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The independent., 1907-04-25
Twentieth Year.
ARBOR DAY ABROAD

An article in the French periodical.
La Nature, gives glowing descrip-
ion of the growing popularity of Arbor
day in Europe. The writer of the article
says the holiday originated in Nebras-
ka, U. S. A., as the result of the pro-
posal of ga certain Sterling Morton" in
the year 1872 to set apart day for
tree planting. Continuing, the author
says that In italy the annual school
arbor festival became in 1902 a state
institution. In Spain the association of
friends of the arbor festival which
was formed in the same year. cele-
brates annually very successful fetes,
and a decree of 1904 instituted the ar
Dor festival throughout the kingdom
Belgium held it's first arbor day festi-
val quite recently. In Russia, Sweden.
Austria Hungary, Switzerland, Portu-
GAL Japan--everywhe the necessity Of
children are interested in trees by SIM
liar methods.
France has not been behindhand
and, while considerable efforts toward
reforestation are being made by tbs
government, attempts have been made
in various directions to associate chill
dren in the movement by establishing
arbor day festivals. In the spring, un-
der the leadership and direction of
teachers, the school children go to the
open fields to plant trees that shall be
future forests. These festivals
encourage the establishment of forest
associations among students and grad :
uates,, whose number is constantly in
creasing and some Of which are very
active. =
1.-THE French forest society of friends
Of trees whose president is Senator
Calvert. has given a strong impulse to
reforestation and to all institutions in
its aid and has actively encouraged the
establishment of forest societies among
pupils of the schools
''Arbor day celebrations are to be
held in France still more widely after
the present year. The society just men,
toned will organize meetings in inn
portant centers with the aid of rectors,
projects and the forest administration;
festivals Of this kind have already been
arranged at Toulouse, Nice, Clermont-
Ferrand and Bordeau."
The independent., 1907-04-25

Surprise is expressed by a reader OF
The Journal that bail should be denied
to a man charged with murder ami
then granted after he has been con-
ted of the crime and has begun to
serve out his sentence In the peniten-
tiary This apparent Inconsistency OF
The law Is only superficial In the case
" Kennisun, which seems To provoke
the Inquiry. the charge wan murder IN
the FIRST degree. an unbailable olrense.
Iiut he was convicted OF murder IN
the second degree. and under the Me-
braska statutes can bo released on
bond after complying with certain
forms satisfactory 10 the court.
The independent., 1907-04-25

Here is the cause OF Chinese starva-
ton today oppressed In the simplest
terms Of political economy -oyer-popu-
Iation. No out pouring of western sym
pathy and western dollars. gIof.ou. AZ
an index Of nencvolenee and sympathy
can save oyer-crowded China ane india
from 2 recurrence Of famlnes. This
famine district OF China Is watercd by
Ihc great canal aad BY numerous lakes
and rivers. II was. IN fact. the over
The independent., 1907-04-25
rmn FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

Ono year ago Thursday beginning at
thirteen minutes past Ave o'clock In
The morning. an earthquake caused
widespread damage In the hay region
OF California. and LET, san Francisco
az the mercy of tlre by breaking the
water mains For three days ncrcs
The independent., 1907-04-25


thousand members of the Salt Lake
| City branch. The reorganized church
has it's greatest strength in Iowa and
| Missouri-several thousand adherents
| in each state. Its membership in Ne
braska is between one and two thous-
| and.
The reorganized Latter Day Saints
accept three books as having divine
origin-the Bible, the Book of Mormon,
and the Book of Covenant. They be-
lieve in Especial revelations" made by
God from time to time to the elders Of
the church. Joseph Smith, son of the
original Joseph Smith. is the head of
the reorganized church. He is now past
seventy-five years old and has been
the medium through whom the revela-
tions of God have been made to the
reOrganiZed saints. AS is well known,
this branch Of the Mormon church re-
pudiates poygamy and is composed of
Industrious, law abiding people, prin-
cipally farmers, who have no trouble
with their neighbors of other religious
complexion. They are, however. like
nearly all other small denominations,
they profess and most persistent prose-
lyters. They have over three hundred
missionaries at work in different parts
Of the world. Here in Nebraska, though
few in numbers, they are very active
and Mormon meetings and distribution
of tracts advocating their doctrine is
one of the familiar phases Of religious
life in many parts Of this state.
What is there back of the Latter Day
Saint doctrine which gives it vitality
and continuance? This question is
deeply interesting one to the student OF
comparative religion. Here is a new
faith. born within the lifetime of men
now living, claiming the most remark
able credentials of it's miraculous reve-
latiOn, implicitly believed and sacri-
ficingly propagated by considerable
body Of people living in an age and
country Of enlightenment. On the one
hand it's revelations are pronounced the |
ranlest kind of fraud and it's sacred |
writings the most palpable limitations |
and forgeries. On the other hand they |
are believed and read with the most |
devout faith. Is the test of religious |
truth the number of it's converts. the !
social and industrial virtues they prac-
tice, or the scientific and critical rules |
of logic and philosophy? These ques-
tions strike deep root into the think
ing conscience of the time.
Meantime the phenomenon continues
of a small but growing denomination,
having for its saint and martyr a man
who is generally esteemed by other re-
ligonists of the time and place where
he lives as an ignorant pretender: hav-
Ing for its sacred book volume which
most people outside the faith cannot
read with patience, and yet filed with
the fire OF apostolic missionary enter
prise and going forth by the hundreds
10 convert the world
SurDTiSc Is exnraqeod hxy "a raatn. of
The independent., 1907-04-25
Subscription $1.OO

flow of these waters which destroyed
the crops last year and left the people
destitute. The country Is a splendid
garden when in cultivation as every
traveller upon the grand canal testiflee
But no cultivation, however painstak-
ing, can save people from suffering
and death who live from hand to mouth
and multiply without forethought This
is phase Of homely truth which many
writer's upon India and China do not
discuss. But 1t is just as susceptible OF
proof from the facts in China as is its
analogue by any Nebraska farmer who
will plant a handful OF corn in hill
instead of three or four grains.
The independent., 1907-04-25


The best book written upon China Is
"Village Life in China" by DR.. Arthur
Fl. Smith q Congregational clergyman.
His descriptions Of the conditions of
the common people are vivid and
disclose the scientific eye of the socioI-
ogist as well as the heart Of the gospe,
missionary. DR.. Smith has the courage
to state the main cause OF Chinese mis-
cry IN few words, and these words
were written eight years ago. He says
"Over-population. The whole Chinese
race Is and always has been given up
with single devotion to the task OF
raising Up a posterity. to do for the
fathers what the fathers have done for
the grandfathers. In this particular
line. they have realized .Wesley's con-
ception Of the ideal church In it's line,
where, as he remarked, the members
are all at 1t, and always at it, War,
famine, pestilence, sweep Off millions
of the population. but few decades of
peace seem to repair the ravages Of the
past, which are lost to sight, like bat
tie fields covered with wide areas OF
waving grain.
However much we may admire tho
recuperative power of the Chinese as a
whole and individually. 1t is difficult
not to feel righteous indignation toward
a system which violates those benefi-
cent laws of nature which would mer-
cifully put an end to many branches OF
families when such branches are un-
fitted to survive. 1t is impossible to
contemplate with equanimity the DELHI
crate, persistent and uniform propaea-
ton Of poverty. disease and crime.
which ought rather to be surrounded
with every restriction to prevent its
and to see this propa-
cation Of evil and misery done, too
with an air of virtue, as il this were
OF itself kind OF religion, often, in
Iced, the only form of religion In which
The Chinese take any vital interest
1T is this system which loads down
me rising generation with the respop-
'ibinty for feeding and clothing tens o.
thousands of human beings who ought
never to have been born, and whose
existence can never be other than a
burden to themselves. period of inces-
amt struggle without respite and with
sut hope. To the intelligent foreigner.
he most prominent fact In China is
he poverty of Its people. There are too
many villages 10 the square mile. too
many families to the village. too many
mouths TO the family. wherever one
'oes. II II the same weary tale with
ntcrminabln reiteratlon Poverty. pow
rty poverty, always aud ceormore
The independent., 1907-04-25
THE CHINESE FAMINE

Over seven hundred dollars tele-
graphed from Lincoln is now feeding
starving Chinese ten thousand miles
away. This Is a wonderful triumph,
both Of human love and human sci
ence. The yellow-skinned Mongolian is
feared and hated by the American
working man, caricatured by American
artists, Stunned and avoided by middle
class Americans. And yet he is dying
today by the hundred thousand in CEN
tral China And the American dollars
are dropping into the relief fund for
him all over the land. A dollar will
save human being-a yellow China
man-perhaps helpless child-from
starvation until the first fruits Of an
other crop can be gathered in June. So
the dollars fall thick as April snow
into the relief treasury today. Tonight
they are telegraphed to China. Tomor-
row they are transformed into rice and
flour and are feeding hungry Chinese
lips.
Into this broadened world state Of
today of which every human being is
citizen there should come the widened
world-knowledge to accompany the
widened world-sympathy. Since we are
fellow citizens, with the Chinaman and
the Hindoo we need to know them bet
ter. No time SO opportune to study
Chinese lessons as when our dollars
are going to China.
The independent., 1907-04-25

Take a map of China. The two great
rivers, whose names we learned in
our childhood geography, are the
Yiangtsekiang and Hoang-ho. They
flow eastward almost parallel with each
other for the last 700 miles of their
courses and empty into the Yellow sea
about 500 miles apart at their mouths
Between the lower courses Of these two
rivers lies the famine district. 1t bor-
ders the Yellow sea for 200 miles north
ward from the mouth of the Wang.
tse-Kiang and extends back into the
country about 200 miles more. 1t has,
therefore, about 10000 square miles,
little more than half the area Of Me-
braska. And upon that 10000 square
miles are huddled between 15,0O0, 900
and 100000 Chinese. In the province
of Kiangsu, where the famine is most
severe, there Is population Of 1852 to
the square mile. In the province of
Anhuei, part of which suffers equally
with Kiangsu, there is population of
432 to the square mile. These are farm
ing populations for the most part.
They are not manufacturing districts
like Holland and Belgium. Four hun
dred people, living upon the land and
supporting as part of the product of an
old civilization, leisure and cultured
classes in their midst. And this upon
an allowance of an acre and a half of
surface soil for each individual, from
which must be subtracted all that Is
used for streets and roads and buili-
ings and private grounds before they
actually arrive ut the size OF the piece
of land from whose dirt the individual
must dig his daily bread.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In the Probate Court.
BY J. f. Stewman, E-quire,
Probate Judge.

WHEREAS. j. NJ. Caskey made suit to
me. to grant him Letters of Admiuistra-
tion of the Estate of and effects of Mary
T.. Cole. deceased
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and
admonish all aud singular the kindred
and Creditors of tho said Mary T.. Cole,
deceased, that they be and appear before
me- in the Court OF Probate to be held at
Lancaster Court House, =. O., on Fri
day, March list. next. after publication
thereof, at III o'clock in the forenoon. to
show cause, if any they have. why he
said Administration should not be granted
Given under my Hand. This 10th day of
February, Ammo Domini. 1907.
j. T.. STEWMAN,
Probate Judge.
Feb 18th. 1907
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
Character Building.

London Chronicle.
What is the object of educa-
ton? Is it TO teach a child or
man to know to be something
that he did not know, or to be
something that he was nots Is
it, in other words, an intellectu
al or a moral process? The sal
est answer is to say that it is both
but there is growing suspicion
among those who have studied
the question most deeply that
our schools are not so successful
as they might be on the side OF
character bull ding.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27

Nothing will relieve indigestion that is
not thorough digestaDt. Kodol digests
what you eat and allows the stomach to
ret recuperate grow strong again. KO-
DOL is solution of digestive acids and
AK nearly as possible approximates the di-
gestVe juices that are found in the stom-
acb KODOL takes the work of digestion
off the digestive organs, and while per-
forming this work itself does greatly assist
the stomach TO thorough rest In addi-
ton the Ingredients of KODOL are such
as to make 1T n corrective of the highest
efficiency and by its action the stomach is
restored to it's normal activity and power.
kODO l. Is manufactured in strict con-
formity with the National Pure Food Law.
Drugs Law. Sold by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
StrotherS Brothers Placed
on Trial.
Charged With the Killing Of
Their Brother-in-law on
w edding Night. Rivals
McCue Case.

Culpepper, Va, Feb. 81. Philip
and James Stothers, brothers,
we're placed on trial today charg-
ed with the murder of their
brother in.law William F. By
waters, on the night of Dec. Is
last, within few hours after he
had been married to their sister,
Miss Viola otrothers. The Gun
written law" will be the defense
and the trial promises to be the
most sensational in Virginia
since the trial and conviction of
Former Mayor McCue of Char
lottesville for the murder Of his
wife. Judge Thos. w. Harrison
of Winchester is the presiding
judge.
Mrs. Bywater has been i'll
since the night her husband was
killed, but it is thought that she
will be able 10 testify for the
prosecution.
William Bywaters, the victim,
was club man, horsemap, poll
tician and general "good fellow"
about town. One of the defend
ants, vames, Stothers. is lawyer
of the West Virginia legislature.
He was at home on a visit at the
time of the tragedy.
Micah Woods o. Charlottes-
vile, who prosecuted the McCue
case, has been retained by the
Bywaters for the prosecution +,
and is assisted by M. and John
Keith of Warrenton.
John Jeffries of Norfolk, as
leading counsel for the defense,
is assisted by John l.. Lee of
Lynchburg and r. Walter Moore
of Fairfax.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
Ali on Board Lost.

Rotterdam. Feb. 21.--A few
persons were sighted clinging 10
the after part OF the steamship
Berlin which was this morning
wre &C * e d on the Holland
coast near here with passengers
and crew numbering one hun
dred and forty one persons, but
the sea continued to run so high
that it was impossible TO save
Them. All on board were lost.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
Money to Loan.

/ have made arrangements with parties
in New York City by which can negotiate
loans for five years on improved cotton
farms, in sums of $500 90 and upwards. at
the rate of per cent on amounts of $1,000
and over and s per cent. on sums less than
$1,000. No brokerage or commission char.
gcd Only a reasonable fee for abstract OF
title Il T.. WYLIE,
AttOrney-at-Daw, &.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
FUNDERBURK CO.
CLERKS SALE.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County OF Lancaster.
Court of Common Pleas.

Hasty Houze, Maggie Wright, Nora
Strong and Sallie BroOks-Plain-
tiffs,
against
Maggie Houze-Defendant.
Pursuant to an order of court made
by Judge Geo. w. Gage in the above
entitled case February S, 1907, | will
sell to the highest bidder, at Lancas-
ter O. H., within the legal hours OF
sale, on the first Monday in March,
1907. all that piece. parcel or tract of
land, being, lying and situate in Gills
Greek township, Lancaster county,
South Carolina, on the waters OF Tur-
key Quarter creek, containing
FORTY THREE [43l ACRES,
more or less. bounded North by lands
of James Bailey. South by lands of
Mrs. James Harper, East by Turkey
Quarter Creek and West by lands Of
James Bailey, the same being the
lands on which Henry Howe lived at
the time Of his death.
Terms of sale, CASH Purchaser
to pay for papers. Should the said
purchaser or purchasers at said sale
fail 10 comply with their bid within
"a hours the SAID land will be resold
on the following Monday at the risk
of the former purchaser.
Joseph f. Gregory,
G.. c. [. l.. G.
Greens& Hines, Plff's Attys.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
S., $4,000 for Alabama
Schools.

Montgomery, Ala, Feb. 90
Bills appropriating an aggregate
of 81 $4,000 to educational in
stitutiOns OF the Slate were pas
sed by the House today. This
is in addition TO 100000 a year
already put at the disposal of
the common schools.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
Gives Birth to Five Chill
dren.

Middlesboro, KY, Feb. 21.-
Mrs. Seabrowski. wife OF Peter
Seabrowski, a Polish miner at
Fort Ridge, today gave birth to
five children, three girls
and two boys. All are living.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
Special Announcement Regard.
ing National Pure Food and
DFur Law

We are pleased to announce that Foley 3
Honey and Tar for coughs. colds and lung
troubles is not affected by the national
Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no
opiates or other harmful drugs and we
recommed it AZ safe remedy for children
and adults Funderburk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27

The new dispensary law pro :
vides that liquors seized IN coun-
ties where there are no dispense.
ries must be publicly destroyed
by the sheriff.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27

Among the new acts Of the
general assembly is one to for
bid the sale of cocaine except by
prescription and under the gener.
al supervision of a physician.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27
est College special
-ver, Feb. 23.-
was shown a
.atch that has
experience, and
experience the
n in prayer has
ned. The affair is
one and l give it

enJ q sUuuenG mere, was Ill
,ol at buie's Greek Academy
while there boarded in a
private family. He bought a
ladies' size gold watch, a few
days later left the watch in his
room, and afterwards it was miss
ing. A diligent search was made
but it could not be found. The
landlady, a Christian woman of
high standing, was very much
distressed that anything should
be stolen, as was thought, from
an occupant of her home, but
there was no clue to the missing
jewelry.
A few days ago Mr.. Seymour
received letter from friend of
his at Buie's Greek and l give a
Paragraph from it.
During the past night about
$3.50 O'Clock in the morning Mrs.
Martha johnson or now Rave
don, as she has recently married
came 70 my room, raped on my
door, and after coming in she
told me that she was so troubled
over dream she could not sleep.
She had several dreams of late.
In this one she dreamed where
a lost watch was and wanted me
to help her look for it. | dress
ed, all others were asleep, and
went with her into your room
and tore off the plastering and
laths in the corner where she
dreamed your watch was. AT
ter getting a hole large enough
she put her hand in and soon she
said, Il believe that l have found
it, She pulled out little bag,
pocket, and there it was nicely
fitted in one corner. There was
no sign of crystal about it We
carried it out to Prof. Ports, in
the night, TO see if it was yours.
He said that it was. Mrs. Mar
tha seems to be very glad that
it is found. She says that it is
in answer to prayer. The letter
is signed by d. B. Barron.
This is remarkable answer 10
prayer. Mr.. Seymour says that
the children in the neighborhood
often came In his room at Buie's
Greek and that he thinks one of
them broke the crystal and in
order to hide his or her guilt hid
the watch in hole in the plas-
tering of the room.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27

Justice is just what the unjust
are anxious to avoid.
Unless a man is a good listen
er, he should never marry.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-27

Too many men talk an hour
for every minute they work.
Anything that is worth while
is worth more or less money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-07
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia. TN:
ieMa17: Tennessee. 1eMa17: North Caro-
lima, 16Ma17. Duck eggs. 1S.
BUTTER-Creamery: fancy, 2sMa29.
ss saaa ooa ia
10. Store-packed. fresh. l5a16.
CHEESE. New. York state factory.
new, large, 15ha1e.
1sa22; chickens. spring. per h.. 25a25:
hens per h., IS u ala; ROSTERS. per h.. TAB:
keats, per h.. 12a12M; turkeys. per h.
DRESSED PouLrRY.-Hens, choice.
per 1b.. 12a14; ROSTERS. per H.. 8; ducks.
per h., 11a13; turkeys. hens, per h.. lea
1s; toms, per h.. Halls: capons large, per
ID; 2oa22; eapSas small per h. ~, No
1. 1.65a2.0 90; No. 2. l.O0aI.:5; potatoes, n.
7. state per bu., 75aS0; yams. per Dbl.
260a3.50; new potatoes. per Dbl. o.Ooa
rots, new, per bunch, 8a5: cucumbers. hot
house, per doz. 75a1.00: cucumbers. Fla.
per basket, 2.00a350: per box. 2.00aS60;
onions. Texas. Bermuda. per crate. 22o;
muda onions, per box. 2.ooa2.I 10: peppers.
per carrier. 2.0Oa250; tomatoes. Fla. per
carrier. 1.75a2.75: new Charleston cab
per crate. s.ooa4. 90; celery. Cal. per dog.
squash, Fla. per crate, 2.OOa2.25: snap
beans. Fla, per bu.. 2.00a2.50; wax beans.
4as: new beets. crate, 1.5Oa2.00; okra, per
crate, 1.00a2OO; lettuce. Y -bbl. basket,
2:0Oa3eO; kale. per Dbl. coal 90: parsley.
New no per oa s daa sas
80; peas per basket, 3.50a5.00; asparagus.
per bunch. 1Oa35.
GREEN FRUITs-Apples. packed. per
Dbl, 2OOa575: oranges, Fla. per box. 200
m Cal h0Y Rb0QA. TX.
per crate. 4oOa4.75; cranberries. per box.
29oas 90 sTanss1sieS per Dbl SSoa asotc.
% OOa22.5 so; No. 1. 21.0Oa21. so: No. 2. 1880
a2O.5O: mixed hay. 17.50a2O.50; clover.
1650a19.50. Straw. rye. bundle. 11.0Oa
wheat. 6.75a700; cat straw. per ton. 500
BEEF CUTs.-No. I ribs. per h.. 10: No.
2 ribs. per ID, loa1l: No. ribs. per ID.
per lb. ioa11: No Ioins. per ib.. sa1o.
No. / chucks. per lb.. q; No. chucks, per
lb.. 5ha8; No. 8 chucks. per H., 8. No. I
rounds, ,o per h. g. No No. rounds per l0
ne LIVE S0s sTocRR s extra. per cwt.
5.25a55o: butcher. per cwt., 4.5oa4.75; or
binary Per sTt 2s Sssn aoss per . eTs
sp1ss 0 eSoies 10 csl1es Choice s per
prime. fresh. each. s5OOa5OOo: common.
EACH ao 2oooaso.oo; old and dry. each. 1000
Wool AND H1DEs-wooi. washed.
free Of burrs: per h.. IS: wool. I'M
washed. per h.. 2saso; Hides, green; per
H1:. o. : sS e iea,s .s ss.:Rsss
calfskins. green. each. 1.ooa1.5o
aRAIN;@Wheat choice. aSaa6; fair to
good 7osa2 s Ssd,nary :,o soas ss.eo. Corn.
2.SOaS0O. Oats. western. white. No. 2.
5Oa54; mixed. 48a52. Bran. per ton. $500