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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-16
MANS PROPOSAL.

The first time | proposed to Nan
Preston she made a face almost az
ugly as waterspouting gargoyle
leering from some old cathedral She
sat straddlewise upon the whitewash-
ed orchard fence, gobhling forbidden
June apples. while looked up from
the grass-grown path.
Please say yes Man." | pleaded,
land | will let you sail my toy boat"
Huh" said Nan. I'm going 10
marry a prince always said | would,
ana / wiz"
Don't Nan-don't say that" l en-
treated, stung 10 the heart.
Mans blue eyes softened. Don't take
it that way, Billy she soothed.
Think how long before tie prince
comes" She slapped her pink-trimmed
sailor upon her yellow curls and took
nv hand. Let's go sail The Saucy
Ellen upon the fish pond Billy-you
and what fun!'
And OF course / went.
| should say that ! proposed L, Nan
as much as twice a year after that.
But she hung on to that idea of the
prince with maddening siubbornness.
When Nan was is she came out"
She was 4 trifie nervous and very
kind, not dragging in her Prince OF
Fancy at my first hot declaration Of
love; but only smiling and shaking
her dainty head,
rs il the prince" ] accused, in
sharp disappointment. You'll, wait
tor him till doomsday."
= will indeed, promised Nan, very
firmly; and | strolled out beneath the
dim lanterns and fiirted recklessly.
But at last Mans Prince-o'- Dreams
came, He was a little dapper Russian,
with name as long as time and end
ing in "Popoloffsky." | suIked for'a
spell and Nan and the prince drove
and walked almost hourly
Finally there came the night of the
Preston's lawn fete in honor Of His
Highness of Popoloifsky, and it was
generally understood that the an
nOuncement would be made
| caught glimpses Of Nan. fitting
here and there beneath the lanterns;
and the freshness Of her and the
sweetness Of her brought all the rec
elections of the years back upon me.
= h.1,. tn, nriy hnr
At 10 O'Clock | made ready to de-
part, and sought for Nan. could not
find her until at last the silvery ripple
OF her laugh came to me, and | saw
her hidden away in a leafy noon with
Paul of Little. Russia. | had to tell her
goodby. and | made for her the green
ish bower. My approach was not OBJ
served and. as | entered the little ar
Dor, the prince was saying;
My heart--my title-my hand
everything Is yours, viii you not
say the one word-yes?"
Mans cheeks were very red. | could
not see her eyes. She opened her
mouth--tO speak I know not what. l
could not stand the spectacle and |
broke in like a frantic child.
"Nan-oh Mani cannot live with
out you. For the twenty-fourth time
ask it-marry me-won't you please,
Nan?"
The prince shrinked; but Nan drew
back with little startled cry and
began to weep softly.
Yes" said Nan; and put her filmy
handkerchief to her blue eyes. put
my arms about her, and Prince Paul
strobe out of the bower of romance,
to sail next day for his fatherland.
And only yesterday, when | asked
Nan why she never married a prince,
she told ME that her Yes that night
was for Paul Popoloffsky.
But | don't believe lido you?
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She Wasn't That Sort.

The rich bachelor sighed and looked
at the beautiful girl fixedly. Then he
spoke:
Things are at skies and sevens
with me- / feel the great need OF a
woman in my home-one who could
straighten out my tangled affairs, and
make life worth living again
Her glance spoke an interest which
Appropriated expectation.
"Yes?" she Queried softly.
sDo you know OF any good, able
bodied woman whom | could get TO
clean house?
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Al, For a Quarter.

"This quarter doesn't sound right
said the smart clerk, ringing the coin
on the counter,
Huh growled the customer.
what do you want for quarter,
any way? An opera solo with an or
chestra accompaniment"
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Fine German Waterways.

Practically all the railways of Ger
many are state owned and state oper-
ated. Out of a total Of $4,000 miles,
In round numbers, only about $500
miles are operated by private COM
panies. Germany also has one of the
finest systems Of waterways in the
world, and a study OF the balance
sheet of the German railway system
shows that the results which followed
the Improvement of the River Main
are not an exception, a mere cOinci-
dence, but are the natural outwOrking
of a principle Of general application.
In the calendar year 1907, after paying
for operation, maintenance, repairs,
renewals, new equipment, interest on
bonds, contribution to the sinking
fund, and every other item which the
most careful bookkeeping required to
be charged up, the German railways
turned S164 100000 of absolutely net
revenues into the treasures of the
various states. This was $1,000 per
mile OF line operated while the CORE
spending figure on United States rail-
ways for the fiscal year 1867 was
only s1,967-a little over one-third as
much.
Much the greater part of the total
revenue of the German states is de-
rived from their railways, II cents out
of every dollar received by Prussia in
1907 being SO obtained. Yet German
statesmen keep on, year after year.
spending money earned by their rail-
ways in building and improving water
ways to compete with those same rail.
ways, on which they depend as the
principal source Of national income.
In the. light of the facts given above
It will not do to say that these Ger
man statesmen do not know what they
are about On the contrary, they are
acting, as has been well said, "in fur
therance of policy the wisdom OF
which time and experience have fully
confirmed"
Always and everywhere the result
Is the same-the improvement Of
waterway Is benefit to competing
railways. For this result, as for any
other, there Is a good and sufficient
reason, but 1t must be left for another
time to tell what that reason Is.
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You haven't much of memory for
dates" said the conversational
bOarder,
"Nope." replied Farmer CorntOssel,
y used to have. But it interieres
with business when you're selling
spring chickens"
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GOOD FOR COUNTRY
IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS
WILL DEVELOP RESOURCES
OF EVERY SECTION.
FREIGHT CARRIED CHEAPLY
Make Direct Saving in Cost Of Trans
portation by the Water Routes, and
Indirectly Serve to Lower Railway
Carrying Rates.

The claim has been made In previ-
GUS articles--and facts and figures
given to support the claim-that wa
terways carry freight more cheaply
than the railways do or can, and that
they compel the railways to carry
freight more cheaply than they other
wise would, making a. saving Of hun
dreds of millions of dollars year, even
under present conditions. and indicatr
ing vast increase in that saving If all
waterways should be improved And
then the surprising assertion was
made that the surest way to enlarge
the business and increase the profits
of the railroads of the United States
is to improve the waterways of the
United States. The best guide to the
future is the experience of the past,
so let us see what has actually hap
pened to railways when waterways
have been improved.
That the improvements in the chan
nels and harbors of the lakes have
been of great benefit, both to the rail
ways which parallel their shores and
to those which run from lake cities to
the interior, is a fact so plain that
1t needs no argument to support it.
There are no more prosperous and
profitable roads in the country than
those that serve the region tributary
to the lakes, But no one questions
the wisdom Of continuing the improve
ment of the lakes. or of our ocean
harbors. The real question Is as to
the improvement of our rivers, and If
we wish to study the effect of river
improvement, either on railway reve-.
nues or national development, we
must go to Europe.
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MI w. W. Granite Lodge No. 533 meets at
'As l. o. o. F. hall third Thursday evening OF
each month. Visiting members welcome
T. e. MtINRoE Mrs. EMMA MANLY
Secretary Project
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g b A. m. Mystic Tie Lodge No. $50 meets at
Masonic hall first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. JAG SPEECH.
E. w. HILL, Sec. w. NJ.
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II NJ. A. Flambeau camp No. 2654 meets at
W. l. 0. o. f. hall second and fourth Thurs
vifed CRYSTAL MUNRoE
Mrs I'm RAKER Rec Oracle
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Q. o. E. Ladysmith Lodge No. 119 meets
As every Tuesday evening. Visiting members
cordially invited.
+. A. MUNsON. Sec. &. F. BENNETT, N e.
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SOCIETIES

M w A. Ladysmth camp No. 8672 meets at
1'As l. o. o. F. hall every Saturday evening.
Visiting members welcome.
ID. f. MANLY, +. E. MUNRoE,
clerk. consul.
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OFFICE HOURS
7:30 A. NJ. to 800 P. M.
Sundays from 900 A. M. to 1000 A. M.
CLOSING OF MAIL
West-1l 80 A. M. East-2:00 P. M.
East and west, night trains, 500 P M.
Rural Route-8:00 A M.
Port Arthur 100 A. NJ
Sheldon-1:0 700 P. M.
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Public Library

300 to 500 p. m. and TOO to 900 P. M.
Open Sundays from 2:30 to 500 +. nj.
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K p. Ladysmith Lodge NO. 154 Knights of
kAs Pythias meets second and fourth Monday
evenings each month in Eagle hall. Visiting
brothers welcome. JOHN SAMPSON
G.. LUELL, K, R. & S. y.
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GOING EAST.
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Results in Bohemia.

During the fifteen years that I'M
provements were under way ON the
Elbe river, In Bohemia, the river traf-
fc, as natural result of the better
channel. increased fivefold. But traf-
fic on the competing railways in
creased still more largely and the div
idends on the main line, from Teplitz
annum.
Similar results followed the canali-
cation of the River Main, from May.
ence, on the Rhine, to Frankfort,
which was finished in the latter part
Of 1886. The river traffic, which
amounted to only $4,000 tons in that
year, began to grow and has kept on
growing, being 1,273,000 tons In 1902.
There are two railroads between
Fraukf~"t and Mayence, one on each
side OF the river. What happened to
them? Did their business show Sc
rious falling off? Or were they forced
into the hands of a receiver? On the
contrary their traffic, which was Gill;
900 tons in 1886, also began to grow,
and by 1902 had, reached 100000
tons, or more than double what it was
when the railroads had a practical
monopoly Of the business of Frank
fort.
The mere statement of the in
creased tonnage does not tell the
whole truth of the matter, for the
tonnage was not only more than
doubled in quantity, but greatly
raised in grade, SO that it could pay,
and did pay much higher rate per
ron nar mile
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-21
AS TO TROLLEY LINE
Pre- sident Hunt of the Chamber OF
Commerce Names Com.
mittee.

Committee appointed to confer with
the proper authorities in reference
to extending the inter-urban trolley
line from Laurens to Newberry and
to take such steps as are necessary
to accomplish that purpose:
George W. Summer, chairman;
John M. Kinard, James Mcintosh, q.
F. Wright, B. c. Matthews, M. L.
Spearman, W. H: Wallace, E. H. Aull,
o. B. Mayer, Alan Jonnstohe, Arthur
Kibler, W. H. Hunt, c. D. Weeks, G.
B. Cromer, E. NJ. Evans, G. T. Sum-
mer, W. G. Mayes.
Chairman George " Summer re-
quests the committee to meet at the
chamber of commerce at 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. All members are
urged to be present. .s-
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raid made in January, last, after the
shortness of this seasons crop was
apparent and after the domestic dry
goods market had advanced steadily
along with the cotton market to a ly-.
ing price for both producer and manu-
facturer. / r..
To Protect. Cotton.
"In an effort to avoid repetition
of the bear onslaught and further
depression of values in both cotton
and cotton goods, some Of the most
progressive, and at the same time,
most conservative manufacturers OF
the South, agreed in the event Of a
similar raid, to purchase consider
bic block of spot cotton on the New:
York exchange, to demand actual de-
livery of the cotton, and to ship it
South for manufacturing purposes,
The seasons needs Of the Saxon mills
not having been fully supplied, por-
ton Of the remainder was thus pur-
chased and it's delivery demanded. An
examination by the government Of the
recent education in the New York
certified stock, as well as an inVesti-
cation of the steamship movements
on actual cotton to Southern cotton
mills, will afford sufficient refutation
of the statement that the cotton is
now being taken for actual use. It is
perhaps true that the effect of the
transaction upon the dry goods mar
ket has been greatly minimized by the
inexplicable attitude of the govern
ment in joining in the hue and cry
of conspiracy instead of melting prop
er punishment to those guilty OF en-
deavoring to depress great agricul-
tural product by selling that which
they did not possess. The honorable
department of justice is, in our judg-
ment, simply barking up the wrong
tree"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-21
THE CASE OF w. 7. JONES.
Arguments on Convicted Union Farm.
er's Motion for New Trial Made
Before Judge Gruber.
The State.

The State.
Union, June 18.-The reading Of
the affidavits in the motion for a new
trial in the case Of W. T. Jones was
completed late yesterday afternoon
and this morning arguments were
heard by Judge Gruber. The opening
speech was made by John K. Ham
blin, representing the defense, who
was followed by j. A. Sawyer and P.
D. Barron for the State, after which
Ben F. Townsend, representing the
defense, spoke. He was followed by F.
B. Grier Of Greenwood, Solicitor Otis
for the State, they being followed by
Col George Johnstone, of Newberry,
Jones' leading attorney. The argu-
ments were all listened to by an un-
usually large crowd in the court
house and an exceedingly strong plea
was made by the defense for a new
trial.
Judge Gruber, who now has the
motion for new trial under consid-
GRAFTON, announced that he would rem
der his decision next week, and he in
structed the sheriff not to adjourn
court sine die until further orders
from him. The motion for new trial
in this case has been a hard fought
legal battle and the decision of Judge
Gruber is awaited with interest.
Civil court will convene here Mon
day morning, with Judge Gruber pre-
siNiNe. =.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-21
SENATOR SMITH TALKS
OF ATTACK ON BULLS
Vigorously DenOunees Cotton Prose.
cution as UnWarranted 1nterfer.
ence With Private Business.

Washington, June Ex-senator Car
ter's ambition to obtain vote in the
senate today on his motion to concur
in the house amendments to the pos
tai savings bank bill failed to reali-
zation due to the difficulty of keeping
senators in the chamber on account OF
the excessive heat. The bill was un-
der discussion for little more than
two hours and then went over until
Monday when it is hoped a vote will
be reached.
Senator Carter's concurrence mo-
ton was discussed by it's author and
by Senator Smith of South Carolina,
who antagonized the motion. Mr..
Carter made an argument in support
of the house bill as in the interest of
expediency and progress.
In connection with his speech MIR.
Smith discussed the indictment In
New York of a number of cotton brok-
ers on charge Of entering into a
conspiracy to raise the price of cotton.
Finding in the house postal bill pro-
vision for the establishment Of a gov
ernment banking system, he charged
that the government was preparing to
enter upon a general system of inter-
fering with private business.
The New York indictments were a
specimen of such interference he
said.
Referring to the charge that the
brokers had cornered the visible sup
ply Of cotton, the South Carolina sen
tor yehemently dec that never
was a more bare-f 1alsehood or
greater fraud perpetrated than in
this Indictment"
He repeated his previous charges
that the law had been invokeG to
put down the price of cotton in the
interest of foreign spectators and
said he had been informed that the at
torney general had been at one time
a partner of the attorney for the cot
ton exchange.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-21
WHO is TO BLAME?
For the Road Condition ?-Have the
Roads Been Ordered Worked as
Law Requires?
Editor Herald and News:

E0ltOr herald anu NEWS.
In the report of the grand jury
TO the court of sessions occurs these
words: "It is impossible for the sup
ervisor and the chain gang to work
the roads of the county section by
section" etc. Then: eve urge upon
the people, especially the country
people, that they take greater pride
in their roads," etc.
Now, what is the law in reference
to road working? The law puts the
working of the roads in charge of the
supervisor. The supervisor shall ap-
point the time of working the roads
and the number of days at each work
Ing. I have heard the supervisor
grumbling that the people will not
work the roads, but I have seen no
order from the supervisor to work
the roads this year, and six months
of the year are nearly gone. I do not
believe an overSeer can, under the
law, make a man work the roads un-
less the supervisor has ordered the
working, except under some great
emergency. Last year a great many
of the overseers failed to put in the
full time as required by law. This the
supervisor and county commissioners
know themselves Did they try to
enforce the law? I have been in
formed that the commissioners had
the matter under Amusement and de-
cided not to prosecute the offenders,
preferrlng to violate the statutes
themselves.
I worked the roads six days last
year on my section: Other overseers
worked from one to three days. Is it
just to the hands on my section to
let the others go free? If the super
visor had ordered two or three days
work on the roads in March and had
seen that the order was enforced, our
roads now would have been in fine
condition. But what is the present
status of the roads? The holes made by
the wet spell of February are still on
hand. I know the farmers can't stop
now. but I want the blame of the
condition of the roads to rest where
it belongs. I am satisfied that sew
eral sections of roads in the county
have no overseers.
If the supervisor knows that an
overseer has not done his duty, does
he have to wait until, some man shall
come forward and report the over
seer or is it his duty to enforce the
laws?
Let the honorable grand jury read
the law and they will see where the
blame rests. Overseer.
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the United States is thereby forever
after rendered the debtor Of the Amer
lean people and is bound throughout
his life to remember this as his prime
obligation and in private life as much
as in public life so to carry himself
that the American people may never
feel cause to regret that they once
placed him at their head"
did I follow copy, 'boys?" he ask
ed as the cheering still fingered over
his closing words.
A word came back, an appreciative
chorus from the press stand.
Off for Oyster Bay.
At 4.15 he left the Alexander house
and drove to the east Thirty-fourth
street Terry to- Long Island in an au-
tomobile. With him were Mrs. Roose-
velt and Mrs. Longworth, Miss Ethel
Roosevelt and Richard Parr. The
others of tt, narty remained behind.
All the way to the ferry, despite the
pouring rain, crowds lined the street
and packed the ferry boat.
As Col. Roosevelt stepped into his
special train at Long Island City a
delegation from Oyster Bay met him.
In acknowledgment, the colonel
went to the rear platform of his car
and said:
"I. take this opportunity to. thank
my friends and neighbors for this de-
votion. And I want also to thank
the New York police for the wonder
full work they have done today. I am
proud that I was once one Of them.
Good night"
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HAS NO APOLOGY
TO WICKERSHAM
PRESIDENT OF SAXON MILL
TALKS OF PROSECUTION.
John A. Law, of Spartanburg, Gives
Mill Mems Side of Govern ..
r ment Raid.

The State.
spartanburg, June 1S.-When~ ask
ed today as to the government indlct-
ment of the cotton bull operators,
with which the name of the Saxon
mills was connected in yesterdays
Associated Press dispatches, Jno. A.
Law, president and treasurer OF the
Saxon mills, made the following
statement:
eve have no apologies to make to
the New York grand jury, nor to At
torney General Wickersham, nor to
the Republican administration, which
he represents, for such part as we
have taken in the alleged conspiracy
which in spite of the governments
misdirected opposition has interfered
and is still interfering with the ef-
forts to depress the price of cotton.
Though being manufacturer OF
cotton, buyer and not producer or
seller, we have never felt that the
natural and legitimate source of man
ufacturing profit consisted in buying
the raw product below its intrinsic
value, based upon the cost OF making
the crop or upon the seasons scarcity
Or abundance.
The Mills Duty.
1.-THE more fruitful field of effort for
the manufacturer should, as we view
it, lie along the line of economies in
actual manufacturing and in endeaV-
oring to obtain by opening new mar
kets or making goods of special char
acter legitimate profit for the man
ufactured article over and above the
price of cotton. AS citizens of the
South, We recognize to profound ex-
tent tha, her financial recovery, the
education Of her citizens and the
proper development of her natural re-
sources are peculiarly dependent up
on the obtaining of fair price for
cotton, representing not only the
South's but the nations greatest ex-
port value.
eve have deeply deplored the ap-
parent tendency of the cotton manu-
featuring business to become, not a
business of small economies, but a
hit or miss affair, dependent upon
favorable purchases Of cotton during
suddenly manipulated depressions
and sales of goods prior to the de-
;moralized Incidents to such depres-
sion. The dry goods market has not
yet recovered from the successful bear
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Teddy for Governor.

Utica, N. Y; June 13.-"For govern
or of New York Theodore Roosevelt" !"
That is the slogan of the Republi-
can club of Oneida county, sounded at
a special meeting here tonight, when
resolutions were adopted calling on
other Republican clubs in this State
to get behind the Roosevelt boom.
Speeches were made, all Of which
acclaimed Col. Roosevelt as the one
man to continue the Hughes policies
and to unite all factions Of the party.
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able property, and one that Prof.
Hand, high school inspector, says
would do credit to town Of $500
inhabitants.
The district carries 1-2 mills tax
levy for school purposes, 4 1-2 OF
which Is for the bonded indebted
ness incurred in the erection Of the
new building.
The school has just closed very