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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Results Of Mestai FIRE Drill.

Mrs. Wilcox had bDundless faith in
the wisdom and general effectiveness
Of her husbands advice, and conse-
Quently he had primed her with in
stfucti0ns for any emergency that
might arise when he was absent.
Among other things, he had repeatedly
warned her In case Of fre to spread q
rug on the blaze and then telephone
Tor tho engine.
Do deeply was this advice impressed
ON her subconsciousness that her ac-
items The day Of the IRE In her home
w4re purely automatic.
She had bought . new hat. and the
room being rather poorly lighted, SHE
used ties gAs Jet over her bureau ~ IN
ail to studying the new millinery
achievement. Suddenly. % she was
liffing the lace creation on her head,
Il slipped and fell directly upon the
blessing jet.
The expected happened. The hat
wds soon burning hercely, still on the
top Of tho gas pipe.
Mrs. Wilcox. mindful Of Jacks adj
Vice. grabbed . valuable Persian U
on. b floor. and spreading It carefully
0ver the lighted gas Jet and flaming
hat rushed put to the telephone.
At the doorway The collided with her
maid. Estelle. who. hearing the rapid
movements In the room. was coming
20 learn the cause.
Runhia0 over 70 the bureau. the girl
turned out the 4 and throwing the
rug on the floor stamped out the
flames, which had burned Q hole
through the valuable tapestry.
'Why. Mrs. Wilcox" h cried.
why didn't you y ~ the gas7"
'srurn out the gas?" answered her
mistress. "WelA aren't you bright! I
never thought Of that. Jack has al
ways told me TO put q rug Of . fire.
Youths Companion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30

When r. w. AfDian, who owns a
junk yard in Armourdale, leaves his
place OF business to go home at night
he knows that everything will be as
he left 1t when he returns in the
morning. Albian has a large timber
wolf for a watch dog. The wolf will
allow no n to touch it except it's
master.
when | turn Jack loose in the Junk
yard at night l fear no intruders," AL.
biap said. I've had Jack ever since
he was three weeks old. Yes. he could
jump the fence, but he is perfectly
tame and doesn't want to get away"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
The Railroad Death Rate.

Returns of the interstate commerce
commission show that in the year end.
ing June 80. 1904, there were 10,046
persons killed and "a, 1855 injured on
the railways in the United States. OF
these 70,699 were employees, of whom
1852 were killed and 67,O67 injured.
The greater part of the remaining cas-.
ualties were suffered by t~respassers,
Of whom 5,105 were killed and 5,194
injured. 1t is presumed that for acct
dents to persons classified as trespas-
sers the railways were in no sense re.
-sponsible.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Costly Railroad Construction.

Sixty miles of the Chicago, st. Paul
4 Milwaukee railroad, from Taft,
Mont, to st. Joe. Idaho. has cost @11,.
400, 900. This wa at the rate of:.Sfso,,.
900 a mile, which was the heaviest
amount ever paid by any railroad com.
pany in the world for the construction
Of q line Of similar length. In this
piece of road there are IS tunnels, the
longest being o than 5000 feet
through solid rock. The company ex.
poets that within flve years after the
completion of the road, which Is now
being rushed through Idaho and
Washington to the sound, the tramc
will be so large it will be necessary to
double track the line in order to
handle the volume of business. The
line will bisect the Palouse and part
of the Big Bend wheat belts. which
rent more than 10000, 600 bushels OF
grain to market in 1907.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
A "rransiated" speaker.

What a relief and comfort it is to
know that Mr.. Speaker likes the in.
junction plank, and likes the Sherman.
act plank, and-mirabile visu-likes
the t~arif-revision plank. Notwith.
standing that remark about "exces.
sive" duties in 1t, he claims the tariff
revision plank as his own. Bless
thee, Bottom, bless thee! Thou art
translated"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Fly Stopped q Train.

In North Wales there is a section
Of single line worked on the electric
train staff system. When the signal.
man tried recently to draw q stan
from the instrument in order to dis
patch a train he vas unable to do so.
The failure of the instrument lasted
for nearly five hours.
Investigation revealed that a small
fly had crept into the instrument and
apparently died while in the act of ex.
aiming the delicate mechanism of
one of the contacts. leaving it's tiny
body a. an inseparable barrier to the
passage Of the electric current.-Great
Western Railway Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Railroad slips Into River.

S~eventy-fve thousand dollars worth
Of railroad property slid into the
Mississippi river at New Orleans when
q section of earth 800 feet long and
about 200 feet wide caved in between
Washington q and Fourth street,
carrying along sever freight cars and
four lines Of railroad tracks. Under
mining the bank by high water was
the cause. The cars and two of the
tracks belonged to the Illinois Cen
trail railroad and the other two tracks
belonged to the Public Belt rail
road.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Octopus at the Font.

Octopus 1t h Font.
A couple in q country village TOOK
their baby to be christened. and on
the clergyman asking what name they
had chosen the happy father replied:
sir!" What" calculates
the astonished divine. hut you can
not call a child by so extraordinary a
name"
] Yves, sir, II you please" was the
reply. "you see it's our eight child
aAd we want It called Octopus
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Backward Progress.

Lady ton the Metropolitan railway,
Noncompliance sir. will you help me
to get out al the next station?
Gentleman-Why certainly. ma'am
Lady-You see. sir. US this way.
Being rather stout. I have to turn
around and get out backward, and the
porters always think l am getting In.
20 they push me back into the car
riage and say. Hurry up. n1a'am." I've
Success Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
-. IVA. Spas

"Please don't keep calling me dear
1t the table, she whispered. People
will think we are on our honeymoon.
ssBut i can't help calling you dear"
easped the young man WIN the light
D~ocketbook. 1.-THE portion you ordered
amounts to over 33."-Chicago News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30

Marvellous.
We passed, in the course of an
hour, two dead COWS and more than
fifty dead chickens. A strong smell
Of g%asolene pervaded the atmosphere,
and there were wheel tracks in the
dust.
Sherlock Holmes became greatly in
terested.
Watson" exclaimed he, after deep
thought, there has been an automo-
bile along here!",
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Wsndreus Mise!

aWendroue Wise!
There was q man I n our town
And he was wondrous wise,
He lived too high and therefore got
IN debt up to his eyes:
And when he saw he was In debt
To banks and greedy men,.
I don't know how he did It. but
He got right out again.
Buffalo News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
4 ca0djdate'e Chances,

a prominent man was chatting . cer-
tain town councillor the other day
about the doings Of the council, and
said:
.Isd sooner put up a. 4 candidate for
: lunAti< Asyiuan than mt up for the
town council"
well, you'd stand q much better
chance ~ gettinE n. dryly responded
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
lotellicent Male Voter.

JNt0JII00nt Mate Vot6r.
A sutfrayntte lecturer brought down
the house with the following argu-
ment:A &
II have no vote, but my groom has.
I have a great respect for that a
in the stables, but 1 am sure that If
l were to go to him and say. John,
will you exercise the franchise" he
r,ould reply. Please. mum. which
horse be that ?''-Pick-M e-Up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30

0iftcult.
Burglar-Did you ever study geOm-
ctry. Bill?
Bill-Yes.
BurElar-Good! wish you'd tell me
how to square q straight policeman
Ex.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
cemparativsly esfl

c~omparatjveIy eafs.
where DO you work. my eooo
= Z
I'm : powder factory"
Mercy! What q hazardous occupa-
tt0n!"
20, nd, mum, I seldom meets n
automobiles on my way to or fftm
Woek."-puck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Nat Oxercon6dent.

"When you have an automobile" said
Mr.. Chuggins, enthusiastically. you
depend on your own Intelligence en-
tirely. Now it's altogether different
when you drive q horse" 5
EYES," answered the unassuming
man.. that's one reason why I think
maybe Q horse 10 safer."-Washington
Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
eeoes oae far pol

pa. II . vessel boat"
ssEr@yes-yOu may call 1t that
'sNEells what kind of = boat Ii q blood
.Nesn6lfk'
sSssIItsa = llfeboaG. Now run away to
4(e~-Boeton Transcript.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
MATHEMATICIAN.

The .oddest. named country home Is
mr. jackson county. according to
Columbian, who II y friend OF the own
e. The name ~ It appears At the
front gate II "Hadherway." and
fails ~. attract attention from passerr-
81. r6RY1ar0Nthe wife wanted 70 leave
Xau6aSFC CITY ana 60 TO q farm. when
the 8fAtnllx finally moved they named
tie home Hadherway." -ColunsOia
(Mo1 Herald.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
MONEY MISSING FROM
KAAHUMANU TREASURY

An embarrassing financial difficulty
has arisen in the administration of
affairs Of the Kaahumanu Society,
and is holding the attention of Off
GERS and members. II has resulted In
the hands of a former official to the
present one, because something like
$500 or $500 can not be properly ac.
counted for.
The Kaahumanu Society is one of
the Oldest of the societies, composed
almost entirely of women of Hawaiian
birth. The society was organized
many years ago. and to 1t belong most
of the women of high rank or those
who are descended from those of high
rank according to Hawaiian custom.
II has numbered In its membership
Hawaiian women who have held high
places about the royal court in the
days of the monarchy Lately the So
ciety was reorganized and new life in
jected into its affairs and the men,
bership was greatly enlarged, Many
wealthy Hawaiian women became
members and gave literally to its
fund, az IL Is benefit association
from which the members, while sick.
receive allowances. and those who die
are buried by the society, unless other
wise provided for. II is said that the
money unaccounted for Is n portion
Of the fund which was, by the rules
of the society, due certain wealthy
women members who died. for the
funeral expenses, which expenses were
borne out of their own estates.
A member Of the society stated yes
terday' IF this had only been $50 OF
$50 II would not have attracted atten
tion but IL Is large sum not To be
accounted for II Is too bad that such
a thing should have occurred In this
society ! don't know how the mat.
Ter Is TO be adjusted"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
.LUCIEN YOUNG'S MAY
DAY At MARE ISLAND

Chronicle.-one of the biggest social
events of the season in naval circles
will be the old-time May Day party to
officers and their families and friends,
at which Captain and Mrs. Lueien
Young will be most gracious hosts at
their Mare Island home. Those who will
be guests have been anticipating this
extension of the well-known hospitality
of the Captain and his wife with some
trepidation of late, owing TO the serious
illness of Captain Young with pneu.
monia. Though somewhat pulled down
by the sickness, Captain Young is now
out again and entering into the prepar.
atoms for the party with customary
zest.
The natural and artificial conditions
al Mare Island all combine TO make
the possibilities of grand old May
Day garden party difficult to equal.
This, with the Yonngs for host and
hostess, is ample assurance of the sue.
cess of the affair from every point of
view.
One feature Of the day is 10 lie a
May pole, and Captain Young declares
that he will have to show people out
here how May pole should be made,
and how II should be treated ON the
first day of the blossom month.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
PERSONAL.


r' '"tf"ffAf RNNfNNNHfIl
Mr. ana Mrs Fcd walaron ar,
booked 10 leave In She Illonlan on
May as
Judge w J. Stanley was an arriv.
ing passenger an the Mauna Loa yes.
tcrday morning.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
VIII speak at the Methodist church TO.
morrow evening
II. II. Trent, although booked on the
passenger list. did not sail for the
Coast on the Alameda.
George j. Campbell arrived here
from Hawaii ON the steamer Mauna
Loa yesterday morning.
J. H. Arendt, manager of the Wal
rahu plantation store, is booked 10
leave on the Hilonian.
Rev. Stephen Desha is convalescing
from siege OF Illness and an opera
tion Mt the Palama Hospital.
j. f. Hackfeld and f. Klamp OF
Hackfeld g. Co. returned TO this CITY
yesterday on the Mauna Loa.
j. w. Farwell, a local insurance
man, was a departing passenger on
the Claudlne for Maui last evening.
DIR. Hubby expects to leave for Ka-
uai for a stay of considerable length.
He win probably leave the latter part
of next week.
You Kong. manager of the Hon Kee
company, will leave for the mainland
on the Hilonian, going away on a
business mission.
DIR. Hartland Law will speak before
the local Chamber of Commerce in the
near future on THE Future of Ha-
wall In Relation TO Trade In the Pa
cific."
Charles Murray, Roscoe Perkins and
r. c. Lydecker form a trio of fez-
wearers of Aloha Temple who are
leaving on the Hilonian to attend the
Shriner convention.
Surgeon Takei of the Imperial jap
anese squadron, who was left behind
because of Illness, has booked on the
Hilonian for the Coast. He will Join
the squadron at Seattle.
Senator Coelho sailed last evening on
the Claudine for his native haunts on
Maui. As chief of the wailuku fire
department, Coelho took along with
him one of the old fire engines former
ly used in this city.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
PORT OF HONOLULU.
ARRIVED

Friday. May z.
Str. Mauna Loa. simerson. from Ha.
sail, a. IN.
str. Iwalani, Mitchell, from Kauai
1870 a. IN.
Saturday. May s.
Str. Mauna Kea, Freeman, from Ha
nail, a. IN.
str Kinau, Gregory. from Kauai,
s:25 a. m
A.-H. s. s. Pieiades, Armstrong,
from Sound, lis p. m.
Sunday. May 8.
Str. Noeau, Piltz, from NawiliwilI
q. m.
Str. Mikahala, Petersen, from Mo-
Okai and Maui ports, 2:3O a. m.
Str. Iwalani. Mitchell, from Wal
mea, Kauai, p. IN.
Str. Maui, from Hawaii ports, $3.50
=. m.
U. $. L. II. T. Kukui, Jobson, from
Kauai, $50 p. m.
Monday, May 10.
Str. LikeIike, Naopala, from Hawaii
3 a. IN.
Bk. Andrew Welch, Kelly, from Sar
Francisco, 9:l5 a. m.
Schr. Robert Levers, Underwood
from Port Townsend, $3.50 a. m.
DEPARTED.
SIR. lwalani, Mitchell, for Kauai
$50 p. m.
Str Claudine, Bennett, for Maui
S:I5 D. M. H
Ger sp. Freida, Mark, for Puget
Sound, $40 p III. r..
Str. y. A. Cummins, Searles, for Oahu
ports, $ a m
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
KhHULU| RAILROAD
WANTS TO BUILD WHARF

The directors of the Kahului rail-
road, Maui, met yesterday at Alexan-
der & Baldwin's head office and took
preliminary action in regard to har-
Dor improvement. 1t was decided to
apply for license from the Territor-
ial government to construct a wharf
and dredge ship capable of accommo-
dating the largest An. vessels that
call at the port. Major Winslow win
visit Kahului shortly to investigate the
matter for the Federal government,
which also has some jurisdiction in the
premises.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
sesreEseFeFeeegse
: MARINE REPORT. :
sssssssssssssssss
tfrom hah frHnelsco Merchants ~
chanGe.l

HHHNNM ~ ANMNiffN'N AANNNNNNNN -
ehauGe.l
Friday. May Z
rert Townsend e. Arrived. MAY 6
shr. Alice Cooke, hence April ia
san Francisco May Z. bkt
cortnado. hence April %. hkt. =. a.
Wilder. hence Aprli 49,
San Francisco ~ Arrived, May 7. schr
tsS Rolph. from Hama.
saturday. May
san Francisco-Arrived May Z. schr.
las. Rolph. from Hama April 49,
san rRncisco-Arrived, May 3. bkt.
Hawaii. from Mahukona April p.
Hilo-saiied, May 6. $ $. Missou-
nan. for saiina cruz.
Mahukona Arrived. May ?. schr. J..
a. Bruce. from San Francisco.
Sunday. MAY ..
san Francisco-Arrived, May =, at
soon. N. y. 5. :. Lurline, hence May l.
Gaviota - Arrived, May y, Am. sp
Marion Chilcott, hence April 10.
San Franeisco-Sailed, May 8, Am.
Ak. Annie Johnson, for Honolulu.
San Franciseo-Sailed, May 9, An.
$. ). Texan. for Seattle.
Salina Cruz-Arrivcd, May Z, All.
:. : Mexican, from Hilo.
Monday, May 10, 1909.
San Francisco-Arrived, MAY 6. scbr.
Jas. Rolph, from Hama, April -; May
:. bktne. Hawaii, from Mahukona, April
81; May 8, noon, 5. 5. Lurline, hence
May !; May 10, 5. 5. Korea, hence
May 4.
Salma Cruz-Anived, May z, s. S.
Mexican, from Hilo April %
Gaviota-Sailed, May 8, sp. NJ. 4.
Ghilcott, for Honolulu
San rancisco-Sailed, May 8, Blk.
Annie Johnson, for Hilo.
Hilo-Sailed, May 6, 5. S. Missourian,
for Salina Cruz.
Mahukona-Arrived May 2, schr. J.
II. Bruce, from San Francisco.
HiIo--Sailed, May ], blk h. p. Rithet,
for San Francisco.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11

A, W. Carter and his wife win re-
turn 10 their home on Hawaii by the
Mauna I<ea today.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
BORN.

REEs-AH Napahulu, oahu. Wednes-
aas, May D. 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
II Rees, son.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
PASSENGERS.
Arrived.

PR str Mauna Loa, from Hawaii
snd Maui ports, May 7.--George j.
Campbell, Mrs. r. Campbell and
auesei- Miss G. a. Levey. F.. L. Leslie,
Hrs. ]. de Mello, ]. G. Smith, r. A.
3nWaYne, Judge w. l.. Stanley, +.
Comes &c. q. Kinney. NJ. f. Scott, ].
n. Mackenzie, j. p. Limo, II. p. Bald
Ein and wife, Fl. A. Baldwin and
wife. Master j. Baldwin, Master f.
Baldwin, Miss Bisgaard, ]. L. Flem-
11g, Miss j, Kapahu, ]. +. Hackfeld,
r. Klamp.
Per str. Mauna Kea. from Hilo and
way ports, May S.-Ex-Vice President
Fairbanks, Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs. Tim
mons, Governor w, f. Frear. A. l.. C.
Atkinson, l.. A. Thurston, Capt. Howe,
g. Lehuss, Jas. Hyde. Mrs. Hyde, DIR.
Annie Barnard, II. G. Burrows, Mrs.
Burrows, +. w. Ashton. Archie Young,
r. W. Doyle, Turshiwa, Geo. Mundon,
r, Costing. C. Titcomb. j. II. McKen.
de, Capt. A. McWilliams, T. A. Bur-
bingham, DIR. C. L. Stow, ]. ]. Belser,
HIS Belser and child, S. S. Paxton,
Hrs: Il. Madden, Theo. Davies. Geo.
fsfues. Miss Wight, Mrs. a. Mason,
J. Haekett, Mrs. Hefferman, Palmer
Woods. Jas. Forrest. r. S. Norris, Mrs.
sSlfad and three children, F. NJ. Lewis.
q. ID. Malone. Mrs. NJ. Keohokalole,
q. Lewis. NJ. s. Deponte, w. A. Bald
ain T. n. $. Williams, Jas. f. Woods.
l. FG Smith, r. Kearns, w. A. Kin.
ney' Paul Lunby, Y. Won Hing, C. w.
Ashford, Miss X. Cornwell.
Fer STR; Kinau, from Kauai, MAY s.
-G. N. Wilcox. C. A. Wilcox, w. II.
Rice Ir,- G. A. Rice. Mrs. Hawai-,
Miss f. Felix, Miss 4. Felix, Pah On,
9. Du Bots, r. Kopke. Lieut. Kettle
son. u, ID Green, Mrs. /. Kaui, r.
Cation, w. Barkmeyer. Mitaml and
Eife. IL deck.
Per str. Mikahala. from Molokai and
Maui. May s.-Mrs. b. Spencer and
I've children, Miss Mesu, Mrs. VIM. X.
Motley, X. G, Zedwitz. j. Kirkland.
q f. ,Deinert, Miss Lillian Macy, II.
T., Cook.
.s r. Departed.
Per str. Claudine, for Maui and way
ports. May 7.-Mrs. Jane Mist. r. X.
Brown. A. Constabel. Miss Mist. Mrs.
q. Williams, Mr. Lorenzen, Mr.. Chiba.
Or ogawa, Mallie Hong, w. ]. Co
emo, Mrs. W. b. Kearns, Rev. S. L.
Desfia, ]. w. Farwell, d. l.. Austin.
y u. McVeigh, Mrs. Zoe IL. Ayres,
MISS ~ Lloyd, Mrs r. ]. Reeves. G
q Alfonso. Mrs. Alfonso
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11

w A. Baldwin Is booked 10 leave
ap Maui on the Mauna Kea today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
STATEENRICHES UNCIESAM
MAILS 72,o0o TO DOCTORS or ALA
 BAnEA.
BrasseIi Says It's the Only Way ts tiek Complete and Satisfactory sta- tisttea for the Health
 Department.

Uncle Sam was richer by si,sss. and the supplies of the Federal Postofiice Department were diminished by 72.0e0 stamped envelopes as the result of Saturdays work of the State Health Department Blanks were sent out to doctors and midwives of the State, on which they are to make monthly res ports to the State Department. Twelve stamped envelopes go to each physi- elan and each midwife.
 NO law of Gods or man can make them all report each month" com. mented Walter Brasseil, clerk to the State Board of Health, If they have to get stamps for themselves to send in the reports. But now that we have undertaken the custom of sending stamped envelopes directed to our selves. we get the report. more com pletely. perhaps, than any other State in the Union."
 The 72.Bo0 stamped envelopes make up only one section of the supplies that are distributed by the department. Tho total distribution represents an outlay of more than 5000 in postal fees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
vrsIroRs ro rLonrNCE.
officers of Blg Company Inspect Its
 Plant.

OAAACGEB Ok 1A8 OVAabaMS A0oRSCS A~S
 Plant.
 Florence, Dec. 1s--(Epecial)--w. N. Shaw. vice-presfient of the Interna- tional Agricultural Company, and representing the financial interests of the company. MT. Jaynes, general auditor and Mir. DiBilie. travelling auditor visited the company's South ern headquarters in Florence today. having just completed a tour of the Southern department with the man ager. Lee Ashcraft-
 They expressed themselves as well pleased with what they saw and the condition of the vast business. under Mir. Ashcraft's control.
 J. A. Streyer. of Macon. Ga, gen. erai freight and passenger agent of the Macon. Dublin and Savannah Railroad, together with John I. Bran son. of Atlanta, Ga. commercial agent of the same road and Charles Jackson, representing the Mobile and Ohio Rail- road, were in Florence today to dis cuss freight matters with Mir. Ashcraft in connection with the International Agricultural Company.
 News has been received in Florence that T. c. Meadows. manager of the northern department of the company sailed from Germany Saturday for America. Mir. Meadows went to Ger many for the purpose of looking after the potash interests of the company.