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Evening star., 1907-11-13
HERCULESEPLAAT 7 BLOWN UP
NITRO GLYCERIN EXPLOSION
SHAKES STATE OF OHIO.
Only Two Men Are Reported Killed,
But Several Others Are
Badly Injured.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 1.-Two
men were killed and three Or four in
jured today in an explosion in the Her
cules nitro-glycerin factory at Bradner.
ber of houses shattered in the town.
The conclusion was felt for sixty miles
around.
W Cisco and John Washburn, both en-
pIoyes of the factory, were killed
Harry Boston, the superintendent, was
probably fatally injured
Cisco was blown to pieces not even a
shred of his body being found VAS l.
burn died horribly among the debris
burning to death.
Evening star., 1907-11-13
Felt Sixty Miles.

UPPER SANDUSkY, Ohio, November
ia terrific conclusion was felt here
today, caused by an explosion of nitro
glycerin at Bradner, Ohio, forty miles
from here The concussion was very dis
tinct It is reported that most of the
town of Bradner has been destroyed, bat
AS the wires are down nothing definite
has vet been ascertained The report
here is that no one was killed, but that
a number of people We're injured. Re-
ports throughout this section are to the
effect that the explosion was felt in near
" every village within sixty miles OF
Bradner.
Evening star., 1907-11-13
Weather.

Fair tonight, temperature
slightly below freezing; to-
morrow fair.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

lines il reform Is to be genuine and permanent Others
have said the thing with temper and intelligence
worthy Of lynchers says the New York Tines Presi-
dent Wilson's remarks are worthier attention because
thought and moderation lie behind his words great
change has ways Of thinking and acting
concmreny with the entrance Of corporations into control
Of great enterprises He thought that the individual was
morality possible Therefore i is necessary 10 Gx per-
sona responsibility for corporate acts and 10 deal with
corporate immortality Individual immortality is dealt with
Millions will echo this thought having somebody else in
mind and for instant taking the thought home as
rule OF their own guidance President Hadey had pre-
viousy made similar anakss and fad turned In diff
ferent and less popular direction for the remedy Presi-
dent Hadey pointed finger straight at the Average
American and said, Thou art the mar" Corporations
bad because they are corporations but because
there is unanimiH Of public opinion about the quality
Of the acts Wageearners denounce trusts for extorion
and practice the saTe form OF combination and inimda
ton themselves One trader denounces rebates only be-
they enrich another and would take them himself
One railroad will give rebate secretly for pern-
ciOus purpose and another will give rebate for
reason In the public interest and the public condemns
both as acts Of the same sort Men and corporations
alike contribute 70 campaign funds as sort Of investment
but they equally guilty of corruptng politics.
President Wilson wisely condemned the attempt to
create reform by statutes such have been enacted and
himself proposed another sort Of statute designed 10 find
the responsible individual and punish him The case Is
not the same as with laws against murder or robbery.
There is no division Of opinion regarding them The
present case is that reputable individuals and corporations
alike want laws to punish practices which they excuse or
practice themselves. A higher grade Of thought and cit-
zenshp IS wanted and better sense Of 6duciary and
representative responsibility.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

cudng our own naval experts agreed that navy
lacks the strength its imposing appearance suggests
Our naval board has pointed out in emphatic language
the difficulty Of securing compliments Of for the big
ships and Of valuable vessels have been
the scrap pile because the men required to operate them
needed upon the larger and bateships. Most
Of the feet scheduled for the 14OOOme cruise from the
Atlantic to the Pacific seaboards short Of men, and the
men in service are not seasoned as they should be.
We must take with liberal discount the statement Of
Japanese journal Of prominence that our sailors are not
sufficiently patriotic to fight and would desert before en-
Gaging in battle. Yet not blind eyes to the
fact that there is some decline in patriotism in this coun-
try plainly manifest in the an-government demonstrations
the streets of the large cities and this must be reckoned
with When the flag Of the country is traled in the dust
procession Of people carrying aoft the red ensign OF
destruction and with scarcely protest. is high time for
the real Americans the descendants Of those patriots Of
Bunker Hill and Yorktown, to pause and consider the
state Of American loyalty,
That this country would ultimately win in an issue with
Japan there can be no doubt But we would have to be
prepared for initial reverses and losses before the spirit
OF patriotism shown in the spontaneous uprising Of the
people would assert ITSELF army fired with strength
and determination to defend the honor Of our country
The Japanese newspaper authority also reflects upon the
efficiency Of our officers who grace bathrooms rather than
gun decks he says. We have every reason to repose
confidence in our naval officers and the only regret is that
there are not enough Of them. We may depend upon
their patriotism at least and their example would be an
inspiration to their men, This little Japanese furry may
be blessing in disguise since will serve to bestr the
tagging sense Of nationality which has suffered sadly from
The muckakers and the professional agtators who seek to
array Americans against each other. A
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
REALIZING A DREAM.

/ -~,AN W EN HEN Bellamy wrote his Looking Back
! <NaGM va va ward twenty years ago il was regard
| d ~ ed purely fanciful picture drawn
| ttaal l2SN9 BY U:opian dreamer; and yet many
| s:Z ~ Of the conditions that he described as
! :R%Ss4N~ belonging to the civilization Of 1888
have already been realized One Of the advantages en-
ioyed in his ideal community century hence was that
people could sit in their homes and by pressing
button hear hne sermon opera performance it was
being given several blocks away or read the latest bull
etns the Of the day announced from the
paper Offices.
It is claimed that now Detroit inventor James F.
Land has perfected the application Of the principle Of the
telephone on that Belmys dream in this respect has
come to pass exactly. He has invented an instrument
which he calls "tellevent telephone auxiliary which
reproduces and magn6es sound telephone so that
not only one person, but entire family, sit in
comfortable parOr home and hear sermon concert or
the Of the day any distance is claimed that
the appliance has been successfully tested Detroit in
quite way for several months and as the neces
sary arrangements be made it proposed to establish
central Office and subscribers throughout the city
with the news OF the day Tanspires. AT
certain hours an automatic signal notifies the subscribers
that the teevent has something communicate. They
take down their receivers and hear the report Of fire.
the baseball score market quotations, weather probabi
ties, in short, whatever has occurred that might interest
the public. 1t planned to extend the system throughout
the country that the people may hear political debates
social lectures. ETC. By this system farmer in Mssissp
p will be able sit on his porch and listen the debates
congress they occur although explained why
Mississippi farmer should wish to disturb his peace Of
mind and destroy the luxurious ease in which all Missis-
sippi farmers live BY listening the resome harangues
delivered in congress
At all events it is interesting to note evidence OF
the marvellous pace at which the world is moving that
what was regarded as dream the widest stretch Of the
imagination Of genius twenty YEAR, ago. has become
accomplished fact today The rate of progress in the
last century was enough to battle the maGnatons Of the
most ancifu but it is altogether probable that the
tons and discoveries Of the past 100 years will be regard
ed as crude and absolutely inadequate century hence
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

individual selhshness and thoughtessness were amen
able to suggestion.
Il is not generally recognized principle that people
have rights actual and well established rights
Among them is the right peace from neGhborhOOd in
reference which that people should endeavcr to
attend to their own business, and that their business
should be so exclusively their own that il can bring
discomfort to others.
Almost without exception every nelghborhood knows
only too we'll the community noisemaker He may be the
we'll meaning individual who gets up O'Clock in the
morning to NOW his lawn and at that unhoy hour the
catter OF the mower is irritating Then there the
ambitious mothers who requires her small daughters to
rise with the lark and practice scales battered and
protesting piano This is form Of torture that is quite
popular in crowded neiGhborhoOds The devoee Of the
cheap phonograph who insists upon inAicting Poor
John upon a somnolent neighbOrhood long after every
body else has gone to bed IS blameworthy beyond the
accumulated profanity heaped upon him The amatlre
vonist the purple Tipped slave Of the cornet often
drives neighbOrhood to the end Of his physical endur
ance. and the piano and pianoa possesses miess pow
ers Of annoyance
people would only think Of tie others who may want
comfort and silence the world would be happier and
blessed sleep would overcome the natural titaby gem
Grated by warm weather. i people would only think
that's the point II they only would
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

there were 221680 employees thrown out of work BY
2O77 strikes undertaken By l76337 strikers 8200 es-
Establishments, and lasting average Of 23 days in each
establishment involved. The report in part says
The year lyO4 stands out in the history O the country
the year notable for the great number Of workers
thrown out Of work BY strikes. 10000 employees
being thrown out Of work BY 349 strikes undertaken
BY 5O4O94 strikers 8 1875 establishments and lasting an
average Of AZ days in each establishment involved.
Statistics for twenty-five year period from 1881 to-
1905 shows the strikes in the United States numbered
36757 and lockouts 1546. The greatest number Of
strikes in any industry in the building rades
which had over 26 per cent Of strikes and So per cent
all the establishments involved in strikes.
The Importance Of the part that organized labor plays
in strikes the report says indicated BY the fact that Of
the total number OF strikes in twenty-five years practically
So per cent were ordered BY labor organizations Em-
ployes who struck succeeded ofener than they failed and
employers were similarly successful in locCouts En-
ployes succeeded in winning al the demands for which
the strikes undertaken in 48 per cent Of the estab
shments succeeded partly in over is per cent and in
only 20 per cent oE the establishments did they fail
tirely to win any Of their demands
Lockouts resulted wholly in favor Of employers in over
az per cent o the establishments involved succeed
partly in III per cent and failed entirely III 81 Der cent
Strikes ordered By labor organizations were wholly
cessu in practically so per cent Of the establishments
involved partly successful u almost l6 per cent and
failed entirely il only 35 Per cent the establishments
During the quarter Of century period mentioned Al
per cent Of all the strikes were ndertaken for increase Of
wages alone or IN combination with other causes over rs
per cent wholly III partially By disputes ccncernng the
recognition pf union and union rules practically IL per
cent caused BY reduction Of wages almost 10 per cent
were % enforce demands lor reduction Of hours and
only little ess than Der cent were sympathetic
Strikes tor increase in wages have been more successful
than those for any other cause Strikes concerning recog-
milton D unions and union rules entirely failed IN 43 per
cent oE the establishments involved Sympathetic strikes
TIE most unsuccessful Of an entirely failed II 76 Der cent
Of the establishments.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31


marks, bit Of meaningless rodomontade which the
emotional element Of the South too often manifess
both in action and speech"
Happily the South has mot learned its manners or its
speech from Golfers or its kind and Southern chvary
will continue to take pride in being dsncveIy Southern
possibly degree emotional than the locality Of
Golfers can II be said that the South is less brave less
many2 And i iAe polite, more eFusiveIy polite.
indeed can il be said that the South is less genuine?
ltnot then what superiority lies in being unchvarous
take the people represented BY Golfers proudly
assume they are? If the only difference between the Col
ers neighbOhood and the South lies in the chivaIy Of
the latter is extremely difficult to see wherein the for
mer has any advantage. If is an advantage to be un-
emotional unmagnative, unromantic not overpolite not
overagrecabe overenthusastc about the charms Of
the ladies' not too jealous about rAes such as honor
not too careful about being gentlemen whatever betde
but the other hand extremely careless about calling
and employing harsh epithetsa a safe distance
then cheeruly concede the advantage to homsoever
cares to claim it
Il also lets its representative who attended the Varda-
man Wilams debate Meridian on July 4h forget that
he to make an unbiased report and SO far forget
himsel as to besmrch not only the Governor Of the
states standing. but the citizenship as we'll Golfers
Weekly will be many long day in reGaning its repua-
ton in Mississippi
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

British writer in the July Bookman makes the some
what supercious statement that Our knowledge 81 Amer
can history il nil il IS not taught in the schools Not in
the schools but We taught EN- enough American history
il 1776 and thereabous al Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Lex
nron Concord Saratoga and few other places 10 last
EN- until eternity. besides giving them postgraduate
coarse at New Orleans ii 1916 We decline u believe
that they have no knowledge Of American history
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

upon one Of the real problems Of modern philanthropy
He impressed by the beauty and usefulness Of such
institution that designed to for waits left alone
in the world to fight the battle Of existence unaided ex-
cept tor such help that which through the sweet
charity Of those unse6sh souls who devote their time and
energies the and this is the kind Of charity that
he believes in and recommends.
There is no doubt that Americans are hysterica money
spenders In their enoyments, as well in their phian-
hropes, they 60 to extremes Bishop Lills hinted at
Of these misguided philanthropca efforts when he
cited the mllionares who endow great institutions Of
learning and others who build splendid libraries for the
towns that will accept them So far as direct ministra
ton the suffering and the destitute is concerned this is
money msapped. Mr. Rockefeller has built up a colos-
sal educational institution at Chicago The University Of
Chicago noted chiefly through the bizarre uterances Of
Of it's freak professors How much better would it
have been if the oil king had endowed free hospitals for
the poor turned his money into homes for the aged
Mr. Carnegie has devoted many millions OF dollars the
foundation Of Libraries in smaller cities but so far as the
and sick concerned these Libraries Of
value. Had this immense fortune amassed by the steel
magnae been used to establish free milk dispensares
conGesed cities and provide help for the sick and
helpless much suffering and many lives would have been
saved annually The Libraries are OF little benefit to the
poor who have time and little inclination for reading
when the demands Of their bodies cry for relief Mrs
Russell Sage, in honest and sincere effort to do good
with the immense fortune left her. has established a
foundation which will allow lot Of ong-haired theo-
rists to live upon her bounty while they study the con-
dtions Of the poor. Had Mrs. Sage built number Of
hospitals provided for free visiting nurses association
fitted up country homes for poor children there would
have been no problems" involved and she would have
lived to witness the beautiful fruits Of her philanthropy
Unquestionaby Bishop Lls is right in his declaration
against the mania for endowment What the poor need
is quick attention. and It were better in the sight Of man
and God that dollar be spent promptly for pure milk or
other food for sick mother or infant than that number
less dollars be poured into Libraries freak institutions Of
learning The way to help the poor is to 60 and help
them. They will profit not at all from knowing that
great Of granite is being piled up in the neehbor-
hood largely to preserve the donors name
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
FIND THE INDIVIDUAL.

RESIDENT Woodrow Wilson's Fourth
Of July address at jamestown expressed
thought present in many minds
when he said. "One really responsible
man in Jail, one real originator Of the
schemes and transactions which are
contrary to public interest legally lodged
in the penitentiary. would be worth
a thousand corporations mulcted in
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

Il may Be admitted that there are isolated cases of
peonaee il the South in which negroes are nvoluntary
held to perform work they have begun in violation Of the
Thirteenth Amendment and the laws Of congress in ac-
ccrdance thereh Il will hardly Be denied that III he
mines sweatshops and factories of the North there are
isolated cases in which white persons Of low intelligence
and inert natures are held to involuntary service in the
way While the Department Of Justice Is busyng
itself actively in proceeding against peonage ia the South
i might with advantage besow portion 81 its zeal and
to the abuse in other sections But the victims Of
peonage and Of the padrone in the North have the ad
vantage of race feeling which controls votes III re-
publican at the polls states that are close Pes
dent Roosevelt and Attorney General Bcnaparte know
what they are about when they con6ne their peonare
crusade = the region il which the poor African abounds
But i Is hardly fair to the South 10 make Il appear that
there IS more of brutal awbreakina in that section than
in any osher Mr Bonaparte il looking fcr pecnnre il
its worst form he can probably find more 81 i ii New
York CITY than there IS in the whole South
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
NElGHBORHOOD NOISES.

who live in cities are wont to com
plain about unnecessary noises that
disturb our waking and sleeping hours.
Yet much Of this superAuous noise is
Of our own careless making and is
because we do not think q or care for
the rights Of others. Ordinarily the
city is full Of noises that cannot be
escaped if the activities Of commerce
are to 60 on, but there is great deal
Of noise which could be prevented i
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
STIMULANT TO PATRIOTISM.

iETIER or not this country will engage
in war with Japan-and the chances
Of such an outcome to the present
spasm Of iinGoism are remote one i'm
portant fact has asserted itself which
should not be lightly considered by the
American people. Although the air
has been filed with various and
conflicting opinions on all phases of
the situation. several authorities. in.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

1I
~E1lESS1 garding the evidence Of culture in the
American small town. Perhaps in his
enthusiasm to lay bare converted soul the reviewer he
came overextravagant but the seed Of truth turks in the
quotation It may not be MaeerIinck that occpDes The
spare time Ot the denizens Of the small town and ca
perfectly obvious we are glad that Maeterinck
does not share the place the country center table next
the tamly Bible and Paradise Lost" But when the re-
viewer admitted that there was culture out in Cheyenne
and up p he took pioneer step in literary
For many good reasons the people Of the American
small town ere to be reckoned with not only as cultured in
the refined sense but they are strictly upto-dse in wavs
na are not dreamed OF among people OF the cities The
community spirit which cannot survive the se6shness and
isolation Of lite in large city is preserved in the smaller
towns. The small town makes possible personal con-
tact mutlaliy OF personal interests hand to hand as
socaon that pro notes culture far beyond the dreams of
the narrow and tear-dstracted city dweller
kluo lie among women is nowhere more perfectly
maintained or more nationally balanced than in the small
towns Where people have time for serious consdera-
ton o. mental development and where not all their time
and vitality sapped by the eternal battle for sepres-
ervaon in the cities. there is more marked development
OF communal culture The study clubs the art clubs the
music clubs the literary circles Of the small towns have
no adequate counterparts in the cities The lecture
bureau and the responsive exercise Of native talent are not
submerged beneath the cheap vaudeville habit and the
theater madness OF the cities. And under the ever in
creaslng extension Of transportation lines the people Of
the small towns have and more opportunity Of visit
ing the ceS tor those worthy entertainments that
they enjoy all the as they have not become saated
with pleasure seeking Truly the book reviewer has
madea supendous discovery when he admits that not all
he culture and secontentment are fenced in along the
Atlantic Sseaboard
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
STATISTICS SHOW POWER OF STRIKES.

HE industries Of the United States suf-
fered less from strikes during 1905
than in any year since 1882, If the
number Of employees thrown out Of work
BY strikes and the duration Of the
strikes be taken as a measure. Ac-
cording to the twenty-Grst annual re-
port Of the bureau Of labor, Of the de-
.L. III 10OE
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

Dr. Wieys statement that men sleep too much confirms
tie observations q many pulpit oraios lhe same sub
iect
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

Under the circumstances Il might not be amiss to send
heet oE warships o. practice cruise along the North
Carolina coast
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

And yod saW Maf;eI9 i did Tell ne. & shs
narriedf Yes One question more Again. or ysif
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
SOUTHERN CHIVALRY.

DITORIALLY Golfers Weekly goes
outside the record when, in course Of
criticism upon the Loving rial in Vir-
Ginia. It touches upon the subject Of
Southern chivalry in general.
Southern chivalry," it declares,
with the contemnt,,o,,sneee of o,ota,;on
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
CHARITY AND CHARITY.

an address dedicating a Home for
Infants at Kansas City. Mo-, last week,
the Ri. Rev. Bishop Thomas F. LiIIis
took occasion to criticise what he
termed the mania for endowing" which
possesses many Of our American peo.
PIE of wealth. And in this regard the
distinguished churchman has touched
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31
CULTURE IN SMALL TOWNS.

WILL venture to say" quotes a book
reviewer. that out in Cheyenne. or up
in Kalamazoo. there are as many peo-
pie who read MaeterIinck as there are
in any town in Belgium" This re-
mark was apropos Of discussion re-
garding the evidence Of culture in the
American email to,.,r pL -
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-07-31

with the Observation-Disclosures Of quotation