.I' '.U 3 t i ' 5 ,1 J i 4 n "it HP ti P I i' I f ! t ; 1 ; ! ' i !l .IV, h j V, & 1 V 3 :i i t ft r it hi t V ; i ?! ' I :'l ' ? u i! if 4) ! 'il l .,1 1? r '4 2" r!fc 1 11 1 :? I? 1 ' r 1 ! i 4 Pages 3 and f Economic Conditions Will f Improve By Talcott Williams. IERE has grown a consciousness that trade, business, the organization of capital, the corporate activities of men in all the fields' of material activities have been untouched by this new principle of human action. In business the individual will, sometimes arbitrary, is still supreme Trade is still under a competition which approaches war. Our corpora tions are under a despotic personal control, little modified by the votes of shareholders. Through all the world of i rnip nnri thp old svstem with which j3' jciety began and out of which it has grown in religion and in the pusme? of government, still remains supreme. Its working, instead of tend ing to . equality, tends to inequality. Nothing has so grown upon the public consc piousness as the conviction that the economic system of which we are a Part. is at war with the democratic principles which control the rest of the orf anized activities of our nation. As self-rule is- applied to the control of economic agencies, experiments Till come, failure will succeed, and the successes will at last bear fruit. In time the lesson of ascertaining the will, of awakening the responsibility, and securing the rule of a great mass of scattered policy holders or shareholders will be solved. But the mere circumstance that the attempt is made to solve It, that the absolute rule of our great insurance companies, which a short three years ago seemed as powerful, as impregnable,, and as permanent as ;any Old World despotism, should have disappeared in' a day and been succeed ed by even an attempt to govern through the many for the many, instead of by the few for the few, is itself a gauge of the rising tide of a democratic economy. Financial By Louis HE ways of Wall Street look dark and the tricks of corpora tion managers are peculiar. The announcement of every increased dividend is followed by further issues of bonds, stocks, or notes. Underwriters know how to float these loans by dividing their commissions with confidential cus tomers. None of the subscribers worry about the issue, as long as it remains profitable to them. The capacity of American financiers to borrow surpasses the proverbial "Pump Genie" of John Law; they announce a new loan before the last has been digested. If a curious stockholder should stroll into a perfunctory annual meeting and inquire what benefit the company may derive from a flotation made nec essary by the acquisition of new feeders of the "system," he would be con fronted by the astonished president and silenced with a condescending ges ture; if he had the audacity to question the accuracy of any statement made by his sworn accountant, he would be snubbed for his impertinence. As long as the majority of stockholders perpetuate the directors' power by signing what proxies they mail, they can expect no better treatment. And while the greater part of speculative stocks is held by speculative brokers who control the property and who look for their own temporary interest more than to the permanent interest of their customers, so long will present conditions re main. Speculative abuses and corporate mismanagement will not be corrected by legislative enactment. They may, however, cause temporary revulsions By which fortunes are diminished and margins swept away; but all parts of the country will continue to grow in spite of them, and the .feeders that seem premature today will become valuable tomorrow. Something Successz i By Jl. C. Kj SAGACIOUS, shrewd, acute man of the world is sometimes a mere nuisance; he has made his prosperous corner at the expense of others, and he has only contrived to accumulate, behind a little fence of his own, what was meant to be the property of all.. I have known a good many successful men, and I cannot honestly say that I think that they are general ly the better for their success. They have often learned self-confidence, the shadow of which is a good-natural con- contempt for ineffective people; the Bhadow, on the other hand, which falls on the contemplative man is an undue diffidence, an indo lent depression, a tendency to think that it does not very much matter what any one does. But, on the other hand, the contemplative man sometimes does grasp one very important fact that we are sent into the world, most of us, to learn something about God and ourselves ; whereas if we spend our lives in direct ing and commanding and consulting others, we get so swollen a sense of our own importance, our own adroitness, cur own effectiveness, that we forget that we are tolerated rather than needed. It is better on the whole to tarry the Lord's leisure, than to try impatiently to force the hand of God, and to make amends for his apparent slothfulness. What really makes a nation grow, and improve, and progress, is not social legislation and organization. That is only the sign of the rising moral temperature; and a man who sets an example of soberness, and kindliness, and contentment is better than a pragmatical district visitor with a taste for rating meek persons. From Put nam's Monthly, fjvw-w "The nrup Power of a Voice g) By Kate Clyde. j w HEN you live in hotels a great "deal, as have I more or less thia summer, you realize the power of the human voice to soothe, or quite the opposite.- Oh, what a lot of harsh, disagreeable voices there are in this worldi women's voice, too! The pity of it! One morning I was on the beach at the bathing hour when I heard some one call "Tommy!" in discordant tones that set my nerves atingle with thejr acid sharpness. The child so called frowned and answered back in a peevish way." I turned, expecting to see some uncouth nursemaidi, and to my surprise I beheld the extremely elegant mother of the boy. Now, that woman's husband is always irritable and peevish, just like the boy, and who shall say her voice is not responsible for it?- One of the worst-tempered men I know married a woman with- a sweet, low voice and an even disposition. He is now completely changed. You know, you simply can't quarrel all by yourself when everything is peaceful and soothing all around you. It seems to me if more women realized this, "there would be more happy homes. Pittsburg Christian Advocate. East Versus West. Whenever the white men are great xn an Eastern state comparative tor por falls upon all other aspirants. Military distinction, political distinc tion, even social distinction, seem to be transferred from the natives of the country to aliens. ... That chance of rising to the top which in independent states vitalizes a thousand ambitious and able men for every one who can succeed is taken away, as it were, at a stroke, without a reason apparent to the people, and without a hope of any future alteration of system. London Spectator. 4 THE CHATHAM ftECORD. PITTSBORO, Puzzles Windmuller. etter Than Benson. A Blind Lawyer. An instance of remarkable ability among the blind is to be found in Dr. Ranger, the solicitor of the Salvation Army, who was to be seen in' his D. C. L. robes at Oxford when General Booth received his honorary degree last June. Dr. Ranger has been total ly blind since he was 'fourteen, and took a first-class in jurisprudence and the B. , C. Li. examination when at Worcester College. Now head of a large firm of lawyers in Fenchurcu street, the whole of the practice has been built up from his initiative. London GlcffQ. HETTY Mercy Stand well drew out the end of the huge iron crane almost as high as her self and peered into the pot which it had brought from the fire, shielding her face from the blaze with a pretty, plump hand. Someone had to fctay at home to look after things, and this morning Mercy had insisted on, the oth ers going to meeting and leav ing her to this task, and she had been Utilizing the three hours of the long sermon in adding to the stock of food. There were a goodly number of home folks and guests, and no one knew how many her father and mother would bring from the service. "So ho, mistress," eame a deep, mocking voice; "ye have been pre paring for .our coming, it seems. Beshrew me. but the odors are good. What say ye,, boys," turning to a line of piratical, sailor-looking men who were following him into the room. "Shall w sit for a while and let this fair wench minister to our appetites? 'Twill be a difference from our black amoor's cooking, I am thinking." A hoarse growl of assent came from tha line from all but one, who looked doubtful. "Will it be safe, captain?" this, one asked. v "Safe!" the deep voice echoed grimly. "What have we with a land word like that? Besides, it sounds weak in thy big mouth, Turbell. It is their Thanksgiving time here, and they word long sermons. Let us be thankful, too, and partake of their good cheer. We shall then be fitted, when they return from service, to pick out good ;aen and true for our vessel. And for thy word safe, the soldiery are at their gorging a mile awaj1 from here. We can eat and be merry, cull our need from the praise singers when they come back, and be dipping across the water before . aws of the exploit can get over che leaded tables to their ears. Now, Turbell," his keen, scornful eyes flashing about and seeming to see and comprehend everything; "get all the men inside. You fill up the "able here, and I will take charge of the one in the next room. It will be time enough to bag chickens and pigs and other live stock when we are through; and per haps there will be a few scraps left from our feast that we can carry back to the vessel. It will be a change from the blackamoor." All this time Mercy had be-in standing by the fireplace; and her eyes, which at first had dilated with terror, gradually calmed and grew watchful and speculative. She had thought they might be king's men, on a raid to impress seamen. Now she believed they were buccaneers, or pirates; but it amounted to the same. The one impressed in the king's name, the other in their own. In either case, the possibility of escape or release were equally small; only, with the pirates, in the event of cap ture, explanations might be difficult, and then punishment would be quick and certain. As she hurried from table to table, trying to meet the demands for hot coffee which were hurd at her from all sides, the lips of the young girl were pressed firm, her brain busy. Something must be done, and she was the one who must do it. In another hour her father and brothers and uncles and cousins, and all the men of the neighborhood would be com ing from service, and, unwarned, would fall into the hands of these evil-eyed freebooters, who would pick out the strongest among them and bear them away to slavery that would be worse than death. Mercy knew what it meant. The coast was an exposed one, and press gangs had visited it before. Men had been carried away, and not one of them had ever returned. Occasional ly stories had come back of hardships and cruelty and even of death, until the word press-gang had become a word to whiten the cheeks of women and clinch the fists of men. Only the year before the son of their nearest neighbor, the most promising young man around, and the playmate and schoolmate and dear friend of Mercy, had gone out in a boat for a day's fishing. But he had rowed too far. A schooner had slipped from behind an isljand, a boat been dropped from her davits filled with dark -faced men. Mercy had been on the shore with others and had witnessad it all. And from that lay to this no t?dings had come backf Robert Wade. ' Mercy was thinking of her play mateas she tried to keep the cups of the men filled, and of the similar -isig taf wag pending oyer her. dear ones. And doubtless there would be bloodshed, for the dear ones would, resist to the last. . For the most part the men ate noisily, with loud guffaws of enjoy ment' and much rude badinage. The viands were before them, and they helped themselves liberally, with long Teachings. It was only the ftips that needed replenishing; but the men seemed to throw the contents down their throats at a single gulp, and then cried lustily. fQr more. Fur times the big pot was refilled and ehiptied; fresh coffee being added with each refilling. But the men's impatience would not. allow for boil ing, anc when hot water was poured in for the fifth time Mercy had an uneasy apprehension .that the coffee was -very weak. Suddenly a cup flew across the room, crashing against a looking glass and breaking them bqth. "To blazes with dishwater," a man yelled. "Here, girl, what ye got that's good to drink strong?" "Nothing, sir," answered Mercy, keeping her voice steady with an effort. "No wine or cider?" threateningly. "No. The only barrel of cider that we had is is too strong to drink. It is vinegar now. Father made it for that." "Father made it for us to drink," mockingly. "And vinegar is just right. Bring in a pitcherful, quick." "It is out in the barn." "Quick! Didn't I tell ye! ""yelled the man. "We don't want any pala vernia." Mercy caught up a large pitcher and hurried out, an eager light com ing into her eyes. If she was to do mi A 1 1... .-j.'-fc W t ' .!"V v -. Vl. "-- " . anything, she must do it now. But what? As was often the case In rural com munities, the Standwell young people" had some little interest in the farm. Mercy owned a calf and a few of the chickens and a field which she some times gave to crops and sometimes left in grass for the hay. The last season it had been in grass, and her seven or eight tons of hay now rose in a large stack on the slope below the barn, where it awaited a pur chaser. With its proceeds she ex pected to buy two or three more calves from her father, some English dress goods from the store, and some presents for the various members of the family. When she left the house her mind was on the stack, and her face cleared of some of its anxiety when she no ticed the wind blew away ' from the barn.- .' "Ye was a long time drawin'," grumbled the man who wanted his vinegar, surlily, as she came to him with the pitcher. "Vinegar runs slow when the bung is small," she answered, "and, be sides, the pitcher is heavy. " "Lazy sten lag," he retorted. "Ye'd ought to be a boy, and on ship board. " Ten minutes' later the - captain leaned back, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand. "Now, what do ye give us for the finish?" he called to Mercy. "Have ye cake and other sweet stuff?" "Yes, sir, many kind; and pies and things fit for a thanksgiving." "Well, bring them all on. But what's that smoke?" suddenly, and springing to bis feet, he rushed out side, drawing his sword. When he came back, a few minutes later, his eyes were red and angry. "Didn't I tell you men to be care ful until we had eaten?" he cried. "Some of ye have dropped ' fire in lighting a pipe, and the dry grass is burning beloW . the barn. If it spreads,' the barn itself may catch, and then some of the torpid soldiers may ; be wakeful enough to ' see. Hurry, now, and get through. The psalm singers will be here soon, and we must be ready to invite them, oh board. Your carelessness will lose us part of the feast. Come now, girl; bring on the sweet things, quick! quick!" Mercy, ran into the storeroom, ro- r& Vr 5Vf? vW L r"5 CHATHAM CO., turning a few minutes later with her arms straining under a pyramid of pieg. These she hurried along the table, dropping one before each mark Then sho ran back after, more. Oh, if she could only keep the men feast ing until the soldiers arrived and even more than that, if , only the men! in the meeting house would be slow, slow in discovering the smoke,- so the' soldiers could arrive as soon as tney. All of them would believe it was a raid, with buildings being set on fire, and would come hurring to the spot. Fortunately the freebootlng captain himself did not suspect. He had gone just, far enough to see It was not the barn, and then the feasting had tempted him back. He supposed the fire to be grass burning in some field beyond. He did not seat himself again In his chair, but stood by the table, tak ing huge mouthfuls of cake and pie, and swallowing glass after glass of the" fresh buttermilk that -Mercy brought, in. Presently he swung around. "Turbell," he called to the neit room, "take all your men and gather Roasr Fio. Cranherry Cobbais pnhod Stewed Pofnrocv""'"'" '"'Squash' brewed . -yL Lrcflrn Jbr rnibs" 5auco Cocornbcr Picnic. .Pimhkirv anb Minte Pi. awsas '-&v.i i'- ? Co r rcc a, fliers. up what food ye can find in the house. Go into the storeroom where the wench keeps her- pies and cakes. Take everything, and all we are leav ing on the tables. We will have a few days' rest from the blackamoor. Hurry, now, and get them to the boats, in case anything might hap pen; then come back. .We will stay here and watch. The praise-makers will be here soon." Ten minutes and "the house had been stripped of its food; five more, and there was the sound of voices. "Stand by the doors," ordered the captain. ".When they get close, spring ! St T r w. .a-v ; 7$ v f I CM 11 . 1 .tiM St. - 1- M V--v .-iM-eiX.jZrjt i.T-mi ftTi' From The Ram's Horn. out on them. Better club every one into insensibility; they will be easier carried. " "The soldiery," he warned in a hoarse whisper. "They're almost here. What " But the captain was by him with a bound. The men tumbled after. One look was sufficient. The soldiers were approaching at a run. "To the boats!" yelled the captain. "They're too many for us, and ye know our fate if captured. Where is Wade? Not here? Then Turbell must have taken him. Run! now! run!" When the soldiers came up pant ing, the last of the buccaneers were tumbling into their boats on the beach. The soldiers fired a volley to accelerate their movements. As the echoes died away a gaunt, disheveled figure crept froni'under the Standwell porch. Its eyes were big and hollow, and. there were scars of ill-usage and cruelty upon the face, and one arm was in a sling. The people coming from the meeting house stared in credulously, then united in a ringing, welcoming, joyous shout of "Robert Wade! Robert Wade!" Frank H. Sweet, in The Advance. Often. Far too much abuse is levelled at the medium for lack of results, when it is the advertisement itself that is faulty. Newspaperdom. ' Why They Wonder. Many advertisers try to fit a sixr inch space with a two-inch ad. and they keep wondering. White's Say Ings. - at te L'&md THt REMNANT Of OMt AMO THfc- BAIIS N. C. FAVOR SOUTHERNER Tennessee Democrats Want a Candidate from Dixie GETTING READY FOR CAMPAIGN Tennessee" Democrats Inaugorata Movement tdi Nomination of Southern Man Tor President. Nashville, Tenn., Special. A fat convention of Democrats here inau gurated a movement fox the nomina tion of a Southern man as Demo cracy's candidate for' the presidency in 1908. Each delegate was ihstrtfet ed to worl in the interest of Seftdihg a delegation from Tennessee to the' national convention that would vote first, last and all the, time for a Southern man, and an address to the Democracy of the nation was issued. Only one name that of former Gov ernor James D Porter was mention ed id, connection with the nomina tion. 'This wfls greeted with ap plause, but Governor PoTtery chair man of the convention,- refused to countenance'., a discussion along such lines. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University,- was invited to address the convention, but declined. Governor Patterson was a speaker and expressed hearty sympathy with the movement. The address autho rised by the convention declares that the Democratic party was born in the South, but that this subject ia ap proached in. no sectional spirit. It asserts that conditions that made available candidates from the East no longer obtain and that recognition of a Southern man would emphasize the unity of the nation. "The fidelity with which the South has adhered to the Democratic cause is pointed to and the assertion made that "the Democracy of the South is entirely fre from the domination of corpor ate interests and predatory wealth." It makes the claim that "in leader ship, in war, statesmanship and literature the South is not behind other sections, and at this particular time we have men equal to the best that the past has produced.' ' Submits Estimates. Washington, Special. Estimates of appropriations aggregating $23, 461,911 are made by General Alex ander Mackenzie, chief of engineer of the army, for fortification work during the fiscal year 1909. This contemplates work in the United States proper, Cuba, Honolulu, Porto Rico and the Philippines. It in cludes among other things, gun and mortar batteries $4,4S9,900; elec trical installations at sea coast for tifications $1,000,000; sites for forti fications and sea coast defenses $3, 47S,500; searchlights for harbor de fenses .$1,000,000; preservation and repair of fortifications $300,000 ;' sea wall. Fort Moultrie, S. C, $125,000 ; repair and protection of Pensacola, Fla., defenses $500,455; repair and protection of Mobile, Ala., defenses $589,500: defenses ' of Galveston, Tex., $1,275,000. The estimates submitted by Gener al Mackenzie include the following for river and harbor improvements, the amounts asked for in many cases being in addition to large unexpended balances now on hand: Virginia Harbor at Norfolk, 30 foot channel, $350,000. North Carolina Inland waterway from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort In let. $350,000: Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington. $250,000. Georgia Savannah harbor $350, 000; Brunswick harbor $350,000. Florida Biscayne Bay $146,000; Withlacoochee river $150,000. i .Tennessee and Kentucky Cumber land river above Nashville, $250,000. Tennessee river, Chattanooga,Tenn. to Riverton, Ala., $213,000. Fire Destroys Business Section Collins, Miss., Special. Fire wip ed out almost the entire business section of Collins Tuesday. -The wa ter supply was cut off, the machinery undergoing repairs. A high wind prevailed and drove the flames away from other parts of the town that were in danger. The loss is estimat ed at between $75,000 and $100,000. News Notes. All of Governor Comer's railroad bills were reported favorably at the special session ofthe Alabama legisla ture. Dr. Doty, health officer of New York ridicules the idea of anybody catching disease from handling mon ey. A Nebraska man who undertook to subsist entirely on peanuts starved to death. Snow was reported from such wide ly separated States as Colorado,Mich igan, Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas. Banks Will Import Gold Direct From England. New Orleans, La.,, Special. -Announcement that two New Orleans banks have arranged to import $1, 000,000 gold direct from England was made. The Commercial-Germania Savings Bank and Trust Company and the Comercial National Banks are importers, and announce that $250,000 of this gold was shipped on a steamer leaving England Tuesday. Issues Call For Caucus to Assemble. Waco, Tex., Special. Congressman R. L. Henry, chairman of the Demo cratic caucus of the National House of Representatives, has issued a call for the caucus to assemble in - the House November 30 at 8 o'elock. Mr. Henry in answer" to a question stat ed that he would not be a candidate for the minority leadership' of the Hou In tbc in;H;ib Congress. November 21, 1907 LANDED A HIGHWAYMAN famous Atlanta Baseball Catcher Lands a Negro Robber in His Mitt Ordered to Stop While on Way to 'Theater, Smith Bluffs High wayman, But Later Returns With Pistol and Takes Him' to Town. Columbia, S. C, Special. At his home in Camden Tuesday night a negro highwayman attempted to hold up Sid Smith, the famous catch er for the Atlanta team in the South eril league last season, while he was on his way to the theater. The ne gro called out from behind to "hold on there a minute." There have been several murders in Camden by lilp-h-waymen and Smith immediately suS. pected what was CP. Wheeling up on his man Smith called out, merely as a bluff for he was unaided, ' ' ilove on or I'll shoot you." The tall form -of the negro apparently holding a stick behind his back, fell back reluc tantly, and Smith quickly jumped a ditch and caught a passing cab. Se curing a revolver he returned to look for the negro and soon found his man. The negro retreated on be ing called on to halt and Smith emptied his revolver at him, but with out effect. The negro then rushed upon Smith with a butcher knife and struck the athlete, on the head with the but. Smith's powerful right shot out and the negro went to the ground. Smith summoned a passing haeknian to assist him and the two overpow ered the negro and carried him to jail where he was recognized as Elijah Mayhew, a well-known butcher of the town. The night before a similar hold-up occurred, but that lime the criminal got away. Three Thousand Are Homeless aa Result of Tire. Iquque, Chile, By Cable. Two live.? were lost in the fire that visited this port and destroyed a large section of the poorer residential quarter. They were two little girls, and when the bodies were discovered by the dis tracted mother the unfortunate wo man expired from the stress of her emotion. A total of three thousand people are homeless as a result of the conflagration. They are being cared for by the authorities and the charit ably inclined citizens. Aiken Concern Prosperous. Aiken, Special. The annual meet-. ing of the stockholders ofr the Aiken Ice company wras held on Wednesday at the office of the company. AI! the old officers and directors were re-elected. The affairs of the com pany were shown to be in a prosperous condition. A net profit for the yesc was shown for the two factories at Aiken and Warrenville, to the amount of $3,455. The officers ar B. F. Holley, president, treasurer au manager; J. P. McNair, vice-pres;-dent; W. W. Hollep, secretary. Bark With Cargo' of Salmon Goes Ashore. San Francisco, C'al., Special. Th Alaskan Packers' Association Tues day received advices from Seward. Alaska, stating that the bark Scrvia had parted her chains at Karluk moorings and went ashore at Julia Ford Point on November 6th. The vessel was with its cargo of 40.00C cases of salmon reported to be a to tal loss. The steamer Nashagak. which is now anchored in the Ookland Estuary, will sail at once for Karluk to bring down the officers and crew and also the cannery men who were lo have come down on the Servia. Protest Against Omission of Legend. Richmond, Va., Special In accord ance with the action of the vestry of St. John's church, the historic building in which Patrick Henry made his great revolutionary speech; official letters were mailed to Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Cortel you protesting against the omission of the legend "In God we trust'1 from the new ten-dollar gold coin. Suicides Over Love Troubles. Tampa Fla., Special. Willi? m Kersey, of the Kersey Lumber Com pany, of Atlanta, committed suicide in a hotel room here by taking mor phine. He left scaled letters for hi business partner, I. D. Campbell, (jO Neal street, Atlanta; his father, W. Kersey, Dillon, S. C, and Mi Frances Timmerman, of Tampa. 1J was engaged to Miss Timmerman and it is said that a misunderstanding with her caused his taking his own life. Miss Timmerman fainted when she heard of his death. Pittsburg Bank Closes Doors. Pittsburg, Special. The People's Bank of California, Pa., near here, a State .institution, closed its doors late Tuesday. The following statement; was issued by President A. B. Pu vall: "The bank is closed pendin; an- examination of the books by t' State examiner. The financial strin gency and other reasons not disclosed are responsible for this course." Thf capital of the bank is $75,000 and the surplus $15)00. Dispensary or Prohibition. Raleigh, Special. This city is have an election on the liquor ques tion next month, and it w-ill be the hottest number on record, The sp" iaj aldermAnic committee who have the proposition petition, in charge de cided that they would at a spei1 meeting of the board of alderc'ii recommended the calling of the elec tion petitioned for, the necessary one third of the voters having signed the petition. I