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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-17
HIDES, GINSENG, FEATHERS ETC
(Quotations by L. BAKERY

(4uOLhuOun Dy II. 0AAoE'p
Hides-Green &C 10; cured, 4he
n; dry salt hides, &c 10; flint, &c
10. Horse hiues-No l large, $1.75;
No. 2, s1.OO@$1.5O; mule hides-Large
$3.50; small. $1.00.
Goat Skins, 15c; lamb skins, 20;
clippers skins. 10: wool skins, 25c0
40c
Ginseng-Dry, $500; green S5c0
$1.00. Yellow root $1.00.
Feathers-New goose feathers zoe
n; old goose feathers. 26c@35c n;
mixed. 15c625c 10 duck feathers
20c@35c n.
Beeswax-22c 10.
Tallow-4c 10 caked tallow. Acc
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-17
KILLS
SEVEN MEN

POTTSVILLE, Pa, July 15.-Seven
mine workers we're killed and ten 9TH
ers injured today by terrific ex-
plosion of gas in the Williamstown
Colliery Of the Summit Branch Min
ing Company in the lower part Of the
Anthracite coal fields. The mine
was wrecked and set on fire. The
dead are:
JOHN REILLY.
ARTHUR HAWK.
CHARLES RICKERT.
JOHN WHITTLE.
ANTHONY FRELAS.
JAMES BOWMAN.
MICHAEL STAKUM.
The most seriously injured are:
William Meinhart, Charles Parker,
Martin Doyle, Ralph Finley, John
Walsh, Isaac Hess, Charles Hepler
and Monroe Shade.
The explosion occurred in No.
shaft OF the colliery, and is believed
to have been caused by one of the
men lifting the gauze of his safety
lamp just after an explosion of shot
which brought down large body of
coal.
The explosion shook the entire col
liery. The work of rescue was i'm
begun, and when volunteers
were called for almost every man at
the workings offered his services,
which meant a hazardous trip into
the burning mine.
Physicians from Williamstown and
nearby villages treated the injured
while a number OF women volunteer
ed their services as nurses. Several
Of the injured were removed to their
homes after receiving temporary
but others were In too Sc
rious a condition to be moved tonight,
and cots were provided for them. The
FIRE in the mine has not caused great
damage. JA
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-17
WOOL

Quotations BY L. BAKERY
Wool-Tubwashed, 23c 10; IN
washed spring free from burrs. 16c;
Slightly bury. 12e; medium bury Sc
Q10e; hard bury. 6c@7c.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-17

FLOUR AND GRAIN.
Quotations furnished by Columois
Mill q Elevator Co., and Ashtons
Mills.l
Flour-Best Patent, $780, second
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
City's Proposition
to Build Sidewalks.

The decision of the city board OF
public works to go ahead and con-
struct sidewalks is the most sensible
solution of the sidewalk problem that
has yet been proposed Even If
property owners were ready and will
ing to build walks, which as a general
thing they are not, there would still
be many good reasons why the city
should build the sidewalks.
DismiSsing the contention made by
some that sidewalks are a part of the
street, are for public use and should
be built and kept in repair at public
expense, as a point not well taken, it
may be easily shown that if walks are
buiit by the city there will be greater
uniformity, they will be placed first
where most needed, the proper mate
rial will be used and the walks will
be continuous.
The last consideration is of much
importance. 1t Is almost a needless
waste OF time, labor, and money, to
build an isolated piece of walk in front
of one lot in a block, while other lots
on the same side of the street, are
without walks in front of them. With
out a doubt it is on account of a feel
ing on the part OF property owners,
in many instances, that it is of little
benefit to anybody for them to build
a walk in front of their lot unless
others do the same, that has kept
them from building.
In case that the grade established
by the city differs considerably from
the grade of the old walks, it is some
times even a damage ,or at least q
serious inconvenience, to the public
who use the walk for one property
owner TO comply with the law and put
in a permanent walk in front OF his
lot, while others neglect to do So
One example where this is the case
may be tited and there are many
others in the city. The piece of walk
The Journal has in mind is on the
south side of West Chase street be-
tween Reus and DeVilIiers. II is a
piece of fine stone walk but Is so
much higher than the old wooden
walk on either side that it is really
an obstruction
There may be and doubtless are
other reasons why sidewalks should
be built by the city but these seem to
be the most important ones as they
occur to The Journal at this time.
OF course, the property owner
must foot the bill, but in the plan
proposed by the mayor time is extend
ed which is a great accommodation
To many.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
CLARK AND
SPARkMAN
WILL ASSIST
Letters Promise Aid to OBJ
tain Money to Dredge
Bagdad Channel.

The efforts of George Bruce of Bag
dad to obtain a federal appropriation
TO dTedge the channel from Pensacola
Bay to Bagdad, so that the dry dock
now stationed there may obtain YES
sells of ordinary size for repairs and
cleaning are receiving no little en-
cOuragement
The Journal has already published
letters from Senators Milton and
TaIiaferro pIedging their support, and
he received the following letters
from Congressman Sparkman and
Clark a day or two ago:
Committee on Rivers and HaTborS.
House of Representatives, u. s.
Washington, D C.
Tampa. Fla, Aug IS, 1908.
Hon. George Bruce, Bagdad, Fla
My Dear Sir: l have yours enclOs-
ing copy of petition for the improve
ment of the channel between Milton,
Bagdad. and Pensacola, which | will
retain until the next river and harbOr
bill is in process of preparation,
when | will lay the matter before the
river and harbor committee, of which
am a member, and in connection
with your congressman do everything
in my power to procure an appTopria-
ton.
I formerly had the honor of repre-
senting West Florida in congress, dur
ing which time | visited Milton and
Bag,fad several times, becoming quite
thoroughly conversant with the ne
cessity of the work on the channel
mentioned. Indeed, j had the pleas
ure of securing one OF more appTopri-
ations for the river there. With very
best wishes, / am
Yours truly,
(SiRnedD s. NJ. SPARKMAN.
House of Representatives, Z. s
Committee on the Merchant Marine
and Fisheries.
Washington. D. c., Aug. -, 1908.
Mr.. Geo. Bruce,
BagdaG1, Florida
My Dear Sir:
Yours of the 18th inst.s which has
just reached me, enclosing petition,
cuts of vessels, etc, relating to the
matter of the channel from Bagdad to
Pensacola. has my attention l will
be very much pleased to be of assist
ance to Mr. Lamar in this matter
With best wishes, l am,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) FRANK CLARK.
Mr.. Spzrkman will be in a position
to assist a great deal in the project,
he being a member of the house com
mittee on rivers and harbors Mr.
Clark is a member of the committee
on merchant marine and fisheries in
the house.
Congress will again convene in De-
cember, and the promise of support of
these men together with Congressman
Lamar, who is at present in Europe
but who will probably return in time
for the December session, give hopes
of success to Mr.. Bruce's project.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
The VIcE-PREsiDENcY.

Montgomery Journal.

In Golfers Weekly for August 29th
appears the conception Os the vice
presidency by the Hon. John w Kern,
the democratic vice-preside ntial can
didate. SO favorably did Golfers
Weekly regard the views of Mr. Kern
upon the duties of the office for which
the national democracy nominated
him that the article X printed in large
type, full page and without columns.
While Mr. Kern's views are sound
and statesmanIike on the vice-presi-
dency, they are no less able and pa
triOtic as respects the presidency,
which he touches incidentally As an
Illustration o. mis- views with respect
to the vice-president, he says that he
should be the presiding officer, and
not the master of the senate. In 9th
er words, that he should appreciate
the fact that the duties and powers of
the vice-pTesident are limited by the
constitution and laws of the country
AS respects the presidency, he well
says that il should remain as the
constitution declared il EhOuld be, dis
tinctly an executive office" and that
the president should not dominate
congress or the country by the use of
the power of patronage; that the pres
ident should, as the chief executive of
TIE 0dllOU- execute anu eHlOECe lhS
laws without any effort TO criticise
congress or the courts.
Mr.. Kern has shown himself conser-
vative, able and patriotic, and holding
decided views with respect to the du-
ties and powers of the ofTice for which
he has been nominated in accord
and obedience to the constitution of
his country, which is more than can
be said of his opponent, whose con-
glessional record is unsdorned by any
act or views of the statesman. but
rather those of the shifty aud thrifty
politician, and whose chief argument
in behalf Of the republican national
ticket is that, II elected, ii win carry
out the policies Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Here is not only a confession OF
weakness and of hero-woTshlp, but in
ability to conceive the fact that in the
future new problems might arise; yet
the only remedy would be the policies
of the present chief magistrate, how
ever unsuited these policies might be
to the new constitutions of the future.
At all events, the democratic nOmi-
nees are both men of ability and fixed
and patriotic convictions of their own
which are in accord with the demo
cratic theory of this government; they
do not parade ina borrowed garb,
nor proclaim themselves automatons
10 be moved by any man. whether he
be an eX-president or plutocrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
S2,5OO,OOO IS
PROBABLE COST
Inland Waterway New Or.
leans to Apalachicola Is
Approxinated.

Leland J. Henderson, secretary OF
the Gulf Coast Inland Water Way, OF
ApaIachicola, is sending out the fol-
lowing letter approximating the cost
of such a canal.
August 81, 1908
Mr.. Leland J. Henderson, Secty. Gull
Coast Inland Water Way, Apa-
Iachicola, Florida
Sir: Replying to your letter of Au-
gust II, 1908. concerning coastal ca
nal project, New Orleans to Apalachi-
cola as this question has not come up
officially of course I can make no Off
ciaI statement concerning il, but have
given the question some study so as
to be prepared for further inyestiga-
ton should a survey be directed. The
general points involved are OF course
matters of common information; that
is. the desirabiiity of cheap rates on
coal from the Mobile basin, and on
grain from the Mississippi river, both
of which conditions. for a minimum
rate, would be in favor of a water
route. on which barges can move over
the total distance without changing
road As to the probable amount of
such freight as this, IL the question
comes up. will very probably have to
ask you for that information.
As TO the cost and certainty OF Suc0
a canal, these are also questions OF
common knowledge Some of the re-
cent drainage canals dug by the state
of Florida will no doubt give you data
as to cost In this particular case an
other question will effect the cost, and
that is the fact that the government
now owns and operates dredges on
the Alabama. and on the Chatta-
ApalachicOla rivers Under
present conditions work on these
rivers is limited to the low water sea
son, or about one-half OF the year.
These dredges would therefore be
available for the digging of such a
canal
From General Gilmore's report Il
think il isl on this canal, | notice the
cutting from Mobile 10 Pensacola is
six miles; from Choctawhatchee Bay
to St. Andrews Bay fourteen miles,
and from St Andrews Bay TO Lake
Wimmico nineteen miles [ am in
cliRed to think a careful survey viii
lessen the two latter distances
Given these distances correctly, and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
Protecting Game
Under State Laws.

Alabama is beginning q stern cru
SADIE again the violators of the state
game and fish laws, and The journal
observes in the Florida press a call
that this state also enforce these
laws. The following from the Mobile
Item covers the situation in Alabama:
State Game and Fish Warden Wal,
lace is getting after violators Oh the
laws which are intended to protect
the fish and game of our state. Al.
ready his work has proved very sue
cesSful and beneficial in many tiirec-
tons and the county wardens are en-
titled TO some of the credit in this par.
tieular.
The latest move of the protector of
fowls and fishes is against men who
are killing wild turkeys out of season.
Two convictions have obtained and
there are other known violators who
will be given attention.
1t was through lack of laws and of
ncers TO enforce them that the pres
ent dearth of game in many sections
OF Alabama obtains. II is only a few
years ago when the woods abounded
In deer and wild turkeys, and the
song OF the partridge was heard in
every field Where a few wears azo
the hunter could go out almost anv
day and secure a nice supply of game
II is now difficult TO do So It is 10 he
hoped that every Tight-minded man
Will lend his aid to the state and
county wardeus in their efforts to nut
down lawlessness in violations of the
game and fish laws.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04

you to water those palms on Palafox
street
"WheTeupon the scavenger replied:
You tell the sergeant to tell the
captain to tell the marshal to tell the
city clerk to tell the mayor to tell the
board of works to tell the street COM
missioner to so to hell, it's not my
business to water palms
Now let some ANTICIPATED relic of the
stone age rear up on his hind legs
and yell "Knocker"
W. G.. PRATHER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
Abolish the Convict Lease System
Tampa Tribune

Of escape for the man with some
ready money. and its many Wlnd1gE
pathways to escape or death IN the a.
tempt to answer TO temptations o.
fered by unwary OF careless guards in
the outlying camps among the palmet-
to and the pine, would give these
men. silent for the past several
months. Just the opportunity they de-
sire. Then they might point to US the
finger. doubly accusing, of Il told you
so" and from this half convince the
world at large that their former base
less charges are correct
There is a time TO act, and the time
is now; not to await the conveniug
of the legislature and begin the agita-
ton. but to begin at once. that Spe-
cial session will not be necessary and
that the practice may be remedied
while vet there is time 10 avoid the
limelight.
Sometime ago we had in HiIlsbor-
Ough county a case of perversiOn OF
the ends of Justice At the time the
Tribune took up the matter ana
brought il to the point where Justice
was given her demand IL was not
so long ago that it has passed from
the minds of Tribune readers and ii is
not necessary to repeat it. But this
Is not the worst Here. the man was
character which was not a punishment
TO him and he was earning far more
than the county was receiving for his
services. But there are cases far
more fragrant and they are on the
verge Of becoming public. When they
do, it will mean an agitation which
can have but one result for the system
and but one result for F1OTida-diS-
grace. That Is why We say there is
-
the limelight.
Not to be too precise in location or
in personality, We will speak in sup
position.
Suppose a young man is convicted
| of a minor Offense. He is sentenced
| to- a year in the camps and begins
! his term. The contractors will pay
J for his services during the year he is
TO serve, say $500. But his father has
some ready money and is willing to
give it up for the young mans free
| dom 1t 10 his son; justice has no
weight beside the love of the father.
The contractors are willing to sub
lease for twice the amount they pay.
Why not? They can get another
worker, perhaps even more apIe-
| bodied than this young man. for S400
year and have enough left 10 hire
still another. So the young man is
Su0-leaSed, perhaps not In the name
of the father, but the father pays the
freight The youth is free and the
state is defied: justice is robbed OF
her due. Is it overdrawn? Not a bit.
Just wait. Wait supinely: forget the
convict lease system. Think 1t is not
your business, but the business OF
someone else-and soon you will know
that il is not overdrawn. And while
you are learning, Bonaparte will be
learning. and his special writer's will
be here in Florida, and the news
papers and the magazines will TEEN
with the stories, twisted, distorted. \
half truths AMI wholly gross-for ~
is Florida, and il was a Floridian,
Frank Clark. who so cruelty f1ayed
BonapaTte on the floor Of the lower
house only last term of congress.
Shall we sit and wait, or shall We
set to work.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
VOX POPULI
IN THE SHADE OF
PALAFoX STREET PALMS
Pensacola. Fla, Sept. 3, 1908.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept 3, 1908.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
Your pertinent" questions are good,
and l congratulate you. Keep them
going. Four OF my questions called
forth a long editorial on knocking
in your issue of July 18th. I am glad
you have now come over to the right
between knocking and justified com
plant against deplorable conditions
that exist through negligence and mis-
management
A short story came into my posses
sion a few days ago, and l believe it
would not be amiss to publish it, 1t
runs something like this:
1t was night, and all was still A
gentle breeze blew across the boule-
ward and ratified the dry leaves of a
dying palm. A neighboring palm
heard the death-rattle that disturbed
the silence, and awoke from his slum-
bers.
What's the matter over there?''
asked palm No. 3
III about gone" answered No. l.
Il have been here nearly all summer
and no one has given me a drink
m pretty dry myself" said No
?. and the wind has broken OF my
dessicated leaves until ] can't even
make a sound like a dToUth-
The Journal says the city has no
water cart" lamented No. 1.
What is the matter with the city
making a noise like a wagon-fulI-of-
barrels >"
Because no one has authority TO do
so, replied No. 1, and / viii be dead
by September, but before / take up the
long sleep. | must tell you a converse
ton / heard between a scavenger ald
a policeman The officer said 10 the
eeavenger:
The sergeant told me that the cap
tain said that the marshal told him
that the city clerk said that the mayor
told him that the board of works said
that the street commissioner requested
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04
col. STEWART AGAIN.
Mobile Register.

A Washington dispatch to the New
York Times says:
Colonel William-F- Stewart, of the
coast artillery, who was tanished to
the desert post. Fort Grant, Arizona,
on account of his inability to get along
with his brother officers or his men,
has been ordered by the war depart
ment to undergo the riding tests at
Fort Huachuca, a small post near the
Mexican line. As an officer of the coast
artillery. Col Stewart will have the
option of walking ffty miles or riding
ninety miles in the same time.
Though officers of the department re-
fuse to discuss Col. Stewards case. it
is known that they would feel greatly
relieved il he should fail TO make the
tests and so have to be retired for
physical disa bility-
Colonel Stewart. because of certain
peculiarities, was considered so trou-
blesome as TO be of no use to the ser
an abandoned army post, where he
had one servant for a companion.
When public attention was first call
ed to this case. the question was rails
ed as TO why. If this officer was worth
less to the service, he could lot be le-
gaIly compelled to retire, instead of
being allowed to draw tne pay of a col
onel on the active list, while existing
in a state of enforced inactivity. AS
far as we know this question has
never been answered. But aside from
this aspect of the case, it looks like
added persecution to impose q physi-
cal test which is not con sidered light
for young man and is admittedly
hard for one advanced in years, upon
man who would not be permitted to
serve whether physically qualified or
not
OF course, it can be said that the
department may at any time see ut TO
order Colonel Stewart back to active
duty, and that il is proper that his
ability to Withstand demands upon his
physical endurance should be on rec
ord; but, as this officer has been plac-
ed out of the way, so TO speak, and the
authorities seem determined to keep
him there until he reaches his sixty
second year of age, when he can be
retired by law, il appears to the i'm
partial observer that in ordering Col.
Stewart TO make the riding test his SUI
peTiors are taking advantage of the
regulations merely in the hope that
he will not be able to come up to re-
Judgements and thereby provide the
opportunity to force from active ser
vice man who for many months has
been active only in the records. and
who has been as effectively removed
from connection with the army as he
would be If sent to federal prison.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04

= Vermont has had her state election
and the result Is so nearly as had been
anticipated that neither of the old DO,
litieal parties is finding anything in ii
TO exult over. The state election in
Vermont, coming as II does about two
months ahead of the national election,
is watched closely by the politicians
for any symptoms of change in poliu-
cal sentiments among the voters
which might be considered as indi-
eating a probable change in All the
states Maine holds her state election
on September II ami now that Yer
mont has been heard from Maine will
be the observed of all observers until
after the result of her election is an.
nounced.