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THE ENTERPRISE. ' WttUAIKTOI, I. C. There in unplsasanter thin** la 'P* world than a surfeited coal bin. This la a great little country, and - «« have the census figures to prove It. It la said that a new United States gun is the most powerful. Surely; why not? A Brazilian revolt has come to be •bout as serious as a hunting season la this country. A Maryland man wants a divorce because he Is afraid of his wife. But who of us Isn't? Under a new law It Is a crime to . treat in Tacoma. Tacoma must be • the original tightwad town A woman gets a place as a wire less operator because the C. Q. D. heroes arc said to be lazy. They are planning to keep tab on the people who have domestic troubles. Just as If that would stop them! -An advertisement says that every home should have a talking machine. Evidently the man who wrote it Is not married. A man In Michigan dislocated his Jaw by laughing over his wife's Joke. The reverse never would or could have happened. A Philadelphia man committed sui cide with a safety razor, but so far we haven't heard of a woman cutting her corns with one. » If last summer's geranium pot were aot so heavy It might be covered with ▼elvet and thus become a very stylish hat for your daughter. What did Wood row Wilson mean when he told the governors assembled la Louisville that they had come to Kentucky for "stimulation?" A Minnesota man, just as the un dertaker was about to embalm him, aat up and cried: "Hello, Bill!" Such conduct is almost Indecorous. When the Ohio river takes a notion to fill up and go on a prolonged spree there Is nothing to do but stand back and let the old thing have Its way. A St. Louis man has Invented a soundless soup spoon. This notable addition to the elegancies of society may be followed In time by the knife less pie. Is It worth while to designate the exact status of the person who mor alises on the blessings of poverty and does nothing to relieve the curse of poverty? Now that the long hetpln Is being assailed by hostile leglslatora, out raged femininity will probably take to wearing machetes or snickersnees in public places. N A New Jersey girl advertises that she will not marry any of her acquaint ances but wants a stranger for a hus band. Doesn't she even, want to be In troduced to him first? The man charged with cruelty by his wife on the ground that he made her shave him, Is no doubt an Inno cent martyr. If the facts were known. Probably he was merely adopting this means of Inflicting s penance upon himself. That he enjoyed the opera tion is inconceivable. The otherwise safe and sane cltl sens of Massachusetts have Just fin ished a three-year-old pool gntne. Popiomania, although not violent OT dangerous to the Innocent bystanders, is well nigh Incurable, lis one re deeming feature Is that the victims labor under the Illusion that they are enjoying themselves. The New Jersey innyor who was horsewhipped by nn irritated lady ap peared before thq grand Jury to have her for "unladylike" beha > vlor. If she had been content with a tongue lashing lie would probably have conceded her the privilege ol her sex, but her rudeness in using a horsewhip In addition hurt his feel ings too much for meek endurance. Dr. Lydston asserts that grafting Is caused by a germ which makes its pri nary bite when you get very much oe copied with your paper as the conduc tor comes along for the fare. On that theory the pay-as-you-enter ear should act aa a sterilizer for that particular microbe. At all events. If the bug can he suppressed the vital question la Whether it will cure the more violent eaaes that take the form of getting on the inside of railroad contracts and re organization schemes. Somebody has invented a substitute (or the hobblqpklrt, the new arrange tneat being alleged to be Just as hld eous, but leaa dangerous. However, the element of danger Is what makes the hobble skirt interesting. A gallant New York court holda that a girl cannot be made up en gagement gifts after the engagement la broken. The. cupidity of a man tri —ft"* over even his self-conceit if it raaoires a eoort decision to convince Miß that it require* all the gifts she taa ta ooaeole the fair oae for his laea. MttMSIS KUMf . I IB CMflir k ■ —~- / SO SAYS ANDREW WHITE, EX MINISTER TO RUSSIA, IN A LETTER TO THE PRESS. ANAItfY OF .THUGS ENROUTE Doctor White Declsrea FsrclcaJ Mur der Trisls Makes U. 8. Haven for Criminals. New York.—A great host of accom plished Anarchists and criminals is ■shortly coming to this country to Join the thugs, yeggmen and blackhanders who already enjoy American hospital ity, according to Andrew D. White, former provident of Cornel university and ex-minister to Russia and Ger many. In a statement to the press, Doctor White urges the immediate passage of laws to bar from the shores of the United States a flood of undesirables whom, he declared, will hasten hither as soon as England expels them. He says : ' "TEe"assassin and Anarchist, whom London plans to be well rid of soon, have an admirable refuge In the Unit ed States—a country lying wide open to them, in which they will ffnd more companions, sympathizers and effect ive helpers than in any other. "Our nation affords them the hap piest of happy hunting grounds. Many events in New York, In Los Angeles, in Chicago and other cities prove this. "This nation, with its carelessness in admitting foreign crimnals, ts Inef fectual ways of dealng with them and Its facilities for clearing them of guilt is becoming more and more attractive for them every day. "In the United States the number of murders during the year Just was 8,976, an Increase of 900 over (he year preceding. Only one murderer in , 86 was given capital punishment. The number of piurders in the United Btates Is to the number in Rnglaud as 114 to 6." SOUTHERN CITIES' CENSUS Population Figures for Bouth Carolina Cities Announced. Washington,—South Carolina's mu nicipalities having a population in ex cess of 5,000 made an average increase of 22.9 per cent, during the last dec ade. Statistics of the thirteenth cen sus issued show the number of these places increased from eight in 1900 to thirteen in 1910. Spartanburg, among the cities, made the most rapid strides in population increase. This Increase amounted to 54.6 per cent. Greenville Increased 82.7 per cent., while Columbia grew 24.7 per cent, and Charleston only 5.4 per cent. , South Carolina's municipalities of over 5,000 population rank as follows: Place, 1900. 1910. Charleston . . . , 58,833 65,807 Columbia .... 26,319 21,108 Spartanburg . . . 17,517 11,895 Greenville .... 16,741 11,860 Anderson .... 9,654 6,498 Sumter ..... 8,109 5,673 Hock Hill .... 7,216 6,486 Florence . . . # 7,057 4,647 Greenwood .... 6,614 4,824 Orangeburg . . . 5,906 4,455 Union . . . 6,623 ""5,400 Georgetown ... 5,530 4,138 Newberry .... 5,028 4,607 Popular Election of Senators. Washington —The senato commit tee reported favorably the resolution authorizing an amendment tu tne Con stitution providing for tne election of United States senators by direct vote \of the people. The controversy in the committee turned on the question as Whether the state or Federal govern ment should snpi'rvJaa-. the elections. The committee's provision directs that "the times, pluses and manner of hold lng elections shall be prescribed In each state by tiie legislature thereof." Ten Shot From Ambush. McComb City, Miss.—Ten men, four whites and six negroes, were Injured, some seriously, when a logging train of the J. J. White Lumber company, while returning to camp, was died upon from ambush in Helena parish near the state line. An armed posse left here for the scene of the trouble Tennessee Legislature at Work. Nashville, Tenn.—After being in session one week tne Tennessee legis lature was enabled to get down to Its first real work when thirty-four Dem ocratic members of the house, known ae the "Regular" faction, were sworn in The initial business came on the introduction of a resolution by Mr. Hall, Fusionist, providing that all con tests for seats be withdrawn. The resolution was Immediately adopted, and on motion of Mr. Stewart, a Reg ular, the organization of the house was approved -v - „ Long Balloon Flight. Scooba. Miss.—Leaving St. Louis at seven o'clock Sunday night with New York a$ their objective point, but ( blown from its course by high winds, the balloon, St. Louis iy„ landed here with Pilot J. Cowan Hulbert and Paul J. McCullough. The balloon expected to land near New York, but, after crossing Illinois into Indiana, the high wind forced them south across Ken tucky, Tennessee and Alabama - Into Mississippi. While crossing over Ken tucky someone fired at the balloon, narrowly missing the occupants. DDE TO FIEIfiBT RATES i *-£■■' - IT It RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENT HIGH COST OP LIVING. Millionaire Say* That People Are Bled to Pay Dividend* on Nine Bil lions of. Watered Stock. Akron, Ohio—Declaring that exce*- sive freight rates are responsible for the high cost of living, Ohio €. Bar ber, the millionaire mutch magnate, has sent a letter to every member of congress demanding reforms. In addition to the regulation of freight rates, he demands that laws be passed that will effectually limit railroad and industrial capitalization. He declares the freight iuslness of the railroads costs each family SB7 a year. This latter, coupled with the other earnings of the railroads, he as serts, has boosted the average rail road cost per family to $127 annually. Barber starts his letter to the con gressmen with these three demands. "What is the matter with America? "What is the matter with congress? ''Why has the seat of government been transferred to Wall street?" Continuing, he says; "Personally, I appreciate fully the importance ol stability of vested rights in property, corporate or personal. , "But I vigorously contend that the commission of excesses in the capital ization of corporate companies for feits Instantly the right to claim face value for such capitalization in the levying of a tax upon the American public for the payment of dividends upon this watered stock. And in this offense the railroads always have aet the pace. "Conceived in the master inlnda of Huntington, Morgan, Hill and Harrl man,' this policy has been worked out to a nicety. These clothed the scheme In the pretty catch phrase of a 'com munity of interests' and cleverly set about to grab all .the through trunk lines of railroad from coast to coast. "They argued plausibly, and wita truth, that these trunk lines were the great arteries which maintained the life of commerce; that they were a ne cessity for quick transportation "Approximately nine billions ot this eighteen billions of railroad capi talization is flctltous; purely and sim ply watered stock, upon which the people of the United States are taxed in railroad rates to maintain tae an nual dividends. "Despite this tremendous stock wa tering, the railway net earnings have advanced steadily and the average div idend rates has more than doubled In the last 15 years. "in 1894 the dividend rate was l.tifi per cent. year it averaged 3 68 per cent, and the railroads earned a net income of $852,163,280. "And the people paid the freight! "ltailroad presidents Indignantly deny that freight'rates uffect the cost of existence. James J. Hill and W. C. Hrowne declare low acreage produc tion by the farmer is responsible for aigh, prices, "Truat magnates disagree. All seek to shift the responsibility. 8. K. Gug genheim Bays it is extravagance on the part of the laborer. Ogden Ar mour says It is the law of nature. "This one problem of railroad freight rates la the great economic qvestion of the age. Were It fairly solved all other lines of commerce and trade would soon adjust them selves and a more equitable distribu tion of the products of business would result. "What are you going to do about it? "Yours in militant sincerity, (Signed) "0. C. BARHER." FOSS IS INAUGURATED. Democratic Governor of Maasachu aetta Sworn In. Boston. —Eugene N. Foss assumed the office of governor of Masaschu setts. The Inaugural ceremonies, before a joint convention of the senate ami house, wore in the nature of a Demo cratic celebration, for Mr. Foss la the first governor of the party slnee 1905 and the third in 18 years. Governor Foss also made another record by de livering an inaugural address that was the shortest and plainest in the mem ory of the oldest office holders be neath the gilded dome. Harlan to Serve term. Washington. Attorney General Wickersham called upon the officials of the Supreme court to issue the mandate of ttle court in the case ef W. S Harlan and others connected with the Jackson Uimber company of Florida, who wer*e convicted of de taining laborers in involuntary serv ice. The bondsmen of Harlan will be called upon to deliver him to the custody of court, he now being out on bail. Harlan will then be taken to the penitentiary in Atlanta to begin his sentence. Democrat Succeed* Hale. Augusta, Me. —Charles F. Johnson of Waterville, Democratic candidate 1 t'oV governor of Maine in 1892 and again in 1894, was nominated on the first ballot at the Democratic caucus to succeed Senator Eugene Hale at the expiration of the latter'a term on March 4 next. Aa the Maine legisla ture Is safely Democratic, his nomina tion is regarded as equivalent to an election. He will be th* first Demo crat to represent Main* in the senate since 1847. » STRAUS TO LEAVE TURKEY. - " - ■ -P ' ' ;,/ ' ■ OSCAR S. STRAUS. Ambassador to Turkey. Washington.—o*car Solomon Straus of New York, former cabinet minis ter and for more than a year and a half American ambassador to Tur key, has resigned his post at Con stantinople. William R. Rockhill, the present ambassador to Russia, may succeed iilm, although several other namea are under conwffl i ?nitt r>n i WILL BE 433 MEMBERS Not a State Will Lose a Representa tive if Crumpacker Bill Pa**** th* House. Washington.—Under the congres sional reapportionment bill introduc ed by Representative Crumpacker ol Indiana, chairman of the committee of census, Georgia is given twelve rep resentatives, a gain of one. if this bill, which is designed so that no state will lose a representa tive, is enacted into law, the house will be Increased from 391 to 433 mem bers. Idaho and Maine are the two lag gard states, which are sought to be taken care of by the Republicans. The bill was referred Immediately to thcr census committee, where the entire subject will b« taken pp. The apportionment of the member ship of the houae among the various states under the proposed arrange ment will be as follows: Alabama 10, Arkansas 7, California 11, Colorado 4, Connecticut 5, Dela ware 1, Florida 4, Oeorgla 12, Idaho 2, Illinois 27, Indiana 13, lowa 11, Kan sas 8, Kentucky 11, Louisiana 8, Maine 4, Maryland 6, .Vlassachusetta 16, Mich igan 13, Minnesota 10, Mississippi 8, Missouri 18, Montana 2, Nebraska 6, Nevada 1, New 2, New Jer sey 12, New York 43, North Carolina 10, North Dakota 3, Ohio 22, Oklaho ma 8, Oregon 3% Pennsylvania 36. Rhode Island 3, South Carolina 7, South Dakota 3? Tennessee 10, Texas 18, Utah 2, Vermont 2, Virginia 10, Washington 5, West Virginia 6, Wis consln 11, Wyoming 1. This represents an Increase over the present membership In the house as follows; Alabama, Colorado, Florida. Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota. Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Da kota, Utah and West Virginia, one each; Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas and Washington, two each; California and Oklahoma, three each; Pennsylvania, four; New York, six. A majority of the member* of the committee believe thl* plan of appor tionment w'll prevail. SENA!OK HKINS~DEAD. Wait Virgin*.. statesman Passes Away In Washington. Washington.—Senator Stephen B. Elklns of West Virginia died at hi* home In this city. At his bedside were his wife, daughter Katherine and four sons, David, Richard, Ste phens and Maine and hie physicians Heath was due to septicaemia or to blood poisoning. He was conscious until within a half hour of death. Mr. Elklns .was born In Ohio In 1841. Charleston, W. Va.—Davis Elklns, son of the late United States Senator Stephen B. Elklns, will be the suc cessor to the vacancy caused by the death of his father for the few dayi that will elapse pending tne election of a senator by the legislature. Gov. W. E. Glasscock made announcement of his intention to make the tempora ry appointment. Bugs to Kill Orange Peat. Boston. —The British steamer Invo rica, which arrived from Calcutta, baa in her cargo boxes containing thou sands ot bugs from the Orient. They are parasites to be used against In sects infesting orange groves. , $2,000 Paper Money Burned. Macon, Ga.—Two thousand dollars in paper money was burned in a fire which destroyed the store of J. P. Noble. Noble had the money se curely hidden away. It wks burned to" ashes. Newspaper Dynamiters Indicted. Los Angeles, Cal. —The grand jury In the Los Angeles Times explosion case returned twenty-two indictments. All of the indictments charge mur der In connection with that crime. It is not likely that the name* of any of the indicted will be made public until after the arrest* have been made; It i* believed a large number of San Franciscan* have been indict ed. Wholesale murder, the outcome of a dynamite plot, i* understood to be the charge aet forth la all th* In dictment*. ATTACKS ON PROMOTION MADE IN Tiff STATES • I ALABAMA, TEXAS AND ARKANSAS WILL DECIDE LIQUOR - QUESTION. TO REPEAL ALABAMA LAW it Is Believed State-Wide Law of Ala bama Will Be Repealed at_ , , This fessiort. V; Montgomery, Ala.—An effort will be made at this session of the Alabama uglslature to repeal the prohibition law*. Governor-elect O'Neal recom mended a return to the policy ot lo cal option on wutch he was nominated and elected. However, there is • strong prohibition faction in the legis lature and tLe repeal of the laws is not assured, though it la generally believed they will be. Another important action is the cre ation of an appellate court, interme diary between the nisi prius courts antf the ¥upr eme court. It is thought chat there will be no opposition of importance to tblti measure. A dozen bills provioing for commis sion form of municipal government will be Introduced, and one will al most certainly be enacted. No general assault will be made on the Comer railroad legislation, much of which the court* have declared null and void and otl/jrs which the Comer legislature repealed. The State Presa association will endeavor to have the anti-press bill repealed, so that any newspaper man can travel in this state on a free pass. It Is thought that the session will last six weeks, and tnat the remainder of the constitutional fifty days will be used in a subsequent essalon two years hence. Governor-elect O'Neal'* inaugura tion promises to be the most elaborate civic social affair the state has ever known. Little Rock, Ark.—State-wide prohi bition and a revision of the taxing system are the two issues considered of the greater importance to be fought out during this session ot the Arkan sas general asaembly. * Eflorts will be made to have adopted a lav. requiring that property be as seased at ita full value with a reduc tion in the rate of taxation as a nec essary result. The present metnod is to make the assessment at half the property value As to prohibition factions have al ready been aligned and the moat vig orous legislative fight Is anticipated over this question. A bill providing for the Bubmsslou of the issue to a popular vote will be Introduced dur ing the early days of the session. The legislature was formally organ led in the new state capitol, nearlng After the first session, the legislators gave way to tie me chanics and until the work of con struction la completed will utilize the old statehouse. *" Austin, Texas. —The legislature ot Texas convened in thirty-second ses sion to adopt "fewer and better'' lawa. The prohibition question will be the first of the more impoitant measures to be disposed of. In advance It has been tentatively agreed by th* two side* to the controversy that the ques tion should be put u£ to the voter* at an earh- «•■»*«» Mother «nj oabe Asphyxiated. Ashevllle, N. C.—Mrs. H. O. Bannis ter, wife of the manager of the West ern Union telegraph office at Raleigh, and her 17-months-old son were as phyxiated at the home In that city. The mother entered the bathroom, fol lowed by her child, to use an instan taneous gas heater. Later the serv ant was horrified to find the lifeless form of Mrs. Bannister on the floor and that of the child across a chair., Pomerene Senator From Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.—Atlee Pomerene of Canton will be elected United States senator from Ohio at a joint session of the general assembly, as a result of action at a joint caucus of Democrats. Pomerene won the caucus nomination on the first bal lot when he received 4* rotes,- the exact number required. He has just been inaugurated as lleutonant gov ernor of Ohio. , Carnegie I rust Company Closed. New York.—The Carnegie Trust company, one of the fargest banking institutions in the city, with deposits or nearly nine million dollars, closed its doors by order of State Superin tendent of Banks Cheney. The sus pension hardly caused a ripple In the financial district, where the trust com pany waß often reported in m shaky condition. Officlala of the trust com pany were loth to discuss the failure. President Howell was formerly pres ident of the Fourth National Bank o! Nashville. Tenn. Peary Taika of Polar Trip. Washington.—Armed with what his friends declare ample proof that he has been to the North Pole, Capt Robert E. Peary appeared before the sub-committee on naval affairs and submitted his evidence, he appeared in connection with the consideration of the bill to promote him. For the most part the members of the sub committee were convinced • before he appeared that he had reached the pole. Representatives Macon of Ait kanrts and Roberta of Massachusetts art, hostile to Peary'* claima.- •UFFCRKO FIVC YCAMI Milt* Stiff and AnklM Badly Iwdltn. Mm. L. Skaggs. Louisa, Ky., aajrs: Tor Snytan my kidneys acted Irreg ularly and secretions were painful and scanty. I was nervous, reatlaaa tand fek constantly tired out Dropal cal swellings ap peared In my ankles and my Joints be came stiff. Back ache made life mis erable. After using other remedies with out relief, I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and con tinued with them until cured. Time has proven my cure permanent." Remember the name—-Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a. bo*. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Funds to Fight Tuberculosis. Based on reports from all psrts of the United States the National Asso ciation for the Study and Prevention of Taberculosis has issued a statement which shows that in 1910 nearly 916,- 000,000 was spent in the fight against tuberculosis, as opposed to |8,000,000 spent in 1949. The largest item of ex pense in 1910 was for treatment In sanatoria and hospitals, 911,376,600 be ing expended for that purpose, or more than double the amount for 1909. The anti-tuberculosis associations spent 1760,500, and the tuberculosis dispensaries (889,000. The special mu nicipal and state expenditures aggre gste $1,750,000. The statement declares that the most significant fact in the survey of the year's work is the increase in the percentage of public money spent. While in 1909 65.5 per cent of the total expenditure was from federal, ptate, municipal or* county funds, 62.g per cent came from public appropria tions In 1910. The actual amount of public money spent in tuberculosis work this past year was 99,267,900, or more than double the amount from this same source in 1909. This fact * indicates, the national association de clares, that anti-tuberculosis associa tions are gaining ground, by securing increased appropriations from public money. 7 - _. Due Precautions. In a town In Georgia there was an old preacher whose knowledge of the world was not wide nor deep, but who conceived It to be a place where, If one should trust his fellow men, he should at the same time keep an.eye on his own Interests. One hot day he pulled off his coat t>nd preached a vigorous sermon, un der the pines, In his shirt sleeves. At the close of the open-air service one of his admirers approached him and , said, regretfully: "I don't suppose that you knew that the editor of one of the big New York Sundfey papers was here when you pulled off your coat." "I reckon I knew It well, for I'd been told of It" said the preacher, calmly. "I don't believe he's as bad as he might be, and anyway, I put my coat on the chair close by and had it right under my eye all the time."— Youth's Companion. Very Different Matter. She—Yes, I like Ted; he Is so ex travagant He—That Is hardly the best quality for a husband, is it? She—Of course not; I am not go ing to marry him. —Stray Stories. Not the Type. "I heard you were very much disap pointed in your mother-in-law." "Completely so." "In what way?" "Why, she's simply perfect!" The next time you feel that (wallowing sensation, the rare sign of sore throat, gargle Hamlin* Wieurd Oil immediately witn three parts water. It will save you days and perhaps "week* of misery. A Brush With Madam. Artist —Madam, it Is not faces alone that paint. K is souls. Madam—Oh, you do Interiors, then. —Boston Transcript.* »• r HBADACHB—Hicks' CAPCDIIfK Whether from Colda, Heat, Stomach or Nervous Troubles, Capudlne will relieve you. It'a llould—pleasant to take -acts Immedi ately. Try It. 10c., ttc , and 60 cents at drug •tores If I were an Inventor I would ex pend all my energies In trying to patent a collar button that would come when It was called. Dr. Pieree's Pleasant Pellets fint pat up 40 years afo. They regulate and invigor ate. stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar coated tiny granules. There's one little satisfaction when a man falls sick, it makes his wlf« re pent of her ill treatment of him. Don't work the game too often, however. • Itch CirH la SS Mlsstra fcy Wsslfsrfs SanltaryLiOtion.Never fails. At druggists. Avoid pushing to the front by going back on your frienda. Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures all humors, catarrh and rheumatism, relieves that tired feeling, restores the appetite, cures paleness, nervousness, builds up the whole system. Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablits called Sareataba.
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