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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

trap laugh loud approval She struck at
her insulter with clenched hand; but
she did not touch him, for just then
something happened to him. The long
arm of the youth went out like can
non-ball, and the drummer sprawled
in the ditch. He nimbly picked himself
up and darted upon his assailant,
while the man in the trap shouted to
him encouragingly,-
Give 1t to him pretty, Mike
But the young countryman caught
him by the neck with long, vise-like
fingers, ineXorable, and, holding him
thus helpless at arms length, struck
him again heavily in the ribs, and
hurled him over the ditch into a
blueberry thicket. where he remained
in dazed discretion.
Though of lamb-like gentleness on
ordinary occasions, the young coun-
tryman was renowned throughout the
settlement for the astonishing
strength that lurked in his lean frame
At this moment he was well aroused
and Liz found herself watching him
with a consuming admiration. He no
longer slouched, and his pale eyes
like polished steel, shot a menacing
CLEAN. He stepped forward and took
the horse by the bride.
Now said he to the driver, I've
gin ye half the road, an II ye cant
drive by in that I'm a-going to lead
ye by, 'thout no more nonsense"
Let go that bridlS!" yelled the
driver, standing up and lashing at
him with the whip
One stroke caught the young man
down the side Of the face, and stung
1t was a rash stroke.
Hold the horses head, Liz" he
cried; and leaplng forward, he reach.
ed into the trap for his adversary
Heeding not at all the butt end of the
whip which was brought down furi-
ously upon his head, he wrenched the
driver ANONYMOUSLY from his seat,
spun him around, shook him as II he
had been a rag baby, and hurled him
violently against rotten stump on
the other side of the ditch. The stump
gave way, and the drummer splashed
into bog hole.
Nothing cows a man more quickly
than shaking combined with duck
ing without a word the drummer
hauled himself out of the slop and
walked sullenly forward. His compan.
ion Joined him; and Liz, leading the
horse and trap carefully past the cart,
delivered them mp to their owners
with sarcastic smile ON her lips.
Then she resumed her place beside
the cart. the young man filcked the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
LIZ AND JIM-ED
tcOpyrIsht. By Joseph D. powles.l
BY CHARLES C. d. ROBERTS

pace. Immediately the ox.team over.
took her.
AS the oxen slowed up she stepped
to the right to let them pass, and
then walked on, thus placing the
cart between herself and her unde.
sired companion. The youth looked
disconnected by these tactics, and for
few moments could find nothing to
say Then, dropping his long white
lashes sheepishly, he murmured
"Good.dGy, Liz"
We'll, Jim-Ed!"> replied the girl,
coolly.
Wont ye set on an let me give
20 a lift home?' he asked, with en-.
treaty in his voice
No" she said, with fnality. "Id
rulhcr walk"
Not knowing how to answer this re.
bur. ho tried to cover his embarrass,
m'nt by exclalming authoritatively:
"lIaw. Bright" whereupon the team
slowed to the left and crowded him
mo tho ditch.
Soon he began again.
"Ye might set on, Liz" he pleaded.
"Yes, ! might. said she, with what
she considered rather withering smart.
ness; but | amt a-goln to-"
'NcU be tired afore ye git home" "
he persisted, encouraged by finding
that she would talk back at him
James Ed Allison" she declared,
with emphasis, "if ye think I'm a.goin'
to be beholden to you fer a lift home,
yere mistaken, that's all"
After this there was silence for
some time, broken only by the rat.
Ting and humping of the cart, and
once by the whirr of woodcock
that volleyed across the road, Young
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

atkinson chewed the cud of gloomy
lewiderment. At length he reused
himself to another effort.
Liz" said he, plaintlvely, ~ amt
been like ye used TO, sence ye come
back from the States"
Amt II" she remarked, indiffer-
,ntly,
NO, Liz, ye amt he repeated,
with sort of pathetic emphasis, as
If eager to persuade himself that she
had condoscended to rebut his accu.
sation. Y' amt been like ye used
to at all, Appears like as II yo
thought us folks in the settlement
wasn't good enough fer ye now"
At this the girl tossed her head
GROSSLY.
ut appears like as II ye wanted to
be back in the States agin,' he con
tinued, In voice OF anxious interro-
cation.
MY lands" exclaimed the girl,
but ye're greenlr
To the young man this seemed
such an irrelevant remark that he
was silent for some time, striving to
fathom its Significance As his head
sank lower aud lower. and he seemed
to lose himself completely in joyle3s
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
SIR JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.
Career Of the British Statesman Who
Married an American.

The British public began to be alarm
ed some time ago over the failing
health Of Sir Joseph Chamberlain. On
this side Of the Atlantic the illness Of
the distinguished statesman created
concern not alone for his own sake,
but because of the fact that Sir Jo-
scph's wife IS an American woman.
She was Miss Mary Endlcott Of Massa-
chusetts daughter of President Cleve-
lands secretary Of war in his first
cabinet. Miss Endicott met the future
baronet when he was plain Joseph
Chamberlain, though even then he was
famous as British Radical statesman.
The meeting took place at a girls
party in Washington, Mr. Chamberlain
being invited as joke He was the
only man present and apparently Miss
Endicott was to him the only woman
present. Love at first sight, a rapid
wooing and wedding six weeks later
followed.
Joseph Chamberlain entered public
life as a young man and rose rapidly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

ANlhIOh tAhMhN AMI hlS hEhOIlANEs
thing like birds and carrying a com
paratively small plane, which works
on the axis of its length horizontally
and is used for ascending and descend
ing.
Behind the neck sits the aviator, as
Farman terms himself, in the middle
OF the box kite, with a steering wheel
like that of an automobile. Just at
his back is his fifty horsepower, eight
cylinder motor, and close behind that
Is the two bladed propeller. Further
beyond that extends the tail, and on
the end is another big box kite at right
angles TO the first and about four feet
square by six feet long. This is used
as the helm, and inside It is plane
worked on It's axis vertically. The
front is carried on steel frame with
rubber tired wheels of twenty inches
diameter. The tail end has wheels Of
about ten inches.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
Truth.

Men differ, and will always differ,
as to what truth is In this or in that
matter, but that man finds truth who
seeks t.; he serves truth who follows
it fearlessly; he serves his fellow men
who does all this with humility and
with tolerance Henry S. Pritchett.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
HENRY FARMAN, AERoNAUT.'
Leading Exponent Of the "Heavier
Than Air" Flying Machine.

Leading Exponent Of the "Heavier
Than Air" Flying Machine.
Henry Farman is demonstrating at
Brighton Beach, neg New York city,
that the "heaver than air. flying ma
chine Is a success and that 1t has tre-
mendous possibilities. Farman thus
far has not risen over twelve feet
from the ground, through fear Of
treacherous wind currents, yet he
drives his huge vehicle through the
air at an imposing rate of speed. On
his first trial he covered 400 yards.
Farman's aeroplane is built on much
the same lines as n box kite or a com
bination of Box kites. 1t is thirty-five
feet long, and all the kite sections but
one are seven feet square.
From the center of It's length in front
projects a kind of neck, curved some.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

His last high post of state was that
of colonial secretary, from 1895 TO
1903, when he resigned because Of hA
protarin views, 1t may be said that
his most distinguished services were
rendered during this period, inasmuch
as his cabinet position made him the
chief British parsonage in connection
with the war in South Africa. He
was bitterly criticised for his course
in relation TO the Boer republics prior
to that conflict, but after the war he
visited South Africa with Mrs Cham,
berlain aud did much toward concillat-
ing the annexed population.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
Costly City Government.

II costs nearly as much to pay the
salaries Of the municipal servants OF
New York city as it does to support
the entire army of the United States,
The salaries amount close to $4,000,
900 annually,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
Business and Professional

LITTLE ADS. LIKE THESE BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO WANT no
DO BUSINESS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-20
Everybody Can Fly Soon
New York WOrld)

John P. Holland, creator of the
submarine torpedo boat and the man
who has revolutionized methods of
naval warfare, plans to solve the rapid
transit problem for all time and place
the world in a position to dispense
with subways, tunnels and passenger
trains.
Aluminium, silk, fine steel wire and
bamboo, and two or three gasoline
engines, compounded into a flying ma
chine so cheap that any one may have
it, and in five years most of us will
be flying to work, making calls in
our evening clothes and defying the
dilatory inconvenience of travel of
today. Fly with me- whispered to
ones affinity, will not be figuratively
uttered. And an angry wife, suspect
ing him, will shout by wireless to
John and his soul mate, winging a
blissful ethereal flight miles and miles
away.
you come right home, John, or
III put on my wings and follow you!"
From any one else in the world talk
like this would cause one to smile in
credulously and point a finger to the
forehead. But this wonderful man
who has given to Governments their
most powerful fighting machines is
now actually engaged with problems
near to nature which scientists have
SCORED at. Though infrm in body,
he ponders over the mechanism of
new submarines and new air craft dis
tinct from anything yet devised by
human ingenuity
Mr.. Hollands device will not weigh
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-20
No Backward Steps in the South
Savannah Morning News

If the South doesn't continue to go
forward it will go backward. There
is no such thing as remaining sta
tionary. If it goes forward it must
have additional railroads. They are
necessary to development. There are
millions of acres of good land wait
ing for farmers to till them, but they
will remain untitled unless they are
brought closer to markets by rail-
roads. Within these unoccupied acres
there are water powers awaiting mills.
The mills won't be built until rail-
roads furnish transportation facili
ties and call into life the towns nee
essary to provide mill operatives. The
railroads will not be built unless the
capital necessary for that purpose is
forthcoming and it will not be forth
coming until there are assurances that
it will be permitted to earn a fair
return.
Just at present there is hull in
the war on railroads, but in his
speech at Decatur on Monday Gov
Smith said that the question of re-
ducing rates from the ports would
probably be taken up as soon as the
present business depression disap-
peared. Probably the Governors of
other Southern states are saying prac-
tically the same thing. If that is
the case capital will not hasten in
this direction to be employed in the
building of railroads. 1t will await
the coming of saner times and a
more conservative feeling.
1t is, therefore, in the power of
Southern leaders to say whether or
not there shall be an early resumption
of railroad building in the South
whether the development of the South
shall be resumed at an early day. 1t
is easy enough to destroy much of
what has been accomplished within
the last few years. One great Sou
thern railroad system is now in the
hands of receiver and there have
been apprehensions that another
great system was in danger of finan-
cial trouble. If the South's railroads
get into receivers hands they will
not go on developing. 1t may be
years before they get on a firm finan-
cial footing again. In the meantime
all the territory tributary to them will
be in state of comparative inactivity,
There will be little, if any, advance
ment along any line.
If the South is to go forward the
railroads must be strong and grow
ing They must be reaching out in
all directions all the time. They must
BUILD extensions and branches. Ac-
tivity of this sort encourages the Or
ganiZation of new railroad compan-
les and the construction of indepen-
dent lines.
All this doesn't mean that the
railroads should be permitted to
dominate. 1t simply means cessation
of harrassing, handicapping and par
alyzing interference with the opera
ton and management of railroads.
The people haven't been calling for
a reduction of freight rates. They
have been asking for improved road
beds, better equipment, better ser
vice and safety. If they are given
these things they will be satisfied
When we get the development of the
South as well advanced as that of
the East we can afford to be agrees
siVe in respect to rates. What we
want here in the South now is encour-
agement for the agencies that make
for the DEVELOPMENT of our resources.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-20
OTHER CITIES WATCHING

Other cities are watching the efforts
of Americas citizens to secure paved
streets, after having voted bonds fol
that purpose more than year ago
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says:
"The Americas Times-Recorder
is clamoring for paved streets for
that city. Take a look at the
broad, paved streets OF Columbus
note the general progress which
followed this Improvement, and
the Times-Recorder will redou
BILE its efforts"
Americas may well envy the gooC
fortune of Columbus in being blessed
with streets of which they may wei
be proud. Paved streets make a mos
favorable impression, besides being
of material good.
The people have spoken in the bono
election, and again in newspaper col
umns. It's up to the Mayor and Cit!
Council to carry out instructions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-20
Postal Regulations

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Rules and Regulations amended De-
cember 4, 1907, effective January l,
1903, reads as follows:
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Weeklies, within four months.
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Quarterlies, within six months; they
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ond class postage rate of l cent fol
each four ounces or fraction thereof
prepaid by stamps affixed.
At the request of the National Ed
torial Association, the operation o.
the ruling was postponed until Apri
1, 1908, in order that publishers Nigh
have due time in which to give theil
subscribers notice.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-20

all of which he would put back in
our pockets if elected. But the chair
man of his railroad commission says
now that this was all stage thunder
and Griffin can not get as much con-
cessiOn from the roads as before,
though determinations are equally
great.
This was a practical joke In his
campaign for reelection, the COVER
nor shows that his humor has grown
broader and more subtle. A third
proprietor of bar room when cleo
ted, he placed in his inaugural for
local option, then declared that it was
the happiest day of his life when he
signed the most drastic prohibition
law ever enacted. Last Monday he
declared at Decatur that the brewers
were raising a million dollars-the
governor refuses to indulge in any
smaller figures than millions-tO de-
feat him; but why? Because he re-
Gently publicly declared, through the
associated press, in favor of the use
of light wine and beers on every man S
table? 1t is, and has long been, the
brewers platform. And here is where
we should Taught is so evidently a
joke
Winking the other eye, this plat
form humorist proceeds to regale
his grinning audience with the funny
statement that the reason he dis
charged a personally obnoxious pub
lie servant without giving any reason
was because said public servant had
sent him a sealed letter which he re-
fused to open but construed as a
threat-no man, he said, and stamp
ed his great foot, should intimidate the
great governor of Georgia by sending
him sealed letter marked confident
ial. And the audience, which knew
that the poor little public servant had
been discharged for the letters that he
wrote but failed to seal and mark con-
fidential simply giggled
Those who said Hoke was not a
joke will have to take it back If the
campaign for a second term keeps on
in this vein, Uncle Remus and Brer
Rabbit will have to take to their briar
patch-they are funny, all right. but
Uncle Hoke is eXcruciating.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-20
GEORGIAN SOUNDS WARNING

Even such a warm admirer OF GOV.
Smith-in the recent past-as the At
lanta Georgian-has seen the hand
writing on the wall. The punishment
visited on the railroads of Georgia has
been too severe, says the Georgian
and the rebound promises to carry
the pendulum to the other limit OF
the arc.
The text of the Georgian's editorial
on the subject was the action of the
Southern in Withdrawing its deposits
from an Atlanta bank and placing
them in a Chattanooga bank, because
of the frequent tying up of funds by
garnishment \in Georgia.
The Georgian says:
There is little doubt that the action
| Of the Southern was taken largely for
| the reasons mentiOned-fOr while ii
has been none too rapid in meeting
obligations of the nature mentioned
paying damage Suits-there is also
little doubt but that since feeling has
turned so strongly against the rail-
roads, they have had hardly more than
| fair show, and it is pretty generally
| accepted today that they are strug-
Cling to keep on their feet, and, in
many cases, not earning their fixed
charges, which, if they fail to do
means receiverships, and if what
funds they have are hampered and
kept out of use, we see no course open
to them.
But here is what we fear: We
fear the time when the pendulum
| swings back that they don't give it
such a swing and kick that it comes
back with an impetus that almost
stops the Theological mechanism al
together for a time.
I'VE wanted the railroads to have
dose in fact we decided to give
them the whole bottle at once-not
Georgia alone, but all the country We
held the railroads nose and poured
the medicine" down, just as mother
| used to do, and we are suffering the
consequences of too violent treatment.
We have reversed the feeling.
Men who were crying for railroad
regulation are now asking for the
return of old conditions Merchants
tell us now that if they get all the
reduction they are promised it would
| amount TO lew cents on a suit OF
clothes from New York, and then they
ask What is that to the loss of
the sale on a suit that would profit
US hundred times the difference in
freight" The reversion will more
than wipe out all the benefits we
could have had, and if the railroads
get through this period and get we'll,
it will be long day before sentiment
enough could be gotten together to
regulate injustices again.
1--WE fear the reversion, we say. We
fear the return from our overweight
condition. The public will demand
such relaxation that we will find
no happy medium. An administration
1t matters not who is at it's head
that would endeavor to be moderate
and give both sides justice, would
hardly be able to stand when the
wave came back. We plead for mod
GRAFTON of thought and action. Whe-
Their the Southern took it's money away
just at this time for looks or because
it had to, the effect will be the same
1t will be maker of sentiment Think
for yourselves. watch for the truth
and let us move slowly and for the
right as we see it."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-20
THE BOARD OF TRADE

The extended revival of interest in
the Board of Trade is gratifying
sign. For some time the organization
was somewhat dormant, but within
the past month or two a lively inter
est has sprung up.
President Allen has taken charge
of the organization with firm hand
and his enthusiasm has already been
communicated to the directors and
members Important results can be
expected.
One of the best advertisements of
d town is a live board of trade. Such
an organization can speak with a
voice of authority in the name of
the city, and is infinitely more power
full in accomplishing desired results
than if every member did only indi-
yidual work
In the gratifying growth of Ameri-
Gus in recent years, and at the
present time-the era of its greatest
prosperity-the good which can be
accomplished by Board of Trade is
multiplied many times. A live town
makes a live board of trade and a
live board of trade makes a live
town. A few live citizens can start
the endless chain
Attention is being directed towards
| Americas by manufacturing concerns,
coincident with the preparations for
| the building of the street railway
and the enlargement of the electric
! power plant
1t is the Board of Trade which must
get in communication with prospec-
tive industries. Sumter county will
also be benefited in the way of Sc
curing immigrants. Information
would naturally be sought from the
Americas Board of Trade on all such
! topics.
In everything which is for the
upbuilding of the town the organi-
cation will be the leader and arbiter
The more nearly unanimous it's mem
bership becomes among the business
interests, the stronger will be its
influence
Great things can be expected from
the Board of Trade.