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We respect feelings of patients and treat all information about any case as strictly confidential he AM WW ennettsviiie sanitarium BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE ADVANCING SOTJTH. It is Dropping Slavery Kcononilm to Awortl With New Condition. New Vork Tribune. "We said the other (lay that many Southern leader were confused in their notion! about tariff mxation be cause they had not yet oecnme ac customed to the new economic ideas which have taken root in their sec tion and altered Ita attitude toward the protection policy. The recent protest of the Hon. Roger Q Mills against what he considered an exhi bition of "degeneracy" on the part of Southern Senators and Representa tives has raised the question whether the South s spokesmen of to-day are really "degenerate" or whether Mr. Mills Is merely misled by the prej udices of the past In thinking them so. It Is noteworthy that his com plaint Is echoed, by few Influential Southern newspapers. He Is still hon ored and respected as a lsader of Southern opinion at a time when the South was a far greater power In na tional politics than it Is now; hut It is generally recognlxed, tacitly, if not openly, that the ideas which he and his associates fought for In the 80 s and early 90's do not greatly Interest the South to-day. The States below the Potomac and the Ohio are more or less uncon sciously re-shaping their tariff views to fit their present economic Inter ests. For the most part the revolu tion Is Incomplete, and many South ern statesmen and newspapers are advocating what is practically a policy of out-and-out protection, while using old catchwords like incidental pro tection and equalized taxation for revenue purposes to hrldfie over the gulf between new notions anil old professions. In a few Instanc es, how ever, these palliations are being dis pensed with, the conversion having reached the final stage and heing frankly avowed. We take pleasure in reproducing some recent expressions In The Charlotte Observer, one of the Ablest and most influential of South ern newspapers, because they do not balk at acknowledging a complete break with the anti-protection tradi tions of the South, iaid The Observ er last week, commenting on the fact that many Southern Senators and Representatives are still influenced by tradition to follow- anti-protection leadership like that of Mr. Mills, Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Vest: "The tariff question, It must be re membered, is not very mm li of a political fetich for North Carolina, which was largely Whig and protec tionist even In the heyday of slavery. Even In States where the fetich status seems almost universal people are bound to realize before long their folly in bowing down to-day before the economic doctrine which John c. Calhoun devised for a slavery South. This economic doctrine deserves lit tle kindly recollection, for it made the toes of the civil war almost a foregone conclusion with those few wise men who, like General Lee. un derstood from the first that in mod ern war valor is as greatly handi capped by -inferior material acces sories as oy interior numuers i nere Is no tender sentiment of any nature Investing the Calhoun tariff doctrine: tt bow represents only the corpse of a once living Idea, and afflicts the South a many similar survivals afflict China." - Here to a rootand branch repudia tion of the economic policies of the Old South, which were revitalised for . time when- Xn Cleveland accepted the tuition of Southern leaders on the tariff Issue. The Charlotte Ob server is published In a progressive manufacturing section of North Caro lina, and its eyes have been opened to the benefits of a policy which de velops and diversities Industry. It Is probably the more willing to defend ita new beliefs because those beliefs have been popularized in its constitu ency. Ita example Is likely to be fol lowed in hundreds of other Southern communities where manufacturing industries have taken root and pros pered. Those communities will create a sentiment in which the South's rep resentatives at Washington will res pond, not apologetically, as they are doing now, but openly and gladly. Said The Observer further: "The strenuositles of the Southern free traders and other anti-protection extremists would astonish and grieve us even if they had not singled out Southern interests for their chief at tack. They are fighting against the revolution of the earth on Its axis, against the course of American his tory and against the welfare of their own people." That, we bslleve, will before long be the prevailing sentiment at the South. CATCH OP 00 WHALES. BANISHING THE MOTORS. Huletl Out of Hyde Park, London, During lnrt of the Day. New Vork Sun. The rule that no motors should ln va.ie the precincts of London's Hyde Park during the early hours of the afternoon and evening is now In full force. It makes a big difference in the appearance of the park. In former times, not mo very remote either, every fine afternoon In the season saw two solid lines of carriages stretching from near the Albert Me morial by way of Hyde Park Corner to the Marble Arch and back again. Between these serried ranks the Queen used to drive, preceded by mountel policeman. Every one was attired In his bravest and beet; In fact the whole scene, backed by the green of the park and the brightness of the flowers, was quite a kaleidoscope of shifting color. This is all changed since motors have come in, and more especially during the hours they are excluded from the park. "I walked tnrougn a day or two ago, ears a writer in The Gentlewoman, "and found a few rather forlorn looking broughams and victorias trotting up and down In a leisurely manner, but of crowded ranks or fine folks in fine carriages there was none. The conse quence is that the streets close by are so blocked with motors and taxis that they are practically impassable for any one in a hurry." Catch Moths by the Ton. Xew York Sun. They have a new way gf dealing w :th undesirable moths over in Ger many. According to a German trade res if w powerful electric light reflec tors nlaced over a rieen recentAcln with exhaust fans behind them have been erected on top of the municipal elect nr plant at Zittau. From this at night two great streams of light are thrown on the forests half a mile dis tant The moths, drawn by the brilliancy of the ;gnt. rueh toward the reflector and the powerful current from the ex haust fans whirls them into the re ceptacle. On one night three tons of moths were caught and It is believed that this new method will exterminate the peat. Norwegians Making a Good Thing In the Antarctic. Victoria. B. C, Dispatch to New York Sun. Six hundred whales have been taken In the Antarctic by the Norwegian whalers who went to South Oeorgla, taking three steamers, the Edda, Sam son and Hercules, together with a floating station. The catch was made in four months. The storeshlp or float ing station has taken home 14.000 barrels of oil, valued at 1225,000. Each of the steam whales was of 60 tons register anj carried ten men, and there was a crew of fifty on the store ship. The island of South Georgia, where the Norwegian whale huntera work, lies Just outside the Antarctic circle, 800 moles eat-south?ast of the Falk land. It Is a Brlt'jh colony about 1.000 square mtlei. in site, governed by Capt. C. A Lar.'on. a whaler, who was In command of Dr. Otto Norden skjold's exploring ship Antarctic. In addition to the floating whaling sta tion which went from Nora-ay there Is a land depot on South Oeorgla, and the colony, comprising sixty men ashore and forty men afloat, meant a fleet of three whaling steamers. There is only one woman on the is land, the wife of Captain Larsen's brother, with the exception of a few weeks in each year, when the captain's wife goes there to pay a visit. Mrs. Iarsen has in her house a piano, an organ and a gramophone, besides books and plenty of fancy work. A majority of the men on the Island and steamers are related In some way. In addition to his monthly wages every man receives a bonus of half a cent on every cask of oil. In those waters there are narwhals, or unicorn whales, right whales and humpbacks, and recently one blue whale was taken that measured 93 feet. The oil is sent to Buenos Ayres. whence it is transshipped to Europe and to some extent to New Bedford. The plant of South Oeorgla has been established three years. It turns out 200 barrels a day. Whalebone from the right whale brings about $7,500 a ton and from the narwhal $3,200. The product of oil for this year will be 30,000 barrels. It sella for $11 a bar rel. Right whales are the rarest. There are so many "nars" and hurripbaeks that only one steamer Is sent after these, while the two others go to the north end to shoot right whales for Whalebone. No steamer is allowed to bring In more than six whales at once. The Norwegians talked of annexing South Georgia, but this made the Ar gentines jealous, and Great Britain set tled the question by sending a warship the first year and planting the British flag. The British government made Captain Larsen resident Governor, with strict orders not to allow the Be ale, sea lions, sea leopards, sea ele phants or other animals to be wanton ly killed. A seal may be killed only for food. The mean temperature of South Georgia istabaut 34 degrees and on the whole iand there Is not enough grass to covv the deck of a vessel. The wind bio at the rate of 70 miles an hoar. A DRASTIC NEW SCHKME. "THE KEELHT Institute la a re demption to thelf ninkard, a benedic tion to his homef fend a blessing ta the age." Ashevillt. Baptist. The Chance of IVnmotton In .form Bull's Navy. Naval correspondence London Stand ard. It was a foregone conclusion that once battleships became bigger and fewer, chances of promotion, or, at any rale, employment, would be ad versely affected in the case of naval officers. When the present govern ment came Into office and began to carry out Its programme of "drawing th lion's claws" with a 25 per cent., and, tor 1 908, a 50 per cent.. reduction ff nor mnln fla-htincj- , strength, it was abundantly clear that jiiumunun wuuiu ue 01111 runner re tarded. Recently the admiralty found itself faced with the possibility of that "old officer" dilemma wfilch so handicaps th United States navy. It was com puted that the future average service to qualify for promotion from lieuten ant to comnvander would be at least 14 year possibly more, and this at once opened a vista of hoary-headed old captains afraid to take any re sponsibility The evils of the old cap tain, intent on nothing but a consider ation of his own Drosnects. are alrea.lv fully known. The Gordlan knot had to be untied or cut, and the admiral ty has elected to cut tt. An order has been issued ttiat In future, and in or der to insure young captains, no lieu tenant of more than 12 1-t years' sen iority shall be eligible for promotion. A "critical age" hae been established, and the future period for possible pro motion has been set at "not less than ten years' seniority or more than 12 1-1 years." As things have been In the past, a lieutenant, no matter what his senior ity, has always (had hope dangled be fore him. The chance of "being In the next batch" has always been there to spur him. In future. If left out In the cold, after 12 1-2 years, he will know that hia career is closed, and mat mope is vain. The assumption .is that, realizing this end of all things, the unpromoted lieutenant will retire at IS years. He will be able to do so with the rank and retired pay of commander. From the strictly utilitarian point of view, it is difficult to condemn the scheme: but there is no question about how hardly it is going to bear on individual Kor ,the success of the new system it will have to be essential that promo tion Is by merit alone. The "critical period" Is going to Mast many a career. To put it bluntly, It will blast the career of nearly 70 per cent, of lieutenants in the immediate future. An official assurance that promotion will so far as possible be by merit alone would do much to allay very se rious doubts ss to whst the future is going 10 proauce HELIP-Ftrr, MAMIE. I She Wears Mother's shoe to the Boot ' black's f Bo Cleaned. 1 New York Sun. A new use for children was discov ered on the lower Bast Side. The scene was a Greek shoe-shining "par lor." Several patrons of the "par lor" peered over their papers when ju piping voice exclaimed: I "'Mom says to nurry up, Mamie." j Mamie was about 9 years old and was perched on the long bench with I the other patrons. The only thing j noticeable about her was the site of I her shoes, which were gaining a lus itre under the rnanlpulatlons of a (Greek slavey. The latter helped her I down from her perch and turned to wait on another patron. "That girl has pretty big feet," ob served the patron. "Naw," replied the Greek. "Her rrui she Is goln' out to-night and sent tne girl here with her shoes on to clean em." Tired Birds at Sea. Field. On May 14, on our way down from, PcHI, In the Russian Caucasus, a dense 1 poleon's brave jiener.il aped after the downfall of his Kmperol there Is some room f"r doot. ait genious writers hav siic -eedea fog came down on us In the evening, j Treating a fascinating mystery. 4 Credentials of a Converted Cannibal. Philadelphia Record. A real Fiji man came into Washing ton to attend the international conJ ventlon of the Seventh Day Adventlsta. He was armed with a club with which his former chief In the South Sea Islands used to beat the life out of American missionaries and also with a big dish upon which the chief used to serve up meat from these missiona ries' bones. Club and dish were brought along as mute evidences of the conversion of the Fiji chief, who now heads the Seventh Day AJven tists' Society In the South Sea Isles. The next morning about 11 a. m. It lifted and a bird like a nightjar, sever al larks and same large kind of buz zard stayed on board for some hours, quite tame. The same afternoon I noticed a small board floating on the sea with a hlrd like a sparrowhawk sitting on it, which when within twenty yards of us (lew away. About 6 p. m. the fog- came on thick again. About 7 p. m. great flocks of swallows came on to the ship and at least 800 to 1,000 were soon asleep. They were not In the least disturbed by the fog horn going every few min utes; they were so dead beat that they w ould let us almost touch them. They were evidently all lost in the fog. We were then about 150 miles out from the Bosporus. will never be saiisfa. tn so 1 e d Fascinating, Anyhow. Lynchburg News. Historical mysteries and fables are always fascinating. The career of Marshal Ney and the circumstances surrounding his death or supposed death have been productive of many stories, the most interesting being that escaping his execution he came to America and ended his days as a North Carolina school teacher. The Charlotte Observer resurrects the old story, "Is Ney buried among us?" it aeksnd then proceeds to theorise thusly: It hardly seems probable that Na- fp rid Or 1 ff ik J 1:1 rum 12 If, GDcAf i r Removed fn Three Tongues. New York Sun. Removal signs are not rare, but here was one built on a broader scale than usual both in the space It occupied and In the manner in which Its notice was (iven. It was painted wide on a fence in front of ground from which lb Ikltllrlln- Haft KaaM tt,n 4 , - . i. : removal sign was and in its lettering 11 was trilingual. 11 warn a sign divided fntft thr Kwvajl nan!i In 1 r 1 1 . In English and in Yiddish, and under eacn nonce in in iki language was a word of greeting to the new place. Kut tYim Rnm 1 k.t tki- removal sign was seen. In the polyglot part f the community. i SHALL VJE GO? "Ellcrbe Springs, OF COURSE. 99 it Now Open Make for th Register "Better than the mrwf an1 as irnnA as the hest' A delightful ialf hour from Rockingham, N. C. . Hotel accommodations unsurpassed better than needs be. i4All the Comforts of Home." Many luxuries and amusements, Resident physician, but you wont need one. Automobiles make flying trips every few minutes. Come and watch fatten.. "WE WANT YOU.m Let's talk about it. Address, ! A G- Manager Ellerbe Springs," N .C- r
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