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Cite CnatDam iKccoro- hTa. LONDON EDITOS AND PROPRIETOE. TERMS OF SUBSCRJPTION: SI. 50 Per Year ( STRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOUXXX III. PITTSBQRO, CHATHAM CO UNTYl N. GJ. WEDNESDAY f AUGUST 24, 191C NO . 2 o X I i ll II II II ft I mnr ttbe Cbatbam Itecorb. RATES OF AOVERTISIIIB: ;) One Square, oae taerttoa.. One Squar, two Injertloait.... One Square, eoe ateatk. For Lsrgcr Advert! ce ments Liberal Contracts will bo mado. i IOSEVELT PREDICTS GREAT FUTURE FOR SOUTH Ex-President Says the South Is Coming Into Its Own. RAPID GROWTH HOW ASSURED Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Urges the Young Men oi Dizie to Remember Her Glorious Past New York. In response to an In vitation to address the Southern Com mercial Congress at Atlanta in the ?i ring of 1911, Theodore ' Roosevelt has just sent a letter to Charles Hall Paris, chairman of the congress, at Petersburg, Va. In part, it follows: 'Aug. 16, 1910 My Dear Sir: It is net possible as yet for me to answer doflnitelyy, but I believe that on my trip to California next March I shall pass through the Southern states, and I hope that it can be arranged that the Southern Commercial Congress " then hold its meeting in one of the cities through which I am able to poss. If so. :t will be a real pleasure to iao so, it will be a real pleasure to me can in behalf of this admirable move rutnt. More and more the former misun derstanding about the South is tend ing to disappear, and you and ybur as sociates have set in motion a fores that will bave much to do with the complete dissipation of this misunder standing. You are working for a stronger South, and you show your wisdom and fjoresightedness in the way you release that this movement for a stronger South, to be effective, must really mean a stronger national cohesion, for the old South of yester day is being changed into the young America of today. - "Every good American, must hope to see a real solid South, in the sense cf solid business prosperity in the South, for all good Americans now re alize that the prosperity "of any part c-i the country help3 the prosperity of the whole, and the prosperity of tlra whole will grow faster and stand on the most durable foundations only when we effectively realize that the world s -South,' 'North,' 'Easi' and Vrc3f 'have only a geographical sig Eirlcance. . - "I earnestly hope that the young men of the South will never forget the past glories of the South, because I earnestly hope tnat the young men all ever America will keep ever in mind these glorious memories of every set lion of our common country, and that the men cf the North and of the West will remember the South's past with the same pride the South itself does, for the undying glory, won by the men who so valiantly and with such sincerity fought for their convfe tions, whether they wore the blue or the gray, is now a common heritage of all of us, wherever we dwell, ' This nation is thrilling with ideals at this very moment, and these ideals relate to constructive work in the fu ture. The South must do its full share in realizing it, and from now on it must participate in full in the solution of all the national problems. All of us alike- must turn to the special prob lem of this age with the courage that cur fathers showed in those' heroic days to which we look back with a mournful pride. "The statue of General Lee, In Con federate uniform, stands in the halls of Congress today, and his memory is honored no more by the South than it is by the North; and in the North, as m the South, I think .we are now learning to apply absolutely in good faith the great words of Grant: 'Let V : have peace.' The part played by the South in the constructive statesmanship of our cation during all our earlier-years was cf incalculable weight and value. I firmly believe that the time has now come when the South's influence again v.ill be felt, not only in constructive statesmanship, but In the enormous field of constructive business. No part of the country has seen such progress along material lines, and I believe the next twenty years will see a greater progreses. For long the eyes of this nation have been set steadily west ward to watch its great and typical growth. "From now on, I think tbe South will share with the West in :. rapidity of growth. This leadership will be has- ienea by the completion of . the Pan. ama canal; the East has the Atlantic and the We.st the Pacific: the South. even more than the East" and West, wm have the Panama canal and will, therefore,' stand at the distributing point of all the great oceans of the world. "You need more Deonle. but. like the rest of the country, you need .that these people should be of the right ort. Feeling this way, I naturally sympathize with every DurDose of the Southern Commercial Congress in its efforts to make the South and nation realize - that a greater nation will be developed from the development of a greater South. "'In your membership no : political lines are drawn; your effort i3 to strive for the advancement of Amer ican citizenship, and all broad-minded men throughout the nation must very heartily sympathize with you in what you are doing both to develop and in crease the power of the South and at the same time to arouse therein a keener national sense. "With hearty good wishes, "Faithfully yours, ' THEODORE ROOSEVELT." COTTON HAS IMPROVED. The Farn Tone is Decidedly Optiiaistic-Plant kIs Growing Rapidly. Memphis, Tenn. The following cot ton crop is published by the Commercial-Appeal: For three successive weeks cotton has improved in the states east of the Mississippi river and its promise -is now fair to good. The crop is late, and would be seriously damaged by an early frost, while frost later than usual is needed; to allow the fullest promise to be matured. The plant within the past two weeks has grown very rapidly, and is attaining fair size. It is setting bolls quite satisfac torily, and the farm tone is decidedly more optimistic. Such rains as fell during the past week were" beneficial. They -were lo cal in many sections, however, and the Carolines and part of Georgia would be benefited by general precipitation. Even in the earliest sections of this eastern belt there is very little cotton that is ready to open, and the move ment will be delayed well into Sep tember unless drouth later on should force premature opening. Boll weevils are active in Louisiana and Mississippi and are doing-r-sorae more harm than was earlier ; antici pated. In Texas no rains fell except in some of the Red river counties, and the crop lost ground steadily.- Cotton is opening prematurely and very rap idly in southern and southwestern counties, and Is being rushed to mar ket as fast as possible by the farmer. In western Texas, where within the pa6t few years there has been a rapid expansion in cotton growing, the crop Is almost a failure New Orleans. In presenting regu lar monthly reports of correspondents in all sections of the cotton belt as to progress of the cotton cp, the Time3 Democrat states that the concensus cf opinion is as follows; Out3ide of the droughty districts of Texas distinct improvement ha3 been the rule, but witMn the droughty dis tricts of that state the deteriration has" been very, great. ROOSEVELT DEFEATED. Ex-President Defeated for Temporary Chairmanship of N. Y. Convention. New York City. Theodore Roose velt matched strength with the "old guard" of the Republcan party in New York and met decisive defeat. The Republican state - committee in session here, by a vote of 20 to 15, re fused to recommend him for tempo rary chairman of the state convention, which will meet at Saratoga on Sep ember 27. Instead, Vice President James S." Sherman was selected.. This is Colonel Roosevelt's second defeat at the hands of the "old guard," the first having been the legislature's refusal to pass the Cobb direct pri mary bill, although Mr. Roosgvelt es pecially endorsed it. With his set back plans - for harmony within the party in the state received a severe set-back, and as soon as Colonel Roosevelt heard the news he issued a statement in which he enrolled him self as a progressive so far as the New York situation goes. Roosevelt to Visit Nasvilie. Nashville, Tenn. Ex-President Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and. the Bishop of Chicago are among the no tables who will attend the meeting of. me Brotherhood of St. Andrew, in this city, on September 28 to Octo ber 2. - May Die from Mosquito Bite. Estherwood, La. Mrs. L. Simon, re siding nea? here. Is in a serious con dition as a result of a mosquito bite, bitten on the head, erysipelas follow ed and her recovery is doubtful. Newman Erb Sued. Cincinnati. Ohio. Suits for injunc tions, accountings and damages, to taling millions of dollars, and bring ing into question deals involving four railroads, were filed here by Rudolph and Leopold Kleybolte, brokers. The suits are directed chiefly against New man Erb, New York attorney and rail road magnate, who since 1908, : has been a disbursing trustee for the old rm of Kleybolte & Co., a concern which declared itself possessed of as sets of -$3,250,000 when the llquida- Hcoper for Tennessee Governor.:. Nashville, Tenn. Capt. Benjamin W. Hooper of Newport, Cocke county, was nominated for governor of . Ten nessee by the Republican state con vention, which assembled in the Ry- rhan auditorium . herei The name of Alfred A. Taylor of Washington coun ty was -the only other one presented to the convention, and immediately following the announcement of the result of the first, ballot the nomina tion was made unanimous. The bal lot stood: Hooper, 389 9-14; Taylor, 201 5-14. '. . - v "Model City" in Trouble. - - Evansville, Ind. Buildings designed as the center of a "Model City," where there is to be "neither 'poverty nor graft," promoted by J. A. Brown, oh the Kentucky side of the Ohio river, opposite Evansville, were attached in court here by Brown's creditors to se cure alleged, claims amounting to $50,000. It was stated in court that the sale of town lots had' not pros pered because of a rumor that a large gambling concession had been" sold In the "model city' Brown has been absent several days NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS Life in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine Deaf and Dumb Convention. The . State Convention of Deaf and Deaf mutes will -be held at . Durham hree days, Aug. 25r 26 and 27. This is the t second of the conven tions, Raleigh having entertained the silent hosts two years ago. One hun dred and fifty delegates are expected. One of the notable features of the occasion will be the marriage of Miss Ella F. Smith and Mr. Tyre L. Wal ter. Botir are mutes "and the . cere mony will bav e to be performed through an interpreter. Rev. S.. S. Bost will unite them according to the Episcopal ritual. The mutes have a rector who is without power to hear and the plans of ministers may be changed. It is " expected, however, that the dumb rector cannot be there. Mr.Bost has" studied their language a great deal and is able to converse with them. The convention next week will be presided over by Prof. D. R. Tilling- hast, formerly of Charlotte. He is the father of- Miss Roby Tillinghast who is doing wonders teaching th; mutes. The colony at Durham is the strongest in the State and among it there seems very intellectual and sub stantial citizens. Ask Wreck Victims to Settle. The Southern and Seaboard Air Line Railway y-ompanies ihave ap pealed to the fourteen and more ne groes injured in the union station col lision, at Raleigh, Saturday morn ing to all come direct to the railroad representatives for. settlement of their claims for -injuries without the intervention of any lawyer. An nouncement has been made to this effect at the colored churches-with insistence that claimants make no move to employ counsel before they have tried to reach a settlement with out lawyers. They insist that in this way those entitled to damages will realize the more benefit throusb be- ins rid of exorbitant counsel fees. Moonshiner Like a Wild Man. United tates deputy marshals placed m jail at Raleigh ' Jerry Kittle, who for 10 years has been one of the most daring moonshiners ever known in North Carolina. For 10 months he had lived on a small island in the Tar river operat ing an illicit still, never leaving the island in -all that time. Six times officers had found him at other stills but he always escaped, being a won derful runner. lie is charged with having murder ed a negro in Franklin county, wbo worked at Kittle's still and who he thought was an informer. Kittle's head and face are covered by a mat of hair and he is like a wild man in appearance and habits. Blind Senator Going to Durham. The Durbani Elks - have received through their exalted ruler, W. G Bramham, a letter from Senator Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma, in which he accepts the invitation to address the people of the city un der the auspices of the Elks at an early date, perhaps in Septembrr Senator Gore is an enthusiastic Elk, in addition to which he is one of the most eloquent men in the country. Bank Resumes Business. The People's Bank at Chapel .Hill, which failed three weeks ago, has re sumod business,' having been placed on its feet by Gen. Julian S. Carr's backinsr and the aid of Profs Wil liams, Howell and Webb, of the State University. Bad lo..ns were the cause of the &u3rension, - Supreme Court Convenes Aug. 29th. The North Carolina Sunreme Court is to convene for the fall term Mon- da.v. Auar. 29th. and ereneral nre'Dara finns in flip SuDreme Court buildinsr are in progress. The first day " of court will be devoted to the examina tion of applicants for license to prac tice law in this btate, with indica tions that there will, be an average class oi hity or sixty embryo law yers. , , , . - . Canning Fruit Bulletin in Demand. : The State Department of Agricul ture has received requests from sev enteen other. States for copies of the bulletin on canning fruits and vege tables, prepared by Assistant Horti culturist Shaw.- The demand all oyer North Carolina has been'-phenomenal,; and the results from house hold canning by the - directions com pletely. successful. It is said that there was never - known to be any thing like the amount of canning of fruits and vegetables that there is in progress this summer, this resulting . it i 1 i. O i. i m tne utilization oi a vasr amount of fruits and vegetables that would otherwise have gone to waste. Another Wreck at Raleigh. In a collision between the incom ing Norfolk & Southern passenger train, duo at Raleigh from Norfolk at 7:20, and a yard cngine'just outside of the Norfolk & Southern yards at Raleisrh. Thursdav night, one man was killed and two very seriously injured. Engineer J. O. Smith of the vard eneme had ' his head crush ed to a pulp and ' his leg terribly mangled, being caus'at as his tender jammed into the cab of his engine. COST OF LIVING REPORT SUBMinED BY COlllTTFi Democratic members of Senate Committee Make Report. EFFECT OF THE TARIFF CN PRICES Tariff, Trusts, Combines and Monopolies and an Increased Money Supply Causes Given j for Advance in Prices. Washington. The tariffs, , - trusts, combines and monopolies and an in creased money-supply are the 'three substantial causes for the advance in prices in the United States, according to Senators Johnson of Alabama, Clarke of Arkansas and Smith . of South Carolina, minority members of the select senate, committee appoint ed during the last session of congress to investigate and make a report on wages and. prices of commodities. - Vigorous attack is made in the mi nority members' report on almost all the reasons given by the majority In its report, submitted some time ago, as to the cause for the advance in prices. "We are without sufficient data," say the minority members la their report just completed, "to ap portion the degree of responsibility between these three causes, but that the two first are the chief malefac tors we have no doubt, and they are of our own creation or permission." After attacking, one at a time, the fifteen principal causes contributing, according to the -majority report to the high cost "of living, the minority take up the tariff, declaring that when the Payne-Aldrich bill was framed "champagne was put on the schedule at from 54 to 6G per cent., whilst wear ing apparel was taxed from-0 to 92 per cent. drinking champagne was to be encouraged and wearing woolen clothes discouraged. So with hats," they add; "those bringing not over $4.50 per dozen were taxed 77 per cent, and those valued at more than $18 per dozen 47 per cent." .The result of protection, they de clare, is "great fortunes for the few and great suffering for the many. We believe," they say, "that the amount of the tariff is added to the price anu taxed to the consumer; that but for the tariff the commodities we buy on which that tax is laid would be cheaper, approximately to the extent of the tariff, and that when we do not buy the imported article the pro tected manufacturer puts approxi mately the amount of it on the goods produced by him." "It is difficult to understand how anyone can favor high rates of duty if he does not honestly believe that it will Increase the prices to be realized by the manufacturers producing or de stroying competition and thus neces sarily increasing the cost to the con sumer. Then we were many times mournfully warned that any reduction in rates would flood our country with low-priced German products and that the smoke of American manufactures would disappear from the heavens. Now we are informed that the tariff has not Increased the cost of these articles entering Into every household and administering to the health and comfort of every family." . "It is scarcely necessary," they add, "to mention the Iniquitous woolen schedule where the tariff rates are so high on " these necessities of our people, as topractically preclue any foreign competition with the Arneri can manufacturer, except on high priced goods" purchased by the weal thier consumer, who can, to spme ex tent, disregard price- Taking up the subject of . trusts, combinations and monopolies, they de Clare that "there are few trusts that could survive a revenue tariff." Confederate Reunion Data. New Orleans. Official announce ment that the twenty-first annual re union of the United Confederate Vet erans will be held May 16, 17 and 18 of next year, was made by Gen. Wil liam E. Mickle, adjutant general and chief of staff. The 1911 reunion is to be held in Little Rock, Ark., in - con formity, with the decision reached at the last reunion in Mobile. -Spain Worries Pope. Rome, Italy The pope. In speaking with reference to the Spanish oues tion during the course of an audience which he gave to a prominent officer recently, said the events in Spain and the efforts of the anti-clericals, sup ported by irreligious forces . abroad, had caused him much affliction, but, at the same time, had afforded an pp portunity for a splendid manifestation Of loyalty and devotion to the church and the pontiff himself from the Span ish people, who are, by tradition, Cath olics. ;-'-: '- - ;". - - - V;-. WORLD'S FAIR BURNS, j f Belgian Exposition Is Destroyed. Loss Will b ' $100,000,000. Brussels, Belgium. The White Citj of the World's Fair, as the Belgians have called their 1910 exposition, is s mass oi smouldering ruins. " A spark falling into inflammable ma terlal, burst into flames,, which, driven by a high wind, swept rapidly In all directions. Soon the Belgian, English and French sections 'were destroyed- The - firemen and detachments of sol diers, called quickly to the scene, found themselves baffled by the ver table gale, which carried the burning embers to all parts of the grounds. : Considering the rapidity of the fla- gration the small loss of life is mar velous. So far is as known, up to a late hour, only two are dead The in jured, as officially announced, number 30, but probably many hundreds ' re ceived minor hurts. - As the fif.mes reached the menage rie, it was decided to shoot the beasts, but the heat drove back the soldiers, and the animals were left to their fate, - - - ' " - - - . ' - ' Many -jewel exhibitors were unin sured. In the French art section th priceless obelins, paintings and sculpture were ruined, as were -the rich treasures in the English, Belgian, LPersian and Turkish section. All the archives were burned, and it will, therefore, be impossible to confst medal and diplomas. The loss -in the exposition fire ia estimated at $100,000,000. FARMER'S AUGUST WORK. Agricultural Publication Suggests Ten Things to Do in' August. 1. No matter if your crops hav been "laid by," don't fail to stir light ly the upper crust of earth if it be gins to getting hard and dry. . 2. Get ready to save every possible pound of hay. Sharpen up the mower. Cut peas when first pods begin to turn. - - -'-- ' 3. Cut the corn as it matures and save all the feed. Pulling fodder is not only expensive- and wasteful, but seriously decreases the yield of; ear corn. ' 4. Where crops are taken off the land, begin preparations for the fall seed ing. Do not stir deeply, but thorougn ly pulverize the three inches on top of the soil. .?: 5. Clean up all weeds, briers, bushes, etc., from ditch banks, fence corners, around - buildings and between culti vated fields. August is the best month for killing bushes and briers and ar ranging to merge the piddling patches into broad and generous fields " next year, . -.. : " i 6. Get the cattle out of the infected pastures and grease them thoroughly to kill all ticks now on them. Then put them in new pastures and start out next spring with a tick-free farm and tick-free cattle. -7. Prepare to have some winter- terowing crop on every acre of land now , in cotton o rcorn. Sow crimson clover or vetch after the first picking of cotton, rye later. 8. Keep the hogs that you intend ta kill next fall growing with , all their might. They should be in pasture now up to their eyes, but see that they have plenty of pure water and a good shade to go tov Sow rape and turnips for winter feeding. . 9. Paint the farm home, paint or whitewash other buildings and make all needed repairs. . 10 Go to your farmers' Institutes or other farmers' meetings, and arrange to give your wife and children a short vacation. Raleigh v (N. C.J Progres sive Farmer and Gazette. f . . SENATOR HEYBURN RAVES. Stopped Orchestra From Playing Dixia at Reception In Idaho. . Seattle, Wash. Senator W. B. Hey- burn of Idaho dislikes "Dixie." He created a sensation at Wallace, Idaho, stopping the orchestra', while the mu sicians were playing the popular strains, Colonel Hamer had just finished his address, and the orchestra had started a medley of well-known airs." - About the sixth number in the med ley was "Dixie." The senator leaped to his feet, strode across to the mu sicians and cried out: "This is a Re publican meeting; Wo want no such tunes here. ' , . -, -. - The amazed musicians stopped im mediately. The senator strode back to his seat. After a mpment of si lence Mayor. Hanson arose and closed the meeting. . ' More Revenue From Tobacco. Washington. It is estimated that governmental internal revenues for the present fiscal year will be in creased about $8,000,000 in conse quence . of the. increased" taxes on to bacco and cigarettes provided by the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, ' ; Folk for President... Kirksville. Mo. The candidaey of Joseph W. Folk for the presidency in 1912 was unanimously endorsed at the meeting of the Democratic com mittee, First Congressional district, ', Alabama Militiamen to'Ald Madrlz. Mobile, Ala. Forty Mobile militia, men, members of the Alabama Nation al Guard, have agreed to join General Madriz in Nicaragua to aid in protect ing the government against the revo lutionary forces of General Estrada. John S- Hensch, -a : lieutenant, and Greorge L. Mountain, a captain, made terms with the local Nicaraguan con sul, by which they were promised arms, ammunition and equipment ; free passage to and from' Nicaragua, and $1Q a day for their services as of ficers of the Nicaraguan army, lee Cream Kills Seven. Portsmouth, Ohio. Seven persons are dvina and a score of others are se riously ill as the result of eating poi- snned ice "cream at a church function In Glenn; Ky. George Holcomb, man ager of the -Portsmouth Granite com- nanv- George Tinsley, a laborer; Mrs. John Blackenberger.f and four children, cannot recover, according to rsnorts from attending pnysicians The wholesale poisoning Is thought to have resulted from the use of a rusty or unclean tin vessel in making the ice cream- . , COTTON WAREHOUSE PLAN Alabama Farmers Union Oppose the Merger Scheme. THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT TALKS President C S. Barrett Aliflses Members of the Farmers' Union to Hold Their Warehouses. - Montgomery, "Ala. Strong opposi tion to the proposed plan of . John Hays Hammond, Daniel J. Sully and other cotton men to establish a chain of j cotton warehouses developed at the. session of the Alabama Farmen Progressive and Co-operate Union. National President C. S. Barrett re ferred to it in Lis address to the con vention. He said: . "A meeting was called, Atlanta be- iny selected for it, to discuss the ad visability of gathering under one busi ness organization the control of tne union warehouses in Georgia. There were more than 130 such establish ments at the time, the number being eecond only to those of Texas. "It was proposed to have; a boss, a big man to run the business, to have it under the control "of .a few men. It was proposed to the farmer to give up his rights and turn the control over to the boss. A year later, an other meeting was held and the plan failed to carry. - . ."I adviaed that we never surrender our rights; never to surrender the rights our ancestors fought and s died for. ' Hold what you " have. "The trouble with you farmers is you want too much; " you are never satisfied; rest awhile when you -get something and enjoy it; never give up your warehouses. They refused to in Georgia. Never surrender your rights." . State President W. ".Morris, in an interview, declared: . - - 'The Southern farmers, realizing along what lines their best interests lie, will never affiliate with such a movement. To block such a move ment will be our strongest effort. Can any one suppose the Southern farmeit, will place the control f : the cotton crop in the hands - of "other inter ests? - ' "We are well satisfied with existing conditions as compared to what the result of the advent of such a cotton institution would be. Jam convinced the farmers of Alabama and the rest of the South will meet this plan with a cold shoulder. It is not to their interests or the interests of hundreds of towns and cities with which they do their business." Over one thousand farmers attend ed the convention. , . RAILWAY LAW EFFECTIVE. Telegraph and Telephone Companies Are Under the New Law. - Washington. The new railroad law is now ' effective. Immediately upon the passage, of. the aefsixty days ago, sections of the law relating , to the suspension of . rates went into effect, Since that tima the Interstate com merce commission has been operating under the law. Hereafter, of course, as common carriers under the law, the telegraph" and telephone companies will have to file reports with the commission con cerning their business, just as the railroads now do. The officers were informed also that the franks for messages could legally be Issued ex cept as governed by , the anti-pass provision of the Hepburn act, Therefore, the, issuance and use of telegraph and telephone franks are barred by the statute, The long and short haul provision of the recently enacted law will not be operative for six months, as, that time is allowed for the carriers to adjust with the commission their tar iffs with respect to that provision. . No announcement "yet has been made by President Taft of appoint ments to the commerce court or to the commission to make .-" investiga tions under the new law; It is scarce ly likely that the commerce epurt will be in operation before some ; time early In the coming year. 2.CCO Flee From Fire. -New York City .--Fire In the ware house district of Jersey City wiped out one entire block of business build ings and facotries, turned 2,000 terri fied families into tne street, killed one fireman, broke both legs of another by falling walls and caused losses va riously estimated at from 51,000,000 to S1 .500.000. : The .vicinity is fringed with old wooden tenement bouses, oc cupied mainly by'Polak dock laborers and their famines and thousands pour ed into the streets, walling and drag ging their belongings. ,w Another Extra Session in Texas. Austin. Texac. Immediately follow ing the adjournment by limitation of the third called session of the .thirty first Texas legislature a proclamation was issued by Governor Campbell 01 derine the legislature to reconvene In extraordinary session. - A . reform of the Btate's ' penitentiary system and an enactment providing for a 2-cent passenger rate are especially urged in the call. During the session just closed, the liquor intsrests were not a fected to a material extent by legis lative action; -''. ; V , by WILBUR D NEPEJT .4-: . Jf ' - T-Ttt t a f Solemn Statesmen, poIlt!c!aK3, s . Men who've lost or won positions, r Cranks and k:cker3 and fanatics. ' ; Men with cobwebs In their attics. Tense disciples of deep bre.ithlns. Men with wild reform a-setthins. Headers, writers, ranters, roarers. Stern opponents and adorers -See them climbing, climbins stlU ' Up, up, up on Sagamcro Hiii. 1 -Editors of rampant Journals, Generals and southern colonels, '! Pure food faddists, poets, venters, " ; ... ; All the troop of 'tis" and " talnt"-era"" College president with B. A, - ; headers of the S. P. C. A.. , Pcstmen, firemen, gentle Quakers, Malefactors and muck-rakers. - .-r.": See them climb, with earnes will Up. up, up on Sagamore Hill. , - Some for breakfast, some for luncheon, ), Some to, tell whose head need s punchln , Sport and sage and saint and sinner. : rr Households non-race-suicldCil. ' Congressmen whose hopes s.re Idle, Men with dogs and men without them. Men who ask how he can doubt ,tbem-t Climbing, climbing, climbing SLill Up, Up, up on Sagamore Hill. . . 'You have satisfied me fully ! 1 ' ' 'Splen'did!" "I'm dee-l.'ghted!" "Bully!" 'Wm a Itnrf "Oreat!" "Old fellow!' "Sure! "He showed a streak of yello.wlT -These words come reverberating. Thunderouslv Daloltatlnsr When the callers, gladder, sadder. Meeker, milder, minred or madder Climb again, tight-lipped and still. M Down, down, flown on sagamore tun. Opinions. ' Opinions are of- various sorts. Per- eonal opinions and opinions of per sons, for instance, are different things. -Many people form an opinion on first impression. An impression is a touch , of human nature. . If an 'attempt at a touch fails then the opinion changes. Many people are always airing their opinions. In some cases this fresh air . fad is carried too far. Some opinions are all the better for a little airing, but others should be quietly smoth-T ered. . . ; Opinions on prize fights are some times backed with money. Money has no opinion of Its own. It Is said to talk. But then lots of, people wbo. think they haveN opinion 3 talk entirely, too much and aren't worth a cent. : k; Some men have fixed opinions. Ocr casionally the grand Jury becomes In Qulsitive and wants to know how the" opinions were fixed. - ? It is difficult to form a decided opin ¬ ion about opinions.. ' - - ";i- An Observation.. - - Whsit tricks does heartless fortune play Alike on young and old! A man will give himself away And then he will feel sold, n -Losing His tplrlt. T tell you," said the man with the) beefy face, "that tcere young Biff era is so down on his luck that he has lost his ways of gettn' back at a fellow." "How's that?" asked the listener. : "Oh, I took him to dinner downtown the other day, because I knew he was havin' a run of hard luck, an while we was eatln' together I says to him: 'I reckon you don't strike many such feeds as this when you're leadln a hand-to-mouth existence . like you are?'" "And what did he say? 1 "Nothin'. Just got red an muttered Eomethin' about even hand-to-mouth heln' better' than knife to mouth." Self-Defense. . . "You make tracks!" shouts Mr. Med dergrass to the stranger who is com ing up the walk to the door.- "You git right out o here I'm on to your tricks! I know you by your looks." . "My dear sir," -nrgues the stranger. 'Certainly, you are making a mls take." ' : ' o . "Mistake nothin'. You can't get m . to have my life insured." "You wrong me. I am not a Ufa insurance agent,. I am merely a gold brick salesman, and' But Mr. Meddergrass apologizes and asks him in to dinner. - - . r V Ho.w Could They? . "Matilda, all these people whose names you give as fcrmer employers say they cannot speak a word In rec ommendation of you?" "Well, how could ycu expect 'em to, mum? I didn't fctay over a day an' a half with any o them."