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Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-07-15
As to Southern Immigrants.

| In discussing tt 9 Southern need
lof Immigration the Manufactur-
lrers RecC I'd says:
"The South desires immigran s.
1t has luc rative W ,rk in its fields,
its forests, it's factories and its
mines for twice as many are now
employed. Hundreds of thous~
andS OF it's fertile acres are await.
ing the first touch of the plow
Millions of tons Of it's mineral
wealth in iroa, coal, phosphate,
oil. building stone, clay, ETC., are
| to be brought to the surface. It's
cotton mills and factories, it's
farms and plantations are under
manned, with the world calling
for their products The South
can not look to the natural In
crease in its population to answer
that call It must draw other men
unto itself But the South will
have no human sewerage under
no consideration. Ut is convinc
ed that it must not sacrifice a
great future to meet a present
emergency 1t feels that in this
particular of immigration there
is truth in the saw that where
there is less haste there is likely
to be the greatest speed"
There is in this concise state
ment of a com nonty accepted
fact the text for great deal of
practical though and discussion.
AS TO the cotton fields of the
black belts, there can not only no
deps ndence be placed in natural
population increase"-the sin-
crease but for depicting the
surrounding sections of the Cot
ton States of their already insult,
ticient labor force, would be de-
crease. OF late years the labor
striDgency of the delta planta
tions, the unreliabiiity, the costly
nomadism of the negro popnla-
tion, has compelled planters to
look abroad for supplying the la.
Dor insutficieucy. The subject is
Of greater moment and urgency
than evgr bsfore. 1t indeed de-
,cldedly lost favor only a few
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-07-15

Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Rev. j. p. Russell. Pastor.
reaehing evsry lst, 3rd and 9Th
SundaysAt Ii a. IN. and p. IN.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night.
sunday School esery Sunday at 10
q, m.
WOman's Missionary meeting every
1st Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock.
Session meeting every lst Wednes :
day night.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
ID. G. F0nst, Pastor.
Preaching ever 2nd aud 4th Sun
day at Ii q. M. and 3 p m.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night.
Sunday School every Sunday at ~
.. no.
Baptist Church Rev. N. w. p.
Bacon, Pastor.
Preaching every lst sunday at II
D. m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:3O every Sun
day.
Prayer meeting at 8 p, m. every
Tuesday night.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-07-15
W3MAN's HOME MIS- Sl0NS.
.CO,nnunicated.]

- x
FIGURES THAT ENCOURAGE.
Figures demonstrate facts and
the following statements are sig,
nificant Of growth and increas e
dong all lines. They are given
tut by .he Woman's Board and
aresreports from the & neral work
of which the North Mississippi j
Conference is an integral parS
Gain in Auxiliaries, 1913
cain in Nj mbers, 6,2I1
Gain in subscribers to Our
Home, TAG
Gain on Tithers, 1886
Gain in cash collections, $15. 100 10
Increase of money ex.
pended locally, 81, 951.00
Increase of money ex-
pended on city miss's, S,591.5I
Increase in value of box.
es sent through sup
ply department, 1894 90
God expects Of the women of
Methodism, yas an earnest OF their
love and zeal, and devotion to His
cause, much greater things than
these.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The W0man's Board, at it's ses.
sion in Montgomery, Ala, acted
on the faith it feels in the women
who form its rank and file and
appropriated SO, ,s69.15 more for
the general work than it did last
year.
Will the present membership
be able to meet this demand?
Women always rise equal 10 any
great emergency. For this q
campaign for new recruits will
have to be organized, the mem-
bership increased and this amount
raised, as we'll as the $l.0O per
member, which is already requir.
ed in addition to the dues.
This will only need an extra
push Of the shoulder already al
the wheel.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-07-15

niced that a gathered cotton crop
( Of over 13, 100000 b les was not
only possible but au accomplish
ed fact, and the price dropped
from 10 cents TO below z cents,
and it was feared it would go
even lower, there was great
cry ,of over production. It was
loudly proclaimed, and generally
/ believed, that the South had rais-
ed two or three million bales OF
cotton more than the mills of the
world could consume. There en-
susd a clamor for an artificial and
acreage reduction la which all
sjained. But the whole situation
has changed-changcd maryel-
ously and most unexpectedly.
Spinners takings Of new cotton
have shown that there WAS no
over production; and instead OF
sinking below cost d production,
liatte face of.the most phenominal
buying in all cotton history,
prices have advanced above 8
cents.
There may be other surprises
ia store for US, bnt dealing with
the facts as they are and the sit
nation as it seems, the one para
mount argument from the revised
j estimate of the worlds demand
for cotton is for more labor. And
! the question as to where and how
to obtain it is uppermost with
! planters in their thoughts of the
Il future. Their attention aud pref
erence is mainly fixed upon Italy
as the country from which to at
tract the most suitable and abun'
liant teDantry. The popularity OF
the Italian as cotton grower
has grown with object lessons
furnished by number of expert
mants on the cotton plantations
of the delta. The Sunny Side
colony is more than an expert
| ment-it is the demonstration OF
thorough test. We speak with
knowledge in saying that there
are hundreds of planters who are
calculating OF arranging for SCI
curing Italian tenants for supply
ing their labor shortages. Nor
are they moving blindly. Mr..
j Chas. Scott, for instance, the lar.
gest planter in the State, will visit
Italy soon with the especial view
of personal information of the 0e-
pendence to be placed i'll that
quarter for securing reliable ten
ants for large portion of his
lands. He will go with an inter
prefer, and proper credentials,
|among the Italian tillers OF the
soil, to study their ways and
adaptiveness to our climate and
agriculture. Thisis the true man
Iner of procedure for the labor
seeker to see and study the Ia
| borers in their homes. In a way,
while moving in his own interest
alone, Mr.. Scott will represent
the intentions and policy Of many
OF the planters Of his county and
section; all of whom will read the
result of his observations and
conclusions with interest.
s'The South will have no human
sewerage under no considera-
tioa." This apoint of the immigra,
ltion question to which the Herald
has held in all comm snts upon it.
| We urged it with emphasis some
months ago when a high immi-
grafton official announced the
policy of relieving the congestion
| of the Northern cities by using
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-07-15
81 90 a Year.

there should be "a Judgment OF IN.
desirables on the farms it would
necessarily be transient SO while
it is well enough to assert the OPP
position to movements cor indis-
crimate labor increase, the cot-
ton farms are confronted by no
vital issue over it.
The Herald has dwelt only up-
on one side of this question:
the labor aeod. The case is made
out as to the fact that the cotton
growers want more la
bor, and ara prepared to accept
desirable foreigners, Itis just as
es ential that the needs and wants
of the laborsersHhould be consid-
cred, and prepared for. 1t would
be just as unfortunate If good la
Dor should be brought to the
plantation promiscuously, as to
require no dissemination in the
quality and fitness OF the imml-
grants. Owners OF cotton lands
need to learn and apply this truth
THAT good quarters, good water
and good treatment, are equal in
Importance to good soil, genial
climate and certain profits The
latter are supplied by nature and
natural conditions; the former the
land owners must guarntee. Any
rejection or disregard of the
things white immigration will in
reason expect, will result in fail :
ure and disappointment in the in
dividual case, ane in re.arding
and defeating the general policy
on which the future progress and
prosperity of the cotton planta-
tion region depends.
While not ex acting or over ex-
pectant, the white farm tenant
lacks.the happy go.lucky temper
amament which is the blacks
distinguishing trait and birth
~
right. The negro will contently
live in any sort Of shack, drink
any sort Of water, and put up with
a great deal of i'll treatment, SO
he is not overcrowded with work.
The difference mast be under
stood and observed by the white
lani owner who seeks white la
Dor the sthree requisites noted
are indispensable to secure such
increase; and, which is more to
the purpose, to fix it on his plan :
tation by a reliable. long term
tenancy after it is secured. AM
other thing to be considered 10
that stringent contract, or so !
called peonage laws are OBJ stacles
in the way of desirable whit 9
farm immigration. Even il such
laws are made incapable OF gross
abuse, or oppression, as they
largely have been by Federal
statutes and decisions, a bad name
attends them TIE shadow of
the slavery trail is yet over the
South; to be invoked By every by
enemy. or rivalry, OF South
ern white Immigration. The SUR
vival of the Dad name Of slavery
has, in fact, been the South's
stumbling block in this respect.
rhe lesson the evil rehacti0n
teaehes is recognition Of the es-
pecial demand of proper material
provision for, aAl far treatments
of, the coming ovsrile \ OF white
immigration 5he cultivation Of .
sentiment Of anby AMI the policy
not only in these tnlngs, but of
protection OF the new comers
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-07-15

Bill Heads, Letter. Heads, Cards
and Ccirulars cheap at Progress.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31
POLICE BELIEVE
A WOMAN GUILTY
OF Cutting Up the Body Of Miss
Geary.
Morris Nathan Has Told All He
Knows and Is On the Verge
Of Collapse.
A WOMAN is IN THE CASE

Pittsburg, Oct. SILT is the firm
conviction of every one who is in
touch with the case that while a
charge of murder has been lodged
against Morris Nathan, secretary to
the manager of the shepherd King
company, in connection with the
Winthrop suit case mystery, he is not
the principal in the affair and is held
because II is believed he can throw
more light on the crime than any
one else.
1t is known that Nathan admitted
that he was intimate with Miss Geary
and in his statement he implicated a
woman who he says, conducted a
maternity home in fremont street,
Boston.
The Boston police were immediate
ly notified by McQuaide and they
started out in search of the woman.
Nathan stated to the police Off
cials that he was not aware of the
girls condition. He declares that
they were to have been married. He
said he overheard a conversation be-
tween Miss Geary and two girls who
were appearing at the parks in Hart
ford, in which one of the girls adj
vised Miss Geary TO go to the Ire
mont street house for treatment. Ma
than said he was not responsible for
Miss Geary going to hospital.
That the crime was done by wo-
man is the belief Of the police Off
clals. No hardened criminal, they
said, would have disposed of the
body by cutting II up and packing It
in a suit case and then allowing the
case to float.
Furthermore, the leaving of the
rings on the fingers is an indication
that the crime was committed by a
person unaccustomeG to crime.
The authorities appear TO believe
that Nathan was unaware of the
murder Of the girl and that he had
no part in that crime, but they seem
to think that he is responsible for
her receiving treatment.
Nathan is on the verge of collapse.
Nathan's story of having last seen
the murdered girl at the subway sta
ton at Boyleston and fremont
streets, Boston, on the night of Sept.
., is borne out by several members
of the company. He had constantly
been with the company and returned
to Boston twice, and made visit to
Providence, r. l., in search of the
girl.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31

st. Petersburg. Oct. Sl.-"T am
sure American people. who under
stand what freedom is. and the Am
erican press, which voices the wishes
OF the people. will rejoice with the
friendly Russian nation at this mo-
ment when Russian people have re-
cefyed from his imperial majesty
promises and guarantees of freedom,
and will join in the hope that Rus
sian people with the government for
their peaceful Introduction. Only
thus will It be possible to secure full
benefits OF freedom conferred upon
the people
Count Witte, Russia's first prem
Pier. list night sent the above mes
sage 10 the American people. He had
lust arrived at his residence on
Kamm niovrow Prospect from Peter
hof, where the emperor two hours
before had given his final approval to
the manifesto and to the program
which will forever end the rule OF
absolutism exercised by him and his
Romanoff ancestors for three hun
dred years.
A simple perusal of the MANIFESTO
shows how complete is the emperor's
abdication of his autocratic power.
The very style of the document Is
clear and direct and devoid of YER
hose. vague and bombastic phrase
ology which heretofore has charac-
terizod his majesty's manifestos.
II not only betrays real author
ship, but shows that the emperor at
last has irrevocably bowed to the in
evitable.
lie does not even conceal the fact
that discomfort and agitation of his
subjects has driven him to take the
step and practically yields every
thing civil liberty, the inviolabili-
~ of person. and liberty of con-
science. speech and assembly.
lie not only converts tine farcicaf
imperial Donna. with only consul
tatiye power, into an absolute legis-
latlye assembly without assent of
which no measure shall become a
law and before which all govern
mental authorities must answer. but
Continued on Page Eighth
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31
Romanoff Dynasty Ends and Witte is
Made Premier and Becomes
Man of Hour.
LAWS HEREAFTER BE MADE BY
PEOPLE In LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
The Uprising Suppressed and Strikes Declared Off
and Jubilant People Parade Streets.

81. Petersburg. Oct. 3i.--The text
of the imperial manifesto was pub
lished last night.
II expresses great sorrow on ac-
count of the present troubles and
agitation. II said:
THE happiness Of the Russian So
vereign Is indissolubly bound up with
happiness of our people and sorrow
OF our people is sorrow OF sovereign.
From the present disorders may
arise a great national disruption.
They menace integrity and unity of
our empire.
The emperor sets forth his plan of
government as follows, and appeals
to the people to assist in restoring
order and promises to use. every
means at his command to nasry. ont
plan:
'First--To extend to the popula-
ton immutable foundations OF civic
liberty. based on real inviolabllity
OF persons, freedom of conscience,
speech, union and association.
Second--without suspending the
already ordered election 10 state
Douma, to invite to participate In
the Douma. as far as LIMITED time be-
fore convocation OF Donna will per-
init those classes of population now
completely deprived of electoral
rights, leaving the ultimate develop
ment OF principle OF ELECTORAL rights
in general to the newly established
legislative order of things.
"Thlrd-To establish as an I'M
changeable rule that no law shall be
enforced without approval of the
state Douma and that It shall be i'm
possible for the elected of the poo-
pie to exercise real participation in
supervision OF legality of acts of au-
thorities appointed by u.s."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31

that tleS will cross at Joppa, H.,
and transfer there From Opposite
Joppa the road will build 10 Paducah,
connecting with the N, C. G. st. L..
which will give that line an inlet to
Nashville, Tenn, in opposition to the
Illinois Central and l.. & N.
If the deal goes through, and Sun
reporter learned this afternoon, that
it probably would, it will be great
thing for this city. 1t is possible that
a terminal will be established. 1t Is
possible also that shops will be blsilt
here. This means something, for
this, one of the biggest roads in the
country, is looking for southern
terminal.
There have bsea reports that the
Frisco would never cross at Joppa
because in low water the sand bars
showed up too high which would in
terfere with the transfer boats. These
railroad officials have investigated
and had the river surveyed across
from Joppa and found that they can
cross there with transfers without
any Interference of sandbars
AS Joppa is low Il will be neces-
sity to erect trestle work out to
the hills back of the river bank, but
it will be less than a mile long, and
this is proposed.
There is no doubt that the Frisco
is coming to Paducah and cross a.
Joppa with transfers and 1t will be a
big thing for this city.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31
RAILWAY WRECKS
KILLED TWENTY
Some Horrible Scenes In the
Santa Fe Disaster.
Thirteen I'm All kilIed--One Mans
Foot PinioDed In a Hot Stove
and slowly Roasted.
AND ONE FREIGHT wREcH

Kansas City, Oct. 3l.--Thirteen
persons were killed and thirty injur-
ed in the wreck on the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe passenger train,
known as the California Express,
which while running at 35 miles an
>hour, struck loose rail. ditching
FIVE cars, one mile east of Blue Riv-
err.
The wreck occurred on a curve
where the Jagged rock walls on each
side Of the track form a bluff almost
hundred feet high.
The engine was going so rapidly 1t
passed the loose rail in safety. The
mail car. Immediately behind, jump
ed the track and struck the side of
the bluff and four cars following,
ploughed through 1t and shot against
the high stone wall opposite.
The sides OF the coaches were torn
off by scraping against the wall and
the passengers and the trainmen
were ground against the wall and
we're either killed outright or badly
hurt.
The smoking car split the baggaee
car ahead of 1t Just below the floor
line, and the baggage ear when IT
stopped was on top of what was left
of the smoker.
None of the passengers in the car
which remained on the track were
hurt
In many instances 1t was necessa-
ry TO dig under the debris to extri-
cate the unfortunate. victims.
T. ID. Whitmore in the smoker had
been pinioned against a hot stove
with one foot in the stove suffering
untold agony as his foot was slowly
burning by live Goals.
This was one of the many agonz-
ing scenes witnessed by the rescuers.
The dead were taken in charge by
coroner and brought to local morgues
The dead:
j. b. wHITEMoRE. carrollton,
Mo.
ROY STAFFORD. Cleveland.
LEE d. MONTGOMERY, Linneus,
Mo.
JAMES SEYMOUR, Richmond.
Mo.
JOHN M'GREGoR, engineer, Fort
Madison, Iowa.
MAX SCHNEIDER. New York.
j. F. CAPPs. baggageman, Chi
cago.
CARL EMIL TORAN. immigrant.
ROMASTISlo PECCI. immigrant.
POMERIO ROCCO. immigrant.
ADRIAN PEATTEUT. immigrant.
LUTHER RICHARDSON, colored
waiter. Chicago.
WILLIAM HARRISON, colored
porter Chicago.
ONE UNKNOWN MAN.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31
rroubIe Ahrnd For Mltte.

81, Petersburg. Oct. 3l.--The ezar
arrived at the Winter Palace today.
The only paper published this morn
ing was the official Messenger. Many
rasSeals express their suspicion OF
Watt. declaring that he is little moro
than a liberal bureaucrat, and oppos-
ed to universal suffrage. Ii is believ-
ed that friction will result between
Witte and the more liberal element,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31
Prominent Officials Were Here Yester-
day to Look Over the Ground
and Decide.
WILL CONNECT WITH THE N. C.SSt.L.
HERE AND GET A LINE TO NASHVILLE
II is Understood the Road Will Gross to Kentucky
From Joppa and Build to Paducah.

Beyond any doubt Paducah is to
have new railroad II will be the
FriscoSwhich some time ago acquir-
ed the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
which now extends to JNppa, where
the road has an incline.
Yesterday afternoon afvisit was
paid to our city by the officials of the
Frisco railway system. The party
included:
Mr.. A. J. Davidson. president.
Mr.. II. /. Miller, second vlce-presi-
dent.
M. A. S. Dodge, third vice-presi-
dent.
Mr.. A. Hilton, general passenger
agent of Frisco System.
Mr.. Nettleton. superintendent of
motive power and machinery.
Mr. G. H. Trenary, superintendent
of the road.
MIR. s. j. Cook, general freight
agent.
For some time the Commercial
club has been trying to have Presi-
dent Davidson visit Paducah. and
they were notified that he would ar
rive at Joppa yesterday at noon. A
launch was obtained and a commit
tee proceeded to Joppa to eeyCtha
railroad officials. This committee was
composed of the following gentlemen:
A. j. Decker, president OF the Com
meTcial club.
d. w. Coons, secretary of the Com
mercial club.
o. L. Gregory. w. P. Hummel,
Capt. Bernard Weille.
They met the railroad officials al
o'clock in Joppa and proceeded by
steamer to Paducah, where automo-
biles were in waiting to show the
gentlemen over the city, which was
lone in very effective manner. the
party embarked on the steamer at
O'Clock returning to JOppa where
their private car was NdlbiAS iNi
them and from which point they pro
ceeded on east This visit OF these
high officials is considered one OF the
most important visits byFailroad men
% our city for long time, and thelc
visit is due TO the untiring efforts oil
The Commercial club TO interest this
Dad in Paducah. The visitors met
with a royal welcome and were sem
away we'll pleased with their visit
and surprised at the importance and
magnitude of our city and business
interests.
These officials will make another
visit to Paducah. IL is not decided
whether they will come to Paducah
~ water or cross at Joppa and CONS
ND BY rail. II the arrangement Is
made II will give the Frisco an inlet
10 Nashville, Tenn, and the road Is
competing with the Illinois Central
F.om authentic Information 1t was
learned this afternoon that the Fris-
co will come IN to Paducah on this
side of the river. The transfer by
water does not suit the officials OF
The company and they have intlmated
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31

Des Moines. Ia. Oct. 3i.-In a
head-on collision last evening be-
tween freight trains on the Rock Is
land railroad at Casey, Iowa, the
following were killed.:
FIREMAN ED NELSON.
ENGINEER BERT SCHIELDS.
FIREMAN WM. MARSHALL.
BRAKEMAN FRANK JONES, all
of Valley Junction, Iowa.
REV. +. NJ CALDWELL, of Van
meter. Iowa.
The injured:
Conductor Reynolds, of Valley
junction. Iowa, on freight No. So
Conductor Caskey, of Valley June
ton, Iowa, on freight SO.
Engineer Lumsden, engineer on
No. 90. jumped from the cab of his
engine.
The collision was between freight
train No. s5, west hound, and sec
ton two OF east bound train No. SO
Eighiy-iive had orders to wait al
Menlo. east Of Casey, for train 96.
The conductor of train IS. is said
to be to blame.
The iiremen killed were all on en-
gines.
Rev. Caldwell was riding in the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
OF the Boston Suit Case Mystery is
Now On.

Pittsburg. Oct. 31.-A thorough
investigation of the Boston suit case
murder was commenced this morning
with the arrival of two Boston Off
GERS. Efforts will be concentrated to
asce tain why Nathan brooded, and
what was the physical condition Of
Miss Geary when last seen in Nath-
ans COMPANY.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31

Paducah Is in a position to have
one of the largest cereal mills In the
country. At present the Commercial
and Manufacturers club is not in a
position to give out any information
II is large mill and will employ not
less than 100 people.
fhe concern makes all kinds OF
cereals. such as oatmeal, rolled oats,
corn meal. etc 1t rs an institution
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-31
caboose of train IS.
Two Killed Here.

Winnipeg, Man., Oct 3l.-An ae-
cident resulting in the loss of two
lives occurred on the main line of the
Canadian Pacific railroad at Dinor-
vie.
A special immigration train had
stopped for water at Dinorwic when
another freight. train from the east
dashed into the rear Of the passen-
ger train, instantly killing two wo-
men. injuiing FIVE others and set
ting the passenger coaches on fire.
Three coaches were burned to
ashes.