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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
From the London Spectator.

From the London Spectator.
Casual moralists take different views
of the moral turpitude of debt They
call debtor anything between a thief
and careless fellow. The former is,
Of course, too harsh, though we have
often heard its justice seriously main
tanned, and it is certainly more easily
refuted by illustration than by argu-
ment On the other hand, to excuse
debt as mere thoughtlessness as many
upright people do excuse 1t, is clearly
absurd. The reason of this divergence
of judgment, is, we think, this Debt
is a moral disorder, II not in itself Of
fatal import. One or two attacks in
youth have as a rule no lasting eff
fects upon character. Again, debt is
often symptomatic of serious moral
disease, because II is a common out
come of the selfshness which lies at
the root of all departure from a state
Of moral health. Consequently the man
in debt is much misjudged-most often,
perhaps, on the side of ieniency. There
are men-and they are almost always
in debtor whom the words right"
and wrong" seem to be replaced by
penal" and "non-penal." They owe
money, but that is perhaps the least
thing they owe. They never return
Kindness or help, or justice even, and
certainly not affection, should any one
be so unfortunate as to have let them
have any. They behave decently or
not, according to the nicely with which
they are able TO calculate conse-
Quences.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18

piled to the night express trains as
well as the day; consequently. as their
route passes through Edinburgh, they
lost much time In spending eight and
half hours on the journey thither.
In July, 1895, the East Coast dis
covered their mistake. and their ac-
celebration which followed gave birth
In the following month to the race"
to Aberdeen.
Hallway Records.
The summer of 1896 formed the high
water mark of the Anglo-Scottish serv-
ices, when an ordinary in contradis-
tinction to a racing" service is con-
cerned. The West Coast then made Abb
erdeen In 10 hours rs minutes, Perth in
s hours 36 minutes, and Edinburgh in
8 hours, while the East Coast reached
Aberdeen in 10 hours, 20 minutes, Perth
in hours, As minutes, and Edinburgh
in hours, rs minutes.
To-day, Aberdeen is IL hours, 5 min
utes from King's-cross, and IL hours,
Is minutes from Austen, and Perth S
hours, SO minutes from King's-cross,
and 8 hours from Euston.
Three night expresses from Kings
cross reach Edinburgh in Z hours, As
minutes, and one night express from
Euston gets to Edinburgh in hours.
There was no real race" to Edin-
DurBn IN the summer OF lJUl.
True, the West Coast made one or
two runs considerably under the 81
hours, because they feared that the
East Coast people were going to spring
a race" on them, and they wished to
demonstrate that they were on the
alert. AS a matter of fact, the East
Coast had no such intention.
The solitary exception referred to
above is the accelerated highland ex-
press by the Midland route, which is
timed to reach Edinburgh in 8 hours,
20 minutes, or Is minutes quicker than
formerly
The Midland route is very hilly
throughout, and IL is 400 miles long.
Therefore, this express achieves a finer
performance than the West Coast train
which does the journey of 401 miles
In eight hours, or the East Coast eli
ers," which cover the journey of 1921
miles in ~ hours.
The ALTERED working" of the East
Coast Flying Scotsman presents no ex-
traordinary features. The West Coast
are not running between London and
Carlisle without stopping, neither do
they contemplate doing so. The truth
is that a break of 299A miles would
be too great strain in ordinary daily
practice.
A Long Run.
Apart from the wear and tear OF
machinery. three factors have to be
considered in the performance of a
long run-namely, water supply, coal
supply. and human endurance. The
first is simplified where track troughs
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
DOCTORS AND DRUGS.
Use of Opiates by Physicians and
Trained Nurses.

Use of Opiates by Physicians and
Trained Nurses.
From the New York Mail and Ex-
press.
From time to time one reads of the
prevalence of the drug habit among
members of the medical profession,
and one wonders what basis of truth
there is for the, remarkable and I'M
pleasant charge. Physicians who do
not attempt to cure. themselves make
but a feeble appeal to, T : confidence
of their patients, and 1t is safe to say
that few patients would willingly in
trust their lives to the care of a doc
tor addicted to drugs. 81
It has been alledged, however, even
in the medical journals, that doc
tor, accustomed for years to the adj
ministration of opiates, may come to
fancy himself immune to their deleter-
ious effects-somewhat on the principle
of every man believing every other
man mortal but himself. Perhaps,
through his prescriptions, he has led,
all unwittingly of course, certain ner-
vous men and more women to become
the slaves of morphine, choral or
cocaine, and he looks upon these weak
er vessels with pitiful professional eyes.
For himself, he can, when needs be,
take drug with impunity; take it
or let 1t alonRe."
Some months ago when DR.. Eugene
Grissom a famous alienist and neuro-
logist, committed suicide at Washing
ton, D. c., 1t was noted that he was
a victim Of the drug habit, and sew
eral newspapers sounded an alarm in
the land. In speaking of the unpleas-
ant subject at the time a prominent
physician was quoted as saying that,
IF a man in my profession has him
self well in hand he can take an
opiate now ana then with as little risk
as he runs in taking an occasional
drink of whisky-with even less risk,
because a doctor can't approach a
patient with the odor of rum on his
breath when he may be really in need
of a stimulant."
This may be true, but we are loath
to believe that 1t is a fact in the lives
of many practicing physicians. 1t is
enough to know that some of the
nurses in our larger hospitals, as we'll
as many pharmacists, have admitted
that from much handling of seductive
drugs they have become addicted to
their use. The habit, is appears, is
formed insensibly through the example
set the younger by the older clerks
or nurses, and it is pursued without
a moments thought of the pernicious
consequences, living or rather dying
illustrations of which are fragrant and
constant before their eyes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18

exist, as they do on the Northwestern
system. Coal consumption is reckoned
at forty pounds per mile, therefore,
on a run of 299 miles, five tons would
be burned.
In the special" runs from Euston to
Carlisle, recently made, the locomo-
tive tender has been loaded to its ut
most capacity with six tons, fifteen
hundredweight, of which just five tons
have been consumed. Consequently
there is no difficulty about fuel
But what about the endurance of the
driver and fireman? For six hours on
end the former has to drive his engine
and keep his eyes on the signals, and
the latter has to trim and shovel five
tons of coal. Is not this strain and
the hard manual labor incurred too
much for the men?
The present longest run in the world,
between Paddington and Exeter, occu-
pies three and a half hours, and In
ordinary practice this is about the
limit of time to which those In charge
of fast, non-stopping train should be
subjected. II 1t is made an everyday
practice to run trains in this country
from 200 to 300 miles without stopping,
the example set by America in regard
to the performance of shorter breaks
ought to be followed. On their long
runs, the huge American engines often
carry several drivers and firemen, who
relieve one another at intervals.
But again, is there room for relief
men on the fOotplate of a British ex-
press locomotive? We doubt 1t.
The accelerated services of the rival
Southwestern and Great Western sys-
TENS to the west of England are hard
ly likely to lead to a race" for the
following reason: Waterloo and Pad
dington lie too far apart at opposite
ends of the town, and, therefore, each
taps a different self-sufficing area.
Will the dweIler in the West End
take the trouble to drive to Waterloo
in order to get to Exeter fifteen min
utes quicker; or he in the south of
london journey to Paddington in or
der to reach Plymouth two minutes
quicker?
Circumstances are entirely different
when one is contemplating a journey
to the North. A handkerchief, so to
speak, covers Euston, st. Pancras and
King's-cross, and one may as we make
for one as the other; and that is one
of the reasons why the northern lines
watch each other so jealously.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
CLOSING OF MILLS
DUE'T0 LACK OF COTTON.

New York. Aug. I'm. c. D. Bor-
den, in commenting to-day on the
closing down of the cotton mills in
New England. said that the action of
the cotton mill owners was undoubt-
edly due to the scarcity Of cotton sup
plies and their determination not to
buy cotton az the present prices.
Mill owners" said he, cannot buy
the raw supplies at say II cents
pounds and sell the print cloth at 81
cents yard. BY doing so they would
be losing money and of course such
condition of affairs necessitates only
one course, that is to close the mills.
II think It would be more profitable
to sell the raw cotton at the going
prices than to manufacture it into the
commercial article and sell it at the
present prices. Should the present
condition in the raw cotton market
continue there is no doubt but that it
would cause a serious condition in the
print cloth and textile industry"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
RAILWAY tracing" IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Present Running Time of the Lon
dOn-Edinburgh Trains Slower
Than Fifteen Years AgO-L0cI< of
Competition.
From the London Mail.
With the arrival Of summer, and the
improved train services which 1t calls
forth, many persons are on the qui vive
for a railway race"
This season the prospects OF such &C.
curing have appeared more promising
than usual. Rumor has been busy with
the alleged significance underlying the
announcement of ALTERED working" on
the part of certain Anglo-Scottish ex-
presses, and 1t Is popularity supposed
that the Southwestern has challenged
the Great Western to race" to tina
west.
But railway races" are "off" for
the present, at least. as the following
particulars will show:
With a solitary exception, no through
express train between London and
Scotland has undergone the slightest
acceleration, and Edinburgh, Perth and
Aberdeen still remain further away
from the metropolis in point Of time
than they were in the annus mirabilis
of British railway speed-namely, 1886.
The East and West Coast routes have
an agreement whereby the day service
between London and Edinburgh must
not be performed under eight and a
quarter hours. This agreement dates
from December. 1900 when both re-
duced their times by those particular
trains from eight and a half hours to
eight and a quarter hours.
However, the acceleration of fifteen
minutes was not brought about by in
creasing speed, but by the abolition
OF the twenty minutes halt at Preston
and York respectively for passengers
to lunch, corridor carriages and dining
cars having rendered such a long stop
mere waste OF time.
Consequently, the actual running
time of the crack day London Edin-
burgh expresses Is slower than 1t was
fifteen years ago-namely in Septem-
Der, 1885, when the race" to Edin-
burgh eliminated In an agreement
whereby both routes undertook that
no day train should reach Edinburgh
under eight and a half hours. This
agreement, however, did not apply to
the night expresses, the bulk. of whose
passengers are bound for destinations
much further north.
Until the opening Of the Forth
Bridge, the West Coast route 10 Aber-
deem, which does not touch Edinburgh
was $40 miles In length, against $50,
miles by the East Coast.
After the opening Of the bridge, the
East Coast, which had been twelve
miles linRer, became seventeen miles
shorter than the West Coast. Fearing
that they might lose the mail con-
tract, the West Coast set about ac-
celebrating their service 70 Perth and
Aberdeen. and for some time the East
Coast did not reply. because they
thought that the agreement o. 1858 APP
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
news oF WAYCRoss.
Car Factory Finishing First Car Of
Big Order.

Car Factory Finishing First Car Of
n Big order.
waycross, Ga, Aug. 1.-THE FIRST! of
the 500 cars ordered from the South
Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Com
pany Of Waycrossa by the Mexican Ma
tional Railroad is nearing completion.
The car. which is slightly larger than
the usual box 4car, having a capacity
of $4,000 pounds, was made largely for
an experiment, so that the specifica-
tons for the making of the other part
Of. the order might be, known. The
car is very satisfactory and when
completed, the rest of the order will
be rushed through as soon. as posi-
BILE. e.. -
The members of VOTES Chapel. A.
NJ. e. Church Of this city are arrang-
Ing for a large, otd-fashioned camp
meeting to be held in. this city Aug,
26 to Sept. Is, inclusive. The meeting
Will be held under an arbor In the
vicinity OF Reedsville. a suburb and
many. visiting preachers are expected
The new telephone, system being. put
In by the Southern. Bell Company lie
nearly completed, and some Of the
phones. are being cut in, on the. new
o"AtShUOdGu< lO-udy'r Inc AltP OrSN
system being put in by, the Southern
Bell Company will meet with universal
approval. The town is being wired
with cables. and an improved switch:
board by which the service Is much
quicker and safer is being installed
Another series sof games between the
A. C.. L. apd city teams is being ar
ranged by the Encouragement. One game
will probably take place the last Of the
week 80 49, 5.!t,".s
Pr1vates Tom Brakes, Sirmans
Clyde Piowden,a Robert. .Ccttingharr
and John Powder. members of the
Waycross Rifles, LEFT this morning fol
Savannah to attend the state shoots al
that city - Z. - :! :. =. 2. IL .
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
RESULTS AT HAWTHORNE.

Chicago. Aug. 17.-Results at Haw-
thorne:
First Race-Seevn furlongs. Skilful,
IL to 5, won, with Gregor K. 3 to 20,
second, and Barney Burk, 100 to /,
third. Time. 1928 3-5.
Second Race-Steeplechase. short
course. Paul Aker. I to 4. won. with
Joe MCGEE, 20 to 1. second. and Cey-
ion. [. to /, third. Time, 1854 2-5.
Third, Race-One mile, speculation
stake. Dick welles. to 5, won, with
Orsina, z to /. second. and Flo Carline,
10 to /, third. Time, 1:40 AS.
Fourth Race-One and one-quarter
miles. Citrate. 10 to I, won, with
Kunja, 10 to /, second and Lou Woods,
10 10 /, third. Time. 2:0S is.
Fifth Race-Five furlongs. Witch
craft, 2 to 1, won, with Copperfleld, 16
to g. second, and Rusk, 20 to 1, third.
sixth Race-six furlongs. Pllanudes.
20 to /, won, with Best Man, to l.
second, and Gallant, even, third. Time,
1 liz
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
Mrs. Margaret DibbIe.

Mrs. Margaret NJ. Dibble. widow OF
the late Samuel r. Dibble. died last
night at her home, No. 400 State street,
east, from a complication of diseases.
she was Ill only one week.
Mrs. Dibble was 70 years Of age and
a native Of New York city. She had
been a resident Of Savannah fifty
years. 4Mre..- Dibble- leaves one daugh-
ter, MRS. p. B. Finney and two sis
ters, Miss Ellen, Carey. and Mrs. Julia
Brady. u reliet a Of the late Bernard
Brady.
The funeral will take place this aft
ernoon- at s. oclock from the Cathedral
Of ST John the Baptist. Father
Gregory will conduct the services and
the frterment will be in Laurel Grove
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
THOMPSON CAN'T COME.

Matchmaker Billy Wilson of the Sa-
vannah Athletic Club received letter
from Bobby Thompson yesterday,
which stated that Thompson would
not be able to meet Herman Miller
for the championship in the welter-
weight class of the South, as he had
suffered several injuries Of late and
was now under contract with George
Leander to pace him in all of his cycle
races.
Thompson is known as the cycling
pugilist, and is himself not bad fol-
lower of the pace. He holds the cham
pionship welterweight belt of Canada,
and 1t was hoped that he could be
matched against. Miller here. Match
maker Wilson wired several other good
ones yesterday afternoon, seeking to
make a match for Miller, but has not
yet heard from any of them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
OBITUARY.
james O. Dunlap, Atlanta.

james O. Dunlap, Atlanta.
Atlanta, Aug. Thames c. Dunlap.
81 years old, one of Atlanta's best
known and, Oldest citizens, died this
morning. from old, age. Mr.. Dunlap
was born in Lancaster county, South
Carolina. and moved to Gwinnett
county Georgia, when, a, boy. He
drewa pension from the United
states up to the time Of death for
service in the war against the Creek
Indians in 1895 He was one Of the
oldest Confederate veterans in At
lanta. He moved here in 1866. just aft
time predieted that growth OF the city
to what it is to-day. The citizens
then laughed at his; pFedictions; the
older ones who are left now recall
them with delight. He leaves eight
children and nineteen grandchildren.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
WESTERN UNIONWON.
CAV DIsoHARGE EMPLOYEES FOR
ANY CAUSE TT SEES FIT.
UNION MEN BROUGHT SUIT
10 PREVENT COMPANY DIsCHARc-
ING THEM AS SUCH. ~r.

aouaht Also TO stop Maintenance Of
. black ,List--Likewise Objected TO
,he Circulation OF This List
Chmrses ON1cers of Company with
Cou.pirlnK- to Discharge Members
If UniOn-Juage Holds. I'm written
opinion That, without Contract
vrnI Relatfons, Company Can
DischaEwe Any Man for Any
Couse or without Cause. .,e'
St. Louis, Mo-. Aug. 17.-Judge JRog-
ers. in the United States Circuit Court
to-day, handed down an opinion sus-
tanning the demurrer Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company in the labor
Injunction case of Boyer ct al. against
that company.
In the written opinion Judge Rogers
sustains every point urged by Attor-
ney Elenious'- Smith, representing the
defendant company holding that Jthe
company has the absolute right to dis
miss emplyes because they belong Ito
the union. or for any other reason;
that there can be no conspiracy TO do
a lawful act; that the so-called black
list may be maintained and given out
for the use Of. others.
The case resulted. from a bill ,filed by
Telegraph Operator. Arthur Boyer and
others, alleging they were members of
the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
of America, Local Lodge No. s., Of st.
Louis, and that they had been dis
charged from the service Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company solely
because they belonged to the union.
The bill sought to prevent the West
ern Union Company from discharging
any employe because of membership in
the Union, and the st. Louis officers
to that end, and to prevent interior
ence of any kind with the union and
to prevent the Western Union. Com
pany from maintaining black list
aud placing thereon the Names of
those who might. be discharged because
Of being members of. the union. :
The Western Union Company de-
INJURED to the bill and this demurrer
was sustained by Judge Rogers of
Arkansas, sitting In the United States
Circuit Court. to-day.
Judge Rogers Views.
Judge Rogers held that the Western
Union Company had the absolute right
TO discharge employees not under con-
tractural relations with the company,
for any cause or without cause: that
a like right exists on the part of the
employee to sever his relations with the
company for any cause, or without
cause: that II contract OF employ
ment is violated the recourse OF the EN-
ploye is at law. and not by a bin lin
equity. such as was brought in this
case. He held that there could be no
conspiracy to commit a lawful act, such
as he held to be the discharge of the
cornpany's employees because of being
members of a union; that the company
had the right to maintain a list on
which might be placed the name of a
discharged employe, and the cause OF
discharge and this. list might be given
others, provided its contents were
truthful and its circulation honest; that
as the bill alleged the union was form
ed for moral and proper purposes there
should exist no objection upon the part
Of an employee to have his discharge
passed upon the. mere fact that he+was
member of such an order.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
Powers Acting HarmoniousIy.

London, Aug 1i.-According to in
formation in possession Of diplomats
in London there is no reason at this
moment to fear the danger OF differ
encss between the Powers in respect
to Macedonia or that the trouble will
spread beyong the confines of Tur-
key
One of those who is participating in
the exchange of notes regarding the
situation said to a representative OF
the Associated Press to-day THE
Powers are acting tremendously
Nothing has developed to indicate any
suspicion or cause for suspicion of the
motives underlying the demands made
by Russia upon the Porte"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
> r1rs. .svrres Writes ! Feb. 70, 1908.
SKIN TORTURED BABIES:
Ana Tired rIothsFs Find Rest anS
Comfort In CutlcuFa.

instant relief and refreshing sleep
Sov, skin.tortured babies and rest for
tired, worried mothers. in warm baths
/. with CutieurA Soap, and gently Anoint-
in9s with CutieurA Ointment. purest Of
einollient. skin cures, to be followed IN
severe cases by mild doses Of Cuticura
Resolvent. This IL the purest' sweet
eat, most speedy, permanent and eco
pornical trestment for torturing, dis
ae1frinK, itching, burning. bleeding,
scaly, crustsd and pimply skin and scalp
humours, With loss Of hair, OF infants
md children, as wen a. adults. and is
suTe 10 succeed when al other remedies
and the best physicians fail. T.
& ..l5 ,s,svsAou, shs VERA csasus Esselysas, g
- M n sssisas Cssts4 Pills, tse per ylai ei -
~. ,sssst 90, sosg. So pspesl Lsa6os . &C.,
49, ~ Psrls a Nne - n HaHl has.eat ~ foa@N~
y -, n,.s a ChsIH. Cssv, Bsis ftopfisas@
49, S1ssp fAs osssl nslssf csSs"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-18
BkB|'Y''S ECZEMA
CURED ny cUTIcuRA

."My baby was about six weeks old
when the top Of her head became coy.
cred with thick scales, which would
ped and come OF, taking the hair with
Ii, It would soon form again and be as
had g before. L tried several things and
then went to the doctor. HesAidtt was
Ecxeema, and prescribed an ointment,
which did not do any good. A5friend
spoke Of Cutieufa SoAp,.I tried II and
read ON the wrapper about Cueieure
Ointment %. o remedy for Eczema.
bought box and washed her; head In
warm water and Cuttcura Soap ana
I gently combed,the scales Oh. They dld
not come back and her hair grew out
Hne and thick She Is now year and
(. 4, half old and has mo trace OF Eczema.
You have my permission to publish my
. letter" NJ.
OsS Iranistan Ave, Bridgeport, Coma
Teb.i7l, 1885,, 49,,
+ rIrs. .Burses Writes, = Feb. 70. 1908.
my, baby, who had Eczema. very
badly on her head, IS told you. before
after using the Cuticura Remedies was
cured / think 1t was about year LASER
it made its appearance AgAin, but with
the same treatment II very quickly dis
appeared She is, now six years old
and has thick hair and clean scalp.