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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

an odor, not offensive but similar to
that smelled on entering cellar. A
man residing within 200 feet OF the
plant said that his family never had to
close the windows on account of any
smell from the plant Similar state
ments were made by other persons liv-
ing very near the plant. In fact no
person could tell that they were at a
disposal plant unless informed of the
fact Col, Smith, in charge of the
Soldiers home said we have the best
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
CAROLINA RATE WAR
Governor Glenn Will Defy Decision
of United States Court.
ROOSEVELT A PEAcEMAKER.
Clash Between State Authorities and
the Federal Judiciary Precipitated by
Judge Pritchard's Intervention In Be-
half of Rate Law Violators.

Asheville N. c., July 23.-United
States Circuit Judge Pritchard render
ed his decision in the railroad rate
cases, discharging from custody James
H. Wood, district passenger agent of
the Southern, and o. G. Wilson, ticket
agent, who had been sentenced to thir-
ty days each on the chain gang by Po-
lice Justice Reynolds of Asheyille for
violating the new passenger rate law.
Judge Pritchard declared the penalty
clause of the new rate law unconstitu-
tional. Governor Glenn will defy
Judge Pritchard's decision. The gov
ernor telegraphed that special counsel,
including Speaker of the House Justice,
was being rushed to Asheville and re-
questing counsel for the state to try to
secure postponement of the federal
court decision until Justice and others
could arrive. Judge Pritchard COM
pletely ignored Governor Glenn's re-
quest, and Glenn was so advised.
The governors counsel are on the
way, and a further move on the part Of
the state defying the United States
court is certain, and the long heralded
conflict between federal and state
courts will be on in earnest.
Clash Between Judges.
Judge Pritchard made open threats
from the bench against Judge Reyn-
olds of the Asheyille police court, who
imposed fines upon ticket agents and
sent them to the chain gang, and
threats against others who swore out
warrants against ticket agents, whom,
he said, he was thinking of having
brought before him for contempt of
court. Judge Reynolds had threatened
to jail Judge Pritchard If he interfered
with his court, and Pritchard turns the
table,
Governor Glenn ordered Reynolds
over the long distance telephone, upon
the arrest of Wood and Wilson, to pro-
coed with the trial of his cases in court
and to notify Superior Court Solicitor
Mark w. Brown to prosecute in the
police court and to resist to the utmost
the releaee Of tbefdefendants.
The message was significant. Gov
ernor Glenn promised armed protection
to the stats officers.
Governor CLEAN says; II regret this
conflict. Iwaiit It settled. If the rail-
roads will acquiesce in the law, then
no furthet indictments Will be made"
Prssidept Takes Hand In Matter.
Presidapt. Roosevelt. disturbed by
the reports of trouble between the fed
eral and ktafy E61rts here, sent Assist
ant Attorney General Edward 7. San
ford TO AsbeYifle to be present at the
proceedings arldt try to keep down a
clash between state and federal au-
thorities.
Mr. Sanford stated that he will adj
wise that the case be taken by the state
to the supreme court and that the de-
partment Of justice viii request the
supreme court to expedite Its progress
to on early decision.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

Excavations in Rome being conduct
ed on the Palatine hill have shown a
curious and interesting circumstance
The Metropolis has been found to con-
tain remains of the ninth, eighth, sixth
and fourth centuries before Christ. All
fragments of the seventh and fifth cen
turtles are lacking, and archaeologists
are engaged in close study Of the
field in order to find the reason.
In Arbury Park, Warwickshire, Eng
land, the ancestral seat of the Newde-
gates, tapered pillar in gray granite
on a three stepped pedestal has been
erected to perpetuate the memory of
George Eliot. Her birthplace is near
by, and her father, brother and neph-
ew served the Newdegate family in
the Office of land agent. The monu-
ment is the gift of f. A. N. Newde
gate.
In the city of Springfield, Mass, is a
private art collection which is the lar
gest and most varied. owned by any one
person in the country. 1t is the proper
ty of G. W. v. Smith, who has spent
over fifty years getting it together, and
1t is ranked with the New York Metro
politan museum and the Wallace mu-
scum of London. Mr.. Smith has loaned
his collection to the city of Springfield
to make the pictures eventually the
property of the citizens
Senator Palmer p. Woods of the is
land of Hawaii is going to make an
effort for the preserving of the Ha-
waiian language. There have been
efforts in the past to preserve the Ian
guage in its purity, but the encroach-
ment of commercialism, the introduc-
ton of the English language as the
official tongue and the exclusive use of
English in the public schools have
gradually undermined all efforts to
preserve some semblance of the beau
tiful language of the native Hawaii
ans.
Probably not one person out Of 500
entering the south car in the elevator
shaft Of the Fifth Avenue hotel ever
stops to read the little framed notice
which hangs in one corner, says the
New York Sun. But to the observing
few this little notice tells a story: SIN
this very space forty-eight years ago
was placed the first passenger elevator
ever built in the world" In 1859, when
first installed, 1t was oneof the curiosi-
ties of the city, and visitors from far
and near came to witness its opera
ton.
1t Is probable that no woman in the
wide world possesses SO many fearful
" and wonderfully made gowns as
Princess Tstchinsky. II is her boast
that she never pays less than $1,000
for any costume. Recently she had a
remarkable gown made in Paris, on
which her family coat of arms was re-
produced in jewels on white satin
gown All the stones had to be pierced,
but, though their value was thereby
deteriorated, the costume as it was re-
turned from the modiste's represented
a value Of at least $75,00O
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

more than anything else is the cause OF
the intensity of Korean irritation. AS
yet the Tokyo governments programme
has not been revealed by Marquis Ito
and viscount Hayashi, but the deporta-
ton of the deposed emperor is clearly
among its possibilities, in view of the
fears of the probability of his con-
trolling the prince regent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

sewerage system in the United States. !"
Taking the general testimony in re-
gard TO the inotfensiveness of sewer
disposal BET DIS, and comparing them
with the co Instant complaints coming
to the board of health from all parts
of the town, it is safe to say that there
is far more annoyance from offensive
odors on the best residential streets of
M orristown to-day than there will be
in the immediate vicinity Of the dis
posal plant.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
70 peporx korea's Ex. Ruler,

Seoul, July 28.-The announcement
that the emperor's abdication does
not satisfy the Japanese demands, but
n only the first step In the Japa
nese programme, has revived the re-
port that tha dAposed emperor Of
KoEsa 10 10 be sakan to Japan. This
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
disposal Plants Not offensive.

1IIspOsdI FIHHIs NOU UII5HsIY0'
We give herewith a picture of the
johnson City, Tenn, disposal plant
showing also the government hospital
located within five hundred feet of it.
When the Newton plant was under
discussion committee from the OBJ
jectors went to Johnson City and in
spected the plant. Their report was
published in the Newton Herald OF
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
Il Was the Goat.

How is it. Billy. you didn't come to
school yesterdayg' said the old field
schoolteacher, land yon'rs late this
morning.
II couldn't help Il = eaA1 BtIly, ''srhs
cost chawed up my apeElsni pock ~
Atlanta Epnetifneiun
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
Some Good In X.

Gracious exclaimed the first coun-
try boarder, ''see how muddy that wa
ter is the cows are drinkingl Why, it's
positively thick"
Eyes" replied the other, perhaps
the milk won't be so thin for a couple
Of days now" -Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
Nothing Doing.

Beggar-Say, mister, I'm out Nv
work, an I've got six small children
Z support Won't youse gimme few
pennies fer 'emf
Citizens Much obliged for the ofrer.
Old man. but i've GOT all the children
! need AZ nresenAs nen Aoinae
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
Clever Scheme.

my new play is sure to make a
hit" said the popular actress. 1T
gives me an opportunity to display
twenty new gowns"
'Myr' exclaimed her friend. "How
many acts?'
"Only four, but In one Of them the
scene is at the dressmaker's. ~ Cath
Ollie Standard and Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
Matter Of Cost.

Mrs. Hayrix-The paper tells Nv a
swell society woman In the city givin'
high tea. What do yew s'pose high
tea is?
Mrs. Oatcake-Oh, l reckon it be a
kind what an oil paintin' goes with
stead Nv chromo.-C Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

To prevent white fabrics, such as
tulle or silk evening gowns, choice lace
or Grape shawIs. becoming yellow when
packed away, sprinkle bits Of white
wax freely among the folds.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

A little vaseline applied to the skin
before putting on mustard plaster
will prevent blistsrin8 The sama holds
ecod Il scdlne - uaed instead "a mus
tnsas
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
Hlo Surprlee.

do you think young Prcpsley win
astonish his friends when they see him
on the stAgsY'
Yes. Il they think be can acts
Iznuntnm ppst
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23
Sweet SurroundInrn

Pearl-He must think the world of
you, dear. He said you were sweet
little bird.
Ruby-H'mI He must think am q
bee af.s
PearI--Why so7
Ruby Wei. he said If would only
be his wife / would always live In clio
wer.-Ht. louis PostTD Dispatch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

The Layman Even you ministers are
not above profting by other peoples
mistakes.
The Clergyman-Oh, my dear sir!
The Iayman-W Well, you accept fee
for marrying people, don't youT-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

NIHEN you come to think Of i,
" is there another place in
this great State so full of
really interesting sights as this big
bazaar of ours?
Where can you see so much that is
new, novel, useful, beautiful and educa-
tional?
The store is truly wonderful exposi.
ton, like unto great Worlds Fair
open every day Of the week free to all
with polite attendants on all hands to
show you the many objects Of art and
utility which come to us from every civil
lied country on the face Of the earth
You can come and go as you please
and as often as you like, and see the sights
to your hearts content. You can visit the
Art Gallery and see the hundreds Of
paintings. You can view the great paint
ing of Niagara. You can listen to the
music in Music Hall or to Victor's Royal
Band. You can revel in the beauties of
the Turkish Kiosk. You can mingle with
the thousands of pieces which make up
our magnificent Furniture exhibit. You
can see the great Electric Power Plant.
You can drink in the beauties of the goods
and garments and objects Of art on ex-
hibition. You can rest in easy chairs in
cozy corners and you need pay nothing,
for it is all free free to men, women
and children of all ages, Of all nationalities
rich or poor.
This store is yours to enjoy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-23

This store is yours to enjoy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
MlsslssippIan In RIrmInoham.

NO election outside of Alabama has commanded more attention in the past decade than has the senatorial contest in Mississippi, in which John Sharp Will Hams won the victory remarked an ob- servant politician yesterday.
 T know Governor Vardaman personally and well, perhaps better than l do MT Williams. Vardaman Is a man of super5 personal and political courage, and though he may be cratic In ideas, and not a real representative of southern sentiment. yet he is a man of firm convictions, of conscientious ileas and may be heard from in the future. The south is inter ested in this proposition. but Is not ready and may never be for the Vardaman ideas.
 'The raven locks, the superb dress, the arm-to-arm friendship and the hand-grasp of James K. Vardaman can never be forgotten. 1 believe that in the governors s chair he has reached the pinnacle of his greatness in governmental affairs, but that the lustre of his emotional policy will still dwell in the hearts and con- sciences of the people not only of Miss issippi but of the whole south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
Who Pays for Screens?

q have read several editorials in The ACo-Herald and statements made by doc tors upon the necessity of keeping flies outside the house, and recommending the screening of doors and windows. With all these recommendations l fully agree" said householder, but who is to do the screening?
 '1 am only tenant, paying a big rent, and I cannot afford to pay $95 or $40 for screens for doors and windows and carpenter to fit them with hinges. l think 1t Is the duty of the owners of houses to screen the openings just as much as 1t is their duty to put glass in the windows. If l put in the screens l must leave them behind when I move from the house, as they are not likely to lit the openings in another house
 'I am sure the owners and agents of houses In this city will lend their aid to the doctors to keep down sickness, espe- cially when the work is a necessary part of a well equipped residence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
GREATER BIRMINGHAM.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Advertiser congratulates Birming- ham upon it's great growth in population and territory. While it comes through legislative action and over the wishes of the senator from Jefferson county, still it gives to Alabama one city of the 100, GOO class, with the prospect that the census In 1910 will show that it ranks next to New Orleans in population. The bill gives to the outlying towns or provinces cer- tain features of local government which may tend to overcome their opposition to the arbitrary manner in which they have been jerked into the combined municipal ity, It was this failure to give the out side people alone the right to vote, for or against annexation that influenced Senator Miller in his opposition to the measure and which he maintained throughout the contest. Some days ago the Birmingham Ledger said it was up to Lieutenant Governor Gray to say whether or not there should be a Greater Birmingham. The Advertiser took the po- sition that 1t was not up to the lieu tenant governor unless there should be a tie vote. when his vote would be the deciding factor Our contention was that the senators should act for themselves free of any influence or pressure from the chair as they alone had the right to vote, unless as does not often hap pen, there should be exact division of strength
 It so happened that it was up 10 Lieu tenan1 Governor Gray and he promptly decided the question by voting for the King bill and under that law Blrniug- ham will spread and spread until she takes un6er her protecting wing more than le oGo people. That makes great city, and is the beginning of growth which will continue until Birmingham can claim a quarter or a million of active, busy people That day we believe to be in the near future and all Alabama will take pride In its imperial city.
 m the meantime while extending con gratulations and hearty good wishes to the great steel and iron city we wish it to be distinctly understood that the Cap l,al City Is making steady growth in pop ulation In business, in manufacturing and all the clements that go to make great city. It will not be long before Montgomery will be given credit for hay ing a population of 100000 busy and happy people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
In Memory of Senator Morgan

The legislature will doubtless ap- rropriate $15,000 with which to set up in Statuary Hall in the federal capitol statue of John Tyler Morgan. Each state Is permitted to place there two statues, and Alabama has already set there T statue in memory of Jabez L. M. Curry.
 After a noble service in the Senate, exceeding thirty years, the legislature could not do less than to fill the re. 'naining pedestal with statue that will keep fresh in the mind of all visitors at the capitol Alabama's Sen ator for a generation. Especially should this be done as we approach the opening of the Panama canal, for it was he who beyond any other man led the people up to that great work. The present legislature has passed many historic bills, and it is fitting and proper that it should pay per. manent tribute to Senator Morgan. The proposed work Is to be commit. ted to a commission consisting of the governor, Congressman G. w. Taylor and w. R. Richardson, and Miss Mary Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
John Sharp Williams Wins

The remarkable primary campaign in Mississippi seems to have resulted in the choice of John Sharp Williams to succeed Senator Money, whose term expires on March 4, 1911. Senator Money is afflicted with almost total blindness, and he Is not an aspirant for service in the Senate beyond his present term.
 The race was between Governor Vardaman and John Sharp Williams, and the voters preferred the man who by force of ability and many attain ments had risen to the leadership of his party in the House. Gov ernor Vardaman has never served In Con gross, and the voters concluded to put in the Senatae the experienced Williams rather than the inexperienced Vardaman.
 Governor Vardaman appealed to every known prejudice, but his appeals accomplished TO more than to make Rn interesting race. especially in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
WHY THIRTEEN IS uNLUckY.

From the Housekeeper.
 It is usually stated that the supersti- tious objection to sitting IS at a table in Christian countries was based on the fact of the Last Supper, when Christ and his l2 disciples sat down to eat together, immediately before the Savior was seized by his enemies. But in the Morse myth ology. which is supposed to antedate the introduction of Christianity among the Norsenen, we find the superstition re- ferred to the fact that at banquet of the gods, Loki, the spirit of mischief, in- truded himself, making 13 at the table, wherefore there was a fight and Bal dour young hero especially loved by all the gods was killed. For the fact is the objection to this number seems to have existed even before Christianity. Among the Turks the number is so dis liked and feared that 1t Is never even named; with the Aztecs, the aborigines of Mexico, 1t was believed to have magic power and like fancy has been found in other Indian tribes. Among the ig- norant blacks of the south the fear of this numbre in any connection is actual ly absurd but whether they have borrow ed this idea from their imperfect knowl- edge cf Christianity or whether of their ancestors it is impossible to say, for the superstitution has a strong hold every where even among those who should know better than to be swayed by 1t. In Italy it Is never used in making up the numbers of the favorite lotteries, and in Paris it is omitted in numbering the houses on the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
BY-PRoDUcTs OF cLAMoR.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 Henry Clews has made a valuable con tribution to the political discussion of the day by quoting in his Chautauqua ad- dress the following extract from a speech delivered by Daniel Webster In 1S42:
 There are persons who constantly clamor. They complain of oppression, speculation and the pernlcious influence of accumulated wealth. They cry out loudly against all banks and corporations and all means by which small capitals portart and beneficial results. They carry on mad hostility against all established institutions. They would choke the foun- tain of industry, and dry all the streams. In country of unhounded liberty they clamor against oppression. Tn a country of perfect equality they would move heaven and earth against privilege and monopoly. In a country where property is more evenly divided than anywhere
 
 doctrines. In a country where the wages of labor are high beyond parallel they would teach the laborer that he Is but an oppressed slave"
 This reads as if 1t had been delivered today instead of over sixty years ago. It is certainly as timely now as it was then. The same clamor against accumu- lated wealth. against banks and corpora tions, and against property is heard now, just as it was at the time Webster ut tered these words.
 The country, moreover, will survive this clamor now, just as 1t did the clamor of 1S42. The clamor will make a loud noise and cause more or less commotion and apprehension, but 1t will not amount to much more in the long run than clamor.
 Instead of looking at the dangers of the socialistic agitation, would 1t not be well to credit up some of the valuable things which incidentally it brings about? The clamor against accumulated wealth will not result In the long run In all wealth being concentrated in the hands of the government. but 1t will result In mak- ing wealth more regardful of It's respon- abilities and prevent the accumulation of too much power in the hands of ire sponsible persons. for society will always protect itself against the possibility of tyranny with all Its abuses. The clamor will not destroy banks and corporations. but 1t will serve to make banks and corporations more regardful of the prin- ciple of publicity and square dealing.
 
 ing the rights of property, but 1t will, as valuable by-product. render prop erty more secure by checking most of the abuses alike of natural monopoly and of competitor. The direct products of clamor are always less fearful than people think. The by-products are often valuable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
SchoOI Supervision

The Kirby bill has been amended In the house so that the future county school superintendent must hold first second or third-grade certificate as a teacher, and he must visit every school and do his best to improve its methods and to advance public educa- ton. The amendment requiring superintendent to hold a certificate was proposed by Representative Lee of Houston, and Representative Tun- stall succeeded In saving the super intendents in office from its operation. The amended amendment was passed by a vote of 60 yeas to 20 nays, and the bill was sent to the senate by vote of 56 yeas and 29 nays.
 The Lee amendment is much needed and if the Tunstall modifica- tion means that an incompetent super jntendent now in office may be re- elected it should be changed in the senate The incompetents should be weeded out as soon as their present terms expire. The legislature should rise above the placeholders to a con alteration of the claims of 600,00O cnildren who have no school superin- tendent save the one supplied by the state's lawmakers. Drive the incom- petents out at the end of their pres ent terms. and give the children of Alabama square deal in the race of life,