The
ESTABLISHED 1888.
Big British Steamer Crashed
Into Torpedo Boat De
stroyer, Cutting Her in
Half Many Lives Were
Lost.
Lieutenant Middleton Perish
ed With Others Twenty
two Men Were Rescued
After Desperate Fight For
Their Lives.
By Associated Tress.
Portsmouth. Fug., April 3. T'nirty
men. including Lieutenant Middle
ton, commander of the torpedo boat de
stroyer Tiger, lost their lives off the
Lie of Wight last night between that
vessel and the British cruiser Berwick.
The vessels -ilong to the Portsmouth
division of the British home licet and
were engaged in night manouvres in
the channel on their way to Port
land. The night was very dark and the
Berwick was steaming slowly.
When the destroyer attempted to
cross the big cruiser's how she was
caught amidships and cut in half with
knife-like precision, sinking almost, im
mediately. The deck crew, who were dressed in
heavy oilskins and boots went down
wPh the vessel, not having time to
free themselves from these heavy en
cumbrances. The
men who were rescued , most
of whom were engineers and stokers,
and having on light clothing, were able,
to keep themselves afloat until the
boats from the other
h i p?
which
were immediately launched, picked
them up.
Sea Dotted With Men.
Smaller naval vessels were in the
midst of the attack on their bigger
consorts when the disaster occurred.
The entire fleet was under masked
lights, and in darkness. The destroy
er was cut in two as if she had been
made of paper. The forward half
sank instantaneously and the sea be
came dotted with struggling men.
Most of them, however, sank before
help could reach them. The Tiger
had a compliment of 59 men.
New R-?te cf "Shoo Fly."
Special to The News. ..
Raleigh, N. C, April 3. An agree
ment has been .'cached between the
Seaboard Air Bine and the corponu in
whereby the "Shoo Fly" train, now
making a round trip daily from We!
don to Raleigh, will run from Norlina
to Raleigh and return. 8 instead of 'Jo
miles. The Raleigh-Norlina section is
believed will yield a revenue. The pres
ent run is claimed to have an average
loss of 13 cents a mile.
Secretary Taft
In Chicago
Chicago, 111., April 3. Secretary
Taft has a busy period of forty-eight
hours before him, if he fulfills all the
engagements mapped out for him by
the Chicago reception committee.
The Secretary of Yv'ar arrives in
the city early his evening from Co
lumbus. He will be taken at once
to the Auditorium, where he is to
deliver an address on the Philippines
at the annual banquet of the Baptist
Social Union. t
The moment ho is through his
speech he will be whisked over to the
great dining hall of the Congress Ho
tel across the street, and will appear
as chief guest of honor at the Ap
pomattox Day banquet of the Hamil
ton Club.
Mr. Taft's speech will be informal,
and it is expected that perhaps be
mav overlook his vow now to talk
politics in any of
states and that h-j
the "favorite son
may speak on the
national situation.
Secretary Taft will
finished fel'ow speakers;
ilton Club banquet.
Governor Wilson, of
have
at th
distin
: Ham-
Kentucky, is
to speak on "The Youth's Part in the
Government of the Country," and
Governor Fort, of New Jersey, will
respond to the toast, "Grant."
It is a significant, fact that the
names of both of these governors
have been mentioned in connection
with the vice presidential nomina
tion on the republican ticket.
Tomorrow Secretary Taft will be
entertained at a luncheon at the Press
Club, and during the afternoon he will
receive his friends and admirers at
the Hamilton Club.
He will close the day, according
to present arrangements, with an
address at a banquet to be given un
der the auspices of the Commercial
Club.
Prominent Doctor Commits Suicide.
Special to The News.
Greenville, S. C, April 3. Dr. Nor
wood K. Vance, son of Major J. K.
Vance, and brother of Mrs. J. W. Gray,
Mrs. M. Norwood and Mrs. A. L. Eu
bank, of this city, committed suicide
Tuesday night in a room in the Kim
ball house, in Atlanta.
The body was not found until 9
o'clock yesterday.
ws h eis the Largest
m m i a
A Disastrous Fire
Visit Lynchburg
By Associated Press.
Yynehburg, Ya. April 3. One of
the most destructive fires in this city
in 20 years occurred when four fac
tories, three of them tobacco plants,
and four negro dwellings were con
sumed, with a total loss of 225,000,
insurance $175,000.
The tire raged during a 20-mile
wind and the firemen were powerless
to cope with the blaze.
The factory of the Norfolk and
Westeral Overall Company and three
tobac?o factories, occupied by W. G.
Dunnington, of Farmville, in which
more than a million pounds of to
bacco for the Austrian and Italian
trade were stored, were the business
b u i i d i n gs destroy ed .
The loss on the tobacco factories
being SI 1T,000, was fully insured.
A number of small fires were start
ed en "Diamond Hill" by flying
embers and a large number of citi
zens spent an hour and a half pro
tecting their property with buckets
and garden house
1 1 is believed
the fire was of in-
cendiary origin.
Dimnington is
Kentucky, which
port that "Night
been concerned.
a heavy buyer in
gave rise to the ro
ll iders" might have
The Farmer Boys Play
Davidson Here Tomorrow
The first game of college baseball in
Charlotte will be played here tomor
row afternoon when the fastest teams
in the state, Davidson and A. & M..
will fight, for honors. The boys will
airive in (he city tomorrow morning.
Davidson will be strongly supported
by local fans and.it is probable that
the student body will come down to
cheer their team on to victory. Though
the farmer boys will not be wifbout
rooters for living in Charlotte are a
large number of alumni of that institu
tion. Both nines are made up of good ma
terial with several of last year's stars.
This being the first game of the sea
son and because of the local interest
a big crowd is expected to witness the
contest.
Rev. Hclyrod N?w Pastor.
GrecnviI:o, S. C, April 3. Rev. R.
L. Holy rod succeeds Rev. Mr. Harley
as pastor of St. Paul's Methodist
church. Mr. Harley recently resigned
to lake the supcrintendency of the
Anti-SalncMi League in this state.
T'-n 'nut i iiT'-i .'lw v i j 'l fnt', f-:V.7
man,
in orator, and i
'laving rroachc
already pe. iiila r h"; o.
in Green ilie suinc
il services.
Big Distillery
Was Burned
Damage of Nearly Million
Dollars Done by I ire in
Large Distillery Great
Quantity of Liquor was
Consumed,
By Associated Press.
Peoria, 111., April 3. Fire which
started in a mill at the Corning &.
Company's distillery was still raging
at 'J: 30 o'clock and indications were
that the entire plant, including two
immense bonded warehouses, elevator,
cattle yards and storehouses would be
entirely wiped out.
The damage so far is placed at be
tween $750,000 and $1,000,000.
Several explosions occurred, endan
gering the lives of the firemen.
Soon after the fire started 50,000
gallons of spirits in thetill plant were
consumed.
Shortly after the first explosion, 3,
000 head of cattle stampeded and ran
at large in the railroad yards.
Many Pilgrims in Rome
Rome, April 3. The approach of
Holy Week finds Rome rapidly filling
with pilgrims representing the Ro
man Catholic Church throughout the
world.
Owing to the celebration of the
papal sacerdotal jubliee this year the
number of pilgrims is expected to
be the large;;!; in many years.
A big pilgrimage is organizing to
come from France, and to its mem
bers the Pope will deliver an ad
dress concerning the conditions of the
Church in France.
Another pilgrimage, largo in size,
is now on its way from the United
States, and to it the Vatican authori
ties will pay special attention.
Still other pilgrimages are expect
ed from Germany, England, Austria,
Hungary and other countries of Eu
rope. On account of these pilgrimages
Holy Week will assume unusual splen
dor in the Eternal City, because the
Pope will himself officiate in the
Sistine Chapel, and Cardinal Ram
polla in the Vatican Basilica, of which
he is the archpriest.
It is expected that both shrines
will be crowded with foreign visitors.
In fact, there is already an unprece
dented demand for tickets of admission.
Circulation of
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THE ONLY EVENING
CHARLOTTE, N.
ROOSEVELT "Young Man, In Base
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, April 3. After
years of unsuccessful efforts to intro
duce Egyptian cotton into the United
states, the bureau of plant, industry o!"
the department, of agriculture reports
that promising results have been se
cured in New Mexico and Arizona.
Several millions of dollars worth of
Egyptian cotton is annually imported
into the United States and it, has been
the desire of the department, to develop
its cultivation in this country.
Dr. Webber, now of Cornell, experi
mented with the Egyptian plant in
South Carolina and Northern 'Georgia,
but the climate in those sections prov
ed too severe.
Hybrids cultivated by Dr. Webber
also were unsuccessful.
It is stiU believed, however, that the
plant cau be successfully cultivated in
northern Florida and southern Geor
gia. The experiments of Dr. Carson, of the
department of agriculture, in the Col
orado river basin, within the past few
years have proven successful, as much
as Ooo pounds cf lint having been se
cured from one acre last year.
Egyptian cotton, while not as val
uable as the best grades of Sea Island
cot um. is considered more valuable
than the inland specimens of Sea Isl
and and upland varieties.
Safe Crackers Successful.
T5v Associated Press.
"Norfolk, Va., April 3 Burglars
blew open a safe in the post office at
Princess Anne Court House, Va., last
night and secured $500 in cash,
stamps and registered mail. No clue
has been found.
Rally at Barge's Store.
re was a rally of the Anti-Safoon
Tin
forces at Barnes' store last night. A
league was formed. Messrs. Justice
and Tye spoke.
Germany Gets
Eisht Years
Special to The News.
Judge Webb today sentenced Hardin
Germany, who was convicted of send
ing an infernal machine to Mr. Caesar
Cone, to eight years iu the penitenti
ary, saying that he had remitted two
years because Germany gave Mr. Cone
warning.
When the sentence was pronounced
Germany fell headlong to the door iu
an apparent dead faint.
The physician in attendance said
nothing was the trouble except that
Germany was a morphine iicud, and
needed the drug, lie recovered quick
ly. MR. ELBERT L. SH ERR! LL DEAD
Aged Man of Catawba County Goes to
H?"3 Long Home.
A telegram last night, to Mr. Junius
P. Sherrill announced the death of his
father, Mr. Elbert L. Sherrill, at the
homo of his son-in-law, Mr. C. L. Turn
er, at Mombo Heights, in Catawba
county.
Mr. Sherrill left for that plaeo on. the
earlv train accompanied by his wife
amf child and Mr. C- W. Hunt.
Mr. Sherrill was past eighty years of
age, and it was not know here that ho
was ill till the news of his death came.
The interment will be on Saturday at
Rehoboth church, near Terrell post
office, by the side of Ins wife, who died
about 20 months ago. Deceased was
highly esteemed in his community.
Frost Tonight.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon a tele
gram was received at the local weather
station from Washington, D. C, read
ing as follow-s: t
"Frost probable tonight in ' North
Carolina and interior of South Caro
lina and Georgia."
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Any Afternoon,
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLO TTE,
C, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1908.
llkfi a FOREST R
.i A FIELD TO TH
A HINT TO BALL PLAYERS.
Ball, As In Politics, Its the BIG STICK Work that Counts!"
2 he Funeral
Bishop Lomax
Throngs of People Crowd
J he Little Church which
Cannot Come Near to
Accommodating Grief
Stricken Colored People
The funeral of Bishop Lomax, which
took place here today, was the larg
est attended by any colored obsequies
in the history of the city. Since yes
terday morning every train has
brought great throngs of prominent
colored people, many of them preach
ers, to pay a last tribute to the mem
ory of the dead bishop. .Nearly every
town within a radi: : of fifty miles sent
delegations of both ministers and lay
men, representing the Methodist
church, of which the deceased was a
prominent leader.
Delegations were here from Salis
bury, Concord, Statesville, Greens
boro and many other nearby cities,
besides many liign ciiurcnmcn trom a
distance. The throngs of people on
the sticet attracted much attention.
Clinton Chapel, on Mint street, in
which the funeral serbices were held,
was not large enough to hold the great
crowds, and long before the procession
arrived, at 1:30, the church was full,
and many more were on the outside.
Men, women and children were there,
the neighbors of the dead bishop, in
whose looks there wras genuine grief.
The church was draped in black, and
behind the altar was banked a great
profusion of flowers. In the front of
the church seats were set aside for
tlu - large, number of wdiite friends of
the bishop, who were present, among
thce being several of the white min
isters of ti'c city.
The family was preceded into the
church by four surviving bishops,
namely, C. R. Harris, of Salisbury: O.
W. Clinton, of Charlotte; J. Y:.
Aistock, of Montgomery, Ala., and J.
W. Smith of Washington, D. C, and
after them came the ministers.
The first oration was by Bishop
Clinton, and he was followed by Rev.
Frank Silcr, who talked of the life
of the dead bishop.
During the singing of a sweet solo,
in the stillness of the church as the
soft music, and sad words echoed,
could be heard the sobs and moans
of the grieved.
There were several speakers, and
the services lasted nearly two and a
half hours.
The following w-ere the pallbearers:
Drs. Atkins, R. B. Brice, W. M. Robin
son, J. H. Anderson, G. C. Clement,
S. L. Carruthcrs, O. L. W. Smith, II. L.
Simmons.
The honorary pallbearers were Wil
liam Sutton, PW. Lawrence, H. Blake,
D. C. Bauni and M. Ingram.
The interment was had at Pincvood
cemetery.
The following party from Monroe is
registered at the Buford Hotel: Dr.
J. W. Neal, Mrs. 0. M. Beasley, Miss
May Beasley and Mr. John eBasiey, Mr.
ami Mrs. Roscoe Fhifer and Billie B.
i'h iter.
Noted Divorce
Suit Opens
By Associated Tress.
New York, April 3. David McClure.
referee appointed to hear the case of
Mrs. Alfred G. Vandervilt, who has
brought action, believed to be for ab
solute divorce, has begun taking evi
dence. The first witness called was Howard
Kempster, who was valet of Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
The principal question at issue is
said to be the amount of alimony to
be paid by Mr. Vanderbilt.
It is reported that he has consented
to the payment of the lump sum of
$1,500,000. and that if this is accept
ed as satisfactory his defense will be
of a passive character, otherwise the
action will be actively contested.
Pa, per Published irv the Two Carolines
m 1 m a
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C,
ers of the two parties
April
-Lead-
in the house of
representatives agree that yesterday's
engagement on the floor was but a
skirmish preliminary to an extended
battle in which the democratic minor
ity expects to fight out to a finish
its program of endeavoring to secure
by coercion certain legislation de
manded by them and in part recom
mended by the president and the rep
ublican majority will abandon its
defensive attitude and carry the war
across the border.
Five of the big appropriation bills
are yet to be disposed of, and as the
fighting order of the minority is to
compel action on selected measures
by blockading all action, neither
minor bills nor debates of any length
must be allowed to consume the time
ixemainmg.
Mr. Williams, leader of the minor
ity, denies that the affray was in the
nature of a filibuster. lie declared
that the democrats were not filibus
tering, but "are intent upon a. serious
and highly commendable effort; to
force the republicans to do one. of
two things; either pass certain meas
ures which most of them are 'per
sonally in favor of and which the re
publican president has urged, or suffer
themselves to be recorded openly and
individually as opposed to them."
Two Roll Calls.
The understanding from direct
sources is that the republicans arc
prepared to bear up against the war
fare of the minority for limited time
without recourse to the deadly weap
on of the majority the rules com
mittee but that the democrats will
not be permitted to imperil by delay
li-ig.tipi jp'irjc.i bills. Two roll calls
we're forced it th beginning of the
session.
Two Pardons
Were Granted
Special to '"The N
Raleigh, N. C, .
was granted by in
J. M. Arnold, of
voting man under
iril A pardon
governor today to
aven county, the
sentence of five
vesrs in the nenitentiary on
the
charge of criminal assault with intent
to outrage, this ieing the case in
which a large delegation of citizens
of the county wer' before the gover
nor a week ago to urge a pardon
before Arnold entered in the service
sentenced.
This he v.oulrt' have had to do next
Monday.
The woman,. Was his second cousin,
invited him ;to spend the night at
her house rather than drive a long
way in th night to his own home.
No one eVM was there. Late at night
she telephoned the police at Dover
to come and arrest Arnold. They
found bi,m asleep. He denied the
charge. The woman had a grudge
against Win and had boasted to get
even on' old scores. Now she joins
in the request for a pardon on the
ground 'that he has "suffered enough."
Governor Glenn says had he been
on the; jury he would not have con
victed Arnold.
The '.order is that he pay $300 costs
in ihe! case because be deserves to
bear punishment for the
was in! having no moral
where he was.
Another pardon by the
to Rol'.'ort Wall, who has
position
right to
he
be
governor is
served nine
of twelve months sentence from Un
ion coi'vnty, for stealing a bicycle.
Seveih applications for pardons
were refused. Chas. Paul, serving 4
years cm the Craven roads for re
ceiving stolen goods; John Gordan,
-Tvears on the roads of Forsyth, for
murder ijn the second degree; Solo
mon Thompson, 5 months on the
Union rops, for retailing; William
McLean, iT years in the penitentiary,
CHARLOTTE MAN'S
IDEA ADOPTED
L. C. Page & Co., of Boston, Quick to
See the Value of Mr. Stone's Adver
tising Placard for Mr. Durham's
Book, "The Call cf the South."
Fully in sympathy with the spirit of
the book itself is the display in Stone
& Barringer's store window today of
Mr. Robert Lee Durham's powerful
novel, "The Call cf the South." The
books are displayed in profusion in the
window they make the third install
ment w hich the firm has received, and
they are going like "hot cakes," as
the other two batches went. Many
calls from smaller towns in the south
are coming in.
A high compliment is paid Stone &
Barringer in the adoption by L. C. Page
& Co., the great publishing house of
Boston, which is handling the novel, of
a design for a huge placard which he
has in his display-window. It is sim
ply two great strips of color black
and white, or course, sharply contrast
ing, and with no semblance of a blend.
Across from the white to the black
strip a trumpet is sounding forth "The
Call of the South." The publishing
house has adopted this design for part
of the stationery it uses in connection
with Mr. Durham's book. Mr. Page
wrote to Mr. Stone, complimenting him
upon his apt idea.
A blue-coated trumpeter is sounding
the alarm in the display-window and
the original drawings from wdiich Mr.
Roth's illustrations were made are to
be seen.
Dr. II. F. Chreitzburg, of Monroe,
says of the book, "It is the best thing
on the race question which has yet
been written." Dr. Chreitzburg also
said that the speech of Senator Rut
Icdge would, do credit to the south's
most illustrious senator.
Mr. O'Callahan Here.
Mr. M. P. O'Callahan, formerly man
ager of the Central Hotel in this city,
is spending a few days here en route
to his home in Washington, D. C, from
Hot Springs, Ark., where he was mana
ger of a hotel during the season just
(dosed. Mr. O'Callahan managed the
Ocean View Hotel, near Norfolk, Va.,
last season and he will probably take
the managership again this season.
Crittentcn Circle Elects Officers,
At a recent meeting of the Criften
ton Home Circle the following officers
were elected: Mrs. A. B. Washburn,
president; Mrs. W. W. Hagood, first
vice president; Mrs. H. H. Straub, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. I. W. Faison,
secretary; Miss Eva Liddell, treasurer,
and Dr. Annie Alexander, physician.
To Sell Jewelry Stock.
Special to The News.
Greenville, S. C, April 3 At a
meeting of the creditors yesterday af
ternoon it was decided to sell the
Tucker bankrupt jewelry stock on Ap
ril 1G The fii'm failed a couple of
months ago.
For Benefit
Of the Child
Dr. A. J. McKelway and
Others Spoke at Meeting
of National Child Labor
Committee The Sub
jects Discussed.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., April 3. The first busi
ness session of the annual meeting of
the National Child Labor Committee
was devoted to reports of the state and
local committees.
This was followed by a discussion
covering the subject, "What is a Good
Child Labor Law?"
Mr. A. B. Roberts, of Pennsylvania;
Mr. Everett W. Lord, secretary for New
England of the National Child Labor
Committee, and Dr. A. J. McKelway,
secretary for the southern states, were
the principal speakers at the morning
session of the committee.
"Child Labor and Education," was
the subject for the afternoon meet
ing. BUGGY AND CAR COLLIDE
Mr. and M". C. L. Grimes and Baby
Considerably Bruised.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Grimes and
baby, of No. 608 West Seventh street,
sustained severe brusies in an accident
late yesterday afternoon at the corner
of North Tryon and Eighth streets.
They were driving in a buggy on the
right., side of the street going north
and, reaching the intersecting street,
crossed the car tracks to go into West
Eighth street. When about midway'
across the east track ;i northbound
street car struck the buggy throwing
all three occupants to the ground.
Mrs. Grimes sustained several bad
bruises and possible internal injuries.
Both Mr. Grimes and baby were also
considerably bruised.
from Cumberland county, for man
slaughter; Mary Lipps, serving a
term, on the Ashe county roads, for
keeping a disorderly house; G. L.
Normant, 12 months on the Cumber
land public roads, for obtaining goods
under false pretense, and Frank Mc
Keithan, G months on Robeson roads,
fcr retailing liquors.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
FINE
HEM! YOUTH
OF TO-DAI
Messrs. Mills And Finney
Captivate a Splendid Aud
ience With Their Pleas
Fcr Preserving The Woodr,
of The Country.
If Present Rate of Destruc,.
tion Keeps Up Forests wili
Be Gone Within 30 Years
Causes of Floods Re
port of Speeches.
"No civilized nation can live long
without forests.
"Forest destruction is national sui
cide. "One newspaper alone in New York
city uses in one of its Sunday morn
ing editions paper which requires the
product of 20 acres 20,000 acres c"
trees to produce.
"A forest is a self-replenishing
storehouse of raw material.
"Forestry is co-operating with na
ture. "North Carolina needs more birds
300 species of insects alone prey upon
the oak tree.
Dr. Woodpecker is the chief sur
geon of the forest.
Do you know that an ordinary pair
of house Hies bring up a hopeful
family of 20,000,000 children a year?
No baldheadcd mail ought to shoot
birds that catch Hies and mosqui
toes !
"Forest fires they are charcoal
drawings of former forest glory."
A son of the soil, a pal of the
wild-woods, a chum of the mountain
lion, a playmate of the panther, the
incarnation of a Western breeze and
a walking encyclopaedia in dendrol
ogy, is Mr. Enos A. Mills, of the gov
ernment forestry reserve service, who
spoke on forest preservation at the
Sclwyn's Assembly Hall last night.
That Mr. Mills is epigrammatic, or
iginal, happy in simile and illustra
tion, eloquent, a master of his spe
cialty, and a gladiator who is pre
pared to do battle vitli all ax-weapon-ed
Herods who would bereave nation-Rachels
by the massacre of their
forest children, will be evident to the
reader even from a reading of tho
terse quotations at the beginning of
this story of bis address.
A Brilliant Speaker.
Mr. Mills is indeed all that has
been said of him by the press. He
is the absolute master of his sub
ject, yet so lovingly docs he handle
it that it follows him about and lends
itself to his genius as Mary's little
lamb did to her tender school-girl
affection. An enthusiast, of course,
is he. He is appalled in his thought
of a forest fire but he is ablaze with
a fervor that dazzles like a forest
fire on a mountain side at night.
Born, and browsing in his youth, on
the slopes of the Rockies, his elo
quence partakes of the ruggedness
and altitudes of his native hilis. For
estry is fortunate in having such a
genius to plead its case in court.
Of course such a speaker held
spell-bound the large and cultivated
audience which greeted him last night.
It was the flower of the thinking peo
ple of the city. The size of the audi
ence must be attributed largely tc
the effort of Secretary Corwith of the
Greater Charlotte Club, under whose
auspices Mr. Mills came here. With
persistent and tactful advertising Mr.
Corwith attracted this fine audience,
which, in itself gave Mr. Mills in
spiration, for more than once he
commented upon it as a favorable in
dication of the aroused thought of the
people on this great question.
Mr. Finney's Fine Plea.
No less delighted was the audience
with the address of Mr. John H.
Finney, of Atlanta, secretary of the
Appalachian National Forestry Asso
ciation, who came all the way from
the Gate City of the South to hear
Mr. Mills, and who was wisely utiliz
ed by the Greater Charlotte Club
while he was a bird in hand. He
made a forceful plea for taking care
of the woods.
Mr. W. S. Iee, general manager
of the Southern Power Company, of
this city, presided over the meeting.
Mr. Lee is another enthuiast on the
subject of forest preservation and ho
found himself in most congenial com
pany.
At the conclusion of the aci: ss
Mr. Lee called for volunteers and
there was promptly upon his feet a
stranger, a gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, he said, with a ready wit and
a thoughtful speech, who added a
word of commendation to Iho plead
ings of the evening for the trees.
He was given liberal applause, as
well as the other speakers.
The Tree as a Civilizer.
Forests have made nations great,
said Mr. Mills and the nations which
have stayed great have been the na
tions wdiich have perpetuated their for
ests. The nations which have failed
have been nations which neglected
their forests. Spain and China have
seen better dafs. No nations haye
more sadly neglected Hielr forests. The
civilization of Germany, a leader in
everything scientific; of Switzerland
and of Japan, is due to their care of
their forests. "A tree is the. most
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