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The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-08

II was while they were waiting for zaeE
TO come up and see what the trouble Wa
that the Fishers saw them
What has happened 10 our bous. -,
sale Mrs Fisher putting on her glasses
Looks as II painters we're AZ work
Nhat II it2 Why. a. ] 1--we its a roller
eoasleI, IKE the one I Was telling vou
about that Ne saw at Coney Island Wbv
mere car on it loaded with boys "a
sHap Jerry. Oh they'll all De- killed q"
1e 'sshed The horse 10 a gallon Jus.
t.lvh i1nge Of trees cut Of All view ot
'ie mouse, and they were left IN sus.
10 20. 7'''" Vi d mile
Medn"hlle the difficulty had been over
,"ii'e' ana Zack gave them = pusn and
ne Went down the incline.
D'a II work? Just as well "a ,t.. on. -,
''"eS island. That Zack was horn or
ish'ef J guess, for the car shot sround
'H' nrst curve as If il had never done
anything else.
II - hard TO tell who shriexad IN, lou,
's'' the boys IN the coaster or N. ~
O." me ground, but Mr.. and NJ Efgb.r
heaFd the yell. and misunderstood /. and
'a-hed the old horse in an agony % -
last the house and past tb4 D-ood ~,
anu around the corner OF the hon b,,,-,
'"at coaster shot. the boys yelling ,,l-l
'omanches. and their hair strsap75,, -
straight behind that its ,ro,5'. =,
didn't pun out
IL really looked as If ZacE had b,.i1. o
railroad without a flaw INT,
ne third turn headed them for +ba
D.-ih' ahd the next turn would ru1 rban
through the barnyard. and ~ -. 49,
"". A'u 'ney would come 10 a gtou right
IN front Of the door.
Just as they slid around +t. .tt-l .,.--
va. 'l".efs came 10 a stop al the barn-
ara gaze and an instant later the boys
Inc 10 STOP also with a quarter Of the
ride unfinished
WHe'her hange on one Of the wheels
p'VNe' % what happened will never b.
----I ---------- 0lL as they were passing the Ioft
".''To" q The barn the car jumped the
- ,l,"' anu Seh' the ten boys through the
HsHt sash Ike a shot out OF gun
NJ ana Mrs. Fisher did the scrsar1lng
''o" ana the rest of the boys ran into the
Darn as fast as they could sprint.
And they found a badly mixed up mass
OF boys and wheels and hay and b'eel!ny
noses and cut hands and torn clothing
but II you'll believe II, not a seriously in
Jured boy in the whole snarl.
There was no second trip on Fisher. 5
House. Hen House and Barn RajlrJad
and Jack would have been dischargaI OF
the spot IL Sam had not explained-aft.r
ne had been yinegared and brown rap-~-
ed-that Jack had merely followed the
instructions 10 the letter. and if any On
was TO blame it was the man waa had
written the article How TO Build a Roll
er Coaster I'm the Back Yard AMI I'm
inclined 70 think that Sam Was right.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-08
TIE SOLDER SLEEPS.
BE IoKlant or bE Kirkland

By loElznd o. By Highland.
Where er De served as day
Vas flA " stern enaeagOT. snd
He earned = sOGisrs pay
Hard marches. messer Fatlors
Snort nigsts and slinted ret.
Death Us4e aim gEGUHi his srms. zEs .s.s
He slunbers g.th the hest
In 1o7ne up-eogRtry chgrchyara.
NhsFe I0yiEg Singers keep
Tie noss1s fran his Ersgss.01e,
Hls drszmisss peace = deep
Naerc s=rrle1 rzlks are waiting
To hear the EeFSlIs.
He ileE beneath his cO9ltTy's 1zz
In g0odly company.
Aiaf from hsras. they've hoIIexe4
narrow house Tor hin'
Where fez-5eEy palms are zaYlux Erssa
Azd jingle sNszPs are din
F0r hin 10 Enre they matter.
ahe tropic stoTr.s sld eslmz
% husasd be lies. 20 sou1t be slse,a
Bsnesth the Evsyiag Pains.
His little ckllirsz. psusing
In nidst q happy play.
Are proud of faIneT that he rez-.
b. great Nsniiz Bsy.
To- youHz @ ieel tss hsart1chs.
Too znall TIE care 70 kR0x
1Ee5 isFiA N.tA pleasure tAzt ks -
AHa dared tss sEsrzlhg Zoe.
OAs loyal sszzn stznAlag.
Her hand against her hTezsf
a y % cigfra and tear IL pain
Il as01y rrprrEa@d
sees lsugAt o. f.m- and Kiory.
Hears asgtAt ~ aagi-E aresrh:
sse only knoSs her sgiGisr slss,s
The eole. Etili sleep q dszia
EY iDEiala and b highland
Wzcrs - ze Esrysd hls day
Was tan % sfsrB ensgrECce and
He sarned soleiers ysy
Dear tag tszt 1rss1z xtose ksa
for Eoa be paid a. price
Nor c0u1ts1 dear Is Et1csl arsp,
kse olcoa :. sacrifice
&srEzfs; Z SzngsgtT u lhs EAy WSnss's Ia
Gszssa.sA-
The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-08
COioFiess.

From the Detroit Journal.
We found the young wife in tears.
Robert and / have just euarreIed for
the first time" she sobbed.
We FASTENED 10 assure her that that
was nothing.
But ne has already admitted being in
the wrong. cried the unhappy woman,
WrinSlng ner hands.
On, the horror OF being yoked for life TO
such a coloFless man!
The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-08
Must Grin aud Bear.

From the A.chisSH Globe.
There are lots OF men who look as dis
contented as the servant girl in the
kitchen, but who haven't her privilege Of
giving notice
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
THE TENNESSEE CYCLONE.

Advices from various points IN 1en7
~nessee and Mississippi show the cy-
clonic storm. which rayaged portions
of those States Tuesday, to have been
one Of the most destructive ever
known in that section Of our country.
Owing to the interruption OF tele-
graphic communication, reports of the
disaster came in slowly. The latest
received show that upwards of fifty
persons were killed and that a hundred
or more were injured. The destruc-
ton Of property was enormous. Great
numbers of live stock caught in the
furious sweep of the tornado We're
killed. The force of the wind was ter
rifle. Before il houses fell crashing in
snlintered masses, and in its path,
varying at different points from fifty
to two hundred yards in width, man.
beast and property went down in a
horrible chaos of death and ruin.
Nevertheless some remarkable es-
capes are recorded. At Lavergne a
man and his six months old child
were killed by a falling house, while
his wife. who was in the same build
ing, was spared. At Columbia a child
reported lost was found three hundred
wards from the house which the cy-
clone had struck, lying beside a
branch uniniured. One Of of the family
dogs was lying beside the babe.
The storm entered Tennessee from
Northern Mississippi and swept across
the State in a northcastcrly direction
dying out against the rocky barrier Of
the Cumberland mountains. The
greatest destruction was wrought in
the counties bordering on Tennessee.
Farther on Columbia, Lavergne, No
lansyille AID GalIatin felt the deadly
j breath Of the tornado. In Columbia
the suffering was chiefly among, the
negroes and poorer whites. At Ara
buckle, in Mississippi, ten people were
killed and great destruction of proper
ty is reported. Also fearful d%cstruc-
ton Of life and property was wrought
GU L uliitd. 1-uii anu iItl lldlitc, III tuS
same State, but these places are re-
mote and isolated, and it may be days
before the full extent Of the damage
is known.
Altogether, the disaster appears to
be about The most terrible that has
ever visited the Middle South. Num-
bers OF people were manned, many
were rendered homeless. and the great
destruction Of property will entail tho
keenest suffering on the survivors. The
American people, however, are open
handed and generous and. as in Simuar
cases, will respond literally to any
appeal which comes up from these suf-
fering people.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
Southern Railway To Buy
Another important Road

Southern Railway will pass through ."o
additional States and will touch d 'hiiu'
Tho States which it will traverse are
Kentucky Virginia, North Carolina, South
roroIina Georgia. Alabama, lehnessee'
Mississippi. Indiana, Illinois and missouri
The purchase Of the road VIII also give
the southern entrance TO more lihpor-
tant gateways, st. Louis and hVanS'iiic'
in addition to Louisville, CINCINNATI
Memphis and Greenville.
The Air Line" is the shortest rou'e
between Louisville and St. Louis by lot
v-tbree miles and from this month on
the road will be a prominent factor ior
business between these two points do
we'll as for western and northern pusl-
ness bound south. The company VIII nave
a direct line from ST. Louis 10 healiS
every point of Importance in the South.
AS soon as the road passes into the
hands of the Southern railway 1t IS stated
that a number of improvements VIII De
made. The track between Louisville ana
ST. Louis will be improved; new trains
will be put on the line and new Pullman
sleeping and chair cars will be a feature.
1t is also said that new steel rallS VIII
replace the present rails, grades Will De
cut down and the track Strengthened.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27

At H~untingburg, Ind, on next Thurs
day. the Louisville, Evansville and st.
Louis Railroad. better known as the All
Line will pass into the possession OF
tho Southern Railway. The sale will mark
an important railroad deal, and will open
an entirely new field for the Southern
Railway. its first acquisition north OF the
Ohio River.
By the purchase CT the Air Line the
Southern Railway will have $50 miles OF
track. The Southern proper now mas
& 329 miles OF trackage in addition to the
Alabama Great Southern Railroad, from
Chattanooga TO Meridian, being $50 miles;
the Northern Alabama Railway, from
Florence to CordOva, Ala, 10I miles, max
ing a total of $3.50 miles. The length OF
the Air Line from Louisville to st.
Louis is 271 miles, with four branches as
follows: Huntingburg to Evansville, for
ty-seven miles; Lincoln City to Rockport,
seventeen miles: Lincoln City to Can
Melton, twenty-five miles, and Hunting
BURG to Jasper, seven miles, making a
total of 364 miles of track. This added
to the 6.S96 miles in the South makes
a total of $3.50 miles.
BY the acquisition of the Air Line the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27

bility where it properly belongs. 1t
would then devolve upon the State which
has assumed the guardianship of these
children, TO continue the curtaliment OF
child labor by providing means for the
extension of their public school terms.
The management of a few of our South
ern mills have voluntarily adopted this
plan. and so far as they are concerned,
have practically settled the question OF
child labor in their mills. At the begln-
ming of the school term every child under
a certain age is suspended from the mill
and required to attend school, but as soon
as the school term is closed they are
again taken back into the mill. Thus Il
is that the children are educating both
the hand and the mind, and instead Of
idling through a long vacation, learning
TO curse. chew tobacco and smoke cigar
rettes. they are earning their own liv-
ing and acquiring habits Of industry and
thrift.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
CHILD LABOR IN COTTON MILLS

This weeks issue of the Cotton Mill
News published at Charlotte prints a
thoughtful and suggestive editorial on
Child Labor in Cotton Mills The
point it makes is this: Child labor,
while wrong. is in many instances the
best that the parent can do IN the way
Of teaching his offspring a trade by
which to earn a living. The remedy
suggested, therefore, is for the State
to first provide adequate schools and
then prohibit the employment, Of
young children in factories.
The News argues as follows:
The question of child labor in the
Southern cotton mills has for a number
of years furnished an interesting topic
for the employer and employee, and while
public opinion has been strongly in favor
of legislation tending to correct what
some have seen fit to call an evil, it ap-
pears to be rather difficult to devise a
plan that will meet the requirements
with the least possible injury to both
the operative and the mill-owner. Some
urge legislation which will uncondition-
ally prohibit child labor in our cotton
1890 - . iN-iAS via may oplSti NSly
we'll, but upon a more careful cXamina-
ton of this proposition, it will be seen
that there are instances in which it
would cause injury to the child and Sc
rlOusly inconvenience the parents.
In the first place, our public school sys-
TEN provides schools for these children
for only a short period each year, in
! many instances, not more than two to
four months. The remaining eight to ten
months of each year, the children. who
otherwise might be learning a trade as
mill operatives would be living lives Of
enforced idleness, and in many instances
acquiring bad habits which would proba-
bly, lead to their final destruction.
1t appears to us that the Legislature
would have no moral right to enact a
law to prohibit children in the mill vii
lagos from learning a trade. without pro-
viding them with the facilities for acquir-
ing education. Authority should always
carry with it responsibility.
We believe that child labor should be
eliminated from the mills, and we believe
that this movement has the approval of
a large majority Of both the operatives
and the mill-owners but before it is lone
such provisions should be made as will
improve rather than lessen the opportun-
mites of these children.
This is a question that is of vital in
terest to every family who have cast lots
with our cotton mills, and in its consider
alton we should be actuated by higher
motives than merely getting rid of the
children as competitors, or employing
them because their labor is cheaper.
q careful consideration of this subject
leads to the confusion that a law enacted
prohibiting the employment of children
IN any cotton mill during the term Of
. public school would place the RESPONSE
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
DISASTER ct ARKABUCKLE.
Ten People Killed Outright and Twenty
Injured.
(By the Associated Press.)

By the Associated Press.)
Arabuckle, Tate County, Miss. Nov
2l.-Iesterday afternoon a tornado de-
scendcd upon this little town and as a
result ten persons were killed outright
ana twenty were injured. The dead are.
JACK kELLUM. aged 80 years.
WILLIAM kELLUM, aged u.
NICHOLAS BLAKE, aged "a.
MRS. WILLIAM M'KAY.
MRS. MkAY'S four children.
UNKNOWN NEGRO.
NEGRO INFANT.
The injured are:
PRESS BLAKE, seriously hurt in hack
oOHN internally, seriously.
MRS. JOHN PARKER, seriously
crushed.
JOHN BLAKE, right leg broken.
ALPHA BAkEWELL, leg broken
CHARLES ROSHELL. seriously bnr+ -
back. H"' Il
u. L. THOMSON, injured in head
SCROGGAN, hurt in back
[. PARKER, painfully bruised.
MRS. TOOMBS, painfully hurt
MISS BUNCH BRADLEY. bruised
ROBERT PICKLES five children r,;n
fully injured. yam
GoS ALDRIDGE, bruised.
MISS LOTTIE PICKENS. seriously
hurt.
ANN JACKSON, colored. seriously b,,rt
BOY, may die.
Inc storm overwhelmed the town about
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
A SWATH Of DEATH And RUIN
Parts of Tennessee and Mississippi Storm
Swept. Appalling Loss Of Life.
A LONG LIST OF THE DEAD AND IN |URED

Hrs MAIINDA JENNETT, aged 20.
AUBREY HAMPTON, internally hurt.
THOMAS HAMPTON, badly cut anG
bruised.
EMMA HAMPTON, arm broken.
MRS. P. C. VERIER. collar bone and
rib broken.
ERNEST STEPHENS, internal injuries
LESLIE STEPHENS, slightly bruised
on the head.
L FLY, internal injuries.
MISS Fly, badly bruised.
MRS. j. w. FLY, internal injuries.
All Of the sixteen houses were totally
destroyed. Mr.. Hampton had $500 in
money and this was blown away and only
q part was recovered.
A baby Of Jim Chrisman, colored, re-
ported lost, was found 800 yards from the
house at 10 o'clock. lying near a branch
uninjured. One OF the family dogs was
lying by his side.
At Lavergre, 16 miles south of here, on
the Nashville, Chattanooga and ST. Louis
road, the velocity of the wind was marvel
Gus, and from best reports lasted only
about twenty seconds. In this short time
about 80 dwellings, were turned into
kindling wood. The loss Of life is small
compared with miraculous escapes made.
The wind made a swath about 200 yards
wide through the middle Of the town.
The Lavergne high school and tho depot,
the two largest buildings were laid fiat
on the ground. The loss of these two
buildings is placed at 81 600. The rail
road lost four section houses, each valued
at $500. The victims of the tornado are:
GEORGE ROBERTSON and his six
months old child.
Mr.. RObcrtson's house, which was a
very strong log structure, was in the mid
die Of the path of the storm and was laid
fiat on the ground. At the time Mr.. Rob-
crtson and his child had retired and his
wife was sitting near the bed sewing and
before the latter could even warn her
husband death had claimed them.
Mrs. RobertsOn's escape was marvel
Gus. When found the unfortunate man
was pinned across the back by a large
timber and a great scar was on the back
of his neck. No mark could be discerned
on the body of the child. Both are thought
to have met instant death.
In almost every home there were sew
cral injured; those most seriously being:
MRS. CHARLTON, collar bone broken.
MACK JORDAN'S six-ycar-old child;
cannot recover.
ELMORE HOUSE, seriously injured.
In Williamson county great damage
was done but the town of Franklin es-
capped with comparativel small loss.
Houses and timber n Summer county
also suffered considerably, but first re-
ports sent out from Gallatin were exag-
gerated.
Great suffering is being experienced by
those deprived of homes at Lavergne and
Nolansville.
The rise in the Cumberland River al
Nashville IS the most rapid known in
twenty-five years, the water having
ciinned twenty feet on the gauge since
yesterday morning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27

months school in every school district
in the State. That pledge is not worth
States revenue is increased. If the
State cannot tax the franchise of the
rich corporations it created, where can
it obtain the necessary money to give
| education to the children before 1908?
| In 1899 an attempt was made TO I'M
! pose this tax together with the prop
ertv tax. The Federal courts can pre-
vent that, and this State. while having
no respect for SimOnton'S injunction
methods. does have respect for the de
| cisions of the Federal Supreme court.
! We do not apprehend that the State
! will lose its present case before that
high tribunal if it is in full possession
of all the facts, but the delay incident
to the present method is such that
j., Simonton and the railroads could de-
! Law the enforcement of an honest as
sessment indefinitely. When the SUI
preme cOurt-some years in the future
shall decide that the present assess
ment was right when made, what as
surance is there that, if the Commits
sion should, five or ten years hence,
make another increase in order to do
Justice, the present tactics would not
, be repeated? And 50 on until a State
government, controlled by the tax
lodging railroads, would permit the
railroads to pay only half OF a just val
uation lin order to secure peace and
mot to drive capital out Of the State??"
There is but n remedy unless the
State is ready to abdicate its sovereign
function of assessing property for tax
alton, and hat is to pass a bill similar
to the one that passed the House IN
1899. 1t may be wise to make certain
changes in thai bill, but the principle
ought to be put into statute law. Ihe
United States Supreme court has held
tina such a tax is within the power OF
the State. 1t could not be en- ioincd by
Simonton or any other Judge, and the
railroads could not evade the payment
Of this just Az. 1t is a matter for
Statewide congratulation hat Mr..
Willard, the author of the 1898 bill,
and Mr.. Thompson, who c~hampioned
it on the floor. are reelected by their
constituents to continue the fight for
this just measure. There are some
who opposed it before who are now
earnestly in favor Of its passage, and
there ought not to be any doubt that
a similar measure viii be ratified be
fore the fortieth day of the Legislative
session. 1t may be expected, however,
that it will be fought; hat the tax
dodgers Will cry out that the advo-
Gates of the franchise tax are seeking
'to drive capital out of the State" and
are "making war on wealth. Such
clap-trap as that, employed by tax
dodgers and their hirelings, no longer
affects honest men who are sincerely
desirious Of preserving the right
of the State to assess a railroad
as we'll as a farm OF a horse. The Leg
islature has enough wise and patriotic
men to devise a measure Of taxing the
valuable franchise of q~uasi-public cor
porations hat is in conformity to the
decisions of the highest court as we'll
as in keeping with the duty of justice
to all Taxpayers, individual and cor
porate-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
THE STORM IN MISSISSIPPI
Loss Of Life and Propertv Far Create
First Reported.
(Py tho Associated

CBy the Associated Pres
Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 2l,-AnE
ceived tonight from the storm a"
tions of Mississippi, Arkansas @'
nessee, indicate that the loss @.
damage to property is far gTga.
at first reported.
In Mississippi the grcatcst los
and damage to property Ocnurf'
Tunlca, Lula and fernando. 4 r.
carrier from a point thirteen u.
Iunlca says that the tornado
lion was so great that it viii u.s..
to calculate and repair it. F.".
lost their lives on the Hamlin u.
In Tunica the school house. #H
a number of buildings we're Up
molishcd. More than fifty neg
missing, and it IS feared thai
them have persisted. Cotton d.
badly damaged.
At fernando a white man
and a negro fatally injuTe.
dcbriS. Numerous saw mills
residences and hundreds Of me-.
were blown away.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
IN COLORADO.
Colorado Springs in the Clutch Of a Dcstru.
tive Wind.
Oy the Associated Pre-

10Y inc Associated lIt...|
Colorado Springs, Colo. Nov.
windstorm, which was practically e.. ..
nado, visited this city today and H. .
this hour, 9 p. m, has caused great u."
age to many buildings. As far as ea.#.
no lives have been lost, but numbers I...
been injured by flying WrcckaEc. Ml..
many people nave had narrow ,."
The roof Of the Durkcc building. uu. .
the largest in the city, now lies boz I.."
street, and the wind is causing auH..
havoc 10 adjacent buildings.
The Exchange National Bank I|UI'tn.
roof went into the air at y ocIu,a ..
the skylights of the mining cNchaul. U..
been demolished.
It is dangerous for any one To hc ON ',
street, and the full extent Of ttrtawH
cannot be learned until daybrogl
The storm began about II a. DID,. ..
has continued all day, increasing on '.
tensity tonight. The Government W."
recorders instrument has been h.."
away. The last record was So milo. .
hour.
The people throughout the cir.
badly frightened and are cOWcrjug ".
fear in their homes. Many outhous,< .
barns ave been wrecked and m.-
dwellings houses unroofed. Dana"
property will undoubtedly exceed Stu"
600. Railroad traffic is badly crluI.
The city is in total darkness.