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THE ENTERPRISE. WILLIAMSTOK, K. 0. .. ' V - Why Is a housefly, anyhow T The merciful man la now very mer dful to his beast We know of some cats that novel fail to come back. The Moroe seem to be less da» (erous than ice cream conea. • -~v • There are 130,000 foreign waiters In London, all with palms extended. How aeronauts have cities at their mercy in mimic warfare is becoming amazing. With a new record ejrery day It ■earns there Is no limit to the powers of an aeroplane. The Chicago woman whose ear was bitten off by her husband, probably didn't feed him enough. There Is a very bad |2 bill in circu lation. Insist on getting your change and tittles. A Kansas Judge rules that it Is the duty of pedestrians to dodge automo bile*. Also the necessity. Few horses are wearing bonnets this season, probably because bonnets are absolutely out of style. If you can't swim stay near the shore. If you can swim be satisfied to tell your friends about It. Two Phlladelphians have lost their lives running for trains. Such unusual haste was sure to be fatal In Philadel phia. Just bottle x.p your weather grouch and strike a temperature average for the year on the 31st day of next De cember. It may soon be possible to telephone to England from the United States. Very well, but bow about getting mon ey that way? Stlil there Is an abiding of optimis tic faith that It will prove easier to dodge an aeroplane than an automo bile or motorcycle. It would seem that more people are giving their lives to the perfection of the aeroplane than to any former scientific achievement. In twenty-seven years the Klmber ley diamond mines have yielded $420,- 000,000 worth of diamonds. Still our western cornfields do a lot better than that The man who is earning his own liv ing In these days, however 'fnlldly he may be going about it, Is truly enough earning his bread by the sweat of his brow. Ylmorous males who are frightened at the way women are invading men's occupations should take heart at the success some achieve In trimming hats. , Going down to the sea in ships was the ancient idea of peril. But It was common place safety beside going up In the air in the most modern style of ships. Ten fcr fifteen deaths among the comparatively few aeronauts and avia tors in the last few months are not only depleting their ranks but showing up air. flights as mighty dangerous pas timing. In printing the new passenger tick ets to be used on airship lines care should be taken to have It specified that stop-over privileges may be had when necessary without the signature of the conductor. Counterfeit butterntfflit ts being sold in some of the drug stores In the enst, and the health authorities say It Is very dangerous. Will It never be pos sible to get a good thing that the coun terfeiters can't counterfeit? Farmers after experiment report that tho cows yield their milk better when the phonograph is kept going in the barn at milking time. This seems to offer a grand scheme of relief in the. form of moving all tho phono graphs to all the cow barns, Th« 011-byrning torpedo boat de stroyer Roe reached a speed of 31 knots ait hour In a test off the Dela ware breakwater, although tho con tract requirement was only 28 knots, and is now acknowledged to be the fastest exclusively oil-burning torpedo boat destroyer In the junited States navy. The American shipbuilder has the reputation of cultivating a margin of safety, and turning out boats which exceed the maximum requirements of oontracts. When the automobile collides with the locomotive it is seldom that the latter- has to go to the repair shop. The work of a contributing editor la sometimes made difficult by the friends who Insist on coming around during office hours to talk politics and tell hunting stories. Having all the news about the hot ■pell that tu fit to print, and some that was not news, It seems that we might kave a litle cool weather (or variety in the news columns. ...xuL ....jjjL... WEALTHY GAMBLERS Rapped by Washington Minis* ter at Summer Resort SUBJECT OF THE RECENT RAID. Sermon Cause* Sensation Among Millionaire [Leisure Class—Gamb ling a Violation of Laws of Church Nawagamaett Pier, R. 1., Special.— Rev. Philip M. Preston,* of Washing ton, a member of the fashionable \"iila colony here, caused something of a sensation at St. Peter's by the Sea Sunday morning when he preached a sermon on gambling, which had a direct reference to the recen gambling (raid he«re. There was a large congre gation, made up princiaplly of mem bers of the villa colony, and the ser mon was a common topic of conver sation everywhere in the afternoon. In part, Mr. Preseot said: "When I heard a few days ago that possibly my unexplained attitude and the church's attitude jerc keeping the church members from worship here it seems to make a public statement from this pulpit obligatory. "I maintain that gambling is wick ed and vicious, not only in itself, but because of its concomitant sins and because it is against the laws of this Commonwealth. "And whether it is farcical or not, or whether it prove so successful as to close the so-called 'chartered clubs' or not, I have never hesitated to way that I am glad that the raid of two weeks ago was carried out, but let us not forget that .there is another shle to thins question, nor misunder stand the church's attitude. " Our blessed Lord hated sin, but lie loved the sinner. It seems to me that the gambler who runs the wheel is no worse in the Lord's eyes than he who plays it. "The church's mission is to help all, if that be possible. It must lay down certain examples of right and right action in this as in other sinful things, but church and clergy have no right to deal in causistry, even as their Lord and Master never made himself a divider or decider in any cases between individuals." Paregoric Ruins Babies, New York, Special.—That babies in their cradles contract drug habits through being doped promiscuously with paregoric, laudanum and other household remedies, is the assertion of President lvederle, "of the New York board of health. An effort will be made by the hoard to procure local legisJation prohibiting the sale of the objectionable drugs except >upun pre script ion. A statement by President Ledcrle eavs: " Notwithstanding their dangerous nature, the sale of these drugs for the relief of minor troubles is enormous. Mo the m keep "the paregoric on tap and more careful to have it in their lwvmes than they are to see that their sugar bowls are filled. At the first sign of an ache o» pain, often the moment the babv cries, the moth er dashes for the paregoric battle. As a result the baby is drugged unnec essarily. '' 4 Quits Pulpit For Footlights. Chicago, Special.—Tho Rev, Dud ley C. Fosher lias given up the pastor ate of the fasionohle Ryder Memor ial Uhi versa list church to iro on the stage. He appeared for the first time before the footlights as soloist in a touring company of "A Stubborn Cinderella." with rows of chorus girls in glittering costumes, at Ra cine, Wis. The only reason given by Mr. Fos her for resigning was that his salary was too low. Carried His Distillery, Danville, Ya., Special.— "Will" Brooks, a negro suspected of being a fugitive fi-oui North Carolina, was ar rested here. In his trunk was found a glass distillery with various chemi cal compounds, together with a book of instructions, telling how to make imitation whiskey quick and cheap. A gallon of fluid marked alcohol was also seized. The outfit was put up by a Mil waukee concern and letters foun'd in the trunk indicate that the negro had bten doing a thriving business. Big Sale of Tobacco It te Jl generally believed that the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company of Winston-Salem, N. C., has bought all or nearly all the 1909 pooled crop of the barley tobacco society, amount ing to 120,000,000 pounds. No state ment was made by, either si«le Friday but the executive board suddenly ad journed until Tuesday after stating that the bid of the Reynolds concern had been accepted. The price is an average of eighteen cents A. 0. L. Operators Happy. Wilmington, N. C., Special.— Announcement has been made bv the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. that beginning with the present month all telegraph operators in the service of the corporation will receive an, increase, the raise being on a per centage basis, and while no definite maximum limit has been fixed it is stated that it will be approximately 9 per cent. _ln the future where one man is in charge of an office his working day will consist of eleven hours. UNCLE JOE is KNOCKED: i . ... \ Speaker Cannon is Opposed for Re- Election by Mz. Longworth. Beverly, Mass., Special.—ln a statement declaring opposition to the re-election of Mr. Cannon as Speaker of the House, Representative Longwortb said here Thursday: "In view of Mr. Cannon's unequi vocal declaration that he intends to be a candidate for Speaker of the next House I think it is incumbent upon those of us who are candidates for membership in the next House, who have made up our mind> upon our course ot action and have positive views upon the sub ject to state our position publicly. Had Mr. Cannon not made this an nouncement and had it remained doubtful whether he would be a can didate or not, it was my intention not to commit myself before election as to whom I should or should not support for Speaker. But since Mr. Cannon bimeslf in his speeches so far in the campaign and in his re cent declaration has made his can didacy for the speakership an issue, I for one don't propose to dodge that issue. "I shall oppose Mr. Cannon's elec tion as Speaker and I shall do so in the manner that I consider proper and effectual in the settlement of controversies in my party—namely in the Republican caucus. I made up my mind before (he adjournment of the last session of Congress that Mr. Cannon could not bo re-elected Speaker and my opinion has been strengthened since through corres pondence and talk with my col leagued." Mr. Longworth said that "he had a genuine affection for Mr. Cannon and respected his splendid fighting quali ties, but he continued: "I am absolutely convinced, if there is a full attendance at the Re publican caucus, that Mr. Cannon c-annon be again elected Speaker. I want it understood that I shall op pose the re-election of Mr. Cannon to the speakership and that I am firmly of the opinion that his re-elec tion is impossible. I want it espec ially understood thnt I say this sole ly on my own responsibility and up on the suggestion of no one else." Infantile Paralysis Infective Disease. Trenton, N. J., Special.—The New- Jersey State Board of Health is greatly alarmed over a spread of in fantile paralysis throughout New- Jersey and is planning a campaign to prevent if. According to reports received, there has an alarming increase in this disease within the -pgst~fcw Afarr.—Physician* —dec+nrc that the spread of the disease in New Jersey is due to the ignorance of par ents, who believe the malady is non contagious. In this city alone there have been 15 deaths from the dis ease wHhin two weeks. Dr. Bruce 8. Renter, secretary of the State Board of Health, who has l»jpen actively conducting a preven tive campaign since the first signs of the spreading of the disease,' has is sued a statement advising parents to isolate children sufTerinir from this malady. l)r. Kealor said that a care ful study of this disease was being made in nearly every civilized coun try, and that most physicians had ar rived at the conclusion that it is an infective disease. R. F. D. Carriers Notaries Public. Washington, D. C., Special,—The creation of an army of 40.000 notar ies public is authorized by tho Po«st olliee Department, in accordance wfth the legislation enacted during the past session of Congress. All car riers of the rural delivery mails ser vice are now required by the Depart ment to execute vouchers for United States pensioners, residing on tlieir routes, for which service they are to receive 25e. for each voucher ex ecuted. Burned Wife to Death. Macon, ({-a,, Special.—Aimia Walk er, aged 25 years, was killed at her home seven miles from here, fearful ly burned on the body, while her hus band. William Walker, aged 40, is in jail here charged with having penned gasoline on her while she was touching a match to start a fire in her kitchen stove. , . Ac««ording to the evidence of a negro wnnau who helped attend the victim before her death, the dying woman, pointing to 'her husband, re peat edLv cried "Will did it Terrible and Revolting Death. Lancaster, Pa., Special.—Scott Hn maker, superintendent of the Sus quehana Iron & Steel Co., . met a horrible death in the mill at Columbia Thursday. The protruding key of a knuckle on a belt caught the tail of his coat and he .was drawn into the belt and whirled around a shaft which was making 1,200 revolution* a minute. Three fret away was an iron trough and with every revolu tion his legs struck it, both members being hammered off piece by piece up to the hips. Hii Trees at Appalachian Exposition. Washington, D. C., Special.—An exhibit showing the types of trees and explaining the problems and questions connected with tbe wood lands will be madfe by the forest ser vice at the Appalachian Exposition to be held at Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 12 to Oct. 12. Don Carlos Ellis, of the forest service, is in Ktvoxville to arrange and take charge off the ex hibit which will relate largely to the forests in the Appalachian region. .■ The forest service also v will parti pate in the Kansas State Faij mn " *., i '• i-i.**', - . ,4' -a sMm J* EVERYBODY HAPPY. President and Former Presi dent Same Old Friends. TROUBLE AROSE OVER N.Y.ACT President Explains and Col. Roosa ▼elt is Pleased—Regrets Action of Ex. Committee Against Roosevelt. New York, Special.—President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt are again fellow-workers in the same political field. The threat that thev might pull apart has been forefended by a full explanation on one side and an unreserved acceptance on the other. The President makes it plain in a letter given out here by Lloyd C. Griscom, president of the New York Republican county committee, how the misunderstanding arose. He ex plains that he never took any part in a committee cabal to defeat Colonel Roosevelt for tem/porary chairman of the coming Republican State conven tion. On the contrary he explicitly deplores the result of the committee meeting which chose Vice President Sherman; he rebukes the party lead ers who have permitted it to go abroad uncontradicted that the Presi dent of the United States was behind their factional preferences; he insists that at every opportunity be advised the fullest conference with Colonel Roosevelt and he exulains that he has been pained by the "columns of un founded assertions in the newspapers concerning my attitude in resj«H»t to the Now York situation." For his part, Colonel Roosevelt, when he read President Taft's letter as communicated to him at Oyster Bay, said: "I am very glad to see President Taft's letter and am pleased with it." Colonel Roosevelt, in his statement given out at Oyster Bay, explains what had,been the course of bis nego tiations with the organization, and how, after his successive rebuffs, he had felt that further overtures could not consistently come from him. Raising Our Food Supplies. Atlanta, Ga., Special.—With 20,- 277,000 acres planted in com this year, being on increase of 1,535,000 over 1009 and 2,776.000 acres over 1908, the farmers of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi are furnishing very sub stantial proof of the fact that the tention to raising its. own food sup plies. These figures are from the last report of the Bureau of Statis tics of the U. S. Department of Agri culture. The aei'eago in com for the three years in thee« states is Shown in the following table: STATES IHOB WOO 1910 Vtriftnla kOSa.OOO 2,040,(100 2.142,000 Nort i Carolina 2.787,000 2,898.000 3,072,000 South Carolina 2.073.000 2,218.000 2,418.000 Oeorifta 4,300.000 4,400,000 4,532.000 Kentucky 3,H«W,000 3,5(18,000 8.880.000 Tennessee 3,350.000 3.575.000 3,718,000 Alabama 3*50,000 3,233,000 3,524.000 Mlsslsslupl 2,050,000 2,810.000 3.232.000 Total 23,t01,000 24,742,000 26,277,000 This great increase in the acreage devoted to coAi is considered one of the niosit hopeful signs in the South today. In a letter to the directors of the 'Southern Railway Company, President Fin Icy called particular at tention to these figures and said: "The increase in the acreage of corn, accom|)anied, as it is, by a quite general adoption of improved cultural methods, is one of the most encouraging features of Southern agricultural progress. It is one of the results of a general movement throughout the South in the direction of diversified agriculture—a move ment which we are endeavoring to encourage and assist as far as we can properly do so." From S7OO to Millionaires. Bridgeport, Conn., Special.—Fifty years ago a Connecticut farmer call ed his four sons together, gave them S7OO each and sent them out into the world. Thursday the four held a reunion at Bridgeport. Each is a multi-millionaire, each located in a different city in a differ ent line of business. One of them is Nathan fJ. Miller of New York, ex-president of the Iron Steamboat Company, former owner of the Nickel Plate Railway and President of the Eagle Lock Co. Atlanta's Population. Washington, D. C.. Suecial.—Cen sus returns from Atlanta, Ga.. shows 154.839, iui increase of 64,907, or 72.3 per cent as compared with 89,- 872 in 1900. Mills Reopening. Providence, R. 1., Special.—Mill conditions in the' Olneyville section of this city which a week ago seem ed so hopeless than many operatives left the. city, shows a great improve ment. » How Can the Operatives Curtail? Boston, Mass., Special.—Millions of spindies in the cotton mills of the country will be idle for periods vary ing from one week to sixteen daye during the latter part of this month and the first half of September. Mills in New England employing 50.- 000 operatives have already posted notices announcing a further curtail ment and*t is understood that simi lar action will be taken by many other concerns. L , •! .L,w FOREST FIRES RAGING. Property and Human lives Going to Ashes in Montana. Missoula, Moat., • Special.—Mer cilessly and relentlessly the forest fires in western Montana and Idaho are sweeping era, driv ing hundred* of fuitives before them into dismal settlement.} and wiping out of existence millions of dollars worth of property. Thirteen lives hare been lost ai Wallace, Momt., property floss one million; fire still threatening. Elsewhere in the fire rone the situation has gone from bad to worse. The most serious incident is reported from the St. Jot country, where 180 men engaged in the for estry service are missing and it is feared they have been burned. Wheal the fire approached the camp where there were 200 men, two of the fighters took a horee and riding the animal to doatoh, reached ariather camp and ordered a rescue /party, which penetrated the fire ait Bird Creek. ' Eighteen of the men were found ha the water, where they bed gone for safety and they were unharmed. Of the remaining 180 no word has been received. The forestry srviee has organised a relief train well equipped with pack animals, carrying provisions and hospital supplies, and will endeavor to get through the fire. About a thousand refugees have been brought into Missoula. There is much distress among them. Their wants are being supplied by Missoula people and Ps:ey have been given tem porary homes. Local hospitals are caring for the sick. Another tpain with 500 persons on board came over the Chicago, Milwau kee & Pugftt Sound Raiway. A dense pall of smoke hangs all over eastern Montana. In Missoula it was as dark as midnight at 5 o'clock, the dense smoke giving a lurid hue which had all the semblance of the glow of fire but which was probably due to the sun. The town of Taft, near th£ Idaho line, was destroyed by fire before daylight Sunday morning. Saltese, below Taft has been abandoned by its inhabitants and Deborgia is threaten ed and one man is missing. At Sa. Reg's the fire has crossed the river and threatened outlying buildings. Vaughan is reported to be deserted. The area covered is roughly esti mated at a hundred miles square. There is a probability that there has been serious loss of life as there are camping parties and lumbermen aTT TluwigTr'TTTe'"ihoirnTSlns and'tfie fire may haw come upon them while they slept, or they may have boon awakened this morning to find them selves cut off. Butte, Mcwrt., Special.—A special from Thompson Falls, Mont., says: "The fire situation here is alarm ing. Thompson' Falls is threatened by forest fires. Portions of Belknap, White Pine, Noxoft "and Heron are burning; and there is a solid line of fire from here to the Montana-ldaiho boundary line, a distance of 40 miles." Spokane. Wash., Special.—A spec ial from Wallace to The Spokesman Review says that twenty forest-fire fighters near there have lost their lives. Though the chief danger to Wallace itself is over, the fires are still raging furiously in the hills on both sides of the city. Granddaughter of Mark Twain Redding, Conn., Special.—A daugh ter was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, at Stormfleld, the home of the late Samuel L. Clem ens (Mark Twain.) Mrs. Gabrilow itsch was. before her marriage, Miss Clara Clemens, eldest daughter of Mark Twain. $3,000,000 More For Census. The appropriation of $12,000,000 made by Congress to meet the cost of the thirteenth decennial census will bo too small by about $3,000,000. Of the $12,000,000 only $5,111,617.18 was balance on hand July 1, and much of that has since been paid out. Approximately 5,000 of the 70,000 enumerators employed are yet to be paid. Congress will be called upon to supply the deficit. Locomotive Shops to Rest. Richmond, Va., Special.—lt'was an nounced Friday that the Richmond hrancn of the American Locomotive Works will close down for about a fortnight, i Six Killed on Railroad. North tie Id, Vt., Special.—Six men were klled, one was probably fataJly injured and seven others were badly hurt as the result of a head-on col lision between two freight trains on the . Central Vermont Railroad *t Northfield Fall*. Crippen Sues London Newapaiffer. London, By Cable.—The Court of Criminal Appeals, upon application by counsel representing Dr. Hawley H. Crippen. granted a rule of nisi calling on the London Daily Chron icle to »hrw cause why a writ of attachment should not be issued for contempt of Court. The alleged contempt consists of a story, printed August 5, suggesting that Dr. Crippen had poisoned his wife. The article declared that Dr. Crippen had confessed or admitted it to Inspector Dew. THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS. Practical Speech by Col. Roosevelt to Negro Business League. New York, Special.— Colonel Roose velt, former President of the United States, speaking before 1,100 dele gates to the National Negro Business League, who cheered him and pledg ed him the support of the negro electorate for a possible third term, counseled his hearers to make the most of their opportunities. "The white man of the South, > said Mr. Roosevelt, "is the vital man to have sympthy with the negro. When your neighbor likes and re spects you, you have won your battle. The white man of the North does his worst work in interfering between the two peoples of the South and his best work when he improves their relations. , . "I would not slur over the injustice which good colored men are treated, but I feel that the really substantial way of conquering injustice is to train your people so that the white man will, willy nilly, recognize in_ his colored neighbor a desirable neigh bor. Every down-at-the-heel, ram shakle negro catKn is not only bad for the people who live in it, but is a reflection on the race. "The man who lives a ne'er-do-well life of idleness in doing not only ill to himself but to his people. I be lieve in this League. As I wrote five years ago, when I was President, I be lieve in it because it is out of politics. You also stimulate among your peo ple principles of business enterprises. That is well. You recognize that you should build a firm foundation before you can erett your superstructure. "In Mombasa we were shown much courtesy by an American colored man Vho was serving: there as a doc tor. At a government experiment sta tion, I found a Jamaican negro in charge. An abyss of nearly 10,000 years seemed to separate these two men from the naked savages I had seen—yet the abyss was not more than two hundred years. In your advance there have been baitings and shortcomings, shortcomings on the part of the whites as weil as on your part. Nevertheless, there lists been progress. "It takes.some time to make a re former think that an outlook is not one of unalloyed gloom. You some times see a reformer who thinks if he will be set down as a hopeless reac tionary. "You colored men and women must set your faces like flint against those who would preach to you only the gospel of hate, envy and bitterness. Realize that the only way to help Vtrnrnreeiipnpt~~hy~preaching i iiidirt iveness and hatred, but by leading your peopl«up to prosperity through good citizenlliip." $30,000,000 Woman Very Selifish. New York, Special.—Miss Iklla rippa Richardson, said to be worth more than $.'50,000,000, was evicted from the home in which she had lived since her birth, 50 years ago, because she would not surrender possession to the man to whom she had sold it. Accordingly, the marshal finally had to chop his way through the front door. Richardson is one of the wealthiest women in the world. When her father, Joseph Richardson, died in 1897 she inherited the .bulk of his fortune and has sine* lived fru gally with a maiden cousin. Al though she sold her home she would never allow the buyer on the premi ses and lie had to make his plans for rebuilding it from dufcaide observa tions. While the marshal's men piled the frayed, old-fashionad furniture on the sidewalk, Miss Richardson fol lowed them about, protesting that ifcheir actions -were foutragoous and that she would complain to Mayor Gaynor. Southern Flyer Wrecked. Columbia, S. C., Special.—Fifteen persons were hurt, none seriously, in a wreck Wednesday night of the Southern Railway's fast Washington train No. 30 northbound, near Rock ton, S. C. Four coaches and the tender were upset and thrown to one side of the track. Three sleepers left the track but did not turn over. The engine remained on the rails. The cause of the accident is be lieved to he spreading rails J. A. Rlanton, the conductor, Jake Thompson. mail clerk were injured. Lone Woman Beats Fiftten Lawyers. Atlanta, Ga., Special.—Mrs. W. M. Felton, the aged widow of a once dis tinguished Georgia congressman, won her fteht against the LouisvilW and Nashville Railroad, to compel the Re building of a side track at Feftonia, a sgiall station on har plantation near Cartersville. Mrs. Felton, opposed by fifteen railroad attorneys, argued her com plaint before the Georgia railroad commission and the commission made its decision, ordering that the side track on her pro|>erty be restored. Funds for Southern States. Washington, D. C./ Special.— The following is the allotment of funds appropriated by Congress for the militia of the several States, as announced by the War Department for the South: Alabama, $43,034.01; Florida, $19,501.19; Georgia, $50,- 859.08; North Carolina. $46,946.85; South Carolina, $35,120JL4; Tonnes- Bee, Mississippi, $39,122.37; Kentucky, $50,859.68; Louisiana, $35,210.14; Maryland, $31,297.90; Texas, $70,-
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