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CAUCA H VOL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1909. No. 49 STAN. EDITORIAL BRIEFS Pie and Democratic principles go hand in band. Th next thing Greensboro will be ntlng Raleigh's new auditorium. You will probably have to make your egg-nog with lemon extracts thin year. Mr. Bryan hopes to rejuvenate the Democratic party by bringing up the drink question. An exchange says that Australia is the poor man's paradise. But how can we get to Australia? Colonel Bryan is nerei short on paramount issues, but what he needs inotst la paramount voters. The Democratic leaders decided it would take Money to lead the min ority in the United States Senate. Baltimore will next week give an empty stocking show. Is that the Lest showing Baltimore can make? There are already five Democratic candidates for Congress in the Eighth District, with more to be heard from. A lady writer says that big feet are s sign of brains. You needn't be ashamed of your number 'levens any longer. With the good times we are having under a Republican national admin istration, it is time for this State to take a hint. Since the South furnishes the few votes the Tammany Democrats might at least allow them to name the tail of the ticket. The Democrats always have a race problem on hand. This time it is the race for office, regardless of the color scheme. The Greensboro News refers to Ex Governor Robert Broadnax Glenn as a "near-statesman." Don't mean right near, though, do you? An Indiana paper says that pov erty is a disease. Now this is a dis ease on which Rockefeller oan spend another million to good effect. A Washington writer Is of the opinion that Senator Bailey was born to lead. To which opinion Colonel Bryan will be sure to dissent. If Mr. Glenn quits his religious work to re-enter politics it will be because he thinks politics of more importance than his religious work. The Ice Trust in New York was convicted for violating the law and fined the maximum, $5,000. The one in this State has not even been in vestigated. The Secretary of War says that more than half of the army recruits are suffering from the hookworm. At this rate Uncle Sam will soon have an army of hookworms. The Greensboro News says there are no principles dn Mr. Bryan's Democracy that ante-date 1896. And there are no principles in his Democ racy that will live until 1912. Some friends of Mr. Bryan say that the men and newspapers opposing his leadership should let up on him. But how can they, when Mr. Bryan will not let up on the public? Col. Bryan says that some Texas Democrats overestimate the Import ance of Texas. Which is probably due to the fact that Col. Bryan bought a lemon grove in Texas. An exchange says that the new minister to China will not talk You can't blame him when you re member that the former minister lost his head for talking too much. An exchange says the largest scrap heap is in San Francisco. The second largest is at Denver, where the last Democratic platform was thrown to gether and then allowed to go to pieces. Six fourth-class postofflces in Ar kansas have been discontinued be cause no one was willing to accept the postmasterships. Are there no Democrats In that section of Arkan sas? The Charlotte Observer has never had much faith in the blood hound hut since one of the Mecklenburg grand Jurors was nabbed last week probably the Observer will hare more faith ia this specie of the eanlme. ANOTHER ATTACK OX MORE HE A I). A Question and Answer: "What Republicans are Displeased With Morehead, and Why?" An An swer That Does Not Answer. The Asheville Gazette-News, one of the organs of the patronage ma chine, in answer to a letter, makes the following tame reply: " "Mr. Morehead's Standing. "We are publishing on this page a letter from Mr. Harris of Dillsboro, asking that we 'inform an anxious reader what Republicans are dis pleased with Congressman Morehead and why?' "As likely ae- not we shall have to leave Mr. Harris unsatisfied, or alone In anxiety. In ' far as our personal knowledge extends Mr. Morehead may stand Just as high in Republican circles in North Carolina as Mr. Har ris thinks he does both at home and In Washington. In the first place we are not very well acquainted with the distinguished subject of Mr. Har ris' letter, albeit we are not unmind ful that the admission cannot be re garded as complimentary to our selves. What little we know, how ever, has not had the effect of en dearing him to us. He was elected to Congress by Republican votes in spite of himself. He had no faith in his own candidacy, and repeatedly said so. It was only the despised "ma chine" that felt that he had any chance, and that Insisted on making a serious campaign. The 6ingle cir cumstance that warranted one in con cluding that he had more than a passing interest in the result was the charge that emanated periodically from Morehead headquarters, in the form of a slanderous accusation that he was not receiving the loyal sup port of the Republican leaders. Fol lowing the election, the legitimate re sult of a patriotic and concerted par ty effort, he was heard to remark, as we understand it, that he was under no obligation to the old time party eaders, and his friends did whatever they could to push along the allega tion of the Democratic press that Morehead would never have received the support of the Republican organ- zation had those attached thereto had any idea he was to be elected. he Morehead followers fostered and pushed along that gratuitously false accusation, Just as it has the latter day charge, upon which the Demo cratic press is . now ringing the changes, that 'the Glasson appoint ment was to be attributed to the machinations of E. C. Duncan, charge which they know, upon no ess authority than the Associated Press, to be wlthoaf the slightest foundation in fact. "So much for the personal and pri vate movements of Mr. Morehead, of which we have any knowledge. As to his Congressional career, we as sume that his legislative achieve ments have not as yet been compiled He has been represented to us as one apart, as not being as other men. This process of reasoning may sound a bit subtle, but we think the great mass of unwashed, unrespectable Re publicans understood what was meant when they were assured that Mr. Morehead was a "commercial," with what the Charlotte Chronicle calls "Democratic affiliations." The one thing that Mr. Morehead particu larly abhorred and deprecated, along with his party chief, was any move ment inside his party household that suggested an organized chase for Federal patronage. The eighty thous and plebs of his own party must, therefore, have regarded the spec tacle with some surprise, not unmix ed with disappointment, when they observed that the most conspicuous act of their superior's Congressional career had taken the form of a pal pitating chase for. a piece of census patronage, a chase that, for heat and singleness of purpose, made the ef forts of the old-line professionals in that direction look like a cool, col lected Indifference. "But, as we have before remarked, it Is possible that Mr. Morehead stands Just as highly in Republican circles as Mr. Harris says he does. The Chronicle editorial, to which our offending remarks had reference, says that the "machine" is against him, and Mr. Harris knows as well as we who constitute the organiza tion of his party. The Chronicle may be wrong. Mr. Morehead may be held by his party in a sort of blanket af fection. It is certain that this is one of the things that the future will determine. "Congressman Morehead denies that he ever said he proposed to resign if he were not permitted to name the census supervisor in his district. It was even said that he told the President that such was his Intention, should Mr. Taft fail to re voke the Glasson appointment. In considering this denial it is of minor interest to recall that the story was first set in motion in a special from Greensboro, we believe It was, by the custodian of the Morehead Guberna torial boom." The letter referred to is as fol lows: Mr. Harris Makes an Inquiry. Editor of The Gazette-News: I notice in your paper of November 26th that you say or suggest 'that Republicans are not consumed with love and affection for Congressman Moorehead.' I have noted also other (Continued on Page 3.) ZELAYA'STROUBLES Strong Demonstration atNica- raguan Capitol Against President Zelaya. TOO MUCH FOR THE POLICE President Zelaya Has Promised to Publish To-day Announcement of His Resignation From Presidency Situation Favors the Insurgents Mob Cheers Insurgent Leader and Praises United States "Long Lire Liberty; Down With Oppres sion I" Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 14. Rebellion has broken out at the capital. The streets are filled with unrestrained demonstrators. Shouts of "Long live liberty; the United States and Estrada!" fill the air. The police have made no move to check the mob. It is said that President Zelaya has promised to publish to day the announcement of his resig nation from the presidency. For the first time in sixteen years a street meeting of malcontents has been permitted without police inter ference. The demonstration began last night and continued for hours. This forenoon comparative quiet has been restored, but the significance of the events of the last few hours admit of but one Interpretation. The anti-Zelaya feeling is so strong that the government does not dare to at tempt its suppression. The climax was reached last night when the government attempt ed to put through Congress a bill conceding to certain exploiters min ing rights covering vasts undefined areas irrespected of the private own ership of the surface of the proper ties. Congressman Enrique Corda opposed the measure in a speech that aroused the wildest enthusiasm. The government, seeing that the motion was in danger of being lost, percipl- tatedly adjourned the session. It was too late, however, to head off the burst of indignation that had swept over the legislative body, supposed to have been friendly to Zelaya. The announcement of the adjournment was greeted with hisses, and when Corda left the building he was given an ovation. From the meeting place the Con gressman was followed to his hotel by a mob which alternately cheered Corda and cried, "Long live liberty!" "Down with oppression!" .THREE WOMEN. BUS VICTIMS. Savannah Horrified by the Crime of a Negro Brute Polios Arrested 150 Persons. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 10. Victims of a feaful crime, Mrs. Eliza Grib bell, aged seventy years, and her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Ohlander, were found dead in their home, 401 Perry Street west, here to-day. A third, Mrs. Maggie Hunter, aged thirty-two, found Just inside the front door of the house, is dying at the Savannah Hospital. Physicians state that Mrs. Ohlan der was the victim of an assault be fore she was killed. A reward of $1,000 for the capture of the mur derer has been offered. Negro men, numbering 150, caught in the meshes of the police drag-net through Yamacraw, the negro section of the city, are prisoners In the police station, the theory of the po lice being that a negro, having plan ned an assault upon Mrs. Ohlander, was compelled to commit the other crimes to escape. Other arrests will be made, until every negro in the city who in any way resembles the description of one who has been seen-frequently about the premises of- the house of the murdered woman in the last three days is a prisoner. The police believe that this ne gro, using an axe taken from the woodshed in the rear of the Gribble home, beat Mrs. Gribble to death, strucK down tne unknown woman and, after assaulting Mrs. Ohlander in the wide, long hallway where the bodies were found, finished his work by beating in her skull with the axe Serious Drought in. the Virginias and Maryland. Winchester, Va., Dec. 10. The drought which prevails in Northern Virginia, West Virginia and Mary land has become so serious as to oc casion alarm. No rain of any conse quence has fallen for six months Streams are going dry which were never known to fall before, while the drying up of the wells and cisterns necessitates the hauling of water in many Instances for miles. The wheat which was seeded the past fall is making but little growth owing to the entire lack of moisture In the soil. A Disastrous Fire at Spring Hope. Spring Hope. N. C, Dec. 13. Spring Hope was hit a heavy lick this morning when her handsome ho tel, Hotel Margaret, a brick store room, the Methodist church, the Methodist parsonage, a wooden livery stable, a wooden store-room, a shoe- shop, and a dwelling-house was burn ed to the ground. TEN PERSONS KILLED Fatal Wreck on Southern Railway Near Greens boro Yesterday. A Number of Others Were Seriously Injured All Bodies Hare Not Yet Been Recovered Injured Carried to Hospital- A Broken Rail Causes the Wreck. Greensboro, N. C, Dec 16. The Southern Railway southbound local passenger train No. 11 had a serious wreck near Brown Summit, fifteen miles from here, between -Reidsville and Greensboro, this morning, and fourteen are reported dead, and nine seriously, If not fatally, injured. The dead in the wreck so far iden tified and known are: A. P. Cone, Superintendent Rich mond Division Southern Railway, of Richmond. John Broadnax, Jr., Richmond and Greensboro, distiller. D. C. Noland, railway official, ad-i dress unknown. Charley Bagley, Manchester, Va., flagman. H. C. White, Richmond, Va., trav eling auditor Southern Railway. Ed. Saxton, Denton, N. C. V. E. Holcombe, attorney. Mount Airy, N. C F. W. Kirby, address unknown. Among those Injured are: Alva C. Harris, Reidsville, N. C. William Klmmon, Davidson Col lege, N. C. H. L. Stribbling, Winston, N. C. Benjamin Hill, colored, Reidsville, N. 0. SOME STARTLING FACTS. Mecklenburg Grand Jnry Find That Convicts Have to Eat With Chips and Pieces of Bark Vicious Bloodhounds Allowed to Run at Large and Are a Menance to the Community. Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 11. That the convicts of Mecklenburg eat with chips and pieces of bark is the start ing disclosure made by the regular report of the grand Jury, which late to-day completed its six months' term of service under Judge James Webb, and there Is greate danger In ettlng run loose the "so-called" bloodhounds &t Je convfbt camps, Is another declaration of the grand ury, following the narrow escape of k Juror who was attacked viciously by a dog and was saved only in the niek of time. We recommend, says the report submitted to-day: "That the dogs at the camp be held In leash, at least during the day, as one of the grand Jurors, while nspecting the camp, was attacked by one or tne so-caiiea biooanounas, which was finally subdued after a fierce fight. We deem it a menace to the public to let these beasts run at large In the day time." In regard to the lack of means for transferring their food from the lit tle plates of tin to their mouths at meal time, at the camps, the grand Jury says: "We recommend that spoons be furnished the convicts to eat dinner, as we found most of the convicts eating dinner with chips and pieces of bark." What excuse the keepers of the three camps in Mecklenburg County, with their seventy-five to one hun dred charges, will make to this sen sational report is not known, as the camps are located out in the country and are not easy of access. The grand Jury was perhaps reduced to state of mind bordering on para noia by the vicious attack of the so called bloodhound, and was not in a frame of mind to hurl over many boquets at the managers of the camps and those who look after the convicts' welfare. It should be said, however, that this jury, which so stirred the wrath of the canines about the camps, reported that the convicts were well fed and clothed, and had sanitary advlsary quarters. MR, W. C. DO WD ELECTED PRES IDENT. Baptist State Convention Will Meet at Hendersonville Next Year. Wadesboro, N. C, Dec. 10. The closing service of the seventy-ninth annual session vu given over to a mass meeting tonight on the subject of evangelism. The speakers were Rev. Baylus Cade of Shelby; Rev. J, D. Prestrldge, D. D., of Louisville, Ky and Mr. N. B. Broughton, of Raleigh. Mr. W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte, was elected president. The next meeting will be held at Hendersonville. Miraculous Escape of Young Lady at High Point. High Point, N. C, Dec 13. Miss Bessie Davis was knocked down by a passenger train here this afternoon and carried several feet under the engine before the train was stopped. It was a miracle that she escaped alive and with not even a broken bone, and except for the shock, she is all right. She was waiting on freight to pass and attempted to cross the track Immediately before the on-coming train. She Is a sister- in-law of Mr. S. E. Tucker of this oity. TAFT UNCHANGED His Critics Have Modified Their Views as Regards His Message THE ROOSEVELT POLICIES Special Messages Will Be Sent to Congress on Subjects not Covered in His Regular Message Presi dent Admonishes Census Supervis ors to Stay Out of Politics Hon. J. A. Smith Urging Ills Contest Against Mr. Webb Visitors at the National Capital. (Special to The Caucasian.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 14 Those who are prompt to criticise President Taft's message on the ground that he failed to declare for a continua tion of the Roosevelt policies In the three most important respects, have largely modified their views. They see that the President's message squarely declares that very soon special messages will be sent to Con gress on these very points. On the trust question, the Presi dent naturally wanted to wait to see what the Supreme Court of the United States would do with the de cision in the Standard Oil case. Just what the highest court in the land would hold to be the law on this crucial question would, of course, de termine what changes, if any, should be made to strengthen the anti-trust law. On the question of conservation of natural resources, it is understood that the President was awaiting an nvestigation as to the differences that had grown up between the Inte rior Department and the Agricul tural Department as .to the best methods to be pursued to carry out the Roosevelt policies to further this mportant movement. On the question of the regulation of railroad rates, it is well known (but a fact which many had over- ooked) that the President had some months ago appointed a commission of some strong lawyers to confer and co-operate with the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission in drafting a bill to enlarge and strengthen the powers of the Inter- State Commerce Commission, and If need be, to create an Interstate court to hear all such cases direct and with an appeal only to the Supreme Court of the United States. Since the Pres- dent's message was sent to Congress this commission has made its report, and a special message will soon go to Congress from the President on this subject. Census Supervisors in Politics. Last week a meeting of a large number of the census supervisors of the United States, Including nearly all of the supervisors of North Caro lina, was called to meet in Washing ton. The Director of the Census drilled them in their duties and then took them in a body to call on the President. While at the White House, the President took accasion to emphati cally warn these supervisors that they must not be guilty of doing any political work for any Congressman or party organization of any kind while serving the Government as of ficers of the Census. He further warned them that if any of the enu merators appointed by them were, caught in doing any kind or partisan or political work that they should dismiss them at once, and besides, he said, turning to the supervisors, "If you do not do this I will dismiss you, and if I catch any of you doing any political work you will be dis missed for that reason also." It is understood that the President is very determined on this point, and that he has let It be known that he will welcome any Information sent to him showing that any of the cen sus supervisors or enumerators have in any way violated these instruc tions. He made it plain that these officers would not be expected to serve as delegates to conventions or to take an active part in manipulating pri maries or conventions. This infor mation will, of courae, be very dis turbing and disquieting to the pat ronage machine in North Carolina, which not only appointed all of the supervisors except in the districts represented by Republican Congress men, but which actually tried to grab the supervisor in Congressman Morehead's district. Many North Carolinians Here. During the last week a number of prominent North Carolinians have been in the city. Ex-Congressman Thomas Settle is hear as the guest of Congressman Morehead. He Is prominently spoken of as district at torney for the western district. He Is a brilliant young lawyer and would fill any position with credit .to his party and to the State. Mr. Logan, who is the manager of Congressman Grant's campaign, is here, and is slated as the marsha for the western district. Mr. Mc- Veagh, 'of Alamance County, who is said to have the endorsement of the patronage machine for this posi tion, has also been here, as well as Mr. McCreary, and other candidates for the same position. Hon. John A. Smith, the Republi can candidate for Congress in the Charlotte District, has been here looking after his contest against Con gressman Webb. Former Senator Thurston is his attorney, and it is claimed by Mr. Smith's friends that there will be enough Irregularities snd frauds shown In the district to change the result. Mr. D. A. Thompklna, the proprie tor of the Charlotte Observer, and who was seriously considered by the President for Minister to China. Mr. Tlllstt of the Charlotte bar. Es-At-torney General Walser, and many other North Carolinians have been here during the past week. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Nine persons were found frosen to death on a fish boat on Lake Erie Sunday. Census figures show that 8.878.- 277 bales of cotton had been ginned to December 1st. Wilson Superior Court will con vene Monday. There are more than 100 cases on the docket It is rumored that the Norfolk and Southern will build a handsome new station at Elizabeth City. One hundred car loads of grain were burned In East St. Loujs Mon day, the loss being $100,000. Three persons were killed and eighteen injured Tuesday in a wreck on the New York Central at North east, Pa. Master Kenneth Kirby, the son of Mr. J. H . Kirby of Kenly, was kicked by a horse Sunday and rendered un conscious. The minority have chosen Senator Money as their leader in the United States Senate, to succeed Senator Culberson. Mr. T. J. Murchison, of the Spen cer Mercantile Company, of Spencer, N. C, died suddenly Monday night In a hotel in Baltimore. Sarah Bunn, an aged colored wo man, of Rocky Mount, has a well developed case of small-pox. She has been quarantined. Stephen M. Noble, of Lenoir Coun ty, committed suicide Sunday after noon at his home near Klnston. No reason was given for his rash act. Governor Xltchln has revoked his order for a special term of eourt In Burke County, which was to have been held, beginning January 10th. - Miss Rosa Holmes, of Salisbury, was painfully injured Friday by the explosion of a oan of baked beans which she had placed on a hot stove. Mr. E. H. Pickles, of Bayboro, Pamlico County, was accidentally killed at his mill. A fly wheel struck his head and tore tho whole top of t off. Andrew Burns shot and killed John McLoughlln in Grays Creek Township, Cumberland County Sat urday afternoon. It was claimed that the shooting was accidental. Both parties were colored. Frank H. Watlington, a merchant of Winston-Salem, was sand-bagged and robbed by three negroes Satur day night. The robbers secured $100 and some valuable papers. Sam Carrlngton, colored, of Eliza beth City, died Sunday as the result of wounds he received at the hands of an unknown party. His daughter has been arrested charged with the crime. Seven persons were burned to death in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tuesday, In a fire which destroyed a Urge four-story tenement house. Fifteen others were seriously Injured, three of whom will die. The Atlantic Southern Chemical Company, of Greensboro, has filed a certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State. The authorized capital stock is $200,000, but may organize with $75 paid in. Representative Page has introduc ed a bill in Congress providing for the payment of five thousand dollars to the heirs of Joseph Graham Howie of Monroe, N. C, who, while In the discharge of his duty as a mechanic, fell from the House office building in Washington and was killed. Army Officer Dies From Leprosy. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 12. Death re moved probably the only case of lep rosy in the United States Army to day when First Sergeant C O. Mix, of the Seventy-second Company Coast Artillery, died in his lonely cottage on the Fort Screven reservation. Mix enlisted from Brownsrille, Texas, and served in the Cuban cam paign during the Spanish-American War. It was here the disease was contracted. Guilford County Farmers Organize. Greensboro, Dec. 11 The Guilford County Farmers' Union was organ ized here today as a branch of the North Carolina Division of the Farm ers' Educational and Co-Operatlve Union of America. The Guilford branch starts out with a membership of about two hundred and fifty. BILKINS JN MANILA The Major Feels at Horn In Our Island Territory. HE GIVES REAL HISTORY Spain Xersr Had Full The Soil Oremt Variety of PiwV ducts Grow Th Land of Rice and nmp -The Country fWvovertng From Long War Period Bllklae Visits the Saltan of Hula aad Has a Great Time. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. Manila. P. I . Dec. 1. 1909. I am far from the American shore. But when I look about an see that the American flag floats orer every public bulldin. 1 know that I am In America in a sense, at least. The Philippine Islands air th greatest group or island In the world. In number, anyway, for there air at least fourteen hundred Islands n the bunch. The Japanese group only contains six hundred. Hut Ja pan contains more territory, aome or the island! bein larger. Most or the arge Islands, the ones Inhabited, air named so as to distinguish them. Hut many ov tbe Islands air very small. little sand, some grass and a few bushes. Luzon. Fanay, Ngros, Ce- bu and Samar air by far tbe largest. Luzon, the largest Island, ii very much like the larger Japanese Isl ands, bein' very fertile and great mountains tower up along hits entire ength, causln the climate to be cool and that portion ov the island Is com paratively healthy. Back In the palmy days or Bpaln she got control ov tbe Philippines; sbout the same time she planted her flag In Cuba, I guess. The original population wus a mixture and hit soon become Moroes. Hit is now hiliplno, Spanish, Chinese. Jap- snese, Russian, with a recent addi tion ov American blood. The Phlllplnos, however, air Intel- lgent, and they air quite religious. the Catholics and other denomina tions havln' quite a foothold through out most ov the islands. But Spain never had much foot hold In the Philippines. She man aged to collect a considerable amount or taxes from the Inhabitants and wus compelled to keep a large num ber ov soldiers at the larger towns. But even military rules did not reaeh ar. Bomethin' like twelve years ago a chain ov circumstances relieved Spain ov tbe Philippines and restored Cuba to the Cubans. For years Spain had been tryln' to control her two great colonies, the one In the Atlantic, the other In the Pacific. Hit finally ended in real war. Durln' tbe j war in Cuba, while tbe Spanish gov ernment wuz tryln' to crush the re bellion, an American battleship, the Maine," happened to visit Havana. Most ov your readers know what happened. The Spanish government denied awl knowledge ov the blowln' up ov the Maine and the death ov several hundred American sailors. After failin' to git satisfaction, the United States decided to give Spain a thra8hln A portion ov the Span ish navy wuz tlsn at Manila, the principal seaport ov the Philippines. Admiral Dewey, commandln' a di vision ov the American navy, set sail for the Philippines. Or course the Spanish government heard or that. but the impression seemed to get out somehow that Dewey wus out fer a practice cruise." But when he sail ed into Manila harbor one dark and stormy night and waded into the Spanish fleet with his sleeves rolled up there wuz another tune. In about two hours hit wus awl over. Every Spanish warship that had floated so proudly a few hours before wus at the bottom ov the bay and Dewey's fleet had not lost a man. Just a little later another division ov the Amer ican navy anchored near the city or Havana and "bottled up" the Cuban division ov the Spanish navy. When the Spanish attempted to escape some time later by slippin out or the har bor at nite practically every ship wus destroyed and the war wuz soon over. We took the Philippine islands to pay the cost ov the war, or a por tion or hit, but at the same time, paid Spain some cash for them. At a later date we drove Spain out or Cuba and gave the Cubans Independ ence, reserrin' the rite to interfere If we cared to, if necessary. That is the brief story or how we got the Philippines, how the may ov the world wuz changed one dark and stormy nite. Or course, the brief imperfect history I her given will not be news to some people. But the boys and girls who were small twelve years ago may be interested In hear in' how the United States happened to get this valuable slice ov real es tate in the Far East. The principal industry fn the Phil ippines is agriculture. The soil pro duces a great variety or products. Rice iz the chief article or food, most ov hit bein' consumed at home. Hemp-lz by far the largest product raised for export, hit bein used to make cotton baggin and sich things. Sugar cane lz grown to some extent, but iz not now very profitable. To ( Continued on Page 1.)
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