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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-07-29
A SCIENTIFIC
lhCEh0lARf

Prof. II. \. Hayes, who con-
Quoted the white Teachers InstI-
tute in this county in 1S99. and
who was at that time superintend-
ent of the schools at West Point.
is charged with an attempt TO
burn a hotel az Henderson. Ky.
in which were lodged a number
of guests. Prof. Hayes Is a learn
ed man and he scorned 20 do the
incendiary act after the manner
of the illiteratr. Instead. he en-
ployed the skill OF the chemist
and calculated time by the phys
ical law of evaporation. His
much learning, however. was
rendered impOtent by lack Of the
most ordinary common sense.
This brought failure 70 his dia-
bOlical plot and doom 70 himself. .
Here is the professors method .
which, possibly, he presented 60 F
his conscience as involuntary .
combustion; Phosphorus was pnt
in a bottle and covered with a
bath of 0isulphide of carbon .
The bottle was placed in an un-
occupied room of the hotel ana
surrounded with cotton saturated
with coal oil. Phosphorus wiI
burn when exposed 20 the air and
Of carbon evaporates .
Prof. Hayes knew this and
covered the phosphorus with the
carbon, knowing that It would
soon evapOrate, expose the phOs-
phOrus to the air and that CON-
oustion would result.
No doubt this scientific crimi-
1al calculated correctly along the
abstruse lines, but when il came
% the exercise of a mite of COM y
non sense he was lOst-he left y
he stopper in the bottle, evapo-
alton was retarded and the COM
)ustion did not take place until /.
inmates of the hotel were stirring. 81
These discovered the fire, extin- g.
guished It and captured the bot =
le. This bottle bore a label
which identified Prof. Hayes with
he crime and led 70 his arrest.
Prof. Hayes Went u West Point
rom somewhere in Texas he 4
vas followed by uusavOry rumors y
his conduct while in e
he state and won for himself a q
imilar reputation during his last q
ays at West Point. y
The teachers who attended the "a
institute at Aberdeen in 1899 viii 2
emember him as a pleasing, at %
ractive speaker and possessed of p
TonderfuI school ability.-Aber-
cen Weekly. ii
Prof. Hayes, who is well known /.
nd highly respected by many ,
Columbus people, writes a friend
I West Point that he is entirely
1nocent of the charge contained
l the above and that it is case
mistaken identity, which viii -
g shown by the evidence al the =
'ial. He states further that the R
ditor of the Kentucky paper
the article, referred %
Y the Weekly, is his enemy and
lat the affair was greatly exag-
Grated by him. "
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-07-29
WEDDINGS

Niss Pamela Nava and N-
Frank r. Harris. af tE- wacs-
lawn neiElborha15. ee-- 1-az-.a
at the Mayo b11es5eal ra rsrta-
Market street s- eve a-els-s Tes-
terday af-erlao1- tle rerery
being performed IS Ees- AZ
Miller. pastor 1f the EE=s1 Har-
list church, The ve5E1zz. eIa
quiet, and unos-en-ss11s. va4-
nevertheless, q very Fre-ly aae.
ana the briie. wha an unusual %
ly handsome youag lady. neF-r
looked Pretuer-
AT tae conclusion eE tle eere-
mony Mr. and Mrs. Harris lel
for their future lame r taa
Woodlawn ue5Ehb1rhaal. earr5.-
ing with them taeulsae-ar many
friends for Ia t1u- a-G hsrrv
married Gfe-
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-07-29
NO CONFIDENCE IN REPUBLICANS

Representative Sulzer, Of New
| York, has views of his own, anC
sometimes he exresses himself
quite pointedly on certPin sub
jects. While in Washington a
few days ago he was asked what
he thought of the presidents
proposition to have the next con-
gress take some action regarding
the criminal trusts, he smiled sar-
castically and said:
''President Roosevelt is no bet
ter than his party, and every body
that can distinguish the differ
ence between a hawk and a hand
saw knows that the criminal
trusts of the country dominate
and own the republican party,
and that so long as the republi-
can party is in power the trusts
prosper and flourish like a green
bay tree, and continue to rob all
the people, all the time, for the
benefit of a few multi -millionaires
and half a dozen plutocrats.
'The honest people of the coun-
try are
DISAPPOINTED IN MR.. ROOSEVELT.
They believed he had moral cour-
age and would enforce the laws
against the rich as we'll as the
poor. Since he became presi-
dent he has been a sad disap-
pointment. He talks all right,
but he doesn't do anything. If
he had moral courage he would
compel his attorney general to
enforce the anti trust act of 1890,
and the meat trust, the bread
trust, the sugar trust, the salt
trust, the anthracite coal trust,
the railroad trust, the oil trust,
and all other iniouitous and Grim
inal trusts would be put out of
business. If the anti trust law
were enforced there couldn't be
trust in the country.
"Bills were introduced by dem
ocrats to secure publicity, but the
president and the representatives
of the presidents party in the
house killed the bills in commit
tee. Bills were also introduced
by the democrats reducing the
tariff on trust-made goods, and
on trust manufactured goods sold
cheaper in Europe than in this
country, and the presidents
friends and the representatives of
his party in congress killed all
these salutary billsin committees.
"The republican party has had |
control of the legislative and ex-
ecutive branches of the govern |
ment for more than five years,
and it has absolutely
FAILED TO ENFORCE THE LAWS
on the statute books against the /
trusts. Does anyone suppose it
will do so next year, or the year
after, or at anytime in the future?
OF course not.
''If you will read the anti trust
act of 1890 and the decisions of
the United States supreme court
in the trans Missouri freight case,
and the Addyston pipe line case,
the conclusion will be irresistible
to the logical mind that the fault
is not so much with the law as it
is with the men who are sworn to
enforce the law. The law, so far
as it goes, is all right-the do
nothing attorney general is all
The imperative mandate
of the day is to enforce the law,
and every trust in the country
will dissolve Whenever the
trusts have been brought before
the courts and their true charac-
ter shown they have been de-
clared illegal.
"In my opinion-and / say so
= the department of
Justice, under the present law, can
institute and successfully main
tain actions against every trust
doing business in the United
States"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-07-29
SsIesmen wantsa.

We want four hrz-e-.
young lady clerks. Ern- a-s-s=-
~CEPEIsE SraEE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

A proposition of sensational inter
est is A. S. Greene's suggestion for a
new crusade, based on money instead
of arms, for the possession of the Holy
Land. Mr.. Greene suggests that this
is a fitting time for an international
movement, in accordance with Christ's
teachings and our modern n of
right, for the purchase of Palestine.
His theory is that Turkey could be
tempted by an offer of millions to sell,
and that it would not be difficult to OBJ
tain the necessary funds in Christian
Europe and America.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
VALUE OF THE GRADED SCHOOLS.

The excellent results which have fol
lowed the work of the ThomasviIle
graded school are noticeable on every
hand. The children, instead of loaf
ing and lettering about town, are seen
hurrying through the streets to get to
their homes where they apply them.
selves to their lessons for the next day.
They are quiet, orderly and busy,
where six months ago they we're noisy,
idle and Smart" But the school has
also changed sentiment in favor of ed
ucation and awakened an intense de-
sire on the part of parents to give
their children a chance. Townsville
is another town now, and it is only
beginning to feel the stirring of the
new life which we hope will make it
what it ought to be-one of the most
charming little towns in North Caro-
lima. If any of our sister towns have
delayed in this matter of public educa-
ton, let us urge them by what our eyes
have seen and our hearts have felt, to
hasten to establish a school in which
not a few, but all the children may
have a chance to go to school.-Thom-
asville Charity and Children.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

Youths Companion: The dramatic
circumstances of General Palma's life
his flight from Cuba as a prescribed
revolutionist thirty years ago and his
return as the first President of a free
cOuntry-have already been mentioned
in the Companion. 1t is evident that
the Cubans themselves are awake to
the picturesque character of the cpl
sOde, for one day last month was SCI
apart for general mourning through
out the island, out of respect to the
memory of the new Presidents moth
er. Her remains we're sdisinterred
from the grave where they were Sc
cretly buried thirty-four years ago,
and inferred again at Gauto; and over
the new grave the people of the;town
have erected a monument, the inscrip-
ton on which is both a fine tribute to
a mother and a striking example of the
poetic feeling of a Southern people. 1t
reads as follows:
"Candeleria Palma fell here, tired
and sick, while following her son, who
was fighting for the liberty of his
country.
"FOr thirty years you have slept.
The people of Cauto have come to
awaken you, and to say your son has
come, his head bound with laurels as
a reward for his virtues, to take ava
your precious remains. Arise; your
country is free and in the hands OF
YOUR sonI"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
NIB. CARNEGIE AND HE PHILIPPINES.

Nh. Carnegie calls his gifts of libra
ries to cities that agree to expend the
money necessary to maintain them,
the "best bargain" of his life; but the
New York World thinks that the bar
gain which he tried to make with Pres
ident Mckinley, when he offered to
furnish the $2O,O0O,OOO which we
agreed to pay to Spain for the Phil
ippines, was the best bargain Mr.. Car
negie ever tried to make, for "it would
have been a masterstroke alike of bus
mess and benevolence." This offer
was made known to the world last
week by Mr.. George F. Seward, presi-
dent of the New York Fidelity and
Casualty Company. 1T was made, it
seems, and declined when the Treaty
of Paris was still pending, and the
condition attached was that Mr.. Car
negie should be sent to the islands rs
g special commissioner, or as one of
several commissioners, with authority
to assure the Fiiipinos of ou: kindly
disposition ami 10 promise that the
United States would recognize the in
dependence of the islands Is 500 as
We had establ' shed there a stable gov
rrnment.-Litc"ary Digest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
DEMOCRATIC PROSPERITY.

So great was the increase in wealth
and the means of producing wealth in
America in the first year of the new
century it is a favorite theme with the
editors of this country and of Europe
alike. All kinds of explanations are
given for this wonderful development,
but none more true than that of MI.
Page in the Worlds Work for Jan
uary. "The secret of the whole new
chapter in our history" says Mr.. Page,
us this-for generations we have
given the common man a chance to do
his best, and he has learned to think
while he works.; and again he says,
"a few thousand millionaires and a
few Observation-Disclosures are merely
incidental results of the opportunities
of democratic life. The right train
ing of the hundred millions of pairs of
hands and the hundred million brains
that will soon make up our population
has in it a wealth, that we have not yet
dreamed of. The inevitable achieve
ments OF men in our democracy, if the
democracy be kept true to the right
training of men, will put all lands that
hold fast to privilege-built and class
divided social orders relatively where
India and China now are" This is
the secret of it all-democratic equal
ity, a chance for all. But it must not
be forgotten hat there can be no
equality of opportunity without equal
opportunity for that education and
training which will enable each indi-
vidual to make the most of his pecu-
liar talents. And this education must
be free to all alike, regardless of race,
color or previous or present condi-
tions.
Again Mr.. Page says in the Worlds
Work for December: owe have no
wealth and no opportunity and no duty
hat are comparable to the wealth and
the opportunity hat efficient uniVer-
Sal gives anu uO OII6E uuIy
confronts us that is half so impor-
tant."
owe hear much" he continues,
"about Southern natural resources
and Southern industrial development
which is taking long strides; but there
is more potential wealth in the I'M
trained hands and minds of the for
gotten masses than in all the forests
and mines and wells and rivers of
every Southern State" Indeed, these
are ur greatest undeveloped natural
cs-the hand and minds Of the
people. One dollar invested in their
development will yield a larger return
than ten dollars invested in any other
way, and the sooner we learn it the
better it will be for us.-Prof. P. P.
Claxton, in Atlantic Educational Jour
nal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
TaE TRUTH ABOUT CUBA.
The truth about Cuba?

The truth about Cuba?
Is it necessary to say more than was
told re by the resident agent of one
of the largest New York life insurance
companies? He said:
"The situation in Cuba today is I'M
precedented. Never before in the
history of life insurance has it been
equaled. 1t is actually rue that the
need here is so great, that we have
loaned money ON eighty per cent. of
the policies we hold in the island"
While I was in Cuba for the
Worlds Work a number of tourists
visited Havana, making in the MAORI
tv of cases the round trip of ten days
from New York which gives from
Wednesday until Saturday ashore. l
met several of the visitors at the In
gleterra. Said one to me, with a
sweep of his arm toward the Prado:
mo me need tell me the Cubans are
not prosperous. Look at the crowds
out there on the promenade. Do you
find people better dressed on Broad
way? And the carriages. Seen4s to
me even the beggars ride here. was
down along Obispo Street today. 1t
would do credit to Paris. And all the
shops were filled, too. People buying
as if they had money to burn. Yet
we are asked to reduce the tarits on
sugar, and all that. Humph! Idon't
see it."
Two hours later one of the most
prominent bankers in HAVANA, a
member of the family which has fur
nished the present incumbent of the
highest position in the Cuban Cabinet,
told me that his firm could close the
doors of forty-eight of the principal
commercial houses on mortgages if
they chose to do so.
Our city looks prosperous" he.said,
but we are a careless people, light
hearted and cheerful, with hardly h
thought for the morrow. There is lit
| tie apparent to show the terrific tinan-
cial condition which undoubtedly faces
Cuba, but just as sure as the sun will
set tonight, we are bound to b con
fronted with a crisis that will shake
the foundations of our island to it's
very centre."-A. H.. Lewis in The
Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
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The conferees ON the River and
Harbor Bill reached an agreement, the
total appropriation being about $685.
OOO, 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
The Art of Smuggling.

"A History Of Lace.
 From l75l onward. the English customs officers did their duty with d finely ruth l ss impartiality. The stopped sedan chairs in the streets. they could dig picCt of Valud blo lace from the inside of quartern loaf, from ladies gloves and umbrellas. The newspapers If the period abound in amusing stories of detcctinn. Gentlemen and ladies might succeed in hoodwnknS the SedrChCrs al Dover. hut they ran most serious risk of being caught at Southwark. That happened to d gentleman attach d to tho Spans" Embassy who, on arriving in London, was relieved of thirtY-SiX dozen shirts. with fine Dresden rufflcs and iabots. and endless lace. in pieces. for ladies wear.
 When the body of his Grace the Duke of Dcvonshrc was brought over from France. where he died. the officers. to the danger nf the servants. not content with opening and searching the coffin, poked the corpse with a stick to ascer- tain if it was real body; but the trick of smuggling in collins was too old to be attempted. Forty wears before, when d deceased clergyman was con vcyed from tn" Low Countries for in- tFrment. the body ut the corpse was found to have disappeared and to have been replaced by Flanders lace of immense Vdlue-the head hands and feet alone remaining. The discovery did not, how eyer prevent the High Sheriff of N est minister from running g-dnd that Tuc"e<S- fullN-e6 000 wurth of French lace in the
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Match Made on the Maine.

London Chronicle.
 The hospital ship Maine will be re- mcmhered hy all Britons. chiefly because the whole arrangements were undertaken by some American ladies resident in London. Two of those who sailed, how ever, will never forget the vessel, for it was on board that they first met and now they are about to be married. The bride is Miss Eleanor Warrander q sister of Sir George Warrander, and the hridgegroom Is D. Rodman. an eminent New York surgeon. who was in charge oc the medical staff. Miss Warrander acted as private secretary to Lady Ran doIph Churchill. now Mrs. George Corn wallis West. If all who benefited by nr. Rodman's skill arc invited to the wedding the ceremony would have to take place in st. Paul's cathedral for tho Maine made several voyages to and from tho Cape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Protestantism in France.

Contemporary Review.
 An inquiry into French Professionalism is met Tt the threshold hy this singular paradox. that while the Protestant spirit has taken possession of France, Protes- taI tism as a form of church life is Gc- ching On the one hand. it's influence so increases that Prot"Stants are to be found in all sorts of positions of authori- ,ty and power, far out of proportion to tEeir estin ated nunre rical str ,nGph: on the other hand its temples are empty of wor- shippers and the number of members, in both it's confessions. diminishes with cmino us r'Pdity.
 France is governed by ;h- combined au- thority rf thr Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. whose members. taken to- gethcr, number Ss0; 100 are said ;o be Protestants, "a ur S0 of whom ar in the Chamber o' Deputies. As the popuIa- tion of Tram" ir oyer R,noo.mH if tn Protestant Lerutles were solely he rep