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''••••<• >fe--<.\- V?f ?^f1pe#%:SSi*r 1 /WD LOWVILLE TIMES. H. A. PHILUPS PUBLISHING COMPANY. LOWVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1909. VOLUME 50. No. 37. RICH AND LEGAL WRONG. Lincoln's Plain People Fight for Justice. Will Some Portion of All Wealth Honestly Made Should be Used for the Good of the Public, Say* Justice Brewer. Milwaukee, July 27.—The right of a man to bo rich, the dangers of tedious administration of justice in the courts, tin ri>rht of a woman to vote and her right, to consideration jfrora mankind were' subjects touched\upon\hyTusiice David J. Brewer of the United States Supreme Court in a remarkable inter- view here to-day on great national prob- em*. He said: \We have our difficulties to-day as our fathers did in their time—not the same, but, none the less, difficulties. But our fathers triumphed, and we shall do the same. Let no man despair of the Republic. The accumulation of, RECLAIMING THE FARMS. State Aids In Selling $3,000,000 Worth of Untilled Lands. In a bulletin issued by the State De- partment of Agriculture, it is pointed out that there are many people who de- sire to become engaged in agricultural pursuits. The bulletin gives a list of the unoccupied farms which have been sold during the last three years through the agency of the State Department. Over $3,000,000 have been received from these lands, which until they were advertised and disposed of, lay idle, at a great loss to the agricultural inter* este of the State. There are m this State 24,348,109 acres of farm land. This vast area num- bers 226,720 individual farms. The value of the farm products last year was $246,270,600. Of this amount the value of dairy products was: Milk and butter and cheese, 55,474,15$; poultry and eggs. 114,791,491; orchard fruits, $10,- 542.272; hay and forage. $55,237,466. wealth, if honestly made, ought to croute no prejudice, and as the ways in which the fortunes were accumulated are made known, will not result in any prejudice. \The building up of great fortunes is not strange,\ he said, \when business transactions can be arranged by tele- phone to all parts of the land and to all parts of the world. In a few minutes contracts are made that will bring great results either ot success or disas- ter. But of course there will always be some who will be dissatisfied if they are not as fortunate as their neighbors. Monopolies ans> being formed all the time, more or less complete, but com- bination of capital is in itself no more to be condemned than the privilege ac- quired by it is subject to condemnation. Duty of Wealthy Men to the Public. \One duty which really rests upon men who have acquired wealth honestly is to recoginze the fact that they owe to the public the moral duty of using some portion of their wealth for the public good. The more our wealthy men come into the habit of helping education and charitable institutions and\ organizations the more they will disabuse the minds of the less fortunate of their prejudices. \Undoubtedly there is not a little social unrest because of this accumula- tion of capital, of wealth, in the hands of a comparatively few, but\ on the other hand there is a great body of our people who have acquired homes, who are anjoying comfortable livelihoods and who deprecate any disturbances which will affect their present con- ditions of comfort. It is true there are a j?reat many in the slums, orjsuffering from want of work, and they are the ones to whom the demagogue makes the most effective appeal. \Abraham Lincoln said he relied up- on the plain people; and he did not mean by that the class who are known as \bums\ or denizens of the slums. He meant the great body of farmers, and those who are living decently, but nelce&aarily frugally, in the cities. Defects of the Courts. \Much criticism is made to-day of the courts, their delays and cost^of liti- gation. No judge ought to object to any honest and fair critism. It is un- doubtedly true that there is a cumber- someness in our legal procedure which has resulted in great delays, much ex- pense and sometimes injustice, and there is no duty more imperative upon the bar and bench than to do what they can to simplify matters and put tech- nicalities oat of the way and see to it that substantial justice is administered. \The reversing of a judgment by an Appellate Court on the ground of mere technically, when substantial justice has been administered, is another outrage. Suffrage Question a Live One. \The suffrage question? There are a good many of the gentler sex that think they know as much as we do and are just as well qualified to cast a vote as we are. And they are busy endeav- oring to bring about that result, and they have secured it in four states. Now, there are a good many questions to be considered in reference to it,, but it cannot be ignored. And there neve\r is going to be a danger of their press- ing the question, as those suffragettes did in England withhat pins. They are appealing to our intelligence and mean to convince us, if possible, that the best interests of the Nation require that they should be permitted to vote. \That question is coming before us. Every state-will have to. meet it. The Nation will have to meet it It cannot be put to one side. It is a question calling for intelligent consideration of . the interests of the Nation as a whole.\ PREDICTS A NEW RELIGION. The production of cereals, barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rye and wheat show a yield of $80,413,710. while that of potatoes was 42,000,000 bushels. The tobacco crop amounted to 13.958, 370 pounds; hops, flowers and ornamental plants, sugar beets, vegetables and nursery stock, each hold a strong place in the production.of the State. Bees added 2,422,479 pounds of honey to the total production. In addition to these production is that of meat, namely, beef, veal, mutton, lamb and pork, which IB becoming a large and growing source of income to farmers. The bulletin points out that it is an easy matter to cultivate the idle farms in the State, inasmuch as the soil is of a nature which responds generously to intelligent cultivation. It states that there are still many good farms in the State that are not being worked, being untilled or partly tilled, with comfort- able buildings, fair fences and within reasonable distances of good markets, which can be puchased for from $20 to $50 per acre. The terms are most reasonable, a small first payment and the balance on time, with a small rate of interest. Other farms more expen- sive are also to be had, which lie close to cities or large villages, in a high state of cultivation. Attention is called to the Bureau of Agriculture statistics recently- estab- lished in the State, which is of great assistance to farmers who desire compe- tent help. Hundreds of immigrants have been advantageusly placed as the result of this bureau. One hundred and thirty-two farms located in almost every county of the State, are for sale, according to the bulletin, which describes them minutely and states the figures for which they may be purchased. BARGE CANAL CONTRACTS. Four Awarded by Supt. Stevens Aggre- gating Nearly $4,000,000. Albany, July 26.—Four additional barge canal contracts aggregating nearly $4,000,000 have beeji awarded by Without Supernatural Element, Based on Laws of Nature, Love of God and Man. Jesus Christ's words on love of God and man: \Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. ' 'This is the first and great command- ment. \And the second is like unto it,Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. \—St. Mat- thew xxii., 37-40. Cambridge, Mass., July 27.—Charles W. Eliot, ex-President of Harvard, to day prophesied the advent of a new re- ligion in an address before the Harvard Summer School of Theology \It will not be bound by dosma or creed \ he said. \Its workings will be simple, but its'field of action limitless. Its discipline will be the training in the development of co-operative good will. It will attack all forms of evil. There will be no supernatural element; it will place no reliance on anything but the laws of nature. Prevention will be the watchword and a skilled surgeon one of its members.\ The coining religion^ Dr, Eliot thought, will be based on the two great commandments, the love of God and the service of fellow men. N \The new religion,\ he said, \will not be based upon authority; the future generation is to be led, not driven. In the new religion there will be no per' Bonification of natural objects; there will be no deification of remarkable human beings. 1 ' The new religionwi 11 not teach that character can be changed quickly. It will not deal chiefly v with sorrow and death, but with joy and life. \God will be so imminent that no intermediary will be needed Its priests will strive to improve social and indus- trial conditions. The new religion will not attempt to reconcile people to pros- '•r\l :i;.s l»v the promises of future ro.v- State Superintendent of Public works-| F. C. Stevens.\ Three of the contracts are for canalizing the Mohawk river and a fourth contract, which would complete this work, extending from Rexford Flats to Little Falls, on which the American Pipe and Construction Company of Phildelphia^ is the lowest bidder, cannot be awarded without the approval of the Canal Board and State Engineer, as the bid is 18 per cent, in excess of the engineer's estimates. The contracts awarded were: For im- proving the Mohawk river between Little Falls and Mindenville, to Hous- ton Barnard of Rochester, $490,592; same, between Mindenville and Canajo- harie, to S. Pearson & Co., Inc., Long Island City,$933,194; same. from-Cana- joharie to Yosts, American Pipe and Construction Company, Phiadephia.i $585,720; No. 23. for constructing the canal from King's Bend to Genesee river, Rochester, Miard & Lupton Com- pany, Philadelphia, $1,887,036. DANGEROUS DRUGS. TO PRODUCE THE BOOKS. Lucrative Jobt Made for Rela- tives and Company Looted. Second Attempt to Investigate Charges of Graft and Extravagance Against ex-Senator Platt's Family. Ex-Senatbr Platt, after a hard fight to keep the lid down on the secrets of the management of the United States Express Company, was ordered by Jus- tice Bishoff to produce the complete books,papers and necessary correspond- ence of his company in the Supreme Court, Special Term, Part II, on July 27, so that the charges of graft and ex- travagance on the part of the Platt family may be investigated. The order was granted by Justice Bishoff in response to an application made by John L. Dudley and other stockholders of the United States Ex- press Company-for an examination, be* fore trial, in the suit brought by them for an accounting and for the appoint- ment of a receiver. A similar applica- tion was denied Mr. Dudley about a month ago because of technical errors. Since then the affidavits of two former employes of the United States Express Company have been obtained in which the elder Platt is openly charged with creating positions in the company for persona to whom he owed personal or political debts and with placing blood relatives in lucrative jobs. Fat Office for a Friend. One of the. affidavits is by Calvin Cone, of Toledo, an employee of the company for thirty/two years. He swears that while he was superintend- ent of all the lines of the company west of Buffalo, Platt created 'the, office of superintendet 6f the wagon service de- partment, to which place he appointed G. W. Peterson. Dudley says he *was told Peterson was a cabman at Albany. The Cone affidavit sayB Platt ordered that all orders for wagons and wagon supplies be sent to Peterson. Cone swears he protested to Platt in a formal letter, assuring him that wagon supplies could be purchased at points where needed at wholesale rates, whereas the purchasing of all such sup* plies in New York and the cost of their shipment made the prices equaf to re- tail rates at distant points. The affi- davit points out that by this extrava- gance thousands of dollars were squan- dered evefry year and opportunity given for unlimited graft. Cone says all he got in answer to his protest was a curt note from Platt to obey orders. Another Tale of Easy Money. The other affidavit is by R. G. But- ler, of Milwaukee, who swears that while he was superintendent of the New York division of the company, in 1898, George Slingerland was made manager of the Century Express Com- pany at a salary of $8,000 a year, and immediately the city business of the United States Express Company was constantly sidetracked. The Century Company, which Slingerland acknowl- edged was owned by him and Frank H. Platt, got business formerly obtained by the United States Express Company VIEW OF PRIMARY ELECTION. FLIES ACROSS CHANNEL Poisoning and Death Caused by the Use of Headache Medicines. Washington, Juy 26.—Acetaniid, an- tipyrin and phenacetin (acetphenetidin) are three drugs which are widely used to produce insensibility 'to pain, and proprietary headache medicines are very apt to contain one or more of them. The use of such drugs without the advice of a physician is dangerous, since they tend to depress the heart and the nerves and may lead to the forma- tion of the drug habit. This is proved by reports from 400 physicians, made in response to inquiries from the United States Department of Agriculture. These physicians say that from 1884 to i 1907 they have known 28 deaths result- j ing from the use of one or another of • these three drugs, besides 814 cases of I poisoning and 136 cases in which the patient had formed the drug habit, with various evil results. In 14 cases antipyrin was poisonous even when used externally. Of the 400 physicians acetanilid is rarely or never prescribed by 212, an- tipyrin by 307 and phenacetin by 180. In more than one-half the cases of poisoning the drug was taken by direc- tion of a physician. The statements of these 40 physicians are confirmed by those of a committee of the British Medical Association which investigated the matter in 1894. The medical journals also from time to time have contained articles describing cases in which the use gi these drugs has resulted badly. Altogether medi- cal literature makes a showing of 13 deaths and 397 cases of poisoning frojn acetanilid, 488 cases of poisoning from antipyrin and 70 cases of poisoning from phenacetin. Physicians are using these drugs less freely and with greater caution than when they were first introduced. But the general public, the report says, in response to ingenious advertising seem more and more to be purchasing head- ache mixtures' containing these drugs and dosing themselves without advice from a physician. Tortured on a Horse. \For ten years I couldn't ride ahorse without being.in torture frompiles,\ writes L. S. Napier, of Rugleas, Ky., \when all doctors an pother remedies failed, Bucklen'a Arrfca Salve cured me.\ Infallible for (Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils, [ Fever Sores, Gczenta, Salt RheurrA Corn9. 25c. Guaranteed by F. C. Snider. —The Wright brothers i^e about the only men in history who \fcave- worn win-.s ar.d mac!*- it r.ay. by a start of fifteen minutes. Butler says the notification service of the United States Company was used to boost the Century Company, and that in a short time the increase of $500.00U a year he had accomplished while superintendent was lost and went into the pockets of the Century Company owners. • In addition to ex-Senator Platt, Jus- tice Bishoff's order cites Frank H. Platt, Francis Lynde Stetson, Levi C. Weir, James C. Fargo and Chauncey H. Crosby to appear. Those outside of the Platt family are company officials. The Order is extremely specific as to what the Platts must produce in the way of books, papers and correspond- encer and also exactly what they must answer to under oath. The contracts existing between the Government and the company for the carriage of bullion,, coin, &c, are also-demanded by the order, so that the alleged unwarranted payment of part of the revenue from the Government to the Adams Express and other companies may be revealed. The complainant, Dudley, said that there are on file now letters represent- ing nearly ten thousand ehares of stock- holdings urging that the suit be pressed hard and the Platts driven out of the company, they are charged with looting of millions of dollars. ROOSEVELT AND MAYORALTY. Prevailing Opinion Is that Former Pres- ident Would Make Most Formidable Candidate that Could Be Found. Paris, July 26.—John S. Wise, Jr., of New York, who is now visiting Paris, says that former President Roosevelt, just prior to his departure from New York on his African hunting expe- dition, promised him and other Repub- licans in New York, that he would re- turn in time for the mayoralty cam- paign. Mr. Wise says he has not given up hope that Mr. Roosevelt will head the mayoralty ticket in New York this autumn. New York, July 26.—The .views of John S. Wise, Jr., as cabled from Paris to-day on the possibility of former President Roosevelt entering the New York mayoralty campaign this fall, are in line with a report circulated here last spring and again within the past few weeks. Colonel Roosevelt's friends in the local Republican ranks, have long had him in mind as a candi- date, provided he can be induced to lead the fight against Tammany. They believe he possesses sufficient strength among the independent voters and even in the rankB of Tammany hall itself, to make him the moBt formidable nominee that^could be put in the field. The opinion to the present administration to-day that if Colonel Roosevelt wanted to-run for mayor it would be difficult to keep the nomination away from him. Picture Shows. Rome, July 26.—The Pope hasisBued a decree\ forbidding the clergy to attend bioscope exhibitions of any kind on the ground that many such exhibitions offend religion and morality. It seems that the clergy, who loyally obey the well known prohibition against attend- ing, theatres, patronized the cinemato- graph shows freely. —The Rosemary creamery at Adams in shipping a car of milk daily to New York parties, having a contract to de- liver 250 cans of milk every day until the first of March, and as many more cans as the New York firm care to order. The creamery ha9 shipped to New York since June 23, 1600 40-quart cans of milk and 828 40-quart cans of err am. Modification of the Law, to Meet the Needs, of Representative Government* Will be Subject of Discussion. There is no question but the primary election, held under conflict of law, as rigorous as that of general election, will \stay.\ But modification of it, as a means of reaching representa- tive results, will be made in our State; for the candidate for office, nominated by a small fraction of the votes' of his party, cannot be said to be a represen- tative of his party—still less of the whole body of the people. Modification of .the law, to meet the needs of repre- sentative government, will be subject of discussion hereafter* At present the purpose is to remind all the people of the fact that a candi- date's personal following is not likely to be \the people,'*<»r a representative of them, or even of his party. It may not matter much as to candidates for lesser offces, bnt aa to candidates for higher positions, who stand as repre- sentatives of party, of people, and of policies, it is a matter of most impor- tant concern. Under our primary law of Oregon, as it stands at present, there is no provision for a body of dele- gates, elected at a primary, to deliber- ate on candidates. But the proposition now is to hold voluntary for delegates assemblies in advance of nominations, for selection of candidates. The pres- ent methods and its consequences -«ere exceedingly Vraw.\ Hence the present situation in Oregon—the most gro- tesque ever known. \The Direct Primary\ is the subject of an article in the North American Review for July, by Henry Jones Ford, Professor of Politics in Princeton Uni- versity. The purpose of his article is to demonstrate that the claim put forth for the direct primary that it will take power from the politicians and give it to the people is without foundation. The writer calls this assumption \pure nonsense,\ So it is. When Bourne and Chamberlajn were elected to the Senate from Oregon, was power taken from the politicians? Are Bourne and Chamberlain politicians? Laughing, to teach, what hinders? This writer touches the heart of the whole subect by this remark: \Poli- tics always has been and always will be carried on by politcians, just as art is carried on by artists, engineering by engineers, business by business men. All that the direct primary, or any other political reform can do is to affect the character of the politicians by altering the conditions that govern political activity. The direct primary may take advantage and opportunity from one set of politicians and confer them on another set, but politicians there will always be ao long as there is politics. 'The only thing that is open to control is the sort (or set) of poli- ticians we .shall hav%. We* never can put the politicians out of business al- though we can put the reformers out of business.\ J^4L*«~. \• •••il» i —- The North American Review's article is long; we cannot give even a sum- marjrof it, and can only call attentions to it, as one of the most forcible pieces of political writing on a current theme that has fallen under notice.\ But we shall quote a few sentences more: \When the direct primary is tested its pretense of giving power to the people is a mockery. The reality k> that it scrambles power among faction chiefs and their bands . . . The hand-out may be nominally free to all, but in practice it goes to those able to obtain positions of advantage, whether by force, fraud, cajolery or favor. . . . . It intensifies the pressure of po- litical effort by making politics still mdre confused, irresponsible and cost- ly. . ». . It intensifies graft pres- sure by multiplying? elections, since it parallels regular elections by an ante- cedent series of elections to nominate candidates. . . . Elections should be reduced in number. The direct primary gives politicians more to do. It provides a series of elections in ad- vance of the present series: and at the same time it strikes down party re- sponsibility by providing that party agents shall no longer held their posts- by efficiency, as now, but by fac- tion favor.'' Candidates nominate them- selves, and then appeal to factions for support. \Nothing continues this forceful writer, \is further from thl truth than to descibe the direct primary as a democratic institution. It is a ne- gation of demcoratic rule, and nothing of the sort is found where democratic government really exists.\ True, this is, for democracy can win out its pur pose only through representative meth- ods. This article, and others like it, could be written only in and through the light derived from observation of Ore- gon, where the experiment has been (\carried out to its uttermost length, or certainly to greater extent than else- where. It will be necessary, however, to keep the primary election, and to keep it under strict control of law ; for the old system had developed abuses that became intolerable. But, the method of suggesting party nomination through representative assembles is a first step toward rational guidance of action under the primary law.—Port- land Oregontan. Feat in Bleriot Accomplishes Monoplane. Takes Lass Than Half an Hour**Wind Blowing 20 Miles an Hour Frenchman Starts From Point Miles Above Calais at 4:30 a, m. When Three *Dover,England, July 25.—This sleepy seaport town experienced the keenest thrill known in a generation when at sunrise this morning a white winged, birdlike machine with loudly humming; motor swept out from the haze obacur- ing the sea toward the distant French\ cqast and, circling twice above the high chalky cliffs of Dover, alighted on Eng- lish soil. > A calm (Frenchman, Louis Bleriot. a portly and red-mustached man of 37, descended from the saddle limping on a bandaged foot,which had been burned on his previous overland ight. Imdiately two compatrio FROM NORTH CAROLINA. F. F. Wetmore Tells of Raising Double Crops and Winds Up by Saying Taft Made an Ass of Himself in the Ap- pointment of a Judge. the following letter from F. F. Wet- more, of Lumberton, N. C, to his uncle, Monroe Young, of Watson, has been handed to us for publication: *\\\ Lumberton, N. C, July 18, 1909. \Ijjuess I have neglected you lately. You see I get so much Watson news from the J. & R. that I seem to almost liye there. But where is the corres- pondent from your neighborhood? I see nary a word from Petries Corners. Well, how iB your \cawn and cotton, suh?\ That is about all the news here. I wish you had part of our rain that is to spare. We have plenty, and then some. I must tell you about our gar- den, although it is nearly a thing of the past. That :1e, all the things are Immediately two compatriot?, who i \Pe and some of the second crop is had been waving a big tri-color flag as | bearing. First, our potatoes furnished a signal for the landing place, fell up- i «• »\ we wanted from May 1st, to the on him enthusiastically.embracing him.! * re *? n S w « du * them two weeks since on him enthusiay,g shouting and pounding him on the back. They, with a few soldiers and others who happened by chance to be on the scene, were the only perebns to witness the finish of a most remarkable feat. Bleriot left Les Baraques,three miles from Calais, about 4:30 a. m., on one of the smallest monoplanes, ever con- structed. He crossed the channel in a little less than half an hour, twice as swiftly as the fastest mail boat. His speed averaged more than 45 miles an hour. some times it approximated 60 miles. He kept about 250 feet above the sea level and for 10 minutes, while about mid-channel, was out of sight of both coasts and the French torpedo de- stroyer which followed him, with his wife ariti friends aboard., j The wind was blowing about 20' miles an hour and the sea was choppy. The aviator was swathed in a. single gar- ment of drilling, impervious to the wind, only his face showing. He wore also a cork life belt. An eye witness of the landing thus describes it: \Very early in the morning a wire- less message was received from Calais that Bleriot intended to make the flight. Then in quick succession came the news that he had left land, that he was fly- ing high and was fast making Dover. It was expected that he would land west of Dover, but from the direction taken it was soon evident that he would alight to the eastward. HUSBAND'S ASHES TO THE SEA THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. Only a few moments after the wire- less announcing the start, the laconic message, \out of sight,\ was received at Dover. Hardly had this been trans- cribed when the keen-eyed coastguard, scanning the sea with his telescope, shouted that Bleriot was within sight. 4 'Hastening to the cliff east of the bay, I was fortunate enough to arrive just a moment before the airship, which was flying fast, like a gigantic hawk. The craft approached the cliff, growing larger every instant. The noise of the engine was audible in a moment, so swiftly did it come. Bleriot swooped, overhead, glancing from right to Jeft and then turned hts machine to the east and came to the ground in the meadow. It circled with conBumate ease and made the landing gracefully, but even though it touched the land lightly, it was slightly damaged.\ . • By this achievement to-day, Bleriot won the prize of $5,000 offered by the 1 London Daily Mail, for the first flight across the English Channel and Btole a march on his rivals, Hubert Latham and Count de Lambert both of whom had hoped to make the attempt to-day. Bleriot, who speaks little English, described his successful flight very modestly. \I arose at3 o'clock,\ he said, \and Went to the aeroplane shed. Finding everything in order on the trial spin, I decided to make the flight. The French torpedo boat destroyer, which was in attendance, was signalled and it put out about four miles. Then I rose in th£ air and pointed directly to Dover. After 10 minutes I was out of sight of land and had left the warship well be- hind. For a few minutes I could not see either coast, nor any boat. I tried to keep at an average height of 250 feet. I might easily have gone higher, but it would have served no purpose. This was about the right height, I p g and will soon plant a second crop. Of onions green and ripe, we have had all that we want since January. Peas we had in the time, and where they and the first potatoes grew, we now have some bearing tomatoes. We had all sorts of truck that one can plant the seed of. Our cucumbers are about done bearing, and we will plant again for fall. They did not do well, neither did our cabbages. We set out some straw- berries this spring- and they furnished the baby \bites\ for six weeks and a mess or two for us, and only about 100 plants. We have a few hills of corn and have several messes\from it. We have only 100x108 feet, and the house, woodshed, chicken yard and the flowers cover fully three fourths of that. Our garden has been one of the sights of the town. It is now too, but in a different way. However, 1 will soon fix it by having a new one. I am sending you some papers, and you can see by them what is thought of Taft's action in regard to that judge- ship. The Democrats are jubilant for the growth of the\ Republican strength in the last election made them \see things at night.\ And there were bright indications that in the next Presidential campaign, there would be an even chance. But Taft would run at least 20,000 behind what he did in the fall Let's see about those senators that recommended Judge Conners. Of Overman, he is a North Carolina Demo- crat that can see nothing good in the Republican party nor in any Republi- can. His creed is \To the Democrats belong North Carolina and all that is in it.\ He refers to the Republicans all as \pie hunters,\ and undesirables, .and is of the class that think \Our position was correct, sah, and is still so, but we were overpowered, Bah, referring 1 , of course, to the Civil war. He would cut off his hand sooner than recctrn- numd ia EepublMAo-for tbeiudgesWp^ Then there is Senator Simmons. He is the man that was the head and front of the \Red Shirts\ In 1898 that dis- franchised the , Negroes in this State. He planned that movement and was its active leader, and Lt had the hearty co- operation of about every Democrat in this State. Why? Because it was the nly way for the \unterrified\ to get a nance at the \pie counter.\ In '98. 500 \Red Shirts\ paraded this town and terrorized the negroes BO they did ot dare vote, on the new constitution hat disfranchised them. In Harnet, n adjoining county, a Democratic re- turning board returned a greater demo- ratic majority than there were votes n the county both white and colored, and it was regarded by the Democratic eaders and press aa a joke, and is still so considered and.was referred to in the ampaign of last fall with admiration and praise for the board. V/ould Sim- mons recommend a Republican? Nit. He would cut his head off first. Well, with Democratic sensibilities of that und, would you want a Democratic udge to.preside over an election, case of the kind that is liable to come up rom now on. In this State the regis- trars are supreme in the matter of who may register, and the only power that can make them register a colored man ihh h fi i This g ig, thought to clear the Dover cliffs safely. The hi did d the Widow Scatters Themin the Surf Prcw Atlantic City Pier. v Atlantic City, N. J.', July 28.^-Fol- lowing out the last request of her hus- band, John Dreunig, of Philadelphia, who died a few days &g6, Mrs. Matilda- Dreunig went to the end of Young's Pier a few days ago, and tossed the ashes of the dead man into the sea. Hundreds of spectators crowded around the widow as she opened the small black box into which the ashes of her husband had been put after his cremation in Philadelphia and allowed the particles to spread on the rollers, which. carried the ashes among the bathers nearer shore. Dreunig made the execution of his will, under which his wife will secure his property, conditional on the carry- ing out of his last request, that his ashes be scattered irt the Atlantic City surf, where he had spent many pleasant hours as a bather in former summers. —The New York Central has appro- priated $10,t)00 for the erection of anew 'depot anq* the improvement of the rail- road yards in Boonville —The Haberle Brewing Company's cold storage building in Carthage has been completed and a carload of beer has been placed in storage. The build- ing, while small, is thoroughly modern in every l'espect and is equipped in the latest manner. Adam Linstruth is apent for the company and is in charge of the storage building. Th machine dipped toward th water several times. 1 put on more petrol at once. I estimate that pro- pellers were going from l,200\ to 1,400 revolutions a minute. The first objects I saw were ships off the English coast. Then I observed Deal and I discovered that the wind which was southwest, was carrying me thither. I veered to the southward to Dover Castle and then saw friends flourishing a flag in a val- ley suitable for landing. I made two circles while lessening speed and then dived down, but I came in contact with the ground sooner- than I expected. Both the machine and myself were badly shaken. \A few persons quickly assembled when I was helped out, as my injured foot was painful. I am glad to be here.\ M. Bleriot's friends took him quickly in an automobile to the old Lord War- den hotel by the pier, from which mail boats depart. In the meantime his \wife arrived on the destroyer. She embraced him weepingly, but they were soon sit- ting at breakfast, the center of a proud gathering of French people. GATES BACK FROM EUROPE. Says Americans Have, Saved Money and ~ Are Ready for Bull Campaign. New York, July2 5.—John W. Gates came back from a six weeks' vacation abroad to-day by the new North Ger- njan Lloyd liner George Washington fairly bubbling over with good spirits and bullishness. \Two years ago,\ said he, \I said that Americans were going to retrench and wear their old clothes. They have done so and the money they have saved surprised them al), as is shown by de posits the country wide. Two years of economy in'the United States means a, world of money and 1 believe the nex four years will witness the greatest in dustrial devlopment in this country tha the world has ever seen. __ —The old dry goods hquse of J . E, McAllister & Sons of Gouverneur ha sold^ its entire business to the firm o George R. Taitt & Son, of the same place. — Re\ Guy L. Brown, pastor of the Baptist church of Ogdensburg.has been called to the Central Bptist church o Trenton, N. J. He is very bright, abl speaker. Law in Regard to the Removal of Nox- ious Weeds, Briers and Bru»b Will be Enforced in Lewis County. To the owners or occupants of lands abutting on the highways of Lewis county >-I wish to call your attention to Section 54 of the Highway Law, which provides that it is the duty of the owners or occupants of lands situ- ated along the highways to cut and re- move the noxious weeds growing within the bounds of the highways fronting on such lands, at least twice each year, once in the month of June and once in the njonth of August; and it is also their duty to cut and remove all briers and brush, growing within the • bounds of the highway on Buch lands, once in the month of August of each year. I t shall also be the duty of such owners or occupants to cut and remove all brush, and shrubbery* and to remove all other obstructions within the bounds of the highway, causing the drifting of J-now upon such highway, before, the first day of November each year. If such owners or occupants fail to cut and remove such noxiour weeds, briers or brush shrubbery or other ob- structions causing the drifting of snow, as provided herein, the Town Superin- tendent of the town in which said lands are situated, shall cause the same to be done and the expense thereby incur- red, shall be paid in the first instance out of money levied and collected and available therefor, and the amount thereof shall be charged against such owner or occupant and levied and col- lected, as provided in Sections 5 of the Highway Law. Section 47, Subdivision 7, provides that if the owners or occupants fail to cutand remove such noxious weeds, as above stated, then the Town Superin- tendent shall cause them to cut and re- moved, twice in each year, once be- tween Jhe first and fifteenth day of July, and once between the finst and fifteenth day of September; and if such owners or occupants fail to cut and re- move such briers and brush once in the month of August of each year, then the Town Superintendent shall cause them to be cut and removed between the first and fifteenth day of Septem- ber ; and if such owners or occupants fail to remove brush, shrubbery or other bstructions causing the drifting of now, before the first day of November, he Town Superintendent shall cause t to be done. The amount of such cost payable in the first instance' by the uperyisor on an order of the Town uperintendent, after audit by the 'own Board, (as provided by Section 06 of the Higway Law.) out of funds aised for miscellaneous purposes. The statue does not require a notice be served on the owner or occupant f such lands, although the Town uperintendent may serve such' f he see fit to do so. Inwttfeuch Highway Law is new,,, iwncrs and occupant* igjtj their duties pectaf *^ *Jave caused riotWa . ave~furnished the ntendents of the county them to serve ontfee owd« otifying them of their tated. I have also furnished tfie TowiS Superintendents with notices of the earing of assessment and notice lot the final assessment of the' cost for*the fitting and removing of such noxious weeds, briers, or brush; -and removing f brush, shrubbery and other obstruc- ions, causing the drifting of snowl.'; ^ I siheerely hope that the Town Superi- ntendents will have no use for these; ast named blaqk notices, as I tqrost very person, persons or corpdratSons; wning or occupying lands in ~ ounty, will proceed to do their, egard to noxious weeds, brush, growing within the bounds of the highways, fronting their also cause the removal of such bstructions that will cause the; ng of Bnow. ' -' There is nothing that adds morel the beauty of the rural districts . than _ood roads and nice clean roadsides* 1 : wou\d say to the owners vor occupants i of land in Lewis county^ VLet'us$a1l;;\ take hold of this matter, to the end that there will be no friction befcweenf if *w : i§- •<•.••&' : ^•.-'r.s-ir wit the necessary qualifications ia a Federal judge. Again, in another 'Harnett\ situation who would like to have a Democrat judge say as to the lection of a congressman. Let's Bee how the Democrats treat the Republicans in this State. In .a number of the western or mountain counties, the ^Republicans are largely n the majority and control all the jounty officers that are elective. The constitution provides that certain of them shall be-elected-and Bome ap- pointed by th6 Governor or otherwise. In all those counties the appointive offices are held by good Democrats. But that is not all. In this State it is law, the duty'of the sheriff to collect all taxes and it is the plum of all the county offlcea. What has a wise Demo- cratic Legislature done in that case? As the sheriff is an elective office by provision of the constitution so the Democrats could not appoint one of exceedingly jjlieirs, and they just couldn't let those Republicans have all the fees for col lecting all those tax.es (usually 5 per cent.) ao a Democratic Legislature passed a law creating the office of Tax Collector\ for .those counties only, to be appointed by the Governor, Do you think he appointed a Republi carr to that place? They have fixed thi office of sheriff in those counties fo: fair. That is only one sample of Demo- cratic \fairness. '] '-- Then, again, most of the magistrate are appointed by the Governor. Thej appoint the registrars and judges o elections. ' What will they be, Demo? crats or Republicans? And then to think' they, with thei records, will prate about fairness Rats. They, the Democrats, to talk about pie. That is all they are in busi ness for. Taft'made a bloomming ass of him self and the Democrats here are laugh ing at him. His way of making votes would make this State solidly Demo cratie in two years. He gives me pain. Sincerely, F. F. Wetmore. —About this time the green appl Icoks pretty good to the boy who i just beginning to oise the hand tha recently held a cannon fire cracker to long. —Miss Julia Cosgrove, of Montgom ery, Orange county, had for yeara re atricted her outlay to $2.00 per wee for living expenses. She deprived her self of many necessities, being anxiou to save every cent possible. Now she is dead, and her grateful heirs, none of whom are nearer relatives than cousins\ are dividing about $30,000. M •Vi-V.'r* and the town officials, as the laws oo the statute books must \be obeyed.\ , c I • would also call the attention of the Town Boards to the fact that it is their duty to provide sufficient funds to _ for such work, providing the owherji:. occupants fail to do as above stated, such funds to be credited to the miscel- aneouB fund of the town and paid bat by the Supervisor on orders given by.; the Town Superintendent, vfter audit by the Town Board. . ••-;-• -' A Very Truly Yours, C. E. County Superintendent of ,A*\ A Young Marts Foolish Wea.'.;;-'^; \It isn't that farming doesn't pay,.\ said a young man. \ 1 know Ht^fdea pay for the right kind of a man*- Bat all the smartest fellows in ray'town go to citieB, and I'm afraid people will- think I'm not smart if I stajr on^the farm.\ No doubt many boye --leave home simply because they fear thejr talents will not find scope* on.the. ~ It is the duty of successful and . cated farmers to preach the needs brains and science in farming until one,- ^f rtit*%- V\i»io'V\f irAiivtf* -4-4i*»mnAiMit---.•A#I«-.T- U»^*J .*.* m* of our- bright young would throw away their bet chance for any such mistaken notion as that of the young man last quoted.; Allowed to Visit *SackeU Harbor. : Colored soldiers of the Twenty-fourth Regiment are again allowed to frequent Sadkets Harbor during the day time, but not after 8 o'clock In the evening,' • The fact that the soldiers are again al- lowed in town is a source of gratifica- tion to Sackets Harbor merchants, who ' have felt the loss of the soldiers' money. Until the trouble between soldiers and civ Hans at the Harbor some months ago, the soldiers were about town un- til 1 p. m. . The drastic order of Colonel Paulding, forbidding the soldiers to frequent the Harbor other, than in -passing to and from the trains, accomplished the de- sired end, for there has of late been none of the alleged disturbances of months ago, when several women claimed to have been insulted. —If plans now making are carried out, there may be in Washington next year, a meeting more impressive than anything which has occurred since the grand review and disbanding of the Union army at the end of the Civil w,ar. A great joint reunion is proposed by the Grand Army and the Confederate veterans, over which the Secretary of War will preside. Telegrams K passed between the leadin\- both sides, and the likely tocom*»* ings Q* ' -V\- \SO ''••K-i- • :>V v .'
