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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 190>. CORRIDOR AN D By J. L. H. CORNER CHA T J 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, »ri y \y they & med with se 'Lieon who s nd I under? « h ed r-d. vorner» in 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- News io Paragraphs 12- 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. NOTICE yo SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. Will Accommodate Ships of Deep Draft 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 T MD KILLED ur > 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, INDISTINCT PRINT
