUTH ’
THE HOME OF CHIVALRY J good
Occasionally a lecturer or magazine
■writer discusses the old South In con
tradistinction to the new South—or
rather ante et post helium conditions
that constitute the distinctive features
of the two eras Such contributions to
literature rarely depict the real condi
tions that obtained in the old South.
1ts political attitude on all national
questions has been properly reviewed,
but the social conditions, the relations
between master and slave, the intense
religions zeal of the people, and their
love of home and country have not
been presented Just as they existed In
the old South.
The host exposition of Southern life
and institutions is embodied' In a
small volume. "The Old South.” a
Monograph, by Dr. Howard M. Hamlll,
of Nashville. Tenn. Dr. Ilamil is well
known throughout the United States
for the great work he is doing for
church and Sunday school. He is a
native of Anhurn. Ala., where he grad
uated from the East Alabama Male
College. Reared among a people of
highest 1 i t carry attainments. where
wealth and education made the cultur
ed gentleman an aristocrat, whore mas
ter and 1 ive could ho viewed and
studied .■ their home relations. Dr.
Hamlll as well qualified to discuss
"The Old South" as he saw it and
lived it in from infancy to sturdy manf
hood.
He has printed a souvenir volume
for his friends, and as a presentation
of the "home-like.” "life-like” condition
of the old South, it is the best yet pub
lished. It appeals to the heart and
arouses a deeper love and veneration
for the "home of the cavalier, the pa
triot. the statesman," and even a re
spect for the old-time negroes, who
•wore honest and faithful. The book is
n true picture of the South in slavery
days.
[ANGELS CROWDED LITTLE
} BOY AWAY FROM BED
; fine of Macon's prominent lawyers
j has a hricht little 3-year-old boy who
.delights in stories about fairies and
j angels. This barrister tells these sto
ries in a most charming way and soon
j rivets the attention of the little one. A
I few nights ago lie told Charlie about
I the fairies and the angels hovering
[ about the beds of good little boys and
| girls, and then told the little fellow to
l go to bed. Uharlie ran Into his room
land then returned. Papa kissed him
j again and sent him to his room, but
i Charlie returned again and hfs father
j n“ed why he didn't get into his bed.
The 3-year-old said: "Papa, so many
• angels about my bed I can't get to it."
I THE ICE MAN IN GLEE
AND COAL MAN IN DUMPS
Blue birds are on the wing and peach
blossoms dot the orchards, violets and
narcissus, bursting buds and limb and
twig, and green swords are ail har
bingers of spring. The ice man is
, ,.... . up" has rickety old delivery
learn | "agon and oiling his scales so that
< ustomers can get ""what's coming.”
The lee man Is very particular about
exact weight, you know! And the coal
man! Well, this has been a tough win
ter for him. In fact, "it is the winter
of his discontent." No blizzard blew
his way: no snow covered ground to
make people shiver and shudder—and
yards hanked up with tons of coa'.
Clothiers and merchants with winter
have seen few frost bitten noses
this season, though their business has
been good. People will buy clothes—
rain or shine, melt or freeze! But the
man with small salary is having h
day. He can don a last year's suit and
straw with comfort: not cold enough
for a fire nor warm enough for ice, and
in this respect he is "getting all that's
coming to him.”
And think of the hundreds of little
barefoot tots! What a blessing
them is warm weather. The “wind is
tempered to the shorn lamb" and
little children whose poverty prevents
comfort when weather is void. Don't
complain of the weather, but rejoice to
know that the millions of poor people
are blessed by its balmy breezes and
life-giving ozone. The thinly clad girl
and the barefoot hoy are made glad.
And yet the reverse side of this picture
will be shown when the discontented of
today will be In his glory tomorrow.
are now being revived.
j within a few years—though more, of
Particularly In the rural districts course, remains to be done—that the
the name of "arts and crafts" has been j Sot iety of Arts and Crafts purposes to
frequently heard. Spinning wheels, * make its anniversary exhibition an
looms, and flax frames have been with- !event of national importance. Copley
drawn from dusty garrets. Indigo pots ; Halt which, through the international I sponsibility for
be in any pulpit in America a free ex
pression of honest opinion as long as
the consciences of the preachers are
held in bondage and thralldom by-
paid salaries.”
The situation at which Dr. Peters re
volted Is typified by the attitude of the
churches toward the liquor question,
especially on the subject of local op
tion, as clergymen have been compell
ed to preach for local option regardless
of its possibilities for evil. Dr. Peters
believes the clergymen should view
with a broad mind the regulation of
the personal habits of individuals in
stead of inviting revolt on the part of
churchgoers and resulting in empty
pews.
That New York city is almost help
less in the grasp of local traction
companies is shown by the fact that
$24,000,000 worth taxes, owing by these
■companies, stands today on the books
of the City. This shows an accumu
lation of twenty years and tells for
the first time the full story of the in
debtedness of the street railway com
panies.
For years the companies have done
! pected to go forward, namely, sewing.
; tailoring and dressmaking. There
j were fewer seamstresses, tailoresses
| and dressmakers in proportion to the
i number of men in these occupations
| in 1900 than there were in 1890.
"The number of women at work in-
j creased 33 per cent during the decade.
' In that period the total number of
women in the United States increased
only 22 per cent. In other words, the
number of women* at work increased
half as fast again as the total number
of all the women in the country.
Roughly speaking, it may be said that,
while in 1890 one woman in every six
went to work, in 1900 the proportion
had increased to one in every five."
POPE PiilS RECEIVED
AMERICAN STUDENTS
I everything in their power to dodge re-
j sponsibility for paying car line taxes,
that for half a century had lain in ; art shows of the Copley Society has j franchise taxes and everything else
kitchen closets, have been stirred to l become certainly one of the most fa- J possible in the taxation line. City em
simmering activity on country cook-
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stoves. the ultimate purpose being to
produce blue-and-white draperies or
drawn rugs to sell to urban collectors.
Village blacksmiths whose time-honor
ed occupation of shoeing horses and
mending carriage tires beneath the
spreading chestnut tree, has lately
been threatened by the automobile
have sometimes begun to find oppor
tunity for agreeable and reasonably
profitable employment in the current
demand for artistic ironwork. Even
the gentle art of whittling, often .prac
ticed in the country hi elderly gentle
men whose working days are past, has
assumed new consequence, for there
are instances of worthy deacons who
find a ready sale for paper knives or
salad spoons neatly carved from well-
seasoned applewood.
This revival of rural industries is an
Interesting phase of the handicraft
movement. Along with it—and more
important, perhaps, in an economic
sense—is the existence in our cities of i
a considerable body of craftsmen who |
work in co-operation with architects. :
painters and sculptors. Men engaged
in the practice of the fine arts have, i
long complained that there are now, i
because of the disappearance of the
apprentice system, very few good I
workmen competent to assist the artist i
in the execution of his designs. Many
! mous exhibition halls in the country, j ployes. apparently for years, made no
j has been engaged for this exhibition, j effort to keep a record of the sums,
; which will be held between the dates ■ much less to take a stand to force
j February 5 and February 26. At the | payment of the claims.
■ head of the exhibition committee is j Now, however, many suits have been
Professor H. Langford Warren -of the j instituted and others soon will be
Department . of Architecture of How- | started to compel the settlement of at
GRANTSBURY, Texas, Jan.
Twelve hundred bales of cotton were
burned here today in the Catts cot
ton yard. The estimated loss is $90,000.
ATLANTA. Jan 12.—On Wednesday
of the coming week Commissioner John
W. Lindsey will commence handing out
pension money to the Confederate vet
erans of the State. Fulton County's
Confederate veterans and their widows
will be the first to get their pay. About
$65,000 is disbursed in this county.
There are about 15.000 pensioners on
the rolls and it takes $950,000 to pay
them all. This is the appropriation.
Last year there was a shortage or
$17,000.
ROME, Jan. 13.—Pope Pius today re
ceived the students of the American
college in Rome, who were presented
by Mgr. Kennedy, the rector of the
college. Mgr. Kennedy said the Amer
ican students were more numerous
than those of any other nationality at
tending institutions »f learning here,
there being 129 at the college. Pone
i Pius, after praising the. students for
I the success they have attained in their
I studies, spoke to them about France,
I saying: "In the war tiiat is being
j waged between the clergy and Hell,
| the expressions' of unity and sympathy
| from Catholics throughout the world
j are the greatest consolation. America,
especially, has distinguished herself in
I this way; indeed, America is a great
] credit to us. When you return to
[ your glorious country follow with the
clergy and the people this luminous
example of solidarity in tlie tremen
dous conflict against the church."
ard University, who is also president
! of the Society of Arts and Crafts. Mr.
Warren will have special charge of the
exhibits of wood carving. The other
arts and crafts will be represented as
follows: Pottery, A. W. Longfellow;
Vilver work and other metal work,
George P. Kendrick: stained glass C.
Howard Walker: other glass. Harold
B. Warren; printing and engraving,
D. B. Updike: textiles and embroid
ery. Miss Alice J. Morse: ecclesiastical
work. Ralph Adams Cram; leather
work, George R. Shaw; bookbinding,
Miss Mary Crease Sears: jewelry, F.
Allen Whiting, loan collection, J. T.
Coolidge, Jr.: foreign exhibits, Edward
R. Warren; basketry. Miss Amy M.
Sacker
The fitness of the Society of Arts
and Crafts to undertake an ambitious
exhibition of this character has been
demonstrated by the success with
which its various activities has been
pursued in a dignified and serious yet
energetic manner. It is distinctly a
I least a part of this vast indebtedness.
f which is owned by the elevated and
surface railways in all the boroughs.
Comptroller Metz and Corporation
Counsel Ellison are responsible for the
activity which may compel the compa
nies to settle.
American artists residing abroad,
particularly in Paris, are materially
affected by a test ease now before the
Board of the United States General
Appraisers. For years many American
students living in Paris have helped
to support themselves by making pen-
and-ink sketches of the latest fash
ions for submission to illustrated peri
odicals in this country. Recently the
Treasury Department decided to
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 11.—Re
ports were received tonight from Sallna
Cruz of the safe arrival of a Japanese
steamer carrying 992 laborers. The
steamer was several days overdue. At
the local agency here the name of the
steamer or the cause of the delay was
not known.
Plan to Show Where Econo
mies May Re Practiced
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The House
today, in an hour 35 minutes, passed 6-S
private pension bills, or an average of
seven bills per minute, exceeding the
highest record ever made before. The
House also passed a bill to increase the
limit of cost of five lighthouse tenders,
making the total limit $200,000, instead of
135,000.
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. Jan. 12.—
The will of. Gen. Philip Schuyler, who
was killed in a wreck at Lawyers,
eminent American artists have inter- [nearly every State of the Union. Per-
sted themselves in encouraging the I manent headquarters, with galleries
work of craftsmen who. however they ■ for special exhibitions, are maintained
amateurs, arc : in Park street, Boston, close by the
rate of fifteen per cent.
The Curtis Publishing Company, of
Philadelphia, proprietor of the Ladies’
Home Journal, has filed a protest with
. ... ... - . the Board of Appraisers which will
national association with a present M. Jr. ~ , ,, *
•have the effect of bringing the mat
ter into the Federal Courts. It is the
contention that the sketches are prop
erly entitled to free entry under the
assess the drawings under the provis- ; Va., Thanksgiving day, at the same
ion in the Dingley tariff law for “pen- j time that President Samuel Spencer,
and-ink^ drawings,’ with duty at the j of the Southern Railway and six others
met their death, was filed here for pro
bate today. The estate is estimated
unofficially at about $300,000. The will
leaves Louise Lee and Georgianna
Schuyler, sisters of the testator, $8,000
membership of about 350, representing
each. The remainder of the estate
goes to General Schuyler's widow.
ke their start
likely eventually to become well train- [Massachusetts State House.
exemption schedule of the tariff law.
The law provides that “works of art,
AUTOMOBILES DASH
THROUGH THE STREETS
Almost any day autos- can bo seen j while
running at a dangerous rate of speed,
und frequently pedestrians are forced
to move rapidly to avoid an accident.
It is said vehicles are In danger of
collision with their horseless competi
tors. A few evenings ago a gentleman
driving a handsome auto had a collis
ion with a bicycle boy. The result Is
not definitely known, but it attracted
quite a crowd of people who thought
the bicyclist had "given up the
ghost."
On Friday night a negro man had
his right leg broken and body badly
bruised by being run down by an auto
on Forsyth ■street. The driver didn’t
stop to see whether he had killed the
man, but kept on his way at the “same
old gait." Tt does seem, when an
nutolst grinds the body of a fellow
man. that he would at least render
assistance and not leave the sufferer
to he run over and finished by another
auto.
The police are vigilant, but the driv
ers of these mlle-a-minute machines
keep out of their way. Last night an
auto passed the monument at a fright
ful speed, hut fortunately it was a
late hour when the streets are cleared.
The question has been asked if own
ers and drivers of autos are required
to register their names and the num
bers on their machines at the city hall.
And what Is the law regulating the
speed of these juggernauts?
MACON MEN ABANDON
TRIP TO HONDURAS
The great trip to Honduras that has
been planned for months by Dr. O. C.
Gibson and Mr. Mallorv H. Taylor has
boon declared off.
Every preparation had beert made to
leave Macon Tuesday. The proper
kind of saddles for mule journeys had
been procured, medicine cases had
been packed, and in fact everything for
a long trip had been arranged when
Mr. Taylor read the news of another
revolution in Honduras. IVis settled
it so far as he was concerned, and the
trip was given up.
Not so with Dr. Gibson, who has n
streak of fight in him. The revolution
suited him and he began at once to in
duce Mr. Taylor to make the trip. Ho
pointed out how they could join the
revolutionists and while he would be
made surgeon-general Mr. Taylor
would get the appointment of paymas
ter-general in the army.
But Mr. Taylor said lie didn't have a
drop of fighting blood in him. and
a usual thing the position of
paymaster was bomb-proof, there was
no telling what those Honduranians
would do and that they would as soon
shoot a paymaster as a high private.
These two had planned an elegant
trip. They were to land at Puerto
Cortez and after a day or so with Tom
Troy, would plunge into, the mountains
ns far as sixty miles on a railroad, and
then saddling their mules take the long
ride .. v er the mountain trail to
Tegucigalpa. Passing along through
tropkai forests they would shoot mon
keys and parroquets. and note the
bright plumage of the birds.
But the revolution has changed their
plans.
ed professionals, capable of executln
in metal, wood, textiles or other ma
terials, the beautiful details and acces
sories for which the plans of our better
architects call and for which American
wealth stands ready to pay. Many
ALTOONA, Pa.' Jan. 12.—George
Scott, a coal operator of Philadelphia,
was robbed of $2,000 today at Portage,
The money realized from the sale of
objects for the benefit of the contribut
ing artists, a. reasonable commission
heing'-charged as a tneans of defraying
necessary expenses. increased from
about $9,000 In 1903 to more than
former pupils of American and Euro- i $13,000 in 1904. more than $37,000 in
poan art schools, faiilng to be placed in ! 1905. and about $40,000 in 1906. The
the precarious professions of painting j rooms of the society have served pri
or sculpture, discover that a demand marllv as a clearing house for the
exists for hard work which the archi- j handicraft activities of craftsmen's
teet may use in preference to the more studios and shops in various parts of
mechanical and less attractive ma- j the country. The society has also re-
chine-made products with which he i cently established in Boston a "handi-
must otherwise satisfy his clients. : craft shop” with - opportunities for
Hence there have grown up potteries metal workers, and here, although no
in charge of individual artists who j preference is given to those who work
attend personally, without permitting J at its benches over those who contri-
execssive sub-division of labor, to the ! bute from outside, some of the things
details of making objects suitable for ! which will be shown at the forthcom-
intenor or for garden decoration: I ing exhibition in Copley hall have un-
frame-makers whose picture and mir- j doubtedly been produced. In move-
ror. frames represent the trained ar- j ments for the betterment of laboring
tist s appreciation of design and i conditions in Massachusetts, and par-
adaptation: textile workers who find j ticularly in the present agitation for
employment in such departments of art j improved industrial education, the So
ns interior decoration or eccleciastical ciety of Arts and Crafts have been
embroidery: craftsmen in iron, copper, prominent.
silver and other metals, and printres J That the celebrations of the tenth
practising the art preservative with j anniversary of American handicraft
something of the feeling for lucid and j should occur in New England—al-
elegant arrangement that character- I though the contributions to make It
zed the Italian and French artists in i successful will come from every part
typography of the centuries of the ! of the country while it will unques-
the production of American artists re- : was here. Scott drove from Phillips-
burg to his coal mine carrying money
with him. When he reached the mine
he left the money tucked in a tool
chest under the care of the mine en
gineer. The chest was broken open,
and the money stolen. It is believed
that a highwayman followed Scott to
t.he mine.
Renaissance
Sociologists, also, and other people
with long titles and high missions, be
lieving it to be essential to encourage
forms of industry which allow the
maker of objects that are intended to
be beautiful as well as useful to labor
under the most favorable possible con
ditions. have assisted, and are assist
ing, the cause of handicraft in this
tioinablv draw interested visitors from
every section—is particularly appro
priate because' industry in the New
England States is tending to change
from the lower grades to those in
which the artistic skill and taste of the
workers imparts high value to the raw
materials. Such an exhibition will
normally attract not only the people
who are specially interested in the fine
country by writing about it and talking I arts, but the general public of wage
about It. and often by purchasing for earners and employers of labor.
siding temporarily abroad,”
taxable.
Once in a while items of progress,
which make little impression on the
average citizen when he reads of them
in the newspapers, come home to him
later on with a shock.
A well-known Wall street man re
ceived such a shock the other day.
His confidential agent was scheduled
to sail at 11 a. m. for Europe from a
pier in Hoboken, to put through an
important deal. Five minutes before
sailing time the telephone in the Wall
street man’s office rang, and the finan
cier. taking off the receiver, was sur
prised to recognize the voice of his
agent. Hurriedly he glanced at his
watch.
“Great Scott!” he gasped, ‘‘you’ve 1
missed the steamer!”
‘No.” came back' the answer calmly,
“I have not missed the steamer. I am
talking from my stateroom.”
After a short business talk the finan
cier rang off and spoke his thoughts
aloud.
. “I knew you could telegraph mes
sages from steamship without wires.”
said he. ‘‘but I never realized you
could telephone from a vessel all ready
for sea. Yet I’ve heard that, too.
What next?”
GOSSIP OF INTEREST
FROM MODERN GOTHAM
NEY YORK, Jan. 12.—Interest has
developed to a high pitch in the local
political situation because of the strong
probability of William R. Hearst se
curing a recount of the ballots cast in
the metropolitan mayoralty campaign
of 1905.
With the strong stand taken by f
Governor Hughes in favor of a recount j
panies the officials of which have de
clined to give to the Stock Exchange
the detailed information demanded by
the latter. Standard Oil is one of
these and under the move proposed by
the Produce Exchange all these secu
rities would be taken over to that
board.
Rights to subscribe and
Every American patron of music
should be interested to aid the fund
for the support of Edward MacDowell,
America’s foremost composer, who, at
the age of 45. is stricken mentally so
that he now is but as a child.
MneDowell's work was the pride of
America’s music lovers and now. at a
time when the composer Is unable to
do a thing for himself, he must have
the most careful attention. Tt is a sad
thing that the American public has
not rallied more quickly to his aid. I
The committee in charge of the Mad- [
Dowell fund of the Mendelssohn Glee
Club contains such names as Grover
Cleveland, Joseph H. Choate. Andrew
Carnegie. H. M. Flagler. Victor Her
bert and J. Pierpont Morgan. E. C.
Benedict, the banker, of No. 60 Wall}
street, is the treasurer for the fund.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 11.—The upper
House of the Tennessee Legislature to
day adopted a resolution endorsing
President Roosevelt’s stand on the dis
charge of the negro soldiers at Browns
ville, Texas. The House adopted the
same resolution yesterday.
ROANOKE. Va., Jan. 11.—A Wytheville
special to the Times says two boys named
Lawson and Hartley, today, attempted to
blow up the gradded school building at
Ivanhoe with dynamite, but their plans
were discovered before any damage was
done, and they were arrested.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 13.—Freder
ick Stearnes, of Detroit, Mich., head of
the Stearnes Manufacturing Company
of that city, died in this city tonight
of congestion of the lungs. He was to
have started tomorrow for New York
to sail thence for Egypt. He was 75
years old.
PELHAM, Ga., Jan. 12.—The Mayor
and Council on Friday" night adopted a
resolution accepting the offer of An
drew Carnegie for $10,000 to be used in
the building of a Carnegie library. A
commitee was appointed to procure
suitable plans at once and take the
necessary" steps to commence the work
of building at as early a date as pos
sible. The donation of Mr. Carnegie
was secured through the efforts of Mr.
J. L. Hand.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—President
Roosevelt today made public a report
on “Cost keeping in the Government
service,” prepared by the committee
on department methods, known as the
Keep commission. A cost system, if
properly devised and operated, the re
port says, will furnish info/inati<\ en
abling the responsible head of the or
ganization to know where economies."
may be effected by introducing new nr- ^
ran Elements in organization or new
methods in operation, to estimate more
intelligently or probable cost of fu
ture operations .'long similar lines, and
to fix proper selling prices on pro
ducts transferred to other Government
organizations, or sold to foreign Gov
ernments or to private individuals.
The recommendations of the commis
sion have the cordial endorsement of
Secretary" Shaw of the Treasury De
partment. as is shown by the fo’Iowing
letter addressed by" him to the Presi
dent:
“I am heartily in favor of it in all
bureaus where the Government is a
producer. It has been installed in sev
eral bureaus of this department and
bids fair to work well. It will be in
stalled in one or two bureaus where the
Government can scarcely be said to be
a producer? like the Marine Hospital
Service. The fact that the various su
perintendents know that the annual re
port will disclose not only- the per
capita cost of maintenance, but the pet-
capita of each, details of maintenance,
like fees, physician's service, etc., will
tend to create a wholesale rivalry in
reasonable economy between the sev-o
era! hospitals. I use this as an illus
tration of the benefits that may be de
rived.”
The report recommends that cost
keeping systems be. installed in all
branches of the Government service
where it is possible to do so.
The public printer is working out the
details of an elaborate cost keeping
system which he is about to install in
the Government printing office and the
mint bureau has put a new system in
effect at the \ r arious mints. Attention
is called to the methods of appropria
tions for the bureau of engraving and
printing which are made under three
heads and for the Government printing
office, where a lump sum is given.
The report expresses the opinion that
appropriations made specifically for
each of the main heads would be of
material advantage over the present
system, in which the book keeping
would harmonize with the cost keep
ing system.
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COLUMBUS, Ga,. Jan. 12.—Some 20
cases of smallpox have developed at Wa-
verly Hall, Ga. The patients have been
isolated, and the physicians there have
adopted extreme measures to prevent the
spread of the disease. The cases are not
of a severe type.
The newest fashion in vehicles Is
able to attract notice even when the
motor cars are absorbing so much at
tention. There are only two of the
new broughams in New York, and for
that reason they are especially conspic
uous in the uptown districts.
The running gear is very light and
painted a primrose yellow, as is the
YOilllG WHITE KM
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ALMOST A CENTENARIAN.
CAPT. DANIEL REID DIES
There are a few North Carolinians
living in Macon and many in Georgia
who knew Capt. Daniel Reid, of Golds
boro. Besides these acquaintances and
friends he had many relatives in this
State, one of whom is the well-known
physician of this city. Dr. L. H. Reid.
News has reached this city of the death
of Captain Reid at the advanced age of
W years, and strange to relate he was
quite vigorous and attended to clerical
duties up to his last illness, in the
steward’s office of the State hospital.
The Argus, of Goldsboro, says of him:
"Tu the death of Capt. Reid not only
his family suffer the loss of a faithful
and affectionate father, but the whole
community is bereft of an honorable
and urright citizen, and the State loses
an efficient and trustworthy officer.
He over-reached the three score years
ard ten bv more than twenty years and
retained his physical vigor and men-
ta' power within a comparatively short
period of the end. His unfaltering sub
mission to God's will and his ehl.'dllke
tru«t wen the confidence ar.d esteem of
all with whom he came in contact.
He was a consistent member and elder
of the Presbvrerian Church. To the
members of that church and to the en
tire community, his life has been a
COLT MBIA, S. O.. Jan. 13.—A spec
ial to tiie State from Laurens says:
Arthur V. Green, a young white man,
was shot to death heTp early this morn
ing by Joseph R. Fans. Jr., son of J. R.
Font, chief dispensary constable of the
Spartanburg district. rt seems that
the two young men had a dispute at an
oyster supper, when. ir is alleged,
Green swore that he would kill Fant!
Green later went to Fant's boarding
house, where, after efforts to prevent
his entrance by one of the voung la
dies of the house, be was shot dead bv
Fant.
bill in the Legislature, and with the j stocks will be included in the list for
assistance of Attorney-General Jack- trade under present plans, but only
son in quo warranto proceedings, there ! after rigid Investigations in each in
lb bound to be a settlement at last of ; dividual case. The lower part of the . -
ro in"® ffuastion. Mayor Me- j Produce Exchange floor, which is the body of the carriage. The usual win-
t lellan and his friends are almost on [most spacious in the country, will be dows on the doors are small, but there
the verge of a panic over the situation . g-jven over to the unlisted security Is a large window which occupies the
" ““ * 1 '"" trade, which would be held entirely greater part of each side of the vehicle.
distinct from the produce markets. The effect is not unlike that of a
Some speculations are going on as to ; French clock, which is so nut together
what the New York Stock Exchange that a >l its 'works are visible,
will do, because In the past it has used i Each of these importations is finish-
the big stick policy whenever any sug- 1 ed w,th the monogram in large block
gestion of a small exchange for curb i letters on the panel of the door,
brokers has been made. Apparently
the Produce Exchange is not consult
ing the Stock Exchange at all. and if
its action has no other effect it ha3
put up the price of memberships ten
fold.
To-
“I have a theory that all thrue elo
quence comes fr'm th’ tails jv th’ coat,
an’ if ye made an orator change into
a short coat he wud become deef an'
dumb.”—Dooley.
because, with the margin of less than
3.500 votes to spare, almost anything
can happen. It must be remembered
that in the few ballot boxes already
opened in other proceedings many bal»
lots were found which were counted
for McClellan, although they were
voted for Hearst.
This latest attack on McClellan’s
title to the office, coupled with the
many reasons there are for believing
that it will succeed, has put McClellan
entirely on the defensive In his fight
with Charles F. Murphy over the Tam
many Hall leadership. While the Mur
phy men are jubilant there are some
misgivings, however, intermingled with
their jubilation, because if the Hearst
people actually prove the existence of
LIVERPOOL, Jan.
are the weekly cotton statistics:
tal sales all kinds, 85.000.
Total sales American, 76,000, Eng
lish spinners taken 104,000. Exports
19,000; Imports all kinds 119,000; Im
ports American, 82,000; Stock all kinds
745,000; Stock American, 643.000;
Quantity afloat American, 418,000;
Total sales on speculation, 3,000; Total
sales to exporters, 3,800.
WASHINGTGON, D. C., Jan. 13.—A re
port favorable to the present Chesapeake
and Delaware canal, of Black Creek route,
across the Maryland and Delaware penin
sula, has been submitted to -recretary
Taft by the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Commission, consisting of Gen. Fe
lix Agnus, chairman; Maj. C. A. F. Flag
ler, U. S. A.; Civil Engineer Frank Cham
bers, U. S. N.
The commission was appointed last
summer to report upon the Back Creek
route and the Sassafras river routes.
I and upon the desirability of purchasing
I the present canal and the construct ion
11.—Following i of a free arid open water way with suffi
cient depth to accommodate the largest
ships afloat. The present route is held
to be most desirable because it has equal
nTld
N
GREENVILLE, S. C„ Jan. 12.—
Charles Hallett Judson, LL. D., dean
j of Furman University, died today
commercial and strategic advantages arid
will, in the opinion of the commission, be
$2,150,000 cheaper than the other route.
It is recommended in the report that
not more than $2,514,289 be paid for the
present canal.
The commission further recommends
that the present canal be purchased with
out delay and that it be gradually wi
dened into a waterway capable of accomt
modating ships of any draft.
Although there were many arguments
before the commission for a shallow ca
nal between tiie Delaware and Chesa-
Ovring to the activity of District At
torney Jerome in forcing the closing of
many pool-rooms and gambling houses
throughout the city recently, there has
been a startling rise of the gambling
gross fraud in the mayoralty election, — —
there will be many Tammany men to industry in the uptown offices of stock
suffer. , brokerage concerns and in the rooms
Whatever was done at that election apartment hotels and residential
was done by Tammany Hall, which buildings.
then was heart and soul for McClellan. Stock Exchange firms have offices
The latter turned his back on the or- in nearly all of the leading hotels of
ganlzation as soon as the election was the city. and. after market hours each
over. afternoon, many of these offices are
If the New York Produce Exchange turned over to the disposal of their
succeeds in its plan to create a depart- leading patrons for the purpose of
ment for the trade of unlisted seeuri- placing bets on events at Southern
ties, the New York curb market soon and Western racetracks. The tele
will be a thing of the past. graphic wires in the brokers’ offices
Leading curb brokers are strongly in are used for securing the odds, trans
favor of the idea, as it entails comforts mltting the bets, and ascertaining the
the like of which the curb brokers results. Every afternoon in the viefn-
| Oscar Hammersteln is as original In
his business methods as in his thea
trical enterprises. In spite of the ex
tent of his undertakings he has no sys-
tern of bookkeeping. All that he does
in that wav is what his check book
'shows. Thousands pass through his
hands every week and he never loses
accurate knowledge of all his compli
cated business affairs. But he has still
to' have a bookkeeper.
The Army of Workingwomon,
The total number of women engaged
in gainful occupations in 1900 was 5,-
319,397, says The Technical World. At
the rate of increase between 1890 and
1900 there can not be short of 6,000,000
at work at present in. various trades
and occupations in the United States
of America.
About 1,000,000 of America’s five mil
lion odd gainful women in 1900 were
engaged in what the census calls agri
cultural pursuits. There were also 100
women lumbermen and raftsmen and
113 women wood choppers. There are
more than 325,000 teachers and 6,418
from paralysis. He was eighty-six peake Bays which would supplement the
years of age and one of •the best known proposed barge oanai_ between Beaufort,,,
educators in the South. He had been ^ C., and Norfolk, Va-. Uie commission
io-r v js firmly of the opinion that nothing less
connected with Furman since 18ol, and than a 35-foot canal should be con-
had made liberal donations to the in- structed. Estimates for a canal of this
stitution. He was a native of Connec- depth and with a minimum width of 150
ticut. He was stricken with paralysis fefit are submitted The width Is ex
last ■VTondav . tended to 20CT feet tn marshes and in
-vtonaay. curves is increased to 350 feet. A sea
level canal of the dimension named would,
in the opinion of the commission, cost
$20,621,323. With a 30-foot channel such
a canal would cost $17,312,061. Such a
canal would shorten the distance between
Baltimore and Philadelphia 325 miles and
would lessen the distance between Balti
more and the mouth of the Delaware
river by 184 miles. The report states that
all hearings conducted by the commission
showed congestion of frelgnt tnrougnout
the East, which 'he railways are unable
to handle satisfactorily, and the develop
ment of waterways is urged as necessary
to meet the great demand for trans
portation.
HAVANA. Jan. 12.—Three negro
American teamsters in the employ of
the army have been arrested by the
provost guard at Camp Columbia,
charged with assaulting a white wo
man in Marianao last night. They are
being held in military custody, it be
ing feared that an attempt to lynch
them would be made if they were'sur
rendered to the civil authorities.
Cabbage plants, cele
ry plants and all kinds , .
of garden plants cheap : haver have known. The only thing ltv of the Waldorf-Astoria the hro-
They are Raised in Tlfe «>« could kill the success of the'propo- kerage offices do a landoffice business There"Ver^TIo5^women
open air. will stand ! sklon now would be a firm stand taken in aiding their clients to get down clergy^n acUvely engaged in the re-
great cold. Express by_ theJVew Jork^St^k Exchange, bets. |
Forty women were classed as civil
rates cheap. We will ! For more than a decade the curb in addition to this several full-
give you the eXDer- I market has met in the middle of Broad fledged pooI-rOoms and gambling
ience of growing cab- * — J *♦- ’ J — - - - -
bages of the most suc
cessful grower in the
world. Ybu can make
money _ growing cab
bages in your garden
or farm. Particulars
free. Address
N. H. BLITCH COMPANY,
The Largest Truck Farm in tha World,
Meggetts, 8, C.
street and conducted its business dur- quarters have been opened in” the liv
ing the regular trading hours of each ing apartments of men who previous-
day regardless of the elements or the ly have been interested In regularly
l established pool-rooms or gambling
engineers, 30 as mechanical and elec
trical engineers, and three as mining
engineers. Incidentally there were 14
woman veterinary surgeons. There
were also 3,125 woman librarians. 2,086
! EATONTON. Ga.. Jan. 12—Thp death
of Mrs: John M. Robertson, one of Baton-
ton’s best loved young matrons, on Friday - _ _
has occurred here VVanVyeara Her j NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
funeral occurred from tho First Methodist i v* • « ■* 1
church Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Rob- j EXcLXIilI16 i£X8l OH yOUF p&-
Iir.tie children and husband, a merchant ; per. It tells how you stand on
of this place. j t g e b 00 irs. Due from date on
destruction of 'four Anglican mission : the label. Send in dues and
cenfsrarms “?br^hl u hVre d “Sday bv I also Tensw for the year 1907.
Pt. Rev. George G. Ormshy. Anglican
Bishop of Honduras. He said that there ctFAD SFFKS
is great distress among Nicaraguan plant- i ° 1 J2jj ° ~ c "
ers owing to storm ravages.
season of the year.
th^ facT Sh r- , ho “f es -' u The Places they are”running j wornan'saioonkeeperi”and 440" woman
the fate of biting blizzards or torrid in their homes are conducted on com- I bartenders.
? urb !’ r ° k ,t rS ,. £°" ttnued paratively a small scale and are open- In the building trades there were 167
to do business in stocks which for one ed merely for the best known and masons, 545 carpenters, 45 plasterers,
reason or another never have been reg- j wealthiest of their patrons. -
u’arly listed on the exchange. In some !
cases these stocks are "cats and dogs"; 1 Rev. ©r. Madison C. Peters has at
in others they are securities in com- I tracted widespread attention through ' Dared by 100 architects, and 150 women 1 until 1 the* 1 'end "of the week'.’
375 painters, glaziers and varnish ers.
126 plumbers, 241 paperhangers and 2
slaters and roofers. Plans were pre-
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 12.—Five State
and County Tax Collectors, and about the
same number of Tax Receivers, tia'-e not
filed their bonds in the office of the Comp
troller yet. and all of these bonds should
have been in hand January 1. Among the
Receivers who have failed to file the
bond is the one from Fulton County.
MORAL INFLU
ENCE OF VATICAN FOR IN
TERNATIONAL PEACE.
ATLANTA,
Jan. 12.—The Prison
ROME. Jan. 13.—W. T. Stead, in
connection with his efforts to interest
Pope Pius in an international peace
movement, wrote Cardinal Merry Del
Va!. papal Secretary of State, enclos
ing ? letter to the Pope, in which ;he
described his ideas as to the action
Commission, meeting as a board of par- the Vatican should take and pointing
dons, will be in session Tuesday, the lbth nut the enormous moral influence such
instant, for the nurpose of taking up and action bv the Pope would create. It
passing upon about 40 applications for r e n0 rted that Mr Steeds’ desim f«
executive clemency, none of which are *® re “? re _ . ’ , ,
of more than ordinary importance. The that Pope Pius issue an encyclical in
board will likely not conclude this work I favor of peace and the limitation of
Armaments,
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