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LATIMER OFFERS PRACTICAL
PLAN FOR GOOD ROADS
• "My Idea of democracy is that It is the form of government that comes •
• nearest to aiding the masses of the people meet the exigencies of life.’’ •
• •
Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, has
at times been criticized for what his crit
ics have considered his advocacy of prac
tical means and measures too liberal to
comport with the ideas of democracy
which these critics hold. Because he
loses no opportunity to secure appropria
tions or other benefits for his state, some
of the men who were candidates against
him for the United States senatorship
charged him with being headed toward the
republican camp—the route taken by his
senatorial predecessor. Senator McLau
rin. That these criticisms had no effect
upon South Carolina democrats was evi
denced by Senator Latimer's triumphant
victory in the demcratlc primaries. lie
now expects to be criticized by some peo
ple for the advanced stand he has taken
in favor of federal aid in building a sys
tem of good roads throughout the coun
try. but the prospect of criticism has no
terrors for him.
Senator Latimer passed through Atlanta
on h’s return from St. Louis, where he
was one of the leading speakers at the
annual convention of the National Good
Roads Association. He has spent several
days here as the guest of his kinsman,
George M. Brown. The newspapers of
St. Louis, in their accounts of the Good
Roads convention, say that Senator Lati
mer made one of the distinct hits. In a
controversy with Governor Cummings, of
lowa, he is credited with having "cleaned
up" that doughty political warrior of the
west; and from all accounts the reception
<!’. en the Carolinian was fully as pro
nounced as that given President Roose
velt.
And all on account of his strong advo
cacy of a. specific plan for propioting the
go-.d roads movement—a plan which ap
pealed to his audience as both effective
end practical.
Other speakers who had preceded him
had pictured the necessity of better roads
throughout the agricultural sections of
the country, and had painted glowing
word-pictures of th" bonetits which would
certainly follow such development. There
was not a dissenting voice—indeed, there
could be none—upon this proposition. But
there was nothing new in It. Every dele
gate to the convention bad long been
convinced of the necessity for better
roads and of the great benefits they would
bo so the localities through which they
pass and to the country at largo To bo
told those things over again, even by
President Roosevelt, created, therefore,
only mild enthusiasm: but when the sena
tor from South Carolina came out boldly
In favor of a plan which seemed both
practical and possible, the convention
gave him a groat ovation.
Briefly stated, the plan advocated I
for the federal government so boar one
half the expense of road building, the
state legislature one-fourth, and the local
county or township to boar the otic r
one-fourth.
"The plan is practicable and T am sure
I: would bring the best possible results."
said Senator Latimer in discussing It.
"After T had outlined my ideas to the St.
TaOuls convention. Governor Cummings
undertook to criticize the plan on the
ground that It was paternalistic, but in
the short time ahoted to me for reply. I
think I shattered his arguments pretty
effectively Ar least the convention seem
ed tn think so. It fe perhaps natural that
the first Impression this suggestion makes
Is that it Is paternalistic to a degree that
would seem to bar democratic support,
but even a short analysis of it will con
vince anybody that it is n plan which
•-hoiild receive the support of everybody
honestly desirous of helping the people
end the country.
"I am not disposed to be a narrow
constructionist In politics. I am not one
* those who are always seeking reasons
for not doing things. We have had mon
in congress from the south who would
: ot demand their fair share of appropri
ations because they wore opposed to the
system by which the revenues of the gov
ernment were raised, but Latimer Is not
one of that sort. I do not ask that my
state be given its share, I demand It; and
so long as I am in public life I shall con
tinue to demand It.
"That, however. Is not what I started to
Bay. The good roads movement is neither
n matter of a single state nor Is it sec
tional except In So far that the greater
need for road improvement fs In the agri
cultural states ot the south and west. I
favor the setting apart In the national
treasury of a good roads fund, not to be
used In Indiscriminate road building, but
to be used in cooperation with the state
end local government on the principle
of helping those who help themselves.
"The roads of the country are the great
highways of internal commerce. The
federal government has undertaken the
case of the harbors and tha navigable
rivers because these are highways of com
merce. and has in the past given most
beral a . to the construction of trans
continental railroads. In the same way
It can contribute to the perfection of the
■ ountry roads upon which a very large
jer cent of the products of the country
have in the first instance to be hauled,
FOR BLOOD
AND NERVES
Greatest of Spring Remedies,
PAINE’S CELERY COMPOUND
l orlav your friends and neighbors are : male weaknesses, and our family physi
m. ,g woman’s friend. Paine s Celery | <?ian seemed to do rm no good. T had
Compound, and are getting rid of their ' great trouble with my lungs, and last
burdens and troulbes. If you are observ- ■ year was advised to seek a change of cli
ent, vou will note that vour woman | mate or else prepare tor death, as I was
friends are putting on flesh, they are ; rapidly • contracting consumption. I
blessed with renewed vigor, elastic step. ' weighed b it So pound; w. icn MX mon I is
bright eye.*, ami clear complexion, all of i ago 1 beganthe u>e of aim s. » ?
which are true indications of a new and i Compound. Now I can s<*v. a! < • <>, d<» a
better health. Why suffer win n you can hard washing and all my housework,
secure the same blessings? Why deny sleep as sweetly as a b.ib< . an< 11. in
yourself the happiness of true womanly the morning rested and f hot". • IX
life when Paine's Celery Compound is bottles of Paines *""'J 11 1 '' '.
she to make you as healthy ami atlrac- all 1 needed to completely cure me, and
live as other women are? Mrs. Gladys instead of dying, as pled,tled ’ . .
Piidett Peoria tit s a vs - weigh 145 pounds, my lungs arc all right.
... . . ars | ha v e and 1 fe< 1 assured of my h talth an
been a most miserable sufferer from fe- i Tort In the future.
, and there is every reason why this aid
( should, in my judgment, lie extended.
"We have appropriated $3,000,000 in a
lump sum for road building in the Philip
pine islands, principally, we are told, in
order to give work to the people. If this
is done for the Filipinos, why should it
not be done for our own people? However,
while that might be legitimate argument,
we do not base our advocacy of federal
aid upon any such grounds. We con-
I tend that it would be not only wise policy
' on the part of the government, which is
the representative of all the people, to
spend a portion of the government funds
to which all the people contribute in aid
ing the development of the highways upon
■which is transported such a great per
cent of the products of the country, but
‘ that this would be good business.
"Statistics show that it costs three
hundred millions of dollars more to trans
port the farm products of the country
over the dirt roads than it does over the
1 frailroads. The average cost per ton for
the transportation of products over dirt
roads is 25 cents per mile, while the cost
over properly mecadamized roads is from
‘ 5 to 8 cents per mile. An adequate sys
tem of good roads would save large sums
to the producers, would mean greater
productions and greater profits, would
greatly increase the value of farm lands
and in consequence would, through this
increase in tax valuations, soon reimburse
the states and comities for their outlay,
and at the same time by Increasing the
earning capacity of the agricultural pro
» during classes would greatly increase
their power of consumption and in this
way would increase the importations so
that the federal government would, In
turn, be repaid for its outlay. As a sim
ple business proposition, it is a good one.
"But beyond this: The government has
rightly undertaken to carry the mails to
the. homes of the people in the rural sec
tions as well as to the homes of those
living in cities and tov ns. Now the gov
ernment announces tha, it will not estab
lish rural routes except where the roads
■ are good. The government is directly
interested, therefore, in having a proper
■ and adequate system of w<ll-<-onstniCte<i
roads in all parts of the country. It is
the governrr.nnt’s duty to further this
uak in everv way possible.
"When Governor Cummins argued that
this plan is paternalistic. | contended it
was certainly no more paternalistic than
its appropriating for the maintenance
■ and improvement of the water high
| ways of commerce, and certainly not
I nearly so paternalistic as outright appro
| pr.ations lor road-building in the Philip
, pines solely for the purpose of giving the
| Filipinos work. And when he spoke of
i the possibilities of friction between the
federal and state governments, 1 asked
: to l>e cited to a single instance of clash
; ■ between the federal and state govern
! ments. or officials, over the control of the
i rivers of the country.
■ j “These objections are not. In my opin-
ion. worthy of serious consideration. The
argument is all on tin side of federal and
| state cooperation. It may require some
j time to bring the people around to the
: support of this plan, but 1 believe they
; . will come to it. There is no other way
' tn which the whole people-and the coun
try- would be as greatly benefit..d as by
, a system of good roads, and I believe
I the plan I advocate is the most practical
way to secure that desired end."
MONUMENT TO VETERANS
MARRED BY BAD SPELLING
Asheville, N C., May B—(Special.)—La
i dies of the local chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy, went to Newton academy
burying grounds yesterday to -Complete
arrangements for unveiling the- handsome
new monument to the confederate dead.
They found that the Georgia tombstone
firm had carved two r's in the word bur
led and spelled cemetery with an a. and
now the distressed ladies have called a
. special meeting to determine whether Or
: ■ not it would be expedient to have an
' j unveiling at ail.
* Tlte Georgia firm telegraphed here to
know if they must follow copy and was
given an affirmative answer by one young
lady who was Ignorant of the error that
had been made.
HE MUST LEAV OR BE HANGED.
After Whipping Shively Hoosiers
Want To Lynch Him.
Indianapolis, May 4.—The governor to
day received a letter from Joseph Shive
ly. the man whipped at Bloomington the
other night, saying that ho had been
ordered to leave town within fifteen days
on pain of being hanged, and asking the
governor whether he shall leave town and
whether the governor will protect him it
lhe stays in Bloomington.
The governor Informed the prosecuting
attorney of Monroe county of the con
tents of the letter. The letter names the
man that made the threat. It is report
ed that he Is one of the men now under
bond for whipping Shively and the
women.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITOTIONt ATLANTA, GA.. MOND.A MAY 11, 1903.
ROOSEVELT IS IN THE
EAR WEST.
Pueblo, Colo., May 4.—Siren whistles of
| steel works and smelters this evening
■ soupded a deafening goodby to President
Roosevelt, as his train sped away to the.
south and west after a remarkable wel
come to him by a hundred thousand peo
ple of the Arkansas valley. His special
train arrived at the Mineral Place park,
on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad,
ten minutes ahead of time. A military
escort accompanied the carriages to a
decorated platform that had been built
in front of the palace. Hero the president
spoke to an enormous crowd. The
weather was bright and delightful and
excursionists had come from a long dis
tance.
Welcomed by 20.000 People.
Colorado Springs. Colo., May 4.—Twen
ty thousands persons welcomed President
Roosevelt this afternoon when he arrived
from Denver. TLb /resident was received
by Mayor Harris, a reception com
mittee of two hundred citizens. Governor
Peabody's staff, two companies of mi
litia. and a long line of unitormed men
extending from the Rio Grande station
for two blocks, forming an avenue
through which the reception committee
escorted the president to the Antlers ho
tel. Al the hotel the president addressed
a great audience.
The president spoke briefly on the re
sponsiblities of citizenship. Following the
speech the colored citizens gave the presi
dent a silver medal in the form <'f,
square plate with the inscription, “'Io
The President, President of tlto People,
a Friend to tlte Friendless."
i The president thanked the committee
i of negroes, and said:
“The only thing to do is to do he
j square thing," and then Rev. Gladden ex-
I pressed the thanks of the negroes for
' the stand the president took on the race
I question.
The President at Denver.
I Denver, t'olo., May 4.—The nation’s ehiei
■ executive was the guest of the city ot
Denver for two and one-half hours, and
i the people, regardless of political allilia-
I tiors, greeted him with a warmth and
i heartiness of welcome not exceeded on his
transcontinental tour The president maue
but. one speech in this city, ami that was
delivered in the open air on the capitol
grounds, where no less than 25,000 people
were assembled.
As the president stepped upon the
sp, aker’s Stand Mrs. Helen M. Casper
: stepped forward ami presented to Presi
| 1.-nt Roosevelt, on behalf of the Dauglt
, ten: of the American Revolution, a silk
■ flag beautifully wrought.
I dcepß appreciate this priceless gift, ’
I responded tin- president. Then Colonel
. cuarl.s L. Cooper, of the Fifth cavalry.
1 who was mu.-leriug officer of the Rough
Riders, h.infi d the president a photo
graph of his command taken at San
Ant< ni i'ex. Mr. Roosct elt, wh > w
j prominent in the picture, the only one of
■ th.: sone in existence, laughed and ex-
I claimed;
i “That certainly is all right, colonel.’
Th" president in his speech briefly ex
plain'd the irrigation law. and then spoke
i at length on good citizenship.
To the tune of "Dixie." the president’s
party withdrew from the speaker’s stand
and ‘reentering the carriages, drove to the
city park. After entering the park the
carriages passed between long rows of
school’ children, who waved Hags and
loudlv voiced the enthusiasm evoked by
th.- privii _<■ of seeing the first citizen
' of tile republic. The 4"U-poun»» silver bell
' soon to ije presented to the cruiser Den-
■ ver wa to the president, who ex-
) amined it closely and admired it greatly.
Godfather Role for Roosevelt.
Santa Fe, N. M.. May 5. Pr< Id nt
: Roosevelt spent three hours and twenty
minutes in this city, whose historic bulld
- ings and monuments seemed to be of in
. terest to him. At the capitol he made an
I address, speaking for twenty minutes to
I an audience of fully 10,000 persons. Pres
. Went Roosevelt said it was a great pleas
ure to him to come to New Mexico from
which territory more than half the mem
, I ers of his regiment came.
“1 know th. people of New Mexico.” he
' said, “and I am fond of them. How can
; I help being fond of the people with whom
1 have worked."
lie congratulated the people of New
Mexico on what they have accomplished
I and said he believed they were on the
i verge ot’ great things.
"Much will depend on the thrift of the
people." said the president, "but the gov
i eminent can heli, somewhat and the gov
ernment will help.
Thu pr. sklent said the benefit of forest
■ preservation and irrigation to be enjoyed
l by this section w ill do most towa-d bring
-1 Ing New Mexico to statehood and tnak
: ing it one of the great states of the
: west
I A brief reception was held In the cap
i itol, after which a drive was taken over
i tiie gaily decorated streets, all of which
| were thickly lined with a cheering multl-
I tude. A stop was made al San Miguel
: church, the old. .-t church edifice in the
i United States, and at the cathedral where
’ the vicar general, Anthony Fourchegu,
i baptized the son of George \V. Armijo,
: a sergeant of the rough riders, president
I Roosevelt being the godfather. The child
: was named Theodore Roosevelt.
After this pleasing incident the president
l addressed 2,500 school children. Including
i 350 pupils in the uniform of thy United
, States Indian school, the students of St.
I .Michael’s colleg. of I.orette academy, St.
. Catherine's Indian and the Presbyterian
mission school. The roof of the historic
old palace and the roofs of other build
ings surrounding the plaza were thronged.
Tim drive was continued to Fort Marcy,
from which a superb view ot the city
and surroundings is obtained. Here Mayor
Sparke presented the president with an
Illuminated volume of the city’s history.
Tho book is in a cover of gold filigree
work, set with large turquoise, and was
the product throughout of Santa Fe skill
ed workmen.
Luncheon was served at the residence of
Governor M. A. Otero in front of which
was a triumphal arch on which stood a
girl, as “Goddess of Liberty," strewing
flowers upon the president. As the presi
dent reentered his carriage an original
ode song was sung by the school children
and the president stood up in his carriage
and waved his hat lustily. A visit was
made to the New Mexico historical So
ciety’s museum, after which the party
; returned to the depot, the train leaving at
I 12:20 p. in. A large detail of rough riders
\ in uniform served as a guard of honor
hero and a number of those accompanied
the president to Albuquerque. The Cleve
land, 0., Grays, who happened to arrive
on an excursion, took part in the ex
ercises. Four largo arches and many les
sor ones formed part of the scheme of
decorations, which exceeded everything
that Santa Fo has thus far seen.
Private Secretary Loeb arrived here
last night and joined the president. Gov
i ernor M. A. Otero and other territorial
. officials accompanied the president to Al
i buquerque.
Preserve the Grand Canon.
Grand Canon. Ariz.. May 6—Arizona
welcomed President Roosevelt today and
i the welcome they gave him was cordial.
I a special train from Flag Staff brought
i a. large crowd and people also came in
j from the surrounding country on horse
! back and in wagons. The president’s
j train arrived at Grand Canon at 9
I o’clock this morning and until It left
at 6 o’clock in the evening ho was con
i stantly on the go. Horses were in wait
{ ing at the station as the train pulled in
and after the president had greeted a
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number of members of his old regiment
, he mounted and took a 12-mile ride.
Then he returned to the hotel, whore he
made a brief speech to the people and
' presented diplomas to the graduates of
the Flag Staff school.
“It was from Ariz oi.t," said the presi
dent In opening his address, "that so
, ’ many gallant men tame into the regi
: ment that I had the honor t.o command.
Arizona, sent men who won glory on
hard fought fields, : :id men to whom
came a. glorious and an honorable death,
lighting for the flag the country. As
long as I live it will i. to me an inspira
tion to have serv. d with ‘Buckey’
O’Neil."
lie paid also a compliment to Governor
1 ■ Brodie, who was member of his
■ 1 regiment and who in: i nduc.'d him to the i
, | audience. •
j "Arizona, ’ > mtinu. the president, “is
one ->t i n- regions wh ii I anticipate will
1 derive the benefit fron the wise action
I of congress in passing th" irrigation law.
! 1 look forward to the > ff.'. t ot’ irrigation,
■partly as applied by li" government and
■ : still more as applied n, individuads profit-
ing by lhe experlein the government
! and possibly with h. I? from it. as be
: ing of greater cons, q;.■•:)<•<• to this region
’of this country in I: next fifty years
than anv other mateii.l movem- iil what-
1 soever."
■ | Speaking of the Gr.n ,1 Canon, the pres-
ident said he belie.,, it was absolutely
■unparalleled through :■: the rest of the
world.
! "I want I" ask you to do one thing la
connection with it. : ■ said. "In your
pwn mtere-st and th* interest ot ill the
I’country keep this gr< ■ wonder of nature
>i now I hop you won't have a
building of .'my kind to mar the won-
, derful grandeur and sublimity of the
canon. You cannot improve on it. The
ages have l>. > n at work on it and ni' :i
’ can only mar it. !<■ ■ p it for your chil
l 'iron and . r chil.lren's children and
• ■ all who come after you as one of the
■ great, sights :"r Amer: ans to see."
Tin’ presid* aIS" ■ xtended a word of
I greeting to - Indians, a number of
whom were ii . rowd.
“Some of tie > : were in my iogiment,"
I he said; "they w-ro good enough to fight
. i and die, and they ore good enough for
‘ me to treat as s.e. ir-ly as any’ white man.
There are a greai many problems in con
nection with ‘hem You must save them
from corruption, from brutality, and I
regret to say that at limos we have to
save them from ortain eastern philan
thropy.’’
Welcomed to Golden State,
Redlands, Cal.. M:iv 7—President Roose
velt was officially w loomed to Califor
nia today Ky Governor I’ardC'-. Lieuten
ant Governor And. rson, members of tho
slate legislature. Mayor Fowler, of Red
’ lands, members of the state militia and
i of the Grand Army of the Republic, uni
formed cadets, organized .- u*ties and
i 10,000 citizens and :a-iio.il children. The
military contingent in.it the presidential
party at th.,- railroad station and led a
parade containing the president s car
riage to Hotel t'asaloma. .'it the hotel
the governor and his friends formally
w.-I'orn..l tho president. Mi Roosexi.lt
spoke to the throng about his trip and
the possibilities of the west.
In front of Hotel <’ salonia, when the
party arriv d, was packed a mass of hu
manity that stretched for two blocks east
and west. On the corner opposite the bal
cony from whi'’h th.- president spoke
■ 1.500 school children were seated on a
i grand stand. As Hie president a pproaciied
tach of the elidilr.-i; w<ved a flag, eheer
. <d and sang national airs. I’rc.sident
Roosevelt was pres' uted to Governor
I’ardee and Lieutenant Governor Ander
sen. Governor I’ardee. In a brief address, .
! welcomed the president to California,
President at Los Angeles.
I’rosi.l.’n: Roosevelt made bls entry Into
• Los Angeles at 1 o’clock this afternoon.
I The eiitlm-ia-in that greeted him within
; the boundary of California reached a
< lima.< when the spe H train drew into
i Los Angeles.
The president’s train P ft Riverside this
! morning at an early hour. On the way
i ever tne Santa F. a half hour’s stop was
■ made at Claremont, where the president
spoke to the students of Pomona college.
At Pasadena a stop of two hours was
made.
In Pasadena all the business houses
and residences displayed American flags
and bunting. On the way to the Wilson
High school, win re the president deliv
ered a short spe,' 11. ho passed under a
floral archway extended for two blocks.
The front of th.- archway was a solid
mass of flowers from base to top. with
festoons of vari-colored roses draped
across from curb to curb. After the ad
dress at the high sehoo:. President Roose
velt and party took carriages for a drive
through the city. The drive took them
down the famous Orange Grove avenue,
the Street of millionaires. A brief stop
was made at the home of Mrs. Garfield,
the widow of President James A. Gar
field with whom the president chatted
1 leasantly for a few moments.
From the station to the hotel the crowds
had gathered for a glimpse of the chief
executive and gave voice to their pent-up
enthusiasm in continuous cheers, which
the president smilingly acknowledged. The
i annual Fiesta de las Flares, the chief
■ feature of which is the elaborate floral
i parade, occurred this afternoon and was
i reviewed by the president.
OPPOSED TO CUBAN TREATY.
Views of the Cigar Leaf Tobacco As
sociation.
I Atlantic Pity, N. J.. May 4.—The Na
tional Uigur Leaf Tobacco Association
began its annual meeting here today.
President J. I. Freedman, of New York,
in the chair. The president’s report dwelt
at length upon the Cuban reciprocity
treaty submitted to tho senate last De
cember. The association Is opposed to
the adoption of the treaty because it pro
vides for a reduction of 20 per cent in the
tariff rate on both leaf tobacco and cigars.
This, the report states, would be of no
i advantage to the .Cuban producer, but
i would benefit the Amelie.m tobacco man-
■ i facturers, who control 80 per cent of the
, product manufactured in Cuba. A uni
i form tariff rale on leaf and wrapper to
bacco is favored by tin- association.
I The meeting will continue three days.
DR. BROUGHTON WAS
VERY SEASICK
I The friends of Rev. L. G. Broughton,
j pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle church,
■ of Atlanta, will be much pleased to know
that he has reached Gibraltar In safety I
and that the condition of his health bus
been greatly improved by the sea voyage. I
Dr. Broughton has written an interesting i
I letter of his trip across the ocean. The j
voyage was a rough one, but the sea |
sickness he experienced resulted In bene- i
fifing his general health.
Dr. Broughton will from time to time |
write to The Constitution of his experi- !
ences and observations on the continent, j
and these letters are sure to be read with I
great pleasure by Atlantans. The first |
letter, written aboard the ship, follows: I
Nearing Gibraltar, on Board the ;
Trave, April 12, 1903.—We are now I
five days out. The journey lias
been anything else but pleasant. Had I
thought of anything half so bad as this
1 would be at home today with my wife
and boy’. I sorter wish I had known it.
We left New York last Saturday at 1
o’clock on the steamer Trave. We had
not gone far before we struck a terrific I
snow storm, which lasted al! Hie after- .
noon and Sunday. I am sure 1 never saw .
It snow harder and never felt a boat rock
and pitch heavier. I managed to keep '
my head steady until 1 o'clock lunch. 1
went to the table and ordered a good
mea>i, but have seen nothing of it as yet.
Talk about sick! 1 had been sick going
from Norfolk to Boston, but that sick
was nothing compared with this. Two
summers ago I crossed and never missed
a meal either way. It is certainly not
■so this time. For four and a half days
I’ve been in bed, the sickest man in the
world. My traveling companion, Mr.
Herbert Wiggs, of Atlanta, was very
brave. He held on two hours longer, but
went down with a terrible crash. For
hours we never said a word. Finally he
said, “Oh, Lordy, I feel like five-cents’
worth of dogmeat. How do you feel,
doc?” 1 didn’t feel. Long ago I’d passed
that point. On the third day I managed
to get out of my stateroom and was
stretched out flat of my back in the
! smoking room listening at the German
band. I thought It might do me good.
I After playing a lot of trash, they played
i "America." That, kind of touched tho
I spot and I tried my best to cheer, but to
I save my life I could not get up a grunt,
I Then they played something else and sud
j denly jumped into "Dixie." I couldn't
I do anything else, so I held up my right
■ foot and gave it a shake. Then what do
i you think? Why, they played “Home,
! Sweet Home.” What do you think I did?
Well, put yourself in my place and see
what you would do. 1 really think it
ought to be against the law to play
"Home, Sweet Horne" under su !i cir
cumstances.
In fact, it has been fearful. J am sure
that not one on board has escaped. 1
i understand that the dining room for two
days averaged about six and they kept
their eyes shut and their mouths open ,
'so as to save trouble. But it. is better i
' now. Tho storm has passed and most of I
us arc. out and you would think there had j
never boon any danger. Here while I j
write a < rowd of foreigners, including a
I German count, are playing poker. They I
f came over a bit ago and asked me if I |
I would join ’em I told ’em I was busted. ;
■ Downstairs the youngsters are getting j
! up a ball for tonight. The captain is a |
' fine old German. He his just passed the ■
word around that lie will land in Gibral- !
■ tar in time to take the party across the I
i straits to a small town in Spain to wit- |
’ ness the annual bull fight. That's the i
Wiy they celebrate Easter in Spain.
Feihaps when I write again I’ll ti ll you
what 1 think of the difference between a j
Spanish bull fight and an Atlanta foot- ■'
; ball game. I’m/ afraid the evidence will
I be in favor of the bull fight.
1 do not know just where we will go
I from Gibraltar. Our tickets take us t >
I Naples, but we may first take in points
! in Africa, visiting some of the savage
! tribes, then go on to Naples. What 1 am
j after Is getting well. If this seasick don t
kill me 1 expect to do it. I was in bad
shape when I started, and then this little
boat Is only a single s row. and rocks like
■ a top. 1 declare nt times it ha-» been
enough to s are a well man. much J>: s
one with nothing but nerves and bones.
’ One thing is sure, I’ll never tackle the
Atlantic oi-an on a boat with a tonnage
i less than 10,000, and two screws at that.
They say* this is the Trave’s last trip.
I'm glad of it for the other fellow. To
' morrow we expect to gass the celebrated
i Azores, Portugal islands, i am so anxious
j to sco them. We have seen nothing that
| looks like life for five days, only a small
i schooner we passed a short time ago. We
I will not stop at the Azores as much as
I we'd like to do. so there is no chance of
, landing there at this time of the rear,
i The captain says w-.-'ll pass close enough
' to see much of the mode ot' life there,
i Think of these people living l.Ooil miles
■ from anything but ocean, and expecting
! any tin ea volcano to go off. I de. lar ■
i I’d pay boot to be a, Georgia negro's 'pus-
W FOR OVER 40 YEARS h ? vc , b Ts??h e r> r '™?;
M ,n Cane Mill construction. They are imitated, - ?
XJV*"** t? I SBSj&Sflt course, but they stand alone and supreme iu i
5 "*'! j Rfi these essential points:
■’ X.-sr Zr ‘l3 PERFECTION OF MECHANICAL DETAIL STRENGTH
IN EVERY POINT. SAVING IN REPAIRS.- MMPLK.
r ’J fl V.—COVERED AXIL CHANNELS IN BOTTOM PLATE.
* —x —PATENT reversible feed hide.— encased
gearings.—do most work with least power.
There is metal where metal is needed, topether with skilled workmanship and practical knowledge of
syrup makers’ requirements. Write for complete Cane Mill and Evaporator Catalog, S-66.
AMfRKAN SEEDING MACHINE (0, LOUISVILLE. KY.
I ■!— II ■■■■ -
' s s*fr»® FOR MEDICINE MEDICINE IS BECAUSE IV PU?E
ggS -W.W ° IRECT FROM fl STATES REGISTERED DISTILLER TO CONSUMER. IB '
2' S , your order in " T full quarts of ten-year-old Rye for $3 15 Z
hS?” ’’ r *"l >, ’ld, and we will send you. free of charge, two sample KNW ‘
/ffafiWMEaraek b °ijT s ~°s e t ,’V’, lve - one hiteen-year-old-Kve, a corkscrew and a Ww*
, g r °',‘, t,r ’ pcd J' r ,I \v ey K . I:ISS . Ve n,ake this offer simply to get you to ’■la I
Ml* I’OO<l>|’. 1 ’ OO<l >|’. 1' c a,so *l ave thls samc brd,ld eloht years Old !■
” h,ch u ,f wHI ‘fl’POS* of at $2.50 per gallon, in lots of two or
“tore gallons at one shipment. M e also give sample bottles 2?
IffiLERSTRASS rew w i t ” th .' se BOOds - AUo “«-Koo d ».*t<’ nut “pin fu n jf
MLLuno -IMAia, quart bottles, and sent express prepaid. If goods are not satisGe J®
[v, TEM YEAR Oto tory, return them at our expense and we will refund your money.
f 1 JS almost impossible to get pure whiskey from dealers The«e
•; WaSv * oo . ds are shipped direct from the Distilling Co., which guarantees WWI
P\ e,r middleman's profit. We are the ordy Reg-
r .’. •S ,s t e r£ ( l Distdlers in America selling to consumers direct the entire
j“*• product of Our Registered Distinctv:” others who claim to are
onl '’‘ , T e r al " s J bu y* n & a »'l selling. REFERENCES, any llxpress Co.
piLEPsTnASslJlsip.llNCCi cub > Waah.. Wy'. 'l u.nnuLr call’ir p'repaW?” *' U ' X ” Ore '
yun "” -j KELLERS TR/ASS DISTILLING CO. Aj
EmiEH S OFFicr 810 Kalierstrass Slock. KANSAS CITY, MO*
jhl » Warehouse 810. ST. LOUIS, M 9.
! The above firm arc sole owners of Registered Distillery. No. 22. of the Sixth Dis-
I trict of Missouri. When writing them, please mention The Atlanta Constitution,
I Your money back!
iff you are not satisfied I
DO YOU SUPPOSE that a company with a capital of 8500,000.00, paid in full, and tha ■
proud reputation of 36 years of continuous success, would make such an offer and not carry B
ft out to the letter? H
DO YOU SUPPOSE we would jeopardize our standing with the public and our chancel H
of still greater success by failing to fulffi any promise we make » u
DO YOU SUPPOSE we would make such an offer if we did pot have the utmost confl- ■
dence in the satisfying quality of our goods ? H
WE KNOW we can please you and save you money, for IIAYNER WHISKEY goes K
direct from our distillery to you. with all its original richness and flavor, carrying a UNITED H
STATES REGISTERED DISTILLER'S GUARANTEE of PURITY and AGE and saving M
you the big profits of the dealers. That’s why it’s best for medicinal purposes. That’s why I
it’s preferred for other uses. That's why we are regularly supplying over a quarter of a I
million satisfied customers. That’s why YOU should try It. J
Direct from our distillery to TOO
Saves Dealers’ Profits I Prevents Adulteration!
HAYNER WHISKEY
| PURE SEVEN-YEAR >OLD RYE
| FULL EXPRESS ?
pl QUARTS O
I We will send you FOUR FULL QUARTS of RAYNER’S SEVEN-YEAR-
S OLD RYE for 83.20, and we will pay the express charges. When you receive
| the whiskey, try it and if you don't find it all right and as good as you ever sgSwl H
3 drank or can buy from any body else at any price, then send it back at our 13
| I expense and your $3.20 will be returned to you by next mail. How could
I S an offer be fairer? We take all the risk and stand all the expense if
i 3 the goods do not jilease you. Won't you let us send you a trial order? We
I ship in a plain sealed case; no marks to show what's inside.
I Orders for Ariz., Cal., Col., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N. Mex., Ore., Utah, Wash
S 3 or Wyo., must be on the basis of 4 OnartH for 54.00 bv Express HqSY’MrR'YG
Frepaid or JBO Quarts tor BHJ.4JO by Freight J’repaid. ; - scra.-urife’-i
Write our nearest office and do it NOW.
| THE MATTER OISTILLINO COMPANY ''
$1 ATLANT*/ GA, DAYTON, OHIO ST. LOUIS, MO. ST. PAUL, MINN.
H 156 Distillery, Trot, O. Established 1856.
sum hound. What a country we’ve got,
anyway, t wish all our people could
travel more, it would make them think
more of home, I feel now like I'll never
kick anything else but myself if I ever
got homo again. But it won’t do tor me
to get on that line.
Last .nglit we passed the Azores. It was
certainly a beautiful sight. The sea was
perfect and the moon was beautiful. 1
never saw a prettier sight than the old
volcano island which stands 7,000 feet
above tit" sea. It has be.r. smoking a bit
ever since the great eruption ot Mount
f'elee. The whole chain of the Azores
gives great Interest to sightseers. 1 was
greatly surprised to find the island:-: so
large. The life on the islands is very
primative. Fra.ctically, they have n>
civilization. What a great mission field
this would make.
But this letter must conclude, as we are
pulling into Gibraltar, and all letter.- are
to be mailed there. How 1 wotjld like t •
look over Hie head lines of The Consti
tution this morning. With much love t'
friends and enemas alike.
LEN. G. BROUGHTON.
—— ■■■ -♦
Opium, Morphiiiv, Free Treatment.
Painless home cure guaranteed. Free
! trial. Dr. Tucker, Atlanta, Ga.
I NOT ONE "'ENT FOR DR. CRUM.
• Roosevelt’s Negro Collector Can't Get
Money Until Confirmed.
; Washington, May 8 -’lhe treasure de
partment lias h'.lij. up the personal ac-
I count of Dr. W. D. Crum, the colored coi-
I .lector of the port ot Charleston, S. C.,
j on the ground that Dr. Crum can not
| receive compensation until confirmed by
the senate.
j Dr. AV. D. Crum's fees and expenses
I aggregated only $56.89. and was included
i in the regular account of the Charleston
I office.
His attention is directed to that para
graph of the statutes which reads;
“No money »shall be paid from the
treasury as salary to any person ap
pointed during the recess of .the senate
to till a vacancy in any existing office.
If the vacancy existed while the senate
was in session and was by law required!
to be filled and with the advice and con
sent of the senate, nnti! such appoint
ment has been confirm 'd by Hie sen
ate."
As. Dr. Crum was appointed collector
of Hie port ot Cli irleston while tile S'-n
--ate was in session, and tin 1 s. iiit.- failed
to act upon it, aml as the president sub
sequently named Dr. Crum as a rec ss
appointee, the treasury officials hold th it
ho can receive no money from the gov
ernment as oolleetor for fees or > xpvns-s
until his appointment shall have );>■■ -n
confirmed by the senate. No fixed salary
is provided for the .collector of the port_
of Charleston, who receives his compe:~
■sation in. the form ot fees and ex
pens s.
Monitor Arkansas Floats.
Cairo, II!-'.. May B.—('aptain Henry
Ilarlee, one of His pilots oji the United
States monitor Arkansas, came down
from St. Genevieve today a.rul reports the
boat alioat. He states that it. will tak ■,
at least, ,i 4-t'oot rise in tho river be- j
fore tlio boat, can proceed on In r trip ■
down the river.
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