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COTTON ISjjACKWARB
Rd.in'j Are Keeping Labor From
the Fields.
THE PLANT IHERY SMALL
Texa. Crop Will Be Late and 801 l
Weevil* Are Becoming More
Humerous.
Memphis, Tenn.—The Commercial-
Appeal, in its weekly summary of the
cotton crop, says:
“In all states east of the Mississippi
river and in Arkansas, cultivation is
backward and the plant is small
Some progress was made during the
past week, but in many districts of
■this territory heavy to moderate local’
rains fell and kept the labor from the
fields. There is much grass. On some
of the lowlands it is still too wet for
cultivation, and on such lands the
cotton will be abandoned.
“There are only limited lecal excep
tions 10 tins general condition.
“Some of the cottoji worked out ear
ly has again became foul, and corre
spondents are of the opinion that with
the best of weather, cultivation will
not be normal before July.
‘ln Oklahoma and Texas, the rain
fall was beneficial. The crop during
the week made rapid advancement. It
is generally in a good state ef cultiva
tion and is regarded by correspond
ents as promising. The Texas crop
is still late, and boll weevils are be
coming more numerous.
“PAT” CALHOUN GETS MISTRIAL.
Jury in Notable Case Stood 10 for
Acquittal, and 2 for Conviction.
San Francisco, Cal. —Terminating
in a disagreement of the jury, with
ten men determined on acquittal and
‘two steadfastly resolved upon convic
tion, the trial of President Patrick
Calhoun of the United Railroads has
ended.
Five months and a week had trans
pired since the wealthy street car
magnate, a descendant of Patrick Hen
ry, made his first apeparance in court
to answer to the charge cf offering a
bribe of $4,000 to a supervisor to ob
tain a privilege for his corporation.
“I am. ready to try this case again,
and I will go ahead tomorrow, if nec
essary,” said Mr. Heney, an hour al
ter adjournment. Mr. Calhoun said:
“Of course I am disappointed at the
failure of the jury to acquit me of the
unjust charges against me. I should
have liked my vindication by the jury
to have been absolute.
FATAL ALTO SMASHUP.
One Killed, Three Hurt, When Elec
tric Car Ran Into Machine.
Anderson, S. C.—ln a collision be
tween an interurban car of the An
derson Traction Company and an au
tomobile at Breazale’s crossing, nine
miles east of Anderson, one is dead,
one fatally and two seriously injured.
Some defects in the mechanism of
the automobile caused it to come to a
■standstill on the car tracks, and the
electric car smashed into it while go
ing at a high rate of speed, down
grade;
James H. Cobb, superintendent Bel
ton Cotton Mills, Belton, S. C., was
killed instantly.
The injured are: Rev. D. D. Rich
ardson, fatally, Belton, S. C.; Rev.
E. A. McDowell, broken shoulder and
arm, Ninety-Six, S. C.; Mrs. D. D.
Richardson, bruised about body.
BARROW, TpD ARBITRATOR.
To Act in Dispute Between Georgia
Road and Firemen.
Washington, D. C. —In view of the
•declination of Bishop Candler of
Georgia to act as arbitrator in the
strike of the Georgia Railroad fire
men, the arbitrators agreed upon Da
vid C. Barrow, chancellor of the Uni
versity of Georgia as the third arbi
trator.
Athens, Ga. —After having given
careful consideration to the invitation
extended him to become an arbitrator
in the Georgia Railroad strike ques
tion, Chancellor David C. Barrow
reached the conclusion that it is his
duty to accept.
SOUTH AMERICAN PRESIDENT QUITS.
President Reyes Has Fled From
Colombia.
Colon, Panama. —Advices received
here confirm previous, reports that
General Raefel Reyes, president of
Colombia, has abandoned office and
sailed for Europe.
The recent trend of affairs in Co
lombia makes the departure of the
president a matter of no surprise, for
it has been openly asserted that his
voluntary resignation from office was
the only solution for Colombia’s po
litical troubles.
The support given by President
Reyes to the United States-Panama-
Colombia treaty was responsible for
the prevailing dissatisfaction.
SIXTEEN CHILDREN INJURED.
Lightning Strikes Tree Near Sparta,
Georgia.
Sparta, Ga. —There was a picnic at
Martin's Spring, three miles in the
country. In the afternoon a rain and
thunder storm came up. Sixteen lit
tle children gathered under a large
tree for protection. The lightning
struck the tree and shocked every
child more or less. None of them
could walk, but some of them could
crawl about on the ground. It has
not proven fatal, so far; however,
some of the children are in a serious
condition.
Many were strangely affected. On
the bodies of some the tree was
was clearly photographed.
5-FUUT SHELF LIBRAR*.
List of Bocks Chosen by Dr. Eliot for
General Educational Purposes.
Boston, Mass. —Dr. Charles W. Eli
ot, former president of Harvard uni
versity, has made public a partial list
of the “five-foot-shelf” library which
is to contain the best works of Eng
lish literature, especially adapted for
the person seeking a general educa
tion.
The works announced by Dr. Elliot,
in addition to the fifteen formerly
named, are as fellows:
Johnson’s “Volpone,” Beaumont &
Fletcher’s “The Maid's Tragedy,”
Webster’s "Duchess of Malfa,” Mid
dleton’s “The Changeling,” Dryden's
“All for Love,” Shelby’s “Cecil,”
Browning’s “Blot on the Escutch
eon,” Tennyson’s “Becket,” Goethe’s
“Faust,” Marlow’s “Dr. Faustus,”
Adam Smiths “Wealth of Nations,”
"Letters of Cicero and Pliny,” Bun
yan's “Pilgrim’s Progress,” Burns’
"Tam O’Shanter,” Walton’s “Com
plete Angler,” “Lives of Donne and
Herbert,” "Autobiography of St. Aug
ustine,” “Plutarch’s Lives,” Dryden’s
"Aenid,” Chaucer’s "Canterbury
Tales,” Thomas A. Kempis’ "Imitation
of Christ,” Dante's "Divine Comedy,”
Drawin’s “Origin of Species,” “Ara
bian Knights.”
LITTLE WAIERMELOAiS INTRODUCED.
Large Quantity Being Raised by Unit
ed States Government.
Washington, D. C.—lndividual wa
termelons about the size of a cante
loupe, of delicious flavor, in color yel
low and red, which can be grown in
any section of this country, have been
introduced through the department of
agriculture by Horace G. Knowles,
former American minister to Rouma
nia, who discovered them in the foot’-
hills of the Carpathian mountains in
Roumania.
For use in hotels, restaurants, clubs,
on dining cars and elsewhere, the new
arrival will All a long felt want. Ex
tensive experiments have been made
by the department through its num
erous stations, which prove that cli
mate conditions, soil, etc., in practi
cally all parts of this country are
adapted to the growth of the melon.
This season a large quantity are
being raised by the government for
the purpose of seed propagation and
for the introduction to the public.
It is proposed to name the new
melon Princell Marie, in honor of the
crown princess of Roumania, whose
guest Mr. Knowles was when he dis
covered the melons.
TUBERCULOSIS AMONG HOGS.
Two Psr Cent cf All Slaughtered
Hogs Are Infected.
Washington, D. C. —Tuberculosis
among hogs is on the increase and
is causing heavier loss to raisers and
packers than any other disease, say
ojfficials (Of the bureau of animal in
dustry, depratment of agriculture, as
the resul', of reports gathered from
the various meat-packing centers of
the country.
A year ago there were more than
56,000,000 hogs in this country, valued
at more than $339,000,000. Federal
inspection of abattoirs show 2 per
cent of the hogs slaughtered to be in
fected with tuberculosis, while re
ports from Europe show a far more
widespread infection, running as high
as 5.5 to 7.5 per cent.
It has been found that hogs con
tract the disease principally through
feeding. Samples of raw skimmed
milk fed to the hogs from creameries
in one of t.he leading dairy states
were injected into guiena pigs, and in
one instance virulent tubercle bacilli
was discovered. Hogs from Arkan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas are remark
ably free from tuberculosis, due to
the fact that they are fed, from birth
to maturity, on alfalfa, oats, corn and
peanuts.
60,000 FREIGHT CARS WANTED.
Orders Indicate That Prosperity Is
Returning to the Country.
New York City.—The returning
prosperity of the country is indicat
ed by the activity of railroad car man
ufacturers. Orders for fully sixty
thousand freight cars will be placed
soon. The Pennsylvania railroad is
in the market for thirty-five thous
and cars, and the Baltimore and
Ohio has ordered ten thousand. The
Harriman lines have received figures
on four thousand three hundred
freigh cars. A contract for two thous
and five hundred freight cars for the
Western Pacific has been let. The
Chicago and Great Western is in the
market for one thousand, and the
Northern Pacific for two thousand
cars.
Legless Man Married Widow.
Chicago, 111. —Earl Moran, a legless
man, 23 years old, was united in mar
riage at Waukegan to Mrs. Julia Da
vis, a widow, 35 years old. who came
from Plaqucmine, La., for the purpose
of marrying him. Moran met her
while he was south last winter. He
said she was kind to him and he
wished to make her happy by marry
ing her. He has been in vaudeville,
Snow Storm in June.
Malone, N. Y. —A snow flurry in
mid-June was the of Duane and
other sections of Franklin county. The
air was sharp and cool, like some of
the days of early April. The snow
fell for only a short time, and dis
appeared as fast as it came.
New Chaplain of Senate.
Washington, D. C. —Rev. Ulysses
Grant Pierce, D. D., pastor of All
Saints Unitarian Church, this city,
was designated by a senate resolu
tion to act as chaplain until other
wise ordered. Mr. Pierce is pastor
of the church which the president at
tends and succeeds Rev. Edward Ev
erett Hale, deceased.
THE PULPD=7 i
\ BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMt Ay
THE REV. HOWARD C. IVE /
y
Theme: Faith of God in MAn.
New York City.—The Rev. Toward
C. Ives, pastor of All Soule Uni- ,
tarian-Universalist Church, if New J
London, Conn., preached Sunday
morning in All Souls' Uiitarian
Church, Fourth avenue and lTwen
tieth street, the Rev. Dr. Thomas R.
Slicer being the preacher at Cornell
University. Mr. Ives' subject was
“The Faith of God in Man.” The
text was in these words: “God hath
given man dominion over the earth
and over every living thing that mov
eth upon it.” In the course of his
sermon Mr. Ives said:
We cannot too often remind,our
selves that man's idea or ideal of
God has constantly, though so slowly
as to be almost imperceptible,
changed as the ages
around. From A faith in F' C |bat
of the savage wIK fifro
tect him from pla'’SiMc.
in battle and guide him ii.-.J; cWtot
ing, through many upward st yin
has come to have faith in a t i°f
love and Fatherhood. When to-day
the leaders of scientific and religiojii
thought speak of a faith in God, the}
do not mean any acceptance of a
definition of His attributes and func
tions, nor any description of His
powers or dwefiing place. Both sci-'
ence and religion accept the universe
as the developing work of a rational
power. Every intelligent man to-day
regards the'universe as an unfolding,
living organism. Every scientist ap
proaches the study of this life with
an awe and wonder exactly propor
tioned to the depth and sincerity of
his character; and every thoughtful
mind sees in it all the working out of
an immutable plan, the expression of
an indwelling God, the unfolding of
a life which is material or spiritual
only as it is viewed from different
sides and by different grades of in
telligence. It is only by tracing these
slow developments of spiritual life,
of an appreciation of the worthful
ness of purity, honor and truth; of
the constantly developing ideal of
God, that we are able to see that to
worship an arbitrary Being, en
throned at the centre of the universe,
to whom prayers for selfish gratifica
tion may be addressed, is just as truly
idolatry as if we were to set up a
brazen image and pray to that. The
only faith which a finite being can
possibly have in an infinite God, with
out being intellectually ridiculous, is
to accept the highest ideal of the age
in which he live3 as the God worthy
of worship.
Now', is it not plain that all this
burden of progress, of development,
of faith in himself, of faith in God,
has been thrown upon man’s shoul
ders? This infinite God, this power
.that works f&e righteousness}, this
eternal energy from which all things
proceed, has literally said to men
through all history, "Go forth and
have dominion over the earth and
over every moving thing which mov
eth upoh it. Plow into the ocean
with your ships; girdle the world
with the electric spark; trace the
mighty sweep of worlds and suns;
tunnel mountains, water arid plains,
traverse the air like the bird, swim
the ocean deeps like the fish, separate
in your laboratories the elements
from which I have componded the
worlds. Do all this and a thousand
fold more, for, lo! I am with you to
guide and uphold.” And men have
done it simply because God has trust
ed them with the edged tools of the
world.
But He has trusted us with still
greater power. How did we ever
come to replace the idol of a wrath
ful, vengeful God with the spiritual
conception of God as love? Simply
through God’s faith in us as His spir
itual children. In the fullness of
time a great soul—the first of those
true sons of God for whom the crea
tion had been in travail through the
ages, enunciated the simple, tre
mendous truth that all this galaxy of
earth and sky; all the meaning of
history; all the lessons of nature and
the voice in the hearts of men, con
verge toward the proof that God’s
plans involve nothing but the ulti
mate happiness and goodness of His
children; that He is not pleased with
the death of the wicked; that He sor
rows over the prodigal and that there
is joy in heaven over one sinner that
repenteth. In a word, that God iai
fully, completely, scientifically (l 0 -'
scribed in the words, “God is Love' ’
But this tremendous truth had 'Al
ways been in the world. God did ,uot
suddenly become a God of love. 7 , ; en
had been slowly learning the 1
through the sufferings consec* mt
upon ignoring it, and they learm.y it
by experience, simply because qyod
trusted them to learn it and ,';ad
faith in them. That after it //as
learned they would turn with
hope to the new ideal of H’m at* 1 ’ of
themselves as His children. ’s
When God gave us the earth tc aos
sess, He also gave us ourselves l( /vnd
trusted us to learn that the only way
to really possess our own soul „ is to
prefer others "before ourselv- / ; the
only w r ay to be first is to be e ser
vant of all; the only way to
is to love. This is the whole
of Christianity. We are n< linger
told we must be good in orde 1, L jgain
heaven after death. We havt / frned
that we must live purely ij! un
selfishly in order to make : 1 paven
here and now for our broth m , and
in learning that we have lw ®ed it
all. We have only to a'Wjc this
simple rule to the Involved ctU Htion3
of modern life; only to make it effec
tive in shop and home, Senat cham
ber and school, in street and f Irm and
press, and, lo! God’s age-long/faith in
His children has been justified and
His kingdom has come on eaTth as it
is in heaven.
3Ti&
Sunbatj-cxiiooT
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JUNE 27.
Temperance Lesson, Romans 13:8-
14—Commit Verses 8, Hl—Gol
den Text: “Put Ye on the Lord
.Tesus Christ,” Rom. 13:14.
TlME. —Spring. 58 A. D. PLACE.
—Corinth.
EXPOSITION. —T. Love the Fulfill
ing of the Law, 8-10. Every Christian
would do well to let the opening
words of this passage sink deep into
his heart, “owe no man anything.”
It is a plain command, and as whole
some as it is plain. Debt is disobe
dience to God. Debt is also slavery
(Prov. 22:7). But “owe no man
anything” means more than "pay
your debts.” It means “never
go into debt.” It means more yet, it
means render to every man what is
due to him, whether it be tribute, cus
tom, fear, honor, obedience (v. 7).
The whole law of God can be put into
one word, and God has put it into one
word in this passage, “Love.” Love
is the fulfilling (or filling full) of the
law. He that really loves his neigh
bor will perform toward his neighbor
all that the law requires. Love works
no ill. So it is not necessary to say
to one who really loves, “thon shalt
not steal,” tor he won’t steal, he can t
be hired to steal. It is not necessary
to say to him “thou shalt not kill,”
for nothing would induce him to kill.
It is not necessary to say, “thou shalt
not commit adultery,” he would rath
e,r die than commit adultery. it is
not necessary to say “tjjou shalt not
covet,” for he would rather the other
should have than to have him
self. Love is the secret of all right
doing. When love really reigns in
the heart even the ten commandment#
become unnecessary, b ecause the man
will keep them all without being com
manded. What love will not do and
wha>t love will do is described in a
wonderful way in 1 Cor. 13:4-7, and
again in 1 Jno. 3:16-18. Love is the
secret of true temperance principles.
The man who loves his brother ab
stains from all use of intoxicating
liquors as a beverage because such
use tends to work ill to onr neighbor.
The ways in which it may work ill
are countless. It may work ill by
my becoming a drunkard myself, and
a drunkard is a curse not only to him
self but to all who love him and to
the whole community. How many
hearts one drunkard breaks. The
only man who is entirely safe from
ever becoming a drunkard is the man
who never drinks liquors at all.
11. The Day is at Hand, Cast Off
the Works of Darkness, 11-14. The
Day is doming. , Christianity-is a re
ligion olf perennial hope. “Evil men
and seducers may w r ax worse” (2 Ti.
3:13). Iniquity may abound and the
love of the many wax cold (Matt.
24:12). Some may depart from the
faith and give heed to seducing spir
its (1 Ti. 4:1), perilous times may
come (2 Ti. 3:1-5), but ahead there
is “the day-star” and the sunrise
(Mai. 4:2) and it is darkest just be
fore day. As the day is coming it is
time to awaken out of sleep. Let us
wake up and be ready to gteet the
morn. Salvation was near when we
first believed (Luke 19:9), it is near
er now (R. V.). By salvatjon here
Payl means not salvation jflpthe Ujp
ited sense of pardon of sin,'but The
full salvation that shall be ours at the
Coming of our Lord (Phil. 3:20, 21,
R. V.; Heb. 9:29; 1 Pet. 1:5, R. V.;
1 Jno. 3:2). The Coming of our Lord
so near at hand is one of the might
iest motives for true temperance prac
tices (Luke 21:34-36). As the night
Is so far spent it is time to put off all
“the works of darkness” (all practices
that have their origin in this present
evil world, that arise from moral and
spiritual darkness and lead to eternal
darkness). These are too numerous
to specify, but one can safely put
liquor drinking, tobacco using and
raising and selling, the theatre, card
table and dance under this head. But
it is not enough to put off, we must
also put on (Matt. 12:44, 45): What
must be put on? “the armor of light.”
What is “the armor of light?” Epb.
6:11-18 describes it in full. We must
walk in a seemly manner as in the
day. The word “honestly” is a total
ly misleading translation. It means
“in good form.” So-ciety people are
greatly concerned about what is
“good form” by the standards of “the
best society." Citizens of heaven
(Phil. 3:20, R. V.) should be con
cerned as to what is good form ac
cording to court etiquette of that
country. What “good form" is ac
cording to heavenly standards ap
pears from the words that follow
“Reveling and drunkenness, chamber
ing (sexual sin) and wantonness (li
centiousness), strife and jealousy”
cannot be tolerated. Drunkenness
and are commonly as
sociated together, for experience
shows that they are rarely if ever sep
arated. The use of alcoholic liquors
even in what is called moderation
stirs up all that is basest in men and
women. We do not usually put jeal
ousy in the same catalogue with
drunkenness and licentiousness, but
God does (v. 13, R. V.). The whole
secret of “good form,” or w-alking be
comingly, is to “put on the Lord
Jesus,” to have our lives clothed with
Him (cf. Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:24). The
figure Paul uses here is that of put
ting on a garment. The clothes we
wear should be Jesus Himself. When
we meet a man pretty much all we
see is his clothes, and when people
meet ms all they should see should be
the Lord Jesus Christ (cf. 1 Pet. 3:
3-5). The way to have Christ upon
us is to have Christ in us (Col. 1:27;
Eph. 3:17).
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Tfcccdcre Seling, who is proprietor
3f a i ;..all r staurant in Chicago, re
ceived a tclegiam from the officials
of tho hospital, where his wife was a
pa;e..t, in wuich he was informed
hit i:is v.-ife wa dead. Ha at once
ai ga.ed an undertaker and a priest
ai.a fie bedy was taken to the ceme
tery, where tho funeral took place.
Lat r, Air. Seling teccived a second
commuu.cation fiom tho hospital au
thorities advising him that his “wlfo
is reefing hotter;' and asking him to
call aid see her. Now, the husband
and hospital authorities are endeavor
ing to ascertain the identity of the
woman buried as the wite of Seling.
Mrs. George Shea, who notified the
Seattle, vvasn., police that on May JO,
$20,000 which sne had concealed un
der the mattress of her bed had been
stolen while she was watching a pa
lade which was passing her sister s
home, has received $15,u00 in a latter
sign and, Two Thieves." The writers
of the letter say they used $5,000 to
iurnish their home, and having no
use for the remainder of the money,
returned it to the owner.
One cf the highest authorities in
the automobile trade gives it as hla
opinion that the value of the output
for the current year will reach the
siudendotis figure of $125. 10,000.
This ts the pioduct of one hundred
and fifty-three factories, one hundred
of which are operated on a large scale
and manufacture all but a small por
ticn of the machines. The same au
thority places the value of the plants
which turn out these machines at
$300,000,000.
In a decision handed down the
supreme court of Mississippi declared
that no beverage can be sold in the
state that contains any percentage
whatever of alcohol. This decision
will stop ' the sale of “near-beer" In
Mississippi.
Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton,
leader of ibs south pole expedition,
which attracted much attention re
cently, arrived in London, England,
with sevs.al members of his party
and was welcomed by the president
and members of the Royal Geograph
ical society.
The Carnegie Foundai ion has
awaided an annual pension of $863
to Profesor Charles Edwin Loos, of
Transylvania university who retires
at the age of 8s years. Professor
Loos has been a teacher in American
colleges for *ixty years and once
was president of Transylvania, in
which lately he has • been professor
of Latin and Greek.
In an old safe bought at a public
sale over thirty years ago Nathauiel
Conway of Sussex county, Delaware,
has found a fortune. At the time of
the purchase Conway carted the safe
to his stable and left it unopened.
Last week, with hammers and other
tools, he broke the lock. Gold coins
of various denominations rolled out
on the )floor. He refused to say how
much coin he found.
The production of .a white straw
berry which hears all the year round,
instead of at certain seasons only, is
claimed by Hugo H. Lilenthad, a
Berkeley, California, horticulturalist.
He is a German, who has produced
various creations of an unusual kind
in the way of fruit and flowers. The
white strawberry, his most recent
creation, is the result of a long series
of experiments with crossing varieties
under different conditions. Liltenthai
claims to have produced two distinct
varieties of berries, which will bear
through the full year, making a
Christmas berry easily obtained.
Washington.
Although facing the possibility of a
scandal that may overshadow the one
attending the exposure of conditions
in the Chicago packing houses, Secre
tary Wilson has Issued orders to In
vestigate fully and thoroughly the
charges made by former Inspector
J. F. Harms, who declared the in
spection in the East St. Louis packing
establishments to be a farce.
The state department officials ad
vices from Venezuela cleared up the
mystery of the steamer Nanticoko
and tug Dispatch, suspected of filibus
tering, showing they were purchased
by Venezuela. The department of
justice has o dered its agents to
abandon their observations of the ves
sel and to return to Washington.
The navy department has asked for
bids for the construction of two twen
ty-six thousand-ton battleships—the
Arkansas and the Wyoming—which,
when completed, will be largest fight
ing ships in the world. The vessels
will include the latest developments
in battleships of the dreadnaughr type
and will carry twelve twelve-inch
guns, being two more than any other
afloat. They are to he mounted in
turrets on the center lino, so that
they may be fired either dead ahead
or broadside. The vessels are to be
equipped with turbine engines and
are to be faster than any battleship
in the navy. Every ship-building
company on both coasts is invited to
bid.
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