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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1907 THE TT7ICE-A-TVEEK TELEGRAPH 7 SPEAKER SIGNED BILL SOT SAULE FREENEY WILL GET LIFE TERM o\ 'ELESMPMB' By BRIDGES SMITH. 4 In ' , C JT ‘V. f' — h, » ' EASTMAN, Ga.. May 25.—Mrs. Bal- ; I i Circuit Court tfcli i?tarooo ° I wi “°’ ,v - charged wit-. the I *r-:-'H'-i p uc vir r . ceo. J. Pcarsonwa othe? murder of W. P Harr#-: «n found i f of the A.’antic Const Lin. o'u!!:y today, the Jury making a rocorr.- | 1 SIXUC - NURSES SEEK ±± -M--1- ins? them J In5 the rc art of the Una. It a! Uno Railroad Company, Its d!- b, rranagora. agents, and also the corporation commission of Carolina. The bill pray- for an < on against the railroad com- nf North Carolina. restrain- •om puWishing and enforc- ‘ent rater* provided by the Legislature of North Caro- r *?ea that the railroad com pany refuses to contest the r.i.e bill on n fl2j/ nt r ' t,M> extreme penalties pro vided therein, which would aggregate e”er a mill on dollars a day. or five hundred and sixty-eight million dol- <ara per year in case the rate law was " n mu y ® u -? <a 'neil hy the highest eourt T *J* WII allege* that a committee of •t oeltholders applied to the corporation P'olf to protect Its Interests and It V-i declined to do so. The point Is M'O msdo that the rsto bill was no r f nd three times and not afgned by toe Speaker of the House, a rubber ' imp v cing s'lhst'tuted in lieu’thereof. The further Interesting point is railed " 1 v ” newer conferred upon tho corporation commlsrlon of North Car- • iitia to tlx Just nrjd reasonable rates 1- a Judicial function and whllo the commission exists with such powers, the Log'slature cannot interfere anil undertake to exercise what under the policy of North Carolina is a Judicial fline.Ion Tho Injunction is mndo re turnable before Judge J. -(1. Pritchard In this dtv June 2*5 and 27. MAY BE LONG DRAWN OUT FIGHT WITH ROADS ATLANTA May 23.—That there Is going to be a long drawn out fight as the result of the efforts of the railroad commission to bring about reductions in freight rates within the State by the system of reclassification upon which it has been at work for some months. Is apparent from the activity of the railroads In opposing these ef- ► forts In the United States Courts. Tho contest which the railroads are making Is based upon the claim that there is comparatively little return from Inlra-Statc business sometimes none at all. and that, therefore, any reduction In their domestic rates would amount to confiscation. It was the Inquiry Into thht particu lar phase of the auestlon—the relative cost of handling State and Inter-State traffic—which was submitted by Judgo W, T. Newman to Special Master George L Bell, and upon which the hearing before him has been In pro gress this week. A mass of technical evidence was submitted at that bearing, which evi dently .cost much time and labor to prepare, and yet there was not one piece of definite and positive testimony presented to show Just how much it costs to handle Inter-State traffic ns ropipared with that whollv within Sinte lines. The.ro was submitted con siderable general testimony going to show the higher cost of domestic traf fic; such as the fact that it has to bo handled principally In tho day time because of the extra expense that would be Involved In keeping double depot forces: that more froquont stops are necessary; that the train crews move shorter distances and that there are other expenses In the shapo of terminal charges and the like which are doubled.on domestic traffic. But when It Citmo to the question of the cost of hauling an Inter-State ship ment 100 miles, nnd the same ship ment within the State tho same dis tance no definite figures could be given. Nor Is It regarded possible to arrive at an exact determination of the relative cost of theso two classes of business. Admitting that there Is some dif ference In the relntlve cost of handling in:er-Stnte and domestic traffic, the l itter being somewhat more expensive It was also shown nt tho hearing be fore Special Master Bell that tho rates for transportation wholly within the S:atc are on an average about 5ft per cent higher than those for Inter-Stare business. The State will contend. In any event, that this difference Is too great that the added co=t does not Jus tify a rate so much In excess of that far traffic between the States. The ho.ving before Special Master Bell was adjourned until July 10 at the request of Attornc-- General John C. Hart who appeared together with \V. A AVImhlsh for the State. The State's attorneys desire time In which to se cure evidence to present on the rail road commission's side of the question, but Inst where they will get it is a I puzzling proposition It Is certain tbev cannot <rt to the ra'lronds for It. j The case tb's week was that invnlv- | |nc only the Centra! of Georgia Rail :ck up with an old friend the mer.datlon to mercy. The Jury return- j other day. It was at a moving picture • d its v■■-rdlci today after an all night show, and after listening to the singing deliberation. Her punishment will be of an Illustrated song, and looking at Lfe imprisonment. The defense, it ‘ reported will appeal tho case. Ha was shot to death by Mrs. Free 'her home several months ago. She de- i clared rhat she kil.ed him In self-de- . feme after he had made improper pro- ’ p:si'6 to her. The defense did not in- 1 troducr any witnes^y and constipa tion was caused among the attorneys for that side ween Judge Martin an nounced that the State would have the ; opening and cloMng arguments. The ; rule Is for tho defense to have the clos- I !iZUEFZ .SFUELX|«-■“«"* »..w,. Mrs. Frocneny either of her own ac- i £f" dy * 1* was I ho peppermint stick, cord or at the suggestion or her atto— hlrd-«;g^s, gum drops or jujube paste, news, handed to the Jury roveral re- ; pro ‘. ai> i. hcorlcc. walch was just as colpts for house rent, which was ma- j J 0 °,„ a £ d !. ate £ ™ a £ y 0 , remember | the oM-fashlcned ginrercake and cl- Judge Martin contended that this j de £ ? a ffinger- wns tnc Introduction of evidence, and ca *', f * thrlp w-'u.d buy. They cant •» *•» ife q* an jhL5itti euiic> u«iu .vufuug at ®l 11 ** the picture?, he took my arm and we e'ev^n i down to the corner, and there, ! propping up against a pole, he talked. “Do you know." sa : d he, “that the young people of this day have much tc bo taaakful for? And yet they don’t seem to think It anything unusual to be afforded an hundred opportunities for enjoyment where you and I had one. Tcday the boy or girl has fifty cents or a dollar to spend where we had a thrlp. and that t'rrlp didn't c;me often. There wasn't much to spend it terlal evidence. These were examined black licorice, cr s r.y the Jury at the request of the de- | A-nd oo you : fense. j the old-fashlcned ginsrercako lenee. and deprived the defense of the closing peech. The defense fought hard .against this but the Judge ruled against them. TV. p. Harrell, a well-known man of this section, was shot to deata several months ago by Mrs. Freeney at the lat ter's home. Mr*. Frenev claimed that Mr. Har- mafce It now. The receipt for making it wps lost when the war was over, and the old nigger women were sot free. • 9 * “With five cents these days you can buy nil sorts of candy. Tou can see a moving picture show. Tou can take a long ride on a street car. Tou can get a dab cf ice cream, and there are lots when the old gentleman got a new suit, and discarded the old trousers, and we were just as proud as our mothers when we got on tfcenew pair made from old ones. The boy of today would turn up his nose and spurn a coat and jacket made out of his daddy’s old ones, but we didn't The boys didn’t j wear knee pants then. • * * "Recollect during the war how our mothers made our hats cut of cloth and qu'lted them on a sewing machine? And shoes! Our mothers made most of our shoes, too. Remember how p. sice pattern was borrowed from one family to another? HESTER’S WEEKLY COTTM STATEMENT _ NETT ORLEANS, May 24 —Secre- : tary Hester's weekly cotton statement issued today shows for the 24 days of May a decrease under last year of 71,000 and a decrease under the samo period year before last of 252.000. For | the 266 days of the season that have j elapsed the aggregate Is ahead of tho | same days of last year 2.524.000 and , 0 f"the clearing-house banks for the week i at the coming session of the State Legls- ? hC t a cic 0 nnn he saine days year bcfor ® stows that the banks hold J15.6?>.?75 ! l«-ture. providing for State examination .ast SIS 000. .... , . . . more than the legal requirements. This 1 and registration of trained nurses. At Ine amount brought Into sight aur- \ 3 an increase of §4 216 200 ns compared i Savannah convention, when tho or- ine the past week hss been 7S.132 with last week. The statement follows: j ranlsatlon was perfected, a number of the bales against 109.964 for the same sev- : Inorerse. leading physicians of the State expressed en davs last vear and 151.247 vear be- i Loans S1.126.3S9 500 SL580.S00 j «s heanny In favor of such a fore last. ’ ’ Deposits ... The movement since September 1 j Legs’^tenders shows receipts at all United States Specie and most large Eastern markets re- ’ port large fall orders, but the general disposition is to await a clearer view of crop development before ordering heavily for -fall. At leading Eastern j centers the demand for cotton goods I is a feature of activity and high raw 1 materia] and cost of manufacture Is j reflected in advancing quotations for j staple cottons of many kinds. Tho men's clothing trade is rather q"uiet I at retail and the demand at whole- ■ sale for men’s wear fabrics Is not , , . , . .. brisk for nearby delivery. Foundry pig * * ff0 . rt !s b elr.g made by the iron markets are firmer. j 8t * l l A5?ac -’ uon , °* - rained Nurses, I which was organized at Savannah re- Weekly Bank Statement. j cently, to awaken Interest in the hill NEW TORE. May 25. The statement : which they will endeavor to have passed ! Deposits”!!Llli,€40.500 «!sS!600 movement and it ls~ the desire of the 1 — - - 50 659,600 SIS >00 j members to also arouse the Interest cf 72 659 400 *27S’300 I th ® public, whose Interests In the matter ports 9.576.542 against 7,409.502 last j Reserve year: overland across the Mississippi, Reserve required.. -- Surplus Ex-U. S j Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern "Remember the first pauer collar that mil’s and Canada 1131.061 against came to Macon? I do. Recollect some SH-ISO last year: interior stock In ex sutlers who were with Wilson's army . cess ° f those held at the close of the opening up a news stand in Triangular commercial year 191.356 against 169.- Block and how they introduced the 9 * 2 Iast year; Southern mills taking paper coK?r. and how we used to wear . 2,020,000 against 1.900,914 last year. ’em cn Sundays and thought we were • These make the total movement dres-ed to kill if we bad a papeT collar elnee September 1 12,913 969 against on. They didn’t make linen collars i 10.395.13S last year. re:I, from whom she rented her house 1 " f ? tJ lC r . th . n S s yo ” oan S et for a nickel, and w-.o bad supposedly called to col- I f I ? u ‘ !. n . th . e Pleasure lect his rent, made improper proposals i n * t Jf , ^ y '™ d3 <h * Uf * Y oun ^ to her nrd was at the time intoxicated. ! " f t*)** da - r ' Y at dl<J be have? She asserted he took hold of her and HSFJZL&F 3 town Y 11 ., and when she reputed him. be struck her. ! ^' vPT1 ' 3 nluirblo * r ?" 3 7 d - "’ e Mrs Freeney declared she k'lled Mr. ^ r l ' !d ^ ip ®JF "'e ^-ent in swimming at Harrell only as a last resort and In ! ? * ""IKpond. or In the river un- r.-tectlon of hersef and her home. J fY Mrs. Freerev received news of the > timPS we could go fishing. At night we Verdict c"mly rCCel ' etI neWS 01 ,Jle | could jday In front of the house until She will be taken back to Macon art! L°Y° ck ' a , n VZ e ? we ' d have , to In confined ir. Bibb County Jail, where TV our fcct befor « l w s go to she has been detained elnee tho shoot- j ° ea ' » * . Ing for which she was tried. „- T . .. , . Shortly after the verdict was render- ' bv ” p!ay « M * ed Mrs. Freeney’s attorney. John R. Y . S ^ n ’ S Cooper, left/or Macon, and a motion ?L T,*- k .A*lLlS! U ^ C ' Thor : s out T 1 Uj| Tou can stay out you wear shoes, vour feet. But nted to 'ay. Tou beard that song in there, rnd vou sav/ the pictures that went with it. vine- covered porches, moanllght and all that sort of thing. Now. do any of those new-fashioned songs come up to the songs our mothers used to sing? How a^nut Ben Bolt? Can nnv of them touch It in swoofness?How about Nel lie Gray’ and 'When T Raw Sweet Nel lie Home?’ How’- *The Cottage bv the Fes/ ’Suwanee River’ and ‘Old Folks at Home?* • • • “Of course there are manv better things of this day and generation than we bed In ours but from my wpv of thinking, the old songs were the best. Maybe our ears don’t hear ’em right. then. • » • "Remember the cloth your shirts were made of? Narkeen. It was a narrow psle brown stripe ard a white stripe, and was woven at the factory on Fim street. We used to think it was the prettiest cloth in the wprld. Some of the men who -used to dress stylish—Judge Matt Freemen was one rtf ’om Vi -» /I viimmnn etitle m ^ J , _. - J. _ e- . Foreign exports for the week have been 57.160 against 57.570 last, year, making the total thus far for the sea son 7,890,013 against 5 SG1.749 last year. The total takings of American mills. North, South and Canadus, thus far for the season, have been 4.446,093 against 4 146,994 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and tho of ’em—had rummer suits made out of ■: twontv-nine leading Southern interior it, and girls used to wear dresses of it. | centers hav’e decreased during the * * * J week 40.978 bales against a decrease “But you must excuse me. "When I I during the corresponding period last heard a fellow singing a song the : season of 20.582. including the stocks other day. something about my New i left over at ports and Interior towns England home, I suppose he meant i from the last crop and the number of New England, I got to thinking about I bales brought into sight thus far from the old songs, and from void songs to the new crop, the supply to date Is old_ time', and I bad to talk to some- i 13.216.739 against 10,839,669 for the deposits. 221 819.600 293.849.000 ■■ 278.160.323 1 634.900 15.6SS.S73 4.216.400 23.605.100 4.219,175 •”78'300 ^e public, who 1.129 000 ! Rri * realb' tbs 5 €51.100 I Discussing th. •Decrease. A GREAT PUBLICATION. The Bureau of Statistics of the De partment of Commerce and Labor has presented a series of panoramic views of conditions in the United States from largest. the matter with a Telegraph rcrorter yesterday. Miss Margaret Borth- wlclc. the superintendent of nurses In the Macon Hospital, and who is also sec ond vice-president of the State Associa tion. said: "It Is a matter as Billy important for the general welfare that trained nurses should be registered by the State as for physicians, which the law require to bo registered, as the publio have no means whatever otherwise of distinguish ing between competenev and incomneten- ey. At the meeting of the association, the doctors seemed very much in favor of I the plan, but really tho most Interested 1S00 to tho present time in area, popu- ! ones should bu the genera! nubil- for It Iaiion, production, commerce, oircula- ! }* c . the5 ’ upon TChom the re!Ult » take « fion, wealth, intercommunication, pub- "The Initial meeting was a most sue- eossful one, and It Is to be hoped will llcatlon, and education on tho pages of , succeed In its prime object, the placing of the profession upon a more exclusive tho Statistical Abstract of the United States, Just Issued. The 700 pages of solid figures, with scarcely* a lino of text discussion other than the title of tho tables themselves which form this volume, supply much more of actual information, .both historical and as to present conditions, than could ‘be placed in any form in equivalent space and recognized standing, as so much depends upon It in time of need. “This seems a matter of importance to all. and It seems improbable that any opposition should be brought against it when such a bill Is Introduced.” Ida Saxfon McKinley (Continued from page 1.) coast. Mrs. McKJnlev was stricken In California nnd was desperately Ill for several weeks nnd for nearly a fort night little hope was enter:ained for her recovery. After returning to Washington she suffered a relapso and for manv days was at the point of death. Rev. Dr. Bristol. Mrs. McKin- j .1u j t like our taste is different. Why lev's former pnstor. who will he una- I there’s ns much difference In the >ste of a waterrrelprf In my young davs and now as fere is in the taste of a Tlnley peach and an Elberta. same period last year. World’s Visible Supply. NEW ORLEANS May 24.—Secre tary Hester's statement of the world’s ble to attend the funeral. In speaking of the death of Mrs. McKinley in his sermon tonight said: Ideal Charm of Her Life. "The death of Mrs. McKinley will touch n very tender chord of feeling and regret In every American heart. No woman hrs ever occupied a warm er place in tho affection and venera tion of our people. The unspeakable sorrow of her life admitted her Into tho most holy places <5f the sanctuary of a nation's sympathy. Her life, as sociated with that of her Illustrious husband, will ever be enshrined In the most hallowed memory* of her country* The Idea! charm and beau tv of that married life can never be effaced from our admiration. The srotless Iovo and undj-lng chivalry of Wm. McKinley nnd the sweet, pathetic devotion of that noble wife have passed into the most sacred traditions of American domestic life. A new glory and sanc tity must ever more attach to that revo-erl White House sinro William MeKInlev and the wife who was the Idol of his heart, the Joy of his eyes and the inspiration of his life made tha* mansion his home. "I never knew a woman more wrap ped up in the goodness and perfeetiqn i of her husband than was Mrs. McKin ley. And X never knew a man who loved a woman more tenderlv or ever devoted himself more constantly to the comforts and happiness of his wlfo than Wm. McKinley. It was a beauti ful day In their lives that brought them together. 1t was a sad. sad day that separated them for a while: It Is a hlersed day that reunites them for ever ” Roosevelt Goes to Indianapolis. After attending the fun n ral on Wed- re>-dav. P-esldent Roosevelt will go to In^'r.napolis. where he will deliver an address on Decoration day at the un veiling of the monureent ererted to tho errory of Major General Henrv W Lawton, who was killed In battle in V • v--c inv. end vet'fivo Oiher rail-j t'’e Philippine Islands. From In- r*»aA sv’tciv* in Georgia .are deeply in- I filanapoHs he goes to Lansing. Mich.. . , ; i in 'this lit'gatlan for similar I where he will deliver an address on , . ■ ... . have been Issued bv tho com- Mnv SI at the celebration of the fit- . i ,s to them. These nro the ! t'eth anniversary of the founding of uthern. Atlantic Coast Line. Sea- tho -Michigan Agricultural College, j \«r T.in« Georg'*. Southern and : which was the first Institution of Its ; ■ : Atlanta, Birmingham and tr ind e*tnM ! shed In the United States. , ! The Pres'dent planned his Western trip several months ago and was seheduled to leave Washington on Wednesday night of this week, but when he learned of the death of Mrs. MeKInlev he decided to leave Wash ington one day earlier in order to be present at the funeral. Tho T> '*esident and his party win return to Washing ton next Saturday. Fairbanks’ Cendclsnces. : INDIANAPOLIS. May 25—The Vlre- ; Pres'dent re-»'r«<J rot'ce of the death I of Mrs. M<*Kin>'* at 3 o’clock In a ; telegram f-on Justice Wm. R. Day. s of the “Talk about peaches! That old T‘n- lev was the finest, the biggest, the 1u- clest. the prettiest that ever grew. Tou reeol'ect how you used to put your thumbs together and puH ’em open. let tho kerne! drop out and put the half with Its gold and crimson running over In juice into your mouth and fling the skin away? • * * “Do you remember those Tndlan clingstones? Tou know you had to peel ’em. nnd then bite Into the red meat and let the juice run' down from the corners of your mouth. “Tou reckon any boys of this time ever go Into the woods and pick huckleborrlos and sparkleberriss and haws and paw-paws like we imed to? Reckon they go muscadine and bullioe hunting like we used to, and cut elder for popguns? Do you suppose they ever go chinouepin hunting? I know you reco’lect how we used to go down to Napper’s old field, and right there where Central City Park 1= now and gather up bushels of walnuts and hick, orv nuts. Remember that scaly ba*-k tree we used to say was ours and dared other boys to chunk in It! . * * • "I know you remember where the old brewery was out there where the Oe- mulgee Land Company Is. Tou know how we u«ed to go out there on Sat urday afternoons, the only time we could get off. and wade In the branch. Tou know where CoK'ns’ garden was on the way to the brewery. Tou recol lect that the most of that garden was planted In s*rawberrle*. Tou and I have climbed over the fance many a time and squat'ed down end ate those great big str~wherries until we thought we’d bust. Dou you think the straw berries you get now taste like those? body, and as you are an old-timer. I’ve had my talk with you.” * * # By the way, let me explain some thing Last Sundav I reproduced from The Te’egraph of 1877 a little item that visible supply of cotton issued today said Mr. Charles A. Caldwell had of- , shows the total visible to be 4.394 233 fered a pr’ze at the Houston County against 4.490.329 last week and 3.848.- Falr for the ugliest man. nnd that the , 01S last year. Of this the total of c.ammtttee had promptly awarded the 1 American cotton is 2.952.233 against prize to him. Now at that time there 3 079 329 last sgeek and 2.345.01S last Jf**, pother Charle* A. Caldwell. I ; vear, and of ail other kinds, including think he was with one of the drv'goods Egypt. Brazil, India, etc., 1,442.000 hou/cs. and later was w!‘h the New 1 ar.ainst 1 411.000 last week and 1,501.- Tork house of Sweetzer, Pembroke & ; 000 last year. Of the world's visible Cn. Ho was one of the handsomest ; supply of cotton there is now afloat JIacon fhen, and resem- j and held In Great Britain and contl- bled Char.le Pearson vary much. I do | nental Europe 2.662.000 against 1,- not know what became of him. If our ; 878.000 last year, in Egypt 124.000 ,, ♦ £ Caldwell was living then, he j against 105.000 last year: in India must have been in knickerbockers. 805.000 against 1 029,000 last year, and in the United States $03,000 against 834,000 last year. Cotton Receipts. NEW TOPIC Mav 24.—The following are the total net receipts of cotton at *11 ports since September 1: Bales. Galveston 3.797.298 New Orleans 2.213 770 Mobile 249.803 Savannah 1.433 223 Charleston 146 162 Wilmington Noroflk Feltimnro New York ...’ Boston Newport News Philadelphia Fan Francisco Brunswick :.... Port Townsend Pensacola, Fla. Po-tland Ore. Port Arthur and Sabine Pass Jacksonville, Fla- Inredo. Texas Minor ports ' Total '. WORK OF CHILD LABOR COMMISSION BbGUN is a f.-ht that will probably not ilrd until the highest court In the ( has finally passed upon it. i,n>si{3 flP (jf| riUiii EATURE OF THE OAY ASHEVILLE N. C.. Mai features of. ye terday's sessions American library ase'clatlon were the rssdi*-g ,af reports of the committees on library architecture, boak-Huv’pjr. j ar.v. re'-itims. hoVxbvr,lings nr. : hook-papers library training, li brary post, and the reading on the S-u Arne .Wall? v u st, P. L. ern tov< bv ce Wi liam Beer. W. F. Windsor. G. H. Kennedy, y •< A-ini" Smith 170-=. Marv Mvt'n, J’a'itie P'unltft and Geerge H. Bnsk- T'.:l« af’crr.o'n the de'egates were driven over the Blltmore estate i taken to other . air s of iatere't. t It V: -h S.a. of America its first $<v*5lon tonfcrM. ard inter esting 1'o'ns: doiivorod hy WII- Ham C Lane librarian of Harvard rtrv.witv. Papers on "the firs*, presses The following telegram was sent to Mr' Barber, sister of Mrs. McKinley, at Canton: "We extend to you our deepest sym pathy In the great sorrow which has rer* uron you by the death of Mrs. MaTCin'ev. "f Fig- "Mr f.n.l Mrs Charles W. Fairbanks.” The Vice-President and Mrs Fair banks will leave Ir.dianopei’s Tuesday to att^rd the fnrernl of Mrs. McKin ley. The Vice-President has cancelled an engagement to speak at Bay City, Michigan. Tuesday. 'lot r=nn as tnd Ala- M. Owen d N-rth Par ks: South C secretarv ol W Horary n: ght lea gu, F Tr bald it *h o’ r’MG>: r.«-ry <T May 2‘ r „., v „ „.a ——r otative of the Virginia goluny in Baltimora. SENTRY JOSEPH COTHRAN KILLED ALLEGED DESERTER. ST. LOL'IS. Mo.. May 26.—E'mer Martin, awa'Une trial at Jefferson bqr- r*>eVs for do'ertirg from the coast ar tillery at Fort Barranca? Fla., was killed bv Sentry Joseph Cothran !»st j night. Martin bad escaped fr'm Coth- rar. who latfr found him. hiding Ir the woods. Cothran says that Martin re- fus- d to surrender and that then he firr-.l Edward V. Sanderson, awslting trial for deser'lnn escaped with Mar tin ar.ti has not teen apprehended. EVERY ONF WOP 'N HONOR PRESIDENT JEFF DAVIS. NEW ORLEANS. T.a.. May 26.—An apPeti! to all Southerners br’e.Ty to stop business ar.d all moving wh?e!s at 2pm. Jure a. the moment cf the un voting cf the ,Te"c--son Davis -t.atue a* the Richmond reunion of Confeder ate veteran? was issued here tonight by General Lee, commanding the vet erans. "Talking about gardens. I know you remember S-ring Gi-don. You know It was where the Singleton home is now. corner of Mulberry and Spring Down there, below the’ st^et. was where Ice cream was sold. 'There wt* a fountain and a Mftle lake and a Vg spring. That spring was the starting point of our wa'erworks. the water coming out of Caleman hill. Rem*m- h»r that dav a house near where Whlt- t’e school now =-tands caught fire and No. 3 took suction in that lake? Sam Wesfcott was englr=»r. and he fared to get ‘here. Bob Ronolds was firing the engine. Harrv Or’ggs was always fooling around the engine, and Boh be ing bu-*-y. Harrv sn'd he’d run it. Harrv knew nothing about It. eveent what he bad picked up matching’ Sam Wes‘cott. The engine hadn’t been running long before S'tn came running down In the g.ard-n. both hands un in the air shouting 'Shut her down, shut h°r down, you’ve got on too much pres sure!’ Horry wanted to see all the wheels go round and had turned on all ths steam. The pressure was so «T“at on the hese that the hovs couldn’’ hold the pine and it was not only knocking them down, hut the water was being wasted on the ground. It was a good thing Sam w=r.t there, be cause Harrv had pumoed every drop of water out of th" lake. • • • ‘Don’t you remember how on Sun- davs we aim-'** went to the cempterv? ■R*—nemher Crystal Cave under t^e ■ill. and bow we u»ed to go In the darkness of it and dr’r.k w»t«r out cf the soring that was in there? Recol lect Ee’v’er's vault tbat wed to have a visas wird"w in the door before the Yankee soldiers brol-e it ont and me->- ln the vault to s’^a! the si'ver hand’os on the ca’kft? Tou know vou rapid see the casket through that window. Remember Lover's Tc?aa that big reck that jutted out in the .water, and bow we us<*d to tel! strangers about the In dian lover.and maiden leaning into t>* j river toge’he’- because the stern old warrior wouldn't ie* 'em marry? j ■WASHINGTON, Mav 25.—The com mission appointed at the suggestion of the National Civic Federation to In quire into the extent and menace of child labor, held Its first meeting here today, for the purpose of organizing for work. Ellison A. Sriiyth. of Pelzer. S. C.. president of the Southern Cot ton Manufacturers’ Association, was elected chairman: Mrs. Sarah Plett Decker, of Denver. Col., president-gen eral of the Federation of Women’s Clubs, vice-president, and Wm. B. Wilson. Congressman-elect from Pennsylvania and secretary* to tho United Mine Worker's Association, secretary. An executive committee composed of D. A. Tompkins, Char lotte. N. C: Samuel Gompers, Wash ington. D. C.: Mrs. Decker. Mr. Smvth, Mr. Wilson, Prof. J. W.. Jenks, of Cor nell University, and Ralph M. Easley, was named to outline the plan and scope of the work and to enlarge the committee. The commission, which Is composed of seven delegates each from the National Association of Man ufacturers. American Federation of Labor, the general Federation of Wo man’s Clubs, and the National Civic Federation, visited President Roose velt at the White House. He made a brief address commending the pur poses of tho organization. At the afternoon session an address was delivered by Commissioner Neill, of the Bureau of Labor, in which he explained his duties under tho direc tion of the secretary of the' Depart ment of Commerce and Labor. He asked the co-operation of the commis sion and his invitation was accepted. DISCIPLINE OF NEGRO SOLDIERS LAX SAID KELLEY date. In 1820 they amounted to 1 mil lion dollars, speaking in round terms: in 1S50 they had reached 43 millions. Does the historian want to know tho ! ,n 187 ® 92< mS!llon8 '' in lsof) " 1-S bll- actual area, population, commerce, In- j 1Ions > an< * * n 1306 -billions; while dustrlal activity, or wealth of the ! the number of depositors, which In 1820 United States at any given period and j was on!y S ' 635 ’ «■» ln 1850 251 - 3B4 - in compare that period with conditions j 1875 2^59.8*4, and in 1900 6.107.0S3 was today or at some other point la the ln 1906 8,02,, 192, or nearly a thousand history of the country? The figures of t * rnes as many as in 1820, while the this volume give him the information j ^posits were more than 3,000 times as in such relation to the records of other j muc ^ in a ® * n 1820. years as to render comparison easy ' Imports of merchandise, which In and a determination of the growth en- 1800 am ounted to 91 million dollars. tirely feasible. Does he want to see how the population of the present time ! were in 1906 1.226 millions: while ex- ; ports, which in 1800 were 71 millions. 320 621 633 832 59 720 21.7.63 70 3-3 33 132 7 971 76 993 133 779 134 544 144.816 900 132 S’3 7.466 494 12.933 compares with that of a decade, or a | were I.i44 millions. The per half century or even a century ago. I 01 importations, which In 1890 and to determine the sections of the ! amounted to $17.19, was in 1906 but country in which the growth has been ! * 14 -' 42 ' while the per capita of most rapid? The tables of population j e3t P ortatlons . which in 1800 was $13.37, by States and at decennial periods give j Tt ' as ,n 1906 $20.4L him this information. Does ho want j In the matter of production and man- to determine what share of this rapid | u ^ ac ^ ure the picture of progress is increase in population is due to irami- I dually interesting. Cotton production. gration from other countries. the which in 1800 amounted ..9.576.542 Week’v Inter’or Cotton Towns. NEW YORK. May 24.—'Tha following is the movement of soot cotton at the leading Interior eotton towns for the week ending Friday. May 24: i Albany , , , , ....) 114lr... 423 ; Athens . ... . 203'130.i 3497 . Atlanta . . . 12% 1671 108 6449 I Brenham . . . 9! 87 1C32 Charlotte . . • 1 Columbia . . . 12% 9.81 9S 94111241 20700 Columbus. Ga. 11% 1611108011030 39,16 Colum. Miss... 1611 196 4603 Dallas ....1 31 in Euf&ula . . . . 871 73 42ft G-aenville . . . 81! 286 1865 Greenwood . . 387! 194 iei 196 Helena . . . . aiYiass 31363 T !**’» Rock.... 11% 944'2987!.... 20SO3 Mobile . . . . 1041 88.... 751 Meridian . . . 1631 811 3381 Montgomery .. 11% 177113589:3589 6341 Nashville . . . 11% 87.311641 1657 Natchez .... 371 333 25*1 T'Tf'-'v'i-'prry . , ....! 12! 3?9 Raleigh . : . . 12% 153! 275' 675 Home 6691 7581 4M2 Felma 495! 124! 113? Ph-^vrDort . . i 11 7-16 499- 665' 5013 Vicksburg . . . 44I147U .<?3n*> Yazoo City...\( 21 671 .... 3453 to 155,.356 percentage which foreign-born popula- j h a< 1 hy 1S50 reached 2 1-3 mil- tlon forms of tho total at the present < ^ ons * 1$75. 391 millions; In 1900 a time or at earlier periods? This in- | ,itUe *•“ than 10 millions, and In 1906. formation Is easily available. Does he ' 11 1 * S millions. Corn production, which want to determine the rank which a j In 1840 was 377 million bushels, touched given State holds or "has hold in earllor ' t ^ le billion-bushel line in 1S70. tho 2- years In point of population, or which ! billion-bushel mark ln 1889, aud in 1906 it holds at the present time ln area as ! was 2,92<.416,091 bushels, and may compared with other States or Terri- I iberefoio be expected to cross the. 3- torlos? The information Is at hand, j Wliion-hushel line in 1907. The sugar Does he want to know the sources from | Production of the United States, which which the large and rapidly growing | amounted to less than 14,000 tons In revenues of the Government are drawn : 111,000 tons in 1850, and 270,000 and the purposes for w*hich they are : i*m s i n 1900, was in 1906 582,414 tons; expended? The pages show this in- I beet-sugar production, which began in formation not merely for tho latest | the "« ev e n Ues,’3‘ h avl n g grown from 446 available year, tout for a long term of j l nns i° 1877 to 2,800 tons ln 1890, S2.736 years, | tons In 1900, and 300,317 tons In 1906. Does he want to know tho amount of ' Meantime consumption grew oven more money in circulation in the country ' ra Pidly, the total number of tons of and the various kinds, whether gold, j eu «ar oonsumed having been 40.612 In silver, gold certificates, silver certlfl- ! 1222 and 2,864,013 in 1906, and the cates, national bank notes, or “green- ' cuantity consumed per capita, from a. backs,” at the present time or at earlier periods during a long term of years? He has 'but to turn, to the page shown little less than 9 pounds ln 1822 to a little more than 76 pounds in 1906. In the great manufacturing Indus- by the index and the picture is before ; trles evidences of progress are equally him. Dees he want to know the per capita money in circulation in any year during the last half century, the per capita of national Indebtedness, the demand upon each Individual for pay- apparent The page devoted to this subject shows that the number of peo ple employed In manufacturing has grown from lets than 1 million in 1850 to 594 millions in 1905: the wages paid. WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 25.— Captain Wm. Kelley, who was chair man of the citizens’ committee which began an investigation of the Browns ville affray on the day following the shooting, was a witness today before the Senate committee on military af fairs. He is a tanker and a former army officer. He discussed tho rela tions between the soldiers and the Mexican police in Bsownsville prior to the affray and expre?=ed the opinion that the police had been unnessarily harsh in dealing with negro soldiers and that the latter had resented the ill-treatment. The discipline of the ne gro soldiers was described by Captain Kei'ey as being very lax and the at titude of the men toward their officers was said to be almost disrespectful. Ho i Port receipts Comparative! Cotton Statement. NEW YORK May 24.—The followin.. Is the comparative statement of cotton for the week ending Friday. May 24: 1997. 1906. Net port receipts 52 998 77.361 Peets. since Sent. 1 9.576,34? 7.422 »62 Exports for we“k 36 319 44 966 Export? since Sent. 1.. .7.936 334 5.777.415 Stock all T7. S. ports.... 4?6 am 519 611 Stock at Int. towns 297.9S7 297.46ft Stock at Liverpool 941.009 Amn. afloat for G. B.... 32.009 New York Cotton Exchange Statistics. NEW YORK. May 24.—The following statistics on the movement of cotton for the week ending Friday. May 24. were compiled by tho New York Cotton Exchange: Weekly Movement. This year. 54 422 lft 966 30 ftftO 28,556 REPORTED BACKWARD “T "raid ?o-cotVng lust now about Ernest’s millpond. You remember it. R.-'—'e-^he- how ***e ’'rr? n="d to *? cut there to fish, ar.d didn’t fish but went svlmmlng? Recollect where It was? You went out on the Co’um''U? road and turned to vour It’s cane now. but you and I will always remem ber it. told of the investigation conducted by j J° mU’s and Canada.... the ci’lzeu.’ committee and of trtuble f™' est "' the citizens had with Captain McDon- ! l tcmns losc alL-Df the Texas Rangers, who came I into sight for week th i* at the instance of the Governor of Texas to assist the citizens. Captain ! Total Crop Movement. Kelley sa'd he told Captain McDonald • Port receipts 9 .375 4?s that he perhaps meant well but that . ml!’' and Canada.. 1.123 .533 hi* methods of dealing with the Be- ¥L Wn ( £, , L 03 1 t " groes who were under suspicion of j Int stck .**• Sept ' a " 185 ’ 091 having committed the cutrage, ■ would 1 bring a conflict betwen the people and ' ’he soldiers. He ordered Captain Mc Donald to withdraw a? he attempted to bulldoze the soldiers and was stirring them up so that the psople feared a fre*h outbreak. Aft»r Captain Kelley concluded. Sen ator Ftraker called J. B. McDonald, of Brownsville, who had been subpoe naed at the request of Senators who supported the action of the President n dismissing the neero soldiers. There ?en->*ors had not intended to call Mc Donald but Senator Forakcr insisted that he be nut cn the stand. He tes tified that ho was nr-"u=ed by flrirjj; and going down town to a point oppo site the barrack' he heard two shots fired from Inride the wall. ' 'A ' third shot followed, which, he said, was fired from the gallery of one of the barrack:' The witness sold that he then sew a group cf about fifteen or twenty negro soldiers outside the garrison gate and that the g—up divided, one-half going up Elizabeth street and the other half going up the Cowan alley. He said he watched the lattpr party until they began firing Into the Cowen hou*“ and that be then went home for fear of be- ipg shot him?»If. He was called by .6*nrer Foraker t-o prove that -e had occupied a po ltion commanding a ; view of the garrison wall, and had not Last vear. 73 316 14.1ift •3? ftftft 23.263 66.842 98,368 7.44ft 623 906 671 1.85ft Oftft 142.158 ments upon the national debt, the per from 237 minkm dollars In 1850 to 2,611 capita wealth at decennial periods, the millions in 1905; and the value of pro amount of merenandise Imported for each Individual, or the amount of ex ports per capita? All of this is avail able, worked out ready for his inform ation, and this is equally true of many other statements regarding financial, industrial, economic and social condi tions in the country during the period from 1800 tq the present time. The pictures of growth presented by these columns of figures are interesting and suggestive. While area has grown front less than I million square miles in 1800 to 3 millions at the present Each of hi? pe digree, time, and more than 3H millions if I And of the g!m-y he hod won. Alaska be included or about 351 mil- 1 lovelorn women h lions If we Include the islands, the i ducts, from 1 billion dollars in 1850 to nearly 15 billions in 1905. AS OTHERS SEE US. From the Chicago Record-Herald.- Two minkevs loitered in a tree Bneath which two men paused one day: "Behold what gifts belong to me,’’ The monkeys heard tho tail man say. “I. ton. have gifts.” the short mar. said. "Although I d> not care to boast: In manv lands my name Is read. My fame has spread from coast to coast.” Had left in sorrow, Just for fun. population has grown from 5 millions i Each gave himself unstinted pra!s» (•« S5 ir _ I And each but half-concealed a sneer: to 8a mil.ions, and if all of that now | Ear ^ magnified in many ways under the American flag be included.- His little inc.ime by the year. to nearly 100 millions; while the popu- 1 . . .. . „ . . , ; And as tbev talked there side bv side, lation per square mile in continental : Each boasting of the gifts h" United States has grown from 614 per- ! claimed. 1- isnn o 1 , ——— . , Each knew the other knew he lied, sons in 1800 to about 8 in I80O, 25 in An<3 9tin boasted, unashamed. 190ft, and nearly 28 at the present time. : Wealth, which In 1850 was set down j At last they started on their way. t And tr^n tho monkeys ln the tree billions of dollars, is given at 107 Coincident';.* turned to say: at billions in 1904, the latest year for which figures are available; and the per capita wealth, which in 1850 was $307. was in 1904 $1,310. The public ' debt, which in 1364 was 2,675 million dollars, is now but 964 . millions, and the per capita indebtedness which in j 1854 was $76.98 is now but $11.46; i "Alar. What fools these mortals be!* justice of pr&ep sentences COMMITTEEMAN TO JAIL TOPEKA. Kav May 25—David W. Mulvane. Rerubllcnn national eammit- teeman for Kansas, was fined $6 here today by Justice of the Peace Bollin ger. and orde-»d committed to the oonntv Jail until the fine is paid, for while the annual Interest charge, which i refu 'lng to testify in a suit brought : by H. H. Tucker. Jr., former seerefarv- was then *4.12 capita, is now but j treasurer of the Uncle Sam Oil Ootn- 28 cents per capita. The money ln pany. now in the hands of receivers. circulation, which ln 1800 was 26 mil lion dollars, in 1859 278 millions, and “Do vr>u know cf any bay these davs who wear* his dad-Ws old clothes? Re- •nembar how proud our mothers were I seen any soldiers climb over the wall. • East and West. A few Western NEW YORK, May 24.—Bradstreet’3 tomorrow will say: Crop and trade reports are irregular, but there is a slight improvement visible, as a whole, owing to higher temperatures. This is most marked in the grain growing sec tions of the West, Southwest and Northwest where warmer weather with needed rains has helped crop Seniiment and encouraged buying. Leading Eastern markets report retail trade lagging and as a whole the coun 1 in 1880 973 millions, was in 1906 2.736 try's distributive trade needs steady, millions; and the per capita circula- warm weather to enable the heavy re tail business of equaled. Relativ to ret ai! and wholesale trade come 1 *3 an k; deposits, for which no record is ceraon Is r.lTe-re,! In hi? mind the-efnre from the Pacific coast. Southwest. : he is Hlie*> sr-i, must t» shut nt so that East and South, the volume of retail available earlier than In 1875, were in s man s-i'f.rlit'f from, rl'giv of his high- trade is behind a year ago, almost that year a trifle over 2 billion dollars. f: without exception. As to Jobbing ; . . .... ■ *'’” >n °ne en-ne* trade, it I? to be noted that re-order in 1900 Iddions, and in 1996 t_!4 business also has been backward, but this week has seen a fair trade in this Mr. Mulvane stated that he would neither pay the fine nor go to Jail. Woii'd Cut Out Two Word*. Tb»re a-n two w4«. =?y? a writer ln ♦he TToe-Mtol I phon’d :ike to eef rid of in the Engl'?* lanm-.-ice—"asylum” and ears r spring of 1906 being ’ tton, which in 1800 was $5, and 1S5Q ' "luratic." It trill take a. hundred ve vely the best reports as : $12. was in 1906 $32.32. , f-ehnV'th’e’t h^o-.u?. blliions. Deposits in savings banks show a complete record from 1820 to remember that larre nropor-irn of these p»nol. get w*ll. and that manv of them remain well for th e rest of their live*, it is a W»m» that thev should be treated as 'altogether useless. INDISTINCT PRINT