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Evening journal., 1907-02-25
Anti Suicide Bureau.
Id Evenlnr Ionrnal.

Editor The Evening Journal.
The idea Of the Salvation Army to
establish an anti-suicide bureau in this
city is a good one and should be en-
couraged by the people Of Wilmington.
Such bureaus are in operation In other
large cities and much good work has
been accomplished. The result is that
many persons who have entertained the
desire 10 end their existence by self
destruction have been approached in
time by members Of the army and per-
suaded by acts Of kindness and good,
sound advice 10 give up their intention.
While It Is true that Wilmington is
particularly fortunate In regard TO the
number Of suicides as compared with
those that occur elsewhere 1t Is. new
ertheless, an excellent plan 20 have
an organization Of persons who are
willing to go among those who are
made desperate by their surroundings
or for other reasons and by encourage
ment and kindness lessen the tendency
among these persons 70 commit such
rash deeds. There is no doubt that
the work Of the anti-suicide bureau
will in time decrease the number OF
suicides in this city. as 10 has done in
other large communities.
Yours respectfully
G. D. P.
Wilmington, February %.
Evening journal., 1907-02-25
Monday, February IS, 1907.
BATTLE ABOUT TO BEGIN.

IT HE real fight in the Legislature will begin
\ this week The struggle will be, not be-
tween Republicans and Democrats, but between
the agents OF the corporations disguised pub
lie servants and those who are there for the peo-
pie The House is showing indications of de-
sire TO deal squarely with the people.
The Senate is supposed to be strongly in fa~
vor of the corporations and will do their bidding
down to the smallest details Bills against their
interests will be either strahgled in committee
OF win be killed on the floor There are ma
iorty of the members in the Senate who are not
or should not be the tools OF the corporations, but
it seems they yield their opinions and indepen-
dence TO the few members who have direct deal
ings with the corporations
The Senators can be divided into two classes,
those who are for the corporations first last and
all the time, and those standing by the people
The most active and persistent members Of the
Senate-Sparls, Rose and Conner-arc with the
corporations, and Hart and Reed, two new mem
bers, are also on the corporation side. These
five Senators, Speaker Sparks named as the Com
mittee on Revised Statutes, to which is referred
nearly every bin in any way touching the inter-
csts Of the corporations, and it is not supposed
that any bill opposed by the corporations will
ever get, out -of-the .eommittee BY a process Of
repeated unbrokeh promises and one excuse or
another the bills are held in that committee until
they are liieless. Not even common decency is
shown the bills and. their friends. They are held
in the committee and the Senate is not permitted
70 vote on them.
But there are some good and strong men in
the Senate who are supposed to be with the peo-
pie They are Senator'S Monaghan Miller, Nor
rson. Moore. Houston. Barnard, Boyce, Row
land and Lingo Senators Mendinhall, Jester
and life are claimed by the corporation agents
but they should be placed more properly in the
doubtful class The lineup of the Senate will
probably occur very soon. There are number
OF bills pending in the Senate among them the
bill repeating the special jury law, and another
limiting the service hours of railroad telegraph
operators, which the corporations have ordered
killed. We await the vote on these bills, as we
desire to know and to let the public know just
how and where each Senator stands in his rela-
ton TO the corporations and the people.
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VOTING FOR STRIKE
OR FOR NO STRIKE
P. R. R. Employees Now Bal
IOtine as to Whether They
Will Go Out

To strike or not 10 striker That is
the question which is being decided by
the Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen,
representing the employees Of the Penn
ylvania Railroad Company east OF
Pittsburg and Erie. In every branch
lodge Of the brotherhood bailoting
either has been going on or will go on
this week an dit is expected that the
decision win be announced next Mon
day. The votes will be counted by the
General Grievance Committee in this
city
The proposal 10 strike is the result of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 6
refusal on February 19. to grant the
mems demands for shorter hours and
an increase in wages. The conductors
demand 35 cents an hour for day work
and 36 cents for night work, while the
trainmen want 30 cents an hour for
day work and 81 cents an hour for
night work The railroad company in
lis recent ultimatum, offered the day
conductors 3S cents an hour and night
conductors "a cents. while the day
brakemen were to get 2s cents an hour
and night brakemen 20 cents.
In the matter of hours the brake
men are especially concerned. They
contend that they are compelled 10
do the work Of firemen, and that they
must submit TO the imposition OF
longer hours than are just.
Meetings were held by the trainmen
In Philadelphia yesterday to discuss
the situation. At 141t Arch street the
latter were in session. but it was de-
MED that they were balloting on the
strike proposal They insisted that UP
10 the present time their organization
was not Immediately concerned, but
admitted that they. being so closely
associated with the trainmen. would
naturally be interested in the situation,
While Il could not be ascertained
from the conductors that they would
strike IL the trainmen did So it was
generally understood that such would
be their action. It was learned that
the conductors would hold meeting
next Monday. Whether the proposal
10 strike viii be formally laid before
them could not ascertained.
Local trainmen we're in session in
Irish American Hall last evening dis
cussing the strike question. They viii
meet again tonight and tomorrow
night.
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fed to-day because Of its impotence 10 deal with
problems that are forced to the front by present
industrial development
Being son of Harvard himself, Mr.. Roosevelt
could well afford to restate his opinions on the
most important questions that have appeared in
his administration. lie had a right to ask for
justice from his alma mater even though the de
sire for absolute justice between man and man
as involved in this question may have found lit
tie lodgment in the minds of those who heard the
address OF the Presluent.
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It was a bedroom, and there was
glass and a bottle OF champagne. Mr..
White told her TO drink the champagne
and she did, though it tasted funny
and bitter. Then the room began 70
go round and she lost consciousness
It was sometime later when she awoke;
she doesn't know how long. She only
knew that she was an innocent girl no
longer. and she screamed and screamed
and screamed. All this, In more de-
tail, the Jurors heard from Bvelyns
own lips, and nothing they have since
heard has shaken this part OF the story.
After that Mr.. White told her she
must not mind, and that all women
were unchaste. only some were clever
at concealing it. So she went on for
six months or so, meeting him ana
going to various studios" with him.
Always there was too much wine and
she never yielded willingly. so she said
And in 1902, early in the year, she
then having turned II, she stopped all
improprieties with Stanford White But
alT'through this year he gave her money
s25 a week she drew from a New York
trust company whenever she was not
employed on the stage, which wae
most Of the time. All this time She
was living with her mother. her mother
knew all about the money Stantore
White was paying her. Yet she never
told her mother Of the terms on which
she had associated with Stanford
White and nothing IN the evidence has
vet shown why Mrs. Holman allowed
her daughter TO take money from the
architect.
Jack Barrymore Proposes.
Evelyn had brief theatrical engage
ments IN 1902. One Of them was in
the chorus Of "The wild Rose" While
here she met Jack Barrymore, the actor
brother OF Ethel Barrymore, and she
got 10 like him. He proposed to her
twice. she said. and when she told Mr..
White lie got very angry, and her
mother was angry, too. II wasn't much
Eater than this that she met Harry
Thaw, though she didn't get to know
him very well until early IN 1908. Be
fore that Mr.. White had sent her 20
the Pamlico schools for Girls, al
Pompton. \. j., largely to get her away
from Jack barrymore. she thought. But
CONTINUED on Fifth Page)
Evening journal., 1907-02-25
PRESIDENTS ABLE HARVARD SPEECH.

TN HIS very able address at Harvard, Pres-
4 dent Roosevelt reiterated his well-known
views concerning Federal regulation of huge cor
poratons doing an interstate commerce business
and evidenced that he has not halted his fight for
Federal supervision. At the same time he re-
buked in stnging terms what he conceived to he
the attitude Of many we'll educated men, includ-
ing those Of Harvard, who fail to support the af-
frmatve side Of question-that of regulation
that the President has assumed They are ever
ready with criticism OF constructive legislation to
curb special privileges when it is proposed by the
President or Congress- The special interests
and their fat fees, according TO Mr.. Roosevelt,
are too attractive bait TO be rejected by the
learned men who are often too willing TO serve
the special privileges rather than the country.
The President is not so radical as is Governor
Hughes Of New York, but they both think along
the same lines.
Mr.. Roosevelt also recalled the doctrine of
States rights, which he sees revived to prevent
legislation against special privilege. Those who
urge States rights as an objection to Federal reg
ulation of large industries which from their very
nature affect all the States find themselves in a
dismayed minority. When the States rights
principle was in vogue we had no industrial de-
velopment or such accumulation OF capital and
business as there exists to-day. Conditions have
changed. A doctrine that had even a semblance
OF force fifty or one hundred years ago is nulli-
Evening journal., 1907-02-25
We THOUGHT BETTER on MR. ROSE

GENATOR ROSE is reported to have said to
- New Castle county Senator who hesitated
about voting for the half million loan, "You
want to vote for this bill. Just look what we
country people are getting and 100000 of the
100000 the people Of Wilmington will have TO
pay, and they get nothing for it. We get it all"
That is honest craftsmanship for you'll But the
argument was effective and landed the vote. It
is unfortunate that our city had no one in the SEN
ate to protect us from such haywayman methods
Senator Sparks urged the passage of the bill and
in his very earnest speech in its behalf he said
"This bill is all right. The attorney Of the Levy
Court drew it., and it is all right" Really the
people of Wilmington can scarcely wait to give
that great reception to Senator Sparks
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Editor The Evening Journal
Some days ago I noticed a problem
involving pay roll in your columns.
but II seemed so simple I paid very
little attention Ot Il. The copy Of
that paper which ! had has been de-
stroyed, and / am not sure that I can
recall the problem, but to my recol-
lection II Is as follows: A pay roll con-
slsting Of IA carpenters and II brick
layers amounts TO s172s; how much
does each man receive Il a carpenter
receives seven-elevenths more than a
bricklayer.
In subsequent issues Of The Journal
saw three results to the problem. /
do not recall the first two. but / do
not accept the last one as being COR
rect, II the above statement OF the
problem is as first given. the correct
results are; Each carpenter. s7O.s5;
each bricklayer, s4s.5o.
Yours respectfully.
"All Right"
Wilmington, February %.
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Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for the
peoples column viii not be printed
Names Of contributors TO the column
win not be printed, but must be fur
nished The Evening Journal as an evil
denoe Of good faith on the part OF the
contributor.
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Il is said that several members of the Senate
were induced to vote for the raroaded $5ooooo
loan bill on Friday by one of the Senators say
ing the measure was favored by Governor Lea
who was ready to sign it soon as the bill could
be passed and signed by the Speakers. This fact
disposes Of the hope some people have that Gov
ernor Lea would veto the bill should it be pass
ed by the Legislature. There are some people
who are surprised that the Governor would be
mixed up in such an unsavory affair as is the half
million loan scheme.
Evening journal., 1907-02-25
Personal and Pertinent

Andy" Harkins, the Central Station police operator,
born to make others happy. He continually keeps
those him in good spirits, and because he never
gives onense his enemies number none. For years Mr.
Harkins has been a member Of the force and has
ord to be proud Of He is one the pleasant
nered individuals the force.
Evening journal., 1907-02-25

At largely attended meeting of the Farmers
Institute of New Castle County a vigorous pro-
test was made to the bill railroaded through TIe
Senate on Friday by Senators Rose and Sparks,
bonding New Castle county half million dollars
for the purpose OF placing that amount of money
in the hands of the Levy Court to spend on roads.
1t is not surprising that that large and influential
organization of farmers would express themselves
so promptly and earnestly on the 100000 Levy
Court loan scheme and it is probable that Their
protest will be needed by the members Of the
House
Evening journal., 1907-02-25

The whskey element CLAIM. that Senator Con-
ner will be able to force through the Legislature
his local option bill which provides for special
election at cost to the taxpavers of the State Of
nearly $4,000 Strange, i"deed, is it that the
Republican party should trust the local option bill
to the hands of champion and advocate of the
whiskey interests and to which he owes his cleo
ton.
Evening journal., 1907-02-25

Tt is said the corporations have ordered the
strangers of the Senate TO get busy on the bill
passed by the House aboshing special juries.
How many of the independents will Sparks, Rose,
Conner, Hart and Reed whip into line? We will
publish the vote.
Evening journal., 1907-02-25

Even the gift of thirty-two millions TO the
cause Of education has not reinstated Mr.. Rookie
feer into the affections Of his fellow Baptists of
Georgia At a meeting of Southern Baptist
preachers in Atlanta the other day a resolution
commenting the oil magnate for his generosity
was howled down But a few feeble voices wcie
heard in the affirmative and the man who offered
the resolution was told that he not fit to
be in the meeting Miss Ida Tarbell assuredly
has got hersrevenge in Georgia at least
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Editor The Evening Journal.

Editor The Evening Journal.
Ny solution Of the ]. r. problem Gun
derstanding that the carpenters indi.
viduaily get 7-11 more than the brick
layers) is as follows: Each carpenter
S6s.06 5S-457; each bricklayer
s41.59 1s7-457.
Yours respectfully
A. r. Colegrove.
Wilmington, February 25.
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NOTICE To THE ruBLIc.

Any erroneous reflection upon the character s'a s',,S
or reputation any person hrm or corporation We w.,
may appear in these columns will be gedy eorie''eO
rpon request
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Wilmington. February 25.
Edltor Nd Evenlnr Innrnal.

Editor The Evening Journal.
Having noticed several solutions Of
the wage problem which all differ !
enclose mine. II is: Carpenters. s66.9s
each or slO0S.96 for them all: brick
layers. $f2.592 each, or S72Ao64 for
them all.
Yours respectfully.
]. B. A.
Wilmington. February %.
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ALL THE NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
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Many Answers 10 ProbIem.

wilmington, February 25.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-08-14
KILLS WIFE AND TEEN
HIMSELF.
Left Note Saying That Another Had
Invaded His Home,

Roanoke, Va, Aug. St. J. Wing
field, aged IS, today shot and killed
his wife, aged 25, and committed sui
eide by her dead body in the Wing
field home in northwest Roanoke.
Wingfeld left note dated today, in
which he said he would kill lis wife
and himself, giving as his reason for
the act the fact that ;.uother man had
invaded his home. The couple quar-
relied on back porch and after going
into the dining room Wingdeld fired
two shots through his wife's brain.
He picked up the dead body and car
ried it to bed room where he placed
it on bed. Standing over the body
of the woman, Wingheld cut his
throat, the knife with which he sew
cred his jugular vein dropping on the
cheek of the wife. Wingfeld fell to
the floor and died instantly.
The Wingfelds came here a week
ago from Hagerstown, Md. Wingfeld
had been running on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, with which company
he was employed as a brakeman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-08-14

cett, who in the latter part of the
eighteenth century was the pastor of
a poor little church in Lockshire Eng
land. His family and responsibilities
were large, his salary was less than
81 week.
In 1772 he felt himself obliged to
accept call to a London church. His
farewell sermon had been preached,
six wagons loaded with furniture and
books stood by the door. His congre-
cation, men, women, and children,
were in an agony of tears.
Mr.. Fawcett and his wife sat down
on a packing case and cried with the
others. Looking up, Mrs. Fawcett
said:
"Oh, John, John, I cannot bear
this! I know not where to gon'
"Nor I either" said he; "nor will
we 60. Unload the wagons and put
everything back in it's old place."
His letter. of acceptance to the Lon
don church was recalled and he wrote
this hymn to commemorate the cpl
sode.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-08-14

Man Ian Pile Remedy comes put up
in collapsible tube with nozzle Easy
to apply right where soreness and in
fammation exists. It relieves at once
blind bleeding, itching or protruding
piles. Guaranteed. Price SOC. Get it
o-day. Sold by Kauf mann Drug Co.
James Robs, a young man, was
drowned while swimming in pond
on the farm of Hugh Means, near
Moores, Spartanburg county, on Sun
day week.
If you suffer from bloating belching,
sour stomach, Indigestion or Dyspepsia
take Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after each
meal and overcome the disagreeable
trouble. It will improve the appetite,
and aid digestion. Sold by Hartmann
Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-08-14
the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

To the Commissioners of Elections for
the County Of Lexington:
Whereas Hon. J. M. Epting, who, at
the General Election held in November,
1906, was chosen member Of the House
of Representative for the Election Dis
trict Of Lexington County, to serve for
two years, has since said election de-
parted this life, And whereas the Con-
stitution of the State Of South Carolina
directs that in such case a Writ Of
Election shall be issued by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives for the
purpose Of filling the vacancy thus oc-
casioned for the remainder Of the term
for which the Member so dying was
elected to serve:
Now, therefore, You and each Of you
are hereby required, after due adver-
tisement, and with strict regard to all
the provisions of the Constitution and
Laws of the said State touching your
duty in such case, to hold an election
for Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, for the Election District
aforesaid, to serve for the remainder of
the term for which the said J. M. Ept-
ing was elected; the Polls to be opened
at the various places of election in the
said District on Tuesday, the tenth day
of September, 1907, by the various sets
of Managers for those places respective
ly; and the counting Of the votes cast
and the declaration of the result Of the
election to be in accordance with the
provisions of law providing for the Cen
eral Elections and the manner of con-
Quoting the same.
This Writ, together with your return
of the Election to be held under it, have
before the House of Representatives at
it's next meeting after the election.
Witness the Honorable Richard S.
Whaley, Esquire, Speaker of the House
of Representatives, at Charleston, S. c.,
this tenth day of July, il the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and seven. RICHARD S. WHALEY,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
Tom G. HAMER,
Clerk of the House Of Representatives.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-08-14
Bride Accidentally Killed Af
ter Sending Message Home
She Was $50 Happy"

Marion, Ohio, Aug. S.-"I am so
happy that the ups and downs of my
life pale into insignifcance as COM
pared with my complete contentment
and happiness. I never in my fond
est dreams knew anything like the
love that exists between Frank and
~
This honeymoon message from Mrs.
Frank Elms, of Findlay, to her moth
er, Mrs. J. NJ. Davidson, of this city,
was followed yesterday by telegram
from the husband saying his bride
had accidentally killed herself.
He is held by the police at Los An
geles, CAL, where the tragedy oc-
Cured. He was the fourth husband
of the bride, though her first sweet
heart.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-08-14
The Limit Of Life.

The most eminent medical scientists
are unanimous in the conclusion that
the generally accepted limitation of
human life is many years below the at
tainment possible with the advanced
knowledge of which the race is now
possessed. The critical period, that de-
termines it's duration, seems to be be-
tween 50 and 60; the proper care of the
body during this decade cannot be too
strongly urged; carelessness the being
fatal to longevity. Natures best helper
after so is Electric Bitters, the scienti-
fic tonic medicine that revitalizes every
organ of the body. Guaranteed by the
Kaufman Drug Co., and Derrick S
Drug Store. SOC.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-08-14
Of Interest % Wemea.

A housewife can manage very well
without scales if she will follow this
simple plan: One ordinary teacupful
of -four makes ounces, so teacup-
fuls make / pound. Sugar is heavier,
so do not take full cup of it to make
4 ounces. Shredded suet is so light
thata teacupful weighs only 2 ounces.
With a very little experience you will
measure ingredients quite accurately
in this way.
Have you tried making tea like
this? Among the various ways in
which tea can be brewed, an author
ity recommends the following: Mois-
ten an ounce of tea, finely ground,
with cold water, and let it stand for
twenty minutes. Then pour on the
tea scant pint of boiling water, and
in one minute it is ready to drink.
An obedient husband, not very far
from Boston, was objecting not long
ago to doing certain work about the
household, and quoted scripture texts
to his wife showing that the house
hold duties should properly be as
signed to the woman. The good wife
had been trained in the Ladies' Aux
iliary of our Young Mems Christian
Association, and quickly replied by
reading to her astonished liege End.
Kings xxi, 13, 81 will wipe out Jeru-
salem as man wipeth a dish, wiping
it and turning it upside down."
That husband, without a murmer,
has wiped the dishes ever since.