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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-04-21

Hon. Ucv.~" B,.: Tir:i..,s:n:an. COM
m:am1ar 1G ;..@ :S"5tl Carolina division
Of c@o Enitp3 Sons O; Confederate
Veterans, ia. .,:U">; ;a~ following
cal I'D >pps&j:
II" @or" oG Go"G.&ora.4 Veterans:
Il Gusir' 70 *:H rour attention Of
@.:@&y L ,.~ effort aoi"y made to
raise money ln ,applen:o:4: an appro-
pr:>c;on made by the last general as
senlGi" OF South Carolina for the pur-
pose o. erecting q monument to the
Women q ;hn Confetleracy, and to
urge upon YOU the propriety and ur~
gent patriotic necessity OF cclIibut-
ing 10 this worthy cause.
The movement is in thorough ac-
cord with The spirit and purposes of
our organization, and I have no know
ledge Of any undertaking which af-
lords better opportunity to manifest
| our appreciation of the devoted con-
! dact Of our mothers-the daughters of
| the nation that rose 50 white and
fair and fell so pure OF crime.
! ''The duty of raising this money is
! properly with the Sons of the Women
| of the Confederacy, and it is earnest
| ly desired that we take up the task
with the energy and devotedness that
characterized those to whom it is pro-
posed to erect this monument. They
merit this effort Oil ourpart and more,
SO let all OF Us avail ourselves of the
opportunity to make the cherished
expectation of this memory a glorious
reality.
Geo Bell Zimmerman.
Commander S. G.. Div. I. S. c.. T.
| "Otlicial: VIM. NJ. Carter,
"Division adjutant.''
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-04-21
To What Base Uses, Etc.

One of our State street brokers re-
ceiyed 4 note from a customer bear
ing the cryptic message, "Richard ILL.,.
act l, line 13S." Turning to the pas
sage he read. "Now. by st. Paul.! and
next moment he had given the order
Boston Transcript.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-04-21
Willino He Should Know

4 certain boastful man asserts thot
he knows how to play on two cornets
at once, and the neighbors say that
they do not object to his knowing how,
but that he had better not try to do It.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-04-21
Extremely Questionable.

"Who are those people in that pri-
yate boX:"
81 don't know. Mere nobodies, I
guess. They are devoting their whole
attention to the play."-Houston Post.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-04-21

We have just received new lot of
garden seed, direct from the best seed
growers in the United States. Get
your seeds here. The Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-04-21

The man who is always trying to
find out what people say Of him is sell
dcm happy Chicago Record-Heruld.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-04-21

"GcoGncss, sonny, what's the trou-
ble:'
''Nawthin'. just wanted to see If
l had forgotten how to cry-boobOo.
st Louis Post-DiSpatch.
Bottle drinks of all kinds and fiavors
will be foun at the azaGr Fountain.
On ice in season.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
The Inauguration Amendment.

1t is unfortunate that an objection in
the House yesterday prevented that body
from considering the desirability of SUBJ
hitting to the state legislatures along
with the income tax amendment that
proposing change of date for the in
auguration ceremony. An excellent OPP
portunity is afforded by the tax amend
nent TO place this desirable Shift in the
federal calendar in the way of adoption
in season to affect the next inaugurati ton
All the advocates of this change-and from
the poll conducted by Tie Star shortly
after the terrible experience in March
last it is apparent that a very large
ma ajority in both houses is in favor of
The shift-recognize the difficulty of Sc
curing action by Congress. 1t was
noped that the House would take this
matter up at the present session during
.he long wait for the passage of the
-ariff bill by the Senate, but it was de-
cided by the leaders of the lower house
to attempt no general legislation of any
kind, permitting only the passage of
such bills as were rendered absolutely
necessary by the failure of the last Con-
gress to act.
This question of changing the date of
inauguration has been discussed so
thoroughly that it should be easy for
the House or the Senate to canvass it
from every point of view in the course
of one or two sittings. 1t involves no
deep-set principles OF economics or
finance or administration. 1t is simply
. question of safeguarding the lives of
the people who wish to participate by
their presence in the ceremony of in
augurating a new President. The Ameri-
can people will continue to come to
Washington in great numbers every four
years for this purpose. whether Congress
acts on the proposed change or not. 1t
is for the national legislators to de-
termine whether they are to be exposed
10 the possible rigors of early March or
permitted to assemble in the certainly
mild and probably fair days of late April
TO discharge this patriotic duty.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
surgent people without particular refer-

surgent people without particular REFER
encc to their wishes
OF course, young Ahmed will be Shah
of Persia in circumstances to restrict
his powers to conform to the wishes OF
the new dominant party of nationalists.
Just how far this party will be in turn
under Russian influence is yet to be
disclosed The dispatches, il is true,
contain the following statement:
Both the Russian officers and the Of
ficials of the Russian legation at Te-
heran were enjoined today To remain
strictly neutral in internal affairs ano
avoid interfering in the selection of the
new ruler"
But the new world is prone to regard
10 look to Russia as supplying the force
behind the Persian revolution. The fact
that the shah in fleeing from his pal
ace sought refuge in the Russian lega-
tion is not necessarily significant OF an
undue regard for him at st. Petersburg.
Russia was the strongest force on the
ground outside of the Persian national
lists. Indeed there were enough COS
sacks at the Persian capital TO have
checked the revolution had it been de-
sirable to do So 1t is impossible 10
avoid the belief that in both the deposl-
tion of Mohamed Ali and the substitu-
tion of his son on the throne. Russia
has been secretly the predominant rae
tor in the situation.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
The Persian Change.

The old world will soon have to pro-
vide place Of refuge for deposed sui
tans. There are now three, reckoning
the Shah of Persia in that same cate
CORY, Notwithstanding the difference in
his exact title, who are not at present
doing business al the old stand. These
are Mohamed Ali. who has just been
forcibly succeeded by his twelve-year-
old son. Ahmed Mira: : Abdul Hamid
who unwillingly gave way to his broth
sr. Mehmed V. and Add el Aziz. whose
brother. Add ell Hatid, thrust himself
upon the thrcne a few months ago.
II is a noteworthy fact that in each
Of these cases the line of succession has
been followed The Moslem is Ioath to
depart from tradition. In Morocco the
change from one sultan to another was
effected by a revolution headed by the
pretender who ultimately succeeded to
the throne. In the other cases the new
r0onarchs have been chosen by the in
Evening star., 1909-07-17
The House and the Commission.

The New York Tribune describes as
fantastic the idea accredited to some
members of the House that the sort or
tariff commission created in the Senates
bill trenches on the constitutional pre-
negatives of Congress" II then says:
I'VE cannot understand why any leg
islator sincerely anxious 70 apply the
theory of taxation to which his party
Is committed should not be delighted
to receive all the assistance possible in
the way of accurate information. 1t has
been the unhappy plight of the tarH
makers at Washington that they have
had to work in the dark. If there were
any means of proving what the differ
entail in cost of production here and
abroad is, there would be no cause for
a conflict over rates between the House
and the Senate. The creation of a tariff
commission promises light hereafter 20
work in instead of obScurity.
The original proposition for tariff
commission was fantastic to the last de-
gree. being nothing less than an impos-
sible scheme couched in terms of an
insult TO Congress. At the very time
last winter when the ways and means
committee of the House was collecting
information for the purpose of preparing
a tariff bill. prominent manufacturers. at
national convention, asserted that the
the average lawmakers, and should be
taken from their hands and put into
those of a commission of experts, select
cd from the business world. Is it sur
prisinG that member of Congress were
'.jarred'' by that? And need we wonder
If here and there a doubt still fingers
as to the advisabiity of doing anything
al all in the premises?
ic :, ,i,,ry
very different from that amazing demand
o. the manufacturers. 1t is a provision
simply for collecting and classifying sta
tistics relating to both foreign and do
mestlc trade, and the costs of produc-
ton. The matter when in shape is to
be reported to the authorities competent
to deal with it. The proposition has merit,
and the House could very we'll afford to
too much about the lack of information
in this latest revision of the tariff There
has been no lack at all. But the con-
vehience OF both senators and represent
atives would have been served if the mat
ter laid before them had been arranged
by statsticians of experience.
Experts as assistants working under
orders are all very well, but as masters
Of the situation acting upon their in
formation would be outside of the Con-
stitution. Congress will continue TO make
our tariffs. Even the new power to be
conferred upon the President in the maxi
mum and minimum arrangement will
work within limits fixed by Congress.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

days he would have been in the hands of
q specialist with his bronchial equipment
under inspection and care.
Mr.. Aldrch as Senate leader displayed
good deal of skill Mr.. Root compli-
mented him on his good nature. His
leading democratic opponents thought his
resources. both in the way of parliament
tary device and knowledge of schedule
details. remarkable. His republican op-
ponents approached him with extreme
caution al all points. He spoke only when
necessary. and then without flourish or
passion The consequence was the saving
of much time without rule, and the
drawing out of the opposition thoroughly
Senators talked a good deal but maybe
not too much. The subject. after twelve
years, was fresh, and inviting to those
who had given it thought.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
'Sordid Smurgliur,

From the New York World.
Times were when the career of the
smuggler carried with it all the glamour
of romance. The pebbly beach, the moon
less night, the signal upon the headland,
muffled oars. the whispered command
Pull away. my hearties," the silent land
ing of the vine casks and the bales OF
silk and lace. the cnck of the horse S
hoof on the flint, a sudden rush of the
excise men from their concealment In
the rocks, the cutting loose of the horses,
the flying escape. and Dirck the smuggle.
is beyond pursuit. These were the con-
comitants OF the old-time drama Those
days are no more. The tax-dodger is no,
"a picturesque figure. Smuggling has
dropped to a dead level of sordidness. To
say that smuggling Is largely a woman's
offense is to advance an easily main
tanned proposition. Dodging government
claims is not matter of sex. But
mental attitudes differ. The male SNUG
gler is the more conscious offender of the
two. He will more readily admit the
force of the argument that revenue mus,
be raised for public expenses and it may
be TO protect home industries, likewise
that 1t is only fair to tax objects OF
luxury at higher rate than necessaries
Evening star., 1909-07-17
The Man of Fifty.
From the Indianapolis Star.

The man of fifty may lack something in
both ambition and energy. but he has the
advantages of experience and sounder
Judgment. His years have been i'll spent
If he has not acquired a degree OF wis
dom. AS for capacity, no employer of
fifty or sixty years will admit that he is
less able to do his part in the world than
he was twenty-five years before. He
probably rates his own powers consider
ably higher than they were at the earlier
age. and IL he retires from business at
the latter period he does not confess that
1t Is because he Is no longer able to at
tend to his affairs as we'll as he ever
did. He ought to be willing to Judge
of the ability of other men OF his age
with equal favor
Evening star., 1909-07-17
"Daylight Saving" a Fallacy.

In another part of The Star TO-DAY i
printed a letter from Prof. Frisby OF
the Naval Observatory. who points OUT
from a scientific standard the absurdlty
of the daylight saving proposition.
This is necessarily a project that onends
the scientific mind. Indeed. the scheme
is obnoxious from almost any point VI
view. and it is remarkable that IL mas
been SO seriously pressed. Were II not
for the fact that in England bill TO 'he
same effect was actually introduced IN
the house of commons and urged oy
number of leading members Of that BODY
il might be regarded as joke But so
earnestly is it advanced in this country
with the weight of an association behlnd
it, that it must be discussed. and Prof.
Frisbys letter is valuable contrlbu-
ton to the debate on the subject
AS this writer points out, the tlme-re-
cordng system in the United States is
already compromise between the longi-
tude and the sun. The establishment OF
zones materially simplifed the matter of
registering time and permitted the estab-
lishment Of railroad schedules upon an
easily understood ard practically work
able basis Even now, however. the ad-
are lessened to some extent by the refusal
of certain localities to adopt it, with the
consequence that dual time standards are
maintained. In order to appreciate the
confusion inevitably incidental to the
notwithstanding" scheme it is necessary
only to look to the experience of such
cities as Detroit. for example, where
there are now two standards of time.
Detroit it may be remarked, is firing of
the experience and is likely at any time
TO proclaim the standard time as the Of
fetal and universally governing means OF
reckoning.
Already The Star has published several
letters on this subject. indicating the
prompt recognition Of the difficulties in
herent in any such scheme Of arbitrary
derangement of the clocks as that pro-
posed. 1t is incomprehensible how the
advocates Of this plan expect to secure
its adoption in the face of the practical
reasons for non-interference with the
present methods. The very purpose claim
ed as the object of the so-called reform
namely, the granting of more daylight
time for recreation-is denied as desira-
BILE. What the majority of people now
adays need is more sleep. There is no
lack of play time between the close OF
business in the present system of time
reckoning and the hour of average re-
tirement II there can be some device
to induce more people to seek their
couches at an earlier hour than they
now do and at the same time insure them
temperatures conducive to slumber it will
be universally welcomed and unanimous
ly adopted.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
Cannon and Aldrich.
The indianapolis News:


/. Speaker Cannon is a little bit more
autocratlc than Aldrich. The latter will
let them talk
But note this difference. Mr. Cannon
had 1t in his power to be autocratic, and
Mr.. Aldrich not. The rules of the House
wisely provide against unlimited talk.
Without the previous question and a
stiff regulation of the debates, the House
could do no business. The membership is
SO large, and the disposition of members
TO talk so strong. limit must be i'm
posed Mr.. Cannon's autocracy was that
of the body over which he presides.
The rules of the Senate impose no limit
but human endurance on debate. Mr..
Aldrich could not have been autocratic
at any stage of the game. He did not let
anybody talk. Everybody who talked did
so In his own right and in his own way.
Mr. Aldrich had no alternative but to
listen, or retire to the cloakroom The
Senate, under the rules, simply talked
itself out.
II Mr.. Aldrich had been Speaker he
would have been as autocratic as Mr.
cannon. He has quite as little patience
with congressional delays and the means
Tor producing them. He is a business
man transferred to the political field, and
mas carried there business methods and
instincts He likes debate. but abhors
generaiities and the highfalutin.
But II Mr.. Cannon had been chairman
of the Senate finance committee and In
charge OF the tariff bill would he have
been as patient and diplomatic as Mr..
Aldrich? Probably not He is built on a
different model. He likes controversy.
and makes good hand at it. Where Mr..
Aldreh met arrangement with silence and
a smile, or a shake of the head. Mr.. Can
non. loving the fray, would have replied
at length, with both arms going. In ten
Evening star., 1909-07-17
The Shaw and the Car.

Bernard Shaw will participate in the
London demonstration against the czar
He should direct it. That would give ii
full prominence either as the monster
quiz or the monster folly of the day
Great Britain holds comfortable relations
with all the leading powers save Ger
many, but has no friends to spare. The
sood will of Russia is worth preserving
at a time when the general situation Is
nicely balanced. What is the matter with
merry England? How many of her peo.
pc indorse the racket about Germany
and now this racket about Russia
Evening star., 1909-07-17
Don't Forget How to Walk.
Ernm the baltimore Sun

trail have made transportation SO easy
that people seldom walk any more. They
ride to business, to the theater, the store
the resort, from the country into town
from one street to another, until walking
has become almost lost art. In gen.
Grafton or two more we will forget how
to use our legs Man is by nature a
walking animal He was never made to
sit still and be swiftly moved from place
to place. And he is beginning to show
the results of failure to use the motor
muscles. He is becoming too fat and
pudgy, and no small portion of his Ill
health might be traced to this failure to
develop his muscles and use his physical
faculties.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
A Plea to Poets.

Say, bo. Slow down a little please,
Wit all dat summer dope
About dem butterflies an bees
Upon de blossomin' slope,
An de remainder Of de string
You've tipped me to so strong.
Dey never got me anything
You've put me in all wrong.
Dey've got Bee anchored to de post,
An Butterf1y's a skate;
De proposition Is a roast
Fur marks dat pass de gate
An pay deir pocket medals to
De guy dat runs de place,
Where Big Mosquito edges through
And cops a sure-t'ing race.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
Sportiye Prospects.

You have settled liberal allowance
on your titled son-in-laW?''
Il have answered Mr.. Cumrox.
DO you think he can manage to keep
out Of debt?"
II dunno about that. One Of US is
bound to feel more or less pinched
Which it is Will probably depend on
whether 1 can persuade him to play poker
or he can induce me to try baccarat"
Evening star., 1909-07-17
Natural Resource.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
While the conservation of natural re-
sources is under discussion in many parts
Of the country we should not forget that
the birds which fight the insects and
the rodents in forest and field con-
stitute natural resource by no means
Ineligible To aEricllltura.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

In declining the distinction of knight
hood Mr.. ]. NJ. Barrie may have reflected
that the conservative English public
would be sure to have its doubts about
allowing a parsonage it entitled sir to
be. with deliberate intent, quantity hu-
rorous.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
Molding a Future.

What kind of career have you
mapped out for your boy JOSH"
I'm goin' to make lawyer Of him, -
answered Farmer Corntossel. Hes got
an unconquerable fancy fur tendin' to
other folks business. an he might as
well git paid fur it,
Evening star., 1909-07-17

While ex-President Roosevelts son
Kermit is enthusiastically assisting with
camera and rifle, President Taft's son
Robert has been practincing for golf
tournament. There is something in
heredity-
Evening star., 1909-07-17

The Indiana town that has produced an
argument against prohibition on the the
ory that wells are dangerous as germ
promoters has already developed warmth
enough to boil a liberal water supply.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

Lawyer Delmas should be able to give
an opinion of some value as to whether
.dementia Americana is a disease from
which, under proper medical and legal at
tention patient is likely to recover.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

If the Standard Oil Company UNDER
takes to market a butter substitute called
petrol the timid consumer may at least
demand a guarantee that 1t is non-ex-
plosiye.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

There is still more or less satisfactory
suspicion that the Chinese tongs have put
Leon Ling through a course of treatment
calculated to make the third degree seem
humane by comparison.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

Mr.. Bryan can always spare some eco
nomic suggestions from his store without
fear of damaging his supply when it is
time to go to work on a presidential plat
form.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

An official whose duty ii is to inquire
into incomes for assessment purposes
need not expect to have much show in
popularity contest.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

When grand opera singers get to talk
ing about one another the comments of
professional criticism seem like honeyed
eloquence.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

Moonshiners find no encour agement IN
any ambition they have to visit Wash
ington in person for official information
on the question, What is whisky"
Evening star., 1909-07-17

Possibly Mr.. Taft expresses himself at
greater length in consultations on pro-
posed legislation than he does in his off,
cial communications to Congress.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

In spite of DR.. Eliot's fve-foot limit the
Congressional Record continues to meas
ure off literature by the furlong
Evening star., 1909-07-17

An extra session officially clinches
Washington's claim TO consideration as a.
summer resort.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
Philanthropic.
re for gardening;

l do not care for gardening,
Yet plants each year l homeward bring.
Because the neighbors have such fun
how things should be done.
Evening star., 1909-07-17

Like many works of celebrity the Ding
ley law may come in for appreciation by
posterity
Evening star., 1909-07-17

Oar is some men, said Uncle Eben.
who is such natural bullies dat dey
regards common politeness as a sign dat
you Is afraid of EN-
Evening star., 1909-07-17

GIN order to avoid delays on account
u personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed to any
Individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply to THE STAR. or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1909-07-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Simple Fervor.

What ! long to hear" said the man
with prince Albert coat and turn
down collar, is some of the fervid elo-
quence that used to echo through the
halls of legislation.
Well" rejoined Senator Sorghum, you
ought to drop into the cloakroom some
day and hear us statemen discussing the
weather"