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ITOA t t iv VOL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 129 1909. No. 31 EDITORIAL BRIEFS The Greensboro trust Is still doing business at the same old stand. The Democratic trust-busters in this State are still off on a vacation. At least none of the Democrats asked for a re-enactment of the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill.- Those who do not work for an honest living need not expect pros yprity to overtake them. The next thing on the list is to revise the Democratic party of course, the revlslou will be down ward. Those who are up on matters can probably understand why Mr. Bryan refused to run on the prohibition ticket. The Governor of North Carolina and the Governor of South Carolina now have no excuse for exchanging the time of day. The News and Observer wants more blind Senators. Probably the Observer thinks that is the only sure way to keep them Democratic. If the Democrats didn't like the Republican tariff bill they had the opportunity of Introducing one to their own liking but they didn't do it. If protection Is "robbery," why did practically every Democratic mem ber of Congress ask for protection on articles produced or manufactured In their respective States? If Thomas Jefferson were here to day to see how the latter day Demo crats are dragging his name in the dust, he would doubtless beg for a hasty return to mother earth. The recent Democratic primary in Virginia abounded in almost as much filth and abuse as the Demo crat primary in this State last sum mer and that was about as bad as the muck rakers could make it. The editor of the News and Ob server and Governor Kitchin are having some differences over the anti-trust law, passed by the last Legislature, which makes a noise like another row is brewing in the Democratic camp. A Democratic correspondent says that the new tariff bill is a sectional one. The wish is probably the fa ther of the thought. The new tariff law is not sectional, but it i3 not be cause the Democrats didn't try to make It so. A scientist has recently annonced that the sun is losing its heat. That scientist must tell them just from force of habit, and he ought to be made to sit in the broiling sun these days while the mercury is playing around 100 in the shade. some or the Democratic papers claim that there has been no honest revision of the tariff. That probably depends upon the location from which you view it. We have even heard it hinted that the Democrats did not deal with their platform in an honest manner. The Greensbor Telegram says that the Democrats who argued for pro tection do not represent the feeling of the party as a whole. Then the Democratic party will have to repu diate Its present representatives and look for new timber. The Jeffersonian thinks that about all the Western farmer has been given free is twine with which to bind his wheat. Well, the Western farmer didn't want everything free He wanted leather protected, and got that as well as free twine and both will do to tie to. The Democratic party In Hamil ton, Ohio, seems to be composed en tlrely of the halt, the lame and the blind. There are five Democrats running for the same office in that town and every one of them are sorely afflicted. However, it may be that their sad condition was brought on by their continual run for office 1U Georgia legislature meets once every year, which the Atlanta T . -uruai says is too often. Judging from some of the absurd bills that have recently teen introduced by the Georgia legislature, we. are in clined to the opinion that it would be better for that Stateif the legis lature never met. LOWER THAN DINGLEY RATES. Tariff on Practically All Necessities Have Been Reduced Tariff Rais ed on Luxuries Is That Why the News and Observer Objects to the Bill Democrats Incompetent . in Management of State Affairs. To the Editor: On the first page of the News and Observer Saturday, August 7th, was an article by Tom Pence with the following headlines in very large letters: "Ocean Race Gives Taft Statement a Black Eye." He tried to leave the impression that every steamship tried to get Its cargo In under the Dlngley law, no matter what its cargo was. Now if a ship had on a cargo of silks and high-priced laces, it nat urally wanted to get in before the Payne law went into effect. The Payne rates on these things are higher than the Dingley rates. A ship loaded with wines and liquors would have preferred the Dlngley rates for the same reason. But a vessel loaded with iron ore would never have rushed to get in under the Dingley law. The Dlngley rate on iron ore was forty cents per ton, the Payne rate is fifteen cents per ton. No ship loaded with pig Iron, scrap Iron, cotton ties, steel rails, cast iron pipes, wire nails, screws, or agricultural implements would have "raced against time" to get In under the Dingley rates. I did not see the accounts, but I know that only a very few ships raced against mine." More rates, by far, have been lowered than have been raised. Most of the things on which rates have been low ered are necessities. Most of the things on which rates have been raised are luxuries. The rates on timber, lumber, and lathes have been lowered. Wood, pulp has been put on the free list. The rate on printing paper has been reduced from $6 to $3.75 per ton. Hides were put on the free list. The rates on band and sole-leather were re duced from 20 to 5 per cent ad val orem; on dressed leather from 20 to 10 per cent; on boots and shoes made from other leathers from 25 to 15 per cent. The rate on earth enware lowered. These are articles of everyday and common use. There are a good many articles of neces sity, the rates of which were neither lowered nor raised, such as wool and woolens, watches, clocks, hats, bon nets, buttons and gloves. No ship would likely race against time to get these things in under the Ding ey, law. - The total consumption value of the articles on which the rates have been lowered is $4,978,122,124. he total consumption value of the articles on which rates have been raised is $852,512,523. That clear- y shows the falsity of the oft-re peated statements in the News and Observer that the Payne tariff is higher than the Dingley tariff. Fur ther, of the $850,512,525 consump tion value on which rates have been raised, $579,850,322 represents lux uries. That leaves about $275,622, 202 worth of products of necessity on which duties have been increas ed. Still further, about half of the consumption value of articles on which the rates have been increased represents wines and liquors. Does the News and Observer think that Congress should have given us cheap winea and liquors? How the News and Obsever can have the race to Keep up sucn hypocritical howling about Republi can tariff revision is a mystery to me. It knows that the Democrats made a miserable batch of tariff re vision in '94. It knows and partly admits that they have made a spec tacle of themselves during the pres ent tariff revision. Minority Leader Clark now claims that the Demo crats are united merely because they voted against the tariff bill as a whole. But that signifies nothing. That was expected. It was charac teristic Democratic duplicity to help put in protection rates for the pro ducts of their own section, and then vote against the bill as a whole in order to try to fool the people. No, they are not united, and will not be soon. The very first time a real test comes they will be as badly di vided as they were on the revision of the House Rules last spring, or on the recent tariff revision. They are completely demoralized, t The Democratic party is like a ship with out a rudder, drifting here and there. No, it is not drifting now. It Is stranded upon the shoals of bad faith and incompetency. The waves of public opinion are rapidly breaking it up. It will, soon be gone forever. Chairman Mack said last winter that they must find some more issues on which they could all agree. No, old fellow, you need not bother about that. You can neither build up a party, nor keep a party together by hunting for new issues every four years with which to try to fool the people. Stand for principles that are worth while and the Issues will take care of them selves. The Democratic party was once a mighty force. To-day it can not make the showing of respectable opposition. The Democratic leaders of to-day are nothing more than an aggregation of hysterical grumblers and demagogues.. No, the Democrats cannot fool the people about the tariff. People of any intelligence expect them to say what they are saying. A "tariff for revenue only" made by the Repub licans would not suit the Democrats (Continued on Page 2.) MR. TAFT SIGNS BILL New Tariff Bill Went Into Effect Thursday at Mid night. CONGRESS ADJOURNS SINE DIE Senate Agrees to Conference Report by Vote of 47 to 31 and Soon Af terward Both Houses Adopt Con current Resolution, Making Cer . tain Changes in the Leather Sched ule Bill then Goes to the Presi dent and is Signed by Him in His Office at the Capital. Washington, Aug. 5. The tariff hag been revised and the extraordin ary session of Congress has been brought to a close. Both houses ad journed sine die officially at 6 o'clock tonight. The actual adjurnment was in the Senate at 5:58 p. m. The closing hours of the session were attended by scenes of a most interesting character. The revision had ben according to the desires of some, and with the hearty disap proval of others, and the last two days had been consumed by members of the Senate in expressing their satisfaction or dissatisfaction. The conference report on the bill was agreed to by the Senate by a vote of 47 to 31. The vote was tak en at 2 p. m., and soon afterwards the con-current resolution making changes in the leading schedule was adopted by both houses. President Taft arrived at the Capi tol at 4:45 p. m. It was his first ap pearance there since his incumbency as President, and there was a con stant procession of handshaking statesmen through the President's room form the time of his arrival un til his departure at 5:50 o'clock. Just as the hands of the gold clock in the President's room reached five minutes past five, the Payne tariff bill as the measure will be known, was laid before the President. He picked up a pen supplied by Chair man Payne, of the House ways and means committee, and which was used by both the Vice President and the Speaker in signing the bill, and attached his signiture. President Signs BUI. After writing " William H. Taft," the President added "Signed five minutes after five o'clock, August 5, 1909. W. H. T." Mr. Payne stood with hand ex tended, waiting to receive the pen with which the bill was signed. He took it with a picture of boyish jgloej over-spreading his facei'H Anothern pen was handed to the President and he wrote the word "approved," andj handed the pen to Representative' Langley, of Kentucky. Immediately after attaching his name to the general tariff bill, he signed the Philippine tariff measure. He used a handsme, mother-of-pearl pen sent to him from the Philippines, to be used in signing this measure. A broad smile of satisfaction over spread his face and he wrote his name with a flourish not shown on the general tariff bill. The Senate devoted four hours to the final debate. At 2 o'clock the vote was taken and the conference report agreed to, 47 to 31. Mr. Aldrich's con-current resolu tion providing for a reduction of the duties on variuos manufacturers of eather to meet the views of Western Senators who had been defeated in their efforts to obtain protection for hides was adopted soon after. President Issues a Statement. Following the signing of the tariff bill President Taft on Friday night gave out the following statement: "I have signed?the,?Payne tariff bill because I believe it to be the result of a sincere effort on the part of the Republican party to make a down ward revision, ando comply with the promises of the platform as they have been generally understood, and I interpreted them in the cam paign before election. 'The bill is not a perfect tariff bill, or a complete compliance with the promises made, strictly interpret ed, but a fulfillment, free from criti cism in respect to a subject matter involving many schedules and thou sands of articles, could not be ex pected. I suffice to say that except with regard to whiskey, liquors and wines, and in regard to silks and as to some high class of cottons all of which may be treated as luxuries and proper subjects of a revenue tariff there have been very .few increases in rates. Number of Real Decreases. "There have been a great number of real decreases in rates, and they constitute a sufficient amount to jus tify the statement that his bill is a substantial downward revision, and a reduction of excessive rates. "This is not a free-trade bill. It was not intended to be. The Repub lican party did not promise to make a free-trade bill. "It promised to make the rates protective, but' to reduce them when they exceed the difference between the cost of production, abroad and here, making allowances for' the Igreater normal profit on active in vestments here. I believe that while this excess has not been reduced in a number of cases. In a great ma jporlty, the rates are such as are necessary to protect American in dustries, but are low enough, in case of abnormal Increase of demand, and raising of prices, to premlt the possi bility of the Importation of the for eign articles and thus to prevent excessive prices. , "The power granted to the Exe cutive under the maximum and mini mum clause may be exercised to se cure the removal of obstacles which have been interposed by foreign gov ernments in the way of undue and unfair dlscrimlatlon against Ameri can merchandise and products. "The Philippine tariff section I have struggled to secure for ten years last passed, and it gratifies me exceedingly by my signiture to give it the effect of law. I am sure it will greatly increase the trade between the two countries, and It will do much to build up the Philippines In a healthful prosperity. "The administrative clauses of the bill and the customs court are admir ably adapted to secure a more uni form and a more speedy final con struction. MATinnm-Mintiniim Section, "The authority to the President to use agents to assist him in the ap plication of the maximum and mini mum section of the statutes, and to enable officials to administer the law gives a wide latitude for the acqui sition, under circumstances favorable to its truth, of Information In respect to the prices and cost of produc tion of goods at home and abroad, which will throw much light on the operation of the present tariff and be of primary importance as officially collected data upon which future executive action and executive recom mendation may be based. "The corporation tax is a just and equitable excise measure, which, it is hoped, will produce a sufficient amount to prevent a deficit and which incidentlly will secure valuable sta tistics and information concerning the many corporations of the coun try and will constitute an important step towards that degree of publici ty and regulation which the tenden cy in corporate enterprises in the last twenty years has shown to be necessary." SCREWING THE LID ON TIGHT. Near-Beer Saloons and Locker Clubs Are Put Out of Business in Ala bama By Carmichael Prohibition Bill. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 6. The Carmichael prohiblton bill, far more drastic than the present statutory State-wide prohibition law, which passed the Senate this afternoon by a vote of 28 to 2, and now awaits only the signature of Alabama's prohibition executive before becom ing the law, has already scored a far- reaching effect so far as- the opera tion of locker clubs and near-beer saloons are concerned. From all parts of the State come reports that with the news of the passage of the Carmichael bill near-beer saloonB, clubs wherein liquors have been dis pensed to members under the locker system, were dismantled and to-night the State is almost as dry as It will ever be. In Montgomery even social clubs of the highest class have been closed and early in the afternoon the near- beer men began the removal of all drinkables from their places. With considerable wariness, a few of the saloons are disposing of occasional bottle of the amber fluid of the near" kind, but even those of the quenchless thirst are extremely cau tious In attempting to secure drink ables. TRYING TO PREVENT ELECTION. Supreme Court of South Carolina Will To-day Hear an Application for an Injunction Agait&t Dispen sary Election on Next Tuesday. Columbia, S. C. Aug. 6. Chief Justice Jones has called a special ses sion of the State Supreme Court to meet here August 12 th to bear the application for an injunction against the holding of the dispensary election on August 17tl The rule will be dl rected against the Charleston County election commissioner, and is asked for in the name of Thomas Jelllco, of Charleston. The petitioner alleges that the act calling for the election la unconsti tutlonal, the speslfic attacks being on the ground that the purpose of the act is not expressed in its title, and that the act Is class legislation, giv ing to certain of the counties the privilege of holding the election and withholding the choice from the counties now dry. A Concord Man Suicides. -Concord, N. C. Aug. 5. Thomas Cannon, about 54 years of age, was found dead this morning at 8 o'clock in the wood-house at the home of Mrs. Joe Feral, with whom he board ed. He had not gone to his room during the night. Mrs. Feral. went Into the garden and on coming out saw the man lying In the wood-house door dead. A raxor was lying be side the dead, body, which told the story of suicide. - Doctor Bitten by Poisonous Spider. High Point, N. C Aug. 9. Dr. WT J. McAnally. of this city, lies quite 111 on account- of a bite from a , poisonous spider. TARIFF FIGHT ENDS President Taft Wields the Roosevelt " Big Stick" to Good Purpose S02E IIIPORTANT REDUCTIONS The Bill Contains a Number of Rates Protecting the Industries of North Carolina and the South The Bill Waa Much Improved While In Hands of Conference Committee Democrats Inconsistent in Their Vote on the Tariff Prwiident Taft at Beverly. Special to The Caucasian: Washington, D. C, Aug. 10, 1909. The tariff fight which was waged for more than four months came to an end Thursday afternoon when the bill was transmitted to the Pres ident for his signature. Some days ago the President got out the Roose velt "big stick" and plainly inform ed both sides of Congress that many mportant reductions had to be made on leading articles of general ne cessity before he would sign the bill. The bill as it went to the President for hi3 signature, while not satis factory to every one, as no tariff bill ever was or ever will be, yet it is a considerable improvement over the form in which the&bill passed the House as-well as the form in which t passed the Senate. The bill contains a number of rates protecting the industries of North Carolina and the South. For some of these schedules both of the North Carolina Senators voted, and all of the Congressmen except one. It is true that these Congressmen and Senators had to violate their party platform pledges in voting to protect the interests of the State. The explanation which they and their friends give is that it was their duty to vote for protection whenever and wherever It would help the Interests of the State. They deserve credit for such votes, but it will be noticed that when the final passage of the bill came up, that these same Con gressmen and Senators every one ex cept two, recorded their votes to de feat the whole bill. The Charlotte. Observer has prais ed these Congressmen and Senators for their Independence and courage and patriotism in' castig their votes for the schedules referred to, but what will they say of their incon sistency in now voting against the bill which contains these schedules n the interests of the State? Would t not be wiser for the State here after to send men to Congress who belong to a party whose principles are right and men who do not have to violate their platform pledges to vote " for the State's interests, and also men who will vote not only for certain schedules in the interests of the State, but who will have the courage to vote1 for the bill in its final passage which contains these schedules? In short, whatever ben efit North Carolina will derive from protection will not be due to the votes of the Democratic Senators and Congressmen who voted for them, but it will be due to the fact that there were not enough Congressmen and Senators of that kind here to vote to kill the bill on its final pass age. President Taft at Beverly. President Taft left Washington Thursday night to join his family at their summer borne at Beverly, Mass., where he will remain until September 15th when he will begin his tour of the Western and South ern States. He will visit Wilming ton, N. C, on November 9th. He arrived at Beverly Friday morning and has been enjoying a quiet rest. All of the Senators and Congress men have gone to their respective homes, and are now looking for cracks that may have been made in their fences during their long stay in Washington. DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT BLACK MOUNTAIN. Paul C. Collins, of Hillsboro, and t. H. Bunting, 'of Wilmintgon, Shot Down by Town Constable Bunt in j? fa Dead and Collins is In a Critical Condition Shooting Not Justified. Asheville, N. C, August 7. John Hill Bunting, of Wilmington, a young traveling man. and Paul Cameron Collins, of Hillsboro, cashier of the Bank of Hillsboro, are lying in ad joining wards in the Mission Hospital in this city In a serious condition as the result of a shootng scrape with Constable F. C. Watklns, at the Hotel Gladstone at Black Mountain this morning about 1.30 o'clock. The men were brought here this morning on an early train from Black Mountain and taken to the hospital, and are under the care of Dr. M. H Fletcher and Dr. W. D. Hillyard. Dr. Fletcher issued a statement this afternoon to the effect that Mr. Bunting was in a serious condition and Is hardly expected to live, while there are hopes for Mr. Collins. Both men were shot at close range -and both, showed the effects of powder burns. Offlcers Account of the Shotting. i The details were obtained from Mr. Watklns, after the men had been taken to the hospital. H said that about 1.30 o'clock this morning a messenger came to him from the manager of the Gladstone, 1th a re quest that he go to the hotel and put a stop to a row and dUt urbane created by two men in the hotel. Con stable Watkins said that he imme diately went over to the Gladstone; that he found the two men whose names he did sot then know, partial ly intoxicated on the floor of. a room which they were occupying. He said that when he reached the hotel women were running around to their night clothing barefooted and frightened. "I went up to the room where the men were," said the con stable, "and entered. The room was in darkness and as I entered. I struck a match to see my way and lighted a lamp. One of the men, I don't know which one. asked who I was, and I said a police officer the town con stable. "One of the men with an oath, said in effect, 'well, we take care of all police here,' and about that time one of them kicked the door shut and then the light was snuffed out. "One of the men jumped at me and grabbed me about the neck, the other at the same time closing in and clinching. The men were both of strong build; one of them had some thing in his hand, but I don't know what it was. When they closed In on me and grabbed me, one reached for my pistol or pistol pocket. "I drew my revovler, a 3S-callbre Smith & Wesson, and in the darkness fired two shots and the men stagger ed back one orfchem fell. When I went in there was a third person In the room, but whether he got out before the shooting I don't know. It all happened quickly. I called for the door to be opened and it was open ed don't know whether from the in side or the outside. A light was se cured and the manager came In. I assisted one of the men to bed; the other one went out into the hall.' Bunting's Wounds Prove Fatal. Asheville, N. C, August 7. John H. Bunting died at 12.05 a. m. with out having regained consciousness from the operation. No relatives could reach his bedside by time of death. Officer Not Justified in Shooting. Asheville, N. C, August 8. That aul Cameron Collins, cashier of the Bank of Hillsboro, and John Hill Bunting, who were shot by Policeman C. Watklns yesterday morning at the Gladstone Hotel, Black Moun tain, the latter dying last night of his wounds, while Collins Is still In a serious condition, made no effort to attack Watkins, but were shot as they rose from the bed; that the shots were fired by the policeman in state of semi-panic, and that the men were lying In bed in their room, wherein no light was burning, when, watkins burst open the ' door, was the substance of the evidence pre sented to-day at the corner's Inquest on the body of Bunting by the only eye-witnesses of the tragedy, Clem Jones and Burley Gowan, negro em ployes of the hotel, who accompanied Watkins to the room when the latter were summoned to quell an alleged disturbance. The coroner's Jury re turned a verdlet to the effect that John Hill Bunting came to his death from bullet wounds Inflicted by F. C. Watkins, and the policeman is now in custody to await the action of the grand jury, which sits to-morrow. Various guests of the hotel, men and women, testified as to the dis turbance created by Bunting and Col lins in their room about midnight. Several of them stated that the two men were shouting and using pro fane language, and that on complaint of the proprietor of the hotel the lat ter sent for the village constable to quiet the disturbers. The negroes, Jones and Gowan, testified that after entering the room Watkins lit the lamp and shouted to the men on the bed not to come near him. Collins rose to a sitting posture on the side of the bed. Jones stated, and at that moment Watkins accidentally hit the lamp, knocking it over. Just as the lamp fell, witness stated, the police man fired. Watklns ordered witness to re-light the lamp. Collins had fallens across the bed, bleeding from a wound below the heart. Bunting rose from the bed and stood on his feet, holding out his hands to the officer, when the latter fired again, the bullet taking effect in Bunting's abdomen. Fayetteville Man Captures Burglar in His Home. Fayetteville, Aug. 9. Jordan Levy, living in the outskirts of this city, on returning home from church yesterday afternoon surpris ed a burglar in his house and cap tured him. The prisoner, who gave his name as John Johnson, of South Carolina, offered Levy a poeketbook which he had. taken from a trunk if he would free him. Levy accepted the purse but delivered the burglar to Sheriff Watson. He was bound over to court, being sent to jail in default of bond. There were three attempts to bur glarize residences here last night.' Will Need Assistance Later. Hostess Shall I help you to the cake. Tommy? Tommy No'm. Let me help me- self. Ma told me not to help me- self more'n onct. You can help me all you please afterwards. BILKCJSjn AFRICA It Is No Place for Architects and Clothing Dealers. CIIXIIIS AFRAID OF CAKTJ3A13 The Home of Ignorant and aper titles A Great Oonntrr XataraJU ly Almost an Island Canafbals Are mil Found La Africa The "Bare Question a Live One Thar The People Wear -More or Lena Clothing" B Nigger Dndae ProdacU of the Oovatrr. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. Cape Colony. Africa, July Id. 0t. I am now in the "Dark Continent." An what a vast country hit Is! Africa, the home ov Ignorance, or superstition, an worse than Idol! try. Is one ov the greatest countries on esrth. In slse. at any rate. fr Af rica Is as "big as aw! out or doors," as w boys uster say. They is no tellln' how many square miles ov ter- ritory Africa really contains, fer no one nes taken tne trouble ter floo. out. But hit is probably larger than the whole ov Continental Europe. which Includes England. France, Ger many, Turkey, Spain, Portugal. Italy and other territory. Africa must hev a vast popula- shion, too. Dut I hev no Idea that any reliable figures can be obtained. And hit is a rich country, though there air large deserts in various por tions ov the country. Including the amous Ublan desert, the lsrgest in the world, probably. Since the 8ues Canal wus cut Af rica is an island, for that country an' Egypt air now entirely surrounded by water. But as Egypt lies on the Af rican side ov the canal, I suppose that the two countries combined pre- er to be called a "continent." Geographically speakin', Africa lies near most ov thexountries Included n Continental Europe England. France, Germany, spam, Turkey, taly, etc. In fact, hit would Join Spain, France, Italy and some ov the countries Included In the "Holy Land" but for the narrow limits ov the Mediterranean Sea end the Red Sea, the two bodies ov water stretch- ng out fer many hundreds ov miles ike two giant arms as though they had nothin' to do but to separate Af rica an' Egypt from the balance ov their nabors. Onless a man had a regiment ov soldiers an' a campln outfit he can not take much ov a tour through Af rica. Hit would be unsafe, on ac count ov wild varmints In the first place, and as lions, tigers, elephants an' hlppotam! an' doxens ov other things that would rather eat you than look at you. But one ov the main objections would be a lack ov suitable hotel accommodations. In some portions or the country, far rom the seashore. . you probably rould find nothin' fit to eat In a week's travel. On the other hand, there Is a real possibility that the cannibals would eat you. tor hit Is a fact that a large portion or the "so ciety folks" in the interior ov Afri ca still enjoy eatin' human flesh for a change, fer they git tired ov ele phant hash, lion steak an' tiger soup. From what I kin see an' hear the race question" is the biggest thing In Africa. I her taken some snort trips into the country, an erbout awl I saw wus niggers, niggers, niggers! An' they wu awl wearln mouruln'. In Cape Colony, wbar tbey Is a -few white people, most or them wear more or less clothing, though, in many eases, a few yards ov cheap, coarse cloth Is ennuff ter clothe a whole family. Back In the country little way a piece or thin cloth sot much larger than a towel serves fer a suit ov clothes fer every-day wear an' fer awl society gatherings. An' hit looks like hit hex bin a long time sence wash-day. In most cases bam boo poles an' crass air used to build "bouses," if the little thatched con traptions can be called houses. The lumber trust can't do much business In Africa. An architect would starve ter death In three hours In Africa, to would a clothln dealer. Africa Is divided Into a number or States or districts. Just when or how these divisions wux made. I do not know, an' I didn't see anybody In Africa who looked like he could tell. I guess hit does not matter. A gude deal or missionary work la bein' done in Africa at this time. . Just what hit will amount ter It more than I can telL I fear the worst an hope fer the best. So far as I noticed, the niggers In Africa air not takln' much stock in pollyticks. This lx well, fer the arerage white man does nothin' in a perlltleal way except ter make a fool or himself an' help bring on panlcks an' cam panes, which lr erbout the same when you bile 'em down. The rivers here air sed ter be full or alligators an' another varmint. crodockodile. or . somethln or that sort (I never could pronounce the name). Both air very. fond or gude things ter eat, sich ax men, women, an' children. Many ov the satires air very fond or gude things, too. especially good, ripe, fat missionaries. The American Board of Foreign Mis sions gets erround. this difficulty by sending only the old. lean type or (Continued on Fag S.) J I 4" I 1 i I ! M i ! pi ! t; I; I. t . I
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