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Hlchmond Tlmes-Dlspatch av
ers: Houston (Tex.), ice at 20 cents
a hundred Is said to be tho wannest
Ice for the money In the world.
The automobile Is of paramount In
terest to the people, and if prices are
reduced there Is no doubt of a lasting
demand for them, especially if driv
ers show even half way consideration
for other users of the road contends
the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Au
tomobiles have in them the potential
ity of a stupendous change in social
and business relations between man
and man.
Good English of the kind that is
written and spoken by scholars and
understood everywhere without the
help of annotators and commentators
is free from slang and the idioms of
any locality In the world of thought.
The same rule, says the Christian Reg
ister, holds good whether in theology,
in science, In sociology, or economics.
That which is meant for all the peo
ple and Is current everywhere must be
free from the idioms of any class or the
slang of any locality.
Ever since the close of the war be
tween Russia and Japan there have
been evidences of nervousness in the
commercial world for fear that the
victorious nation would not keep her
promise regarding the open door in
Manchuria. • Many reports have been
sent out regarding contemplated action
by the Japanese which would debar the
nations of tho West from a fair com
petition with the Land of the Rising
Sun in the Manchurian trade. These
have nearly all proved to be ground-
Jes, admits the New York Press, but
the readiness with which they received
credence shows that there was a sus
picion abroad as to the reai intentions
of Japan.
' Th ofle liraneiT ft productive Indus
try an Important individual 'gain is
possible through addition to what is
called “the common store” rather than
through attempt to seize a larger share
of that store, observes the New Y T ork
Sun. Somewhat more than one-third
of all the Americans engaged in gain
ful occupations live on and make their
living from the nearly G,000,000 farms
of the United States. Because of ig
norant and careless farm methods the
more than 400,000,000 acres of improved
lands, that is, land which either is or
might be under actual and immediate
cultivation, produce little more than
one-half of what they might under in
telligent, systematic methods.
“It is worth coming to Carlsbad,”
says (he New York Herald’s special
“just to see a dining room full
of American cocktail consumers now
here taking milk in mineral water.”
It is not that the votaries of the “sim
ple life,” are “dangerously ill,” but that
under the guise of pleasure seekers
they are taking their medicine as the
penalty for former indiscretionary bib
ulous propensities. Carlsbad is deserv
edly'popular from such a point of view,
argues the Herald, as the treatment in
that resort is based on the strictest
dietetic rules, in keeping with the
primitive requirements of health and
general well-being. On the principle
that misery loves company, each in a
purely resigned spirit vies with the
other in keeping in the line of vol
untary martyrdom and complacently
takes his water or milk in the effort to
be good for u while at least, if the
stay is sufficiently long the bon vivant
gets rid of his uric acid and stiffened
joints, his dyspepsia, headache and in
somnia, and has a lesson in self-denial
which well serves him for the time.
But., alas, when he returns home he
takes a fresh start on the old road,
only to prove that “the way of the
transgressor is hard” indeed. Still it
is better to be righteous even by spurts
than to be wicked all the while. Even
the poor man who cannot afford to go
abroad can take the hint as a free pre
scription for home treatment. Why
would not milk and water drinks serve
the cocktailer at home as well as in
Carlsbad?
FOR THE FARMERS
Ten Day Cotton School Will Be Opened at
Georgia State College of Agricul
ture at Athens.
The Georgia State College of Agri
culture and Mechanics Art at Athens,
is to open In January a cotton school.
This is one of the new features that
will go to make the work of this col
lege of immense benefit to the people
of the state.
President Andrew M. Soulo Is now
busily engaged in working out the de
tails of this school, and in a few days
everything will be in shape for mak
ing a great success of this feature of
agricultural training at the university.
The school will be in session the
early part of January, at a time when
the farmers of the state can best
spare time to attend it. This special
cotton school will hold only ten days,
but in that time it is proposed to
give the farmers a vast amount of
Information and to make the work in
tensely practical.
It is desired that persons attending
this school be at least eighteen years
of age, and there is no limit, as old
farmers as well as young farmers will
be given a cordial welcome into the
classes.
A small special appropriation has
been made for this feature of the
work of the agricultural college. Prom
inent lecturers will be engaged, both
from the government service and from
the walks of private life. Governor
Hoke Smith, Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson, Editor Richard* H. Ed
monds of the Manufacturers’ Record,
the officials of the Farmers’ Union and
of the Southern Cotton Association
and other men of ability will be in
vited to lecture before the farmers at
tending this school.
First, there will be a study of cotton
soils, both from the physical and
chemical standpoints, and the proper
ways in which to manage and handle
different soils.
The use of the various improved
implements will be illustrated thor
oughly, and a special study of fertil
izers will be made, showing the best
ways of preparing and mixing them,
the needs of the plants, the rotation
of crops with the view of improving
cotton culture, the handling of the
various by-products of the stapple.
The improvement of cottoh will be
given special attention, both as to sta
ple and yield. The subject of seed
selection will be given careful atten
tion,, and there will be on hand large
number of plant specimens to illus
trate the various advantages of one
plant over another. Expert growers
and scientific men will be on hand to
tell what they knew of cotton seed
selection and the improvement of the
cotton plant.
Grading cotton will be made a fea
ture of this school. A good knowledge
of grading will save the farmers man}
dollars when it comes to the market
ing .of his crop.
These are just a few of the things
that will be done in this cotton
school. There will be absolutely no
charge for the farmers attending, save
possible one dollar feA The lailioad
fare will be reduced if the railroads
will grant the reduced rates that will
be asked of them.
TOLD JOKES WHILE ON GALLOWS.
Florida Negro Sho wed Remarkable Nerve
in Transition to Eternity.
Laughing and joking, Komp Holt,
a negro, was hanged at Milton, Fla.,
Friday for the murder of a man, a
year ago. The negro, with the rope
adjusted around his neck, was given
an hour in which to pray or make a
talk to his friends. He chose to talk.
Not one reference was made to the
crime for which he was convicted,
nor did he utter any prayer, but con
sumed the time in telling jokes and
joining in the laughter. The smile that
followed the teliing of his last joke
had not yet left his face when the
black cap was adjusted and the Jrap
sprung.
ACK HALE CASE A MISTRIAL.
Eight Jurors for Hanging, Three for Life
Sentence and One for Acquittal.
The jury in the Ack Hale murder
case at Blountville, Tenn., was unable
to agree upon a verdict, and a mis
trial was entered.
It is stated eight jurymen were for
conviction of murder in the first de
gree, with death penalty; three for a
life sentence, and one for acquittal.
Hale was charged with the murder
of Lillie Davis, a young girl, in the
Kasf' Hill cemetery in Bristol, Tcun.,
March 27, last.
A NEW PARTY
IN THE ARENA
National Leagues of Independents
are Getting Together.
CONFERENCE IS HELD
Delegates from Thirty States Meet in New
York and Plans of Organization
are Outlined.
The organization of a national In
dependence League was decided upon
at a meeting in New York Friday of
representatives of state Independence
Leagues and others who are in sym
pathy with the objects of these leagues
as outlined in state or local platforms.
The national body will be a solidifi
cation of minor leagues existing or
yet to be former’.. Its aims are po
litical in opposition to the republican
and democratic parties, which the
league promoters declare are domi
nated by corporation interests and no
longer are representative of the peo
ple.
Friday’s conference was held at Car
negie hall, where some 200 men, said
to represent thirty states, met at the
invitation of the local Independence
League, and were addressed by Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, the gubernato
rial candidate last fall of the Inde
pendence League and democratic par
ties in New York state. Before his
endorsement by the democratic state
convention and subsequent defeat by
Governor Hughes, Mr. Heaast was the
municipal league’s candidate for may
or and w r as beaten by Mayor McClel
lan, the democratic nominee.
Preceding the business meeting the
participants were given an informal
reception by Mr. Hearst at the Gilsey
house, where most of those from out
of-town stopped. *
At the hall, afternoon and evening
sessions were held, the feature of the
afternoon being the address of Mr.
Hearst, who said that the conference
had been called to discuss the advis-*
ability of forming a national Independ
ence League. He told of the suc
cess of the league in New York, Mas
sachusetts ana California, and urged
the formation of a minor league in
every state and the union of all in a
general body. The republican and
democratic parties, he said, were hope
lessly in the control of corporation in
terest. They failed, he said, to truly
represent the people, and a third par
ty was sorely needed. There were
other speeches, after which two com
mittees, one on organization and an
other to prepare a platform outlining
the aims of the national body, were
appointed.
OIL EXPLOSION KILLS THREE.
Man Meet Death While Hauling Stuff to
Spread Upon Race Track.
Three men were killed instantly in
New York Friday by the explosion of
an oil tank in the Bronx, from which
they were drawing crude petroleum
into a sprinkling cart for use on the
Morris Park race track, where a 24-
hour automobile race was begun.
It is supposed that ?. lantern carried
by one of the men ignited some loose
oil under the tank.
WITNESSES WERE A BAD LOT.
Six Were Impeached After Testifying in
Behalf of Ack Hale.
Six witnesses for the defense, and
Ack Hale, the defendant, were im
peached in the trial of Ack Hale, at
Blountsville, Tenn., on the charge of
murdering Lillie Davis
The credibility of each of the wit
nesses—live women and one man —
was questioned, and they were im
peached. Mayor Crumley and D. A.
Vines of Johnson City, Hales home,
swore they' would not accept Hale s
oath.
BANK CASHIER SKIPS OUT.
Swiped $74,000 and Sleuths of Uncle Sam
Are Hot on Tnail.
Oscar Kondert, formerly cashier of
the First National Bank at Barto*
Rouge, La., is missing, while United
States officers are searching for him
with a warrant charging him with a
defalcation of 74,000. Uhe shortage
was discovered over a month ago,
but Kondert and his friends made
good the greater part of the loss.
The bank officials, it is said, de
clared themselves satisfied, but the
federal officials decided to prosecute
the cashier. '
FINLEY EXPLAINS THE SITUATION
Tells Why Southern Railway Has Held Up
Construction Work.
President Finley of the Southern
railway issued a statement at Wash
ington Tuesday as to the reason for
the recent stoppage of construction
work and reductions in shop forces,
in which he said:
“In some quarters it has be*n rep
resented that work has been stopped
and forces reduced as a measure of
retaliation against adverse state leg
islation. In no case has this been
true. This company has not been
governed in any case by any but
sound business considerations such
as must govern a railway as well
as every business enterprise. Cur
rent railway income is insufficient to
provide funds necessary for extensive
improvements and betterments. These
can only be provided for, now as in
the past, by obtaining new capital.
Present financial conditions and the
present attitude of investors toward
railroad securities are such that it is
impossible, for the moment to sell
railroad securities on a basis that
any business concern, managed in ac
cordance with sound business piinci
ples, would be justified in accepting.
It has, therefore, been necessary to
postpone many important projects for
improvements. Only those will be
pushed to completion at this time on
which work has progressed so far
that the public and the railway can
receive the benefit of their completion
at an early date. Other projects have
not been abandoned, but will be
carried out just as soon as conditions
are such that the necessary capital
can be secured.”
FUNNY CHINK GOMES AGAIN.
Wu Ting Fang Reappointed as Chinese
Minister to Washington.
The reappointment of (Wu Ting
Fang to his former post as minister
of China at Washington, was ga
zetted in Peking Tuesday.
For several years Wu Ting Fang
represented China as minister at
Washington, and he became one of
the lions of the oapetal.
Wu’s fame spread throughout the
United States, and he was In great
demand at banquets and other func
tions. He was always ready to ac
pept these invitations azqi alsp.always
ready to make a speech.
Wu visited Georgia on one occa
sion, visiting Milledgeville, where he
addressed the girls of the normal
school. He also stopped in Atlanta,
and was handsomely entertained.
While In Atlanta Wu created com
ment by the number of unconvention
al questions he asked the women.
Several Atlanta women who were
presented to Wu were greeted with
sttch questions as:
“How old are 'you?” “Are you mar
ried?” “How many children have
you?” “What did your dress cost’’
“Has your husband any money?"
“Why dont you marry?”
WRECK TAKES FOUR LIVES.
Washout Causes Death-Dealing Accident
on the Seaboard Air Line.
Two Missouri, Kansas and Texas
freight trains collided head-on at
Evansville, Mo., Saturday morning,
and were wrecked. Four members of
the crew were killed. The dead: En
gineers Bledsoe and Whittaker; a
fireman and a brakeman, names un
known. All four lived in Franklin, Mo.
WILL APPROVE CONSTITUTION.
Rossevelt Makes a Sarc-stic Fling at New
State of Oklahoma.
President Roosevelt announced on
Thursday that he would approve the
Oklahoma constitution.
His personal opinion of the docu
ment. the president laughingly said,
was “not fit for publication.” The
promulgation of his approval will be
made later.
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ELEVEN MANGLED TO DEATH
And Seven Fatally Hurt in Plunge of Cage
to Bottom of Pit.
By the plunging of a cage 675 feet
down the shall of thP *
Laagldui Steel company s mine at Ne
gawiee, Mien, briday, eleven me*,
were killed and seven tatally injured..
The cage was making its first descent
for the day when the brake on the
hoisting drum gave way.
Two other men sprang to the as
sistance of the one at the brake
wheel, but their combined efforts did
not avail and the wire cable contin
ued to unreel from the drum like a
weighted thread from a lubricated
bobbin. The cage shot down 200 feet
before a kink in the rushing cable
caused it to part. The cage dropped
wrtfe a thud to the bottom of the
shaft, the safety cables failing to
operate. The surging of the ca&e m
its mad flight tore out part of tle
side of the engine house and ripped,
out several sheaves about the shaft
house.
The machinery installed is not en
tirely new, but it had been thorough
ly overhauled. Workmen at the bot
tom ©f the mine immediately set about
removing the dead. r l he fall had
hurled the bodies together and they
l*y in one mass, from which seven
still breathing were taken. 1 hey are
fatally hurt.
Thousands of persons soon congre
gated about the mine shaft. In the
crowd were the wives and children of
the 200 men employed in the mine.
Each thought that her loved one was
in the cage. It was fully two hour.-:
before the cable was adjusted so tha
the cage could he raised to the sur
face and the dead turned over to rel
atives.
FANCY JOB HAS CARTER.
Ex-Convict is Now Consulting Engineer of
Florida East Coast Railway.
Oberlin M. Carter, who has served
a term o fflve years in the prison of
Leavenworth, Kans., after conviction
by a courtmartial of conspiring with
Greene and ,Gaynor to defraud the
United States government out of near
ly $2,000,000 in connection with river
and harbor contracts in the Savannah
district, has a post of prime import
ance with the Florida East Coast rail-
He is consulting engineer at a fam!y
salary, and will have an active part in
the extension of the line from Miami
to Key West, an enterprise upon which
the eyes of the engineering world are
fixed with deepest interest. Captain
Carter is at present in Chicago, but
he has been on the line in Florida,
and will return there shortly to carry
on the work.
A singular feature of the Carter-
Greene-Gaynor embroglio is that the
ex-military officer has served his term
and is now engaged in the lucrative
work of a high class engineer, while
the men who were his partners are
still in jail at Macon, awaiting action
of the United States circuit court of
appeals before entering upon the serv
ing of their term for the offense or
which Carter was convicted.
Eight hundred and fifty thousand
dollars is drawn from the New York
■savings hanks each day.
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