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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-04-23

Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Sims, of
Centreville, Ala, visited friends
in Columbus last week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-04-23
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Wanted rs Feather Beds.

4 will be in your town one
week. i will call at once if you
drop 9 poetal to the Louisville
Feather Co.. Gen. Del. CoIum-
bus, Mas.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-04-23
MORE DETAILS IT,
OF EARTHQUAKE
Number Of Dead ard Injured
Growing Larger. -

uIu"Ink
An Associated Pres special
from Mexico City Of yesterday
|says:: 4ss
Details of the destruction
wrought by the great earthquake
of last Sunday and Monday are
reaching this city slowly. A
message from Acapulo today COM
firmed the story Of the total de-
struction of Ayutla. The jail
and hospital collapsed. but the
prisoners and the patients were
taken out safely. Factories
throughout the district are In
ruins and thousands Of workmen
will suffer greatly from the loss
of their homes and enforced idle
ness. The postoffice,. telegraph
office and barracks at Ayutla
were totally destroyed.
Salesians College in Santa Ju-
liza, which was supposed to have
been earthquake proof. collapsed.
The roof fell in when 20 students
were in the building. but none of
the students were injured.
In collapsing, the roof was sup
ported by beams, leaving . space
where many of the students es-
capped. The death list continues
to grow. Among the dead are
many members of prominent
Mexican families In the state
of Guerro and elsewhere along
the Pacific the greatest property
loss occurred.
No great damage was done in
Mexico City.
Each succeeding piece of in.
telligence magnifies instead of
diminishing the extent of the
disaster. The last shock occur
red as late as noon today. In
the list of known dead, which
now totals fifty, and of the in
jured, which approximate 800
are many names Of Mexicans
prominent in the official and So
cial life of the region. So far the
name of no American or other
foreigner has appeared in the
meagre list of dead and injured
as sent to this city. although
many are residents of the dis
trict afflicted, being engaged in
mining and agricultural pursuits.
The country most damaged Is a
particularly rich territory.
One of the most remarkable
stories of miraculous escape from
death in this earthquake. or per-
haps any other, came from Santa
Julia today. In this colony is
located the 'tSalessiano College"
a school for children. The build
ing was a new structure and sup
posed to be earthquake proof
When the big shock came Sun
day night over q hundred chill
dren were asleep in the dor1ni-
tories. Thirty-fve of these to-
gether with the teachers of the
institution succeeded in leaving
the building before the second
story and the roof fell. When
the Mortified teachers counted
their charges and found that sew
enty were missing they impro.
vised rope ladders and ascended
to where they believed they
would find the mangled remains
of the missing pupils. Their
surprise and joy was unbounded
when they reached the highest
point of the ruins and found the
terrified children clinging to the
beams and rafters. Not one was
even injured. The roof in fall
ing had so rested on the beams
and rafters. Not one was even
injured.
The following telegram bear
ing an Acapulco date has been
received:
|. News has reached this port OF
the complete destruction of ky1t-
la.
The civil hospital collapsed,
but not one Of the patients was
injured. The prisons. one fol
men and one for women. both
fell, but the prisoners were re-
moved. !.
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-04-23

Mrs. John Stinson's friends are
glad to know that she is much
improved after few days illness.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-04-23
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
APRIL TWENTY.SIxTH
Graves of the Confederate Dead
to be Decorated on
that Date.

CDmmittee to meet A. and M.
oadets-Mrs. Lee Caine. Miss
Augusta Sykes, Miss Irene Rob-
ertson, Miss Sue Smell, Miss
Mary Askew, Miss Josephine
Syk =,
L. order that the Franklin
Academy Students may have
some duty in the exercises they
are requested to place flowers
upon Soldiers graves on South
side. AS they enter the cemetery
they will be handed bouquets by
the following committee-Mrs.
Sue McGhee, Mrs. Aldrich, Mrs.
Jack Morgan, Miss Ruth Kenne-
brew and Miss Sadie Hudson.
L. Y. FRANKLIN,
President u. d. G..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-10
YOUR OWN TOWN,
Some interesting Forms Of Apprecia
tive Expression.

An interesting story comes from
little Western city telling Of 4 teacher
in the public schools. who, after 80
Years of service. rested from her
labnrs and left her life's savings to the
school fund. For over generation
SAe had cXeltcd her influence in up
lifting the boys and girls of the COM
munity. al the time practicing small
economies that she might increase tie
bounty that her heart prompted and
which the town has accepted with
rcvcrcnt acknowledgements.
The fact that she gave her money to
the public schools indicates that she
loved her work. but the fact that she
gave her life to the schools proves il
better. The town can never repay "a
her memory adequate recompenSe fer
her SacrificC-but she does not need
payment. Her life was full Of re-
wards, even after it closed in pain ard
sorrow and suffering. These are small
things compared TO the joy a soul finds
in service
In another Western town. not far
removed from the first, died recently
n character" bachelor, who had
worked through the years with little
recognition in the social world. and
apparently with small standing among
the leaders of the cOmmunity's life.
His will provided that 100000. the saw
ings of his lifetime. should build for the
town public library. his gift to the
place in which he had humbly toiled.
These incidents are not prodigies.
nor are they the doings of cccentriCs;
they are types of growing sentiment
in this country that the town in which
We live deserves from us some return
for the joy it bestows year after year
upon us. The East, with it's long
established families. its possession of
entailed wealth, has known this secret
for decades: the South, rich in tradition
and prestige. realizes it: the West is
inst coming into the satisfaction Of full
filmcnt of the duty toward ones neigh
bors.
A town of tenants and of landlords
is a misnomer and a failure; town
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as far south as Newark, New Jersey
and as far west as Detroit. 1t has not
gained much Roadway. however. out
side of New England.
Very little is known about this white
pine disease up to the present time.
The needles of the pines turn rusty
brown, drop off and soon afterwards
the tree dies. No one knows the exact
cause. 1T is evident that we are deal
ing with a very large question:, says
DR.. Haven Metcalf. of the ONCE OF
forest pathology, land we will accord
insly take the entire problem up Scrl-
ously." The department Of agriculture
will seek to find out the extent OF the
areas affected by the disease and study
the effect the blight will have upon the
white pine industry of New England.
and how it may be fought. In SOUTH
western Maine there are still left large
areas Of white pine, and good amount
of nine Is still cut in that section of the
State each year. 1t is earnestly hoped
that the government scientists will find
means of fighting this blight of which
we have been hearing SO much of late.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-10
QUEER TUNNEL ADVENTURES.
A Few of the Exciting Things That
Happen Every Day.

very strange incident happened in
the Severn tunnel recently. Just as an
express. train entered the tunnel a
soldier in a third class carriage flung
open the door and attempted to jump
out. Fortunately one of the pas
S"nScrs succeeded in Selling the mans
coattails ana, with the aid of other
passengers, held him there head down.
ward. They could not pull him back.
for the suction was too great. The
communication cord was pulled, the
train stopped, and the rescued man
who. il appears had suddenly become
insane-was placed under arrest
This is not the first exciting incident
which has happened in the great Dor
ing which carries the Great Western
Railway beneath the bed of the
Severn. Some five years ago n Cardiff
commercial Traveller went to sleep in a
train bound from Cardiff to Bristol,
and, waking with shock, found him
self lying in pitch darkness beside the
permanent way on the tunnel
How he got there he had not the
faintest idea. Probably he had walk
cd in his sleep. At any rate. he was
not much hurt, though he had evil
IDENTIFY been unconscious for some
time. He had not the faintest idea
now far 1t was to the entrance, nor
which way to go. Soon he became
violently thirsty. He heard water
trickling down the wall close by, but
when he collected some in his hands
he found it was salt.
He made brave effort to find his
way out. but dizziness came on. and
he fell unconscious. As he lay there
another train passed. and the poor
man must have had a desperately
narrow escape, for it was found that
his left boot heel had been cut off and
his ankle sprained Platelayers found
him eventually and carried him TO
safety. lie had been six hours in the
tunnel.
Some winters ago 4 Welsh tunnel
was the scene Of most exciting cpl
sode. one day in January. 1908, the
Carmarthenshire hounds found a fox
which made at first straight for tie
coast, but being turned by some
villagers took to the railway line and
ran into a long tunnel, followed by the
whole pack. The master. Mr.. Harries.
realized the danger to the hounds, and
at once followed them.
He was fully quarter Of mile
down the tunnel when roaring sound
behind him warned him that train
had entered the tunnel Almost in
stantly the glare Of the headlight of
the dripping walls. and the horseman
clapping spurs to his horse, began to
gallop at full speed through the dark
ness. There followed a most exciting
race for life. the man riding at the
pitch of his horses pace, the train
laundering in pursuit.
BY sort of miracle the horse kept
its feet. but the train gained rapidly.
At last the white circle of the tunnels
mouth appeared and the driver Of the
engine noticed the black silhouette of
the rider against the light and
slackcned speed. Rider. hounds, and
all came safely ont of the perilous
predicament in which they had plung-
ed themSelvcs.-Tit- Bits.
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Personal Notes.

George Cabot Ward, auditor OF Porto
Rico. has arrived in New York from
Porto Rico to attend the National Con-
vcrtion of Auditors ard Controllers al
jamestown.
Henry White. the American Ambas-
Sador to France, has returned to Paris
after fortnight's sojourn in Forfarshire,
Scotland. where he went after leaving
Carlsbad.
The Most Rev. Platon, the recently
appointed archbishop of the Orthodox
Russian Church in the United States, in
succession TO the Rev Dr. Tikon, has
started for New York.
Lieutenant Colonel Elijah W. Halford
Pay Department, L. S. "A. was retired
last week, having reached the statutory
age of Ga years. Colonel Halford is at
tached to headquarters of the Depart
ment of California at San Francisco. and
s one of the most widely known officers
in the pay corps of the army. He was
private secretary to the late President
Harrison from 1889 to 1893.
President A. e. Stickney, of the Chi
cago Great Western Railway, has re-
turned from abroad, where he has been
for some time past in consultation with
stockholders and bankers. He says that
the financial plan which las been under
consideration for long time to provide
funds for the road for the next ten years
has been practically completed and will
he announced as soon as it has been APP
proved by the cOmpony's attorney.
Wolff tho
latter the youngest prima donna on the
stage, who will appear in the English
production Of Puccini's Madame Butter
fly have just arrived in New York from
Europe. Herr SCHUYLER is the leading
tenor of Germany. He was formerly
soldier in the German army and was
decorated by the Emperor for saving the
life of a drowning child at Metz lie
used to sing to his comrades in the even
ing and on one of these occasions he was
heard by Prof. Wuellner. the conductor
of the German SyniphoEy Concerts, VIII"
persua ded him to take up an operate
career.
Mrs. Leslie Cotton. of New York. who
has been commissioned by King Edward
to paint his portrait has a high social
position in her home city. Among her
paintings are likenesses Of many we'll
known persons of the Metropolis. She
was Miss Marietta Benedict and is
woman of beauty and much charm of
manner. Her art studies took her to
Paris, where under the instruction of the
best masters she de=clop"I her talent
for portraiture. She painted portraits of
Prince Bismarck the Duke Of Cambridge
and other European celebrities
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-10
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Maine at jamestown.
portland Expressly


The City Government is to be con-
graduated upon having. by an almost
unanimous vote, made an apprOpria-
ton which will make it possible for the
State Exposition Commission to avail
itself of the offer of the exposition
management of an exceptionally Valu-
able space in the great History Build
ing at the jamestown Exposition. This
building> which has just been COM
pletcd. is the first ever constructed eX-
cuSively for the purpose upon the
grounds of any exposition. In it will
be gathered a wealth of historic mate
rial, so displayed that for three months
Il multitude of people may see 1t. for
while it is but natural that an lncom-
plete exposition should fail to attract
any great thrOnS of people during the
heat of southern summer, when fin
iShed it is likely to rank among the
most successful and best attended fairs
ever held.
1t is most fortunate that digniiied
and effective participation may yet be
secured for Maine, Notwithstanding the
namantablc action of the Legislature IN
failing to make provision for it. The
splendid history of Maine should be Il
matter of pride and inspiration to
every citizen of the State. and the in
tcrnational commcmoration of the
Booth anniversary of the first English
settlement is an observance from
which Maine cannot with any reason
or self respect hold aloof.
EX-Mayor Baxter in his recent adj
dress at Popham Beach emphasized
the peculiarly close historical relation
ship Of Maine and Virginia by relating
the fact that in 1906 Il charter prepared
by Chief Justice Popham. was given to
number of adventurous spirits, who
We're divided into two colonies, one
sometimes called the Southern Nir-
ginia company. to operate between the
thirty-fourth and forty-first, and the
other the Northern Virginia company.
between the thirty eighth and forty
fifth degrees of latitude. The domin-
ion of both companies was to extend
fifty miles north and south of their re-
spcctive settlements, and hundred
miles inland and seward. Each was
to have local council with a seal
bearing the etfigy and arms of the
King and also q superior council in
England controlling both companies.
The South Virginia colony started on
its long voyage on the 18th Of Fcbru-
airy. 1907. The North Virginia, or
Sagadahoc colony was unable to sail
until the last day of May. In May the
Southern colony was located at James
town and in August the Northern col
Ony was settled at Popham Beach.
From these beginnings have been
wrought out in just three hundred
years the mighty achievements of the
English speaking race upon this con-
tinent What event more worthy Of
commemoratiOn and what state has
greater incentive and is under greater
obligation to participate, than Maine.
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Who Bill Taft Is

Hes the brother of the little brown
Malay,
He's tie uncle of the Panama canal,
He's the cousin of the lingo who resides
in San Domingo.
And he SrandSirc of the Moro cannibai.
And he has the Porto I;ican.s on his
Lands
And ne has the San Domingo on his
While his heart is beating iuba to the
little Woes of Cuba.
And his walstCoat cries: "ExpansiOn.
not in vain.
o, william. while you labor at your
desk
Your neart is chasing Datos in the high
lands,
And the east wind whispers gentle,
With an accent Oriental
Come back. Bill. and run the Filipino
islands,
When the Cuban junta clamors in his
ears,
And Fonltney from the zone is yelling,
Graft
When the Porto Rican niger IS petition
ing for bigger
Voting PAYERS. where fly the thoughts
of Mr.. Taft?
Does he think of summer outings in the
Midst the Moro and the simple Taca-
log
Where the pleasant anecdote is told by
TJntlpSS 1SbffOttS
Over luncheons of divinely roasted dog
q, William, vhen your party speaks OF
you
From the valley and the rivers and
the highlands
Does presidential saddle
Seem worthy throne to straddle,
TO the monarch of the Filipino islands!
Whsn dozen brown republics squat foi
war,
And China with boycott. Mt her beck.
Rises up. Il mighty stripling-to transpost
from Mr.. Kipling-
Taft has got the white mans burden or
his neck.
YET man of weight and substance he
remains.
An alI-rourd public figure. never small
And his tailor cries with pleasure as M
takes the statesmans measure:
Here's the nOhlest. stoutest Roman o
them ALL
o. William. don't you hear the Gu-Gu'
call?
From: the pa!,ny Guam and 1lo-Il'
highlands.
From the scrihes Of Pingo- Pango
| And TIE tribes of Zamhoango:
Come back. Fill. and take the Filipino
islands,
Joplin Globe.
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To Save the White Pine.

A bulletin received by the Journal
from the government forestry bureau
at Washington says that the serious
ness Of the unknown disease which has
this year attacked the white pine trees
of New England has led the officers of
the forest service and the bureau of
plant industry of the department of
agriculture to make an immediate in
vestigation of the peculiar blight. Ac-
cordingly s. 7. Dana. of the office of
silvics. in forest service, and DR.. Perley
Spaulding, Of the Office of forest pathol-
Ogy in the bureau of the plant industry
have left Washington for Maine where
| the investigation will begin this week.
| The disease is much more serious
than was at first suspected. When dis
covered it was thought that the blight
was confined to Maine and New Hamp-
shire, hut in the last two weeks evil
de nee Of the disease has been disCov-
! cred in scattered parts of the country
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Most people look grave when they are
buried in thought.
Worry is one Of the things that refuse
to bump the bumps.
Don't borrow trouble. If you have
the borrowing habit borrow moneyA
Freedom of speech has enabled mary
man to give it to himself in the neck.
A nuisance is a nuisance, no matter
what particular kind of a nuisance he
is.
Put your best foot forward when YOU
20 into a store to try on a pair of new
shoes.
Don't waste time trying to impress
people with the Importance of year own
Importance.
There is something wrong with the
minister who breaches eternal happi-
ness and is unable to generate a smile.
Usually n mother is not able to see
the badness in her own children or the
goodness in the children Of her neigh
bors.-ChicagO News.
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Although he is supposed to be resting
and still enjoying a vacation, President
Roosevelt perhaps is the busiest men,
her of his administration at the pres
ent time He is hard at work at Saga
more Hill on the half dozen addresses
he is to deliver on his tour of the Mid
die West and South during the week
from Sept. so to Oct. 6. He is to de-
liver the first at the unveiling of the
Mckinley Monument at Canton. o. In
keokuk, Ia. he will speak the follow
ing day. when he will begin his trip
down the Mississippi River to Mem
phis, where he will attend the Deep
Waterway Convention and deliver an
important address on the subject of
waterway Improvement. On mis- trip
down the river he will make addresses
at 81 Louis and Cairo, and plans are
under way to have him deliver still
another speech in the South.
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when you place person under
great obligations you create 4 new
enemy" declares the Baltimore Ameri-
can. We trust that few people will be
found tn coincide with this cheap esti
mate Of human nature. While instances
If ingratitude are not rare. the great
majority of men and women are CRATE
fnl for the kindness and sympathy
shown them by their fellow men espec-
tally when they know them to be
prompted by unselfish motives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-10

Of homc-owners il one great faroiI,
in which each owes to the othcr .n,,,c,
.iiiig Oh courtesy and Of return for
Dement'S received. 1t is doubtful il
the dwcller on city boulevards realizes
the sentiment that animates the resi-
dent Of the country town. The mutual
dependence, the community helpful
ness. the thorough understanding of
the business and social status Of ones
hclghbors, all these tend toward a
sentiment of respect and admiration
for the town that finds expression in
reciprocal deeds of usefulness.-The
Independent.
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Education in South Carolina.

1t is very evident that the state of
South Carolina is not belicvcr in
negro education. Its school reports
show that for the year ending June 80.
1906, there Were enrolled 1858 white
pupils in 2,G7i schools. with 3,633 teach
ers The cost Of maintaining these
schools was $l,53S, 56512. For the same
year 17U,C22 negro children were enrolled
in its public schools, or $4,000 more than
there were white children. The appro-
priation for these colorcd pupils was
only S259 49, &c. or about One-siXth Of
the amount appropriated for the white
children. The injustice of these figures
is all the more apparent from the fact
that the colored people Of that state
paid curing that year S21S.471.16 in
school taxes, SO that slS,544 80 of the
money contributed by them to the
cause Of education was appropriated to
the use Of the white children. 1t is
evident that the race question will
never be settled IL that section whla
such rank injustice is exercised by the
white population who. under the dis
franchising statutes which have been
enacted in most southern states, con-
burscment OF the peoples money.
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Maine Gossip
Let Us Take Leave of Haste.

Let MS take leave of haste Il while.
And loiter well content
With little pleasure to beslIiic.
And small habilirent-
just Il wide sweep ar ran-washcd sky,
\ flower. IL bird-note sweet:
Some easy trapping worn awry,
Loose latches for our feet.
A wheaton loaf within our scrip;
F'Dr drink the hillside 5piiuS,
And for true heart. conpanion*hip
The love of lettering.
We want so much. and Vel we need
So very slight II store
But ia the ae.e's grip Of @"e"t
We hTry more and more.
The woodland weaves its go;l-gre"n net
The warm wind laZeS oy
Can we foreGO? Can We forget!
Cone, comrade, let us try.
Clinton Scollard.
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1mpoIite.

II wish to see Miss Buffham," said the
young man with blonde shoes and tan
hair.
she is rot in. sir" answered the maid.
with a glibncss that told of long prac-
tice in the ways of deceit.
'Are-are you sure?" faltered the
youth, nervOusly twisting Il nustache
that became apparent when attention
was thus directed to it.
The maids eyebrows elevated them
selves.
do you doubt her word, sir?" she
asked reproachfully.
Blushing deeply over his unworthy
thought, he turned and went away.
Cleveland Leader.
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The NJ wspapcr humorists are having
considerable sport oyer the report that
dow n from Il day to three. There are
Il good many other men in the country
who would be benefited by following
his example.