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ing that, raises the question whether
the time has not come for the appoint
ment of a Christian governor for
Macedonia The sultan may be ex-
pected to resist such an appointment,
for he would see in it the prelude to
the loss of the province Turkish his
tory has taught him that
The secretary for foreign affairs
says the concert of powers must either
justify OF stultify itself That is, it
must either demand further conces-
sions of Turkey or split up If it shall
do the latter, then Turkey will be OBJ
durate and the peace of Europe may
be imperiled once more Whether
any power is prepared to side with
Turkey and block reform in Mace
donna remains to be seen There have
been rumors that one or another
power would do this, but AZ yet moth
ing is certain.
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were authorized to and expected to
control the action of the Turkish au-
thorities. They were expected to
shadow the inspector general, to indi-
cate to him the reforms which they
thought would prove helpful, and to
listen attentively to the complaints
of the Christian Inhabitants. They
were ordered and authorized to inves-
tigate all complaints that were
brought to their attention, but unfor-
tunately the investigation had always
to be held in the presence of Turk
ish functionary-in other words under
circumstances where no Christian
peasant, after 600 years of Turkish SUI
premacy, would dare to tell the truth
Something more than moral support
was required to make the slave of CEN
turtles stand up and defend himself
In addition to the restraint of the
civil agents, there were appointed q
large number of foreign officers to
serve with the Turkish constabulary.
An Italian general was placed in COM
mand of the constabulary reorganiza-
ton scheme, and to him were attached
many of the foreign officers The
scheme proved Intellectual from the
beginning. Instead of commanding the
gendarmerie in the field. the sultan
held and imposed his view upon the
powers, that the foreign officers were
merely to act as instructors in schools
for aspirant constables- Six months,
delay of tragic importance to the
hunted Christian peasantry of the
Macedonian highlands, was spent in
discussing the question whether the
European officers should wear Chris
tan caps or the Turkish fez-
was more than friendly Those of the
foreign officers who could be reached
| in that way were loaded with rich
presents Some of these presents
were undsniably of . kind that could
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ready for railways, and many more of
them. Ten years ago the complaint of
little Servia and the veto of Russia
would, of course, have brought these
projects to an untimely end, but to-
day the balance of power in the near
east has changed as greatly as it has
in the far east, and the protests are
more likely to fall to the ground than
Fare the projected railways.
The story of the so-calIed reforms
in Macedonia is a sad and a sordid
one. Officially, at least, all Christen-
dom with long pull and a pull alto
gether," has been unequal to the task
of making the sick man of Europe" sit
up, or of bringing the t'unspeakable
Turk" to book. In England alone of
all the great powers interested, and,
indeed, morally responsible for the
horrors of daily and hourly occurrence
in the luckless vilayets, is there any
appreciation of the dreadful situation.
Almost weekly the Macedonian COM
| mittee, of which Lord Newton and Mr..
Quincy are the most active members,
! publish statistics setting forth as
plainly as cold figures can make them.
that the present laissez faire policy
of the powers has only served to repro
| duce tableau of what in the iron age
| the world must have been.
England Hampered.
| The English humanitarians are ham,
pered in their work by the undeniable
| fact that through the action of the
earl of Beaconsfield and Lord Sails
| bury at the Berlin congress, when they
thwarted Ignatieff's plan of a greater
| Bulgaria, including a free Macedonia,
England is primarily responsible for
the present status of affairs. They
are further hampered by the presence
in Constantinople of an incompetent
ambassador. who has given undeniable
proofs of his want of capacity in such
important posts as he has occupied in
Sofia, in Pekin and in St Petersburg
The first whisper of reform-in
| what we call Macedonia-came in vir
tue of the accord of 1879 between Aus
tria and Russia, and their recognition
| by other European states as the pow
ers most directly concerned. The ad
vice of the powers was accepted
gracefully-it always is-by the sui
tan, and with the purpose of forestall
ing any possible drastic action the
sultan himself drew up program Of
reforms. and appointed that adroii
diplomatist and profound student o.
human nature. Hussein Hilmi Pasha
inspector general of the disturbed
provinces
Drawing Up Programs.
The moment Hilmi Pasha arrived a
Salonica to assume his herculean tasl
the late Count Lamsdorff. the Russian
minister for foreign affairs. set GU
. Cor visit to the capitals of the Balkan
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Marquis of Argenson, Louis XV's
great minister, wrote: The first
great change that will take place in
Europe will probably be the conquest
of Turkey. This empire grows weak
er because of its bad government, and
because it is impossible that this gov
eminent should become better, and
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They are rising in the Ottoman en-
pire. Every day a feather falls from
the wings of the Turkish eagle
So it seemed to this far-sighted man
several centuries ago, but to-day there
is only one fact of the Balkan situa-
ton upon which all sane westerners
agree, and that is the growing
strength of the Turkish military re-
sources, writes Stephen Bonsal in the
Philadelphia Ledger. That is formid-
able body of trained and fanatical
men. some 100000 strong, that tram
pies the Christian peasants of Mace
donia under foot, and after looking
the situation over, the intervening
powers of Christianity have not fallen
on this rugged host, but have fallen
out among themselves on a question
of railway concessions.
Thirst for Advantage.
The car of holy Russia and EN-
peror Joseph who was called to rule
the holy Roman empire, are exchang-
ing letters, which, while the diplomat
ic forms are still observed, recall the
wordy wars of railway kings. The al
lance or entente between the powers
which was to press reforms upon the
porte that would make it possible for
the Christian subjects OF the porte
to live in peace and yet live Christian
lives, has been disrupted by the greed
of gain and the thirst for political adj
vantage experienced by the powers,
which have in the last decade plumed
themselves upon exercising a mandate
in Macedonia which they had received
from outraged humanity
1t is a pitiful end of the reform
decade, and the best that can be said
of the situation is that to-day the
Christian peasants are not much worse
off than they were before, and that
those who have survived their hard
experiences are probably much wiser
than they were when they began their
political schooling under such august
patronage. Taking the optimistic
view, tie Turkish soldier is not al
ways brute and the Turkish effend
not always a thief. Looking backward
now, she more than decimated peas
antry of the Macedonian Highlands
doubtless recall the pleasant days o.
before the uprising, the days wher
they had not heard of Pan-Slav or
Pan-Hellenic propaganda, when the,
didn't know whether they were Servi
ans. Roumanians, Bulgarians O
Greeks, and didn't much care
The Railway Row.
The railway row is clearly a pretex
for and not the cause of the split il
the joint Macedonian policy of Russi,
and Austria Russia has not even til,
remotest intention of building a raj
way from the Danube to tina AdriatiS
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The Railway Row.

The railway row is clearly pretext
for and not the cause of the split in
the joint Macedonian policy of Russia
and Austria Russia has not even the
remotest intention of building a rail-
way from the Danube to tina Adriatic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
Drawing Up Programs.

The moment Hilmi Pasha arrived at
Salonica to assume his herculean task
the late Count Lamsdorff. the Russian
minister for foreign affairs. set out
Cor visit to the capitals of the Balkan
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-03-05
The Frierson Bill.

The house judiciary committee
this morning completed the new
circuit court district bill, under the
terms of which it is proposed to
create three new districts, making
a total of sixteen for the state.
This bill, if passed, will give
Gov. Noel the duty of appointing
three additional circuit judges. and
Iit is expected that there will be
some lively scrambling for the
places.
The districts proposed by the
committee are composed as followsi
First: Alcorn, Chickasaw, tia
wanda, Lee. Prentiss, Tishoningo,
Monroe and Clay.
Second: Greene. Jackson, Harri-
son and Hancock.
Third: DeSoto, Pamela, Tate,
Tallahatchie and YaIobusha.
Fourth: Lehore. Washington,
Homles and Sunfower.
Fifth; Choctaw, Carroll, Gren-
ada. Montgomery. Webster, and
Oktibbeha.
Sixth: Claiborne, Jefferson,
Adams, Wilkinson, Atnite, Frank
lin and Pike.
Seventh: Madison, Kinds and
Yazoo.
Eighth: Attala, Leake, Neshoba,
Winston and Newton.
Ninth: Warren. Issaquena and
Sharkey.
Tenth; Kemper. Lauderdalet
Noxubee and Lowndes.
Eleventh: Quitman, coahoma
Tunica, and Bolivar.
Twelfth: Perry, Lamar, Pearl
River and Forrest.
Thirteenth. covington, Scott
Rankin, Smith and Simpson.
Fourteenth: Copiah. Lincoln
Jefferson Davis, Lawrence ans
/ Marion.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-03-05
The Nine-t1our Law.

The Yazoo and Mississippi Val
ley railroad will require twenty
FIVE telegraph operators between
Vicksburg and New Orleans to put
into operation the new nine hour
law.
Copies of the new so-calied nine
hour law and admonitions for its
obedience were sent to Y. & M. v.
and A & Y. employees on the
roads. The law will be treated as
one of the company rules, and
strict obedience is demanded.
It provides that operators in cons
tinuously-open Offices shall not
work more than nine hours, and
that trainmen aud enginemen shall
not be on continuous duty more than
10 hours, followed byIo hours rest.
The nine-hour law was fathered
by Congressman Underwood of
Alabama. 1t legally goes into eff
feet March q, but will be made eff
fective by the Y. & M. v. tomor-
row night. March /.
Mr.. Ferguson says under the new
law. they will have to keep three
telegraph operators, at some little
stations. where two or three hours
work is really all that is required of
the two men, they are now forced
to keep on duty.-Vicksburg Her-
aid. 27th.
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Delinquent Tax List.

A bill for which every newspaper
man in the state will feel thankful
to its author. by Senator B. D.
Simpson of Marks, passed the SEN
ate Yesterday by unanimous vote.
The bill provides that boards of
supervisors may pay newspapers
FIVE cents per line for publishing
the list of delinquent poll tax pay
ers, not more than two names to be
printed on the line, and no more
than SIS to be paid in any one
year for that purpose.
The existing law limits the ex-
penditure to S2s per year, and al
lows the usual legal rate for the
service, with the result that there
are many counties in the state
where these delinquent lists have
not been published at all for the
past four years.
IN Kinds county, although there
are many newspapers, both daily
and weekly. at the time the law
went into effect, the list has never
been published, and it is doubtful
if any newspaper can be found
which will now print the list for the
maximum of SIS because of the
great length of the list and the
amount of work involved.
In the smaller counties, however,
besides furnishing little addition
al business for the county paper, 1t
will enable the public to keep tab
on those who are laying down on
their proportion of the taxes
Special to Vicksburg American.
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Mrs, j. H. Porter.

At her home near Peyton post
office, in district No. S, on Febru-
ary 24th, 1908. the spirit of Mrs.
Pearlie Porter, wife of Mr.. ]. H.
Porter, took its fight to the God
who gave it.
The deceased was the oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. 1. w.
Fife. She was born near Beech
Grove church Nov. 8th. 1884, and
spent all of her life within two
miles of the place of her birth.
She was married to Mr.. Porter in
June of 1905, and TO this union
was born two boys, one of which,
an infant, survives her. She was
a consistent member of the Bap-
tist church. 1t has been the wri-
ter's privilege TO know her all of
her life, and he can say that she
was one of the sweetest, most no.
ble-hearted Christian girls he ever
knew. She was loved by all who
knew her.
The deceased leaves a large fam
lily and number of friends to mourn
her loss. Her remains were laid
to rest in the family cemetery, near
her fathers home, on the 26th.
Rev. ]. H. Purser. her pastor, Of
fciating. May the LORD of all
good comfort the bereaved.
G. D. PARKER.
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our systems of agriculture so as to
avoid all waste and get greater
proportion of product from given
area of land. Other nations do it,
and we can. Take Japan, for in
stance. Of her As, 900, 900 people,
go, 900, 900 are farmers. The
whole body is supported by a cul-
tivated area of but 10000 square
miles. Every foot of soil IS utiliz-
ed, the farmer is a.specialist For
twenty-five centuries this people
has turned to tillage as the basic
industry of life.
Mr.. Hill figures out, from the
facts furnished by other nations,
that our people can raise from the
soil food enough for the needs of
four hundred and ninety persons
to the square mile.
Adopting Professionally that ratio
as point of departure, though the
actual ratio of area to population
gives a figure consideraly higher
even than this, the 4I4,498,487
acres of improved farm lands in the
United States on the date of the
last official report, an area ma
terially enlarged by the present
time, would support in comfort
3I7,sso,4o5 people, enabling them
at the same time to raise consider
able food for export and to engage
in necessary manufacturing EN-.
ployments. Applying the same
ratio to the entire acreage of farm
lands within the United States,
both improved and unimproved,
which was at the same date $685.
5oI,774, the population indicated
as able to live with comfort and
prosperity on the actually existing
agricultural area of this country,
under an intelligent system and a
fairly competent but buy no means
highly scientific method of culture,
rises to 642,o46,Sag.
The conclusion is that, if not
another acre were to be redeemed
from the wilderness, if the soil were
treated kindly and iutelligently, if
industry were distributed duly, and
popular attention were concentrate
ed upon the best possible utiliza-
ton of the one unfailing national re-
source, there would be produced
all necessary food for the wants of,
in round numbers, $50, 900
people. But this means such study
and labor to raise production to its
highest terms as have entered
scarcely at all as yet into the Amer.
lean comprehension.
What other nations have done
we can do, and since we have more
science, more machinery and more
facilities than any peoples have
had in the past we can improve on
their methods. That is all there is
of the matter.-N. o. Picayune.
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Fifteenth: Wayne. Jasper, Jones
and Clarke.
Sixteenth: Benton, Tippah, I'M
ion, Calhoun, Marshall, Lafayette
and Pontotoc.
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A large assortment of new En-
broidery and Laces just received at
Heidenreich Bros.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21

of sickness or any other reason, is unable to use the scholarship, it will be considered forfeited two weeks after the opening of the University.
 Applicants will be examined on 10.5 units of high school work. Some subjects are constants and are required of all; others are elective and will depend in part on the choice of the applicant and in part on the course that he may take in college.
 Constants: All applicants will be examined on the following: English, 3 units; Algebrh, 2 un- its; Geometry, 1 unit; U. s. His tory, 1-2 unit.
 An applicant looking to the A. B. degree or the L. 1. certificate will be examined, in addition to the constantf mentioned above, in the following: Latin or Ger man, 3 units; Greek and Roman History or General History, 1 unit.
 Applicants looking to a degree in Engineering or Agriculture, m addition to the constants, will be examined in Physics, 1 unit; and three units to be selected from the following: Latin, 3 un- it's; German, 3 units; Greek and Roman History or General His tory, unit: Physical Geography 1-2 unit; Physiology. 1-2 unit; Botany, 1 unit; Chemistry, 1 un- it; Civics, 1-2 unit.
 For detailed explanation of the ground to be covered by the ex- animation, see pages 39-45 of the University catalogue tor 19O7-O8, a copy of which may be had on application to the President of the University. John N. Tillman, Fayetteville, Ark.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21

Only short while now will the cramped inhabitants of the Little post-office and federal offices have to labor in close quarters. The government has at last reached the point of advertising for bids for the $1OO, 900 addition to the government building here which has been contemplated and agitated for a number of years.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21
U. OF A. SCHOLARSHIPS.

The Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs has Foffered two scholarships in the University of Arkansas. one for young men and one for young ladies. The schol- arships are good for one year on- ly, the freshman class of the Un- iversity. The object of the schol. arship is to make the University better known and appreciated in the state and to give young men and women from small places the advantages of the University at- mosphere.
 The first scholarship pays $145 and the second pays $40. One of these will be awarded to the young man making the highest grade in a competitive eXamina- tion, and the other to the young lady making the highest grade. Of these two, the one making the higher grade will receive $l45 and the other $40. It is esti- mated that the amount of the scholarships will pay most of the actual expenses of the academic year at the University.
 The questions for the competi- tive examination will be sent by the examining board of the Uni versity to the county examiner of each county and he will hold the examination on July 29, 1908. Each county examiner will de- termine and publish the place of holding the examination for his coanty. Each applicant will be expected to pay a fee of one dol lar to the examiner. The papers will be sent to the examining board of the University who will grade the papers and award the scholarships.
 The requirements for eligibil- ity are as follows:
 1. Any applicant must have resided within the state two con- secutive school veal immediate ly prior to the time of his taking the examination.
 2. No applicant may be older than twenty years.
 3. No one attending the Uni versity Preparatory School at Fayetteville is eligible.
 1. The scholarship is for the fresh an class only.
 5. No average below 80 will be accepted.
 6. Ii the appointee, because
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21
VOL. NO. 147. Successor to Dinner Horn)
COMMISSIONERS
 MEET AUGUST }
Governor Pindall Announces Date of Meeting for ,Elec-
 tion Commissioners.

Little Rock, July 20. Acting Governor Pindall, after returning from Arkansas City, where he spent the past ten days, conferred with Attorney General Kirby and Secretary of State Ludwig, the other two members of the State Board of Election Commissioners this morning relative to the date for appointing the county cleo tlon commissioners. As a result of the conference he gave out the following:
 After a conference with the secretary of state and the attor- hey general, these gentlemen be- ing the other members of the State Board of Election Commis- sioners, 1 am authorized to state that this board will meet to begin the selection of the local election commissioners at the hour of 9 o'clock on Monday, August 8, in the office of the secretary of state.
 The law requires that the con- missioners meet at least 30 days before the general election, the date of which is September IA. The date set Is nearly six weeks in advance of the election.
 A large number of recommen- dations is pouring into the com mission headquarters, and along with the recommendations come various and sundry requests. It is probable that the commission will be in session several days in it's consideration of the numer- ous recommendations made. Three commissioners are to be appointed from each county, mak- ing total of 225.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21
GIVEN AWAY.

A fve-dollar rocking chair will be given away by the manage ment of he Theatorium Saturday night, at 9 p. m.
 Duplicate tickets will be had and put in box and mixed up and one drawn out. The party holding the corresponding num- Der will be the lucky one. Each person paying 10c. admission will be entitled to a chance. If the the number drawn is not in the house at the time another draw mill be made.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21
ALTERNATE E E Epperson,

About twelve or fifteen boys Ind men plead guilty of gaming Ind fined 5000 and costs mounting to $42, 70.
 There were three railroad hses settled as follows: Dr. s. Hesterly, o. $. Jones, and rs. w. w. Wren.
 The case of Nevada County ank vs. w. R. White, verdict favor of plaintiff for $132. 31. Court convened this morning 8 o'clock, and after a motion hose two or three cases were smissed and the case of the alias Brewery Co. vs. Joe eaty was uon-suited.
 All tue petit jurors were dis issed until tomorrow at $ clock.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21

Perdue and Pop EyIer were the opposing slabmen and as they are now the two premier pitch CTS of the League, it was a pitch CTS duel worth seeing. Eyler had a shade the better in the ar pument and Nashville won on their home ground, 2-1.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21
SCHOOL ENUMERATION.

District of Prescott July 1908. Total number of white males SIS
 1" '' females 2S4 Aggregate white ooZ Total number of colored males 25O
 :" [" 2s3 Aggregate colored o59 Total aggregate white and colored ll3e
 The enumeration last year was 1097.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21

The fire alarm sounded at II o'clock and just as we go to press we learn that Jno. Ire villiOn's house was seriously damaged by fire.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-21
DEMOCRATIC GEN.
 TRAIL COMMITTEE
Convenes in Little Rock To- morrow with Judge R.. F.
 Milwee Presiding

Tomorrow the Democratic Gen. tral Committee will meet in Lit tie Rock: Chairman R. F. Mil wee and Secretary Bruce Bullion will for the first time officiatc at this meeting. At this meeting a number of new rules for the con- ducting of the coming election, and a plan for bringing out more voters, will be talked over and a definite plan of action decided upon.